Bombs Fall Again on Swatow Port
United States and Britain ready to evacuate foreign nationals from Swatow as Japanese air raids strike the port. American destroyer Edsall and gunboat Tulsa head toward Swatow to protect nationals. reports say 69 Americans in the consular district.
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Swatow Port
Hongkong
Swatow
United States
Britain
Edsall
Tulsa
Asheville
Haiman Bay
Chaoan
Canton
Foochow
Dainty
Namoa
Washington
China
State Department
William J. Downs
Meadville
Whitney Young
Father Downs
Oil Company
Sacramento
Standard Oil Company
McGugin to Broadcast from South Park Tonight
Harold McGugin former third district congressman from Coffeyville and Republican gubernatorial candidate will broadcast from South Park on WREN at 8 p m tonight He tours the state in support of his campaign with sound truck speeches at Baldwin 2 pm Eudora 3 30 pm before the Lawrence broadcast A musical program will air from 7 80 pm and the speech runs 8 00 to 8 30 pm A large crowd is expected after stops in Ottawa and other communities
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Harold McGugin
Coffeyville
South Park
Wren
McGugin
Baldwin
Eudora
Lawrence
Court House
Ottawa
PWA Approves Fifty-Six Job Making Projects
The Public Works Administration approved 56 additional job making projects in 17 states. Estimated construction value is 9,715,889 dollars with grants of 4,371,939 dollars and loans of 19,000 dollars. Educational facilities lead with 32 school building projects.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
U.S. Overspent Income by 1.46 Billion in Fiscal Year
Washington July 2—The government posted a final fiscal year deficit of 1.524 billion dollars, with receipts at 6.242 billion and expenditures at 7.766 billion. Debt rose to 37.165 billion, per capita share about 285.70, aided by tax gains and reduced customs duties from lower imports.
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Washington
Treasury
Parade for blue and gray veterans marks 75th Gettysburg reunion
Gettysburg observers recall Civil War era as 3000 regulars and hundreds of Legionnaires parade two hours before President Roosevelt attends tomorrow’s reunion events. An eternal light memorial will be dedicated, flames rise atop a 55 foot shaft, symbolizing peace. Rain threatens health concerns among veterans but mood stays festive.
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Gettysburg
A. Monroe Fore
Waco, Tex
Bank switch costs broker 81 thousand in Boston suit
In Boston a court heard a civil suit over an $81 750 commission loss when the National Shawmut Bank shifted an $800 000 policy from Arthur D Cronin’s firm to OBrian Russell linked to James Roosevelt The bank claims there was no personal involvement by Roosevelt and no political motive The case seeks 31 750 plus interest and a jury trial may be sought
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Boston
James Roosevelt
F. Delano Putnam
Suffolk Superior Court
Arthur D. Cronin
Cronin
National Shawmut Bank
Roosevelt
Romney Spring
Obrian Russell
Fighting Scattered as Front Isolate at Spanish Border
In eastern Spain fighting shifted from a single battle to isolated engagements. insurgents occupied the Bechi village north of Valencia after a two day siege. Government militiamen advanced south of the Muela de Sarrion range near Teruel and recaptured a hill that commands the Teruel Sagunto high way.
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Hendaye
France
Spain
Valencia
Bechi
Muela de Sarrion
Teruel
Teruel-Sagunto
Roosevelt's Pacific Campaign Tour Plans Unfold
President Roosevelt's July itinerary turns a campaign drive into a combined tour and sightseeing trip. Starting July 7 from Washington, he will speak across several states, visit California ports, and end with a two week Pacific cruise and Panama Canal transit. He will host Crown Princess Louise of Sweden, deliver speeches in Ohio Kentucky Oklahoma and Colorado, and review the U S fleet in San Francisco before sailing aboard the cruiser Houston for the Pacific cruise.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
Pacific
Washington
San Diego
California
Panama Canal
Louise of
Sweden
Gettysburg
Ohio
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Colorado
White House
San Francisco
Soa Angeles
Amarillo
Tex
Marietta
Northwest Territory
Latonia
Covington
Oklahoma City Fairgrounds
Pueblo
Elliott
Fort Worth
United States
Yosemite Valley
Houston
U S Among Few Nations With Unemployment Rise
Geneva reports the United States was one of three countries where unemployment rose in Q2 1938 from Q1, with 11,129,107 unemployed in Q2 1938 and 19,973,000 in Q1 1938, according to American Federation of Labor calculations.
