Roosevelt backs permanent CCC for 300000 workers
Washington reports President Roosevelt urged Congress to make the CCC a permanent agency with 900000 youths plus veterans and 10000 Indians in territories, noting the program saves employment while boosting national resources. Officials say current enrollment nears 800000 across about 2000 camps, with funds and plans to expand to full 350000.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
Corps
Johnson
Oklahoma
Democratic
Capitol Hill
Robert Fechner
Test Your Knowledge Trivia From Classified Ads
The page lists quiz items asking basic knowledge questions on government, geography, history, measurement, and civic terms. It references turning to the classified page for answers, and includes dental ad details for Dr. Alexander.
Liberty Memorial High to Stage Spring Recital
The Liberty Memorial High School instrumental music department will present a free recital in the high school auditorium on Tuesday evening April 6 at 7 15. Solo and small ensembles perform with director C E Sawhill in charge and the program provides student public appearance before spring festivities.
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Liberty Memorial High School
C. E. Sawhill
Faces liquor charge follows arrest at used car lot
Jess Cole posted $500 bond after being charged with possession of intoxicating liquor. He was arrested Saturday night by Undersheriff George Price and Deputy Henry Collins near a 700 block New Hampshire street car lot, where three pints of whisky and four pints of alcohol were found in his car. He previously faced a March 1 charge and posted $500 bond. Today he pleaded not guilty to the new possession charge, bond set at $300, hearing scheduled for April 19 at 9 a.m.
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Jess Cole
Justice Court of
Milton Beach
Cole
George Price
Henry Collins
New Hampshire Street
Price
Beach
Roosevelt nominates Baker as chief of chemical warfare service
President Roosevelt nominates Col Walter Campbell Baker to be chief of the army chemical warfare service with the rank of major general, to succeed Maj Gen Claude E Brigham. Also sent to the Senate is Col Charles Burnett to lead the war department's Bureau of Insular Affairs with the rank of brigadier general, succeeding Brig Gen Creed F Fox.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Walter Campbell Baker
Chemical Warfare Service
Army
Claude E. Brigham
Senate
Charles Burnett
Cavalry
War Department
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Creed F. Fox
Strikers Claim Victory At Ford Plant Sit-Down
Kansas City April 5 workers at Henry Ford’s largest U.S. plant resumed work after a sit-down action that union officials say involved about 1,400 workers. Ed Hall of CIO affiliate UAW warned of layoffs if production demand required, while Ford’s Detroit officials denied discrimination or an agreement. The dispute spurred a separate wage rise and union recognition at Butler manufacturing, with CIO unions establishing a permanent Kansas City office to organize unrepresented workers.
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Kansas City
Henry Ford Automobile
C.J.C
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ed Hall
Second International
United Automobile Workers of America
CLO
Ford
Detroit
Hall
Ford Union
Bennett
Kansas City Star
Butler
Ute
Eight in Vote Trial Opens in Kansas City Fraud Case
In federal court Judge Merrill E Otis presided over the opening of Kansas City's fifth vote fraud conspiracy trial. Eighteen defendants from the twenty second precinct faced jurors amid illness in Missouri delaying venire selection as 28 panelists remained. Defense counsel Langsdale and Garnett challenged potential biases with a juror question.
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Kansas City
Merrill E
Otis
Federal Grand Jury
Missouri
Clif Langsdale
Charles V. Garnett
Twelfth Ward
E. D. Shannabarger
Irene Brennan
Nancy Constable
Nancy Bodenhammer
Everett Pippin
Bessie Adams
Charles H. Kaiser
James McNamara
Langsdale
Soviet Secret Police Chief Yagodza Demoted in Purge
Moscow April 5 Genrikh Yagodz former head of the Soviet secret police was removed from command after disclosures of criminal breaches of office. A curt communique says he will be handed to the organs of investigation after two prior demotions stripped him of command.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Genrikh Yagodz
G.P.U
Yagoda
Break Up A Rebel Plot In Madrid Market Place
Madrid police seized bombs and arms in a principal market place and a nearby hotel plan to fortify fascist positions. Twelve suspects were detained including Manuel Ruiz Gonzales a 33 year old fish salesman accused of hatching the plot.
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Miedeid Market Place
Madrid
Manuel Ruiz Gonzales
No Wagner Ruling Delayed by Supreme Court
Washington April 5 the supreme court deferred a decision on the Wagner labor relations act until at least next Monday after finishing a minor District of Columbia case. The session adjourned with several Wagner act challenges still undecided and a two week recess delaying further announcements.
