Married National Guard Members May Quit
Washington July 15 UP Marines in the lowest ranks of the national guard may resign to prevent hardship if conscripted for a year of intensive training. War department officials said adjutants general were asked to permit married men to quit if they would not respond to extended active duty. Higher ranks remain ineligible.
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Washington
National Guard
War Department
State Adjutants General
Roosevelt
Congress
Axis Ultimatum Tensions and Bomb Attacks Across Europe
British reports describe heavy Allied bombing on German bases along the channel coast and in Germany and the Netherlands. Germany and Italy claim naval successes against British shipping as Britain acknowledges the loss of a destroyer. Singapore broadcasts quote Malaya’s acting governor predicting Britain’s willingness to sacrifice for victory while Japan tightens shipping controls near China.
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England
Straits of Dover
Air Force
Channel
Germany
Netherlands
Italy
Britain
Mediterranean
Singapore
S. W. Jones
Malaya
China
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Civil Service Exams Open for Indian Community School Teachers
The U S Civil Service Commission announces competitive exams for teachers in Indian community and boarding schools including Alaska under the Interior Department Applicants need college education and teaching experience and must be under 48 by August 12 1940 Detailed requirements available from Bert S Chewning secretary of the board or from any first or second class post office
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United States Civil Serviceommission
Indian Field’ Service
Alaska
Department of ‘the Interior
Bert S. ‘Chewning
Board of
U. ‘S. Civil Service Examiners
Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Elks Order More Flags For Cars In Town
The Layce Elks lodge placed a second order of small silk American flags for automobile windows. They recently voted to provide flags to motorists and will give away more at the club building on Vermont Street tomorrow using tape to affix the flags to the glass.
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Layce Elks Lodge
Vermont Street
Population Tops 3,044 at Leavenworth Prison
The main federal penitentiary at Leavenworth reached a population of 3,044 today, exceeding normal capacity by 1,044 inmates, according to Warden Robert H. Hudspeth.
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Leavenworth Prison
Leavenworth
Federal’ Penitentiary
Robert
Willkie Praises Byrnes Humor At Democratic Start
Wendell Willkie commented on Senator James Byrnes humor after Byrnes said the Democratic national convention would be unbossed He predicted his own nomination on the first ballot at Chicago Willkie listened to the convention start by radio and met various hosts and aides in Chicago and Toledo.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell Willkie
James F. Byrnes
D-S.c
Chicago
Jim Byrnes
Willkie
Carl Seymour
New York
International Typographical Union
C. M. Baker
Harold Talbott
Electric Autolite Corporation
Be Toleds
Newark
Farley
Roosevelt
Faculty Concerts Highlight Varied Selections at Frank Strong Hall
The final summer faculty concert occurs tonight at 8 in Frank Strong Hall auditorium. The program includes strings and piano pieces plus vocal and instrumental solos and a Romeo and Juliet scene. Notable works feature Sinding Kreisler Gluck, Brahms Malotte and Offenbach pieces with Raymond Stuhl cello and Ruth Orcutt piano.
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Fof
Brahms
Hageman
Malotte
Irene Peabody
Davidoff
Raymond Stuhl
Joseph and Marie Wilkins
Karl Euersteiner
Ronald Ppoppo
Canenenee Sinding
Waldemar Gelich
Eugene Nininger
Ruth Orcutt
Allie Merle Conger
Winifred Hill
Alberta
Stuhl
Marshall Butler
Lawrence Men to Attend Kansas City Defense Meeting
C G Hesse, chairman of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce industrial committee, and several businessmen will travel to Kansas City tomorrow for a defense industries meeting. An Army procurement officer for the corps area will speak to local manufacturers on securing preparedness orders. The event will be at the Hotel Muevlebach.
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CG. G. Hesse
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
National Defense Industries
Army
Muelvebach
Capper Party Pic In Topeka Highlights 75th Birthday
In Topeka July 15 a large crowd gathered in parks and on buses to celebrate Senator Arthur Capper's 75th birthday. About 20 000 attendees watched carnival rides and enjoyed ice cream while Capper greeted supporters and discussed national defense and policy. He urged Congress to stay in session amid European crisis and proposed an excess profits tax to curb war profiteering.
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Topeka
Arthur Capper
Washington
Kansas
Capper
United States
Democratic Institutone
Hom
Roosevelt
Altho
Chicago
Congress
Salvation Army War Service Fund Campaign Ends July 22
Salvation Army advisory board set July 22 to close the local War Service Fund drive. The effort supports troops abroad and repairs equipment losses from Flanders. A posted donation of 27.76 came from Dickinson and Granada theaters. An upcoming doughnut tag day by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary is led by Mrs. Charles KE Daniels.
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Salvation Army Advisory Board
War Service Fund
Salvation Army
Flanders
Dick‘inson
Granada
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Charles KE. Daniels
Nebraska town opposes import of migrant workers
Sixteen year old Negro laborers from Muskogee Oklahoma were brought to Shelton Nebraska to wash sack and grade potatoes. A hostile group gathered at a tourist camp prompting the workers to flee and depart by truck. Local sheriff deputies helped secure the scene and broker R T Payne agreed to move the workers after community opposition.
