Kansas council lays groundwork for education and policing bills
Toneka April 2 AP Kansas legislative council known as the little legislature met to draft bills for the regular biennial session. Proposals include a state police system with modern gear and a capital punishment plan for certain felonies. Education consolidation and a possible eight million dollar stabilization fund were discussed alongside a potential sales tax linked to education. Council also debated arming sheriffs with machine guns and bank protection. Local officials noted high bank insurance rates and debated legal reforms. J Kent Kinniburgh, Casper chamber leader, killed in Wyoming car crash. he was once active in Topeka Chamber of Commerce.
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Toneka
Kansas Legislative Council
Shouse
Senate
Charles W. Thompson
May
Atchison
Demious Ri
Dodge City
W. T. Markham
Alf M. Landon
Rep. Blood
Wichita
Altho
Buzick
Sylvan Grove
Kansas
McDonald
Kansas City
Rep
Reland Boynton
Weather Forecast for Kansas Highlights Showers and Cooler
Scattered showers in Kansas with a turn to colder conditions tonight. Tuesday looks generally fair but cooler in east and central areas. Morning calls for clear skies except Wichita cloudy and Dodge City partly cloudy. Dirt and Douglas County roads reported good. Gas office record shows 7 pm yesterday and noon today readings with today’s max and min.
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Kansas
Wichita
Dodge City
Douglas County
Dog Teams Sought to Reach Stranded Russians in Arctic
Name Alaska April 2 AP The Arctic relief plan shifts to dog teams to aid 89 Russians stranded 350 miles northwest of Nome after blizzards halted two air missions. Professor Yushakoff directing from Cape Van Karen Siberia orders Pilot Sletneff to resume supply drops from Nome. Pilot Levanevsky injured in a crash last Thursday on a relief flight. The Russians have lingered since their ship sank February 13 on the ice cap.
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Name
Alaska
Here
Siberia
George Yushakoff
Cape van Karen
M. T. Sletneff
Nome Ina
Sletneff
Teller
Yushakoff
F. A. Levanevsky
Tte
Douglas county board weighs bank robber rewards and work relief funding
The Douglas county board of commissioners opened April with talks on county bill approvals and work relief. They considered standing rewards for bank robbers, debating larger rewards for dead suspects versus information leading to arrest, but took no action. Miss Mary E. Jamison announced a $1,300 federal grant to truck materials for rural CWA projects. Work relief will support unfinished CWA road projects as GWA ends March 31, with about ten men at work and families being budgeted for direct or work relief.
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Douglas County
Board of County Commissioners
Mary E. Jamison
GWA
Miss Jamison
Mystery death of Wichita woman in Chicago hotel
Mrs Florence Bishop 39 with ties to Wichita is found dead in a Chicago Palmer house room. Police note a night gown, a glass, a bottle, diamond jewelry, a sealskin coat and nine pairs of shoes. Coroner orders post mortem to determine if suicide. Bishop divorced from Dr L C Bishop in February. She was a church soloist and voice teacher in Wichita. Survived by sister Mrs Oliver and brother R H Cubbon.
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Chicago
Palmer House
Florence Bishop
Wichita
Kan
Tere
Altho
L. C. Bishon
Bond Cases On Docket For Kansas Supreme Court April Hearing
The Kansas Supreme Court began its regular April hearing with two bond scandal cases on the docket. Appeals: W. W. Finney from embezzlement in Lyon County and Ronald Finney from bond forgery in Shawnee County. Ronald Finney’s appeal set for tomorrow. elder Finney likely continued to later Friday. Opinions on March hearings to be delivered Saturday.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
W. W. Finney
Emporia
Lyon County
Ronald Finney
Shawnee County
Stock Market Index Report Summary
The stock market index tracked 90 stocks with an average value of 85.4 on Saturday, slipping to 83.4 in later trading. Investors monitored notable shifts across sectors and weighted the impact of market movements on portfolios and sentiment.
Extradition of Samuel Insull to Chicago Approved
Turkey notified the United States that Samuel Insull would be extradited to Chicago to stand trial for embezzlement and grand larceny. The Turkish national assembly ratified an extradition treaty with the United States, clearing the way for his return. Insull was arrested in Istanbul as he faced possible transfer to prison, with legal appeals discussed and a final ruling deemed final by penal court authorities.
