Mellon Proposes Federal Tax Cut To Aid Business
Treasury plan seeks a flat one percent cut in individual and corporate tax rates, reducing on the first four thousand to one half percent and on the next four thousand to two percent, with the balance dropping from five to four percent. The proposal aims to spur recovery with a resolution in Congress and would cost about 85 million daily in the near term, supported by leaders and industrial executives as a needed boost amid stock market strains.
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Ini
Mellon
Actian
Hawley
House
Enon
Congress
Apath
Busic
TeHran
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Andrew Melon
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel
Tan
Melton
Francis H. Sigson
The
Guaranty Trust ’Company
Percy H. Johnston
Ghsutival
National Pak Ss
Mellon Avill
Employment Not Affected by Wall Street Upheaval, Labor Bulletin
The Labor Department reports its monthly bulletin shows industrial employment largely unchanged despite the financial upheaval. Automobile plants show declines, while cotton textile conditions improve only spottily. Increases occur in shipyards jewelry radio and electrical goods boots and shoes and coal mining areas, with silk goods remaining strong.
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Wall Street
Labor Department
Washington
Department of
Idbot
Ottober
Wall Street rallies after week of liquidation
Stocks on the New York market rose sharply as prices jumped by 2 to 20 a share in a brief session. Trading totaled 5,569,360 on the stock exchange and 2,287,500 on the curb. Key closing prices included U S Steel 160.50, American Can 162.50, Westinghouse 119.40, General Electric 190, Johns Manville 105, General Motors 38, Radio 333, Montgomery Ward 56.87, Columbia Gas 62.75, American Telephone 217, Union Pacific 213.87, Standard Oil of New Jersey 358.50, Sears Roebuck 86.62.
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New York
Wall Street
Groam -Toay
New York Strick Exchange
General Electric
Johns Mansville
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Columbia Gas
American Telephone
Union Pacific
N. J
Sears Roebuck
English Expert Visits Lawrence Schools Today
Miss Gertrude Brown of Emporia Teachers College visits Lawrence schools for National Education Week observation. She tours elementary English departments, meets principals at Broadview Inn, addresses elementary teachers on English Teaching, and speaks to Lawrence high school teachers and students on Student Government at a district dinner.
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Lawrence
Gertrude Brown
Emporia
Teachers College
Lawrenc
Board of Education
Brown
Pine English
Broadview Inn
Elemonary
Gaye
Lawrence Schol
Miss Brown
Liquor and Gas Do Not Mix Petition Seeks Receiver
Muskogee Oklahoma November 14 AP. Charles Grosscurth president of Muskogee Natural Gas is accused of being too tied to Havana Cuba and Montreal Canada to run the company. D S Howard and Mrs Elizabeth Mills officials seek a receiver. De Mayo once led the firm and financed it with Grosscurth. The gas company holds a 25 year franchise to dispense gas locally.ARE OFFICERS OF CLUB.
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Muskogee
Oklo
Charles. Grosscurth
Havana
Cuba
Montreal
Canada
D. S. Howard
Elizabeth Mills
Muskogee Natural Gas Company
Frank
Chee Chee
Kansas
City
Tulsa
Grosscurth
Howard
Mills
Ere
de Mayo and
Gresscurth
University Club names officers for year
Prof F W Blackmar will direct the University Club activities with Dr R C Moore as vice president Prof Philip Readio secretary and Frank Banks treasurer Readio was elected to replace Prof Guy Smith Mamivers on the board of directors alongside K K Landes R B Stevens Prof McYoung W C Simons and Fr U S C Back Is Out. Los Angeles notes USC halfback Harry Edelson will miss the Chicago trip for Saturday’s Notre Dame game AP report
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F. W. Blackmar
University Club
R. C. Moore
Philip Readio
Frank Banks
Readio
Guy Smith
Mamivers
K. K. Landes
R. B. Stevens
McYoung
W. C. Simons
U. S.C
Los Angeies
Harry Edelson
University of Southern California
iChicagoy
Notre Dame
Harcold Vani Metre
Kansas Weather Forecast With Colder Regions Included
Weather notes indicate mostly fair conditions with a cooler spell in the extreme south. Morning cloudiness and light snow are mentioned with muddy roads except in Coffeyville and Douglas County. Temperature data is incomplete but references yesterday morning and today noon values.
