Fresh Troops Push Chinese Line Back In Kiangwan Sector
Ha xas reports Japan accepted League plan for a peaceful solution while fresh Japanese reinforcements attack the Kiangwan Miaochungchen line. Chinese commander Tsai Ting Kai vows to fight on as Chinese officials hold peace talks with limited progress. Fighting along the Kiangwan to Chapei corridor intensifies with mines and shelling reported near Kiangwan and Chapel. Premier Wang Jingwei vows China will resist Shanghai to the end amid renewed attack plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Japan
Kiangwan
Miaochungchen
Tsai Ting-Kai
Chapel
Whangpoo River
Chapei
Idzumo
Nanking
Wang King-Wei
Loyang
19Th Route Army
Peace move at Geneva noted by French delegate
Tokyo reports peace proposals to end Shanghai conflict presented by Joseph Paul Boncour at the League of Nations. The item notes ongoing discussions and references continued coverage on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Shanghai
Joseph Paul Boncour
League of Nations Courtil
Geneva
Forest fires blaze along 100 mile NC front
Bloodhounds used by officials to track arsonists who sparked three fires in western North Carolina. A 2,000 acre blaze north of Old Fort threatened Pisgah National Forest as federal rangers battled fires and saved two homes after an all night fight. Incendiary fires were reported in the Old Fort area, adding to flames sweeping the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Catawba
Old Fort
Pisgah National Forest
Missouri cuts budget for athletic department to save over 40 thousand
The University of Missouri board of curators approved a program to eliminate an assistant football coach and cut $9,500 in salaries for next year. The plan also reduces $5,000 for minor sports and $26,000 in running expenses, yielding a total predicted saving over $40,900. Details were deferred to the next curators meeting, with personnel changes to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
University of Missouri Athlletic
Board of Curators
St.Louis
Walter Williams
University Committee On Intercollegiate
C. L. Brewer
Wee
APPROVAL BY HOUSE Fashington MAR 1
A conference report on the proposed constitutional amendment to abolish the lame duck session of Congress was approved today by the house while the Senate neared a vote on the Norris anti injunction bill. Senate approval remains before advancing meeting times and inauguration dates. early action is expected. The Senate banking committee created a subcommittee to draft a resolution for a stock exchanges investigation. The House agricultural committee approved a Senate bill to authorize 40 million bushels of Farm Board wheat to relieve distress, after earlier rejection. A 145th signature was obtained to push a state and local liquor control plan, signaling a roll call on prohibition. World War II veterans' adjusted compensation certificates were proposed to be funded by a bond issue to boost money in circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashington
Mar
House
Senate
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Walcott R. Conn
House Agricultural Committee
Farm Board
Thomas
D. Okla
Kansas Weather Forecast Brief
Forecast shows generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with a chance of rain in extreme northeast. Morning reports note light rain at Ottawa and Coffeyville while roads in Douglas County remain good. Temperatures dipped to 57 yesterday afternoon.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Coffeyville
Douglas County
Hamilton
Gas decision aids Missouri rate regulation reach
The U S supreme court ruling in the El Dorado gas case confirms Missouri public service commission can probe the cost of service by pipelines and affiliated firms. Chairman Milton Stahl says rates must show cost data, strengthening regulation. Gov Caulfield calls it a victory for the people. Attorney General Shartel calls it significant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Mar
United States i Supreme Court
el Dorado
Kan
State Public Service Commission of Missouri
Nipeline Company
Milton Stahl
Doherty
Nipeline
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Webb City
Carterville
Sedalia
Carthage
Stahl
Commission
Gov
Caulfield
Shartel
Public Service Commission
Cities Service Gas Company
Garver
Robert D. Garver
Gas
Supreme Court
Kansas
Western Distributing Company
Cities Service
Cities
State of Kansas
2 Fe
Kansas Commission
House Liquor Plan Vote Possible With 145 Signatures
Washington March 1 AP A House vote on a state and local liquor control plan hinges on 145 signatures to move the measure from the judiciary committee. The first possible floor vote on March 14 will test pro and anti prohibition blocs led by Linthicum and Beck. The Tydings resolution seeks a probe by a mixed GOP-Dem committee. In Douglas County the Farm Bureau ouster suit opens tomorrow before Judge High Means, targeting membership compliance and tax revenues. Nearly 100 witnesses are subpoenaed. Stevens handles the state case.
