Roosevelt asks Congress to tax bonds and salaries
President Roosevelt urged Congress to remove prompt tax exemptions on income from all future government bond issues and on government salaries. He argued exemptions stem from judicial decisions and could be eliminated by a short statute, predicting courts would uphold it.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Coughton
Representative Treadway
Rmass
House ‘Ways and Means
McNary
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
King
Utah
Treasury
the Treasury
Daladier unveils plan to boost French production
Paris April 25 Premier Edouard Daladier announced cabinet approval of an economic and financial rehabilitation plan emphasizing higher production while preserving foreign exchange freedom and the tripartite monetary accord with Britain and the United States. He warned that failure to raise output could lead to a totalitarian compulsion to work.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Britain
United States
Daladier
Rance
Leon Blum
France
Japanese command change noted amid North China drive
Shanghai reports a suspected shift in Japanese command with General Count Juichi Terauchi recalled to Japan and Lieut General Jun Ushiromiya believed to assume control in North China. Tokyo denies change while Japanese forces push toward the Lunghai railway near Pihsien and Tai Erhchwang, with 15 troop trains aiding the drive.
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Shanghai
China
Taierhchwang
Shanghai Evening Post
Mercury
Count Juichi
Terauchi
Japan
Jun Ushiromiya
Tokyo Wie
Sunghai Railway
Pihsien
Yunho
Lunghai
Grand Canal
Shantung Province
Kiangsu
W. S. Junkin
Lexington
Tientisin
Ushiromiya
Tokyo War Office
Shantung Front
Evening Post
Baron Alexander von Falkenhausen
National farm chemurgic council holds fourth annual conference
The Omaha meeting discusses industrial uses of farm products to boost national welfare. Goals include absorbing surplus farm goods by domestic industry, utilizing idle acres, raising farmers purchasing power, creating demand for manufactured goods, and expanding national income. Progress noted on power alcohol from farm products and its rhotor fuel blends.
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Omaha
Neb
National Farm Chemurgic Council
Agricultural America
Atchison, Kan
Landon’s Father Still In Serious Condition
John M. Landon father of Alf M Landon 1935 Republican presidential candidate remained in serious condition at Menorah hospital after a heart attack. He was kept under an oxygen tent as attendants reported he was just about the same. His son and granddaughter Peggy Ann visited Friday.
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Kansas City
John M. Landon
Alf M. Landon
Menorah Hospital
Landon
Peggy Ann
Supreme Court OKs Revised Municipal Bankruptcy Act
The supreme court ruled constitutional the revised act allowing cities districts to bargain with creditors to reduce indebtedness in federal bankruptcy court. The decision centered on the Lindsay Strathmore irrigation district in Tulare County California and noted prior rulings and dissents.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hughes
McReynolds
Butler
Cardozo
Congress
Lindsay-Strathmore
Tulare County
California
Roberts
Brandeis
Stone
Southern California
Federal District Court
Seven Negroes Injured In Head On Crash Near Leavenworth
Seven Kansas City residents suffered lacerations and bruises when a Plymouth sedan collided head on with an International semi trailer near Six Corners on highway 40 in Leavenworth county. Driver Harry Cayce was arrested for reckless driving after hospital release. J B Lawson, truck driver, had minor injuries.
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Kansas City
Six Corners
Highway 40
Leavenworth County
J. B. Lawson
Harry Cayce
Memorial Hospital
Leavenworth
Civil War veteran Isley dies at 94 in Kingman
Henry H. Isley 94 longtime Kingman Journal publisher and Civil War veteran died after months of ill health. He homesteaded in 1883 and published the paper in 1890 before retiring in 1897 to work in loans. He served two years in Company F 8th Iowa cavalry with Sherman’s march to the sea. R. W. Porter of Pittsburgh becomes the unit’s sole survivor.
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Kingman
Kan
Henry H. Isley
Kingman County
Isley
Kingman Journal
8Th
Iowa Cavalry
Sherman
R. W. Porter
Pittsburg
Stock Market Index Edits Across Week Amid Repairs
The index shows 39.8 for the average of 60 stocks with Saturday’s reading at 40.4. A brief note credits Green Bros. Ady for a washer repair project referenced in the item.
