Kansas Receives Over 3 Million for Public Works Projects
The U S government earmarks 3 656 317 for Kansas public works administration projects post offices flood control and related activities for the 1939 fiscal year with further funds expected. Grants total 2 706 917 for 86 PWA Kansas projects, with total project costs near 6 million funded 60 percent locally. various post offices courthouses schools and waterworks receive allocations across multiple counties and cities.
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Washington
Kansas
Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
PWA
Treasury
Leavenworth
Burlington
Halstead
Salina
Kingman
War Department
Kansas River
Topeka
Kansas City
Rural Electrification Administration
Rea
Italian war planes to get radical design overhaul
Italian aviation experts, citing lessons from the Spanish civil war, plan faster two motor bombers with improved maneuverability. The push targets a cross between bomber and pursuit craft, aiming for 370 mph combat speed and higher overall performance. Existing Savoia and Fiat models are deemed too slow, with center engine view obstructions and provocative gun-mounts. Afghanistan Iran and Yugoslavia have shown interest in older models.
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Rome
Associated Press
Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Afghanistan
Iran
Yugoslavia
Repeal Dismal Failure Says Rep Guyer
Representative Guyer of Kansas denounces the repeal amendment as a failure noting increased bootlegging tests and seizures. He argues crime and drunken driving arrests have risen since repeal and cites enforcement expansion as evidence of the opposite of promised outcomes.
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Washington
Representative Guyer
R-Kan
Congress
Guyer
Green Bay
Cross-Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues
Puzzle lists across and down clues with varied topics including plants, metals, geography, and common objects. The scattered text shows multiple incomplete phrases and garbled entries, typical of an OCRed crossword with overlapping rows and misreads.
Mid Western Music Camp Grows From Traveling Dream to University Program
The Midwestern music camp at the University enters its third summer, evolving from Russell L. Wiley’s Interlochen on wheels concept to a localized campus program. Enrollment rose from 55 in 1936 to 85 last year and 105 this summer, with a goal of 200 next year.
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University
School of Fine Arts
Altho
Russell L. Wiley
Wiley
Interlochen
Mich
Pike’s Peak
Grand Canyon
Phillips University
Enid
Oklo
West
D. M. Swarthout
United States
Hoch
K. U. Band and Symphony Orchestra
Union
Ludwig William Hebestreit
University of Nebraska
Hollister
Chicago
Florida
Texas
Eudora CPA Picnic Set For August in City Park
The Eudora CPA outlines its thirty seventh annual picnic to be held in Eudora city park on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 16 and 17. Speakers, races for children, rides, a platform dance, and a new amateur contest organized by entertainment committee members Ray Ogden Don Westheffer and George Bartz are planned.
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Eudora
Don Westheffer
George Bartz
William Zimmerman
J. D. Adams
C. S. Fuller
Ed Bohnsack
Clarence Crane
Fred Bartz
John Miller
William Stadler
Don Westhe
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Rep
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Paris Conservatory of Music
Towa
Hoch Auditorium
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West Hills
Maine St
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C. B.S
Paul Douglas
N. B.C
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