Bonus Veto Looms As Senate Hedges On Override
Washington reports indicate Senate supporters of the Patman bonus bill expect a veto from President Roosevelt. Some backers say two or three votes were gained, but a two thirds margin remains uncertain until the roll is called next week. White House insists the veto will stand and administration leaders remain confident they can sustain the veto if the bill arrives.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Thomas
Patman
Long
D-La
Senator Borah
R-Ida
Borah
Congress
New NRA Extension Plan Wins White House Backing
Washington May 1813 The Roosevelt administration and NRA board approve a seven point plan extending the NRA two years while revising codes. It limits jurisdiction to interstate commerce and aims to curb monopolies and unfair practices with new enforcement through injunctions and hearings. Alabama adds Scottsboro new trials as state supreme court orders review for Norris and Patterson amid US Supreme Court mandate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
SRA
Senate
House
White House
Donald Richberg
Sentenced to Hang but Will Go on Living
Topeka May 16 The office of Attorney General Clarence V Beck and parole attorney A S Foulks say the new Kansas capital punishment law would not affect William Babe Quinn a Negro sentenced to die for first degree murder in Wyandotte county on January 1 1906 Quinn was to be kept at hard labor a year before execution under the old law which was repealed before time to carry out the sentence and the new statute cannot be retroactive to include Quinn
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Topeka
P—Altho
William “Babe” Quinn
Lansing
Kansas
Clarence V. Beck
A. S. Foulks
Quinn
Wyandotte County
Rumor of Change In British Cabinet Circles
Reports of cabinet friction on Britain's foreign policy spark talk of imminent government shakeup. British foreign secretary Sir John Simon faces opposition over alleged pro German leanings and relations with Mussolini. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Lord Baldwin are eyed as successors with possible reshuffles after June 3 honors list.
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Britain
John Simon
Mussolini
Italy
Il Duce
Ethiopia
Ramsay MacDonald
Germany
Foreign Office
Stanley Baldwin
Council
MacDonald
Hull
United States
Great Britain
Morgenthau
Simon
Walter Runciman
John Gilmour
House of Lords
Farm Products Now Being Imported Into U S
Washington reports Department of Commerce data on February imports of farm products. Butter leads with 3,056,512 pounds valued at 501,510. wheat 2,010,978 bushels valued at 3053,512. dairy products total 1,404,352. vegetable products and beverages 45,585. fruits and preparations 2.3 million. textiles show cotton unmanufactured 545,23. manufactured goods 352,161. overall figures reflect edible and inedible categories across animal and plant products.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
McGill urges faster Farm Credit loans for Kansas farmers
Senator George McGill Seattle? No, Kansas Democrat calls on Farm Credit Administration head W J Myers to suspend regulations and expedite emergency crop and feed loans in Western Kansas. He cites a serious drought and dust in the region and asks the Wichita office to waive technicalities to speed aid to stockmen and farmers.
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Washington
George McGill
D-Kan
Farm Credit Administration
Kansas
W. J. Myers
McGill
Wichita
Tribute to Dictator Pilsudski Draws Polish Crowds
Warsaw May 16 long lines of sorrowing Poles filed past the bier of Marshal Joseph Pilsudski to pay last tribute. Mourners knelt in St John cathedral as requiem masses were held. Foreign representatives attended the service. The United States will be represented by Sheldon Crosby and Lt. Col. Albert Gilmore. A special train will carry Pilsudski’s body to Krakow for interment at Wawel Cathedral.
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Warsaw
Joseph Pilsudoski
St. John's Cathedral
United States
Sheldon TL
Crosby
Albert Gilmore
John Cudahy
Krakow
Wawel Castle
Stock Market Index Report Fades Into Brief Line
Average of 60 stocks sits at 42.5 with yesterday’s ALG. H. S&S, and Frinite appears among listed items. Tickets available at Round Corner per Ady.
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Yesterney Alg
185 Graduates Named for Douglas County Rural Schools
Harold Fisher announces the 185 graduates who will receive diplomas at the June 1 Lawrence Senior High School graduation in the auditorium. The lengthy district list includes many surnames such as Farler Jardon Story Thorns Winters and Blough Had, with numerous others across districts 1 through 79 and beyond.
