The Question of Waste in Kansas WPA Spending
Leslie Wallace argues Kansas WPA finances lack extravagance while critics point to costly school projects and delays. A Chicago Tribune map highlights misalignments between federal outlays and state repayments, suggesting broad debt growth. A Coney Island drum corps incident injures 15 as horses bolt.
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Leslie Wallace
Democratic Publicity
Kansas
WPA
Lawrence
New Deal
PWA
The
Chicago Tribune
Treasury
Sticks
New York
Coney Island
Kansas City Voters Urged to Register Within Four Days
Kansas City voters have four days starting today to register for the November election. Every resident who wishes to vote must register within that period. In Lawrence the law allows registration up to ten days before the election, with names added at the voter's convenience, though the plan risks forgetfulness.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Lawrence
Voters urged to check registration at city hall
The piece emphasizes civic duty and warns voters who moved since the last election to verify their registration at city hall. It also notes doubt about registration and the need to ensure eligibility before voting.
Is there a fair way to tax all property and incomes
Letter discusses rising invisible taxes included in prices and asks why taxes should fall mainly on property owners. It argues for broadening the tax base, suggests a sales tax plus income tax, and questions the fairness of taxing homes while high earners escape. The piece urges a change in government financing and notes impacts on renters and education funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer T. Peterson
Herbert F. Powell
F. Harrell
Nai
Merchants Bureau Aims For Pow Wow Fund Drive
The Merchants Bureau committee sought 3500 dollars to entertain Indian visitors in Lawrence in late October. They reported good success as canvass work continued late this morning and would finish by day's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants Bureau Committee
Lawrence
Fundraising at University Raises About Six Hundred
A campus drive conducted all day at the University to aid flood victims in Kansas reportedly raised about $600. Helen Buchanan of the W.S.G.A. and Robert Price of the men’s student council noted faculty and student contributions would total this amount. The report marks a successful relief effort.
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Kansas
Helen Buchanan
W.5.g.a
Robert Price
Paul Hunsinger
B. D. Froeliger
Delaware Street
Guy Ousdahl
Ivan Viets
Arkansas Street
Dorothy May
A. H. Reed
I. E. IuBois
Lola Brown
California
George Esterly
Northwestern University
Department of Economics
Esterly
W. H. Butler
St. Louis
First Presbyterian Church
W. G. Beale
Florida
Miami
Fla
New Orleans
Grasshoppers Darken Sky Over Lawrence In 1890s Weather
Clouds of grasshoppers moved north over Lawrence carried by a wind, attracting crowds as they swarmed brightened by sun. Notices report Harriet Cook to wed S W Moore in Kansas City and social events from a busy town scene including concerts, receptions, travels, and local sports coaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Harriet Cook
S. W. Moore
Kansas City
Fred L. Morris
W. J. Weiser
Detroit
Mich
A. Monroe
Marie Monroe
Gloucester
Mass
Thomas Orchestra
Gretchen Rankin
Manhattan
State Agricultural College
Merchants Association
Merchants of Lawrence
Merchants’ Association
Aurora
Walter Bromelsick
Fred Vogler
Eudora
Raton
N. M
Gordon Gibb
Gladys
St. Charles
Lindenwood College
J. E. Hutt
Flanders Studebaker
Babb
World With Fences Ends A Turbulent Wedding Tale
Carol Torrance returns to Atlanta to work in Blake Thornton advertising while secretly torn between Blake and Denis Ford. At Ellen Sands wedding preparations surge amid family friction with Ben’s drinking and a ring omen. After the ceremony Carol departs with Porter Murray and Irma’s illness shadows future, while a late phone call hints at unresolved danger and Carmen’s emotional upheaval.
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Carol Torrance
Ashboro
Blake Thornton
Atlanta
Denis Ford
Blake
Carol
Ellen Sands
Ellen
Mack
Excelsior
Ben
Mrs. Sands
Mr. Sands
Margaret
Helen
Freddie
Sands Home
Porter Murray
Porter
Irma
Dr. Freeman
Florida
Fever Therapy Advances in Venereal Disease Treatment
Fever therapy is being used to combat gonorrhea and syphilis with promising results. High fevers of 106 to 106.7 degrees Fahrenheit, sometimes localized to the pelvis, kill germs while monitored by thermometers. Northwestern University Medical School and Wesley Memorial Hospital report that fever aids standard anti syphilitic treatments, potentially shortening therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern University Medical School
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Puddle Muddle Becomes Calm After Galump Family Move Away
The story recalls Grandpa and Grandma Grouchy Galunip leaving their old neighbors Willy and the Puddle Muddle crew. The small, gnome-like Galumps had always stirred up trouble among the animals, and their departure brings relief to the neighborhood.
