Republicans Eye Narrow Democratic Margins in 1936 Race
Republican strategists view 20 congressional districts won by Democrats in 1934 with margins under 3,000 as prime targets for 1936. They note districts in California, Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and others where small margins suggest potential GOP overturns if national trends favor Republicans.
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Steet
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Conon
Wwe
California
Connecticut
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Newark
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Till- Ross
Kan‘Baa
Maire
New
Washington Bureau Notes on AAA Leadership and Policy Shifts
Rodney Dutcher reports on the American Agriculture Administration appointing Donald Montgomery as Consumers' Counsel, succeeding Calvin Hoover. The piece discusses AAA policy nudging toward consumer interests, Hoover’s influence, and the department's stance on food supplies and export demand amid looming geopolitical tensions and the Italo Ethiopians crisis. It also mentions Vincent Miles’ political appointment to the Social Security Board and ties to Roosevelt, Ickes, and Interior.
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NBA Service Star
Ashington
AAA
Wallace
Chester Davis
Tobbyiste
Donald Montgomery
Calvin _B. Hoover
Fred C Howe
Montgomery
Hoover
Democratic National
Vincent Miles
Social Security Board
Roosevelt
Ickes
Miles
Interior
Charles West
Ohio
White House
Capitol Hill
Wall Street cheers as fall business outlook brightens
Wall Street showed renewed optimism as August week totals matched a 1931 peak and General Electric raised dividends to 20 cents. Bonds held steady amid minor jitters while auto makers hint at stronger fall shipments. Despite some wholesale retail slack and Pacific Coast price cuts, Roosevelt cited substantial and widespread recovery.
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General Electric
Stock Exchange
U. S
Treasury
Pacific
Roosevelt
Reluctant Men Begin Cremation In Keys Disaster
State health officer Hanson says he will not permit shipment of bodies from the keys unless hermetically sealed caskets are used. Governor Shultz plans to report to President Roosevelt in Washington on casualties and possible rehabilitation. Authorities launch investigations into the veterans camps disaster and describe the scene as appalling with risks from bacillus gas. cremation is deemed the practical option due to coral rock graves impracticality.
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Hanson
Shultz
Washington
Roosevelt
Wew Bureau
G. A. Worley
Aubrey Williams
Harry J. Hopkins
Keys
J. BE. Fairbanks
Coast Guard Rescue Operations
Florida Wades Through Storm Aftermath Amid Amity Pledge
Governor Shultz tours the storm zone reporting vast destruction from Flamingo Key to Snake Creek. Red Cross rescues and 41 coffins stacked in upper keys reveal the tragedy. Memorial services for dead veterans are planned with federal government auspices and key officials like Admiral Penner and General Moseley expected.
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Snake Creek
Florida
Red Cross
Charleston
S. C
George van Horn Moseley
Fourth Corps
Atlanta
Roosevelt Begins Vacation with New Deal in Mind
President Roosevelt starts a vacation as Congress adjourns and the nation enjoys a brink of a breather. He plans a motor trip to Henry Morgenthau’s farm in Dutchess County and a clambake with friends. Hopkins administers the $4,000,000,000 works relief program, with strict job cost limits hoping private industry will help.
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Hyde F “Sk
N. Y
Roosevelt
W. Howard
Scripps-Howard
Henry W. Morgenthau
Birmingham Youth Dies In Accident
Robert Klein of Birmingham a student at Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Sigma Nu House manager was killed when his car left the road ten miles west of Columbus Georgia. The wreck followed an apparent sleep at the wheel with Klein the sole fatality and others riding with him unhurt.
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Ala
Robert Klein
Birmingham
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Sigma Nu
Columbus
Garoe Sen
Klen
Harold
Thomaston
Alpert Jr
Montgomery
Joek
Talladega
Arthur
Medicine aid to better reading in school children
At a national psychology meeting, Dr Florence Mateer described therapy using pituitary extracts to treat reading difficulties in about 100 children. The Merryheart School team found gland insufficiency, not lack of intelligence, caused many reading handicaps and reported rapid progress after treatment.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Ann Arbor, Mich
American Psychological Association
Florence Mateer
Merryheart School
Columbus
Ohio
Judy
Merryheart
Matteer
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