Congress Ready for Adjournment after Large Deficiency Bill
Washington August 5 Congress cleared its slate and prepared to adjourn as the senate approved the $185 million third deficiency appropriation to sustain farm price programs and the Commodity Credit Corporation. The measure totals rose to $189 million in part from added items but was trimmed before final passage.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
White House
House
Senate House
Farm Fund
Commodity, Credit Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
Wallace
Roosevelt
Rep. Taber
R.-N.y
Rep. Ditter
R.-Pa
Taber
Woodrum
D-a
Adams
D-Coro
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
State board approves all county welfare budgets for 1940
Topeka reports all county social welfare budgets for the 1940 program have been approved by the state board. Rice county's final figure is $85,107, up from $76,782 in the original submission. Rice county officials deny any increase beyond state recommendations.
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Topeka
Frank Milligan
Milligan
Rice County
Rice County Welfare Board
Lyons
Kan
State Social Welfare Board
Phil Hohl
Joe Mall
State Board
State Department
Hohl
Arrest of Repeaters Marks Kentucky Primary Day
In Louisville and across Kentucky six men were arrested as repeaters at polling places while heavy voting occurred. A judge ruled former residents of two Louisville slum clearance areas may vote without re registering, affecting about 500 voters. A shooting in Harlan County left one man wounded and another jailed without charge amid a day of nominations and local races.
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Louisville
Harlan County
Jefferson County
Kentucky
Chad Nolan
Harlan
Delbert Cross
Robert Thomas
Ages
Nolan
Jefferson Circuit Court
Senate
Showers likely cool Kansas as heat eases
Weather outlook for Kansas favors showers and cooler air to end the week with temperatures near or above normal midweek. Rain totals across towns such as Quinter .62 inch and Hanover .55 inch, while Topeka and nearby locales report lighter amounts. Low pressure moving from Canada brings unsettled skies and mild in north and west regions.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Mercury
Quinter
Hanover
Manhattan
Emporia
Concordia
Phillipsburg
Dodge City
Salina
Herington
Florence
McPherson
Dresden
Canada
Flora
Roosevelt vetoes bank interlock extension bill
President Roosevelt today vetoed a Senate bill that would have granted another four year extension of the deadline for banks to terminate interlocking directorates. The move blocks an extended period for banks to end overlapping board memberships.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Los Angeles Teen Wins National Boys Singles Title
Patty, a 15 year old tennis star from Los Angeles, won the national boys singles championship at Culver Military Academy defeating Harry Likas of San Francisco 6 4 6 0.
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Culver
Ind
Pi—Little Budge
Patty
Culver Military Academy
Harry Likas
San Francisco
Social Security Changes Pass Congress
A bill to liberalize benefits and ease the social security tax schedule was approved by Congress in a late session. The compromise measure sailed through the Senate after brief debate, having been pushed through the House the previous day by Speaker Bankhead.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Bankhead
Douglas County Normal Institute to Meet August 21 25
Harold C. Fisher announces the completed program for the Douglas County Normal Institute to be held August 21 through 25. The event features lectures and study sessions, a party, officer elections, and a safety program sponsored by the American Legion and the state highway patrol.
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Douglas County Normal Institute
Harold C. Fisher
American Legion
State Highway Patrol
Marian Lane
Cordley School
Miss Lane
Mamie Hanrahan
Topeka
Winifred Hill
K.U
M. A. Callahan
State Department of Education
Arthurdale Welfare Spend Seen as Misguided
Rep Johnson reported an investigation into Arthurdale and Elkins projects in West Virginia finding a paradise for residents yet failing in key farm and poultry ventures. He said the government spent about 13 thousand dollars per family for 165 families last year and noted financial losses on a 442 acre farm and failed cooperative farms needing an expert to manage them.
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Washington
Johnson
Ill
Congress
Arthurdale
Elkins
W. Va
Congressional Record
Department of Agriculture
Signs Bill to Raise Veterans Benefits Nationwide
President Roosevelt signed a bill to boost government benefits for 26,000 injured veterans across the army navy marine corps and coast guard. The new scale ranges from 7.50 to 187.50 monthly, about 75 percent of wartime disability rates, costing roughly 3.842 million dollars in federal outlay.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Veterans Administration
Stock Market Index Report Summary
A financial brief notes an index around 49.6 with 60 stocks referenced. yesterday’s figures are mentioned but details are incomplete. The entry reads as a sparse market snapshot lacking full context or explicit company names.
