O'Connor defies Roosevelt in battle over primary purge
Representative John J. O'Connor pledges to oppose the Roosevelt purge calling it an escalator to dictatorship. He says the President seeks yes-men in Congress and warns Americans against a government that weakens the legislative branch. He faces James Hay in the Democratic primary for renomination on both tickets.
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New York
John J. O’connor
Dn.y
United States
Roosevelt
O’connor
James Hay
Internal Revenue
Congress
America
Baker University Adds Two New Faculty Members
Baker University president Dr. Nelson P. Horn announces the 1938 39 faculty roster includes Albert M. Ivanhoff of Chatham Massachusetts and Mildred Hahn of Easton Pennsylvania. Ivanhoff will teach French and German while completing PhD work at Boston University and studying at American College Sofia and Annover Newton Theological Seminary. Hahn will teach English dramatics and holds a master’s from Northwestern University School of Speech with graduate work at Muhlenberg College and Ursinus College. Both come highly recommended.
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Nelson P. Horn
Baker University
Albert M. Tvanhoff
Chatham
Mass
Mildred Hahn
Easton
Tranhoff
Boston University
Anderman
Baker
American Ollege
Sofia
Bulgaria
Anover Newton Theological Semi
Miss Hahn
England Dramatics
Ursinus College
Collegeville
Northwesternniversity School of Speech
Evanton, Ill
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Ivanhoff
Miss Kahn
Two Firms Win County Coal Contract Bid Split
The Uglas county commissioners awarded the yearlong coal contract to Lor en Moore Lumber Company and M. Smith Coal Company on a fifty-fifty basis. Both bids tied on deep shaft Cherokee lump at $4.19 per ton for August, $4.39 for September, and $4.59 after October 1, with the county needing about tons annually for the courthouse jail and county farm home.
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Uglas County
Loren-Moore Lumber Company
Qrlev
M.smith Coal Company
Freight Cars Loaded Rise in Week, AA R Backs Increase
The Association of American Railroads reported 589 561 cars of revenue freight loaded in the week ending last Saturday. This marks an increase of 5 511 cars or 0 9 percent from the prior week, with declines of 184 221 or 23 8 percent from a year ago and 314 596 or 34 8 percent from 1930.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions From Classified Page
Seven trivia prompts asking about voting rights for American born Asians, Pickett's Charge location, occultation in astronomy, Lower California status, navy highest officers title, revenue bills committee, Sioux pronunciation, Finland form of government, boxing the compass meaning, and the city of Bearing Cross.
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United States
Pickett
California
United States House of Representatives
Finland
Aring Cross
English clerk confesses murder of sweetheart in New York
John Bellinger, 38, an English-born clerk, confessed to shooting his sweetheart Marie Joyce, 25, in her apartment after a quarrel over engagement. He carried a sawed-off rifle in a leather briefcase and said he thanked the priest who accompanied him to the police.
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New York
John Bellinger
Marie Joyce
Bellinger
Joseph Sheehan
Church of St. John the Evangelist
San Francisco
Miss Joyce
Nolice
Widow of pioneer Jules Sandoz dies in Alliance Neb
Mrs. Jules Sandoz widow of the western Nebraska rancher central to the novel Old Jules died in a hospital in Alliance. Her husband died there in 1928. Mari Sandoz, author of Old Jules, was at the bedside. Mrs. Sandoz, 70, was brought from her Ellsworth ranch several days ago as doctors labored to diagnose her illness.
Forty Pi Kappa Phi Delegates Struck by Food Poisoning
About 40 delegates to the Pi Kappa Phi national meeting in Jacksonville Fla suffer food poisoning from shrimp eaten at a beach outing Wednesday night. The 19th supreme chapter meet closes with a banquet tonight. next year’s gathering will be in Chicago.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity
John H. McCann
Richmond
Supreme Chapter
Chicago
Collie Pedro Waits for Train as Lines Idle
Pedro the collie, famed for waiting for a daily Chicago and North Shore train and catching the newspaper from the motor man, is desolate as trains are halted for three days due to a strike. Owned by a farmer near South Milwaukee, the dog still knows train time but cannot sense the strike’s effects on service.
