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A. KAKL ARTHUR, Publisher.
GERALD K. SMITH'S
FORCES JOIN
IN CAMPAIGN
He ..j«
of Three .Movements Will
Stump for Lemke — CoughUn, Addressing Townsend Convention, Calls
f u. B. "Betrayer and Liar* —
Ouster of Gomer Smith I s Sought
Cleveland —- Dr. Francis E . TowncPrul annour.cod last night that he,
the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, t h e
Rev Gerald K. Smith and R e p . William Lemke will participate In a tour
in support of Lemke. the n e w Union
Party's candidate for President.
This followed a tumultuous day In
the national convention of Townsend
Guts which saw the welding of T o w n send s old age pension movement,
Coughlins National Union for Social
justice.
Smith's
share-the-wealth
movement; and Lemke's candidacy i n
the election campaign.
Father Coughlin "addressed ithe convention with a bitter attack on w h a t
he ca led 'that betrayer and liar,
Franklin Dauble-crosaer' R o o s e v e l t "
Gomer Smith Booed
Prolonged cheering filled the public auditorium as Townsend, Coughlin and Smith clasped hands upon the
platform in a signal of unity.
A discordant note w a s sounded by
Gomer Smith, national vicepresideni
of the Townsend orgonization. H e announced he is going to support R o o s e velt H i s , speech brought mingled
cheers and booes.
Townsend then announced t o a press
conference that he would ask, the
board of directors to, oust G o m e r
Smith.
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Townsend said all four leaders Coughlin, Smith. Lemke and himself —
bad agreed to campaign together in
the-tour. Dates and itinerary h a v e not
been arranged but they expected to
visit New York. Philadelphia, Chicago
St. Louis. New Orleans a n d possibly
San Francisco.
Townsend "Agrees" W i t h Priest
Townsend said he "agreed perfectly"
with Coughlin's attack on Roosevelt.
In regard to Gomer S m i t h , he said,
"I don't want anyone in the official
family who is kicking u p a rumpus.
There is plenty of room outside."
Coughlin. addressing t h e second national Townsend convention, directed
a bitter attack at Roosevelt, a n d -declared Townsend had approved the
principles of the Union Party, w h o s e
presidential^
candidate,
William
Lemke, is scheduled t o address the
convention.
,
He said he was not a s k i n g t h e delegates to endorse the U n i o n Party,
but asked "how many will follow D o c tor Townsend?" Delegates rose to
their feet and cheered.
Two hours later, t h e convention
adopted a resolution declaring t h e
Townsend organization non-partisan
and calling for speaking Invitations to
tesent to the presidential candidates
of the Democratic, Republican and
Socialist parties^
Father Cough.in asserted In h i s address that the National U n i o n would
not support any congressional candidate who worked for t h e re-election
of President Roosevelt.
\
"As far as that is concerned," -Cbughlin said, "no candidate w h i c h iSYendorsed for Congress can support the
great betrayer and liar, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, he who promised t o drive
out the moneychangers a n d succeed
in driving the farmers from their
homesteads and citizens from their
homes in the cities."
"Roosevelt, the DoubLecrosaer"
"Roosevelt.
the
doublecrosser!"
Cough.in shouted. "Roosevelt — he
who prom.sed to drive the money
changers from the temple succeeded
only in driving homesteaders from
their homes.
"He has piled up the greatest debt
in history. He let the bankers write
the 35 billion national debt for y o u
and your children to pay off. • • *"
Coughlin said the National U n i o n
for Social Justice w a s no.1 a political
party and would not ever be one.
SPENDING OF
NEW DEAL HIT
BY TOWNSEND
.l!*7!86"01 t o l d h l s followers the penhaa the backing of the
- the - wealth movement, ana
f groups of unhappy and dlsjsatvoters opposed to the New Deal's
/ orgy of spending." and th se
»no are working toward a new era
0?
social justice."
