Quitting Time Near as Solons Debate Lending Bill
The U S Senate pushed a further 25 million cut in the export import bank lending authorization, trimming the bill to 75 million. Taft urged 25 million. Barkley framed the compromise as the measure stood at 1.615 billion with housing and public works provisions under discussion. Adjournment timing remained uncertain as leaders eyed action on lending and housing before week’s end.
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Senate
Chamber
Barkley
United States
Clark
D-Mo
House
Taft
Ohio
Jesse H. Jones
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Danaher
Jones
Bankhead
Congress
Tules
Rayburn
Texas
House Banking Committee
D.-Ky
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen T. Early
D.-Tex
Barkeley
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Norris
Ind.-Neb
July's heat records mark fifth warmest in Lawrence history
July in Lawrence was the fifth warmest and fourth driest in 70 years, with a mean of 84.84 degrees, 6.31 above normal. Temperatures reached 108 on two days, 100-plus on 15 days, and rainfall totaled .61 inch versus a 4.26 normal. Year-to-date rainfall stands 2.87 inches below normal.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Posey
Chamberlain Reviews Problems Facing Britain
Prime Minister Chamberlain in a Commons statement spoke on the international crisis and said the world armament race seems unsolvable except by war, but he remained hopeful a path to peace might be found. He noted Britain and France would send military missions to Moscow to start talks with Soviet Russia, and discussed the Danzig issue, Far East policy, and the need for a just settlement in China. He warned Britain would take a serious view if North China agitation goes unchecked.
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Chamberlain
Britain
House of Commons
France
Moscow
Soviet Russia
China
Tientsin
Japan
Danzig
United States
Washington
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Far Eastern
Far East
Waits on Congress for PWA funds on Lawrence project
City officials seek aid for the Lawrence municipal and armory building as J W Stone reports the PWA in Fort Worth has no current funds. The council, having approved a $75,000 bond issue, will file a project application if an appropriation becomes available, urging monitoring of news for updates.
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Public Works Administration
Lawrence
Lower interest rate on FHA insured mortgages announced
Washington announces a reduction in maximum interest rates for FHA insured mortgages. Small homes see a drop from 5 percent to 4 1/4 percent and large rental projects from 4 1/4 percent to 4 percent, effective tomorrow. applies only to new loans.
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Washington
F.H.A
Machines and Morality in the Machine Age
Professor John Ise spoke at Rotary about the impact of labor saving machinery on politics and economics since World War I. He warned the advances could undermine society even as they lift living standards, noting centralization of wealth and rising employer control while praising shorter work hours and private ownership.
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John Ise
Rotary
Europe
Ise
Kansas
New York
Chicago
Riot at Fisher Body plant under GM strike hurts dozens
In Cleveland a riot at the Fisher Body plant injures 34 to 42 people as police clash with union pickets. Tear gas, brick throwing, and gunfire are reported with 5,000 to 6,000 demonstrators outside the door. Union and company actions continue amid a 500 yard picket ban and a temporary truce.
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General Motors
Fisher Body Corporation
Harold H. Burton
Blon Ness
East Side
C.I.0
United Automobile Workers
Nickets
Fisher Body
General Motors Corporation
C.I.C. United Automobile Workers
Michael J. Blackwell
Blackwell
George J. Matowitz
White Motor Company
Fisher
Eldn’ Ness
Raid Leaves 150 Dead in Kenya Tribal Clash
An official report says at least 150 casualties followed an attack by the Merille tribe on the Turkana in northern Kenya. Royal Air Force planes aided by the King's African Rifles chased Marauders who raided Turkana villages.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Royal Air Force
King’s African Rifles
Stock Market Index Rises Through Weekend Trading Tone
The stock index covering 600 stocks edged up from 49.8 on Saturday to 50.2, signaling a modest gain as markets closed for the weekend. Major movers included several blue chip names pushing the overall average higher.
Rise and Fall of Peter De Vito the Notorious Racketeer
New York police recount the decline of Peter De Vito once called the biggest racketeer in the strike breaking business. Once amassing 700 trucks and a $60 000 home with 4000 workers he earned $503 000 in five weeks in 1929. Convicted on income tax charges in 1931 his fall continued as he faced gun and other charges before ending in a lockup frail and malnourished after years washing dishes for meals.
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New York
Peter de Vito
al Capone
U. S
Brooklyn
de Vito
Capone
Inquiry on American Woman Held in German Camp
Berlin reports the U S consulate general asked the Gestapo to confirm whether Mrs Franz Lem an American citizen formerly Lili Harrison born New Orleans April 10 1914 is interned at Dachau on anti Nazi propaganda charges Lem and her husband were reportedly arrested but he escaped Dachau July 19 official replies may take several days due to bureaucratic delays at Gestapo central headquarters and Dachau commandant.
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United States
Franz Lem
Dachau
Lem
Paris
Lili Harrison
New Orleans
Gestapo
Secret Police
Camp to a Close After Six Week Midwestern Music Camp
The Mid Western music camp on the University of Kansas campus wrapped a six week session with two concerts and a radio broadcast. About 350 attended the afternoon recital and roughly 1,200 for the evening band concert, with Karl Krueger and A A Harding guest conducting.
