Willkie Presses Fraud Claims Against Chicago and New York Machines
In Colorado Springs on Aug 14 Wendell Willkie backed Alf Landon’s charges that Roosevelt fate hinges on fraudulent votes from political machines in Chicago Jersey City and the Bronx. Willkie pressed for return of 640000 dollars from the Democratic national committee and warned of legal action if not repaid. He planned a speech in Elwood Indiana and a stop in Kansas City en route to Indianapolis and Rushville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Wendell L. Willkie
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Kelly-Nash
Chicago
Hague
Jersey City
Boss Flynn
Bronx
Willkie
Thorely
Landon
Elwood
Ind
Altho
Democratic National Committee
Ivill
Adkins Wins Democratic Nomination for Arkansas Governor
Homer M. Adkins 49 former internal revenue collector leads in a four cornered Arkansas governor primary with 121,057 votes to Gov. Carl Bailey 93,640 and opponents Venable and Witte trailing. Bailey heads toward a runoff with John Bransford as 1,789 precincts reported. Rep. D. D. Terry appears set for renomination to the fifth district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Homer M. Adkins
Internal Revenue Collector
Arkansas
Carl E. Bailey
Adkins
Bailey
J. Rosser Venable
Frank B. Witte
Magnolia
Pulaski
Hattie W. Caraway
John E. Miller
Caraway
Lucien E. Coleman
Rep
D. D. Terry
Oscar H. Winn
Monroe E. Hirschy
Seventh Congressional District
Wade H Kitchens
Oren Harris
Harris
Kitchens
Three Calls For Firemen Reported In City
Firemen answered three calls yesterday to douse blazes in automobiles and a refrigerator. A 1929 Ford owned by O Evans near Seventh and Michigan caught fire from a wiring short. a Dodge coupe owned by Halderman Motor Co. near Fourteenth and Ohio burned under the hood after the car backfired and gasoline ignited. and at 1818 Indiana street Mrs Beulah A Ricketts reported a refrigerator fire from a faulty motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh
Michigan Streets
O. Evans
Fourteenth
Ohio Streets
Halderman Motor Company
Beulah A. Ricketts
Indiana Street
British Fleet Retires From Aden Port in Somaliland Conflict
Giornale d Italia reports the British fleet has left Aden, the Arabian port opposite Berbera, as Italian troops engage in Somaliland. The paper notes intense movement in the Gulf of Aden but provides no explanation for the fleet actions.
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Rome
Aden
Arabian
Gulf
Berbera
Somaliland
Alsho
Gulf of Aden
Savannah Digs Out After Hurricane Destroys Rio Vista
Floods along the Holston river valley after a hurricane swept the South, drowning 20 people and washing away homes near the Rio Vista area. Rescue groups from Johnson City and law enforcement aided, with power plants flood damaged and residents evacuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Buckles
Bob Shell
Freling Clawson
Shell
Rio Vista
Rayon Mills
American Bemberg Corporation
North American Rayon Corporation
Holston River
Elizabethton
Long Island
Buckles
Johnson City
Tenn
R. C. Campbell
East Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina-Georgia
Study Tax Problem Delinquent Kansas Personal Property Taxes
Topeka reports the legislative council notes about 1,250,000 dollars in delinquent personal property taxes after June 20 each year. The survey finds the average delinquency near 10 percent with some counties at 66 percent and that current collection methods are ineffective. It suggests moving collection from the sheriff to the assessor and creating a separate delinquent tax collection department, with two more reports to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Legislative Council
Kansas
Research Council
Cudahy to present his view on London interview
Ambassador John Cudahy will outline his side of an unauthorized London interview about Belgium at a conference with Acting Secretary Sumner Welles. He arrived from Europe and said he was shocked by British press reports discussing Belgian food and German occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Cudahy
United States
London
Belgium
Sumner Welles
Cudahy
New York
Europe
C.S.T
Welles
State Department
Soldier Receives Medal for Rescue in Crash
Capt. George F. McGuire of Coffeyville Kansas now at Bolling Field Washington has been awarded the soldier's medal for heroism in rescuing an officer from a burning plane at Wright Field Dayton Ohio April 11 1939. The captain then a first lieutenant piloted an experimental plane that crashed. Despite serious injuries he helped free the trapped officer with the aid of a fellow survivor just before the gasoline tank exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George F. McGuire
Coffeyville
Kan
Bollingfield
Wrightfield
Dayton
McGuire
Leutenant
Kansas Oil Production Rises in First Half 1940
Kansas produced 30,489,864 barrels of oil in the first six months of 1940, up from 29,359,080 barrels in the same period of 1939, per the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas. The report notes 22 new oil fields and three new gas fields discovered in that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas Geological Survey
University of Kansas
Admiral Hart arrives to oppose Japanese take on British zone
Shanghai reports Admiral Hart of the U S Asiatic Fleet arrived by submarine from Tsingtao and met Colonel Peck to discuss a defense council meeting. Peck reportedly opposes Japanese demands for control of the British sector as talks center on possible marines-takeover of key downtown areas and Japanese control north of Soochow creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Thomas C. Hart
United States
Asiatic Fleet
Tsingtao
Gol. Dewitt Peck
U.S. Marines
Foreign Defense Council
Peck
China
Soochow Creek
Badlands
Admiral Hart
Tax relief sought for gun makers on losses
Washington August 14. Auto Ordnance Corp represented by Prew Savoy asked Congress to allow tax treatment of patent and development losses as capital assets under the excess profits tax. The firm has operated since the last war and reported losses each year, hoping to recoup during an emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Prew Savoy
Auto Ordnance Company
New York
Savoy
Ocean Discoverer Answer to Previous Puzzle
Puzzle solution list fills horizontal and vertical clues with terms related to explorers seafaring and language. The grid references a century of nautical terms, with hints pointing to historical figures and nautical items including a first white man to discover the Ocean and various abbreviations.
