Three Primaries Set for Tuesday in Roosevelt Era
Washington August 8 Admin hopes rise as Barkley wins in Kentucky strengthen Roosevelt backing in three forthcoming senatorial primaries. Renominations loom for Bulkley Caraway and Pope with Clark testing policy lines in Idaho. Nebraska hold primary with no senate race. Also district Ottawa auto mobile insurance meeting set for August 11.
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Washington
Kentucky
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Robert Bulkley
Ohio
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
James ‘P. Popes
Idaho
Popes
D. Worth Clark
Pope
Roosevelt
Clark
White House
John McClellan
Caraway
George White
Senator Bulkley
Bulkley
Marietta
Robert Taft
Arthur J. Day
Martin L. Davey
Charles Sawyer
Social Security Board
Davey
Nebraska
R. L. Cochran
Toomorrow
Barkley
Georgia
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
A. B. Chandler
Harrison
Burke
CCC Clothing Cost Drops for Enrollees in 1930s
Officials announced a reduction in CCC clothing costs to 90.61 dollars per enrollee per year, down from 96.09 dollars the previous year, affecting Washington state enrollees.
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CCC
Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions And Answers
A reader asks seven questions on geography history and science including Gadsden Purchase country gills per gallon Danube delta oceans minor planets recent European king died capital of Missouri Sahara continent decade DC voting pelagic animals solo Atlantic flight cenotaph highest mountain nom de plume PGA 1988 Shawnee golf winner tallest mammal.
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Gadsden
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Danube River
Missouri
Sahara Desert
District of Columbia
Atlantic
Ireland
Ant
Shawmet Aware
Klooz Elected President of University Business Officers
Karl Klooz bursar of the University was elected president of the Association of University Business Officers at the annual convention near Laramie Wyoming. The group includes 76 schools and about 150 attendees gathered at the University of Wyoming science summer camp. Mr and Mrs Klooz and daughter Jane returned Saturday and after the convention July 28 visited Yellowstone Park before returning home.
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Karl Klooz
Association of University of Tege
Nual
Laramie
Wyo
University of Wyoming
Klooz
Jane
Yellowstone Park
Russell Bros 3 Ring Circus to Visit Lawrence Tuesday
Russell Bros 3 Ring Circus comes to Lawrence for two performances at 23rd and Louisiana with matinee pricing and 9 am ticket sales. The show opens with arrivals from Leavenworth and features elephants, clowns, equestriennes, and a full tent setup amid market noise of popcorn, candy floss, and sawdust.
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Lawrence
Russell Bros
23Rd
Louisiana
Leavenworth
Russell
Are to Vote on Pension Reform in Colorado
Secretary of state George E. Saunders ruled that a repeal of the $45 old age pension law should go to voters in the November general election. The decision upholds petitions by Workable Old Age Pensions, Inc. to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot erasing the $45 monthly plan and sending aid to the aged to the state legislature. Otto Moore, co author of the amendment, said he would appeal to the Denver district court, alleging petition fraud.
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Denver
George E. Saunders
Saunders
Federation For Workable Old Age Pensions, Inc
Otto Moore
Denver District Court
Lindberghs Land in England After Paris Flight
Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh landed at Lympne air port in England at 12:40 p.m. after departing Le Bourget Paris at 10:50 a.m. They passed through customs and proceeded to Reading where the colonel’s airplane is built for repairs and alterations.
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Lympne
England
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
C.S.T
le Bourget
Paris
Je Flier
Reading
Lawrence seeks injunction to halt Hobbs tourist camp
The city of Lawrence files an injunction against E. M. Hobbs who began constructing a tourist camp beside the new northward road under the Union Pacific underpass. It asks removal of three cabins already built after a denied permit, asserting the site lies in a U-3 district where tourist camps are barred except in U-6 8 districts.
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Lawrence
E. M. Hobbs
Union Pacific
Hobbs
Reorganization Meeting Set for County Democratic Committee
The county Democratic central committee will hold a reorganization meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the party headquarters at 9 East Ninth Street Seymour Gentry, chairman, announced today. The main business is to elect a county chairman a vice chairman a secretary and a treasurer.
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Democratic Central Committee
East Ninth Street
Seymour Gentry
Warrants to Sheriff on Unpaid Taxes Beginning August 10
County treasurer A. M. Gardner announced warrants will be issued to the sheriff between August 10 and 15 for unpaid personal taxes. The sheriff will collect all taxes not paid by August.
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Counci Urer
A. M. Gardner
Integration of utility assets aims to untangle industry
Washington reports the Securities and Exchange Commission is drafting a new chapter for public utilities. Chairman William O. Douglas asks 66 holding companies to submit plans for corporate and geographic simplification under the Public Utility Holding Company Act. The task spans years, seen as evolutionary not revolutionary.
