Harrison Defends the New Tax Bill in Senate Speech
Senator Harrison of Mississippi defended the 1938 tax revision against Roosevelt criticisms. He argued the law favors business and that a tax bill next year would target only minor levies, while the treasury plans to codify and simplify tax laws and keep capital gains changes, with an expanded flat rate and longer hold benefits.
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Washington
Harrison
D-Miss
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Congress
Senate
Department
Bombs On Canton Fan Japanese Raid Toll
Hongkong reports daylong air raids on Canton killed about 500 people and left 1,000 injured. The assault targeted the Hankow Canton railway terminus and Wongsha station, destroying blocks, sparking fires, and forcing refugees toward Shameen. British sailors and volunteers assisted rescue efforts as civilians crowded river banks.
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Hongkong
Canton
China
Wongsha Railway Station
Wongsha
Hankow-Canton
Central Park
Tungshan
Wongsha Station
Hankow
Shameen
Markets Closed For Memorial Day In New York
Markets closed Monday as Memorial Day observance shuts down virtually all U S security and commodity exchanges. Memorial Day holiday Monday affects trading across the nation with major indexes and financial centers observing the national holiday.
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New York
Big Three Auto Makers Face Anti-Trust Indictments in Finance Deals
The General Motors Ford Chrysler groups face federal grand jury charges for conspiring to force dealers to use their in house financing arms. Named are GM, Ford, Chrysler and 60 individuals plus their finance units. The indictments allege interstate restraint to promote monopoly and harm smaller finance firms in a five day probe concluding yesterday.
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South Bend
Ind
General Motors Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
U. S
James R. Fleming
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Sales Corporation
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Universal Credit Corporation
Edsel Ford
Chrysler Sales Corporation
Dodge Brothers Company
DeSoto Motor Corporation
Plymouth Motor Corporation
Commercial Credit Company
Walter P. Chrysler
EP Grand Jury
Thomas W. Slick
Midwest
Mayors weigh clemency for four bank robbers
Governors Cochran of Nebraska and Haxman of Kansas move toward freeing four men serving terms for bank robberies after confessions by two others. Lincoln officials question Persinger Rafferty and Ledbetter. McCarthy Korte confess tenbank spree across four states.
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Kansas City
Lincoln
Neb
R. L. Cochran
Joe Murray
Sioux City
Nebraska
Humboldt
Walter A. Haxman
Kansas
Jack Jenkins
Topeka
Lester Persinger
Pete Rafferty
Melvin Ledbetter
Haxman
Cochran
J. H. Falloon
Murray
Falloon
Irvin Gates
Leon Delamaide
Ben Humphreys
Crawford
Kan
Lansing
Persinger
Iowa
Missouri
McCarthy
Korte
Imogene
U. S
Charles H. Thompson
Bank of
Reed files for Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Kansas
Former Governor Clyde M. Reed filed for the Republican United States senatorial nomination, sending papers to Topeka as he launches a vigorous campaign. Paul Jones of Lyons says an independent bid is no longer possible, citing election law obstacles. Other GOP filings include Jesse C. Fisher, Dallas Knapp, and Gerald Winred. Democrat George McGill faces little expected opposition as he seeks another term.
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Topeka
Kansas
Clyde M. Reed
United States
Paul Jones
Lyons
Reed
Parsons
Secretary of State
Jones
Kan
Jesse C. Fisher
Garden, City
Dallas Knapp
Hundreds of jobs listed yearly in Journal-World ads
Classified advertising in the Journal-World locates hundreds of jobs each year. The notice highlights how readers can find employment opportunities through the paper’s listings.
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Journal-World Classified Advertising
Adv
Rural graduates receive diplomas at Douglas Co. schools
Dr. Robert A. Hunt addressed 139 graduates at Liberty Memorial high school. He urged selection of the best life goals and described education as fixing a life picture and urging effort to realize it.
