Supreme Court Upholds Federal Tax on Athletic Events and Port Authority
The Supreme Court broadens federal taxing power by allowing admission tax on intercollegiate football at Georgia and Georgia Tech and permitting income tax on New York Port Authority officials. Justices Roberts and Stone author separate opinions. dissents by Butler and McReynolds.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York Port Authority
Roberts
University of Georgia
Georgia
Stone
Port Authority
New York
New Jersey
Butler and
McReynolds
Cardozo Participang
Mortgage on the Crop Gains Support in Farm Credit Plan
Representative Hope with Senator Capper and Representative Ferguson urged changes in Farm Credit Administration rules to allow loans secured by a mortgage on the grain sorghum crop instead of livestock. They argue few loans could be made under the current system due to limited livestock among farmers.
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Washington
Hope
R-Kan
Farm Credit Administration
Capper
Ferguson
Doks
Kansas honors Busler as honorary KU golf captain
Kansas University golf coach Glen Oatman announced junior Robert Busler of Kansas City Missouri was chosen honorary captain by teammates. The Jayhawks won 2 of 18 matches, tied for third at the Big Six meet in Lincoln, and will return most of the squad next year. Subsoil remains dry despite above normal rainfall in the month, with reports of dry soil near Nine Mile Creek four miles southwest of Tonganoxie.
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Robert Busler
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Glen Oatman
Busler
Oatman
Jayhawkers
Iowa State
Lincoln
James Metcalf
Nine Mile Creek
Tonganoxie
Test Your Knowledge Trivia Questions
A list of quiz prompts asks for Chicago site building, the last Democratic president before FDR, a psychrometer, Rhode Island state flower, water tempering beyond boiling, Earl Averill's AL club, Mississippian discovery, highest mountain, centimeter per meter, Canadian travel passport rules, rip tide, NLRB agency, Enrico Caruso, source of castor oil, Cornhusker State, Cabinet size, ancient Rome language, first telegraph patent grant, Lundeen's political affiliation, and LSU location in Louisiana.
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Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rhode Island
Earl Averill
Mississippi River
Canada
NLRB
Enrico Caruso
Rome
Ernest Lundeen
Ofinnesota
Louisiana State University
Rains Flood Kansas Rivers After Weekend Storms
Weekend rains soaked Kansas with eastern rivers rising over banks and flooding lowlands. Neosho and Cottonwood rivers surged several feet, Marais des Cygnes neared flood levels at Ottawa, and flood concerns spread toward Chanute Parsons and Coffeyville as additional runoff awaited.
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Kansas
Wheatlands
Neosho
Cottonwood
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
A. D. Robb
la Cygne
Bhankful
Emporia
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Iola
Chanute
Robb
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State Highway Department
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Deer Creek
Rock Creek
Parsons
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Junction City
Big Hill Creek
Coffeyville
U.S. 169
U.S. 166
Independence
Agee
Wentworth’s Wikoff Speaks at Rotary Meeting
Lester B. Wikoff Wentworth Military Academy treasurer and business manager spoke at Rotary today noon on Rotary International. He outlined club aims and global activities while noting Rotary’s 4600 clubs in 85 countries and about 195000 members. He cited peace through Rotary principles and cross cultural understanding.
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Lester B. Wikoff
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Rotary
Rotary International
International Organization
Missouri University
Wentworth
Wikoff
Missouri
Late Registration for KU Summer Session Opens June 8
Kansas City teachers may enroll late for full credit in the University of Kansas summer session through a new arrangement by George Melcher, superintendent of Kansas City schools. If missing June 8, registration is allowed June 10 until 4 30 p.m or June 11 until 12 noon, with enrollment deadlines by 5 p.m Friday or 1 p.m Saturday. The session runs eight weeks from June 8 to August 3.
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Kansas City
University of Kansas
George Melcher
University
He University
Dellinger Named Superintendent of Liberal M E District
The Rev Walter H Dellinger of Pratt is appointed district superintendent of the Liberal district of the Methodist Episcopal Church succeeding Rev Jesse C Fisher of Garden City who resigned to seek the Republican nomination for the United States senator.