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Rip
Mary Graham Bonner
Grouchy Galunip
Willy Ily
Galumps
Willy Nilly Plans Feasts After Galump Food Left Behind
Willy Nilly schemes two or more parties after the crass Galumps desert a large extra meal. Quacks Duck preen, Top Notch the rooster admires his look, Sweet Face the lamb swabs feet, and bears groom coats. Rip the dog laments worthlessness, hoping tomorrow he will feel better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willy Nilly
Tamton
Rip
Flashes of Life: Odd News From Around the Nation
A montage of brief clippings from AP reports includes a Memphis tailor polishing a Ford for 27 years, a fire captain rescuing a man in a drugstore blaze, a US district attorney misplacing his case to his daughter's school lunch, a Chicago motorist reacting to tire slashing, and humorous misadventures with radio crime stories and jam smeared code books.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Langbein
Ford
Los Angels
U. S
Pierson Hall
Mary Ellen
Colyer School Opens With First Term Under Dwyer
Colyer welcomed eleven pupils as nine grades begin under teacher Marzella Dwyer on September 7. Enrollment by grade includes Doris Heffner, Twila June Band, Shirley Belle Powell, Marv Helene Mohler, Edith Ewing, Edna May Mohler, Nellie Fay Mohler, Junior Mohler, Dale Powell, Ernest Hornberger, and Marie Hornberger. Dwyer will board at A. E. Metsker home. Pupils posted perfect attendance first week. top performers include Mary Helen Mohler, Edna May Mohler, Nellie Fay Mohler, Dale Powell, and Marie Hornberger. Students study home life, farm life, Indian life, and Life in the Middle Ages via handmade hookiets.
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Colyer
Marzella Dwyer
Doris Heffner
Twila June Band
Shirley Belle Powell
Marv Helen Mohler
Edith Ewing
Edna May Mohler
Nellie Fay Mohler
Junior Mohler
Dale Powell
Ernest Hornberger
Marie Hornberger
A. E. Metsker
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Round Corner Drug Co
Poor Pa by Clade Poor Pa etc
Cecil Ewing, visiting at the Richard Petrie home near Lawrence, returns home. Local families Harry Norman, M R Ewing, and Maxine Mohler attend social visits. several youths head to Liberty Memorial at Lawrence. 4 H Fair entries bring prizes to Bradford Powell and Ettore Ewing. Ettore hosts a birthday party with extended family and refreshments.
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Cecil Ewing
Richard Petrie
Lawrence
Harry Norman
Overbrook
M. R. Ewing
Maxine Mohler
B. H. Mohler
Marzella Dwyer
Mohler
Bradford Powell
Wayne, Powell
Ettore Ewing
Herbert Hornberger
Liberty
Memorial
Maxine
Oread
Bradford
Wayne
Ettore
Herbert
Powell
Olin Heffner
Doris
Alta
Dodder
Fairfax Belmont Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Fairfax Belmont gossip lists a Henry Yahn business trip to Kansas City and Gladys Ransom visiting home folks. Mildred Avey Vona Avey and Irwin Avey attended the Topeka state fair, with more notices of visits to Gardner and Topeka. A Garnett birth is reported for Clarence Cheney’s family.
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Henry Yahn
Kansas City
Gladys Ransom
State Highway Commission
Topeka
Mildred
Vona Avey
Irwin Avey
J. A. van Meter
Charles Hemmingway
Gardner
J. ¥. Pettit
Columbia
Clyde Westfall
Kan
Ed Gilbreath
Tom Davenport
Linwood
Harry Davenport
C. D. Turner
Qreta
George Houser
Toneka
C. G. Avey
Ed Gilbre
Radio Programs September 21 Evening Schedule Snapshot
Radio lineup from 5:30 PM to midnight lists WREN KMBC WDAF and others with multiple acts and hosts. Notable entries include John Herrick Jack Armstrong Melody Palette Boake Carter Frank Farrell and Wayne King orchestras. Ends with weather forecast and print shop contact.
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Wren
John Herrick
KMBC
WDAF
Jack Armstrong
Boake Carter
Frank Farrell
Sens
Jean Dickenson
Bosoc
Fibber NcGeo
Heitt
Brigadiers
Pat
Richard Himber
Wayne King
WDA
WREX
Great Lakes
Nickelodeon
Jack Shannan
Wdae—Communist Party
Tony Russell
Amos ’N' Andy
Embc—Rubioft
Hans Flath
John B. Kennedy
WWREN
A Donahue
Erle Smith
KNBC
Willam Hard
Shandor
Radio Circus
Hermitage Orch
Ixon
Art Review
Lavhew
Orch
Ustin
Mack'n
Oriental Gardens Orch
Iark ¥Ishee
Bis
Joey Nash
KMEU
Lee Wiley
Wise-Crackera
Beake Carter
Askansas City
Wren—Bishop and Gargoyle
Edgar A. Guest
Russ Morgan
Fred Waring
Ben Bertina
Benny Goodman
Fred Astaire
Amos ‘N
Andy
Ord
Paul Martel
KMEG
Stuala
Bupinals
Acoloist
Tle Smith
Kite
Iliam Hard
Grand Terrace
T. Francis
Schrether
Alfred Barr
Terry Garden
Orchick Fisher
KMLC
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Ezekiel
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
League
Alcazar
Toledo
Tax Problems Editor
Journal-World
McCook
McCook Field
Sherwin
Jay Bond
Ahrens
Baird
Cow‘ell
Davidson
Price
Brownlee
Pete Heil
Bunny Wilson
Chapter
Tyma
Rose
Marston
Harry
Morten
New York Academy of Medicine
Jargo Galdston
Ree Seok
Arthur
Mercier
Chicago
Rainbeck
Betty
Publishers Syndicator
Eddie Johnson
Kenneth
Glenn
Eleanor
Ethel
Randolph Deitz
Onal
Linas
Everett Bond
Twila June
Caroline
Franklin
Charles Herschell
Elaine
Charles Jr
Edith
Fairfax
Belmont
David Ross
the World Co
Adv
Peneay
Agers
First National Bank
Lawrence, Kansas
United States
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