Bulwinkle retracts Wirt remarks in House apology
Washington AP Bulwinkle D NC today apologized in the House for a floor claim that Dr. William A. Wirt was jailed during the war for pro German activities. He said new findings show the report was untrue and he offered the apology to Wirt as the panel continues hearings on Wirt’s testimony and the dinner remarks.
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Washington
House
Bulwinkle
D-Nc
William A. Wirt
Robert W. Bruere
Virginia
Wirt
Indiana
Dr. Wirt
Gary
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Rand
Miss Taylor Says Nods Were Fatigue Not Approval
Miss Mary Taylor, guest at a Virginia party, denied approving revolutions. Dr William A Wirt cited alleged plotting, while Taylor said her head nods at Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt's press conference were simply fatigue from representing the Farm Administration publicity office and answering women reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mary Taylor
Virginia
William A. Wirt
Indiana
Franklin D., Roosevelt
Farm Administration
Bank Robbery Strikes First National of Stuart Iowa
Two young men and a woman accomplice robbed the First National Bank of Stuart around 9 am, stealing about 2000 dollars. They escaped in a black Pontiac sedan with a silver stripe, license 15 1234, headed toward Dexter. Bank staff and patrons were locked in rooms, alarms alerted from the vault, and the robbers fled after a brief, five minute intrusion. One suspect was pale and slender in a grey suit. the other was short and dark with a moustache. No heavy firearms were used and no link to John Dillinger is confirmed.
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Stuart, In
First National
Stuart
Dexter
Here
Iowa
Bank
John Dillinger
Sedalia Steam Victims’ Death Toll Rises to Seven
Sedalia Missouri April 16 The death toll from a kitchen steam table explosion at a railroad celebration last Wednesday night stands at seven Mrs Vollie Moore 40 the seventh victim died in a hospital late last night Five other women remained in critical condition More than 30 were injured in the trap Mrs Moore survived by her husband Vollie Moore a former Sedalia policeman and two children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Vollie Moore
Weather Report From Kansas Forecasts and Roads
The Kansas forecast calls for generally fair weather with light frost in the southeast tonight and a unsettled, warmer Tuesday. Morning conditions show clear skies at Dodge City with partly cloudy intervals. Dirt roads vary from muddy at Pittsburg to slippery at Ottawa and fair at Emporia while Douglas county roads are reported good. Temperature readings show 62 yesterday high and 55 today. Rainfall through 7 am today is a trace according to the Santa Fe report.
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Kansas
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Ottawa
Emporia
Douglas County
Santa Fe
Denatured Wheat Denial Proposal Considered by Commission
Rome April 16 AP Tens of millions of bushels of wheat would be removed from human use through denaturization under plans discussed by the world advisory wheat commission chaired by American Minister John Mac Murray. Denaturization would make wheat unfit for people but palatable to livestock, aiming to trim world grain stocks and lift prices for farmers amid already depressed values.
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Rome
World Advisory Wheat ‘Commission
John MacMurray
Strikes ripple across cities as unions push wage demands
AAP report notes Omaha streetcar shutdowns as 3,000 gloves factory workers walk out in Gloversville and 800 Danbury hat workers aim for a return to 1929 wages. Coal miners in Shenandoah and Birmingham confront wage disputes. police clash with strikers in Middletown while Detroit backs the National Automobile Labor Board.
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Omaha
Neb
Gloversville
Birmingham
Alas
Danbury
Detroit
National Automobile Labor Board
Middletown
Conn
A. N. Pierson Company
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
French Protest Strike Ties Up Wire Services
Paris April 16 AP government employees held a national protest strike against pay cuts paralyzing wire communications between Paris and the provinces. Telegraph workers offered brief daily stoppages then returned to work. Long distance telephone operators stayed out past noon. Water works staff arrived late and tobacco factory workers loafed for an hour.
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Paris
Insull Denies Report on Wife Joining Voyage to U.S.
Samuel Insull denied reports his wife would join him aboard the Exilona for a U.S. return from Sicily. The 74-year-old Chicagoan faces a criminal trial as he travels toward Catania, where the ship is nearing port with Mrs. Insull not aboard.
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R. So Exilena
Samuel Insull
Catania
Sicily
United States
Burton Y. Berry
Instanbul
Takes His Own Life In Meade Kansas
Robert M. Crawford 60 a state representative from Stevens county for 12 years died by his own action at the ranch of J W Davis six miles north of Meade where he was staying for health. Relatives said he was despondent over business and ill health. Endeavour yacht launched at Portsmouth to challenge for the Americas Cup. Average of 90 stocks 85.6. Saturday 36.9.