US Citizens in Peril at Kaifeng
Shanghai reports say Americans in Kaifeng face anti American pressure from Japanese authorities as telegraphic links fail. About 20 American missionaries are in the city with missions and US enterprises. rumors claim demonstrations attacked Yochow mission property and travel permits to Japanese zones may be restricted.
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Shanghai
Kaifeng
North China
Japan
China
Chengchow
United States
Chungking
Henan
Yochow
The
Reformed Church
Chenglingki
Yangtze River
Tsingtao
Eagle Scout Offers Aid After Kansas Crash
Kenneth Lindenberger an 18 year old Eagle scout rendered aid to Earl Richey 21 after a highway collision near De Soto Kansas. Lindenberger applied a tourniquet to control bleeding and assisted ambulance crews before Richey was taken to a hospital. Richey a state corporation commission employee, suffered a broken left arm in three places when his car left the road after passing a transport truck.
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Kenneth Lindenberger
Kansas City
Lindenberger
Earl Richey
Erie
Kan
Richey
DeSoto
Topeka
State Corporation Commission
Relief Given Farmers In Drouth Stricken States
Washington reports relief measures extended to farmers in drouth stricken northeast states. Acting Secretary Harry L. Brown said the Agriculture Adjustment Administration has used its authority to pay for seeding grasses and close growing crops where seedings were lost to the drought following Roosevelt's July 27 memo.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Drouth
Harry L. Brown
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Bankhead names panel to probe labor board
Speaker Bankhead named Representative Smith chairman of a five member House committee to investigate the National Labor Relations Board. He designated Representatives Healey Murdock Halleck and Routzohn to join Smith on the panel.
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Washington
Bankhead
Smith
D.-Va
House
National Labor Relations Board
Healey
D.-Mass
Murdock
Utah
Halleck
R.-Ind
Routzohn
Ohio
British Flying Boat Opens Transatlantic Mail Service
Imperial Airways' 24 ton flying boat Caribou launched the British transatlantic airmail link from Southampton carrying 1500 pounds of mail to Canada and the United States. It stops at Foynes and Botwood then Montreal and Port Washington before returning. Captain J C Kelly Rogers led a crew of four with Co-Pilot Captain S G Long, a Colorado native.
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Southampton
England
Imperial Airways
N. Y
Caribou
Cabot
J. C. Kelly Rogers
S. G. Long
Colorado
United States
GM Strike Ended as Knudsen Sees Rails to Production
Detroit Aug 5 William S Knudsen president of General Motors said plants hit by the CIO UAW tool and die strike would be back by Monday or Tuesday and 1940 output would surpass 1939. Payroll remained about 400 million with wage boosts for certain skilled workers and union bargaining rights in most GM plants. Ratification votes among 7600 affected workers show few objections.
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Detroit
William
Knudsen
U.a.w.-A.f.l
Douglas county binds weed tour announced for August
Asa Colman county weed supervisor announced the annual bindweed tour will occur August 10 with attendees including Deal Six county farm agent T F Yost and county commissioners. They will visit about five farms to observe eradication efforts using cultivation and chlorate solution and note results with plans to improve control in late August.
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Douglas County
Asa Colman
Deal Six
T. F. Yost
Colman
Cambridge Girl Wins a Rowing Race on Land
Laura J. Pannier of Cambridge won the Harvard summer school regatta women’s novice singles on the Charles river in a race run on dry land. Her erratic course ended when the boat’s bow touched a river bank. she nevertheless finished first and was awarded the prize for crossing the line first.
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Cambridge
Mass
Laura J. Pannier
Miss Pannier
Harvard
Carmody Elevated to Boys Adviser at Haskell Institute
John Carmody, three-year director of physical education at Haskell Institute, is promoted to boys adviser in charge of boys activities. Maurice Skelton moves to Rocky Boy agency Montana as day school principal.
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John Carmody
Haskell Institute
Haskell
Maurice Z. Skelton
Rocky Boy Agency
Montana
Skelton
Indiana
Tomah Indian School
Tomah
Wis
Clarence K. Powless
Carmody
Massachusetts approves syphilis exam law for expectant mothers
Boston August 5 Governor Leverett Saltonstall signed a measure requiring all pregnant women in Massachusetts to submit to syphilis physical examinations. The bill faced critique as birth control legislation but was defended as a health measure.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Packing Companies Sue U.S. Over Pig Killing Payments
Five packing firms sue the United States for 15 672.09 claiming partial payments for pigs slaughtered under the agricultural adjustment act were followed by improper tax credits and withheld balances. Firms named include Wilson and Company Oklahoma Kansas and Iowa based outfits plus Morton Gregson and T M Sinclair. The program bought and slaughtered millions of swine to curb surplus and stabilize prices.
