Hitler Returns Home With New Pledges From Rome
Florence May 9 Adolf Hitler arrived in Florence after a six day Rome visit with Mussolini. The trip yielded new Italian friendship pledges and signals for greater German freedom in Czechoslovakia. Mussolini, promising scope for Hitler in central Europe, reaffirmed Rome Berlin axis solidarity and economic ties despite tensions with France Britain.
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Florence
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Hich
Mussolini
Czechoslovakia
Premir Mussolini
Fuehrer
Tuscany
Rome-Berlin
France
Britain
Central
Europe
Trieste
Austria
Tyrol
British and French woo Italy as Hitler presses visit
Diplomats in Geneva seek to resolve the 1935 Ethiopia quarrel and allow re recognition of Vittorio Emanuele III as emperor. Britain’s Halifax and France’s Bonnet lead talks while a Conservative cabinet shakeup and Ormsby-Gore’s elevation to the Lords loom after Baron Harlech’s death.
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Italy
Adolf Hitler
Viscount Halifax
Georges Bonnet
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Ethiopia
League
Vittorio Emanuele
Emperon
Council
Tran
Russia
China
New Zealand
Bolivia
Chamberlain
William George A. Ormsby-Gore
House of Lords
Ormsby-Gore
Baron Harlech
Woolf toys with Derby windfall hoax
Lawrin owner Herbert M. Woolf laughed at reports he won 150000 in future books after his horse finished first. He told betting official Charles Burke the claim was "hocey" and declined to reveal actual winnings.
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St. Louis
Herbert M. Woolf
Lawrin
Hocey
Woolf
Charles Burke
Kansas City
Jost Addresses 4 H Club At Douglas County Meeting
Walter Jost, KU art student, spoke to the Douglas County 4 H Club Saturday night at the junior high school. He showed brass pottery linoleum blocks and water colors and described a KU art course study for 4 H boys and girls.
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Walter Jost
School of Fine Arts
K. U
Douglas County
K.U
Stock Market Index Hits 41.8 Points On Saturday
The average of 60 stocks rose to 41.8 points on Saturday trading, up from 40.8 points, signaling modest gains in midweek market activity.
Movement to call League Assembly early threatens Italian policy
Geneva May 9 The drive to convene the League of Nations assembly ahead of schedule threatens the French British effort to recognize Italy's conquest of Ethiopia. British and French ministers Halifax and Bonnet push for swift action while a coalition led by Colombia China Mexico Bolivia seeks a full league session.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Italy
Ethiopia
Viscount Halifax
Georges Bonnet
League Council
League
Haile Selassie
Halifax
Bonnet
Colombia
China
Mexico
Russia
New Zealand
Mussolini
Qunbat
Eye Operation Decides Helaine Colan Case In Chicago
In Chicago May 9 a 15 minute operation removed the left eye of baby Helaine Colan as doctors sought to halt a cancerous glioma. A medical council advised the procedure after secret consultations with the infant’s father Dr Herman Colan and attorney Samuel Hoffman. Two rabbis and the maternal grandfather provided advisory input while Dr Edward V L Brown would study the eye and eight X ray therapy specialists would plan follow up care for the right eye.
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Chicago
Helaine Colan
Garfield Park
Samuel Hoffman
Herman Colan
Hoffman
Helaine
Morris L. Hershman
Dead youth returns after two year hitchhike loop in Pennsylvania
In Masontown Pennsylvania on May 9 1937 15 year old Donald Fiore returns home after two years away claiming hitchhiked from the west coast drifted to Florida collected oranges on a Florida farm and worked on a South Carolina farm He was believed dead since February 1926 and buried near the family home His body mistaken for him was found in Olive Hill Kentucky and identified by a steel marker inscribed Donald Fiore died April 26 1937 His mother collapses in relief when Donald greets her and his father and priest react in astonishment
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Masontown
Pennsylvania
Donald Fiore
Donald
Olive Hill
Stoot
Father Francis Kolb
Father Kolb
Florida
South Carolina
Raymond Fiore
Fiore
Mrs. Fiore
Drought Strikes England Hit Crops and Water Rationing
A long lasting drought has dried up water reserves across a wide area in England. Wheat barley oats potatoes and root crops will fall far below average while fruit crops suffer from frosts. Manchester residents face a 6 million gallon daily cutback and water usage restrictions.
