Landon Nominated President by Republican Convention
At the Cleveland convention Alf M. Landon was unanimously nominated amid roaring support. 984 of 1,003 votes cast. Senators Borah and Hoover figures drew mixed reactions as Knox praised Landon. The platform endorses a dollar convertible to gold and planks on tariff repeal relief, and public utility regulation. Hamilton urged unity and a vigorous future under Landon.
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Running Mate Choice Seals Knox Nomination At Convention
The Republican convention in Cleveland nominated Colonel Frank Knox of Illinois for vice president after Arthur Vandenberg withdrew. London and Knox led the ticket against the New Deal as the meeting ad journed. Senator Borah voiced opposition to the gold standard but avoided commitments on reelection.
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New York
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Lowden Affirms Support for Landon as Nominee
Frank O. Lowden, former Illinois governor, pledged full support for Alf M. Landon the Republican presidential nominee. He stated at his Illinois farm, and telegrammed Kansas’ governor expressing heartfelt congratulations and best wishes for November.
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Convention Debate Shapes Platform After State Support
The West Virginia bloc backed a single slate while Wisconsin urged unanimity. A tumult surged as the convention approved a compromise platform, Speeding to Washington after a narrowly lost race, Borah reacted to Governor Landon reserving interpretive rights on two major planks. The panel called for a sound currency but omitted a gold standard reference.
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Landon Telegram Thanking Convention Endorsement Read
A telegram from Alf M Landon to the convention expressed gratitude for its overwhelming endorsement. The message was read aloud during the meeting in Cleveland.
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Landslide of Borah Platform Signals Wheatley Support
The article notes Borah era platform planks hailed as victories amid a political convention. Governor Landon pledged to uphold the platform but reserved the right to interpret certain planks. He indicated support for constitutional amendments if state regulation of wages and hours proves impossible, and he pressed for a sound currency with a balanced budget and gold basis.
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Barrymore Wins Dismissal In Two Lawsuits
Los Angeles reports John Barrymore had two suits totaling 69000 dollars dismissed in court as he rested in a Santa Barbara hospital. The actor’s legal troubles paused while he recovers from illness.
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John Barrymore
Santa Barbara
Highlights of G. O. P. Platform
Cleveland June 12 Here are the pertinent points on which the Republican party will campaign for the election of a Republican president in November. The powers of Congress have been usurped by the President. The integrity and authority of the Supreme Court have been flaunted. Regulated monopoly has displaced free enterprise. The New Deal has been guilty of waste and extravagance, using public funds for partisan political purposes. The party advocated removal of restrictions on production, withdrawal of government from competition with private payrolls, and returning responsibility for relief administration to local agencies. It pledged to protect labor rights to organize, stop uncontrolled spending, balance the budget, and maintain a sound currency amid devaluation concerns.
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Platform of G. O. P. offers jobless aid in 1936
The Republican platform declares America in peril and vows to preserve political liberty and individual opportunity while criticizing the New Deal. It accuses the administration of usurping Congress, flaunting the Supreme Court, violating rights, promoting waste, and intimidating voters. It condemns tariff agreements, centralized bureaucracy, and the erosion of free enterprise.
Mayor Voisine faces new threats from Hooded Legion
May or William W Voisine of Ecorse near Detroit, framed by a confessed Black Legion killer as target of two death plots, went to work armed to counter threats. Dayton Dean admitted to police that he and three accomplices cruised Ecorse before the election seeking Voisine but did not locate him.
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Britain and France to unite on sanctions plan
In Paris on June 12 wartime editors reported Britain and France forming a common sanctions front aimed at Geneva later this month. The new Socialist administration faced strikes while studying a British bid to lift war sanctions on Italy and revamp the League covenant.
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Farmer Married One Week Fatally Injured in Hay Sling Accident
In Bowling Green, Charts W. Frusher a 29 year old Perrysburg farmer died yesterday from injuries after a hay sling fell on him. He had been married only a week.
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Landon Nominated Shuts Out Doubt In Cleveland
Neighbors in Topeka hail Alf Landon as the Republican presidential nominee and pledge strong support. Landon promises the most aggressive campaign in years as he addresses cheering crowds and thanks neighbors for their goodwill. Intermixed reports note party maneuvering over vice president choices involving Vandenberg Knox and Borah amid Cleveland’s convention flare.
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Senator Vandenberg Backs Landon Knox Ticket
Michigan Senator Vandenberg who declined the vice presidential nomination says he will support with all his resources the Landon Knox Republican ticket and calls the selection of Alf M Landon and Colonel Frank Knox splendid in a formal statement from Cleveland.
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Kansas Governor Nomination Echoes in Ballot Roll Call
Before the session, talk of drafting Van denberg arose but he stood firm. The roll call carried a sing-song echo of the states marching to the Kansas governor for the presidential nomination last night, with Michigan casting its 38 votes for Knox amid earlier developments.
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Knox Nominated Vice Presidential Candidate by Nationwide GOP Vote
Colonel Frank Knox, Chicago publisher, accepted the Republican nomination for vice president saying he was profoundly grateful for the unanimous vote of the convention. He spoke in Michigan City on June 12 as the party finalized its ticket.
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Demonstrations in France Are Balked
Paris June 12 Police acted today to prevent mass demonstrations as officials feared foreign elements in the French strike crisis. Interior Minister Roger Salengro said police had the situation in hand after arrests of would be crowd organizers. He added strikers were resuming work and 687 factories formerly held by strikers had been evacuated in the last 24 hours.
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Coroner rules death by own action in McKinley shooting
Loudonville reporting that Coroner W J Van Horne returns a verdict of death by own action in the fatal shooting of William Wallace McKinley a 37 year old farmer at his home yesterday McKinley had been ill authorities said the incident occurred in Loudonville yesterday
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