Wrecking of Great Train Sparks Nevada Manhunt
A $2,000,000 streamliner crash near Canyon Center, 149 aboard, 19 dead, 114 injured as rails sabotaged. Police seek unknown wrecker with one ear missing. Bob La Duceur detained briefly in Sparks. Investigators probe disgruntled ex-employees and crowbars found near the track.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Sparks
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bob la Duceur
Lewiston, Mont
William Sked
Sacramento
Calif
la Duceur
Montana
Bec
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Dan O’connell
Southern Pacific Police
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Flier
A. C. Munger
Omaha
Senate panel accuses National Association of Manufacturers
The senate civil liberties committee says the N A M deliberately organized a nationwide campaign to nullify the labor relations act. It reports the group is financed by a few large corporations and floods the country with anti labor propaganda influencing elections and public opinion.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
N.A.M
la Follette
Wis
Association
Boss Tom s Machine Plans to Scuttle the Recall Campaign
Kansas City August 14 UP Boss Tom Pendergast s Democratic machine outlined moves to block the recall effort against Mayor Bryce B Smith and six Democratic councilmen. Petitions may be filed this afternoon while council convenes to fill three vacancies and potential resignations alter the political landscape.
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Tom
Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Democratic Machine Today
Bryce B. Smith
Sam C. Blair
Charles P. Woodbury
Smith
Tor
A. N. Gossett
Frank Adams
Buston
Adams
General Drum arrives at Plattsburg for nation’s largest war games
Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum takes command as 52 000 troops mass for large scale exercise at Plattsburg barracks Aug 14. Troops flood in from eight states with 21000 national guardsmen joining units in the field. drum says operations are proceeding remarkably well.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Plattsburg Barracks
Hugh A. Drum
Lake Champlain
Deam
Drum Salid
Plattsboro
Savere
New York
King George IIIs Grouse Shoot at Morgan Estate
King George VI and a small party visited Gannochy Lodge Edzell Scotland for grouse shooting with J P Morgan. Morgan’s 15 000 acre lease yielded a few brace of grouse for dinner while noting widespread bird disease has depleted stocks this season.
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Gannochy Lodge
Edzell
Scotland
King George VI
England
J. P. Morgan
Threats to life after LSU official letter scare in New Orleans
U S attorney general in charge of Louisiana investigations, John Rogge, reported two anonymous letters with .38 caliber bullets and a death threat mailed to him in New Orleans. He canceled a Washington trip and will stay in town. Also, a federal grand jury indicted George Caldwell and Eugene Barksdale over misused university funds and WPA materials.
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New Orleans
P.O
John Rogge
United States
Louisiana
Federal
Rogge
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Murphy
Underworld
Shushan
Detroit
Chicago
State University
George Caldwell
Louisiana State University
Caldwell
Eugene Barksdale
Works Progress Administration
Faurot Calls 50 Men for Missouri Front Again Season
Columbia Missouri August 14 Don Faurot Missouri head coach listed 50 men in his first grid practice call for September 11 Twenty one letter men are included veterans provide from one to three experienced players per position Faurot expects an improved team though other Big Six schools may rise Nebraska and Oklahoma expected to contend for the title with Missouri aiming for a top spot
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Columbia
Don Faurot
University of Missouri
Tiger
Faurot
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Fire damages Skelly refinery in El Dorado
Aug. 14 fire in a broken pressure tube at the Skelly oil refinery caused about 20 000 to 25 000 dollars in damage. Superintendent K. J. Smith said repairs would be finished and the plant reopened in four or five days.
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el Dorado
Skelly
K. J. Smith
Plan reunions with Reich eyed for Danzig
Berlin reports a Nazi sourced plan by Carl Burckhardt to reunite Danzig with Germany and guarantee a direct link to East Prussia. Hitler and Beck are said to be aware and possibly discuss it in London with Lord Halifax, amid talks on a broader European crisis.
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Carl V. Burckhardt
League of Nations
Danzig
Germany
Poland
Free City
Reich
East Prussia
Burckhardt
London
Lord Halifax
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Italy
Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz
Foreign Office
Europe
Tannenberg
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Salzburg
Rome-Berlin
Italians Favor Parley on Danzig Conference Plan
Rome reports that Italy and Germany agree to hold talks with France and Britain to settle Danzig claims with a 30 day truce while negotiations proceed. Britain would relay conference recommendations to Warsaw to gauge Poland's acceptance as talks progress. Official confirmation is lacking.
