Lifes Toll Of Fourth Shows Decline In Deaths
The nation marked Independence Day with the lowest death toll since 1929, 176 deaths a drop from last year. Drowning led with 70 deaths, autos claimed 69, fireworks fatalities fell to three, and notable incidents occurred in Cant on Oklahoma and Minneapolis.
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Okla
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Iowa
Roosevelt Lands in Haiti on Shore Visit
President Roosevelt left the cruiser Houston and landed at Cape Haitian Haiti on July 5. He spoke at the Union Club partly in French, announcing U S Marines would be withdrawn from Haiti in about a month and that they would be remembered as friends who helped Haiti. Stenio Vincent greeted him ashore as crowds cheered.
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Vincent
Believe Ayres Will Run Again in His District
Wichita leaders expect Congressman W A Ayres to return to Kansas for a primary campaign in the fifth district regardless of any federal trade commission appointment. Only two days remain for Ayres to withdraw as a primary candidate before his name stays on the ballot.
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Kan
W. A. Ayres
Federal Trade Commission
Kansas
Ayres
R. T. McCluggage
el Dorado
United States
Grover Pierpont
Sedgwick County
Glenn Porter
James B. Nash
Jack Houston
Newton
C. F. Whitson
Washington
Indian Runner Triumphs Again At Arlington Handicap
D A Woods of Benton Illinois owned Indian Runner, a once faltering horse, who won the Stars and Stripes Handicap at Arlington Park for the second straight year, pushing career earnings to 45000 and cementing a top three ranking among American handicap stars. The colt, bred by Hal Price Headley, was saved from a failing career and turned into a track sensation after a late purchase.
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A. Woods
Benton
Ilinois
Arlington Park
Hal
Price Headley
Lexington
Turfman
Headley
Woods
Lincoln Fields
Traffic violators answer to judge in police court
Three offenders faced Judge O. F. Learnard this morning. Mona Simpson of 509 Vermont street paid 2 dollars for failing to stop at a stop sign. L A Root of Ottawa forfeited 5 dollars for not appearing on a speeding charge. Ralph Butler of 918 Mississippi street had his speeding case continued until Monday after patrol witnesses failed to appear.
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Vermont Street
L. A. Root
Ottawa
Ralph Butler
Mississippi Street
Butler
Sa Imei
Commissioner Resigns in Missouri Securities Post
Neal J. Ross of Kansas City resigns as state securities commissioner effective July 15. Secretary of State Dwight H. Brown says he is not ready to announce a successor. Classified ads appear after the brief item.
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Neal J. Ross
Kansas City
Dwight H. Brown
Brown
Factory of Frisco-Oakland Bridge Delayed by Riot
Rioting on San Francisco waterfront halted work on the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge after 20 strike pickets clashed with police. Tear gas was used, one striker was seriously injured, and a union member was knocked unconscious as workers feared snipers. Construction stopped as authorities reported the incident to Governor Merriam.
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San Francisco
Vassili Zakharoff
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Charles H. Purcell
Frank Merriam
Must Pay Dog Taxes By July Fifteenth City Warns Delinquents
City officials announce a July 15 deadline for paying dog taxes with warrants possible for late payers. Judge C E Learnard warns violators face at least a $5 fine plus tax and inoculation fees. Police report many licenses collected but some dogs remain untaxed.
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C. E. Learnard
Armin Landis Struck by Bat at Twilight League Game
Armin Landis, son of Virgie Landis, was injured when a bat slipped from Lone Star pitcher Gail Pardee and struck him while he watched Lone Star practice before a Reno game. The Odd Fellow player suffered a broken nose and was taken to a doctor. Officials regret the accident and cite efforts to keep spectators out of harm’s range.
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Gail Pardee
Deaths and Funerals: Amelia Brazil and Reuben Weeks
Miss Amelia Brazil 71 died today at her niece’s home in Lawrence. survivors include two brothers Ed Brazil and Dennis Brazil and two sisters. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Mrs Reuben Weeks 74 died this afternoon eight miles south of Lawrence. services Saturday at 2 p.m. from Rumsey Funeral Home, burial in Memorial Park. Surviving are husband and four children.
