State Democrats Boost Roosevelt in Kansas
In Topeka on August 25 Kansas Democrats pledged full support for President Roosevelt with a unanimous reorganization of the state central committee. New chair C. M. Fitzwilliam and others were elected while Senator George McGill praised Roosevelt as keeping promises to farmers and condemned Alf Landon. The platform called for prohibition, indirect taxes, nonpartisan highway reform, equalized education funding, soil and water conservation, rural electrification, and strong labor rights.
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Kansas
Roosevelt
Labor For Labor
Boy To Reformatory In Topeka For Seven Barn Fires
Garnett Kansas August 25 CP Robert G Tomlinson ten sentenced to state boys industrial school in Topeka for starting seven fires Sunday The judge said punishment serves correction Eighty to eighty five percent of such youths return as good citizens The boy admitted setting seven fires causing three thousand dollars in damage one man burned and water supply strained He claimed no motive and showed little remorse Fire inspector said the youth had seen a firemaniac film and read detective stories His father may seek a transfer for him
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Garnett
Kan
Robert G. Tomlinson
Kansas State Boys Industrial School
Topeka
L. H. Spohn
J. T. Rankin
H. C. Thomlinson
CCC
Neutrality in Effect Says Italy Backs Spain Accord
Rome reports a spokesman for the Italian press ministry says Italy considers the international neutrality accord on Spain in effect though no formal notice has been received. The accord, sponsored by France, is supported by governments shown ready to implement it. In Buffalo the day also carries Governor Alf M Landon’s greeting to Kansas Republicans in Topeka urging unity in their creed.
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Italy
Spain
France
Landon Opens New York Conference Amid Buffalo Crowds
Governor Alf M. Landon arrived in Buffalo to kickoff a series of party conferences with New York Republican leaders as Erie and Niagara delegates prepare for the Cleveland convention. A four mile motor caravan through crowded streets drew cheers, banners, and a welcome torch of celebration as Landon met western New York Republicans, with receptions and a tea scheduled and a Buffalo Evening News host.
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Alf M. Landon
New York
Upstate
Erie
Niagara County
Cleveland
Ripley
Landon
Edward H. Butler
Buffalo Evening News
New York Central Station
Main Street
Tunnine
Frank Hoxn
Ade Landon
Chautauqua
Proposals to curb brutality in Spanish Civil War discussed
France and Britain weigh diplomatic proposals aiming to check prisoner and civilian mistreatment in Spain. British cabinet committee reviews the plan, emerged from Madrid diplomats led by the Argentine envoy. The wider context includes Nazi arming, Francoist and Republican tensions, and moves toward a European security framework.
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Spain
France
Great Britain
Foreign Affairs Committee
Madrid
Hendaye
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Franco
Ukase
Frank Todd New State Chairman
Topeka Aug 25 Frank Todd Everest Kan was named Republican state chairman to succeed Will T Beck of Holton. He was named by acclamation a farmer and banker active in first district politics for 25 years though never a candidate for elective office. Todd outlined plans for the state campaign and said Republican headquarters would be set up in Topeka. District chairmen were elected in Atchison Kansas City Coffeyville to be named later Wichita Stockton Garden City. Col W H Harper was named temporary chairman of the council Jess Denions of Dodge City slated for permanent chairman and keynote speaker. Major planks in the platform would cover relief social security farm problems labor and endorsement of Governor Landon. The council elected Todd to appoint women vice chairmen and other officers. Denious said the Republican record in Kansas over the past four years shows a Republican government. He urged draft of a state platform and warned against national policy experiments. Continued on Page 2.
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Salina
Walter Haxman
Hutchinson
Topeka
Frank Todd
Everest
Kan
Will T. Beck
Holton
Todd
Kansas Day Club
Cloyd Bailey
Benn County
State Committee
Walter Fees
Lola
Landon
Will West
Robert Snowden
Atchison
Grant Gates
Kansas City
Hugh Powell
Coffeyville
Tom C. Johnson
Wichita
O. O. Osborne
Stockton
Lester McCoy
Garden City
Col
W. H. Harper
Cloud County
Jess Denions
Dodge City
House of Representatives
Young Republican
Jess
Denious
Party
Kansas
Anxiety Over George Dern at Walter Reed Hospital
Washington reports said Secretary George H. Dern remained ill at Walter Reed with a heart complication linked to an influenza illness. Attending physicians led by the army surgeon general described his condition as somewhat alarming after a second unsatisfactory night. Earlier, Dern showed slight improvement following a restless Sunday, but another setback occurred last night.
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Walter Reed Hospital
George H. Dern
Army Surgeon General
Dern
Stock Market Index Reaches 66.6 After Day of Trading
The index averaged 60 stocks at 66.6, inching up from yesterday's 66.5 as market activity continued. Investors monitored shifts across sectors while overall volume remained steady.
