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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1938

Page

2

Crossroads in Antitrust Plans

Washington july 5 up congress may decide between two 25 year old antitrust paths. one would license interstate trade to supplement antitrust laws, the other create or empower a federal commission to police multistate business, echoing ideas floated by taft roosevelt and carnegie.

Washington Congress Taft Elbert H. Gary Theodore Roosevelt Andrew Carnegie Commission Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Corporations Goliaths of Industry Federal Corporation Commission Interstate Commerce Commission O’mahoney D-Wyo Borah R-Ida Gary United States Steel Corporation James A. Farrell

Nats Name All Star Lineup With Vander Meer To Start

Reds star Johnny Vander Meer is listed as the starting pitcher for the National League in the All-Star Game to be played tomorrow in Cincinnati. Vernon Gomez, Lefty Gomez, is slated to pitch three innings against Vander Meer, while Stan Hack Billy Herman Ival Goodman Joe Medwick Mel Ott Ernie Lombardi Frank McCormick Leo Durocher and Vander Meer headline the NL lineup. The Americans favor Gomez Allen Grove and Grove with Danning filling for Phelps as coach Jimmy Wilson replaces Frisch.

Cincinnati Reds Johnny Vander Meer Bill Terry New York Giants Vander Meer Vernon Lefty Stan Hack Chicago Billy Herman Ival Goodman Joe Medwick St. Louis Mel Ott New York Ernie Lombardi Frank McCormick Leo Durocher Brooklyn Cleveland Bob Feller Gomez Johnny Allen Bob Grove Boston Red Sox Terry Harry Danning Giants Babe Phelps Jimmy Wilson Phillies Frank Frisch Cardinals Bill Dickey Battery Red Rolfe Joe DiMaggio Jimmie Foxx Joe Cronin Red Sox Charley Gehringer Tigers Earl Averill Bob Johnson Athletics DiMaggio

Decoration Around 4.7 Gun In Southpark Progresses

Independence Day visitors noted most boulders in place and a flag atop a new pole behind the 4.7 gun. City engineer Ben Babb said additional work and decorations remain to be completed.

Southpark Ben Babb

Test Your Knowledge Quiz on Classified Page Answers

A reader exercises seven trivia questions on chemistry war citizenship geography and tools. The page hints that the answers appear on the classified section.

Local Republican Candidate Opperman Seeks County Superintendent Nomination

Superintendent candidate Kermit Opperman, a Douglas county native and Lawrence High School 1929 graduate, earned an A.B. from the University of Kansas in 1933 and is pursuing a master of arts degree. He has taught at Leavenworth Junior College and Haskell Institute in the commercial department.

Kermit Opperman Douglas County Lawrence High School University of Kansas Leavenworth Haskell Institute

Lyon No. 1 Well Extends Pulliam Gas Field South

Lyons Kansas July 5 The No 1 Lyon well of Drillers Gas company and Darby Petroleum corporation flow estimated 50 000 000 feet a day and appears to extend the Pulliam gas field 1½ miles southward. The well came in with a roar as the cement plug was drilled out and will be completed tomorrow. The Lyon lies 14½ miles south of Atlantic's No 1 Pulliam and north of Shell's No 1 Maughlin. Sulphur content matches the Pulliam gas.

Lyons Kan Lyon Drillers Gas Company Darby Petroleum Corporation Pulliam Rice County Atlantic Shell Maughlin Cities Service Company

Fireworks ban leads Omaha youth to slingshot flare

In Omaha on July 5 a youth prohibited from shooting fireworks fired a slingshot instead. A direct hit struck Detective Sergeant William Birch, landing the shooter in jail alongside his father who argued loudly at the scene.

Omaha Neb William Birch

Immune Port offer eyed amid Franco British moves

New York July 5 Franco proposes making Almeria immune port for British trade with Spanish loyalists a move linked to Mussolini and Chamberlain. The scheme appears aimed at easing pressure from critics and altering war dynamics while Britain studies the idea and possible new laws of war.

