Hold Is Receiving Political Threats Over HOLC Foreclosures
Washington reports HOLC investigations show borrowers who received government aid to save homes are delaying payments and threatening political consequences if foreclosures proceed. Across 45 states and DC, 909 HOLC borrowers have foreclosure actions. many show increased incomes yet no payments, with cases of high rent collection and alleged political influence to stall foreclosures.
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Washington
Home Owners Loan Corporation
HOLC
District of Columbia
HOLE
Massachusetts
Wants to see father in time of illness
Oklahoma City reports Maxine McGraw a tuberculosis patient at Mt Alto sanitarium in Pennsylvania pleads for a visit from her estranged father James Francis McGraw, now in oil fields in Kansas or Oklahoma. A friend says she fears death and longs to hear from him.
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Oklahoma City
James Francis McGraw
Kansas
Oklahoma
Maxine
Mt. Alto
Mabel Bassett
Boy Shot in Milk Theft Sparks Hunger Crisis
Chicago August 3 Sixteen year old Edward Schulte was killed after he and a companion tried to steal an 11 cent quart of milk for seven hungry siblings. Joseph Kirner 40 said he fired when he heard Schulte whisper to 16 year old Arthur Wozniak. Arthur's father Joseph told police the milk supply had been cut off last week.
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Chicago
Edward Schulte
Joseph Kirner
Schulte
Arthur Wozniak
Arthur
Joseph
Luner Sand
Trivia Questions From a Vintage Knowledge Test
A mixed collection of quiz prompts covers history science geography and language testing knowledge of poetry biology astronomy and government. It includes questions on church architecture German lyric poets ornithology Gounod the Bible shortest verse U S presidents assassinations cider Greek gods and terminology like c i f and minim plus a tractor demonstration notice from Green Bros near Indian Village and Highway 40.
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Charles Francois Gounod
Hamilton County
Ohio
Canada
Lake Superior
Wisconsin
Iowa
South
North Dakota
Grand Canyon
John Deere Tractors
Indian Village
Green Bros
Kansas Headlines Span Crime Politics and Weather
A sweeping weekly recap from Topeka outlines major Kansas events. crime investigations span Iowa youths and a Michigan slaying, while Quarantine revolt among 150 CCC youths near Garnett highlights camp tensions. Political infighting in the GOP and Democratic defections surface alongside a deadly Wichita hotel slaying and a municipal tax question in Chanute.
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Associated Press
Topeka
CCC
Garnett
Kansas
Iowa
Sabetha
Howard Vernon
Larry Kruse
John Meade
Michigan
Vernon
Krause
Meade
Nebraska
Lars Anderson
Greeley County
Frank Andrews
Harold Hammond
Caldwell
Sumner County
Will Beck
Ammond
Eck
Father Asks Habeas Corpus To Free Zenge Son
Chicago August 3 Andy Zenge a Missouri dairyman petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain release for his son Mandeville Zenge held in the Dr Walter Bauer mutilation slaying The elder Zenge named police and prosecutors as defendants seeking his son’s release The case centers on Zenge who left Canton MA for Chicago then Ann Arbor Mich before the abduction in Chicago and subsequent murder charge plans The father was not in court as witnesses were expected to bolster the case against Mandeville
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Chicago
Andy Zenge
Missouri
Mandeville
Walter J. Bauer
Aos
Criminal Court
Zenge
Carpenter
John C. Lowe
Joseph Green
Charles S. Dougherty
Lowe
Dougherty
Canton
Ann Arbor
Mich
Bauer
Louise Schaffer Bauer
Cleveland
Leighton Zenge
Attorney Green
Mandeville Zenge
Dr. Bauer
Criminal Courts
West Side
Navy Pier
College of Emporia to Install Night Football Lighting
The College of Emporia in Emporia Kansas plans a night football program with a lighting system to be ready within two weeks. Alumni and friends funded the project and expect higher attendance and ongoing maintenance funds, as the college joins other Kansas schools in evening games.
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College of Emporia
Emporia
Kan
Kansas
Presbyterians
Herb Worle
Palace clothing store to add 36 feet of floor space
The building now housing the Palace clothing company is being extended. C. D. Maier, a store executive, announced the lower floor will be extended back to the alley, adding about 36 feet of space. The office will be moved to the rear and additional fixtures installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Clothing Company
C. D. Maier
Uate
Girl Is Free On Bond In Felonious Assault Case
Lu cille James age 16 was freed on a 3000 bond after being charged with felonious assault on her aunt Mrs. Blanche Wilson who was shot Tuesday and reported improving at a local hospital. In other news a fire destroyed the Sinclair Prairie No 7 Dibbens derrick near Winfield causing about 6000 in losses though the well casing remained intact. At Saratoga, Postage Due and Parade Girl won the United States hotel stakes with Red Rain and Gallac among the also rans in a field of 11 two year olds.
