Mayor Walker testifies on cash from joint account
New York May 25 AP Mayor James J Walker admitted receiving 24669276 from a joint brokerage account with Paul Block a claim he opened without initial investment and relied on Block s credit The hearing of Hofstadter committee turned stormy as he denied implied liability and discussed a 10000 letter of credit bought for him in 1927 by a bus company agent to fund a European trip He said he never heard of the agent before reading about him in papers
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New York
James J. Walker
Paul Block
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter
Walker
Democratic Party
Europe
J. Allan Smith
Bus Company
John A. Hastings
James J.walker
J. Allen Smith
Richard R. Hunter
Smith
Equitable Bus Corporation
Equitable Concern
Hunter
Orig
Farber
Board of Aldermen
Equitable
Oan
Hofstadter Committee
Seabury
Weather Forecast Tames Partly Cloudy With Scattered Showers
Kansas forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with possible scattered thunder showers and cooler conditions on Thursday. Clear areas expected in Manhattan and Coffeyville with good dirt roads. Douglas County roads also reported as good. Temperatures show yesterday’s highs and today’s lows, though specifics are unreadable in fragments.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Coffeyville
Douglas County
Local Warning On Counterfeit Five Dollar Bills
Lawrence police chief W J Cummings issued a warning to merchants after a counterfeit five dollar bill passed Burgert shoe store on Massachusetts street. The bill, though a good imitation, bore blurred engraving. Chief Cummings traced the bill through two exchanges. a similar note was offered at Rankin drug store two weeks ago by an unfamiliar woman who claimed it was genuine. Local banks reported no recent counterfeit notices.
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Lawrence
W. J. Cummings
Burgert Shoe
Massachusetts Street
Rankin Drug Store
Milton Patterson
Patterson
SOS From Mail Plane Aboard Europa Recalls Rescue Effort
A mail plane off the Europa en route to New York sent SOS calls after separating from the liner. Coast guard and Castle Island radio stations urged nearby vessels to assist as engine trouble likely forced a sea landing. The craft, with Lieuts Blankenburg and Kirchoff aboard, floated on pontoons awaiting Europa’s arrival.
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Boston
Castle Island
Coast Guard
Europa
Jachim Blankenburg
Karl Kirchoff
Nantucket
Nearly 1 000 Degrees to Be Awarded at University
The University of Kansas will award nearly 1000 degrees at its sixtyeth commencement on June 6. Registrar George O Foster announced last year 971 degrees were presented to 828 graduates. Since opening in 1866 the university has granted 16 583 degrees to 14 804 graduates.
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University of Kansas
George O. Foster
K. A
Clarke
Dr Stauffer Injured In Auto Crash At Hebron Neb
Dr E E Stauffer of Wichita suffered a broken arm and a dislocated wrist when his car overturned near Hebron following a flat tire. Dr B J Lantz, injured with lacerations, accompanied him. Stauffer was en route to Fremont for a Midlands College meeting where he once served as president. He earlier lived in Lawrence as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Hebron
Neb
E. E. Stauffer
Wichita
B. J. Lantz
Stauffer
Fremoont
Midlands College
Dr. Stauffer
Lawrence
Trinity Lutheran Church
Relief Bill Before Senate As Demand Grows
Washington May 25 AP A 2.3 billion Democrat unemployment relief and industry revival bill goes to the Senate with backing from the Democratic steering committee and a drafting team led by Senator Wagner New York. The plan earmarks 500 million for public works and outlines funding for highways flood control river projects Navy yards and other improvements. House Speaker Garner also announced a 2.1 billion relief bill to be introduced tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Wagner
New York
Hoover
Department of Labor
House
Sneaker Garner
Hoover Dam
Commerce Department
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Navy Department
Fights erupt in Prussian diet after Nazi leadership vote
In Berlin on May 25, fists inkwells water bottles and chairs flew as Communists and Nazi factions clashed after Hans Kaerrl was elected legislative president. Several injured were carried from the chamber in what witnesses called Germany’s most violent parliamentary brawl.