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Douglas County
Lawrence Senior High School
Harold Fisher
Virginia Farler
Margaret Madson
Marcella Jardon
Deen Hulton
Charles Story
Thorns
Winters
Marie Chamney
Esther Siper
Kathryn Fob Faamren
McClure
Keith
Heleine O'Neil
Biby Baldwin
Edwin Fish
Paul Dakin
Nuaneatin Wiggins
Delmar
Brechtjenith
Helen Thomas
Marie Youns
Russell Ulrich
Florence Connale
Fae Slusabe
Nellie Anderson
Sarah Pearl Atkinson
Pauty
Grave Busch
Marieine Baughman Cottrell
Elizabeth Garcia
Doris Holloway
Nelle Lasswell
Patricia Wolf
Liston
Louis Traxler
Drance
Alien Mitchell
Raymond Ashner
Clifton Tilner
Glenton Balch
Robert Gene Colling
Tuucille Hayden
Fremont Harnberzer
Fred Breithaut
Howard Lawrenz
Famine Tribmes
Tlorena
Banks
Business leaders seek changes to social security program
Washington reports that 50 major industrial executives on the administration's business advisory council issued a statement expressing sympathy for the social security objectives but urging changes to push employers to provide steady work. The Senate Finance Committee altered the administration bill to allow industrial company reserves for unemployment insurance as in the Wisconsin plan, but did not finalize passage of the broader protection program.
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Washington
UPI
Business Advisory Council
Senate Finance Committee
Wisconsin
Tomlinson Smashes Flying Marks in 3100 Mile Flight
Washington May 16 A N A observers say D D Tommy Tomlinson former navy aerobatic star smashed three world and six national transport plane speed records during the second lap of the 3100 mile flight. He flew over Bolling Field at 1126 a m eastern standard time on the second circuit then pressed on toward Norfolk Byrd Expedition Disbands Boston May 16 Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd returns with crew of 110 men 67 boats two airplanes and equipment and disbands his second Antarctic expedition.
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Washington
National Aeronautical Association
D. D
Tommy} Tomlinson
Navy
Tomlinson
Bolling Field
Norfolk
Boston
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Hoover Attacks Codes as Monopolistic Remedy Abolish NRA
Former President Herbert Hoover denounces the NRA and codes as anticompetitive and harmful to recovery. He calls for abolishing the NRA and warns that regulating business through code authorities crushes small firms and local communities. Hoover frames monopolies as the core danger and favors a market free of such schemes.
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Associated Press
Stanford University
Calif
NRA
Herbert Hoover
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Mr. Hoover
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California
Objections Hear Real Estate Valuations This Year
Tax payers may file complaints about last year’s real estate valuations as county commissioners sit as the board of equalization for 10 days starting Monday. State statutes govern sessions and adjustments, with concerns about past lengthy hearings noted.
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County Clerk's Office
Board of Equalization
Relief Stopped for More Chicago Families
Chicago on May 16 authorities said 30 000 to 40 000 families would lose emergency relief as funds ran out across the state. With 1 290 000 on relief rolls thousands downstate faced similar jeopardy and the legislature delayed relief action until Tuesday. Feds cut off funds May 1 after the state failed to provide 3 000 000 monthly. Governor Horner planned a compromise to be offered next week.
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Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
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No Sherlock Methods for Highway Patrol
Kansas highway patrolmen do not solve crimes by idling says Major Wint Smith director of the patrol in a Manhattan convention. He vows to wear out shoe leather catching criminals and to unify pursuit while riding in cars to run down clues. Detective Chief Jack Jenkins urges universal fingerprinting for identification of those involved. Sheriff L P Richter reports on a state police bill that failed in the last winter’s legislature.
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Kan
Kansas Highway
Sherlock Holmen
Wint Smith
Tony
Smith
Jack Jenkins
Kansas City
L. P. Richter
Marion
Banker Warns Kansas Bankers On Federal Banking Plans
Toneka May 16 Rudolf S. Hecht president of the American Bankers Association read an address to about 1,000 at the 48th annual Kansas Bankers Association convention. Hecht warned that Congress is moving toward government control of banking and urged gradual private system adjustments. Local bankers await further federal policy details from J F T O Connor and other speakers at tomorrow’s agenda.
