Kansas City Ford Trouble Renewed
Associated Press reports renewed Ford plant tensions in Kansas City with a beating at a parking lot and speculation of a new strike tactic. Sit-downs at other plants, slowdowns, and union actions across General Motors Packard Oshawa and Canadian unions frame a broad labor unrest scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Baron de Louie
Ford
United Automobile Workers
Ford Assembly
Ford Motor Company
Ternstedt Manufacturing Company
Detroit
General Motor
Employes
General Motors United Automobile Workers of America
U.A.W.A
General Motors of Canada
Packard Motor Company
Oshawa
Canada
G. M
Mitchell Hepburn
Windsor
Ont
Homer Martin
Alvan Macauley
Packard Company
Richard T. Frankensteen
Akron
Ohio
Akron Transportation Company
P. P. Gill
W. R. Williams
American Federation of Labor
South Texas
Committee For Industrial Organization
Move Against CIO Pickers Involves AFL Merger Move
In a rapid development miners in a rich tri state ore region join the American Federation of Labor. AFL accepts the Tri state metal mine and smelter union a blue card organization claiming 90 percent local membership. CIO had earlier fielded its own smaller union after secession from AFL and occupied Galena Kansas where nine were wounded in a clash at CIO headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picker
Oklo
Tri-State
Laad
American Federation of Labor
C.so
Tri-state Metal Mine and Smelter Union
F. W
Mike” Evans
Committee For Industrial Organization
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
C.I.U
Reid Robinson
CI0
A.F.L
Robinson
Galena
Kan
Hall
Ted Schasteen
Inferior winds and locksmiths laugh at love gossip
Fragmentary chatter mentions people who want to inflate the Supreme Court and a locksmith who laughs at love, reflecting local talk and colorful characters in a casual, colloquial tone.
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Supreme Court
Crossword clues foiled by scattered entries and union news
Local notes describe a chaotic crossword puzzle with erratic clues and garbled entries. Separate items report Cane County union activity in Kansas and Oklahoma and a Miami Oklahoma AFL gathering to celebrate affiliation with the national federation relations board to recognize a single bargaining agent for metal mines mills and smelters across Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Paddles End Sit Down Strike In Indianola Oklahoma
Indianola Oklahoma high school ends sit down strike as 40 boys are paddled in school offices. About 30 girls who joined a parade supporting principal J W Weeks face punishment as board dismissed Weeks for next year. Superintendent McKnight defends paddlings and cites need to meet force with force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola
Okla
CFI
Oklahoma
J. W. Weeks
T. J. McKnight
Weeks
Warren Price
Pasture Lease Prices Hit Highs in Kansas Regions
Prices paid for pasture leases in Osage and Blue Stem areas of Kansas and Oklahoma are the highest since 1981. Leases run 1 to 60 cents higher per head than last year in Blue Stem, about 25 cents higher in Osage. April 1 lease coverage was 70 percent in Blue Stem versus 72 percent in 1986. Pasture conditions were below average but moisture remains ample.
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Topeka
Osage
Blue Stem
Kansas
Oklahoma
Women Dress to Harmonize With Fido on Park Avenue Show
New York April 18 fashion note as women walk dogs on leash in a Park Avenue show titled dawn to dusk featuring outfits in colors matching dogs. Black and white Dalmatian prints pair with black and white ensembles while Great Danes prompt tawny tones and bold hats. Other looks include white gowns with blue hats for poodles and sable furs to accompany Russian wolfhounds and dachshunds with round bonnets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fido
Collier
K State Greeks Defeated in Student Elections at KSU
An independent ticket swept Greek letter groups from power at Kansas State College, winning nine of ten student offices. The Voice of Student Opinion party captured six of seven student council seats and all three publications board slots. Elected council members include Hyle Claflin, Lawrence Haller, George Kramer, Merton Emmert, and others, with Jay Payne as the lone fraternity winner. Publications board members are Thaine Engle, Ted Freeman, and Adelle Morgenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
Voice of Student Opinion
Hyle Claflin
Lawrence Haller
Alma
George Kramer
Mankato
Merton Emmert
Blue Rapids
Leora Hubbell
Fredonia
Mary Jorgenson
Jay Payne
Delphos
Thaine Engle
Abilene
Ted Freman
Severy
Adelle Morgenson
Final Summerfield Exams at K U April 23 and 24
Candidates for Summerfield Scholarships at the University of Kansas invited to attend final examinations on April 23 and 24 include Robert J. Brockett Atchison Bruce Crabtree Wichita East Oliver Edwards Kansas City Donald Estes Queen Joseph Hart Wichita East Willam Hathaway Kansas City Sam Hepworth Topeka David K Holmes Hutchinson Guy Holt Jr Hutchinson Carl Hughes Chanute aan Swig Topeka Highland Park Ernest Klema Salina John F Laidig Oberlin Carl Latechar Meade Dean Lawellin Oswego James Little Topeka Melvin McDonald Wichita East James Meredith Wichita East Touglas More Arkansas City Ray Noland Oakley Edward O Bryan Florence Eldon Olmsted Ottawa Alfred N Parks Wichita North Robert Sams Vermillion Preason Shane Junction City William Sidlinger Hutchinson Richard Smith Topeka Catholic high school Thobert Talmadge Kanean City John J Waite Wichita North Harry Waite Dodge City Lawrence Wallace Hamilton Richard Westfall Harper te ATTEND REDMAN FUNERAL
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Summerfield
University of Kansas
University
Robert *J. Brockett