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Shelton, Neb
Muskogee
Okla
Shelton
R. T. Payne
George W. Lear
Elmer Rhoades
Kearney
Payne
Auto collision injures two motorists on Highway 50 near Worden
Roy Shuler of Baldwin sustained head and neck injuries and a cut to the right arm in a 1 PM crash on Highway 50 near Worden. He was traveling west to harvest with Russell Ulrich when Ulrich’s 1933 Willys sedan, turning left, was hit from the rear by a 1938 V8 sedan. Ulrich’s car rolled over. both vehicles were badly damaged. A Baldwin physician said injuries were not serious.
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Roy Shuler
Baldwin
Worden
Schuler
Russell Ulrich
Ulrich
Willys
Political Opponents But Friends Boise Ida
William Galloway a Democratic candidate for Ada county state representative hoped to fish. With filing deadline near the Republican incumbent Hamer Budge filed the papers for him.
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Boise
Ida
William Galloway
Ada County
Hamer Budge
War department sets tentative dates for four army maneuvers
The war department announced tentative dates for summer maneuvers in four army areas. The plan calls for 305000 regular and National Guard troops, with first army at Plattsburg Waters Town August 5 to 25 and others in Camp McCoy Wisconsin Sabine area near Alexandria Louisiana Camp Ripley Minnesota and Fort Lewis Washington August 4 to 24. National matches at Camp Perry moved to September 1 to 21, creating a conflict with school openings and cancelling rifle teams from civiliAn camps ROTC and the reserve officers corps.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
First Army
Plattsboro
Waterstown
New York
Second Army
Minn
Fort Lewis
Camp Perry
Ohio
Camips
Lawrence lumberman resigns to lead coop in Missouri
Harold Constant leaves 26 years in Lawrence to manage the lumber department of Consumers Cooperative Association in North Kansas City Missouri. South Lawrence Lumber at 1846 Massachusetts likely to be leased or placed under new management. The Constant family will stay on West Twenty first street. The cooperative runs in nine states, demanding much travel.
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Lawrence
Harold Constant
Consumers Cooperative Association of
North Kansas City
South Lawrence
Roosevelt Dry At Chicago In Fight For Nomination
A Chicago scene shows potential vice presidential contenders circling the field as Roosevelt aims to solidify hemispheric solidarity under the good neighbor policy. Wheeler leads a four senator group pressing a non intervention plank while Garner’s renomination debate swirls around Farley and party leadership.
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Roosevelt
Hull
Latin America
Garner
Michigan Boulevard
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Bankhead
Farley
Senator Byrnes
South Carolina
Jesse H. Jones
Texas
Representative Rayburn
House
Jones
Wheeler
Montana
Résolutione
Europe
Asia
Clark
Missouri
Idaho
McCarran
Nevada
Johnson
Colorado
Lawrence Junior Chamber to Meet on Local Railroad Woes
Lawrence residents gathered at a general membership meeting to discuss committee service and the impact of new rail schedules. The Union Pacific removed Lawrence from the westbound Pacific Limited and the eastbound Pony Express stops, while other lines improved service.
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Lawrence
Union Pacific
U. P
Pacific Limited
New Pony Express
Salina
Junction City
Manhattan
Topeka
Conservation minded changes urged for 1941 farm program
Washington AAA officials publicized recommendations from a July conference to stress soil saving in the 1941 farm program. Proposals include new soil-building practices, extended material credits, broader local adaptation, expanded wind erosion control, and earlier crop insurance for corn, cotton, and tobacco.
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Washington
AAA
Agriculture Department
Agriculture ‘Adjustment
Great Plains
R. M. Evans
Plane crash near Markleeville kills five
Five people were killed when a small three passenger plane crashed into a Sierra rock bluff 23 miles southwest of Markleeville California on a flight from Los Angeles to Reno. Sheriff Brown said the aircraft was demolished and wreckage was found this morning after late yesterday afternoon’s accident.
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Markleeville
Calif
Eudora Boy Injured by Pitchfork Accident
Five year old John Schehrer Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Schehrer, was injured while riding a hay load six miles south of Eudora. A pitchfork pierced his left head after he fell as horses started. He received treatment in Eudora and was given nebi-tenasan serum.
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John Schehrer
Eudora
First Lady opposes equal rights amendment at platform hearing
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told the Democratic platform committee that the proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing women equal legal rights with men would be a mistake. She spoke via a statement read by Mrs. Nan Wood Honeyman of Oregon as diverse women's groups pushed for or against the measure in Chicago.
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Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Platform Committee
Nan Wood Honeveman
Oregon
Sunflower 4-H Club Holds Farm Evening Meeting
The Sunflower 4-H Club met Friday at the home of Elsie Marie and Violet Mullin. Mr. Six announced the annual 4-H camp would be held August at the state lake. Jack Kellar led the program with Doris Mitchell directing songs and a music contest. Refreshments followed. next meeting set for August 9 at Jean er’s home.
