Old Guarders Platform Clash at Republican Convention
At Public Hall Cleveland the 1936 Republican platform fight peaks as Gov. Alf Landon and Sen. William Borah clash over currency and policy. Borah demands a stance on gold standard while eastern leaders push sound money and anti monopoly themes.
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Public Hall
Cleveland
Landon
Borah
Wall Street
New York
Bolt
Old Guard
Amos Pinchot
Pennsylvania
London
London Camp
Louis Taber
National Grange
Taber
Kansan
John Hamilton
Henry Allen
Kansas
John Thomas
Idaho
Resolutions Committee
Walter Edge
New Jersey
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Alf M. Landon
Sedalia Woman Tries Suicide Over Money Woes
Nola Anderson, 24, of Sedalia Missouri, was hospitalized in Los Angeles after a self administered poison attempt. Deputies said her motive was despair over funds to travel home, sending two farewell notes to a Los Angeles friend and to her mother in Sedalia.
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Los Angeles
Nola Anderson
Sedalia
Sheriff's Office
Missouri
Sheriff's
Harlow Womble
J. P. Cable
Monarchist Plot Thwarted as Civil Guard Uniforms Seized
Madrid June 9 AP A high official in charge of Spanish security announced the smashing of a monarchist plot and seizure of uniforms, contradicting earlier police reports of 400 uniforms. The official said 100 uniforms were seized at a transport agency near the syndicalist headquarters, with monarchist arrests likely. Former King Alfonso XIII and his son were mentioned in prior Riviera reports amid Spain’s post February election unrest.
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Madrid
French
Riviera
Alfonso XII
Spain
Juan
Peters Named Executive Secretary To Grover W Dalton
W Scott Peters, local attorney and former Circuit Court reporter, named executive secretary to Grover W Dalton, chairman of the Republican State Committee. He will lead township and precinct organization statewide and speak at district conferences. his father David W Peters attended in his place at Salem due to car trouble.
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W. Scott Peters
Grover W. Dalton
Republican State Committee
Peters
Salem
David WW. Peters
Scott Peters
Jefferson City
Missouri group picks Langworthy for leader
Langworthy, born in Fairmount Kansas, rose from city charter reform to finance chief roles. After guiding the Kansas City Joint Stock Land Bank through turmoil he attracted attention of Meyer of the Federal Reserve and was named a director of the Kansas City Fed in 1932. He married Minnie Leach in 1903 and has three children.
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Federal Reserve Board
Hoover
Langworthy
Fairmount
Kas
University of Kansas
Columbia University
Kansas City
Kansas City Joint Stock Land Bank
Meyer
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
Minnie Leach
Leavenworth
French Defense Unification Moves in Blum Cabinet
Paris June 9 A left wing government announces a top level reform uniting war navy and air ministries under Edouard Daladier as minister of defense. A permanent defense committee led by Daladier will coordinate forces, armament programs, and mobilization while civilian ministers gain control of armed forces. Strikes ease as workers return and firms sign terms, metallurgical workers sparked the stoppage.
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Paris
Edquard Daladier
Air
Daladdier
Supreme War Council
Daladier
Navy
Philippe Petaine
Frances
Army
Fodey
Leon Blum
Finistry of Interior
Anoon Leaders Struggle Amid Quiet Convention Tensions
Delegates gather as tensions surface on the platform with a guard detaining a negro delegate in a doorway. Ogden Mills attends with Taber chosen for the platform committee while many seats stay empty and order on the floor remains unsettled.
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Texas
Ogden Mills
the Treasury
Heaven
New York
Representative Taber
Oregon
Minnesota
Iowa
Michigan
Maine
Fletcher
Senator Vandenberg
George Deb
Heim
National Committee
Landon
Kansas
Wisconsin
LaFolfette
Harry W. Nice
Maryland
John Q. Tilson
Washington
Connecticut
Young convicts slain sheep herder. two boys capture
Fort Collins Colorado June 9 two juvenile fugitives Wilbur McGuire 14 and Robert Oliver 12 escaped from Golden industrial school and killed sheep herder Tom Bales 58 while robbing camp. Warren Livestock Co. camp near Crouse Colorado. Pershing Nephew Francis Warren wounded arriving at scene. boys captured near Norfolk Colorado. Police prepared charges against the youths.
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Fort Collins
Cale
Wilbur McGuire
Robert Oliver
Golden
Colo
Sunady
Tom Bales
Warren Livestock Co
Crouse
Pershing
Nebraska Storms Cause Widespread Damage and Tornado
A heavy hail wind and rain storm swept Nebraska from west to east, injuring crops and trees and disrupting communications. A tornado struck the Robert Schreer farm near Kearney, with no injuries reported, while wind toppled windmills and downed poles near Fairmont. Central Nebraska and western areas saw crop damage despite rains being beneficial in many places. The Omaha central high school's ROTC camp at Valley was destroyed and abandoned.
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Lincoln
Nev
Nebraska
A. B. Anderson
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Fillmore County
Robert Schreer
Kearney
Fairmont
Nebrask
Valley
Omaha Central High School
Dionne Quintuplets Quarantined At North Bay Hospital
North Bay Ontario June 9 AP report says Ernest and Therese Dionne siblings of the quintuplets are ill with measles. The Dionne household is under quarantine and parents Mr. and Mrs Oliva Dionne have stopped daily visits to the Dafoe nursery where the quintuplets reside.
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North Bay
Ont
Ernest
Therese Dionne
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Dafoe Nursery
Police nab man for firearm violation after tip
New York police responded to a telephone tip and found Steve Patrick still pointing a gun at a bartender. He said he did not commit a robbery but intended to show the weapon. Officers booked him on an anti firearms law violation.
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New York
Steve Patrick
Steve
Pelice
Floor Battle Threatens Meeting Amid Uncertain Plans
The report notes conferees facing a fragile path as strategies to draw on general revenue to subsidize farm market tariffs and balance industrial market benefits face repeated reversals and uncertainty.
Springfield Teacher Killed in GAR Crash
Springfield Missouri, June 9. Marguerite George Hare, 39, a high school French teacher, died from injuries after a car crash near El Dorado, Arkansas. She was riding with Walter W. George of Springfield. their car sideswiped another vehicle. The other driver, Mrs. Jones Brazier of Mansfield, Louisiana, died. Mrs. George was seriously injured and prognosis was poor.
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Springfield
Irs
Marguerite George Hare
el Dorado
Ark
Walter W. George
Jones Brazier
Mansfield
George
Norborne Minister Killed by Train in Missouri
Rev. J. H. Ehlers 75 pastor of Norborne Luther an church for 50 years was killed by a Santa Fe train at Norborne Missouri. He walked into the path of the moving engine as a siding train stood unoccupied. Seven children survive and his wife had died about a year earlier. Her mother was killed at the same crossing years ago.
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Carrollton
J. H. Ehlers
Norborne
Here
Uncertain Future for Production Control and Farm Subsidies
Dozen references to production control faded as demand lingered for it as a weapon against recurring surpluses. Western state delegates split over soil conservation programs and tariff subsidies, with unofficial estimates placing about 3.406 billion annually in farm pockets. Some eastern sections favored local federal benefits for soil conservation while others opposed all but the subsidy.
Weeds Stop Dust Storms In Kansas
In Garden City Kansas June 2 rains in the dust bowl have sparked weed growth to halt dust storms. Farmers plant large crops by moonlight with tractors active day and night. Maize and kafir corn are sown in wide rows to allow fall wheat between. A temperature surge yesterday spurred late crops. Officials note weed coverage may curb silt despite ongoing dust concerns.
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Garden City
Kans
Gove
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