Third Party Plans Roil Democrat Ranks in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on June 20, a third party ticket figures to shape the 1936 race as Democratic leaders scramble to offset a new challenge aimed at President Roosevelt. Postmaster General Farley, Rep Lemke, radio priest Coughlin, and Townsend allies stir party strategy while Roosevelt contemplates re nomination.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
James A Farley
William Lemke
Charles £. Cough‘fin
National Union For Social Justice
North Dakotan
Farley
Marvin H. McIntyr
McIntyre
Charles Michelson
Washington
Franklin Field
Coughlin
Dr. Townsend
Gerald L. K. Smith
Lemke
Frankfort Youth Gang Breaks Into Abandoned Home
A group of boys broke into the Benjamin property at Clin ton and Streets in Frankfort, attempting to sell brass items. Police arrested them and they were placed in the custody of juvenile officer Fred Palmer by Judge Paul E. Layman. In court they faced charges with two bags of loot, brass doorknobs rolling from a haul as officers displayed the items. The ringleader, an older youth, was ordered to Indiana School.
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Frankfort
Dune
Benjamin
Clinton
Sven
Fred ‘Almer
Paul E. Layman
Indiana
Braddock comments on last night’s fight
New York June 20 James J Braddock spoke from Yankee Stadium where he watched Joe Louis lose to Max Schmeling. Braddock said Schmeling showed grit but Louis lacked lasting power and Braddock expects to beat Schmeling and defend his title in September. He predicted a long championship reign.
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New York
James J. Braddock
Yankee Stadium
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Schmeling
Louis
Braddock
Five Die as Bronx House Collapses in Searh
New York investigators probe a Bronx apartment collapse that killed five workers and injured others. Five bodies were recovered, including Gaetano Lanzafame, 55, with more victims feared under debris as rescue teams search the wreckage. The building, under conservation, gave way affecting sixth and seventh floors and sending brick and plaster into the tower.
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New York
Bronx
Gaetano Lanzafame
Find Him Guilty of Syndicalism in Indiana Court
Paul Butaseh a 42 year old Chicago man was found guilty of one criminal syndicalism charge in circuit court at Angola Indiana and sentenced to one to five years. Witnesses including Angola businessmen and The State College students testified that he sought to organize Communism and overthrow the United States government. The International Labor Defense aided his defense while he claimed his remarks were misunderstood. He was sent to the Indiana State Reformatory.
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Angola
Twi
Paul Butaseh
Chicago
Butasch
United States
Purdue
Wisconsin
International Labor Defense
Tri-State College
Indiana State
Drunkenness Blamed in Fatal Indiana Accident
Danville Indiana June 2 Shelby H Spencer 38 of Indianapolis blamed drunkenness for the fatal accident in which he ran down and killed Professor Harvey Chinn of Rose Polytechnic Institute Terre Haute near here Spencer pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge but sentence was postponed He admitted being pretty drunk at the time authorities said Prof Chinn was working as a summer surveyor for the Upstate HIRAWAY Commission when killed
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Danville
Ind
Shelby H. Spencer
Indianapolis
Harvey Chinn
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Terre Haute
Here
Spencer
Twelve Children Drowned in Lubec Lake Tragedy
In Lubec Missouri June 20 twelve children died in a boating accident at Gardner Lake. A small motor boat overturned while returning from a picnic marking the start of summer vacation. Calvin Landon and Stella M Durhoe helped rescue several children as parents watched. The town prepares for a joint funeral Monday at the school.
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Lubec
Gardner Lake
East
Machias
Calvin Landon
Stella M Durhoe
Pet show and tennis plans at Memorial Park Boone event
The Boone County WPA recreational department hosted a pet show at Memorial Park drawing 15 entries and 150 spectators. Lola Belle Wyatt won with a lamb, Betty McMillin placed second with a bulldog. A girls tennis tournament for age 16 and under is planned on new clay courts next week. Wanda Murphy will coordinate. entry via phone 558-J or at the park. Horseshoe courts are now available with shoes furnished on request.
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Memorial Park
Boone County
WPA
Lola Belle Wyatt
Lamb
Betty McMillin
Wanda Murphy
Miss Murphy
Hitler Celebrates Schmelning Victory With Flowers
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler expressed joy at Max Schmel ing’s victory and sent heartfelt congratulations to Anny, Schmelning’s wife, amid nationwide celebratory mood as Germany hailed the boxing triumph.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Max Schmeling
Hamburg
Reichsfuehrer
Anny Ontira
Schmeling
Harlem Riots After Schmeling Victory Stir Harlem
In New York Harlem rioting erupts after Max Schmeling defeats Louis as a police guard struggles to hold back mobs. A black man is shot in a restaurant melee, others stabbed or beaten, and WPA worker Samuel Kulim suffers facial injuries. Yorkville remains calmer amid the chaos.
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Harlem 'Is
Paris
Louisa
William Moss
Harlem
Joe
Wilmer Cooper
Joseph King
Samuel Kulim
WPA
Sching
Geetville
Yorkville
Sues to Collect on $5000 Policy
Mrs Anna M Hammond sues National Travelers Casualty Co of Iowa in Boone Circuit Court seeking $4000 payment on a $5000 accidental death policy. Her husband Otto M Hammond, Lebanon druggist, died after a fall at his stores on June 4 1985. The complaint notes the policy paid up to death, the company allegedly refused payment, and cites the policy terms of $5000 for accidental death within ninety days.