Roosevelt Prepares for His Western Trip
President Roosevelt heads for a 12 day inspection tour of drought stricken western states after meetings with Senator Carter Glass and White House officials. Glass backs Roosevelt for November, cites health advice and denies GOP leanings for Virginia while noting local disaffection. Roosevelt plans radio impressions from his special train with Wallace Hopkins Tugwell and 16 drought state governors to review PWA relief limits.
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Roosevelt
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Horatio Hackett
PWA
Iowa State Fair
Landon
Des Moines
Wallace
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Rexford G. Tugwell
Drouth Committee
Drouth
Name Chief Row in Lawrence Police Post
The city council will hear police committee recommendations for a new chief Monday night. W. J. Cummings, ex sheriff and former chief, and deputy Jude Anderson are among leading candidates. Harold K. Snider, a military man and coal operator, is backed by a group. O. M. Daniels and Al Eliot are also in contention as the mayor appoints with council approval. The new chief is to take office by September 15 after budget balancing.
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Lawrence
Will Johns
W. J. Cummings
Douglas County
Cummings
Earl Pringle
Jude Anderson
Harold K. Snider
Co. H
137Th Infantry
Snider
Harry Turner Coal Company
Whitside
O. M. Daniels
al Eliot
Primaries Stir Across Mississippi South Carolina and California
National focus centers on three state primaries with key Senate bids. In Mississippi Pat Harrison faces Sennett Connor for the Democratic nomination while Bilbo backs Connor. South Carolina pits James Byrnes against Stonney and Harllee for the Senate, with six Representatives up, two unopposed. California debates pension ballot tests across 20 districts as Townsend endorsed candidates seek wins.
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Pat Harrison
New Deal
Sennett Connor
Connor
Bilbo
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Thomas P. Stonney
Charleston
William ©. Harllee
California
Townsend
Old Age Pension Movement
E. J. Marigett
Fire on British soldiers shocks Peiping after ambush
Three British soldiers returning to their barracks were fired upon from a moving car with one wounded in the leg. British embassy officials said the attack raised tensions amid rumors of Japanese involvement following Kisaku Sassaki’s death. Japanese officials had accused Britons on May 26 but the consular court freed them. The embassy asked the Chinese government to protect British lives and property in China.
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Peiping
Kisaku Sassaki
China
Big Eudora Show Moves Toward Friday Celebration
Officials of WREN and the Chamber of Commerce discuss a radio bridge for Friday’s Eudora highway ten celebration. Willard Mayberry would air the address, with a state highway official talk and possibly a tug of war between the Chamber and Fedora club.
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Highway 10
Wren
Chamber of Commerce
Willard Mayberry
Fedora
State Highway Commission
State Highway Department
American Legion
Lawrence
Fritz Meyn
Meyn
Prescott Underwood
M. S
Record Heat Reaches 107 as Lawrence Sees 17th Day Over 100
Lawrence endures a 17th straight day with 100 degrees or more as thermometers hit 107 around 2 PM. Noon marks were 103 and 3 PM 106, with 51 such days since June 1. The heat persists despite a forecast hint that it cannot last much longer. The month has had daily highs over 100 since August 9, setting a summer record alongside last month’s string of 18. The 1934 July record stood at 16 days.
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Weather Bureau
Lawrence
Break Below 100 May Hit Kansas Tomorrow
Topeka Kansas forecast a break in the heat as federal meteorologist A D Robb predicted temperatures would dip below 100 degrees after a stretch of record heat. The day marked the 52nd day over 100 and the 18th in August, a continuing record.
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Topeka
Kan
A. D. Robb
Robb
Thousands of fish die in Horseshoe Lake amid drought heat
In Horseshoe Lake southeast of Lawrence thousands of game fish perished as a 48 hour heat wave lowered water levels. Bass, catfish, carp and perch were reported dead in both halves of the lake with water near 50 degrees high temperatures. Local anglers planned seining as river and pond stocks suffer while rural wells and city plants maintain supply.
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Douglas County
Horseshoe Lake
Lawrence
Phil Ernst
Fred Kahn
Kahn
Ernst
Resignation of U.S. Senator Burke as Nebraska DNC member
Omaha reports the resignation of United States Senator Edward R. Burke from the Nebraska Democratic National Committee. He cites opposition to administration measures and certain doctrines, saying he cannot back a candidate “democrat in name only.” Burke notes plans to notify state and national chairs and calls for a special state committee meeting to select a successor.
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Omaha
Neb
United States
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Burke
James C. Quigley
Valentine
James A. Farley
Quigley
State Committee
Farley
Terry Carpenter
Scotts Bluff
Carpenter
Rased
Big Train in Politics Rally for Landon to Be Held on Farm
Walter Johnson famed pitcher now active in politics. His Germantown Maryland farm will host a Republican rally on September 11 with Senator Dickinson of Iowa slated to speak on What Alfred M Landon Means to the Farmers.
