League Council to Hear French Plea on Versailles Violations
Geneva March 22 AP The League of Nations convoked an extraordinary council session for early April to hear France's appeal over alleged German violations of Versailles in forming a conscript army The move signals France's aim for public discussion and Italy France relations tension grows as Berlin talks unfold with Simon meeting Hitler and Nato-style alliances debated.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Council
France
Tewfik Aras
Turkey
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Germany
Italy
Paris
Berlin
Rome
Fulvio Sovich
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Washington
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Red Snow Fears Stir Turkish Towns
Red snow blanketed about 100 square miles in northeastern Turkey with an inch of ruddy flakes, triggering superstitious panic. Officials noted red coloration from dust storms or pollen though the exact cause was not determined, as communities feared impending disaster.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bride for Chili Cochrane weds Myrle Broberg in Abilene
Owen L. Chili Cochrane, Kansas State College coach, married Miss Mysrle Broberg in Abilene on March 22. The bride, sister of Mrs Townley, had worked in the college athletic department offices. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Townley of the Presbyterian church.
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Abilene
Kan
Owen L
Chili) Cochrane
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Mysrle Broberre
A. V. Broberg
David Townley
Presbyterian Church
Townley
Observance of Treaties Emphasized by Hull
Secretary Hull voiced U S disapproval of Germanys rearmament and breach of Versailles and German American peace treaties. He said the United States must use moral influence to ensure strict adherence to all treaty provisions and that treaties form the foundation of a stable peace structure amid the European crisis.
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Washington
Germany
Hull
United States
Roosevelt backs new bill to regulate food drug cosmetics ads
President Roosevelt urged early passage of a bill approved by the Senate Commerce Committee that would give the secretary of agriculture broad power to govern packing and advertising of foods drugs and cosmetics. The measure drafted by Senator Copeland would extend controls to advertising and cosmetics, with inspections and standards, aiming to curb evaders and protect honest traders.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate Commerce Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Commerce Committee
Copeland
Deadline Looms for 1935 Com Hog Contracts in Douglas County
Douglas county farmers must sign 1935 com hog contract applications before April 1 as Deal Six, county agricultural agent, closes the signup drive. Douglas county has 726 signed, 1934 contracts totaled 899, and 662 signers last year reuse their base. Statewide signups nearing 70,000. Umberger notes 55,000 by March 14, with payments arriving steadily, totaling about 4.414 million in ten weeks. France to move troops to Rhine fortifications.
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Douglas County
Deal Six
HM. Umberger
Manhattan
Kansas State College Extension Service
Extension Service
Umberger
House Passes Patman Bonus Act Amid Military Aid Debate
The House approved the Patman Bonus Act with a 318 to 90 vote, sending the measure to the Senate despite President Roosevelt's veto threat. Administrations leaders expected Senate rejection of a veto override, while lawmakers debated alternative bonus funding plans and possible compromise. The Kansas delegation unanimously backed the Patman plan, and veterans groups hailed the decisive House action.
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Washington
House
Vinson- American Legion
Tydings- Cochran-Andrews
Tydings-Cochran-Andrews
James E. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
America
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Patman
Thomas
Okla
Kansas
House of Representatives
Income Tax Receipts Show Encouraging Gain
The treasury reports strong March receipts with 34 percent higher than a year ago for the first 20 days of March totaling 270,935,659. Officials expect the 1934 monthly income tax take to reach 300,000,000 and note the fiscal year to March 20 has risen 31 percent to 727,885,493 from 651,465,073.
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Washington
Treasury
Treasury Offigals
Levee blast danger ends as farmers halt dynamite use
In Greenwood Mississippi on March 22 ap story: irate farmers stopped blasting levee dynamite that once brought militia control, shifting flood threat to Arkansas as the Tallahatchie River still poured through holes north of town. Gov. Connor said National Guardsmen likely to be withdrawn within 24 hours. 25,000 acres flooded. Also update on two Bonner Springs men, Wayne Clark and Thornton Tomlin, injured when their car was struck by a train near Lenape. Clark remains in critical condition with a fractured skull. Tomlin has a concussion and other injuries.
