Cabinet Attack Sparks British Commons Challenge
London May 8 AP Lloyd George backs Labour demand for Chamberlain ouster as test of votes. Duff Cooper threatens to bolt Tories. Morrison calls for non confidence to warn of grave war risk. Debate rages over Norway aid and leadership with Churchill taking responsibility.
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London
House of Commons
Chamberlain
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Britain
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
House
Pontius
Pilate
Norway
Commons
Hitler
Herbert Morrison
Samuel Hoare
Winston Churchill
Morrison
Churchill
Germany
Kansas League of Women Voters Holds Two Day Convention
The Kansas League of Women Voters opens a two day convention in Lawrence with 45 delegates. Gov Payne Ratner and Mrs Florence Bohrer are slated speakers at the Friday dinner. Miss Winnie Lawrance presides. events include registrations, budget and program reviews, and a luncheon.
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Kansas League of Women Voters
Memorial Union
State Board
Winnie D. Lawrance
Kansas
Payne Ratner
Florence Bohrer
National League
Union Building
Miss Lawrance
Lawrence
Trinity Episcopal Parish House
Robert Blase
Wichita
H. J. Reedy
Leo Gessell
Topeka
W. Maxwell
Winnie Lawrance
Lawrance
Willard Brooks
Euneheon
Uion
Kansas Room
TMC
Miss Lowrance
Florence Fifer Bolirer
National League of Women Voters
Britain Seeks Hungary Stand on German Troop Move
Budapest May 8 Britain pressed Hungary to state its attitude toward any German troop transit through Hungary. Prime Minister Teleky offered no definite reply, saying Hungary’s stance would depend on circumstances if Germany moved. O'Malley pledged British army and air force support to Hungary if it resisted a German march.
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Budapest
Great Britain
Hungary
Germany
Owen St. Clair O’malley
Pal Teleky
Teleky
O’malley
Balkans
Europe
Stock Market Index Holds at 49.8 Point Level
The average of 60 stocks stayed at 49.8 points yesterday as market activity remained steady. Investors watched minor shifts across sectors while the index maintained the same closing level.
Lawrence students to attend national festival in Kansas City
Arrangements set for Lawrence students to travel to the national regional music festival in Kansas City across Thursday Friday and Saturday. More than 250 attendees from Lawrence. three Greyhound buses depart Friday at 6 45 AM with about 80 students and sponsors. Adults accompany groups for supervision with several parents invited to join.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Neal Wherry
Southern Kansas Greyhound
Joe Williams
Electa Kindlesperger
Margaret Dart
David Hay
May Fedar
Barbara Huls
Jean Murray
Holtzclaw Meets Topeka And Osawatomie Officials
Henry F. Holtzclaw regional ad judicator for the Railroad Retirement Board visited Topeka for talks with the general chairman and secretary of the Association of Maintenance of Way and Miscellaneous Employees of the Santa Fe system on unemployment insurance issues. He then met Missouri Pacific representatives in Osawatomie on special unemployment insurance inquiries. Mrs Holtzclaw accompanied him.
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Henry F. Holtzclaw
Railroad Retirement Board
Topeka
Association of Maintenance of Way
Santa Fe
Holtzclaw
Osawatomie
Missouri Pacific
Fear of Invasion Grips Holland With Intense Military Prep
Amsterdam reports intense military activity and a partial blackout as the Netherlands braces for a potentially imminent crisis. Government lines are reserved, civilian rail travel is cut back, and ships are barred from inland waterways while thousands of soldiers and sailors are recalled.
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Holland
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Hague
Belgium
House Refuses to Alter CAA Setup in Government Reorg
Washington May 8 The House passed and sent to the Senate a resolution rejecting President Roosevelt s fourth government reorganization order which would place the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the Commerce Department The order would also abolish the CAA safety board and take effect next month unless the Senate approves legislation The vote was 232 to 158 About 75 Democrats joined Republicans to nullify the plan The Kansas delegation including Republicans Carlson Hope Guyer Lambertson Rees Winter and Houston voted to disapprove The Senate committee postponed action on killing the order and considered judicial review legislation for federal agencies The day also featured Michael J Quill C I O leader ejected from a hearing and the Senate reorgan ization committee meeting on the aeronautics controversy The Farm Bill and farm aid topics were scheduled for later action with parity payments and RFC loans debated
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Commerce Department
Safety Board
CAA
Ca‘a
Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
Kansas
House of Representatives
Carlson
Hope
Guyer
Lambertson
Rees
Winter
Houston
Senate Reorganization Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Michael J. Quill
C.I.0. Transport Workers Union
United States
Quill
Townsend
R-Del
Treasury
Bankhead
D-Ala
Sold to Wrong Man in Whiskey Raid Leads to Arrest
Deputy Wayne Owens bought liquor from Ed Beck at his home six miles east of Baldwin during a Saturday dance. Sheriff Charles Banning, Undersheriff Read, and Deputy Pohl seized about 30 pints of whiskey and wine. Beck, arrested at 10 p.m., was arraigned Sunday and released on $500 bond. trial set for May 18.
