DuPont and Raskob Face Tax Fraud Wash Verdict Charge
Pierre S. DuPont and John J. Raskob, two leading industrialists, appeared before the U S board of tax appeals on charges they used wash sales to create deductible losses for their 1929 income tax. Government claims include an extra assessment totaling over 1 6 million dollars. Ivins defense contends the stock movements after the 1929 crash were legitimate market actions to support prices.
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New York
L.pi
Pierre S. DuPont
John J. Raskob
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals
DuPont
Raskob
Carges DuPont
Mason B. Leming
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Dupat
Raskoh
Leming
Wall Street
James S. ¥. Ivins
Washington
Tvins
Ivins
Bankers Trust Company
DuPont Piad
Eunice Norton Recital Program Announced
Miss Eunice Norton a New York pianist will present a recital at 8:20 in Hoch auditorium. The program includes Mozart selections and Brill pieces, with works by Telemann and Berne. Clarence Sutton was sentenced to 40 days in jail for driving while intoxicated by Police Judge Don Hults.
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Eunice Norton
New York
Hoch ‘Auditorium
Clarence Sutton
Don Hults
Idas Baa Hada
Bas
Josephine Antoine
Hoch Auditorium
University of Kansas
Miss Antoine
Metropolitan Opera Company
Grete Stueckgold
Test Your Knowledge Quiz From a Historic Ad Page
A chaotic OCR listing many trivia questions and ad snippets. Questions cover oceans, battles, geography, architecture, literature, and history with stray brand lines for a dentist and tractor fuel. Confusing mix shows era marketing alongside quiz items.
Music Week at KU Strides Through Campus Festivities
University of Kansas students begin Music Week with campus events and radio airplay. Greek groups plan parties Thursday through Saturday at the Union ballroom while seniors prep for the May 21 cakewalk with Bob Crosby and his orchestra.
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University of Kansas
Union Ballroom
Betas
Alpha Delta Pigals
Bob Crosby
Bing
Bob
Chicago
New York
Kay Weber
Deaths and Funerals for Harmon H. Lybarger
Harmon H. Lybarger, 37, a former Vinland resident, died Saturday at his Kansas City Kansas home. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM from Rumsey Funeral Home, burial in Vinland Cemetery. Survived by wife Mabel Libatner of the home, mother Mrs S. B. Lybarger of Vinland, sisters Mrs Grace Smith of Vinland, Mrs Stella DeWitt of Denver, and Mrs Maude Gertsenberger of Kansas City Mo.
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Harmon H. Lybarger
Vinland
Kansas City
Kan
Rumsey
Victoria club hostess changes to Wednesday night
Mrs. N. S. Thome will host the Victoria club Wednesday night replacing Tuesday. Owl society at the Colonial Tex Room held a dinner last night with about forty honorary junior men members present.
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Progressive Student Government League
Pachacamac
Owl Society
Colonial Tex Room
Crisss of Topeka Visit Leighs in Louisiana Street Home
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Criss of Topeka spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Ie V. Leigh at 1700 Louisiana Street, sharing time and calling on friends in the neighborhood.
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J. P. Criss
Topeka
Ie V. Leigh
Louisiana Street
Pioneer Day Draws 20000 To Guymon Okla Celebration
Clear weather lured about 20 000 people to Guymon's annual pioneer day celebration as crowds arrived by car along Panhandle highways. Morning dust hung in the air but visibility improved mid day and the storm began to abate.
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Guymon
Memorial Hospital Notes and Divorce Suits Reported
Brief notices list Fred Olmstead at Memorial Hospital and Semple receiving special attention. Separate divorce actions include Josephine Margaret Dulin versus Kert Dulin and Eliza J. Hults versus William Hults. Classifieds note Journal-World ads reach thousands of readers nightly. contact numbers appear.
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Fred Olmstead
Kentucky Street
Josephine Margaret Dulin Agaist
Kert Dulin
Eliza J. Hults
William Hultz
Strike stalls Hollywood film production as unions walk out
Hollywood faces its first major postwar production stoppage as 6,000 Federated Crafts members and 2,000 Screen Actors Guild actors vote on strikes. The crafts seek sole bargaining rights with nine major studios and prep lines form at studios and theaters. Guild delays join by a week while negotiating with producers. senior members may approve a strike only with 75 percent backing.
