Strike trouble at Jones & Laughlin steel plants
Pittsburgh May 13 reports say tear gas was used by police against 500 pickets at the Jones & Laughlin steel works in Aliquippa Pa as the strike over a signed collective bargaining contract spread. 27,000 J & L workers idle while union leaders prepare new actions and federal conciliators plan talks. The incident follows weeks of tension with injuries reported and calls to mobilize union forces against the two major independent producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Aliquippa
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
W. L. Ambrose
Burgess Morgan Sohn
South Bridge
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Murray
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Johnstown
J. & L. Mills
Ambrose
Burgess
Mary Samel
Frank Lasie
H. B. Jones
Clifford Shorts
William H. Turner
United Iron and Steel Workers
Turner
James F Dewey
Jones & Laughlin
U. S. Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Emalier
Milla
Picheta
Frank E. Reader
Beaver County
William Turner
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Beer Licenses Grow as Dealers Quit in Kansas
Kansas license director A W Logan said about 3000 retail and 180 wholesale licenses have been issued for 3.2 beer. He noted many former beer sellers have left the business since legalization due to license costs, with over 500 reporting no stock on hand and not applying for licenses.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. W. Logan
Department of Inspections and Registrations
Logan
Royal titles clash over Wallis Warfield bride
London reports a heated pre nuptial dispute between the Duke of Windsor and the British government over whether Mrs Wallis Warfield should be titled Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Windsor. Ministers reportedly seek to curb the title while Windsor pushes for royal status. The issue hinges on precedence and royal rank with a rift widening within the royal circle including King Edward VIII.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Duchess of Windsor
Mrs. Warfield
Stanley Baldwin
Windsor
Warfield
Edward VIII
County 234% Bond Sell At Premium For 20000
A $20,000 issue of Douglas county poor relief bonds dated May 14 was sold by the board of commissioners to Estes Payne and company at par and accrued interest plus a premium of 1 over 1 thousand. Bonds mature serially at $2,500 each year through 193? The rate is 2 percent, higher than the prior issue, and references an $11,000 Kudera Kaw river bridge issue from February bearing 2 percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Poor Relief
Board of Commisioners
Estes Payne and Company
APTA
Death by own action aboard German ship Wiegand
Jacksonville May 13 reports Capt Otto Liebert of the German steamship Wiegand died of a self inflicted gunshot wound while his vessel lay hard aground on a coral reef 35 miles south of Miami. The Pandora recovered the captain's body after long efforts to free the ship.
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Jacksonville
Fla
P— Coast Guard
Otto Liebert
Wiegand
Miami
Pandora
Liebert
Coast Guard
WPA Relief Bill Set At One And A Half Billion
Washington May 18 The house appropriations committee endorsed a 1.5 billion dollar work relief appropriation for the coming fiscal year, reversing a prior panel vote for 1 billion. Administration leaders expect full approval next week as Senate cuts 360 million from soil conservation payments. Hopkins defended keeping aid for the needy while limiting large construction projects and restricting certain WPA funds. Debate moved to a 115.9 million interior department appropriation.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
House
Capitol
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
WPA
Works Progress Administration
Hopkins
National Youth Administration
General Accounting Office
Treasury
United States Employment Service
Representative Woodrum
D.-Va
NYA
Woodrum
Comig
Representative Cannon
D-Mo
Daly
D-Pa
Interior Department
P.E.O. Kansas Convention Opens With Large Registration
About 500 women attend the thirty-fifth annual Kansas state chapter convention of P.E.O. at Plymouth Congregational church with 264 delegates and 66 guests registered by 2 p.m. The event features greetings, reports, chapter charters, and a banquet at Memorial Union. Programs include officer reports, forums, music, lectures, and the organizer’s address, with sessions continuing Friday.
