Axis Leaders Tour Frontiers as Talks On Polish War Loom
Hitler and Mussolini toured frontier districts near France while Polish and French generals met in Paris for consultations. Britain and France discuss Soviet replies to their front alliance plan as Moscow hints it may decline to join. Mussolini opened a Fiat plant in Turin amid calls for Tunisia and Savoy, signaling tensions in Europe. Ta deusz Kasprzycki arrived in Paris for talks on Poland's defense pledges. Izvestia praised the British Turkish accord as Moscow signals possible alignment with the bloc. Britain protests Japanese landings at Amoy in China.
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France
II Duce
Tunisia
Savoy
Fuehrer
Aachen
Hitler
Limes
Switzerland
Tadeusz Kasprzycki
Poland
Moscow
Izvestia
Russia
Britain
Romania
Greece
Turkey
Robert Leslie Craigie
Tokyo
Amoy
China
Army Develops World's Biggest Aircraft Engine
The War Department announced the Duplex Cyclone, a 2,000 horsepower, 18 cylinder air cooled aircraft engine from Wright Aeronautics and the Army Air Corps. It surpasses the Cyclone 14 by 500 horsepower and powers a long range flying boat carrying 52 passengers. It will be shown publicly May 20 at the New York World's Fair exhibit.
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Washington
War Department
Wright Aeronauticcs Corporation
Paterson
N. J
Army Air Corps
Louis Johnson
Civil Aeronautics Authority
California mayor hails New York fair as world’s top
New York editor notes Mayor Angelo Rossi of San Francisco praising New York as the world’s No 1 fair in the World of Tomorrow. Rossi says the country is big enough for two fairs and lauds New York’s event as a premier example.
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San Francisco
New York Fair
New York
Grover Whalen
Angelo Rossi
Supreme Court Lets Wallace Rule anew in commission case
The Supreme Court defers $586,000 distribution to Kansas City stock yard commission men until Secretary Wallace can reexamine the charges from 1933 to 1937. The ruling reverses a lower court, with Justices Butler McReynolds and Roberts dissenting. Wallace’s new review may refund farmers. The court also upholds a 1934 firearms act provision and rules on hot oil conspiracy cases. A Jersey City mayor case on assembly rights is postponed to next week.
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Supreme Court
Kansas City
Wallace
Justice Stone
Western Missouri Federal District Court
Commission
Butler, McReynolds
Roberts
District Court
Douglas
Frank Hague
Jersey City
C.I.O
Roosevelt May Visit Golden Gate Exposition If Congress Adjourns
Washington reports President Roosevelt may travel to the San Francisco fair next month if Congress does not adjourn until late July or early August. If adjournment is delayed the trip could occur after adjournment, with alternate travel by sea via the Panama canal. Roosevelt plans a June 15 departure from Washington and a June 19 dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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White House
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Congress
Stephen Early
Asheville
N. C
Great, Smoky Mountain National Park
Tennessee
California
Panama Canal
Hyde Park
N. Y
England
Thas
Military Academy
West Point
New York
Roosevelt Hyde Park
San Francisco Fair
East
Kidnaping of Publisher Putnam Stumps Investigators
In Los Angeles on May 15 authorities in two counties traced clues to a possible motive for the abduction of publisher George Palmer Putnam. He was taken from his North Hollywood home Friday night and driven 100 miles to Bakersfield where he was bound and left in an unfinished house. He was freed after cries attracted help. The German speaking abductors asked about an anti Nazi book and warned him to stop publication. Police study fingerprints on his car while a station attendant recalled two men asking for directions to his home. Putnam named the motive in a post abduction statement.
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George Palmer Putnam
Putnam
North Hollywood
Bakersfield
Kern County
Amelia Earhart
Dean Jennings
San Francisco
Hitler
Ruth Landshoff
Ruth Yorcek
No Headstand This Year
George W. Maurer 84 marked his 21st birthday without a headstand as he stayed off his routine due to his wife’s illness. He said he promised not to stand on his head because it would make her nervous.
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N. Y
George W. Maurer
Stock Market Index Edges Up on Weekend Trading
The index average of 60 stocks moves to 45.9 ending Saturday with a slight gain from the prior reading. Trading volumes remain modest as investors weigh early weekend results.
