Three Die In Sea Collision In Port Of Spain
The 19 ton Brazilian Clipper sank after a collision with a fishing boat in Port of Spain harbor Trinidad. Drowned were E Roman Martinez and Eric R Brogh and Amadeo Lopez the dining steward, while Jose Iturbi the pianist and many others were rescued or injured. The plane had left Miami for Buenos Aires and overturned as it swerved to avoid a launch.
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Miami
Fla
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Jose Iturbi
Pan American Airways
E. Roman Martinez
Eagle Pencil Co
New York
Eric R. Brogh
London
England
Amadeo Lopez
Wallace Culbertson
Pan American
Buenos Aires
Culbertson
South America
Rio de Janeiro
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Planas
Para
Belem
Amazon
Warm Easter Sunday Forecast Across Kansas
Topeka reports an opportunity for kansans to display new spring outfits as Kansas promises a warm sunny Easter with highs in the seventies in eastern regions and eighties in the west. Weather chief S D Flora notes continuing dry conditions and a need for soaking rains for wheat and crops. Early next week trends remain dry with above normal temps, and a cold snap expected later in the week. Last night Kansas avoided freezing, with a statewide low of 34 at Liberal and statewide lows 34 to 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Liberal
Canning Demonstration At Centenary Church North Lawrence
Thirty women attended a canning demonstration at Centenary Methodist church in North Lawrence. Mrs Gladys Muilenburg Ayars led the session sponsored by the Douglas County Farm Bureau and Ball Brothers, jar makers. She demonstrated canning strawberries, carrots, rhubarb, and bacon and showed a rhubarb baking method.
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Centenary Methodist Church
North Lawrence
Gladys. Muilenburg Ayars
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Ball Brothers Company
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Pomona College
Fort du Quesne
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
Amos Eaton
Indianapolis
Ind
New York City
Corduro
India
Taj Mahal
Panama
Panama Canal
Ralph Waldo Emerson
United States
Ay’s
Republic of Hondurag
Norway
Lawrence man to attend lighting conference in Cleveland
To Speak in East W F Jordan Kansas Electric Power director leaves Lawrence for Cleveland to address the annual advanced lighting conference on The Humanitarian Side of Better Light Better Light. He travels with R H Mahnke to discuss eye conservation and better-sight campaigns spanning 52 Kansas towns.
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W. F. Jordan
Kansas Electric Power Company
Lawrence
Cleveland
Ohio
General Electric Company
M. Luckiesh
Kansas
Jordan
R. H. Mahnke
Leavenerh
E. M. Lause
Lause
Toledo
Mansfield
Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Company
Ee Age Gees
Selassie Narrowly Escapes from Northern Front
Rome reports Emperor Haile Selassie with his beard cut to foil recognition nearly died at the northern front but hid in an abandoned church while his bodyguard defended. Advices from Asmara say his forces were defeated last week near Lake Ashangi and escape to Addis Ababa or French Somaliland was possible.
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Rome
Haile Selassie
Asmara
Eritrea
Addis Ababe
French Somaliland
Lake Ashangi
A Stefani
Pietro Badoglio
Counties Will Compete for Beautiful U. S. Flag
Counties will compete for a silk United States flag awarded to the county with the largest delegate mileage at the Kansas Council of Christian Education convention in Lawrence on April 20 and 21. The mileage equals county seat distance to Lawrence times delegates. Governor Alf M. Landon donated the flag for the event. A 10:10 a.m. service on April 21 honors veteran Sunday School teachers and officers with more than 25 years of service.
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United States
Kansas Council of Christian Education
Lawrence
Alf M. Landon
Calles Son Turned Back at Border by Mexican Authorities
Alfredo E Calles son of exiled former President Plutarco Elias Calles was turned back by Mexican immigration authorities at Brownsville Texas after accompanying his father and three other deported Mexican political leaders to the border. He had planned to fly to Mexico City today.
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Brownsville
Texas
Alfredo E. Calles
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico
Young Calles
Two Way Police Radio System Planned in Lawrence
Mayor Alfred E. Lawrence says the new system will give Lawrence stronger police radio protection than many cities. He notes most cities run a radio car per 10,000 people, with two cars here for about 15,000. If county radios go into two cars, four cars cover about 25,000. He calls the item a call to all cars.
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Alfred E. Lawrence
Lawrence
Deaths and Funerals for John R Plasket and Gayland Anderson
John R. Plasket 78 died yesterday at his Kansas City home leaving widow Ida B. Plasket a daughter Eldah Stark in Atlanta and four Lawrence sisters. Funeral 2 PM Monday Bergman Chapel Kansas City with burial Mt. Moriah. Gayland Anderson 35 died yesterday at 1013 Delaware St. Funeral Monday April 13 at Ninth Street Baptist Church Rev. B L Wightman presiding. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Advertisement for safe insurance by Butcher with phone 392.
