National Theater Is Now Chartered
Washington reports Roosevelt signed the Wagner McLaughlin Bill creating a non subsidized non profit national theater and academy. The plan envisions affordable access, a national governing body, and reports to Congress as organizers begin August meetings and national rollout.
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National Theater
Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner
Charles F. McLaughlin
Nebraska
Lincoln
Germany
Theatre Center
New York
Tallant
Heat Wave Continues With Modest Relief Forecast
AP reports the heat wave remains intense nationwide with showers likely in New York tonight. The weather bureau expects relief this weekend in New England with temperatures dipping to the low 80s. Highs reached 98 in Kansas City, 96 in St Louis, 90 in Chicago and Boston, while Portland Maine cooled to 80. One person prostrated in Providence.
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Associated Press
New York
Weather Bureau
New England
Chicago
Boston
Kansas City
St. Louis
Portland
Providence
R. I
Worcester
Mass
Dehcks Nel Ie
Escaped convict gives up in Arkansas chase
Zack McHenry, 25, one of two escaped convicts who sparked a statewide manhunt, surrendered to his father and the county sheriff in a woods nine miles north of Conway. The July 4 breakout from Tucker penitentiary with Lee Sitton left Sitton still at large as officers converged on possible hideouts near his home in central Arkansas.
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Conway
Ark
Zack McHenry
Arkansas
Here
Tucker
Lee Sitton
Test Your Knowledge quiz on geography and history prompts
The page lists ten questions asking for facts on octaves and musical notes, survey science, Mexican towns, Mazzini, William the Conqueror’s father, heat, currency fractions, Oceanica, a quotation origin, and definition of geography, plus eleven more on mythic guardians, first female U S representative, the Empire State of the South, Eugene Field, language meaning, Victoria’s capital, Abel’s brother, birth citizenship for children of Chinese parents, Montenegro capital in Yugoslavia, and University of Aberdeen location.
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Mexico
Encirillas
Giuseppe Mazzini
William the Conqueror
Francis
United States
House of Representatives
Empire
South
Eugene Field
Rhat
Victoria
Australia
Abel
Montenegro
Yugoslavia
University of Aberdeea
Kansas Topeka Week Headlines Highlight Mine Strike Courts
Cherokee county lead and zinc mine area faced a military court as Col. Charles H. Browne ordered troops and arrests after riots. Hugo T. Wedell named to Kansas Supreme Court, replacing retiring Chief Justice Johnston. Debates over AAA split GOP farmers, Democrats rally, and July Fourth events punctuate a busy Topeka week with floods, heat, and harvest activity.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Cherokee County
Hugo Wedell
Supreme Court
AAA
Kansas
Lead and Zinc
Charles H. Browne
Alf M. Landon
Hugo T. Wedell
Chanute
William A. Johnston
R. A. Burch
Landon
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Robert S. Campbell
Wichita
Holt
Herbert Hoover
Robert George
Lebo
United States
Arthur Capper
Dan Casement
Manhattan
Simon Fishman
Tribune
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Fishman
KSC
J. T. Willard
Kansas State College
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Lott
Abraham G. Lott
Fort Riley
Guy V. Henry
Fort Knox
Watson Stewart
J. E. Lindquist
Stewart
John A. Fredlund
Edith Carter
Vic Anderson
Belleville
J. M. Sigsbee
Scandia
Republican River
Smoky Hill
Salina
Sport
Lindsborg
North Central Kansas
Leavenworth Country Club
John ‘Ermis
Gorham
Washlington
Substantial Return Sought From Tax Bills
Washington July 6 Taxes expected to raise 350 million to 500 million dollars yearly were outlined by Rep Samuel B H Hill chief of the house ways and means tax subcommittee. He said the measure must yield substantial revenue and that the administration advised aiming for a sizable sum though no fixed figure existed in talks with treasury.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
Samuel B. H
D-Wash
House
Ways and Means
Hill
Roosevelt
Order Affirmed In Bonus Case By Kansas Supreme Court
The Douglas county district court decision denying Joe W. Trammell's soldier's bonus was affirmed by the Kansas Supreme Court. The dispute centered on residence at enlistment, with Trammell claiming his home was with his parents, while the state argued his residence was elsewhere.
