Barkley Sees No New Taxes If Slashed Budget Stands
Senator Barkley of Kentucky said congressional cuts in appropriations could avoid the need for new taxes as President Roosevelt proposed 460 million in additional levies for defense costs. Both houses trimmed bills, including a Guam harbor project, with further reductions likely. Barkley predicted a June adjournment if taxes aren’t reconsidered. McNary cautioned on early return to session.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Guam
Pacific
Japan
Chamber
Appropriations Committee
McNary
Oregon
Woodring Accepts Neodesha Banquet Invite
Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring today accepted an invitation to address Neodesha Kansas American Legion post Washington day banquet next Friday night. He will be principal speaker at the Kansas Democratic Washington day rally in Topeka Thursday night and plans to travel from there. Woodring formerly lived in Neodesha before his 1930 election as Kansas governor.
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Neodesha
Kan
Harry H. Woodring
Neodesha American Legion Post
Woodring
Topeka
Seeceate
Kangas
Kansans warned no tickets for K U basketball game
State officials told Kansas University students not to come to Manhattan for the Kansas State game on February 20. No tickets will be sold and only Kansas State students with activity books will be admitted at Nichols Gymnasium, which seats 2,800 amid a student body of about 4,000.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas’ University
Kansas State-K. U
Frank L. Myers
Kansas State
Cymnasium
Fellowship of Prayer Message by Dr. Atkins
Prepared for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America this 1940 issue calls for unity in the body of Christ. It emphasizes shared wealth through mutual care and interwoven lives, urging believers to bear one another's burdens and seek happiness in others' well-being.
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Gaius Glenn Atkins
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Jesus
All-Music Vespers Promises Diverse Performances Tomorrow
The 64th all-musical vespers set for Hoch auditorium features the men's glee club and University band plus solo and ensemble pieces. Performances include Bach and Sinding works, a Haydn Wood Manx Overture, and a mass movement duet with Marie Wilkins soprano.
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Hoch Auditorium
Men's Glee Club
Don Dooley Hal Iudas Maccabreus
Handel Universi Club
Joseph F. Wilkins
Edna Givens
Paul Stoner
Vincent Bleecker
Eugene Ninninger
Sarah Mohler
Helen Rymph
Zittern
Wan
Ken
Bach Marie Wilkins
Olga Eltner
Ruth Orcutt
Sinding Wademar Gelich
Karl Euersteiner
Olga Eitner
Raymond Stuhl
Joseph Wilkins
G. Criss Simpson
Winifred Hill
Haydn Wood University
Russell L. Wiley
Cap Watson Dies War Veteran and Pittsburg Banker
CAPT. W. J. WATSON DIES AT 68 IN PITTSBURG KAN. PROMINENT LAWYER FORMER BANKER AND POSTMASTER, VETERAN OF THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. He served as president of the First National Bank, Kansas Bankers Association, and was judge advocate general of the Kansas National Guard before retiring as colonel. Survived by widow with funeral plans undetermined.
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Pittsburg
Kan
William J. Watson
Cap
Svas
Twentieth Kansas Regiment
Philippines
Watson
First National Bank
Kansas Bankers Association
Spain
Mr. Watson
Fred Funston
Far East
Kansas National Guard
Kansas A.O. U. W
Public Library Board
Sedgwick County Begins Food Stamp Plan Distribution
Sedgwick county relief clients began the food stamp program with free blue stamps for relief rolls today. Stamps could be exchanged for surplus commodities. orange stamps for WPA recipients start Tuesday. Roy G. Martin will launch Saline and Shawnee county plans next.
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Wichita
Kan
Sedgwick County
Roy G. Martin
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Salina
Saline County
Topeka
Nita Akin to Play at First Methodist Church
Nationally known concert organist Nita Akin will perform Sunday evening at the First Methodist Church. The Kansas Chapter of the AGO sponsors the event which is open to the public without charge. The concert begins at o'clock in Lawrence.
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Nita Akin
First Methodist Church
Lawrence
Kansas
The
Mortgage Fire Too Hot at Walesboro Church
Members of Bethel Baptist church in Walesboro Indiana gathered to burn the paid off mortgage on church property when a fire broke out destroying the debt free structure. Loss estimated at eight thousand dollars.
