Republicans block road contracts in Kansas final days
In Topeka the Republican legislature quickly blocked nearly 1.5 million dollars in highway contracts by a late act signed by Gov. Payne Ratner. The measure requires a 20 day bid hold before awarding bids, while highway officials defend the process as not hurried and note a six to eight month review period precedes any award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Mar
State Highway Commission
Payne Ratner
Highway Commission
Commission
Evan Griffith
Manhattan
Bureau of Public Roads
Department
Ray G. Tripp
Herrington
A. B. Nuss
Washington
Nuss
Tripp
Garnett
Wellington
Russell
Ellsworth
Rita Gunsaullus to Give Senior Cello Recital at KU
Cello senior recital at the University of Kansas tonight at 8 in Frank Strong hall auditorium features Rita Gunsaullus of Fort Scott. student of Raymond Stuhl, a Mu Phi Epsilon member, with a program including Grieg Boccherini and Herbert works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Gunsaullus
K. U
Frank Strong
Raymond Stuhl
Stuhl
Mu: Phi Epsilon
Farmers Get Payments In February From Marketings And Benefits
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports February receipts to farmers at 486 million dollars from marketings and government benefits. January and February figures are noted with year-over-year comparisons. February benefit payments total 56 million, with two-month farm income at 1.105 billion, slightly below last year, while government subsidies are up 25 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Pius XII to Benedict XV Reign Order and Ascension Year
The five most recent popes listed are Pius XII, Pius XI, Pius X, Leo XIII, Benedict XV. Rearrange them by reign order and state the year each ascended. Also: identify the early Christian leader who had four prophetic daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pius XII
Pius XI
Pius X
Leo XIII
Benedict XV
Fire guts six businesses in LaVerne Oklahoma
Fire of undetermined origin in LaVerne Oklahoma this morning destroyed buildings housing six businesses and damaged another in the northwest town. The center half of the south business block was badly affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
LaVerne
Okla
Hofmann Piano Demonstrates Trick Keyboard at KU
Josef Hofmann wowed Kansas University concertgoers with a specially built Steinway featuring smaller keys to expand his reach. Autograph session followed. he heads to Chicago after a Kansas Relays bit and Carnegie Hall recitals loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hofmann
Josef Hofmann
K. U
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Eldridge
Kansas City
Chicago
Rubenstein
Chicago Symphony
Frederick Stock
International Congress in Montevideo Targets Fascism
The International Congress for the Democracy of America met in Montevideo to press anti fascist measures across the Americas. It called for a boycott of products from totalitarian states and combating fascist propaganda, praising Roosevelt and the Good Neighbor policy while noting local restrictions on public meetings. Kathryn Lewis criticized fascism in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
International Congress For the Democracy of America
Republis
Roosevelt
Kathryn Lewis
John L. Lewis
C.11.d
United States
Italo French Accord Report on Reconciliation Peace Move
Paris reports say a trusted friend of Mussolini presented the case for French Italian reconciliation to the French government. Hubert Lagardelle discussed Italy's position with Anatole de Monzie in Paris and reviewed Mussolini's stance and Italian public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Il Duce
Paris
Mussolini
Hubert Lagardelle
Rome
Anatole de Monzie
I Duce
Kansas City Fire Chief Alex Henderson Dies at 82
Alex Henderson, 82, longtime Kansas City fire department chief from 1918 to 1927, died last night. He served 65 years with the department before retiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Alex Henderson
Disappearance Mystery Deepens in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City March 22 GP E W Brown assistant county attorney said he has given up hope of finding Mrs Eudora Cunningham alive and urged doubled search efforts for the 30 year old socialite missing since March 6 Brown and two deputy sheriffs searched the Canadian river bank after a neighbor tip but found nothing Volunteers were directed to a wooded area north of the Cunningham estate in Twin hills where her husband Roger Cunningham 32 lived with her He was detained for questioning and appeals for her to return were issued He reportedly said she may come back when she sees this in the paper He has not sought release A check of railroad stations found no tickets to the west coast on March 6 The missing woman is Cunningham s second wife and she is described as five feet five and a half inches tall weighing 142 pounds with dark brown eyes reddish brown hair and a fair complexion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
