Taft Signals Willingness for 1940 Nomination
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio expressed willingness to be a first choice for Ohio delegates to the 1940 Republican convention in a letter to George F. Eyrich. He said his senate work is demanding but would not avoid a harder job, and that the final decision rests with Ohio Republicans. The Hamilton County Republican Committee endorsed him and urged his name be used as first choice for delegates.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
George F. Hyrich
Republican Executive Committee
Cincinnati
Taft
Eyrich
United States
Republican House
Seccombe
Congress
Alf M. Landon
John W. Bricker
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan
Bridges
New Hampshire
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
House
Will waive extradition in Kansan slaying case
Phoenix Arizona August 3 Brewer 27 said he would waive removal proceedings in the slaying of Undersheriff Ray Kumf at Syracuse. Officials from Kansas Hamilton County and Brewers Colorado questioned him. McGuin said a burglary complaint exists against Brewer. Earl McGuire serves life for the Kumf shooting. Brewer claimed he left McGuire in Syracuse railroad yards and was not present when Kumf was shot.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Paul Wayne Brewer
Kansas
Ray Kumf
Syracuse
Brewer
R. D. Wanér
Hamilton County
Kan
W. C. McGuin
Brewers
Colo
F.B.S
McGuin
Earl McGuire
Kumpf
McGuire
Cranium Crackers On Familiar Quotations
A fragment list asks to name persons behind noted quotations. It cites a Civil War line about fighting it out this summer and quotes about creation, a writer’s fate, a saying about a very hero becoming a bore, a fishing remark, and a winter night dressing by candlelight with a middle initial L.
Housing bill killed as House cuts 161 million from White House estimates
The House denied authority to spend 500000 for FHA administrative expenses and cut 161.7 million from the White House budget. Senate action on the deficiency fund could spark new battles with anti new dealers. Secretary Wallace warned that without funds, prices for corn wheat cotton dairy wool and rye would fall. Debates loom over wage hour amendments potentially harming 2 million low paid workers.
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House
F.H.A
Congress
White House Budget Bureau
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate
Wallace
Roosevelt Names Six New Army Generals in reshuffle
President Roosevelt announced six new generals in a high command reshuffle prompted by retirements. Nominees include Brigadier Generals Kenyon A. Joyce and George Grunert for major generals, with four colonels selected for brigadier general. Joyce at Fort Clark Texas will succeed Maj. Gen. Beck who retires October 31. Grunert at Vancouver Barracks Washington will succeed Bowley who retires November 3. Additional brigadier nominations: Col. Sherman Miles at Fort Sill, Col. Joseph W. Stilwell, Col. Bruce Magruder, and Col. Lloyd R. Fredendall.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Kenyon A. Joyce
George Grunert
Joyce
Fort Clark
Tex
Robert McC. Beck, Jr
War Department
Beck
Grunert
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Albert J. Bowley
Pennsylvania
Sherman Miles
Nelson A. Miles
Ashington
D.C
Fort Sill
Oklo
Joseph W. Stilwell
Florida
China
Bruce Magruder
Washington, D. C
Infantry School
Fort Benning
Col
Lloyd R. Fredendall
Wyoming
Chief of
Infantry
Arlington writer dies in New Mexico car crash
Mrs. Charles C. Haslet of Arlington Virginia died from injuries after a storm slowed car skidded and plunged down an embankment near Gallup New Mexico Her 14 month old son Charles Jr escaped injury and sister in law Edith Haslet of Wellington Kansas suffered minor injuries Haslet who wrote for the Washington AP bureau arrived in Gallup yesterday Her body will be taken to Wellington Kansas for burial or home relocation
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Gallup
N. M
UPI
Charles C. Haslet
Arlington
Aracn Oe M
Charles, Jr
Edith Haslet
Wellington
Kan
Haslet
Washington, D. C
the Assonisted Press
County In Atchison Seeks Grand Jury Action
A petition signed by 400 Atchison county residents asks for a county grand jury. District Judge Lawrence F. Day will review the petition for sufficiency. The county has had no grand jury since 1922. William Towers to speak.
