Hemingway Slugfest Sparks Literary Heavyweight Bout
New York reports Ernest Hemingway and Max Eastman staged a verbal and imagined boxing clash aboard the Champlain's cabin and Scribner's offices. Both promoted publicity value from the encounter as Hemingway sails to Spain and Eastman awaits publication.
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New York
Ernest Hemingway
Spain
Champlain
Ernest
Max Eastman
Philadelphia
Jack O’brien
Max
Eastman
Hemingway
Max Perkins
Scribner's
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Perkins
Rail mileage led by Texas. Illinois second in 1936 taxes
The Association of American Railroads reports Texas operated the most railroad mileage, with Illinois in second place. The group calculates that railroads paid $873,641 per day in 1936 to taxes from federal, state and local governments.
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Washington
Texas
Association of American Railroads
Illinois
Test Your Knowledge Quiz from Classified Rage
This item asks seven trivia questions about Virginia Dare kaolin ancient preservation Exyntian degrees Missouri Compromise mutineers Bounty Tahiti Marietta College Homer Dodge Martin Mantalini in Dickens and naval uniform colors red and white.
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United States
Pacific
Bounty
Marietta College
Homer Dodge
Masons of Lawrence Lodge Meet in Special Communication
Attention Masons Lawrence Lodge No 6 AF and AM will meet Monday evening August 16 at 7 p m for work in the first and second degrees Welcome weakenbush secretary Jones w Miy Adys
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Lawrence Lodge No
A.M
Jones
Shanghai Strife Intensifies as Japanese Bombards Abroad
Widespread shelling near Shanghai pits Japanese forces against Chinese positions while American and foreign residents evacuate. Marines reinforce the international settlement as bridges close and civilians seek safety amid air raids and naval activity along the Whangpoo river.
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United States
Sacramento
Power Company
Shanghai
Astor House
Broadway Mansions
Cathay
Soochow Creek
Kiangwan
Chepei
C. K. Yui
Nanking
China
Shanghai University
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Guard Units Will Go to Fort Riley
Local roster lists Guard unit personnel bound for Fort Riley. Command by Brigadier General Robert M. Beck Jr. includes Troop I and Company H members with ranks from First Sergeant to Private. Names cover extensive lists of sergeants corporals privates and officers detailing the unit’s readiness for deployment.
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Fort Riley
Robert M. Beck, Jr
Troop I
Sargeant
George C. Lawry
Joe Anderson
Robert B. Oyler
Jack W. Culberson
Eli Schneck
Joseph E.omar Roy A. Waldron
William H. Bonway
Newton E
Jerome Truman H. Hrown
Donald M. Smith
Clarence O. Gibson
Harold C. Walton
Harold A. Bauman
Charles E. Ince
Robert L. Iyer
James M. Johnaulls. Haggardson, Jr
Clase
Milton 1
Casteel
Thomas Ls. Lee
Charles 8
Davia
Robert M. Miller
Edward J. Garich
Asa KR. Richardson Velle M, Holden
James B. Smith
Ard W, Lee
Palace Hotel Wrecked by Bomb Near Shanghai Office
Mackay Radio says a bomb exploded opposite their Shanghai office on Nanking road during Sino Japanese fighting, wrecking the Palace hotel. Staff sheltered inan inner hallway of Sassoon house. casualties reported. Dean Moreau to Colorado.
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San Francisco
P— Mackay Radio Company
Shanghai
Nanking Road
Palace Hotel
Sassoon House
Dean Moreau
Colorado
KU Law Professor and Family to Estes Park
Dean Frederick J. Moreau of the University of Kansas School of Law travels from Denver to Estes Park visiting law alumni k sites. He will speak before the Abilene Rotary club next Friday. Births include a daughter to E Pine and a son to M W Janicke. Orval Craig undergoes minor surgery. Velma Dean and Opal Mae Dietz are hospital patients. Dale R Castle and Rosemary Simmons receive a marriage license.
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Frederick J. Moreau
School of Law
University of Kansas
Denver
Colo
Estes Park
Law
Rotary Club
Abilene
Memorial Hospital
E. Pine
Route Five
M. W. Janicke
Route Four
Orval Craig
A. A. Craig
New Jersey Street
Velma Dean
Baldwin
Opal Mae Dietz
Lone Star
Kansas City Hostess Promotes Jubilesia Festival
Miss Ruth Warrick 21, chosen to tour Kansas and Missouri, visited Lawrence to invite the community to Jubilesia September 17 to 25. After a luncheon at the Filbridge hotel she broadcast a ten minute interview from WREN studios with Dalph Simons.
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Jubilesta
Kansas City
Lawrence
Ruth Warrick
Kansas
Missouri
Fred Warrick, Jr
Warrick
Filbridge
WREN
Dalph Simons
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Warrick
Nelle G. Adamson
Kansasity
Majorie Dietrich
Business and Professional Women's Club
Frank Gray
John Brand
George Hedrick
Ronnie Ashburn
Mr. Simons
Wayne McCoy Named to Kansas Chamber Industrial Committee
Wayne McCoy of Lawrence, board member and district vice-president of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, was appointed to the chamber’s industrial committee. E. C. Mingenbach, the president, announced the appointment. George Hedrick said the committee will meet in Topeka on Saturday September 4 to review activities and plan a statewide education campaign to foster industrial mindedness.
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Wayne McCoy
Lawrence
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
E. C. Mingenbach
George Hedrick
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Committee
Topeka
Baseball Today Major League Scores and Highlights
Baseball results from August 14 show the Bees beating Brooklyn 3 0 behind Jim Turner's three hit shutout. Hank Lieber hits his first homer to lift the Giants over the Phillies 4 1. Ival Goodman Kampouris Lombardi homer trio powers Cincinnati to 10 6 win over Chicago. Bud Thomas stars as Philadelphia routs New York 12 6. Detroit crushes St Louis 16 1 with Etan Auker two homers.
