Army Bill Now in Presidents Hands
Roosevelt poised to sign the 358 million dollar army expansion bill to raise the air force to 6000 planes, bolster Panama defenses, and expand pilot training. Four high command officers will tour the Caribbean to improve fortifications and set up a Puerto Rico air base. Congress approved the measure after resolving Senate and House differences while debates over labor standards and foreign sales to South America continued.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Army High Command
Caribbean
Panana
Puerto Rico
Senate
House
Barkley
D-Ky
LaFollette
Wis
Congress
Welles
South America
Army
Navy
Nye
R-N.d
Connally
D-Tex
Indefinite Next Chancellor Pick at Kansas University
The University of Kansas Regents in Topeka deferred a final selection after an informal subcommittee report on E. H. Lindley’s successor. Chairman Ralph T. O'Neil said no appointment date is set and details on narrowing the 50 plus candidates were not disclosed. A $2,500 legislature appropriation covers travel for candidates. One source says the field may have been narrowed to ten men.
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E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Board of Regents
Topeka Yesteray
Ralph T. O’neil
Payne H. Ratner
Topeka
Osawatomie Band Broadcast Plans Highlight Local airing
The Osawatomie high school band directed by Wesley Moore performed on WREN from 1 30 to 2 00 this afternoon. Ver Bratton said the concert starts a weekly high school program at 1 30 Thursdays with Osage City next week. Kuersteiner and other professors will direct a county music contest in Colony with a violin solo by Kuersteiner. Judges Wiley and Taylor of Kansas University will preside at Belton Mo high school contest tomorrow.
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Osawatomie High School
Wesley Moore
WREN
Verl Bratton
Osage City High School
Kuersteiner
Colony
Karl Kuersteiner
University
Kuersteiners
Russell L. Wiley
Howard C. Taylor
K. U. School of Fine Arts
Belton
D. M. Swarth
School of Fine Arts
Holton
E. U
Omer Voss
United States
Ward Martin
Eugene Gosney
Clem Fairchild
Kansas City
Niles Siebert
Canada
Kan
Dick Kane
Bartlesville
Okla
Cranium Crackers and Bible Riddles in Classifieds
Puzzle note asks for the Pompeii year from a math clue and Louisiana representation plus .888. It also queries a Bible verse where Christ is called successor and predecessor. The item presents two brainteasers from a classified page with no clear answers.
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Christ
Asin
John Oakson chosen Pachacamac candidate for Rising Sun
John Oakson a Kansas City, Kansas junior is declared the Rising Sun presidential candidate for the upcoming student council election. Oakson serves as business manager of the Independent Student Association and is a former sophomore class treasurer. The council will discuss election dates next week and release full candidate slates soon.
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John Oakson
Kansas City
Kan
Rising Sun
Progressive Student Government League
C. H. Mullen
Marion
Oakson
Independent Student Association
Hill
Wren
Pachacamac
Language meeting of KansasModern Language Association set for Atchison
Dr Otto Springer announces the annual meeting of the Kansas Modern Language Association to be held March 25 at Mount St Scholastica College Atchison The program includes Dean Paul B Lawson as principal speaker and papers by university and college language faculty across French Spanish and German sections.
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Otto Springer
University of Kansas
Kansas Modern Language Association
Mount St. Scholastica College
Atchison
Paul B. Lawson
College of Arts and Sciences
University
Liberal
Minnie M. Miller
Teachers College At
Emporia
William H. Shoemaker
Ortega Y Gasset
Alan Holske
Dorothy Penn
Saint Mary College
Leavenworth
Lucian Senecal
J. Carman
Violetta Garrett
Junior College
Kansas City
William .H. Shoemaker
E. F. Engel
Herman Fellhauer
St. Benedict’s College
Jerome Keeler
Mt. St. Scholastic
Evangelistic Meetings At Wesleyan Church Begin
A series of evangelistic meetings is conducted at Wesleyan Methodist Church each evening at 7 45 led by E Kramer of Garnett. The series opened last Monday and will continue for at least another week, says Rev W C Hazen pastor. Miss Oleatha Hazen of Ottawa a senior in Miltonvale theological department will be the song leader.
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Wesleyan Methodist Church
E. Kramer
Garnett
Oleatha Hazen
Ottawa
Miltonvale
Freshman Betty Hohl Ill With Chicken Pox at KU
Ill freshman Betty Hohl of Rushton is at the university student hospital with chicken pox. She entered the hospital last night for treatment.