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Greenwood
Miss
Arkansas
Tallahatchie
Here
Sennett Connor
Connor
Wayne Clark
Thornton Tomlin
Bonner Springs
Memorial Hospital
Altho Clark
Clark
Tomlin
Union Pacific Streamliner
Lenape
Radio Plane Tests Compass System Off California Coast
Oakland March 22 AP officials report a government experimental robot plane flew 400 miles off the Southern California coast to test a radio compass. The test included a 7:06 a m takeoff from Oakland with 21 000 pounds of load and 1590 gallons of gasoline under Capt Albert F Hegenberger and a crew including Major Chester A Snow.
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Oakland
Calif
Department of Commerce
Matson
California
Albert F. Hegenberger
Hegenberger
Lester J. Maitland
Honolulu
Chester A Snow
Clayton Rissell
Charles Snyder
Commerce Department
James L. Kinney
Matson Hiner
Maui
San Francisco
Skinner & Eddy
Marian Otis Chandler
Hawaii
Dust Storm Strikes Western Kansas for Eighth Day
A new wind-driven dust storm hit western Kansas including Hays Plainville Russell Oakley and Sharon Springs marking the eighth straight day the plains endured flying soil. Visibility dropped to a half block in Plainville and the western cluster moved north of Salina by 2 p m. Some towns reported clearing but Wakeeney and Quakley noted continued poor air.
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Salina
Kan
Kansas
Plains
Hays
Plainville
Russell
Oakley
Sharon Springs
Culver
Altho
Colby
Wakeeney
Quakley
K U Schedules Colorado to Complete Grid Schedule
The University of Kansas athletic board approved a two year football contract with the University of Colorado. The Buffaloes will play at Boulder November 16 this year with a return game in Lawrence in 1936. Nine games are on the fall slate with four in Lawrence including Kansas State and Oklahoma.
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University of Kansas Athletic Board
University of Colorado
Boulder
Buffaloes
Lawrence
Rocky Mountain
K. U
F. C. Allen
Notre Dame
South Bend
St. Benedict’s
Michigan State
Fast Lansing
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Norman
Nebraska
Lincoln
Colorado
Iowa State
Missouri
Annual Dutch lunch hosted by Co-Operative Club at Nehi Bottling Works
The Co-Operative Club held its annual Dutch lunch at 808 Vermont Street in the Nehi Bottling Works building run by C. H. Lanier. Guests Will Rogers and Carl Pickering were introduced, with a five piece German band of local high school students directed by C. E. Sawhill. Temperature reached 81 degrees as recorded by the gas office thermometer at 3 PM.
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Co-Operative Club
Vermont Street
Nehi_ Bottling works
C. H. Lanier
C. E. Sawhill
Will Rogers
Carl Pickering
Dust Storm Cleanup Advice From Marie Eshleman
Carthage Missouri March 22 AP Marie Eshleman former western Kansas resident offers housewives dust storm cleanup tips. Start outside then indoors turn loose on porches and walks before sweeping. open windows, shake curtains, brush if not launderable. Wipe walls vacuum floors wash windows and dustless mops. Kansas soil is oily and smears especially in corners.
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Carthage
Marie Eshleman
Kansas
Kansas City
Two Hutchinson Men Found Guilty in Lyons Bank Kidnapping
A U S district court jury convicted Homer Binkley and Burton Phillips of kidnapping two Chandler National Bank officials during a Lyons Kansas holdup last November 28. They were not given death penalty. life imprisonment possible. Sentencing set for tomorrow morning.
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Wichita
United States District Court
Homer Binkley
Burton Phillips
Hutchinson
Chandler National Bank
Lyons
Kan
Richard J. Hopkins
Phillips
State Reformatory
Mankato
Binkley
Moundridge
Eustace Smith
W. W. Chandler
Don Davis
Davis
Chandler
I. L. Glazier
Harold McGee
Kanwaka 4-H Club to contest county model event
Nineteen Kanwaka 4-H members will enter the county model 4-H club contest Saturday night at No 6 schoolhouse. Leaders Mrs Willis Colman and Mrs Jess O Connor will assist. The program features songs America Bring the Good Old 4 H Sign club yells Poultry and salad demos parliamentary problems health talk and recreation led by various club members.