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Kansas
Coffeyville
Douglas County
Jury Deadlocks in Barnes Manslaughter Case
The November term manslaughter trial of Pearl Barnes ended with a hung jury and Judge Hugh Means discharged the jury. County Attorney Harry Frazee said he will likely not retry Barnes on manslaughter but will pursue charges of possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor. Charles Studer was killed in a separate incident near Lawrence involving Glen Dague. A civil case, Unique vs Abrams, ended in a defense verdict after ten minutes. Judge Deans called a recess until Monday at 9 AM to continue civil docket work.
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District Court
Hugh Means
Harry Frazee
Barnesi
Barnes
Glen Dague
Bates
Lawrence
Charles Studer
Uver
Slader
Unique Irust
George Abrams
Abrams
Deans
Kansas Forecast Promises Fair Weather After Rain
The federal weather bureau predicted improving conditions for Kansas after days of rain and snow. Snow remained in southern and eastern Kansas while western areas saw sub freezing temperatures as highs struggled to reach around 30 degrees. Tonight’s lows were expected near 16 in the west and 2 in the east as outlook called for continued unsettled weather in the west and northwest.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal Weather Bureau
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Western
Senate Vote Defies Call for Weeklong Recess
The Senate rejected a one week recess before Congress reconvenes December 2 by a 84 to 1 vote, with Capper and Allen dissenting. Senators Harrison and others pushed tariff moves while health and rest debates failed to alter the schedule.
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Senate
Congress
Capper
Allen
Karidas
Harrison
Mississippi
South Carolina
Copeland
New York
Freshman Frances Armstrong Dies During Operation
Frances Armstrong an 18 year old freshman in the University School of Engineering and Architecture died on the operating table at Johnson hospital Chanute following a minor operation performed at her Lawrence home. She roomed at 1007 Tennessee street while studying architecture.
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Engineering and Architecture
The
University
Johnson Hospital
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Lawrence
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Chanute
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Tennessee Street
Alumni Registration Planned for KU Homecoming Activities
Alumni will register for Kansas Missouri game and homecoming events with a registration headquarter in the Union lobby. Organized houses and individuals hosting guests must submit guest lists to the registration headquarters, with the first list due by 8 o clock Friday November 22 and a second by 5 o clock Saturday morning November 23.
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Union
Gelock
Gas poisoning fatal near Parsos Kansas
Monoxide gas killed Mrs. Mary Threat nine and her daughter Bernice sixteen in their home. James Threat reported a gas fire kept burning while he left for work and returned to find the fire still burning. The coroner attributed death to monoxide poisoning.
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Mary Threat
Bernice
James Threat
Hyde for reforestation as farm relief
Secretary Arthur M. Hyde told the Association of Land Grant Colleges that over expansion is a chief problem for American agriculture and proposed federal takeover of sub-marginal lands for reforestation. He warned land unsuited for farming should not be cultivated and noted high costs harming farmers on good lands.
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Arthur M. Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Hyde
Association of Land Grant Colleges” and Universities
Federal Farm Board
Si Hers
Alexander Tuing
United States
Scottish Rite Reunion Banquet Speakers Named In Kansas
John H. Cowles of Washington D C and Thomas G Fitch a 33rd degree Mason will headline the closing banquet of the fall Scottish Rite reunion in the Masonic temple at 7 o clock. Wm I Burdick is toastmaster and Dr R C Ardrey will respond for the class. Officers and members listed include A W Bungart Lawrence president H L Chaffin secretary treasurer and Dr R I C Ardrey orator with several Lawrence and nearby members named.
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Washington, D. C
Masonic Temple
Thomas G. Fitch
Kansas
Wm. I. Burdick
R. C. Ardrey
Edwin H. Varnum
Henry H. ‘Asher
F. Py’ Smith
Raymond A. Schwegler
A. Porter Hults
Tawrence
Graham
LeLoupe
Horton
Awrence
A. EB. Preseton
Baldwin
Charles M. Coon
Nortonvalle
Lab
W. Altman
Peter
Anderson Becomes Episcopal Bishop of Chicago Diocese
Right Reverend Charles P. Anderson of Chicago was consecrated as presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church serving the remaining two years of Bishop John Gardner Murray’s term after Murray’s death. Anderson’s first act was to appoint Hugh L. Burleson of South Dakota as his assistant.
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Chicago
Episcopal Church
National Organization For the Church
John Gardner Murray
Maryland
St. James Church
Atlantic City
Anderson
House of Bishops
Hugh L. Burleson
South Dakota
A 4-H Congress Trip Awarded to Hartman and Weeks
Miss Wilma Hartman and Glenn Weeks are awarded trips to the National Civil Congress in Chicago by the Rock Island railroad. The offers come as rewards for county champion 4-H Pork clubs, announced through state leader M. H. Coe.
