Simon says Britain to join three power talks at Stresa
London March 28 Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon told the House of Commons Britain would not press Germany to join the three power talks at Stresa Italy over Hitler’s drive for a German conscript army. He noted divergent views with Germany while calling the Berlin talks valuable for clarifying positions. The cabinet surveys the European situation with Captain Eden in Moscow and Easter security pact talks ongoing.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
Stresa
Italy
Altho
Berlin
Heath
Anthony Eden
Privy Seal
Moscow
Simon
Eden
Sir John
George Lansbury
Hitler
Germany
Will Thorne
John
Britain
France
Talks Between Litvinoff and Eden Reach Friendly Tone
Moscow reports that Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff and British Lord Privy Seal Anthony Eden discussed the Berlin negotiations at a Beehan conference on European peace. They reported no disagreement on topics, with a notably friendly atmosphere and planned continuation tomorrow. Attending were Lord Chilston, Ivan Maisky, and William Strang. Captain Eden met Litvinoff after arriving from Berlin.
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Capyevnkt
Associated Press
Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Anthony Eden
Berlin
Fonors
Litvinoff
Foreign Ministry
Eden
Lord Chilston
Russia
Ivan Maisky
London
William Strang
Sir John Simon
Hitler
Ivan M. Maisky
Salesman Robbed On Road Near Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo., March 28. Grey M. Wilson of Kansas City Kansas reported to his employer that he was held up last night a short distance west of Kansas City. He was forced to drive to Topeka and then to Omaha. Wilson was robbed of about 45 dollars and his luggage. He was en route to Lawrence at the time.
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Kansas City
Grey M. Wilson
Kan
Omaha
Neb
Topeka
L. P. McCoun
Harding
Wilson
Omaria
McCoun
MacCaun
Lawrence
Strike Threat Looms Over US Soft Coal Mines
Washington March 28 United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis says wage talks with operators have stalled and miners will not work Monday unless new contracts replace expiring ones. Both sides appeared before NRA at blue eagle board urging a crisis avert. The miners demand shorter hours with higher pay.
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Washington
LPI
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
NRA
Blue Eagle Board
Lewis
Germany condemns Memel court ruling sparks Berlin riots
A Lithuanian court condemned four Nazis to death and 87 others to prison terms for an alleged plot to seize Memel. Protests erupted across Germany with cheers of Fuehrer and Memel is German while Berlin’s chancellor’s offices faced crowds. Officials warned that European powers have not intervened, dampening hopes for Germany’s peace program.
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Berlin
Mar
Germany
Reich
Lithuania
Prussia
Memel
Fuehrer
Kurfuerstenstrasse
Hans Steinacher
Association For German Nationality Abroad
Lustgarten
Wilhelmstrasse
Kaunas
Will Resist Demands From Hitler, Paris Silent
Paris officials stayed silent on six Hitler demands reported to British statesmen with private warnings that enforcing them could trigger war. The list included air parity with France a 400000 ton navy annexation of part of Czechoslovakia repatriation of 2500000 Germans and economic union with Austria. Mussolini mobilized Italian forces and Yugoslavia signaled readiness to move if Austria was pressed, signaling a broader risk of armed conflict.
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Paris
Adolf Hitler
Europe
France
Czecho-slovakia
Austria
Benito Mussolini
Yugoslavia
Little Entente
Pioneer physician dies in Basehor after long service
Dr. J. B. Roberts, 78, pioneer midwest physician and former Kansas City practitioner, died yesterday at his Basehor home. A native of Indiana, he settled in the region after earning his medical degree. Hauptmann hearing set for June 20 in Trenton, New Jersey, on appeal from the Lindbergh kidnapping murder conviction.
