Hughes Near Fairbanks on World Flight Dash
Howard Hughes reported multiple position updates as he closed in on Fairbanks Alaska. Reports showed distances of 830 to 903 miles from Fairbanks and a planned 6 p.m. CST arrival, with earlier legs from Yakutsk and Omsk outlining a 2,456 mile final stretch across Siberia toward the Bering Strait.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Howard Hughes
Northland
C.S.T
Point Hope
Alaska
New York
U. S. Army
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Bering Straits
Albert J. Lodwick
Hughes
Yakutsk
Siberia
Army
Lee
Omsk
Bering Sea
Anadyrsk
Bering Strait
Alaskan
World’s Fair Grounds
Cherski Mountains
United States Army Signal Corps
Wash
Soviet Executive Committee
Kurgan
Twice Post's Speed Beats Wiley Post Record Pace
New figures from Howard Hughes' flight HQ show Hughes maintaining an average speed nearly twice the late Wiley Post's earth circumnavigation pace in 1933. Hughes logged about 153 miles per hour over 57 hours 48 minutes from New York to Yakutsk with high air speeds on each leg, while ground relays dragged the total average to 153.
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New York
Howard Huces
Wiley Post
Post
Yakutsk
Siberia
Hughes
Paris
Moscow
Omsk
Yaktsk
Government Steps Up Spending Pace to Record Daily Total
Washington July 13 The government raised spending to a peacetime record of 24.89 million dollars per day under President Roosevelt. Budgets were revised for the year starting July 1 with a projected 4 billion dollar deficit as receipts fall. Key figures show debt rising to 40.65 billion by June 30, 1939 and a 9.085 billion total expenditures. The report cites relief needs of 2.135 billion and plans to borrow 2.1 to 2.805 billion. Security and defense spending also climb to new highs, with farmers’ aid at 700 million. The President warns revenue will be lower and expenses higher than seven months ago.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
National Defense
Fight for a City Kiukiang under heavy fighting on Yangtze
Shanghai reports heavy combat as Chinese and Japanese troops clash over Kiukiang 135 miles from Hankow. Heat exceeds 100 degrees while Chinese blow up waterfront assets to deny the invaders. London says Britain won’t see extraterritorial rights revoked in China amid Japanese occupation.
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Shanghai
Kiukiang
Yangtze
Hankow
China
London
Japan
Richard Austin Butler
House of Commons
Tokyo
Flood threats pass as Missouri River subsides in St Joseph area
Missouri river threats faded with the stream stationary or falling in St Joseph and nearby towns. Crews worked to open a 250 foot ditch to drain water from the river into Bean and Sugar lakes as civic groups mobilized lawyers to fight a court injunction resisting the plan.
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St. Joseph
Rock Port
Oreg
Langdon
White Cloud
Kan
Rule
Neb
Sugar Lake
Buchanan County Highway
WPA
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Clash in Haifa Wounds Dozens as Tensions Escalate
In Haifa, Arabs and Jews clashed in mixed quarters with rifle fire and stone throwing. Police and troops tried to restore order as many Jews evacuated. Toll since July 5 stood at 66 Arabs killed and 26 Jews killed, with 146 Arabs and 95 Jews wounded along with five British soldiers.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Holy Land
Franco leads 200000 in grand offensive against Valencia
Front reports Franco personally commands a unified 200000 strong army to strike Valencia from three directions with coordination among Aranda Valiño and Varela as Miaja massed over 250000 troops to defend the region near Mora de Rubielos Sagunto and Teruel. France strengthens border anti aircraft defenses as Italian mountain troops move toward Barcelona.
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Hendaye
France
Perpignan
Franco
Noguera Pallaresa
Barcelona
Purge claims challenged as Democrats face renomination
Pi Jouett Shouse, former Democratic national chair, said the purge of anti packers had collapsed as he sailed for Europe. He noted Indiana officials faced defeat without renominating Van Nuys while Oklahoma backed Thomas despite minority candidate gains. He served as a warning about Roosevelt era political maneuvers.
