Brome Grass: New Profit Crop for Douglas County Farmers
County agent Deal Six urges Douglas County farmers to try brome grass as a profitable alternative to wheat and corn. The biennial crop yields 800 to 600 pounds of seed per acre, sells at 10 to 14 cents per pound, and also serves as a strong soil and pasture plant. Farmers report excellent grazing for ten cows per ten acres and potential for early spring and late fall pasture. Begin with 5 to 10 acres, seed 16 pounds per acre, and note grain is secondary to pasture in cattle finishing.
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Douglas County
Six
Corn Crop Slips in Kansas Amid Heat Wave
Topeka reports Kansas corn harmed by heat and drought with only 25 percent potential yield unless rains arrive. Santa Fe official C W Lane notes widespread damage to corn pastures and vegetation. some areas may fail entirely while lowlands offer a fair yield. Farmers convert corn to silage and haul water for livestock.
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Topeka
Kansas
C. W. Lane
Santa Fe Railway
Will Build Light Planes Collaboration of Firms Announced
The Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation the Haskelite Manufacturing Corporation and Howard Hughes will jointly manufacture low priced airplanes. George R. Meyercord Jr of Haskelite announced the project outlining a new molding pattern using wood fibers and synthetic resins fused under heat and pressure for aircraft components.
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Chicago
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
Haskelite Manufacturing Corporation
Howard Hughes
Famous Flier
George R. Meyercord, Jr
Haskelite Corporation
Meyercord
Bank Robbery in Auburn State Bank
Indiana bank robbed at Auburn noon. A gunman forced cashier John Haggerty to surrender several hundred dollars, then fled in a waiting car with a accomplice. Police seek the pair.
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Indiana
Auburn
Ind
Auburn’ State
John Haggerty
Cranium Crackers Find the Fish Puzzle
A word puzzle lists six clues where a fish name hides in each answer. Clues describe struggles in mire a sharp point a verb meaning to pass up the item delivered paying on arrival the simplest packing gag. Solve to hook three or more fish names hidden within the phrases.
Lending Bill Killed by House in Senate Battle Over Funding
The Senate trimmed President Roosevelt's lending bill to 1.6 billion after a six day fight with a Republican and anti New Deal coalition. House action loomed as lawmakers debated delaying the housing bill and adjournment.
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Roosevelt
United States Housing Authority
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House
KU Professors Prepare Papers for September Conventions
Four University of Kansas professors will present papers at early September meetings. Bert Nash and Byron Sarvis will speak at Stanford for the American Psychological Society. Raymond Wheeler will discuss social behavior and climate at the International Congress in New York. Philip Bell will present projective invariants at Madison for the American Mathematical Society. Stouffer and Price will attend without presenting.
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University of Kansas
Bert A. Nash
Byron C. Sarvis
American Psychological Society
Stanford University
Nash
Sarvis
Raymond H. Wheeler
New York City
Philip O. Bell
American Mathematical Society
Madison
Wis
E. B. Stouffer
G. B. Price
Deaths and Funerals Notice for 71 Year Old
Death occurred yesterday at Lawrence hospital. Funeral from Schubert Funeral Home at 2 PM Wednesday officiated by Rev. Charles Thomas. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by sister Anna McClough of Coffeyville and nephew John Boland of Lawrence. Harry beee aged 71.
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Pennsylvania Street
Lawrence M Popyiet
Schubert Funeral Home
Charles Thomas
Memorial Park Cemetery
Erickson
Anna McClough
Coffeyville
John Boland
Lawrence
Harry Beee
Funeral services for Mrs V K Hoover
Mrs V K Hoover 73 died Saturday. Funeral held this afternoon at 3 from Plymouth Congregational Church with Rev Loren Rapier officiating. Burial in Memorial Park cemetery. Active pallbearers were George Docking W C Mercier John Blocker Alfred Graves John Nelson and Arthur Miller. Honorary pallbearers were J B Mack F C Whipple C C Stewart and George Kirchhoff.
Luther Recommended for Assistant U S Attorney in Topeka
Lester Luther of Cimarron a former state tax commission member was recommended for first assistant U S district attorney in Topeka. District Attorney S S Alexander said an announcement by Attorney General Frank Murphy was expected soon. Luther had served on the tax commission since his appointment by former Gov Wal ter A Haxman and would replace R T McCluggage who resigned to join the Kansas beer distributors committee in Wichita.
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D-Va
Barkley
RFC
Mney
Topeka
Lester Luther
Cimarron
State Tax Commission
U. S
S. S. Alexander
Frank Murphy
Luther
Tax Commission
Walter A. Haxman
R. T. McCluggage
Kansas Beer Distributors Committee
Wichita
Forty Four Missing In Sea Disaster Off Manila
Forty four persons remain unaccounted for after two motorboats capsized in heavy seas between Sama and Leyte islands near Manila. Eighty people were aboard the craft when it overturned.