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Washington
Turkey
United States
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Robert YP. Skinner
Ankara
State Department
Insull
Skinner
Istanbul
Turkish National Assembly
Cook County
Iil
Tim
Lemion
Inan Bey
Athens
Marcus
Aydan
London
Pera
Altho
Booth Space Drawings for Spring Trades Fair
Booth space for the spring trades fair opened with drawings held this morning at the national guard armory. 415 booths contracted already, with space remaining for merchants who contact the Chamber of Commerce promptly. Exhibits will be set up starting tomorrow, and the fair runs Wednesday evening at 7 30, then Thursday and Friday nights and Saturday afternoon and night.
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National Guard Armory
Chamber of Commerce
Many Flowers at Centenary Church Decorated Easter Service
The centenary M. E. church was richly decorated for Easter with palms ferns lilies and potted plants. A white table held three white crosses on the chancel flanked by palms and one fern in a brass bowl in memory of Mrs. M. Carey. The decorating committee included Mrs Dwight Hopkins Mrs Henry Weingartner Mrs Charles Fincher Mrs Wallace Pal mateer Mrs Clifford Pine and Mrs Herbert Nehrbass.
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M. E
M. Carey
Fiat
Dwight Hopkins
Henry Weingartner
Charles Fincher
Wallace Palmateer
Clifford Pine
Herbert Nehrbass
Hazel Cine
Linn County Treasurer Barnes Dies in Kansas at 76
Barnes 76 of Mound City dies in a local hospital while serving a second term as Linn county treasurer. A Democrat, he was among Mound City’s first settlers with parents in 1835. He is survived by his widow and three children.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Barnes
Mound City
Linn County
Ise Optimistic On Economic Recovery At Rotary Talk
Prof John Ise urged optimism about the nation’s economic outlook at a Rotary luncheon, contrasting harsh fiscal claims with light in the path forward. He warned against attempting wealth by reducing pay or killing farms, criticized the AAA, and noted dangers from organized labor and special interests. He praised Warren as a monetary official but urged study by experts over Wall Street. He said recovery chances look brighter in the United States despite socialist and fascist currents.
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John Ise
Rotary
Ise
Journal-World 1
AAA
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Prof
Wirt
Warren
Isc
Wall Street
Roosevelt
United States
River Barges To Start Missouri River Service Soon
Maj. Gen. T. Q. Ashburn promised Kansas City a Missouri river barge service soon after June 1 after a conference with City Manager H. P. McIroy. The Roosevelt or Mark Twain will be first to haul freight upriver, with Huckleberry Finn also prepared for navigation as traffic grows. Mr. Ashburn noted only one potential towing problem, solvable by dredging, and stated the river appears ready.
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Kansas City
T. Q. Ashburn
Inland Waterways Corporation
Missouri River
H. P. Mclroy
Roosevelt
Mark Twain
Big Muddy
Ashburn
St. Louis
Maj. Ashburn
Hope objects to farm bond sales to Kansas farmers
Representative Hope of Kansas denounces the farm credit administrations practice of making bond salesmen out of farmers. He cites letters from district farmers reporting loans remitted in bonds rather than money and notes bonds bearing 34 percent interest guaranteed by the government. Hope says the method harms wheat farmers far from bond marketing centers and plans to bring the issue to Congress if relief is not provided.
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Washington
Hope
Kansas
Farm Credit Administration
Kansan
Congress
Egg-Rolling at White House Draws Thousands of Children
Thousands of children crowded the White House lawns on April 2 as they joined the Easter egg-rolling tradition and watched a truckload of brightly colored mechanical animals roar and writhe with lifelike motion.
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White House
Washington
No Cutting of Classes at Olivet College
Olivet College in Olivet Michigan plans a new system next year eliminating traditional class times. President John Brewer outlines a program where mornings are for study, afternoons for athletics, and evenings for debates and social activities. Professors act as tutors and student self directed learning becomes central.
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Olivet College
Becaue
Olivet
John Brewer
Ayers
Brewer
City Plans Elm Worm Fight and Street Resurfacing
A special city commission meeting is set for Thursday to approve an ordinance and organize spraying against elm and canker worms this spring. Dr. Hungerford and local nurserymen will attend. the city may contract sprayer services if needed and bill property owners if they do not spray. The panel also approved Ninth Street resurfacing using excess PWA yardage, with cost sharing among federal funds, city, and adjacent property owners. City nurse reports 147 visits and 69 clinic attendees for March, while the fire department logged 24 alarms, with 4 outside city limits. building and car value at 41 240 with losses of 110 and contents value 18 945 with losses of 50.
