Roosevelts War Council Sets Campaign Tone
A Roosevelt camp convened a council of war with 15 Democratic leaders and allies to map re election strategy. Governor Landon toured Annapolis outlining farming policy aims while addressing domestic farm issues. John D. Rockefeller Jr. defended Democratic criticism of Republican fundraising in Maine and pledged citizen duty to support party principles.
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Belican
Alfred M. Landon
Reublican
Anneapolis
Reign Nations
Moines
White House
Park
N. Y
Roosepit
Democratic Committee
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Repub
Maine
Appeal for more chicken to balance market in Nebraska
Lincoln Neb Sept 24 W B Panning director of the state agriculture department urged Nebraskans to eat more chicken due to a warm dry year boosting baby chick survival and causing a poultry market glut. He suggested several chicken dinners to reduce supply and stabilize prices.
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Neb
W. B. Panning
State Agriculture Department
Townsend Plan Reincorporated as Recovery Plan Inc
Townsend national secretary Gilmour Young announced the reincorporation of the Old Age Revolving Pensions Inc into the Townsend National Recovery Plan Inc to embody the plan’s real objective. Earl Browder, Communist candidate for president, said in New York he has no chance in 1936 but predicted a formerlabor party could become a major contender in 1940.
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Townsend National
Gilmour Young
Old Age Revolving Pensions, Inc
Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc
Townsend Plan
Earl Browder
New York
Fascists Slow Near Madrid Amid Two-Front Battle
In reports from the Madrid front the insurgents claimed fascists were slowed near Santa Cruz and 18 miles from Madrid, with lines forming between Maqueda and the capital. Northern forces pressed through Guadarrama passes as southern columns converged toward San Martin de Valdeiglesias. Reports on Toledo remained unconfirmed amid the Alcazar siege.
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Maqueda-Madrid
Navalcarnero
Madrid
Guadarrama
Sierrag
Maqueda
San Martin de Valdeigiestas
Toledo
Ciy
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Free Press Stance Dominates 1930s Forum Remarks
The message from both candidates supports free press amid party clashes. Landon and Roosevelt defend freedom of speech and decry news tampering while Hoover calls for local relief handling, criticizing federal waste and unemployment politics. The exchanges reflect tensions over press regimentation and relief policy.
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Landon
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Roosevelt
United States
Heron
Hoover
Prices Hold Firm Across Middle Belt Tobacco Markets
Tobacco prices remained steady in the middle belt with offerings slightly lower in grade but the average rises near 25 dollars per hundredweight. Durham moved about 500000 pounds at just over 25 dollars, while eight other belt markets averaged slightly above 25 dollars. First primings and tips led many small markets.
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Raleigh
Middle Belt
Durham
Yakima Man Catches Fire From Orchard Spray
H Konda of Yakima Washington suffered burns after his pants were saturated by spray from a Japanese rancher s orchard. He walked fast enough to ignite the fabric and flames enveloped his legs and arms causing minor burns.
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Yakima, Wash
H. Konda
Funeral for Hickory farmer Luther Huffman
Funeral services were held in Hickory for Luther Pinckney Huffman a 68 year old prominent local farmer who died yesterday at his home. The service was held at 4 P M.
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Hickory
Luther Pinckney Huffman
Dog head butterfly mimics canine features on wings
A butterfly shows a striking resemblance to a dog head on each forewing. Eye spots align with the imagined face, creating a convincing likeness across both wings. The description highlights the eye placement and overall pattern.
Gas sales tied to bootleg mining drive in labor probe
Ailes of Lake Erie Chemical testified before the La Follette committee that 7500 gas tubes were sold for use in driving bootleg miners off properties and that the company earned about 710700 from 1982 to 1934. The panel showed a US gas map highlighting industrial sales as investigators cited overall poison gas sales by three firms totaling 466913 between 1933 and 1936.
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Washington
Senate
Ailes
Lake Erie Chemical Company
la Follette
United States
Robert Wohlforth
Equipmen
Mills picket sound truck case ends with suspended sentence
Charles Centers, hosiery union organizer, was convicted of nuisance for operating a sound truck at the Hanes Hosiery Mill strike. He received 60 days, suspended on condition of operating the loud speaker reasonably and within set hours 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The appeal kept the case alive with a $500 bond.
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Charles Centers
Hanes
Centers
Personal Probe Made of Strike
Minneapolis Governor Hjalmer Peterson opened a per se inquiry into the milling strike after a grain elevator workers conference failed to ease tension. He planned talks with Archer-Daniels-Midland Company officials whose linseed plant sparked nightly disorders and a militia mobilization by Sheriff John P. Wall of Hennepin County.