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London
England
Manchester
Osawatomie Psychiatric Hospital Address Highlights Mental Health Care
Dr Ralph M Fellows superintendent of the Kansas state hospital at Osawatomie outlines the shift from old beliefs about madness to careful diagnosis and treatment. He notes rising elderly admissions, costs near 1.5 million yearly for three hospitals, with about 40 releases weekly and a broad effort to restore reality in mentally ill patients.
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Ralph M. Fellows
State Hospital
Osawatomie
Kan
Leavenworth
Fellows
Kansas
Winfield
Parsons
Douglas county corn quota sparks planting pressure
Douglas and surrounding counties face a 40 373 acre corn quota this year and many farmers may plant below the limit while still meeting general farm program rules. To avoid payment cuts, at least 86 percent of each farmer s quota is required, or 80 percent for consumer protection. Quotas for nearby counties list Leavenworth Johnson Osage Shawnee and others with figures.
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AAA
Douglas County
Douglas
Leavenworth
Johnson
Franklin
Osage
Japanese Attack Suchow On South Central China Front
Shanghai May 9 Japanese reports say two southern thrusts advance toward Suchow in central China with Mengcheng captured and Kuchen nearing Suchow. Chinese guerrillas claimed crossings north of Peiping and near Marco Polo Bridge while Shaohsing was reportedly seized by river crossings though Chinese denial followed. Japanese claim 400000 Chinese defenders near Suchow with heavy artillery and air bombardment of positions.
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Shanghai
Suchow
Central China Battle Area
Anhwei Province
Pengpu
Mengcheng
Tientsin-Pukow
Kuchen
Tientsin- Pukow
Sunghai
Great Wall
Peiping
Changping
Marco Polo Bridge
Shaohsing
Hangchow
Chientang
Fuvang
Chekiang
Ningpo
Charmed a Canary Ends Bet by Bird Whistle Guest
In Bristow Oklahoma on May 9 John Felactu’s female canary would not sing until a well dressed stranger bet he could break the silence. The man whistled a tune and the bird sang, prompting Felactu to pay the $2. The stranger claimed to be Jack Reed en route to Los Angeles to provide bird whistle sound effects for Walt Disney cartoons.
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Bristow
Okla
John Felactu
Felactu
Felacia
Jack Reed
Los Angeles
Walt Disney
Dizzy Dean Baseball Suit Returned to Broken Bow Team
Clarence Mitchell, manager of the volunteer fire department team in Broken Bow Nebraska, requested a discarded baseball suit. The Cards sent Dizzy Dean's old suit with a note saying they have no use for it any more.
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Broken Bow
Neb
Clarence Mitchell
Volunteer Fire Department
St. Louis Cardinal
Dizzy Dean
Lindley to Speak at Rotary Convention in Joplin
Chancellor E H Lindley will address the 136th district Rotary convention in Joplin Missouri at the Hotel Conner tomorrow. The three day meeting will feature his topic Youth Cannot Wait tomorrow.
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Rotary
Joplin
E. ‘H. Lindley
Conner
Dr. Lindley
Boston Red Sox rout Indians in 15 3 victory
Boston slugged three Cleveland pitchers with help from 12 walks to win 15 3. Jimmy Foxx hit two homers and Joe Cronin added one as Boston earned its second straight win at home.
