Congress Closes Amid Veto Clash and Roosevelts Praise
Washington June 17 UPi Five hundred-odd members of the 75th congress returned home after adjournment amid a clash over Roosevelt proposals. The Senate and House approved the relief and public works program while enacting a farm loan bill. a lobby funds fight ended without action. President Roosevelt sent thanks for constructive legislation and prepared to attend his son John’s Nahant wedding.
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Washington
Upi
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Senate Lobby Committee
Burke
D-Neb
Minton
D-Ind
E.S.T
Bankhead
Garner
Altho
Nahant
Mass
John
Uvalde
Tex
Clark
D.-Mo
Germany
Old Town
Potomac
Salem
Anne Lindsay Clark
Boston
Elliott
John Boettiger
Framingham
James
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel DuPont
Massachusetts
New York
Anne
Sally
Charles McVeigh
Marguerite le Hand
Harry
Harry Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Hopkins
Miss Clark
McVeich
Secret Service
John Roosevelt
Concord
Ledlie Laughlin
Cholera Epidemic Spreads Across Northwestern India
Reports from Lucknow indicate cholera has claimed about 16 500 lives in the United Provinces and is spreading into Punjab, the Northwest Frontier, Sindh, and central provinces. Inoculations reach 600 000, bodies are managed with care, and 11 million vaccine doses ordered as 44 of 48 districts report cases.
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Lucknow
India
GRI
United Provinces
Afghanistan
Northwest Frontier
Punjab
Sindh
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
British India
Hardwar
Ganges
Washington asks Germany to assume Austria debts to U.S.
On June 17 Washington dispatched a formal note via Ambassador Hugh Wilson, urging Germany to assume Austria debts to the United States and American citizens. The note cites international law and equity, notes Austria's total debt to the U.S. at about 60 million, and argues creditors should not be worsened by Austrian absorption.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
U. S
United States
Hugh Wilson
Berlin
Hull
Walther Funk
Ermany
Two Orchestras Draw Pay For K A Sophomore Hop
Two orchestras competed for pay at the Kansas University Sophomore Hop in January. Arlie Simmonds received $260 after a national AFM board ruling in his favor, while Pollock collected $500 the night of the dance. Simmonds leaves to join his band at Lake Minnetonka with dates set for Lake Okoboji Euclid Beach and West View Resort.
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University of Kansas
Ben Pollock
Arlie Simmonds
Pollock
Arlie
J. J. Simmonds
K. U. Memorial Union Dance Management
Simmonds
American Federation of Musicians
Lake Minnetonka
Minneapolis
Minn
Lake Okoboji
Euclid Beach
Cleveland
West View Resort
Pittsburgh
Increased Oil Allowables Hearings Set in Cowley Pools
The corporation commission will hear in Topeka on Saturday applications to raise oil allowables in two Cowley county pools. Ben Gralapp seeks extra allowables for the Turner pool for sale to Kanotex, and National Refining proposes higher output in the MecCullough pool to meet refining demands.
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Wichita
Corporation Commission
Topeka
Cowley County
Ben Gralapp
Turner
Kanotex
National Refining Company
MecCullough
Two Executed in Texas Electric Chair
Two Black men convicted of crimes in Texas were executed in the electric chair early today. Tommie Wells, 25, Monroe Louisiana, was executed first for attacking a Texarkana white woman. Mark Henry Calhoun, 18, Dallas, was executed for allegedly hurting a 13 year old county white girl.
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Texas
Huntsville
Tex
Tommie Wells
Monroe
Texarkana
Mark Henry Calhoun
Dallas
Five Lawrence men skip profits for Schmeling Lewis fight
Fritz Meyn leads five Lawrence residents who opt to travel to New York for the Schmeling versus Lewis bout rather than cash in on $600 offer for five tickets. The group will ride the Union Pacific streamliner tomorrow afternoon for the June 22 fight.
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Lawrence
New York
Fritz Meyn
Buddy Gallagher
Frank McDonald
Charles O’brien
Parsons
Ted Meyn
Loew's
Fritz
Union Pacific
Green Explains Crop Insurance at Wichita Chamber Meet
UP Roy M. Green of Washington, head of the federal crop insurance corp, outlined two key differences from the old farm board. He said premiums and losses are at the market and wheat stocks are used only to pay losses, not to be dumped at whim. Dr. H H King of Kansas State College urged research into industrial uses for Kansas crops and chemical recovery of nutrients.