New York Francisco Franco Franco Mussolini England Chamberlain Europe Rome-Berlin Anthony Eden Hitler Almeria Mediterranean France

Conservative Farmer MPs Meet Over Food Policy

London reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain called an influential group of conservative farmer MPs to a food conference as defense policy is debated. A late night conservative committee meeting protested his opposition to home production to meet Britain’s entire needs.

London Neville Chamberlain House of Commons Chamberlain Conservative Party Great Britain

Vatican Paper Denounces Anti Jewish Propaganda

L'Osservatore Romano decries anti Jewish propaganda as unworthy of twenty centuries of Christian civilization. It urges caution against false accusations and notes Austria curbs exposing them with rewards and a lamp lit for truth.

Vatican City Vatican L’osservatore Romano Christ Austria Diogenes

Lawrence Big Six softball action opens second half

In Lawrence the Big Six softball league resumes the second half of a double round robin at K U with Monday and Wednesday games. Haskell held a summer picnic for 120 students and staff followed by fireworks. Firefighters quelled a trash fire on Arkansas street. Former Kansas football player James Brazil toured Lawrence en route to Hays. The gas office thermometer hit 99 degrees in the afternoon.

K. U Haskell Arkansas Street James Brazil University Lawrence Hays Kan Brazil St. Louis

Oatman and Ritchie Duel in Kansas Golf Showdown

Dean Ritchie a Wichita medalist and Glenn Oatman of Lawrence meet in the upper bracket of the Kansas state golf tournament in Hutchinson. In the lower bracket Billy Jones and Jack Robertson of Wichita compete as ex Kansas champion Robertson advances, with Ritchie eliminating Ben Rishel and Oatman defeating Harry Kanatzar Jr. to reach the next round.

Hutchinson Kan Dean Ritchie Glenn Oatman Lawrence Missouri Wichita Billy Jones Jack Robertson Kansas Oatman Harry Kanatzar, Jr Ben Ri

Milk Trust Probe Opens as Grand Jury Impanels

Federal Judge J Jes H Wilkerson began impaneling a grand jury to investigate a possible nationwide milk industry trust. Syracuse University plans a reenactment of the 1787 constitutional convention with students in period costumes.

Chicago J. Jes H. Wilkerson Syracuse University

Ruling Friday on Davis Candidacy

Testimony questioned verification of petitioners and affidavits in a dispute over Davis governor candidacy. Davis and Rice clashed over records and evidence while Crain and election officials faced accusations of coercion and misrepresentation.

Davis John F.rees Topeka Potts Rice Reconstruction Finance Corporation John T. Crain Bourbon County Crain Kansas State Supreme Court

Deaths and Funerals Mrs Gertrude Blackwelder

Mrs Gertrude Boughton Blackwelder 85 a University of Kansas 1875 graduate and Stanford 1890 former Chicago Women’s Club president and Hull House assistant died today at her Stanford home She is survived by her son Eliot Blackwelder head of Stanford geology and his wife Jean Bowersock daughter of the late Mr and Mrs J D Bowersock

Gertrude B. Blackwelder Gertrude Boughton Blackwelder University of Kansas Stanford University Chicago Women’s Club Jane Addams Hull House Eliot Blackwelder Jean Bowersock J. D. Bowersock

Trade Treaty Ties Italy with Japan and Manchoukuo

Tokyo reports that Italy Japan and Manchoukuo signed a trade accord regulating trade and payments between Italy and the two eastern partners. Observers view the pact as linking Japan and Manchoukuo, created from Manchurian lands, as close allies despite prior claims of independence for Manchoukuo.

Tokyo Japan Italy Obesrvers Manchoukuo China Cone

Tuffo Sentenced For Shoplifting At Montgomery Ward

Frank Tuffo of Cleveland Ohio was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail after pleading guilty to petit larceny. The incident occurred when he slipped two boxes of women's hose from Montgomery Ward and fled. Store manager B E Eells pursued and confronted him, leading to a brief scuffle before police arrived.

