Washington At A Glance: Landon Nomination Shifts Gop Tilt
A June 16 Washington At A Glance examines how Gov. Alf M. Landon’s nomination as Republican candidate unsettles party dynamics. Eastern interests fear excessive Liberal leanings while Western managers push him as a radical to secure farmers’ support. The clash over Supreme Court power and New York wage law adds to a topsy turvy campaign portrait.
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Washington
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Prairie State
McKinley
Mark Hanna
East
West
Federal
Supreme Court
New York
Landon
Roosevelt
Iris Ointment for Quick Pile Relief Treatment
An improved home remedy promises rapid relief from bleeding piles. Iris Ointment is a clean odorless ointment that stops bleeding within seconds and relieves burning and itching, sold by local druggists at 50 cents a tube for several weeks.
Convention Hall Repairs Rush for Democratic Convention
An army of carpenters decorators and electricians labors at Philadelphia Convention Hall to speed preparations for the Democratic National Convention opening June 23. 150000 visitors expected and hotels full as 500 extra taxicabs are arranged for the event.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
State Secretary of Revenue
John B. Kelly
Mussolini orders youth training for ages sixteen to nineteen
Milan June 16 Premier Mussolini announced through the national fascist council that pre military training will be compulsory for all fascists aged 16 to 19. The move follows weeks of planning for Italy's defense in case of a European war and aligns with post Ethiopia military efforts.
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International
Milan
Mussolini
National Fascist Council
Tr Duce
Italy
Ethiopia
Gormley Plans Floating State Convention Aboard Lake Steamer
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association will hold a floating convention aboard the S. S. Seeandbee from June 18 to 21 departing Erie. Speakers include Richard Beamish and John Rodgers with a Mackinac Island stop and safety meeting chaired by Ted Rodgers. Officers including Harry L. Gormley and William Clark to be re-elected. About twenty New Castle attendees will join the cruise.
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Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association
Erie
Mackinac Island
Harry L. Gormley
Richard J. Beamish
Pennsylvania Public Service Commission
Department of Safety
John Hall
Ted V. Rodgers
American Trucking Association
Harry L. Gormely
New Castle
William Clark
Philadelphia
H. D Gibbs
Pittsburgh
A. D. Aldridge
Sol Lettieri
Scranton
Paul Keeley
Blake Waldo
Nettie Clark
Marshall Matheny
John Welker
Seeandbee
Real Estate Tax Relief Proposals Lead in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on June 16 Senator Joseph K. Ziesenheim introduced three constitutional amendments aimed at realty tax relief. The measures require subdivisions to cut combined real estate tax rates to 10 mills by 1943 and allow the rate to exceed 10 mills only under specified conditions.
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Harrisburg
Joseph K. Ziesenheim
Erie Republican
Real estate owners gain sole voting rights on debt measures
In a proposed change mills would pass only if endorsed by a majority of district voters, giving real estate owners the sole voting franchise in balloting on authorization or increases of indebtedness.
Washington County Youth Held in Beating Case
Isabel Anne Walters twenty four, a laboratory girl, was found brutally beaten on a country road near Washington Pennsylvania. Hospital attaches reported her condition improved. David Brundage eighteen, a Washington high school senior and her sister's boyfriend, was held as the alleged assailant. He was apprehended near Monroe Michigan and returned to Washington.
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International News Service
Washington, Pa
Isabel Anne Walters
Washington Hospital
David Brundage
Washington High School
Brundage
Monroe Mich
Smoker Dodges Question On Daily Pack Intake
A smoker was asked how much he smoked daily and did not answer directly. The brief exchange highlights evasive response to a specific quantity while indicating habitual smoking behavior and possible reluctance to disclose personal details.
City Hall Briefs Note Local Property Issues And Accident
Patrolman George Perotta found a damaged grating at 20 East Washington and a doorway ajar at a South Mill Street business. Awning torn and pipes loose in front of that business. Lumber theft reported at 1015 Moravia Street. Patrolman Dick Cooper saw a window open on Washington Street. A truck with Ohio plate 953A8 hit the traffic light at East Washington and Mill. Patrolman A G Harper vacationing in Baltimore.
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George Perotta
East Washington Street
Mill Street
H. L. Richards
Dick Cooper
Washington Street
Ohio
East Washington and
Idaho Grange Leader Visits During Pennsylvania Speaking Tour
State Master Ray Mc Kaig of Idaho arrives as guest of J. Audrev Boak of Pennsylvania for a speaking tour across nearly twenty Pennsylvania counties. The inter-district grange meeting at Treesdale Fruit Farms near Mars is set for June 24 with both leaders speaking to thousands of grangers and friends.
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Ray McKaig
Boak
Idaho
State Grange Organization
J. Audrev Boak
Pennsylvania Grange
Pennsylvania
Treesdale Fruit Farms
Mars
McKaig
Mr. Boak
State
Slippery Rock Township
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Liberal
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Cleveland
Sycamore Way
Sam H. Magoun
Electro
Tire Service
S. Jefferson St
M. J. Donnelly
Special Agent
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
U.S
Mercer Street
East Washington
Castle
Penna
Gormley
Pennsylvania Power Company
Ehe
Washington County
City Hall
Moravia Street
A. G. Harper
Baltimore
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