Chamber opposes new taxes for defense outlays
Washington reports that the Chamber of Commerce of the United States rejects special taxes to fund emergency defense. It urges Congress to overhaul taxing and spending, create a central budget committee, and prune the budget to curb deficits. Members foresee political risk in trimming relief and agricultural funds despite calls for economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Chamber
Woodrum
D-Va
House
Appropriations Committee
Representative Ditter
R-Pa
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Appropriations Unit
Kansas City Firemen Move Toward Civil Service Plan
Kansas City voters will decide two winter measures aimed at curbing city hall control by the Pendergast machine. Firemen petitioned to place the department under civil service rules, with over 100 000 signatures. Also proposed is a charter amendment to shorten elective city officials’ terms from four to two years. A large registration drive by women seeks to maximize voter rolls ahead of the vote.
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Kansas City
Pendergast Machine
Election Board
Pryor’s Tax Evasion Aide Rescheduled Court Tomorrow
John J Pryor a Pendergast machine contractor faced an income tax evasion indictment. His arraignment was postponed as Federal Judge Merrill E Otis held court in Chillicothe Missouri. Pryor remains free on a $10000 bond and stands accused of dodging taxes on about 1.686 million dollars of income.
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Kansas City
John J Pryor
Pendergast
Merrill E. Otis
Chillicothe
Pryor
Liberty
Church School Editor Dies in Auto Crash
The Rev. Jonathan B. Hawk, 60, associate editor of adult church school publications for the Methodist Book Concern, died today after his automobile skidded into a tree in Cincinnati Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Jonathan B. Hawk
Methodist Book Concern
Rome Demonstrators Rally Outside Soviet Embassy
Grenadiers and carabinieri guarded the Soviet embassy as about 3,000 students demonstrated against the Soviet Union. The crowd cheered Finland at the Finnish legation then moved to the Russian embassy, shouting anti Bolshevik slogans while steel-helmeted troops dispersed the protest and blocked streets.
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Rome
Legation
Finland
Russia
Dan Casement Portrait Shown At International Livestock Show
An oil portrait of Dan Casement a Manhattan stockman wearing a black and white check coat with a red plaid vest is on display at the Saddle and Sirloin club during the International Livestock Show. Painted by Joseph Allworthy and presented by Utah stockman Charles Reed Casement recalls 35 years judging cattle. Kansas State College livestock judging teams placed second in collegiate contest behind Ohio State. last year K State won. Kansas wheat milling and baking contest winner Clarence Fulton Harper took first. Yellow corn region third with Bruce Cunningham Eldorado.
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Chicago
Dan Casement
Manhattan
Kan
Stockman
Joseph Allworthy
Charles Reed
Utah Stockman
Casement
William Allen White
William Allen White,’ Emporia
W.-.a. Cochel
Kansas
Kansas ‘State College
Ohio State
K-State
Clarence Fulton
Harper
Bruce Cunningham
Eldorado
Britain expands blockade aims seize Nazi exports at sea
London reports Britain extended its blockade to seize Nazi exports even when carried by neutral ships. Officials say 83 German merchant ships are out of action in three months of war and a Helgoland raid claimed direct hits on warships. The Eskdene was sunk by a mine with 29 crew saved. Sweden’s Rudelf hit a mine near Hartlepool, 23 crew escaped.
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London
Great Britain
Brame
Germany
Britain
Royal Air Force
Helgoland
Air Ministry
North
Eskdene
Scotland
North Sea
Berlin
DNB
George VI
South America
Rudelf
Hartlepool
Malmo
Sweden
Fragmented OCR note on intersection incident date clues
Readable fragments describe a pedestrian incident at an intersection on an uncertain date. Names and precise location are missing, with garbled phrases suggesting reference to a vehicle or person involved and a possible August timeframe amid unclear text.
King of Wheat Fields Crowned at Chicago Grain Show
Lloyd Rigby a 21 year old farmer from Wembley Alberta Canada was proclaimed the king of the wheat fields at the 21st international hay and grain show Rigby who runs a farm in the Peace River district won the championship last year His victory this year gives Canada the championship for the 17th time in the last 21 years Pope to Appear For Peace in Vatican City Pope Pius XII is to address the secret consistory December 11 to create bishops and archbishops authoritative Vatican sources said yesterday.
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Chicago
Rancis
Lloyd Rigby
Wembley
Alberta
Canada
Rigby
Peace
River District
Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Thanksgiving Guests and Baker Basketball Rise at Kansas Events
Local social rounds note Miss Sally Wood and Miss Corinne Nichols visiting Kansas City for Thanksgiving. Baker College prepares for the upcoming season with five returning lettermen and a December home game against Doane and Crete. Also, Baldwin high students attend Emporia Music Clinic with performance by Adriance Groetzinger Smith and Selzer under Dr. Williamson’s direction.
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Sally’ Wood
Corinne, Nichols
Kansas City
Eustatia
Florence ‘Bennett
Collins
Lawrence
Pueblo
Virgil Wood
Wood
M. Powell
Thomas. Gilbert
la Canada
Calif
Charles ‘E
Bee
Board of Education
WPA
Milford Waddell
Baker
Gardner
Wadell
Yale
Troy Gordon
Kenneth Poppe
Stanley Zabel
Baldwin High School
Emporia
Emporia State Teachers College
Bonnie Jean Adriance
Betty Groetzinger
Cynthia Smith
Donald Selzer
Kansas
John F. Williamson
Princeton University
A. A. Harding
University Bands to Be Directed by Sopkin and Borchers
University of Illinois will direct the bands and Henry Sopkin the orchestra. Dr O J Borchers head of Emporia State music dept will supervise. Thanksgiving hosts include Mr and Mrs T L Thogmartin in Fort Scott and Mrs Ruth Clark and sons from Kansas City.
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University of Ilinois
Henry Sopkin
O.J. Borchers
Emporia State College
Emil ”. Liston
Fort Scott
Centenary
Hale Steele
Theodore F. Clark
Ruth Clark
Glenn
Robert
Kansas City
Belle’ Callender
Los Angeles
Calif
Frank C. Leitnaker
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Scandinavia
Norway
Oslogi
Horten
Neval
Stockholm
Red
Nexis
Baltic Sea
Riga
Latvia
Lithuania
Wilno
Minsk
Baltic States
Aland Islands
Gotland
Baltic
Norwegian
C. OF
Clyde Lewis
Soviet Union
Chicgo Stock Club
Cerman ‘Exports
France
Phozz
E.h.leitnaker
Raymond Campbell
Par
Robert ’Maclean
Leitnaker
Lindley
Cleaners
Chesterfield
America
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