Roosevelt Praises Bulkley In Ohio Primary Speech
President Roosevelt praised Senator Robert J. Bulkley during a stop in Marietta Ohio on his transcontinental tour. He credited Bulkley with drafting efficient government and protecting citizens, while Bulkley faced opposition from Governor Davey and rival Senator Barkley in the Democratic primary. The event drew large crowds and marked Roosevelt’s intervention in the race.
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Roosevelt
Ohio
Latonia Race Track
Covington
Chandler
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Senate
Marietta
Robert J. Bulkley
Bulkley
George White
Northwest Territory
Davey
White
Northwest
Gary
Martin L. Davey
Ze Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Eleven Kansas counties to resubmit welfare budgets
Eleven of eighty six Kansas counties will resubmit their welfare budgets without higher allotments after the state board rejected them. Northwestern county officials met in Phillipsburg to plan actions, seeking hearings with state leaders. Counties named include Phillips Mitchell Graham Jewell Gove Smith Thomas Osborne Rooks Decatur and Norton.
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Phillipsburg
Kan
Kansas
State Board
Meunts Loy
State County Commissioners Association
Walter A. Haxman
Welfare Board
Tax Commission
Guff Harrison
Phillips County Commission
Phillips
Mitchell
Graham
Jewell
Gove
Smith
Thomas
Osborne
Rooks
Decatur
Norton
Bomb blast in Jerusalem kills four as tensions rise
A July 8 blast at Jaffa Gate kills four Arabs and wounds 36, hitting a bus station and a vegetable market. British forces clear the area as further violence sparks strikes in Amman and Haifa. The Repulse arrives to back Haifa security amid renewed unrest.
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Jerusalem
Jaffa
Great Britain
David’s Tower
Hebron
Black Watch
Amman
Transjordan
Haifa
Palestine
Repulse
Emerald
Government buys Kaw Valley potatoes to stabilize market
J C Lettice of the Surplus Commodities Corporation announced plans to purchase 100 carloads of number one grade potatoes to stabilize prices in Kaw valley and Orrick Missouri. Meeting with county agents and growers sought a price, with current bids around 50 to 65 cents per hundred and disagreements on a fair profit.
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Kaw Valley
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Orrick
Missouri
J. C. Lettice
SCC
Topeka
Lettice
Northwest plane crash at Billings kills one
A Northwest Airlines transport crashed while taking off near the Billings field early today. One passenger Mrs. N S Mackay of Evanston Illinois died at St Vincent's hospital. Seven others were injured or treated for minor injuries. Pilot Walter Bullock and co pilot Lester Dean were not hurt. The plane struck a knoll near the runway end and was demolished.
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Billings
Mont
Northwest Airlines
N. S. Mackay
Evanston
St. Vincent's Hospital
W. J. Tisdale
Sloan
B.C
American firms sell over twenty million in war supplies
State department figures show American firms sold Japan and China more than 20 million dollars of war supplies in the first year of conflict. China bought aircraft, motors and accessories, amounting to 7,664. Japanese purchases rose rapidly in six months making Japan the larger buyer by several hundred thousand dollars, mainly airplanes, motors and accessories.
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Washington
Japan
China
State Department
Douglas county debates 1939 welfare budget and tax share
Douglas county officials meet with the state welfare board to discuss 1939 welfare budgeting. The board urges counties to fully fund needs, warning that sales tax allocations may fall short. A July 13 meeting will review budgets as legislators prepare a tax reapportionment.
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Douglas County
State Welfare Board
Topeka
State Board
Douglas
Seek to Organize Deputy Sheriffs in Iowa Strike
Newton Iowa July 8 volunteers sought to bolster police and sheriff forces in the Maytag strike area. Mayor George Campbell and Sheriff Earl Shields announced recruiting of up to 1 000 volunteers to serve in emergencies. Governor Kraschel warned martial law only for public safety. PMID: none
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Newton
George Campbell
Earl Shields
C.I.0
Nelson G. Kraschel
Maytag
C.I.0. Union
Des Moines
Enjoin Caddoa Dam Plan Draws State Action
Attorney General Clarence V. Beck and state water resource engineer George W. Knapp discussed Eugene Stanley's request to stop federal power and public works agencies from building Caddoa dam on the Arkansas River in eastern Colorado and from taking control of water rights associated with the project.
