King George VI Holds Historic Credential Ceremony in Ottawa
In Ottawa on May 19, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth greeted U S Minister Daniel C Roper after the ceremony at Rideau Hall. The king accepted Roper's credentials to Canada and conveyed thanks for President Roosevelt s friendship. The event marked the first credentials presentation to the British sovereign by a foreign envoy in the dominion.
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Ottawa
George VI
Daniel C. Roper
United States
Canada
Roosevelt
George
Elizabeth
Mr. Roper
Rideau Hall
Lord Tweedsmuir
Dominion
Roper
W. L. MacKenzie King
Legation
Montreal
Pendergast and O Malley to plead guilty on tax evasion
Federal judge Otis set 9 a m for pleas by Boss Tom Pendergast and R Emmet O Malley in Kansas City. Indictments cite evasion of 443550 and 62500 for 1935 1936 with penalties and interest. Government seeks potential tax payment and mercy plea. trial slated for June 12.
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Pendergast, O'Malley
Kansas City
Merrill E. Otis
Tom Pendergast
R. Emmet O'Malley
The
Star Today
R. Emmet O’malley
Federal District Court
Pendergast
O’malley
Star
Federal
Maurice M. Milligan
United States
Sam Blair
Bill to Roosevelt pick 15 scholars
Congress sent the 773 million dollar naval bill to the White House after senate amendments. The measure funds fleet and air force expansion, including two 45 000 ton battleships and 500 fighting planes. several items were cut or debated, such as air bases for Guam and Wake and Argentine canned corned beef restrictions. Kansas high school senior Mark Viesselman and Chester Gates are named Summerfield scholars to KU among 15 Kansas winners. the program funds four years of college and has produced numerous scholars since 1982.
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Congress
White House
House
Senate
United States
Navy
Japan
Senator Connally
America
Pacific
Guam
Wake
Roosevelt
Mark Viesselman
P. W. Viesselman
Lawrence
Kansas
Summerfield
University of Kansas
Olin Templin
Chester Gates
Baldwin
John Joe Conrad
Coolidge
James C. Draper
Topeka
Howard Fink
Winfield
Paul Gilles
Argentine High
Kansas City
Malcolm Harned
Wichita North
George Johnson
Oskaloosa
Verlyn Norris
Pratt
Thomas K. Oliver
Leavenworth
Ben Ragland
Hutchinson
Howard Sells
Atchison County High
Effingham
Warren Snyder
Carl Unruh
Lloyd Woodburn
Cleburne
Solon Summerfield
K. U
Wiesselman
Allen Press
Neal M. Wherry
Edwin Price
Poppy Day Observed Across Nation May 27
May 27 observance marks Memorial Day tribute with red crepe paper poppies. American Legion Auxiliary president Mrs. Harry Gregg announces volunteers will distribute poppies and collect donations for welfare of disabled veterans and families.
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United States
Harry Gregg
American Legion Auxiliary
Lloyd Boughton
Legion
Swarthout Attends Kansas City Music Conference
Dean D. M. Swarthout national secretary of the Music Teachers National Association travels to Kansas City to present outline plans for the association meeting next December at the Hotel Muehlebach. The conference gathers music teachers and city representatives to promote the national gathering drawing musicians nationwide.
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Dean D. M. Swarthout
Kansas City
Music Teachers’ National Association
Dean Swarthout
M.T.N.A
Muehlebach
Dr. F C Allen Heads To Ames For Big Six Coaches Meet
Dr. F C Allen will attend a Big Six basketball coaches meeting in Ames Iowa tonight to finalize next year’s schedule. He left Lawrence yesterday afternoon driving to Sabetha to deliver a commencement address on The Common Braveries of Everyday Living before continuing to Ames for the meeting.
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F. C. Allen
Ames
Kansas Leads K State 4 to 2 in Ball Game
The University of Kansas baseball team led Kansas State 4 to 2 after three innings this afternoon. Townsend of Kansas State hit a home run to start the scoring, while KU produced four runs in its first inning on three hits two walks and an error. A double header is scheduled for tomorrow starting at 2 o'clock.
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Kansas State
Townsend
Wildcats
Jayhawkers
K. U
Woolf and
Langbardt
Dugan and
Hall
Vernon C. Rhoades
Mary Lou Lohman
Geraldine Buhler
Ralph Sheneman
Dan Merriott
Rhoades
Jayhawk
Kansas Association of Future Farmers of America
Manhattan
Wherry
Vocational Agriculture Department
Young Republicans Session in Topeka Regional Meet
In Topeka on May 19 four-state Young Republicans gathered for a regional convention. Gov. Payne Rainer praised the minority party while John Fontron of Hutchinson urged quick organization and welcomed Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Nebraska delegates.
