Dust Explosion Kills One in Missouri Elevator Blaze
In South St Louis at the Missouri Pacific grain elevator on the Mississippi riverfront, one man died and ten were burned, five seriously, as three blasts shattered the 240 foot structure and ignited 1 600 000 bushels of stored wheat, corn, oats and rye. Julius Meyer of Continental Export said the cause was not yet determined. Thirty five workers were present. several men escaped flaming clothing by leaping into the Mississippi or smothering flames with coats as others were hurt by debris or exposed to sulphur gases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Mississippi River
South St.Louis
Bred Laubscher
City
Julius Meyer
Continental Export Co
Edward Kelly
Albert Kuehne
John Kovaci
Kelly
Kuehne
Kovacic
Top Cattle Prices Reach Highest Level Since 1932
Kansas City May 7 AP Cattle prices rose to 8.75 per hundred pounds, highest May level since 1981, with loads at 8.60. All classes gained amid rising supplies and a shortage of finished heavy steers. Heavy steers fed by Sam Krehbiel averaged 1,296 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sam Krehbiel
Moundridge
Kan
Another Day of Heat Grips Kansas and Nebraska
Topeka May 8 AP record heat looms as morning temperatures rise beyond 1934 highs. Dresden 100 degrees marks the state’s first 100 on the year, western drought harms crops while eastern areas face continuing swelter and nightly lows near 65 to 70. Western Kansas may see relief tomorrow with highs around 85, while the east stays hot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
United States
Dresden
Flora
Harlow Divorces Cameraman Rosson After Separation
Hollywood May 8 AP Jean Harlow the blond film star will not work with Hal G Rosson her third husband after their Sunday separation. Rosson no longer photographers in which Harlow appears. They wed last September and she says they are unsuited and will file for divorce on compatibility grounds. Universal Bible Sunday will be observed on December 9 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Jean Harlow
Hal G. Rosson
Rosson
Miss Harlow
Indiana primaries set for Congress and state races
Indiana voters across 92 counties nominated Democratic and Republican candidates for Congress, state legislature, city and county offices, and precinct committees. A record 36,350 candidates were on the ballots, with attention focused on Gov. MecNutt versus R Earl Peters as Peters fields delegate slates in 72 counties for the U.S. Senate nominating convention. Unopposed incumbents include James I Farley and Louis Ludlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Congress
Paul V. MecNutt
R. Earl Peters
Peters
U.S
Greenlee
James I. Farley
Auburn
Louis Ludlow
Railroads See Near Ten Percent Employment Rise in April
Washington May AP reports preliminary figures from the Interstate Commerce Commission showing railroad employment climbing almost ten percent from March to April 1934. Total workers reached 1,011,678, with maintenance of equipment and stores and train and engine service posting the largest gains. Executives and staffers declined, with 12,051 on payrolls. For the first time since last October, employment surpassed one million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, May
Interstate Commerce Commission
Runaway Boy Detained After Rail Car Chase In KC
14 year old Dan Spears from Wann Oklahoma tells police he ran away to "teach his father a lesson" after a whipping. He boarded a freight train in Kansas City and raced railroad detectives before being caught. He had traveled to Springfield Illinois before turning back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Dan Spears
Wann
Okla
Dan
Springfield
Ill
Lawrence Couple Granted Marriage License to Wed
Ernest A Had and Fern Vogler of Lawrence are issued a marriage license. They expect to marry by Reverend Miller of Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Had
Fern Vogler
Lawrence
Mr. Miller
Compulsory Audience Draws 2 K A Actors
William Bracke and James Patterson are to perform for prisoners at Lansing Sunday. Bracke will do female impersonations, Patterson a blackface pantomime from Hilarities of 1934, an act the audience cannot walk out on. The passage notes other campus life tidbits and local gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bracke
James. Patterson
Lansing
Mr. Bracke
Mr. Patterson
K. A
Hofmann Recital Makes Musical History in Lawrence
Josef Hofmann closed University Concert Series with a Titan like performance that captivated a vast audience. He commanded Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin and Debussy with flawless artistry and delivered a final four encores including the Turkish March and Butterfly Etude drawing musicians from Columbia Missouri to Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josef Hofmann
Lawrence
Rubinstein
d’Albert
Hofmann
Debussy
Lindow
Liszt
Columbia
Missouri
Winfield
Kansas
Warrensburg
Salina
Manhattan
Emporia
Topeka
Kansas City
OPEN SCOUT COURSE OPENS TRAINING SESSION FOR SCOUT LEADERS