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Lesvenworth
Kan
J.B. Roberts
Basehor
Roberts
Indiana
Kansas City
Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Court of Errors and Appeals
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Paving Projects Enter Two Houses Under Discussion
Highway matters of vital importance to Lawrence and Douglas county were discussed by Chester W. Davis with the Chamber of Commerce and Baldwin representatives. Plans include paving on Highway 10 east of Lawrence, three blocks on South Massachusetts, a new state highway to Lone Star Lake, and Highway 50 east of Baldwin. Two burglaries occurred last night in Lawrence, with entry through locked doors and theft of small items from residences on Tennessee and Alabama streets.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Chester W. Davis
Holton
Good Roads Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Baldwin
Johnson County
Massachusetts
Lone Star State Lake
Davis
Massachusetts Street
State Highway Department
Kansas
Eudora
Harrison Construction Company
Kansas City
Federal Good Roads Bureau
Lone Star Lake
State Highway Commission
H. D. Johnson
Post Office
Tennessee Street
Mr. Johnson
A. L. Kirchhoff
Alabama Street
South Lawrence
Twentieth
Smith
H. W. Malott
New Hampshire Street
Claude Harris
W. H. Dietz
Vermont Street
C. C. Casebier
George Houk
Ohio Street
Paul Woodard
J. P. Liebengood
Will Elect Directors of C. of C. Next Week
The annual chamber of commerce board election will be held next week with mail ballots to members. Fourteen candidates were named by the nominating committee, with the seven top vote getters to win. Nominating committee members are H. C. Constant, Co. B. Holmes, M. F. Hudson, George Lowman, I. J. Meade, R. C. Rankin and I. C. Stevenson.
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Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Andrews
Dr. H. L. Chambers
L. E. Eby
Gene Glahn
al Green
Karl Kreider
Harry Nevin
E. W. Penchard
Charles Radcliffe
John Robinson
Ivan Rowe
Junius Underwood
F. ©. Whipple
Roger Williams
H. C. Constant
Co. B. Holmes
M. F. Hudson
George Lowman
I. J. Meade
R. C. Rankin
I. C. Stevenson
Plans for dust control discussed in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas John G Stutz executive director of the Kansas FERA and Dean Harry Umberger of Kansas State College extension service will lead a conference on soil erosion control tomorrow The meeting will list needed work and available equipment about 20000 tractors are listed for sail work Plans depend on Washington action on funds under Gov Alf M Landon for Kansas erosion projects.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
John G. Stutz
Kansas Fera
Harry Umberger
Kansas State College Extension Service
Stutz
Washington
Alf M. Landon
Guarding the Dionne Quintuplets in Callander Hospital
Armed police moved into Dafoe hospital in Callander Ontario on March 28 to guard France Dionne quintuplets against possible kidnapping. The fragment notes a classified page tease inviting readers to rent a new home.
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Callander
Ont
Dafoe Hospital
Gun tests leave Gorrell slaying gun undetermined
Oklahoma City reports a department of justice ballistics examination found the gun used by Homer Wilcox Jr did not fire the fatal shots that killed John Gorrell Jr in Tulsa on Thanksgiving night. The report notes the bullets’ marks were indistinct and could not confirm if Gorrell’s gun fired the bullets.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
Homer F. Wilcox, Jr
John Gorrell, Jr
Tulsa
Gorrell
Department of Justice
State Criminal Bureau of Identification
W. F. Gilmer, Jr
Gilmer
Phil Kennamer
Franklin E. Kennamer
Kennamer
Italy's Abyssinia actions discussed by Prof Chubb
Prof H B Chubb of the University faculty spoke at a Kiwanis meeting on Abyssinia. He said Italy's claim to oil and minerals in Abyssinia is fragile, noting Italian Somaliland Eretria and attempts inland led to defeats. France previously opposed Italy but now aids in Abyssinia in exchange for Franco Libyan land and influence. Abyssinians remain formidable.
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Abyssinia
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann’s
H. B. Chubb
Italy
Chubb
Ethiopia
Somaliland
Eretria
France
French Somaliland
Libya
XN. U
Brill follows old adage to pick Nebraska football
Harald Brill of Norton Kansas chose the University of Nebraska to pursue college football after noting Sam Francis of Oberlin Kansas also chose Nebraska. Brill, a back and cousin of Marty Brill of Notre Dame fame, debuts in the Cornhusker eleven alongside Sam Francis. In Picher Oklahoma Floyd M Garrett, 28, was fatally injured in an underground mine explosion when a dynamite cap detonated after being struck with a tamping bar.
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Lincoln
Neb
Harold Brill
University of Nebraska
Brill
Norton
Kan
Sam Francis
Oberlin
Cornhusker
Francis
Sam
Marty Brill
Notre Dame Fame
Picher
Okla
Floyd M. Garrett
Phony Prince Plans to Leave New York
New York March 28 The self styled Prince Michael Romanoff says he will quit New York and move to the middle west to lose his identity. In commercial frauds court he told a gasping audience his plans. Formerly Harry Gerguson the counterfeit prince faced a disturbing the peace charge after a hotel disturbance last Sunday. The case was continued to April 2 with bail posted.
