Seek New Leader of Court Battle
Washington discusses the Roosevelt court bill after the death of Senator Robinson. Leaders debate whether to press on or drop the measure as the Senate returns to business, with adjourning to allow a new day for the court debate. President Roosevelt may retract demand or pursue constitutional options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Rebinson
Roosevelt
Robinson
White House
Pittman
D.-Nev
Senate, Foreign Relations Committee
Executive Mansion
Berry
D.-Tenn
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Arkansas
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Joe Robinson
Harrison
Mississippi
Barnes
South Carolina
Barkley
Kentucky
Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions Mixed B questions
A set of miscellaneous trivia prompts covering topics from military ranks and Rhode Island geography to ancient ships and language translation. Includes questions on General Pershing rank retirement rumor Rhode Island compared area, ancient ships with sails and oars, demi tasse translation, gray spelling, engine exhaust poison, Jervis McEntee, whooping cough common name, precious stone weight unit, and author of lea Mis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
Rhode Island
Jervis McEntee
Prabias
Lea
Move to Reduce Relief Workers Falls Short of Goal
Washington report states officials expect to cut WPA rolls to 1.6 million by tomorrow, but 1.75 million remain on the rolls. The move aims for summer reductions with winter additions anticipated, while acknowledging the 1.6 million target is not fixed and could shift. Previous cuts in June left 1.82 million employed, with peak wartime rolls nearing 3.0 million in 1926 era figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gampeimn
Works Progress Administration
Hasey
Opkins
Congress
Soviet Air Expeditions Prepare for Longest Flight From Moscow
Soviet flyers planned a high altitude long distance flight near Los Angeles with a Cheka led party aiming for an epic North American run. Weather delayed takeoff to Sunday as another Soviet squadron led by Sigmund Levaneffaky readies from Moscow under the International Aeronautical Federation rules.
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Sion
Kremlin
Sigsmund Levaneffaky
Moscow
New York
Syria
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codon
International Aeronautical Federation
Pacific Coast
Kawvale Wheat Traits Raise Kansas Yield Prospects
Kansas tests show Kawvale wheat varies in fly resistance across regions with eastern Kansas experiencing less resistance. Kawvale kernels are long and thin with hard grain resembling hard wheat, suited more for bread than biscuits. Harvest timing is critical as shattering risk is high and binding may cause greater loss than combine harvesting in late maturity.
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Kansas
Kenvale
Tulsa Driver Reports Truck Theft at Welda Kansas
Tulsa driver for Superior Motor Freight Lines Inc, Harry H. Rose, said a band of men stole his truck near Welda Kansas last night. The vehicle was found later with two rear wheels removed and cargo largely untouched. Rose, hit on the head, was tailed by two cars, boarded by a man, taped, and dumped in another car before being released about 4 am. He and a federal agent then went to Garnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Harry H. Rose
Tulsa
Okla
Superior Motor Freight Lines Inc
Wyandotte
Welda
Garnett
Rose
Ellsworth Edwards
Oklahoma City
New Courses Offered At Lincoln And Woodlawn Schools
New instruction in kite making and unfamiliar games from the South Seas will be offered. Special lessons will be available. Lincoln school hosts the games instruction Fridays 10 to 12 a.m. Swimming classes run Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays 10 to 12 a.m. For details contact L. Miller at Woodlawn school playground.
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South Seas
Lincoln School
L. Miller
Woodlawn School
Clashes Near Peiping Imminent Prompt Beijing War News
Tokyo demands Japan withdraw troops from the Peiping battle area and halt reinforcements while feuding powers seek a peaceful settlement in North China. Chinese and Japanese officials report talks as diplomats in London and Washington weigh world peace implications. Chiang Kai-shek strengthens coastal defense in the South as crisis broadens.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
North China
Peiping
Feiping
London
Anthony Eden
United States
France
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
C. T. Wang
Hirosh Saito
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hongkong
South
Robinson Death Shocks Washington Senate
The death of Democratic leader Senator Robinson stunned Washington as health concerns and a late career bid to craft a compromise court bill collided with his sudden end. His passing across the capitol from the Senate wing leaves talk of a successor and questions about leadership and the future of Roosevelt era legislation.
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Robinson
Representative Sumners
D-Tex
House Judiciary Committee
Sumners
Senate
Supreme Court
Justice van Devanter
Altho Robinson
Washington
Sie
Arkansans
Capitol Plaza
Brynes
South Carolina
Harrison
Mississippi
Barkley
Kentucky
University of Arkansas
Virginia Law School
General Assembly
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
House
Arkansas
Copeland Says Robinson Died Fighting For Political Cause
Washington reports Senator Copeland, a physician, warned Robinson a week earlier that defending the President's court bill could cost him his life. Copeland says Robinson died on the fighting line from heat and controversy, praising him as a great Democrat and American despite policy clashes.