The opening session of a minimum training course for scouters and Scoutmasters was held last night at the Chamber of Commerce with 16 persons present. Sessions will be held May 14 and May 21 covering tenderfoot and second class requirements. Lester B. Miller and Paul M. Campbell of Kaw area directed instruction. Instructors are from Kansas City. Attendees at the first training meeting included A. A. Van Sickle as chairman V. K. Bruner Charles Louk Rice Phelps John Randall G. Stith R. G. Laessig Chester Brown Harold Leigh Prof. J. W. Twente Lee Carter Charles Alexander Dr. J. M. Mott and A. E Woestemeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Atnd
Lester B. Miller
Paul M. Campbell
Kaw
Botte
Kansasity
A. A. van Sickle
V. K. Bruner
Charles Louk
Rice Phelps
John Randall
G. Stith
R. G. Laessig
Chester Brown
Harold Leigh
J. W. Twente
Lee Carter
Charles Alexander
J. M. Mott
A. E Woestemeyer
Mrs Luckan Sr Reported Slight Improvement in Eudora
Mrs. Paul Luckan Sr, long identified with Lawrence and Eudora, has been critically ill at her home in Eudora for a week. She was reported slightly improved this morning after coming to Eudora from Germany as a bride decades ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Luckan
Eudora
Miners to March in Southeast Kansas Strike
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson NRA administrator ordered an immediate probe into mine shutdowns in southeast Kansas after operators blamed code demands for laying off hundreds of miners. Reports from Pittsburg and nearby towns say marching was planned again at strip mines in the Kansas Missouri field. Local relief funds have run low and sheriff P N Robinson warned of heightened precautions for potential demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Kansas
Johnson
McGugin
Pittsburg
Kan
Franklin
Alma
Pittabure
Tomorow
Kansas-Missouri
Missouri
Here
Kansas City
Incourt Collapse as Insull Is Arrested for Bond
The text describes Samuel Insull collapsing after being taken into custody by U S Marshal H C W Laubenheimer amid warrants read by a presidential messenger. Insull, weakened and pale, asked to lie down after the long walk from the train, with his son Samuel Insull Jr and Dr George B Corey attending. The collapse is described as not serious, attributed to exertion and stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
United States
H.C. W. Laubenheimer
Insull
Samuel Insull, Jr
Peairs Herd Dominates Dairy Fat Honors for March and April
Lawrence breeder H B Peairs tops the Dairy Herd Improvements Association listings. For March his Ayrshire herd averaged 38.5 pounds butterfat and a Peairs cow produced 94.0 pounds. In April Peairs averaged 39.8 and another Peairs Ayrshire high cow at 74 pounds, with Fred Paschel second with 52.1 and 59.4 pounds for the second high cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayrshire
Mr. Peairs
Paschel
Guernsey
Fred Paschel
Madame Anitra to Appear at Dickinson Theater for Three Days
Madame Anitra the fortune teller will perform on Thursday Friday and Saturday at the Dickinson theater with free audience Q and A. Showtimes include 3 30 pm matinees and evening slots. She also plays at Crown drug store and has drawn praise from vaudeville circuits. The Dickinson program features Lew Ayres in Lets Be Ritzy and Girl Trouble with Bud and Ben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Anitra
Dickinson Theater
Crown Drug Store
Ted Siler
Dickinson
Lawrence
Seventh
Massachusetts Streets
Dickanser
Lew Ayres
Bud
Ben
Federal panel urged single regulator for communications
The Interstate Commerce Commission backed creating a federal communications commission to oversee telephone telegraph radio wireless and cable. NRA head Hush Johnson favored negotiation over imposed codes and said he would rely on hearings and administrative procedures if a code is needed. A ICC commissioner echoed the push for consolidated regulation to cover closely related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Johnson
NRA
Frank MccManamy
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Regulatory Commission
Break Records in Annual Junior High School Meet
The thirteenth annual Junior high school track and field meet was held at the University of Kansas stadium after a rain delay. Otis Bowers tied the 80 yard dash record at 9.5 seconds, the 201 M relay clocked 59.4 seconds, and Bowers cleared 5 feet in the seventh grade high jump. The 103 H ninth grade relay finished in 49.7 seconds, with other top finishes by seventh and eighth grade teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Otis Bowers
Bowers
Sparks start roof fire at 1800 New Hampshire Street
Chimney sparks ignited the roof of Elmer Pierson's home at 1800 New Hampshire Street at 9:48 this morning but firefighters extinguished the blaze before significant damage. The sparks reportedly came from trash burning in the furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Pierson
New Hampshire Street
Chancellor Lindley to Speak at Abilene Rotary Meeting
University of Kansas Chancellor E H Lindley will address a district Rotary Club convention in Abilene tomorrow at noon about the Kansas crippled children law He plans to return to Lawrence tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Rotary Club
Kansas, Crippled Children Law
Lawrence
Eddie Hess Patient At Memorial Hospital
