Western Coast Faces Fresh Rain Threat Amid Californias Floods
Western coastal regions brace for renewed rain as a secondary low pressure system develops off the Pacific. In Southern California, flood damage tops fifty million dollars with 104 bodies found and more than a hundred missing. Rescue efforts, by air and land, continue as authorities fear headlines rise.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Pacific Coast
California
L. H. Daingerfield
Aleutian Islands
San Bernardino
Riverside
Orange
Pershing Expected to Recover, Dr Davison Says
General John J. Pershing 77, gravely ill since February 5, may have a comfortable life ahead, said Dr. Roland Davison in Tucson. For the first time since his illness, Davison reported anticipated recovery as Pershing sat up in bed yesterday.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Roland Davison
Davison
Roosevelt Veto-Item Power Blocked in Appropriations Bill
Washington reports the House Senate conference committee killed a proposal granting the president power to veto individual items in appropriations bills. The move drops the item veto amid other adjustments while three Senate amendments return to the House for action.
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Washington
Mar
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Appropriations Committee
TVA
Gilbertsville
Draining Indian Lake in Bronx search for Levine boy
Police drain Indian lake in Crotona Park after anonymous calls mislead to a note claiming 12 year old Peter Levine is in the middle of the lake. Detectives probe with grappling hooks while the missing boy's father Murray Levine awaits news and ransom plans unfold.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Peter Levine
New York City
Bronx
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Indian Lake
Crotona Park
Levine Boy
William J. Sullivan
Murray Levine
Levine
New York
Sentry Strikes American Teacher In Japanese Occupied Shanghai
United States Consul General Gauss protested to Japanese army authorities over a sentry striking Grace Brady a teacher at St Marys Hall Episcopal school as she returned inside Japanese occupied territory. Brady a former San Diegan resident in China since 1925.
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Shanghai
Mar
United States
Clarence EB. Gauss
Grace Brady
St. Mary’s Hall Episcopal School
Brady
Miss Brady
San Diego
Calif
China
German Prince Wilhelm of Schaumberg Lippe Killed in Air Crash
Prince Wilhelm of Schaumberg Lippe, lieutenant in the German air force and cousin of Prince Adolf, died yesterday when his bombing plane crashed near Neu Brandenberg. The 25 year old prince belonged to the ruling family of Schaumberg Lippe, a 131 square mile domain in northern Germany.
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Berlin
Wilhelm “of
Cowboys With Both Cow and Horse Sense Rarer Than Formerly in West
Cheyenne Wyoming March 5. Pioneer cattleman Russel Thorp warns the western cowboy is vanishing. He says the breed with both cow and horse sense is rare, displaced by city bound youths and a surplus of would be “dude wranglers.”
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West
Cheyenne
Wyo
Russel Thorp
Wyoming
State Cattle Growers’ Association
Thorp
Stockmen oppose compulsory control and tariff cuts
Kansas stockmen at their annual meeting opposed compulsory control of agriculture and further livestock tariff reductions. They backed higher freight rates, monthly Canadian imports, repealing long and short haul clauses, and campaigns against stock thieves. They urged grazing land tax reform and elected J. W. Greenleaf president with a slate of vice presidents. Will G. West spoke at the banquet.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Congress
Association
Tax Commission
J. W. Greenleaf
Greensburg
J. W. Briggs
William Ljungdahl
Menlo
E. C. Hieborn
Cambridge
Fred G. Laptad
Lawrence
E. C. Robbins
Bel
Barcelona Bombing Kills Twenty Four and Wounds Thirty Five
In Barcelona today twenty four people were killed and 35 wounded as raid planes attacked the business quarter dropping 20 bombs. Along the Mediterranean coast, raids have killed over a hundred recently and caused extensive damage. Alcaniz suffered the heaviest toll with at least 100 deaths as insurgent planes bombed the town.
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Barcelona
Mar
Hendaye
Fance
Mediterranean
Spain
Alcaniz
Teruel
Search Intensifies for Missing TWA Skyliner
Fresno California March 5 planes droned over snow covered mountains in a continued hunt for a big passenger skyliner lost Tuesday night en route from San Francisco to Chicago via Albuquerque. The TWA craft with six passengers and three crew members is believed to have crashed northeast of Fresno near Yosemite National Park. Jack Frye led the search with a fleet of seven planes.
