Ex-Chicago magnate Insull begins trip back to U S
Istanbul April 12 AP Samuel Insull Sr started his involuntary journey home to the United States today. He was moved from a jail to Smyrna to board the Exilena sailing Friday. Turkish authorities plan formal extradition aboard the ship with American diplomat Burton Berry present. The 74 year old fugitive was escorted by detectives as crowds viewed the departure. He will travel by Adana to Panderma then train to Smyrna to meet the Exiolona for transport to the United States to face embezzlement and fraud charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Samuel Tasull
United States
Istanbul House of Detention
Smyrna
S. S
Chicago
Burton Y. Berry
Turkey
Insull
Adana
Panderma
Boa
Karkakelly Bridge
Galata
Bosphorus
Malotis
Greece
Turkish Court of Appeals
Adnan
Exiolona
America
Nail Bey
Chicagoan
House May Not Pass Bill Approved by Committee
Washington April 12 AP a banking panel backed a measure to reimburse depositors of closed banks including national state and private lenders The move came as 131 representatives sought to force floor action calling the panel action a trick Final language set payments in full only up to 22509 dollars and the bill faces a tough House vote
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Banking Committee
House
Walcott ¢R
Mich
Rules Committee
Representative McLeod
Prohibition Emergency Meeting Set for Salina April 17
State convention of the Prohibition Emergency committee will convene at the First Methodist Church in Salina starting at 1 30 pm. Public invited and leaders of organizations urged to attend. Two motor car loads of representatives from Lawrence planned to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Prohibition
Salina
Kansas Weather Forecast: Fair Skies and Frost Tonight
Kansas forecast calls for fair weather with light frost tonight, followed by a Friday of similar fair skies and a touch warmer. Morning conditions show clear skies with partly cloudy in Pittsboro and Topeka. road conditions listed as good overall with dirt roads fair near Wichita. Gas Office record notes temperatures from 7 p.m. yesterday to noon today, with yesterday's maximum and today's minimum omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Pittsboro
Topeka
Wichita
Douglas
Mayor LaGuardia Trims New York Deficit Record
New York April 12 AP Mayor LaGuardia and experts cut 12 429 541 from the city deficit of 31 million. They pledged further cuts in thirteen departments while Sanitation Law Hospitals and Welfare await action. Actions included 1010 job eliminations furloughs 30 to 7 days and salary cuts for department heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
LaGuardia
Board of Estimates
Department of Sanitation,law, Hospitals and Welfare
Board of Estimate
Women Lead Protest Over Relief Office in Coffeyville
A group of women with backing from 200 men demanded federal relief investigators review all direct relief applicants. Case workers and staff left the Coffeyville office as the protest arrived, with officials seeking to maintain order. Antoinette Denham warned the Coffeyville office could close without police protection amid allegations of Communist influence and discrimination. John G. Stutz noted any record destruction would be reported, while the group said no records were touched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Kan
Thelman McMahon
Federal Relief Office
Independence
Antionette Denham
Denham
John G. Stutz
Kansas
Stutz
Licensing Provision May Be Extended in NRA Battle
General Hugh S. Johnson said a recommendation may be made to extend the drastic licensing provision of the national recovery act as a weapon for strict enforcement of codes. Roosevelt, aboard his Miami vacation cruise, indicated agreement with Johnson on the Wagner bill and planned continuation of the administration program with no new legislation. Johnson and Donald Richberg were to take more days off in the south as the President relaxed after a two week cruise ending in Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
National Recovery Act
Johnson
Supreme Court of Industrial Relations
Donald Richberg
NRA
Charleston
S. C
Miami
Nourmahal
Aphid Infestations Resume Damage Across County Fields
Reports from Erwin Altmeyer, county agent, show green aphids heavily infesting fields in multiple districts. Farmers note substantial damage to young grain crops, though aphid presence varies by field and district. Classified buyers and sellers continue daily activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Altmeyer
Retraction Demanded Over Wirt Pro German Charge
Washington April 12 AP Representative Bulwinkle faced calls to retract his floor accusation that Dr. William Wirt of Gary Indiana was jailed for pro German activities during World War I. James A Reed urged an immediate apology noting the charge lacked factual basis and misrepresented Wirt’s wartime service. Gary citizens telegrammed to deny any disloyalty or pro Germanism by Wirt.
