Japanese Drive On Up the Yangtze River
Shanghai July 4 report says Japanese vanguard nears Hukow seven miles away with 100 ships blocked by a submerged boom near Matowchen. Chinese defenses extend toward Kiukiang and Lake Chao as Nip soldiers land at Niangniangmio. Swatow dispatch cites civilian casualties. Mainichi Shimbun warns of staged nationwide terror starting July 7 centered on Shanghai to stir anti Japanese sentiment.
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Shanghai
Hukow
Yangtze River
Hankow
Lake
Kiukiang
Pengtseh
Matowchen
Niangniangmio
Yangtze
Anking
Swatow
South China
Kiangsu
Grand Canal
Mainichi Shimbun
Moon Gazing Price War Shocks New York Street Side Exhibits
The rooftop moon gazing trend on 42nd street erupts into a price war as Ed Baird unveils Big Bertha a 12 inch telescope charging 10 cents for a moon view and 5 cents for the Empire State Building. Competitors led by John White lower rates to 5 and 2 cents with smaller 6 or 4 inch scopes. The booming biz is described as rotten by an observer.
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New York
42Nd Street
Ed Baird
Empire State Building
John White
Insurgents Kill Eight in Catalonia Raid Near Barcelona
Insurgent warplanes attacked Gava, a southern Barcelona suburb, killing eight and wounding 80. Five planes took part in today’s raid, marking a renewal of the Mediterranean coast campaign and the first attack on Catalonia since June 30.
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Barcelona
Gava
Mediterranean
Spain
Catalonia
Speed Dash to Burbank
Wichita Kansas July 4 Pi Paul Mantz stunt pilot took off from municipal airport at 4 57 a m to test the rebuilt Lockheed Orion he hopes will win this year s Bendix race Mantz said he aimed to set the fastest dash in western aviation history He was accompanied by Edward Churchill of Los Angeles The Orion formerly owned by Maj Jimmy Doolittle underwent extensive re conditioning at East St Louis Illinois
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Wichita
Kan
Paul Mantz
Municipal
C.S.T
Burbank
Calif
Mantz
Edward Churchill
Los Angeles
Maj
Jimmy Doolittle
East St. Louis
Ill
Markets Closed Today in Observance of Independence Day
New York July 4 markets shut across all major commodity and financial sectors in observance of Independence Day. Trading halts affect stocks bonds and futures with no sessions held today.
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New York
United States
Franco Offers Almeria as Immune Port for British Vessels
London reports General Francisco Franco proposed making Almeria an immune port for British trading ships. Sir John Simon said Britain would consider the offer and sought guarantees on merchandise entering the port.
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Franco
Almeria
London
Francisco Franco
Spain
Mediterranean
House of Commons
John Simon
France
Independence Day Toll Violent Deaths Surge Across Nation
The Associated Press reports at least 262 killed in violent events during the Independence Day weekend as 46 states and D C log motor crash deaths over 1500. About 70 drownings occurred at beaches and lakes while fireworks caused property damage and injuries. Pennsylvania led motor deaths with 24, including six in a trolley collision.
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States
District of Columbia
Floral Park
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Mississippi
Certificate Issued for Savings Insurance to Lawrence Association
Washington announces a Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation certificate protects up to 5 000 per investor for the Lawrence Building and Loan Association of Kansas. The Lawrence group joins 2 003 associations nationwide. the corporation oversees 113 million and serves 1 850 000 savers with 1 880 million in total assets. The Lawrence firm reports assets of 445 315 and invested shares of 346 428.
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Washington
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Lawrence
Kansas
Nugent Fallon
United States
Insurance Corporation
Lawrence Association
Lawrence Records First 100 Degree Day Of Summer
Lawrence saw its first 100 degree day of the season yesterday with a high of 101 degrees reported by volunteer observer Prof. C J Posey. The prior high was 98 degrees.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Plagues Increase in China Report
Shanghai weekly health report lists 333 cholera cases and 49 deaths all Chinese. Typhoid rises with 111 cases 28 Chinese deaths and one foreign death. Typhus fever shows 28 cases and 13 deaths, all Chinese.
