Britain notes German military moves in Danzig
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House that reliable intelligence shows intensive military measures in the Free City of Danzig. He cited German tourists and a Heimwehr police formation, with Britain coordinating with Poland and France on developments.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Danzig
Free City
Heimwehr
Danzig S.S
Associated Press
Bank of Danzig Suspends Direct Interest Payment
Bank of Danzig announced a blocking of interest payments and amortization on all loans to the Free City. Bondholders in the United States England and the Netherlands are affected as foreign currency inflows from the port decline. American and British investors hold multiple Danzig loans including harbor board bonds 1927 state loan tobacco monopoly loan 1927 and electric streetcar loan 1928 with some funds in wharf and railway bonds. Officials say foreign currency needs driven the action and estimates in New York cited around 3.5 million dollars face value impacted.
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Danzig
Bank of Danzig
Free City
United States
England
Netherlands
Trans. S
Danzig ‘Harbor
Dixie Clipper Sets First Pay Passenger Round Trip
The Dixie Clipper arriving at Horta Azores from Lisbon at 4 20 P M local today began a return leg 96 minutes later marking the first round trip with paying passengers on the route July in the Azores milestone for transatlantic service by air cruising history.
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Horta Horta
Azores
New N
Lisbon
Storm Troops Kept in Barracks in Danzig Emergency
Free City of Danzig mobilizes workers for labor vital to the state amid Polish German tensions. An order authorizes recruitment for essential industries such as shipbuilding. Storm troops remain in barracks, ready for instant action, as uncertainty grips governance.
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Free City of
Danzig
Free City
Pomorze
Senate
National Education Association Opens 77th Convention
About 15,000 teachers from across the United States convened in San Francisco for the 77th annual NEA session. Reports foresee fireworks in sessions with debates on academic freedom and tenure including a push for a $10,000 appropriation to study unfair discharges.
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San Francisco
United States
National Education Association
Committee On
Henry Lester Smith
Tidiana
Government to pay export bounty on farm products
Washington reports farm officials plan a campaign to broaden markets at home and abroad for cotton wheat and possibly lard. Secretary Wallace proposes buying back markets and paying exporters a bounty from 203 million dollars. Surpluses will be bought and distributed to needy families via food stamps in selected cities with possible wider stamp program expansion.
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Washington
Administration
Wallace
Congress
Rochester
N. Y
Dayton
Seattle
Wash
Agriculture Department
Glider Pilots Assault Existing Distance Marks
Elmira N Y July 3 Glider pilot Chester J Decker extended distance marks with a 283 mile flight from Atlantic City N J a bid to repeat as national soaring champion If approved by officials the flight would replace the 212 mile record set earlier by B Barringer from Wichita Falls Tex to Tulsa Okla Woody Brown earlier this summer glided 280 miles from Wichita Falls to Wichita A new registration request is under consideration
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Elmira
N. Y
Chester J. Decker
Atlantic City
N. J
B. Barringer
Orange
Barringer
Wichita Falls
Tex
Tulsa
Okla
Woody Brown
San Diego
Calif
Wichita
Kan
Lindbergh Flies On Survey from Salt Lake City to Seattle
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh departed Salt Lake City by airplane at 8 46 am on a survey flight for the Army Air Corps. His stated destination is Seattle. The report notes Japan supplies food for 18 million people via the silkworm.
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Lindbergh
Salt Lake City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Army Air Corps
Seattle
Japan
Smith Plans Return to Louisiana Over Embezzlement Charge
Brockville Ontario July 3 Louisiana authorities seized custody of Dr James Monroe Smith former LSU president on embezzlement charges involving 100000 dollars. Canadian and US officers coordinated the transfer while Smith and his wife awaited further steps and argued extradition rights. Smith insisted on going back to Baton Rouge to clear the matter. his wife faced harboring charges. Federal agents probed his finances as part of the case.
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Brockville
Ont
Louisiana
James +Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Tha Ates
Ata
Harworth Atkinson
United States
Dr. Smith
Toronto
Louisianan
Canadian Mounted Police
Boston
Bureau’ of Internal Revenue
Detroit
Kansas WPA Employment Quota Set for July
Topeka July 3 The Kansas WPA quota for July is 26440 workers, down 2060 from June and far below 35500 in July 1938. Director Clarence Nevins says the drop won t trigger mass layoffs as many leave WPA for private work or harvest jobs. A 130 hour monthly schedule for all workers replaces the prior 96-128 hour range, maintaining the same security wage.
