Landon plans an eastern campaign swing to the presidency
Governor Alf Landon outlined an embryonic eastern drive for the Republican nomination with plans for speeches in large eastern cities and a western tour. John D. M. Hamilton said an office would open in Chicago and campaign chiefs would be chosen by July 1.
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Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
John D. M. Hamilton
London
Chicago
James A. Farley
Frank Knox
Landon
Hamilton
Knox
Kansas
Congress in Session Faces Housing and Budget Debates
The Senate considers a Wagner housing bill while the Interstate Commerce Committee reviews the Guffy-Vinson coal measure. The House takes up conference reports on Interior Department appropriations and other measures, with the Agriculture Committee handling committee resolutions and unfinished business. The Tax Conference Committee works on divergent revenue plans.
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Wagner
Interstate Commerce Committee
HOUSE
Interior Department
Agriculture
Senate
Hamilton fires blasts at Farley talk in Chicago
June 15 report from Chicago says John Hamilton new Republican National Committee chairman accused Democratic Chairman James A. Farley of trying for months to block Governor Alf M. Landon’s nomination and of being dissatisfied with both the GOP presidential pick and the party platform. Farley replied in New York charging the Cleveland convention nominated a synthetic candidate on a counterfeit New Deal platform. Hamilton defended the party’s monetary plank and Landon’s interpretation, noting Farley’s misreading of a sound monetary system and recalling Democratic platform language from 1932.
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Chicago
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
James A. Farley
Alf M. Landon
Hamilton
New York
Farley
Cleveland
Landon
Doctor Thompson 101 Becomes Hospital Patient in Cincinnati
Dr William E Thompson of Bethel, likely the nation's oldest practicing physician, was admitted to a Cincinnati hospital for cataract treatment today. He has practiced medicine in Bethel for over 75 years and will turn 101 on July 6.
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Cincinnati
William E. Thompson
Bethel
Thompson
Tropical storm drives hundreds from Florida coast towns
A Gulf of Mexico storm crossed southwest Florida on June 15 flooding Naples area after midnight. The Imperial River overflowed in Bonita Springs forcing residents to upper floors while communications failed. Tamiami Trail cross-state link closed as roads submerged and rainfall continued along the coast.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Here
Florida
Bonita Springs
Imperial
Naples
State
Miami
Dionne Couple Expect 12th Child About September
In Callander Ontario a relative says Oliva Dionne is due to give birth to a 12th child around September 1. Physicians have been consulted and the parents have not confirmed the report. The family previously welcomed the quintuplets on May 28, 1934, and may seek care from doctors beyond Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe.
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Callander
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Allan Roy Dafoe
Retired Engineer Fatally Shot At Home In East Orange
East Orange detectives report the slaying of D McFarland Moore 67 a retired electrical engineer and inventor found dead on his lawn with a bullet wound to the head. Homicide investigators were called to the scene and deemed it a homicide.
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East Orange
N. J
D. McFarland Moore
Landon Declares Wide Support for Presidential Candidacy
Colonel Frank Knox reported in Chicago that Governor Alf M. Landon’s candidacy for president is welcomed by the plain people. He cited a flood of telegrams and letters as proof of a striking response to Landon’s nomination.
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Chicago
Frank Knox
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Garfield farmer killed in auto train crash
Alliance report states William D. Armstrong a Garfield farmer was killed when his automobile was struck by an eastbound Pennsylvania passenger train. The fatal crash occurred today as the vehicle collided with the train at a crossing.
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Alliance
William D. Armstrong
Garfield
Pennsylvania
Old Man Conducts His Own Funeral Before Picnic
Ninety year old L F Bailiff staged a self directed funeral on his Warren County farm drawing about 1000 mourners. He spoke an hour long oration and asked mourners to pile logs burn them and leave without ceremony. After the fire and farewell he invited guests to open picnics and eat. Bailiff, a retired teacher and naturalist, preached there is no god but nature and wanted no minister at his bier.
$1,650,000,000 Sent to Veterans in WWII Bond Payouts
Washington June 15 veterans received the new adjusted compensation bonds worth one and a half billion dollars. About 3,000,000 ex service men in 12 federal reserve cities got bonds now exchanged for temporary receipts. Paying offices will issue checks, cash flows to trade, aiding home loans and general business activity.
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Federal Reserve
Roosevelt
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Taxpayers urged to mail second 1935 income tax payment
Washington reports that Friday is payday for Uncle Sam and veterans receive a bonus. Taxpayers must mail or postmark the second installment of 1935 income taxes by midnight to meet the deadline set by Internal Revenue collectors.
