League backs tri power resolution on Germany repudiation
The League of Nations council adopted a France Britain Italy backed resolution condemning Germany for scrapping treaty obligations with Denmark abstaining. It called for a committee to study economic and financial steps against future violators while Litvinoff accused Germany of revenge and conquest and Poland backed the plan under pressure from France.
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Associated Presst
Geneva
League of Nations Council
Germany
Denmark
France
Great Britain
Italy
League
Peter Munch
Enmark
Joseph M. Beck
Poland
Maxim Litvinoff
Hoover plans regional GOP conventions for 1936 campaign
The Washington Post reports former President Hoover is shaping revival plans for the Republican party during 1935 rallying travel across the nation. Five regional conventions are proposed to attack the New Deal and outline principles for next year’s platform. Regions already set include Boston, Baltimore and Kansas City with others suggested in Kentucky West Virginia Tennessee Ohio Wisconsin Michigan and a western site.
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Washington
Washington Post
Hoover
Boston
Baltimore
Kansas City
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Ohio
Wisconsin
Michigan
Far West
Assault charge dropped in Kansas City case
Miss Bertha Hurd, 44, was freed of an assault with intent to kill charge stemming from allegations that she aided a foster father in torturing a boy. The 7 year old Herbert Hurd shot and killed his wife Nellie A. Hurd two weeks earlier. The elderly man refused to prosecute at the preliminary hearing.
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Kansas City
Bertha Hurd
Herbert Hurd
Nellie A. Hurd
Hurd
Robbery trial opens in Fort Kearney bank case
In Kearney Nebraska district court today jury selection began for Allen Woolworth in the $5,600 Fort Kearney State Bank robbery last October. Woolworth was brought from Kansas after bond on a separate Emporia bank robbery charge. Simon Fishman of Tribune Kansas, a state senator, was in Washington on a personal matter regarding his gubernatorial prospects.
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Kearney
Neb
CPI
Allen Woolworth
Fort Kearney
Woolworthy
Kansas
Emporia
Simon Fishman
Washington
Tribune
Fishman
Bbe
German Press Denounces League's Action
Berlin reports UP German newspapers united in denunciation of the League of Nations approval of a resolution condemning Germany's rearmament. Reichsfuehrer Hitler's Voelkischer Beobachter claims Germany cannot bow to dictation and may not return to Geneva. Morgenpost calls the Geneva proposal a crime against European peace. Allgemeine Zeitung says Germany cannot accept the verdict. A Wilhelmstrasse official warned that if it passes the League, Germany will never rejoin.
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Berlin
League of Nations
Germany
Reichsfuehrer
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Geneva
Morgenpost
Allgemeine Zeitung
Wilhelmstrasse
Germany stunned as Poland joins Geneva resolution vote
Berlin officials grapple with Poland's support for the Geneva censure and the broader shift in allied positions. Diplomats warn Germany faces possible war risks amid ongoing rearma ment and debates over league covenant obedience. Officials plan public guidance to calm border regions while reassessing prospects of rejoining the League of Nations.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Poland
Wilhelmstrasse
Stresa
Russia
Turkey
Argentina
League Council
Reichswehr
Foreign Office and Propaganda Ministry
League of Nations
Reich
League
England
Huey’s Legislators Again Pass Bills Under Orders
Baton Rouge, La April 17 Senator Huey P Long and a loyal majority in the legislature pushed through bills to centralize city finances elections and expenditures of federal relief funds with threats of impeachment against three state supreme court justices looming and an opposition member decrying armed militia at the doors. The senator moved along the house floor issuing orders as his bills were finalized for senate. Third son is to wed.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Supreme Court
House
House of Representatives
Louisiana
Long
Senate
Prince Juan to wed Maria Mercedes in Spain Paris royal betrothal announced
The engagement of Prince Juan, heir to the Spanish throne, to Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon Sicily was confirmed by a secretary of the Infante after Alfonso and Carlos dined. The match links the former king’s third son with the duke de Guise’s niece by marriage, amid prior rumors.
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Paris
Juan
Alfonso
Spain
Maria Mercedes
Bourbon-Sicilie
Carlos of
Bourbon-Orleans
Carlos
Duke de Guise
Air Clipper Pioneer Reaches Honolulu in Record Pacific Flight
The clipper plane Pioneer landed at Pearl Harbor at 7:57 a.m. after a 2,400 mile Alameda to Honolulu run, setting a new east to west Pacific crossing record. Captain Musick and crew described the flight as uneventful with favorable weather and kept to schedule, greeted by Pan American officials and local dignitaries.
