Roosevelt delegates push southern purchasing power growth
Athens Georgia August 11 President Roosevelt reiterated his aim to raise purchasing power in the south at the University of Georgia stadium. He received an honorary LL.D. from Chancellor S. W. Sanford amid remarks on education and economic policy and endorsed Camp for senate without naming him. He urged constant progressive action in government and stressed federal aid limits and state control of education while highlighting southern progress over six years. The president spoke amid heat and a standing audience, then left for Barnesville to address another event.
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Roosevelt
South
University of Georgia Stadium
S. W. Sanford
University System of Georgia
E. D. Rivers
Lawrence S. Camp
Warm Springs
Warm Springs Foundation
Camp
Walter F. George
George
University of Georgia Summer School
Barnesville
Georgia
Osevelt
Lower
Insurgents Bomb Valencia District Amid Raid
Insurgent bombers raided the Arbor district of Valencia injuring fifty one people before authorities reported no fatalities. The attack occurred as security forces pursued ongoing clashes in the city.
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Valencia
Madrid
Arbor
Ford Service Hamilton 15 W 9th Adv
Ford Service at 15 W 9th Street in Hamilton advertises vehicle maintenance and repair options. The notice highlights standard inspections, oil changes, brake service, and part replacements for local customers.
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Ford Service
Hamilton
Kansas Wheat Crop Short, Yield and Quality Lag Behind July Forecast
The 1938 Kansas winter wheat crop is projected at 149.394 million bushels on August 1, well below the July forecast of 163.576 million. Harvest conditions include grasshoppers, rust, freezes, and wet fields. quality is poor with average yields around 10.5 bushels per acre, down from 12.0 last year.
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Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Call to Leaders Deny Post Story in Kirksville Rally
Dr. Glenn Frank urged Republicans to lead practically and humanely, warning against demagogic and faux economic promises. He spoke at Kirksville Osteopathic College urging policy linked to social and economic needs and lifted living standards. Meanwhile the Evening American disputed James Roosevelt income claims and announced a radio interview for James Roosevelt from Camp Campbell.
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Kirksville
Glenn Frank
National Republican Program Committee
Republican Party
Supreme Court
Frank
Kirksville Osteopathic College
Dr. Frank
William F. Frank
William
County seeks extra mill for welfare levy next year
The board of commissioners filed an application with the state tax commission to levy an additional one mill for welfare next year, bringing the welfare levy to 2.625 mills, the same as last year. The move is described as routine.
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Board of Commissioners
State Tax Commission
Mystery Witnesses Set to Testify in Propaganda Probe
Washington reports four mystery witnesses will appear at the opening of the house investigation into un American propaganda. Chairman Dies declines to reveal names saying they come from a distance. The committee has $25 000 to track foreign propaganda and will not smear innocent people. He notes a telegram accusing Rev Gerald Winrod Nazi ties. Winrod sought the Kansas Senate nomination. The committee has no knowledge of the charges and won t investigate unless Winrod asks to appear.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
House
Kansas
Gerald Winrod
Winrod
United States
Rev. Winrod
Stock Market Index Dips Below 60 Stocks
The index averaged 60 stocks at 48.1 points, a decline from yesterday’s 49.4 as market activity cooled across sessions.
Truce Declared in Siberian Manchukuo Border Battle
The Soviet Union and Japan agreed to a noon cease fire on the Changkufeng front and other disputed positions. Both sides will maintain midnight positions as demarcation commission formed to resolve frontier basis. No final map agreement reached, but fighting halts.
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Tokyo
Japanese War Office
Siberian-Mancheukuoan
Inoscow
Foreign Office
Changkufeng Hill
Shacofeng
Changkufeng
Yangkwangping
Moscow
Siberian
Russia
Japan
Maxim Litvinoff
Maboru Shigemitsu
China
Shigemitsu
Litvinoff
Border Commission
Soviet Russia
Manchoukuo
Britain Accuses Italy Over Troop Moves in Spain
Britain reveals to Italy that new troops have been sent to assist the Spanish insurgents despite nonintervention aims. The notice reached officials in London and Rome, but Italy has not responded.
