Tennessee Voters Go to Primary in Changeable Race
Tennessee voters cast ballots in a Democratic primary choosing a U.S. senator governor and utilities commissioner. Key factions include E H Crump backing Cooper for governor and Browning seeking renomination with Berry and Turner aligned against him. Three other senatorial candidates contest the race. Republican candidates fare as unopposed.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
United States
National Democratic
E.H. Crump
Memphis
Gordon Browning
Crump
Shelby County
Browning
Prentice Cooper
Shelbyville
Sen
George L. Berry
W. H. Turner
Cooper
A. Tom Stewart
Winchester
W. H. Hudson
Clarksville
J.ridley Mitchell
John R. Neal
Knoxville
C. L. Powell
Sumner County
J. Bailey Wray
Roy C. Wallace
Kansas Potato Show Moves to November Dates
The Kansas potato show in Lawrence will be held November 3 and 4 after a board meeting this week set the dates. Arthur Heck was elected president succeeding L. G. McGee, with Paul Mallett reelected vice president and Al Green and Deal Six reelected treasurer and secretary. Other board members include A. L. McGehee Riley county J. G. Trent Jefferson county O. O. Browning Leavenworth county Herman Theden Leavenworth county Scott Kelsey Shawnee county and J. C. Mohler state board of agriculture secretary.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Arthur Heck
Rural Route 5
L. G. McGee
Paul Mallett
al Green
Deal Six
A. L. McGehee
Riley County
J. G. Trent
Jefferson County
O. O. Browning
Leavenworth County
Herman Theden
Scott Kelsey
Shawnee County
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
CIO Affirms Permanent Ties at IUMMS Convention
Delegates at the 35th annual convention voted unanimously to maintain permanent affiliation with the Committee for Industrial Organization. The Mine, Mill and Smelter group was among the 10 original unions to form the CIO after leaving the AFL.
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Butte
Mont
Committee For Industrial Organizations
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
C.I.0
A.F.L
Farley Won’t Comment on Connecticut Senate Fight
Postmaster General Farley released a July 13 letter saying he will not participate in Connecticut politics. Archibald McNeil, former National Committeeman, publicized the note stating Democrats must settle the senatorial nomination themselves.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Ostmaster
Farley
Archibald McNeil
Connecticut
Stock Market Index Recap Weathers Fresh Day Losss
The index of sixty stocks sits around 49.1 with yesterday’s reading near 4920. Ford Service and Hamilton's 15 W-9th advertisement appear in the page text.
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Ford
Hamilton
Absentee Ballots Decide Kansan Nomination Outlook
Absentee ballots cast by Kansans voting outside the state will be counted August 16 as the state attorney general's office notes. About 2 012 ballots were mailed by the secretary of state and must reach Topeka by August 12. Close races in districts one three and county contests suggest absentee votes could determine nominations.
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Topeka
State Attorney-Generals Office
Secretary of State
T. F. Warner
H. N. Hensley
Gil M. Ware
Marysville
Congress
Harold Medill
Independence
Thomas D. Winter
Girard
J. W. Dalton
Sedan
Altho
W. F. Jackson
Fort
Scott
S. L. Mathews
Kansas City
Jackson
Mathews
T. F. Varner
Corn Referendum Considered in Midwestern States
Federal farm officials scheduled a referendum around September 3 in Illinois Iowa and major corn counties on marketing quotas as corn supplies exceed normal levels. With forecasts of a 2.5 billion bushel crop and last year’s surplus 350 to 400 million, the vote could mandate quotas to store surplus until needed.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Ilinois
Italian Paper Carries on a Controversy With Pope
In Regime Fascista of Cremona, aligned with Fascist extremists, the paper led by Roberto Farinacci reports on the clash between Pope Pius XI and Benito Mussolini over the Fascist race doctrine. It accuses Rome’s Catholic vicarage of promoting a boycott of a Fascist exposition over moral objections to bathing costumes.
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Rome
Fascista of
Cremona
Pius XI
Benito Mussolini
Roberto Farinacci
Catholic Church
Circus Maximus
Fascista
Catholic Action
Fascist Party
Old Soldiers Select New Leader in Kansas Reunion
Cherryvale Aug 4 92 year old Philip W Einrich of Winfield was chosen commander of the Southern Kansas Old Soldiers Reunion association at a business session. Directors named include J R Snow Independence senior vice commander Charles Cunningham junior vice commander C P Klein Independence quartermaster Emmet McGuire Independence acting commander Albert Harvey Cherryvale G A R M W Langford Coffeyville S V W Ralph Baker Parsons Veterans of Foreign Wars Delia Lane Coffeyville Daughters of Union Veterans Lucy Haines Chanute Ladies of the G A R Charles Martin Parsons American Legion.
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Cherryvale
Kan
Philip W. Einrich
Winfield
Southern Kansas Old Soldiers Reunion Association
J. R. Snow
Independence
Charles Cunningham
C. P. Klein
Emmet McGuire
Albert Harvey
Cherryvale G.A.R
Record grain harvest valued near two and a half billion
Chicago analysts estimate the 1938 US grain harvest at about 4.583 billion bushels worth roughly 2.5 billion dollars. Wheat about 645.8 million, corn 1.343 billion, oats 245 million, rye 24.38 million. Prices fall from last two years, yet overall output strongest in six years.