Fatal Baldwin farmer killed in out of control car crash
A 52 year old Baldwin farmer Turner died after a car driven by C H Miner of Overland Park lost control and skidded on wet dirt at a highway 59 intersection. The coroner's jury concluded the death was unavoidable. Witnesses Kring and Detweiler described the skid and impact.
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Baldwin
C. H. Miner
Overland Park
Turner
Detweiler
Kring
Henlein to Meet with Czech Head Over Autonomy Demands
The piece notes Konrad Henlein resisting Czech overtures on autonomy while Sudeten Germans gain ground in municipal elections. It covers European tensions as Britain presses Prague for concessions, France pledges to defend Czechoslovakia, and Hitler surfaces publicly in Munich.
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Herbert von Dircksen
Hitler
Britain
Europe
Praha
France
Germany
Czech
Russia
Cramberlain
Austria
Munich
Echo
Sudeten
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Henlein
Dykstra Warns Dictators Thrive on Distemper at Hobart Smith
Dr. Clarence Dykstra president of the University of Wisconsin spoke at Hobart and William Smith commencements in Geneva New York urging democracy rests on education and an economic base with broad property and spending power. He received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.
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Geneva
N. Y
Clarence Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Hobart
William Smith Colleges
Dykstra
KU Athletic Board to Meet in Memorial Union Tonight
The University of Kansas athletic board holds its last regular meeting of the school year at 7 30 in the Pine room Memorial Union with routine matters on the agenda. All members expected to attend barring severe road conditions, secretary Karl Klooz said today.
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University of Kansas Athletic Board
Pine
Memorial Union
Karl Klooz
Son of D'Annunzio Held on Assault Charge
Captain Ugo V. D'Annunzio, 49, son of Italy's poet-warrior, was held on a third degree assault charge after a runaway airplane at Seversky airport in Farmingdale struck a woman in New York Babylon. The incident occurred while he attempted to taxi the plane when control was lost.
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Babylon
N. Y
Ugo V. D’annunzio
Italy
Seversky
Farmingdale
Two Suspects Arrested on Charge of Fighting
On a charge of fighting, Lee Hardin and Hugh Taylor were arrested Saturday night. Hardin pleaded not guilty in police court and his trial was set for Friday. Taylor pleaded guilty and was fined $10.
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Lee Hardin
Hugh Taylor
Hardin
Taylor
Debaters Clash Over Roosevelt Pump-Priming Plan
At the Unitarian church Lawrence Town Hall wrapped up for the season with Professors Don Baker and John Ise opposing the Roosevelt spending program. Ise argued it boosts wealth via debt while Baker warned it threatens American institutions and risks totalitarian outcomes. Verl Bratton of WREN led the meeting.
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Don Baker
Washburn College
John Ise
Kansas University
Unitarian Church
Lawrence Town Hall
Ise
Roosevelt
Professor Baker
Baker
America
Verl Bratton
WREN
Police Confiscate Three Marble Gambling Machines
Police seized three marble gambling machines in Lawrence yesterday. Two were taken from Granada coffee shop at 1024 Massachusetts Street and one from the bus depot at 638 Massachusetts Street. Chief Jude Anderson said winnings were paid in cash and more machines may be seized with evidence of gambling. The machines are held at the notice station. City Attorney George Melvin said the city has not decided on action. The machines are marked as owned by Johns Novelty Company of Topeka and Lawrence, an unknown company locally.
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Lawrence
Granada
Massachusetts Street
Jude Anderson
Anderson
George Melvin
Johns Novelty Company
Topeka
Vandals Damage House Near KU Campus
Vandals broke three windows and a door of a two room house owned by James Nelson near the University of Kansas campus. Reported to Sheriff Fred Vogler on Saturday or Friday, officers found no clues. The house, being prepared for Nelson and his wife, was damaged earlier about two weeks ago and may have been used to stage a beer party.
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James Nelson
Fred Vogler
Nelson
University of Kansas
Stony Point Cemetery Annual Meeting and Picnic
Members of the Stony Point Cemetery association plan their annual meeting at the church on Saturday May 28. A noon picnic dinner will be served and the business session begins at 2 p m. All interested persons are welcome.
