Nation Observes Glorious Fourth Across America
The Fourth of July spurred a nation of parade watchers travelers and beachgoers as air and rail travel surged. Hoover spoke in Grass Valley while Roosevelt huddled with House leaders on tax measures. Huey Long pushes new laws in New Orleans and celebrating sites from Georgia to Maine mark TVA and tidal power project events.
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Associated Press
United States
New Jersey
Hoover
Grass Valley
Calif
America
Roosevelt
Washington
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
New Orleans
anti-Long
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Cal
Canton
Tuscumbia
Ala
Muscle Shoals
New Deal
Tennessee Valley Authority
National
Eastport
Passamaquoddy
Garner
Washington Celebrates Fourth With Parades and Plans
July Fourth in Washington mixed work and leisure as Congress faced battles on taxes. President Roosevelt met with House leaders before a holiday parade and an after dark fireworks display near the Washington Monument. Senators Byrd and Clark led ceremonies at Arlington and the monument while Garner and Robinson kept Senate sessions limited to comply with recess rules.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Garner
Robinson
Senate
House of Congress
United States Army Band
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Monument
Byrd
D-Va
Clark
D-Mo
Arlington National Cemetery
Patrick J. Hurley
Harry H. Woodring
United States Flag Association
Historic Declaration to Remain in Its Shrine at LOC
On July 4 the Declaration of Independence will stay in its shrine at the Library of Congress alongside the Constitution. Congressmen librarians and archivists have agreed the frail document should not be moved again despite a new archives building. About 2000 to 3000 visitors daily view the relic through protective yellow glass at the second floor.
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Washington
Altho
Library of Congress
Indian ritual to honor Sequoyah in Cherokee stomp dance
In Muskogee Oklahoma on July 19 about 1000 Cherokees of the Nighthawks will gather around the Kee Too Wah sacred fire at Gore for the annual stomp dance. The event includes an Indian ball game barbecue and a long dance into morning amid tensions with Indian Commissioner Collier and white missionaries. Sam Smith of Gore and John Red Bird Smith are the clan leaders.
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Muskogee
Okla
CPI
Nighthawks
Sequoyah
Collier
Gore
Cherokee Hills
Sam Smith
Red Bird Smith
John Red Bird Smith
Nomination talk ties Huey Long to Omaha convention
Roy M. Harrop of Council Bluffs Iowa said a Kentucky delegate notified him Huey Long would be proposed for president at the third party convention opening Monday in Omaha Nebraska. He expects delegates from thirty states and notes inclusion of Farmer Labor Liberty Techno crats members.
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Omaha
Neb
Roy M. Harrop
Council Bluffs
Towa
Kentucky
United States
Huey Long
Harrop
Farmer-Labor Party
Ole Liberty Party
Technocrats
Vacancy Unfilled As County Supervisor Resigns
Douglas county relief committee and the board of county commissioners met but did not act on selecting a successor to Mrs Marie Armstrong who resigned as county case supervisor effective July 1. Officials plan another meeting in a few days to decide next steps.
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Douglas County Relief Committee
Board of County Commissioners
Marie Armstrong
Vesuvius Displays Playful Eruptions Over Naples Fourth
Naples observers report Mount Vesuvius showing periodic eruptions during Fourth of July events. Scientists at the national observatory stated the volcano merely vented, presenting a playful display for residents and visitors at resorts near the Blueays area.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
National Observatory
New 1935 Wheat Leads in for Eudora Mills
First wheat of the 1935 harvest arrived at Eudora Mills from Otto Rosenau. The combined wheat tested 60 pounds to the bushel and sold for 75 cents per bushel. Wall Paper Keeler's Book Store ad.
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Endora Mills
Otto Rosenau
Ee Wall Paper
Keeler’s
Adv
Faculty changes at Kansas State sighs of upheaval
Kansas State College announces faculty and staff shifts for the coming year. Dr. F. D. Farrell reports resignations, numerous promotions across economics, agriculture, engineering, and arts, plus new posts in veterinary medicine and institutional economics.
