Senate Debates Overhaul of Corporate Taxes and Reorganization
In Washington the Senate Finance Committee weighs independent action to overhaul business taxes if Roosevelt does not propose revisions. The debate covers a flat-rate corporate tax alternative and potential impacts on business, while Congress advances the administration's government reorganization bill and an interior department appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Treasury
Harrison
D-Miss
Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Hopkins
George
D-Ga
Adams
D-Colo
Austin
R-Vt
Congress
Senate
Congressional
Wheeler
D-Mont
Interior Department
WPA
C.I.C
Senate Labor Committee
Chicks and Brooder Burned at McCrary Home
Fire destroyed a 16 by 50 foot brooder house killing 105 baby chicks at the McCrary residence two miles north of the municipal airport. The Lawrence fire department prevented spread while the McCrary family was away. A pig adjacent to the building was killed by an automobile as onlookers gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. McCrary
McCrary
Charles Young
Young
Lawrence
Salvage Work at Haskell Institute After Storm Loss
Maintenance crews salvage lumber from a hay barn and cattle shed at Haskell Institute after wind and hail destroyed both structures on March 11. Barn valued at 1800 dollars, shed at 300 dollars. neither building will be rebuilt as the agriculture program is curtailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Chicken theft reported at 520 Maine Street
Thirteen chickens were stolen from Mrs. T. H. Bell at 520 Maine Street a week ago. Entry was gained by removing a window from the poultry house, part of a small flock that helped support Mrs. Bell and her aged husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Bell
Maine
Maine Street
Cranium Crackers: Scrambled Capitals to Uncover
Four scrambled capitals and their countries await solution. 1 Narait Annabal 2 Loos Waryon 3 More Ylait 4 Oquit Eudreau determine the correct city country pairs. Then answer: Which apostle witnessed 100 million people assembled?
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Narait
Annabal
Loos
Waryon
More
Ylait
Oquit
Eudreau
Marriage Licenses Issued in Lawrence Area Couples
Marriage licenses were issued to Robert Mumford and Mildred Brown of Lawrence, and Wilson Hill of Lawrence with Betty Dane Reynolds of Tongano? Noxie.
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Robert Mumford
Mildred Brown
Lawrence
Wilson Hill
Betty Dane
Masons to Hear Buckingham at Supper Meeting
Masons invite members of the consistory with 25 years or more service to attend a supper meeting at the Masonic Temple next Wednesday at 6 30 pm. Kansas City attorney Frank J. Buckingham will be principal speaker detailing European travels and insights on European politics and American life. The Zerbal Lodge of Perfection will hold a regular meeting afterward in the banquet hall.
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Masonic Temple
Frank J. Buckingham
Kansas City
Buckingham
Ireland
Austria
Denmark
Sahara
Africa
Europe
Order of DeMolay
DeMolay
Soviet Russia
Union
Zerbal Lodge of Perfection
Douglas Is Named to Highest Court
The report notes a nomination of Douglas to the highest court announced during a closed Securities and Exchange Commission meeting. If confirmed, he would leave the commission. George C Matthews, senior member, would likely become temporary chairman.
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Wallace
Commission
Greenville
S. C
Douglas
Securities Commission
George C. Matthews
L B Sanders Arrested for Liquor Incidents
L B Sanders alias Lotha Adair of 841 New Hampshire street was arrested after allegedly breaking liquor on the sidewalk. Police found six pints of whiskey in his house. a search warrant uncovered more liquor. He posted bonds, pleaded not guilty, and his trial was set for March 30 at 2 PM.
