Landon seeks tax relief in Kansas legislative push
Governor Landon urged a broad program to cut taxes and prune state spending in the 1933 Kansas session. He called for a thorough audit of the highway department and a general paring down of salaries, urging nonpartisan action to reduce real estate taxes while stressing the need for sane, downward tax reform amid a slim Republican majority. He noted farm income drops, bank deposits fall, and widespread unemployment, warning against premature or partisan tax moves.
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Topeka
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Harry H. Woodring
Landon
Senate
House
State
Nos Woodring
Fiel
Kansas Farmer's
Kansay
Plan New and Safe Draft of the Beer Bill
Washington January 11 AP A senate judiciary subcommittee moved to redraft the house 3.2 percent beer bill to fit the constitution. Prohibition leaders argued against it on constitutional grounds at a public hearing. Senate leaders doubt House approval as Speaker Garner rejects suspending rules for the Senate bill and wants outright repeal per the party platform.
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Washington
Jan. Il
Senate’ Judiciary -Sube
House
Blaine
Congress
Judiciary
Senate
Garner
Japan Seizes Chinmenkow Pass Enters Jehol Region
Japanese troops drive Chinese defenders from Chinmenkow pass, claim control of the pass into Jehol. Observers view the action as defensive to shield Shanhaikwan garrison, noting Chinmenkow is one of several passes into Jehol and Miyake aims to keep the pass closed without advancing into China proper.
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Peiping
China
Chin
Chiumenkow
Shanhaikwan
Jehol
Chang Hsiao-Liang
North China
Miyake
Wall
Six hurt in Lawrence area car crash. several serious
Six of seven injured in Lawrence area crashes remain hospitalized or at home. W. E. Palmatheer of 402 Elm Street is listed as serious after a St. Clair car overturned near Third and North streets. Daisy Cagle of 1807 Kentucky Street improved this morning after head bruises. J. S. St. Clair of 516 Ohio Street suffers hip back and leg injuries. X rays due. Ned Swope of 73015 Massachusetts Street also injured, Mrs. Swope bruised. Western University president D. King and Prof. J. Robert Ransom are in critical condition after a Buck Creek crash driven by Miss Louise Bruce of Leavenworth. Miss Bruce and M. Willietta Hyde were killed.
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Lawrence
Memorial +hospital
W. E. Palmatheer
Elm Street
J. S. St. Clair
Third
North
North Lawrence
Daisy Cagle
Kentucky ‘Street
Miss Cagle
St. Clair
Mr. St. Clair
Ohio Street
Ned Swope
Massachusetts Street
D. King
Western University At
Kansas City
J. Robert Ransom
Western University
Louise Bruce
Leavenworth
Buck Creek
Bruce
M. Willietta Hyde
Women Will Discuss City's Welfare Work
The League of Women Voters hosts a 3 pm meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at the old city hall. Mrs. Carrell D. Clark will present a yearlong study by the community welfare-organization group, detailing county poor fund allotments and private agencies. An open discussion will follow from the floor.
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League of Women Voters
Chamber of Commerce
Old City Hall
Carrell D.clark
County Poor Fund
Ifloor
Kansas Weather Update: Fair and Warmer Conditions Ahead
The forecast calls for fair weather across Kansas with milder temperatures in the west and north tonight. Thursday should be fair and somewhat warmer with clear skies in the morning and partly cloudy conditions in Akasa City and Wichita. Road conditions remain good on main routes including Douglas County. Temperature reports show yesterday's high and today's readings at noon are noted, indicating a warming trend.
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Kansas
Akasa City
Wichita
Douglas County
Cold delays street work on Vermont street block
Concrete pouring for the third strip of the 800 block on Vermont street was halted by cold weather. Workmen completed the two side strips and covered the surface with straw to prevent freezing, while leveling of ground in the fourth strip proceeded this morning.
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Vermont Street
A J
Highway probe in Kansas Senate in 1933 session
Topeka January 11 AP A measure for a legislative investigation and audit of the highway department is pending in the Kansas Senate as one of the first acts of the 1933 session. Senator Claude Bradney of Columbus sponsors the resolution, reviving a 1931 vetoed proposal and tying to Governor Landon’s push for scrutiny of department affairs.
