Senate to Confer on Utilities Bill and Hold Seesaw
Washington July 9 1947 the Senate by unanimous consent sends the utilities bill to conference to resolve differences with the House debate centers on whether to require abolition of unnecessary holding companies by 1942 Senator Dieterich withdraws a concurrence motion and seeks to limit abolition while Robinson fights against the change Corcoran testifies that Brewster threatened to pull hotel stay over the issue Kennedy warns the House burden would be staggering and urges caution while Wheeler defends executive discretion under public interest terms with Robinson pressing for clear guidance.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House Rules Committee
Brewster
R.-Me
Thomas Corcoran
RFC
Dieterich
D.-Il
House
Roosevelt
Negrotiate
Robinson
Corcoran
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Joseph P. Kennedy
Securities and Exchange Commission
Whaler
Tax Bill Agreement Narrow scope set by House committee
The House Ways and Means Committee reached a decision to limit the tax bill to individual andJeratae incomesinheritances and gifts. Proposals to broaden Roosevelt's tax program with sales taxes and other levies were set aside to avoid prolonging hearings. Chairman Doughton said the plan is to implement the measures outlined in the President's message.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Doughton
DNQ
Con
Stock Market Index Drops To 60 Stocks At 45.4
The index shows an average of 60 stocks at 45.4, down from yesterday's 45.5. Advertisement notes a new Ford V-8 and mentions contact David Pugh at phone 3053 for Hamilton's advertisement.
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David Pugh
Adv
Martial Law Ends in Baton Rouge Huey Plot Hearing Ends
Martial law ended today in Louisiana's capital after a six month rule. Gov. C. K. Allen revoked the edict yesterday as guards relinquished control of the parish courthouse and left Baton Rouge. Nearly a thousand soldiers had guarded a dramatic murder plot hearing for Huey P. Long, with sessions held under armed militia protection.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
C. K. Allen
Huey P. Long
Standard Oil Company
Long
Tornado, flood strike Fort Peck hamlets. 1 dead, 100 injured
July 9 report from Glasgow Montana says 600 refugees and 100 injured after twin disasters hit squatter towns below the Fort Peck dam. A wall of water then a 70 mph tornado leveled Wheeler and other hamlets along the upper Missouri river. One woman died and another man with a fractured skull remained near death.
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Glasgow
Mont
Fort Peck
Coulees
Missouri River
Wheeler
Park Grove
New Deal
Square Deal
Roeville
Delano Heights
Lakeview
Wilson
Clifford Cashner
Harold Bartholomew
Reed Rejects New Deal Bandwagon in 1936 Slogan
Former Senator Jim Reed of Missouri says he wants no part of the new deal bandwagon. He proposes in 1936 campaign rhetoric to turn the enemies of the constitution out. While en route to his Michigan summer home he hints at campaigning in Missouri but avoids national Democratic Party support. He asserts he has never supported the Republican party and hopes never to. He laments there is no Democratic party left.
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Chicago
Jim” Reed
Missouri
Michigan
Reed
Council Adopts Three Ordinances Including Paving and Bond
City council passes three ordinances second reading. Two authorize paving improvements, one issues 6725.14 bond to cover notes due August 1 for Ninth street resurfacing. Bonds dated August 1, 1935, at 2 1/4 percent interest.
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Massachusetts
New Jersey
Eleventh Street
New Hampshire
Ninth Street
Mississippi
Michigan
A. W. Berger
Ways and Means Committee
Mrs Learned Dies After Four Month Illness in Lawrence
Alice Preisach Learned wife of S Stanley Learned county treasurer died after a four month illness. Born September 1 1861 in Lawrence she lived here all her life and was married December 20 1884. Survived by husband six sons Albert Robert Edmund Stanley and others twelve grandchildren two sisters and many relatives. Funeral from 739 Alabama Street Wednesday at 10 with Rev Joseph F Kine pastor Plymouth Congregational Church officiating Burial Oak Hill Cemetery Rebekah Lodge members asked to meet at I C O F hall at 9 to attend the funeral.
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S. Stanley Learned
Mrs. Learned
Lawrence
Douglas County Historical Society
No Name Club
Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grands Club
Learned
Plymouth Congregational Church
Carl
Albert
Kansas City
Robert
Edmund
Belmont
Mass
Stanley
Bartlesville
Okla
Louise Dinglestedt
Minnie Prei Sach
A Miere
F. B. McCulloch
William Wieeman
Naval Attache Named for Lima Embassy Post
Washington July 9 Commander George Lester Werler U N whose home is Emporia Xan has been named naval attache of the American embassy at Lima Peru, announced by the Navy Department. Commander Werler has commanded destroyer division ten since 1933.