E D Eddie Hess 941 Connecticut street a Western Union messenger underwent emergency appendectomy at Memorial Hospital last night. This morning his condition was reported as satisfactory. He worked yesterday but felt ill in the afternoon after consulting his doctor the operation was found necessary immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D
Eddie’ Hess
Connecticut Street
Western Union Company
Memorial Hospital
Hens
Shortage of Ladybugs Used in Fighting April
A severe shortage hits the ladybug market this year as Columbus Canning seeks hundreds of thousands from California insect firms, hindered by a poor spring. Nests high in California mountains delay gath ering, while rains and heat reduce damage in pea, wheat and alfalfa fields. Experts report aphids browning and losing life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Canning Company
California
California m Mountains
Lawrence
McGrew Quits WREN To Focus on McGrew Peck Invest Co
Conrad McGrew resigns as musical director at station WREN to devote full time to the McGrew Peck Investment company. He led the popular McGrew airing trio and oversaw five years of entertaining broadcasts. The partnership of McGrew and Arthur B. Peck formed two years ago has grown, prompting the shift to full-time business work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad McGrew
WREN
McGree-Peck Investmet Company
Mr. McGrew
Bill Would Aid Schools Bill to provide 75 million dollars federal aid for next year
Washington May 8 AP A bill drawn by a house education subcommittee to supply 75 000 000 for grade and high schools would be administered by the federal emergency relief administration with advice from the office of education Douglass D Mass said the full committee would act soon amid broader proposals including aid to colleges and universities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Representative Douglass
D-Mass
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Office ‘of Education
Douglass
Farm Home
Notre Dame Veteran Named Line Coach at St Benedicts
Al Culver of Wilmette Illinois a former Notre Dame tackle was named by Larry Mullins athletic director and head coach as the new football line coach of St Benedicts College eleven succeeding Jim Harris of Bellaire Ohio who resigned Culver 25 will assume duties here next September He was a varsity man on the 1929 30 Notre Dame teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kan
al Culver
Wilmette
Inl
Notre Dame
Larry Mullins
St. Benedict's College
Jim Harris
Bellaire
Ohio
Culver
Local code authority plan discussed by Topeka visitants
Clyde Burns and Harry Houk, appointed by J Tidrow of the bakers association, went to Topeka to confer with NRA authorities. They were instructed that the local association should recommend the trade territory and local code administrators, pending regional authority approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Burns
Harry Houk
J . Tidrow
Labers’ Association
NRA
Topeka
Talk on Silver Matters Outlined to Senators by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt presented a two way plan to silver advocates in the Senate. The approach combines nationalization of silver with a 25 percent silver basis for the monetary system. Observers believe agreement on this program to rehabilitate silver may be near with action by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
Extension of steel code foreseen beyond May 31
Washington May 8 AP Hugh S Johnson forecast extension of the steel code beyond its present expiration date of May 31 He said there is no question the code will be slightly amended and extended He noted the need to maintain orderly industrial relations during the transition period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hugh Tohnson
Ohnson
Undefined Weekly Music and Science Forum Schedule
A fragmented notice lists a Tuesday program at 2:30 pm with topics on athletic questions and a cellist performance by Genevieve Hargis, plus a 5:45 pm music session by Roy Underwood. It mentions Dr. Dinsmore Alter and a science Q A in the evening, with references to Cornell and 501 West Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. Aime
Wea
Génevieve Hargis
Sementary French Lea- 501 Wek
Cornell
Roy Underwood
Sapociata Poop
Dinsmore Alter
$8,500 Judgment Granted Over Fatal Auto Crash
In Shawnee county district court Daisy Friday won a friendly action against Topeka’s C. H. Tucker for the death of her husband S. E. Friday. The incident occurred October 28, 1983 on Willard Cut along Highway 40 when Friday, a state highway department employee, rode in a rumble seat and was struck after Tucker’s car rear ended the vehicle. Friday died the next morning. Read’s car from route 1 then struck the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee County
Daisy Friday
S. E. Friday
Willard Cut
Highway 40
C. H. Tucker
Topeka
Friday
State Highway Department
Lawrence
R. W. Frank
R. H. Bryan
Tucker
A. R. Read
Read
Robotic gun joins Ottawa police force amid spring crime rise
Local notes report Dr. A J Anderson addressed as son by his father during a home visit. Ottawa drug store held an egg swap exchanging an ice cream bar for eggs, receiving nearly 10 000 eggs. Reports say snakes are more numerous this spring due to warm weather. An automatic riot gun, a short barrel 12 gauge shotgun, was added to Ottawa Police arsenals. FOSDICK RENOUNCES WAR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Eo Fosdick
