Spain's Civil War Enters Its Third Year
The Spanish Civil War nears three years with Madrid and Barcelona under threat. Franco's forces control about 70 percent of territory while government troops defend major cities amid heavy casualties, foreign aid, and a growing air blockade.
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Charles P. Nutter
Associated Press
Madrid
United States
New York
Spain
Foreign
Spanish
Morocco
Rainstrall
Francisco Franco
Italy
Franco
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Valencia
Alicante
Cartagena
Catalonia
Bulance
Cen- France
France
Germany
Election boards to be named for August 2 inaries
City Clerk J. W. Stone announced at the July 25 council meeting that election boards for August 2 will follow a double-board plan. Chairmen of the two major parties must submit four nominees each by July 20, with the mayor selecting two, totaling 10 members per precinct.
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J. W. Stone
Seven Test Questions From Classified Page
A prompt listing seven quiz items asks for geography and history facts and word forms. It mentions earth's five continental divisions, republics, US presidents nicknames, and symbols of fascism along with language letters, Shakespeare, plurals, metal properties, and federal agencies.
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British Honduras
Night of Race Riots Wreaks Pittsburgh North Side
Rioting between whites and Negroes in Pittsburgh's North Side led to gunfire injuries to a detective and a youth, with at least 40 arrests. Authorities say the clashes stretched across a three mile area from West Park to Bidwell Allegheny streets, sparked by disputes over recreational facilities and a dance incident.
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Pittsburgh
North Side
Aid & Negro
West Park
Werner Wagner
James Lee Dixon
Walter Monaghan
Monaghan
Bidwell
Allegheny
Westpark
John Joyce
W. J. Lavery
Lawrenceville
City Bureau of Recreation
Arlen and Jobyna Ralston Separate After 12 Years
Hollywood, July 16. Richard Arlen and Jobyna Ralston announce they have separated after 12 years of marriage and a son Rickey age three. They plan to live apart temporarily with hopes to reconcile and resume their life together.
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Hollywood
Cal
Richard Arlen
Jobyna Ralston
Harold Lloyd
Rickey
Miss Ralston
Jobyna
Arlen
Altho
North Holywood
San Fernando Valley
British troops suffer deaths in Fakir of Ipi pursuit
Four British privates and two native soldiers died in an abortive attempt to capture the Fakir of Ipi who led revolt among northwest frontier tribes. The clash occurred near the Fakir’s cave in Waziristan, raising British casualties to seven in two days and ending with an ineffectual attack on the elusive leader.
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Simla
India
Ipi
Fakir
Waziristan
Fron- Ser
Britain
Erne
Identification of Wimbledon Mystery Victim Named
Police in London identified the black clad woman found stabbed near Wimbledon as Mrs Rose Muriel Atkins. Authorities said the case centers on the murder at the world famous tennis grounds and questioned the victim’s husband as part of ongoing inquiries.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Scotland Yard
Rose Muriel Atkins
Center Court
Psychologist Dr. Stroud resigns to join Iowa faculty
Dr. J. B. Stroud head of the psychology department at Emporia State Teachers College since 1931 resigns to join the University of Iowa faculty. President Dr. Thomas W. Butcher says no successor has been named and notes Stroud is author of several psychology textbooks.
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J. B. Stroud
Iowa Emporia
Kan
Emporia State Teachers College
University of Iowa
Thomas W. Butcher
Stroud
Grasshopper swarm moves toward Canada across Montana
Hordes of grasshoppers move northward through eastern Montana toward Canada in July 1945. The swarm darkens skies and devastates farm crops expected to yield strongly this year, threatening farmers and local harvests.
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Canada
Montana
Blacklist of 40 Congress members tagged by labor league
Washington July 167 Labor's Non-Partisan League led by C. S. O Chieftain John L. Lewis released a blacklist targeting about 40 congress members for defeat over wage hour bill positions. The list spans House Rules Committee members and veteran chairmen with the C I O and AFL split highlighted. It assigns A B C D ratings and names several senators and representatives including Adams Lamneck Sumners and Lambertson with parity between Democrats and Republicans. Some endorsed by AFL are noted with D ratings for poor labor records. The league signals reprisals at the polls and calls for leadership changes in congressional machinery.
