Robinson Death Shocks Washington Senate Leader Dies at 64
Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader since 1922, died in his apartment after a week fighting for Roosevelt's court reform, leaving the administration's plans in turmoil. Funeral set for Little Rock with Roosevelt as chief mourner. Congress adjourned in respect.
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Joe T. Robinson
Roosevelt
Arkansan
Senate
Little Rock
Ark
Houses of Congress
House
Robinson
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
Ais Tration
Supreme Court
Search Ends? Earhart Missing Flight Might Conclude
Honolulu July 14 naval authorities direct a vast equatorial search for Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan, missing since July 2 between New Guinea and Howland Island. After 60 planes scoured 21,000 square miles, a tropical storm halted operations and may limit future patrols.
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Honolulu
Equator
Amelia Earhart
Lexington
Aviatrix
Frederick J. Noonan
New Guinea
Howland Island
South Pacific
Howland
O. G. Murfin
Navy
Rainy Weather Looms In Eastern Kansas This Week
Weather bulletin notes possible thunder showers in eastern Kansas as a low pressure system moves through. Readings show Osage City and Chanute receiving over an inch, while Topeka records .10, Wichita .09, and towns like Chanute and Sedan report notable rainfall and wind damage including a barn blown down.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Osage City
Quenemo
Lyndon
Moran
Emporia
Wichita
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Anthony
Goodland
Pittsburg
Kan
Chanute
Sedan
W. O. Gilbert
Cherryvale
Huxman appoints two to board of regents
Governor Walter A. Huxman announced the four year appointments of E. F. Beckner of Colby and John Bradley of Wellington to the state board of regents. Beckner succeeds Ferguson and Bradley replaces Stauffer. Both appointees are attorneys with KU Law School credentials.
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Huxman
Board of Regents
Topeka
State Board of Regents
E. F. Beckner
Colby
John Bradley
Wellington
Walter A. Huxman
Beckner
W. D. Ferguson
Bradley Oscar S. Stauffer
City
Soviet Flight Daringly Lands Near San Jacinto California
Three Soviet airmen Gromoff Yumosheff and Danilin completed a 6700 mile, 62 hour flight from Moscow in a big ANT monoplane. Fog near March Field forced a northward detour and a forced landing in a San Jacinto pasture west of town at 8 27 a m CST. They signaled thanks for hospitality and requested rest, food and water as army escorts reached the scene.
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San Jacinto
Calif
Here
Bstelah Lieset
Mikhail Gromoff
Andrei Yumosheff
Sergei Danilin
Pacific Coast
San Diego
March Field
Lesk
Moscow
Fleet Wing
G.H.Q. Air Force
San Jacinto Mountains
Marcheld
Oakland
Kremlin
San Francisco
North Pole
Vancouver
Wash.flicht
Valeria Chekaloff
Georgi Baidakoff
Alex Baliakoff
Gromoff
Yumosheff
Danilin
King George VI Delivers Written Reply During Wales Visit
King George VI addressed Welsh officials on a state visit and handed a 100 word written reply. Some observers noted possible speech difficulty recalling a Scotland address last week. The monarch has prior training for stuttering and the Scotland speech reportedly included long hesitations and stumbles per a BBC recording.
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Cardiff
Wales
George VI
Scotland
British Broadcasting Company
Drowns in Slough Dicker Boy Among Five Swimming Victims
Robert Myron Dicker ten son of Mr and Mrs Myron Dicker drowned yesterday afternoon at about 430 while he and four other small boys swam in a slough on land owned by George Harner. Firemen and police worked over an hour and a half using oxygen and artificial respiration to revive him. A neighbour Floyd Burns sixteen dived twelve feet to recover the body. The depression slough was carved by the 1903 flood and fed by underground water. Survivors include four sisters. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 30 at North Lawrence Methodist Church conducted by Rev C J Knox with burial in Memorial Park cemetery.
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Robert Myron Dicker
Myron Dicker
North Seventh Street
George Harner
Floyd Burns
Dicker
Cloyce Burns
Clyde Burns
Kenneth Pine
Clifford Pine
Elm Street
William Miller, Jr
W. L. Miller
Lyons Street
Richard Miller
Roy Miller
Clyde
North Lawrence Methodist Church
C. J. Knox
Memorial Park Cemetery
Marguerite
Betty
Dorothy
Marian
Wheat crop forecast exceeds 140 million bushels in Kansas
Clyde M. Reed, chairman of the trans- Missouri Kansas shippers board, predicted Kansas will produce over 140 million bushels of wheat this year and may reach 160 million. He based the forecast on strong yields in central Kansas and improved output elsewhere. Reed estimated 110 million bushels have moved to terminal markets and interior mills from Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas and noted reduced congestion at storage and milling points as shipments continue gradually to markets.
