Relief officials cite 4 million unemployables still on federal rolls
Washington reports slow progress in transferring unemployables to state care. About 4,000,000 people remain on federal relief rolls, roughly one fifth of dependents, with policy shifts by Hopkins and Hawkins and a plan to fund local care. A security program and work relays aim to end federal relief, while mining bureau seeks 1,019,1000 to map groundwater using geophysical methods in drought areas.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Hawkins
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Bureau of Mines
Humboldt Valley
Nevada
Kansas Heat Center Keeps State Record 106 Degrees at Dresden
Topeka July 8 Kansas again led the nation in heat with 106 degrees at Dresden for the fourth straight day. Federal meteorologist S D Flora said Kansas is in better shape than last year’s drought and extreme heat wave. Moisture remains widespread except in the southwest, and cooler conditions are likely in the northern counties with possible isolated thunder showers. All streams are back in their banks, Smoky Hill the last to recede.
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Topeka
CPI
Kansas
Dresden
S. D
Flora
Smoky Hill
Christian Science Sermon Theme in All Churches of Christ Scientist
The July 7 lesson centers on the Golden Text from I Samuel 2 2 proclaiming there is none holy as the Lord and none beside thee. It cites Psalm 47 praising God as king of all the earth and references Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures affirming God as universal eternal divine Love and denying corporeality and evil.
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Christian Science
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Hoebody
Campbell Prepares Salt Lagoons Dash For World Speed Record
Sir Malcolm Campbell targets a 300 mph world speed mark on the Bonneville salt beds in Utah this summer after 276.816 mph at Daytona Beach. He will race on a 13 mile straightaway with other contenders like Ab Jenkins Maj John Cobb and Capt George Eyston eyeing the crown. Trials will be under American Automobile Association sanction.
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Campbell
Utah
Salduro
Malcolm Campbell
Florida
Daytona Beach
Fla
Bonneville
Malcolm
Surrey
Salt Lake City
Great American Desert
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Ab Jenkins
Ous
John Cobb
George BE. T. Eyston
England
Jenkins
Daytona
American Automobile Association
Booneville Dry Lake
Bonneville Dry Lake
Taxes All Americans Face Higher Rates Says Allen
Henry J. Allen former governor and U S senator told a Republican rally at the Logan farm near Quenemo Kansas that the United States has shifted from the most lightly taxed to the most heavily taxed nation in less than three years He warned balanced budgets would require broader taxes soaking the rich and the mass of people including foreclosures sufferers Allen claimed U S taxes would surpass England’s and cited per capita expenditures of 133 dollars versus England’s 115 dollars as proof
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Quenemo
Kan
Henry J. Allen
United States
Allen
Bert Logan
State Department of Inspection and Registrations
Logan Farm
Germany
France
England
Oir
Rockefeller Is Healthy on His 96th Birthday
Lakewood New Jersey July 8 John D Rockefeller Sr was four score and sixteen today and enjoying the best health in years His routine in the golf house with 25 servants remained unchanged no observance of birthday His son John D Rockefeller Jr spent the day with him He has felt better in many years his dentist Dr Max Goldstein reported his 19 natural teeth
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Lakewood
N. J
John D. Rockefeller Sr
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Max Goldstein
Camp Nears Close as Girl Scouts Prepare Visit
The last day of the Girl Scouts summer camp is tomorrow with inviting parents and friends from 3 to 5 PM. Visitors should park on the road outside Maffet place and avoid driving in. Campers will have supper cooked over a campfire, stay overnight, and dine in camp before returning home. Sunny Side 4-H Girls Meet with Phyllis Weibel. eight members and two guests, Lila and Wanda Trusty, attended a sewing afternoon.
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Girl Scouts
Maffet Place
Phyllis Weibel
Lila
Wanda Trusty
Local social notes unfold in Sigel and nearby towns
The column lists visits and gatherings across Sigel, Ottawa, Lawrence, Topeka, Baldwin and nearby farms. Families including O Connor, Sanders, Johnson, Steele, Wolfe, Hubbard, Petefish and Farringer share weekend guests, dinners and excursions. A John Deere tractor delivery and a Tuesday Farm Bureau meeting are noted among the community events.
