Oklahoma Tornado Toll Rises Across Four Towns
Storms slammed Oklahoma and Texas as tornadoes killed eleven people in Holdenville and Clyde, with five dead in Holdenville and families missing near Baird. Red Cross reported 100 injured there. In Abilene and Hobart areas, deaths and wreckage followed, while peaking wind and hail battered towns from Rochester to Lenders. (Note: damaged text condensed to readable facts.)
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Oklahoma
Texas
Inet
Staten
Holdenville
Eant
Quiehoma
Cisite
Abilene
West Tenas
Baird
Ale Tiilencant
Clyde
Tibart
Eouthwestern
Hobart
Obie
Minhels
Red Cross
Newnmen
Clyde & Black Tunnel
Cnter
Steve Rogers
Hebart
Okla
Rochester
Wichita
Falla
Lenders
Okia
NT Dowdy
Middie
WLW
Dowdy
Ren Collins
W. OU. Ford
Dear Walker
R. A. Glassock
Texac
Arrt Tabor
Wire
Bert Tabor
Anne Taber
Steve Walker
Pam- Tex
Jim Martin
Martin
Sentinel
Oklaho Yatra
Ensistant Bank
Oklahoma City
Highway Patrol
Hoover Proposal to Revise U N Draws Wide Comment Across World
An Associated Press survey shows Hoover’s plan to revamp the United Nations drew mixed responses. Roosevelt in Washington backed workability with Russia in the body, while others warned it could edge toward war. Critics in Berlin and Cairo condemned it as risky, and New Delhi called it inappropriate.
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Hoover
U.N
Arioccaie Pro
Herbert
Organiz
J.” Hoover
Assembly
Carina P. Rorale
Russia
F. Tsang
Suesonaliat
Ching
Tee
Mr. Hoover
Washington
George
CIA
Angels Titen
Moscow
Hut
Berlin
Theglide Rundsarhau
Dulles
Republican
United & Tiene
U. S
Th Freech Foreign Office
Nixomte
Cairo
United Nations
New Delhi
Cir Clex
Wellington
New Zealand
U. N
Topeka Man Guilty Of Cruelty to Animals
Fhyé F. Cloud of Topeka pleaded guilty in county court to cruelty to animals. Judge Frank Gray fined him 25 dollars and costs and paroled him from a short jail term. He was arrested by Douglas and Shawnee counties officers after horses pastured in northwest Douglas County lacked sufficient food and one animal died.
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Fhyé F. Cloud
Topeka
Frank Gray
Douglas
Shawnee
Douglas County
Mayberry Opens Vote Drive In Emporia For Governorship
Willard Mayberry, the Elkhart publisher and farmer, formally opened his campaign in Emporia with a speech attacking government waste and the handout state. He praised tough, exact governance learned while secretary to Alf Landon and urged discharge of proper functions without extravagance while criticizing federal grants as fueling debt.
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Emporia
Kan
Willard Mayberry
Critcin
Bueineae
Fr Elkhart
Maxberry
Mayberry
Alf M. Landon
Tatter
Gand
Ashington
Clamp On News Seeks to Hide Western Reporting
Lordun reports that Communist nations tighten control of information by expelling Western reporters and barring access to government data. Satellite states erase peepholes on the iron curtain, hindering inquiries and coordinated Western journalism as censorship grows across Hungary Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.
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Lordun
Viree
Weat
Hungary
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Equalization Hearings Schedule Set by County Commissioners
County commissioners announce equalization hearings for unregistered property with protests allowed May 25 at the courthouse. Douz ar county residents may challenge deputy assessors work. clerks will tabulate valuations next week. Lawrence residents hear May 15–23 by township, with final appeals to the state commission in Topeka within 30 days of decision.
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Douzar County
T. R. Gerhart
Hie
Lawrence
Hearines
Wakarusa
Palmyra Township
Baldwin City
Eudora
Marine Cli
Willow Springs
Kanwaka
Grant
Lecompton
and Lawrence and Vicinity
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Topaka
Latimer Outlines Cosmic Clock Theory of Earth Formation
Professor Wendell L. Latimer of the University of California Berkeley presented the “astro chemical problems in the formation of the Earth” to about 250 students, faculty, and alumni at Bailey Chemical Laboratories. He described a cosmic cloud origin, ongoing matter creation, and the Earth’s early cold exterior with no life elements, supported by slide demonstrations of iron particle gravitation.