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L. B. Sanders
Lotha Adair
New Hampshire Street
Ralph Casteel
Elmer Schiller
Sanders
Justice Court
Robert B. Oyler
Samuel E. Hill
McFarlands Cleared in Bilsky Suit in Kansas City
Jurors awarded Miss Sarah Bilsky 10000 damages for injuries from a December 24 1937 three car collision near Wellington Kansas. Central Surety and Insurance Company was deemed liable for the Goldenstern Pipe and Supply Company truck involved. The McFarlands of Lawrence Kansas were found not liable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Mar
Sarah Bilsky
Wellington
Central Surety and Insurance Company
Goldenstern Pipe and Supply Company
Ponca City
Okla
R. R. McFarland
Lawrence, Kan
Fire Destroys Ogden Church Near Manhattan
St. Patrick's Catholic Church at Ogden burned Saturday with few contents saved. Manhattan and Fort Riley fire departments aided in saving nearby structures as origin of the blaze remained undetermined. Ralph Abbott Improves after hunting accident hospitalization noted in Leavenworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Abbott
Fall Leaf
Abbott
Cushing Memorial Hospital
Leavenworth
Ogden
Manhattan
Kan
Mar
St. Patrick’s Catholic
Fort Riley
Robbery Reported at Leonard Skaggs Home
Leonard Skaggs reported a burglary at 441 Michigan Street yesterday afternoon. A suitcase and some clothing were stolen during the break in.
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Leonard Skaggs
Michigan Street
Two Fined for Drunkenness in Police Court
J J Smith was fined five dollars in police court this morning on a charge of being drunk. Carl Johnson was fined ten dollars on a charge of being drunk.
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J.J. Smith
Carl Johnson
France Mobilizes Rhineland Front Under Daladier
Paris reports say the Daladier government plans regional mobilization along the Rhineland frontier to deter Germany over Romania. The cabinet approved unprecedented powers as new decrees aim to recall troops and boost forces toward nearly 1,000,000.
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Paris
Rhineland
Germany
Rumania
Daladier
Romania
Albert Lebrun
Nazi Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Robert Coulondre
Berlin
London
George Bonnet
Chamber of Reputies
Senate
France
Lebrun
Elysee Palace
Poland
Greece
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Kilworths Return From Winter In the South Ride
Mr and Mrs John L Kilworth return from a winter in the south sharing time between Texas and New Mexico ranches They recount excitement over the pony express race from Nocona East Texas to the San Francisco fair With 18 riders two locals are friends of the Kilworths The 2100 mile ride began March 1 aiming for about 100 miles daily Riders use two horses and a truck and driver carrying mail in a pouch The ride features 25 mile relays and cheering crowds at every town The winner earns 750 dollars plus sale of souvenirs
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John L. Kilworth
South
Texas
New Mexico
Nocona
Killick creator of Fatty Lewis dies at 59
Arthur F. Killick, 59, longtime Kansas City Star staffer and creator of the humorous Fatty Lewis, died today from complications after an appendicitis operation. In recent years he worked in advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur F. Killick
Kansas City
Fatty Lewis
The
Kansas City Star
Britain Moves to Stop Hitler Axis Expansion
Britain plans immediate diplomatic action with Soviet Russia Poland Bulgaria and the Balkan Entente states Greece Yugoslavia Romania and Turkey. Prime Minister Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax are encouraged by Washington's stance against the German coup in southeastern Europe as universal conscription grows as a political issue. Chamberlain pledged to publish the Berlin March 15 agreement between Hitler and Emil Hacha clarifying Bohemia and Moravia’s protectorate status.
