Roosevelt Pushes Flexible Public Works Funding Plan
President Roosevelt urged flexible allocation for a 2.247 billion public works bill, warning unemployment worsened and emergency jobs must start now. He sent a formal letter to Senator Adams detailing the administration’s stance and pressing immediate project start dates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Adams
D-Colo
Congress
Hyde Park
N. Y
Senator Adams
Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
The
Treasury
Boston Report Links Communists to Labor and Transport Control
A Massachusetts special commission after eight months of study accuses the Communist party of aiming to control transport and labor to paralyze the country in war. It cites alleged Communist control of the National Maritime union on the Atlantic coast and Massachusetts ports, while NY union spokesmen deny outside control. The report warns of possible civil war if such power were used during conflict. It contrasts AFL leadership actions with CIO behavior.
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Boston
Communist Party
Massachusetts
National Maritime Union
Atlantic
New York
Communist Pa
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Commencement Exercises For Ore ad Training School
Twenty three students in caps and gowns received diplomas at the Memorial Union ballroom this afternoon. Dr. F O Russell presented the class and Dr R A Schwegler delivered the address. A reception followed the exercises.
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Oread Training School
Memorial Union
F. O. Russell
Dread Training School
R. A. Schwegler
Six Charged In Dewey Looting of Seven Investment Trusts
New York June 1 six persons indicted for looting seven investment trusts with assets over 16 million dollars. Authorities allege Continental Securities played a keystone role with initial financing and legal advice from Thomas W. Morris and Ralph H. Robb. Dewey notes the case involves grand larceny and stolen property charges tied to drastic portfolio shrinkage from 4 million to 50 thousand dollars.
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Dewey
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Vincent E. Ferretti
With & Totr
Continental Securities Corporation
Keystone
Boston
Thomas W. Morris
Ralph H. Robb
Robb
Wakefield
Mass
Morris
Belmont
John J. Bennett, Jr
New York State
Continental
Chinese front lines falter under Japanese air power
Shanghai reports Gen Chiang Kai-Shek’s defenses along the Sunghai railway weakening as Japanese air strikes target Lanfeng and surrounding rail hubs. Tokyo claims Ningling seizure while Doihara’s division may be encircled. Chinese insist Pohsien holds and gates withstand tank assaults.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sunghai
Lanfeng
Army of
Nippon
Kaifeng
Chengchow
Central China
Hankow
China
Ningling
Kweiteh
Kenji Doihara
Doihara
Pohsien
Officials Stirred U.S. To Be Sympathetic In Income Tax Matter
Roswell Magill undersecretary of the treasury pledged sympathetic treatment to states over back taxes for state and local officials once thought exempt from federal income taxes. He avoided committing on retroactive taxation legislation. A large delegation warned that after a Supreme Court ruling on New York port authority employees government workers nationwide fear taxes for years back to 1926.
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U.S
Washington
Roswell Marill
The
Treasury
Magill
Supreme Court
New York Port Authority
United States
Insurgent Drive Near Valencia Fierce Frontline Fighting
Insurgents under General Francisco Franco push toward Valencia in a major offensive east of Teruel. Warplanes bomb eastern coast targets as infantry and artillery attack government positions along the Teruel Sagunto Valencia corridor. Frontier reports say bombing near Grenollers could have over 500 dead and many injured.
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Hendaye
France
Teruel
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Sagunto
Grenollers
Barcelona
Rains Damage Wheat Across Kansas
Heavy rains on ripening wheat injure crops in southeastern and south central Kansas. Orange leaf rust threatens yields, with frosts and hail causing further damage in western areas. Farm work delayed as rainfall continues.
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Topeka
South Central
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Kansas
Pass New Drug Bill Goes Back To Senate For Action
The House passed a new food and drug bill to modernize the 32 year old law. It returns to the Senate, which approved it a year ago, for action on major changes. The bill bans misbranding, requires testing of new drugs, and authorizes standards for foods with higher penalties for violations.
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Senate
Washington
House
Wallace
Kidnapped Jimmy Cash Sparks Florida Manhunt
In Princeton Florida on June 1 hundreds of volunteers join a massive manhunt for five year old Jimmy Cash, kidnapped for a $10,000 ransom. FBI Inspector E J Connolly and Sheriff D C Coleman coordinate searches across citrus groves and Everglades areas as authorities hold details. M F Braxton, a 55 year old carpenter, is seized by FBI agents during the manhunt and taken to Miami for questioning. A local shooting suicide near Cutler is noted as unrelated.
