China Seeks World Aid in War Against Japan
Premier H H Kung writes for AP on the first anniversary of the Chinese Japanese war from Hankow. He condemns Japanese aggression, urges world action, and describes China’s resolve, unity, and reliance on international law and collective security to confront militarism. He extols foreign aid and foresees a 20th century where right overcomes might.
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Associated Press
H. H. Kung
Executive Yuan
China
Hankow
Japan
Manchuria
Pacific
Peoley
Light Rain Brings Small Amount to Eudora Areas
Eudora recorded one eighth inch of rain yesterday with most at 3 30 PM and brief hail. Areas south and east saw no moisture while harvest continued. Threshing at Belleview halted during the hail storm, but no crop damage reported.
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Eudora
Belleview
Test Your Knowledge Trivia Questions and Answers
A set of general knowledge prompts including presidential eligibility, Cornell location, bridal showers, spelling of Philippine natives, largest inland body, Prince Konoye, second largest planet, Harvard University founding, New Jersey nickname, and banana oil chemical name.
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Cornell University
Philippine Islands
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Harvard Wiivenetty
New. Jersey
Judge Rules for Mrs Jansen in Custody Case
Philadelphia July 7 A custody dispute ends with Judge Joseph G. Tumolillo awarding Mrs Helen Jansen custody of their three year old son after she admits she does not know where Pittsburgh is and cannot tell the child when asked. The father Harry, 24, alleged she was not intelligent enough to raise him.
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Philadelphia
Joseph G. Tumolillo
Helen Jansen
Pittsburgh
Harry
Roosevelt Adds City to His Tour
President Roosevelt continues his western tour after visiting Elliott Roosevelt at Fort Worth. He plans to stop in Pueblo Colorado on July 12 and may hold additional talks in California. The president may speak in support of Senator McAdoo as he seeks renomination.
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Ickes
Elliott Roosevelt
Fort Worth
Pueblo
Colo
California
McAdoo
Koelb urges Kiwanis to stay human and stay informed
Rev. Howard E. Koelb at Wiedemann's Kiwanis luncheon links Independence Day to national self discipline and principle. He argues freedom requires responsible action not luck, calls for love of country without infatuation, and urges citizens to increase information, grow social imagination, and adapt to change.
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Howard E. Koelb
First Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann's
Mr. Koelb
Great Britain
McCall's Sentence of Death Is Not Commuted
Florida pardon board refused to commute the death sentence of Franklin Pierce McCall for the ransom kidnapping of James Bailey Cash Jr. at Princeton Florida on May 29. The decision followed a brief executive session after pleas from McCall’s attorney and the prosecutor. The Cash child's mother had refused to join the plea for mercy.
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Tallahasse
Fla
Florida Pardon Board
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
McCall
Cash
Pull a Horse from Mud in North Lawrence
Policemen responded to Seventh and Lyons streets at 1 45 pm to rescue a bogged horse in a drainage ditch. Officers Dicker and Schiller dragged the animal to the street but it could not rise. Owner Frank Lee arrived as five men failed to lift the horse.
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Seventh
Lyons
North Lawrence
Dicker
Schiller
Frank Leee
Drowned Kansas City Man J T Hailey Funeral Held
Funeral services for J T Hailey 26 of Kansas City Mo drowned early yesterday in Kernodles lake will be at Funk's chapel Friday at 1030 Rev Howard E Koelb officiating Burial in Memorial park cemetery Hailey survived by wife Jo Ann Hailey parents Mr and Mrs J Hailey Lawrence four sisters Mrs Wes Smith Lawrence Mrs Rex Lyon Kansas City Miss Pauline Hailey Miss Johnnie Hailey Lawrence and two brothers O P Hailey and A B Hailey Los Angeles Calif
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J. T. Hailey
Kansas City
Kernodles Lake
Funk’s
Lawrence
Rex Lyon
Pauline Hailey
Johnnie Hailey
O. P. Hailey
A. B. Hailey
Los Angeles
Calif
Perkins dodges third term question in Britain
Frances Perkins, U.S. secretary of labor, couldn't confirm if Franklin D. Roosevelt would seek a third term. She told a British inquirer she did not know, noting Roosevelt's evasive reply when she asked him. She spoke to members of the Commons trade union group in a brisk, rapid review of American conditions and laws.
