Parity fund battle shades farm relief plans in Congress
The House rejected a 250 million farm parity fund by 204 to 191, with many Democrats supporting it. Senate chances appear to hinge on agriculture bill debates as Roosevelt proposes a 15 million cotton export plan and a broad 816 million agriculture department outlay backed by highway aid.
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Washington
Mar
House
Congressional
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Bankhead
Rayburn
Representative Sacks
D.-Pa
Appropriations Committee
Cox
D-Ga
Woodrum
D-Va
Cannon
D.-Mo
Senate
America
Farmer-Laborite
Highway Deaths Drop In February Nationwide
February traffic fatalities fell 12 percent to 1,810 nationwide, the 16th straight month of lower deaths. The National Safety Council cites 8,900 lives saved since November 1937 and notes January and February totals were the lowest for those months since 1933. Kansas City leads cities of over 250,000 with a 70 percent drop. Wichita and Cambridge are named as large cities in the group.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Kansas City
Wichita
Kan
Cambridge
Mass
No Pre-Marital Exams Fails in Vermont Legislature
Vermont lawmakers rejected a CPI A measure requiring pre marital medical examinations by a 104 to 102 vote. The bill would have required marriage license applicants to show a physician's certificate proving they were free of syphilis in communicable form. An unrelated advertisement line appears at the end.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Three Towns In Kansas See No Election Candidates
Three Labette county towns Mound Valley Bartlett and Labette City face elections with no candidates. Attorney General Jay S Parer proposes writing in candidates to avoid a void election while County Attorney Glenn Jones allows local discretion. In Labette City Mayor Winnie Crain and two councilwomen filed caucus but no opponents appeared, so no filing occurred and officials may hold over.
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Parsons
Kan
CPI
Labette County
Mound Valley
Bartlett
Labette City
Jay S. Parer
Glenn Jones
Winnie Crain
Shawnee Votes to Preserve Incorporation in City
Shawnee voters defeated a disincorporation proposal 136 to 82 in a special election. The measure, urged by petition signed by 176 residents, claimed city taxes chased away real estate buyers, but the city will remain incorporated.
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Shawnee
Kan
Girl Struck Down in Hollywood Mystery Attack
A 17 year old dancer Delia Bogard lay near death in General Hospital after being struck by a two foot timber while walking home from a movie. Police searched for a suspect and linked the case to the earlier killing of Russian dancer Anya Sosoyeva on a city college campus.
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Hollywood
Delia Bogard
General Hospital
Anya Sosoyeva
Los Angeles City College
Miss Sosoyeva
Beating Victim Miss Sosoyeva Sought. Suspect Flees
Police renew search for a man with streaming blonde hair seen fleeing the scene after Miss Sosoyeva was beaten. Authorities describe the investigation as ongoing and request any witnesses to come forward.
Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts on View for One Week
A Spooner Thayer museum will display fifty medieval illuminated manuscripts from April 3 to 10. The collection, circulated by the American Federation of Arts, was gathered by Otto F. Ege of Cleveland over twenty five years on European tours across fourteen countries. These examples were chosen to illustrate historic manuscript art.
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Spooner-Thayer ‘Museum
American Federation of Arts
Otto F. Ege
Cleveland
One Thousand Years of Calligraphy Exhibition Highlights
The museum hosts a display of European and Near Eastern manuscripts from 700 to 1700 AD. Illuminated texts include Bibles, missals, hours, and humanistic writings with rich decorations. The exhibit runs from Monday April 8 to Sunday April 9 in the north gallery.
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Trate
Europe
Near East
Armenia
Arabia
Enland
Ethiopia
Flanders
France
Germany
Greece
India
Italy
Persia
Spain
Prosser to Use Honor System for Rural Electrification
Benton county rural electrification customers in Prosser Washington will read their own meters and self-bill. They will pay by money order to their postman. Superintendent J B Whitehead says the plan will save about $1200 annually from reduced meter-reading costs.
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Prosser
Wash
Benton County
Loyal hound guards thief’s hole as owner waits
In Laurel Virginia Willard Gibson, a store owner, finds his hound dog by a thief’s hole after a break in the rear exit. The dog refuses to leave, staying by the opening as Gibson waits for his master. Separately in Los Angeles motherhood could delay the city’s new union station opening slated for April 15 due to air conditioning work.
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Laurel, Va
Willard Gibson
Los Angeles
Union Station
Alley Cat Takes Shelter in Air Channel Nook
A gray alley cat chooses a recess in air channels as a home for her litter of kittens, prompting local observers to monitor the site for safety and care needs.
Smiley’s 37 Teeth Snafu Spurs Court Bond
Pi James Smiley told the superior court he owes child support and has spent 8500 dollars on 37 sets of false teeth since 1933. He claimed fits improved after the judge reduced his payments.
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Chicago
James Smiley
Superior Court
Smiley
Classified Page Readership Among Lawrence Residents
Ninety four percent of Lawrence residents read the classified page and seventy six percent read it every day, according to a local survey.
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Lawrence
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