President's Son In Another Escapade At Cannes Fete
Cannes officials report unrest over John Roosevelt's actions during the battle of flowers. He splashed champagne in Mayor Pierre Nouveau's face and slapped him with a bouquet as a two horse carriage carried Roosevelt and John Drayton.
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Cannes
France
Riviera
John Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Pierre Nouveau
Mayor Nouveau
Nouveau
Harvard University
John Drayton
Georges Goin
Drayton
Paris
Boston
He S
William Astor Drayton
Newport, R. 1
William Phillins
United States
Italy
Delinquent Taxes Reach $9,544.61 This Year
A. M. Gardner Douglas county treasurer certified $9,544.61 in delinquent tax warrants to Sheriff Fred Vogler for collection. About 1,200 persons are delinquent in personal taxes. Last year the delinquent total at this time was around $9,000. Sheriff Vogler will mail notices and payments go directly to him after today.
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A. M. Gardner
Douglas County
Fred Vogler
Vogler
Youth Wanted For Murder In Kansas City
Sheriff Voeler asked Kansas City officers to seek James E. Brown wanted for murder. Described as 19 years old, 5 feet 9 inches, 150 pounds with chestnut hair, brown eyes and medium complexion. He wore a brown polo shirt, checked trousers and a light hat when he left the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Voeler
Kansas City
James E. Brown
Cannot Set Bulb Limit Under State Headlamp Rule
Topeka Aug 18 Attorney General Clarence Beck ruled that glare from Kansas motor car headlamps cannot be limited by a 32 candlepower cap. The state must follow the headlamp beam range and candlepower limits, as told to Carl Newcomer state vehicle commissioner. Aubrey Marts pleaded guilty to being drunk in a public place and was sentenced to 30 days in county jail.
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Topeka
Clarence WY. Beck
Kansas
Carl Newcomer
Aubrey Marts
Milton Beach
Walter A. Haxman
R. B. Sheeley
Seneca
Sheeley
Nemsha County Board of Commissioners
August Kramer
Walter Haxman
Test Your Knowledge Seven Questions Answered on Classifieds
A reader asks seven quiz questions found on the classified page, covering U S S R meaning measuring horse height in hands currency of Italy Santa Claus state faculum material science economics chief justice in Andrew Johnson impeachment and Benedictines with the page directing to the classifieds for answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Santa Claus
United States
Andrew, Johnson
Hay Fever Victim Quotes Sherman For Ailment
Chicago August 18 A hay fever victim, calling himself a fugitive from a sneeze gang, relies on Sherman for language to describe his ailment. He jokes about public scorn, the endless sneezing, and the quest for relief. He cites avoidances and confinement as remedies, noting no cure exists and hoping for a frost.
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Sherman
Chicago
William Tecumseh Sherman
Work Before Congress in Washington August 18
Leaders aim to finish work before adjournment. Senate targets deficiency appropriations and tax loophole closes. House backs low cost housing and sets crop control as first next session business, and decides New Hampshire seating contest. Joint action seeks sugar quota compromise and minor measures. President Roosevelt left open a fall session if needed for farm program.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Talks at Roanoke on early settlements and democracy
President Roosevelt spoke at Roanoke about why settlers came to North America for opportunity and security. He noted most colonists were from the lower middle class, stressed democracy over feudalism, and warned some modern critics would call the earliest colonists socialists if shown their history.
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Roosevelt
North America
Lindbergh Reported Negotiating to Buy Milio Island
Paris reports Col. Lindbergh may purchase Milio, a Breton island once owned by Aristide Briand near Trebuerden, to be near Dr. Alexis Carrel with whom he collaborates. Carrel has a residence on nearby St. Gildas island. Briand vacationed on Milio. Lindbergh and family have been living near Weald, England since December 1935.
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Paris
Lup
Charles A. Lindbergh
Milio
Aristide Briand
Trebuerden
Breton
le Journal
Perrosquirec
Alexis Carrel
Carrel
St. Gildas Island
Lindbergh
Cartel
Briand
Milie Island
France
Jon
Weald
Eng
United States
Topeka to collect Kansas sales tax starting Monday
Assistant Attorney General P J Parker reports W E Guy of Grand Union Tea says Kansas sales tax will be collected and remitted by the company beginning Monday. All house to house agents must follow tax commission rules.
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Topeka
J. S. Parker
W. E. Guy
Grand Union Tea Company
Kansas
Parker
Guy
Tax Commission
Ice Cream Social Planned by Church Ladies Group
The Ladies of the Church of God at Eleventh and New Hampshire streets will host an ice cream social tomorrow night at 7 o clock in South park. The event has been twice postponed.