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Milwaukee
Pedro
Chicago and North Shore
South Milwaukee
North Shore
Three Negroes arraigned in police court for drunkenness
Isham Wiggins of Lawrence Katherine Murphy and Velmar Rutherford of Topeka appeared before Justice of the Peace Milton Beach. Wiggins and Murphy pleaded guilty and were fined 15 and 10 dollars respectively. Rutherford was found guilty and fined 15 dollars. All were jailed for nonpayment of fines.
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Milton Beach
Donald S. Hults
Isham Wiggins
Lawrence
Katherine Murphy
Vélmar Rutherford
Topeka
Wiggins
Rutherford
Murphy
Capper predicts Roosevelt seeks third term
Sen Arthur Capper of Kansas told Topeka Rotarians Roosevelt's campaign activities pointed toward a third term attempt. He discussed the soil conservation program crop insurance and farm tenant aid noting both weaknesses and benefits in the policies.
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Topeka
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Roosevelt
Senator Capper
Rev Herbert Huffman Dies. Quaker Leader Pastors
Reverend Herbert Huffman longtime Friends church pastor in Wichita and Guilford College church leader dies in Guilford North Carolina. He served as the first pastor of the University Friends church in Wichita and was a noted Quaker figure in Kansas.
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Herbert Huffman
Friends Church
Guilford
N.C
Guilford College
Mr. Huffman
University Friends Church
Wichita
Kansas
Bombers Hit Barcelona In Heavy Civil War Air Raid
Spanish insurgents bombarded Barcelona in its heaviest attack in months. A bomb struck the Flower Promenade area destroying twelve houses. Dispatches listed 20 killed and 100 injured amid three waves of planes before noon.
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Barcelona
Flower Promenade
Old City
Old Quarter
Kidnaping Suspects Death Follows Shootout in Minnesota
Otis J. Meridith 21 of St Louis dies from gunshot wounds after fleeing federal officers during a pursuit over the kidnaping of Miss Peggy Gross and Daniel C Fahey Jr The companion John Couch surrenders and faces September court on the kidnaping charge Meridith's body is to be sent to Ashland Kansas for burial and his wife Vera remains in St Paul with her family
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Grand Rapids
Minn
St. Louis
Otis J. Meridith
Meridith
John Couch
Effie
Couch
Peggy Gross
Daniel C. Fahey, Jr
Minneapolis
J. Lawrence McLeod
United States
Vera
Ashton
Kan
Grace O’neil
St. Paul
Lewis Declines Romantic Stage Role in New Play
Nobel prize author Sinclair Lewis, now an actor, has refused romantic stage work. He recently played the country editor in a summer production and was slated to star opposite Fay Wray in There's Always Juliet. Director Harold Winston said Lewis grew reluctant about the romantic part.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Sinclair Lewis
Lewis
Fay Wray
Juliet
Harold Winston
Saratoga Spa
Obituary: George T. Griffith of Douglas County
Funeral services were held Tuesday for George T. Griffith born September 21 1862 on the E E Griffith estate south of Lawrence. Surviving family includes wife Estella Shaw and children Evan Melvin Anne and Evelyn Marie with grandchildren and a Philadelphia connection.
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George Thomas Griffith
Rumsey
George T. Griffith
Douglas County
Oak Hill
Charles Howard
Abe Holcom
Channing Shepard
Frank Clark
William Meirs
John Akers
Mr. Griffith
E. E. Griffith
Lawrence
Wakarusa Township
Pleasant Valley
Louisiana Street
Pennsylvania
Wales
Kansas Territory
George Griffith
David Mills
Philadelphia
Griffith
Estella Shaw
Evan Griffith
Melvin Griffith
Fargo
N. D
John Stanley
O. A. Westcott
Anne Griffith
Evelyn Marie Griffith
Lawrence Business College opens fall term on September 6
The fall term at Lawrence Business College begins September 6. The school offers a free Placement Service to help students secure jobs after completing the course.
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The
Lawrence Business College
Old Comedy Team McIntyre and Heath Dead at 85
Thomas K. Heath died at his Long Island home from a heart attack at 85. He survived partner Jim McIntyre who passed a year earlier. The McIntyre and Heath duo toured from 1874 to 1934 and popularized the ham tree gag on Broadway and in minstrels.
