Kansas City Police Return to State Control
Kansas City police department reverts to state control after seven years of home rule as Gov. Stark signs emergency bill. A four member police board, three Democrats and one Republican, will run the 650 man force with $1 000 annual salaries. Walter Bliss tipped as likely chief faces an FBI ally stance.
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Kansas City
Lloyd C. Stark
T.J. Pendergast
Jefferson City
Edgar Shook
Stark
Russell F. Greiner
M. B. Schweiger
George A. Fiske
Shook
Paul G. Koontz
Pendergast
H F. McElroy
Supreme Court
Walter Bliss
Federal Immigration Department
William Boyle
Otto P. Higgins
McElroy
FBI
Bliss
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pendergast-Higgins
J. Edgar Hoover
Union Station
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Protests Over Japanese Searches in Tientsin Concessions
American women reported perfunctory searches by Japanese troops at Tientsin gate entries last month. The U S Consul General said cases included Mrs L Michaelson and Mrs Briggs at the international bridge on June 16 and Mrs Fink with her daughter at the race course barrier on June 18.
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Tientsin
China
United States
John K. Caldwell
American Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Caldwell
L. Michaelson
General Motors Corporation
Japan
Briggs
WPA employees walk out in Butler County projects
WPA workers in Butler County Kansas began a walkout today protesting the new hour schedule that took effect yesterday. County officials said work continues on all projects with skeleton crews and the strike is being conducted quietly with no trouble reported. A preliminary check noted 33 workers walked out at two projects in El Dorado.
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ElDorado
Kan
P— Wpa
Butler County
WPA
Kansas Supreme Court bars duplicate WWI relief to veterans
The Kansas Supreme Court upheld a restrictive state law preventing double compensation for World War I service. The decision affects Samuel Richardson and similar claims from veterans who already received bonuses in other states. The court ruling saves Kansas about $1,000,000 and curbs pending duplicate payments under bonds totaling $31,650,000.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
High Court
Kansas
Sam’ Webb
Wyandotte
Samuel Richardson
Missouri
Webb
Compensation Board
Richardson
District Court
Supreme Court
State Board
State Funeral for Claude Swanson Set in Senate Chamber
A state funeral was arranged in the senate chamber for Claude A. Swanson who served Virginia in the Senate for 23 years before becoming secretary of the navy. Charles Edison announced services at 1 p.m. Monday with burial at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. President Roosevelt ordered national mourning and half mast flags on federal buildings and naval ships until after the burial.
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Washington
Claude A. Swanson
Senate
Virginia
Roosevelt
Navy
Charles Edison
Swanson
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Army
Edison
War Woodring
Woodring
War Department
Drilling to Begin on Douglas County Oil Test Well
Spudding will start on Douglas county's Low Griffith farm near Lone Star at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The Arbrekle lime test will be drilled with a 12 to 15 inch bit using three towers and eight hour shifts. Drillers are Frank Jenkins Lee Busby and Lewis Burns with tool dressers Gil Roy Hugo Ringle and Leo Smith. Completion time is estimated 30 to 45 days. Visitors may go via Clinton Globe road or Lone Star route to reach the farmyard location.
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Douglas County
Griffith
Lone Star
N. E. Kansas Oil Exoloration Corp
Frank Jenkins
Lee Busby
Lewis Burns
Gilroy Hugo
Ringle
Leo Smith
Clinton
Globe
Two Girls Missing Sparking Sheriff Alert
Caroline Stevens age 14 of 918 New Jersey streets and Katie Gibler age 16 of 711 New York street are reported missing by their mother and sheriff Charles F E Banning. A motorist said he saw two girls walking east on highway 10 near the Ottawa branch railroad underpass at about 9 pm last night and they fit the descriptions.
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Caroline Stevens
New Jersey
Katie Gibler
New York Street
Charles FE. Banning
Highway 10
Ottawa Branch
Labette WPA Workers Protest in Parsons Mass Meeting
About 200 Labette county WPA workers gathered in Parsons Kansas on July 8 to protest new work regulations. State Representative Ellis Ledbetter urged action in Washington but cautioned against any local demonstration.