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Princeton
Fla
Jimmy Cash
James Bailey Cash
M. F. Braxton
Miami
Braxton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cutler
Princton
Veterans Organizations
CCC
E. J. Connolly
FBI
D. C. Coleman
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton, Fla
Three Injured When Car Skids Near Dutton Bridge
A Ford sedan carrying Laura Patmon and two others veered off Highway 59 south of Lawrence near Dutton bridge. Patmon, 21, suffered a scalp wound, her niece Esther Buchanan 6, lacerations on the forehead, and Vernon Mauldin 20 sustained a shoulder injury. All were treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. damage to the 1935 V-8 was about $200. Rain fell at the scene.
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Dutton Bridge
Highway 59
Lawrence
Laura Patmon
Baldwin
Esther Buchanan
Ottawa
Vernon Mauldin
Kansas City
Kan
Ft. Riley
Patman
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
George Price
Two Children Drown Near Sharon Springs Kansas
Two 10 year old girls Harriett and Geraldine Merritt cousins drowned while wading in Eagle Tail creek near Sharon Springs Kansas after a Sunday downpour filled the normally dry stream. Two boys playing with them alerted others and rescue efforts took 35 minutes before the bodies were recovered.
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Sharon Springs
Kan
Harriett
Geraldine Merritt
Eagle Tail Creek
Smoky Hill Flood Reaches New Crest Across Kansas
Early today rising Smoky Hill floodwaters marooned a Ellsworth family and surrounding areas, with 40 houses flooded and several bridges washed out. The river near Russell and Marquette reached record highs as residents moved livestock to higher ground and awaited crest estimates.
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Ellsworth
Smoky Hill
Frank Spousta
Long Mason
Spousta
Wilson
Russell County
William Montgomery
John Maier
Hollandsworth
William Bangert
Highway 8
Russell
Trafic
Concordia
C. Corkhill
Nebraska
Republican
Junction City
Kansas River
Salina
Abilene
Marquette
McPherson County
Kansa
Casement to Speak on Farm Policy in Lawrence
Dan Casement of Riley county speaks in Lawrence Thursday evening June 2 under the Douglas County Taxpayers League. The meeting, at 7 30, may be outdoors in South Park or indoors at the courthouse if bad weather. Business men and farmers are invited. Casement opposes regulation and government farm programs.
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Dan Casement
Riley County
Lawrence
Douglas County
Twister Damages Farm Near Hill View Golf Course
Dr. A. P. Hults reports four small twisters about 100 feet wide moved in a west wind and flattened a small oat field south of his home on highway 59 near Hill View golf course. The twister swept the area around 6 o clock last evening. Mr. Hults described the occurrence.
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A. P. Hults
Highway 59
Hill View
Hults
Wheat yield may be disappointing in Douglas county
Douglas county wheat looks near perfect to casual observers yet farmers expect yields well below last year. Army worms and heavy rains at bloom hurt grain fill, with Dave McCreath farm showing few heads containing more than two grains. Potatoes in Kaw Valley mostly good aside from waterlogged low spots.
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Douglas County
Deal Six
Dave McCreath
McCreath
W. A. Courtney
Journal-World Office
R. K. Glaathaar
Glaathaar
Courtney
Glanthaar
Six
Kaw
Government reorganization issue looms for 1939 Congress
Senate and House reorganization leaders backed by President Roosevelt said a form of reorganization bill would be considered by the new 1939 Congress. They argued the public wants efficiency and economy, while noting widespread opposition to the recently considered measure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Byrnes
D-S.c
Warren
Dn.d
Senate
House
Congress
Highway bill clears Congress for federal road funding
Washington June 1. The conference report on a federal highway bill won final congressional approval, authorizing 357 million dollars for 1940 and 1941 and 150 million dollars of old unused appropriations. The measure goes to the White House. Senator Hayden said new authorizations total 158.5 million for 1940 and 191 million for 1941.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Hayden
D.-Ariz
Second Largest Kansas Wheat Crop Predicted
Santa Fe agricultural department forecasts a 200 million bushel Kansas wheat crop, the second largest in history, assuming moderate weather. Western regions show strong conditions after timely rains, while eastern areas face flood damage, leaf rust, and a two to three week harvest delay due to heavy rains and cool weather.
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Topeka
Kansas
Santa Fe Agricultural Department
Governor Warns Patrol to Stay Within Duty Limits
Gov Walter A Haxman said he warned the highway patrol against overstepping their patrol duties but did not promise action against Patrol Superintendent Jack Jenkins despite labor leaders calls. The dispute centers on the arrest of Harry S Helgesen of Wichita by Kansas City officials and patrolmen, with charges later dismissed in Kansas. Helgesen was questioned at the Lawrence police station after being brought there by Sedgwick County and state officers, with no state troopers in the arrival party.