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Wichita
Kan
Clyde M. Reed
Trans- Missouri-Kansas Shippers Board
Kansas
Reed
Oklahoma
Texas
Roper Says Speech States Both Sides of Labor Debates
Secretary Roper disclosed he submitted a recent speech on industrial labor relations to the White House and three business leaders before delivery. He told reporters the remarks aimed to present both sides of current management-labor issues and stressed the government’s constitutional duty to preserve law and order.
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Washington
Roper
White House
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Honor Warden Prather reception at Kansas penitentiary
Hundreds of Kansas Democrats gathered on the lawn of the state penitentiary in Lansing for a reception honoring Warden and Mrs. Kirk Prather. About 2,000 were expected, with events including a night tour of the island farm, band concerts, dancing, and a barbecue dinner. A lumber yard worker Frank Gilchrist, 42, was injured by a falling tree limb during the program. hospital reports said his condition was favorable after emergency surgery.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas
Wichita
Frank Gilchrist
Emmet Dalton Dies in Los Angeles At 66
Emmet Dalton, 66, longtime member of the Dalton gang, died at his Los Angeles home. He survived Coffeyville, Kansas, gunfight of 1892, later served prison time, and authored When the Daltons Rode. Dalton moved to California 17 years ago, joined a church, and worked in real estate. Cremation set with ashes to be buried near Bob Dalton’s grave in Coffeyville.
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Los Angeles
UPA
Emmet Dalton
Dalton
Middle West
Coffeyville
Kan
Bob
Grat
California
Daltons
Bob Dalton
Drake University appoints Slaughter as dean of Bible college
Dr D W Morehouse announced Seth Warren Slaughter dean of Drake Bible College replacing Jesse Cobb Caldwell who will retire to teaching. Slaughter has led the First Christian church Lawrence since 1930 and has been Kansas Bible College dean since 1934, with Kansas School of Religion ties. He will move to Des Moines about September 1. No replacement named for the church pastor post.
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Des Moines
D. W. Morehouse
Drake University
Seth Warren Slaughter
Bible College
University of Kansas At
Lawrence
Kan
Drake Bible College
Jesse Cobb Caldwell
Mr Slaughter
First Christian Church of
Kansas Bible College
Kansas School of Religion
Christian Church
Slaugher
Drake
The
Housing Costs Too Much Says President
President Roosevelt says Americans pay too much of their income to landlords and orders housing experts to cut rents. He cites families spending up to half their income on shelter and discusses extending the limited dividend corporation system to finance homes and apartments for rent. He recalls past norms of 20 percent rent and contrasts with France at 7 percent and Europe at 15 percent.
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Washington
Roosevelt
France
Europe
Large Kansas City blaze damages central district
A major fire in Kansas City destroyed three buildings and damaged a fourth in the central industrial district. The S. and K. Waste Material company occupied the two five-story structures where the fire began. An adjacent seven-story building was destroyed, and the Burlington railroad freight offices and docks also suffered damage forcing 30 workers to flee. Five firemen were injured, none seriously. The total damage estimate surpasses $100,000.
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Kansas City
S. and K. Waste Material Company
Baorlington Railroad
Stock Market Index Report
The average of 60 stocks closed at 67.5 yesterday at the market session. Traders watched gains and losses across sectors as the index held steady near the prior close with marginal movement in several key shares.
Delegates Visit Home Office at Topeka Convention
About 150 delegates and members visited the home office on West Eighth Street in Topeka during the Standard Life Association quadrennial convention. Officers were reelected by acclamation, reports heard, and memorial services held for four former officers. Delegates from 28 states attended with additional visitors, and the next meeting place will be chosen by the board. Governor Haxman and Justice Smith addressed the group.
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Lawrence
Standard Life Association
Topeka
West Eight Street
University of Kansas
Haskell Institute
Law Committee
Board of Directors
Martin Miller
Niagara Falls
N.Y
T. J. Sweeney
Samuel S. Baty
John Couch Tolson
William Nelson Spear
Lon A. Smith
Standard Life
Kansan
Walter A. Haxman
William A. Smith
Last Chance Plan for Spanish Civil War Nonintervention
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden unveiled the plan to revive arms shipment control and the use of observers at Spanish ports. It calls for restoring frontier checks along the Franco-Spanish and Portuguese-Spanish borders, extending belligerent rights to both sides, and withdrawing foreign volunteers under the nonintervention committee.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Spain
Fidelity Company Sues Winfield Banker for 52955
The Fidelity Life Association files action in Wyandotte county district court seeking 52955 from M B Light former Winfield Kansas banker. Embezzlement charges against Light are pending in Cowley county. Also reported: a fatal grade crossing crash near Parsons injuring three Walker family members. Elks drill team from Huntington Park California wins 150 prize at national lodge convention.