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Berlin
Hans Kerrl
Adolph Hitler
National Socialist Party
Wilfheim Pieck
Germany
AID MARCHING VETERANS RALLYING FOR CASH RELIEF
Washington Indiana May 25 A P The bonus expedition to cash payments for adjusted service certificates moves from this city to the Ohio state line tomorrow using national guard trucks arranged by Governor Harry G Leslie funded by the emergency fund. About 300 World War veterans ride toward the national capital to press for immediate payment. The veterans arrived earlier from East St Louis in private vehicles.
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Washington
Indiana
National Guard
Harry G. Leslie
Ohio State Line
National Capital
East St. Louis
Lowest top price for hogs at Kansas City yards
The Kansas City stockyards paid a record low top hog price of 2.95 per hundred pounds this morning. The prior record low top was 2.97 and 12 cents, set in September 1896. After World War I hog values rose to 23.40 per hundred pounds.
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Kansas City
Legion Auxiliary Sells 6000 Poppies For Disabled Vets
Dorzey Liberty Post auxiliary plans Poppy Day sales on May 28 to raise funds for welfare work in government hospitals. 6000 poppies ordered, 1000 more than last year, with proceeds aiding disabled veterans and those not receiving full compensation. Sales sites and essay contest results mentioned with prizes. headquarters at 943 Massachusetts Street.
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Auxiliary
Dorzey- Liberty Post
American Legion
Galen Ware
Eddie Brass
R. R. Rutherford
Massachusetts Street
Board In Session After Racketeers Meets In Topeka
Douglas county commissioners sit as board of equalization to adjust assessments on personal property and real estate improvements with a reconvened three day session before June 20. The state tax commission authorized lowering rural real estate by fourteen percent and city real estate by eight percent. A&P grocery protested stock and equipment assessments. Attorney general Roland Boynton fights racketeers aiding cleaners and dyers in Topeka with planned investigations and protection schemes involving Topeka and Kansas City operators.
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Douglas County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
State Tax Commission
C. O. Bowman
Earl T. Black
Equalization Board
Black
Roland, Boynton
Kansas City
Topeka
Lawrence
Hoover Parley Tonight With Publishers At White House
Thirty seven publishers have accepted invitations to meet President Hoover at the White House tonight to discuss ways to aid the economy. The gathering aims to shape policy and opinion through cooperation with industry and banking leaders, with publishers planning a dinner prior to the formal parley. Colonel Frank Knox of the Chicago Daily News invited the group.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Congress in Memorial Service for Its Dead
In Washington on May 25 a memorial service honored sixteen representatives and three senators who died in the past year. Representative Effiene Wingo of Arkansas laid a rose for each, as relatives filled a floor section and Alice Roosevelt Longworth sat in mourning. No individual eulogies were delivered. remarks noted the group’s united tribute.
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Washington
Effiene Wingo
Arkansas
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Secretary Hurley
Hattie Caraway
Scott Leavitt
Montana
Leavitt
Kidnap Four To Rob Bank Of Portland Arkansas
Messages to Little Rock police say bandits in two cars robbed the Bank of Portland Arkansas of 12000 dollars. They kidnapped Frank P Harvey, two family members, and a guest, forcing them to the bank to open the vault. Suspects headed toward Little Rock and another car toward the Louisiana border.
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Little Rock
Ark
Bank of
Portland
Frank P. Harvey
Harvey
Louisiana
Outlaw Floyd Wounded After Gunfight With Kelley
Oklahoma City May 25 AP reports Charles Pretty Boy Floyd, the outlaw wanted in several states for murder, is wounded from a morning April gunfight with Irv Kelley, ex sheriff. Kelley was killed near Bixby while trying to stop Floyd and his lieutenant George Birdwell in a car.