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Setauket
N. Y
McIntyre and
Heath
Thomas K. Heath
Long Island
Jim McIntyre
McIntyre
Texas
New York
Barnum and Bailey’s Circus
Weber
Fields
Georgia Minstrels
Twenty-Six Take Part in Weekly Trap Shoot Here
Twenty-six shooters competed in the Lawrence Gun club weekly trap shoot. In the 24-yard events Dick Williams of Lawrence and George Knox of Kansas City led a 23, Williams and Dr. L. K. Zimmer tied at 28 for the second flight, while Dr. Henry of Oskaloosa won the 21-yard race with 21 and Carl Mos of Kansas City earned 25 for the other.
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Lawrence
Beer Goes Down Sewer After Bankruptcy Move
Fifty five thousand eight hundred gallons of green beer drained into Kansas City sewers after Midwest Brewing Co sought reorganization under federal bankruptcy law. Liquidating trustee Seth S. Lacy received court permission to abandon assets as restructuring efforts ended.
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Kansas City
Midwest Brewing Company
Seth S. Lacy
Albert L. Reeves
DeSoto Considers City Water Plant Bond Issue
Voters head to the polls to decide a 28 400 bond issue for a city water plant with a PWA grant of 23 224. The measure aims to fund essential infrastructure for the municipality.
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DeSoto
PWA
Racketeers Tighten Grip in Harlem Policy Under Schultz Gang
Testimony details Davis and George Weinberg aiding Dutch Schultz in 1931 32 to end all competition. Schultz allegedly carried a revolver and used armed guards while bankers were forced to operate on a uniform Schultz basis. Ison said 1930 earnings averaged 8 14 thousand daily in pennies nickels and dimes before Schultz took over. Ison fled in 1937 as a Dewey led rackets probe heated up. Before takeover Ison paid mob 600 weekly under threat of death.
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Ison
Dutch Schultz
Harlem
Davis
Schultz
Dewey
Herbert H. Lehman
Photo misstep and local notes from Lawrence
A Lawrence report notes a photographer placing a fish before the lens and a police chief misreading a wobbly driver. Fire crews fought a grass fire on 12 Winona Street sparked by yard trash. Officials returned from a Missouri Iowa Illinois trip to study police radios. Temperatures hovered between 92 and 94 degrees with readings at 3:45 p.m.
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Lyle Gibbon
Winona Street
Twenty-third Street
Alfred Lawrence
Jude Anderson
Wilfred Hunsinger
Walter Palmateer
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Bond Issue Questioned Over Annexed Leavenworth Jail Bond
Leavenworth Kansas August 19 Attorneys for firms contracted to buy the bonds questioned legality of a proposed 72000 dollar county jail bond issue approved by voters August 2 They argued the proposition failed to state the total amount raising potential invalidation County commissioners meet tomorrow to decide the dispute The jail project would include a 59400 dollar PWA grant.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth County
Rumor of Reconciliation Between Haugwitz Reventlow and Barbara Hutton
Rumor in Venice on August 19 suggests a possible reconciliation between Count Haugwitz Reventlow and his American-born wife Barbara Hutton. Reports say a second discussion was planned for that evening, stirring society speculation.
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Venice
Italy
Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Marriage Licenses Issued to Kansas City and Lawrence Couples
The probate judge issued licenses to Charles R Heckman and Martha June LaFrantz of Kansas City Kansas and to Clifford E Oswald and Ruth A Baker of Lawrence.
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Charles R Heckman
Martha June LaFrantz
Kansas City
Kan
Clifford E. Oswald
Ruth A. Baker
Lawrence
McGill to Speak at Old Settlers Reunion Tonight
U S Senator George McGill will deliver an address at the Jefferson County Old Settlers Reunion in Oskaloosa Kansas broadcast on WREN at 8 PM The two day event features political talks by McGill and Fred M Harris with August events including softball games vaudeville shows and band concerts Rio planning notes indicate Harris speech not broadcast and the schedule lists Friday and Saturday venues and times
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U.S
George McGill
Jefferson County
Old Settlers
Oskaloosa
Kan
Wren
McGill
Fred M. Harris
Harris
Ottawa
J B Perkins Dies at Home of Sister in Eudora
J B Perkins, a well known farmer from near Eudora, died this afternoon at his sister Mrs Bert Browns home in Eudora. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. He is survived by his sister and brother Ed Perkins of near Eudora.