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K. U
Wendell L. Latimer
Schol of
University of California In Berkeley
Latimer
Bailey Chemial Laboratories
Sclek
Benina
Belgium dissolves parliament to resolve exiled king crisis
The Belgian parliament was dissolved to address the crisis over exiled King Leopold and the question of restoring him. Elections set for June will decide whether Leopold should return to the throne, following six weeks of failed negotiations amid three major parties.
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Leopold
Arivampad
Belgium
United States
Cardinslovakia
Germany
Rainfall Boosts Lawrence Crops After Dry Spell
A heavy rain blanketed Lawrence and area with 1.05 inches, soaking into the ground and easing drought concerns. Farmers celebrate moisture for wheat oats potatoes peas rye pastures and crops. corn planting resumes. This falls about an inch below normal for April and keeps moisture-deficient status for January through March.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Dutch Professorial Lecture at K U Monday
Dr. P H Kuenen professor of geology at the University of Groningen will deliver a lecture at the University of Kansas Monday sponsored by the Geological Society of America. He will speak on Turbidity Measurement. The talk marks his only middle west visit, at 8 p.m. in Lindley Auditorium.
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P. H. Kuenen
University of Gron- Ingen
Netherlands
University of Kansas
Geological Society of Amer
Uenen
Middle West
P.m. Mondey
Lind- Wey
France to Fire Atomic Energy Chief Over Communist Stance
Frederic Joliot Curie, head of France’s atomic energy commission, will be removed after center and right wing leaders demanded his dismissal. He told the French Communist Party congress that communists will never contribute to another war.
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France
Frederic Joliot-Curie
Atomic Energy Commission
National Congress
Communist Party
Communist
Adentiate
So- Union
Contempt actions aimed at Browder and Field in Senate probe
Washington ordered contempt proceedings against Karl Browder and Frederick Van derbilt Field for refusing to answer questions before the communist investigating committee. Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee chair Tydings directed counsel Edward P. Morgan to prepare citations, arguing the refusals affronted Senate dignity. Browder, former head of the American Communist Party, and Field, identified as an admitted Communist, face possible actions only after approval by the subcommittee, full committee, and Senate. Field and Browder declined to identify party affiliations or answer related questions, citing constitutional protections against self incrimination.
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Washington
Apr
Tydings
Karl Browder
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Hie
Maryland Democrat
Senate
Edward P. Morgan
Browder
American Communist Party
Field
Congress
Foreign Trons
Tydinge
CIA
McCarthy
t-Wic
Bowder
Census hits 30000 in Douglas county records
An estimated thirty thousand people have been counted in Douglas county since April 1. Only Willow Springs and Palmyra townships remain to finish or near completion as callbacks continue toward the May 10 deadline. Lawrence is nearly finished except the campus area and KU fraternity and sorority houses. Enumerators will later add missing persons forms and mail-based pickups.
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Douglas County
Glen Kappelman
Willow Springs
Palmyra
Kappelman
Lawrence
K. U
Daylight Saving Begins Tomorrow in Some Areas
New York reports daylight saving starts tomorrow with 2 a.m. clocks moving to 3 a.m. in saving regions. About 50,000,120 Americans live in areas observing the change. A small fire at the Henney house 1236 Creed avenue was extinguished by firemen around 1:09. The blaze started in a wastebasket near the wall in an office room, with minimal damage.
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New York
Mt Liebe
Henney House
Creed Avenue
Lawrence Kansas Music Week schedule at KU and town venues
The 2nd annual Music Week at KU opens tomorrow at three with Giuseppe Verdi Requiem performed by a 225 voice choir under D M Swarthout, aided by an 85 piece University orchestra and four soloists Maud Nosler Irene Peabody Clayton Krehbiel Reinholt Sch Bert. The event kicks off National Music Week with church services, Rotary programs, guest concerts by Rudolph Ganz and Gant, and a full slate of recitals and organist meetings through Friday concert at Hoch auditorium featuring public schools and district choruses led by R Wayne Nelson.
