Henlein to Meet With Czech Head in Effort to Avert War
London May 23 Prime Minister Chamberlain announced that Czechoslovakia premier Milan Hodza and Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein would meet tonight or tomorrow to pursue peaceful negotiations. Britain France and Germany agree to seek a comprehensive lasting agreement to ease border tensions and prevent a repeat of 1914.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Milan Hodza
Konrad Henlein
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
Henlein
Praha
Prague
Prahg
Clement R. Atlee
Jan Masaryk
Charles Corbin
Herbert von Dircksen
Commons
Vienna
Czechoslovak
Hitler
Sudeten Crisis Eases After Praha Talks With Henlein
Konrad Henlein and Premier Milan Hodza met in Prague amid hopes to avert a broader war as German troops withdraw from the Czechoslovak border. Prague’s firm defense and troop mobilization are credited with easing tensions and preserving alliances with Britain and France.
Warn Germany Against Making Czechoslovakia a New Theater of War
Paris reports that France and Britain warned Germany Czechoslovakia must not be the theater of a war like Spain. Praha officials cite Sudeten German Nazis arming and suspect arms flow from Germany. Sir Nevile Henderson delivered the warning. France vows to defend Czechoslovakia if provoked. Communal elections in Czechoslovakia proceed with no major incidents.
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Paris
France
Britain
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Praha
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse
Althe
Lawson Delivers Sermon to Grads at Liberty Memorial
Lawrence Liberty Memorial high school opened commencement week with 204 graduates and many guests as Dean Paul B. Lawson of the University of Kansas preached. He urged youth as the key asset and stressed mind, effort, and character as paths to a successful life, noting Americans lead world high school enrollment. Ceremony featured music by a school ensemble and a cappella chorus, scripture read, and the benediction by Rev. Edwin F. Price.
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Lawrence Liberty Memorial High School
Paul B. Lawson
University of Kansas
West Side Presbyterian Church
Lawson
United States
Dean Lawson
H. E. Koelb
Howard E. Koelb
First Baptist Church
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
Seredy
D.E. McGregor
First Evangelical Church
Jeanne Moyer
Helen Lindquist
Jack Stephenson
Mendelssohn
Theo H. Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Joe M. Williams
Bach
F. Melius Christiansen
Williams
America the Beautiful
Edwin F. Price
First Methodist Church
Frau Dieckhoff Plans German Embassy Interiors
Washington May 23 Frau Dieckhoff wife of the German ambassador plans the first German embassy here. She sketches ballroom dimensions color schemes and furnishings and photographs houses and gardens on social rounds. Exterior plans by a German architect with her input await Hitler’s approval for a three story stone mansion design.
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Washington
Frau Dieckhoff
Germany
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Stock Market Index Dips Slightly Over Weekend
The average of 60 stocks stands at 39.1 in the latest report, with Saturday showing a dip to 38.9 as market activity slows.
House Votes to Debate Wage Hour Measure in Senate Row
Washington May 23 The House voted 322 to 73 to bring the revised wage hour bill to the floor despite a long rules committee blockade. Roosevelt supports passage but objects to its rigidity preferring a flexible plan. The measure would set a universal interstate wage starting at 28 cents and rising to 40 cents with hours starting 44 weekly falling to 40 in two years.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Rules Committee
Iceberg
Bankhead
Congress
Lambertson
Akan
NRA
Mud Creek project bids: List and Clark low bidder in Kansas bid
List and Clark Construction Co of Kansas City was the low bidder for the Mud Creek curve straightening project with a total of 34 381 88 dollars covering bridge earthwork culverts paving and detour surfacing. Geiger and Rutherford Leavenworth was second with 36 131 77 dollars.
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List and Clark Construction Company
Kansas City
Mud Creek
Leavenworth
Geiger and Rutherford Construction Company
State Highway Commission
List and Clark
Gieger
Rutherford
C. E. Gray
Emporia
Leverrer and Bennett
Kan
M. N. Penny Construction Company
Lawrence
Ban Johnson League sales clause may be cut from contracts
Kansas City May 23 Frank Goodman president of the Ban Johnson leagues said sponsors may strike out the sales clause if using college or high school players. Manhattan Kan May 23 Dr H H King Big Six eligibility chair said players with such contracts but not yet played this season are in good standing but must omit the sale clause to remain eligible for Big Six athletic participation.
