Wage bill moved from committee via petition drive
Washington May 6 reporters note the wage hour bill was pulled from committee by a petition with 218 signatures, led by Moutin of Louisiana. The move would bring the revised measure to the house floor this month, despite opposition from the house rules committee and southern senators.
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Washington
House
Moutin
D-La
Sisner
House Rules Committee
Mouton
Louisiana
Rayburn
Texas
Patman
D-Tex
Senate
Roosevelt
Iis
Egited Grange
National Cooperative Council
National Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation
Chamber campaign backs business program with reduced regulation
The United States Chamber of Commerce launched a nationwide drive to win support for a business improvement plan advocating minimal government regulation and new employer labor relations. It calls for outright repeal of the Wagner Act or, at least, major amendments.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Wagner
Initiation for 36 New Phi Beta Kappa Members
More than 100 Phi Beta Kappa members gathered at the Union building for the initiation of 36 new KU graduates with six others initiated earlier this year. At the banquet Prof. John Ise led singing and Prof. Domenico Gagliardo served as toastmaster. The program featured talks on Substitutes for Learning including Skills and Techniques by Prof. Margaret Lynn and Personality Development by Miss Virginia Quiring.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Union Building
University of Kansas
John Ise
Domenico Gagliardo
Margaret Lynn
Virginia Quiring
George Cronemeyer
A. J. Mix
Woodring Will Start Something If He Keeps On Talking
Italian Fascist spokesman Virginio Gayda denounces Woodring remarks as provoking reactions and warns the United States risks upsetting world order. Tokyo also criticizes the U S secretary of war, calling his statements harmful to friendly ties and urging understanding.
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Woodring
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Washington
Il Giornale D'Italia
Gayda
Hitler
Central
South America
Il Popolo di Toma
Ernest Hemingway
Spain
Ickes
William J. Dodd
Germany
William D. Leahy
Tokyo
Foreign Office
United States
Chinese claim recapture halves South Shantung in ten month war
In South Shantung Chinese forces say they have retaken about half the territory won by Japanese in a three week offensive. Reports say Chinese counter moves near the Yanetze river sever Japanese rail links while Peiping endures strict police measures and guerrilla activity.
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Shanghai
Shantung Province
Lini
Tancheng
Taierhehwang
Peiping
Shantung
Yanetze
Tangtu
Wanhu
Nanking
Wuhu
Anhwei
Hefei
Shinkao
Take Chan
Kianese
Haichow
Lunghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pengpu
Tientsin- Pukow
Suchow
Honeh
North Honan
Yellow River
Fishting
Szechuchen
Pihsien
Demand Player's Release From Nazi Camp
A group of California sportsmen led by Don Budge and Joe DiMaggio urged immediate release of Baron Gottfried von Cramm from a Nazi concentration camp. The signatories criticized Nazi secrecy and called the morals charge against von Cramm a mere subterfuge. Others named include Bill Johnston and Sidney Woods Jr. and Sr.
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San Francisco
California
Don Budge
Joe DiMaggio
New York
Bill Johnston
Sidney Woods, Jr
Bill Does
Flood Danger Subsides Near Emporia
Flood danger along the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers easing as water recedes. Neosho peaked at 2514 feet before falling overnight, while the Cottonwood rose earlier and then held or declined. Both rivers overflowed lowlands and merge southeast of Emporia.
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Emporia
Neosho
Cottonwood
Huxman Seeks Market Reforms In Kansas Oil Field
Governor Walter A. Huxman of Kansas, in Washington, pressed for broader oil markets and fair distribution with Oklahoma. He met with Senator McGill and House members, planned talks with oil officials, and warned the federal government may step in if disputes over production and marketing cannot be settled between states and oil companies. He noted Kansas has only five percent of its potential market while Oklahoma runs 75 to 80 percent. He also planned to visit his daughter Ruth Huxman in Baltimore.
