Landon Camp Faces Shifting GOP Convention Lines
Cleveland June 8 Leaders of the Landon campaign pushed toward the Republican convention amid new signs from opposing factions. Senator Borah arrived from Washington and dismissed a London stop ticket or platform deal while signaling no final settlement. Col Frank Knox Sinnis was described as a possible second choice if Landon falters, with Borah resisting any coalition strategy. Delegates and visitors crowded hotels as the convention scene intensified and John D. M. Hamilton remained a bustling figure among the crowd.
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Cleveland
Landon
Senator Borah
Idaho
Washington
London
Knox Camp
Frank Knox Sinnis
Alf M.landon
Kansas
Barah
Col. Knox
Vandenberg
Michigan
Borah
Hamilton
Hollenden
Cal
Knox
William J. Donovan
New York
Donovan
Kansan
Covernor
Edward A. Hayes
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Texas
H. E. Axum
Amarillo
John M. Landon
Peggy Anne
Convention Schedule and Landon Lead in Republican Fight
Cleveland June 8 reports detail convention events including speeches by leading figures and committee actions. Landon emerges as a top contender with strong Texas support and indications of first ballot momentum despite rival Knox and Borah dynamics.
Governor's Father Says It's a Little Late for Stop Landon
Chicago June 8 A statement from John Landon father of Gov Alf Landon of Kansas says it is a little late for a stop Landon movement while en route to the Republican national convention in Cleveland. He cited Will Rogers and declined to discuss his son's presidential bid. Peggy Anne Landon 19 and Leslie Gray accompanied him as spectators during a two hour stopover.
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Chicago
John Landon
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Cleveland
Landon
Will Rogers
Peggy Anne Landon
Leslie Gray
Kansas City
Peggy Anne
Borah Rejects Move to Stop Landon in Convention
Senator William Borah told Idaho delegates in Cleveland he will not join any combination or movement to block Alf Landon or another candidate. He urged a dynamic, specific platform to revive the Republican party and to clarify foreign policy. Borah urged decisive action, saying the party must fight for its life and nominate a courageous, intelligent candidate.
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Cleveland
William E. Borah
Idaho
Landon
Borah
Washington
Republican Party
United States
Alf M. Landon
KU Commencement to Honor 1936 Graduates in Mass Ceremony
More than 1,100 graduates will march in at Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m. led by Chancellor Lindley and Gov. Landon. Landon arrives from Topeka with a six-car caravan and will speak briefly. The program includes invocations, diplomas, and the singing of Crimson and the Blue. The class of 1936 breakfast at the Union featured a $1,000 gift plan for a student meeting room.
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Mt. Oread
Memorial Stadium
E. H. Lindley
Alf M. Landon
University of Kansas
Landon
Topeka
Lawrence
Franklin Babcock
University R.O.T.C
Babcock
McLaughlin
Lindley
Charles A. Puls
Trinity Lutheran Church
K. U. Union
Dana Durand
Junction City
Union Building
George Guernsey
Alfred Ames
Durand
Walter Thiele
K. U. Alumni Association
Kansas Weather Forecast and Local Notices
Forecast calls for generally fair and cooler conditions tonight and Tuesday with clear skies. Also notes smooth conditions for traffic in Pittsburg and Douglas County roads, plus a fragment referencing a gas office reading and vacation insurance contact.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Battle over platform grows as Landon camp pushes wage plank
Debate over a constitutional amendment to allow state minimum wage laws intensifies within Alf Landon supporters. Key figures including Borah Vandenberg Dickinson oppose the proposal while others in London camp back it. Monetary, farm, and tariff issues also fuel negotiations amid resolutions committee tensions.
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Cleveland
Landon
Alf Landon
Kansas
Resolutions Committee
Henry J. Allen
William Allen White
Emporia
Representative Hope
R-Kan
London Forces
Borah
Idaho
Vandenberg
Michigan
Dickinson
Iowa
David Reed
Pennsylvania
Simeon Fess
Ohio
Washington
Bue
London
Hoover
Supreme Court
New York
Search for Karpis Barker gang follows escapees from St Peter asylum
In a frenetic chase near St Peter Minnesota authorities, aided by 205th Infantry machine gunners, pursue Lawrence De Vol and twelve other escaped inmates from the St Peter state asylum. Six felons trapped guards, while others vanished into river bottoms as residents fortified homes amid a sweeping search. De Vol, tied to a 1932 Minneapolis bank holdup, escapes alongside Albert Sareko and Tom de Largo with recaptured suspects and plans to steal cars for survival.
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St. Peter
Minn
Minnesota
Karpis-Barker
St. Peter State Asylum
Lawrence de Vol
205Th Infantry
Floyd B. Olsén
de Vol
Stillwater State Prison
Third Northwestern National Bank
Minneapolis
Stillwater
Albert
Scarface) Sareko
Peter Hoffman
Tom de Largo
Holloway
Ben Drussell
William O'Neil
George Tremont
South China defiant as war shrouds North China
General Li Chung Jen, commander in chief of Kwangsi provincial army, says South China will fight Japanese forces in North China regardless of Central government aid. Fifteen Central government warships reported at Amoy. Canton and Nanking emissaries seek coalition for defence as observers await Chiang Kai-shek’s move.