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Manila
Sama
Leyter Islands
Arnold Ransdell to new company with Skinner
Arnold Slim Ransdell and Rody Skinner take over the Ransdell Skinner company at 623 Massachusetts street after purchasing George Bullene’s interests. The partners, long-time Lawrence auto dealers, will operate Plymouth Dodge Dodge trucks parts service and fuel sales at 623 Massachusetts and 622 24 Massachusetts. Bullene plans to stay in Lawrence with no announced future plans.
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George Bullene
Bullene-Skinner Motor Company
Massachusetts Street
Rody Skinner
Ransdell-Skinner Company
Ransdell
Skinner
Lawrence
C. W. Smith Ford Agency
Smith
Davis-Child Agency
M. S. Winter
Chevrolet
Winter
Butler-Sanderson
Callaway Dodge
Bullene and Skinner
Callaway
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Dodge
Bullene
Two Goal-Hi Games Set For This Week At University
Tomorrow night the Eagles face the Wildcats in a Goal Hi game on the University quadrangle starting at 8 15. The following night the Artillery play the Gunners with lineups listed for both sides.
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Wildcats
Artillery
Gunners
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Dr. Allen
John Kistler, Jr
Robert Ellsworth
Richard Wags
Gas Probation Argued Over Hugoton Field Regulation
State corporation commission lawyers argued Aug 1 that the commission may prorate gas production to prevent waste and conserve resources, backing September order to regulate Hugoton field. Development companies contended the order is undue restraint and would force major producers to share markets with new wells.
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State Corporation Commission
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Hugoton
Robert Foulston
Republic Natural Gas Company
Notables Will Go to Norton for Opening of Hospital
Topeka August 1 Speakers at the dedication of the new 425 000 hospital at the Norton tuberculosis sanatorium were announced by Frank Milligan state social welfare chairman They will include Gov Payne Ratner Dr H L Snyder Norton board of regents Supt F C Taylor Dr William C Athrop Norton and E A Briles Stafford House speaker
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Norton
Frank Milligan
State Social Welfare
Payne Ratner
H. L. Snyder
Winfield
Board of Regents
F. C. Taylor
William C. Athrop
E. A. Briles
Stafford
House of Representatives
Collision injures Kansas City man near Eudora
Roland Rhodes of Kansas City Missouri sustained minor cuts and bruises when his Chevrolet coach collided with a tractor driven by A G Bernitz near Eudora. The wreck occurred about a mile and a half east of Eudora on highway 10 as both vehicles traveled west. Rhodes reportedly pulled in behind the tractor after passing a car.
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Kansas City
A. G. Bernitz
Eudora
Highway 10
Rhodes
KU Band Director Wiley to Speak at Heart of America Festival
Prof. Russell L. Wiley, director of the University of Kansas band, will attend the Heart of America music festival at Municipal auditorium Kansas City on August 5. He will give a banquet talk Friday evening at Hotel President titled Value of Festivals to Present Day School Music and serve as a judge in the band contest Saturday morning.
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Russell L. Wiley
University of Kansas
Heart of America
Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City
Wiley
Rainfall totals noted at Worden and Lawrence updates
Worden reports July rainfall 0.34 inch and year to date 17.42 inches. Dinty Moore of Williams Roberts Motor Co describes a busy afternoon with four new car sales in four hours. County commissioners approve July bills. KU law professor James B. Smith ranked first in Temple Law Quarterly for an article on sovereign limitations. County issues 9,683 driver licenses. 16,000 drivers expected. Medart Manufacturing’s Go al-Hi game goal standards in Lawrence progress observed.
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Worden
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Williams-Roberts Motor Company
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James B. Smith
University of Kansas
Temple University Law Quarterly Magazine
National Law Review
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RE. Weinzettel
Medart Manufacturing Company
Lawrence
Medart Company
Cameron appointed director of public works in Kansas City
Col Ralph E Cameron a 54 year old wartime engineer is named director of public works succeeding Matthew S Murray who resigned under fire Murray is state WPA director Cameron resides in Houston Texas and works as VP in charge of construction for Harrison Engineering and Construction Co headquarted in Kansas City He has 16 years with the firm and earns 5400 yearly The position pays 8000 and he notes he never voted in Kansas City
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Ralph E. Cameron
Matthew S. Murray
Murray
WPA
Cameron
Houston
Tex
Harrison Engineering and Construction Company
Texas
Dodgers rally to topple Pirates in series opener
In Pittsburgh, the Brooklyn Dodgers erased a deficit with a three run fifth inning to defeat the Pirates 5 to 3. Dixie Walker drove in two runs with two triples as Brooklyn seized the opener of the series.