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Wichita
Roy M. Green
Washington
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Insurance Corporation
Farm Board
Hoover
Green
H. H. King
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Kansas
King
Insurgent Drive Throttled by Spanish Frontline Resistance
Franco's offensive along Spain's eastern coast toward Valencia slowed as government forces counter-attacked 35 miles north of Valencia. Villarreal fell after fierce street fighting as Col. Hipolito Menendez assumed command of the eastern armies. The push continues at about five miles daily, though other fronts suffer.
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Hendaye
France
Spanshi
Francisco Franco
Spain
Valencia
Mijares
Villarreal
Hipolito Menendez
Cordoba
Penarroya
Bank Robber Gardner Walks Free From Leavenworth Penitentiary
Roy Gardner, famed Pacific coast bank thief of the 1920s, left Leavenworth federal prison a free man after decades of escapes and captures. He planned to return to California to seek legitimate work, aided by former pursuer Louis Sonney, now an independent film producer. Gardner, sentenced in 1920 for an $85 000 mail robbery, had multiple recapture episodes including a 1921 capture by Sonney and a Labor Day escape at McNeil's Island. He later requested a transfer to Alcatraz before returning to finish his term in 1936.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Roy Gardner
Pacific Coast
Federal Penitentiary
California
Gardner
Louis Sonney
San Francisco
Sonney
Centralia
Wash
San Diego
McNeil’s Island
Alcatraz
Napa
Calif
Congress Ends Session Without Formal Sendoff to Roosevelt
Washington notes the 75th congress closed quietly with no official good-bye to President Roosevelt. A double barreled resolution promised two committees would inform him the houses were adjourned. In practice, lawmakers vanished to cloak rooms then signaled completion as the President headed to Nahant, Mass., for John Roosevelt's wedding.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Congress
Union Station
Nahant
Mass
John Roosevelt
Flood Widespread in Parsons Area After Labette Creek Rise
Parsons Kansas suffers about 300 homes flooded as Labette creek exits banks during a record flood. Red Cross coordinator W H Martin appeals for help to aid at least 100 families while Neosho river crests at 22 feet east of town. U S 166 at Chetopa closes as Levee breaks flood farmland and highway 169 traffic routes continue under warding.
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Parsons
Kan
Labette Creek
W. H. Martin
Labette County
Red Cross
National Red Cross
Martin
Neosho
Here
Oswego
Chetopa
U. S. 166
West to Get Showers Forecast for Kansas
Thunder showers were forecast for tonight in the western portion of the state where rain is needed. Eastern counties should remain dry for at least 24 hours. Temperatures to rise, with 85 to 95 degree highs. Flooding reported on Neosho and Marais des Cygnes basins, Oswego and Parsons stages above flood level but receding at times.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Neosho
Marais Des Cygnes
Flora
Oswego
Parsons
Lacygne
Smoky Hill
Salina
McCall Transferred to Raiford as Family Fights Execution
McCall, a 21 year old confessed kidnapper, was moved from the county jail to Raiford state prison at 3 15 am. His family pressed to save him from the electric chair after his confession that the child may have died during the abduction on May 28. Governor Cone had not announced a date for the execution.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Raiford
Jimmy Cash
McCall
Fred P. Cone
County Receives Highway Fund Ahead of 1939 Budgets
The county treasurer was notified of 1939 highway fund shares from the state benefit district. Douglas county will receive 9,084.37 dollars, townships 3,785.15, to be used for bonds and interest on road improvements due in 1939. Grant, Wakarusa and Willow Springs townships previously funded the old U S 73W levy, now absorbed by the state fund. The county auditor notes the fund, from auto license and gasoline tax, is for specific purposes including reimbursements. This year townships got 3,532.80 to apply on bonds and interest. the county received 4,239.87 with the rest due in October.
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Douglas County
State Highway Department
Grant
Wakarusa
Willow Springs
State Highway Fund
Mildred LeSner
Bowl of Rice party at Methodist church tonight
Arrangements for a 6 30 p m Bowl of Rice party at the Methodist church are complete. Tickets cost 35 cents at the door. Miss Alice Marie Meyn will sing with Dorothy Enlow Miller on piano, and Jack Dalby will perform magic. All proceeds go to the United Council for Civilian Relief in China for 50 000 000 destitute non combatants. Col Theodore Roosevelt chairs the council and a message from Mme Chiang Kai Shek will be read. Network broadcasts from New York Chinatown add to the event.
