President Roosevelts bid to bar gold bond suits
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a swift law to bar suits for payment of government securities in gold or devalued currency. He urged immediate enactment to allow treasury to pay gold clause bonds in cash dollar for dollar with accrued interest or exchange them for non gold clause securities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Panama
United States
Panama Canal
Secretary of the Treasury
Fletcher
Senate Banking Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Currency Stabilization Urged for World Recovery
Paris June 27 Thomas J Watson head of the American delegation before the world congress of the International Chamber of Commerce urged stabilization of currencies, settlement of international debts and lower trade barriers. He cautioned against hasty stabilization and called for careful study from a fairness and stability perspective.
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Paris
Thomas J. Watson
International Chamber of Commerce
International Business Machine Corporation
Law to strip danger zone gold clause from 21 issues
President Roosevelt asked Congress to remove gold clause protections from 21 outstanding securities totaling 10.14 billion dollars. The vulnerable group includes eight treasury bonds about 5.21 billion, six notes about 2.88 billion, one liberty bond due October 15 for 1.25 billion, and six prewar loans roughly 0.80 billion. Earlier this month 769.41 million in gold clause securities were retired.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
First Liberties
Examinations for Lawrence teachers certificates begin
Douglas county teachers certificates will be tested tomorrow and Saturday at Lawrence High School. About 15 candidates expected, papers mailed to home county superintendents for those seeking jobs elsewhere. Examining board: Harold C. Fisher F H Diney and Mrs Lannie Gander. Morning topics include arithmetic civic government reading English classics. afternoon writing US history physiology hygiene science and algebra. Saturday covers English grammar spelling geography and music morning and teaching methods agriculture Kansas and English history afternoon. First grade certificates require all subjects. second grade mostly required except algebra and English history.
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Douglas County
Lawrence Senior High School
Harold C. Fisher
F. H. Diney
Lawrence High School
Lannie Gander
Baldwin High School
United States
Farmer's Union Picnic Program Set at Lone Star
The annual Farmer's Union picnic will be July 4 at Lone Star with James W. Anderson announcing the program. Gov. Landon will give the principal address and the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will provide evening entertainment. Events include Belvoir vs CCC baseball, Centropolis vs Belvoir, Lone Star girls fireball, and a Land convert followed by entertainment. A basket lunch is planned at noon.
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Lone Star
James W. Anderson
Ahm
Landon
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Belvoir
CCC
Lantwy P. m
Centropelis
Bas p.om—Winkind
Lone Stour
P. t—Land
Flying Keys Endurance Flight Sets Record at Meridian
Fred and Al Key, Meridian aviators, set a world airplane endurance record by remaining aloft in the Ole Miss for 24 days. They surpassed the Hunter brothers record by about one hour, flying at Meridian airport at 2,000 feet with a convoy of Army planes signaling the moment. Official recognition awaited barograph check in Washington.
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al Key
Ole Miss
Hunter Brothers
Keys
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
National Aeronautical Association
Fred Key
A. Key
Sonny
J. D. Sellers
Washington
Key Brothers
As Key
House Banking Panel Extends Deposit Insurance Past Sunday
Washington June 27 The house banking committee voted to day to extend for 60 days the present temporary deposit insurance system which otherwise would expire at midnight Sunday It acted by amending and preparing for prompt action on the house floor a resolution already passed by the senate which would continue deposit insurance for a year The understanding was the house group insisted on the shorter extension to press for congressional approval this session of the omnibus banking bill now before the senate banking committee.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
House
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
New Jobs In CCC Camps In Washington June 27
Officials said CCC building work and new enlistment formed the only jobs created in 72 days since Roosevelt signed the work relief act. Enlistment not yet above normal, but expansion planned to 600000. WPA expects a substantial July push, with 200000 to 300000 jobs, many drawn from 2.5 million relief workers. President set July 1 as start, full swing not before November. He allotted 550.9 million to continue direct relief costing about 4 billion daily, plus nearly a billion for employment projects.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Relief Administration
Columbus
Kan
Cherokee County
Charles H. Browne
Horton
Alf M. Landon
Topeka
Kansas
Adj
Milton R. McLean
McLean
Browne
Ooo
Missouri and Kansas bury hatchet over Big Six reinstatement
Missouri reversed its 1930 no vote on Kansas in the Big Six amid a Lincoln Nebraska spring meeting, aiming to restore amicable ties after regulator actions over subsidization and a Kansas player. Officials note the gesture reflects desire for better relations while ongoing scrutiny of eligibility and backstory remains.
