Ruling Friday on Davis candidacy
The state contest board will decide at 10 a m Friday whether Jonathan M Davis can appear on the November ballot as an independent governor candidate The board heard Davis rebuttal to objections by Carl Rice for the Democratic state central committee The board could not reach a quick agreement on the case Rice contends 3269 signers include fewer than 2500 qualified voters and that some signers were misled about the petition’s purpose
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Topeka
State Contest Board
Jonathan M. Davis
Davis
Carl Rice
Democratic State Central Committee
Walter Patterson
Fort Scott
Dempster O. Potts
Wichita
Rice
Appeal unlikely if Democrats lose Rice says
Topeka July 5 Carl V Rice counsel for the state Democratic central committee said an appeal to the state supreme court would be unlikely if the contest board rules against him in allowing Jonathan M Davis to appear on the ballot as an independent in November He noted about 55 percent of Davis petition signers are Republicans suggesting the Huxman protest would go to the Republican party if Davis is removed from the race
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Topeka
P—Carl V. Rice
State Democratic Central Committee
State Supreme Court
Jonathan M. Davis
Davis
Objections to Davis Candidacy Amid Fraud Claims
Patterson argues that forged signatures and pasted blank sheets taint ballots but affidavits of signers do not prove fraud. He says the burden lies with objectors and that election-firm affidavits from Democratic workers are not automatically accepted. The objections were allegedly not properly submitted and do not disqualify Davis.
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Patterson
Davis
Haven for Jews high on Evian agenda
Washington reports South America and the British Dominions should be main havens for oppressed Jews and other refugees from Germany and Austria. Private wealth from richer nations would largely fund transport, with 33 nations meeting at Evian to set refugee havens under Hull’s guidance. The United States will be represented by Myron C. Taylor.
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Washington
South America
State Department
Germany
Austria
United States
Great Britain
Evian
France
Hull
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
British Plan to Withdraw Foreign Fighters From Spain
The full nonintervention committee with 26 European nations approved the British plan to withdraw foreign troops from the Spanish civil war and urged Britain to seek both Spanish factions’ approval. Britain France Italy and Germany each paid £12 000 to fund start up. Franco’s capital Burgos reported Generalissimo would accept the plan unconditionally upon receiving the document.
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Spain
Powers
London
Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Burgos
Generalissimo
Roosevelt Eyes Bold New Course in Primaries
Washington reports President Roosevelt plans a west coast trip starting July 5 to personally intervene in Democratic primaries. He signals a possible shift from relying on lieutenants, backing key allies like Barkley and McAdoo, and weighing direct remarks on candidates and platform principles during three Kentucky speeches. He may also address Adams in Colorado and Thomas in Oklahoma, with advisers split on how far to push.
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Washington
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Duffy
Wisconsin
McAdoo
California
Thomas G. Corcoran
Farley
Smith
South Carolina
George
Georgia
Tydings
Maryland
A. B. Chandler
Elmer Thomas
D.-Okla
E. W. Marland
Gomer Smith
William G. McAdoo
D.calif
Alva Adams
D.-Colo
Pueblo
Adams
Benjamin Hilliard
Reorganization Bill Is Wanted Roosevelt Says
President Roosevelt told a press conference that the country undoubtedly wants a government reorganization bill. He noted many House supporters favored 90 percent of the measure but objected to ten percent. Administration leaders planned a new push at the next session to enact the reform law. He said passage hinges on reconciling conflicting details.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Market Caution Pauses Rally After Fourth of July Burst
Wall Street cooled after a two week surge with investors taking profits. Broad gains overseas failed to sustain momentum as stocks slipped $1 to $3 on mixed volume of about 1.7 million shares in a five hour session.
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New York
Wall Street
Ford Service Hamilton 15 W
A brief service item lists Ford Service in Hamilton at 15 West, detailing routine vehicle maintenance and parts availability for local customers.
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Ford Service
Hamilton
W. Oth
Insurgents seize Burriana amid Spanish Civil War advance
Insurgents push along the Mediterranean coast toward Valencia occupying Burriana and Grao de Burriana after breaking lines south of the Teruel highway. Dispatches report 2,000 government troops trapped near Tales Arna, and air raids on Badalona cause heavy casualties.
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Hendaye
France
Mediterranean
Valencia
Burriana
Sagunto
Grao de Burriana
Villarreal
Teruel
Jose Varela
Universales
Tales
Artana
Nales
Santa Cristina Hermitage
Badalona
Barcelona
Japanese advance aims at Hankow after HuKow capture
The Japanese army claims a victory at Hukow 160 miles from Nanking as it presses toward Hankow. They plan an offensive along two routes up the Yangtze or a land sea detour to sever the Canton Hankow railroad. Warships clear mines to prepare for Kiukiang move.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
China
Hankow
Chiang Kai--Shek
Hukow
Canton-Hankow
Kiukiang
Matowchen
Poyang
Newcomer Urges Defeat of New Dealers in Kansas
Carl Newcomer, candidate for Kansas governor, urged voters to defeat all new dealers and dollars aimed at the state. He warned that commissions and regulations threaten liberty and claimed the Pendergast machine seeks unlawful influence over Kansas businesses. He pledged to use the governor's power with law enforcement to end alliance between politics and illegal business.