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Methodist Church
Alice Marie Meyn
Dorothy Enlow Miller
Jack Dalby
K. U
United Council For Civilian Relief
China
Lawrence
New York
Chinatown
Columbia
Mutual
WLW
Cincinnati
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
The
United Council
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Air raid on Alicante and Valencia causes heavy casualties
In pre-dawn attacks on Alicante, fifteen people were killed and 35 injured as six trimotored bombers dropped about 50 bombs on the outskirts. Valencia also faced late afternoon raids with several casualties as anti-aircraft batteries repelled the attackers.
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Madrid
Alicante
Valencia
Mediterranean
Welfare Fund Receives State Aid Donation
County Treasurer A M Gardner reports a $5 045 88 welfare fee fund payment from the state to the county welfare fund. The funds will be credited to the county welfare account, he said.
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A. M. Gardner
Dawn Phantom gunman revealed as policeman's son
Chicago police reveal Harold Keen, 23, son of Ernest L. Keen, a policeman, as the Dawn Phantom behind 28 early morning holdups in two months. Detectives trapped him near a friend's home. he reached for a weapon and was shot eighteen times. Harold's wife Angeline, 21, an expectant mother, was told of the shooting.
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Chicago
Ernest L. Keen
Harold
Young Keen
Angeline
Detective Bureau
Keen
Union church services schedule announced for South Park
Rev. D E Mc Gregor announces a summer schedule of Union services led by ministers including Rev Howard Koelb with topics chosen individually this year. Services start 7 45 p m Sundays with weather contingencies at Trinity Lutheran church. A young people group hosts weekly meetings at 6 pm next Sunday at the Christian church Tenth and Kentucky street with Rev Carter Harrison speaking.
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Union
South Park
D. E. McGregor
Union Services Committee
Ministerial Alliance
Howard E. Koelb
Joe Williams
Paul C. Rankin
Trinity Lutheran Church
Union Young People’s Group
Christian Church
Tenth and
Kentucky Street
Carter Harrison
Lawson Roberts
Marguerite Harris
Harold Gregg
Parliament Adjourned Leaving France to Rule by Decree
Paris reports the French government adjourned Parliament until November allowing the national defense cabinet to govern by decree. Premier Edouard Daladier read the decree as deputies were dismissed amid communist demands to end non intervention in Spain, clashes injured two rightist deputies.
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Paris
Edouard Dladier
National Defense
Chamber of Deputies
Rain Drenches Oklahoma Panhandle After Night of Heavy Showers
Parched fields in the Oklahoma Panhandle including Boise City received rain averaging over an inch during the night. The downpour left the soil saturated as farmers assess early impacts on crops and pasture.
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Oklahoma Panhandle
Boise City
Okla
New Spending Plan Adds Billions to Public Debt
Congress approved a 3.75 billion relief and pump priming bill adding to about 18 billion in unemployment aid and public works since 1933. The measure aims to place at least 4.1 million people to work, with PWA and WPA expanding programs upon presidential signature.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Organized Labor
WPA
PWA
Roosevelt
Potatoes in Kaw valley show strong tour results
More than 75 growers joined the Kaw valley potato tour with two days of field plots and fertilizer tests. Farmers saw doubled yield from a fertilized 250 pound per acre amputated phosphate plot at the Kelsey farm near Topeka and noted 25 to 30 percent gains from sweet clover crop rotation.
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Kaw Valley
L. G. McGee
Scott Kelsey
Topeka
Kelsey
Altho
Kelsey Farm
Nesbraska
North Dakota
Minnsota
Wyoming
Colorado
Maine
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Rep A H Gasque Dies at Walter Reed Hospital
Washington June 17 UPi Rep Allard H Gasque Democrat of Florence South Carolina died early today of heart disease shortly after the 75th congress adjourned The 65 year old chairman of the house pensions committee had been a school teacher before entering Congress 16 years ago.
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Washington
Upi
Allard H. Gasque
Florence
S. C
Doly
Walter Reed Hospital
House Pensions Committee
Congress
Weather forecast for Kansas with regional details
Cloudy conditions and local showers possible in western counties tonight and Saturday. Warmer air moves in west areas with warmer conditions on Saturday. Morning readings show Pittsburg cloudy Garden City partly cloudy Arkansas City clear elsewhere. Dirt roads vary with mud in Emporia soft in Coffeyville Arkansas City Wichita fair in Topeka Pittsburg Salina good in Manhattan Garden City. Temperatures list yesterday 78 today 65 noon today expected.
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Kansas
West
Pittsburg
Garden City
Arkansas City
Emporia
Coffeyville
Wichita
Topeka
Salina
Manhattan
MAO Eods
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D. L. Turnbough
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Atchison
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