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Minneapolis
Hjalmer Peterson
Archer-Daniels- Midland Company
John P. Wall
Heanepin County
Typhoid and Scarlet Fever Up in North Carolina
North Carolina health officials report a notable rise in typhoid and scarlet fever cases for last week, with 28 typhoid and 48 scarlet fever, up from the previous week. Diphtheria declined to 53 cases, measles appeared in six cases, and scarlet fever totals reached 18 and 23 in earlier reporting.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Board of Health
Pickerel Reaches Shore After Coal Toss by Engineman
In Lyons New Jersey a big five pound pickerel eluded anglers for two years in the river near the roundhouse. The fireman on Jack Kennally’s New York Central locomotive watched the attempt end when a chunk of coal was tossed into the water and stunned the fish, which floated ashore.
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Lyons
N. J
Jack Kennally
New York Central Railroad
Kennally
Final Outcome Track Program Nearing President Approval
City Manager E M Knox said talks with Secretary Ickes last week led to a strong recommendation for approval. If the President signs, $800000 will fund track depressions and at least four bridges with potential for five or six, shared by the city state and PWA.
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E. M. Knox
Knox
Congress
Ickes
Washington
Congresman Umstead
Roosevelt
Department
PWA
Steam Shovel Falls Over Cliff in Tennessee Toll
At Chickamauga dam a steam shovel plunged 200 feet into a creek killing James Smith 36 shovel operator of Chattanooga and Glen Charles Monroe 44 rigger formerly of West Asheville North Carolina. Charlies G. Pressley 29 foreman of Maryville Tennessee was severely injured. Details not learned yet but operator may have lost control of the shovel.
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Tenn
Chickamauga
W. D. L. Robinson
Tennessee Valley Authority Information Division
James Smith
Glen
Charles Monroe
Rigger
West Asheville
N. C
Maryville
Robinson
Magazine banned in Japan over Hirohito article
The September issue of Fortune magazine, published in the United States, was banned in Japan today for an article deemed to treat Emperor Hirohito indelicately.
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Tokyo
Fortune Magazine
United States
Japan
Hirohito
Farmer Edward Fox Dies of Heart Attack While Picking Seed Corn
Edward L. Fox, 48, a farmer of Joliet, Illinois, made a trip to town to pay a life insurance premium, then returned home and died of a heart attack while selecting seed corn.
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Joliet
Edward L. Fox
Attorneys debate in auto court over whiskey proof in Mississippi
In Jackson Mississippi acting Judge Lewis Jr reserved ruling as prosecutors argued that seeking any smelling proved whiskey. Detective J P Shipp tested a bottle by drinking from it and declared it whiskey. The defendant was convicted and fined 100 dollars.
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Jackson
Auta Court
MR. Lewis, Jr
J. P. Shipp
Hard Luck Oysters Cost Long Beach Jeweler Big Loss
In Long Beach on September 24 Eddie Coffey ordered oysters that went awry causing a $2,000 loss. A jeweler noted the largest of 41 pearls found inside would have been worth about $1,000 raw.
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Long Beach
Calif
Eddie Coffey
Registration Snapshot Shows Odd Name Obscured
A fragment from a San Diego registration scene captures a clerk asking for a name. The respondent provides a lengthy Slavic sounding name, Alexander Flippolitovich Augustinovich Opolsk, raising questions about identity verification in the voting process.
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San Diego
Calie
Alexander Flippolitovich
Augustinovich
Opolsk
Wing design boosts lift to prevent spins in trials
A slotted wing with Cor TM Clete claims prevents spins by increasing lift. Test flights show higher rate of climb and a takeoff distance around 100 feet, with a reported climb rate of 1000 test minutes.
Air travel over United States doubles in recent years
In the last five years the number of transport planes making scheduled trips over U S airways has doubled. Increased traffic highlights growth in commercial aviation and greater cross country air service.
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Travesport
United States Airways
East Spencer Sues for School Funds Over Construction Costs
East Spencer has filed suit against Rowan county commissioners seeking 42 200 dollars as a refund for funds spent on constructing white and Negro school buildings in the town.
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Salisbury
East Spencer
Rowan County Board of Commissioners
Ornamental amusement plane with ground-only flight limits
A plane under construction is designated for amusement parks only and cannot lift from the ground. Its wings are decorative, powered by a small automobile engine, and it travels up to 18 miles per hour.
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