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Ed Beck
Baldwin
Charles Banning
Beck
Justice of the Peace
Charles C. Rankin
Banning
Wayne Owens
Owens
Lathron B. Read, Jr
Ernest Pohl
Assurances From Britain and Italy On Greek Neutrality
Official quarters in Athens report that Great Britain and Italy have given assurances they do not intend to infringe Greece's neutrality. The assurances are described as sufficient to inspire confidence among the Greek people, and Greeks are led to believe their country will not be drawn into war at this time.
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Athens
Great Britain
Italy
Greece
Civic clubs luncheon and dinner events noted
Summary of local club activities listing a civic clubs luncheon at 853.15, Pow of Rice dinner at 23.17, and Mothers Discussion club on 15.48 with 100 Mother's Day Cards by Mrs. Wiia Longanecker. Additional entry references are unclear but include Keelers advertisement.
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Civic Clubs
Wiia Longanecker
First Appeal From Rule Banning Relief Cars Heard
John Williams of 701 Lincoln Street faced the county welfare board as the county commissioners, acting as the welfare board, hear his appeal over relief car removal. They upheld the welfare department's denial citing his refusal to surrender his license plates. Williams said he would appeal to the state welfare board.
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County Welfare Department
Board of County Commissioners
John Williams
Lincoln Street
County Welfare Board
Williams
Welfare Department
State Welfare Board
KU Hunt Club Prepares 50 Mile Ride to Kansas City
The K U Hunt club outfitted in red gear plans a 50 mile campus to Kansas City ride for the Sportsmen's Horse Show. About 20 riders depart at 7 under E B DeGroot with Mrs DeGroot Gayle Mott and Joe Chesky, riding through Eu dora DeSoto to Bonner Springs for overnight lodging and dinner. They will compete in a trot canter event before returning Friday by car.
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K. U. Hunt Club
Kansas City
E. B. DeGroot
DeGroot
Gayle Mott
Joe Chesky
Helen Pierce
Lawrence
James Robertson
Marysville
Jean Hillix
Shawnee
Dorothy Jewel
Jean Lee Altman
Halstead
Joe O'Neill
Hartford
Conn
Jean Norton
Topeka
al Muzenich
Ann Nettles
Pittsburg
Charles Bradley
Hutchinson
Frances Gray
War Bulletins From London And Across Europe May 8
News reports from London Berlin Belgrade and Bucharest detail wartime developments. Churchill blames air parity failures for Norway troubles. German air raids target allied columns near Narvik and British cruisers. Yugoslavia prepares for virtual war footing while Italy masss troops and Romania nationalizes critical goods. London naval trawlers lost in Trondheim withdrawal.
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Berlin
Narvik
Norway
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vladimir Macek
London
The
Admiralty
Trondheim
North Sea
London Trolley Strike Halts Transport and Delays Work
A 500-strong strike by trolley and bus drivers conductors paralyzed London transit. Thousands of workers in factories and offices reported late as the action followed protests against new summer schedules for trolley and bus lines.
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London
London Transport
70 Foot Bridge Washes Out Near Eudora After Torrential Rain
A 70 foot steel bridge over the Little Wakarusa three miles south of Eudora collapsed in a storm last night between 8 30 and 9 o clock. The floodwaters washed planks into trees, with banks 15 to 20 feet high. Lois Williamson was advised to stay in Lawrence as lights failed and family lanterns guided communication. Rain totals in the area reached up to about 2.3 inches locally, with Eudora receiving 2 875 inches and DeSoto 3 inches as the region faced widespread flooding and power outages.
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Wakarusa
Eudora
C. M. Williamson
Lois Williamson
Lawrence
B. J. McBride
Williamson
Maurice Starr
DeSoto
Fred Bartz
C. J. Posey
Kaw
Rowersock
Twenty-third Street
Walter’ Schwarz
Cooperative
Worden
Highway 40
Six Corners
L. L. Richardson
A. L. Holcom
Highway 59
Holcom
Leavenworth
J. T. Skinner
K.E.P
Pleasant Grove
Sibleyville
Investigators Revisit Kansas for Senate Campaign Patronage Probe
Investigators for a state senate campaign group are in Kansas for a subcommittee hearing on charges that state patronage influenced the selection of Republican National Convention delegates. Senator Clyde Reed and Senator Hill oversee the panel and timing hinges on Wheeler Lea transportation bill action. If the House acts favorably, hearings may begin May 16 in Topeka. otherwise delays could push actions to next session.
