Danzig tensions spark European press clash
Associated Press report notes Polish and German papers trading sharp remarks over Danzig as European powers mobilize for war. Danzig Nazi leader Forster reportedly flew to Salzburg while Polish customs on the frontier wear uniforms. Britain tests air defenses with mock raids and blackout drills. In the Far East a courier crosses to Kaifeng amid anti American pressure. Americans reportedly prepare to flee.
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Danzig
Europe
Berlin
Poland
DNB
Warsaw
Czas
Albert Forster
Salzburg
Adolf Hitler
Britain
North Sea
England
Yorkshire
Far East
Chenchow
Kaifeng
Millionaire leaves large gifts to Leavenworth institutions
J Howard Wilson a Mobile Alabama capitalist aged 81 left about 1 million dollars to Leavenworth funds. The Leavenworth school board receives about 700000 for building, plus 100000 to the county home, 100000 to the First Presbyterian church, 50000 to Cushing Memorial hospital, 1000 for street drinking fountains, 20000 to William Small Memorial home for the aged, 10000 to the YWCA, and 5000 to Mount Muncie cemetery. He also willed all Mobile capital stock and the Laclede hotel to his nephew Percival Lowe Wilson, secretary treasurer of Great Western Manufacturing.
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Leavenworth
J. Howard Wilson
Mobile
Ala
Wilson
Leavenworth County
First Presbyterian Church
Cushing Memorial Hospital
William Small
Y.W.C.A
Mount Muncie
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Laclede
Reprieve Granted For Kansan Seated in Mountain Murder
Francis Marion Black Jr a former University of Kansas student slated for execution for the 1938 murder of Dale Noblitt near Alpine has received a one week reprieve. Gov W Lee O Danial and state pardon board backed the stay after Mrs Black and others offered new evidence. Black was convicted of pushing Noblitt from a mountain cliff in an insurance scheme.
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Austin
Tex
Francis Marion Black, Jr
University of Kansas
Dale Noblitt
Alpine
Andrews
Francis Marion Black, Sr
Kincaid
Kan
W. Lee O’daniel
Pardon Board
Black
Farm resident killed by lightning near Baldwin
Frank Francis Shirley about 65 was killed during a thunderstorm by a bolt of lightning on his Baldwin farm. He had moved from Olathe to the old William Barricklow farm two and a half miles northeast of Baldwin and was walking to the barn when struck in the head.
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Frank Francis Shirley
Baldwin
Shirley
Olathe
William Barricklow
Illinois Women to Juries in Illinois Ruling
Illinois Supreme Court upholds women serving on juries rejecting previous objections. Court affirms the May 12 statute approved by Gov. Horner and the legislature.
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Illinois
Springfield
State Supreme Court
Henry Horner
Hopkins Reports July Recovery Signals Stronger Economic Turn
Secretary Hopkins said July continued the recovery started in May with activity well ahead of last year. Industrial buying rose, clothing orders gained, construction peaked seasonally, and July retail trade outpaced 1938. Steel output rose to 60 percent capacity. auto production paused for model change, with 1940 preparations underway.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
Aetna Henn
Latest victim in Longs Peak tragedy lies in Estes Park
CPIR A Denver photographer Gerald Clark died after 20 hours on a rain and snow soaked ledge on Longs Peak East Face. He was lowered 1,500 feet before rescue attempts failed. Other climbers Eddie Watson and Edmund Cooper were unable to follow him. Coroner cites exposure and concussion. The storm stretched from Yellowstone to Pikes Peak bringing snow to western Nebraska.
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Estes Park
Colo
CPIR
Denver
Gerald Clark
Rocky Mountain National Park
John Fuller
Ames
Hewes-Kirkwood Inn
Clark
Eddie Watson
Edmund Cooper
Ernest Field
Bob Boyd
Bob Lewis
Orville Miller
Larimer County
Watson
Field
Boyd
Lewis
Yellowstone National Park
Pikes Peak
Nebraska
J. M. Henderson
Scottsbluff
Striking Splinter Kills Union Pacific Fireman
John T. Lantz, 37, a Union Pacific fireman in Kansas City Kansas, died after a splinter torn from a passing freight train shattered his cab. The nine by four by one inch piece struck his chest, wounded his side, and led to his death after an eight minute dash to Bonner Springs and transport to Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Kan
John T. Lantz
Union Pacific Railroad
Lantz
Bonner Springs
Lusitania Hero Robert J. Timmis Dies at 75
Robert J. Timmis a 75 year old cotton merchant and Lusitania survivor died in Gainesville Texas He and Ralph Moody shared lifebelts with two women during the 1915 torpedo attack Moody drowned while Timmis swam for hours until rescue He lost his sight as a result of the disaster.
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Gainesville
Tex
CPI
Robert J. Timmis
Timmis
Ralph Moody
Moody
Ambridge Family Keeps in Touch Through Letter Writing
The Engstrom family of Ambridge Pennsylvania has a long tradition of frequent correspondence. Over 45 years five women exchanged 17 576 pieces of mail and built an $800 postage bill by writing twice weekly letters about things only they would care about.
