Japanese Bomb Two British Vessels Near Ichang
British accuse Japan of a premeditated air raid yesterday at Ichang on the Yangtze, destroying two British river steamers and killing four crew with damage to Asiatic Petroleum property. A British protest was lodged with Admiral Oikawa while Japan cited a possible mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Zchang
Asiatic Petroleum Company
H. J. Denyer
Ichang
Yangtze River
Gannet
Standard Oil Company
Tientsin
Honan
Polish Nazis Agree to Talks Over Danzig Customs Dispute
Warsaw reports from Danzig say Nazi authorities will negotiate the customs dispute that sparked the herring and margarine war. Polish officials cite a potential victory as Danzig appears to yield to Polish rights to customs control, easing tension after Marshal Smigly-Rydz warned of possible action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Danzig
Altho
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Poland
Garner Prefers Chiggers And Fish to Washington
Dallas August 7 Pi Vice President Garner in high good humor rode toward his Uvalde home to fish and enjoy chiggers. He refused to discuss the Garner for President movement or the adjourned Congress. He planned a front porch style rest with no comment on John Lewis accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Garner
Washington
John
Lewis
Temperature Drop After Rain in Salina
A rainfall of .87 of an inch in Salina Kansas caused the temperature to fall from 90 to 75 degrees within a half hour. Rain was light and continued at 2 30 in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina Salina
Kan
Beaverhill Collides With Iceberg Then Presses On to London
The 503 foot Beaverhill of the Canadian Pacific line, with 74 aboard, struck an iceberg off Newfoundland while bound Montreal to London. She reported no immediate danger and proceeded slowly in dense fog. Captain T. Jones said she would reach London August 13. coast guard and Ausonia plan to stay nearby as a precaution.
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Boston
Canadian Pacific Steamship Line
Montreal
London
Newfoundland
Coast Guard
Ausonia
Beaverhill
T. Jones
Titanic
Southampton
New York
Altho
Seirstad
Rotterdam
Cape St. Francis
Jones
Court Bill Signed to Create Federal Judicial Administrative Officer
President signs a minor bill completing the 1937 court program by establishing a judicial administrative officer to manage all federal courts fiscal affairs. Also signed are measures limiting commemorative coins, reviving lieutenant general title, commissioning older reserve officers, and duty free Philippine trade quotas through 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Murphy
Homer Cummings
Cummings
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Army
Regular
Army Air Corps
Government to start watershed development in Colorado and Kansas
The federal government will begin development on the north fork Cimarron and Sand Arroyo watershed spanning Colorado and Kansas to aid livestock and crops. Ross Floyd says area approvals cover Baca Las Animas in Colorado and Stanton Grant Stevens Mortons counties in Kansas. Farmers receive storage dams wind mills stock tanks and well work with loans if needed in exchange for erosion control water conservation and crop planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Kan
North Fork
Cimarron River
Sand Arroyo
Colorado
Kansas
Ross Floyd
Water Facilities Program
Department of Agriculture
Southern Grain Plains
Baca
Las Animas
Stanton, Grant, Stevens and
Mortons
Floyd
Kansas postmaster nominations confirmed in senate
Before adjourning the senate confirmed Kansas postmastership nominations for Gridley William F. Varel at Hiawatha Pearl Halvern at London H W Behrens at McLouth Ernest W. McHenry at Oskaloosa Walter B. Ford at Richmond Charles A. Mardick at Shawnee Michael J. Baier at the named locations August 7 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Washington
Senate
Gridley
William F. Varel
Hiawatha
N. Pearl Halvern
London
H. W. Behrens
Rice county welfare budget dispute reaches state board
Rice county officials insist the welfare budget remains at 76 900 though the state welfare board in Topeka reports an approved figure of 85 107. Milligan says the larger amount is signed by county officials. Dunham resigns as welfare director. replacement not yet named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Frank Milligan
State Social Welfare Board
Rice County
State Board
Milligan
Lyons
Kan
State Welfare Board
Phil Hohl
Jackson County Businessmen Sue County Over County Court Waste
Eighty five eastern Jackson county businessmen and homeowners filed suit in circuit court challenging county court administration. They seek dismissal of 28 county employees and call for investigation of employment contracts amid alleged false fraudulent claims for services not rendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jackson County
High School Begins Student Enrollment Process
The high school office starts assigning students to classes this morning. Students fill spring course requests, staff reviews cards, and enrollments are drafted. New students enroll in summer or early fall.