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Oecacceeen
Cnet
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Salvo
Melton
Danning
Derringer
Lombardi
Star Buys Minneapolis Journal to Form Star Journal
The Minneapolis Star purchases the Minneapolis Journal creating the Star Journal to publish in the evening and Sunday field. John Cowles and Carl W. Jones announce the consolidation. price not disclosed.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Journal
Minneapolis Star
John Cowles
Star Company
Carl W. Jones
Journal
Star-Journal
Gardner Well Comes In At Gardner Kansas
Driller R E Sigman reports the No 4 Knabe oil well located 1 1/2 miles northwest of Gardner Kansas should yield about 15 barrels daily with pumping. The discovery spurted nearly 100 feet after a 20 quart nitroglycerine shot. The well reached 848 feet.
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Gardner
Kan
R. E. Sigman
Here
Two Gorillas Die in St Louis Zoo
Parasitic disease killed the St. Louis zoo pair of gorillas. Jackie died today and Coquette ten days ago. The two, brought from French Equatorial Africa last summer, were insured for their purchase price of 2,000 dollars.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Zoo
United States
Jackie
Coquette
French Equatorial Africa
Emancipation Celebration at Southpark Friday
The third annual emancipation celebration sponsored by the Harri et Tubman Community Center will be held Friday August 4 in Southpark. William Towers attorney and representative in the Kansas legislature will give the address at 8 p.m. The Southern Belles quarter of Kansas City will render several numbers.
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Harriet Tubman Community Center Association
Southpark
William Towers
Kansas
Kansas City
Kansas City Strike Ends At Ford Plant Delivery Restored
Union truck drivers at the Ford Motor assembly plant in Kansas City end a picket dispute and resume full delivery service after reaching an agreement between the drivers union and local United Auto Workers No 249.
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Kansas City
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers of America
Goebbels Paper Credits Hitler For 25-Year Shift
Der Anpriff asserts Germany’s position improved vastly since World War I and credits Adolf Hitler as the defining difference. Berlin reports Aug 1. The piece frames the 25th anniversary of the war, noting Germany and Russia began hostilities on August 1, 1914.
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Paul Joseph Goebbels
der Anpriff
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Roosevelt proposes long range aid for forest dwellers
President Roosevelt sent to Congress a national resources committee plan for rehabilitating residents of cut over timber areas in northern Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. The proposal calls for long term capital loans relocation of residents removal of uneconomic government units cooperative marketing and a major public works program to restore forests across 57 000 000 acres in 86 counties.
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Roosevelt
Congress
National Resources Committee
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missionary Son to Speak at Friends Church Tonight
Rev. Charles DeVol will address attendees at the Friends church located at Tenth and Delaware. Born and raised in China, he plans to return to the Orient soon after a year in Marion, Indiana, joined by a Marion College male quartet for singing.
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Friends Church
Charles DeVol
Tenth
Delaware
China
Orient
Marion
Ind
Marion College
Rural homemaker camp wraps up in Kansas
Twenty six women from Douglas Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties attended the Farm Bureau four day camp at the rural recreation camp near Tonganoxie. The program featured wildlife conservation films foot care demonstrations and crafts with baskets of rocks fossils and crayon designs. Husbands joined for a final evening program and the camp closed after a vesper service with participants including Mrs Ralph Colman and others from Douglas county.
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Douglas
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Tonganoxie
Kansas City
R. L. Carpenter
Ottawa
Douglas County
Ralph Colman
Chester Baldwin
Warley Armstrong
Elmer Husted
George Dews
C. C. Gerstenberger
Prisoner Draws Life Sentence At Leavenworth
Judge Richard J. Hawkins sentenced Edward Ault Evans, 87, a federal prisoner, to life for the murder of Herbert Otis Hayes, 31, on May 25, 1938. Evans was convicted last May.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Richard J. Hawkins
Edward Ault Evans
Herbert Otis Hayes
Evans
Strikers Clash With Police at Detroit GM Plant
Striking C. I. O. tool and die workers bombarded officers with bricks and stones as 35 non striking workers were escorted from General Motors Fisher Body die and machine unit in Detroit. No serious injuries reported.
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Detroit
Tool and Die
General Motors
Fisher Body Die and Machine
C.1.0 Begins Drive to Unionize Construction Industry
The C.I.O. started its campaign by issuing charters to 26 local unions nationwide forming the United Construction Workers Organizing Committee. The AFL labor rival has long dominated the building trades union field.
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C.1
Washington
C.I.0
United Construction Workers Organizing Committee
A.F.L
Long
Smallest Five Jupiter Moons Remain unnamed
All 26 major moons have names while Jupiter’s five smallest satellites lack official designations. Astronomers note the unnamed moons orbit Jupiter and await formal naming by the International Astronomical Union.
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Solar System
Jupiter
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