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Atchison, Kan
Atchison County
Lawrence F. Day
Claude Meyer
Williams Towers
Emancipation Celebration Address by Kansas Legislator
William Towers, attorney and Kansas legislator, will address the third annual emancipation celebration. The event, sponsored by the Harriet Tubman Community Center association, takes place tomorrow night at 7 in South Park. The Southern Belles quartet of Kansas City, led by Eva Fishback, WPA recreational leader, will sing Selling of America by Harriet.
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William Towers
Kansas
Harriet Tubman Community Center Association
Southpark
Southern Belles
Kansas City
Eva Fishback
WPA
America
Harriet
Pea
Retirement for Kansas City Police Official R J Coffee
Robert J. Coffee, once police chief, announced his retirement from the Kansas City force. Since state control, Coffee was demoted to captain and offered a lieutenant’s rank. He requested vacation rest of August and a pension starting September 1, action approved by Police Chief Lear B Reed.
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Kansas City
Robert J. Coffee
Coffee
Lear B. Reed
Reed
Strife Mounts Over Green Mountain Dam Labor Dispute
In Colorado 600 to 700 union sympathizers gathered at the Dillon Kremmling road juncture near the Green Mountain dam site amid bridge dynamiting claims and picket lines. Union leaders report no federation orders guiding the strike, while a one day protest was announced in Idaho Springs. Federal mediator discussions yielded no direct talks and the Colorado Industrial Commission deferred jurisdiction while workers remained on strike.
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Kremmling
Dilton
Dillon-Kremmling
al Marlow
Warmer Company
James A. Brownlow
Colorado State Federation of Labor
Denver
Green Mountain Dam
Workers’ Union
Idaho Springs
Colo
A.F. of L
Altho P. W. Chappell
Colorado Industrial Commission
Northern Colorado Conservancy District
Colorado
Department of Labor
C.I.C
Green Mountain
Sunflower 4 H Member Wins Dairy Tour First
Earl Mitchell of Sunflower 4 H club captured top honors in the two day Johnson county dairy tour. Sixty 4 H members from Wyandotte Leavenworth Jefferson Miami Shawnee Anderson and Douglas counties took part. Douglas county participants included Robert Bigsby Clare Adriance Keith Adriance Walter Babbitt and Earl Mitchell the tour’s winner. Three farms visited were C T Hall and H Davis. Johnson county officials led the event.
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Earl Mitchell
Sunflower
Johnson County
Wyandotte
Leavenworth
Jefferson
Miami
Shawnee
Anderson
Douglas
Douglas County
Robert Bigsby
Clare
Keith Adriance
Walter Babbitt
C. T. Hall
H. Davis
Wheat allotment checks arrive for 1938 totals reach 7892 dollars
Seventy nine wheat allotment checks totaling 7892.46 dollars were received at the Agricultural Conservation office. Ernest Prim said notices would be mailed today and warned that farmers not receiving them by August 4 should expect no receipt yet.
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Ernest Prim
Prim
Manhattan
Cornhusking Executive Committee Set to Meet Tomorrow
The national cornhusking contest executive committee will meet tomorrow night in the Chamber of Commerce room at o clock to hear reports and discuss business matters. Members attending include Emil Heck Deal Six Walter Schaal George Hedrick W C Boardman John Brand Wilson Counts Al Green Karl Klooz Guy Schultz and Pete Underwood.
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Chamber of Commerce
Emil Heck
Deal Six
Walter Schaal
George Hedrick
W. C., Boardman
John Brand
Wilson Counts
al Green
Karl Klooz
Guy Schultz
Pete Underwood
Topographic Map Project by KS Geological Survey and WPA
Kansas Geological Survey teams with the USGS and WPA progress on topo maps showing surface features. Field work has wrapped in Greenwood and Elk counties. Sedgwick county includes Wichita area with aerials aiding mapping. Elevation work underway across Leavenworth, Doniphan, Jefferson, Atchison, Brown, Nemaha, Jackson, Shawnee, and Osage counties for future maps.