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Washington
Labor
C.S
John L. Lewis
Congress
House Rules Committee
Lewis
C.I.C
Capitol
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
A.F.L
Adams
D-Colo
Lonergan
D-Conn
Sumners
Dtex
Lamneck
Ohio
League
E. L. Oliver
Cox
Georgia
Driver
Arkansas
Smith
Virginia
Clark
North Carolina
Dies
Texas
Colorado
Martin
Massachusetts
Mapes
Michigan
Taylor
Tennessee
McLean
New Jersey
O’connor
D-Ny
Oliver
House Committee
Thomas
Oklahoma
Barkley
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
McAdoo
California
Bulkley
McCarran
Nevada
Tydings
Maryland
George
Lambertson
Deaths and Funerals Record in Lawrence Area
Chris Kaufman aged 83 died this morning in a Topeka hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mrs R Z Chadwick Ward reported the death yesterday in Los Angeles after a paralytic stroke on July 2. Mr and Mrs Chadwick, longtime visitors to Lawrence, had wintered here when their children studied at the University of Kansas. They lived at 1101 Ohio street and Mr Chadwick is a KU Law School graduate. They were in Lawrence last May as guests of cousin Miss Cora Dolbee.
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Chris Kaufman
Ohio Street
Toopeka Hospital
R. Z. Chadwick Ward
Lawrence
Los Angeles
R. Z. Chadwick
Chadwick
Marjory
John
University of Kansas
H. S. Bailey
University
School of Law
Cora Dolbee
Injured Boston Pitcher Leaves Bed to See Game
Boston on July 16 lefty Grove veteran pitcher left St Elizabeths hospital to watch the Red Sox and Browns game then returned to bed. He has been hospitalized since Thursday with an ailing throwing arm after a game with the Detroit Tigers. Dr Edward OBrien ordered him to stay in bed at least another day and likely several more.
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Boston
Lefty Grove
Boston Red Sox
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Detroit Tigers
Grove
Edward J. O’brien
Grover
O’brien
Insull’s Paris Subway Collapse Details and Legacy
The article traces Samuel Insull’s rise from a London office boy to a leading electrical magnate. It notes his leadership of Edison holdings, creation of Commonwealth Edison, and his expansive reach serving 5,000 communities in the Midwest.
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Samuel Insull Jr
Insull
Commonwealth Edison Company
James Simpson
Chicago
London
Reading
Oxford
Johnson
Thomas A. Edison
America
Edison
Electric Tube Company
Edison Lamp Company
Edison Machine Woks
Edison General Electric Company
Chicago Edison Company
Commonwealth Edison
Samuel Insull
Middle West
President Roosevelt Heads for Pacific Sea Trip
President Roosevelt travels by train from the Sierra Nevadas to Los Angeles and San Diego where the cruiser Houston will sail him toward Galapagos waters. He plans a Panama Canal return by August 5 then Pensacola, Florida, after a four day voyage. He announced Elmer Andrews as New York labor commissioner and wage hour act administrator after a Yosemite trip.
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Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Pacific
Sierra Nevadas
San Diego
Houston
Panama Canal
United States
Pensacola
Fla
Elmer Andrews
New York
Yosemite National Park
Andrews
Durbin twins captured while fleeing across state line
Two Topeka brothers Ralph and Robert Durbin who escaped Hutchinson reform school on July 5 were nabbed by Kansas City detectives as they tried to cross into Missouri. They admitted identity and faced questions over recent Kansas City robberies.
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Kansas City
Kan
Ralph
Robert Durbin
Topeka
Hutchinson
Harry Hartung
James Cashin
William McMullan
Durbin Twins
Hutchinson Reformatory
Oklahoma
Colorado
Texas
Kansas
Reformatory
Enid
Okla
Durant
Bluford Smiddy
Kilgore
Tex
Floyd QC
Kraus
Clarence Brown
Leoti
Denver
Colo
Alumni Office Cards Reflect Kansas University Ties
Lawrence notes recount the University of Kansas alumni office sending thousands of cards yearly seeking addresses and bios. A 1921 card returned after 17 years by a Simonton Texas resident linked a former student to her KU years. An envelope addressed to Mr Frank Strong Hall shows a mix up with Chancellor Strong’s successor and the alumni office.
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K. U
Simonton
Tex
Frank Strong Hall
University of Kansas
F. S. Hall
Strong
Czechs Deny Nazi Reports of Mobilization Near Borders
Berlin reports from Waldenburg in Silesia claim Czechoslovak troop movements along a 65 mile front from Troppau to Trautenau with artillery and machine guns in view. Observers note border barricades and near border defenses. Praha officials deny the mobilization charge.
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Berlin
DNB
Waldenburg
Silesia
New Czechoslovakia
Troppau
Trautenau
Czechoslovakia
German Silesia
Praha
Coffeyville Leader Sebastian Hahn Injured in Truck Crash
Sebastian Hahn of Coffeyville former president of the Kansas horticultural society suffered a fractured collarbone when his truck overturned today between Bartlett and Edna on U S highway 166.
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Sebastian Hahn
Coffeyville
Kan
The
Kansas Horticultural Society
Bartlett
Edna
U. S. Highway 166
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Flowers
We thank friends and neighbors for sympathy and flowers at the funeral of our loved one. Signed by Mrs. W. P. Childers Mr. and Mrs. Harry Childers Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mitchell.
