Baton Rouge Moves Expand Senator Long Authority
Baton Rouge reports a whirlwind special session approved 25 measures granting Senator Long sweeping control over elections finances and state operations. The acts place non-elective employees under the civil service commission Long controls and allow spending state funds for any purpose. The session occurred under martial law with minimal opposition as Long poised to stay in Louisiana amid political clashes with Washington.
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Ueyong
Long
State Civil Service Commission
Washington
State Board
State Budget Committee
Roosevelt
Roy Burt to Speak on Campus at Kansas University
Roy Burt, Socialist party figure, will address Lawrence and University audiences on Wednesday July 10. He speaks to sociology and political science classes in room 208 Administration at 10 30 a m, then to the university community at the Union Cafeteria at 12 80 p m on The Way Out of War. An 8 p m talk in South Park on Why Poverty follows, sponsored by the KU Peace Action Committee with Prof. Noel Gist as chairman.
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Socialist Party
Lawrence
Burt
K. U
Union Building
South Park
Two Suspects Held In Blue Mound Bank Robbery
UP-Lieut. Col. Wint Smith said two men are in custody over the $2,000 Blue Mound State Bank holdup. Pete Rafferty, 30, Oklahoma pipeline worker, and Frank Cornwell, about 25, address unknown, were arrested at Chillicothe, Missouri, and brought to Blue Mound. Rafferty identified by four bank witnesses and three car theft witnesses. No money recovered.
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Topeka
Wint Smith
Kansas Highway Patrol
Blue Mound
Pete Rafferty
Oklahoma Pipeline
Frank Cornwell
Chillicothe
Highway Patrol
Rafferty
Smith
Test Your Knowledge Quiz From a Vintage Page
A chaotic collection of trivia prompts asks for the British fortress at the western entrance to the Mediterranean the author of This Believing World the faventee of the air brake and other general knowledge questions. It ends with a dramatic personal warning about marrying Jose Lopez and a cryptic note directing contact at Varsity Theater Sunday.
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Mediterranean
Sir Martin Frobisher
Jose Lopez
Varsity Theater
Camps in Kansas Open to Service Veterans
Kansas will host CCC camps for ex service men honorably discharged after the Spanish American or World War. Camps will be placed across the state with locations to be announced. Applicants must be physically qualified for ordinary labor and on or with dependents on relief rolls, approved by the county relief director. Pay is 30 per month, 25 sent home. Applications available from F B Dodds for Spanish War veterans or the local American Legion service officer for World War veterans.
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Wichita
The
Veterans Administration
Althe
Kansas
F. B. Dodds
American Legion
GOES TO WASHINGTON FOR NATIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE
Chancellor E H Lindley of the University of Kansas travels to Washington D C to confer with Aubrey Williams and Miss Josephine Roche National Youth administrators. Williams asks him to join the conference as laws for the National Youth Administration program are finalized. Lindley expects CSEP at KU to continue with possible job expansion next year.
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E. H. Lindley
University_ of Kansas
Washington, D. C
Aubrey Williams
Josephine Roche
Williams
Harry L. Hopkins
CSEP
K.U
Washington
Lawrence
Granada Shorts Carry Evening as Stranded Fails
The Granada offers hot weather entertainment with the shorts outshining the feature film Stranded. Kay Francis and George Brent give insincere performances though directed well. The bill includes Laurel and Hardy in Jive Ghosts and Micky's Man Friday. Also reports publish Kanwaka and Lecompton township budgets with boards names listed.
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Granada
Kay Francis
George Brent
Miss Francis
Mr. Brent
Brent
Laurel and Hardy
Micky Mouse
Micky
Taken Off for Dallas by Mexican Air Leaders
Col Roberto Fierro chief of the Mexican army air service and Maj Robert Kauch of Brooksfield San Antonio Texas flew from Wichita shortly after 11 today bound for Dallas then to San Antonio for an overnight stop. They are returning home from a Mexican tour escorted by Major Ranch.
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Kan
Roberto Fierro
Mexican Army Air Service
Robert Kauch
Brooksfield
San Antonio
Tex
Dallas
Fierro
Minot
N. C
University expands with new medical research department
The university announces additions and promotions across departments. New appointments include a department of medical research and a research engineer for the water and sewage lab while military science sees two key changes. Faculty promotions cover bacteriology, political science, education, journalism, psychology, and more amid leaves and returns.
