Landon Nominated for President at Republican Convention
The Republican National Convention in Cleveland nominated Gov. Alfred M. Landon on the first ballot with 984 of 1,003 votes. Sen. Borah received 19 votes. Col. Frank Knox was named Vice President. The platform urged economy, labor rights, and restrained international commitments while supporting state wage laws and a revised monetary framework.
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Alfred M. Landon
United States
Cleveland
Landon
William E.’ Borah
Idaho
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Col
Frank Knox
Chicago
Pubisher
Chicago Daily News
League of Nations
World Court
John Hamillton
Post Office
Roosevelt Appoints Davis and Tolley to Agriculture and Navy Roles
The article notes Chester Davis as AAA administrator and doctor Tolley as Tolley as soil expert who helped draft the soil conservation plan after the AAA ruling. It covers Hoare’s return to the British cabinet and Navy restoration aims. It mentions the Dallas centennial exposition opened with President Roosevelt among visitors and Texas celebrations. It also reports the Senate passage of the 829 million dollar compromise revenue measure with tax changes including corporate income, undistributed profits, and surtax brackets.
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Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
Chester DC. Davis
AAA
Davis
Iowa
Grinnell College
Montana Farmer
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
Viscount Monsell
Samuel
House of Commons
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Mediterranean
Hoare
EXAS
Dallas
Texas
Senate
House of Representatives
Forgotten Man Clues From Easter Triumphs and Judas Iscariot
A college freshman recalls a history surprise after a letter to his father. The anecdote, tied to Judas Iscariot and Easter triumphs, reflects on memory and fame, and a three year affiliation with a leader whose name is not spoken in the celebrations.
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Judas Iscariot
Judas
Bruce Bartoh
Cosmopolitan
Close Observation and Character as Keys to Success
The passage argues that success in business art science and life rests on close observation of small facts and accumulated knowledge built by generations. It cites Samuel Smiles on knowledge as a growing pyramid and warns that a good name once lost is rarely regained, noting character as essential to lasting wealth of life.
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Department of Agriculture
Maine
France
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Blum
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
England
Italy
Britain
Chamberlain
Samuel
J. Hawes
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London
Edward W. Pickard
Istern Newspaper Union
Duce
Galeazzo Ciano
Ciano
Propaganda
Ferruccia Lantini
Alesandro Lessona
Count Ciano
Diano Alfieri
Giuseppe Bastianinii
Poland
Hi Duce
Clancig
Nica- Tagua
Carlos Brenes Jarquin
Juan B.sacasa
Luis’ Manuel ‘Debayle
Geronimo Ramirez Brown
Jose Roman Gonzales
Benito Ramirez
Lorenzo Guerrero
Roberto Gonzalez
Alejandro Sequeira Rivas
J.arger
John Hays/ Hammond
Gloucester
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt
Mark Twain
Rider Haggard
Cecil Rhodes
Mr. Hammond
San Francisco
California
Yale
Mexico
South Africa
Barney” Barnato
Hammond
Paul Kruger
Transvaal Republic
American Telephone and Telegraph
Western Electric
Hawthorne Works
League of Nation
League
Assembly
Genéva
Gov. Landon
John
Hays Hammond
Doctor Tolley
Hollywood
Joan Bennett
Joan Blondell
Jeanette Mac Donald
Claudette Colbert
Gary Cooper
Bing Crosby
Bette Davis
Olivia DE Havilland
Marlene Dietrich
Errol Flynn
Buck Jones
Ruby Keeler
Carole Lombard
Fred Macmurray
Pat O'Brien
Dick Powell
Jace
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Chigago, I
Quaker State
Oil City
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