Roosevelt names Jones and Carmody to lead new lending program
President Roosevelt selected Jesse H. Jones head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and John M Carmody chief of the Rural Electrification Administration to run two key agencies in a proposed 3.86 billion dollar lending plan. Both appointments require Senate confirmation as leaders briefed lawmakers on the program and related relief measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
John M Carmody
Rural Electrification Authority
Jones
Federal Loan Agency
Carmody
Federal Works Agency
Federal Security Agency
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
RFC
Tennessee
Texas
Rural Electrification Administration
Steel and Garment Industries
Bituminous Coal Labor Board
Civil Works Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
National (Railway) Mediation Board
National Labor Relations Board
Ickes
Public Works Administration
Interior
PWA
New Works ‘Agency
Emil Schram
Nazi Press Berates Britain Over European Prestige Loss
Berlin reports ridicule Britain for its foreign policy amid stalled British French Russian talks on a mutual assistance pact. German papers mock London as kneeling before Moscow with headlines about a great low mood and an icy shower from Moscow.
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Britain
Europe
Moscow
Hitler
Voekischer Beobachter
Roosevelt Vows New Legislation If Filibuster Blocks Extension
President Roosevelt said he would seek new legislation to extend monetary powers if the two year extension bill fails due to a filibuster. The debate centers on continued authority to devalue and operate the stabilization fund and to purchase domestic silver above world prices. Senator Townsend led opposition by proposing limits on foreign silver purchases, calling foreign silver a folly while defending the domestic silver program.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Asheq
Treasury
Townsend
Del
Congress
Delaware
Grain receipts rise as fields stay wet and theft report noted
Wheat deliveries to local elevators increased after afternoon combines worked while rains lowered test weights from 57 to 56 pounds on post rain grain. Prices rose to 57 cents a bushel. Cars were stuck in soggy fields as harvesting rigs adapted with dual tires. A double highway robbery near Six Corners left Mr and Mrs Kohler and H C Merrill shaken after bandits stole about 300 dollars.
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Lawrence
Ray Kohler
Salina
H. C. Mertil
Glen Elder
Kan
Kohler
Merrill
Douglas County
Jefferson County
Kohlers
Advocates Push Alcohol Gas Blending at Congress Session
Washington reports advocates pressed for blending farm alcohol with gasoline at this session of Congress despite a Senate setback. Senator Gurney noted a finance subcommittee will report next Monday on the amendment to exempt blended fuel from the one cent federal tax. Chairman Harrison signaled possible committee action next week and potential inclusion in the revenue bill.
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Congress
Senate
Gurney
R-S.d
Harrison
D-Miss
Finance Committee
House
Airmen Near Two Days In Flight To Break 218 Hour Record
Wilbur Parrish and Hunter Moody, nearing the end of their second full day in the air in Springfield Illinois, said today they were getting used to it as they pursue a world light plane sustained flight record of 218 hours.
Retail Trade Volume Up in New York Week
Despite unfavorable weather in some centers the past week’s retail trade rose 8 to 12 percent over the same period last year according to the Dun and Bradstreet weekly review.
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New York
Dun & Pradsttent Weekly Review
First Pouch of Air Mail Loaded at Garden City
Garden City Kan June 23 it became the first intermediate stop on the Wichita Pueblo air line as 54 pounds of mail were added to 117 pounds loaded at Wichita for the initial air mail flight. Two pouches for Garden City were unloaded. Postmaster R E Stotts who has long pushed the line sent the first pouch into the plane.
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Kan
Wichita-Pueblo
Continental
Wichita
R. E Stotts
Chamber of Commerce
Room for One More Seeks Adoption for Found Baby
Ernest Berry a milk wagon driver hopes to adopt the baby girl found on a grocery doorstep. Berry says the newborn would be a welcome addition to his family which includes Mrs Berry and six children.