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Washington
Bulwinkle
N. C
James A. Reed
Missouri
House
William A. Wirt
Indiana
Roosevelt "Brain Trust
Reed
Dr. Wirt
Gary
Mitchell
New York
Germany
McGugin
Kansas
Wirt
Indigna
Blanton
Tex
Schulte
Ind
Senate
Special Wirt Committee
Explosion at Banquet Kills Three in Sedalia
In Sedalia Missouri on April 12 a steam table explosion at a Missouri Pacific railroad shops open house kitchen fatally burned Miss Mary Kahrs and two other women, injuring over 25 more. The banquet program was canceled but more than 1,000 diners were served as 5,000 visitors toured the shops.
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Sedalia
Mary Kahrs
A. G. Hausam
J. T. Abney
Missouri_Pacific railroad
Dr E H Lindley to Speak in Wichita and Oklahoma City
Chancellor E H Lindley will leave tonight for Oklahoma City to deliver the principal address at a luncheon for delegates to a district convention of the Building and Loans Association. Monday he will address the Wichita Rotary club on Crippled Children of Kansas under the State Crippled Children Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Lindley
Oklahoma City
Building and Loans Association
Wichita Rotary Club
Crippled Children of
Kansas
State Crippled Children Associlation
Train Praised For Smooth Ride To Kansas City
Lawrence residents praised Union Pacifics new streamline train after a smooth departure from North Lawrence and a 2 1 2 hour run to Kansas City. Passengers noted quiet, sound proof cars, effective air conditioning, rapid acceleration and easy stopping, with crowds at towns along the way. A total of 6602 people toured the train during its Lawrence stop, while officials remained on hand to enforce safety. Guests included Mayor W E Spalding Chancellor E H Lindley Sheriff Jack Dunkley and several other local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lawrence
Union Pacific
Jackman
W. E. Spalding
Bert Ober
Richard Jackman
W. J. Cummings
Jack Dunkley
W. H. Dietz
W. G. Hutson
E. F. Abels
E. H
Attic Hermit Freed After Nine Years Hiding In Nashville
Charles E. Youngblood, known as the attic hermit, was cleared of all charges and freed by Judge Charles Gilbert after a decade in his mother's home. The 39 year old said he plans to regain health and write about his experiences, detailing nine years spent in an attic while authorities hunted him for his wife’s 1924 murder.
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Nashville
Tenn
Charles E. Youngblood
Charles Gilbert
Criminal Court
Youngblood
Ketchum Outlines Principles in Topeka Campaign Speech
Salina April 12 AP Mayor Omar B Ketchum of Topeka seeks the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and outlines campaign principles. He condemns personal platforms and urges aggressive honesty, tax base broadening, shared indirect taxes with local governments, funding reforms, and stronger education. He also backs farming aid, lower utility rates, and home ownership, while stressing law enforcement coordination. A separate note reports UC adds three pizonyx vivesi bat specimens to its collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kan
Omar B. Ketchum
Topeka
Ketchum
Auto Industry Still in Strike Picture
Nationwide strike mood persists as Detroit tool and die workers press for wage and hour terms. Ohio and Michigan union leaders plan Sunday meeting to address working hours and pay amid anticipated 5,000 worker walkout and risk of broader industry tieup.</analysis>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
National Automobile Labor Board
Ohio
Michigan
Detroit
Highway resurfacing plans shift routes on city streets
The city outlines a resurfacing sequence with Eighth and Massachusetts to Seventh plus New Jersey, while Abel Construction works opposite the stadium on Mississippi Street. Car tracks will be resurfaced from curb to car, with Eighth and Mississippi turning east toward Vermont Street as the emergency route prevents work at Eighth and Tennessee. The highway will later move to Kentucky, resurface Tennessee from Seventeenth to Eleventh, then return to Tennessee Street.