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Russia
Poland
Bulgaria
Greece
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Turkey
Viscount Halifax
Washington
Europe
Britain
Chamberlain
Berlin
Deaths and Funerals: George W. Lyman 84
George W. Lyman aged 84 died Sunday morning in Phoenix Arizona. He is survived by his wife Laura Lyman of Phoenix and a brother John B. Lyman of Lawrence. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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George W. Lyman
Phoenix
Ariz
Laura Lyman
John B. Lyman
Lawrence
Obituary of Herbert J. Landon of Eudora
Herbert J. Landon aged 82 died yesterday at his home in Eudora. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at St. Paul Evangelical Church with Rev H Reifsnyder officiating. Burial in Eudora Cemetery. Landon born near Vinland and lived in the area. married Anna Rodell January 31 1883. The family moved from Belleview to Eudora in 1916. Survived by wife two sons Henry Landon Lafayette Louisiana Claude Belleview seven grandchildren one great grandchild and brother William Landon Vinland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert J. Landon
Eudora
St. Paul Evangelical
H. Reifschneider
Mr. Landon
Vinland
Anna Rodell
Belleview
Henry ,Landon
Lafayette
Claude
William Landon
Funeral services for Gerald H Penney held at St John’s
Gerald Harvey Penney died last Saturday. Funeral services were held this morning at St John’s Catholic Church led by Rev M T Hoffman. Burial followed at Mt Calvary cemetery with honorary pallbearers Dr George S Esterly Dr H T Jones George I Bullene Charles Radcliffe M M Patterson and Kelvin Hoover and active pallbearers Harry M Sommers Clayton L Stone Myron P Keys E C Neustifter Ed Riling Jr and F P Hormuth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Harvey Penney
St.John’s Catholic Church
M. T. Hoffman
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
George S. Esterly
H. T. Jones
George I. Bullene
Charles Radcliffe
M. J. Patterson
Kelvin Hoover
Harry M. Sommers
Clayton L. Stone
Myron P. Keys
E. C. Neustifter
Ed Riling, Jr
F. P. Hormuth
Mrs Huey 86 Dies at Daughter’s Home in Lawrence
Mary A Huey age 86 longtime Lawrence resident died yesterday at her daughter Mrs Alice Busino 842 Indiana Street She was born in Dublin Ireland came to the United States at age eight widow of Civil War veteran Marshall Huey who died in March 1936 Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 PM from Schubert Funeral Home Rev Charles A Puls officiating Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery Survived by two daughters Mrs Busino and Mrs Nellie Simpson Lawrence four sons Leonard Huey Wichita Falls Tex Ed Huey Baldwin Clarence Huey Ottawa and Ross Huey residence unknown. also Mrs Ailey Huey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Huey
Lawrence
Alice Busino
Indiana Street
Huey
Dublin
Ireland
United States
Marshall Huey
Schubert Funeral Home
Charles A. Puls
Oak Hill Cemetery
Busino
Nellie Simpson
Leonard Huey
Wichita Falls
Tex
Ed Huey
Baldwin
Clarence Huey
Ottawa
Ross
Ailey -Huey
French troops occupy Damascus as Syria unrest grows
French government takes over police and security powers in Syria and begins occupation of Damascus amid revolt and rioting in Damascus Homs and other cities. William O Douglas listed as not a member of the Supreme Court bar in clerk records dated March 20.
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Damascus
Syria
UPI
Varius
Homs
Supreme Court
Washington
William O. Douglas
Roosevelt
Kansas Relays Queen Contest Entries and Local Notes
Kansas Relays twelve K A coeds compete for the queen title with candidates from Gamma Phi Beta to Alpha Chi Omega. Ernest K Lindley, Washington correspondent, heard by Mrs Lindley in Rome as Pope Pius XII was selected. Also notes on a meteor sighting near Brown's Grove and KU aviation student Glenn Price set to solo. The KU band broadcasts tonight and pianist Jan Chiapasso featured. Howard Santry, KU 1931 alum, passes Kansas bar exam after reading law.