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Chicago
United States
Wilson and Company, Inc
Oklahoma
Kansas
Morton-Gregson Company
T. M. Sinclair and Company, Ltd
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Two Hearings Set On Budgets By City District
The city council and school district No. 60 schedule public hearings Monday night on proposed budgets for the coming year. The school board meets at 7 30 p m at the high school with new superintendent Clifford Dean attending his first session. The city council meets at 8 pm in city hall. The district seeks 327 772 70 with 15 ¾ mills, the city 202 156 66 with 13 ½ mills, and county offices set August 12 at 10 o clock for their hearing with a proposed 6 418 mill levy to raise 231 093 54. The three entities total 761 022 90 and 35 73 mills. A Chamber of Commerce budget sub committee led by Frank Hosford with John Emick and Dr H L Chambers attended prior sessions and may join the hearings.
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Board of Education
Clifford Dean
Chamber of Commerce’ Taxation
Frank Hosford
John Emick
H. L. Chambers
Traffic Lights Go On At Seventh Street Today
Traffic lights at Seventh and Massachusetts streets began operation at 2 PM after wiring and adjustments. A traffic officer guided motorists as signals went live, with Massachusetts giving 30 seconds green 10 amber 20 red, and Seventh street timing 30 red 10 amber 20 green. Work continues on Ninth and Eleventh streets.
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Seventh
Massachusetts Street
Seventh Street
Nurse saves life in car crash by tearing uniform into compresses
Trene Krouthamel, a 24 year old student nurse, ripped her uniform into bandages to staunch blood flow from a severed jugular vein and revive Naomi Musselman, 22, after a serious accident near Sellersville. Musselman survived, and Dr Clyde B Flory credited Krouthamel with saving her life.
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Sellersville
Trene Krouthamel
Miss Krouthamel
Naomi Musselman
Clyde B. Flory
KU Faculty to Present 1940 Lecture Tour Across Nation
University of Kansas extension division schedules 1500 faculty engagements for 1940 lecture course tour reaching 800 communities and 600000 listeners yearly. Lectures by Glenn Cunningham Arthur Santell Bob Pollard Players and others cover education associations schools clubs and civic groups with 15 programs planned.
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University Extension Division
Kansas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
University Bureau
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
University of Kansas
United States
Guy vi Keeler
American Legions
Women’s Club
Boy Scouts
Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Cunningham
Arthur Santell
Bob Pollard
James Scott Company
Croatian Ensemble
Clarence Sorensen
Dixie Melody Masters
Ralph Jackson
Seeing Eye
White Russian Singers
Stout Theatre Workshop
Elliott James
Bud Waite
Ginger
Stradivarius Quartet
University of Kansas Glee Clubs
Ace Blue Eagle
Guy V.keeler
Harry A. Stroud
Mary Lou Eckstrom
Marcella Bucheim
Dynamite Found Near Green Mountain Dam Area
In Colorado, four cases of dynamite and three bombs were discovered near the Green Mountain dam site as workers returned under Colorado National Guardsmen. Guardsmen meanwhile disarmed about 300 firearms in the area after state troops were called to quell labor unrest linked clashes that wounded seven.
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Green Mountain Dam
Colo
Colorado National Guardsmen
William Hunn
Ralph L. Carr
John H. Lea
Summit County
American Federation of Labor Unions
U.S. and Russia Extend 12 Month Trade Pact Award
The United States and Soviet Union extended their trade agreement for 12 months effective tomorrow. Russia will buy at least 40 million dollars of American goods, and the U S will grant tariff reductions equal to other trade partners. Officials expect total Soviet purchases to surpass the minimum, citing 58.7 million dollars in 11 months of the previous term. US exports to Russia are mainly machinery while imports include furs flax fabrics and non metal minerals.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Farm Fire Claims Belleville Woman in August Blaze
Mrs. Floyd Forney, 29, perished in a blaze that destroyed the Forney farm home in Belleville Kansas. Her husband escaped with their six month old daughter and his father Pat Forney, 70, who were outside after the fire began in the kitchen.
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Belleville
Kan
Floyd Forney
Forney
Pat Forney
Kansas Weather Forecast With Cloudiness and Warmth
Partly cloudy and threatening tonight with slightly warmer conditions in the extreme east. Gas Office Record shows temperatures from 67 at 7 a.m. to 82 at noon, with yesterday's high 99 and low 76 a year ago in Savanna.
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Kansas
Enenc Ancion BP
Wwe
Savanna
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