Italy intensifies forces as Ethiopia war looms in rains
Rome and London reports indicate Italy has boosted East Africa troops from 12 000 to 15 000 with four divisions ready. Over 3 000 soldiers and officers sail toward Africa as observers predict fighting may start before the September rains. Dr T A Lambie doubts large battles before Mussolini strikes inland.
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Rome
Italy
East Africa
Ethiopia
Africa
Althe
France
Great Britain
League of Nations
London
Anthony Eden
Conciliation Commission
Scheveningen
Netherlands
Benito Mussolini
T. A. Lambie
Abyssinian Mission Service
Lambie
Emperor Haile Selassie
Associated Press
Ward, Colo Gold Vein Assays $20,000 a Ton
Ward residents flocked to Bald Mountain after miner Tom Lyle claimed a vein assaying up to $20,000 per ton. He discovered the strike June 14 while staking six claims and continues working nearby while others rushed to secure claims in Ward and Nederland. Local mining engineer Larry Skinner, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Skinner, is active on two old mines near Jamestown.
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Ward
Colo
Tom Lyle
Bald Mountain
Lyle
Nederland
Larry Skinner
J.T. Skinner
New Hampshire Street
Skinner
Jamestown
Kansans Back Colmery for National Commander
Topeka July 8 Harry W Colmery of Topeka and former Kansas Legion commander is Kansas’ nominee for national commander at the Legion’s September St. Louis convention. The state executive committee has endorsed him. Colmery chaired the Legion’s national legislative committee in 1930 and 1931.
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Topeka
Cpi
Harry W. Colmery
Kansas Department of the American Legion
Kansas
The
Service Organization
St. Louis
the Legion
Colmery
National Post
Legion
Six Kansans Nominated as District Supervisors in Relief Program
Evan Griffith states six Kansans were nominated for district supervisor posts in the relief program, awaiting confirmation within days. Nominees include Oscar Palmer Topeka. Milton Primm Wichita. Ben Hudson Chanute. Clarence Nevins Dodge City. Martin Basgall Hays. Charles Halstrom McPherson. Also named: John Brink deputy administrator Kansas City. L C Dedo Topeka chief finance. Frank Stapleton Topeka chief auditor.
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Topeka
Evan Griffith
Works Progress
Kansas
Oscar Palmer
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wichita
Milton Primm
Harper County
Chanute
Ben Hudson
Fredonia Daily Herald
Dodge City
Clarence Nevins
House
Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Harry H. Woodring
Hays
Martin Basgall
Public Instruction
Ellis County
Salina
Charles Halstrom
McPherson
State Highway Commission
Woodring
Griffith
Washington
John ©. Brink
Kansas City
L. C. Dedo
Frank Stapleton
Treasury Department
New AAA Wheat Payments Set at 33 Cents, 1935 Adjustments
Washington July 8 Secretary Wallace proclaims 1935 wheat adjustment payments at least 33 cents a bushel, up from 29 cents, with two installments and deductions for county costs. Chester Davis notes about 14 million dollars more income to wheat producers and total 115 million in 1935 payments. State estimates include Colorado 2.55 million, Kansas 28.15 million, Missouri 1.93 million, Montana 7.49 million, Nebraska 7.15 million, Oklahoma 7.94 million, South Dakota 5.99 million, Texas 36.25 million, with audits starting next week.
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Washington
Wallace
AAA
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Two Sisters Sought in Butler Missing Since 1930s
Butler police seek information on Lucretia Morse and Emma Morse, ages 50 and 55, missing for about 25 years. Attorneys report a $100 reward tied to settling their mother Rachel Morse’s estate in Reno County Kansas. Also note a drowning of Helen Pirtle, 14, in Neosho River near Emporia Kansas.
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Butler
F—Butler
Police Department
Lucretia Leone Morse
Emma Elida Morse
Rachel Eva Morse
Reno County
Kansas
Neosho River
Emporia
Kan
Helen Pirtle
R. L. Hanchett
Fred Pirtle
Looted Gambling Barge Pirates Seize Monte Carlo Off Long Beach
Five pirates boarded the Monte Carlo gambling barge eight miles off shore at 4 a.m. and chained 13 crew members. They looted the safe, taking an estimated $22,000 in cash and $10,000 in jewelry left as patrons’ security, then escaped as Coast Guard was alerted. Ed Turner, owner, described the incident as piracy on the high seas.