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Washington
Walter A. Huxman
Kansas
McGill
House
Ruth Huxman
Baltimore
Wacing
Haxman
Bureau of Mines
Huxman
Oklahoma
Duke of Devonshire Dies in Historic Chatsworth
The ninth Duke of Devonshire died at 69 inside Chatsworth House. He governed Canada once and owned vast estates exceeding 180000 acres. Survived by widow, two sons, five daughters. eldest becomes Marquess of Hartington. The second son is married to dancer Adele Astaire.
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London
Devonshire
England
Chatsworth House
Mary
Queen of Scots
Canada
John Cavendish
Bury St
Colonies
Admiralty
Marquess of Hartington
Lohr Charles
Adele Astante
Coffeyville Politician Blasts Machine Government
Harold McGugin of Coffeyville told a May 5 campaign stop that the greatest plague to free government in the United States is machine government while seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
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Phillipsburg
Harold McGugin
Coffeyville
United States
Warning to Two Dictators Warns Germany Over Czechoslovakia
Paris and London plan a joint appeal to Prague and a warning to Berlin amid fears of a German Italian deal. France and Great Britain urge Czech concessions to its Nazi minority and warn against violence as Hitler and Mussolini meet in Rome.
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France
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Praha
Berlin
London
Germany
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Fuhrer
Italy
Hear
Foreign Office
Nevile Henderson
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Goering
Europe
Britain
Warsaw
Poland
Rebels Drive on in Rain Toward Highway Objective
Rebels push toward the Teruel Sagunto Valencia highway through rain as Franco’s veterans advance from fortified peaks. Government dispatches say Jose Miaja’s militiamen are withdrawing slowly, while insurgents report costly gains for each yard won.
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Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Teruel-Sagunto-Valencia
Jose Miaja
Confiscation Reported of Reinhardt Castle in Vienna
The Voelkischer Beobachter today reported the state has confiscated Leopoldskron, the Salzburg castle of theatrical producer Max Reinhardt, in Vienna. The move marks a significant seizure impacting the prominent theater figure and his property.
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Reinhardt
Vienna
Voelkischer Beobachter Today
Leopoldskron
Salzburg
Max Reinhardt
Indians Dowse A’s 4 1 Behind Allen Five-Hitter
Ken Weltner belted his fifth homer as the Cleveland Indians tamed the Philadelphia Athletics 4 to 1. Johnny Allen allowed nine hits and got the win, with Pytlak, Caster, Potter, Nelson, and Brucker behind him.
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Philadelphia
Ken Weltner
Cleveland Indians
Athletics
Tohnny Allen
Cleveland
Allen
Pytlak
Caster
Potter
Nelson
Brucker
St. Louis
Boston
Newson Wigan
Marcum
Desautels
Chicago
Washington
Lee and
Sewell
Weaver
R. Ferrell
Detroit
New York
Tain
English Women Confer on Plans to Mobilize in Britain's War
Modishly garbed women met at the war office with army chiefs to plan mobilization of an all female noncombatant force for Britain's next war. Major-General Sir John Brown chaired preliminary talks, aligning with Leslie Hore-Belisha ideas. Among participants were the Marchioness of Londonderry and Viscountess Hailsham. No announcement will be made until schemes are fully developed.
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London
War Office
Britain
John Brown
Ivar
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Brown
Territorial Army
National Guard
Marchioness of
Big Show Highlights Bands Drum Corps and Twirlers
A grand display in South Park featured 5 bands and 4 drum corps with 22 baton twirlers before 500 plus spectators. Judges included Harold Bachman A A Harding and Claude B Smith as Humboldt Kansas and Atchison Kansas groups earned first division honors in class B and A respectively with notable performances by Lindenberger and Thurman.