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Italy
London
Aug
Great Britain
Britain
Rome
During Absence Subscribe to Journal-World Mail Rate
In your absence you can place a mail subscription order for the Journal-World at special rates of 25 cents per month. The ad promotes convenience for readers away from home and invites placing orders promptly.
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The
Journal-World
Davis A Visitor Proposes Tax Reform Focus in Kansas
Jonathan M. Davis of Bronson, independent candidate for governor, cites old age security and confiscatory taxes as motives for running. He criticizes current tax levels, favors a taxes overhaul and reductions on homes and farms, and plans campaign HQ in Topeka by September 1 after filing $3.75 in expenses.
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Jonathan M. Davis
Bronson
Journal-World
Lawrence
Wakarusa
J. R. Holmes
Davis
J. T. Kennedy
D. F. Patterson
Blue Mound
Cy Leland
Kansas
Topeka
Bombing Hits Chinese Schools in Hankow Wuchang
Japanese air raids on August 11 struck the American Church Mission Boone University and St. Hilda's Girls' School at Wuchang. Twenty seven planes bombed Hanyang and Wuchang across the Yangtze River from Hankow, with preliminary casualties estimated above 500 and likely higher as rescue teams searched wrecked buildings.
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Hankow
China
American Church (Episcopal
Boone
Houston Defends Roosevelt Spending Plan in Augusta
In Augusta Kansas on August 11 Rep John M Houston Democrat from the fifth district rebutted critics of the Roosevelt spending program saying money went into arteries of trade and pay envelopes not to waste but to stimulate the economy and benefit the nation.
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Rep
Houston
Augusta
Kan
John M. Houston
Fifth
Lawrence Greens Set Playoff Date
The Lawrence Greens winners of the eastern Kansas Ban Johnson league meet the Concordia Blues in a state divisional playoff. The first game will be August 25 at Concordia with Lawrence visiting August 28 and a possible third game August 29 in Topeka.
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Concordia
Lawrence Greens
Wvill
Concordia Blues
McPherson
Lawrence
Topeka
al Green
J. J. Wilson
Newton
Independence
Parsons
Larned
Dodge City
Blues
Kansas
Leavenworth
Generals
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Frank Goodman
Record Falls as Patty Berg Wins Golf Contest
Patty Berg of Minneapolis won the women's western golf derby with a 308 total after 72 holes, a tournament record and 12 under par. She started strong with 73 78 75 before a shaky final five holes, finishing with a 39 on the final nine and edging the previous tourney mark by Marion Miley by one stroke.
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Chicago
Caroline
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Marion Miley
Lexington
Swede Pardoned for Avoiding State Reformatory Term
Topeka August 11 Gov Walter A Haxman pardoned P Osca Berggren a Swedish immigrant who had been sentenced to one to five years in the state reformatory for selling a mortgaged automobile but never served due to a misunderstanding. Berggren had not cleared records blocking U S citizenship and had worked five years at an oil refinery in McPherson with a clean record. Former prosecutor James Galle presented the clemency case noting the confusion over parole and committment papers.
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Topeka
Osca Berggren
Stat Reformatory
Walter A. Haxman
James Galle
Rend
Berggren
Bérggren
U. S
Galle
Haxman
McPherson
WPA workers education expert outlines training needs
Miss Ernestine Friedman of the Washington WPA office spoke at the University WPA teachers conference. She urged classes for industrial and farm workers on international relations, labor economics, cooperatives and sociology. She praised free discussion and student led thinking in a democracy and noted her field work across states.
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Ernestine Friedeman
Washington
WPA
Friedman
Miss Friedman
Workers Education Project
Insurgent Attack in Almaden Mercury Belt Hits Spain
GPI A launches a two pronged assault in the Almaden mining country near Hendaye at the Spanish frontier. The target is a wealthy region with major mercury yields and strong government presence.
