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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1936
Page
2
Brisbane argues against division in unions while AF of L head Mr Green warns miners not to split. Lew, leader of the miners, retorts to mind your business. The piece links divide et impera to labor, politics, and historical examples, with notes on nudism, world affairs, and Lindbergh's Welsh birthday.
Edward Curtis former Vice President and Kansas statesman died at 76 from heart disease in the Washington home of his brother in law. He was the first person of broad Native American heritage to preside over the Senate and served as senator from Kansas, with a life in law and public service. Funeral services were held in Topeka, Kansas.
The United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down Louisiana's tax on advertising by major newspapers as an improper method to limit information. The decision labels the levy a deliberate attempt to curb circulation and a restraint on the public's right to information, marking a defense of press freedom.
Government files amended petition accusing John J. Raskob former Democratic National Committee chair and American Liberty League leader of a 1929 income tax deficiency totaling 1 026 340. The suit includes claims of “New Deal persecution” and alleged fictitious securities sales totaling about 30 million to create losses.
The American Liberty League launches a critique of government plans to divide national wealth. It argues wealth includes land and industry, not money, and proposes securities against property with government management. It warns that such division could yield unwanted property and destroy wealth value.
The 1935 report from the Farm Credit Administration shows federal land banks disposed of 8,423 farms, 73 percent more than 1934, with a 104 percent gain over 1933. Albert S. Goss, land bank commissioner, notes higher price per acre and better investment recovery.
Idaho Senator William Borah formally enters the Republican nomination race by declaring in writing for Ohio's May 12 primary. He campaigns across states with preference primaries, seeks eight delegates at large, criticizes the favorite son tactic, and asserts only a liberal Republican can beat Roosevelt.
Mrs Huey Long widow of the slain Louisiana senator takes his seat to complete the term as the second woman in the U S Senate. After eleven months Allen Allender, speaker of the Louisiana house, will succeed her for the regular term. Long vows to get to work with luck on her side.
Great Britain speeds up its rearmament program with a loan likely around 2 billion dollars. Plans to expand and modernize the army navy and air force will be submitted to parliament in March and are said to include mechanization of the entire army. Impetus comes from Mussolini’s warning that the Italo Ethiopian conflict may become a world wide disaster.
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan questioned the economic necessity of the central Florida ship canal and urged a Senate commerce committee probe. He cited letters from 11 steamship companies stating they would not use the canal even without tolls due to pilots' costs and navigation risks.
Norman, a former Chicago policeman and Marine, recounts a Nicaragua incident in 1912 where he lay smoking a cigar as two drunken Texan comrades shot at him. Thirteen bullets missed, the cigar survived, and he survived the ordeal with Marines around him.
The first gold discovery occurred on John Sutter’s land along the American River in January 1848 when John Maree’s mill work revealed dull yellow particles. News spread via a Mormon battalion party, triggering the California gold rush and sparking competing claims as Sutter sought congressional redress.
The passage notes air speed at 1,087 feet per second. Water carries sound about five times faster. In hard dense materials like steel and glass, sound travels 15 to 20 times faster than in air.
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