Hitler's Demands Shock the British
London reports claim Reichsfuehrer Hitler pressed Sir John Simon for an economic union with Austria, elimination of the Polish corridor, return of Czech territory, parity air power with Britain or France, and a large navy, with discussion of eastern frontier revision and a future League settlement. Britain remained wary on naval questions and prepared for the Stresa talks as Eden worked to sway Moscow.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
France
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Russia
Europe
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Anthony Eden
Stresa
Italy
Hitler
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League of Nations
Moscow
Reich
John Simon
News Chronicle
Fuehrer
Sovereignty Debate Over Former German Isles
Geneva March 27. Juan's resignation from the League of Nations raises doubts on who controls the Pacific islands seized from Germany and held under a League mandate. Tokyo is expected to retain control under supervision of the mandate, while experts differ on whether sovereignty lies with the Allies or the League.
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Juan
Theeague of Nations
Pacific Islands
Germany
Japan
League
Tokyo
Mandate Commission
United States
League of Nations
Fear in Lithuania stirs Nazi protests over Memel verdict
Kaunas March 27 The Lithuanian war office orders police drills and border police on standby across Memel district to quell possible demonstrations after a military court sentenced four Nazis to death for a murder tied to a plot to restore Memel to Germany. Mass meetings planned in Berlin and other cities as protests spread nationwide.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Lithuanian War Office
Memel
Germany
League of Nations
War Office
Orlin
Berlin
Tax opposition forms over compulsory old age tax plan
Washington lawmakers clash over a payroll tax based old age annuity in the social security bill. Critics warn the 2 percent starting 1937 rising to 6 percent by 1949 would burden business. employer and employee share the tax and an extra 3 percent unemployment levy may follow. Townsend says he will not run for president under any circumstances.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Townsend
F. EF. Townsend
Boston
Charles M. Hawks
William E. Botah
Poland Orders Two Destroyers From British Yard
Poland today placed orders for two destroyers with a British shipbuilding company. The ships will augment the Polish navy nucleus, which includes a former German cruiser and several German torpedo boats given after the World War I peace conference. Poland recently had two destroyers and three torpedo boats built for it in France.
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Warsaw
Mar
Poland
France
Baruch advocates wartime price plan before Senate panel
Bernard Baruch, head of the World War Industries Board, urged a wartime tax and price control scheme to cap profits and stabilize prices if the United States enters another war. He proposed a price ceiling on all goods and services, a fair price commission, wartime taxes, and mobilized, nonconscripted labor under civilian management led by the President.
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Washington
United States
Senate Munitions Committee
Bernard Baruch
World War Industries Board
New York
Roosevelt
Baruch
John T. Flynn
Congress
Army
Navy
Government Spending Passes Five Billion Mark
Washington reports that government outlays for the current fiscal year reached 5,006,456,143 by March 25 with emergency expenses totaling 2,574,490,002 and general government costs at 2,431,966,140. Receipts totaled 2,827,165,760, boosted by a 195,000,000 rise in income tax collections, reducing the deficit to 2,179,290,383 versus last year's 2,428,241,684.
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Washington
Treasury
Last Dust Storm Causes Little Crop Damage in Kansas
Topeka reports that the dust storm last week caused light crop damage as dust stayed aloft and soil loss was minimal. Wheat improved in eastern and some southwestern counties while western areas showed poor prospects. crops need rain. John Buchan named Governor General of Canada by King George, announced at Buckingham Palace.
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Kansas
United States Weather Bureau
Altho
King Names Buchan
London
George
John Buchan
Canada
Buckingham Palace
Republicans Plan Spring Conference For 1936 Campaign
Washington March 27 The call by former President Hoover for militant GOP action has fueled interest in a spring meeting of party leaders in Kansas City to prepare a pre primary program. Governor Alf Landon said the gathering aims to lay a foundation for organization and a party program, not to nominate candidates.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Kansas City
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
Pan American Clippers Begin 1500 Mile Flight to San Diego
The Pan American Clipper departed Miami at 9 15 a m EST bound for San Diego to inaugurate a new U S to China air route. The 19 ton flying boat recently completed a 2500 mile nonstop test to the Virgin Islands and return and crossed the Gulf of Mexico toward Acapulco the first stop of the voyage.