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Columbia
Missouri
Kansas
Jayhawkers
Lee Carl Overstreet
Law School
Lincoln
Neb
Overstreet
Bank Clearings Higher in Dun and Bradstreet Report
New York June 27 Dun and Bradstreet reports bank clearings for the 22 leading U S cities for the week ended June 26 at 4 997 180 000 up 10 3 percent from the prior year As of New York City clearings totaled 3 302 125 000 up 15 4 percent while centers outside New York aggregated 1 695 355 000 up 12 2 percent compared with last year.
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Dun & Bradstreet
Aso
New York
Pi—Bank
Dun & Brastrel
United States
New York City
Five Persons Believed Lost in Arkansas Flood
Five men believed drowned as floodwaters threatened farmland in Arkansas. Search parties near Morriston, Batesville, and Fayetteville looked for Pat Jordan Buck Foreman Herman Jones James Underdown and a Kellogg missing from Colorado. Floods have already killed five and damaged crops across the state.
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Ark
Arkansas
Pat Jordan
Buck
Foreman
Herman Jones
Morriston
Batesville
James Underdown
Fayetteville
Kellogg
Colorado
Agricultural Extension Service
Ee Ee
Braves Dominate Phillies In Doubleheader Opener
Boston Braves rout Phillies 1 to 1 in first game of doubleheader amid scattered totals. E Moore Prim Jorgens Todd Brandt Hogan listed. second game details incomplete with line scores and players noted. Athletics crush Red Sox 14 to 2 as Pinky Higgins hits three homers. Yankees rally past Senators 15 to 4 on seven-run seventh. Additional American Association scores show Indianapolis 5 0 0 etc.
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Ed Brandt
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Todd
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Hogan
Bson
Brown
Benton
Smith
Spohrer
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Chicago
Crowder
Rowe
Cochrane
Kennedy
Fischer
Jones
Shea
Sewell
Athletics
Pinky Higgins
Marcum
Bob Johnson
Fraston
W. Ferrell
H. Johnson
Berg
R Ferrell
Bowman
Richards
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Yankees
Washington
Ben Chapman
Horser
Senators
Burke
Linke
Bean
Bolton
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Kress
Dickey
American Association
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Logan
Phil
Galliyan
Sprint
Braxton
Bensa
Louisville
Kansas City
Tising
Thompson
Stiles
Warren
Hope and Carlson Call for More Lakes in Western Kansas
Washington dispatch reports Republican congressmen Clifford Hope and Frank Carlson urged state works administrator Evan Griffith to consider building lakes and ponds with relief funds. They argued 85 percent of project costs would go to labor and proposed related measures such as weed control channel work and land rehabilitation. Kansas cities expect about 30 million dollars from the 4 billion relief fund alongside CCC camps and highway allotments.
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Washington
Kansas
Clifford R. Hope
Frank Carlson
Evan Griffith
Works Progress
Hope
Carlson
Griffith
Government Department
Hope and
CCC
Wheat Belt
Welders Conference Opens at Marvin Hall
About 80 engineers, superintendents, foremen and inspectors attended the first annual welding conference co sponsored by the University of Kansas school of engineering and architecture. Papers covered AC welding, practical applications, steel fabrication and pipe welding. Demonstrations followed in Fowler shops with portable arc welders and tensile testing equipment, with more sessions and a Polariscope demonstration planned for tomorrow evening.