He approved the principle of a conditional amendment to make the
wnsend plan effective.
uoctor Townsend told the delegates
thei V f th!™_ Sray-haired men In
.. ' 8hnr ~3leeves—that he believed
tical »»• a e r e e o n a P r °eram of polioMm ?n a n d o u r s m u f l t be a plan
'immediate action that will assure
land" iOn ° f P° v e p ty *«>» our
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LOWVILUB, N. Y., THUESDAY, JU1T 23, 1936.
Townsend continued, "has been predicated upon the heedless advice of
the President' when he said: 'Try
something, If It works, try it some
more, if it does not work, try something else.'
"If that is not the advice of a total
Incompetent or a reckleea fatalist
who is incapable of thoughtful planning on a national scale, what is it?"
• "Lam happy to r«por4-to U»le-eonvention," said Doctor Townsend, "that
the people of all sections, east, west,
north and south are becoming thoroughly aroused by the Immediacy of
the danger to a degree that.promises
militant and aggressive action to stop
these vicious attacks upon our liberties and our long established and
revered institutions.
- "Why should we pussyfoot, why
should we hedge, why should we not
call a spade a spade? This administration instead of profiting by the
mistakes of the preceding one has
gone on blindly intensifying those
same mistakes and adding to them an
infinite variety of new ones."
FOR
Even Bain Can Not Save Some—Forage Shortage Faces Dairymen.
Some New York farm crops have
been damaged so badly by drouth and
baking temperatures that they are beyond all help of" rainfall, according
to officials and specialists at the New
York State College of Agriculture.
Salvage of the hardier ^crope, good
management practices for reoovtry in
growth In pastures, and preparation
now for seeding successes next year
is the best that can be hoped for they
say.
Small grain crops have failed, and
new seedings have gone in the
parched areas; cash crops, too, have
been hard hit, giving real cause for
concern by vegetable growers. Fruits
are expected to be light in most sections, but hope is held for a fair
corn crop If rain comes.
Specialists, who visit all parts of
the state in their work, report conditions spotted in various sections,
notably In the southern tier. A well
defined drouth area is noted as extending from the Finger Lakes area
westward through counties In western New York, an area largely confined to 25 counties.
Agents Advise
County agricultural agents have already been instructed by the college
to give detailed reports of conditions
and needs. Emergency recommendations are going out to meet the needs
for hay shortage, pasture management, seeding failures ,and where the
spring grain crop is too poor to
justify harvesting.
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Dairymen in the state, it Is said,
face a forage crop shortage. Where
the spring grain crop is too poor to
justify maturing, it should be cut for
hay or green feed, or the crop should
be grazed. If used for hay, It should
be cut when the grain is In the milk
or early dough stage.
As in 1934, many new hay seedings
have failed. Where the soil is adapted to alfalfa, this legume may be
seeded with a fair assurance of success up until mid-August. It should
be seeded alone on a well prepared
seedbed. Buckwheat may be planted
as late as the last week In July If it
is to be used for green feed or
silage.
Grain Recommended
With present relationships between
the price of grain and the price of
feed, it is recommended that grain be
fed dairy cattly as heavily as it is
fed in the winter. This upholds milk
oduction and keeps the cows Jn
good milking condition
and winter. Otherwise,
to bring them back,
and silage is also recommended if
necessary.
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Where pastures have dried up and
no shade is available, it is suggested
that cows might better be kept in the
barn than be allowed to blisteT outside. They may be turned out at
night.
In ita report for the week ending
July 14, the weather bureau maintained at Cornell by the United States
Department of Agriculture points out
there was no rain throughout the
state except for scattered local showers. Most crops were reported as
badly In need of rain.
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VOLUME 77. No. 4L
CROP LOSSES
LEMKE BACKS
REPORT IN FAVOR
HAMILTON SEES
MAY EXCEED
DR. TOWNSEND
OF A GOLD DOLLAR FOR COMING WEEK
ROOSEVELT REIGN
THOSE OF 1934
FOR PENSIONS
"ON WAY OUT FAST"
Bat Would Make Content Subject to NOW PLAYING
"THE
CAflB
Change — Findings Plgeon-Holed—
AGAINST MRS. AMES
Committee's Plan Clashes With
O. 0. P. Chairman Fires Again to Fears Grow That Present Disaster Union Party Candidate for President ... New DeaL ._ . _.., .;_
Friday .and Saturday, Two F
End New Tfrgt^Ml Trip—Dwells on
\ Election—Sees Either Landon Landslide or Close Race
Boston. — Chairman John D. M.
