Germany imposes moratorium on Young and Dawes bonds
Berlin reports a new three month moratorium on payments on Young and Dawes loans effective July 1 to December 31, with the Reichsbank suspending cash transfers and the German government promising to hold further explanations in capitals. The move saves about 400 million marks in foreign exchange for late 1934 while officials deny devaluation plans. The action follows tightening gold coverage and aims to protect export trade amid global banking scrutiny.
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Berlin
Young and Dawes
Reichsbank
Lutz Sehwerin von Krosigk
Germany
Young
Dawes
Hjalmar Schacht
Buck mauled by tiger cub during cage check
Frank Buck of Bring Em Back Alive fame was injured when an eight month old tiger cub scratched and bit his hand during a cage inspection in Chicago on a June day. A bandage covered his hand as he recovery.
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Chicago
Steenle
Frank Buck
Kansas Weather Outlook With Clouds and Storms
The Kansas forecast calls for cloudy skies and cooler air with thundershowers this afternoon or tonight in the south and extreme east. Friday should be fair and cooler. Morning conditions show cloudy to partly cloudy skies with rain at Emporia and showers at Ottawa. Dirt roads and Douglas County roads are rated good. Gas office records show 1 p.m. yesterday as a reference, with rainfall today totaling 0.36 inches and a low reading for today.
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Kansas
Emporia
Ottawa
Douglas
German Moratorium Protested by Basel Bank
Basel reports the Bank for International Settlements protested the German moratorium on Dawes and Young loan payments as violations of The Hague and Lausanne treaties. A Leon Fraser, BIS president, stated the protest, the first from signatories, with BIS empowered to protect bondholders.
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International Bank
Leon Fraser
Bank For International Settlements
Basel
Switzerland
Young and Dawes
Germany
Iman
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Belgium
Spain
France
Portugal
Italy
Holland
United States
Bank For Intentional Settlements
Young Loan
the Hague
Lausanne
Eight European nations default on war debt installments
Washington reports that eight European nations including Italy Poland Romania and Hungary notified the state department they cannot make semiannual payments totaling about 475.9 million dollars. Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Yugoslavia are still to respond. Finland plans to pay its 166.5 thousand, while Britain France Belgium and Czechoslovakia had already announced defaults.
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Washington
State Department
Italy
Poland
Rumania
Hungary
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Yugoslavia
Finland
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Romania
London
United States
Hull
Britain
India
Ronald Lindsay
Uprising Against Labor Bill Sparks Senate Clash
Washington June 14 AP reports a Republican Independent revolt against the administration labor bill. Senator Borah Idaho warns it would bring trouble not industrial peace while William Green AFL president condemns the plan meant to avert a steel strike. A Republican conference subcommittee is drafting amendments as Borah criticizes the substitute as worse than the Wagner board proposal. Identity still sought.
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Washington
New Administration
Borah
Idaho
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Republican
Wagner
D-Ny
New Yorker
Oklahoma Officers Rule Out Slain Man as Jim Clark
Miami Oklahoma officers pursued identification of a second gunman killed after a gun battle with a merchant policeman. Tests will compare fingerprints to determine if the victim is Jim Clark, last of eleven Kansas penitentiary escapees. LeRoy Denniston is identified among the slain. A separate item reports Public Works Administration funding for a $500,000 high speed streamlined train for Chicago to St. Louis via Illinois Central.
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Miami
Okla
Jim Clark
Kansas Penitentiary
Lansing
Clark
Cark
LeRoy Denniston
Washington
Ickes
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Public Works Administration
Chicago
St. Louis
Stock Market Index Report and Odd Note
A stock market index shows 90 stocks averaging 79.8 points. A stray line notes yesterday trading activity with a reference to Saint Oldsmobile at Hudson's-Adv, indicating a misread or fragmented listing.
Probe into county purchases ends. filing to Boynton after June 22
Everett Steerman deputy at torney general concludes the probe into Kennedy plumbing company sales to the county board led by X J Kennedy. He will transcribe testimony for Attorney General Roland Boynton in Salt Lake City and make recommendations. Witnesses today included Mrs W O Nelson Al Graeber Dr Fred R Isaacs Mrs Doris M Sutton and Mr and Mrs E F Abels.
