Springfield conference endorses ten principles for 1936 policy
The Springfield gathering of midwestern Republican workers adopted a declaration of principles for the 1935 presidential campaign. It endorsed low tax and balanced budget ideals, free enterprise, and old age pensions, while urging a sound gold based currency and protection for agriculture. The resolutions emphasize preservation of state rights, economy in government, and a competitive system free from monopoly.
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Springfield
Prairie States
Justice For Veterans
Ed . A. Hayes
Decatur
Lowden
Frank Q. Lowden
Congress
Resolutions Committee
AAA
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Roosevelt
Empire May Lose Missouri Hydroelectric Project
The power commission denied Empire District Electric's request for more time to start the White River Table Rock hydroelectric project. It set July 15 to show cause why license should not be terminated, opening a path for public works funding of 14.2 million dollars. Formal federal funds papers are on file, action pending the commission’s decision. The project carried an A rating in the Mississippi Valley committee report last October.
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Washington
The
Power Commission
Empire District Electric Company
White River
Table Rock
Public Works Fund
National Emergency Council
Commission
Mississippi Valley Committee
NRA Move Blocked in Senate and Silver Purchase Plan
Washington reports limited senate debate as administration leaders push to extend a Modified NRA while a senator blocks a vote with an amendment. A five member McCarran committee seeks Morgenthau explanation on silver purchases as the house debates anti smuggling. Senate banking panel backs extending loan payoff deadline for federal reserve officers. Wagner labor disputes bill urged by house committee amid industrial peace concerns. Downtown Shriners parade in convention week adds a festive note.
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Washington
Senate
Gore
D-Okla
House
Senate Silver Bloc
McCarran
D-Nev
Morgenthau
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve
Congress
House Labor Committee
Shriners
Cooch Faces Death By Federal Kidnaping Conviction
Durant Oklahoma June 11 Arthur Cooch the first man condemned to death by a federal court jury for kidnaping will learn Saturday if the death penalty is imposed Judge R L Williams refused a guilty plea citing a maximum life sentence and sent the case to a jury. Cooch a former Okmulgee youth escaped from Hughes county jail and was captured after a chase in which Ambrose Nix was killed. He faces execution on the gallows unlike state prisoners electrocuted.
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Durant
Okla
Arthur Cooch
Oklahoma
R. L. Williams
Cooch
Williams
Paris
Tex
H. R. Marks
R. N. Baker
Pushmataha County
Gooch
Okmulgee
Hughes County
Holdenville
Ambrose Nix
Death of Clay Center county agent B G Taylor
Clay Center Kansas June 11 Gh B Taylor 34 county agent for Clay county died here today after an auto crash near Abilene on May 23 He had served in Douglas county farm agent post in 1930 and earlier in Lawrence Salina and Oklahoma Survivors include his widow and four children. He had been county agent since January 1933.
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Clay Center
Kan
Gh . B. Taylor
Clay County
Abilene
Taylor
Lawrence
Salina
Oklahoma
Jap Army Seizes Hopei Province Amid War Claims
Bulletin from London and Peiping reports Gen Ho Ying-Ching resigned China’s war minister after signaling acceptance of Japanese demands shaping Hopei. Tokyo sources describe army-led action to purge anti Japanese elements and fill a political vacuum, with Chinese forces barred within zones along Peiping Tientsin Shanhaikwan rail links.
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London
Peiping
Exchange Telegraph
Ho Ying-Ching
China
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hopei
Tokyo
Hopei Province
Manchuria
Jehel
Nippon
Manchukuo
East Asia
Tokyo Foreign Office
Hanking
Shang Chen
Tientsin
Shanhaikwan
Woman Republican leader urges perfect 36 at Midwest convention
Springfield reports Mrs Worthington Scranton of Scranton as Republican committeewoman who closed the grass roots gathering with a quip about a perfect 36. The event ended as the gavel struck. An ad hints at extra cash through classified ads.
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Springfield
Worthington Scranton
Scranton
Fear ing pleads to manslaughter in court
Charles Spot Fearing, once convicted of murder in the second degree, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fourth degree during a district court appearance for a new trial granted by Judge Hugh Means. Officers will take him to Lansing to serve a two year term.
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Charles “Spot” Fearing
Hugh Means
Fearing
Lansing
State
Means
William “Jay” Wilson
North Lawrence
Utility Bill Passes In Senate To Eliminate Holding Firms
Washington June 11 The Senate passed an administration bill to eliminate all holding companies deemed essential to utilities within seven years and sent the measure to the House The final vote was 56 to 22 An earlier close vote of 44 to 45 rejected an amendment to limit the bill to regulation Senators McGill and Capper supported the bill President Roosevelt opposed the amendment Borah’s amendment to cap holdings was accepted
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Washington
Senate
House
Dieterich
D-Iii
Wheeler
D-Mont
Rayburn
D-Tex
Roosevelt
Borah
R-Ida
McGill
Capper
Kansas
Here's What's Wrong in the Rule of Roosevelt as Springfield Sees It
A Springfield Chronicle summary lists 18 grievances from a Republican grass roots convention. The points accuse Roosevelt of government growth, federal payroll rise, budget imbalance, increased federal control, currency concerns, states rights disregard, secret allocations, food and supply issues, agricultural spending, home market surrender, monopolies, banking control, wealth concentration, pressure on the needy, and centralized power against the Constitution.