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Topeka
State Highway Department
Senate
Claude Bradney
Columbus
Bradney
Harry H. Woodring
House
Alfred M. Landon
Highway Department
Ito
Woodring
Federal Road Bureau
Kansas
Landon
Ralston
Eldorado
Friend Named on Ways and Means Committee
Lieutenant Governor Thompson announced the appointment of senate judiciary and ways and means committees. Harlan of Manhattan was named judiciary chair with Rees of Emporia as vice chair, while Knapp of Coffeyville heads Ways and Means with Schoen of Downs as vice chair. Additional members include Bender Holton Benson Consey Newton Russell Taggart Wellington Todd Warren Webb Kitapp Logan McCarthy Oyler Ralston Delaney and more.
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Topeka
Thompson
Senate
Judiciary and
Ways and Means
Sen
Harlan
Manhattan
Sen. Rees
Emporia
Knapp
Goffeyville
Sen. Schoen
Downs
Judiciary
Ralston
el Dorado
Dale
Arkansas City
Delaney
Troy
Denons
Dodge City
Dodge
Lawrence
Rees
Russel
Great
Bradney
Columbus
Warren
Fort Scott
Todd
Wichita
Logan
Toneka
REPORT TROOPS ON MARCH Attacking Japanese Force Includes Artillery and Cavalry
Chinese dispatches report 10,000 Japanese soldiers marching into Jehol toward Lingtuan with artillery and cavalry from Suichung north of Shanhaikwan. Lingyuan lies in southern Dehai. A Japanese landing force was said to have landed at Chinwangtao and patrolled the area near Shanhaikwan. Theft of License Pirates Wilson Hollands reports theft of California license plates from his car on Rhode Island Street.
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Shanghai
China
Jehol
Lingtuan
Suichung
Shanhaikwan
Lingyuan
Dehai
Chinwangtao
Wilson Hollands
Rhode Island Street
California
Hoover Seeks Emergency Revision of Bankruptcy Laws
President Hoover urged immediate action in revising bankruptcy laws to curb wholesale foreclosures. He called for a plan allowing debtors to settle with a majority of creditors, with minority creditors bound by the agreement. He argued current law destroys both sides and urged applying reorganization to railroads, awaiting Interstate Commerce Commission approval. Bills in Congress aim to liberalize bankruptcy, with committees drafting satisfactory measures.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hastings
Del
Judiciary Committee
Judiciary
House
Senate
Douglas County Expands Unemployment Relief Projects
An additional 7100 in federal funds is allocated to Douglas County to fund employment relief, focusing on labor for tree trimming and paving projects in Lawrence. The board discusses trimming hospital costs and investigates charity cases, with new road work linking highway 40 to the county district. James Brass attends his first meeting, and the county plans to widen a half mile road known as the old Quindaro Salina road.
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Douglas County
County Federal Relief Committee
J. L. Constant
Constant
Douglas County Board of Commissioners
X. J. Kennedy
T. H. Kennedy
Board of Commissioners
Kennedy
Earl T. Black
Baldwin
James F. Brass
Fourth Street
Quindaro-Salina
Country Club
Incubator Baby for Reynolds Infant at Hospital
The underweight son of Mrs. Libby Holman Reynolds, born at 6 48 p m in Pennsylvania Hospital, weighs three and a half pounds and will stay in an incubator for weeks. Dr Norris W Vaux reports Mrs Reynolds is well and not worried about the baby. Dr Charles A Fife to run pediatric care while Vaux continues to attend the mother. The incubator, a hot bed, uses carbon lamps to keep the temperature near 98 degrees. The mother is recovering on the seventh floor. her mother and a Wilmington friend stay with her.
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Philadelphia
Libby Holman Reynolds
Norris W. Vaux
Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Carotina
Pennsylvania Hospital
Vaux
Charles A. Fife
Alifred Holman
Cincinnati
Louisa Carpenter Jenney
Wilmington
Del
End to Strange Career A Pauper's Grave for Man Who Felt
Justin Leroy Harris once ranged from schoolboy theft to murder and crime. With creditors as mourners, he faced a pauper's grave in San Francisco after shooting his wife Byrtle to hide their thefts, forgeries, and embezzlements. He described his life of crime and his own actions as the escape. The San Francisco Examiner carried a life story and letters detailing his duplicitous path and fatal end.
