Treasury reports lowest postwar debt. receipts exceed expenditures
Washington reports the public debt at its lowest postwar level, with $61 million on hand and a projected surplus of about $87 million. For the year, total receipts reached roughly $4.032 billion, expenditures about $3.848 billion, and interest payments near $678 million. Customs and tobacco taxes rose, while internal revenue fell due to repeals and exemptions. Railroads receive back pay and war-related and civil service costs contribute to outlays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treas
Ithe Freas
Kale Aarense
Inc
Ito
Civil ‘Service
Veteransé Bureau
China and Britain Sign Naval Training Pact Today
Nanking July 1 AP A Chinese British agreement was signed to train Chinese naval cadets in Great Britain and to furnish a British naval mission to assist China in developing its navy. The program envisions some vessels built in Britain while funding for small revenue cruisers gun boats is sought to police tides and waterways and suppress piracy.
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Nanking
Ching
Great Britain
Wang
China
Miles Lamapson
Britain
FIRED ON REM RUNNER AT SEA DURING CHASE
Canadian customs inspectors fired 13 shots at a rum runner’s boat off the head of an island after a pursuit in icy waters. H B Jackson said the full report would go to the Canadian minister. Kiwanis club plans a Wednesday meeting at noon.
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Windsor
H. B. Jackson
J Customs
Elis
Perom Kiwanis
Ifackson
W.D
Cis
Lavwanis -Club
Kansas Forecast Clarifies Thunderstorms and Road Conditions
Weather bulletin notes possible thunderstorms around noon or tonight with cooler air in the southeast. Forecast for Wichita and Pittsburg calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and generally good roads with some county roads remaining fair.
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Kansas
Poreke
Wichita
Pittsburg
Speech From Throne Opens New British Parliament
London July 1 AP The new British parliament with a labor majority will open at noon tomorrow with reading of the speech from the throne The monarch George VI will not attend due to ill health The speech prepared by the Ramsay MacDonald government will be read in the Lords by Lord Sankey It highlights disarmament peace US relations and a thirteen month program including unemployment mining reform cotton and steel housing and electoral reform
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London
Labor
George
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Lords
John Sankey
Dawes
United States
America
Yankees edge Red Sox 3 2 on Paschal homer
In New York July 2 a seventh inning pinch homer by Ben Paschal powered the Yankees to a 3 2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Herb Pennock and Fred Heimach limited Boston to six hits as the game was played under rain delays with Washington at Philadelphia postponed and other leagues noting Kansas City and Minneapolis game details.
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New York
Ben Paschal
Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Herb Pennock
Fred’ Heimach
Sox
Boston
Bayne
A Gaston
Pennock
Heimach
Bengord
Washington
Philadelphia
American '‘Association
Refuel Despite a Fog Keeps Endurance Flight Alive
In dense fog the monoplane City of Cleveland refueled at 1 PM after hours of wait. The endurance flight by Roy L. Mitchell and Byron K. Newcomb faced critical fuel depletion with fog delaying a prior contact. Refueling from a grounded ship occurred as rain briefly reduced visibility and made the operation seem unlikely.
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Cleveland
Roy L. Mitchell
Byron K
Edison Talks With Boys On Rubber Quest
Morristown New Jersey July 1 AP three young boys age eleven and younger met Thomas A Edison during a lunch beneath a cherry tree. Edison shared plans and stories about growing rubber in the United States while the trio listened and remembered little of the specifics. The scene shifted to notes about aviation education and journalists traveling to Denver for a national track and field championship with photographer D Ambra assigned by AP.
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Morristown
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
United States
Meadowbrook
Edison
Florida
West
Orange
Lron
A. PL
Court Refuses Capone Move in Philadelphia Case
The state Supreme Court today denied a Capone related motion and upheld a lower court ruling while an appeal for a new trial remains pending. Meanwhile, Metsker and wife plan a fishing trip to Park Rapids Minnesota. Also a heat wave hit Neodesha Kansas with a 104 degree reading, the hottest day of the summer.
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Capone
Ioeladelphia
Tate
Bal ilScataes E de Capone
Chicamo
Minnesota
J. Fr. Metsker
Metsker
Park Rapids
Minn
Union Pacific acquires three bus lines in Midwest
Union Pacific announces it has taken over Interstate Buses, Cornhusker State Lines and Queen City Coach Lines serving Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska. The purchase price was not announced. Interstate Buses run Omaha to Sioux City and Lincoln to Kansas City among others. Cornhuskers buses link Nebraska points and Queen City routes connect Beatrice to Lincoln Marysville Fairbury and Pawnee City.