Fosdick Renounces War, Warns of Prison If Draft Resumes
New York May 3 AP The Rev Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick says I renounce war and would go to prison rather than serve in future armed conflict speaking at a Riverside Baptist church seminar The event drew 35 of 36 attendees to refuse service in possible new wars and deepens debate over pacifist stances in wartime policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Riverside Baptist Church
Rockefeller
Record Heat Breaks After 39 Years in Topeka
Topeka reported a new heat record for the second straight day with 94 degrees at 2 30 PM. Federal meteorologist S D Flora predicted the 96 degree mark could be reached later in the afternoon. A 91 degree reading was recorded at the gas office at 3 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
S. D. Flora
Five Unbeaten Teams Enter Fifth Round In Topeka Tourney
In Topeka on May 8 AP reports sixteen high school debate teams advanced to the fifth round of the national interscholastic speech tourney. Five teams remain undefeated: Marshall Missouri Central High School Oklahoma City Oklahoma North High Omaha Reno Oklahoma and Elgin Ik palats nae sha. GM Sales Increase In April For Trucks And Cars In U S
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Marshall
Central High School
Oklahoma
City
Okla
North High School of
Omaha
E Reno
Elgin
Ik Palats
Colorado Boosters on Tour to Wichita Kansas
Governor Ed C Johnson will join Colorado boosters on a goodwill motor tour group leaving Colorado Springs tomorrow for Wichita Kansas via eastern Colorado and western Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Ed C. Johnson
Colorado Springs
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
University of Kansas City Students Strike Over Faculty Contracts
About 250 students at the University of Kansas City walked out in protest as the board of trustees failed to renew the contracts of two popular faculty members. The action disrupted campus activities and drew AP coverage from Kansas City on May 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Board of Trustees
University of Kansas City
Mellon Tax Case Appeal Looms After New Assessment
Treasury officials said Andrew W. Mellon faces a 1,319,080 addit ional assessment for 1981 with 659,540 in penalties. An appeal to the Board of Tax Appeals is customary, but no appeal has been served yet. comment was not provided on a related grand jury action. President Roosevelt signed the country grain elevators code setting a code authority to curb unfair practices. Oklahoma Supreme Court voided proration orders and wiped out 10,000,000 barrels of oil in the Oklahoma City field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, May
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Mattion
Board of Tax Appeals
Cummings
Washington
Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Corporation Commission
Commission
Swallow Hosts Guests At Dinner In Kanwaka
Kanwaka B W Swallow entertained at dinner Sunday April 22 with guests including Mr and Mrs B N Bahnmaier and children Marilyn and Roger Mac Mr and Mrs Russel Anderson and W C Slusser Vera Hird returned from Olathe where she attended school Mr and Mrs Ed Day H C Richardson and Miss Mabel Richardson of Lawrence Mr and Mrs Virgil Hird and son Delbert of Baldwin Mr and Mrs Robert Richardson of Lawrence Mr and Mr Leslie Murray and daughter Evelyn and Mr and Mrs Alfred Haegle were guests of Mr and Mrs Arthur Hird and family on Sunday April 22 Five eighth graders and five seventh graders took final exams April 21 and 28 Part went to No 6 and part to Barker for the exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Swallow
B. N. Bahnmaier
Marilyn
Roger Mac
Russell Anderson
W. C. Slusser
Vera Hird
Olathe
Ware
Ed Day
H. C. Richardson
Mabel Richardson
Lawrence
Virgil Hird
Delbert
Baldwin
Robert Richardson
Leslie Murray
Evelyn
Alfred Haegle
Arthur Hird
No. 6
Barker
Government Bonds New York May Market Snapshot
The closing prices on U S government bonds are listed with Liberty Bee at 195.34 and Liberty first at 104.9. Liberty fourth at 204.7 and Treasury issues show varied yields including 1M 20, 4x at 105.1, 43 June at 104.1, 43 March at 103.2 and 35 51 55 at 100.14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government
New York
May
U. S
Liberty Bee
Liberty
Treasury Ijn
Treasury
Treasury Sys
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Jean
Harlow
Young Astor
John Jacob Astor II
Eileen Gillespie
Associated Press
den Spears
First Christian Church
C. E. Sawhill
Bracke and Patterson
Thetas
Lamar
State Lake
Robert F
Keats
Mexico City
K. U
Tonganoxie
R. I. Canuteson
Student Health Service
D. F. Smith
Canuteson
C. of C
Igugin
Crawford County
P. N. Robinson
St. Luke Church
St. Luke
A. M. E. Church
R. C. Everett
M. C.night
Maude Moore
San Diego
Cal
Mrs. C. D. Moore
Eddie Hess
Western Union
Will
Arma
John W. Richardson
Amma
Miles
Ceittsburg
Theichardsons
Richardson
St. Benedict's
Art Anderson
A. J. Anderson
A. J
A.J. Anderson
General’ Motors
General Motors Corporation
Mellon's
Kanwaka
Mase
Manley’s Insurance
Kansas Electric Power Cam
Kansas Power and Sant Company
Estes, Payne & Company
Masa
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