Saturday, June 30, 1934

Slept later this a.m. In evening Newt and I went down to Mart's. Rita Mae gave me some fireworks. Daddy and Wayne went fishing.

Great Blood Purge in Germany - June 30, 1934

To preempt a plot against the National Socialist regime, Chancellor Adolf Hitler summarily executed 77 people, many of whom had been significant leaders of the party. This drastic move was directed against the more radical, social revolutionary wing of the National Socialist party who advocated the incorporation of the Storm Troops (party forces) into the Wehrmacht and called for radical property redistribution. Leading victims included General Kurt von Schleicher, Ernst Roehm (pictured above), Gregor Strasser, and Erich Klausener.



Friday, June 29, 1934

Drove down to Mart's in afternoon. Then they came up here after supper. I sure didn't feel good.

Lobby Card for The Thin Man

June 29, 1934: The Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, launches a series of six films MGM will make featuring Dashiell Hammett's characters.



Thursday, June 28, 1934

Ate breakfast in Arley, then stopped at Ollie and Joe's. Went down to Mart's in p.m.

U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

On June 28, 1934, FDR delivered one of his "fireside chats"
mentioning his desire to establish a system of social insurance,
a system that later becomes known as Social Security.

Wednesday, June 27, 1934

Daddy, Mother and I went up home (Clay Center, Kansas). Started at about 1:30 p.m. Stopped at a Manhattan tourist camp. Found a blanket.

1930s electric sign advertising tourist cabins



Tuesday, June 26, 1934

Ironed. Went to town with Stewarts. Got new shoes and anklets. Talking a lot about going up home (Clay Center, Kansas).

380 Savage automatic pistol similar to the one gangster
Alvin Karpis liked to steal

The National Firearms Act ("NFA"), 72nd Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 757, 48 Stat. 1236, enacted on June 26, 1934, currently codified as amended as 26 U.S.C. ch. 53, is an Act of Congress that, in general, imposes a statutory excise tax on the manufacture and transfer of certain firearms and mandates the registration of those firearms. The Act was passed shortly after the repeal of Prohibition. The NFA is also referred to as Title II of the Federal firearms laws. The Gun Control Act of 1968 ("GCA") is Title I.

Monday, June 25, 1934

I still have a bad cold. Mother washed. Nadine and Ruth Ray were down. Got some pictures of Jean Harlow.

The Girl from Missouri is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone. The movie was written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway.

Interestingly, Harlow really was from Missouri - Kansas City, to be exact!



Sunday, June 24, 1934

Didn't go to church or Sunday school. Daddy and Mr. Richards caught three fish and we had them for dinner. Mrs. Raifert and us went to Troost Lake.

The old Lakeside Hospital at 2801 Flora, overlooking Troost Lake from the southeast side, is pictured on a post card published in the early 1930s.