Wheat Prices Surge on Hope for U.S. Aid
Grain prices jumped sharply as traders anticipated swift farm relief measures from Congress. Wheat led gains with a near nine cent opening rise, later settling up 5 to 6 1/2 cents. July wheat reached about 1.03 1/2 dollars per bushel. Corn and oats also rose amid a frenzy in futures trading. Washington reports of rapid government action fueled the rally, with some bids in the pit showing 5 cent spreads.
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Chicago
Congress
Washington
Wheat futures rise on government aid report in Kansas City
Kansas City wheat futures gained 6 to 9 cents as reports said the government would provide 100,000 to bolster the market. The market closed little changed for the day while September futures ended near 99 1/2 cents, corn climbed about 4 cents on the wheat upturn.
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Kansas City
Kansee City
Apple Growers Meet in Missouri River Area
The Apple Growers Association will meet tomorrow night at o o clock in Red Appice, Hunt brothers falls, half a mile west of Wathena. Orchard men in the area are urged to attend as Professor TE Sears of Massachusetts Agricultural College will speak on general apple growing and orcharding.
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Missouri River
Apple Growers Association
Red Appice
Hunt Brothers Falls
Wathena
TE. ©. Sears
Massachusetts Agricultural — College
Sears
King George VI Celebrates Sixty-Fourth Birthday at Windsor
King George VI marked his 64th birthday from Windsor Castle’s Victoria tower amid improving health after a serious lung issue. London festivities proceeded with traditional troops and a 21 gun salute adjusted to Windsor, while a notable honors list named new peers privy councillors and knights, including Mary Pickford for public service.
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Associated Press
Windsor
England
George VI
Victoria Tower
Windsor Castle
London
King George
Mary Pickford
Elizabeth Gordon
U. K. On Church Merger
The proposed merger of the national council of the Congregational churches with the General Convention of the Christian Church was unanimously adopted at the biennial meeting in Detroit. The decision comes at a time of consolidation within American Protestant denominations.
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Associated Press
Detroit
National Council of the Congregational Churches
General Convention of the Christian Church
Weather notes and muddy roads across Kansas and Missouri
Partly cloudy conditions prevail in Kansas and Missouri tonight and Tuesday with a slight warmup on Tuesday. Local readings show 3 PM temperature at 66 and a low of 50 last night. rainfall 1.27 inches at St Benedicts College yesterday. Dirt roads remain muddy across the region.
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Kansas
Missouri
St. Benedict's College
State Halts Highway Job Near Omaha Junction
The Kansas Highway Commission halted work on the White Clay creek bridge near Omaha Junction and on the road to the Fourteenth street viaduct. Petitions from farmers and West Main street residents prompted the stop, with officials in Topeka reviewing routes that could affect Main street traffic and local merchants. Contractors A Liumas and J J Lamoreaux met with the commission to discuss the delay.
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Omaha Junction
Fourtteenth Street
State Highway Commission
Topeka
Syd Sidell
Sidell
Roy Coleman
Vickery Corner
Tenth Street
West Main Street
Main Street
Pourleenth
Aclong
Harmony Gwerden
Fourteendy Street
Waergener Pill
A. Liumas
Limas Construction Co
J. J. Lamoreaux
Lindbergh seen aboard 38 foot yacht Mouette at Block Island
New London June 3 Captain Lews Rounds of the motor boat Elizabeth Amn reports he assisted a man identifying himself as Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh at Block Island Saturday. Lindbergh wore dark glasses, admitted his identity, and said he was en route to Boston to pick up four passengers. The Mouette, a new 38 foot mover with double cabin, came from Montauk Point and carried gasoline drums and water before sailing again.
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Associated Press
New London
Conn
Lews Rounds
Olizabeth Amn
Charles A. Lindbergh
Block Island
Captain Rounds
Lindbergh
Boston
Death in Wyoming Flood Ravages Cheyenne Flooded Dams
Flooding on Crow Creek near Cheyenne caused one death and damaged about 200 homes in the Cheyenne bottoms. Dams at Hereford ranch collapsed washing away irrigation systems. Property loss estimated at 350000 dollars with additional damages exceeding 260000 dollars. Firemen evacuated victims by boat.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Crow Creek
Hereford Ranch
Here
Saleday Rodriguez
Senate finance panel backs public tariff hearings plan
Washington June 3 The senate finance committee adopted a motion by Chairman Smoot calling for public hearings on the house tariff bill to be conducted by subcommittees of three Republicans and two Democrats each.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Sinclair gets another term in teapot dome case
Washington June 3 The Supreme Court upheld the sentences of Harry I Sinclair Henry Mason Day and W Sherman Burns for juror shadowing in the Fall Sinclair case William J Burns 15 days was disapproved Sinclair acquitted on a separate charge and the Burns son was fined $1000 Leo Rovet United States attorney said Burns would begin his six month term for criminal contempt after finishing a three month sentence for refusing to answer questions before the senate committee
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Washington
Harry I’. Sinclair
Henry Mason Day
W. Sherman Burns
Sinclair Teapot Dome
Supreme Court
William J. Burns
Sinclair
Albert B Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Wyoming Ou
Burns
Day
Justice Meckeynolds
Justice Stone
Justice McReynollas
Department of Justice
Justice McReynolds
Sinclair Fail
Davy
Fall
Fail
Leo A. Rovet
United States
Senate
Crash Leads to Success
Arrigo Bolbini, after crashing his plane four years ago, started what is believed to be the first airplane junk yard in the United States. He buys damaged planes from owners who have crashed and resells them whole or in part. Damaged ships too wrecked to repair are sold piecemeal. Bolboni tests and repairs the rest at a local airport.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Arrigo Bolbini
Bolboni
United States
Baldwin to Step Down in Constitutional Transfer
London June 3 Premier Baldwin who has led England since October 1924 will place the resignation of his ministry in King George's hands at Windsor Castle tomorrow. The action follows the Conservative party defeat in the general elections. J Ramsay MacDonald is set to assume control of the government.
