Fugitives in Oklahoma shootout abduct woman and wound chief
Oilton Oklahoma Aug 10 two prison fugitives Bill Hall and Joe Lovelace surrendered after a highway chase during which they shot and killed a woman identified as Jeanne Culp and critically wounded Police Chief Ben D Clark. A Negro suspect Henry Washington was arrested. The trio fled after a restaurant robbery and a pistol shotgun duel near the Cimarron river bridge. Hall is hospitalized with multiple wounds. Lovelace jailed at Stillwater and both men face murder and kidnapping charges.
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Oilton
Okla
Bill Hall
Joe Lovelace
Here
Hall
Bill Glimp
Drumright
Armor
L. L. Fisher
Lovelace
Jeanne Culp
Asher
Ead
Dilton
Ben D. Clark
Fisher
C. L. Irwin
Clark
Glimp
Irwin
Henry Washington
J. D. Hurley
Earl Williams
Cimarron River
Perkins
John Boyd
J.R. Butler
Oklahoma
McAlester
Shawnee
Stillwater
Nebraska
Genoa
Lincoln
Jones Again in Jail After His Parole
Harry Jones 68 of 442 Locust Street is jailed again within 24 hours after parole in police court. He was arrested Tuesday for intoxication and confined until arraignment. At 2 this morning he was re jailed for intoxication on the sidewalk near his home. Fred Church and Jimmy Dykes from river island residence were arrested at 401 Second Street for intoxication and held in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Jones
Locust Street
Jones
Fred Church
Jimmy Dykes
City
Second Street
B A Lyman Dies in Kansas City Hotel Room
General Motors assistant zone manager B A Lyman was found dead in his Kansas City hotel room from a heart attack. He had been on a sales trip with James O Mara of Hutchinson and was in transit when death occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Lyman
Bratt
Ean
General Motors
Kansas City
J. K- Sappington
Lyman
James O'Mara
Hutchinson
Cudahy Recalled as U S Ambassador to Belgium
London reports say John Cudahy the U S ambassador who urged feeding Nazi occupied territories left for Lisbon en route to the United States to report to President Roosevelt. He defended his remarks saying he does not retract a word and would return to aid relief efforts if needed.
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London
John Cudahy
U.S
Belgium
United States
Lisbon
Roosevelt
Cudahy
State Department
The
Daily Mail_ today
Associated Press
Daily Mail
America
Europe
Miracle crop forecast shocks Kansas wheat yield
Topeka Aug 10 UPI reports official estimates set Kansas 1940 wheat at 100,954,000 bushels, nearly double earlier forecasts. Spring and summer weather sparked the rebound. corn fell due to July drought, sorghum rose to its largest since 1928, while other crops show varied changes from last year.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Kansas
Federal Agriculture Departments
Agriculture Departments
Wallace to be invited for Kansas Young Democrats meeting
Wichita August 10. Secretary Wallace the Democratic vice presidential nominee may address the Kansas Young Democrats convention in Wichita September 1 and 2. If Wallace cannot attend, Senators O Mahony and Pepper would be invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Secretary Wallace
Kansas
Rice Lardner Files Primary Campaign Expense
Topeka Kans Aug 10 Rice Lardner Garnett Democratic nominee for the supreme court was first to file with the secretary of state a statement of primary campaign expense He listed only his 60 cent filing fee Lardner was unopposed in the primary election
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Topeka
Opeka
Secretary of State
Rice Lardner
Garnett
Supreme Court
Lardner
Sheriff Announces Countywide Car Light Safety Campaign
Twenty three cars with defective lights were stopped by state highway patrol and sheriff’s officers over two nights on Massachusetts Street and Twenty-Third Street. Sheriff Charles E. Banning plans a countywide safety campaign before schools open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Massachusetts
Charles E. Banning
Woodring Declines Testimony on Burke-Wadsworth Bill
Former Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring said he could not testify before the House Military Affairs Committee on the Burke-Wadsworth military training bill. He cited prior engagements and his existing statements to Senators Vandenberg and Johnson, noting no new facts to add.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Harry H. Woodring
House
Sen
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Postpone Keeling Hearing in Baxter Springs
Preliminary hearing for Ancil Keeling charged with first degree murder in the fatal shooting of his cousin LaVerne Wilhelm has been postponed to August 19. Wilhelm died after a dance hall quarrel as reported from Baxter Springs, Kansas.
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Keeling
Baxter Springs
Kan
Ancil Keeling
LaVerne Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Cochran Heads Midwestern Defense Delegation to Washington
In Kansas City on August 10 a nine state defense group plans a Washington visit to press for a share in the preparedness program. Robert L. Cochran of Nebraska will serve as spokesman. Senator Bennett C. Clark may join. The delegation leaves today, funds self paid, with an executive committee set to meet next week to review the report. An August 30 meeting in Kansas City invites congressmen and up to 3 000 business and chamber officials to attend.