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Fla
United States
San Diego
Calif
Virgin Islands
Biscayne Bay
Gulf of Mexico
China
Acapulco
Mexico
Glenn Riddell named regional advisor in rural rehabilitation
Glenn Ek. Riddell of Little Rock Arkansas named regional special advisor in rural rehabilitation for the federal emergency relief administration. His district covers Arkansas Missouri Illinois Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana with headquarters at Little Rock. Appointment made by Federal Administrator Harry L Hopkins. Howe Reported Better: Col Louis McHenry Howe, secretary to the President, is generally better after a cardiac ailment.
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Ark
Glenn Ek. Riddell
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Riddell
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Harry L. Hopkins
Stock Market Index Declines Amid Advertising Costs
Average of 60 stocks shows 36.3 yesterday versus 36.7 previously as market activity dips. Classified advertising remains economical with four-line ads for a week at eighty cents.
Candidate Reverses Course in Emporia Mayoral Race
Emporia Kansas March 27. UP Candidates and women reserve the right to change their minds says J Wesley Taylor who would be mayor. After trailing incumbent Frank Lostutter in the municipal primary Taylor withdrew then reentered the race claiming reports he had sold out prompted his return.
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Emporia
Kan
J. Wesley Taylor
Taylor
Frank Lostutter
Dust not a cause of pneumonia claims Kansas health official
Topeka reports Dr Earle G Brown secretary of the state board of health announced dust storms do not carry disease producing germs. Soil bacteria were found in the dust and not harmful to humans. Dust aggravates lung conditions but is not the disease source according to tests by Cassandra Ritter and Kansas University analyses.
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Earle G. Brown
State Board of Health
Brown
Kansas University
Cassandra Ritter
Division of Sanitation
Kansas State Board of Health
Scientists to Gather as Kansas Academy Opens
The sixty seventh annual Kansas Academy of Science meeting begins with Dr. Ralph H. Major of the University of Kansas delivering “Glimpses of Germany” in Fraser theater at 4:20 p.m. The public is invited to attend the opening address and Friday events including Dr. A. E. Douglass’s talk on “Tree Rings and Climates in Relation to Ancient Civilizations of the Southwest.”
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FE. H. Lindley
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F. H. Lin
Oklahoma farmer dies by suicide after erosion protest
Will Tune, a Muskogee farmer, shot himself after voicing opposition to soil erosion work on his farm. He told federal erosion workers he hoped they would straighten things out to suit themselves before firing a bullet into his head. He had been plowing in preparation for planting a crop. New Ford V-8, Hamilton's.-adv
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Okla
Will Tune
Tune
County Relief Office Discussed At Community Meeting
The Community Service Committee held its monthly meeting in the Chamber of Commerce room to study county relief operations. Mrs. Armstrong explained the dual county and federal relief functions, budgeting for essentials, and the role of field workers in investigations and aiding transients with policies directing temporary aid and return to their homes.
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Chamber of Commerce
C. W. Armstrong
C. D. Clarke
Dinsmore Alter
Armstrong
Held for Burglary in Auto Wrecking Company Theft
Clarence Hamilton, 32, arrested in Kansas City Kan for involvement in a Sunday burglary at Auto Wrecking and Junk. He was brought to Lawrence after his arrest yesterday. A written statement from a nonresident source tied him to the crime. The culprits pried the safe open between 12 and 1:30 PM, stealing $100 cash and $375 in checks. Hamilton’s car and license plates were linked to the junk yard. Investigators say he possessed the stolen checks in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Kan
Clarence Hamilton
Hamilton
Lawrence
Walt
Junk Company
Eee
Capacity Audience for High School Band Concert
The Lawrence high school band played to an overflow audience last night in the school auditorium at the free concert presented through cooperation of the band and civic organizations including the Chamber of Commerce. Topeka and Ottawa represented. KU faculty attended. C. E. Sawhill, the director, received many compliments on the band's performance.
