Roosevelt Accept speech fuels party rifts in 1936 race
President Roosevelt draws praise for his Philadelphia acceptance address while conservatives grow uneasy and radical fringe cheers. The piece notes Roosevelts gain within the Democratic platform on TVA and currency powers, and warns of deeper party splits ahead of key state contests including New York Oklahoma Minnesota and North Dakota.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Glass
Byrd
Tydings
Adams
Texas
TVA
Supreme Court
Tugwell
Frankfurter
Wallace
Democratic Party
Senate
Murray
Oklahoma
Alfred E Smith
James A. Reed
Bainbridge Colby
Joseph B. Ely
Daniel F. Cohalan
New York
al Smith
Colby
Judge Cohalan
Massachusetts
James M. Curley
Missouri
Reed
Alfred M. Landon
Charles Hamilton
Kansas
Landon
Minnesota
North Dakota
Lemke- Coughlin-Townsend
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
Janes A. Farley
Illinois
Bell Syndicate
WNG
Hollywood Hoax Sparks Publicity Ploy Gone Wild
A backstage Hollywood plot falls apart as Lela Martini runs off with a man posing as the Maharajah of Dinore. Publicist Phil Watson exposes the ruse, revealing the supposed prince is a Calcutta journalist staging an inside Hollywood prank to reclaim control of Martini. Publicity wreckage looms.
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Ben
Phil Watson
Frisco
Watson
Lela Martini
ABC
Lela
Dinore
Hollywood
Miss Martini
Maharajah
Myself
Meyer
Maharajah of
Calcutta
Ben and Watson
San Francisco
Lela Martini Smith
Toledo Blades and the Spaniards Empire Link
The article links Toledo sword making to Spanish conquests in the New World. It notes fine tempering and inlaying techniques with gold and silver, claiming these skills were inherited from Moorish craft.
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Toledo
New World
Inside Tree Halls and Carved Statues in Senegambia
A large baobab serves as a council house in French West Africa. The inner chamber features carved statues at the entrance, illustrating local governance beliefs and cultural artistry.
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Senegambia
French West Africa
Dress with vestee shows a conservative street frock
A Barbara Bell pattern 1907 B features a cashmere light dress with a capelet sleeve and contrasting vestee. The design suits larger sizes 34 to 50 and aims for a slender, neat silhouette with a pointed bodice. Send 15 cents for pattern and 100 pattern book. orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago Indiana.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
The Dictator's Job and Its Perils
John Gunther notes in Cosmopolitan that dictators face a cycle of tightening control until they either loosen to survive or collapse in counter-revolution, leaving people to a degree capable of self-government. The piece examines how oppressive regimes breed rising pressure, eventual breakdown, and renewed democratic potential after long periods of suppression.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Robert J. Bulkley
Ohio
Capitol Hill
Resolutions Committee
Bulkley
Congress
House
Senate
John Gunther
Cosmopolitan
Foreign Phrases and Their Meanings in Brief
A compact list of foreign phrases with translations and notes. Entries include ad unguem to the nail, to a nicety. errare humanum est to err is human. noblesse oblige nobility compels. and other adages with language origins and brief English renderings.
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Jeunesse Doree
Noblesse Oblige
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Wichita
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