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Topeka
Payne Rainer
John Fontron
Hutchinson
Kansas
Leavenworth Penitentiary Funds Increase Recommended
The house appropriations committee proposed in the justice, state and commerce department bill an extra 108000 dollars in appropriations for the Leavenworth, Kansas penitentiary for the next fiscal year.
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Leavenworth Prison
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Justice, State and Commerce Department
Leavenworth, Kan
Britain Offers Germany Long Term Peace Policy
In a House of Commons debate Prime Minister Chamberlain proposed a long term peace policy for Germany contingent on no aggression. Churchill and Attlee pressed for a firm line as Jewish protests in Palestine turned deadly. Franco celebrated in Madrid while Italy and Germany prepared to ship home troops. Japan signaled a push to reshape Shanghai settlement governance despite Western opposition.
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Germany
House of Commons
Palestine
Holy Land
Francisco Franco
Jerusalem
Madrid
Spain
Germany Not Favorable to Chamberlains Plan
Berlin reports that Prime Minister Chamberlains peace offer in the British house of commons drew a frosty reception from circles near the German foreign office. They said it adds little to alter Europe’s status and warned the English policy risks encircling the axis powers.
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Berlin
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Missing fan mystery lingers after replevin suit in Douglas county
In a justice court case against Fred A. Vogler and the Douglas county Board of County Commissioners, a rented electric fan allegedly used by the sheriff's office remains unaccounted for. Default judgment was entered against Vogler. county’s defense centered on lack of rental authorization. Witnesses varierly placed the fan at the jail in 1938, with inconclusive evidence about its location since.
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Charles C. Rankin
Baker- Long Electrical Company
Fred A. Vogler
Board of County Commissioners
Douglas County
Vogler
Justice of the Peace
Rankin
George Price
Henry Collins
Keeler Car Is Returned After Theft Near Haskell
The Ford sedan stolen Wednesday night from Walter Keeler at 1619 Kentucky Street was found last night south of Haskell Institute by Buck Anderson and other youths who had been fishing in the Wakarusa. Police said the car was not damaged or stripped but had been driven a distance. Free Shrimp tonight at the Nutty Pine.
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Walter Keeler
Kentucky Street
Haskell Institute
Buck Anderson
Wakarusa
Federal Expenditures Exceed Eight Billion This Fiscal Year
Washington reports federal outlays for the current year have surpassed 8 billion dollars, with a deficit of over 3 billion as of July 1. The treasury notes 8,025,790,442 spent and 4,949,631,914 received, while WPA and NYA account for about 2.0 billion of spending. PWA lags behind projections at 230 million spent of a 1 billion program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
WPA
National Youth Administration
PWA
Armory and Traffic Lights Projects Slow in City
The city awaits a Supreme Court ruling on whether it may rent a National Guard armory and advances plans for traffic lights on downtown Massachusetts Street from Sixth to Eleventh. General Electric and Westinghouse consider bids. a May 29 council vote may set the number of lights. City Attorney Melvin pursues court action to clarify armory authority.
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General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Massachusetts Street
Sixth
Eleventh Street
Electric Company
Supreme Court
George K. Melvin
Melvin
Wellington
Kan
Attorney General’s Office
Lawrence
City Council Armory Committee
Unsettled Weather Forecast Across Kansas May 19
Scattered rains were forecast for Kansas as a low pressure area moves from Montana and Wyoming. Showers could turn into beneficial rains with 85 plus degree highs in the east, 80 to 85 in the north central region, and near 60 degree lows tonight.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Chanute
Independence
Fort Scott
Eureka
Lebo
Columbus
Manhattan
Wamego
Lecompton
Lawrence
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Winfield
Wichita
Hanover
Concordia
Montana
Wyoming
Honors awarded at Liberty High School recognition assembly
A morning ceremony at Liberty Memorial High School awarded track letters to John Wray and teammates, tennis and golf letters to several students, and intramural participation certificates. The Highest Girls' Award went to Thelma Johnson with 1400 points. debate letters were earned by four students. new Thespians were announced.