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South Park
Harold Bachman
A. A. Harding
Claude B. Smith
Ludwig Hebestreit
Humboldt, Kan
North Akansas City
Kenneth Lindenberger
Lawrence
Karl Elman Thurman
Brookfield
Lindenberger
Thurman
Reverend J. T. Copley Dies After Fifty Years of Service
The Rev John Siuby Copley a Presbyterian minister who served about forty years died at University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City after a six week illness He was born in Pennsylvania moved to Perry Kansas at age ten retired in 1920 and lived with daughter Mrs Margaret Buchholtz at Olathe since 1923 He was almost blind for thirty years and memorized much of the Bible He married Elizabeth Turnbull in 1885 who died in 1923 He leaves a daughter a stepdaughter two stepsons and two sisters Funeral is set for 2 pm Saturday at the Olathe Presbyterian Church with burial in Perry Kasher repairing Green Bros Adv
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University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City
Pennsylvania
Perry
Kan
Margaret Buchholtz
Olathe
Lawrence Y. M. C. A
Kansas State College
Highland, Kan
Presbyterian College
Nebraska
Manhattan
Kansas
Presbyterian Sunday Schools
Elizabeth Turnbull
Topeka
Copley
Kansas Academy of Science
Dinsmore Alter
Lawrence
C. M. Correll
John T. Trumbull
Albany
N. Y
J. D. Trumbull
Los Angeles
J. C. Alter
M. C. Wade
Mt. Hermon
Calif
Olathe Presbyterian Church
Honor Society Discontinued at Lawrence Memorial High
The National Honor Society chapter at Lawrence Memorial High School is discontinued after a faculty vote. Teachers cited lack of objective criteria for character and leadership, noting only scholarship could be measured clearly. About 25 students were elected annually.
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OUT
Lawrence Memorial High School
Neal M. Wherry
lenient sentences in kansas city vote fraud cases
In Kansas City on May 6 Federal Judge Merrill E Otis gave light penalties to seven defendants charged with conspiracy in the fifth precinct of the twelfth ward. The defendants included William J Mulloy Jr and Irene Mulloy who pleaded guilty or no contest, along with Kathryn Wolf Marguerite Peterson Thelma Rogers and George F E O Neal who received one year probation while others faced fines. Mrs Frances S Ryan remains under a three year prison sentence on a separate indictment.
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Kansas City
Merrill E. Otis
Twelfth Ward
Frances S. Ryan
William J. Mulloy, Jr
Irene Mulloy
Mary Eliott
Kathryn Wolf
Marguerite Peterson
Thelma Rogers
George FE. O'Neal
Pi Kappa Lambda Initiation Banquet At Evans Hearth
The Pi Kappa Lambda honorary musical society held its annual banquet at Evans Hearth. New gold key inductees from the music program include Mary Jane Bruce Lila LeVan Harrison Maxwell Helen Tibbets and Orewe Yowell. Graduate and faculty inductees are John Moore Frank Cunkle and Russell L. Wiley. Dr Howard Hanson spoke on Musical Leadership.
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Pi Kappa Lambda
Evans Hearth
Mary Jane Bruce
Lila LeVan
Harrison Maxwell
Helen Tibbets
Orewe Yowell
John Moore
Frank Cunkle
Russell L. Wiley
Miller Transfer Sets New Wichita Southern Kansas Post
H A Miller central office repairman for Southwestern Bell will move to Wichita on May 15 to serve as division supply superintendent for the new southern district of Kansas. Miller and his wife arrived in Lawrence a little over a year ago from Kansas City.
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H. A. Miller
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Wichita
Southern District of
Kansas
Miller
Lawrence
Kansas City
4 H Council to Meet in Douglas County
The Douglas County 4 H council holds its regular monthly meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the junior high school auditorium. The Rainbow Sunflower Belleview and Big Springs clubs will present the program.
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4-H Council
Douglas County
Rainbow
Sunflower
Belleview
Big Springs
Kans City Musicale Promises Evening of Song and Piano
Dora Wiles Young, contralto of the Kansas City Music Club, and Agnes Romary, pianist and accompanist from the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts, will present a musicale Sunday at 8 15 o clock. The event will be held at 1306 Manheim Road, Kansas City Missouri.