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Boston
Pittsburgh
MacFayden
Hutchinson
Lopez
Blanton
Sewell
Klinger
Brandt
Todd
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Fitzsimmons and Spencer
McGee and Owen
Cincinnati
Passeau
Sivess
Atwood
Clark
R. Davis
Hershberger
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland
Indians
Sox
Jimmy Foxx
Joe Cronin
Bosto
Gatehouse
Zuber
Milnar
Pytiak
Bagby
Desautels
Detroit
Philadelphia
Iain St. Louis
TNO
Washington
Hildebrand and Sullivan
Leonard
R. Ferrall
Senate Approves Tax Revision Bill for House Consideration
The Senate gave final approval to a five billion dollar compromise tax revision bill, moved to the House after a swift voice vote. It retains a modified undistributed profits tax for two years and overhauls capital gains taxes to a flat-rate system, following President Roosevelt's endorsement.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Conference Committee
Roosevelt Holds Talks on Spending-Lending and Relief Measures
President Roosevelt met with congressional leaders to review the spending lending program and the wage hour bill progress. Speaker Bankhead hinted adjournment by June 1 was unlikely while Rayburn expected May 1 or later adjournment. Conference discussed the 1938 revenue bill and a new relief public works plan with direct agency appropriations, with final project approval by the President.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Bankhead
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
Garner
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
White House
Ickes
Hopkins
Bell
Works Progress
Public Works Administration
Taylor
D-Cole
Woodrum
D-Va
Rotary program features Neiswander and Glotzbach recital
Charles Neiswander and Robert Glotzbach presented a Rotary Club musical program with Florence Armstrong as pianist. They performed Largo al factotum and It Was a Lover and His Lass. D M Horkmans announced the 20th air mail anniversary and distributed souvenir envelopes. The first air mail flight ran from New York to Washington on May 15, 1918, with a follow up four days later.
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Rotary
Charles Neiswander
Barytone
Robert Glotzbach
Florence Armstrong
Rossini
Thomas Morley
D. M. Horkmans
New York
Washington
Postal Department
AT&T Reports Decline in March Net Operating Income
The American Telephone and Telegraph company reports March net operating income of 202 703, down from 2 166,608 a year earlier. March gross income is 9 047 634 versus 9 860 088 last year, with figures focusing on long lines operating activity and excluding non operative income and non operating charges.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Massed bands and orchestras cap fourth Midwest music fest
More than 600 high school musicians from five states participated in the fourth annual Midwest music competition at the University. About 2 250 students attended with 69 schools represented and 255 solo entries along with 24 baton twirlers and 33 small ensembles. The event, part of National Music Week, ended with a massed concert conducted by Harold Bachman and others, as next year’s Kansas university festival eyes a larger turnout.
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Hoch Auditorium
Russell L. Wiley
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wiley Today
K. U
Kansas State High School Activities Association
Dr. Hanson
Dr. Harding
Bachman
Euersteiner
Ludwig Hebestreit
Dallas
Tex
Herbert Rifkind
Chicago
Claude B. Smith
Evansville
Ind
D. M. Swarthout
Otto Miessner
Farm Bureau Plans Demonstration Series Across County
Douglas County Farm Bureau outlines a sequence of meetings and demonstrations over several days. A Kansas State College extension representative surveys grasshopper problems, a May 13 meeting covers crop insurance under the 1938 farm bill, May 16 hosts poultry specialist William Seaton, and May 17 presents the Lamb and Wool school in Vinland with Robert Clough grading. The top lambs and fleeces advance to Kansas City May 19-20, followed by the May 20 district milking Shorthorn show at Miller’s ranch.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
Extension Division
Kansas State College
William Seaton
Vinland
Robert Clough
Midwestern Lamb and Wool Association
Kansas City
Miller’s Ranch
Miller
Kan
Ford Company Wins An Amended Court Order
Covington Ky May 9 The Ford Motor company won in U S circuit court an amended order forbidding the National Labor Relations board from withdrawing records in its case against the company The decision preserves the board from vacating its December 22 order and allows the case to proceed before the court Chief Counsel Frederick H Wood of New York said the board would not offer a full free hearing if records were withdrawn and new findings were pursued.
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Covington
Ford Motor Company
U. S
National Labor Relations Board
Ford
Frederick H. Wood
New York
Labor Board
Wood
Riot at Steel Plant Sparks Injuries in Detroit
Eight pickets and two police officers were injured at the Michigan Steel Casting Co plant when police attempted to escort a company salesman through a picket line. Edgar D. Flinterman said the plant is in full operation as the United Automobile Workers strike after a 10 percent wage cut was announced.
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Detroit
Michigan Steel Casting Co
Edgar D. Flinterman
United Automobile Workers of America
Pendergast Purge Shakes Missouri Liquor Board
State liquor dismissals sparked a “Pendergast purge” in Jefferson City Missouri on May 9 as seventeen liquor inspectors were ousted over the weekend. Three of the removed workers were based in Kansas City a key base of the T J Pendergast organization.
