Lockout Follows Britain Strike Deepens Labor Conflict
Across the country both unions and employers remain locked in a stalemate as the general strike ends. Workers resist terms, some unions threaten to revoke membership while employers refuse concession. The Trades Union Congress loses direct control as government positions on the dispute are awaited. Parliament plans a debate at 30 o clock as food relief continues with armed escorts amid continued unrest.
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Laber
Ctrades Union Congress
Cliaiment
Trade Union Congress
Trades Union Congress
T. U
M. A
Baldwin
House of Commions
Parliamentary
Labor Party
Rerminal Conchs
Tlondan
Strike turmoil dominates Commons debate in May 13 session
Parliament debates the ongoing strike crisis as former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Labour leaders urge restraint while employers push terms seen as blocking peaceful conduct. Baldwin appeals for national interest and a swift return to work, amid Conservative backing and calls to avoid recrimination or triumph.
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Landau
A.P
House of Commons
Tamsay MacDonald
Sibey
Promier Baldwin
Walice
Calls Vs Pat al Mistake
London reports the union congress faulting the general secretary A. J. Cook for a fatal miscalculation. The article notes confusion over reasons and cites concerns about weakening the men, with continuation referenced on another page.
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London
Piy
the. Nes. Union Congress
A. J. Cook
As Ss
Honor Prisoners Robbed Bank Link Explored
State's Crowe hears from a released convict that eight inmates escaped Stateville in a state car eighteen months ago to rob First National Bank of Lockport for eighteen thousand sixty dollars and return to the honor farm. Bank officials said the tale plausibly fits possible events. The witness plans to testify before the special grand jury next week.
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Chicago
Crowe
Stateville Penitentiary
First National Ban
Lockport
Ial
al I
Lockport Bank
Honor’ Farm
Honor Farm
Norge Nears Nome Arrival After Pole Flight
Reports from Alaska and CAPA say the Norge airship, Roald Amundsen at the helm, is approaching Nome after crossing the North Pole. Radio stations including St Paul Island and Cordova heard signals indicating contact with American stations as the ship sails south toward Nome.
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Norway
Nome
Alaska
Alb
Norge
North Pole
Roald Amundsen
Cordova
United States Navy
St. Paul Island
Bering Sea
St. Paul Islands
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen Islands
Toll Barrow
St Paul Island
Here
Ingme
Sberia
Topeka firm seeks extension of power lines to Seneca
Kansas Power and Light of Topeka asked the Public Service Commission for authority to extend transmission lines from Aitchison to Seneca. The move would connect Abilene to Marysville and St Marys, creating a wider grid from Abilene to Topeka and Seneca.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Power & Ligh
Public Service Commission
Aitchison
Seneca
Tecumseh
Alechison
St. Joseph
United Power & Licht Company
Kansas
Compan
Peka
St Marys
Abilene
Manhattan-Mar
Marysville
Atchison
Tobeka
Campaign launch speech on relief for eastern European Jews
Rabbi August of St Joseph will speak at the Unitarian church tonight for the United Jewish Campaign which aims to raise 15 000 000 over three years Kansas is asked to contribute 100 000 No collections will be taken at the meeting to present the campaign objectives and needs David Passon serves as local chairman Meat Dealers chose Topeka as the convention city by the Kansas Retail Meat Dealers Association in Salina Kansas on May 13
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Rabbi August of
St. Joseph
At & O'Clock
Europe
United Jewish Campaign
Kansas
Champaign
David Passon
Meat Dealers
Oncka
Salina
Kan
Topeka
Kansas Retail Meat Dealers’ Association
Kansas Weather Report Looks Mixed Across State
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with cooler readings in the northwest. Road conditions vary from good in Kansas City and other cities to rough and soft in Salina and Topeka. Forecast mentions cloudiness and generally improving travel conditions amid fluctuating temperatures from yesterday to today.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Arkansas City
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Wichita
Salina
Topeka
Ottawa
Arkansas Valley track meet entries climb near to fifteen hundred
Seventy high schools from Kansas and Oklahoma entered the Arkansas Valley track meet at Fairmount College Wichita on May 18 with registrations expected to reach about 1 500 competitors by tomorrow. Evening events include debating oratorical dramatic and Greek contests at Fairmount auditorium.