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Eurrancy Supreme Court
Warner Labor Relations Act
District of Columbia
Justice Stone
Angelo Herndon
Cincinnati
Georgia
Georgia Power Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Marathon Electric Manufacturing Company
Wisconsin
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Schoewe Elected Kansas Academy of Science President
Prof W H Schoewe of the University of Kansas ecology department was elected president for 1938 39 at the Kansas Academy of Science meeting in Manhattan Prof George A Dean of Kansas State college was named president for the ensuing year Other KU members were elected to council and editors including R H Wheeler W J Baumgartner and Robert Taft The junior academy elected Miss Georgia Jones secretary and Lawrence Junior High School members won awards
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University of Kansas
Kansas Academy of Science
Manhattan
George A. Dean
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Lawrence
K. U
R. H. Wheeler
W. J. Baumgartner
Robert Taft
Baumgartner
Taft
W. H. Schoene
W. H. Horr
Claude Hibbard
Lawrence Junior
Ben Franklin Club
Liberty Memorial High School
Georgia Jones
Deaths and Funerals in Eudora Area
Funeral notices from Eudora report George Francis Rothberger 10, George Francis Rothberger’s son, will be buried at Holy Family church Eudora. Carrie Abels White 62 dies in Lawrence Memorial Hospital with services at First Methodist Church Eudora. Ulrich Schlegel 92 dies at home with service at St Pauls Evangelical Church. George H Henson 72 dies at home with funeral at Ninth Street Baptist Church. Surviving relatives listed for each.
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George Francis Rothberger
George Rothberger
Eudora
Holy Family Church
Carrie Abels White
Carrie Ablea White
Lawrence Memorit Hospital
Naval Services
First Methodist Church
W. C. Watson
Eudora Cemetery
Homer A. White
Marjorie Kadlic
Kansas City
Dorothy Knowles
Gainesville
Mildred Woodward
Lawrence
Donald White
Denver
Jearme le. Seybold
Frank McMillan
Lydia Abels
Topeka
Carl Landbo
Colorado Springs
Will
Ben
Ulrich Schlegel
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
H. Reifschneider
Wilhelmina Schlegel
Dorothy Votaw
Ulrich
St. Gall
Switzerland
America
George H. Henson
Indiana Street
Cornelius Henson
Ninth Street
B. L. Wightman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Fight Women's Ticket in Ford Kansas Mayor Vote
In Ford Kansas men rush an all-men ticket to counter an unopposed women’s ticket. Handbills urge write-in votes led by mayoral hopeful A F Small as Lyman Emrie, husband of female mayoral candidate Kathleen Emrie, appears among council write-ins. By 11 am only about 40 ballots cast.
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Ford
Kan
Kansas
A. F. Small
Lyman Emrie
Kathleen Emrie
Land's End Opens Four Day Run at Fraser Theater
F L Lucas's play Land's End begins a four day run at Fraser theater tonight at 8 20 o clock. Presented by the Kansas Players KU dramatic group the production explores the clash between older and younger generations with students and dramatics faculty in the cast.
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K. U
Land's End
Fraser Theater
F. L. Lucas
The
Kansas Players, K. U. Dramatic Group
Dramatics
Vogue for Sit-Downs Passing Says Perkins
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins said the wave of sit-down strikes is abating as workers realize they are not good technique and complicate the situation. She spoke at a conference for Midwest factory inspectors and declined to comment on legal possibilities beyond noting sit-downers might face trespass liability.
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Chicago
Frances Perkins
Aoreas
Memorial Hospital Notes And Weather Update
Memorial Hospital notes list Miss Marian Madl of Baldwin undergoing a major operation last night and Paul Foster of Connecticut street having a major operation this morning. Mrs Maude Shultz is in hospital for observation. L C Benne of Wichita left hospital this afternoon after observation. Stormy rain and winds hit South Atlanta on Apr 5, marking the first anniversary of April tornadoes that killed 435 and caused 20 million dollars in damage in Tupelo and Guin eaville. In Charleston West Virginia on Apr 6 a CCC and woods crews fought 100 forest fires in a 48 hour effort, bringing fires under control across southern West Virginia.
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Marian Madl
Baldwin
Maude Shultz
Paul Foster
Connecticut Street
L. C. Benne
Wichita
Atlanta
Tupelo
Miss
Guineaville
Greer
Charleston
W. Va
CCC
West Virginia
Mine negotiators meet in Pittsburg for new wage contract
Mine operators and union officials of District No. 14 began negotiations in Pittsburg Kansas this afternoon for a new wage and working conditions contract to replace the one that expired March 31. More than 120000 square miles of territory can be seen from the summit of Mount Diablo California.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Kan
Mount Diablo
Calif
Boy Scout Award Made After Camp in Kansas
About 300 scouts and readers attended the first arrival of Council-Ree sponsored by Campfire Council, No Kansas, at Camp Theodore Naish near Bonner Springs. Troop 65 of Lawrence won the blue ribbon for best all around camp and Ed Bodin of Troop 56 earned the National Rifle Association medal for marksmanship. Numerous awards followed for Lawrence troops and scouts including attendance, drill, camping, and various merit badges.
