Berlin to New York link tests war era news flow
Berlin correspondent Louis P. Lochner describes the first direct trans Atlantic telephone line to the United States and how it improves news from Berlin. He notes food privileges for Americans, blackout adaptation, and the German government's early uniform controls easing reporting under wartime conditions.
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Berlin
United States
Associated Press
New York
Lochner
A. E. Wall 1
Denmark
KU Prof Earl Hay Requests More Names for Flying Course
Lawrence report says Prof Earl D. Hay supervisor of the civilian aviation program at the University has been asked to submit five additional student names to the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Hay had already sent ten names and the university quota may exceed five as more applicants are sought for the advanced flying course starting Monday.
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Earl D. Hay
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Hay
K. U
Al Green Improves After Illness in Los Angeles
Al Green, who went to Los Angeles three weeks ago after a prolonged illness, continues to improve. He now takes short walks outside twice daily and spends much time outdoors in the sunshine. The playground between Robinson gymnasium and Fowler shops is busy this summer evenings with adults and children playing badminton, shuffleboard, croquet and other games. Local car dealers forecast when new models will be shown. reports from manufacturing centers indicate 1940 models have ceased production and 1941 models may begin by mid August. most factories stay active and plan production of new models by mid September with few changes but possible price increases. Judge Hugh Means traveled to Ottawa to address the newly organized union-Chamber of Commerce, which earned its charter with 103 members. The gas office thermometer reached 96 degrees by noon, rising to 98 by 2:30 pm, tying the summer high.
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Lawrence al Green
Los Angles
Althe
Hugh Means
Ottawa
union-Chamber of Commerce
Lower court affirms case on Russell county oil leases
Wichita July 10 The circuit court of appeals upholds District Judge Hopkins ruling denying Ben Preston owner of oil and gas leases in Russell county valued over a million dollars. Preston claimed 144 sections against 208 defendants including major oil firms. The ruling cited statute of limitations as the bar to his action.
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Wichita
Kan
Fred J. Partridge
Circuit Court of Appeals
Richard J. Hopkins
Ben Preston
Wichita Oil
Russell County
Preston
Hopkins
Appeals Court
Walter Haxman
Liquor Offering Alleged by Topeka Police Chief
Former Topeka police chief McEnaught, under ouster charges, invited Kansas Peace Officers Association to Topeka last year and suggested liquor would be provided. Jenkins testified at a Supreme Court hearing that McEnaught claimed access to liquor and the association would benefit from a visit, with 200 pints later allegedly missing from a police vault.
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Topeka
T. B. Jenkins
State Highway Patrol
Charles D. McEnaught
Kansas Peace Officers Association
Jenkins
Kansas City
Kan
Supreme Court
Fred M. Harris
McEnaught
Peace Officers
Hen City
McKnaught
Officers Association
Nolice
A. B. Mitchell
Morton Cole
Shanghai mass meeting calls for US commander apology
About 1,000 Japanese residents in Shanghai demand Col. Dewitt Peck apologize at an international gathering for insults to Japan. The protest follows the five hour detention of 16 Japanese gendarmes arrested in the American defense area of the international settlement.
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Shanghai
Confesses Two Slayings
Los Angeles police say Harry W. Gordon confessed killing and mutilating two women, naming his New York wife slain in 1933 and Mrs. Robert Earl McCarthy killed at a San Francisco hotel on June 25, with drink cited as a factor. Detectives planned to question him about the Lena Coffin murder in San Francisco years earlier.
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Los Angeles
Harry W
Gordon
Gannon
New York
Robert Earl’ McCarthy
San Francisco
Lena Coffin
Foot Gordon
McCarthy
Acacia No 9.A.F. Meeting Notes and Business
Acacia No 9.A.F. conducts a communication on July 11 with regular order of business. Visitors are announced by secretary W H Parker with R B Stevens noted as attendee.
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A.f.i
R. B. Stevens
H. Parker
Secy
Roosevelt asks for four point eight billion for national defense
President Roosevelt addresses Congress urging a new authorization of 4 848 171 957 dollars for national defense. He argues the nation must be prepared to repel aggression against the United States and the western hemisphere while opposing war of aggression. He insists the United States is not weak and will stay free and strong.
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United States
Western Hemisphere
Congress
Roosevelt
America
Mr. Roosevelt
Six Children Die in Bronx Gas Tragedy
In New York on July 10, six children of Mrs. Louis Nicosia were killed by illuminating gas in their Bronx home. Police say it was a death by own action attempt by their mother who was revived and may recover. Victims listed as Frances 4 Dominick 5 Anna 7 Joseph 8 Argelina 11 and Carmela 12. A note in Italian signed by Mrs. Nicosia claimed she and the children suffered as she could not care for them.
