Rescue effort continues for Squalus crew in grim search
Portsmouth N H May 25 divers fought to find life among 26 remaining aboard the sunken U S S Squalus after a 240 foot plunge. Admiral Cole said rescue operations resumed as divers prepared to work from within the diving chamber to determine if any survivors remained.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Squalus
C. W.cole
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Massachusetts Bay
O. F. Naquin
C. W. Cole
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Royal Visit Delights Saskatchewan Farmers in Regina
King George and Queen Elizabeth arrived in Regina after a prairie journey, hailed by thousands of farmers and visitors. The royal program included a city hall welcome, signing of the city register, tea at RCMP headquarters, and a state dinner at government house. In Brandon previous night, about 50,000 gathered for the royal arrival.
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Regina
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
A. P. McNab
A. C. Ellison
Government House
Co. S. T
Prairies
Wheatlands
Brandon
Altho
City Hall
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Bergdoll Turned Over To Army On Return From Germany
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, a notorious World War I draft evader nicknamed the slacker, was handed to military authorities after arriving in New York from Germany. He was placed at Fort Jay Governors Island incommunicado pending investigation and possible disposition.
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New York
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
Bremen
Governors Island
Fort Jay
Perkins
Immigration Service
Army
Maryland Hills
Bergdoll
Lawrence student wins Frances Schlagel Carruth scholarship
Herbert Hornberger a 19 year old from route 6 receives the Frances Schlagel Carruth scholarship at Lawrence High School for top two year German entrance exam. About $60 payable at University of Kansas matriculation. Hornberger graduates tomorrow from Liberty Memorial High School. Alternate Victoryetta Dawes is named if Hornberger does not attend KU.
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Herbert Hornberger
W. H. Hornberger
Route 6
Frances Schlagel Carruth
Lawrence High School
University of Kansas
W. H. Carruth
Hornberger
G. A. Dawes
Pennsylvania Street
Oatman Wins First Round in Rain Delayed Heart of America
Glenn Oatman of Lawrence Kane defeated Gaylord Crowell of Des Moines 5 and 4 to advance in the Heart of America golf tournament. Bob Clark, Denver champion, beat Ted Hume 5 and 4 while Jack Sandusky of St. Joseph downed Tom Cunningham 3 and 2 as rain delayed second 18 holes.
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Kansas City
Bob Clark
Denver City
Ted Hume
Jack Sandusky
St. Joseph
Tom Cunningham
Glenn Oatman
Lawrence Kane
Gaylord Crowell
Des Moines
Yankee Clipper Arrives in Lisbon From Marseille
The Yankee Clipper on its inaugural transatlantic mail flight lands in Lisbon at 2 22 p m local time after a 1203 mile leg from Marseille lasting seven hours eight minutes. It will depart for the Azores tomorrow and is due in New York on Saturday.
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Lisbon
Portugal
C.S.T
Marseille
France
Azores
New York
Kansas City Man Injured Slipping on Farm Rock
Bert Nicol of Kansas City, owner of a farm eight miles southwest of Lawrence, slipped on a rock while visiting the farm early this afternoon and suffered a shoulder injury. An ambulance took the injured man to Kansas City for treatment.
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Kansas City
Bert Nicol
Lawrence
214 Are Promoted At Liberty Memorial High School
The Liberty Memorial High School auditorium was filled as 214 ninth graders participated in a student produced promotion assembly. The program featured dances, choruses, glee clubs, solo and instrumental performances, including Ave Maria and Czardis, ending with a Brotherhood benediction.
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Liberty Memorial High School
John E. Jacobs
Oliver Hobbs
Ben Rowing
Rudolf Voth
Jeanette Mewat
Sthubert
Max Falkenstien
Czardis
Monti
Edwin Markham
Armstrong Defeats Roderick In 15 Rounds For Welter Title
Henry Armstrong of Los Angeles defended his world welterweight title by outpointing Ernie Roderick of Britain over 15 rounds at Harringay Stadium London. Armstrong weighed 135 pounds to Roderick’s 145. He started slowly but dominated from round seven, with Roderick troubled as early as round three and only brief resistance in rounds five and six.
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London
Henry Armstrong
Los Angeles
Ernie Roderick
Harringay Stadium
Armstrong
Roderick
Hank
May Rain Totals Reported by Posey in Lawrence
Professor C J Posey, volunteer weather observer, reports early day rain totaling .20 inch by noon. May rainfall so far is .54 inch against a normal 4.75. Last year May brought 7.61 inches, a record for Lawrence.
