Townsend and Fletcher clash over Townsendites plans
The piece describes political maneuvering between Doctor Townsend and GOP Chairman Henry Fletcher as they court support among Townsendites and townsend disciples in Michigan. It notes private and public tensions within the parties, labor splits around John Lewis and William Green, and the broader impact on 1936 campaigns and labor dynamics.
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Farley
William A. Green
Jona L. Lewis
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Atlantic City
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Mr. Green
Labor
Ohio News In Brief: Regional Deaths and Local Crime
Ohio brief reports funeral services for Edwin Green Craun past grand commander of Ohio Knights Templar and 33rd degree mason in Tiffin. Dover officials seek counterfeit twenty dollar bills at the post office. Tuscarawas County grand jury fails to indict Jack Stanler in the Gababrandt murder. Cleveland trustee to begin ten percent payoffs to depositors and small claims at Closed Guardian Trust Co. with an 18 million loan from the RFC. Wayne Close, 23, killed in Columbus area automobile crash.
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Edwin Green Craun
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Cleveland, CO
Guardian Trust Co
Frank R. Hanrahan
Air Power Runs Clock 19 Years OREBRO Sweden
A perpetual motion style clock in Orebro Sweden has kept correct time since November 1916. It is powered by air pressure changes feeding seven metal boxes that wind a weight turning the clock hands. The inventor claims only wear could stop it and the power needed is a fraction of an horsepower, comparable to a sewing machine for a ring around the Earth.
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Orebro
Sweden
Town Without Clergyman Marquette In
A small Midwestern town with 814 residents claims a curious distinction as it lacks a resident clergy man a doctor a dentist or a lawyer There is no undertaker or cemetery in the community highlighting its unusual absence of professional services.
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Marquette
Anti-Saloon League To Renew Drive
In St. Louis on November 30 co committees of the National Anti Saloon League drafted resolutions for the 28th convention opening there the next day A new advance against alcohol will guide sessions Prominent dissidents at the meeting included Bishop James Cannon Jr Mayor Charles W Breen of Lincoln Neb Dr Howard Hyde Russell founder of the league of Westerville Ohio and Frances Scott McBride chief superintendent of Washington DC
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National Anti- Saloon League
Seasions
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Chas
W. Brean
Lincoln
Neb
Howard Hyde Russe
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Westerville, C
Frances Scott McBride
Wallashirgton
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CCC Member Gets Ten Days In Jail
Robert Crockett of the CCC camp on Gulf Road faced arraignment before Justice Joseph Petro on charges of stealing $3 from another camp member. In a prior incident Crockett had helped prosecute a camp member for stealing his suit and a pair of shoes, receiving a $3 fine and ten five days in jail. The magistrate fined Crockett $10 and costs and sentenced him to two 14 days.
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Gulf Road
Joseph Petro
Crockett
Perro
The Devil s Beef Table Location Tale
A curious historic note recalls a large epend circes hollow formed among hill country between Moffat and Breag ton, described as a dramatic landscape feature in local lore.
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Eg Land
Moffat
Breagton
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