F D R Granted Broad Emergency Powers
Washington May 29 News reports say President Roosevelt can appoint the national emergency as unlimited power. Legal experts note he could seize radio stations shut down utilities control electricity for munitions production and prioritize war transport with specific proclamations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Murphy
Omer
Orbid Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
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Navy
Federal Power Commission
United States
National Guard
Army
German freighter Lech intercepted while running blockade
The German 3290 ton freighter Lech attempting to reach German occupied France from a South American port was intercepted by a British ship. The fate of the vessel remains undisclosed as authorities did not confirm scuttling, sinking, or capture. The Lech sailed from Rio de Janeiro April 28 with oil and various goods, after arriving from Bordeaux March 3.
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London
France
Admiralty
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Friedrich Brinkmann
Bergen
Norway
Bordeaux
Dr Allen to Broadcast on Physical Fitness in a Democracy
Dr F C Allen will speak on KFKU tonight at 7 30 on Physical Fitness in a Democracy He spoke at the Parsons Rotary Club at noon on When a Son Asks for Bread Would his Father Give Him a Stone Roy S Bennett is president of the club He played on Dr Allen s varsity basketball team in 1920 O Liner Taken Over by Navy Washington May 29 The liner America the largest passenger vessel ever built in the United States is being acquired by the maritime commission for delivery to the navy
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F. C. Allen
KFKU
Dr.Allen
Parsons Rotary Club
Roy S. Bennett
Dr. Allen
Navy Washington
America
United States
Maritime Commission
Navy
United States and Canada eye international talks on wheat surplus
The State Department disclosed plans to convene an international conference in Washington to address the global wheat surplus. The note accompanies President Roosevelt's wheat import quotas on Canada and other countries and notes mutual interest in a joint approach. Washington invites Canada to resume discussions on an international basis in the near future.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Canada
Roosevelt
First Performance of Entrada Given at Lyons
Coronado rode again over the Kansas plains last night in the first Kansas show of the Coronado Entrada, a giant outdoor pageant celebrating the cuarto centennial with a cast of about 600. The production depicts Spanish travels in the southwest, the search for Cibola, and the kingdom of Quivira, with a special voice cast and amplification. Performances continue tonight and Friday then move to Lawrence June 5 and 6 and will also play at Pittsburg Salina Independence and Dodge City.
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Lyons
Kansas Plains
Kansas
Cuarto
Southwest
Cibola
Kingdom
Quivira
Lawrence
Pittsburg
Salina
Independence
Dodge City
Liberty Memorial High School Class of 1936 Dinner Tonight
Carl H. Lavery will be toast master for the reunion dinner this evening at 6 in the Memorial Union ballroom. More than 100 attend. 84 members reside in Lawrence. Special guests include Guy P. Cross Topeka and several former teachers and students.
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Carl H. Lavery
Liberty Memorial High School
Memorial Union
Lawrence
Guy P. Cross
Topeka
Kate Riggs
Martha Rayhill
Cora Davenport
Mildred Newman
Pearl Carpenter
Neal Wherry
C. E. Birch
Iva Belle Harper
Joe Williams
Marston McCluggage
Ralph Allen
F. H. Olney
Mildred Sayre
Carlene Schubert
Ruth Albritton
Mildred Ewing Frakes
Ruth Warren Wilkin
Gwen Marie Hunt
Deep Purple
Nadine Stallard
Faye Anderson
Ruth Irene Oatman
Lean Cigaret Rations Strain Berlin Smokers
Berliners queue for cigarets before tobacconists with lines 25 to 30 yards long. Shops sell out despite officials denying a famine, citing transport problems. Locals smoke Bulgarian mixtures or occasional American brands arriving by diplomatic pouch, drawing attention from restaurant staff.
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Berlin
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Traveling Museum To Visit City On Weekend
A traveling museum with nearly 1000 articles will appear on Massachusetts street this weekend under the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The World Wonder Car exhibit, some items of which are U S government property, has toured the nation and parts of Canada and Mexico. Admission is 19 cents for adults and five cents for children, with the track parked in front of Weaver's tomorrow.