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New York
Pi—Jouett Shouse
American Liberty League
Roosevelt
Europe
Senate
Senator van Nuys
Indiana
Roosevelt-McNutt
van Nuys
Oklahoma
Thomas
Gomer Smith
E. W. Marland
Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
Wichita eccentric committed to Larned State Hospital
Hockaday, a Wichita eccentric who tried to board President Roosevelt’s auto during an Oklahoma City parade to shine his shoes, was committed today to the Larned state hospital for the insane. Probate Judge Claude M. Hudson ordered the commitment, with his wife and a guard accompanying him.
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Hockaday
Larned Hospital
Wichita
Kan
P.F. W
Woody) Hockaday
Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
Larned State Hospital For the
Claude M. Hudson
Hudson
Thomas Phillips Win in Oklahoma Primary Returns
Oklahoma City July 13 Sen Elmer Thomas clinched the Democratic nomination for a third term with 182 734 votes from 2789 of 3522 precincts in the senate race. Phillips led for governor with 135 876 votes from 2790 precincts. his nearest rival Key had 127 077 and Murray trailed with 111 890. Eight Democratic incumbents held leads in renomination races as Republican nominal voting appeared lighter.
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Oklahoma City
Elmer Thomas
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
W. H
Bill” Murray
Leon C. Phillips
Okemah
Thomas
Senate
Gomer Smith
The
Townsend Pension Organization
E. W. Marland
New Deal
Phillips
W. S. Key
WPA
Murray
F. D. R. Washington
Alf M. Landon
Representative Smith
T. Bone McDonald
Edmond
Governor Huxman Seeks Kansas Exit From Oil Compact
Governor Walter A. Huxman urged Kansas to withdraw from the interstate oil compact commission unless it gains enforceable powers. He told the state corporation chair E. R. Sloan that the group lacks binding authority and urged a positive, unified state approach to oil policy.
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Topeka
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Walter A. Huxman
Kansas
Oil Compact Commission
Haxman
E. R. Sloan
State Corporation Commission
Rainy Day Notes and Warm-High 97 Seen
A morning shower dropped .02 inches of rain with a 77 degree low at 9:15 AM. The high reached 97 while humidity rose and skies stayed partly cloudy, with the month’s rainfall at 1.24 inches.
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C. J. Posey
Only One Famous Name Wins in Oklahoma Primary
Oklahoma City July 13. In a field of celebrity candidates only Will Rogers Moore Ohio won the Democratic nomination for a state office. Mae West Daniel Boone Huey Long and Joe E Brown also ran with Ruth Johnson trailing fifth in charities and corrections race. Patrick Henry, a rodeo performer, placed fourth for state auditor.
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Oklahoma City
CRI
Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Moore
Ohio
Mae West
Daniel Boone
Oliver Cromwell
Huey Long
Joe E. Brown
Ruth M. Johnson
Shawnee
Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
Patrick Henry
Federal wheat allotments loom as 1939 plan outlined
Washington officials compute next year’s wheat acreage allotments while awaiting the loan rate announcement. Secretary Wallace to disclose the figure this afternoon with a likely 59 cents per bushel base rate. The plan targets a 55 million acre national allotment and a 750 million bushel domestic need plus 30 percent reserve, shaping state and individual shares.
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Washington
Wallace
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Kansas
Oklahoma
Roosevelt faces third term petitions in Pueblo
Senator Logan of Kentucky predicted that a petition for a third term handed to President Roosevelt in Pueblo, Colorado, signals many similar requests to come and that Roosevelt would resist them all.
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Washington
Logan
D-Ky
Roosevelt
Pueblo
Colo
Stock Market Index Dips Slightly Amid Trading
The average of 60 stocks stands at 47.9, edging down from 48 yesterday as traders eyed shifting market conditions and modest volume across sectors. Investors watched technology and energy shares for early signals of direction.
State board says counties not required to spend budgets
Topeka July 13 The state social welfare board told over 200 county officials it cannot force counties to spend more than their budgets show needed. The board rejected budgets for 1939 from 86 of 105 counties, citing law and county records of need. The meeting stressed budgets must reflect need, not available funds, and that aid decisions remain subject to law.
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Topeka
State Social Welfare Board
State Board
B. Church
Art Wiles
Hays
Ben S. Paulen
Wiles
Ward
Jewell
Douglas Graham
Graham
William Reily
Leavenworth
Ben Winchell
Miami County
Carlson Asks Wallace to Raise Wheat Loan to 75 Cents
Rep. Frank Carlson urged Secretary Henry A. Wallace to lift the proposed wheat loan from 59 to 75 cents per bushel citing low yields and poor quality. He also asked the Agriculture Department to invoke section 32 of the 1935 act to export millions of bushels, using available funds for farm product export.
