Rebels Defeated In Iran Assault Amid Global Tensions
In a bitter clash near Tran, Spanish defenders repelled an attack by about 1,000 rebels. Reports from Madrid say fascist executions occurred as reprisal for jail burn attempts, while rebel air forces claimed dominance over the Franco-Spanish border. Barcelona prepares new trials for fascist prisoners as plans for a military dictatorship surface.
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Associated Press
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Spanien
Spain
Madrid
Anil
Irun
San Sebastian
Bay of Biscay
Barcelona
Burgos
Bourbon
Alfonso
Europe
Juan of the Asturias
Lozoya
Italy
I Duce
Germany
Portugal
Indiana marks Grand American trap shoot tie for lead
Vandalia C Aug 28 7 B F Cheek of Clinton Ind tied for the lead in the Grand American handicap trapshoot by scoring 98 from the 16 yard line matching E L Buchwalter of Springfield C who shot 98 from 16 yards. Joe Hiestand of Hillsboro C added his fifth national title of the week winning the all around championship after setting a world record 881 of 900. Hiestand also captured the international open class AA North American clay target and national doubles. Republicans publicize T Jefferson Coolidge backs Alf Landon as governor’s race heats up.
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Vandalia
B. F. Cheek
Clinton
Ind
E. L. Buchwalter
Springfield
Joe ‘Hiestand
Hillsboro
Hiestand
Soace
Norway Orders Trotzky Interned in Home in Norway
Norway ordered Bolshevist exile Leon Trotzky and his wife interned in their country house at Hoenefoss. Two male secretaries were expelled. Trotzky must stay home until a new domicile is found as government blamed his rejection of imposed stay conditions. He had signed to abstain from revolutionary activity.
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Oslo
Norway
Ministry of Justice
Leon Trotzky
Trotzky
Trotzkys
Hoenefoss
Altho
France
Germany
Mourning journey planned for George Dern in Salt Lake City
Washington reports 17 cabinet officers and other officials join President Roosevelt in a mourning trip to Salt Lake City for the late George Henry Dern. Military honors run from dawn to dusk at army posts nationwide as the funeral train leaves Saturday after services in Mount Pleasant Congregational church. Notables expected include Morgenthau Roper Cummings Woodring Malin Craig Standley and McGrady. Hull to designate a state representative and remain in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Salt Lake City
George Henry Dern
Dern
Mount Pleasant
War Department
Salt Lake
Morgenthau and
Roper
Cummings
Harry H. Woodring
Navy
Malin Craig
William H. Standley
Edward F. McGrady
Hull
State Department
Warning Issued by Soviet Press On Hitler’s New War Plans
Moscow reports Izvestia and Pravda warn Hitler prepares a new surprise as Europe nears slaughter. Pravda and Izvestia call anti Soviet attacks a provocation for foreign adventures while citing German prep for war and looming food shortages. News notes unrest in Ukraine denied and mentions denied broadcasts to armed forces. More deaths in July.
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Communist Party
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Izvestia
Pravda
Hitler
Germany
Tzvestin
Russian
Ukraine
Russia
London Evening News
Joseph Stalin
Auto Accidents Set New July Fatality Record
Topeka report shows July deaths from automobile accidents at 56, lifting the year’s total to 316. Health officials note 19 July deaths were non collision, often from excessive speed and loss of control. Frigidaire pane ad appears in notice.
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Topeka
Earle &G. Brown
State Board of Health
Brown
Roosevelt urges better land use in drought tour
President Franklin D Roosevelt concluded a drought tour of the Great Plains with a Jamestown speech urging three word solution better land use He said cooperation among federal state and local governments would craft a long range land use plan He praised Western spirit and noted rain lightened drouth conditions while inspecting farms and WPA projects The drouth committee proposed six measures including soil erosion control water conservation land retirement dam construction and limited land restoration efforts
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N. D
Roosevelt
Drouth
Mr. Roosevelt
WPA
City Auditorium
Rapid City
Salt Lake
Drouth Committee
Morris L. Cooke
Great Plains
Crsp
Man leaps 86 stories to death from Empire State Building
Robert Francis Erskine, 23, of Bronxville New York, identified as the jumper, waved farewell to onlookers before leaping from the Empire State Building’s observation platform. He cleared setbacks and fell to the sidewalk on the 34th Street side. Police listed no immediate motive.
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New York
Robert Francis Erskine
Bronxville
N. Y
Empire State
Rains Cool the Air Amid Drought in Midwest
Kansas City reports cooler air as rain spreads from the southwest, dropping temperatures from 91 to 76 as gusty north winds sweep Oklahoma and Kansas. Light showers and overcast skies bring relief across Missouri and Illinois as forecasts promise further cooling by tomorrow.
