Farm Relief Tax Becomes Bitter Senate Issue
Washington May 10 Roosevelt said increased farm expenditures need higher taxes and faced criticism from senators who argued farm outlays should not be singled out for cuts. Senators Russell Bankhead Lucas pressed for broader tax cuts or reforms while debate touched on a cotton export subsidy and processing taxes for farm products.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russell
Dga
Agriculture Department
Senate
Congress
Bankhead
D-Ala
Lucas
D-Ill
House
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Bowing Rules Out Washington May 10
The state department issues etiquette for greeting England's king and queen. Americans should bow from the hips at six feet, then again when the sovereign extends a hand, with cautious weather talk. Women may curtsy. avoid touching the queen's hand and bow at the door each time. Officials estimate about five thousand Americans will meet the royals.
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Washington
England
State Department
Birth Rate Up In Douglas County In First Four Months
In early 1939 Douglas County shows higher birth totals than 1938. Lawrence and four townships report 128 births January through April, compared with 97 in the same period of 1938. Lawrence Memorial Hospital records 94 births this year versus 69 last year, with monthly tallies of 24 in January, 29 in February, 25 in March, and 25 in April.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Wakarusa
Canton
Grant
Marion
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Local Notes From Excelsior Springs And Nearby Areas
Social news includes visits and returns of Mrs. C. W. Hemphill and the Henrys from their wedding trip. John Gilliland injures his foot at Tonganoxie. Jo Ann McRill breaks her arm in Abbyville. several gatherings, a pool job in Kansas City, and a funeral in Lawrence are noted along with school events and a Busy Bee club meeting.
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C. W. Hemphill
Excelsior Springs
Lee Henry
N. H. Hayward
John Gilliland
Tonganoxie
Mary Lou DeHoff
Ruth
Patsy White
Elsie
Jeanne
Bobby Pearson
F. A. McRill
Jo Ann McRill
Abbyville
Jo Ann
Edgar McRill
R. A. Phenicie
Ruth Phenicie
Emporia
Mary Phenicie
Severance
Howard Hildebrand
Kansas City
Melvin Phillips
J. J. Breakley
Lawrence
Mound
August Wartzack
Baldwin
Iva Higley
Ella
Nettle O’dea
Lewis Hildebrand
Hig
Robert Green
Jack White
Lee Lefevre
Leonard DeHoff
Busy Bee Club
N. H. Wayward
Will Hall
H. P. Leonhart
I. N. Rutherford
Mabel Roberts
Zella Hayward
Walter McRill
Mattox
Henry
McRill
Hess
Peterson
Ulrich
Rutherford
Nettie O'Dea
Pullen
Charles Casteel
Argus Pearson
Korb
Jess Oconnor
Harriet Hume
Harry. Unger
Charles Zink
Leavenworth
S.h0
the Baptist Parsonage
Mr. Berry
Gerald Stevenson
Zink
Charles Zink, Jr
Harry Unger
Alva Smith
Rose Alma Marlin
Betty Martin
Central Business College
Mr. Zink
Kroger
Esplanade
Clinton-Belvoir Community News and Milestones
Cleanup at Clinton cemetery drew a crowd as the flower club met and planned Memorial Day services. Residents attended Royal Neighbor in Lawrence, a baptismal and wedding notices, school graduates, church calls, a farewell for Rev Ward, and a charity play at Sigel schoolhouse with 42 attendees.
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Clinton Cemetery
Flower Club
Cemtery
Fred Baldwin
Arthur Losh
Ebon Anderson
Ed Steele
Effie Kampschroeer
Charles Nemic
French
Newmiee
Faye Anderson
Roy* Harrell
Ueslie Demeritt
Charles Baldwin
Lawrence
Topeka
Richard
Ludwig Hines
Laddie
Martha Demeritt
Patee
Cletus Lehman
Reno
Fred Demeritt
Lena
Farm Bureau
Redive
Sigel
Presbyterian Church
Montgomery
C. M. Bess
G. Stevensonson
Ed Branet
Lloyd Dyson
Leavworth
Robert’ ‘Brows
Worman Walter
Alwin Wilson
Mabel Wilson
Lansing
Walter Kamphroe
Kampschroeder
Clarence Hoover
Washington Creek
Melva Dean Hoover
Doris Anderson
Robert Ward
William Tarpey
Clinton School
Laddie Demeritt
Olin Harrell
Vireginia Clemens
Allen Hout
Si E
Memorial High Agho
Double
Walter Kamschroeder
Harold Hodges
Nazarene Church
Hale
Bobby Steele
Allie Cope
I. T. Steele
Cope
Nebraska
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House OF Magic
Soth FA
John Conrad
Augusta
Herman Leonhart
Fincher
Wilford Leonharti
Clinton-Belvoir
Wards
Sxersning Mattresses
Rica
Wardoleum
Rea
Allrug
Mass
Montgomery Ward
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