Treasury Quickens Spending and Signals 1939 Outlook
Washington reports the treasury raised daily cash output from 20.82 million to 23.3 million to support the administration’s spending program for 1939. Officials foresee about 8.5 billion in outlays next year, with deficits rising as receipts lag. Payoffs through tax and social security rises boost revenue to 6.2 billion, while debt nears 40 billion.
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Three Blind Mice Proves Loretta Young Returns to Romance
Loretta Young leads a trio of Kansas chicken farmers who stumble into a California romance caper after a $5 000 legacy and a straw drawing win. She uses an heiress disguise to charm Joel McCrea and David Niven while aided by Stuart Erwin and a cooperative bartender.
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Missing Medill McCormick: Sandia Peak Search Continues
A 350-man manhunt on Sandia Peak near Albuquerque seeks Medill McCormick, 21, missing since a Wednesday climbing trip. Richard Whitmer’s body has been found on the cliff’s base, while investigators doubt the youth’s body remains on The Shield amid harsh weather and uncertain terrain.
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Love and a Proposal in a Breezy Short Story
She discovers he is equally broke yet she loves him. The other man then proposes and she accepts. The piece hints at comic and news shorts, with a vacation subscription ad for the Journal-World offering daily home news at 25 cents a month by mail.
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Two Killed in Collision Near Wilson Kansas
Wilson Kansas June 27 funerals set for Eddie Soukup 21 and Joe Peterka 22 farm boys killed when Soukup's car crashed into an oil transport early Sunday morning. Companions Otto Blohm and Raymond Soukup were hospitalized with non serious injuries. C L Pilcher of Hays driver of the transport unhurt.
Truck Driver Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life
Wichita police described a double shooting as a murder and death by own action. Gerald P. Madison, 62, a truck driver, and his 42-year-old wife were killed late Saturday on a street near Wichita's business district. Witnesses reported gunfire as Madison stopped his car and called to his wife near a cafe where she worked. Mrs Madison died from neck, lung and chest wounds. Madison died by self-inflicted gunshot.
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Vacation delivery cue from Journal-World offer
The Journal-World promotes vacation mail service with home delivery at a temporary address during travels. Readers are urged to notify the paper of their holiday address for continued news and features at a rate of 25 cents per month.
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Man Shoots Self During Transit to Hospital
The individual shot himself in the temple and died while being transported to a hospital, according to the police report.
Max Schmeling Improves in Hospital After Vertebra Fracture
German heavyweight Max Schmeling shows further improvement at Polyclinic hospital where he is recovering from a vertebra fracture suffered in his fight with Joe Louis last Wednesday night.
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Prisoner Escapes Jail From Attic via Tin Removal
A prisoner identified as William Burnett alias William Brooks escaped from the county jail in Emporia Kansas by removing a tin from the jail, climbing into the attic, and walking out through an opening yesterday.
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William Burnett
William Brooks
Prison riot report at county jail after transfer incident
Nine prisoners refused to leave a jail wing as Sheriff Roy Davis confronted the disturbance after moving a prisoner to Lansing. Mrs. Turney, the sheriff's sister, alerted city police as the gap widened in the jail hall.
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