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M. H. Coe
Pork
Rock Island_ railroad
National Civil Congress
Chicago
Glenn Weeks
Congress
Migs Hartman
Weeks
Salvation Army to Launch Charity Campaign Monday
Douglas County Salvation Army reports 182 families aided last year totaling 816 persons with food clothing toys Christmas baskets and fuel. Open air meetings reached 6675 attendees indoor services 3035 with gospel outreach at county jail and prisoner visits. Advisory board. Fred Olmstead joins as campaign begins Monday and local business leaders to assist.
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Douglas County
Osu
Focal
Halden
Young’ People’s League
Lawrence
Fred Olmstead
Trainor
Reneal Public
Young People's Legion
Cco
Cotal Attededa
Midweek Glee Club to Sing at Trinity Lutheran Church
Junior High Girls Glee Club from Dunike High to perform two numbers Now the Day is Over and Teach Me to Pray at Trinity Lutheran Church. Rev Puls leads a 15 minute community sing with 7 45 start time and 7 30 chimes. Thirty voices perform under Miss Hazel Lynn with Helen Whetstone at the piano. The event includes a 20 minute Bible talk on The Twelve Start Of and takes about an hour. Located at Bath and New Hampshire, all welcome.
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Johnson
Jewitt
Hazel Lynn
Glee Club
Frances Allen
Mary Jane Bowyer
Hilda Maze Bushey
Helen Conrad
Helen’ Whetstone
Lucille Willert
Helen Whetstone
Puls
Bath
New Hampshire
Abandoned Car Towed From Pleasant Grove
Deputy Sheriff Huston Tirner towed a 1927 Chevrolet coach from Pleasant Grove this morning. The car had sat in a driveway since last night with no license tags and a poster on the windshield bore the name Gene Lolita. The feed line on the car was stopped, and it would not run. In New York, the Fed raised the rediscount rate from 6 1/4 to 4 percent.
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Huston Tirner J
Pleasant Grove
Gene Lolita
Curner
Red Cross Captain Drives Milk Ordinance Campaign
A city-wide injunction case challenges the Lawrence milk ordinance. The plaintiff accuses Burger the milk inspector of unfair enforcement and seeks to restrain city officials and distributors from continuing milk distribution. The action centers on the ordinance’s scope and the inspector's powers outlined in the filing by George Melydy detheney for Arthur Pritzel.
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Coy AB. Lindley
City Attorrney
Cital
J. L
Constant
George Wetzel
Awg Johns
Floyd Hunter
John Callalan
Richard
Ughes
Charles Hughes
Vogler
John Ingalls
George
James Weed
Charles
Galhutm
iHayter
Henry Smith
George Atcheson
James “Mestag
Barger
Burger
Lawrence
Judgenent
Costa
Red Cross Roll Call Opens County Drive on Armistice Day
The thirteenth annual Red Cross Roll Call starts with a county quota of 4000 to raise and a Lawrence campaign. University solicitors report 663.30 in subscriptions, about 66 percent of their quota. National sororities largely contribute, faculty oversubscribes its 500 goal, and Douglas County committees report progress with pledges totaling about 1500 after three days.
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Red Cross
Ag Wota
LH. Menger
Americs Red Ci
Lawrence
Samed Tigh
University Sollietors
Emily Ferris
Hads
Douglas County
Olin K. Fearing
Douglas
SLI Hasen
Rev Astman Speaks at the Methodist Supper
A church supper at Wie First Methodist drew about 10 attendees. Rev Kewin F Price led singing during devotion. Dr Gordon spoke on Church Loyalty, urging denials of self, daily cross bearers, and a strong church mission. Mrs Towne sang a solo replacing Lane Poll as soloist for the event.
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First Methodist Church
David Parker
Mary Fulton
Kewin F.price
Wm. T. Stout
Harry A. Gurdon
Andy
Vatly
Gordon
Nice Medeverian
Christ
Jesus Christ
Lfe
Joeyus
Thanksgiving Proclamation Declares Day of Thanks in Lawrence
Lawrence Kansas mayor Robert C Rankin proclaims November 28 1929 as a day of thanks asking citizens to attend worships and give thanks for year’s blessings including a new city hospital and city hall funded by generous citizens. Weather and snow reports follow from Salina and surrounding towns noting cold conditions and partial road impassability.
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Robert C. Rankin
Lawrence
Kansas
Lawrence Thia
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