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Omaha
Union’ Pacific System
Kansas
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Carl “R.” Gray
Transit
Cornhusker Stake Lines
Queen City
Inter
Interstate
Opera
Sioux Gite
Talwa
Lincoln
Fremont
Wahoo
Ansas
City
Fairmount
Minn
Neb
Marysville
Kans
Fairbury
Pawnee City
Kansas City Police Seek Mrs. Sullivan in Topeka Robbery
Police traced a suspect in the $14 000 Security Benefit payroll hold up in Topeka to Mrs. Dorothy Sullivan 35 of Wichita and Denver. Detected sightings tied her to Diamond Joe Sullivan’s widow and narcotics associate John Callahan in Oklahoma and Kansas, with Topeka pursuing leads and a photo identification by four witnesses.
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Dorothy Sullivan
Kansas City
Security’ Benefit Association
Topeka
Kan
Willie Doody
Chicago
Sullivan
Diamond Jos” Sullivan
Arkansas
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Wichita
Dorothy
Sulliva
Joe”! Sullivan
Bandit
John Callahan
Oklahoma State
Callahan
D. Nedeau
James Barrow Assumes Presidency of Rotary
James Barrow becomes Rotary Club president at noon. In his opening address he cites President Hoover’s request to observe news and Citizenship duties. The term from now to September requires a one hour Rotary meeting each day. Members on extended absence should file a written leave request to protect membership.
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Rotary Club
Hoover
Allews
Barrow
Walter Thiele
Rotary
Troby Lawrence
Jim Barrow
He Roche
Jap cabinet to resign after crisis and fallout
Tokyo reports that Premier Baron Tanaka and his cabinet will likely resign tomorrow following a crisis over the Kellogg pact antiwar pact and Chiang Tso Lin assassination probe. Injuries reported at a mass in Mexico City as thousands attend Our Lady of Guadalupe church shrine service.
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Tokyo
Baron
Tanaka
Marshall Chiang
Tso-Lin
Mudken
Mexico City
Mexico
Our’ Lady of the Guada-lane
Red Cross
Little ‘Church
Stimson Urges Naval Parity in U S Policy
Secretary Stimson stated the United States would insist on parity in naval strength in discussions. He said parity helps avoid war by preventing outbuilding rivals, emphasizing this as a key step toward disarmament while London talks focus on nonwar equal strength. He reaffirmed that American strength must be measured against others on parity terms.
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Washington
Stimson
United States
London
Great Britain
MacDonald
Ambassar Daynes
Altho
Hoover Administration
Use of Fire Crackers Brings Police Warning
Chief of Police Wirl Johns warns city residents about fireworks sales within limits. Ordinance bans fire crackers over two inches and Roman candles with more than ten balls. Police log several complaints from sick residents about noise and will arrest violators. officers to enforce limits and curb dangerous uses near homes and passing cars.
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Wirl Johns
Ohms Algo
Peasing
Johns
Wabash Plans New East Trunk Line Authority
The Wabash railroad seeks authority in Washington to create a new east trunk line by acquiring control of nine railroads and joint control of five others. It aims to gain track rights and control over lines including Lehigh Valley Wheeling and Lake Erie Pittsburgh and West Virginia Western Maryland Lehigh and New England Akron Canton and Youngstown Elgin Joliet and Eastern Toledo Peoria and Western and Chicago and Illinois Midland.
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Washington
Wabash Railroad
Washington Day
Il Wabash
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fabash
Lehigh Valley
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Maryland
Lehigh
New England
Akron
Canton
Yougstown
Elgin
Juliet
Eastern
Toledo
Peoria
Western
Chicago
Illinois
Summerfield Tests Are Held In Four Kansas Towns
Examinations for Summerfield scholarships will be conducted in Salina Chanute Wichita and Lawrence tomorrow for about 200 Kansas high school seniors nominated for university scholarships. deans Souffer Lawson Ise and secretary Mitchell will oversee sessions in their respective cities and letters have been sent to invited students with exam details.
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Kansas
Summerfield
University of Kansas
B. Souffer
Salina
P.B. Lawson
Chanute
John Ise
Wichita
A. G. Mitchell
Lawrence
Kansas City Man Sentenced to Four Years in Penitentiary
Harry McIntosh was sentenced to four years in the state penitentiary under the habitual criminal law after a desertion conviction. Witnesses said he furnished chicken to another woman while his wife and six children relied on locally provided charity meals. The case arose from an embezzlement conviction intended to support his family.
