Way cleared for building revival across Washington
Washington June 28 AP A 10 percent cut in lumber and building materials was ordered by the National Retail Lumber Dealers association to aid the housing program. It covers 20 000 members with an estimated saving of at least 260 million for homeowners over the next year. President Roosevelt signed the housing bill to boost construction and jobs, setting up machinery to start the program. The plan includes insurance for private loans and measures to lower costs by 10 to 15 percent, with banks expanding lending in anticipation.
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Washington
National Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Spencer D. Baldwin
Baldwin
Lapecs
Dodge
Labor Bureau
The
Association
Roosevelt
Housing Hill
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal
Eee
Kansas Weather Forecast Looks Warm and Fair
Generally fair and warm through tonight and Friday with clear morning skies. Douglas County roads reported good conditions and mild temperatures yesterday, today reaching near 84 to 99 degrees at noon with a high around 102. local gas office record and theater listings appear in weather notes.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Sfaxiaum
Disorder marks Bosnia anniversary with Austrian bombings
On the twentieth anniversary of Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination unrest erupted across Austria. A blast shattered a main railroad line near Bludenz delaying trains, with one Barthou bound train escaping the explosion. Violent clashes caused a police captain’s death in Graz. rails blown at Judenbere and cables cut in Styria. a power plant near Innsbruck was disabled.
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Vienna
Austria
Louis Barthou
Bludenz
Barthou
Paris
Archduke Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Graz
Judenbere
Styria
Muehlau
Innsbnick
Hitler at Crossroads Between Radical and Conservative Factions
Berlin watchers report Adolf Hitler faces a pivotal choice as radical and conservative factions vie for influence. Goebbels and Rosenberg push for an expanded Nazi revolution while Hess, Frick, and Goering advocate a social state with private initiative. The struggle includes protean moves such as the arrest of Edgar Jung and the Backbone veterans group. The outcome remains uncertain, with experts split on whether fundamental change or a stabilizing leadership will prevail.
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Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
Propaganda
Alfred Rosenberg
Third Reich
Vatican
Edgar Jung
Franz von Papen
Rudolph Hess
Wilhelm Frick
Interior
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Convicted accessory after robbery and murder in Needham case
Norma Millen of Dedham Massachusetts was found guilty today of being an accessory after the fact in the Needham Trust Company robbery and murder. Her husband Morton Millen his brother Irving and Abraham Faber were already convicted of murder in the same case, with the jury deliberating over seven hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Mass
Wnorma Millen
Norma
Morton Millen
Irving
Abraham Faber
Needham Trust Company
Norfold
Darrow review board submits third criticism of blue eagle codes
The Darrow led review board delivered a third critique of blue eagle practices to President Roosevelt. It plans a direct rebuttal to Hugh S. Johnson’s claim it produced false material for demagogues. The board finishes delivery but remains briefly in existence to tidy up items. Three members resigned today and the group will wrap up after the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Darrow
Milling Code Debate at Southwestern Millers Meet
Nearly 100 millers from six southwestern states gathered in Kansas City for the Southwestern Millers League annual meeting led by R Ward McGill of Kansas Flour Mills. Wichita’s chairman and E H Hougeland of Kansas City served as executives, discussing the new milling code and its impact on the flour industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Southwestern Millers League
R. Ward McGill
Kansas Flour Mills Company
Wichita
E. H. Hougeland
Huge Water Plan With Federal Aid For Kansas
Topeka June 28 AP Federal funds will back a Kansas water conservation program with about 500000 dollars monthly for months. The plan funds garden and farm ponds and state lakes to aid drought relief, with materials and supervision provided. Lakes to be built on state land via fish and game commission, engineer, and relief committee approval. Aimed at immediate, lasting water conservation. Governor Landon optimistic for broader federal approval and an engineer visit. earlier talks outlined a 157 million plan for ponds and lakes across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
John G. Stutz
FERA
Washington
Alf M. Landon
Stutz
Fish and Game Commission
State Engineer
Kansas Relief Committee
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Luther Stone
Mee Todzy
George Kknapp
Water Resources Division
Landon
Missouri governor denies clemency in two death cases
Governor Park refused executive clemency for Paul H. Kaufman and Eugene Copeland, both slated for hanging. Kaufman, a World War veteran, was convicted of murdering Avis Woolery, a 17 year old Webb City girl, in Kansas City. Copeland was condemned for the murder of Jack Davis in St. Louis during a hold up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deflervien City
Governor Park
Missouri
Paul H. Kaufman
Avis Woolery
Webb City
Eugene Copeland
St. Luis
Jackson County
Kansas City
Copeland
St. Louis
Clayton
J. B. McFarland
Kauffman
Columbia
State Supreme Court
McFarland
United States Supreme Court
Swope Park
Jack Davis
Avenue Furniture Company
Polish Adamowicz brothers launch trans Atlantic flight Warsaw
Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz, Polish American pilots, began a hop from Floyd Bennett field to Harbor Grace Newfoundland in their monoplane Warsaw. They planned refueling then continue toward Poland. Hoims accompanied them to Copenhagen earlier in 1931. The brothers, known as a bold, inexperienced duo, aim for Warsaw after prior test flight last year.
