Wisconsin farmers suffer from taxation and overspending
A Rotary talk by Harry Sharp criticizes Wisconsin tax policy and rising government costs from 1911 to 1929, arguing high spending and unlimited legislative taxing power fuel financial distress for farmers. He contrasts Wisconsin with Kansas, urges consolidation of local government, and warns against demagogues amid a Democratic state convention gathering.
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Wisconsin
Rotary
Harry Sharp
Associated Industries of
Kansas
Sharp
Banquet for Dr Burdick at KU honors longtime faculty member
A KU law school student council banquet at the Masonic temple honors Dr W L Burdick a 34 year KU faculty veteran who departs this summer for a world trip. Chancellor Frank Strong and Gov Harry Woodring as speakers with other officials attending. tickets 75 cents available at the law school or at the door.
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W.L. Burdick
University of Kansas School of Iliw
Masonic Temple
Law School Student Council
Burdick
Kk. U
Frank Strong
Yale
Harry Woodring
Roland Boynton
Kansas
Willard Benton
Kansas City
Harry G. Kyle
Kansas Lodge
K. U. Law School
Murder charge filed in Tennessee linked to Kansas case
Waynes Horning Shawnee county sheriff reported that Harry Allen was taken into custody in Jackson Tennessee on a first degree murder charge tied to the slaying of John Gartner a filing station proprietor last summer Allen was arrested at Pawhuska Oklahoma last month but escaped with another prisoner during extradition preparations after overpowering the jailer. Cars from sixty one counties were counted in the 700 and 800 blocks of Massachusetts street reserved for Democratic convention delegates and visitors. Susie Darrell Indiana street reported license plates stolen numbered 16 5776. University of Kansas faculty to meet tomorrow at 430 pm in the Administration auditorium. Frances Jacobs forfeited a 2 bond for failing to stop at a sign and not appearing in police court. Sell your poultry and eggs through the Journal World classified.
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Toneka
Wayne Horning
Shawnee County
Jackson
Tenn
Harry Allen
John Gartner
Allen
Pawhuska
Qokla
Kansas
Massachusetts
Frances Jacobs
Eile
Topeka
Kansas City
Charles R. Frame
Fort Scott
John M. McKelvey
Elee
Wagstaff
Miami County
Public Service Commission
Alissourt Pacific Railway Company
Floyd van Woy
Supreme Court
Ness County
Carl Shipley
State Penitential
Pittsburg
Kan
Thomas Morris
Frontenac
Ran
Leon Delamaide
Delamaide
J. E. Heistand
Jovlin
Pittsburg Railroad Company
Morris
Federal bond plan wins broad economist backing
Washington May 16 AP strong support for a federal bond issue to finance a vast public construction program came as senate Democrats prepared a new unemployment relief plan. Senator Wagner announced overwhelmingly favorable questionnaire responses backing a $1.1 billion bond issue to fund already approved public works. The report cited noted economists and professors including Spurgeon Bell John B Canning W J Cooper Felix Frankfurter Earl Dean Howard Francis S Sayre Edwin R A Seligman F W Taussig and E F Albertsworth arguing for prompt action to provide employment and revive industry. Irving Fisher of Yale offered a dissent saying relief would be too slow.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Wagner
Oe Ee
Senate
Spurgeon Bell
Ohio State University
John B. Canning
Stanford University
W. J. Cooper
Labor
Connecticut
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard University
Earl Dean Howard
Northwestern University
Francis 8. Sayre
Harvard
Edwin R. A. Seligman
Columbia
F. W. Taussig
E. F.albertsworth
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Riot-torn Bombay Faces Mounting Casualties and Army Aid
Mobs clashed in Bombay for three days leaving 40 dead and over 600 injured as police struggle to restore order. Armoured cars rushed to Bombay and an Indian regiment stood by for possible deployment. Earlier riots began after Hindu youths were attacked by Moslems. The violence spread through Girgaum Road with fires and gunfire, while casualties rose from 16 to 60 in hours.
