Johnson Tackles New Plan to Increase Jobs
Washington March 8 AP Gen Hugh S Johnson moved to form industrial committees to craft a broader jobs program. He warns the nation of spring strikes and vows stricter enforcement of blue eagle rules while promising weeks of work toward a concrete plan to be announced by the weekend. Johnson invites heavy goods and consumer greens code authorities to assemble twelve members each for immediate action.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NBA
Code Authority
Johnson
Consumer Goods Greens
Froud
Blue Eagle Chieftain
Detroit Auto Workers Suspend Strike Plans
In Detroit on March 8, automobile workers paused strike plans and remained at their posts as they awaited a National Labor Board conference in Washington next Wednesday. The union seeks a 20 percent base pay raise, union recognition, and reinstatement for workers allegedly dismissed for union activity, following a 48-hour ultimatum.
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Detroit
Mar
Automobile Assembly
Nesday
National Labor Board
Washington
Kansas Weather Forecast Improves Into Friday
Forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Friday with a slight warming trend in the west and south central sections. Morning conditions show clear weather with generally good driving conditions aside from slick spots near Dodge City. Douglas County roads are reported as good amid a murky entry of scattered temperatures and notes from the gas office.
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Kansas
Dodge
Air mail policy sparks defense from Trans Continental head
Richard W. Robbins of Trans Continental and Western Air denounces President Roosevelt's move toward private air mail return. He labels critics as selfish planners aiming to ruin the system and says facts will prove the government misinformed. He argues the private contracts damaged an otherwise world renowned system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
Richard W. Robbins
Trans-Continental and
Western Air Today
Health Officials Advance Rural Immunization Drive
Dr H Penfield Jones and Miss Marie Neely near completion of a county immunization program for rural school children and preschoolers against diphtheria and smallpox. To date 269 diphtheria toxins and 263 smallpox vaccinations have been given across 53 districts. Remaining clinics are listed with dates and venues including Lawrence city hall March 16 and Baldwin grade school March 30. Biologicals supplied by the state board of health.
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H. Penfield Jones
Marie Neely
Red Cross
Jones
Miss Neely
Lawrence City Hall
Eudora
Baldwin
State Board of Health
Kansas
Cuban Telephone strike suspends island services
In Havana 1,108 Cuban Telephone workers walked out without warning silencing 33,000 Havana phones and 6,000 in the interior along with six radio stations and wires serving brokers. The move, aimed at labor disputes, followed demands studied by the labor department as unrest spreads inland.
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Havana
Mendieta
Island
Nee
Kansas
Kansan Tries to Muscle In on Army Contracts Rejected
Washington AP reports government investigators probing War Department practices found leads in Kansas barren. United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett refused to name the men investigated. Indications point to a prominent Kansan seeking a share of the army's proposed ten motorization program, but motor companies declined his bid for representation.
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Washington
War Department
Kansas
United States
Leslie C. Garnett
Army
Henderson
United
Post Office Department
Karl Crowley
Department
McKellar
Capitol
Altho
Grant of 10500 Made for Dyche Museum Repair
Public works allotment announced in Washington includes a 10500 grant for repairing the Dyche Museum at the University. The University of Kansas also cited 29000 for further repairs under a legislative appropriation. President Roosevelt told Democratic appropriations committee members the senate’s increased veteran and government worker allowances are unacceptable and must be trimmed to fit budget limits.
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Washington
Dyche Museum
Uni
University of Kansas
Roosevelt
Congressional ‘Appropriations Committee
Senate
Air Mail Plan Fallout Prompts Senate Hearing
Washington witnesses discuss Roosevelt’s plan to end private airmail contracts. Paul Henderson testifies he sent 10 000 to Chase C. Gove and endorsed notes totaling 5 000 to Gove. McKellar expects new legislation soon while airlines face reorganizing to bid again.
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Washington, Mar
Paul Henderson
United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
Senate Airmail Investigating Committee
Chase C. Gove
W. Irving Glover
Henderson
Roosevelt
Phat Henderson
Gore
New York
Senate Banking Committee
McKellar
Senate Post Office Committee
Holding Strike Votes United in Nationwide Labor Unrest
Associated Press reports voting on proposed strikes in San Francisco and Cleveland highlighted broader labor unrest. Fisher Body plant in Cleveland shows 4500 workers voting to strike, while San Francisco’s International Longshoremen’s Association Pacific division seeks a March 23 strike date. Other tensions flare in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and southern textile districts.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cleveland
Fisher Body Company
International Longshoremen's Association
Pacific Division
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South
State Warden Talks Lake Building Plans
Pratt state fish and game Warden W. G. Strong toured Lawrence with University officials to select engineers for CWA lake projects. Kansas will finish four projects including a Scott County lake dam repair and surveys for sites near Baldwin and a Douglas County site. Federal loan removal shifts cost partly to communities, with 30 percent federal grants and the rest locally funded.