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Pendergast
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Bulwark
T. J. Pendergast Organization
International Bank Questions Benefits From Government Stimulus
Basel Switzerland May 9 The Bank for International Settlements reports that US experiences show mere stimulus of consumption by government spending does not sustain a durable upswing in activity. World conditions are less dangerous than 1929 to 1932 but US recovery lacked new investments and capital equipment. It argues only rising new investments can bolster a durable upturn while widespread government action creates work but breeds private business uncertainty.
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Basel
Switzerland
Bank For International Settlements
United States
Liberty Memorial High School Considers Honor Society Plea
Senior class officers appeal to retain the National Honor Society after a teachers meeting voted to discontinue the local chapter. The student council asks Wherry for details, citing disagreements on character and leadership ratings that influenced the decision.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Eastern
N.2
Althe Maj
Ray Edwards
Kiwanis Club
Neal M. Wherry
Wherry
Board of Education
Authoria
Judge Bratton to Speak at Kansas Law Banquet
Sam G. Bratton, judge of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Albuquerque New Mexico, will headline the Kansas University law dinner at 6 30 p m in the Memorial Union ballroom. Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice John S Dawson Associate Justices Walter Thiele Harry K Allen and William A Smith have accepted invitations. Governor Walter A Haxman and former Governor Alf M Landon were invited. F Quentin Brown Greensburg president of the law school's senior class will preside as toastmaster. Law classes were dismissed at 2 p m and inter class softball games were held.
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Sam G. Bratton
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Albuquerque
N. M
Memorial Union
K. U. School of Law
John S. Dawson
Walter Thiele
Harry K. Allen
William A. Smith
Kansas Supreme Court
Walter A. Haxman
Alf M. Landon
F. Quentin Brown
Greensburg
Law School
Insurgent Drive Continues Across Spanish Front
May 9 dispatches report government counter-attacks slowed the insurgent push on Valencia. Militiamen retreated in places from Teruel toward the Mediterranean but kept lines intact, demonstrating persistent strength amid rain and shifting front lines.
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Hendaye
France
Valencia
Barcelona
Altho
Teruel
Mediterranean
Highway Group in Conference Here
More than 50 men from Minnesota Iowa Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma attended a National Highway 59 association meeting at the Eldridge hotel after a Kansas Highway 59 and Iowa Highway 69 session. Justin Barry of Cherokee Iowa presided and noted Kansas projects including resurfacing sections Williamstown to Nortonville and straightening Garnett to Parsons.
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National Highway 59 Association
Eldridge Hotel
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kansas Highway 59 Association
Iowa Highway 69 Association
Justin Barry
Cherokee
National Association
Barry
Kansas Highway Commission
Charles Miller
Tonganoxie
Williamstown
Nortonville
Charles Wells
Baxter Springs
Garnett
Parsons
Winnipeg
Canada
Port Arthur
Tex
Wells
Montevideo
Minn
Atchison
Lawrence
Oswego
Ottawa
Temperatures Rise Across Kansas After Freeze
Temperatures climbed today in Kansas after freezing minimums Sunday in the west and north. A. D. Robb, federal meteorologist, forecast 75 to 80 degree highs tomorrow with showers likely in the south. Reports show small amounts of rain in northern counties yesterday and trace amounts in Topeka Wichita and Dodge City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mercury
A. D. Robb
Centralia
Hanover
Concordia
Russell
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Dresden
Quinter
Goodland
Wichita
Dodge City
Robb
Hill City
Annual P.T.A Meeting in Liberty Memorial High School
Lawrence council of parents and teachers holds its annual meeting tonight at 7 30 in room 5 of Liberty Memorial High School. Mrs Harold G Barr installs future officers. Mrs A B Leonard reports her trip to the Newton state convention April 21 22 with Miss Mabel Richardson speaking on the topic.
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P.T. A
Lawrence
Lawrence Council of Parents and Teachers
Liberty Memorial High School
Harold G. Barr
A. B. Leonard
Newton
Mabel Richardson
Kansas Weather Outlook and Temperature Readings
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight with warmer temperatures in the northwest. Tuesday may bring unsettled, possibly showery weather in the south. Manhattan mud, Topeka and Salina fair, elsewhere good. temperatures show 7 pm yesterday 60, 7 am today 50, noon 66, max 65, min today 43, min Sunday 37.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Topeka
Salina
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American Telephone and Telegraph
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University of Chicago
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