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Robert A. Hunt
First Methodist Church
Douglas County
Cmmon
Liberty Memorial High School
James van Dyck
University of Kansas
Mildred de Weese Bohnsack
Doris Wible
Dorothy Enlow Miller
Jean Clark
Helen Schendel
Olive Flory
Eunice Hoover
Clyde Hoover
Helen Hird
Kanwaka School
Dorothy Simmons
Hunt
Dr. Hunt
Cedillo Hunted in Hills Near San Luis Potosi
Swarthy rebel chief Saturnino Cedillo is believed hidden eight miles northwest of the state capital as federal troops press the retreating group. Four aides who fled with him by plane from Zezontle ranch were said captured, while soldiers move through brush in pursuit and claim Cedillo’s capture is near.
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San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Saturnino Cedillo
Zezontle
Mockingbird) Ranch
Palomas
Lazaro Cardenas
Cedillo
Memorial Day Closures for Lawrence Retail and Offices
Most Lawrence stores will be closed all day Monday while some food stores stay partially open. City and county offices close along with most business offices. The post office runs a holiday schedule with limited delivery. The Journal-World will press at noon and deliver in the early afternoon.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Landon Predicts Nation Will Muddle Thru Its Difficulties
Alf M. Landon, former Kansas governor and 1936 GOP presidential hopeful, told a Watertown gathering that the country faces a period of readjustment and will muddle through democracy by upholding two principles: decent discussion of problems and tolerance. He compared anti Jewish outbreaks in Europe to the dark ages and warned about the impact of broadcasts. The speech was at a dinner hosted by Harold Johnson, Watertown publisher.
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Watertown
N. Y
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Niagara Falls
Kansan
Landon
Germany
Austria
Harold Johnson
Mud Creek bridge project let to List & Clark
The Mud Creek curve straightening contract was awarded to List & Clark Construction Co of Kansas City after low bid opening at Leavenworth on May 20. Work begins within two weeks with a 1273-4 foot bridge, 0.562 mile Douglas County grading, 0.281 mile Leavenworth County grading, concrete, paving, and detour surfacing for a total of 44938 dollars.
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Mud Creek
State Highway Commission
List & Clark Construction Company
Kansas City
List and Clark
Leavenworth
George S. Davis
Monay
Douglas County
Legth
Judge Otis Praises Ghostwriting Tale At Phi Beta Kappa Dinner
Judge Merrill E. Otis quipped about ghost writing while addressing a Phi Beta Kappa dinner in Kansas City. He cited Robert Greenlees Pearson’s Scribner’s piece on paying college by writing papers for others, noting Pearson was barred from the Kansas University's Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Otis joked about a late manuscript from Lawrence, Kansas, and delivered an address titled A Modern Judge Views An Ancient Trial.
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Robert Greenlees Pearson
University of Kansas
Pearson
Merrill E. Otis
Kansas City
Scribner’s
K. U
Phi Beta Kappa
Eastern University
Lawrence
Kan
Dr Pihlblad Improves but Condition Remains Critical
Dr Ernst Pihlblad president of Bethany College showed marked improvement during the night though his condition stayed critical according to attendants. He has been unconscious since a Monday auto accident that also injured Mrs Pihlblad and college treasurer Jens Stenson.
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Lindsborg
Kan
Ernst Pihlblad
Bethany College
Pihlblad
Jens Stensons
Lincoln School Recreation Facilities Open This Summer
Lincoln school recreation facilities will be available throughout the summer under Berniece Miller a supervisor. Arrangements for use of building and grounds were made by A E Strode and John Taylor. The building will be open daily from 9 to 4.
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Lincoln School
Berniece Miller
A. E. Strode
John Taylor
City Council Approves Barker Street Paving Plan
The city council passed ordinances to pave about five and a half blocks of Barker avenue and adjacent streets with funding sought from federal aid programs WPA or PWA. Bonds will be issued in yearly installments over up to ten years and special assessments levied on abutting properties.
