Roosevelt sets up relief program with new agencies
President Roosevelt announced a sweeping $4.0 million relief program creating three new government units under the agriculture department and naming Rexford Tugwell to lead the rural re settlement unit. The plan compresses many tasks across eight departments and independent agencies to move families, rehabilitate rural areas, expand electrification and housing, and coordinate with Hopkins on the overall allotment board.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rexford
Tugwell
Aerienture
Bureau of Rv
Department of Agriculture
Trank CU
Walker
New York
the &Alemer- Reney Council
Civilian Conservation Corps
Treasury, War, Justice, Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce and
Labor
Federal Power Commission
Veterans Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Emergency Relief Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Ickes
British Mayor Refuses to Visit King
London April 24. Mayor Weightman of Bermondsey refused to attend the jubilee greetings for King George as the borough council backed the decision citing costs would deprive 300 poor crippled children of a week's holiday. The mayor’s stance contrasts with other dignitaries arriving for the king’s 25th anniversary events.
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London
George
Atention
Bermondsey
Weightman
Chicago board of trade closes amid Rosenbaum reorganization
The Chicago board of trade halted trading today as Rosenbaum Grain corporation sought federal bankruptcy protection under section 77-B. Temporary trustees were sought and the firm reported assets about 6 million dollars with liabilities near 3.97 million. The move prompted a delay in opening and warnings against dumping grain. Kansas City did not open and expected to restart at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.
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Chicago
Chi Cago Board of Trade
Rosenbaum Grain Corporation
Rosenbaum Corporation
W. H. Holly
Board of Trade
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Wilmington
Del
Chicago Board of Trade and Board of Trading Clearing Corporation
Kansas
City
Kansas City
Empire defense talks set by dominion prime ministers
London reports that Canada's R B Bennett Australia’s J A Lyons and South Africa’s J B M Hertzog will meet with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and senior ministers in coming weeks to discuss tightening imperial defenses, European policy toward Germany, and cost-sharing of armaments. Bennett arrives today. Lyons en route home. Hertzog and meetings with Hankey as basis.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Germany
R. B. Bennett
Canada
J. A. Lyons
Australia
J. B. M. Hertzog
South Africa
Bennett
Hertzog
Lyons
Dublin
Ramsay MacDonald
John_ Simon
Stanley Baldwin
Sir Maurice Hankey
Committee For Imperial Defense
Three Deaths in Russell From Dust Storm Pneumonia
Russell Kansas reports three deaths this week from pneumonia aggravated by dust. Dolores Irene Dick, 16 months, died after choking in a dust storm. Also died were Jack Phipps, 40, oil field worker, and H. H. Wentworth, 42, acting manager of Russell Milling Co. Several other serious cases noted.
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Russell
Kan
Dolores Irene Dick
Ben Dick
Jack Phipps
H. H. Wentworth
Russell Milling Co
Five Southwestern Bell workers win Vail medal for 1934 rescue
Five employees from Lawrence and Topeka awarded the Vail medal for 1934 heroic actions during a January gas leak at I H Oehrle family home. Daisy Cagle and four colleagues organized rapid response, revived victims, and located the fault after Mrs Oehrle called for help.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Lawrence
Vail
Daisy Cagle
J. B. Reed
L. E. Blair
Charles Kassenger
Drake Relays Entries Reveal Kansas Track Team
University of Kansas announces Drake Relays entrants at Des Moines. Mile relay crews Shroeder Graves Trotter McNown. Two mile relay Fitzgibbon Guise Cunningham Shroeder Pankratz. Sprints and field events list Pitts Neal MacCaskill Wellhausen Seigle Gray Kanatzer Pearce Noble Ardrey Shannon. Two mile run Pankratz. In home incident two die in their residence.
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H. W. Hargiss
University of Kansas
Drake
Des Moines
K. U
Bob Shroeder
Theno Graves
Claude Trotter
John McNown
John Fitzgibbon
Gordon Guise
Coulter Cunningham
Robert Shhroeder
Howard Pankratz
Charles Pitts
Frank Neal
Paul MacCaskill
al Wellhausen
John Seigle
Gordon Gray
Harry Kanatzer
Dick Sklar
Jack Pearce
Ray Noble
Robert Ardrey
Dale Shannon
Charles , Pitts
Retired Educator Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life
Pasadena report: George L. Melton 55 and his invalid wife Abbie Van Way Melton die in what police term as homicide and death by own action. Melton killed Abbie with an axe then asphyxiated himself, leaving a note saying he killed Abbie because he loved her. A letter to friend Milton Kerr explains his action as the only course for an old man with a sick wife. The will shows ownership of a home, two ranches, land, and a $5,000 life policy, with cremation and ashes to Winfield Kansas.
