Germans Reported to Occupy Kvam and Fight for Trondheim
German forces reportedly occupied Kvam southeast of Dombas while repelled at Steinkjer as they push toward Trondheim. Allied resistance stiffens on southern Norway fronts with renewed fighting near Dombas Storen rail line and Hjerkinn.
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Stockholm
Kvam
Dombas
Trondheim
Steinkjer
Narvik
Fishtine
Germany
Norway
Herkinn
Dombas-Storen
Hjerkinn
Storen
Hierkinn
Glomma River
Roros
Oslo
Feud Killing Stuns Breathitt County Kentucky
Two men are dead and four jailed after a new round of gunfire in Breathitt County Jackson Kentucky tied to old Barkley Chandler rivalries. County Jailer William Combs age 41 was ambushed on the county seat outskirts. Benton Sizemore age 25 was later shot near the scene. Four suspects held in Winchester were identified as Rudell Boone Pete Combs and Arthur Lee Combs. The victims and suspects are linked to Breathitt authorities and local families amid a long running political feud surrounding the Barkley Chandler Democratic primary fight of 1938.
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Jackson
Ann
Breathitt
William Combs
Mountain
Benton Sizemore
Rudell
Boone Combs
Booth
Chester A Bach
Renton Sizemore
Breathitt County
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
A. B. Chandler
United States
Germans Report Forces Closing On Allies South of Trondheim
German sources claim Nazi columns move south from Trondheim and north toward a west coast port, within 25 miles of meeting. Andalsnes may be target as Allied debarkations continue, with heavy fighting reported in Norwegian mountains and claims of captured artillery, shells, and prisoners.
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Trondheim
Berlin
Rowa Tea
Avulwaaye
Andalsnes
DNB Today
Norwegian
Norway
Ures
DNB
High Command
Stavanger
Rain Boosts Kaw River Levels and Midwest Crops
Rain over the weekend raised Kaw River stages to 11 feet 7 inches by 10:30 this morning at the Bowersock mill. Weekend rainfall totaled .99 inch, month to date 4.10 inches, improving subsoil moisture for corn oats peas and potatoes while pasture remains sound and planting is still a short time away.
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Kaw
Bowersock Mill
War bulletins from Paris and London April 29 1939
German infantry attacked French positions west of the Vosges but were driven back with both sides reporting losses. A Norwegian hospital ship was bombed off Alesund killing five, including a doctor. Civilians warned against loose talk aiding enemies as London ends wartime poster loudspeakers.
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Paris
the Vosges
London
Reuters
British News Agency
Norway
Alesund
Bergen
Pendergast’s $10,000 tax fine paid by attorney James Burke
Kansas City April 29. The $10,000 federal income tax evasion fine against Tom Pendergast was paid today by Attorney James E. Burke who delivered a stack of hundred dollar bills to the federal court clerk. Pendergast, longtime boss of the city’s Democratic machine, is set to be released from Leavenworth penitentiary on May 30.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
James E. Burke
Pendergast
Leavenworth
Kaw Valley Garden Clubs Hold Annual Luncheon in Lawrence
One hundred thirty-two members from Kaw Valley Garden clubs met at Trinity Lutheran church for a luncheon then toured Lawrence gardens hosted by the Lawrence club. Flowers from members’ gardens decorated tables. Japanese parasols were given as favors.
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Kaw Valley
Conmariites
Carl Graeber
Harry Snyder
Renna Hunter
Kansas Industrial Commission of
Supreme Court Rules in U S Favor in Wage Row
The Supreme Court held the federal government has unrestricted power to produce its own supplies and set terms for purchases. Justice Black delivered the opinion upholding a labor department order that fixes minimum wages for workers of seven steel companies to obtain federal contracts. Justice McReynolds dissented without opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Black
Labor Department
Justice McReynolds
Conoco Dealers to Meet for Summer Plans
About 65 Conoco dealers will gather at the Eldridge hotel this evening for dinner and a business meeting. E. V. Elliot assistant division manager of Kansas City will lead the program assisted by district agent C. E. Carter and local agent M. V. Meeth.
