Hughes Completes Record Flight to Floyd Bennett Field
Howard Hughes and four companions finished a 14,824 mile round the world trip in 3 days 19 hours 17 minutes at Floyd Bennett Field New York. The Lockheed 14 set a new speed and distance record aided by a strong tail wind. About 25 000 spectators welcomed the crew including Whalen Grover Whalen and Mayor La Guardia. The crew included Lt. Harry P. McL. Connor Lt. Thomas L. Thurlow Edward Lund and Richard Stoddart.
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Floyd Bennett Airport
N. Y
Howard Hughes
C.S.T
Minneapolis
Wiley Post
Hughes
New York
Minn
Fairbanks
Alaska
Canadian Rockies
Yukon
Canada
Floyd Bennett Field
Whalen
Grover Whalen
F. H. LaGuardia
Harry P. McL
Connor
Thomas L. Thurlow
Edward Lund
Richard Stoddart
World Flight Log Ends With 14824 Mile Route
The Associated Press records a 14 824 mile flight from Floyd Bennett Field New York to Floyd Bennett field ending after 91 hours of flight time. The log covers legs from New York to Paris Moscow Omsk Yakutsk Fairbanks and Minneapolis before final return.
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Floyd Bennett Field
New York
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Paris
Moscow
Omsk
U.S.S.R
Yakutsk
Siberia
Fairbanks
Alaska
Canton Bombed as Casualties Reach Across City
Canton China reports heavy bombardment by Japanese air raids for a third day. About 150 people killed and 500 injured in the city and surrounding areas, with totals possibly exceeding 1,500 casualties over three days. Rescue workers pull mangled remains from wrecked houses as markets and bridges are hit.
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Canton
China
South China
East Bund
Honan Island
Tsengcheng
Kwangtung
Pearl River Bridge
Honan
Associated Press
Sudden Insurgent Move May Trap Loyalist Men
In Hendaye at the Spanish frontier on July 14 insurgents pushed along the Teruel highway past Sarrion threatening Mora de Rubielos and risking thousands of militia men. Government forces on other Franco fronts held Valencia and went on the offensive.
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Hendaye
France
Teruel
Sarrion
Mora de Rubielos
Valencia
Ratner to Speak in Parsons First Campaign Speech
Payne Ratner Republican candidate for governor will address a large outdoor audience in his hometown Parsons. WIBW Topeka will broadcast the 15 minute talk starting at 9 p.m.
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Ratner
Payne Ratner
Parsons
WIBW
Topeka
Quarantine Placed on Fort Leavenworth Horses
A quarantine was placed on Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to prevent sleeping sickness spread after a case was found nearby. Army authorities prohibit moving horses from the garrison without special authorization.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation
Stock Market Index Dips to 47.3 Points
The index showing 60 stocks closed at 47.3, slipping from yesterday’s 47.9. Traders watched small gains in utilities offset by declines in industrials amid cautious market sentiment.
Wheat loan rates set 59 60 cents on surplus grain
Washington reports the 1988 wheat loan program sets base rates of 59 to 60 cents a bushel for farmers storing grain, with a four cent handling charge and deductions for distance from terminals. Officials expect most grain stored on farms and warehouses, not in terminals.
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Washington
Wallace
Agriculture Department
New Pension Plan Talk Prompts Tax Shift to Sales Tax
An expert close to the social security board predicts a general sales tax could replace payroll levies to finance old age pensions within five to ten years as the system expands to include farmers and self employed. He notes a 2 to 8 percent earnings tax might help register eligible persons, with the rest financed by a broad tax like a sales tax. The Oct 1942 pension baseline is $10 to $85 monthly. He cites 1949 payroll rates rising to 3 percent for workers and employers. Market rates for winter wheat at various terminal markets are also listed.
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Washington
Social Security Board
President Roosevelt on Pacific Coast Trip With Fleet Review
President Roosevelt pushed to the Pacific coast with a full day including a San Francisco speech, fleet review off the city, and a Houston visit at Oakland. He planned to board the cruiser Houston for a seven hour review then return to Yosemite entrance at El Portal for sightseeing.
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Roosevelt
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Crockett
Exposition Grounds
United States
Houston
Oakland
el Portal
Yosemite National Park
San Diego
Galapagos Islands
Douglas County Wheat Loans and Market Prices Detail
Douglas county farmers may obtain government wheat loans near current market values. Loan rates by grade include 56.5 cents for number 3 red and 59.5 cents for number 2 red. 61.44 cents for number 2 hard. 58.14 cents for number 3 hard. Kansas City basis sets 72 cents for number 2 hard and 70 cents for soft winter, less freight and 4 cents, with 6.5 cents local freight. About 40 percent of land eligible, 75 percent of county wheat harvested, 30 percent stored. Interest at 4 percent. seven months if stored in elevators, through May 31, 1939 if stored on farm. Loans handled by county agricultural conservation committee. details at the conservation office in the federal building.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Lil
Douglas County
Dougle
Chris Schaake
Schaake
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Conservation Committee
Hughes World Flight Cost Put At 300000
New York July 14 reports estimate the expense of Howard Hughes world flight at 300000 with Hughes funding the entire project. The aviation magnate, who inherited 17000000 at 18 and built wealth in oil tools airplanes and movies, shows no sign of balking at the outlay. Ford Service, Hamilton 15 W. 9th.