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Washington
The
Securities Commission
William O. Douglas
Commission
Public Utility Holding Company
Douglas
Civil Aeronautics Authority Takes Over Its Jobs
Washington officials announce the new Civil Aeronautics Authority assumes duties today two weeks before the unified aviation program starts. Clinton M. Heater becomes administrator with a three-part structure including a five member board and a safety panel. Elmer J. Noble heads the board with Harllee Branch as vice chairman.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Clinton M. Heater
The
Treasury
Hester
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Alien Property Custodian
Elmer J. Noble
Greenwich
Conn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harllee Branch
Oswald Ryan
Federal Power Commission
G. Grant Mason
Pan-American Airways
Robert Hinchley
WPA
Far Western
Earl Young Identified as Attacker in Hot Springs
Miss Rosanna Sandberg, a Kansas State College student, identified Earl Young of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, as the man who assaulted her near Newton last June. Young was slain by city police in a hotel gun battle in Hot Springs, Arkansas, August 8. He was wanted on charges of murder, rape, and robbery.
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Hot. Springs
Ark
Earl Young
Lebanon
Hutchinson
Newton
Rosanna Sandberg
Kansas State College Coed
Young
Dairymen meet to plan county dairy program
Dwight Seath extension dairy man met with dairy men of Douglas County at 10 this morning to map the dairy program for the coming year. They planned meeting types and dairy shows for spring and visited several county herds this afternoon.
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Dwight Seath
Douglas County
Baseball Tonight in American Association and League Action
Minneapolis faces Kansas City at 8 15 this evening in the American Association as Ladies night is observed. No National League games on the slate. Cleveland and St Louis are noted with Gatehouse T Heath Mills and.
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American Association
Minneapolis
Kansas City
American League
Cleveland
St. Louis
Gatehouse T. Heath. & . Mills
Judge Rules New Laws of Pennsylvania Are Invalid
Harrisburg Pa August 8 Judge Paul N Schaefferheld that week old laws giving the legislature precedence over the grand jury investigating officials were unconstitutional He also refused to let Attorney General Bard supersede District Attorney Shelley in the probe into charges including bribery blackmail and political coercion involving Gov George H Earle cabinet members and Democratic leaders The judge did not suspend the inquiry or lift an order impounding evidence and called the legislative program an invasion of judicial powers
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Paul N. Schaeffer
Schaeffer
State Supreme Court
Guy K. Bard
Carl B. Shelley
Commonwealth
George H. Earle
State Democratic Organization
Shelley
Notable Local Bits From Lawrence And Topeka News
Community notes cover Dr. William E. Rappard of Geneva on Chicago Round Table and connections to Douglas County, a giant Kansas sunflower in W. A. Courtney’s yard, a historic 1883 mill photo gifted to W. C. Simons, and an 18 times blade sweep. Upcoming wheat insurance talks in Topeka precede a motor boat project by Harry Alvord, plus a vocational agriculture alumni picnic in Holcomb’s grove. Severe Lawrence heat hits 102, with fire crews tending a small grass fire on Tennessee Street and Harold Johnson’s Wisconsin bass record from Devil’s Lake.
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William E. Rappard
University of Geneva
Switzerland
University of Chicago
Charles Rappard
Douglas County
Mary de Watteville
Lawrence
W. C. Simons
Harry Hutchings
Hutchings
Black Jack Community Notes From Edgerton to Kansas City
Friday through Monday social visits mark the week. Mrs Hallie Doran of Edgerton and a Butte grandson visit Miss Grace Hays en route to Washington. Dr Rolland Waters and two sons of Fayeteville Ark stay with C C Waters and suffer minor car damage in a Garnett intersection accident. Fortunate escape noted. Elizabeth Pearson hosts birthday dinner for brother Edward Pearson with many relatives. Owing to illness Mrs LaVerle Moody resigns as Black Jack teacher. Various local visits, church events, and a Ladies club meeting at Mrs Clyde Bell’s home with a planned August 4 picnic at Baldwin lake. Primary election board listed for Black Jack precinct.
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Hallie Doran
Edgerton
Butte
Mont
Grace Hays
Homer Doran
Black Jack
Washington, D. C
Rolland Waters
Fayeteville
Ark
C. C. Waters
Arkansas
Garnett
Fayetteville
Waters
Mexico
Elizabeth Pearson
Edward Pearson
Pearson
George Newland
Baldwin
A. L. Dister
Topeka
Scotty Workman
Emporia
Bertha Pearson
Dupreeze
Wellsville
Walter Scott
George Kyle
Paul O’neil
A. D. van Tries
Ann Dister
Miss Pearson
LaVerle Moody
Fannie Cavender
H. H. Corbin
Martha
Mary Jantz
Lester Hamilton
Newton
Fred Suffield
Pennsylvania
Suffield
Forrest Park
Ottawa
Ethel Dean Roser
Dunbar
Neb
Ralph Kalb
Black Jack Ladies Club
Clyde Bell
Nora van Tries
Baldwin Lake
Robert Warren
Overbrook
Keplinger
Oliver Neis
Gail
A. F. Neis
Irene Neis
Henry Bell
Mary
John L. Hays
Nora
Irene van Tries
Frank Jardon
Vint Trusheim
Mr. Trusheim
Lawson Brown
Lawrence
Los Angeles
New York
Bethel Aid Ice Cream Social Attracts Local Families
Mr and Mrs Harry Fisher and Eldred with other families attended the Bethel Aid ice cream social at Brubaker Friday night. Rainbow 4 H club plans a tour on Monday August 8. George Finch and family visited Osage City relatives, while Harry Clark returned to Chicago after a visit with family.