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Lebanon
Lucille James
Blanche Wilson
Winfield
Kan
Sinclair Prairie Company
No. 7
Dibbens
Saratoga Springs
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Saratoga
Payne Whitney
C. V. Whitney
Soviet Plane Forced Back From Arctic Route Mission
Near the North Pole a Soviet aircrew headed north from the Kola peninsula toward the Barents Sea before returning. The mission tested Arctic air lanes from Europe to North America, sought land, and investigated meteorological station prospects with the ice breaker Sadka in contact and two rescue planes on standby.
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Kola Peninsula
Barents Sea
Murmansk
Polar Wastes
Victoria Island
Franz Josef Group
Prince Patrick Island
Canadian
Banksland Great Bear Lake
Fort Simpson
Rockies
Cascade Range
Vancouver
San Francisco
Europe
American
Arctic
North Pole
Sadka
Meat shops to close as Polish housewives boycott grows
Detroit Aug 3 UPI Hamtramck meat shops began closing amid a week old strike for lower prices. Every butcher shop in the metropolitan area will shut for two weeks as Hamtramck, Detroit's largest Polish settlement, faces intensified picketing and jail-storming by housewives.
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Detroit
UPI
Hamutamck
Walter Mendrzyk
Hamtramck Butchers and Grocers Association
Hamtramck
Lawrence News Briefs Include Army Cadet Visit And Auto Sightings
A U S Army Transport Chateau Thierry voyage homebound letter describes West Point cadet Robert Crowder and companions en route to Fort Benning with Savannah visits. A tiny blue Swallow auto from England was spotted in Lawrence near Palace clothing. Train rain delayed Des Moines to Kansas City service, and a Parson s brake man died from injuries after a rail yard accident. Temperatures reached 90 degrees with a low of 74.
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Tnd
U. S. Army
Chateau Thierry
Fred Bliesner
Robert T. Crowder
West Point
Fort Benning
Georgia
Savannah
Fort Monroe
Virginia
Lawrence
England
M.A. Guettel
Kansas City
Palace Clothing Company
Complete Listings of Rooms for Students at KU
Prospective students for the coming year seek room listings from the KU rooms bureau for men in the alumni office. Listings by August 15 are required for first-round access, with final and supplementary lists to follow. Women’s room listings are handled by Mrs Bryant in the advisor to women’s office.
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University of Kansas
K. U
Fred Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Frank Parker
F. E. Bryant
Judge issues injunction over Harlan county primary voting
Pineville Ky Aug 3 Circuit Judge James M Gilbert issued a mandatory injunction forbidding Adjutant General Henry H Denhardt and state troops from interfering with voting in Harlan county. The order followed arrests of seven election officers at three precincts and the seizure of election equipment. Attorneys for Sheriff Theodore Middleton said Denhardt acted without governor Ruby Laffoon's authority by bringing over 500 troops and placing them on policing duty at the polls, with many polling places closed as a result.
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Pineville
Harlan County
James M. Gilbert
Henry H. Denhardt
Theodore R. Middleton
Harlan
Gilbert
General Denhardt
Denhardt
Ruby Laffoon
Deaths and Funerals Joe Witt Vitt Eudora
Joe Vitt aged 74 died at his Eudora home after months of illness. Funeral at 2:30 pm Monday at Eudora Methodist Church with Rev. Lauren Rapier to officiate. Burial in Deay Cemetery. Born November 17, 1860 near Blue Island Illinois, moved to Kansas at age four. Married Mary Gottstein November 19, 1888, their 50th anniversary in 1923. Survived by wife, son Walter Vitt of Eudora, daughters Olive Edler of Clearfield and Ethel Bohnsack of Eudora, six grandchildren.
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Joe Witt
Joe Vitt
Eudora
Methodist
Lauren Rapier
Deay
Mr. Witt
Blue Island
Ill
Kansas
Mary Gottstein
Vitt
Walter Vitt
Olive, Edler
Clearfield
Ethel Bohnsack
Wichita Man Robbed of Ring and Cash in City Holdup
Wichita man Fred T. Ferrier was robbed of a $2,000 ring and $1,175 in cash by two bandits who seized the money after a failed bargain for the ring’s return. Ferrier and companions were leaving night spots when a sedan stopped, robbers entered, then forced Farrell to drive before fleeing on foot. Ferrier, a Wichita broker, could not identify the assailants in police photos.
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Kansas City
Fred T. Ferrier
Wichita
Kan
Ferrier
Sheridan E. Farrell
Phillins
Farrell
24Th
Main Streets
Third
Cherry Streets
Homecoming Crooner Sued by Oklahoma Schoolmate
Tulsa August 3 Truman Pinky Tomlin a Oklahoma crooner and songwriter faced an injunction suit filed by former Norman schoolmate Joe Chatman who claimed a half interest in the song Object of My Affections and sought larger proceeds. The manager said the suit was settled as a misunderstanding and noted Chatman financed while Tomlin wrote the song.