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Brooklyn
Adamfwicz
Benjamin
Joseph
Warsaw
Poland
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Holger Hoims
Copenhagen
Floyd Bennett Field
Horris
Missing Woman Alive, Poderjay Says Her Husband Report
New York AP story notes Assistant Chief Inspector Sul says Ivan Panderal in Vienna reports Agnes Tufverson is alive and will come forward. She has been missing since December 20, shortly after marrying Poderjay. Police in Vienna shared the LF pare report with Inspector Sullivan.
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New York
John J. Sultoday
Ivan
Panted Eld
Vienna
Agnes Tufverson
Miss Tufverson
Poderjay
Sullivan
Miss Tulverson
John H Atwood Dies. Noted Orator and Lawyer
John H. Atwood 64, a nationally known orator and lawyer, died in Kansas City of cancer after ill health. A Leavenworth origin, he moved to Kansas City for friendship with James A. Reed, forming Reed Atwood Mastin Harvey. Born in Phillipston Massachusetts, he started practice in Kansas post Harvard Law School and became Kansas national committeeman in 1924 while gaining fame as a chautauqua lecturer.
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Kansas City
John H. Atwood
Atwood
Leavenworth
Kan
James A.reed
Reed, Atwood
Platte
John Atwood
William Jennings Bryan
Kansas
New Heat Record Set in Topeka on June 28
Topeka's temperature reached 102 degrees at 2 PM breaking the date high. The previous June 28 record was 101 set in 1933 at Independence. For the ninth straight day the high hit 100 degrees or more, with 103 degrees at 2:45 PM.
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Toneka
Independence
Kan
Athletics Beat Red Sox 3-1 On Johnson and Foxx Homers
Philadelphia defeats Boston 3-1 as Bob Johnson hits his 22nd homer of the season and Jimmie Foxx adds his first. Dietrich allows five hits for the Red Sox while Welch Mulligan Pennock Ro. Ferrell also feature in the scoring. Other league results noted with limited details.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Athletics
Bob Johnson
Jimmie Foxx
Boston Red Sox
Bil Dietrich
Boston
Welch
Mulligan
Pennock
Ferrell
Dietrich
Berry
New York
Washington
Ruffing
Dickey
Weaver
Phillips
Chicare
Detroit
Jones
Madieski
Schedutted
Rational League
Aln Marberry
Rowe
PWA Allotments Cover 28 States and Hawaii Alaska
Washington AP says public works administration allotted 33 313 680 for 228 projects in 28 states plus Hawaii and Alaska and 33 006 883 for 30 states. Officials estimate the work will provide about 197 681 direct jobs and double that indirect in materials sectors. Applicants promised prompt start. Allocations include Pratt Kansas sewer grant 11 400.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Hawaii
Alaska
PWA
Pratt
Kan
Vinland Sunday School Wins State Drama Trophy
Vinland Presbyterian Sunday School class won first prize in the state young people's religious drama contest at Hutchinson, receiving the Senator Arthur Capper trophy. Whiting Methodist placed second, Partridge Reno County Community Church third, and Kanarado Methodist fourth. Cast included Guy Howard and Helen Chaney. play titled At the Gate Beautiful.
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Vinland Presbyterian
Hutchinson
Arthur Capper
Kansas Council of Christian Education
Whiting Methodist Sunday School
Jackson County
Partridge
Reno County
Kanarado
Vinland
Deal
Former athlete Reginald Roark identified in bank hold up
Reginald Roark 28, ex-Olathe High School basketball player, identified as the driver in the De Soto bank robbery of March 17 by bank bookkeeper Arthur Gabriel. Roark, arraigned, pleaded not guilty. preliminary hearing set for July 6. bond $5,000. One of three men involved. Morton Kramer also identified.