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Chamber of Commerce
Topeka
Ottawa
University of Kansas
C. E. Sawhill
Milk Strike Rumor Sparks Poisoning Fear In Dallas Area
Sheriff Smoot Schmid investigated rumors that striking milk producers tried to poison cattle of unsympathetic farmers to force higher prices. Seven sacks of cotton seed hulls were found scattered on a farm. Deputies halted truck interceptions as thousands of gallons of milk were dumped on highways after strikes halted deliveries.
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Tex
Smoot Schmid
Schmid
Earhart Prepares Flight Over Dust Storm Route
Amelia Earhart lands in Dallas amid a Texas dust storm and departs toward El Paso planning to fly at 10,000 feet. She may enter Mexico from El Paso and has an invitation from the Mexican government to visit Mexico City.
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Tex
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Honolulu
California
Aviatrix
Tulsa
Okla
Texas
el Paso
Miss Earhart
Mexico
Kansas Bank Deposits on the Increase
Deposits in all Kansas banks rose over the six months ending December 31, with total deposits reaching 352,560,893 across 552 state and 192 national banks, while loans and discounts fell to 115,138,297. Total resources stood at 413,793,788, up from 286,992,090 six months earlier, and cash plus sight exchange rose from 112,187,056 to 128,825,224.
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Kansas
Kansas Bankers Association
Obituary: A S Olin University of Kansas Professor Dies
Arvin Solomon Olin, long time KU education professor and former acting dean, died yesterday at his home in Mayfield California. Born 1855 in Low Moor Iowa, he taught in Kansas rural schools, led summer school, authored Outlines of History of Education, and held degrees from Ottawa University and KU. He was on leave since 1924.
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Ottawa
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Martha Davis
Lawrence
Osage County
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Kansas City
Kan
Olin
University
Mayfield
Calif
Dust Storm Strikes Southwest Blurring Sunlight
Colder air drives one of the season’s worst dust storms across Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Fort Worth and Dallas see a reddish haze by 9 a.m. with visibility down and breathing hard. Frost possible tonight as dust blankets the plains and snow falls in Denver.
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Dallas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Denver
Colorado
New Mexico
Missouri House Passes a 2% Sales Tax Bill
Jefferson City March 27 The administration 2 percent sales tax bill was passed today by the House of Representatives with no emergency clause. The 86 to 57 vote surpassed the required majority by ten. Twelve Democrats joined Republicans in opposing. The measure goes to the Senate which is expected to substitute its own bill, a 2 percent tax on retail sales of tangible merchandise, for the House version.
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Jefferson City
House of Representatives
Senate
Patman Bill Could Bring Grants to Douglas County
The Patman bill success could allocate 420,214.96 dollars to Douglas County for Kansas veterans. Nearby counties would receive Franklin 368,087.12, Anderson 223,202.12, Osage 293,112.60, Miami 228,182.59, with a state bank call issued by Roy A. Haines on March 27 for a report of condition as of March 25.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Franklin
Anderson
Osage
Miami
Fey
State Bank
Topeka
P_Roy A. Haines
Ex-convicts nabbed in Lawrence car thefts linked by loot
Two heavily armed ex-convicts were captured by Officer John Ingalls at Eighth and New Hampshire, Topeka. R. R. Smith and James Lockerman admitted burglaries in Manhattan, Topeka, Ottawa and Emporia, with loot including jewelry and coins found during raids. Police linked them to Lawrence burglaries and recovered firearms tied to the cases.
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Eighth
New Hampshire
R. R. Smith
Topeka
James Lockerman
Joe Lewis
Lewis
Wichita
Hi Sturm
William Link
Smith
Loekerman
Manhattan
Ottawa
Emporia
Lawrence
Highland Park
Dean Rogers
Shawnee County
Sheriff's Force
Ingalls
Kansas Weather Forecast and Conditions
Forecasting fair weather for tonight and Thursday with colder conditions. Dodge City reports dusty gusts and cloudy skies in the morning. Dirt and Douglas county roads listed as good. Temperature records show 39 degrees minimum today, a prior 7 p.m. yesterday reading of 0.68 in gas office data, and noon today pending.
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Dodge City
Douglas County
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