Lending Bill Is Killed By House In Stunning Vote
Washington Aug 1 The administration's multi million dollar lending bill was declared dead for the session after the house rejected it 193 to 166 and adjournment by Saturday night was set. Majority Leader Rayburn said there was no way to bring it up again. The house plans to take up the deficiency bill next. Senate Leader Barkley warned adjournment could come by mid next week.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
D.-Tex
Tomorow
Senate
Barkley
Bankhead
United
Coffee
Rich
R-Pa
Pennsylvania
Kansas House Delegation Opposes Roosevelt Bill
Kansas House members from Hous ton and six Republicans voted against considering the president’s main bill. In the Senate, Kansas Republicans Capper and Reed opposed the administration’s lending program.
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Washington
Kansas
Houston
Carlson
Guyer
Hope
Lambertson
Rees
Winter
Roosevelt
Capper
Reed
Senate
House Fights Over Lending Bill Amid Budget Clash
The House acted on a 1.95 billion lending bill and rejected a companion 800 million housing measure after a dramatic roll call. Democratic and Republican lawmakers urged consideration while Majority Leader Rayburn pressed for orderly action.
New Proposals for Settlement of Mexican Oil Seizure
Mexican ambassador Castillo Najera predicted new proposals would restart settlement talks on compensation for expropriated American oil properties. He met with President Roosevelt after delivering a sealed Mexican letter and prior talks with Sumner Welles. Senate actions proposed investigations into U S assistance in the oil sale linked to the seizure, with senators urging a full inquiry.
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White House
Roosevelt
Cardenas
Mexico
Najera
Sumner Welles
Welles
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Neely
D.-W. Va
Bridges
R.-N.h
Guffey
D.-Pa
Senate
Interruption prompts crash injuries and town picnic plans
A two-vehicle crash two miles north of Lawrence on Highway 40 injures five, including Mrs. Jack Cannon who suffers a fractured ankle and jaw. The Browning family and Miss Alice Young are treated for injuries. Cannon pleads guilty to overlooking a stop sign and pays a fine. Meanwhile a Douglas County Central Protective Association picnic schedule features baseball softball music and dancing for August 10 in South Park with local and regional participants.
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Lawrence
Highway 40
Jack Cannon
Oakland
Calif
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Cannon
H. B. Browning
Howard Browning
Alice Young
Kansas City
Browning
Howard
White School
Topeka
Justice of the Peace
Charles C. Rankin
Grand Lake
Colo
California
New York
Douglas County Central Protective Association
Southpark
A. Peterson
C.P.A
Leslie’ Demeritt
Harold Fisher
Peterson
Lawrence Junior All-Stars
Overbrook American Legion
South Park
Con
Hawaiian String Club
George Wongwai
County Farm Bureau Chorus
Belvoir
Baldwin
Kmbc Prairie Pioneers
The
Pioneers
Flying Fortress completes cross country flight to Floyd Bennett Field
The Army's 22 ton Boeing 39 flying fortress landed at Floyd Bennett Field at 12 24 p m completing a nonstop trip from Burbank California in nine hours 14 minutes 30 seconds The craft carried 2500 gallons of fuel cruising at 250 mph Major Stanley M Umstead led the flight Co pilot Captain Leonard Harman reported oil pressure trouble and severe sub zero snowstorms at 35 000 feet over Kansas and Pittsburgh The plane will depart for Dayton tomorrow morning.
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Army
Floyd Bermnett Field
C.S.T
Burbank
Cal
Stanley M. Umstead
Army Air Corps’ Material Division
Wright’ Field
Dayton
Howard Hughes
Dartort
Leonard Harman
Kansas
Pittsburgh
Flying Fortress
Blind School Chief Appointed in Kansas City
Olive Thompson of Kansas City Kansas has been named superintendent of the state school for the blind in Kansas City. She succeeds Edna Clark, who was appointed during Gov. Haxman’s administration. Thompson previously led Wyandotte County Schools for eight terms and served four years as superintendent at the school for the blind starting in 1932.
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Topeka
UPI
Olive Ilhompson
Kansas City
Kan
State School For the Blind
Board of Regents
Edna M. Clark
Walter A. Haxman
Miss Thompson
Wyandotte County
School For the
Rioting In Bombay Over Prohibition Enforcement
Fifty five people including 27 policemen were injured in Bombay as crowds clashed after a protest against the new prohibition law. A Moslem procession was stoned by Hindu onlookers while police feared wider Hindu Muslim tensions.
