Senate Hedges Mid-June Adjournment Amid Tax and Relief Battles
Washington reports growing likelihood lawmakers will stay until mid June to finish relief and tax measures. Senate battles over a $2.37 billion relief bill and proposed tax changes pit Sen. Robinson against Sen. Vandenberg, with Roosevelt’s authority on projects like Passamaquoddy and the Florida canal under debate. Leaders warn progress may stretch to the Republican National Convention. tributes mark war dead as Roosevelt attends Arlington services.
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Washington
Compress
Robinson
D-Ark
Tador
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Roosevelt
Passaninia
Qooddy
Florida Ship Canal
Arlington Cemetery
Annanpelia
Hoover speculation as Republicans head for Cleveland convention
Washington reports an advance guard of campaign managers traveling to Cleveland ahead of the Republican National Convention. Hoover’s exact stance remains unclear though he has criticized the New Deal in recent addresses. Delegates and press fill most seats as 14 218 total are allocated and platforms attention focuses on tariffs and monetary plank disputes. Borah rejects a return to the gold standard as impractical.
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Hoover
Campair
Cleveland
Congress
New York
Borah
Golfers Play on New C C Course at Lawrence Country Club
More than 100 players joined the opening day for the Lawrence Country Club’s new 18 hole course as the annual flag tournament accompanied the event. T. W. Hartley and F. E. L. Haynes were the first to complete the full 18 holes, with scores not yet turned in. The layout promises easier walking versus the old nine hole design, with par 361 for each nine and hole lengths ranging 140 to 545 yards across the 18 holes.
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Lawrence Country Club
T. W. Hartley
FE. L. Haynes
Business Activity Up in Tenth District Amid Good Crop Prospects
The Kansas City Federal Reserve reports warmer weather and rains lifted crop conditions in the Tenth District. Seeding resumed after delays, winter wheat output rose due to greater fall planting and lower spring abandonment, while fruit crops suffered from late freezes. Farm income in Q1 1936 rose 20 percent from a year earlier and total cash income grew 7 percent, with general business activity holding above prior year levels.
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10Th
Federal Reserve
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
Great Plains
Department of Agriculture
Taken to Hospital in Washington Scuffle Involving Congressman
Mrs. Benjamin Scott Young says Representative Marion A. Zioncheck forced her from a subleased apartment. She was taken to Emergency Hospital with a fractured right hip after a confrontation described as a series of scuffles. Police had earlier refused arrest, citing congressional status, as tensions over possession escalated.
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Washington
Benjamin Scott Young
Marion A. Ziencheck
Young
Zion
Zioncheck
Pittsburgh
Kansas Weather Forecast and Road Report Summary
Partly cloudy to unsettled conditions with possible showers in the west tonight and Sunday. Warmer in the northwest tonight. Pittsburg should see clear to partly cloudy morning conditions. Douglas County roads reported as good despite dirt roads. Temperatures show 7 pm yesterday at minus 76 and today’s 7 am reading. yesterday’s high reached 85 with today’s low not specified.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Coe
Douglas
German Baptists Open Their Meet at Pleasant Grove
Pleasant weather today drew a large crowd to the German Baptist church conference opening at the Elmer Flory farm near Pleasant Grove. The 10 am session in a 2000 seat tent runs 2 pm this afternoon with sunrise services planned for Sunday and Monday.
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National Conference of the German Baptist Church
Elmer Flory
Pleasant Grove
Tensions Rise in North China After Bridge Destruction
In Tientsin two violent incidents heighten Sino Japanese strain. A bridge between Tangku and Tientsin was destroyed and an alleged attempt to wreck a Japanese troop train occurred with no casualties. Japanese authorities fear the act may be used as a pretext for intervention amid Japan's redeployment of 3,000 more troops, bringing total North China forces to about 10,000.
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Chuanliangchen
Tangku
Japan
North China
Woman Drowned in Smoky Hill Flood Waters
A woman drowned in the Smoky Hill floodwaters southwest of here after heavy rains in eastern Colorado and western Kansas drove the stream to its highest level on record. The victim was Mrs. Jame Goodland of Kansas. An elderly Dyatt woman on the stream banks survived.