E. W. Brown
Eudora Cunningham
Brown
Canadian River
West Coast
Cunningham
Clarence Black
San Francisco
Florence Kendall
License is at stake for Rose Bud Tavern owner
A Douglas county hearing before the board of commissioners examined L. B. Bob Robinson on possible revocation of his license to sell beer at retail at the Rose Bud Tavern just beyond the city limits north of the Union Pacific underpass. County Attorney Milton Beach and Sheriff Charles Banning led the proceedings with testimony from peace officers Robinson and a female employee. The commissioners adjourned to view roads then planned to return by 4 p.m. to decide on the license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B
Bob” Robinson
Douglas County Board of Commissioners
Union Pacific
Robinson
Milton Beach
Charles Banning
Fire at Jackman Farm Destroys Tool House
Firefighters toiled at R. C. Jackman farm 1% miles west of Number Six school to extinguish a blaze in a small tool house. Earlier this morning 8:22 firemen doused a roof fire at Mrs. John Spearman’s home 439 Arkansas Street. At 4 PM yesterday they put out a small car fire in the 700 block on Massachusetts Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Jackman
Number Six School
John Spearman
Arkansas Street
Massachusetts Street
Geology Professor Moore Heads Staff to Oklahoma City Meeting
Dr. R. C. Moore professor of geology and state geologist at the University of Kansas, leads four staff members to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists convention in Oklahoma City. Attendees include J. M. Jewett Raymond P. Kercher Wallace Lee and G EF Abernathy. Moore will read a paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Moore
University of Kansas
Oklahoma City
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Co
J. M. Jewett
Raymond P. Kercher
Wallace Lee
G. EF. Abernathy
Moore
Bond Set for Frank Pringle in Child Support Case
Frank Pringle, convicted February 9 of failure to support three minor children, posted $500 bond to the court yesterday to pay $3 weekly toward child support as ordered. Judge Hugh Means had ordered Pringle imprisoned at the state penitentiary unless the bond was furnished immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pringle
Frank Pringle
Hugh Means
Mrs Annabel Phelps Dies At 74 In New Haven Home
Mrs Annabel Hubbard Phelps 74 wife of Yale critic William Lyons Phelps died suddenly at her New Haven home from an apoplectic stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lyons Phelps
New Haven
Conn
Annabel Hubbard Phelps
Yale University
Brinkley Libel Suit Opens in Del Rio Trial
Attorneys for John R. Brinkley seek to prove a February Hygeia article by Dr. Morris Fishbein was defamatory. Defense asks to admit phonograph records of Brinkley radio programs and argues the piece was a fair health comment. The case seeks 150 000 actual and 100 000 exemplary damages with many witnesses expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
Tex
John R. Brinkley
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Brinkley
Villa Acuna
Mexico
Fishbein
American Medical Journal
Hygei
Little Rock
Ark
The
Medical Association
Dr. Fishbein
United States
Medical Magazine
Hitler on sea trip signals German maritime power
Hitler left Berlin at 3 19 p m aboard the battleship Deutschland for a sea voyage to Memel to showcase Germany's growing maritime strength and possibly avoid a future Polish corridor issue. Danzig leaders fear renewed calls for liberation. Poland worries over proximity and implications for the corridor. Berlin sources say the Polish corridor is not immediately on the expansion list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mar
Adolf Bitler
Swinemenende
Memel
Baltic
Fuehrer
Germany
Hitler
Danzig
Poland
Lithuania
East Prussia
Adolf Hitler
Kansas Pharmacists Elect Wichita Leader at State Meeting
