Labor peace talks collapse as CIO leader ends negotiations
Washington reports CIO President John L. Lewis declares further talks with the AFL impossible, calling AFL leaders reactionary while AFL President William Green accuses Lewis of intemperate aims. The CIO board cites peace as secondary to organizing unorganized workers. Green blames Lewis for blocking any settlement, insisting the real motive is autocratic control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
C.I.O
A.F.L
Lewis
C.I.0
Roosevelt
William Green
Green
FAVORS TOKEN SYSTEM FOR TAX COLLECTION IN KANSAS
Coffeyville labor unions opposed sales tax but prefer the token system for tax collection if a tax is required. They sent the stance to state revenue chairman John McCuish who seeks labor recommendations on bracket structure. State officials plan to switch to a penny bracket system around July 1, replacing the token method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Kan
Coffeyville Central Labor Union
John McCuish
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Hollywood Quiz on Cranium Crackers Series
NEA Service Hollywood quiz by Paul Harrison tests film knowledge with fan mail, lingo meanings, and questions about actors and early talkies. Readers score five points per part and aim for 55 to be a star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
NEA
Paul Harrison
Service
Hollywood Correspondent
Clark Gable
Bert Taylor
Turkey
Lily Chauchain
Helen Gumm
Joe Yule, Jr
Lucille Langshanke
Fanny Silverstitch
Frederick Bickel
Kansas Pictures Exhibit At State Chamber Meeting
Kingsley W. Given will present Kansas scenes and industries in an exhibit at the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in Wichita on June 16. The Manhattan-based associate professor is an amateur photographer whose aim is to preserve Kansas life on film for the world to see and he will deliver a talk titled All Kansas Pictures Got Wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Kingsley W. Given
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Wichita
Given
Kansas State College
Manhattan
State Chamber
Kansas Pictures
Kenneth K. Landes
Geological Survey
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Landes
Unions Blamed for High Fair Construction Costs
Foreign exhibitors at the New York world’s fair say construction costs ran far above projections. They estimate 30 to 40 percent higher due to labor, material rush orders, and bidding, with totals possibly reaching 20 million in the international zone. The AFL kitchen and restaurant workers urged an impartial inquiry, alleging poor working conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fair Corporation
World’s Fair Joint Board Culinary Committee
A.F.L
Lehman
la Guardia
Indiana Street Repair Plans Submitted to WPA Office
City Engineer Ben M. Babb prepares plans and specifications for Indiana street reconstruction from Ninth to Twelfth, including rock asphalt patches and shale wall cutting. The project, the final WPA effort under the current blanket plan, would begin about July 1 if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben M. Babb
Indiana Street
Topeka
Ninth
Tenth
Eleventh
Babb
Indiana
Eleventh Streets
Kansas to Establish 125000 Acre Soil Conservation Area
The Soil Conservation Service announced a 125000 acre demonstration area in Thomas County Kansas. Five year private operator agreements will fund field by field planning with co operators sharing costs. Contour cultivation strip cropping terracing seeding pasture rotations and gully control are planned making this Kansas fifth demonstration area.
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Washington
Soil Conservation Service
Thomas County
Kansas
H. H. Bennett
Conservation Service
Get Money by a Trick in Suburban Water Office
Miss Vera Holt, a clerk at Shawnee Mission Water company, was tricked into calling a supposed electric light man. A man on a pole failed to appear and a $39.50 cash drawer was stolen. The Power and Light company denied sending any worker there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Vera Holt
Shawnee- Mission
Baby Clinic Held Tomorrow at Memorial Hospital
The regular monthly baby clinic will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1 30 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Dr J M Mott city health officer announced the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence , Memorial Hospital
J. M. Mott
Readers and Classifieds Mix Signals in Journal World
Classified page notes readers and advertisers shape the Journal World content mix with reader submissions and listings. The brief item hints at a community driven market for notices, ads, and small notices reflected on the page.
Bolivian President Busch Defends Dictatorship Claim
In an interview from La Paz President German Busch said he is a dictator who governs with a Bolivian centric plan. He spoke on April 24 dismissing the constituent assembly and outlined a disciplined, reconstructive government with a planned economy and state control of mineral wealth except tin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Paz
Bolivia
German Busch
Constituent Assembly
Busch
Harvard scientists warn polio threatens rural areas
At a Harvard symposium on virus diseases two researchers from Harvard described poliomyelitis as an expanding risk outside cities. They cited aging and rural communities, limited prevention, and no reliable treatment to curb virus spread or transmission.