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Long Beach
Calif
Monte Carlo
Ed Turner
Turner
Part
Coast Guard
M. Kelier
California
Keller
American League Stars Beat National League 4 to 1 in All Star Game
At Cleveland Stadium July 8 the American League outplayed the National League 4 to 1 behind a four hit gem from Lefty Gomez and Mel Harder. Jimmie Foxx opened with a first inning homer as Gehrig stood on base, while Walker and Schumacher yielded the runs before Derringer and Dizzy Dean pitched brief stints for momentum.
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Cleveland Stadium
Lefty Gomez
Mel Harder
Jimmie Foxx
Lou Gehrig
Bill Walker
Nationals
Hal Schumacher
Giants
Paul Derringer
Dizzy Dean
Walker
Schumacher
Derringer
J. Dean
Wilson
Hartnett
Gomez
Harder
Hemsley
Government Has 75 Witnesses In Thulin Kidnap Trial
Tacoma July 8 75 witnesses are ready as the government plans to prove its case against Margaret Thulin the 19 year old accused of kidnapping George Weyerhaeuser. U S District Attorney J Charles Dennis states witnesses include Justice Department agents police from Butte Montana and Salt Lake City and others who will testify to movements of the boy before and after the May 24 kidnapping for 200000 ransom.
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Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Thulin
Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Wats
United States
J. Charles Dennis
Department of Justice
Butte
Mont
Salt Lake City
Council Meeting Tonight Hears Milk Ordinance Talk
An adjourned city council meeting is set for tonight at the new city hall. Acting Mayor Willard Brown will preside as an ordinance to amend the standard milk ordinance is considered, potentially allowing the sale of D grade milk now prohibited.
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New City Hall
Willard Brown
Fourteen Die as New York Flood Sweeps Upstate
Upstate New York river floods from violent storm leave fourteen dead and four missing. Bridges, tracks and roads washed out, hundreds evacuated, power and gas cut in Bath and Hornell. Red Cross and Governor Lehman mobilize relief. elderly couple missing near Bath. dozens rescued from marooned buses and flooded areas.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Bath and
Hornell
American Red Cross
Herbert H. Lehman
Leon F. Wheatley
State Temporary Relief Administration
Bath
Conhocton
Canisteo
Veterans Homes
Rotary Club
Rotary talks and county picnic set for July
Cliff Ramsey reports from Rotary International in Mexico City on prisoner care during regional wars and peace efforts alongside Bolivian and Paraguayan Rotarians. The Douglas County Sunday schools plan a July 11 picnic at Brown's Grove with a full day of singing, speeches, a basket dinner, and countywide games led by ministers, superintendents, and a boys and girls softball program.
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Cliff Ramsey
Rotary
Rotary International
Mexico
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Seattle
Buenos Aires
Irish Free State
England
Ramsey
T. H. Astman
F. C. Allen
John Andrews
Kansas Public Service Co
Mr. Astman
Art Weaver
Art Anderson
Karl Klooz
Sam Moyer
Wayne McCoy
Douglas County
Brown's Grove
C. J. Knox
Seth W. Slaughter
Chris Kraft
Loren Rapier
Eudora
J. W. Gorbutt
Lone Star
A. G. Hammond
Vinland
Walters
Stull
W. C. Gorriil
J. S. Daniels
Lawrence
Doane Boy Receives West Point Principal Appointment
Lawrence youth Lawrence Doane has been named a principal appointment to West Point after receiving a telegram from U S Congressman Guyer. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Doane of 806 Rhode Island Street and a member of Company M 137th Infantry Kansas National Guard.