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Kansas State
P.E.O
Plymouth Congregational Church
Eldridge
Kent
Paul N. Kent
V. A. Young
Lawrence
X. F. Alexander
Dodge City
Khostesa
Baldwin
Tonganoxie
Myrtle Payee
Lincoln
J. W. Newell
St. Louis
Lucy McNaughton
Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner at Lawrence Club
The Chamber of Commerce announces its annual dinner meeting to be held Tuesday at 6 30 PM at the Lawrence Country Club guest day includes golf in the afternoon Tickets for the fried chicken dinner are 73 cents Kiwanis Rotary and Co operative clubs assist Speakers include Gwinn Henry athletic director at KU massed flight guests from Kelly Field Tex commanding officer will speak Dolph Simons and Al Green provide talks Three legislative representatives Senator Don Allen BE C Rankin and Rep BF Abels receive brief recognition Ross Robertson's modern choir provides music
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Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Country Club
Kiwanis
Rotary
Co-operative
Gwinn Henry
K.U
Kelly Field
Tex
al Green
Dolph Simons
Don Allen
BE. C. Rankin
BF. Abels
Ross Robertson
Modern Choir
K. U
British destroyer Hunter explodes mine off Almeria coast
London reports a British destroyer Hunter struck a mine off the southern Spanish coast near Almeria. Three sailors killed and 12 injured as Gibraltar authorities relay details from the admiralty. A Spanish press report claimed a submarine attack was corrected to a mining incident.
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London
Gibraltar
Hunter
Almeria
Reuters
Admiralty
Valencia
Jaime I
Lazaga
Oficial
European Non-Intervention Committee
Spain
Hardy
Hyperion
Beers Licenses Granted in Douglas County
Douglas county board of commissioners granted six licenses to sell beer at retail after protests period. eight licenses were denied. Licenses cost 50 dollars for rest of 1937. Licensees include Oliver Guy Indian Village and others across Grant Lecompton and Willow Springs townships. Two Wakarusa applicants were rejected for citizenship and moral turpitude issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Grant Township
Oliver Guy
Carol Miller
Mud Creek Bridge
Wakarusa
Melvin Mulder
Tony
Board of County Commissioners
N. P. Taft
United States
R. W. Roberts
Roberts
Justice Court
Twenty-third
Louisiana
Farm Home Train to Visit Ottawa and Olathe Kansas
The Better Homes special train, organized by Kansas State College and Santa Fe railroad, will tour Kansas towns, stopping in Ottawa tomorrow at 9:00 AM and in Olathe tonight at 7:30 PM. Specialists will present demonstrations on home farming, with a flat car program and electrical amplification. A Douglas county farmers delegation is expected.
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Better Homes
Kansas
Kansas State College
Santa Fe Railroad
Ottawa
Olathe
Santa Fe
Douglas County
Farm Bureau Officeere
Cutbacks in coronation film deal hit pilots
Southport, May 13. Dick Merrill and Jack Lambia faced bad news as crosswinds delayed their Atlantic return. The film supplier canceled plans to fly motion pictures of King George VI to the United States, offering only stills and reducing earnings. They landed in England after a 21 hour nonstop New York flight and warned the return trip could take the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southport
Eng
Dick Merrill
Jack Lambia
Atlantic
George
United States
Merrill
England
New York
Spinach Can Pack Set This Week by Columbus Foods
A spinach canning operation begins this week on East Wench Street by Columbus Foods with H Pendleton reporting excellent crop outlook and high quality. The pack will occupy about two weeks as canning starts followed by further stages in the season. A tornado struck Havenhill Kansas May 12 damaging John Crowley ranch buildings but causing no injuries as occupants escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Foods Corporation
East Wench Street
H. Pendleton
Feendleton
Kansas Farm
Havenhill
Kan
John Crowley
Here
Marage Ani
Stock Market Index Report Summary
The stock market index for 60 stocks shows a value of 65.4 with yesterday recorded at 67.3. No additional context or day of week provided.
Kansas City Bakers End 11 Day Strike Return to Work Tonight
About 1,500 bakery workers and salesmen resumed work in Kansas City after an 11 day strike. A contract with Bakers' union officials covers inside workers and prohibits discrimination. Foremen mixers and others receive an average weekly rise of $3, while auxiliaries gain 10 percent under $18 a week and 5 percent over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Frank Rushton
Rushton
Auxiliary
Court Grinds On Damages Suit In Hair Shop Incident
In a district court trial, Grace Olsen Kistler sues Bernice and Ned Swope for 5000 dollars claiming negligence caused scalp burns during a permanent wave at Palace Beauty Shop on May 4, 1936. Witnesses describe hair damage and hair loss, including Kistler’s sister Mary Olsen noting multiple burned spots.
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Grace Olsen Kistler
Bernice
Ned Swope
Palace Beauty
Kistler
Robert McNair Davis
Mary Olsen
E. W. Payne
Etta Payne
Paynes
Marion Payne
Deichman
Wakarusa River
Young Payne
I. L. Dawson
M. S. Winter
C. W. Meyn
Winter Chevrolet Company
Winter
Meyn
Dawson
Warm Weather Forecast For Kansas Tonight And Tomorrow
Topeka May 13 forecast by federal meteorologist S D Flora calls for clear skies and rising temperatures across Kansas. Today’s high 65 to 70 with tonight 40 to 45 and no frost expected. Tomorrow 75 to 80 with sun. Moisture is needed especially in eastern Kansas while western areas seek rain.