Atchison
Bruce Crabtree
Wichita East
Oliver Edwards
Kansas City
Donald Estes
Qeeen
Joseph Hart
Willam Hathaway
Sam Hepworth
Topeka
David K. Holmes
Hutchinson
Guy Holt
Carl Hughes
Chanute
Aan Swig
Highland Park
Ernest Klema
Salina
John F. Laidig
Oberlin
Carl Latechar
Meade
Dean Lawellin
Oswego
James Little
Melvin McDonald
James Meredith
Touglas More
Arkansas City
Ray Noland
Oakley
Edward O’bryan
Florence
Eldon Olmsted
Ottawa
Alfred N. Parks
Wichita North
Robert Sams
Vermillion
Preason Shane
Junction City
William Sidlinger
Richard Smith
Thobert Talmadge
Kanean City
John J. Waite
Harry Waite
Dodge City
Lawrence Wallace
Hamilton
Richard Westfall
Harper
Redman
Father of KU Student Killed in Road Accident
Mrs. H E Miller and others from the Kappa Sigma house drove to Salina to attend the funeral of S B Redman who died from injuries suffered in an accident near Hays. Redman was general manager and vice president of the Kansas Pipeline and Gas company and father of John Redman of Tulsa a KU graduate in 1935 and Sam Redman a senior in the KU law school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Miller
Ellen Miller
N. K. Thompson
A. B. Rector
Sam Redman
University Law School
The
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Independence Picked as 1939 Kansas Federation Convention Site
The Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs executive committee chose Independence for next year’s convention after a three day meeting. Mrs. C. M. Funston, Independence city federation president, extended the invitation, with no other bids offered. Also, William Parker left the Hotel Eldridge desk job to join Jewell Tea Co. in Topeka, starting Monday.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Independence
C. M. Funston
Independence City Federation
Topeka
William Parker
Eldridge
Jewell Tea Company
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
A short reflective piece by Claude Callan about asking for help. The narrator recalls an uncle who prayed but did not offer aid, noting that the case was reported to heaven. Copyright 1937, Publisher Syndicate.
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Dave
Publishera Syndicate
Engine ride costs Heber Springs man
In Heber Springs Arkansas on April 16 Donald Donaldson 24 faced drunkenness and trespassing charges after an unauthorized ride in a Missouri Arkansas locomotive. Mayor Vinson fined him 125 dollars and ordered six dollars in costs. The engine was found a half mile up the track with Donaldson asleep in the cab.
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Heber Springs
Ark
Missouri and Arkansas
Donald Donaldson
Vinson
Donaldson
Harmony Track Meet and Basketball Victory Held at Harmony
Harmony school entertained nine neighboring schools for a Friday track meet and basketball tournament on April 2. Class A included children eleven and over, class B under eleven. Ribbons awarded for first to third in running broad jump standing broad jump three legged race sack race fifty yard dash and tug of war. Candy bars went to tug of war winners. A scenery picture went to the top scoring class A and B. Coal Creek won the indoor baseball for the basketball title. Track winners included William Newman Hopewell first in running broad jump Harold Lutz Harmony second Gale Gimblet Vinland first in standing broad jump Gale Gimblet Vinland first in three legged race Doris Lederer and Lethe McMillen Hopewell first Betty Stone and Edith Hammond Vinland second Geneva Reynolds and Joe Ann Merchant Hopewell third Harold Lutz Harmony won the fifty yard dash.
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Harmony School
Coal Creek
William Newman
Hopewell
Harold Lutz
Harfhony
Gale Gimblet
Vinland
Gilbert Knight
Paul Laughlin
Doris Lederer
Let
Hershey Merchant
Harmony
Patie Lyle
Byllavion
Firs
Opewell
Seco
Belleview
Fairview
Jump
Don Randel
Eugene Knight
Coal Gracy
Victor Votan
Hea
Fs Ding Bron
Ben Randel
Dorothy Nicely
Victor Votaw
Hesper
Julie Merchant
T! Hopewell
Hadi
Local School Sports Day Wins Across Harmony and Hopewell
Harmony led with ties in events like wheelbarrow and relay, Hopewell showed strong in 60 yard dash and tug of war, with Coal Creek and Belleview also posting top finishes in Class B and A. Several students listed as winners or participants including Harold Lutz, Grace Miskimen, Leta Lutz, and Victor Votan among others.
Visit to Lyndon Ends With Jagged Family Notes
Fragmentary OCR notes show Howard visiting Charlie Laughlin at Lyndon last Sunday. Mentions Dale Nichols and Walter Parsons and forenoon timing. unclear relationships and full context due to damaged text.
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Howard
Charlie Laughlin
Lyndon
Dale Nichols
Walter Parsons
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U. S. Tires
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la Salle
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Kansas Club Federation
Arkansas Maror
Lawrence
Granada
Barbara Stanwyck
Sean _O'Casey
Preston Foster
Eric Blore
Abbey Theatre of Dublin
Irish Free State
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Franchot
Hepburn
Katharine
J. M. ‘Barrie
Cora Witherspoon
Fay Bainterestelle Winwood
Arlun- Dean -Dill
Harold
Nesday Ag
John Schopper
Eudora
Ed Hadi
Argel Cochran
Esther Faye Miskimen
Dickinson
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Gordon & Revel
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Popeye Pt
Max Fischer
Paramount Picture
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Doris Nolan
George Murphy
Hugh Herbert
Gregory Ratofe
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Henry Armetta
Ray Mayer
Mischa Ager
Don Ameche-Ann Sothern
Jack Par Vent euNhe Ben Bernie
Eagles
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