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Fresno
Calif
Chicago
Albuquerque
N. M
San Francisco
TWA
Yosemite National Park
Jack Frye
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Lawrence Kiwanis Club Visit to Ottawa
Thirty six members of the Lawrence Kiwanis club traveled to Ottawa yesterday for a surprise meeting with the Ottawa chapter. Only Ottawa committee members knew of the visit. The event at the North American hotel featured a Lawrence program, a baseball league film, and stunts with Verner Smith presiding after introductions.
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Lawrence Kiwanis
Ottawa
Ottawa Club
North American
Lawrence Club
Verner Smith
Lawrence
Stock Market Index Report
The average of 60 stocks stood at 44.5, down from yesterday's 44.6. The update notes a minor decline across the market with no major shifts in performance.
Publicity on Corporate Salaries May Be Kept Alive
Washington reports Representative Boileau urged an amendment to the tax bill to require publicity for corporate salaries above 15 000 a year. He backed President Roosevelt’s call for transparency as a moral issue, while House leaders weigh unrevised tax provisions and Senate opposition to similar reform.
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Boileau
Wisconsin
Washington
Mar
Wis
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Hoffman
R-Mich
Ways and Means Committee
Vinson
Dky
Rayburn
Texas
Lawrence Lions Club organized at Colonial tea room
A Lions club was formed in Lawrence with 16 charter members after a meeting at the Colonial tea room last night. O. D. Maier of Palace Clothing Co. was named president, with officers Fred C. Bilack, Marion A. J. Barlow, and others. The group plans regular Wednesday 6:30 PM meetings and will be sponsored by the Ottawa Lions Club.
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Lawrence
Colonial Tea Room
O. D. Maier
The
Palace Clothing Company
Fred C. Bilack
Marion A. J.barlow
B. F. Nanninga
Howard J. Hill
Earl A. Guist
F. N. Baldwin
Harold O. Elliott
John Worly
Ottawa Lions Club
Jim Huddleston
Ottawa Club
W. R. Vergades
Clay Center
Floyd Sheriden
William Haiste
Clarence P. Manion
Lions International
International Club
State of
Kansas
Woman Celebrates 105th Birthday In Coxsackie
Mrs. Anna Searles Wheeler of New York celebrated her 105th birthday in Coxsackie New York recalling the old adage to sleep early rise early and add light eating and joy to life She was born in New York during Andrew Jackson’s presidency and has lived through all but the first six U S presidents with her birthday on March 5 Article notes her long life and beliefs on healthy eating and enjoying life.
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Coxsackie
N. Y
Anna Searles
Wheeler
Andrew Jackson
New Parencies N. Y
Defense Effort in Kansas Child Labor Case
Gov Walther Haxman ordered E R Sloan of the Kansas Corporation Commission to seek guidance from the Justice Department in Washington on Kansas defense in the U S Supreme Court child labor case. The dispute centers on Lt Governor Lindsay breaking a tie to ratify the federal child labor amendment, with previous Kansas votes against adoption. The state Supreme Court ruled Lindsay acted within his rights and Kansas ratified.
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Topeka
Mar
Walter A. Haxman
E. R. Sloan
Kansas Corporation Commission
Department of Justice
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Rolla W. Coleman
W. M. Lindsay
Kansas
Senate
Gov
Lindsay
State Supreme Court
Community drives record old clothing and food donations
The Social Service League praised the community’s response to a recent drive for clothing and food. Sergeant William Kollender called it the league’s largest effort yet, with over 100 Boy Scouts aiding and dozens of district deliveries.
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Social Service League
William Kollender
League
Kollender
Boy Scouts
K. U
Japanese claim massive Chinese troop losses in Henan and Shansi
Japanese sources report 20,000 Chinese soldiers captured in extreme northwest Henan as Japanese forces push toward the Yellow River. In Shansi 1,800 Chinese were wiped out in hills between Fengyang and Tsingyuan, deep behind front lines. The campaign targets Hankow as Japanese operations expand on two battlefronts.
