Carroll Is Found Guilty of Dr James Littlefield Murder
In South Paris Maine a jury convicts former Deputy Sheriff Francis M Carroll of strangling Dr James G Littlefield and sentences him to life imprisonment. Dwyer who earlier pleaded guilty for the same crime received a life term and faces possible pardon uncertainties as authorities consider further review.
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Paris
Francis M. Carroll
Paul N. Dwyer
Carroll
Thomaston
Ruby
Betty
Arthur
James G. Littlefield
Maine
William H. Fisher
Clyde R. Chanman
Dwyer
E. Walker Abbott
Paul Dwyer
John H. Welch Gzaid Dwyer
Edward Schaake Dies after Long Illness at Topeka
Edward C Schaake 52 longtime Grant township farmer and Trinity Lutheran member died in a Topeka hospital after a heart attack following a flu illness. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at Trinity Lutheran conducted by Rev Charles A Puls with burial in Memorial Park cemetery. He left wife Magdalena and two daughters Mrs Arthur Heck and Irene Schaake, plus two brothers William Jr of Perry and Charles of Lawrence and four sisters in Lawrence.
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Edward C. Schaake
Trinity Lutheran Church
Topeka
Lutheran Church
Charles A. Puls
Memorial Park Cemetery
Edward Schaake
William Schaake
Grant Township
Magdalena Alternbernd
Lisher Bound Over on Forgery Charges
Marion Lisher waived a preliminary hearing before Justice Milton Beach and is bound over to district court on 12 forgery counts. He could not meet a $1,000 bond as the forged checks totaled $83.80. A second item notes a Royal Air Force flying boat crash near Cork Lightship off Felixstowe with six men missing.
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Marion Lisher
Justice of the Peace
Milton Beach
Lisher
Felixstowe
England
Royal ‘Air Force
Cork
Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions On Classified Answers
A reader asks seven trivia items from a classifieds page including continents for the Andes, citizenship for WWI era aliens, grand jury indictments, entomology, Joe Louis full name, U S time zones, Cat skill mountains, and DC presidential electors.
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Andes
United States
Joel Louis
Cat“skill Mountains
District of Columbia
Dr Monk to Speak at Local Church Services Sunday
Texas politician and former Houston mayor Dr Monk shares life story in his book From Politics to Pulpit before his conversion. He has traveled to many states doing Church of God extension work and will speak at the Church of God on Eleventh and New Hampshire for both Sunday services.
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Dr. Monk
Texas
Houston
Tex
LaFollette Plans Campaign For Progressive Opponent
Wisconsin senator LaFollette announces he will campaign for the Progressive party candidate against Senator Duffy in Wisconsin. The move signals a break with administration alignment as LaFollette supports the national third party effort alongside his brother Governor Phil LaFollette. He will stay neutral in the Progressive primary between Rep. Amlie and Herman Ekern.
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Washington
LaFollette
Wis
Progressive Party
Duffy
D.-Wis
Wisconsin
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
National Third Party
Phil A. LaFollette
Thomas R. Amlie
Herman Ekern
A Kidney Ailment Takes the Life of Pauline Ray
Pauline Ellen Ray, 25, known nationwide as the girl with the broken neck, died today from a kidney ailment in Kansas City. An automobile crash six cars ago left her neck broken and she paralyzed from the waist down. Her cheerful spirit drew fan mail from across the country, with holiday letters often exceeding 2,000. The governor of Kansas remembered her.
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Kansas City
Pauline Ellen Ray
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
Oatman to Play Match in Exhibition at Swope Park
Glenn Oatman from Lawrence Kansas will join 19 other top golfers in an 18 hole exhibition at Swope Park Country Club Kansas City. The event pairs Oatman with Bennie Boggess while Ted Adams faces Leland Gibson in two featured foursomes.
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Glenn Oatman
Lawrence
Kansas
Swope Park Country Club
Kansas City
Oatman
Ted Adams
Columbia
Bennie Boggess
Indian Hills
Adams
Leland Gibson
Meadow Lake
Electric shock kills Newton school superintendent
Percy Sims aged 37, superintendent of schools, died when an electric current short circuited through a steel drill he held against his chest in his garage near Newton, Kansas. His widow and three children survive. Funeral services are planned for Monday at Little River.
