Europe’s Leaders Declare Readiness to Meet Obligations
British Prime Minister Chamberlain and French Premier Daladier voiced willingness to honor commitments as observers in Rome noted easing tension and Pope Pius XII urged peaceful settlement. Chamberlain warned that force to alter Danzig would trigger war. Daladier stressed unity and collaboration with Britain.
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Daladier
Rome
Pius XII
Europe
Danzig
Britain
Paris
France
Berlin
Warsaw
London
Free
Pomorze
Oliver Stanley
British Board of Trade
House of Commons
Great Britain
Romania
Rumania
United Kingdom
Stars on trains will visit Lawrence for Union Pacific film event
Twelve Paramount stars and others will ride two Union Pacific trains arriving Monday at 1 50 pm and leaving 2 20 pm. Aboard are Lynne Overman Brian Donlevy Robert Preston William Henry Patricia Morrison Anthony Quinn Evelyn Venable Sheila Dorsey Judith King Margaret Roach Luana Walters Evelyn Lucky. More stars may join in Kansas City before departures toward Topeka Junction City Manhattan Abilene and the west coast. The Union Pacific film opens at Dickinson theater Saturday night with a 6 30 pm Massachusetts street parade beforehand.
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Paramount
Union Pacific
Lawrence
Lynne Overman
Brian Donlevy
Robert Preston
William Henry
Patricia Morrison
Anthony Quinn
Evelyn Venable
Sheila Dorsey
Judith King
Margaret Roach
Hal Roach
Luana Walters
Evelyn Lucky
Kansas City
Topeka
Junction City
Manhattan
Abilene
West Coast
Dickinson
Massachusetts Street
Youngest Soviet Ambassador Named in Washington
Constantine Oumansky, long time charge d affaires at the Soviet embassy, becomes the capital’s youngest ambassador from a major power. He will observe his 37th birthday Sunday. Announcement of his appointment to succeed Alexander Troyanovsky was made yesterday in Moscow. The Journal-World remains a daily meeting place for buyers and sellers.
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Washington
Constantine Oumansky
Alexander Troyanovsky
Moscow
Pendergast Boss Under Federal Inquiry Back to 1933
Federal grand jury begins investigation of Tom Pendergast's financial dealings with Kansas City from 1933 to 1938, tied to income evasion charges. The probe follows Edward Schneider's drowning tied to masking profits from city contracts. subpoenas target former aides and company heads. Trial set for June 12 with aid pledged from Washington.
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Kansas City
Federal Grand Jury Today
Tom Pendergast
Pendergast
Edward L. Schneider
Schneider
E. H. Cape Matheus
Henry M. Kleifeld
W. A. Ross Construction Company
Robert P. Lyons
Ready Mixed Concrete Company
Walter C. Colburn
Midwest Paving Company
Midwest Pre Core Company
Midwest Asphalt Materials Company
Frank R. Carswell
Midwest
Murphy
Washington
United States District
Maurice M. Milligan
Miners Seek New Contract in Pittsburg Meeting
In Pittsburg Kansas on May 11 members of the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operations Association and United Mine Workers officials, including district 14, met to negotiate a new miners contract for the area. An early agreement and possible mine reopenings were discussed as John L. Lewis authorized separate contracts for outlying districts.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Southwestern Interstate Coal Operations Association
United Mine Workers of America
Henry Allai
UMWA
John L. Lewis
International Union
Bernard Harrigan
Must Sign Up for Crop Parity Pay by June 1
Farmers must file applications by June 1 to receive wheat parity payments of 11 cents per bushel times normal yield and corn parity payments of six cents per bushel under the agricultural conservation program. Eligible producers remain below allotments and should contact their local office or township committeemen.
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Peoples State Bank
Giants Beat Pirates 4-1 on Melton Four-Hit gem
The New York Giants soared from last in the National League cellar by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 4 to 1 behind a four-hit pitching effort from Lefty Cliff Melton. All Giants runs came in the first inning on a four-hit assault led by Joe Bowman.
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New York
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cliff Melton
Giants
Joe Bowman
Pittsburgh
Bowman
Brown
Berres
Melton
Danning
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
van Mungo
Russ Evans
Dolph Camilli
Ernie Lombardi
Cincinati
Walters
Lombardi
Evans
Mungo
Phelps
Boston
Chicago Cubs
Jim Turner
Boston Bees
Bees
Vance Page
Chicago
Bett
Turner
St.Louis
Philadelphia
Poison plots unfold as 14 held without bail in Philadelphia
In a day of brief hearings in three courtrooms, 14 people facing eastern states murder-for-insurance plots were held without bail. Stephen Crispino faces extradition to New Jersey on conspiracy to murder charges related to a drowning near Sea Isle City. Cesare Valenti Morris Bolber and David Brandt were among leading conspirators named.
