Franco’s Madrid Drive Reported By Nationalists
Burgos dispatches say Franco’s central army crossed toward Madrid from the south with only weak resistance. Nationalists claim gains at the Toledo front and Cordoba region as Madrid defense council announces surrender of the Republican air force and possible capitulation of Madrid.
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Paris
Mar
Fournier
Burgos
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Toledo
Associated Press
Manzanares River
Toledo Bridgehead
an_ Associated Press
Hendaye
France
Franco
Cordoba
Spain
Trun
Gonzalo Quiepo de Ilano
Almaden
Union
Republican Defense Council
Reublican
Madrid National Defense Council
Soluton
Primaries Held Across Kansas Cities Amid Low Contests
Topeka reports widespread primary voting on March 27 with few candidates. Several cities including Ottawa Independence Pratt Atchison Iola Wellington Manhattan Chanute skip primaries due to single or paired races. Abilene adopts new manager form and Dodge City hosts a cowboy era turnout ahead of a Boot Hill event. Third class cities vote next Monday with no primaries.
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Topeka
Mar
Ottawa
Independence
Pratt
Atchison
Iola
Wellington
Manhattan
Chanute
Abilene
Dodge City
Boot Hill
Measure to Strengthen Oil Proration Regulations Ratner Desk
A bill to strengthen oil proration rules and curb Kansas Corporation Commission power to grant special crude production allowables awaits Gov. Payne H. Ratner's signature. Cowley county lawmakers oppose, arguing it would force small independent refiners and producers out of business by prorating pools instead of wells against wells within a pool.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Payne H. Ratner
Cowley County
House
Senate
Legislature Near End of Session Faces Osteopathic Bill Row
In Topeka on March 27 the Senate clashed over the osteopathic practice bill as Senator E H Benson led a failed bid to adjourn. Others called the measure Hitlerized while discussing fair hearing and due consideration. The House approved a welfare fund amendment raising the levy and grants in distressed counties. The Senate sent back a patrolmen bill to boost state highway patrol from 45 to 65 after House approval for 60.
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Senate
Topeka
E. H. Benson
Colby
House
Charles A. Richard
R-Senecs
Kansas
Richard
Peace move program varied during European tensions
The AP reports calm mixed with tensions as Mussolini signals possible diplomacy after a fascist anniversary speech. Observers in Rome Paris and London foresee fragile progress, while Lithuania and Slovakia face border frictions. Rotary forum links Armory plans to peace efforts and discusses economic roots of dictatorship. Professor Davis suggests an International Commerce Commission to reshape global ties.
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Europe
France
Mussolini
Althoul Duce
Italy
Djibouti
Tunisia
Suez Canal
Rome
Paris
Daladier
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Hitler
Germany
League of Nations
Memel
Patriotic Front
Bratislava
Budapest
Lawrence
Rotary
Robert M. Davis
Fred W. Condit
Christian Church
el Dorado
Armory
Art Weaver
Davis
Il Duce
Suez Canal Company
Reich
International Commerce Commission
Penfield Jones
Fred Goodrich
Bowersock Mills
ASK MURDER CHARGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY
County Attorney Lewis Morris said a county grand jury would be asked to return a murder indictment against Roger Cunningham 83 for the strangling of his wife Eudora and burying her body in a sewer ditch. He and Sheriff George Goff and other officials will present Cunningham’s confession. Defense attorney Herbert Hyde indicated insanity plea possible. Private funeral services for Mrs. Cunningham were held. burial in Rose Hill.
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Oklahoma City
Lewis R. Morris
Oklahoma County
Roger Cunningham
Eudora
Morris
Cunningham
George Goff
Claude Tyler
J. P. Stokes
Herbert K. Hyde
Hyde
Paul Wright
First Presbyterian Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
New Telephone Directory To Go To Press March 31
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co announces a new telephone directory issue will go to press on March 31. For new listings or changes, contact the business office at telephone number 221 without delay.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Douglas Approved for Supreme Court Justice Seat
The senate judiciary committee unanimously approved President Roosevelt's nomination of William O. Douglas to be associate justice. Douglas, 40, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, would replace the retiring Louis D. Brandeis and move to the high bench as Roosevelt's fourth appointee. The nomination now advances to the full senate.
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Washington
CPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Senate
Douglas
Securities Commission
Louis D. Brandeis
KU Student Baisinger Improves After Fatal Crash
K U student William Baisinger of Dodge City shows improvement at Watkins Memorial Hospital a week after an auto crash that killed three university men. He suffers a pelvic injury and will remain in bed six to seven weeks.
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William Baisinger
K. U
Dodge City
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Bassinger
Stock Market Index Shows Narrow Uptick On Weekend Quote
The index for 60 stocks stands at 48.9 in the latest reading with a weekend update showing a marginal rise to 49.1 on Saturday.
