New farm bill substitutes AAA powers in soil plan
Washington outlines a two year half billion dollar substitute for AAA joined by Senator Norris who questions constitutionality. The plan expands powers of the secretary of agriculture to make payments for soil conservation, tying aid to acreage and crop production with a separate 500 million appropriation proposed later. It would end in 1937 and applies to continental US plus Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
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Washington
AAA
Norris
R-Neb
Congress
Bankhead
D-Ala
Jones
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Bill Hopper
White House
New Deal
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Committee
Supreme Court
Senate
Continental
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Secret of Agriculture
Wallace
Cummings
Roosevelt
North Side
TO SERVE PIE SUPPER Let Butcher explain how to buy auto, truck and fire insurance for less
Local ad notes a pie supper fundraiser and features a butcher who will explain inexpensive auto truck and fire insurance options. Call for details at phone number 892.
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Butcher
Plans for Sixth Annual Hobby Fair Led by Harris
Leaders meet at City Hall to plan the spring Hobby Fair for Lawrence area youth. Clarence A. Harris is reappointed head, Harold Allen vice-chair, Ralph E. Graber secretary. fifteen attend.
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Lawrence
Clarence A. Harris
Harold Allen
Ralph E. Graber
Coe Ee
North Lawrence church hosts first pie supper by brotherhood
A home-made pie supper will be served tonight at North Lawrence Christian church basement. Chiefs of the occasion are W. A. Courtney and Earl Feinnen. Serving begins at 7 30. The church brotherhood, recently organized, lists W. A. Courtney as president, Roscoe M. Swain as vice president, and James Mills as secretary-treasurer. Looking for bargains. Get the good habit of reading the classified page every day.
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North Lawrence Christian Church
Church Brotherhood
W. A. Courtney
Earl Feinnen
Roscoe M. Swain
James Mills
Booze and car bring two men before Justice of the Peace
Arthur Siscoe and Wayne Hooser pleaded guilty after police found four pints of liquor in a car in the 600 block on Massachusetts Street. Siscoe faced driving drunk charges and liquor violations, with license revocation, 60 days in jail, a $225 fine and costs. Hooser admitted possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor, receiving 60 days in jail and a $200 fine plus costs.
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Arthur Siscoe
Wayne Hooser
Justice of the Peace
F. B. Dodds
Massachusetts Street
Siscoe
Justice Dodds
Houser
Major Bowes Unit Brings Varied Acts to Granada Theatre
Major Bowes touring unit five presenting amateurs from the Major Bowes programs arrives at the Granada Theatre in Lawrence on Wednesday January 29. Acts include the Stauffer Twins, the Oklahoma Mustang Wranglers, Marshall Haley, Julio Vitoal, Ralph Lawrence, Mario Julio, the Virginia nightingale, Sid Raymond, the Yankee Yodeler, and the Thomas Brothers. Bob Oakley serves as master of ceremonies and gong ringer. The unit, already playing in Kansas City, will open a three week Chicago engagement in February.
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Bowes
Lawrence Theater
Granada Theater
Stauffer Twins
Oklahoma Mustang Wranglers
Marshall Haley
Red-Cap
Julio Vitoal
Ralph Lawrence
Mario Julio
Virginia Nightingale
Smiling Ray
Souder
Sid Raymond
Thomas Brothers
Bob Oakley
Major Bowes
Kansas City
Chicago
Enroll Open Longer for Lawrence Evening School
Lawrence Evening School enrollment is extended through this week and next as interest remains limited. Ralph E Graber announces the extension. A volleyball league linked to the program will hold its first session tomorrow with four teams expected. sponsors and players are urged to attend the meeting.
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Lawrence
Ralph Egraber
Graber
Kansas security program discussed at Topeka luncheon
Dr. Fred Eric H. Guild research director of the Kansas legislative council said Kansas must craft its own program to participate in the social security payroll tax and benefits. He noted the tax is a federal matter and benefits begin only after state provisions are in place, with grants to the aged needy blind and dependent children considered minor parts of the program.
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Topeka
Frederic H. Guild
Kansas Legislative Council
Kansas
Civic Club
Guild
Congress
Federal Social- Security Board
Washington
John G. Stutz
Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Stutz
Club
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence and Nearby
Lawrence area obituary notices include William E Stevens aged, former Union Pacific employee, died in San Diego and buried in Omaha. Also Mrs Dora Shank Ward mourned in Lawrence. funeral in Lodi California. D D Tucker 90, James H P Walker 76 memorial services and burial at Oak Hill. Surviving relatives include Mrs Flora B Walker and Roy M Walker.
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Dora Shank Ward
Lawrence
Dora Shank
Lodi
Calif
Floyd
Roy
San Francisco
Neil
Lester Dixon
Scott Holloway
Thomas Holloway
Aga Akers
Rose Hitchcock
Burlington
Colo
D. DB. Tucker
D. D. Tucker
Rumsey
Charles A. Puls
Oak Hill Cemetery
Horace
Bartlesville
Oklo
Elbert
James H. P. Walker
Kentucky Street
Howard E. Koelb
First Baptist Church
Flora B. Walker
Roy M. Walker
Evanston
Robins Parade in Acacia Fraternity Yard
Lawrence residents witnessed a flock of about two dozen to thirty robins in the Acacia fraternity yard at Fourteenth and Oread Avenue this noon, observed by Prof. C. J. Posey, a volunteer weather observer.
