Senate price dispute over farm parity and wage powers
Washington May 31 Senate debate widens over government price controls and farm parity. Senator Taft argues Roosevelt lacks authority to fix prices while Senator Thomas seeks a broad parity price investigation and legal formula. Henderson defends executive power under wartime precedent as Chairman Smith forecasts committee action.
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Senate
Capitol
Tait
Ohio
Roosevelt
Taft
Thomas
D-Okla
Congress
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
Leon Henderson
Office of
Public Administration
Henderson
Agriculture Committee
Price Administration
Wilson
Smith
D-S.c
Ex King Prajadhipok of Siam Dies in England
London May 31 ex King Prajadhipok of Siam the last absolute ruler of the Far East died of heart disease at his Surrey estate at age 47 He ruled from 1925 to 1935 and had lived in England with Queen Rambai Barni with a staff of 40 servants funded by Thailand.
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London
Prajadhipok
Siam
Thailand
Far East
Surrey
United States
Buddha
England
Rambai Barni
Marine dies in Pacific coast stock car race crash
Private William B. Blackwell 21 from Arkansas City Kan. was fatally injured yesterday in a stock car race crash on the Pacific coast circuit. Blackwell had been AWOL from Alameda Naval Air Station since May 19. He died minutes after hospital arrival from a fractured skull, broken back and internal injuries. Lt. Edward E. Mann said a telegram from Eureka stated Blackwell would report by six with desertion pending.
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Oakland
Calif
William B. Blackwell
U. S. Marine
Arkansas City
Kan
Mann
Eureka
Blackwell
Exhibit in Snow Hall marks KU seventy fifth anniversary
The University of Kansas hosts a pressed plant display in Snow Hall as part of the seventy fifth anniversary events. About 400 pressed plants, some flowering, are arranged by the botany department led by Dr Worthie Horr on the third floor. A fungi exhibit is arranged by W E Booth who is researching fungi.
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Snow Hall
University of Kansas
Worthie Horr
W. E. Booth
Theater Attractions This Week at Local Screens
Sunday to Wednesday Love Crazy with William Powell and Myrna Loy leads. I Wanted Wings features Ray Milland and Veronica Lake. Adam Had Four Sons stars Ingrid Bergman. Model Wife with Joan Blondell and Dick Powell. Co Feature A Man Betrayed with John Wayne. Chad Hanna stars Henry Ford Fonda Dorothy Lamour. Melody for Three with Jean Hersholt. Monster and the Girl with Ellen Drew. Phantom Cowboy co feature with Don Red Barry.
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William Powell
Myrna Loy
Ray Milland
William Holden
Wayne Morris
Brian Donlevy
Constance Moore
Veronica Lake
Adam
Warner Baxter
Ingrid Bergman
Fay Wray
Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
Man
John Wayne
Frances Dee
Chad Hanna
Henry Fonda
Dorothy Lamour
Linda Darnell
Melody
Jean Hersholt
Monster and
the Girl
Ellen Drew
Robert Paige
Phantom Cowboy
Don “Red” Barry
General Gruber Dies at Fort Leavenworth
Brig. Gen. E L Gruber commandant of Fort Leavenworth staff schools died suddenly of a heart attack while playing bridge at the post He was 61 A West Point graduate he wrote The Cassions Go Rolling Along and served in World War I His funeral plans await Mrs Gruber’s recovery and Lt Gen Gruber will be succeeded by Converse Lewis as acting commandant
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Kan
E. L. Gruber
Army
Command and General Staff
Fort Leavenworth
Philippines
Gruber
Field Artillery
West Point
Kentucky Miliary Institute
Command and General Staff School
Seventh Field Artillery
Fort Ethan Allen
Eugene Lysle
Ohio
Lesley J. McNair
Washington
German Imperial Riding School
Cal
Converse Lewis
United States Disciplinary Barracks
General Gruber
Merritt Lake
Arlington National Cemetery
Indian Art Exhibit Displayed at University of Kansas
Indian art from Haskell Institute is shown in the design department exhibit room at the University of Kansas. The walls feature Indian prints by renowned artists and woven pieces from Haskell. Indian marionettes in white buckskin with carved heads by Haskell students are displayed in cases with hand sewn beaded costumes.
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University of Kansas
Haskell Institute
Haskell
Freyburg Reported Alive After Air Crash Rumor
London reports that CP General Freyburg commander of British forces in Crete is alive with his troops, despite a German radio claim that he was killed in an air crash while flying from Crete to Egypt and deserting his command.
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London
CC. Freyburg
Crete
War Office
Freyberg
Egypt
Landon to Speak at Simpson College Indianola Commencement
P A M Landon will deliver Simpson College commencement in Indianola Iowa next Monday on the topic On Our Way Where He will renew his critique of President Roosevelt foreign policy The address will be broadcast over the network at 10 30 a m
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Topeka
Landon
Simpson College
Indianola
Eegant Network
Roosevelt
Glide landing on golf course saves two in midair mishap
Holmes and Earl Peterson survived a 1000 foot flight when a cylinder head blew. Holmes cut ignition and made a controlled glide into a golf course crowded with 300 players. The 14th fairway offered a calm landing with a short approach to the green. Des Moines farmer Ernest L Moore noted as a long term tenant reveals ownership of 10 acres since his father’s death.
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Chicago
Herbert Holmes
Earl Peterson
Holmes
Des Moines
Ernest L. Moore
Moore
Sheldahl
Ernest
Kansas City Philharmonic Director to Join Sigma Phi Epsilon
Karl Kreuger director of the Kansas City Philharmonic will be initiated into Sigma Phi Epsilon at the University of Kansas chapter house at 11 tomorrow. He postpones his South America conducting tour four days to attend the ceremony then departs for New York City after the event. A 1 o'clock banquet in Memorial Union follows with Judge Earl W. Frost among attendees, as alumni from Topeka and Kansas City plan to attend including Judge Wal ter A. Huxman and Justice Hugo Wedell.
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Karl Kreuger
Kansas City Philharmonic
Sigma Phi Epsilon
University of Kansas
Kreuger
South America
New York City
Kansas Room
Memorial Union Building
Earl W. Frost
Kan
Sas
Death of Wendell Wade Reported in City Notices
Death of infant Wendell Wade grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wade of 212 East Eighteenth Street announced. Wendell was the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Fris S. Lockard of Victorville.
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J. E. Wade
East Eighteenth Street
Wendell Wade
Fris S. Lockard
Victorville
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