Rebel Advance Is On In Catalonia
News from Zaragoza and Perpignan report Francoist forces claiming control of parts of Catalonia. Insurgents push toward Valencia and Barcelona while government troops retreat after Ebro river actions and border skirmishes.
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Catalonia
Tortosa
International
Ebro
Garcia Valino
Navarrese Legionnaires
Barcelona
Valino
Bonicarlo
Miguel Aranda
Valencia
Mediterranean
Franco
Cherta
Aldove
Robb Plans Reelection Bid In Republican Primary
George Robb state auditor since 1935 announced last night he would seek reelection on the Republican ticket in the August primaries.
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Topeka
George Robb
Treasury Abolishes Inactive Gold Fund in Move to Finance New Program
Washington April 19 The Treasury dissolved the inactive gold fund created December 24 1936 after President Roosevelt moved the full 1 182000000 gold in the sterile account to help pay for a new spending program and expand bank credit Morgenthau said sterilization may be reintroduced if needed by storing gold in the general fund or stabilization fund The gold inflow this year totalled 100000000 with peak weeks reaching 60000000
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Treasury
Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
General Fund
Farm aid and CCC funding boost in recovery plan
The House tentatively expands highway funding by over 100 million and backs a 50 million CCC camp increase as part of Roosevelt's recovery measures. The road fund is raised to 201.5 million, while the agriculture bill grows to 83 million over last year.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Budget Bureau
Paris and Rome to begin friendship talks without waiting
Paris reports France and Italy will start general talks to settle problems and broaden cooperation including possible U S and Britain. Daladier and Bonnet visit London April 28 to discuss extending ties as Blondel and Ciano push for immediate dialogue. France may appoint an ambassador to Rome soon before the May 9 league council.
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Paris
Italy
France
Rome
United States
Britain
Daladier
Georges Bonnet
London
Jules Blondel
Count Galeazzo Ciano
League Council
Vittorio Emanuele
Ethiopia
National Defense
Police Plane in Search for Carnegie Whitfield
A police airplane scoured 250 miles of Long Island shoreline for Andrew Carnegie Whitfield, Andrew Carnegie’s handsome nephew, and the silver red monoplane he vanished in last Friday. The aerial search began at Roosevelt Field where he was last seen en route to Brentwood, New York, 20 miles away, a destination he never reached.
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New York
Long Island
Andrew Carnegie Whitfield
Andrew Carnegie
Roosevelt Field
Brentwood
N. Y
Convention Arrangements Made for United Brethren Meet
Three officials led by H. Spencer Minnich visited the University of Kansas to set up the national convention. The United Brethren will meet on campus from June 8 to 14 with preliminary planning completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
H. Spencer Minnich
Elgin
University of Kansas
The
United Brethren
Priests Killed in War Reported by Vatican Paper
L'Osservatore Romano lists 1,379 priests and members of religious orders allegedly slain by government forces in Spain. The Vatican newspaper notes the figures from the college of propaganda of the faith and excludes secular priests said to be killed in the hundreds.
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Vatican City
P— L’osservatore
Romano
Vatican
Spain
College of Propaganda of the Faith
Yankees Top Red Sox In Doubleheader Opener
Red Ruffing's pinch single in the ninth drove in the tying and winning runs as the world champions New York Yankees beat Boston 5 to 3 in the Patriot's Day opener. Other games saw Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Washington, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, and Kansas City compete, with Pearson, Dickey, and Berg among pitchers noted. Also Philadelphia rookie Pi-Emmett Mueller homered in his first major league game against Brooklyn.