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Midwest
Southwest
Kansas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Kansas City
Oklahoma Panhandle
Guymon
Hooker
Boise City
Missouri
Chicago
A. W. Cook
KU Selects 33 Graduate Students for CSEP Jobs
Selection brings KU total on the College Student Employment Projects to 468 with 33 graduates, 17 pursuing master's and 16 doctorates. Total monthly allotment is 640 for graduates, 6,940 for both groups. Awaiting possible increased allotment to aid more students. 300 to 400 remain on the waiting list. Jobs will begin September 12 with assignments to follow soon after.
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University of Kansas
K. U
Mary Olset
Olsen
CSEP
Republican Women Plan Campaign Meeting in Douglas County
A meeting of Republican women in Douglas county is set for Tuesday evening at the courthouse to organize for the coming campaign. Mrs. Jonathan B. Carter of Wilson will speak. Officers will be elected and preparations made for active participation. the one hour gathering invites all interested Republican women, including colored women. Mrs. Fred Isaacs issued the call.
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Douglas County
Jonathan B. Carter
Wilson
Fred Isaacs
Republican Central Committee
Yankees Power Past Tigers in Open of Twin Bill
Lean Gehrig belts his 41st and 42nd homers as the New York Yankees rout the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader, scoring 214 to victory. The second game details are mixed with incomplete lines from both clubs’ lineups and scores.
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Myatt
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Glenn
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Whitehead Ewell
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Salton
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Babe Phelps
Brooklyn
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Fitzsimmons
Mancuso
Iayt
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Boston
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Reis
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Mueller
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Hartnett
O'Dea
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Pippens
Davia
Association Kansas City
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Madres
Bean
Har
Germany May Go Way of Spain Bishops Warn in Catholic Church
German bishops adopt a pastoral letter denouncing Nazi Weltanschauung and limits on Catholic action. They fear religious persecution and pagan influences in Germany while urging peace between Catholicism and Nazism and condemning restrictions on education, charities, hospitals, and youth outreach.
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Germany
Spain
Associated Press
Berlin
Fulda
Union Services Set at South Park with Sermon by Rev Knox
The Centenary Methodist Church and West Side Presbyterian Church announce union services at South Park Sunday evening at 8 o clock with Rev C J Knox delivering A God Sent Man for a God Given Task. Rev Paul B Lawson presides and leads singing. The Centenary congregation joins the union. A final summer union meeting is planned for Sept 6 with undecided speaker.
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Centenary Methodist Church
South Park
Mr. Knox
Paul B. Lawson
West Side Presbyterian Church
Union of Soung People
Churches of
Lawrence
Tonganoxie
First Christian Church
Mary E. Larson
University of Kansas
C. B. Cunningham
Virginia Detler
Gevene Landrith
Young People's Union
Alice Williams to Stay in Hospital Some Weeks
Lawrence reports confirm 17 year old Alice Williams of Cedar Rapids Iowa remains in the University of Kansas hospital in Kansas City Kansas with a fractured skull from an assault near Reno on July 14. Her mother says the girl is in flighty condition and cannot travel soon possibly a month before transfer to a Kansas City apartment before returning to Cedar Rapids. Authorities have not located any trace of the assailant.
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Lawrence
Alice Williams
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Reno
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
Miss Williams
Wind Ends 19 Day 100 Degree Heat Wave in Lawrence
After 19 days with average highs around 107 degrees Lawrence cooled briefly as a north wind and dust dropped temperatures. The high topped 100 yesterday and 106 for the day earlier, while rainfall totaled 1.03 inches this month and the lowest high was 101 on August 11.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
C. J. Posey
Roosevelt Will Meet Governors in Des Moines Drouth Conference
Des Moines Aug 28 Gov Clyde L Herring received a telegram from Marvin McIntyre secretary to President Roosevelt stating the drouth conference with Gov Alf M Landon and four other governors will be held September 2 after a noon luncheon at the state house. Delegations from Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Nebraska and Iowa including senators and representatives will attend.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Marvin McIntyre
Roosevelt
Drouth
Alf M. Landon
Herring
State House
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Iowa
Girl Dies in Auto Crash Near Ottawa on Highway 68
Waneeta Studer twenty, of eight miles east of Ottawa, died after a dance party car overturned on highway 68 near Pressonville. Lavon Munden, Lester Davidson, Jane Neff, John Vanhorn, and others were injured with cuts and a broken neck reported for Studer.