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Honolulu
Pioneer
Pearl Harbor
Alameda
Cal
Pacific
California
Kneffler McGinnis
Edwin C. Musick
R. O. D. Sullivan
Pearharor
Musick
Wayne,Todd
Fleet Air Base
Clarence M. Young
J. Parker van Zandt
Pan American Airways
Captin Musick
Colonel Young
Pan American
All But 78 Ohio Prison Convicts Return to Work
Calumbus Ohio April 17 Warden James Woodard announced that 117 convicts returned to their posts after a strike by 1956 inmates. Seventy eight held passive rebellion and will receive usual discipline. Previously disciplined convicts were placed in a cell block or solitary confinement. Also reported Post takes off for home as Wiley Post departs Lambert-St. Louis for Bartlesville after a failed transcontinental flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumbus
Ohio
James Coodard
Woodard
Toronto Striker Killed in Plant Clash
A striker was killed and three pickets wounded in a clash between pickets and guards at the Raul Clay Co plant in Toronto Ohio. Closing notices say banks on Lawrence Street will close at 12:00 Saturday April 20 for Kansas Belays Adv.
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Toronto
Raul Clay Co
Lawrence
Kansas
Harrison Bill Would Permit Veterans to Exchange Bonus Certificates for Bonds
Senate finance committee Chairman Harrison introduced a plan to swap World War I bonus certificates for negotiable bonds bearing 3 percent interest. The exchange could cost about 1.3 billion dollars, with options to delay redemption to 1945 at 4 percent interest. The proposal seeks to curb future pension demands while favoring a bond market conversion over cashing certificates.
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Washington
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Chamber of Commerce elects officers and announces new board
C of C named C. of C head to handle meet C B Russell elected president succeeding George Lowman. H J Hanna first vice president, John Brand second vice president, F C Whipple treasurer, George Hedrick re-elected secretary. Seven new directors sworn in. Dolph Simons named U S Chamber delegate to Washington D C. Also listed are track meet officials for 1st Kansas Interscholastic meet held Friday at the stadium with H W Hargiss referee and starter and E R Elbel clerk of the course, plus numerous judges and timers.
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C. B. Russell
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
George Lowman
H. J. Hanna
C. E. Birch
John Brand
C. B. Holmes
F. C. Whipple
Mr. Russell
George Hedrick
Dolph Simons
United States Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Bob Curd
John Morrison
Stewart Chambers
Frank Neal
Delmar Curry
Delos Douglas
Elwyn Dees
Bill Comer
Warren Plaskett
Bob Simpson
Harry Kanatzer
Milo Clawson
Noel Stewart
Willard Robinson
Howard Smith
George Kvaternik
al Wellhausen
Murray
Landon and Wilson Inspect Dust Storms Across Kansas
Gov Alf M Landon and M L Wilson assistant secretary of agriculture left Garden City after a briefing on soil blowing conditions. They continued on separate inspection trips following a conference with soil erosion and shelterbelt service reps. Wilson planned a Texas trip saying he had a comprehensive picture of the erosion plague to report to Secretary Wallace.
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Garden City
Alf M. Landon
M. L. Wilson
Wilson
Kansas
Texas
Landon
Liberal
Kansas State College
Wallace
Flour Exports Decline Prompted Capper Plea
Senator Capper warned the administration that U S wheat millers, especially in the southwest, risk being driven from export markets unless prompt government steps are taken. He urged action to counter serious handicaps and noted failures in reciprocal tariff act trade agreements with Belgium, Brazil and Haiti to restore flour exports. Also reported is the death of Rev J W Stamp Ward at 80, and Mrs Stamp’s connection to the Funk family.
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Washington
Capper
Southwest
United States
Roper
Hull
Wallace
Tariff Commission
Belgium
Brazil
Haiti
J. W. Stamp
Ward
S. K. Funk
John Wesley Stamp
Manes
Mr. Stamp
Stamp
Funk
Lawrence
Baseball results and postponements across leagues
National League games show Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Brooklyn contests with weather postponements. American League schedules list Chicago versus Detroit and Boston versus New York with pitching pairings noted. Several games Washington Cleveland and Milwaukee at Kansas City are delayed by rain or cold conditions.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Derring A
Erickson
Bush
Swift
Padden
Rev
Yorke
Boston
Chicago
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Detroit
Ween
Jones
Sewell
Rowe and Coch
van Philadelphia
Washington
Cain
Dietrich
Foes
Whitehill
New York
Rhodes
R. Ferrell
Ruffing
Dicker
Cleveland
St Louis
Value American Association
Milwaukee
Kansas
Cis
Tall Stories Still Grow in the Dust Storm Area
Kansas City April 17 county extension men in the dust storm area gathered for the ten state AAA meeting and swapped tales. Arthur Robinson of Colorado Agricultural College led the session with humorous stories about Baca county Colorado including a wind that blew a cistern from the ground and a county agent boasting noneed for government gasoline.