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John R.plasket
John R. Plasket
Kansas City, Oo
Ida B. Plasket
Eldah Stark
Atlanta, Ga
Madge Wiggins
Emma Plasket
Mattie Plasket
Nannie Roberts
Lawrence
Bergman
Kansas City
Mt. Moriah Cemetery
Gayland Anderson
Delaware Street
Ninth Street
Residents petition to clear traffic hazards at Highway 59
Fifty-one residents near the Highway 59 and Louisiana street intersection ask state highway officials and county authorities to remove billboard and Gleed Produce store obstructions that overhang the road. They seek widening east to Vermont street and west for a mile with widened shoulders to allow wagons and pedestrians to use the road safely, noting a blind corner endangering school children.
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Highway 59
Louisiana Street
State
Iuhway Commission
Board of County Commissioners
Wakarusa
Clarence V. Beck
R. B. Stevens
Gleed Produce Company
Vermont Street
Guardsmen Save Negro From Mob at Madison Jail
In Danielsville Georgia on April 11 guardsmen rescued wounded farmer Lint Shaw 45 from a mob at Madison County jail. Sheriff Henley delivered Shaw to infantrymen who cordoned the jail and moved him toward Athens then to Atlanta for safety after Shaw was shot three times during the prior night and had knifed two arresting officers.
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Danielsville
Madison County
T. L. Henley
Lint Shaw
Gainesville
Shaw
Athens
Atlanta
Negro confesses to Kansas City tavern slaying
Police report John Brown, a Black man arrested in Council Grove, Kan., confessed to killing William T. Cavanaugh, a Kansas City patrolman shot in a tavern gun battle. Brown, wounded, was brought to Kansas City after two women notified authorities. He also used the alias Joe Cunningham.
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Kansas City
Thomas J. Higgins
John Brown
Council Grove
Kan
William T. Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Brown
Ralph Knott
Higgins
Joe Cunningham
WPA officials held for trial in Chicago
Two WPA officials Thomas Mc Elliott and John Rose faced county court on charges of intimidation by threats to influence votes. Bond set at 1500 dollars each. Arraigned before County Judge Edmund K Jareki they did not enter pleas. Trial scheduled for April 21. The report also notes a train firing near La Campuerta and a nomination recommendation for Independence postmaster Goldie L Blades by Rep Edward W Patterson.
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Chicago
UPI
WPA
Thomas McElliott
Cook County
John Rose
Edmund K. Jareki
Bangs Away at New Deal in Virginia Convention
Roanoke Virginia April 11 2500 Republicans cheered Roosevelts policies as the keynoter T X Parsons Roanoke called for repudiating the new deal and saving America He attacked the NRA AAA and relief programs noting a floor fight over instructing delegates at the national convention Supporters of Alf Landon backed the move to instruct delegates
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Roanoke
Virginia
T. X. Parsons
America
Parsons
NRA
AAA
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
MISS DEATH BY SECONDS NEAR MISS IN ERIE TRAIN COLLISION
Six Erie residents recount a near fatal moment as their stalled car was hit by a speeding passenger train on a Katy crossing. Driver Max Teter braked and stalled the engine while Delano Foxworthy and Harvey family members escaped just seconds before impact. The wreck required twelve men to pull the car from the locomotive.
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Erie
Kan
Max Teter
Katy
Teter
Delano Foxworthy
Wayland Harvey
Sharon Lee
Seizure attempt by Mexican workers at Calles residence
About 50 members of the General Confederation of Mexican Workers tried to seize the residence of exiled former dictator Plutarco Elias Calles in Mexico City. Police and guards drove them off as labor unions pressed for confiscation of land held by Calles and other exiles for use by the proletariat. Friends of Calles said scores of followers were arrested and being held at police headquarters, which authorities did not confirm.
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Mexico City
General Confederation of Mexican Workers
Plutarco Elias Calies
Fection
Calles
Reopens Liquor Scandal Brings Three True Bills
Denver county grand jury reopened Colorado's liquor scandal indicting L A Works the Denver wholesale liquor warehouse manager and two others for state liquor law violations Three true bills naming Works and the McKesson Colorado Wholesale Drug Company and McKesson Robbins Inc were returned Fairfield Honors Borah Borah honored in Fairfield Illinois with a homecoming as flags flew for the veteran U S senator and Fairfield native son in a gala celebration
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Denver County Grand Jury
Denver
Colorado
L. A. Works
Denver Wholesale Liquor Warehouse
Works
McKesson- Colorado Wholesale Drug Company
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Fairfield
Borah
William E. Borah
United States Senate
Southern Illinois
Virginia GOP backs Landon for president in 1936 race
The Virginia Republican convention adopted a resolution declaring confidence in Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas for the U S presidency and decided not to nominate a candidate against Carter Glass for the U S Senate. Also reports Jimmy Thomson leading in Richmond open golf tour.
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Landon
Roanoke
CPI
Virginia Republican Convention
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
United States
United States Senate
Carter Glass
Peaceinanatalie Seans
Tragedy in Huntington Park Ends Couple's Lives
In Huntington Park near Los Angeles a woman Jean Ferrill killed her husband and then died by suicide across from the police station. Police detective A P Wilson described the incident as a slaying followed by self destruction witnessed by pedestrians and motorists.