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Roosevelt
Springfield
Til
Congress
Secretary of Treasury
Summer session registration Opens at University of Kansas
Registration lines formed this morning in the Administration building basement as teachers principals superintendents college and high school students prepared to enter KU summer session which opens Thursday. Tomorrow regular enrollment and class work begin with Robinson Gymnasium hosting enrollment hours. More than 200 courses are offered to advance current work, allow regulars to makeup credits, and give high school students an early start.
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University of Kansas
Robinson Gymnasium
Will Seek Death Penalty for Tacoma Kidnapers
Salt Lake City June 11 The trial of the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping defendants in Washington state under the new law sentencing kidnappers to death was nearly assured as U S District Attorney J Charles Dennis at Tacoma said he would recommend state court trial for the severest penalty possible A federal trial may follow Thruout the west a manhunt for William Mahan scar faced ex convict who ditched a car with 15155 ransom money near Butte Montana last Sunday continues
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Weyerhaeuser
Washington
Hoover
J. Charles Dennis
United States
Tacoma
Dennis
West
William Mahan
Butte
Mont
Reds Defeat Giants 4 1 Behind Freitas Seven-Hit Pitching
In New York Cincinnati Reds toppled the league leading Giants 4 to 1 in the first game of a doubleheader as Tony Freitas pitched seven efficient hits. Lombardi homered for Cincinnati. errors and defensive play shaped the late innings. Parallel games included Phillies routing Cubs 19 to 4 with Galan homer a record performance. Pirates blank Dodgers 4 to 0 to pull even with Cardinals in NL standings.
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New York
Tony Freitas
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Tombardi
Reds
Cincinnati
Henshaw
Carey
Root
Lonez
Phelns
Cleveland
Philadelphia Athletics
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia
Blaeholder
Benton
Richards
Hudlin
Pytiak
Iinsabindiaye
Mahaffey
Berry
C. Brown
Pearson
Brenzel
Detroit
Lefty Grove
Boston
Tigers
Ian Oh Nir
Grove
R. Ferrell
Sullivan
Auker
Hayworth
W. Ferrell
Ferrell
Crowder
Cochrane
Chicago
al Simmons
Washington
White Sox
Linke
Burke
Bean
Holbrook
Bolton
Fischer
Tietie
Sewell
Terreno
Coppola
Phelps
St. Louis
Ruffing
Dickey
Knotts
Andrews
Hemgley
American Association
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Eter
Smith and Breese
Tau_Scher
George
Brave the Rain at Emporia Railroad Picnic
In Emporia Kansas authorities say about 1500 people attended the annual picnic of the Big Four railway brotherhoods despite heavy rains. Delegations arrived on special trains from Arkansas City and Argentine. S T Bledsoe of Santa Fe spoke with W H Fraser of Cedar Rapids present. Frances Bowman of Chanute won last year’s girls bathing beauty contest again today. Events included contests for men women and children plus baseball games and band concerts. A supper and dance were planned to close the day.
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Emporia
Kan
Big Four Railway Brotherhood
Arkansas City
Argentine
S. T. Bledsoe
Santa Fe Railway Company
W. H. Fraser
Order of Railway Conductors
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Frances Bowman
Chanute
Grass roots phrase linked to Republican rally origins
Credit to Hamilton traces the term from Kansas influences to a Topeka January speech, with Excelsior Springs leaders connecting the Spring field rally to revitalizing the party from the brass roots up. The report also notes Kansas banks held $209.8 million in deposits as of March 4, with total deposits at $242.4 million.
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Springfield
Kansas
Topeka
John Hamilton
National Committee
Sunflower State
Excelsior Springs
Blo
Kansas National Bank
Comptroller
Kansas Bankers’ Association
Rivers Rise and Roads Flooded After Heavy Rain
Torrential rainfall flooded roads in Douglas County causing Mud Creek to exceed banks and close No. 32. Wakarusa and Kaw rivers rose to 15 and 14.3 feet respectively, with no flood danger seen. Traffic halted at flooded culverts, guards and warning lights deployed, North Lawrence area saw mud washed away and trees damaged.