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Rudolf S. Hecht
New Orleans
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Kansas
Congress
State Bankers’ Association
Washington
Carter Glass
Senate Banking Committee
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Association
M. J. Breidenthal
Kansas City
Kan
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J. F. T. O'Connor
Camptratler
National Capital
Roy A. Haines
Kansas Bank
B. S. Woolsey
Louisville
C.B. Axford
American Banker
New York
Strickland Gillian
Board Urges Distribution of Huge Work-Relief Sam
Washington, May 16. Immediate distribution of 1,090,933,200 for non-federal works relief projects urged to President Roosevelt by the allotment board. Projects, led by Frank C. Walker, include highway construction and the Wisconsin Public Works plan. Final action rests with the President after allotments are approved.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Allotment Board
Frank C. Walker
Public Works Administration
Wisconsin
Sign Assistance Pact Praha May 16
A mutual assistance pact between Czechoslovakia and Soviet Russia was signed in Praha on May 16, reflecting a Franco Russian model. The agreement aims to strengthen mutual aid and bolster regional security amid shifting European alignments.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Soviet
Russia
Baseball Roundup From May Day MLB Scores
In American League action New York crushed Cleveland 10 to 0 while the Yankees amassed 15 hits led by Ta mulis. Hudlin took the loss for Cleveland after a three win run as Detroit and Washington contests showed other results with mixed pitching and offense across the league.
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Zane Echelon
New York
Nita Tamutis
Indians
Yankees
Ben
Lee
Brown
Pytlak
Tamulis and
Dicker
Detroit
Washington EL Bridges
Hailes
Bilton
Gideons Hold Two Day Convention in Lawrence
The state Gideons meeting with the Christian Commercial Travelers Association will gather 50 to 60 attendees in Lawrence for sessions across local churches. Henry F. Draper chairs the local committee. state president C. C. Parks presides at the First Christian Church opening session.
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Gideons
Christian Commercial Travelers Association
Lawrence
Christian Church
First Christian Church
C. C. Parks
Hutchinson
Wiedemann’s
Plymouth Congregational Church
Big Springs
I Christian Church
A. FE
Lew Claire
Wis
Tist. Church
O, CA
Parks
First Methodist Church
J. A. Averill
Topeka
International
First Presbyterian Church
North Lawrence Christian Church
Senior Class Stage Growing Pains Play at Lawrence High
Tomorrow at 8 15 p m the Lawrence high school senior class presents Growing Pains in the school auditorium. Under Miss Elizabeth Shepherd the cast, drawn from the class of 1935, features Lester Kappelman as Professor McIntyre and a dozen others in contemporary, lifelike roles. Tickets are 25 cents at Round Corner Drug store and the high school.
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Lawrence High School
Aurania Rouveral
Elizabeth Shepherd
Round Corner
Professor McIntyre
Lester Kappelman
Dice Slayer Convicted in Smith Murder Case
Robert Smith, a Black man, was convicted of second degree murder for the March fatal shooting of Ed Anderson during a dispute over 30 cents in a dice game in Columbus Kansas. Judge Vernon Bowersock said sentence to be announced Saturday with a minimum ten year term.
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Columbus
Kan
Robert
Rob) Smith
Stormy) Anderson
Vernon Bowersock
Smith
Anderson
Asi
Council Meets Tonight in City Hall for Brief Session
Mayor Alfred Lawrence says several matters require attention before the regular meeting date of May 27. In McPherson Kansas a Shell Petroleum crew struck oil at a Wilcox sand horizon near the deck field, bringing in a new well with 500 feet of oil by noon.
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Alfred Lawrence
McPherson McPherson
Kan
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Wilcox
Bass Feet
Chat
Viola
Landon Tours Dust Bowl Areas In Western Kansas
Governor Alf M Landon travels to western Kansas to give two commencement addresses at Hoxie and Lebanon high schools and assess conditions after severe dust storms. He and A M Wilson toured the drought region last month reporting dust damage and praising farmer courage.
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Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Western
Kansas
Wtas
Hoxie High School
Lebanon High School
Landon
A. M. Wilson
Drouth
Fair division for girls marks fifth Hobby Fair event
The fifth annual Hobby Fair will be held Friday and Saturday in the Cutter building. The girls division is new this year, arranged by the Women's City club with Mrs. N. M. Hough as president and Mrs. L. H. Menger as general chairman. Exhibits will be received from 4 to 8 today and judged from noon Friday. Exhibits are categorized by handcrafts collections and arts and crafts with entrants from elementary through senior levels. Adults may enter but no prize is awarded for adult entries.