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Hollywood
Guild Actors
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
Federated Crafts
Charles C. Lessing
Crafts
Los Angeles
United States
Screen Actors Guild
Guild
Aubrey Blair
Blair
A At
Lawrence News Briefs and Notes from Kansas
Three Lawrence men fished on the Neosho river in the south part of the state. A boy asked one why he hunted polar beam. County Treasurer A. M. Gardner and deputy Roy Flory will attend a Topeka meeting with Carl Newcomer to discuss the new motor vehicle law and license tag transfers. Reed Whetstone earned a highly superior rating on trombone at the state music festival, per Liberty Memorial High School. Archibald Oliver writes Still Strong at Sixty in the American Rifleman May issue about a 10 gauge Greener breechloader. A local grocer’s white bread supply came from Kansas City due to a bakers’ strike.
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Neosho
A. M. Gardner
Roy Flory
Topeka
Carl Newcomer
Neal M. Wherry
Liberty Memorial High School
Emporia_today
Reed Whetstone
Archibald Oliver
American Rifleman
American Rifle Association
Healthiest Boy and Girl in 4-H Clubs Named
Ruth Bertschinger of Big Springs and Everett O Connor of Kanwaka were chosen as county 4-H healthiest boy and girl after the annual contest. Contestants and clubs included Ralph Pohl with LaVergne Flora Rainbow and Arete Alford with Delmar Slinkard Sunflower among others, with winners to represent Douglas County at the Manhattan roundup in June.
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Ruth Bertschinger
Big Springs
Everett O'Connor
Miss Bertschinger
Ralph Pohl
LaVergne Flora
Rainbow
Lloyd Svoboda
Arete Alford
Jay
Marriage Licenses Filed in Kansas City
Marriage licenses issued to James B. Fisher and Winifred Royal of Kansas City Kan and Leonard Johnson and Sirtia Olson, both of Kansas City, were recorded.
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James B. Fisher
Winifred Royal
Kansas City
Kan
Leonard Johnson
Sirtia Olson
Edward VIII Abdication and Coronation Echoes
A century of royal upheaval unfolds as Edward VIII abdicates over Wallis Simpson scandal. Baldwin and ministers pressure him, while Simpson travels to Cannes and Austria. Libel suits, legal wrangles, and coronation anticipation for George VI frame a volatile constitutional moment and public memory.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Edward VIII
Simpson
England
Cannes
French Riviera
Edward
France
Austria
Ernest Simpson
Prince of Wales
Geoffrey Dennis
Tower of London
George VI
Hamilton Starts Plan of Constructive Opposition
Washington May 3. Republican National Chairman John Hamilton breaks a six month silence to pledge opposition to domination. He says the party will distinguish between good and bad administration performance and notes talk of changing the party name or forming new groups. He cites 17 million citizens and 50 000 party representatives as the party foundation urging firmness to endure.
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Washington
John Hamilton
Hamilton
Princess Elizabeth Recommended for Annual Civil List Grant
London May 3 Princess Elizabeth an 11 year old heir presumptive to the British throne was recommended for an annual grant of 6000 pounds 30 000 dollars by a commons civil list committee The duke of Windsor who forfeited his salary was not mentioned The committee total recommends 410 000 pounds 2 050 000 dollars annually and upon coming of age Elizabeth’s pension would rise to 15000 pounds 75 000 dollars per year
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London
Elizabeth
Commons
Duke of Windsor
New Pitt Director Named at University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh May 3. James Whitey Hagan graduate manager of athletics at the University of Pittsburgh was named athletic director to succeed W. Don Harrison.
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Pitt
Pittsburgh
James (Whitey) Hagan
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Today
W. Don Harrison
Strikes in London Threaten Coronation Traffic
Mayhem gripped London as busmen strike halts 5,000 buses, snarling transport ahead of the May 12 coronation procession. Seat prices for grandstands slipped while luxury flats advertised at half prior asks. A public inquiry opened with Ernest Bevin attending for the strikers as officials weigh arbitration limits.