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Everett Steerman
Kennedy Plumbing Company
Board of County Commissioners
X. J. Kennedy
Congress Won't Adjourn While Debaters Stir Up Conflicts
Congress faces a tense adjournment as opposition to the capital labor conciliation bill looms. Republicans plan amendments to broaden presidential power over a strike dispute board and seek to drop home-building provisions tied to the national mortgage association. Tugwell’s undersecretary nomination at stake. a large general appropriations bill also awaits action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rexford G. Tugwell
National Mortage Association
Action on Indian Bill Aims to Shape Trust Inheritance
Plans outlined to proceed on the Indian policy measure this session. The House Rules Committee granted a rule to allow legislative right of way if not moved under suspension. The Senate passed the bill. Howard's Indian affairs committee will substitute the House bill. It creates voluntary business cooperatives for Indian groups and shifts inheritance disposition to state law, opposing the Senate plan to federalize it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Rules Committee
Senate
Howard
House Indian Affairs Committee
House
Strike in the Capital Affects Building Work Nationwide
Washington reports a carpenters strike impacting nearly all construction in the capital. President Roosevelt and military officials were notified. Brief violence emerged yesterday as DC officials said no help was requested, only informing the White House and army while police organized special units for emergency service and guards protected construction sites.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
District of Columbia
White House
Mrs Insull plans Paris trip then sails to New York
Athens June 14 AP Mrs Samuel Insull Sr has made reservations on tonight's express to Paris and booked passage for New York June 20 aboard the S S Olympic from Cherbourg in tourist class. Uncertainty remains about exact departure as friends say she may stay in Paris for a week under a physician's care before leaving.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Paris
New York
Cherbourg
Piraeus
Colorado Aggie Coach From North Dakota State Appointed
Fort Collins Colorado June 14 AP Leonard T Sally Saalwaechter longtime basketball and track coach at North Dakota State College was named basketball coach at Colorado State Agricultural College succeeding Joe Ryan. He is currently in government work and will arrive in December. Correction notes Dr L K Zimmers residence phone number is 1437.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Leonard T
Sally) Saalwaechter
North Dakota State College
Polosmis State Agricultural Colege
Dr.l. K. Zimmer
Northeast Kansas cities seek 15 cent gas rate cut
Representatives from Leavenworth Lawrence and Atchison travel to Bartlesville Oklahoma to ask Doherty Utilities for a reduction of 15 cents per 1000 cubic feet from the present 40 cent city gate rate for natural gas. Winners pass savings to consumers.
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Kansas Cities
Bartlesville
Okla
Doherty Utilities Corporation
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Atchison
W. E. Spalding
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
Spalding
Atchison and
Doherty
Kansas City
Tri-City
Doherty Company
Johnson explains NRA code making near end and 400 codes
Hugh S. Johnson says the recovery administration is nearing completion of code making and will soon oversee administering more than 400 industrial compacts. He denies plans to impose 20 to 25 codes on all industry and notes no fixed code count. He favors a passable code system for adoption and possible grouping of small industries under a government authority to simplify administration.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Dry law violators must serve terms after repeal
Federal District Judge John C. Pollock denied writs of habeas corpus for Frank Ziot, Jasper Blanda, and Vincent Salvo, who are serving sentences at Leavenworth for liquor law violations in Illinois. The court ruled only executive clemency or an act of Congress could release them before term expiration.
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Topeka
Kan
John C. Pollock
Pollock
Frank Ziot
Jasper Blanda
Vincent Salvo
Federal Penitentiary At
Leavenworth
Illinois
CAN'T WAIVE INSPECTIONS IN WHEAT PAYMENTS
George E. Farrell of the AAA told Senator Wheeler that waiving inspections and speeding second wheat allotment payments in drought areas cannot be tied to policy. Wheeler noted drought and grasshopper damage threaten near total wheat failure without rain, and asked for the wheat section’s stance on waiving land inspections, which would take six weeks to two months.
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Washington
George E. Farrell
AAA
Wheeler
Mont
Drouth
May Confiscate Station Owned by Brinkley
In Eagle Pass Texas on June 14 federal revenue collector Luiz M. Orozco said Mexico could confiscate Dr John Brinkleys radio station at Villa Acuna. He noted an injunction blocked an order to seize until a hearing. Judge Medina Machado cited a February 23 order to cease broadcasting and dismantle the facility within 30 days. He doubted the injunction would stop confiscation for authority violations.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Luiz M. Orozco
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Medina Machado
That City
Sai
John Brinkley
Villa Acuna
Orozco
Address On Wren Speaks by J D M Hamilton at Eldridge
J D M Hamilton general counsel for the Republican National Committee will speak Friday evening. WREN radio will broadcast the Hamilton address from 7:14 to 9 oclock. He will speak at a dinner meeting sponsored by the Young Republican Club at Hotel Eldridge in the grill room at 6:30. Ray Wriedt chairs the ticket committee. State officers Fred Seaton and Henry Bush will appear along with Will Beck and other Young Republican leaders. A large attendance is anticipated.
