Roosevelt Defends New Deal Spending Policy
President Roosevelt on Labor Day radio address defends New Deal spending as vital to re employment and drought relief. He cites $2.5 million more for the employment service to place workers in private jobs and urges continued public work to conserve soil and water while keeping farm prices stable. He argues government spending preserved industry and will lift workers from relief to private employment.
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Washington
Sept
CPI
Roosevelt
Drouth
United States Employment Service
White House
Alf M. Landon
Dole
Landon
Dreuth
Wallace
Employment Service
WPA
PWA
Bristow Seeks NYA Band Leader Amid WPA Shortage
Bristow Oklahoma to form a National Youth Administration band but cannot locate a leader. Only bandmasters on WPA relief rolls meet eligibility for the role, leaving the project awaiting a qualified conductor.
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Bristow
Okla
National Youth Administration
The Little Church in Black and White Reflects on Costs
The column by Stanley A. Curtis argues high prices and wages reflect life’s costs and the price of wisdom and the kingdom of God. It contrasts pride, self-denial, and self-dedication with enduring values, noting wages and pursuits shape what one can acquire.
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Stanley A. Curtis
Job
Earth
Jesus
God
General Features Syndicate
The Gorgeous Hussy at the Granada
A Granada review of The Gorgeous Hussy portrays Peggy O Neill as a pretty foil to Andrew Jackson era gossip. The plot centers on Rachel Jackson and the saloon keeper’s daughter amid political intrigue and rumors that helped shape public perception of Jackson.
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Old Hickory
Andrew Jackson
Granada
Peggy O'Neill
Capital
Jackson
Rachel Jackson
Mere S Egey O'Neill
Joan Crawford
Varied Diet for Babies Proposes Early Foods and Growth
Brooke Peters argues against exclusive milk feeding for infants. By age one, children can digest scraped beef, eggs, vegetables, baked potato, fruit juices, gelatin dishes, junket, and other foods under medical guidance. Milk remains important but not sole nourishment to prevent rickets and digestive issues.
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Brooke Peters Church
Value of varied diet for babies urged by medical finds
The text argues for relying on natural diet over modern baby books and methods. It notes parents resist newfangled trends while embracing vaccination and vaccines. It suggests many later-life corrections like orthodontia could be avoided if medical findings on baby diet were accepted.
Has Landon Signature Minneapolis Girl Obtains Autograph
Minneapolis girl Nancy Jane Dover fourteen visiting Lawrence for three weeks returns home with Alf Landon autograph. He writes Best Wishes on the cover of her Landon Scrap Book, a 140 page collection of Landon campaign stories and pictures since June 1. Dover is granddaughter of Mrs. W. T. Carpenter of 1735 Massachusetts Street. The Spaniards named California after an imaginary 16th century paradise legend.
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Minneapolis
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Lawrence
Alf Landon
Landon
Miss Dover
W. T. Carpenter
Massachusetts Street
California
Dead-Eye From Sunken Schooner Becomes Lamp Base
A washed ashore dead-eye at Pt San Pedro identified as belonging to the schooner James Rolph which foundered in 1910. The wooden block remained undamaged after 26 years under water and was repurposed as the base of a table lamp owned by George Lewis, proprietor of a local resort.
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James Rolph
George Lewis
Funeral services for Ira Edward Duno infant in Glenwood
Mrs. Scott Kirkham and Mrs. Harold Hodges attended the funeral of Ira Edward Duno infant son of Mr and Mrs Ira Duno of Glenwood. Duno is a nephew of the Kirkhams. The piece lists numerous visitors and social calls in Clinton Belvoir area, noting a tenth annual homecoming at the Presbyterian church with around 175 morning attendees and over 200 for the day, plus many visitors from Topeka Manhattan Columbia Parkville and Kansas City.
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Harold Hodges
Ira Edward Duno
Ira Duno
Glenwood
Duno
Kirkhams
Harry Dotson
Wichita
Lessie Demeritt
Fred Demeritt
Anna Dean
Kansas City
Effie Kampschroeder
Chester Baldwin
Lawrence
Merritt Woodward
Betty
Thelma
C. FB. Woodward
Columbia
John Warner
Colorado
Dan Warner
Topeka
Bruce Cummings
Charles
Presbyterian Church
Harley Dean
Jake Brubaker
Lois May
Oliver Dean Hardley
Edna Cummings
Margaret
Grace Denby
Manhattan
Howard Dean
Parkville
Arch Dean
Edgerton
Rachael and
Charles Czaplinski
Bruce McKee
Raymond McKee
John Tobler
Charles Martin
Clinton homecoming ceremony draws long‑time attendees
A historical Clinton homecoming event drew many locals including Cross Country Air Race winner tla, Doris Markley, Mr and Mrs Harry Green, Mrs Wes Payne, and others from Topeka Wichita Lecompton and beyond. A letter from Emporia was read. attendees noted relatives who attended church 50 to 75 years ago. Mrs Robert Steele, deceased, originated the Clinton homecoming, an event long anticipated.
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Tla
Doris
Richard Markley
Harry Green
Wes Payne
George Derby
Bradley
Lawrence
Elvin Herschel
Joan
Topeka
Harry Dotson
Wichita
Will Hill
Lecompton
Copley Clathe
Arnold
Charles Herschell
Charles
Elaine
Lone Star
Richard Petrie
Valley Grove
Walter Harvell
Richard
Wayne
Richland
C. E. Woodward
Columbia
Frank Dean
Emporia
Robert Steele
Clinton
High Prairie Ladies Aid Meets With Mrs Van Hoesen
The High Prairie Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Carl Van Hoesen on Wednesday. Nine members and one guest attended. Guests included Dorthy Gleason. members were Ruth Flory, Helen Gleason, Celia Heaston, Nettie Russell, Tillie Shotwell, Esther Swimley, Ada Williams, Edna Williams, and the hostess Mrs. Van Hoesen.
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High Prairie Ladies Aid
Carl van Hoesen
Dorthy Gleason
Ruth Flory
Helen Gleason
Celia Heaston
Nettie Russell
Tillie Shotwell
Esther Swimley
Ada Williams
Edna Williams
van Hoesen
Local Residents Attend Services and School Plans
Mr and Mrs Loren Williams and Lorene Virginia and June spent Sunday with the Wal ter Dyer home. Funeral services for Lou Gill were held at Ives Chapel church in Baldwin Wednesday afternoon with many neighbors attending. Malcolm Swimley left Tuesday for Phillipsburg to attend high school and stay with his grandmother Mrs Baland. Mrs Edd Heaston and Frances accompanied Malcolm and Helen Heaston to Phillipsburg and remained there. Miss Heaston will teach there again. High Prairie school opens September 7 with Miss Sylvia Shuler as teacher and she will board at the Frank Gleason home.
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Loren Williams
Lorene Virginia
June
Walter Dyer
Lou Gill
Ives Chapel
Baldwin
Malcom Swimley
Phillipsburg
Helen Heaston
Come
Miss Heaston
High Prairie School
Sylvia Shuler
Frank Gleason
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