Federal workers may attend conventions but cannot be delegates
An informal Justice Department opinion ruled that federal job holders may attend the National Youth Democratic clubs convention in Pittsburgh but may not act as delegates. The ruling cites Hatch Act limits on federal employees' political activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Youth Democratic Clubs
Pittsburgh
Railway Employment Up In July Across Nation
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports mid-July railroad employment at 1 002 185, up 1 percent from mid-June and nearly 8 percent higher than July 1938, indicating steady hiring growth in the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rain Revives Pastures In Scott City Area
Scott City Kansas reports 1.12 inches of rain reviving pastures and fall feed crops. Moisture is badly needed and more rain will be required for fall wheat planting. Great Bend received 0.92 inches on the same day.
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Scott City
Kan
Great Bend
Indicted Leaders Face Oil Conspiracy Charges in Louisiana
New Orleans August 7 former Louisiana governor elect Richard Webster Leche and Seymour Weiss hotel owner were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy to violate the Connally hot oil act for allegedly pushing up oil production between 1936 and 1937. Freeman Burford of Dallas and East Texas Refining were named in the case with Pay Leche and Weiss ten cents per barrel for oil produced illegally. Weiss also faces income tax evasion charges. Louis C. Lesage of Standard Oil is named in a separate indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Richard Webster Leche
Seymour Weiss
Connally
Freeman Burford
Dallas
Tex
East Texas Refining Company
Louisiana
Texas
Italy
Congress
Leche
Shreveport
Burford
Weiss
Louis C. Lesage
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Lesage
Labor Trouble Delays Rock Island Altamont Branch Work
Kansas City reports the Rock Island abandoned Altamont branch will stay idle for a few days with a skeleton crew as contractor Zay Gardner from McAlester Oklahoma negotiates labor issues. About 600 Platte County union members seek work while 67 Oklahoma laborers were told not to return after a conflict on the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Rock Island Railroad
Altamont
Oklahoma
Zay Gardner
McAlester
Okla
Jay B. Wilson
Platte County
Teamsters Union
Wilson
Gardner
Rock Island
Thornburg Begins 35 Year Term At Leavenworth
John Thornburg the Chanute bank robber was moved to Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary to serve a 35 year sentence after pleading guilty to the 4860 dollar dynamite bomb robbery of the First National Bank at Chanute last March. He was arrested recently at Nevada Missouri and was escorted from Wyandotte County Jail by U S Marshal Lon Warner and deputies. Thornburg claimed he had dynamite but later said the bundles contained only sawdust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John Thornburg
Chanute
Kan
Leavenworth
Thornburg
First National Bank
Nevada
Kornburg
Wyandotte
United States
Lon Warner
Reed Returns Home From Washington For Parsons Kansas
Senator Clyde M. Reed and two staff members drive home to Parsons Kansas after adjournment. Senator Arthur Capper plans to depart for Topeka Tuesday night with a stop in St Louis for an address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clyde M. Reed
R.-Kan
Parsons, Kan
Eleanor Sheley
Bernice
Silcott
Parsons
Arthur Capper
Topeka
St. Louis
Funeral services for J E Lindscheid
Newton professor J E Lindscheid died suddenly Saturday. He taught English at Bethel college and earned a Ph D at the University of Kansas in 1935. He is survived by his wife and three children. The family lived at 900 Alabama Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Linscheid
Newton
Lindscheid
Bethel College
New WPA Orders Target Longtime Roll Dismissals
State WPA heads must remove from relief rolls all workers on the rolls for 18 months or more, with war veterans exempt. Congress had suspended the rule but adjourned without relief, and Col. F. C. Harrington ordered state aides to complete dismissals by August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPA
Congress
Col. F. C. Harrington
Work Projects
Summer recreation program ends on Mt Dread
