Wage Hour Bill Faces Southern Opposition in Senate Clash
Washington May 25 The revived wage hour bill cleared the house by 314 to 97 amid strong party lines and northern support. Southern senators pledged to seek a quick committee compromise while debates over regional wage variations and exemptions sharpen the battle for passage.
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Washington
House
Barkley
D-Ky
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
Utah
Congress
Rules Committee
Representve Ramspeck
D-Ga
Diermann
D- da
Shirley Temples
Freddie Bartholomews
Southland
Manes
R.-Mich
Rankin
D.-Miss
Norton
D.N.J
Pepper
D-la
Wife of Senator Bridges Dies in New Hampshire
Mrs Sally Bridges 34 wife of U S Senator H Styles Bridges R NH died in Concord after a cerebral hemorrhage in an automobile She was in an airplane en route from Washington when she suffered the stroke at May 25שה.
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Senator Bridges
Concord
N. H
Sally Bridges
U. S
H. Styles Bridges
Rn.h
Weshington
Married in Topeka Court House by Probate Judge
Kathryn Wilson and J. Degand, both of Topeka, were married yesterday at the court house by Probate Judge L. H. Menger.
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J. Degand
Kathryn Wilson
Topeka
Court House
L. H.menger
Crisco contest winner and high school notice in Lawrence
Miss Helen Snider of the Standard Life Association won a deluxe Westinghouse vacuum cleaner in a Crisco contest for completing a sentence on why Crisco is her favorite shortening. Barbara Marshall was omitted from the high school play cast, where she served as queen’s page.
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Helen Snider
Standard Life Association
Westinghouse
Crisco
Snider
Barbara Marshall
Barbara
Display of Cadillac and LaSalle cars at Hurd Motor Co
A special group of Cadillac and LaSalle models is on display for the rest of the week at Hurd Motor Company 622 Massachusetts. Ben Mullarky, field representative, directs the show arranged after the company won the new dealer status last week. The event also features Pontiac. all three brands highlight safety steering post shift and include the Cadillac Special 60 with a V eight engine.
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Cadillac
LaSalle
Hurd Motor Company
Massachusetts
Hurd Company
Ben Mullarky
Pontiac
Sierra Leone Club Holds Afternoon Meeting
The Sierra Leone club met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. Farinda Lambkin hosting. Mrs. Salena Holmes presided as business conducted. Three fine arts students performed a program including two vocal selections by R. R. Rhodes and two by Miss Mamie Stewart. Lorenzo Fuller sang and played. Mrs. Lula Belle Salisbury shared notes of her two week visit in St. Louis and Chicago. Refreshments followed social hour.
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Sierra Leone
Farinda Lambkin
Salena Holmes
R. R. Rhodes
Lorenzo Fuller
Mamie Stewart
Lula Belle Salisbury
St. Louis
Chicago
Vote on Party Lines in Washington May 25
CPI Kansas seven representatives split along party lines on the wage hour bill vote. Two Democrats supported passage while five Republicans opposed. Voting age were Houston and Patterson. No votes came from Carlson, Guyer, Hope, Lambertson and Rees.
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Washington
CPI
Kansas
Houston
Patterson
Carlson
Guyer
Hope
Lambertson
Rees
Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions Listed
Seven quick knowledge items cover Maundy Thursday, MA state flower, equestrian statue, Victoria Falls in Zambezi, cubic decimeters per cubic meter, pelagic animals, West Indies continent, coin and medal history, nom de plume meaning, and Garfield assassination by Charles Guiteau.
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Massachusetts
Zambesi River
Africa
West Indies
Scne
James A. Garfield
Morgan accuses TWA colleagues of false report in TVA hearing
Former TVA chairman Morgan delivers six charges against Lilienthal and Willkie alleging misrepresentation and mismanagement in the Commonwealth and Southern power dispute. He cites February 2, 1937 meeting in Knoxville and pressuring tactics while calling for independent engineers to probe TVA practices.
