Kansas Senate Races Heat Up In Tight Primary Battles
Topeka Aug 5 amid light mood in Kansas Republican state senate contests surge of 10 heated battles boosts tomorrow’s primary. Democrats filed in 23 districts while Republicans contest 40 senate seats and four house seats. Incumbents clash in Bourbon Crawford and Sedgwick counties as parties seek renomination and possible loss of a seventh congressman due to population decline.
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Senate
Kansas
House
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Brown- Doniphan
Ewing Note Pee
C. I. Moyer
Severance
Delaney, Jr
Troy
Leavenworth County
Benjamin F.ndres
Leavenworth
D. Reily
Douglas Jefferson
Robert C. Rankin
Neosho- Wilson
Wilfrid Cavaness
Chanute
Frank M. Clark
Coffey-Franklin
Osage
Alex Hotchkiss
Lyndon
A. W. Logan
Quenemo
Cowley County
Kirke W. Dawe
Arkansas City
D. Arthur Walker
Barton-Rice-Stafford
E. A. Briles
Stafford
Roy J. McMullen
Great Bend
Barber - Clark Comanche
Dodge City
Riley W. MacGregor
Medicine
Allen Woodson
A. R. Sleeper
Stanley E. Toland
Iola
Eranete
Sedgwick County
Bourbon County
Harry ‘Warren
Fort Scott
Jonathan M
Davis
Bronson
Lought
Sedgewick County
Arnold C.todd
Lawrence ©. Lewis
James B. Nash
Wichita
Payne Ratner
G. O.P
Clay
Dickinson -Geor Kreeck
Frank Oberg
Clay Center
Train for a Day Lets Massachusettsmen Run Bridgton Line
Six Massachusetts businessmen rented the Bridgton and Harrison railroad for 12 hours to fulfill railroading fantasies. They paid 60 dollars for the line and 50 more to repair an engine, while hauling passengers, shunting trains, and boosting local tourism with a playful, nostalgic excursion along a 15 mile single line.
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Bridgton
Massachusetts
Bridgton and Harrison
New England
Seven Arrested In Blue Mound Disturbing Peace Case
In Blue Mound Kansas on August 5 a group of men and boys from a religious sect, 11 to 11 in size, were arrested for disturbing the peace and distributing literature in violation of a town ordinance. Marshal H. B. Sanis said they were ordered to leave town three weeks earlier for refusing to salute the American flag.
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Kan
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Arguments on defense issue span nation in August debate
Across the nation voices pressed defense measures and aid to Britain. Pershing urged at least 50 destroyers for Britain to avert another war, while Lindbergh urged non interference and European cooperation. Knox and Patterson backed conscription as essential, clashing with critics who warned of democratic risk.
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Great Britain
John J. Pershing
United States
England
Chicago
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
Germany
Knox
Navy
Military Training Camps Association
Patterson
War Department
Julius ‘Ochs Adler
New York
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America
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George T. Donohue
Lindbergh
France
Seven Men Enlist in Naval Reserve for Cruise
Seven men from Lawrence and the University have enlisted in the Naval Reserve Corps for a 30 day cruise this summer followed by a three months training school either this fall or next summer. They expect to depart around August 19 or September 19. The enlistees are Leslie Hutchinson Martin Fiesher Charles Amyx Dick Treese Bill Hayes LaCrosse Charles Henshall Osborne and Frank Golay Bethel.
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Lawrence
University
Naval Reserve Corps
Leslie ‘Hutchinson
Martin Fiesher
Charles Amyx
Dick Tréece
Bill Hayes
LaCrosse
Charles Henshall
Osborne
Frank
Golay
Bethel
Appraisers Named in City Land Condemnation Suit
Judge Hugh Means appointed William Ellis Lee Riling and Ed Arnold as appraisers Saturday in the city’s condemnation case. The suit seeks to acquire land for an alley between Massachusetts and Vermont Streets and from Piscanit Street to North Park Reed.
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William Ellis
Lee Riling
Ed Arnold
Hugh Means
Massachusetts Street
Vermont Street
North Park Reed
Nine geologists undertake 6400 mile western field trip
Nine University of Montana geology students join Prof Moore for a 6400 mile tour covering the Black Hills, Yellowstone, Glacier, Crater Lake and Grand Canyon regions. The group travels by camping route through the western United States in mid summer to study geologic processes firsthand.