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Washington
George Lester Werler
U. N
Emporia
Xan
Lima
Peru
Navy Department
Werler
Destroyer Division Ten
State Must Accept 19 New Textbooks In Kansas
Topeka July 9 the state school book commission plans a meeting likely late this week or early next week to proceed with original textbook adoptions for the next school year. Supreme Court rulings held adoptions are contracts that could not be rescinded affecting 19 books including two arithmetic texts by Mentzer and Bush. Attorney General Clarence V Beck noted the commission will advance the adoptions and urged a legislative amendment to prevent unexecuted contracts from binding the state. Charles Chase of Abilene chairs the commission. W T Markham was away in Chicago and expected back next week.
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Topeka
Cphk
State School Book Commission
Supreme Court
Clarence V. Beck
Commission
Beck
Peace Move Fails In Italo Ethiopian Talks At Scheveningen
Conciliation commission suspends hearings indefinitely as Italy and Ethiopia clash over testimony. Ethiopian adviser Jeze claims territory in Ulual, sparking protest from Italian delegates. League of Nations council may convene a special session amid breakdown, with Italy signaling possible resignation. Kansas works progress program aims to start by Thursday with six district offices and county units to submit projects for approval.
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Netherlands
Italy
Ethiopia
Gaston Jeze
Ualual
Jeze
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League of Nations Council and Assembly
Joseph A. C. Avenel
League
Samuel Hoare
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Topeka
Works Progress Program
Kansas
Evan Griffith
Manhattan
Griffith
Expetator Springs
Missouri Works Progress
Wichita
Chanute
Dodge City
Hays
Salina
Washington
A. B. Nuss
John G. Stutz
State Emergency Relief Committee
Omnibus College Founder Files for Bankrupt Court Action
Dr William M Goldsmith founder and director of the Omnibus College filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal district court Wichita after creditors sought garnishment in Sedgwick county. Assets and liabilities to be tabulated. Goldsmith had led the college since 1932 after teaching at Southwestern College Winfield and University of Wichita.
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Kan
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Omnibus College
Colorado
Federal District Court
Innis D. Harris
Goldsmith
Sedgwick County
Harris
The
Southwestern College
Winfield
University of Wichita
Municipal University
Treasury Note Oversubscribed Five Times in Offer
Washington reports the Treasury's $500,000,000 note issue oversubscribed five times. The issue, a one year and five months maturity, closed books at midnight, marking the first new financing since December.
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Washington
Treasury
Treasury No
Open U S Kidnap Case Against Margaret Waley Opens
U S attorney opened the Lindbergh law kidnap case against Margaret Thulin Waley in Tacoma Washington claiming the 19 year old housewife was involved from the plot’s inception. He outlined key events from March planning in Salt Lake City to June 9 when a fugitive member left $15 000 of a ransom and spoke of the May 24 kidnapping and her alleged treatment.
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Federal
Tacoma
Wash
Owen P. Hughes
U. S
Margaret Thulin Watley
George Weyerhaeuser
E. E. Cushman
Hughes
Spring Pig Crop Shows Big Reduction in Kansas
Kansas reports a 39 percent drop in the 1935 spring pig crop versus last year, with 959000 head forecast from 1.581 million. Nationwide, states show 20 percent declines. hogs over six months on farms June 1 down 55 percent in Kansas. Dreary feed supplies from the 1984 drought and the corn-hog program are cited, with 1984 drought blamed for reduced farrowings. Brigadier General Herbert J. Brees travels to Omaha following Major General Heintzelman’s death, to oversee urgent military affairs after leaving Fort Leavenworth by plane.
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Topeka
Kansas
Corn Belt
United States
Federal
Departments of Agriculture
Brees
Omaha Leavenworth
Herbert J. Brees
Seventh Corps
Stuart D. Heintzelman
Hot Springs
Ark
Fort Leavenworth
Omaha
Mercury Hits 106 as Heat Bakes City Streets
The mercury rose to 106 after a 100 degree reading by mid afternoon. A casual note mentions a late summer vibe and a nod to classifieds advertising offering ad-taker services.
Lawrence group backs white way curb and gutter plan
The Lawrence Merchant's Bureau voted to ask the public works committee to study a Massachusetts street white way and curb and gutter installation. Cost estimates total about 50 000 with 42 500 for new and relocated standards and 21 for curb work, plus potential 45 percent federal grant. H. C. Brinkman led the meeting with C A Harris and Ben Babb presenting figures on lighting efficiency and street improvements.