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San Francisco
Justin
Leroy Harris
Byrtle
San Francisco Examiner
Newspa
No Auto Deaths In Douglas County in 1932 Record
Dr. H. T. Jones reports Douglas County saw zero automobile deaths in 1932 despite nearby accidents. Across the year 1932 coroner investigations totaled 23 with six natural, four accidental, eleven suicides, one homicide, one murder.
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Douglas County
H. T. Jones
Lawrence
Fire damages residence on Rhode Island street
A fire around noon burned a large hole in the roof of the R. H. Crosswhite home at 1501 Rhode Island street. Contents on the third floor suffered smoke and water damage. Firemen attributed the blaze to chimney sparks. Loss estimate not provided. covered by insurance. Three University students' clothing suffered smoke and water damage.
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Rhode Island Street
Crosswhite
Egg prices show drop in local wholesale market
Wholesale prices for eggs fell two cents a dozen at local dealers. One buyer paid 22 cents for Number 1 and 18 cents for Number 2 today, down from 24 and 20 cents yesterday. Another dealer reported 21 cents and a third 20 cents per dozen. Production increase cited as reason by one dealer.
Debate on University of Kansas compulsory activity fee
A large all university convocation at KU KK U auditorium debated a proposed general activity fee of 8.50 for the first semester and 5 for the second. Proponent Gordon Sloan urged savings and program cuts without funding, while opponent Burton Kingsbury argued against forced fees for poorer students and excluding some activities. Ballots will be in buildings for a student vote tomorrow starting at 3.00.
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University of Kansas
KK. U
Gordon Sloan
Burton L. Kingsbury
Helen Heaston
W. S. GA
Harold Denton
Sloan
Kingsbury
Kansan
Jayhawker
KU Plans More Jobs for Students and Room Campaign
A committee of University of Kansas faculty members student leaders and a Lawrence Chamber of Commerce representative met to expand job opportunities for students and to assemble a list of students needing housing. The group aims to present personal cases in printed form to community and alumni. Attendees included Henry Werner Raymond Nichols George Hedrick Mrs F E Bryant Helen Heaston Harold Denton Adrian Lindsey Mike Getto Fred Ellsworth Novi Gist and others.
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University of Kansas
K. U
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Henry Werner
Raymond Nichols
K E. H. Lindley
George Hedrick
F. E. Bryant
Helen Heaston
Harold Denton
Adrian Lindsey
Mike Getto
Fred Ellsworth
Secetary
Novi Gist
Oppose Shift in Taxes Against Veteran Benefits
Washington January 11 AP A spokesman for the American Legion told a joint veterans committee that wealthy interests seek to shift veterans costs from high income taxpayers to distressed local property taxpayers. He warned reductions in veterans expenditures would raise city county and state expenses. John Thomas Taylor pledged witnesses to support his arguments as over twenty veteran spokesmen prepared to speak against cuts. The Legion opposes a $150 million annual reduction plan, arguing veterans and profiters should not be paralleled in federal obligations.
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Washington
American Legion
Joint Veterans Committee
Economy League
Chamber of Commerce
John Thomas Taylor
the Legion
Taylor
Sailor Drowns as Gale Rips Southern California
A sailor drowned after being swept from a gangplank aboard the cruiser Raleigh in San Pedro harbor as a gale lashed southern California. Eight other sailors were missing from the Raleigh Chicago and Pensacola as they fought to lash shore boats blown from moorings. The storm battered both land and sea with high winds and heavy damage across coastal cities.
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Los Angeles
APJ
Naval
California
Raleigh
San Pedro
Chicago
Pensacola
Tax cuts total 14 million in 1932 state report
Topeka announces a $14.1 million cut in direct property taxes in 1932 from 1931, reducing the statewide levy to about $71 million. The 1931 total was $85.9 million, a 16 12 percent drop. Phillips County leads with a 31 percent reduction. Wyandotte shows about 1 percent.
