County to Tax Sale. Klooz to Abstract 1000 Parcels
County commissioners approved Ernest Klooz to perform tax judgment abstracting for 1935 and earlier delinquencies. About 1,000 parcels, mostly in Lawrence Baldwin Eudora and Lecompton, will be included with a $2.25 per tract fee. January 1 tentatively set to begin suit in district court.
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Ernest Klooz
Pease
Klooz
Milton P. Beach
Krooz
Office of the Register of Deeds
Ees
Beach
Werner Receives Letter From England About Kitchen Front
Henry Werner, adviser at the University, received a letter from English relatives describing wartime garden efforts in England. They report households planting beans tomatoes peas and other vegetables to conserve food and support the war. The envelope bore the slogan Win the War on the Kitchen Front.
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England
Henry Werner
Werner
Fire in Wheat Field Near Resac Farm
Firemen cut off a corner of a blazing wheat field two miles north of the airport at about 4 yesterday afternoon. Much of the standing wheat was saved as water spray controlled the blaze to one part of the field. Fire Chief Paul Ingels said the cause is unknown but likely linked to harvesting.
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Resac
Paul Ingels
Jordan Home Sold to Kansas Color Press
The rambling colonial at 2208 Vermont Street changes hands to Warren Zimmerman and wife of the Kansas Color Press. Mr and Mrs Jordan plan July 27 departure for Leavenworth and Warrensburg Missouri. Mrs Jordan and Muriel will relocate as Jordan shifts to work with the Rural Electrification Administration.
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W. Fred Jordan
Vermont Street
Warren Zimmerman
Kansas Color Press
Federal’ Rural Electrification Administration
Fort Smith, Ark
Arkansas
Louisiana
Nazi press speculates on U S elections and European fate
Berlin reports the German press speculates on how Nazi victories could affect the Democratic national convention. The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung notes focus on Britain and France, warns a European decision may come before the U S presidential race, with a year and a quarter until election.
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Berlin
United’ States
Duetsche Allgemeine
Zeistung
Chiscago
France
United States
Europe
Capper Seeks Industrial Balance for Defense
Senator Capper urged Knudsen of the national defense advisory commission that the middle west must receive a share of defense industries to maintain purchasing power. He called for no coastal concentration and for a balanced distribution of defense factories across regions.
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Capper
Mid-West
Washington
Wil Sham
Knudsen
Sdlefense
Middle West
Bomb Plot Allegations Tie To GOP Convention Aces
At a hearing in Philadelphia the Workers School defense argued against Granitz's claim the school is Communist. Detectives reportedly uncovered a broader red bomb plot involving homemade devices near Convention Hall, but police denied these assertions.
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Toge
Adolph Heller
Bernard Rush
Graitz
Ued
Workers School
Granitz
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Convention Hall
Bomb aimed at governor tied to convention scare
An aide to Governor Arthur H. James said a bomb found near the Republican national convention site was intended for the governor. He cited an arrestee who claimed the device was addressed to the governor, a claim James learned of only recently.
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Harrisburg
Arthur ‘H. James
Pennsylvania
James
Willkie Eyes Hanoi? No, Hoover and Landon Expected Visitor
Colorado Springs July 11 Willkie said he will confer next week with “important men” in the Republican party and indicated former President Hoover and Alf Landon may be among them. He noted the Hatch bill passed, commented on Rankin’s anti-utility ban attempt, and said he would campaign in the South while vacationing. Governor Carr predicted a western sweep in November and reported pro Willkie sentiment in New Mexico Wyoming Oklahoma and Texas, though he avoided guarantees about Texas.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
Herbert Hoover
Alf M. Landon
House
Rankin
D-Miss
Willkie
Landon
Hoover
South
Ralph L. Carr
Colorado
Carr
West
New Mexico
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Texas
Ito
Lawrence Kiwanis summer shop news and prizes
Four of sixteen boys in the Lawrence Kiwanis club sponsored summer shop attended the weekly luncheon. E T Burgess spoke on the program and introduced four exhibitors, who described projects from chairs to tables. Prizes were awarded for best articles, most useful pieces, and most progress. John Kistler, Dick Stutz, Junior Haverty, Victor Anderson, Billy Francis, and Clifford Dean were noted.