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Henan
Yellow River
Shansin
Fengyang
Tsinguyan
Hankow
Pittsburg Teachers Win Illinois Relay Title
Pittsburg Kansas state teachers quartet Lester Kirk Galen Blackmore O B Allen and Lee Be Dillon claimed the two mile college relay at the Illinois relay carnival in Champaign defeating North Central Naperville Amour Tech and Illinois State Normal. Their time was 8 minutes 8.9 seconds.
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Champaign
University of Illinois
Lester Kirk
Galen Blackmore
O. B. Allen
Lee Be Dillon
Kan
North Central College of
Naperville
Amour Tech
Illinois State
Normhal
Weaver Safe After LA Flood Ties
Word from Los Angeles confirms A. D. Weaver is safe with no injury from flood conditions. He has been in the city six weeks and expects to return soon to Lawrence, where friends and relatives had worried about his safety due to telephone contact issues.
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Sierra Madre
Palm Springs
Camp Baldy
Camp Curry
Los Angeles
Metropolitan Water District
A. D. Weaver
The
Journal-World
Weaver
Lawrence
Nine Kansas Track Qualifiers Lead Big Six Meet
Columbia Mo March 5 The University of Nebraska led with 11 qualifiers in six events, followed by Missouri and Kansas with nine each Oklahoma eight and Kansas State five Iowa State five. Kansas qualified Masoner Foy in the 60 yard dash and low hurdles Friedland Turner in shot put Clucas in board jump Cox in 440 yard dash and Klann in 880 yard run.
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Iowa State
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Kan
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Phillips
I.S
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Dodd
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Trea Trueblood
Pritchard
Mills
Frieland
Vanderbilt
Hurdies
Frank
Hotchkiss
Hare Lay
Gish
Peg Dodge
White
Dawson
Klamm
Porter
Clugas
Storer
Slayton
Jackson's Affair Creates Move for Yale Lawyer Arnold
Attorney General Cummings announced he offered the post of assistant attorney general to Professor Thurman Arnold of Yale Law School to succeed Robert H. Jackson as solicitor general. Arnold, a longtime DOJ official, previously served in the tax and anti trust divisions and worked with the agricultural adjustment administration and the securities commission. Senate confirmation of Jackson as solicitor general passed 62 to 4, with Nay votes from King and three Republicans.
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Mar
Cummings
Thurman Arnold
Yale Law School
Arnold
Robert H. Jackson
Justice Department
Jackson
Department of Justice
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Securities Commission
Senate
Senator King
McNary
Oregon
Austin
Vermont
Hale
Maine
Stanley F. Reed
Reed
Supreme Court
New York
Norris
White House
United States
Noted Visitor to Speak at First Presbyterian Service
Rev John Elder from Iran will address the 11 oclock service at First Presbyterian Church. Representing the board of foreign missions he will also speak at colleges for the Student Volunteer movement and present reels on Iran to the high school group at 6. He will be the Westminster Forum speaker at Westminster Hall and news coverage highlighted the Elder family’s American visit.
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Iran
Persia
First Presbyterian Church
Elder
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
Westminster Hall
America
Mr. Elder
New York
Time Magazine
Old Men Made Young by Chemical Compound
Johns Hopkins physicians report 17 patients given a synthetic male sex hormone show signs of rejuvenation including firmer skin deeper voice and renewed vigor. The drug, first made in Switzerland two years ago, requires ongoing use to maintain effects as the body quickly metabolizes the hormone.
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Baltimore
Mar
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Samuel A. West
John Eager Howard
Switzerland
Cast Tryouts Held for Alice in Wonderland
Tryouts across area schools are underway for the Alice in Wonderland stage production directed by Mrs. Deal and produced by the American Association of University Women. Fifteen girls and one boy from local schools will perform dances and pantomimes with Alice and the Mock Turtle and Knave of Hearts scenes.