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Betty Hohl
K. U
Rushton
Poison plot hunted for 70 victims in relief fraud case
Philadelphia march 23 a death sentence verdict for a spa ghetti salesman convicted of murder for insurance sparked a wide probe into 70 suspected poison victims. Detectives plan exhumations and arrests as they review deaths across Pennsylvania New York and New Jersey linked to the plot.
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Philadelphia
Herman Petrillo
WPA
Vincent P. McDevitt
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Harry S. McDevitt
Margaret Skeen
Paul Petrillo
Susie
di Martino
Stella Alfonsi
Gorina Favata
WPA library drive seeks books and magazines in Lawrence
Mrs. W. O. Hamilton in charge of the WPA library project appealed for reading material. Books go to rural district lending libraries with fiction for adults especially needed. Carl Teichgraeber, district game warden, returned from the state penitentiary area where wardens protected a large flight of geese, from about 8,000 to 1,500 remaining on the prison island in the Missouri river.
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W. O. Hamilton
WPA
Carl Teichgraeber
Douglas County
State Penitentiary
Prison Island
Missouri River
Death Notice Mrs Missouri Murphy 58 Lawrence
Mrs Missouri Murphy 58 of 301 Arkansas street died this morning at Memorial hospital Funeral arrangements to be announced later She is survived by three sisters Mrs F D Dixon Mrs L F Jefferson and Mrs Edith McPike all of Lawrence three brothers William Suttles Lawrence Joe Suttles Lawrence and Bradley Suttles Kansas City Mo and two sons Apiblas and Eugene Pate St Louis Mo
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Missouri Murphy
Arkansas’ Street
Memorial Hospital
F. D. Dixon
L. F. Jefferson
Edith McPike
Lawrence
William Suttles
Joe Suttles
Bradley Suttles
Kansas City
Apiblas
Eugene Pate
St. Louis
Sale of Delinquent Tax Property Will Be Held
County commissioners passed a resolution to proceed with a judicial sale of about 980 delinquent tax parcels. Properties include those delinquent before 1931 and after, involving sheriff’s sale redemptions not cleared in 3.5 years. Sale aims to restore paying-on-tax rolls. bids may fall short of back taxes. A new moratorium could delay the sale for two more years. For contact, call 22 for a classified Ad-Taker.
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Board of County Commissioners
Broken Reed: Soviet Army Purge Reports Stir Alarm
A Washington based analysis by George Fielding Eliot argues the Red Army is a broken reed after purge. General Niessel’s figures show mass disappearances of commanders and commissars, casting doubt on Soviet ability to aid Poland or Romania and signaling renewed European unease.
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George Fieldineliot
Niessel
Munich
Litvinov
Russia
Beck
Poland
Britain
France
Bratislava Upset Fears of Hungarian Invasion In Plain Corridor
Slovak government reports sending airplanes and Slovak storm troops to eastern Slovakia to block a presumed Hungarian invasion targeting the Kosice Uzhorod plain. In Danzig area Polish railway stock moves spark expectations of troop shifts in the corridor separating Danzig from the greater German border.
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Bratislava
Slovakia
Kosice
Kassy
Uzhorod
Ungvar
Michalvoce
Hungary
Germany
Danzig Free City
Danzig
Gdynia
Free City of Danzig
Poiat
Baltic
Outward Bound Opens Fraser Theater Run
The play Outward Bound by Sutton Vane begins a four night run at Fraser theater starting next Monday. Kansas Players present with Prof Robert Calderwood directing and Prof Crafton and Don Dixon handling sets. Tickets 50 cents on sale in Greenhall basement with reservations via K.U. 174.
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Outward Bound
Sutton Vane
Fraser Theater
Robert Calderwood
Professor Crafton
Don Dixon
Greenhall
K.U
Grass Fire Extinguished Near 913 West Sixth Street
The fire department responded to a grass fire at 913 West Sixth Street this afternoon and quickly extinguished it. No injuries or further damage reported.
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West Sixth Street
Local notes record photos, visits, and church revival
Harry Presgrove photographed high school basketball teams last Friday. Topeka residents Roberta McClanahan Clarence Reed and Lawrence resident Helen McClanahan visited the McClanahan home. Lucille Hildenbrand helps Mrs Ed McClanahan during illness. Mrs John Saltsman ill. Grantville’s Glenn Shackelford and Criss Cook of Orankie visited Shackelfords. One Frank Miller horse died. Ethel Miller of Tonganoxie stayed with family. Calkins of Burlingame opened a three week United Brethren revival here March 19 with services nightly and dinners. Christian Endeavor provided a musical number. Emma Kneider hosted a birthday dinner.
