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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1934
Page
4
The article notes a 30 cent per bushel wheat processing tax will stay post July to avoid disruption. It argues taxes, including this tax, will continue and hints taxpayers hope for no rate increases. The passage references scripture about lifting up and drawing people in relation to the broader tax policy.
The second Yarrow board report reiterates that NRA codes hinder small business and stresses voluntary compliance for real success. Darrow findings warn codes hurt many small firms, urging study to fix the system. Tugwell impresses senators with constitutional defense, though questions linger about his fitness for assistant secretary of agriculture.
Henry P. Fletcher, new chair of the Republican national committee, argues young voters deserve prominence in the campaign. He says they bear the burden of the debts created by the current Democratic administration and will face ongoing government taxes that affect every aspect of their lives.
In responsive tone to the era's policy debates, observers describe the New Deal as a live trial without clear support. William Allen White contends it is a necessary experiment, while many hesitate to express a firm stance. A big eastern banker warns of liquidity hysteria among bankers, challenging the policy's perceived momentum.
Miss Alberta Mack of Lawrence married Edgar Mark Wilson of Longview Washington on a Wednesday evening at the bride’s parents home. Rev E A Bleck officiated with Louise Miller singing Beloved It Is Morn. They plan a Canadian Rockies honeymoon and home in Longview after July 15. The groom is in the lumber business.
A brief syndicated feature by Robert Quillen titled Poor Pa presents a social sketch on parental and family dynamics. The column reflects midcentury humor and rural American life with a sharp, compact voice. Characters and settings remain generic, capturing everyday foibles without explicit events.
Twenty five years ago on a Wednesday June 13 A L Selig was chosen Douglas County poor commissioner. He filed his application and was selected at an even hour. Alva D Bernhard, a Naval Academy graduate, is on a month’s leave with his parents.
Forty years ago the Lawrence wheelmen paraded last night as Homer Oatman recovers from a long illness. The Lawrence Cycling club was formed with Dr. A. L. Ashby as president, J. A. Henley vice president, and officers elected including George F. Baich and George F. Leonard. Messages from Kansas City and Whittier are mentioned, and A C Griesa & Bro of Mount Hope reports a 3000 foot pipe irrigation project to water twenty acres.
New York faced a bleak mood with high unemployment and rents as flour hit 12 dollars a barrel. Rioters attacked flour warehouses and looted stores in numerous meetings, prompting militia to suppress the disorder.
In Corbeil Ontario AP reports the Dionne quintuplets are crying and improving under Dr A R Dafoe watchful care. He notes the babies are doing well with nourishment and growing stronger. In Sac City Iowa the Wycoff quadruplets cry between feeds and sleep while losing weight but nurses keep faith in their progress. Lorraine Delaine, smallest at about 2 1/2 pounds, is described as tiny and fragile. Doctors plan minimal handling to aid strength.
Sergeant Harper investigates a breakfast room killings scene where a stranger impersonates Pierre Dufresne and two men die in a concealed double shooting. Mrs Dufresne inherits a frightened panic as investigators weigh ballistic clues, timing, and possible motives. The doctor warns against disturbing the wounded wife and the case darkens with conflicting theories and a looming reveal.
Honey Bear battles a spreading fire outside a cave to save her cubs. She stamps out flames, endures smoke and fear, determined to protect the cubs despite overwhelming danger and dwindling help as fresh flames threaten the cave.
Tomorrow-Pink Disease reports a produced antitoxin that neutralizes erysipelas toxins. In infants, ultra violet irradiation over three days cuts illness duration by half, reduces complications, and lowers death rate from 60–90 percent to about 20 percent, while costing less and being safer.
A digest of brief items includes a gospel preacher in Toronto dying mid sermon, a South Carolina graduate finally earning a long delayed degree from 1848, a quirky day by a new recruit who quits twice in a row, and a Jersey Democrat presenting a French view on American consistency critiquing mixed drink habits.
Washington notes a notable House ruling issued under Speaker Henry T. Rainey in response to a Cannon inquiry. The comment arises as Republicans stage a dramatic filibuster, with Cannon of Missouri cited as the chamber’s parliamentary law expert and author of Cannon's Procedure.
The piece notes debates over the right to revise and extend remarks in the Congressional Record. It contrasts Speaker Crisp's rule denying prepublication copies with Longworth’s broader access and Rainey’s later restriction. Senator Norris defends his practice of not revising speeches.
Topeka reports state highway commission awarded contracts totaling about 450000 for oiling and graveling roads. Oil surfacing bids came from White Eagle Oil 75000 Skelly 25000 and Standard Oil Indiana 25000 with other smaller repair items. Clarence Beck of Emporia seeks Republican attorney general nomination. Edgar Bennett seeks reelection as judge in 21st district. Blue Rapids man J Littlefield heads to state penitentiary after pleading guilty to statutory offense with three others sentenced earlier.
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