G O P grass roots rally backs ten principles for 1936 platform
Delegates from many states adjourned in Springfield with acclamation as the Republican grassroots meeting endorsed ten principles for the 1936 platform. The program calls for collective bargaining in labor, farm market stabilization, and a gold backed currency. Leaders hailed unity and urged Democrats opposed to the New Deal to join the anti Roosevelt movement.
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Dlowest
Solutions Committee
Edward A. Hayes
Lorer
Themerican Legion
Alf Landon
Kansas
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
New Deal
Lowden
Henry P. Fletcher
Forty Is A New Start Not An End In Life
A 1938 column urges readers not to fear turning forty. It cites Beethoven Caes ar Tennyson and Wesley to show great work at later ages. The piece argues middle life is a time for encouragement and renewal, with life’s best still ahead if you seize it.
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Julius Caesar
Tennyson
Cato
Wesley
Jane
Kentucky
Washington Monument
Republicans Cheer Mention of Bonus at Grass Roots Rally
In Springfield Illinois AP report delegates at a prairie states conference numbered 8 642 as Harry Glasser of Enid Oklahoma urged payment of a bonus from the four billion dollar work relief fund. The midwestern Republicans welcomed the idea with cheers and applause during the second session.
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Springfield
Ill
Glasser
Shaw urges interracial marriage to solve population issue
George Bernard Shaw, after touring South Africa, urged in a telegraph interview that whites and Negroes should marry. He argued a mixed-race population is the sole solution to South Africa's pressing demographic problem.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
South Africa
Dominion
Telegraph
Shaw
Vines Unharmed in Clinton Crash Fatal to Boy
Ellsworth Vines Jr a Pasadena tennis pro escaped serious injury in a Clinton area crash that killed 14 year old Robert Crampton. Crampton’s father 45 was seriously hurt while Mrs Vines suffered minor head wounds. An inquest was planned by Coroner L O Riggett.
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Clinton
Ellsworth Vines, Jr
Pasadena
Calif
Vines
New York City
Robert Crampton
William Crampton
DeWitt
Elly
Crampton
L. O. Riggert
Truce Set to End Three Year Chaco War
An official communique reports a truce ending the three year Chaco war between Paraguay and Bolivia will be signed at 11 pm. The plan includes immediate peace talks, demobilization within ninety days, and limits on forces. Bolivia and Paraguay accept the mediators plan, with celebrations planned in La Paz Ascuncion and Buenos Aires.
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League of Nations
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Visitors To See Quins Hereafter
CALLANDER Ont. From now on visitors to the Dafoe hospital will be given a glimpse of the Dionne quintuplets frequently during each day from a distance of twenty feet. It has been decided the babies will be held up to the windows at various times each day to allow visitors to see them.
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Callander
Ont
Dafoe Hospital
Omar D. Gray Dies In Sturgeon Noted Editor and Politician
Omar D. Gray, editor lecturer humorist and business figure who was a longtime behind the scenes force in Missouri democracy died in Sturgeon on Monday.
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Sturgeon
Omar D. Gray
Missouri
From Factory To Mansion And Romance
Toni Di Muro a factory girl becomes an heiress after a street pick up. She faces wary relatives while romance hides amid hardship. Her daring choice and dramatic turn lead to a hopeful ending as The Gazette previews the tale Weep For Me by Kathleen Sheppard starting tomorrow.
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Toni di Muro
Toni
Kathleen Sheppard
Gazette
Greece Votes on Return of King George
Greece's Prime Minister Panayoti Tsaldaris announced a national plebiscite to decide the restoration of King George to the throne. The newly elected assembly will set the vote date as monarchists seek a return after eleven years of exile and a failed earlier push for monarchy.
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Panayoti Tsaldaris
George
Greece
Tsaldaris
National
Paris
Demetrius Maximos
Bucharest
Roumania
Balkan
Elizabeth
Des Moines Man Receives Subpoena For Grand Jury Probe
Thomas Conroy a Des Moines beer distributor went to the sheriff to accept a subpoena to appear before Woodbury County’s grand jury investigating graft and corruption. The subpoena dated May 31 followed advisement from County Attorney Carl Burkman. The probe ties to a slot machine protection ring involving the attorney general’s office and has led to extortion and obstruction charges in Polk County. The Woodbury grand jury is recessed until June 26.
