Pay strikes threaten WPA relief programs across states
Senate group abandons push for prevailing wage restoration as Minneapolis riots halt WPA projects. FBI and Justice Department prepare to investigate intimidation while a one day Workers Alliance strike sweeps New York and other states.
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Murray
D.mont
Washington
Congress
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
WPA
George E. Leach
Murphy
Department of Justice
FBI
Leach
J. Edgar Hoover
Col.f. C. Harrington
Harrington
Workers Alliance
New York
New Jersey
Robert W. Allan
Guy W. Rice
Buffalo
Rochester
Iana
Indianapolis
Clay County
Wisconsin
Racine
Montana
Utah
Kansas
Cherokee
Crawford
Ohio
Massachusetts
Birds Need Water in Hot Weather
Careful watch on bird baths is advised to ensure birds have ample water in high temperatures. Even a shallow pan in the shade will be welcome for birds lacking full baths.
Britain opens peacetime draft as 34000 conscripts report
Thirty four thousand 21 year olds joined King George VI's army for six months of training marking Britain's first peacetime conscription. Queen Mary inspected arrivals at Shorncliffe as more detachments were to be visited by government leaders. In Tokyo talks opened over the Tientsin crisis while a massive anti British embassy demonstration occurred. In Washington neutrality revision debates continue with divisions on embargo and war risk. Daladier probes alleged German spy ring in France as Falangists signal a mutual aid pact with Italy.
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Associated Press
Britain
Shorncliffe Camp
Tokyo
Tientsin
Hachiro Arita
Robert Leslie Craigie
Foreign Office
Pute
Washington
Congress
Hull
Roosevelt
Daladier
France
Paris
Francisco Franco
Spain
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Picard Wins PGA Championship in Extra Holes
Henry Picard of Hershey Pennsylvania defeated Byron Nelson of Reading Pennsylvania to win the Professional Golfers Association championship after the final round went to extra holes. Picard sealed victory with a 6 foot birdie putt on the 87th hole while Nelson posted a 30 foot birdie on the same hole to force the playoff. Picard led by one after the morning 18 and held the edge through the late stages, finishing with a four under par 68 against Nelson's 67.
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Picard
Nelson
Pomonok
Germans Will Be Jailed For Absence From Work
Hanover July 15 German labor officials ordered jail terms for workers who miss work without a proper excuse or fail to complete tasks. A local court sentenced two young men to one month in jail for skipping their jobs, and a Fulda man received a year of forced labor for laziness and drinking. The Fuldaer Zeitung warned that avoiding work undermines the Reich’s effort.
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Hanover
Germany
Reich
Fulda
Fuldaer Zeitung
Daladier Takes Charge Of France Spy Ring Probe
Paris reports Daladier personally heads the inquiry into alleged German spy rings in France. Arrested individuals reportedly confessed to taking money from foreign agents. Government enforces strict secrecy on developments and publication.
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Paris
Daladier
France
Kansas State lab misses gas hookup in new chemistry wing
In Manhattan Kansas the state college admitted approval of a $725 000 physical science building but found no gas connection for the 1000 burners in the new chemistry laboratory.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
Reily Indicted in Payroll Forgery Case in Kansas City
Kansas City July 15 Indictments by a Jackson county land jury named E Mont Reily former governor of Puerto Rico and ally of Tom Pendergast for forgery in payroll padding within the public works street cleaning division. The same jury brought 38 true bills including murder charges against Louis Accurso and Joe Ramnallo in the death of Lee Judy the Kansas City police judge. Judy was injured Tuesday at a West Twelfth street restaurant. Reily, a small loan operator, was appointed governor of Puerto Rico by President Warren G Harding.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
E. Mont Reily
Puerto Rico
Tom Pendergast
Department of Public Works
Reily
Public Works Department
Louis Accurso
Joe Ramnallo
Lee Judy
Kansas City, Kan
Judy
West Twelfth Street
Accurso
Ranallo
Warren G. Harding
Mercury Reaches 108 Degree High This Afternoon
The temperature rose to 108 at 3 p m breaking today’s heat record. Prof C J Posey notes the city previously hit 106 this summer and 114 in August 1936. The gas office logged 110 plus and 18 days above 100 in July 1936.