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W. P. Cash
Cash
James Cash
Princeton
Everglades
Topeka
Walter A. Haxman
Highway Patrol
Jack Jenkins
Jenkins
Kansas City
Harry S. Helgesen
Wichita
Helgesen
Kan
Haxman
Lawrence
Sedgwick County
Lightning at Eudora Mill Sparks Quick Fire Fight
Lightning struck the Eudora Mill yesterday evening around 5 PM. Dick Erwin and J. D. Adams acted fast, dousing the blaze after the strike blew fuses and cut the telephone line. No flames were seen and only minor damage was avoided as water was poured from barrels. Rain totals near Eudora reached 75 inches by 5 PM, with more after.
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Eudora
Dick Erwin
J. D. Adams
Erwin
Adams
Hopkins Stand Lauded by Iowa Treasurer
Des Moines Iowa June 1 Iowa Treasurer Leo J Wegman released what he called the substance of a telegram to Harry L Hopkins praising WPA chief Harry L Hopkins for endorsing Otha D Wearin in the Iowa Democratic senatorial primary. The message dated May 26 followed Gov Nelson G Kraschel criticism of Hopkins stance. The dispute intensified the final week primary between Wearin and three rivals opposing Sen Guy M Gillette.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leo J. Wegman
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Otha D. Wearin
Nelson G. Kraschel
Hopkins
Wearin
Guy M. Gillette
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate
Former Mayor Zimmerman Sentenced in Corruption Case
Ex Mayor George J. Zimmerman was convicted of accepting illegal fees while in office and sentenced to serve not less than two nor more than five years in Attica state prison.
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Buffalo
N. Y
George J. Zimmerman
Attica State Prison
Smith Executed for Holdup Killing in Indiana
John Dee Smith twenty two was executed in Indiana's electric chair in Michigan City for the holdup killing of Arlie H. Foster Fort Wayne restaurant owner.
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Michigan City
Ind
John Dee Smith
Indiana
Arlie H. Foster
Fort Wayne
Stock Market Index Edges Up Amid Quiet Trading
The index of 60 stocks rises to 38.1 from 37.1 the previous day as investors hold for later cues in a subdued session.
May Rainfall Sets Ten Year Record At Lawrence Station
May produced 7.61 inches of rainfall the tenth rainiest in 70 years at the Lawrence weather station. Normal for May is 4.75 inches, with 14.89 inches recorded for the five months, 2.13 inches above normal. Measurable rain fell on 19 days, the 2.28 inch maximum on May 19. Temperature averaged 0.7 degrees above normal at 64.45, with a high of 88 and a low of 39. Clouds dominated 64.52 percent of days.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Kaw
Altho
Kansas Electric Power Plant
Cameron’s Bluff
Depot Destroyed in Williams Town Blaze
The Williamstown depot burned yesterday afternoon. Lawrence firemen kept lines and poles from burning and used water from a Union Pacific locomotive tender. A. C. Campbell secured equipment and records. A Rock Island freight train was held briefly until the fire cooled.
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Williamstown
Lawrence Fire Department
Union Pacific
A. C. Campbell
Rock Island
Aid to Big Business Hit by Senate Relief Plan
Senator Holt denounces a relief bill provision allowing WPA funds to train household servants claiming it helps big business. The Senate approved the provision after Senator Adams argued it would aid colored people seeking better jobs and avoid relief rolls.
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Washington
Holt
D-W.va
Congress
Senate
Adams
Dcoro
Film Actor Held on Kidnapping Charge in Hollywood
Ralf Harolde, film actor once famous on stage, was jailed in Hollywood on suspicion of kidnapping seven year old Maurice Marshall Tomeo from Vine Street Elementary School playground yesterday. He denied the charges saying he intended only to take the boy to buy ice cream and was also charged with loitering on school ground.
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Hollywood
Ralf Harolde
Maurice Marshall Tomeo
Vine Street
New York
Ralph Harolde
Weather forecast for Kansas with scattered brightness
Kansas forecast shows fair tonight and Thursday with cooler southeast and warmer Thursday. Morning outlook partly cloudy at Emporia and Manhattan, elsewhere clear. Road conditions vary from muddy Ottawa to good Wichita, with other towns midrange. Rainfall 0.24 inch through 7 am today.
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Kansas
Emporia
Manhattan
Ottawa
Arkansas City
Coffeyville
Wichita
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