Hitler's Berlin Speech Defies Allied Pledges at Sea Base
Adolf Hitler addressed 50,000 supporters at Wilhelmshaven and denounced the 1935 Anglo-German naval pact while announcing new battleships. He warned Britain and France and pledged Italy as an ally in the Rome Berlin axis, vowing Germany would resist encroachment and tear up Versailles. The Fuehrer spoke from a bullet proof glass stand for 62 minutes, praising nationalist Spain and rejecting prewar democracies.
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Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Poland
North Sea
Britain
Fuehrer
France
England
Italy
Hitler
C.S.T
Czecho-Slovakia
Memel
Great Britain
Woodrow Wilson
Pfus
Chamberlain
Soviet Russia
County removes employables from relief rolls
The county welfare office announced on April 1 that all employable persons on the general assistance relief rolls were dropped. The welfare board reasons that spring jobs will be available and farming and gardening work increasing. The county wood yard at the former Quincy school site closed as a result, cutting off work for many who previously earned grocery orders by wood fitting.
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County Welfare Office
Welfare Board
Quincy
Hitler Speech a Dud in London Prompts Smiles
London reports show Adolf Hitler’s threat to denounce the Anglo German naval treaty drew smiles in British naval quarters. Officials say Britain can maintain an advantage regardless of Germany’s moves.
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Spain
Hitler
London
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Kansas names Fair highway director and three Republicans
Fair of Sterling becomes Kansas highway director replacing Evan Griffith of Manhattan. Gov. Ratner also names three Republican commissioners W. S. Arbuthnot Roy W. Cox and Willard Mayberry to replace three Democratic members. Other Democrats retain one year of service.
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Topeka
D. J. Fair
Sterling
Kansas
Evan Griffith
Manhattan
Walter A. Haxman
Fair
State Highway Commission
Payne H. Ratner
W. S. Arbuthnot
Bennington
Roy W. Cox
Convention to Close of Independent Students' Association
The national convention of the Independent Students' Association at the University of Kansas will close tonight after a Memorial Union ballroom dance. Final registration shows 135 delegates from 21 colleges. banquet at 6:30 with David Gambill of Colorado chairing. Dr. John Ise of KU economics will be principal speaker. dance to follow at 9:15.
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Independent Students’ Association
University of Kansas
Memorial Union
Union
David Gambill
University of Colorado
John Ise
Kansas educators convene at KU spring conference
Two hundred thirty eight Kansas schoolmen gathered at the University of Kansas for the annual spring educational conference hosted by KU's school of education. L W King Missouri public instruction and Dr John G Rockwell Minnesota education commissioner keynoted. George McClenny served as toastmaster at the noon luncheon. Dr Earl Hillbrand of Wichita gave the meeting's closing evaluation.
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Kansas
University of Kansas
K.U. School of Education
L. W. King
Missouri
John G. Rockwell
St. Paul
Minn
George McClenny
Kansas State
Union Building
Earl Hillbrand
University of Wichita
Treasury Debt Passes the 40 Billion Mark
The U S Treasury debt surpassed 40 billion dollars today and sits within five billion of the statutory limit. The administration will not seek a higher debt ceiling this year, noting the record level and about 305 dollars per person. A year ago the debt was 37.56 billion and 289.17 per capita.
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Washington
Treasury
Altho
Congress
Stock Market Index Sees Uptick With 60-Stock Average
The stock market index of 60 stocks rises to 45.8 from 45.2 yesterday signaling a positive short term tilt. Investors monitor small gains across sectors as trading volumes remain modest.
High School Music Groups Earn Superior Ratings at Topeka Festival
Liberty Memorial high school districts music groups earned superior or higher ratings at Topeka. Topeka bands and orchestras also rated highly superior, with Lawrence earning the district Colorado Springs festival nod. Soloists and ensembles received numerous highly superior and superior marks with several performers recommended for national regional competition.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Topeka
Colorado Springs
Colo
Topeka High School
Atchison
Lawrence
Hackney Sets Shot Put Mark at Texas Relays
Elmer Hackney of Kansas State won the Texas Relays shot put with a 52 ft 3 in mark to break the previous 51 ft 11 1 2 in record set by Sam Francis of Nebraska in 1937. Freddie Walcott of Rice Institute won the 120 yard high hurdles in 14.1 seconds, while George Pepperdine College Glendale LA took two mile relay in 7 50.38. Wilbur Greer of Michigan State won the 100 yard dash in 9.5 seconds ahead of Walcott. A new auto finish restorer was recently marketed claiming combined cleaning and waxing in one step.
