Baldwin Opens Imperial Conference Amid Global Tension
London May 14 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin warned the opening session of Britain's imperial conference that the international situation is difficult and threatening. Delegates, including dominion and Indian empire representatives, focus on defense foreign policy trade and migration as they map a coordinated stand for the empire. Britain pursues a $7.5 billion five year defense program while seeking to ease the race for armament and preserve security overseas.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Britain
Baldwin
Dominion
Indian Empire
George VI
MacKenzie King
Canada
G Men Recover 208 600 Taken from Denver Home
Federal agents report recovery of 208600 dollars in cash stolen from Mrs Martha Blous of Denver Colorado. Joseph T Watson 26, nephew and former medical student, is under arrest aboard an ocean liner near Los Angeles. Recovered sums include 68600 cash in Los Angeles 100000 in New York 50000 in Chicago.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Martha Blous
Denver
Colo
Los Angeles
Hoover
Watson
Santa Rosa
New York
Chicago
First Sales Tax Tokens To Be Received May 20
Pi Lester Luther of the state tax commission said the first shipment of ten million two mill zinc tokens for Kansas two per cent sales tax will arrive May 20. Additional shipments follow at one million daily until thirty million tokens are issued. Merchants may buy tokens at $2 per thousand plus shipping from Topeka. The law becomes effective in June.
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Topeka
Lester Luther
State Tax Commission
Kansas
Garden loses in court over boxing match restraining order
Newark May 14 Federal Judge Guy L Fake denied Madison Square Garden's bid to block James J Braddock from fighting Joe Louis in Chicago June 22 The arena claimed Braddock was under contract to fight Max Schmeling in June at Garden City Kansas and the ruling ends the temporary injunction bid.
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Newark
N. J
Guy L. Fake
Madison Square Garden
James J. Braddock
Joe Louis
Chicago
New York
Braddock
Max Schmeling
Anti-Semitic Violence Breaks Out in Poland Brzesc Riots
In Brzesc a night of anti Jewish violence wounded at least 53 Jews, three critically, with Jewish shops wrecked and residents barricaded. About $500000 in property damage reported in the town of Brzesc where 50000 people live, amid political party leaders tolerating or promoting anti-Semitism.
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Poland
Warsaw
Brzesc
Brestlitowsk
British destroyer Hunter explosion probe at Almeria
Associated Press reports British naval authorities investigate the Hunter disaster at Almeria Spain after eight killed and 14 injured. Spanish officials mention a torpedo from a German submarine or a floating mine, while insurgents call it a malicious move. In Bilbao an air raid kills two and wounds 10 as Madrid besieged forces clash near the University City. Government troops repel a relief column and fortifications around Toledo are dug in with trenches. In Zaragoza a major air raid injures or kills over 100 as bombs damage residences and offices before anti aircraft batters drive off the attack.
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Almeria
Spain
Bilbao
Soilube
University City
Madrid
Toledo
Alcazar
Zaragoza
Aragon
Bates
Explosion Sinks Hunter Crew Killed Off Almeria Coast
Eight seamen and petty officers died when the destroyer Hunter hit a floating mine off Almeria in the Mediterranean during a Spanish civil war era patrol. Fourteen sailors were injured as the ship was towed to Almeria harbor after the blast ripped the bows. British admiralty officials opened an investigation while Valencia blamed a German mine, amid protest threats.
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London
Admiralty
Hunter
Almeria
Valencia
Gibraltar
Britain
Spain
Sain
Mediterranean
Labor peace ends steel strike at Jones & Laughlin plant
Pittsburgh May 14. The nations first major steel strike in 18 years ends with a tentative peace pact between Jones & Laughlin Steel and John L. Lewis labor forces. Murray orders pickets withdrawn and 27,000 workers to resume work immediately. A consent election by May 20 will decide exclusive bargaining rights and the company agrees to cooperate with the labor board for that vote.
