Bombers Flight Stirred Nazi Anger Across Europe
Allied air power showcased by Britain and France with a 200 bomber round trip, prompting German accusations of intimidation. Bulgaria and Yugoslavia eyed closer ties as Romania sought postwar aid, while Italy recalled Grandi and expelled foreigners amid rising tensions.
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Europe
Britain
France
Berlin
Bulgaria
London
Royal Airforce
Parisi
Poland
Ainder
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Voelkis Cher Beobachter
Paris
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Turkey
Greece
Bucharest
Grandi
Dino Grandi
Tyrol
Germany
Bolzano
Mussolini
Italy
United States
Shanghai
Fukien Province
Chuanchow
Tungshan
Chaoan
Senate votes to raise federal old age aid by 80 million
The Senate approved 43 to 35 a plan to boost federal outlays for old age assistance by 80 million dollars a year. Sponsored by Senator Connally of Texas the bill would provide two dollars from the federal government for every one contributed by states with a pension range from 15 to 40 dollars monthly. The proposal would raise the current 50-50 match up to a 15 dollar minimum and 40 dollar maximum, increasing annual costs by about 80 million dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Connally
North Ireland backs Britain in war threats
Bangor notes Prime Minister Lord Craigavon pledges Northern Ireland resources for Britain amid war danger. He says Ulster will defend the home front and maintain the Union, speaking at County Down Boyne Battle commemoration.
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Bangor
Northern Ireland
Lord ‘Craigavon
Britain
Ireland
Airie
Craigavon
County Down
Boyne
William III
James
Ulster
Craigavon Q
Stock Market Index Snapshot
A brief market note shows modest activity with the index around 47.6 and related figures in the 60s range. The terse fragment cites general stock movement and closing cues without specifying companies or sectors.
Federal Officials Doubt Pendergast Firm LootING
Federal officials remained skeptical that Tom Pendergast contracting firms were looted of 825000. They suggested much of the funds went to the Democratic leader serving a tax evasion sentence. Audit by Arthur Andersen disclosed leaks over years and missing records hindered tracking where thousands of dollars went.
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Pendergast
Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Arthur Anderson, & Company First
Pendergast Companies
Treasuries
Leach Identifies Bridges as Communist Leader at Deportation Hearing
John L. Leach testified before the Dies committee that Harry Bridges was elected to the California State Central committee of the Communist Party in 1936. Milner testified army intelligence discussed proving Bridges was a Communist and monitoring Communist activities, with Colonel Jones seeking information on Bridges and Communist efforts on the West Coast.
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San Francisco
John L. Leach
Dies Committee
Harry Bridges
Central Committee
Communist Party of the United States
New York
Leach
Rossi
Comrad Bridges
Bridges
Thomas Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Communist Party
Los Angeles
Washington
California
Laurence Milner
United States Army
Milner
Albert M. Jones
Army Intelligence Service
Portland
Ore
Jones
Aubrey Grossman
Oreon National Guard
Oregon National Guard
Grossman
Colonel Jones
Harrison Dominates Round in National PGA Championship
New York reports J. Harrison of Oak Park Illinois shredded Bruce Coltart of Had donfield New Jersey 10 and 9 to move to the quarterfinals. He followed a morning 66 six under par with a 33 opening and a strong afternoon showing to sit 19 under for 96 holes. Dick Betz beat Billy Burke 6 and 4 while Paul Runyan defeated Ben Hogan 2 and 1 in a tense bracket clash.
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New York
E. J
Dutch) Harrison
Oak Park
Ill
Bruce Coltart
Haddonfield
N. J
Pomorok Country Club
Harrison
Dick Betz
Lake Forest
Billy Burke
Cleveland
Paul Runyan
Metz
Ben Hogan
White Plains
N. Y
Ogan
One Man WPA Strike Shocks Nebraska
Omaha laborer W. G. Davis stands alone on a WPA strike in Nebraska as the sole participant in the state. His wife comments that he acted after reading the newspapers highlighting the issue.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
W. G. Davis
Journal World Mail Subscription Promotion
A promotional line inviting readers to subscribe to the Journal-World by mail for home delivery. It advertises a daily letter service and a monthly price of 400 cents, inviting calls to the circulation department at phone number 22.
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Journal-World - Mailed
Furar
Kansas City charter party calls for mayoral and council ouster
The new charter party in Kansas City demands removal of Mayor Bryce B. Smith and six of eight city council members, pledging to recall and nominate a new mayor and council. Hal W. Luhnow leads the central committee with a 150 member advisory group, noting Woodbury and Gossett as exceptions. Gossett resigns due to illness.