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Caddoa Dam
Topeka
Clarence V. Beck
George W. Knapp
State Water Resource Engineer
Eugene Stanley
Wichita
Federal Power and Public Works Agencies
Arkansas River
Colorado
Moody Reaches Irish Championship Final
Helen Wills Moody defeated Mrs Myers 6 0 6 0 in 20 minutes then beat Miss P O Connell 6 2 6 3 to reach the Irish women's tennis final in Dublin on July 8.
Jonathan Davis Name on Ballot: Kansas Contest Board Decision
Kansas contest board certifies Jonathan M. Davis as an independent candidate for governor after ruling petition signers meet constitutional voter qualifications. Democratic objections allege 1468 unqualified signers, forged or misrepresented signatures, with Democratic chairman denouncing the decision as partisan manipulation ahead of November election. Davis proposes pension for seniors, tax reforms, and universal free school books as campaign platform.
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Topeka
Jonathan M. Davis
Secretary of State
Clarence V. Beck
Democratic Committee
Carl V. Rice
Democratic State Central Committee
Rice
Davis
Kansas
Leslie Wallace
Walter A. Huxman
C. M. Fitzwilliam
Democatic
Ruthles
Statehood
Walter A. Haxman
Haxman
Kansas Supreme Court
State Contest Board
Jonathan Davis
Rainfall varies widely across area reports
State highway department observer E. E. Larson notes rainfall near Highway 10 differs from Lawrence totals. Measured 0.55 inch east of Lawrence versus 1.22 inches in Lawrence proper, with gauges 0.44 to 0.46 inch east and four miles east. Slab temperature on the paving strip reached 126 degrees this year, compared with last year's 133.
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Altke
E. E. Larson
State Highway Department
Lawrence
Larson
New Hampshire
C. J. Posey
Edd A Wood Resigns to Coach at Wichita East High
Edd A Wood longtime Liberty Memorial high school coach resigns to teach physical education and coach basketball at Wichita East High for the coming year. He will start September 10 and move with his wife and son to Wichita. Wood led Liberty Memorial teams to multiple conference titles and praised by Principal Neal M Wherry for his strong student rapport and outstanding teams.
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Edd A. Wood
Liberty Memorial High School
East High School
Wichita
Wood
Wichita East
Ark Valley
Lions
Whitcombe Captures British Open Amid Gale at Sandwich
Reginald Arthur Whitcombe, 40, professional at Parkstone club in Dorset, won the British Open with a 72-hole total of 295 as ferocious winds dominated the day and nearly swept players from the course.
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Gale Sandwich
Eng
Gri
Reginald Arthur Whitcombe
Parkstone Club
Dorset
Coach Edd A Wood Leaves Liberty Memorial for East High
After six years overseeing all sports at Liberty Memorial high school Edd A Wood will move to Wichita this fall to become head basketball coach and physical education teacher at East high school. The appointment was confirmed yesterday.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Edd A. Wood
Wichita
East High School
Wood
Glenn Cunningham Accepts KU Post as Extension Lecturer
Glenn Cunningham, famed miler and KU alumnus, will join the University of Kansas as an extension division lecturer this fall. He will speak to Kansas high schools on athletic topics while continuing Olympic training. he will not teach or coach to protect Amateur Athletic Union standing.