Cherokee County Sheriff Resigns Over Health Reasons
Cherokee County Sheriff Earl Neeley tendered his resignation to Governor Alf M. Landon. Appointed three weeks earlier to fill a vacancy caused by Sheriff Hasenplaught, Neeley cited heavy duties from lead and zinc labor troubles and rioting at a Galena smelter as harming his health. Landon planned to appoint a successor that afternoon under martial law conditions.
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Earl Neeley
Cherokee County
Alf M. Landon
Neeley
Dave Hasenplaught
Galena
Landon
Funeral on Wednesday for Maj Gen Heintzelman with honors
Funeral services for Major General Stuart Heintzelman who died July 6 at Hot Springs Arkansas will be held in Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday with full military honors. Pallbearers include Major General Malin Craig commander of the Army War College Major General George S Simonds deputy chief of staff and Major General Edward M Markham.
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Stuart Heintzelman
Hot Springs
Ark
Arlington National Cemetery
Heintzelman
Malin Craig
Army War College
George S. Simonds
Edward M. Markham
State Warden Ill as Heart Disease Threatens Life
W. G. Strong state game warden lies in a Great Bend hospital in critical condition with heart disease. Physicians warned he may not survive the night after being brought from the game warden’s residence near Pratt. Police also report arrests for liquor possession, speeding, and a high profile marriage in London as news items wrap a fragmented local page.
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Great Bend
Kaw
W. G. Strong
Warden Strong
Pratt
To Serve 90 Days Plea In Liquor Case In Topeka
H F Fox of Topeka pleaded guilty to possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor and was sentenced by Justice Frank Dodd to 30 days and $100 on one count and 60 days and $200 on the second, consecutive. Police found 16 cases of whisky and gin in his Ford coupe, totaling 392 bottles with wholesale value over $200. Harry Burke, also from Topeka, was arrested behind Fox for suspected DUI and related offenses. his $50 bond was forfeited after he failed to appear.
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H. F. Fox
Topeka
Frank Dodd
Fox
North Third Street
Harry Burke
Burke
Deaths and Funerals in Fort Scott and area
Nora B. Overfield of Fort Scott dies at 76 at a niece's home on Arkansas Street. Funeral services planned for Tuesday in Fort Scott. survivors include three nieces and two Gillock nieces in Lawrence and Pasadena. Ed Brazil dies at 76 after a long illness in Eudora. services Wednesday from Rumsey Funeral Home with burial at Deay Cemetery. Surviving family includes wife Arbel Hamm, three daughters including Stella, a son Charles, a brother Dennis, a Gardner sister, and three grandchildren.
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Fort Scott
George Everhart
Arkansas Street
Overfield
Everhart
Eugenia Gillock
Lawrence
Pearl Gillock
Pasadena
Calif
Stella Brazil
Charles
Wathena
Dennis
Gardner
Charles Gottstein Gardner
Sentenced for Robbery In Kansas Case
Harold Bingaman a 38 year old Wichita resident was sentenced to 10 to 21 years in a state penitentiary for the March 29 robbery of Arkansas City recluse George T Noble. He pleaded guilty on June 4 and the sentence was suspended pending money recovery. About $1,220 has been recovered. Vernon Dorr of Wichita implicated by Bingaman is at large on a $5,000 bond and will be tried later.
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Kan
Harold Bingaman
Wichita
Atate
George T. Noble
Arkansas City
Bingaman
Noble
Vernon Dorr
Liberty Sone
Pleads Guilty to Murder in Marshfield Case
Lloyd Robinson, 18, farm youth near Marshfield, pleaded guilty to murdering his father, Robert Robinson, 50, on June 3. His mother and the family physician face murder charges and are to be arraigned Wednesday. Judge deferred sentence until after their pleas.
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Lloyd Robinson
C. H. Skinner
Robert Robinson
Mary Robinson
Eta
Dr Schlicht
Niangua
Skinner
Young Robinson
Vanderbilt
W. K
Gardeners harvest mystery crop and town notes from Lawrence
A Lawrence column reports John A. Copeland’s Red River seed produced unexpected tubers, with east patch roots resembling cobblers and Tussels. It notes stadium grass care, car census on Massachusetts Street, Rotary items, and a sewer system plan urged by former mayor Rankin as flooding persists citywide.
