Kans as Campas Nears Its Finish
Topeka Aug 2 AP The semi windup of the biennial Kansas primary campaign began with two days left for active efforts before voters go to the polls next Tuesday. Haucke finishes in 105 counties. Allen ends in Wichita. Capper returns from Washington for a homecoming talk. White and Herbert plan Topeka rally with radio broadcasts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Arthur Capper
Jonathan M. Davis
Washington
William Allen White
Ewing Herbert
Emporia
Hiawatha
Reed
Wren
Herbert
WIBW
John Hamilton
Kansas City
Haucke
Absentee Ballots Boost Primary Turnout in Topeka
In Topeka August 2 AP report notes about 1 400 more votes possible due to the 1929 absentee voter law. FE A Cornell reports 1 233 absentee ballot requests with two days left for requests. Affidavits may be filed to receive county and state ballots, which must be marked and returned within 10 days after the election.
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Topeka
FE. A. Cornell
Secretary of State
Harvesting Underway in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Harvesting was well under way in Hamiota Manitoba with binders at work in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. Wheat had not yet been reaped in Hamiota but fall rye harvesting was general and most grains showed only slight rust traces.
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Winnipeg
Man
Hamiota
Manitoba
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Kansas Weather Forecast and Road Conditions
Partly cloudy forecast with little temperature change tonight and Sunday. Morning weath er shows clears, Ottawa area on clear. Roads in Douglas County are listed as good. Daily temperature readings include 7 p m yesterday and noon today with max and min values noted. Dodge Service listed with phone number 1142. Advertising line from Blinner Motor Co.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Douglas County
Jefferson County Gold Bearing Quartz Sent for Assay
A Jefferson county farmer sent gold bearing quartz to Denver for assay amid hints of a local gold rush. Details on the farmer’s name or farm location are withheld while Lawrence residents speculate on the find and its origin from glacial era quartz ledges.
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Jefferson County
Denver
Lawrence
Kaw
First leg ends for Mears around the world flight
Harbor Grace N F Aug 2 AP John Henry Mears in New York based plane ends first leg of world journey here at 4 25 local time The City of New York had left New York for Dublin Berlin Moscow Seattle tail winds aided progress averaging about 140 mph over 1150 plus miles. The direct route would pass Cape Cod then Atlantic to Newfoundland.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
John Henry Mears
New York
Dublin
Berlin
Moscow
Seattle
Mears
Henry J. Brown
Cape Cod
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Braves Take Doubleheader From Phillies in Boston
The Boston Braves won both ends of a doubleheader from Philadelphia, 3 to 2 and 5 to 4. In the second game, the deciding run came in ten innings. Collard and Davis, Seibold and Cronin starred for Boston while Sherdel and Nook pitched for Philadelphia. The day also featured Giants over Robins 8 to 6 as Brooklyn misplayed late. Williams and Walker contributed big hits as New York pulled ahead in the tenth.
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Boston
Braves
Phillies
Philadelphnn
Collard
Cincinnati
Bell
Grass Lindsey
Johnson
Wilson
Benton
Suk Keforth
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Kremer
Malone
Bush
Nelson
Hartnett
Taylor
Brooklyn
Glenn Wright
New York Giants
Robins
Giants
Bill Walker
Eamme
Frederick
New York
Walker
Hogan
Thurston
Moss
Heimach
Heving
Lopez
Ruth Hits 39th Home Run as Yanks Fall to Senators
In New York on August 2, Babe Ruth belted his 39th homer of the season in the second game of a Yankees Senators doubleheader. The drive came with the bases empty in the fifth, but Washington still led 9 to 4 as Fred Marberry pitched for the Senators.
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Jsque Baz
New York
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Washington
Fred Marberry
Senators
Wengilder Bought by Toledo Mud Hens
Elam Wengilder a right handed pitcher has been purchased from the Montreal International League club by the Toledo Mud Hens and will report here Monday.
