Haucke Leads Early Returns In Kansas GOP Race
Reports from 94 precincts across 15 cities show Frank Haucke leading Governor Clyde Reed by 871 votes for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Allen leads the senate race with 933 to Getty 698 amid scattered early tallies including Topeka and Kansas City returns.
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Topeka
Kan
Frank
Haucke
Clyde M. Reed
Reed
Shawnee County
Henry J. Allen
Allen
James F. Getty
Ralph Onyner
William H. Sproul
Harry Aporarine
Shawnete
Wichita
Salina
Kansas City
Curtis
Senate
Winfield
Frank Haucke
South
Kansas
Cherryvale
Sproul
Snyder
Gugin
Wedell
Beezley
Coad
Chappell
Pittsburg
Navy Keeps ZRS-5 Contract Amid Cost Curtailment Talks
Secretary Adams stated the ZRS-5 dirigible contract with Goodyear-Zeppelin of Akron, ordered by the Navy, has not been cancelled. He noted that while Hoover's economy program prompts searching for reductions, no cancellation decision has been made.
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Washington
Adams
Goodyear-Zeppelin Company
Akron
Navy Department
Hoover
Kansas Weather Forecast and Temperatures Report
Partly cloudy and threatening tonight and Wednesday with cooler conditions in the north central area. Morning clouds except at Pittsburg and Salina. Dirt and Douglas county roads listed as good. Temperatures show 7 pm yesterday 86, 7 am today 80, noon today 95, with a low around 56.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Salina
Douglas County
Corn Price Rally Driven by Drouth Belief in Kansas City
Grain markets rose as drought fears trimmed corn yields to record lows. Wheat futures climbed toward the week’s high, with September wheat at Kansas City about 84 1/2 cents and 91 1/2 cents in Chicago. Corn futures advanced 2 to 4 cents, with September near 89 1/4 cents in Kansas City and 93 3/4 cents in Chicago, aided by Hyde’s forecast of a 500 million bushel drop in corn prospects and stronger export demand.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Hyde
Agriculture Department
Hoover pledges full aid to drought relief drive
President Hoover said no stone would be left unturned in federal efforts to relieve distress from the drought across the Mississippi basin and the Midwest. A detailed Agriculture Department survey will report next Monday, guiding future relief measures including feed movement and livestock relocation. The speech followed conferences with Hyde and Legge on the drought’s varying impact and needed federal action.
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Washington
Hoover
Mississippi
Middle West
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Legge
Potomac
Ohio
Farm Board
Grouth
Braves take Phillies in camp to a six-to-two defeat
In Boston Philadelphia Nationals fall 6 to 2 as Olx and Elliott pace a 6 run surge. Spohrer hit safely for the Braves while Cronin and Ren stand out.
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Boston
Braves
Philadelphia Nationals
Spohrer
Philadelphia
Elliott
Phillips
McCurdy
Rensa
Frankhouse
Cronin
New York
Brooklyn
Mitchell
Chaplin
Pruett
Hevince
Hogan
Luque
Heimach
Phelps
Lopez
Chicago
St. Louis
Malone
Hartnett
Hallahan
J. Wilson
Washington
Brown
Liska
Ruel
Ruffing
Bengough
Cleveland
Detroit
Miller
L. Sewell
Whitehill
Decaurels
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Simmons
Foxx
Athletics
Todt
Red Sox
Noston
Durham
MacFayden
Connelly
Berry
Mahaffey
Quinn
Coch
Hoe
Hadley
Spencer
Pennock
Johnson
Dickey
Jorgens
Babbe Ruth
Yankee Senators
Bump Hadley
Yankees
St. Paul
Columbus
Vanetta
Harris
Gomez
Grabowski
Campbell
Devine
4-H Leaders Camp Delegates Named from Douglas County
Miss Martha Lou Perkins of the Sunflower 4-H club is chosen as Douglas county delegate to the 4-H leaders camp at Shelby Michigan. Willett Taylor, another boys delegate, will depart mid month. They were sent to the camp on the Danforth Scholarship from St Louis.
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Martha Lou Perkins
Sunflower
Douglas County
Shelby
Mich
Willett Taylor
St. Louis
Drouth Damage in Missouri Reaches $100 Million
Drouth in Missouri has caused crop and livestock losses exceeding $100 million. Authorities reported the damage today, noting the protracted dry period across the state and its impact on farms and local economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Jefferson City
Nationalists Re enter Changsha in China Battle
Nationalist troops re entered Changsha this morning after the city was captured by communists. The announcement came from Chinese officials in Nanking on August 5.
