Supreme Court Invalidates NRA Codes in Unanimous Ruling
The Supreme Court on May 27 struck down section 3 of the Industrial Recovery Act, ruling Congress failed to provide adequate standards for code making and that the president’s power to set minimum wages and maximum hours was unconstitutional. The Schechter Poultry case involved Brooklyn operators, with the ruling asserting interstate commerce limits and warning against centralized federal control. NRA counsel Richberg and officials faced immediate congressional scrutiny as leaders discussed new legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Supreme Court
Congress
Donald R. Fichberg
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Hughes
Borah
King
Utah
House Committee
Senate
Donald R. Richberg
Stanley Reed
A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corporation
Brooklyn
High Court
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Schechters
New York
Huches
Capitol
Alcohol Control Administration
AAA
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Cummings
Wallace
Roosevelt Studies
Donald Richberg
Kansas flood plans for Smoky Hill project
Washington reports that engineers completed preliminary plans and surveys for a 4.5 million dollar flood control project on the Smoky Hill river in western Kansas. A dam between Salina and Ellsworth would form a 10 000 acre reservoir though officials caution the plan remains unproven. Carlson hopes surveys extend to other rivers in the sixth district as federal funds may back such projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Carlson
R-Kan
Smoky Hill
Kansas
Salina
Ellsworth
United States
Theater Owners Robbed in Russell Kansas Holdup
The Dream theater operators Mr and Mrs Dale Danielson were robbed at Russell depot after returning from film shipments with two days receipts. A middle aged man and a woman, already sought in connection with a car theft in Blackwell Oklahoma, used a car with Russell county plates and Oklahoma plates inside. The incident follows a recent depot robbery in Hays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Kan
Russell Depot
Dale Danielson
Dream Theater
Danielsons
Blackwell
Oklo
Danielson
Russell County
Oklahoma
Hays
Jessie Hamm Graber to Receive Life Certificate at Pittsburg
Miss Jessie E Hamm Graber of Lawrence will be awarded a teacher life certificate at Pittsburg State Teachers College commencement on Wednesday May 29. She completes a two year college course with special preparation for teaching. Life certificates issued this year total about 130.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Jessie E. Hamm Graber
Lawrence
Pittsburg State Teachers College
Publica tion note alarms Tacoma officials in Weyerhaeuser case
May 27 Tacoma authorities fear ransom note publication in Seattle Port Intelligencer will hinder negotiations for nine year old George Weyerhaeuer’s return. Investigators study the note at the federal level while tracking possible copy copies to law enforcement. The missive demands 290000 dollars, five days to pay, warns against publicity and includes threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
George Weyerhaeuser
Seattle Port Intelligencer
J. P. Weyerhaeuser
Washington
Washington , D. C
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Post-Intelligencer
Weyerhaeusers
Prospects of Good Potato Crop This Year In Kaw Valley
Ralph Howard, potato buyer, says Kaw Valley prospects for the potato crop are the best since 1932. Acreage is down 11 percent from last year, mostly west of Topeka, due to seed shortages. Rains helped yields but kept farmers out of fields. harvest expected around July 1. Price range uncertain but hoped between $1.00 and $1.50 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw Valley
Ralph Howard
Kansas City
Manhattan
Howard
Topeka
Young Democrats to Hold Convention in Topeka
The Young Democrats of Kansas scheduled their annual convention for July 3 and 4 in Topeka. Executive committee chair Collins Caldwell announced James Roosevelt, son of the President, will deliver the principal address. The group also endorsed Omar B. Ketchum for public works coordinator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Young Democrats of
Kansas
Collins Caldwell
Caldwell
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Omar B. Ketchum
McGee escapes the noose commuted to life by governor
Jefferson City May 27 Walter McGee the first U S kidnaping death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Guy B Park McGee was sentenced in 1920 to be hanged after a Tacoma Washington child abduction case and related trials The governor’s action followed a plea by Mary McElroy who testified against her abductors but sought peace of mind rather than vengeance The case drew national attention as other suspects in the McGee gang faced prison terms and McGee celebrated his 30th birthday with the news
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Walter McGee
United States
Guy B. Park
McGee
Missouri
George Wererhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Miss McElroy
H. F. McElroy
Kansas City
George
Clarence Click
Clarence Stevens
Miss McEvoy
Jackson County
Mary McElroy
Thomas Bush
Bash
Governors call for review of state text book adoptions
Gov Alf Landon asked the state school book commission to summon heads of Kansas State College University of Kansas and Emporia Teachers College to review recent adoptions amid criticism of inferior texts and changes. The commission suspended new adoptions pending review by the three institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
State School Book Commission
Gov. Landon
School Book Commission
Kansas State College
Kansas University
Emporia Teachers College
Capitol
Junior High Exercises Scheduled For Tomorrow
Junior high students will perform a two part premotion day program in the senior high auditorium. The 10 am show is for students only, while an evening performance at 7 is open to parents and friends.