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Lawrence Kiwanis Club
E. T. Burgess
Fred Anderson
John Kistler
Billy Francis
Pat Smith
Burgess
Dick, Stutz
Junior Haverty
Victor Anderson
Clifford Dean
Ivan C. Crawford
Hatch Bill Expands Political Activity Limits in Senate Action
Senate approved legislation to broaden the Hatch Act restricting political activity by state and local government employees paid with federal funds. The bill, sent to the White House after House amendments, gained endorsements from Wendell Willkie and other leaders.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Wendell Willkie
Masonic Lodge Notice Invites Members to July Meeting
A Freemason lodge announces a meeting on Thursday July 11 at 8 p.m. Attendees from the Slatersville area, including R. B. Stevens and John H. Parker, are welcomed to attend with fuel communications referenced in the notice.
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Cacia No
Elcome
Stevens
American ambulance drivers released or missing in wartime Berlin report
In Berlin on July 11 the U S embassy said drivers from the American Field Service in German hands would be released if homeward transport could be arranged. Four men found at Brussels—F. J. King, Donald Q. Coster, John Clement, Gregory H. Wait—took part in aiding British and French wounded behind German lines. Others, including Murray Shipley, Louis Wehrle, Albert Reymond, Peter Upton Muir, Herbert Debelle, and Jan Glowacki, are en route to or held in German custody with several still reported missing or killed.
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Berlin
U. S
Brussels
F. J. King
Donald Q. Coster
John Clement
Gregory H. Wait
American Field Service
New York
Amiens
John Cudahy
United States
Belgium
Brussis
Clement
Wait
Lisbon
Dresden
Murray Shipley
Louis Wehrle
Albert Reymond
Chicago
Paris
Peter Upton Muir
Herbert Debelle
Lawrence Jump
Dartmouth
Ellis Jump
Stuttgart
Jump
Germany
Perunanrabinr
Jan Glowacki
Laon
Gerald Bradford
Joseph Clark
Local items note Lawrence figures and travel plans
Lawrence notes include Coach and Mrs. Gwinn Henry traveling to Brownwood Texas and into New Mexico for weeks, former K A student Buddy Rogers quitting his band to return to Hollywood, Johnny Morris to take over, a K U observatory open house inviting moon viewing, Hilda Mauck story in McCall’s, Laurence White article in National Sign Journal, 83 degree high in Lawrence, cereus bloom at Mrs Grant Smith’s home, a Massachusetts street watch found and taken to police.
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Buddy Rogere
Clathe
K. A
Peabody Hotel
Memphis
Hollywood
Johnny Morris
Morris
Vincent Lopez
Rogers
Mary Pickford
C. B.holmes
Hilda Mauck
McCall’s
Lawrence Newstands
Laurence White
Alabama Street
National Sign Journal
National Sign Association
Lawrence Neon Lign
White
K. U. In
Deaths and Funerals Walter M Gill
Private funeral services for Walter M Gill who died Wednesday in Topeka will be held Friday at 2 PM from Rumsey funeral home. The Rev P D Pittman will officiate burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery. Keith Davis a prominent university tenor before graduation once sang with the glee club at the Aquacade in the New York World's Fair. Davis is undergoing treatment for five sek Teal and is among groups making local broadcasts in New York.
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Walter M. Gill
Topeka
Rumsey Funeral Home
P. D. Pittman
Memorial Park Cemetery
Keith Davis
Isere
Davis
Ermal
New York
Girl survives fall in Rocky Mountain gorge
Jane Dunham, 20, of Topeka Kansas, rolled down a snowbank and a mountain slope in Glacier Gorge, Mountain National Park, and crawled a mile to Emerald Lake. Rangers then treated her with 100 stitches. Her condition remained serious but improving. Superintendent Canfield warned visitors to avoid slippery snow banks and ice fields.
