Deficit for Nine Months Reported in Government Totals
Washington April 3 AP The government closed nine months of the fiscal year with expenditures of 4 848 004 000 and a deficit of 2 542 299 000. March revenue was 420 103 481 for the year to date while operating expenses totalled 1 987 029 000. Emergency outlays reached 2 860 965 000 and the public debt stood at 26 157 509 000. The Civil Works Administration led March emergency spending at 177 298 000 as compared with February.
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Washington
Treasury
Ncome
Civil Works Administration
Revolt Plot Rumors Sweep Paris Arms Traffic
Paris reports an urgent review of revolutionary plots claimed by both rightists and leftists. Authorities search for hidden arsenals as thousands of rifles and pistols reportedly enter France before Petain tightens border controls. Ferry and Humanite trade accusations over weapon shipments and a plan to seize key Parisian targets with guerrilla support.
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Paris
France
Eee
Secret
Ard
Saussier
De‘sire Ferry
la Liberte
Andre Tardieu
Marshal Petain
Ferry
Humanite
Riots at City Hall in Minneapolis disrupt welfare meeting
A crowd of about 5,000 unemployed broke through police lines at Minneapolis City Hall. They smashed the mayor’s reception room door and interrupted a welfare board meeting after it refused to hear a grievance delegation. Police cleared offices. John Swanson, welfare board chairman, then met with a three-person committee demanding a public Friday meeting. A police officer was cut by broken glass.
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Minneapolis
Welfare Board
John Swanson
Unsettled Kansas Weather and Bank Call Report
Unsettled tonight and Wednesday with colder conditions. Ottawa Manhattan and Pittsburg to see clear periods in morning cloud. Dirt roads in Douglas County noted. State Bank Call from Topeka on April 3 requests March 31 financial statements of all state and private banks and trust companies.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Manhattan
Pittsburg
State Bank Call
Topeka
H. W. Koeneke
Air Transport Systems to Bid as Usual
New York April 3 AP The New York Sun reports major air transport systems plan no reorganization before the April 19 air mail contract bid unless Postmaster General Farley clarifies eligibility rules The Sun cites sources close to leading operators and notes executives with New York headquarters declined to comment The piece highlights potential bid by the same officers tied to the Brown 1930 collusion meeting.
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New York
New York Sun
James A. Farley
Sun
Survey on Kansas relief wage needs under federal fund plan
Topeka April 3 AP John G Stutz executive secretary of the federal emergency relief committee for Kansas says a quick survey of counties is being made to determine weekly relief wage needs for this week and for April The plan provides a stated federal aid amount to be divided among counties which must raise the difference to meet need Stutz did not know the total federal allotment The state director will outline relief status before the legislative council Today Shawnee county unemployed men and women marched to the state house asking Stutz and Shawnee county director Lyle O Armel resign Governor Landon noted counties may issue relief bonds tax levies or use anticipation bonds on their share of a 3600000 county township road fund to secure relief funds
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Topeka
John G. Stutz
Federal Emergency Relief Committee For
Kansas
Stutz
Legislative Council
Gay- Alf M. Landon
Shawnee County
State House
Lyle O. Armel
Landon
State Highway Department
Huge Diamond Theft Reported By New York Dealer
Omaha police investigated a diamond theft involving jewels valued between 100000 and 150000 dollars. Herbert L. Gardner of New York said the diamonds disappeared from his hotel room after a trunk delay following his Kansas City check out. Detectives suspected a traveling theft gang and Gardner, a longtime L M Kahn salesman, noted he could not explain when the trunk was opened.
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Omaha
Neb
Herbert L. Gardner
New York
L. & M. Kahn Company
Kansas City
Gardner
A. C. Andersen
the Fontenelle
Kahn
Report Supports Woodring Actions On Army Airplanes
Washington April 3 AP A military affairs sub committee adopted a report praising Harry H Woodring assistant secretary of War for the purchase of 7 5 million dollars worth of army airplanes and faulting army officials for years for buying aircraft without competitive bids The panel said the purchases were intended to follow laws though bids were rejected and purchases held in abeyance awaiting a formal report and new procedure.