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Elsie Marie
Violet Mullin
Six
Tonzaroxie
Jack Kellar
Doris Mitchell
Emerson Hazlett
Jeaner
Daylight Raid Kills One in Southeast England Town
A German daylight raid on a southeast England town killed one person and injured several as bombs destroyed multiple houses. The attacker dropped one bomb in a residential area then nine more in another area before a British plane pursued. The same day the 670 ton submarine Shark was reported overdue and presumed lost with a crew of about 40.
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London
England
Admiralty
Patriotism urged to defend democracy at Pittsburg speech
Payne Ratner urged citizens to contribute to democracy and resist indifference at Pittsburg State Teachers College. He warned slacker citizenship endangers democracy and called for strong educational and spiritual institutions to resist internal and external attacks. He planned a dinner in Neodesha with the First Christian Church Laymen’s League.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Payne Ratner
Pittsburg State Teachers College
Ratner
First Christian Church
Layne 'S League
Neodesha
Kansas relief payments higher than neighboring states
Milligan, head of the special welfare board, reports Kansas monthly averages for relief programs exceed those of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri. General relief in Kansas averages $14.51 vs Oklahoma $13.51 and Arkansas $4.82. old age $19.58 vs Missouri $16.34. dependent children $29 in Kansas vs Missouri $24.93 and Oklahoma $14.86. aid to the blind $20.53 in Kansas vs Oklahoma $15.21 and Arkansas $6.49.
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Topeka
Kan
Neighes
Milligan
Pecial Welfare Board
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
G.d-Y.v
Preaches to Packed Tent by Assembly of God Evangelist
The Rev Jimmie Mayo drew a large crowd at Seventh and Missouri streets with a sermon titled The Jew Gods Great Calendar of Time. He linked World War I events to prophecy in Isaiah 31 5 and claimed Allenby captured Jerusalem without a shot while planes circled above the city. He cited Wiseman and TNT as pivotal to Allied victory and framed salvation as closing to a Gentile world.
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Jimmie Mayo
Assembly of God Church
Seventh
Missouri
Mr. Mayo
General Allenby
Jerusalem
Wiseman
Palestine
Mr. Mayo Q
Restriction on Agencies Army Welfare at Posts
Secretary Stimson announced that military agencies would handle all welfare activities at army posts except where YMCA buildings exist, where YMCA activities will continue. The policy aims to maintain impartiality toward civilian agencies and limit post buildings. Civilian groups are urged to assist soldiers outside military establishments.
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Washington
Stimson
Y.M.C. A
White Sox edge Yankees in eighth inning, take 3 to 2 win
Chicago White Sox rally past the New York Yankees 3 2 behind Ed Smith and Joe Kuhel home run. other AL games include Detroit 9 over Philadelphia 3 with Trout homering twice. Cleveland beat Washington. Dodgers sweep Pirates 10 1 and 1 0 1 split. Mets and Cubs also noted.
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New York
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Ed Smith
Joe Kuhel
Sox
Chicago
E. Smith
Appleton
Tresh
Breuer
Murphy
Rosar
Dickey
St.Louis
Boston
Auker
Cox
Lawson
Swift
Hash
Heving
Peacock
Philadelphia
Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
Athletics
Paul Trout
Newhouser
Trout
Tebbetts
Heusser
Besse
Hayes
Cleveland
Washington
Milmar
Andre Hemsley
Hudson
Humphries
Ferrell
Pittsburgh
Whitlow Wyatt
Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Wyatt
Phelps
Butcher
Lanahan
Bauers
Davids
Sonempvanengai
Farley Ties to Yankee Sale Again in Chicago Ledger
Chicago reports Farley linked to sale of the New York Yankees to a syndicate led by James Farley. Mahoney disclosures claim Farley may retire from politics if reelected, with a $4,000,000 sale price expected within weeks. Farley dismisses the repeated association as merely interesting.
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Chicago
James Farley
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
New York
New York Yankee
Farley
Mahoney
Yankees
Southwest Wheat Lighter In Protein Yet Heavier Bushel
Wheat samples from 11 southwestern Kansas counties show 16.4 percent protein and 53.6 pounds per bushel, unchanged protein from last year but lighter than 58.5 pounds. Tests by state and federal agriculture departments cover Finney Ford Grant Gray Hamilton Haskell Hodgeman Meade Seward Stan don Stevens and more. Additional samples from Cheyenne Decatur Graham Norton Rawlins Sheridan Sherman Thomas counties report 17.2 percent protein and 63.9 pounds per bushel versus 16.6 percent and 55.4 pounds last year.
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Topeka
Kan
Southwestern
Federal Agriculture Departments
Finney
Ford
Grant
Gray
Hamilton
Haskell
Hodgeman
Meade
Seward
Standon
Stevens
Cheyenne
Decatur
Graham
Norton
Rawlins
Sheridan
Sherman
Thomas
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Henry Ford II
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Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Connecticut Street
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Wade Green
University of Kinsan
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Washington, D. C
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Dean Henry Werner
Tonganoxie
School of Law
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Eudora Boy
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John Scherer, Jr
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Mrs. Rosevelt
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