Bank Night Gambling Boosted at Capitol Theater in Jefferson City
The Capitol Theater exploits leniency toward lotteries with a revised Bank Night setup. Ticket purchase on Wednesday suffices to join, with extra prizes to entice buyers who need not attend the film. Critics warn gambling harm and call for restraint amid a rising sideline in Jefferson City.
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Tribune
Post
Associated Press
Jefferson City
Missouri
Capitol Theater
St. Louis
Jefferson ‘City
Dubinsky's
Landon Emerges as New GOP Candidate in 1936
The Cleveland convention marks a power shift from old guard conservatives to midwestern liberals. Governor Landon stands as a new kind of Republican candidate, narrowly chosen as the delegates’ unanimous front runner before voting began, signaling the party’s readiness to adapt to changing conditions rather than collapse.
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Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Cleveland
Landon
Do Platforms Count In The Presidential Campaign
The text notes a shift in the campaign, with two main figures challenging the president’s dominance. It suggests a battle of personalities, with both men to be evaluated on character, views, and experience, while implying media and elites lean GOP. It also asks who stole the nation's wavelengths.
Washington Daybook: Democrats tout platform gains in industry
Washington Daybook notes Democrats cite rising factory output, rail revenues, and rent increases as proof of a recovering economy aided by policy. Republicans warn against government control, urging focus on natural market rebound. Senator Barkley linked profits hymn to his Philadelphia address.
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Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
American Iron and Steel Institute
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Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Philadelphia
How's Your Health Dr Jago Galdston
Child fears deserve serious handling. Adults should acknowledge the child's view, avoid shaming, and use gentle inquiry to uncover origins. Progressive, slow exposure with parental support can reduce fear without causing shame or withdrawal.
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Jago Galdston
Opinion Snippets On Farley Press and WPA Boondoggling
A collection of opinions accusing James A. Farley of disliking newspapers and criticizing the Post Office Department's influence on the press. Readers harshly judge WPA boondoggling in Chicago and government overreach, with remarks from editors like Manchester Union and Toni Lanier praising or lampooning policy and gender norms.
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Boss Farley
James A. Farley
Connecticut
Post Office Department
Charleston
S. C
News and Courier
Democrats Prepare Platform Clash With Republicans
Washington reports Democrats laboring to assemble a campaign platform to contrast New Deal reforms with Republican positions. Sen Robert Wagner and White House aides discuss priorities on constitutional issues tariff farm policy and neutrality and crop insurance while considering a biometallic currency plank and a permanent public works program to back Roosevelt administration goals.
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Robert Wagner
Cordell Hull
PWA
Harold L.ckes
White House
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
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Ened Ickes
Wagner
Actress Loretta Young Saves Baby From Fire
Hollywood star Loretta Young and Ramon Lu go 2 escaped a blaze during a Ramona scene when a lamp set gauze netting and dry leaves alight. Young pulled the child to safety as her dress caught fire but was saved by quick action.
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Hollywood
Calif
Loretta Young
Miss Young
Ramon Lugo
Ramona
Merits Based Housing Plan Likely in Democratic Platform
A merit based housing proposal, not political, is under consideration with support from a national resources committee suggestion. Waener backs a low rent housing plank and expects it to appear in the Democratic platform contingent on congressional action on the Wagner housing bill passed by the Senate yesterday.
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Republican
League
National Resources Committee
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Wagner
D-Ny
Walsh
D-Mass
Labor Committee
Henry Walthall dies at 35 in sanitarium
Hollywood mourns Henry B. Walthall, star of Birth of a Nation, who died at a sanitarium in Monrovia at age 35 after treatment for a chronic ailment. The Shelby City, Alabama native appeared in-stage and film roles including China Clipper, Viva Villa, Judge Priest, and A Tale of Two Cities. widow Mary Charleson Walthall and daughter Mary Patricia survive.
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Shelby City
Ala
Pasteur Sanitarium
Monrovia
Henry Milles
D. W. Griffith
Waltha
Wallace Beery
Plane crash in Virginia kills two Navy crewmen
Norfolk, June 17 AP Lieutenant Charles E. Mallory 27 of Bethesda Maryland and radio man W C Gray of Wharton Texas died when their plane crashed from about 100 feet shortly after takeoff from the naval air station. The men and the plane were attached to the heavy cruiser Indianapolis.
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Norfolk
Charles E. Mallory
Bethesda
W. C. Gray
Wharton
Texas
Naval Air Station
Indianapolis
Housing Bill Approved by Senate for Slum Clearance Plan
The $460 million Wag oner housing bill clears the Senate after brief debate and heads to the House to create a federal housing authority. It authorizes federal aid for slum clearance and low cost housing with 45 percent grants and 60 year loans. Critics warn of ongoing spending while supporters defend jobs and private business impact.
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Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
George
D-Ga
Edward Won't Wed Before Coronation Hurry
London June 17 AP Lloyds brokers quote odds against King Edward marrying before his coronation next May. Souvenir makers face risk as coronation orders grow while designs may change or event postponed, insurers watch closely.
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London
Lloyds
Fired By Father Nepotism Tale Hits Atlanta
A Atlanta tale recalls Ellen Parker a clerk at the state comptroller office who is fired after her father Homer C. Parker is appointed comptroller. The sequence shows the father’s stance on nepotism with a dramatic office call and dismissal. The report shifts to other brief items from Cleveland Oklahoma City and Hollywood with unrelated anecdotes.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Ellen Parker
Comptroller General
State Capitol
Homer C. Parker
Father Coughlin Hints at Third Party Candidate
The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin teased a possible third party presidential candidate without naming names. He said the nominee’s platform could attract 25 million voters and refused to identify anyone. observers speculated names like Lemke, Townsend, Smith, Borah, Talmadge, Ely, and Landon. Coughlin noted the platform would be public before Thursday and he would study it before Friday’s speech.
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Charles E. Coughlin
Landen
Detroit
National Union For Social Justice
Hoosevelt
Chicago
Gerald L. K. Smith
Huey P. Long
Francis E. Townsend
Father Coughlin
William Lemke
R-Nd
Bill
Dr. Townsend
Mr. Smith
Union For Social Justice
Townsendites
Lemke
Alfred E. Smith
Padelphia
William E. Borah
Idaho
Alf Landon
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Roosevelt
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Smith
Kemper Readsies To Return Risk Funds In Missouri Case
Kansas City June 17 AP W T Kemper custodian of over 9 9 million fire insurance premiums impounded since June 1930 said details were being worked out and distribution could not come in the immediate future A three judge federal court on February 1 ordered 20 percent returned to policyholders with the rest to insurance companies and attorneys in the long Missouri rate litigation that ended in a compromise agreement
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Kansas City
W. T. Kemper
Escape From Henry County Jail Sparks Hunter and Sheriff Aid
The Henry County sheriff asked state patrol to aid in recapture of Hamilton R. Fulton who escaped from a Clinton jail last night with help from accomplice "Trene Owens" in a case noted by officials. A separate mention describes an English song selecting a stone as an anvil to crush snails in the neighborhood.
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Henry County
Hamilton R. Fulton
Seil
Clinton
Trene Owens
Bull Elephant 1510 Faces a Firing Squad
In San Francisco on June 17 AP reports a six ton elephant named Wally was condemned to death for goring and trampling keeper Edward Brown, 45, to death after being separated from four female elephants. Chief of Police William Quinn assigned two expert marksmen to carry out the execution. the park commission ordered the sentence.
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Wally
Park Commission
Edward Brown
William Quinn
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