Hoover's Opening Message Is Brief and Farm Bill Action
Washington April 16 AP The house agriculture committee approved the new farm bill by 19 to 2 and will report to the house tomorrow President Hoover opened congress with a brief message urging five measures including farm relief tariff revision census reapportionment and the creation of a federal farm board. The senate and house clerks read the recommendations and both houses adjourned soon after.
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Oklahoma City
J.W. Clark
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Senate Court of
House of Representatives
Brookhart Criticizes Hoover on Agricultural Surplus Tariff
Senator Brookhart of Iowa, once an ardent Hoover campaigner, said the president’s message to Congress on surplus agricultural products shows an inconsistent position. He argued it opposes a government at cost organization selling at any price, and that a tariff on surplus crops would be ineffective and fail to protect agriculture.
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Iowa
Hoover
Congress
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Leviathan Reaches Cherbourg After Dry New York Voyage
The Leviathan docked at Cherbourg with a cargo of medicinal whisky and brandy aboard. Officials said the outbound trip was dry, while the return leg would be wet with liquor for passenger use, to be dumped overboard before nearing the twelve mile limit.
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Kansas Weather Forecast Lets Readers Gauge Roads
Mostly cloudy with chances of showers late tonight or Wednesday. Temperatures steady with minor changes. Roads vary from clear in some towns like Ottawa to partly cloudy conditions in Coffeyville and Pittsburg. Overall forecasts indicate fair to good travel in most counties with slippery spots possible in parts of the state.
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Kansas
Goffeyville
Arkansas
Senate Confirms Dawes as Ambassador to England
President Hoover forwards Charles Gates Dawes nomination as ambassador to England and the Senate confirms it without a roll call. Joseph Dixon is approved as assistant secretary of the interior. Dozens of other nominations, many recess appointments, are sent to the Senate with regular committee referrals.
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Hoover
Charles Gates Dawes
England
Senate
Dawés
Joseph Dixon
Montana
Interior
Rhoads
Oscar B. Colquitt
Texas
Colquitt
Neff
Coolidge
Rebels face federal pursuit as Sonora tensions rise
Juarez reports federal forces preparing to move into Sonora while rebels claim Almazan’s troops cannot reach Sonora or retreat to Chihuahua City due to railroad bridge delays. In Nogales, two American citizens jailed on spy charges were released and sent back to the United States. Separate dispatches from Topeka note Kansas officials concurring on tax issues tied to national banks, highlighting disputes over intangible and ad valorem taxation with a multi-year revenue gap of over $1.5 million.
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Sonora
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Sierra Madre
Nogales
Ariz
Joe Ohensbergen
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United States
Allies reject German reparations figures in Paris talks
Paris reports Dr. Hjalmar Schacht rejected allied reparations totals as beyond Germany's capacity. He will present counter proposals with a full annuity schedule at a plenary session tomorrow. Berlin notes negotiations appear at a critical, unsettled point with no settlement foreseen.
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Berlin
Outlaw Is Retaken In Oklahoma Prison Break
Houston April 16 AP Young woman Mice Parke King and Oklahoma ex convict aided escape plot that led to J R Bob Silver's recapture with Lawder and Miss King. Silver, in Fort Worth murder case, faces possible death penalty again after escape. Governor Moody once commuted death to life before.
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J. R
Bob) Silver
Wynne State Phice Yard
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Mice Parkee King
Carl Lawder
Lawder
Miss King
Fort Worth
Dan Moody
Moody
Baseball Openers Halted by Rains
Opening day in major league baseball was washed out across the east by a heavy rainstorm and northeast gale, delaying Washington Athletics at the capital with Hoover to throw the first ball, the Yankees-Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, and others while suggesting the western games might escape. The postponement, one of the worst in years, led to plans to play today’s program tomorrow if possible.
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Hoover
New York
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Babe) Ruch
Claire Dodgson
Wilding
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Ruth
Hodggon
Helen Woodford
Edward H.kinder
Watertown
Mass
Under-Sheriff Makes Trips to St Louis and Colorado
George Reed under-sheriff is busy chasing prisoners wanted in Lawrence. He went to St Louis to fetch Olin Batt for forging checks, then to Wichita for A R Poe on wife and child desertion charges. He then headed to Colorado Springs for Casey Quinton awaiting extradition. Quinton waived extradition, clearing return to Lawrence. A Vrooman trial for assault with intent to kill Floyd E Jacobs was continued to April 29.
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Lawrence
Reed
St. Louis
Olin Batt
Mindép-Sherif
Wichita
A. R. Poe
Colorado Springs
Casey Quinton
Ford Company
Quinton
Bob Rutherford
Vrooman
Kansas
Cis
Howard J. Vrooman
Floyd E. Jacobs
Fires Start Search for Omaha Pyromaniac
Omaha authorities launched a citywide hunt after thirteen incendiary fires since yesterday. Four cars were burned in southeast Omaha and nine stores and homes were set afire, while police patrolled the area. The arsonist reportedly used the horn button to pin down the culprit in the car fires, and no heavy damage was reported.