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Boston
Charles
Red
Ruffing
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
New York
Gomez
Grove
Wagner
Marcum
Desautels
Bere
Pearson and
Dickey
Wilson
Ostermueller and
Berg
Detroit
Chicago
Lawson
York
Whitehead and Sewell
St. Louis
Cleveland
Newsom and Sullivan
Allen and Prtlak
Philadelphia
Washington
Thomas and Hayes
Weaver
RB. Ferrer
Cincinnati
Bryant, Reot
Logan and Hartnett
Schott
R. Davis
Hollingsworth
Lombardi
V. Davis
Brooklyn
Mungo, Hamlin and
Chervinko
Lamaster and
Atwood
Pittsburgh
Blanton and Todd
Weiland and Owen
MacFayden, Weir and Lopez
Melton and Danning
Homer
Pi—Emmett
Dutch) Mueller
Phillies
Brooklyn Dodgers
Houston
Quaker City
Crew
Roosevelt Pledges Two-Week Drive on Recovery Plan
President Roosevelt said he will spend the next two weeks in conferences with administration aides to push an immediate start of the new recovery program once Congress approves the necessary appropriations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Strikes Rock U S Auto Industry Across Cities
Detroit Apr 19 A UAW dues drive closes Fisher Body No 1 Flint and halts Buick line as 3700 workers sent home. Knudsen accuses UAW of coercion while union leader says shutdown aims to discredit the union. Columbus and Rochester see streetcar, bus and truck clashes amid wage demand talks. Police count 1200 on Flint picket line.
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Detroit
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Fisher
Flint
United Automobile Workers
Knudsen
UAW
Homer Martin
Rochester
N. Y
Columbus
Fisher Body
Mich
Wilmington
Calif
Ford Motor Company
U. S
John L. Connor
Columbus and
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Carmen
Buick
United Automobile Workers of America
KU to Host Intercollegiate Association of Women Students
Miss Geneve Landrith of Lawrence was elected president of the national group and will preside at the next convention in April at the University of Kansas, the first time KU hosts the event. About 200 delegates from across the nation are expected. Miss Landrith and retiring KU WSA president Doris Stockwell attended the Pullman meeting, with travel via Winnipeg, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, and cross country return through Salt Lake City and Denver.
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Intercollegiate Association of Women Students
University of Kansas
Geneve Landrith
G. L. Landrith
Lawrence
University of Kansas Women’s Self-Governing Association
Pullman
Wash
K. U
Miss Landrith
Doris Stockwell
University
Miss Stockwell
Washington
St. Paul
Minn
Moose Jaw
Canada
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Banff
Vancouver
B. C
Victoria
Seattle
Salt Lake City
Denver
WPA Worker Edward Dodson Dies at Quarry
Edward Dodson, 54, a WPA employee, collapsed and died at the rock quarry southwest of Baldwin Junction this morning. County coroner Dr. L K Zimmer ordered an autopsy due to unknown cause of death.
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Edward Dodson
WPA
Baldwin Junction
L. K. Zimmer
Joint Tax Conference Recesses Amid Deadlock
The joint conference committee on revenue bills, stalled over major differences between Senate and House plans, recessed until Friday. Chairman Harrison said no progress was made after a closed session hearing a provision on capital gains tax exemptions for utility holding companies.
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Washington
Joint Conference
Senate
House
William C. Douglas
The
Securities Commission
Harrison
Dmiss
Senate Finance Committee
Haskell Faculty to Lead Two Indian Service Summer Schools
Four HasKell Institute faculty members join the Indian service for two summer schools this year. At Riverside California starting July 15 Miss Sibyl Malm and Miss Laura O Hara will teach drama education and science demonstrations. At Chemawa Oregon Mrs Leia Kent Black and Miss Clarissa Benjamin will lead health education and a children recreation program.
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Haskell Institute
The
Indian Service
Homer Howard
Washington
Haskell
Howard
Sherman Institute
Riverside
Calif
Salem Indian School
Che
Chemawa, Ore
Leia Kent Black
Clarissa Benjamin
JUDGE REEVES CALLS OUT CONSPIRATORS IN VOTE FRAUD CASES
Federal Judge Albert L Reeves urged remaining conspirators in Kansas City's vote fraud prosecutions to confess their roles and abandon their honors. He sentenced six defendants in the fourteenth case, one guilty plea and five with no defense, and also sentenced five defendants in the thirteenth case. He cited William J McMahon, precinct captain and city building commissioner, noting similar patterns in other precincts and hinting at higher officials involved.