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Los Angeles
Jean Ferrill
Huntington Park
A. P. Wilson
March of Oil Derricks Delivers Mixed Feelings in OKC
Oklahoma City residents react as a vast oil field expansion pushes derricks into residential zones. Some homeowners see prosperity while others protest the intrusion after months of battles over spouting wells in favored neighborhoods.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
City
CPR
Baldwin News Highlights Easter Week Movements
Mrs. Harry C. Case travels to Topeka for Easter with son Dr. Harold Case. Ethal Payne and Diantha Beauchamp visit Topeka to see parents Beauchamp. Miss Iane Miller returns to Baldwin from Southwestern College for vacation. Everett Staadt brings daughters Lois and Inez back from Woodbine. Dr. and Mrs. F H Bell visit ill father in Topeka. Mrs. Beyl of Kansas City visits Baldwin at J M Wilson home.
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Harry C. Case
Topeka
Harold Case
First Methodist Church
Ethal Payne
Parker
Baldwin
Elton Peterson
Diantha Beauchamp
Edward Beauchamp
Iane Miller
Southwestern College
Bonnie Custer
Everet Staadt
Woodbine
Lois
Inez
Baker
F. H. Bell
Maxine
Community Notes Show Visits and Family News In De Soto
Walter Biga returns from Reamer CCC camp to stay with Mrs. Catherine Mc Laughlin and son. Visitors from Henderson Texas and Lawrence Kansas join local families for meals and a Fred Tobier sale. Illnesses strike Mrs. J D Buckingham and granddaughter Willadean Roberts, with Vance family hosting relatives. Merry Makers Club hosts pot luck with Bible verse, Easter egg hunt and contests.
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Walter Biga
CCC
Reamer
Minn
Catherine McLaughlin
Richard Jensen
Henderson
Texas
Harold Mize
Shirley
J. D. Buckingham
Willadean Roberts
S. R. Vance
Vance
John Winston
Stillwell
Oran McCaughey
Morse
Ray Vance
Bethel
H. W. Knop
Olathe
W. S. Mize
Elmer Jewett
Claude Franklin
Kansas City
Carrico Franklin
Franklin
John Franklin
Merry Makers Club
Mildred Johnson
Isabel Golden
Local social notes and school contests report
Mrs Dorothy Midgett and Mrs Gladys Plummer join as new members. May meeting to be assisted by Mrs Doris Kurtz and Mrs Ia Warsop. Mrs Henry Kluss as guest. Mrs Marian Blaylock and Miss Mae and Lucile Blaylock visited in Lawrence. Mr and Mrs Elmer Jewett in Olathe and Kansas City. Mrs Kate Penner returned from Lawrence with family and daughter. Mrs Oscar Kobler hosted children, with Donald Linden and others invited for a birthday party and Easter treats. Lexington Grange met in Masonic hall with basket dinner. June 27 meeting to review Burris Jenkins novel The Furrow. Grangers urged to attend. High school contests yield top marks in typing and music, with Kaw Valley schools. Notables include Leona Fears, Emma Kincaid, Jessie Sundbye, Marie Earnheart, Lloyd B Andrews, Orville Blaylock, Roy Hessenflow. One act play tied for third. Thanks for training by Mrs C G Mickel. University of California athletic control now rests with a student council. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy at death of father and brother.
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Dorothy Midgett
Gladys Plummer
Doris Kurtz
Ia Warsop
Henry Kluss
Marian Blaylock
Miss Mae
Lucile Blaylock
Lawrence
Elmer Jewett
Olathe
Kansas City
Kate Penner
Lexington Grange
Masonic Hall
F. M. Gordon
Burris Jenkins
Kaw Valley
DeSoto
Leona Fears
Emma Kincaid
Jessie Sundbye
Marie Earnheart
Lloyd B. Andrews
Orville Blaylock
Re- Roy Hessenflow
C. G. Mickel
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St. Aloysius
Cincinnati
Preas
Selassie
U. S
Amecameca
la Campuerta
State of Mexico
Chalco
Independence
Washington
Edward W. Patterson
Pittsburg
Goldie L. Blades
Rafael Melchor Ortega
Guana-Judto
Plutarco Calles
Iron Man
Associated Press
Phato
Holliday
Kas
Santa Fe
Calley
Thomson
Richmond
Jimmy Thomson
Shawnee-on-Delaware
Nutrena
Gleed Bros. Distributors
Andv
Missouri
Lamar, Mo
Walter Miller
Newport
Here
Jewell
Tulsa
Okla
Franks
Winfield
Kessinger
Wellington
Gerald Perry
Springfield
Perry
Baldwin News
DE Soto
University of California
Hoffman
Jos
Cosgrove John Schultheiss
Peoples State Bank
Massachusetts
Lawrence National Bank
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