11 Sentenced In 1936 Election Fraud in Kansas City
Federal court in Kansas City handed down sentences to 11 defendants in the 1936 election fraud cases. Roy North pleaded guilty and drew eight months plus a $500 fine. five others got probation. In the 13th case, five defendants were sentenced, including two with three years and $1,000 fines.
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Kansas City
Roy North
Platte County
Albert L. Reeves
William J. McMahon
Leo Gillian
Leavenworth
Kan
McMahon
Morris Stephens
el Reno Reformatory
J. P. Bailey
Ma County
Grace B. Clark
Clay County
Twelfth Ward
18Th Grand Jury
Chinese Retake City and Drive on in Shantung
Chinese dispatches report the recapture of Hanchwang where the Tientsin Pukow railroad crosses the Grand Canal and progress in southern Shantung. Hanchwang lies 32 miles west northwest of Taierhchwang, near Suchow, while Japanese forces hold ihsien 200 miles northwest of Tjerhchwang after fierce Chinese assaults and a breach at the southwest corner of the walls.
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Shanghai
Hanchwang
Tientsin-Pukow
Grand Canal
Shantung Province
Taierhchwang
Suchow
Ihsien
Tjerhchwang
Death of T. R. Smith in Star City Ark at 80
Mrs H F Holtzclaw left for Star City Ark after the death of her father T R Smith aged 80. He had visited Lawrence several times and was known by many acquaintances.
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H. F. Holtzclaw
Star City
Ark
T. R. Smith
President Pardons Dr Townsend Vindication Says Pension Plan Vindicated
President Roosevelt pardoned Dr Francis E Townsend old age pension advocate as he was to serve a 30 day contempt sentence. Townsend called the pardon a complete vindication and said he would return to the west coast within days. The White House noted the pardon followed telegrams from House members citing elder age and influence of others in the walk out. Townsend had walked out of a 1936 committee hearing while under subpoena.
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Dr. Townsend
Washington
Roosevelt
Francis E. Townsend
House
Townsend
U.S
John B. Colpoys
Congress
West Coast
White House
Bell
D-Mo
House Committee
Townsend Board of Directors
Baltimore
Altho
Deaf School at Olathe Highlights Progress and Reach
Kansas educates 227 deaf children at the Olathe school with six to twenty one year enrollment. Rotarians hear Alfred Cromwell discuss gains in language and literacy while Kansas ranks seventh in Gallaudet College enrollments. Separately, Manhattan Rotarians visit Lawrence to promote a district conference and preparations for the Children’s Theatre production Alice in Wonderland proceed with 125 cast members and multiple rehearsals.
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State of
Kansas
Kansas School For the Deaf
Olathe
Alfred Cromwell
Gallaudet College
Washington, D. C
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
United States
Hartford
Conn
Cramwell
Manhattan
Lawrence
Pope Pius Rests After Easter Canonization Exertion
Vatican City April 18 Pope Pius took his customary Monday rest after the Easter ceremonies and canonization of three new saints. Close associates said he was exhausted yet showed no ill effects and seemed reinvigorated by the rite. Over 150000 people crowded St. Peter's Square to witness his blessing from the balcony. The saints honored were Andrea Bobola Poland Salvador Da Horta Spain and Giovanni Leonardi Italy.
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Vatican City
Pius
St. Peter’s
Basilica
Andrea Bobola
Poland
Salvador da Horta
Spain
Giovanni Leonardi
Italy
Favorable weather boosts Kansas crop growth
Topeka Apr 18 Kansas crops will be favored with sunshine and mild temperatures excellent growing conditions today and Tuesday S D Flora federal meteorologist said today Fair and warmer weather now that topsoil moisture is plentiful in most sections of the state will bring on rapid growth of vegetation The weather man asserted Scattered weekend showers brought small amounts of precipitation to some counties during the past 48 hours Concordia .17 inch Dodge City a trace Phillipsburg .20 Topeka .04 Burr Oak .09 Hanover .10 Salina .10 Winfield .13 and Kansas City a trace Topeka recorded yesterday's high temperature 84 degrees and Tribune the minimum 42 Temperatures tonight are expected to be between 50 and 55 degrees generally The mercury will climb tomorrow to around 80 and 85 over most of the state slightly warmer than today and Sunday Flora said.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D
Burr Oak
Hanover
Salina
Winfield
Kansas City
Tribune
Flora
Surgeon Sir Robert Hill Dies at 72 in Henley
Henley England April 18 Vice Admiral Sir Robert Hill 72 long in charge of medical services at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 died today. He served through World War I and held senior medical posts in the Royal Navy.