Supreme Court allows states and federal bodies to tax each other’s employees
The Supreme Court upheld state and federal taxation of each other’s employees in part. It ruled New York and Utah may tax federal staff income and that federal tax can apply to state workers, overruling prior limits on taxing the other government. The decision also struck down New Jersey’s 1934 gangster act as vague.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Congress
New York
Utah
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Stone
New York Port Authority
Nnational
New Jersey
Fierson
Butler
Frankfurter
Secretary of Agriculture
Boston
Justice Black
Elizabeth C. Jacobs
Chicago
Black
Douglas Fairbanks
Collector of Internal Revenue
Justice Stone
Utah Supreme Court
Butler and
McReynolds
Midwestern Music Festival Plants Segment at KU
Entries for the Midwestern Music Competition Festival at the University of Kansas arrive in large numbers. Festival director Russell L. Wiley says attendance this year will likely surpass any prior event, with about 3,000 high school musicians from Kansas and neighboring states participating last year.
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University of Kansas
Russell L. Wiley
Kansas
Americans See Higher Incomes in Jan and Feb 1939
Washington reports the Commerce Department found Americans earned more in January and February 1939 than the same months in 1938 with living costs 3 percent lower. February income totaled 5.09 billion dollars, up 115 million from February 1938, while a seasonally adjusted index fell from 84.2 to 83.9. Industrial activity remained steady in February and rose in early March.
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Washington
Mar
Commerce Department
Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Federal Reserve Board
Oklahoma Indians Join Haskell Honor Guard for World Fair
Fourteen Oklahoma Indians reached Haskell campus this afternoon to apply for membership in the Honor Guard mounted group for the New York World Fair. A 26 member unit will be selected with horsemanship tests starting tomorrow and training in New York to begin April 3.
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Oklahoma
Haskell
James Lansing
Oklahoma City
Horton
Kan
H. E., Bruce
Pottawatomie and Kickapoo
Russell M. Kelly
Five Civilized Tribes of
Muskogee
Okla
Kelley
Bacone ‘College
Oklahoma A. & M
Lansing
New York
Lawrence
Hold Up on Bidding for Kansas Highway Contracts
Evan Griffith state highway director ordered cancellation of bids to open in Wellington Ellsworth and Russell this week and the bureau of public roads withholding concurrence amid administration change. Governor Ratner asked deferment until thorough review, with 20 day wait bill adding confusion.
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Topeka
Mar
Evan Griffith
Wellington
Ellsworth
Russell
Griffith
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Kansas Highway
Payne H. Ratner
Bureau
Highway Commission
Highway Department
Proof of Funds Demanded for $25 Million Pipeline
Power commission attorneys demanded Kansas Pipeline and Gas prove financing for a $25,000,000 pipeline from Hugoton Kansas gas field to Minnesota. The demand opened hearings on the company’s request to build the line across Nebraska South Dakota and North Dakota.
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Washington
Upi—Power Commission
Kansas Pipeline and Gas Company
Hugoton
Kan
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Council To Meet In Regular Session Tonight
The city council will convene at 7 30 o clock in regular session tonight.
Regents Bill Signed Into Law To Reform State Board
Gov. Payne Ratner signed a bill creating a bipartisan state board of regents to replace the present partisan body. The measure shifts four additional institutions under board oversight and aims to reduce political interference in higher education. The existing regents search for a new chancellor continues as the term of Chancellor Lindley ends July 1.
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Payne H. Ratner
State Board of Regents
Hel
Kansas University
E. H. Lindley
Board of Regents
Ratner
Kansas
School For the Blind
Kansas City
School For the Deaf
Olathe
Western University
Kansas Vocational School
Topeka
Regents
Wall Senator Stricken With Kidney Trouble In Senate
State Senator N. B. Wall of Sedan collapsed from kidney trouble in the senate ante-room. He was moved to his room with Senator J. B. Carter attending. Dr. Carter described the illness as kidney trouble.
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Wall
Topeka
Mar
N. B. Wall
Sedan
Senate Chamber
J. B. Carter
Wilson
Carter
House passes bill to let cities acquire airport easements
The House forwarded to the governor a measure authorizing cities to obtain easements on land adjoining municipal airports to establish serial safety zones.
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Topeka
Mar
Thoro Investigation of WPA Directed by House Vote
In Washington on March 27 the House by a bi partisan vote directed its appropriations committee to conduct a thorough investigation of the WPA. The tally was 852 to 27 with Rep Cox of Georgia leading the measure. Democratic Leader Rayburn endorsed the move saying it would reflect credit on WPA administration. Rep Martin of Massachusetts supported the inquiry noting public demand for fair and impartial agency conduct.