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Philadelphia
Stephen Crispino
New Jersey
Sea Isle City
Cesare Valenti
New York
Morris Bolber
David Brandt
Bolber
Brandt
Raymond Mandiuk
Agnes Mandiuk
Herman Petrillo
WPA
Carino Favato
Weather forecast for Kansas predicts clouds and limited rain
Topeka May 11 cloudiness expected tonight and tomorrow with little or no rain. Temperatures rise tomorrow as northeast breezes keep highs near 70s. Se cited rainfall included 0.81 inch in Independence and scattered amounts in southern Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Kansas
S. D. Flora
Independence
Middle
Weather Bureau
Fort Scott
Garnett
Lebo
Paola
Coffeyville
Cherryvale
Missouri
Oklahoma
Goodland
Two German Fliers Die in a Crash in France
Besancon France May 11 The board of inquiry said a German warplane crashed near Besancon base due to engine trouble in fog. The two officers wore civilian clothes and perished as the plane burned after following the Burgundian gateway into France. Two machine guns were recovered for examination.
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Besancon
France
Official Board of Inquiry
Still the Old West as Buffaloes Strike Automobile
In Tucumcari New Mexico on May 11 Mr and Mrs R L Payne report a dramatic encounter with wildlife. The first three antelope crossed the road followed by a charge from three buffalo bulls that damaged a headlight and crushed a fender of their car.
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Tucumcari
N. M
R. L. Payne
Fire rages among grain elevators in Chicago
A massive fire on Chicago's far south side destroyed three Rosenbaum elevators and damaged Norris units, with potential losses around 2 million dollars and up to ten missing or feared dead. Firefighters faced extreme heat as flames spread to nearby structures near One Hundred and Second Street and the Calumet river.
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Chicago
Michael J. Corrigan
Second
Calumet River
Rosenbaum Brothers Grain Company
Norris Grain Company
Rosenbaum Brothers Company
Rosenbaum
Joseph Medill
Collins Company
Board of Trade
Robert Thomas
Loop
Bridge Fire Nails County Worksite Blaze
A wooden county road bridge near No. 6 schoolhouse caught fire while workers burned rubbish under the span. Wakarusa township firefighters extinguished it with no serious damage. A roof fire at Pippert Automotive Parts Co. 801 Rhode Island Street caused slight damage at about 1:30 PM.
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No. 6
Wakarusa
Pippert Automotive Parts Company
Rhode Island Street
Stock Market Index Stands at 46.1 Amid Trading
The daily index for 60 stocks remains at 46.1 as markets close. Trade activity noted at Wallpaper-kheeler's Book Store advertising echoing investor interest.
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Kheeler’s Book Store
Adv
Interior Department Moves Toward Full Conservation Role
Washington May 11 The Roosevelt administration advances a reorganization plan to make the Interior Department wholly devoted to conservation. The shift concentrates land water mineral resources fish game and wildlife under one roof aiming to preserve national resources. The 1936 quote by Secretary Ickes labeled Interior as a public conservation agency guiding the change.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Ickes
Governor asks Regents to end state dining halls competing with private cafes
Gov Payne Ratner urged the state board of regents to remove Emporia Kansas Teachers College cafe and other state dining facilities from direct competition with private eateries. He cited Elmer Liedhoff of Emporia’s Hotel and Restaurant association noting college bids undercut local caterers. He argued state operations should serve as student conveniences and not compete with private business.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
State Board of Regents
Kansas Teachers College At
Emporia
Elmer W. Siedhoff
Emporia Hotel and Restaurant Association
Liedhoff
Lawrence
Manhattan
Siedhoff
Federal officials see no need for wheat marketing quotas
Washington reports federal farm officials believe prospective wheat supplies do not require marketing quotas to curb surpluses. A crop forecast put the winter wheat crop at about 548.9 million bushels, with an estimated 18 million bushels available for marketing. A 15 cent tax on sales exceeding quotas could apply if quotas are set. The crop board noted conditions this week may shrink output from the May 1 estimate of 543.9 million bushels.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Ficulture Department
Suyars
Crop Board
Dust storm roils New England darkening skies
A dust storm overspread Massachusetts and New Hampshire reducing sunshine to half. Dr Charles F Brooks of Harvard Observatory said Cleveland and Albany also reported dust in the early atmosphere. He added the plume, likely from the central great plains, gave a gray tint with a buff hue.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Charles F. Brooks
Harvard Observatory
Cleveland
Albany
Books
Great Plains
Coal Strike Over Says Steelman in U S Conciliation Service
New York May 11 Dr John R Steelman head of the U S conciliation service says the coal deadlock is over for the public He notes many operators already run a union shop and union leaders may sign individual agreements in outlying districts John L Lewis directs unions to secure contracts and resume mine work after May 4 5 126000 outlying district miners affected 820000 idle in Appalachia
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New York
John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
Steelman
John L. Lewis
C.I.0
United Mine,Workers of America
Appalachian
United Mine Workers
Appalachian Conference
Lewis
Fruit Jar Plant Reopens in Okmulgee Oklahoma
Fires lighted in furnaces of the Ball brothers fruit jar plant after idle period of three and a half years. Production to resume about June 1 with 175 to 200 workers employed.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Ball Brothers
C. H. Inglish
Aerial Photos Planned for Farm Lands in West
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration awarded contracts to photograph 215,192 square miles of farm land in 16 north central and western states from about 15,000 feet. The project costs $476,362 and replaces field surveys to verify crop program compliance for government benefit payments exceeding $760 million. The Aero Service Corp. won the Kansas contract for 25,686 square miles at $438,666.
