WPA concessions avert Chanute strike in Kansas
Chanute Kansas June 8 WPA officials and Farmer Labor Union leaders postponed a threatened strike on southeastern Kansas WPA projects to study concessions. The union will vote in a week to 10 days on offers from Clarence Nevins state director. if approved, work resumes, else a strike could halt projects in Crawford Cherokee and Bourbon counties and push workers to sit in Chanute. Key demands included wage scales for skilled labor, restoring transportation to worksites, allowing private employment without losing WPA status, and keeping relieved workers on projects until funds run out.
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Chanute
Kan
Farmer-Labor Union
WPA
Kansas
Joe Saia
Saia
Clarence Nevins
Sais
Crawford
Cherokee
Bourbon Counties
Heesins
Nevins
Ben S. Hudson
Kansas Allied Workers
Crawford County
Pittsburg
Rains Revive Wheat Across Western Kansas
Kansas agriculture reports show revived wheat prospects in the western third after last week’s rain, with fair yields expected though some eastern counties face too much rain. Army worms, leaf rust, and grasshoppers affect eastern and central areas while sorghum planting continues in moisture-rich western counties. Binders will start cutting in southern Kansas by mid June and combining about a week later as conditions improve.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Duke of Windsor's terrier Snooky stalls hind leg lesson
Snooky the port terrier resisted learning to stand on hind legs during the couple's honeymoon near Castle Wasserloomburg. The Duke wore tan shorts and the duchess a white wool suit with a striped blouse as they relaxed on a surprise village stroll.
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Snooky
Terrier
Noetsch
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Castle Wasserloon
Burg
Edward
NYA Announces Fixed Summer Schedule for Music and Drama Classes
NYA in Lawrence releases a fixed summer timetable for music and drama supervised by Miss Mildred Reuter with help from Miss Dorothy Klawahn Miss Mickie Learnard and Billy Hampton all K A students. Classes meet at 1021 Rhode Island street with tap piano glee club and one act groups scheduled on various weekdays. enrollment is open this week and instruction is free for Douglas County youths.
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NYA
Mildred Reuter
Reuter
Dorothy Klawahn
Mickie Learnard
Billy Hampton
K. A
Rhode Island Street
Miss Klawahn
Miss Learnard
Glee Club
Miss Lefman
NYA Center
Lawrence
Douglas County
Will Furnish Labor for Harvest by Reemployment Service
The National Reemployment Service will cooperate with farmers to furnish labor for potato harvests and grain in the territory. Merle Akers announces local office support with about 250 workers registered. WPA projects may be closed to free men if demand exceeds supply. Hopkins orders WPA workers taking private work to be recertified for WPA. those refusing private work face removal from certified lists. The reemployment office is at 209 West Eighth Street, phone 688. The Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark for 25 million dollars in a 1917 treaty proclaimed January 25.
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National
Merle W. Akers
Mildred D. Watson
Polor
Ray Riley
WPA
Douglas County
Harry L. Hopkins
National Relief
Hopkins
West Eighth Street
Heavy Eater Clark Demonstrates Odd Habit at Theater
Clark sauntered into the Journal-World newsroom and chewed a razor blade and swallowed it. He ate a fish hook and two paper clips with calm repetition, claiming years of practice. He will perform at Granada theater Thursday and Friday including matinees and night shows and hold free demonstrations Wednesday afternoon and outside the theater. He even plans to eat an automobile windshield at those demonstrations.
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Clark
Journal-World News Room
Granada Theater
Coronation plans for King Farouk of Egypt
London reports King Farouk, 17, to be coronated in Cairo on July 31 after a four month educational tour of Europe and England with his mother Queen Naazli and four sisters Fawziya Faiza Faika and Fathiya. The royal group completes preparations in June while balancing lessons, sports, and travel.
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London
England
Farouk
Egypt
Cairo
Continent
Fawziya
Faiza
Faika
Fathiya
Fuad
Kingston Hill
Naazli
Alse
Royal siblings learn driving as king gifts cars
The king, living at Kenny House with his staff, joins devoted siblings for games at the guarded tennis court and activities like swimming, riding, and motoring. He taught the two older girls to drive and gave them cars for their birthdays, showcasing close paternal ties.
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Kenny House
Truck Ban Remains In Ottawa Kans Supreme Court Denies Stay
Ottawa Kansas officials announced the state supreme court denied a temporary stay to lift a district court injunction on the city ban routing gasoline transports. City Attorney R Redmond said immediate enforcement would be pursued due to higher gasoline explosion risks in summer. Previously attorneys for the transport companies had ...
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Ottawa
Kan
PIR
R. Redmond
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Redmond
Don’t Get Up Nights Test with Herbal Kidney Flush
Use juniper oil and buchu leaves made into small green buckets as a test package from Crown Drug Store. Flush kidneys like bowels to help nature eliminate waste and acids that irritate bladder. Expect better sleep and relief from disturbed rest after the flushing.
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Crown Drug Store
Governor calls 5 percent severance tax on oil
Norman Oklahoma June 8 Governor E W Marland called a 5 percent severance tax on petroleum a likely necessity if crude oil prices fail to rise 50 cents per barrel by autumn. He spoke at a luncheon of the University of Oklahoma Alumni association and said the tax could raise about 13 million dollars annually for state college and common school maintenance. The measure would add to the existing 5 percent gross production tax, which the last legislature did not increase.
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Norman
Oklz
E. W. Marland
University of Oklahoma Alumni Association
Mackey Hosts Pinochle Club and Wedding News
Mr and Mrs Raymond Gardner hosted a pinochle club gathering last Thursday. Newlyweds Miss Marguerite Nunemaker and Nathan Pettengill of Linwood were married Saturday at the bride’s home, with congratulations pouring in from friends and neighbors.
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Raymond Gardner
J. M. Gardner
Wichita
Marguerite Nunemaker
Nathan Pettengill
Linwood
Malcol Perkins
Phillip
Topeka
Roland Robb
Evan
J. C. Hemphill
Walter Bleakley
Reno
Dorothy Wilson
K. A
Herbert Nunemaker, Jr
Dora Wilson
Herbert Nunemaker
Dorothy Nunemaker
Birthday Club
Thomas Cawley
Birthday club hosts hostess and weekend visitors noted
The article lists social visits including Mrs. Frank Johns hosting the Birthday club, Billy Dwight and Lawrence Suiter visiting their grandfather Mr. Suiter in Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wolf visiting from Bonner Springs, and Herbert and James Seiwald spending Sunday with relatives. Mrs. Clarence Phenecie of Kansas City was a house and wedding guest, attended a wedding at the Nunemaker home, and joined funeral services for Mrs. Walter Bleakley, Sr. in Reno on Sunday.
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Sisting
Birthday Club
Frank Johns
Billy
Dwight
Lawrence Suiter
Lawrence
Mr. Suiter
Joe Wolf
Bonner Springs
Herbert
James Seiwald
Clarence Phenecie
Kansas City
Nunemaker
Phenecie
Walter Bleakley
Reno
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