Congress Leaves Bill for Billions in Defense Funding
The recessed Congress left a total appropriation of 14.54 billion dollars for the next fiscal year covering regular federal operations and a large defense program. The package includes 5.08 billion for defense, 795 million in contract authorizations, and 125 million in lending authority, with Roosevelt projecting 14.14 billion in the budget request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Girls Eligible For Soap Box Derby Race Here
Officials announce girls may compete for prizes in the Soap Box Derby to be held in July. A meeting for interested girls is set for tomorrow at 7:30 PM in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Rules apply to all. contestants must be 9 to 15 years old and cars may cost no more than $3, no longer than seven feet and not wider than three feet. Those who want to offer extra prizes should call telephone number 1.
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Chamber of Commerce
No. 1
Use Taxes and Their Legal and Economic Background
L. L. Waters assistant professor of finance in the school of business publishes the nineteenth Kansas Studies in Business pamphlet on use taxes. It examines nature economic significance relation to sales taxes and constitutionality in state and federal courts. Copies are free to Kansas residents. non residents pay 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Waters
School of Business
Kansas
United States
Mr. Waters
Bulletin
The
National Tax Association
Southwest Social Science Quarterly
Kansas Studies
Bureau of Business Research
Frank T. Stockton
Lawrence Airman Crowder Returns From Texas Visit
First Lieut Robert Crowder son of Mrs Fred Bliesner of Lawrence arrived Saturday in a Martin bomber now at Randolph Field San Antonio Texas He is an instructor at the army air school after attending Lawrence High School KU for a year and West Point He and two companions took off this morning for Texas Also notes include a Lawrence Junior Chamber meeting tomorrow at 730 pm in the county courthouse rural carrier exam at De Soto June 27 1940 830 am at Haskell Institute In Lawrence city council to meet tonight at six and KU law graduates among those beginning Kansas Bar examinations in Topeka cloudy conditions with showers and a low cloud bank over the University yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Crowder
Fred Bliesner
Lawrence
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Tex
Crowder
Army Air School
University of Kansas
West Point
Military Academy
Randolph
Kelly Fields
Texas
Doctor Nigro Sentenced in Kana City Narcotics Case
Dr D M Nigro a 47 year old physician and former city health official was sentenced today in Kana City to four years and two months in federal prison and fined twelve thousand dollars for narcotic law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kana City
D.M. “Nigro
City Health Department
Postponed Street Dance For KU Summer Session
Regular recreation hour will proceed on the quadrangle in Fowler Grove while the street dance tonight is postponed due to cooler weather. The event will be held at a later date as announced by Dr. F. C. Allen, director of the summer program.
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Fowler Grove
K. U
F. C. Allen
Armistice Terms Outlined by British Ministry in June Note
UPI reports key points of the French German armistice as announced from London. Territory lines grant occupation of lands north and west of a Geneva to Tours to the Spanish frontier at St Jean de Pied de Port with minimal coast occupation after hostilities end. Military demobilization limits armed forces, French forces barred from leaving soil, and French aircraft grounded. France to demobilize naval fleet, provide mine data, and recall ships. repatriation of populations to occupied zones. release of German POWs with German subjects in France to be handed over. Armistice takes effect six hours after signing and remains until a peace treaty, with denouncement possible if obligations aren’t fulfilled.
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London
UPI
Ministry of Information
Geneva
Tours
St. Jean de Pied de Port
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
France
Harvest outlook in Kansas brings rain relief and heat
Topeka reports harvest time in Kansas with a mix of sun and warmer weather. Heavy weekend rains soaked eastern soil, risking wheat at cutting stage while other crops gain moisture. Rain totals varied across cities, with cooling air expected and highs near 80 to 90 degrees. Weather notes include a small tornado in Garnett and near freezing temps at Tribune.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Republican
Clay Center
Garnett
Chanute
Ottawa
Quenemo
Fort Scott
Walnut
Oswego
Columbus
Coffeyville
Fredonia
Baseball slate features night games and rainouts across leagues
In the American League Philadelphia at St Louis with Babich Hayes Auker and Swift noted for New York at Cleveland in a night game subject to rain. Other games in the league were postponed.