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Vanaiier
Toledo
Elam Wengilder
Toledo Mudhens
Profit in 65 cent wheat in Kansas lawyers claim profits
Kansas lawyers Arthur and Theodore Relihan harvested 2,641 bushels from 154 acres, selling at 65 cents a bushel to show profits. Their total receipts reached 1,716 dollars while cash outlay for seed planting harvesting and hauling totaled 700 dollars, yielding profits exceeding 1,000 dollars.
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Arthur
Theodore Relihan
United States Reclaims Top Hong Producer Status
Washington A P United States recovers the position it held before the war and again becomes world’s largest producer of hong The latest crop totaled 33 220 000 pounds indicating a strong rebound in output for the nation and the industry.
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Washington
A_P
United States
Ministers in Council Bluffs preach in city parks
Ministers in Council Bluffs Iowa bring religion to the public by preaching 40 minute sermons in city parks on Sunday evenings engaging passersby and local residents.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Reds in Advance near Hankow and Changsha
Yangtze river cities Hankow Hanyang and Wuchang with millions in population face advancing communist forces. Many Chinese flee to foreign concessions while martial law grips Hankow and Nanking. Evacuation of Kiukiang and Kuling underway as authorities warn foreigners to leave. Navy reports plan to stock Liang river to block the Palos with five wounded sailors.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Hankow
Hanyang
Wuchang
China
Tri-Cities
Changsha
Nanking
Liang River
Kiukiang
Kuling
Washington
Yangtse
Siang
Bad Boy Mayor Gillis Enters Senate Nomination Race
Fitchburg Massachusetts August 2 AP Mayor Andrew J Gillis of Newburyport known as the bad boy mayor announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States senator. He plans to gather 250 nominating names from surrounding counties and predicts he will be the next U S senator. Gillis built a colorful career by opposing a former mayor and rising to a narrow reelection.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Andrew J. “Bossy” Gillis
Newburyport
Gillis
Merchants Meet Monday At Elks Club
The Merchants' Bureau will begin at a meeting at 6 30 pm Monday at the Elks club. Jack St Clair, chairman, announced today. A committee will be chosen to arrange the annual banquet for rural Douglas county teachers. Full attendance urged by Mr St Clair. Plans for fall work of the merchants proceed.
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Elks Club
Jack St. Clair
Douglas County
St. Clair
Mer
Bailey Kills Wife and Foster Son Then Commits Suicide
Charles K. Bailey, 52, once a familiar figure in North Carolina sports circles and a former clerk of the Kingston police court, shot and killed his wife Irene, 40, and his 8 year old foster son Henry, then killed himself. Bailey had been discharged months earlier after an alleged shortage in his accounts.
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Kingston
N. C
Charles K. Bailey
Irene
Henry
Bailey
Backing Car Kills Child in Kansas City Home
Jackie Malletz two year old son of Mr and Mrs Charles Malletz was killed when a motor car backed from a garage at the rear of the Malletz home. Alonzo Burlingame was driving the car. The child often accompanied Burlingame in his car.
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Kansas City
Kan
Jackie Malletz
Charles Maletz
Malletz
Alonzo Burlingame
Burlingame
July Heat Records Set at KU Station in Lawrence
The past month tied for the sixth hottest in 63 years with a mean of 81.81 at KU station, reaching 104 degrees on July 27. Rainfall was 2.33 inches, water use in Lawrence surged to 56 million gallons, and ice demand rose as heat persisted, with supply stable despite high consumption.
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K. U
University of Kansas Meteorological Station
R. U
Lawrence
Water ‘Department
R. C. Rankin
Trio of Girls Injured in Farm Explosions Near Hutchinson
Three girls, Willa Walstein, Esther Kolhoff, and Ruth Kolhoff, suffered serious burns from two explosions at farm homes near Hutchinson Kansas. Walstein was burned after a bucket of gasoline ignited by an open flame. her sister likely saved her. Esther and Ruth Kolhoff sustained severe burns while refilling a stove.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Fecal
Willa Walstein
Esther
Ruth Kolhoff
Repairing R-100 fin at Mooring Mast St Hubert
At St Hubert Quebec August 2 AP repair work on the damaged fin of the British dirigible R-100 underway. A new panel ready for facing. Two men will drill from 200 feet up to apply and paint the patch using improvised staging. Officers chose to repair here rather than move to Lakehurst.