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Chicago
United States
Douglas Corrigan Back in Homeland
New York Aug 4 Douglas Corrigan returned to his homeland after the Dublin flight claiming he thought he was bound for California. He greeted by a large welcome in Brooklyn and Manhattan while aboard the Manhattan liner with mayoral committee and river craft salutes. Captain Edward A Richmond praised him as a grand fellow but a poor navigator noting confusion over dates and destinations. Corrigan avoided alcohol and tobacco during the voyage and posed shyly with photographers.
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New York
Pi—Douglas Corrigan
Dublin
California
United States
Manhattan
Ambrose
Celtic Circle
Brooklyn
Corrigan
Riverside Svith
Edward A. Richmond
Newark
N. J
Boston
Washington
Richmond
Maytag C I O union workers return to work under guards
In Newton Iowa on August 4 reforming lines of helmeted National Guardsmen escorted Maytag C I O union members back into the plant after the union capitulated to Governor Kraschel's martial law order. About 5 injured, 15 beaten during clashes at the gates.
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Newton
Maytag
Nelson G. Kraschel
Martialaw
Maytag C.I.O
Military Commission
Frank D. Wilson
Albia
United Mine Workers District
Kraschel
C.I.0
National Labor Relations Board
Military District of
Iowa
Jasper County
Washington, D. C
Des Moines
Roosevelt aids crewman as ship speeds toward Panama
President Roosevelt arrives at Balboa Canal Zone aboard the Houston after a 540 mile run from Cocos Island. He orders machinist mate Oliver W Halliwell transferred following an acute appendicitis operation aboard the McDougal assisted by Dr G A Allen and Captain Ross T McIntire. The president consoles Halliwell saying he had his appendix removed and is all right.
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Balboa
C. Z
Roosevelt
Canal Zone
Houston
Cocos Island
S. S. Houston
Naval
Panama
Pacific
Oliver W. Halliwell
Wadena
Minn
McDougal
Halliwell
Ross T. McIntire
White House
G. A. Allen
President Roosevelt
Notre Dame alumni coach resigns from Immaculata high
Leavenworth Kansas August 4 James Bray known as Jim Bray resigns as coach of Immaculata Catholic High School after two seasons He is an Notre Dame alum under the late Knute Rockne and has a Kansas City Missouri address.
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Leavenworth
Kan
James
Jim) Bray
Notre Dame
Knute. Rockne
Immaculata Catholic High School
Kansas City
Plains Man Killed by Falling Derrick at Oil Test Site
Lloyd Gowens, 21, son of Mr and Mrs A S Gowens of Plains Kansas, was killed when a water well derrick collapsed on him while he worked on the XI ranch oil test near Plains. The tragedy occurred late Wednesday in Kansas.
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Plains
Kan
Lloyd Gowens
A. S. Gowens
Here
Wheat Loans Must Be Made Available Immediately
Clifford R. Hope urged Secretary Wallace by wire that wheat loans must be available now to help farmers cover harvesting costs and prepare for a new crop. He warned delays could force sale of the 1938 yield near the year's low and noted Western Kansas offices had not received loan application blanks.
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Garden City
Kan
Clifford R. Hope
Apebeai Furs
Wallace
Hope
Kansas
Fees Likely to Become Kansas GOP State Chair
Walter Fees of Jola, campaign manager for Payne H. Ratner, is expected to be named Republican state chairman on August 30 in Topeka, succeeding Frank Todd. The article notes equal council representation for women, new deadlines, and platform drafting by party councils.
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Topeka
Walter Fees
Jola
Payne H. Ratner
Frank Todd
State Central Committee and
Allen County
C. M. Fitzwilliam
Democratic
Wichita
Clyde Short
Kansas
Walter Haxman
Roosevelt
Mayor Burton urges federal local relief split before committee
Chicago August 4 Mayor Harold H Burton of Cleveland proposed dividing relief burden between federal and local governments. The feds would fund work relief for unemployed employables while locals run permanent aid for the needy unfit for work. He cited unemployed relief rose in Cleveland from 90,000 to 200,000 since last October and urged industrial recovery to ease relief.
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Chicago
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Republican Program Committee
Burton
United States Conference of Mayors
Summer mail subscription to Journal-World advert
A brief ad invites readers away from home in Lawrence to leave an order for a Journal-World mail subscription with a special rate of 25 cents a month. The message emphasizes staying informed about Lawrence happenings during the summer.
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The
Journal-World
Lawrence
County Budget Hearings Set for August 15 in Douglas
The Douglas county budget public hearing is scheduled for August 15 at 10 o clock in the courthouse. City and school district 60 budgets await hearings with levies lower than last year, while county levy shows a possible rise. Total 1938 levies for city county and district 60 total 35.39 mills, .41 mill below last year’s combined levy.