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Topeka
Lpi
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Three Die In Crash Near Macon Missouri
A car hit a corn trailer on highway 62 near Macon killing two men, John Wardell and Pete Ellis of Bevier, and Dorothy Hudson of Macon died after hospital care. Truck driver Joe Roberts and his father E P Roberts had minor injuries. The curve was cited as the site. Lehigh High School Senior Play May 14.
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Macon
Here
John Wardell
Pete Ellis
Bevier
Dorothy Hudson
Joe Roberts
E. P. Roberts
Council Approves Fire Truck Plan
The city council approved contracts with Wakarusa and Grant townships for 10 years to send firefighting equipment when possible, with annual payments of 760 and 250 dollars. It also authorized purchase of an American LaFrance 500 gallon-pumper for 36192.50, reduced from the original offer. Bonds may be issued after township acceptance, with the net needed around 5242.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakarusa
Grant Townships
Grant Township
Lawrence
A. E. Woestemeyer
State Tax Commission
Pine
Edmondson
Lawrence High School Senior Class Play Friday Night
The Lawrence high school class of 1937 presents The Big Pond as its annual senior play Friday at 8:15. Directed by Miss Elizabeth Shepherd, the all senior cast includes Pierre de Mirande Bob Allen Barbara Billings Alice Arm Jones and many others with crews for stage tech costumes makeup and publicity.
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Lawrence High School
Big Pond
Elizabeth Shepherd
Pierre de Mirande
Bob Allen
Barbara Billings
Alice Arm Jones
Mrs. Billings
Helen Evans
Henry Billings
Bob Brooks
Ronny Davis
Maurice Jackson
Francisco
Roger Montgomery
Mrs. Livermore
Minerva Davis
Sarah
Katherine Werges
Molly Arkins
Marjorie McCarty
Betty Lee
Russell Miller
Helen Dodds
Virginia Walters
Jean Dooley
Lucille Myers
Jean Stouffer
Budd Russel
Nadine Briece
John Baldwin
Betty Ware
Ida Hazen
Maxine Patterson
Miss Winnie Lowrance Reports on County History
At a League of Women Voters luncheon at Trinity parish house in El Dorado Kansas Miss Winnie Lowrance presented a survey on the county history and KU student Alfred A Chalmers reported on public works. These were the first in a two part series on the county political history. Oil worker found dead in El Dorado rifle beside body coroner says suicide suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
League of Women Voters
Trinity Evisional Parish House
Winnie Lowrance
Alfred A. Chalmers
K. U
el Dorado
Kan
James Wright
Here
A. P. Cloves
Wright
Kansas Weather Forecast Promises Warmer Friday
Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with cooler readings in the northwest tonight. Morning outlook shows clear skies with some partial cloudiness in Topeka and generally fair to good road conditions. Temperatures from the Gas Office Record include yesterday's morning high and today’s noon readings, with notes on today’s minimum and yesterday’s maximum.
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Kansas
Topeka
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Fort Riley
Bill
Paul Rankin
Helen Ann Hubbard
Baxter Springs
Memorial Union Building
George J. Kirchhoff, Jr
C. J. Dodds
Tomorow
M.ia Graves
Marian’ Cavert
Independence
Nita Rankin
Jesus
Avia Wynn
Caldwell
Hortensa Scales
Hutchinson
Helen Crooks
Sympstium
Nancy Quatray
Welfare and Trust Fund
Stella B. Haines
Augusta
Home Investigation Committee
Glenna Lewis
Hays
Dorothy Miller
Anna Searcy
Leavenworth
Susan Lane
Paola
Cottey College
Florence Turner Porter
Mia
Nita Ran- Kin
Guards
Chapter DV
Elisabeth Searle
Orra Magill
Bertha Korab
Mable N. Beary
Pauline’ McDonald
Chaplin
Naomi Tayior
Supreme Chapter of
P.E.Q
Country Club
Spanish Coast
Neb
Coronation
Hanna
Frigidaire
Colambus Foods Corporation
E. K. Musson
Kansas State Board of Health
State Board
Douglas County Medical Society
Council of Social Agencies
Liberal
Geta
Igh School
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