Submarine orders and German naval plans amid talks
Berlin reports indicate Germany placed orders for submarines as the Anglo German naval dialogue continues. London and Paris discuss expansion plans including battleships and cruisers while the League of Nations may hear proposals on arms limits. Meantime an American fireman dies after a train wreck and other unrelated local items are noted.
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Red Press
Berlin
France
Italy
Francois Pietri
Matine
Paris
London
Great Britwin
Japan
Great Britain
League of Nations Comedl
Increased Farm Income Reported for March
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports a $32 million rise in farm income from February to March, totaling $465 million for March 1935. The gain is driven by higher marketings of grains and cotton, though March prices edged lower than February, with $416 million from marketing and $49.9 million in AAA benefit payments.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Open Youth Week Highlights At Pinckney Kindergarten
Open Youth Week featured Pinckney kindergarten pupils led by Miss Bernice Nash with songs and exercises. Junior High contributed talks and musical numbers including violin and trumpet solos, plus needs like a larger playground and greater student involvement in time affairs. Rotary guests and community leaders attended. plans for state band festival and hotel Kansan meetings were discussed. milk ordinance petition circulated. no Monday Rotary meeting due to Newton conference. next gathering May 8 at Lawrence Country Club.
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Pinckney
Bernice Nash
Herbie Taylor
Lois Anne Fuller
Jo Ann Nash
Vorus Jean Toburin
Gene Horr
Joan Hanniton
Beverly Jane Dodds
Donald Johnson
Helen Lindquist
Mildred Mast
Perry
L.A
Merlin Frost
Roger Quakenbush
Virgil Wise
Gaylord Carter
Emil Liston
Baker University
Baldwin Rotary
Baker
Palmyra Township
Aric Weaver
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Kansan
Topeka
Russell L. Wiley
Walt Keeler
Wiley
Lawrence
Collnsville
Scottsbluff
Xeb
A. J. Anderson
Rotary
Newton
Lawrence Country Club
Postpone Richetti Trial to May in Station Massacre Case
The murder trial of Adam Richetti linked to the union station plaza massacre was postponed to next month. Jackson county prosecutor W. W. Graves Jr said Russell Boyle is in Chicago interviewing witnesses with federal operatives gathering evidence. The defense agreed. no new date set. The trial is expected during the May 13 term. Army fliers demonstrated an air attack to 10,000 spectators, then departed for Barksdale Field Louisiana as the eighth squadron of the third attack group.
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Kansas City
Adam Richetti
Union Station Plaza
W.W. Graves, Jr
Jackson County
Russell T. Boyle
Chicago
Louisiana
Leavenworth
Kan
Barksdale Field
Army
NRA Extension Debated as Eight Month Proposal Emerges
Washington reports indicate NRA supporters agreed to an eight month extension with amendments to remove price fixing and intrastate commerce rules. Senator King introduced a substitute to abolish NRA and transfer duties to the FTC. Administration stance unclear but opposition predicted. The blue eagle cases against Ely & Walker Dry Goods and Ames Baldwin Wyoming Co. were paused or modified. House moves to consider the administration omnibus banking bill behind a rule without roll call. Senate secrecy clause tightens on war loans probe.
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Washington
Senate
NRA
King
Utah
Federal Trade Commission
Friends of
Recovery Law
Blue Eagle
Ely & Walker, Dry Goods Co
St. Louis
Labor Relations Board
Ames Baldwin Wyoming Co
Parkersburg
W. Va
House
Nye
Senate Munitions Committee
United States
United States joins five nations in note on Chaco war
United States, with Argentina Chile and Peru, issues a note to Brazil urging reconsideration of joining cooperative efforts to end the Bolivia Paraguay Chaco war. The move follows Brazil’s protest at being left out of an economic conference planned after peace is reached. Argentina and Chile began exploratory talks with Bolivia and Paraguay last February.
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Washington
United States
Brazil
Chaco
Bolivia
Paraguay
William Phillips
Argentina
Chile
Peru
South America
Objections to picture in Commons cited for Muslim harm
In London on April 29 the House of Commons debated the American film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. Lt Col Sir Arnold Wilson MP condemned it as objectionable to millions of Mohammedans in India, singling out a pig blood scene. Under Secretary R A Butler said India’s government had been notified but requested no action. Several members warned the film could harm Mohammedan subjects.
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Hitler
Great Britain
Germany
Geneva
London
John Simon
House of Commons
Altho Sir John
France
Italy
Berlin
Arnold Wilson
India
Arnold
R. A. Butler
France's Air Minister to Rome for Alliance Talks
Paris reports France's air minister Victory Denain will travel to Rome on May 9 or 10 to negotiate an air alliance with Italy. The move follows France’s decision to leave Germany’s naval rearmament to Britain and seeks to establish a pan European air defense pact tied to the Stresa framework.
