Selassie Plea Fails as League Recognizes Italy
Geneva May 12 Haile Selassie loses bid to block Anglo French move to recognize Italy's conquest of Ethiopia as council votes ten to oppose. nations including Britain and France push for member autonomy to recognize Italy's emperor status while Poland Romania and Sweden back recognition. The Negus ill and quiet, urged that the issue be sent to the assembly.
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Romania
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Rome
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Manchuria
Organization of Peace
United States
Rio choque tremenda no palace as fascists fall
In Rio de Janeiro during May 12, Getulio Vargas used martial law after a 3 1/2 hour uprising by fascist greenshirts failed to seize the palace. About 500 rebels are jailed, 12 dead and 22 injured. Rebels attacked key sites but lacked knowledge of the palace interior garrison.
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Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Vargas
J. Alberto Luns de Barros
Donna Alzyra
Britain to Have 3500 First Line Warplanes by 1940
London May 12 77 The Chamberlain government defended its aerial rearmament plan promising nearly 3500 first line warplanes by March 1940. Winterton announced 2270 at home 490 overseas and at least 500 for the navy with 4145 planes on order. He noted manpower growth RA F reserve expansion and possible women service in war time. Chamberlain spoke to Conservative women urging appeasement and dialogue to avert war while stressing new war potential in Canada and potential U S reconsideration.
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Warning on Vandalism in City Parks Prompted by Local Incident
Chief of Police Jude Anderson warned parents to curb vandalism as arrests will be made for damaging park property. R O Burgert urged citizens to report any destruction observed. A group of east side South Park youths overturned benches broke two year old trees dumped trash.
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Tornado scatters checks across miles after Pratt strike
A tornado last week near Pratt scattered cancelled checks across the region. Observers estimate debris traveled at least 109 miles, with the two cities about 100 miles apart. Paper fragments from banks show the storm’s wide reach.
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Pratt
Stock Market Index Dips to 41.30 After Yesterday’s Rise
The stock index averaged 60 stocks at 41.30, down from 41.50 the previous day. Market observers note slight weakness amid broad-based declines across sectors.
Hobby Fair Set for Tomorrow and Saturday
The Lawrence hobby fair returns after a spring postponement and will run tomorrow evening and Saturday at the junior high school. Entries from boys and girls span handicraft collections and arts and crafts divisions. An amateur contest rewards youths who turn a hobby into entertainment.
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Lawrence
Kansas Eyes Centralized Tax Administration Study
Topeka May 12 UPI F H Guild director of research for the state legislative council said Kansas has no central finance control and studies will recommend centralization of tax administration Present state tax collection agencies cannot be eliminated but likely consolidated A proposal to study state administrative reorganization calls for organizing a department of finance consolidating tax agencies strengthening budget laws and reducing boards commissions and departments
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UPI
F. H. Guild
State Legislative Council
Kansas
Guild
Legislative Council
Department of ‘Finance
House defeats spending bill amendments in emergency relief drive
The House rejected Republican amendments to decentralize relief and raise the WPA fund, approved farm aid measures, and defeated proposals for a $32 minimum WPA wage and other relief projects. Secretary Ickes urged private industry to back public works while battles over power project funding continued. Leaders planned a final floor vote tonight.
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Creal
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Congress May Have to Act Before Helium Exports
Secretary Ickes indicated congressional action may be required before helium can be sold to Germany. He said a more lenient interpretation of the law could allow a sale, but under current rules helium cannot be shipped abroad if it is of military importance. The White House avoided taking sides on selling to Hugo Eckener's Zeppelin works, leaving Eckener pessimistic about Germany's air travel prospects.
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Liberty Memorial High Adopts New Scholastic Honor Plan
Liberty Memorial high school faculty approved a plan to list the top ten percent of the senior class for scholastic honors on spring commencement programs. The National Honor Society was discontinued and a second tier honors scheme includes ten seniors, one hundred juniors, ten sophomores and five freshmen for activity honors. The assembly will also recognize graduates with special honors and present miscellaneous awards while inducting student council officers for 1988 39. Three teachers were absent.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Rain drenches eastern Kansas as moisture soaks soil
Heavy rains soaked eastern Kansas soils with 4.07 inch Emporia downpour and hail. S. D. Flora, federal meteorologist, notes the top layer is saturated and subsoil needs more moisture. Forecasts show unsettled weather with east showers and cooler temperatures around 60.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Emporia
Flora
High School Musicians Rated High at Omaha Festival
Early reports from the ninth district national music competition in Omaha show one instrumental ensemble and one instrumental soloist earning the highest rating in Group 1. The clarinet quartet of Doris Twente Mildred Clevenger Richard Pine and Clifford Reynolds and Geraldine Buhler alto clarinet soloist received top marks. Other divisions’ results were not yet reported.
