Witness sees Hines with Dutch Schultz at Fairfield stables
A riding master from Fairfield Connecticut testified in the Hines conspiracy trial that Dutch Schultz and James J. Hines visited Schultz’s stables in late summer 1935 to inspect Schultz’s horse Sun Tan. The witness described Schultz as an avid horseman and recalled Rosenkranz and others present, while questions from Stryker and Dewey highlighted courtroom tensions.
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New York
King
Arthur
Dutch Schultz
Flegenheimer
Tammany District
James J. Hines
Fairfield
Schultz
Hines
Lloyd Paul Tryker
Brothwell
Lulu” Rosenkranz
Connecticut
George Weinberg
Stryker
Weinberg
Newark
N. J
East River
District Attorney’s Office
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
Bel
Stabble
Styker
Dewey
Bobbie
Lulu
Pat
Hull's Sharp Note Demands Mexico Stop Lands Seizure
Secretary Hull sent a stern note to Mexico demanding an end to seizing American owned farm lands without adequate compensation and urging prompt settlement of 10 million dollars. He offered arbitration or monthly payments, rejecting a previous claim that international law did not require payment.
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Hull
Mexico
Washington
State Department
Mexico City
Western Hemisphere
Latin America
Roosevelt and Farley in complete agreement as usual
President Roosevelt said at a press conference that he and Ames A. Farley were in complete agreement as usual after reviewing political situations in states where the new deal is at issue. Farley urged a campaign into Maryland against Senator Millard Tydings. Roosevelt gave no comment.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Ames A. Farley
Farley
Maryland
Millard Tydings
Poughkeepsie
Chattanooga
Tenn
Workers Alliance
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
White House
New York
Bloodshed in Spain and China as fronts clash
War updates report insurgents pressing around Gandesha and along the Ebro while government lines hold on the Catalonian front. In western Spain the Estremadura front sees an offensive staved off as Al Mad en mercury mines are guarded. In China, Japanese forces drive toward Nanchang with heavy casualties on both sides near Poyang lake and Haske defenses.
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Spain
China
Gandesha
Ebro
Estremadura
Poyang Lake
Nanchang
Haske
Lindberghs Leave Moscow for Czechoslovakia after 9 day visit
Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh depart Moscow by plane for Czechoslovakia after a nine day study tour of Soviet air forces and civil aviation. They plan to pass through Ukraine and southwestern Russia visiting Rostov on Don Kharkov Kiev and Odessa and may land briefly in Romania before arriving in Praha no earlier than September 1.
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Moscow
Charles A. Lindberg
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Russia
Rostov-on-Don
Kharkov
Kiev
Odessa
Rumania
Praha
Eight Die in Theater Stampede at San Luis Potosi
Eight people including women and children were killed and several injured in a stampede at a moving picture theater in San Luis Potosi as patrons rushed to the street. Overcrowding on a stairway caused a crush, with those at the bottom suffocating or trampled.
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San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Robbers Strike Donalds Bank Vault With Torches
Robbers broke into the Donalds bank and burned into the vault with blow torches. They found $700 in currency but carried away 26 heavy bags of cash each bag containing 260 pennies.
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Donalds
S. C
Republican cornfield rally plans loom in Indiana
ROSY G. O. P. HOPE Indianapolis August 26 party leaders map 11 state campaign ahead of a cornfield rally for 8500 workers on Homer Capehart 400 acre farm near Washington Ind. 38 tents cover 120 acre field with 100000 sq ft canvas. Capehart funds the event aiming to boost GOP gains in fall elections.
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Indianapolis
John D. M. Hamilton
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Republican Congressional Committee
Republican Party
Marion Martin
Republican National Committee
Glenn Frank
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Homer E. Capehart
Washington
Ind
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Indiana
Chicago
Republican National Program Committee
Capehart
Buffalo
N. Y
Musical Instrument
Agriculture Department To Buy Surplus Wheat This Week
Washington reports the Agriculture Department will purchase surplus American wheat this week and Monday for export and domestic relief. Officials are unsure of the total amount and have asked grain dealers to submit offers by telegram. The purchases mark the first step in a plan to place 100 million bushels of surplus wheat into foreign markets through a subsidy with details to be announced later.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Horses Will Have Party At Pegasus Club Picnic
Dobbin and about 100 horses gather at the Pegasus club in Rockleigh New Jersey for a day of carrots oats and air. Douglas G Hertz host art connoisseur promises fun contests to crown the most glamorous faithful and intelligent horses with prizes including rubber shoes for New York streets.
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Rockleigh
N. J
Dobbin
Pegasus Club
New York
Douglas G. Hertz
Art
Spoksman
New Employment Service Office Opens in Lawrence
Lawrence gains a Kansas Commission of Labor and Industry employment office to place workers and register the unemployed for benefits under the unemployment compensation program. The office, at 201 West Eighth Street in the I.O.O.F. building, begins August 29 with open house for employers and workers.
