Republicans Plan Definite Program for 1940 Sessions
House Republicans aim to present a definite program on housing agriculture and reciprocal trade at the 1940 Congress to offer alternatives to administration measures. Minority Leader Martin will form special committees to study and draft legislation, while Rayburn accuses Republicans of offering no substitute program and seeks a return to prior economic order. Senators foresee spending curbs and spending policy control as a major issue with potential early budget balancing steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
Martin
Rmass
Congressional
Rayburn
Texas
Roosevelt
Wheeler
D.mont
McCarran
D.nev
George
D-Ga
Kansas chemist wins industrial research fellowship
DeLoss Winkler of Atchison a KU graduate student has begun work on an industrial research fellowship in the chemistry department. He studies methods of making carbon black and hydrochloric acid from Kansas natural gas. Carbon black is a key tire material with about 350 million pounds used annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeLoss Winkler
Atchison
University of Kansas
Winkler
Kansas
Wickham Transferred from Hawaii to Lynchburg Va
Major Fred C. Wickham former senior infantry instructor of the Lawrence National Guard units has been transferred from the Hawaiian department to Lynchburg Virginia according to army orders announced today Major Wickham was succeeded in April 1987 by Major Edward Renth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Wickham
Lawrence National Guard
Lynchburg
Wickham
Edward Renth
Cranium Crackers Who's Who Question Set
Puzzle quiz lists four questions about famous performers. Answers involve Adelina Patti as opera singer and Walter Damrosch amid career shifts, plus a singer at a large outdoor concert and blind pianists among noted masters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelina Patti
Walter Damrosch
Lauritz Melchior
Lawrence Tibbett
Kirsten Flagstad
Lily Pons
Alec Templeton
Fats ‘Waller
Eddie Duchin
Art Tatum
Ignace Pade
J D Martin longtime Kaw Valley farmer dies at 78
Jefferson Douglas Martin aged 78 died at his home east of Lawrence after illness since January. Survived by wife two sons Edward and Armstrong two daughters Ethel and Carol two brothers Web and Raymond and three sisters MAmie Blanche and Helen. Born 1861 in Nemaha county he helped found Aberdeen Angus herds and lived on a 390 acre farm since 1906. He held leadership in Farmers Union Kaw Valley Farm Loan and served as director and later vice president until ill health. Funeral plans not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Douglas Martin
Lawrence
Martin
Kaw Valley
J. D. Martin
Edward Martin
Armstrong Martin
Eudora
Ethel Martin
Carol Martin
Mt. Pleasant
Web Martin
Clements
Kan
Raymond Martin
Mt. Hope
Mamie Hart
Blanche Hart
Whitmore
Helen Ammon
Redondo Beach
Calif
Nemaha County
Brown County
Middle West
Franklin
Farmers Union
Kaw Valley National Farm Loan Association
No Changes Made in School Budget
The school board met to discuss budget items with no changes. Miss Ruttan was replaced by a prentice teacher at the Junior high, and Lloyd Winters was hired as janitor for the high school. The auditor Leslie Tupy found the books in good shape and accurate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentice
F. C. Whipple
Finance Committee
Leslie T. Tupy
Purcell
Supt
Clifford Dean
Reverend Koelb Returns From Indian Assembly
Rev. H. E. Koelb has come back from twelve days at the Oklahoma Baptist Indian Assembly in Mountain View Arkansas. Three tribes Kiowa Cheyenne and Comanche were present with about 850 attendees. Indians camped in tents and built arbors from willows. He heads next for Waterville Maine to join family, with travel companions arranged to Bowling Green Ohio New York City Scranton Pennsylvania. He will preach next Sunday at his old church in Stonington Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Koelb
Oklahoma Baptist Indian Assembly
Mountain View
Ark
Mr. Koelb
Waterville
Bowling Green
Ohio
Bob Haynes
New York City
Rachel Gard
Scranton, Pa
B. P. Deichert
Stonington, Conn
Tulsa Woman Leaps to Death in Apartment Hotel
Mrs. J. D. Simms 60, estranged wife of a Tulsa attorney and oil producer, fell from the sixth floor of an apartment hotel. Assistant County Attorney Gleason McDonald said she took her own life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
