Jury Drawn for Hines Conspiracy Trial in New York
New York on Aug 16 jurors were chosen for the James J. Hines conspiracy trial. A blue ribbon panel of 12 plus two alternates was assembled under a sped up process. Dewey denounced any bias while Stryker warned the jury against sensationalized aliases in the case.
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New York
P—Swift
James J
Jimmy) Hines
Tammany
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
Hines
Thomas E. Dewey
Gangord
Dutch Schultz
West Side
Manhattan
Harlem
Philin
Un-American Forces Alleged By Witnesses In Washington
A witness before the House committee on un American activities testified that 6.5 million people are under un American influence and 20 million foreign born residents may be targeted. Walter Steele said the communist central committee spent over 700000 for propaganda in the U.S. over two years and outlined six alleged threats: Communism, Socialism, Nazism, Anarchism, Ultra Pacifism and Atheism. John P. Frey predicted the CIO would purge communists. he cited Pennsylvania spending to aid Lewis and new factional alignments amid labor tensions.
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Washington
House Committee
Walter Steele
American Coalition Committee On National Security
Communist Central Committee
United States
Steele
Govec Rent
Dies
Dtex
John P. Frey
American Federation of Labor
C.I.0
Frey
Labor Organization
John L. Lewis
United Automobile Workers
A.F
L. Frey
Lewis
A. FB. L
Pennsylvania
Rey
Pittburgh
Themmunist Party
Martin Young
British War Leader Dies in London at 42
Lord Haldon, veteran of world war campaigns in Egypt Gallipoli and Mesopotamia, who once said his income was 14 shillings 11 pence weekly, died in Westminster Hospital after an emergency operation. He was 42.
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London
Lord Haldon
Egypt
Gallipoli
Mesopotamia
Westminster Hospital
Aged Chanute Woman Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Josie B. Lapham 84, who as a girl rode a pony from Illinois to Chanute 69 years ago, died of a heart ailment. She had been bedbound since fracturing her hip in a fall four weeks earlier.
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Chanute
Chanute, Kan
Josie B. Lapham
Illinois
Kansas Protestover Child Labor Amendment Reaches U S Court
Kansas lawmakers argue the 1924 child labor amendment has aged and lost potency and thus no longer may be ratified by states. The brief, filed before oral arguments in October, says an amendment lingering for generations is improper and should be closed.
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Kansas
U. S
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Kansas Supreme Court
Cummings
Kansas Court
Sioux Indians Treed by Brahma Bulls in Colorado Springs
Residents of the Broadmoor area awoke to loud yells as 15 Brahma bulls escaped a truck bound for the Will Rogers Memorial rodeo. The wild steers charged and freed the Sioux encamped nearby, with cowboys later rounding up the bulls and rescuing the natives.
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Colorado Springs
Broadmoor
Will Rogers Memorial
Strike ties up Chicago North Shore railroad
Waukegan Illinois August 16 twenty thousand commuters left without their normal Chicago rail service as the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee line halted after union members voted to stop work in protest of a 15 percent wage cut. Support lines and Greyhound buses prepared to absorb riders while freight and passenger trains remained idle.
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Waukegan
Ill
Chicago
Lake Michigan Shore
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Steam Roads
North Shore Line
Milwaukee
Northwestern
North Shore
Loop
Lake Shore
Greyhound Bus Lines
North Chicago
Lake Michigan
Skokie Valley
Brotherhoods of Electric Workers
Order of
Amalgamated Union
American Federation of Labor
Road
Weather clears as Kansas soaked. rains aid fall crops
Kansas towns reported soaking rains boosting soil conditions for wheat planting. Parsons logged 5.33 inches and Dodge City 2.59 inches, with several eastern counties receiving 2 to 3 inches. Western areas saw some showers while most of the east remained moist. no damage reported and forecast called for fair, cooler to the northeast tonight and warmer midweek.
