Nazi Expansion Nears An End Short Stop At Memel
The Fuehrer hinted Germany may end rapid territorial gains as celebrations in Memel mark its first Nazi won seaport. Britain weighs wider anti aggression moves while Italy seeks concessions from France. France and Soviet Russia consider a conference to deter Nazi expansion and Poland weighs joining the bloc.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Memel
Fuehrer
France
Italy
Poland
Paris
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Balkan States
Confession Reported in Topeka Holdups by Owens
Sheriff Banning learned a Topeka paper said James Owens 29 a jail prisoner signed a typewritten confession to two Topeka holdups last January Owens and Don W Cutting jailed since January 30 face first degree robbery charges for the Securities Investment Co holdup January 28 $724.50 was taken Officers traced the car to Kansas City after Lawrence police tips A Topeka employee identified Owens as the man in January robberies Owens had denied those offenses earlier Topeka officials may not file charges against Owens for Topeka crimes as institutions involved aren’t pursuing prosecution Owens once worked as a Topeka car salesman
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Charles Banning
Topeka
James Owens
Owens
Don W. Cutting
Securities Investment Company
Kansas City
Lawrence
Harold Allen
Mutual Benefit and Loan Company
Morris Plan Bank
Banning
Owensi
Trench Mortar Aimed At Durand Fort In Wyoming Standoff
In Cody Wyoming on March 23 a trench mortar and other public safety weapons were rushed in by air to assault Earl Durand the 26 year old outlaw who held a rocky fort and 100 men at bay after fatally wounding two posse members. Durand left a warning letter predicting his death and challenging pursuers to display his head at the courthouse.
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Cody
Wyo
Wyoming
Earl Durand
Tarzan
Durand
Bill Monday
Casper
National Guard
Bill Garlow
William F.buffalo Bill) Cody
Stark urges bi partisan control of Kansas City police
Gov. Lloyd C. Stark asks the Missouri General Assembly to place the Kansas City police under a bi partisan board reporting to the governor. He says the force is political weapon and nonfunctional under local Democrats led by Boss Tom Pendergast. City Manager H F McElroy calls the proposal a Hitler like government.
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Jefferson City
Lloyd C. Stark
General Assembly
Kansas City
Stark
Tom Pendergast
Stark-Pendergast
Assembly
H. F. McElroy
Butler Urges U S to Mind Its Own Business
General Smedley D. Butler told a Manhattan audience that the United States should stay home and mind its own business. He endorsed coast defenses and keeping forces home, arguing an assault would require seven tons of equipment per man. He cited Madrid during air raids as proof of aerial attack’s limits.
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Manhattan
Kan
UPI
Aolice
Smedley D. Butler
United States
Madrid
Ratner Signs Bill to Abolish Tax Tokens
Topeka March 23 Pi Gov Payne H Ratner signed today the bill to abolish use of tax tokens with the comment Kansas people will be rid of this nuisance after July 1. Drawn carefully after a moro study of its effect upon both consumers and retailers in Kansas this bill provides a proven method of sales tax collection now in use by 12 other states with uniformly satisfactory results.
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Topeka
Payne H. Ratner
Kansas
Richberg Leaves Mexico After Oil Expropriation Talks
Richberg travels to Washington following inconclusive talks with President Lazaro Cardenas over Mexico expropriation of foreign oil properties. He represented major U S companies whose holdings were seized on March 18 1938.
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Richberg
Mexico City
Donald Richberg
Washington
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
United States
Senate defers debate on conservancy measure in Topeka
The senate postponed the long contested land and water conservancy measure debate in Topeka after two days and two nights of sessions.
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Topeka
Senate
Senate passes biennial education appropriation bill
The Kansas Senate approved the biennial appropriation bill covering fourteen state educational institutions including the University of Kansas. The measure advanced to the House without debate and was sent for committee review. Senator Jess Denions stated no changes are expected but an industrial building bill for KU may be introduced.
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Kansas Senate
House
University of Kansas
Senate
Jess Denons
Dodge City
Ways and Means
Denions
K. U
Brinkley testimony highlights income drop and libel case
Dr. John R. Brinkley testified his 1988 gross income fell to about 810000 from 1100000 in 1987 after a Fishbein article. He said he performed about 5000 goat gland operations before discontinuing animal glands in 1933. The defense challenged a libel suit and a prejudicial radio remark by Brinkley from Mexico.
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Dr. Fishbein
Chicago
R.L. McMillan
Dr. Brinkley
McMillan
Mexico
Fishbein
Atchison
Kanthru
Cultural treaty signed by Japanese and Italians
Tokyo reports Japan and Italy concluded a cultural treaty exchanging works across science art music literature theater photography and radio. The pact follows a similar agreement Japan made with Germany last November and aligns with the anti Comintern bloc. Japanese inner government ministers reportedly backed a neutral stance in a European war scenario.
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Tokyo
Japan
Italy
Germany
Kiwanis Meeting Features Quiz on Club Facts
Kiwanis program at WIEDemanns today covered Kiwanis facts. Guy Keeler presided and announced member grades were mostly low.