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Washington
Robinson
Senator Copeland
D-N.y
Copeland
Senate
McCormic Divorced After Testimony Of Abuse
Chicago July 14 UP Mary McCormic the grand opera singer once backed by Samuel Insull won an uncontested divorce from her fourth husband attorney Homer W Johannsen. She testified he struck her in quarrels on two occasions this year. Her hairdresser Miss Gladys Baker supported her. Johannsen was absent. Superior Judge Oscar F Nelson signed the decree allowing her to resume her professional name. A property settlement was reported. They married November 25 1936 in Kansas City Missouri. She aged 37. he 35. Also noted are hospital births and a stench bomb at a Kansas City cafe prompting patrons to flee while labor pickets patrolled outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mary McCormic
Samuel Insull
Homer W. Johannsen
Gladys Baker
Johannsen
Oscar F. Nelson
Kansas City
Memorial ‘Hospital
Evacuating Peiping as hostilities loom in China
Peiping residents flee the ancient city amid fears of renewed Japanese Chinese fighting. Despite a reported peace effort, observers warn a lull may mask deeper conflict. 2000 Japanese reinforcements rush to Tientsin area after a Chinese route army victory near Peiping gates. Evacuation accelerates with traffic and trains jammed while Americans largely stay. A two hour shooting incident near Peiping causes alarm but no confirmed confrontation.
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Peiping
Hopei
Chihar
Tientsin
Chinese Route
Deaths and Funerals Two Obituaries With Services Held
Miss Catherine E. McCreath funeral held at Rumsey Funeral Home at 3 PM with Rev. T H Astman of First Presbyterian church officiating. Oak Hill cemetery burial. Attendees included numerous out of town mourners from Kansas and Missouri. S. M. Baker of De Soto funeral moved to Friday at 2:30 PM at De Soto Methodist Episcopal church to enable son W J Baker of Los Angeles to attend.
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Catherine McCreath
Catherine E. McCreath
Rumsey
T. H. Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Walter. Jones
Lebo
Lloyd Jones
Higgins
Tex
Jane Taylor
Emporia
Harry R. Sheperd
Lawrence
Government Troops Press Offensive Near Madrid
Government forces battered insurgent lines northwest of Madrid in a bid to reach the Corunna highway as shells pounded the capital. A steady push east of Las Rozas threatened control of three key towns Majadahonda Las Rozas and Villafranca del Castillo.
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Madrid
Corunna
Las Rozas
Majadahonda
Villafranca del Castillo
Fired for Union Activity at Ford Plant Trial
Elmer Mackie testified at an NLRB hearing that Ford Motor Company fired him in May for union activity with his foreman admitting the unsatisfactory work note was a pretext. Mackie said 15 cushion department workers joined the UAW on April 3 and similar terminations affected about forty employees.
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Detroit
UPA
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
Elmer Mackie
United Automobile Workers Union
John T. Lindsay
NLRB
Ford Company
Mackie
Rudolph Prokob
Boston Bees Beat Cubs 2-1 Behind Turner Ninth Win
Jim Turner pitched a 2-1 Boston Bees win over the Chicago Cubs, earning his ninth victory of the season as Chicago managed only five hits. Root, Davis, and Hartnett hit for Boston while Turner and Locek contributed offensively in a tight clash.
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Boston
Jim Turner
Boston Bees
Chicago Cubs
Chicago
Root
C. Davis
Hartnett
Turner
New York
Carl Hubbell
Pittsburgh Pirates
Giants
Terrymen
Pittsburgh
Bowmen
Brandt
Odd
Hubbell
Danning
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cincinnati
Grissom
Phelps
Dodgers
Reds
R. Davie
V. Davis
Betts Jeffcoat
Frankhouse
St .Louis
Philadelphia
Dickey
Wade
Cottman
Tebbetts
Washington
Cleveland
Fischer
Cohen
R. Ferrell
Hudlin
Pytlek
St. Louis
Newsom
Desautels
Walkup
Hemaley
Ross
Kelley
Brucker
Kennedy
Sewell
Lawrence Scouts Return From Washington Jamboree
Eleven Lawrence Boy Scouts attended the National Jamboree in Washington with five taking high ranks including senior and patrol leaders. The Kansas group toured New York Philadelphia Niagara Falls and Cleveland, witnessed a President's review on Constitution Avenue, and were hosted by Senators Capper and McGill and Representative Guyer. Fire destroyed a Alta Vista mercantile store causing about $20,000 in losses as residents battled flames with buckets.
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Lawrence
Washington
D. C
James Mott
Reed Whetstone
Jay Collins
James Boyce
Kenneth Keene
Kansas
Senator Capper
Senator McGill
Representative Guyer
Senate House
McGill
Missouri
New York
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Constitution Avenue
Indictments Returned in Mail Blockade Probe
Nine men including Joseph M Morton and Kenneth Steed, C I O chapter presidents at Massillon, were indicted by a U S federal grand jury in Ohio mail blockade investigations. Julius L Meier former Oregon governor died in Portland at 62 after long illness having won the office as an independent in 1931.
