Hitler Emphasizes Peace as Germanys High Objective
Hitler declared Germany seeks peace despite rearmament and distrust of Versailles. He proposed mutual non aggression pacts with most neighbors, excluding Lithuania, and opposed joining any general security alliance that would force Nazis to fight for communism. He urged population growth as a path to strength and denounced collective security as Wilsonian. He warned nations’ arms buildup violated Versailles and pledged to pursue peace while repairing domestic damage.
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Berlin
Germany
der Fuehrer
Roll Opera House
Hitler
Nazi Party
Ickes Maintains PWA Wage Scale Amid Debate
Washington May 21 Secretary Ickes refused to join wage dispute over the four billion dollar work program. He said PWA hourly wages would be maintained on projects with a 30 hour week possibly continuing or reduced hours. Wages range 40 cents to $1.20, with a 40 hour week on the larger scale. Ickes planned a general recommendation to increase federal donations to non federal PWA projects and announced new state engineers and acting directors as part of decentralization.
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Washington
Ickes
PWA
William Green
American Federation of Labor
McCarran
D-Ney
Roosevelt
United States Conference of Mayors
Paul Bettors
Mayors’ Conference
Little Pwa
Kansas
Legal
Albert McNutt
Littleton
H. F. Laing i
Striking Midinettes Parade Through Paris Barricaded Streets
Paris on May 21 witnessed about a thousand striking midinettes marching near the ministry of marine in protest of wage cuts. Police redirected crowds for a half hour of clashes with jabbering demonstrators, leaving only minor injuries and no fatalities. Some workers returned to shops while others roused more joining pickets. threats of a powder puff attack were quelled by reinforcements.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
Midinettes
Robbers Hold Up Officers in Arbuckle Mountains
Two heavily armed robbers in a Ford sedan robbed highway patrol officers Leo McGlenn and Tom Chitsredth of Wichita, Kansas on U. S. 77 in the Arbuckle mountains, taking $119, two revolvers and a suitcase. Earlier they robbed Every Blackburn of Fort Worth, Texas. The Kansas officers were en route to Wichita after a trip to Austin, Texas. Stock market index hits 42.0.
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Ardmore
Oklo
Leo McGlenn
Tom Chitsredth
Highway Patrol
Wichita
Kan
Arbuckle Mountains
U. 5
Highway 77
Blackburn
Fort Worth
Texas
Negro
Kansas
Austin
Local bakeries surge as Kansas City strike bites
Kansas City bakers strike enters its third day boosting Lawrence firms. Independent bakers sign wage raises while large shops resist. Local supply pivots to home bread with some shipments redirected, and city health officials confiscate outside bread to enforce inspection rules. Small shops run 24 hour shifts to meet demand.
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Kansas City
Lawrence
Harvey Osborne
C. C. Murphy
Japanese Troops Move Toward North China Front
Chinese press reports 200 Japanese troops in motor trucks crossed the great wall reaching Tsunhwa in the demilitarized zone of North China chasing Chinese residents opposing Japanese in southern Jehol. Descriptions say many Japanese planes massed at Malanyu and flying over Peiping and Tientsin.
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Tientsin
China
Great Wall
Tsunhwa
Shanghai
North China
Manchoukuan
Jebol
Demilitarized Zone
Blast Wrecks Home Near Washburn College Campus
An explosion four blocks from Washburn College in Topeka wrecked W E Day’s home and damaged nearby houses. Fire followed the blast, but authorities reported no casualties. Day, a Union Pacific employee, was in Kansas City. his wife in Chicago. Debris and cracked roofs were widespread as gas fumes were suspected.
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Hamilton’s
Adv
TV A Bill Stirs Up Near Fight In House Hearing
Washington May 21 A clash over broadening TVA powers sparked a near fight as Rep May D Ky offered to settle with Rep Maverick D Tex outside the military committee room. The dispute centered on extracts from an audit of TVA first year operations by Comptroller General McCarl and Cassidy's memoranda. Cassidy, a consulting engineer, had reviewed the audit for committee hearings and May sought McCarl to verify Cassidy's extracts. Maverick denounced the mimeographed abstracts as fraud and poor evidence while urging verification. Cassidy said he acted without compensation or expectation of pay.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Representative _ May
D-Ky
Representative Maverick
D-Tex
House Military Committee
Maverick
May
TVA
McCarl
James E. Cassidy
National Coal Association
Cassidy
Beasley
Alabama Power Company
McSwain
D-Sc
Arthur 2. Morgan
Congress
Senate
Bond for slayer Kennamer in Oklahoma released on appeal bond
Tulsa May 21—An appeal bond of 25,000 released Phil Kennamer, condemned slayer, from McAlester state penitentiary. District Judge Thurman Hurst issued the order, received by J A Bodovitz and Russell R Hayes, with two signers from Ardmore and Tulsa. Kennamer, serving 25 years for the Thanksgiving night shooting death of John Gorrell, had bond listed at 104,000. Signers included David Baube, J A Bodovitz, Howell Hays, and Russell R Hayes. The prison transfer date was not revealed.
