Walsh Elected Chairman Firmly in Control
Roosevelt forces win control as Walsh, Montana senator, is chosen permanent convention chair amid clashes over seating for Louisiana Minnesota and Kansas delegations. The Louisiana and Minnesota contests tilt toward Roosevelt, with Walsh 626 Shouse 528 in the roll call and shifts altering the final tally.
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Smith
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Iowa
District of Columbia
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Huey Long
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Armory Inspection Of Company M 137th Infantry
Captain Ernest C Ayer regular army instructor with Kansas National Guard led an armory inspection of Company M 137th Infantry during a regular drill period at the Armory on Eighth and New Hampshire streets. Major Harrie Mueller of Wichita stood in for the commanding officer of the third battalion. Military courtesy close order drill and personal appearance were evaluated as Lieutenant Wayne Allphin commands Co M. Next drill Monday July 25 marks a pause until then. Guardsmen depart August 14 for Fort Riley encampment.
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Kansas National Guard
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Harrie Mueller
Wichita
Wayne Allphin
National Guard
Fort Riley
Repeal plank urged by wet leaders in 20th amendment
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts announced the repeal plank urging immediate repeal of the 18th amendment and urging cooperation by the Democratic party to promote temperance by states. It calls modification of the Volstead Act to legalize beer to provide revenue and protect states from liquor import violations pending repeal.
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Judge bars county tax actions over wheat to Red Cross
Judge Richard J. Hopkins ordered Kansas counties to be enjoined from moving grain used as wheat held by the farm board toward tax collections or market channels. The ruling stops tax seizures for 1931 and 1932 with a potential further hearing next month on suits from Wyandotte, Shawnee, and Dickinson counties. The court noted the Red Cross may need the wheat for humanitarian relief.
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Dickinson County
Enna
Hoover
Motter to Speak at Union Service in South Park
H H Motter of Wichita collector of internal revenue will be the speaker at a union service Sunday evening at 7 45 oclock in South Park. Rev C A Puls of the local Ministerial Alliance announces Motter as an able churchman who will deliver a worthwhile message.
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Internal Revenue
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Kansas Delegation Divides Votes Before Permanent Chairman Fight
Kansas Governor Harry B Woodring warned the delegation may invoke the unit rule if a record vote is pushed to force Shouse recommendations. Kansans caucused to back Shouse Walsh and Woodring’s plan favors immediate bonus payment via installments under adjusted certificates. Receptions at Kansas headquarters feature a volunteer reception committee of about 50 women as social activity dominates the scene.
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Shouse
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Lawrence
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Democratic State Committee
Myron Miller
Lida Woodring
Ann O'Loughlin
Hays
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Frankfort
C. W. Helstram
McPherson
Caroline Drennen
Arkansas City
Jonas Graber
Kingman
E. L. Beard
Wichita
Caldwell
Mound City
Bernice Jay
Roosevelt Club
Emergency Fund Set At 300 Million For Relief Bill
Washington June 28 AP conferees reached a compromise on a 300 million emergency relief fund to aid unemployment. The plan creates 200 million by expanding Reconstruction Finance Corporation borrowing powers and allocates 200 million by population while 100 million goes to the President to distribute by distress and need.
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On Tour Tomorrow Garden Tour Planned by Farm Bureau
The annual all day garden tour organized by the Farm Bureau will visit vegetable plots. At noon at the Elmer Brown home near Lawrence Mrs Frances Mercer will lecture on modern canning methods. Additional stops include John Dumm farm near Big Springs Grant Risley place east of Lawrence and Harold Roe farm in Vinland. Gardner Cowles named to Reconstruction Finance Corp board by Senate succeeding Dawes.
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Elmer Brown
Lawrence
Frances Mercer
John Dumm
Big Springs
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Grant Risley
East Eleventh Street
Harold Roe
Vinland
Weather forecast and road conditions for Kansas
Partly cloudy with possible thundershowers in western areas tonight and Wednesday. Southeast will warm slightly. Morning skies clear. Dirt roads mostly fair to rough in Salina and Wichita areas, rough near Emporia, fair in Manhattan, soft at Pittsburg. Douglas County roads rough to very rough. Temperatures show yesterday's max and today's min. no precise figures available. Includes an ad for a New Ford V-8 and Hamilton's-Adv.
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Wichita
Emporia
Manhattans
Pittsburg
Douglas County
Democratic Convention Rules Reconsidered for Nomination
The Democratic rules committee adopted the prior two thirds nomination rule and moved to require platform adoption before presidential votes. They backed limiting speeches to 20 minutes for main nominations and five minutes for seconding, plus 30 minute delegate time. Roosevelt supporters helped drive the reversal, aiming to abolish the rule at the 1936 convention.
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Daniel F. Cohalan
New York
Broadcast of Big Six football games debated in Kansas City
Kansas City June 28 AP A proposal to discontinue broadcasting radio accounts of Big Six football games was discussed by conference athletic directors. Action was deferred until after the national meeting in Los Angeles August 1. The 1938 schedule for the conference was announced with games set across October and November including Iowa State Nebraska Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Kansas State in Ames Manhattan Norman Lincoln and Lawrence. A September 2 coaches and directors meeting was called to interpret football rules.
