Akron disaster traced to sharp wind gust over Jersey coast
Bulletin from Lakehurst and Washington details the Akron airship wreck off Barnegat light after a very sharp gust, with 73 lives lost. Lieutenant Commander H. M. Wiley describes the crash sequence, girders bending, and the ship breaking apart before sinking. Survivors Deal and Erwin provide corroboration. A court of inquiry at Lakehurst will investigate, and Congress considers a joint committee on lighter-than-air craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
Portland
Naval Air Station
U.S
Akron
Barnegat Light
Washington
H. M. Wiley
Akron Today
Navy
Swanson
R. E. Deal
M. E. Erwin
Wiley
Jersey
Deal
Proebus
Atlantic
New Jersey
Vote canvass tomorrow by city commissioners
The board of city commissioners will meet tomorrow morning at city hall to canvass the vote from Tuesday's election. Officers elected received substantial majorities and the canvass will not change the unofficial reports. W. E. Spalding, newly elected mayor, is expected to take office Monday morning at the next regular meeting of the city commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of City Commissioners
W. E. Spalding
City Commission
Weather outlook and road conditions in Kansas
Forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Friday with warmer conditions Friday. Central and western areas warmer, light frost possible in extreme east. Morning sun expected, dirt roads mostly good though some soft spots in Pittsburg and Douglas County areas. Temperatures posted for 7 pm yesterday, 7 am and noon today. Ad notes a cash tire sale at Fritz Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Mase
Douglas County
Tri state band festival opens in Enid Oklahoma
High school bands from Kansas Texas and Oklahoma open the festival in Enid Oklahoma. Forty three bands compete in contests across four days ending Saturday. A parade is planned for tomorrow and a massed concert Saturday night directed by Carl Busch of Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Okla
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Carl Busch
Kansas City
Delay in plans to place first group in camp
Washington April 6 AP selection of the 25,000 men who will form the first contingent of the conservation corps was nearly complete in 17 cities today as the Labor Department planned for additional thousands in April and May. Movement of the first men to conditioning camps faced a delay until Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Conservation Corps
Labor Department
Roosevelt
Beers Rejoin Nation with Midnight Legalizations
Gala events planned in St. Louis mark the return of beer as 3.2 percent alcohol beer becomes legal in 19 states and D C at 12 01 a m Friday. Other states set later dates with varied sale rules and prices. News notes include anticipated deliveries, ice-cooled transport, and a special case prepared for the President in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Associated Press
District of Columbia
Arizona
California
Colorado
Delaware
Ilinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Washington
Wisconsin
Louisiana
Vermont
North Carolina
Wyoming
West Virginia
North Dakota
United States Brewers Association
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Virginia
General ‘Assembly
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
South Carolina
Pittsburgh
Slaying of Negro Minister Leads to 3 Arrests
Three colored youths were arrested after the slaying of Rev. Henry W. Jones, 70, veteran of the Indian wars and retired minister, at his home on Lyons street. Confessions implicated Donald Harding, Nenner Myers, and James Scott, with Harding and Myers naming Scott as the shooter. The gun was Scott's .32 revolver, fired as Jones defended his home, bandits fled in a small car. Funeral set for Saturday at First Baptist North Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Jones
Lyons Street
Donald Harding
Michigan Street
Nenner
Myers
Pennsylvania Street
James Scott
Walnut Street
Harding
W. J. Cummings
Scott
Bir
Jones
Mr. Jones
Anna Jones
Mr.Jones
Lawrence
Howard Smith
Lake Street
H. T. Jones
First Baptist Church of
North Lawrence
W. A. Scott
Maple Grove
Wheat prices rise on crop fears in Kansas City and Chicago
Wheat markets climbed on continuing southwest crop and weather concerns. May futures rose to 52 cents in Kansas City with corn advancing to 32 cents, while Chicago cash wheat hit 60 cents and the September contract peaked near 60 1/8 cents amid a frenzied trading day. A car of No 2 red wheat traded at 63 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Southwest
Chicago
Jmien
Evangelist W L Ludwig to Speak in Holloway Hall
Evangelist and lecturer W L Ludwig is set to address a Holloway hall gathering at Nineteenth and Massachusetts streets at 7:30 Sunday evening. The public is invited to attend the service and hear the speaker. Kanwaka Discussion Club meeting postponed to Saturday night at the school house in April. interested attendees urged to join the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Ludwig
Holloway Hall
Nineteenth
Massachusetts Streets
Kanwaka Discussion Club
Beer Battle and Wichita 3.2 Per Cent Party Postponed
Topeka reports a 24 hour delay in the 3.2 per cent beer issue in Kansas. Attorney General Boynton and J H Brady plan to file an injunction in Topeka tomorrow to block Wichita sale plans by Ernest Chapman, who operates a Wichita taxi business. Brady postponed to allow law effect elsewhere and for a more limited court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas
Boynton
Kansas City
Kan
Ernest Chapman
Chapman
J. H. Brady
Richard J. Hopkins
Topeka
Brady
United States