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China
Shanghai
the International Settlement
Smokes Cracker Incident Ends With Dental Damage
Pi W. C. Taylor, 56, bought a fire cracker to scare friends at his boarding house. In a dark hallway he picked a cigarette, grabbed the cracker, lit it and put it in his mouth. He forgot the explosive and lost several teeth after the blast.
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Kansas City
W. C. Taylor
Taylor
Long Hours Now In Farm Harvest Season
Harvest on the farm brings long days from dawn to after dusk with wheat and potatoes to harvest. Farmers, grain dealers, repairmen, drivers and housewives all work extended hours to push grain and produce to markets and keep farm operations running through favorable and adverse weather.
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Kansas City
Toneka
Governor Huxman proposes four man patronage commission
In a radio speech from Minnesota on vacation, Gov. Walter A. Huxman urged a four member bipartisan patronage commission to handle state jobs. He noted 30 000 applications for about 3 500 positions and said party chairmen should select two members to reduce his direct appointment power.
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Topeka
Kan
Walter A. Huxman
Minnesota
Haxman
Emporia
Injuries Fatal In Beverly Traffic Crash
Mrs. Ruby Butsier aged 43 wife of a Tescott WPA foreman died in Salina hospital from injuries after a Sunday crash at a blind corner near Beverly Kansas Roy Rosebrook and his passenger Miss Ruth Poutsch of Shady Bend were unhurt The six year old son of Mrs Butsier had minor injuries.
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Salina
Kan
Ruby Butsier
Hughes Tunes Up for New York Flight to Paris and World Trip
Howard Hughes sails from Wichita to New York for a tuneup flight as a prelude to a Paris hop and potential world trip. He and a five man crew report a 1,200 mile, six hour 22 minute leg from Los Angeles, with the Lockheed 14 at 178 mph and fuel for 1,500 gallons.
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Howard Hughes
New York
Paris
Wichita
Kan
Manpates
Sportsman
Floyd Bennett Field
Hughes
Los Angeles
Wiley Post
France
Glenn Odekirk
Lieut
Tom Thurlow
Richard Stoddard
Harry Connor
Dale Power
Carl Tieddemann
Gus Sidel
Stanley Bell
County Bonds Reduced by July 1 Retirements
Douglas county lowered bonded debt by 22 590 91 with maturities retired on July 1. School debt excluding Lawrence district 60 fell 1 407 14. Major cuts include 14 000 and 652 50 interest on U S 73 W bonds. District 56 Palmyra township is debt free after 200 retirement. Total bonds: county 230 909 09. schools 38 992 86. drainage districts 21 050.
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Douglas County
Lawrence District
Palmyra Township
Business Recession to Reduce Federal Income
Treasury mathematicians estimate the business recession will cut federal revenue by 750 million dollars in the new fiscal year. They note taxpayers contributed 6.2417 billion to the treasury in the last 12 months, the largest 18 year total based on 1937 earnings. Officials project 1938 national income to remain at least 10 percent below 1937's 69 billion dollar level.
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Washington
Treasury
Riedel Sets 225 Mile Glider Record in Washington
German ace Peter Riedel won a $1,500 prize in national soaring contests after a motorless flight from Elmira New York to Washington totaling seven hours and eight minutes. He landed at Washington airport late yesterday marking a commanding lead in the event.
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Washington
Elmira
N. Y
Peter Riedel
Riedel
Washington Airport
Weather, Rain Hit Winnipeg Wheat Futures Decline
Rain in western Canada drove Winnipeg wheat futures lower on July 4 with July down around 2 cents. By mid-session, July at 1.01 1.60 percent? October 83 82 and December 80 79 34.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Journal-World Vacation Delivery Request
The Journal-World was requested for delivery to a summer vacation address. The note specifies forwarding the newspaper during the holiday period and ensuring uninterrupted access to local news while away.