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Pasadena
Calif
George L. Melton
Abbie van Way Melton
Meltons
Winfield
Kan
Melton
Charles Kelley
Abbie
Milton B. Kerr
James McDermott
Stock Market Index and City Notice from 1935
The stock index shows 60 stocks averaging 39.7 with a remark yesterday 40. The item notes a notice allowing residents to petition for relief relief sidewalk construction by the City Council. Blanks available at the City Clerk’s office. A. E. Woestemeyer, City Clerk.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
A. E. Woestemeyer
Snow in Colorado brings long awaited moisture relief
A major spring snowstorm hit Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico, delivering the heaviest snow of the season to drought zones. Farmers, rail crews, and residents welcome the moisture as water reserves rebound, though southeastern Colorado saw little precipitation. The system tracked from western Nebraska, bringing rain to eastern Colorado before turning to snow, with widespread coverage except the far southeast.
Further Flights Planned for Pan-American Clipper
Alameda Calif April 24 crew members await orders for more hops after completing the first round trip between California and Hawaii. Additional flights to Honolulu are planned to test data for regular schedules later this year. No takeoff soon. Capt Musick and navigation officer Noonan assigned temporarily to base, may return to Miami. The 2400 mile Hawaii trip was completed in 20 hours 59 minutes, proving transpacific feasibility.
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Alameda
Calif
California
Hawaii
Honolulu
Edwin C. Busick
Fred J. Noonan
Miami
Fla
Pacific Coast
Orient
Musick
Professor Lindley Ill With Pneumonia at Minnesota Hospital
Professor Lindley, son of KU Chancellor E. H. Lindley, is seriously ill with pneumonia at the University of Minnesota hospital in Minneapolis. He was admitted Sunday. Mrs. Lindley travels to Minneapolis, while Chancellor Lindley stays in Lawrence awaiting word. He studies in the University of Minnesota medical school and teaches part time there.
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Stanley Lindley
E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Lindley
Lawrence
Professor Lindley
School of Medicine
Baseball Recap From Apr 24 United Games: Giants Beat Braves in Boston
Hal Schumannher held the Braves to three hits but a ninth inning Jes Mallon homer broke the shutout as the Giants edged Boston 18 to 10. New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Pittsburgh games noted. Senators beat Athletics 2 to 2 behind Bob Burke. New York at Boston postponed by rain. Kansas City vs St Paul in American Association.
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New York
Hal Schumancher
Braves
Jes Mallon
Giants
Boston Braves
Boston
Noi
Hix
Rheno
Mancuso
Philadelphia Brooklyn
E. Moore
Mungo
Lone
Pittsburgh
Delancey
Philadelphia
Mindy Foxx
Washington Senators
Athletics
Bob Burke
Washington
Burke
Benton
Cascare Ja
Foxx
Detroit
Eereemenny
LA Cochrane
Whitehead
Thomas End Hemsley
Hildebrand
L_ Brown
Myatt
American Association Kansas
Red Cross Nurses Sent to Western Kansas
The Red Cross nursing committee announced it sent nurses to Cimarron and Liberal in western Kansas to care for measles and dust pneumonia patients. Catherine Suthey went to Cimarron while Gladys Waller and Willetta Hudson were assigned to Liberal. Local agencies could not yet supply needed trained nurse service.
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Wichita
Kan
Committee On Nursing Service For the Red Cross
Kansas
Catherine Suthey
Cimarron
Gladys Waller
Willetta Hudson
Liberal
Red Cross
Bonus cost figures given for veteran bonus plans
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee closed bonus hearings with Frank T. Hines testifying that the Patman and Vinson cash plans would cost about 1.0 billion dollars more than Harrison, with Hines proposing cash surrender value payments as an admin option. He outlined estimated costs: Patman 2.202 billion, Vinson 2.264 billion, Harrison 1.200 billion. The committee planned an executive session to consider a bill.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Affairs
Patman
Vinson
Harrison
Hines
Senate
Casement to Speak at Douglas County Tax Payers Meet
Dan Casement a Manhattan farmer will address the Douglas County Tax Payers League in the courthouse Saturday at 2 PM about the wheat allotment plan and other AAA features. Afterward Miss Mary E Jamison county poor commissioner will discuss federal relief operations in the county.