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Lawrence Merchant's Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts Street
C. A. Harris
Kansas Light and Power Company
Ben Babb
Massachusetts
Southpark
Vermont Street
Eighth
New Hampshire Street
Seventh
Tenth
White Way
The
Park
Fifteenth Street
Seventh Street
Vermont
Tennessee
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Lawrence
Harris
KERC
Babb
M. F. Hudson
H.C. Brinkman
Merchant's Bureau
Hails a Trial Victory in Church Case
Chicago July 9 Dr J Oliver Buswell declares ecclesiastical trial end a victory and calls for church reform. Seven member court closed hearing without prejudice after preliminaries with no evidence presented. Charges deemed not properly presented under church procedure.
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Chicago
J. Oliver Buswell
Curves Return in Furniture Designs at National Show
Chicago July 9 Curves once replaced by modernist forms have reappeared in new furniture lines. At the national furniture show more than 600 manufacturers display revived curves with rounded corners while zig zag patterns are dropped. Dealers touring the furniture mart note the eighteenth century Georgian revival grows alongside rising demand for French styles.
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Chicago
Furniture Mart
Althoutill
Georgien
KU Stadium Debt Cut as Revenue Drops Under Rain
Kansas University Physical Education Association reports a bond principal reduction from 162500 to 150000 and a 4.38 net profit after adjustments. Plans extend bond payments to lower season ticket prices while rain prior to key games reduced football revenue by about 20000. Football and basketball remained profitable overall. track and swimming lost. related costs and endowment show stadium upkeep at 4249.24 with 38000 seating and a 640000 investment not funded by taxes.
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Kansas University Physical Education Association
Forrest C. Allen
Certified Public Accountants
Kansas Relays
University of Kansas
State Warden W. G. Strong Dies at 50 in Great Bend
State Game Warden W. G. Strong, 50, died of heart disease in a Great Bend hospital after being stricken at the warden's residence near Pratt. Appointed July 1, 1933 by Governor Alf M Landon, he had served 11 years as Barton county register of deeds and pushed for a Cheyenne Bottoms national game refuge. He was active in conservation and sport, and was vice president of the Kansas Izaak Walton league in 1929 and 1930. Surviving are his widow and two daughters, Gertrude Strong of Great Bend and Mrs. Perry Dum of Eminia.
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Great Bend
Kans
W. G. Strong
Strong
Pratt
Alf M. Landon
Barton County
Cheyenne Bottoms
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kansas
Senator's father dies in Sharon family obituary
Sharon Pennsylvania July 9 United States Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania mourns his father P David J. Davis who died at 83 after a week long illness. Davis Sr. emigrated 58 years ago with his son and both worked in steel mills before the senator rose to political prominence. The son was en route to the family home for the funeral.
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Sharon
David J. Davis
U. S
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Davis
City's Milk Law Stands Unchanged In Lawrence Court Fight
The Lawrence standard milk ordinance will stay intact and enforcement of the grade D ban begins Friday. Acting Mayor Willard Brown failed to push an amendment to strike grade D, after a council majority opposed it in executive session. Letters notifying handlers of grade D milk will authorize enforcement while debates over the ordinance continued. Officials warned a price war was averted if grade D milk sales resumed, noting Lawrence’s strong milk supply and high base price compared with similar towns.
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Lawrence
District Court
Willard Brown
Brown
Leon Bauman
Bauman
A. W. Berger
United States
U.S. Public Health Service
Kansas
Ouster Hearing Delayed for Chanute Police Chief Lindquist
Chanute Kansas July 9 a city meeting postponed the ouster hearing against Police Chief J E Lindquist after Mayor Watson Stewart postponed the date for a third time The non enforcement charges involve speeding along main street and use of city streets by large gasoline trucks Stewart will set a new hearing date later Miss Jaconette Lawrence of Council Grove a University of Kansas graduate sustained scalp injuries in a head on collision near Rockaway Beach Missouri Ozarks while spending the Fourth of July at the beach
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Chanute
Kan
J. E. Lindquist
Watson Stewart
Stewart
Lindquist
Jaconette Lawrence
Council Grove
University of Kansas
Rock-a-way Beach
Missouri Ozarks
Lawrence
Weather Forecast Promises Fair Conditions With Local Storms
Kansas forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Wednesday with local thunderstorms in the east and south this afternoon or tonight. West and north expected not to warm much. Morning clear with good dirt and Douglas County roads. Gas office record shows yesterday's high around 78.5. Wall Paper Keeler's Book Store ad appears in the page.
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Kansas
Douglas County
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