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St. Hubert
Que
Cardington
Eng
U.S. Naval
Lakehurst
N. J
Portugal to Import Wheat From Argentines and U S
Lisbon August 2 The minister of agriculture announced Portugal will import 50 000 tons of wheat from Argentina and the United States to bolster supplies for the year.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Minister of Agriculture
United States
Gas Office Thermometer Reaches 100 Degrees
The gas office thermometer hit the 100 degree mark at 3 o clock today, with the needle wavering slightly as it moved across the dial, echoing yesterday's readings.
Photographs Made at Hoover Camp in Virginia Mountains
Orange Virginia August 2 AP In an atmosphere of holiday from official business President Hoover rested at his lodge in the Virginia mountains with Mrs Hoover and a few intimate friends as companions Photographers were allowed to interrupt the camp routine for the first time this year to capture shots of the camp showing improvements since last year The party found cool weather contrasting last weekends heat
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Orange
Hoover
Virginia Mountains
Baldwin Dedication Celebrates New U S 50 Link
About 5,000 visitors joined Baldwin’s celebration of the hard surface slab linking Baldwin to U S highway 73 W. Senator G Clay Baker of Topeka officially dedicated the road, then a program at Baldwin marked the day. Centennial Rail at Baker University opened for Old Trails delegates from ten counties, who urged preserving the Santa Fe trail name. A Santa Fe trail association was revived with a county committee to draft resolutions for highway officials. The new segment is part of U S 50 along the Santa Fe trail, stretching from Baldwin’s southern edge to the connection with U S 73 W.
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Baldwin
G. Clay Baker
Topeka
Baldwin Thruout
Baker University
Santa Fe Trail Association
Johnson County
Harold Bigelow
Gardner
Douglas County
C. J. Crawford
Osage County
E. G. Spalding
Lyon County
J. J. Winfield
Morris County
W. L. Young
Dickinson
W. W. Huffman
Marion
John Gardner
Hot Winds Push Kansas Temperatures Over 100
Kansas City area and across Kansas bake under severe heat as 2 pm readings climb above 100. Salina reports 106 with a strong southerly wind, Kansas City up to 101, and Pittsburg surpassing 100, nearing last week’s season high of 109.
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Kansas City
Kansas Prairies
Salina
Kan
Mercury
Pittsburg
Blackmar to Lecture in Western Universities
Dr. F. W. Blackmar, sociology professor at the University, left this morning for Los Angeles to teach and lecture for four weeks at the University of Southern California. En route he will speak three days at the Northern Arizona State Teachers College summer school in Flagstaff, where students from the University of Arizona at Tucson and two teachers colleges attend a joint session.
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F. W.blackmar
University
Los Angeles
Cal
University of Southern California
Blackmar
Northern Arizona
Pate Teachers’ College
Flagstaff
University of Arizona At
Tucson
Prohibition Agents Add Arrests in Crawford County Liquor Case
Federal agents in Pittsburg Kansas report another arrest in a widely conducted Crawford county liquor conspiracy. This brings the total to 16 arrests after secret investigations spanning several weeks, following 15 arrests made yesterday.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Federal
Crawford County
Fire puts out blaze in Studebaker at Seventh and Lo Cust
Fire department responded to a blaze in a Studebaker sedan owned by I. C. Martin at the corner of Seventh and Lo cust streets at 9 57 last night. No injuries reported and the cause was under investigation.
