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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
4
Tax Burden Critique from United States Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce officials in Washington condemned government spending as the root of high taxes and regulatory burdens. Speakers argued tax relief is key to economic recovery, warning that deficits and debt will widen if expenditures continue. They urged economy in government as the cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Romania’s Debt Settlement Proposal At State Department
An odd Romanian offer to settle war debts to the United States has reached the American state department. Officials respond cautiously as they weigh a plan to scale down the total, give the lender some payoff, and clear the borrower's slate, though doubts remain about its plausibility and wider impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American
State Department
United States
Romania
Funny Finances In Kansas City and Jackson County Scrutinized
Kansas City finances come under renewed scrutiny after disclosures of a secret fund managed by the city manager and irregular bookkeeping. Tax collection by the county is uneven, delaying pay for firemen police and teachers. Mayor Smith expects an audit to reveal how funds were handled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jackson County
Smith
Kansas City Audits Sought as Revenues Dwindle
City and county officials face calls for a rapid audit after declining revenues. Auditors have faced access barriers, prompting debate over government competence. Voters and residents must decide how to improve local governance in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Board of Education
Voter Race Advice Fails to Thwart Miami Primary
Ku Klux style warnings did not deter Black voters in Miami Florida. Negro ballots were cast at a separate polling place and showed similar candidate preferences to white voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Quotes on farming, faith, and film from historical figures
A collection of brief statements includes Henry Ford on making farming easier, Rev. Isaac Foot on the church offering fellowship, Tallulah Bankhead on theater and motherhood, Marian Talley in a custody case, and John L. Lewis urging serious thought among coal operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Isaac Foot
England
Call for Compulsory Vaccination in Kansas State
The piece notes support from Mr Abels and Mr Rankin for a compulsory smallpox vaccination bill for Kansas, details past attempts by Senator Miller of Ottawa, and cites state health statistics showing Kansas severe smallpox impact with 12,549 cases and 27 deaths in 1927–36, urging action on immunization and noting economic loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abels
Rankin
Kansas
Miller
Ottawa
Senate
House
State Board of Health
United States
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Maryland
New York City
Rhode Island
WPA Exhibit Costs at New York Fair Under Fire
A congressional representative condemns the WPA building and exhibit at the New York fair arguing a $2,500,000 cost, ten times the original estimate. He warns visitors may feel disappointed if the exhibit lacks the essential WPA spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt to Answer Hitler Speech in New Address
President Roosevelt will respond to Hitler's fireside speech with a forthcoming address. He argues the Fuehrer’s talk largely supplied its own counterpoints and promises a stronger reply than a casual fireside chat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Hitler
Fuehrer
Hitler Offers Non-Aggression Pacts to Northern Europe
Hitler presses peace plans by offering non aggression pacts to northern European countries. No offers are made to Poland Romania or Yugoslavia. The northern nations lie in a strategic position with no roads leading to Hitler’s aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Europe
Poland
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Taxes crush business profits and payroll costs soar
The article notes taxes on business rose sharply from 1929 to 1939 with net income halved or wiped out in many years. Payroll and unemployment taxes drive the drain even as income falls, forcing bond sales to cover deficits. Even small gains in efficiency, like faster football place kicks, fail to offset the overall burden on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfields Courier
General Treasury
U.’s
Treasury
Smallpox Vaccination Emphasized To Prevent Disease
The passage urges vaccination as a protection against smallpox describing the disease as foul and noting scars from the illness. It outlines exposure symptoms and eruption timing, stating vaccination should occur after infancy, at school entry, and again around ten years later.
Soil Conservation Service Demonstrational Pasture Plots
The Soil Conservation Service reports severe overgrazing in camp pastures with native grasses disappearing, replaced by weeds. Demonstrational plots on Gilges, Gilliland, and Jansen farms test soil treatments including barnyard manure, ammonium phosphate, and lime with half plots fenced for grazing exclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Gilges
Gilliland
Jansen
Soil Conservation Service Relocates to New Ottawa Office
The Soil Conservation Service moved from the Martin Tractor Company building at Walnut and First Streets to the A. L. Cook building at Second and Walnut Streets in Ottawa. Farmers seeking cooperative program information should contact technicians at the new location.