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Labette
Parsons
Kan
Labette County
WPA
Congress
Ellis Ledbetter
Washington
Danzig Fortified As Polish and German Tensions Rise
Warsaw reports Danzig authorities are strengthening coastal defenses with artillery and anti air emplacements on a line from Glettkau to Schievenhorst near the East Prussia frontier. Authorities note reports are being carefully checked amid Polish cautions on Danzig's status and rights within Poland.
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Warsaw
ABC
Danzig
Free City
Glettkau
Gdynia
Schievenhorst
East Prussia
Germany
Drive on Marijuana Ordered by Topeka Governor
Governor Payne Ratner directed the state highway patrol to aid in a drive against marijuana. Patrol Superintendent Elam Mooman was instructed to have troopers on alert for the weed and destroy it promptly. Highway Director D. J. Fair complained highways were covered with it and questioned responsibility.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
State Highway Patrol
Marihuana
Elam Mooman
D. J. Fair
Heat Hits Atlantic City thermometer after intense July sun
Heat wave drives a greenhouse to install a new instrument after the mercury rises to dangerous levels in Atlantic City Iowa. The high temperatures shattered glass on a thermometer as residents cope with the sizzling conditions.
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Atlantic City
Towa
Prosecution Threat Color WPA Strike as Labor Battle Grows
Protests by WPA skilled workers against federal wage rules prompt AFL CIO pressure and talk of indictments for interference. Officials warn relief workers face felony charges for actions seen as strikes while layoff plans affect up to 600000 WPA recipients.
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WPA
A.F.L
United Labor Front
Congress
Mass Meeting Planned by WPA Workers in Pittsburg
Pittsburg Kansas July 8 WPA workers in Crawford County idle most of the week plan a mass meeting to decide if they will resume work Monday. Monday is the deadline for returning to jobs or being dropped from the work rolls. Mayor Myers told Police Chief Armstrong he has city backing for police protection if WPA workers return to work. Brown County WPA engineer declined to discuss the sit uation. Workers protested regulations requiring more hours with no pay increase.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Crawford County
WPA
Acters
W. C. Myers
Ross Armstrong
Brown
Stock Market Index Echoes 46.2 Point Reading
The average of 60 stocks stood at 46.2 points marking yesterday’s steady level. Wallpaper Keeter’s Book Store advertises in this market notation.
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Keeter’s Book Store
Yankee Clipper Arrives in New Brunswick on First Commercial Flight
The Yankee Clipper lands in Shediac New Brunswick at 11 24 a m CST marking the first commercial transatlantic flight over the northern route with 19 aboard. The flight from Port Washington Long Island took just under four hours with planned stops at Botwood Newfoundland and Foynes Ireland before Southampton England.
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Shediac
New Brunswick
New York
England
Arge
Toay
Port Washington
Long Island
Botwood
Newfoundland
Foynes
Ireland
Southampton
N. Y
Pan American Airways
Arthur E. la Porte
Marseille
France
Azores
Lisbon
Portugal
Pan American
Chancellor Malott Heads to Boston for Summer Leave
Chancellor and Mrs. Deane W. Malott depart by train at noon for Boston Mass. They will stay east through summer and return about September 1 to Lawrence. Malott became Chancellor July 1 and has spent time in faculty talks and university events since arrival.
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Deane W. Malott
Boston
Mass
Lawrence
Malott
E. H. Lindley
Reading Institute
M. H. Malott
Abilene
School of Medicine
Kansas City
Elizabeth Watkins
No Rain In Sight Amid Heat Wave Across Kansas
Topeka reports a 109 degree high the hottest in three years as 100 plus degree heat holds across the state. Officials predict hotter conditions tomorrow after noon with showers not likely and cooler changes next week bringing scattered rain and highs near 70 at night. Local precipitation totals include Topeka 0.28 inches and Pratt 0.25, McPherson 0.12, Hutchinson 0.12, Florence 0.07.
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Topeka
The
Mercury
S. D. Flora
Canada
Flora
McPherson
Hutchinson
Pratt
Florence
Japanese claim victory in Manchukuo as forces seize Balshogal heights
Japanese army in Manchoukuo says its troops routed Mongol Soviet forces and captured Balshogal heights along the Kholsten river after a dawn battle. They report 68 Russians and Mongol prisoners taken and a retreat toward Khalka river. A separate communique notes an air battle in which 25 Soviet planes were downed without losses.