Dr F C Allen director notes eight week experiment attracted about 160 nightly attendees. Facilities included archery badminton shuffleboard ping pong croquet darts and children play areas. Hourly events drew 200 to 325 people weekly and future plans include more facilities a free nightly show and possible air conditioning for the Union building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Dread
F. C. Allen
Dr. Allen
Cref
District Meeting to Inform on Wheat Loans and Insurance
Local Agriculture Conservation association staff will attend the district meeting in Lyndon Kansas on Friday August 11 to inform county offices about 1940 wheat crop insurance 1939 wheat loans and the liquidation and re sealing of 1988 corn loans Nine counties with an estimated 60 attendees will be represented Jackson Doniphan Douglas Brown Nemaha Wabaunsee Johnson Leavenworth Wyandotte Otto Hack Ithra C Anderson Ernest J Prim John M French and Mrs Rachel Cayton attend from the local office Roy C Wilson state wheat loan assistant will lead most of the program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Conservation Association
Lyndon
Kan
Jackson
Doniphan
Douglas
Brown
Nemaha
Wabaunsee
Johnson
Leavenworth
Wyndotte
Otto Hack
Ithra C. Anderson
Ernest J. Prim
John M. French
Rachel Cayton
Roy C. Wilson
State Wheat Loan
Symns Brothers Awarded Merit by Kansas Shorthorn Breeders
In Strong City Kansas on August 7 the Kansas Shorthorn Breeders Association gave its merit award for 1939 to Symns Brothers of Atchison. The group at its annual picnic on the W W Harshman farm backed strict control of community sales and backing for a state Shorthorn show at state fairs and the American Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strong City
Kan
Kansas Shorthorn Breeders Association
Symns Brothers
Atchison
W. W. Harshman
Ruth switches to golf with long drives at White Mountain
Babe Ruth, the homerun king, won an amateur driving contest before the White Mountain golf tournament. He hit three drives averaging 260 yards, showing he can still strike fear with the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Conway
N. H
Babe Ruth
Babe
White Mountain
Five Arrests In Marijuana Raids Reported
A week of police work ended in three raids last night with five arrests for marijuana possession and sale. Lora Porter and Ida Parr Williams plus Berniece Johnson were arraigned. Ike Ingalls and Esther Anderson faced charges linked to a gambling table raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
Robert B. Oyler
Milton Beach
Lora Porter
Delaware Street
Ida Parr
Williams
Berniece Johnson
Des Moines
Ike Ingalls
Ester Anderson
Milton P. Beach
Jude Anderson
Charles E. Banning
Porter
Ida Parr Williams
Highway 10
Poor Farm Road
Beach
East Eighth Street
Esther Anderson
Ingalls
No Settlement Yet in Green Mountain Dam Strike
Denver reports the Colorado industrial commission failed to secure a settlement in the Green Mountain dam strike after guardsmen intervened and seven men were wounded. The panel adjourned to allow AFL unions and Warner Construction to negotiate, with Bromley demanding the commission participate, while Hornbein claimed the unions are ready to negotiate but deny the commission's jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado Industrial Commission
Green Mountain Dam
National Guardsmen
American Federation of Labor Unions
Warner Construction Company of Chicago
Dam Contractors
Bromley
Philip Hornbein
Industrial Commission
Budget Bureau tallies 1940 appropriations
Washington reports the budget bureau found Congress had appropriated 10,472,354,914 dollars for the current year, 260,937,376 more than the estimate. The 1940 total excludes contract authorizations and unexpended balances, with 1,013,582,439 dollars allotted for prior-year deficiencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Budget Bureau
Congress
Ickes Orders Study Of Unauthorized Grazing Lands
Secretary Ickes ordered a study of unauthorized grazing on about 50 million acres outside federal grazing districts. The investigation aims to shape future action to bring range land use outside grazing districts under closer supervision and control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Largest U S Arms Contracts Soon Placed For World War II
Washington officials said the War Department will place mass orders this week for more than 2,000 war planes engines and equipment totaling about 160 million dollars. Ordinance plans to follow with guns tanks and other weapons pushing armaments past 300 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Army Air Forces
