Baltimore Ferry Crash at Sea Hurts None Seriously
A passenger vessel carrying 260 people including Maryland Governor Harry W Nice collided with the freighter Golden Harvest off Baltimore just after 10:30 pm. Passengers were landed safely by the Pittsburgh ferryboat after a chaotic night. no serious injuries reported. Governor Nice described the moment and noted a bruised arm. The State of Virginia and Golden Harvest remained stuck together for hours.
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Harry W. Nice
Maryland
Chesapeak Bay
State of Virginia
Golden Harvest
Baltiore Association of Automobile Eaters
Pittsburgh
Virginia
W. S. Woodall
Coast Guard
Apache
William J.wells, Jr
Baltimore Sur Automobile
CCC enrollment in Douglas county camps totals eleven
Six white and five Negro youths from Douglas county have joined CCC camps in the past two weeks. Mrs Mildred Watson, county poor commissioner, announced today. The white enrollees went to Valley Falls camp while the colored youths went to Lone Star. Names include Claude Landon Edwin Broadwell Jerome Todd Glenn Todd George Attinger George Mayberry James Fortner Johnson Hughes Albert Jackson James Spotser and Raymond Simpson.
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Douglas County
CCC
Mildred Watson
Valley Falls
Lone Star
Claude Landon
Edwin Broadwell
Jerome Todd
Glenn Todd
George Attinger
George Mayberry
James Fortner
Johnson Hughes
Albert Jackson
James Spotser
Raymond Simpson
DeMille Gives Long Distance Aid For Topeka Pageant
Hollywood director Alf Cecil B. DeMille aids in a Topeka pageant planning for Gov Landon ceremonies. He cannot attend due to film work and seeks an actor to portray Abraham Lincoln. An advertisement line invites readers to call for insurance inquiries.
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Hollywood
Calif
Alf Cecil B. DeMille
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
DeMille
Abraham Lincoln
Test Your Knowledge Questions from Classified Page
Test your knowledge with seven questions on race relations sauerkraut acid chalice early history and war dates. Answers appear on the classified page.
Red Sox crush Browns in opener as Knott falters
Boston over St Louis 11 to 3 in the first of a doubleheader behind Johnny Marcum who allowed six hits. The Browns' Knott and Hemsley were stifled while Marcum and R Ferrell supplied decisive offense.
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Red Sox
Jack Knott
St. Louis Browns
Johnny Marcum
St. Louis
St. Louis Boston
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Hemsley
Marcum
R. Ferrell
Mahaffey
Liebhardt
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Berg
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Kennedy
Sewell
Deshong
Weaver
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Mickey Cochrane
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Athletics
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Rhodes
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Pirates
New York Giants
Carl Hubbell
Woody Jensen
Castleman
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Hubbell
Mancuso
Spencer
Lucas
Birkofer
Grasshoppers Sting Kansas Counties And Oakley Drenched
Elllis county grasshoppers show vicious streaks with a chick assault reported near a farm north of Hays. Oakley residents report swarms darkening streets and painters dimming lights to deter hoppers. Anderson County seeks water relief from Santa Fe lakes and WPA gear. Local law offices plan Saturday half-days through July and August 1936 except emergencies.
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Hays
Kan
Ellis County
Frank Scheck
Here
Oakley
Kansas
Anderson County
Garnett
Anderson Board of County Commissioners
Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Streamlining Education Featured By Iowa Official
Miss Ayres Samuelson Iowa state superintendent urged public support for modern education methods during a summer session convocation. She outlined streamlining as achieving better performance through research and engineering, and noted tasks like socializing schools to delinquents, tailoring to children, reaching nonattendees, and prudent media use. She added safety instruction and world peace, with related university events and a Pi Lambda Theta dinner at Eldridge Hotel.
Record heat hits 111 degrees in Lawrence July drought year
Temperature reached 111 in Lawrence marking the July high set in 1934 as a drouth year persists. Professor Posey notes only a trace of rain since July began and a thirteenth straight day above 100. Nearby readings include Fort Scott 118, Chanute 114, Winfield 111, Topeka 109, Wichita 108.
