Big Bills Move Through Congress In Final Session Push
Washington May 11 AP The seventy third Congress has passed major bills and courts a few more. Roosevelt signed a 417 million tax bill and may push a 1.5 billion relief bill as lawmakers race to finish. Big measures include farm and home loan bonds, civil works relief, devaluation, Vinson naval construction, Bankhead cotton control, liquor tax, RFC extension, Philippine independence, crop production, and more.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Legislative Works
78Rd
White House
Vinson
Vinson Naval Construction
Bankhead
RFC
House
Senate
Communications Commission
Johnson
Executive
Co Operative Club Plans Twilight League Team
Members met for a picnic by the river east of Eudora at the Hartley and Hunter cabin camp. They approved plans to sponsor a Twilight League baseball team this summer and discussed the district convention in Topeka on May 22 and the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce meeting on May 24.
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Co Operative Club
Eudora
Irwin Hartley
Loren’ Hunter
A. E. Woespersia
Topeka
Co-Operative Club
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Bonds Forfeited In Topeka Larceny Case
County Attorney R B Stevens announced Marion Gaines and Thedas Gaines of Topeka were declared bond jumpers as they failed to appear for trial on larceny charges. Judge Hugh Means ordered their bonds forfeited. Each defendant had been free on a 1500 bond signed by Hezekiah Brown, a local bondsman.
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R. B. Stevens
Marion Gaines
Thedas Gaines
Topeka
Caurt
Oklahoma
Hugh
Means
Hezekiah Brown
Who's in the News Omigos Squash Playing Bachelor
An ardent believer in government ownership of RBI, Omigos Squash Playing Bachelor is appointed to reduce wasteful duplication of service and brings knowledge gained on the Interstate Commerce Commission to his new role.
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RBI
Interstate Commerce Commission
Local social rounds feature visitors and moves in Lawrence area
Mrs Agnew plans a lengthy stay with Mr and Mrs F R Harbison while Dr Harold Hedrick hosts Kansas City friends at his home. John M Whitelaw works on Johnson County case work under Estelle Groebe. Mrs F F Soule recovers from surgery and visits her Lawrence surgeon. The Moody family relocates to the Gordon farm. C E Jewett will occupy their former house. KC teachers Velma Boyer and Galata visit Nora Seaton and Velma Seaton. social events include a lodge gathering with the high school play Enter the Hero and a cake walk. Notables include Lawrence visitors Corell and daughter, and Mr and Mrs Whitelaw.
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Agnew
F. R. Harbison
Harold Hedrick
Kansas City
F. E. Stuchberg
John M. Whitelaw
Johnson County
Estelle Groebe
F. F. Soule
C. G. Mickel
Mickel
Louis Galata
Nora
Ola Boyer
Nora Seaton
Velma Seaton
Boyer
Galatas
Eugene Corell
Lawrence
Ee Sat
John Whitelaw
Rebekah Lodge
Orville Hemphill
Velma Dill
C. E. Jewett
Ora Mae Kraus
William Mertz
Eudora
Lenexa
Bonner Springs
Olathe
Margaret Christner
Harry Dicken
Manhattan
Lucile Gaynor
Local visit and community notes from Lexington area
Mr and Mrs John Whitelaw hosted visitors including Dr and Mrs Whitelaw who traveled from Chicago by rail and toured the central west by car. Reports note dry, dusty weather across the Dakotas Wisconsin Illinois Missouri and comments on continued recovery of Charles Cooper after surgery. Grange meeting featured a 21 year history, honors for Mrs Mary Gordon, and a Mrs Nellie Gordon led program. Baccalaureate by Rev Earl Blackman promised. school terms close May 18 with basket dinner and commencement May 17 address by Dr W L Burdick. Green alfalfa and grain crops suffer from bugs. visits include Mrs M Schutz and Anna Schutz of Lawrence and Nina Blaylock hosting Ladies Afternoon Bridge. social notes from Olathe and Lawrence attendees.
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John Whitelaw
Arthur Oshel
A. T. Broveak
June Broveak
Kansas City
Lexington Grange
Masonic Hall
Nellie Gordon
Mary Gordon
Esther Gordon
M. Gordon
Gordon
M. Schutz
Anna Schutz
Lawrence
Nina Blaylock
Ladies Afternoon Bridge Club
William Morley
Olathe
Actress Gloria Swanson Seeks Divorce From Michael Farmer
Gloria Swanson announces plans to sue for divorce from her fourth husband Michael Farmer in a Los Angeles court within a week or ten days. Her Los Angeles attorney said papers are being prepared and the charge filed will be incompatibility.
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Chicago
Gloria Swanson
Michael Farmer
Los Angeles
Miss Swanson
De Soto High Banquet Hails Ship Theme And Toasts
The annual junior senior banquet at De Soto High was held Saturday night in the school building. The Rebekah lodge catered with a ship theme depicting winds of fate. Postgraduates Dorothy Holmquist and Virginia Hilton drew a boat on rolling sea for the program while toasts honored “As We Set Sail” and other topics.
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Rebekah Lodge
Dorothy Holmquist
Virginia Hilton
Neal Hambleton
Owen Soule
Miss Christner
Helen Large
George Beaver
C. G. Mickel
Jacklyn Harris
Genevra Moll
C. E. Ashtock
Lawrence Memorial, Hospital
Sarah Agnew
Stanley
Elmer Deay
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Harold Trumbull
Masa
Kansas Cleaners
Lawrence Business College
Hunsinger Motor CO
Palace
Crystal
Phillips 66 Gas
F. E. Morawetz
Keeler's Book Store
Whitcomb
Tenn
Jacquard
Gloria
Swanson
DE Soto
Trinidad Lake
J. A Shaw Lumber CO
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Mass St
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Kansas Power and Light Company
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