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H. B. Hungerford
Ninth Street
Mississippi
Michigan
PWA
Ninth
Bankers Code Discussion Luncheon At Eldridge Hotel
A special luncheon meeting to discuss and clarify the banker's code will be held Wednesday at 12 30 PM in the Eldridge hotel. Open to business and professional people, the event replaces Tuesday's Chamber meeting. reservations via phone 485. I J Meade to preside. Also notes Troop 53 hike with Scout Master Whetstone and helpers, cooking merit badge boys to prepare camp meal. Troop 63 invites boys 12 and older to visit weekly church-sponsored meetings.
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Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Bureau
Eldridge
Clearing House Association
I. J. Meade
W. E. Whetstone
Eugene Haynes
Wilfred McClain
Aaron Cohen
Gene Whetstone
The
Christian Church
Wayne Curtis Dies After Surgery at Hopewell
Wayne Curtis of Hopewell, a former University of Kansas student from 1930-31, died a week after an operation for acute appendicitis. He was 23 years old and served as an usher at Plymouth Congregational Church during his school years.
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Garrison
Hopewell
Wayne Curtis
University of Kansas
Curtis
Plymouth Contrenational Church
Kansas university to honor 62nd graduating class with White and Kelley
The University of Kansas will hold its 62nd annual graduation exercises June 10 and 11 with William Allen White former KU student and Emporia Gazette editor delivering the commencement address and Bishop Francis Clement Kelley of Oklahoma speaking at the baccalaureate. Chancellor Lindley announced the speakers noting Kelley's long service to the church and White's prior efforts to participate in the ceremony despite past illness.
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Kansas
University of Kansas
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
K. U
Francis Clement Kelley
Oklahoma
Roman Catholic Church
E. H. Lindley
Lindley
White
Emporia
Arizona
K. UL
Phi Delta Theta
Vernon Kellogg
Fred Funston
W. 8. Franklin
Ed Franklin
Stanford
W. E. Higgins
S. McFarland
J. W. O'Bryon
Lawrence
Campaign to spotlight church colleges across Kansas and Missouri
Gov. Alf Landon and Gov. Guy Park will headline a bi state effort to raise awareness of church colleges. The drive by the Missouri College Union and Kansas Council of Church Colleges runs from April 2 to April 22 with radio and church events in Kansas City Topeka Wichita Springfield St Louis and other towns. Cooperating colleges include Baker Bethany Bethel Emporia Friends Kansas Wesleyan McPherson Ottawa Southwestern Sterling Central Culver Stockton Drury Lindenwood Missouri Valley Park Tarkio William Jewell Westminster.
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Kansas City
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Guy B. Park
Missouri
Missouri College
Linion
Kansas Council of Church Colleges
Landon
Gav. Park Will
St. Louis
Topeka
Wichita
Kan
Springfield
St. Joseph
Kansas— Baker
Bethany
Bethel
College of Emporia
Friends
Kansas Wesleyan
McPherson
Ottaiwa
Southwestern
Sterling
Missouri—Central
Culver-Stockton
Drury
Lindenwood
Missouri Valley
Park
Tarkio
William Jewell
Westminster
Council Plans Program for Kansas Legislature
Topeka April 2 AP Kansas small legislature convened to map a legislative program for next January. Proposals include state police system improved law enforcement cooperation, equip peace officers with modern weapons, and eliminate 2000 rural school districts. Council serves in an advisory capacity with 10 senators and 15 representatives.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Legislative Council
Rhodes Takes Office as State Treasurer
Topeka April 2 AP J J Rhodes Council Grove officially became the Kansas state treasurer when his 500000 dollar surety bond was approved by the executive council and he was sworn in by Frank J Ryan secretary of state Rhodes succeeds William M Jardine who resigned to become president of Wichita University Rhodes was appointed by Gov Alf M Landon who also had appointed Jardine as treasurer last October following the resignation of Tom B Boyd Signers on Rhodes surety bond were Western Casualty Surety Company Fort Scott National Surety Corporation New York Glenn Falls Indemnity Company of New York and Continental Casualty Company of Chicago
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Topeka
J. J. Rhodes
Council Grove
Kansas
Frank J. Ryan
Rhodes
William M. Jardine
Wichita University
Alf M. Landon
Jardine
Tom B. Boyd
Western Casualty Surety Comany
Fort Scott
National Surety Corporation
New York
Glenn Falls Indemnity Company
Continental Casualty Company of
Chicago
Easter Sunday in Lawrence Shines With Service and Festivities
Bright warm Easter day gathers Lawrence residents to well attended church services with baptisms and Easter pageants. Women lead the parade in new hats and blue outfits while florists report strong spring sales. Easter lilies bloom early and pre holiday shopping on Massachusetts street draws large crowds.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Tax Payers League Hear Tax Talks at Courthouse
George K. Melvin and C. C. Gers tenberger spoke to the Douglas County Tax Payers League at the courthouse Saturday afternoon about the moratorium law and the income and sales taxes. The executive committee of the League and the Chamber of Commerce tax committee met beforehand with Prof Jens P Jensen of the University of Kansas in attendance. Further discussion on the ger a corium law and new tax provisions is planned for a future League meeting.