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Lawrence Junior High School
Dread Training School
Alice
Leon. Bauman
Peggy Harrison
K. U. Department of Design
Marie Barlow
Elizabeth Prentice
Jane Johns
Joan Sisson
Phyllis Corlis
Betty Lou Fink
Violet Carr
Joan Kistler
Shirley Nan Hargiss
Irene Sandelius
Jane Eby
Barbara McBeth
Hileen Johnson
Joan Wagstaff
Mabel Baker
Cordley School
Jeff Landis
Haskell
Stephen Ellsworth
Tom Jones
John Kistler
Morris Martin
Fred Six
Whitfield Anderson
Jim Kistler
Billie Allen White
Harold Hixon
Dolph Simons
Richard Potter
Austin Turney
Fair weather forecast for Kansas weekend
Sunday to be fair for Kansas as federal meteorologist S D Flora reported generally clear skies tonight and Sunday. Light precipitation occurred in the east and south central areas with Topeka .03 inch and Wichita .08 inch. temperatures may dip in the east overnight with readings 20s.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Kansas City
Wichita
Oklahoma
Missouri
Nebraska
Nazi Student Riot Breaks Out at Vienna University
Police halted a clash between Swastika wearing Nazi students and government supporters during a Saturday fraternity meeting at Vienna University. Shouts of heil Hitler and heil Behnachnigg echoed as protesters mixed and fought, leaving only minor injuries such as blackened eyes and smashed noses.
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Vienna
UPI
Vienna University
Robbery at Whitcomb Greenhouse on Tennessee Street
The Whitcomb greenhouse at 844 Tennessee street was broken into last night. Thieves entered by breaking a window on the east side of the office and stole 175 cents in coins and some sales tax tokens.
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Whitcomb
Tennessee Street
Sudden Temperature Swing Hits Lawrence Area
Spring warmth faded to dust and snow as Lawrence homes awoke to a brief storm. Temperatures plummeted from a high near 80 to a low around 27 with brief sleet and freezing rain before noon. Meteorologist Posey logged .06 inch of moisture for the night, March total near .68 inch.
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Lawrence Area
C. J. Posey
Glee Club Spring Tour From University of Kansas
Thirty two members of the University of Kansas men's glee club and director Prof. Joseph Wilkins depart Monday noon by bus for a spring concert tour. They will perform in eleven Kansas cities returning to Lawrence Friday. The program features Art Wolf Richard Stark Richard White and Don Wood in a quartet with soloist Claude Dorsey. A musical sketch by Jack Laffer adds characters Laffer Brooks and Ramsey. Songs include Song of the Flea John Peel The Street Fair and The Wreck of the Julie Plante. Concerts run Ottawa Parsons Wichita Newton Marion Junction City Abilene Chapman Council Grove Osage City Burlingame.
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University of Kansas Men’s Glee Club
Joseph Wilkins
Lawrence
Kansas Cities
Art Wolf
Richard Stark
Topeka
Richard White
St. Joseph
Don Wood
Kansas City
Claude Dorsey
Cameron
Abilene
Chapman and
Council Grove
Osage City
Burlingame
Freeze Hits Oklahoma Panhandle As Temperatures Dip
A snow storm moved into the Oklahoma panhandle with a hard freeze forecast. Northern towns such as Waynoka and Ponca City saw temperatures fall from the eighties to the thirties, while the Weather Bureau warned of a sharp statewide drop tonight. Elsewhere in Kansas light snow aided winter wheat, with variable conditions reported in Liberal and unsteady skies in Leoti.
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Gayman
Okla
Oklahoma Panhandle
Federal Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Mercury
Waynoka
Ponco City
Weather Bureau
Leoti
Kan
Liberal
Mar
War Admiral Wins Widener Challenge Cup at Hialeah Park
War Admiral, the unbeaten three year old champion of 1937, won the $50,000 Widener Challenge Cup at Hialeah Park for his tenth straight victory in Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Hialeah Park
Weather Outlook and Roads Across Kansas
Generally fair tonight and Sunday with colder conditions in the east. Morning clouds. Damp dirt roads at Ottawa after light snow sleet and rain. fair in Emporia Wichita and Topeka. other areas good. Gas Office records show 7 am today 30, noon 39, max yesterday 80.5, min today 27. precip to 7 am today 0.6 inch.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Emporia
Wichita
Topeka
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