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Boston
Harvard
Charles F. McKhann
W. Lloyd Aycock
Judge Huxman Opens Topeka Office For First Time
Judge Walter A. Huxman new member of the tenth circuit court of appeals visits the federal building in Topeka for the first time since taking oath at Hutchinson two weeks ago. He plans to assume duties at a Denver session next week and, with Mrs Huxman, stays in a hotel pending home alterations near the city edge. Their daughter Ruth has recently graduated from Goucher College and will join them after visiting the world’s fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Walter A. Huxman
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal
Hutchinson
Kansas
Denver
Haxman
Baltimore
Goucher College
Ruth
Hedrick and Hough Attend Wichita State Chamber Meetings
Lawrence chamber of commerce secretary George Hedrick and Kansas Electric Power official Cecil Hough drove to Wichita to attend weekend sessions of the State Chamber of Commerce. Hedrick planned to join the industrial committee meeting at 6 this evening. University of Kansas faculty members including Chancellor E H Lindley and K L Landes were to travel to Wichita for the meetings tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hedrick
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Cecil Hough
Kansas Electric Power Company
Wichita
State Chamber of Commerce
Hedrick
Industrial Committee
The
State Chamber
E. H. Lindley
K. K. Landes
Bicycle Parade Planned by Montgomery Ward Store
Forty boys and girls registered for the Bicycle Parade sponsored by Montgomery Ward. Ten prizes await the best entries judged on originality and cleverness. The parade starts from the store at 9 30 a m Friday with a motorcycle escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Ward
B. E. Eells
Two Barns Burned in Pratt Kansas Storm
Lightning sparked a storm that burned two barns on the Frank Schaffer and Fran Sanders farms in Pratt. Mrs Norris Hatfield was cut by shattered windows as wind damaged several farm buildings. In England in 1709 coal sold for about 50 cents a ton at the pithead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Kan
Norris Hatfield
Frank Schaffer
Fran Sanders
England
Republican critic urges spending cuts in Kansas club speech
Miss Marion E. Martin, assistant chairwoman of the Republican national committee for women, denounced the New Deal as a divided house and urged federal spending reductions as the quickest aid to business. She noted policy contradictions in agriculture and said trust in Roosevelt is waning as she tours the West. Over 200 attendees in Topeka with delegations from Ottawa and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Marion E. Martin
Republican National Committee
New Deal
Kansas Women’s Republican Club
United States
Roosevelt
Maine
Martin
Ottawa
Kansas City
Germany Found Guilty in Tom Black Tom Kingsland Fires Victory
An international claims tribunal held Germany responsible for the 1916 Black Tom munitions explosion and the 1917 Kingsland plant disaster near New York. Justice Owen J. Roberts presided as umpire. The Hamburg ruling of 1930 was overturned and American claimants were granted damage awards after years of litigation.
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Washington
Mixed Claims Commission
Germany
Tom
Kingsland
N. J
United States
International Tribunal of
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Hamburg
New York
Reich
Lehigh Valley
Black Tom
Kingsland Assembly
Reed vows fight on grain transit bill in Senate
Senator Clyde M Reed of Kansas argues against a Burke introduced transit privilege bill for grain moved through Kansas City Omaha and Minneapolis. He cites opposition from Kansas board of trade Duluth Minneapolis and southern Minnesota milling interests and says farmers and grain men oppose it. Reed plans to battle the measure in interstate commerce channels and possibly the Senate floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clyde M.reed
R-Kan
Kansas City
Omaha
Minneapolis
Burke
Dneb
Senate Interstate Commerce
Kansas Corporation Commission
Reed
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
Interstate ‘Commerce Committee
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City Board of Trade
Omaha Grain Exchange
Believe Fink Baby Suffocated Immediate Suspect Named
Clyde D June 15 UPI evidence shows Haldon Fink 10 weeks suffocated immediately after snatching from cradle. Autopsy finds death not due to drown. Sheriff Myers and Coroner Philo confirm. mother Mrs Irvin Baker Fink 22 described a stranger asking directions Tuesday night. A nearby resident heard car stop and a baby cry around 9 to 11 p.m. Tuesday.
