Hughes Ship Down at Halftime Point
Howard Hughes landed his big Silvery monoplane at 9 p m tonight at Omsk Siberia midway through his round the world flight. He had covered 6 696 miles of his 14 709 mile course and completed three of six legs. Refueling began as officials noted he was well ahead of the Post record.
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Moscow
Howard Hughes
Omsk
Siberia
Hughes
Yakutsk
New York
Wiley Post
Post
Novosibirsk
Sverdlovsk
Ural Mountains
Russia
C.S.T
Volga River
Kazan
Paris
Georgi Baidukoff
America
Mikhail Gromoff
Andrei Yumosheff
Berlin
Berlin-Moscow
Koenigsberg
C. Maidement
Wright Aeronautical Firm
Decline in yield still hold levee in Missouri Kansas Nebraska
Kansas wheat crop forecasts shrink from 1927 36 period averages due to drought freezes rust and grasshoppers while corn oats and barley show varied fortunes. In Missouri Kansas and Nebraska levee work continues as floodwaters rise threatening Langdon area with 3000 4000 acres of wheat at risk.
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Topeka
Kan
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Kaw
Roosevelt Takes Time Off From Politics to View Colorado Scenery
President Roosevelt pauses political campaigning to enjoy Colorado scenery en route to San Francisco. In Pueblo he spoke on democracy and conservation, avoiding senatorial race talk, and outlined agricultural goals while planning sightseeing at the Royal Gorge and a future Yosemite visit.
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Roosevelt
Colorado
Pueblo
San Francisco
Colo
Sen
Alva B. Adams
Benjamin C. Hilliard
Amarillo
Tex
Marvin Jones
Lyndon Johnson
Maury Maverick
W. F. McFarlane
James V. Allred
Texas
Royal Gorge
Yosemite Park
Venezuela Resigns From League of Nations in 1939
Venezuela announced its resignation from the League of Nations, effective five years after formal notice. The country claimed fidelity to the league's ideals. It becomes the ninth Latin American nation to resign or notify withdrawal, with other Latin American resignations already in effect.
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Geneva
Venezuela
League of Nations
Caracas
League
Guatemala
Brazil
Costa Rica
Paraguay
Nicaragua
Honduras
San Salvador
Chile
Japan
Germany
Italy
Electrocution Stayed in McCall Kidnapping Case
Miami, July 12. Franklin Pierce McCall’s electrocution for kidnapping James Bailey Cash Jr. was stayed after Circuit Judge H F Atkinson granted a writ of error allowing an appeal to the state Supreme Court returnable October 31. The execution set for the week of July 25 is automatically stayed. Arriett argues the kidnap statute may require a jury to decide mercy under the Lingbergh law.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
H. F. Atkinson
McCall
C. A. Arriett
State Supreme Court
Arriett
Won't Fight Charges in Mayer Forgery Case
Louis B. Mayer forged notes scheme suspect George D. Smart, 35, of Wichita Kansas, faces grand theft and forgery counts in Los Angeles. He admitted to posing as Mayer's agent to obtain 50000 from stars and contractors, hoping to net 100000, but had only 600 in bank. Britton, 38, makeup artist, may also face action. Smart vows no further trouble.
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Los Angeles
Louis B. Mayer
George D. Smart
District Attorney’s
Smart
Wichita
Kan
Layne Britton
Mayer
Turkey Dinner Invasion Delights Wyoming Farmer
In Torrington Wyoming on July 12 a farmer keeps calm as thousands of O H Thrasher’s turkeys wander into a neighbor’s field. The birds feast on grasshoppers and Thrasher even hires a roast wagon to move them, reflecting their appetite for pest control.
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Torrington
Wyo
O. H. Thrasher
Thrasher
Du Pont and Raskob Accused in Tax Evasion Case
The United States board of tax appeals found Pierre S. Du Pont and John J. Raskob attempted to evade more than a million dollars in income taxes through securities paper transactions. Estimates suggest Raskob could owe about a million and Du Pont about six hundred thousand. The decision scrutinizes whether the deals were legitimate losses or schemes to dodge taxes, with the board concluding the transactions show a deliberate design to evade liability.
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Washington
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Pierre S. DuPont
John J. Raskob
Raskob
du Pont
Japanese Attack on Kiukiang Besets City and Waterfront
Japanese bombers raided the outskirts of Kiukiang as Chinese defenders prepared to fight to the finish. They systematically destroyed Kiukiang waterfront properties including American possessions while Japanese warships shelled the river approach. Chinese forces manned entanglements and trenches as civilians fled toward emergency refuges at Kuling.
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Shanghai
Kiukiang
Poyang Lake
Yangtze River
Hankow
Kuling
Bishop Edvard Rodhe to Be Entertained in Lindsborg
Lindsborg prepares to host Bishop Edvard Rodhe of Lund Sweden this afternoon and tonight. Dr Alfred Bergin pastor of Bethany Lutheran traveled to Salina to greet the bishop and escort him to Lindsborg. The Bethany church board will honor him with a banquet then a public address at the Bethany church. Rodhe visits the United States in connection with Swedish tercentenary activities.