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London
Frances Perkins
United States
Labor
Roosevelt
Miss Perkins
Britain
House of Commons
Man Rules Roost in British Home in London Clash
A humorous commentary on European and American marriage norms contrasts English domestic authority with American independence. The piece cites Lord Northesk and Jessica Browne, notes the English husband as head of the house, and suggests differences in childrearing and divorce grounds.
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New York
London
Babs Hutton
Dane
England
Sussex
Count Haugwitz - Reventlow
America
Lord Northesk
Jessica Browne
Northesk
Mr. Ziegfeld
Ziegfeld
Father
Babs
Three CIO Strikers Arrested Over Kidnapping Charge
In Newton Iowa three CIO union strikers Richard Neibur William Longren and Hollis Hall were arrested on kidnapping charges. Sheriff Earl Shields reported a grand jury indictment accusing them of holding five Maytag plant foremen inside the factory on June 28 the strike's first day. County Attorney Luther M Carr noted the incident occurred during the Maytag labor dispute with out of town unionists entering the city.
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Newton
Iowa
C.I.C
Maytag
Earl Shields
Richard Neibur
William Longren
Hollis Hall
C.I.0
Luther M. Carr
Weekly Concert Is Set At Liberty Memorial Bandstand
The Liberty Memorial high school band will give its weekly concert from the South Park bandstand at 8 tomorrow night. Soloists Jean Murray on xylophone and Howard Wray on vocal perform. Program includes Air Waves, A Night in June, Military Escort, My Soul Be Glad and Joyful, Caprice Viennoise, His Honor, Sylvia, Fun and Frolic, and more.
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Liberty Memorial
South Park
Jean Murray
Howard Wray
J. Olivadad
K. L. King
Henry Fillmore
Kreisler
Syvia
British Troops Move to Quell Jewish Arab Riots in Palestine
Britain ordered two battalions from Egypt to Palestine to aid in quelling the deadly Jewish Arab conflict amid mounting casualties. The Emerald and Enterprise cruisers arrived at Haifa, with the Repulse fleet carrier en route to relieve Emerald as 8,500 British troops operate to end the strife gripping the Holy Land.
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Palestine
Woodhead
Britain
Holy Land
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Admiralty
Emerald
Haifa
Enterprise
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Mediterranean
County welfare uses orange and prune bait to move dried milk
Lawrence reports the county welfare office struggles to dispose of federally supplied dried milk. They pair it with more palatable items like oranges or prunes, offering both in the same allotment. Clients accept the packages without comment.
Officers Bar to Promotion in World War II Army
Washington reports the War Department may retire about 4 000 senior officers from the 12 600 strong army to create space for younger men. Brigadier General Lorenzo D. Gasser says a revised promotion system is being prepared for Congress, targeting captains majors lieutenant colonels and colonels to prevent stagnation. Automatic promotions to higher ranks are limited by vacancies, with general officers chosen by the President on secretary of war and chief of staff recommendations.
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Washington
War Department
High Command
Lorenzo D. Gasser
Congress
West Point
Secretary of War
Miners' Jobs at Stake in RFC Loan Protest
Huntington West Virginia July 7 A protest over a $20,000,000 RFC loan to finance a gas pipeline argues that thousands of coal miners could losejobs if the loan is approved James D Francis president Island Creek Coal Co condemns the plan as unnecessary and uneconomic and urges RFC Chairman Jesse Jones to oppose it.
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Huntington
W. Va
RFC
Washington
James D. Francis
Kansas
Mesada Range
Minnesota
Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
FTC urges curb on big firms buying rivals assets
The Federal Trade Commission recommended banning large corporations from purchasing the stock or assets of competing firms. The rule would usually exclude small firms under 10 percent of an industry's output unless monopoly creation is threatened, following a two year probe that found serious monopolistic conditions in the farm implement industry.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Fugitives rob Durant merchant then flee toward Texas
Four armed men seized a Durant Oklahoma hardware merchant's car after forcing him to walk away. The group, likely Kansas state reform atory fugitives, fled south toward Texas leaving another car abandoned in Kansas and later were linked to a Colorado police search after escaping from a Kansas reformatory.