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Eighth Street
Massachusetts
Seventh
Newersey
Abel Construction Company
Mississippi Street
Eighth
Mississippi
Vermont Street
Tennessee
Kentucky
League of Women Voters Convene Fifteenth Annual Session
The Kansas League of Women Voters holds its fifteenth annual convention in Lawrence at the Hotel Eldridge tomorrow and Saturday with about 60 out of town delegates from Arkansas City Dodge City Topeka and Wichita as guests. Mrs George M Real of Lawrence is state president. A dinner tomorrow night will be addressed by F H Marvin of the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee on relief and unemployment activities in Kansas. Reservations may be made with Mrs W C Hamilton or Mrs George March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas League of Women Voters
Arkansas City
Dodge City
Topeka
Wichita
Lawrence
Eldridge
George M. Real
League
F. H. Marvin
Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Kansas
W. C. Hamilton
George March
E.H. Lupton
C. E. Friend
S. F. Nelson
W. T. McArthur
Swarthout Arrives in New York After London Study
Evelyn Swarthout arrives in New York City after nearly two years of piano study in London under Tobias Matthay. She spends a few days with friends, then continues to Lawrence. Dean Swarthout received praise from Percy Scholes for her March 25 London broadcast. She stays at the Mu Thi Epsilon house and visits relatives including Gladys Swarthout of the Metropolitan Opera.
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Evelyn Swarthout
Dean
D. M. Swarthout
New York City
London
Tobias Muatthay
Miss Swarthout
New York
Lawrence
Dean Swarthout
Percy Scholes
Switzerland
British Isles
Mu Thi Epsilon
Caroline House
Marguerite Koch
Gladys Swarthout
Metropolitan Opera Company
Mitchell
Curtiss-Wright Sues Mitchell for Libel in $200000 Action
Curtiss-Wright of New York files a $200,000 libel suit in U S district court charging Brig. Gen William Mitchell called it aeronautical racketeers and accused the firm of aiding war plane development in a March 2 speech at a foreign policy luncheon in New York The suit was served last month at Mitchells Middleburg home Welfare officials report a 40 percent drop in juvenile delinquency in Greensboro North Carolina
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Curtiss-Wright Corporation of
New York
William Mitchell
Aeronautical
Mitchell
United States District Court
Mitchel
Foreign Policy Association
Middleburg
Ware
City changes tree spraying plan for canker worms
Lawrence city officials announced a revised approach to spraying trees for canker worms. Residents will pay for spraying, while the city supplies the arsenate or lead solution, with work set in districted blocks by multiple firms. cost averages about 75 cents per tree, depending on size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
State Tax Commission
Commission
Mt. Howe Nursery
Capital City
Stanley Forrestry Co
Topeka
H. B. Hungerford
Invitation Mile Added to Kansas Relays Field
A special invitation mile was added to the Kansas Relays program featuring Glenn Cunningham of Kansas and Gene Venzke of Pennsylvania. Invites went to Glen Dawson Tulsa A C Ray Sears Butler University Indianapolis and Harold Manning Wichita. Sears and Manning expressed willingness to enter the mile. Cunningham recently set a new indoor mile world mark, while Sears holds the indoor two mile record, signaling a strong field and potential new outdoor mile record.
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Kansas Relays
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Gene Venzke
Pennsylvania
Glen Dawson
Tulsa A. C
Ray Sears
Butler University
Indianapolis
Harold Manning
Wichita
Sears
Manning
Cunningham
Venzke
Dillinger Associate Held in Custody in Chicago
Evelyn Frechetti, noted as a Dillinger associate, is in custody of Department of Justice agents in Chicago. Melvin Purvis acknowledged the detention in court, stating she has been kept in communicado for days until Louis B. Piquett obtained a habeas corpus writ to secure her release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rold Dillinger
Chicaco
API
Evelyn Frechetti
Stock Market Index Update Shows Slight Dip
The stock index for average go- stocks sits at 87.3 after yesterday's 87.5. Meanwhile the Journal World advertises vacant property and urges readers to reach prospective renters through classified ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Cooking School Course to Run 12 Weeks
The National Cooking school, a 24 lesson domestic science program, starts in the Journal- World next Monday April 18. Appearing twice weekly for twelve weeks, each two column lesson covers fundamentals with practical guidance for beginners and experienced cooks seeking economical methods. Prepared by Katherine M. Caldwell, an authority on cookery arts, the feature aims to engage homemakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Journal- World
Katherine M. Caldwell
Mass street paving to start next week in city project
Concrete pouring planned from Twentieth to Eleventh streets on Massachusetts, with a midsection to be laid first and work to finish early next week. Harrison Construction, led by J L Wickham, has equipment on site at East Ninth Street and rock crushed at the river bank for the concrete mix. The Lincoln-bound Kansas track team entries and schedule are listed as they prepare for the Big Six dual meet with Nebraska, led by H W Hargiss.