Hamilton of the Republican National
Committee told more than one thousand party workers last night "The
New Deal is on the way out In this
country and on the* way out fast"
"The New Deal," he declared in a
prepared address, "is no broad highway to progress but a jumbled pile
of outworn lumber across the clear
forward path of common sense. The
mood of £he American people is not
so frivolous nor their memory so
short as Franklin Rosevelt would
have us to think."
The assertion followed his statement to a group of Massachusetts Republican editors that the fall election
would turn cat to be either a landslide for the Republican presidential
nominee, Oov. Alf. M. Landon of Kansas, or a contest BO close the outcome
would not be known for BevgraJ days
after the balloting. .
"I am not fooling with Jim Farley
wheri I say that he would have a
hard time picking six states today,"
Hamilton told the editors.
Recalls Hughes-Wilson Race
The election, he continued, "is going to be one of two things, it is
either going to be a Hughes-Wilson
election, where we may not know the
result for four or five days or a week,
or it is going to be a landslide. And
it is not going to be a landslide for
Franklin Delano Roosevelt."
In 1916 Charles E. Hughes, Republican presidential nominee, ran so
close to President Woodrow Wilson
the election result was not known for
several days.
Hamilton's two addresses here concluded a four-day speaking trip Into
the six New England. States, at the
conclusion of which he declared that
without question New England would
vote solidly Landon, and New York
State would go Republican by a margin of from 350,000 to 500,000.
The Republican chairman lashed at
what he termed "the shabby, shifting
course under the Roosevelt-administration of unemployment relief." He
charged an "abuse by public officials
and the employment toward selfish
ends of trust funds placed in their
hands for the relief of human suffering."
He then repeated a question he said
Democratic national committee chairman, James A. Farley, asked at
Devil's Lake, N. .D*, two months ago.,
Farley's question was: "Haraaybody
who is listening to this speech ever
heard of a man' or woman being asked whether he or she is a Democrat
or a Republican before getting the
dole or the emergency job?"
Documents
To this question Hamilton read two
documents which, he said, came from
the office of Lesli^A. Miller, Democratic governor^f Wyoming. One,
Hamilton saroT was a letter telling an applicant for a position of nontechnical foreman in the Civilian
Conservation Corps last year to fill
out an application blank headed "Application for Political Appointment."
Questions on this blank, Hamilton
continued, Included:
"How long have you been a registered Democrat?"
"What service have you given the
Democratic party?"
"Did you contribute to the Demo-
«»nu»
"If this were an isolated instance,"
Hamilton declared, "I woufd not cite
it, but constant similar evidences of
the Influence of partisan aims in
carrying for the needy have come to
light for many months."
LIBERTY LEAGUE
HITS NEW TAXES
^
Deal
Decisions
Court
Old ABe Pension Plan Founder Tells
National Convention His Movement llfDADTATIAU AL7 TATTII?
Has Backing of Coughlin, "Share- UnrlmlAlaVlf VT V A I I L C
w-Wealth" and Other Groups.
Cleveland. -^Dr. Francis E. Town"nd, founder of the Townsend Old
A«e Pension Plan, assailed yesterday
»e
Roosevelt administration's "crazy
or
?y of spending" and told the second
national Townsend convention his
movement has the support of other
f°ups who seek a "new era of social
justice."
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W&sfeiogton — Contending that the
New DealWd been "thwarted in Its
attempt tot extend the authority of
the federal |government through laws
held unconstitutional by the Supreme
TenEyck Protests Proposed Slacken- Court," the American Liberty (League
asserted yesterday the administration
ing of Health Regulation*
had turned to the use of taxing power
Albany .— State Agricultural Com- ; to attain those ends.
mlssioner Peter G. TenEyck opposed j The league, in a statement, said
vigorously today a movement by west- that "the New; Deal has prostituted
ern New York livestock interests to the taxing power under the Constituobtain state permission to Import! tion to accomplish social and econocows from the drought stricken west l mic ends remote from the raising of
revenue."