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Li Chung-Jen
Kwangsi
South China
North China
Nanking
Amoy
Fukien
Canton
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ssee
Bishop Wise Delivers Graduation Sermon At KU
The Rt. Rev. James Wise of Topeka, bishop of the Kansas diocese, preached to about 3,000 at Memorial Stadium’s baccalaureate. He outlined four main points on life attitudes shaping character and goals, warning against treating wealth as life’s aim and urging self analysis to distinguish living for a living from living to live.
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James Wise
Topeka
Kansas
Episcopal Church
Lastraight
University of Kansas
Memorial Stadium
Wise
Vo Thrner
Watkins Gift Funds New KU Dormitory For Women
Paris burst of labor strikes spreads through northern France as coal workers and textiles join walkouts, while at the University of Kansas Chancellor Lindley announces Mrs. J. B. Watkins funds a second women’s residence hall. The gift totals $160,000, houses nearly 40 students, and follows a prior dormitory and city hospital gifts by the donor. Watkins hall operates on scholarship basis with eight kitchenette and dining clusters, appointments by the honors and awards committee, and shared utilities. The piece also notes a parallel legacy of gifts from Mrs. Watkins and her family to KU and Lawrence institutions.
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Paris
France
Leon Blum
Rouen
Barentin
Pavilly
Dunkerque
Canal
Woater
Blum
University of Kansas
J. B. Watkins
E. H. Lindley
Wattkins
Watkins Hall
University Committee On Honors
Watkins
Lindley
Theate
Frank Miller
Frank Hodder
Pearl Johntz
Parsons
G. W. Maser
Kansas Council of Teachers of Journalism
Many at Reunions Highlight KU Class Jubilee
The University of Kansas hosted the largest class reunion for the 1911 silver jubilee with about 91 living members attending the afternoon gathering and 146 at the dinner in the Union. The reunion raised 509 for a university scholarship and featured artists Fern Envie Knecht and Gertrude Rowlands Wetmore.
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University of Kansas
Greenhall
Union
Waldemar Geltch
Fern Envie Knecht
Little Rock
Ark
Gertrude Rowlands Wetmore
Kansas City
Kan
W. H. Spars
Kentucky Street
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King Carol Witnesses Grandstand Collapse At Royal Review
A packed grandstand during a Boy Scout review collapsed before King Carol of Romania and Prince Mihai. The toll varied by source, with official counts of three dead and over a dozen injured, while police later claimed up to thirty dead and several hundred injured as rescue efforts began. The king, heir, and visiting leaders helped direct ambulances and aid victims amid chaos. Deaths were largely among women, and relatives rushed hospitals seeking word on loved ones.
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Rumania
Carol
Prince Mihai
Edguard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Prince Nicholas
Mihai
Stutz Honored at Berlin Conference Opening
John Stutz of Lawrence Kansas elected to lead the international congress of local authorities opening in Berlin. Fourteen American delegates attend with Kansas state relief director and president of the American Municipal Association noted among participants.
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Berlin
John Stutz
Lawrence
Kansas
International Congress of
Kansas State Relief
American Municipality Association
Bomb Explodes at Jaffa Gate Injuring 24 in Jerusalem
Twenty four people including one woman were wounded in a bomb blast at Jaffa gate near the old city of Jerusalem. Initial reports say a man with a fez targeted Kurdish Jewish workers, while five Jews including four Kurds were later arrested on Arab bystander charges. Earlier, a five hour clash by British troops against about 50 Arabs in Lifta ended with arrests.
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Jerusalem
Paleor Agency
Jaffa
Old City
Lifta
Stock Market Index Rises to 61 4 on Saturday
The index for 51 stocks posts a 61 4 reading as Hanna reports on Frigidaire with phonetic phone contact 303 Ady. The brief note records market movement and a product listing context without detailed trades.
Rural Graduation Exercises Draw Largest Crowd In Years
A large crowd packed the Lawrence Memorial High School auditorium for county rural school graduation exercises.176 graduates received diplomas from County Superintendent Harold C. Fisher as Dr James Chubb of the Baldwin Methodist Church delivered a speech titled Pictures stressing living a masterpiece life. Colleen Neill gave the class valedictory from Number Six school. Four students with perfect attendance earned framed landscape prints. Delbert Deister from Deer Creek, Ruth Mitchell Lake View, Robert Pardee Rock Creek, and Lavergne Flora Excelsior received the awards.
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Lawrence Memorial High School
Harold C. Fisher
James Chubb
Methodist Church of Baldwin
R. Chubb
Colleen Neill
Number Six
Ruth Mitchell
Lake View
Robert Pardee
Rock Creek
LaVergne Flora
Excelsior School
Delbert Deister
Deer Creek
Heepiet
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Hutchinson
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Paola
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the Baptist Church
Hannah Oliver
Henry E. Riggs
Ann Arbor
Mich
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Los Angeles
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Homer Berger
Arch Oliver
Glee Club
June Thompson
Iola
Lizzie Williams Smith
K. U. Band
Douglas County Road
Temperat
C” Scott
Winter Chevrolet Company
New Hampshire Street
Hal
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J. Monteur
James
M. Winter
Ottawa
W. GC. Strafuss
Homewond
Hafer Brothers
Drea
Manhattan
Charles E. Bentley
Union Pacific
Will Bentley
Kansas State
Emma Deere
Kansas State College
Emil 0. Deere
Bethany College
Lindsburg
Abilene
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Garnett
Harry H. Woodring
Second District
American Legion
House of Life
K. U
Watkins Dormitory
Stutz
Jaffa Gate
Hanna
Frigidaire
Ady
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