Britain Faces Italian Moves as Mosul Consul Murder Sparks Alarm
The murder of British consul C E A C Monck Mason in Mosul sparks fears over Italy plans to tighten control of Albania. Britain seeks alliances with Poland and France to deter German aggression while calling on Italy to respect the British Italian friendship pact. Reports say Italy cites Albania ties as a reason to bolster defense, as tensions rise across Europe.
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Associated Press
Iraq
Albania
Mosul
C.E.A.C. Monck- Mason
Ghazi
London
Bari
Rome
Italy
Zog
Poland
Britain
France
Neville Chamberlain
Chicago Vote Tops Early Ballot Count In Mayoral Race
Chicago voters cast 441 408 ballots in first two hours for Mayor Edward J. Kelly Democrat and Dwight H Green Republican. Jarecki said record 1 500 000 votes possible with Green attacking Kelly and party machine finance. Teachers elected in Lawrence Kansas with 108 staff and new power-rate offer cuts bills. 55 percent drop.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Dwight H. Green
Election Board
Edmund K. Jarecki
Congress
Green
Thomas J. Courtney
William Hale Thompson
Courtney
Kelly
Kelly-Nash Democratic
Thompson
Democratic Organization
Democrats
Lawrence Public Schools
Board of Education
C. E. Birch
Birch
James I. Perry
Wilma Yoakum
Vesta White
Clara Lindquist
Cecil Hough
Cliff Calvin
Kansas Electricower Company
Howard Sutherland
W. W. Richardson
Roosevelt slams riders in bills during press conference
President Roosevelt criticized the practice of attaching riders to unrelated bills in Congress. He cited a rider added to the emergency army defense measure he signed last night, saying it lacked adequate study and could cost the government five to six million dollars annually.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Congress
Kansas Weather Forecast Tags
Kansas forecast calls for rain tonight and Wednesday with cooler temperatures and clouds in the northwest. The report notes yesterday's high and low at 46 degrees, rainfall of 1.7 inches, and compares to year ago readings.
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Kansas
Ameceannicien
Four Navy Fliers Die in Crash At Launch of Plane Carrier
Four Navy fliers died when two planes in a six craft formation collided during the launching of the aircraft carrier Wasp at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Fore River yard in Quincy Massachusetts. The crash sparked fires in two houses but no injuries among residents were reported. East Braintree residents observed the tragedy as a champagne ceremony proceeded nearby.
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Navy
Quincy
Mass
Wasp
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Fore River
Charles Edison
East Braintree
Nage
Wes Williams
Altho
German Public Debt Up to 11 Billion Dollars
Berlin reports a rise in Germany total public debt to 28 109 800 000 marks by end of January 1989 about 11 243 820 000 dollars. Government creditors hold 23 500 000 000 marks about 9 400 000 000 dollars. The remaining 4 609 800 000 marks about 1 843 920 000 dollars covers foreign debts and reparations loans with funds at the Reichsbank tied to exchange shortages.
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Berlin
Young and Dawes
Reichsbank
Flooding Hits Garfield County Oklahoma Apr 4
Torrential rains in northern Garfield county caused rivers and lowlands to flood. Five to six inches of rain along the Garfield Grant county line swamped U S highway 81 and damaged wheat while some livestock were lost.
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Oklahoma
Enid
Okla
Garfield County
Garfield-Grant County
U. S. Highway 81
Man Reporting Nazis in Argentina Is Released
Buenos Aires April 4 En rique Juerges who wrote President Robert M Ortiz said he could prove Nazi penetration into Argentina was released from jail and taken home by a protective guard at 130 a m. Juerges had been jailed Saturday after Noticias Graficas published a facsimile of a report to a German embassy adviser describing Patagonia as no man s land. Alfred Mueller, whose name appeared on the facsimile, remains in jail.
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Buenos Aires
Enrique Juerges
Robert M. Ortiz
Argentina
Juerges
Noticias Graficas
Patagonia
Ortiz
Alfred Mueller
Jal
Committee Picks for WPA Inquiry in Washington
The House Appropriations Committee named a 12 man sub committee to conduct a thorough inquiry into the Works Progress Administration. Chairman Taylor says the panel will meet Thursday as it defines the inquiry scope. Senate economy advocates push for a $100 million relief accord or risk cuts.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Thoro
House
Works Progress Administration
Taylor
D-Coro
Representative Woodrum
D- Va
Senate
Adams
D-Colo
Woodrum
Cannon
D.mo
Ludlow
D.-Ind
Thomas S. McMillan
D.-S.c
Snyder
D.pa
O'Neal
D-Ky
Johnson
D.w.va
Taber
R.-N.y
Wigglesworth
R.-Mass
Lambertson
R.kan.), and Ditter (R.-Pa
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Townsend and General Welfare
Flee From a Flood Strikes 75 Mile Front in Missouri River
Missouri River flood waters breached a 75 mile front between Omaha and Onawa Iowa forcing residents to flee homes and inundating over 20000 acres of bottomland. About 20 families abandoned homes while roads were flooded. Sandbag dikes were built to shield farms and roads as the river rose to 18.3 feet with an expected crest near 19.5 feet.