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Lindsborg
Kan
Edvard Rodhe
Lund
Sweden
Alfred Bergin
Bethany Lutheran Church
Salina
Rodhe
Bethany Church Board of Administration
Bethany Church
United States
Giannangelo Named Head Trainer at Emporia Teachers College
Former Kansas University football player Joe Giannangelo has been chosen as head trainer and assistant football coach at Emporia Teachers College. He will return from Monongahela Pennsylvania to join Fran Welch’s staff starting September 1.
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Joe Giannangelo
K. U
Emporia’ Teachers ‘College
Giannangelo
Monongahela
Fran” Welch
Emporia
High Moslem Holy Man Shot Down in Street
In Jerusalem the high Moslem holy man Sheik Ali Hatib was killed in the Muristan quarter while en route to Al Aqsa mosque. A passing Arab woman was wounded by a stray bullet as assassins escaped. Since July 5, 47 Arabs and 24 Jews killed, 146 Arabs and 8 Jews wounded. Bombs and arson fire in Haifa and Jerusalem. two Arabs hanged at Acre prison.
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Jerusalem
Old City
Sheik Ali Hatib
Muristan
Alags
Nazareth
Safad
Acre
Tulkarm
General Post
Haifa
Imperial Chemical Industries
Body of John Mull Found Downstream Near Bowersock Dam
The 23 year old John Mull missing since May 20 after the Kaw river accident was recovered about 9 AM by Morton Winger less than a mile below the dam. The body lay in driftwood at Ninth street near the eastern city limit, identified by his father and uncle, with undersheriff Price and Deputy Collins involved.
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John Mull
Charles Mull
Lincoln Street
Kaw River
Morton Winger
Mechanic Street
Ninth Street
North Lawrence
George Price
Henry Collins
Winger
Collins
Board of County Commissioners
Mull
Bowersock Dam
William Muzzy
Maple Street
William Christy
West Sixth Street
Three River Explorers Prepare to Resume Colorado Voyage
Norman D Nevills and companions Dr Elzada Glover and Del Reid plan to restart their Colorado river trip from Lee's Ferry Arizona toward Lake Mead. Nevills seeks a short wave radio link to National Park Service for communication during Grand Canyon traversal. They intended to return to Lee's Ferry for final prep ahead of resuming the voyage Wednesday or Thursday.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Neville
Colorado River
Lee’s Ferry
Norman D. Nevills
Mexican Hat
National Park Service
Lake Mead
Elzada Glover
University of Michigan
del Reid
Hockaday Adjudged Insane In Wichita Probate Court
F W Woody Hockaday a 53 year old Wichita auto supply executive was declared maniac depressive with paranoid tendencies in probate court and ordered committed to the state hospital at Larned. Federal agents had brought him to Wichita after his arrest in Oklahoma City for attempting to reach President Roosevelt during a public parade to shine his shoes.
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Wichita
Kan
F. W
Woody) Hockaday
Wichita Auto Supply
Larned
Clyde
M. Hudson
Grace Hockaday
Hudson
State Board of Administration
Topeka
Hockaday
Larned Hospital
Oklahoma City
Roosevelt
Outbreak of Sun Spots Charms Philadelphia Audience
Astronomer I M Levitt of the Franklin Institute reports sun spots reappearing with 200 counted on July 12. He predicts the yearly total may top the 1937 peak that set a 67 year record, as observers track solar activity.
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Philadelphia
I. M. Levitt
Franklin Institute
Levitt
Sol
Journal-World Delivery Request for Summer Address
Subscriber requests the Journal-World be mailed to the summer address Ford Service, Hamilton 15 W. 9th Ve. Include start date and any needed mailing changes for uninterrupted delivery.
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Journal-World
Ford Service
Hamilton
Liberty Memorial high school to name new head coach
Lawrence school board moved to speed the reorganization of city school athletics after the resignation of Edd A. Wood. Elmer Schaake leads a field of former Kansas Jayhawker players as likely high school coach while L. R. Perry becomes director of physical education and Maurice Cannady takes over junior high duties. Ed Dissinger remains as assistant coach. Junior high competition to be scaled back next year. A Cairo world radio conference will study short wave interference.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Lawrence
Elmer Schaake
Bethany College
Lindsborg
L. R
Dad” Perry
Lawrence Public Schools
Maurice Cannady
Yates Center
K. U
Perry
Kansas Jayhawker
Schaake
Art Lawrence
Rosedale High
Kansas City
Kan
Henry Schenk
Junction City High
Nelson Sorem
C. C. Hardy
Hoisington High
Ernie Vanek
Herington High Pilot
Kansas
Detroit Lions
Patsy” Clark
Central Missouri State Teachers College
Warrensburg
T. C
Tad” Reid
Bethany
Edd A. Wood
Wichita East High School
Ed Dissinger
Cannady
Cairo
Egypt
SCC Buys More Spuds to Stabilize Kaw Valley Market
Topeka July 12 The federal surplus commodities corporation filled its first order for 100 carloads of Kaw Valley potatoes and continued buying. J C Lettice SCC rep said he might buy 100 more carloads in days ahead after purchasing 65 carloads yesterday and likely the same today. He pledged to stay in the market until surplus clears and prices improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Kaw Valley
J. C. Lettice
SCC
Lettice
Five New Teachers Promoted in Lawrence Public Schools
The Lawrence board of education announced five new teachers plus several promotions at a special meeting at Colonial Tea Room. Arthur Miller became vice principal of the Junior High School, joining John E. Jacobs. Garvin V. Gillum was named teacher of commercial subjects at Liberty Memorial High School. Margaret Westbrook was hired to teach art at the New York School, and Dorothy Allen to succeed at Pinckney and Cordley. Eloise Henson becomes a primary teacher, Dorothea Wine Gardner an apprentice teacher, and Carolee Drake moves to the Junior High office.