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Ambridge
al. A. Engstrom
Violators Sought in Louisiana Oil Corruption Probe
Federal prosecutors in New Orleans widen a probe into oil corruption naming former Governor Richard W. Leche and Seymour Weiss among those charged with profits from hot oil deals. The grand jury will sit longer as investigations extend to tampering with a jury and includes Freeman Burford and East Texas Refining.
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New Orleans
O. John Rogge
United States Attorney General
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
Seymour Weiss
Huey P. Long
Rogge
Dallas
Tex
East Texas
Refining Company
Abraham L. Shushan
Longfield
Shushan
Levee Board
Long
KU Students Urged to Apply for CSEP Jobs by Aug 15
Miss Martha Tillman urges KU students aiming to work in campus CSEP positions to file applications by August 15. The committee will award jobs paying 10 to 30 dollars monthly. CSEP data show 80 departments received work assistance in the nine month period. 496 students worked 189,492 hours earning 48,444 dollars. Undergrads averaged 10.80 monthly, grads about 0.40 less. 477 undergrads versus 22 grads employed.
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University of Kansas
CSEP
Martha Tillman
University
Lawrence
The
Red Cross
Weather Forecast for Kansas Turns Cooler East Tonight
Fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler conditions in extreme east. Temperatures show 72 at 7 pm yesterday, 72 at 7 am today, and 94 as yesterday's high with a 78 low last year. Rainfall to 7 am today measured at 2.96 inches.
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Kansas
City Receives 2.96 Inches Of Rain In August Storm
The second heavy August rainfall drenched Lawrence with 2.96 inches, boosting county crops and pastures. Rain began around 5 PM, reaching 0.52 inches by 6:30 PM, with pumps failing twice at the Union Pacific underpass and roads washed by flooding. The total for Lawrence rose to 6.82 inches for the month, 2.77 inches above normal, aiding corn and sorghum, alfalfa, and the stock water supply.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Union Pacific
Willard Cut
Seventh Street
Walter Schwarz
Worden
Kaw Valley
Althe
Reward of 30000 Dollars for New Public Enemy No 1
Louis Lepke Buchalter, 42, labeled Public Enemy No 1, is at large as a $30000 bounty drives the manhunt. J Edgar Hoover offers 5000, New York raises the city reward to 25000, district attorney Dewey and Hoover keep informant details secret, and the fugitive’s alleged killings tie to his bail status.
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New York
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
J. Edgar Hoover
Lépke
Thomas E. Dewey
City Board of Estimate
Hoover
Dewey
Lepke
Trainer Roland Logan Visits Lawrence for Coaching School Work
Roland Logan West Point trainer visited Lawrence with H. W. Hargiss and others. He will stay in Lawrence during the month and assist staff for the coaching school in Topeka August 21 26. Mrs. Logan and children stay with Logan’s parents near Kickapoo. Logan, KU graduate, was head trainer at KU and later worked with George Washington University the Washington Senators and the University of Pittsburgh.
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Roland Logan
West Point
Lawrence
H. W. Hargiss
Logan
Topeka
Kickapoo
Leavenworth County
K.U
George Washington University
Washington Senator
University of Pittsburgh
Special Armory
Louis H. Spencer
Lorraine Lawrence
Health Department
Kansas University Hospital
Kansas City
Elizabeth M. Watkins
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Five Recovering After Poisoned Water Incident
Five people who drank water accidentally poisoned by a 3 year old girl were reported recovering today at a Samar hospital. Mrs Marian Harris said her daughter found a bottle of poison and dumped it in a 10 gallon cream can used for drinking water.
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Walsh
Colo
Samar
Marian Harris
Classified Ad Contact for Property Rentals
Several hundred will be rented in the coming weeks through the Journal World Classified Page. New residents will search the classifieds for desirable properties. Now is the time to begin advertising your property. Phone 22 and ask for an ad taker.
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Journal-World
Roosevelt Errs on Bill Creating Five Judgeships
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt erred in stating that a bill to create five new judgeships had been passed. The House records show the measure was blocked in the adjournment rush as Members debated New Jersey vacancies and political considerations involving Senator Smathers and Mayor Hague.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Celler
Michener
R.mich
New Jersey
Justice Department
Smathers
Hague
Jersey City
Hart
D.N. J
Rainfall Boosts Kansas Crops Despite Wind Storm Damage
Rain drenched eastern and central Kansas, ending drought fears as ponds filled and soils soaked. Budgets note heavy totals in Lyons Parsons Chanute and many towns, with cooler weather forecast and a wind storm causing minor damage near Sabetha.
