Congress rush to adjourn as House trims deficit bill
Washington reports Congress in a rush toward adjournment with the House approving a shrunken deficit appropriation bill of 53 million plus for civilian pilot training navy yard improvements and other projects. Speaker Bankhead warns action tomorrow remains uncertain as to housing and wage hour amendments.
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Washington
Congress
House
House Appropriations Committee
Bankhead
Kill two Resolutions to Investigate Oil Problem
Washington Aug 9 The senate foreign relations committee killed two resolutions for investigating conditions surrounding expropriation of American oil properties in Mexico The votes adverse report were unanimous and the chairman Senator Pittman said no facts justified the inquiry Bridges Neely had introduced the resolutions and Guffey was linked to negotiations in newspaper accounts with absence noted.
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Senate
Mexico
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
D-Nev
Bridges
R-N.h
Neely
D-W. Va
Congress debates Hatch Bill impact on Roosevelt third term
In Washington on August 2, Senators from both parties dissected whether Roosevelt’s Hatch bill signing signals less likelihood of a third-term run. Bridges saw it as a mark he would not seek another term, while Murray doubted any effect. King hoped the law would curb patronage, and Sheppard praised the measure. Austin challenged the president’s framing, noting earlier partisan talks, and Barkley defended the president’s action and suggested credit was widespread.
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Cerain
Rayburn
Texas
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Sabath
Parsons
Congress
Washington
Hatch
Bridges
R-N.h
Murray
D-Mont
King
Utah
Sheppard
Dtex
Austin
R-Vt
Barkley
Kentucky
New Mexico
Murphy
Britain to add 180 warships to navy budget
Geoffrey Shakespeare announces in the house of commons that Britain will add 180 vessels, mostly smaller crafts, to the 1939 naval construction program at about £11 million. Italy tests land defenses as Germany recalls World War I anniversary amid global tensions and protests over Japan in China.
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Britain
Italy
Geoffrey Shakespeare
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
France
Germany
Russia
Luxemburg
Fuehrer
Hitler
Tokyo
United States
Eugene H. Dooman
Japan
China
Dooman
Robert Leslie Craigie
Tientsin
Chamberlain
Robert
Bridges Testifies in Deportation Hearing About Communists
West coast CIO leader Harry Bridges testified he never was a Communist party member and believed in democracy though opposed to capitalism. The government seeks his deportation arguing the party advocates overthrow by force. Bridges recalled red baiting at a 1935 Los Angeles maritime convention and said he seldom claimed to be a Communist.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
West Coast
C.I.O
Communist Party
Bridges
United States
Los Angeles
Thomas B. Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Traffic Lights Installed at Seventh and Massachusetts
Conduit work at Seventh and Massachusetts streets progresses with poles and lights in place. Cable installation across Seventh Street on the west side continues as city officials plan to illuminate each of the three intersections once completed.
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Seventh
Massachusetts
Seventh Street
Appointed to Haskell Indian Institute carpenter post
Robert Powless, formerly at Wahpeton Indian School in Wahpeton North Carolina, receives a permanent appointment at Haskell Institute as an Indian assistant carpenter. Acting Superintendent G Warren Spaulding announced the move. Powless will serve in the maintenance department under Vier Creek and brings six years of Wahpeton experience. He was previously Spaulding’s student at the Flandreau South Dakota school.
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Robert Powless
Wahpeton
N. C
Haskell Institute
G. Warren Spaulding
Vier Creek
Powless
Wahneton
Spaulding
Flandreau, S. D
Rainy Weather Lifts Kansas Crops Outlook
Rains over the last 48 hours in Kansas greatly benefit sorghums pastures and hay meadows. Some corn areas are ruined mainly in western uplands but early corn may yield a fair crop. vegetation outlook brightened with soil moisture improving seeding prospects for wheat and alfalfa. More rain needed to ease stock water shortages as cattle move from western pastures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
H. L. Collins
Collins
Tryouts for Olympics Equestrian Team Begin Fort Riley Tests
Preliminary tryouts for the 1940 American Olympic Equestrian team will be held at Fort Riley Kansas from September 29 to October 5. The schedule released by Maj. Gen. John K. Herr sets Prix des Nations trials on September 29 October 3 and 5 and three event trials on September 30 October 1 and 2.
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New York
Ft. Riley
Kan
John K. Herr
Cavalry
Hatch Bill Signed by Roosevelt Defers Gag Act Label
President Roosevelt signed the Hatch bill regulating political activity by federal employees and urged Congress to extend coverage to state and local workers. He defended the measure's spirit, outlined permissible actions, and noted officials may publicly answer attacks without active campaign participation.
