Congress awaits budget message as Roosevelt balance plan debated
Washington January 4 lawmakers prepared to hear the annual budget message and begin debating appropriations as discussions continued on tax revision and the all weather farm program. Roosevelt pressed for cooperation with business while stressing no reduced revenues and no tax abuses. Republicans praised his conciliatory tone but urged concrete assurances for pro business policy. Senators and representatives worked on crop control housing and tax provisions amid cross party commentary.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
White House
Vinson
Congress
McNary
Oregon
Representative Snell
New York
Fellows Presidential
Samoan Clipper Awaits Philippine Ship For Flight Resume
The Samoan clipper of Pan American Airways, a 19 ton flying boat, arrived in Honolulu from Kingman Reef on the last leg of a 4452 mile Auckland to United States route. It is to be joined by the Philippine clipper from Manila for a resumed fortnightly air mail service to Alameda California. No passengers carried on this initial run. future service planned.
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Honolulu
United States
Pan-American Airways
Kingman Reef
Auckland
N. Z
Manila
Alameda
Cal
Pan- American Airways
British Imperial Airways
Sydney
Australia
Equatorial Pacific
Pago Pago
American Samoa
J. Halli Paxton
U. S
Nanking
Senate studying unemployment aims for cooperation not blame
Washington reports a special senate committee will seek cooperation from employers workers and government officials to determine any needed legislation to spur job creation and relief programs for the unemployed. Witness Isador Lubin estimates November into December job losses at 1.475 to 1.55 million with manufacturing construction and railroads hit hardest.
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Washington
Senate
Byrnes
D-S.c
Congress
Isador Lubin
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
First Committee
Lubin
Railroads
Kennedy to visit San Francisco on Dollar Line subsidy talks
Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy of the Maritime Commission plans to travel to San Francisco after a White House conference to assess the Dollar Line's financial crisis. He calls the line's condition fairly acute since President Hoover's grounding in the Far East and seeks data to decide if a federal subsidy is warranted.
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Washington
Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
White House
San Francisco
Kennedy
Hoover
Far East
Commission
Philadelphia Mint's 1937 Output Tops Twenty-Two Million
The Philadelphia Mint reported producing 22,593,593 dollars in 1937. The figure highlights the mint's strong year with high output across its operations.
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Philadelphia Mint
Philadelphia
Upward Trend in Tax Collections Reported
The 1937 tax total as of December 31 reached 471 706.59 dollars, 47.14 percent of the 1 000 477.97 dollar roll. Collections compare favorably to 1936 at 44.58 percent, with 2.56 percent more collected than last year.
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Baldwin
Eudora
Lecompton
A. M. Gardner
Mildred LeSuer
Lawrence
Tsudora
Lecompte
Bennett Girl Missing Sparks Widening Detroit Search
Gertrude Bennett 17 or 18, daughter of Ford Motor Co official Harry Bennett, vanished prompting police to pursue every lead from abduction to elopement. Meanwhile she and Russell Hughes reportedly wed yesterday in Auburn Indiana, though officials have not located them or confirmed the union.
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Detroit
Gertrude Bennett
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Motor Company Service Department
Donald S. Leonard
State Police
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Russell Hughes
Auburn
Ind
Leonard
Carl Walters
Miles Baxter
Justice Baxter
Ypsilanti, Mich
Helium Shipment to Germany Awaiting US Approval
Washington reports sale of 17 million cubic feet of helium to German Zeppelin interests awaiting presidential approval of export regulations. Government to purchase two small helium plants in Kansas and Colorado. Helium from near Amarillo, Texas, will supply the LZ 130 project as preparations move forward by American Zeppelin Transport.