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New Charter Party
Kansas City
Bryce B. Smith
Charles P. Woodbury
A. N. Gossett
Smith
Henry F. McElroy
McElroy
Sam Blair
U. S
Maurice M. Milligan
Tom
Pendergast
Democratic
Charter Party
Smth
Hal W. Luhnow
Luhnow
Woodbury
Gossett
Heat wave grips Kansas as clouds forecast relief later
Topeka reports officials say heat peaks statewide with temperatures 100 to 105 while drought conditions worsen corn prospects. A cooling front from the northwest is predicted tonight into tomorrow with 65 to 70 degree lows in the north and west and 75 to 80 elsewhere.
One Killed in Crash Near Haven
Haven Kansas July 12. Harvey Sproad Wheeler Illinois was killed and passenger J A Nichols Newton Illinois seriously injured when their car failed to negotiate a curve and plunged into a creek after harvesting fields nearby.
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Haven
Kan
Harvey Sproad
Wheeler
Til
J. E. Nichols
Newton
Ill
Gas Drum Fatality Kills Kansas Child
Peter M. Lagaly Jr., age 10, was killed when a 50 gallon gasoline drum fell from a truck at his father's farm near St. Mark Kansas. The accident occurred in July and involved a child as the victim.
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Wichita
Peter M. Lagaly, Jr
St. Mark
Kan
Congress Urged to Restore WPA Prevailing Wages
Washington leaders press for congressional action to remove the 130 hour monthly security wage rule and restore prevailing wage payments on WPA projects. AFL officials claim strikes and protests stem from the policy, while Roosevelt signals adherence to existing law amid broader project disruptions nationwide.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Congress
WPA
Green
Britain Grants Credits to Greeks and Rumanians for Armaments
London reports the board of trade has approved credits totaling more than 36 million dollars to Greece and Romania for armaments and raw materials in Britain. Romania receives 5.5 million pounds and Greece 2.0409 million pounds, marking the first allied credit move since a government bill for guarantees was introduced. Poland and Turkey are also expected to receive credits to speed armament efforts.
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London
Upi
Board of Trade
Greece
Rumania
Great Britain
Romania
Britain
Poland
Turkey
Welfare Problem Involving WPA Workers Arrests
County commissioners faced a welfare dilemma after two WPA workers were arrested on liquor charges. Arthur Tarpy received 380 days in jail for possessing liquor. a second count for home brew was dismissed for lack of evidence. Eugene Relod pled not guilty, released on 200 dollars bond, amid concerns over his wife and four children relying on county relief. Ireland was seized with home brew near Fifteenth and Delaware. sheriff’s office acted after welfare complaints about relief checks funding liquor. Ireland’s arrest raises fears for his dependents if WPA wages are lost.
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Board of County Commissioners
WPA
Arthur Tarpy
Tarpy
Eugene Relod
Ireland
Fifteenth and
Delaware
Charles E. Banning
County Welfare Office
Mercury Reaches 106 Degree Heat Mark in Midday Readings
By 3 p m the temperature stood at 106 equaling the summer maximum, with Topeka posting 109 before 3 o clock and Hill City reporting 112 degrees at 2 p m. Weather observers note humidity remained fairly low amid the heat.
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C. J. Posey
Hill City
Kan
Arrest Runaway Aviator Held in Yazoo City Miss
A sandy haired flyer identified as Ernest Pletch of Frankfort Indiana admitted stealing a plane from the Frankfort airport and signed a waiver of extradition to Indiana authorities. He is under indictment for vehicle theft in Clinton County and denies being the aviator sought in Missouri and Illinois after a July 3 flight with 17 year old Goldie Gehrken of Vernon North Vernon.
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Yazoo City
Miss
R.D. Warren
Ernest Pletch
Frankfort
Ind
Warren
John’ Hamilton
Clinton’ County
Missouri
Illinois
Goldie Gehrken
Vernon
Larry Thompson
St. Louis
New Engine For Planes Unveiled By War Department
The War Department announced today the invention of a powerful 18 cylinder air cooled radial aircraft engine. Assistant Secretary Louis Johnson said the engine has an extremely high horsepower rating and a reduced frontal area, enabling use in high speed fighters without impairing streamlining.
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Washington
War Department
Louis Johnson
One Miner Killed in Harlan Shootings
In Harlan Kentucky a miner was fatally shot and four others wounded at the Mahan Ellison mine on Catron's Creek. A guard officer was seriously wounded as troops opened fire. later a union miner and his mother were wounded in the streets. Governor Chandler ordered tanks and guardsmen into the county.