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C. J. Posey
Lawrence
Final Phase of British French Russian Pact Talks Opened
The British government sent Moscow a note with new proposals as the final phase of a mutual aid pact negotiations began. Prime Minister Chamberlain said he hoped to announce full agreement within two weeks.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Chamberlain
Tax Judgment Filed Against William V. Dwyer in New York
A UPI report says an $8 715 907 income tax judgment, one of the largest in the nation, was filed today in New York against William V. Big Bill Dwyer famous as a prohibition era bootlegger king.
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New York
UPI
William V
Big Bill” Dwyer
Horse Show Friday at Mott Stables University Drive
Horse show scheduled Friday at 4 30 PM hosted by Mott Stables on University Drive. Free to the public.
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Mott Stables
University Drive
Peppered His Tracks At City Jail Escape
Miami reporter recalls City Judge James A. Dunn hearing a prisoner who fled the city prison farm and, when captured again, explains he sprinkled black pepper on his tracks to mislead bloodhounds. The anecdote ends with his confession before Judge Dunn.
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Miami
Fla
James A. Dunn
City
Judge Dunn
PENDERGAST WILL LEAD SIMPLE LIFE
Leavenworth Kan May 25 UP Boss Tom Pendergast sentenced to 15 months for tax evasion will spend $2.50 a week and enter the prison not later than Monday. He will be registered as number 54000 and undergo shakedown then a routine in the penitentiary with limited visitors and mail privileges.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Tom Pendergast
Pendergast
Merrill E. Otis
Kansas City
Jackson County
Missouri
L. O. Muench
St. Louis
Cunningham's unscheduled mile run ends with tire delay
Glenn Cunningham, en route to a speaking engagement in Emporia Kansas, suffers a flat tire a mile from a station. He runs the mile in decent time but is 20 minutes late as a mechanic changes the tire, delaying his schedule.
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Emporia
Kan
Glenn Cunningham
Cunningham
Stock Market Index Drops Slightly After Yesterday
The average of 60 stocks fell to 46.9 points, down from 46.8 yesterday, as Wallaper Keeler's Book Store advertises.
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Keeler’s Book Store
Brazil to Mix Alcohol From Molasses With Motor Fuels
Washington May 25 A Senate finance subcommittee heard that Brazil plans to mix alcohol made from molasses with motor fuels to use surplus molasses. The panel weighs exempting fuels with seven percent or more alcohol from the federal one cent per gallon tax. Dr Leo M Christensen and William J Hale, chemurgic council figures, urged the measure as a boost to molasses demand and a new industry.
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Washington
Senate
Brazil
Leo M. Christensen
Miller
Neb
National Farms Chemurgic Council
Chemurgic Council
William J. Hale
Midland
Mich
Expect Big Camp At University Of Kansas This Summer
The Midwestern Music Camp opens its fourth annual session at the University of Kansas June 19 with at least 200 students and supervisors expected. Three fraternity houses Pi Kappa Alpha Alpha Omicron Pi and Triangle will house attendees from June 19 to July 30 with meals at Pi Kappa Alpha. Noted figures Karl Krueger N DeRobertis A A Harding Ralph E Rush Cyrus Dewar Hale Phares David T Lawson will visit, joined by University of Kansas and Midwest camp faculty including D M Swarthout Otto Meissner Howard C Taylor Raymond Stuhl Karl Kuersteiner and E Thayer Gaston.
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University of Kansas
R. L. Wiley
Pi Kappa Alpha
Louisiana
Alpha Omicron Pi
Triangle
Indiana
Karl Krueger
Kansas City, Mo
Philharmonic
N. DeRobertis
Kansas City Orchestra
A. A. Harding
University of Illneis
Ralph E. Rush
Cleveland Heights
Cyrus Dewar
Hale Phares
Kansas City Philharmonic
David T. Lawson
Topeka
Mexican aviator Sarabia flies non stop 2,085 miles to World's Fair
Francisco Sarabia, Mexico's leading aviator and head of the largest airline, completed a 2,085 mile non stop flight from Mexico City to New York in 10 hours 47 minutes. His record surpasses Amelia Earhart's 14 hour 19 minute mark set May 8 1985. He unveiled at the Mexican pavilion aboard the Sky Conqueror ship known as the Streamlined Brick, purchased from Jacqueline Cochran.
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New York
Mexico City
Francisco Sarabia
Mexico
Amelia Earhart
Sarabia
Jacqueline Cochran
Communities take center in Farm Security rehab program
Wichita May 25 Communities and individuals emerge as focal points in the Farm Security Administration rehabilitation era. Local supervisors say neighbors are working together with distant processors and distributors to create demand and use the farm’s byproducts.
