Message of Faith in Washington Stuns Congress
President Roosevelt presented a bleak budget outlook to Congress predicting a nine billion dollar deficit by the end of the 1935 fiscal year and a record national debt. He urged balancing the budget while stressing the recovery program and the government’s good credit as essential. Democratic support was cautious and Republicans labeled the message a sign of despair as the chamber absorbed the figures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Dickinson
Underhill Holds On in Oklahoma Hospital Warily
Wilbur Underhill wounded fugitive remained conscious at a Shawnee hospital as Pottawatomie officers planned to charge Raymond Roe with harboring criminals. Clarence Tankersley jurisdictional details cited. Roe to be returned from Oklahoma City for arraignment. Roe and Underhill were arrested in a Saturday raid.
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Shawnee
Okla
Wilbur Underhill
Pottawatomie County
Raymond Roe
Clarence Tankersley
Governor Landon Accepts Bible Class Invitation
Kansas City Kansas January 4 AP Gov Alf Landon had declined a father son dinner last November saying he was ineligible. Now the First Presbyterian Church men's Bible class reports the governor accepted an invitation to speak January 11. A son was recently born to Governor and Mrs Landon.
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Kansas City
Kan
Alf M Landon
First Presbyterian Church
Landon Recentile
Kansas Weather Forecast With Mixed Conditions
A Kansas forecast shows generally fair weather tonight and Friday with unsettled conditions in the extreme northwest. Much colder in the northwest, warmer Friday with clouds and fog in some areas. Slick roads due to ice and snow in Pittsburg, Ottawa, Coffeyville, Topeka, Dodge City, Wichita, and Salina. Gas Office records note temperature readings.
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Kansas
Ina
Pitts
Coffey
Topeka
Pittsburg
Dodge City
Wichita
Salina
Doukas County
Roosevelt budget plans eight billion spending through July 1
Washington reports the Roosevelt budget projects total outlays of 8.4 billion dollars from now to July 1, aiming for a year end total of 11.057 billion including debt retirement and new appropriations. The latest treasury state shows 2.622 billion spent so far, with figures broken into public works funds Reconstruction Corporation outlays and normal expenditures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Reconstruction Corporation
Public
Public Works Fund
Beery
Budget projections for Indian Affairs 1935 appropriations
Washington AP reports the President's 1935 budget recommends 16.29 million for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, with 18.45 million in 1934 appropriations and 15.94 million expected expenditures. Details include education, agriculture, industry, and school support for various tribes, with funds from public works and recovery programs.
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Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Congress
National Recovery Fund
Indiana
Five Civilized Tribes
Saint Louis’ Mission -Board School
Oklahoma
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kansas
Chilocco
Okla
Hold up at Willow State Bank in Greer County
Four men robbed the First State Bank of Willow in Greer County Oklahoma cutting telephone lines and escaping in a 1933 Ford with Kansas plates. They kidnapped bookkeeper Miss Jewel Patton, but released her unharmed 114 miles east of town. An alarm limited posse pursuit to a single car.
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Mangum
Okla
First State Bank of
Willow
Greer County
Kansas
J. H. Ford
el Osborn
Ford
Osborn
Miss Patto
Roying
Othr
Paving Order To Come This Week On Massachusetts Street
The $91,000 Massachusetts Street paving project in Kansas City will begin the week of January 15 after the work order is signed and sent to Harrison Engineering of Kansas City. The project includes brick removal, concrete paving to Twenty Third Street, new curbs, six foot widening, and seeks an extra public works grant to finish to Twenty Third Street. Labor will be drawn from the Douglas county re employment roster, with a resident engineer supervising. Completion will take several months.
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Mirtual Assurance
Massachusetts
Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Department
Toneka
Reblic Works Administration
Kansas City
Harrison Engineering and Construction Company
Twenty Third Street
Public Works Administration
Kansas Electric Power Company
State Highway Department v
S. B. Quantz
Massachusetts Street
Douglas County
Quincy
New York
Cordley
Altho
Quincey School
Quincy Puvils
Stay of execution granted in Finney case in Topeka
The Kansas Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for Ronald Finney, bond broker, keeping him in Shawnee County custody until final disposition of his appeal. His $40 000 bond remains unchanged. Appeals hearings are set for April 3, aligning with his father's appeal for embezzlement convictions in Lyon County. Gibson notes on transfer papers and ongoing efforts to reconcile prosecutors in the Finney case.
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Topeka
Supreme Court
Ronald Finney
Shawnee
Finney
Warren W. Finney
Lyon County
John Schenck
Finney Ekely
Shawnee County
Ordder
Toneka
Jan
Lester Goodell
Paul H Heinz
Dean Rogers
Alf M. Landon
Goodell
Hugo Wedel
CWA Names District Officers for Historic Building Survey
Secretary Ickes announced the appointment of 39 district officers to supervise locally the Civil Works Administration historic building survey. Those authorized to receive requests for specific buildings were instructed to direct inquiries to district officers. The Nebraska-Kansas district lists William L. Steele of Omaha among its appointed personnel.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
Ickes
Fom
Nebraska-Kansas
William L. Steele
Omaha
Senate Approves Morgenthau Nomination for Treasury
Washington January 4 AP The senate moved to confirm Henry Morgenthau Jr as secretary of the treasury after the finance committee endorsed the nomination and Senator Long indicated support. The finance committee's unanimous report was submitted by Chairman Harrison and Long said he was satisfied with the committee's examination.