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Harry Presgrove
Roberta McClanahan
Clarence Reed
Topeka
Helen McClanahan
Lawrence
Frank McClanahan
Lucille Hildenbrand
Ed McClanahan
John Saltsman
Glenn Shackelford
Grantville
Shackelford
Criss
Orankie
Frank Miller
Ethel Miller
Tonganoxie
C. S. Calkins
Burlingame
United Brethren Church
Lily Hartup
The
Christian Endeavor
Emma Kneider
Market News: Wheat Slips Then Rallies as European Tension Eases
Market notes show fractional losses worldwide amid easing European political tension. Wheat futures dipped up to 5% before closing near unchanged, while corn and oats posted small gains or little change. Kansas City livestock markets were uneven with buyers slower, cattle and calves steady to weaker, feeders soft, and fat cows mixed. Produce prices in Kansas City included modest butter and poultry movements.
Chicago Potato Market Roundup March 23
Potatoes 99 on track 59 total U S shipments 1 020 old stock supplies moderate Idaho Russets slightly weaker demand very slow sacks per cwt. Idaho Russet Burbanks U S No 1 very few sales LAVG55 Nebraska Bliss Triumphs U S No 1 2 00 new stack about steady supplies moderate demand very light Texas 50 lb sacks Bliss Triumphs U S No 1 1 90 U S No 1 size RB 1 75
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Chicago
Mar
Ap-Ucsda
U. S
Idaho
Bliss
Estimated Livestock Receipts Reported for Tomorrow
Official USDA estimate lists tomorrow's receipts including 500 cattle calves 190 hogs and 0 sheep for Kansas City market.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Grain Futures Close in Mixed Sessions
Chicago markets end a mixed session with Wheat and Corn futures showing fractional gains and losses. Lard prices rise with March at 6.20 and July at 6.57 while feed and rye contracts show scattered moves across May July and September deliveries.
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Chicago
Wheat prices and grain quotes from Kansas City market
Kansas City March 23 AP Wheat quotes show a range of grades with No 2 dark hard and No 2 red offerings and futures for May July and September. Corn trading at unchanged prices with No 2 grade noted.
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Kansas City
Grain price notes from 1940s market report
The report lists various grain grades with percent relative values and futures-like codes. It mentions white hominy, oats, milo maize, kaffir corn, rye, barley, hard and dark wheats, red wheats, and white corn with prices and adjustments across May July and September references.
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Unu Eriged
Kaffir Rom
Kansas City Market Report Hay and Car Prices
Kansas City market notes show hay and cars steady. Alfalfa prices vary with No 1 extra leaf selling around 16.00 to 19.00 per unit and No 2 extra leaf about 15.00 to 16.00.
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Kansas City Hay Market
Kansas City
Hay
Livestock Prices Reported From Kansas City Market
Hogs and cattle unchanged while sheep and lambs show gains. Top fed lambs sell around 3.50, most lamb sales near 9.00 to 9.25 per cwt. clipped 104 pounds fetch 7.75, native spring lambs 16.60. Grain and butterfat prices listed. hogs quoted at 7.10.
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Kansas City
Mar
USDA
Government Bonds Market Report New York March
Closing government bond figures show Treasury 34 March at 106 20, Treasury 48 at 115 18, and Treasury 444 at 120 4, reflecting pricing for government securities in New York.
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New York
Treasury
Wall Street opens with gains then trims most of them
The market rallied early with shares up to four points aided by European upturns but faded to modest gains as the session ended. Bonds rebounded with foreign loans, while names like Chrysler and General Motors retained some early strength. About 800000 shares traded as Du Pont Eastman and International Harvester slipped late. Cotton futures moved from five cents up to ten cents down.
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Wall Street
New York
Reading
Gondon
3 Up
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
General Motors
Sears, Roebuck
U. S. Rubber
Allis
Chalmers
Cerro de Pasco
United Aircraft
Youngstown
du Pont, Eastman and
International Harvester
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Schiller Shore
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George Fielding Eliot
U. S. Military Intelligence Reserve
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Drang Nach
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Blucher
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Gen
V. K. Blucher
Kreider
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Mabel] Slavens
John Taylor
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Ida Clark
Mankel
Winnie Sehon
Charles Houk
Collins
Gertrude Paslay
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Scott
Howard Morris
Ted Baughman
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Herington
Owen Baugman
Welch
Roger Bahnmaier
Julia Bahnmaier
Ralph
Lecompton
Kansas City Livestock
Ap-Usdaj
Missouri Fed
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Beth Steel
Chrysler Corp
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General Elec
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Penney J C Sone
Westinghouse
Olson Bros
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Miller Furniture Company
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