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Waldemar Gelich
Europe
Rome
Pius XII
D. M. Swarthout
K. U. School of
Vatican
State Conservatory
Cosella and
Serati
Italy
Walter Sutton
Howard Santry
Salina
Kansas
Santry
The
Jayhawker
K. U
Oklahoma
Berg Takes Early Lead in Southern Pines Golf Tourney
Patty Berg, national champion, shot 37 38 75 seven under par to lead the first round at the Southern Pines Country Club in North Carolina. Closest challenger was Estelle Lawson Page, 1937 champion, who recovered from early putting troubles to card 41 36 77.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Berg
Southern Pines
N. C
Southern Pines Country Club
Estelle Lawson Page
Chapel Hill
Japanese Bombing Ravages Chinese Bases Near Hankow
Heavy air attack by Japanese warplanes dropped about 200 bombs on Liangyang and Fancheng, causing heavy damage to major Chinese military bases northwest of Hankow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Liangyang
Fancheng
Hankow
Cartooning lecture by Arvid Jacobson tonight at Spooner Thayer
Arvid Jacobson assistant instructor in design at the University will give a lecture on Cartooning this evening at 7 30 in the Spooner Thayer museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spooner-Thayer Museum
Arvid Jacobson
Winged pilot killed in Washington crash shocks nation
Lawrence Harlan Hull chief test pilot for TWA Airways was killed late Saturday in the crash of a giant stratosphere airliner in Washington He had shown interest in Lawrence airport as an auxiliary field and prepared a report on the site A Journal-World staffer accompanied him on a Kansas City flight during a inspection trip Meanwhile a lawrence couple found a 1865 copy of the Daily Leavenworth Times in an antique dresser mirror detailing a runaway team and an ad for James B Davis an undertaker. Judge Hugh Means was appointed pro tem for a Coffey county trial date pending A local cat ruined a dollar bill and the bank refunded value based on mutilated money rules
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Harlan Hull
TWA Airways
Washington
Lawrence
Journal-World News
Kansas City
John B. Colyer
Maine
Daily
Leavenworth Times
Colyer
John Colyer
James B. Davis
Hugh Means
Douglas County District Court
John 8. Dawson
State Supreme Court
Coffey County District
Roger Montgomery
Route 3
Federal Reserve Bank
McAfee Dinner Honor Planned by Kansas City Wellesley Club
Chancellor and Mrs. Lindley to attend a dinner honoring Miss Mildred McAfee president of Wellesley College Friday night at the Hotel Muehlebach Kansas City. Lindley will introduce Miss McAfee.
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E. H. Lindley
Mildred McAfee
Wellesley College
Muehlebach
Kansasity
Kansas City
Wellesley Club
Lindley
Miss McAfee
Zweifel faces stop sign charge after arrest near Lawrence
William Zweifel was arrested Sunday by the state highway patrol and charged in the justice court of Charles Rankin with failing to stop at a stop sign at the junction of highways 59 and 24 north of Lawrence. Zweifel posted $6 bond to appear in court tomorrow and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Zweifel
State Highway Patrol
Justice Court
Charles É. Rankin
Lawrence
Zweifel
Bilbao Mayor Named Ambassador to Paris
Jose Felix Lequerica, mayor of Bilbao, joins the nationalist government as ambassador to France, designated to represent Madrid in Paris.
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Jose Felix Lequerica
Bilbao
Spain
Paris
Three men sentenced in robberies ending in shooting
In Holton Kansas district courts three men faced punishment for a string of robberies that culminated with the March 10 shooting of C. W. Manley, Neta waka night marshal. Manley, wounded, is recovering in a local hospital. Jack Chrysler and Clifford Cobbler received indeterminate terms in the state reformatory, while Frank Wutherick drew a 20 to 50 year penitentiary term in Pottawatomie County. County officials say the trio admitted the shooting.