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George K. Melvin
C. C. Gerstenberger
Douglas County
Douglas County Tax Payers League
League
Chamber of Commerce
Jens P. Jensen
University of Kansas
Relief Plans Vetted By State Council In Stutz Request
Topeka April 2 The legislative council met to draft unemployment relief proposals for next winter and voted to ask John G. Stutz federal emergency relief director for Kansas to review plans. Speaker W H Vernon noted the federal government may replace the Civil Works Administration as it passes out of existence, returning relief responsibility to counties.
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Topeka
Apj
Legislative Council
John G. Stutz
Kansas
W. H. Vernon
Civil Works Administration
Chrysler units raise car prices across Plymouth Dodge and Chrysler lines
Detroit April 2 AP reports price hikes by three Chrysler units. Plymouth adds 35 dollars to standard models while Dodge raises 45 dollars on all models and Chrysler increases range from 40 dollars on standard tones to 130 dollars on imperial models. Studebaker follows with 25 to 50 dollar raises on two models.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Plymouth Motor Corporation
Dodge
Chrysler
Studebaker
Two Elections In Lawrence Vote Tomorrow
Lawrence voters go to the polls tomorrow for a city commission of finance election and a separate vote on adopting the commission-manager form of government. Special ballots will be used for the manager proposal at city polls, with polling hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Candidates for commissioner of finance are George T. Wetzel and BE K Alexander. primary turnout was light with 84 ballots cast last week. Polling places are the police station, Quincy school, Senior high school, Lawrence Luick, Woodlawn, and Dicker's store in respective wards.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Will
George T. Wetzel
BE. EK. Alexander
S A. m
First
Quincey School
Lawrence Luick
North Lawrence Meeting Debates City Government Forms
A public meeting in North Lawrence discusses the mayor council versus city manager forms ahead of tomorrow's vote. George Melvin or Ee Riling will support the council form, Charles Hackler the manager form, with Leland Barrows delivering an introductory talk. The session is at Woodlawn School at 8:00.
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Losin
Lawrence
Helitt Woodlawn Schawl
North Lawrence
Lawrence Emergency Nursery gains weight in fourth week
Most children at the Lawrence Emergency Nursery school are gaining weight during its fourth week, with indoor weighing and tomato juice given each morning. Outdoor play increases as warm weather comes, with a sand pile, climbing bars, and new toys enriching activities. Donations of clothing and Easter eggs add to the program as parents grow enthusiastic.
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Lawrence Emergency Nursery School
Esther Wulfkuhle
Mona, Simpson
Junnin Williams
Relays Club Calls Important Kansas Relays Meeting
Lawrence Kansas Relays club schedules a Tuesday evening meeting at 8 oclock at the Hotel Eldridge. It is the last gathering before the April 21 Kansas Relays with Coach H W Hargiss of the K U track team set to speak and plans for the event to be discussed.
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Lawrence Kansas Relays Club
Eldri
Ince
Kansas Relays
H. W. Hargiss
K. U
Nominating 12 Students for National Thespians
Twelve senior high students have been nominated for membership in the National Thespians. Elections occur after the senior play on May 18. Nominees include Laura Banks, Bernice Benson, Alice Daniels, Charles Goble, Catherine Holmes, Winifred Jameson, Hugh Magruder, Betty Raymond, Frances Regier, Margaret Regier, Marjorie Smith, and Virginia St. Clair.
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National Thespians
Hose
Laura Julia Banks
Bernice Benson
Alice Daniels
Charles Goble
Catherine Holmes
Winifred Jameson
Hugh Magruder
Betty Raymond
Frances Regier
Margaret Regier
Marjorie Smith
Virginia St. Clair
Almarin Nottingham
Ramona Harnar
Virginia Starr
Lucille Willett
Blossom Ewing
Lina M. Shippy
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