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Newton
Kan
Percy Sims
Alon
Sims
Little River
No Cheyenne County Divorces Reported for Year Ending July 1 1938
Cheyenne county has been the only one so far to report no divorces granted for the year ending July 1, 1938. Mrs Verle Roseworn secretary to the state judicial council said today 11 counties had not yet reported but she knew of no such record established.
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Cheyenne County
Topeka
Verle Roseworn
State Judicial Council
Business College advertises for trained office workers
Employers seek business trained young men and women with demand for competent office workers higher than in years. Lawrence Business College offers secretarial stenographic and machine courses to prepare for desirable positions. Call at the college for more information.
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Lawrence Business College
The
Business ‘College
Japanese Marines Seize Three in Shanghai Clash on Anniversary
In Shanghai's international settlement, three Japanese soldiers were captured by U S Marines after a confrontation in which they brandished pistols and demanded a Chinese nationalist flag be lowered. Two Japanese were later arrested in the Italian patrol zone. one escaped. Chinese casualties and ongoing violence marked the anniversary of hostilities in central China.
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Shanghai
United States
International Settlement
Japan
Central China
Milton C. Marvin
San Diego
Calif
United States Defense
Marvin
Pootung
Whangpoo River
May Seed Loan Applications Start Friday
Applications for full seed loans will be taken at the county clerk's office starting next Friday. Borrowers for next year’s wheat crop must complete a preliminary acreage questionnaire, which will be reviewed by the field supervisor. If approved locally, forms are sent to Wichita. the crop is pledged by a first mortgage at 4 percent interest, with other mortgage holders required to stand aside.
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Wichita
PWA approves 99 more public works totaling over 4.8 thousand projects
The Public Works Administration announced presidential approval of 99 additional non-federal projects. The total federal and non-federal since June 22 reaches 4,867 projects with an estimated construction value of 1,206,202,666 dollars. Today's list costs 10,679,461 dollars and includes a 31,524 dollar grant for Manhattan Kansas swimming pools.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Manhattan
Kan
Law Students Take Exams as Summer Session Nears Close
About 30 students finished final examinations for the second term in the University law school this morning at 11 30. The law school is last to close for summer with other divisions completing exams August 3. Finney Bank Assets Bring 650. Yates Center August 13. Assets of the Neosho Falls bank run by the Finney family and tied to a Kansas bogus bond scandal were sold for 650 to Jim Dye of Virgil Cauble at Tulsa Oklahoma.
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School of Law
University
Finney Bank
Yates Center
Neosho Falls Bank
Finney
Kansas
Jim Dye
Virgil & Cauble
Tulsa
Okla
Democrats Plan Rally in Yates Center Kansas
Democratic state headquarters speakers Howard Payne and Harry Washington will address a Woodson county committee meeting and rally in Yates Center next Tuesday.
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Yates Center
Kan
Howard Payne
Harry Washington
Woodson County Committee
Upland Tomato Project Lands Prohibited After Theft
Damage to plants on the Haskell land south of Lawrence prompts a no trespassing warning. The notice, issued by county board chairmen Chris SchaaKe and Willard Morgan, requests protection of the Tomato Project against further thefts.
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Haskell
Lawrence
Chris Schaake
Board of County Commissioners
Willard Morgan
Eighth Gang Slaying in Chicago Intensifies City Gang War
Joseph LaPorte a 24 year old ex 42 gang member was shot five times in the head by three gunmen in a west side garage. The killing follows four days after James Duncan and precedes the discovery of Sam Picciotto’s body near the White Sox park. Police say an underworld hit squad is behind the spree using nickel jacketed bullets. An eight year old boy witnessed the attack and described the getaway car and shooters. The case echoes the Moran massacre of 1929 in tone and method.
