Bill Fields Returns in Poppy at Shafter Airdome
Hollywood icon Bill Fields reappears in the screen version of Poppy after a health battle in California. The article notes Fields heat for his unique comedy and describes his celebratory return with a packed social circle at his Encino home, and his defiant humor about illness and recovery.
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California
Shafter Airdome
Hollywood
Fields
Death
Encino
Broadway
Bill Fields
Dorothy Parker Bunch
Fred Stone Bunch
Alexander Wallcott Ord
Rob Benchely
Superior Judge Rules Part of Sales Tax Law Illegal
Superior Judge C J Goodell ruled that a clause allowing sales tax collection did not apply to contracts dated before the new legislation. The decision centers on the interpretation of the law's effective date and its impact on pre passage sales.
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San Francisco
C. J. Goodell
Portrait of Governor Landon by Alfred Panepinto
A newly published crayon portrait of Governor Alf M Landon Republican presidential candidate appears by artist Alfred Panepinto The unissued likeness contrasts with campaign records and showcases early visual campaign art.
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Alfred Panepinto
Landon Leading Roosevelt In Early Digest Poll
The Literary Digest poll totals show Alf M. Landon ahead of Franklin D. Roosevelt by better than two to one in early returns. Landon led in Maine New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey with 16 056 votes to 7 645 for Roosevelt. Lemke 754 and Norman Thomas 109 followed. 2 714 Landon votes came from previous Democratic voters, while 1 407 Roosevelt votes came from prior Hoover supporters.
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Landon
Washington
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Literary Digest
Maine
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
William Lemke
Norman Thomas
London
Hoover
Lemke
Landon Speech Backs Recovery Aims and Job Reopenings
Alf M. Landon states support for measures promoting recovery and restoring jobs while opposing actions that hinder them. He emphasizes practical steps to boost employment and economic revival.
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Landon
Alf, M. Landon
Lan don speech claims freedom and security must coexist
Governor Alf Landon argues that American institutions best safeguard freedom and security. He rejects defeatist claims that a choice is needed between liberty and safety, urging Americans not to surrender to despair and to preserve both. He spoke in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, on August 22, 1936.
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Alf Landon
West Middlesex
Simple Economics and Government Finance Principles
The piece argues that government finance rests on the same common-sense budgeting and prudent management that individuals use in personal finances, emphasizing clarity, discipline, and accountability in public spending and revenue. It presents core economic concepts as universally applicable guidelines.
Average Farmer Loser Under Roosevelt Says Republican Group
The Roosevelt administration paid the average farmer 176 in benefit checks while adding 373 to the national debt up to June 30, 1936, per a Farm Division statement of the Republican National Committee. Government appropriations for 1933–36 totaled 37,499,975,000, with rural real estate and building valued at 32,858,484,000 in 1935.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Farm Division
Republican National Committee
United States
Imported Pork Consumption Surges in Six Months
In the six months ended June 30 American families consumed 18 million pounds of imported pork. The level, tied to New Deal scarcity and free trade treaties, is triple the amount eaten in any of the ten preceding years.
Loans Add 400 Million to Roosevelt Deficit
Fresh borrowing added 400 million dollars to the Roosevelt administration deficit in mid September, Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. announced. The total might reach 440 million, he admitted, as the national debt rose from 21 billion to over 33 billion during Roosevelt's administration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
The
Treasury
United States
Roosevelt spending draw and financial critique
Canadian editors and readers quote a Washington monthly saying Franklin D Roosevelt is the most extravagant ruler in history. The Financial Post notes the Sphere article claiming he has mined nation reserves and mortgaged the future, risking inflation and eroding insurance policy integrity.
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Toronto
Can
Roosevelt
Financial Post of Toronto
Sphere of Washington
Whaley-Eaton
Solomon
United States
Rise of Hidden Taxes in Federal Revenues
Indirect taxes remained hidden from most citizens and supplied about 60 percent of federal revenues in 1936, up from 29 percent in 1930. The shift reflects growing tax burden through nontransparent levies.
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Chicago
Hidden Taxes Lie in Indirect Payburden Warned by Landon
Alf M. Landon warned in Buffalo on August 26, 1936 that the government finances rely on indirect taxes on essentials like food and fuel, shifting the main burden to wage earners, salaried workers, farmers, and small businesses.
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Alf M. Landon
Buffalo, N. Y
Government aid to cotton planters sparks large payments
The program funded many Southern cotton planters for not growing cotton. Forty six individuals got over $10,000 each and one received $123,000. One thousand one hundred thirty one others got over $2,500. Meanwhile 732 075 small recipients averaged $46 each.
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South
Landon Sees Fight Between Free Enterprise and Government Monopolies
Governor Alf M. Landon declared in Portland that the 1930s shift toward government controlled economies mirrors European autocracy. He warned the NRA and related laws threaten private rights, market competition, and democracy, urging stronger anti monopoly measures and free enterprise.
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Portland
Alf M. Landon
America
Gov. Landon
N.R.A
Europe
Washington
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