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Poona
India
Bombay
Girgham Road
Razor attack leads to arrest on New Jersey street
Lurus Cooper colored of 917 New Jersey street was arrested after a quarrel in which she cut another woman with a razor on the right arm. Lena Mur of 945 Pennia street, listed as Sis Strode and treated at Metal Hospital, was wounded and may be released today.
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Lurus Cooper
New Jersey Street
Aeets
Metal Hospital
M Lena Mur
Penn Nia Street
Sis Strode
Cooper
Murray
Baltic Rum Fleet Fades as Finland Becomes Wet
Finland abandons prohibition allowing rum runners to shift. Baltic cargo boats and barges once operating into Finland and Sweden have dwindled as authorities report large barges no longer anchor beyond the 12 mile line. Sweden’s lack of prohibition keeps prices high for liquor imported via standard channels.
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Baltic
Finland
Stockholm
Sweden
University officials to hear Dr F C Allen at Powhattan
Dr F C Allen University of Kansas athletic director will give the commencement address at Powhattan high school exercises tonight and speak at De Soto high school Wednesday night. He will depart for Lincoln Nebraska for a Thursday Air Six conference athletic directors meeting to draw basketball schedules and assign officials. A Delmore 20 Louisiana Street reported the theft of a .38 caliber automatic pistol to police this morning. Claude Shook arrested last week for reckless driving was excused in police court this morning after promising not to repeat the offense.
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F.C. Allen
University of Kansas
Powhattan
Dr.Allen
de Soto Hight
de Soto
Lincoln
Neb
Air Six
A. Delmore
Louisiana Street
Claude Shook
E. H. Lindley
Bethany Hospital
Kansas City
Hiawatha High School
Mayor James J. Walker Stricken After Parades
New York May 16 AP Mayor Walker was ill today following participation in the beer for taxation parade and Parents Day celebration in Central Park. He walked many miles in the Saturday parade and spent hours at the Parents Day ceremonies before retreating to his apartment on doctor’s orders.
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New York
James J. Walker
Central Park
Two Guilty of Larceny in Baldwin Case
Stanley Green aged 16 and Jewell Scott aged 20 of Baldwin pled guilty to petit larceny before Justice J H Mitchell for the May 5 theft of 5 dollars from Coxe's garage. Green received 30 days county jail, Scott 5 days for being an accessory. They were arrested Saturday by Deputy Sheriff D E Lucas.
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Stanley Green
Jewell Scott
Baldwin
J. H. Mitchell
Coxe
Green
Scott
D. E. Lucas
Donates Two Lots To Church In Temular Service
Unnamed donor gave two 100 by 112 foot lots to Trinity Lutheran church facing South Park. Rev C A Puls announced at Temular services. Darsonane planned later. Baptismal class of sixteen and four new members welcomed. In other notes a holdup yielded $1,000 at Commerce Loan and Investment in Arcade building.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
C. A. Puls
South Park
St. Joseph
API
Commerce, Loan and Investment Company
E. D. Feltenstein
Milk War Drops Quart Price in Parsons Kansas
Milk retailed at 5 cents a quart in Parsons Kansas on May 16 as a daily price war reduces the former 12 1/2 cent rate. The AP report notes the sharp drop reflects competitive bargaining among local retailers.
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Parsons Parsons
Kan
Political critique cites Hoover era failures and GOP blame
The piece recounts speculation on the Republican era, citing bank failures, foreclosures, and tax sales of state lands. It contrasts Republican inaction with Democratic actions like the war debt moratorium and Reconstruction Finance bill, praising Gov Woodring’s frugal leadership and urging unity to restore prosperity.
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Hoover
Treasury
White House
Republican Congress
Mellor
Kansas
Oklahoma
Farm Board
Mellett
Republican Party
Democratic Congress
Harry H. Woodring
Statehouse
Kenton Man Hurt Falling From Eastbound Freight Train
John Dick, 29, of Kenton HL, suffered a broken collar bone after slipping from an eastbound freight train on Third street in North Lawrence at 1:30 Sunday afternoon. Ambulance took him to Memorial hospital. a passing motorist alerted a physician. Dick said he was headed home and attempting to ride the freight. his brother Charles Dick of Emporia is listed with police.