Seven year old dies in Cloudburst near Clinton Indiana
A sudden cloudburst drenched Clinton Indiana with over two inches of rain in two hours. Leonard Webber seven of Bryant and his mother rode a car that toppled from a bridge approach eight miles west of town. the youth drowned while the mother was rescued. Property damage is about fifty thousand dollars as streets flooded with dirt rocks and cinders. traffic stalled and fire alarm circuits briefly failed.
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Clinton
Aug
Here
Leonard Webber
Bryant
No Changes Made in School Budget Evidence of Tight Finance
The board approved a 327 772 70 school budget with a 15 75 mill levy the lowest in fifteen years. They signed a ten year light and power contract with Kansas Electric Power Co and swapped the Quincy site for Clinton park land with a 99 year school lease. New staff included Frederick W Simpson and Helen M Allen and transfers to high school Latin classes expand to six or seven sections.
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Board of Education
Kansas Electric Power Company
Quincy
Clinton Park
Butler Stoker
Clifton J. Ramsey
Kansas Heat Service Co
Lawrence
Lloyd S. Purcell
Paul B. Lawson
H. L. Sutherland
Frank Hosford
Chamber of Commerce
George Melvin
F. A. Russell
Park
W. H. Quakenbush
Buildings and Grounds Committee
Cordley School
Frederick W. Simpson
Garnett
Edward Dissinger
Dissinger
Atwood High School
Simpson
University of Kansas
Pittsburg Teachers College
Troy
Kan
Carbondale
Helen M. Allen
Emporia
Hartford
Emporia State Teachers College
Lottie Perkins
Kenneth F. Weaver
Vernon C. Rhoades
Railroad Retirement Board
Gertrude Ruttan
Jean Russell
McElroy Refuses to Testify in Water Leak Hearing
Former Kansas City city manager Henry F. McElroy will not testify at a deposition in the city suit to recover 356000 paid for a water leak survey. Ill since last April he has been indicted for embezzlement related to the deal and will stand on constitutional rights, his attorney says.
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Kansas City
Henry F. McElroy
Tom Pendergast
John T. Barker
McElroy
Barker
University of Kansas Ends Summer Classes Early
Summer session at the University of Kansas closed at 12 20 this afternoon with final exams set for tomorrow in all departments except the law school. Law term ends August 19 with finals. Rec facilities and arts programs enhanced the term, including Recreation Hour, splash parties, picnics, and a mid western music camp sponsored by the fine arts school.
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University of Kansas
School of Law
K. U
University Physical Education Department
Fowler Grove
School of Fine Arts
Johnson Leads In Kentucky Democratic Primary Race
Lieut. Gov Keen Johnson led by about 24 304 votes in Kentucky Democratic gubernatorial primary returns from 2895 of 4807 precincts. He and rival John Young Brown differed on C I o and labor issues while Circuit Judge King Swope led Republicans with a 25 271 margin over John Sherman Cooper.
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Louisville
Keen Johnson
A.f.l.-Kentucky Federation of Labor
C.I.C
John Young Brown
Johnson
Brown
King Swope
Lexington
Swope
John Sherman Cooper
Somerset
Richmond
United States
U.S
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Oil Concessions Expanded in Saudi Arabia
Officials of Standard Oil of California announced that the California Arabian Standard Oil company a joint venture with a Texas firm had secured greatly increased concessions in Saudi Arabia. Reference to corporate entities and regional holdings indicates a significant expansion of oil rights in the Middle East.
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Arabia
San Francisco
Standard Oil Company of California
California
Arabian Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Texas Corporation
Saudi Arabia
Kansas City Democrats Ask Three Councilmen to Resign
The Democratic Citizens association in Kansas City, formed to cleanse city government, has requested the resignations of three councilmen at large Ruby Garrett Chester Cooke and Frank Eviston. Mayor Bruce B. Smith is apparently exempt.
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Kansas City
Democratic Citizen’s Association
Democratic Party
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City Star
Thanneranivatinn Fagemeatian Afo
Lie Ule Gilzaliuily Svlalialiavil Vi
Star
Ruby D. Garrett
Chester Cooke
Frank M. Eviston
A. N. Gossett
Bruce B. Smith
New Democratic Organization
Smith
Cials
Henry F. McElroy
New Democratic Movement
Charter Party
City Council Adopts Next Year Budget With Levy Increase
After a public hearing with no objections the city council unanimously adopted a next year budget. The 18.56 mill levy rises .68 mill from last year to cover higher operating costs and delinquent tax losses. Funding changes affect cemetery garbage sewer maintenance and street funds while other ordinances and bond actions were approved.
Massachusetts Rep Disrupts Session With One Man Protest
In Boston on August 8 a Massachusetts representative wore a bright bathing suit to protest the legislature's failure to adjourn. He briefly faced capitol police while attempting to re-enter the house chamber before retreating.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Capitol
Stock Market Index Rises to 49.2 on 60-Stock Average
The average of 60 stocks stands at 49.2, up from yesterday's 49.1. Investors tracked minor gains across the market as trading concluded.
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