Landon Accepts Nomination in Topeka Crowds
Governor Landon receives formal notification as Republican nominee at the Kansas capitol in Topeka. In a public address he urges a recovery plan, defense of relief, labor rights, and constitutional flexibility while outlining positions on monetary policy, economy, and government restraint amid a broad, divided political landscape.
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Alf. M. Landon
United States
Kansas Capitol
Topeka
New York
Cleveland
Landon
Unclear text fragment about London to Berlin flight and Nazi reception
A garbled report describes a flight from London to Berlin where Mr and Mrs Charles A Thinsenax were received by high Nazi officials. The passage references peace rhetoric and mentions a person named Ciecsie de Garaaag, but the overall meaning is unclear.
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Charles A. Cthinpsenax
London
Berlin
Phi
Hunhoon Ciecsie de Garaaag
Hoover Defends Secret Service Probe Of His Men
J Edgar Hoover, head of the federal investigation agency, denounced disclosures that Treasury Secret Service personnel had examined his agents. He denounced inquiries as futile, denying brokerage accounts exist and rejecting the scope of any such probe as improper. The Treasury concedes no legal right to probe another department’s actions.
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The
Treasury
Secret Service
Wallace Sets Four Point Plan For Drought Relief
Secretary Wallace outlined a four point program for farmers and consumers including judicious commodity loans an ever normal granary crop insurance and government land purchases not suitable for plowing. A national committee led by Morris Cooke was formed in Washington to study drought relief through natural resource use with members from army engineers the bureau of reclamation and other agencies.
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Federal Crop Reporting Board
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Hudson Valley
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ohio Valley
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Grouth
Morris L. Cooke
Richard C. Moore
Army Engineers
John C. Page
Bureau of Reclamation
Frederick H. Fowler
National Resources Committee
Rexford G. Tugwell
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Torch Relay Marks Olympic Flame Journey To Berlin
In Olympia Greece a sunlit torch starts a 12 day relay to Berlin for the Olympic flame with 5000 carriers including King Boris of Bulgaria and King Peter of Yugoslavia. S Loues of Greece will bear the final leg with a parade of 100000 youths to the stadium. In Danzig polities move to crush opposition as Nazis tighten grip with decrees ending lawful assembly and press oversight, banning ritual slaughter and expanding custody for those deemed to threaten order.
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Greece
Berlin
Boris
Bulgaria
Peter
Jugoslavia
S. Loues
Loues
Poland
Danzig
Arthur Karl Greiser
Canton Revolt Collapses as Government Takes Canton
Reports say Nanking troops entered Canton and secured Ye of peace. War lord Chi-tang deserted his forces and fled to Hongkong aboard a gunboat. A scramble followed to locate Chen's alleged silver hoard, with estimates and deposits rumored in foreign banks.
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Nanking
Canton
Chi-tang
Hongkong
Chen
Postwar talks grant Turkey Dardanelles re militarization
Signatories to the Lau Ganane postwar treaty have given Turkey the right to re militarize the Dardanelles and, with Turkey, signed a convention on the matter. Only Japan expressed a minor reservation, as it is no longer a…
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Fickt
Turkey
Dardanelles
Japan
Steel and labor clash in politics amid Roosevelt attack
The piece argues the steel industry and John L. Lewis's labor movement are deeply entangled in politics, spurred by Roosevelt's attack on economic royalists. It warns that steel companies and unions risk public distrust as they push aggressive organizing while facing government action and potential Communist agitation.
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United Mine Workers
Lewis
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Council
Tampa
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis Group
Philip Murray
United Mine Workes
CIO
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Mr. Lewis
William Green
Resus
Pound
Mr. Roosevelt
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