Roosevelt faces battle over U S spending plan
Washington April 12 A major congressional fight forms over President Roosevelt bold recovery program as Vice President Garner reportedly opposes further spending. Roosevelt to explain plan in a fireside chat likely Thursday night with 9 50 p m CST broadcast. The memo notes possible relief totals up to 2 0 million and a total administration program near 5 0 billion including RFC loans and public works.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Garner
Senate
House
Stephen T. Early
White House
Congress
Early
Garner Long
Morgenthau
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States Housing Administration
House Committee Cuts Roads Aid in Big Budget Revision
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed the roads bureau by 74.5 million dollars and set primary road funds at 63.06 million while boosting feeder and forest road spending. Agriculture outlays total 951.04 million with 147 million for surplus commodity purchases and 25 million added for crop insurance. farm act payments set at 485 million, below authorized.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Department
Congress
Budget Bureau
Roosevelt
Bureau of Roads
Bureau
The
Roads Bureau
Forest Service
Roper
Farm Credit Administration
Daladier wins trust in France defense government vote
In Paris the chamber backs Edouard Daladier's national defense cabinet with 576 to 5 as strikes mill about 150,000 workers and 120 plants. Daladier vows immediate resumption of armament output and asks for decree powers to July 31 to meet defense needs.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
National Defense
Edouard Daladier
Daladier
France
Daladiers
Jacques Duclos
French Communist Party
Jean Chiappe
Stavisky
Private fliers gain advocate in new air bureau
Washington reports Dennis Sullivan, new director of the bureau of air commerce, will form a private flying section with a 20 member advisory panel. The nation lists 17,681 licensed pilots of which half hold private certificates while 1,064 have scheduled air transport ratings. Active student pilots numbered 37,860 last month.
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Washington
Dennis Sullivan
Bureau of Air Commerce
Sullivan
Stock Market Index Shows 60-Stock Average at 39.2
The index for sixty stocks posts a 39.2 average, higher than yesterday's 29.0 reading. Investors monitor shifts in market breadth and sector leaders as traders weigh global cues.
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Yesserday
Government counter offensives halt Catalan insurgent drive
From Hendaye to the Spanish frontier reports say government forces broke the insurgent push through Catalonia toward the Mediterranean. Vallibona was recaptured and several high ground successes were claimed amid intense fighting and heavy losses, as Beceite village was taken and lines stiffened near Tortosa and the Ebro.
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Hendaye
France
Catalonia
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Vallibona
Tortosa-San Mateo
Vinaroz
Garcia Valino
Beceite
Montenegreso
Razas
Tortosa
Ebro
Becelle
Pyrenees
Valley of
Aran
Tax Revision Bill Faces Conference After House Rejection
Washington April 12 The house refused to accept Senate amendments to the tax revision bill and sent it to conference to seek a compromise. Rep Lamneck urged adoption of the Senate plan to aid business while the Senate repeals the undistributed profits tax. Conference leaders from both chambers are named to negotiate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Lamneck
Ohio
Ways and Means
Bankhead
Doughton
D-N.c
Cullen
D-N.y
Vinson
D-Ky
Cooper
D-Tenn
Treadway
R-Mass
Crowther
R-N.y
Kansas commission swaps chairmanship for next year
Topeka April 12 Blainecoe and Sloan of the Kansas corporation commission have swapped jobs Sloan takes over the chairmanship for the next year of their two year term Blincoe was elected chairman when the Democratic controlled commission organized a year ago with the understanding he would serve only one year
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Topeka
E. E. Blinecoe
E. R. Sloan
Kansas Corporation Commission
Sloan
Blincoe
Commission
Bomb Explosions Hit Ford Plant in Kansas City
A 2:26 a m blast shook the Ford assembly plant in Kansas City injuring 16 people and smashing windows. A second blast hit a Delicatessen, while union tensions over a December strike and labor disputes with United Automobile Workers are noted. Police reported signs placed on the union building and a patrol car damaged by the blast.
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Kansas City
C.i.co
Ford Assembly
Union
Henry Ford
Ford
D. E. Reddish
Emil Sechter
Sechter
Tenth Street
Winchester
United Automobile Workers of America
Vernon Dwight Eaton
Rose Marie Brancato
United Automobile Workers Union
National Labor Relations Board
Baron de Louis
Spring Weather Boosts Kansas Warm-Up Across State
Topeka reports fair skies and rising temperatures as spring returns. Federal meteorologist S. D. Flora says river levels remain steady as snowmelt moistens soil. Highs near 80 are forecast today and tomorrow with lows 45 to 55 in the east and 50 to 50 in the west.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Elkhart
Phoenix
Ariz
Montana
Wyoming
Flora
Mercury
Briggs Plant Reopens After UAW Grievance Talks
About 15 000 Briggs and Plymouth workers return to Briggs Mack Avenue plant after an overnight closure tied to UAW grievance negotiations. Officials differ on speed up claims, as talks focus on production rates and workforce levels.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Briggs
Mack Avenue
Cushion
Emil Mazey
UAW
William P. Brown
Cuba and Norway Offer Aid to Refugees
The state department reports favorable replies from Cuba and Norway to Secretary Hulls proposal aiding Austrian and German refugees. The total now stands at twenty seven, with twenty six favorable.