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House
Farm Bureau
Washington
Mar
Judiciary Committee
Texas
Representative Mansfield
Linthicum
Maryland
Beck
Pennsylvania
Mansfield
Blanton
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Judge High
Douglas County Tax Payers League
Board of County Commissioners
R. B. Stevens
Stevens
Bureau
Robert Steele
D. L. Burton
Ralph Colman
Ben Kellogg
R. C. Ogden
A. F. Baker
W. R. Steiner
George Jensen
R. H. Nicholson
Roy Flory
Douglas County
Althe
Board ‘of County Commissioners
C. C. Bowman
Riling’ and Riling
City barred from opening county home for aged colored people
H L Burger city sanitary officer ordered Bishop A D Hankins of Topeka to abandon plans for a home for aged colored people at 700 Connecticut street. The building, formerly an old folks home, had been condemned by the state fire marshal and health board, and Hankins said he would abandon the project. Burger criticized state license practices and noted prior closures of similar facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Burger
Bishop A. D. Hankins
Topeka
Connecticut Street
Burger
Hankins
Kansas
State Board of Health
Church of the Living God
Earle G. Brown
State Hotel Commission
Hotel Commission
State Health Department
Connecticut
Robbers Enter Home on Tennessee Street
Robbers entered the home of Mrs. Emma Guffin at 1200 Tennessee Street late last night about 1:30 AM. They stole a billfold with about $81 and papers from roomer F. E. Butler. watch on a chair remained undisturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Guffin
Tennessee Street
Bill
F. E. Butler
E. P. Grainger
Butler
Proclaimed New Republic in Manchuria Under Henry Pu-i
The foundation of an independent Manchurian republic was proclaimed in Mukden on March 1. A new fixed colored national flag was flown to celebrate the start of a united era. Inauguration of the government under Henry Pu-i will occur in Changchun, named as the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
Manchuria
Tatung
Henry Pu-¥i
China
Changchun
Daily Averages Show Gain in Oil Output
Tulsa march report notes Oil and Gas Journal data show U S crude output rising to 2,139,056 barrels per day last week from 2,106,217 a day. Increases centered in Texas and Oklahoma with Kansas slightly higher. December 3 trough near 2,450,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Mar
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Nioe
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Gas price rise and bank robbery reported in 1930s Colorado
Denver and Colorado towns raise gasoline prices by two cents per gallon with seven grades in Denver at 17 cents a gallon and 11 cents in Greeley. A separate report describes a Denver area bank cash robbery where five bandits obtained $2,000 in gold from John Henry Bateman after coercing him to reveal a hidden stash in a barn. Washington also saw the Senate committee approve an Interior Department appropriation bill with a $4,424,322 increase over the House version.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Marin
Gree- Erin
Fuanser
John Henry Batemans
Greeley
Bateman
Washington
Senate Appropriations
Interior Department
House
Sooner Line Coach Resigns Amid Fund Shortfall
Dewey Luster, assistant football coach at the University of Oklahoma, resigned to seek a better paying job. Ben Owen, director of athletics, said a successor was not named because the athletic fund is depleted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sooner
Oklahoma City
Dewey “Snorter” Luster
University of Oklahoma
Ben G. Owen
Reconstruction funds boost for agriculture department
Washington March 1 AP The agriculture department will receive 25 million dollars more from the reconstruction corporation by June plus 50.6 million already provided for crop loans. Funds come from 250 million dollars in debentures, with the department entitled to ten percent of all securities issued. Attorney general confirms ten percent of additional securities due if 50 million of the corporate stock was received. Debentures could total 1.5 billion and yield ten million to the department. Most of the 25 million likely goes to crop loans. Also ribbing but separate: W F Miles Kansas City lawyer sentenced to three years in federal prison for perjury in the Anney Arbor case. transcript to State Bar for prosecution of other lawyers.
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City Water Department
Lawrence
Water Department
W. Owen
Community Service Committee
Maple Grove
Oak Hill
South Park
Junior League Ball Park
University
Owen Igennd
Washington, Mar. I
Department of Agriculture
Reconstruction Corporation
Department
Finance Corporation Act
Finance Corporation
Hyde
Reconstruction Agency
Muskogee
Okla
W. F. Miles
Kansas City
Ravenworth
Aney Arbor
Lizzie Lampkins
Arbor
Robert L. ‘Williams
State Bar Association
Miles
Red Sox pitcher Ed Morris stabbed before Florida camp
Ed Morris veteran Boston Red Sox pitcher was seriously stabbed in a fish fry fight near Brewton Alabama held in his honor on the eve of his departure for the Red Sox training camp in Florida. Hospital attendants said he had only a slight chance to recover.