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Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
TVA
Lilienthal
Willkie
Morgan
Commonwealth and
Southern
Senate Committee
Inquiry Committee
Congress
Commoney
Altho
18 Power Company
Sanderson Enters Republican Race for County Commissioner
J M Sanderson of Lawrence announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for county commissioner from the first district at the August primary. He filed his intention at the courthouse, is a Clay County native who moved to Lawrence in 1916, ran a motor car business for 15 years, then managed farms in Douglas and Saline counties. He is married with one daughter and belongs to the Douglas County Farm Bureau. The first district will elect a commissioner next November. Chris Schaake currently holds the seat with a term expiring January.
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J. M. Sanderson
Lawrence
Court House
Sanderson
Clay County
Kansas
Douglas
Saline
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Chris Schaake
Deaths and Funerals Rev Harry Crane
The Rev. Harry Earnest Crane 62 veteran Methodist minister died at the Methodist Home for the Aged Topeka from a cerebral hemorrhage. He lived in Vinland and served pastorates at Howard Caney Smith Center Mulberry Parsons and Louisburg Kansas. Survived by wife a daughter Dorothy Leavenworth a son Maurice Topeka two brothers C E Crane Mattoon Ill and George Crane Troy Ohio and a sister Mrs Doit Young Casey Ill. Funeral from Vinland Methodist church Friday at 2 pm with interment Memorial Park cemetery Lawrence. Born February 26 1876 in Casey Illinois he moved to Kansas in 1914.
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Harry Earnest Crane
Methodist
Topeka
Mr. Crane
Vinland
Howard
Caney
Smith Center
Mulberry
Parsons
Louisburg
Kan
Dorothy
Leavenworth
Maurice
C. E. Crane
Mattoon
Ill
George. Crane
Troy
Doit Young
Casey, Ill
Memorial Park
Lawrence
Casey
Kansas
Funeral services for S. V. Carr in Eudora
S V Carr aged 80 died yesterday at Santa Fe hospital Topeka. Services set for Thursday at 2 30 pm at St Pauls Evangeli cal church Eudora with Rev W C Watson and Rev E O Bur ert officiating. Burial in Eudora cemetery. Body lies in state noon to service. Survived by wife two sons Joe Carr Denver and Sam W Carr Aberdeen and daughter Mrs Norman Strachan Topeka.
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S. V. Carr
Santa Fe
Topeka
St. Paul’s Evangelical Church
Eudora
W. C. Watson
Burert
Carr
Joe Carr
Denver
Colo
Sam W. Carr
Aberdeen
S. D
Norman Strachan
Warning to Bankers in Indiana Convention
W Laird Dean of Topeka Kansas, president of the Kansas Bankers Association, told the Indiana Bankers Association convention that a return to the simple economic faith is a foregone conclusion and urged bankers to steel themselves for the suffering ahead. He warned that customers and bankers followed false gods by relying on a generous central government and said the only achievement was postponing the evil day and adding burdens.
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French Lick
Ind
W. Laird Dean
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Bankers Association
Indiana Bankers Association
Mass Celebrated in Budapest for Eu Charismatic Congress
Devout prelates celebrated 2000 masses in the ancient city as the 34th Eu charistic congress opened. Seventy one archbishops and 225 bishops accepted invitations while about 1 000 000 people from 37 foreign countries were expected to witness ceremonies.
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Budapest
Catholic Congress
Memorial Service Planned at Clinton Cemetery for Decoration Day
A memorial service will be held at Clinton cemetery with Decoration Day services at 2 30 p m Major E R Renth of Lawrence will speak. Looking for a new tenant phone 22 for an Ad Taker and get the job done quickly Adv.
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Clinton Cemetery
Decoration Day
E. R. Renth
Lawrence
Adv
Plane Crash Near Cleveland Leaves Four Dead
A Detroit bound airliner crashed near Parkman Ohio after engines failed during a Newark to Cleveland run. Witnesses reported flames from the craft before impact. Victims include co pilot A S Merrifield and stewardess Mildred Macek. the plane belonged to U A L. The wreckage was scorched and bodies were taken to the county morgue.
