Schneider Body Found in River in Missouri Case
Edward L. Schneider’s body was recovered from the Missouri river near the Fairfax bridge, two suicide notes in his car, and identification by Robert T. Lyons Jr. FBI says the death won’t affect the Pendergast income tax evasion case. Schneider’s death prompts questions on whether it was suicide or foul play as federal court schedules Pendergast trial for June 12.
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Kansas City
Edward L. Schneider
Missouri River
Tom Pendergast
Fairfax Bridge
Schneider
Robert T. Lyons, Jr
Ready Mixed Concrete Company
E.L.S
F.B.I
Pendergast
Pendergast Business Enterprises
Grand Jury
United States
Maurice M. Milligan
Milligan
Althe Schneider
Lyons
Helen
St. Joseph
Treasury Department
FBI
Lester Jordan
Sanitary Service Company
Grand
Missouri
Soft Coal Industry Paralyzed by 95,000 Miner Walkout
New York May 3. The soft coal industry remains paralyzed as 95,000 more miners join a nationwide walkout, bringing idle workers to 453,000 with 5,000 more ready to join. The stoppage, the largest since 1922, follows failed contract talks led by John L. Lewis. Secretary Perkins hopes a solution may be reached at today’s policy committee meeting.
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New York
John L. Lewis
C.I.0
United Mine Workers of America
Washington
Labor Perkins
Perkis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Michigan
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Maryland
Alabama
Two guilty pleas in western narcotics ring case
Kansas City May 5 two members of a western narcotics ring pleaded guilty and were sentenced to five years in federal prison with $500 fines. Anthony Strada and George Baker admitted peddling large drug quantities in a $12 million annual operation.
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Kansas City
Merrill E. Otis
Otis
Anthony Strada
George Baker
Richard K. Phelps
United States District Attorney
Strada
Baker
Charles Crapisi
John C. Collet
Collet
Angelo Donnici
Western Narcotics Organization
Donnici
Crapisi
Youth Kills Woman In Jackson Thwarted Bomb Plot
An unemployed youth used a crude fake bomb to threaten a widow fifty years his senior into marriage. Mrs Alma J Donnell, 70, and Lee J Burns, 20, were killed in a street shooting near the Jackson county courthouse. Burns allegedly wore the bomb as a trap and the man killed himself after firing.
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Jackson
Tenn
H. R. Belew
Alma J. Donnell
Lee J. Burns
Oklahoma City
Okla
Burns
Guy R. Windrom
The
Jackson Sun
Windrom
Horlock Wins $1000 Over Taxi Kiss Incident
Dallas resident Eugenia Horlock won a $1000 judgment against a Houston taxi company after a driver allegedly attempted to kiss her while she rode as a passenger. The GPLA jury verdict dated May 5 in Kiss, Houston, Texas, reflects the civil action outcome.
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Kiss
Houston
Tex
GPLA
Eugenia Horlock
Dallas
Coal operators and UMW plan new talks with Steelman
Bituminous operators and United Mine Workers agreed to appoint committees to confer with Dr. John R. Steelman of the labor department to end the deadlock over a new contract. Steelman urged action today as 452,900 miners were idle in 21 states and talks could resume later. The UMWA policy committee meets at 11:15 a.m. tomorrow while operators stay on call.
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New York
United Mine Workers
C.I.0
John R. Steelman
U. S. Labor Department
Steelman
Lewis
U.M.W.A
E.S.T
Mid West Miners Idle as Strike Hits Kansas Mines
Approximately 4 000 coal workers in district 14 of the United Mine Workers of America walk off the job in Kansas and Missouri amid a national bargaining deadlock over Appalachian area contracts. District officials in New York will not set a restart date. Operators report ample on hand and no field grievances, with maintenance staff remaining at mines.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Missouri
Appalachian
United Mine Workers of America
Henry Allai
Joseph Hromek
District Union
New York
Bernard Harrigan
Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators
Conscience Betrays Two Cowboys in Denver Pawnshop Sting
Detectives Henry Genty and Richard Mager halted a routine pawnshop check when two youths, one in a gaudy cowboy outfit, confessed to a $180 robbery in Eagle, Colorado. The pair were held for investigation.