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Kansas City
AAA
Arthur Robinson
Colorado Agricultural College
Baca County
Colorado
Robinson
Acid attack suspect held as Tulsa police probe
In Tulsa a 20 year old man, Mont Webb, was jailed as detectives sought the assailant who threw acid at Leah Webb 19 on a street corner last night. Leah Webb said her husband did not throw the acid and denied involvement while he remained in jail awaiting charges. Separately a Kansas City report notes United Telephone Co. must pay a 500 annual occupation tax in Clay Center after a long municipal effort for relief. Fiorello La Guardia, in Kansas City for a layover en route to Prescott, declined many political questions but said he would attend the Progressive convention in Fond du Lac.
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Tulsa
Okla
Lamont Webb
Webb
Leah Webb
Telephone Company
Clay Center
Kan
United Telephone Co
Laguardia
Kansas City
Fiorello Laguardia
New York
Nationwide High School Bands converge for Kansas festival
More than 1 800 musicians from six states registered for the National Band Festival at the University of Kansas May 9 to 11. A 700 piece massed band will headline a Saturday concert under guest conductors including Dr. Edwin Franko Goldman. Several dozen towns from across the region will send ensembles for morning and evening contests and a stadium marching contest on May 11.
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University of Kansas
University of Kansas Band
Russell L. Wiley
Kansas University Auditorium
Edwin Franko Goldman
New York City
Herbert L. Clarke
Long Beach
Calif
Carl Busch
Topeka
Ottawa
Olathe
Atchison
Burlington
Concordia
Chanute
Iola
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Kaw
Bonner Springs
Hoisington
Atwood
Humboldt
Hiawatha
Quinter
Eliwood
Herington
Junction City
Wichita
Chapman
Sterling
Waynoka
Okla
Enid
Medford
Tulsa
Shawnee
Finney to Appear in Federal Court on Tax Charge
Topeka Kan April 17 Judge Richard J Hopkins fixed May 30 for 4 war ren W Finney former Emporia Kan banker and magnate now under 36 to 600 year sentence in state penitentiary for embezzlement to answer a charge of income tax evasion Finney underpaying his tax by about 19000 His embezzlement conviction grew from the Kansas bond scandal in which his son Ronald was said to be central The state supreme court yesterday stayed his sentence to allow defense counsel time to decide on an appeal to the United States Supreme Court The mandate mailing to the trial court will be held up for the present
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Topeka
Kan
Warren W. Finney
Emporia
Richard J. Hopkins
Finney
Kansas
Ronald
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Dust Storm Strikes Colorado Halting Traffic Across West
A fierce dust cloud labeled a black roller swept Colorado on April 17, freezing visibility for 112 hours. Residents sought shelter as rain dampened the eastern areas while dust spread from Dresden to western Kansas.
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Denver
Colorado
Dresden
Kansas
Prison Purchasing Agent Becomes Hutchinson Police Chief
Lansing Kansas April 17 1939 Purchasing agent at Kansas state prison Lewis White rests today to assume the police chief role in Hutchinson He previously served as assistant superintendent at Hutchinson reformatory and as superintendent of the boys school at Topeka The 25 mile highway between Leavenworth and Khinen was paved and opened today after a decade of surveys
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Lansing
Hutchinson
Kan
Lewis White
Kansas State Prison
White
Hutchinson Reformatory
Topeka
Leavenworth
If Khinen
Dirt to Fly on Relief Jobs in Few Months
President Roosevelt outlined an early relief program plan to move 3.5 million employables from direct to work relief. He noted more than 500 million dollars in fund applications and expected 16 to 20 billion dollars in total applications. A census of unemployed workers would use 12 to 15 million dollars to map location and classification.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Final tests set for Summerfield scholars list
Thirty five Kansas high school seniors are invited to final exams for Summerfield field scholarships at the University on April 26 and 27. Prof Olin Templin heads the committee and notes about 10 nominees will win scholarships. The list includes Randall Weed, Blaine Grimes, Edson Smith, James Sussex, and many juniors from cities across Kansas.