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Kansas City
Albert L. Reeves
Reeves
William J. McMahon
Pershing Travels Through Chicago En Route to New York Wedding
General John J. Pershing 77, recovering from a near death experience, passed through Chicago on a private car en route to his son Francis Warren Pershing's wedding to Miss Muriel Bache Richards in New York. Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum noted Pershing was in good shape and up and dressed during the eastward leg.
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Chicago
John J. Pershing
New York
Hugh A. Drum
Army Sixth Corps
General Drum
General Pershing
Pershing
Francis Warren
Muriel Bache Richards
Average of 60 stocks 39.4
The report notes an average of 39.4 for 60 stocks. A follow up mentions a value of 40 yesterday.
Thiele Urges Vigilance On Bill of Rights
Walter G. Thiele associate Kansas Supreme Court justice spoke at the Chamber of Commerce lunch on the Bill of Rights. He urged citizens to stay alert to any acts that might erode constitutional protections and stressed the rights of individuals against government overreach.
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Thiele
United States
Walter G. Thiele
Kansas Supreme Court
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
Lawrence
Supreme Court
Altho
Topeka
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Dolph Simons
Raymond Rice
Douglas County Bar Association
Honored by press club in Topeka ceremony
The Topeka Press club honored three veteran craftsmen at a meeting held last night at the Jayhawk hotel Topeka. The honorees were J F Jarrell retiring publicity director for the Santa Fe railroad Robert Maxwell press room foreman for Capper Publications and Oscar Swayze secretary and treasurer of the Topeka Press club. Speakers on the program were Henry Allen Marco Morrow and Kirke Mecham.
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Topeka Press Club
Jayhawk
Topeka
J. F. Jarrell
Santa Fe Railroad
Robert Maxwell
The
Capper Publications
Oscar Swayze
Henry Allen
Marco Morrow
Kirke Mecham
Two Hanged in Iowa in Twin Executions at Penitentiary
At Fort Madison Iowa, 80 year old Franz Jacobsen and 32 year old Mario Heinz were executed by hanging in the state penitentiary. Jacobsen killed Catherine Leahy an Ottumwa waitress. Heinz murdered his six year old nephew David Fox.
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Fort Madison
UPI
Franz Jacobsen
Mario Heinz
Iowa State Penitentiary
Jacobsen
Ottumwa
Davenport
Catherine Leahy
Heinz
Dubuque
David Fox
Douglass Couple Rewed After Chicago Trip Honeymoon in Oklahoma
Mr and Mrs L E Douglass were remarried in Oklahoma shortly after their party of 21 children and 16 chaperones returned from a Chicago Easter vacation. The reconciliation followed a July 1937 divorce. the couple obtained a new license within an hour of returning home. The Douglass children are June Delores and Jimmy. Douglass had recently sold part of his oil holdings for 800000 dollars.
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Hutchinson
Kan
CPI
L. E. Douglass
Chicago
Oklahoma
Douglasses
Douglass
June
Delores
Jimmy
University Honors Convocation to Recognize Top Students
More than 100 outstanding students will be honored at the university’s annual Honors Convocation next Monday April 25. Dr William A Nietze of the University of Chicago Romance Languages will be the speaker. The event features the surprise announcement of the Honor Man from the prior graduating class. The Honor Man is chosen for leadership scholarship broad interests and service to the university. The roll of past Honor Men includes Paul Endacott Howard Firebaugh Wallace James Oneakalas Welty Raymond Nichols Balfour Jeffry Charles Haines Arthur J Cromb Marshall Wren Gabel Claire Lawrence Wood Harold Denton Glenn Cunningham Gunnar Mykland Sol Lindenbaum.