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Washington
Mar
House
Appropriations Committee
Representative Cox
D-Ga
Senate
Rayburn
Cox
Station Robbery at Carter Service Station
Bill Gengler 1121 Tennessee street night man at Carter Service Station 1000 Massachusetts street robbed of 59 dollars at 4 30 this morning by two men one masked with a revolver The suspects forced open two cash registers and threatened Gengler while he searched for the office safe The getaway car was parked on Tenth street Myron Piggott and Martin Henry were on duty at the station during the incident The men fled toward the Granada theatre area after the holdup drew Gengler outside and toward the police station
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Bill Gengler
Tennessee Street
Carter
Massachusetts Street
Gengler
Tenth Street
Myron Piggott
Martin Henry
J. H. Allen
Allen
Granada
Floyd Hunter
Henry Smith
Dickinson Theatres Sell Half Interest to Griffith Brothers
Dickinson Theatres Inc discloses sale of a 50 percent stake in 26 Kansas Missouri and Iowa theaters to Griffith Brothers of Oklahoma City. The Griffith Dickinson Theaters joint venture will operate as Griffith-Dickinson Theaters next Sunday with Hults guiding ownership and management. The deal expands Griffith to 338 theaters. Dickinson retains one theater in Mission Hills not included.
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Dickinson Theatres
Griffith Brothers
Southwest
Glen W. Dickinson Theaters Inc
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Oklahoma City
Okla
Marine Marines
Reese Ra
Griffith-Dickinson Theaters
Dickinson Group
United States
Griffith
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Arkansas
Donald S. Hults
Lawrence
Dickinson Theatres, Inc
Dickinson
Dickinson, Inc
Hults
Mission Hills
Johnson County
Dickinson and
Varsity
Manhattan
Dickinson Theater Company
Kansas City
Junction City
Independence
Parsons
Hiawatha
Osawatomie
Osage City
Paola
Beloit
Ellsworth
Great Bend
Herington and
Olathe
Kan
Chillicothe
Slater
Marceline
Fayette
Macon
Pleasant Hill
Creston
Kansas Educators to Convene on State Education Role
More than 300 high school educators will gather at the University of Kansas for a two day conference addressing administrative problems in improving education. State Supt. L. W. King of Missouri will speak on teachers reliance on the state department and education as public welfare.
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Kansas
University of Kansas
State Department of Education
L. W. King
Jefferson City
King
Lindley
School of Fine Arts
John G. Rockwell
St. Paul
Minn
State Departments of Education
State ‘Department of Education
L. W. Mayberry
Wichita
E. T. Tebow
Harper
C. E. Hawkes
Salina
State Department of Education As An Agency of Research and Information
W. M. Richards
Emporia
D. R
Lidikay
Council Grove
F. A. Strickler
Dighton
George McClenny
Kansas State
R. H. Hughes
Parsons
R. W. Potwin
McPherson
C. Wright
Kansas State Teachers Association
Winter flareback brings unsettled weather to Kansas
Topeka reports a winter flareback with unsettled conditions, sleet or snow possible in the northwest tonight, and rain expected statewide tonight and tomorrow. Measured rainfall includes Topeka 0.04, Concordia 0.12, Dodge City 0.04, Goodland 0.10, Wichita 0.15, Kansas City 0.05 inches. Temperatures dip below freezing in the northwest and near freezing in the northeast with highs near 45 to 50 tomorrow under cloudy skies. A Utah low pressure area drives the unsettled pattern across the middle west.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Altho
Concordia
Dodge City
Goodland
Wichita
Kansas City
Flora
Utah
Middle West
Highway Engineer Resigns for Omaha Construction Post
A. B. Nuss, chief highway engineer, resigns effective with successor’s appointment. Nuss will join a construction company in Omaha. Evan Griffith’s resignation as department director remains unaccepted by Gov. Ratner. Nuss had been state WPA engineer before becoming chief two years ago.
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Topeka
Mar
A. B. Nuss
Evan Griffith
Griffith
Payne H. Ratner
Nuss
WPA
Omaha
Kansas Weather Outlook Tonight Through Tuesday
Forecast calls for rain tonight and Tuesday with possible sleet or snow in the northwest. Temperatures expected to be chilly, with somewhat cooler conditions in the southwest on Tuesday.
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Kansas
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Garden City
H. L. Snyder
Winfield
Howard Payne
E. F. Beckner
Clarence G. Nevins
Maurice L. Breidenthal
Leslie Wallace
Larned
L. J. Beyer
Lyons
Snyder
Dr. Lindley
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McCoy
Statehouse
Thoro
Northwest
Construction Company
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