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Bombay
Fifty years of Drake's bakery history in Lawrence
W A Anderson started a bakery in Lawrence at Eleventh and Rhode Island fifty years ago today. He moved it to 907 Massachusetts and sold it eleven years ago. Drake's Bakery now occupies that location. Anderson notes early bakers had few mechanical aids and now machines handle much of the work with a press of a button.
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W. A Anderson
Lawrence
Eleventh and
Rhode Island Street
Massachusetts
Drake’s
Anderson
Kansas Directory of Public Officials Published by League
The Kansas Directory of Public Officials compiled by the League of Kansas Municipalities and printed by World Company of Lawrence lists over 19 000 names of federal officers and state county school and township officials. It runs 148 pages with state officials organized by branch and city and school officers by class.
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League of Kansas Municipalities
The
World Company of
Lawrence
Yugoslav Split Threatens Regional Peace
Signs of internal Yugoslav discord and Polish watchfulness over the Danzig issue dominate Europe as Dr. Vladko Machek demands a United States of Yugoslavia and equal Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. Poland tightens control on German espionage while Hungary and Romania clash at the border. Britain signals readiness to fight if needed as Italian maneuvers grow near France and Japan pushes for a peace path in China under Wang Ching-wei.
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Danzig
Europe
Vladko Machek
Machek
Dragisha Cvetkovich
Kupinec
Croatia
Macedonia
Montenegro
Serbia
Free City of
Italy
Po Valley
Alps
Japan
China
Tsingtao
Wang Ching-Wei
Chiang Kai-Shek
Noted LSU Ex-President James Smith Brought to Daughter’s Bedside
Dr James Monroe Smith former LSU president, now indicted on 40 counts from swindling to forgery, was brought from New Orleans to Baton Rouge to be near his critically ill daughter Mrs Owen Waller rare. Blood poisoning followed birth of a son two weeks prior, with blood transfusions given. Governor Earl K Long aided access to the daughter.
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Baton Rouge, la
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Smith
New Orleans
Owen Waller Rare
Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Film brings prosperity to Pineville extras
Pineville Missouri August 1 citizens who worked as extras on the film Jesse James last year still receive income as an indirect result. They have applied for unemployment compensation and some small children are getting it.
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Pineville
Jesse James
Austin Explains Coalition Theory Behind Spending Bill Cut
Senator Warren R. Austin of Vermont, acting for Republican Leader McNary, praised a GOP anti admin coalition that reduced the Roosevelt program from 28.3 billion to 1.615 billion. He said unity between Republicans and conservative Democrats shows the power of coalition in legislation when government departs from ancient landmarks.
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Washington
New
Austin
University rents historic Mt Oread home to 1011 Indiana group
The former University chancellor residence at 1345 Louisiana Street will house the semi organized group The 1011 Indiana for the coming school year. Karl Klooz says the move was approved by Chancellor Malotte with Mrs Wallace remaining housemother September to June. Members are chosen yearly from graduates and Summerfield lists, reflecting high standing among semi organized houses.
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Louisiana Street
K. U
Indiana
Karl Klooz
University
Klooz
Deane W. Malotte
W. J. Wallace
Mt. Oread
Summerfield
Summerfields
Labor Board Probe Funded by House Appropriation
The House fast tracked a $50,000 appropriation for an investigation of the National Labor Relations Board. Speaker Bankhead will appoint a five member panel before adjournment. Additional funds of $15,000 were approved for Alaskan fisheries review and $5,000 for tax study by the Ways and Means Committee. No debates occurred as the measures were disclosed by the accounts committee shortly before the vote.
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Washington
House
National Labor Relations Board
Bankhead
Congress
Ways and Means
Accounts Committee
Labor Board
Senate
House Labor Committee
Ratner Completes Job Interview Drive in State Reorganization
Topeka Aug 1 Governor Ratner announced the task of interviewing job applicants is nearly finished as the division of inspections and registration staffing is completed under the revenue and taxation commission. He plans an August tour of state institutions lakes and properties. Since taking office in January he says he personally interviewed thousands seeking interviews and estimates about 2 500 placements.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Department of
Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Ratner
Interurban Sale Completed in Wichita’s Railway Market
Sale of the Arkansas Valley Interurban company to John R. Cox of La Salle Illinois, described as independent in railways, was tentatively completed in Wichita on August 1 subject to confirmation by Federal Judge Richard J. Hopkins of the United States district court.
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Wichita
Arkansas Valley Interurban Company
John R. Cox
la Salle
Richard J. Hopkins
United States District Court
Supt. Dean Takes His Office Today
Clifford Dean officially becomes Lawrence city school superintendent as the system prepares for a new academic year. He praises former sup Birch and outlines plans for enrollment, university and Haskell openings, with KU rush week and start dates in mid September.