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Cutter Building
Massachusetts
Clarence Harris
Women’s City Club
N. M. Hough
L. H. Menger
Capable Business Head Is What America Needs
Baltimore May 16 Ed W Howe the Atchison Kansan known as the Sage of Potato Hill argues the nation needs a big butter and egg man a practical business leader who runs by his means not Roosevelt Howe, aged over 80, seeks Johns Hopkins hospital for cataract surgery. He aims to see "best" people and met H L Mencken during his stay. Dr Alan C Wood will operate at Wilmer eye clinic.
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America
Ed. W. Howe
Atchison, Kan
Potato Hill
Roosevelt
Howe
Johns Hopkins Hospital
H. L. Mencken
Alan C. Wood
Wilmer Eye Clinic
Drake wins 15th Valley freshman meet in Tulsa
Drake University of Des Moines topped the fifteenth annual Missouri Valley Conference freshman telegraphic track and field meet with 54 points at Tulsa. Oklahoma A M colleges finished second with 39.5 points, Washington 33, Grinnell 25.5, Washburn 12.5. Tulsa and Creighton did not compete.
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Okla
Drake University of Des Moines
Art Eiler
Washington University
St. Louis
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Washington
Grinnell
Town
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Creighton
Olympic riding test opens in Junction City with 21 riders
A three day schooling phase for the United States equestrian team for the 1925 Olympic Games began in Junction City Kansas today. Twenty one riders from Fort Riley Fort Sill and Fort Leavenworth compete as cross country and jumping contests are scheduled through the weekend. In St Paul Minnesota federal court received the Barker conspiracy to kidnap case from a five week trial.
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Junction City
Kan
United States
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Fort Sill
Fort Leavenworth
St. Paul
Arthur
Doc) Barker
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paulbanker
Heavy rains boost crops and flood subsoil in Douglas county
Continuous rain has nearly matched May averages as Douglas county soils soak again. Ponds and streams fill, wells refill, and fields show lush growth with wheat two feet high. Kaw river and Wakarusa rise. Lake View gains two feet. counties report widespread waterlogging and renewed crop prospects.
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Douglas County
Eas
Deal Six
Wakarusa
Hess Aide
Kaw
Lake View
Reserve Officers Elect Leadership At Douglas County Meeting
Maj. Earnest Boyce was chosen president with Maj. N. P. Sherwood as vice president and Second Lieut. F. H. Dill as secretary treasurer. Executive committee members are Maj. Adrian Lindsey Col. Dinsmore Alter First Lieut. W. L. Wond Second Lieut. C. W. Asling and Second Lieut. Thomas F. Ashby. Dr. Lyles S. Powell spoke on Aviation and Antiaircraft.
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Douglas County Reserve Officers Association
Earnest Boyce
N. P. Sherwood
F. H. Dill
Adrian Lindsey
Dinsmore Alter
W. L. Wond
C. W. Asling
Thomas F. Ashby
Lyles S. Powell
Prohibitionists Take Narrow Lead in Georgia Returns
Unofficial results from 158 counties show prohibitionists leading repealists by 217 votes after yesterday's referendum in Georgia. One county with 12 precincts missing was reported as voting net.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Beloit Woman Killed in Kansas City Viaduct Crash
Mrs. Harvey Skilling, 41, of Beloit Kansas, died when an automobile struck the rear of the truck she rode in on the intercity viaduct in Kansas City. Her husband, driver, had just started the motor after refueling. Car driver Arthur Debus, 30, Kansas City Kansas, said the truck had no lights. Mrs. Harvey Fulton of Glen Elder, a passenger, was treated and released from a hospital.
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Kansas City
Harvey Skilling
Beloit
Kan
Harvey Fulton
Glen Elder
Kansas Weather Summary for Friday and Regions
Weather forecast notes fair conditions tonight and warmer Friday. Morning outlook shows cloudy to mostly clear skies at Manhattan. Road conditions vary with soft or muddy dirt roads near Emporia and Pittsboro. Temperature data from the Gas Office records show today’s highs and lows, May rainfall totaling about 4.27 inches per Prof Posey’s report.
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Emporia
Pittsboro
Douglas County
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