Roosevelt Opens Tax Records for Un-American Probe
President Roosevelt released federal income tax records to Chairman Martin Dies and the House committee probing un American activities. The treasury posted an executive order enabling access to returns of several alleged communist and fascist leaders as hearings may tour major cities including Los Angeles Pittsburgh New York Chicago Birmingham and Washington with four months of activity planned. Investigators have already gathered evidence in multiple cities and statements from Earl Browder and Fritz Kuhn were obtained but not immediately released.
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Roosevelt
Martin Dies
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Treasury
United States
Los Angeles
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New York
Chicago
Birmingham
Congress
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D-Tex
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
House
Senate
William M. Leiserson
National Mediation Board
WPA
Conneaut, O
Copper Wire Cut Detains Interurban Service Between Cities
Thieves cut 1,400 feet of copper trolley wire between Olathe and Kansas City delaying interurban cars. A Johnson county patrol interrupted their work but they escaped, leaving an automobile behind. The wire was found rolled in 100-foot lengths and service resumed after repairs.
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Olathe
Kan
Kansas City
Johnson County
Royal Tour Begins as Canadian Planes Circle Empress
Canadian planes circled the Empress of Australia as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived off Quebec marking the start of a month long royal tour. Delays from fog and ice shifted landings and schedules across Canada and the United States.
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Canada
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gulf of St. Lawrence
England
Quebec
Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
House of Commons
King George
St. Lawrence River
North Atlantic
Cape Race
Hold Man in Detention Before Royal Visit
Provincial police in Quebec detain a man during the weekend and say he will be held until there is no danger in releasing him. They gave no identity, no charges, and announced the action as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth approach arrival.
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Quebec
Que
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Wallace rules wheat supply does not require referendum
Secretary Wallace ruled that the 1939 wheat supply is not large enough to trigger a referendum on marketing quotas. He estimated July 1 total supply at 974 million bushels with a 1 percent marketing quota level of 1.021 billion, plus a 185 percent linkage to normal consumption and export. The July 1 total includes a current crop of 704 million and a carryover of 270 million.
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Washington
Wallace
Airplane Pilot Clarence McCarthur Killed in Memphis
Memphis May 13 A Florida pilot Clarence McArthur died today after his 1910 model plane plunged from a burning hotel room scene. He had just thrilled spectators at the Cotton Carnival air show with maneuvers in the stunt aircraft. The fire was confined to McArthur's room.
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Memphis
Federal deficit hits 3 billion with over a month left
The federal deficit crossed 3 billion dollars with a month and a half remaining in the fiscal year. Receipts total 34.9 billion while outlays reach 7.91 billion, keeping the year end shortfall below 4 billion as forecasts had suggested. The debt rose to 40.204 billion, about 2.8 billion higher than a year earlier.
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Washington
Verdict Favors Hitchcock Drug Store Defendants in $25,000 Suit
A district court jury verdict at 2 35 pm favors M L and T A Hitchcock in the $25 000 damages case brought by W H Dempsey a former Baldwin resident alleging disability from lead arsenate capsules sold as quinine. Deliberations stretched from Saturday through today with a brief recess to view visiting movie stars.
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T. A. Hitchcock
Baldwin
W. H. Dempsey
Union Pacific
Hitchcock
Robert Jones
Howard Laughlin
Judge Means
Mina P. Diaz
Douglas County
Olson
Kansas Soldiers Compensation Board
JL. B. Robinson
Crawford
Griffin
Lee
Means
Fleming
Kell
Montgomery
Deichert
Temperature to Rise Across Kansas Forecast
Fair weather and rising temperatures expected in Kansas with no rain in the forecast. Meteorologist S D Flora predicts clear conditions, highs near 85 plus tomorrow, and lows around 50 to 55. Earlier reports note scattered showers and varying readings across multiple towns.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Flora
Concordia
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Northwest
Phillipsburg
Tribune
Long mansion to be donated to Kansas City Museum
The 70 room R. A. Long mansion today became the legal property of the lumberman's two daughters Mrs. Loula Long Combs and Mrs. Sally Long Ellis. They announced they will give the fireproof residence and its square block of ground to the Kansas City Museum association. The mansion cost $575,000 when built.
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Museum Association
Kansas City
R. A. Long
Kansas City Museum Association
Loula Long Combs
Sally Long Ellis
Spring cleaning drives unwanted items to sale ads
Local readers are urged to use classified ads to clear out unwanted items during spring cleaning. Wallpaper Keeler's Book Store promotes advertising services to reach buyers.