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Changaha
Nanking
China
Changsha
Dodge Service Ad From Bulawne Skinner Motor Co
Dodge service offered by Bul lene Skinner Motor Co with contact phone 1142 and advertising emphasis on vehicle maintenance and repairs.
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Dodge Service
Bullene-Skinner Motor Co
Guyer and Ward to Speak at Eudora Picnic
The Hon. U. S. Guyer congressman from the second district and Cal Ward president of the Kansas State Farmers Union will headline the two day Eudora C P A picnic in the city park August 12 and 13. Ward speaks day one and Guyer day two at 2 PM with games, a dance, and prizes. Happy Hollow entertainers from Kansas City appear on the second day afternoon.
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U. S. Guyer
Cal Ward
Kansas State Farmers’ Union
Eudora
Happy Hollow
Kansas City
Scouts to Camp for Week in Kansas
Six Lawrence boys and five other Douglas County scouts will leave at 1 o clock tomorrow afternoon for Camp Theodore Naish near Bonner Springs Kansas for a week. Ralph Graves field executive for the Douglas county area will accompany the boys. Lawrence attendees are Marvin Terry John Gleissner Bruce Gleissner RobertPolsor and SterlingPolsor with Troops 538 60 51. Additional scouts are four from Troop 64 at Eudora and one from Troop 65 at Baldwin.
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Boy Scouts
Lawrence
Douglas County
Theodore Naish
Bonner Springs
Kan
Ralph Graves
Marvin Terry
John and
Bruce Gleissner
Robert
Sterling Polsor
Eudora
Baldwin
Coast Guard Boat Kills Sailor by Mistake in Ipswich
Boston August 5 AP report says Lewis E. Pratt of Salisbury Beach Coast Guard station was fatally wounded by bullets from a Gloucester coast guard boat. His surf boat was mistaken for a ram runner near the Ipswich River mouth Ipswich Massachusetts Last night.
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Boston
Lewis E. Pratt
Salisbury Beach
Coast Guard
Gloucester
Ipswitch River
Ipswitch
Mass
Election Worker Kidnapped During St Louis Primary
In St Louis, Aug 5 AP reports Jack Lakmosky political worker in a bitter bid for constable of the fifth justice of the peace district was kidnapped this morning by men who took him away in an automobile. It marks the first disorder in today’s primary election.
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St.Louis
Jack Lakmosky
Fifth Justice of the Peace District
St.uis
Touring in Europe Award Recipient Named Miss Mamie Dillard
Miss Mamie Dillard of Lincoln School received the Touring in Europe Award yesterday. She is touring Europe this summer and reported a wonderful time during a sight seeing trip in Italy.
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Euro
Mamie Dillard
Lincoln School
Europe
Italy
Heat records fall as Kansas heats up in 1930 sequence
The University of Kansas reports consecutive record heat days, with Monday August 4 1930 at 109 degrees the all time high. Mean temperatures rise about 20 degrees above normal, sparking projections that February warmth could push 1930 toward an unusually high yearly average, though future days remain uncertain.
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University of Kansas
University
K. U
C. J. Posey
K. A
Posey
Kansas
Yen
Ketene
Aviators Abandon Flight After Greenland Hurdles
German aviator Wolfram Hirth and companion Oscar Weller abandoned plans to fly from Iceland to Greenland and the United States after Greenland officials cited landing-site limits and a Danish demand for 100000 kroner. They arrived in Montreal on August 1 after leaving Berlin on July 24 aboard the Minnedose.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Wolfram Hirth
Greenland
United States
Montreal
New York
Oscar Weller
Germany
Berlin
Bird Baths Furnish Refreshment for Local Birds
In the hot week period the Gagliardo home at 1108 Ohio Street used a bird bath, two pans of water and a spray to provide water for visiting birds. On yesterday’s sighting two female red birds, two wood thrushes, a brown thrasher, two robins, three grackles and a sparrow were seen bathing or drinking. Chickadees, wrens, blue jays, titmice and catbirds also frequented the watering spots, with the birds appearing more affected by the heat this summer.
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Domenico Gagliardo
Ohio Street
Cierva Helicopter Flies the Channel to France
Spanish aviator Juan de la Cierva landed his helicopter today after a crossing from Lympne England. It marked his second successful Channel crossing in the vertical takeoff capable craft. The machine then departed for Paris.
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Channel Berch
France
Juan de la Cierva
Lympne
England
Channel
Aris
Recaptured man shoots self after escape in Geary county
Roy Martin, 35, who escaped from Geary county jail with three others, was cornered by Sheriff R. E. Athy and Undersheriff J. W. Filby in Junction City and shot himself below the heart. He was returned to the city in serious condition.