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W. G. Strong
Pratt
Kansas
Strong
Douglas County
Baldwin
Doyle Reed Wins Kansas State College Scholarship
Doyle Reed a Lawrence high school senior has been awarded a 100 dollar Union Pacific scholarship in Douglas county. The annual county award honors outstanding vocational agriculture students and supports Reed at Kansas State College for the next two years. Last year’s recipient was Delbert Richardson.
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Doyle Reed
Lawrence
Kansas State College
Douglas County
Union Pacific Railroad
A. R. Reed
Route 3
Reed
Kansas
State College
Delbert Richardson
Bandits Rob Bank With $50,000 Heist in Greenville
In Greenville D C March 8 two armed bandits in a light car stopped a messenger Clinton Foster Negro and a bank guard Hugh White near a downtown corner forcing delivery of a $50,000 money shipment from the post office to the South Carolina National Bank. Witnesses saw the swift attack and officers pursued a circuitous escape route but no suspects were found within an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
D. C
South Carolina National Bank
Clinton Foster
Hugh White
Army Air Corps Opens Schools to Train Commercial Airmail Pilots
The Army Air Corps has begun training commercial airmail pilots in military aircraft. The first school was established in Chicago for the central zone, with similar schools to follow in the eastern and western zones.
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Army Air Corps
Washington
Airmail
Chicago
New Grand Jury to Probe Dillinger Escape
Crown Point Ind March 8 AP Judge Murray declared the Dillinger escape case to smell and ordered a new grand jury and a special prosecutor. He noted the March grand jury with Clyde Rothermal foreman, owner of the garage from which the sheriff’s car was stolen. Two guards on duty during the escape have been arrested.
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Crown Point
Ind
William J . Murray
Criminal Court
John Dillinger
Lake County
Murray
Clyde Rothermal
Dillinger
Lillian Holley
Rothermal
Robert G. Estill
West Seventeenth Street Extension Plan Approved
City officials adopt a diagonal paving plan from Indiana Street west and abandon a Walker property street. A 40 foot right of way will be created with property sales from R E Gowans of Ottawa and a power company. A 30 foot paved street will run to the campus edge, with Indiana paving to the campus and a 100 foot approach. CWA funds of 2950 are approved for materials and plans must reach Topeka by March 10.
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Seventeenth Street
Indiana Street
Walker
W. E. Spalding
R. E. Gowans
Ottawa
Power Company
Indiana
Walker Place
Seventeenth
CWA
City Planning Commission
Lawrence
Commission
J. L. Constant
Topeka
Spring window unveiling planned on Massachusetts Street
Plans are underway for a spring window unveiling and style show on Thursday evening March 15. Merchants on Massachusetts street will participate and display latest merchandise and fashion in decorated windows. The American Legion drum and bugle corps and the high school band will perform, with auto dealers urged to show Bee models along Massachusetts street.
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Massachusetts Street
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Massachusetts
Picture scandal stains Indiana officers with Dillinger image
Washington reports Attorney General Cummings denounced Sheriff Lillian Holley and Prosecutor Robert Estill for posing with John Dillinger, calling the incident disgraceful and dangerous. Dillinger’s nationwide manhunt followed his escape from Crown Point jail as Congress prepared a war department appropriation of 291 million for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Lillian Holley
Robert G. Estill
Indiana
Taw
John Dillinger
Cummings
Dillinger
Point. Ind
War Department
House
Douglas County Tax Income Declines Since 1929 Peak
County Clerk C O Bowman reports total Douglas County tax income fell from a 1929 peak of 1,278,013 to 999,689.09 in 1933, with property valuations dropping from 48,957,429 in 1930 to 35,526,065 in 1933. Tax totals in 1933 are lower than early 20th century years. reductions reflect real estate value cuts and 1929 improvement tax payments. Assessors prepare 1934 property evaluations.
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Douglas County
C. O. Bowman
Bowman
No Trace of Man Missing Since Flood Near Atchison
Atchison Kan March 8 AP reports of improving conditions and receding Missouri river floodwaters brought no definite information on Francis McKeen missing since 6 p m Tuesday from his island home near Dalby Kan. Floods caused heavy livestock loss and home damage on bottom lands and islands as families returned to salvage belongings. Ice packed fields stood six feet high while ice breaks lowered river levels at Oak Mills and Bean Lake. Roads became impassable in places while farmers navigated flooded farmlands. The Kansas prison farm near Leavenworth remained submerged in spots but damage was limited. River began dropping in Kansas City. Floyd reported at Paola.