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Keeler’s Book Store
Adv
Fear Defeat on Wage-Hour Bill
Washington May 15 Administrations leaders fear defeat and cancel House consideration of wage hour revisions. Farm bloc opposition, five farm groups, and Norton cited as reasons. House passed a large war department appropriation and other measures while deficits rise and new investigations unfold.
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Washington
House
Norton
D.-N.j
Labor Committee
Senate
War Department
Tree Collapse at Mother’s Day Outing Kills Two
A Mother's Day gathering near Visalia California ended when a 55 foot oak top broke off, killing Cecil Griffis 38 of Lindsay and Mrs Dale King of Dinuba. Twelve others were injured as the tree toppled onto a picnic area. Park policeman John Tippin said wind may have weakened the tree leading to the collapse.
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Visala
Cal
Cecil Griffis
Lindsay
Dale King
Dinuba
Fear of Coal Shortage Ends as 300000 Men Resume Works
More than 300,000 miners returned to work under a new two year contract giving the United Mine Workers its first union shop. Fifteen of twenty one operators' associations in the Appalachian coal conference signed the pact covering 260,000 men in 3,000 mines. Additional 50,000 to 100,000 miners in outlying states are guaranteed union shop under similar contracts. Six southern operator groups refused terms and employ 50,000 to 70,000 in Kentucky West Virginia Virginia and Tennessee.
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New York
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
Talk on Stars Promotes Astronomy Over Astronomy
Prof N W Storer told Rotary that astronomy studies the universe rather than human fate. He cited time keeping navigation calendars and public education as practical outcomes and urged more star study in schools. Rotarians then toured the Union Pacific station to view a special train at Dickinson theatre.
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N. W. Storer
Rotary
Storer
Union Pacific
Dickinson Theatre
George Raft
Glenda Farrell
Lynne Overman
Brian Donlevy
Topeka
Lawrence
Warner Brothers
Ballyhooing
42Nd Street
Bette Davis
Laura LaPlante
Leo Carrillo
Tom Mix
Du Pont Declares Interim Dividend for Second Quarter
E I Du Pont de Nemours and Company directors announced a 1.25 dollar per share interim dividend on common stock for the second quarter. The dividend is payable June 14 to holders of record May 22, with the previous quarter paying the same amount and last year 50 cents.
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DuPont
Wilmington
Del
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Mussolini Opens Caselle Military Airport North Of Turin
Premier Benito Mussolini inaugurated a new military airport at Caselle ten miles north of Turin. The ceremony drew attention as around one hundred aircraft shaded the sky above and the Alpine ranges near the French border were in clear view.
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France
Turin
Benito Mussolini
Caselle
Here
Italy
Mary Armour Nichols Dies at 73 in Rye Estate
Mary Armour Nichols age 73 daughter of Herman O Armour co founder of Armour packing company died at her Rye New York estate on May 15. She was a member of the Armour family noted in business and society circles.
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Mary Armour Nichols
Rye
N. Y
Herman O. Armour
Stars Visit Lawrence In Union Pacific Parade
About 4 000 people greeted eight Hollywood stars at Lawrence Union Pacific station as they promoted Paramounts Union Pacific. Warren William Anthony Quinn William Henry Robert Preston Patricia Morrison Heather Angel Luana Walters signed autographs before the train departed for Topeka.
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Hollywood
Lawrence
Union Pacific
Paramount
Warren William
Gracie Allen
Anthony Quinn
William Henry
Robert Preston
Patricia Morrison
Sheila Dorsey
Heather Angel
Luana Walters
W. G. McKinney
Dickinson Theater
U. P
Promontory Point
Utah
Bob Preston
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Taylor
President Concerned Over Delay to Devalue Dollar
Senator Miller said after a White House conference the President is concerned about the delay in enacting a bill to continue executive power to devalue the dollar and extend the 2 billion dollar stabilization fund. He noted Roosevelt summoned him to discuss speeding passage as powers expire June 30.
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Washington
Miller
D-Ark
White House
Roosevelt
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Kansas Weather Forecast Note
Kansas forecast shows fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures on Tuesday. Northwest region expected to rise slightly, while overall highs reach the 70s and lows around 60s with variable cloudiness.
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Kansas
Northwest
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