Boys Hobby Fair Opens Friday in Lawrence
Lawrence hosts the third annual Boys Hobby Fair at 720 Massachusetts Street with entries open to boys within 23 miles. Exhibits must be original work, with three age classes and ribbons for top places. judging continues Friday and Saturday alongside a grain judging contest at Lawrence High School featuring 17 schools and multiple cups and medals for top teams and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
United States
Charles Louk
Armin Woesteme
Lawrence High School
Jayhawk
Future Farmers of America
Lawrence High
W. R. Essick
Manhattan
Ottawa
Washington
Chase County High School
Cottonwood Falls
Vinland
Mound City
Reading
Waterville
Shawnee Mission
Oskaloosa
Tonganoxie
Williamsburg
McLouth
Westmoreland
Wamego
Auburn Rural High School
Carbondale
Seaman High School
Topeka
Essick
Ottawa High
Loss of 11 Fishermen in Grays Harbor Storm
Hoquiam April 6 AP A spring squall swept Grays Harbor bar wrecking many small fishing boats. At least 11 fishermen were killed as seven boats capsized and crews were tossed into turbulent waters. About 50 boats of the salmon fleet survived, with the rest turning back to Westport. Rescue efforts were nearly impossible amid heavy seas. Also noted is a university speech address and an upcoming graduate club meeting at Memorial Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoquiam
Wash
Grays Harbor Bar
Allen Crafton
University of Kansas
Kh. U
Memorial Union Building
Elliott Penner
Lawrence
Hitler design on church disturbs religious heads
Berlin April 6 AP report on a national socialist move to reorganize the Lutheran church under Nazi principles. The Evangelical church council cited Hitler’s Reichstag promise to spare independent churches and urged a unified church aligned with the government. They also called for removal of theologians Dibelius Deehring and Burghart, while Kreuz Zeitung questioned Catholic effects of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Supreme Council of the
Evangelical Church
Hitler
Otto Dibelius
Wilhelm Deehring
Georg Burghart
Kreuz Zeitung
Allee Romance Ends as Vallee and Fay Webb Separate
New York April 6 AP reports Rudy Vallee and his brunette wife Fay Webb have decided to separate immediately. They have not ruled out divorce with possible proceedings to be started in California. Mrs Vallee will remain in California and a family conference set no property details. Webb and her father, Clarence Webb, plan to travel west today. A separate Havana report notes a bomb exploded at the Madragada tax office injuring a child, a watchman and a policeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rudy Vallee
Fay Webb
Valee
California
Havana
Madragada
Eastern Kansas Conference music meet at University
Over 750 contestants will compete at the Eastern Kansas Conference music meet at the University. Contesting schools include Tace, Manhattan, Emporia, Ottawa and Topeka. Events span solo, trio, quartet, choir, band and orchestral categories with judges from the fine arts faculty. Morning sessions start 8:30, afternoon 2:00, evening 7:30, with a cup for the winning school and a Sweepstakes scoring system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Kansas
Neal M. Wherry
Lawrence High
Tace
Manhattan
Emporia
Ottawa
Topeka
KFRU
University
Glee Club
Britain Prime Minister MacDonald Invited to Washington
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain was formally invited to visit President Roosevelt in Washington to discuss world problems. The invitation was handed to the British ambassador. details will be released in London and Washington. The talks are expected to cover disarmament, the world economic conference, and war debts under revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Roosevelt
State Department
MacDonald
London
House of Commons
MacToonald
Woodring Sworn In as Assistant Secretary of War
Harry H. K. Woodring, former Kansas governor, is sworn in today as assistant secretary of war in Washington. Secretary Dern presided with Major General Douglas MacArthur and a Kansas delegation including Senator Arthur Capper Representatives Kathryn O’Loughlin W. P. Lambertson Randolph Carpenter Dudley Doolittle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry HK. Woodring
Kansas
Dern
Douglas MacArthur
Capitol
Arthur Capper
Kathryn O'Loughlin
W. P. Lambertson
Randolph Carpenter
Dudley Doolittle
STOP ANTI-HITLER MOB IN PHILADELPHIA RIOT
Philadelphia reports police dispersed a 2000 strong anti-Hitler parade toward the German consulate. About 100 joined the clash as rioters used sticks and mounted riders. Authorities say protests have been repeatedly blocked by police. Snow falls in Fort Scott, Kansas, as AP notes light snow this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Fort Scott
Fort Scott, Kan
First inning of Kansas beer battle begins
A Topeka report says Ernest Chapman of Wichita plans to sell 3.2 beer after midnight as breweries ship it to Wichita. Kansas City attorney J H Brady seeks an injunction before Federal Judge Hopkins to block the sale, while Kansas Attorney General Rolland Boynton argues the move violates dry laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Ernest Chapman
Wichita
J. H. Brady
Kansas City
Richard J. T Hopkins
Chapman
Roland Boynton
John Wood
Sedgwick County
Advancing grain prices signal potential farm price revival
A western agricultural outlook notes a steady rise in grain values over nearly two months with corn now doubling its recent price and wheat up 10 to 11 cents since the bank holiday. Observers warn gains must continue to restore buying power, while deeming the trend a possible basis for a higher price level for farmers.