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Douglas County
Highway 32
Siblesville
Stonehouse Creek
Wiliamstown
Wakarusa
Miller’s
Mud Creek Bridge
Highway Department
Old 40
Seventh Street
Stiner's
Hird’s Corner
Mud Creek
Indian Village
North Lawrence
Power Company
Telephone Company
Value of Railroads Emphasized by Governor at Luncheon
Governor Alf Landon called railroads the most vital mechanical and economical force in America during a Railroad Week address to Shrine club members in Topeka. He said railroads are the blood stream of the nation, enabling timely transportation, rapid information exchange, and unity, supporting development of natural resources across regions.
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Topeka
America
Alf M. Landon
Shrine Club
Bolivia Agrees to Plan Ending Long Chaco War
La Paz Bolivian cabinet approves neutral nations peace formula to end the Chaco War with Paraguay. Paraguay has accepted, signaling the end of the three year official and half century unofficial conflict. The neutral powers backing the plan are the United States Argentina Brazil Chile Peru and Uruguay.
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Bolivia
la Paz
Paraguay
Chaco
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Uruguay
Gift To KU Class Of 1935 Near $1000 For Union
The KU business office says a gift from the class of 1935 will total about $1000. The Memorial Union Operating committee will receive the funds for a specific Union building improvement, with unofficial reports suggesting use for a browsing room or a new check room.
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K. U. Business Office
University
Memorial Union Operating Committee
Union
City Council to Meet Tonight at New City Hall
The city council will meet at 8 o'clock tonight in the new city hall. The session was moved up from last night to avoid conflicts with commencement activities.
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City Hall
Roosevelt Works Against Parole Abuses
Roosevelt presses to curb parole abuses amid the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case. He praised the FBI study of two men, one a paroled robber and one an ex convict, and telegraphed Attorney General Cummings urging a full review of their prior records across jurisdictions.
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Hyde Park
N. J
Roosevelt
Weyerhaeuser
Bureau of Investigation
Cummings
Government to take over Haskell Institute athletics
A $30 500 appropriation bill advanced by the senate would transfer ownership of Haskell Institute athletic properties to the government and finance the department’s debts. Senator Arthur Capner sponsored the measure. Congressman U S Guyer sponsored it in the House. The stadium was funded by Indian donations and the program, once self sustaining, faced financial strain after changes reduced football draw.
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Haskell Institute
Student Activities Association
Senate
House
Arthur Capner
Activities Association
U. S. Guyer
Haskell
Floods retreat as Kansas rivers recede after rains
Topeka reports streams back in banks for the first time in weeks. Heavy rains in Kaw valley and Goodland yield up to 1.18 inches soaking dry farmland while Neosho river returns to banks south of Kansas. Kaw remains well below flood stage at 13.1 feet. forecasts call for 80 to 85 degree highs with 60 to 65 degree lows.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kaw Valley
Goodland
Neosho
Oklahoma
Smoky Hill
Abilene
Junction City
S. D. Flora
Flora
Valley Falls
Kansas City
Horton
St. Joseph
Wamego
Manhattan
Concordia
Hanover
Phillipsburg
Dresden
Fire damages elevator unit in Kansas City Kansas
The Memphis unit of the Frisco elevator run by the Lathrop Marshall grain company was destroyed by fire in Kansas City Kansas late yesterday with an estimated loss of 275000 dollars. Insurance covers the loss. Over 100000 bushels of corn and about 25000 bushels of wheat were lost. Origin of the fire is undetermined.
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Kansas City
Kan
Memphis
Frisco Elevator
Lathrop- Marshall Grain Company
W. W. Marshall
Grain Company
Marshall
Kansas university grants 862 diplomas at 63rd commencement
A crowd packed the University of Kansas auditorium as 862 students received 987 degrees at the 63rd annual commencement. Chancellor Lindley and Fred M. Harris presented diplomas. William Lowe Bryan of Indiana University delivered the principal address on Mark Twain and William James. Rain forced relocation from Memorial Stadium.
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University
University of Kansas
E. H. Lindley
Fred M. Harris
Board of Regents
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
Mark Twain
William James
Memorial Stadium
Lindley
Alf M. Landon
Richard L. Sutton
Kansas City
Russell L. Wiley
Weather forecast for Kansas and roads report
Northern Kansas to stay generally fair with south portion seeing thundershowers this afternoon or tonight. Tonight cooler in east central Kansas. Wednesday expected to be fair and warmer in the northwest. Morning weather mostly cloudy era. Coffeyville and Arkansas City clearer. Topeka rain. Dirt roads vary from muddy to good with portions slick. Dousetas county roads muddy. Gas Office records show yesterday 7 p.m. temperature 73, 7 a.m. today 59.5, noon today 65. yesterday high 97, rainfall to 7 a.m. today 2.37 inches.
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Kansas
Coffeyville
Arkansas City
Topeka
Wichita
Pittsburg
Emporia
Ottawa
Dousetas
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Laaitiod
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