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Betato
John A. Copeland
Pennsylvania Street
Copeland
Coneland
Red River
Investigation Opens as Rules Committee Seeks Subpoena Power
Washington July 8 the rules committee won approval to ask the house for authority to subpoena witnesses for a broad inquiry into all activities connected with the utilities legislation in congress and to raise at least 50 000 for the probe. Tomorrow the hearing will start with Representative Brewster and Reconstruction lawyer Thomas Corcoran testifying. Brewster charged Corcoran threatened to derail the Passamaquoddy project unless Brewster backed Roosevelt on the utilities bill.
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House
Congress
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Robson Divorced by Judge Means in District Court
Albert Robson was granted a divorce from Helen Robson by Judge Hugh Means in district court this morning. The plaintiff charged abandonment in the petition.
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Albert Robson
Helen Robson
Hugh Means
Dr F C Allen Heads to Huntsville Coaching School
Dr F C Allen departs this evening for Huntsville Texas to conduct coaching school classes at Sam Houston State Teachers College from July 12 to 18 He will teach basketball and treatment of athletic injuries to participants and coaches planning to improve athletic programs.
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Huntsville
Texas
Sam Houston State Teachers’ College
Allen
Parsons Pastor W. H. Tolliver to Leave for Kansas City
Dr W H Tolliver pastor of First Baptist Parsons for 10 years will resign August 4 to become pastor of Chelsea Baptist Church in Kansas City He is president of the Parsons Ministerial Association and announced the move at church services He came here from Hugo Oklahoma.
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Parsons
Kan
Tolliver
First Baptist Church
Chelsea Baptist Church
Parsons Ministerial Association
Hugo
Okla
Omaha Educator Dies After Rejection Of Reinstatement
Paul L. Martin, a resigned regent of Omaha Municipal University, disclosed that Dr. W. E. Sealock drank poison and killed himself after learning a last bid to reinstate him as president had failed. Sealock had been dismissed a week earlier and had hoped anti Sealock board members would reverse course before his death in Omaha on July 8. He spoke with Senator Norris, then spent time with family before taking the poison.
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Omaha, Neb
Paul L. Martin
Omaha Municipal University
W. E. Sealock
Omaha University
Martin
Sealock
George W. Norris
Senate
Federal Work Executives Meet Kansas Missouri In Kansas City
Federal work progress executives for Kansas and Missouri plan a preliminary meeting in Kansas City as groundwork for a two day conference at Excelsior Springs Tuesday and Wednesday. Missouri administrator Matthew S. Murray and Kansas administrator Evan Griffith lead regional directors and prospective district supervisors in the discussion. Appointments of some district supervisors for Kansas and Missouri were anticipated.
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UPI
Work Progress
Kansas
Missouri
Excelsior Springs
Matthew S. Murray
Evan Griffith
Arnold Stegink to celebrate 103rd birthday tomorrow
Arnold Stegink, a Dispatch area resident born in Germany, will mark his 103rd birthday in Smith Center Kansas tomorrow. He came to the United States at age 36 and has lived in Kansas since 1870. Six children will attend the celebration.
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Smith Center
Kan
Arnold Stegink
Dispatch
Stegink
Germany
United States
Kansas
Denver School Children Save Forest Fire With Sticks
Nine Denver school children, seven girls, were struck by lightning but uninjured. They sprang up dazed, then beat out a forest fire with sticks and dirt, saving the area from further damage.
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Conifer, Golo
Denver
Swalley Wife Sues Over Alienation of Affections Suit
Mrs. Bette Louise Swalley filed for divorce from W. J. Swalley Jr. of Baxter Springs after he previously sued F. A. Johnson for alienation of his wife's affections, seeking relief on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty amid a December separation.
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Erie
Kan
Bette Louise Swalley
W. J. Swalley
Baxter Springs
F. A. Johnson
Swalley
Johnson
Gas Office Thermometer Reaches 101 Yesterday
The gas office thermometer read 101 degrees yesterday, the hottest day so far this year. Today's maximum was about 100.6 at 12:30 PM, with readings around 100 several times this afternoon but not exceeding the prior record.
Owen Trip Plans to Mexico City for Six Weeks
Dr and Mrs E M Owen depart this afternoon on a six week journey visiting Mrs Owens uncle Albert Ayer in McAllen Texas then touring Old Mexico with headquarters in Mexico City for 22 days. They expect to return mid August.
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E. M. Owen
McAllen
Tex
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