Coast Guard probes distress calls. search continues
Off the Florida east coast a rescue effort failed to locate a distressed vessel after a midnight series of incoherent SOS messages. Coast guard officials called the messages unreliable and impeded by inexperience and conditions, while search ships and planes persisted near Key West and the Bahamas.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Coast Guard
Miami
San
Ceiha
Bahama Islands
Big Boy
Radiomarine
Lake Worth
Calcutta
Hiakeah
Pandora
Key West
Port Arthur
Tex
Georgia-Florida
Atlantic
Savannah
Jefferson County Social Welfare Fund Tax Raised
The state tax commission authorized Jefferson county to levy an additional one mill tax for its social welfare fund for 1940.
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Jefferson
Topeka
State Tax Commission
Jefferson County
Cigarette Silhouette Sparks Paris Fashion Shift in August
Paris reports reveal the new cigarette silhouette dominates the season with straight lines, April fronts, and slim coats. Schiaparelli’s collection features hip drapery, puffed hems, fur bands, velvet flower wreaths, and decorative muffs influencing both day and evening wear.
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Paris
Schiaparelli
Workers Receive 45 Million In Social Security June Payouts
Social Security Board reports June benefits totaling 45 157 475 dollars to unemployed insured workers. An eight percent rise from March driven by California Indiana Massachusetts New York and West Virginia. Twenty nine states show decreases in both claims and payments led by Colorado Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Connecticut. Bettina Returns Bout Promoter signs Billy Conn and Melio Bettina for a September 25 Pittsburgh bout after Conn’s title win.
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Washington
Pio
Social Security Board
California
Indiana
Massachusetts
New York
West Virginia
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Conn-Bettina
Pittsburgh
Mike Jacobs
Billy Conn
Melio Bettina
Beacon
N. Y
Conn
Bettina
El Dorado Lawyer Sees Dewey and Forecasts 1940 GOP Edge
Stanley Taylor a shirt-sleeved El Dorado Kansas lawyer called on District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey in New York. He predicts Kansas will be solidly Republican in 1940 and notes his own 1938 fifth district defeat by about 500 votes. He admired Dewey, saying at least something did.
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New York
Stanley Taylor
el Dorado
Kan
Thomas E. Dewey
Taylor
Congress
Kansas
Rosicrucian Leader Dr H Spencer Lewis Dies
Dr. H Spencer Lewis 55 imperator of the Rosicrucian Order in the western world since 1909 died yesterday after illness attributed to overwork. Native of New Jersey he studied in New York and went to France in 1909 to establish the order in the west. He expanded it across North and South America and wrote numerous books on philosophy and mysticism.
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San Jose
Calif
H. Spencer Lewis
New Jersey
New York
Lewis
France
Rosecrucians’ International Council
North
South America
Special Session Sought Again On Fire Insurance Rates
Kansas Senator Joseph B. McDonald calls Gov. Payne Ratner to convene a special session to probe the 1980 fire insurance rate settlement. He cites $3.15 million in impounded premiums and over $7 million in higher rates, urging strong legislative authority to avoid a whitewash.
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Topeka
Joseph &. McDonald
Kansas City
Payne Ratner
Kansas
McDonald
Clyde M. Reed
Ratner
Legislative Council
Susan Hayward Faces $100000 Breach Suit in NY Office
Susan Hayward 22, film starlet, visited Walter Thornton head of a beauty model bureau. Thornton handed her two summons in a $100,000 breach of contract suit saying he helped make her famous and claims she forgot him after signing with Selznick and leaving for Hollywood.
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New York
Susan Hayward
Walter Thornton
Thornton
Hollywood
Selznick
Local Notes From Stull Terrace Dinners and Visits
Sunday dinner guests included Rev and Mrs Fred Dissinger at the J F Brass home. Shirley Ann Casey visited grandparents Henry and Stella Stull. John Wilson of California called in the Stull community. Garbled items mention church services and needlework club activities with prizes. A fire destroyed a barn at the William Murphy home.
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Yarnold Stull
Fred Dissinger
J. F. Brass
Shirley Ann Casey
Henry Stull
John Wilson
California
Stull
Carol Gilbert
Glasco
George C. Gilbert
Q. A
Kansas City
Will Ice
Shirley Casey
I. B. Krate
Fred Buck
Rolly Buck
Ble Springs
O. A
Charles Roller
Albert Walter
Lenexa
Theodora Walter
Stull Evangelical
Wilma Wulfkuhle
J. B. Kraft
Add Scheer
Ray Bowen
E. F. Boehringer
Allene
Chris Kraft
Miriam
Mercy Hospital
William Murphy
Backache Cure Touts Kidney Cause and Dean’s Pills
This ad claims tired kidneys cause backache and other pains. It promotes Donny Pills and Dean’s pills, claiming they aid kidney function and waste removal from the blood, with missions using them for over 40 years.
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Dean
Community Notes From Endora And Area
Mr. and Mrs. George Rohe and Airs. Jennie Puls of Endora visited De Soto friends. Several locals hosted gatherings at various households including the Waughs at Rohe residence and Olive Shultz with her sister. Logs cut near Lawrence and visits to Overland Park are noted along with kin events at Pleasant Valley and Sibley. Wolves threaten young turkeys on a Brecheisen farm.
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George Rohe
Jennie Puls
Endora
Geet Gabriel
de Soto
Charles Waugh
Martin Rohe
Olive Shultz
Wille Chanay
Henry Rohe
Mayr
Snday
Miss
Sibley
John Chanay
Charles Janeway
Pleasant Valley
Henry Rohhe
Henry, Jr
Edith Jo
Overland Park
Junior Anderson
Jacobson
Bertha Speicher
Arvelda Chaney
Mary Rohhe
Albert Brecheisen
Cyril Rodd Vislter
P. Russell
Wellsville
Marvin Afad
California
Weekend Gathering Among Local Families
A group of residents from Excelsior and nearby areas shared Sunday meals and visits at multiple homes. Attendees included August Hack and family, Ed Kapells and son, Carl Schwars, Mrs. Donard Gastrock, Mrs. Ernest Pohl, Harold Skoog, Henry Pohl, and several others as they celebrated community ties.
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August Hack
Ed Kapells
Carl Schwars
Donard Gastrock
Ernest Pohl
Baldwin
August Skoog
Harold
Kansas City
Hattis Euckeon
Henry Pohl
Orvil
Ralph
Eunice
Ben Nelson
Mre
Paul Koehler
Edna
Fairview
Walter Pohl
Kenneth
Chester Gloson
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