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London
Coronation Grandstand
Oxford Street
Ministry of Labor
London Transport Board
Labor Ministry
Ernest Bevin
Transport and General Workers’ Union
Agansnott
Protests Delay Beer Licenses as New Law Bites
Retailers in Lawrence and Douglas County observe a state law limiting beer sales to after 6 a.m. Monday and none on Sundays. County commissioners, meeting in regular session, face thirteen license applications though protest from Grant Township blocks Roscoe Whitman’s Midland Cafe license. The township objectors cite a standard attorney general form voicing opposition to cereal malt beverage sales in the township.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
County Board of Commissioners
Court House
Charles Springer
Great Township Board
Roscoe Whitman
Midland Cafe
Grant Township
Board of County Commissioners
Charles H. Wood
Emil W. Heck
Il H. Hayden
Attorney General's Office
Board of Douglas County Commissioners
Bishop Wilson to lecture on Holy Lands at St Luke's
Bishop Noah W. Wilson of St. Louis will lecture tonight at St. Luke's church on Ninth and New York streets. The talk will use views from the Holy Land, fresh from his recent visit. His district covers all states west of the Mississippi.
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Noah W. Wilson
St. Louis
A.M.E. Church
Holy Lands
St. Luke’s Church
Ninth and
New York Streets
Holy Land
Wilson
Mississippi River
Lawrence
Soviet Pact Upheld Over $8 Million Property Claim
The U S Supreme Court, in a May 8 decision by Justice Sutherland, upheld the recognition agreement with Soviet Russia granting the United States rights to $8 million of property. The ruling reversed a Second Circuit dismissal and allows the government to pursue the Belmont executors for $25,438 placed by Petrograd Metal Works. Further suits may resolve other claimants’ rights to any funds.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Russia
United States
Sutherland
Second Circuit Court of
Petrograd Metal Works
Belmont
Stanley Reed
Liston Names Coaches Board for College Meet
Kansas City May 3. Liston athletic director of Baker University Baldwin Kan named 14 basketball coaches to aid him in promotion of a national intercollegiate basketball tournament next March They are John Bunn Stanford Eugene Eberhardt Oregon State Normal Forrest Cox Colorado S M Clark New Mexico Al Baggett West Texas Memorial R G Rogers Morning side Pat Mason Rockhurst Roy Tillotson Franklin Clair Bee Long Island Roy Clifford Western Reserve Henry P Iba Oklahoma A and M Arthur Dutch Lonborg Northwestern A F Rupp University of Kentucky
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Kansas City
P—E
S. Liston
Baker University
Baldwin
Kan
John Bunn
Stanford University
Eugene Eberhardt
Oregon State Normal University
Forrest Cox
University of Colorado
S. M. Clark
New Mexico University
al Baggett
West Texas Teachers
R. G. Rogers
Morninside College
Pat Mason
Rockhurst College
W. B. Woodson
Conway
Ark
State Teachers College
Roy E. Tillotson
Franklin College
Indiana
Clair F. Bee
Long Island University
Roy Clifford
Western Reserve University
Henry P. Iba
Oklahoma A
M. College
Arthur
Dutch) Lonborg
Northwestern University
A. F. Rupp
University of Kentucky
Beantown Beats Giants on Cucernello DiMaggio Duo
In Boston May 3, Tony Cucernello and Vincent DiMaggio hit fourth inning doubles off Hal Schumacher to lift the Beantown Beams to a 3-1 win over the New York Giants. Weir limited New York to one run as Boston gained the victory. Postponements hit the schedule with Cincinnati at Pittsburgh and Cleveland at St Louis delayed by wet grounds.
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Boston
Tony Cucernello
Vincent DiMaggio
Hal Schumacher
Boston Beas
New York Giants
Weir
New Yorkers
Schumacher
Smith
Mancuso
Lopez
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Walters
Burk
Jorgenz
Atwood
Butcher
Hamlin
Birkofer
Spencer
Pittsburgh
NYA Crafts Class for Adults to Meet Tomorrow Evening
A crafts class for adults will be organized tomorrow evening at 7 30 at the NYA center 1021 Rhode Island street. Mrs Raymond Crow supervisor of handcrafts for the NYA of Doug last county will teach with a jewelry course and crafts including block printing batik leather tooling and hand hammered metal work. Bob Cooke will be present tomorrow night to display unset stones usable in rings and other pieces.