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Lyndon
Kan
Kan- Lans
Carl Newcomer
Newcomer
Pendergast
Kansas
Germans Exit Hankow After Nine-Year Chiang Ties
General Baron Alexander von Falkenhausen and 28 German advisers left Hankow for home ending a nine year association with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. Berlin reportedly ordered the recall prompting the request for release from the contract.
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Hankow
Baron Alexander von Falkenhausen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Berlin
von Falkenhausen
Tax Collections Exceed 86 Percent In City and County
Lawrence city tax collections total 206269.74 dollars from a 239040.65 dollar roll or 26.29 percent of the rolls. Douglas County overall shows 86.66 percent collected with 866994.66 of 1000477.97 paid. District 60 in Lawrence reports 89.18 percent of its roll.
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Lawrence
Mildred LeSuer
Douglas County
Pet
Ees Tangible Seyency
AWAIT ON DEMAND PROMPTS POTATO HARVEST IN KAW VALLEY
A harvest resumed in the Kaw valley after a partial shutdown during the holiday week. Growers reported activity returning to fields as crews picked and loaded spuds.
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Kaw Valley
Weekend record set for wheat shipments to Kansas City market
Wheat movement after weekend holidays shows 38 575 cars on hand at market reopen, a new weekend record exceeding last year by 213 cars. Receipts approach 8 000 cars since new crop movement began with crowded sidings and active early demand. Protein averaged 12.30 percent, with 65 to 75 cents per bushel cited in early sales.
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Kansas City
Hutchinson
Kan
Wichita
Salina
St. Joseph
Edwards Reports Three Holiday Accident Deaths
Topeka July 5 The state highway patrol reports three weekend deaths and 54 injuries from 62 vehicle accidents Saturday Sunday and Monday Estimated property damage about 9985 The fatalities were all Sunday Mrs Ruby Butsler near Beverly John Bronson on U S 160 near Argonia and Harold Maloney on U S 54 near Eureka
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Topeka
State Highway Patrol
Kansas
Evan Edwards
Ruby Butsler
Beverly
John Bronson
Argonia
Harold Maloney
Eureka
Five Inmates Escape Reformatory Slugging Guard
Hutchinson Kan July 5 Five inmates escaped the state reformatory after slugging guard Harold Waldecker who was taken to the hospital his condition is not known. Two escapees leapt from the car near the institution while three continued west one of the fugitives a life term prisoner. State board of administration members attended the bi monthly session and observed the manhunt organization.
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Hutchinson
Kan
State Reformatory
Harold Waldecker
Institution
State Board of Administration
Turkish troops enter Alexandretta jointly with French forces
Turkish troops entered the Sanjak of Alexandretta with French forces to jointly control the region. A cavalry troop led infantry across the border near Hadijalar and moved toward Antioch under a Franco Turkish pact guiding future elections on self rule.
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Antioch
Syria
Sanjak
Alexandretta
France
Hadijalar
Quara Su
Market Report Shows Sluggish Potatoes and Soft Wheat
Buyers were scarce as the potato market lingered near steady Friday after holiday activity. Wheat fell two cents to 55 cents a bushel on weak central market trends with no top grade sales reported, while harvests progress in Kaw valley and threshing continues.
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Commission House
Kaw Valley
Kansas Highway Flood Damage Estimated At 250000 To 350000
Topeka reports damage to state highways from heavy rains is estimated at 250000 to 350000 dollars. The total may grow over months with scattered destruction across the state. Northwest Kansas includes a bridge loss at Russell Springs on K 25 and another at Ellsworth on K 14.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Highway Department
L. L. Marsh
Russell Springs
Ellsworth
Hutchinson
Wichita
Morton County
Cover Crops for Farm Time in Charlotte Spotlight
P T J R Puckett shows 26 acre farm in Charlotte using burr clover on cotton land and well seeded pasture with grasses and legumes. He employs lespedeza small grain and Austrian peas as winter covers. Land is terraced and steeper slopes are strip cropped to prevent erosion.
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Charlotte
N. C
TJ. R. Puckett
Stock Market Index Readings Spark Weekend Note
Average of sixty stocks shows 47.7 on Saturday with readings around 48.4, reflecting a modest market movement.
Roosevelt calls for survey to improve Southern economy
President Roosevelt urged Southern delegates at Washington to draft a restatement of the South’s economic conditions and to map a broader program for rehabilitation. NEC director Lowell C. Mellett said data on resources, soil, water, population, wealth, education, and health would guide the discussion, with no legislation involved. Governor Carl Bailey of Arkansas highlighted rural poverty and absentee ownership as key issues, noting the new wage hour law aims to fix injustices.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Economic Council
South
Lowell C. Mellett
NEC
Mellett
Carl Bailey
Arkansas
Jobs the Real Issue in Fall Elections
Washington July 5 Representative Martin chair of the Republican congressional committee says the main issue in the fall elections is jobs. He asserts administration policies failed to bring better days for 13,000,000 unemployed, while some objectives were good but misdirected.