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Barker Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Maple Lawn Addition
Nineteenth Street
Learnard Avenue
Barker
Nineteenth
Twentieth
Maple Lawn
WPA
PWA
Berger
Rowland
Selig
Water Department
Unsettled Weather Returns to Kansas This Weekend
Topeka reports unsettled weather with local thunder showers likely across Kansas this weekend. S D Flora, federal meteorologist, says more frequent showers possible next week with near normal temperatures. No rain statewide in the last 24 hours, Salina had a heavy shower this morning. Flooding Neosho and Marais des Cygnes rivers receding, slight rise in Neosho at Labette county crest due today. Skies mostly clear statewide, but clouds to move in by day’s end. Tomorrow’s highs 85 to 90. tonight’s lows 60 to 65.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Salina
Neosho
Marais Des Cygnes
Labette County
Division Is Shattered in Tremp Assault at Front
Insurgent dispatches report a government division attacking the San Cornelio range to seize Tremp, a key Catalonian hydroelectric center. Government forces reportedly gathered over 35,000 troops along the 10 mile sector east of Tremp, but only one company regained ground after the failed assault.
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Hendaye
France
Tremp
San Cornelio
Frost Damages Pea Crop for Columbus Foods Cannery
The last frost on April 21 damaged about 80 acres of peas at the Columbus Foods cannery area, yielding light harvests so far. Local manager W H Pendleton expects better yields by mid next week as weather dries, with spinach largely salvaged, and tomatoes, pumpkins, and squash planned for future canning.
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Columbus Foods Corporation
W. H. Pendleton
Pendleton
Tomato project with relief tenants urged to work
The Taxpayers League committee with the Douglas county welfare director reports the tomato growing program is in good shape but calls for better cooperation from relief clients. Seasonal conditions favor a strong crop if plots are tended. 60 to 70 percent are caring for plots, while the rest have neglected them. All who hold plots must work them by next Tuesday. average plot size is one acre, with a maximum of two acres per person.
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The
Taxpayers League
Douglas County
Mittee
Speidel Buys Hill Interests in Wyoming State Tribune and Eagle
Merrit G. Speidel of Iowa City buys Alfred G. Hill’s stakes in the Wyoming State Tribune and Wyoming Eagle Cheyenne daily papers effective June 1. Hill and Tracy S. McCracken announce the sale. Speidel heads Speidel Newspapers Inc with dailies in Fort Collins Iowa City Chillicothe and Salinas.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Merrit G. Speidel
Iowa City
Alfred G. Hill
Wyoming State Tribune
Wyoming Eagle
Hill
Tracy S. McCracken
Speidel
Speidel Newspapers, Inc
Fort Collins
Colo
Chillicothe
Salinas
Calif
Kansas
Laramie
Rock Springs
Newcastle
The
Eagle
Tribune Company
Diplomas Granted To 204 Graduates
The 1938 Liberty Memorial high school class underwent a juried commencement, with a unanimous verdict that the 204 graduates are fully qualified to receive diplomas. The trial, chaired by Supt. C. E. Birch, featured testimony from five students and musical numbers by the school orchestra, a flute quartet, the Girls Glee Club, and an anthem by Prof. Joseph F. Wilkins.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Board of Education
Lloyd S. Purcell
Theodore Astman
Paul B. Lawson
W. H. Quakenbush
Lloyd Houston
Purcell
America
Modern Society
Supt. C. E. Birch
W. T. Markham
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Modern
Edwin Price
Markham
Attorney Price
Emily Wray
David Watermulder
Albert Decker
David Whitney
Jean Astman
Attorney Markham
Ingh ‘School
Oliver Hobbs
Tschaikowsky
Erna
Olga Carl
Alice Clayton
Max Falkenstien
Girls’ Glee Club
Joe Williams
Unsettled Kansas Weather Outlook Tonight Through Sunday
Forecast shows unsettled conditions tonight and Sunday with local thundershowers probable and slightly warmer temperatures in the northeast then cooler air in the west and north central. Morning skies partly cloudy at Salina and Emporia, elsewhere clear with varying road conditions reported in Kansas towns.
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Kansas
North Central
Salina
Emporia
Manhattan
Coffeyville
Arkansas City
Topeka
Garden City
Wichita
Pittsburg
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Nash
Old
List and Clark Construction Company of
Bethany
Alexander
F. A. Russell
Waterworks Committee
Russell
Waterworks Department
Burroughs
D. W. Hewitt
Kansas State Employment Service
A. Berger
Ralph Pine
Willard Brown
Hewitt
the Health Board
Ford Service
Hamilton
Catalonia
University Alumni Association
Henry Fielding
Westminster
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