Townsend discord rocks Cleveland convention
July 17 Cleveland reports a rift in Townsend leaders over the movement and its political future. Dr Townsend declares Gomer Smith out, Oklahoma threatens to secede and form its own Townsend branch. Townsend, Couchlin and Gerald L K Smith plan a Lemke tour while the convention remains nonpartisan.
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Cleveland
Dr. Townsend
Gom- Smith
Smith
Oklahoma
Townsend
Charles E. Coughlin
Gerald L. K. Smith
Lemke
Florida
Roosevelt
Detroit
W. H. Jackson
Arbuckle
Townsend Ma’ Lis
Clements
Sheridan Downey
Congress
California
Gomer Smith
Senate
National Board
Stock Market Index Dips Slightly After Day’s Trades
The stock market index for 60 stocks closes at 66.7 points, down from 66.8 yesterday. Investors monitored broad indicators as trading concluded with modest declines and steady activity across major issues.
Kansas Weather Forecast Highlights Warm Up This Weekend
The forecast calls for fair and continued warm conditions through tonight and Saturday in Kansas. Morning weather is clear with good dirt and Douglas County roads, though some ice is noted. Temperatures recorded yesterday and today show mild variations with no major extremes.
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Kansas
Douglas County
McMahon Says He Threw Gun Into Street During King’s Ride
George Andrew McMahon, the Irishman with a club foot, told police he deliberately threw a loaded revolver into the street near King Edward as he rode by on Constitution Hill and had no intention to shoot. Scotland Yard asked for volunteer witnesses as scores of spectators came forward for questioning.
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Associated Press
London
George Andrew McMahon
Edward
Constitution Hill
McMahon
Scotland Yard
Heat wave grips Midwest with 4,400 deaths and billion-dollar losses
Chicago reports ongoing 14 day heat drought with crops damaged beyond recovery in a multi state swelter belt. Forecaster Lloyd predicts cooler northern regions tonight. drought chokes rivers as AAA ready to buy cattle and resettlement offers land use aid. The Mississippi hits a yearly low with river temps surging to 92 in Alton Illinois.
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Chicago
Midwest
J. R.lloyd
Middle West
North Dakota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Illinois
Lloyd
AAA
Washington
St. Paul
Sioux City
Resettlement Administration
Drouth
Mississippi
Alton
Ill
No Prohibition Vote in Oklahoma Primary
Oklahoma City July 17. State supreme court refused to order the prohibition repeal measure placed on the ballot at the July 28 primary run-off. The court denied a writ of mandamus sought by United Drys to compel the election board to include the bill, noting no proclamation for a special election by Governor Marland.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
United Drys
State Election Board
E. W. Marland
Marland
Josh Lee
Ciry
Lee
Altho
United Dry
Deposed Leader Seeks to Oust Townsend's Board
In Cleveland on July 17, a suit filed in common pleas court by Rev Alfred J Wright and three others seeks an accounting of 1,000,000 dollars in Townsend clubs money, naming a receiver for the Townsend movement and its assets, and restitution to the Old Age Revolving Pension Ltd. The action targets the deposed regional Townsend leader and the board of directors.
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Cleveland, O
Francis E. Townsend
Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd
Common Pleas Court
Alfred J. Wright
Cleveland
Townsend
Townsend Movement
Old Age Revolving Pension, Ltd
Inquest Opens Into Mutilation Death of Helen Clevenger
Asheville, July 17 Coroner George F Baier Jr called 11 witnesses for an inquest into the mutilation death of Helen Clevenger of New York found in a hotel room. Prof W L Clevenger, her UNC Raleigh uncle, led off testimony as investigators outlined a night of an intruder and an alleged attempted assault during a windstorm.
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Asheville
N. C
George F. Baier, Jr
Pretty Helen Clevenger
New York
Baier
Zeb V. Nettles
W. L. Clevenger
North Carolina State College At
Raleigh
Clevenger
Lawrence E. Brown
Brown
Althe
Romania to begin strategic railroad across Bessarabia
A government source says construction of a strategic railway across Bessarabia to connect Russia and Czechoslovakia will start immediately. Diplomats call it a high point in Foreign Minister Titulescu's policy as Germany influence rises in the Balkans. The line aims at an east-west commercial link, financed by a loan from Czechoslovakia.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Bessarabia
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Nicholas Titulescu
Romania
Balkans
Three Locarno Powers Propose Exchange of Views in Europe
Great Britain France and Belgium outline three points for a prospective discussion to rebuild the European peace framework. They plan a compromise session next Wednesday in London focusing on an exchange of views rather than detailed Locarno talks. A statement will be published to reassure Germany and Italy that the conference is not directed against them.