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State Highway Director Resigns as Dole Might Succeed
Topeka April 16 AP R W Dole of Almena named as state highway director effective May 1 succeeding John W Gardner who resigns to return to Marion and join a road contracting business. Gardner had served 16 years on the highway commission and as director for two years amid plans for a connected all weather Kansas highway system.
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Almena
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Highway Commission
Highway
Highway Department
Kansas
Ban on Indian leases clarifies oil lands in reservations
Washington reports Secretary Wilbur ordered that oil lands within Indian reservations may not be erased or leased, except Osage lands in Oklahoma. About 25,000 acres will be offered for lease annually under the latest congressional leasing law. Permits on executive order reservations will be examined by the Interior Department committee enforcing Hoover’s oil conservation policy. unused permits will be cancelled.
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Washington
Wilbur
Oklahoma
Interior Department
Hoover
Top price for steers at St Joseph reached 14.50 a hundred
In St Joseph Missouri Ed ward Tolie of Canton Kansas sold two car loads of steers averaging 1101 pounds for 14.50 a hundred, the highest price here since January and possibly above Missouri river markets. Santa Fe president W B Storey announced a first discovery tour of Orient railroad lines, planning to visit Orient division point Sweetwater Texas after a stop in town.
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Storey
Liquor Raids in Columbus Lead to Jail Terms
Federal agents and county deputies conducted liquor raids in Columbus Kansas. Two violators pleaded guilty and were sentenced to jail. Jetwater Kent was among those cited in the April 16 AP report.
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Kansas Relays Highlighted at Chamber Luncheon
Dr John Outland addressed the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce luncheon as the seventh annual Kansas Relays kicked off with about twenty Jay Janes from K U. The talk praised the Relays as a unifying force in athletics and featured Outland's farm dog anecdote origin. John Kuck and Frank Kuck were introduced. John Kuck will perform a shot put exhibition Saturday.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Haskell Thistitute
Lawrence
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Crimson
John Kuck
Emporia
Frank
H. W. Hargiss
K. U
Kuck
Kansas Relays
Plan Expensive Road to Radium Hill in Australia
In Sydney Australia AP reports a group proposes a highway 20 feet wide to unlock a vast radium lode at Mt Painter and Radium Hill near the NSW border. Estimated cost exceeds 2 million pounds as transport by camel has hindered development despite radium being bought by the Commonwealth from Belgium.
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Australia
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Commonwealth
Belgium
Russia to Check Flow of Heirlooms to U S
Russia pledges to curb art and heirloom exports to the United States. The list includes rugs, antiques, icons, porcelain, silver, gold, and works of art from the 18th and 19th centuries as part of exclusive export rights granted to a Soviet trading area. In Kansas, Dr C Mumford Belpre faces first degree manslaughter trial over Miss Imogene Ratliff’s death in Edwards County Court. In Richmond Indiana, John Sale leads a pack in a 63 mile race, C Pyle’s event ends in 8:47.10 with elapsed 119:09.27. Kansas City wheat prices fall 4 to 3 cents on expected relief legislation.
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Tad Aed Eager
C. C. Pyle
Springfield
Ohio
Fire and flood save four year old Leona Martin
In Appleton Wisconsin on April 16 fire and high water were overcome to rescue four year old Leona Martin who was burned when matches ignited her clothes. Amid flooded roads two high school boys a doctor and a county nurse carried her on a stretcher through hip high water to a hospital where her prognosis improved.
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County Attorney clears Lawrence officers in long investigation
County Attorney Harry Frazee dismissed charges against Officers George Price and James Weed after reviewing James McKowan of Wamego's affidavit alleging they had "In iteked" him on a road north of Lawrence on January 27. The inquiry found McKowan's credibility poor and yielded no corroboration of the hijacking or liquor-related claims.
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James McKowan
Wamepo
George Price
James Weed
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Pottawatomie Countty
Ben C. Pickerine
Pottawatomie County
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MedKowan
Wabaunsee
Will Johns
Youth Parades Before Coroner Jury Probing Death of Chicago Youth
A coroner's jury in Chicago questioned six figures of learning about the death of 24 year old George Lux who suffocated under an owner’s car during a party at cabarets and roadhouses. Virginia Graf testified about youth party norms and drink culture as she described her personal views and family reactions. The session included a dramatic faint by an 18 year old witness, while officials considered whether alcohol factored into the death. Separately, the State Department requested information from the American embassy in Madrid on reports of an American, William Wright, arrested for criticizing the De Rivera government’s handling of student riots in Madrid and Barcelona.
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Virginia
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Northwestern University
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Milk price accord reaches 60 cents after April 14
Lawrence council of fifteen settles milk price row between producers and distributors. Distributors keep 65 cents per pound through April 14, then 60 cents thereafter with a one week notice for any change. Producers accept, noting industry costs and seasonal supply. Community figures cite government bulletin placing Lawrence among cities with low bacterial counts.
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