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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1936
Page
2
Edward the Eighth is expected to ascend the throne with promises to uphold Protestant church ties and royal duties. The piece also notes reactions from churches and subjects worldwide, plus reflections on Roosevelt’s legacy and looming geopolitical tensions.
Congress enacted the baby bond bonus on demand, with payments due June 15 as the Harrison compromise bill became law after swift Senate and House action. Roosevelt vetoed the earlier bill but was overridden. votes showed broad cross party support amid election year. Treasury and Veterans Administration prepare funding and staff, with extensive interest calculations ahead.
Alfred E. Smith denounces Roosevelt policies, leading conservative Democrats in revolt. The piece notes Smith’s call for accountability at the Democratic national convention and references Republican and Progressive reactions to his Liberty League address. It highlights party splits, responses by Majority Leader Joseph Robinson, and Richberg and Hildreth critiques. Smith points to a single man who can answer why the platform was not carried out.
Albert Sarraut forms a cabinet led by premier Sarraut with Flandin as foreign minister and Paril-Boncour handling League affairs. The team aims to defend the franc and pursue a stronger pro British loan policy, signaling a notable shift from Laval. The King George V funeral proceeds are described with British royal processions and foreign dignitaries in attendance.
Plans announced in St Louis by world Jewish leaders call for a gradual emigration of at least 100000 German Jews, funded by about 15000000 dollars raised in Britain and America. The aim is to build self supporting communities abroad, not relief lists, while many older Jews would remain in Germany.
During a night formation near the Hawaii base two army planes collided and crashed burning. Six pilots were killed including Lieut. William G. Beard of San Francisco and Staff Sergeant Bernard F. Jablonowsky. Survivors bailed out. two escaped. Other identified dead were Private John B. Hartman of Chicago, Private Bruce Taylor of Puyallup Washington, Private Truman J. Gardner of Olney Illinois, and Private Gordon M. Parkhurst of Yorkville New York.
Eminent attorney George W. Wickersham of New York former U S attorney general under Taft and longtime corporate lawyer dies of heart disease at age 77 in a taxicab. He chaired the Hoover commission on prohibition risk and law enforcement, whose reports and member notes urged repeal or modification of the eighteenth amendment.
Surgeon General Cumming announced he will retire February 1 after long service and health concerns. He led the public health service since 1918, overseeing quarantine reforms, preimmigration exams, a national leprosarium and narcotic farms, and eight marine hospitals, with global influence on plague and yellow fever control. It was expected President Roosevelt would nominate Dr. Thomas H. Warran Jr., New York state health commissioner, as successor.
Washington report on the American Liberty League and its Mayflower hotel rally headlined by Alfred E. Smith. The speech attacked the New Deal while tying Roosevelt’s policies to socialist themes, signaling a potential third party or conservative backlash amid congressional responses and investigations into league funding.
An article notes that prickly pear cacti in the Ethiopian war zone echo American origins. It explains cacti spread from Mexico and South America to the Mediterranean and beyond, appearing in Africa and Asia as familiar landscape plants.
Medical guidance notes that high levels worsen the issue. The statement challenges the belief and urges actions typical of doctors to relieve symptoms using liquid therapies.
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