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Stony Point Cemetery Association
Congress to Stay Longer After Deficiency Bill
Democratic leaders told President Roosevelt that Congress would not adjourn before mid June due to the final deficiency appropriation bill. Earlier they had proposed adjournment on June 4, now aiming for a date between June 11 and 20.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Topper P. D. Q. Soxman's Mass Ad Ghosts
A fragmented line hints at a 1408 Mass street advertisement for a shop named Topper P. D. Q. Soxman. The brief text suggests an old style storefront promotion mixing novelty with a sales pitch.
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P. D. Q. Soxman’s
Mass
Cubs end Bees seven game win streak with 4 1 victory
Chicago Cubs defeat Boston Bees 4 to 1 as Bill Lee outduels Lou Fette. Hartnett drives in two in the second with his fourth homer as Chicago snaps Boston’s seven game run.
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Detroit
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St. Louis
Washington
Chicago
Lee
Hartnett
Fette
Brooklyn
Schott
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Lombardi
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Marrow
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Phelps
Pittsburgh Pirates
Harry Gumbert
New York Giants
Mel Ott
Pittsburgh
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Gumbert
Danning
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St. Louis Cardinals
Hugh Mulcahy
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Owen
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Atwood
Independent Path for Haskell Grads Promised
A speech urged graduates to rely on self discipline and moral principles as they enter business life. It celebrated a resilient heritage and urged courage, honesty, purity, reverence, and faith to master temptations and shape their destinies with divine support.
Deaths and Funerals Miss Mary J Jones
Miss Mary J. Jones aged 48 died yesterday at her home 1712 Kentucky Street. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. She is survived by her mother Mrs Phyllis Burch and three nieces.
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Mary J. Jones
Kentucky Street
Phyllis Burch
KU Senior Keith Coad Honored by Chemistry Dept
Kansas student Keith Coad of Winfield a University of Kansas senior is named most outstanding chemistry student in the graduating class by the department. His name will be added to the Alpha Chi Sigma plaque in Bailey laboratory. the plaque carries 11 prior engravings since its 1930 donation. A coach will teach chemistry at the University of Minnesota next year.
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Keith Coad
Winfield
University of Kansas
Coad
Alpha Chi Sigma
Bailey Laboratory
University of Minnesota
Wife of Publisher dies in Wichita at 55
Mrs Marcellus M Murdock wife of the Wichita Eagle publisher died Sunday after a lengthy illness in Wichita Kansas She was 55 a native of Wichita a Armour family member and community worker Survivors include her husband Marsh Murdock a Wichita Eagle executive and three daughters Mrs Robert Bloom Miss Jane Murdock and Mrs Foster Jennings all of whom live in New York Enid and Wichita.
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Marcellus M. Murdock
Wichita
Kan
The
Wichita Eagle
Murdock
John Armour
Marsh Murdock
Robert Bloom
New York
Foster’ Jennings
Enid
Okla
Jane Murdock
Roosevelt gives away last string of pearls to daughters in law
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt disclosed she has given away her last string of pearls. The pearls were sent to Anne Clark of Boston, fiancée of her youngest son John. She has given similar strands to each of her daughters-in-law, pieces from a wedding-present pearl dog collar.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Anne Clark
Boston
John
Roosevelt
Roosevelt to Attend Annapolis Graduation Exercises
President Roosevelt will attend the Naval Academy graduation at Annapolis on June 2. The White House announced the plan but had not decided his exact role in the ceremonies.
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Annapolis
Washington
Roosevelt
Naval Academy
White House
Landon and Hoover Meet by Coincidence at Waldorf Astoria
Former Kansas governor Alfred M Landon and ex President Herbert Hoover met for about 15 minutes on the same floor of the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Col Knox, Landon’s 1936 running mate, was present. They declined to discuss 1940 presidential prospects and planned separate appearances.