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William A. Nietze
University of Chicago
University of Kansas
Paul Endacott
Lawrence
Howard Firebaugh
St. John
Wallace James
Pratt
Eakalas Welty
Bartlesville
Raymond Nichols
Larned
Two Men Convicted of Slaying G-Man Seek Rehearing
Two men, Robert J. Suhay aged 26 and Glen J. Applegate aged 45, convicted of killing federal agent Wimberly Wayne Baker during a 1937 Topeka post office arrest attempt, appealed to the Tenth Circuit for a rehearing after the court upheld the conviction and ordered execution date setting.
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Denver
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Topeka
Kan
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert J. Suhay
Glen J. Applegate
Federal District Court
Wimberly
Wayne Baker
Allen to Attend Atlanta Sessions of Physical Education Board
Dr. F C Allen chairman of physical education with Mrs Allen and Eleanor leave Friday for Atlanta to attend sessions of the American Association for Physical Education and Health through Saturday. They stop first in St Petersburg and Tampa Florida. He will speak next Tuesday at Harper High School in Kansas and on April 28 at St Johns Military Academy Salina. He speaks April 29 at Bethel College Newton Kansas barbecue.
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F. C. Allen
Department of Physical Education
Allen
Eleanor
Atlanta
American Association For Physical Education and Health
Allens
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Fla
Harper, Kan
St. Johns Military Academy
Salina
Bethel College
Newton
Kan
Heat Peak Reaches 105 in Imperial Valley
Mercury rose to 105 degrees in Brawley California on April 19 the highest temperature this year in the Imperial valley while Los Angeles reached 90 degrees.
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Brawley
Calif
Imperial Valley
Los Angeles
Japanese Reinforcements Arrive in South Shantung Battle
Shanghai reports 6,000 Japanese reinforcements land on the Yi river four miles from their front as Chinese harassments persist. A second Japanese column moves southeast of Lini while 26 transports unload munitions and carriers guard the coast. Chinese commanders vow to mobilize up to 1,000,000 troops as major clashes loom in Shantung and central China.
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Shanghai
Shantung Province
Yi River
Tsingtao
Shantung
Lini
Suchow
Japan
Formosa
China
205 TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL
Commencement at Liberty Memorial High School is set for Friday May 27 with 205 seniors expected to graduate. The May 22 sermon will be delivered by Dean Paul B Lawson. Ninth graders will be promoted May 24 at the Junior High auditorium. The Nut Farm play directed by W Walter Russell is set for May 13 with tryouts underway. An honors assembly will be held April 20 and the ninth grade picnic May 25.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Paul B. Lawson
Board of Education
Douglas County
W. Walter Russell
Cooler in Kansas Brings Brief Cool Spell
Topeka reports a northwest wind bringing cooler weather tonight and tomorrow as summer warmth fades. Wyoming snow and a drop in temperatures are cited by federal meteorologist S D Flora. highs yesterday reached 84 in Topeka and other cities, with 70 to 75 expected today and similar figures tomorrow. Minimums 50 to 55 east and 45 to 50 west are forecast. no precipitation was logged in Kansas in the last 24 hours.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Wyoming
Phillipsburg
McPherson
Ellis
North Central
Japan to Pay Panay Claims in 2.21 Million Check
Ambassador Grew said Japan would present a check for 2,214,007 dollars to the United States to cover damages from the Panay sinking and the bombing of three American tankers by Japanese planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
State Department
Japan
United States
Panay
Allen Appointed Chairman of Radio Programs
Dr. F Allen director of physical education at the University and host of radio series on KFKU has been named chairman of radio programs for the Kansas Health and Physical Education association for the coming year.
Kansas Weather Forecast
Forecast shows generally fair conditions for tonight and Wednesday with cooler air tonight and in the southeast and extreme east. Warmer in northwest regions by Wednesday afternoon as morning skies vary from partly cloudy in Manhattan Salina and Topeka to clear elsewhere. Dirt roads rated good. Temperature readings note yesterday evening 75 and today 64 to 83 expected.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Salina
Topeka
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