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Clyde
UPI
Haldon Fink
H.L. Myers
D. W. Philo
Irvin Baker Fink
Local sales man Shafer honored at state banquet
Lawrence resident Carl Shafer a Maytag salesman for Green Brothers hardware was named one of the state s five top salesmen at a Kansas City banquet. About 65 salesmen and staff from across the state attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Shafer
Green Brothers Hardware Company
Kansas City
Inquiry into production probes Jacob Einstein name change report
Annapolis June 15 A naval inquiry was ordered into reports that Midshipman Jay Allen Einstein was advised to change his name to Easton to avoid a Jewish surname. Einstein, Sr. testified that his son was told opportunities would be enlarged if the name changed. John Jay Einstein is at West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Jay Allen Einstein
Naval Academy
Wilson Brown
Einstein
Jay Allen
Mount Vernon
N. Y
John A. Mc
Kenna
Easton
John Jay
West Point Military Academy
Deaths and Funerals Eugene Hansen
Eugene Hansen aged 29 of Kansas City Kansas died early this morning in a Kansas City hospital after a several month illness. He is survived by his wife Mrs Eugene Hansen formerly Miss Marie Erwin daughter of Richard Erwin of Eudora two sons Richard and Andrew and his father. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Eugene Hansen
Kansas City
Kan
Marie Erwin
Richard Erwin
Eudora
Richard
Andrew
Party guest and son of theatre owner dies in gunshot
Earl M. Barrett Jr., 19, son of an Oklahoma theater chain owner, died at a Hot Springs party from a gunshot wound. Coroner J. P. Randolph said it appeared to be a personal safety matter. The shooting occurred in the elder Barret’s trophy room on Lake Hamilton. Deputy Sheriff John Emery said witnesses recalled Barrett warning he would end his life, though guests believed he was joking.
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Hot Springs
Akl
Earl M. Barrett, Jr
J. P. Randolph
Four Men Arrested as $35,000 Drugs Seized in KC
Four men were arraigned on narcotics charges in Kansas City as federal agents and police seized drugs valued at about $35,000. The arrestees faced federal narcotics violations while authorities reported progress against the illegal drug trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Local Personal News Highlights From West Kansas City Area
Charles Elwell and Spencer Bayles left today for Green Mountain Falls Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tait hosted guests for commencement, Sam Steel and daughter Mary Nan Steel of Bartlesville Oklahoma, who graduated this week. Mrs. Edyther Rummell and daughters left for Woodland Park Colorado for the summer. Miss Jean DeForest returned from a two week trip to Washington and New York, visiting Kalamazoo and Kansas City. The Harry Shepard family completed a four week motor trip to the Pacific coast with 6500 miles covered. They described snow at Crater Lake and wheat plowed up in Colorado and Kansas. Mrs. Harry Kane hosted guests for graduation, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Watson of Claflin for son James. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Ransted and daughters Patricia and Peggy returned from the New York World's Fair and Washington, D. C., where they met King George and Queen Elizabeth. Miss Marion Decker of Kansas City arrived to spend a few weeks before leaving for the Sigma Kappa convention in San Francisco.
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Charles Elwell
Spencer Bayles
Green Mountain Falls
Colo
Ralph Tait
Sam Steel
Bartlesville
Okla
Mary Nan Steel
Edyther. Rummell
Evelyn
Norma Jean
Woodland Park
Jean DeForest
Washington, D. C
New York City
Niagara Falls
Canada
E. E. Davis
Kalamazoo
Mich
de. Forest
Della Mae Davis
Kansas City
Harry Shepard
Jimmie Shepard
Pacific Coast
Long Beach
San Francisco
Spokane
Yellowstone National Park
Estes Park
Butte
Mont
Ashton
Idz
Crater Lake
Oregon
Colorado
Kansas
Clay Center
Lawrence
Harry Kane
M. J. Watson
Claflin
James
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Marion Decker
Sigma Kappa
L D Clubs Meet With Mrs Olson in Private Work Move
The L D clubs will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 with Mrs Vic Olson at 1208 Connecticut Street. A Kansas unemployment report shows 2314 people placed in private industry and agriculture last month, up 34 percent from the prior month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D
Vic Olson
Connecticut Street
Kansas Unemployment Compensation Department
C I O Sues Over Boycott Linking I B E W and Others
The C I O s United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America filed a suit seeking an injunction against an alleged boycott of goods produced with C I O labor by the A F L s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and others and claims damages of about 250 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
New York
C.I.0
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
A.F.L
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Nomination of Harold R. Stark as Chief of Naval Operations
Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark was nominated by President Roosevelt to day to be chief of naval operations with the rank of admiral. He would succeed Admiral William D. Leahy who retires soon and has been confirmed as governor of Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Operations
Washington
Harold R. Stark
Roosevelt
Stark
William D. Leahy
Puerto Rico
Retrial of Kansas City Judge Delayed to August
The retrial of County Judge David E. Long on an indictment for corruptly allowing county claims was postponed today in circuit court to August 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas ‘City
David E. Long
Proposals Delivered for British French Soviet Pact
British and French ambassadors presented new proposals to Premier Molotov in Moscow on June 15 as part of efforts to craft a mutual assistance agreement with the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
White Sox race past Senators in first doubleheader game
Washington hosts Chicago as Gerald Walker and Mike Kreevich power a 5 1 Chicago win over Washington in the first game. Knott wins with two hits allowed as Detroit defeats Boston 6 3 in a separate later game.