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J. D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Wren
Hamilton
Eldridge
Young Republican Club
Ray Wriedt
Fred Seaton
Manhattan
Henry Bush
Topeka
Will Beck
Holton
Woman Makes Flight as Balloonist in Training
Mrs Jeanette Piccard completed a night solo flight, then a day solo, landing near Leamington Ontario after taking off 1:30 a.m. The flight was part of her balloonist license training for a stratospheric project. She telegraphed her husband Prof Joan Piccard and instructor Edward J Hill about the 3 very good landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Jeanette Piccard
Leamington
Lake Erie
Windsor
Lake St. Clair
Piccard
CANNOT MEET CLASSES Professor Lane Illness
Professor H H Lane head of zoology at the University of Kansas cannot meet summer session courses due to serious pneumonia. Miss Mary Larson will take over his classes full time and Professor W J Baumgartner will teach part time. Lane has been hospitalized ten days and is reported improving.
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H. H. Lane
University of Kansas
K. U
Mary 5. Larson
W. J. Baumgartner
Lane
Memorial Hospital
Reds Fall To Schumacher In Tenth Straight Loss
Hal Schumacher limited Cincinnati to four hits as the Giants beat the Reds 3 to 1, extending Cincinnati's skid to ten straight losses. The Dodgers edged the Pirates 3 to 2 in ten innings, with Sam Lestie’s double and Joe Stripp’s line drive in the tenth producing the winner. Johnny Broaca notched his first major league win with a 7 to 0 Yankee victory, while other AL games saw St Louis and Philadelphia tallying.
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National League Cincinnat
Hal Schumacher
Reds
Gianta
Bennie Frey
New York
Cincinnati
Schumacher
Mancuso
Frey
Grennan
O'Farrell
Pittsburgh
Sam Lestie
Joe Stripp
Xine Glo
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pirates
van Mungo
Brooklyn
Oco
Kijne
Johnson
Wilson
Malone
Lee
Hartnett
Johnny Broaca
Browne
Babe Ruth
Yankees
St. Louis
SF Andrews
Wells
McAfee
Hemsley
Broaca
Dickey
Chicago
Earnshaw
Madjeski
Weaver
Phillips
Philadelphia
Harder
Ytlak
Cascarella
Dietrich
Betsy
Detroit
Borton
American Association
Kansas City Orig
Minneapolis,Hawkett and Hargrave
Crandall
New Theater to Rise on Massachusetts Street
Construction starts Monday at 1020 Massachusetts street for a fireproof theater costing 20 000 to 35 000 with 920 seats on one floor. Commonwealth Lawrence Theater corporation, led by C S Schwahn, aims to open by September 1 featuring neon signage, modern front, two story lobby, wide screen and latest sound system.
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Massachusetts Street
Commonwealth Lawrence Theater Corporation
Topeka
5. C. Schwahn
Patec
Owen Carl
Harry Nevin
F. C. Allen
C. A. Schultz
Commonwealth Theaters Corp
Midwest Film Distributors
Kansas City, Mo
New Corporation
Schwahn
C. E. Friend
Basil Green
Lawrence
Robert Boller
Kansas City
Sehwahn Bai
Old Glory Birthday Observances Across the Nation
The nation marked Old Glory’s birthday with flag ceremonies and parades from coast to coast. In New York the navy’s grand fleet attended, Admiral David F. Sellers delivering the keynote as the Empire State Building hosted flag day events. Fort Niagara, N Y displayed historic flags beside the American banner, while Betsy Ross’s shop in Philadelphia featured the famed needlewoman’s involvement.
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Continental Congress
George Ross
Robert Morris
Betsy Ross
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Navy
Grand Fleet
New York
Empire State Building
David F. Sellers
Fort Niagara
N. Y
United States Army
France
England
America
Former Cashier Convicted in Bank Stock Scam
John V. Lintner, ex cashier of First National Bank of Colony, awaits sentence after conviction for selling fake stock while the bank was insolvent. Fifteen patrons testified paying 150 dollars a share for 30 shares they never received. Attorney Owne Samuels argued the stock sale aimed to keep the bank open.
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Garnett
Kan
John V. Lintner
First National Bank of Colony
Owne Samuels
Lintner
Missing Topeka Man Sought By State Patrol
Topeka police and the state highway patrol seek C. B. Huckenberry, 52, of Topeka, missing since yesterday. He may be driving a 1928 Pontiac coach with Kansas tag 3-13307. He wears blue trousers, a brown shirt, and bone rimmed glasses. Notify authorities if seen.
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State Highway Patrol
C. B. Huckenberry
Topeka
Huckenberry
Kansas
To Put 100 Percent Penalty on Back Income Taxes
In Topeka on June 14 AP Kan says those who should have paid state income tax this year but did not will face a 100 percent penalty after June 15. Tax returns were due April 15 with a 60 day grace period. after June 15 the penalty equals the tax plus interest. Letters will be mailed to missing filers asking for explanations. State collections total about 814000 from 65500 individuals and 4000 corporations. Federal tax receipts in Kansas reach 1810000 from 32900 individuals and 4600 corporations.
