Fights erupt in Vienna and Graz over Austrian plebiscite
Street clashes in Vienna and Graz injure at least 40 as Nazis oppose Chancellor Schuschnigg's call for a Sunday vote on independence. Police struggle to control crowds as troops, police, and armoured trucks move through the cities amid chants of Heil Schuschnigg and Heil Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Graz
Austria
Kurt Schuschnigg
Fatherland Front
Styria
Fatherland Nt
Schuschnigg
Heil Hitler
Altho
Hitler
Germany
Kaerntnerstrasse
Richard Schmitz
Guido Zernatto
Franz von Papen
Kitzbuehl
Berlin
France
Hapsburg
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Schuschnigzg
Innsbruck
Knox to address Lincoln Republican club on April 8
Frank Knox of Chicago the 1936 Republican vice presidential nominee has accepted an invitation to speak at the Lincoln Republican club in Wichita on April 8. President W D Jochems said party leaders would be invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Knox
Wichita
Mar
Chicago
Lincoln Republican Club
W. D. Jochems
Quarries Worked When Cheops Built Pyramid Found
Egyptian antiquities officials report the discovery of diorite quarries dating to the Cheops era, about 5 000 to 6 000 years ago, buried under desert sands near the Sudan frontier. A Cheops cartouche stela and a copper chisel were found along a 60 mile ancient road to the Nile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheops
Cairo
Egypt
Egyptian Antiquities Department
Sudan
G. W. Murray
R. Englebach
Nile River
Rebel Guns Gain In Spain As Insurgents Break Front
Rebels drive through eastern and central lines near Barcelona as Franco forces push along a 70 mile front from Aragon toward the Mediterranean. In Aragon 18 villages fell with over 1,000 government casualties. Madrid reports cautious government stance as Reinforcements move to defend the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
France
Barcelona
Guadarrama
Madrid
Spain
Reventon Pass
Francisco Franco
Valencia
Aragon
Franco
Guadarrama Mountains
Guadarraman
Townsend in Appeal Over 30 Day Jail Contempt Sentence
Dr. Francis Townsend appealed to the Supreme Court seeking relief from a 30 day jail term for contempt of a special House committee. The appeal follows a $100 fine and a jail sentence after his DC district court trial for attempting to explain his Townsend plan to pension the elderly with $200 monthly. Townsend left the committee room on May 21, 1936 citing unfriendly legislative attitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Francis KE. Townsend
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
United States District Court
District Court For
District of Columbia
Townsend
United States Court of Appeals For
Farm Security loans lead Kansas office’s February total
The Farm Security Administration office at the courthouse in Douglas County led Kansas with February farm loans totaling 16,322 to 49 farm families in three counties. Douglas received 6,140 to 21 families. Jefferson 5,857 to 16 families. Franklin 4,825 to 12 families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
Court House
Clifford L. Harding
Douglas
Franklin
Jefferson
Kansas
Harding
Topeka
Douglas County
Jefferson County
Franklin County
FSA
Eastern Kansas Methodist Conference Sets Pastor Salaries
The eastern Kansas Methodist Episcopal conference approved a minimum annual salary of 900 dollars for married pastors and 750 dollars for unmarried ministers. It raised an equalization fund to aid eight affected churches and created a commission to pursue union talks with northwest and southwest Kansas. The campaign to raise 100000 dollars for Baker University, Baldwin, was approved. Independence was awarded the next conference. Over 500 ministers registered. laymen meet tomorrow. Dr. M. S. Rice, formerly of Ottawa, will speak at a night meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kan
Eastern Kansas Methodist Episcopal Conference
Northwest
Southwest Kansas
Baker University
Baldwin
Independence
M. S. Rice
Detroit
Week's Rain Totals Reported by Posey Observer
C. J. Posey, a volunteer weather observer, reports this week's rainfall totaling .54 inch. He notes .06 inch fell by 7 am and .50 inch by 7 pm, with an additional .04 inch after 7 pm, bringing the month’s total to .62 inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Posey
Posey
Japanese Force Reaches Lunghai Railroad in Freezing Weather
Shanghai dispatch reports a Japanese spearhead force cutting the Lunghai railway east of Chengchow amid severe winter clashes. Chinese forces under Chiang Kai-Shek fight to halt the advance as 70,000 Japanese reinforcements reach Nanking area, while Shanghai endures record snowfall and refugees perish from cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunghai
Shanghai
Szeshui
Chengchow
China
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yellow River
Proposal for a New Kansas Judge Is Eliminated
Washington report says the senate judiciary subcommittee dropped a proposal for appointing a new district judge in Kansas from an omnibus bill. The revised bill goes to the full committee with action deferred to next Monday. Capper praised the decision as commendable, calling the plan unnecessary and opposed by Kansas voters. McGill declined comment, noting he did not sponsor the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary
