Farmer's position not so good now
Washington reports the farmer’s relative standing on agriculture charts has worsened since last year. Despite a potential $300 million-plus increase in the agriculture department appropriation, prices for farm goods still lag costs, with beef, lambs, cotton, wheat, corn, and hogs all down compared to a year ago.
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South Dakota
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You Can Win a Kimball Piano Contest at Holyfield Music
The House of Kimball offers a Child Culture Contest with five prizes of 50 dollars ten prizes of 25 dollars twenty prizes of 10 dollars and one hundred prizes of 5 dollars. Entries must be mailed or delivered by midnight June 12 1939 to the Contest Manager at W W Kimball Co Chicago Ill or at Holyfield Music Co 1107 Mass Phone 171.
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Kimball
House of Kimball
W. W. Kimball Co
Chicago
Ill
Holyfield Music CO
Mass
Roosevelt third term question stirs White House visits
Washington reports show political callers press for Roosevelt 1940 plans but get evasive replies. Former Colorado governor William E. Sweet said he sought the president's availability while courting Ickes and Pepper. Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly indicated the president did not rule out candidacy.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
William E. Sweet
Colorado
Sweet
Ickes
Pepper
D-Fla
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
K. U. Students Stage Marionette Show Monday Afternoon
K U students from the school of fine arts methods class present a marionette show titled Peter Pan Monday at 4 30 in Frank Strong Auditorium. The class built all dolls scenery and wrote the play with teachable art methods. Cast includes Mary Isabelle Taylor Lawrence Helen Cady Lawrence Jeanne Mantele Halstead Barbara Allen Kansas City Kan Gertrude Kaufman Kansas City Mo Helen Fincke Kansas City Kan Carolyn Henry Highland Clara Hagen St Joseph Mo Doris Nelson Salina Beulah Grunwald St Joseph Mo Josephine Dalton Ottawa Jane Krebiel Kansas City Mo Michael Andrews Central City Pa Charles Toberen New York NY Maud Ellsworth teaches the class.
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Frank Strong
K. U. School of Fine Arts
Mary Isabelle Taylor
Lawrence
Helen Cady
Jeanne Mantele
Halstead
Barbara Allen
Kansas City
Kan
Roosevelt vetoes cattle rustling bill over federal police power
President Roosevelt vetoed a federal cattle rustling bill saying it would overstep state police powers by widening federal jurisdiction to petty larceny type offenses. He noted Congress already covered major crimes with thresholds at five thousand dollars and warned of added Justice Department funding around two hundred thousand dollars yearly.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Justice Department
Queen Mother thanks truck driver for flowers after collision
London May 25 Queen Mother Mary recovering from bruises and eye injury sent a letter of thanks for flowers delivered by Albert Cooper the 47 year old truck driver involved in the crash. The bouquet was taken to Marlborough House yesterday and the note from Lady Constance Milnes-Gaskell praised Cooper and hoped he was uninjured.
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London
Mary
Albert Cooper
Marlborough House
Constance Milnes-Gaskell
Cooper
Attorney General Advises Kansas Methodist Churches
Kansas Methodist churches may join new united conferences without changing charter names. If they want new names they should amend charters rather than apply for new ones, per Attorney General Jay Parker after a request from Supt. William R. McCormack.
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Topeka
Kansas Methodist
United Conferences
Jay Parker
William R. McCormack
Methodist Church
New Water Plant Open for Public Inspection in Leavenworth
Leavenworth unveils its new municipal water plant worth 315000 dollars with white tile interiors and glazed brick floors. The three story filter building sits beside an intake on bedrock at the river bottom. Visitors will tour Saturday and Sunday with waterworks staff on hand to explain operations.
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Waterworks Department
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