Founding Fathers Debate Third-Term Presidents
An early 1940s analysis traces the long quarrel over presidential term limits from the Constitution's framing through George Washington era precedent to 1928 when the Senate backed a two-term custom. It notes proposals for seven years four years and lifetime eligibility and cites lawmakers like Springer La Follette Fairchild and Cleveland amid recurring third-term debates.
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Alexander Hamilton
Pres Dent
Senate
House
Congress
Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Grant
William M. Springer
Illinois
Washington
United States
Hayes
Springer
Grover Cleveland
House Committee On the Judiciary
Foissd
Calvin Coolidge
Beck
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Fairchild
New York
la Follette
Seventy Five Years Ago Mourning for Lincoln
Relates the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on Good Friday April 14 1865 at Ford's Theatre Washington and the immediate aftermath. Describes Booth's attack Rathbone's response and Lincoln's death at 7 22 AM, the funeral procession, and national mourning including Blaine's account of events and the vast scale of grief across the United States and Canada.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Union
Wtil
Ford’s
Washington
Laura Keene
Abraham Lincoln
Rathbone
John Wilkes Booth
Ford
Charles Peterson
Lincoln
Executive Mansion
Augur
Philadelphia
James G. Blaine
Potol
Canada
Abraham
Ford's Theater
Harper's Weekly
Britain Tightens North Sea Blockade Amid War News
Epitome of the week reports Britain tightening its blockade in the North Sea to cripple German shipping. It notes American diplomats accused of dangerous activity in Europe and a Chinese central government declaration backed by Japan. It also covers Romanian siege gun accidents, warnings to neutral nations on Empire imports, and various political and war-related developments worldwide.
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North Sea
Europe
Wang Ching-Wei
China
Romania
Germany
Viipuri
Switzerland
AFL
Supreme Court
Chicago
Illinois
Hamilton Fish
United States
Poland
Bertrand Russell
New York City College
Washington
America
Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
Grand
House Labor Committee
Labor Board
Kiwanis Luncheon Features FBI Agent Loustalot and Sheriff Loustalot
FBI Agent John Horgan and Kern County Sheriff Johnny Loustalot were keynote speakers at a noon Shafter Kiwanis meeting. They discussed FBI work and Scouting as 26 Boy Scout guests and club members attended. Also speaking were Lloyd Paxton of the Boy Scouts and other local officials.
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Kern County
John Horgan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Shafter Kiwanis
Boy Scout
Shafter Farm Workers
Loustalot
Horgan
FBI
Lloyd H. Paxton
Boy Scouts of America
Scout
National Council
Walter Hicks
Alfred T. Chandler
Jack Lighthill
Ruben Mettler
America
Les Hobson
Elvin Schmidt
Larry King
Bakersfield Kiwanis Club
Ford Hudson
Charles R. Hall
Ned Marksheffel
Elvin
King
Bill Rowland
C. V. Lake
Bakersfield
Lon Wheeler
Grover Lawrence
Taft
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Kern River Chamber of Commerce
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