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University of Kansas
Karl Krueger
A. A. Harding
Harding
Wiley
Cadman
Hobart Potter
Smith
Vernell Wells
Robert Stasenko
Roy Shoaf
A. Austin Harding
University of Illinois
William Brown
Kerne Grofe
School of Fine Arts
Middlewest
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Montana
Florida
Russell L. Wiley
K. U
David T. Lawson
Topeka
D. M. Swarthout
University School of Fine Arts
Gerald R. Prescott
University of Minnesota
Ralph Rush
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
N. DeRobertis
Kansas City, Mo
James Robinson
Springfield, Mo
George eKenan
Westport High School
Kansas City
John George Kennan
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
A. Austin
Mt. Oread
Mrs. Homer Cummings III Reported Precarious Condition
Washington July 31 physicians said there was little change in the condition of Mrs Homer Cummings wife of former attorney general, who was reported precariously ill last night Washer Service Green Bros Va.
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Homer Cummings
Washington
Douglas County approves 6.418 mill budget with hearing set
The Douglas County Board of County Commissioners approved a 6.418 mill property levy for next year a decrease from last year The final levy will be set by August 25 based on state equalization valuations A public budget hearing is scheduled for August 12 The 1940 budget notes lower expenditures and bonds welfare fund costs with a new park maintenance fund and small cuts in various funds
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Douglas County
Board of County Commissioners
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Welfare
Corn Contest Set for November on Local Farms
One hundred twenty acres of corn on the F. H. Leonhard J. D. Martin and Emil Heck farms will be ready for the National Corn judging contest on November 3. Committee members said there is ample corn and no major worries about supplies.
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F. H. Leonhard
J. D. Martin
Emil Heck
Heck
Martin
Leonhard
South Dakota
Committee to Probe Reds and Fascists in U S
The house committee on un Americanism will begin hearings in two weeks on a wealth of material about Communist Nazi and Fascist activities. Agents have worked since orders for continuance, focusing on Detroit Chicago and west coast cities. Starnes says little evidence of Nazi or Fascist attempts to penetrate labor unions.
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Washington
House Committee On UN
Halt WPA Roll Cut Topeka July 31
Kansas WPA administrators halt the planned reduction of work rolls for September 1 under new federal requirements. The assistant state director John Brink says the order was received from Federal Commissioner Col. F. C. Harrington to suspend the prior reduction until Congress acts. The number already laid off remains off, and Kansas will still cut administrative costs and personnel by 30 percent within the overall federal funds limits.
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Topeka
Kansas
WPA
John Brink
Col. F. C. Harrington
Congress
Brink
Recall Campaign Moves Ahead in Kansas City
Kansas City July 31 recall effort gathers pace with 40000 signatures needed to seek removal of Mayor Bryce B. Smith and six of eight council members. Charter party backers scolded the mayor while he says the recall makes business harder. J R Clagett blasts unkept promises.
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Kansas City
Bryce B. Smith
Charter Party
Smith
J. R. Clagett
Charter Party Advisory Council
British to Send Troops to India from Egypt Post
A British military communique from Singapore notes that certain troops will be sent to India as a precautionary move. Observers say Britain is redistributing part of its 350 000 troops in India toward Egypt.
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Singapore
Empire
India
Britain
Egypt
Want Smaller Leaner Hogs
Administration farm officials seek to encourage farmers to market smaller and leaner hogs this season to relieve an edible fat surplus that has driven lard and cottonseed product prices to multiyear lows.
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Washington
Administration Farms
Ex-convict linked to Syracuse murder arrest reported
A 27 year old former Oklahoma prisoner, Paul Wayne Brewer, was arrested in Phoenix for complicity in the Ray Kumpf murder at Syracuse Kansas. Brewer admitted being near the scene with Earl McGuire but claimed no direct involvement while McGuire confessed and received a life term.
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Ariz
Oklahoma
Ray Kumpf
Syracuse
Kan
Denonto
Tote Meee
Vernon la More
Maricopa County
Paul Wayne Brewer
Kumpf
Earl McGuire
Brewer
McGuire
Safeway
Holly
Colo
la More
Wheatland
Okla
Pueblo
Ralph Roe
Ted Cole
Alcatraz
Topeka Man Dies After Highway Crash
Glen England about 35 died after his 1935 Chevrolet coach left highway 40 near Seventh and Michigan. Lavina Joyce 23 was injured but not critically. Patrolmen cited high speed and a blown front tire as causes. Police removed debris and found grain alcohol at the scene.
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Glen England
Highway 40
City
Seventh
Michigan
England
Memorial Hospital
Lavina Joyce
Topeka
Altho
L. L. Richardson
Larry Porter
F. W. Sneegas
Joyce
Michigan Stret
C. A. Bass
Union Pacific
Donald
E. Michael
Perry
Wayne E. Johnson
Highway 59
Weather forecast calls for scattered showers in Kansas
The Kansas weather outlook predicts widely scattered showers tonight and tomorrow with no general rain. Temperatures may edge near 100 degrees today and rise again tomorrow, while pastures and crops show signs of drought as rainfall remains limited in most areas.
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Kansas
S. D. Flora
Weather Bureau
Goodland
St. Francis
Tribune
Elkhart
Canada
South Dakota
Flora
Postal official retires in Kansas after 38 years service
George H. Booker of Topeka retires as postal inspector after 38 years with the department. At a dinner with fellow inspectors and clerks he was called one of the most efficient men in the service by E. P. Aldrich, Washington chief inspector. He led duties in 14 northeastern Kansas counties the past six years.
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Kansas City
George H. Booker
Topeka
Postal Department
Booker
E. P. Aldrich
Washington
Kansas
Kansas Weather Outlook and Temperature Readings
Partly cloudy and threatening tonight and Tuesday with a warmer Tuesday. Gas Office Record shows 7 pm yesterday 89, 7 am today 69, today’s high 63 and low 63, compared to Saturday high 85 and Sunday low 63. Year ago today: high 91, low 67.
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Kansas
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