YO HO HO AND SAFETY AT SEA
Article fragment discusses Republican platform debates, punch boards versus numbers racket, and foreign trade policy. It cites Senator Steiner, Cordell Hull, and allegations of New Deal harm to American markets. Also mentions Uncle Daniel Roper and the inspection service amid funding issues and maritime travel anecdotes.
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Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Steiner
United States
Cleveland
Republican Party
America
New York Herald-Tribune
Bacon
Daniel Roper
Roper
Eala
Fred Roper
Lieutenant Roper
Teriff
Hull
Kansas
Florida Winter Work Stops Roper Family Junket
The Eala served in Miami for steamboat inspections amid winter duties as the Morro Castle and Mohawk incidents raised harbor safety concerns. The service head Weaver says junketing is halted, ending trips that benefited the Roper family and their many relatives.
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Commerce Department
Eala
Miami
Morro Castle
New Jersey
Mohawk
Fala
Florida
Inspection Service
Weaver
Roper
Political party labels swap as Cleveland convention opens
Central Press veteran observers note a party swap with Democrats favoring federal centralization and Republicans defending states rights. The piece highlights Landon’s bid and tariff shift, with Cleveland and Philadelphia conventions seen as signaling a realignment, and peers debating vice presidential picks amid cautious optimism and uncertain voter recognition.
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Cleveland
Philadelphia
Wu Ting Fang
The Hitch Hiker Menace in Ashland Case
Huntington readers are warned about hitch hikers after two Louisville brothers robbed a Good Samaritan, wounded two police officers, and were shot. The piece urges motorists to never pick up strangers, citing danger and crime on highways and urging safety first.
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Huntington Advertiser
Louisville
Ashland
Desperate Experience Critique of Republican Nominee
Washington Star quotes Jim Farley labeling the leading Republican candidate as “the governor of a typical prairie state.” The remark frames the GOP hopeful as emblematic of rural, middle America, signaling a pointed critique ahead of the nomination race.
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Washington
Jim Farley
Experience as gatekeeper in election talk
Jim argues against electing a governor lacking experience calling such a choice reckless. He cites Landon’s limited tenure versus veterans like Hopkins Tugwell Frankfurter Frank Warren Ezekiel Johnson Moley, note the brain trust’s ranks as contrast to the candidate.
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Ernor
Jim
New, York
Boxing Commission
New
Landon
Prairie State
Harry Hopkins
Rex Tugwell
Felix Frankfurter
Jerome Frank
Warren
Mordecai
Ezekiel
Hugh Johnson
Raymond Moley
Brain Trust
Empanathitty
Camden Ruby Murder Mystery at Don Van Every Home
Margalo Younger, actress, found dead in Don Van Every’s home after he recounts the Camden ruby tale. Detective Keyes questions Van Every and Geary Maughan as Joyce Van Every recalls alibi details and a maid Laura Randall, while family intrigue and a nerve-wracking night unfold.
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Margalo Younger
Don van Every
van Every
Camden
Geary Maughan
Reyes
Maughan
Margalo
Joyce
Keyes
Homer Keyes
Mr. Maughan
Miss Margalo Younger
Thes
Randall
Laura Randall
Mother
Mynel
McManus
Miss Randall
Farley Platform Emphasizes Experience for All
The text argues for broad clerical support of Jim Farley with a core plank: "Experience for all and all for experience." It questions what kind of experience, suggesting future action by Farley akin to Paul Revere warning patriots that a governor from a prairie state is approaching without sufficient experience.
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Jim Farley
Jim
Paul Revere
Opinions Of One Woman Indicts Women In Public Life
Dorothy Dix in a Baltimore Sun piece argues that women are the winning sex and contrasts female passions with male stoicism. The essay asserts women seek sympathy and self expression, while men discuss ideas and bear burdens quietly. The item notes local society items on church anniversary and a 50th wedding anniversary in Huntington.
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Bluefield Telegraph
America
Dorothy Dix
Baltimore Sun
Dorothy
Dix
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G. Palmer
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Associated Press
National Advertising Representative
North
Michigan Avenue
A.E. Clayden, Inc
New York
Lexington Avenue
Chicago
Borah
P. D. Shingleton
West Virginia
Shingleton
Irepublican Party
Ashington
Charles P. Stewa
Central Press
Onan
Leslie Eichel
London
Hoover
Jim Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Liberty League
J. Hamilton Fish
Borah Backer
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
William Allen White
Emporia
Pinchot
Mac
Adam-Blis
Allan
Allan Foster
Wheeling
Chapline Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Huntington
John O. McGinnis
Culloden
Rabbag. Reates Harry
WHITE
Loveland
Hagan
W. Main
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