Congress Fast Tracks Omnibus Bill To Speed Relief Spending
Washington reports congressional leaders draft an omnibus bill to carry Roosevelt relief and public works. Hearings begin Wednesday with W P A head Hawkins testifying. The bill centers on a $1.25 billion relief package and $450 million for public works.
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Congress
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Taylor
D-Colo
House Appropriations Committee
Works Progress
Harry L. Hawkins
Rainstorm Leaves Lawrence Area With .81 Inch Rain
A recent rainstorm with thunder and hail dropped .81 inch in the Lawrence area from yesterday 7 a.m. to today 7 a.m. Gutters filled as the main downpour occurred around 6:30 to 7. Last night’s rain pushed monthly total to 9.05 inches while April normal sits at 3.10 inches. Nearby towns reported varying amounts from about an inch to 1.75 inches.
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Lawrence
C. J.posey
Tonganoxie
McLouth
T Eudora
Kansas blizzard pits two Dexter school boards against each other
Dexter district in Winfield Kansas is split between two rival boards after a February blizzard. Each side has its own budget and five or six teachers, with separate elections held and no resolution in sight. County officials expect possible court action including quo warranto as a remedy.
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Winfield
Kan
Kansas
Dexter
Cecil] Coffey
Harry Taylor
Attorneyeneral
Doris Scholten
Frank Sandstrom
Molly Cloud Houston
Earle N. Wright
Supreme Court
Schmeling Stops Dudas in Fifth Round Tune-Up
Max Schmeling, in Hamburg, stopped Steve Dudas in the fifth round of a 15 round bout as his U S title shot preparations ahead of facing Joe Louis on June 22 continued. Dudas’ manager quit the fight after a brutal flurry. Neusel defeated Ben Foord on a foul in eight rounds in the earlier semi final.
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Germany
Max Schmeling
Steve Dudas
Edgewater
N.J
United States
Joe Louis
Schmeling
New Jersey
Dudlas
Dudas
Walter Neusel
Ben Foord
South Africa
Foord
Neusel
Insurgent advances push toward San Carlos de la Rapita
Reporting from the Franco insurgent front along the Mediterranean coast and near Balaguer, forces under Gen. Aranda push toward San Carlos de la Rapita and Vinaroz, while government troops resist near Balaguer and Vallfogona. Madrid declares martial law as central Spain comes under military governance.
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France
Franco
Mediterranean
San Carlos de la Rapita
Ebro
Tortosa
Spain
Miguel Aranda
Balaguer
Barcelona
Vallfogona
Balacuer
Vinaroz
Iran
Villaroz
Jose Miaja
Madrid
Catalonia
Italy and Britain Sign Eastertide Peace Pact
Rome reports Italy and Great Britain signed an Eastertide pact to end nearly three years of tension. The agreement, signed at Chigi palace, covers recognition of Ethiopia, withdrawal of Italian troops from Spain, and mutual rights in the Mediterranean. It aims to widen Franco-Italian talks and possibly align London Berlin and Paris on a continental stability plan.
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Great Britain
Europe
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Earl of Perth
Chigi Palace
Il Duce
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League of Nations
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Spain
Mediterranean
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Germany
Ciano
Perth
Anthony Eden
Mustapha el Sadek Bey
Egypt
Chigi Palace Victory Room
Britain
Libya
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Daladier
Adolf Hitler
Nazis Track Foreign Plans To Buy Warplanes In U S
Berlin reports German circles monitor Britain and France buying or seeking to buy many warplanes in the United States. The Nazi press cites Ambassador Wilson predicting possible U S involvement, while observers note U S neutrality act evasion via plans for French factories in Canada.
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Great Britain
France
United States
Hugh Wilson
Canada
County May Share Sales Tax Extras
Douglas county commissioners seek participation in a state emergency social welfare fund of about 600000. The plan aims to cover possible relief shortfalls from sales tax revenues, with Douglas county potentially receiving up to 100000 monthly across qualifying counties.
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Board of County Commissioners
State Social Welfare Board
Confession Reported In Bank Embezzlement Case
Raymond M. Scruggs vice president of First National Bank & Trust Co of Oklahoma City confessed to FBI agents to embezzlements totaling 750000 dollars. He was arrested in Dallas on April 7 after the bank controller alerted authorities. Scruggs, 43, father of two, also served as treasurer of the Oklahoma City school board and had a personal safety deposit box with 250000 dollars in missing bonds. The bonds were recovered and he had worked at the bank about 20 years since 1935.