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Hendaye
France
GPI
Almaden
Spain
Temperature Drop For Dionne Quints In Ontario
Emilie was the only Dionne quintuplet not yet at normal temperature today. The siblings have been in bed since Friday with feverish infections in North Bay Ontario.
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North Bay
Ontario
Emilie
German Transport Plane Flies Berlin to New York Nonstop
A four engine German transport plane Brandenburg completed a 3,942 mile nonstop flight from Berlin to New York arriving at Floyd Bennett Field after 24 hours 54 minutes of air time. Captain Rudolf von Moreau led the crew including Alfred Henke Paul Dierberg and Fritz Kober. The flight aims to prove feasibility of daily Germany to America mail and passenger service.
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Berlin
New York
Atlantic
Floyd Bennett Airport
Boston
Alfred Henke
Rudolf von Moreau
Paul Dierberg
Fritz Kober
Deutsche Lufthansa
I Mao
Germany
Lufthansa Line
North Atlantic
Normal Institute to Be Held Here in August
The five day Douglas county normal institute will run August 22 to 26 at Liberty Memorial high school. County superintendent Harold C. Fisher announced talks by Marian Lane Ruth Kittle Gilmore Nichols and Louise Clark. Daily sessions start 8:30 with reunions and parties set for August 23 25 and the Douglas County Teachers association meeting August 25. Officers Summers Nichols Shaw and Hemphill named with vacation reading awards to follow. Public invited to attend all sessions.
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Douglas County Normal Institute
Liberty Memorial High School
Harold C. Fisher
Marian Lane
Cordley School
Ruth Kittle
Topeka
Gilmore Nichols
Eudora Erade School
Louise Clark. Lecompton
Lane
Harald Summers
Lecompton
Eudora
Loretta Shaw
Richland
Herschel Hemphill
Baldwin
Fisher
Chamber of Commerce
Moderate heat relief fades. Kansas braces for warm spell
Topeka August 11 The moderate respite from heat is brief forecasters say Tomorrow will bring a pleasant day but high temperatures may rise to 95 in places McPherson tied with Phoenix for the nation's hottest spot at 106 before cooler air swept in Readings ranged from 62 to 74 last night Topeka fell to 70 the lowest yet this month Rainfall was light in Tribune Lawrence and Ellis with small amounts reported across the state
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Topeka
Kansas
S.D. Flora
Mercury
McPherson
Phoenix
Ariz
Flora
Tribune
Lawrence
Ellis
Painting Worth Fifty Thousand Stolen From English Peer
A Reynolds painting valued at 50 000 dollars was stolen from the Sussex country estate of the Earl of Winterton, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. A miniature and jewelry were also taken in the burglary, echoing a prior art theft at Sir Edmund Davis’s castle.
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London
Sir Joshua Reynolds
England
Sussex
Earl of Winterton
Duchy of Lancaster
Air
Reynolds
Edward
Edmund Davis
Murder charges filed against two WPA workers in Abilene case
County Attorney John H. Lehman filed first degree murder charges today against Robert R. Cathey, 38, and Charles R. Kerns, 20, WPA workers, in the death of Clyde Boyd, 40, Petersburg, Ind. Boyd was found shot to death beside his parked automobile on a country road near here July 18.
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Abilene
Kan
John H. Lehman
Robert R. Cathey
Charles R. Kerns
WPA
Clyde Boyd
Petersburg
Ind
Boyd
Here
Two Die In Quakes In Ecuador Reported
Two deaths reported today in a series of earthquakes across the country as tremors continued. Authorities noted damage and aftershocks with ongoing rescue efforts and assessments in affected areas.
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Quito
Ecuador
Kansas Forecast Reports Warmer Friday
Weather outlook shows fair tonight and Friday with warmer temperatures. Wichita and Emporia expect cloudy morning. other areas clear. Dirt roads listed as good and temperatures recorded.
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Kansas
Wichita
Emporia
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