City Reports Near Normal Rainfall For August Start
The first day of August brought almost enough rain to reach a normal August total. A 3.86 inch rainfall was recorded by Prof. C. J. Posey, with rain starting around 7 45 am. The normal August total is 4.05 inches, slightly above yesterday’s measure. Last August saw 2.25 inches. Widespread benefits to crops, especially late corn sorghum and grass, were noted in the Lawrence area.
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C. J. Posey
Lawrence
Stock Market Index Rises to 60-Stock Average
The stock market index of 60 shares rose to 50.3 after yesterday's 49.9 close. Investors watched gains in several sectors as markets opened with renewed optimism.
Anniversary of Coolidge Statement In 1940 Rumors
Washington Aug 2 Twelve years after Calvin Coolidge declared I do not choose to run for President in 1928 President Roosevelt was pressed for plans for 1940. Roosevelt joked when questioned about the Coolidge anniversary and hinted at no decisive decision during his summer vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Coolidge spoke to reporters from his White House term after Harding.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Roosevelt
Coolidge
Black Hills
South Dakota
Mr. Coolidge
Strikes Enforce Quiet Across Four States
Across Cleveland Green Mountain Dam Detroit South Barre unions and police clash as strikes by C I O United Auto Workers and AFL unions spread. Deputized workers with arms back to job sites while police hold extra shifts amid ongoing mediation and fear of bloodshed.
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Cleveland
C.I.0
United Auto Workers Union
Fisher Body
Green Mountain Dam
Cole
John H. Lee
Summit County
A.F.L
Detroit
General Motors
Arthur Byckham
South Barre
Mass
Barre
Harrington Will Let Stand WPA Dismissal Abeyance
Washington officials said WPA Commissioner Harrington would maintain the July 29 order delaying automatic dismissals of long time WPA workers for now. About 650,000 workers on WPA 18 months or more are affected. The ruling could be revisited by September 1 if relief act changes are not enacted.
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Washington
WPA
Harrington
House
Work Projects
Congress
Senate
Weather Forecast and Past Temperature Readings
Kansas forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Thursday with a dip tonight and a rise on Thursday. Readings show yesterday’s high 88 and today’s low around 71 with rainfall totaling 1.98 inches since 2:50 yesterday and 3.86 inches since yesterday morning.
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Kansas
Dry spell and liquor seizure near Hutchinson
A 1989 Ford coach in a jail yard converted to a liquor storehouse sparked a dry spell alert as rain fell over Hutchinson area. Water blocked highway 24 near Williamstown, prompting rerouted traffic while officers stopped a westbound cargo of liquor. Eldon Slade of Hutchinson was arrested on possession and transportation charges after authorities found 1,200 pint bottles valued at 854.50 wholesale in the modified vehicle with Missouri plates. Bond set at 500 dollars. trial August 31.
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Hutchinson
Williamstown
Lawrence
L. L. Richardson
State Highway Patrol
Lathrop B. Read
Tepée
Topeka
Eldon Slade
Richardson
Slade
Justice Court
Robert B. Oyler
Missouri
Flight Over Lawrence On Air Corps Birthday
A squadron of six planes from Marshall Field Ft. Riley passed over Lawrence around 10 this morning as part of the U S Army air corps thirtieth birthday celebration. The silver ships moved northeast then continued toward Manhattan Topeka Lawrence and Atchison en route to Omaha and back via Lincoln Beatrice Nebraska. A second flight was set to fly over Junction City Abilene Salina Hutchinson Newton Wichita Emporia and Osage City.
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Marshall Field
Ft. Riley
Lawrence
U. S. Army Air Corps
Air Corps
War Department
Washington
Manhattan
Topeks
Atchison
Omaha
Neb
Lincoln
Beatrice
Junction City
Abilene
Salina
Hutchinson
Newton
Wichita
Emporia
Osage City
Two Accident Victims Remain in Local Hospital
Mrs. H. B. Browning was moved to St. Luke's in Kansas City this morning leaving two other crash victims still convalescing. Mrs. Jack Cannon of Oakland California and Miss Lavina Joyce of Topeka stay in the hospital with injuries. Cannon has a fractured jaw and ankle while Joyce suffers arm wrist knee pelvis injuries. both are listed as favorable or satisfactory.
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H. B. Browning
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Joyce
Three Drown In River After Bridge Crash West Of Callao
In Macon Missouri, five miles west of Callao, at 5 30 a m a car skidded on wet pavement and plunged through a bridge into the Chariton river killing W O Thomas 40 of Callao Jane Bradley 19 of Moberly and Cyrus Asher 43 of Bucklin Harold Davis of Macon rescued Elsie Dyer of Moberly who was taken to a local hospital with injuries not yet determined The Chariton river was swollen from heavy rains.
