Borah Backs Large Tax Plan Support Signals Action
Washington reports Borah calls Roosevelt tax proposals sound in principle and backs higher levies on wealth to fund government. La Follette leads a bloc to press a separate bill this session, with Democratic leaders weighing presidential guidance and renewal of nuisance taxes.
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Roosevelt
la Follette
Roosvelt
LaFollette
Idaho
Robinson
Congress
Summer Gets Start Topeka Kansas Weather Report
Topeka June 24 Sun shines over Kansas as Pi-Summer brings warmth aiding wheat maturation and corn start. Rain mostly gone with few thundershowers. eastern counties see beneficial dryness for crops while western Kansas desires more rain. Temperatures mid 90s east and south, about 85 west. Readings ranged from 80s in Independence and Wichita to 100 in Garden City. Solomon River remains slightly out of banks, descending. Phillipsburg area floodwater moved downstream.
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Kansas
Morrow
S. D. Flora
Independence
Wichita
Garden City
Flora
Solomon River
Phillipsburg
Niles
Smoky Hill
Kaw
School Meeting Ends In Campaign For Treasurer
A high school meeting last Thursday to elect a treasurer reveals local factions favoring Jim Eccles over Pete Nestor. Voters cite church ties and discipline concerns while others gripe that adults manipulate school policy for their own gain. Mary notes the system keeps grownups from starving while kids gain nothing.
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Jim Eccles
Jim
Bill Bowles
Pete Nestor
Mary
Notable Silo Sam Exchange On Taxes And Schools
A rural speaker argues that tobacco taxes exceed school taxes while expressing frustration with schooling costs. The reply praises a wife’s virtues then shifts to continuing bread making duties. The exchange preserves local dialect and everyday concerns.
Wichita Seeks Entries for National Semi-Pro Tourney
Wichita reports further interest in the national semi pro baseball tournament to be staged August 18 to 25. The Simons brothers of Topeka, aged 21 to 41, inquire about entry fees and prize money, joining two other inquiries received by Raymond Dumont, director of the event. A Mr. Marlatt and eight sons play together in Casper, and a Pekin Illinois team with six brothers has also shown interest.
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Topeka
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Casper
Wyo
Dumont
Pekin
Pasha Hist
Decaidalaiy
Werewolf of London thrills in Dickinson screening
The Dickson weekly notes the horror film Werewolf of London likely to spook audiences, with a tale of a doctor cursed into a werewolf after seeking a moonlit Tibetan flower, and a dramatic pursuit to keep the wolf blossom from blooming.
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Tibet
Henry Hull
Dr. Glendon
Yozami
Warner Oland
Glendon
Hull
Werewolf of London shown with Dickinson program acts
The review notes Werewolf of London as entertaining and not lacking action. Ted Husing, the famed announcer, introduces a Dickinson program floor show featuring the three X Sisters Jack Doyle a good looking Trish heavyweight champion and a dance team.
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London
Dickinson
Ted Husing
X Sisters
Jack Doyle
Union Church Forum Holds First Summer Plans Meeting
The inaugural Union Church Forum session at the Methodist church featured a devotional led by Rev. Edwin F. Price of the KU school of religion. Margaret Hays presented a piano solo as plans for the summer were set by a committee of church representatives including Olive Edmonds and Clarke Phil.
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K. U. School of Religion
Margaret Hays
Olive Edmonds
Clarke Phil
Local Church Ladies Plan Summer Meeting Social
A church committee including Hinshaw, Schroeder, Welch, Tombaugh, Dill, Boyce, Doug lass, Leigh, McCullough, and Clark will meet Tuesday evening to discuss definite summer plans with Evangeline Clark serving as acting chairman. A social period with refreshments will follow the meeting.
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Christian Church
Virginis Hinshaw
Wesley Schroeder
Anna Welch
Methodist Church
Esther Tombaugh
Florence Dill
Presbyterian Church
Bertha Boyce
Olive Douglass
Lawrence Leigh
Baptist Church
Albert McCullough
Evangeline Clark
Congregational Church
Forum to Run Sundays at Methodist Church Basement
The forum will continue during the summer months and will be held every Sunday at 6 30 o clock in the basement of the Methodist church. All persons of university age are invited to attend.
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Methodist Church
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