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lout the <?u«tOTn«"y health -*--"
i e n aycH. said he had not yet re- j The league^ontended that "through
ceived any direct request for a slack- the power of taxation the New Deal
of the state regulations, but ( has sought to experiment with econoattention had been ca'led to: mic theories, regiment Industry, penxent instituted In Buffalo.
; alize big business, redistribute wealth,
brought in from the west are and otherwise interrupt and obstruct
bring disease into our state the free flow of Individual Initiative
if~we let down fthe bars on health and business activity."
- Specifically, It asserted:
standards," the commissioner said.
"Use of the taxing power to tighten
"We accept, only credited herds,
free from Bang's disease, and other the hold of the government on industry Is one method of accomplishing rediseases.
gulation which the. Supreme Court In
"The western cows do not give_ the NRA case refused to sustain unmilk, being used exclusively for beef. der the commerce clause of the ConTo permit them to como Into our state stitution."
and rob our milk cows of what little
fefd now remains afer the dry spell | The administration's tax program,
might lessen our supply of milk."
; the league said, contained these
Ten Eyck pointed out that New "three chief principles:"
already are purchasing ! "Diversion of a greater part of the
feed for their herds at national income into spending channels by punitive taxes upon undistridays feed has in- buted profits of corporations.
leeSr" 16 ha P ha2a «-d. "I conceived
£«*at,on that has been indulged in
evino.Tnn ? S 6 V e l t ) administration
s
one of two things, either pro'gnorance and lack of compres s our° t h e b a s i c c a u s e s underlyf ness.
o" a rili e c o n o m i c national disaster,
IOW to raise baoies
"Redistribution of wealth by higher
att f t m D t r 7 a t e ' m a c h i a v e l i a n planned
«f*a« hv old maids, and now surtaxes on individual incomes, by
r e d i t and totaiiy —
* * * h e Ai t:n re r i c a n
was ^ " J J V a t ^ o tthe
econ-, higher estate and gift taxes and by
that
most ^ e n * e m . . nj^mg aubject to high individual sur•m~ ".. L
principle of gov- we understand
k
n
o
w
l
oxnists who
. °°. B p e n t never taxes a larger part of corporate earn- he said.
°' an Incompetent?
act of the government,1' Dr.
May Be Greater Tlian Expected,
Although Next 1* Months Will See
No Actual Scarcity In Food Supplies—Heat Deatfe* Up to 4,100
Chicago. — The1 Corn Belt finished
two weeks of the hottest, driest
weather it has known yesterday with
no relief in prospect and fears growing that a crop disaster exceeding
that of 1934 was In the making.
Except for a few favored areas the
millions of acres of Middle West farmlands which produce the nation's
greatest cash crop baked on for the
14th day in temperatures which continued to top previous highs.
Deaths ascribed to the long stay of
the torrid wave decreased somewhat
in number, but mounted upward of
4,200 to maintain a 300 dally average.
No Actual Scarcity Seen
A special Agriculture Department
survey In Washington assured that
despite the destruction of crops the
forthcoming 12 months would, see no
actual scarcity in- food supplies. The
same report, however, estimated the
domestic supplies would be about one
per cent under the like June, 19,84June 1935-period, also including a
great drouth period.
Grain trade advices asserted irreparable damage had been Incurred by
the corn crop over a belt from Kansas and Oklahoma; eastward through
Indiana. In Illinois ten counties in
the southern part of the state, a WPA
director reported, had "practical crop
failures."
Prices for corn jumped the four
cent limit at the opening of the Chicago Board of Trade and finished at
that figure, a new seasonal top. Despite heavy profit taking July delivery
finished at 89 cents a bushel Wheat
spurted three cents on reports of continued heat and deterioration in Canada.