Urges Reduction of Payroll Taxes in Anti Low Mood Plan
Washington April 25 Senator Vandenberg Michigan urged cutting social security payroll taxes as an anti low mood measure if pension system remains intact He asked the social security board to report on pay as you go options in time for Congress to act This would cut a 2 percent tax on 30 million workers and employers to stimulate business and lift moods He also noted public works spending debates and farm aid allocations as the administration faces opposition and defense of the existing programs
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Social Security Board
Congress
Senate
Burke
D-Neb
Wallace
House Appropriations
Farm Security Administration
Glass
D.-Va
Senate Appropriations Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wheeler
D-Mont
House
Ratner Dinner Event Draws KU Supporters Tonight
More than 100 people are expected at a 6 15 p m dinner at the Colonial tea room honoring Payne Ratner. The event, sponsored by the University of Kansas Payne Ratner for Governor club, features Ratner as principal speaker and a WREN radio broadcast from 5 45 to 6 o'clock. Quentin Brown presides. talks by three KU students plus Don Woods quartet entertainment are planned.
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Colonial Tea Room
Payne Ratner
Parsons
Ratner
University of Kansas
WREN
Quentin Brown
Greensburg
K. U. Club
Harry O'Riley
Syracuse
Phil Nohe
Kansas City
Kan
Howard Immel
Lawrence
Don Woods
O'Riley
Dave Conderman
Moran
Charles Alexander
Wilbur Leonard
White City
Ray Tripp
Herington
Club
K. U
Brown
Immel
Bertha White
Council Grove
Herbert Sizemore
Elton Carter
Elkhart
Leonard
Torch Bearers Change Meeting To Saturday Night
The Torch Bearers of Trinity Lutheran Church will not meet on Tuesday April 26. They will gather Saturday April 30 with other church missionary groups and mothers for an informal party. Hostesses are Mrs A T Olson and Mrs A E Olson. Dr Arline Beal will be guest of honor while en route to the Lutheran Synodical meeting in Oklahoma City.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Mothers of the
A. T. Olson
A. E. Olson
Arline Beal
Kansas Unemployment Fund to Receive 1.5 Million Payment
Topeka Apr 25 CPA payment totaling about 1 500 000 is due the Kansas unemployment compensation fund this week from more than 6 000 Kansas employers. The new rate is 2.7 percent up from 1.8 last year. Contributions rise about 43 000 in total. Five days grace applies.
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Topeka
Kansas
William A. Murphy
Murphy
State Board to Reimburse Counties for County Homes
The Kansas state board of social welfare will reimburse counties operating their own county homes up to 30 percent of approved food and clothing expenditures starting May 1. Inmates may apply for public assistance on the same basis as other beneficiaries. 52 of 105 counties run homes, with many counties leasing or decommissioning. Mrs. Mildred D. Watson notes Douglas County could gain aid for about 40 residents, estimating a $60 monthly reimbursement if food and clothing costs around $200 per month.
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Topeka
State Board of Social Welfare
R. B. Church
Church
State Social Welfare Board
Mildred D. Watson
Douglas County
State Welfare Board
Lawrence Chamber Dinner Set At Country Club
A large crowd of Lawrence business and professional men is expected for the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner tomorrow at the Lawrence Country Club. The 6:30 p.m. event will feature Capt. Patrick Irving O Hay of Taos New Mexico as the principal speaker and includes golf driving contests and musical numbers by a KU men's glee club quartet.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Country Club
Lawrence Service Clubs
Rotary
Kiwanis, Co-Operative
Lions
Patrick Irving O’hay
Soldier of Fortune
Taos
Chamber of Emmerce
Harry Nevin
Dolph Simons
John Brand
K. U. Men’s Glee Club
Anniversary program marks Odd Fellowship founding in America
The Lawrence lodge plans a commemorative evening on April 26 for the 119th anniversary of Odd Fellowship in America, featuring a Vinland high school group performing a stage presentation. The lodge invites members, Rebekahs, and friends to attend at One Service Hamilton 702 Vt. Adyv.
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Odd Fellowship In
America
Lawrence Lodge
Vinland High School
Order
Rebekahs
Zupanec Named Honor Man at KU Honors Convocation
William J. Zupanec of Ford Kansas honored as “Honor Man of 1937” at University of Kansas honors convocation. He earned a B S in electrical engineering and a five year degree, member of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Tau, and held athletic and debating honors. Other 155 students received awards. new members named for Sachem Mortar Board Owl Society and the Order of the Coif. Dr. William A. Nitze delivered the principal address on The Tristan Legend.
