09 Jun 1936
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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1936
Page
1
Reports from Shanghai indicate an expedition aims to pin down Chinese forces as Cantonese troops advance north. In Nanking the Nationalist leadership debates severing ties with Japan while Nanming province urges unified action against internal rivals.
A partial, readably garbled notice lists county candidates and expenditures for a primary. It mentions candidates such as W. Si Ing and Richard Dalph E. S, a commissioner, and a Felix aute, with dates and filing statements. The fragmentary text indicates a required statement and a deadline but lacks complete details.
A rescuer saved a child but died in the same incident. Details remain sparse as officials investigate the tragedy and identify the coastal location and organizations involved in the rescue effort.
Notice urges residents to avoid parking on FAVE street Wednesday to allow oiling work to proceed satisfactorily.
Hollywood June 9 Superior Judge Harry Archbald approved an amicable custody settlement for Freddie Bartholomew the 12 year old film star. Freddie will stay under the guardianship of his aunt Miss Mylice Bartholomew with access to his parents and will have living expenses paid from his weekly film earnings with two trust funds established for Freddie and his two guardians.
At a regular quarterly dinner post office officials outlined the plan to deliver the first compensation bonds to World War veterans in the area. Bonds were sent from the service bank in Chicago on June 15 with delivery by the local post office depending on transit times and preparation for distribution through carrier routes. Postmaster J. J. Kelley and Assistant Postmaster Holmes attended a Crawfordsville instruction session conducted by Postal Inspector Hagan on June 2, and the knowledge gained was shared with the local employer. Letters will be delivered to adequately identified recipients. unknown addressees must provide satisfactory identification.
Washington reports Europe faced a heavy debt burden postwar as billions were spent arming and a loss of more than 1.5 billion loomed. Debtor nations owe Uncle Sam a total of 1,160,122,786.65 dollars by Monday, with Finland the sole European debtor to pay a final fraction of one percent.
Ten maniacal convicts fled from the State Hospital for the Insane in St Peter Minnesota with four killers among them. National Guardsmen and police scoured the Minnesota river bottom lands while a commandeered car was found abandoned near Elmore. Robbery of fishing shacks near Awan Take intensified the hunt.
The Conservation League completed plans for a Jane meeting at BOA Armory on Indiana Avenue at 3 o clock. Harry G Templeton of the State Department of Conservation will speak. Prizes in fine fishing tackles will be awarded. Members urged to attend with friends from Lebanon and Boone County.
Gloucester Mass June. famed mining engineer and adventurer John Hays Hammond, age not stated, was found dead from a heart ailment at his estate. Condolences poured in as private services were planned, with four children attending. Cremation and interment in Greenwood Cemetery New York City planned. Hammond advised presidents and emperors, traveled widely, weekend before Boer War he faced a hanging sentence later pardoned.
Washington June 9 Rep Ma ion A. Zioncheck of Washington state, hospitalized for a mental test, escaped during the night. He cavorted about on cshunks’ mare, hailed by a truck driver, then returned to his first floor room through a window in a white bathrobe after yelling and galloping on the grounds.
A destructive line of blackest thunderstorms roared across Iowa from central Nebraska, uprooting trees and carrying small buildings away. The 70 mile per hour storm halted traffic as skies cleared by night, with power outages and downed wires reported in Omaha and Adair before sweeping eastward.
Mrs. Julia Field widow of poet Eugene Field died of a heart attack at her Crystal Lake home near Heatford Junction Wisconsin. The 150 acre estate valued over sixty thousand dollars was saved from foreclosure when Phi Delta Theta members covered the mortgage shortfall shortly before sale. Survived by three children and Eugene Field II Mrs E B Foster Reonelt F Field of New York and W C Engler of Pasadena.
Frank Stafford a Thorntown high school teacher and basketball coach was named assistant director of a new state department in health and physical education. Floyd T. McMurray announced the appointment, with support from Verne K. Harry and others. The Division of Health and Physical Education is part of the Social Security Act reforms. Stafford will serve as assistant inspector, replacing duties at the Boone county level.
June 9 report states William Storen, former state treasurer 1951 to 1955, seeks second place on the Democratic ticket for lieutenant governor. Edward Stein of Bloomfield and Pleas E. Greenlee loom as opponents with Henry Schricker and Jacob Weiss mentioned as possible candidates. The post pays $6000 yearly. Storen would present his name to the Democratic state committee next Tuesday, drawing on Indiana party support.
Packed with delegates and hopefuls in Cleveland, Landon supporters flood hotels and lobbies, with yellow sunflowers and protest handbills in view. Rumors center on his nomination and possible vice presidential candidates as delegates mingle, eyes on a strong platform to win in November.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr gained backing from Indiana delegates after his address in Cleveland. He proposed a London volunteer movement to mobilize support for the likely Republican nominee. Roosevelt met with George A. Ball Harry Hogan and Ralph Gates to discuss the plan and further efforts for the vice presidency.
Vincennes Indiana June 9 the liberty bell of the Northwest Territory in the belfry of the old cathedral will ring Sunday before the dedication of the Father Vigo statue following the George Rogers Clark memorial. The Most Rev Elmer Ritter will preside and the Most Rev J H Schlar man will deliver the address.
Landon forces opened talks with Sen. Borah in Cleveland on June 9 to shape a tentative Republican platform centered on a money plank opposed to a permanent managed paper currency. They aim to extend anti-monopoly and farm relief pledges, while resisting a rubber dollar and European alliance commitments. George No Peek and others joined to press farm policy.
The Lebanon City Council appointed George O. Palmer to the Lebanon School Board to fill the term of W. H. Parr Sr. ending August 1, 1936. Palmer's nomination was supported by Thomas Campbell and approved unanimously. remaining school board members hold over.
Oliver Clark of this city attended the Purdue University Class of 1893 reunion in the Union building on the campus Saturday evening. Forty five graduates formed the class with nineteen living and six members present. Clark was the youngest member of his class. David E. Ross of Lafayette serves as secretary.
The Republican National Convention opened in Cleveland with a 16 minute session to establish temporary organization led by Senator Frederic Steiner of Oregon. Delegates largely avoided activity as Alf M Landon remains the likely first ballot nominee while Borah seeks anti monopoly and farm planks. The vast auditorium and preparation for a protracted platform fight set the stage for a tense week of maneuvering.
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