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Lawrence
Kansas Commission of Labor and Industry
Douglas
Jefferson
Frank O’brien
Kansas
West Eighth Street
Kansas State Employment Service
Glenn L. Warders
Vicinity
Warders
Civil Service
Albert I. Decker
Leona Long
Ina M. Akers
William A. Murphy
Murphy
Dove Shooting Rules Pratt Kansas Warn Hunters
State Game Warden L. C. Webb warns Kansas dove hunters about season specifics. The open season runs September 1 to October 15 with a daily bag limit of 15 birds and shooting hours from 7 a.m. to sunset. Repeating and automatic shotguns must be plugged to hold no more than three shells and shooting is prohibited along highways or except when birds are on the wing.
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Pratt
Kan
Kansas
L. C. Webb
F D R Warns Against Short Cuts to Utopia Pension Plan
President Roosevelt urged against a California proposal to grant 30 weekly pensions for those over 50 describing it as a shortcut to utopia. He tied the plan to warrants and stamps, warning it would be a tax on all, hitting the poor hardest.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
California
Utopia
Los Angeles
McAdoo
John W. Preston
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Ray L. Riley
Frank F. Merriam
C.I.0
Gilbert Olson
A.F.L
Daniel C. Murphy
Last Park Service Concludes Summer Union in South Park
Final union services are set for Sunday night at 7 45 in South Park with Rev D L Turnbough of Free Methodist in charge. The sermon, A lesson drawn from Lazarus, will be followed by mixed quartet music and congregational singing. If weather fails, service moves to Trinity Lutheran church.
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South Park
D. L. Turnbough
Free Methodist Church
Mr. Turnbough
Lazarus of Bethany
K. Kline
Z. Krantz
Dillon Wooten
Friends Church
Big Truck Kills Three In Destructive Bakersfield Crash
A runaway big trailer truck roared downhill at high speed near Bakersfield causing three deaths and a mass of flaming wreckage. Driver C R Dawson and his helper LeRoy Wooster escaped unharmed while H E Foster and James Marshall perished in a crushed pickup. W A Miller also died as the truck struck and the Japanese driver Norio Imamura escaped after overturning.
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Bakersfield
Calif
C. R. Dawson
Alameda
Holper
LeRoy Wooster
H. E. Foster
James Marshall
W. A. Miller
Norio Imamura
Gene Kinchloe
Ted Bowles
Dawson
Supreme Court asked to settle Midway Chapel church dispute
In Topeka the supreme court is asked to decide a Jefferson county church dispute between United Brethren and Free Methodist trustees of Midway Chapel near Oskaloosa. The district court had ruled for the Midway Chapel United Brethren Society restraining other groups, ordering the return of a piano and barring any teardown of the chapel.
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Topeka
Supreme Court
Jefferson County
United Brethren Church
Free Methodist Church
Midway Chapel
Oskaloosa
United Brethren Church Society, Inc
District Court
VFW Holds Election At 39th National Encampment
Major Eugene E. Van Antwerp of Detroit was elected national commander with Otis N. Brown of Greensboro NC named senior vice commander in chief. Delegates from Boston Los Angeles and New York pressed to host next year’s encampment as debates over veteran pension legislation concluded the sessions.
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Columbus
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boston
Los Angeles
New York
Eugene EB. van Antwerp
Detroit
Otis N. Brown
Greensboro
van Antwerp
Brown
U S Protest Over Japanese Air Attack on Civilian Plane
United States demanded Japan explain and protest against the destruction of a Chinese American air liner near Canton. Ambassador Grew met with Tokyo officials to press that neutral lives and property must be respected and that the attack jeopardized American citizens. Pilot H L Woods of Winfield Kan survived while 12 Chinese passengers perished.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Hull
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Hugh L. Wood
Winfield
Kan
Pan-American Airways
China National Aviation Corporation
Canton
South China
Foreign Office
Kensuke Morinouchi
China
H. L. Woods
Winfield, Kan
Iurly
Quick Thinking Saves Boy From Bee Swarm Injury
In Cherryvale Kansas on August 26 John Cruse a 14 year old boy was attacked by bees while mowing. Three cousins Wilbur Kruse Kenneth Kruse and Fred Honeywell quickly applied tourniquets after both leg arteries were severed. Dr C A Beeler treated him before transfer to Independence hospital.
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Cherryvale
Kan
John Cruse
Wilbur
Kenneth Kruse
Fred Honeywell
C. A
Independence Hospital
Highway slab complete from Johnson line to Baldwin limits
Baldwin Kansas Aug 26 The slab on U S Highway No 50 from the Johnson county line to the Baldwin city limits has been completed and will be opened to traffic by September 1 according to highway officials Ford Service Hamilton 15 W 9th Adv.