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Drouth
Posey
Lawrence
Associated Press
Kansas
Fort Scott
Chanute
Winfield
Sedan
Topeka
Emporia
Wellington
Kansas City
Wichita
Obituary notices from Lawrence and nearby areas
Deaths include Mrs Libby Holland Wilson of Los Angeles a longtime Pinckney teacher buried there after funeral Thursday. Catherine Doyle 78 of near Six Corners dies at Memorial hospital Lawrence with service at St John’s Church and burial at Tonganoxie. Anna Garvin Ward widow of David Garvin dies in Thomas Okla with burial there. Albert Hollingsworth 59 of Clinton dies at home, funeral at Presbyterian church with burial in Clinton cemetery. survivors listed from Lawrence Clinton and Kansas City areas.
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Libby Holland Wilson
Los Angeles
Julia Holland
Louisiana Street
Mamie Jackson
Catherine Doyle
Six Corners
Memorial Hospital
St. John’s Catholic Church
Lawrence
Victor Gellhaus
Tonganoxie
J. D. Doyle
Edward Doyle
Daniel Doyle
Leo Doyle
James Hogan
Kit Carson
Colo
Carpiap Hyland
Kansas City, Oo
Anna M. Garvin Ward
Anna N. Garvin
Thomas, Oklo
David Garvin
Eudora Valley
Albert Hollingsworth
Rhode Island Street
Presbyterian Church
Clinton
Ward
Clinton Cemetery
Ollie Hollingsworth
Lucien
Glenn
Kansas City
Ruby . Hollingsorth
J. C
Lawrence Hears of Heat and Travel News
Lieutenant Hutchinson of the Lone Star CCC camp reported a 121 degree reading yesterday with the mercury at 117 today when he left. John F. Stringer, formerly with Fred Laptad and the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D. C., visited Lawrence today and plans to attend the Seventh Day Adventist camp meeting in Topeka August 6 to 16. Bonnie Leota Koch filed for divorce from Frederick Koch in district court.
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Lone Star CCC
John F. Stringer
Fred Laptad
Washington, D. C
Lawrence
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Missouri
Topeka
Bonnie Leota Koch
Frederick Koch
Townsend Attacks New Deal Spending At Townsend Rally
Dr Francis E Townsend condemned the Roosevelt administration before followers in Cleveland claiming backing from the National Union for Social Justice and the Share the Wealth movement. He warned against poisonous propaganda and urged constitutional amendment for his pension plan while denouncing New Deal bungling and spending.
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Cleveland
Francis E. Townsend
Roosevelt
National Union For Social Justice
Gerald L. K. Smith
Townsend
Dr. Townsend
Ottawa Man Settles Over $300000 Divorce in Arkansas
William H. Martin, 65, president of National Sign Co. Ottawa Kan., will receive a property settlement exceeding 300000 as part of a 90 day divorce granted in Garland County chancery court. The divorce from Mary Martin, also of Ottawa, followed allegations of abuse to him and his children. The Martins married in Ottawa on April 11 1911 and separated in August 1936.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Garland County Chancery Court
William H. Martin
National Sign Company
Ottawa
Kan
Leo P. McLaughlin
Martin
Mary Martin
Arkansas
Pritchard and Hubbard Families Visit in Pickens Area
Local residents and relatives from Fall Leaf Topeka Kansas City and nearby towns gathered around Fourth of July celebrations and weekend visits. Names include Pritchards Heniks Hubbard Skaggs Denny Canary Torneden Anderson Grafe and others visiting homes of Henik Hubbard and Garman in Pickens vicinity.
Mrs Bollier Suffers Heart Attack At Anderson Home
Mrs. Mary A Bollier suffered a heart attack Wednesday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs Ray Anderson. Several visitors including Miss Dorothy Mae Allison Mrs Laura Leelan and many others from Lawrence Linwood Kansas City and Topeka called at the Anderson home during the week. Helen Pierce and other relatives visited while Helen spent the summer with her grandparents after a Youth conference in Estes Park Colorado and trips to Denver and Boulder. Ruby and Lola Henik visited Friday evening and Mrs Mary Lee of Kansas City Kansas visited with her mother Mrs Katie Henik on Sunday.
