Congress Faces Heavy Work Load Expected For Roosevelts Return
Washington April 2 AP Congress remains busy with plans for additional aid. President Roosevelt may seek about 1.8 billion dollars for the PWA upon return from fishing. Leaders expect action on sugar control and revenue measures including a 330 million dollar bill. The house weighs the Johnson measure to curb loans to defaulting war debtors and probes into utility rates. Senate tax debates loom and a stock market regulation bill advances. A special committee on brain trust claims and Nazi propaganda will be named with Wirt heading the inquiry.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
PWA
Rep
Paul
North Carolina
House
Senate
Rankins
Power Commissions
Senate Banking Committee
Rainey
William A. Wirt
Gary
Ind
Bulwinkle
D.8.c
Dickstein
Immigration Committee
Rayburn
D., Texas
Interstate Commerce Committee
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area Obituaries
Multiple obituaries from Lawrence area papers report deaths of Harry Dicker age 56 at 726 Locust Street with services at Centenary M E Church and burial at Oak Hill. Elmer J. Krause memorial in Englewood Cemetery, Los Angeles. Mary J. Farmer former Lawrence resident dying at her son's home near Topeka. J. Lamb age 82 dying at county home with funeral at Rumsey parlors. Phoebe Ann Gudgell 74 dying in Lawrence with services in Fairfield Iowa and in-state viewing. survivors listed for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry. Dicker
Harry ‘Dicker
Locust Street
M. E. Church
Mr. Knox
Oak Hill Cemetery
Henry Weingartner
Charles Wise
Will Stiner
Robert Krum
Ivan O. Randle
John Selig
Wayne Dicker
C. S. Dicker
Lawrence
Josephine Dicker
J. L. Usher
Pomona
Elmer J. Krause
Mary E. Penchard
Englewood Cemetery
Los Angeles
Calif
Mary J. Farmer
Herbert
Topeke
J. Lamb
Rumsey
Henry Husted
Memorial Park Cemetery
Phoebe Ann’ Gudgell
Phoebe Ann Gudgell
Nelson Green
Rhode Island Street
Fairfield
Schubert Funeral Home
Surgess, Gudgell
Rock Island
Clayton Gudgell
Green
Lila B. Nicholas
Burlington, Ta
Susie B. Green
Burlington,a
Why City Manager Plan Replaced Mayor Council System
Professor Maddox explains the shift from mayor council to city manager in modern cities. He notes ward elections breed local bias and that amateurs in office lead to waste, inefficiency, and corruption, with management by trained staff as a remedy.
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University of Kansas
Maddox
Jones sees easier loans as RFC notes gains
RFC chairman Jesse H. Jones said money is getting easier to borrow across the United States and demand for government loans is lighter than expected. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation still has unused borrowing power of one billion dollars. Bankers are increasingly making loans and Jones expects a pickup after Congress adjourns. He attributed the projected budget overrun near five hundred million dollars to improving business conditions.
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Washington
Jesse H. Jones
RFC
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Freed of Ocean Murder Victim Kirwan Acquitted by Jury
Federal jury in New York acquits Andrew Kirwan of murder in the Seattle case of William Sessoms. Jurors deliberated 27 minutes as onlookers, including Mme. M. Paul Dubonnett, embraced her son after the verdict, and deputies quieted a crowd.
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New York
Andrew Donaldson Kirwan
William Sessoms
Seattle
Wash
Mme
M. Paul Dubonnett
Jean Nash
Dairy Farmers Hear AAA Official on Milk Program
Kansas City April 2 AAA officials from Washington outlined a plan to dairy farmers in Kansas Nebraska Iowa and Missouri to reduce production 10 to 20 percent for 40 cents per pound of butterfat for the reduced output. The program, funded by a processing tax rising to five cents, runs one year and aims to avoid cow destruction and milk dumping through feeding changes and dryings.
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Kansas
City
AAA
Washington
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Reuben Brigham
Information Division
Lawence News Wraps Headlines From City Streets
Burglary alarm at First National bank triggered yesterday but found accidental and no robbery. Max Wilhelmi’s Chevrolet was stolen Friday night and recovered. he sent cigars to police in thanks. A former soldier paid 75 cents interest on a 3 dollar loan from 1917 after protest over a 25 percent rate. A Lawrence barber mocks a St. Joe hair cut trend. Horseshoe players enjoy Central park after a thunderstorm. Claude L. Scott caught a 5 1/2 pound black bass at Lake View, largest this season.