Chicago High School Walkout Over Pay Raises
Thousands of Chicago high school students walked out of class in a spring fever strike to demand overdue teacher wages. Police kept crowds at bay as banners mocked a promised $1,700,000 payout and tax anticipation funds. Officials warned strike leaders of arrests for interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Orville J. Taylor
Board of Education
William J. Bogan
Henry Horner
Teaders
Coaches frown on beer at Northwestern training
Evanston April 6 AP coaches at Northwestern University condemn beer for athletes in training. Track coach Frank Still says 3.2 beer would be taboo for all trainees and would unlikely serve as a stimulant while possibly causing harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Jil
Northwestern University
Frank Still
Daladier wins confidence vote in League framework
Paris April 6 Premier Daladier's government secures 440 to 107 in the chamber of deputies in a broad endorsement of collaboration among the four major European powers within the League of Nations rather than a single power directorate as urged by Mussolini. New York April 6 Joseph W Harriman indicted by a federal grand jury on fourteen false entries at Harriman National Bank & Trust. New Ford V-8 ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
League of ‘Nations
Mussolini
Talys
Harriman
New York
Joseph W. Harriman
Harriman National Bank & Trust Company
Perry Bank Robbery Ends in Escape With Cash
Three well dressed armed bandits robbed the Bank of Perry about 9 am looting $4,000 and kidnapping cashier Arthur Elswick who was forced onto the running board of the getaway Nash, then released at a distance as vigilantes chased but could not shoot without harming him. The bandits fled west then north toward Kansas City using a car with Wyandotte county plates. Local and county officers from Douglas Jefferson and Wyandotte counties joined the manhunt as the search spread by telegraph and train lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Wiley
Bank of
Perry
Arthur Elswick
Elswick
Nash
C. Raines
Nora Elswick
Keener
Junior Raines
Raines
Journal Works
Perry Post Office
Ank
Kansas City
Arthur Bell
Bell
Douglas
Jefferson
Wyandotte
Kansas
John Robinson
Iécal Union ‘Pacific
Jack‘Durkley
Kan
C. C. Copley
Elks Lodge Installs Officers for Coming Year
Elks Lodge installed officers last night with R. B. Stevens named exalted ruler and Clarence Dreyer retiring exalted ruler. Delegates to the grand lodge in Milwaukee were Stevens and Dreyer. Other officers include Henry Asher, O. W. Maloney, Charles Mertz, Fred Morris, T. J. Sweeney Jr., Emil Hartig, J. OH. Cohn, H. Penfield Tones, Frank Koch, Eric Owen, J. R. Good, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk’s Lodge
R. B. Stevens
Clarence Dreyer
Grand Lodge
Milwaukee
Stevens
Dreyer
Henry Asher
Reading
Inyal
Charles Mertz
Fred Morris
Scout Rally Sets County wide Boy Scout Meet
A rally at Douglas County High School tonight at 7 30 will select troops to represent the county in the area Scout competition at Emporia on May 6. Scouts from Lawrence Baldwin and Lecompton compete in arts and crafts under George Lowman district chairman and Lloyd Houston district commissioner. All interested in Boy Scout work invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Hoy
Emporia
Lawrence
Baldwin and Lecompton
George Lowman
Lloyd Houston
Boy Scouts
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King
Utah
Cash Tire Sale
Fritz Co
Adv
H. W. ‘Jones
Richard J. ‘Hopkins
Bornton
Hopkins
le Dont
Journal-World
Woodring
Philadelphia Police
Bamilton’s.—Ady
Elks Lodge
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