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John Dick
Kenton
Third Street
North Lawrence
Memorial Hospital
Charles Dick
Emporia
Two Women Die After Being Struck by Cars
Kansas City on May 16 AP reports two women died from injuries after cars driven by women struck them. Victims named are Mrs. Jennie V. Dille 67 and Mrs. Frank Martin 23. Police booked Mrs. Pauline Coleman 2 for reckless driving in the incident. Ida Shaffer 40 faced charges connected to Mrs. Martin’s death.
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Kansas City
Jennie V. Dille
Frank Martin
Pauline Coleman
Dike
Ida Shaffer
Two Climbers Die On Mount McKinley Expedition
Fairbanks Alaska May 16 Two climbers died in a cosmic ray expedition on Mount McKinley during descent after the first successful ascent in twenty years Alan Carpe leader and Theodore Koven of New York died from injuries and exposure Koven fell into a crevasse and died Carpe’s body remained in a crevice Ranger Pearson was injured and later rescued A plane will transport ill Beckwith Olton Jr and Spadevecchia from the Muldrow glacier for extraction
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Mount McKinley
America
Harry J. Leik
Mount McKinley National Park
Alan Carpe
Theodore Koven
Pearson
Muldrow Glacier
E. P. Beckwith
Percy T. Olton Jr
Nicholas Spadevecchia
New York
Beckwith
Needham, Lapham deaths noted in brief obits
C F Needham 87 longtime resident of Oskaloosa and Leavenworth died yesterday at his daughter's home in Oskaloosa. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 pm from the Oskaloosa Methodist Church. Also noted is the death notice of Sadie Varnum Lapham, 51, at Hermosa Beach California, with survivors including husband J R Lapham and children John Frank Charles Lapham and Sarah Lapham, plus siblings and extended relatives.
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C. F. Needham
Oskaloosa
Leavenworth
Frank H. Roberts
Democratic women rally at luncheon in Kansas city
A 350 member Democratic women gathering from across the state attended a Monday luncheon at First Methodist church hosted by T J Sweeney of Lawrence. Speakers included Mrs Harrison Parkman of Emporia and local figures urging party unity and education ahead of 1932. Guests from Topeka Wichita and other towns joined, with plates adorned in national colors and spring floral decor.
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First Methodist Church
Lawrence
Harry Dodderidge
Sweeney
Douglas
Dodderidge
Harrison Parkman
Emporia
Democratic Women of the State
Lida Woodring
Topeka
Governor’s
Florence Farley
Wichita
Kansas
Chicago
Jonathan M. Davis
Girard
Kathryn O'Loughlin
Hays
House of Representatives
Frances Holcom
Douglas County
Democratic Women’s Auxilary
W. Q O. Hamilton
George McCarty
Lecompton
Ed Arnold
Parkman
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow’ Wilson
Democratic Party
Margaret Anderson Rake Funeral Services Details
Funeral services for Margaret Anderson Rake aged 44 who died Sunday at her Emporia home will be at 10 tomorrow from Riz Springs Catholic church. Burial will be in Big Springs Cemetery. Survived by husband seven children parents George and Mrs. Anderson of Stull three sisters and six brothers.
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Margaret Anderson Rake
Emporia
Riz ‘Springs Catholic
Big Springs
George Anderson
Stull
Kill a Rattlesnake In Leavenworth County
Two Lawrence men killed a three foot eight inch rattlesnake on a farm west of the state lake after a half hour effort following a stone strike. A hunting dog warned them as they neared the snake and helped prevent bites. A separate report from Delaware northwest of Lawrence describes a five foot moccasin that swam across a river and was clubbed to death after challenging the fishing party.
