Postmaster General Farley confronted by job seekers in Kansas City
The Postmaster General faced a mob of applicants during a Kansas City visit as he considers the administration plan to extend the conservation corps for six more months. The program pays five dollars a month to each member with twenty five dollars directed to dependents, and observers note limited impact but some roads and forest fire facilities have improved. The plan eyes a March 1 wind-down with possible absorption of workers into private employment if NRA goals prove sound.
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Farley
Kansas City
Santa Claus
Army
Conservation Corps
NRA
What Will Henry Ford Do About NRA Policy
The question gains importance as the time nears for Ford to reveal his NRA stance. Speculation runs high, yet no clear information exists on his final action. Ford is already active, arranging matters so his name dominates front page headlines daily.
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Henry Ford
NRA
Mr. Ford
Reddy
Colin
The
Crossmore
Grand Central
Boby
Routh
Wells Foresees 1940 War Ending European Era
In a forecast a new book by H G Wells argues Europe will face a great war in 1940 that destroys current institutions and births a new order where war poverty and debts vanish. The article notes fortifications on France's eastern border, Saar basin tensions, and German war readiness in air and land within a year.
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Mr. Wells
Europe
France
Hitler
Saar
Germany
Kansas farm wealth rises as wheat and potato earnings grow
Kansas sees bank deposits rise by over 11 million since May 31 boosting cash reserves aided by high earnings in wheat and potato sectors. Farmers await wheat and pig bonuses to further strengthen finances while a Kansas City political scene shifts with Young Democrats and Big Six athletic directors in focus.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Big Six
Lawrence News Notes and Social Highlights
In Lawrence E E Trueblood and family arrived after a three week Salem visit. Gorrill family returned from Green Mountain Falls. Treworgy and Rutter party from Minneapolis visited Mrs Morrison and Mr Newman. Dale returns to Lawrence after six years in Kansas City and Woolf Bros stint. Theta Phi Alpha moves to 23 East 13th Street from 818 Kentucky Street. Camp attendees Henry Bolin McClung Atkins and Shore report benefits. Bolin crowned company boxing champion. Half Way picnic draws nearly 2000 at Fitzpatrick farm with A E Van Petten set to speak. McFarland family finished a 2500 mile motor trip through Missouri Illinois Ohio Michigan and Canada.
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E. E. Trueblood
Lawrence
Salem
Ind
Minn
R. A. Morrison
John Newman
R. B. Dale
Wilder Bros
Kansas City
Dale
Woolf Bros
Samuel Atkinson
Chester*Shore
Ft. Leavenworth
Vena Rolin
Fitzpatrick Farm
Fort-To-Fort
A. E.van Petten
Chamber of Commerce of
Topeka
E. T. McFarland
Missouri
Ohio
Michigan
Ilinois
Canada
We Have Water at Lawrence After Drought
Forty years ago on Saturday September 2 Lawrence suffered a seven day drought. Water works pumps started yesterday morning restoring supply to residents who rejoiced though the arrangement is temporary. If the city council and water company cannot resolve issues within thirty days, water pressure remains uncertain with the stand pipe lacking pressure.
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Lawrence
Prairie settlers prepare for Cherokee strip land rush
Direct pressure from the home house notes movement to Kansas plains. Mrs Moody returns from Chicago and M Newmark with son visit the World's Fair. Griggs relocates to Lawrence for education, 1027 Vermont Street. Barteldes & Co ships Douglas county grain to the World’s Fair. a 60 pound watermelon is among the goods. Over fifty prairie schooners head west toward the Cherokee strip where 30,000 farms await. The signal for the grand rush is set for noon September 16.
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Cockins
California
Henry Moody
Chicago
M. Newmark
Hull
Vera
Wichita
J. BR. Griggs
Topeka
Lawrence
Vermont Street
Barteldes & Co
Douglass County
Dan Sutter
Kaw Valley
Kansas Plains
Cherokee Strip
Swift
Rising Frustrates Franchise Debate With City Officials
A letters to the editor denounces the Kansas Electric Power Company franchise questions raised in yesterday’s Journal-World. The writer criticizes asphalt paving claims, cost estimates, and a proposed bus plan, urging a public vote and noting a lawsuit aims to protect taxpayers while excluding Massachusetts Street from the suit.