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Washington
Sam
Internal Revenue Collectors
Bond Movement Signals Large Baby Bonds Near OnePoint Six Five B
A brief note indicates baby bonds valued near 1.65 billion dollars are moved toward a designated fund or instrument. Specific entities, dates, or actors are not clearly identified in the readable text. The fragment suggests a large shift in high value securities related to infant debt instruments.
Bitter words flung in Carlisle school case
In Columbus on June 15 Dr. E L Bowsher bluntly told Carlisle Warren County schools superintendent A E Stevens he may revoke his teaching certificate after a hearing on charges of careless administration and immoral conduct. The speech followed days of friction with county supervisor C H Bohl.
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Columbus
E. L. Bowsher
A. E. Stevens
Carlisle
Warren County
Stevens
Bohl
John Matthews
Norris backs Roosevelt in radio talk
Senator Norris of Nebraska, an independent Republican, voiced support for President Roosevelt in a national radio address. He called Governor Alf Landon unknown to voters, reiterated backing for the President he supported four years ago, and criticized the Republican convention’s choice of nominee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Norris
Nebraska
Alf M. Landon
Chillicothe Man Dies After Auto Accident
Hillsboro June 15 Ray Stevens 31 of Chillicothe died in a hospital here from injuries from a Saturday night crash eight miles east of Hillsboro. He was en route to Chillicothe from Bethel Clermont County where he worked.
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Hillsboro
Ray Stevens
Chillicothe
Stevens
Bethel
Clermont County
Eastman Continued as Transport Head by Senate Panel
The Senate interstate commerce committee approved a joint resolution to extend Joseph B. Eastman as coordinator of transportation for one year. It also voted to strip regulatory powers from the office and limit the coordinator to conducting transportation studies, with a proposed $2 per mile annual tax on railroads.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Joseph B. Eastman
Ickes Lauds PWA On Its Third Birthday
Secretary Ickes marked the Public Works Administration third anniversary by detailing past activities and vowing the agency will not fail to give the country its best. He asserted PWA projects are useful and noted $2.292 billion has been spent on the program.
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Washington
Ickes
Public Works Administration
PWA
Cult Gunman Tells of Plot to Kill Editor in Highland Park
Day ton Dean, Black Legion gunman, testified at a preliminary hearing for 11 men charged with conspiracy to murder Arthur L. Kingsley. He described a blood pact among four men, with Hepner providing a match to seal their signatures. Kingsley opposed Markland’s bid for re election, tying the case to local political tensions and McCrea’s office.
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Detroit
Dayton Dean
Black Legion
Arthur L. Kingsley
Highland Park
Dean
Kingsley
Hepner
Roy Hepner
Markland
N. Ray Markland
Duncan C. McCrea
Pirates Attack Amoy Hospital in Machine Gun Battle
At Amoy China on June 15 pirates attacked the American hospital but were repelled after a machine gun battle. Five attackers were killed. three escaped. The hospital sustained no damage and no American attendant was hurt.
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Amoy
China
Whale Odor Sentinel: Coast Guard Sinks Floating carcass
In Gloucester on June 15 residents sighed as a 35 ton decaying whale, a nuisance since Friday, was towed to sea by the Coast Guard Harriet Lane. The crew, unable to sink it with gunfire, vented the carcass and hoped heavy seas would finish the job while Roscoe Prior later towed it back to shore fearing navigation hazards.
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Gloucester
Mass
Harriet Lane
Coast
Roscoe Prior
Boston
Coast Guard
Ohio Governor urges quick repeal of sales tax on food
Governor Martin L. Davey urged immediate repeal of the sales tax on food bought for home consumption. House Speaker J. Freer Bittinger doubted prompt action, postponing the session to study the measure. Kilpatrick pressed for a constitutional amendment exempting off premise food from the tax, while the tax is projected to yield 55 million dollars in 1936, with a potential excess of 3 to 5 million over estimates.
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Davey
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
J. Freer Bittinger
Legisture
Bittinger
House
William M. McCulloch
Senate
Paul P. Yoder
Bishop Kilpatrick
Trumbull
Kilpatrick
General Assembly
Clevelander Aids Hamilton In Campaign
June 15 A republican national committee chairman John Hamilton closed convention headquarters with James L. E. Jappe of Cleveland. They headed for Topeka to plan the fall campaign with Governor Alf M. Landon, the republican presidential nominee. Jappe will serve as Hamiltons campaign secretary.
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Cleveland
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
James L. E. Japper
Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Jappe
Hamilton
Condition of film actor improved in Riverside report
Riverside California June 15 W C Fields film comedian stricken with pneumonia four days ago was reported today by his personal physician to have registered slight improvement.
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Riverside
Calif
W. C. Fields
Iis
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Dionnes
Danville, Ill
L. F
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Eastman
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Panama
Juan Demesternes Arosemena
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Hamiliton
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