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Pottawatomie County
Gorin to Serve Six Years for Espionage
Michael Gorin Pacific coast manager of Intourist a Soviet government agency was sentenced in U S district court to six years in a federal penitentiary and fined ten thousand dollars Hafis Salih a Russian born ex navy intelligence agent convicted with Gorin received four year imprisonment and a ten thousand dollar fine
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Los Angeles
Mar
Michael Gorin
Pacific Coast
Intourist
United States District Court
Hafis Salih
Gorin
Tax Revenue Seen Drop In Kansas Income Tax
W G Fink chairman of the state tax commission said 1939 revenue from Kansas income tax will fall about 600000 below last year. Individual returns show an average 20.71 percent decline based on the first 23800 filed and corporate returns down about 24.29 percent from 1800 filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Mar
W. G. Fink
State Tax Commission
Kansas
Fink
Architect Cunningham Withdraws from German Embassy Project
Henry Francis Cunningham informed Dr. Hans Thomsen charge d affaires of the German embassy that he cannot continue as associate architect for the proposed German embassy building in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Harry Francis Cunningham
Hans Thomsen
Da ladaler decree expands French army ranks and reserves
Paris March 20 The Daladier government uses its new dictatorial powers to increase officer and non commissioned officer numbers in the army and to call reservists into active service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mar
Daladier
Question Holdup Suspects in Joplin Actions
Police and county prosecutor's office questioned over 600 suspects in a weekend crackdown on a wave of holdups burglaries and crimes in the area. Also noted is the first England to France submarine cable message sent via the Channel in November 1851.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
England
France
English Channel
So and So club meeting at Valley Grove hosted by Mrs Holloway
Mrs J E Holloway hosted the So and So club at her daughter Mrs Beard's home for an all day meeting and luncheon with all members present except one. Mrs Pearl Ousdahl presided. St Patrick roll call and origin discussed. Mrs C M Stewart elected secretary treasurer. Mrs Husted led contests with prizes to Mrs Ruth Petrie and Mrs Luella Petrie. Social evening planned for March 25 at Mr and Mrs Arthur Quidahl's home with sandwiches and pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Holloway
Beard
Pearl Ousdahl
St. Patrick
Quidahl
C. M. Stewart
Husted
Local clubs host events amid town updates
Community notes describe Mrs Holladay and guests at a meeting, the Pep club entertaining McLouth basketball teams and faculty, and trips to Lawrence and the Rexall. Also covered are church reassignment, spelling preliminaries in Jefferson county, farm programs with CCC aid, Sunny Valley Farm Bureau plans, and weather boosts to crops and gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holladay
George
Ogle
Veola Ousdahl
Albers Garner
Mildred Smith
McLouth High
Bane Club
McLouth
Lawrence
Srrer
PeeTee
Pine Room
Rexall
Dean
Vernon King
W. C. Thiry
J. E. Holladay
Memorial Hospital
Thornton
H. W. Skeet
Gary
George Brown
Oskaloosa
Herbert Champion
Topeka
Kansas City
Duree
Bell Memorial Hospital
Kan
Jefferson County
T. A. Nichols
Wellman
Nichols
Independence
Soil Conservation Board
CCC
Harlan Brown
Sunny Valley Farm Bureau
W. O. Flory
Alvin Smith
Ousdah
Love
Ory
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Haskell
Masons
L.B. Sanders
Absolve Lawrence
Bilsky
Hitler
Mrs. J. L. Kilworth
Josef Hofmann
Hoch Auditorium
University of Kansas
Price
Ernest K. Lindley
News Week
Virginia Appel
Gamma
Phi Beta
Betty Ball
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Elvisworth
Mary Jane McCoy
Pi Beta Phi
Emporia
Virginia Beverly
Chi Omega
Burlingame
Mary Louise Baker
Sigma Kappa
Ruth Buehler
Alpha Omicron Pi
Claflin
Betty Martin
Kappa Alpha Theta
Tulsa
Beasy Dodd
Alpha Delta Pi
Jeanne Knight
Miller Hall
Chapman
Murial Mykland
Watkins Hall
Peggy Maser
Corbin Hall
Parsons
Jeane Bruess
Alpha Chi Omega
St. Joseph
Brown’s Grove
Glenn Price
Merriam
Jan Chiapasso
WIBW
KANS
Wichita
KCKN
KSAL
Nevile Henderson
McAfee
Chancellor
Mrs. Lindley
Grand Cleaners
Valley Grove
N. H
T. G. Fitch
the Rapid Transit Company
Funk
Funk’s
McGrew-Peck Inv. CO
Massachusetts
Moresse
Prudental Insurance Co. of America
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