J. D. Simms
Gleason McDonald
Acacia Lodge Stated Communication Notice
Acacia Lodge No. 9 A F and A M invites visitors to the stated communication on Thursday August 10 at 8 PM. Worshipful Master B P Baker and secretary adj John H Parker provide details for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acacia Lodge
A. F
A. M
B. P. Baker
John H. Parker
Sec’y
Anatomical Winter Fashions Parade In Paris
Paris reports anatomical winter fashions dominating the scene last week with stem torsos tight waists and moosed necks. Hips puffed into paniers while bustle backs and double swing coats show lavish fullness. Evening gowns feature wide skirts, straight lines, and ankle length silhouettes with intricate fur and lace detailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Stevenson retires as secretary of Lawrence Building and Loan
I C Stevenson resigns as secretary of the Lawrence Building and Loan Association after long service spanning prosperous and lean eras. He has served as county treasurer and city finance commissioner in Lawrence and was connected with Farmers State Bank and Watkins National Bank. The current staff includes George O. Foster president and Lisle Eby as vice president and assistant secretary with E. Weatherby, C C Stewart, Henry Brinkman, and Charles Louk as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
I. C. Stevenson
Stevenson
Lawrence
Farmers State Bank
Watkins’ National Bank
Lawrence, Building and Loan
George O. Foster
E. 8. Weatherby
Lisle Eby
C. C. Stewart
Henry Brinkman
Charles Louk
Lawrence to hear county budget at Douglas Tax League meet
The Douglas County Tax League will gather Friday at 8 p.m. in the courthouse to review the county budget and discuss other items. Kansas oil output for the first half of 1939 totals 29,359,080 barrels, with 23,274 wells in July and an average 6.96 barrels per well. Frank T. Stockton, dean at the University of Kansas, is named for a third year as a representative of major business school associations. Lawrence merchants are urged to display welcome flags on Wednesday and Thursday for the Prince Hall Grand Chapter OES Grand Session two-day event, as organized by street decoration chair Howard Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Tax League
Kansas
Kansas Geological Survey
University of Kansas
Frank T. Stockton
School of Business
American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business
American Council of Education
Lawrence
Prince Hall Grand Chapter O.E.S
Howard Parker
Deaths and Funerals Notice for Lefmann and Mitchell
Mrs. Mary Lefmann 79 died yesterday at her son Raymond Lefmanns home in Captains Creek near Eudora. Funeral services will be held in Eudora Thursday afternoon time to be announced. Lewis Mitchell 52 of Clarinda IA died August 7 in a Red Oak sanitarium. Funeral services will be in Clarinda tomorrow. Mitchell once worked nearly 20 years for Kansas Public Service in Lawrence and left the city 12 years ago. He is survived by his widow of Clarinda one daughter Mrs Otto Barton of Oskaloosa one son Harold Mitchell of California his mother three sisters and one brother in Auburn Neb five stepchildren in Clarinda and four grandchildren in Oskaloosa.
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Mary Lefmann
Raymond Lefmann
Captains Creek
Eudora
Lewis Mitchell
Clarinda
Red Oak
Mitchell
Lawrence
Kansas Public Service Company
Otto Barton
Oskaloosa
Harold Mitchell
California
Auburn
Neb
Federal writ speeds removal of Dressler to Oklahoma for trial
The federal court issued a writ of habeas corpus to hasten the removal to Chicago of Oliver Lawrence Dressler alias Jack Russell for trial on an indictment charging kidnapping and the murder of William Hamilton of Arkansas City Kansas last month. The order directs Warden Jess Dunn of Oklahoma's McAlester prison to surrender Russell to the U.S. marshal for the eastern district of Oklahoma. If acquitted on the federal charge, Russell would be returned to the prison from which he escaped. Russell is charged with kidnapping Hamilton at Pittsburg Kansas on July 12 transporting him to Ringwood Illinois and killing him there two days later. Conviction may carry the death sentence.
