Washington Race to settle auto labor disputes in key talks
Washington March 22 AP The administration told auto labor union leaders a neutral committee would review hundreds of anti union discrimination charges by manufacturers. Hugh S Johnson met 30 AFL spokesmen from Michigan Wisconsin Ohio and Missouri who demanded a concrete decision. Roosevelt planned talks with labor then with manufacturers seeking to avert a strike.
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Washington
Automobile Labor Union
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
American Federation of Labor Socals
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio
Missouri
NRA
White House
Altho
Johnson
American Federation of Labor
Vandenberg
Senate
Tydings
House
Bank Officials Meet Topeka NRA Bank Code Debate
Topeka March 22 AP Officials of the Kansas Bankers Association said group meetings across the state discussed the NRA code for banks including a mandatory service charge on checking accounts. The code would be uniform, likely with a monthly fee for small balances and charges on excess checks. Fifty dollars was cited as a possible minimum average before a charge applies.
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Topeka
Kansas Bankers Association
NRA
W. W. Bowman
Association
Washington
Bowman
Fred Bowman
Weather forecast for Kansas unsettled tonight and Friday
Forecast shows unsettled conditions with possible rain or snow in the northeast. Colder Friday in the extreme northwest. Morning weather mostly clear with cloudiness at Ottawa Manhattan Wichita and Topeka. Dirt roads good and Douglas county roads good. Temperatures recorded with all-time highs and lows not fully shown.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Manhattan
Wichita
Topeka
Douglas County
House adopts report on naval measure
The House adopted the conference report on the Vinson treaty naval bill, sending it to the Senate which expected early action. The plan calls for 102 warships and 1,140 airplanes costing about 580 million dollars, to expand the navy to London treaty limits by 1939 with a 10 percent profit limit on contracts above ten thousand dollars.
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Washington
House
Senate
Vinson
Naval Committee
Three Die In Lima Plane Crash
A Pan-American Airways plane named San Pedro crashed on takeoff in Lima Peru killing three crew members and injuring twelve passengers including Manuel Trucco Chilean ambassador to the United States and his daughter Grace Trucco. Five minutes late takeoff. motor failure at about 65 feet. Ambassador and others treated at Delzado hospital Miraflores.
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Lima
Peru
Pan-American Airways
Manuel Trucco
United States
Chile
Trucco
Homer W. Farris
von Wagner
Frank Large
Ambassador Trucco
Senorita
Grace
Senorita Carmela Bustamante
John McGregor
Pan-American Grace Airline
San Pedro
Delzado Hospital
Miraflores
Extradition Fight Over Kansas Bank Robbery Suspect
Kansas City scene focuses on extradition proceedings for Carol Walters, 35, held in the $21 000 March 12 Atchison bank robbery. Walters denies participation and fights removal to Atchison. Police identify him as a robber. Atchison chief Linville wounded. Gov. Landon offers 250 rewards for each robber. Walters claims gambling arrest in Fort Worth coincided with the hold up.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Carol
Walters
Atchison
Kan
John Baker
Exchange National
Willard Linville
T. J. Higgins
Fort. Worth
Tex
Committees Seek Indian Rights Bill Amendment in Oklahoma
Creeks Choctaws Chickasaws and the Indian National Confederacy pressed John Collier to amend the Indian rights bill to better fit Oklahoma. They argued the Wheeler Howard bill as drawn favors reservation Indians and not Oklahoma's general situation, signaling a push for a separate category similar to New York state provisions.
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Muskogee
Okla
John Collier
Indian Affairs
Five Civilized Tribes
Oklahoma
New York State
Return to Leavenworth for Kidnapper Gordon Alcorn
Gordon Alcorn, serving a life term for kidnapping, returned to Leavenworth Prison after testifying before a federal grand jury investigating the Fern Mae Sankey Boettcher abduction. Federal officials confirmed the trip to the penitentiary was without incident.