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First National Bank
Max Wilhelmi
Ohio Street
Mr. Wilhelmi
Claude L. Scott
Lake View
Bandit Suspect Wounded Man Tied to Bank Robbery
Greensboro dispatch says Lewis Austin, 45, of Miami Oklahoma, hospitalized after being shot in the abdomen and tossed from a car. He claimed hitchhiking with two men who shot him and attempted robbery. Sheriff Dee Watters linked Austin to Independence Kansas bank robbery last February and suspected passenger J. W. Beaumont also involved. Only a drunken driving charge appears on Austin’s record.
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Greensboro
N.C
Lewis Austin
Miami
Okla
Austin
Dee Watters
N._C
Independence
Kan
Watters
J. W. Beaumont
Two Vehicle Accidents Cause Minor Car Damage
Police report three incidents of slight vehicle damage on Saturday and Sunday. A Pontiac owned by Weeber Hutton was hit by Eldon Hulce’s Ford truck at Eighth and New Hampshire as Hulce turned into a gas station. A Chevrolet truck driven by Earl McCleery and an Auburn coupe driven by N Cloud collided at Fourteenth and Rhode Island with minor damage. Les Reber’s car bumped William Slaughter’s at Barker Avenue and Forest Avenue. no damage was reported.
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Weeber Hutton
Indiana Street
Ford
Eldon Hulce
Eighth
New Hampshire
Hulce
Hutton
McConnell Filling Station
Chevrolet
Earl McCleery
Oak Hill
Auburn
N. Cloud
Haskell Institute
Fourteenth
Rhode Island
Les Reber
Barker Avenue
William Slaughter
Arkansas Street
Forest Avenue
Slaughter
Manitowoc men to be sentenced for officer murder
Wendling and Fred Walters of Hays Kansas pleaded guilty to shooting Policeman Fred Mueller in June 1932. They were to appear before Judge Edward Voigt today for sentencing to the state penitentiary. In signed confessions they say they were questioned while in a car and resisted being taken to the police station. a pistol discharged injuring Mueller who died two weeks later. The arrest followed an anonymous letter tip.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Wendling
Fred Walters
Hays
Kan
Fred Mueller
Edward Voigt
State Penitentiary
Kansas
House veteran Edward Pou dies, oldest in service
Washington April 12 Congress paid tribute to Edward W Pou Democrat of Smithfield North Carolina the longest serving member in tenure in the House after the death of the veteran who had served seventeen consecutive terms He died at his hotel apartment early yesterday due to unspecified causes
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Washington
Congress
Edward W. Pou
Smithfield
N. C
Easter Services At First Methodist Draw Large Crowds
Sunrise meeting and breakfast for students opened two week Easter series at First Methodist Church. Morning crowd filled the auditorium with gallery and lecture room full. Haskell chorus provided morning music. 81 men joined the church and 81 received baptism. Easter lilies decorated the altar. flowers donated by H. H. Asher and the Kanaga family in memory of Mrs. Clara Kanaga.
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H. H.asher
H. B. Asher
Kanaga
Clara Kanaga
Lawrence Board of Education Meets for 1934 35 Staff Elections
The Lawrence board of education will convene at 8 o clock tonight in superintendent C E Birch s office. They plan to elect teachers for the 1934 35 school year and review action on a federal grant contract for 20000 to erect the New York school.
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Lawrence Board of Education
C. E.birch
New York
Wealthy Indian Barnett Wins Court Fight and Traffic Duty
Los Angeles April 2 AP Jackson Barnett the world’s wealthiest Indian aged 93 renews his self appointed traffic directing task at a Wilshire district intersection while his wife Anna Laura Lowe Barnett’s appeal against a federal judgment declaring him incompetent proceeds. Judge William P James orders the estate valued over $200000 in Los Angeles real estate turned to the Interior Department for administration for the Creek Indian widow still may work as housekeeper and keep living options within a $2500 monthly limit.
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Los Angeles
Jackson Barnett
Wilshire
Thomas P. Cruce
Anna Laura Lowe Barnett
William P. James
James
Barnett
Department of the Interior
FIGHT SHERIFFS OU STER Attorneys for J. A. Jackson to Contest
C C Hore and John L Kirpatrick, counsel for Johnson County Sheriff J A Jackson, announced the bill of exceptions prepared to challenge his permanent ouster. They argue the commissioner's findings were not supported by sufficient evidence and should not be adopted by the Kansas Supreme Court.