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Mary Lou_ Elliott
Doris Button
George Winifred
Eula Haverstock
Glenn
Gilbert Sims
Willard
Clifford
Helen Shaw
Mary Topping
Elmer
Harold
Mildred Johanning
Clar J. Colman
Betty Christy
Iola Johnson
Edwin Steele
Everett O'Connor
Willis Colman
Jess O’connor
America
Winifred Haverstock
George Haverstock
Willard Shaw
Everett O’conner
Two Newsmen Injured in Auto Crash Near Ottawa
Kenneth G. Meuser of Olathe and Clay Reppert of Osawatomie were injured in a automobile crash five miles north of Ottawa. They were taken to an Ottawa hospital for treatment and expected to be released today. Meuser, a K. A. graduate and Hill figures, is general manager of the Olathe Mirror. Reppert is publisher of the News-Graphic at Osawatomie.
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Kenneth G. Meuser
Olathe
Clay Reppert
Osawatomie
Ottawa
Meuser
Reppert
Lawrence
K. A
Olathe Mirror
News-Graphic
Stock Market Index Shows Slight Decline
The stock market index averaged 60 stocks at 36.7 points, down from yesterday's 36. The reading indicates a modest dip amid unsettled trading, with investors watching key sectors closely as prices level.
Spring Unveiling Draws Good Crowd in City District
Hundreds thronged Massachusetts street as the annual spring window unveiling attracted more merchants and a higher entertainment standard. KU band, American Legion corps, and Haskell band provided music while police managed traffic. Visitors and cars from Douglas county and nearby counties filled the streets, with Johnson Leavenworth Shawnee Franklin and Jefferson county licenses noted.
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C. W. Pollom
University of Kansas
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Haskell
Massachusetts
Douglas County
Johnson
Leavenworth
Shawnee
Franklin
Jefferson County
Rabbit Rival Sparks Dust Storm Workout for Glenn
The Topeka Daily Capital quotes M. N. Beeler alleging a big jack rabbit caused a week’s dust storms across Texas County Oklahoma and a mile stubble field near Dalhart. Beeler says Glenn Cunningham could chase the rabbit for a legitimate training workout and possibly curb further dust events as the Elkhart Express nears.
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Glenn
Cunningham
M. N. Beeler
Topeka
Beeler
Big Jack
Simon Fishman
Texas County
Oklahoma
Dalhartex
Hej
Elkhart Express
Masons Attend Joint Communi cation in Lawrence
Nearly 300 Masons from 44 Kansas lodges gathered at the Masonic Temple in Lawrence for a joint communication of Lawrence Lodge No. 6 and Acacia Lodge No. 9 honoring Otto R. Soudres of Wichita, Grand Master for Kansas, with Dr. William L. Burdick as principal speaker.
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Kansas
Lawrence Lodge No. 6
Masonic Temple
Otto R. Soudres
Wichita
William L. Burdick
Elmer F. Strain
Topeka
Ralph BD. Cotton
Fred T. Nye
Leavenworth
Grand Council of Royal and
Asa T. Hogue
Royal Arch Masons
Harry FR. Peach
Emporia
Charles G. West
Kansas City
Kan
Ottawa
Overbrook
Oskaloosa
Wellsville
Gardner
Eudora
Baldwin
Delia
Linwood
Lecompton
Absurd Letter From Lindbergh Case Sparks Detroit Debate
An anonymous letter allegedly about Baby Lindbergh being alive was deemed absurd by the Detroit children's welfare society. Mrs. Hauptmann, in town for a Sunday fund drive for her husband, said she received the unsigned note in New York amid the high-profile case. The report also notes rail loadings up to March 16, with 597,432 cars moved, marking weekly gains but yearly drops versus 1934, and a Ford V. Hamilton advertisement closes the item.
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Detroit
Mar
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Children’s Welfare Society
Washington
Association of American Railroads
Two Plans of Seed Aid Open to Farmers
Farmers may access two federal seed aid options this spring. The Farm Credit Administration prepared to loan 60 million dollars for seed and equipment. If farmers cannot secure production credit in time, the Relief Administration will issue seed purchase orders through county drought committees, with AAA agents distributing seed on the basis of those orders and taking farmer notes.