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Sioux Falls
Gordon Alcorn
Leavenworth
Federal
Fern Mae Sankey
Kansas
Uncle Nat Higbee Dies at Near 102 in Kansas City
Charles W. Higbee known as Uncle Nat died at home of daughter Mrs J W Townsend in Kansas City aged nearly 102. A lifelong ardent pipe smoker, his death marks the end of a long local association with the name Higbee and with the smoking habit many recall.
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Kansas City
Charles W. Higbee
Nat
J. W.townsend
Disorder erupts in New York taxi war
In midtown Manhattan a violent taxi strike escalated as about 200 drivers attacked vehicles and assaulted colleagues. Police intervened at 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue with riot guns, while Mayor LaGuardia urged restraint after a reach for peaceful picketing.
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23Rd’ Street
Sixth Avenue
City Hall
Striker
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Third Avenue
Fleet
Broadway
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Bond Street
Freight Traffic Through Panama Canal Rises Significantly
Color Panama March 22 AP freight movement through the canal shows a sustained rise with 18 freighters totaling 153,419 tons en route from the Pacific to the Atlantic carrying cargo for the United States and Europe. Six ships later northbound through the southward passage added over 23,500 tons, bringing the day’s total to 166,878 tons.
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Panama Canal
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Pacific
United States
Europe
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Azores
Savannah
Phillipines Cnroute
Vladivostok
England
Planes Recovered at Byrd's Little America Camp
Two planes of the Byrd Antarctic expedition that had been forced down are back at Little America camp. The aircraft were safely flown in yesterday after Bowlin and Bailey were stranded last Saturday. Byrd had previously flown to assist Bowlin and Bailey.
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Little ‘America
Antarctica
Mackay
Byrd Antarctic
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William C. Bowlin
Clay Bailey
Richard E. Byrd
Bowlin
Bailey
Thornbrugh post office robbery case dismissed in Topeka
In Topeka on March 22 AP reports federal charges of post office robbery against Cecil Thornbrugh may be dismissed. He is serving a life sentence for slaying a Shawnee county jailer during an escape attempt. If released on parole, the federal charge could be revived. Read classified ads for bargains, Phone 22 for Want Ads.
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Topeka
Cecil Thornbrugh
Kansas
Desperado
Shawnee County
Lan Cowie
de Cowie
Thornbrugh
Aiding One's Own: Rev Hunt Links Life Insurance to Religion
Rev. Robert A. Hunt of the First Methodist church told the Kiwanis club that life insurance is a religious duty protecting the family. He warned that independence from insurance risks leaving children dependent, urged installments over lump sums, and cited an obituary of “A Careless Man” and a funeral sermon titled Love thy widow as thy self. Ray Wright noted insurance payouts totaling over 11 billion in four years, with Lawrence claims in 1932. Six Topeka Kiwanis members attended along with Rotary, Cooperative clubs and the Chamber of Commerce guests.
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Robert A. Hunt
First Methodist Church
Kiwanis Club
Hunt
Ray Wright
Lawrence
Topeka Kiwanis Club
Ferdinand Voiland, Jr
Topeka Club
Beryl R. Johnson
George Lake
Glenn Bybee
John N. Johnson
John L. Hersh
Rotary and Cooperative Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Food Price Controls Extend to Labor Costs
Washington dispatch reports the NRA orders retail food prices to include a 6 percent labor cost allowance and wholesale 2 percent, not raising prices but allocating labor costs. Hugh B. Johnson, NRA head, fixes allowances based on cost or replacement cost after discounts. effective March 31, per J. W. Smith.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
J . W. Smith
National Food and Grocery Distributors Code Authority
Osage headright payments rise with oil boom in Oklahoma
Osage agency in Pawhuska will distribute 270 dollars to each headright holder as oil and lease activity expands. Prior payments reached 738 dollars in September while June could see 500 dollars or more, with 1000 dollars max for restricted funds.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Yester
Osage
Oklahoma
Woman prisoner would be among lucky dozen
Denver lists a red haired life term prisoner among hopeful dozen to receive a tuberculosis preventative serum at the Colorado penitentiary. Pearl O Loughlin, stepdaughter killer Leona O Loughlin, asks for clemency through selection by Warden Roy Best and Gov. Ed C. Johnson. Final 12 to be chosen from 24 candidates.
