Knox Accepts Republican Vice Presidency Nomination
Col Frank Knox received official notification of his vice presidential nomination from Senator Steiner of Oregon before a Chicago stadium crowd. The acceptance speech attacked the Roosevelt New Deal, urging free enterprise and criticizing federal control, with parades and public cheers marking the event.
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Chicago
Col
Frank Knox
Steiner
Oregon
Republican Party
John Hamilton
Knox
Stadium
Landon
Roosevelt
Congress
America
E Weekly Crop Report Highlights Weather Havoc
The Department of Agriculture reports that high temperatures and humidity are disrupting crops and stressing the growing season. Weather patterns threaten yields and require monitoring across regions.
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Department of Agriculture
Vimy Memorial Unveiled by King Edward VIII in France
King Edward VIII unveiled the Vimy memorial in France honoring Canadian forces for the 1917 capture of Vimy Ridge. About 100000 stood silent as the ceremony noted Canada’s sacrifice, with France gifting the ground and Walter Allward designing the monument. Also noted were obituaries and political polling from Washington.
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Vimy
France
Edward VIII
England
Vimy Ridge
Lebrun
Canada
Walter S. Allward
Toronto
Canadian Battlefields Memorial Commission
Childhood, planes, and a radical Webber plan in a wartime piece
The column links teen letters from France, Holland’s dog washing venture, and Holland’s 13 bombing planes with a critique of Rev. Charles C Webber. It portrays his radical plan for a planned economy where people own industry, abolish money spent on war, and youth govern, against wartime finance.
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France
America
Cher Petit Pappa
Papa
Toto
Tugwell
Marcia
Mary Frances Cottrell
Joyce Helmick
Holland
Baltimore
Union Theological Seminary
Charles C Webber
Caesar
Webber
God
Rev. Webber
United States
Charles C. Webber
Questioning divine will and modern religious leadership
The excerpt debates old fashioned beliefs about God as a revolutionary force and asks why God does not enact constant renewal without human aid. It contrasts this with Lenin and Stalin’s cooperation and ponders who would fund and staff churches and seminaries if capitalism ended.
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Webber
Lenin
Stalin
Union Theological Seminaries
Webbers
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Iowa
Campobello Island
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Gen
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Francisco Franco
Spain
Madrid
Valencia
Alicante
Seville
Huelva
Saragossa
Perpignan
San Sebastian
Claude G. Bowers
Fuentarrabia
Public Works Administration
New York City
Ickes
ONCON
George McMahon
Edward
Daily Express
Evening News
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U. S. S. Marblehead
San Diego
Leo Steve Morande
Eureka
Calif
Percy William Cofer
Washington, Ga
Germany
Helgoland
Gibraltar
North Sea
House of Commons
Eden
Great Britain
OWA
Barry Halden
Chariton
American Legion
United States Senate
Louis Murphy
Guy M. Gillette
Farmer-Labor Party
Des Moines
Smith Wildman Brookhart
New Deal Farm Organization
Oklahoma
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E. W. Marland
Lee
Herbert K Hyde
National Association of Manufacturers
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Committee On Agricultural Co-Operation
SR Henry Wellcome
Wisconsin
London
Royal Humane Society Life Saving
National Capital
Carter Field
Washington
Farm Journal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Alf M. Landon
AAA
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Willam Lemke
Lemke
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Dickinson
Nebraska
George W. Norris
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New York
Pennsylvania
James A. Farley
George N. Peek
Cordell Hull
Peek
G.O.P
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Hull
Topeka
State Department
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White House
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Hitler
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Beil Syndicate
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