Support plan to revise tax set up in congress
Washington May 2 A labor leader and an economist backed a move in Congress to overhaul the tax system to spur business expansion. Matthew Woll and Harold G Moulton urged more equal tax distribution to avoid stifling growth and proposed a joint national committee of capital and labor to foster cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Harold G. Moulton
Brookings Institution
Woll
National Committee of Capital and Labor
Moulton
S. Clay Williams
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
NRA
Harry L. Hopkins
Williams
United States Treasury
Stout
United States
Four Kansans Win In Young Artists Contest
Four Kansas youths won prizes at the Fort Smith Arkansas district young artists contest as part of the Federation of Music Clubs spring events. Oreenith Smith of Wichita won voice and $100, with eligibility for the national contest. Lawrence’s Miss Minerva Davis and Wichita’s Herbert Baehr also won voice prizes, and Wesley F. Woodson of Winfield took the violin prize. Mrs. George Lowman, Kansas chair, notes Kansas led among states, surpassing Missouri which had two chairmen in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lowman
Federation of Music Clubs
Fort Smith
Ark
Kansas
Oreenith Smith
Wichita
Minerva Davis
Lawrence
Herbert Baehr
Wesley F. Woodson
Winfield
Lowman
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Guernsey Breeders Meet Thursday at Vinland High
The county Guernsey association will hold a meeting Thursday night at Vinland High School at 8 o clock. Announcement came from the farm bureau office today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
County Guernsey Association
Vinland High School
Farm Bureau
Cranium Crackers Couplets Completion
In each item the missing word pairs rhyme in sound but differ in spelling and meaning. The skipper bought the in a supply store. Next time I said the adventurer I’ll probably go to . The party advanced toward the fields following a furnished by the prospector. He the Paper aside and said I’m . more food and you may get a more perfect
KU Business School Boys Start Campaign
Morning at the University of Kansas features a student campaign as the business school elects officers for next year. Commerce ticket led by Bob McKay and Coalition nominee Keith Schuerman contest the race amid campus activity and a packed Business Day atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob McKay
Wichita
Pachacamac
Commerce
Keith Schuerman
Salina
Alumni secretary meets Topeka group at noon luncheon
Fred Ellsworth secretary of the alumni association traveled to Topeka to meet the Topeka membership committee at a noon luncheon held at the Jayhawk Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ellsworth
Alumni Association
Topeka
Jayhawkotel
Red Cross Instructor Arrives for Lawrence Training
Raymond Schlotterbeck, traveling representative of the American Red Cross aquatic safety division, arrives in Lawrence to lead the annual instructors training school. He will spend two weeks in Lawrence and Topeka conducting sessions, holds sessions at K U Robinson Gym pool every other day, and explains the new aquatic program. Interested swimmers may arrange through Herbert G. Allphin of K U, with a 10 o'clock Thursday night interview over station KFKU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Schlotterbeck
Aquatic Safety Division
American Red Cross
Lawrence
Schlotterbeck
Topeka
Robinson Gymnasium
K. U
Red Cross
Herbert G. Allphin
Allphin
KFKU
Conservation school to be held on two Douglas farms
Hal Eier from Kansas State College extension will conduct a conservation school in Douglas county this Thursday and Friday. He will lecture on terracing layout methods at the Charles Roll farm near Lawrence Thursday at 1 30 pm and Friday at 9 30 am at the Vernon Garratt farm south of Lawrence on highway 59.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Eier
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Douglas County
Hier
Charles Roll Farm
Lawrence
Vernon Garratt Farm