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
Babich
Hayes
Auker
Swift
New York
Cleveland
Pittsburgh Pirates Players Fined After Doubleheader
National League president Ford Frick fined Pirates coach Mike Kelly $50 and suspended him for three days and fined- third baseman Lee Handley $25 for a dugout disturbance after a Pittsburgh Brooklyn doubleheader. Manager Frank Frisch was banished by umpires but not fined. The tense scene followed a diving catch that sparked the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ford Frick
National League
Mike Kelly
Pittsburgh Pirates
Lee Handley
Frisch
Handley
GOP READY FOR KEYNOTE AT CONVENTION
The Connecticut delegation forecasts Willkie as the 16 votes winner while Hoover aides mingle with delegates. Herbert Hoover will address the convention Tuesday night with foreign policy likely the focus. Alf Landon heads the platform committee which settles a foreign policy plank favoring congressional action and opposing certain warlike measures. The committee plans to present the draft on Tuesday for floor adoption with nominations on Wednesday and balloting beginning Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Landon
United States
Congress
Resolutions Committee
Rain Limits Crowd at Midwestern Music Camp Concerts
Rain and clouds reduced attendance for the first Midwestern Music camp band and orchestra concerts. The events moved from outdoors to Hoch auditorium. James P. Robertson of Springfield Missouri will direct the camp band next Sunday. Sam Barbakoff of Fort Scott will lead the orchestra as guest conductor and handle the orchestra’s concert next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoch Auditorium
James P. Robertson
Springfield
Robertson
Sam Barbakoff
Fort Scott
Barbakoff
Japanese Air Raid Wrecks Two Chungking Districts
Nearly 100 Japanese warplanes struck in three waves over Chungking China on June 24 destroying two districts and a large riverfront area along the Yangtze. Casualties were said to be small with British reports noting damage to the British embassy and consular buildings and the French consulate but staff escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
Yangtze River
London
Chubb Heads to Chicago for International Relations Institute
Professor H B Chubb of the University of Kansas political science department leaves tonight for Chicago to attend a conference on international relations. He is among 62 invited participants at the University of Chicago institute from June 25 to July 3, focusing on The Foundation of a New Stable World Order. He will participate in a roundtable on The Role of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Chubb
University of Kansas Political Science Department
Chicago
Chubb
University of Chicago
E. U
United States
Republican farm plank vows parity and subsidies beyond war
Republican platform drafters in Philadelphia outline an agricultural plank seeking parity in national income for farmers, continuing subsidies totaling over 750 million dollars this year until prices reach parity with prewar levels. The plan criticizes Democrats for failing to restore prices, favors freer planting and marketing, and calls for disposal of surpluses with relief and export bounty plans while signaling skepticism about reciprocal trade agreements.
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Philadelphia
Red Cross named new Douglas County officers and production head
A. B. Weaver was named treasurer succeeding Charles Beeks as the Douglas County Red Cross chapter executive board announced. Mrs. James V. Blue becomes production chair succeeding Mrs. N. W. Storer. The sewing room at Junior High is open Tuesdays and Fridays. 28 dresses completed 47 in production and over 200 garments for war refugees in Europe. Mrs. Blue previously led layettes work in Topeka during WWI. Mrs. Otto W. Grant is now head of nursing activities, replacing Mrs. Henry Ladd Smith who moved to Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Weaver
Douglas County
Red Cross
Charles Beeks
Baldwin
James V. Blue
N. W. Storer
Europe
Blue
Topeka
Otto W. Grant
Henry Ladd Smith
Minnesota
Anti Willkie Bloc Forms In Congress Opposition
Philadelphia June 24 Rep Frank B Keefe of Wisconsin said at a meeting of about 40 Republican members of the House that one after another unequivocally opposed Wendell Willkie's nomination. A subsequent eight member statement called for a convention to name a man whose views align with the Republican record in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frank B. Keefe
Wisconsin
United States
House of Representatives
Wendell Willkie
Keefe
Congress
Will redecorate office for Chancellor Malott return
University workers from the building and grounds department began redecorating the Chancellor Deane W. Malott office. The room will be nearly new with nails painted and lighter woodwork. dark mouldings removed before his return from California at month’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane W. Malott
California
University
Italy orders exit for Life magazine correspondents
Rome reports the ministry of popular culture demanded foreign correspondent M Fillmore Calhoun and Life staffer Thomas D. McAvoy leave Italy immediately over a Life article described as unfavourable about Marshal Rodolfo Graziani. Dr Carl Kardatzke begins nightly talks at the Church of God on Evangelism and the Laymen's Task with discussions after each sermon. Rev Kardatzke also to speak at a park service next Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
M. Fillmore Calhoun
Thomas D. McAvoy
Rogegonet
Life Magazine
Ministry of Popular Culture
Italy
Life
Rodolfo Graziani
Carl Kardatzke
Church of God
Kardatzke
Kansas population slips from 1.88 to 1.80 million
Kansas area census supervisors Harry Washington of Kansas City and Ed Kirchner of Wichita reported a decline in the state population from 1 880 000 in 1930 to 1 800 000 in 1940. Each official estimated their areas lost about 40 000 people in the past decade. A separate note: in Chicago Arlington Park opening day, Herbert Woolf of Kansas City wins the maiden handicap race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Harry Washington
Kansas City
Ed Kirchner
Technician
Chicago
Herbert Woolf
Arlington Park
Advocater
C. S. Howard
San Francisco
Joe Pence
Ird
Thrifty Habit Readers Daily Page Scan
A compact note describes a daily page reading habit. The snippet highlights thrifty discipline and consistent engagement with the page, suggesting routine use and mindful consumption of the text. It emphasizes personal discipline and steady practice.