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Washington
Harry
H. Woodring
Army
Congress
Rogers
N. H
Death toll eight in storms and train derailment
St Paul April 3 AP At least eight dead and many injured as torrential rains pound Minnesota Wisconsin and South Dakota causing flooded creeks and rivers. A derailment near Hudson Wis killed three trainmen while a bridge collapse at Eau Claire Wis swept away a car killing a 21 year old Eau Claire resident. Multiple drownings and missing persons reported including Winona and Spring Valley.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Hudson
Wis
Winona
Minn
Eau Claire
Oscar Franson
Alfred Franson
Jesse Utter
Minneapolis
C. W. Lang
Glen Parle
Leonard Apel
NRA Licensing Power May Expire on June 30
In Washington on April 3 AP reports NRA administrator Hugh S Johnson would be content to let the National Recovery Act licensing power lapse at month end rather than seek amendments. He plans to testify before a senate committee on the Warner bill once possible, but has not yet read the bill. Johnson stressed the licensing view is his personal stance to see the law tested as is. Presidential aides indicated Roosevelt would seek congressional renewal to require licenses for business establishments under codes.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
National Recovery Act
NRA
Senate
Warner
National Labor Board
Johnson
Roosevelt
Congress
Dairymen Propose Slaughter Plan For Milk Cut
Dairymen from Missouri Kansas Iowa and Nebraska meet with AP and government officials in Kansas City to discuss reducing milk production via a ten percent cut in exchange for 40 cents a pound butter fat not produced. The group considers cow slaughter as an alternative with government bonuses if more than five percent of the herd is culled.
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Kansas City
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Variegated Weather Across Regions Alarms Trails
A summer heat wave in the east and a blizzard in the west bring broad weather chaos. New York hit 75 while Washington and Boston reached mid 70s and flood watches emerged along the Connecticut River. Wyoming reports one death in a storm as airmail ships are grounded and highways freeze behind deep snowdrifts.
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Associated Press
New England
Impressario
New York
Montana
Wyoming
Washington
Boston
Massachusetts
Connecticut
J. Kent Kinnibrugh
Casper Chamber of Commerce
Army Airmail
Cheyenne
United Air Lines
Laramie
Utah
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Logan
Great Falls
Mont
Kansas City Councilman Pledges Cleanup After Turbulent Election
Kansas City April 3 AP A N Gossett Democratic council member urged a cleanup of city government denouncing violence at the municipal election. He called for a fearless police director and new registration law amid police firings and mass dismissals. Four died and many were injured in the election.
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Kansas City
A. N. Gossett
Gossett
Robert J. Coffey
Coffey
Eugene Reppert
Indictment Returned in Dillinger Escape Case
Ernest Blunk, a fingerprint expert, and Sam Cahoon, a jail employee, were indicted for aiding John Dillinger’s escape from Lake County jail. The grand jury, empaneled March 15, found no collusion by officials but blamed several guards for lax jail rules.
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Crown Point
Ind
Ernest Blunk
Sam Cahoon
John Dillinger
Lake County
Blank
Cahoon
William J. Murray
Patrick O'Malley
East Chicago
Dillinger
Must Pay With His Life In Wheel-Driven Wife Murder Case
Albuquerque reports Carl Wickman a Denver pharmacist was found guilty of murdering his fourth wife Donalda Chicoine Wickman two weeks after their marriage. A jury, after 40 minutes, sentenced him to death for beating her to death with a tire iron on a highway near Albuquerque on November 25, 1933. The state argued he plotted the killing to collect insurance. Wickman’s wife had formerly been a nurse at Waverly Massachusetts.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Carl Wickman
Denver
Donalda ' Chicoine Wickman
Wickman
Here
Waverly
Mass
House Spends 10 Minutes To Save A Dime
Washington April 3 AP the house spent about ten minutes debating a ten cent discrepancy in a bill to pay Manuel Merritt nostmaster at Roff Oklahoma forty dollars thirty cents for postal funds lost when the First National Bank failed Representative Blanton noted Harold Graves Farley aide recommended forty dollars twenty cents and the house tabled the 40 30 bill and sent a senate measure authorizing ten cents less to the White House
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House
Manuel Merritt
Nostmaster
Roff
Okla
First National Bank
Blanton
D. Tex
Harold N. Graves
Farley
Merritt
White House
Senate
Insull Appeal Denied in Extradition Case
Istanbul April 3 AP The last route for Samuel Insull to avoid extradition to the United States was closed as the Turkish third penal tribunal refused any further appeal. He must remain in Turkey until handed to U S authorities. Greek lawyers flew in from Athens. others were retained in Istanbul. The cassation court had already ruled no new move was possible. American officials considered next steps as Turkish authorities held the Chicago magnate in a small cell awaiting possible transfer.