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New York
Howard Hughes
Sportsman
Hughes
County Auditor Starts Work on the 1939 Budget
Douglas County Auditor Mildred LeSuer begins assembling the 1939 budget by meeting department heads to gather estimates. The budget is planned for publication around August 1.
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Douglas County
Mildred LeSuer
LeSuer
Texas Negro Slays Four in Hawkins Violence
In Hawkins Texas a 40 year old Negro landholder went berserk and killed his wife Newell Ellison a white man Leonard Hughey and fatally shot R. D. Register. Store owner John H. Smith killed the assailant and Roy Allen former Hawkins postmaster was wounded and hospitalized with a broken arm. Justice A B Humphries noted unclear motive and released Smith.
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Hawkins
Tex
R. D. Register
John H. Smith
A. B. Humphries
Newell Ellison
Leonard Hughey
Roy Allen
Allen
Dallas
Humphries
Smith
Gun Battle in Crazy Mountains Frees 13 Escapees
In Livingston Montana sheriff posses attacked the Crazy mountains to recapture 13 youths who escaped from a South Dakota industrial school. Three youths were wounded in the morning shootout as officers closed in on the fleeing car and cabin shelter. The rest were jailed.
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Livingston
Mont
Crazy Mountains
Montana
Taylor M. Darroch
South Dakota
William Morrison
Ed Bartels
Big Timber
Duck Creek Canyon
Darroch
Italian seaplane crashes off Sardinia with 20 believed dead
An Ala Littoria seaplane carrying 16 passengers and four crew disappeared after a Tyrrhenian Sea plunge between Italy and Sardinia. Among the passengers was the sister of General Giuseppe Valle, aviation sub secretary. Rescue efforts followed but reports say twenty persons are believed lost.
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Rome
Ala Littoria Lines
Italy
Sardinia
Cagliari
Giuseppe Valle
Lovers lane trouble ends with courthouse lawn disruption
In Garnett Kansas on July 14 police chief Ed Payne dealt with a noon disruption as a necking party on the courthouse lawn prompted police action. Parked cars in lovers lanes have kept officers busy at night this year.
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Young Love
Garnett Garnett
Kan
Ed Payne
Oil Worker Fatally Burned In Parkville Collision
George Kohlmyer about 40, an Ulrich Oil company employee from West Point Nebraska, was killed last night near Parkville when a gasoline truck he drove exploded after a collision with a fruit truck. Herbert Overstreet of Troy Kansas, driver of the fruit truck, escaped unharmed.
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Parkville
George Kohlmyer
Ulrich Oil Company
West Point
Neb
Herbert Overstreet
Troy
Kan
Temperatures in the 80s Today in Lawrence
A cool northerly breeze kept Lawrence temperatures in the 80s. The gas office thermometer showed 89 at this afternoon. 87 at 3 15 p m. Frank Gray for probate judge.
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Lawrence
Frank Gray
Pol. Adv
Fear That Stored Wheat Will Be Sold Depresses Market
Kansas City July 14. Initial wheat futures reaction to the government loan rate showed a brief rally but failed to hold gains as prices fell back toward two cents lower. Fears of large scale selling by growers due to loan disappointment weighed on sentiment while some producers moved grain to market. Farmers have until November to decide on the loan, and dealers praised overall handling despite concerns over soft red winter discounts.
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Kansas City
Douglas County Welfare Budget To Remain Near 202 950 In 1939
Douglas County commissioners and state officials met in Topeka over the 1939 welfare budget. They expect no large rise beyond 10 000 in bonds, and dispute whether the state welfare board’s "actual need" standard reflects real county needs. The panel plans to revisit the budget next week and lobby for legislative changes to fix the system.