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NYA Center
Rhode Island Street
Raymond Crow
NYA
Douglast County
Bob Cooke
Roosevelt proposes delaying flood action pending survey
President Roosevelt asked Congress to defer any new flood control legislation until a study finishes on the problem and its relation to power development. He sent the letter to House Flood Control Chairman Whittington of Mississippi, but did not release the letter’s full text or detail how power or navigation are impacted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Whittington
D, Miss
House Flood Control Committee
Oklahoma Uabolishes Dean of Women Names Counsellor
The University of Oklahoma board of regents abolishes the dean of women office and names Margaret B. Stephenson as counsellor for women. She will assume September 1 and comes from Northwestern Missouri Late Teachers College. Also notes Ray French released by Kansas City Blues and Howard LaFlamme trade, with Moscow subway passengers reaching 119,500,000 last year without an accident.
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Oklahoma U
Blues
Ray French
Kansas City
Kansas City Blues
Ray New
Howard LaFlamme
New York Yankees
Portland
Moscow
Mrs Edward A. Cudahy Dead in Chicago
Mrs Ed A Cudahy sr 78 wife of the Cudahy Packing Company chairman and longtime Chicago charity worker died today She was born Elizabeth Murphy of Milwaukee and married the packer in 1884 Catholic lay brothers jailed in Berlin for three months to four years amid church state clash between Nazism and Catholicism
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Edward A. Cudahy
Chicago
Ed.a. Cudahy
Cudahy Packing, Company
Elizabeth Murphy
Milwaukee
the Packer
Berlin
Lettaat
Midland Rural Club Meets at Mrs Sterling Home
Midland area notes report the Midland Rural Club gathering Thursday at Mrs P S Sterling home with thirteen members present and guests Mrs Paul Laptad and Mrs Lowell Sterling. Other items mention school events, illness updates, and social visits.
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Midland Rural Club
P. S. Sterling
Paul Laptad
Lowell Sterrling
C. M. Jones
Charles Hunsinger
Charles Spray
Mary Louise
R. Bales
Chester Toms
Jack
Howard Erwin
Albert Schaake
Robert Laptad
Ann Williams
Art Jensen
William Brune
Pauline Sterling
Grand Island
Nebr
Farmland School Ends Monday Lunch Program and Program
Kaw Valley Farmland school closed Monday with two cafeteria suppers. Mrs Rasmussen and music teacher Mrs Thurman presented a lively pupil program. Patsy Creel of Lawrence read twice. Dozens of guests from Bellview Eudora Clearfield DeSoto and Lawrence attended.
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Farmland
Rasmussen
Thurman
Patsy Creel
Lawrence
Carl Gerstenberger
John Turner
Earl O
Bellview
Fred Moll
Eudora
William Chaney
Clearfield
Amy Reed
DeSoto
Harold Altenbernd
Ed Perkins
George Wilbur
Oskaloosa
Eugene McCabrin
Harry Broers
Pleasant Valley
James Turner
Franklin
Harry Year
Friendly Neighbors Club
Social rounds with neighbors and visitors in Milton Schaake area
Local families gathered for visits and events across Lawrence and wellman neighborhoods. Attendees included Mr and Mrs White, Frank Franklin, Gofford, Wichman, Martin, and Loreize. Flower club meetings in Lawrence. Mrs Tda Saunders and Mildred attended. trips to Moscow Idaho and California visits noted. multiple hosts hosted contract and Rebekah lodge gatherings. Gilmore sisters returned from Inglewood after months away. various weekend calls and Sunday dinners among Nicholson, Schaake, Ott, Hughes, and Thulin families.
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M. E. Loinghist
Kansas City
Milton Schaake’s
Ora Mortensor
Moscow
Ida
Mick
R. K. Nicholson
Jack Hughes
Martin Abel
June Louise
John Ott
Josephine Gilmore
Inglewood
Calif
Gilmore
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
J. D. Kuhn
Ottumwa
Bert Harbizon
Lawrence
Milton Schaake
Virginia
Jim Saunders
Rebekah Lodge
Herman Wichman
Misa Lola Duncan
Everett Chronister
Robert
Emporia
Kan
Kaw Valley Friendship Club
Harry McCall
Jones
Georg Dunkley
Frank Jones
Dale Kiefer
Coloado
Gladys Turner
Theodore Thulin
Earl Ott
Bellview
Nydia Hughes
Mary G. Allen
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