Willkie Hear Farm Leaders In Des Moines Meeting
In Des Moines a Willkie campaign stop gathered more than 70 farm representatives from 10 Midwestern states. He urged decentralizing industry for defense and prosperity and described France as crushed by a candy stick government. He plans to complete farm section of his acceptance address in Colorado Springs.
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Des Moines
Wendell L. Willkie
Colorado Springs
Colo
France
Willkie
United States
Picnic and Dance Planned by Junior Chamber at Holcom's Grove
A Junior Chamber of Commerce picnic and dance will be held at Holcom's Grove on August 16. A baseball game precedes a picnic supper and dancing to radio and phonograph music. Donald Johns, a committee member, announced the plans after a directors and committeemen meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Holcom’s Grove
Donald Johns
Boy Dies After Mule Attack in Hutchinson Kansas
In Hutchinson Kansas a 9 year old boy Robert Lynn Clothier was dragged nearly a mile by a stray mule that he had allegedly attacked. The incident occurred late yesterday with authorities reporting a fatality.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Robert Lynn Clothier
Air Corps Officer Training Open to Kansas Young Men
Maj Ernest John announces that Kansas youths aged 20 to 26 who are unmarried citizens with good character and two years of college may enlist as flying cadets. Training includes three months civilian schooling, three months at Randolph and Kelly fields, 215 flight hours, and academic work. Cadets receive $75 monthly, rations, uniforms, lodging, and equipment. Successful completion yields a second lieutenant commission and potential reserve active duty. Applicants meeting requirements can obtain application blanks.
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Air Corps
U. S. Army
Ernest John
Kansas
Cal- Aero Training Corporation
Ontario
Calif
Army
Randolph Field
Kelly Field
Texas
Kellyfield
Air Corps Reserve
John
Regular Army
Notable Inventor Horizontal 1 7 and Related Clues
A cryptic style puzzle lists clues for horizontal and vertical entries about notable inventors, boats, and related terms. The grid references include numbers like 1 7 and 12 13 16 17 19 20 21, with hints tying to boat builders, eras, and various nouns, aiming to fill a themed crossword-style grid.
Information Request Contacts Listed for Seventh Corps
The notice provides addresses for the Commanding General Seventh Corps Area in Omaha and the Wichita Recruiting District in New Post Office Building Wichita Kansas. It also lists sub stations in Pratt Fort Scott Emporia Salina Hutchinson Coffeyville Garden City Topeka and Colby for further information.
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Seventh Corps Area
Omaha
Neb
Wichita
New Post Office
Kan
Pratt
Fort Scott
Emporia
Salina
Hutchinson
Coffeyville
Garden City
Topeka
Colby
Nourmahal Sets Sail As Bermuda Trip Sparks Duke Windsory Rumor
Vincent Astor’s yacht Nourmahal put to sea for its annual conditioning cruise fueling speculation it may ferry the Duke and Duchess of Windsor from Bermuda to Nassau for his Bahama Islands governorship. Astor’s office denied plans and noted a routine cruise.
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New York
Vincent Astor
Nourmahal
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Bermuda
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Astor
Topeka Youth Killed in Train Fall
Topeka Aug 6 James Coppinger 15 died after falling from a freight train he rode from Kansas City with two companions on the return trip near home. The accident occurred a short distance from Topeka as the youths rode the rail line back to their city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coppinger
Topeka
John V. Abrahams Dies at 72 in Topeka
John V. Abrahams, 72, president of the Chamber of Commerce, died last night in Topeka. He served as secretary treasurer of the Security Benefit Association for 32 years and was a director of several banks and companies. He belonged to the state highway commission from 1927 to 1980 and served in the 1927 and 1929 legislatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. Abrahams
Topeka
Chamber of Commerce
Security : ‘Benefit. Association
Abrahams
Taft pushes for immediate action on NLRB revisions
Senator Taft says a strong effort will be made to move House approved amendments to the National Labor Relations Act. The Senate Labor Committee plans fast hearings on 1939 amendments as manufacturers urge prompt action. A three member board and presidential administrator plan would shift duties, with a contested craft union recognition provision drawing opposition.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
Utah
National Association of Manufacturers
Labor Board
W. Prentis, Jr
Manufacturers’ Association
Baldwin News Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Mrs Walter Osborne and son Jeri of Garnett spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs James Aus and Miss Harriet Osborne before returning home. Mrs Philip P Barnthouse and Miss Mary Margaret and Marian Louise Williams were in Lawrence Monday. Rev Leland Mann and family of Grinnell Iowa briefly visited in Baldwin on their way home from Salina. Mr Mann is pastor of the First Congregational Church in Grinnell and a Baker graduate. Jack Moorhead of Kansas City visited his uncle Dr H K Ebright and family Sunday.