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Dan Casement
Manhattan
Douglas County Tax Payers League
Casement
AAA
League
Mary E. Jamison
Douglas County
Credit for farm price rise credited to Roosevelt admin
Topeka April 24 Carroll Merriam RFC director said most credit for higher farm prices belongs to the Roosevelt administration. The Republican visitor from Topeka plans a two day stay and will depart for Washington tomorrow. He expressed faith in the administration and predicted land values would rise as the drought’s effects fade.
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Topeka
Carroll
Merriam
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Washington
RFC
CCC for erosion control in Kansas discussed by officials
Federal soil erosion officials consider establishing wind erosion control demonstration areas in Kansas. F. L. Daley, head of the federal soil erosion project at Mankato, is here to confer with officials on the work and use of new Kansas CCC camps for soil erosion efforts. A eastern Kansas site and a western site were sought to gain landowner cooperation in control of shifting soil.
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Washington
Kansas
F. L. Daley
Mankato
CCC
Tulsa grand jury to submit report after two weeks
Tulsa county grand jury prepared to submit a report this afternoon in district court detailing findings from a two week investigation into vice conditions and the deaths of John Gorrell and Sidney Born Jr. The panel will then be recessed for two weeks or excused due to the absence of District Judge Thurman Hurst. Meanwhile Santa Fe railroad stockholders meet in Topeka for its 40th annual session with routine matters expected.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa County Grand Jury
Tulsa County
John Gorrell
Sidney Born, Jr
Thurman Hurst
Santa Fe
Topeka
Santa Fe Railroad
Music Festival to Begin Sunday in Lawrence
The annual music week festival in Lawrence runs Sunday morning to May 5 with church observances, concerts by John Charles Thomas Dalies Frantz Renee Nizan and Bach anniversary programs. Participating groups include KU bands orchestras choirs Haskell Westminster Kiwanis and KU fine arts faculty. Exhibits of art and student works accompany the festival with events across university venues and community sites.
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Lawrence
Vicinity
John Sharles Thomas
Dalies Frantz
Renee Nizan
Johann Sebastian Bach
University of Kansas
Haskell Institute
Westminster
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs
K. U. School of Fine Arts
American Guild of Organists
Pi Kappa Lambda
Mu Phi Epsilon
KFKU
Music Week
Raymond J. Eastwood
Spooner-Thayer Museum
Willian Boogas, Jr
Provincetown
Miss
Churches of Lawrence
Haskell Band
Robert Bruce
Haskell
Np. m
Westminster A Cappella Choir
D. M. Swarthout
Ghertor
First Presbyterian Church
Ninth and
Vermont
Rotary Club
Eldridge Hotel
Lawrence Memorial High School
C. E. Sawhill
Massachusetts Street
Eighth
Ninth Streets
John Charles Thomas
University Auditorium
jAdmission
Russell l
Haskell_ Institute
Corinne Bemis
Haskell Auditerium
School of Fine Arts
Bach
University Symphony Orchestra
School of Fine Arte
AU University
Dudley Crafts Watson
Chicago Art Institute
Mile
Paris
France
Mabel Barnhart
Hira
American Guild of Organist
Klyanis Club
Wiedemann’s
Robert Sedore
Green Vermilion
Emma Strai
Paul Gardner
William Rockhill Nelson
University
University String Quartet
Jan Chiapasso
Ruth Orcutt
Central Administration
the Manor
John Ise
Obert Bruce
Southark
Looks More Like Rain to Weather Man
Kansas City Apr 24 The weather bureau reported favorable conditions for a good rain in western Kansas and the dust belt an intense low over the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles crowding by high pressure from the northwest This is the best chance for the rain needed for many weeks Heavy rains swept Nebraska last night with a spring shower around Kansas City St Joseph and the area between them High winds in western Oklahoma threatened more dust before rainfall and light moisture elsewhere
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Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Federal
Rocky Mountains
North Platte
Neb
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Kansas City
Kansas
Dust
Texas
Oklahoma
St. Joseph
Missouri
Mother and daughter reconnect after ten years delay
Miss Mabel Ailme Sommer of Eudora and her mother Mrs Lauris Sherard of Chickasha Oklahoma may reunite after a decade apart following a Red Cross letter and a Kansas City Star story. Sommer, 17, works in Eudora. her father Louis Sommer still farms nearby.
