Strike May Be Called In Fort Worth Stock Yards
Fort Worth Texas August 15 members of United Livestock Handlers Local 59 quit work for about an hour this morning. They returned to work this afternoon but warned a strike would be called tomorrow morning unless an agreement is reached. The union said the return was to relieve the yards of cattle on hand.
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Fort Worth
Tex
United Livestock Handlers Local 59
Congress of Industrial Organization
Food shortage seen as new peril in Chinese war zone
Shanghai reports hunger riots and famine threats across Japanese occupied China due to floods droughts and transport limits. Rice stocks dwindle as settlement authorities struggle to finance imports from Saigon amid rising prices. Four Shantung counties lack rain eight months crops burned by heat and winter famine looms. peanut revenues fall as Manchuria trade dries up.
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Shanghai
China
Drouth
Shantung
Hopeh
Henan
Anhwei
Neutral
Wuhu
Yangtze Valley
Saigon
Chefoo
America
Manchuria
Federal sweep opens in motion picture industry probe
The U S government launches a 30 day inquiry into film studios led by Charles H. Carr. Investigators will probe a $100000 payment to I A T S E and the Fox Twentieth Century merger for possible tax liabilities. Sherman and Clayton act concerns are cited with anti racketeering claims.
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Los Angeles
Charles H. Carr
United States
Murphy
Carr
Federal District Court
William Bioff
International Alliance of Theatrical
Fox Films Corporation
Twentieth Century Films
Joseph M. Schenck
Twentieth Century-Fox
I.A.T.S.E
Weaver's Store Remodeled With New Tube System
Remodeling of the Weaver's department store began Saturday afternoon and nears completion. A new money tube system was installed to transport cash from counters to the cashier on the third floor. Additional work includes painting redecorating and a new window display is under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weaver's Department
Seashier
Cranium Crackers: Word Pairs Alike or Opposite
A brain teaser of paired words from a classified puzzle. Frugal and provident are alike, break and bruise are related opposites, avaricious and generous are opposite, confute and disprove are near synonyms, dilate and widen are alike, doleful and woebegone are alike, and intrepid versus cowardly denote opposite traits.
Inspecting Bins for 1939 Wheat Loans in County
John M. French and Ithra C. Anderson began inspecting farm storage bins and cribs to determine eligibility for wheat loans under the 1939 provision. Samples will be sent to the state office in Manhattan for quality approval. Loans granted after state approval will seal the bins for the loan period and corn sold if loans are not repaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. French
Ithra C. Anderson
Manhattan
Cry for Mommy Ends a Woods Search for Boy
In Battle Lake Minnesota a 24 year old Kent Olson was found after a 24 hour search near Fergus Falls. The boy wandered from the Stanley Askeroth farm and was exhausted and mosquito bitten. More than 600 men aided the search sparked by a cry of Mommy heard by Selmer Nelson.
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Battle Lake
Minn
Selmer Nelson
Kent Olson
Stanley Askeroth
Fergus Falls
Kenneth Olson
Lawrence Iron Works Robbed Overnight in Lawrence Kansas
The Lawrence Iron Works reported a nighttime theft totaling 59 dollars in cash and 38.25 in checks from the office. About 30 dollars came from the safe and 29 from a desk drawer. Two checks were stolen: 7.50 on a Tonganoxie bank by C. S. Mackey and 30.75 on a Perry bank by W. E. Worthington of Newman. No entry method evidence was found.
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Lawrence Iron Works
C. S. Mackey
Perry Bank
W. E. Worthington
Newman
Kan
Marxist Club Banned at Ohio State University
Ohio State University trustees ban the Marxist club from campus for un American and subversive activities and order strict supervision of campus groups after approving a 9000 word report by an investigating sub committee.
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Put-In Bay
Ohio State University
Board of
Marxist Club
Fair Plans For Douglas County 4-H Fair Meeting
A Douglas county 4-H club and vocational agriculture committee will meet Monday at 8 pm in the Chamber of Commerce office to discuss methods for the annual 4-H fair planned for August 25 at Mt. Hope Nursery. Brooklyn Dodgers news notes Boots Poffenberger declared ineligible and blacklisted by Commissioner Landis after fleeing to avoid Montreal assignment.
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Douglas County
Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Hope Nursery
Poffenberger
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
Elwood Cletus
Boots
K. M. Landis
Dodgers
Montreal
Robbers Grab $70,000 in Long Beach Bank Heist
Five men, one armed with a machine gun, robbed bank messenger Padsen of about $70,000 on Long Beach main street. A wide search by land sea and air followed as three robbers fled in a stolen 1988 sedan while a truck blocked traffic to aid their escape.