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Conoco
Eldridge Hotel
E. V. Elliot
Kansas City
C. E. Carter
M. V. Meeth
Rhode Island GOP selects unpledged delegation at large
Rhode Island Republicans chose an unpledged delegation at large to the national convention after a failed effort to nominate delegates for Governor William H. Vanderbilt. The governor’s supporters maintained tight control over the state convention and crushed the Dewey slate bid.
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Providence
R. 1
Rhode Island
G. QO. P
William H. Vanderbilt
Thomas E. Dewey
F D R and Leaders Debate Wage Hour Amendments
President Roosevelt and Democratic leaders met in a broad, general discussion on legislative matters. Senate Majority Leader Barkley called it comprehensive yet unfocused as talks touched on Wagner act amendments and the Logan-Walter bill. House debate centered on wage hour amendments with Barden proposing farm processing exemptions and potential presidential veto risks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Barkley
Capitol Hill
House
Barden
D-N.c
Lewis Linked to Labor Board Memo on Wagner Act Vote
Washington April 29 investigators for the labor board filed a memorandum by Heber Blankenhorn alleging John L. Lewis and the CIO influenced Justice Roberts to support the Wagner Act in 1937. The document links steel and GM recognition to CIO leadership and notes Blankenhorn’s ties to Lewis and labor movement figures.
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Washington
House
Labor Board
C.I.D
Supreme Court
Roberts
Earlher
C.I.0
John L. Lewis
United States Steel
General Motors
Lewis
Morgan
Heber Blankenhorn
Smith Committee
Blankenhorn
U.S. Steel
NLRB
Philadelphia
New York
Death of D. J. Teviotdale former KU economist in Calgary
David J. Teviotdale an associate professor of economics at the University of Kansas died of a heart attack in Calgary Alberta on April 21. He helped found Kansas state planning board research that underpinned the states ten mile tax law and taught at KU from 1930 to 1934. He later entered investment work in Los Angeles and served in World War I as a major in the First Canadian regiment. Survived by his wife and two children, the family home is in Pasadena California with burial held last week.
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David J. Teviotdale
K. U
Calgary
Alberta
Teviotdale
Kansas
Kansas State Planning Board
Italian envoy Alfieri named ambassador to Germany
Dino Alfieri long seen as pro German is appointed ambassador to Germany replacing Attolico who moves to the Vatican. The two envoys exchange posts as Attolico becomes ambassador to the Vatican.
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Berlin
Rome
Dino Alfieri
Italy
Germany
Bernardo Attolico
Attolico
Alfieri
Vatican
Landon Sets Kansan Tour to Introduce 3 Presidential Hopefuls
In Topeka on April 29, Alf Landon plans to introduce three candidates for the 1940 Republican nomination to Kansas audiences over three weeks. The first will be Frank S. Gannett in Lawrence Thursday night with Landon hosting at his Topeka home Wednesday. Thomas E. Dewey’s Wichita appearance was postponed due to illness and Taft of Ohio is slated for Topeka May 18 with a London home visit May 19.
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Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Frank S. Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Lawrence
Landon
Gannett
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Wichita
Dewey
Colorado Springs
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
London
Crash on Highway 50 Injures Two In Multi Vehicle Wreck
Four vehicles collided on Highway 50 four and a half miles east of Baldwin injuring two men and a woman. Stover and Ivan Rappard were clearing mud when a transport truck stopped behind them. Powell and his wife were rear ended, sending the Powells into the first truck and then into the grader. Powell sustained serious injuries and rib fractures. Mrs. Powell suffered bruises and possible internal injuries. Noonan said lights blinded him. patrols found no bright approaching lights.
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Highway 50
Baldwin
Perry
Stover
State Highway Department
Britton H. Powell
Ottawa
Ivan Rappard
Powell
L. L. Richardson
Richardson
Red Cross Receives Norway Relief Funds
The local Red Cross will collect voluntary gifts designated for war relief in Norway. Walter Schaal will accept donations at Lawrence National Bank and send them to the national office. Judge Frank Gray announced plans for handling through the Norwegian Red Cross and ships to carry aid to Norway and Finland.