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Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis Steel
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Murray
National Labor Relations Board
Carnegie-Illinois Steel , Corporation
Aliquippa, Pa
H. E. Lewis
James F. Dewey
Clarence Moser
State Department of Labor
Lewis Halls
Lewis
Dewey
George H. Earle
Cornelius D. Scully
Key Meri
Steel Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Labor Board
Pittsburgh Workers Employes Association
United Iron and Steel Workers
Aliquippa
Jones Laughlins
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Allenport
Monessen
Study Producers Plan
Hollywood leaders discuss a new peace proposal from producers amid a film strike. Strike chair Charles Lessing says the executive board will decide after brief deliberations and a general meeting of strikers will be called to ratify or reject the board’s plan.
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Hollywood
Charles Lessing
Federation of Motion Picture Crafts
Eithert
Fairbanks Flood Traps 2100. Movie Crew Marooned Nearby
Fairbanks Alaska May 14 Residents of about 2100 faced floodwaters from the Chena river with water and ice surrounding business and homes. Twelve members of a Hollywood movie crew were marooned on a nearby island since yesterday but have supplies. Cold water forecast offers hope waters will recede. Many homes evacuated and residents seek shelter in hotels and a concrete school.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Chena
Hollywood
Goo
Eckener silent as he views wreckage at Lakehurst
At Lakehurst New Jersey on May 14 Dr Hugo Eckener head of the German Zeppelin Co toured the wreckage of the Hindenburg after its fiery destruction. He watched motion pictures and photographs of the disaster and with German investigators agreed to advise the American inquiry. He offered no comments on the disaster but indicated the German commission would join the U S board in an advisory role. Members expected his testimony to be pivotal.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Zeppeling
Hugo Eckener
Naval Air Station
Zeppelin Company
Dr. Eckener
Commerce Department
Germany
Squantum Naval Air Station
Massachusetts
Squantum
Hindenburg
England
George VI
Harry Richman
Merrill
Newfoundland
Attorney Away Liquor Hearing Is Continued
Preliminary hearing for Mrs Eva Guffin Anderson on a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor in Milton Beach was continued due to absence of her attorney John Riling. County Attorney Charles Springer said a new date would be set after a conference with Riling. Anderson was arrested April 29 after a raid on her home at 643 Rhode Island street and yielded 82 ie of alleged liquor. She pleaded not guilty at arraignment and was released on $200 bond pending the preliminary hearing.
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Eva Guffin Anderson
Justice Court of
Milton Beach
John Riling
Charles Springer
Riling
Anderson
Rhode Island Street
James Browne
American Cruiser Evacuates 155 Refugees from Spain
The American cruiser Raleigh evacuated 155 refugees from Alcante Spain and planned to land them at Marseilles. The group included Cleveland M. Colbert described as an American Negro of Milwaukee. the rest comprised one British subject 145 Cubs four Uruguayans and four Chileans.
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Washington
State Department
Raleigh
Alicante
Spain
Marseilles
Chapsrteiace
Cleveland M. Colbert
Milwaukee
Omnibus authorization bill listed with major San Diego harbor funding
Chairman Manafii of the House rivers committee introduced an omnibus authorization bill today totaling 117 free projects costing 31,140,300 dollars. The largest item provides 1,000,000 dollars for development of San Diego harbor in California.
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Manafii -Tex
House
Rivers al Oates Committee
San Diego ‘Harbor
Calif
Federal Circuit Sets Aside TVA Expansion Injunction
The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the temporary injunction halting the Tennessee Valley Authority expansion was against public interest for flood control and power, returning the case for merits. Judge Gore allowed construction already started to continue. Secretary Ickes hailed the ruling as an end to “government by injunction.”
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Covington
UPI
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tennessee Valley Authority
John Gore
Eastern
Tennessee
Gore
TVA
Air corps flight to visit Oklahoma and Arkansas colleges
Eleven aircraft and 14 officers cadets and mechanics compose a flight arriving Tuesday afternoon for a night stay. The attack squadron will journey from Kelly Field Texas on May 17 to Norman Oklahoma then Lawrence and Fayetteville visiting the University of Arkansas. The trip aims to give navigation training and expose cadets to federal airways field maintenance and college programs offered by the air corps. The group led by Captain Glen C. Jamison includes seven flying cadets one foreign officer and three mechanics with a foreign officer Lieut. Egurrola from the Mexican Navy born in Vera Cruz.