Germans and Italians Attack French Alpine Front
German and Italian forces launched simultaneous offensives against the French Alpine army on the Swiss French frontier. The Germans struck from the north and east at L Ecluse fort east of Bellegarde and in the Grende area drawing French troops from the front while Italian pressure increased on the high Alpine passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancy
L’ecluse
Bellegarde
Grende
Jobs Scarce for German Youth at Lawrence
Tom Heller a 23 year old German student sought aid at the University in Lawrence Kansas after arriving from Germany last August. He faced funds shortage and hoped his father might be interned in France while his fiancée sought passage to the United States. His grandmother directed the Louvre in Paris. After an auction at the University club Friday he stayed overnight to safeguard purchased property until buyers returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Tom Heller
Kansas State College
K. U
United States
Germany
France
University of Virginia
Louvre Museum
Paris
University Club
Fourteen Men Freed in Conspiracy Trial
A federal court jury freed fourteen men who faced conspiracy charges to overthrow the government or steal government ammunition. The June 24 decision ends the case against all defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Local Social Notes From Ottawa Area Gatherings
Community members from Ottawa and nearby towns attended family birthdays and visits at multiple homes. Recaps include 19 years of birthday gatherings for Mrs Cap Bond and George Finch, plus visits by Roscoe Ward, Irvin Fleer, and many relatives. church events and canning demos were also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Smith
Paul Predrick
Ottawa
William Clark
Cap Bond
George Finch
Sarah Fay
Claud
Harvey
Ross
Albert Bucks
Richard
Floyd Finch
Georgio
Arlyn Vaughn
Jay Crable
Kenneth Smith
Marceline Gibson
LeRoy Transmyer
Georgene
Maxine
Roscoe Ward and Sons
Near
Appanoose
Homer Gibson
Irvin Fleer
Henry
Ivan Schwartz
Elfred Fisher
Eunice Watts
Millard Jackson
Georgene Finch
Orion Vaughn
Harve Clark
Christian Church
Centropolis
Dave Bryan
Steve
Emery Crawford
Atrs
Joe Sassaman
E.L.C
Melvin
Betty
Henry Schwartz
Elmer Lutz
OttowHck
John Clark
St. Louis
Louis Blackburn
Pomona
Jim Lavin
Ike Cearfoss
Elmer Wintermantle
Marlyn Dee
Charles Elmer
Arnold Stoeener
Pauline Stoebener
Marlyn Dee Wintermantle
Lawrence Hutchins
Lawrence
Walter Harbour
Fred Wheeler
Oklahoma
Harry Fisher
Wayne McMasters
Hornberger and Local Family Gatherings Across Sunday
Kansas City residents joined a Hornberger reunion in Baldwin attended by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hornberger and Ruth Darlene. Rainbow 4-H members began practicing a play Wednesday at the Conrad Gast residence as Martyn Dee and Charlie Elmer visited the John Breithaupt home on Father's Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons
Kansas City
Albert Hornberger
Ruth Darlene
Hornberger
Baldwin
Rainbow 4-H Club
Conrad Gastrock
Elmer Wintermantle
Martyn Dee
Charlies Elmer
John Breithaupt
Numerous local visits and a Lawrence obituary mark Washington Creek
Mrs. Murray Bond and daughter Marjorie Ann of Lone Star visited relatives in the area. Funeral services were held in Lawrence for Mrs. Edward Rahskopf, formerly of the community, with burial at Oak Hill. Many neighbors joined a busy schedule of visits, church events, and gatherings across Lone Star, Topeka, Ottawa, and Lawrence as residents traveled for family occasions, business, and a funeral.