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C. I
Cleveland
UPA Federal
Ohio
Joseph M. Morton
Kenneth Steed
Massillon
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Julius L. Meier
Valley Chapel Visits and Kansas City Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McNees visited relatives near Ottawa Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cummings of Kansas City spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. John Banks. Miss Elizabeth Dunn began work.
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Ralph McNees
Ottawa
Jim Cummings
Kansas City
John Banks
Elizabeth Dunn
Local Social Notes From Topeka and Area Visitants
Mr and Mrs George Sanders of Topeka visited with Mr and Mrs Charles Sanders and family. Mr and Mrs Everett Kingery welcomed visitors Virginia and the new baby. Mrs Dunn hosts Ladies Aid meeting on Thursday July 15. Emma Nieder staying with sister Mrs N F Thome earlier in the week. Neal Banks reported modest improvement. Coburns with relatives near Edgerton during recovery from belt injury. Riley family from Reno area spent Sunday with Florys. Betty Jane Banning visited Mrs N F Thome Saturday. C A Bingaman of Cincinnati and J B Bingaman of Kansas City spent a week with Mrs Nannie Bond at Willis Dunn home. old schoolmates, 54 years apart.
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New City Library
George Sanders
Topeka
Charles Sanders
N. F. Thome
Neal Banks
A. G. Banks
Banks
Coburn
Edgerton
Charlie Riley
Near Reno
John Banks
John Dunn
Elizabeth
Maurice
W. C. Flory
Gerald and
Vernon
Valley Grove
Betty Jane ‘Banning
A. Bingaman
Cincinnati
J. B. Bingaman
Kansas City
Nannie Bond
Willis Dunn
Bingamans
Mrs. Bond
Community Threshing and Social Roundup in Worden and Ottawa
Local families in Worden and Ottawa share threshing duties and social events. Dr Charley Crawford treated sick horses at Ike Montgomery’s, while Williamson and Glen Flora teams worked for Elm, Warner, and Pohl families. A Worden missionary talk by Phoebe Emery highlighted the week. A Pleasant Hour Club gathering, refreshments provided by local families, and a CPA versus Wellsville baseball game in Forest Park capped a busy period.
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Henry Haas
Kansas City
L. W. Haas
Charley Crawford
Ike Montgomery
Glen Flora
Charley Elm
Will Warner
Wayne
Ben Gibson
Chester Gibson
Henry Pohl
Janice Shaw
Bowers
Centropolis
Willard Huling
Carl Schwarz
Hazel Gilliland
Harry Flory
la Vergne
Eva
Mabel Haas
Homer Disque
Eldon
John Cline
Stella Deskins
Cline
Alvin Johanning
Walter Pohl
Ernest Pohl
Lional Shaw
Allen
Ottawa
Ed Ingle
Ruth Johanning
Lawrence
Pleasant Hour Club
Miltie Kring
Beth
Charley Gilliland
Hazel
Thelma Dyer
Fred Lutz
Aurelia
Ed Hobbs
Marshall Churchbaugh
Montgomery Cook
C.P.A
Wellsville
Forest Park
Paul Koehler
Edna
Pohl family gathering and birthday observances
Ernest Pohl and children Laurine and Marvin were Sunday dinner guests at the Welter Pohl home. Kenneth and Marvin Pohl celebrated their birthdays together. Mr. and Mrs Lional Shaw visited relatives in Ottawa Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pohl with Laurine and Marvin, Miss Auerlia Gibson, Raymond and Dudley Gibson, spent Sunday afternoon at the Earl Moore home near Princeton. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beckner and daughter Reta Mae of Williamsburg spent Sunday at the EL Montgomery home. Reta Mae stayed longer. Laurine and Marvin Pohle went to grandparents Mr and Mrs Pane Steen to spend the week visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Pohl
Laurine
Marvin
Welter Pohl
Kenneth
Marvin Pohl
Lional Shaw
Ottawa
Auerlia Gibson
Raymond
Dudley Gibson
Earl Moore
Princeton
Roy Beckner
Reta Mae
Williamsburg
EL Montgomery
Marvin Pohle
Pane Steen
Market News Livestock Receipts and Government Bonds
Estimated livestock receipts for tomorrow: cattle 2,500, calves 800, hogs 500, sheep 2,000. Government bonds in New York close: Treasury 4 48 118, Treasury 4 111.21, Treasury 83 3 June 105.17, Treasury 3% 3 March 106.15, Treasury 3s 51-55 103.2.
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Kansas City
USDA
Government
New York
U.S
Treasury
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Pittsfield
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Tom Proctor
McCormic
F. D. Baty
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Route Two
Justin Hill
Glen Bailey
Alabama Street
Myron Green
Walnut Street
American Federation of Laborr
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Baseball Today
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Robert F. Hyland
St. Louis Cardinals
Dizzy Dean
Earl Averill
Cleveland Indians
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Alta Vista
Valley Chapel
Excelsior
American Express
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Peoples State Bank
Massachusetts of Ninth
Granada
Funk
McGrew-Peck Inv. CO
Mass
Trust Department
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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