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Tulsa
Okla
Phan
Phil Kennamer
McAlester
Thurman Hurst
J. Abodovitz
Ardmore
Russell R. Rt. Hayes
Pawnee
Kennamer
John Gorrell
Co. A. Coakley
David Baube
J. A. Bodovi
Hogs at Twelve Dollars at Chicago Stock Yards
Chicago May 21 hogs quoted at twelve dollars at the stock yards here today. Top price of ten dollars plus processing tax of 2.25 per hundred weight for 200 to 260 pound hogs. Packers paid twelve twenty five with tax included, highest since 1929. Demand for pork and hog reduction program drive prices.
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Chicago
Ban on Silver Coins From Ten Nations Enforced
Treasury statistics show silver coins from Bolivia Chile China Costa Rica Colombia Hong Kong Mexico Peru Salvador Uruguay would be forbidden entry into the United States under a new import ban The determination notes these coins contain bullion value higher than monetary value per the latest department data.
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United States
Washington
P—Treasury
Bolivia
Chile
China
Costa Rica
Colombia
Hong Kong
Mexico
Peru
Salvadore
Uruguay
Department
Wage scale fixed for Douglas county workers under Roosevelt plan
The Rooseveltians wage schedule fixes monthly earnings by county class and region. Douglas county Forth class shows unskilled $35 intermediate $44 skilled $52 and professional $57. Pace commissioner Mrs Dodds reports no official notice yet and notes old rates varied by family size.
Spectacular Victory by William Little Jr in Second Round
In St Anne’s on the Sea, William Lawson Little Jr of San Francisco, defending champion, triumphed in the British amateur golf championship second round by defeating Eric Martin Smith 4 and 3. Little was one of four Americans to advance on day two, while four others were eliminated.
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St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea
Eng
William Lawson Little, Jr
San Francisco
Eric Martin Smith
Little
United States
T. Suffern
Tommy) Tailor,Jr
Piping Rock
L. I
Andrew Jamieson, Jr
A. Webster-Bullock
Monterey
Calif
Robert Sweeney
London
John Forsman
New York
Robert W. Knowles, Jr
Brookline
Mass
Guy Hayes
North Andover
Robert Stranahan
Toledo
Roosevelt Frowns on Bonus Compromise No Bill for Payment
President Roosevelt plans to veto the Patman cash bonus bill and rejects any proposal for full immediate payment of the 2.2 billion bonus. A White House source said there is opposition to full cash payment, despite encouragement from Senate Leader Robinson to pursue a compromise. Congressional leaders schedule a joint session for Roosevelt to read his veto tomorrow.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
White House
Patman
Haskell Institute weighs special summer session for older students
R M Kelly acting superintendent visited the Mayetta Indian reservation to discuss a plan allowing Indian students over 21 to attend a new summer session at Haskell. Enrollment rules currently disqualify those over 21 who are not at least one quarter Indian. About 200 students are expected to stay for summer terms to work or attend camps near Lone Star. The fall term is expected to start the first week of September.
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R. M. Kelly
Haskell Institute
Mayetta Indian Reservation
Haskell
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Lone Star
Washington
Southeast Kansas Rivers Going Out of Banks Today
Flood warnings spread across eastern Kansas as Neosho rises beyond banks and others like Solomons and Walnut back up. Fire risk low. few damages expected though farms evacuated near Oxford and oil fields paused as Arkansas and Ninnescah flood plains widen.
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Kansas
Topeka
Neosho River
Chanute
Oklahoma Line
Neosho
S. D. Flora
Marshall County
Emporia
Beloit
Solomon River
Kaw
Arkansas
Marais Des Cygne
Wichita
Little Arkansas
Big Arkansas
el Dorado
Neodesha
Ninnescah
Oxford
Churchill
Valley meet set for June 8 at Southwest field
Kansas City May 21 The fourth annual Missouri Valley A A U track and field championship will be held at Southwest high school field Saturday June 8. It serves as a sectional trial for the national meet at Lincoln Nebraska July 4. A special 800 meter race with Glenn Cunningham is a probability. Entries due June 7 to Marion Miller 1511 Baltimore Ave Kansas City. Ward Haylett of Kansas State College Manhattan chairs the Valley A A U track committee.