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New York
Louis Nicosia
Bronx
Frances
Dominick
Anna
Joseph
Argelina
Carmela
Help Wanted Classifieds Prompt Results
Short ad notes need for extra help at home or office. Mentions phone contact with the number 22. Text is fragmentary and lacks clear entities or location details.
State Printer Candidate George A. Lerrigo Named
George A. Lerrigo of Overbrook publisher of the Overbrook Citizen Richland Citizen and the Scranton Gazette Record announces his Republican bid for State Printer. A Kansas University graduate and printer by trade he emphasizes practical qualifications and active Young Republican involvement. He is Osage County Red Cross chairman Rotary member and a native of Topeka with Deep newspaper roots.
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George A. Lerrigo
Overbrook
Lerrigo
Kansas
Topeka
Kansas University
Printer's Ink
K. U
Kansan
Boys Industrial School
Overbrook Citizen
Osage County
Young Republican Club
Harriette Baughman
A. M. Baughman
Morrill News
Lerri
Duke of Windsor Named Bahamas Governor and Commander
Lisbon dispatch reports the Duke of Windsor described as very happy over his appointment as governor and commander in chief of the Bahamas Islands. He awaits London instructions on departure while on holiday with Wallis Warfield in Cascais enjoying swimming and sun-bathing.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Duke of Windsor
Bahamas Islands
London
Captain Wood
Wallis Warfield
Baltimore
Cascais
Wood
Roosevelt to announce third term plans before Chicago convention
Senator Wheeler of Montana said he believes President Roosevelt will announce his third term plans prior to the Democratic national convention in Chicago next week. He cited a reason to expect the disclosure during the formal gathering.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Sidents
Chicago
Oil pool promises rise in Phillips and nearby counties
Reports from operators describe new oil finds promising a pool in Phillips county and extensions in Litthermouth pool in Stafford county and the Feltes pool in Barton county. Phillips county No 1 Bay of Cities Service Oil well tested a good showing at 3,400 feet in Arbuckle limestone. Nearest commercial production is the Bow Creek pool, 17 miles east.
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Phillips County
Litthermouth
Stafford County
Feltes
Barton County
Bay of Cities
Wichita
Center North Line
Lemert
Cowley County
W. M. McKnab
Winfield
Center West Line
NW SE
Walter Fees
Iola
Broad Outline of Defense Objectives
President Roosevelt outlined the broad goals for national defense including a navy capable of meeting any hostile naval force, equipment for 1,200,000 soldiers, reserve stocks to supply 800,000 more for a total mobilization of 2,000,000, manufacturing facilities to sustain such forces and ordnance, and procurement of 15,000 more army planes and 4,000 more navy planes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Convention over flowers at Dallas hotel odd scene
A Dallas hotel foyer hosts a Texas State Florists convention with a streetwise boy noting the event and its flowers. Tokyo expects a settlement between Japanese and American authorities in Shanghai over marines’ arrest of Japanese gendarmes.
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Dallas
Exas State Florists Association
Tokyo
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
Shanghai
Pleasant Valley Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Pleasant Valley residents Mrs Ward Landis and family spent Sunday evening at Virgil D. Landis home in Pleasant Grove. Jack Maloney took school census Monday. Mary Ann Peterson and Betty Fae Richardson visited Lawrence Thursday with Freida Wray and others. The Meadow Lark 4-H girls met July 3 at Catherine Luckan’s for a project on club rolls.
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Jene
Phylis
Delores Janeway
Doris Landis
Joan
Rose- Marie
Janice Burnman
Wrenice
John Joy
Kansas’ City
C. N. Janeway
Edward Churchbaugh
Mary
Pleasant Grove
Harry B. Philip Lidtz
Jack. Maloney
Frank. Hatch
Lawrence
B. N. Janeway
L. M. Bulla
Redfield
V. W. Gar- Tatt
Bointey
Crissie Richardson
Opal
Kansas City
J. W. Alexander
Jack
K. W. Taylor
Norman
Whitewater
Bill Hegeman
Billy
Columbia
H. J. Peterson
Ethel Petefish
Clara
Richland
Ward Landis
Doris
Donald
Lloyd Oehlert
Virgil
Jack Maloney
Mary Ann Peterson
Betty Fae Richardson
Freida Wray
Otto Luckan
Ronald Rooney
Leona Tibbetts
Chester’ Howard
Fairview
Baldwin
Luckan
Rooney
Valley News Roundup Mentions Visits Wheat Yields And Local Notes
Lawrence visitors include Mrs Bright and Gladys with Mrs Curtis and others. Wheat yields vary from 20 to 40 bushels per acre, Alvin McKinney and N F Thomne report strong yields in spots. Local groups note a Grange postponement, Christian Endeavor gathering, and social visits across Valley Grove Topeka Emporia and Kansas City. Journal World ads urge subscriptions and housing finds.