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Astic
Liberty Memorial High School
Neal M. Wherry
Elmer Schaake
Emporia
Wherry
John Wray
Otis Bowers
Edwin Burgess
Tom Wagner
Jack Stapleton
Robert Street
Skip Williams
L. R. Perry
Warren Harrell
Don Edmondson
Ettore Ewing
Junior Smith
George Bleviris
Lawrence Penny
Lowell Penny
Walter Snow
Harold Lee
Marion Haynes
Thelma Johnson
Girls’ Athletic Association
Kansas
Marjorie Dart
Mildred Johanning
Jane Ansdell
Alice Marie Fuhs
Margaret Krieder
Betty Woodard
Atha Hunter
Pauline Rankin
Esther Spitzer
Vera Spense
Muriel Weber
Arlene Auchard
Alice Marie Fuchs
Lucile Blough
Anne Reade
Virginia Hazelton
Leona Webster
Ruby Lindell
Roberta Harrell
Vivian Hout
Ruth Brune
Amendment to the War Referendum Could Bar Landing of Protectors
Washington May 19 Senator Nye Republican of North Dakota argues the proposed war referendum amendment would ban landing a protective expedition unless the people approve. He says a marine landing in China to protect lives and property would be an act of war if not voted for. Senator Borah notes such a veto plan could render the amendment useless.
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Washington
Nye
R-N.d
Hatch
D-N.m
United States
China
Borah
R-Jda
Wiley
R-Wis
Congress
Lone Star Lake project discussed by officials and groups
A morning conference at the county courthouse reviewed completion plans for Lone Star Lake. The Soil Conservation Service and CCC labor are expected to finish by June 1 with dam and spillway done, surfacing and picnic structures remaining. Federal agency transfer and park service approval were debated, with Kansas officials and Senators Capper Reed shown ready to assist.
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Board of County Commissioners
Lone Star Lake Association
Chamber of Commerce
Court House
Soil Conservation Service
CCG
CCC
National Park Service
Park Service
Kansas State Fish and Game Commission
Federal Service
Capper
Reed
A. 8
Guyver
Kansas
Charles Radcliffe
George Hedrick
Fritz Meyn
A. B. Weaver
J. Clifton Ramsey
Earnest Boyce
Move Food to Harlan Field Harlan Ky May 19
The federal government began moving carloads of food into Harlan's coal region to meet acute relief needs as conciliators opened talks to settle differences between operators and the United Mine Workers.
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Harlan Field
Harlan
United Mine Workers
Fort Leavenworth Race Meet Opens at Cody Field
The ninth annual Fort Leavenworth race meet and horse show opened today at Cody field on the post reservation in Leavenworth Kansas with 190 horses entered and runs through Sunday.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Cody Field
Brookings Institute Aid in Kansas Tax Department Overhaul
Topeka May 19 Gov Payne Ratner announced Brookings Institute will aid in reorganizing Kansas tax and revenue agencies. Henry Seidemane will travel from Washington to confer with state officials on merging the inspections and registrations division into the taxation department as of September 1. The state replaces a three member tax commission with a revenue and taxation commission. Seidemane will be in Kansas for ten days and bring Brookings research benefits to the plan.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Brookings Institute
Washington
Henry P. Spiedemane
Gov Pils
State Tax Department
Department of Inspections and Registrations
State Tax Commission
Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Office of Director of Revenue
Taxation and Revenue Department
Kansas
Seidemane
Hei
University may open first self supporting men’s dormitory
Plans by Prof. Olin Templin to buy Brynwood, the former Acacia house on Fourteenth Street, to create Alumni Place, a self supporting dormitory for 50 men at the University of Kansas. A faculty proctor and student oversight will govern the residence funded by alumni gifts for the university’s 75th anniversary.
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Olin Templin
University Endowment Association
University of Kansas
Brynwood
Fourteenth Street
Acacia Fraternity
K. U
Dolph Simons
Raymond Nichols
George Beal
Domenico Gaeliardo
C. B. Holmes
R. B. Stevens
University
Lawrence
H. W. Baker
Ridenour-Baker Company
Kansas City
Europe
Brynwood Place
Woodward
Frank Strong
B. W. Woodward
Topeka
Endowment Association
Corbin
Watkins
George S. Ware Stricken by Coronary Thrombosis
George S. Ware of 401 Maine Street suffered a heart attack this morning. The attending physician said Ware is in serious condition and diagnosed coronary thrombosis.
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George S. Ware
Maine Street
Ware
Stock Market Index Rises to 44.9 on 60 Stocks
The stock index for sixty stocks climbs to 44.9, up from yesterday's 44.7 as market activity strengthens. Investors watch fluctuations across key sectors and await further guidance.
Weather Outlook with Cloudiness and Showers
Kansas forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures tonight into Saturday with scattered thundershowers. West and north central areas cool Sunday after a brief warm period, then fair weather returns.
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Kansas
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