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Boston
Bees
Prate
Brooklyn Dodgers
Jim Turner
Brooklyn
Frankhouse
Lindsey
Chervinko
Turner
Mueller
New York
Hank Leiber
Giants
Phillies
Harry Gumbert
Phils
Philadelphia
Johnson
Passeau
Grace
Gumbert
Dannity
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Bowman Owen
Chicago
Ival Goodman
Alex Kampouris
Ernie Lombardi
Cincinnati
Cubs
Hollingsworth
Lombardi
C. Davis
Parmeles
Bottarini
Athletics
New York Yankees
Bud Thomas
Thomas
Earl Brucker
Bob Johnson
Wicker
Malone
Dickey
Brucker
Detroit
Trotter
York
Beaton
Washington Newsom
Little Rock Doctor Finds Growth in Rowe's Arm
Dr. F Walter Carruthers of Little Rock reports discovering a small growth on Schoolboy Rowe's pitching shoulder bone. He believes removal by operation could restore Rowe to normal duties by the start of next season.
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Little Rock
Ark
F. Walter Carruthers
Rowe
Detroit
Deaths and Funerals for John A. Benson, 72
John A. Benson, 72, died this afternoon at his home on Kentucky street. Funeral services are set for 9:30 a.m. Monday at First Methodist Church with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Kate, daughter Edith, son J Leland Benson of Tulsa, and three grandsons.
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John A. Benson
Kentucky Street
First Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Kate Benson
Edith Benson
J. Leland Benson
Tulsa
Okla
Heart Disease Declared Cause of Eudora Man Richards
The exhumed body of Charles F. Richards of Eudora was examined by pathologists. Chemical analysis found no poison. death attributed to heart disease. Richards died March 18, 1938, at age 69. the inquiry is closed.
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Charles F. Richards
Eudora
L. K. Zimmer
Richards
Zimmer
Charles Richards
C. W. Lattimore
Topeka
State Board of Health
Mrs Anna Hahn Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge
In Cincinnati on August 14, Mrs Anna Hahn pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the death of 87 year old George Gsellman. Prosecutor Outcalt said three more deaths are under investigation as potential mass murder links emerge. Gsellman was found dead July 6 with poison traces in viscera. A similar poison was found in a bottle recovered from Hahn's home.
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Cincinnati
Anna Hahn
George Gsellman
Dudley M
Outcalt
Gsellman
Hahn
Lawrence Note Mentions Chester Bud Fund Progress
A Miss Hannah Oliver gift brings the Chester Bud Fund total to 12 dollars to aid needy itinerants. Also reported is a registered Pointer female owned by Cliff Haverty on his father's farm, yielding ten puppies with two stillborn and eight surviving, all male. F. F. Butcher of Farmers Auto Inter-Insurance Exchange moves his office from 824 Mississippi Street to Hemphill Building at 704 Massachusetts beginning Monday, August 16.
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Alec G. Banks
Number 6
Banks
Soeeen
Hannah Oliver
Cliff Haverty
Butcher
Farmers Auto Inter-Insurance Exchange
Mississippi Street
Hemphill
Massachusseate
Wichita liquor raid nets 8000 pints in cabins
County Attorney El Eubanks charged Earl Blake proprietor of tourist cabins near Wichita with persistent liquor law violation. Assistant AG Jay Parker and investigator Will Johns raided yesterday and found 8000 pints of liquor.
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Wichita
Kan
UP County
el Eubanks
Earl Blake
Jay Parker
Will Johns
Hopewell and Independence social notes mix Kansas visits
A stream of visits and trips unfold across Hopewell Independence and surrounding towns. Families from Kansas City Overland Park Lawrence LaCrosse Monte Vista and Paola meet, host, and travel, with news of sales, repairs, and church activities interwoven as residents plan and reminisce. The item closes with a note on travel reads and a vacation rate for the Journal World.
Garden of Thanks Note of Appreciation
We express heartfelt thanks to neighbors friends and organizations for kindness and sympathy after our sudden loss and bereavement. Mrs Joseph Hickock Joseph Hickock Jr Mrs Elizabeth F Hickock Herbert Hickock Mr and Mrs George A Nuckels and family.
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Joseph Hickock
Joseph Hickock, Jr
Elizabeth F. Hickock
Herbert Hickock
George A. Nuckels
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Roger T. Boggs, Jr
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Rosemary Simmons
Journal-World
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Baseball Today
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Hopewell
Robert Middleton
Bert Middleton
Overland Park
Glenn Kellar
R. GC. Mitchell
Will Vaughn
Vaughn
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Geneva
Earl Lederer
Ledere
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Walker Dyer
Monte Vista
Hibbard Taul
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Charles Shrout
W. H. Lucas
John Dillon
Clifford Durham
Henry Wendt
Trvin
Arthur Deay
Lewis Tucker
A. M. Reser
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High Prairie Ladies Aid
Dan Shotwell
Ben Hammond
Wellsville
Jim Dyer
Barbara
Frances Bailey
Will Gorrill
George Marquardt
Ada Mae
Charlie Gale
Robert Pardee
Somer Richland
Edd
Heuston
Dan Jonanning
Bessie" Thompson
Roy Merchant
John
Julia
W. M. den
Journal- World
B. F. Nanninga D.D
Hemphill Building
Butcher Farmers Auto Inter-Insurance—Exchange
Peoples State Bank
Massachusetts
Lawrence National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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