Glass Robinson clash halts relief bill conferees meeting
Washington reports Congressional conferees failed to agree at their first session on the 4.88 billion relief bill after a direct labor clause dispute. Senator Glass defended the amendment amid criticism from Democratic Leader Robinson while Ickes and Roosevelt warned the provision could cripple key projects.
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Washington
Glass
D-Va
Senate
Robinson
House
Virginia
Ickes
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
Eudora elects Independent ticket in city vote
A large turnout in Eudora yielded 160 ballots with the Independent ticket winning and taking office April 29. J. D. Adams won reelection to mayor with 135 votes and A. J. Smith was reelected police judge with 115. Council seats went to Charles Scherer 105, William Zimmerman 108, Gus Ziesenes 130, George Lothholz 110, and Dr. C. B. Johnson 100.
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Eudora City
J. D. Adams
A. J. Smith
Charles Scherer
William Zimmerman
Gus Ziesenes
George Lothholz
C. B. Johnson
Finney seeks rehearing in bank embezzlement case
Topeka April 2 W W Finney of Emporia banker sentenced 30 to 600 years in state penitentiary for embezzlement filed a motion in the supreme court for a rehearing of his appeal from Lyon county conviction on 12 counts after Emporia bank closure during the state bond scandal probe of 1932. Finney's son Ronald who forged a gigantic amount and Tom EB Boyd former state treasurer already serve long terms as does Le iend Caldwell Ronalds office assistant.
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Topeka
Apr
Ronald
Tom EB. Boyd
Leiend C. Caldwell
Poland May Favor Changes in League of Nations
Warsaw April 2 British Lord Privy Seal Captain Anthony Eden began talks with Polish leaders. Gazetta Polska hinted at proposals to alter the League of Nations or create a renamed eastern European security pact. The aim is to ease distrust, limit commitments, and address German opposition and Russian fear of Polish German tensions.
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Warsaw
Anthony Eden
Gazetta Polska
League of Nations
Poland
Germany
Oklahoma House kills Marland housing bill after bitter debate
The Oklahoma House rejected Governor Marland's subsistence homestead and housing measure 60 to 51 ending weeks of floor contention. Speaker Leon C. Phillips led the opposition as floor leader F N Shoemake and Merton Munson supported revival efforts. The bill, slashed from 500000 to 125000, faced strong factional divides in the closing weeks of the 15th session.
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Oklahoma City
House of Representatives
Marland
Leon C. Phillips
F. N. Shoemake
William O. Coe
Oklahoma County
Phillips
Shoemake
Merton Munson
Commanche County
Protests erupt in Athens over rebel leaders’ fate
Thousands of students and citizens marched in Athens protesting the government failure to sentence Venizelist rebels to death. Armored tanks, troops with fixed bayonets, and dashing cavalry surrounded the city as John Metaxas led demonstrations outside parliament. Thirteen rebel officers were publicly degraded as footage captured the crowd’s approval.
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Athens
Panayoti Tsaldaris
John Metaxas
Tulane Student Held in Insurance Slaying Case
Winnfield La April 2 Tulane University medical student Louis Hamilton was under guard in a New Orleans hospital as two Texas men Buck Sheppeard and Floyd Miller were arrested in what District Attorney Harry Fuller called the insurance slaying of Hamilton’s father nearly two years ago. Authorities said evidence is circumstantial but Hamilton was tied to renewed war risk insurance after his father’s death. The student, a Tulane freshman, denied any knowledge of the slaying while his class sent an encouraging telegram.
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Winnfield
UPA Lane University Medical
Texas
Harry Fuller
Louis Hamilton
New Orleans
Buck Sheppeard
Burkburnett
Tex
Floyd Miller
Eatetown
Panier
Hamilton
Jena
Lasalle Parish
Tulane
Amilton
Stock Market Index Advances With 60-Stock Average
The 60-stock index averaged 36.3 yesterday, up from 26.6. Market observers note renewed demand and broader participation across sectors. Investors eye continued momentum as values shift amid trading activity and regional financial indicators.
Ten enter pleas in Bremer kidnapping case
Nine of ten arraigned pleaded not guilty in federal court over the $200000 kidnapping of banker Edward G. Bremer. One, James Wilson, pled guilty with counsel to possibly amend later. Barker and others plead not guilty as the court scheduled April 15 for trial.
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St. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
James Wilson
Wilson
Arthur
Doc) Barker
Coleader
Barker
Elmer Farmer
Bensenville
Ill
Harold Alderton
Byron Bolton
Chicago
Bremer
Jess Doyle
Edna Murray
Kansas City
Kissing Bandit
Joseph J. McLaughlin
Edward Vider
Philip J. Delaney
M. M. Joyce
Gas hearing on devaluation and inflation at Kansas commission
At Topeka on April 2 7 the Kansas Corporation Commission resumed Cities Service gas rate hearings. University of Oklahoma economist Elgin Groseclose testified that a devalued dollar reduces returns for regulated utilities while higher labor and material costs rise, complicating rate reductions proposed for Madison and Baldwin. He declined to forecast future monetary policy, saying inflation factors are political and unpredictable.