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Campfire Council
Ed Bodin
Lawrence
National Rifle Association
Troos
Homer Thompson
Jay Lowery
Eldred Jones
Paul Howard
Edwin A. Burgess
Jerry Corea
Charles Riggs
Nelson May
Edward Stour
Don McDonald
Jack Puffinbarger
Mas Falkenstein
Joe Bleakley
Bo Burgess
Leathercraft
Junius Underwood
Junior Hundley
J Gs
Ornette Howard
Junius Penny
Jayton Frost
Ed Bodine
Ernest Wiliam
Richard Weir
Harry Wampler
Corn Up Four Cents To 12 Year High In May Delivery
Chicago Apr 5 corn rallied to fresh 12 year highs with May futures rising four cents to 1.38 1 8 as cash corn topped 1.40 a bushel the highest since 1920. May corn reached 1.38 1 8 amid limited supplies and strong buying. The day also carried news of a Senate review on a soil conservation bill and a USDA projection for Argentina wheat at about 248 million bushels for 1926 37.
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Senate
Washington
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Argentina
CCC Broadcast Celebrates Fourth Anniversary on WRE
The fourth anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps founding was celebrated in a special broadcast aired yesterday afternoon on Station WRE. Captain Wills G. Robinson presided as judge advocate for the Missouri Kansas CCC district. Music featured the Lone Star camp Bar Quartet and the Leavenworth Headquarters Double Duc. Several CCC officers spoke during the program.
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TogTam
Wills G. Robinson
Missouri-Kansas
CCC
Lone Star
Double Duc
Leavenworth
Italy May Withdraw From Neutrality Pact Over Spain Violation
Rome reports charges of flagrant violations by France of the hands off Spain pact, published by Giornale D'Italia. Spokesmen say authenticity doubtful but list arms deliveries and shipments to Spanish and Valencia governments as possible triggers for Italy to reassess its neutrality accord.
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France
Spain
Italy
Giornale D'Italia
Marseille
Valencia
Iege
Vienna
Havre
Dino Alfieri
Dino Grandi
London
French Deputy Arrested for Recreating Banned League
Paris April 5 AP Indicted Col Francois de la Rocque head of the French social party on charges of re creating the banned Croix de Feu league. Penalties range from 15 days to two years in prison and fines up to 5 000 francs. Deputy Jean Ybarnegaray and four other faction leaders are named in the indictment. Mississippi farm income in 1936 exceeded 300 million dollars.
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Francois de la Rocque
French Social Party
France
Jean Ybarnegaray
de la Rocque
Chamber of Deputies
Mississippi
Coal Stabilization Bill Passes Senate Amid Amendments
The U S Senate approved the Guffey Vinson coal stabilization measure after not adding a denunciation of sit down strikes. The bill would create a national bituminous coal commission to set price limits and ban certain trade practices. Senate amendments exempt civil service employees and farm cooperative purchases from price regulation and make knowingly buying coal in violation a misdemeanor.
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Washington
Apr
PisThe Guffey-Vinson
House
Senate
Civil Service
Spanish Insurgents Advance Toward Durango Near Bilbao
In Vitoria on April 5 insurgent headquaters reported Gen Emilio Mola's northern army moved within six miles of Durango as part of a powerful Basque campaign. The thrust extended the front line three miles closer to the Basque capital Bilbao, enabling a potential 16 mile downhill push toward the city along paved routes.
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Vitoria
Spain
Emilio Mola
Durango
Bilbao
Mola
Government Sets $5,000,000 Dust Bowl Benefit Plan
Washington reports government farm officials launch a $5 million emergency benefit payment program for the nation’s dust bowl hit counties. Farmers in 90 counties will receive funds from soil conservation measures to control soil blowing, added to regular AAA benefits awaiting congressional approval.
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Washington
Congress
Madilla
Oil Line Break Floods Wheat Field Southwest Of town
A break in the White Eagle pipeline three miles southwest of Wheat, Newton, Kansas, spouted oil over seven acres of wheat and filled ditches along Highway 50. Also includeds a marriage license notice for Max B. Service and Louise Munden, both of Ottawa, and an ad for a shorthand class starting at Lawrence Business College.
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Wheat Newton
Kan
White Eagle
Here
Highway 50
Max B. Service
Louise Munden
Ottawa
Anes
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