Grain prices plunge as political move sparks rout
Chicago and Kansas City report a wide grain selloff after Speaker Rainey signaled the President’s opposition to silver legislation. Wheat down five cents, corn four, oats three. May wheat at 80 1/8 cents, May corn 42 3/4, May oats 26 3/8. The drop mirrors last year’s bull run peak and follows a major speculative collapse.
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Chicago
Rainey
Washington
Congress
Hopeful Nye resolution drew YMCA forum inquiry
Tom Page co chair of the YMCA YWCA Forum at the University led a discussion on the Nye resolution in the Unitarian Forum. He displayed a chart detailing armament firms global financial links and noted munition makers funded Nazi campaigns. He cited a League of Nations report alleging arms firms foment war for profit and bribery.
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Nye
Senate
Tom Page
Ymcaywca ‘Forum
Unitarian Forum
National Socialist Party
Germany
Hitler
Page
League of Nations Commission
Leased Pasture Land Rises In Kansas and Oklahoma
A government and state agriculture board report notes heavier leasing in the blue stem region of Kansas and the Osage district of Oklahoma. Prices in Kansas rose about 10 percent over 1933, while Oklahoma prices increased 5 to 10 percent. The article also mentions a studio to host rites.
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Topeka
Blue Stem
Kansas
Osage
Oklahoma
United States Department
State Board of Agriculture
Burial of Karl Dane by Film Concern
Officials of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer arranged funeral plans for Karl Dane after his death by his own hand on Saturday. Dane rose from obscurity to film prominence earning about 1500 dollars a week during his silent film career. The studio acted to recover his body from the potter’s field and contact the county morgue where his body had been held.
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Hollywood
Karl Dane
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Dane
Arkansas City
Guardsmen halt tax resale drive across Oklahoma counties
National guardsmen under Governor Murray’s order moved on 11 fronts in Oklahoma to stop or suspend tax delinquent property sales. In Walters and Vinita treasurers refused to proceed, while Durant and Watonga saw sales postponed or halted. Temporary restraining orders in Durant delayed proceedings to November 5, with officials saying most properties were vacant and back taxes were overdue.
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Oklahoma City
National Guardsmen
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Walters
Cotton County
Monroe H. Young
Jessie H. Jones
Young
Vinita
Craig County
S. A. Huffman
E.M. Landrum
John H. Mason
Bryan County
C. O. Butler
Durant
Porter Newman
R. N. Phelps
Garfield
Watonga
Blaine
County
S.J
England
Benjamin Huber
Schuber
Garfield County
Bryan
Mason
Alleged Barrow Aides Held by Texas Officers
Dallas April 16 AP officers hunting for the notorious Barrow gang today held six men suspected as aides to Clyde Barrow and Raymond Hamilton and the Parker woman. Four were arrested here. two rifles and ammunition were seized at one house. The four named as aides are connected to Barrow and Hamilton. two other suspected aides remain in custody.
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Dallas
Tex
Barrow
Clyde Barrow
Raymond Hamilton
Bonnie Parker
Hamilton
Texas
Parker
Frank J. Blake
Department of Justice
Ed Caster
Federal
R. A. Schmid
Ranger
Texas Rangers
Schmid
Rangers
Guardsmen Invite Friends to Annual Federal Inspection
Officers and enlisted personnel of company H 187th Infantry Kansas National Guard invite the public and former members to the annual federal inspection at the armory on Eighth and New Hampshire streets tomorrow evening at 7 30. It especially seeks former members who served when the company was known as the usher guards first Kansas National Guard or company H twentieth Kansas National Guard.
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187Th Infantry
Kansas National Guard
Eighth and
New Hampshire Streets
Kansas ‘National Guard
Egg Barrage Misses Austrian Chancellor in Graz
In Graz Austria April 16 AP reports a mass meeting where Engelbert Dollfuss the diminutive chancellor was target of egg barrage though escaped unharmed. A smoke bomb roared near him as he spoke and painted anti fascist slogans appeared on a highway while tampering hindered radio broadcasts of his address.
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Graz
Austria
Engelbret Dollfuss
Championeng-Dodger
Dollfuss
City to spray elms. residents pay, 75 cents per tree
Elm worm problem in the city prompts a soon to begin tree spraying program. City officials report plans with local firms to spray, supplying water and arsenate while property owners cover costs. Sprayers price set at 75 cents per tree, variable by size and location, with blocks urged to combine for lower costs. Citizens to call 460 City Hall with name, address, and tree count.