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Wichita
Kansas
Oklahoma
Vairmont College
Fairmount Auditorium
Orators In Contest In Kansas City May 13
Mid western zone oratorical contest of the 1926 national constitution series will be held in Convention Hall tomorrow night with high school youths competing to represent the zone at the national finals in June. Judges include Gov. John R. Garner and others from Indiana, Nebraska, and Iowa. the event will be broadcast by WDAF and the Kansas City Star.
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Kansas City
Tve
Feu
Ares More Fon
Argo
N. C
John Cattana
Seattle
Wash
Joseph A. Mina
Carl Albert
Meanil
Webb L. Wittmer
Kansas
Mereiil
KF. Otis
Ed ‘Etates District Court
John Ramawll
Ileva
P Ater Alester
KF. Matson
Lincoln
Nebr
Main
J. A. van Osdot
Anderson
Ind
Ebrkman
Indiana Bar’ Association
Dumont Smith
Hutchingon
Amer- Bar Association
Gilbert M. Hitchcoe
Omaha
United States
Nebraska
WDAF
The
Kansas City Star
Gessler Named Temporary Chancellor In Berlin
Berlin May 18 AP Dr Gessler senior of the resigned Luther cabinet was designated by President Von Hindenburg to assume the chancellorship temporarily. Police offices closed for Ascension Day as conferences with Reichstag leaders sought views on a successor to Chancellor Lutien who resigned yesterday. Formation of a cabinet faces knotty problems with potential coalitions complicated by the late ruler's settlement and policy disputes including the nationalists opposition to foreign policy.
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Berlin
Gessler
Luther
von Hindenburg
Germany
Vern Hinderburg
Reichstag
Partive
Lutied
Pt & Sor
Rom Tthe People's Party
Weimar
Juror for Hodges Trial Blocked by Defense Request
New York May 18 The trial of Alexander R Hodges former University of Kansas athlete charged with robbery likely will begin next Monday after a jury selection delay prompted by his attorneys. Ottawa traveling man Edward Smiley 70 dies in Salina hospital AP report.
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New York
Alexander R. Hodges
University of Kansas
Ottawa
Salina
Edward Smiley
Asbury ‘Hospital
Troops Move to Aid Warsaw as Polish Crisis Deepens
Reports from Warsaw and London detail Marshal Pilsudski leading forces amid a political and military crisis. Government troops guard the presidential residence and bridges while street fighting flares in the capital. Ambiguity remains over Pilsudski’s aims and the fate of Poland’s government.
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Bertin
Marshal Pilsudski
Warsaw
Danaig
Tite Righty
Washington
Pilsuidski
Jemation
Pilsudski
Prebicy
London
Say
Pil’sudski
M. Witos
Paris
Poland
Marshal Pilshdski
Berlin
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Stock Exchange Battle Over Nash Motors Stock
Bear traders drove Nash Motors stock below 52 dollars as about 15 000 shares in varied offerings flooded the market. The large sales were absorbed and the price then rallied, deflating the shorts’ hopes. Also Missouri Pacific seeks to close several rural stations provoking local protest.
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New York
Nash Motors Company
Two Spanish Aviators Reach Manila in 11000 Mile Flight
Two of six Spanish aviators who left Madrid thirty eight days ago to reach the Philippines arrived near Manila before noon today. Captains Loriga Tahoda diver Gonzales Calaraza completed the journey of eleven thousand miles despite hostile conditions. They join three others who stopped at Camp Nichols three miles from Manila after passing through Palestine and South China.
