Minnesota Roiled By Roosevelt Farmer-Labor Merger
Minnesota politics trembles as Roosevelt invites a partial merger with the Farmer-Labor organization amid charges of radicalism. Delaney and Curtis withdraw to back Lundeen and Benson, while Landon’s drive threatens liberal votes. The 1934 platform calls for public ownership and nationalized banking, fueling Conservative backlash and fears of a party split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
ormer-Labor Organization
Minnesota
Patrick J. Delaney
Fred A. Curtis
Ernest Lundeen
Elmer Benson
Farmer-Labor Party
Delaney
Curtis
Lundeen
Benson
Alf M. Landon
Farmer-Laborites
Mr. Roosevelt
William Lemke
Union Party
Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party
Floyd B. Olson
Farmer
James A. Reed
Missouri
Dutch on trips means guests not liable in auto suits
Pasadena report states that in a ruling of the courts of appeals guests who go dutch on an auto trip are not paid passengers but merely guests. If the car owner becomes intoxicated and is sued, the guests are not responsible. A second item presents a humorous Chinese rice cooking recipe printed with phonetic phrases.
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Pasadena
Cal
Courts of Appeals
New York Day by Day notes and society glimpses
Journal item from New York recounts Valentine Williams, Bob Davis, Bob Ripley, and Harry Houdini notes. Mentions Ethel Roche, Mrs. Harry Houdini, Cole Porter, B J Hawley, and Jerome K. Jerome. Describes a theater outing, aviation figure Art Kudner, Madison Avenue fashions, Roosevelt Raceway backing by George Marshall, Jed Harris nomination, Father Joe McGrath’s passing, and a McKeogh hoax story with a cautionary ending.
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New York
Valentine Williams
Bob Davis
Bob Ripley
Khyber Pass
Harry Houdini
Cole Porter
Ethel Roche
Palm Beach
Harry Burton
B. J. Hawley
Jerome K. Jerome
International
Mark Twain Society
Dick Berlin
Nancy White
Washington Bridge
Art Kudner
Michigan
Rockfeller Center
New Mexico
Heigh Ho
March Connelly
Madison Avenue
George Marshall
Washington
Roosevelt Raceway
Westbury
L. C
Marshall
Herbert Marshall
Jed Harris
Joe McGrath
The Word Charming and Its Dark Past
The quote notes that calling someone charming echoes an older meaning of bewitching linked to death. It explains how charm once implied witchcraft and danger, contrasting modern softer usage with historical peril for the speaker.
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Martin A. Nelson
Kate’s Bealty Shop
East Broad
Marcel
Shelton
Kath Roth
Ruth Pickett
Brown
C.h.merthe & Co
NEW Knit
Zephyr
Merthes
0. C. McIntyre
Grath
Arthur McKeogh
Old Evening Sun
McKeogh
City Desk
McGrath
Staten Island
Tommy Dienaide
Richard Harding Davis
Arthur Brisbane
Irvin Cobb
Will Irwin
G. F. Hughes
Father McGrath
McNaught Syndicate
TR Tut mC Re
Day’s Hardware & Music
Puritan Coal
Schroll
Merthe
Gertrudes
Vanta
Vanja Garments
Merthew Co
AYMAS
Csratt
REN
Vanta Doutble
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