Government to Postpone Flood Projects and Army Housing
Washington May 4 Administration seeks to cut costs delaying emergency flood control hearings and a 162 million dollar Army housing program. President Roosevelt asked postponement until flood control study completes and funds are aligned with budget needs. Budget revisions surface with calls for public works and naval construction funding adjustments.
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Ohio
Mississippi
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Havenner
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San Francisco
Swanson
New London
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Beiter
Farm plans await Roosevelts return in farm program debate
Congressional leaders said they would wait for President Roosevelt before deciding how much of the farm program to shelve. The House Agriculture Committee delayed the $100 million crop insurance bill as no major proposals have been enacted and tenancy aids remain unacted. Wallace Tolley and farm officials discussed potential production control legislation, but no bills have been introduced yet.
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H R. Tolley
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What Congress Is Doing
Senate in recess until Thursday. Civil liberties committee continues inquiry into Harlan county Ky. Judiciary committee studies Roosevelt court bill. House considers minor legislation. Agriculture committee resumes sugar quota legislation. Postoffice committee reviews proposed revision of airmail laws. Appropriations subcommittees hold secret hearings and extend PWA. Yesterday Senate accepted compromise treasury postoffice supply bill. House passed minor bills.
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Harlan County
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Agriculture Committee
Postoffice Committee
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PWA
Treasury
Tea and Treachery in Green Hills
Dorothy Starke hosts a tea for Joan Barrett, confusing Sybil Hendry’s schemes. Joan receives lavish gifts and enjoys new friendships while a fortune teller predicts danger and a tall dark man and death, prompting wary party banter.
Dandelions in Parks Prompt Pragmatic Answer from Dunn
W H Dunn superintendent of parks says in forty years some springs bring many dandelions while others do not. The only sure method is to plow up ground and start over, which of course cannot be done.
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Dorothy
Sybil Hendry
Joan
Sybil
Green Hills
Downs
Philip
Joan Barrett
Seattle
Dorothy Starke
Bob
Bob Andrews
Millie Sanders
Millie
Sanders
Joah
Nellie
Mrs. McDonald
Kansas City
W. H. Dunn
Superintendent of Parks
Dunn
Parks Department
Advice On Tuberculosis Cases By County Health Officer
County Health Officer L B Murphr er urges education as the key to preventing tuberculosis. Early detection via tuberculin testing and X rays can cure many cases, but public awareness and prompt screening are essential for reducing deaths. Tests are offered Monday and Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings.
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L. BR. Murphrer
M. D
United States
Funeral delayed by error for veteran John Koska
An error caused a nine months delay in John Janikowski's funeral after he died July 13 as a heat victim. His body, buried as John Koska in Potter's field, was exhumed at the Charles Bond veterans camp and reinterred with a full Spanish American War veteran funeral.
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TAPS
Minneapolis
John Janikowski
Potter's Field
John Koska
Janikowski
Artist Returns to Finish Faded Red Morill Scene
In Morrill Nebraska on May 4 the itinerant painter who spent 20 years delaying a Redskin portrait in Lew Smith’s partner shop finally returned. He quietly added the painted Indian and canoe to the stream and departed, saying he would complete the piece years ago. Smith could not obtain the artist’s name.
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Morril
Neb
Lew Smith
Smith
Birmingham Voters Choose City Commission Candidates
Birmingham voters today decide a city commission election with 13 candidates for three seats. Incumbent president James M. Jones and associates Lewey Robinson and O Downs seek re election while Arthur Greenwood Noel Beddow McArthur Tarant Eugene Connor Jimmie Morgan John Taylor L A Whetstone John Altman and H B Askew compete for the remaining posts. If no mayoral majority a runoff will occur among top two. associate runoff rules depend on candidate counts. Polls close at 7 pm.
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James M. Jones
Dent
Lewey Robinson
O. Downs
Jones
Arthur Greenwood
Noel Beddow
Labor McArthur
Paul Tarrant
Eugene Connor
Jimmie Morgan
John Taylor
L. A. Whetstone
John Altman
H. BH. Askew
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