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University and
Haskell Institute
Clifford Dean
C. E. Birch
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Birch
President vetoes six minor House bills
Washington August first vetoed six minor bills including pay for army reserve officers to buy uniforms and equipment for three years and bronze grave markers for privately buried soldiers. Other vetoes covered DC municipal affairs an individual war bonus claim and an Indian timber project.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Secretary of War
District of Columbia
Roosevelt Expected to Act on Hatch Bill Within 24 Hours
Washington August 1 officials near the White House predicted President Roosevelt would act on the Hatch clean politics bill within 24 hours and issue a statement explaining action. They would not say if he would sign or veto the sweeping reform measure, noting a veto message is common with rejections. The bill forbids federal employees except policy makers from political participation beyond voting.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Four-County 4-H Dairy Tour Heads to Johnson County
Four Douglas county 4-H boys join a group of about 60 4-H members from Wyandotte, Leavenworth, Jefferson, Miami, Shawnee, Anderson and Douglas counties on the annual Johnson county dairy tour. They begin with Jersey herd judging at the Hallmark farm, camp at Gardner lake, view large dairy barns at Earl Potter dairy, and judge Guernseys at Tomahawk farm, under Johnson county officials C. T. Hall and I. H. Davis.
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Deal Six
Johnson County
Robert Bigsby
Earl Mitchell
Sunflower Club
Clare
Keith Adriance
Palmyra
Walter Babbitt
Wyandotte
Leavenworth
Jefferson
Miami
Shawnee
Anderson
Douglas
Olathe
Halmark
Jersey
Gardner Lake
Earl Potter
Tomahawk Farm
C. T. Hall
I. H. Davis
Rock Asphalt Deposits Studied in Kansas Counties
Kansas Geological Survey investigates rock asphalt deposits in Linn and Bourbon counties with state geologist Kenneth K. Landes reporting. J M Jewett leads field work and stratigraphic studies, noting a mile north of Pleasanton quarrying for years and several other known deposits.
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Linn
Bourbon
Kansas Geological Survey
Kenneth K. Landes
University of Kansas
Pleasanton
J. M. Jewett
Human Bomb Thornburg Sentenced for Chanute Bank Heist
John Thornburg aged 26 pleaded guilty to robbing the First National Bank of Chanute of 4860 dollars on March 27. Judge Richard J. Hopkins gave him 35 years in a federal prison. He admitted the hold up after arrest in Nevada Missouri last Friday. Thornburg warned he would blow the bank with dynamite taped to his body. He was brought to Kansas City under guard after arraignment in Kansas.
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Leavenworth
Kan
John Thornburg
First National Bank of Chanute
Richard J. Hopkins
Thornburg
Nevada
Chanute
August Rain Boosts Cornhusking Prospects in Douglas County
A steady August rainfall revived late corn, sorghum, and prairie grass across Douglas County. By afternoon total reached 1.88 inches with 0.78 inch by noon. Officials expect 50 to 60 bushels per acre on main contest field northeast of Lawrence, with potential for higher yields if weather stays favorable. Water for stock remains a concern in dry pastures.
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Douglas County
C. J. Posey
Drouth
Lawrence
Worden
Walter Schwarz
Cooperative Weather Observer
Schwarz
Rains cool Kansas tempering heat across the state
Weather bulletin from Topeka reports 24 hour rainfall and scattered showers in eastern Kansas with Independence and Ottawa noting rain. A cooler pattern is forecast as high pressure from Western Canada moves in. highs near 90 in the east and mid-80s to 90 in the west with tonight lows around 60s to 70s.
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Kansas
Weather Man
Canada
Ottawa
Independence
Beloit
Holton
Arkansas City
Goodland
Mercury
Centralia
Manhattan
Osage City
Phillipsburg
Hanover
Concordia
Elis
Russell
Salina
Larned
McPherson
Florence
Winfield
St. Francis
Dresden
Hill City
Quinter
Ness City
Garden City
Hays
Junction City
Stockton
Osborne
Stock Market Index Rises to 49.9 on 60-Stock Average
The stock market index for a 60-stock average advanced to 49.9 yesterday from 49.8, signaling a modest gain across the market. Investors monitored key sectors for momentum and potential profit opportunities.
Weather Forecast and Temperature Ledger for Kansas
The Kansas forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with isolated thunderstorms in the east this afternoon or tonight and cooler temperatures. Gas Office record shows yesterday's high 92 and low 78 with rainfall 1.88 inches noted earlier today.
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Kansas
Bessie Gi Teatecderont
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