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Washington
Gerald Walker
Mike Kreevich
Jack Knott
White Sox
Chicago
Knott
Tresh
Masterson
Bridges
Tebbetts
Wilson
Dickman
DeSautels
Boston
Pittsburgh
Mez
Dickey
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Pete Fox
Detroit Tigers
Boston Red Sox
Tommy Bridges
Sockers
Detroit
Efadine
Oco
Fette
Shoffner
Lanning
Lopez
F. Lee
Rensa
Chase
Ferrell
Tobin
Berres
Mueller
New York
Lefty Gomez
Cleveland Indians
New Soon Yankees
Mel Harder
Harry Hisenstat
Cleveland
Salvo
Brown
Danning
French
Mancuso
Brooklyn
Hamlin
Phelps
Shoun
Owen
Harder
Eisenstat
Hemsley
Cincinnati
KU Students Employment Bureau Reports Higher Earnings
The University of Kansas men students employment bureau shows a 26 percent rise in total earnings to 20255.75, with a 5 percent uptick in jobs offered. Odd jobs up 107 from last year, steady jobs down 35, monthly steady workers averaging 83 this year vs 77 last year, and ten year comparison shows odd jobs 376 to 1299, steady jobs 172 to 244, and registered men 278 to 706.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Hutchinson Attorneys Urged to Wear Coats in Court
In Hutchinson Kansas Federal Judge Richard Hopkins ruled lawyers and witnesses must wear coats during court sessions. Courts raided nearby offices for coats and inmates loaned garments to defendants as the second session since the new division opened last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Kan
Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas
Hopkins
Bank Loan Insurance Opposed by Banker Official
Pi Robert M. Hanes, vice-president of the American Bankers association, testified in Washington on June 15 that government insurance of bank loans to business would push bankers to invest deposits in speculative ventures at government expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert M. Hanes
American Bankers Association
Grandma Martha Steele Hits 150 Foot Home Run at Picnic
In Bristol Connecticut on June 15 Grandma Martha Steele aged 13 from East Hartford hit a low inside curve for a 150 foot home run in a women's softball game at a church picnic. She recalled proving doubters wrong and noted she once played baseball as a girl, better than many boys though the bases were empty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Conn
Martha "Steele
East Hartford
Senate Approves Pilot Training Bill for 15 000 Civilians
The Senate approved a measure authorizing training of 15 000 civilian air pilots and sending the bill back to the House for amendments. It would permit the Civil Aeronautics Authority to spend 5 675 000 dollars next year to train youths aged 18 to 25, mainly in universities and aviation schools. Also ad: 29 high school seniors win Harvard scholarships to enter next fall, with up to 1 000 dollars first year and 1 200 thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Thomas C. Furnas, Jr
Independence
Kan
William R. Stone
Smith Center
Harvard University
Community Socials Note Village Guests and Visits
Miss Elva Ruth Abel and June Louise Abel visit George Abel’s home for the week with meals and calls shared among Abel and Neis families. Neis and Vogler, Strobel, Kindred and others attend gatherings with Elva Ruth’s group, with trips to Overbrook and Kansas City for family events and a KU commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva Ruth
Abel
Martin Abel
June Louise
Homewood
George Abel
Clarence Mets
Fall Leaf
Freddie Neis
Pete Neis
Howard Bernitz
Belleview
Ed. Vogler
Lawrence
Anna Nussance
Eudora
Walter Wilson
Oscar Broers
Kaw Valley
Johnnie Rough
Donna Mae
Floyd Broers
Agnes Strobel
Viola Broers
Mattie Kindred
W.lt.y
Nadine Harris
Ben Nels
Kansas City
Ruth
Miss Neis
Lilian Messmer
Norwich
Idaho
Ben-Neis
William Spitzi
George Broers
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WPA
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G.O.P
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Malott
Bob
Janet
Edith
Graduate Magazine
High Sierras
California
Red Cross
Court House
J. M. Johnson
Dorsey-Liberty
American Legion
Old City Hall
Alaska
Haskell Institute
Neville James McMillan
Nootak
McMillan
School of Education
George Robertson
K. U
Fred Ellsworth
Robertson
Townsend Club No
Santa Barbara
Calif
Indianapolis
J. Underwood Sons Grain Company
W. T. Lemon
Garrett Place
Wakarusa
Earl H. Barrett Jr
Colorado Fire
Myron W. Thompson
Field Today
Granite
American Association
Columbus
Night Palme
Connecticut
Evening Star
Guffin
Heedatte
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