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Boone Circuit
Anna M. Hammond
National Travelers Casualty Company of Iowa
Seifres and Hollingsworth
Hammond
Otto M Hammond
Lebanon
Hammnond
Spann Dies From Heart Attack At 51
Indianapolis Indiana June 20 Ralph N Spann 51 attorney active in politics died here today from heart disease. Born in Keokuk Iowa he was Republican nominee for Judge of the Marion County Criminal Court in 1934. He is survived by a widow.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ralph M. Spann
Keokuk
Iowa
Marion County Criminal Court
Third death by own action attempt succumbs in Indiana
Petersburg Indiana June 20 Chris Leighty 35 a PWA worker and father of two hurled himself under the wheels of a car in a third unsuccessful attempt at death by his own action Sheriff William Weathers exonerates Herber Gladish whose car ran down Leighty The PWA worker was not injured seriously.
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Petersburg
Ind
Chris Leighty
PWA
Itis
William Weathers
Herber Gladish
Leighty
Lemke Announces To Point Pogta For Union Party
Washington details show Democratic and Republican leaders fearing a third party could draw liberal votes to Rep. William Lemke of North Dakota and his Union party. Lemke, with running mate Thomas O'Brien, unveiled a 15 point platform appealing to farmers, Coughlin followers, old age pension groups, and Huey Long supporters. Father Coughlin endorsed the plan, calling it a path to wealth flowing to every home. Analysts warn a sizable liberal shift could swing the November election and potentially decide the presidency.
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Alfred M. Landon
Coughlin
Smith
Huey Long
Rosevelt
Republcan
Thomasharles O'Brien
Washington
William Lemke
North Dakota
Union Party
Father Charles £. Coughlin
Detroit
Lemke
Thomas ©. O'Brien
Boston
Lembe
New York
America
Grnaps Maimmore
Martin Sweeney
Brothers Drown Near Princeton in White River
Two Townsend brothers 20 Paul Townsend and 14 Milton Townsend drowned in White River near Princeton while fishing. Milton was recovered early today. One boy possibly knocked from their boat by a tree limb and the other died trying to rescue him.
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Princeton
Ft. Dane
Paul Townsend
Milton
White River
Here
Hoys
Louis Bosses Bandage Row After Fight
New York reports Joe Louis battered by Max Schmeling as managers Roxborough and Jacobs clash over hand wrapping before the bout. Schmeling forced a strict two feet of tape and six feet of gauze, ending with Louis defending his hand protection after a brutal knockout attempt.
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New York
John Rox Wrough
Joe Louie
Max Hmeling
Uhlan
Joe Jabes
Roxborough
Tanta
Schmelting
Jacobs
Commission
Louis
Joe
Man Thought Dead Registers for Bonus in Cicero
Ernest Freund, once presumed dead by wife and five children for seven years, has registered in Chicago for his veteran’s bonus. His wife plans to contact him, noting the Freunds’ 1929 bankrupt farm and his disappearance after saying he would seek work. A charred body found near the Indianapolis Speedway was never positively identified as Freund.
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Cicero
Ind
Ernest Freund
Chicago
Indianapolis Speedway
Schmeling Wins Sensational Bout Spoils Louis In Bout
New York June 193? Max Schmeling knocks out Joe Louis in the 12th round in a bout described as the wildest since the Dempsey Firpo fight. Louis lies in a heap as Schmeling ponders a title meeting with Braddock in September. The crowd watches a historic, brutal upset that shocks American boxing and reshapes public perception of the heavyweight era.
Prisoner Mary McCulloch Given Suspended Sentence
Indianapolis June 20 Miss Mary Jane McCulloch 23 ward of a rich New York aunt told the court she plans matrimony after a suspended six months in prison and a $100 fine on a theft charge. Judge Karabell noted her disrespectfulness and lack of regard for others while she pleaded with leniency. She was arrested Wednesday and appeared with uncle Bentley Anderson of Owensboro Ky.
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Indianapolis
Mary Jane McCulloch
New York
Filibusters Slow Senate Action As Session Nears End
Washington June 20. Democratic senators accuse the administration’s 800 million tax bill of entrenching monopolies as they oppose the conference report. The House passes the ship subsidy law and Senate filibusters end on the Treasury Post Office appropriation bill. The Sixty-fourth Congress nears adjournment amid fights over the tax bill, subsidy law, and several major measures.
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Washington
Seventy-fourth Congress
House
Treasury Post Office
Congress
Treasury-Post Office
Philadelphvia
Ita
Guffey
Walsh- Healy
Three Year Old Killed by Automobile in Frankfort
In Frankfort Indiana Frances Lee Haynes aged four was struck and killed by a car in the same block where her seven year old brother died a year earlier. Driver William Jacks was exonerated. The prior accident led to a prison sentence for a woman involved.
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Frankfort
Ind
Frances Lee Haynes
William Jacks
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