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Washington
Senate
Kansas
Clyde Reed
R-Kan
Hill
D-Ala
Topeka
Reed
House
Lone Star Lake stockholders elect planning board and directors
At the annual meeting about 40 attendees chose a five member planning board and nine new directors for the Lone Star Lake Stockholders association. Officers remain with Art Weaver as president and E F Fritz as treasurer. The group plans cabin regulations, lot deeds, and a county advisory role while seeking earliest lake fishing opening.
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Lone Star Lake Stockholders Association
Earnest Boyce
J. L. Constant
Dave Horkmans
George March
Junius Underwood
Art Fritzel
Art Weaver
E. F. Fritz
Solon Markley
J. C. Ramsey
Matt Flory
W. H. Andrews
Dick Wagstaff
Ben Babb
Harry Nevin
George Hedrick
Board of County Commissioners
The
Lake Association
Railroad Travel May Be Bought on Installments
A plan to finance rail travel will start May 20 on 66 American railroads. For trips costing 350 or more travelers can obtain credit from a travel agent or railroad ticket office, with Travelers Credit Corporation handling financing. Credit may apply to Pullman accommodations and other services sold through ticket offices, with a nominal service charge.
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New York
Travelers Credit Corporation
Pullman
Italy Contemplates War as Pope Sees Peril for Nations
Rome reports a Fascist senate study describes Italy as pre belligerent and ready to enter the conflict. Pope Pius XII warns of invasion risk while Virginio Gayda says Italy will stay peaceful with the Balkans. The piece cites aims to internationalize Gibraltar and Suez in a future treaty.
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Rome
Italy
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Teaihsy
Balkan
Il Giornale d'Italia
Gibraltar
Balkans
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Phelps Found Guilty of Fourth Degree Manslaughter
A district court jury found Raymond Phelps of Topeka guilty of fourth degree manslaughter for a 1939 accident near Lawrence that killed Bernard and Mrs Brown. Judge Hugh Means ordered a potential new trial motion to May 13. Phelps was released on $2000 bond.
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Raymond Phelps
Topeka
Hugh Means
Phelps
Means
Bernard Brown
Chanute
Lawrence
Highway 10
Supreme Court
J. F. Mee
M. W. Clarkson
Orley Olmstead
Albert Adler
Ethan A. Smith
Tom Thornton
Top Soil Soaked Across Kansas Boosts Crop Prospects
Rainy weather across Kansas boosts topsoil moisture with forecasts of 75 degree highs tomorrow. Federal meteorologist S D Flora calls the soaking showers timely crop-makers as totals vary by county from light drizzle to heavy downpours including Bonner Springs 4.05 inches and Topeka 0.66 inches in overnight totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Altho
East Central
South Central
Bonner Springs
Kansas City
Contratia
Woreton
Teavenworth
Randolwick
Manhattan
McFarland
Lawrence
Carbondale
Wareden
Renadine
Osage City
Elmdale
Cottonwood
Falls
Neosho Rapids
Garnett
Panola
Chanute
Independence
Columbus
Phillinshure
Concordia
Hanover
Ellis
Salina
Enterprise
Marion
Florence
Anthony
Tribune
Scntt City
Ness City
Sublette
Elkhart
Weather Summary for Kansas: Cloudiness and Showers
The report notes considerable cloudiness with showers in the southeast and cooler conditions in the east tonight. Thursday should bring partly cloudy skies in the west and north, with a cloudy southeast and warmer temperatures in the north. Gas Office records show a 24 hour max of 72 and min of 59 with rainfall to 7 am at 1.01 inches.
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Kansas
Gas Office
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Simon
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China
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Adv
Hunt Club
Bucharest
Cabinet Economic Council
Senate Group
Lake Plans Board
Lone Star Lake Association
Journal- World
Pope
Interior Ministry
Maurizio Maraviglia
Grand Council
Pius XII
Vatican
Palmer
Robert Palmer
Wilma Palmer
J. Badger
Willis Warner
Edward Williams
R. J. Harrell
Clarence Smith
Ni Adams
Charles Snow, Jr
Charles T. Kennedy
Robert A. Hageart
Theo F. Boone
E. J. Talley
Bond
John Daniels
Roland Harris
Harris
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