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Topeka
Ellis D. Bever
State Income Tax Department
Bever
Kansas
Union Sunday park service opens in Southpark
The Rev. Theodore H. Astman of First Presbyterian presides as union services begin at 7:30 p m in Southpark with Lawrence ministers joining for over 40 years of ongoing gatherings. Vinland players present a Biblical drama on June 24 and July 1 features Dean Paul B Lawson of the University of Kansas while a committee led by Rev. Hunt Heatherington and Astman outlines summer programs with local and out of town speakers and strong musical offerings.
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Theodore H. Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Union
Southpark
Astman
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
Lawrence
Vinland Players
Paul B. Lawson
University of Kansas
Ministerial Alliance
Robert Hunt
C. L. Heatherington
Flag Day Ceremony By Elks Tonight Vetted
The annual flag day ceremony of the Elks club will be held tonight at o oclock in the lodge room with Gen. Wilder S. Metcalf as speaker. Participants include H. H. Asher O W Maloney C H Mertz H Y P Jones Dan Springer who will speak on flag history and J R Good who will offer the prayer. All Elks urged to attend along with patriotic organizations and the public.
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The
Elks Club
Gen. Wilder S. Metcalf
H. H. Asher
O. W. Maloney
C. H. Mertz
H. Y P. Jones
Dan Springer
J. R. Good
Elka
Young Roosevelt Elected Vice President of Aeronautical Chamber
Elliott Roosevelt son of the president was named vice president of the Aeronautical Chamber of America Inc in New York a move described by chamber president Thomas A Morgan as aligned with broader industry goals Roosevelt a trained aviator will devote full time to aviation matters Morgan said. Rev J F Paine Kansas City Kan to speak at South Park at 8 pm for the National Old Age Pension League urging pension legislation. A jury in Bismarck ND hears the Langer conspiracy trial after noon. Tom Scott of Youngstown OH elected captain of the 1995 Iowa State College track team and a leading Cyclones quarter miler.
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New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Aeronautical Chamber of America, Inc
Thomas A. Morgan
Chamber
Roosevelt
Morgan
South Park
J. F. Paine
Ruby Avenue
Kansas City
Kan
National Old Age Pension League
Conprea For
Ames
Iowa
Tom Scott
Youngstown
Iowa State College
Scott
Oil Legislation Fails This Session In Congress
Representative Disney of Oklahoma, author of the administration oil production control program, conceded defeat for the legislation this session. The AP report notes the measure will not pass this session as the debate closes.
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Washington
Disney
D.-Okla
House
University Plans Music Programs At KU Summer
The University of Kansas outlines a summer music schedule by the School of Fine Arts, featuring Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink June 26 and Lucile Chagnon July 30, plus faculty concerts, vespers, recitals, and a summer symphony orchestra. A university string quartet is forming under Frederick Cook, with most events free and open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
School of Fine Arts
Paralé M. Swarthout
Schumann-Heink
Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Lucile Chagnon
New York City
Fine Arts
K. U
Frederick Cook
Fine Arts School
Covington
Witrak Banner
Udltoclum
School of Fine Arte
University Auditorium
Owiek
Arts BM
Thiet School of Fine Art
Ausditorum
Lucilla Chagnan
Universslty
School of Mine Arts
If Grove
Fowter
Hugoton Officials End Row After Year of Deadlock
Hugoton Kansas officials, including Mayor N J Madden and three councilmen, settled a yearlong dispute over appointing a marshal and light plant superintendent. New appointees were approved and salaries paid, ending ouster actions. Council members gave themselves until June 16 to resolve remaining patronage issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugoton
Kan
Topeka
Roland Boynton
N. J. Madden
New Kiwanis President elected at 18th annual convention
Dr. William J. Carrington of Atlantic City New Jersey was elected Kiwanis International president for 1934 35 at the close of the 18th annual convention in Toronto. He is a noted physician active in community service and philanthropy across the eastern United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
William J. Carrington
Atlantic City
N. J
Kiwanis International
United States
Farmer Has Hard Luck
Lightning struck Arthur Schutz’s farm near Lawrence killing a fine cow. Later rats killed over 100 young chickens in the brooder, leaving 33 alive. In Concordia, Kansas, June 24, William M. Peck, 71, longtime bank director, died after a lengthy illness.
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Arthur Schutz
Lawrence
Concordia
Kan
William M. Peck
The
Cloud County, Bank
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Woman's City’ Club
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Perkins
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S. E. Schwahn
Massachusetts
Old Glory
Stars and Stripes
Colony Man
Sooal
Journal-World
Elks
Young Roosevelt
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Langer
Bismarck
N. D
William Langer
North Dakota
University
NEW Kiwanis President
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