Soldiers puzzled in the war games
Third Corps Headquarters Ma nassas Va Aug 17 The violent noise of army maneuvers ended with an armistice at 11 am after a mock attack by 7 000 national guardsmen against 6 000 regulars at Signal Hill The four day exercise involved 23 000 men and officials said the maneuvers served as staff training for officers The observers from Germany and Japan saw mainly tanks cavalry or infantry waiting on roads and blank fire as the front line shifted under the guiding eye of staff officers The civilian view was a quiet war not like Civil War battles near Plattsburg N Y and officials doubt larger maneuvers will be more spectacular
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Third Corps
Manassas
Signal Hall
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
James K. Parsons
Frederich von Boetticher
Germany
Masafumi Yamauti
Japan
First Army
Plattsburg
N. Y
War Resources Board opens with Johnson urging final prep
Washington August 17 acting secretary of war Louis Johnson led the first meeting of the new war resources board. He said the board's work is the final measure of emergency preparation with no implications for the present international situation. Edward Stettinius Jr., board chairman, said the panel will align civilian and military mobilization plans and advise revisions to long standing defense programs. France owns three-fifths of the Sahara desert, the rest held by Spain.
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Washington
War Resources Board
Louis Johnson
Edward Stettinius, Jr
U. S. Steel J Corporation
Stettinius
NYA Extends School Aid To Needy Indian Students
The National Youth Administration extended school aid today to Indian students ages 16 through 24 in government schools across all states. Eligible students will receive 3 to 6 dollars per month during the 1939 1940 academic year with supervision by heads of government Indian schools under NYA regulations. Indian schools in Arizona California Colorado Florida Idaho Iowa Kansas Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Utah Wisconsin and Wyoming are included G Warren Spaulding acting superintendent of Haskell Institute said no word yet on Haskell funding.
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Washington
National Youth Administration
NYA
Arizona
California
Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Community Notices and Family Visits Across Appanoose
Members of the Flory and Dietz families host and visit relatives across the community. Sunday school drew 67 attendees while Rev. Griffith preached at 11. A Grange meeting featured many locals and refreshments. Various guests traveled from Lawrence, Pasadena, Anderson, and Topeka to visit, all amid silo filling and revival services in Appanoose.
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Robert Watts
Arkansas
Frank Flory
Erma
Austin Flory
Morris Ewing
Rudolf Dietz
Opal
Walter Grammar
Lester McGee
Susie Ford
Robert McComark
Everett Bond
Edward Sanders
Samuel Grammar
Arthur Flory
L. H. Griffith
Kitelinger
Tena Fishburn
Arthur Davidson
Anderson County
Flory
John Daggett
Lone Star Families Attend County Picnic in Lawrence
Neighborhood families joined the county C P A picnic in Lawrence for a day of programs ball games and stunts. Visitors from Indiana included Mrs Kate Crump Morris White and Olaf Dickinson with relatives Minnie Myrtle Dick inson. Attendees included many local names and a birthday dinner at Walter Grammar home honoring Mrs Grammar.
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Lawrence
William Ewing
Ewing
Kate Crump
Morris White
Olaf Dickinson
Bert White
Myrtle Dickinson
Indiana
Iswing
Willan
Magdalene Dietz
George Lutz
Richland
Sunflower Club
Kenneth Herschell
Pleasant Grove
Charles Herschell
Local notes from Baldwin and area events
McHenry visited at the Donald Anderson home Saturday evening. William Lee aided Mr. Melton with fence work for several years. Baldwin residents Mrs. Lillie Johnson and Raymond Melvin visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johnson. Mrs. Mary J. Metsker fell last week and was taken to a Lawrence doctor. no bones broken. Lone Star State Bank stockholders met to close accounts. Missionary Society hosts all day church basement meeting Wednesday. Mrs. A. E. Keefe and Tommy visit from Kansas City, Missouri. Mrs. C. B. Fishburn spent weekend with the Metskers. Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Lillie Ulrich and prepared quilt tops for Salvation Army comforts. Linas Dietz left for two weeks at Fort Riley National Guard camp.
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DD. Jr. Burton
Karl Lindell
John Banks
Neal Banks
William Johnson
Elmer Sawyer
Will Banning
Hugo Schelihorn
Delia Whitman
Walter
Carl Neider
Will Curtis
Paul
Hugo Neider
Rudolf Dietz
Opal
Magdalene Dietz
D.L. Burton
Joan Boughton
Lawrence
Charles Lamb
Harold Tharrell
Tansas City
McHenry
Donald Anderson
William Lee
Melton
Lillie
Johnson
Lone Star State Bank
The
Missionary Society
A. E. Keefe
Tommy
Kansas City
H. T. Melton
C. B. Fishburn
Metsker
Ransom High Names Former K State Captain as Coach
Eskimos use the jawbones of whales for roofing material. Staley Pitts, former Kansas State College football captain and current assistant varsity coach, has been signed as head coach at Ransom High School in Eskimos.
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Ansom
Kan
Sister of Woman in Asylum Charged With Mercy Slaying
Margaret L. Cowan, 77, was charged with murder in the mercy killing of her sister Mrs. Louella Saeger at a hospital. Alderman Slough set a tentative hearing date for next Tuesday. District Attorney Catshall will seek a sanity examination for Cowan.
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Allentown
Margaret L. Cowan
Joseph Slough
John L. Catshall
Miss Cowan
Louella Saeger
Kansas Produces Large Volcanic Ash Output
Volcanic activity yields 38,136 tons of ash in Kansas valued at $112,823 as reported in the latest agricultural tally. Local agencies track production and economic impact across the region.
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Kansas
Government Printing Office handles most prints except Supreme Court
Court decisions are secretly set and printed so no single printer knows the contents. The text notes maple syrup production and places the geographic center of the United States in eastern Smith county, Kansas.
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U. S
Supreme Court
The
United States
Smith County
Kansas
Government to take title to cotton under exchange deal
Secretary Wallace announced the government would take title to more than half of 11,420,000 bales of cotton held under loan to growers to implement the cotton rubber exchange with Great Britain. The Commodity Credit Corporation will extend loans on the 1938 crop cotton for one year to July 31, 1940.
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Washington
Wallace
Great Britain
Commodity Credit Corporation
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Ettore Ewing
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Watkins Company
Robert Plory
Salina
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World of Tomorrow
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Mischa Auer
Baby Sandy
Heaven
Mischa
Les Onder Baby
East Side OF Heaven
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Bob Burns
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London
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Jack Randall
Kansas Geological Survey
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