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Durant
Okla
Kansas State Reformatory
Texas
John Williams
Clarence White
Enid
J. J. Coffman
Hutchinson
Kan
KE. P. Hall
Denver
Cost of War in China The First Year Toll
Shanghai reports the first year of the oriental war has cost China about 1 billion dollars in direct damage and similar war costs. Japan is believed to have spent at least 2 billion dollars with vast provincial conquest and destruction. Foreign losses include about 3 billion in foreign investment damage and American and British losses totaling hundreds of millions. Civilian and military deaths and injuries exceed one million.
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Shanghai
China
Japan
Inmates in Cells After Kansas Reformatory Shakeup
A vigorous shakedown at the Kansas state reformatory followed Tuesday’s escape of five convicts and discovery of handmade knives. Inmates were locked in cells yesterday and again today. Harold Waldecker, a tailor shop foreman, was slugged but reported in satisfactory condition.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas State Reformatory
Harold Waldecker
Reformatory Tailor Shop
Waldecker
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf in good condition at New York medical center
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden is reported in very good condition at Harkness Pavilion of the medical center after returning from a function and a banquet in his honor in New York.
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New York
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of
Sweden
Harkness Pavilion
Medical Center
Wheat Harvest On O Dearn Farm Later Plans Mentioned
Reno H. P. Leonhart and son began combining wheat on the O Deans farm Friday while another man ran a binder cutting oats that same week. Mrs. Dehoff Mr. and Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Roberts visited the state lake with others this weekend.
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H. P. Leonhart and Son
O’dean
W. A. Dehoff
Robert Graham
Mabel Roberts
State Lake
Dan Sample
Edgerton
C. L. Dehoff
Q. Wiley
Lewis
Durr Family Visit Spans Several Relatives Across States
Belleview report notes Mr and Mrs Elvin Durr and children Carolee and Jimmie from Herman Missouri visiting extended family. They spent a week with Berthold Durr and Selzer families and other relatives including Mrs Frank Schenhoffer Fall Leaf Mrs Gene Caroll California and Mrs Roy Johnson.
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Elvin Durr
Carolee and
Jimmie
Herman, Mo
Berthold Durr
Selzer
Frank Schenhoffer
Fall Leaf
Gene Caroll
California
Roy Johnson
Vacation Visitors From East and Nearby Towns
Volney Holmes of East Orange New Jersey visited for two weeks with his parents and relatives. The Traxlers and their son Lester with Sharon Bahn tier of Lecompton joined others for a Thursday visit. Chronisters from Abilene visited with Everett Coventintan and family. A. L. Hadi and sons and Arthur Little were Sunday dinner guests of Al Simmons near Sibley. Z G Houser’s family vacationed near Madison for farming matters and sister Ella Hamlin from Emporia joined them home briefly.
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Jean Smith
Kansas City
al Hadr
Clifford Coffman
Barbara Skinner
Lawrence
Alma Houffine
Burbank
Cal
Berthold Durr
Overland Park
E. S. Forsythe
George Warmker
Raymond
Dorothy
Warren
Eudora
Arthur Warmker
Jimmie
Alfred Warmker
San Benito
Tex
Everett Chronister
Bobbie
Harry Warmker
John Bryant
Helene Wolf
Jean
Forrest Lake
A. L. Hadl
Randolph Leonhard
Billings
Mont
Volney Holmes
East Orange
N. J
L. M. Holmes
Ralph Traxler
Lester
Sharon Bahntgier
Lecompton
L. J. Shirek
E. E. Chronister and Sons
Abilene
Everett Gcoventintan
A. L. Hadi
Arthur Little
al Simmons
Sibley
Z. G. Houser
Madison
Ella Hamlin
Emporia
Community bids thanks for support after loss of Rose Martin
The family of Mrs. Rose Martin expresses sincere gratitude for acts of kindness during illness and after her death. William H. Martin, Earl L. Martin, Mrs. Howard Creel, Mrs. Robert Pugh, and Edward B. Martin sign the notice.
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Rose Martin
William H. Martin
Earl L. Martin
Howard Creel
Robert Pugh
Edward B. Martin
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