Senate panel approves rail line continuation on Fort Leavenworth
The Senate interstate commerce committee approved a bill authorizing the secretary of war to permit the Union Pacific railroad to continue operating trackage on the Fort Leavenworth military reservation in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Secretary of War
Union Pacific Railroad
Fort Leavenworth, Kan
Kinzie Ordered Confined to Criminally Insane Ward
Charles Kinzie, 50, fugitive from Osawatomie state hospital and accused slayer of two men, is ordered confined to the ward for the criminally insane at the state prison in Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Kan
Charles Kinzie
Osawatomie
State Prison
Lansing
10 Per Cent Rise In Wheat In Week
Chicago May 2 1939 Wheat values rose 10 percent in a week the sharpest gain in months aiding government loaned grain being moved into trade channels. Cash No 2 hard quoted 79 15 cents and September futures near 73 cents as volume surged to 129 838 000 bushels. traders see first weather reports lifting demand ahead of harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Deaths and Funerals for Mrs. W. R. Tucker and Mrs. Albert Rupf
Mrs. W. R. Tucker aged 84 died at 1947 Barker Street yesterday. Funeral at Rumsey funeral home Thursday at 2 PM officiated by Rev. Charles Thomas, Oak Hill cemetery burial. She leaves four daughters three sons and several grandchildren. Mrs. Albert Rupf of Wichita died in a city hospital yesterday. Funeral at Wichita First Presbyterian church tomorrow at 4 30 PM. She leaves husband and a three weeks old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Tucker
Barker Street
Rumsey
Charles Thomas
Oak Hill Cemetery
Tucker
C. L. Ford
Roy Kennedy
Harry Kennedy
Watson
Clarence Carl
Lawrence
Roy Tucker
Pueblo, Colo
Joe Tucker
Denver
George Tucker
Albert Rupf
Wichita
Wichita First
Personal News From Kansas City To Omaha And Nearby
Mrs. Truman Loesch was called to Omaha for her husband’s illness and operation. Mrs. Marion Coulson traveled to Kansas City to stay with her aunt Mrs. Brightman. Miss Louise Carpenter visited from Pleasanton over the weekend with Mrs. Mercedes Cole. Rev. Thomas Tracy of Kipp Kansas visited his aunt Ida Pringle and cousin May Rose. Mrs. William G. Wilson returned home to Springfield Ohio by plane from Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Peairs of Kansas City spent Sunday with Harold Constant and their daughter Elizabeth Ann Peairs at the Pi Beta Phi house. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Moore of Pueblo Colorado, attending a Methodist conference in Kansas City, will visit Frank Hosford’s home tomorrow. Miss Dorothy Arnold arrived from New York to spend three weeks with her parents. she works in social services at Roosevelt Hospital. Dr Q O O Stoland Major Swann and Louis Cornell returned from Toronto after Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Loesch
Omaha
Loesch
Marion Coulson
Kansas City
F. G. Brightman
Bess Robertson
Ohio Street
Excelsior Springs
Louise Carpenter
Pleasanton
Mercedes Cole
Rev. Thomas, Tracy
Kipp
Kan
Ida Pringle
May Rose
William G. Wilson
W. E. Higgins
Springfield
Lawrence Peairs
Harold Constant
Elizabeth Ann Peairs
Pi Beta Phi
Ward Moore
Pueblo
Colo
Frank Hosford
Dorothy Arnold
New York
Charles Arnold
Social Service Department
Roosevelt Hospital
Q O. O. Stoland
Major Swann
Louis Cornell
Toronto
Canada
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
European pathologist testifies in LaMance murder trial
Dr. R B H Gradswohl a European educated pathologist and director of the St. Louis police laboratory testified for the defense in the wife murder case of Dr. William F LaMance at Keytesville Missouri May 2 stating that strangulation marks could not be detected on a body that has started to decompose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaMance
Keytesville
R. B. H. Gradswohl
St.Louis
Reading Institute at Kansas Summer Session 1989