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Cuba
Norway
Washington
State Department
Hull
Slaying and Kidnapping Mark Chicago Primary Voting
In Chicago during the statewide primary election, a Negro man was slain after a pistol duel with Babe Perry on a south side street. A precinct judge Robert A. Andre was beaten and treated at a hospital. Precinct captain Thomas Panisey was kidnapped near his polling place as two men forced him into a car. The state attorney’s office was alerted. The Democratic party fight loomed as the major prize.
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Chicago
Thomas Panisey
Panisey
Democratic Party
Illinois
TREE FUND IS CUT
Washington reports House agricultural appropriations favor a reduced shelterbelt program in arid prairie states. The committee urged 500000 for farm forest work next fiscal year vs the budget bureau 1300000. Forest service chief Silcox defended prairie needs as an emergency measure and praised shelterbelt for crop stability.
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Washington
House Agricultural Appropriations
Budget Bureau
Forest Service
Prairie States
Congress
A. F. Silcox
Silcox
Senator Glass Loses His Fight for the President
Senator Glass of Virginia pressed an amendment to require the President to appoint the civil service commission’s top candidate for postmaster jobs. Majority Leader Barkley opposed limiting the pool, and the Senate rejected Glass’s amendment after debate over the Roosevelt order.
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Washington
Glass
D-Va
Roosevelt
Senate
Civil Service Commission
Virginian
Barkley
Dky
Pass the Expense Bill for Congress Rounds Up 21 Million
The House approved and sent to the Senate a 21,594,481 appropriation to cover expenses of Congress and legislative establishments for the fiscal year starting July 1. Members also kept the 20 cent a mile travel allowance. The total mirrors the 171,000 special-session allotment.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Unidentified destroyers seen near Davao gulf
The Manila Taliba reported 22 unidentified destroyers in Davao gulf 60 miles from Japanese colonies. The Rizal captain asked their nationality by radio but received no reply. Davao authorities thought the ships were Japanese or Dutch.
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Manila
Taliba
Davao Gulf
Philippine Islands
Rizal
Davao
Spaur Receives 12 to 30 Year Prison Sentence
Carl Herbert Spaur, 29, pleaded guilty to eight Lawrence burglaries and thefts netting $207.40 from March 19 to April 9. Judge Hugh Means sentenced him to 12 to 30 years, with concurrent terms for burglary and grand larceny. Spaur admitted other robberies in Ottawa and Manhattan and described spending on travel, meals, and gambling.
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Hugh Means
State Penitentiary
Spaur
Lawrence
Ottawa
Manhattan
Judge Means
Tola
Kansas
Topeka
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Lansing
Kansas City
Iola
Roy Spaur
M. W. Elliott
Hird’s Corner
Richard Terry
Herbert Spaur
Means
Jude Anderson
Charles Springer
Blue Mill Sandwich Pi
Massachusetts Street
Granada Coffee Shop
Golden Gate Choco
Western Auto Supply
Massachusetts
Blue Mill
Reed
East Eighth Street
Ike
West Ninth Street
Benny
East Ninth Street
Battle Along Canal in China War Clash Rages Near Yihsien
Reports from Shanghai describe bitter fighting along the Tien tsin Pukow line and the Grand canal near Yihsien as part of a broader stalemated war. Chinese claim 700 Japanese captured in Taierchwang area. The cruiser Izumo left Shanghai with Vice Admiral Hasegawa, fueling speculation of new coastal attacks.
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Shanghai
Tientsin-Pukow
Yihsien
Taierchwang
Izumo
China
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Haichow
Lunghai
Shantung
Tsinan-Tsingtao
Lunghai Railway
Charles P Adams Dies Pioneer Topeka Printer
Topeka obituary notes the death of Charles P. Adams at age 70 after months of illness. A founder of Adams Brothers Printing, he moved from Ottawa to Topeka in 1877 and was active in civic affairs. born July 4, 1867 in Eureka Illinois, he is survived by his widow, a daughter and three sons.