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Omaha
Doris Twente
Mildred Clevenger
Richard Pine
Clifford Reynolds
Geraldine Buhler
Murder victim traced to unknown killer near Lawrence
A murdered hitchhiker found west of Lawrence remains unidentified. autopsy shows she died around 9 p.m. Tuesday from blunt force and strangulation. diary entry names Marlene O'Brien from New York who left May 3, with police tracing a blue sedan seen at a filling station and a milk truck ride to DeSoto before reaching Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Marlene O’brien
New York
Big field gun arrives for city park display
The four ton 4.7 cannon given by the government reached Lawrence from Rock Island arsenal aboard a Union Pacific freight car. Unloaded at the station dock it was tied to a city tractor and moved to the city garage on Vermont street. Freight charges of 110 were paid from a Thirty-Fifth Division veterans fund. Mayor Alfred Lawrence said the gun would be placed in Southpark after a base is prepared and a site chosen.
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Rock Island, Ill
Union Pacific Freight Office
Vermont Street
Alfred Lawrence
Southpark
Railroads announce 15 percent wage cut effective July 1
Washington May 12 Railroads inform employees of a 15 percent basic wage reduction starting July 1 The move cited conditions facing the industry and the need to protect national welfare The Brotherhoods reject concessions and plan to seek mediation The industry employs just under a million workers and a 15 percent cut could save about 250 million dollars annually The carriers’ joint conference committee calls the crisis fiercer than in 1932
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National Mediation Board
Carriers’ Joint Conference Committee
Recognition of Miss Kate Riggs for 43 years of teaching
Miss Kate Riggs was honored this morning at Liberty Memorial High School in a Girl Reserves assembly. Dorothea Weingartner presided, alumnae presented a G R pin, folders of letters and an alumnae record book, and a harp solo plus vocal numbers accompanied the tribute. Alumni from 1914 to 1937 attended as the program closed with song.
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Wade Pierce
Marie Brown
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Guy E. Shultz
Dorothy Werner
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Charlie Hay
Helen Hay
J. B. Mack, Jr
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Barrie Dalton
Meta Murphy Clarkson
Carolee Drake
Ruth Mason
Mary Rutter
Helen Naramore
Charlotte van Bebber
E. M. Owen
Bailey backs Jesse Jones for 1940 Democratic nomination
Siloam Springs Arkansas May 12 Governor Carl Bailey suggested Jesse Jones of Houston Texas chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation be the Democratic nominee for president in 1940.
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Siloam Springs
Ark
Carl Bailey
Arkansas
Houston
Texas
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Texan Links Bribes to Senators in Radio Monopoly Case
Representative McFarlane alleges two former U.S. senators received cash for interfering with Justice Department actions in a Wilmington Delaware radio monopoly case. He hints at a criminal conspiracy involving high officials and contends a monopoly of radio systems exists among major companies under a 1932 consent decree.
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Washington
McFarlane
D- Tex
House Rules Committee
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Del
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Rules
Senate
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Ifra
Department of Justice
United States
Mapes
R.-Mich
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Hoover Administration
Federal Court
Husking Event Could Bring National Contest to Kansas
Lawrence hosts bid for the 1939 national corn husking contest with an expected attendance of 125 000 to 150 000. Plans call for a large implement show and parking for 25 000 vehicles, with 70 to 100 radio stations and many reporters. Negotiations involve The Kansas Farmer host paper and local civic groups as Lawrence vies for the event.
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Lawrence
Kansas
United States
Washington
National Association
Kansas Farmer, Mail & Breeze
Capper
Severa
Douglas County
Kansas Weather Forecast Sees Unsettled Night and Rain Likely
Unsettled conditions expected tonight and Friday with showers in the eastern portion. Morning reports show rain at Manhattan Ottawa and Topeka, cloudy conditions at Emporia Coffeyville Wichita and Salina, and clear skies at Gar a City Pittsburg and Arkansas ity.
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