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Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann’s Today
Guy Keeler
Douglas County Beer Regulation Tightened After License Revocation
Douglas county officials moved toward stricter beer retailer rules after requesting a set of regulations from County Attorney Milton Beach and Sheriff Charles Banning. The board revoked L B Robinson’s Rose Bud Tavern license following a hearing and a raid that uncovered alcohol and intoxicated patrons.
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Charles E. Banning
Douglas County
Douglas County Board of Commissioners
Beach
Banning
Robinson
L.B
Rose Bud Tavern
Union Pacific
Court House
McCurdy Case Ruled Out For Fugitive Status
Kansas City March 23 Circuit Judge Albert A. Ridge halted Hugh McCurdy manslaughter trial after ruling the state failed to prove he had been hiding as a fugitive from justice. The verdict prevented a determination of guilt or innocence due to the statute of limitations.
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Kansas City
Mar
Hugh McCurdy
Albert A. Ridge
McCurdy
Ridge
Farley to Speak in Salina Kansas Postmasters Meet
Postmaster General James Farley will address a Salina luncheon May 16 as part of the Kansas Postmasters convention, after dates were moved from May 8 9 to May 15 16 to fit his cabinet schedule. Farley spoke in Salina last fall at a new post office dedication.
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Farley
Salina Salina
Kan
James Farley
Salina
Kansas Postmasters Convention
R. J. Pafford
Agriculture Department Seeks $500000 For Dry Land Research
The Agriculture Department aims to receive over five hundred thousand dollars in the next fiscal year for experiments in dry land farming dust bowl forage crops and disease investigation under the agriculture appropriation bill introduced in the House today.
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Washington
Mar
Department of Agriculture
Flyin Errol Flynn Wins Raffle in Dodge City Event
Miss Mary Agness Butterfield 22 year old store clerk won Errol Flynn in a raffle by the Young Women's Business club. Flynn will appear for the Dodge City premiere of the film "Dodge City" April 1 and 2 and will spend the weekend at theButterfield home.
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Errol
Flynn
Dodge City
Kan
Mary Agness Butterfield
Young Women’s Business Club
Butterfield
Drew Flynn
Slovakia Retains Autonomous State Status in German Treaty
A treaty between Germany and Slovakia declares Slovakia remains an autonomous sovereign state with its own foreign minister and diplomatic representatives. Germany will not establish a protectorate but will defend Slovakia if attacked from any side. Slovakia will have its own currency posts and telegraphs, while Hungarian troop movements are noted with German denials of knowledge.
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Berlin
Max
Germany
Slovakia
Bohemia and Moravia
Czecho-Slovakia
Budapest
Adolf Hitler
Medical lectures begin in Douglas county for four Fridays
A postgraduate course in obstetrics and pediatrics for doctors and nurses opens Friday in Douglas County with lectures by Dr. Dieckman and Dr. Davis of the University of Chicago on obstetrics and Dr. Mandel L. Spivel of Children's Memorial Hospital on pediatrics. Sessions run 5 to 7 pm with a dinner 7 to 8 pm and 8 to 10 pm, then continue the next day. The program travels to Sabetha Clay Center and Wamego later in the week.
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State Board of Health
Douglas County Medical Society
Chamber of Commerce
William J. Dieckman
Edward Davis
University of Chicago
Chicago-Lying-in
Mandel L. Spivel
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society
Nathan A. Womack
St. Louis
Barnes Hospital
Washington University Medical School
Womack
Frank Strong
Sabetha
Clay Center
Wamego
Lawrence
Budget Balance Urged by Eccles to Congress
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner S. Eccles told the Senate silver committee that if balancing the budget would restore prosperity Congress should act without delay or compromise for the benefit of any special groups. He noted business leaders and both houses support retrenchment, but warned it could have disastrous results under present conditions.
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Washington
Mar
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Eccles
Senate
Federal Reserve
Quake Triggers War Fear Near Romanian Frontier
Earth shocks near the Romanian border sent thousands of civilians and troops into a panic. The center was Debrecen where troops were concentrated. Chimneys toppled and plaster fell as villagers fled thinking bombardment had begun. Reports said damage was slight.
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Budapest
Debreczem
State highway commission awards contracts before new law
Five Democratic members awarded contracts totaling 465 016 34 last Tuesday as Gov Ratner signed a bill delaying highway contract awards for 20 days. The awards covered eight bridges earthwork culverts detour surfacing resurfacing material and paving before publication of the law.
