14 Are Killed in Crash of Clipper
Rio de Janeiro August 14 UPI reports the Pan American baby clipper crashed near its destination after a 3700 mile flight from Miami. Fourteen people died including Yale economist Professor James Harvey Rogers. two survived. Crew members among the dead and injured included pilots and a radio operator. The plane split in two and foundered near Ilha Cobras drydock as weather remained clear.
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Rio de Janeiro
UPI
James Harvey Rogers
Yale
Washington
Miami
Fla
Ilha Cascobras
Cobra Island
Pan American
Rogers Taught Economics At Missouri University
Two former Missourians died in the Rio de Janeiro Pan American crash that killed 14 people. Prof. James Harvey Rogers of Yale, who taught at Missouri for 14 years before 1930, and Robert Landman, a 1929 MU graduate, worked with Rogers on economics research. Rogers resigned from MU after a sex questionnaire led to dismissals, saying the school no longer supported research and free study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Rio de Janeiro
James Harvey Rogers
Yale University
University of Misouri
Robert Landman
University of Missouri
Rogers
M. A
Max Meyer
Harmon de Grass
Stratton D. Brooks
Investigation of Power Farm Machine Industry Urged
Topeka Aug. 14. State Senator Ed T. Hackney of Wellington said he will urge the September legislative council to adopt a resolution for an investigation of the farm machinery tractor and combine industry in Kansas. If approved, the U.S. attorney general would be asked to study free competition and price levels for agricultural equipment.
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Topeka
Ed T. Hackney
Wellington
Legislative Council
Kansas
U.S
Drowns in Sand Pit Near Beloit
David Hill, 19, drowned while wading in a Beloit sand pit with father Tom Hill. Neither could swim. The father tried to rescue him after he stepped into deep water. the body was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Kan
David Hill
Tom Hill
David
Cranium Crackers World Poultry Congress Quiz
A puzzle item asks readers to answer questions from recent news stories printed in the paper. It covers topics such as the World Poultry Congress location and frequency, a British depot bombing during Irish matters, a Detroit Tigers recall, the leader of the next American Antarctic expedition, and Cynthia Chapin's noted feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Poultry Congress
House of Commons
Irish Republican Army
Detroit Tigers
American Association
Cynthia Chapin
Three Car Collisions in Lawrence Cause Minor Damage
Three motor vehicle crashes occurred in Lawrence yesterday with only minor damage and no injuries. A Nash driven by John Mull collided with a Chevrolet in North Lawrence at Third and Maple. A Pontiac and a Chevrolet collided at Twenty First and Kentucky, damaging the Pontiac top. A Sanitary milk truck and a Ford truck crashed near Ninth and Illinois in the afternoon.
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Lawrence
John Mull
Kansas City
Robert Collins
Midland
Third
Maple Streets
North
Collins
Mull
Twenty-First
Kentucky
H. N. Williams
New Hampshire Street
Twenty-First Street
H. H. Hanna
Kentucky Street
Ninth
Illinois Streets
Silas Brown
University Drive
Ninth Street
G. McGee
Ohio Street
Vandenberg Sees End to Economic Low Mood in Six Months
Detroit Aug. 14 Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg Michigan Republican said a free enterprise administration would lift the country from its economic low mood within six months and make the United States an eighty billion dollar a year economy. He spoke at a convention of the National Fraternal Congress representing 93 fraternal societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
United States
Vandenberg
National Fraternal Congress
Student Velasco to Study Architecture at University of Kansas
Nestor O. Velasco, a high school graduate from Caguas Puerto Rico with 1614 hours of straight A work, will enroll in the University of Kansas architecture school this fall. He won a legislative scholarship to study abroad and sent his transcripts to KU.
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Nestor O. Velasco
Caguas
Puerto Rico
University of Kansas
Velasco
George O. Foster
K.U
Three Killed In Crash At Gardner Intersection
Three people died and another was injured in a vehicle collision southwest of Gardner. Joseph C. Pyle, 47, and his wife Ethel, 41, of Ottawa were fatally hurt. W. C. Nobles, 44, of Kansas City Kansas was killed. Joanna Pyle, 18, survived with noncritical injuries.
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Gardner
Here
Joseph C. Pyle
Ottawa
Ethel
W. C. Nobles
Kansas
City
Kan
Nobles
Pyle
Joanna
Lightning Strikes in Same Block Three Times
Lightning struck three homes in Lyons in a single block over consecutive days. Emily Cramm’s residence ignited last Monday, Clarence Fearl’s property lost a corner of its garage last Friday, and E G Grannert’s siding was ripped from house and garage this morning nearby.