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Long Beach
N. Y
Nassau County Harbor
U. S. Coast Guard
Long Island
Ocean Front
New York City
Padsen
Ratner Hears Thanksgiving Date Not Important
Topeka August 15 Gov Payne Ratner said he cares more about having something to be thankful for next November than the Thanksgiving date. He favors settling the crude oil price problem so the nation has cause for real gratitude and praised God no matter which day is observed.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Roosevelt
Local notes from Lawrence and Kansas City
Ted O Sull ivan a Kansas City insurance broker and one of three new Lawrence councilmen seen at K U basketball games. Donald Tobler in better condition today after hospital discharge following a near drowning in a lake west of Lawrence. Foy E Brown reports large honey agaric and puff ball mushrooms found east of Lawrence on highway 10. Mushrooms on display in the Journal World window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted O’sullivan
Kansas City
Donald Tobler
Tobler
Lawrence
Foy E. Brown
Eighth
Massachusetts Street
Journal-World
Brown
Two Cars Damaged in Intersection Collision
Two cars sustained minor damages in a crash at the intersection of Thirteenth and Massachusetts streets early this morning. Mrs R R Cain of Tonganoxie drove a Chevrolet south on Massachusetts turning left onto Thirteenth, while C J Prashaw of Kansas City Missouri drove a Buick west on Massachusetts. Dr Max Lerner of Williams College urged government regulation of press and radio calling them big business during a speech at Lake Couchiching Ontario.
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Thirteenth and
Massachusetts Street
R. R. Cain
Tonganoxie
Thirteenth Street
C. J. Prashaw
Kansas City
Lake Couchiching
Ont
Max Lerner
Williams College
Dentist W. W. Russell Offers Daytime Office Hours
W. W. Russell, dentist, sets regular office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The ad notes convenient scheduling and services provided.
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W. W. ‘Russ
Naval Plane Falls Into Pacific Off Costa Rica
A U S Navy bi motor plane from a Panama Canal Zone squadron crashed into the Pacific off Costa Rica near Parrita about 60 miles south of Puntarenas. Two survivors were sighted. others unconfirmed. U S legation officials and pilots searched the area for wreckage and additional crew.
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San Jose
Costa’ Rica
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Texas
Pacific Ocean
Costa Rica
United States Legation
Parrita
Puntarenas
Five Men Die as Airliner Crashes Near Copenhagen
A British Airways flight crashed into Storstroem waters about 60 miles south of Copenhagen killing five men including American S. J. Simonton British MP A. C. Crossley German Herr Reuss Mexican C. A. Casteillo and radio operator A. S. M. Leigh. Pilot C. F. C. Wright survived after breaking a window and being picked up by a fishing boat.
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Copenhagen
British Airways
Storstroem
S. J. Simonton
United States
A. C. Crossley
Herr Reuss
C. A. Casteillo
A. S. M. Leigh
C. F. C. Wright
Government says no authority to discontinue liquor stamp sales
Topeka Kansas August 15 The federal government informs the state it cannot dis continue the sale of liquor tax stamps but will aid enforcement of the anti liquor law. John W Hanes acting secretary notes stamps are receipts not licenses and will assist state officers. Attorney Parker calls the stance unprecedented.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
John W. Hanes
Payne Ratner
Jay S. Parker
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Hanes
Parker
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Bessie Lease 55
Mrs Bessie J Lease aged 55 near Kanwaka died this morning. She is survived by a daughter Mrs W F Guenther two grandchildren her mother Mrs Ida James and three sisters Miss Ida James Miss Lida James of Kansas City Mo and Mrs H C Langton of Osawatomie Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Sentence Missouri Woman Pleads Guilty to Poison Murder in Greenville Mo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie J. Lease
Kanwaka
W. F. Guenther
Ida James
Lida James
Kansas City
H. C. Langton
Osawatomie
Missouri
Greenville
Louise Myers
Grover C. Myers
E. P. Eversole
State Penitentiary
Hearings on Un American Activities Begin Tomorrow
Chairman Dies of Texas said house hearings starting tomorrow will reveal the extent of foreign propaganda aimed at drawing the United States into a European war. He warned that one faction seeks active participation or supportive aid while the other favors neutrality.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
House
Record Cotton Carryover Reaches Historic High
The census bureau reports 13,032,611 running bales of cotton carried over as of August 1, 1939, the largest quantity held at this season in government statistics history.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Yankees Triumph 3-2 Over Senators on Weller Double
New York native Red Rolfe scored on Charlie Weller’s two bagger as the Yankees edged the Senators 3-2 in a pitching duel featuring Lefty Gomez and Ken Chase. Gumbert, Tiyan, Brown, Salvo and Danning aided Philadelphia’s 4-3 win over Boston Bees in the NL opener.
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New York
Charlie Weller
Red Rolfe
New York Yankees
Washington Senators
Ken Chase
Lefty Gomez
Gomez
Chase
Washington
Giuliani
Dicey
Cleveland
Detroit
Dobson
Bronca
Hemsley
Sewell
Newsom
Tebbetts
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Chicago
Phillies
Boston Bees
Casey Stengel
Bees
Becks
Davis
Fette
Lopez
Early neutrality policy urged by Senate leader
Washington Aug 15 Senate Majority Leader Barkley urged enunciating a neutrality policy early in the next session to avoid changing rules during a war time. He backed a cash and carry arms policy to limit U S involvement. Also Washington reported that Secretary Sumner Welles said the French film pouch incident is closed after France began its own investigation and expressed regrets.