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Topeka
Roosevelt
State Corporation Commission
Madison and
Baldwin
Elgin Groseclose
University of Oklahoma
Srand
Commission
Grose
Charles Welch
Coffeyville
Welch
Economist
Ousted Ohio enforcement chief dies in suicide
Columbus Ohio April 2 former chief of Ohio liquor enforcement Edmund G Mathews, fired by Governor Martin L Davey, shot himself at home. Coroner ruled death by own action two hours after body found. Davey accused bootleggers of gangster control and said enforcement agents faced pressure to aid liquor permits.
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Columbus
G. Mathews
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
E. E. Smith
Mathews
Davey
Clarence H. Burk
Civil Service
Gover
Pergzens
Tydings Blasts AAA and NRA in Senate Firestorm
Senator Tydings denounces New Deal policies in a Senate session. He calls for repealing the AAA and NRA, argues for reestablished world trade and a balanced budget, and urges more permanent security beyond temporary remedies. Senator Murphy backs the critique, saying current policies are only palliative and fail to reach underlying causes.
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Washington
Senate
Tydings
D-Md
AAA
NRA
Chicago
Murphy
D. Sa
Roosevelt
White House
Europe
London Protest Fails As Navy Man Hanged At Jail
A Royal Navy petty officer, Leonard Albert Brigstock, was hanged at Wadsworth jail for killing Chief Petty Officer Deggan aboard the warship Marshal Soult on January 19 at Chatham. Outside, a campaign by Violet Vanderlst, a Kensington widow opposed to capital punishment, staged demonstrations with airplanes, banners, and chants. No arrests were reported.
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London
Wadsworth
Leonard Albert Brigstock
Deggan
Marshal Soult
Chatham
Violet Vanderlst
Kensington
Michigan Republicans surge in statewide election results
Detroit April 20 Republican gains widen as outstate returns come in. Maurice R. Keyworth leads Dr. Paul Voelker for superintendent of public instruction by about 95,000 votes. Supreme court candidates Potter and Sharpe run far ahead of Democrats, with Potter at 374,683 and Sharpe 369,906.
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Detroit
Maurice R. Keyworth
Paul Voelker
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Supreme Court
W. W. Potter
Nelson Sharpe
Keyworth
Voelker
Potter
Sharpe
I. F. McDonald
W. R.neithercut
Delay on amendments stalls approval in House committee
Washington April 2 The hampered AAA amendments were set back when the House Agriculture Committee formally vacated a vote of approval from last week and agreed to consider other amendments to the already rewritten legislation Chairman Jones of Texas said they would study the proposals for a day or two before giving the bill further attention.
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Washington, Apr
AAA
House Agriculture
Jones
Tex
Oil production in oil centers slips further in week
Daily crude oil output fell 18 516 barrels to 2 589 350 barrels across the nation led by declines in Oklahoma and California. Texas posted gains offsetting much of the drop while Kansas saw a small rise of 1 850 barrels bringing weekly Kansas totals to 154 900.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
California
Texas
Kansas
Republican Caucus on Social Security Measure
Washington April 2 a conference of 103 Republican House members was called for this afternoon to decide their stance on the administration social security bill. The Ways and Means Committee plans to report a bill including old age pensions unemployment insurance and minor social measures next week. Some leaders expect a majority may favor a bill limited to needy old age pensions. Republican members of the committee declined to vote on reporting the bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
of Parther
National Guard units H and M prepare for federal inspection
Final programs for the annual inspections of Companies H and M, 137th Infantry, at the Armory on Eighth and New Hampshire streets, outline demonstrations including close order drill and machine gun work. Capt. Fred Wickham will inspect for the federal government with Col. Browne representing Kansas. Co. H at 7:30 pm and Co. M at 9:00 pm. full strength with 3 officers and 64 enlisted per unit.
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137Th Infantry
Eighth
New Hampshire
National Guard
Co. H
Galen A. Gorrill
Co. M
Wayne Allphin
Voters Decide on Oil Zone Extension Near Governor’s Mansion
Oklahoma City voters face three ballot proposals to add 800 acres in the northeast city block to the oil drilling zone, now about 5,000 acres. Only two thirds have producing wells. one well is under way. One plan would permit a derrick within 400 feet of the governor’s mansion as Gov. E. W. Marland beautifies the grounds.
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Oklahoma City
E. W. Marland
Larger Vote For Today's Election Brisk City Balloting
More than two thousand votes had been cast by 3 pm in the city election with 2 014 votes from six wards by mid afternoon up from 1 264 in the March 6 primary. Polls close at 6 pm and late returns may delay to 11 o'clock or later as officials prepare to elect mayor council members school board and treasurer. The city clerk's office stays open tonight to receive ballots and the journal world will post results as soon as available. Ward results show heightened interest in wards two and five. Registration for today 6 29 and 6 443 for the primary. 2 421 voted in the primary.