Feeding Less Cattle In Corn Belt States Report
Topeka April 16 AP There were 12 per cent less cattle on feed April 1 than a year ago in the 11 corn belt states according to a federal department and state board of agriculture report The decrease totaling 170000 head was general across the area except Nebraska which showed no change The drop is linked to 1933 crop prices about 15 per cent below average and to many farmers using grain as collateral for federal loans Stocker and feeder shipments for the first three months this year were 14 per cent below a year ago and for July to March were 11 per cent less than the previous year
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Topeka
Federal Department and State Board of Agriculture
Nebraska
Three KU Students Win Honorable Mention in Fashion Contest
Three University of Kansas students Harriet Daniels Lawrence June Ritchie Wichita and Caroline Glass Tampa Fla won honorable mention in the Young American Designers contest sponsored by Marshall Field and Co of Chicago Miss Rosemary Ketchum design department head was notified Entries were designed in K U colleges and universities design studios and represent the talent in the competition Soft Ball Sweeps Hiawatha Kan April 16 AP Soft ball gains momentum in the community forming an eight team league with twenty players per squad Injuries Prove Fatal Kansas City April 16 AP William Endsley 60 a blind man died in a hospital after being struck by a street car earlier today Two Drown in River Rule Neb April 16 AP Mr and Mrs John Whipple 60 and 58 were drowned in the Missouri river when their car backed off a ferry into 12 feet of water
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University of Kansas
Marshall, Field and Company of Chicago
Rosemary
Ketchum
Department
Design
Harriet Daniels
Lawrence
June Ritchie
Wichita
Caroline‘Glass
Tampa
Fla
K. WU
Hiawatha Hiawatha
Kan
Kansas
City
William Endsley
River Rule
Neb
John. B. Whipple
Missouri River
Whipple
Roosevelt briefs Congress on relief and reform goals
President Roosevelt told Congress in weekend talks that a new 1.5 billion dollar relief bill is coming, with housing and public works provisions to spur employment. He urged a teethful stock market regulation and signaled possible sidetracking of nonessential items to adjourn by mid May, while opposing permanent air mail and central monetary authority ideas. The administration weighs silver relief moves and tax changes, with House leaders aiming to adjourn by May 15 and Senate plans to act on oil taxes and revenue measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cougtess
Congressional
Fletcher-Rayburn
House
Connery
Senate
Raingy
Rainey
White__House
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Harrison
Miss
Topeka Attorney Eugene Quinton Dies at 75
Topeka April 6 AP Eugene Quinton 75 Topeka attorney died at his home after a two week illness He once counseled Leland Caldwell a defendant in a bogus bond scandal case but withdrew before brief due to illness Born in Denmark Iowa he came to Topeka after Iowa University graduation He is survived by sister Mrs P H Adams of New York and brother Alfred B Quinton of Washington
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Topeka
Eugene
Quinton
Leland C. Caldwell
Denmark
University of Iowa
P. H. Adams
New York
Alfred. B. Quinton
Washington
Opening Postponed By Rain At Senators Red Sox Opener
Rain forced the postponement of the opening major league baseball game between the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox. The day’s ceremonies including the first ball throw by President Roosevelt were abandoned after steady morning rain soaked the ballpark. A note from Weslaco Texas citrus grower D A Cleveland mentions a collection of birds and eggs representing many Western Hemisphere species.
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Washington
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Roosevelt
Ball Park
Cleveland
Weslaco
Tex
Sitrus Grower
Hemisphere
Kansans Pay State Income Tax for First Time
Topeka April 16 AP clerks opened a dozen mail sacks as state income tax receipts near 453000 dollars. Head of the department Ellis D Bever said today was final day for filings without penalty with another rush anticipated tomorrow. Estimates projected total collections around 800000 with large volumes still arriving from last minute filers.
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Topeka
Ellis D. Bever
State Income Tax Department
Injuries Reported in Two Lawrence Area Crashes
Seven people sustained minor injuries and two wrecks occurred on highways near Lawrence. A Chevrolet sedan carrying G. Kimes and party collided with a Franklin creamery truck at Mud Creek bridge on Highway 40, three miles northeast of Lawrence. Kimes fractured his right arm. Mrs Kimes and others escaped with minor injuries and were treated at Memorial hospital before release. J W Kline, driver of the truck, was uninjured. Dr H B Johnson, Pomona, suffered two fractured ribs in a separate crash on Highway 73 W five miles south of Lawrence and was hospitalized briefly. A collision at Ninth and Kentucky streets between cars driven by Carl Hilman and Cleatus Lehman caused only minor damage and no injuries.