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Chicago
Oliver Lawrence Dressler
Jack Russell
William Scott Hamilton
Arkansas City
Kan
Jess Dunn
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
Russell
Cowboy
West Madison Street Honky Tonks
United States
Oklahoma
Hamilton
Pittsburg
Ringwood
Ill
Four arraigned after Sunday raids by local peace officers
Yda Parr Williams of Lawrence Berniece Johnson of Des Moines and Lora Porter of Lawrence faced preliminary hearings after arrests for marihuana possession and sale. Ike Ingalls stood charged with keeping a gambling house and device with a $1500 bond, hearings set for August 21. Esther Anderson held in jail, to be charged in police court. Williams bound over to District Court. Johnson released and case dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Courts
Yda Parr Williams
Lawrence
Berniece Johnson
Des Moines
Lora Porter
Justice of Peace
Robert B. Oyler
Porter
R. H
Ike” Ingalls
Justice Court
Charles C. Rankin
Ingalls
Esther Anderson
East Eighth Street
Jude Anderson
Ida Parr Williams
District Court
Bernice Johnson
Miss Williams
Mrs. C. C. Carter Named Head of Bickerdyke Home
Topeka announces Coral Courtney Carter of Wilson named superintendent of the Mother Bickerdyke home at Ellsworth succeeding B L Warner. She is the first woman in the post and is tied to Kansas Republican circles. P J Newman of Manhattan named to state municipal accounting board, term to April 1 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Payne Ratner
Coral Courtney Carter
Wilson
Mother Bickerdyke
Ellsworth
B. L. Warner
Carter
J. B. Carter
Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Kansas Order of Gold Star Mothers
P. J. Newman
Manhattan
State Municipal Accounting Board
H. B. McKibben
Wichita
LaGuardia Bets No Third Term On Roosevelt Run
New York August 8 Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia bet a nickel that President Franklin D Roosevelt would not seek a third term. The wager was placed with Representative Jennings Randolph Democrat West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGuardia
New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Roosevelt
Jennings Randolph
D.-W. Va
Actors Union Mess Entangles Broadway and AFL
A complex feud swirls Sophie Tucker Katharine Hepburn and Helen Hayes as unions clash. The Actors Equity, Seven Actors Guild, Federation of Radio Actors, 4A, and stagehands fight over a split with 10 000 vaudeville and club performers. AFL faces pressure as Atlantic City council plans a theater meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sophie Tucker
Katharine Hepburn
Helen Hayes
American Federation of Labor
Thespis
Actors Equity Union
Seven Actors Guild
Federation of Radio Actors
Associated Actors and Artists of America
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
A.F.L
American Federation of Actors
Miss Tucker
Redhot
A.F.A
William Green
Mmes
Tucker
Hepburn
Hayes
Sophia Tucker
AFA
Sophie
Ralph Morgan
Screen Actors
A.F.L. Executive Council
Atlantic City
N. J
Walter P Chrysler III Illness Ties To Civil Suit
Walter P Chrysler III of White Plains New York is critically ill at his Long Island home from a circulatory ailment. He has been named as a defendant in a $300000 breach of contract suit in supreme court. The plaintiff’s counsel sought permission to examine him before trial. Chrysler’s counsel objected citing his illness. A court physician was appointed to interview Chrysler’s doctors and report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Walter P. Chrysler
Long Island
Supreme Court
Chrysler
Frank B. Rogers
Mamaroneck
Nurse Says Story False in Wichita Falls Feathers Incident
Mrs. Charlotte Cain, 84, admitted to detectives that she painted and feathered herself after an earlier claim that three women dragged her into a car and attacked her. The Wichita Falls woman expressed regret over the earlier story and clarified she acted alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Tex
Charlotte Cain
L. E. Hanaway
Reds swept in opener as Walters falters in doubleheader
Chicago Cubs defeated the National League leaders Cincinnati Reds 7 to 3 in the first game as Bucky Walters exited after four innings for his 7th loss. In the nightcap Cincinnati edged Chicago 10 to 3. Rivals games shifted with rain in New York and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bucky Walters
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Walter
Cincinnati
Walters
Johnson
Lombardi
Lee
Hartnett
Grissom
Hershberger
French
Mancuso
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Lefty Grove
Red Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Jimmy Foxx
Bob Joyce
Philadalphis Wwe
Joyce
Dean
Hayes
Grove
Desautels
Cleveland
Detroit
Rigney
Tresh
Newsome
Cofman
Tebbetts
Washington
Donald
Chandler
Dickey
Krakauskas
Ferrell
Chicago U apologizes for columnist's remark
Washington August 8 Drew Pearson, a Washington columnist, challenged a University of Chicago statement calling his radio claim that former President Hoover had men buying GOP southern delegations absolutely untrue. Frederic Woodward, university vice president, said the retraction followed Hoover's demand for an apology. Pearson said Hoover made no protest to him and accused Woodward of acting without Hutchins approval and against many at Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Drew Pearson