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Rome
Germany
Italy
France
Great Britain
Danzig
Europe
Britain
Poland
Warsaw
Salzburg
Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
Stock Market Index and Local Notices
The report notes a 60 stock index at 48.9 with a Saturday reading of 48.3. A reference to Washer Service and Green Bros appears in the fragmentary text, indicating possible business ads or notices in the period.
U. S. Fast-Tracks Panama Canal Defenses Anniversary
On the canal’s twenty-fifth anniversary, the United States speeds reinforcement and expansion plans. A third set of locks is planned as preliminary work begins without delay. Congress did not vote a specific 277 million dollar appropriation when authorizing the project. Army and navy pressure drives urgency. the 45,000 ton battleships to be riveted soon will struggle through existing locks. experts predict larger vessels ahead. Six years to complete the locks expansion.
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Washington
Panama Canal
United States
Pacific
Congress
Army
Navy
Rifle vs Water at Kaw River Dam Delays Door Removal
Deputy Wayne Owens of the Lawrence Mill and Power Company attempted to shoot through two by four timber props to relieve water pressure atop the Kaw river dam. Although holes opened in the waterlogged timbers at about 100 yards, the boards did not yield and the water level remained high.
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Kaw River
Wayne Owens
Lawrence Mill and Power Company
Owens
Packing talks spotlight shifting packing industry methods
Rotarians heard Robert M Owthwaite of Topeka explain packing efficiency from curing hams in under a week to decentralizing plants near stock centers. He cited United States sales near three billion dollars with four million dollars in losses and profits averaging 83 percent of ten year sales. Morrell Packing operates plants in Ottumwa Sioux Falls Topeka and Liverpool England.
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Robert M. Owthwaite
Topeka
Topekan
United States
Owthwaite
Morrell Packing Company
Morrell
England
Ottumwa
Sioux Falls
S. D
Liverpool
Traffic Lights Turned On at Eleventh Street
Traffic lights were activated at the intersection of Eleventh and Massachusetts streets this afternoon. Drivers ran the red lights briefly before observers and a traffic officer, Jim Messer, directed traffic as heavy flows continued. Work proceeds on Ninth and Massachusetts, with Seventh already in operation.
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Eleventh
Massachusetts Street
Jim Messer
Ninth
Massachusetts Streets
Seventh Street
Boy Scout Killed by Rifle Shot Near Independence
Everett Smith, 14, died in a hospital hours after being wounded by a .22 rifle carried by his brother Thomas Lee Smith, 16, during a hunting trip near Independence. Montgomery county coroner W. S. Huciberg ruled the death accidental.
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Independence
Kan
Everett Smith
Thomas Lee Smith
W. S. Huciberg
Montgomery County
Painter Returns Stolen Louvre Watteau Allegedly Disgusted
A 25-year-old painter confessed to stealing the Watteau painting L Indifferent from the Louvre on June 11 and returned it after saying he was disgusted by its restoration. Police announced the recovery in Paris on August 14.
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Paris
Louvre
County Board Approves $2,750 Budget Cut For 1940 Levy
County commissioners approved further reductions in the proposed 1940 expenditures after a public budget hearing in the courthouse. The levy drops to 6.3349 mills from 6.4188, based on a county valuation of $39,776,972, with notable cuts in road and general funds and welfare levy to be finalized by August 25.
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Court House
Board of Commissioners
Douglas County Taxpayer's League
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Mildred Lerner
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Double death ruled not inquest in Kansas case
Dr. Charles M. Starr coroner said the deaths of veterinarian George Rhea aged 54 and his wife Anne Rhea aged 42 in Larned Kansas were self inflicted personal crisis events and no inquests would be conducted.
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Kan
Charles M. Starr
George Rhea
Anne Rhea
Mystery of Tanks Haunts Manassas Mock War
In Manassas Virginia on August 14 a mock battle of the third Manassas games unfolds with six armored cars and two battalions of the 12th infantry clashing against guards from Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and DC. The tanks are unseen yet feared as an enveloping force moves toward Washington with overcast skies masking the action.