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Washington
UPI
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
North
AAA
Kansas
Aero Service Corp
Philadelphia
Lengthy trial over lead arsenate capsules in quinine case
The $25,000 damage suit brought by W. H. Dempsey against Hitchcock Drug Co. and United Drug Co. enters its second day in district court. Witnesses described alleged arsenic and lead poisoning from capsules bought for quinine, with a December 9, 1936 illness cited as the basis for permanent injuries.
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W. H. Dempsey
Baldwin
Hitchcock Drug Company
United Drug Company
Esther Crane
Kansas City
Kan
Dempsey
L. L. Boughton
State Food Laboratory
K. U
Thomas Dalton
Topeka
State Health Board
F. H. Bell
L. K. Zimmer
Lawrence
Glenn Miller
Hitchcock
T. L. Dillon
Revenue Appointee Named Chief of Field Service
Topeka May 11 Charles E Young Westphalia banker was named chief of the field service effective after May 15 He succeeds Henry A Douglas in the miscellaneous tax division vacancy created by the death of Fred Stebbins Young had served on the state board of administration with W J Burke who was vice chairman and now announces the appointment
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Topeka
W. J. Burke
U. S
Kansas
Charles E. Young
Westphalia
Field Service
Young
Henry A. Douglas
Fred Stebbins
State Board of Administration
Burke
Decline of Loans Explained by Official at State Bank Session
Topeka May 11 an official at the Kansas Bankers association annual meeting quoted Philip A. Benson of Brooklyn as saying the decline in commercial bank loans stems from reduced world trade and greater government economic control. He argued banks cannot force investment capital to take risks and that easy money does not guarantee business. business confidence drives credit use. W Laird Dean criticized political efforts to balance agriculture and industry and urged a correction of national economic thinking to restore lending.
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Topeka
Philip A. Benson
Brooklyn
N. Y
American Bankerg Association
Kansas Bankers Association
Benson
W. Laird Dean
The
Kansas Association
Dean
Talk on US foreign policy and neutrality bills
Mrs Louise Wright Chicago national chair of the League of Women Voters spoke in Lawrence on four proposed foreign policy bills. She argued for public demand shaping neutrality laws, criticized cash and carry, and urged responsibility to counter isolationist defeatism. Twenty five Topeka League members attended.
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United States
Louise Leonard. Wright
Chicago
Department of Government
League of Women Voters
Lawrence League
Wright
Europe
Far East
U. S
Lima
League
Congress
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hitler
Lawrence
CPA Exams Draw 43 Candidates at Union Building
Forty three persons are writing certified public accountant examinations in the Union building this afternoon. The tests continue through tomorrow under the direction of the University of Kansas School of Business. Many examinees are former KU graduates returning from across the state.
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School of Business
University
K. U
Weather outlook with clouds and warmer Friday
Kansas forecast notes considerable cloudiness tonight and Friday with a slight warming trend. Temperatures recorded show 67 at 7 p.m. yesterday 53 at 7 a.m. today and 63 at noon with yesterday’s high of 74 and today’s low around 53. Historic note compares year ago highs and lows.
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Kansas
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Edward J. Kelley
Frank Walsh
Floyd Dedone
State Department of Agriculture
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Calumet
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Cameron
John Lulich
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