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Geneva
United States
International Labor Office
Organization
Canada
Belgium
American Federation of Labor
County Treasurer Receives Gas Tax Check
A. M. Gardner, Douglas County treasurer, received from the state a check for 11183.24 representing the county's share of the gasoline tax for the second quarter. The funds will be deposited into the county and township road funds.
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Douglas County
A. M. Gardner
Heat Peak Returns with 98 Degree Day
The temperature rose to 98 degrees again this afternoon matching yesterday’s high. These two days are the hottest so far this year.
Spirit of Wage Hour Bill Cited by Lambertson
Congressman W. P. Lambertson quotes the Ringling Bros. employees voting to fold the circus rather than accept a 25 percent pay cut. He ties this to the spirit behind the wage hour bill and its push in Congress.
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Ringling Bros
W. P. Lambertson
Wheat moving into market centers across Kansas and Missouri
Wheat receipts flood Kansas City markets with 1052 cars on July 2, the busiest pre holiday day yet. Southwest Kansas reports hot weather aiding harvest with high protein wheat now plentiful. Allen County, Oklahoma? yields vary from 10 to 30 bushels per acre amid floods.
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Kansas City
Dodge City
Kan
Kansas
Tola
Allen County
Earl Means
Douglas County Seeks Federal Hatchery Location
The Chamber of Commerce and Douglas County Sportsmen's Club sent telegrams to the Bureau of Fisheries and State Game Warden L C Webb urging that the new federal fish hatchery planned for Kansas be placed in Douglas County. They cited population, highway access, and strategic site options, while noting funds are allotted and other eastern Kansas towns have applied.
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Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County Sportsmen’s Club
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington, D. C
L. C
Sportsmen’s Club
Douglas County
Kansas
Window Breaker Incident Adds to Kansas City Vandalism Probe
Detectives questioning victims in a grand jury probe into more than 170 window breakings and nine bombings review a new incident. A chunk of concrete shattered a grocery store window owned by C. O. Porter who says no union complaints exist.
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Kansas City
Grand Jury
C. O. Porter
Independence Day Closures Across Lawrence Retailers
Many Lawrence stores will close Monday for Independence Day with city and county offices and many private businesses following suit. Starting Tuesday, stores open 8:30 am to 5 pm on weekdays and 9 pm Saturday hours until Labor Day. post office to deliver special delivery mail and dispatch outgoing mail. Journal-World to publish at noon Monday.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Rescuers Bring Out Last Miner. He Dies Closer to Surface
In Birmingham, nine miners were entombed by a rock fall at the Praco coal mine. Rescuers rescued the final miner as he reached the surface but he died. Five others died in the cave-in and three remained hospitalized with injuries.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pracocosl
Mayor Tobin Rejects PWA Grant for Boston City Hall
Boston mayor James M. Tobin refused a 1.25 million PWA grant to help fund a new city hall, arguing economy and debt limits. He proposed repairing the existing building with Works Progress funds, saving cost versus a full rebuild at about 1.7 million. Meanwhile a 2.8 million postal annex was announced for Boston, with other projects under consideration.
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Boston
Maurice J. ‘Tobin
Public Works Administration
Works Progress
Tobin
Post Office Department
Washington
Congress
John W. Gleavy
Peter F. Teague
Department
May issue bonds eyed as welfare budget disputes loom
Douglas county officials await word on a purported state welfare board disapproval of the 1939 budget. The plan calls for 202,950 in expenditures with county share rising to 112,653. A funding shortfall could trigger a new bond issue, while reimbursements from state and federal sources are increasing.
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Douglas County
State Social Welfare Board
Topeka
State Board
Social Welfare Board
Wyandotte County
Wyandotte
Canning Project Boosts County Gardens and WPA Efforts
Five men work the Twenty second Street garden plots while seven WPA transferred women operate the Woodlawn school canning kitchen. Since late May and June they produced 6 500 cans with 2 500 destined for the county. Three shifts run daily with supervision by two women and Mrs Fred Boyles overseeing the day shift.
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Social Service League
Twenty-second
Barker
WPA
Canning Kitchen
Woodlawn School
Fred Boyles
Hoosier Democrats unlikely to oppose Van Nuys renomination
Sen. Sherman Minton says neither President Roosevelt nor Postmaster General Farley will block a movement among Indiana Democrats to renominate Sen. Frederick Van Nuys at the state convention in Indianapolis on July 12. The endorsement reflects strong New Deal alignment and Minton’s support for Van Nuys.