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Massachusetts Street
Junior Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Union
Canada
Mexico
Weaver’s
Joint Reunion Planned by K U Classes of 38 39 40
Charles Toberen heads a KU reunion committee for classes of 1938 39 and 1940. Plans call for Sunday June 8 at 4 PM on the campus with refreshments only due to limited prep time. A program will be arranged and the meeting place is to be announced. Committees include Velma Wilson Alice Russell Lela Ross Betty Raymond Jane Grimes C H Mullen and Bob Busby.
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Charles Toberen
K.U
Velma Wilson
Alice Russell
Lela Ross
Betty Raymond
Jane Grimes
C. H. Mullen
Bob Busby
Vet deferment urged for students on track to doctors
Topeka May 29 Adjutant General M R McLean Kansas selective service director urged draft boards to defer all students who show reasonable promise of becoming qualified doctors A survey by national defense authorities at Washington shows that the 12 000 veterinarians now
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Topeka
M. R. McLean
Kansas
Selective Service
National Defense
Washington
Shortage of Veterinary Graduates Threatens U.S. Live Stock Industry
McLean warns that practicing veterinarians remain static for a decade and new graduates barely cover deaths and retirements. He notes no alternate sources for veterinary doctors or withdrawn students. The War Department announces fall quota for the veterinary reserve corps.
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United States
McLean
War Department
Veterinary Reserve Corps
Highway work bids invited for K92 and K116 in Kansas
The Kansas highway department will accept bids June 17 at Oskaloosa for K92 and K116 projects. K92 covers 8.8 miles of double asphalt surfacing from Springdale to McLouth. K116 includes six miles of grading culverts and construction of two bridges in Jackson and Atchison counties.
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Topeka
UPI
Highway Department
Oskaloosa
Springdale
McLouth
Jackson
Atchison
Local Social News from Baldwin and Nearby Towns
Mrs Kenneth Houghland and children visited Baldwin relatives and dined with Mr Houghland’s parents in Olathe accompanied by Mrs Mary Martin. Miss Elisabeth Rankin of Traverse City will marry Perse Gaston of Toronto soon in Michigan. Families hosted gatherings in Lawrence Garnett and Chicago as illness and a funeral moved circle News notes from area households.
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Kenneth Houghland
Curtis and
Barbara
Goodland
Baldwin
Mr. Houghland
Olathe
Mary Martin
Houghland
I. C. Rankin
Elisabeth Rankin
Traverse City
Mich
Perse Gaston
Toronto
Canada
Albert
Chicago
Freda
Lobingiers
W. F. Charves
Betty
Maryville
Community Gleanings from Baldwin Area Notices
Obituaries, moves, births and first appearances in Baldwin and nearby towns. Mrs J H Chearves of Atchison spent Tuesday night and Wednesday in Baldwin as daughter Charves may enter Baker College next fall. Mr and Mrs Herman Butell welcome a daughter born last Friday in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Mrs Paul Reed dies in Fort Scott and is remembered as Mrs Carl Flickinger. Funeral services attended by Mrs F H Flickinger and Dr and Mrs Ralph Taylor in Fort Scott. Beulah Tharp leaves Baldwin for Morningside College training for Peace Caravans. Luana Whipple Baker student will join. William C Markham and family arrive from Washington DC for visit. Perry Sowers sells barber shop and plans to move to Illinois. Philip Pitt Campbell Baker alumnus dies in Washington DC. honored with 50 year medal. Rev R J Zeidler visits Baldwin friends at Topeka Methodist home.
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J. H. Chearves
Atchison
Baldwin
Charves
William Wood College
Fulton
Baker
Herman Butell
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Paul Reed
Ft. Scott
Carl Flickinger
Flickinger
William C. Markham
Washington, D. C
California
New Jersey
Perry Sowers
Topeka
Philip Pitt Campbell
Mr. Campbell
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