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Omaha
Neb
Onawa
M. V. Robins
Sioux City
Noe Appointed Special Assistant Attorney General
Topeka April 4 Warden L Noe of Holton was named special assistant attorney general for the state board of agriculture by Attorney General Jay S Parker. He succeeds Marvin Brummitt who resigned to practice law at Concordia.
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Noe
Topeka
Warden L. Noe
Holton
State Board of Agriculture
Jay S. Parker
Marvin Brummitt
Concordia
Trade talks eyed with Spain after long lapse
Washington reports the administration is considering renewing negotiations for a trade agreement with Spain that lapsed when the civil war began, officials said today.
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Washington
Spain
U S Winter Wheat Crop Forecast Shrinking From 1937 38
Chicago authorities forecast a U S winter wheat crop about 150000000 bushels smaller than 1937 and 1938 yields yet above the five year average Analysts produced six estimates averaging 539000000 bushels with a range of 524000000 to 550000000 bushels Farmers reduced acreage sharply and conditions improved across the belt
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U. S
Chicago
United States
Mayoral Tie Marks Lecompton Election Night
Voters in Lecompton produced a rare mayoral tie with 54 votes for C. C. Mankle and Paul Maust each while 118 ballots were cast. Mrs. George Lasswell won a council seat as Lecompton plans a city hall meeting to decide the mayor’s office. L. W. Crady serves as acting mayor.
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Lecompton
George Lasswell
Baldwin
Heynen
Tonganoxie
C. C. Mankle
Paul Maust
L. W. Crady
John Taylor
T. K. Murphy
Harry Carr
John Dick
Ray Steinmetz
W. M. Hanna
M. F Cole
Elmer Wingfield
John Schreiner
Ed McClannahan
E.’ D. ‘Hobson
Bert Vaughn
H. S. Flickinger
Leo Smith
M. L. Hitchcock
J. D. Adams
J. Smith
C. B. Johnson
George Trefz
Harold Daugherty
Bert Seiwald
Allen Westerhouse
J. O. Scott
G. M. Wolfe
William Zimmerman
Charles Schehrer
Frank Sommer
George Lothholz
Carl Trefz
Minnie Jones
James Wooden
L. E. Hazen
Fred Angell
W. C. Allan
Ed S. Hunt
Walt Neibarger
Lemuel C. Evans
Dale Rawlings
Amos E. Wilson
Lee R. Henry
Albert Conley
Don Pearson
G. A. Emerson
Fritz Company files big price discrimination suit against General Tire
Fritz Meyn and Lee Schwinley file a $503,236.49 federal suit in Topeka against General Tire and Rubber Co. of Akron Ohio. Three counts seek $300,000 triple-damages under the Robinson-Patman act plus $203,236.49 for contract breach and damages. involving dealer contracts, nonrenewal, and alleged discrimination affecting Lawrence Kansas sales and commissions. Attorneys are John J. Riling Joseph J. Poizner and Jerome S. Koehler.
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General Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Fritz Meyn
Lee Schwintey
Copartners
Fritz Company
Robinson-Patman
Congress
General Fires
State of Kansas
State Institution
Lawrence
Missouri
Topeka
Clerk of the District Court of the United States
Meyn and Schwinley
John J. Riling
Joseph J. Poizner
Jerome S. Koehler
Kansas City
Kan
Yankee Clipper Finishes Last Lap of Her Flight
The Pan American air liner Yankee Clipper landed at Southampton at 3 40 p m marking the final leg of a 5300 mile trans Atlantic flight from Baltimore. It left Marseille at 11 23 a m with 21 aboard and had prior stops at Horta Azores Lisbon Biscaroose and Marseille.
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Southampton
England
Pan-American Airways
Clipper
Baltimore
Horta
Azores
Lisbon
Biscaroose
France
Marseille
Eight Million Are Aliens Says Guyer
Rep Guyer told the house that 8,000,000 aliens in the United States had not become citizens nor declared intention. He urged forcing them to choose between naturalization and deportation. He estimated 1,500,000 aliens on relief rolls and 6,000,000 others employed in industry and agriculture.
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Washington
U. S. Guyer
R.-Kan
House
United States
Guyer
Stock Market Index Shows Day Risk Shift
The stock index averaged 60 stocks at 44.7 yesterday and 45.7 later, signaling a fluctuating market mood with limited daylight gains and renewed volatility across the board.