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Oklahoma City
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Oklahoma
Irv Kelley
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Kelley
McIntosh County
Bixby
George Birdwell
Wet plank for socialists at convention demands ownership
Milwaukee May 25. A wet plank was added to the Socialist party platform in the waning hours of its national convention. The proposal calls for repeal of prohibition laws and government ownership and operation of breweries, while offering a state option as a concession to dry sentiment.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Socialist Party
National Socialist
Memorial Day Program at Vinland Cemetery
Memorial Day services will be held Sunday May 29 at 2 30 PM at the Vinland cemetery with Prof W J Willams of Baker university delivering the address Those with extra flowers should bring them for general distribution over the cemetery Heads Neibarger Club Henry Bubo a former University of Kansas student was elected president of the Shawnee county Neibarger for lieutenant governor club at a Topeka meeting last night New Ford V-8 Hamiltons Ady
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Vinland
W. J. Willams
Baker University
Henry Bubo
University of Kansas
Shawnee County
Topeka
Damages Awarded to Glen Dickinson in Odd Fellows suit
Jury in district court awarded Glen W Dickinson of Kansas City Missouri damages totaling 1154.36 for breach of a 1926 contract to erect a 50000 theater building at Ninth and Vermont. The award covered 8410 rent funds 264 23 surety bond premiums and 200 architect fees with no attorney fees. The Odd Fellows board will decide further action at a trustees meeting.
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Glen
Dickinson
Kansas City
Odd Fellowe Lodge
J.B. Wilson
Board of Trustees
The
Odd Fellows Lodge
S. S. Learned
J. R. Good
C. H. Daugherty
Odd Fellows
Ninth and
Vermont Streets
Midland Theater and Realty Company
Midland Company
Kansas City, Mo
Honor post to Hoover as Boys' Clubs of America president
President Hoover was reelected honorary president of the Boys' Clubs of America at the 26th annual convention final session. Honorary vice presidents include Thomas Chew Cyrus H K Curtis James J Davis Charles Evans Hughes and Samuel Insull. William EB Hall reelected president for seventeenth term with John Hays Hammond named vice president.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Hoover
Boys’ Clubs of America, Inc
Thomas Chew
Fall River
Mass
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Philadelphia
James J. Davis
Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Samuel Insult
Chicago
William EB. Hall
New York
John Hays
Hammond
Japanese Ministry Formed After Cabinet Crisis Ends Crisis
Admiral Makoto Saito succeeds in forming a new ministry with both major political parties represented. Premier Suyoshi Inukai retains foreign affairs until investiture tomorrow.
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Tokyo
Suyoshi Inukai
Makoto Saito
California to Nominate Hoover At National Convention
The California delegation announced the appointment of Joseph L. Scott of Los Angeles as the delegate to place in nomination the name of President Hoover at the Republican national convention next month. The move follows White House word that the President wished to be nominated by a California delegate.
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San Francisco
Joseph L. Scott
Los Angeles
Hoover
White House
California
Issue Junior Yearbook at Junior High School
Students at the Junior High receive their yearbooks today bound in a red panel cover. The volume, printed in the school shop under Ralph Graber, features school activities, humor and photos. English floods subsiding as damages rise to nearly two million pounds and four lives lost in the Midlands. Dr. Benjamin R. Lantz of Salina reelected president of Midland College trustees for ten years.
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Ralph Graber
London
English Midlands
Midland College
Fremont, Neb
Benjamin R. Lantz
Salina
Kan
Midland College of Trustees
Hurley Seen As Likely GOP National Chairman
Washington AP Patrick J Hurley of Oklahoma secretary of nesis attracts strong support for Republican National Committee chairmanship. He is expected to accept if offered and resign from the cabinet. The national committee selects, but the president nominates. Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio may stay on until after the Chicago convention.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Oklahoma
Nesis
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Hoover
Hurley
Simeon J. D . Fess
Ohio
Chicago
Kansas University Final Examinations Begin
University of Kansas starts final exams for one week with no tests Sunday or Decoratio day. Morning sessions begin at 8 30 for several class groups while law and medicine follow own schedules. The sixtieth annual commencement runs June 3 to 6 with Northwestern University president Welter Dill Scott delivering the address.