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Washington
Barkley
D-Ky
Congress
Europe
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
United States
Welles
Count de Saint Quentin
Railroads Report July Revenues For 92 Class One Roads
The Association of American Railroads reported 92 class one railroads had estimated operating revenues of 297,293,346 in July, up from 243,624,962 a year earlier and below 368,989,094 in July 1930. The 92 carriers represented 81.3 percent of total class one railroad revenues.
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Washington
The
Association of American Railroads
Lutherans to Meet in Kansas City District Conference
A Kansas district Missouri Synod gathering opens in Winfield Aug 16 with 256 ministers and laymen registered. Rev William Mahler of Hanover will preside and Rev H Harms of Davenport Indiana will speak at the week long conference.
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Winfield
Kan
Kansas
The
Missouri Synod
William Mahler
Hanover
H. Harms
Davenport
General Synod
Democracy Congress Opens With Call to Resist Totalitarianism
New York August 15 John M Ciechanowski former Polish minister to the United States told the opening session of the congress on education for democracy that the dangerous fallacy of totalitarianism has grown too formidable to resist.
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New York
John M. Ciechanowski
United States
Congress On Education For Democracy
Byrnes Sees Roosevelt Not Seeking Re election
Senator James F. Byrnes in Spartanburg says he believes President Roosevelt will not seek another term. He warns that if Democrats nationwide remain as divided as Congress, the party faces defeat in 1940.
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Byrnes
Spartanburg
S. C
James F. Byrnes
D.-S.c
Roosevelt
Congress
Local Social Notes and Visits Across Kansas
North Lawrence residents Mr and Mrs Ernest Mason and daughters Mary and Donna Faye and Mrs Bessie Mason toured to Kansas City to visit Mr and Mrs Clarence Gibson. Miss Marilee Frame and Buddy Frame visited sister Mrs Christian Wright in Colby. Attendees at the northeast central district Christian Endeavor meeting in Merriam included Miss Helen Bond Mason and Walter Love. Mrs Anna Skeet hosted a dinner for visitors from Arkansas and Alberta Canada with the Ousdahl and Pine families among the guests.
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Ernest Mason
Mary
Donna Faye
Bessie Mason
Kansas City
Clarence Gibson
Marilee Frame
Buddy Frame
Christian Wright
Colby
Helen Bond
Helen Mason
Marie Barlow
Walter Love
Northeast Central District
the Christian Endeavor Society
Merriam
Anna Skeet
William Ousdahl
Arkansas
Alberta
Canada
Lawrence Ousdahl
Betty Ousdahl
Rose Ousdahl
Elmer W. Ousdahl
Fred Ousdahl
Thurston Ousdahl
Katherine
Clarence Pine
Frances
Lawrence Shirk
Hay Fever Relief Ad Promises Fast Symptom Relief
An advertisement touts POTAS A FRAS as a quick effective hay fever remedy. It claims rapid breathing restoration, relief from watering eyes and nasal irritation, and painless ease without pollen testing or injections, sold exclusively at Round Corner Drug Store.
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Round Corner
Tore
Family welcomes newborn son and visit summarize
Wichita residents visit relatives over the weekend. Mrs. Buford Taylor stays with her mother Mrs. Fred Shirk after giving birth to her son Donald Ray. She returned home from the hospital Tuesday.
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Wichita
Fred Shirk
Buford Taylor
Donald Ray
Market Outlook Mixed As Wall Street Holds Gains
On Aug 15 the market inched up amid hopes for a European peace or ceasefire while profit taking trimmed early advances. Transfers ran about 650000 shares as steel, motor, and other industries showed promise for fall and winter, though rails and aircraft lagged. Major movers included U S Steel, Bethlehem, Chrysler, GM, Westinghouse, Union Carbide, AT&T, Sears, International Harvester, Phillips Petroleum, Allied Chemical, and Illinois.
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New, York
Danzig
Wall Street
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Westinghouse
Union Carbide
American Telephone
Sears, Roebuck
International Harvester
National Power and Light
United Corporation
Phillips Petroleum
Allied Chemical
Qwenslinois
Phelps
Texas Wells Shut Down for 15 Days Amid Industry Campaign
The article notes most oil wells reduced activity as Texas begins a 15 day shutdown campaign to align the industry with broader efforts. Rails and utility loans rose in the bond market while cotton gained 15 to 35 cents per bale.
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Dodge
J. C. Penney
Alls
Texas
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Massachusetts
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American Association
Columbus
Ay Tg Jservice Man
Lawrence Business College
North Lawrence
Topeka Topeka, Kan
Charlie Barnet
Swing
Slionel Barrymore
Icke
Sir Merkel
Boss Watson Hat
Pendleton Henry Travers Grant
Mitc
Granada
Hedy Lamarr
Algiers
Bob Taylor
James Cagney
George Raft
Schulz
A. H. Yancey
Manley
INS. Agy
M. C. Manley
Gene Glahn
Dichinsov
Irene Charles Dunne
Sandy
Bob Burns
Rumsey Funeral Home
Indiana
Angels With
Faces
Michael Whalen
Blondie
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Knife
London
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