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Paris
France
Victory Denain
Rome
Germany
England
Stresa
Farmers urged to oppose wheat control program at Douglas County meet
Dan Casement, Manhattan cattleman, attacked the governments agricultural program at a Douglas County Tax Payers League gathering. He gave seven reasons to vote against continuation of wheat controls, arguing it opposes natural laws, personal business freedom, and economic liberation. The debate touched taxes on hog sales and a paid matron position at the county poor farm, with a vote planned at the next meeting before a special legislative session.
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Dan Casement
Manhattan
Douglas County
Tax Payers League
Ace
Topeka 1
Casement
Federal Ag
Paul Drane
County
George Coffman
Kanwaka
Coffman
Board of County Commissioners
J. F. Metsker
Another Delay Granted Finney by Supreme Court
Topeka April 29. The state supreme court granted W. W. Finney, former Emporia banker, another stay of execution until May 22 on his embezzlement sentence. The court held the mandate for Lyon county pending after attorneys sought time to decide on an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Finney, ex-president of Fidelity State and Savings Bank of Emporia, faces 86 to 609 years in the state penitentiary for bank closing tied to the 1933 forged bond swindle. His son Ronald Finney and others are imprisoned due to the inquiry disclosures.
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Topeka
State Supreme Court Today
W. W. Finney
Emporia
Lyon County
Altio
Finney
United States Supreme Court
Fidelity State and Savings Bank of Emporia
Lyon County District Court
Supreme Court
Inney
Ronald Finney
Thomas B. Boyd
Leland C. Caldwell
Tree Spraying Starts in City With Limited Leaf Readiness
City began tree spraying using four authorized sprayers in districts assigned by the forester. Some trees remain too sparsely leafed to treat now and will be sprayed later. Reports from Kiel Germany note a submarine school education program resuming. The Supreme Court declined to rule on oil codes under the National Industrial Recovery Act for the moment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Another "Santa Claus" Willi Handle Mail
Santa Claus Ind April 29 There will be another 'Santa Claus' here next Christmas James F Martin who has for years handled national letters to Santa Claus died of paralysis Sunday He was 61 and had been postmaster of the small southern village for 25 years Children sent gifts and greeting cards to Martins general store for the magic stamp proving Santa Claus mailed their mail
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Santa Claus
Ind
James F. Martin
Martin
Lawrence seeks host rooms for National Band Festival
Volunteers from Rotary Kiwanis Co operative and the Professional and Business Womens club will canvass Lawrence Wednesday and Thursday to find free rooms for more than 2 800 high school band members attending the May 9 through 11 festival at K U. Charles Louk leads the drive and rooms will house two students each. The festival features bands from six states and four renowned conductors directing the massed concert. Russell L Wiley of the University will oversee the event.
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K. U
Lawrence
Rotary
Kiwanis
Co-operative
Professional and Business Womens’ Club
Charles Louk
Douglas County Building & Loan Association
Edmund Franko Goldman
New York City
Herbert L. Clarke
Long Beach
Calif
Carl Busch
Kansas City
K. U. Band
Russell L. Wiley
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
No Move for Leniency for Hamilton and Palmer
Governor Allred said the Texas pardon board recommended no commutation for Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer, who face electric chair on May 10. He will study the board's report and records before making a final decision. The two desperadoes are scheduled for execution. Also, Dr. and Mrs. R Q Brewster and Dr. and Mrs. H P Cady returned from New York after attending an American Chemical Society meeting, traveling by car.
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Austin
Tex
James V. Allred
State
Raymond Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Pardon Board
Hamilton
Palmer
New York
R. Q. Brewster
H. P. Cady
American Chemical Society
Baseball Scuffles Highlight Early C League Action
In a chaotic scene the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs fought in a fifth inning melee. Harry Lavagetto, Guy Bush, Bill Jurges, and Ray Joiner were involved as umpires banished three players and restored order. In New York Vernon Gomez blanked Washington 2 0 to start a Yankee series win.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Rowman
Tezzalig
Wil Betts
Hieron
Dean Ail Davis
Bremnen
Freitas
Campbel
Tittsburgl
Vernon Thet Gomez
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Warrington
New York
Burke
Chicago
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Harry Lavagetto
Guy Bush
Pirates
Bill Jurges
Ray Joiner
Cubs
Bush
City planning endorses street widening and paving plan
The Chamber of Commerce planning committee chaired by M. F. Hudson recommends widening and resurfacing Vermont and New Hampshire streets from Sixth to Eleventh, reopening Sixth, and widening Tenth and Eleventh. They praise city officials and urge property owners to consider the economic and civic benefits while noting bond debt and tax implications. The panel also weighs federal funds for a possible community building and auditorium.