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Justice Department
Raymond M. Scruggs
First National Bank & Trust Company
Oklahoma City
Okla
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Scruggs
Dallas
FBI
Oklahoma City School Board
Battle in Holy Land Near Jerusalem Amid Easter Vigil
In Jenin area about 50 miles north of Jerusalem a battle raged between British troops and terrorists with Arab sources reporting 19 Arabs killed and two wounded while fighting continued. Three Jews were killed in another outbreak as Jewish pilgrims walked Jerusalem's old streets ahead of Easter observances and troops were sent to Bassa near the Syrian border after an armed ambush.
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Jenin
Holy City
Holy Land
Old City
Bassa
O Connor Pushes Wage Hour Bill On House Floor
Chairman O'Connor urged the House Rules Committee to let a revised wage hour bill reach a floor vote this session. He faces immediate opposition as the panel blocked similar legislation last year. O'Connor may convene a committee meeting in late April to place the measure high on the calendar amid expected southern opposition over differential changes.
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O'Connor
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House Rules Committee
House
The
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Labor Committee
Chinese assault besieges Yihsien in Shantung province
Chinese forces bombarded Yihsien with artillery and planes as infantry attacked Japanese positions around the town. Chiang Kai-shek's commanders said the fall of Yihsien was certain with supply lines cut and much of the town in flames. A Japanese reverse was reported at Wuyu in Kiangsu, while Chinese irregulars damaged highways and rails in southern Shantung and guerrilla actions reached Shanghai outskirts with 1,200 Japanese wounded in ten days.
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Yihsien
Shantung Province
Taierhchwang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wuyu
Kiangsu
Fair Easter Sunday Forecast for Kansas
Topeka April 16 fair and warmer weather is expected across Kansas after showers in the northeast today. Rainfall totals reached nearly 2.5 inches at Valley Falls and over an inch at many eastern points with more rain likely tomorrow followed by generally fair conditions and above normal temperatures.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Valley Falls
Extortion Charge Filed in Missing Child Case
The justice department said Secondo Frank Conti was charged in Salt Lake City with attempting to extort 25000 dollars from the Levine family over the disappearance of Peter Levine on February 24 in New Rochelle New York Conti is an Italian native and was arrested last night Pluto the planet completes an orbit of 248 years around the sun.
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Justice Department
Secondo Frank
Conti
Salt Lake City
Peter Levine
New Rochelle
N. Y
Italy
Tuberculosis Week Meetings Across Kansas April 18 to 23
A state series of tuberculosis observance meetings runs April 18 to 23 with physician sessions in Leavenworth at the National Hotel 6:30 p.m. and Ottawa at the Nelson Hotel 6 p.m. Speakers include Dr H S Spector and Dr P A Teschener. Lay meetings follow same schedule at 2:27 p.m. in Leavenworth Shrine Temple and 2:30 p.m. in Ottawa High School Auditorium.
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Kansas T. B. and Health Association
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St. Louis
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Chicago
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Suit Seeks 5000 For Injuries In Pleasant Grove Crash
David A. Bryan sues Miss Cecelia Robinson assistant county welfare director for 5000 alleging bodily injuries and loss of time as a laborer from an February 17 accident on highway 59 a half mile north of Pleasant Grove. Bryan contends Robinson drove at least 50 mph in bad weather and failed to stop before her car went into a ditch then struck a May Coal and Lumber truck. Robinson remains confined at home with serious injuries.
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Cecelia Robinson
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Independence
Cemetery Equipment Purchases Tracked by City Officials
City clerk J W Stone and city treasurer E E Alexander traveled to Kansas City yesterday afternoon to buy extra burial equipment for the cemetery.
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J.W. Stone
Kansas City
E. E. Alexander
Stock Market Index Edges Higher on Mixed Trading
The stock market index averaging 60 stocks rose to 41.2 on Thursday after opening at 39.0 as traders weighed gains and losses across sectors.
Dr. C C Brown Retires to Write After Long Baptist Service
Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Brown of Lansdowne Pennsylvania will receive many letters from Lawrence friends. Brown formerly led First Baptist Lawrence for a decade and later served as executive secretary of the American Baptist Publication Society in Philadelphia. He has retired from active work and will devote time to writing after recovering from a serious auto accident years ago.