PRICES OF GRAIN
AND FEED MOUNT
Have Risen Over fio Per Cent Since
June 1—Dairy Prices Gain Sharply—Flow of Milk in New York
Market About Even With That of
a Year Ago.
Washington. — Rising prices of
grain and feeds were the, market features for the first half of July, accompanied by sharp gains in prices of
butter, cheese j ^ ^ j V .
...
feed prices hajt «ttvanced to a level
about one-fifth higher than a year
ago. The up-swing since the first of
June amounted to over 50 per cent.
Bran had advanced almost 90 per
cent, soybean meal 65 per cent, linseed meal 55 per cent, cottonseed
meal and gluten feed 40 per cent.
Corn sold 50 per cent higher and price
of barley in. central markets had
nearly doubled. Pasture conditions
were still fairly good for the time of
year in most parts of the middle and
north Atlantic dairy regions, although
there was still severe drough in much
of New York and more than half
of Pennsylvania.
Reports of decreasing milk flow
come from territories supplying the
large eastern city markets. The flow
in New York territory was still about
even with that of a year ago but little surplus was available for manufactured products. Hot weather stimulated demand for cream and frozen
products. Cream was selling .In Boston, Philadelphia and New York at
$16 to $18 per 40-quart can. Demand
was In excess of supply at some
points.
Egg prices have been much steadier
than those of the general run of farm
products this month but trend was upward in mid-July with some advances
in market centers. The price of
standard grades at New York was
still a little lower than a year ago.
Egg production has been maintained
quite well, especially in the east and
in the Pacific coast poultry sections,
The price advances are partly seasonal. The time of full production
is over. Holdings of eggs in cold
storage are not quite so large as they
were a year ago but there Is no special shortage.
Poultry prices are
tending down with the usual midsummer Increase in supplies.
Production figures in July indicated
a very moderate carlot supply for the
rest of the month and through
August Demand is good, especially
for fruits and salad vegetables but
very moderate for potatoes, onions,
cabbage, carrots, and other substantial lines during the hot weather.
Growing conditions of truck crop*
were generally lower at the beginning
of July with many declines of- five
to ten per cent compared with the
mnnth hftfnre or a year ngo but- t>V»
tendency was toward improvement, in
many sections by the middle of,the
month because of somewhat uneven
rainfall. Fruit prospects were unusually poor, many states having only
half a crop of apples.
1,000 Firms in Utlca to Pay' Capital
Tax
Capital tax will be paid the federal
government by mere than 1,000 Incorporated businesses in Utlca and vicinity by Juljr31.
"
< E. V. Pronteau, director, Utica office, Infernal Revenue Department,
says the tax Is $1 a-thousand. An extension of time for filing will be granted up to September 29 providing an
affidavit is filed showing the tax cannot be paid by the end of the month.
Interest will be charged for~the delay.
2% Cars a Minute
164 New 1936 Chevrolets or nearly
2V6 cars per minute were sold by
Chevrolet dealers from January to
June, inclusive.
Every day we resolve In the morning to make this a better day but the
boss usually spoils it.
Lines Up With Old Age Plan Lead"Too Many Parenti"
er, Hits Sooial Security Act as
Washington. — Establishment of a
"Sham Legislation* — Smith and currency convertible into, gold but
Frances Farmer, beautiful UniverTownsend Advocate His Candidacy. with the dollar's gold content subject sity of Washington alumna, who was
to change has been recommended by signed by Paramount last fall and has
Cleveland. — William Lemke, Dr. a subcommittee of the Commerce since become known as Hollywood's
Francis E. Townsend and the Rev. Department's business advisory coun- unofficial "barometer of masculine
Gerald L. K. Smith join on the same cil.
appeal," gets her first big chance in
platform here late Saturday in advoThis group, appointed six months Paramount's "Top Many Parents,"
cating old age pensions and Lemke's ago to make a thorough study of with Lester Matthews as the male
candidacy for President.
monetary policy, it was learned au- lead.