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Journal-World
KU grad from Phi Delta Theta drowns at Lake of the Forest
Russell B Benton Jr 21 of Kansas City Kansas died yesterday in the Lake of the Forest near Bonner Springs. He suffered a heart attack while swimming alone and drowned despite rescue attempts by Dr C Grier West and others. Survivors include E L Benton grandfather. services set at Western Highlands Presbyterian Church Kansas City Kansas.
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Russell B. Benton, Jr
Kansas City
Kan
University of Kansas
Lake of the Forest
Bonner Springs
Benton
C. Grier West
Roy
Theodore Naish
Jerry Correa
O. H. Correa
Lawrence
Vete Nowosinske
K. U
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
E. L. Ben J
Western Highlands Presbyterian Church
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Quiet Fourth of July in Washington as Roosevelt Plans West Coast Trip
President Roosevelt returns from a week away to a heavy schedule of conferences and a Thursday departure for the west coast. He will watch fireworks from the White House portico while Mrs. Roosevelt stays at Hyde Park. Secretary Woodring to skip fireworks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
West Coast
White House
Washington Monument
Hyde Park
Woodring
Tragic drowning of 17 year old Richard Lee at Shook pond
Richard Lee, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Riggs of 711 North Fourth street, drowned after a struggle with his half brother in Shook pond near Lawrence. The body was found 14 feet deep after 45 minutes of search. Funeral arrangements are set for Wednesday at Rumsey funeral home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Richard Lee
Charles Riggs
North Fourth Street
Lawrence
Charles Riggs, Jr
Young Riggs
Riggs
Rich
Marko’s
Highway 10
Harold Elliott
North Eighth Street
Bill Eschbaugh
R.F.D
Elliott
Lee
Charles Parker
Fire Department
Louis K. Zimmer
Altho
Union Pacific
Indian Village
Kaw
Rumsey Funeral Home
Lawson Brown
Oak Hill Cemetery
William Lee
Lone Star
Leslie Ashbaugh
Osage City
Viola Moore
Deadline for party shifts in pre primary activity
The final pre primary election activity ended Saturday with 167 Republicans or Socialists switching to Democratic, and 59 Democrats to Republican. Officials note about half of switches involve unregistered first time voters, while election day approaches August 2 and registration remains open at city hall with extended evening hours. final registration deadline is July 22.
Priest Beaten After Altar Entrance in Warsaw Clash
Father Thaddeus Puder, a Jewish convert to Catholicism, was badly clubbed by Rafael Michalski as he stepped from the altar. Parishioners, including several Christianized Jews, overpowered the attacker and he was hospitalized with serious injuries amid a rising panic over anti Jewish press attacks.
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Warsaw
Thaddeus Puder
Rafael Michalski
Father Puder
National Democratic
Insurgents Try Flanking Move After Defensive Rebuff
Insurgents failing to break through government lines on the Teruel highway to Valencia shift to wide flank attacks. The high command said a 74% mile advance occurred along a nine mile stretch south of Puebla de Varverde over the past two days. Other front sectors remained quiet with minor clashes near the Mediterranean coast.
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Hendaye
France
Franco
Teruel
Valencia
High Command
Puebla de Valverde
Mediterranean
Concerts at K U Under Guest Conductor N De Robertis
Two concerts at the University featured the orchestra and band under N De Robertis with about 150 at Hoch auditorium for the 3:30 show and 350 to 400 at Fowler grove for the 7 o clock performance. The orchestra highlighted Haydn and Schubert selections with violinist Paul Stoner delivering Saint Saens Introduction and Rondo Capricioso. The American Fantasy by Herbert closed the program and featured a percussion battle scene and fireworks. Russell L Wiley led portions and explained Rhapsody in Rhumba with Cuban instruments. Ralph E Rush is set to conduct next week as both groups prepare for upcoming concerts.