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Austin
Tex
Elmer -Hackney
Kansas
Texas
Sam Francis
University of Nebraska
Freddie Walcott
Rice Institute
George Pepperdine
George Pepperdine College of
Los Angeles
Oklahoma A. & M
Louisiana State
Kansas State
Wilbur Greer
Michigan State
Walcott
Rattle in His Car Ends in Snake Fight
Charles L. Eshleman advertising executive opened his car trunk to investigate a rattle and was struck by a rattlesnake. The snake’s fangs were blocked by two coats of lacquer. Eshleman killed the reptile with an umbrella in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Apr
Charles L. Eshleman
Eshleman
City Armory Bond Vote Dominates April Election
The April 4 city election centers on a $75,000 bond for an armory and community building to house National Guard units and host public meetings. An advisory vote on $4,000 for traffic signals at five Massachusetts Street intersections rounds out the issues with one council seat contest between A. W. Berger and J. Carter.
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National Guard
Board of Education
Massachusetts
A. W. Berger
J. Carter
Fifth Ward
Chamber of Commerce
Service Men
Lawrence
Intercollegiate Association of Women Students Convention Heads Kansas
The biennial IAWS convention opens Monday at the University of Kansas with about 200 delegates from across the United States. Gevene Landrith is IAWS president with Velma Wilson as chair. events include luncheons, meetings, a buffet supper, a performance of Outward Bound, and talks by Margaret Hickey Walter Judd Blanche Dow Anne Laughlin Winnie Lawrance and Zula Bennington Greene.
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Intercollegiate Association of Women Students
University of Kansas
United States
Gevene Landrith
Lawrence
J. A.W.S
Velma Wilson
Meade
Union Building
Stronghall
Corbinhall
K. A
Margaret A. Hickey
St. Louis
Missouri Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Walter Judd
China
Blanche H. Dow
Missouri Division
American Association of University Women
Maryville
Teachers College
Anne Laughlin
Topeka
Winnie Lawrance
Fred Harris
Ottawa
Zula Bennington Greene
Topeka Capital
Weidmann Declines to Appeal Death Sentence
Versailles dispatch reports Eugene Weidmann, condemned to die by guillotine for six killings, refused to sign an appeal as unnecessary formality. Jury convicted him yesterday of the Paris area murders including dancer Jean de Koven. Accomplice Roger Million signed an appeal but faces limited chance of escaping punishment. Blanc, Tri Collette Tricote, acquitted on stolen goods charges.
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Versailles
Eugene Weidmann
Weidman
Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
Roger Million
Weidmann
Paris
Million
Jean Blanc
Collette Tricote
Chaplin Taught at Cuckoo Schools in Middlesex
Charles Chaplin once studied at the Cuckoo schools of Orth Hanwell in Middlesex England, a point noted in a short biographical sketch.
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Charles Chaplin
Orth Hanwell
Middlesex
Engand
Italians Grow Uneasy After Hitler Speech
Rome reports that Adolf Hitler's Wilhelmshaven remarks increased Italian unease about the international scene. Fascists demand full text before official comment while foreign circles note the warning to Poland could strain Rome's ties with Warsaw and risk Italy's indirect involvement.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelmshaven
Britain
Poland
Rome-Berlin
Italy
Hitler
Warsa
Gould as Speaker Recalls Antarctica Land Claim and Coal Find
Dr. Laurence McKinley Gould outlined the Byrd era exploration that secured land for the United States by discovery in Antarctica and revealed a coal deposit possibly as large as the world reserve. He described Little America life and the fourfold Kansas-sized surveyed area. About 2,500 attended.
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Laurence McKinley Gould
Antarctica
United States
Kansas Academy of Science
Gould
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Little America
Kansas
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
Antarctic
Dr. Gould
Hoch Auditorium
Unsettled Weekend Weather Across Kansas Forecast
Federal meteorologist S. D. Flora said Kansas would see lingering unsettled conditions with scattered showers, cooler temperatures ahead, and little soil moisture gain. Tallies included Topeka 0.2 inch and Wichita 0.01 inch with varied amounts across towns.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Holton
Manhattan
Garnett
Columbus
Kansas City
Phillipsburg
Concordia
Fillis
McPherson
Wichita
Larned
Hutchinson
Hitlers Tone Softer Is Impression in Paris
Paris observers report Hitler adopted a softer tone in Wilhelmshaven echoing Mussolini. French officials view the reply to French British pledges to defend Poland as a firm protest of Germanys rights and a cautious hope for peace.
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Paris
Hitler
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Mussolini
France
Hitler Names Grand Admiral Raeder in Historic First
Apr 1 report from Wilhelmshaven says Reichsfuehrer Hitler named Admiral Eric Raeder commander-in-chief of Germany s expanding fleet as grand admiral marking Germany s first such rank since the world war.