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Mildred Macek
Chicago
Cleveland
A. S. Merrifield
John Berry
James C. Wynne
Joseph Rades
Newark- Cleveland
Ford Surplus Seen Rise in 1937 Totals
Ford Motor Company reported a 1937 year end surplus of 608,085,9385, up from 602,666,672 in 1936, an increase of 5,419,263. The figures reflect higher earnings and improved financial results for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Boston
Ford Motor Company Today
Bees take 2nd straight, beat Reds 2 to 1 in 11 innings
Boston Bees edge Cincinnati 2 1 in 11 innings on Debs Garris double and Gene Moore RBI single. Derringer and Lombardi pitched for Boston while MacFayden and Derringer worked all game for Cincinnati.
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Boston
Boston Bees
Cincinnati
Debs Garris
Gene Moore
Danny MacFayden
Paul Derringer
Derringer
Lombardi
MacFayden
Mueller
Brooklyn
Taarry French
Chicago Cubs
Dodgers
Ripper Collins
Cubs
Tot Pressnell
Chicago
French
Hartnett
Pressnell
Fitz
Heine Mueler
Phillies
Pittsburgh
Bucky Walters
Pirates
Philadelphia
Tobin
Walters
Clark
New York
Hal Schumacher
Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis
Shoun
Davis
Owen
Schumacher
Danning
Guessing When Congress Will Adjourn Sparks Capital Debate
Washington crowds debate adjournment dates with senators McNary Copeland Adams Bankhead predicting June dates from June 4 to June 15 and July 1. Borah Lee Frazier Caraway Burke offer varied timelines while Vice President Garner keeps a sealed guess awaiting actual adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
McNary
R.-Ore
Copeland
D.-N.y
Adams
D.-Colo
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Borah
R.-Ida
Lee
D.-Okla
Truman
Caraway
D-Ark
Burke
D.-Neb
Garner
Border Violations Prompt German Protest Over Czechoslovakia
Berlin reports five alleged Czech border incursions in 24 hours prompt a strong protest to Praha. Dr Ernst Eisenlohr said the issue was raised with Foreign Minister Kamil Krofta who pledged to prevent recurrence. Praha said assurances were given at the Czechoslovak foreign office. The Berlin press blasted what it called brazen provocations during tense restraint.
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Berlin
Praha
Deutsches Nachrichtenbuere
D.N.B
Ernst Eisenlohr
Kamil Krofta
Germany
New Troops Into San Luis Potosi to Halt Cedillo
Mexico City reports fresh troops deployed in San Luis Potosi to stop rebel general Cedillo. President Cardenas issues a proclamation denying the revolution’s justification and offers amnesty to Cedillistas who return to honesty. General Guerreo and Governor Gomez travel from Tampico to Antiguo Morelos to reinforce border defense and check Cedillo.
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San Luis Potosi
Cedillo
Mexico City
Saturnino Cedillo
Tamalipas
Lazaro Cardenas
Antonio Guerrero
Tamaulipas
Tampico
Marte Gomez
Old French Cruiser Voltaire Condemned for Target Practice
Brest reports the Voltaire, built in 1909 with two sister ships, Condoret and Dide rot, has been dismantled and will be towed offshore to serve as a target for the Atlantic squadron. The move caps a long service life as one of France’s oldest cruisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest
France
Atlantic Squadron
Can't Afford Payments to Father In '50s Los Angeles Case
Dolores Costello, 61, once a Broadway star, tells a court she cannot pay her father Maurice Costello more than 100 dollars a month. He sued for 200 dollars monthly maintenance, claiming illness and unemployment. She says she must spend 250 monthly to keep sister Helene in hospital and supports herself and two children from a prior marriage.
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Los Angeles
Dolores Costello
Maurice Costello
Dolores
Helene
John Barrymore
Art and Police in Paris A Cop Magazine Linking Art and Duty
A Paris police supported publication named Art and Police traces back 380 years of officers bonded by art. The association grew into a protective network and now numbers about a thousand members, publishing art world news including exhibitions by policeman artists and concerts by policeman musicians, though ballet is excluded.
