Knox Leads Republican Pref Vote In Illinois And Borah Gains
Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News, won 81 delegates to 26 for Borah in the Illinois Republican presidential preferential vote. The advisory result boosts Knox for the first roll call and raises Borah's prestige for the Ohio primary. Governor Henry Horner won renomination battles in Chicago, while James Hamilton Lewis faced Otis Glenn in November.
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Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Borah
Idaho
Illinois
Chicago
Knox
Ohio
Henry Horner
Democraic Organization
Kelly-Nash Machine
Bundesen
James Hamilton Lewis
Otis Glenn
Washington
Roosevelt
Nebraska
Alf Landon
Kansas
AAA Disclosures Strain Farm Aid Debates
The memorandum argues the AAA's failures and repayments to large corporations soured public trust, revealing millions in aid to firms abroad and a Montana farmer’s $50,000 agreement not to plant wheat. It predicts a shift toward soil conservation and criticizes Fletcher’s new Republican brain trust as a pursuit of political advantage over practical policy.
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Sam B. Hill
House
R. V. Metcher
Association of American Railroads
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Passamaquoddy
Maine
Florida Ship Canal
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United States Chamber of Commerce
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Crampton Harris
Birmingham
Ala
Black
American Liberty League
Southern Committee
John Henry Kirby
Houston
Texas
AAA
Michigan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Wallace
Chester Davis
New Deal
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Atlantic
Pacific
Mr. Davis
England
Wall Street
Montana
Federal Department of the Interior
Doctor Tugwell
Fletcher
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Fletcher
Tugwells
Hopkinsen
Tugwell
Bible Reading Champ Holds Record at 125 Readings
Mrs. Kibble Comer of Sherman Texas reads the Bible for 78 years totaling 125 New Testament readings and 68 Old Testament readings. She began at age twelve after illness kept her from a rally and memorized large portions of scripture early. She notes today’s generation appears less faithful.
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Kibble Comer
Sherman
Texas
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