B. E. Eells Montgomery Ward Frank Tuffo Cleveland, CO Donald S. Hults Justice of Peace Tuffo Eells Massachusetts Street Hells Hurd Motor Company Thomas C. Davis Topeka University of Nebraska

Perkins Seeks British Labor Adjustment Model

Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins travels to London to study Britain’s 70 year old arbitration system and its habit driven approach to resolving labor disputes. She notes findings likely won’t change U.S. labor relations law and emphasizes reliance on custom over new statutes.

London Frances Perkins Roosevelt Britain Perkins

Ward sermon opens Clinton Belvoir notes summer church events

The Rev. Ward spoke on truth at Sunday service. Choir practice for the junior choir is set for Friday evening with Mrs. Don Patton in charge. The Missionary Society meets Thursday afternoon July 14 at the church with Mrs. Emma Anderson and Mrs. Effie Kampschroeder as hostesses.

Ward Don Patton The Missionary Society Emma Anderson Effie Kampschroeder Fred Dravis Frank Denewiler Santa Ana Blythe Calif Lena Murphy Dravis Denewiler Williams Lawrence Memorial High School Howard Kampschroeder Hame Six Corners Charles Kampschroeder Howard Ebon Anderson

Norris death sentence commuted to life in Scottsboro case

Montgomery Alabama July 5 Governor Bibb Graves commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of Clarence Norris one of the Scottsboro defendants. The action followed a recommendation from the Alabama board of pardons and comes after retrials last year in the widely publicized case. Three other defendants remain imprisoned. a fifth pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder and received 20 years. Four were freed after six years in jail. Examination for Nurses notices include an Indian Field Service civil service exam for three nursing positions at Haskell with July 18 deadline.

Montgomery Ala Bibb Graves Clarence Norris Scottsboro Alabama Board of Pardons Norris Civil Service Indian Field Service Haskell Civil Service Commission

De Molay Conference Opens in Kansas City

About 1000 delegates from nearly every state attended the four day founders conference of the Order of De Molay in Kansas City. The opening chapel service was led by Rev. Charles W. Gilkey dean of the University of Chicago chapel.

de Molay Kansas City Union The Order of de Molay Charles W. Gilkey University of Chicago

List of names in a local social column

Harry Murphy and children, multiple Mrs names including Ernest Smith, Jude Anderson, Emma Anderson, Carter Anderson and daughters, Har ry Unger, Glenn Steele, Russell Harrell, Leo and Roberta, George Steele, Charles Belless, Opal and Louise, Tom Hout, Vivian and Nadine, Roy Bowen, Bessie Mumford and children, Ernest Kamp Schroeder and daughters, Fred Torneden and children appear in a community notice listing residents and families.

Harry Murphy Ernest Smith Jude Anderson Emma Anderson Carter Anderson Harry Unger Glenn Steele Russell Harrell Leo Roberta George Steele Charles Belless Opal Louise Tom Hout Vivian Nadine Roy Bowen Bessie Mumford Ernest Kampschroeder Fred Torneden

Valley Chapel Social Round Includes Birthday Host

Mr and Mrs Roy Curtis and children visited Mr and Mrs Hugo Schellhorn for supper. Mrs John Banks and Mr Greenwood dined with Neal Banks family and Mrs Robbins called. Christian Endeavor met at Roy Puckett. Roy Curtis hosted Agnes birthday with guests Mrs Hugo Nieder and children Dean Carolyn and Mrs Carl Nieder and Henry.

Roy Curtis Hugo Schellhorn John Banks Mr. Greenwood Neal Banks Robbins Christian Endeavor Society Roy Puckett Agnes Hugo Nieder Dean Carolyn Carl Nieder Henry

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