Kansas
Hatch
D-N. Mex
Capper
R-Kan
McGill
D-Kan
Pendergast era vote fraud case yields long sentence
Mrs Frances Ryan the sole woman ward leader in the T J Pendergast Democratic organization received the heaviest penalty among nine defendants in the 1936 election fraud trials. She was given three years in a federal reformatory and a $500 fine. Other sentences ranged from probation to six months in jail and fines up to $120.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mar
Frances Ryan
T. J. Pendergast Democratic
Merrill E. Otis
Otis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Price Wickersham
Ryan
Elva Q’byrne
Republican Committee
Leavenworth
Ernest Williams
Pendergast
Herman Sapofsky
Ellis Buck
Ruth Tucker
Viola Doss
Louise Davis
Judge takes under advisement fee case over Jackson Barnett
Federal District Judge Richard J. Hopkins has taken under advisement motions by Harold McGugin and Walter S. Keith to amend and supplement his November decision ordering return of 137000 in fees from Jackson Barnett. McGugin seeks dates of filing actions and to show government involvement in the thumb print estate matter. District Attorney S. S. Alexander opposed the motions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Mar
Richard J. Hopkins
Harold McGugin
Coffeyville
McGugin
Jackson Barnett
Hopkins
Barnett
Secretary of the Interior
Walter S. Keith
S. 5
Alexander
Stock Market Index Report
The average of 60 stocks rose to 43. Yesterday the index stood at 43 4, reflecting modest gains across the market.
Mud Creek Curve to Be Eliminated
The Kansas highway department plans to remove the hazardous Mud Creek curve on Highway 40 four miles east of Lawrence as part of a summer curve elimination program. No specific start date or exact location for the elimination is set. the project follows years of urging by the Chamber of Commerce good roads committee and Douglas County officials.
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Mud Creek Bridge
Highway 40
Lawrence
Kansas Highway Department
Evan Griffith
State Highway Department
Good Roads Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County
Mud Creek
Paul Friend
Winter
Roger M. Williams
Williams
Kansas
Highway Department
Miller’s Barbecue
Ray’s Lunch
Miller
Welfare talk outlines Kansas relief system goals
Paul B Ibach of the Kansas state board spoke to the Kiwanis on welfare in the state. He described welfare offices as emergency clinics aimed at temporary relief while longer term recovery is pursued and noted uneven relief loads across counties. He cited a partial legislative aid and answered questions on social security, county administration, and relief versus WPA worker status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul B Ibach
Department of Public Relations
State Board
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann’s
State of
Kansas
Ibach
Radio Station Bars Swing Versions Of Old Songs
WGAR in Cleveland bans swing renditions of ten songs including Annie Laurie Love's Old Sweet Song Juanita and In the Gloaming. WJR sister station reportedly faded out a swing Loch Lomond and lists ten other titles considered desecrated by swing bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
WGAR
Detroit
WJR
Annie Laurie
Love
Juanita
Genevieve
Brahms
Nellie Gray
Measles Year Said by Public Health Official
Dr. Robert Oleson of the Public Health Service called it a measles year amid 41 001 cases reported in the United States last week the largest weekly total in a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Service
Washington
Mar
Robert Oleson
The
United States
Peace and trade seen as defense by War Secretary Woodring
Secretary of War Woodring told the Chicago Commercial Club that cordial world business relations are a major national defense weapon. He argued peace and security rest on liberal international trade as well as on military and naval strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Woodring
Commercial Club
Chautemps Resigns as France Seeks Stable Leadership
Paris March 10 Leon Blum Socialist ex premier accepted President Lebruns mandate to form a new cabinet replacing the resigned Camille Chautemps. Chautemps quit after 51 days seeking decree powers to reorganize finances amid labor strife and armament drain. The crisis centered on politics not finance.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Todey
Albert Lebrun
Camille Chautemps
Chautemps
Blum
People’s Front
Elysee Palace
Lebrun
Socialist Party
France
Germany
Europe
Wherry Addresses League on Curriculum at Noon
Neal M. Wherry, Liberty Memorial High principal, spoke to the League of Women Voters at noon on the high school curriculum. He argued salaries should attract better teachers and discussed vocational versus non vocational work, sex education, and the National Association of School Administrators findings. Separately, 35 firms have booths reserved for the Spring Trade and Better Housing show at Eriksen building March 23–26, with 27 trade booths and eight better housing spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal M. Wherry
Liberty Memorial High School
League of Women Voters
League
Trinity Episcopal Church
Kerry
P.T. A
Wherry
Lawrence High School
Kansas
K. U
Eriksen
Massachusetts Street
Merchants Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Better Housing Division