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Hitler
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Upi
H. H. Hall Is New Head of Academy
The Kansas Academy of Science elected H. H. Hall of Pittsburg Teachers College as president for 1940 41 succeeding Dr Walter H Schoene while E C Deere of Bethany College was named president elect. Officers re elected included Roger C Smith and H A Sinster with F C Gates as vice president. The seventy first annual meeting closed at KU with 350 attendees and committees announced.
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Kansas Academy of Science
Wichita
Manhattan
E. C. Deere
Bethany College
H. H. Hall
Pittsburg Teachers College
Walter H. Schoene
University of Kansas
Roger C. Smith
Kansas State College
H. A. Sinster
Ft. Hays State
Schoewe
L. D. Bushnell
Kansas State
R. H. Wheeler
K.U
Academy
University
Union
Kansas Entomological Society
Kansas-Nebraska
American Association of University Professors
A.A.U.P
D. L. Patterson
Laurence Woodruff
Entomological Society
Hall
Academy of Science
K. U
Lawrence Protests Tax Plan on Municipal Bonds
Mayor A Lawrence wired a protest to U S senators Capper and Reed against a federal tax proposal on municipal bonds. He cited a telegram from Austin Tobin urging urgent city opposition and warned the tax would be costly to every municipality.
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A. Lawrence
Arthur Capper
Clyde M. Reed
U. S. Congress
Austin J. Tobin
Conference On State Defense
Senate
Lawrence
Swarthout Plans Los Angeles Trip After Lenten Cantata
Dean D. M. Swarthout leaves Sunday evening from Lawrence for Los Angeles to attend a called meeting of musical schools and college music departments on the Pacific. He will return to Lawrence on April 11.
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Swarthout
West Coast
First Presbyterian Church
D. M. Swarthout
Los Angeles
Calif
Pacific
National Association of Schools of Music
Lawrence
Broadcast of Hitler Speech Cut Off After First Two Sentences
Berlin reports that two sentences of Chancellor Hitler s Wilhelmshaven address were heard before the short wave system failed. Berlin officials cited technical reasons for the interruption. The broadcast was intended for release outside Germany and not for German audiences.
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Hitler
Berlin
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Wnden
British Broadcasting Corporation
National Broadcasting Company
March Weather Summary Shows Deficit Rainfall and Mild Temp
March in Lawrence registered 1.26 inches of rain, 1.05 below normal, totaling a 1.64 inch deficit for Q1. Snow fell an inch. mean temperature 47.11 degrees, 4.15 above normal. Max 86, min 8. four winter days. two thunderstorms. 46.77% cloudy.
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C. J. Posey
Lawrence
Jury List Chosen for May Term District Court
The county clerk drew 36 petit jurors for the May term. Lawrence residents dominate the list. The May 1 opening is followed by reports due May 2 under Judge Hugh Means.
Dodge City Hosts Wild West Premiere Crowd for Dodge City
Hollywood stars led by Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan arrive for the world premiere of the Warner film Dodge City as thousands throng Boot Hill in Dodge City Kansas. Gov Ratner and other officials join the celebration while townsfolk dress in period costumes and streets resemble a western show.
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Dodge City
Kan
Hollywood
Vice Versa
Kansas
Boot Hill
N. Palshen Tian
Luiculalms
Errol Flynn
Ann Sheridan
Warner
Santa Fe
Payne H. Ratner
Carr
E.A. Briles
House
John E. Miles
New Mexico
Ralph W. Carr
Colorado
W. L. Hamilton
State Park Plan Urged by Schoewe
Dr. Walter H. Schoewe, KU geology professor, urged a statewide state park system linked by good roads. He advocated including Rock City, Monument Rocks, Sphynx, Castle Rock, with parks serving as outdoor classrooms and educational resources.
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Kansas
Walter H. Schoewe
University of Kansas
Kansas Academy of Science
Schoene
Rock City
Minneapolis
Monument Rocks
Sphynx
Castle Rock
K.I
Halliburton Silent After Pacific Typhoon Ongoing
Richard Halliburton and his crew on a 10 man Chinese junk vanished off Hong Kong during a typhoon while en route to Midway Island. Mackay radio operators reported no contact since March 24 with the 2,400 mile voyage to San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Richard Halliburton
Mackay Radio Company
Halliburton 39
Hong Kong
Hong Hong
Midway Island
Weather Forecast for Kansas Partly Cloudy Elsewhere
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Readings show yesterday’s high 46 and low 30 year ago today. today’s record high 39 and low 30. Data from Gas Office records with 7 am and noon observations.
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Kansas
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R. C. Moore
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Wellsville
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