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Kansas City
Missouri Valley A. A. U
Southwest
Marion Miller
The
Valley A. A. U
Lincoln
Neb
Miller
Glenn Cunningham
Baltimore Avenue
Ward Haylett
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Wagner labor disputes bill advances in House labor panel
The House labor committee unanimously approved the Wagner labor disputes bill, moving toward enactment. The measure creates a permanent labor relations board, guarantees employees the right to bargain collectively, and bans company dominated unions. it has already passed the Senate.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Senate
Regulations Sort Labor Into Four Classes
Washington May 21 In the wage regulations he has announced for most of the 4 000 000 000 work program President Roosevelt has set up two new divisions of labor an intermediate class between skilled and unskilled and a professional and technical class Aides of Harry L Hopkins whose works progress division prepared the schedule said the intermediate class would embrace semi skilled labor such as apprentices in skilled trades Monthly wages for this group will range from 27 to 65 depending on the region Professional and technical workers including engineers as well as some of the highly educated white collar classes to be given employment will be paid from 39 to 94 The present public works wage scale based on three regions fixes minimum wages only for skilled and unskilled labor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Show Is Tuesday Spring Flower Show Planned by Lawrence Club
Plans are underway for the Lawrence Flower club Spring Flower Show to be held Tuesday May 28 at the Congregational church parish house. The event focuses on education with labeled specimens of flowers shrubs wildflowers and evergreen leaves. Competitive classes spotlight floral arrangements including shadow boxes miniature bouquets floor baskets and color coordinated displays by children. Also two student classes and breakfast tables for two will be featured. In a separate note Johnny Hannon of Norristown Pa was killed during Indy Speedway practice for the 500 mile race.
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Lawrence Flower Club
Congregational
Giants Humble Pirates 9 4 In National League Tilt
In a May 21 game the New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh 9 to 4 as a seven run sixth inning powered the win. Castleman earned his fourth victory of the year aided by a late dash in the eighth inning. Orioles and Cubs also feature Ruth’s homer as Boston edges Chicago 1 1 in extra frames.
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RPI
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Altbo Dyiven
Hax
Clydell Castleman
New York
Pittsburgh
Castleman
Nih
Aml
Maneusas
Hoyt Birkofer
Bush
Broven
Weaver
Grace
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
MarFayden
Schott
Herrmann
Campbell
Chicaco
Babe Ruth
Tex Carleton
Boston Braves
Chicago Cubs
Poston
Chicago
Frankhoause
Spohrer
Carleton
Kowalik
Casey
Hartnett
al Simmons
Ray Radcliffe
Chicago White Sox
Ted Lyons
George Selkirk
000 sAp
Zti Lyons
Tamulis
Murphy and
Jorgen
Sunshine Returns as Farmers Hope for Good Weather
Local farmers welcome sunshine after a wet May with nearly eight inches of rain. Fields remain soaked and dirt roads near impassable while rivers and lakes rise, though gardens show greener growth. Weather observers note rainfall totals exceed normal levels, with a wet week ending May 18 bringing the heaviest rain on Saturday.
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Kansas
Walter Schwarz
Cooperative
Worden
Altho
Relief activity halted in Crawford County due to rain
Outside federal relief work in Crawford County was suspended for the rest of the week because of rain and high waters. Commissioner W Courtwright announced discontinuance of relief except sewing rooms. Workers on bridges were forced to swim ashore as water rose and equipment was washed away. Rainfall for the month reached 5.08 inches.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Crawford County
W. Courtwright
Will Honor Dr. Moore Denison to Award Doctorate
Dr. Raymond C. Moore, state geologist and KU geology professor, will receive Denison College’s Doctor of Science at Granville Ohio on June 10. Denison alumnus in 1913, he earned a PhD with highest honors after studies at Chicago. Old Age Pension Association to meet tonight at the church house at 8 o'clock with Rev. Mr. Payne delivering the address. public invited.
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Raymond C. Moore
K. U
Denison College
Granville
Ohio
Moore
Denison
University of Chicago
KE. A
Weather outlook and roads in May region
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures in the west and south. Morning readings show cloudy to partly cloudy skies with light mist at Dodge City and clearer at Topeka, while roads range from muddy to rough in various counties. Douglas County roads reported as good with a rainfall of one inch to 7 am today.
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Tonganoxie
Lake View
C. J. Posey
Dodge City
Topeka
Ottawa
Douglas County
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