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Jutland
Henley
England
Sir Robert Hill
Water service shutoff planned for April 19 areas
Water will be shut off Tuesday April 19 from 130 p.m. to 500 p.m. in the 1800 block on Indiana Mississippi Iinois and Maine streets and in the 1700 and 1800 blocks on Alabama street to repair a water main. Frank E Willey Water Superintendent Adv.
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Indiana
Mississippi
Iinois
Maine
Alabama Street
Fall of Tortosa Appears Imminent
From the French border at Hendaye on April 18, insurgent army corps led by Gen. Garcia Valino closed in on Tortosa from three sides. They captured Santa Barbara and Amposta and pushed toward the Ebro river, tightening control along a 30 mile stretch of the Mediterranean coast and threatening government forces in the area.
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Hendaye
France
Tortosa
Catalonia
Garcia Valino
Ebro
Amposta
Cherth
Maidenverge
Santa Barbara
Valino
International Brigade
Cherta
Sierra Montsia
Mediterranean
Vinarez
Spain
Benicarlo
Treasury Checks Up as New Spending Plan Nears
The treasury reports that spending reached 6 036 446 849 dollars in the first nine and a half months of the current fiscal year, far exceeding revenues by 1 087 644 281 dollars. Expenditures last year for a similar period totaled 5 891 177 676 dollars with a 1 951 971 300 dollar deficit. Public debt stood at 37 563 358 287 dollars on April 15, versus 34 837 471 252 dollars a year earlier.
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Washington
Treasury
APPROVES ARMY MEASURE FOR 75 000 RESERVE
The House approved a plan to create a regular army reserve of about 75 000 men in four years. Former soldiers who served and return to civilian life could enlist and be recalled with full regular army status. Enlistment bonuses and annual allowances were proposed. eligibility ends at age 35.
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Washington
House
White House
Harold C. Place Dead Kansas Chamber of Commerce official
Harold C. Place 42 publicity director of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce died in Topeka after weeks of illness. Born in Manly Iowa he was a former Iowa newspaper man and once editor of the Toledo News Bee. His widow a son and a daughter survive. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Grace Cathedral.
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Topeka
Harold C. Place
Kansas’ Chamber of Commerce
Place
Manly
Ita
Iowa
States Chamber of Commerce
Toledo News-Bee
Toledo
Grace Cathedral
Bank Robbery Report Potwin Kansas April 18
Unmasked bandit robbed Potwin State Bank of 250 dollars in Potwin Kansas escaping eastward in a blue sedan according to UP A report.
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Potwin Bank
Potwin
Kan
Potwin State Bank
Eastaward
Stock Market Index Report and Local Ford Service Note
The stock index averaged 40.5 points with a Saturday reading of 41.2. A Ford service center is listed in Hamilton at 702 Ut Ady with unclear details.
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Ford Service
Hamilton
Ady
Romanian Court Opens Probe of Nazi Plot in Bucharest
A military court began a broader inquiry into a supposed plot against the government in Bucharest led by Cornelius Zelea Codreanu. Codreanu and about 80 followers were detained at the Green House with hundreds more arrested nationwide. Police aim at a putsch amid new defense laws targeting propaganda and class conflict.
