Rural Midwest Gains Ground in Self Support Trend
An Associated Press survey shows rural midwest farm families increasingly off relief due to favorable weather and rising farm prices. Kansas leads with about 10,000 off relief and 9,600 aided by loans, while Minnesota and Nebraska report large drops. Several other states like Wisconsin Utah Nevada Idaho and California also show declines or shifts toward rehabilitation loans and self sufficiency.
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Kansas City
Middle America
Associated Press
Kansas
Carl Howard
Federal Resettlement Administration
Howard
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Herman Somers
Thinois
Missouri
North Dakota
FERA
F. C. Hauser
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
Idaho
CWA
Emergency Relief Administration
CCC
California
Men's Shelter Closes for August at Sun Shine Mission
The Sun Shine Mission will suspend regular services at the men's shelter during August with exceptions only for emergencies, affecting access for visitors and residents.
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Sunshine Mission
Will Rogers Teases Arkansawyers and McPhersons Daughters
Will Rogers mocks the Arkansas group and Aimee Semple McPherson’s daughter in a 1938 Gazette item. He jokes about redemption and insists Arkansawyers are strong characters, claiming strong opposition to reform efforts. He cites Soc Robinson as a U.S. senator with influence.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Ozarks
Arkansawyers
Soc Robinson
U. S
Senate
Arkansaw
Shelter in city to close due to low traffic
The Rev. Frank H. Ward announced the shelter will close Wednesday because few men passing through the city are using it.
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Frank H. Ward
Catholics Deny Nazi Charge Of Helping Reds
In Berlin the Vatican and Nazi authorities clashed over communism with Cardinal von Faulhaber denying church cooperation with communists while the Nazi press accused Catholic groups of allied activity. Berlin warned Jews fleeing provinces that relief channels would close if they cannot support themselves.
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Berlin
INS
Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber
Munich
Freising
Faulhaber
Russia
Governor Orders Hunt For Lynchers Of Carolina Negro
Governor Ehringhaus directs Franklin county officers to pursue lynchers of Govan Ward a 25 year old Negro who killed a white farmer by severing his head. Solicitor William Y. Bickett leads a judicial inquiry with 25 or more witnesses subpoenaed as Raleigh pledges a $200 reward.
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Louisburg
N. C
Franklin County
Ehringhaus
Govan Ward
William Y. Bickett
Bickett
Raleigh
Britain outlines new All-India Federation plan
Britain moves to form an All-India Federation with eleven provinces as self-governing units. The plan sets federal defense and foreign policy, with governors general and British appointees, while states elect legislatures and Indians gain broader self-rule over time. Elections aim for 1936 start.
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London
India
House of Commons
House of Lords
Britain
Bandit Pair Caught In Kansas Arrive In Sioux City In Chains
Larry Kruse and Walter Vernon in heavy manacles arrive at Woodbury county jail with John Mead after Kansas highway patrol captured them near Sabetha. Mead faces kidnapping and bank robbery charges in Nebraska. Vernon and Kruse face robbery with aggravation and bank robbery counts. Weis and Waterman to identify them. Mead and Kruse admit involvement in about 100 crimes across the middle west.
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Sioux City
Larry Kruse
Walter Vernon
Pioneer Valley Savings Bank
Sergeant Bluff
Woodbury
Kansas Highway Patrol
Sabetha
Kan
John Mead
Paul Gruber
Leo Naughton
Mead
Nebraska
Ackman
Fairbury
Hooper
Blue Springs
Vernon
Kruse
Towa
Halfway
Highway 20
Adam Weis
Blanche Waterman
Kansas
Middle West
Fire in Kansas City stockyards causes heavy losses
A Wednesday fire at the Kansas City stockyards caused about 40000 dollars in damage to horse and mule barns owned by Ford Owen company. Twenty fire companies battled the blaze after it was found at 4 am. One firefighter was overcome by heat as horses and mules were driven loose, creating a chaotic scene until they were corralled.
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Kansas. City
INS
Kansas City
Ford Owen Company
Bachelor Farmer Leaves Proportionate Bequests Across Iowa Churches
Isaac Scott a Marengo bachelor farmer died July 16 leaving 1000 to each of three local churches and smaller gifts to Koszta Methodist, Iowa Des Moines Methodist conference and other institutions. He willed 1500 to I O O F home, 4000 debt cancellation, and funded three trustees to operate his farms with Kelting as executor.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Isaac Scott
Scott
Methodist Episcopal
Wesleyan Methodist
Presbyterian Churches of
Methodist Church of
Koszta
Iowa-Des Moines
Iowa School For
Vinton
Margaret Scott
Mell Scott
E. N. Martin
Floyd Bolger
E. J. Sullivan
R. G. Popham
Chris Kelting
Williamsburg
Kelting
Former U S Senator F H Gillett Dies in Springfield
Frederick H. Gillett, 83, former United States senator and six year speaker of the House, died Wednesday in Springfield hospital after a leukemia illness aggravated by age. The Republican statesman served in Congress for many years.
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Springfield
Mass
INS
Frederick H. Gillett
United States
U. S. House of Representatives
Gillett
Westfield native and law graduate who became speaker
A political figure with thirty two years in the House and six in the Senate rose to the speakership after succeeding Champ Clark. He left the role to seek a seat in the Senate and was educated at Amherst College and Harvard Law School.
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House
Senate
Champ Clark
Westfield
Amherst College
Harvard University Law School
Sunrise Visibility From 10 000 Feet
An aviator flying at ten thousand feet observes the sunrise ten minutes before it becomes visible to observers on the ground. The phenomenon highlights altitude effects on dawn timing and aviation observations.
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