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Junction City
Fam
Roy Martin
Geary County
Leeks
R. E. Athy
J. W. Filby
Martin
Aids in Election Report From University Faculty
W. A Dill of the University department of journalism faculty went to Kansas City today to help in the compilation of Kansas primary election returns by the Associated Press.
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W. A Dill
University Department of Journalism
Kansas City
Soviets decline czarist debts obligation
Izvestia, the Soviet government newspaper, editorializes that capitalist nations must understand the Soviet regime cannot assume czarist era obligations it repudiated since 1917. The piece, clearly Kremlin inspired, reiterates the stance that the Soviet state bears no responsibility for czarist debts.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Kremlin
Partial Count In Close County Races Election Night
Partial primary returns from six districts show Governor Reed 393 Haucke 164 Senator Allen 351 Getty 32 Snyder 75 Sproul 53 Congressman Guyer 271 Rigd on 180. County Attorney Frazee 324 Melvin 169 County Clerk Bowman 245 Dick 134 Bussing 110 Probate Judge Menger 259 Dodds 181 County Commissioners Kennedy live 135 Shuitz 135. Journal-World office to provide totals. WREN will broadcast at 11 tonight.
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Associated Press
Lawrence
Baldwin
Reed
Haucke
Allen
Getty
Snyder
Sproul
Guyer
Rigdon
Heavy Wheat Feeding Spreads Across Corn Belt Report
Chicago Aug 5 AP heavy feeding of wheat was reported across the corn belt as farmers feed stock. The National Grain Corporation said total wheat fed could reach 75 to 100 million bushels if corn wheat price relations hold. Kansas estimates 25 to 30 million bushels in hard winter belt alone. Western Kansas and Oklahoma show widespread feeding and poor corn prospects.
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Chicago
Farmers National
Grain Corporation
Directl
Neianere
Orp
He Corporation
Kansas Agricultural College
Northwest
Kansas
Oklahoma
Home changes politics in Leavenworth sheriff race
Leavenworth Aug 5 soldiers home longtime Republican stronghold swung to the Democrats by a 10 vote margin as 450 ballots were cast at 11 am. Eleven candidates for sheriff urged voters at three polling places.
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Leavenworth
Brave Great Heat to Cast Ballots in Lawrence
Voters faced extreme heat as polls opened at 8 and closed at 6 across 29 precincts in Lawrence and Douglas County. The county ticket, gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races drew interest while counting began at noon with boards estimating full returns by Wednesday forenoon. Balloting faced irregularities with some precincts missing boxes and branding iron rules ignored in places.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
U.S
Force 38
District Court
William A. Smith
Will Plant Tree With Soil From Universities
The Missouri State Chapter of the American War Mothers will plant a memorial tree on the University of Missouri campus using soil from the University of Kansas site at North College Hill. Earth from KU will be sent to Missouri in the coming days and laid around the tree during the first week of September, with soil from other U S campuses to follow. Mrs H McCluer of Kansas City is president of the Missouri chapter and C G Bayles plans to supply KU soil.
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North College Hill
University of Kansas
Columbia
University of Missouri
Missouri
Mothers Association
United States
H. McCluer
Kansas City
C. G. Bayles
K. U
League work checked as export ban pact stalls
Geneva reports the League of Nations faces a grave setback as the convention to abolish export and import prohibitions stalls. US ratified. 17 states signed, but Poland’s ratification is blocking entry. Germany’s new restrictions fuel Poland’s hesitancy, reducing Polish exports by about 11 percent. Six nations may proceed among themselves, but full effect remains limited. A separate note notes a tri motor mail route between Chicago and San Bernardino consuming 1,400 gallons of gasoline per trip.
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Geneva
League of Nations
United States Senate
League
Washington
Poland
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Norway
Holland
Portugal
Oklahoma Woman Missing After Visit to Lawrence
Bruce Harris reported to the notice that shortly after he and his wife arrived in Lawrence from Oklahoma his wife disappeared and a search was requested. She is described as about five feet tall, 130 pounds, brown bobbed hair and hazel eyes.
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Bruce Harris
Lawrence
Oklahoma
Fuller Succeeds General Neville Washington
President Hoover appoints Brigadier General Ben H. Fuller commandant of the marine corps, succeeding the late General Wendell Neville, in a formal announcement dated August 5.
Laster Returns to Lawrence Barber Shop
Roy Laster returns to Lawrence after six months in Hutchinson to rejoin the Palace Barber Shop where he previously worked for several years.
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Laster
Lawrence Roy Laster
Hutchinson
Lawrence
Palace
Repairs on R-100 progress in good weather
At St. Hubert Airport Montreal Aug 5 AP reports riggers repairing the damaged stabilizing fin of the British dirigible R-100 in perfect weather and expect completion by dusk. Flights over Ottawa and Toronto this week seem unlikely due to atmospheric disturbances over Hudson Bay and the St. Lawrence valley.
