Fall of Santander Ends Anarchist Resistance in Spain
Refugees stream toward France as insurgents seize Santander after 12 days of rapid thrusts by Generalissimo Franco’s forces. About 15,000 government troops surrendered, and reports describe terror and executions by anarchists before the city fell. British aid worker Miss A R Caton recounted shootings of professionals and families during the town’s collapse.
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Hendaye
Santander
Spain
Perpetual Spring
Biscayan
Bay of Biscay
France
Franco
Santance
A. R. Caton
Bayonne
Keith
Local notes on tall corn, teaching moves, and a Kansas City license
Abner Link Oakey is laid up after a storm while 81 Larkin jokes about lawmakers living under laws they pass. Frederick D. Richey calls tall corn a Lommyrot. Dorothy Klawuhn, NYA teacher, will join Elk City KS high school staff to teach world history citizenship and music. A marriage license was issued to Charles C. Williams and Mary Alice Goshorn in Lyons and Kansas City MO, with plans to marry in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Link Oakey
Larkin
Elk City
Dorothy Klawuhn
NYA Center
Kan
Klawahn
Court House
Charles C. Williams
Lyons
Mary Alice Goshorn
Kansas City
Spanish children flee under buses amid gunfire at sea
Survivors describe a perilous escape where Spanish children sheltered under buses as bullets whistled overhead. Thirteen people reached a fishing boat, but two men aboard the neighboring vessel were killed. They rowed from midnight to 11 a.m. before being rescued by the Keith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith
Tall Corn Tales Swamp Officials in 20th Century Farm Folklore
Washington August 26. The agriculture department faces a flood of tall corn stories as bumper crop years fuel fanciful claims. Leo and Ralph Carr of Charleston Missouri boast a 16 foot 6 inch stalk while Indiana lawmakers parade through the capitol amid tall tale chatter.
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Agriculture Department
Washington
Leo
Ralph Carr
Charleston
Indiana
Capitol
Local residents and visitors in Ottawa area notes
Excelsior Hillis Bechtel returns to Detroit after two weeks visiting parents Mr. and Mrs. George Bechtel. Theodore Glaser comes home after ten days with daughter in Colorado. Several families travel to Lawrence for shopping and visits, including Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pohl, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Gilliland, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillis Bechtel
Detroit
George Bechtel
Theodore Glaser
Colorado
Henry Pohl
Charley Gilliland
Lawrence
Ottawa Area Shoppers and Visitors Chronicle Weekend Guests
Local families and relatives gathered for weekend and weekday visits across Ottawa and nearby towns. Notable mentions include Eula Belle, Marjorie Mae, and Dorothy Montgomery with Ike and Kenneth. Fetty family with Roy and Ike homes. Lucille Disque visiting grandparents Clyde Puckett and wife. Flora and Thomas in Lawrence. Pohl family in Abilene. Rainbow 4 H club met Chester Gibson home. Anna Johanning hosted dinner for Schwarz Jehle and families. Rodney Beck with California trip. Sunday callers at Harry Flory included Gray Peffly Browning Rappard Ulm Holenbeck Browning Turner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eula Belle
Marjorie Mae
Dorothy
Ike Montgomery
Kenneth
Ottawa
August Fetty
Roy Shuler
Lucille Disque
Clyde Puckett
High Prairie
Glen Flora
Ika Thomas
Lawrence
Ernest Pohl
Abilene
Chester Gibson
Louise Schwarz
Walter Jehle
Anna Johanning
LaVergne Flora
Helen Thomas
Rodney Beck and Son
California
Charley Gilliland
Harry Flory
Will Gray
Will Peffly
Charley Browning
Henry Rappard
John Ulm
Holenbeck
Robert Browning
Mesara
Chester Swig
Marvin Byers
Oscar Turner
Local Birthday Celebrations Span Desoto to Kansas City
Desoto residents join J J Williams for his 77th birthday with Mrs Collins baking a cake and neighbors calling in. A T Broveak and son Robert travel to Kansas City for weekend with Mrs Broveak and Mildred Allen visiting. Joe Paxton and Dale dine with Will Warsop family. Margaret Warsop visits Kansas City with Vernon Ashlock’s family. Bobby Keegan of Gardner mentioned among visiting families. Nearby trips include Mrs Perry Nease to Little Rock and John Winston with Robert visiting Stilwell, and Wesley Vance with S R Vance family in Los Angeles. Wade Plummer and family from Chicago visit Maggie Plummer’s home. relatives share a dinner at Oscar Plummer’s. Birthdays of elder Mickel and Blanchard Mickel noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Collins
LeLoup
Perry Nease
Little Rock
Ark
Harold Noteman
Noteman
John Winston
Robert
Stilwell
Wade Plummer
Chicago
Mr. Plummer
Maggie Plummer
Oscar Plummer
C. G. Mickel
Blanchard
Mr. Mickel
B. L. Mickel
Soldier
C. G
Bobby Keegan
Gardner
Miss Eva Jean McLeary Crowned Miss Kansas of 1937
Kansas beauty Eva Jean McLeary, 17, of Wichita, won the Miss Kansas of 1937 title at a Wichita bathing beauty contest. The item lists community notices, visits, travel plans, and local happenings including school openings, visitors from Kansas City and Lawrence, and a local burglary at a drug store.
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Eva Jean McLeary
Wichita
Kansas
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Ft. Riley
Friedrich von Boetticher
Jose L. Amezcua
Weet Bus Saucer
Tulsa
Union Bus Depot
Massachusetts Granade Theater
Bartlesville
Caney Independence Coffeyville
Chanute
Excelsior
Walter Pohl
L. W. Haas
Eva
J. W. Minnis
Bogand, Mo
L. A. Flora
Charley Elm
Charlene
E. E. Reep
Mabel Haas
Hazel Lee Simmons
Desoto
Warlie Cunningham
Robert Quy
A. J. Reynolds
Harry Cramer
Malber Place
Douglas
Dorf Brender
Leavenworth
Wash
Harry E. Miller
O. E. Ashlock
Jamie
Maggie Freeman
Olathe
Kenneth Zimmerman
University of Nebraska
Clifford Morse
Wels Jewett
Elmer Jewett
Neill G. Whitelaw
West
John M. Whitelaw
University of Chicago
Jizz Amanda Mitchell
Joe Bower
Cincinnati
Donald
Amanda Mitchell
Richard Jaerees
Thompsonville
Mildred Louise Gordon
Prairie Center
Anita Mae Nease
J. H. Foley
Rachel Mosley
J. D. Buckingham
Myrtle Casebier
Willadean Roberts
G. A. Pearson
Ozarks
Eva Jean McCleary
Carter
Medford Stationery
Zoe Elkay
Fle Lyon
Bayers
Alka Seltzer
H. W. Stowits
Hanes
P. H. Hanes Knitting Co
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Ana Rbet
Gabardines
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