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W. P. Childers
Harry Chiilders
Ray Mitchell
Harding Pleads Not Guilty to Driving While Intoxicated
Lee Harding of Lawrence pleaded not guilty before Justice Milton Beach to a driving while intoxicated charge. His hearing was set for July 26 after his bond of £200 was not posted. Harding was arrested near Sigel Schoolhouse by the sheriff's force last night.
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Lee Harding
Lawrence
Justice of the Place
Milton Beach
Harding
Sheriff’s Force
Sigel
Lightning starts fires in California forest crisis
San Francisco reports more than 250 fires sparked across California as the U S forest service fights blazes. An airplane drops 70 parachute loads of food to hundreds at the front lines. the supplies total about a ton and a half.
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San Francisco
California
U. S. Forest Service
Forest Fires Battle In Pacific Northwest
More than 2,000 men fight 200 fires across the Pacific Northwest as cooler weather and rising humidity offer hope. Most blazes stem from a heat wave and recent thunderstorms.
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Seattle
Upi
Pacific Northwest
Pirates Rout Giants to Extend NL Lead. Waner Homers
Pittsburgh rookie Bob Klinger worked eight innings as the Pirates defeated the New York Giants 7 to 3 to push their National League lead to a half game. Lloyd Waner hit a homer and drove in two runs in a 13 hit Pirates attack.
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Pittsburgh
Bob Klinger
Pirates
New York Giants
Lloyd Waner
Bucs
Rev. York
Melton
Lehrman
W. Brown
Mancuso
Klinger
Todd
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Hollingsworth
W. Davis
Warneke and Owen
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Posedel
Frankhouse
Campbell
Shea
Weaver
Cascarella
Grissom
Lombardi
Hershberger
Boston
Chicago
Lanning
Errickson
Hutchinson
Mueller
Carleton
Root
Bryan
Russell
O'Dea
New York
Red Ruffing
Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Jon Gordon
Yanks
Hank Greenberg
Tigers
Detroit A
Eisenstat
Wade
York
Ruffing
Dickey
Washington
Lyons
Sewell
R. Ferrell
Cleveland
Whitehill
Zuber
Gatehouse
Humbries
Putlak
Nelson
Thomas
Otter
Hayes
Sullivan
Midkiff
Hildebrand
Rogers
Desautels
Death interrupts Wichita milk inspector on Colorado trip
T. J. Stanton 55 head of Wichita milk inspection died of cerebral hemorrhage in his hotel room. His two Ponca City sisters Mrs. Ed Konshein and Miss Katherine Stanton had arrived to join him on a Colorado vacation when they found him dead after he did not answer their telephoned check. Coroner G. C. Davis attributed the death to cerebral hemorrhage.
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Wichita
Kan
T. J. Stanton
Wichita City
Roosevelt Seeks McAdoo Reelect in Los Angeles
President Roosevelt told a cheering crowd at Los Angeles central station that he hoped Senator McAdoo of California would be reelected. He spoke alongside McAdoo during a public appearance in the city.
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Los Angeles
Roosevelt
Los Angeles Central Station
McAdoo
California
Sandy's bid for County Commissioner First District
Lawrence businessman known as Sandy explains his background since 1916, listing his roles with the Butler Sanderson Motor Co and farming ventures. He asserts fitness through management experience and urges voters to nominate and elect him, pledging allegiance to taxpayers and community service.
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Lawrence
Butler-Sanderson Motor Company
Sandy
W. 6Th Street
James Mitchell
Ohio Street
Douglas County
Ben Wilson
Kaw Valley
Williamstown
J F T O Connor Stumps Democrats Before Departure
J F T O Connor, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, spoke briefly to a large crowd from the rear platform of his special train before leaving by motor car for San ego.
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Sanego
Flint Hills Rural Electric Cooperative chartered
The Flint Hills Rural Electric Cooperative Association Inc is chartered with a capital of 1250 dollars. Headquarters will be at Council Grove. The organization plans to develop local electric service in the region.
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Topeka
Flint Hills Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Inc
State Charter Board
Council Grove
Rural Electrification Initiative Reaches Kansas Counties
A program to supply electricity to rural homes extends through Morris Chase and Wabaunsee counties and Marion counties, bringing power access to underserved communities. Local officials announce expansion with support from state agencies and utility partners.
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Morris, Chase
Wabaunsee
Marion Counties
Marriage Licenses Issued at Court House
Marriage licenses were issued at the court house to Raybert H. Thornton and Allyne Holyfield Lawrence and Wilbur Ray and Evelyn Smith Lawrence. An itinerant visitor, jailed over the weekend, caused damage by throwing a door-stop through a door glass and received 90 days in jail.
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Court House
Raybert H. Thornton
Allyne
Holyfield
Lawrence
Wilbur Ray
Evelyn Smith
Jai _ Gallup
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Buck McCormick
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