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Paris
May Race After All Seabiscuit to Train for Massachusetts Handicap
Seabiscuit will ship to Suffolk Downs to train for the $50,000 Massachusetts Handicap on June 29 after being withdrawn from a prior match race due to condition. War Admiral also entered in the event.
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New York
Seabiscuit
War Admiral
Suffolk Downs
Massachusetts
Local births and community notes from Tonganoxie area
Alton and Mrs. Grems announce the birth of an 8 pound daughter Dortha Jane on May 9. Allan Foust of Kansas City visited last Wednesday. Rinda chapter C E S attended a birthday party at Leavenworth for Mrs. Gladys Cheat. Attendees included Miss Lucy McNaughton J C Laming and Mrs Ralph Cain at Lake Quivera for Old Line National Underwriters road men and agents. Mrs. Lee Freeman and Mrs Chant Redding spent Saturday in Kansas City with daughter Martha Lee Freeman and Betty Lou Redding. Edward Seufert from T R H S won the $100 Union Pacific scholarship for Leavenworth county. Jean Mails is valedictorian and Marie Deitrick salutatorian. Evelyn Murr of Neely married Everett Ridgway of McLouth May 5 with Judge Sam Parisa performing the ceremony. Mrs Ridgway is a local high school graduate active in Tonganoxie.
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Alton Grems
Dortha Jane
Allan Foust
Kansas City
Herman Ramsey
Rinda
C.E.S
Byington
Leavenworth
Gladys Cheat
Martha
Lucy McNaughton
J. C. Laming
Ralph Cain
Lake Quivera
Old Line National Underwriters Insurance Company
Lee Freeman
Chant Redding
Martha Lee Freeman
Betty Lou Redding
Edward Seufert
T.R.H.S
Union Pacific
Jean Mails
Marie Deitrick
Evelyn Murr
Murr
Neely
Kan
Everett Ridgway
McLouth
Sam Parisa
Tonganoxie Republicans elect officers and set meeting schedule
Sixty residents attended the first meeting of the Tonganoxie Young Republicans club last Tuesday. James Wooden was named county vice chairman with Miss Helen Schulbring as woman vice chair. Other executive members include Mrs Thelma Ratliff Miss Agnes Gress Lloyd Mills LC Evans and William Marr. The club will hold monthly meetings on the first Monday. next gathering is June 1. At a Friends church service Rev W S Kitch presented a memorial pulpit chair for Kate C Noble crafted of walnut and leather.
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McLouth
Everett Ridgway
Emms Ridgway
Robert Deidy
Auburn Wash
Nellie Parney
G. M. Peters
Leidy
Washington
Northern Pacific Railroad
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Auburn
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Tonganoxie Young Republicans Club
James Wooden
Helen Schulbring
Thelma Ratliff
Agnes Gress
Lloyd Mills
LC. Evans
William Marr
The
Friends Church
W. S. Kitch
Brothers and Sisters
Kate C. Noble
Plan to Vacation in the Cool North Woods
The article touts northern Wisconsin Upper Michigan and Minnesota vacation regions with sparkling lakes and forests. It highlights thousands of resorts and convenient service from Chicago and offers an illustrated folder with maps from F P By man G A C N W Ry at 705 Walnut St Kansas City.
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North Woods
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
Chicago
F. P. Byman
G. A
Walnut St
Kansas City
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Monty) Brandon
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Lee Hardin
Hardin
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Poehler Mercantile Company
Omaha
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TWA
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Brandon
Royal Flying Corps
Miss Macek
Merrifield
Brostuen
North Dakota
Lewis
Farrell Birmingham Company
Steel Founders
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Amtorg Trading Corporation
Lord Wakehurst
New South Wales
Sydney
American Association
St. Paul
Brown
Breuer and Hart
Detroit
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Andrews
Hadley
Dickey
Gill
Rigner
Reeve
Ostermueller
McKain
Desautels
Harder and Hemsley
Journal-World
ART Magazine
Tonganoxie
Miller Furniture Co
Manley Ins
Agen
M. C. Manley
Gene Glahn
Douglas County Building & Loan Association
John C. Emick
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General Motors
Florida
California
Hurd Motor CO. Inc
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