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Denver
Henry Genty
Richard Mager
Eagle
Colo
Stock Market Index Dips Slightly After Yesterday
Index tracking 60 stocks stands at 45.4 points, down from 45.7 yesterday. Washer service by Green Bros. advertised.
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Green Bros.— Adv
Be ak Speech Drives Polish Stand and Western Pact
Britain agrees to a military alliance with Soviet Russia and France as Berlin signals that Beck’s stance on Danzig leaves no room for negotiation. Beck reaffirmed Poland’s rights to Danzig and the corridor Pomorze while inviting peaceful talks if Germany shows intent. Soviet Russia watches closely as Litvinov’s fate remains unclear.
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Russia
France
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Germany
Beck
Danzig
Sejm
Pomorze
Foreign Affairs
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Poland
Rumania
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Paris
Baltic
East Prussia
Althe
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Endorse Beck Stand in Polish Offer to Negotiate
London reports the British government fully endorses Polish Foreign Minister Colonel Joseph Becks offer to negotiate with Germany on peaceful terms. Prime Minister Chamberlain also seeks success in British Russian security talks. Paris sources call Becks speech a calm logical answer to Hitler and favor the Polish French stance.
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Joseph Beck
Germany
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Beck
Britain
Poland
Danzig
Paris
Col
Hitler
Italy as Mediator Seeks Neutral Role at Lake Como
Rome reports Virginio Gay da's editorial tone indicates Italy aims for a neutral position to position itself as mediator between Berlin and Warsaw on the Danzig and Pomorze disputes. The Polish question is set to top the conference agenda tomorrow as foreign ministers meet at Lake Como.
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Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Italy
Berlin
Warsaw
Danzig
Pomorze
Lake Como
Federal Reserve Warns of Idle Bank Money
The Federal Reserve Board reports record lendable excess reserves in U S banks at 4.12 billion dollars amid a flood of European money. From March 15 to April 26, 700 million dollars of foreign gold arrived in the United States.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Congress
Pendergast Era Cemented Power Ties in Kansas City Budgets
The Star reports millions in public money flowed to Pendergast allied firms after Kansas City voted 33 million in bonds for a ten year plan. Vouchers show favored contractors like Ready Mixed Concrete and Dixie Machinery with city purchases including runway concrete and city hall work. Pendergast defends profits from concrete sales and says he never used influence for political gain.
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Kansas City
The
Star
Treasuries
Tom Pendergast
Pryor
H. F. McElroy
Smith
Eugene C. Zachman
Sar
Pendergast
Ready Mixed Concrete Company
Pryor Construction Company
Midwest Paving Company
Eureka Petroleum Company
Pen Jac Oil Company
Centropolis Crusher Company
Kansas City Concrete Pipe Company
Dixie Machinery and Equipment Company
John J. Pryor
Pendergast and Pryor
Weather warms with rain chances for wheat and frost concerns
Flora reports a continued warm spell in Kansas with highs near 85 to 90 degrees and unsettled conditions expected tomorrow. No rain was recorded in the state in the last 24 hours as farmers see more farm sales and drought pressures. In April the federal land bank of Wichita sold farms across Kansas Oklahoma Colorado and New Mexico valued at 828000, led by an 11000 acre Wallace County ranch sale to R E Boyd and W E Daniels.
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Uy Topeka
Feral
Kansas
Flora
Wichita
Federal Land Bank of Wichita
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Roys. Johnson
Wallace County
Kan
R. E. Boyd
W. E. Daniels
Beloit
House
Kansas University hosts statewide theatre forum session
About 90 theater professionals from Kansas gather at the University of Kansas for the Kansas Theater Forum annual session. Delegates register as exhibits display work. a Forum dinner precedes a Wichita Players production of Stage Door. Morning sessions feature Washburn Marionettes and a KU Dramatic Club closing program Hay Fever.