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Wichita
Farm Security Administration
Farm Play & Loans
Ed Snite in Lourdes Makes 5000 Mile Pilgrimage
Fred B. Snite Jr known as the man in the iron lung arrived at the Grotto of Miracles in Lourdes France after a 5000 mile pilgrimage from the United States. He was carried by his mechanical respirator to a room in the Grotto infirmary with the visit time not yet set.
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Lourdes
France
Fred B. Snite, Jr
United States
Snite
French Flying Boat Completes Transatlantic Flight
The French flying boat Lieutenant De Vaisseau Paris completed a roundtrip transatlantic flight and landed at Biscarosse airbase at 4 18 p m local time 10 18 a m C8T. May 25.
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Bordeaux
France
Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris
Biscarosse
Hoch High School to Graduate 203 Seniors at Commencement
Commencement exercises for 203 Liberty Memorial high school seniors will be held tomorrow night at 8 in Hoch auditorium. H Roe Bartle of Kansas City will speak on The Hourly Challenge. The event moves to Hoch for crowd reasons and no tickets are needed.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Hoch Auditorium
H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
Hoch
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Double feature truck mix up at Kansas City to Lawrence
A film truck driver delivering reels between Kansas City and local theaters collected a double feature in Lawrence this morning. Liberty Memorial high school seniors were breakfasting at the Dickinson theater, with several bakeries supplying doughnuts that ran short amid a restock effort after the truck’s arrival.
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Kansas City
Lawrence
Dickinson
Liberty Memorial High School
University study of foreign languages topic tonight
A language broadcast on the value of studying foreign languages airs at 9 30 tonight over station KFKU from the University of Kansas round table. Dr W H Shoemaker leads the discussion with participants Miss Winnie Lawrance Andre Gronicka and J N Carman.
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University of Kansas
KFKU
W.H. Shoemaker
Plan A Barbecue At University ROTC Event
Col Karl F Baldwin announced completion of plans for the spring barbecue final parade and awards ceremony at 4 30 Wednesday afternoon in the stadium. The ROTC has received more cups and prizes than ever and the public is invited to attend the presentation. A surprise award will be given during the ceremony followed by the barbecue. Stoves will be erected under the stadium to shield from weather. Guests include reserve officers national guard officers faculty and merchants.
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Karl F. Baldwin
R.O.T.C
National Guard
Heat Wave Broken Across Kansas As Thunderstorms Loom
Topeka reports the heat wave ending with a drop in temperatures to 80 85 degrees in most areas and a possible shower outbreak in eastern counties. Western wheat suffers under unseasonal heat while rainfall totals from several towns are recorded, including Lacygne 1.32 inches Cherryvale 1.42 and Topeka 0.2.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Leaders and FDR on Tax Plan Aiding Business Leaders
Washington May 25 The Treasury head Morgenthau said congressional leaders agreed on a corporation tax revision ready to go before Congress and that more progress was made recently. He noted goodwill and anticipated House testimony with Undersecretary Hanes to handle hearings. Senate Republicans plan a party vote on the tax bill.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
White House
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Byrnes
D-S.c
Cooper
Dtenn
House Committee
John W. Hanes
Hanes
Wall Street
The
Securities Commission
McNary
Oregon
Senate
House
Lawrence Chamber honors Lindley at annual dinner
Silver haired Chancellor E H Lindley was honored at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce dinner at the country club. The event featured the Episco pal Boys Choir singing the KU alma mater and introduced new Chamber leaders. A gift of a movie camera and screen was presented to Lindley by Chamber members.
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E. H. Lindley
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Country Club
Crimson and Blue
University of Kansas
Episcopal Boys Choir
Oliver Obbs
Mount Oread
Lindley
K. U
Lawrence
C. E. Friend
Payne Ratner
State Board of Regents
H. L. Snyder
W. T. Markham
Ralph T. O’neil
Sam Wilson
State Chamber of Commerce
Robert C. Rankin
John Brand
Brand
Law Frenice
Charles Radcliffe
Radcliffe
D. M. Swarthout
Walter Keeler
Simons
Lindley Dolph Simons
Phencsiler Lindley
Charles Holmes
Hovey Hanna
Weather outlook for Kansas unsettled with showers east
Forecasters expect thundershowers in eastern Kansas this afternoon and evening with cooler air. Western areas stay mostly fair while southeast remains cloudy then cooler, with Friday cooler. Gas Office records show yesterday 88, today 69 at 7 p.m. Rainfall to noon 0.20 inch.
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Kansas
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