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Manhattan
Kansas State College
F. D. Farrell
State Board of Regents
F. L. Daley
Soils Authority
Kansas Soil Erosion Service
Mankato
Harold Howe
Department of Agriculture Economics
R. M. Green
Washington
R. C. Hill
F. L. Parrish
Dorothy Barfoot
Alpha Latzke
A. A. Holtz
W. H. Metzger
R.’. Cox
D. L. Mackintosh
0. D. Hunt
Nellie Aherle
Katherine Geyer
Ruth Tucker
Gladys Vail
Marie Darst
Helen Fisher
E.R. Frank
Wife Innocent Claims by Slaying Suspect Goodrich
Merton Ward Goodrich, confessing killer of 11 year old Lillian Gallaher in Detroit last September, declared his wife Florence innocent and said she urged him to surrender. He spoke at detectives headquarters as court officials prepared extradition papers, while his judge and police aides awaited.
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New York
Merton Ward Goodrich
Lillian Gallaher
Detroit
Florence
Goodrich
Ohio
Shirley Temple’s Modest Hollywood Salary Revealed
The article notes Shirley Temple’s weekly $4.25 budget from a $1,250 salary, detailing where she spends it such as candy and paints. It compares her earnings with peers like Greta Garbo and Clark Gable, and mentions top stars who earn far more and even self-finance their films.
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Hollywood
Calif
Shirley Temple
Shirley
George F. Temple
Jackie Cooper
Roosevelt
Greta Garbo
Norma Shearer
Jean Harlow
Will Rogers
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
John Barrymore
Marlene Dietrich
Mae West
Bing Crosby
Joe E. Brown
Ronald Colman
Joan Crawford
Charlie Chaplin
Harold Lloyd
Indictment hits Iowa attorney general and aide
Sioux City July 4 six months after a police raid a Woodbury county grand jury indicted Attorney General Edward L. OConnor and his first assistant Walter F. Maley on conspiracy to operate gambling houses and devices. Earlier indictments named Harold M. Cooper ex liquor chairman state agent William Arthur E J Feuling and prompts that led to resignations of Henry C. Kuhlmann and Max Duckworth. Special prosecutors subpoenaed bank accounts of Governor Herring Lieutenant Governor Kraschel Fueling and Frank Comfort for Polk county grand jury review. An attached transcript cites a witness paid the attorney general 750 dollars for protection. Both OConnor and Maley proclaimed innocence.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
Edward L. O’connor
Walter F. Maley
Harold M. Cooper
Liquor Commission
William Arthur
E. J. Feuling
State Democratic Committee
Public Safety
Henry C. Kuhlmann
Max Duckworth
Herring
Ell G. Kraschel
Frank Comfort
Des Moines
Polk County Grand Jury
Attorney General
O'Connor
Maley
Deputy Sheriff Kills Suspect After Parked Car Run
Okemah Oklahoma July 4 A man identified as John Burleson 35 of Henryetta was shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff Ryo Mogridge after Burleson ran from a parked car when questioned and fired three times with an automatic pistol. The shooting occurred early today near Okemah.
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Okemah
Oklo
John Burleson
Henryetta
Ryo Mogridge
Mogridge
Burlson
Here
Dry law proposed to curb Washington liquor problem
Congressman U S Guyer of Kansas introduces a bill to reimpose prohibition in the District of Columbia. He cites rising crime and intoxication since repeal, noting police arrest increases across categories and concerns for the environment of young people in the capital.
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Washington
U. 8
Guyer
Kansas
Congress
District of Columbia
Congress of the United States
United States
Farley Cites 40 Hour Week for Postal Staff in Letter
Postmaster General Farley urged a 40 hour week for all postal employees in a letter to Senate Post Office Committee Chairman McKellar. He stated that increased revenues supported the plan and that President Roosevelt approved the recommendation.