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DES Moines
Thomas Conroy
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
Conroy
Excelsior Springs
Carl Burkman
H. M. ‘Havner
Sioux City
Havner
Floyd E. Page
Legislative Committee
State Liquor Commission
Walter Maley
Polk County Grand Jury
Polk Grand Jury Probes Slot Machine Racket
Des Moines reports indicate the Polk county grand jury is investigating a state slot machine racket linked to the attorney general’s office. Prosecutors seek more witnesses as Floyd E. Page and Tom Conroy testify, with the panel aiming to wrap up next week once additional testimonies are secured.
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Polk County
Grand Jury
Attorney General
Floyd E. Page
Denison
Liquor Investigating Committee
Page
Tom Conroy
Walter Maley
Conroy
Maley
New Jersey Passes Two Percent Sales Tax
Governor Harold G. Hoffman signed a bill implementing a two percent sales tax in New Jersey, set to take effect on July 1. The measure arrives from Trenton as policymakers push for revenue to fund state programs.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Eight Hundred Masons Attend Meeting Here
Burton H. Saxton of Des Moines, grand master of Iowa Masons, tells 800 Masons at the Shrine Temple opening the ninety second Iowa grand lodge session that Masonry emphasizes individual responsibility and civic duty. He urges better international ties and widespread understanding among Masons worldwide to promote peace and fairness.
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United States
Burton H. Saxton
Des Moines
Masons
Iowa
Saxton
Davis Raps G O P Defends the AAA
Grinnell Iowa AP Chester C Davis farm administrator attacked "grass roots" republicans at a Springfield convention while defending farm policies before farmers and business men. He accused Republicans of favoring industrial aid while shorting agriculture and blamed drought relief cries on GOP congressmen.
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Chester C. Davis
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Little Brothers
Andrew Mellon
Abraham Lincoln
AAA
Iowa
Federal kidnapping charges in Weyerhaeuser case
Three people Harmon Waley wife Margaret and William Mahan face federal kidnapping charges in Tacoma after evidence showed nine year old George Weyerhaeuser was moved across the Washington Idaho line. Hoover calls it precautionary and notes recovered ransom totals and a two man hypothesis.
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Wash
Weyerhaeuser
J. Edgar ‘Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harmon M. Waley
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William Mahan
Hoover
George Weyerhoeuser
Washington State
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Department of Justice
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West Eleventh Street
Spokane
Waley
Herring appoints Rep Stewart to liquor commission
Governor Clyde L. Herring named Rep Andrew Stewart of Calhoun county to the Iowa liquor control commission to fill the vacancy left by Harold M. Cooper. Stewart, a farmer near Rockwell City, will serve the remainder of Cooper’s term ending in 1939 and will confer with current commissioners before taking chairmanship steps.
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Clyde L. Herring
Andrew Stewart
Calhoun County
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
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Stewart
Harold M. Cooper
Cooper
Herring
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General Assembly
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Liquor Commission
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Lane
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Valley Junction
Action on NRA Delay in Senate Occasioned by Rider
Washington AP reports Senate leaders recessed to block final adoption of a rider requiring confirmation of all federal officials earning 4000 dollars or more a year. Democratic leaders sought to extend the NRA and argued it would restore anti trust laws to full vigor while facing expiration of the recovery act.
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Senate
House
Senate votes to abolish public utility holding companies
Washington AP report: Roosevelt backed measure to dismantle unnecessary holding firms passes Senate 56 to 32 after a tense debate. Dieterich sought to carve out dissolution powers. Borah amendment aimed to cap holding company power. Final tally shows strong bipartisan support and opposition.
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Roosevelt
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Dieterich
Wheeler-Rayburn Bil
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Mont
Trim
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Ee Cee
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Securities
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Compan
Walsh And Pearl Buck Are Married In Reno
Pearl S Buck the novelist and Richard Walsh of New York were wed in Reno after a secret divorce grant. The ceremony was led by Rev R C Thompson dean of men at the University of Nevada and an ordained Baptist minister.
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Pearl Comfort Buck
Richard Walsh
New York
Mercury Rises From 60 To 84 Amid Changeable Weather
A Cedar Rapids area report notes temperatures climbing from a low of 60 at 3 am Tuesday to 78 by 9:30 am and peaking at 84 by 1 pm under a partly cloudy sky. The day opened with a high of 88 and cooled to 63 by midnight before 7 am Tuesday.
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