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Glenn Cunningham
University of Kansas
E. H. Lindley
Cunningham
Amateur Athletic Union
U. S
Glenn
Lindley
University of Iowa
Columbia University
New York City
Miler
Japanese Halted in Hankow Reach Amid Guerrilla Attacks
Japanese offensive toward Hankow stalls as Chinese irregulars strike on multiple fronts. Night raids rise in Hopeh near Peiping and in east Henan near Kaifeng and Suchow, hindering Lunghai railway traffic. Irregulars concentrate in Shansi mountains, harassing garrisons and delaying repairs.
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Shanghai
Jepan
Hankow
Nanking
Peiping
Tientsin
Hopeh
Henan
Kaifeng
Suchow
Lunghai Railway
Shansi
Honan
Stock Index Dips to 47.4 After Previous Day 48.2
The 60 stock index averaged 47.4 down from 48.2 yesterday. A London studio plans to produce morally themed pictures intended for English churches wired for sound.
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London
Union Park service features 70 voice Summer A Cappella choir
The Rev. Theodore H. Aszman preaches at 7 45 Sunday evening on Sunday Holiday or Holy Day at Union Park South Park. University Summer A Cappella choir conducts two unaccompanied numbers under Dean Donald Swarthout. If rain, service moves to Trinity Lutheran church. Bernard Poco Frazier speaks at 6 30 Sunday night at First Christian church on Sculpture. Choir performs Bach Cantata All Breathing Life and Christiansen Beauf ul Saviour with final chorus uniting all voices.
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Theodore H. Aszman
First Presbyterian Church
Union Park
South Park
Aszman
University
Donald M. Swarthout
D. E. McGregor
Harold G. Barr
Howard Koelb
Trinity Lutheran Church
Bernard “Poco” Frazier
Union Young People’s Meeting
First Christian Church
Union
Christiansen
Heat to Rise as Weather Forecast Predicts Warm Up
Topeka July 8 fair weather and sunshine forecast to lift temperatures with possible 100 degree heat in the east tomorrow. S. D. Flora notes rains over the east may delay wheat cutting while drying winds aid the harvest. Precipitation over 24 hours varied across counties from Topeka at .80 inch to Manhattan at .31 inch.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Flora
Hanover
Centralia
Horton
Kansas City
Salina
Florence
Garnett
Wichita
Eureka
Fort Scott
Anthony
Winfield
Columbus
Concordia
Manhattan
Wamego
Missouri River Floods Hit Crops Near White Cloud
The Missouri River flooded hundreds of acres of corn and wheat near White Cloud, Iowa and nearby Rulo, Nebraska. The river rose to 16.97 feet, submerging the main road, with dikes protected by CCC workers and farmers, as rainfall upstream kept levels variable.
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Pacific Junction
Missouri
C. D. Delashmutt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Rulo
Nebr
White Cloud
Kan
City Council Sets Budgetmaking Plan and Mulls Airport Manager
The city council authorized a budget making process to draft the 1939 financial outline with standing committees to submit recommendations within two weeks. They voted to release airport manager William H. Wells effective August 1 and begin search for a replacement, with Palna steer noting Wells accepted another position in Topeka.
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Alfred Lawrence
William H. Wells
Walter Paln
Wells
Topeka
Lawrence
A. W. Berger
Ways and Means Committee
Pomona
Kan
Berger
Barker Avenue
Ben Babb
Willard Brown
Kidnaper Car Linked to Rosanna Sandberg Case
Sheriff George T. Allison reports a light tan Hudson automobile found abandoned in Princeton New Jersey has been identified as the car used in the kidnapping and criminal assault of Rosanna Sandberg aged 21 near Newton Kansas on June 15 last.
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New Jersey
Hutchinson
Kan
George T. Allison
Hudson
Princeton
N. J
Rosanna Sandberg
Newton
Weather outlook with warm Saturday across Kansas
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday with warmer temps in the west. Morning skies clear, dirt roads soft in Emporia and Kansas City, otherwise good. Temperatures show 7 pm yesterday 82, 7 am today 63, noon today 87. year ago high 94, low 61.
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Kansas
Emporia
Arkansas City
Low
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