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Denver
Colorado Penitentiary
Pearl.o'loughlin
Lana
Leona O'Loughlin
Roy Best
Ed C. Johnson
Best
Quiet City Primary Set For Monday Voters Nominate Commissioner
Voters head to the polls Monday to nominate two of three candidates for commissioner of finance in a quiet city primary election. The winner faces the April 3 city election under a 1935 council form plan. Candidates: George Wetzel, Sarah Cleland, E E Alexander. Registration up to 7 957, election boards appointed. New ward voting limits six polling places: police station first ward Quincy school second ward Senior High School third ward Lawrence Buick Co fourth ward Woodlawn school fifth ward Divers store?
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George Wetzel
Sarah Cleland
E. E. Alexander
Police
Quincy
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Lawrence Buick Co
Fifth Oi Woodlawn
Sixth Ward
Diver’s Store
Bonthron Relays Bid Fails to Lure Cunningham Rival
Dr. F C Allen reported Bonthron declined invitation to enter the Kansas Relays after Princeton graduate manager Asa Bushnell telegrammed that Bonthron cannot absent himself from academics. Allen noted Bonthron and Cunningham had each won races this winter and a new mile record might have followed a Bonthron Cunningham meeting.
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Bill Bonthron
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas Star
Kansas
Dr. Allen
Bonthren
H. W. Hargiss
New York
Matt Geis
Bonthron
Princeton
Flash
Cunningham
Black Defends New Deal at Academy Dinner
New York March 22 AP Eugene Black governor of the Federal Reserve Board backed the new deal amid criticism from Ogden Mills former Secretary of the Treasury. Speaking at the Academy of Political Science dinner, One D. Young of General Electric chaired. Black said American credit remained unimpaired by the relief program and urged using credit for the people's needs. Mills urged unified branch banking a balanced budget and an international gold standard reform of the Fed Board.
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New York
New Deal
Eugene Black
Federal Reserve Board
Ogden Mills
Mills
Emporia Adopts Radio Interference Ordinance
Emporia city commissioners adopt a radio ordinance that bans operating electrical appliances causing interference. A radio inspector, a sworn officer unpaid, will enforce it with enforcement backed by a $5 to $26 fine and possible imprisonment until paid. officer's name to be suggested by the Emporia radio club.
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Emporia, Kan
Emporia
Emporia Radio Club
Stock Market Index Rises Amid Broad market Gains
The stock market index for 90 stocks closes at 84.5, a gain from yesterday’s 83. The brief movement indicates a broad advance across sectors with notable activity in leading issues.
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Yester Jday
Lawrence survey studies new families to aid planning
An economic and sociological survey of families who moved to Lawrence in the past five years is under way. Directed by Prof L D Jennings with 11 CWA workers, the project aims to gather data on jobs, housing, community reaction, education, and interest in self subsistence homesteads of two to five acres. The study, endorsed by the state planning board and university staff, will inform local and state planning boards and help Lawrence plan its future programs.
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Lawrence
State Planning Board
L. D. Jennings
University of Kansas Department of Economics
National Planning , Commission
Baldwin
Kansas
City Planning Commission
Chamber of Commerce
E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Frank T. Stockton
School of Business
K. U
Calla
Terriers Kill A Child In Oakham Mass
Eunice Dean four years old dies after a ferocious attack by two Boston terriers. The body is mangled from head to foot and clothes torn away. Dogs caught and to be tested for rabies. Father George Dean traveling on business, girl walked back toward home when attacked. Witness George Grimes drove dogs away and summoned help.
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Oakham
Mass
Eunice Dean
Eunice
George Dean
George Grimes
Palmer Tells Why Depositors Should Be Paid
United States pledged to honor deposits in closed banks arguing government control of bank policy over years and past public appeals to stop hoarding deposits justify payment. report notes March 22 from Washington. A second item reports early peace officer Nam a Murphy dies at 76 after a career across multiple states and roles.