Veterans Group Heads Kan sas Department Commander
Topeka May 27 Carl Watson of Pittsburg will head the Kansas department of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War IrL for the ensuing year. Elected department commander at the annual convention, Watson took office at the final session. Other officers chosen include William Wiley of Wichita as senior department commander George Reid of Topeka as junior department vice commander T W Rarick of Hutchinson as department judge advocate John C Newman of Wichita as treasurer and F H Brown of Pittsburg as department adjutant. The 1936 convention will be held in Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Carl Watson
Pittsburg
Kansas
Baseball scores and weather make noisy day in MLB recap
Baseball notes from May 27 cover a Phillies win over the Pirates behind Tuel Moore and strong relief, plus rain postponements in Chicago and New York St Louis. Yankees defeat the Tigers as Johnny Allen earns his fifth win, and Paul Andrews limits Red Sox to five innings while the Browns beat Boston 5 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tapi
Sitt
Tuel Moore
Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Adriphia
Pittsuureh
Moore
Todd
Swift
Bush
Hest
Birkefer
Padden
Grace
Easton
Benton
Betts
Hogan
Axden
Lombardi
New York
New York Yankees
Schoolboy Rowe
Detroit Tigers
Johnny Allen
Detroit
Dix
T & Rowe
Chereek Washington Pearson
Pydak
Whitehill
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Tietje
Kennedy
Sewell
Phelps
Wilshere
Berry
Paul
Ivy’ Andrews
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
Fay Thomas
Browns
Supreme Court voids Frazier Lemke farm moratorium act
The Frazier Lemke act granting a five year mortgage moratorium for farmers was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in a unanimous ruling delivered by Justice Brandeis. The decision held the act a taking without compensation and beyond congressional power, with focus on preexisting mortgages and due process limits. A city council meeting is scheduled at 8 pm tonight at the new city hall with an "Adv" notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Louisville
Kentucky
Radford
Congress
New City Hall
Cloudbursts in Colorado Take Three Lives in Floods
Three people drowned when a wall of water swept Earl Lewein’s sedan near Haxtun, as a cloudburst flooded northeastern Colorado. A North Sterling reservoir breach sent floodwater across farms, damaging an irrigation ditch and crops including sugar beets and alfalfa. The surge threatened rail and roads but subsided with limited infrastructure damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
North Sterling
Platte River
Lawrence seniors hear sermon before commencement
A large audience of Lawrence high school seniors and relatives gathered for the commencement sermon in the school auditorium. Dr. Robert Hunt presided as Rev. Carter Harrison delivered the sermon on Youth in Relation to God and Country. The senior high commencement is Friday night with a senior breakfast Wednesday morning and a picnic to Tonganoxie state lake at 2:30 pm. Betty Raymond leads breakfast food, Alice Russell the breakfast program, and Leonard Jella with Gertrude Welch handle picnic food and finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School
Robert Hunt
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Carter Harrison
Trinity Episcopal Church
Tonganoxie State Lake
Betty Raymond
Alice Russell
Leonard Jella
Gertrude Welch
Wheat contract signers back allotment 91 to 42
In Douglas County a referendum on wheat allotment shows contract signers voting yes by 91 to 42, while non contract signers oppose the plan at 72 to 34. Township results are tabulated showing four columns: contract yes, contract no, non contract yes, and non contract no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Republicans Invited to Springfield Conference Delegation
Douglas county Republicans are invited to join the Springfield conference delegation. County chairman Walter McClanahan announced a resolution adopted at Ottawa Saturday authorizing all who wish to go to form the delegation. Contacts are requested at the Eldridge hotel this week. Mrs. John Clark is planned as a representative for the colored people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Springfield
Walter McClanahan
McClanahan
Ottawa
Eldridge Hotel
John
Government Files Charges on Banking Public Enemy
U S District Attorney Maurice Milligan charges Tom Limerick with bank robbery in a case tied to a self described public enemy. Federal agents say Limerick confessed to five bank robberies including four national banks in Nebraska South Dakota and Kansas. He was arrested in Missouri after a nightclub incident while already under Nebraska indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U. S
Maurice Milligan
Tom Limerick
Limerick
St. Joseph
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Milligan
Security National Bank of Superior
Neb
First National
Stock Market Index Holds Firm Near Fifty Calls
The stock index tracking 60 shares stands at 42.5 points on Saturday as market activity shows little change. Traders noted muted volatility with several key names in the mix, reflecting cautious sentiment amid mixedindustry signals.
Lecompton fires suspect Harry Sutton arraigned on four counts
Kansas county officers prepared to arraign Harry Sutton a 51 year old farmer near Lecompton on four counts. The charges include malicious destruction of property arson and two counts of attempted arson tied to fires at a downtown garage a garage and barn and the Day residence. Sutton confessed after a day of questioning citing revenge over gossip about his wife. He bought four sticks of dynamite and a kerosene can at Willard Good hardware in Perry on May 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sutton
Lecompton
E. P. Day
Fred Vogler
Jude Anderson
J. T. Rankin
Topeka
Sutton
Day
Willard Good
Perry
More Rains in Sta Topeka May 27 Weather update
Still soaked from last week’s flood rains Kansas faced more rain on Sunday with central areas hardest hit. Despite high water the brief sun allowed rivers to shed surplus moisture and soil to dry, reducing runoff. Topeka saw rain in May nearly every day, suggesting a return to normal wet conditions for eastern Kansas. In Picher Oklahoma Governor Marland dispatched two National Guard companies to calm a strike area amid a new outbreak of warting union and non union demonstrators with tear gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Idanger
United States
Gulf Coast
Picher
Okla
Tri-State
Lead and Zinc
E. W. Marland
Kansas Weather Forecast and Road Conditions Report
Local showers expected tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Morning conditions show rain in Arkansas City and Wichita, partly cloudy in Manhattan. Dirt roads are muddy except soft pat Wichita, slippery at Ottawa, fair at Coffeyville. Douglas County roads soft. Gas office records show 7 p.m. yesterday and 7 a.m. today readings with rain likely to 7 a.m. today and a trace of rainfall since, including 0.26 inch since yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas City
Wichita
Manhattan
Ottawa
Coffeyville
Douglas County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richberg
House Ways Sd Means
Doughton
Burns
Cooper
Fenn
Rep
Bacharach
R-N.j
Smoky Hill River
Tacoma Boy
Young Democrats
Journal-World
Governor Park
Landon
Ewin
Hamilton’s
Colorado
Haxtun
Grant
Wakarusa
Lecompton Eudora
Willow Springs
Kanwaka O Marion
Clinton
Public
Sta
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!