Long support pledged in letter to Roosevelt
Senator Robinson urged enactment of tax measures this session, while Senator Long of Louisiana pressed for wealth redistribution. Long argued for higher taxes on fortunes and a pension plan for seniors, claiming the administration promised such moves before and after Roosevelt’s nomination. He criticized presidential actions on remittances to private interests and alleged unresolved campaign promises on wealth sharing.
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Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
Senate
Lena Long
D-La
Long
Lang
Black
Schwellenhard D Wash
Supreme Court of the United States
Astors
Tanklins
Roosevelts
Capitol Hill
White House
Wheat to Kansas City a Week Late
The first car of 1935 wheat arrived in Kansas City a week late, harvested near Kiowa in southern Kansas. Poor crop conditions from recent rains delayed shipments. Milling firm paid 85 and shipped it to Wichita for testing. Grade No 1 dark hard, 61.3 pounds per bushel, 15.4 percent moisture, about 12.40 percent protein. If heat dries weather, movement should rise around July 10.
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Kansas City
Kiowa
Kansas
Wichita
Kan
Laval and Eden Bridge Anglais Rift On Naval Pact
Paris reports Premier Laval and Captain Anthony Eden narrow disagreements over the British German naval accord. They agree to work together for European peace and security with plans to resume talks after Eden’s Rome trip. Eden conveyed Baldwin’s stance that Germany’s cooperation would be judged by deeds.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Anthony Eden
Britain
Germany
M. Laval
France
England
Eden
Rome
London
Italy
Stresa
Laavl
Stanley Baldwin
League of Nations
McPherson Agents Seek William Mahan Over Kidnapping Case
Federal agents in McPherson County studied a Winter oil field worker named William Mahan as a possible suspect in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. The McPherson Republican reports Mahan left in late February and has not been seen since. Local merchants said the man resembled the kidnapper and handwriting matched, while Mahan faced non payment charges and was confined in a county hospital February 16 to 2. The lead notes his former home likely Moundridge and questions whether his mother remains there or elsewhere in the county.
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McPherson
Kan
CPI
McPherson County
William Mahan
William Ma‘han
George Weyerhaeuser, Jr
McPherson Republican
Mahan
Republican
Mashan
Moundridge Kan
al al Sella Chi
Farmers Offered Flood Relief Option on 1935 Contracts
The AAA said corn hog contract signers hit by midwestern and southern floods may complete the 1935 contracts with limits per their agreements and receive adjustment payments as crop insurance or withdraw. Eligible states include Nebraska Kansas Missouri Colorado Oklahoma and Arkansas. St Louis Missouri was chosen as the site for the 1936 Northern Baptist convention representing 1,500,000 people with about 2,000 delegates.
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Washington
AAA
Mid-West
South
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Oklahoma
Arkansas
St. Louis
Colorado Springs
Colo
Northern Baptist Convention
Stock market index slips after uncertain trading
The average of 60 stocks stands around 45.2 as trading ends with mixed results. Market observers note volatility and lingering concerns over economic signals, while investors weigh sector shifts and corporate earnings outlook.
Powers Held for Trial on Charges
Salina Kansas June 22 bound over for district court trial on 26 counts alleging unlawful use of public funds while Saline county treasurer. Powers a Democrat defeated Republican Will French in 1934 for state auditor. Trial set for September term. four counts dismissed. involved $1789 and $2,500 bond posted.
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Salina
Kan
Ed J. Powers
Kansas
Saline County
Powers
Will J. French
Joe Snyder
Topeka
R—Ed J. Powers
Alf M. Landon
French
Harry H. Woodring
D. E. Watson
Saline County District Court
Ireland and Britain discuss possible pact terms in move toward reconciliation
Dublin reports Irish Free State leaders including President Eamon De Valera aim to hold talks with Britain to shape a pact. Proposed items include constitutional changes, defense assurances, plebiscite options, gradual separation only by plebiscite, port jurisdiction, and mutual tariff concessions. A Transmississippi golf champion Marion Miley of Kentucky won the women's title in Omaha, defeating Patty Jane Ber.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Irish Free State
Free State
Britain
England
Transmississippi
Marion Miley
Omaha
Neb
Lexington
Patty Jane Ber
Minneapolis
Kentucky
Court Orders Mrs. Waley to Stand Trial in Lindbergh Kidnaping Case
In Tacoma federal court Judge Cushman denied Margaret Waley’s plea for a guilty verdict under the Lindbergh law. He appointed John F. Dore as her trial attorney and set a trial date for next Monday. Waley’s husband Harmon Waley, 45, was already sentenced to 45 years plus two years for a related plot, and she wept as she faced the prospect of trial while her husband left for prison.