Area Scout Rally Opens In Lawrence At KU Stadium
The Boy Scouts from this area travel to Lawrence for the first area rally with university buildings open for exhibits. The rally will be at K U stadium with T. E. Rails and B. B. Daw son in charge. Lloyd Houston and Earl Behrend organize arrangements. Mu Phi Epsilon hosted a reception for Miss Beatrice Belkin at the central administration building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Lawrence
K. U
T. E. Railsback
Kansas City
B. B. Dawson
Lloyd Houston
Earl Behrend
Mu Phi Epsilon
Beatrice Belkin
Agnes Husband
Mabel Haskell
Oakland
Cal
Hattie Haskell MacDonald
W. H. Lowe
St. Petersburg
Fla
Richard Anderson
Lawrence High School
Lloyd Metzler
Elizabeth Shawnee
Vaccination for Smallpox Shows Need for Compulsory Policy
The article, by Dor Morris Fishbein, notes outbreaks of smallpox in U S cities and compares compulsory vaccination with voluntary programs. It cites 13 states with compulsory vaccination covering 41.8 million people reporting 288 cases yearly, 14 states with local control reporting 1,292 cases, and 22 states without compulsory rules showing 6,043 cases annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mule holding its own against machines says National Geographic
Washington reports the National Geographic Society refused to concede the mule lags behind the machine era. A bulletin notes U S mule numbers rose from 2.5 million in 1905 to 6 million in 1926 then declined to 4.5 million, with officials predicting a future halt to the drop due to cost factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Geographic Society
United States
Flying farmer seeds 600 acres in hour at Cody
Bill Monday, a versatile aviator, used his plane to seed 600 acres of range land with crested wheat grass in one hour and 20 minutes to improve grazing for a registered cattle herd. The report notes other farmers using low power electric fences to mark temporary pasture. the shocks are harmless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cody
Wyo
Bill Monday
Wyoming
Water Company Advances on New Wells In Progress
The water utility reports progress on two new wells with one nearing completion. Crews continue siting and drilling activities as engineers monitor output capacity and safety standards for the project.
Lenexa teacher takes bookkeeper post in Kansas City
H M Light returns home after a successful Lenexa school and accepts a bookkeeper position with A W Bear Commission Company in Kansas City. C J Ericksen buys the 30 foot Jot and may build a two story brick structure to occupy the lot. Crokinole and ecards entertain about 20 friends at Bob Andersons. A marriage occurs at the Evans home as Irene Evans wed Fred Gregory with Rev A M Richardson performing the ceremony. The couple plans to settle on a farm near Lecompton. Citizens send a cablegram to Manila requesting Metcalf for colonel. cost is $20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Light
Lenexa
Kan
A. W. Bear Commission Company
Kansas City
C. J. Ericksen
Beatty
Bob Anderson
Crokinole
Ecards
Weaver
Thomas J. Evans
Kanwaka
Irene
Fred. Gregory
A. M. Richardson
Lawrence
Lecompton
Manila
Metcalf
Border Adventure Ends In Cross Border Rescue
In a perilous escape from Luis Barro's men, Betty Mary Jordan and Sheridan Starr cross the Rio Grande at night after a staged rescue. They reach the American side warily, planning to report to headquarters while Hope Kildare and Barro loom as continuing threats. The trio plots a risky undercover return to Mexico to thwart Barro's crossing scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Mary Jordan
Border Patrol Service
Sheridan Starr
Hope Kildare
Starr
Luis Barro
Stet
Mexico
Betty Mary
Sheridan
Hope
el Paso
Sherry
Barro
Juarez
New Channel
Big Sheridan
Barry
Atte
Pi Mu Epsilon initiations and school staffing notes
Dread News notes Miss Dorothy Bublitz and Miss Ruth Hudson elected to Pi Mu Epsilon with initiation at Evans Hearth dinner at 6 30. Kenneth Wood and John Burger previously initiated. Several teachers named for English mathematics and music positions in Kansas and Missouri schools. Dread assembly program featured student performers. Hi Home night planned for Memorial Union with program refreshment and dancing. E Thayer Gaston active in music and thesis work. national stats estimate annual US losses from worms bugs and flies at 3 000 000 000 dollars with 200 million spent on insect warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Bublitz
Ruth Hudson
Pi Mu Epsilon
Evans Hearth
Kenneth Wood
John Burger
Community Notes From Last Week’s Social Visits
Linwood L. C. Brannock left Tuesday to move a Union Pacific piledriver from Kansas City to Cheyenne. Melvin Cline and Quenton Grow of Emporia visited Melvin’s mother, Mrs. William Cline, and Mr. and Mrs. Cline. Baird moved to rooms at the Spencer house. Riley Barnett left Monday with his brother Charley Barnett for California. Mrs. Hanna Barclay of Atchison visited Mr. and Mrs. H. Montgomery. William Batchelor and Theodore McCune families of Leavenworth visited Mr. and Mrs. John Clark. Mrs. John Dagonette and children Barbara and Kenneth were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elder. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harbaugh and son Junior of Tonganoxie spent the weekend with Merl Harbaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Brannock
