Committees Act On Several Bills In Congress
Washington reports that committees advanced several measures including immediate restoration of one third of the 15 percent federal pay cut and a plan to attach veterans compensation to the bill. House progress on the tax bill continued with a ten member expert board for stabilisation funds and crop loan measures also moving. Senate action included talks on ouster petitions for Senators Long and Overton and a push for flood control and nationwide planning.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Senate Elections Committee
Long
Overton
Louisiana
Morgenthau
Rainey
Stage Race With Ice Bay of Whales Expedition
Crews of the Bear of Oakland and the Byrd flagship worked at a feverish pace to discharge winter stores onto bay ice six miles from Little America as ice threatened the ships. The Bear of Oakland tied a record by sailing from Dunedin to the Bay of Whales in 12 days, surpassing the 1929 Eleanor Bollin voyage.
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Bay of Whales
Antarctica
Mackay Radio
Bear of
Barkentine
Dunedin
S. S. Eleanor
Pretty Boy Floyd Rumor Reaches Oklahoma Sheriff
Oklahoma City reports a Canadian correspondent told Sheriff Stanley Rogers that bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd plans to join the Chinese army with an ex convict pal. Rogers noted a remote chance Floyd inspired the letter from Quebec. Floyd has not been active in Oklahoma for a year. Berlin replies to Austrian complaints over interference by rejecting each point in the Austrian case regarding League of Nations action.
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Oklahoma City
Pretty Boy” Floyd
Stanley Rogers
Joe
Quebec
Oklahoma
Orient
Sheriff Rogers
Floyd
Berlin
Germany
Austria
League of Nations
Weather and road report from Douglas County
Kansas forecast fair and warmer through today and Friday. Morning weather clear. Douglas County roads rated good. Gas Office Report notes yesterday’s high and today’s low temperatures. Ad-taker line offers 24 words for eighty cents for classifieds.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Senate to Hear Ouster Petitions for Two Louisiana Senators
Washington Feb 1 The senate elections committee ruled petitions seeking the ouster of Senators Long and Overton of Louisiana did not raise cognizable issues but will hold hearings within 10 days to hear arguments on sufficiency of the complaints. Chairman George announced after an executive session. Long faces charges of personal and political corruption. Overton’s ouster bid stems from alleged corruption in his election.
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Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Senate
Long and
Overton
Louisiana
Committee
George
Long
Women’s Committee of
Outlaw Trio Returned to Michigan City Prison
John Dillinger's three confessed outlaw pals Russell Clark Harry Pierpont and Charles Makley were transported by 18 squad cars of Indiana and Illinois officers to Michigan City penitentiary for safekeeping after arriving in Chicago on the Golden State Limited. The transfer involved 18 automobiles and heavy arms as Indiana state police chief Matt Leach announced charges against Mary Kinder who would be held in Indianapolis for aiding and abetting.
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Michigan City
Ind
John Dillinger
Michigan City Penitentiary
Indiana
Illinois
Chicago
Ohio
Russell Clark
Harry
Englewood
Matt Leach
Passport Restored to Aid Insull in Extradition
The United States reinstated Samuel Insull's passport to permit travel from Greece back to the United States to face charges stemming from his Midwest business collapse. Greek officials said he would be expelled, and American consuls were notified that his passport is valid for travel anywhere to facilitate arrest or deportation.
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Washington
United States
Samuel Insull
Greece
Midwest
Ingull
State Department
Insull
Europe
France urges League return and arms control with Germany
Paris reports a January note from France stating a Franco German solution is impossible without Germany rejoining the League of Nations. It urges a tested arms control regime, proposes cuts and internationalization of European aviation, and notes Germany’s demand for a 300,000 strong army as problematic. Washington notes the Senate appropriations panel approved veterans' funding as a rider to the independent offices bill.
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Paris
Hitler
Germany
League of Nations
Foreign Office
Geneva
France
Washington
Senate Appropriations
Independent Offices
Demurrer Argument in Kansas French Trial
The Kansas senate in Topeka sits as an impeachment court for Will J. French state auditor. It considers defense demurrer to prosecution evidence. If two thirds oppose demurrer, it will be sustained. Subpoenas issued for Ray Hardin and Lee Meadows, witnesses, to appear. The trial proceeds with defense evidence unless the demurrer is sustained.
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Costigan
D.-Cole
Topeka
State Senate
Will J. French
Kansas Senate
Ray Hardin
Lee. Meadows
Parsons
Board of Managers
French
Senate
Aew
Finney
Lee Meadows
J. N.tincher
Reilly
Leavenworth
Tincher
Hardin
Meadows
William Schoen
Downs
Schoen
New foe for Huey Long sparks Washington hotel showdown
In the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, Huey P. Long and New Orleans mayor T Semmes Walmsley eyed each other as threats rose. Walmsley warned he would beat Long if confronted while Long boasted of avoiding confrontation unless forced. The clash adds another chapter to their turbulent Louisiana politics.