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Massachusetts
City Planning Commission
Chamber of Commerce
M. F. Hudson
Vermont
New Hampshire
Sixth
Eleventh
Tenth
B. M. Babb
Hudson
Reynolds Appointed Army Surgeon General in 71
President Roosevelt named Colonel Charles Ransom Reynolds as surgeon general of the army with major general rank, and Colonel Augustus Wroten Shockley as assistant surgeon general with brigadier general rank. Reynolds succeeds Major General Patterson, with a wartime record including the Philippine insurrection and World War I service. Shockley commands Letterman General Hospital at the Presidio. Both hold the Distinguished Service Medal and the French Legion of Honor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Ransom Reynolds
Augustus Wroten Shockley
Reynolds
Robert A. Patterson
Elmira
University of Pennsylvania
Second Corps
New York City
Shockley
Letterman General Hospital
Presidio
San Francisco
Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas City Medical College
Philippines
Spanish America
General Staff
Army
Possibility of War Is Kept Before Japanese
From Tokyo and Manchukuo sources comes a stream of statements aimed at preserving a martial spirit and warning of war with Soviet Russia. Gen Jiro Minami reports the Soviet forces on the Manchoukuo border grow, with an estimated 200000 troops and over 600 planes nearby as European war clouds loom.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Soviet Russia
Manchevkuan- Siberian
Russia
Moscow
Jiro Minami
Manchoukuo
Hsinking
Red Army
Two Die In Car Crashes In Kansas City
In Kansas City over the weekend two motorists died raising the 1985 traffic toll to 26. James Moody of St. Louis a salesman and Carl Weather a post office janitor were killed. Moody’s car hit a tree and he died after being taken to police station and a doctor arrived. Weather’s car went over an embankment.
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Kansas City
James
Moody
St. Louis
Carl Weather
Post Office
Woman Flier Jean Batten Completes Australia Return
Miss Jean Batten, the New Zealand aviator, arrived at Croydon at 1 15 p m completing a round trip England to Australia. She set a record as the first woman to fly solo to Australia and back breaking the previous time. The outward leg took 14 days 23 44 hours to beat Amy Mollison's 1930 record. Batten's total time was 17 days 16 hours 15 minutes making her the second woman to complete a Australia return flight following Mrs Bonney in 1933.
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Croydon
England
Jean Batten
New Zealand
Australia
Amy Mollison
Miss Batten
Mrs. Bonney
Fleet in Practice Aboard the U S S Pennsylvania in maneuvers
The U S fleet ships move to sea for a six week war game across the Pacific. Admiral Reeves commands the Pennsylvania with Admiral Laning leading the main battle line. Submarine divisions from San Diego and other units join the exercise as radios go quiet and battle orders are issued.
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U.S.S. Pennsylvania
Pacific Ocean
United States
Joseph Mason Reeves
Harris Laning
San Pedro
Jin
Sub Marine
Henry Martin Jensen
San Diego
Admiral Reeves
Pennsylvania
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Midway Island
Aleutians
Three Convicts Escape Joliet Penitentiary Wall
In Joliet Illinois three convicts forced a window in the penitentiary hospital and dropped over a 25 foot wall to freedom. A fourth inmate, Martin Bie Six Schroeder, was hurt in the fall. The escapees were Edward Martin, George Patterson, and William Kirkpatrick. A guard wearing a prison uniform later robbed a filling station on Chicago's southern edge before authorities hunted Will County for the fugitives.
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Toliet
Ill
State Penitentiary Hospital
Martin “Bie
Schroeder
Edward Martin
George Patterson
William Kirkpatrick
Chicago
Will County
Funeral services set for former Mint director Raymond Baker
Raymond T. Baker, who led the United States Mint from 1917 to 1922, will be buried in Reno after funeral services here. Coronary thrombosis ended his career at 56, and he later remained a Washington society figure. Born in Eureka Nevada, he helped Woodrow Wilson’s 1912 campaign and served in diplomacy and corrections before heading the Mint.
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Washington
Raymond T. Baker
United States Mint
Reno
Nevada
Baker
Key Pittman
Scotty
Death Valley
Eureka
Nev
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
George T. Marye
Russia
Mint
Kansas Weather Forecast and Road Conditions Summary
Fair tonight and Tuesday with cooler readings in the southeast and extreme east. Frost or near freezing likely across most of the state tonight, temperatures rise Tuesday. Morning weather clear. Dirt roads generally good except muddy at Pittsburg and slippery at Topeka. Douglas County roads reported good.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Topeka
Douglas
C. J. Pe
KU Concert Features Thomas at Music Week Program
John Charles Thomas, famed American baritone, headlines the University of Kansas auditorium concert tonight as part of the annual Music Week in Lawrence. The week includes high school band events, campus pieces, and a Bach centenary program by KU and Haskell ensembles, with diverse soloists and orchestras highlighted through Wednesday.
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John Charles Thomas
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Thomas
Lawrence High School
State of
Kansas
Cleveland
Ohio
WREN
Eighth
Vermont
C. E. Sawhill
Haskell
First Presbyterian Church
Westminster A Cappella
D. M. Swarthout
Mary Louise Beltz
Misseltz
University of Kansas Band
Russell L. Wiley
Lawrence Public Schools
Mabel Barnhart
Cloyd Vermilion
Joe M Williams
Mlle
Renee Nizan
Paris
France
K. U
Haskell Institute
School of Fine Arts
K. UW
University Symphony Orchestra
Westminster
Sappells
University Auditorium
Thames
Alaska
Western Plains
Range
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