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Washington
Farley
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Post Office Committee
Roosevelt
Veto for Utilities Bill Seen With Death Sentence Doubt
Washington reports a prediction that President Roosevelt will veto the utilities bill if it reaches him without a death sentence for holding companies. Senate sponsor Chairman Wheeler says he is morally certain the veto will occur without the death sentence, as opponents brace for more battles on Monday amid committee and administration pressures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Warm Fourth of July and weather notes in Kansas
Topeka reports continued warm conditions, with possible local thundershowers but no general rain. Forecast highs near 95 to 100, 98 yesterday at Dresden, and cooler 88 by 10 AM today. Kansas rivers mostly receding. Smoky Hill rising at Lindsborg. Also reports the death of William W. Denison, 89, former Kansas G A R leader and adjutant general, who served in Quantrill’s raid aftermath and held several public posts.
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Kansas
S. D. Flora
Dresden
Mercury
Goodland
Concordia
Wichita
Horton
St. Joseph
Saline
Tescott
Manhattan
Kansas City
Smoky Hill
Lindsborg
Lawrence
G. A. R. Head
William W. Denison
Kansas Department
E. W. Hach
Burlingame
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Quantrill
Wyoming
Kansas City Lawyer Named Assistant Prosecutor
Herschel H. Goodman of Kansas City Missouri, LL B from the University of Kansas in 1927, has been appointed by W W Graves Jr Jackson county Missouri prosecutor to serve as an assistant prosecutor. Goodman has practiced law in Kansas City since graduation and maintains offices in the Fidelity Bank building. He is affiliated with the Welch Democratic organization and earned law school honors at KU while serving as secretary and treasurer of the first year class and acting on the track squad and class football teams.
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Farrell
Veterinary Medicine
Lina Faye Fowler
George Montgomery
Harvard
Chicago University
T. R. Reitz
Northeastern Kansas
Erwin Altmeyer
Reitz
H. W. Aiman
C. E. Rogers
J. H. Shhenk
M. J. Caldwell
Herschel H. Goodman
Kansas City
University of Kansas
W. W. Graves, Jr
Jackson County
Goodman
Fidelity Bank
Welch Democratic Organization
K. U
Law School
Ford honors Stephen Foster at Greenfield Village shrine
Henry Ford paid homage to Stephen C. Foster in Detroit marking the composer’s memory. Foster’s birthplace cottage, moved from near Pittsburgh to Dearborn, joins Greenfield Village as a shrine for American folk music lovers with Mrs. Marion Foster Welch among about 500 guests and 70 relatives present.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Stephen C. Foster
Kentucky
Foster
Pittsburgh
Dearborn
Ford
Greenfield Village
Americana
Marion Foster Welch
Lone Star Picnic Proceeds With Fourth July Activities
July 4 events in Lawrence feature the Lone Star picnic by the Farmer’s Union with baseball games, fishing, and a basket dinner. Gov. Landon to speak at 2 pm, Belvoir to face Centropolis at 3, and a Lawrence band concert to close the evening. Public offices closed. CCC teams play early. crowds expected at Lone Star and South Park games.
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Lawrence
Farmer's Union
Lone Star
Ressparanta
CCC
Vinland and Lone Star Girls
Wrence High
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Ean Johnson
Tesvenxartha
South Park
Murder mystery as Northcutt wife shot at home
Columbia Mo July 4 police and Boone county officers sought clues in the death of Mrs Eula Northcutt 38 wife of school superintendent Charles E Northcutt found dead at the front door yesterday. A .22 rifle was recovered from the Northeast garage and officers noted a broom ashes bloodstains and a disarranged rug. No motive or suspect identified.
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Columbia
Eula Northcutt
Boone County Superintendent of Schools
Charles E. Northcutt
Northcutt
Northcutts
Death by fingernail file shocks Chicago home
Walter Rose a 24 year old cook was found stabbed in his apartment with a fingernail file penetrating his right lung early today. Police questioned his wife Margaret also 24 and held her without charge as she appeared dazed after the incident.
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Chicago
Walter Rose
Margaret
Kansas Weather Forecast and Road Updates
Generally fair tonight and Friday with local thunderstorms and persistent warmth. Morning cleared skies, dirt roads and Douglas County routes reported as good. yesterday’s high 96, today’s low around 47. Extra clothes? Turn them into cash via Journal-World classified ads. Phone 22.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Journal-World
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