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Topeka
Mar
State Highway Commission
Payne H. Ratner
Evan Griffith
Ray G. Tripp
Herington
Democratic Controlled Commission
Republican-controlled Commission
House
Ratner
Commission
Chinese Air Force Strikes Japanese Across Split Front
Shanghai dispatch reports Chiang Kai-Shek's air force raided an airdrome at Wuchang and bombed barracks near Hankow. A second squadron hit Japanese depots on Samstow Island near Canton while Kiangsi reports Japanese infantry advance near Nanchang. The article notes Kin river action and mentions several American missionaries in Nanchang.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Wuchang
Hankow
Wuochang
Hapa
Yangtze River
Samstow Island
West River
Canton
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Forth
Kin River
L. W. Holland
Pasadena
Calif
Coral Houston
Los Angeles
Ruth Daniels
Hiawatha
Kan
Evelyn Gaw
Charleston
Hitler Leaves Memel Harbor on Leopard for Undisclosed Destination
Adolf Hitler spent two hours in Memel welcoming the port to the Reich before departing at 4 p m aboard the torpedo boat Leopard for an undisclosed destination. Lithuania ceded Memel yesterday as part of German expansion while Hitler hinted reparations could end with a conditional window for further claims.
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Adolf Hitler
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Leopard
Warlost
Lithuania
Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Eupen
Malmedy
Belgium
Schleswig
Denmark
Haskell Indians Mounted Guard Ready for World’s Fair
Final government approval this day enables 26 Haskell Indian students to serve as a mounted guard of honor at the New York World's Fair. Warren Spaulding, acting school superintendent, and James Tonsine coordinate training in Oklahoma City before departure on April 1. The troop will assemble for outfitting on April 3 and train for two weeks on the fair grounds with an employment period through November 1.
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Warren Spaulding
John Collier
Washington
Appoval
A. C. Monahan
Oklahoma City
Spaulding
Monahan
James Tonsine
Laske l
New York
National Guard Cavalry Company
Oklahoma
Haskell
Fair Grounds
Sell America at Home Speech at Masonic Temple
Kansas City travel writer and Grand Orator Frank I Buckingham spoke to about 25 attendees at the Scottish Rite Free Masonry meeting at the Masonic Temple. He urged Americans to promote patriotism and outlined observations from his travels in Europe. He was honored for 25 years in the consistory with a red carnation lapel pin.
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America
Frank I. Buckingham
Kansas City
Masonic Temple
Order of de Molay
Buckingham
Scottish Rite Free Masonry
Europe
Market Index Dips to 48.5 As War Costs Rise
The stock index of 60 stocks stood at 48.5 yesterday, after a 48.2 reading the day before. The article notes the world war costs tally at 107 million dollars per day.
House Committee Rejects Presidents Request To Cut Farm Benefits
Washington March 23 The House Appropriations Committee rejected President Roosevelt s proposal to cut farm benefit payments by 30 percent and urged Congress to appropriate 750 million dollars to promote agricultural recovery The panel sent to the House floor a bill for 1 067 274 427 for all Agriculture Department activities in the year starting July 1 The total exceeds the President s budget request by about 244 6 million and last year s normal appropriations by 113 1 million It provides 500 million for soil conservation payments 15 million above the President s budget and 250 million for farm parity benefits not recommended by the budget The committee notes the President did not request parity payments but says they should be made under last Congress policy The group also trimmed the Budget Bureau request for public roads and adjusted the Farm Credit Administration funding up to support crop production and harvesting loans The weather bureau funds for 24 hour operation and additional weather maps were approved The hearings showed Secretary Wallace warned that unemployment kept agriculture in weak shape and that half the farm problem lies in cities If urban unemployment rises more farm trouble will follow
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Washington
Mar
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Agriculture Department
Budget Bureau
Bureau of Public Roads
Farm Credit
Weather Bureau
Wallace
United States
House Appropriations
Tony
Business man urged to lead economic revival in nation
W A Riley of Topeka urged business leaders to solve economic distress before social reform, arguing business recovery shows the path to prosperity. Biby warned against reliance on federal schemes and called for local responsibility within 30 months, as about 40 Topeka Chamber members visited Lawrence for a goodwill dinner at the Hotel Eldridge with Lawrence leaders and music by local groups.
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America
W. A. Riley
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Topekans
Eldridge
Biby
Kansas
Lawrence Chamber
Topeka
Lawrence
Don Wood
K. A. Glee Club
Wood
Art Wolfe
Fred Lake
Will Hayes
John Brand
EF. H. Lindley
Corlett Cotton
C of Cy
Earl Spencer
Harry Thompson
Good Will
Mark W. Drehmer
Unsettled Weather Forecast For Kansas Tonight And Tomorrow
Weather unsettled across Kansas with possible showers. Mild conditions to continue. topsoil drying due to sun and heat. Low pressure over Colorado and Arizona expected to bring unsettled conditions. Temperatures forecast 40 to 55 east and south. 45 to 50 north tonight. Highs 75 to 85 tomorrow. Wop eka reached 84 yesterday, trace rainfall at Concordia.
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Topeka
Mar
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Colorado
Arizona
Flora
Yvopeka
Weather Bureau
Concordia
Railroad Reports Second Deficit
The Missouri Kansas Texas railroad announced that its operations in the last year showed a deficit of 3.848 million dollars, compared with a 1.625 million dollar deficit in 1987.
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St. Louis
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Weather Forecast for Kansasboard Tonight and Friday
Considerable cloudiness and continued mild tonight and Friday. Temperatures from the Weather Office records show yesterday evening to today morning and noon readings with a high around the low sixties and a light range in temperatures.
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Kansas
Ges
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