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Bright
Lawrence
Ott Mohler
George Mohler
Washington Creek
Roy Puckett
Fred Gray
Acre
John Banks
Neal Banks
Reta
Fred McKinney
Sutton
Lydia Tidrow
Emporia
Alvin McKinney
Clinton
N. F. Thomne
Felix Tucker
Joe Douglass
Kansas City
Mary Lamb
Charles Lamb
Wheat price fluctuates as traders await crop report data
Chicago reports show wheat trading within a narrow range and closing with little change. Hedging sales and favorable/reluctant crop reports influence prices while exporters move about 1,000,000 bushels to Great Britain. Open interest totals are provided for wheat and corn.
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Chicago
North Dakota
Minnesota
Great Britain
Estimated Livestock Receipts for Kansas City
Official USDA estimate shows livestock receipts for tomorrow: Cattle 2,000 calves 400 hogs 1,500 sheep 3,000 according to AP data from Kansas City market.
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Kansas City
USDA
Livestock Prices Mixed As Kansas City Market Slows
Kansas City livestock reports show hogs 10 to 18 lower early, with top 6.45 and packers idle. Cattle activity slow, fed steers and grass cattle uneven, with some weights quoted up to 11.25 for 1340 lb steers and cows around 7.25. Sheep and yearlings mostly 25 lower, spring lambs weaker, vealers firm to 9.00, stockers steady amid light supply. Hay receipts listed with alfalfa and prairie grades in narrow ranges.
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Kansas City
Sly
USDA
Kansas
Kansas City Livestock
Good
Kansas City Produce Market Report Highlights Egg and Dairy Rates
Kansas City AP brief summarizes farm market figures for July 10. Eggs show firsts at 1514, current receipts 134 percent. Futter Creamery butterfat at 21, 2614 units. Poultry section notes hens at 915 with 12 percent, roosters 71 percent. Springs 1544 at 18 percent with broilers listed as Me 16.
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Kansas City
Futter Creamery
Springs
Local Markets Today Grain and livestock prices
Grain prices show wheat at 58 and yellow corn at 64. Poultry and eggs list hens, roosters, broilers, and egg values. hogs at 6.10. Prices reflect current market readings.
Chicago Potato Market Returns Mixed Prices by Grade
Potatoes arrivals 154 on track 295 with total US shipments 657. Idaho Bliss tops US No 1 at 2.10, North Carolina Cobblers 1.55, Louisiana Bliss 1.55 to 1.65. Missouri Cobblers weak to good 1.25-1.35, Kansas Cobblers 1.15-1.30, Bass Cobblers 1.20-1.35. Chicago wheat and soybeans futures quotes follow with July wheat 7.75-7.30, soy July 1.54, corn and lard spots noted.
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Chiago
Chicago
USDA
U. S
Idaho Bliss
North Carolina
Louisiana Bliss
Missouri
Kansacy
Kansas
Government Bonds Report From New York July 10
Treasury 3s closed at 55-51 110.11 with 3s, 55 to 51 spread and final price noted. Government bond trading shows prices near par in New York.
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Government Bonds
New York
Treasury
Wall Street Mixed as Utilities Gain while Defense Bets Stall
The Day In Wall Street reports a muted session with about 250000 shares traded. Utility preferreds led gains with Electric Power & Light and Commonwealth & Southern rising, while Bethlehem Steel Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Westinghouse American Telephone Eastman suffered losses. Talks of Roosevelt arms spending and higher excess profits taxes weighed on market sentiment, with rail bonds up and cotton futures firm.
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Wall Street
New York
3Ome Utility Holding Company
Europe
Electric Power & Light
Commonwealth
England
Germany
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McIntosh
Jim Farley
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Jack Jenkins
Seaman
STATE
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Windsor
Bahamas
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Boy Flower Vendor
Pleasant Valley
France
Paul Laval
Yones
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Franco
Spain
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Rye
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T&s
Beth Steel Seereee
Cerro de Pasco
Chrysler Cory Con
General Electric
Wssine
General Motore
Cccassess
Aenea Sneesent
Sanneertecens
Montgomery’ Ward Escereeee Nat'Dary
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Roebuck
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Union Pacific
Renee
Meres Aenet 'Weat el & Macoeen Citles Hervion
Schulz Audi
Journal World
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M. C. Manley
Gene Glahn
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Lawrence National Bank
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