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Wash
Margaret Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
E. E. Cushman
John F. Dore
Seattle
Cushman
Harmon M. Waley
Owen P. Hughes
United States Attorney
Hughes
Stephen J. O'Brien
Dore
O'Brien
O’brien
Harmon
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Waley
William Dainard
William Mahan
U. S. Marshal's
New Relief Plan Back From Midway
Congress debates a Bankhead bill to create a 50 million dollar farm relief corporation with authority to issue up to 1 billion dollars in bonds for long term farmer loans. Opposition questions capitalization. House absent for holiday. Senate considers NRA license plan. Alaska relief reports requested amid concerns over food deliveries. Pan American Clipper completes instrument guided return from Hawaii to San Francisco, first blind cross-ocean leg by commercial plane, signaling new transpacific route tests.
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Senate
King
Utah
House
TVA
Public Utility Holding Company
Capitol Hill
NRA
Wagner
D.-N.y
Harry L. Hopkins
Palmer
Alaska
Alameda
Calif
San Francisco Bay
Hawaii
Midway Island
Bay
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Edwin C. Musick
Great Circle
Pacific
Report on church action panel battles Reds at Baptist convention
At the Northern Baptist national convention 2000 delegates hear the Christian social action commission report but no vote is planned before Monday. Rev Rex A Mitchell of Paso Robles denounces the findings as a diabolical catspaw with Moscow links. The commission defends the program as church education to combat unchristian influences and disavows communism and fascism while urging church expansion into social economic and political issues.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Christian Social Action Commission
Northern Baptist National Convention
Sbaders
Rex A. Mitchell
First Baptist Church of
Paso Robles
Calif
Mitchell
Moscow
Russia
Social Action ‘Commission
C. L. Seashores
Dayton
Union Service in Park Presents The Christian and His God
The union worship service tomorrow evening at 7 46 oclock in South park features Dr Paul B Lawson dean of the University of Kansas as speaker. Dr Robert A Hunt pastor of First Methodist Episcopal church presides. Special numbers by Keith Davis. A loud speaker is installed for attendees convenience.
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Southpark
Paul B.lawson
University of Kansas
Robert A. Hunt
First Methodist _Episcopal church
Keith Davis
Six Apply for Douglas County Case Supervisor Post
Six applications were filed for the Douglas county case supervisor job this week with County Clerk U. S. G. Plank. Two Lawrence applicants are Erna R. Corey and Alice Gaskill King. others include John Whitman Sears Wichita Ben William Sinderson Fredonia Olive Maude Stewart Baldwin and John Charles Selover Kansas City Mo. Mrs Armstrong resigning will continue duties until successor takes office. the new supervisor must be approved by the county commissioners relief committee and KERC and aims for July 15.
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Douglas County
Clark U. S
County Relief Committee
KERC
WILL VISIT U. S. SOON RAMSAY MACDONALD TO MEET ROOSEVELT
London dispatch says former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald will travel to the United States on an important mission. He will discuss war debts, navies, and currency stabilization with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. MacDonald has been succeeded by Stanley Baldwin as prime minister.
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London
Upi
The
Sunday Dispatch
Ramsay MacDonald
England
United States
MacDonald
America
Roosevelt
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Worker killed in cave-in at Picker Oklahoma
C Walter Warner aged 40 from Baxter Springs Kansas, an Atlas tailing unit employee, was killed when a cave-in trapped him. His body was recovered after more than an hour.
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Picker
Okla
C—Walter Warner
Baxter
Springs
Kan
Atlas
Educators Close Sessions At KU On Adult Education
About 300 Kansas educators attended a two day conference at the University of Kansas on adult education. Dean R A Schwegler urged using community facilities including libraries and newspapers to expand public learning and suggested libraries stock current technical publications to aid local education. The meeting highlighted the role of local leaders and professionals in expanding adult learning across towns. Meanwhile Kaw River at Manhattan rose to 16.6 feet, near flood stage, with Ogden reporting downstream fall as no serious trouble was expected.
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R. A. Schwegler
University of Kansas
Jean Schwegler
Daily Press
Dean Schwegler
Topping
Kansas
Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Manhattan
Kan
Ogden
Dodgers explode for 17 in win over Reds in nine run third
In Brooklyn, June 22, AP reports the Dodgers hammered Paul Derringer and Gene Schott for nine runs in the third inning to crush the Reds 17 to 4 as George Earnshaw pulled himself from the mound after wild pitching in the seventh. Cincinnati, Brooklyn line scores noted.