Accident Fatality Near Tabernash Claimed Louise Mc Kay
Louise Mc Kay a 24 year old Topeka Kansas resident died at St Anthony's hospital from injuries after being struck by a car Saturday night near Tabernash Colorado while directing traffic around her father’s stalled auto. She suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries and was rushed to Denver for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Louise McKay
Topeka
Kan
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Tabernash
Colo
Lawrence Business College Course Catalog Request
A note instructs readers to phone or call at the school to obtain a catalog of courses offered by Lawrence Business College. The message emphasizes contacting the institution directly for program details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee. Lawrence Business College
Wreck of Streamliner Prompted Suspect Hunt
Survivors recalled a brutal crash on a three-line streamliner as investigators sought a deliberate act. The wreck near a canyon bridge left a nurse heroically tending the injured and officials noting evidence of tampering and multiple culprits.
Farmers may insure wheat without cash payments today
Local Agricultural Conservation officials said crop insurance for the 1940 wheat crop can be paid with checks from 1938 or 1939 corn or wheat allotments. Yields and premium costs are set for nine townships, with acreages and premiums calculated in bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Conservation Office
AAA
Ernest Prim
Prim
Settlement of Mexican Oil Controversy Asked
Washington reports acting secretary of state Sumner Welles formally demanded a settlement of the Mexican oil controversy to avoid a material barrier between Mexico and the United States. He announced at a press conference that the State Department authored compromise proposals for a board to run expropriated American oil properties in Mexico and expressed disappointment that both sides rejected them without adequate discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sumner Welles
Najera
Pennsylvania Starts New System of Work Relief
Harrisburg August 14 eight hundred unemployed bread winners in Pennsylvania were called to jobs today under the states new work or get off relief program Forty seven projects sponsored by municipalities governmental agencies and institutions not of the tone that could be handled by WPA PWA or private enterprise were set up as part of the states effort to get something for its money The commonwealth expects to put about two hundred thousand able bodied relief recipients to work under the plan created by an act of the last legislature Republican controlled which requires employables receiving direct relief to take a job if one can be found
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
WPA
PWA
Commonwealth
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Allie Fee Slagle
Mrs Allie Fee Slagle aged 66 died this morning at her Linwood home. Funeral services will be held from Federated church in Linwood tomorrow afternoon at 2 o clock. Burial will be in Blue Jacket Oklahoma. Survived by husband Frank Slagle of the home a daughter Mrs Ruby Davis of Bluejacket Oklahoma a brother C C Bennett of Shelbina Missouri two sisters Mrs W A Turney of Clinton Missouri and Mrs Ed Coe of Shelbyville Missouri and a cousin Frank Holiday of Lawrence
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Allie Fee
Slagle
Allie Fee Slagle
Linwood
Federated Church
Bluejacket
Okla
Frank Slagle
Ruby Davis
C. C. Bennett
Shelbina
W. A. Turney
Clinton, Mo
Ed Coe
Shelbyville
Frank Holiday
Lawrence
City Sanitary Official Dies From Gunshot Wound
Dr. C E Strodtman city sanitary officer for a decade died from a gun shot wound deemed personal safety related by Coroner Marshall Morris. The incident occurred in Arkansas City on August 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas City
C.E. Strodtman
Marshall Morris
Anniversary Day Highlights Social Security Milestones
Washington marked the fourth anniversary of the social security act as about 45 million workers hold old age insurance cards and 1.8 million receive aged aid. Taxable workers in the old age fund rose by 14 million over two years, with benefits expanding for dependent children the blind and the unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Social Security Board
Treasury
Fort Riley Hosts Kansas National Guard Target Practice
About 200 officers and men from three Lawrence units began a two week summer camp at Fort Riley. Troops moved into camp without incident and will train on .30 caliber rifles and machine guns with an overnight bivouac planned next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Kan
Fort Riley Military Reservation
Kansas National Guard
Lawrence National Guard
Camp Whitside
Fort Riley
114Th Cavalry
137Th Infantry
Union Pacific
Lawrence Marine trainee Anderson completes prelim in Kansas City
Heard in Lawrence reports Lawrence Allen Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Anderson has finished a one month prelim training in the U S Marine Corps flying service at Fairfax field Kansas City He will undergo 11 months of service and training at Pensacola Fla He is a University of Kansas graduate with follow on graduate bacteriology studies. Lon A Smith of Austin Texas chairs the Texas railroad commission and is vice president of Standard Life association. University of Kansas grounds crews plant bluegrass on the Watson library lawn and state fire department responds to a false alarm at Ninth and Indiana from fly shaver fumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Anderson
Floyd Anderson
Lawrence
U. S. Marine Corps Flying Service
Fairfax Field
Kansas City
Anderson
Pensacola
Lon A. Smith
Austin
Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas Oil Felds
Standard Life Association
University of Kansas
Watson Library
Blue Cross
C. G. Bayles
Ninth and
Indiana Street
Friends University group to hunt mastodon skeleton
Mark Reeve curator and Friends University students plan a mastodon hunt near a Sumner County creek twelve miles southwest of Wellington. They will search with rakes and shovels after unearthing a bone believed to belong to the prehistoric monster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Mark Reeve
Friends University’ Museum
Friends
Sumner County
Wellington
Reeve
Indictments Hit New York Crime Drive Targets Five Individuals
Two indictments charging five individuals and two corporations with conspiracy in harboring fugitive criminals were returned by a special federal land jury in the ongoing government drive against the underworld. Lead target is Louis Lepke Buchalter, a fugitive racketeer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aus
Federal
Louis (Lepke) Buchalter
Marriage License for Marsh and Eakes in To a
A marriage license was issued today to William H. Marsh and Mary Patricia Eakes, both of To a, reflecting a formal civil record of nuptial intent. The filing confirms their legal status and eligibility, with details recorded for public record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Marsh
Mary Patricia Eakes
Toa
L D Roberts Dies Former Fraternal Aid Leader
Louis Dent Roberts died Saturday at his Kansas City home aged 79. He served as secretary of the Fraternal Aid association in Lawrence from 1911 to 1914, then national secretary of the Fraternal Aid Union from 1914 to 1920. Funeral services were held in Topeka. Surviving: son Byron N. Roberts. son Louis D. Roberts Jr.. wife Lynne J. Roberts. three sisters. He formerly lived in Topeka and Lawrence and was once an inspector of railroads at Pueblo.