They addressed the closing session thoritatively yesterday, submitted its
Miss Farmer, who has played oppoof the national convention of Town- findings, sharply conflicting with site more than twenty leading men In
send Clubs in Cleveland Stadium.
some New Deal Ideas, at the last tests and auditions, gets her first
Lemke, the Union party candidate meeting of the council. Its report chance at a real screen role in "Too
for President, aligned himself "four was referred to the council's execu- Many Parents." When she arrived In
square behind the old age pension tive committee which, in turn, pigeon- Hollywood, aft,the other contract
players were busy on pictures and
movement" and ceiled the present ad- holed it in a second subcommittee.
ministration "national luncy."
At the headquarters of the council, Miss Farmer was called on when diGoing After Bflfger Game
officials, In answer to questions, rectors and producers wanted to get
an idea of the appeal of men being
Townsend, bead of the pension or- would say nothing more than that a tested for roles and contracts. That's
ganization, exhorted his followers to subcommittee report on monetary how she earned the title of Hollywood
"elect loyal congressmen and sena*- question had been received and so re- unofficial "barameter of masculine
tors. They are your meat. I am go- ferred. They declined to reveal the appeal."
personnel of the committees in quesing after bigger game."
M
The Cattle ThfeT
Smith, leader of the share-the- tlon.
Opposed by New Deal
Riding to the rescue of defenseless,
wealth clubs, roused the 8,000, listenA currency convertible into gold is ranchers, averting a tremendous caters to standing cheers with a fiery
speech In which he said "the only opposed by the New Deal. Its key tle stampede, saving the girl he loves,
presidential candidate for our plan is piece of monetary legislation, the and protecting the honor of an invalid
Gold Reserve Act of 1934, made it cattleman, Ken Maynard, king of the
Lemke."
Said Smith, "If I have to take a Illegal for gold to circulate as cur- screen cowboys, again reveals himcandidate put up by William Ran- rency, pre-empted for the govern- self as the fast-riding and quick think
dolph Hearst to have a Republican ment, title to all gold in the country Ing hero of the open range in "The
party, then I say to hell with the and ordered all gold com melted into Cattle Thief," his latest Columbia out*
door thriller.
bars.
«'
Republican party.
A dollar with ah adjustable gold Sunday, Monday and Tuesday — Sun'If I have to drink milk warmed content was seen as fitting more
day Matinee at S:SO — "Strike
in Tammany from a bottle with a readily Into the New Deal monetary
Me Pink"
nipple put on by James A. Farley, scheme. It recaied the commodity
Eddie Cantor is let lose in a giganin order to be a Democrat, then I dollar Idea which was widely discussay to hell with the Democratic sed In the fall of 1938, just prior to tic amusement park in "Strike Me
Pink," his sixth annual musical exparty.
the crystallisation of administration travaganza for Samuel Goldwin.
Crowd In a Roar
, policy on money.
Eddie is cast as a timid fellow who
"If Lemke forgets about the TownThis proposal was based upon the takes a correspondence course in acsend plan, then I know a country theory that, the price level could be -quiring a dominating personality and
doctor and a louslana preacher who influenced upward or downward by, becomes manager of Dreamland
will chop his dad-gummed head off," respectively, decreasing or increasing Amusement Park. Here he becomes
Smith cried as the crowd roared.
the legal gold equivalent of the dol- Involved with a gang of slot machine
Lemke Issued a statement in which lar. Proponents of such a program racketeers who have put every previhe said that, as President, the White proposed that the prices be pushed to ous manager on the spot The gangHouse doors would be opened to a satisfactory level and maintained sters learn, that Eddie secretly adores
Townsend and "to any other leaders there by such methods .
a glamorous night club star, played by
of a great and humane cause/'
Ethel Merman. This lady is really the
Gold
Content
Reduced
by
F.
D.
R.
I am 100 per cent for an old age
wife of one of their number and they
By authority of the Gold Reserve use her as a, "come-on" to trick Eddie
revolving pension. The details of such
legislation must of course, be worked Act, President Roosevlt reduced the Into installing their fake slot maout by your organization and Con- gold content of the dollar to 69.05 chines.
per cent of its former quantity. He
gress.