State pharmacists choose W. Daugherty of Syracuse as president at the Kansas Pharmaceutical association convention in Wichita. Other officers include W. F. Sprague of Fredonia as first vice president and Walter Keef of Glen Elder as second vice president. Blaine Miller of Topeka remains treasurer and L D Hav enchill of Lawrence reelected historian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
W. €. Daugherty
Syracuse
Kansas Pharmaceutical Association
C. J. Arbuthnot
Lebanon
W. F. ‘Sprague
Fredonia
Walter Keef
Glen Elder
Blaine Miller
Topeka
L. D.havenhill
K.U. School of Pharmacy
Lawrence
Trustee named for Flour Mills across six states
Thornton Cooke president of the Columbia National Bank was appointed trustee for the Flour Mills of America Inc which operates mills in Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin Federal Judge Albert L Reaves also named Ralph W Hoffman president as additional trustee The company has filed a reorganization petition under the Chandler bankruptcy act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
P— Thornton Cooke
Columbia National Bank
Flour Mills of America, Inc
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Albert L Reaves
Ralph W. Hoffman
Two Black Defendants Arraigned on Coal Theft Charge
Albert Wright aged 28 and Morris Porter aged 33 pleaded not guilty to stealing coal valued at ten dollars from Union Pacific. Arraignment occurred in Justice Court of Robert B. Oyler this afternoon. hearing set for 2 pm next Monday. They were returned to county jail in lieu of $50 bond each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Wright
Morris Porter
Union Pacific ‘Railroad Company
Robert B. Oyler
Prison Appropriation Moves in Washington
Washington March 22 a house appropriations subcommittee recommended an appropriation of 39000 dollars for the Leavenworth penitentiary and 50000 dollars for the Leavenworth penitentiary annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Mar
House
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Senate approves army expansion bill in conference report
The senate sped the administration's 358 million dollar army expansion bill toward final action by adopting the conference report and sending it to the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Senate
House
British Says Germany Threatened Lithuania Over Memel
London reports that Germany would use military force if Lithuania refused Memel transfer. Sir Samuel Hoare said Germany aimed to seize all of Lithuania, not just Memel, if negotiations failed. Britain explored a League of Nations action and a possible halt Hitler declaration with Poland, France, Soviet Russia, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mar
Germany
Lithuania
Memel
Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Samuel
Berlin
Memelland
Reich
Sir Samuel
League of Nations
Britain
Hitler
Poland
Soviet
Russia
France
Bonnet
Lebrun
Wedgwood
America
Munro
World Premiere of Dodge City Planned for Dodge City
Lieut. Gov. Carl Friend invites public to the world premiere of the sound film Dodge City. Filmed in Hollywood with Friend and Jack Warner of the producing company, the Granada theatre is displaying clips as a teaser. The first showing is set for April 1 with community celebrations planned in Dodge City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motion Pictures
Carl Friend
Dodge City
Granada Theatre
Hollywood
Friend
Jack Warner
Kansas Senate OKs 6.9 Million for State Schools
The Kansas Senate approved a bill to appropriate 6 917 073.66 dollars to fourteen state educational institutions for fiscal years 1940 and 1941. Increases for salaries maintenance and repairs were approved while some reductions in improvement funds were deemed advisable. The budget lists amounts for KU Kansas State College Colby Fort Hays Garden City and other schools along with their medical, normal and technical programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Mar
Senare
Ways and Means
Jess Denions
Dodge City
University of Kansas
Lawrence
University of Kansas Medical School
Kansas City
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Colby Branch
Colby
Fort Hays
Hays
Garden City
Garden City Experimental Station
Tribune Branch Experiment Station
State Teachers College
Emporia
Pittsburg
Fort Hays State College
State School For Blind
School For the Deaf
Olathe
Kansas Vocational School
Industrial Department
Western University
House Votes Funds to Increase Army Equipment
The House approved an additional 116 million dollar appropriation and contract authorization to supply urgently needed weapons and gear and strengthen seacoast defenses. The bill totals about 187 million dollars and moves to the Senate. The House also overrode appropriations committee cuts restoring 1 million for Puerto Rico reconstruction and 200 thousand for Dutch elm disease control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Puerto Rico