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Kansas Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
WPA
Kenneth K. Landes
University of Kansas
Greenwood County
Elk County
Sedgwick County
Wichita
Valley Center
Sumner County
Leavenworth County
Doniphan County
Jefferson, Atchison, and
Brown Counties
Nemaha County
Jackson and
Shawnee Counties
Osage County
Collision damages two old cars at Massachusetts and Thirteenth
Early morning crash at the intersection of Thirteenth Street and Massachusetts involved a Terraplane driven by Mrs. H B Kibler of Eudora and a Model A Ford coupe driven by Robert Lamont of 4209 East Thirteenth Street. Both vehicles sustained damaged headlights bumpers and fenders but no injuries were reported.
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Thirtenth
Massachusetts
H. B. Kibler
Eudora
Robert Lamont
East Thirteenth Street
Thirteenth Street
Moody Brothers Stay Up In Monoplane Flight
The Moody brothers Hunter and Humphrey Rode in a small monoplane for the 11th straight day in Springfield Illinois. They aim to extend the world continuous flight record and set a new endurance mark for all planes. They trail the 563 hour heavy plane record set in 1937 by Al and Fred Keys of Meridian Mississippi by 16 days.
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Springfield
Ill
Moody Brothers
Hunter
Humphrey
Fred Keys
Meridian
Miss
Oldest cow dies in Bath with $700 trust fund
Queen Victoria the Holstein cow aged 29 dies in Bath New York. Believed to be the oldest in the United States, it carried a $700 trust fund from owner Idah M Vanhousen to cover care. The note on the page mentions a mail subscription offer for the Journal-World at 40 cents a month.
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Bath
N. Y
Victoria
United States
Idah M. W.vanhousen
A_mail
Journal-World
Final Convocation Honors 58 Masters at Pittsburg Teachers College
Pittsburg Kan August 8 final convocation of the summer term at Pittsburg Teachers College awarding 58 master of science degrees brings the year total to 67. Dr W A Brandenburg president delivered the address with Mrs Elizabeth Reigart of Baxter Springs and W T Markham assisting in ceremonies.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Aus
UPI
Pittsburg Teachers College
W. A. Brandenburg
Elizabeth Reigart
Baxter Springs
Board of Regents
W. T. Markham
Lawrence golf attendees and city news flash
Heard in Lawrence Chick Pontius and Glenn Ostman attended a tournament at Mission Hills. A Chicago couple with two children were jailed overnight in Kansas City for intoxication and released to continue to Russell. The Eleventh Street Circus youth show is set for Saturday at Corbin Hall with pony rides and a one cent gate.
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Chick Pontius
Lawrence Country Club
Glenn Ostman
University, of Kansas
Mission Hills Country Club
Kansas City
Grandmother's
Russell
Kanaman
Chicago
Lawrence
Eleventh Street Circus
Corbin Hall
George Boughton
Billy Brownlee
Jerry Brownlee
Aiden Brownlee
Austin Turney
Softball sub-district tournament slated in Lawrence
The Kansas State Softball Association announces a sub-district tournament at Woodlawn Park in Lawrence from August 7 to 12. Fred Harris is named tournament commissioner, with entry due by noon August 5. Local teams from Douglas Johnson southern Leavenworth counties and Perry may enter, including eight Lawrence squads.
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Kansas State Softball Association
Lawrence
Woodlawn Park
Fred Harris
Jack Pearce
C. L. Metzner
State Softball Association
Capper Publications
Toneka
Douglas
Johnson
Leavenworth
Perry
Antar
Pearce Eaid
North Lawrence League
Lincoln Park
South Park League
Eagles Defeat Wildcats In Goal-Hi Clash
The Eagles beat the Wildcats 22 to 5 in a fast Goal-Hi basketball game on the university quadrangle. About 100 spectators watched the local youngsters compete. Next, 12 and 13 year olds from Artillery and Gunners meet next Tuesday evening on the quad. Dr. F. C. Allen officiates both games.
