Wheeler Warns U S Lacks Equipment for Draft Plan
Sen. Wheeler says the Burke Wadsworth bill would draft 400000 by October but the army has insufficient gear. He cites 243000 National Guardsmen possibly moved to active service. Debate centers on conscription versus voluntary enlistment and age ranges for registration. Gen Marshall urges immediate training amid looming manpower needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate
Sheppard
D-Tex
Lundeen
Fl-Minn
Johnson
Army
American Federation of Labor
Amer
Military Training Camps Association
Senate Committee
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Congress
War Department
Anti War Address and Community Notices at Boulder Region
Announcement lists a birth in the Wilkinson family and a concert by a Lawrence church quartet at Union Park. Local personnel changes include Lee Scales named acting postmaster and Lee Gibson as deputy after Mr Ford's death. Various social events: Patterson reunion visit, Homemakers club shower for Alice Norman, and a Frank H. Roberts birthday basket dinner. Socials and institute activities span Baldwin to Lawrence with many local residents named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion
Boulder University
Brock
Augusta High School
Arlan’ Wilkinson
Union Park Service
First Presbyterian Church of
Lawrence
Straffon
William ‘Leech
Minerva Davis
Alexander Wills
van Bliss
Muscotah
Mr. Wills
Lee Scales
James Farley
Ford
Lee Gibson
Sylvia Douglas
Clifford
Ralph
Will Killinger
Patterson
Everett Myers
Eli Bowen
Alice Norman
Lindsay
Sam Bowen
Homemakers Club
Elfray Erkenbrack
Republic
B. Ford
Margaret
Inzie Lacy
Mary Francea
Formosa
A. A. Webber
Lone Star Lake
Mr. Webber
Lone Star
Owen Lindsay
Ozarks
Missouri
Lindsay Farm
Alice
Tom Norman
Owen
Mary Lindsay
Lone Tree
J.C. Lane
Epworth League
Baldwin
Institute
Verelle Weinberg
Marion Sweyer
Beth Housh
Donna Jean Morris
Coleen Leger
Dorothy Montgomery
Warren Cox
Harry
George Johnson
Frank H. Roberts
Hamilton
Perry
Jacquemin
Smith
Davis
Cashatt
Insley
Sutton
Bell
Huddleston
Shrader
Larner
Long
Droke
Terhune
Ninceheiser
Pennington
Coleman
McClellan
Alexander
Cox
Leaverton
Lobb
Roberts
Gene
John Roberts
Lloyd Morris
J. C. Lane
Nor
Ice Cream Social Draws Crowds in Ozawkie and Nortonville
Townsfolk attend an ice cream social at Brethren church lawn Ozawkie with drive-ins from Nortonville. Local families like Croke and Crouch report large crowds and homemade treats. Several residents attend funerals, visits span to Winchester and Topeka venues. An unemployment official from Lawrence interviewed job seekers at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonville
Ozawkie
Nortonville
Gale Croke
Brethren Church
Robert Crouch
California
Tom Ferris
Ella
Dehlia Larner
Winchester
Severe Gulf Storm Heads Toward Franklin Louisiana
A tropical storm near hurricane force winds of 75 mph moved toward the Louisiana Texas gulf coast and was expected to inland near Franklin Louisiana within hours. The storm disrupted vessels and prompted evacuations from Bay St. Louis Mississippi to Galveston Texas as warnings spread. The center was southwest of Grand Isle Louisiana moving west-northwest at 7 to 8 mph, with an additional disturbance near Turks Island in the Bahamas noted by Jacksonville Weather Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana-Texas Gulf
Franklin
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Galveston
Tex
Weather Bureau
Grand Isle
Gulf
Jacksonville
Fla
Turks Island
Bahamas
Haiti
Continue the Search for Judge Joseph F Crater’s Disappearance
New York August 6 1930 police still list Joseph Force Crater missing ten years after he vanished after leaving his Fifth Avenue home his wife collected life insurance and detectives keep the case open with two retired colleagues and one active officer seeking conclusive proof of death or a trace of the taxi and its passenger with no sign found since the 9 PM departure from a Broadway venue
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Force
Crater
Supreme Court
Clinton Schlunsen
Schlumsen
John Stein
Maine
Ffth Avenue
Speedy National Guard march tests Turnpike westward
Indiantown Gap Pa August 6 A National Guard artillery column sped westward over the Pennsylvania turnpike testing high speed operations for wartime value. Twenty five motor vehicles and six 155 millimeter howitzers with full equipment left the camp 5 to 15 minutes early toward Bedford 135 miles away. a detour near Carlisle slowed progress. Major Theodore S Paul led the expedition expected to be one of the nation's fastest military marches as tolls and future network plans hang on the $70 million project finished later this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiantown Gap