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Kansas City
Kan
Fidelity Life Association
Fulton, Ill
Wyandotte
M B. Light
Winfield, Kan
Light
Grand Lodge
Cowley County
Denver
Elks
Huntington Park
Calif
National Lodge
Officers Reelected at Standard Life Association Convention
In Topeka yesterday the Standard Life Association delegates reelected all incumbent officers by acclamation. Shown are George R. Allen of Topeka as president John W. Lees of Lawrence as secretary and Martin Miller of Lawrence as treasurer.
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Association
George R. Allen
Topeka
W.C. Hartray
Chicago, Ill
John V. Lees
Lawrence
Martin Miller
Fort Scott
G. D. Townshend
Kansas City
Lon A. Smith
Austin
Tex
F. M. Pearl
Hiawatha
L. L. Littman
Baltimore, Md
T. J. Sweeney Jr
John Hasselberger
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Standard Life Association
John W. Lees
Big Wheat Yield From Kawvale Impresses Douglas County Farmers
Douglas County farmers report Kawvale wheat yields topping the county, with Ralph Colman at 50 bushels per acre and Haverstock at 4 54 bushels in tests. State experiments show Kawvale averaging 29.8 bushels in Eastern Kansas from 1931 to 1936, ahead of Tenmarq and Clarkan, while noting its winter hardiness, rust resistance, and susceptibility to stem rust under certain conditions. Certified and uncertified Kawvale seed are available in the county.
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Kawvale
Douglas County
Deal Six
Ralph Colman
Haverstock
Seymour Gentry
Charles Topping
John Henry
Kansas
State Experiment Station
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Ready to Spread the Hopper Bait in County Campaign
Machinery is being prepared at the county yard to mix poison grasshopper bait for distribution over the county tomorrow and Friday. The bait, funded by county officials, the Farm Bureau, and the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, will be available at multiple points between 5 and 6 pm. Prices are 25 cents per hundred pounds, with 200 pounds needed to treat 25 acres. best results come from early morning spread before 3 30. A. H. Stanfield reports successful control of hoppers on Highway 40, using the bait in small spots across his cornfield alfalfa and pasture.
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Connecticut Street
Farm Bureau
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Baldwin
Farmera Elevator
Eudora
Pleasant Grove
Clearfield
Lawrence
Globe
Carr's
Lecompton
Kraft’s
Stull
Lone Star
A. H. Stanfield
Highway 40
Leavenworth County
Stanfield
Rain Storm Drops Light Rain Across Local Area
An ominous cloud from the southeast brought .11 inch of rain to Lawrence and surrounding territory last evening. A stiff cool wind accompanied the shower that began after 9 pm and ended quickly. Clinton saw a brief shower with lightning, Stull reported little rain, and Eudora had a shower around 9:30 to 10 pm. The Longanecker home near Midland measured a fairly hard rain for about 15 minutes with strong wind, while Baldwins reported only a light fall around 10 pm.
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Lawrence
Clinton
Stull
Eudora
H. F. Longanecker
Midland
Aliho
Baldwin
310 Bushels Per Acre Is One Man's Potato Yield
Muncie Kansas July 14 Henry Creten Kaw valley potato farmer harvested a crop averaging 310 bushels per acre on a 30 acre tract once weed choked. He refuses to share his system saying it’s a secret. Last year the tract yielded 175 bushels per acre and he sold this year’s crop for 1.25 dollars per hundred pounds.
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Muncie
Kan
Henry Creten
Kaw Valley
Creten
Wheat Climb Reaches 1 17 In Lawrence Market
Wheat rose to 1 17 per bushel in Lawrence trading today, a new summer high, up six cents from yesterday’s 1 14 and 25 cents above the same date last year. The gain followed a broader price uptick as markets eyed harvest and weather conditions.
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Lawrence
Weather forecast for Kansas and cities today
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with local thundershowers in southeast and extreme east this afternoon or early tonight. Cooler in north central, warmer in northwest. Morning clouds at Pittsburg, Arkansas City, Wichita, Ottawa, Emporia, Coffeyville. clear at Manhattan, Garden City, Salina, Topeka. Dirt roads good except Ottawa, Emporia, Coffeyville. Temperatures: 7 p m today 78, noon 93, today minimum and rainfall data through 7 am today.
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Pittsburg
Arkansas City
Wichita
Ottawa
Emporia
Coffeyville
Manhattan
Garden City
Salina
Topeka
Cof
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