Judge Long Not Guilty Says Jury
Kansas City April 18 jury acquits Judge David E. Long of corruptly allowing claims against county funds in a fast verdict ending a controversial case. The trial centered on alleged illegal claims and a disputed jury panel with city employees among jurors. Long Brothers Inc owned most stock in a firm connected to the case.
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Kansas City
David E. Long
Jackson County
Albert C. Ridge
Roy McKittrick
William J. Burke
McKittrick
Long
Long Brothers
Justice of the Peace
Jeffersonian Democratic Club
Liquor Haul Seized In Douglas County Car Case
Police halted a dark 1939 Ford on New Hampshire street and found 47 small cases of liquor packed in the car. Mat his Mainz 21 Colwich Kansas pleaded guilty to possession and transportation and received 30 day jail terms concurrent with a $200 fine. The load valued at about $695.20 was destroyed after the case.
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New Hampshire Street
Mathias Mainz
Colwich
Kan
John Ingalls
William Cox
Max Mollinger
Wichita
Mainz
Illinois
Gem City Liquor Company
Quincy
J. C. Wilson
Justice of the
Robert Oyler
Coupe
Jude Anderson
Oyler
Milton Beach
Anderson
Douglas County
Johnson County
Missouri
Kansas
Snow Hits Midwest As Milder Noreaster Begins
Heavy snow up to a foot fell across Minnesota and South Dakota with drifting and slushy roads. Flood worries spread from Iowa to the Atlantic coast as rain and a nor’easter approach the Northeast while the Pacific Northwest faces drought plus fire hazards. Subsoil moisture should improve as new moisture reduces frost.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Middle West
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Atlantic
Pacific Northwest
New England
South Dakota
Chicago Board of Trade
Agronomsts
Campaign on Buses Targets Unsafe School Vehicles
Topeka April 18 Campaign to rid Kansas of rickety unsafe school buses led by state superintendent of public instruction Pi George L McClenny after a New York City conference. He urged districts to discard dangerous buses and buy modern equipment citing wooden bodies lacking safety features and buses with gas tanks in seating areas. He warned of no escape routes in case of fire and said Kansas lags behind other states in child transportation safety.
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Topeka
George L McClenny
New York City
McClenny
Kansas
Kanas
Notice to Bidders on City Hall Painting Contract
Sealed bids due Wednesday April 1939 for painting the main City Hall office and the Manley Finance Agency office. Obtain specifications from the City Clerk. Proposals must meet specifications or be rejected. Separate bids requested. city may reject all bids. J W Stone City Clerk.
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Manley Finance Agency
Sty
J. W. Stone
Weather outlook brightens for Kansas as sun returns
UPi reports fair weather across Kansas with sun expected tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures will rise to the 55 to 60s range after a light frost in western counties. Moisture fell across most of the state, aiding pastures and crops, with lingering unsettled conditions in the east.
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Topeka
Upi
Kansas
Elkhart
Goodland
Tribune
Ellis
Concordia
Flora
Baseball scores and injuries from a sports page
National League results show St Louis and Pittsburgh tied at 3 after nine innings with late scoring. New York scored in the top of the first against Brooklyn, while Chicago and Detroit games ended in rain postponements. Reds shortstop Billy Myers, injured by a thrown ball, is expected back by the weekend per his doctor.
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Pittsburgh
Weiland
Shoun
Owen
Klinger
Sewell
Mueller
New York
Brooklyn
Gumbert
Danning
Evans
Phelps
Chicago
Detroit
Rigney
Silvestri
Bridges
Myers
Cincinnati
Billy Myers
Cincinnati Reds
Pirates
Stock Market Index Report Shows Sliding Average
The index of 60 stocks fell from 43.8 yesterday to 43.1 as trading closed. Market observers note a cautious tone amid shifting prices and modest turnover across sectors.
Catsup Crash Destroys Shoe Shop Front
A semi-trailer laden with over 10 tons of tomato catsup rolled away from its driver while he slept and crashed into Lescher shoe shop at 1212 Massachusetts street. The truck breached the plate glass and stopped against a brick wall, with $250 in damage and the goods reloaded to another truck. The driver Tom Lindley received minor injuries and the injured store owner could not estimate damages.
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Lescher Shoe Shop
Massachusetts Street
International
Tom Lindley
Frazier Packing Company
Elwood
Ind
Hutchinson
Kan
Crown Drug Store
Lindley
Lescher’s
Lawrence Transfer Company
Lawrence
Frank H. Lescher
Lescher Shoe Repair
Strike Halts Oil Tankers Across Coasts
The National Maritime Union reports a midnight strike after failed talks with four oil firms, tying up oil tankers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. In Massachusetts, four of nine state teachers colleges were urged to close due to unemployment among graduates.
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New York
National Maritime Union
Atlantic
Gulf
Boston
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers’ Associations
Junior Choir Broadcast From St. Luke’s A M E Church
The Junior choir organized by Mrs Adella Miller will broadcast tonight from 1030 to 1045 over station WREN This is the choir’s second broadcast recently staged by the church program editors
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St. Luke’s A. M. E. Church
Adella Miller
Wren
Believes Plea by F. D. R. Kept Japan From Alliance
Upton Close of Valhalla New York told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that President Roosevelt’s weekend peace appeal deterred Japan from joining a military alliance with Germany and Italy. He said the request to Hitler and Mussolini to keep the peace for ten years may have forestalled a coup and shifted sentiment in Japan away from a full alliance.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Japan
Germany
Italy
Upton Close
Valhalla
N. Y
Orient
Hitler
Mussolini
Horn speaks on a world of possibilities and change
Dr. Nelson P. Horn president of Baker University addressed the University of Kansas Honors convocation this morning, arguing humanity evolved from a perceived absolute world to a relativistic, changing one. He urged scientific methods while cautioning against a purely mechanistic view, noting medieval tendencies persist until social scientists apply results. Chancellor Lindley announced honor students and new Owl Society and Mortar Board members as the University band performed.