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Louis Dent Roberts
Fraternal Aid Union
Munford Court
Kansas City
Mr. Roberts
Lawrence
Fraternal Aid Association
Fraternal Union of America
Denver
Topeka
Byron Roberts
Pueblo
Colo
Royal Order of Moose
Byron N. Roberts
Standard Life Association
Louis D. Roberts, Jr
Los Angeles
Calif
Lynne J. Roberts
Home
The
Roosevelt Reaches Campobello After Fog Slowdown
President Roosevelt arrived at Campobello N B aboard the U S cruiser Tuscaloosa after a slow voyage from New York halted by heavy fog. The Tuscaloosa and accompanying destroyer anchored briefly outside the Campobello channel before proceeding in at low speed for three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Lang
Roosevelt
Campobello
N. B
Tuscaloosa
E.S.T
New York
Company seeks ban on rehiring strikers in Little Steel case
Pi-Re public Steel Corporation asked the U S circuit court of appeals to rule that strikers who commit acts of lawlessness have forfeited all right to return to their jobs. The brief supplements August 7 arguments in Re public's petition to set aside a National Labor Relations Board order directing reinstatement of 5 000 Ohio workers involved in the 1937 Little Steel strikes. The court took the case under advisement and allowed a supplemental brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pi—Republic Steel Corporation
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Republic
National Labor Relations Board
Ohio
Little Steel
Indians Win In 10th Inning Over Tigers
In Detroit Aug 14, the Indians defeated the Tigers 8-4 in 10 innings after a four run surge highlighted by Ken Keltner's homer with one on. First game details show Cleveland and Detroit scoring through nine innings. Second game score and lineups noted with Hudling, Tebbetts and Mancuso among players.
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Detroit
Ken Keltner
Cleveland Indians
Theetroit Tigers
Cleveland
Allen, M
Tebbetts
Hudling Betts
Hemsley
McKai
Brother of K. U. Fraternity House Mother Dies at 57
Ray Paulen 57 of Fredonia Kansas died at home. A Republican worker he held state posts including entry inspector at Galena. Survived by widow Alice Paulen field representative at Beloit Girls Industrial School, two daughters Jennie Rae Paulen and Mrs. Arthur Fink, four sisters including Mrs. C. B. Burke, and Mrs. C. A. Thomas house mother at the Phi Gamma Delta house at the University of Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
Kan
Ray Paulen
Ben. S. Paulen
Kansas
Paulen
Galena
Alice Paulen
Beloit
Jennie Rae Paulen
Arthur Fink
Pilot and mechanic survive crash near Lead
In the Seventh Army Corps area a plane from Richards Field Kansas City made a forced landing in Terry gulch after an overheated motor. Second Lieut. Robert Butler suffered a fractured nose and his mechanic E C Bullard endured shock when the aircraft struck a tree top and cartwheeled across a ravine.