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Chicago
Joseph LaPorte
St. Valentine’s Day
LaPorte
John Racek
Southwest Side
Poliics
James G. Duncan
Painters and Decorators Union
Sam “Frog Legs’ Picciotto
White Sox
Archie Cain
Detective Bureau
Cain
Edward Davis
Clark Street
Mapping Clay Deposits in North Central Kansas
Norman Plummer and John F. Romary, scientists from the Kansas Geological Survey, traveled across eleven counties to locate white firing clay deposits. They will sample the clay for University ceramics laboratories to assess commercial and industrial potential, with WPA support recently granted for uncovering deposits and testing samples in state labs.
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Norman Plummer
Kansas Geological Survey
John F. Romary
Kansas
Lawrence
University
Saline
Ellsworth
Lincoln
Ottawa
Cloud
Washington
Clay
Dickinson
McPherson
Rice
Russell Counties
Baseball results from August day across leagues
Full slate of MLB results with multiple doubleheaders and key performances. Dodgers beat Bees 8 1 behind Posey del Posedel, Cubs topple Pirates 11 10, Hubbell shutout efforts noted, and Yankees rout Athletics 11 4 as Selkirk Henrich homer. Indians explode for 13 4 win over Red Sox. other games include New York vs Philadelphia and Chicago vs Washington.
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Phillies
Bill Cissell
New York
Philadelphia
Hubbell Danning
Passeau
Smith
Davis
Clark
New York Philadelphia
Melton
Mancuso
Butcher
Atwood
Pittsburgh
Dizzy Dean
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Brooklyn
Boston
Posedel
Shea
Lanning
Reis
Shoffner
Lopez
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Pregsnell
Tamulis
Campbell
Hutchinson
Mueller
King Carl ‘Hubbell
Dean
Page and
Hartnett
Blanton
Swift
Brandt
Bowman
Todd
Steve Sandra
Yankees
Athletics
George Selkirk
Tommy Henrich
Yanka
Joe Johnson
Bob’ Feller
Cleveland
Chicago
Feller
Hemsley
Knott
Whitehead
Cabler
Rensa
Potter
Oth and
Hayes
Sandra
Dickey
Cleveland Indians
Jack Knott
Chicago White Sox
Washington
Ostermueller
Desautels
Weaver
R. Ferrell
Local ribs feast inspires doctor praise and odd campaign expense
After a large barbecue supper, a Lawrence doctor praised Southern Barbecue owner Marvin Terry for the ribs. A Douglas county candidate listed a $3.50 hat as a primary expense, puzzling officials. George Bullene Jr. recovers from a sprained ankle after a hayride mishap. Douglas welfare staff will close one hour for funeral services of Edward Schaake and Mildred D. Watson at Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Marvin Terry
New Southern Barbecue
South
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Terry
Douglas County
Edward Schaake
Mildred D. Watson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Irene Schaake
Schaake
Delinquent Personal Taxes Collection Begun by Sheriff
The county treasurer’s office said today that the sheriff was issued an order Monday to collect delinquent personal taxes.
Planes enter Lawrence contest at airport tomorrow
Over 25 gas model airplanes registered for a contest at Lawrence airport under Adolph Ochse and the Topeka Aero Knatz club. Three trials per entrant from 2 to 5 pm with rules to be set tomorrow morning. NAA may recognize new records. public welcome free of charge.
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Lawrence
Adolph Ochse
Topeka Aero-Knatz Club
Lawrence and
Topeka
National Aeronautic Association
Ask repeal of Farm Act group of Cowley county farmers
A Cowley county farmers and stockmen group adopted a resolution at a Dester Kansas meeting on August 13 calling for repeal of the Farm Act. The county unit of the organization led the session and discussed impacts on local agriculture and livestock interests.
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Cowley County
Dester
Kan
Cowley
Death Note for George T. Griffith
George T. Griffith, 75, died this afternoon at his home at 927 Louisiana street. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 PM at Rumsey funeral home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by wife Estella Griffith of the home, two sons Melvin Griffith Cheboygan Michigan and Evan Griffith Lawrence, three daughters Mable Westcott Lawrence, Mrs. John Stanley Philadelphia, Pa., and Miss Marie Griffith Lawrence, and one granddaughter.