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Harlan
National Guard
A.B. Chandler
Ashland
Kentucky Mountain
Harlan County
Buck Caldwell
Wilson Berger
Mahan-Ellison
Catron’s Creek
Here
John Hanberry
Hopkinsville
Dan Noe
Noble Bowman
John Kennedy
Hubert Green
Kizzie Green
Mahan-Ellison Mine
Green
Ben Herndon
Barbourville
Swere
Hérndon
Hanberry
Herndon
W. T. Macon
Fred Staples
George Titler
The
United Mine Workers
C.I.0
Harlan Grand Jury
Turnblazer
John L. Lewis
J. A. Dickinson
Mahan-Ellison Company
State Agents Expected To Visit Rice County On Budget
Rice County commissioners refused to raise the 1940 relief budget by 8000 as urged by the state welfare board and sent back a 76000 budget. The board said two representatives would visit Lyons to confer on the matter. Rice county was among six counties whose original relief budgets were returned as unsatisfactory.
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Rice County
Lyons
Kan
State Welfare Board
State Agency
State Board
Douglas farmers prepare hybrid seed corn for next year
Douglas county farmers Otto Rosenau and John B. Gage cultivate and harvest hybrid seed corn under Peppard Seed company for Funk Seed. The process involves acclimating seed to the region, with a 30 member crew hand pollinating and bagging shoots to ensure controlled crosses on 115 acres.
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Douglas County
Otto Rosenau
Eudora
John B. Gage
Kansas City
Duallyn
Peppard Seed Company
Funk Seed Company
Bloomington
Illinois Company
Funk
Rosenau
Wakarusa Creek
Gage
Wakarusa
C I O and G M Officials To Confer on Settlement
Detroit July 12 United Automobile Workers and General Motors spokesmen said negotiations to end a strike affecting 6700 skilled workers in eleven plants would start at 4 PM. William Knudson GM president and Phillip Murray of the CIO led talks with federal conciliator James Dewey to press for a working agreement covering tool and die workers.
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New York
New York City
A.F.L
WPA
Rochester
Buffalo
Workers Alliance
Chicago
Michigan
Detroit
Massachusetts
New Jersey
C.so
Wisconsin
AFL
Milwauke
General Motors
C.I.0
United Automobile Workers
William ‘S. Knudson
Phillip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Corporation
Murray
James F. Dewey
U.A.W.C.I.D
Stem rust causes light damage in winter wheat belt
The agriculture department reports stem rust caused very little damage to grain this season with only light infestations found locally in Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas WPA Workers Return to Jobs After Brief Strike
WPA workers in Kansas resume work after a short strike over longer hours without pay. Projects halted in Crawford Cherokee Greenwood Butler Montgomery counties with partial returns in Greenwood and El Dorado. Crawford Cherokee unions plan meeting to decide on resumption.
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Kansas
WPA
Srike
Topeka
Crawford
Cherokee
Ernest McNutt
The
Kansas Workers Alliance
Greenwood
Butler
Montgomery
Independence
Rex Luas
Greenwood County
Butler County
el Dorado
Arma
Agers
Crawford Counties
Market Outlook Stirs Wheat and Potato News
Market watchers report wheat prices holding near 56 cents for number one wheat as harvest winds down and more crop sits in bins awaiting better demand. Elevator men note light supply with combines dwindling, while potato markets stagnate with prices 50 to 60 cents and heat-damaged cobblers yielding 125 to 175 bushels per acre.
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J. Underwood
Underwood Grain Company
Grand Jury Seeks 5090 to Expand LSU Study
Baton Rouge July 12 The parish grand jury asked for a 5000 appropriation to broaden its inquiry into Louisiana State University finances. Former LSU president James M. Smith appeared before the jury after eight days in jail for embezzlement charges. He had lost 25 pounds since incarceration.
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Smith
Grand Jury
Kansas Corn Endangered By Lack of Good Rains
Topeka July 12 Good rains will be needed soon or the Kansas corn crop will deteriorate rapidly the federal and state departments of agriculture said today. Corn though showing some damage from high temperatures is still in fair to good condition but needs moisture. Harvesting of wheat in southern and eastern counties is nearly completed. Many farmers plan fall seed beds but rains are needed. grain sorghums are fair to good in the east but thin in the west due to heat and dryness.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Weekly Crow
Firefighters Gain Ground On Black Hills Blaze In South Dakota
Weary crews fighting a 15000 acre timber fire west of Rapid City gained headway. A fire line around the blaze, about 20 miles in circumference, was completed by noon as crews worked to protect nearby villages.
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Rapid City
S. D
Vpa
Black Hills
Here
Ralph Muncy
Weather forecast for Kansas with mixed conditions
Partly cloudy to cloudy and threatening at times tonight and Thursday. Warmer in the southeast cooler in the northwest and north central. Tonight and Thursday trend cooler in the west and north. Temperatures show 7 p.m. yesterday 22, 7 a.m. today and noon today with high and low readings. year ago readings listed.
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Kansas
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