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Journal-World
the World Company
W._C. SIMONS
W. Murray
Dolph Simons
Massachusetts Btreat
Lawrence
Kansas
Advan
Kern Presses Franchise Vote And City Officials
Lutie Kern urges the Mayor and City Commissioners to withdraw the ordinance and submit the franchise issue to a public vote. He claims the law requires a special election and accuses officials of blocking voter input while promising settlement talks in the interest of taxpayers. Kern questions the franchise terms and urges the city to act for workers by restoring streetcar ties and rails and paving streets with durable materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutie Kern
Kern
Lawrence
Sern
Edw
T. Riling
Mr. Kern
Spalding
Kansas Electric Power Company
Asphaltum
Facial neuralgia and its surgical relief through trigeminal nerve sectioning
The article chronicles facial neuralgia or trigeminal neuralgia, its long history of suffering, and evolving treatments. It notes alcohol nerve injections offering temporary relief, followed by a surgical approach that sections part of the trigeminal nerve under local anesthesia. The procedure can reduce or end excruciating facial pain without full facial paralysis, though some numbness may occur.
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Button
England
1896 Death of Prof Walter M. Jay at Salina military school
Prof Walter M. Jay head master of St. John s Military School in Salina dies suddenly of brain fever on this date in Kansas history.
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Walter M. Jay
St. John's Military School
Salina
Homeopathic Doses in History by Dr Bumgardner
The text presents a piece by Dr Edward Bumgardner on homeopathic doses in history and includes a quoted Monroe Doctrine stance on American independence and European noninterference dated to December 2, 1823. It reflects themes of sovereignty, nonintervention, and the evolving US stance toward European powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bumgardner
Monroe
America
United States
Hidden Door thriller continues on North Shore quest
Detective writer Colin Hewitt is drawn into a deadly pursuit after Reddy Turner is killed by the Mask. He receives a coded letter about Lazarre and a dangerous mission to Cap a Orage on the Canadian coast. Colin travels by Bonaventure to Newfoundland bound towns, pondering how to deliver or destroy the letter while the Mask watches.
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Colin Hewitt
Reddy Turner
Colin
Mask
Reddy
Sixth Avenue
Lower
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Canadian Labrador
Capa Orage
Joe Lazarre
Lazarre
Tom
Blue
the Mask
Heaton Boyce
North Shore
Boyce
Montreal
Quebec
Bonaventure
New York
Howard
Labrador
Newfoundland
Newfoundand
Cap A l’Orage
Cap A
Mr. Howard
Donald Howard
Boston
Cap A |’Orage
Germaine Tremblay
Mademoiselle Germaine
Tremblay
Germaine
Frank L. Packard
Top Notch Sorrow Over Lost First Prize
In a tale by Mary Graham Bonner, Top Notch laments losing the first prize and earning four dollars and a half. Willy Nilly plans to raise funds by sharpening items, but efforts yield only ten cents from two pairs of scissors as rain remains scarce and umbrellas go unsold.
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Top Notch
Mary Graham Bonner
Willy Nilly
Quack
Mr. Quack
Jelly Bea
Christopher
Cotton Exports Value Falls in First Half of Year
Exports of U S cotton manufactures for the first six months totaled 20 691 000 dollars versus 25 451 000 for the same period last year. The report from Washington notes a decline in value during the period amid ongoing trade conditions. A detailed breakdown by product and destination is forthcoming from AP.
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Washington
United States
California Tomato Growers Harvest Record Acreage This Season
San Jose California reports 23 188 acres of tomatoes harvested this season with an estimated market value of 3 242 880 dollars. NRA code boosted prices by 25 percent adding more than half a million in extra profits for growers.
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San Jose
Cal
California
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Francisco
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Angeles
Broadway
Aube Bureau OF
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Parsons Sun
Kansas City Star
Clyde Reed
Alexander Legge
Legge
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Oes
Publishers Syndicate
Rising
Railway Company
Burch
Business Men's College
Lawrence Labor
Massachusetts Street
New York Academy of Medicine
Iago Galdston
Mulvey
Stamford
Busi
Ness
Lawrence National Bank
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