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Murray Bond
Marjorie Ann
Lone Star
Will Kingery
Kenneth Hershall
Bobby
Hershall
Morris Ewing
Edith
Lois Craik
Topeka
Business College
Elva M. Craik
Warren
Edward Rahskopf
Lawrence
Arthur Longfellow
Rumsey Funeral Home
D. F. McGregor
Oak Hil
Ladena Joyce
Zelma Wheeler
Eva Steinbring
Marion Béck
Lena Russell
Frank C. Haas
Vincent Wolfe
Tonganoxie
Tonganoxie State Lake
Franklin Fee
Charlie Mowder
Asa Postma
Clyde Hoover
Roscoe Whitman
Texas
Floyd Garber
Charlie Weybright
Charles
Orie Smith
Mrs. Smith
Chris Miller
Miller
Mary Catherine Little
Ottawa
Will
Everett Kingery
Virginia
Jean
Bond
Judith Ann Hoover
Carl Boerkircher
Otto
Hazel Pauline
Elmer Sawyer
Tuincoln
Neh
Jane Anderson
Anderson
Laura Miller
St. Joseph
Ladies Aid Society
Joe Flory
Samuel Grammer
Freddie
Fred Mucky
Lone
W. A. Kinzie
NaVarre
Frank Haas
Haas
Kinzie
A. Gyps
Viva Craik
Local families gather for visits and club meeting
Louise Hoover's newborn daughter highlighted by family visits. The Firefly 4-H club meeting at Longfellow home postponed to Saturday evening. Several local families including Boerkircher, Hoover, Miller, and Kinzie hosted and visited relatives in Lawrence Topeka Ottawa Wellsville and Topeka area during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Hazel Pauline Boerkircher
Eunice Hoover
Junior Richardson
Lawrence
Miss Boerkircher
Gerald Hoover
Hoover
Carline Louise
Fred’ Gray
Valley Chapel
Carl Boerkircher
W. A. Kinzle
Navarre
Kinzie
Gage Park
Topeka
Joe Flory
Lone Star
Eddy Anglemeyer
Los Angeles
Calif
Frank Haas
Haas
Anglemeyer
Ottawa
Wellsville
Hazel Pauline
Judith Ann Hoover
Vinland 4-H picnic and farm bureau meeting notes
Weekend guests included a daughter and family from Harrisonville Missouri. The Douglas county 4-H picnic featured a noon basket dinner and afternoon games at Brown's Grove. Belleview 4-H girls prepared refreshments. Vinland Farm Bureau to meet Thursday. Visitors from Ringwood and Helena joined local residents for a Western states tour.
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R. H. Miner
Harrisonville
Douglas County
Brown’ S Grove
Belleview Club
Phyllis Miller
Jack Beatty
Charles
Kenneth Hubbard
Betty Jean Hicks
Bill Denny
Vinland Farm Bureau
Ike Schellenberg
Belleview 4-H Club
Clyde Neels
John Hays
Miss Pearl
Ringwood
Okla
Bell
Helena
May Hays
Wichita
Will Stone
Bernice
Faye Hagerman
FE. E. Hagerman
Kanaae City
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Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce
DeSoto
Haskell Institute
Wrence
Civil Service Commission
City Council
K. U.school of Law
Willkie Club
the Willkie
Associated Clubs of
U.S.A
Centralia
Horston
Manhattan
Wamego
Emporia
Eureka
Independence
Cherryvale
Parsons
Hanover
Concordia
Ellis
Russell
Salina
Herington
Geneseo
MechPerson
Florence
Hutchinson
Anthony
Winfield
Quinter
Scott City
Svestern
Flora
Tribune
Tomorow
Lee Handlay
Connecticut
Willkie
F. N. Thudhum
Hixon’s
G.O.P
Weaver
Anti-Willkie Bloc
Dewey
Thomas E Dewey
Life Photote Aphies
Washington Creek
Vinland
Schulz Blackraith
Nee — Presented & Charlton Insurance Agency
Jutile NO
Erepe
Seetta Beamer
Ararma
Ereeet Ea Rape Ee Ek Correll
Seanm
Suetourco
Buztle
Lawrence Theater
Alaska
Hawaii
Canada
New England
Downs Travel Agency
Alabama St
Radley Cleaners
Fred Gregory
R.R
J,. C. Don Carlos
Raymond Cooper
PTI Umuc Na
F. S
Dad
Hemphill
McGrew-Peck Inv. Co
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