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James Pritchard
Bob
Fall Leaf
George Henik
George Hubbard
Topeka
E. Hubbard
Marie
Dorothy
Ray
Jennie Speerschneider
Meta
D. C. Smith
John Hendrix
Junior Skaggs
Edward Denny
Kansas City
Walden Olson
Gon
Bobby
Mary Lee
Kan
Charlie Henak
Ald and
Wayne
Howard Cline
Miss Anderson
J. A. Anderson
John Grafe
T. E. Hubbard
Merlin Brock
Frank Henik
Selma Torneden
Nadine Smith
Bonner Springs
Ruby
Lola Mae
Freddie Henik
Ray Canary
Waneta Gress
John Mondero
Tonganoxie
Quince Garman
Goldie Wilson
Ida Mae Gierss
Linwood
Marie Hubbard
Mary A. Bollier
Ray Anderson
Dorothy Mae Allison
Frank Hubbard
Laura Leelan
Williamstown
Melvin Hicks
H. L. Bryan and
Brooks “Everett
L. D. Pierce
Lawrence
Merle Harbaugh
Lydie Allison
Denver
Boulder
Lola Mae Henik
Katie Henik
Mackey and Wardesque Evening Out and Local Summer Fun
Miss Audrey Mackey and Miss Lois Ward travelled to Topeka from Big Springs Saturday night. Local youths enjoy fishing and swimming in the Wakarusa near Clinton amid hot weather. Threshing finished Saturday. Betty Nan Hemphill visits from Christ’s Hospital Topeka. Gardner hosts S A bridge club with 6 o’clock dish supper and prizes to Randall and Johnston. Sedalia visitors Leimner at Cawley home. Weiner roast and boat ride at Nunemaker cabin by Kaw river with Marguerite Dorothy Nune maker Lorene Fairbairn Betty Nan Hemphill. Mrs James Wolf daughter Katie Toms and son Jack visit Sutter home Sunday morning.
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Audrey North
Mr. Ward
Big Springs
Lois Ward
Miss North
Topeka
Wakarusa
Clinton
Betty Nan Hemphill
Christ's Hospital
Raymond Gardner
S. A. Bridge Club
John Randall
Gertie K. Johnston
Elza Wiley
Leimner
Sedalia
Thomas Cawley
Weiner
Nunemaker
Kaw River
Marguerite
Dorothy Nunemaker
Lorene Fairbairn
James Wolf
Katie Toms
Jack
Sutter
Ride Through the Clouds thrill ride captains a tryst
Pushing through crowds Puffy and Alice seek the Ride Through the Clouds experience while Thoms the Timid urges them past the attraction. The scene hints at contrasting boldness and hesitation among the group as they navigate the fairground.
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Puffy
Alice
Thoms
Ader Family Trip West and Local Softball Nights
Mrs Louie Ader and her daughter Clara Neustifter returned from a month in Montana visiting relatives including Mrs Wm Schlegel and touring Glacier Park Yellowstone and Canada. Clyde Smith Jr and June Louise Able visited. local softball games draw crowds with doubleheaders and parking space.
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Louie Ader
Clara Neustifter
Sertig
Montana
Wm. Schlegel
Aders
Glacier Park
Canada
Yellowstone National Park
Ader
Weaver and
Eisele Hardware
Department Store
Santa Fe
Eudora Oil
Daugh
Friday Night Match Sparks Santa Fe Versus Department Store
Miss Ruth Ness underwent a tonsil operation Monday at Research Hospital in Kansas City Missouri. Mr and Mrs John Seiler and Mrs Effie Brooks of Lawrence visited sister Mrs Herbert Landon and Mr Landon Sunday. Mrs William Mercier spent Sunday in Kansas City as guest of Miss Alice Hay.
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Ruth Ness
Research Hospital
Kansas City
John Seiler
Effie Brooks
Lawrence
Herbert Landon
Landon
William Mercier
Alice Hay
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