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Topeka
Charles P. Adams
Adams Brothers Printing Company
Adams
Ottawa
Eureka
Pendergast Knighted by Italian Government in Kansas City
Tom J. Pendergast, longtime leader of a dominant Kansas City Democratic machine, was knighted by the Italian government. Italian vice consul Alessandro Savorgnan praised his friends and gratitude as he placed the Com mendator insignia around Pendergast’s neck. The honor marks one of Missouri’s first, a second for a Missourian after Archbishop Glennon.
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Kansas City
T. J. Pendergast
Alessandro Savorgnan
St. Louis
Pendergast
Order of the Crown of
Italy
John Joseph Glennon
Liberty Memorial Band Tops District Festival In Topeka
The Liberty Memorial high school band earned a highly superior rating at the district music festival opening in Topeka. The high school orchestra scored excellent, both directed by Oliver Hobbs, with the band the sole class A entrant to rate highly superior. The Topeka and Atchison bands and orchestras placed above or below, and school vocal groups prepared to perform this afternoon with soloists competing tomorrow.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Topeka
Oliver Hobbs
Atchison
Lawrence
Wage Hour Bill Faces Split Opinion In House Labor Panel
Washington April 12 the revised wage hour bill sparked confusion after a two hour session in the house labor committee with Democrats and Republicans alike saying the situation was as confused as ever a subcommittee drafted the new bill and recommended it to the full committee but discussion was postponed until tomorrow Rep Ramspeck said AFL opposition underpins the split and the full panel may need separate action and multiple compromises.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Norton
D-Nj
Ramspeck
Dga
American Federation of Labor
Stanthorpe Swaps Gun Running for Russian Arms to China
British freighter Stanthorpe, arriving from Mariupol, is said to have shifted from supplying Spain to carrying Russian arms for China. Shipping circles report shells big guns airplanes and tanks on board. Crew of Englishmen and Scandinavians reportedly paid off and the ship sold to a French company. Previously served Spanish ports for ten months and was the third Black Sea to China armament cargo arrival.
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Hongkong
Russia
China
Mariupol
Black Sea
Whitney's seat on exchange sold for 59000 dollars
Richard Whitney's seat on the New York Stock Exchange was sold for 59000 dollars as he entered Sing Sing to begin a five to ten year term for grand larceny. Whitney had bought the seat in 1912 for 65000 dollars. The 1938 high for memberships was 75000 dollars, set January 12. On March 30 a seat sold for 52000 dollars, a low for twenty years.
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New York
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Planned Action urged to end recession by CPI leader
John L. Lewis told CIO chiefs that the federal government should replace wishful thinking with well planned action. He argued the government must step in to provide employment private industry has failed to provide.
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Washington
CPI
John L. Lewis
C.I.0
Lion Hunt in Bonner Springs Looms Over Town
Residents report an oversized, mane accompanied creature sighted near Bonner Springs. Tracks measure five inches, prompting hunts by locals with wolfhounds and rifles as authorities and citizens await confirmation of a lion presence.
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Bonner Springs
M. W. Vaughn
Journal-World
Annie South
C. B. South
Carl Turner
Aid to Farmers Tenants Proposed in Federal Plan
The Agricultural Department proposed federal aid for farm tenants to buy their homes. State allotments ranged from Texas at $1,375,583 to the District of Columbia at $130, with Kansas $319,788 Colorado $111,244 Missouri $174,237 Nebraska $295,658 and Oklahoma $641,878. The Farm Security Administration seeks nearly $15,000,000 for tenancy in 1939.
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Washington
Texas
District of Columbia
Agricultural Department
Farm Security Administration
House
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
First Santa Fe Train Clears Sand Drifts Into Dodge City
The first train over the Santa Fe branch southwest of Dodge City, Kansas, since last week’s blizzard arrived today after clearing five foot sand drifts between Satanta and Pritchett, Colorado. A second train trapped for five days near Boise City, Oklahoma, is set for release within days, say Santa Fe officials.
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Dodge City
Kan
Santa Fe
Here
Satanta
Pritchett
Colo
Boise City
Okla
Roosevelt vetoes promotions bill for customs service
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill that would have automatically promoted about 7,500 field employees in the customs service. He called the measure fundamentally objectionable in his veto message.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kansas Weather Forecast and Road Conditions
Kansas forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and Wednesday. Morning map shows generally clear skies with rough dirt roads at Ottawa, Manhattan and Coffeyville, fair at Emporia, Topeka and Salina, good at Arkansas City, Wichita and Pittsburg. Temperatures and gas price records listed for today and yesterday provide a snapshot of daily extremes.
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Ottawa
Manhattan
Coffeyville
Emporia
Topeka
Salina
Arkansas City
Wichita
Pittsburg
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Green Bros
Tom J. Pendergast
Liberty Memorial High School Musical Organization
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