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London
Baldwin
England
King George
Windsor Castle
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Hoover Oil Policy 10 Challenged in Court
Ethel M. McClellan of Sacramento sues in D C Supreme Court to test legality of the Interior Department order canceling oil prospecting permit applications under the Hoover oil conservation policy. She alleges qualifications under the Feb 25 1920 act and seeks reinstatement of her permit claim.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilbur
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Ethel M. McClellan
Sacramento
Calif
Interior Department
Hoover
Interior Secretary
Department
Professor Advises Graduating Class To Become Snobs
Boston and Wichita reports recount two divergent views on snobbery. MIT professor Robert Emmons Rogers urged seniors to embrace snobbishness as a path to self respect and high standards, while critics argued the idea risks elitism and undermines equal opportunity.
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Boston
Robert Emmons Rogers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Rogers
Ada Louise Comstock
Radcliffe College
J. E. Curley
Rogers
William S. Youngman
Happy Marriage Quite Simple Ten Rules From Pastor Dillard
Pastor J E Dillard in Birmingham outlines ten commandments for housewives to foster successful marriages. He urges vows, planning, effort, planning, economy, and Christian conduct, stressing support for husbands, neat homes, and avoidance of nagging or self pity.
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J. E. Dillard
Dr. Dillard
Diplomas Awarded to Forty at Mt. St. Scholastica
Mt. St. Scholastica's junior college and academy graduated 40 women in the 66th annual commencement. Fifteen junior college diplomas and state teaching certificates, twenty-five high school diplomas. Bishop Francis Johannes of Leavenworth presented diplomas and gave the commencement address.
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Rt. Hoy
Francis Johannes
Leavenworth
Eccmvent
Pather Malachy Sullivan
St. Benedict's College
Father Malachy
Martin Wein
Mt. St. Scavulas
Mt. St. Scholastica’s
Jennie Baker
Frances Berkson
Louise Lyndon
Cleda Mc Wirath
Katherine Moxcey
Lois Nyhart
Florence Robertson
Eva Ryan
Atchison
Mary Dawe
Troy
Fiorence Dooley
Good Intent
Dorothy Dekat
Mary Rose Hayes
Mary Langan
Camilla Marino
Marie Rothman
Helen Sand
Vivian Schroll
Mary Weingart
Marie Bledig
Kansas assesses damage after weekend storm
Kansas faced extensive damage from heavy rains winds and hail across the state. Injuries numbered six with nearly half a million dollars in losses including substantial airport damage and harm to crops gardens and greenhouses near Parsons and Oswego. Temperature swings and river levels were reported across multiple towns with forecasts for partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions later.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal Weather Bureau
State Board of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Neosho
S. D. Flora
Wichita
Parsons
Oswego
Flora
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Kaw
Kansas City
Topewa
Chanute
Wamego
Solomon
Concordia
Dodge City
Iola
Horton
Emporia
Manhattan
Mercury
Coldwater
Dresden
Vesuvius Erupts Again At Naples South East Crater
The Mount Vesuv ius eruption occurs on the southeast side of the crater with a copious lava stream nearly 40 feet wide heading toward Pompeii. Officials say no danger to new dwellings or Pompeii, as the interior cone remains active in Hell Valley.
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Associated Press
Naples
Italy
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Great Crater
Hell Valley
Torrential rains plague Kansas and Missouri causing heavy damage
Torrential rains, hail and wind caused hundreds of thousands in damage across Kansas and Missouri. Northwest Missouri flood damage rose, bridges washed out, rail and bus service paralyzed. Thousands of acres flooded after 11 inches of rain since Friday, likely unfit for cultivation this season. A peach-sized hailstorm hit Kansas City overnight.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Herington Publisher W. E. Blackburn Dies at 66
Rochester Minnesota June 3 W E Blackburn 66 publisher of the Herington Sun Kansas died of kidney trouble at the Mayo Clinic He was secretary treasurer of the Kansas Editorial association and former president of two editorial groups Born February 24 185 later Kansas cattleman and newspaper owner who bought the Herington Sun in 1916 and led it to stability He previously ran a bank paper and farm ventures and served in editorial leadership roles across Kansas and the Southwest.
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Rochester
Minn
W. E. Blackburn
Herington
Kansas
Chisholm Trail
Missouri Pacific
Anthony
Kas
Anthony Republican
Herington Sun
Blackburn
Kansas Editorial Association
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