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Bucharest
Romania
Mhore
Cornelius Zelea Codreanu
Codreanu
Iron Guard
Cordeanu
Green House
Miron Cristea
All For Fatherland Party
Ian G. Duca
State highway plans bid ready to eliminate Mud Creek curve
The Kansas Highway Commission aims to advertise for bids this summer to straighten the dangerous Mud Creek curve on highway 40 near Lawrence. Surveying is done, right of way secured, and plans sent to Washington for approval. The project may require moving the Frank Scott home at the north end of the proposed cut-off.
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State Highway Commission
Mud Creek Bridge
Lawrence
Highway 40
Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington, D. C
Mud Creek
State Highway Department
Miller’s Market
Frank Scott
Ray Weekley
Leavenworth County
Cubs Pay 185000 for Dizzy Dean in Major Deal
Chicago Cubs owner Phil Wrigley announced the club traded for Dizzy Dean, paying 185000 cash plus Curt Davis Clyde Shoun and Tuck Stainback to the St. Louis Cardinals. The cash total reached 270000 with added value. Sam Breadon weighed the deal as worth 85000 for the three players. Wrigley emphasized transparency and a pennant aim over dollar signs.
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Chicago
Phil K. Wrigley
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Dizzy Dean
Curt Davis
Clyde Shoun
Tuck Stainback
Boston Sox
Washington Senators
Lyn Larry
Joe Cronin
Sam Breadon
Cub
Baseball scores from American League games today
New York 2 2 0 Boston 0 6 0 Ruffing Vance and Dickey Bagby MeeKain and Desautels Philadelphia 4 4 0 Washington 4 0 0 Kelley Williams Smith and Hayes W Ferrell and R Ferrell Only games. American Association St. Paul at Louisville postponed Tain
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New York
Boston
Ruffing
Vance
Dickey
Bagby
MeeKain
Desautels
Philadelphia
Washington
Kelley
Williams
Smith
Hayes
W. Ferrell
R. Ferrell
American Association St. Paul
Louisville
National League Opens Season With Day Of Openers
New York April 18 UP Probable pitchers and crowd estimates for the season openers. National League games include Boston at New York with MacFayden and Melton or Schumacher, Brooklyn at Philadelphia with Mungo and Passeau, Chicago at Cincinnati with Bryant and Grissom or Schott, Pittsburgh at St Louis with Bauers or Blanton and Weiland. American League matchups Detroit at Chicago Lawson vs Whitehead, St Louis at Cleveland Newsom vs Allen.
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New York
MacFayden
Melton
Schumacher
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Mungo
Passeau
Chicago
Cincinnati
Bryant
Grissom
Schott
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Bauers
Blanton
Weiland
Detroit
Lawson
Whitehead
Cleveland
Newsom Ve. Allen
Townships Warned on New Vote Law Changes
County Attorney Charles Springer informs township clerks and county commissioners of a 1937 law requiring voting in each township to be confined to defined precincts and a single polling place unless county action creates multiple precincts. The August 2 primary deadline looms. Douglas County already has three townships with precincts.
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Board of County Commissioners
Charles Springer
Springer
Chris Schaake
Attorney General’s Office
Douglas County
Palmyra Township
North Baldwin
South Baldwin
Black Jack
Vinland
Kanwaka Township
Kanwaka
Stull
Lecompton Township
Lecompton
Big Springs
Two Topeka Youths Drown At Tonganoxie Lake
Two Topeka youths Moyer Lile 17 and Norman Pearson 20 drowned when their boat capsized near shore at the Tonganoxie state lake just before 8 am. Pearson was 25 feet from shore as he went under. Lile remained missing over an hour.
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Topeka
Tonganoxie
Moyer Lile
Topeka High School
Norman Pearson
National Bank of
Leroy Pitts
Fred Muehler
Lile
Pearson
Clarence Winslow
K. U
Kansas
Gene Evans
Frank Knox
New Hampshire Street
Knox
Thiele to Speak at Chamber Luncheon on The Bill of Rights
Walter G. Thiele of the Kansas Supreme Court will address the Chamber of Commerce at 12 20 tomorrow at the Eldridge Hotel. The talk titled The Bill of Rights covers constitutional issues. Thiele, KU law graduate, is finishing his first term on the bench and invites public attendance with reservations via 485.