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Olathe
Kan
Reginald Roark
Aut
Merriam
DeSoto
Arthur Gabriel
Irma Hambleton
R. O. Wright
Roark
Justice of the Peace
DeSoto Bank
Morton Kenneth Kramer
Jola
Robery
Will Hear Lindley At K A Summer Session Convocation
Ern Fost K Lindley son of Chancellor E H Lindley and a special writer in Washington D C for the New York Herald Tribune will address a K A summer session convocation tomorrow at 10 oclock He is author of Franklin D Roosevelt a Career in Progressive Democracy and The Roosevelt Revolution He will stop in Abilene tomorrow night to speak to the Kansas Editorial association in response to Col Robert McCormick publisher of the Chicago Tribune who will criticize the New Deal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ern- Fost K. Lindley
E. H. Lindley
Washington, D. C
New York Herald Tribune
K. A
Abilene
Kansas Editorial Association
Robert McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt to Speak Tonight on Radio Report to the Nation
Washington reports President Roosevelt will deliver his periodic report to the nation at 9 30 p m eastern standard time tonight likely covering events of the past six months and future prospects. Samuel N Berry 71 longtime head of the Order of Railway Conductors dies in Cedar Rapids following a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Samuel N. Berry
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Stock Market Index Shows Modest Gain Amid Mixed Day
The stock market average for 90 stocks rose to 79.3 from 78.8 yesterday as traders navigated mixed signals. Oldsmobile featured at Hudson's-Adv, signaling consumer confidence in auto shares amid shifting retail interest.
English Sessions to Close Today at KU Fraser Theater
The final day of an English conference at Fraser theater, KU, features four addresses and a Kansas Authors Club dinner at Colonial Tea Room. A scheduled one act play by Mary Dora Macdonald was cancelled. sessions include papers on Indian modes, book review technique, nineties English literature, and writing and publishing of high school plays.
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Fraser Theater
University of Kansas
Kansas Authors Club
Mary Dora Macdonald
Duluth
Minn
Robert Calderwood
Nellie Barnes
Kenneth Rockwell
K. U
Macdonald
Katherine Lyon Mix
Union Building
M. M. Bair
K U
Kansas
Robert Gard
Gale
Little Magazine
Hilda Mauck Holmes
Ruby Phillips Bramwell
Helen Rhoda Hoopes
Missouri alums form advisory committee to athletics
In Columbia Missouri on June 28 AP reports Richard Coburn St. Louis attorney and new president of the alumni association completed a revolt by appointing six alumni to the advisory committee on athletics at the University of Missouri The appointments aim to liberalize and strengthen athletic policy and place final control in a five member intercollegiate committee with faculty members Dr Carl Lee Overstreet chairing the panel The move ousts the old guard who previously sought to keep control and only Grant Wyatt from the earlier slate remains on the new committee
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Richard Coburn
St. Louis
General Alummni Association
Cliff Langsdale
Kansas City
Orestes Mitchell, Jr
St. Joseph
Harrison Brown
Mexico
Gerry Manning
Joplin
Franklin E. Reagan
Jefferson City
Grant Wyatt
Carl Lee Overstreet
Dudley S. Conley
School of Medicine
F. F. Stephens
Coburn
Old Guard
Ten Die In Explosion At Hawks Prairie Powder Plant
Olympia Washington June 28 AP Ten persons die and seven survive after a powder factory blast at Hawks Prairie near Olympia. Seven workers killed outright, three in hospital in critical condition. Fire hampered search. cause may never be known. Storage magazine escaping destruction. plant owned by J A Dean of Portland Oregon. loss about 75000.