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Topeka
Kansas
Parsons
S. D. Flora
Dodge City
Flora
Stock Averages and Fragmentary Notes
Readable text shows an average of 60 stocks at 47.8 and yesterday at 50.1. The rest appears as scattered fragments including Ford Service and an address in Hamilton with vague directional hints. The fragmentary data lacks clear events or entities to anchor a fuller summary.
Loyalists Strike Back Seize Key Tunnel in Spain
Hendaye Aug 16 UP General Jose Miaja led a swift counterattack recapturing a railway tunnel near Cabeza Del Buey on the line to Almaden's mercury mines. Insurgent forces stalled by tanks and infantry as air battles raged over the Ebro valley.双方 blamed losses amid heavy aerial combat.
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Hendaye
France
Jose Miaja
Almaden
Spain
Quiepo de Llano
Cabeza del Buey
Ebro
Catalonia
Ford recalls 24 000 workers as auto plants brace for 1939 models
Detroit observers report an upturn in factory employment after Ford restart. Ford recalls about 24 000 workers this week and aims for 37 000 back soon, with Chrys ler, De Soto and others still closed. A wider reopening is expected as General Motors, Chrysler and Packard shift to new model production by October, signaling a market shortage for new cars. Ward's notes the first employment uptick since October.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
River Rouge
General Motors
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Buick
Cadillac-La Salle
Chrysler
de Soto
Packard
Altho
Ward
Automotive
Chevrolet
Weather Man P. Connor Dies at Home of a Son
Kansas City news confirms P. P. Connor aged 80, long head of the local weather office, died at his New Jersey son's home. Known across the southwest for adding a distinctive Connor touch to forecasts, he retired eight years ago.
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P. Connor
Kansas City
P.P. Connor
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
Connor
Southwest
Roosevelt To Canada Visit By Special Train
President Roosevelt planned to depart Washington after 1 p.m. tomorrow for a visit to Canada. His special train will pass through Baltimore Harrisburg Renova Emporium and Buffalo and arrive in Buffalo around midnight.
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Roosevelt
Canada
Washington
E.S.T
Baltimore
Harrisburg
Renova
Emporium
Buffalo
N. Y
Naval fliers die in three San Diego accidents
Seven navy airmen were killed in three separate San Diego area crashes yesterday, raising earlier totals from five. The patrol bomber plunged into the bay killing three aboard Lieut Clarence Kasnarek radioman H P Boeckmann and machinist’s mate F Freeman. A second bomber crash killed radioman B T McKenzie and left five unhurt. A torpedo plane crash at Camp Kearny Mesa killed aviation machinist’s mate Mike Frank Moscicki radioman Don Fay Smith and aviation chief ordnanceman Ralph Thomas Carter.
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San Diego
Calif
Upi
Navy
Bay
Camp Kearny Mesa
Clarence Emory Kasnarek
H. P. Boeckmann
F. Freeman
B. T. McKenzie
Mike Frank
Moscicki
Aviation
Pensacola
Fila
Don Fay Smith
Des Moines
Ralph Thomas Carter
Bond Set For 76-Year-Old In Murder Charge
Justice of the Peace Milton F Beach set bond at 10000 for James Wright 76 of Baldwin on a first degree murder charge in the shooting death of Ralph Shults 50 a Baldwin laborer. Wright claimed self defense saying Shults attacked his daughter Della Wright Wright jailed bond likely unmet and preliminary hearing set for August 30. Shults died from buckshot in the back seven slugs entering his body near Wrights home after being shot in the street.
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Justice of the Peace
Milton F. Beach
James Wright
Baldwin
Ralph Shults
Charles Springer
Wright
Wright Cluri
Shults
Della Wright
Fred Vogler
Japanese Accused of Terrorist Acts by Settlement Authorities
International settlement authorities protest Japanese actions, citing three incidents including an invasion of the United States sector, planes dropping political handbills, and Japanese with hand grenades in a settlement hotel. In China, Chiang Kai-shek massed 1,000,000 troops around Hankow as Japanese forces push toward Kiukiang, with heavy fighting along the Yangtze and reinforced lines along the Canton Hankow railway.