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J. B. Perkins
Eudora
Bert Brown
Ed Perkins
Euora
Grant for River Bridge in Wyandotte County
A $135 806 PWA grant was approved for Wyandotte county to reconstruct the Kaw River bridge linking Kansas City Kansas to Bonner Springs and other western Wyandotte towns. The grant covers 45 percent of the $301 790 estimated project cost announced by Congressman Guyer’s office.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte County
Kaw River
U. S. Guyer
Bonner Springs
Giants Win Behind Lehrman In 4-2 Tilt Over Phillies
Jimmy Ripple homered inside the park for the Giants as Bill Lehrman earned his first complete game of the year with four hits allowed. Phillies fall to 4-2 with New York winning behind strong pitching and late insurance.
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Jimmy Ripple
Giants
Phillies
Bill Lehrman
Philadelphia
Aanaler
Dickey Nelson
Ayes
Boston
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Detroit
Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
Hildebrand
Sullivan
Kennedy
Coffman
Wade
York
H. Mills
Heath
Auker
Spud Chandler
Lou Gehrig
Passeau
Hallahan
Sivess
Davis
Lohrman
Danning
Chicago
Cleveland
Lee and
Schlueter
Whitehill
Gatehouse
Putlak
Washington
Cork
New York Yankees
Lynn Nelson
Athletics
Weaver
R. Ferrell
Ostermueller
Desautels
Hubbell to Specialist for Arm Treatment in Memphis
New York Giants ace Carl Hubbell will fly to Memphis Tennessee tonight for treatment of an arm ailment. Dr J Spencer Speed, a Memphis specialist, will oversee the care which may sideline him for the remainder of the season.
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Hubbell
New York
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
Memphis
Tenna
Giants
J. Spencer Speed
Tigers' Rogell Draws Seventh Consecutive Walk
Billy Rogell the Detroit Tigers shortstop drew his seventh consecutive base on balls in his first plate appearance today and statisticians say the feat may be a major league record.
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Rogell
Detroit
Billy Rogell
Detroit Tigers
Baseball
Bond Approved For New High School Building
A $70,000 bond to match a PWA grant of $61,987 for a new high school building here was approved by 411 to 117. The high school has an enrollment of 5.
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Benue Kan
PWA
Guards Leave Newton as Martial Law Is Lifted
The last of the Iowa national guard detachment sent to Newton to curb the Maytag unrest departed as martial law ended in Jasper county. Texas manufactured products now surpass farm products in value locally.
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Newton Newton
Iowa National Guard
Maytag Washing Machine Company
Newton
Jasper County
Texas
Commodity Credit Corp Announces Corn Loans Totals
The Commodity Credit Corporation announced corn loans as of August 18 totaling 21,896,968 dollars on 45,152,851 bushels at 48.5 cents per bushel. Kansas was pledged 26,237 bushels.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Kansas
Mrs Evans Ill in St. Louis at St Luke's Hospital
Friends report Mrs J C Evans has been ill for a week in St. Luke's hospital St Louis her condition improved yesterday Air mail between New York and California was established in 1929
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J. C. Evans
St. Louis
St. Luke’s Hospital
New York
California
British ship Stanbrook bombed by insurgent planes near Barcelona
The Spanish government press agency reports the British freighter Stanbrook, 1 863 tons, sank at Callearca near Barcelona after a five plane raid. No casualties. Stanbrook belonged to Stanhope Shipping. another Stanhope vessel, Stanforth, was reportedly bombed but not damaged off Barcelona.
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London
Today
Stanbrook
Callearca
Villa Garcia
Barcelona
Spain
Mediterranean
Savoia
Stanforth
Oran
Algeria
Stanhope Shipping Company
Monticello Mayor Bans Shorts in Public
In Monticello New York Mayor Luis de Hoyos issues a proclamation banning shorts for all women except those of admitted maturity. Cool weather reduces sightings of the garments as signs of the proclamation appear on village streets and the public reaction is largely unconcerned.
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Monticello
N. Y
Luis de Hoyos
Corrigan Lands Transatlantic Crate at Indianapolis Airport
Doug las G. Corrigan landed his transatlantic crate at Indianapolis municipal airport to cheering crowds after flying in from Detroit. He plans to fly to Chicago the next day. The story also notes the average farm size in the South as 106 acres and 205 acres elsewhere in the U S.
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Corrigan
Indianapolis
Douglas G. Corrigan
Detroit
Chicago
The
U. S
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