National Guard
Bedford
Carlisle
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Theodore S. Paul
German Prince Engaged to Princess Henriette Schoenach
Doorn Netherlands reports the engagement of 24 year old Prince Karl Franz Josef von Preussen to 22 year old Princess Henriette Schoenach-Garalath son of the late Prince Joachim and stepson of Kaiser Wilhelm I. Karl recently received the Iron Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doorn
Netherlands
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Karl Franz Josef von Preussen
Henriette Schoenach-Garalath
Henriette
Hermine
Karl
Joachim
Wilhelm
Doomessdle
Swiss Ban on Communist Activity Cites Three-Year Terms
Bern reports the Swiss government prohibited all Communist Trotskyist and Anarchist activity and propaganda, with three-year prison terms and heavy fines for violations. Informed sources note rising propaganda methods increasingly resembling conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Statehouse Nearly Deserted as Workers Vote at Home
Topeka August 6 The statehouse was practically deserted with hundreds of jobholders voting in their home districts. The scene mirrored statewide turnout as employees sought to cast ballots remotely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statehouse
Topeka
Local Notes Wide Ranging In Oskaola Area
Ernest Cashatt and Jesse Emery help with potato harvest on Walter Heck farm daily near Kaw bottom. Mrs Charles Decker ill after heart attack but improving. Walter Houck family back from Abilene visiting Mrs Houck's mother Mrs Bert Gay. Horse accident injures Johnson boy's leg while handling cattle. Criss family moved to Atchison for truck route work. Ottinger sisters move to new home. Ernest Barnard family of Sabetha visiting Edmonds. Robert Fuhrman 16 dies after brain tumor operation in Kansas City hospital. funeral at Gabel chapel. burial Pleasant View cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Robert son of Ray Fahrman, survived by mother, sister Lucille, brother Glenn. Hal Gay of Valley Falls visits for band concert. Irene Brock returns from Boulder Colorado after summer session.
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Ernest, Cashatt
Jesse Emery
Kaw Bottom
Walter Heck
Charles Decker
Walter Houck
Abilene
Criss
Atchison
Gabel Funeral Home
Joseph Lane
D.C. Allen
Pleasant View Cemetery
James Keeling
Lavelle
Laverne Garren
Leland Edmonds
Eldon May
Roy Ross
Robert
Families visit at South Liberty cottage and homestead
The article notes multiple visitors to the Andre cottage on South Liberty street, including Mr. Dodge from Burlington and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Simon from Overbrook. It also mentions visits by Mrs. Earl Markwell of Tulsa, Rev. William Johnson and son from Jordan Montana, Mrs. George Peppard and baby from Canton Oklahoma, and Glenn Decker from Enterprise. Dust on the street is noted and Lena Nothdorf hosts the Past Matrons club on August 6 at her lakeside cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre
South Liberty Street
Dodge
Burlington
Roy Simon
Overbrook
A. J. Simon
Earl Markwell
Tulsa
J.H. Johnson
William Johnson and Son
Jordan, Mont
George Peppard
Baby
Canton
Okla
Miami Brown
Martha
Velma
Helen Brown
Glenn’ Decker
Enterprise
J A. Decker
Bland
Liberty Street
Lena Nothdorf
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U.S
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chicago
Mary Jean
Glenn Brock
Irene Brock
Gage Park
Earl Montgomery
Grayson
Dorothy
Doris
JC. E. Decker
Jessie Bell
Barbara
Hutchingon
Otto Premauer
Paul Sova
Dick Dodge
Louisiana-Texas
Joseph F. Crater
National Guard Artillery
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Kaiser
Wilfred
Oskaloosa
Rocket
Wichita
Kansas City
Des Moines
Tri- Cities
Oklo.City
Fort Worth
Dallas
St. Paul- Minneapolis
Rock Island
J.H. Robinson
Rock Island Lines
Kansas
Bendix
Enenase
Nehi Bottling CO
R.S
Dick) Wilson
COLA
Royal Crown
Nebé
Tengel
Firestone Convoy
Eis
Firestone
Champion
Firestone Champion
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Ender
Alfred E Wartenstein
N.B.C. Red
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