Franklin D. Roosevelt Renominated At Democratic Convention
Franklin D. Roosevelt was renominated by the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia. The platform pledged continued New Deal programs, soil conservation, farm payments, a constitutional amendment if needed, and a plan to regulate monopolies while maintaining the Constitution. The convention favored a bare majority for future nominations and endorsed a neutral foreign policy with tariff protection for farmers and manufacturers.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Rules Committee
Democratic Party
Congress of
United States
Drought Threatens Northwest and Great Plains Crops
The specter of drought grips the Northwest with crop damage across South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. Wheat and corn suffer severe losses while railroads extend emergency rates for livestock shipments. Washington outlines relief plans by Harry Hopkins to employ 6,000 farmers in drought areas as the drought persists into a seventh year in the region.
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Drouth
Northwest
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Lemke Announces Run for Presidency With Union Party
Rep Lemke of North Dakota announces a bid for the presidency under the Union party banner with Father Coughlin as sponsor. Boston's Thomas OBrien to be vice president candidate on a 15 point platform including farm mortgage refinancing and a central bank. August Cleveland convention planned with support from farm unions labor and liberal groups. Lemke coauthored a $3 billion farm mortgage refinancing bill later defeated in the House.
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William Lemke
North Dakota
Union Party
Father Charles 2B
Coughlin
Detroit
Lemke
Thomas Charles O'Brien
Boston
Congress
Cleveland
Union
Labor
National Union For’ Social Justice
Father Coughlin
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
Mr. Lemke
Lynn J. Frazier
House of Representatives
Wealthy grain trader Arthur W. Cutten dies in Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten died of a heart attack at his Chicago home at sixty five. The noted grain trader built vast wealth by betting on his hunches and scored major profits in 1924 on corn and the following year in wheat. He later entered the stock market with associates, shifted to bear trading after the crash, faced a two year suspension, and won reversal in the U S Supreme Court.
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Rthur W. Cutten
Chicago
Cutten
Chicago Board of Trade
Grain Futures Administration
United States Supreme Court
France faces continued industry strain under popular front
GTR and industrial difficulties persist in France as Premier Leon Blum signals a conciliatory stance toward the chambers of commerce. He assures leaders that no new plants will be blocked by striking workers, whose peak number reached about one million.
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GTR
France
Popular Front
French Chambers of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Leon Blum
Britain Joins US in Lifting Sanctions on Italy
The United States issues a proclamation by President Roosevelt revoking all sanctions tied to the Italo Ethiopian conflict. Britain faces internal crisis as Prime Minister Baldwin defends ending sanctions as useless, warning war would not solve the crisis. France signals readiness to follow League of Nations action.
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Great Britain
United States
Italy
Roosevelt
Ethiopia
Empire of Haile Selassie
Europe
Foreign Phrases Glossary Snapshot
A compact list of Latin and French expressions with English meanings. Entries include Aequo animo Coup d oeil In extremis Ex post facto Lapsus linguae Necessitas non habet legem In loco Dulce est desiphere Valente Deo Sursum corda God willing Lift up your hearts.
See Your Purpose in Earning a Richer World
The quote urges setting a clear lofty purpose and dedicating effort to fulfill it. It argues that higher aims enrich both the self and the world as personal growth translates into broader value.
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Phillips Brooks
The Golf Club Reward Story
A young man saves a drowning daughter from a tipped canoe. The grateful father offers any reward. the hero refuses, then asks for a golf club. A week later a telegram arrives announcing the father has bought him two clubs named Green Valleys and Sunnydale.
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Pop
Green’ Valleys
Sunnydale
Grape Nuts Ad Promotes Dizzy Dean Winners Prizes
Read the paper’s other column to learn how to join the Dizzy Dean Winners program and win valuable free prizes. Advance notice advertises a contest tied to a cereal brand and offers incentives for participation.
Man's Opinion Man
A brief satire notes a man praising his own work as creation's masterpiece, reflecting self-endorsement and opinion as art.
Where Affections Light
A concise quotation noting that affections strike unpredictably like lightning, leaving clarity only after they fall, attributed to Lacordatre.
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Lacordatre
Real Temptations and Humans’ Hidden Responses
A reflection on how most people confront temptations and wonder how they would react under pressure. The text suggests many lack awareness of their true behavior when faced with temptation.
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