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R. C. Moore
Helena
Mont
Black Hills
Big Horn Mountains
Big Horn Basin
Absaraka Range
Yellowstone National Park
Glacier National Park
Coeur d’Alene
Columbia Plateau
Cascade Mountains
Pacific Border Region
Washington
Oregon
Crater Lake
Craters of the Moon
Salt Lake Bryce Canyon
Zion Canyon
Grand Canyon
Great Plains
Mrs. Moore
Ruth Mary Dudley
Lawrence
Frank S. Boggs
Stockton
Calif
Piberes Botero
Medellin
Colombia
William
Bramlette
Austin
Tex
Rosella Bunch
Kansas City
Joseph R.' Finerty
Pittsburgh
Jacob Lemmons
Waheeney Jean Ramsey
Huron
Charles Williams
Lyons
UAW Endorses Roosevelt Third Term at Convention
United Automobile Workers adopts a resolution in St. Louis backing a third term for Franklin D. Roosevelt by a 507 to 40 vote at the international union convention. Opponents say the move clashes with John L. Lewis and could affect labor party concessions.
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St. Louis
United Automobile Workers of America
C.I
Roosevelt
International Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Townsend
Wendell L . Willkie
Budget Hearing Notices For Wakarusa Drainage and Champion City
Public notices announce budget hearings and tax levy for the Wakarusa Haskell and Udora Drainage District in Douglas County Kansas and for the City of Champion in Douglas County. Meetings set August 15 1940 with officials Chas A Wirdon J P Waley and Paul Maust.
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Marriage Licenses Issued in Local Probate Office
Marriage licenses have been issued at the office of the probate judge to Albert D. Colman and Verda Sommer of Eudora Merion C. Martin and Dorothy Pipes of Lawrence and Alex J. Bolewski and Varian Virginia Lough of Leavenworth.
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Albert
D. Colman
Verda Sommer
Eudora
Merion C. Martin
Dorothy Pipes
Lawrence
Alex J. Bolewski
Varian
Virginia Lough
Leavenwo H
Final Week at K U College Summer Session Ends
Students at the University of Kansas entered the final week of the summer session. Examinations begin Wednesday for most schools, with the law school ending later in August. Equipment for play is limited after Tuesday night as a summer recreation program winds down.
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Ex. Ui
Fowler Grove
Department of Physical Education
Kansas Grad Ann Rightmire Crowned 1950 Homecoming Queen
Miss Ann Rightmire a University of Kansas graduate now works as a Braniff Airways hostess. She is from Oklahoma City born in Wamego and attended Topeka High. She was one of four homecoming queens chosen last year at KU.
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Ann Rightmire
University of Kansas
Braniff Airways
K. U
Miss Rightmire
Oklahoma City
Wamego
Topeka
K.U
Meadow Club invitation final and related sports results
Johnny Bulla falters after a 197 for 54 holes as Don McNeill dominates to win 50th Meadow Club invitation in Southampton. Kovacs loses 6-4 6-3. Schroeder and Kramer win doubles. Wheeler beats Bets and Gracye Wheeler in a tennis final. Van Ryn partners to win doubles. Kayak I wins Sunset Handicap. Big Flash led in stretch. Parker defeats Car in a shoot-off at Land of Sky.
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Johnny Bulla
Southampton
N. Y
Don McNeill
Farhk Kovacs
50Th Meadow Club
Tennia LoUe Tesanss
Ted. Schroeder
Jack Kramer
East Hampton
N. Yr
Dorothy Bundy
Gracye Wheeler
John van Ryn
Miss Wheeler
Pauline Bets
Los Angeles
Charles
Howard
Johnny Ae
Hiwood K
Bertroni
Giants Sign Leroy Harper From Emporia Teachers
New York Giants announce the signing of Leroy Harper an end and tackle from Emporia Teachers College in Kansas. Harper previously played for Emporia and joins the Giants to reinforce the line.
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Farmer
North Pole
New York
Kansas
New York Football Giants
Leroy Harper
Emporia
Kan
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