Kemp Recovered From Pneumonia at K U Hospital
Elizabeth Kemp a Kansas City Missouri junior at the college of Kansas University was released today after illness at the student hospital with pneumonia. She received sulfapyradine a new compound effective against pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Kemp
K. U
Kansas City
Miss Kemp
College dropout rate in the United States
Approximately thirty percent of students who enter colleges and universities in the United States each fall drop out before spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
AFL CIO Readmission Beard Unions Debate Jurisdiction
Washington March 22 The AFL executive council held an extraordinary session to decide under what conditions CIO rebels might be readmitted to the federation. President William Green urged a surrender of the broader membership power gained during the labor war before reentry. Outcomes could shape upcoming AFL CIO peace talks set to resume Friday. John L. Lewis rejected dissolving the Congress for Industrial Organizations as a price for unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
F.L. Executive Council
C.I.0
William Green
A.F.L
A.f.l.-C.i.o
New York
John L. Lewis
Congress For Industrial Organizations
Investigation of WPA Is Approved by House Body
The House Rules Committee approved a resolution directing the Appropriations Committee to launch a broader WPA probe. Rep. Cox of Georgia sponsored the measure, with debate promising alleged revelations about the Works Progress Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
House Rules Committee
Appropriations Committee
Works Progress Administration
Rules Committee
Cox
D.-Ga
House
Rules
WPA
Army Expansion Bill Passed by Congress
The Senate and House approved the administration's $358,000,000 army expansion bill in quick succession and sent it to President Roosevelt for signature. Both chambers backed a compromise reached in committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Baisinger Improves After Podge City Crash
William Baisinger a law student from Podge City who was hurt in a Saturday morning accident is reported satisfactory. Three other students died from the crash and Baisinger is listed with a pelvis injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baisinger
William Baisinger
Podge City
Social notes and community events from Tonga In Tongaxine era
Reno visitors Ruth Phenicie hosted in Tonga noxie while distant relatives joined in Shawnee Kansas visits. Obituaries note Mrs Heiser death in Virginia Minnesota. Reno school pupils Ruth Black and Billie Botts praised for punctual attendance. Gilbert Baker and wife return from San Antonio trip. Helen Harman appointed cashier in Topeka with raise. Georgiana Bleakley ill with flu in Topeka. Meadow Lark 4 H club formed in Bleakley district with officers Robert Eberwein Edward Bleakley Ernestine Nutting Barbara Sheets. Additional reports cover St Patrick events, air travel encounters, births Doris Elaine Evans, and community church auxiliary activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Phenicie
Severance
Wichita
Ruth Phenicie
Tonganoxie
L. J. Pearson
Lewis
Howard Hildebrand
Shawnee
Kan
Joe Graves
Walter Bleakley
Heiser
Virginia
Minn
Reno School
Ruth Black
Billie Botts
Gilbert Baker
San Antonio
Tex
Helen Harman
Topeka
Georgiana Bleakley
Meadow Lark
Bleakley
Eberwein
Robert Eberwein
Edward Bleakley
Ernestine Nutting
Barbara Sheets
William Diehl
Bell Sheets
Martha Eberwein
LeRoy Eberwein
Betty Nutting
Alice, Torneden
Harold Torneden
O. D. Nutting
W. T. Bleakley, Jr
Charles Eberwein
St. Patrick's
Hobart Hall
Missouri
David Evans
Lawrence
Stormont Hospital
Doris Elaine
S. Kelsall
Seanor
Clarence Wiley
George McBroom
Lem Wiley
Chicago
Marie Hess
Rica Needham
A. B. Mullen
Kathryn Mullen
Josephine McNerney
Jenkins
Osage City
O'Dea
Aid Society
George White
Harry ‘White
H. Leonhart
Ella
Nettie O'Dea
Atkinson
M. J. Wolsack
Kansas City
Marian Eisele
Maxine Stewart
St. Patrick
Robert Graham
Harry Skeets
Floyd Gilliland
Eisele
Kahn
Lehr
Jahn
Reverend Lane Begins Oskaloosa Pastorate at Home
OSKALOOSA Rev Joseph Lane and wife arrive at the Methodist parsonage and begin his pastorate on Sunday. The article notes community visits, church events, and local residents traveling to Kansas City Lawrence Denver and Canon City for family and church affairs.