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Kelly Field
Tex
Air Corps Advanced Flying School
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Lawrence
Air Corps
Army Flying School
Fayetteville
Ark
University of Arkansas
Glen C. Jamison
Horace Aynesworth
Texas University
Stennatt
Edwin S. Chickering
Lehigh University
Oil City
Raymond L. Cobb
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Aliman F. Culbertson
Dansville
N. Y
Raymond A. Davis
Texas Institute of Technology
Sweetwater
William Stark
Mississippi State College
Starkville
Miss
Theodore A. Sutter
Black Hills College
Spearfish
S. D
First Beer License Issued In Douglas County
County Clerk T R Gerhart issued the first cereal malt beverage license for on premise consumption to Oliver Guy at Indian Village at the junction of highways 59 and 40 in Grant township. The 50 dollar fee was paid for 1987.
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Douglas County
T. R. Gerhart
Oliver Guy
Grant Township
John Dillon
Dillon
Number Six School House
Highway 59
N. P. Toft
Toft
Board of County Commissioners
United States
Farmers Must Aid Plan In Dust Bowl Weather War
Washington officials said farmers in the dust bowl area must take the initiative in long term measures to lessen the menace of dust storms. All federal agencies cooperate with state and local officials and police power to enforce preventive measures rests with the farmers themselves.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Dust Bowl
Record Crowd At P E O Convention In Lawrence
The Kansas P E O convention opened in Lawrence for a three day meeting with about 580 women attending and delegates from 183 chapters. Notables include Mrs Winona Reeves and Miss Bertha Sallee as featured speakers, with a morning program at Plymouth Congregational church and an open meeting at First Presbyterian church this evening.
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Kansas
Baldwin Tonganoxie
Lawrence
Plymouth Congregational Church
Winona E. Reeves
Chicago
P. E. O. Record
Bertha V. Sallee
Nickerson
The
Educational Fund
Florence Turner Porter
Kansas City
Reeves
P.E.O. Pattern
Saliee
P.E.O. Educational Fund
P.E.O
Porter
Cottey College
First Presbyterian Church
Hallie Atwood Newell
St. Louis
Supreme Chapel
Winona Evins Reeves
Supreme Chapter
P.E.O. Record
Alice H. Scott
Omaha
Kansas State
Elisa Florence Turner Porter
Missouri State
Erigay
Maquaire
G. Criss Simpson
A. A
Theodore H. Astman
D.D
Tachaik Lit
Ls David
Erle Franker
Abraham
Bryca Treharne
Westminster A Cappella Choir
M. Swarthout
E. H. Lindley
Eraity of Kansas
Tschaikowsky
Anthavanagess
Ernest
Hallie A. Newell
Godard Sierra Morena
Sterio Waldemar Gelich
Ruth Orcutt
Neeen
Wine
Myrtle Snyder
Lincoln
Nita Rankin
Bigree Burke
Helen Chubb
Helen Crooks
el Dorado
Anna Searcy
Diviance
Janet McNall Nance
Janet McNalley
Florence Belding
Mamie Arline Fay
Mies Maude Haver
Kansas P
Stock Market Index Recedes to 66.1 in Journal-World
The page notes a stock market index average of 60 stocks at 66.1 after yesterday's 66.4 reading. The text also promotes the Journal-World classified page for finding or returning items, citing quick turnaround on ads.
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Journal-World
Adyv
Exemptions Cited by State Director for Sales
State tax commission rules exempt two percent sales tax on final consumer sales. exemptions include power and fuel used in manufacturing or farming, wholesale-like processing, feed for animals, casual or isolated sales of household goods or farm machinery, sales to manufacturers where product becomes an ingredient, sales of gasoline cigarettes and beer, with motor vehicle fuel taxed separately.