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S. D
Seventh Army Corps
Richards Field
Kansas City
Terry Gulch
Robert Butler
E. C. Bullard
Lead
Australian duo advances in national doubles tennis
Brookline Mass August 14 The top seeded foreign pair Jack Bromwich and Adrian Quist of Australia moved toward the men's national doubles title as opponents Ernie Sutter of New Orleans and Gilbert Hunt Jr of Washington defaulted without lifting a racket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Mass
Jack Bromwich
Adrian Quist
Ernie Sutter
New Orleans
Gilbert Hunt
Biggest Daily Double Pays Record at Washington Park
Chicago August 14. Joy Bet and Merle Caroline won the first two races at Washington Park to pay a record $10 772.40 for a two race wager. Only one ticket was sold on the combination. The prior record was $7 205.40 at Tropical Park on Winoa and Arakay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joy Bet
Merle Caroline
Washington Park
Tropical Park
Winoa
Shipping Official Dies in New York at 68
P A S Franklin 68 retired as chairman of the board of United States Lines last January died today at his home Hayfields Locust Valley Long Island. He was a leading figure in American shipping circles more than a generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
P. A. S. Franklin
United States Lines
Hayfields
Locust Valley
Long Island
Father Beats Daughter and Slays Wife in Twisted Murder Suicide
Phyllis Raymond, 14, recounted a midnight assault by her father Ralph Raymond, 58, a wealthy telephone engineer, who bludgeoned her mother to death with a hammer before slashing his own throat in a locked bathroom. He died hours later in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Nyack
N. Y
Phyllis Raymond
Ralph Raymond
Close Watch On Epidemics In August And September
City health physician Dr. J. M. Mott reports August and September are dangerous months for infantile paralysis. Epidemics are breaking out in mid western states with Nebraska reporting several cases and Atchison Kansas recording ten cases in the last two weeks. Authorities in Atchison are enforcing quarantine laws strictly.
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J. M. Mott
Nebraska
Atchison
Kansas
97year-old golfer charged with involuntary manslaughter
James B. McFarland III, a 97 year old amateur golfer from Philadelphia, was charged with involuntary manslaughter after a caddy was struck and killed by a heavy golf club hurled in disgust over a bad shot. The report notes the incident occurred during coverage of the 70th annual Lawrence Business College session beginning September 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James B. McFarland
The
Lawrence Business College
Miami juveniles probed as night club inquiry opens
Miami investigators summoned several night club proprietors and entertainers as juvenile employment in clubs comes under review following the abduction and murder of two teen girls. The probe centers on underage performers with school records cited for Jean Bolton, a singer once claimed 19 but listed as 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Robert R. Taylor
Paul Martens
Martens
Jean Bolton
Melody Singer
Frances Ruth Dunn
Miss Bolton
Postmistress Arraigned on Embezzlement Forgery Indictment
Postmistress Jean V. Stredder of Geneseo 1936 38 was arraigned before U S commissioner John E Boyer on a federal grand jury indictment charging embezzlement of postal funds and forging postal records. She pleaded innocent and was released on $1000 bond for fall term district court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Jean V. Stredder
Geneseo
U. S
John E. Boyer
Local People and Changes in Columbia Community
Community notes describe visits and family gatherings including Oscar Shuck Byron Charlie Brohammer and Robert Tuckel helping Lloyd Shuck. Pigs bought at Overbrook sale. Billy Shoemaker visits grandparents. Teachers and residents move and repair work noted. Meerschaum pipes from Asia Minor are described with sun exposure at the South Pole stated as December 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Shuck
Byron
Charlie Brohammer
Robert Tuckel
Lloyd Shuck
Sio
Billy Shoemaker
Will Postma
Robert
Earnest Tuckel
Overbrook
Rothchild
Columbia School
California
John Brohammer
Ren
Pearl
Harold
Charles
Ollie Budaley
Sutters
Lawrence
Tearcatt Woodward
Lewis Churchbaugh
Marshall Churchbaugh
Marshall Churchbaugh Home. Mr
Mra
Lloyd Beeghley
Donald Churchbaugh
Clarance Serstart
Centropolis
Sunny
Sun- Earth Distance Tightens on January Second
On January 2 the sun sits about 3,110,000 miles closer to Earth than at any other point in the year. The distance reduces solar glare and offers a brief planetary alignment window for observers.
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New Haven
A. A. Person
George King
Russell Jenkins
Julio Trujillo
Oswaldo Hirth
Mario Lyra
Missouri University
Acme
Atlantic
Portsmouth
N. H
K. U
Hunt
Munger
Thelma Ristvedt
Altho
E. F. Hecox
Crack Flier
Joseph R. Jackson
Reno Evening Gazette
Harney
Harney Section
Hecox
E. A. Betts
Pennsylvania State College
Southern Pacific
Chicago Northwestern
Friends University Museum
L. D. Roberts
Oran
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
C. A. Thomas
Phi Gamma Delta House
South Dakota
T. G. Fitch Agency
Call Club Proprietors
Florida
Pi— E. Keene
Kansas’ Beekeepers Association
W.N. Cline
Pradonia
J. T. Rule
Chanute
U, Well
EB. C. Rudvhhurd
Independence
J. E Young
Humboldt
Asia Minor
South Pole
Pole
Schulz A
the Rapid Transit Company
Funk’s
F.H. A. Loans
McGrew-Peck Investment Co
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