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Tulsa
Okla
Truman
Pinky” Tomlin
Joe Chatman
Norman
Tomlin
Chatman
Coy Poe
Rain Deluge Drenching Baldwin Area Over Two Inches
Heavy rainfall measured between two and a half and three inches in and around Baldwin last night. The downpour arrived too late to benefit early corn but will aid late plantings. In Stull district a one inch rain revived the early corn, though farmers feared most of it was burned. A. L. Holcom on the Wakarusa at the Dutton bridge noted river water was unusually clear. Farmers reported the slow rain soaked in rather than running off, easing moisture for crops.
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Baldwin
Stull
A. L. Holcom
Wakarusa
Dutton Bridge
Clinton Belvoir 4-H Club Meeting Summary
Clinton Belvoir 4-H girls met with Kathryn Gibler on July 22 for a music appreciation program and business meeting led by president Faye Anderson. Members naming wildflowers during roll call, discussed an all day picnic now postponed. Garments shown, next meeting at Marjorie and Virginia Hadl’s. Fourteen members and Mrs Unger received light refreshments. Rev Ward spoke on selfishness at the Sunday evening Christian Endeavor. Mrs Crider Van Neste of DeRider contributed remarks.
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Clinton
Kathryn Gibler
Faye Anderson
Marjorie
Virginia Hadl
Unger
Rev. Ward
Christian Endeavor
Crider van Neste
DeRider
Arthur Dean
New York
Pases
Agust
Ward
Emma Cummings
Margaret
Catharine
Harley Dean
Jake Brubaker
Jacquelin Steele
Topeka
Bruce Cummings
Kansas City
Walter Kirby
Baldwin
A. J. Hall
Effingham
Kan
Copley
Bokholtz
Olathe
Martin
Markley
W. I. McKee
Bruce McKee
al Hollingsworth
Lawrence
Big Springs
Steele's Pond
Clarence Bickler
Alice Woodward
Lamar
Colo
Carl Woodward
Bickle
Irene Gibler
Vivian Hout
Clinton Area Notes Highlight Local Social and Church Events
A Clinton community digest reports Mrs. Van Neste remembered in local Christian Endeavor circles, Topeka visits by Thelma Fern Kampschroeder and other family movements, a large Presbyterian homecoming with choir performances, sermons and a basket lunch, and a busy Missionary Society day with lessons and book reviews. Neighbors attend a birthday surprise for George Donaldson, roadside accident near the schoolhouse prompts care, and numerous visits, picnics, and Christian Endeavor gatherings fill July activities.
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Louisiana
van Neste
Christian Endeavor
Clinton
Janet McKee
Thelma Fern Kampschroeder
Topeka
Earnest Nelson
Moreland Baldwin
Kenneth Potter
Lake View
Harriet Hume
Harvey Houk
Willie Bertschinger
Bi Springs
Faye Anderson
The
Missionary Society
Emma Anderson
Kennison
Porto Rico
Philippines
Albert Anderson
Carter Anderson
Harry Murphy
Clough
Fred Baldwin
George Donaldson
Mr. Donaldson
Belvoir Hall
J. H. Kennison
Kansas City
Oscar Britton
Will Bachelor
Overbrook
Jimmie Hazard
Lawrence
Clinton Presbyterian Church
the Wildwood
Christ
Alice Ward
Dorothy Woodward
Faye
Anderson
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Flowers
The Strobel family thanks those who sent flowers and expressions of sympathy after the death of our mother and wife. Jacob Strobel and family.
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Jacob Strobel
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Bes
T Wee
Minnesota
United States
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William J. Thompson
Missouri River
Leavenworth
Fred Farmer
Galena
Clarence V. Beck
Chanute
National
Catherine Mildred Stull
Iva Mae Stull
Frank Bohatch
Great Bend
William L. White
Bill
William Allen White
Washington, D.C
Emporia Gazette
Lawrence Laws
Clarence Beck
Willie Johnson
Dan Howard
Newton
Beck
Frank Eckdall
Lyon County
Pete) Bausch
Hutchinson
Wilbur Leeper
F. D. Farrell
Kansas State
PWA
Nineteenth
Hasell Streets
DeSoto
Jess Davis
Manertin
Father
Wait
Palace Clothing
Journal- World
Internal Revenue
Rankin's Drug Store
Rock Island
Des Moines
Horton
Independence
Kansas City Bandits
Clinton-Belvoir
Lawrence Building & Loan Association
Mellon National
American Express
Peoples State Bank
Chas. E. Louk
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