A reading institute for teachers will run June 14 to August 9 at the University of Kansas as part of the 1989 summer session. Frances Mitchell from Columbia University will lead theoretical instruction in reading psychology and supervise a practicum in diagnosis and remediation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Frances Mitchell
Thorndike and Gates
Columbia University
Grace Arthur
Wolders Clinic
St. Paul
Minn
Angela Broening
Baltimore
Maryland
Ruthann Smith
Grand Island
Neb
Lyle M. Powell
M. D
Lawrence
R Wheeler
A. H. Turney
F. P. O Brien
Bert A.nash
Army of 1 000 000: U S plans mass mobilization and war industry
Washington reports the War Department plans to mobilize 1 million troops within three months if ordered to war. Col J H Burns cites initial fighting strength of 400,000 and 6,000 airplanes, notes 10,000 plants with war production schedules, and discusses price control and the ethics of profits in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
J. H. Burns
Burns
Lawrence City Hall Work Delays Paint and Plaster Plans
City hall staff cope with wall and ceiling repainting while plasterers finish the main room. Worden neighborhood reports .71 inch rainfall gain for four months, total 7.91 inches, vs 7.20 last year. George Ansdell marks seventh year in Lawrence with a sale. Cook Paint & Varnish also celebrates 25 years in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Worden
Walter Schwarz
Cooperative Observer
George Ansdell
Lawrence
Cook.Paint & Varnish Company
Mr. Ansdell
Deterioration of Wheat Concerns Kansas Farmers
Topeka reports of unusually heavy deterioration in the wheat crop over the past weeks. J. C. Mohler, secretary of the state board of agriculture, cites reports from Hays and north central counties noting declines since April 1. He urges rain for improvement and says optimism often returns after a modest shower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Hays
Mohler
Saip Named Supervisor Of Kansas Building and Loan Dept
W G Saip of Belleville named supervisor of the Kansas state building and loan department for a two year term by Gov Payne Ratner. He previously filled the post since February 1 to complete L E Roush’s unexpired term. Saip is brother to William Saip of 2145 Kentucky Street and has prior experience as an examiner for the state department with multiple visits to Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
W. G. Saip
Belleville
State Building and Loan Department
Payne Ratner
Saip
L. E. Roush
William Saip
Kentucky Street
State Department
Lawrence
Truck Driver Hijacked Near Merriam Kansas
Lawrence Transfer driver L. H. Sumner reported he was hijacked by two men last night at about 7 45 at the junction of highways 10 and 50 near Merriam Kansas. The bandits obtained only 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Sumner
Lawrence Transfer Company
Merriam
Kan
Sumner
Doubt Cast On Death by Own Action in Schneider Case
FBI agents seek two men who visited the Wyandotte county sheriff's office and asked about Schneider's widow. They left after being told of two packages of records found on a rear seat. Sheriff officers questioned travelers on the Fairfax bridge for clues. Phil Schneider questions the suicide theory regarding his missing son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Wyandotte County
Schneider
Fairfax Bridge
Phil Schneider
Reward Offered For Body Of Ready-Mixed Official
Kansas City May 2 A $100 reward was posted for the recovery of E L Schneider secretary treasurer of the Ready Mixed Concrete Co and a business aide of Democratic Boss T J Pendergast Robert P Lyons superintendent of the company and a close associate of Schneider announced the reward Boss Pendergast commented only that he had seen news reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
E L. Schneider
Treasuer
T. J. Pendergast
Robert P. Lyons
Schneider
E. L. Schneider
Description of Edward L. Schneider Found Dead in Car
Edward L. Schneider, 45, of Kansas City, whose car was found on the Fairfax bridge with notes implying self harm, is described as 175 pounds with black hair dark eyes a smooth shave and heavy eyebrows.