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Kansas City
Frank Goodman
Manhattan
Kan
H. H. King
Fight at a Plant in Rockford Forces Rush of Workers
A clash between police and pickets at the J I Case plant in Rockford Illinois on May 28 ended with a partial picket defeat and several carloads of workers rushed into the plant.
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Rockford, Il
CGR
J. I. Case
Mystery Clues Persist In May 11 Hitchhiker Slaying
Police and county authorities pursue clues in a case of a woman found murdered near here on May 11 identified in a diary as Marlene O'Brien. Several persons have been questioned, including a Douglas County man brought in this afternoon.
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Here
Marlene O’brien
Douglas County
Bethany College President Injured in three car crash
Dr. Ernst Pihlblad president of Bethany College was unconscious in a Lindsborg hospital from injuries from a three car crash five miles north of here Jens Stensaas treasurer of the college Mrs Stensaas and Mrs Pihlblad were badly hurt in the accident nearby als.
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Bethany College
Lindsborg
Ernst Pihlblad
Lindsborg Hospital
Tehoan
Jens Stensaas
Stensons
Pihlblad
Tourists Urged to Delay Mexico Trip Amid Civil Unrest
American consul in Nuevo Laredo warns travelers to postpone visits to Mexico for a few days amid rumors of anti Cardenas activity in San Luis Potosi. In related reports, Hipolito Cedillo and 11 rebels die in clashes near Lazunita, and government air forces bomb Cedillo bases in retaliation for attacks on Cardenas headquarters.
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Washington
Nuevo Larédo
Cardenas
San Luis Potosi
Tadane
Mexico City
Defense Ministry
Hipolito Cedillo
Saturino Cedillo
Lazunita
Luis Potosi
Saturnino Cedillo
Lazardo Cardenas
Villa Hemosa
Buenvista
Cuidad Maiz
Germans Recall General Falkenhausen Advisors from China
Reports from Hankow and Berlin say General Alexander von Falkenhausen and about 40 German advisers are being recalled to Germany after Tokyo urged a move under the German Japanese pact to curb communism. Chiang Kai-shek directs operations on Lunghai railway as authorities in Berlin deny knowledge of the orders.
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China
Berlin
Alexander von Falkenhausen
Germany
Chiang Kai-Shék
Tokyo
Chiang
Lunghai
Althe
Central China Front
Foreign Office
William Childs Dies After Vegetarian Venture
William Childs aged 72 died at his Bernardsville home. He co founded a restaurant chain started in 1888 with his brother Samuel S. Childs. The chain grew to a 37 million dollar system serving 50 million meals yearly. He was ousted as chairman in 1929 after stockholders disputes over proxies. He had attempted a meatless menu before briefly returning to meat offerings.
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Bernardsville
N. J
William Childs
Childs
Samuel S. Childs
British Troops Stationed in Kingston During Waterfront Strike
British troops were pulled from barracks and posted at Kingston central police station as a 5000 worker strike paralyzed the waterfront and stirred disorder across the city.
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Jamaica
Kingston
Dives to Save Woman in Flooded Ditch Near Pleasanton
Lester Dedo dived eight times into a water filled ditch to rescue Mrs. Clara Harkness from a submerged car near Pleasanton Kansas. He freed a rear window on the ninth dive and revived her after 20 minutes. The incident also involved a second car with Miss Gillen and other occupants.
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Pleasanton
Kan
Clara Harkness
Olathe
Lester Dedo
WPA
E. D. Hagens
University of Kansas
F. E. Dedo
Lawrence
Taxpayers League to Meet Tuesday in Douglas County
The Douglas County Taxpayers League will hold a meeting in the court house at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening May 24. W E Spalding is chairman. The program will cover relief and tax reduction issues and include an itemized report of expenditures in all court house offices for the past year.