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Atchison, Kan
Missouri River
Francis McKeen
Dalby
Kan
Oak Mills
Kickapoo
Atchison
Bean Lake
Kansas City
Floyd
Paola
Desperado Floyd allegedly in cafe sighting in Kansas
Paola Kansas March 8 AP a cafe waitress described two men who call themselves Charles Floyd and another, entered the cafe, ordered sandwiches, and stated they drove from Kansas City in fifty minutes to reach Oklahoma by dawn. One man handed 50 cents and the duo fled in a new Ford coupe toward the south as Sheriff Acher alerted southeastern Kansas counties.
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Paola
Kan
Nadine Barricklow
Charles Floyd
Oklahoma
Floyd Span
Miss Barricklow
Kansas City
Floyd
Joe Acher
Kansas
Resignations Narrow Democratic Party Wyoming Nebraska
Nellie Tayloe Ross resigns as Wyoming committeewoman to avoid conflicts with her mint role and party work. A day earlier Arthur Mullen, a Washington Omaha lawyer, also leaves the Democratic committee from Nebraska.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Mint
Wyoming
Ross
Arthur Mullen
Omaha
Nebraska
Hamilton
Landon hears sentiment on license plan
Governor Alf Landon spoke at a Salina Kansas livestock association meeting where the group unanimously opposed compulsory crop production control licenses for farms. He said he will skip a Des Moines governor’s conference next weekend, calling such talks useless and backed farm and livestock views favoring the current agricultural program, which should run its course.
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Salina
Kan
Alf Landon
Kansas Livestock Association
Farma
Des Moines
Iowa
Kangas
Landon
Douglas county to receive 2788 from state school fund
W T Markham state superintendent announced Douglas county will get 2788 from the state school fund for district distributions. Harold C Fisher says about half to Lawrence and half to other county schools, based on per capita counts 3533 for Lawrence and 3109 for the rest.
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Douglas County
State
W. T. Markham
State School Fund Commission
Lawrence
Harold C. Fisher
Fisher
Markham
Kansas
Wyandotte County
Groups to Hold Joint Meeting Tuesday Night
A joint banquet of the Business and Professional Women's club and the Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Eldridge hotel Tuesday night March 13. The event is part of business and professional week with the R and P W public relations committee chair Miss Mayme Corcoran directing. Main speaker will be Loretta Selover past president of the state federation of R and P W clubs.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge Hotel
R. and
P. W
Mayme Corcoran
Loretta Selover
State Federation of R. and
P. W. Clubs
Schoen Announces Run for Kansas Governor
William Schoen of Downs state senator in the 40th district declares Republican bid for governor in the August primary. He pledges strict economy and law enforcement with a square deal for Kansas voters. Governor Alf Landon expected to seek a second term.
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Topeka
Williar Schoen
Downs
Schoen
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Kansas
Failing Station Attendant Reports Dillinger Threats
Chicago dispatch reports gas station attendant E H Deacon says a man he identifies as John Dillinger stopped at his south side station about 10 p m and boasted of jail breaks. Deacon described a gray untagged sedan and two pistols, then left after making veiled threats. Police kept the report sealed to protect the informant.
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Chicago
Mar
John Dillinger
E. H. Deacon
Dillinger
Deacon
University probes marijuana use among students at Kansas campus
University authorities at Kansas launched an investigation into marijuana use by students after weeks of inquiries. A number were summoned for conference to uncover sources, with associates of Charles Deardorff Jr. present. The goal is fact gathering to stamp out the practice, with county and state officials involved in interviews and possible actions.
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University of Karsas
Charles Deardorff,Jr
Will Johns
R. B. Stevens
R. U
Alf Landon
Roland Boynton
Johns
Sitco
Lawrence
Mexico
Topeka
Kansas City
K. U
City Manager Petition Drive Nears Vote in Lawrence
Ray Wright reports more than 1500 signatures on petitions calling for a new election on the form of city government in Lawrence. Citizens would vote on the city manager plan, with the campaign committee preparing to present the petitions to the city commissioners soon. Thousands of buyers and sellers meet daily through the paper.
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Ray Wright
Lawrence
Cite Commissioners
OOS
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George Houston
Baldwin Locomotive
National Association of Manufacturers
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George Sloan
Cotton Textile Institute
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Dyche
Gove _ Henderson
Gove
District National Bank
Mead
N.Y
House Post Office Committee
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Meade
Postal Department
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NEW Grand Jury
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