Sally Ellers, seen as Eddie's Dreamretains the authority to clip the gold
'As President I will sign any bill dollar to 50 per cent of the quantity land sweetheart; Harry Parke, better
that Congress enacts which will give of metal which It contained prior to known as the Greek dialectician Parkyakarkua of radio fame, William.
an honest and fair compensation to the first cut.
Frawley and th^e 193^ crop of Goldold people who have helped create the
;
In this connection, a major state- wyn Girls are featured besides Ethel
wealth of the nation.
"I will veto any subterfuge or sub- ment on money in the Republican Merman In the comedy which Norstitute such as the so-called social platform urged that this authority be man Taurog directed. Also prominent
security_,*c,t which should^ have been: taken away from the chief executive in the cast are Helen Lowell, Gordon
fc \ Brian > Dpnl.eyy.;; ^
wbicif^tBi r shlm' legislation and was
The Republican platform'also urged
trike Me Pink" is based
intended to create and deceive the the maintenance of a "sound curmembers of this organization and its rency at "any hazard."
Governor ence Bud In gt on KeUand'e Saturday
story
and novel,
leaders."
Landon of Kansas, the party's presi- Evening Post
.
At the outset of his speech Lemke dential nominee, sent a telegram to 'Dreamland."
read the statement which said he the convention saying that as a mat- Wednesday and Thursday, WUI Rogers
stood "four square" back of Doctor ter of definition, he regarded a "sound
4 n "A CofMwotlcnit Yankee*
Townsend.
currency" asl one convertible Into
For the countless Will Rogers fans
Using open hand gestures, the rep- gold.
who have always maintained that "A
resentative from North Dakota stret*
The Democratic platform adopted Connecticut Yankee" was the greatest
ched to the full length of his short three weeks ago at Philadelphia call- of the great comedian's pictures,
figure, and shouted his words into the ed for a permanently sound currency. there Is good news In the announcemicrophone.
It made no mention of gold or silver. ment that 20th. Century Fox have released that rfbtickling comedy.
Calls It "National Lunacy"
Directed by David Butler, and feaHe called the program of the presturing Myrna Loy and Maureen O'Bulent administration "national lunacy."
lican in the excellent supporting cast,
"We no longer have representative
the picture presents Rogers as a
government," he added/ "Due to a
corrupt patronage system, your con- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wed- twentieth - century Yankee, raising
gressmen no longer write the. laws. nesday July 2ft, 87, 28 and 29 "Poor hob In old King Arthur's court.
Mark Twatrta, delicious satire has
little Rich Girl"
They are prepared by a brainless
been modernized iff this version to
brain trust, no one of whom could
It's always an event when Shirley permit the inclusion of speeches and
have been elected to office.
"Yes, the members of Congress vot- Temple comes to town, but according actions that show the Will Rogers
ed a program but it was one- which to advance reports, when "The Poor talent at its greatest.
Little Rich Girl," the tiny star's new
all but wrecked the government.
"One way to help people to become Fox hit, opens Sunday, July 26th, at
self-supporting Is to give them a suf- the Avon theatre, It will be something
ficient old age pension and put the in a way of a celebration, and epoch,
a hew milestone in entertainment
money into circulation."
For defeinltely, the talented Temple Favor- Bounties for -Soil- Conserving
He said honest and intelligent exis> said to give the performance
Practices— Hold Long Conference
pansion of currency to save the!
her life in this new film and, to top
— Veteran Illinois Leader Sees Outhomes of the farmers—as proposed
look "Very Hopeful"
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Topeka, Kan., — An agreement that
farmers should be paid bounties for
soil conserving practices emerged
'im Shirley, of course, plays the title role. yesterday from a conference between
that bill by th
Is seen as the daughter of Mi- Gov. Alf. M. Landon and Frank O.
age system. It used questionable She
chael Whalen, a wealthy young busi- Lowden on 1936 campaign, issues.
means in doing so."
ness man who is far too occupied
For more than two hours the Republican presidential nominee talked
Parl. Say. Annexatton Orty
with the veteran Ulinloa leader.
of Time
j S h i r l eyy ppersuades her
e daddy
daddy that
that
At the conclusion, Lowden told a
Paris. — French officials last night 8 he should be sent to boarding school press conference they were "agreed"
saw in the Austro-German agreement where she can associate and play on a farm program and in their views
an initial steip toward German annex- W ith other little children. Whalen on concentration of power in Washation of the little republic without re- agrees, but instead of attending to ington and "the awful extravagence in
sorting to war.
i the task himself, delegates Sara Ha- government, something over which all
They said they believed Chancellor den to accompany her to the school.
our people are aroused."