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Washington
Senate
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Scores of bills sent to house committees in Washington
Washington January 4 AP scores of new measures sent to house committees include RFC loans to industry with security on land buildings machines accounts receivable or orders up to 50 percent value. Other items cover veterans benefits, free and silver coinage, disaster loans, expanded farm loans, interstate tax limits, and a postal note system. Senate measures include death penalty for kidnappers, food drug and cosmetic reforms, Missouri river development, anti lynching, bank robbery jurisdiction, and cattle as a basic commodity.
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RFC
Kelly R
Taylor
Rtenn
Zutaah
Dunn
Representative Cross
Tex
Shallenberger
Neb
Representative Hope
Kan
Reconstruction Corporation
Mie
Wilson
Land Bank
Swank
Okla
Senate
Patterson
D. Mo
Copeland
D. N
Norrie
Missouri River Territory
Tennessee Valley Plan
Costigan
D. Colo
Warner
Robinson
R. Ind
McFarlane
D. Tex
Kelly
R. Pa
Senator Connally
New York Police Start Out on Big City Cleanup
New York police and detectives fan out from headquarters to canvass speakeasies cafes night clubs and known criminal hangouts as they round up suspects for lineup. Officers say they act under Mayor LaGuardia and Police Commissioner O Ryan with backing for aggressive action.
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New York
Big City
Boy with bullet in brain improves at Goessel hospital
Physicians in Newton report two year old Donald Eugene Unruh, shot in the head when a steer was pursued in his home, showed signs of strength and possible recovery after initial despair. The incident occurred as his parents watched. In Topeka, Harold Simpson, a gasoline dealer, was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail for evading about $600 in state gasoline taxes.
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Newton
Donald Eugene Unruh
Goessel Hospital
Elmer Unruh
Topeka
Jan
Harold Simpson
Governors plan conference call for agricultural states
St Paul Jan 4 AP Governor Floyd B Olson said Oklahoma Governor William Murray authorized him to issue an official call for a conference of governors of agricultural states to outline legislative recommendations to Congress. Tentative dates January 15-17 in view. Governors of Arkansas Kansas New Mexico Arizona Nevada have accepted invites and Olson awaits Iowa Wisconsin North Dakota and South Dakota responses.
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Floyd. B
Olson
William Murray
Oklahoma
Congress
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Kansas
New Mexico
Arizona
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Iowa
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Fugitive Theo Dodson Dead After Kansas Hold Up
Theo dore Roosevelt Dodson, wounded fatally by a police officer following a hold up in Lawrence Kansas, had been a Virginia fugitive for three years sentenced to 25 years but escaped from Culpeper jail while awaiting a new trial. Police recovered letters and a US map in his effects showing a wandering itinerary through Haggers town Maryland Martinsburg West Virginia Pittsburgh Chicago Kankakee Lafayette Panhandle Amarillo Taylor Texas and other stops. His wife and brothers had written him letters about his son and return home but Dodson was buried as a pauper with no family claiming the body.
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Washington
Jan
Theodore Roosevelt Dodson
Lawrence
Kan
Virginia
Virginia State Penitentiary
Dodson
Culpeper
Ted Dodson
United States
Haggerstown
Martinsburg
W. Va
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Ill
Lafayette
Ind
Panhandle
Tex
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Taylor
Nethers
Oldray
Holdenville
Okla
Seminole
CWA
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Detroit
Mich
St. Louis
Kansas City
Emporia
el Dorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Charles Dodson
Nethers,a
Dotson
Rules on subscriptions Topeka January 4 AP
The attorney general ruled free distribution of copies of a paper with a legal notice does not create general circulation. General circulation is based on active distribution in the township during prior months or year. A paper lacking general circulation cannot publish legal notices by scattering copies carrying the notice.
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Topeka
Roland. Boynton
Kansas
Walter T. Griffin
Atorney General
N'A
Senators Couzens and Lewis Lead Senate Biographical Pages
In the new congressional directory the biographical section features Senator Couzens of Michigan writing 27 words about himself while Senator Lewis of Illinois contributes 34 lines. The stock market index reports the average at 79.0 with a note on yesterday's activity.
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Washington
Couzens
Michigan
Lewis
Illinois
Senate
Congressional
Sleet Causes Minor Accidents Across Lawrence Area
Sleet and freezing rain left ice on streets late yesterday, causing several minor car accidents on the Fourteenth Street hill and dangerous highway travel into Lawrence. Drivers abandoned attempts to reach destinations, trains and interurbans ran late, and some buses were delayed while city crews worked to clear hazards. The Oklahoma Aggies basketball squad stopped in town en route to Des Moines for a Friday game with Drake, practicing at Ottawa due to travel slowdowns.