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Lee Hegeman
Ed Brazil
Eudora
Dennis Brazil
Gardner
A. W. Ward
Lawrence
Charles Gottstein
Reuben Weeks
Rumsey Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Payrolls Increase 8.2 Percent in Kansas City May Gain
Kansas City payrolls rose 15 percent in May 1938 from May 1933 levels, with totals of 3 838 000 in 1933 and 3 319 000 in 1938. Employment also up 8.2 percent in the same period, per chamber of commerce index of 83 industries. Captain Harold K. Coulter was found guilty by court martial of misconduct in San Antonio and dismissed from the Army.
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Chamber of Commerce
Army
San Antonio, Tex
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Goo Sarvice
French Protest Denies France as Villain in Conspiracy Charge
Paris denies Germany is right to blame France in the so called foreign conspiracy linked to Hitler's revolt. Diplomats said the protest will be presented at Wilhelmstrasse after French Ambassador Francois Poncet faced German press prompts. The dispute arose as Germany seeks to move past the second revolution while Hitler consolidates power. Also reports from Atchison Kansas note Mrs. Robert Wills of Effingham fatally injured and four others slightly hurt in a truck collision near Everest.
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Wills
Micsbad Pacific
Indian Supervisor Marrica Weds in Colorado Springs
Grace A. Wedgewood of Boston, an Indian woman newly appointed supervisor of Indians in a southwest jurisdiction, married Jess Mumma of Weskan Kansas today by a Justice of the Peace. The bride travels to take her duties. the husband will join later.
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Into New Hospital for Tubercular Patients in Kansas
Sixty two tubercular patients at Leavenworth’s Soldier's Home were moved to the new veterans hospital. The tubercular ward features every facility known to science for treatment. Maj. Gen. Charles I. Martin hailed the move as a great stride in care.
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Veterans’ Hospital
Charles I. Martin
Grove Undergoes Tonsil Removal For Red Sox
Boston July 5 AP Robert Moses Lefty Grove Boston pitcher underwent tonsil removal surgery at St Elizabeth hospital. Dr Edward J O'Brien said Grove could rejoin the team by Sunday night when the Red Sox begin their western tour. It was his second attempt to improve his season after earlier dental work.
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Robert Moses
Lefty” Grove
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Edward J. O’brien
Red Sox
Grove
Noted fugitive harboring case ends in suspended term
Ralph Rowe of Guthrie Oklahoma was sentenced in federal court to six months in Leavenworth penitentiary for harboring Wilbur Underhill the fugitive shot by a posse near Shawnee in 1938. The sentence was suspended on good behavior after the raid that led to Rowe’s arrest.
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Guthrie
Okla
Ralph Rowe
Wilbur Underhill
Kansas State
Leavenworth
Underhill
Shawnee
Rowe
High School Band Cancels Concert This Week
The high school band under C. E. Sawhill will not perform in Southpark this week due to two other public appearances. They played at the Lone Star Fourth of July celebration yesterday evening and are slated for a concert in Gage Park at Topeka on Sunday evening July.
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C. E. Sawhill
Lone Star
Gage Vark
Topeka
Call Troops in Strike Flareup on San Francisco Waterfront
San Francisco on July 5 reports Governor Merriam ordering National Guard to the waterfront. Colonel R E Mittelstaedt said 1,000 troops ready to deploy within three hours amid a riot with bricks hurled at police near Steuart Street. Guardsmen armed with vomiting gas stand by. clashes near the ferry building and ILWU headquarters as nine maritime unions strike.
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R. E. Mittelstaedt
Frank Merriam
National Guard
Col. Mittelstaedt
Steuart Street
Ferry Building
International Longshore Men’s Association
Banishment parole for Oklahoma convict praised by governors
Francis Sharpe, an escaped inmate from McAlester, received a banishment parole of 25 years from Gov. Murray after aiding authorities in exposing a plot to kidnap Peggy Ann Landon. Kansas Gov. Lea Landon's letter cited Sharpe's cooperation while noting he must stay out of Oklahoma for a quarter century. Sharpe had been in Kansas prison awaiting transfer.