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Topeka
Kansas ‘A
Clarence Nevins
Nevins
Thunderstorms hit Kansas as Fourth of July approaches
Scattered thundershowers forecast for Kansas July 4 after weekend rains hindered wheat harvest and raised flood risks. In Hoisington area Cheyenne bottom lands and South Hoisington flooded prompting evacuations. Floods damaged feed crops and livestock across Barton County while rainfall totals varied across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Great Bend- Hoisington
Cheyenne
South Hoisington
Fawnee Rock
Blood Creek
Hoisington
Cheyenne Bottom
Barton County
West
Larned
Hanover
S. D. Flora
The
Mercury
Centralia
Horton
Leavenworth
Manhattan
Lecompton
Kansas City
Eureka
Fort Scott
Chanute
Independence
Columbus
Concordia
Ellis
Russell
Geneseo
McPherson
Hutchinson
Winfield
Goodland
Quinter
Scott City
Ness City
Dodge City
Sublette
Ashland
Pointers on Keeping Alive on Fourth of July
Topeka July 3 warnings from the Kansas safety council highway patrol and the state board of health urge cautious Fourth of July celebrations. Recommendations include driving slowly avoiding risk swimming only in supervised pools waiting after meals not going in water alone no overheating avoiding overexertion and overeating adults supervising fireworks and protecting children from burns and eye injuries. Dr F P Helm notes that auto accidents drowning excessive heat and fireworks injuries cause most deaths on the holiday.
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Topeka
Kansas Safety Council
Highway Patrol
State Board of Health
F. P. Helm
Board of Health
Most Stores Closing for Fourth of July in Lawrence
In observance of the Fourth of July most business houses will close in Lawrence tomorrow. Some grocery stores may stay open portions of the morning. City and county offices will close. The post office adopts a holiday schedule. Stores will open at 8 30 and close at 5 on the summer schedule.
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Lawrence
Early Newspaper Update Promises Morning Journal World Publication
The Journal World will publish tomorrow before noon to maximize holiday force and reach readers with timely news and notices.
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Journal- World
Market Index Summary for Saturday Trading
An OCR fragment notes stock and market index details with figures around 45.5 to 45.6 for a 60-stock group, mentioning Sverane and firms Green Bros. The text is incomplete and lacks clear entities or context beyond the numeric reference to the index.
Harvest of Potatoes and Wheat Harvest Start in County
Douglas county potato growers launched the annual harvest led by Alfred Heck Frank Walters and Raymond Pine. Heck reported four loaded potato cars and 80 pickers with good quality crops and yields 100 to 125 bushels per acre though some lowland fields rotted. Wheat harvest continued with 35 percent cut and elevators paying 58 cents per bushel as rain delayed and aided yields.
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Douglas County
Alfred Heck
Frank Walters
Raymond Pine
Lawrence
Heck
Americans Start Strong at St Andrews Open
Americans Lawson Little and Johnny Bulla posted solid scores in the first qualifying round at St Andrews as George Low Jr. struggled with an 81. Jim Bruen and Percy Allis also posted 69, the best early numbers as weather cleared and pace quickened on the treacherous links.
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St. Andrews
Scotland
America
Lawson Little
Johnny Bulla
George Low
Jenkintown
St. Andrews New Course
Little
Bulla
Jim Bruen
Percy Allis
Low
Rece
Henry Cotton
Delay on Oil Test Delays Spudding at Griffith No 1 Near Lone Star
Griffith No 1 deep test well near Lone Star in Douglas County faces a one week delay before spudding. Original plan had drilling to start tomorrow but a truck breakdown returning from Illinois with rig equipment caused the postponement. Veeder Development Company workers from Cherryvale are at the site preparing the rig.
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Griffith No. 1
Douglas’ County
Lone Star
Illinois
Veeder Development “Company
Cherryvale
Fourth of July Celebration in Lawrence Program
The Lawrence Fourth of July program lists 9 a.m. preliminaries in the Small Car Derby at the top of Mississippi Street, 10 a.m. derby from Mississippi to Seventeenth and Louisiana, 2 p.m. boat races Jayhawk Shawnee Kaw River at the bridge, 4 p.m. baseball Cubs vs Rinkydinks and Jayhawks vs Tigers at KU varsity field, semipro game Rosedale Merchants, 7:30 p.m. Liberty Memorial high school band at Memorial Stadium, 8:30 p.m. fireworks over Memorial Stadium.
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Mississippi
Mt. Oread
Seventeenth
Louisiana
Jayhawk
Shawnee
Kaw River
Aia
Cubs
Rinkydinks
Jayhawks
Tigers
South Park
K.U
Lawrence
Rosedale Merchants
Liberty Memorial High School
Memorial Stadium
Lawrence Rotary Honors Dr Lindley for 19 Years of Service
Malottin Club members in Lawrence express thanks to Dr E H Lindley for 19 years with the club and grant honorary membership as he departs for a trip abroad. R C Rankin lauds Lindley�s service while Chancellor Deane W Malott is inducted as a Rotary member.