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Walter Johnson
Landon
Johnson
Dickinson
Iowa
Alfred M. Landon
Hudson Quits as County Chairman Amid WPA Departure
Ben Hudson, WPA district administrator at Chanute, resigns as Wilson county Democratic chairman effective tomorrow. James A. Brady, Cherryvale WPA employee and Montgomery county Democratic chairman, resigns his WPA post September 1. Hudson stressed relief work over politics as Kansas groups push emergency growth relief for 25 counties.
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Brady
WPA
Topeka
Kan
Ben Hudson
Chanute
Wilson County
James A. Brady
Cherrivale
Montgomery County
Grouth Relief Is Far More Important To Me Than Playing Politics.” . Hudson
Evan Griffith
Kansas
Outlook meeting for farm leaders at Chamber of Commerce
Jefferson Leavenworth Wyandotte Johnson and Douglas counties leaders attend a fall outlook meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Wren building. The program runs from 10 a.m. with speeches by Vance Rucker and C A Jaccard and Dr W B Stout, ending with Jaccard’s 11:20 session and 1:15 commodity outlook.
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Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Johnson and Douglas
Chamber of Commerce
Wren
Vance Rucker
Kansas State College
C. A. Jaccard
W. B. Stout
United States Department of Agriculture
Stout
Rucker
Jaccard
Polish government drops charges against Mrs Atkinson in currency case
In Warsaw a Polish government notice to the U S embassy said Mrs. Frederick Atkinson of Minneapolis will be released from Ostrow jail and charges of currency irregularities dropped. The embassy was not told when she would be freed. She has been jailed two days amid reports of an erroneous prior sentencing. Authorities said she was held for technical violations of export currency laws. A bank draft she carried triggered the detention amid Poland strict currency controls enacted last spring to curb foreign exchange dealings.
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Warsaw
Poland
United States
Frederick Atkinson
Minneapolis
Landon Praised by Young Teddy After Conference
Theodore Roosevelt Jr met Governor Alf Landon in a hotel room and praised him as the truest kind of liberal. Roosevelt said Landon was in fine shape and fighting form and predicted the Republican party would carry New York. Earlier Roosevelt met Niagara Erie party officials and lauded Landon during the 1920 era recap. In other news, 72-year-old Charles Thomas escaped from the Kansas state penitentiary island farm and remained at large near Wolcott as guards and bloodhounds hunted.
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M. Y
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Alf M. Landon
Nessmen
T. R
Landon
Niagara
Erie
Roosevelt
New York
Trusty
Lansin
Leavenworth
Kan
Charles Thomas
Kansas State Penitentiary Island Farm
Wolcott
State to start paving Baldwin No 50 after damage awards
The state highway department plans a three mile paving on No 50 at Baldwin after final damage awards were approved in a courthouse hearing. Bronsnohan Bros of Kansas City won the contract to build a 151 foot right of way across 12 property owners. Appraisers awarded 4134.19 total damages, with Henry Bell receiving the largest share. An appeal to district court would not stop the project. if taken, dispute goes to a district jury.
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No. 50
Baldwin
Court House
Bronsnohan Bros
Kansas City
Highway Department
District Court
Fr. T. Arnold
C. B. Hosford
J. J. Eddy
Henry Bell
Lizzie Pearson
R. A. Robinson
A. H. Steel
Frank Cleland
J. B. Wilson
Business Threat to Free Enterprise Sparks Debate
Boston August 25 George R Grant of Boston chairman of the public utility section of the American Bar Association warned that state and federal regulation of private property and business could alter the business structure. He urged defenders of free management to fight now for public opinion while noting turmoil between constitutional defenders and New Deal welfare advocates. He cautioned against sacrificing individualism and initiative that helped build U S industry, but said he could not prophesy the outcome.
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Boston
George R. Grant
Public Utility Section
American Bar Association
Grant
United States
Pendergast Undergoes Operation in New York
Thomas Pendergast Kansas City Democratic leader underwent an intestinal obstruction operation in New York today. Surgeons reported he is splendidly after the procedure and his condition improved from heart ailment prior to surgery. Family members Mrs Carolyn Pendergast and Mr and Mrs E Burnett Jr were present at the hospital.
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New York
Thomas Pendergast
Kansas City
Carolyn Pendergast
E. Burnett, Jr
Prison Riot in Milledgeville Ends With One Death
Prisoners rioted for five hours at the state penitentiary in Milledgeville Georgia leading to the death of one convict and injuring fifteen inmates and guards. The disturbance was led by a former inmate of Alcatraz. Authorities quelled the riot and began investigations into the incident.
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Milledgeville, Ga
PR State
Alcatraz Prison
Kansas Weather Forecast and Observed Temperatures
Regional forecast shows generally fair conditions in western and southern Kansas with scattered showers likely in the northeast tonight and Wednesday. Cooler in the northeast tonight and Wednesday. Morning: clear. Douglas county roads rated good. Gas Office Record lists 7 pm yesterday at 102, today 83 at noon, with yesterday’s maximum 108 and today’s minimum 82.
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