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Lawrence
Fourteenth
Tennessee
First Town
Oklahoma Aggie
Howard James
Des Moines
Drake
K. U
Ottawa
Eldridge
Kansas City
Missouri
Lincoln
Neb
Sabetha East
Sheriff's Office
Dutton Bridge
Missouri Legislature Faces Tighter Deadlock
Jefferson City Mo Jan 4 A sales tax plan aimed to raise 4 million annually faces a tighter deadlock as the senate passes a 1.4 percent base tax on tangible property services and incomes over 1200 with a contingency on a 1 cent gasoline tax. The house is likely to reject. a joint conference committee may seek a compromise with a possible vote today or tomorrow.
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Jefferson City
Senate
House
Constitutional — Amendments
Work for Many Kansans Under CWA Winsnead
Kansas work under the Civil Works Administration employed 58,688 men and 2,910 women in the week ending December 28, with total wages of 801 600 dollars. Civil Works Chief John G. Stutz reported that in six weeks the program has paid over 3,600,900 dollars for more than 3,000,000 man hours. Lyle J. Fleener of Caney Kane died from injuries suffered when a street car crashed into his car in Shreveport Louisiana two weeks earlier.
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Topeka
Kansas
John G. Stutz
Washington
Stutz
Shreveport
Lyle J. Fleener
Caney, Kane
Caney
Corn Sealed In Cribs Taxable Under Loans
Topeka Jan 4 Walter Pleasant chairman of the state tax commission ruled that corn stored in sealed cribs as security for government loans under the corn hog program is subject to taxation. He said the coin occupied much the same status as a farm with a mortgage, and the lien does not remove the property from assessment.
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Topeka
Walter Pleasant
State Tax Commission
Harry Umberwer
Kansas State College
Pleasant
Roosevelt Budget Sparks Capitol Reactions on Budget deficit
Washington notes mixed views as President Roosevelt unveils the budget. Speaker Rainey calls the deficit startling while Dickinson warns of an "unknown peacetime record" of waste. Republicans and Democrats differ on debt growth, taxes, and future prosperity, with finance leaders predicting a move toward balance by 1936 or sooner.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Rainey
Dickinson
Iowa
Linn Sheriff on Stand Testifies About Prisoner Abuse
Sheriff Ed Coffeen of Linn county testified at the ouster hearing of J A Jackson that one prisoner, Howard Crust, received from Jackson last July had a badly bloodshot eye while the other, Herbert Rose, showed no signs of mistreatment. Clayton Brenner and Maurice Hubbard testified they saw the two prisoners in jail days before delivery but found no evidence of beating.
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Clathe
Ed Coffeen
Linn County
J.A. Jackson
Johnson County
Jackson
Howard Crust
Herbert Rose
Coffeen
Clayton Brenner
Maurice Hubbard
Justice of the Peace
Southern Cross at Natal completes Atlantic crossing
The French flying boat Southern Cross landed at Natal at 7:10 am local time after an 18 hour 17 minute flight from Saint Louis Senegal covering 1970 miles. The hydroplane, competing to establish a transatlantic air mail route, aims for daily Paris Rio service within two months with a non stop South Atlantic hop. Return: Death by own actions verdict in Texarkana. Arkansas. G W Reeland JP ruled in the case of J G McGuire Leavenworth Kansas found stabbed in a hotel room.
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Brazil
Southern Cross
Saint Louis
Senegal
E.S.T
Germany
Europa
South America
Africa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
South Atlantic
Texarkana
Ark
G. W. Reeland
Justice of the Peace
J. G. McGuire
Leavenworth
Kan
Lawrence to vote on bond for new city school building
Lawrence officials announced a bond issue proposal to finance a new one story school on the New York site replacing New York and Quincy schools. A $110,000 federal loan and grantrequires a voter approval via a special election. The project would serve about 400 children with 80 percent grant aid and a potential 30 year repayment plan.
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Lawrence
New York and
Quincy
Birch
Washington
Public Works’ Administration
New York
Pinckney School
Pinckney
Mild Weather Forecast for Topeka and Kansas
Moderate temperatures follow recent light rains across Kansas with no further precipitation expected soon. Federal meteorologist D. Lora predicts readings near normal with highs around 85 to 40 degrees nationwide, cooling to 30 in the east and 120 in the west, while a traffic collision victim is noted in the city.
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Topeka
Kansas
D. Lora
Federal
Tomorow
Ice Covered Streets Blamed For Death In Topeka
Ice coated pavements caused two separate incidents last night in Topeka. George Flagler, 78, died after being struck by a motor car at a downtown intersection. Miss Elizabeth Gregory suffered a broken arm when she slipped and fell on the ice.
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Topeka
George Flagler
Elizabeth
Gregory
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