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Marvin Hall
University of Kansas School of Engineering and Architecture
W. M. B. Brady
General Electric Company
Wayne McGlade
Sumner County
McGlade
Weox UD
E. Wepp
Smith
R. Natvest
Lincoln, Electric Company
Natvest Rep
J. D. Adams Company
G. F. Dickens
Air Reduction Sales
Fowler Shops
Puritan Gas Company
Lincoln Electric Company
Fowler
Adams Manufacturing Company
E. W. 2. Smith
Poe
Fort Riley Works Allotment Approved by Roosevelt
June 27 Washington reports President Roosevelt approved a works allotment of 9 71 for Fort Riley Kansas for new buildings and repairs including Marshall Field. Also approved was Leavenworth Kansas demand of 345 100 for interior conditioning with fire proofing materials at the facility.
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Washington
Fort Riley
Kun
Marshall Field
Roosevelt
Leavenworth
Kan
Chief Justice Johnston Plans Early Resignation
Topeka report says Chief Justice William Agnew Johnston plans to quit the Kansas Supreme Court soon. He has served since 1884 and may retire with full pay when his term ends in 1937, to be followed by Governor Landon appointing a successor.
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Topeka
William Agnew Johnston
Kansas Supreme Court
Johnston
R. A. Burch
Salina
Alf M. Landon
Topeka State Journal
Roland Boyneton
Musical Treat Opens Summer Vespers Series at School
The first of three summer session Vespers will be held Sunday at 7 p.m. Dean Swarthout curated a program featuring the Summer Session String Quartet with Walde mar Gelich, Robert Ledoré, Perry Pangrac, and D. M. Swarthout. A Summer Session String Trio including Ruth Orcutt, Waldemar Gelich, and Swarthout will perform Schubert’s Nocturne, likely new to Lawrence.
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School For Fine Arts
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Waldemar Gelich
Robert Ledore
Perry Pangrac
D. M. Swarthout
Ruth Orcutt
Franz Schubert
Lawrence
Waldemar
County valuation for 1935 shows a gain of 94703
Douglas county clerk U S G Plank reports total taxable property rose to 6683585 dollars, up 94703 from the prior year. Tangible property increased by 54000 and intangible property by 40703, with townships and cities showing mixed gains and losses across classes. The city of Lawrence decreased tangible value while gaining in intangible valuations.
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U. S. G. Plank
Douglas County
Lawrence
Clinton
Lecompton
Marion
Palmyra
Wakarusa
Willow Springs
Eudora
Baldwin
Grant
Kanwaka
Marion Sa
Baldwin City
Epreestes
Farm Family Takes Hire Event Promises A Program Start
Washington June 27. A farmer and wife who hitch hiked to Washington to get shoes for the kids were escorted from the gallery as the mother nursed 8 month old Hilda Jean. They said their names are Everett Parker and his Newport Tenn. family of four. They sought relief and shoes but left after the episode without protest.
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Washington
Pka Farmer
Hilda Jean
Sai
Everett Parker
Newport
Tenn
Kathleen
Earl
Bruce
Parker
Disputed Labor Bill Heads to White House Reformers push for bargaining rights
Washington June 27 The senate approved the conference report on the Wagner Connery labor disputes bill and sent it to the White House. The measure aims to guarantee the right to bargain collectively through elected representatives, curb employer domination of unions, and prohibit unfair labor practices. Roosevelt's approval is expected as a cornerstone of the administration's program, after two years of debate.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Federal Judge Frees Luke Lea in Bank Case
Knoxville June 27 Federal Judge George Taylor freed Luke Lea former Nashville publisher now in prison in North Carolina from a charge of aiding and abetting misapplication of funds of the Holston Union National Bank of Knoxville Lea imprisoned for North Carolina banking law violations had petitioned for a pardon and now is under North Carolina governor consideration
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Knoxville, Tenn
George Taylor
Luke Lea
Nashville
North Carolina
Holston- Union National Bank of
Knoxville
Lea
Kansas Weather Report Shows Chance of Showers
Local showers probable tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Wichita expects clear to partly cloudy skies in the morning. Road conditions vary from good to fair, with soft spots in Topeka and Ottawa and fair to rough in Pittsburg Emporia Manhattan and surrounding Douglas County areas.
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Wichita
Topeka
Ottawa
Pittsburg
Emporia
Manhattan
Douglas County
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