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K. U
Giseppe Verdi
D. M. Swarthout
K. L
University Orchestra
Maud Nosler
Chicago
Irene Peabody
K.V. Voice Faceulty
Clayton Krehbiel
UN High School
Reinholt Schbervane
KU. Voice
Lawrence
Wt. Orest
Rotary Club
Floridge Hotel
Rudolph Ganz
Chicago Musical College
K. O
EK Power Biges
Harvard Uniferaty
Kiania Club
Hoch Auditorium
Cherchen
Guild
Hoch
Methodist
Plymouth
Lawrence Public Schools
Trade School
Orcheat
Charles Kansinger
Mrad
Jacqueline Hellabere
Kieh
Liberty Memorial
Tack Stephenson
Tevle Work
R. Wayne Nelson
Market index closes higher on upbeat trading
The stock market index rose to around 76.5 after gaining 0.4 points as traders absorbed positive cues. Major averages advanced, led by gains in technology shares and financials amid cautious optimism about the economy.
New York Elevator Strike Traps Tenants in Skyscrapers
New York City endures a long weekend as an elevator strike cripples 1000 buildings with 30 or more floors. Tenants haul groceries by hand while garbage collects and mail piles up. Wages remain the core dispute between AFL union members and apartment house owners.
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Apr. B
A. F. L. Building Service Employes International Union
Weather forecast and rainfall report for Kansas areas
Weather summary notes a Sunday clearing trend with lingering cloud cover in the east and occasional drizzle. Temperatures stay cold with diminishing winds and highs expected from the 90s in the northwest to the 60s in the southeast, plus statewide rainfall totals from numerous stations, led by La Cyamd at 2.01 inches and Council Grove at 1.97 inches.
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Aji
Garrett
Shaw
Garrett Sid
Anid
Anuthecat
Council Ale
Emporis
Burlington
TBS
Climax
Winfield
Cos Tombu
Dawe
Coffeville
Enterprise
Lindsbergton
Chapman
Manhattan
Vale Tey Falls
Scrompton
Conecordiyutchinson
Pratt
Larned
Goodland and Tribune
Garden City
Dodge City
Wichita
Russell
Hoye “St
Salina
Phillipsburg
Hil
Elkhart
Kansas
Woodland
First Aid Instructor Course Planned Here Next Week
A week long first aid instructor course will run May 8 to 13 led by Carl Owen Red Cross field representative and instructor. Classes meet 7 to 10 p m Monday through Friday in Robinson gymnasium. KU students majoring in physical education and others with advanced first aid certificates may attend to earn a Red Cross instructor certIficate in first aid. Don Henty KU physical education chair and Dougless counts chanter of the American Red Cross coordinate arrangements.
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Carl Owen
Red Cross
Robinson Gymnasium
K. U
Don Henty
K. U. Physical Education Department
Douglas Counts Chanter
American Red Crew
Charce
Parade to March On Rain Or Shine
A rain threatened day failed to dampen the I Am An American events in Cearna. The parade starts at 3 18 pm with 2000 pupils carrying flags from Lawrence and nearby areas. Key participants include bands color guards veterans groups armed forces and churches with a civic pledge of allegiance followed by a banquet at 6 38 pm and an Armistice address by Spellman. Downtown stores open earlier as police clear cars from main streets.
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Apane Sars
Nicholas Lopes
Cearna
Lawrence
Ates
Wrence
Civic
Siathaireet
South
Merk
Hanquet
Conanit
Spellevan
New York
Cardinal Spellivan
Outapelen
Clementa
United States
Bulldene
May term opens with judge Means in district court
Judge Hugh Means opens the May term by terminating the February term and scheduling regular motion day Monday. The docket will be heard, paroles reported, and four naturalization applicants will undergo final citizenship hearings. Naturalization hearings occur twice yearly in November and May.
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Hugh Means
District Court
Jurom
Pewort
Windy crash on Highway 99 kills two nurses in California
Desert wind caused a fatal crash on Highway 99 near Kilted Thousand Prima California. Mrs Florence Wilkins 38 Arlington head nurse at Loma Linda sanitarium and Mrs Mary Warham former Loma Us nurse died while two other women injured when Wilkins car veered over the center line into a truck and trailer. A nearby construction crew uncovered an old Empire Restaurant sign while tearing down a building.
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Thousand Prima
Calif
Florence Wilkins
Arlington
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