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Istanbul
Samuel Insull
United States
Third
M. Kena
Insull
Athens
House of Detention
Turkey
Court of Cassation
Robert P. Skinner
Washington
America
Mllinois
Temperatures to Drop Across Kansas Tonight
A blast of Arctic air from the northwest will plunge Kansas temperatures tonight to 25 in the northwestern corner and 25 to 32 elsewhere, with a quick rebound expected tomorrow. Snow remains unlikely in Kansas though unsettled conditions persist statewide. Goodland reported a low around 38 and Dodge City peaked at 82 yesterday as the state braces for an early April chill.
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Topeka
Great Plains
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S. Fiera
Sid
Norhwestern
Flora
Goodland
Tomorow
Dodge City
Tampa
Fla
Armstrong Seeks Reelection For Register Of Deeds
Miss Elsie Armstrong announced she will run for reelection subject to August Republican primaries. She has served as register of deeds with a focus on efficient service and public courtesy, noting the office handles substantial yearly recording and filing work in the county. Balloons: Warsaw reporters said Polish balloonists Janusz and Warzak set a world duration record at 27 hours 45 minutes, surpassing the 1922 French record.
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Elsie Armstrong
Register of Deeds
Warsaw
Poland
Janusz
Warzak
Toda S. They
Jules’ Dubois
Fair vote cast in city election with ward system
Voters decided on two questions including a move to the commission manager form of government. At 2 pm 1591 votes were counted, with 542 at the same time last week. Six polling places operated under a ward system, reducing precincts from 15 to six. Strong discussion followed between mayor council and manager plans. Election boards will begin counting at closing and publish results by 8 pm.
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Finance
Jin
George T. Wetzel
E. BE
Alexander
Lawrence
Holliday-Mitchell
Ellis- Rankin
Constant
Spalding-Rankin
Journal-World Office
Jurors Named for May Term of Douglas County District Court
Jurors for the May term of the Douglas county district court have been chosen by Justice Frank Dodds Justice Charles Springer and Sheriff Jack Dunkley. The term opens May 8 with jurors from Lawrence including Adolphe Ochse H C Gauck W V Campbell E G Pringle C C Makepeace B H Pasewark Alf r Krall J C Kram William Love W A Ramsey Charles A Corel Sherman Fletcher T H Popplewell Louis McCann H C Dunmire A B Weaver R W Moll Everett Everhart. Rural Douglas county jurors include Philip Brecheis en Fred E Griffis John Baker Roy Breithaupt E J Yakle Palmyra township Lewis Howell O T York I G Tuttle George McClintock F C Peterson Wakarusa township L H Pete fish L H Kupper C C Bellas Kanwaka township Homer Crawford I H Lyon Marion townships Ben Neis M B Mc Bride Len Woodard Eudora township.