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Washington, Mar
Farm Credit Administration
Agricultural Administration
Relief Administration
AAA
FERA
The
Drouth
Debates at Missouri Valley Forensic Meet at KU
University of Kansas hosts 12 midwest schools in a forensic meet. Contests conclude with a luncheon at the Union tomorrow and results announced then. Gunnar Mykland will speak in extemporaneous contest at Fraser theater at 4 30 this afternoon. William Zupanec to compete in oratorical contest tonight. Other schools include Missouri, South Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma, Washington, St Louis, and Kansas State College. Admission 25 cents. Debates resume at 9 30 tomorrow morning with rounds at 11.
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University of Kansas
Midwest
Union
Gunnar Mykland
K. U
Fraser_ theater
William Zupanec
Fraser Theater
Universities of Missouri
South Dakota
Texas
Oklahoma
Washington
University of St. Louis
Kansas State College
Merchants urged to reserve booths for spring trades show
Merchants seeking booth space at the spring trades show in the national guard armory April 3 4 5 and 6 were urged to reserve immediately by calling the Chamber of Commerce. Henry Brinkman chairing the committee said more than 40 of 50 booths are taken and space will be awarded next week by drawing. Tickets for admission are being prepared and will be distributed starting Monday with one ticket per dollar in trade or paid on account. Admission at the gate without a ticket is 10 cents.
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National Guard
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Brinkman
Child is Fatally Injured in Maryland Accident
Joseph Zimmerman three dies after being struck by a truck while playing in front of his Silver Springs home. He was the son of Mr and Mrs M S Zimmerman formerly of Kansas City. Surviving relatives include an uncle Alfred G Hill and extended family across Colorado Iowa and Missouri.
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Joseph Zimmerman
M. S. Zimmerman
Kansas City
Silver Springs
Washington
Ormond Hill
Zimmerman
Income Tax Division
Internal Revenue Department
K. A
Ruth Elizabeth Hill
Two Tickets At Eudora City Election
Voters in Eudora head to the polls on Monday April 1 for city elections. Incumbent J D Adams seeks mayor on both Independent and Citizens tickets alongside incumbent police judge A J Smith for reelection. Five council seats are contested with candidates on both tickets, including Charles Scherer William Zimmerman Gus Zeisenis George Lothholz Dr C B Johnson on Independent and William Mertz M H Cox Frank Sommers Jake Milburn John Miller on Citizens. A prior caucus was ruled illegal and petition circulation followed.
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Eudora City
J. D. Adams
Independent
Citizen’s
A. J. Smith
Charles Scherer
William Zimmerman
Independent May Be In Mayor Race in May
Rumors swirl that an independent candidate may enter the mayoral race before the 10 p m filing deadline to oppose Alfred Lawrence the Republican nominee. City clerks close registration at 10 p m and a group of Democrats pushes to field a mayoral challenger amid 30 total candidates for April 2 city elections.
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Alfred Lawrence
Tax Help In Lawrence On 1934 Returns
State income tax agents Miss Martin and Miss Blackburn will be in Lawrence all day March 25 and 26 to assist with 1934 returns. Filing required for corporations and partnerships. individuals must file if net income meets thresholds or gross income hits 4 000 dollars. Returns due by April 15, 1935.
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Miss Martin
Miss Blackburn
Lawrence
Douglas County
Income Tax Department
State House
Topeka
Martin Insull deported to Canada from Detroit
Martin J. Insull, freed of embezzlement charges tied to the Samuel Insull utilities empire, was deported to Canada as a British subject. He said he would live quietly in Orillia with his wife, after arriving from Chicago with his attorney.
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Detroit
Martin J. Insull
Samuel
Canada
Insull
United States
Cana~ Ida
Chicago
Orillia
Weather forecast for Kansas with scattered clouds
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with a cooler Saturday across eastern Kansas. Morning skies clear except for cloudy areas near Emporia Coffeyville Ottawa and Arkansas City. Roads mostly good with Gas office records showing highs around 66 and 62 yesterday and today. For ads call 22.
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Kansas
Emporia
Coffeyville
Ottawa
Arkansas City
Douglas County
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Bride For Chili Cochrane
Kansas State Star
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Brooder Coal
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Rhine
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U. S
Kanwaka Club
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Child's Welfare Society
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Son of Kansas U
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Wilfred Hunsinger
Board of Education
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