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Doane Lawrence
West Point
Charles L. Doane
Cong. U. S. Guyer
A Doane
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Fred Doane
Rhode Island Street
Co. M, 137Th, Infantry
Kansas National Guard
RICCHI TO PADDED CELL IN KANSAS CITY SLAYING CASE
Kansas City July 8 condemned gunman Adam Richetti caused a commotion in his jail cell today and for a time was confined to a padded cell He fell from his bunk battered floor and bars and was returned after a physician examination he said he had a stomach ache Also in brief Realty valued at 5 585 729 39 in the Pulitzer estate and Missouri leader Pendergast cites his wife's illness prompting return to New York
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CPI
Adam Richetti
Union Station
Richetti
Charles Pretty Boy
Floyd
New York
Joseph Pulitzer
Upt
Thomas J. Pendergast
Missouri
Europe
Voice
Joseph F. Wilkins
School of Fine Arts
Men’s Glee Club
Asheville
N. C
Wilkins
Cornell
Milan
Italy
Pisco, Galli
Parola
Cataldi
Paris
Madame Malnory Marscallon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
R. W. Warner
M.it
Richard H. Frazier
M.I.T
D. C. Jackson
Lewis Institute of Chicago
Stock Market Index Report From Weekend Trading
The stock index shows an average of 60 stocks at 45.5 with Saturday’s figure at 45.1. At 2am, 80 cents gained. Christenson, 1111 3 s, phone 499. Adv.
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Christenson
Bodies Unclaimed Near Ocala After Barker Killings
In Ocala Florida nearly six months after the Barker Karpis gang members Fred Barker and Ma Barker were shot by federal agents at Oklawaha their bodies remain in an undertaker's care. George Barker of Carthage Missouri, father of Fred and former husband of Ma, claimed them but no disposal instructions exist. The undertaker says he expects pending estate settlements to resolve the issue.
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Ocala
Fla
Fred
Ma” Barker
Barker-Karpis
Oklawaha
George Barker
Carthage
Cookson Hills Man Confesses to Slaying In Cherokee Indian
Tahlequah Oklahoma sheriff said Jack Callison 30 of Cookson surrendered after hitching over twenty miles. Callison admitted cutting the throat of Charley Proctor 32, a full blood Cherokee, in a Sunday afternoon quarrel.
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Cookson Hills
Tahlequah
Okla
Poly
Jack Callison
Cookson
Oklahoma
Grover Bishop
Callison
Charley Proctor
Not Guilty Plea Entered in Kidnapping Case
Sapulpa Oklahoma July ? George Fisher 67 itinerant sic sors grinder pleaded innocent at arraignment on a state charge of kidnaping Donna Mae Killerman 13 taken to Weatherford Texas Bond set at 5000 Fisher had not made bond preliminary hearing set for Thursday
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Sapulpa
Okla
George Fisher
Donna Mae Killerman
Weatherford
Texas
Fisher
SEEK BODY OF A NURSE
Officials dragged a lake near Fort Scott Kansas today seeking the body of Miss Irene Eastwood a 20 year old nurse who drowned yesterday while swimming with Mercy hospital workers She sank with no outcry and her companions failed to notice her absence immediately. Prominent stockman dies Salina Kansas July 8 UP H L Rice 57 a rancher of Ellsworth county died yesterday at his farm home between Ellsworth and Kanapolis His widow a daughter and three sons survive.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Irene Eastwood
Mercy Hospital
Kandas
Salina
H. L. Rice
Ellsworth County
Ellsworth
Kanapolis
Baseball Schedule Lacks Games In Several Leagues
The day shows no American League or National League games. Kansas City at Toledo is listed in the American Association with a note of a former date and a mention of the Always Cool De Luxe Cafe Ady.
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Kansas City
Toledo
Time to Pay Off Says Morgenthau at Tax Hearing
Time to Pay Off says Morgenthau at tax hearing as House Ways and Means opens hearings on the wealth distribution tax program. Morgenthau estimates 118 million to 901.5 million yearly from big fortunes, while no specific rates are recommended. Senate debates utility holding company bill with potential abolition provisions and TVA amendments. Virgin Islands testimony hints at federal justice interference. Wheat payments set at 33 cents, cotton acreage 29,166,000 acres as of July 1.
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Morgenthau
Washington
Roosevelt
House Ways and Means Committee
Congress
House Committee
Treasury
White House
Senate
House
O’connor
D-N.y
Virgin Islands
Paul M. Pearpson
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Tulsa University names C I Pontius president amid major gifts
Oklahoma's first businessman to head the University of Tulsa follows Dean Langenheim as president. A new eight member board of trustees is created, with Waite Phillips funding a 450000 endowment expansion and stadium debt refunding. Pontius will lead a revamp focused on financial strengthening without formal academic induction.