Ordinance Department
Farmers to Meet Discuss 1940 Farm Bureau Program
Plans for a Friday meeting at the local Farm Bureau office to outline the 1940 crop production program led by John G. Bell from Kansas State Agriculture College. County Agent Deal Six notes soil management, pasture mowing demos, small grain plots, wheat field day, tours, sweet clover plots, bindweed control, and five moving picture demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
John G. Bell
Kansas State Agriculture College
Manhattan
Altho
Deal Six
Keen Johnson Leads Kentucky Primary Returns Amid Union Fight
Louisville July 7 report shows Lieutenant Governor Keen Johnson ahead in the Democratic gubernatorial primary by about 17 000 on late returns. Johnson, backed by Gov. Chandler, led John Young Brown, an attorney for the CIO United Mine Workers in Kentucky, 110859 to 93609 with 1782 of 4307 precincts. Republican race had King Swope leading over John Cooper with 84375 to 24707 from 1189 precincts. Johnson campaigned against the CIO tie and Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Keen Johnson
A. B
Chandler
C.I.C
Kentucky
Johnson
John Young Brown
C.I.O
United Mine Workers
King Swope
Lexington
John Sherman Cooper
Somerset
Swope
Cooner
Jefferson County
State Federation of Labor
C.so
Brown
Mr and Mrs W Kandt Return from Germany
Mr and Mrs William Kandt have returned from Germany where Kandt studied at the University of Tubingen on a German exchange scholarship. They visited Independence, Kansas, with plans to return to Lawrence soon and Kandt had worked at Ober clothing store while a law student at the University of Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kandt
Germany
Kandt
University of Tubingen
Independence
Kan
Lawrence
Ober Clothing
University of Kansas
Phi Kappasi
Farm Officials Move to Keep Prices Up with Loans
Washington aug 7 farm officials plan to maintain price supports for major crops by using about 250 million in loans to farmers on surpluses wheat corn cotton wool dairy and other products held off market. Loans priced above market aim to lift prices with roughly 100 million for wheat 100 million for corn and the rest for other commodities. Farmers may repay loans or surrender stored crops when due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Cee Spvpleuuud6
Kaave le Agency
Midwest
Guardsmen Ready for Annual Camp at Camp Whitside
Three Lawrence National Guard units plan a 17 day training session at Camp Whitside Ft Riley starting Sunday with about 60 men per unit. Infantry and cavalry will train to field readiness and coordinate defense against chemical agents. Machinegun trophy action and bivouacs on the schedule with senior officers and local attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence National
Horton
Troy
H Company
Galen Gorrill
Edward J. Renth
Walter E. Smith
Wichita
Charles H. Browne
137Th Regiment
Paul A. Cannady
Coffeyville
114Th Cavalry
Renth
Raymond C. Jones
Samuel A. McKone
85Th Ordnance
Samuel P. Moyer
Gorrill
Harold K. Snider
Charles A. Edmondson
Wayne Allvhin
Clyde W. Babb
Schiller Shore
Troon T
Francis Morawetz
Arthur S. Anderson
T. D. Fitzgerald
Walton B. Webb
Donald E. Dowers
T. J. Leasure
Harry Frazee
General Truman
Weather shift brings cooler air to Kansas
Scattered showers refreshed western Kansas as a low pressure system lingered over the state. Federal Meteorologist A D Rabb predicted generally fair and cooler conditions tomorrow with highs around 90 to 95 and lows near 60 to 79. Rainfall totals varied from trace to over an inch in towns including Manhattan, Junction City, and Scott City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Rabb
Hays
Mercury
Robb
Manhattan
Junction City
Scott City
Toneka
Kansas City
Garnett
Emnoria
Horton
Randolph
Hanover
Russell
Syracuse
Garden City
Ness City
Concordia
Tribune
Dodge City
Kaneas Weather Forecast Saturday Outlook
Partly cloudy in the west with thundershowers in the east this afternoon or tonight. Cooler tonight, and Tuesday looks generally fair with cooler conditions in the east and central. Temperatures show a high around 92 and a low near 79 with recent records: yesterday's high 98, low not shown.
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Kaneas
Ac Cresnessucneennnenesersaneereernene
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Agriculture Conservation
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