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Eagles
Wildcats
University
Artillery
Gunners
F. C. Allen
4-H Council Meeting Set With Evening Program
4 H council will hold a meeting Saturday night at 8 in the Chamber of Commerce room. The program features musical numbers games and health talks. Rainbow Sunflower and Bellview clubs will chair the event.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rainbow
Sunflower
Bellview
Funeral Services for Mrs Emma Warfield
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Warfield will be held Monday at 2 30 PM from Ninth Street Baptist Church. Rev B I Wightman to officiate with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. She is survived by sister Maggie Jackson of Marshall Texas a brother Josh Warfield two nieces three nephews and nine grandchildren all of Lawrence.
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Emma Warfield
Ninth Street Baptist Church
B. 1
Wightman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cardinals Clinch Twin bill Win Over Bees in St Louis
Lon Warneke earned his tenth win as St. Louis beat Boston 5 to 1 in the first game of a doubleheader. Tot Pressnell allowed nine hits as Brooklyn defeated Pittsburgh 4 to 1. Yankees crushed Detroit 12 to 3 behind DiMaggio two homers and a single. Boston routed Cleveland 17 to 6 in the final game of their four game set.
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Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Lon Warxveke
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Bees
Boston
St. Bouts
Posedel
Lopez
Warneke
Owen
Andrews
Boston St. Louis
Turner
Cooper
New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pirates
Tot Preasnall
Brooklyn
Pressnell
Todd
Butcher
Sewell
Berres
Mueller
Philadelphia
Chicago
Mulcahy
Harrell
Millers
Lee
Mancuso
Joe DiMaggio
Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Bob’ Rolfe
Bill Dickey
Detroit
Dix
Newsom
Thomas
Benton
Tebbetts
Shea
Pearson
Dickey
Rogar
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Sox
Cleveland
Allen
Sullivan
Dobson
Bronca
Hemsley
Ostearmueller
Wade
Dickman
Peacock
Washington
Mills
Whitehead
Glenn
Krakauskas
Ferrell
Smith
Brown
Tresh
Beckman
Dean
Potter
F. Hayes
Riggs Reaches Meadow Club Tennis Semi Finals
Bobby Riggs of Chicago beat Joe Hunt in a three set match 4-6 6-3 7-4 to reach the Meadow Club invitation tournament semi finals in Southampton New York. Sidney Wood defeated George Toley 6-4 6-2 in the other quarter final. Kamrath advances after Prusoff defaulted with injury.
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Southampton
N. Y
Bobby Riggs
Chicago
Joe Hunt
Meadow Club
Sidney Wood
New York
George Toley
Los Angeles
Henry Prusoff
Seattle
Bitsy Grant
Atlanta
Vandenberg Blocks US Warship Bill in Senate
Washington reports Senator Vandenberg blocked action on a bill to permit U S manufacture of warships naval arms and ammunition for Latin American nations. He objected to making America an arms huckster and used a single objection to halt the measure.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Senate
United States
America
Seasonal Warmth Promises Long Run of Mild Weather
Forecasters expect warm conditions for at least two months. Citizens are advised to start using air conditioned refrigeration as needed to cope with the heat.
Zeppelin off Scotland identified as Graf Zeppelin
An airship sighting off Scotland was identified as the German Graf Zeppelin by two planes from the 612th squadron. The LZ 130 neared Aberdeenshire traveling northeast, a test ship of the Hindenburg era. Alfalfa Bill Murray announced plans to campaign against a third term for Roosevelt and urged Democrats to back Garner or Champ Clark.