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St. Hubert
Montreal
Que
Ottawa
Toronto
Hudson Bay
St. Lawrence Valley
Ocean
Chamber proposes Labor Day store closures nationwide
The merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce went on record urging all stores to close for Labor Day. George Hedrick, secretary, said letters will inform members and seek cooperation. The meeting outlined Haskell Homecoming plans and endorsed a downtown parade, beauty contest, and baby show with prizes.
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Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerc
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
Hedrick
Haskell
F. W. McDonald
George Lowman
P. Radcliffe
al Green
L. M. Metaler
Mr. Radcliffe
Howard Parker
Lawrence
Lecompton -and- Big Springs
Lloyd Houston
Big Springs
Conflict reports reach women missionaries in war zones
Aug 5 dispatches describe mistreatment and hostage cases involving women missionaries. British sources say Miss Edith Nettleton and Miss Edith Harrison were held near Fukien with a $50,000 ransom demanded and a severed finger sent as proof. Other reports note a nurse’s fatal wound in Puchen and clashes near Changsha injuring a US sailor and three British sailors as safety boats were attacked.
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Shanghai
Foochow
Kienyang
Fukien
Yenping
Edith Nettleton
Edith Harrison
British Church Missionary Society
London
Chungan
Nanking
A. R. J. Hearne
Tientsin-Pukow
Puchen
Pukow
Foreign Office
Siang
Changsha
United States
Pope appoints Edwin V. O'Hara as Bishop of Great Falls
In Vatican City on August 5 AP reports the pope named Rev Edwin V. O'Hara from the Rural Life Department of the National Catholic Welfare Council as Bishop of Great Falls Montana. Bishop O'Hara succeeds the former see head and takes over duties in the Montana diocese.
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Montana
Vatican City
Edwin V. O’hara
Rural Life Department
National Catholic Welfare Council
Great Falls
Mont
Winfield Shoe Merchant W. C. Root Dies at 78
Winfield Kansas August 5 AP W C Root 78 for 53 years a shoe merchant died after a long illness He leaves a widow one son Colbert C Root city editor of the Albuquerque NM Journal and a daughter Mrs J P Strother Winfield
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Winfield
Kan
W. C.root
Colbert C. Root
Albuquerque N. MD
J. P. Strother
Cars Collide at Corner on Nineteenth and New Hampshire
Jenny Roper and Carl Althaus drove cars that collided yesterday afternoon at the corner of Nineteenth and New Hampshire streets. No injuries were reported. Minor damage occurred to both vehicles.
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Jenny Roper
Carl Althaus
Nineteenth
New Hampshire
Buy a Chevrole and enjoy the difference every day
An advertisement touts a Chevrolet offer emphasizing daily enjoyment and noticeable benefits from choosing the brand. The copy highlights the car as a smart everyday choice with lasting value.
Lawrence School Board Sees Clerk Change and Resignation
The Lawrence board of education clashed over policy at the August meeting leading to the non reelection of clerk Mrs Esterly and the resignation of Dr W C McConnell. Howard L Sutherland was elected clerk with A R Kennedy as vice president after an executive session. The levy for the coming year was set at 17 5 mills and coal contracts awarded to three firms.
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Lawrence Board of Education
C. E. Esterly
W. C McConnell
A. R. Kennedy
Esterly
Journal-World
Kennedy
Irving Hill
A. B.ewing
Ewing
McConnell
Howard L. Sutherland
Sutherland
Maine Street
J.T. Constant
Lawrence Business College
Constant
Publc
A. B. Ewing
Dr. Kennedy
al Johnston
George Kirchoff
Dr. McConnell
Doctor McConnell
South Lawrence Lumber Company
Slack
Liberty Memorial High School
University Coal Company
North Lawrence
Orley Smith
L. N. Lewis
Lawrence
New Pinckney
Clarence White
White
Kansas City
W. W. Curfman
Leonard Jela
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Hauche
Landon
Allena Sproul
McGugin
Pennsylvania
Westchester State Teachers College
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F. S. Wood
Westchester
Wood
Norman Cameron
William H. Clark
Clark
Cameron
Senator Grundy
Gifford Pinchot
Francis Shunk Brown
Republican Club of
Chester County
S. Davis
Wilson
Pinchot
Nye
Pete
Phia
Martha Lou
Perkins
Hirth
Otter
Gagliardo
Apunt
Rumbulane
Journal- World
WREN
Lateen TV
Bruce
General
W. C. McConnell
Mrs. Esterly
Howard Sutherland
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