Kansas City
Better Homes
Municipal Auditorium
Hoover greeted with bread and salt in Poznan visit
Former President Herbert Hoover arrived in Poznan from Berlin and was greeted with bread and salt, a Polish welcome gesture. He planned visits to the University of Poznan and a statue of Woodrow Wilson, a gift to the city by Ignace Jan Paderewski, before leaving for Krakow that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poznan
Poland
Herbert Hoover
Berlin
University of
Woodrow Wilson
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Krakow
Belleair women golfers advance to finals in open tournament
Marion Miley of Fort Pierce Florida and Patty Berg of Minneapolis reach the Belleair open final. Miley defeated Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare of Philadelphia one up while Berg defeated Bernice Wall of Oshkosh Wisconsin six and five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleair
Fla
Marion Miley
Fort Pierce
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Miss Miley
Glenna Collett Vare
Philadelphia
Miss Berg
Bernice Wall
Oshkosh
Wis
Stephenson Files Seventh Writ for Freedom in Oberholtzer Case
Noblesville Ind Mar 10 Former Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader Pi D. C. Stephenson serving life imprisonment for Madge Oberholtzer death today filed his seventh legal bid for freedom through an attorney a petition for a writ of error coram nobis to reopen his case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
Pi D. C. Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
CCC camps in budget cut to 291 by July 1
Civilian Conservation Corps director Robert Fechner ordered a 291 camp reduction to fit the 1938 1939 budget, leaving 1 210 camps with 10 to close before October 31. About 3 000 camp officers and civilian officials will be dismissed while enlisted personnel shift to other camps. Permanent shutdowns include Ottawa Kansas Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth Fort Riley and Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa and
Leavenworth
CCC
Washington
Mar
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fechner
Kansas
Ottawa
Marion
Ft. Leavenworth
Ft. Riley
Spring Window Unveiling High School Bands Parade March 18
Lawrence merchants plan the Spring Window Unveiling and Style Show on March 18 with marching bands and prize guessing contests. Merchants display spring merchandise, prize values, and entry boxes. winners announced after entries are checked. Committees include H. W. Keene Hazel Johnson and C. W. Pollom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Journal-World
Liberty Memorial High School
University of Kansas
Haskell Institute
Dorsey-Liberty Post American Legion
H. W. Keene
Hazel H. Johnson
C. W. Pollom
Weather to Warm Up in Kansas After Rain Stint
Federal meteorologist Flora reports rains are ending in Kansas with fair and warmer weather forecast for tonight and Friday. Last 24 hours brought scattered moisture with Topeka at .24 and Concordia .33 inches. northeast towns recorded the heaviest totals. Temperatures rise to the 55 to 60 degree range with chilly lows expected tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Concordia
Wichita
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Dodge City
Emmett
Holton
Valley Falls
Manhattan
Junction City
Ellsworth
Subsoil moisture needed for wheat, says Kansas State dean
Dean L. E. Call of Kansas State College said widespread rains helped crops but wheat still lacks subsoil moisture. He noted rain benefits pastures grass and oats, yet much more rain is required to fully support the current wheat crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
Dean L. E. Call
Kansas State College
Call
Kansas Experiment Station
Hands Off Policy Prolongs Levine Kidnapping Case
In New Rochelle New York on March 10 the 12 year old Peter Levine remains missing entering its third week. Police continue their hands off approach as Murray Levine father of the boy stays at home awaiting ransom payment in the $30 000 offer to abductors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levine
New Rochelle
N. Y
Peter Levine
Murray Levine
New York
Weather Outlook and Road Conditions Report
The forecast calls for fair tonight and Friday with warmer conditions in central and east areas. Morning clouds persist. Road conditions show muddy dirt roads at Manhattan Emporia Pittsburg Salina and Ottawa. soft at Arkansas City Wichita and Ottawa. rough at Coffeyville.
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Manhattan
Emporia
Pittsburg
Salina
Arkansas City
Wickies
Ottawa
Coffeyville
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Workange
Methodist Conference
Senate
Paul B. Ibach
Kiwanis
Radio Head
Ford
Hamilton
Chantemps
Kansas Electric Power Company
Kansas Public Service Company
Bell Music Company
the World Company
Green Brothers Hardware
Bowersock Mill and Power Company
American Service Company
Weaver's
Langston Memorial Company
Kennedy Plumbing Company
Gustafson's
Montgomery Ward
Hanna Radio
Cooke Help Yourself Grocery
Kaw Valley Fuel Company
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Dr. Pepper
Olson Brothers Plumbing Company
Rumeey-Alison
Harris Patent Company
Touglas County
Hoover
Kansas State
University Coal Co
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