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Kansas ‘City
Kan
Harry McIntosh
State Penitentiary
McIntosh
Federal men seek brains of booze business
Kansas City July 1 AP Prohibition agents in the Kansas City division were told by Alf Oftedal assistant prohibition commissioner that their main job is tracing the brains behind bootlegging and the money that fuels sales. Oftedal met with W E Dunigan who heads Special Agents for Missouri Kansas Nebraska Colorado Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas. He said while focusing on major bootleggers the small fry will also be pursued to prevent local enforcement gaps.
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Kansas City
Alf Oftedal
Prohibition
Oftedal
W. E. Dunigan
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Mr. Oftedal
Lindbergh Tours Kansas City and St Louis in July
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow visited airfields in Kansas City and St Louis on July 1. He gave aviation interviews, spoke on safety, and took a glider flight at Lambert Field with large crowds watching.
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Kansas
Charles A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental Air,Transport Company
Onde Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
St. Louis
Wichita
Priincipal Field
Arthur Goebel
Dole
Harry Kitchins
William B. Robertson
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Kutchins
Kansas City
Turkish President May Be U S Visitor
Washington reports discuss the possibility of a visit to the United States by Ghayi Mustapha Kemal Pasha, Turkey’s president, as Dr. Refik Bey, Turkish health minister, tours the U S. His presence fuels talk of official Turkish outreach and potential presidential travel.
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Washington
United States
Ghayi Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Refik Bey
Refik Béy
Rockefeller Foundation
Ahmed Mauhtar Bey
Hoover
White House
Fu“Rt
Kemal
Oberst hearing to resume in Eldorado July 2
Justice Coutts announced a preliminary hearing for Owen Oberst, accused of slaying his family, would be resumed at 9 tomorrow in Eldorado Kansas. Eldon Jarnagin, a key defense witness and former undersheriff, returned today after the hearing was postponed to July 8 due to his absence.
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ElDorado
Kan
W. H. Coutts
Owen Oberst
Atcesk
Eldon Jarnagin
Butler County
Big Fourth of July Celebrations Planned in Douglas County
Douglas County prepares for two major Independence Day events at Lecompton and Lone Star with a full day of activities. Congressman Guyer of the Second District will speak at Lone Star at 2 pm. basket dinner at noon. program from 1 pm featuring contests, baseball, fiddlers, and an address by J I Wilson. George Plummer will address in the afternoon. Music by Pied Pipers from Leavenworth and a three-act home talent show go on into the evening at Lecompton High School auditorium.
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Douglas County
Lecompton
Lone Star
Farmers’ Union
U. S
Guyer
jGuyer
Belvoir
Twin Mound
J. I
Wilson
George Plummer
Perry
Pied Pipers
Leavenworth
H. N. McKenzie
Ich
Lecompton High School
Epworth League of the Methodist’ Church
Clarence Smith
Lecompton Grade
Protest Safety Laws Crippling Mines At Kansas Conference
Pittsburg Kansas June 1 AP spokesmen for Kansas oil mine operators protested rigid enforcement of state safety laws at a conference called by state labor commissioner C J Beckman. About 30 operators union officials and officials attended. Beckman sought balance between operator concerns and miner safety. James Sherwood district mine inspector said he enforced rules practically for worker benefit.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
C. J. Beckman
Beckman
James Sherwood
Geneva hosts conference to revise 1864 Red Cross pact
A diplomatic conference opened in Geneva to revise the 1864 Geneva convention creating the Red Cross and to draft an international code for treating prisoners of war. Forty-seven states attend with about 40 delegates. The United States delegation is led by Elliot Wadsworth, a former Red Cross vice chairman and ex assistant secretary of the treasury, joined by Hugh R. Wilson and advisers from state war and navy.
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Geneva
International Red Cross
Robert Haab
United States
Elliot Wadsworth
Red Crogs
United States Treasury
Hugh R. Wilson
Switzerland
State
War and Navy Departments
Avy
Dopartmenisr
Pilot Wilmer Stultz Killed in Mineola Plane Crash
Amelia Earhart’s Trans Atlantic pilot Wilmer Stultz and two companions died when their plane crashed in a tailspin at about 300 feet near Roosevelt Field. Patrick Castiluchi of Roslyn and Charles Harwood of Mineola were identified as the other two fatalities.