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Baldwin Baldwin
Kan
Johnson County
Baldwin City Limits
WPA rolls reach new peak with 3 038 908 enrolled
Washington reports federal relief rolls hit a record 3 038 908 enrollments on work relief projects as of August 20, led by Harry Hopkins. He notes the number is below the 1936 peak and that unemployment remains high, with aid expanding after June funding and continued WPA extensions.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Hopkins
Congress
WPA Training Conference Nears Closing at University
One day remains in the three week WPA training sessions at the university. Connor from WPA Chicago led yesterday and today with lectures and regional statistics. In Kansas about 400 teachers serve 18,000 weekly attendees. Tomorrow C E Rarick president of State Teachers College Hays will address the closing session at 11 o clock alongside M F Hyde who will summarize the conference.
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WPA
Connor
Chicago
Kansas
C. E. Rarick
State Teachers College
Hays
Kan
M. F. Hyde
Hyde
Smith Reappointed to Labor Relations Board
Hyde Park N Y August 26 President Roosevelt reappointed Donald Wakefield Smith of Pennsylvania to the national labor relations board for a five year term His renomination followed a request from A F L leader William Green who urged a capable fair minded administrator of the labor relations act The federation did not specify next steps if reappointment stood but Green said they would decide later Smiths current term ends August 27.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Donald Wakefield Smith
Pennsylvania
National Labor Relations Board
William Green
A.F.L
Smith
American Federation of Labor
Green
Mrs Krueger In Unchanged Condition After Shooting
Mrs Karl Krueger wife of the Kansas City Symphony conductor was reported unchanged in condition at a Los Angeles hospital today after a shooting last Friday.
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Krueger
Los Angeles
Karl Krueger
Kansas City Symphony
California Front-Runner McAdoo Faces Bitter Primary Climax
More than 800 candidates contest national state and local offices in California as the bitter primary campaign advances toward next Tuesday's vote. McAdoo denies taking funds from federal employees while voter interest centers on the senator race and the governor's race amid pension and labor issues.
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California
Climax
McAdoo
U.S
San Francisco
United States
Wiliam Gibbs McAdoo
Roosevelt
State Supreme Court
Ku Klux Klan
Pierson Hall
Sheridan Downey
Hall
United States District
Teachers honored at annual Douglas County Normal Institute dance
More than 60 teachers attended a Chamber of Commerce dinner and dance at the Country Club as part of the Douglas County Normal Institute events. Nearly 100 dined, with many joining the dance afterward. The event featured remarks by John Brand and Harold Summers and music by Clyde Bysom.
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Chamber of Comes Merce
Country Club
Douglas County Normal Institute
Neal M. Wherry
Harold Summers
Presient
Clyde Bysom
Institute
Althe
Cooler Weather Moves Into Kansas With Light Rain Prospects
Topeka August 26. Cooler air advances from the north and northeast across Kansas with slight rain chances. Forecaster S. D. Flora notes limited relief from above normal heat, with highs near 95 in most areas and lows around 65 to 70 in east and south. Northern counties report light showers. St. Francis records .87 inch and Burr Oak .05 inch. Clouds expected to move in as cooler conditions spread tomorrow.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Flora
Altho
St. Francis
Burr Oak
Kansas
Final Plans for Chamber Sports Campaign Form Regiment
Kan sas Relays club and Chamber of Commerce sports committee met to appoint captains for a membership drive. Charles Radcliffe roles as Colonel with Wade Pierce and Carl Achning as Majors in charge of six teams each. A breakfast gathering at Hotel Eldridge will inaugurate the campaign Tuesday morning.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Relays Club
Charles Radcliffe
Wade Pierce
Carl Achning
John Brand
Courtney Bratton
Corlett Cotton
Hovey J. Hanna
S. W. Hurwitz
John Robinson
F. ¢. Black
C. E. Dreyer
Robert A. Hagagart
Charles Louk
C. W. Pollom
R. H. Wagstaff
Eldridge
Concordia Diocese Sees Appointment Of New Bishop
In Castel Gandolfo on August 26, Pope Pius appoints Monsignor Frank A. Thill, longtime chancellor of the archdiocese of Cincinnati, as bishop of Concordia. Thill succeeds the previous bishop, marking a significant clerical transition for the Concordia diocese.
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Concordia
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pius
Frank A. Thill
Cincinmae C
Stock Market Index Dips Slightly
The average of 60 stocks fell to 49.5 yesterday from 49.8, signaling a modest market dip. Investors watched major sectors as trading paused on several blue chips amid cautious sentiment.
Kansas Weather Forecast and Temperature Snapshot
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with cooler east and south, warmer north and west. Morning notes show Garden City cloudy, others clear. dirt roads listed as good. Gas Office Record records 7 pm yesterday at 92 and noon today at 85. 7 am today figure unclear.
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Kansas
Garden City
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Major van Antwerp
U. S
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ED Connor
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Wherry
Summers
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