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Concordia
Kan
Frank Carlson
Henry A. Wallace
Carlson
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Potatoes in Kaw Valley See Surplus and Strict SCC Quotas
More than 75 carloads were expected to be harvested in Kaw valley today while an outlet exists for only 27 carloads. Surplus Commodities Corporation limited purchases to 27 cars in Douglas county, after buying 81 cars yesterday and 60 on Monday. Farmers may ship excess to central brokers as local sales fall short of costs. Prices stay at 60 cents per hundredweight for number 1 quality. U S commercial grade drops to 50 cents.
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Kaw Valley
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Douglas County
SCC
Deal Six
J. C. Lettice
Topeka
U.S
Hopper Damage Reported Across Kansas Corn Fields
Kansas State College entomologist E G Kelly said statewide reports show grasshoppers causing increased damage to corn fields and garden plots amid hot weather. He noted hoppers were kept in check by cool wet spring but expect above normal damage from now on.
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Manhattan
Kan
E. G. Kelly
Kansas State College
Kelly
Crowd Demonstrates Against NLRB in Steel Hearing Row
About 3000 demonstrators gathered outside the federal building in Steubenville protesting the NLRB hearing against Weirton Steel. They condemned hearing examiner Smith for barring attorney Clyde Armstrong and staged effigy actions as they urged Armstrong's return and attacked the board. The Weirton group had planned a march but arrived by bus and car after the Pittsburgh transfer.
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Crowd
NLRB
Steubenville, O
Federal Building
National Labor Board
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
W. Va
Steubenville
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Altho
Clyde Armstrong
E. Grandison Smith
Smith
Armstrong
Grandstand
Weirton Group
Weirton Steel
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
C.i.o.-Affiliated
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Claude Conway
Security League
S.w.0.c
City Budget May See Small Levy Reduction in 1939
Mayor Alfred Lawrence plans to set up the tentative 1939 budget with heads of city council committees. Indications point to a budget slightly lower than last year, with a 1.0383 mill reduction from the 9 mill maximum levy, bringing the city’s maximum to 7.9617 mills excluding bonds. If bonds stay at 4.62 mills, total levy could drop about .89 mill. The budget will be submitted to the council for the July 25 meeting and published around July 27 or 28, with a public hearing August 8.
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Alfred Lawrence
Lawrence
Douglas County
Mildred LeSner
Social Welfare Fund
Clouds Cool Kansas as Heat Relents in State
Topeka reports cloud cover and thundershowers in the southeast reduce heat with highs near 100 degrees. Phil Lipsburg hit 108 degrees yesterday while northern areas saw light showers. Tonight, readings fall to 65 to 75 in various regions with tomorrow's high forecast 90 to 95.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Phillipsburg
Manhattan
Concordia
Hanover
Six County Officials Attend Budget Session
The Douglas county board of commissioners along with three other county officials met in Topeka to discuss county welfare budgets with a state panel. Attendees included county auditor Mrs. Mildred LeSner, county attorney Charles Springer, and welfare auditor Leon Abele as a state social welfare board called the 11 o clock session.
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Douglas County Board of Commissioners
Topeka
Mildred LeSner
Charles Springer
Leon Abele
State Social Welfare Board
Bids Open for East Wing of Leavenworth Hospital Project
Washington July 13 bidding plans announced for the Leavenworth federal penitentiary east wing hospital construction. Treasury procurement division says bids will be opened August 8.
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Washington
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Treasury Procurement Division
Kansas Forecast Sees Scattered Thunder Showers Likely
Weather outlook shows generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with possible scattered thunderstorms in the southeast this afternoon or tonight. Cooler in the west and north tonight and in the extreme south Thursday. Morning clouds at Topeka and Salina with showers at Manhattan. Dirt roads good. Gas Office records note 94 at 7 PM yesterday, 80 at 1 AM, 91 at noon today, high 95, low unspecified. Rainfall to noon today measured at .02 inch.
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Kansas
Topeka
Salina
Manhattan
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