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Lawrence Public School
Board
John E. Jacobs
Arthur Miller
Td Assistohn E. Jacobs
Liberty Memorial High School
Garvin V. Gillum
Liberty
Iva H. James
Gillum
Warrensburg
Teachers College
University of Missouri
Margaret Westbrook
Kansas City
New York School
Olive Krehbeil
Westbrook
University of Kansas
Paola
Dorothy Allen
Cameron
Celia O’connor
Pinckney
Imogene Hyde
Cordley
Maryville
Eloise Henson
Dorothea Wine Gardner
Lawrence
Carolee Drake
Board of Education
Status of Schuschnigg Is No Longer Honorary
A Ministry of Propaganda spokesman said former Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg's status changed from honorary detention to regular protective custody. He is under arrest since Austria's 1938 annexation and is held in Vienna, reportedly at the Metropole hotel under Gestapo supervision.
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Vienna
Ministry of Propaganda
Kurt Schuschnigg
Josef Stertin
Schuschnigg
Stertin
Schuschnige
Austria
Oil Worker Killed In Oxford Field Accident
Emmett Bennett of Olson Drilling died in a Winfield hospital from injuries after a pipe struck him while pulling casing from an oil well in the Oxford field. The incident occurred earlier yesterday.
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Winfield
Kan
Emmett Bennett
Olson Drilling Company
Oxford
Stark Charges Kansas City Gambling Take Paid to Political Group
Missouri Governor Lloyd C. Stark accused Kansas City gamblers of funneling half their winnings as political tribute to the Pendergast faction. He cited a private probe tied to liquor control chief changes and noted a reported 4 to 50 percent take aiding vote fraud suppression, naming Judge James W. Douglas and James V. Billings in the judicial race. He said gambling racketeers’ activity in Kansas City declined after Fitzgerald’s firing and McMahon’s appointment.
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Stark
Kansas City
Jefferson City
Lloyd C. Stark
Supreme Court
Missouri
James W. Douglas
St. Louis
James V. Billings
Kennett
Billings
Kansas City Democratic
Pendergast
Thomas F. Fitzgerald
E. J. McMahon
T. J. Pendergast
Fitzgerald
McMahon
Liquor
Lawrence budget outlines 339658 dollar school plan
Lawrence board of education proposes a 1938 39 budget totaling 339658 dollars with a general fund of 262535 dollars and a bond and interest outlay of 49498.79 dollars. The plan lowers the levy to 15.96 mills before a public hearing August 1 and certification by August 25.
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Lawrence Board of Education
Board of Education
Colonial Tea Room
McAllaster School
Heat relief promises as new cold front edges in
Topeka July 12 A high pressure area moving into Kansas from the northwest will bring some relief from the heat tonight and tomorrow says S D Flora federal meteorologist. Scattered thunderstorms expected tomorrow possibly in the northwest tonight. Yesterday’s state high of 104 degrees at Phillipsburg may be matched or surpassed today with cooler 95 to 100 degrees tomorrow. Clouds cleared across most of the state with warm night ahead. east 72 to 76 degrees and west 65 to 76 degrees tonight.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
White Cloud
Kan
Rock Port
Rulo
Neb
WPA
CCC
Langdon
S. C. Nuzum
Leavenworth
Grant Parker
Henry Taylor
Leslie West
Kickanoo
Topeka
S. D. Flora
Phillipsburg
Flora
Stock Market Index Edges Up After Slight Rally
The average of 60 stocks rose to 48.0 from 47.0 yesterday, indicating a modest market uptick. Investors watched notable gains in several large cap names as trading concluded.
Kansas Weather Outlook and Temps Today
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered thunderstorms likely in the northwest. Cooler by Wednesday, morning clear, dirt roads remain good. The Gas Office record shows 97 degrees at noon, 97 today with 101 yesterday and 94 low earlier year.
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Kansas
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U. S. Tax Board
Emporia Teachers Post
North Bank
Dissinger
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