Democratic Convention Breaks Two-Third Rule In New Deal Drive
Franklin D. Roosevelt was renominated at a Philadelphia Democratic convention that backed a strong New Deal platform. Delegates voted to abolish the century-old two-thirds rule for nominations, pledged continued farm relief, conservation, and social programs, and endorsed neutrality and tariff protection amid global tensions and domestic drought damage. The meeting also set the party on a militant path to defend the administration's record.
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Franklin D. Rousevelt
Philadelphia
Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Republian
Democratic Party
Congress of
United States
Farm Plank
Campaign horse race shapes future of Roosevelt Landon fight
The piece Viewpoint by G. O. P. analyst notes a tight campaign despite Roosevelt leads. It argues Republicans reorganized strongly, Democrats face defections and missteps, and warns against mislabeling Landon as the prairie state stereotype. It cites Farley and Norris, relief politics, tax policy, and the need for balanced strategy in the coming two months.
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Washington
Alf M.landon
Kansas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Farley
Roosevelt
John Hamilton
Landon
Republican Party
Democrats
Alfred M. Landon
Prairie State
Union
Mr. Farley
Prairie States
United States
Congress
White House
Lemke Announces Union Party Presidential C bid
Rep Lemke of North Dakota declared a bid for the presidency under a new Union party with Father Coughlin as lead sponsor and Thomas C O Brien of Boston as running mate The 15 point platform calls for farm mortgage refinancing old age security a living wage income limits a central bank currency issued by Congress and money value regulation The party plans a national convention in August in Cleveland with backing from farm unions labor groups and liberals alienated from old parties Lemke coauthored a $3 0 billion farm mortgage refinancing bill with Sen Lynn J Frazier which was defeated in the House.
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Peeae
William Lemke
North Dakota
Union
Wather
Charles
Coughlin
Detroit
Lemke
Thomas Charles O'Brien
Boston
Congress
Cleveland
National Union For Social Justice
Father Coughlin
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
Mr. Lemke
Lynn J. Frazier
House of Representatives
Wealthy grain trader Arthur Cutten dies in Chicago at 65
Arthur W. Cutten, famed for bold bets in grain and later stocks, died of a heart attack at his Chicago home at age sixty five. He built wealth by following his hunches in corn and wheat, profited in 1924 and 1925, and shifted to long and later short selling after the crash.
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Bernhard von Buelow
Europe
von Buelow
League of Nations
Germany
League
Popurty
Hitler
Russia
Maxim Gorky
Communist Party
Gorky
Central Executive Committee
Moscow
Kremlin
Lenin
Arthur W. Cutten
Chicago
Mr. Cutten
Chicago Board of Trade
Grain Futures Administration
United States Supreme Court
Foreign Words and Phrases Taint mieux
A compact listing of French and Latin phrases with brief English glosses and notes. It covers expressions like Coup d oeuvre and ex post facto, noting meanings such as after the fact and delightful unbending upon occasion.
Grape Nuts Ad Teases Dizzy Dean Winners Prizes
A brief newspaper ad fragment invites readers to study the Grape Nuts promotion in another column to learn how to join the Dizzy Dean Winners group and win valuable free prizes.
Truth Always Truth Reflected in Reckoning
A succinct musing on enduring honesty and the finality of truth attributed to a Shakespearean sentiment about truth remaining true to the end of reckoning.
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New York
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Marseilles
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