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Smoky Hill
Here
Colorado
Kansas
Jame Goodland
Kan
American Soldier Dead Honored Today
Washington observers paid tribute to fallen soldiers with Civil Spanish American and World War veterans parading along Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues. Arlington National Cemetery held mid day ceremonies with Pershing and Secretary Roper as Roosevelt watched. Belgium and Annapolis Navy events followed.
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Constitution
Arlington National Cemetery
John J. Pershing
Roper
Roosevelt
Belgium
United States
Leopold
Naval Academy Midshipmen
Annapolis
Stephen Decatur
Philadelphia
Bay of
Tripoli
Robert Mills
Washington Monument
Mills
Congressional
Harry Rene Lee
Nashville,Tenn
Shaw Leads Race Auto Wreck Kills
Wilbur Shaw led the 500 mile Indianapolis race long enough to set multiple records as Babe Stapp trailed by eight seconds at 150 miles. Rex Mays set a track speed record early, but clutch and mechanical issues eliminated several top drivers. A fatal crash near Lawrence occurred when Mrs. Bahnmaier’s car overturned. her daughter Mrs. Tobler and grandson survived.
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Indianapolis
Wilbur Shaw
Edgbert
Babe" Stapp
Los Angeles
Shaw
Cummings
Babe Stapp
William “Shorty” Cantlon
Detroit
Winn
Roberts
Louis Meyer
Connor
Chet Miller
MacKenzie
Horn
Wild Bill Cummings
Rex Mays
Mays
Fred Frame
Stapp
Jimmy Snyder
Chicago
Johnny Seymour
Escana
Charles F. Bahnmaier
Maine Street
Earl Tobler
Minnesota Avenue
Topeka
Lawrence
Highway 40
Les Stillinger
Memorial Hospital
C. E. Hundley
Route 4
Savas
Bahnmaker
Charles Bahnmaier
Sam Dark
Lecompton
Ernest Wolfkuhte
Lecommmion
Everett Mitchell
Lead Hill
Ark
Edna Corn. Lawrence
Anthony Dittrich
Will Bucheim
Fred Bucheim
Federal Employees Meet at Haskell Institute Campus
About 34 delegates attend the annual meeting of the Kansas State Federation of Federal Employees at Sacajawea hall on the Haskell Institute campus. Russell M. Kelley, acting superintendent, gives the welcome at 10:30. Committees prepare reports for 1:30 as business sessions begin. Earl Hogue of Denver, national organizer, to speak at 4 o'clock and again at a dinner tonight at the Colonial.
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Kansas State Federation of Federal Employees Union
Sacajawea Hall
Haskell Institute
Russell M. Kelley
Haskell
Earl Hogue
Denver
Federation
Colonial
KU to Hold 34th Summer School Registration in June
University of Kansas announces the start of summer session registration on June 9 and 10 in the Administration building with classes beginning Thursday. Enrollment will be in room 112 Act building and Robinson gym on June 10, with final exams slated August 5. The law school will run two terms ending July 11 and August 15. In Richmond, Virginia on Memorial Day an auto truck crash killed five young people and injured three, two of whom died.
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University of Kansas
K. U
Act
Robinson Gym
School of Law
Richmond, Va
Here
Decoration Day Observed in Lawrence with World War Ideals
Lawrence observes Decoration Day with three special ceremonies led by Prof E C Buehler of the University of Kansas, urging renewal of World War II era democratic ideals. Events at South Park, a flag presentation at city hall, and a sea burial commemoration at the Kaav River bridge featured music, readings, and patriotic tributes.
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E. C. Buehler
Department of Speech and Dramatics
University of Kansas
South Park
Buchter
Kaav River
GAR
Lawrence High School
Frank Dodds
Women's Relief Corps
Alfred Lawrence
Buehier
Lawrence High Hand
Logan
Maj
Frank E. Jones
Lincoln
C. J. Winter
First Christian Church
Hans Grege
Grege
K. U
Two Persons Missing in Granada Flooding
Granada Colorado on May 20 faced 18 inches of floodwater washing away highways and railroads as Wolf and Granada Creeks rose. Two people fled to high ground overnight but were later unaccounted for, including Don Gates of Denver whose car was swept off Highway 40 near Stratton and an unidentified youth near Carlton after his car was found in flood waters six miles east of Lamar.