University of Chicago
Pearson
Hoover
South
Frederic Woodward
Woodward
Hutchins
University
Miller to Undergo Knee Cartilage Operation
Ralph Miller of Kansas, famed in football and basketball, will undergo knee surgery to remove a cartilage piece tomorrow at University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City. Doctors said the operation is common and recovery will determine if he can play this fall. Miller hails from Chanute, noted as a top state athlete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Ralph Miller
Kansas City
Kan
Miller
Town State
Lawrence
Kansas
Chanute
Licensing and hunting activity figures worldwide
The passage states 12,000,000 participate in Washington hunting and fishing licensing, with over 6,000,000 licenses issued annually across the United States and an estimated 6,000,000 individuals hunting or fishing without licenses. It also notes Denmark as having a highly organized agricultural industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Denmark
Courier to Learn Fate of Americans in China Amid Rising Pressure
Shanghai Aug 8 A courier left the Baptist Mission hospital at Chengchow to cross Japanese lines and reach Kaifeng to learn the fate of American mission colonies under anti American pressure. The last word reported missionaries preparing to flee. Japanese demonstrations and anti American sentiment were noted at Kaifeng and Shihkiachwang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Baptist Mission
Chengchow
Kaifeng
Kaisenn
Henan
Shansi
Ralph C. Scaville
Los Angeles
China Inland Mission
Hrohsien
Taiyuan
Scaville
Kiehsiu
Hwohsien
Pennine Chronicle
Shihkiachwang
Honeh
Hankow
Peipinge
Chasan
Tsinan-Tsingtao
Shantung
Asiatic Petroleum Company Installad
Tientsin
Hai River
Peiping Press
Peitaiho
Cactus Jack at Home After Washington Trip
Vice President Garner returned to his Texas home in Uvalde after a long Washington stay. He toured his grounds and poultry and asked about fishing, while declining to discuss politics or presidential prospects. He arrived from San Antonio with fishing partner Ross Brumfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvalde
Tex
Cactus Jack Garner
Washington
San Antonio
Ennoy
Ross Brumfield
Waggoners Visit Son in Goldsboro While Coxes Return Home
Mr and Mrs J W Waggoner left Sunday for Goldsboro NC to visit their son D R Waggoner Mrs D R Waggoner who has been with her parents Mr and Mrs C J Mann returns home with them They plan to fish along the Atlantic coast Also Mr and Mrs F H Cox and daughter LaVerne and Mrs Edward Neustifter return from a three week Ozark vacation in Missouri
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Waggoner
Goldsboro
N. C
D. R. Waggoner
C. J. Mann
F. H. Cox
LaVerne
Edward Neustifter
Ozark
Missouri
Burke Cites But One Gain From Supreme Court Fight
Senator Burke asserts the only clear gain from the 1937 court reorganization fight was public understanding of federal government structure. He argues Roosevelt’s plan to enlarge the court would have forced a judiciary aligned with executive and legislative will, a move he calls repudiated. Burke notes Roosevelt’s appointees would be different regardless of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
Supreme Court
Washington
D-Neb
Roosevelt
Congress
Scandals Opens in Atlantic City With New Faces
George White brings Scandals to the boardwalk theater in Atlantic City opening night. The four hour show features 100 new faces across 30 scenes with stars Willie and Eugene Howard Alta Logan Ann Miller Ray Middleton Craig Mathues Jack Williams and The Three Stooges in key roles. White plans edits before Broadway run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
George White
Boardwalk
White
Flo Ziegfeld
Willie
Eugene Howard
Ben Blue
Alta Logan
Ann Miller
Ray Middleton
Craig Mathues
Jack Williams
Stooges
Broadway
Former Kansas Legislator Joseph A. Butler Dies on West Coast
Joseph A. Butler 69 a business civic and church leader and former Kansas legislator died of heart disease in a San Francisco hotel while on a vacation. He operated a mortuary in Kansas City Kansas and was on a West Coast trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Joseph A. Butler
San Francisco
Butler
West Coast
Card of thanks for loss of husband and father
Words of gratitude from Mrs. O. Garner and children to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of their husband and father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Garner
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National Guard
Virginia
Minerva Davis
Albert Davis
Miss Davis
Joe Williams
Joseph Wilkins
J.D. Martin
Kaw Valley Farm Loan Association
Lawrence Building and Loan
Ralph Ayler
C. C. Carter
Bickerdyke Home
Mrs. Carter
W. T. Courtney
West Fourteenth Street, Lawrence
Actors’ Union
Tucker - Hepburn - Hayes
Walter P. Chrysler III
Lawrence Business College
Chicago U
Schulzs
Manley
INS. Agcy
M. C. Manley
Gene Glahn
Cactus Jack
B” Shareholders
B” Sharehold
Lawrence Building & Loan Association
W. C. Hunsinger
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