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Shanghai
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hankow
Song
Kiukiangulu
Yangtze River
Nanchang
Kiukiang
Yangtze
Canton- Hankow
Canton Railway
South Bank
Rain Benefits Douglas County Crops After Heavy Deluge
Heavy rain over 48 hours boosted corn and row crops across Douglas County. Early corn suffered in heat and drought, but later plantings and other field crops show strong yields. Total moisture reached 2.11 inches since Monday with additional rainfall elsewhere. pastures and hay crops gain, while tomatoes for Columbus Foods benefit from revived moisture.
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Douglas County
Eudora
Lawrence
Columbus Foods Corporation
W. H. Pendleton
Budget Approved by Douglas County Board of Commissioners
The Douglas County budget was approved by the board, with a county levy of 6.55 mills up from 5.31. The city of Lawrence faces a total 37.08537 mills, down from 37.64, with a 12.88 mill city levy. State levy totals 1.69537 mills, including .99 for state government and .70537 for soldiers' bonus bonds. School district 60 levy set at 15.96 mills.
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Douglas’ County
Board of County Commissioners
City of
Lawrence
County Receives Funds for West Hills Improvement Bonds
County Clerk T. R. Gerhart today received checks totaling 15145.35 from the state auditor for the West Hills Improvement Bonds sold to Estes and Company. The payment covers the bond face value of 15000, a 135.15 premium, and 10.20 accrued interest after state school fund rejection.
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T. R. Gerhart
West Hills
Estes and Company
Roosevelt Attacks Tydings and O Connors in Statement
President Roosevelt issued a prepared statement attacking Maryland Senator Millard Tydings and New York Representative John O Connors for opposing administration legislation. He read an editorial from the New York Evening Post labeling O Connors as an effective obstructionist in the House and suggested the piece could be regarded as his own statement. He declined to comment on other state campaigns.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Millard Tydings
Maryland
John O’connors
New York
New York Evening Post
O’connor
Wind and Rain Damage in Oklahoma Overnight
A storm lashed parts of Oklahoma causing one death and up to 100000 dollars in damage. West Nichols district homes roof loss and a hay crew death near Britton. Oklahoma City and Tulsa reports include twister traces and heavy rainfall totals.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
West Nichols
Edward Madigan
Britton
Uekiting
Jack Calloway
T. Myron Pyle, Jr
Bartlesville
Tulsa
Eudora Picnic Opens 37th Annual Event With Concert
About 200 people attended the opening of the 37th annual Eudora picnic this afternoon at 1 30. Jonathan Davis the independent candidate for governor was set to speak at 3. Eight entries were received for the tall corn contest. A merry go round and ferris wheel were arranged for children and a platform for a dance was being prepared.
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Eudora. C.P.A
Jonathan Davis
A. E. Woestemeyer
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Davis
Ezra
WIBW
John Youngberg
Ottawa
U. S. Guyer
Lindberghs Stop in Warsaw on Private Baltic Trip
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh landed unannounced at Warsaw Okencie airport on the first leg of a surprise flight to Soviet Russia. They flew from England via Hanover and planned to depart for Moscow next morning.
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Warsaw
Charles A. Lindbergh
Soviet Russia
England
Hanover
Germany
Okencie
Col. Lindbergh
Moscow
Lindberghs
France
Iliec
Brittany
Violent Quake Recorded Near Fordham Seismograph
New York observers reported violent earth shocks with an epicenter about 9,800 miles from New York. Fordham University seismograph logged four recordings between 10:46 and 11:03 p.m. CST. Rev. J. J. Lynch noted that land danger could not be assessed until more stations reported findings.
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New York
Fordham University
J. J. Lynch
Observatory
Signboard ban move fails at Adirondack Catskill plan
Albany Aug 16 The State Conservation Commission failed to win constitutional convention approval for a measure regulating advertising signs in Adirondack and Catskill forest preserves. Lithgow Osborne urged floor debate with a poem about signboards and trees, but his motion was defeated 63 to 75.