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Colo
Colorado
Lamar
Wolf
Don Gates
Denver
Stratcon
Here
Carlton
Growing Weather Forecast For Kansas May 30
S D Flora, federal meteorologist, predicted more ideal crop growing conditions across Kansas today and Sunday. Rain is expected where needed and sunshine where required with highs in the upper eighties in eastern Kansas and upper seventies in western Kansas. Memorial Day closes major New York markets as traders observe the holiday. Joan Crawford named godmother to 16 children and over 200 others reportedly bear her name.
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S. D Flora
Kansas
New York
United States
Joan Crawford
State Regents Study Budgets for State Institutions
At a Topeka meeting the state board of regents discussed proposed budgets for state institutions for the coming year. Chairman Charles M. Harger noted a possible special legislative session to fund a chemistry building at Kansas State College, and a Dyche museum project at the University of Kansas remains under consideration. Salary requests include increases but hinge on state school registration figures and potential changes October 1. The board emphasized that salary hikes depend on registration and several other items were addressed.
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State Board of Regents
Topeka
BE. HL Lindley
Rayonda Sichols
K. U
Slite
Chrles M. Harger
Certificates Awarded To Eight In First Aid Class
Eight women completed five weeks of first aid instruction led by J M Johnson, Douglas County Red Cross, with sessions at the Kansas Electric Power building. Fifteen hours earned certificates for the class, qualifying them as first aiders to handle accidents. Recipients: Sylvia Burd. Mrs James M Endacott. Mrs Ruth F Brown. Mrs Barwin P Gerard. Mrs Ervil F Heff. Mrs Jessie Stott. Mrs C D Clark. Mrs Herman Tuscher Jr. Johnson plans a Baldwin junction course to open a first aid station to cut auto injury deaths. 51 injured there last year received no aid. An advanced course is planned for next fall.
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J. M. Johnson
Douglas County
American Red Cross
Kansas Electric Power Company
Sylvia Burd
James M. Endacott
Ruth F. Brown
Barwin P. Gerard
Ervil F. Heff
Jessie Stott
C. D. Clark
Herman Tuscher
Johnson
Baldwin Junction
Red Cross
Future of Church to Be Discussed by Ministers
Ministers and representatives from nine denominations will discuss The Church Whither Are We Going at First Christian Church next Sunday evening at 745. Dr. Robert A. Hunt will chair the panel which aims to inform on contemporary work and future needs of each church body. Public invitation extended.
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First Christian Church
Robert A. Hunt
Willow Springs and Eudora Township Committees Formed
The last Douglas county township meetings elected soil conservation committees. Willow Springs chose Otto Hack as chairman with O V Kring as vice chairman Dan Johanning and Charles Elm as alternates. Eudora selected Roger Stanley as chairman W W Gerstenberger as vice chairman W W Dolling and Q E Yotan as alternates. Decoration Day closures at KU noted. New Ford V-8 mentioned.
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Douglas County
Willow Springs
Eudora
Otto Hack
O. V. Kring
Dan Johanning
Charles Elm
Eudora Township
Roger Stanley
W. W. Gerstenberger
W. W. Dolling
Q. E. Yotan
Liberty Memorial High School Class Commencement Delightful
A large crowd attended Liberty Memorial high school's commencement at the auditorium. Tom Collins of the Kansas City Journal-Post delivered the informal address on Personality, focusing on how a good personality aids success. Diplomas were presented by A. H. Ewing with Marston McCluggage assisting, while the orchestra and vocal groups performed. The event closed with the Star Spangled Banner.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Tom Collins
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Kansas City Journal-Post
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Lawrence
C. E. Birch
Collins
Colling
Dia
Youth Courageous
George Dasch
Russell Krink
Ralph Allen
Oscar Rumsey
Frank Gurtler
Samsou Smart
Jeanne Moyer
Betty Bridges
Bob Pine
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