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Kansas City
Robert L. Cochran
Nebraska
National Defense
Washington
George W. Catts
Peck Defense Conference
Hhe
Bennett C. Clark
Missouri
Catts
Nine State
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence News Notes and Social Visits
Eudora George Brune and Grace of Lawrence called on Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hagenbuch Tuesday afternoon. W. E. Schehrer traveled to Colorado. Harold and Mrs. Smith of Lawrence visited family in Lawrence. Alvena Steffen and Edna Bond visited Tom Raybourn and Tom Raybourn Sr. in Lawrence. Delbert Adams and Francis Skinner and families made short trips to Kansas City on business.
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George Brune
Grace
Lawrence
Henry Hagenbuch
W. E. Schehrer
Colorado
Harold Smith
A. J. Smith
John
Alvena Steffen
Edna
Junior Bond
Tom Raybourn
Delbert Adams
Kansas City
Francis Skinner
Glenn Wilson
Alvin Bond
John Smith
Bert Seiwald
William ‘Mercier
Ward
Barbara
Greenleaf
Kan
Oscar Lothholz
Bobby
William Miller
Melford Bartz
Charlton
Billy
Lone Star Lake
Freddie Roach
Junior
Kenneth Stadler
Fred Walker
Lena Eder
Harah Hausman
Mabel Butts
Retta Kraus
Alice _Kohler
Augusta Durr
Hagenbuch
Ruth Rabier
Topeka
Catherine Walker
Vance Grimes
Mav Wray
Spavinaw
Okla
John Everley
Jack Everley
Linwood
Howard Reitzel
Wellsville
John Kazmaier
Albert Coleman
Ozarks
Bill Harper and Sons
Gottlieb Neider
Long list of community visits and events in Lansing
Lansing residents spent weekends visiting relatives in Columbia and Lawrence. Harold Smith earned a master’s degree in Missouri. Missionaries from Hyderabad will speak at the Methodist church with a moving India film and a freewill offering. Numerous local families hosted, dined, and attended games, meetings, and family celebrations across the area.
Local Socials and Community Notices Highlight Fifty-Sixth Anniversary
The article lists wedding anniversary celebrations and gatherings at Valley Chapel and nearby towns. Neighbors and relatives, including Mias Elizabeth Dunn and Mrs. Neider, attend a milestone for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hagenbuch. Additional items cover club meetings, postponements, and local visits among families in Eudora and Wellsville.
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Mias
Elizabeth Dunn
Neider
John Dunn
Robert Wilson
Bobby
Valley Chapel
David
Rodger
Henry Hagenbuch
Mabel Butts
Retta Kraus
Ella Gersten
Merrill and Melvin
J. W. Gealin
Ellis Morris
Bently
Kan
Eudora Flower Club
Sarah Hausman
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Journal - World
Linseth
LOS
Lee
Conley
Federal Weather Bureau
Wen
Wallace
Young Democrats
Woodring
Cochran Heads Group
Eudora
Lansing
George Born
Jack Hughes
Henrietta Schubert
Panes City
J. Smith
E. S. Wetherby
Columbia
Weston Carpenter
Garden
Hyderbad
India
Methodist Church
Curtis Ruthrauff
Annabell King
Lute Carr
Garden City
Sam Kraus
Kermit Broers
John Reusch
Donna Mae
George Broers
Weaver
Fred Papenhousen
Will Ziesenis
Dale Papenhousen
Eudora Farm Bureau Unit
Onera House
Gus Gabriel
Margaret Gabriel
Dora Neis
Ray Fraker
Trenton
Neb
Reita Taylor
Gloria
Ralph’ Nuttall
Frank Godfrey
Ione
Jackie Dailey
Lewis Strange
John Moody
James McCabrin
Clarence Daugherty
Ralph Davis
Leslie Kindred
George Price
William Price
Ethel
Fred Rothberger
Margie Ann
Hazel Glenn
Yellowstone Park
Silbert James
Pearl Daugherty
Bert Daughey
Medford Rolland
Johnny
Lawrence, Kansas
Harry Green
Douglas County
Patee
the Lone-Ranger
Tonto
Silver
Mr. and Mrs. Thin
Man
Have
Erate Rae
Aett
Booth Tarkington
Gar- Whitnies
Vernon Terralli
Neilie Corydell
Tsk
Mr. ‘Chips
Rebecca
Laurence
Greer
Mr. Chips
Olivier
Edna May Oliver
Ann Rutherford
Greer Garson
Mary Boland
Maureen O’sullivan ‘A Palondo OD
CTU Incouuni
George Olsen’s
Robert Young
Maureen O’sullavan
Wendy Barrie
Mae Clarke
Women IN
Lawrence Nation
Friendly Banking Service
Lawrence National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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