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Dora Wiles Young
Kansas City Music Club
Agnes Romary
University of Kansas School of Fine Arte
Manheim Road
Kansas City
Committee Approves Relief Bill with Spending Limits
Washington May 6 The house appropriations subcommittee approved the administration relief and public works bill after adding provisions to limit President Roosevelt's discretion in relief spending. The bill calls for 1.25 billion in relief and 1 billion for public works with direct agency allocations. Woodrum says the bill preserves legislative control and reflects the President's full approval.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Woodrum
D-Va
Liberty Memorial High Students Shine At Midwest Music Festival
Liberty Memorial high students excel on day one with eleven soloists in Division I and eight in Division II plus two in Division III. Five ensembles earned first division ratings, under Oliver Hobbs and Joe M Williams.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Oliver Hobbs
Joe M. Williams
Lawrence
Intends to keep his dog in divorce case
In Salem Massachusetts John F Spencer chose his German shepherd over his wife in a separate support suit. He said he had kept the dog for 18 years and preferred the animal to his spouse. Mrs Spencer testified the dog disrupted meals and bedroom life. Judge John Y Phelan took the case under advisement.
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Salem
Mass
John F. Spencer
Spencer
Irving W. Hadley
Fellowship to Otto Nelson Cambridge May 6
One of 15 Lucius M Littauver fellowships for study and research in basic governmental problems at Harvard University will go to Otto Nelson of Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The fellowships start next fall with the new graduate school of public administration, funded by a 2 1 2 million gift from Lucius Littauer of New York.
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Otto Nelson
Cambridge
Mass
Lucius M. Littauver
Harvard University
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Graduate School of Public Administration
Lucius Littauer
New York
Roosevelt plans tropical cruise off Caicos for final vacation fling
President Roosevelt plans to end his vacation aboard the cruiser Philadelphia Sunday afternoon. He selected familiar waters off Caicos Island in the southern Bahamas for a final fishing outing.
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Charleston
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Caicos Island
Bahamas
KU Music Fete Nears 2000 Marks At Midwest Festival
About 2,000 attendees near the 2,000 mark as teams compete at the University of Kansas Hoch auditorium. A 4 pm parade of about 10 bands and drum corps down Massachusetts street ends at South Park. A joint concert features the Westminster A Cappella choir, KU Symphony, and guest trombonist Homer Phillips.
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University of Kansas
Hoch Auditorium
Massachusetts Street
Sixth
Southpark
Westminster A Cappella
K. U. Symphony Orchestra
Homer Phillips
Ellis
Iola
Humboldt
Kan
North Kansas City
Clay Center
Garnett
Baytown
Mulvane
Lawrence
Topeka
Westport
West Hirds
Kansas City
More Rain Probable Across Kansas Statewide Weather Outlook
Un settled weather with rain likely covers Kansas for the next 36 hours per federal meteorologist S D Flora. Rain fell across most areas in the last 24 hours with Tribune reporting 1.48 inches.
Rainfall in Greeley County Surpasses Normal Levels
Heavy rain in Greeley County on the Kansas Colorado border pushes two month total above normal. Precipitation yesterday reached 1.38 inches with light rain continuing Wednesday night. March and April also exceeded normal rainfall.
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Greeley County
Tribune
Kansas- Colorado
Average of 60 stocks shows 46.2 and yesterday 39.1
Report notes a sample of 60 stocks with an average of 46.2. Yesterday the figure was 39.1, indicating a shift in market performance across the same group.
Kansas Forecast Sees Unsettled Night With Rain Likely
Weather overview indicates unsettled conditions tonight and Saturday with rain probable in the south region and little temperature change. Morning cloudiness with light rain at Garden City while Topeka and Pittsburg remain clear. Road conditions vary from muddy at Manhattan and Dodge City to fair or good at other towns. Temperatures recorded earlier show a low and a today’s progression with yesterday’s maximum and today’s minimum still uncertain due to garbled data.
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Garden City
Topeka
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Dodge City
Arkansas City
Wichita
Salina
Toneka
Emporia
Coffeyville
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