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Chicago
Ernest Berry
Berry
Rough on Britons at the barricade
The Associated Press reports Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons British nationals in Tientsin faced intolerable treatment by Japanese gendarmes including indignities at barricades. He said the Japanese ambassador was summoned and that Foreign Secretary Halifax would press the issue.
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House of Commons
Tientsin
Foreign Office
Lord Halifax
United States
Frederick W. Hinke
Swatow
South China
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Tokyo
North China
Great Britain
Heavy Air Battle Reported on Manchoukuo Border Front
Domei reported a Thursday air clash above Lake Bor near Manchoukuo with 150 Mongol planes opposed by 18 Japanese fighters. The Kwantung army claimed 49 Mongol planes down and five lost, as border raids and clashes continued for six weeks with Soviet Outer Mongolia.
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Father of Mrs. Lindquist Dies in Florida
H. G. Geer of Palm Beach Florida, father of Mrs. G E E Lindquist of Lawrence, died at his home Thursday night. He had visited the Lindquist home last fall.
Federal Spending Hits New High in Peacetime June Totals
Washington reports June 21 Federal outlays totaling 9.006 billion, the highest peacetime figure. Revenues reached 5.585 billion, surpassing projections by 65 million. Remaining nine days were not expected to push the year end deficit to the January forecast, with a revised deficit around 500 million less than 4.072 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Concession Stands to Be Run by Non Commercial Groups
National Cornhusking contest plans a Midway of 60 eating stands run by churches civic groups and other non commercial organizations. The concessions committee will regulate prices quality and merchandise and limit booths to maintain high business standards for an event expected to draw 100000 to 200000 visitors.
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Robert A. Hagegart
Tom Kennedy Dies at 79 in Lawrence Home
Thomas H. Kennedy Jr born July 6 1860 in Lawrence died at his home 715 Tennessee street after long illness. A Lawrence hardware merchant of 50 years he is survived by wife Emma Kennedy daughter Helen Lester son Thomas A Kennedy Jr and grandchildren Thomas Kennedy Lester and Elizabeth Lester of Topeka. funeral set for Monday at Rumsey funeral home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Lawrence
Tennessee Street
Kennedy
Douglas County
Thomas H. Kennedy
Kansas
Thomas, Jr
Emma Kennedy
Helen Lester
Thomas A. Kennedy
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Suit Settled after Auto Crash In Baldwin County
John Kronawitter sued Dr and Mrs A Torres Estrada of Mexico City for damages after a Sunday east of Baldwin crash. The case was dismissed this morning and the Estradas and daughter began returning home. An interpreter translated Spanish as none spoke English. Eliza Perez of Baker University aided the family with help from a Mexican consulate attache in Kansas City.
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John Kronawitter
Torres Estrada
Mexico City
Baldwin
New York
Eliza Perez
Baker University
Kansas City
Lawrence
Weed Notice Threat to Cut Unmowed Lot by City
City warns owner to cut weeds on their lot or city crews will mow and assess the costs against the property as per ordinance No. 1777. Wm. Stone, City Seve-Ve.
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Wm. Stone
Douglas county welfare budget approved with recommended increases
The state board of social welfare approved Douglas county 1940 welfare outlay of 196 448 with a 2.50 mill levy 87 708 in estimated revenue. The board urged higher payments for old age assistance aid to the blind and general assistance and noted caseloads should rise in three categories.
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Dougas County
State Board of Social Welfare
Frank E. Milligan
County Board of Welfare
Douglas County
France and Turkey sign mutual aid pact in hatay transfer
Paris and Ankara sign a mutual assistance agreement to aid against aggression in the Mediterranean. France cedes the Hatay region to Turkey in exchange for Turkish support in the Western bloc. Foreign Minister Bonnet says France does not renounce League mandates in Syria and Lebanon.