Local Social News Highlights From Sinnard Area
Mr and Mrs Orville VanGae beck moved to Sinnard cottage near the square Orville has taken a position with a local firm Mrs Earl Weishaar and Mrs Tom Bates of Nortonville visited Mrs Frank Haines Sunday Mrs Bert Hagge of Valley Falls was in town Wednesday as guest of Mrs A A Webber Mr and Mrs Daryl Meredith of Tonganoxie visited his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Meredith Sunday Mr and Mrs Charles Havens Miss Mildred Modi and Ray Appleton went to Salina last week to attend a state F S A meeting Mr and Mrs Harold Easter and family and Eothers and Dorothy Gilbert of Topeka spent the weekend with home folks Mrs A A Webber hosted the Colonial club Wednesday afternoon Mrs Carl Stebbens and Mrs A E St John club officers conducted opening with roll call Irish stories The paper on Carlsbad Caverns by Mrs Gertrude Goldman was an outstanding program number The story of The Painted Desert written by Mrs Helen Renck Meyer was read by Mrs Wyatt Gragg Contests directed by Mrs Albert Gramse Mrs Arlan Wilkinson and Mrs Ida Worgswick Assisting in serving were Mrs Clair Hester Mrs Bert Hagge Mrs Max Engle Mrs A J Simon Mrs George Sands and Miss Bonnie McHenry The Junior Epworth league sponsored by Mrs Lawrence Gabel completed a memorial window with colored paper mosaic drawn by Marion Swoyer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lane
D. M. Moore
Lane
H. L. Johnson
Kansas City
W. W. Buck
Columbus
Ralph Perry
K.S.C. Manhattan
Will Payne
Andy Yale and Sons
Grinnell
Alfred Swartz
Oakley
Hal Stevens
Timothy Payne
Topeka
Jennie Davis
Roscoe Jenkins
Lane Construction Company
Pawnee City
Neb
Charles Golden
Frank Hosford
Lawrence
Wyatt’ Gragg
Reta Croke
Frank Haines
Nortonville
Frank Perry
A. A
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Fathers and Sons
EB. A. St. John
Harry Icke
Leland Edmonds
George Johnson
Ralph May
Billy Finley
Elnora St. John
J. W. Burkett
United Brethren Church of
Orville VanGaebeck
Sinnard
Orville
Earl Weishaar
Tom Bates
Bert Hagge
Valley Falls
A. A. Webber
Daryl Meredith
Tonganoxie
Frank Meredith
Charles Havens
Mildred Modi
Ray Appleton
Carlsbad Caverns
Gertrude Goldman
the Painted Desert
Helen Renck Meyer
Wyatt Gragg
Albert Gramse
Arlan Wilkinson
Ida Worgswick
Clair Hester
Max Engle
A. J. Simon
George Sands
Bonnie McHenry
Epworth League
Lawrence Gabel
Marion Swoyer
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Albegro Grieg
Boccherini
Victor Herbert Ronda
Wee Pepper
Agricultural Bureau
New York City
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie
K. A
Kansan
Capital
Lissen
Jackman Farm
der Fuehrer
Pharmacists
L. D. Havenhill
Thornton Cook
A. F. L. Council
Reno
Oskaloosa
Gargie
T. G. Fitch
Auto Glass
Auto Wrecking & Junk CO
Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peoples State Bank
Sth
Massachusetts
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