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Douglas County
Court House
The
Journal-World
State Tax Commission
Slayer suspect linked to abduction in Betty Schnidt case
Authorities pursue a lead linking Andrew Riska to the murder of 17 year old Betty Schnidt in Sioux Falls. A possible alias Earl Young is sought in Kansas and Kentucky on assault charges and noted near the crime scene in South Dakota. June Clark of the Chamber of Commerce knew the victim.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Andrew Riska
Betty Schnaidt
Lebanon
Riska
Earl Young
Hutchinson
Kan
Louisville
Young
St.Charles
Yankton
S. C
Beteen Riska
Clair Roddewig
June Clark
Chamber of Commerce
Betty Schnidt
Miss Clark
Registration Books Open for City Hall Voting
Registration books at city hall are open and will stay open until ten days before the general election on November 8. Eligible voters include those who did not register for the primary or did not vote in the 1986 general election, or those who have moved addresses.
Reed and Ratner Hold Leads in Late Returns
Reed and Ratner, both of Parsons, maintained commanding leads in the Republican races for governor and U S senator as late returns from Tuesday's primary dribbled in. From 2620 of 2708 precincts, Ratner had 100,502 to McGugin 71,045 and Thompson 51,851. Newcomer 27,640. In the Senate race from 2610 precincts, Reed led with 101,451, Knapp 63,619, Winrod 51,742, and Fisher 25,407.
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Topeka
Kan
Pi— Payne Ratner
Clyde M. Reed
Parsons
United States
Kansas
Ratner
Harold McGugin
Coffeyville
Charles Thompson
Carl Newcomer
Brownell
Reed
Dallas
Knapp
Gerald B. Winrod
Wichita
Jesse Clyde Fisher
Garden City
Republicans and Democrats to Reorganize in County
Newly elected county central committee members from the Republican and Democratic parties plan a two week window to reorganize and prepare for the November general election. The act from the last legislature allows each precinct to elect one male and one female committee member. Walter McClanahan chairs the GOP committee and Seymour Gentry leads the Democrats. Gentry will convene precinct delegates next week at Democratic headquarters on East Ninth Street.
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Republican
Democratic Central Committees
Central Committee
Walter McClanahan
Lecompton
G.O.P
Seymour Gentry
Lawrence
Gentry
East Ninth Street
PWA to let contracts totaling 240 million in seven-state region
Fort Worth, Aug 4. Public Works Administration regional director George M. Bull says region five will issue contracts totaling about 240 million for non-federal work and materials. About 80 million goes to labor on projects and 160 million for steel, concrete, lumber and supplies.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Public Works Administration
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
George M. Bull
Bull
Burreal
PWA
Czechoslovak Government Regrets German Flight Incident
The Czechoslovak government expressed regrets over two planes that briefly flew over German territory. It said the pilots would be punished, and blamed a loss of bearings during exercises for the incident which drew a sharp German protest.
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Praha
Germany
Reed and Ratner pledge GOP harmony for November
Clyde M. Reed and Payne H. Ratner, Republican nominees for U S senator and governor, issued a joint statement calling for party unity. They said they would cooperate with the entire ticket and resolve differences through the party council on August 30. Reed noted Ratner would influence state organization but all would aim for overall ticket success.
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Clyde Reed
Payne H. Ratner
Parsons
Kan
Clyde M. Reed
United States
United Today
Reed
Ratner
Ratners
Kansas City
Reed and
Labette County
Kansas
Republican Party
Township party slates listed in Douglas county election
Nominee lists for nine townships show Republicans fielding full slates in most areas while Democrats often fail to nominate or offer partial tickets. Notable races include Wakarusa treasurer outcome and Palmyra contests with Lane and Beals winning GOP nominations.
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Douglas County
Court House
Clinton
Grant
Heat Wave Sweeps Kansas With 100 Degrees Plus
Topeka August 4 Weather forecast: high temperatures reaching 100 degrees or more across Kansas and South Dakota with little rain forecast for the next 36 hours. Forecaster Flora said cooler northwest air did not break the mild heat wave and most regions expect 1090 degrees tomorrow while overnight lows range 60 to 70.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Floral
Ice Chunk Unearthed at Coal Mine in Mt. Carmel
In Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania on August 4 a steam shovel uncovered a massive chunk of ice buried under coal and dirt from the Reliance Culm bank.
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Mt. Carmel
Colorado River Recedes into Matagorda Bay
The Colorado river began receding here as the last flood waters from southwest Texas two weeks earlier flowed into Matagorda bay. Business life was returning to normalcy.
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Colorado River
Matagorda
Tex
Texas
Matagorda Bay
Kansas Weather Forecast Shows Fair Conditions Ahead
Kansas forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with cooler air in the south and warmer temperatures on Friday. Partly cloudy in Arkansas City, otherwise clear with good dirt roads. Temperatures at 7 pm yesterday and noon today show swings, while yesterday's high reached 96 with a low not fully recorded.
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Kansas
Arkansas City
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Kanwaka
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