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Leavenworth County
Lawrence
Delaware
Grasshopper Bill Fails in House Vote
Washington May 16 AP The house defeated an effort to bring up a senate measure authorizing 1.45 million dollars for grasshopper eradication in eight western states Representative Buchanan Tex was allowed to move to suspend rules and pass the bill A two thirds majority was required Burns Tenn demanded a teller vote on a second and by 137 to 99 the house rejected the second to Buchanan s motion preventing consideration of the bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Buchanan
Tex
Garner
Burns
Tenn
Abbott and Abbott wed in Eudora First Methodist ceremony
Irene and Leonard Abbott and families join in a Friday May 13 service at Eudora’s First Methodist Episcopal church. Rev Loren C. Rapier officiated with lilies peonies and palms in the setting. Bride wore embroidered organdy. attendants in pink organdy. best man Kermit Ryan and ushers Joseph Marley Gale Fleming. Reception at bride’s mother’s home followed, then a westward motor trip.
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Gladys
Genevieve Jones
Eudora
Homer Gregory Abbott
L. A. Abbott
Bonner Springs
Lillian Everett
Ken Bennington
J. D. Adams
Cadman
Burleigh
Mary Olive Crawley
Miss Crawley
Jessie Claire Marley
Dorothy Davenport
I . Kermit Ryan
Mr. Abbott
Joseph Marley
Gale Fleming
Mrs. Abbott
Mrs. Jones
Mrs.Jones
California Visit Ends For Misses Barteldes And Jackman
Miss Barbara Barteldes and Miss Jean Jackman return home Tuesday night from California where Miss Jackman stayed three weeks as a guest of Miss Barteldes. Their visit followed the close of the University of California Berkeley term, where Miss Jackman studied for nine months, with stops in Los Angeles and Long Beach hosted by Mrs. Ray Sexton.
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Barbara Barteldes
Jean Jackman
California
Jackman
Miss Barteldes
University of California, Berkeley
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Ray Sexton
Three Men Guilty of Theft From Oil Concern
Three men including James A. Talbot Clarence M. Fuller and Raymond W McKee were convicted of grand theft for stealing over 1 million dollars from Richfield Oil, once among California’s largest firms. Trial ran from April 11 with Superior Judge Leon R Yangwich presiding. additional indictments and suits seek recovery exceeding 2.5 million.
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Los Angeles
Richfield Oil Company
California
James A. Talbot
Clarence M. Fuller
Raymond W.mckee
Supers
Ior
Leon R. Yangwich
Three Robbers Sought After Scranton Filling Station Hold Up
Lawrence police, at Scranton authorities' request, hunted for three men who robbed a Scranton filling station at about 8:30 PM. The trio fled in a yellow car with Missouri plates. officers in Topeka encountered them, engaging in a gunfire exchange that damaged a police scout car radiator. No suspects were located.
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Lawrence
Scranton
Topeka
Market News Estimated Livestock Receipts and Potato Market
Estimated livestock receipts for Kansas City May 16 show hogs 6 900, sheep 8. Chicago potato market notes prices and trends for Saturday and Sunday with Idaho Russets Minnesota and British Cobbers (typo) listed. Trading weak to fair with liberal supplies. U S No 2.65 32.20 and Texas Bilsa Triumphs sales mentioned.
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Kansas City
Chicago
CUSDA
Idaho Russets
Minnesota
Trish
Louisians
Bliss
U. S
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DR. Burdick
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Jackson, Tenn
Susie Darrell
Indiana Street
Journal-World
Guy T. Helvering
Democratic State Committee
State Highway Commission
Salina
John Alexander
New Hampshire Street
L. Jella, Jr
Nineteenth
New Hampshire
Jack
Barker Ave
Vermont
Health Department
New City Hall
W. Q. Nelson
Martin Howard
Linwood High School
Tte
Congress
Shirewood Park
Adv
de. F.C. Allen
Mayor Walker
Justice Mitchell
Lutheran Church
Longview
East Texas
Henry Baseman
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Oscar K. Allen
Fale
Finance Committee
Postal Savings Record
Associated Press
Albert Lebrun
France
Paul Doumer
Mt. McKinley
Peggy Precision
Peggy Perkins
Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America
J.R. Lapham
F. L. Brown
Ruthie J. Wilson
R. F. Buck
Mary Glenn
Will Sweeker
Reptile
Tey Lytle
E. Pinhhaen
Lydis E. Pinkham
Irene
Leonard
Gus
Hartman and Sons
Marvin
Clifford
Ante Island
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