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Olympia
Wash
Hawks Prairie
Bits
Aylant
J. A. Dean
Portland
To Hike Livestock Quota to 10,000,000 Head
Washington June 28 AP The farm administration will raise the purchase quota for livestock in growth areas to 10,000,000 head. The expanded buying program aims to curb dry spell impacts and remove undesired stock, with a final price likely around 2 dollars per head for animals aged a year or more. About 5,000,000 of the total will be sheep.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Grouth
Mississippi
Emblems On Sale For Lawrence Twilight Baseball Program
Officials of the Junior Twilight and Midget leagues announce the sale of emblems to support the boys baseball program in Lawrence. Emblems cost a minimum of 1 dollar with higher gifts accepted. first badge sold for 5 dollars to Capt. L. C Gordon, others to Harold Fisher and Floyd Rankin. Proceeds will aid equipment and field upkeep at Southpark as two daily games run evenings, with emblems available at Burger Shoe Shop and from league volunteers.
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Lawrence
Southpark
Burgert, Jong
Capt
L. C Gordon
Harold Fisher
Floyd Rankin
Burger Shoe Shop
Massachusetts Street
Burgett
William Holaday
Four Die After Gas Tank Car Accident in Columbia
Four persons are dead and three injured after a gasoline tank car crash in Columbia last night. Victims include M. M. Norton 36 and Lee MecBaine 57, plus children Leland Neely and Margaret Crane. Mrs Norton and her kids were burned. a yard fire damaged a home. flames and a 10,000 dollar plant-fire were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Mo
M. M. Norton
Skelly Oil Company
Leland Neely
Delores Neely
Margaret Crane
Richard Crane
Lee MecBaine
Dillinger is Dead Declared by AP in St Paul
John Dillinger, long hunted outlaw, is dead according to AP reports from St Paul. Albert Reilly, under charges of harboring Dillinger, told federal investigators that Tommy Carroll confided Dillinger’s death in a Minneapolis-Waterloo, Iowa, conversation before Carroll was slain on June 7. Also notes a Douglas County Young Republican meeting and a claim that calcium arsenate effectively kills potato bugs.
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St. Paul
John Dillinger
Albert
Pat” Reilly
Reilly
Tommy Carroll
Minneapolis
Baseball Club
Carroll
Waterloo
Iowa
Greek letter tax refunds ordered for Kansas fraternities and sororities
Refund warrants totaling 3778.89 were ordered by the county board to return back taxes paid under protest by 23 KU and Baker Univ Greek letter organizations during 1930 31 and 32. After the 1933 supreme court ruling that their property was taxable the legislature excused three years back taxes. Refunds ranged from 7.63 to 1831.13 with the largest paid by Alpha Kappa Psi. Many refunds are applied to current 1934 taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
University of Kansas and
Baker University
Supreme Court
Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity
Flora Mackie
Phi Kappa Psi
University Ofansas
University of Kansas
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Omicron Pi
Chi Delta Sigma
Delta Zeta
Kappa Eta Kappa
Phi Delta Theta
Triangle Club
Cosmopolitan Ch
Nu Sigma Nu
Phi Alpha Delta
Phi Delta
Phi Mu ‘Alpha
Preta Phi
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Epsilon
Theta Phi ‘Alpha
Sigma No
Alpha Xi Delta
Alpha Chi Omecu
Delta Delta Delta
Guest Pastor Dr Frank Jennings to Speak Sunday
Dr Frank Jennings former pastor of First Baptist will deliver the sermon Sunday morning. He now leads the Church of the Master Baptist in Cleveland and will visit Lawrence with his wife Mrs Jennings. Their daughter Margaret has attended K A for the past year. after the service friends may meet the visiting guests in the Baptist church assembly room. Jennings is regarded as a prominent Northern Baptist minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jennings
First Baptist Church
C. C. Cunningham
Jennings
Church of the Master, Baptist
Cleveland
Lawrence
Margaret
K. A
Cunningham
Baptist Church
Northern Baptist Convenion
Dressler’s Illness Reaches Critical Stage in California
Marie Dressler, 60, remains under constant nurse attention as doctors say her condition has reached a critical phase. Dr. F R Nuzum notes the outcome is dubious but not expected to be immediate. The actress, staying at an estate in Santa Barbara for rest, suffers from kidney and heart complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Calif
Marie Dressler
F. R. Nuzum
Catholics urged to aid reform in motion pictures
In a pastoral to Western Missouri Catholics Bishop Thomas F. Lillis asked them to join a church initiative to obtain reform in motion pictures. Parishioners were urged to sign pledges to abstain from movies that offend decency and Christian morality. The diocese counts about 90,000 Catholics.
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Kansas City
Western
Missouri
Thomas F. ‘Lillis
Lillis
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St. Paul's Island
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