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University of Kansas
Monay
Law and Medicine
University Stadium
Welter Dill Scott
Northwestern University
Hindenburg Faces Pay Cut In German Budget
Berlin May 25 AP President Paul von Hindenburg may have his salary cut under a Reichsrat draft budget reducing his annual pay to 37800 marks plus 120000 marks in allowances. Chancellor Bruening’s allowances would be trimmed as part of broad savings including ten percent staff cuts across departments and pensions set 111 million marks under 1931 levels. Fifteen consulates will be abolished including those in St Paul Philadelphia and Atlanta.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Reichsrat
Heinrich Bruening
United States
St. Paul
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Baseball outcomes in National and American leagues
May 25 reports show Rob Brown limiting Brooklyn to four hits for a second win, while Seayne Rann and others contributed. Giants beat Philadelphia with Bill Terry and Chuck Klein homers, and Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati 4 2 behind Warner’s four hits. Detroit and Cleveland games were rained out, and Philadelphia traded two pitchers as John Berry moved from Indianapolis. A Tennessee sentence case surfaced with Harry Allen surrendered to authorities.
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Boston
Rob Brown
Brooklyn
Dazzy Vanes
Thy Brays
Seenye Rann
Wix
TN Vance
Quinn
Lopez
Brown
Spohrer
Philadelphia
APY
Bill Terry
Chuck Klein
New York Giants
Poinsind Parate
Phillies
Hurst
Cihonnocks
York
OZ Nan
LA Ana
H Fitzsimmons
Hogan
H. Thett
Hanagan
McCurdy
Cincinnati
Pay Warner
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Fittsburgh
Kremer
Chagnon
Grace
Carroll
Renton
Grabowski
Rixey
Osden
Lombardly
Chicago
Laura AM
FS Grimes
Hartnett
Derzinger
Andy Wilson
Detroit
Hadley Sotfell
Hayworth
Cleveland
Merigan
Association Kansas City
St. Paul Toon Bayne and
Phillips
Wanatta
Fenner
Philadelphia Indianapolis
John Berry
Indianapolis
Doug Tait
Stewart Bolen
Tennessee
Kansas City
Kan
Harry Allen
Harry Long
Topeka
John Gartner
Canton
Miss
Wyandotte
Milk committee in Lawrence seeks stronger dairy laws
A citizen committee met at the Chamber of Commerce to review Lawrence milk regulation. It endorses replacing the current ordinance with the Public Health Service Milk Ordinance and calls for a full time sanitary inspector, stricter enforcement, and temporary additional help for June.Member volunteers include Mrs Turney and others. budget concerns were noted as revenue declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
City Commission
A. H. Turney
United States
Public Health Service
Stubrek
Turney
Carroll D. Clark
E. F.abels
R. H. Wagstaff
C. L. Heatheron
S. M. Purcell
W. ©. Boardman
Wagstaff
Fred Stubeck
Sanitary and
Beal
Haskell
Stubeck
Co. T. Hough
Obrien
Parsons Milk Move Aims At Strict Ordinance Enforcement
The Parsons Milk Producers Association appeals to the city commission for strict milk ordinance enforcement and for funds to support inspection. Dr L F Barthelme, the city milk inspector, is reinstated after funding issues. Dairymen say permits are unevenly enforced and unsafe competition arises from unpermitted sellers and telephone carriers.
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Parsons Milk Producers Association
City Commission
L. F. Barthelme
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Adv
Bank of Portland
Hamilton
Glen Dickinson
Hugh Means
Clube of America, Inc
New Movement
G.O.P
K. U
Hindenberg
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