Dispute on WPA project costs sparks congressional debate
Washington May 2 A major controversy grows in Congress over how much states and cities should contribute to federal works projects. A Byrnes bill would require local governments to pay at least one third of project costs while critics argue such a share would jeopardize eligible work. Roosevelt opposes a fixed percentage though allies say relief should remain state funded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Byrnes
D-S.c
Mr. Roosevelt
United States Conference of Mayors
WPA
Anniversary of Flight of Haile Selassie in Bath England
On May 2 in Bath England a frail black man prays for Ethiopia to regain its emperor Haile Selassie I who fled Addis Ababa after Italian conquest. The former ruler now lives quietly in a Georgian mansion near the city as Tafari Makonnen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
England
Addis Ababa
Hon
Judah
Haile Selassie I
Ethiopia
Napoleon
Tafari-Makonnen
Haile Selassie
James Tod Sells Ranch In Shawnee County Kansas
James Tod announces the sale of his 4000 acre Shawnee county ranch to Horace G Adams Jr. Tod, a former Kansas Livestock association president, may relocate in the southwest after his herds are marketed. About 3200 acres are blue stem pasture and 800 acres are cultivated bottom land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Hill
Kan
James Tod
Kansas
The
Kansas Livestock Association
Shawnee County
Horace G. Adams, Jr
Tod
Chamber Chief Urges Firms to Press Congress on Trends
Pi George H. Davis president of the United States Chamber of Commerce urged businessmen to redouble demands for Congress to check governmental trends he said were killing incentives and threatening to destroy America's foreign trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George H. Davis
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
America
Senate approves interior department funding bill
The senate approved and sent to the White House the interior department appropriations bill carrying 172 million dollars for the fiscal year starting July 1. The notice also states that 94 percent of Lawrence residents read the classified page, with 76 percent reading it daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
White House
Interior Department
Lawrence
Three Men Convicted in Passport Fraud Conspiracy
In New York on May 2 three men Edward Blatt Ossip Garber and Aaron Sharfin were convicted in federal court of conspiring to obtain U S passports fraudulently. They allegedly supplied passports used by Adolph Arnold Rubens alias Donald Louis Robinson and his wife Marie detained in Russia in 1937 as spy suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Edward Blatt
Ossip ‘Garber
Aaron Sharfin
Wes
Adolph Arnold Rubens
Donald Louis Robinson
Marie
Russia
Standard Oil Kansas Will Buy Own Shares At Fifty
New York May 2 Standard Oil Company of Kansas offered to buy additional shares of its own stock at 50 dollars per share less transfer taxes. The move follows the New York stock exchange hearing on potential delisting due to concentration of issued shares in company and management. Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark visited the New York world's fair dedicating the Danish pavilion greeted by 21 gun salute. Grover A. Whalen welcomed them at Perylon Hall. Topeka May 2 Gov Payne Ratner urged the bi partisan fish and game commission to select a department director on merit, not politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company of Kansas
New York Stock Exchange
Crown Prince
Frederik
Crown Princess
Ingrid of Denmark
Perylon Hall
Grover A. Whalen
Topeka
Payne Ratner
Fish and Game Commission
California quake centers in Gulf of Lower California
The California Institute of Technology seismological laboratory determined today that a severe earthquake recorded across the United States centered in the gulf of Lower California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower California
Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology Seismological Laboratory
United States
Gulf of Lower California
Pythians Choose Winfield for 1941 Biennial Meeting
In Ottawa on May 2 1941 the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias and Pythias Sisters voted to hold their next biennial gathering in Winfield in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythians