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Lawrence Rotarians
E. H. Lindley
Lawrence Rotary
Dr. Lindley
Rankin
Lawrence Club
Lindsey
Deane W. Malott
University
Rotary
R. A. Schwegler
School of Education
Walter Keeler
John Jacobs
Ahi
Wimbledon semifinals set as Riggs and Cooke advance
Bobby Riggs the top American defeated Chaos Mohammed 6-2 6-2 6-2 to reach the Wimbledon semifinals. Elwood Cooke upset Henry Austin 6-8 6-3 6-2, joining Riggs, with Ferenc Punek eliminating Gene Smith and US women Fabyan Jacobs advancing to quarterfinals.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Bobby Riggs
America
Elwood Cooke
Portland
Ore
England
United States
Riggs
Europe
Mohammed
India
Cooke
Henry Wilfred
Bunny) Austin
Gene Smith Berkeley
Calif
Smith
Ferenc Punec
Davis Copper
Sarah ‘Palfrey Fabyan
Cambridge
Mass
D. L. Little
Alice’ Marble
Helen Jacobs
A. Halff
France
Miss Jacobs
Argot Lamb
Great Britain
Price
Henner Henkel
Germany
Franz Kukuljevic
Mount Rushmore Portrait Unveiled in Dakota Celebrates Statehood Anniversary
Rapid City reports the July 3 unveiling of a stone Theodore Roosevelt portrait carved on Mount Rushmore alongside Washington Jefferson and Lincoln. The ceremony marked the 50th anniversary of South Dakota joining the union. Sculptors cut the images directly from the mountainside.
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Rapid City
S. D
Stone
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Mount Rushmore
South Dakota
Giant Flower Draws Visitors to Bronx Garden
Visitors flocked to the Bronx Botanical Garden to witness Krubi, the world’s largest bloom, open briefly. A staffer described its scent in blunt terms, saying it smells like a pile of rotting fish as onlookers exclaimed in awe and astonishment.
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New York
Bronx Botanical Garden
Concerts Boost Kansas Music Camp Performances
The Mid Western music camp at the University of Kansas staged two noted concerts described as spectacular. Conductor David T. Lawson led the orchestra with guest maestros Gerald Prescott and Karl Kuersteiner. Helen Lindquist’s violin solo drew praise. Lawson highlighted camp aims and the value of reading music under varied conditions. The next broadcasts will feature the orchestra at Hech auditorium and the band in Fowler grove with conductors Ralph Bush and Russell L. Wiley.
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University of Kansas
David T. Lawson
Gerald R. Prescott
University of Minnesota
Karl Kuersteiner
University Ofansas
Kuersteiner
Prescott
Helen Lindquist
Lindquist
Lawson
I Hech
Ralph Bush
Cleveland
Fowler Grove
Russell L. Wiley
Japanese claim capture of fortified Soviet Mongolian position on Khalka hill
Kwantung army reports strong assault across Khalka river frontier in Manchoukuo. They say attackers reached the hill summit after heavy fighting, with air support and hand to hand combat. They claim 30 tanks captured after repelling a Mongolian corps of 100.
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Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Khalka River
Manchoukuoongolia
Kwantung Army
Japan
Khaika River
Lake Bor
Outer Mongolia
Nation marks Independence Day with 211 deaths
The three day holiday weekend has already claimed 211 lives, with traffic accidents accounting for 110 deaths and drownings for 64. Other fatalities include eight gunshot wounds, 11 train deaths, and three plane incidents, spanning 34 states and the District of Columbia.
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Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pensylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Washington
W.va
Wisconsin
Washington, D. C
City and Sheriff Plan Boat Race Safety Measures
Officials urged slow driving and strict traffic rules for the Fourth of July. The river area will be closed to northbound traffic from Sixth Street to Ohio street and free parking provided on the west river bank near the old water works. Special deputies and Santa Fe railroad agents will govern parking and crowd safety near the river and tracks plus six Topeka officers will oversee traffic south of the K U campus during events. Fireworks are banned on streets and spectators must celebrate in yards or parks.
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Tennessee Street
Sixth Street
Ohio Street
Fifth
Sheriff's Office
Charles E. Banning
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Jude Anderson
Topeka
K. U
Anderson
Barming
Paul Ingels
Ingels
Tramps Kill Officer at Syracuse Station
Undersheriff Ray Kumpf, about 60, was shot and killed as he attempted to stop two tramps from boarding a freight train in Syracuse Kansas. One suspect was captured armed a mile south. the other, Earl McGuire of Seminole Oklahoma, fled and was later identified by railroad workers near Garden City Kansas. A .45 pistol tied to the shooting was found after McGuire denied ownership and claimed prior prison terms.
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Syracuse
Kan
Western
Kansas
Ray Kumpf
Kumpf
Stanton ‘Schroll
Earl McGuire
Ohls
Garden City
Althe McGuire
McQuire
Hamilton
Bruce Mack
McGuire
Oklahoma
McAlester
Leavenworth
Santa Fe
L. F. Bachman
R. B. Wallis
la Junta
Colo
Seminole
Okla
Ray ‘Kumpf
Weather Forecast for Kansas Scattered Showers
Scattered thundershowers expected in the west this afternoon or tonight. The east sees showers tonight and Tuesday, with a gradual clearing in the west by Tuesday. Temperatures cooler in the west tonight and in the east and south Tuesday.
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Kansas
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