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Seventh and Locust Streets
Studebaker
I. C. Martin
Topeka Reaches 104 Degrees Amid Heat Wave
The temperature peaked at 104 in Topeka, just shy of the yearly high, setting a new record for the date. Across Louisiana, perishables sales via the farm bureau exchange doubled over the past year, totaling about 500000 dollars in produce. In Iowa late May frosts trimmed the apple crop, with state pomologist H L from Iowa State noting nationwide weakness. In New York, about 4500 workers will help erect an 85 story building.
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Topeka
Mercury
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Farm Bureau Selling Exchange
Siemea
Ames
Iowa
H. L. Tr
Iowa State College
Preparations for Camp Whitside Fort Riley Guard units ready
Four Kansas National Guard units from Lawrence and KU prepare for a fifteen day summer encampment at Camp Whitside Fort Riley Kansas with extra drills scheduled next week for Companies H and M of the 137th Infantry. Drill plans span five evenings and include open practices at the Armory 749 Vermont Street. Enthusiastic recruitment through Captains Allphin and Gorrill aims to fill vacancies as equipment issues finalise. The local detachments depart by a Union Pacific train at 4 45 am Sunday August 10 after a 3 15 am assembly and breakfast downtown prior to boarding the troop train.
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Camp Whitside
Fort Riley
Kan
Kansas National Guard
137Th Inf
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Haskell Institute
157Th. Infantry
114Th Cavalry
Company M
Vermont Street
Co. M
Co. H
Wayne Allphin
Galen A. Gorrill
Union Pacific
Gorrill
Patel Arrests Mark Indian Civil Disobedience Clash
Bombay Aug 2 AP police say about 50 volunteers and 306 nationalists were wounded as they tried to rush a forbidden area. Vallabhai Patel acting president of the All India National Congress Pandit Malyiva president of the congress working committee and four others were arrested for unlawful assembly participation.
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Bombay
Vallabhai Patel
all-India National Congress
Pandit Malyiva
Congress Working Committee
State C. of C. Traffic Committee is Appointed
Wichita Kansas August 2 AP Appointment of a traffic committee of the state chamber of commerce was announced here today by A M Corp who will be chairman of the new committee. The appointments were made by Maurice L Briedenthal Kansas City Kan president of the state body. The object of the committee will be to gather information regarding freight rates from over the entire state and to make such information available to industries considering Kansas a local potential location. The committee will hold its first meeting in Topeka August 8. Members include J C Gladfelter Emporia R T Willette Kansas City C F Real Topeka W M Casey Coffeyville T J McNally Pittsburg H M Hancock Salina Roy Hughes Arkansas City H M Richards Hutchinson M E Shulz Great Bend George Shuler Jr Dodge City.
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Wichita
Kan
State Chamber of Commerce
A. M. Corp
Maurice L. Briedenthal
Kansas City
Kansas
Mr. Corp
Topeka
J. C. Gladfelter
Emporia
R. T. Willette
C. F. Real
W. M. Casey
Coffeyville
T. J. McNally
Pittsburg
H. M. Hancock
Salina
Roy Hughes
Arkansas City
H. M. Richards
Hutchinson
M. E. Shulz
Great Bend
George Shuler, Jr
Dodge City
Police Prepare to Curb Demonstration in Mooney Pardon Hearing
State and city police prepared to prevent a demonstration at the John MacDonald hearing in the Thomas Mooney pardon case before Governor Young and the advisory pardon board this afternoon. A report said a number of communists were en route from San Francisco to the capital.
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Sacramento
Cal
John MacDonald
Thomas Mooney
C. C. Young
Advisory Pardon Board
San Francisco
Col Green Improves After Transfusion In Mass
Col Edward H R Green son of the late Hetty Green is reported improving at his South Dartmouth estate after a blond transfusion on Thursday. He had been in poor health for over a month and is widely known for his philanthropy.
