Republicans Cheer Speech in Huntington WV
Col Frank Knox Republican vice presidential nominee addressed 11 500 cheering West Virginia Republicans at the Huntington city auditorium opening the party campaign in a state that went Democratic in 1932 He urged share the wealth ideas and greater worker ownership of corporate shares while praising the capitalist system and criticizing the Roosevelt administration as too costly. Knox predicted West Virginia will go Republican in the fall and outlined a pro business platform to appeal to workers and business leaders alike.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Frank Knox
Chicagoan
West Virginia
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Knox
Walter S. Hallanan
Landon-Knox
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Chicago
Page Fight predicts The Gang for Democrats show
A Raleigh Register column from August 14 1936 attacks the Roosevelt administration as wasteful and misguided. It frames the Democratic show as a three year economic vaudeville with high taxes rising living costs and a growing federal bureaucracy, urging voters to abandon the party. It cites wage gains since 1932 and warns of inflation and slowed recovery.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
Raleigh County
W. VA
Knox
Lindy Seeks Private Life as Inflation Era Looms
Col Charles A Lindbergh hopes to return home within six months and reiterates a wish to live privately amid concerns about inflation and government subsidies. He critiques taxation on the rich and corporations, warning of asset destruction and higher costs if limits are overstepped. Calvin Oklahoma reports a newborn with five generations alive in the Pritchett family.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Charles A. Lindbergh
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