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Roosevelt Field
Wilmer
Stultz
Amelia Earhart
Nasau
Mineola
Patrick Castiluchi
Roslyn
Charles Harwood
Watermelon Sale Notice At Market
An antique market notice announces watermelons for sale by July 4 at the Atwat Market location. The fragment mentions Ambury Fruit and Verstable and a Nat. Tire Store advertisement, with various faded references to water and radio sellers.
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Amsbury
Tennessee Collects Tax on Malt Extract
Nashville officials report the first month of a new five cent per pound tax on malt extract raised $15,000. Tax data show 300000 pounds of malt extract sold in June, most used for home brewing, with about 2 million twelve ounce bottles involved. The measure aimed to curb home brew by taxing crank extract.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
State Department.of Finance and Taxation
General Assembly
Plan Resurfacing of City Streets Approved
City commission approves asphalt resurfacing on East Eighth East Ninth and Pennsylvania streets in the 860 block with a central strip. Two thirds of costs borne by property owners and one third by the city. Contracts to be let late this summer. Also reports forty seven inspections in June totaling 158.39 in fees and building permits totaling 844000. New trash contract signed with R B Lackey.
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Lawrench
Jasphalt
East Eighth
East Ninth
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Delaware
Eighth
Ninth Street
Fred Stuberk
R. B. Lackey
KU Faculty to Speak at Kansas City School
Several members of the University summer session faculty will speak at Kansas City Teachers College summer school. Dean Packer of the school of education will discuss Changing Conceptions in Education. Dean Schwegler will cover topics on The Traits of the New Galossus Physical Excellence and the New Era and Mental Excellence and the Colossus. Hedlen Rhoda Hoppes will lecture on The Tristram Theme in Literature. Louise Abney will read from Brinkwater's Abraham Lincoln and present a July Journey to Oberammergau recital and lecture news.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Teachers College
Packer
School of Education
University of Town
Raymond A.schwegler
Univer’sity of
Kansas School of Education
Oberammergau
Cars Must Have Licenses After Six Months
County treasurer clarifies half year automobile licenses are issued only to new cars purchased after the first six months. State law requires a license for every car whether in use or in storage, dispelling the belief that vehicles may be stored and licensed after July 1.
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de Metsker
Gouyty
Mets
Ker
Pope Pius to leave Vatican on feast day exit
Pope Pius will make the first exit from Vatican territory to St. Peter's Square on July 28 during the international pilgrimage. The event follows a recent agreement between the Holy See and Italy. Trash collection notices and schedules accompany the report, detailing pickup areas and contact for complaints.
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Vatican
APJ
St. Peter’s Square
Holy Ste
KU Track Coach H Huff to Head Missouri Program
Dr H J Huff will leave Kansas to become Missouri track coach effective Sept 1. Missouri director C L Brewer said Huff will oversee all Missouri athletic training and teach physical education with old coach Hargiss possibly remaining in football duties.
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H. J. Huff
University of Kansas
University of Missouri
C. L. Brewer
Missouri
Forrest Allen
Boyd
Board of Regents
H. W. Harriss
Hugt
K. Ue T
Grinnell Kollege
Grinnell
U. S
Hk. U
Bhy Kanas Armes
Bernard Frazier
KU. T
Missouri Valley
Hurt
Tra Éoach
Tigers
All
Missouri Athletic Teams
B Will Alen
Hich Ealiver
Adlon Aith
Goach Hargiss
Emporia
Fort McKown
Tip Country
John Kuck
Kuck
Prank
K. L
Allen
Hargiss
Columbia
Une Ab
API
Universit of
Misouri
Tepight
Awat
Brewer
Hutt
Land
Huff
Bute
Gye Ia
Henry
Wold
Price of Whole Milk May Go Up
An important meeting of the Douglas County Milk Producers association was held at the Chamber of Commerce building to discuss a new city milk ordinance to be effective July 4 and possible changes in raw milk prices. A member reportedly agreed to pay 61 cents per pound of butterfat, with earlier rates at 60 cents and 35 cents noted for other periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Milk Producers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Lokald
Blacksmith Wallace Goes Mobile Serving Kansas City Area
On appointment only, Kansas City area blacksmith Wallace shifted from a fixed shop to a portable outfit. His service covers a 15 mile radius and many saddle horses and polo ponies are now his clients. The old shop remains as a headquarters for appointments.
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Kansas
Jess Wallace
Wallace
Kansas City
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