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Macon
Chariton River
Callao
W. O. Thomas
Jane Bradley
Moberly
Cyrus Asher
Bucklin
Harold Davis
Elsie Dyer
Airplane Milestone Marked 30 Years Since Wright Brothers
Ventnor New Jersey August 2 Thirty years ago today the US Army bought its first airplane an 800 pound craft built by the Wright brothers Lieutenant Benny Foulois whose test flights spurred the purchase is now Major General B D Foulois retired He recalls early flights with passengers and cross country hops of ten miles in bamboo and cloth crates reaching 600 feet at 42 miles an hour
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Ventnor
N. J
United States Army
Wright Brothers
Benny Foulois
Wright
B. D. Foulois
A.E.F. Air Service
Army Air Force
Foulois
Levy Up .34 Mills in Lawrence Budgets
The 1939 proposed Lawrence total levy stands at 35.73 mills, up from 35.39 last year. Increases stem from city spending while county and school budgets show decreases. Public hearings are scheduled for city and county budgets, with the county hearing set for August 12 at 10 am in the courthouse.
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Lawrence
Court House
Fu County
Lead Half-Dollars Back in Circulation Here
Police report counterfeit lead half-dollars again in circulation. Carters Service station received one late yesterday evening and authorities expect several more. A similar counterfeit surge occurred about two months ago.
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Carters
Former congressman dies in Washington at 56
Royal C. Johnson a South Dakota representative who served from 1915 until resigning to enlist in World War I died of a heart attack in Washington. He was 56 and had been practicing law since 1933. He rose to first lieutenant during the war and later chaired the House Veterans Committee after returning to Congress.
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Washington
Aug
Johnson
Congress
South Dakota
House of Representatives
United States
House Veterans Committee
Banks to Close at Noon on Saturdays in Lawrence
All Lawrence banks will close at noon Saturdays starting August 5 to comply with the wage and hour law. The new hours will continue indefinitely.
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Lawrence
Army Air Corps Sets Two More World's Records at Big Show
Dayton witnesses two new aviation records by the Army Air Corps at Wright Field. A Boeing B-15 set a 166.32 mph closed course speed over 3,107 miles with 4,400 pounds payload. An 11,000 pound payload flight reached 33,000 feet, surpassing Germanys 30,551-foot mark from 1938.
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Army Air Corps
Dayton
Army
Air Corps
Wrightfield
Wright Brothers
Here
Machesney Field
Rockford
Ill
Caleb V. Haynes
Langley Field
Germany
Miami Valley
Wright Field
Silos Burn and Explode In Douglas County Farm Accidents
An overnight fire caused by spontaneous combustion at Paul Hopkins farm southeast of Pleasant Grove destroyed a silo and a barn, with oats, milking equipment, and calves lost. Nearby, at Arthur Hemphill farm north of Six Corners, a 30 foot cement silo exploded after filling, leaving scattered remains and an unknown cause suspected to be rapid gas buildup. Local residents aided as flames threatened nearby structures.
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Douglas County
Easilaga
Paul Hopkins
Pleasant Grove
Hopkins
Cecil Duver
Route 2
Hopkins Place
Bowersock Trusts
Hemphill
Arthur Hemphill
Six Corners
Rain Clouds Break Over Kansas After Widespread Midwestern Rains
Rainfall swept across northeastern Kansas with 3.57 inches in a 24 hour period at Olathe and scattered totals across the state. Officials say corn prospects differ by region from revival in the east to too late in Manhattan, while cooler nights give way to hot days ahead.
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S. D. Flora
Pittsburg
S. U. Case
Manhattan
el Dorado
Kansas
Centralia
Horton
Wheaton
Oketo
Emmett
Valley Falls
Leavenworth
Wamego
Topeka
Leecompton
Bonner Springs
Kansas City
Olathe
Osage
Geneseo
Larned
McPherson
Marion
Florence
Hutchinson
Pratt
Wichita
Anthony
Dodge City
Liberal
Ashland
Hays
Stockton
Atchison
Parsons
Newton
Coffeyville
NYA Allocations Announced for Nation's Schools and Colleges
Washington reports National Youth Administration allocations for the next school year totaling 27.465 million dollars. Kansas receives 232,904 dollars for school aid and 285,930 dollars for college and graduate aid.
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NYA
Washington
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
Kansas
Primary Returns Shape Virginia Senate Row
Complete returns from Tuesday's Democratic primary leave the general assembly contest unsettled as factions led by Senator Harry F. Byrd and Governor James H. Price vie for influence in Richmond.
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Richmond
Senate
House
United States
Harry F. Byrd
James H. Price
General Assembly
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U.S
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Fort Riley
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