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Topeka
State Tax Commission
Phillips County
Wyandotte
Lawrence set to vote on mayor and school board in March primary
Lawrence voters will select a mayor and three school board members in a spring city election with a March 14 primary and April 4 general. City clerk A E Woestemeyer says registration is open to ten days before the primary, with evening hours before the closing, and filing for candidates due ten days prior. Only Gen W H Sears has announced for mayor. Irving Hill A B Ewing and Dr A R Kennedy hold expiring school board terms. Lawrence is a second class city under chapter 82 law of 1909, using a March primary date per city attorney Baldwin Mitchell.
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Lawrence
A. E.woestemerer
W. H. Sears
Irving Hill
A. B. Ewing
A. R. Kennedy
City Commission
Baldwin Mitchell
Kansas Cities
Ottawa
Mitchell
Commission
Roosevelt Aims at Domestic and Foreign Issues in Round?
President-elect Roosevelt in York says he is preparing himself and not focusing on a single issue. He notes defense and domestic policy, with references to navy figures Gardiner and Shearer, and mentions brewers’ beer content at 3.2 percent as a factor in potential legislation.
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York
Roosevelt
al Smith Sam
William Howard Gardiner
Navy League
Hoover
Navy
William B. Shearer
Senate
Gardiner
Keith Makes Report on 1932 County Health Work
Annual report by Dr. E. R. Keith shows 420 home visits, 284 hospital visits, 707 smallpox vaccinations, 2162 inoculations, 12 operations, including seven appendectomies and three hernias, five obstetrical cases, rabies serum given to 28, 76 schools inspected, 27 health investigations, and 449 miscellaneous treatments in 1932.
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E. R. Keith
Board of County Commissioners
Keith
Temperatures Drop Thirty Eight Degrees Overnight
The night saw a sharp temperature fall of 38 degrees with a high of 56 recorded at the university yesterday and a low of 18 today. It was 50 at seven last night and 20 this morning.
Narrow escape in street accident
Mrs Letha Latham fifty of 1004 Connecticut street suffered severe bruises but escaped serious injury when struck by a Chevrolet driven by Oliver Brown of Eudora near the intersection of Massachusetts and Eleventh streets. She was treated at Memorial hospital and released later. Brown was charged with reckless driving, bonded and released.
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Letha Latham
Connecticut Street
Oliver Brown
Eudora
Jude Anderson
Massachusetts
Anderson
Latham
Brown
Carl Perkins
C. H. Hobart
Vogler
Sheriff's
Harold Simons Plymouth Sedan Stolen Again
Harold Simons reports his Plymouth sedan stolen from 1135 Tennessee street last night and previously on December 31 from his home. Police later found the car abandoned near the junction of highway 73 W and the cutoff to highway 46. Also noted is Ed Harvey reporting gasoline theft from a car near the Fowler shops at the university during a basketball game.
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Harold Simon
Tennessee Street
Simon
Ten‘nessee Street
Reelect Officers At Lawrence National Bank Annual Meeting
Officers and directors of the Lawrence National Bank were re elected at yesterday afternoon’s annual meeting. Irving Hill remains president, with T. J. Meade as vice president and multiple officers including J. D. Bowersock, George W. Kuhne, W. A. Schaal, W. Docker, A. D. Kolterman, and F. W. Hosford continuing in roles. Directors listed include F. W. Barteldes, A. W. Berger, G. G. Clevenger, W. Metcalf, G. R. Schultz, F. H. Smithmeyer, W. H. Varnum, and A. D. Weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence National Bank
Irving Hill
T. J. Meade
J. D. Bowersock
George W. Kuhne
W. A. Schaal
W. Docker
A.D. Kolter
Senate passes first bill for legislative expenses
Topeka Jan 11 AP The senate approved a ways and means committee bill to appropriate 50000 for legislative expenses including pay for the lawmakers. Senator Knapp Coffeyville chairman noted more funds would be required later. He cited 1921 expenses totaling 118000 as a past benchmark.
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Topeka
Senate
Neans
House
Sen
Knapp
R. Coffeyville
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