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Douglas County Taxpayers League
Court House
W. E. Spalding
Liberty Memorial student loses thumb in class accident
John L. Smith son of Mr and Mrs H H Smith 1600 Tennessee street a Liberty Memorial High sophomore suffered the loss of his left thumb when his hand slipped into a jointer during a woodworking class He was taken to Memorial hospital where doctors said his condition was not serious The youth is right handed.
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John L. Smith
H. H. Smith
Tennessee Street
Liberty Memorial High School
Memorial Hospital
Oil wells shut down by Kansas association head
E B Shawver president of the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas association shut down 58 wells he operates in the Wellington and Geuda Springs pools for the remainder of May.
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Wichita
Kan
E. B. Shawver
Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association
Wellington
Geuda Springs
Haskell Institute Holds 44th Commencement Exercises
The 182 graduates of Haskell Institute faced the final events of the fourteenth annual commencement with a 7 p.m. ceremony at the auditorium and an Alumni-Senior dance at 8:15. Ben Dwight of Oklahoma City, chief of the Choctaw tribe, spoke, diplomas were awarded, and a program included a procession, overture, and choral numbers. Earlier, the baccalaureate service featured Rev. Robert A. Hunt and a reception at Pocahontas hall, with remarks on mastering life and choosing one’s world.
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Haskell Institute
Ben Dwight
Oklahoma City
R. M. Kelley
Haskely
Haskell
Robert A. Hunt
First Methodist Church
Penne
Pocahontas Hall
E. R. Carter
Dr. Hunt
Narrowly Escapes Injury In PleAsant Grove Hill Crash
J. J. Gateley of Kansas City Kansas narrowly escaped serious injury when his car overturned at the bottom of Pleasant Grove hill while driving south about 6 am. The machine was damaged and initial sheriff reports misstated a death. Gateley walked to a nearby farmhouse to summon a wrecker.
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J. J. Gateley
Kansas City
Kan
Pleasant Grove Hill
Henry Collins
Gateley
Dr Alfred M Lee Wins Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Prize
Dr Alfred M Lee on leave from Kansas University faculty won Sigma Delta Chi's $50 research prize for his book The Daily Newspaper in America. The award cited the work as the most investigative journalism study of the year and Lee is affiliated with Yale University's Institute of Human Relations.
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Sigma Delta Chi
Alfred M. Lee
K. U
Lee
America
Institute of Human Relations
Yale University
Prisoner Helgesen Questioned After Kansas City Cop Chase
Kansas City Kansas and Missouri officers whisked Harry S. Helgesen to the local station for questioning after a hastily planned stopover. The labor organizer, arrested near Wichita on vandalism charges, was moved between patrol cars and questioned into the morning. Helgesen denied serious charges while admitting ties to individuals involved in window breaking and money payments.
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Kansas City
Kan
Set
W. H. Tobener
Kansas City, Mo
Stanley Beattie
Harry S. Helgesen
Helgesen
H. M. Tomlinson
State Highway Patrol
Wichita
Tobener
Sedgwick County
Topeka
G. Hayter
Beattie
Hayter
American Legion
Altho
Howard Hatfield
Hatfield
Paid for smashing in Kansas City
Wally Mahan an international organizer for the Retail Clerks Protective Association faced police questioning after a confession tied him to paying a man to break shop windows. Edward Perry Stewart 17 admitted carrying out breakage on Mahan orders as part of a wave of vandalism hitting Kansas City stores.
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Kansas City
W. H
Wally) Mahan
Retail Clerks’ Protective Association
Otto P. Higgins
Edward Perry Stewart
Mahan
Ozarks
Moberly
Missouri Federation of Labor
Stewart
Howard Hatfield
Hatfield
Lawrence
Kan
Seret
W. H. Tobener
Kansas Highway Patrol
Harry S Helgesen
American Federation of Labor
Painters’ Union
Helresen
Jones
President Roosevelt Holds Midday Talks With Hull
President Roosevelt met with Secretary of State Hull in Washington on May 23 to discuss the tense central European situation.
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Hull
Washington
Roosevelt
Weather Outlook for Kansas with Warmer Tuesday
Kansas forecast shows generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures on Tuesday. Morning clouds clear at Garden City and dirt roads remain muddy amid rainfall from yesterday into today totaling 0.95 inch.
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Kansas
Garden City
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