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Walter G. Thiele
Kansas Supreme Court
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge Hotel
Bill of Rights
Thiele
University of Kansas Law School
Supreme Court
Westminster choir to perform at Topeka Presbytery service
The Topeka Presbytery opens its spring meeting with a 7 30 p m service at First Presbyterian church featuring a half hour concert by the Westminster a cappella choir led by Dean Donald M Swarthout of the University of Kansas. Reverend Orlo Choguill of Emporia delivers the sermon.
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Topeka
Annual Red Cross Dinner Indefinitely Postponed
The Douglas County Red Cross annual meeting and dinner at Trinity Lutheran church tomorrow night is postponed indefinitely due to date conflicts. Tickets will be refunded. a midweek meeting will call for annual officer elections with details to follow.
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Douglas County
Red Cross Chapter
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fred R. Isaacs
Appropriation for Missouri River Work Requested
The House Appropriations Committee proposed $94,300,000 for river and harbor construction and maintenance nationwide for the coming fiscal year. Included is $200,000 for Missouri River work from Kansas City to Sioux City, with an additional $2,354,000 if reappropriated funds are available.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Army Engineers
Missouri
Kansas City
Sioux City
Easter Services Shine Across Countryside in Pleasant Sky
Churches held impressive Easter services as mild spring weather encouraged crowds to attend. Families dressed in new clothes, lilies and palms decorated churches, and Easter egg hunts delighted children while many took country drives or photographed the bright, blooming landscape.
Students Return as Easter Vacation Ends at Kansas
Lawrence schools and the University of Kansas resume classes after Easter break. KU holds tests for Summerfield scholarships with 35 seniors on campus Wednesday and Thursday. Friday features the 33rd annual high school track meet and the peace convocation in Hoch auditorium. The Sigma Xi lectures follow, then the Senior Cakewalk at Memorial Union. Kansas Relays dominate Saturday with the invitational mile run among top runners.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
K. U
Haskell
Kansas
Summerfield
William Boyd
University of Toronto
Canada
Fraser Theater
Hoch Auditorium
Sigma Xi
J. O. Perrine
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Memorial Union
Bobby Meeker
Kansas Relays
Glenn Cunningham
Don Lash
Archie San Romani
Gene Venzke
Weather boosts Kansas Relays crowd forecast at Memorial Stadium
University of Kansas officials hope for clear skies Friday and Saturday as the Kansas Relays and the high school meet draw an expected 15 000 fans. Reserved seats cost 1 10, general 55 cents, and student admissions are 25 cents in the north bowl. Oswego and Claflin join the class B meet. KFKU and WHB plan stadium broadcasts for Mutual network.
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University of Kansas
Kansas Relays
Memorial Stadium
Claflin
Winchester
van Parks
Oswego
Kan
KFKU
Lawrence
WHB
Kansas City
Mutual
Plane crash on Zuara coast kills three. Italian flyer gravely hurt
A plane attempting a London to Capetown record crashed into a Libyan military encampment near Zuara west of Tripoli. Two Libyan women and a child died, four Italians aboard injured. Gianni Albertini, the flight leader, is gravely injured but may recover.
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Tripoli
Libya
Zuara
Gianni Albertini
Republicans Attack Roosevelt Relief Plan In Congress
Washington April 18 Republicans led denouncements of President Roosevelt four and a half billion relief recovery program. They indicated a shift from letting anti new deal Democrats direct the attacks while administration leaders expected only a smattering of votes against the President. Hearings on the economic recommendations were set to begin Wednesday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Weather Forecast for Kansas: Warm Night and Tuesday
Kansas forecast calls for fair skies and warmer temperatures through tonight and Tuesday. Morning weather is generally clear with good dirt road conditions. Temperatures show a high yesterday of 83, a low today around 65, and noon today at about 76, with varying minimums expected into Sunday.
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Kansas
Ceds Inminseni
Sacanu Agend
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