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Wyandotte County
American Red Cross
Kansas City, Mo
Mabel Ail Me Sommer
Eudora
Lauris Sherard
Chickasha
Okla
Miss Sommer
Louis Sommer
Youth Says He Slew to Show He Was a Tough Guy
Topeka April 24 Police report Floyd Kraus 20 shot and killed Charles Highfill 50 in Highfill room to prove he was a tough guy. He boasted after leaving hamburger stand near the station claiming he hijacked a bootlegger and would knock off another. He later said he planned to strike Highfill with a blackjack but lost nerve and fled after liquor was refused. Police found the pistol in Kraus home basement.
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Topeka
Floyd Kraus
Charles Highfill
Highfill
Frank Stone
Kraus
Dorothy Finley
Stone
Penalty for Venizelist revolt in Athens dawn executions
Two former generals convicted by court martial for participation in the Venizelist uprising were executed by firing squad at dawn. General Papoulas, ex-Asia Minor commander, and Brigadier General Kimisis were among those executed. The item notes the surrender and postwar details amid Athens reports.
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Athens
Papoulas
Asia Minor
Kimisis
Lawrence Musicians Earn High Ratings At Emporia Contest
Lawrence high school soloists and groups earned high ratings at the all Kansas music contests in Emporia on Monday and Tuesday. Next, A Cappella, glee clubs, orchestra and band compete Friday. Honorees include Betty Bridges and Arthur Harris for solos, Sari Sou Smart and Helen Rice for woodwind and oboe, plus several quartets and groups across varied categories. The article lists specific pieces and performers advancing to tomorrow and Friday events, with ratings ranging from excellent to good.
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Lawrence
Emporia
Betty Bridges
Arthur Harris
Sarisou Smart
Helen Rice
Gertrude Welch
Jeanne Moyer
Holly and the
Ivy
Demuth
Margaret Lewis
Theodore Sperry
Sarliou Smart
Isabel West
Barbara Edmonds
Mildred Ewing
Oscar Rumsey
Ted Gress
Ralph Allen
Frank Gurtler
Carl Knox
Corwin Sperry
Franz
Orwin Sperry
Schuetky
Charlie Hay
Jean Perry
King Jesus
Dawson
Samsou Smart
Cowrin’ Sperry
Girls’ Glee Club
Debussy
Weelkes
Boys’ Glee Club
Bullard
Protheroe
Cesar Franck
Dunedin
Alford
Fauchet
Lawrence Orchestra
New Roebuck well in Russell runs wild at 2700 feet
Hartman and Blair’s No 1 Roebuck well near Gorham field, Russell county, Kansas, spurted oil for hours after coming in around 8:30 PM. Estimated 2000 to 6000 barrels daily with a three million cubic foot gas flow. Well location SE-NW 2-14-15, near Sullivan pool and Gorham pool.
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Russell
Kan
Kansas
Hartman and Blair
Gorham
Topeka
Se-Nw
Russell County
Sullivan Pool
Gorham Pool
Roebuck
Burns Way Out of Jail Leaves Oil Worker Back in Cooler
Russell, Kansas, April 24. Fred Bailey, an oil field worker, escaped by setting fire to his jail cell. He briefly freed himself as rescuers unlocked the cell but was recaptured. Other inmates suffered smoke exposure but avoided serious injury.
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Russell
Kan
Fred Bailey
Bailey
Altho
Weather Outlook and Road Report for Kansas
Kansas forecast indicates rain tonight with possible snow in the northwest, cooler conditions overall and fair weather Thursday. Strong northerly winds in the afternoon and night, cloudy morning elsewhere. Coffeyville clear. Douglas county dirt roads considered good. Temperatures show yesterday’s high around seven and today’s low around six or seven.
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Coffeyville
Douglas
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