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Massachusetts
Twentieth
Eleventh Streets
Harrison _Construction company
East Ninth Street
Twentieth Street
Eleventh Street
Eleventh
Massachusetts Street
J. L. Wickham
Harrison Construction Company
Kansas
Ormand Beach to Coach Star Jayhawker at Coffeyville
Ormand Beach, a University of Kansas athlete, has been selected to coach Coffeyville high school athletics next year after his graduation in August. He succeeds John Shannon, Kansas football player in 1926 and 1927, who has been coaching at Cherryvale for two years. Shannon’s future plans are not announced. Kansas City district store sales rise in March as department stores post gains. The University of Kansas men’s glee club, conducted by Howard Taylor, will perform at Liberty Memorial High School auditorium on Tuesday night April 17 with high school activity tickets acceptable. General admission is 25 cents.
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University of Kansas
Nebraska
Lincoln
H. W. Hargiss
Jayhawkers
Glenn Cunningham
Ed Hall
Bird
Huskers
Kansas
Hargiss
Wneyard Dash
Ftall
Pitts
Cortavd
Hall
Rogers
Schredder
the Tinningham
Borel
Menewa
Tluahtucham
Pankett
Tomson
Vole Vanlt
Coffman
White
Keatty
McGuire
I Marrington
Iteli
Coffeyville
Kan
Ormand Beach
Beach
University
John Shannon
Shannon
Cherryvale
University of Kansas Men’s Glee Club
Howard Taylor
Liberty Memorial High School
Rulings on labor present problem for Lawrence project
The Lawrence school building project faces unresolved labor questions as architect and officials consult with PWA officials in Topeka. Contractors will decide local versus outside labor, with the local reemployment agency settling who is local and hierarchies for union preferences and open shop limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lawrence
Thomas Larrick
Howard Sutherland
Board of Education
PWA
Topeka
Hingea
Truck Off Highway Near Verden Injures Worker
A high wind driven truck mishap on Highway 50 N two miles east of Verden today injured R. W. Hoffman of Salina, an employee of the Flour Mills of America. The Enterprise bound vehicle swerved off the road, rolled twice, paralyzing Hoffman temporarily and sending him to Memorial hospital in Lawrence with back and possible internal injuries. A companion suffered a knee cut. Witnesses noted dust and storm pockets in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway
Verden
R. W. Hoffman
Salina
Tlour Mills of America
Hoffman
Kansas City
Morom Enterprise
Worden
Baldwin
Ike Thomas
Ballard
Lawrence
Memorial Hospital
Ator
Frost Threatens Kansas After Dust Storms Subside
May frost warnings spread across Kansas as skies clear and winds ease. Low temperatures ranged from 28 to 46 degrees across the state, with Goodland near freezing and the north and west spared by cloud cover. Forecasters warned that without widespread rain western Kansas and the Kansas-Canada border area could again see frosts, with sub freezings likely in the northwest tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
S. D. Flora
Canada
Flora
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U. S
Coffeyville Committee
Roosevelt Johnson
Memphis Mar
Omar RB. Ketchum
Pizonyx Vivesi
Gulf of California
University of California
The
Associated Press
East Seventh Street
League of Women Voters
Eldrid
Piano
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Greensboro
Mike
Kansas, City
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
Ford
Hamilton
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