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New York
Prince Michael” Romanoff
Middle West
Prince
Harry Gerguson
Hillsboro
Gerguson
Itl
Rural immunization drive targets diphtheria and smallpox
Dr H Penfield Jones and Miss Matie Neely lead a county wide immunization program in rural grade schools. Diphtheria toxoid requires one injection, smallpox vaccine given to unscarred or previously vaccinated children. Clinics listed across Lecompton Clinton Vinland Eudora Baldwin Lone Star Adeline Union Centennial through April with permission slips. Shick tests assess prior protection. Last year 520 pupils received toxoid and 442 vaccinated for smallpox. deaths were minimal.
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H. Penfield Jones
Matie Neely
Red Cross
Lecompton
Deer Creek
Otler Points
Clinton
Lone Star
Vinland High School
Adeline
Union
Centennial
Eudora
Baldwin
Vinland
Harold C. Fisher
Douglas County Medical Society
Bank charges loom over Dawes era bank scheme
Chicago reports charges of illegal practices and account juggling against the Reconstruction Finance Corporation former vice president Charles G Dawes and other directors of the old Central Republic Trust. The cross bill accuses actions to divert assets to City National Bank and Trust, claiming creditors were harmed and asserting a proper accounting would show discharge of the RFC debt. Also named are City National Bank and Trust, Clarke, Henry M Dawes, Dryden, Getz, Goodridge, Hurd, Kemper, Robinson, Rawleigh Warner, Wood. Grace Woolman appointed acting postmistress at Russell Kansas.
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Chicago
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Charles G. Dawes
Old Central Republic Trust Company
RFC
Dawes” Bank
Dawes
Central Republic
City National Bank & Trust Company
Oid Bank
Arizona
The
Old Bank
Philip R. Clarke
Henry M. Dawes
George B. Dryden
George F. Getz
John Goodridge
Harry B. Hurd
James 5. Kemper
T. W. Robinson
Rawleigh Warner
Robert E. Wood
Quiet election seen for Tuesday in Lawrence history
Lawrence voters face a quiet race Tuesday as the city shifts from a commission form to mayor and council. Thirty-one candidates compete for mayor, 12 council seats, three school board members, a police judge, and city and board of education treasurers amid low interest and nearly 7,000 registered voters. Alfred Lawrence seeks mayor against Harry Eudaly with wards voting and election boards handling the process. The new officers likely take office Monday after Friday canvass.
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Lawrence
Board of Education
E. E. Alexander
Republican School Board
F. C. Whipple
Lloyd Houston
Lloyd S. Purcell
Whit Churchill
Co. C. Shimmons
B. H. Dale
John Selig
Ralph E. Pine
Alfred Lawrence
Harry Eudaly
City Commission
Plan B Institute to host 400 at MidWest New Citizenship Institute
Baldwin Kansas March 28 Rev E K Resler chairman of the Kansas Commission of World Peace organizes an April 5 to 7 three day Midwest New Citizenship Institute inviting 400 college students and workers from Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri. Prominent speakers include Clark Eichelberger Harry Terrell Paul Harris Jr Rabbi Samuel Mayerberg John Ise Dr Arthur Donohue and others from Protestant Catholic and Jewish faiths.
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Baldwin
Kan
E. K. Resler
Kansas Commission of World Peace
Kansas
Clark Eichelberger
New York
League of Nations Association
Harry Terrell
Des Moines
Towa
National Council For Prevention of War
Paul Harris, Jr
Washington, D. C
Youth Movement For World Recovery
Samuel S. Mayerberg
Kansas City
John Ise
Kansas University
Arthur T. Donohue
Marymount College
Salina
Catholic Association For International Peace
A. B. Apra
First Mexican Baptist
Harald C. Cas
Topeka
James Chubb
John Day
Harry Wilson
Chicago
Clyde Brewster
Lima
Peru
Benjamin Gessner
Harold Colvin
Scurlock
Two Navy Fliers Killed in Lexington Crash
Two navy fliers from the aircraft carrier Lexington were killed when a bombing plane crashed into the ocean. Lieut. E. G. Kelly, 27, from Longview Texas, and Aviation Machinist Mate R. Carillo, 49, of San Diego, died in the night maneuver incident involving more than 100 ships and about 400 aircraft. Parts of the plane were recovered. Admiral J. M. Reeves confirmed the loss.