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Tokyo
Manchoukuo
Balshogal
Kholsten River
Outer Mongolia
Khalka River
Two Concerts by the Midwest Music Camp Conducted in Lawrence
The Midwest Music Camp directed by Russell L. Wiley and David T. Lawson presents two weekly concerts. The orchestra performs at 3:30 PM tomorrow in Hoch Auditorium and the band at 7:30 PM in Fowler’s Grove with Ralph Rush guest conducting. The orchestra features a 97 member a cappella choir and a varied program including works by Cimarosa, Haydn, Bach, and Brahms among others.
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Russell L. Wiley
David T. Lawson
Hoch Auditorium
Fowler's Grove
Ralph Rush
Cleveland Eipats High School
Cleveland
Rush
Lawrence
D. M. Swarthout
School of Fine Arts
Mr. Rush
Domenico Cimarosa
Wrascephas Taekaedag
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gavette
Harold M. Johnson Oir Dean D. M. Swarthout
Clarence Dickinson
Stephen Foster
Gets Life Sentence In Deputy Sheriff Killing at Santa Fe Depot
Syracuse Kansas July 8 A guilty plea to first degree murder by Eart McGuire Seminole Oklahoma ex convict brought from Lamar Colorado led to a life sentence McGuire killed Deputy Sheriff Ray Kumpf at the Santa Fe depot after a confrontation and fled with another man McGuire was captured a mile away Police doubted his claim of poker games with Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole linked to the Alcatraz escape attempt in 1987
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Syracuse
Kan
Eart
McGuire
Seminole
Okio
Ray Kumpf
State Penitentiary
Lamar
Colo
Fred Evans
Kumpf
Santa Fe
Pueblo
Ralph Roe
Theodore Cole
Alcatraz
Green calls AFL meeting to oppose WPA provision
William Green, AFL president, summons all union presidents to meet in Washington to organize opposition to a WPA provision. The proposal would require WPA workers to log 130 hours per month to receive current pay, as state administrators head to a Chicago conference.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
WPA
Work Projects Administration
Chicago
Scouts to Naish Fight Boy Scouts from Lawrence troops
Scout groups from three Lawrence troops plan to travel to Camp Naish near Bonner Springs for the session ending July 16. Named attendees from troops 51 58 and 59 include John Mason Hugh Bayles Robert Pugh Billy Fenstemaker Dennis Field Richard Hack Eldon Johnson and Clarke Hargiss.
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Lawrence
Camp Naish
Bonner Springs
John Mason
Hugh Bayles
Robert Pugh
Billy Fenstemaker
Dennis Field
Richard Hack
Eldon Johnson
Clarke Hargiss
Tommy Rangom
Mer
Baldwin
Tonganoxie
Chamber of Commerce
Earl D. Hay
John. Randall
Harold Pontius
R. J. Zeidler
Henry B. Taylor
Dale Mosslander
Keith Adriance
Clare Adriance
James Leitaker
William Hunt
Ralph E
After Three Days of Heat Mercury Reaches 96 At Gas Office
After three days above 100 degrees, the maximum at the gas office reached 96 this afternoon. Prof. C. J. Posey, a volunteer weather observer, reported 106 degrees yesterday, the highest since August 3, 1937, when 106 was recorded. Last year’s high was 102 on August 7. In a steel mill, the pulpit is the platform from which the roller in charge of the rolling mill controls the mill.
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C. J. Posey
Supreme Court Rules City Lacks Authority to Lease Armory
The Kansas Supreme Court held that Lawrence may not lease a municipal armory and building to the Kansas National Guard. The ruling, written by Justice William A. Smith, follows a 1939 bond election approving a $75,000 armory project and details a lease agreement for two years with rent of $2,400 annually.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Lawrence
Kansas’ National Guard
William A. Smith
Military Board
National Guard
Jay S. Parker
A. B. Mitchell
George K. Melvin
Janes-of-the-issuanes Ab
Tan
G. S. 1935
G. S
Kansas Forecast Fair Tonight and Sunday
Kansas forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Sunday with warmer temperatures in the extreme northwest and cooler readings in central and eastern regions. Overnight lows around 69 to 72 in most areas with daytime highs near 90 in many parts.
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Kansas
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