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Oklahoma
University of Tulsa
C. I. Pontius
Ohio
Tulsa
Ohio State University
R. L. Langenheim
Gettng 2
University
Waite Phillips
Die in Kansas Heat
In Leavenworth and Atchison Kansas a deadly heat wave caused fatalities and serious illness. Charles Miller 51 of Kickapoo died at St John’s hospital while Harry Goldborough 24 a taxi driver was in serious condition and Harry Miller 55 remained unconscious. The army station reported 101.2 degrees at 4 10 pm. Glenn Allison 34 a government river worker died of heat stroke near Oak Mills.
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Leavenworth
Kan
St. John's Hospital
Charles Miller
Kickapoo
Harry Goldborough
Harry Miller
Atchison, Kan
Glenn Allison
Government River
Oak Mills
Clay County Gets Clear of Relief Load
Clay Center Kan July 8. For the first time in four years no work relief assignments were made in Clay county this week. Relief clients found their own harvest field jobs and other work. Road repair reduced relief rolls while harvest was in full swing and county officials couldn't hire teams to cut highway weeds.
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Clay Center
Kan
Clay County
Treva Hjelm
Poer
Hjelm
Maloy Quinn
Plans for a new white way and curb work on massachusetts
The Merchant's Bureau led by H. C. Brinkman calls downtown merchants to a 9:30 a m meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to discuss a proposed white way from the river bridge south to the 1100 block of Massachusetts street and the related curb and gutter work. City Engineer Ben Babb will attend to estimate costs and the bureau hopes to include the project as a city work item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Brinkman
Chamber of Commerce
Ben Babb
M. F. Hudson
Standard Life Association Holds Bi Monthly Officers Meet
Officers and directors of the Standard Life Association held a full day bi monthly meeting to conduct routine business. Attendees included national president George R. Allen national secretary S Baty national treasurer T J Sweeney and visiting officers William N Spear Baltimore national vice president. Directors present were William C Hartray Chicago Lon A Smith Austin John Hasselberger New York City Martin Miller Fort Scott and F M Pearl Hiawatha.
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Standard Life Association
George R. Allen
S.baty
T. J. Sweeney
William N. Spear
Baltimore
William C. Hartray
Chicago
Lon A. Smith
Austin
Texas
John Hasselberger
New York City
Martin Miller
Fort Scott
F. M. Pearl
Hiawatha
Wichita Publisher Escaped Injury As Plane Burns
Wichita Kan July 8 publisher of the Wichita Eagle Casest Murdock escaped injury when flames erupted from the airplane motor during a landing at the municipal airport He attempted to extinguish the blaze but the aircraft caught fire destroying the covering before firemen arrived A crowdless convention.
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Wichita
Kan
Marcellus Murdock
Wichita Eagle
Murdock
Njury
Municipal
Only Six Delegates Appear For Farmer-Labor Conclave
Omaha Neb July 8 only six delegates attended the national Farmer-Labor party convention by noon today as it gathered to adopt a share the wealth platform and possibly nominate Senator Huey P Long of Louisiana for president. National chairman Roy M Harrop said opening would be delayed until tomorrow afternoon to allow more delegates to arrive.
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Omaha
Neb
Farmer-Labor Party
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Roy M. Har
Six Die In Floods In Southern New York
Six persons drowned in floods across southern New York as creeks overflowed and a bridge collapsed sending a group into the water. Arthur Brokaw and Miss Alice Ferris of Interlaken were drowned when their car was swept from the Elmira Ithaca highway near Buttermilk Falls. John Solomon and his three sons of Myers were swept away when Salmon Creek overflowed and collapsed the trestle.
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Ithaca
New York
Hentieit
High Watve
Arthur Brokaw
Alice Ferris
Interlaken
Seneca County
Elmira-Ithsca
Buttermilk Falls
John Solomon
Myers
Tompkins County
University adds department of medical research
The University announces a new department of medical research at Bell Memorial Hospital in Kansas City Kansas, with Dr. Ralph H. Major as director and Dr. C. J. Weber as associate. The move aims to coordinate clinical research and reduce duplication across departments.
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Bell Memorial Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
University of Kansas
B. H. Lindley
Ralph H. Major
School of Medicine
C. J. Weber
Harry Wahl
Kansas Weather Forecast Summary for Douglas County
The Kansas forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight in the northeast. Morning skies are clear, dirt roads and Douglas County roads are listed as good. Temperature records show 7 p.m. yesterday, 7 a.m. today, and noon today, with noted maximums.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Gaz
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