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Manila
Madrid
Philippines
Ender
Toblay
Spain
Camp Nichols
Loriga-Tahoda
Gonzales Cailaraza
Mateven
Palestine
Loriga
South
China
National Chamber of Commerce backs national agricultural conference
The United States Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution urging a national agricultural conference to unite farmers and industry in crafting a sound policy. It pledged to provide facilities and leadership to promote practical, constructive reforms, stressing the farmer’s prosperity as key to national business stability.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Chamber
Straw Hat Day Opens With Police Cooperation in Lawrence
Cops receive straw hats from the Bee Cal police department and five clothing firms Gibbs Clothing Company Boull Green Carls Skof stads and Oher's as Lawrence marks Straw Hat Day. Officers Chief Ben Douglas Emil Gauck A Messer ROW Parker and Mayor Evele officer participated in the introductory ceremony.
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Bee Cal Police Department
Lawrence
Gibbs Clothing Company
Boul & Green
Carl's
Skofstads
Oher's
Wovern
Owers
Ben Douglas
Emil Gauck
A. Messer
Row
Parker
John Ingalls
Matorevele
Trapshooters to Wichita Western meet attracts 200 plus
Missouri Oklahoma Texas Colorado and Kansas trapshooters converge on Wichita for the Kansas state meeting of the Western Amateur Trapshooting Association. The event, May 19 at the Wichita Gun Club grounds five miles west, includes rifle competition with $1000 in cash prizes paid as twenty dollar gold pieces to top finishers and thirteen medals and cups. High men win gold pieces daily. second and consolation prizes also awarded. Former New York City police commissioner John F ar was sentenced to two years in prison in Miami for obtaining money under false pretenses. he had been arrested in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Wichita
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Kansas
Miami
Fla
John F.ar
New York City
Gaynor-Kline
Dwyver
Fort Worth
Odd Fellows to Toast 107th Anniversary Tonight
W H Morgan electoral representative from the Eleventh district will be the chief speaker at the local lodge’s observance of the 107th anniversary of Odd Fellowship in America. Atwater and Kent Radio Hanra are noted in the report.
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Odd Fellows
W. H. Morgan
Odd Fellowship In America
Summer school enrollment to rise at University of Wane sas
The University of Wane sas plans two summer sessions starting in June with larger faculty and enrollments than last year. About 21 instructors will teach, up from 11, and 1476 students attended last year. Courses run 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM with no afternoon classes, and staff includes outside professors and varsity coaches for athletic programs.
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University of Wanesas
W. Wydohnson
Juty
Wil
University Association
Fires Threaten Cape Cod Villages In Mass Inferno
Two fires raged on Cape Cod causing extensive damage and burning wires, threatening several villages as 1000 volunteers battled blazes. A third fire appeared on Martha's Vineyard prompting a call for reinforcements. most fires began on privately owned woodlands.
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Falmouth
Mass
Cape Cod
Home
Martha's Vineyard
Bridge Repair Plan Approved for Kaw River Bridge
J F McCorkle and E F Ruc of Leavenworth county and Douglas county engineers prepared plans for repairing the Kaw river bridge north of Eudora. County commissioners from both counties met in joint session and unanimously adopted a resolution to repair the bridge floor at an estimated cost of about 10,000. The two engineers will finalize plans and specs and submit them to the state highway engineer for approval.
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J. F. McCorkle
Leavenworth County
Rush
J. Kennedy
Grace Lee Martin elected grand matron at Eastern Star jubilee
Mrs Grace Lee Martin of Lalvia was elected grand matron at the Eastern Star golden jubilee meeting. Governor Paulen named grand patron. Olga Philips of Hays and Whales W Gar_rison of Garnett named senior officers. Hutchinson vies for 1927 convention amid 2000 attendees from 240 chapters. installation to close the day.