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Washington
Zeppelin
Kansas
Colorado
Germany
America
Amarillo
Tex
National Munitions Board
Roscoe A. Cattell
Bureau of Mines
Cattell
Dexter
Kan
Thatcher
Colo
Girdler Corporation
Louisville
Hoppers to Return Threaten 35 Million Acres in 24 States
Bozeman Montana January 4 Grasshoppers will invade more than 35 689 000 acres in 24 states next summer with infestations in the plains five to six times as serious as last year Federal entomologist R L Shotwell predicted The heaviest infestations will be in North and South Dakota east of the Missouri River and in Missouri Shotwell said the cost to fight the pests would total about 2 896 300 compared with 976 013 spent in 1937 for 15 800 000 acres He noted migrations into nearly every state in the western two thirds of the United States and estimated 113 500 to control in Kansas.
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Bozeman
Mont
Great Plains
R. L. Shotwell
Federal Bureau of
United States
Shotwell
Kansas
Law Student to Head K U Birthday Ball Committee
Clark Howerton of Blue Mound Kansas, a senior KU law student, is named general chairman of the KU President's birthday ball committee. He will organize student and faculty participation to raise funds against infantile paralysis for local use and through the Warm Springs foundation. The dance is set for January 29 in the Union ballroom.
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Clark Howerton
Blue Mound
Kan
University of Kansas
K. U
Howerton
Warm Springs Foundation
University’s Union
Hill Leads Heflin in Alabama Senate Race
Scattering returns from absentee boxes in four rural and two urban Alabama counties show Congressman Lister Hill leading former Senator Thomas Heflin for the Democratic senatorial nomination. Early tallies from Mobile and Montgomery counties and surrounding areas put Hill at 838 to 61 for Heflin with Charles Williams at 10.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Lister Hill
Thomas Heflin
Mobile
Montgomery
Hill
Heflin
Charles Williams
National party committees run deficits in year
Washington reports show the Democratic national committee received 1 294 748 47 and spent 1 461 272 75 during the year with the main income from victory dinners leading to a deficit of 211 295 93. The Republican committee took in 628 046 and spent 632 185 with 8 495 55 cash on hand from unpaid debts.
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Washington
House
Republican Committee
Gunmen Seize Jewels From Palatial New York Home
Four gunmen stormed the home of J Edward Meyer in Kings Point Long Island abducting six people for over an hour and escaping with jewelry and other valuables valued at about 50 000.
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Kings Point
N. Y
Edward Meyer
Six Die in Plane Crash at Frankfort on the Main
Three passengers and three crew members, all Germans, were killed today when an Amilan London transport plane crashed on landing at Frankfort on the Main.
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Frankfort
Main
Germany
Romanian Minister Resigns to US Post
Charles Davila, Romanian minister to the United States, announced today his resignation effective immediately. Buck Jan. 2. The move ends his tenure as envoy to Washington and could affect diplomatic relations between Romania and the United States.
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Buck
Charles
A - Davila
United States
Kansas City Groups Form Fusion Move Opposing Pendergast
On January 4 Kansas City Republicans and the Independent Voters' League joined in a fusion effort to oppose T. J. Pendergast in the March city election. They agreed to cooperate on registration and left open further talks on candidates. William E. Byers and George S. Montgomery signed, aiming to purge unqualified names from registration lists.
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Kansas City
T.J. Pendergast
Kansas‘ City
T. J. Pendergast Democratic
Republican City Central Committee
Independent Voters’ League
William E. Byers
Republican
George S. Montgomery
U of Representatives
Bank Monopoly Criticized by Wheeler in Senate Hearing
Chairman Wheeler cites New York investment banks led by J. P. Morgan Kuhn Loeb and Morgan Stanley as controls of railroads and major finance. He notes the profession’s profits and likens banker client ties to a doctor patient relation. Patman adds banks and corporations concentrate wealth and control large shares of national resources.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Railroad Finance Committee
New York City
J. P. Morgan & Company
Morgan, Stanely & Company
Kuhn Loeb & Company
Benjamin J. Buttenweiser
Buttenweiser
Patman
D-Tex
Roosevelt
House
House 175
Wrestler Wyckoff Hit With $10,000 Injury Suit
Mrs Lorraine Powell of Wichita files in district court seeking 5000 actual and 5000 exemplary damages after alleging wrestler Lee Wyckoff of Tonganoxie struck and beat her at a November 15 match in Wichita. She says he pulled her hair and forced her to bite the defendant to free herself.