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van Nuys
Indianapolis
Pi—T. S&s
Sherman Minton
D-Ind
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Hoosier
Frederick van Nuys
Camp Musicians Prepare for Two Concerts on Campus
Kansas City educator N De Rubertis leads visiting conductors and 1926 era youth ensembles in two campus concerts. The program features Niobe a new symphonic legend for band, and fifteen other works largely new to the young performers.
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N. de Rubertis
Kansas City
de Rubertis
de Robertis
St. Mary College
Leavenworth
St. Mary
University of Iowa
de Rupertis
Niobe
Lawrence
July 4 Is Not Independence Signing Day
Library of Congress officials note the Declaration was approved by Congress on July 4 1776 but the signing by the 56 delegates occurred on August 2 1776. Some signers were not members of Congress on July 4. The attache cites courtesy in signing to avoid hurting feelings.
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Washington
United States
Library of Congress
Congress
Capper Urges Early Wheat Crop Loan Details
Senator Arthur Capper telegraphed Secretary Wallace requesting an early definite announcement on the amount and availability date of 1938 wheat crop loans. He said harvest is in full blast in Kansas and farmers face price uncertainty without prompt loan specifics.
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Topeka
Arthur Capper
Wallace
Capper
Kansas
Congress
Menace to Crops Grasses Hoppers Targeted by Poison Mash
County farm agent Deal Six warns grasshoppers threaten crops as heat and drought heighten risk. Grasshopper bait distribution began June 2, with 60 tons of poison mash given to farmers at 10 cents per hundred pounds. Hoppers move toward greener alfalfa and corn as pastures dry.
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Deal Six
Six
A F of L Warns Against a Cutting of Wages
The American Federation of Labor warned against wage cuts even as business outlooks show cautious improvement. It urged union resistance to reductions and insistence on raises where industry can pay, noting the May unemployment total near 11.4 million, up 8.5 million from 1937.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
A.F. of L
John L. Lewis
C.I.0
Chieftain
2.5 Million New Voters Targeted By Parties
Washington July 2 UP both major parties plan major outreach to 2.5 million new voters who reached voting age since 1936. Through Young Republican and Young Democratic clubs, youth input grows in party affairs while organizers expand efforts. Hamilton says GOP trend favors Republicans. Shreve cites 4 million Young Democrats enrolled, aiming to double by Election Day. The GOP marks Jefferson’s grave at Monticello as a wreath gesture.
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Washington
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Charles H. Shreve
Young Democratic National Organization
Republican Command
Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Alabama
South
Republican Party
Jefferson
Demo
Baldwin Grants 10 Percent Real Estate Valuation Cut
The county board of equalization approved a 10 percent reduction in Baldwin real estate valuations amid citizen protests. Baldwin’s total real estate value drops from $704,300 to $606,645, a decline of $97,655. Overall Douglas county taxable land stands at 290,49714 acres with tillable land at 185,004 and non tillable at 104,816. Final settlement details include land, improvements, and lots values, with state tax commission hearings set for July 20 in Topeka.
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Baldwin
County Board of Equalization
Tax Board
T. R. Gerhart
State Tax Commission
Douglas County
Topeka
Warmth in prospect for Topeka weekend weather
Federal meteorologist S. D. Flora says weekend weather in Topeka and eastern Kansas will be mostly clear with temperatures near or above normal. He notes plenty of ground moisture aiding crops and wheat ripening, harvest likely uninterrupted, though un settled conditions may arrive tonight and Sunday. Next week should bring showers and above normal temperatures with scattered heavy rains reported in northern Kansas.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Flora
Kansas
Phillipsburg
Burr Oak
Oketo
Scott City
Smith Center
Concordia
Mercury
Dodge City
Ellis
Omaha
Candidates to be taxed under Texas social security rule
Internal Revenue Collector W. A. Thomas ruled that all political candidates in Texas must pay social security taxes for their campaign workers. He warned a full list exists and will be checked, with penalties including fines and imprisonment for nonpayment.
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Dallas
Tex
Internal Revenue
W. A. Thomas
Texas
Thomas
Stock Market Index Advances Slightly
The Dow Jones style index shows the average of 60 stocks at 48.4, rising from yesterday’s 47.6. Market activity reflects small gains amid cautious trading.
Weather Forecast Brightens With Isolated Showers Expected
Unsettled conditions persist tonight through Monday with possible thunder showers in central and northern portions. Temperatures hold steady with clear morning, good dirt roads, and highs around the mid nineties. Yesterday's maximum reached 98 with a low of 68 the year ago today.
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Kansas
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