Picking Key Men For National Conventions In 1936
Washington April 20 AP Leaders of both major parties focus on the approaching national conventions and selecting keynote speakers for the big shows. Republicans meet in Cleveland to choose officers and may delay announcing a keynote. Democrats convene in Philadelphia and plan to name officers, with Senator Robinson likely permanent chairman and Roosevelt’s renomination possible keynote choice. Senator Wagner touted for address. Norris endorses youth movement for the president’s re election.
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Liberty League Urges Stand Against Court Powers
The American Liberty League denounces attacks on government and calls for united opposition to any curtailment of courts power by legislation or constitutional change. It stresses nonpartisan aims and vows militant action against attempts to create a totalitarian or socialist state.
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Wagner housing bill urged in war on slums
Washington April 20 AP report says author Senator Wagner and Secretary Ickes urged the 878.9 million four year program as federal aid to eliminate slums. Hearing before Senate labor committee hears Wagner claim of jobs and lower rents for low income groups, with Anderson of PWA noting housing needs and funding shortfalls.
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Morals case linked with wife drowning in LA
Robert S. James, 39, a barber, is held on morals charges as investigators pursue a long inquiry into the drowning of his fifth wife Mary Bush James, 27. A niece, Miss Lois Wright, 21, is held as a material witness after a raid on James' bungalow. District Attorney Burton Fitts says six other women are being sought to aid the case.
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Grandparents Visit Freddie Bartholomew
Hollywood dispatch reports Freddie Bartholomew, juvenile screen star, visited by his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bartholomew as custody proceedings loom. His aunt Miss Mylicent Bartholomew declined comment on a charge that the mother Mrs. Lillian Mae Bartholomew took Freddie to the film colony against parental wishes. Attorney Felix Cunningham said his side of the case will be presented in court tomorrow.
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Poison incident ends with near-tragedy in St Louis Me
In St Louis Me on a Sunday night Ralph Czarnowski 48 had been courting Miss Mary Law for two years. He returned with a small tin bucket declaring there was poison enough to kill a thousand men. He raised the bucket to his lips as friends rushed to stop him but he drank before they could intervene. The incident ends with emergency efforts and questions about Czarnowski’s intent.
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Book Club to Aid Unknown Authors Fellowship Plan
New York April 20 Four $2,500 fellowships will be awarded annually by the book of the month club to deserving but unknown authors. William Allen White, publisher of the Emporia Gazette and the club's editorial board, announced the plan to fill the gap between Pulitzer prizes and Guggenheim fellowships. The prizes target a macabre volume that failed in circulation and financial return.
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Italy Demands Ethiopia as Price of Peace
The League Council heard a report on conciliation failure as Italy's premier Baroni Aloisi urged that any armistice require assurance against Ethiopian mobilization and rearmament. He argued occupation of mobilization centers and even the capital, effectively calling for control over broad Ethiopian territories.
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Five hogs evade police in St. Louis chase
In St Louis five workers slipped through city streets while a truckload of live stock flagged to market overturned after a sleet car strike. Police aided driver Dees Stipes of Slater Missouri in rounding up the load but five hogs vanished, eluding capture.
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First Lady Supports Pictures With Permission
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said photographs showing her with African Americans were taken with her permission and she objected to no distribution. She declined comment on political aspects, noting the images were circulated by a New Deal aligned South group. Master Burnet, Dog Unhurt in Chicago Fire.
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