New Defense Bill Would Raise Funds for Defense
Washington reports that Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee unveiled a new defense financing bill. It would raise about 456 million dollars annually through a 10 percent tax on personal and corporate income, higher fuel taxes, liquor and cigarette tax hikes, beer tax rise, a 20 percent transfer tax increase, reduced theater exemption, and a 10 percent rise in various excise taxes set to take effect July 1.
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Thru Camera's Eye by Prof Taft at Kiwanis Lunch
Professor Robert Taft addressed the Kiwanis club at Wiedemann's on a century of photography in the United States. He displayed color flowers and daguerreotypes of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, then early family albums and stereoscopic views, noting photographs preserved likenesses near subjects' deaths. The talk covered Gettysburg after the battle Lincoln's second inaugural and Kansas railroad rise.
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Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann’s
United States
Professor Taft
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Tait
Gettysburg
Lincoln
Lawrence
Union Pacific
Kansas
Roosevelt seeks immediate funds for defense commission
President Roosevelt urged Congress to release 1 million dollars at once for the newly appointed national defense commission and asked for a further 1.2 million dollars to upgrade Langley Field laboratory facilities of the national advisory committee for aeronautics.
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Coronado Praised Kansas In 1541 Visit Legend Says Fairest Land
Lyons Kansas May 29 Coronado wrote the king of Spain that Kansas was the fairest land he had seen in all his travels during a 1541 visit that included a month in Kansas. The Kansas Coronado commission chairman Paul Jones notes the explorer’s praise and his long research on the southwest journeys.
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LeRoy Sanders and Albert Niemeyer Birthday Gathering
The McLouth gathering Sunday May 19 celebrated LeRoy Sanders birthday with cousin Albert Niemeyer of Leavenworth. Guests included the Kramer and Luce families, Leona Niemeyer, Alma Sanders, and other relatives. Edgar Schmidt visited from Toneka while Thomas Eugene Ferris born May 16 was announced by Dick and Mrs Ferris.
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Lester Meyers
Allie Meyers
Kansas City
Jesse Nickels
Miltonvale
Carroll
Arbela. Mo
Frank Harwood
Orville Snell
McLouth
Joe Stockwell
Tucson
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W. C. Ressmeyer
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Harold Sanders
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Albert Niemiever
Kramer
Near Tonganoxie
Elmer Luce
Theodore
Darryl Luce
Jarbalo
Leona Niemeyer
Laura Margaret Bennett
Elgie Luce
Alma Sanders
Ira Brammel
Manplehill
Maplehill
Brammel
Edgar Schmidt
Toneka
Dick Ferris
Thomas Eugene
Max Russel
Leslie Kimmel
Oskaloosa
Aliss Letha Jane Chapman
Altamont
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