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Wichita
Kan
Lee Wyckoff
Tonganoxie
Wyckoff
Lorraine Powell
Destruction in Shanghai Fire and Warfare Report
Shanghai officials report four months of fire and warfare ending in November left 950 Chinese industrial enterprises completely destroyed and 1,000 damaged. Eastern and northern areas show 135000 job losses as mills require replacement machinery before resuming operations.
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Shanghai
Shanghai Municipal Council
Deficit hits 645 million in first half fiscal year
Washington reports the treasury says the deficit for the first half of the year reached 645,068,770 dollars while projections for the full year suggest a revision upward toward 1.25 billion. The notice comes as President Roosevelt faces budget considerations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Stock Market Index Advances to 44.2
The average of 60 stocks rose to 44.2, up from 42.9 yesterday. Investors show caution as winterization and auto sales themes influence trading at The Motor Inn.
Fighting in Streets as Teruel Battles Intensify
In Teruel, insurgents and Spanish government troops clash amid snow and sleet near the rifle lines. The exchange tests control of the provincial capital as 200,000 troops on the front face disrupted offensives and grounded air support.
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Hendaye
Teruel
Madrid
Murals Commission Plans Statehouse Finances
The Kansas murals commission will meet January 14 at the Wichita Hotel Lassen to discuss financing for murals titled Kansas War With Nature to hang in the statehouse corridor. Walter A. Haxman notes artist John Steuart Curry, a Kansan, has been engaged and his sketches have been accepted. The $20,000 project is sponsored by Kansas newspapers.
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Topeka
Kansas
Statehouse
Wichita
Hotel Lassen
Walter A. Haxman
John Steuart Curry
Kansan
Freshman Albert Spence Wounded by Accidental Rifle Discharge
Albert Spence, a University of Kansas freshman, was wounded in the abdomen when a .22 caliber rifle accidentally discharged. He was reported in satisfactory condition at Wichita Memorial hospital. The bullet entered the abdomen but missed vital organs, giving him a good chance to recover.
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Albert Spence
University of Kansas
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Spence
Fund For Unknown Widow Presented By Oswego Mayor
Oswego Kansas January 4 Mayor W A Blair tested Rotary club gullibility by passing a petition requiring each signature to include a dime donation for the unknown soldier’s widow. Nearly all members signed and contributed without reading the petition.
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Oswego
Kan
W. A. Blair
Rotary Club
Packers Forecast Higher U S Meat Consumption in 1938
Chicago reports in January 1938 that average Americans can expect more and larger meat portions in 1938 as packers anticipate a production rise. With more feed and lower wholesale prices, meat consumption is likely to increase after a 1937 low.
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U. S
Chicago
Institute of American Packers
Institute
Queen Hound Reunited After Stolen Case In Osceola Missouri
Queen a black and tan female coon hound stolen by two youths in Osceola last fall was recovered after a buyer in Douglas county alerted authorities. The dog was identified by Sheriff Fred Vogler and returned to its owner Mr. Coleman. The youths confessed to theft and sale near Baldwin. Glen Flory later handed the dog to a Lawrence veterinarian for safekeeping until the Osceola owner arrived.