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George T. Griffith
Louisiana Street
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Estella Griffith
Melvin Griffith
Cheboygan
Mich
Evan Griffith
Lawrence
Mable Westcott
John Stanley
Philadelphia
Marie Griffith
Debut In A $15,000 Temporary Newport Ballroom
Bee debut tonight for Blonde Lesley Hyde Hope Ripley, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry H Ripley of New York, in a lavish supper dance. The temporary ballroom, built on Brenton's Cove waterside beside the Ripley summer home, is among the largest ever erected for the Newport summer colony and will be torn down after the affair. Hundreds of guests were invited to attend.
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Newport
R. 1
Lesley Hyde Hope Ripley
Henry H. Ripley
New York
Ripleys
Brenton’s Cove
Oil firms chartered in state announcement
The charter board announced two new oil companies: Beacon Oil Company, Inc. based in Lawrence with $50,000 capital and Hugo Oil Company, Inc. based in El Dorado with $10,000 capital.
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Topeka
Beacon Oil Company, Inc
Lawrence
Hugo Oil Company, Inc
el Dorado
Miss Mabel Eldridge Heads West for Colorado Vacation
Miss Mabel Eldridge left today for a Colorado vacation. Prof and Mrs J D Stranathan also went yesterday for a Glenwood Springs trip. Mrs Vance Day of Kansas City arrived last night to visit her ill father S W Atkinson who has been sick for a week but improved today.
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Mabel Eldridge
Colorado
J. D. Stranathan
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Vance Day
Kansas City
S. W. Atkinson
Atkinson
Ghezzi Shoots 68 To Contend In Cleveland Open
Vic Ghezzi of Deal New Jersey fired a 68 to reach 212 total a 54 hole score one under par and move into a strong challenger's position as the Cleveland open status narrows with two thirds of the field still to finish.
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Ghezzi
Cleveland
Vic Ghezzi
Deal
N. J
Dilley Nominated for Eagles Presidency at Grand Aerie
Dr. Fred C. Dilley of Brazil Indiana nominated today for the presidency of the Fraternal Order of Eagles to succeed John W. Heller Jr. of York Pennsylvania. He was named without opposition at the grand aerie session.
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Eagles
Cincinnati
Fred C. Dilley
Brazil
Ind
Order of Eagles
John W. Heller, Jr
York
Judge Charles Goss Dies Chief Justice on Nebraska Court
Chicago reports the 74 year old Charles A. Goss died after suffering a stroke en route to Omaha from Cleveland where he attended an American Bar Association meeting. He served 11 years as chief justice and was active with the American Bar Association and the American Law Institute.
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Chicago
Charles A. Goss
Nebraska Supreme Court
Judicial Committee
American Bar Association
American Law Institute
Goss
Omaha
Cleveland
Kansas State Receives $41,850 Youth Administration Grant
Miss Anne Laughlin state director said Kansas State college would receive a 41850 grant from the national youth administration for this year, up 5805 from last year.
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NYA
Kansas State
Manhattan
Anne Laughlin
Kansas State College
National Youth Administration
Journal Worth Sent To Vacation Address
A Journal Worth notice indicates delivery to a summer vacation address. The brief item records a shipping instruction or readdressing request tied to a subscriber. No further details on dates or recipients are provided in the fragments.
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Journal-Worth
Corn Loans to Kansas Farmers Under CCC Program
The Commodity Credit Corporation reported corn loans to Kansas farmers totaling 25 661 bushels through August 11. The average loan per bushel nationwide was 0.4849 dollars.
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Kansas
Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farmers League Backs Repeal of Federal Farm Act
The Kansas Farmers Liberty League adopted a resolution pressing repeal of the federal farm act. Dan Casement of Manhattan denounced the AAA law as an attempted dictatorship over the farmers of America.
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Kansas Farmers Liberty League
Dan Casement
Manhattan Ranchman
AAA
Farmers of America
Corrigan Returns Refreshed After Farm Overnight
Douglas Corrigan, still in his leather windbreaker, visited New York City Hall after a night at Stanley Howe’s New Hope farm. He said he slept well since his transatlantic flight and rejected most offers, accepting under $1,000 for endorsements while planning a 20 to 30 city tour.
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New York
Douglas
Corrigan
City Hall
Ireland
Stanley H. Howe
Fioer H. LaGuardia
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