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Rocky Mountain Park
Colo
Jane Dunham
Topeka
Kan
Gyndall’ Gorge
Mountain National Park
Emerald Lake
Park Rangers of the Lake
Park & Hospital
Mail
Dun Mham
B Am
D Dick
Estes Park Hotel
David H Canfield
Dlean
Cool Breezes Bring Rain to Northern Kansas Weather
Rainfall and cooler air moved into northern Kansas as a weather front spread from Topeka. Thunder showers and gusty winds were reported with scattered rain in towns like Topeka Phillipsburg and Tribune, while forecasts predicted southern moisture by tomorrow and highs near 85 to 90 degrees.
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Topeka
Kansas
Phillipsburg
Tribune
Hill City
A. D. Robb
Kansasa
Robb
Latin America Receives Threats From Germany Ahead of Havana Conference
Secretary Hull said German activities in Latin America aimed to intimidate nations ahead of the Havana conference. The American nations meet July 20 to discuss joint action on western defense and economic unity amid reports of German warnings to Central American governments.
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Washington
Hull
Latin ‘America
Havana
Confercea
Conference of American Nations
Uni
Germany
Indians Wallop Athletes In 8 to 5 Victory
Cleveland Indians hammer Philadelphia Athletics for 15 hits in an 8 to 5 win as Ben Chapman Lou Boudreau and Ken Keltner homer. pitchers Milnar Dobson and Hemaley hold the A’s to nine runs through the game. Also Cubs beat Red Sox 4 2 in first game of doubleheader with Vasquez shutout and Nicholson three run homer.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletic
Ben Chapman
Lou Boudreau
Ken Keltner
Jones Indians
Frankie Hayes
Cleveland
Milnar
Dobson
Hemaley
Dean
Heusser
Hayes
St. Louis
New York
Auker, Mills
Bwitt
Newhouser, Hutchinson and Tebbetts, Hudson and Ferrell
Roosevelt third term dominates Democratic convention talk
Chicago July 11 Democrats focus on a possible third term for President Roosevelt and a platform opposing sending Americans to European wars. Wagner arrives with draft. debate over abolishing two thirds rule and delegate bonuses continues amid census impact. Elizabeth Conkey proposes female vice presidential candidates Norton or Roosevelt as potential nominees.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Wagner
New York
America
National Committee
E. B. Germany
Dallas
Tex
Garner
Texas
J. Bert Clements
Helena
Mnt
Congress
Elizabeth A. Conkey
Illinois
Conkey
Cook ‘County
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Franklin D.roosevelt
Norton
Platform
Visory
Wheat futures close lower as market weakens
Wheat and corn futures fell amid pressured prices with July and September positions dropping from the prior session. Trading activity showed substantial volume with 16.278 million bushels of wheat futures purchases and an open interest of 74.5 million bushels in Chicago.
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Chicago
Livestock market report for Kansas City livestock sale
Kansas City cattle and hog markets show gains and steady demand. Hogs rise to top 6.69 with most prices 15 to 25 higher. cattle see steady to higher tone with several loads of fed steers 1023 to 1113 pounds at around 10.40, grass cattle mixed, stockers light, cows dull to steady. sheep light trading with sparse sales and slight declines.
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Kansas City
USDA
Eood
Jactive
Hog and cattle market roundup with load details
Hog market similar to early with a 333 lb load. Butchers late at 6.10. Cattle includes two loads of choice around 1 250 lb steers at 11.00. Grass steers clearances at 7.75 and 9.25. Bulk 4.00. Sheep show spring lambs steady to 35 lower. sheep steady. good to choice 78-83 lb Colorado spring lambs 9.90. Best natives 9.50 with many shipments at that price. Texas cattle 0.15, 115 lb Colorado ewes 3.33.
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Kansas City
USDA
Colorado
Texas
Wheat and corn price report from Kansas City market
Wheat prices rise and fall across several grades with July and Sept futures listed. Corn and oats show modest gains with various grade numbers and price differentials noted.
Kansas City Hay Market Prices Suffer Noisy Trade
Kansas City hay dealers report mixed receipts with carload totals and varying bids. Prices listed include No 1 and No 2 leafy hay at around 11 to 13 dollars per ton, Pilalaies and other grades showing 8 to 18 dollars per unit, reflecting a cautious market.
