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Newspaper

Delphi Citizen

Location

Delphi, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1936

Page

2

Norris Calls for Roosevelt Re election Despite Party Lines

United States Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska urges re election of President Roosevelt and pledges active support across party lines. He questions the value of expenditures by comparing outcomes and challenges critics to state what they would have done facing unprecedented national conditions.

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G O P Amateur Night Promises Political and Comic Staging

A column notes an imagined G O P Amateur Night with Alf Landon Borah and Knox speeches and jokes, featuring Herbert Hoover humor and a Major Bowes style gong. It also mentions Congressman Halleck shifting from AAA criticism to Civil Service jobs, reflecting on modern politicians and party dynamics.

Alf ‘Landon Senator Borah Colonel Knox Herbert Hoover Halleck AAA Indiana Civil Service

Old Squirbs From the Files of Carroll County Citizen Times

Mrs LH Smith and daughter Maurine depart for Wheeling West Virginia to visit sister Mrs Charles E Sawyer for about a month. Frank Lehnert couple returns from wedding trip. Oracle club meets with Mr and Mrs James A Shirk. Clay Pearson opens genuts store and tailoring shop today. Elizabeth Troxell visits Indianapolis. Alma Coats returns from Indianapolis. Wabash train Lafayette to Peru runs 53 miles in 53 minutes. Hattie Hufty and Lee Henderson wed at Hufty home Tippecanoe Township. Jack Bennett travels to Detroit for work in a drug store. Bertha Conway enters Valparaiso University. A son born to Mr and Mrs Ray Shigley in this city.

Signs of Phese re Signs of Phese re ae tae ee Progress o e New Deal Recovery in Indiana

Political observers from major eastern newspapers report Roosevelt strong in Indiana. Surveys by Boston Transcript Washington Star Scripps-Howard Paul Mallon and The New York Times describe Indiana as securely Democratic with Roosevelt likely to win all 14 electoral votes.

Indiana Roosevelt Boston Transcript Washington Star Scripps-Howard Paul Mallon Russell B. Porter New York Times Porter

Human Being by Christopher Morley reviewed at Delphi Library

A positive review praises Human Being as a lively fiction that traces an ordinary man’s life backward through events to the final chapter. Morley aims to capture a human being in the act of being human with a fast moving plot set among New York business types and a distressed wife. The book is deemed delightful for readers who enjoy a story that keeps moving.

Christopher Morley Delphi

Peasant Protests Grow in Mexico City as Teachers March

In Mexico City angry peasants resist socialist policies while 12 000 marching teachers confront officials in rural Jalisco. The next day Secretary Vela promised a 25 percent wage increase for teachers, and President Cardenas ordered the War Department to arm both genders.

Mexico City Jalisco Vela Cardenas War Department

War Clouds, Belligerence, and the Call for Mercy

A columnist argues that Europe and Africa face a dangerous shift from mere war clouds to potential global chaos. The piece warns against war promoters and urges readers to avoid hate, embrace the brotherhood of man, and support the Poet Laureate League's goal of justice tempered with mercy. It ends with a subscription plea for The Citizen.

Poet Laureate League America

Opinions on safety, politics and reform from public figures

A collection of quotations from Rev W J Sayers James Trulow Adams Courtney Ryley Cooper Prof George Owen Sr and Fred G Clark debating church safety versus cars parole reform Alma mater Townsend plan and national confidence.

Courtney Ryley Cooper Prof George Owen, Sr Massachusetts Tech Townsend Fred G. Clark Crusaders

Gandhi declines US visit amid Vanishing Indian chatter

The piece notes Gandhi not traveling to the United States in response to rumors about Indians here. It comments on fashion with ambulance blue, mentions the War Department seeking 28 living American war aviators, and jokes that red letter days will come when blue laws are repealed. It also mocks hat buyers hoping for free goods.

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Readable Chaos On Front Pages And Political Jokes

A scatter of 1930s headlines and editorial quips reflect sensationalism fear and political satire. Notes criticize newspaper taste while lampooning Hoovers humor and Townsend plans as well as stamps and peace prize debates amid international tensions.

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