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Marshall Road
Lansdowne
Lawrence
Dr. Brown
First Baptist Church
Emporia
American Baptist Publication Society
Philadelphia
Brown
May Seek Wage Cut by Railways in Mediation Showdown
Washington reports railway executives may seek wage reductions through the national mediation board as disputes with unions persist. George M. Harrison, head of the Railway Labor Executives association, rejected a labor cut proposal from J. J. Pelley of the Association of American Railroads. Pelley said action would wait for a Senate committee conference with Chairman Wheeler next week.
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National Mediation Board
Mediation
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives Association
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Interstate Ecommerce Committee
Jewels Buried in Cemetery Linked to Miami Robbery
Federal agents say most jewels found buried in a Negro cemetery near Fort Lauderdale came from Major Albert Warner's Miami Beach home in an $86,000 February robbery. About $75,000 of the Warner gems were recovered. Convicts cleaning the cemetery uncovered the cache near Floyd Franklin's residence, the man killed by an officer during an attempted Boca Raton robbery.
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Miami Beach
Albert Warner
Warner Gems
Floyd Franklin
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Charles Edward Davis
Boca Raton
Franklin
Livestock Men Urge Use of Domestic Meat for CCC Camps
Chicago leaders of the Livestock Exchange sent a resolution to President Roosevelt urging the purchase of only domestic meats for Civilian Conservation Corps camps and other federal agencies. They argued U S meat consumption per capita in 1987 was among the lowest on record, harming farmers and stock producers while promising potential gains in market prosperity.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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War Department
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Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Chicago
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Charles R. Rice
United States
Meet to Huskers in Big Six Track Meet at Memorial
Nebraska defeated Kansas 74 to 56 in Memorial Stadium with Simmons setting a meet record in the 440 yard dash. Williams and Cox led Kansas in the mile relay as Kansas won the final event 3:28.7 amid variable weather and late-season injuries.
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Heckendern
KU Students Betty Butcher and Fred Praile on Air
The first guests on today's Sky Program from the Empire State Building were University of Kansas students Betty Butcher and Fred Praile. They discuss winning the Sour Owl popularity contest and the Gotham trip on WHB Kansas City and later on WREN Horace Heidt program from the Biltmore hotel.
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Fred Praile
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Kansas City
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Benes Calls for Understanding with Germany in Easter Speech
President Eduard Benes told parliament in Prague on April 16 that Czechoslovakia seeks a mutual understanding with Germany. He announced a broad amnesty for political offenders to underscore goodwill.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Crops Flourish in Valley Amid Beneficial Rain
The Kaw Valley and surrounding hills show lush fields after rain last night. Early crops are in progress, potatoes ready, wheat looks strong though risk of lodging exists if moisture remains high. alfalfa, oats recovering from a frost, garden crops thriving for Columbus Canning plant.
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Douglas County
Columbus Canning Corporation
North
Lawrence
Quail distributed by Sportsmen's Club in Douglas County
Ten pairs of quail from the state hatchery at Pittsburg Kansas were delivered to Lawrence by district game warden Carl Teichgraeber and given to the Douglas County Sportsmen's club for county distribution. The birds hatched last September and nearly full grown. Quail releases are planned on farms of Chris Schaake and Earl Black and at Lawrence Country Club with a two year hunting ban on released lands.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Lawrence
Carl Teichgraeber
Douglas County Sportsmen’s Club
Teichgraeber
Fred Kahn
Chris Schaake
Earl Black
Lawrence Country Club
Red Cross Annual Meeting in Douglas County Tuesday
The Douglas County Red Cross chapter plans its annual meeting next Tuesday evening at 6:45 starting with dinner at Trinity Lutheran church. The program includes a film on last year’s Mississippi flood and a Vox Pop sketch by Sergeant William Kollender and Walter Schaal. Tickets are 40 cents, available at Round Corner Drug Store or the Chamber of Commerce.
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Douglas County Red Cross
William Kollender
Walter Schaal
Vox Pop
Trinity Lutheran Church
Round Corner Drug Store
Chamber of Commerce
Weather Snapshot for Kansas Cities and Regions
Fair tonight and Sunday with cooler temperatures in the northeast. Ottawa Wichita and Coffeyville clear at morning. Arkansas City Manhattan Emporia Topeka cloudy. Salina shows drizzle. Gas Office Record lists yesterday 63 at 7 p.m. and 69 max yesterday with 0.8 inch rainfall to 7 a.m. today.
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Ottawa
Wichita
Coffeyville
Arkansas City
Manhattan
Emporia
Topeka
Salina
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