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Walter Osborne
Jeri of
Garnett
James Aus
Harriet Osborne
Mary Margaret
Marian Louise Williams
Lawrence
Leland Mann
Leland, Jr
Cora’ Vallean
Arthur
Grinnell
Baldwin
Salina
Weet Peme
Mr. Marin
Mr. Mann
First Congregational Church
Mona Coole
Jack Moorhead
Kansas City
Pie
H. K. Ebright
Gary
Frank Montgomery F
Knowledge Hill Community Club
Helen Rice
Eline Olson
Ethelyne Burns
Frank Johns
Rice
Wilma Pierson
Texas
Jack
Edna Wilson
Mack Stewart
Harry Smith
Smith
Stewart
Donald
Mack
Clyde
Charles LaDuke
Topeka
Nick Hunsinger
Schooley
Will Rice
John Weibel
Clytic Weibel
Allen Prophet
Donna Cox
A. Day
Turner
Kansas
City
S. E. Winkelman
Jake Hall
Charles.Allison
Charles
Baldwin Friends Attend Services and Gatherings
A long community notice describes visits and meals across Baldwin with many names. Mrs. Alexander Bruner’s funeral at First Methodist is noted, with tribute by Dr. James S. Chubb and Rev. Runyan. Local gatherings include Knowledge Hill Club, family reunions, and various calls on relatives in Lawrence Topeka and Kansas City.
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C. C. Bruner
Moorhead
Ka _City Post
Carl Meredith
Roderick
Patricia
Kathryn
Joplin
Baldwin
Marjorie .Keohane
Beaumont
Tex
Ruby Keohane
Elinore Sedore
Robert Sedore
Lawrence
Valley
View
Dean
Donald Eatina
Gerald W. Stafford Independent
Edward Beauchamp
Osawatomie
Delaware
Minnie Walker
Mildred Hahn
Will Spe
Baldwin Epworth League Institute
Cameron
James
Chubb
Paul Kochan
Claude B. Beeks
Bill
John
Kansas City
Charles E. Beeks
Benson M. Powell
Topeka
Baldwin Friends
Alfred Runyan
Pittsburg
William M. Runyan
Frank C. Leinaker
Runyans
Alexander Bruner
First Methodist Church
James S. Chubb
Allen Daugherty
Herman Brown
Paul Bruner
Muskogee
Okla
Margaret Huff
Paola
Dasisa Beard
Community Notes from KNOWLEDGE HILL Column
Local residents share weekend visits with relatives in Springfield Topeka Lawrence and Kansas City. Obituary notes Marvin Prophet, brother of Wilma Welber, died in Topeka. Families and neighbors gather for dinners and ice cream at various homes, including Thirys, Burns, Murphy, and Hornberger households.
Valley Grove Notes and Local Involvements Report
Russell Shaw attends a Legion meeting in Lawrence and a primary election is planned at the schoolhouse here with a five woman election board. The Hickory Point CCC camp buildings have been moved to Osage county, and Mrs Juanita Rumbaugh Hyde has wed Francis E Hyde in Riverside California. Crow and feed loans are offered to Jefferson county farmers, and social visits include the Petrie and Dunbar families in Lawrence and Lone Star. Mrs Willis Smith, longtime resident, died in Lawrence. services were held at Rumsey's. Russell Shaw helps farmers finish threshing as harvest nears.
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Russell Shaw
Legion
Lawrence
CCC
Hickory Point
Osage County
Jefferson County
Juanita Rumbaugh
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Francis E. Hyde
Atchison
First Methodist Church
Riverside
Calif
Hyde
Vail School of Nursing
Memorial Hospital
Southern California Canteen Candy Company
Walter Dunbar
Jerald Petrie
Charles Hays Dunbar
Willis Smith
Ruth’ Titterington
Smith
W. O. Florys
Ruth
Everett
Kenneth Jones
iMra
Richard Petrie
Elmer ‘Weilsel
Oskaloosa
M Smurr
Han
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
WH Smurr
Wellman Chapel
Bureaa_women's advisory council
Iva Holliday
Leavenworth County
Tonganoxlle
Shaw
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George A. Wilson
Glen R. Hillis
Indiana
Harlan J. Bushfield
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Henry S. Caulfield
Dwight Green
Illinois
THE
Alas Tubah
J. Robert Fish
Springfield
Mass
Mr. Fish
Topekan
NLRB
Sen
Baldwin News
Vermont
Knowledge Hill
Loren Burns
H. O. Burns
Ethelyne
W. C. Thiry
Arlo
Chester
Baker Murphy
Richard
John Thiry
E.’ H. Dimick
Wilson Houseworth
Eline. Olson
Marvin Prophet
Wilma Welber
Earl Janeway
Jerry Berry
Mack and
Donald Clyde
Harold
Skeets and Son
Valley Grove
Santa Fe
Carlsbad Caverns
California
Carisban, J.M
Carlsbad
Los Angeles
E. P. Addy
Agent Santa Fe
Lawrence, Kan
Electrolux
Servel Electrolux
Enda Tomorra
Satan Trapie
Perth
Victor McLaglen
Jon Halc
Frances Farmer
Olympe Bradna
Gene Lockhart
Douglas Dumbrille
X-Tra
March OF Time
Robert Young
Maureen O’sullivan
Lewis Stone
Sporting Blood
Wendy Barrie Mae Clark
Patee
Mickey Boone
Judy Garland
Wayne Morris
Virginia Weidler
Gene Reynolds
Boys Town
Jack Holt
Patricia, Ellis
Lone Ranger
Silver
Wm. Powell
Myrna’ Loy
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