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Kansas
Summerfield
Olin, Templin
Randall Weed
Bread Training School
Lawrence
Blaine Grimes
Kenyon Keiler
Eldon
Weir
Dean Dalton
Pittsburg
John Fowler
Ottawa
Robert Gibson
Greensburg
William Gilstrap
Topeka Catholic
Philip Gould
Piedmont
Jerome Hardy
Manhattan
Myron Harries
Wakeeney
Richard Kennedy
Ashland
Joseph Langworthy
Leavenworth
John Mitchell
Thayer
James Pinney
Hiawatha
Charles Razak
Collyer
Karl
Ruppenthal
Russell
Jack Stewart
Independence
Wayne Yordy
Salina
Income tax outlook rises as receipts hit new daily high
Topeka April 17 UPi Ellis Bever state income tax director reports indications that the year will exceed one million dollars after a new 3110 277 high day. Total collections reach 661 287 69 with over 28 000 returns yet to be tabulated. Estimated annual total about 1.6 million, well above last year. Returns due for fiscal year corporations will extend through the year. Average individual return about 11 versus 8 50 last year. Penalties rise for late filings. 5 percent tax plus 6 percent interest if filed within 60 days, then double tax plus 12 percent interest after. Last year 3150 returns filed by deadline versus 2050 this year.
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Topeka
Upii
Ellis Bever
Bever
No School Without Rain Strands Mort Mon School
Richfield Kansas April 17 the school board declared no reopening until rain arrives warning may extend to next fall if delays persist. Parents fear dust storms will trap buses and disrupt term schedules.
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Richfield
Kan
Crh
Morton County
Missouri baseball rainouts as Tigers drop two games
Heavy rain washed out the second Missouri baseball game in Columbia, ending the two game series with Kansas State. Kansas State defeated Missouri 8 to 2 in the first game in Columbia. Denton officers captured Ralph Falls, once linked to Raymond Hamilton, near Denton, ending his escape chase. Stock market index averaged 38,1 yesterday at 387.
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Columbia
UPI
University of Missouri
State
Aggies
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State
Tigers
Missouri
Hamilton
Denton
Tex
Ralph Falls
Raymond Hamilton
CUNNINGHAM FIRST HERE FOR RELAYS
University of Kansas readies for the eleventh annual relays carnival with the thirty-first interscholastic meet Friday and a mile relay finale Saturday Glenn Cunningham arrives as the first out of town participant while officials hope for warm weather teams from Arizona Texas Indiana Michigan State and others will attend ticket prices range from 10 to 1.10 and KFKU will broadcast events starting at 1 45 p m with Poco Frazier at the mic
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University of Kansas
K. U
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Lawrence
F. C. Alien
K. A
New York
E. R. Elbel
United States
University of Arizona
University of Texas
North Texas Agricultural College
Southwest Louisiana Institute of Lafayette
Michigan State College
University of Indiana
Greeley State Teachers College
Colorado
Round Corner Drug Store
Kansas City
Topeka
Leavenworth
KFKU
Bernard “Poco” Frazier
Iowa City
Owen
Briggs
Dooley
Nelson
Huse
Iowa
van Phillipps
Eugene Skinner
Bernie Page
Andrew Dooley
Postpone League Meeting For Douglas County Tax Payers
The Douglas County Tax Payers League meeting set for Saturday afternoon has been postponed to April 27. Ed Harvey, league secretary, announced the change citing unfinished renovation work at the courthouse as the reason for the delay.
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Douglas County
Tax Payers League
Ed Harvey
Weather forecast unsettled and colder in Kansas
Unsettled conditions expected tonight with colder air. Thursday should be generally fair and slightly warmer in the northwest. Morning readings show cloudy to partly cloudy skies with Topeka clear and light rain at Wichita Pittsburg and Ottawa. Dirt roads mostly good but slippery at Ottawa. Douglas county roads listed as good, gas office records note yesterday's high 56 and today 23 at 7 a.m. today noon shows no report. Rainfall today recorded at .02 inch.
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Kansas
Topeka
Wichita
Pittsburg
Ottawa
Douglas County
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William F. Ludwig
Earl D. Irons
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Bachman
Dewey O. Wiley
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KK. U
Warren Finney
Summerfield Scholarship Committee
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