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C. J. Posey
Acacia Fraternity Yard
Fourteenth and
Oread Avenue
London Sees King Enter Office In Pageant
Crowds gather around St James Palace and four points as Edward VII is proclaimed king. Sandringham hosts King George’s coffin while Westminster Hall prepares for the state funeral. Parliament swears allegiance and guards readiness marks a royal transition amid mourning and public spectacle.
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St James’ Palace
Charing Cross
Temple Bar
Royal Exchange
Sandringham
George
George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor
Westminster Hall
King George
Windsor Castle
London
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Sandringham House
House of Commons
Edward Algernon Fitzroy
Stanley Baldwin
Edward VII
England
St. James’ Palace
Roof Fire Reported at 1319 Tennessee Street
Lawrence fire company number one answered an alarm from 1319 Tennessee Street at 1:30 this afternoon. Fire Chief Paul Ingels says sparks from the chimney started the blaze. The fire was confined to the roof with small damage. Mrs. Jennie Daniels resides at the house.
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Lawrence Fire Company Number One
Tennessee Street
Paul Ingels
Jennie Daniels
Test Your Knowledge Classed Qs From Pare Answers
A compact bundle of quick questions on biology death geography church history and Roman attire. It asks about living matter Alexander Hamilton Priscilla and Aquila De Pauw University the Yser canal the Hanseatic League and the outer robe of Roman senators.
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Alexander Hamilton
de Pauw University
Priscilla and
Aquila
Wilhelm von Kaulbach
Yser Canal
Hanseatic League
Final exams begin on KU campus amid jitters
Students at the University of Kansas faced final exams as a biting north wind swept over the Hill. Teachers alternated tests to prevent copying while a stray dog named Tony lingered near Wayland Campbell’s former class routes. A rooster in Snow Hall and a photographer’s plan to shoot cramming through Watson Library windows added local quirks to the exam mood. Bill Cochrane announced a Between Semesters Varsity event for February 3 to lift spirits.
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University of Kansas
Snow Hall
Bill Cochrane
K. U
McGugin testifies in own defense in Barnett case
Harold McGugin, former congressman and attorney for Mrs. Jackson Barnett, defended his handling of $550,000 given to Barnett and similar funds given to a missionary society. He said Barnett was sane when he transferred the money. He described dispositions of funds and the repeated marriage ceremony for caution. The testimony in the eight year old case nears completion as additional depositions are to be submitted.
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Topeke
Apt
Harold Mc Gugin
Jackson Barnett
Barnett
Missionary Society
McGugin
Kansas
M. L. Mott
Washington
Barnetts
Arlette Stavisky Leaves Paris for United States
Arlette Stavisky widow of the infamous swindler sails from Paris to the United States under her maiden name Arlette Simon to recoup fortune, after acquittal on complicity in her husband’s frauds following 16 months in jail. Robespierre’s House in Paris faces demolition as a gray Rue Saintonge building is slated for removal.
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Paris
Pi—Mme
Arlette Stavisky
United States
Arlette Simon
England
Robespierre
Saintonge
Robbery Suspect Was Once Sentenced Here
Kansas City January 22 UPH It was a matter of honor former convict Thomas Crowley told police that caused him to break into the mayor's home He said he needed forty dollars and had just faced a 500 fine and a 1000 bond He claimed his eighth clinic visit awaited and noted his past prison terms Records show a five year sentence for grand larceny in 1922 at Lawrence Kaw Citizenship pardons were filed in district court today for T W Patchen Carl Young and Harry Moss Each had prior prison terms The pardons restore citizenship rights Poland dissolves market trusts in Poland dissolving 93 of 283 car tels and forcing others to cut prices}
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William E. Stevens
Lawrence
William EE. Stevens
San Diego
Cal
Omaha
Neb
University of Kansas
Beta Theta Pi
Union Pacific Railroad
Lou Rankin Moore
Kansas City
UPH
Thomas Crowley
Bryce B. Smith
Crowley
Zever
North Side
Kaw
District Court
T. W. Patchen
Carl Young
Harry Moss
Douglas County Cistrict Court
Fatchen
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Wint Smith
Kansas Highway Patrol
Smith
E. W. Richter
Richter
Gable
Louis Kubitz
Midnight
Kubitz
Denver
Lawrence Evening School
King
Edward
The
Privy Council
West End
Will Edward
Wayland Campbell
Tony
Campbell
Watson Library
Society For the Purification of the
Mt. Oread
Kaw Council
Douglas County
Kaw Council of
Boy Scouts of America
Ire J. Bright
Leavenworth
Douglas ‘County
M’gugin
Mme, Arlette Stavisky
Esa
Xow
Main Street Theater
Granada
Poland
Market Trusta Warsaw
California
Southwestern
Nia Youth
Arizona
Phoenix
Grand Canyon
Palm Springs
Southwest
Santa Fe
Fred Harvey
W. W. Burnett
Lawrence, Kan
Peoples State Bank
Massachusetta
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