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Harry Fisher
Eldred
George Finch
Lydia Allen
Clark
Elmer Wintermantle
Marlyn Dee
Marcelene Gibson
Bethel Aid
Brubaker
Rainbow 4-H Club
George
Finch
Lucy
Georgene
Maxine
Clark Clover
Hazel
Osage City
Harry Clark
Chicago
W.M.S
Topeka
Holmer Gibson
Marceline
Scott Nelson
Eunice Watts
Kansas City
Opal
Jean
Vera ‘Bell
Betty
Jim Martin
Centropolis
Christian Aid
Martha Geisel
Vassar
George Hepner
Charley Gamble
Ottawa
Mr. Haynes
Bronson
John Haynes
Alvin Heinon
Sam ‘Wrightman
Eldred Fisher
Eunice
Naomi Waits
Vera Bell
Oscar Neuffer
Reep
Henry Fleer
Lois
Alton Pippett
Bonnie
Nellie Finch
Marvin Byers
Emporia
Worden
Mission Band
Marcelene
Martyn Dee
Albert Hornberger
Ruth Darlene
Walter Harbour
George Shuler
Charley Elm
Lou Flora
Worden Area Social Ties and Topeka Convention Plan
Local residents planned to attend a Topeka convention next week and 4 H members hosted and attended events at Worden. Neighbors gathered for picnics, dinners, and church group activities while relatives visited family in Ottawa Kansas City and Topeka with many names listed among hosting and visiting groups.
United Brethren Christian Endeavor Meeting News
July 31 gathering led by Phyllis Martin with reports from Pauline Baughman and Mary Nell Lasswell on the Forest Park camp in Topeka. Next Sunday’s leader is Wesley Crady. local residents and visitors are noted with travels and family visits across Topeka Lawrence and Denver.
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United Brethren Christian Endeavor
Phyllis Martin
Pauline Baughman
Mary Nell Lasswell
Christian Endeavor
Forest Park
Topeka
Wesley Crady
Phoebie Holmes
Betty Kolb
Lecompton
Jo Jackson
Junior
Kansas City
Dina Sehon
Owen Baughman
Herbert Cole
Betty
Denver
Colo
Frank Cole
Leo Potts
Brush Creek
Russell Worey
Margaret Carr
Lawrence
E. S. Webb
Hanna
George Criss
Harry Arr
Violet Bosler
River View
Violet Carr
Harry Westergrand
Sorahy
Scott Wingield
Morris
Mildred Dailey
United Brethren Church
Hildenbrand
Nancy Bosler
Kansas
Linwood Social Notes Highlight Visits and Travel
Mrs T W Martin returned from Kansas City with family. Charles Hubbard and son Clarence visited parents. Herman Knight funeral held at Bonner Springs Catholic church. Linwood residents hosted and visited relatives in Topeka Leavenworth and Lawrence. James Smith returned from veterans hospital. Miss Mary Ina Browning recital drew a large local audience.
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T. W. Martin
Kansas City
Murray
Britton
Charles Hubbard
Clarence
Vinland
James Tudhope
W. L. Kiester
Jarbalo
Billy Bowers
Denver
Colo
James Smith
Veterans’ Hospital
Leavenworth
Ovid Snider
Sidney
Lawrence
Esther Parry
Fay Parry
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Hedhe
Circus
Colorado
Lindberghs
City of Lawrence
Panama
Juan Demestenes Arosmena
Balboa
Canal Zone
Houston
Pacific
Col. E. M. Watson
W. A. Courtney
State House
Harry Alvord
Illinois Street
Nieder
Nineteenth
Massachusetts Street
Ford
Alvord
Holcom’s Grove
W. R. Essick
Lee Brand
Tennessee Street
Harold Johnson
Wisconsin
Devil's Lake
J. Smith Ferebee
George Berger i
John Clark
Moning
Shuler
Albert Horn
City
Kan
Gene Bosler
Eunice Brass
Hazel Wingfield
Don Taylor
United Elhren Sunday School
Suzann Walton
Manhattan
Holford “Investment” Co
Linwood
Service Mantes
Lawrence Business College
F. H. A. Loans
National Housing Act
McGrew-Peck Investment Co
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