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Y. G. Kimes
Topeka
Mud Creek Bridge
Highway 40
Lawrence
Franklin Creamery
J. W Kline
Tonganoxie
Kimes
Clara Graft
E. M. Foster
Memorial Hospital
Kline
H. B. Johnson
Pomona
Carl Hilman
West Eleventh Street
Cletus ‘Lehman
Route 5
Ninth
Kentucky
Kansas Guard General McLean to Attend Inspections
Adjutant General Milton R. McLean of the Kansas National Guard is invited to attend the annual federal inspections of Companies H and M, 187th Infantry, tomorrow evening at the Armory and Haskell Institute unit Company D. Col. Charles H. Browne will represent Kansas. Capt. Ernest C. Ayer will inspect for the War Department. Co H led by Capt. Galen A. Gorrill at 7 30 p.m. then Co M under Capt. Wayne Allphin at 9 p.m. First Lieut. Clyde A. Babb commands the Indian company at the Haskell gymnasium.
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Milton R. McLean
Kansas National Guard
187Th’ Infantry
Armory
Eighth
New Hampshire
Charles H. Browne
137Th Infantry
State of Kansas
Ernest C. Ayer
Regular Army
War Department
Co. H
Galen A. Gorrill
Co. M
Wayne Allphin
187Th Infantry
Haskell Institute
Haskell
Clyde. A. Babb
Indian Company
Oldest native of Douglas county candidate persists
J A Deay of a farm near Vinland claims to be the oldest Douglas county born resident after W A Colman's death, with possible exception Mrs M Titterington born to missionary parents in Barker before settlement. Deay's parents Frank and Lucy moved to Kansas in 1858, settling near Eudora, and their son J A Deay was born July 20 1859, a longtime county resident who once supplied butter to Lawrence customers.
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J. A. Deay
Vinland
W. A. Colman
Douglas County
Eudora
Deay
Indiana
Iowa
J.A. Deay
Belle Rhynes 123 Ties Life to Pipe Smoking in Savannah
Savannah April 16 Mrs Belle Rhynes who lived 123 years credited her long life to smoking a pipe since age seven Her funeral was held today She had lived in the United States since her eleventh year and was born in Ireland She claimed to have danced as a circus snake dancer and wand charmer in early years She witnessed four major conflicts including the Mexican Civil Spanish American and World Wars.
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Savannah
Belle. Rhynes
Rhynes
Ireland
City Commission Endorses Yard and Garden Contest
The Lawrence City-Wide Yard and Garden Contest received endorsement at the regular meeting. Mayor W E Spalding urged citizen participation and support to beautify the city. Entry blanks are available at the Chamber of Commerce in the Wren building. Petitions sought street lights at First and Lincoln and First and Maple. The airport board thanked the commission for cooperation. Building inspector's March report noted 10 permits valued at five thousand one hundred eighty three dollars and fees of thirty two dollars.
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Lawrence
City Commission
W.e.spalding
Chamber of Commerce
WREN
Baldwin Mitchell
Riling
First
Lincoln
Maple
L. S. Powell
Midland C P A Hall Opens With Smoker and Dinner
The Midland C P A will hold a smoker and initiation tomorrow night to celebrate the opening of the remodeled association hall moved to a new location just south of the highway at Midland near the bend north of Lawrence. A basket dinner is set for next Saturday noon and a dance that night. The hall’s lower floor was leased to Donald Johns and Frank Borst for a grocery cafe and filling station. The Grant township Central Protective Association, organized fifty years ago, built the hall in Midland in 1911. Officers: E W Ousdahl president, R D Shaw vice president, C C Husted treasurer, L G McGee secretary.
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Midland C. P. A
Association
Midland
Lawrence
Donald Johns
Frank .Borst
Grant Township Central Prostective Association
E. W. Ousdahl
R. D. Shaw
C. C. Husted
L. G. McGee
Chilly night ends as Kansas to warm next day
In Topeka April 16 AP reports one or more nights of light frost in lowlands precede a general warming across Kansas. Frosts and mild freezes touched crops and flowers but were not severe. Light showers moistened northern farms, though north-central drought persists. Temperatures expected tomorrow near 80 after a cool spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
D. Flora
Svestern Kansas
Had Diplomatic Record
Edwin Vernon Morgan 69 former U S ambassador to Brazil died suddenly at his Petrolális home in Rio de Janeiro He had served 20 years as ambassador to Brazil and earlier held posts as consul at Dnny minister to Korea Cuba Paraguay Uruguay and Portugal His birthplace was Aurora Nebraska He returned February 20 to retire Turkish Schools Teach Russian
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Rio de Janeiro
Edwin Vernon Morgan
United States
Brazil
Petrololis
Morgan
Roosevelt
Dalny
Korea
Cuba
Paraguay
Uruguay
Portugal
Aurora, Ne
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