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Manassas
Washington
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Plan for meeting on stabilizing Kansas crude oil price
Gov Payne Ratner called oil advisory committee members and the Kansas corporation commission to a conference to draft a plan to stabilize crude oil prices. The plan will be presented at the Interstate Oil Compact Commission meeting in Oklahoma City tomorrow. The effort aims to avert a potential 29 cent per barrel cut in Kansas crude.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Kansas Corporation Commission
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Oklahoma City
Carl Rott
State Highway Commission
Ratner
Missouri
Rott
Ralph Pryor
Wichita
Theo Morgan
Pryor
Morgan
Andrew Schoeppel
Corporation Commission
Kansas
Sinclair-Prairie Oil Marketing Company
Austin
Tex
Texas
State Railroad Commission
Union
Dr Allen to St Louis for basketball standards talk
Dr F C Fillen director of physical education at the University of Kansas left for St Louis to confer with manufacturers about new coal hi basketball standards to be used in the game He will then go to Atlanta Georgia as a staff member of the Georgia coaching school and return home about September 1.
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F.C. Fillen
University of Kansas
St. Louis
Allen
Atlanta
Georgia
Squalus Salvage Crew Hailed After First Lift At Sea
Navy salvagers continue preparations for a second lift of the sunken submarine Squalus after a stormy night. President Roosevelt praised the "efficient and arduous" work as Admiral Cole led the salvage, with the vessel aground near a Pinnacle in about 160 feet of water. The second hoist is expected Wednesday, to tow the sub 4–5 miles for re grounding in 80–90 feet.
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N. H
Navy
Wien
Vcmcalil le Bulagle
Roosevelt
New England
Canadian
Tuscaloosa
Cyrus W. Cole
Mandant
Portsmouth Navy Yard
President
Admiral Cole
Eudora Picnic Kicks Off With Band Concert Tomorrow
The 38th annual Eudora C P A picnic opens tomorrow at 1 30 PM in the city park with a concert by the Eudora community band Two new features will be added for day two A tug of war Ehdora versus Lawrence at 4 45 PM and Hawaiian music by George Wong Wai and his orchestra at 3 30 PM Races for children under 12 start at 2 30 PM with prizes 75 and 50 cents plus other events including shuttle races mixed chimAe race colored divisions and a nail driving contest The KMBC artists bureau will present Radio entertainers Colorado Pete and Kit and Kay at 3 30 PM and 7 PM A platform dance featuring Van Allman and his ten piece band is at 9 PM A merry go round ferris wheel airplane rides by the Ashcraft brothers an amateur contest at 7 PM on day two complete the program.
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Eudora
Eudora C. P. A
Ehdora
Lawrence Men
George Wong Wai
Chimae
Colorado
Pete
Kit
Kay
KMBC
van Allm
Ashcraft Brothers
Rain improving soil conditions across Kansas
More beneficial rains drenched topsoil statewide with scattered showers forecast tonight and Tuesday. Notable totals include Lyons 2.0 inches, Great Bend 1.21 inches boosting weekly rainfall to 4.33 inches, Sublette 2.28, Liberal 1.26, and Dodge City 0.66. Temperatures to stay near 90s with high humidity and subsoil moisture feeding pastures and seedbeds.
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Topeka
Kansas
Central
Western
Lyons
Great Bend
Stockton
Sublette
Dodge City
East Nortion
A. D. Robb
Robb
Guldahl Wins Danner Dan Tournament in Playoff
Ralph Guldahl of Madison Wisconsin won the $10,000 Danner Dan tournament in an 18 hole playoff over Denny Shute and Gene Sarazen. He posted a par 70 to clinch the title.
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Guldahl
Pittsburgh
Ralph Guldahl
Madison
Wis
Denny Shute
Gene Sarazen
Weather forecast for central and eastern Kansas
Partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers in central and eastern Kansas tonight and Tuesday. Little temperature change expected. Regional highs reached 96 degrees previously with varied overnight lows and a prior high of 90 yesterday.
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Kansas
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Journal-World
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Atlanta, Ga
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