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London
UPI
Scotland
612Th Squadron
Auxiliary Air Force
Aberdeenshire
Oklahoma City
Wiliam H
Bai Murray
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Murray
Garner
Sen
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Bethel Community News Includes Gatherings and Trips
Mr and Mrs Charley Simmons and Dorothy along with Mr and Mrs John Hoff man hosted dinner at the Ben Hoffman home. The Hoffmans and Vances returned from a four day Ozarks trip visiting Roaring River State Park and other sites. A social at Bru baker school house raised funds for the Bethel Aid society with Overbrook students performing. S W Owens faced a pear seed wedged in his throat causing trouble and spent Monday night in Lawrence.
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Charley Simmons
Dorothy
John Hoffman
Ben Hoffman
Mae Vance
John
Velma
Delbert Hoffman
Ozarks
Roaring River State Park
Pineville
Lee Jones
Clover
Lloyd Hoffman
Howard Hoffman
Warden
Ines Hampshire
Alva
Okla
Sam Owens
Brubaker School House
Bethel Aid Society
Groh
Overbrook
Dorothy Simmons
Harry Hicks
Adrian
I. C. Rideout
Max Clark
Donna Jean Lowden
Creston, Jr
Vance
Raymond Qehrle
Rideout
Clark
Local visitors and family updates from Baldwin area
Residents and relatives from Lawrence and Olathe visited and stayed with families in Baldwin. Names include Mrs. E L Vance Mrs. Nae Vance Velma and Elaine plus Mr and Mrs Sant Owens and Mr and Mrs Banks. The Elliott family rented an apartment in Baldwin awaiting a move this week.
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Wayne Gwen
Nae Vance
Velma
Raymond
Odhrie
Elaine
Alan
Olathe
E. L. Vance
Mattle Banks
June
Frank Banks
Lawrence
Joe Banks
Mra
A. E. Dicker
Miss Alles
Martha Dicker
W. J. Elliott
Baldwin
Big Springs Socials and Visitors Highlight Week
Helen Brown hosted a sunrise party honoring brother Francia with many local guests. Grace Kellogg visits August with Kansan State College ties. several families travel to Badger Minnesota. Baker University plans in September.
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Helen Brown
Francia
Evelyn Ice
Ruth Bertschinger
Jack Henry
Judy Ice
Wilna Bertschinger
Elsie Kellogg
Anthony Ice
Grace Kellogg
Lawrence Cree
Glenn Crea
Phyllis Sanford
Willis Horton
Francis Connore
David Passey
Margarite Dark
Clayton Dark
Billy Henry
Marvin Hartman
Dwight Henry
Vivian
Warren Hartman
Wright Bertschitger
Will Brown
Helen
Francis Brown
Kansan State College
Hen Kellogg
Harry Riley
Will Wymer
Carolyn
Badger
Minn
Grace Dowers
Claude
Ralph Dow
Card of Thanks for Mrs Howser
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during the illness and death of our wife and mother. Signed by Mr. J. O. Howser and daughters.
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J. O. Howser
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Charles Haslet
Virginia
ASK County Grand Jury
R. J. Coffee
Sunflower 4-H
Oregon
Oregon City
Ore
Tom Steenson
Lee Phillipy
Phillipy
Steenson
Texas
Rush
Bill Brunt
Cherokee County
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Creel
Rusk
Jacksonville
Ellis Lewis
Brunt
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Schulz S.ciiin
Harry Missildine
Tulsa
Jack Missildine
Palace Clothing
Harvey
Ray Powell, Jr
Dorsey-Liberty
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Legion Rooms
4-H Council
Riggs
Latin America
Budapest
Ragged Guard
House of Representatives
West End
Sunkist Oranges
Thompson Seedress
California
Farana
Poehler
Armour’s Star
Sensation Coffee
Zeppelin
Bethel
Big Springs
Cllifford Hartman
Gua Hartman
Clifford
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E. W. Carson
Marshalltown
Sirs. Burnam
McLouth
Harold Burnam
Alter
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