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Washington
Martin
R.-Mass
Republican Congressional Committee
House
Roosevelt backs reorganization bill after Brownlow panel
President Roosevelt conferred with the Brownlow committee members Louis Brownlow Luther Gulick and Charles Merriam on his government reorganization proposals. The measure, approved by the Senate, was pigeonholed in the House as administration leaders planned to press it next session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Brownlow
Louis Brownlow
Luther Gulick
Charles Merriam
Senate
House
Nation's Holiday Death Toll Hits 513
The weekend death toll reached 513 with motor vehicle accidents accounting for the majority of fatalities. Fireworks were not the cause in the listed deaths.
Guest Conductor Ralph Rush Leads Midwestern Camp Band
Ralph E. Rush, director of instrumental music at Cleveland Heights High School, conducts the Midwestern Music camp group at the University of Kansas. He praises the "big improvement" over last year as 18 new band compositions are introduced for this week’s rehearsals ahead of Sunday’s concert. Rush, from Wittenberg College, has 11 years of public school teaching in Cleveland and will next work with Northwestern University’s band before returning to conduct civic concerts in Cleveland Heights. He sits on national and regional band associations’ boards and committees.
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Ralph E. Rush
Cleveland Heights
K. U
Rush
N. de Robertis
Lawrence
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Cleveland
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
National School Band Association
National School Orchestra Association
Two Children Missing as Searchers Sweep Rivers and Hills
Estes Park Colorado July 5 workmen planned to divert Roaring River waters to search the river bed for four year old Alfred Beilhartz who was lost on a holiday outing with his Denver parents. Bloodhounds and crews searched the river bank. Anaconda Montana July 5 searchers entered rough back country to find 13 year old Robert Russell missing on a fishing trip with his stepfather in a primitive area.
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Estes Park
Colo
Roaring River
Alfred Beilhartz
William Harvey Beilhartz
Denver
Anaconda
Mont
Pindar-Anaconda
Robert Russell
Charles Tucker
Barney Larsen
Johnson named dean of Wisconsin College of Engineering
F Ellis Johnson, KU faculty 1915 to 1930 and former head of electrical engineering, has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin. Johnson holds letters and engineering degrees from Wisconsin, the latter earned in 1909.
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F. Ellis Johnson
University of Kansas
University of Missouri
College of Engineering
University of Wisconsin
Dean Johnson
Tragic collision near West Plains claims one life five injured
Noah Smith 27 of Dora Missouri was killed instantly when his car and a truck owned by Wichita Kansas livestock dealer T C Trimmell collided on highway 14 about 12 miles from West Plains. Smith was on the car’s running board and was thrown through the truck windshield. Five others suffered injuries.
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West Plains, Mo
Noah Smith
Dora
T. C. Trimmell
Wichita
Kan
West Plains
Smith
Flood Tide Delays Colorado River Scientific Expedition
Flood tide on the Colorado River heightens anxiety as a six member scientific party from Green River Utah awaits arrival at Lee’s Ferry. Norman Nevills leads the expedition with two women among the crew, Elizada Clover and Lois Jotter, seeking a historic navigation down the river.
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Colorado
Lee’s Ferry
Ariz
Colorado River
Green River
Alabe Lama
Fourth of July in Lawrence Ends Quietly with One Fatality
Over Fourth of July weekend Lawrence reports one drowning death, 17 year old Richard Lee, amid hot weather and fireworks. The event follows a nationwide spike in July accidents while city activities included a music camp, patriotic services, a Leavenworth game, and crowds at pools and picnics.
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Lawrence
Richard Lee
Charles Riggs
Charles A. Galloway
East 19Th Street
Memorial Hospital
K.A
Union Church
Southpark
Harold G. Barr
First Christian Church
Leavenworth
Green Brothers Ban Johnson
South Park
Warm Kansas Harvest Weather Yet With Heat Wave
Topeka reports hot conditions with a 104 degree high in Ellis and Phillipsburg as drought pressure grows. Forecaster S. D. Flora said another 36 hours bring more 100 degree heat while only northern Kansas may see a few thundershowers and rain remains sparse.
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Topeka
Kansas
Altho
S. D. Flora
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Banks Urged to Report June 30 Condition Nationwide
The comptroller of the currency, the Federal Reserve Board, and the FDIC jointly call for condition reports from 13,735 banks at close of business June 30. Banks examined by these agencies must submit their financial status, a routine requirement two to four times yearly.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Kansas Weather Forecast Promises Warm, Few Showers
The Kansas forecast calls for generally fair and warm conditions tonight and Wednesday, with possible scattered thunderstorms in the extreme north. Morning skies are clear and roads are listed as good as temperatures rise from 78 to around 94 yesterday's peak near 100.
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Kansas
iSacal
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Elizada Clover
University of Michigan
Lois Jotter
Don Harris
U. S. Geological Survey
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Michigan
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