Sigel Notes On Essay Contest And Local Visits
An item records a meeting to discuss a farm bureau essay contest for a modern homes theme, with a 500 word dissertation to be written by each unit member, though Sigel has no volunteers yet. It also notes visits by Mrs. Asa Colman and daughter, Miss Margaret Douglas arriving from Topeka to assist harvest, a late car accident injury update for Robert Martin, and a Clinton shower honoring Mrs. Ralph Goff formerly Pearl Belles along with various local visitors from Iola, Washington Creek, South Carolina and Lone Star.
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Robert Martin
Arnold Christy
Geo. Stauffer
B. M. Gregory
Iola
Hugo Schellhorn
Washington Creek
Beveridge
Rose Garden Visits and Neighborhood Socials in Topeka
Neighborhood residents frequent Gage park rose beds while local families from St Joseph Lawrence and Vinland share gatherings. Attendance includes Mr and Mrs Will Quelch, Florene Curti s birthday, nieces traveling from New York to California, and Vesper services at Kansas University.
Social rounds and visits in Centropolis and Topeka
Mr and Mrs Lee Gray and Rosa Lee of Centropolis spent last Sunday with Mr and Mrs Fred Gray and children. Hugo Schellhorn attended the Kanwaka Literary club picnic in Topeka as a guest of Mr and Mrs Fred Greg Rory. Miss Ada Lindell visited Miss Emma Nieder the past week. Miss Elizabeth Dunn of Kansas City spent the Fourth of July with home folks. Paul Curtis of Baldwin and Conrad Curtis are spending this week with Mr and Mrs W J Curtis. Miss Francis Perkins of Lake View spent Friday and Saturday with Miss Della Bond. Mr and Mrs Neal Banks and William spent Friday with her parents at Centropolis. Howard Gray returned home with them, staying until the following Sunday. Mrs Sick and daughter Mrs Lavery and three children of Kansas City spent most of last week with Mrs Mary Theme. Mrs W J Curtis and Roy Curtis
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Gage Park
Topeka
Will Quelch
St. Joseph
Roy Goff
Model District
Goff
John Dunn
John Banks
Clifford Christenson
Donny
Lawrence
Roy Curtis
Conrad
W. J. Curtis
Florene
N. F. Thome
Mary Thome
Kansas City
Thomes
New York
California
Hugo Schellhorn
Marie Beveridge
Lee Gray
Rosalee
Centropolis
Fred Gray
Kanwaka Literary Club
Fred Greg- Rory
Ada Lindell
Emma Nieder
Elizabeth Dunn
Kansas Cit
Paul Curtis
Baldwin
Conrad Curtis
Francis Perkins
Lake View
Della Bond
Neal Banks
William
Howard Gray
Lawrence Residents Attend Births and Rescue Tale
Conrad visited Memorial hospital in Lawrence to see Mrs Curtis and her newborn daughter Joan Gibler. Roy Curtis announces birth of a daughter at Lawrence Memorial. Bryan Neal and two sons endured Colorado floods, stranded overnight with a soda truck and towed out by a tractor, detouring 180 miles via Wyoming. Neal lives in Greeley and drives a local truck.
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Conrad
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Bryan Neal
Colorado
Wyoming
Neal
Greeley
Man Missing After Weekends Absence Highlighted
A resident who left home Thursday morning did not return as expected and was not found until late Saturday night, prompting local authorities to review the disappearance and locate the individual.
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Margaret Mary Jones
Sigel
J. M. O'Connor
Glenn
Ottawa
Link Renay
James Sanders
A. B. Frederick
Hal Wolfe and Sons
Wm. Johnson
Earl Martin
Edd Steele
F. M. Hubbard
Hal Wolfe
Patty Wolfe
Richard Johnson
Bert Sanders, Jr
Sanders
Green Bros
Lee Cox
Alva Petefish
N. E. Farringer
Birdie Prosser
Johnson & Wahl
Valley Chapel
Livens Ghost Camp
Dorothy Chapman
Old Central City
Calo
Ralph G. Burk
Ottawa, Kan
I. F. Eberhart
Sally Eilers
Mary Dow
Tracy
Micky Mouse
Silly Symphony
Uoa
Pingse
Witha Otis
Theo Tes
Fortes Informist
Thrift Cooker
Electric Power Company
Journal - World
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