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Clathe
Kan
C. C. Hore
John L. Kirtpatrick
J. A. Jackson
Johnson County
Supreme Court of Kansas
Jackson
Rainey Delays Brain Trust Committee Appointment
Speaker Rainey postponed the appointment of the committee to investigate the brain trust revolution charges involving Dr. William A. Wirt of Gary Indiana. Representative Bulwinkle of North Carolina is to head the panel in Washington.
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Brain Trust” Committee
Washington
Rainey
Brain Trust
William A. Wirt
Gary
Ind
Bulwinkle
N.C
Easter season Personal News From Lawrence Area
Mrs J EB Selig visits Wilkinsburg Pa for Easter while D R B McWilliams heads to Hutchinson to oversee Oldsmobile Cadillac and La Salle agencies. Many relatives travel between Lawrence Topeka Kansas City and nearby towns for holidays and family events.
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J. EB. Selig
Snd
Fred Biewener
Wilkinsburg
RB. McWilliams
Hutchinson
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
la Salle
McWilliams
Lawrence
Ollie Hollingsworth
To‘peka
Russell White
Rhode Island Street
Virgalene ‘Davis
Benton
Winifred Koenig
Kansas City
Orville Chandler
W. H. Evans
Eureka
Earl E. Strimple
Wanda Jean
Anthony
Evelyn Strimple
Junction City
Eugene Trimple
North Fifth Street
W. J. Norris
Kathleen
Topeka
Norris
Rachel Carter
Janet Coulson
Theria
W. R. Coulson
R. A. De_Watteville
de Watteville
Nellie F. Cutter
Dora Medhurst
Ralph Medhurst
Army Air Field
Belleville
Til
Salt Lake City
Medhurst
Blase
Minneapolis
A. L. Ferris
Robert Ferris
Emily Ferris
Protest March as CWA Workers Appeal to Governor Landon
In Topeka on April 2 a large group of unemployed CWA workers demonstrated at the state house. They delivered a delegation to Gov. Alf Landon and CWA director John G. Stutz seeking relief and reinstatement of work on projects. Resolutions urged the resignation of county official Lyle O. Armel and called for broader state action.
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Topeka
State House
Alf M. Landon
Civil Works Administration
CWA
Rite of Pe
Neces
Landon
John G. Stutz
Kansas
Harry L. Hopkins
Stutz and
Lyle
Armel
Winfield Lawyer Becomes Probate Officer in Coming County
Winfield Kansas April 2 Ellis Fink a local attorney was sworn in as probate judge of Coming County. The newly appointed official will oversee estate matters and handle probate duties following his recent decision to practice in Tulsa.
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Winfield, Kan
Ellis Fink
Winfield
Ceedui
Eeat
Tulsa
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U. S
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St. Joe
St. Joseph
Horseshoe
Central Park
Oklahoma
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Hampshire
ST. Lawrence, Kansa
E. E. Alexander
Alexander Headquarters
Methodist Church
Board of Education
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Garner
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J. M. Sanderson
A. D. Weaver
M. F. Hudson
J. B. Henry Vernon H. Smith
J. H. Bell
Edwin F. Price
J. V. Pettit
Ray Wright
George Beal
Carroll D. Clark
Wm. Docking
A. M. Fortney
Seba Eldridge
H. B. Chubb
R. C. Jackman
J. B. Henry M. T. Coolidge
A. B. Ewing
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John Brand Howard Parker
Will Griesa
M. Cohen
Robert Hunt
F.H. Guild Charles Hobart S. E. Schwahn
Agnes Thompson
Will Johns Paul B. Lawson
Richard Wagstaff
Lee Carter
Gene Glahn
Harold G. Ingham
C. C. Cunningham
William G. Hutson
J. R. Holmes
A. S. Anderson M. R. Gill
Charles Decker George Spears
D. M. Swarthout
H. L. Chambers
C. B. Russell
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Lawrence Citizen’s Club
George Miller
Erna Corey
Irving Hill
Charles Puls
J. W. O'Bryan
Frank C. Whipple
Frank Jones
A.J. Anderson
M. T. Sudher
L. H. Houston
Wayne Allphin
Joseph F. King
E.S. Weatherby
Henry H. Asher
R. B. Stevens
Guy V. Keeler
John G. Blocker
Fred Isaacs
Carl D. Reber
A. L. Wolfe
Lyle S. Powell
Schulz
Art Institute
Upton Close
Landonce
McGrew-Peck Investment CO
Conrad McGrew
Arthur S. Peck
Dickinson Bldg
George T. Wetzel
Mount Hope
Lawrence Nat. Bank Bidg
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