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the Church of God
Eleventh
New Hampshire
South Park
Senate confirms Black nomination amid debate on vacancy
The Senate confirmed William H. Black amid contention over a legal vacancy claim. Critics warned the nomination could threaten religious and racial minority rights, while supporters praised his legal ability and character. Black, accompanied by his wife, entered the chamber after the vote and is seen as aligned with liberal justices Brandeis, Stone, and Cardozo. He has championed broad Interstate Commerce Clause powers and helped draft the wage hour bill.
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Black
McGill
D-Kan
Copeland
Ashurst
D-Ariz
Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Johnson
R-Calif
Senate
Brandeis
Stone
Cardozo
Congress
Giants Beat Bees 9 to 1 in National League action
In Hoxton on August 18 AP reports the New York Giants extended their winning streak to five by defeating the Boston Bees 9 to 1. Pitcher Carl Hubbell dominated, with support from Denning Fette Lanning Wett and Lopez as New York produced a strong offensive showing.
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Hoxton
New York Giants
Cubs
Bees
Carl Hubbell
New York
Boston
Hubbell
Denning
Fette
Lanning
Wett
Lopez
Pittsburgh
Pep Young
Paul Wanerlaume
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Tules
Chicago
Liryant
Parmelee
Carleton
Root
Hartnett
Weaver
R. Ferrell
Malone
Andrews
Dickey
Chicas
Vernon Kennedy
Eldon Auker
Chicago White Sox
Detroit
Cox
Auker
Russel
York
Kennedy
Sewell
Philadelphia
Boston Sox
Athletics
George Caster
Philadelon
Newsom
McKain
Walberg
DesSautels
Caster
Brucker
St. Louis
Aug
Cleve
Home Lighting Training School In Lawrence
Kansas Electric Power company runs a two week home lighting training program for twelve female employees in Lawrence. Led by Miss Edith Hartley, the course teaches lighting science for customer education in eyesight and decorative use. Marietta Allen of Lexington, Missouri, a guest advisor, attends with Alberta Stolfas and Jean Holmberg from near Emporia performing a lighting skit.
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Kansas Electric Power Company
Edith Hartley
Missouri Gas and Electric Company
Marietta Allen
Lexington, C
Emporia
Alberta Stolfas
Jean Holmberg
Seagoing Solons Ride at Low Rate
Washington reports that lawmakers often take sea voyages at about 1.50 dollars a day, enjoying navy ships with meals and comforts. The piece jokes about oratory, sea legs, and a few quirky congressmen, including a west coast rep nicknamed Congressman Overboard for midnight swims.
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Washington
Navy
Altho
Coast Guard
Secretary of the Navy
Congressman
Will Investigate Nazi Military Camps in U S
Attorney General Cummings ordered the FBI to probe Nazi training camps across the nation to see if federal laws are violated. J Edgar Hoover to conduct a cursory examination with formal inquiry if warranted after complaints from private citizens relayed by Rep Citron.
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Washington
Cummings
Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Department
Citron
D.-Conn
Andover
N. J
Deaths and Funerals: Louis Georgii Ward 79 Pomona Cal
Louis Georgii Ward aged 79 died at his Pomona home on August 17. The body will be brought to Lawrence for burial with funeral arrangements to be announced later. He is survived by one sister Mrs Norma Merrith of San Diego and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Georgii Ward
D. A. Wray
Louis Georgii
Pomona
Cal
Lawrence
Georgii
Norma Merrith
San Diego
Glenn Presnell Returns as KU Assistant Coach in Lawrence
Glenn Presnell arrives in Lawrence as a new assistant football coach for the University of Kansas after a spring stint in town. A former Nebraska All American in 1927, he played nine pro seasons, six for Petsy Clark, and has coached at Ironton Ohio and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Presnell
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Presnell
Ironton
Nebraska
George “Petsy” Clark
K. U
Detroit
Emancipation Day Picnic Set for Sept 22 at South Park
The Harriet Tubman Community League will host the annual Emancipation Day picnic for colored persons on September 22 at South Park. Two guest speakers are scheduled, with races nail driving contests and a spelling contest in the program.
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Harriet Tubman Community League
Pout Park
Mrs Speelman Led Cherokee Festival Return
Mrs. Margaret Pearson Speelman of Haskell Institute and her mother Mrs. Catherine Pearson have returned from Cherokee North Carolina where they went on June 4. Mrs. Speelman directed the Cherokee Indian festival there this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Pearson-Speelman
Haskell Institute
Catherine Pearson
Cherokee
N. C
Speelman
Memorial Hospital Notes Record Local Births and Health Updates
Betty Barton, daughter of Mr and Mrs Otto Barton of Route three, underwent a major operation today. Mrs L L Kindred of Endora is slightly improved. Mr and Mrs M W Janicke of Route four announce the birth of son Ronald Frederick on Friday August 13.