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Washington
Huey P. Long
Sands Point
Mayflower
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Senator Long
Louisiana
Long
Walmsley
Alice Burke
Crescent City
Burke
the Sands
Point
New York
McGugin Urges Congress to Retain Constitutional Powers
Kansas Republican Representative Harold McGugin told the House Democrats and Republicans to defend constitutional power and oppose delegating it for political expediency. He criticized gag rules on appropriations and warned he’d rather lose in November than betray the Constitution.
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Washington
Harold McGugin
Kansas
Congress
McGugin
Ickes Warns on Rackets in Public Works Contracts
Secretary Ickes visited the White House for lunch with President Roosevelt after condemning certain contractors and warning against rackets in public works construction. The item is noted in the Washington section under AP dispatches.
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Washington
Ickes
White House
Roosevelt
Huey Slugs Reporter In Snow Outside Hotel
Washington AP report details Ray Moulden of the Washington News, a small reporter weighing about 120 pounds, alleging Senator Huey P. Long struck him with a loaded cane and shoved him into the snow outside Long’s hotel. Journalists’ attempts to obtain Long’s comment failed as he tore up notes and discarded them on the floor.
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Washington
Ray Moulden
The
Washington News
Huey P. Long
Long
Senate
Two Found Dead After Apparent Death by Own Action Pact
In Austin Texas Dr Claude Mattingly a leading physician and Mrs F A C Perrin wife of a University of Texas professor were found dead in a Texan hotel room. Justice of the Peace Sam Johnson had not rendered a verdict but expressed the opinion they died in a personal crisis from a narcotic injection. Mrs Perrin 39 identified by signature to a will found in the room. Perrin had been professor of psychology at UT since 1925 after serving as assistant professor from 1917 to 1925.
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Austin
Texas
Claude Mattingly
F. A. C. Perrin
University of Texas
Texan
Justice of the
Sam Johnson
Perrin
House Approves Bill to Extend Crop Loans to 1984
The House Agricultural Committee approved a bill to extend crop production loans to 1984, raising the total to 35 million dollars and increasing the individual limit from 200 to 250 dollars. Agricultural officials supported the extension if it did not conflict with the ongoing crop limitation program.
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Washington
House Agricultural Committee
Farm Credit Administration
Eel Agricultural
Veteran Physician Dr Robert G Carter Dies at 87 in Chetopa
Dr Robert G Carter aged 87 a veteran Civil War physician in Chetopa for twenty eight years died at his home He survived by his widow and two sons The report notes his long service in the town and his dedication to medicine and community affairs.
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Nies
Dollar value unchanged by gold revaluation in Roosevelt plan
Washington reports the dollar’s value remains effectively the same after gold revaluation of 59.06 percent, with officials expecting price changes to appear in commodity costs rather than immediate buying power. The administration notes no instant price shift and suggests small changes in perceived value may appear in everyday purchases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dollar Strength Drives Global Markets on Devalued Dollar
Markets rallied as the dollar slid to 59.06 percent of its former parity, boosting premium levels in London and Paris. New York shares rose, bonds strengthened, and commodities gained with wheat and cotton advancing. Officials expect a $2 billion stabilization fund and an expert committee to administer devaluation policies amid capital repatriation and foreign investment shifts.
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Associated Press
Paris
London
New York Stock’ Exchange
Chicago
New York
Wall Street
Treasury
Mai Hage Fund
Morgenthal
Ways and Means
United States
Morrenthau
Pach eLias
Rush for 1934 license plates overwhelms Douglas county office
Motorists queued for new auto and truck tags at S S Learned's county treasurer office yesterday. Over 450 sets issued by 6 pm. 141 forms filled as crowds stretched. delayed delinquent penalties. Tomorrow the 50 cent fee becomes enforceable again. Total licenses issued reached 4,300 autos and 9.5 thousand truck tags reported.
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Douglas County
S. S. Learned
Mr. Learned
Jury for Garton Trial Begins in St. Joseph Case
Twelve married men are chosen as the jury to hear Walter Garton for murder in the lynching of Lloyd Warmer in Buchanan County. Opening statements commenced this morning before Judge J V Gaddy in the circuit court with the state aiming to rest by day's end and the defense by noon tomorrow.
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St. Joseph
Walter Garton
Lloyd Warmer
J. V. Gaddy
Buchanan_county
Milk hearing to be called soon in city limits
A delegation of milk depot operators and producers met state health officials in Topeka and will have a hearing before assistant chief Tom Dalton in Lawrence within two weeks. Officials said the ruling requiring non inspected milk to bear Grade D labels will not yet be enforced until the hearing.
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Tom Dalton
State Board of Health
Lawrence
Topeka
Elmer E. Brown
Brown
Dalton
New ‘State
Leon Bauman
City
Jeter
Mr. Bauman
Rev B H Gragg Dead After Long Illness at 78
The Rev Burton Henry Gragg D D died this afternoon at his home 824 Arkansas street at age 78. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Born May 14 1856 in Henry county Missouri he studied at Warrensburg normal school earning an MA and later a Doctor of Divinity at CatoIpa College North Carolina. He served as Presbyterian minister, taught briefly, led pastorates in Missouri and Kansas, then was financial agent for Emporial Teachers College in 189%. He moved to Lawrence in 1902 and served as pastor at large for the Topeka Presbytery and later the entire Synod of Kansas. He also farmed north of Lawrence. Survived by wife and two daughters Mrs L H Fairchild Carlsbad Cal formerly Miss Helen Gragg and Mrs J L Goheen Belle Plaine Kan formerly Miss Myrtle Gragg.
