Wisconsin and Maine voters shape party picks in primary roll
Michigan results show Republicans triumph in key races with Senator Couzens defeated by Wilbur M. Brucker while Frank D. Fitzgerald wins state governorship nomination. Democrats back Prentiss M. Brown for Senate and Frank Murphy for governor as Roosevelt boosting attendances and campaign presence across states.
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Couzens
Michigan
Maine
Harvard
James Couzens
Roosevelt
Couz
Senate
Wilbur M. Brucker
New Hampshire
H. Styles Bridges
George H. Moses
William N. —Rogers
May
Francis P. Murphy
Amos N. Blandin
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
James M. Curley
John W. Hargis
Charles F. Hurley
Wisconsin
Philip la Follette
Alexander Wiley
Arthur
W. ‘Lueck
AAME
United States
Wallace H.white
Louis J. Brann
Lewis O. Barrows
F. Harold Dubord
Alf M. Landon
Knox
Brann
White
House
New seed corn loan program approved by Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace approves a $10 million seed corn loan program through the AAA and CCC. Farmers receive two loan types with advances per bushel, government option to buy at set prices by April 1, 1937, 4 percent interest, and up to $10 million advanced under the program.
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Ecretary OF Agriculture
Wallace
AAA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
Pope Pius XI Denounces Communists Amid Refugees
Pope Pius XI, though aged, voices firm opposition to communism in Castel Gandolfo while blessing about five hundred Spanish refugees. He warns of chaos if nations fail to repair breaches and urges authorities to act with all possible measures. The stance is part of a broader European crisis with anti Bolshevik sentiment echoed by Hitler in Nuremberg.
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Pope Pius XI
Castel Gandolfo
Holy Father
Spain
Europe
Nuremberg
Germany
Hitler
France
Yvon Delbos
Soviet Russia
Pravda
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Japan
China
Insurance Head Warns of Inflation
Philadelphia based Provident Mutual Life Insurance president M A Linton warned policy holders that inflation could follow Roosevelt era bank deposit expansion. He argued that sustained government borrowing risks devaluing future dollars used for dependents needs and urged a balanced budget to keep currency sound. Former treasury official A A Ballantine echoed fears of debt driven by political spending and warned that printed money could erode life policies and savings bank books.
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Philadelphia
M. A. Linton
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company
Roosvelt
Col
Frank Knox
Conference of Insurance
Knox
Helena, Mont
Rock of Gibraltar
United States
A. A. Ballantine
the Treasury
Chicago
Roosevelt
GOP Platform Will Save Sugar Beet Farms
SCOTTS BLUFF Neb President Roosevelt has hamstrung the sugar beet industry, says Senator Arthur H Van denberg. He cites quotas favoring Cuban and Philippine sugar, a 25 percent tariff cut, and a Cuban reciprocal trade deal. The Republicans propose restrictive continental import quotas and noncompetitive privilege for domestic sugar production to meet market demand, a major farm relief measure for many sugar states.
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Scotts Bluff
Neb
Roosevelt
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Republican Party
Senator Vandenberg
Great ‘Sugar Bowl
American Record and Farm Advice Echo Liberties Theme
An essay by Raymond Pitcairn contrasts American liberty with European-style dictatorship, urging faith in individual work and self-government. It also gives practical farming guidance on onion storage, tree marking, dairy testing, electric fences, culling cows, autumn grazing, and Canada thistle control for fall cleanup.
Man Wanted to Call on Farmers for Permanent Post
Ad seeks a permanent position with steady income calling on farmers. Mentions Clifford H. Jordan, Mrs. earned $65 in first week and Chas. Skahill, Ia., earned $826 in first month. Requires car and farming knowledge. No letter needed. mail coupon to Box 164, Dept. 1025, Quincy Illinois.
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Clifford H. Jordan
Chas. Skahill
Quincy
Illinois
California barber Robert James given death sentence
Robert S. James, a California barber, was sentenced to hang for murdering his wife by torturing her with rattlesnakes. The case drew attention for the brutal method and the defendant's alleged predatory pattern.
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Robert S. James
California
Cigarette brands lead 1935 production. Darrow night wear
In 1935 Camels topped production for the first time since 1929, Chesterfields second, and Lucky Strike third after many years. Clarence Darrow explains he wears a night shirt under his business suit when traveling from Chicago, calling it the only way to travel on a sleeper and avoid berth contortions.
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United States
Arthur P. Fairfield
Fairfield
Raleigh
Norfolk Navy Yard
Gibraltar
Kane
Hatfield
Coast Guard
Neutrl
Cadiz
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Unclear ties to Mrs Simpson and Edward VIII questioned
The text questions whether Mrs. Simpson is King Edward VIII’s sweetheart and asks for clarification of any connection. It also notes storage guidance for seed potatoes, recommending a frost proof building at 38 to 40 degrees.
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Western Newspaper Union
Sen. Couzens
Washington
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Gress
Prison Association
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Committee On Crime Prevention
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Dr. James B
Conant
James B. Conant
Elie Cartan
University of Paris
Saleh Hashem Attia
Al-Azhar University of Cairo
Regia University
Neghe Stuni Bologna
Corrado Gini
Dr. Cartan
Oxford
Academia Sinica
Nanking
Rance
Jean Charcot
Pourquoi
Pas
Iceland
Charcot
Antarctic
Roald Amundsen
Greenland
Tobacco Dealers of America, Inc
Federal Trade Commission
San Sebastian
Guipuzcoa
Bay of Biscay
Santa Barabara
Bilbao
Jose Beorlegui
Pamplona
Antonio Ortéga
Zumaya
Orlo
Talavera
Madrid
Qmar Navy
Indianapolis
New York Navy Yard
Charles A. Dunn
GOP
Raymond Pitcairn
Sentinels of the Republic
Earth
Doan
Doans
Marshall, Miltinois
Mennen
Marshall Herald
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