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October 31, 1936

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Headlines from October 31, 1936

PARTIAL REPLY TO LANDON; President Sets New Deal Record as His Pattern for the Future. SEES BASIC EVILS ENDED Says Voters Will Approve 'Job Well Done' -- Gets Ovation at Brooklyn Academy. STATE CANDIDATES HEARD Unite in Predicting Victory -- Campaign Wind-Up in Madison Sq. Garden Tonight. ROOSEVELT ASKS SECURITY FOR ALL

By Russell B. Porter

Manhattan and Bklyn

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Hoover 'Rejected' New Deal Ideas; Held They Would Shackle Liberty; Lays 'Bank Panic' to Fear of Currency Tinkering -- Demands in Denver That Roosevelt Say if He Means to Revive Nine Acts Voided and if He Would 'Stuff Court.'

By the Associated Press

H Hoover asserts fear of currency tinkering under Roosevelt administration precipitated 1933 panic

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REBEL PLANES DROP BOMBS IN MADRID; 110 KILLED, 135 HURT; Toll Is Heaviest in Suburb of Getafe -- Victims Are Mostly Women and Children.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Rebel planes bomb Madrid and suburb of Getafe, women and childen victims; Parla also bombed; Largo Caballero announces plans for Syndicalist Cabinet representations

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Pan-Arabian Movement Is Feared in Iraq; Army Chief Is New Power Behind Throne

By the Associated Press

Sidky Pasha new power behind throne; new cabinet informs Brit Amb of its friendly intentions to Brit; Sidky Pasha issues proclamation on new govt

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LEHMAN DENOUNCES DRIVE ON SECURITY; Governor Declares 'Handful of Employers' Are Maliciously Trying to Scare Workers. CITES BLEAKLEY SILENCE Says Republican Opponent Sees 'Eye to Eye' With Reactionary Assemblymen. LEHMAN DENOUNCES DRIVE ON SECURITY

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In ss in Manhattan and Bklyn Acad of Music condemns Repub propaganda to frighten wage-earners

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1936Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)^[†]

Michael Landon Sr. was an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven (1984–1989). Landon appeared on the cover of TV Guide 22 times, second only to Lucille Ball.

Headlines from October 31, 1936

Hoover 'Rejected' New Deal Ideas; Held They Would Shackle Liberty; Lays 'Bank Panic' to Fear of Currency Tinkering -- Demands in Denver That Roosevelt Say if He Means to Revive Nine Acts Voided and if He Would 'Stuff Court.'

REBEL PLANES DROP BOMBS IN MADRID; 110 KILLED, 135 HURT; Toll Is Heaviest in Suburb of Getafe -- Victims Are Mostly Women and Children.

Pan-Arabian Movement Is Feared in Iraq; Army Chief Is New Power Behind Throne

LEHMAN DENOUNCES DRIVE ON SECURITY; Governor Declares 'Handful of Employers' Are Maliciously Trying to Scare Workers. CITES BLEAKLEY SILENCE Says Republican Opponent Sees 'Eye to Eye' With Reactionary Assemblymen. LEHMAN DENOUNCES DRIVE ON SECURITY

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