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Green
New Bedford
Mass
Edward H. R. Green
South Dartmouth
Hetty Green
Noar
Weetamoe Wins Run Newport Defense of Erica's Cup
Weetamoe defeats three rivals by three minutes to claim the defense of Erica's Cup in the opening day of the New York Yacht Club Cruise eight day event. Morgan Idols entry crosses line well ahead of the field.
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Weetamoe
Newport
New York
Americans Win Rifle Meet in Antwerp Belgium
The American team captured the world championship in miniature rifle shooting from a standing position at fifty meters, finishing with 1804 points. Belgium placed second with 1796, Denmark third at 1770, and France fourth at 1769.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Denmark
France
Turon Jail Found Open. 50 Gallons of Fig Wine Spotted
Hutchinson Kansas August 2 AP report says Turon nearby town kept jail normally shut but the door stood open Constable Frank Verbeck entered and discovered 50 gallons of fig wine being made with yeast and raisins The officer seeks who vandalized the jail and used it for illicit wine making.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Turon
Frank Verbeck
Verbeck
Largest organ built by Reuter tested for UNC Chapel Hill
The Reuter organ company has set up and is testing its largest instrument to date for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in its music hall. Professor Harold S. Dyer of UNC will visit Lawrence to inspect the organ, the first of the company to be shipped to the southeastern United States. The organ features 4535 pipes, six divisions, four manuals and pedals, 86 stops, six master stops, and draws knob stops with a rich array of tonal colors including harp chimes violin tuba mirabilis tremolo French horn and military trumpet.
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Reuter Organ Company
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
N. C
Harold S. Dyer
Lawrence
Dyer
Southwestern College
Winfield
United
New Election Law Delays Kentucky Primary Results
Frankfort, Aug 2 AP says a new Kentucky election law delays primary results in the eastern half of the state. Voters chose congressional nominees in six districts with a one day counting delay. Padlock ballot boxes are guarded at county clerks offices until Monday morning.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Watched Final Review by Gen Rowan at Camp Whitside
Brig. Gen. W McD Rowan reviewed the 60th field artillery brigade Kansas National Guard at Camp Whitside for the last time. He has commanded since 1923 and will retire upon turning 64 this month. His career included service on the Mexican border, World War I, and leadership in the Kansas National Guard. A two day program for Kansas editors and their wives ended with the review.
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Junction City
Kan
Rowan
60Th Field Artilley Brigade
Kansas National Guard
Camp Whitside
United States Naval Academy
National Guard
Kansas Infantry
Mexcan
Field Artillery
Kansas
Wichita Northwestern Railroad Faces Junking Threat
If the Wichita Northwestern Railroad is junked as recommended by Judge J. G. Somers in Hutchinson, twelve towns in Pratt, Edwards, and Pawnee counties would lose rail service. The line hauls wheat, oil, and other goods, covers the Lewis oil and gas field, and employs 80 people.
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Pratt
Kan
Wichita Northwestern
J. G. Somers
Hutchinson
Edwards
Pawnee
Lewis Oil and Gas
Payroll Heist at New York Orthopaedic Hospital
Three men accosted cashier Elsie Ingalls at the East Fifty-Eighth Street entrance and stole a $6,000 payroll after a police escort had left. The Aug. 2 AP report notes the theft occurred today at the hospital in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Orthopaedic Hospital
Elsie Ingalls
East Fifty-Eighth Street
Grange Votes For Joint Franklin County Picnic
The Midland Grange voted last night to hold its annual picnic together with the Franklin County Grange event. The Franklin County picnic is set for August 6 in the grove at the south entrance of Ottawa.
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Franklin County
Midland Grange
Franklin County Grange
Ottawa
Speech for Reed broadcast at Eldridge Hotel meeting
Fifty guests heard William Allen White speak in support of Governor Clyde M. Reed over WREN. White urged voters to choose with judgment in Kansas Tuesday, praising Reed’s honesty and urging civility in the primaries.
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Eldridge
William Allen White
Clyde M. Reed
Wren
Emporia
Reed
Bill” White
Lawrence
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