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Los Angeles
Lexington
J. M. Reeves
U.S
E. G. Kelly
Longview
Tex
R. Carillo
San Diego
Admiral Reeves
Favor Military Training at CCC Camps
The Kansas Daughters of the American Revolution closed their annual meeting in Ottawa urging daily military training at civilian conservation corps camps. They also backed tougher immigration laws against communists, warned against Soviet propaganda and called for government vigilance. Mrs. W. E. Stanley of Wichita, former governor’s wife, was endorsed for honorary vice president.
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Ottawa
Kan
UPR
Kansas Daughters of the American Revolution
Civilian Conservation Corps
United States
Soviet Russia
W. E. Stanley
Wichita
National
Prizes For Show Opens At National Guard Armory
The annual spring trades show opens next Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the National Guard Armory at Eighth and New Hampshire street. Entries grant a chance at prizes including a living room suite or radio. First prize valued at 100 dollars, second prize a food mixer or small vacuum, third prize 10 dollars in groceries, fourth prize five dollars to be announced later. Admission 10 cents. Tickets distributed by participating merchants for one dollar in trade or paid on account. Booths go up Tuesday night and exhibitors install Wednesday for the opening night.
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National Guard
Eighth
New Hampshire Street
McPherson College Choir to Sing Friday at University
McPherson College a cappella choir under Alvin C. Voran will perform a 3:30 p.m. recital in Fraser Hall at the University. The program features Thy Song by Noble Cain, a 36-voice group, and a varied lineup including choral and male octet pieces in a free-admission concert opening a ten-day tour.
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McPherson College
Alvin C. Voran
University
Fraser Hall
Noble Cain
Two Deans Even at Golf After Three Years
Two Minnesota deans, E B Stouffer and George Shand, played golf together for three years and on last Saturday completed the eighteenth hole even for the first time in more than 2,000 holes. Shand led earlier, at one point by 22 holes, but Stouffer has recently gained the edge. Both keep a steady pace, rarely shooting below 80 or above 90, and vacation rounds in Minnesota keep their match active.
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Aitkin
Minn
Dean E. B. Stouffer
Dean George Shand
Minnesota
Shand
Dean Stouffer
Deans
Abdallah Shriners Banquet Held At Eldridge Hotel
About one hundred Abdallah Temple members gathered at the Eldridge hotel for a banquet and talks by high officers. Ed Seddington of Kansas City Kan and Jerry Boling of Leavenworth gave short addresses. A vaudeville show followed with Walter Varnum of Lawrence as toastmaster.
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Abdallah Temple
Eldridge Hotel
Ed Seddington
Kansas City
Kan
Jerry Boling
Leavenworth
Recorder
Walter Varnum
Lawrence
J. H. Robinson
Win Newmark
Henry Helmars
Chet Rutherford
Banque
Stolen Jewelry Worth 2500 Found in Topeka Cache
Sheriff announces recovery of about 2500 dollars in jewelry and gems buried in a fruit jar at Robert R. Smith’s yard in Topeka. Smith and accomplice Leckerman were linked to eight Lawrence burglaries. smith confessed and led officers to the loot. Watch cases and gems were sold in Topeka and Lawrence. identification remains tough with many gems removed from sets.
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Robert R. Smith
Topeka
Lawrence
Smith
Fred Vogler
Topmi Lockerman
John Ingalls
City Force
Eighth
New Hampshire
Leckerman
Lockerman
W. H. Dietz
Ottawa
Lockersman
Casidy
E. W. Parsons
R. C. Mitchell
Kansas Weather Forecast Quiet and Warmer Outlook
Kansas forecast shows generally fair weather with a warmer trend in the north and west tonight and Friday. Morning conditions clear with some dust haze around Manhattan. Road conditions improve with Douglas County reporting good dirt roads. Temperatures recorded by the Gas Office note a 55 degree high yesterday and today’s minimum uncertain.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Douglas County
Ey jXoon
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