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University of Kansas
Kansas Theater Forum
Union Building
Allen Crafton
E. H. Lindley
A. B. Joder
Players Magazine
University of Wichita Players
George Wilner
Fraser Theater
Greenhall
Washburn
Millard Bryan
Senators Consider New Processing Taxes on Farm Goods
Washington May 5. Senator Lucas and others propose processing taxes to offset higher farm outlays. The plan targets cotton wheat corn rice tobacco and possibly dairy products taxed when processed into usable forms. The move accompanies a large agriculture bill with added farm benefit funds and parity payments.
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Washington
Lucas
Agriculture Department
Senate
House
Appropriations Subcommittee
Lindbergh Brisk Stop at Fort Riley Enroute to Albuquerque
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh made a brief half hour stop at Marshall Field Fort Riley then departed at 12 10 p m for Albuquerque He stayed near his plane for refueling and was greeted by Brig Gen Robert C Richardson and air corps officers En route from St Louis the flight took about an hour and a half
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Junction City
Kan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Marshall Field
Fort Riley
Albuquerque
Lindbergh
Suparry
Robert C. Richardson
Air Corps
Liberty Memorial FFA chapter wowed as top ten in state
Dale Babbitt a junior vocational agriculture student at Liberty Memorial high school was named State Farmer at a meeting of the State Association of Future Farmers of America in Manhattan. The Lawrence chapter earned honor among ten chapters out of 150 statewide. W. R. Essick mentors the group which filed a 100 page report detailing 1938 activities and nine other honored chapters were listed.
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Liberty Memorial High School
State Association of Future Farmers of America
Manhattan
Jayhawk
Liberty Memorial
Babbitt
B. J. Babbitt
Route 6
Lawrence
Kansas
W. R. Essick
F.F.A
Shawnee Mission
Ottawa
Olathe
Chanute
Lebanon
Hirkland Park
Topeka
Medicine Lodge
Winfield
State Association
League of Women Voters to Meet Here in 1940
Miss Winnie D Lawrance was reelected president of the Kansas League of Women Voters at the annual convention. New officers named include Miss Alice Winston Lawrence second vice president and Mrs Harry Myers Topeka secretary. Next year s convention awarded to Lawrence.
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Wichita
Kan
Winnie D. Lawrance
Lawrence
Kansas League of Women Voters
Alice
Winston
Harry Myers
Topeka
Anthracite Contract Extended to May 13
The joint conference of anthracite miners and operators agreed to extend the current contract until May 13, averting a threatened work stoppage in the industry. The agreement follows discussions in New York on May 5.
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New York
County seeks federal aid to finish Lone Star Lake park
County commissioners consider placing the Lone Star Lake project under the National Park Service after July 1 as the Soil Conservation Service completes dam and spillway. Remaining work includes roads, fencing, clearing, picnic facilities, and beach. a CCC crew currently handles labor under county sponsorship.
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Federal Soil Conservation Service
CCC
Lone Star Lake
Board of County Commissioners
Soil Conservation Service
Lone Star Lake Association
Chamber of Commerce
National Park Service
Kansas
Congress
Park Service
Federal Service
State Forestry, Fish and Game Department
Douglas County
Lone Star Lake Park
Federal
Park
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Department
Haskell Guard at World’s Fair Reaches 118 Escorts
Capt James Lansing reports the Haskell honor guard will make 118 scheduled trips escorting distinguished visitors at the World’s Fair. Their first parade was April 30 and the guardsmen faced nervous horses from the country. They will escort the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden May 1 and also Danes and Poles later in the week. Patrol uniforms are being made for further duties. Italy to raise army and air force budgets by 85 million dollars for the new fiscal year.
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Haskell
James Lansing
G. Warren Spaulding
Lansing
Sweden
Weather outlook and temperatures for Kansas
Partly cloudy and warmer in extreme northwest tonight. Saturday cloudy with scattered showers and cooler conditions, except in extreme southeast. Sunday fair. Gas Office Record notes temperatures with yesterday's, today's and year ago comparisons.
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Kansas
Wayne
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