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Francis Sharpe
Oklahoma
Sharpe
Kansas
Wilbur Underhill
Ford Bradshaw
Eddie Clanton
Clarence
Tony Eno
Jim White
Charles Conner
Okmulgee County
West Coast robbery suspect held for authorities
Leonard Juliano alias George Juliano also known as George Lee Ash Ralph Childers and Carl Roach is held for west coast authorities in Meade Kansas. Sheriff Ross Drinnen said Emporia questioned him on motor car thefts and noted he is an ex convict released November 7 1980 after 18 years in Lansing state prison.
Marland Extends Lead In Oklahoma Governor Race
AP reports July 5 that FE Marland held a large lead over Tom Anglin in the Democratic gubernatorial contest, with 3,026 of 3,353 precincts counted. Marland had 136,863 to Anglin's 37,615, a 49,248 margin, while Jack Walton led the other governor hopefuls.
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FE. W. Marland
Tom Anglin
Murray
Oklahoma
Marland
Anglin
Jack Walton
King
Gomer Smith
Robert Burns
Fatal Wichita crash kills mother and child in auto collision
Mrs Belle Hunt of Wellington died in a Wichita hospital after an automobile crash yesterday. Her husband Harry Hunt was injured but expected to recover. Their three year old son Harold Eugene Hunt was killed instantly when the car collided with a taxi south of Wichita.
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Kan
Belle Hunt
Wellington
Harry Hunt
Death of Livestock Traders' Exchange official in Kansas City
David A. eBatty, secretary and treasurer of the Livestock Traders' exchange, died unexpectedly from a heart attack today in the Wolf & Weil livestock commission office inside the Livestock Exchange Building in Kansas City. Read the Classified page.
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David A. eBatty
Livestock Traders’ Exchange
Wolf & Weil
Livestock Commission
Livestock Exchange
Miss Burlington award goes to Margaret Grandy at Burlington Zephyr show
Margaret Grandy of Superior Nebraska was named Miss Burlington and awarded a three day trip to the Chicago Century of Progress after becoming the millionth to inspect the Burlington Zephyr. The streamliner recently set a record with a 105 mph average over ten miles, with one mile reaching 110.17 mph and other timing methods showing 111.81 mph over five miles.
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Superior
Neb
Margaret Grandy
Burlington
Chicago Century of Progress
Burlington Railroad
Akron
Cole
McCook
Disabled Vets to Elect California Man for Leadership
Delegates at the 77th annual Disabled American Veterans convention focus on selecting a new national commander. Volner P Mooney of Los Angeles is viewed as the insider favorite with public support from Frank J Irwin, Captain Herman H Wimner, Michael Inselbuck, and Judge Otis R Hess among others. The meeting in Colorado Springs notes political backing as the race unfolds.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Volner P. Mooney
Los Angeles
Calif
Mooney
Joe W. McQueen
Kansas City
Frank J. Irwin
Herman H. Wimner
Michael Inselbuck
Blind Veterans
Otis R. Hess
Premier resigns office after seduction case verdict
Edmonton July 5 AP R G Reid provincial treasurer and lands minister succeeds J E Brownlee as premier of Alberta. He and Reid present resignation at government house after jury awarded $10 000 damages in a seduction case against Brownlee brought by Vivéjan MacMillan 22 year old government stenographer.
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Edmonton
Ala
R. G. Reid
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
Reid
Government House
Vivéjan MacMillan
Cee
New Notre Dame head installed as president
The Rev. John F. O’Hara, C C, was elected by the Holy Cross council to succeed the late Rev. Charles L. O’Donnell as University of Notre Dame president. O’Hara, who joined the university 25 years ago as a student, previously served as vice president.
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Ind
John F. O' Hara
C&c
University of Notre Dame
Father O’hara
University
Charles L. O'Donnell
The
Congregation of the Holy Cross
Father O'Hara
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