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Douglas County District Court
Frank Dodds
Charles Springer
Jack Dunkley
Lawrence
Adolphe Ochse
H.C. Gauck
W. V. Campbell
E. G. Pringle
C. C. Makepeace
B. H. Pasewark
Alfr Krall
J. C. Kram
William Love
W. A. Ramsey
Charles A. Corel
Sherman Fletcher
Louis McCann
H.C. Dunmire
A. B.weaver
R. W. Moll
Everett Everhart
Douglas County
Philip Brecheisen
Fred E. Griffis
John Baker
Roy Breithaupt
E. J. Yakle
Palmyra Township
Lewis Howell
K U Honors Convocation Set At 10 A M Thursday
The eleventh annual honors convocation of the University of Kansas will be held Thursday at 10 o clock in the KU auditorium, where the class of 1933 honor man will be named. Dr W O Mendenhall president of Friends University Wichita will be principal speaker on the topic Truth Versus Fact. Princesa Denies Engagement Cannes Apr 4 AP Ingrid of Sweden denied reports of engagement to Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark saying she did not know Frederick. She is with her uncle the Duke of Connaught at Cap Ferrat. Hearing for Druggan Atlanta Apr 3 AP Terrence Druggan beer baron of Prohibition era Chicago granted further hearing on Apr 10 in his bid for freedom from Atlanta federal penitentiary where he serves a sentence for income tax evasion. Stock Market Index Average 90 stocks 86 1 yesterday 83 4
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W. 0
Mendenhall
Friends University At
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Cannes
France
Ingrid
Sweden
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Denmark
Duke of Connaught
Cap Ferrat
Atlanta
Terrence ‘Druggan
Chicago
Fort
Court postpones Finney appeal hearing in Shawnee County
The Kansas Supreme Court postponed the appeal hearing for bond broker Ronald Finney from a 31 to 635 year Shawnee county penitentiary sentence after he pled guilty to bond forgery. The delay was ordered because state briefs were not ready. Finney contends an agreement set an 11 year term if he pleaded guilty. Finney's father, Warren W. Finney, Emporia banker, facing embezzlement in Lyon county, has a hearing set for Friday or later.
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Topeka
Supreme Court
Ronald Finney
Shawnee County
Finney
Paul H.heinz
Lester Goodell
Heinz
Warren W. Finney
Emporia
Lyon County
Mississippi Street Gets Asphalt Resurfacing for University Access
Crews under Abels Construction began resurfacing Mississippi Street from Twelfth to Eighth Street, improving curb areas and streetcar routes. A $40,000 contract covers curb to curb work including Ninth and Mississippi intersection improvements and tracks removal replaced by new surface.
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Eighth
Abels Construction Company
Eleventh
Mississippi
Eighth Street
Ninth
Major Charles A Shepard to stand trial again in poison case
Major Charles A Shepard a retired army officer from Denver must be retried at the April term of federal court in Topeka Kansas for the 1929 death of his second wife Zenana Shepard at Fort Riley. The case features letters between Shepard and Grace Brandon and the defense argues natural causes including alcoholism and mercury exposure. Witness availability may delay start by several weeks.
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Topeka
Kan
Charles A. Shepard
Denver
Zenana
Fort Riley
S. M. Brewster
United States
Kansas
Richard J. Hopkins
Major Shepard
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Aurora
Colo
Kansas City
Federal
Leavenworth
United States Supreme Court
Grace Brandon
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Texas
Roosevelt Jr Pleads Guilty In Improperly Registered Car
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr son of the President pleaded guilty to operating an improperly registered automobile and paid a $20 fine in West Roxbury district court. The Harvard student drove a District of Columbia plate car in Massachusetts over 30 days without motor vehicle department permission. The March 24 accident injured Mrs Mary M O Leary, who is recovering in a Boston hospital.
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Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
West Roxbury
Mary M. O'Leary
Kappa House Robbed At University of Kansas
Thieves entered during Easter vacation breaking a basement window latch and stole an accordion four radios jewellery and a typewriter at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house. Truce in Tire Price War ends early April with a forty day agreement between manufacturers and distributors to refrain from price wars.
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Kappa Kappa Gamma
University of Kansas
Washington
Lawrence Board of Education reelects staff for 1933-34
At the April meeting 102 Lawrence public schools teaching staff were reelected for the 1933-34 year. The list includes 93 full time principals and teachers, six part time teachers, and three special instructors. Several resignations were accepted and bids for a New York school building grant and a summer school bonus were approved.
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Lawrence Board of Education
Lawrence Public Schools
M. F. Hyde
H. C. Riggs
Iss Lina M. Shipny
Louise Stoner
McAllaster
New York
Board of Education
Lawrence
Decrees Year of Prayer by Pope Pius in 1935
Rome April 3 AP reports Pope Pius decreed a year of worldwide prayer to unite Christians and atone for injuries by militant atheistic groups. The Holy Year ends in 1934 but a papal bull extends jubileal indulgence through Easter 1935 for visiting four churches designated by bishops. Union Pacific Unveils New High Speed Train at Lawrence.
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Rome
Pope Pius
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