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Topeka
Douglas County District Court
Joe W. Trammell
Supreme Court
Kansas Compensation Board
Trammell
Haskell Institute
Lawrence Building & Loan Association
Lawrence
Douglas
State of
Kansas
College trip ends in Colorado amid funding shortfall
A traveling summer school carrying 650 teachers from 40 states halted near Denver, Aurora, due to lack of funds. Dr. William M. Goldsmith of Wichita headed the expedition and pledged refunds of $100 to $190 paid by teachers. Most teachers left by noon to return home, some riding college buses sharing gas costs. The program had operated for years, with official tours to start from Aurora Monday after attending the National Education Association convention.
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Denver
Gpi
Omnibus College
Aurora
Colo
William M. Goldsmith
Wichita
Kan
William R. Welsh
Welsh
National Education Association
New York Probe Into Loan Shark Ring After Mob Killing
Police opened a inquiry into a loan shark ring charging high interest after the slaying of Girardo Mugavero on a Brooklyn street. Mugavero, paroled from Sing Sing, allegedly intervened for a friend who borrowed $5 and refused to pay $10. Benny Minoe remained critical with injuries, Alfred Di Stefano denied involvement claiming a pistol was planted.
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New York
Girardo
Big Gerry
Benny Minoe
Alfred di Stefano
Minoe
Rice Lardner Named Leader of Anderson County Housing Drive
Homer Bastian the state FHA director appointed former County Attorney Rice Lardner to head the Anderson county better housing drive. An office will be opened in Garnett and eight canvassers will begin calling on every homeowner. Anderson county is the last in the state to launch a housing drive.
Bee Sting and Snake Bite End Up With Bulldog Attack
Carrollton, July 6. Nathan Brown, a Carroll County farmer, was stung by two bumble bees and rushed home for first aid. While en route to town for medical help he was bitten by a snake on his foot. A bulldog then bit him before he could reach safety.
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Carrollton
Nathan Brown
Carroll County
BOOKS and Readers The Second Mrs Lynton review notes
A vintage column surveys Wilson Collison’s The Second Mrs Lynton with a glamorously plotting night club singer, her jealous husband, and prosecutor Dick Channing. It covers Dark Dame Comanche Manchoukuo Case of Manchoukuo and other titles with brief author credits and film ties to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Dick Channing
Melvin family tied to Estes Park summer home
Lawrence notes that R. E. Melvin and wife plan next week to move to their Estes Park, Colorado summer home. He has spent August away from Lawrence for 35 years, dating back to 1899. George Melvin, city attorney, has visited Estes Park each summer since 1903, usually a pre August trek.
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R. E. Melvin
Deaths and Funerals and Local Crime Roundup
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta C. Wilson, 50, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Linwood Baptist church. She is survived by husband T. L. Wilson, son Jess Tabor, two sisters Mrs Foley and Mrs Viola Anderson, and two brothers John and Jim Hulbert. In other church notices, Rev Clinton Nellis will speak at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Friends church on Fellowship in Service as part of The Function of the Church series. Nettie Spray and Marie Kennedy will sing. Lawrence police investigated three confidence men who fleeced a Topeka man of $600 this afternoon, believed headed to Lawrence.
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Wilson Collison
Collison
London
New York
Joe Martin
Maisie
Martin
Joe
Barron Brown Burton Publishing Co
University of Kansas
Custer
Little Big Horn
Barton Brown
Barton Publishing Company
Kansas City
Comanche
L. L. Dyche
Natural History Department
Mr. Brown
Seventh Infantry
Fort Riley
Kan
C. D. Bunker
Lawrence
Etta C. Wilson
Linwood
Baptist Church
J. H. Pennnington
T. L. Wilson
Jess Tabor
Foley
Viola Anderson
John
Jim Hulbert
Kansasity
Friends Church
Clinton Nellis
Nettie Spray
Marie Kennedy
Old
Judea
Topeka
Lost on Venus comic adventures emerge on far planet
Edgar Rice Burroughs delivers a humorous tale featuring Carson Napier on Venus. The lighthearted science fiction romp blends fairy tale whimsy with planetary escapades, appealing to Tarzan fans and casual readers alike.
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Venus
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc
Pub
Carson Napier
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