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Queeen
Osceola
Douglas County
Fred Vogler
Baldwin
Coleman
Glen Flory
Near Worden
Missouri
Ike Thomas
Near
Worden
Lawrence
Warm weather persists for Kansas with above normal temps
Topeka Kansas January 4 Fair weather with above normal temperatures will continue in Kansas for 36 hours, says federal meteorologist S D Flora. Below normal lows tonight in Dodge City and other eastern counties rise to 22 to 25 degrees with highs tomorrow reaching 45 to 55 in various regions. Light rains yesterday added up to 0.01 inch in Topeka and small amounts elsewhere as skies clear across most of the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Dodge City
Wichita
Moran
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Missouri
North Carolina Convicts Captured After 11 Months On Run
Sanford N C January four two escaped North Carolina convicts Bill Payne and Wash Turner were captured by federal agents yesterday without a shot fired. The men faced charges of bank robbery murder draping and highway robbery and were considered the brains of a prison break last February. They were believed involved in robberies of several banks protected by deposit insurance and slain state patrolman George Penn.
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Sanford
N. C
Bill Payne
Wash Turner
North Carolina
Payne
Turner
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Murker
Caledonian
George Penn
Auto License Deadline Issued For Kansas Vehicles
Topeka Kansas January 4 194? State vehicle commissioner Leonard G Hickman warns drivers to purchase auto licenses before February 1. After the deadline officers will bar machines with old tags from highways and streets and he may deputize field representatives to enforce the law.
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Topeka
Kan
Leonard G. Hickman
Hickman
School board previews fiscal and building plans for year
The board authorized bids for redecorating Liberty Memorial high school auditorium and for work on the McAllaster school addition. It approved establishing a sinking fund to retire Liberty Memorial bonds due in 1942 and budgeting for the McAllaster project. A one mill levy aims to raise 15000 for the sinking fund. The board discussed the New York school issue bonds due 1942 and considered Miss Dorothy Wilson’s resignation for a Des Moines post, pending a replacement.
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Board of Education
Liberty Memorial High School
McAllasten School
McAllaster
New York
Finance Committee
Dorothy Wilson
New York School
Wilson
Des Moines
Lawrence Choral Union Plans Pilgrims Progress Recital
The Lawrence Choral Union resumes rehearsals tonight at 7 30 in Liberty Memorial High School. Walter Allen Stults will sing Christian in Pilgrims Progress under Dr Otto Miessner. Three former Kelley students pledge to attend the March 27 performance and reunion in Lawrence.
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Lawrence Choral Union
Liberty Memorial High School
Otto Miessner
Christian
Pilgrims Progress
Walter Allen Stults
Voice
North+ western Humansity
Pittsburgh
Music Teachers National Association
Miessner
Edgar Stillman Kelley
Pilgrim’s Progress
Berlin
Theodore Kratt
School of Fine Arts
Miami University
Leo Miller
St. Louis Institute of Music
Henry Stearns
Collins College
Youngstown, C
Lawrence
Kelley
Government to seek dissolution of power injunctions
Attorney General Cummings said the government will seek immediate dissolution of nearly fifty temporary injunctions blocking public power projects in 23 states following the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding government grants and loans to municipally owned plants. The decision in the Alabama and Duke cases was announced yesterday.
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Washington
Cummings
Supreme Court
Alabama
Duke Power
High Tribunal
Founder of Ursuline Academy Dies in Paola Kansas
Sister Mary Lawrence Heintzman 76, a founder of Ursuline Academy in Paola, died at the school. She and six other sisters arrived from Kentucky to open the academy on December 8, 1894.
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Academy
Paola
Kan
Mary Lawrence Heintzman
Ursuline Academy
Kentucky
Herington Residents Quiet in December Court
Herington Kansas residents showed lawfulness in December with no cases tried before Police Judge E M Blachley. The report notes all local citizens complied with ordinances and orders during the month.
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Herington
Kan
Upp
E. M. Blachley
Kansas Weather Forecast and Road Conditions
Fair tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions in the western area. Wednesday morning will be generally clear. Dirt roads fair at Pittsburg and Emporia, elsewhere good. Gas Office record shows temperatures with a maximum of 42 and a minimum of -2. Local coal company note and phone listing included.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Emporia
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