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Burton Henry Gragg
Arkansas Street
Mr. Gragg
Henry County
Warrensburg
CatoIpa College
North Carolina
Oklahoma relief agency trimmed amid funding shortfall
Oklahoma City February 1 AP reports the resignations of A. L. Beckett state director of federal relief and his secretary Charles Webb as the relief office is reduced to a skeleton force due to lack of funds. Gov Murray plans drastic cuts with 50 or more employees to go while counties may receive $100,000 from a $600,000 state allocation. only about $150,000 remains in the state fund as Washington explains aid declined after limited intrastate cost sharing.
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Oklahoma City
A. L. Beckett
Charles Webb
Oklahoma
Beckett
Murray
Washington
Bank sets new record in making farm loans
Wichita Feb 1 AP The federal land loan bank of Wichita reported January loans totaling 6 045 200 across 2 568 loans, a monthly record for both count and money since the bank’s 17 year history. Call, the president, said figures approximate two thirds of 1933 totals. Loans and disbursements were to farmers in Colorado New Mexico Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Wichita
Federal Land Loan Bank of
UE Call
Land Bank
Land - Bank
Ninth Land Bank
Colorado
New
Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Mrs Sankey jailed in Sioux Falls on bond in Sankey case
Mrs Fern Sankey, wife of kidnapper Verne Sankey, was jailed in Sioux Falls on 25000 bond after arrest at the Sankey ranch near Gann Valley following word her husband was captured in Chicago. She faces conspiracy charges tied to the Boettcher kidnapping and had been free on 5000 bond. Detained as a flight risk, she awaits bond fulfillment.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Fern Sankey
Chicago
Sankey
Gann Valley
Olaf Eidem
Denver
U. S
Thomas J. Morrissey
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Bank Robbery Suspects Named in Independence Hold-Up
Chief of Police Paxon identifies Glenn Wright and Harry Campbell of South Coffeyville as suspects in the Independence bank robbery yesterday, with about $10,000 taken. Clyde Barrow rumored to be involved. connection to Coffeyville gas office raid noted. Hostage Ernest Boys unable to id suspects. bandits last seen near Moran. Also reports PWA projects for Kansas towns Bennington and Galena seeking loans and grants for a community hall and a mine dewatering project.
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Independence
Kan
Paxon
Glenn "Wright
Harry Campbell
South Coffeyville
State Bank
Clyde Barrow
Wright
Campbell
Union Gas
Coffeyville
Jimmie Lawson
Ernest Boys
Moran
PWA
Lopeka
Bennington
Galena
Rae Paulette
Kansas
Vote Washington date clash on St. Lawrence treaty
A second attempt to set a vote on the St. Lawrence waterway treaty failed in the senate. Administration backers favor February 10 while opponents push for an earlier date. The proposal was deferred until tomorrow as leaders seek a workable agreement. Also, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad boosts shop work force in Parsons and other cities as Milligan becomes U.S. district attorney for western Missouri.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Waterway
Senate
Local CWA program updates and funding impact
The article reports on CWA program status in Douglas County and Lawrence as of mid February, noting potential cessation if funds run out February 15. It highlights reduced hours, payroll cuts, projected completion of road rock work, county and township projects, and city goals including airport work and water system upgrades.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
CWA
Roosevelt
Congress
Douglas
County
Dellmar P.milné
Milne
E. F. Trueblood
Trueblood
Lake View
Highway 40
California
Kanwaka
Two Hills
Lone Star
Clinton Township
Barker Avenue
Water Works
Centrol
K. U
J. L. Constant
Massachusetts
Highway Department
Tifteenth Street
Department 5
PWA
Massachusetts Street
Dempsey Stops by Troopers After Independence Bank Robbery
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey was stopped twice by troopers guarding the roads near Independence Kansas after a bank robbery there on Wednesday. Dempsey, en route to Joplin from Oklahoma, told Lieut Bram Bentley he hoped the robbers would be captured.
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Independence
Kan
Jack. Dempsey
Dempsey
Bram Bentley
Joplin
Oklahoma Sty
Stock Market Index Note Shows Narrow Advance
A terse market note records the stock index at 91.0 with 90 stocks, mentioning Harry Turner Coal Co of Philadelphia and the day’s slight move as read in the afternoon listings.
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Harry ‘Turner Coal Co
Phi
Ady
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Little America Base
Floyd Pean
Dillinger
Michigan
Huey
Walmaley
L. M
H. S
Huey Slugs
Garton
University Coal Co
Tom ‘ Dalton
B. H. Gragg
Moscow
Soviet Union
Gregory Ordzhonokidzie
Supreme Economic Council
All-Union
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Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
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Milligan
Maurice M.milligan
Richmond
Western
Missouri
William L. Vandeventer
Hamilton
Jack
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