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Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Landon
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Col
Frank Knox
Chicago
Lawrence Richey
Richey
Knox
Thomas E. Dewey
Colonel Knox
S. S. Queen Mary
Manchester
N. H
Greenwich
Conn
Arthur Calvert Smith
Watertown
N. Y
Harold Johnson
Watertown Times
Rochester
Aurora
Rainfall Pushes Lawrence May Total Past Normal Levels
Rain measured at .95 inch during last night and today raises Lawrence’s monthly total to 7.76 inches, 3.05 inches above normal. Kaw River stage at 3:30 pm was 11.6 feet according to Bowersock millguage as waters receded.
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Lawrence
Kaw
Grandma to Graduate At Wichita North High
Wichita May 23 A 16 year old girl Billie Ann Taylor and her 64 year old grandmother Mrs James W Taylor march with 500 Wichita North seniors at commencement both rank in the upper fourth of the class Principal G C Dettour says Mrs T Taylor will receive a diamond ring as a graduation gift from her mother Mrs Otto Kopplin who will attend commencement
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Wichita
Kan
Wichita North High School
Billie Ann Taylor
James W. Taylor
Prin. G. C. Dettour
Prisoners Kill Guards as Insurgents Try to Escape
Up to two thousand captured government militia men killed several guards in the insurgent prison at Pamplona, seizing arms and battling troops. The TIran command said the uprising was quelled after unknown prisoners were killed or wounded. Bare frontier reports say the escape attempt was sternly suppressed.
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Hendaye
France
Pamplona
Tiran
Secretary Hull Discusses Culture Program With Educators
Secretary of State Hull met with American educators in Washington on May 23 to plan a coordinated cultural relations program with the American republics. A broad exchange of teachers and students was proposed.
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Washington
Hull
Unity Society Study Class Meets on Healing Topic
The Study class of Practical Christianity will meet Wednesday at 2 PM in the parish house of the Congregational church. Miss Nettie Wyatt from Silent Unity in Kansas City will lead the lesson on Christian Healing.
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Unity Society
Congregational Church
Nettie Wyatt
Department of Silent Unity
Kansas City
Submarine Designer Hugo Grieshaber Dies at 58
Hugo E. Grieshaber, internationally known submarine designer and supervising constructor for the Electric Boat Company at Groton, died yesterday in New London. He was 58 and helped build many navy underwater vessels.
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New London
Conn
Hugo E. Grieshaber
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Football Taxes a Million
Treasury officials estimated that about one million dollars is collected annually in taxes on admissions to inter collegiate football games of state and public universities.
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Washington
Treasury
Twister injures four in Oklahoma flood rains
In Oklahoma City on May 23 floods and small tornadoes caused injuries to four people and widespread damage. A twister hit Ada demolishing six homes and unroofing 20 to 30 dwellings while crews assessed about 75 000 dollars in damage. The Kitch family C Kitch their six month old Gerald and Goldie Scott 16 were injured.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Ada
C. Kitch
Gerald
Goldie Scott
Kitch
Scott
Vote Fraud Field Day in Kansas City Pleas Entered
On May 23 1986 eleven defendants pleaded guilty and 41 no defense in a field day before Federal Judge Albert L Reeves in Kansas City. Fifty six defendants were summoned while two were dismissed another hospitalized and one not arrested. Randall Wilson assistant U S district attorney summarized the government evidence to set up sentences.
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Kansas City
Albert L. Reeves
Randall Wilson
U. S
Koelb to Lead Local Chinese Relief Council Group
Rev H E Koelb to head the local chapter of the United Council for Civilian Relief in China. The council coordinates food and medical aid for Chinese women and children, with headquarters in New York and a nationwide drive via radio and news media. The local program is undeveloped and a rice bowl party is likely.
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Howard E. Koelb
United Council For Civilian Relief
China
Theodore Roosevelt
Council
New York
Labor’s Committee
Women’s Auxiliary of
Laboor
Women’s Committee
American Bureau
Lincoln School closes with program and spelling bee
Lincoln school plans a closing program tomorrow evening at the school. The P T A chorus directed by Miss Mabel Barnhart will perform spirituals and another song. An old fashioned spelling bee with adults and students will be a feature. Refreshments will be sold after the program. Hammerfest Norway is noted as the northernmost town in Europe.
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Lincoln School
P.T.A. Chorus
Mabel Barnhart
P.T.A
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