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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1936
Page
2
Philadelphia AP reports Democrats scrap the two thirds rule for nominating presidential and vice presidential candidates. The change favors simple majority and delays action to a 1940 convention. Southern objections persist though some leaders praise the shift. Florence Italy is noted for art holdings.
A reader letter extols Kellogg’s All Bran as superior to laxatives and patent medicines, recounting decades of reliance on pills and oils before switching to All Bran. The letter claims bulk nutrition, a soft mass that cleanses, with added vitamin B and iron, recommending two tablespoons daily with milk or in cooking.
A group of under 18 actors staged a summer walkout at a major studio to pressure for school attendance to be dropped during breaks. Mickey Rooney Freddie Bartholomew and Jackie Cooper led the action drawing over 100 young performers while California law requires daily school for minors on set. Director Rowland Brown acted as mediator and the studio ordered summer schooling canceled. John Carradine seeks adoption of Bruce John Carradine aged three amid court approval. Wisconsin scientists warn vitamin A deficiency may trigger kidney stones.
Royal Oak July 2. Presidential contender William Lemke unveiled a mixed reform platform promising strong private industry protection, a farm import embargo, and a broad old age pension while avoiding foreign entanglements. He and Charles Coughlin outlined goals at a Shrine of the Little Flower conference. Lemke plans Midwest swing and further talks with Coughlin supporters.
Walter Rothenburg, German promoter, offered Mike Jacobs of New York 150000 dollars for the contract to stage the proposed heavyweight championship bout between James J. Braddock and Max Schmeling. The offer follows Schmeling’s knockout of Joe Louis.
Paris reports rapid military overhauls under Leon Blum's government as the front plans nationalization of armament industries, democratization of the army, and shortened military service. Edouard Daladier coordinates the three services while further disarmament debates loom in the League of Nations era.
Premier Flandin decreed a two year service which Laval later changed to a one year term amid fears of renewed warfare. The measure aims to reduce conscription as birth rates fell from 1914 to 1913, but socialists and communists challenge the move. The left seeks a one year service while army leaders warn fears of war may block further cuts. In Ireland, a crannog with a bronze sword and cup was found near Sixmilebridge County Clare, a hollowed boat carved from a tree also unearthed.
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