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C. J. Posey
Posey
Soviet Planes Raid Japanese Base Near Manchukuo Border
Soviet planes attacked Halmarshan a key Japanese base in northwestern Manchukuo on Monday and Thursday, extending the fighting beyond the front along the Manchouuko Outer Mongolia border. Halmarshan links a new railway from Hsinking and serves as a wartime logistics hub near the Khalka front.
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Hsinking
Mancheoukuo
Halmarshan
Mancheukuo
Manchoukuo
Outer Mongolia
Khalka River
Tryon Liquor Transport Case Seizure Ordered
Judge Hugh Means ordered the 1929 Chevrolet coach used by John Tryon forfeited and sold after six pints of alleged whiskey were introduced in evidence at the April 28 arrest for transportation of liquor. Liquor is ordered sold.
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John Tryon
Hugh Means
Tryon
Tiree
Young K A Grad Slain as Oklahoma Escaped Convict Sought
Chicago authorities hunt escaped Oklahoma robber Jack Russell for the slaying of Billy S Hamilton 28 Arkansas City KU grad and Phi Delta Theta member. Hamilton's body was found in a McHenry county ditch near Ringwood Illinois after pursuit across Kansas Missouri Oklahoma.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
Jack Russell
Kansas University
Billys. Hamilton
Arkansas City
Kan
University of Kansas
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Ringwood
McHenry County
Lester Edinger
Abduction Report Links Egholm to Accused Convict
Bud Egholm of Oklahoma City said he was abducted in Kenosha by Jack Russell, an escaped convict linked to the Hamilton case. He was forced into a car, driven to Elgin, and warned not to resist while the kidnapper claimed a prior killing. Police noted the stolen 1939 Dodge with Kansas plates recovered in Kenosha.
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Elgin
Ill
Bud Egholm
Oklahoma City
Okla
Kenosha
Wis
Jack Russell
Billy L. Hamilton
Egholm
West
Madison Street
Chicago
Russell
Joseph G. Huber
Lake Geneva
Lincoln Park
Young Hamilton
Kansas
Milwaukee
Rock Wool Insulation Mentioned in Continuation Snippet
A fragmented OCR excerpt includes “Rock Wool Insulation” and references to Seiler, suggesting a continuation of a material or product listing on page 1. No further context or outcomes are provided in the readable text.
Divers Ready to Descend Again to the Squalus Salvage
Portsmouth on July 15 divers prepared to descend again to the sunken submarine Squalus as seas calmed. The salvage ship Falcon eyed a second dive to assess damage while three damaged pontoons readied for repair or towing to the navy yard if repairs fail.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Falcon
Navy Yard
Five Basic Points for Douglas County Wheat Allotment 1939-40
The County Agricultural Conservation association announced five main factors guiding the 1939-40 wheat acreage allotment. They include prior year acreages 1936-37 and 38, reductions from AAA compliance, crop rotation, soil and topography, and farm similarity. A normal yield will be set from past acreage and yields, with data required for each farm.
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Douglas County
The
County Agricultural Conservation Association
Ernest Prim
AAA
Prim
Heat Over Weekend Forecast Shatters 100 Degree Benchmark
Topeka reports record heat with daily highs above 100 across the state and 108 in Topeka. Meteorologist S. D. Flora says the heat will persist into next week with little rain and dry, low-humidity conditions.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Drilling Near Lone Star To Resume On 24-Hour Basis
Griffith No 1 deep test oil well near Lone Star will operate around the clock starting Sunday night. Gilroy Hugo who oversees field operations said the rig shut down last night and will resume with three eight hour shifts.
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Griffith No. 1
Lone Star
Gilroy Hugo
Theaters Pass To Commonwealth Theatre Corp In Lease
The Dickinson and Varsity theaters switch control tonight to Commonwealth Theater Corporation of Lawrence under a long term lease. The local group of 35 Lawrence businessmen led by S E Schwahn will keep operating the four houses as a unit with same prices and policy. Schwahn remains city manager of the Granada and Patee and other theaters, and plans no personnel changes now while the arrangement stabilizes.