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Journal-World
City Commission
Opposing TVA Powers Highlights Capitol Hill Testimony
Washington hearings on the Tennessee Valley Authority drew fresh opposition to abolishing holding companies and to government hydroelectric power development. John B. Battle tied TVA to harming a coal industry already ills-struck, while pro-holding company voices warned that dissolving utilities would worsen conditions.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Tennessee Valley
House Military Committee
John B. ‘Battle
National Coal Association
McSwain
S.C
Tennnessee
B. W. Kerr
Greensburg
Railway and Industrial Engineering Company
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
A. J. Hettinger
Durable Goods Industries Committee
TVA
Tennessee River
Battle
Eer
Missouri obtains funds for federal relief program
Missouri receives 1.2 million dollars in federal relief funds to cover all purposes for one week including aid to college students. Governor Park assured Administrator Hopkins that the state will provide its fair share of relief money as figures show about 68,589 farmers signed 1935 corn hog program contracts in Kansas and nearby regions.
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Washington
Missouri
Governor Park
Hopkins
Scollere
Monica
Manhattan
Kan
Avree
Dean H. Umberger
Kansas State College
Seed Loan Machinery Is Set in Motion
Wichita April 2 Seed Loan machinery is set in motion for making seed loans in Kansas Colorado New Mexico and Oklahoma. Applications were placed with agency representatives in the four states yesterday. Funds are available up to 500 dollars to farmers in the government's agricultural control program.
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Wichita
R. H. McEloyeen
Ninth Land Bank District
Kansas
Colo
New Mexico
Oklahoma
McElveen
Congress
Pedestrian Struck by Car in Massachusetts Street Incident
Miss Hyla Englehaupt 16 of 910 East Thirteenth struck at about 4 30 pm yesterday at Eighth and Massachusetts by a 1926 Model T driven by Alexander Bogers 63 of Topeka. Police said Bogers intoxicated. Doctor H Penfield Jones treated her then she was taken home with injuries to back and side bruises and abrasions. Witnesses say Bogers turned suddenly into the pedestrian lane and did not slow. Mrs Englehaupt and Mrs Ray Channel witnessed the event. Bogers and Emerson Barnes 61 of near Topeka were detained. Barnes released later, no charges then. Bogers charged this morning with driving while intoxicated bond set at 100. He hoped to bond today.
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Hyla Englehaupt
East Thirteenth Street
Eighth
Massachusetts
Alexander Bogers
Topeka
Rogers
H. Penfield Jones
Miss Englehaupt
J. N. Englehaupt
Ray Channel
Brooks Street
Crown Drug Store
Massachusetts Street
Emerson Barnes
Eighth Street
Englehaupt
Daughter
Channel
Barnes
O. E. Learnard
Lawrence
Kansas Cities Vote in Spring Municipal Elections
Kansas voters in first and second class cities cast ballots for new mayors and school boards while third class cities voted yesterday. Key issues include Emporia gas franchise, Kansas City levee bonds, Topeka high school bonds, and Humboldt mayoral race. Berne reports Swiss probe of Nazi party amid protest over a German journalist abduction.
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Topeka
Kansas Cities
Emporia
Kansas City
East Side
McPherson
Russell
W. A. Lawson
Herbert G. Barrett
Omar B. Ketchum
Don C. McCombs
Howard H. Thorn
Wyandotte
Eanes
Humboldt
Misa H. Louise Fuseman
William Freeman
Berne
Switzerland
Germany
Broad View Inn Destroyed By Morning Blaze
A morning fire completely destroyed Broadview Inn west of Lawrence on highway 40. Fire started in the attic from wiring, raged with strong winds, saving some first floor items while second and third floors were lost. Mrs. A L Ferris defended the home as Broadview Inn, with garage and nearby structures saved by hydrants and quick action. cause under investigation, continuing on page 2.
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Broadview Inn
Lawrence
Highway 40
Jes Willard
Anere. Ware
Rena
A. L. Ferris
Robert Ferris
Colleege
University of Kansas
E. K. Carter
Kansas
Paul Coker
Mud Creek Bridge
Weather Notes and Odd Fragments From Local Page
Odd clipping reports colder air and cloudy skies with scattered notes on roads and local offices. Mentions gas office, yesterday’s records, and a brief forecast while hinting at a classified ad copy task.
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Reir
Cosas Cousins
Ratures
Eeiaz
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Eudora
Finney
Emporia & Banker
Lyons County
Vidler
Delaney
McLaughlin
Kansas Commission
Gas
Enforcement Post
Michigan
Call
Republican
Dan Casement
Dan D. Casement
Wallace
Casement
Leedey
Leedey Consolidated
Homer Mitchell
Alexander Rogers
Topeks
Broad View Inn
Willard
Paul Ingela
Ingela
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