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Gene Schott
Reds
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Hartnett
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Mueller
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Gus Suhr
Pirates
Giants
Hank Leiber
Pittsburgh
Birkofer
Hart
Padden
Hubbell
al Smith
Danning
Schumacher
Weaver Mancuso
Rainy harvest season brings back the horse to work
In Topeka Kansas farmers endure a cool wet harvest. Wet fields stall heavy tractors and push work back to Old Dobbin and teamsters. The region faces a shift from tractors to horse power as reaper and lighter methods handle the grain harvest amid high rainfall.
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Topeka
Kan
Dobbin
Wheat Plains
Kansas
Will Boost Roads to Farmers Aid Plan in Farm Bloc Drive
Washington June 22 farm bloc congressmen prepared to shift work relief funds to a nationwide farm to market road program. They authorized expanding a rural road committee to include representatives from 14 farm states for a call on the President. Expenditures would be limited to 800 per man per year with 600 for labor and 200 for materials. The panel urged adding wheat oats and other nonperishables to the warehouse list and proposed a ten year loan repayment window for Farm Credit Administration loans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fireman
Rural Road Administration
Department of Agriculture
Farm Credit Administration
Spiral Femur Fracture Endangers Policeman Rider
Ralph Dicker of Lawrence, a police officer living at Memorial Hospital, suffers a spiral fracture of the femur. Dr A S Anderson reports the bone broke in two and spiraled upward. A pin and weight extend the leg for four to six weeks before casting. Dicker lacks disability insurance as city coverage applies only to water department employees, leaving police and fire personnel uninsured. Some officers consider extra hours to cover his time so he can keep receiving city checks.
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Ralph Dicker
Lawrence
Memorial Hospital
A. S. Anderson
Dicker
Water Department
Wewoka rites set for Seminole chief Alice Davis
Mrs. Alice Brown Davis 82 the Seminole Nation chief who died yesterday will be honored with a 2:30 p.m. service at First Baptist Church Wewoka followed by a 3 p.m. Indian service at the cemetery. Appointed in 1922 by President Harding she remains the nation’s only female chief.
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Wewoka
Alice Brown Davis
First Baptist Church
Davis
Harding
Lone Star Picnic to Feature Landon and Ward Speakers
Announcement of the tenth annual Farmer’s Union picnic at Lone Star on July 4 names Gov Alf M Landon and Cal Ward president of the state Farmer’s Union as principal speakers in the afternoon program A full day of activities is planned including baseball and horseshoe contests a noon basket dinner and loud speaking equipment at the speakers stand Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will provide evening entertainment and present something original for the expected large crowd Committee chairs include Charles Banning Jim Anderson B E Flory and Fred McKinney with Flory in charge of refreshments and Grounds and Accommodations.
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Alf M. Landon
Cal Ward
State Farmer’s Union
Farmer's Union
Lone Star
Lone Star Grove
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Charles Banning
Jim Anderson
B. E. Flory
Fred McKinney
H.C. Flory
Mrs Hinshaw Dies After Two Year Illness
Mrs Hannah Lee Hinshaw 74 a Lyon county resident for 71 years died at her Emporia home after a two year illness. Funeral at First Friends church Emporia Sunday at 2:30 pm. Survived by husband five sons George Kiowa Solo David Hinshaw Hainer Hinshaw S C Hinshaw Jr Albert and two daughters. Also a brother and a sister and 13 grandchildren. Born 1859 in Knoxville Tennessee she came to Kansas in 1863 and the family moved to Emporia in 1905 and 1907. Golden wedding celebrated January 20 1930.
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Hannah Lee Hinshaw
Lyon County
Emporia
First Friends Church
George Hinshaw
Kiowa
Solo
David Hinshaw
Westtown
Hainer Hinshaw
Chicago
S.C. Hinshaw, Jr
Council to Act on Kaw Flood Control Plan
The city council plans preliminary steps Monday night toward a flood control program on the Kaw. The flood committee will request government aid for preliminary plans to organize a super drainage district. The council meets at 8 in the council chamber at the new city hall while budget work continues for the 1936 tax levy.
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Kaw
Kansas Weather: Clear Evenings and Fair Sunday Forecast
Kansas forecast for fair tonight and Sunday with rising temperatures. Morning weather shows clear skies. Dirt roads are good except fair at Topeka while Douglas County roads remain good. Temperature readings show yesterday’s high 68 and today’s low around 53 with noon value not available.
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Kansas
Topeka
Douglas
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