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Foreign Office
Ankara
Republic of Hatay
Bloc of Nations
Georges Bonnet
League of Nations
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Lebanon
Hatar
Alexandretta
Great Grandmother at 52 in Reading Pa
Mrs Mary Miller becomes a great grandmother at age 52 in Reading Pennsylvania after the birth of a daughter to 15 year old Mrs Mary Ellen Reiser who was married at 13. At the same time Mrs Reiser’s mother Mrs Gollings becomes a grandmother at age 2.
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Reading
Mary Miller
Mary Ellen Reiser
Clipper Delays Lisbon Departure Overnight
The Atlantic Clipper bound for New York after a Europe preview flight delayed its Lisbon departure for 24 hours due to bad weather and rough seas at Horta in the Azores, the next stop planned.
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New York
Europe
Horta
Azores
Plan Canal and Highway Across Nicaragua to Be New World Defense Link
President Roosevelt seeks a 200000 survey grant for a barging canal and parallel highway across Nicaragua. Officials estimate 25 to 40 million dollars total, with army engineers to study once finances allow. Somoza proposed the project during his visit, aiming to boost hemisphere defense. The canal would support vessels up to 12 feet draft, with a road alongside over about 140 miles.
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New World Defense
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Army Engineers
Somoza
Will Play Sunday at Mid-Western Music Camp Concerts
The fourth annual Mid-Western Music Camp gathers 192 members with 107 in the band and 85 in the orchestra, a new enrollment high. Public concerts begin Sunday at 7:30 in Hoch Auditorium with six broadcasts on the Columbia network starting June 26, from Union Memorial ballroom. Guest conductors Karl Krueger and Dr. A Austin Harding lecture on baton basics and repertoire for 1940, while recreation offerings include swimming, tennis, ping pong, and softball.
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Russell L. Wiley
Hoch Auditorium
Wiley
Columbia Network
Union Memorial
Union Building
WIBW
Kansas
Karl Krueger
Kansas City Philharmonic
A. Austin Harding
University of Illinois
Harding
Don Gleckner
Frank Annerg
Praise for the Squalus Survivors From Naval Court
Portsmouth naval court of inquiry lauded divers William Badders and John Mikalowski for heroism in rescuing 33 Squalus crew members after the May 23 tragedy. Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole noted their five descents in the rescue chamber and adjourned the session awaiting the submarine raised.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Cyrus W. Cole
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Cole
William Badders
Washington
John Mikalowski
Worcester
Byrd Plans Third Antarctic Voyage for Mapping Claim
Admiral Richard E. Byrd told The Boston Globe he would push ahead with a third Antarctic voyage to map and claim territory for the United States even if Congress rejects a government funded expedition. He may raise private funds if needed and seeks to sail by next year if possible.
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Boston
Boston Globe
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
United States
Byrd
Chicago
Oakland
Lindley Praises True Teachers in Convocation
Chancellor B H Lindley told University of Kansas summer session students that great teachers seek not remembrance but purpose. He urged embracing storms and aging as vital to growth, plans to teach again, and noted a community of one or two teachers leaving indelible impressions.
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Chips
B. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Dr. Lindley
Lindley
Philosophy
Auf Wiedersehen
R. A. Schwegler
School of Education
D. M. Swarthout
Olga Eitner
Fine Arts
Showers in Topeka Forecast as Warm Spell Ends
The forecast notes unsettled conditions moving into Kansas with thundershowers tonight and tomorrow. Flora reports eastern Kansas has adequate moisture while western areas stay dry and wheat harvest resumes amid needed sunshine. Temperatures rise to near 90 degrees with lows around 65 to 70 statewide.
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Topeka
Kansas
S.D. Flora
Flora
Stock Averages Edge Higher After Mixed Trading
The average of 60 stocks sits at 47.5, up from yesterday's 47.4 as trading shows mixed signals and small gains across the market. The gain comes amid cautious investor sentiment and modest moves in key sectors.
Weather Forecast for Kansas Town
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with local thunder storms Saturday in the west and central areas. Tonight warmer then cooler Saturday with warmer daytime readings and variable temperatures reported by the gas office.
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