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Columbus
Ind
Bethel Baptist Church
Walesboro
May Abandon Prison at Cherry Hill Branch
Philadelphia reports Pennsylvania may abandon the 111 year old Cherry Hill branch of Eastern State Penitentiary cited as atrocious since 1842 by Dickens. Warden Herbert Smith joked convicts are always digging holes. Officials halted a budding escape after two 35 foot tunnels toward opposite walls were found two days earlier, trapping about 200 inmates.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Cherry Hill
Eastern State Penitentiary
Charles Dickens
Herbert Smith
WANTS A TAXLESS HAVEN
Des Moines Iowa reports tax commission officials say a letter from an Iowa resident requests a list of states without income tax to plan her move. The note notes 14 of 48 states qualify. Mrs Maybelle Miles of St Johnsbury, age 73, skis for Christmas and plans to learn after receiving ski gear from her son.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tax Commission
Burlington, Vt
Maybelle Miles
St. Johnsbury
Lawrence Kansans Attend Local Social Gatherings
Eudora Edminston of Lawrence and Topeka called on Mr. and Mrs. George Lothholz Wednesday afternoon. Miss Heneritta Schubert visited Kansas City relatives. Victoria club met with Mrs. C. D. Sachett. Will Miller hosted J. D. Dinner bridge club with an $8 course. High score went to Mrs. Lula Lothholz and Fred Walker. low to multiple couples.
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Charley Edminston
Lawrence
Topeka
George Lothholz
Heneritta Schubert
Kansas City
Clarence Stoelzing
Bower
Victoria Club
C. D. Sachett
Will Miller
J. D
Valentine
Lula Lothholz
Fred Walker
Spencer McCoy
Ralph James
Will Mertz
William Mercier
Charles Schéhrer
Glenn Wilson
Buddy
Bill Harper
New Baby
Memorial Hospital
Keith Starr
Everett Elmore
Carol Gerstenberger
J. D. Adams
Ralph Davis
Herbert Knipp
Ray Miller
Herman Bohnsack
Mary Seiwald
Bert Seiwald
Fannie Braden
Ellsmore
Kan
Ray Ogden
Nadia Hughes
Pete Edlebrock
Don Westheffer
Alfred Eisele
Bobby Massey
Ray Morriss
DeSoto
Don Claire
Grandma Bohnsack
Eudora Flower Club
Minnie Jones
CPA
IOOF
Wanda Bernitz
Holyfield
Junkins
Mr Junkins
Clem Zillner
Virginia
George Jennings
Fred Papenhouse
Dale
Mr. An
Eudora Community Notices Highlight Meetings and Visits
Local social items list neighbor visits in Lawrence and Eudora. Activities include bridal parties, luncheon gatherings, church meetings, officer elections, a spelling bee, musical performances, and birthday celebrations. Several residents travel to Topeka and Desoto, with health and illness notes and a memorial service in Kansas City.
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N. Carolina
Ontario
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Long Island Sound
Sen. Barkley
K. U
Omaha
Neb
CPI
Roy Mills
Fellowship OF Prayer
Journal-World
W. J. Watson
Indiana Church
E. W. Young
ED Young
Eudora
Paul Papenhausen
Eddie Papenhausen
Joyce
Frank Sommers
Guy Pennock
Minnie Ables
Otto Ables
Evening Star
Harold Lee
Daughtery
Grippe
Methodist Church
Arline Bohnsack
Benitta Bartz
Alice Breicheisen
Mary Hisele
Bohnsack
W. C. Watson
Cory
Gottlieb Neider
Roger
Lealand
George Wong Wai
W. O. Watson
Ottawa
Baldwin
Rev. Watson
June Louise Ables
Fred Airs
Fred Papenhausen
Allen Westerhouse
Katherine Dissinger
Mary Miller
Margaret Coleman
Natalie Nichols
Ward
Mercier
Robert
Eleanora
Pasewark
Elton Jones
Leon Durr
Otto Rosenesu
Oscar Lothholz
Od Daugherty
St. Pauuls Church
Salemns Church
Verle Neis
Albert Wichman
Harold Gabriel
John Kazmaek
Medford Roland
John: Johnston
Vernon Stroble
Oscar Broers
Robert Eisele
Carol Gerstenhereer
Russell Comfort
Lowell Comfort
Reifschneider
Weidensaul
Robert Fulton
Darryl F. Zanuck
Faye Macmurray Greene
Joe Louis
Arturo Godoy
Patee
Clark
Jeanette
Lord and Lady
Barbary Coast
Johnny Mack. Brown
Chip of the Flying U
Oregon Trail
Lehr
Mr. Smith
Lubitsch
Jimmy
Margaret
Margaret Sullavan
James Stewart
With Frank
Morgan
Joseph Schildkraut
Felix Bressart
George Raft
Invisible Stripes
Tony Martin
Granada
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Krueger
Kansas City Philharmonic
Bell’s Music Store
Round Corner Drug Store
School of Fine Arts Office
D. M. Swarthout
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