Two Bodies Recovered as Tennessee Flood Ravages Elizabethton
In Elizabethton Tennessee the Watauga river surged twenty feet during a 24 hour rainfall flooding the Rio Vista district housing 200 to 300 residents. Rescue boats plucked many from rooftops and trees though fears linger that up to a score may be missing or drowned. Deputy Sheriff Mike Bwatwright says initial signs point to about 15 deaths.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Watauga
Rio Vista
Mike Boatwright
Goldenrod club meets amid birthday tributes in August
Miss Evelyn Shuck and Ernest Wray visit the Prim home Sunday evening. Goldenrod club's birthday meeting on August 7 featured a noon buffet and informal afternoon. President Mrs. Ralph Fuqua led a business session and plans for August 11 at Baldwin school. Members and guests shared gifts and watermelon, with several attendees from nearby towns. The next regular meeting will be with Mrs. Ernest Prim in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Shuck
Ernest Wray
Ernest Prim
George Raible
Goldenrod Club
Ralph Fuqua
Baldwin School
Joe Baldwin
Frank Simon
Lloyd Simon
Frazier Butler
Stanley
Bethel
Lora Matthews
John Miller
Harley Montgomery
Ottawa
Charles Simon
John Simon
Chris Straub
Charles Faw
Elisa Collins
Scranton
Glen Schwartz
Larry
Worden
Edith Mae
Lone Star Lake
Merle Smith
Topeka
Mrs. Ralph Fuqua Guests of Baldwin Family
Mrs. Ralph Fuqua spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baldwin and their family as guests.
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Ralph Fuqua
Joe Baldwin
Social News Gathers Joliet and Kansas City Visitors
Corliss and Dent households host and visit in Joliet Illinois and Kansas City Missouri. Lopp sisters and Bird family entertain and travel through Kansas City. Bridal shower honors Horace and Mrs Randall with games and gifts. Parawaski visits from Hawaiian Islands and will be renamed Mokay Corliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Barlett
Joliet
Ill
William Corliss
W. H. Dent
Lopp
Pipeston
Minon
Chauncy Bird
Mers. Lopp
Randall
Zirkle
Kansas City
Virgil Jordan
L. R. Penner
Virgil Jordon
Homer Hughes
Jordon
Horace Randall
Johnnie Parawaski
Hawaiian Islands
Will Corliss
Frances Luther
Corliss Area Notables and Local Happenings
Corliss residents noted Santa Fe Railway work along the east of Corliss to Cedar creek improving drainage and safeguarding lowlands. Community members welcomed visitors from out of town and reported local social activity, bicycle mishap, and a family gathering at the Dent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Corliss
Cedar Creek
Oliver Lewis
Kansas City
Dudley
Simpson
H. ‘Dent
Bonner Springs
Hadden
Elmer Barrett
Joliet
Ill
Walter Johnson
Hugh Johnson
Walter
Leland
Kate Fenner
W. H. Dentame
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Homer Adkins
Gov. Bailey
Savannah
NEA
South Carolina
Georgia
Rourke Ironworks
Savannah City Hall
U. S
Brooklyn
Ni Y
G. F. McGuire
The
Journal-World
North America
Tennessee
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Datee
FREE
ROCK
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Zanzibar
Colemel
Old Carter
Greer Garson
Merle
America
Nances Korda Pees
Merle Oberon
Robert E.sherwoods
New Comed
Johnny Downs
Peggy Moran
Porky Cartoon
Bette Davis
Charles Boyer
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