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A. P
Grace Lee Martin
Lalvia
Kansas
Order of Astern Star
Paulen
Ites
Martin
Olga’ i Philips
Hays
Whales W. Garrison
Garnett
Della Bennett
Hutchinson
Mattie Davis
Liberty
Trea
Eecention GE Thevy Leaf
Wichita
Police downplay new German plot claims in Berlin
Berlin authorities yesterday announced a mass of documentary evidence suggesting a fascist dictatorship plot, but today police say the significance is greatly exaggerated and foresee no further developments. They deem the collected evidence insufficient to warrant legal action amid recent home raids on prominent Germans.
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Berlin
Recital by Tau Sigma Sorority to Be Repeated at Bowersack Theatre
The Tau Sigma sorority dance recital at Bowersack Theatre, praised by critics, will have a second show next Wednesday May 1. Organizers and Glen Dickenson face praise from both general audiences and experts, with a mix of fanciful pieces and vaudeville style segments showcasing professional polish by student performers.
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Tau Sigma
Bower+sack theatre
Glen Dickenson
Lawrence Theatre
Poultry men hear Alter on trap nesting value at meet
About fifty members and others heard Prof Dinsmore Alter at the Kaw Valley Poultry association meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms last night. He stressed trap nesting to find valuable stock and compared hen performances at the Quisenberry eye laying contest won by five leading females owned by Ehner Baleman H C Colglazier and Claude Scott announced the annual County Tour to Manhattan June 12. A committee was named to organize a delegation. next meeting is June 3. General Motors declares four dollar per share common dividend.
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Dinsmore Alter
Kaw Valley Poultry. Association
Chamber of Commerce
Professor Alten
Strhe
Ehner Balemaier
Beerminten
H. C. Colglasier
Claude Scott
Manhattan
Farmers and Poultry Association
Calglazier
Scott
Civil Jury Cases to Start Monday in District Court
Civil jury schedule opens Monday May 27 with five days of trials. Charles Miller and others face cases including debt, promissory note, and damages disputes. The docket covers Tuesday to Friday with suits by M G Merrihugh against Chicago Rock Island, Allen v Christy, Dr Smith v Connecticut Fire Insurance, and further actions involving the Watns National Bank, the O'Neil Construction Co, and the West Hills sewer project complications.
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District Cour
Jurgences
Charles Miller
Rho Nian
J. A. Howe
First National Bank
aleMorsony
M.G. Merrihugh
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
John Metzker
Die
Lucns
Allen
Magepe Christy
Dr. Smith
Connecticut Fire Tnsurance Company
Vile Ay Damm
Hin Damm
Wat~ S National Bank
Peter Pusch
O'Neil Construction Company
Hunter
West Hills
Unusual Sacred Anthem at Presbyterian Church Service
The Presbyterian Chorus Choir at the Winstead church, directed by D M Swarthout, will perform Nathaniel Lambs a powerful eight part unaccompanied anthem during Sunday morning service. Solo parts will be sung by Miss Elise Arbuthnot. The piece is described as a striking and spiritual modern choral work based on the text Listen to the lambs all a crying.
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Winst, Presbyterian Church
D.M. Swarthout
Swarthout
Rata
Elise Arbuthnot
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Party of Right
Stock Exchange Battle
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Nash Motor
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Patterson
Harvey County
Linton
Linn County
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National Farm Pole
National Chamber of Commerce
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Eudora Bridge
Tay
Kowersack
Chamber of Canomerce
Ceetury
Kalttor Jensenal-Woeld
Lawwreters
Mire J Barto
Bowerseck
General Motors
General Motors Corporation
Siill
Peber Pusch
Presbyterian Chorus Choir
Indianapolis
Hw. S. Shumaker
Ethan A. “Miles
Jes E. Martin
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Lndiana Supreme Court
Arthur L. Gillam
Jan Coffeyville
Lows Green
Columbus
Sis
W.D. McCrabb
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Bruce Hise
McAlestars
Coffeyville Daily Dawn
Chevrolet
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