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State Tax Commission
W. G. Fink
Commission
KU Phi Psi Announces New German Scholar Plan
The University of Kansas Phi Kappa Psi chapter unveils a German exchange scholarship to start next fall, selecting Fred King of Marion as KU’s first participant. King, a pre medical junior, will study at Heidelberg University for one year, while Hans Martin, a Halle graduate, will come to KU to study English, history and German.伴
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Phi Kappa Psi
Fred King
Marion
Germany
Phi Psi
K. U
Siemans
Phi Delta Theta
Beta Theta Pi
Phi ‘Psi
G. H. Grueninger
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Europe
King
Heidelberg University
Roscoe King
Hans Martin
Halle University
Munich
Kingdom
A K. U
William Anderson
Chanute
Heidelberg
Frost Line Near Miss Bets Kansas Farms
Topeka May 14 A narrow escape from frost touched pit fruit and early vegetation with temperatures near 32 degrees at Hanover and Manhattan The frost receded with rising temperatures later today and no repeat is expected overnight By tomorrow afternoon golfers are forecast to enjoy 80 to 85 degree weather Western Kansas could see winds 8 to 12 miles per hour and dust as a south wind returns The report notes no rain in the past 24 hours and none expected for 36 hours HIGHS WIN AT TENNIS.
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Topeka
Hanover
Manhattan
D. D
Flora
Kansas
Lawrence Defeats DeSoto in Tennis Meet 6-0
Lawrence high school tennis team defeated DeSoto high school with a 6 match sweep yesterday afternoon. Droom and Potter beat Christopher and Blaylock 6-1 2-6 6-3. Johnson and Stephens won 6-4 6-2 over Stumpp and Lyndon. Riggs and Sweeney won 6-1 4-6 6-1 over Anderson and Owings. Potter beat Christopher 7-5. Croom beat Blaylock 6-2. Riggs beat Coker 6-3. Washer Repairing-Green Bros.
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Lawrence High School
DeSoto High School
Droom
Potter
Lawrence
Christopher
Blaylock
DeSoto
Johnson
Stephens
Stumpp
Lyndon
Riggs
Sweeney
Anderson
Owings
Croom
Coker
Jury of Ten Sits For Damages In Johnson Truck Death Case
In Pleasant Grove area a jury of ten was seated to hear the damage suit of Mrs Lily Johnson against Walter Kennedy and Central Mutual Insurance seeking 15000 for the death of her husband who was struck by a truck while driving cattle on highway 69. Witnesses including a WPA worker and the 14 year old son testified to the events. Driver Edwards said brake failure contributed to the collision. The case followed by a verdict for the Palace Beauty Shop clients in a separate suit later that afternoon.
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Pearl Johnson
Pleasant Grove
Johnsons
Lily Johnson
Walter Kennedy
Central Mutual Insurance Company of Chicago
Kennedy
Kenneth Edwards
Holton
Johnson
Highway 69
Pleasant Grove Hill
Raymond Johnson
Edwards
Lawrence
Virgil Anderson
Grace Olson Kistler
Bernice
Ned Snove
Palace Beauty Shop
Brisbane Will Filed For Probate In New York Surrogates Court
A certified photographic copy of the will of Arthur Brisbane, columnist, who died Christmas last year, was offered for probate today in New York county surrogates court. The estate is estimated between 10 and 20 million dollars, with formal valuation over 20 million mentioned. The original will and seven page codicil were filed May 1 in Monmouth county New Jersey. Brisbane resided at Allaire, New Jersey, with his widow, three children and a sister living there.
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New York
GPA
Arthur Brisbane
New York County
Monmouth County
Freehold
N. J
Brisbane
Allaire
Largest Kansas Producer in Ellis County Oil Field
Hays Kansas May 14 UPI A 60 day re test establishes the British American oil company No 4 Bea mis well as the largest producer in Ellis County and possibly the largest pumping well in Kansas, with a daily yield of 3 277 barrels.
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Kansas
Hays
Kan
UPI
British American Oil Company
Ellis County
Kansas Weather Forecast Sees Fair Skies This Weekend
Forecast indicates generally fair conditions for tonight and Saturday with slight warming especially in east and south areas. Morning report notes clear skies with partial cloudiness around Garden City. Temperature details from Gas Office records show 7 pm yesterday, with max yesterday and min today awaiting final figures.
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Kansas
Garden City
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