Winfield
Ottawa
CUPI
Grand Lodge of the
Knights of Pythias
Pythias Sisters
Local residents share family visits and class activities
LeCompton residents Bill England and family visited Clarence Smith in Easton. Post office staff and neighbors joined surprise birthday din ner for Mrs Gene Bosler with gifts. Home Makers class held an all day meeting April 28 at Mrs John Banks home and planned rag rug finishing at Houk grocery. Chester McFarland and Topeka visitors spent weekend with local Smiths as groups hosted meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill England
Easton
Home Makers
John Banks
Houk
Chester McFarland
Topeka
Fred Burk
Maynard Blake
Gene Bosler
Merrill Harmon
Shirley Ann
Carol Lee
Fay Richard
David Jene
Walter
Kanwaka Holds Spring Homecoming Picnic At School House
More than 200 people attended Kanwaka school house homecoming picnic on Sunday April 23. Former pupils teachers and residents gathered to visit with current residents and families. The Douglas county junior band directed by James Van Dyck performed after dinner with Jane Topping and Warne Hird on clarinets. Several old school photos from 1890 onward drew interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanwaka
Douglas County
James van Dyck
Jane Topping
Warne Hird
Gilbert Reed
Ralph Colman
School Alumni Roll Calls From Homecoming Picnic
A list of former pupils gathered for a homecoming picnic includes Mrs Winston McNees and Mrs Hugo Nieder among long gap alumni. Names span multiple towns including Pomona Ixan Topeka and Perry with many Colman Bigsby Skinner and Shaw families represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nest Bigster
Winston McNees
Hugo Nieder
Nate Pettengill
Margaret Fritzel
Lloyd Duffee
H. O. Richardson
Mabel R. Pontius
E. H H. Richardson
Emma
Large gathering lists attendees from Lawrence and nearby towns
A long roster lists Calif and Kansas participants led by Mary Lou Elliott and many Hird Johanning and Williams family members. Names include Barber Seetin Murray Orr Anderson Van Neste Miller See tin Skinner Fritzel Smith Baugh Bauman and many others from Lawrence Leavenworth Kansas City Clinton Vinland Knowledge Hill and India among others. The attendees span families and a school or community band with numerous households represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Richardson
Lawrence
Carl J. Hird
Frank Barber
Donald Barber
Pomona
George Seetin
Perry
Francis Gregory
Janet
Joan
Kansas City
R. C. Murray
O. W. Orr
Roussyll Anderson
Mary Lois
Kansans City
H. G. van Neste
Oak Ridge
Z. H. van Neste
O. T. Davis
Ruth May
F. D. Miller
S. E. Seetin
Roslan Skinner
Chester Skinner
Jack Fritzel
al F E. Smith
Keith Baugh
Jerry Bauman
George Francis
Mary Belle Richardson
Shirley Silverthorne
Margaret
Edith
Faye Carr
Lecompton
Harley Armstrong
George Miller
Mary Miller
Raymond Williams
Margie
Bobby
Ebon Anderson
Clinton
George Bigsby
Barbara
Virginia
Elizabeth Bigsby
Ambrose Bigsby
Robert
Harold
Lloyd Adams
No. 6
E. G. Haverstock
George Dews
William A. Wymer
Carolyn
Arthur Hird
Homer Hird
Carl Hird
MM. C. Elliott
J. D. Allen
Thatcher
W. F. Elkin
Frank Houk
Guy Big
Nadine
Dorothy
Donald
Rhuben Farrier
Jane
Jimmie
Sally Topping
Hugo Nieder
Alfred Haegle
Elmer Warrington
Donna Lea
Billy Dee
Melvin Murray
Vinland
Thiry
Knowledge Hill
Leland Armstrong
Arthur Oatman
India
Chester Wible
Rachel Fisher Flory
Guy Folks
Katherine
Emerson Hazlett
James van Dyck
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Labor
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Lawrence Lodge
K.U. Business School
Pi Phi
Yellow Brothers
Orient
China
Bill Rolfs
K.A
Flushing, N.Y
Bill
Flushing Meadows
Alen
Wonder
Phi Gamma Delta
W. H. Rolfs
Consolidated Edison Electric Company
Master Control Board
New York City
Down Beat Magazine
Jazz Musicians’ Bible
Charles Morrison Patterson
A Reading Institute
Heads Building and Loan Bureau
James Tod Sells
Horace Adams
WINS
RADIO
M. N. Wilcox
Arkansas Street
Philco
Edward Creighton, Jr
Butter-Nut Coffee Company
Standard Oil Co. of
the Fair Grounds
Manley
INS. Agcy
M. C. Manley
Gene Glahn
C. W. Schubert
Schubert
Schubert Funeral Home
Langston Memorial Company
E. Lath St
Lawrence, Kan
Rumsey Funeral Home
Indiana
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