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Cheyenne
Wyo
Melvin Cline
Quenton Grow
Emporia
Melvin
William Cline
Cline
Baird
Spencer House
Riley Barnett
Charley Barnett
California
Hanna Barclay
Atchison
Local Socials and Visits Highlight Linwood Week
Mr and Mrs A H Engle and son Robert visited the Reynolds home in Kansas City last Sunday. Dime tea hosted at the Browning home Wednesday by Mrs Mary Telker and Mrs Goldie Fredrick. Bull Pennington and Melvin Chance went to Riverton Wyoming for work. Irene Morrill visited Wayne Morrill in Manhattan. Helen Schubert from Kansas City spent the weekend at home. Henry Humphrey and family from Kansas City stay with Lloyd Rhodes family. Mrs William Anderson visited her daughter Mrs Homer Nance in Kansas City. Junior-Senior Prom held April 21 at the high school with ship theme and captain s cabin refreshments. Ted Corley orchestra provided music. Mrs Marie Zolonga of Canton and Mrs Margarette Besek of Kansas City visited Mrs Hugh Parry Friday. Frank Duncan of Denver and Alma Harbaugh with son Frank Harbaugh of Lawrence called on Linwood friends Sunday. Glenn Sloop family and Guida Burgan visited in Wichita Friday evening. Mary O Wright Velna German and teacher Ida Jean Polson attended Wyandotte high school typing contest in Kansas City with Martin Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Engle
Robert
Henry Reynolds
Kansas City
Mary Telker
Goldie Fredrick
C. C. Browning
Bull Pennington
Melvin Chance
Riverton
Wyo
Henry Morrill
Irene
Wayne Morrill
Manhattan
Helen Schubert
Henry Humphrey
Humphrey
Lloyd Rhodes
William Anderson
Homer Nance
Mr. Nance
Lawrence
Linwood
Glenn Sloop
Barbara
Guida Burgan
Wichita
Miss Burgan
Mary O. Wright
Velna German
Ida Jean Polson
Wyandotte High School
Martin Wright
Parish Family Visits as Church Groups Plan Activities
Mr and Mrs Fritz Parrish and relatives from Kansas City visited Mrs Myrtle Parrish's father Mr Myers who is said to be having severe heart attacks. The United Brethren men's and Home Makers classes held meetings at the church with luncheons and programs. Mrs Irene Harris and others visited. Mrs Myrtle Parrish left for Kansas City with Mrs Smith to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Parrish
Myrtle Parrish
Delmar
Billy Parrish
Kansas City
Joe Smith
Myers
United Brethren Church
Grace Soderberg
Lawrence
Rose
Elmer Myers
Home Makers
United Brethren Sunday School
John Banks
Miller
Ted Smith
Billy Jo
Virginia Rose
High Prairie Hires Glenn Collum for Next Year
Glenn Collum is appointed to teach at High Prairie school for the upcoming year after two successful terms there. Three seventh grade exam takers named Cecil Puckatt, Harold Gleason, and Fredrick Johannning are noted. Claude Johnson has pneumonia but shows improvement. Mrs. Dimple Settles aided Frank Johnson during illness. The High Prairie Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Kelly on April 26 with 18 members and two guests Vera Churchbaugh and Mrs. Gayle. Yeasten read a program of poems and the roll call, a dinner followed. Next meeting set with Mrs. Tainter on May 10. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gleason, Harold, and Dorothy attended a play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Collum
High Prairie School
Cecil Puckatt
Harold Gleason
Fredrick Johanning
Claude Johnson
Dimple Settles
Frank Johnson
Claudie
High Prairie Ladies’ Aid
Kelly
Vera Churchbaugh
Gayle
Yeasten
Tainter
Frank Gleason
Harold
Dorothy
Radio Schedule Highlights May Evening Programs
A dense listing of radio broadcasts across stations WREN KMBC WDAF and others for Thursday May 4 and Friday May 5. It names programs such as Captain Midnight Major Bowes Bing Crosby and Nightly Dances with orchestras including Artie Shaw and Gene Krupa, plus news casts weather forecasts and a Wagner study session with Prof Charles Sanford Skilton. The entries mix entertainment music drama and public affairs with start times spanning evening to late night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren—Goldman
KMBC
WDAF
Jimmy Allen
Wren
Wrein
Kats Smith
Rudy Vallee
Wren—Watson
Flotsam
Jetsam
Major Bowes
Wren—L. Spitalny
Orch
HKMBC
Bing Crosby
NBC
Dick Mcailen
Amos ’N’ Andy
WDAT
Bob Edge
Charles Barnett
Artie Shaw
ABC
Adrian Rollini
Orc
WDAR
Allen Prescott
M.C
Burne and Allen
Radio Playhouse
Clyde Smith
Bennett Clark
WMBC
Grand Central Station
Guy Lombardo
Abb
Wren—Academy Glee Club
Jimmy Fidler
Belmont Plaza
KMBG
Sophie Tucker
Moonbeams
Gene Krupa
St. Francis
Baldwin and Vinland High School Plays Highlight Local Week
The junior class at Baldwin High staged Losers All in Centenary hall on Friday while Vinland High presented Aunt Tillie Goes in Town on Thursday. Local scenes included visits by Williams family and friends, and a student injury at Memorial hospital after a Friday horse incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin High School
Centenary Hall
Baldwin
Dorothy
Philip
Robert
June Williams
Tillie
Vinland High School
Herschel
Ulrich
Doralyn
Leland Ulrich
Tota
Dan Johanning
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Frank Gleason
Loren Williams
Noy Merchant
Wil Vaughn
Y. W. Ter
Christenson
Steve Holloway
Hig Springs
Lorene
Virginia Willams
Loren
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