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Albany
N. Y
Lithgow Osborne
Adirondack
Catskill
Osborne
Schools Set Opening Dates for 6 September Start
Reopening plans show Liberty Memorial high school and Junior high beginning full day sessions on September 6 with classes starting at 8 20 and 8 30. Enrollment chiefs Neal M Wherry John E Jacobs and Arthur R Miller urge new students to visit offices from August 22 for schedules book lists and fees.
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Neal M. Wherry
John E. Jacobs
Arthur R. Miller
Theiginning
Liberty Memorial High School
Hamilton Predicts Roosevelt Will Seek a Third Term
Portland Maine August 16 Republican national committee chairman John D. M. Hamilton said President Roosevelt should seek a third term in 1940. He told interviewers he was certain the president would run. Hamilton predicted Republicans would gain 100 or more seats in Congress and called the Republican party the true liberal party. He spoke as he traveled to Augusta for a rally and noted Maine's early September election as a political weather vane.
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Portland
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Augusta
Townsend
Maine
Vermont
City to assume control of Tonganoxie library
Citizens vote to transfer library from the Tonganoxie Library association to the city. Three hundred fifty seven ballots cast with 188 in favor and 159 opposed. The library on the rear of a millinery shop has operated for 40 years and a $2500 fund will move to city ownership with the books around January. Plans for a dedicated building and WPA labor have been discussed but not decided.
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Tonganoxie
Chinese Steamer Hansa Sinks After Collision Near Woosung
More than 100 Chinese passengers drowned when the coastal steamer Hansa sank after colliding with the British steamer Tungwo off Woosung. Tungwo saved 13 survivors. Hansa ferried passengers and chickens between Sangha and the Yangtze estuary.
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Shanghai
Hansa
Tungwo
Woosung
Sangha
Yangtze
Vandenberg to Address Kansas Republican Meet in September
Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, Republican Senate leader and potential 1940 presidential candidate, has tentatively accepted an invitation to speak at a Kansas ex servicemen meeting in late September, announced state chairman Lacy J. Black.
Weather review and road conditions across Kansas
Kansas forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with cooler northern areas and warmer afternoon. Morning weather shows cloudy skies then clearing at Topeka. dirt roads muddy in Ottawa Emporia Coffeyville Pittsburg Salina and Kansas City Wichita, soft at Topeka. Gas Office records show temperatures with a total rainfall of 2.11 inches through 7 am today and a year ago high of 98 and low of 73.
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Topeka
Parsons Weer
McFarland
Salina Weesesen Eeteeeee 2d
Bonner Springs
Herington
Worden Einsietenees
McPherson
Carbondale
Marionsstremwereeser LO
Larned
Eee Lal
Council Grove
Osl Hutchinson
BR Eneao
Wichita
Ottawa
Pratt W
Emporia
Anthony Cottonw
Anne
Elmdale Haan Tans
Winfield Lebo
Arkansas
LeRoy
St. Francis
Webiemtions le
Goodland
Garnett
Tribune
Eureka
Lacyene
Selbissncie E
Scott Ci
Tolaq
Garden
Fort Scott Weden
Dodge City
Chanute
Atchison
Cherryvale Oo
Walnut
Pittsburg
Newton
Coffeyville
Kansas
Salina
Arkansas City
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William C. Post
Max S. Hermann
Hermann
Lloyd Paul
Stryker
Big Harry
the Bull
Thomas Rew
Virginia
Agistrate Capshaw
Jared
Veniremen
Arthur
CITES
Green Bros
Ford Service
Hamilton
Ae Rr
Gandesa
Ford
Norfolk
E. F. Gard
Yorktown
Tydings
Radio Service
Bell Music Co
C.P.A
LINDY
Russia
Mrs. Lindbergh
Fordham
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