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Betty Barton
Otto Barton
Route Three
L. L. Kindred
Endora
M. W. Janicke
Route Four
Ronald Frederick
Chinese Fighters Push Japs Toward Shanghai Sea Front
Chinese forces push Japanese units toward the sea in a six day battle for Shanghai. About 2,000 Chinese wounded admitted to the international settlement, with heavy shelling by Japanese and Allied ships. American club and foreign residents evacuate as food runs short and Chinese and British troops rush to protect key zones.
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Soochow Creek
Augusta
Whangpoo
Britain
France
Japan
Shanghai
Shanghai American Club
International Settlement
Hanken
No Man’s Land
British American Tobacco Company
Pootung
Yangtzepoo
O. K. Yui
Chinese Shanghai
Shanghai Power Company
Hongkew
Yui
Yangtze
McKinley
China Sea
Manila
Ulster Rifles
H. M. S. Duchess
China
Peiping
North China
Nankow Pass
Manchuria
Taku Bar
Tientsin
Manchukuo
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Nanking
Hongkow
Pantung
Holt’s
Socony-Vacuum
Texas
Socony
Shanghai Telephone Company
Floyd Arnold
U. S
Arnold
Beaumont
Stan Film to Be Shown in South Park Saturday
“Stan” a feature length motion picture patterning popular films in dramatizing the story of a commercial institution will be shown in South Park Saturday night under auspices of local Standard Oil company dealers. The film produced in Hollywood stars Pegey Shannon Robert Armstrong Andy Clyde and Mary Doran. It will be free to the public with professional sound projecting equipment and seating for more than a thousand spectators east of the bandstand. The show begins at 8 45.
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Stan
Lloyds of London
South Park
Standard Oil Company
Hollywood
Pegey Shannon
Robert Armstrong
Andy Clyde
Mary Doran
Rko-Pathe
Message From Spirit Tells of Miss Earhart
Mrs. Clara Simpson of 853 Elm Street reports a received message from Amelia Earhart Putnam via spirit. The message directs a search west of previous fuel sites, instructs newspapers in Chicago and New York to advertise, and notes signals of one red light and two blue waves. It says Earhart’s plane is on an island near a bay or sound overlooked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Simpson
Elm Street
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Chicago
New York
Marsh Island Group in a Low Dark Wetland
A description of a cluster of islands located in a murky marsh, where the land is damp and shading shrubs and weeds thrive across the soggy landscape. The scene emphasizes the shadowy, ancestral coastal swampland and tangled vegetation.
Lawrence golfers fear big cottonwood on #1 fairway
Lightning ripped a large cottonwood on number 1 at Lawrence Country Club during a brief thunderstorm. Several players, including Irving Hill Noble Lindstrom Larry Nevin Gene Glahn Owen Carl and cadets as well as two Iowa players were within 100 yards when the tree was struck. Kansas officials and New York Fair committee members noted state participation and duties for the 1939 exposition with many governments and states already signed on. Culver summer school graduates from Lawrence include Robert E. Allen and Hiram W. Stowits Jr with naval and woodcraft training.
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Lawrence Country Club
Number 1
Fairway
Z Irving Hill
Noble Lindstrom
Arry Nevin
Gene Glahn
Owen Carl
Fee
Iowa
George Hedrick
E. H. Lindley
J. W. McCoy
A. B. Weaver
W. H. Dempsey
Baldwin
Kansas
Navy, Cavalry
Woodcraft
Culver Summer Schools
Culver
Ind
Robert E. Allen
Hiram W. Stowits, Jr
Lawrence
Allen
F. C. Allen
Naval School
Stowits
H. W. Stowits
Woodcraft School
Market News Livestock Prices and Hay in Kansas City
AP reports hogs steady in markets with cattle and sheep easing. beef cattle down to 35 on grassers, heifers weak, calf values declined. Colorado lambs traded around 16.10 to 19.00, most sales 9.00 to 9.75, top 4.25. Hay prices hold with No 1 alfalfa up to 20.00, No 2 up to 19.00, prairie No 2 around 10.40. Wall Street opens softer with rail weakness and copper resistance, broad market easing on late selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Colorado
Hay Market
Hay
Prairie
Market drift dampens gains amid Far East tensions
Trading on Wall Street showed a cautious mood as higher costs pressured railway earnings and Beem faced regulatory concerns. Volume reached about 650,000 shares with gains led by U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors and others while energy names lagged. Foreign exchange and debt markets reacted to Japanese loan breaks and a stronger pound as analysts eyed near term trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright News
Wall Street
Gay
New York
Stoc. Exchange
Far East
Use Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Anaconda
Kennecott
Westinghouse
International Mercantile Marine
Allise Chalmers
Boeing
American ‘Telephone
Western Union
Public Service of New Jersey
American Smelt
Chesapeake
Ohio
Schenley
Chicago
Soar
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Associated Press
Memorial Hospital Notes
Miss Earhart
McGrew-Peck Inv. CO
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Lele
Lena
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