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Ottawa
Kan
Waneeta Studer
Paola
Pressonville
Miss Sluder
Lavon
Munden
Lester Davidson
Quenemo
Jane Neff
John Vanhorn
New Goods Appeal Signals Resumed Retail Pressure
New York trade reports show retail distribution gaining momentum with stronger merchandise interest while wholesale markets ease after a prolonged buying wave. Dun & Bradstreet noted the shift, with car loadings rising elsewhere though overall rail freight dipped slightly week over week.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Weekly Review of Trade and Business
Stock Market Index Edges Higher After Steady Gains
The stock market index for 60 major stocks rose to 67.8, up from yesterday's 66.1, signaling continued modest gains across leading shares and market sentiment improving slightly as traders tracked earnings and inflation signals.
Russia Pushes League Pact for Immediate War Sanctions
Geneva Aug 28 Soviet Russia proposed a reform of the League of Nations to compel immediate military sanctions against any nation that starts war. It urged adoption of a protocol to summon the council within three days and allow automatic sanctions by allied states if responsibility parties disagree.
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Russia
League of Nations
League Council
League
Germany
Europe
League Assembly
Eudora as a Host for Highway 10 Opening
Lawrence residents are invited to a motor caravan to Eudora tonight for the opening of highway 10. Governor Alfred M. Lawton and TI. Barnes will speak, broadcast from Station WRE. The program at Eudora High School includes music, a battle royal, tug of war, and a softball game, with refreshments in the park all evening.
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Eudora
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Eudora High School
Dorsey - Liberty
Eudora Commercial Club
Eudora All-Stars
Royal Shoe Store
North Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Friend
Sidney Eagle circulation chief SIDNEY PD LONG dies at 63
Sidney PD Long, longtime Wichita Eagle circulation manager, dies at 63 after months of ill health. A veteran staffer who began as a newsboy around 1890, he served the paper for over a generation. Survived by widow, three daughters and one son.
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Wichita
Kan
Sidney PD. Long
Wichita Eagle
Long
The
Eagle
Landon Plans Midwest Swing for September Tours
Topeka Kansas August 28 Theodore Alf Landon likely will visit Minneapolis and Milwaukee for speeches in mid September as part of his third week campaign through Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and perhaps the Dakotas tentative itinerary not yet announced. Auto fatalities in 86 cities for the first 34 weeks totaled 4968 down from 5343 a year ago with 151 for the week ended August 22 versus 171 the prior week and 162 in 1935.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Dakotas
Washington
Mobile
Commerce Department
Rural schools to open September 7
County superintendent Harold Fisher outlines opening plans for rural schools on September 7. Textbook changes include new geographies for grades 4 through 7 and updated arithmetic for grades 3 4 6 and 8 with cost saving by extending use of two year texts.
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Harold Fisher
County Institute
Fisher
Corn Drops From Peak in Chicago Futures Market
Chicago August 28 to September corn futures fell below four cents from the nine year high, trading down to 1.06 a bushel as authorities noted persistent selling. Argentine prices reportedly undercut domestic values while December and May contracts showed less dramatic losses. Traders split on whether US production estimates would rise or fall after recent belt gains.
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Chicago
United States
Lemke Asserts Farm Policy At Johnson County Fair
Rep William Lemke Union party presidential candidate spoke at a Johnson county fair in Merrian Kansas on April 28 rebuking Roosevelt and Landon for lacking a farm program He predicted his victory and said opponents would place second or third He cited a bill he introduced in Congress claiming it offers a practical solution to recurring drought and flood issues and announced plans to pursue court action to place his name on Kansas November ballot.
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Merrian
Kan
William Lemke
Union Party
Johnson County
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Congress
Lemke
Kansa
Gypsy Held in Texas on Warrant Swindle Charge
A 21 year old gypsy moth er and her months old baby girl remain in the county jail in Dallas Texas after a $750 bond was set on a fugitive warrant tied to an annexed swindle in Leavenworth Kansas. Additional warrants from other cities arrived prompting Chief Deputy Decker to keep her in custody while Leavenworth officers head here to extradite her. Annual Brackett Homecoming invites all Brackett neighborhood residents for a Sunday schoolhouse gathering with a basket dinner served.
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Dallas
Texas
Helen Mark
Leavenworth
Kan
Decker
Brackett
Weather Summary for Kansan Forecast
Forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Saturday with cooler air in the eastern counties. Morning conditions show cloudy to partly cloudy skies though clear in downtown areas. Douglas County roads are reported as good. Temperature readings from the Garfire Record note yesterday’s high and today’s maximum and minimum values, with noon tallies available.
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Kansan
Nevenue
Douglas County
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