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N. de Robertis
Hoch Auditorium
Fowler Grove
de Robertis
Niobe
Russell L. Wiley
Wiley
Ralph E. Rush
Cleveland
Rush
Bridge Near Lecompton to Open by Mid July
The new 60 foot span bridge over Coon Creek west of Lecompton is nearing completion with a 24 foot roadway. County engineer E. E. Trueblood said the structure should be finished about July 15. The Lecompton Big Springs road section includes a hill grade reduction from 14 to 9 percent. Afterward, six and a half miles of road will be re-rocked and resurfaced four miles west of Lecompton.
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Coon Creek
Lecompton
E. E. Trueblood
Big Springs
Harper Man Is Killed in Head On Crash Near Argonia
John Branson 46 a Harper Kansas businessman died in a head on collision on state highway 160 east of Argonia shortly before midnight. Roy Sneed of Harper and Robert Lewis of Salina Oklahoma escaped serious injury. Mr and Mrs Rogers of Pueblo were injured critically en route home after visiting Salina. Services for Branson likely tomorrow afternoon in Harper.
Turmoil in Jerusalem Leaves Several Dead and Wounded
July 4 reports from Jerusalem describe Arab riots across the city with casualties. A bomb on a bus in the Jewish quarter killed three and wounded seven, another death and three injuries occurred in a related clash. Bombs near Jaffa and Tel Aviv borders killed four and wounded five.
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Jerusalem
Vacation Journal World Subscription Ad
A vacation subscription to the Journal-World promotes a daily letter from home with all the news offering 25 cents a month by mail Adv.
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The
Journal-World
Adv
Paving Project Begins in Lawrence City and County
A joint city county WPA paving project starts tomorrow on Barker Avenue and Nineteenth Street. The estimated cost is 42846 dollars with Lawrence paying 13122.52 and the county 10442.78. WPA share 19300.70. Notes totaling 13000 will be issued to cover early costs and repaid from bonds later. The job covers about 7000 square yards and lasts three to four months. Lawrence has 1300 barrels of cement from the WPA. M N Penny Co. to mix concrete. R C Jackman quarry to supply crushed rock. an extra engineer to supervise paving will be hired.
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Barker Avenue
Fifteenth
Twentieth Street
Nineteenth Street
Barker
Learnard
Lawrence
Maple Lawn
Topeka
WPA
M. N. Penny Construction Company
R. C. Jackman
Footprint in Car Ties Death to Possible Jealous Rival
Hollywood July 4. A footprint on a rubber floor mat in the car carrying King D. Gray to his death challenges the theory of a jealous woman killer. Parraffine hand tests show Gray did not shoot himself. police consider robbery and a possible past attack in 1933 as factors. Gray, 52, married with two sons, was reading a Dear Daddy letter from New Castle Pennsylvania when slain, inviting renewed suspicion of a double life.
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Hollywood
King D. Gray
Gray
Daddy
Jamees Bleakley
New Castle
Miles Ledbetter
William Nobles
Mojave Desert
Nobles
Heat Expected as Kansas Sees Record Warmth
Kansas faces two days of generally fair and very warm weather with readings surpassing 100 degrees. Ellis reached 106, the nation's highest, while crops were described as not suffering and soil moisture ample for harvest. Skies were clear across the middlewest with no rain in sight.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Ellis
Missouri
Middlewest
Prospect
Kansas Weather Forecast Report
The Kansas forecast shows generally fair conditions with warmth continuing tonight and Tuesday. Morning clear skies and good dirt roads. temperatures recorded: yesterday 90 at 7 pm, today 83 at 7 am, 92 at 10 am, with high and low figures noted from recent days and a year-ago comparison.
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Kansas
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Associated Press
Federal Insurance For Investors In Lawrence Association
Huxman
Tescott
Ford Service
Hamilton
K.U
Swimming Victin
Harper Man
John Branson
Green Bros
County
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