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Kansas City Hay Market
Kansas City
Hay
Pilalaies
Chicago Potato Market Report July 11
Chicago market notes arrivals 153 on track 310 total U S shipments 889 California tong whites 0 8 No 12 50 Idaho Bliss.
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Chicago
Ap-Usda
U. S
California
Idaho
Cobblers and Dairy Rates and Receipts Brief
Market brief shows cocoa products and butterfat yields with notes from Kansas City on July 11. It lists U S No 1 and other cobbler grades with varied prices and quality notes. The report includes current receipts, poultry percentages, and miscellaneous dairy figures.
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Kansas City
Springs
Local Markets Grain and Livestock Prices
Wheat 56 and yellow corn 64. Butterfat No 124 and No 221. Hens under 4 pounds 8 over 4 pounds 11. Springers and broilers 14 16 roosters 4 5. Exes straight runs 12. Hog price 6.40.
Commodity futures wrap from Chicago on July wheat and corn
Chicago markets note July wheat at 3 3 4, September 3 4 1 3, December 15 64 percent. oats for July 3 0, September 28 percent, December 25 percent. rye July 421 4, September 44, December 48. Lard values for July 5.87, September 6.02, October 6.12, December 6.27, January 6.35. Bellies July 6.55, September 7.00.
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Chicago
Bellles
Government Bonds New York July 11 Closing Treasury Note
Government bonds in New York closed July 11 with Treasury note prices near 119.26 and yields around 0.47. The AP report notes modest trading and slight changes from prior session, reflecting standard market activity for the day.
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Government Bonds
New York
Government Treasury
Ae O
Wall Street fluctuates as stocks swing on July 11
Early trading showed mixed tendencies as steel and aircraft shares moved but gains were trimmed by close. U S Steel Bathléhem Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Glenn Martin Lockheed American Telephone Sears Roebuck Anaconda Caterpillar Motors and rails led activity with bonds showing strength. Wheat and corn futures fell while cotton declined in late trading.
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Wall Street
New York
Washington Administration
U. S. Steel
Bathléhem
Douglnas Aircraft
United Aircraft
Glenn Martin
Lockheed
American Telephone Loft
Sears, Roebuck
Anaconda
Chicago
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Lawrence Department
Jordan Home
Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Zimmerman
G.O.P
Kiwanis
Clu
Hatch
U.S
Lawrence
Gwinn Henry
Gwinn III
Brownwood
K. U. Observatory
N. W . Storer
Fredonia
Grant Smith
Maine Street
Massachusetts Street
C. N. Bidwell
Southern
Latin America
Chicago Cubs
Beston
Claude Vasseau
Bostonians
Billy Nicholson
Joe Sullivan
Nick Strincevicn
Boron A.mscerreras
Fhiedelphia
Pittsburgh
Lawrence Daily_journal-World
Douglas County
Frank R. Gray
Ethel M. Banks
Kansar
Chapet Fay
Cc.c. Stewart
Olin KK
Petefish
Lawrence Dajournal-World
State of Kansas
Douglas
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Raid
Thomas H. Kennedy
Emma. J. Kennedy
Helen M. Leater
Emma , Kennedy and
Helen Mester
Co. C. Stewart
Olin K. Petefish
Senatory McNary
Churchill
Naval Base
Dickinson
Kansas City Livestock
Cash Grain
Ious
Adolphe Irewsou
Carole Landis Jown Hubbard
William Gargan Verree Teasdale
Mary Astor
Bea
Nick
Rea Ee
Wola Pidceon
Wa Johnson Henry Mull
Stanley C. Ridges
Donald Meek
Addison Richards
Triumphs
Virginia Cobblers
Louisiana Bliss
Missouri Cobblers
Kensay
Cobblers
Vetock
Smell & R. Beneenee
Wanes
Am Tel & Ee
Steel Baeteeee
Certo de Pasco
Chrysier Corp
Soalv
Mee Con Oil Bi
General
General Motors
Kennecott Montgomery
BEM
Censtence
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Ee North
ARM Corcescensvessore
Penney
Sears
Rocduck
pnvencetece oe Union_ Pac
Ante Sree Schulz
Mansco
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