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University of Kansas
Herbert Gish
Dana X. Bible
University of Nebraska
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Kansas State College
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University of Oklahoma
George Venice
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Nebraska
Ames
Missouri
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Columbia
Receive Another Shipment of Free Flour for Needy
The second allotment of free grain stabilization flour for Douglas county has been received. Fifty two sacks will be placed at social service headquarters for distribution on Friday. The county Red Cross led by Rev. C. A. Puls previously used the first 100 barrels and now secures a new allotment. Flour is advanced by R. C. Jackman through Bowersock mills. Free flour will be distributed Mondays and Fridays. About 300 families currently receive flour.
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R. C. Jackman
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Powers to adjourn at reparations conference
Lausanne June 28 AP six leading powers plan to adjourn and hand reparations work to a commission of experts until autumn when a new conference would meet. talks collapsed with only a potential overnight change in French and German positions keeping hope alive for reconsideration despite impasse. Dexter Washers Gatters Phone 149 vea
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Giants Rally In Ninth Beat Dodgers 7 3 In Opener
Errors by Frederick and Mungo in the ninth inning broke a tie as the New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 7 to 3 in the first game of a doubleheader. Frederick hit a home run for Brooklyn, while Lindstrom clubbed a homer for the Giants.
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Plan to Maintain the County Nurse Program
Strong outside pressure push keeps county nurse Miss Matia Neely in Douglas County. Red Cross leaders outline a plan to fund the program at a reduced cost, aiming to raise about 700 dollars via public subscription by July 10, with support from Chamber of Commerce tax group, crippled children, tuberculosis groups, and rural segments. Neely will accept a substantial salary cut to stay, praised for cooperation with physicians. locals express confidence funds will be raised and the rural health nurse service will expand and continue.
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County Red Cross
Douglas County
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R. E. Wheeler
Miss Neely
Puls
Dolph Simons
Neely
Crippled Children's Committee
Lawrence
pe ae _ Walter Thiele
E. Spalding
Die in train accident near Castlerock Colorado
Eight men are believed dead and about 40 itinerants were injured when 18 cars of a Santa Fe fruit train derailed after a flood weakened a nearby arroyo bridge three miles south of Castlerock. The wreck left twisted metal and wood and required two days to clear. Only one body was seen initially.
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Hog Prices Near Year’s Top On Kansas City Market
Hog prices climbed to as high as 4.50 per hundred pounds on the Kansas City market today, just 10 cents below the year’s peak reached in March. Receipts were about 3 000 head as shippers vied with large packers, lifting prices 15 to 30 cents above yesterday’s level amid sharply curtailed supply.
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Party Clash in Germany Ends in One Death
In Leipsic on June 28 AP reports clashes between Nazi and Communist factions as Nazis marched in suburbs. Barriers were set up and street lights toppled to darken the parade routes. Police arrived under fire and returned fire. Twenty five arrests followed amid the violence.
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Wheat pours in report grain damp as harvest resumes
Combined wheat reached Lawrence this morning as farmers resume harvesting after rain delays. The wet grain lowers grades though quality remains good. No. 2 wheat at fifty eight pounds per bushel sold for thirty five cents, much of today's receipts graded down due to moisture. Farmers plan threshing tomorrow and Thursday. Local buyers note combines struggle to clean grain. separator threshed wheat expected to be higher in quality. Harvests are 10 days to two weeks early due to mild weather and early planting.
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Lawrence
Ramsay MacDonald Urges Burying Hatchet At Reparations Talks
Lausanne June 26 AP Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald urged France and Germany to bury the hatchet to keep the reparations conference alive. German Chancellor Von Papen demanded cancellation of payments, while France would not concede without adequate compensation. The three leaders and their finance ministers met at MacDonald's headquarters for two hours and planned to reconvene this evening. Herriot said, I feel better.
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Senate Would Send Fare to Send Bonus Army Home
The Senate approved a House-bound resolution to loan transportation funds to honorably discharged World War I veterans stranded in Washington. The plan, led by Sen. Howell, allowed up to July 15 for rail travel home with a 75 cent daily subsistence, interest free and deducted from future service certificate payments. In other items, KU’s Teachers’ Appointment bureau will charge $1 annual registration, and the City Clerk notes weed-cutting costs assessed against affected properties.
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Bronze plaque for late W W Curfman to be unveiled at Lawrence high
A bronze memorial plaque honoring former Lawrence high school superintendent Wayne W. Curfman arrived and is in the principal's office. Cast by a Topeka firm it features an etching of Curfman and an inscription honoring his 1927 to 1931 service. The Curfmans died in an automobile crash in July 1931. son Hugh was injured. The board approved erecting the plaque, to be unveiled after fall opening, with class of 1932 and student council officers attending. The plaque measures 36 by 20 inches.
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John Chandler
The Fox Held as Lindbergh Kidnap Probe Figure
Norman Whitaker known as The Fox was held as a fugitive in New York. Police tied him to the Means Lindbergh case, with Means convicted of defrauding Mrs. McLean of 104000. Whitaker, arrested in Brooklyn, denied any share of the ransom and claimed he would reveal details after a warning.
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Evalyn Walsh
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John J. Sullivans
Lindbergh
Fortune to Bootblack at Grand Central Station
Pietro A. Ierardi built a $176,500 fortune from shoe shine concession at Grand Central after arriving in the United States 40 years ago. The wealth came to light when his wife obtained an order declaring him incompetent to manage his affairs.
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Plane crash kills corporal amid storm near Port Washington
A thunderstorm last night caused a storm-tossed plane to crash near Port Washington after returning from anti-aircraft practice. Army corporal Gilbert Burnett, 23, was killed, and pilot Lieutenant T. J. Creedon, 30, a reserve officer, died in hospital. Residents in Port Washington and nearby towns took shelter as the aircraft swung low.
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