Adolf Hitler's actual entry into Vlen-, (Shirley lssajd to perform astonish"Witt you campaign for Governor
na was only a question of time, unless ing dances that top everything she Landon?" Lowden was asked.
sharp teeth were added to the League has ever done ^before and she sings
"Sure," he replied "I don't know
of Nations.
flve new songs,
g includingg "When I'm whether I will travel much but I will
Some Central European diplomats with You," But- Definitely," "You make some speeches."
reluctantly admitted sharing this be- Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby," "Oh,
^People Bettere In Him*
lief.
: My Goodness" and "Military Man,"
Lowden added his belief that the
Authoritative'French sources said Tt^na^ only, July 80th, Spendthrift outlook for a Landon-Knox victory
was "very hopeful" and "Improving
from our standpoint all the time."
ro.es
for action-against **•«* «*-tty <** nnn«tj
"Pai^anoAintrpTctTirt, "The Trail of tKS
"People believe in him," he said,
and Cxecholsovakia
When he was "finished" with them, Lonesome Pine," and his co-starred with a gesture toward Landon.
press conference was held in
these observers suggested, he would part with Margare Sullavan in "The
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governor's office. Lowden did the
r
talking. Part of the time Landon sat
thrift" scheduled to open at the Avon behind his desk at the side of the
Nazis
theatre Thursday, July 80th for otie former Illinois governor, but for the
S
most part he moved about, greeting
visitors in the outter office.
t
Escape
When the question about farm bene8 e
a l Owner of a string of polo and race
Landon — England said P £j
horses, he is believed by hla society fit payments arose, Landon was in his
prayers of thanksgiving for King Ed- n e | g hbors to have $23,000,000 Actuaty, chair. (Lowden, who had said details
escape from a pistol attack h e j 8 without cash,
of the farttt4>rogram were, not discussSunday, while the moiarcb7 spent" srj- Friday and Saturday July 24, 25
ed, was asked whether-it embraced
quiet week-end at his Fort Belvedere
benefit payments. •
Doable Feature
country home.
"We agreed that to get land into
Millions have read of the hilarious
The King was able to relax after a
trying week, although intermittent exploits of Alexander Botts, the whfm- legumes or permanent grasses,'' he reshowera Interfered with his hobby of . Meal and egotistical tractor salesman plied, "bounties would have to-\be paid
and the country would benefit Xt
and comedy hero of the famous series that
gardening.
..
correct, Governor?"
In addition to the usual prayer for of stories, "Earthworm Tractors,"
"That's right," Landon said. "
his majesty, special prayers of thanks- written by William Hazlett Upson for
'Would that be a permanent progiving were offered In the Chape* the Saturday Evening Post.
gram?" Lowden was asked.
Royal at S t James Palace, where the . Now Alexander Botts has been
"Oh, ye^1 Lowden replied. This
Bishop of Truro, In a sermon, ment- brought to life on the screen in the time Landon's concurrence was not
ioned the nation's "heartfelt thank-: First National comedy, "Earthworm sought.
fulness' that Edward was unharmed. Tractors," Botts, on the screen, is no
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j other than the famous wide mouthed
Farm Income
A woman writer mentions that fox comedian, Joe EX Brown,
Farm cash income for the month.
furs are absolutely waterproof. This
The co-feature on the same program
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explains why you' never see a fox car- is "The Blackmailer," starring Wll- (of March, 1&38. was the highest it has
been in six years.
liam Gargan and (Florence Rice.
rying an umbrella.
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