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Baker University
University of Kansas
Horn
Baker
E. H. Lindley
Dean Moorhead
Don Voorhees
Owl Society
Sachem
Mortar Board
HOLC Opposes Moratorium and Lower Rates
HOLC rejects a moratorium on foreclosures and lower interest rates, arguing the measures would subsidize a minority without constructive social benefit. In another report, thieves broke into the Court House lunch on Massachusetts Street, stealing $20.20. entry via broken front door glass was reported by owner Al Elliott.
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HOLC
Washington
Congress
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Court House
Massachusets Street
al Elliott
Senate votes to abolish ports of entry in Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma senate approved abolishing ports of entry effective July 1 by a 39 to 0 vote after a brief wrangle over the act's start date.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Senate
City Council Divides Over City Attorney Appointment
At a city hall reorganization meeting Mayor C B Russell sought to reappoint all officers except the city attorney. A straw vote favored keeping George Melvin, with Gorrill slated if the appointment goes forward. The council set future sessions for April 24 and 26.
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C. B. Russell
George K. Melvin
Russell
Clarence Gorrill
Melvin
Gorrill
Nevin
Rowlandy Buggert
Selig
Hunsinger
Berger
Brown
Eberhart
Edmondson
Pine
Palmateer
George Melvin
Berger Council
Radcliffe Elected Head of Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Charles Radcliffe was chosen president as the new board took office. Honorary life membership was awarded to Elizabeth Watkins and Alfred Lawrence was thanked for four years as mayor. John Brand will relinquish the presidency at the upcoming annual meeting.
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Chamber of Commerce
Elizabeth Watkins
Alfred Lawrence
Obers
Lawrence
Radcliffe
Merchants Bureau
Retail Merchants
Ober’s
John Brand
Donald Swarthout
Walter Keeler
Walter Schaal
George Hedrick
John Andrews
R. H. Wagstaff
Justin Hill
Wilbur Ruese
Warren Spaulding
E. L. Haynes
Earnest Boyce
C. J
Junius Underwood
Schaal
Kansas League
Elizabeth M. Watkins
Kansas
Kansas Univer
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Watkins
Career Clinic lineup at Liberty Memorial high school
Thirty three business and professional people will join Liberty Memorial high school for a Career Clinic to advise students on life work. The program opens at 1 pm with a Dean from the University of Kansas giving Choosing Your Career, after a 12:45 prelude. Lecturers cover numerous professions from engineering to teaching, with Kiwanis coordinating.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Kiwanis Club
Paul B. Lawcon
University of Kansas
Ted
Joe M. Williams
Kansas Merchants Plan Sales Tax Brackets
Topeka April 18 Merchants announce meetings within weeks to decide on bracket systems for sales tax collection under the revised law The state revenue and taxation commission and merchant groups may adopt penny payment brackets near an average two percent tax on their sales
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Topeka
Kansas
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Two Honor Men Named at K.U.
Forty years of University honors at Kansas see a historic joint award as Moorhead of Hugoton and Voorhees of Leavenworth share the Honor Man of 1938 title. Both graduates, leaders in student government, debate, Phi Beta Kappa, and campus activity, earned top scholastic marks and notable awards. Lawrence students numbered 164 for the convocation.
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Dean Moorhead
Hugoton
Donald Voorhees
Leavenworth
University of Kansas
Moorhead
Voorhees
Camerus
Delta Sigma Rho
Sachem
Phi Beta Kappa
Owl Society
Lawrence
K. U
Ellen Brown
Mary Douglas
Ruby H. Hauser
Phi Lambda Theta
Louise Peyton
Elizabeth Raymond
Helen Rice
Marian Trembly
Randall Weed
Phi Bea Kappa
School of Business
Martha Gingler
Beta Gamma Sigma
Albert &. Palmerles
Thomas R. Valmerlee
James R. Shipley
Tau Beta Pi
Maurice McGaugh
Phi Delta Kappa
John M. Rounds
H. Wallace Lane
Alpha Omega Alpha
Ted
Burd Russell
George Landrith
Edwin Price
Virginia Bell
Philip Buzick
Heavy Quake in Chile Triggers Alarm Across Provinces
Santiago reports a heavy earthquake centered in Coquimbo and Atacama provinces caused alarm among residents. Ernesto Lillo, head of the state telegraph department, said shocks began at 2 22 am, with only minor damage and no injuries, though Coquimbo city saw panic as cable services remained normal.
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Santiago
Chile
Ernesto Lillo
State Telegraph Department
Coquimbo
Atacama
Weather forecast for Kansas with frost risk noted
Generally fair conditions extend tonight and Wednesday with cold spots in the extreme east and frost or near freezing temperatures tonight. Warmer conditions expected Wednesday, especially in the extreme northwest. Readings show yesterday high around 83 and current low near 50 with light rainfall to noon today.
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Kansas
Lawrence Banks Close For Kansas Relays
The banks of Lawrence will be closed Saturday April 22 1939 at 12 oclock noon for Kansas Relays.
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Lawrence
Kansas
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