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Red Cross
Norway
Walter Schaal
Lawrence National Bank
Frank Gray
Douglas County
American Red Cross
Norman Davis
Finland
Senate passes law to regulate foreign investments
Washington April 29 legislation giving the President power to regulate or prohibit foreign investments in the United States during war or emergencies was sent from the senate to the house. The bill addresses questions about Roosevelt's freezing of Danish and Norwegian credits to prevent Germany from seizing them.
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Washington
United States
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Denmark
Norway
Germany
Two Cars Damaged in Collision Near Number Six School
Cars driven by C. H. Meuffels of Eudora and H. Elston of 1144 New York Street were damaged after midnight in a collision near Number Six School. Meuffels stated Elston appeared to attempt a turn as both vehicles met on the curve. no injuries were reported.
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C. H. Meuffels
Eudora
H. Elston
New York Street
Number Six School
Meuffels
Highway 59
Elston
Louis Godoy bout set for Yankee Stadium June 20
Promoter Mike Jacobs announced that champion Joe Louis will fight Artur Godoy of Chile in a 15 round bout at Yankee Stadium on June 20. The pairing headlines a New York show slated for the summer.
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Louis-Godoy
New York
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
Artur Godoy
Chile
Yankee Stadium
Westminster Choir Concert Opens Music Week at Hoch Auditorium
The Westminster College a cappella choir of 70 voices joins a 35‑player University Symphony Orchestra for an 8:20 PM concert in Hoch Auditorium. The program features Bach Magnificat in Lawrence with soloists Marie Wilkins Meribah Moore Irene Peabody Joseph Wilkins Rudolph Voth and a Brandenburg Concerto prelude. The evening closes with Bach Now Shall the Grace sung a cappella and lasts about one hour.
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Westminster A Cappella Choir
Hoch Auditorium
John Sebastian Bach
D. M. Swarthout
Marie Wilkins
Meribah Moore
Irene Peabody
Joseph Wilkins
Rudolph Voth
Miss Peabody and Wilkins
Waldemar Gelich
Martha Briggs
Robert Forman
Eugene Crabb
Bach
Karl Euersteiner
Ninth Infantry and Seventh Cavalry Push Through Storm in Maneuvers
In Jasper Texas on April 29 the Ninth Infantry and Seventh Cavalry pressed through blinding rain and heavy wind in the first field actions of the Ninth Corps maneuvers. Orders at 12 30 a m sent them through woods to a ten mile distant objective before daylight. They forded creeks and mudded lowlands as the region saw the heaviest rain in months and troops moved after daylight in the Sabine area. Communications were hampered by windstorm damage to telegraph lines.
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Jasper
Tex
Ninth Infantry
Seventh Cavalry
Ninth Corps
Sabine
Severe hailstorm damages Norton Topeka sanatorium windows
Chairman Frank L. Milligan of the social welfare board said a severe hailstorm last night at Norton caused breakage of about 3,000 sanatorium windows and heavy damage to plants and flowers. Estimated losses range from 1500 to 2000 dollars.
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Norton Topeka
Frank L. Milligan
Social Welfare Board
Norton
Gannett to Attend Luncheon in Lawrence with KU Republicans
Frank E. Gannett, GOP presidential candidate, will join a Thursday luncheon at the KU Union hosted by the University of Kansas Young Republicans. He arrives from Topeka after a Wednesday arrival in the state capital and will be greeted by Alf Landon. Gannett will speak at a dinner and an 8:30 PM Republican meeting at the Varsity theater will feature his address at 9:30 PM broadcast on WREN.
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University of Kansas Youngs
Frank E. Gannett
G.O.P
K. U. Union
Rochester
Topeka
Gannett
Alf M. Landon
Formr
G.Q.P
John Michael Holzworth
New York
New Yorker
Varsity Theater
WREN
Red
National Broadcasting Company
N. Y
Bristol
Primary slate named for Junior High student council president
C Williams and Clifford Mc Donald were named in the primary for Junior High School student council president. The election is set for Monday May 6. Seventeen candidates ran in the primary with 568 votes cast. Odd Williams led with 188 votes and Clifford McDonald was second with 109. Nominations came from petitions signed by 50 students.