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Douglas County
State Welfare Board
Topeka
Douglas County Social Welfare Board
State Board
Leavenworth Flood Surges to Record High on Missouri River
The Missouri river reached 48.8 feet at Leavenworth, flooding 2,500 acres and forcing five families to evacuate. About 1,500 acres in Kickapoo bottomlands were submerged. Red Cross aid appeals were made by Leo Hoppe, cattle were moved to higher ground, and efforts to reinforce dikes near Oak Mills continued as Weston residents reported the river backing up.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Grant Parker
Kickapoo
Leo Hoppe
Red Cross
Hoppe
Oak Mills
I. R. Kirk
Weston
Hutchinson Votes on 1.072 Million Waterworks Bond
Hutchinson Kansas voters will decide August 2 on a 1.072 million bond issue to purchase the city waterworks run by Kansas Power and Light. The city commission overrode Mayor D J Wilsons veto to call the election. Financing for the ballot comes from the Municipal Ownership League.
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May Bay Waterworks
Hutchinson
Kan
Phillips in Lead in Oklahoma Democratic Gubernatorial Race
Unofficial returns from 3,219 precincts show Leon C. Phillips ahead of W. S. Key for the Democratic governor nomination with 177 162 votes to 1738 814, Murray third. In the Senate contest Elmer Thomas leads over Gomer Smith and E. W. Marland. Monroney tops the Democratic fifth district race. eight other incumbents renominated.
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Oklahoma City
Leon C. Phillips
W. S. Key
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
W. H
Bill” Murray
Phillips
Key
WPA
Murray
Senate
Elmer Thomas
Gomer Smith
E. W. Marland
Smith
Mike Monroney
Monroney
Rain Welcome In Kansas Farmlands As Heat Persists
Scattered rains in Kansas over the past 24 hours benefited fall crops and pastures, especially in the west, according to federal meteorologist S. D. Flora. Tonight and tomorrow are expected to be generally fair with limited rain chances, while temperatures may reach near 100 degrees in the west. Yesterday’s high was 102 at Elkhart as clouds helped temper the heat.
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Topeka
Kansas
West
S. D. Flora
Elkhart
State Flood Control to Be Taken Up Next Session
A Kansas water conservation panel decided not to pursue a constitutional amendment now. It will draft a conservancy measure for the next legislature. Dr. O O Wolf of Ottawa will lead the special committee. The group urged a conservancy measure through the legislature as the practical path for flood control and land and water conservation.
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Topeka
State Board of Agriculture
O. O. Wolf
Ottawa
Leave Your Journal World Mail Subscription Order
When you are away from home leave your order for a mail subscription to the Journal-World. Special mail rate of only 25 cents a month Adv.
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The
Journal-World
Adv
Schaake Named Head Coach for All Sports at Liberty Memorial
Elmer Schaake former University of Kansas football star is appointed head coach of all sports at Liberty Memorial high school effective this fall He succeeds Edd A Wood who resigned to coach at Wichita East Schaake has coached at Bethany college for three years and will begin duties in September His one year contract mirrors other teachers and he brings a record as a multi sport athlete and coach in Lawrence.
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Elmer Schaake
University of Kansas
Liberty Memorial High School
Schaake
Edd A. Wood
Wichita East
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Lawrence
K. U
Lawrence Public
Lions
St. Joseph Central
Melvin Griffin
Griffin
Long Beach
Calif
Augusta Schaake
Indiana Street
Lois Parker
R. W. Parker
K.U
Central Missouri State Teachers College
Warrensburg
Detroit Lions
Attiene
Bethany Colere
Farmland Flooding Persists as Levees Hold
In St Joseph Missouri on July 14 the Missouri River crest between here and Nebraska City Nebraska was held by experienced river men to cause no further damage if levees stay intact. The river stage remained steady this morning after a 2 foot rise in the prior 24 hours. White Cloud Kansas saw a similar 2 foot increase, while the Rock Port Missouri levee appeared to hold with continued stability.
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St. Joseph
Althe
Missouri River
Nebraska City
Neb
Altho
White Cloud
Kan
Rock Port
Voters Register Extended City Hall Hours
About twenty people registered at the city hall after 5 PM last night said City Clerk J W Stone. The city hall will stay open until 10 PM daily through July 22 to allow registration for the August 2 primary.
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J. W. Stone
Civil War Veteran George W. Shumard Dies at 98
In Cherryvale Kansas George W Shumard aged 98 a Civil War veteran died at his son Frank Shumard city treasurer s home The death reduces Montgomery county s Civil War veterans to four Funeral services set for tomorrow
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Cherryvale
Kan
George W. Shumard
Frank Shumard
Montgomery County
Weather Outlook For Kansas Regions Tonight And Friday
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions across Kansas with cooler temperatures tonight and a slight warm up Friday in the west and north central areas. Morning maps show partly cloudy skies in Arkansas City Wichita Coffeyville and Emporia with clear skies in Topeka and Manhattan. Dirt roads listed as good with temperatures from 86 at noon to 93 at 7 pm yesterday’s high near 99 and today’s low around 72.
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Kansas
Arkansas City
Wichita
Coffeyville
Emporia
Topeka
Manhattan
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