Iowa Engineer To The K U Faculty
W P Hessler, longtime staff member at Iowa State College Ames, is named professor of electrical engineering and department chair at the University of Kansas effective September 1. He succeeds R W Warner who resigns to head KU’s electrical department at Texas. Hessler brings extensive industry and research work with General Electric and Commonwealth Edison and has published on electrical brush wear. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi Sigma Xi Eta Kappa Nu Scabbard and Blade and several engineering institutes. He earned his BS from Oregon State and MS and PhD from Iowa State. An additional appointment in electrical engineering is Lester A Zurcher as instructor, with MS from Case School of Applied Science and BS from Case Institute.
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W P. Hessler
Iowa State College
Ames
University of Kansas
Hessler
R. W. Warner
University of Texas
General Electric Company
Commonwealth Edison Company of Chicago
Tau Beta Pi
Sigma Xi
Eta Kappa Nu
Scabbard and Blade
College Milita Fraternity
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Society For the Promotion of Engineering, Education
Oregon State College
Corvallis
Ivan C. Craword
School of Engineering and Architecture
Electrical Engineering
Lester A. Zurcher
D. D. Campbell
Zurcher
Case School of Applied Science
Cleveland
Chicago forecasts third largest U S wheat crop in history
Chicago crop experts predict a total U S wheat harvest of 936 million bushels for the year, the third largest on record after 1915 and 1931. The forecast trails government July 1 figures and private estimates, with spring and winter wheat totals differing from government figures.
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Chicago
United States
Heat wave rolls west with multiple fatalities
A Pacific coast heat wave born in the desert region claimed 14 lives in southern California and Arizona. Phoenix reported 10 deaths as temperatures eased from 111 to 108 degrees. Imperial Valley marked the hottest area with two deaths, plus one at Banning and another near Parker Dam on the Colorado River.
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Los Angeles
California
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Imperial Valley
Banning
Parker Dam
Colorado Rer
British Captain Killed in Yangtze Bombardment Report
Reports say a Chinese customs cruiser Chiang Hsing was sunk 48 miles downstream from Hankow after a Japanese bombardment. The vessel's commander J. G. C. Crawley and two Chinese crew members were reported killed. British gunboat Gnat moved to investigate.
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Hankow
Gnat
Yangtze River
Chiang Hsing
J. G. C. Crawley
Japan protests deepen clash with Soviet Russia on Manchukuo frontier
Tokyo reports a second protest in 24 hours as large forces clash along the Siberia Manchukuo border. Russian and Japanese communiques disagree over who opened fire, with both sides warning of serious consequences if provocations continue.
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Tokyo
Russia
Far East
Tass
Manchoukuoan
Foreign Office
Japan
Orient
China
Hankow
Canton- Hankow
Siberian
Parsons Plans Celebration for Reed and Ratner
Parsons Kansas hosts a town wide celebration for Republican nominees Clyde Reed for senator and Payne Ratner for governor with a torchlight parade and speeches by candidates and other state leaders. Delegations from Wichita Topeka and Kansas City are expected.
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Parsons
Kan
Clyde Reed
Payne Ratner
Reed
Ratner
Wichita
Topeka
Kansas City
Soviet Leaders Declare War Readiness Without Endangering Nation
In a cautious statement, Soviet officials affirm willingness to wage war if necessary but insist the country faces no serious danger to its survival. The remarks emphasize defense readiness while avoiding provocative actions.
Parlee Anderson Visits Beloit Family
Linwood residents report Mrs. Parlee Anderson spending a few weeks with her daughter Mrs. Lena Dooley in Beloit Kansas. Also visiting are Mrs. Nellie Wright and her son Jackie along with Mr. and Mrs. William Meineke and daughter Eva.
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Parlee Anderson
Lena Dooley
Beloit
Kan
Nellie Wright
Jackie
William Meineke
Eva
Local Family Visitations and Harvest Helpers
Relatives and friends visit during a harvest period as R Brooks moves to Silver Lake Kansas to work as a section foreman. Perc y Moser relocates to the Brooks home. Ed Bowers and others join family gatherings in Emer son and Topeka. Various guests and farm help attend harvest activities and social visits across several households.
Local Social Notes Highlight Kansas Guests and Farm Work
Mrs H C Nunemaker and Mrs Nate Pettengill of Lawrence visited Kansas City to see the newborn Carol Ann Norris born July 29 to Mr and Mrs Claude Norris of Kansas City. Clinton Laughlin and Kenneth Laughlin from Lawrence stay with grandparents Mr and Mrs Bereiter this week. Mrs G C Schoenlein of Kansas City vacationed here with the Bereiters family and visited Mrs Viola Reusch of Lawrence. Lawrence Leonhard and helpers began threshing on highway 82 starting on W H Mohler farm. Miss Betty Hemphill of Christ's Hospital Topeka overnight guest of her parents J Hemphill. she returned Sunday with her brother Arthur. Emory family and Dorothy with Mrs Joe Wolf and Mildred of Bonner Springs dined with Maurice Sutter and later visited Mrs Henry Lambert in Edgerton who is dangerously ill. J C Hemphill called on Mrs Nannie Charlton of Lawrence who is ill Sunday evening.
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Ottawa
Kan
Mary Ruth Rhodes
Henry Humphrey
Kansas City
L. H. Trapp
Boyd Laurance
Marion
Mt. Sidney
Trapp
Linwood
Bonner Springs
Boyd Lawrence
Merrian
May Thacker
Chicago
Ill
Harry Trapp
Tulsa
Okla
Roy Service
H. E. van Noy
Lawrence
Florence Allison
George Kirkman
Raytown
C. A. Siscoe
Fay Parry
Roy Bowen
Topeka
S. M. Bowen
James Wilson
Goldie
Helen
Ralph Lawrence
Josephine Harris
D. W. Brown
Floyd Basil
Lester K. Close
Harris
Hazel Hofine
Ellisville
J. E. Tudhope
Sadie Parry
Ria] Hospital
H. C.nunemaker
Nate Pettengill
Carol Ann
Claude Norris
Clinton
Kenneth Laughlin
Bereiter
G. C. Schoenlein
F. W. Bereiter
Viola Reusch
Lawrence Leonhard
W. H. Mohler
Betty Hemphill
Christ’s Hospital
J. ©. Hemphill
Arthur
Emory
Dorothy
Joe, Wolf
Mildred
Maurice Sutter
Edgerton
Henry Lambert
J. C. Hemphill
Nannie Charlton
Local social notes record guests and health updates
Miss Bessie Daum of Lawrence and Dr. Harold Urey with his daughters him visited Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gardner for supper. Dorothy Wilson is convalescing at home after a tonsillectomy at Memorial Hospital.
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Bessie Daum
Lawrence
Harold Urey
Elizabeth
Freda
Mary Alice
Leona
N. J
Raymond Gardner
Dorothy Wilson
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