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C. Williams
Clifford McDonald
Odd Williams
Stutz Quests Western Kansas and Estes Park Visit
John G. Stutz director of the League of Kansas Municipalities and his father in law H C Griffin of Peoria Ill left this afternoon for a business trip through western Kansas and a visit to Estes Park Col Stutz has a summer home at Estes Park which has undergone improvements and will be inspected.
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John G. Stutz
League of Kansas Municipalities
H.C. Griffin
Peoria
Ill
Kansas
Estes Park
Col. Stutz
Istes Park
Stock Market Index Stirs Mixed Readings Across Week
The average of 60 stocks settles around 50.2 with a weekend reading near 40.9 reflecting uneven performance. Analysts note several sectors moved differently, prompting cautious sentiment ahead of next trading sessions.
American Shipping Rises Despite Neutrality Act Barriers
Washington reports the highest American shipping activity in a decade while a new neutrality unit in the Justice Department prepares prosecutions for neutrality related offenses. Lawrence M C Smith will head the unit. January February 1940 saw 1 042 ships clear with 2 562 000 tons, up from 932 ships and 2 264 000 tons a year earlier.
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Washington
Justice Department
Pennsylvania
SEC
Treasury
He Customs Bureau
North Atlantic
Beil Accepts Call to Trinity Lutheran Church Lawrence
The Rev. Alfred J. Beil of Topeka has accepted the Trinity Lutheran church of Lawrence as pastor beginning June 1. He brings 17 years in Lutheran ministry and a record of growth at Topeka with a 226 member gain. He will lead youth work and serves on camp and Lutheran League committees.
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Arthur J. Beil
Topeka
Trinity Lutheran Church
Alfred J. Beil
Trinity Lutheran Church of
Champaign-Urbana
Till
Des Moines, In
Beil
Synod of Kansas
Midland College
Western Theological Seminary
Fremont
Neb
University of Illinois
American Legion
Des Moines
Toneka
Junction City
Lutheran League of America
Charles Puls
Madison
Wis
Sermon on the Air by Plymouth Church Pastor
Reverend Joseph F King of Plymouth Congregational Church will give a Church of the Air sermon on CBS next Sunday at 8 am. The 30 voice choir led by Mrs Alice Moncrieff will sing with organist G Criss Simpson. Dr King and choir travel to KMBC Kansas City for the interdenominational broadcast.
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Joseph F. King
Plymouth Congregational Church
National Columbia Broadcasting System
Alice Moncrieff
G. Criss Simpson
King
Geo
Kansas City
KMBC
Chicago
Philadelphia
Dr. King
Lord of
Chadwick
God
Bennett
Davies
Lawrence
Congregational Church
Kansas City appoints L. P. Cookingham city manager
Kansas City selects L. P. Cookingham as city manager, replacing William M. Drennen. Cookingham, 43, previously led Saginaw michigan and other Michigan towns, with a $15 000 salary. Formal action to follow at tonight's council meeting. Grand jury indicts seven in Jackson County over vote frauds. defendants unnamed pending arrest.
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Kansas City
L. P. Cookingham
International Association of City Managers
Saginaw
Mich
Cookingham
Flint, Midh
Public Works Department
Clawson
Detroit
Plymouth
William M. Drennon
Jackson County
Weather Outlook and Temperature Readings Report
Kansas forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with cooler readings in central and eastern areas and warmer conditions there on Tuesday. Gas Office records show 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. temperatures of 60 down to 58, 48 overnight, with a Saturday high of 88 and low of 50. Rainfall since Saturday noon tallies 0.58 inch.
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Kansas
Central
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Green
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C.I.O
American Newspaper Guild
New Republic
Liberal Weekly
A.F.L
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C.I.C
Atlantic City
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
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J. Warren Madden
Routzhon
Rohio
D. J. Teviotdale
Canada
Gannett, Dewey
Taft
Kk. U. Symphony Orchestra
U. S. Infantry
Frank Gannett
Council
Stutz
Western Kansas
War
Navy
Treasury Departments
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Civil Liberties Unit
Lawrence M. C. Smith
CBS
Joseph King
Michigan
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