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William J. Zupanec. Ford
Kan
University of Kansas School of Engineering
E. H. Lindsey
Sachem and Mortar Board
Owl Society
Order of the Coif
William A. Nitze
University of Chicago
Zupanec
Massachusetts
Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley Debating League
Arkansas
Texas
Colorado
Delta Sigma Rho
Mortar Board
Lawrence
Edith Borden
Elsie Ferrell
Murray Flynn
Phi Beta Kappa
Robert G. Pearson
Robert Pyle
James Sprague
Jean Stephenson
Dorothea Weingartner
Phi Lambda Theta
G. Sterling Polson
Tau Beta Pi
Sigma Tau
School of Fine Arts
Keith Davis
Voice
Pi Kappa Lambda
Elizabeth Raymond
Helen Cynthia Rice
Jean Anne Crawford
Robert Earl Allen
Marjorie M. Pyle
Kenneth B. Wallace
Dorothy Alexander
Pi. Lambda Theta
Everest
Sam Anderson
Chanute
Frere Armstrong
Toronto
Arthur Arlein
Chamberlain and De Valera Pact Aims to End Enmities
London reports Neville Chamberlain and Eamon de Valera sign an agreement to resolve trade and defense disputes and end old hostilities. The pact excludes partition, seeks equal treatment for Irish farm products, and envisions Ireland spending on defense while Britain waives land annuities and cedes three naval bases for fortification by Ireland.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Eamon de Valera
Great Britain
Ireland
Irish Free State
Britain
Spike Island
Cork Harbor
Bere Island
County Cork
Lough Sw
Legend of Tristan and Isolde Highlighted in Language Education Talk
Prof William A Nitze of the University of Chicago spoke at KU honors convocation on foreign language study. He argued language cannot be measured quantitatively and that its value depends on what it can express, noting Spanish as particularly valuable for America and tracing Tristan and Isolde from Celtic origins to Wagner’s opera.
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Tristan and Isolde
William A. Nitze
University of Chicago
Chicago
Lincoln
Nitze
Richard Wagner
Tristan
E. H. Lindley
K. U. Band
William L. Burdick
School of Law
War With Spain Declared by U. S. Forty Years Ago
Washington notes mark the 40th anniversary of Congress declaring war on Spain after a tense session. Spain’s silence followed the U S ultimatum demanding Cuba’s exit amid Cuban revolt. The ultimatum expired April 23 and a de facto war began as President McKinley announced a blockade of Santiago and the north Cuban coast.
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Washington
Congress
Spain
United States
Cuba
McKinley
Santiago
Cuban
Former I.O.C.F. Official Dies in Independence
P Will H. Roadruck 70 former grand patriarch of the Grand Encampment of Kansas I.O.C.F. died after several months illness in Independence. Panera services will be held Tuesday.
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I.0.c.f
Independence
Will H. Roadruck
Kansas
C.F
Tuesay
Voting precincts debated by county commissioners in Kansas
The board reviewed whether townships Kanwaka Palmyra Lecompton Wakarusa should keep one polling place or add precincts. Palmyra and Lecompton favor existing four and two precincts, while Kanwaka and Wakarusa prefer one. Action due by May 2 with counties awaiting final resolutions.
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Board of County Commissioners
Dougars
Kanwaka
Palmyra
Lecomp
Board of
Kanwaka Township
Frank Houk
Ralph Colman
Allbert Wulfkuhle
Stull
Lecompton Township
Lecompton
Big Springs
George Bahnmaier
Ray Cree
Baldwin
Vinland
Black Jack
Wakarusa _township
Fred Peterson
Frank Topping
Wakarusa Township
Wakarusa
Waka- Tusa
Clinton
Eudora
Grant Township
Kane Ae
Leacompton
Marion
North Baldwin
South Baldswin
Willow Springs
Board of County Commission
Ors
Charles Springer
Board of Comemissioners
More Rain in Prospect for Kansas Regions
Topeka, Apr 25. More rain is in prospect for portions of Kansas tomorrow, adding to weekend showers in the northern part of the state, according to S. D. Flora, federal meteorologist. Temperatures tomorrow are expected around 80 to 85 degrees, with minimum readings tonight of 60 to 70 in the east and 60 to 65 in the west.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
City Council To Meet In Regular Session Tonight
The city council schedules a regular meeting tonight at 8 o'clock. Members will discuss local concerns and public matters on the agenda.
Weather forecast for Kansas shows clouds and showers
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday with possible local showers in the east. Cooler conditions in the west and central areas Tuesday. Morning observations note cloudy conditions at Garden City and Emporia, partly cloudy at Salina Topeka and Manhattan, hazy at Ottawa, with clear skies at Coffeyville Arkansas City Wichita and Pittsburg. Dirt roads listed as Good.
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Kansas
Garden City
Emporia
Salina
Topeka
Manhattan
Ottawa
Coffeyville
Arkansas City
Wichita
Pittsburg
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Dover
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Charlotte Stafford
Neodesha
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Lane Davis
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Conway Springs
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J. D. Ramsey
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William Witt
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Robert Marietta
Robert Sullivan
Keith Schuerman
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Winfield
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Harold Johnson
Osage City
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Hays
Addison West
Hutchinson
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