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Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
Wilson
House Banking
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Idaho
Con” Murphy
Bat” Masterson
Kentucky
Murphy
Dudge City
Kan
Black Hill
Leadville
Ouray
Colo
Montrose County
South Africa
Spies Nest Found With Secret Panels And All
Police uncover a hidden speakeasy like spy nest in Madame Eнгlart’s apartment with hollowed drawers and false bottoms. Charged Bessarabian fugitive allegedly produced code films mailed to Switzerland for an acquaintance. Switt couple linked to the espionage ring fled as investigators moved in after Switz revelations.
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Paris
Robert Gordon Switt
United States
Baila Englart
Switz
Switzerland
Switzes
Kansas rural school survey under way after special session
A statewide rural school survey funded as a special CWA project aims to provide facts for future legislation. Douglas county is leading the effort with Prof. R A Nelson Baldwin and Mrs. Erna Corey Lawrence in charge. The study seeks unbiased data on closures, consolidation, finances, and potential shifts in responsibility, to inform Camden S Strain and the Kansas state legislature.
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Legislative Council
Kansas
R.A. Nelson
Baldwin
Erna Corey
Lawrence
Douglas County
Harold Co. Fisher
Nelson
Gorey
Camden S. Strain
Topeka
Map Spring Sports for K. U. Intramural Program
University of Kansas spring intramurals include playground ball tennis handball horseshoes and an elimination golf tournament directed by E R Elbel. Play begins the first week of April with events held each school day evening and Saturdays. Over 1000 men participate across fraternity and independent teams with independent squads often winning.
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University of Kansas
E. R. Elbel
Diminutive robbers raid Kansas City club in early morning
Two small robbers raided the Midnite club at 722 East 12th Street in Kansas City, wounding three patrons, stealing about 150 dollars from the cash register. They lined 40 customers and fled in a stolen car, later abandoned. Victims Ray Willis, John Nichols, and Joe Canalis were injured.
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Kansas City
East 12Th ‘Street
Ray Willis
John Nichols
Joe Canalis
Willis
Nichols
Camnling
Joe de Frost
Vote on Sunday election gains signups in Emporia
More than 2 000 residents signed petitions filed by Fox theatres securing an April 3 vote on Sunday movies in Emporia. The same ballot day includes a utilities commissioner election and a vote on a municipal electric plant, following a prior Sunday vote loss by 400 votes two years earlier.
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Emporia
Kan
Fox
Garden plan mapped for Lawrence Douglas county gardens
A cooperative garden relief plan for Lawrence and Douglas County aims to use federal funds to buy seed, with the county poor fund supplementing the effort. The Community Service Committee will supervise gardens April through June, while the city provides plots and Miss Mary E Jamison approves seed distribution.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
den -Geed
County Poor Fund
Community Service Committee
Mary E
Jamison
Hope to Obtain 300 for Art Studio This Summer
Funds raised so far total 35 for a free summer drawing school in Lawrence. Maude Ellsworth, supervisor of city schools, says aims to reach 300 with donations as drive closes. Last year three teachers taught 175 children. this year six or seven are hoped to teach daily, expanding access and weekly instruction.
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Maude Ellsworth
Arc
Oday
Lowe
Ellsworth
E. H. Lindley
Lawrence
Toledo
Cleveland
Public speaking class to discuss city manager plan
Members of an adult public speaking class meet at 7:13 p m on Tuesday and Friday evenings in room 102 at the Senior High School to discuss the proposed city manager form of government tomorrow night Visitors may attend The class operates under its own direction with chairmen chosen to lead meetings and programs planned by the group National Bank Call Soon
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National Bank Call
Officials Expect on an Early Call for Reports This Year
Washington reports say officials anticipate an early national bank call this year due to improved bank conditions. Last year the 1933 call was delayed to June after a bank holiday. this year analysts expect earlier reporting with the October or December deadlines keeping to annual practice.
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National
Bank
Cal
Ofore
Hamilton
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