Roosevelt Era Politics and Industry Voices in 1935 News Review
Western leaders discuss 1936 convention sites with only decisive bids from Philadelphia Chicago St Louis Kansas City and San Francisco Farley backs Roosevelt renomination and two thirds rule debate Sloan warns industry on bureaucracy urges cost cuts and wage policy balance Also bankers warn of inflation while Anta Claus boosts holiday trade and oil embargo tensions with Italy Britain and France prepare for potential conflict
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Ostmaster
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
J.a.farley
Donahey
Ohio
Garner
Literary Digest
Middlewest
Midwest
Iowa
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Hoover
New Hampshire
Ho Ying-Chin Warned To Leave Peiping
Chinese minister of war Ho Ying-Chin, sent to Peiping by Chiang Kai-shek, faced orders to depart as Japanese officers pressed the issue. Lieut. Col. Tan Takahashi and Maj. Gen. Hayao Tada warned that continued Chinese presence risked provoking war, with warplanes seen overhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HO Ying-Chin
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
Autonomy Promotion Society
Tan Takahashi
Takahashi
Hayao Tada
China
Japan
Nanking
Hopei
Plahes
Secretary Hull Sends War Debt Reminder to London
The secretary of state notified London that the semiannual Great Britain debt installment due December 15 remains unpaid. Britain replied that under current circumstances it would pay nothing, a statement that foreshadows no Christmas funds.
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Hull
London
Great Britain
Transatlantic air mail talks and wheat policy shifts reported
Talks in Washington involve RITISH Irish and Canadian delegations seeking a trans Atlantic air mail and passenger service with American officials. Canada appoints a wheat board led by James R. Murray to sell surplus at world prices. Building trades unions reach a jurisdictional dispute plan placing final work authority with contractors and federal arbitration if needed.
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Ritish
Washington
Waerest
Beda 48
Ronald Bands
General Post Office
C. E. Woods Humphrey
Imperial Airways, Ltd
Farley
Congress
Aim
United States
Europe
Nanada
James R. Murray
Alberta Pacific Grain Company
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
OOD
Green
American Federation of Labor
Building Trades Department
Federation
1926 37 corn hog program outlined by Wallace
Secretary Wallace announced a corn hog plan to adjust 1936 production with a 30 percent hog increase, corn acreage to about 95 million acres, and payments rates for corn and hogs. It requires base acreage commitments, partial retirements for soil work, and two corn payments plus a $1.25 hog payment per base head.
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Ecretary OF Agriculture
Wallace
A Frock With Slender Lines for Matron Who Wears Size Forty-six
A sewing pattern feature highlights a size forty six dressy frock with center panels and a box pleat to slim the figure. It promotes a smooth silk satin or crepe gown with a twin jabot to flatter curves and conceals excess pounds. Pattern 2487 comes in sizes 84 to 46 with yardage details and illustrated instructions.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
West Seventeenth St
New York City
Voter puzzle decides Greenville clerk treasure
In Greenville Indiana Democrat Farnsley Burk hardt won the clerk treasurership by outguessing Republican Clarence Homburger Burkhardt. A penny date guess settled a tied vote with 1919 chosen over 1918 and 1926.
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Greenville
Ind
Farnsley Burkhardt
Clarence Homburger Burkhardt
Franklin Safe Conduct Letter Enabled Hawaii Discovery
Archives of Hawaii reveal a 1779 France letter by Benjamin Franklin, then U S minister, addressed to US naval captains. It grants safe passage for Captain Cook’s expedition, noting it predates the American-British war and should not be treated as enemy action.
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Benjamin
Franklin
Hawaii
America
West
Congress of the United States of America
Great Britain
Captain Cook
Deep Finance, Hence It's Difficult to Understand
A humorous exchange recounted as a letter pair where a son asks for two pounds and blushes at the request, admitting he could not retrieve the messenger. The father responds with light irony, noting the messenger lost the letter and hoping for the best. The item preserves the old London Answers flavor in a comical financial misunderstanding.
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P. S
London
Pigs Keep Clean With Farm Shower Bath
Farmer Julian Brown of Kinston North Carolina says his pigs are clean and enjoy a shower bath he rigged for the sow and her six piglets. He notes his pigs keep sleek and clean unlike others he has heard about.
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Julian Brown
Kinston
N. C
Brown
Postum Free Week Offer by Postum Company
A newspaper ad promises a full week’s supply of Postum free to any reader who writes for it. The offer is described as health giving and will be sent to interested subscribers.
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Postum Company
Ady
Man Drops In For Reading A Serial In Dentist Office
For the third week in succession a man in the waiting room declined all invitations to see the dentist. The dentist offers help. the visitor says he is only dropping in to read a serial in one of the papers.
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Stray Stories Magazine
Humorous Exchange Over Hat Stopped by Truck Incident
A witty dialogue unfolds as the professor wonders if he was wearing his hat after a truck runs over it. The professor and his wife share a light, puzzled moment and preserve the humor.
Home Cook Tips From Early 20th Century
A collection of kitchen tips covers safety with asbestos in ovens, apple pie prep by cooking skins, air circulation in refrigerators, stain removal with starch paste, roasting beef technique, frosting bag handling, and monthly refrigerator cleaning with bicarbonate or borax. WNU Service provides the guidance.
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Associated Newspapers
WNU
And Yet a Spinster Sandwiches at Picnic Memory
A spinster prepares sandwiches for a picnic, creating a memorable linger for attendees as part of the event's street fair cuisine.
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Sloan
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Lfred P. Sloan, JR
General Motors Corporation
Congress of American Industry
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
C. L. Bardo
J. A. Emery
A. P. Sloan, Jr
Robert L. Lund
Federal Reserve Advisory Council
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve
Anta Claus
Commerce Department
Laval
France
Italy
Mussolini
Eric Drummond
Britain
Libya
Paris
Cerruti
Ethiopia
Rome
Samuel Hoare
Switzerland
Admiralty
Royal Navy Reserve
Plymouth
Merchant Marine
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Treasury
White House
Doles
Sec
Nina
Aberdeen
Grocer
General Grocer Co
Dixie Better
Dixie
Ea Py
Lshlehd Hotel
Foremost
Wanlert & Guntzler
First St
Calumet
Jack Caskey
Avalon St
Memphis, Tenn
Nancy E. Williams
Moreland Ave
Atlanta,Ga
K. J. Tobin
Beverly Hills, Ill
Caln
General Foods
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