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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
2
Observers report Roosevelt as chief defense counsel delivering compelling evidence while Landon, Republican lead, struggles to sway the jury with emotional appeals. Yawns and tears mix with newspaper bundles and sunflowers as debates end and verdict nears.
A column warns of last minute sensational utterances by Republican or Du Pont Liberty League factions as defeat nears. It cites a possible pretended presidential health remark or a foreign press cable, noting the Chicago Tribune published it and the Chicago Times offered a 5000 reward for proof with none offered.
Old Squibs notes Mrs. Brookbank to Franklin street taking boarders. Drs F A Shultz and F W Smith form medicine partnership offering treatment. Dr Smith linked to Dr J B Shultz of Logansport and Electric Medical College Cincinnati. Ruben Taylor and Rev S Godfrey report fist fight on cars between Lafayette and Crawfordsville. A McClure relocates to new Front street brick home. George Whisler house broken into by two claiming to be Mr and Mrs Knight. clothing and 26 dollars stolen. T J Holdridge moves to Frankfort in hardware business. Ned Ryan back from Montana visiting and in good health. James Matthews Pittsburg Woolen mill robbed of 400 dollars worth of flannel. thief at large.
The Citizen schedules a week of WPA worker hearings from Saturday 2 to 3 p m to discuss forced political meetings, and interviews on who was told how to vote. Also invites officials paid for campaign activity and retailers assessed for the Democratic fund.
The American Institute of Public Opinion reports Franklin D. Roosevelt leading Alf M. Landon 390 to 141 in electoral votes. New York New Jersey Indiana Nebraska shift to Democrats. increased registration favors Roosevelt with many new voters and previous nonvoters leaning Democratic.
Liberty Magazine reports Franklin D. Roosevelt leading among 4 600 editors surveyed with 2875 predicting him president elect and 1814 backing Landon. The poll also projects Democrats with 266 House seats and 20 Senate seats, with other parties holding minor shares.
The New York Times notes a shift in rural Midwest sentiment as farmers react to economic woes. Hoover, urged by some Republicans to stay quiet, enters the campaign with a humorous Philadelphia speech that mocks the New Deal and signals a lighter tone now that tensions from 1929 to 1933 have eased.
Si Vise Hes signals lineup changes while Dudley A. Smith critiques Republican claims about Roosevelt social programs and taxes. He argues most Roosevelt spending comes as loans repaid with interest and notes federal taxes primarily target higher incomes, urging readers to vote Republican. He cites Indiana context and endorses The Citizen subscription.
A collection of quoted opinions on Roosevelt era farm programs and policy. Figures like Cordell Hull William E. Clow Jr. John Augustine Ryan James Truslow Adams George N Peek and Hugh S Johnson weigh in on who benefited from New Deal measures and the politics of the 1932 to 1936 period.
Irvin S Cobb notes in a satirical column on salad dressings, Earl Browder, cruelty to animals, and media spellbinders. He riffs on police action against Browder, Russia, and political rhetoric, then blurs into a hypocritical pamphlet on newspapers and currency jargon.
The Ashville Citizen notes Governor Landon's view that agriculture cannot thrive in abundance without restored overseas markets, calling the idea a hapless mystery. The Indiana Democratic voice questions how farmers could prosper without access to global buyers.
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