Murphy and Hoover Plan Inspection Tour Through Two Cities
United States Attorney General Frank Murphy and J. Edgar Hoover head to Kansas City and Leavenworth on a tour of inspection. They are to meet with U S district attorney Maurice M Milligan then visit the federal prison at Leavenworth, no schedule for the Leavenworth visit yet.
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Murphy
Hoover
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Frank Murphy
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Maurice M. Milligan
United States District Attoney
Kaw
Aerial Review by First Observation Squadron at Municipal Airport
The First Observation Squadron of the Army air force based at Marshall Field Ft. Riley will perform an aerial review over the Municipal airport in Lawrence Thursday at 2 30 PM as part of Army day events. Three Q 47A planes will fly in echelon V and line formations at 200 mph, then pass the reviewing stand three times without landing. Open house and equipment displays will be held at Ft. Riley with invitation to the public. Major E A Reath and Major Arthur G Hamilton lead the event with ROTC and National Guard crowd control in uniform.
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Army Air Force
Marshall ‘Field
Ft. Riley
Lawrence
Victor R. Haugen
Harold Y. Sewart
Topeka
Leavenworth
E. A
Army Ready to Start Warplane Production After Bill Signing
Washington reports the army will begin manufacturing 3 000 new warplanes and other munitions under a 358 million expansion bill signed by President Roosevelt. Assistant Secretary Louis Johnson says contracts will be awarded as funds become available. Initial orders include four motor bombers and several hundred attack and pursuit planes, with numbers limited. An experimental order for 13 two motor pursuit ships is noted after a crash at Mitchell Field.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Louis
Johnson
Army
Mitchell Field
L. L
France protests Japan over Spratly Islands seizure
Paris lodged a formal protest with Tokyo a day after Japan announced control of the Spratly islands in the South China Sea. France denounces the move as a violation of territorial claims and stability in the region.
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Paris
UPI
Japan
Spratly Islands
South China Seas
Tokyo
Jury Awards Apex Hosiery $711000 Damages Against Union
A U S district court jury found branch 1 of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers and president William Leader jointly liable for damages from a May June 1937 sit down strike at the Apex Hosiery mill. The verdict total reached $711,932 with union assets around $50,000. union members were exempted from personal responsibility.
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Philadelphia
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
CIO
Apex Hosiery Company
Benjamin Simons
U. S. District Court
Hosiery Workers’ Union
William Leader
Apex
Third
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Simons
Students of Labor
Danbury, Conn
Supreme Court
Knights of Labor
Dietrich E. Lowe
Hatters
Arkansas
Coronado Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Coronado
City voters steady in six-ward election with one contest
Heavy turnout noted despite no contests for most offices as 1,591 votes were cast of 6,809 registered by 3 PM. In the Fifth ward the lone race featured Democrat A W Berger facing Republican J C Carter for city council. Other posts were unopposed. Results by ward at 8 PM: First 350, Second 284, Third 244, Fourth 219, Fifth 389, Sixth 115.
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Massachusetts Street
A. W. Berger
J. C. Carter
C. B. Russell
Board of Education
Althoit
Rain to continue as Kansas braces for colder air
Light rain spanned eastern Kansas with totals from Horton to Garnett. A southwesterly low pressure system is forecast to bring rain for 36 hours, followed by a plunge to near 50s and 40s as colder air from Canada moves in tonight and Wednesday.
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Kansas
S. D. Flora
Canada
Atwood
Ness City
Dodge City
Larned
Elkhart
Flora
Okishouse
Nebraska
Horton
Centralia
Lecompton
Kansas City
Garnett
Fort Scott
Chanute
Central Third
Hanover
Phillipsburg
Concordia
Salina
Herington
McPherson
Florence
Pratt
Wichita
A Trace
Senate confirms William O. Douglas to Supreme Court
The Senate voted 62 to 4 to confirm William O. Douglas as associate justice of the Supreme Court. Douglas, 40, succeeds Louis Brandeis and is to take seat after the spring recess on April 17. He previously chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission and was a Yale law professor.
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Washington
Senate
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Frazier and Nye
North Dakota
Lodge
Massachusetts
Reed
Kansas
Douglas
Securities Commission
Roosevelt
Louis D. Brandeis
Yale
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Judiciary Committee
Frazier
R.N.D
Dougas
North Dakotan
Hungary Slovakia sign frontier protocol
Hungary and Slovakia signed an agreement to set a new border with Hungary gaining title to most of the Slovak territory occupied in the frontier fighting March 23 to 25. The accord includes additional areas totaling about 886 square miles with a population around 45 000.
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Boundry
Budapest
Hungrary
Slovakia
Hungary
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