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Dickinson
Varsity
Commonwealth Theater Corporation of
Lawrence
Griffith-Dickinson Theaters, Inc
S. E. Schwahn
Commonwealth
Owen Carl
Dick Williams
F. C. Allen
Schwahn
Granada
Patee
Kansas City
Commonwealth Amusement Corporation
Kansas
Arkansas
Iowa
Missouri
W. G. McKinney
Griffith-Dickinson
Paola
Byron Truex
Glenn W. Dickinson
Griffith Corporation
Kan
Griffith- Dickinson
Convict in Blast Killing Near Cave-in-Rock
In Carmi Illinois on July 15 a circuit court jury convicted Mrs Alice Austin and Theodore Simmons of murder in the March 20 truck blast that killed Earl Austin a Cave-in-Rock high school janitor. The verdict followed nearly 11 hours of deliberation and carries a 14 year sentence. Lucy McDowell 22 was maimed in the same incident. A scorpion sting killed 14 year old Raymond Lile in Phoenix Arizona after 15 days of unconsciousness.
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Carmi
Alice Austin
Theodore Simmons
Earl Austin
Cave-in-Rock
Austin
Lucene McDowell
Drill Sergeants to Go Easy at First With the British Rookies
London reports the first peacetime British conscripts, 84 000 mili tiamen, arriving by limousines bicycles and trains. Families greeted recruits as authorities ordered kindness and absence of rudeness or sarcasm during reception. Queen Mary War Minister Hore Belisha and other dignitaries visited detachments.
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London
Britain
Queen Mary
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Music for Sunday at Mid Western Music Camp Concerts
The fourth of six concerts at the Mid Western Music camp features an afternoon orchestra program at Hoch auditorium at 3 30 and an evening band concert at Fowler grove at 7 30 under guest conductor N De Robertis director of the Kansas City Orchestral Training school The Kansas City musician arrived Monday to assume camp duties The program lists pieces by Rimsky Korsakov Arensky Beethoven and Saint Saens among others with soloists and sections including orchestra chorus and band performances
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Hoch Auditorium
Fowler Grove
N. de Robertis
Kansas City
Kansas Ciy
Orchestra
School Budget Is Set At 327 772 70 For 1939 40
A school budget of 327772.70 for 1939 1940 was approved for publication by the board of education at a special meeting. A public hearing is planned for August 7 and a levy of 15.75 mills will be used if the budget passes, with prior year comparisons and sales tax adjustments noted.
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Board of Education
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence P.T.A. Council
League of Women Voters
Frank Hosford
Howard Sutherland
A. V. Phillins
New York
Lincoln
Edward Dissinger
Atwood High School
Dissinger
Eloise Henson
Pinckney
University of Town
Lawrence Schools
Emporia Teachers College
Cordley School
Bert Nash
University of Kansas
Nash
K. U
Cessen Ooee
New York Woman Sets Round The World Airline Record
Clara Adams of New York City arrives at Newark after 16 days 19 hours four minutes to beat the previous global flight record. The trip used Pan American and United Air Lines services from Port Washington to Newark via transatlantic and Pacific routes, costing 1935 dollars.
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Newark
N. J
Nellie Bly
Clara Adams
New York City
United Air Lines
Port Washington
L. I
Pan- American Airways
H. R. Ekins
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Jesse Chamberlain
Women’s International Aeronautics Association
Horace B. Wild
Atlantic and
Pacific
San Francisco-Newark
Marselles
France
Hong Kong
Stock Market Index Rises to 47.9 After Yesterday
The average of 60 stocks stands at 47.9, up from 47.8 recorded yesterday. Investors watch broad market movement as trading continues.
Kansas Weather Forecast
The Kansas forecast calls for generally fair and continued warmth tonight and Sunday. It notes hotter conditions in the extreme northwest tonight.
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Kansas
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Edinger
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Keeter’s Book Store
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Rimsky-Korsakov
Helen Simmonds
Patty Priddle
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Leslie Briedenthal
William Brown
Cna Eissohn
Paul Stoner
Volkman
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Popeye
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Saint-Saens
Adario
Mr. DeRobertis
DeRubertis
Russell L. Wiley
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Cherubin
Mr. de Rubertis
Cypress Silhouettes
Bennett
Mr. Wiley
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
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Townsend
Kansas Fredonia
E. L. Smith
Fredonia Townsend Club
Francis Townsend
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