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Brewton
Ala
Ed Morris
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Florida
Hastings to challenge Bankhead for Senate seat
Senator Hastings of Delaware will seek to unseat Alabama's junior senator John H Bankhead, alleging election fraud in the 1930 contest that defeated J Thomas Heflin. As elections subcommittee chair, Hastings nears a final report claiming fraud was committed in the Heflin victory after Heflin ran as an independent following a dispute over the 1928 Smith nomination.
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Washington
Mar
Hastings
Delaware
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
J.thomas Heflin
Heflin
Alfred E. Smith
Auto Show Planned for March 10 Window Opening
An automobile show will be held on Massachusetts street during the Spring Window Opening. Local dealers plan to display latest car and truck models with flood lights and four giant reflectors provided by Kansas Electric Power Company and W C Hamilton. The Merchants Bureau prepares other features and the Drum and Bugle Corps of Dorsey Liberty will debut that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Kansas Electric Power Company
W. C. Hamilton
Lawrence
Merchants Bureau
Drum and Bugle Corps
Dorsey-Liberty
American Legion
Urged to Spend Cash In Kansas Public Confidence Drive
In Topeka on March one the Citizens Reconstruction organization announced a campaign to release idle money by selling treasury certificates. Warren W Finney said bonds would not be paid with bank checks and the effort aims to move timid dollars from mattresses to circulation. Programs start in schools next week with church exercises and local committees in cities over 2 500 population. The advisory council includes 37 members from civic, business and professional groups.
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Topeka
Mar
Kansas
Citizens Reconstruction Organization
Treasury
Warren W. Finney
Emporia
Finney
Citizens Reconstruction
Favor Consolidation of Two Oil Companies
Prairie Oil and Gas stockholders voted to merge with Prairie Pipeline and Sinclair Consolidated Oil. Canvassing showed 2,155,620 shares in favor and 35,177 against of 2,441,432 outstanding, an 88.3 percent approval as proxies continued to be tallied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Kan
Mar
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Prairie Pipeline Company
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Andrew J. Ryan
Chicago
Marie M. Carney
Favora le
Lawrence High School project results listed by Essick
Thirty three boys in Lawrence High School vocational agriculture completed projects in 1931. Thirty seven were undertaken with a total net profit of 2164.22 dollars. Major projects included corn, potatoes, popcorn, peas, wheat, swine and dairy, with 95 hogs, 2 dairy cows and 1222 chickens. Potatoes yielded 4686 bushels. corn 37 bushels per acre. wheat incurred losses on two plots. The report notes recordkeeping challenges and that profits were among the lowest in five years. yields and prices are detailed for each crop and livestock line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School
W. R. Essick
Kaw Valley
Essick
Camming
Eugene Alford
Harold
Donald Alford
James Gerrett
Robert Gorrill
Almarin Nottingham
Wilfred Quidahl
John Phillips
Loren Pine
Delbert Richardson
Doyle Reed
Wayne Rucker
Burdette Smith
Leonard Walker
Francis Wilson
Loyd Fatly
Elmer Altenbernd
John Fritzel
Everett Hatcher
Kenneth Hatcher
Lester Hegeman
Robert Kampschroeder
Harry Kampschroeder
Max Laptad
Lyle Weeks
Herbert Nuncmaker
Howard Pine
Raymond Pine
Everett Shaw
Stuard Thorber
Lloyd Weible
Robert Simon
Mr. Essick
Agriculure
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Peace Parleys Halt
Bulletin
Haxas
Tonight
Naotake Sato
Genéva
League of Nations Council For Peaceful
Ayeds
Police
Honolulu
Harold Castle
Hawaii
Plan of Athletic Board
Alfonso
Hendaye
Madrid
Alfonso Carlos
France
Pennsgrove
N. J
AL Smith
Boston
Frank Jel ‘Donahue
Donahue
Smith
New York
Ryder
Jonahue
Laguardia
N. Y
Tydings
D. Md
Curtis
Farm Organization i
C. W. Owen
Fifteenth
Massachusetts Street
Reilly
Bey
University of Missouri
Joseph A. Reilly
Kansas City Athletic Club
John C. Grover
John Gatland
Henry Pu-Yi
Manchurian
Rob Farmer
Five Bandits
Tennessee Man
Miller's Barbecue
Mud Creek
Will
Bankhead
Exaisit
Blackwell
Security State Bank
Security Bank
Travelers Insurante
Scott
Adv
San Diego
Frank G. Ward
Willard A. Long
Prohibition
Long
Palacs
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