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Great Britain
France
Belgium
Europe
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Germany
Italy
Hitler
Mussolini
London
Brussels
Ten W wells open aid for farmers in sweltering belt
Ten government water wells are pumping for farm use in Douglas county with one more expected to start by Saturday. E. E. Trueblood, county engineer, noted pumping would continue until rainfall relieves demand. Wells include Lecompton Eckman Day and Intersection, all powered by electric motors, with initial delays from galvanized pipe shortages.
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Douglas County
E. E. Trueblood
Lecompton
Eckman
Trueblood
Marchal
Death toll soars from fourteen days of heat across U S
Chicago reports the heat wave killed at least 4 851 people in the United States with aftermath noted nationwide. Rail traffic data show the Association of American Railroads reporting 724 324 revenue freight cars for the week ending last Saturday, up 74 565 from the prior week and higher than both one and two years ago.
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Chicago
United States
Washington
Association of American Railroads
Seed treatments prove successful for potatoes in Douglas county
Tests by county farm agent Deal Six with John Miller and Ed Leker show treated seed potatoes outperforming untreated on three plots at Stiner Garrett and Pine farms. On Garrett and Stiner, treated seed yielded more total and number one potatoes, with figures detailing per acre yields and quality across multiple seed varieties including Cobblers Chippewa Warba Minnesota Seedling and Prince Island strains.
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Douglas County
Deal Six
John Miller
Ed. Leker
State Extension Division
W. R. Stiner
E. D. Garrett
Roscoe Pine
Garrett
Garrett Farm
Minnesota
South Dakota
Prince Island
North Dakota
Kaw Valley
Maryland
Injured Cedar Rapids Girl Describes Assault Ride
Alice Williams a 17 year old from Cedar Rapids Iowa lies unconscious at Memorial hospital after a brutal beating and skull fracture. She told her mother that a man called Benny Edwood struck her with a crank while giving her a ride. Authorities are tracing the assailant and verifying a license number amid a widening investigation.
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Alice Williams
Cedar Rapids
Reno
Memorial Hospital
Clara Williams
Benny Edwood
Kansas
Osage County
Osage
Jude Anderson
Charles Williams
Leavenworth County
Leonard S. Turner
Leavenworth
Douglas County
Miss Williams
Rev T H Asziman to Speak at Union Service Sunday
The Rev T H Asziman of the First Presbyterian church will speak at 7 45 PM Sunday at union services in Southpark on A Vision of an Harmonious World The sermon based on Isaiah life and teaching forms the sixth in the series Great Moments in the History of Religion Rev A J Miller president of the Lawrence ministerial Alliance will preside.
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T. H. Aszman
Southpark
A. J. Miller
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
Astman
Isaiah
Practice Advisable for Pasturing Under Heat in Kansas
Dr. H. H. Laude of Kansas State College agronomy says a report shows one farmer pasturing his own crop as heat accelerates deterioration. He recommends the practice for many fields and notes sorghums may be used for winter feed where corn is diverted to pasture for stock.
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Manhattan
Kan
H. H. Laude
Kansas State College Agronomy Department
Laude
Seaton's Daughter Becomes Honorary Young GOP Chair
In Topeka on July 17 a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Seaton of Manhattan at Stormont hospital. The infant, the Seaton couple’s first, weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces. Mrs. Seaton is Gladys Dowd of Wichita. Mr. Seaton is Fay N. Seaton’s son, Manhattan publisher. Seaton, president of the Kansas Young Republicans, cancelled a Kansas City rally speech to be with his wife. The Riley County Young Republican club named the baby an honorary chairman.
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Topeka
Fred A. Seaton
Manhattan
Stormont Hospital
Seaton
Gladys * Dowd
E. H. Dowd
Wichita
Fay N. Seaton
Young Republicans Club of
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Richard Wells
Riley County
Young Republican Club
Fred Seaton
Honored Citizen Thomas J Sweeney Dies at 81
Lawrence mourns the passing of Thomas J Sweeney 81 longtime civic leader and former national treasurer of the Standard Life Association and president of Peoples State Bank He served KU University civic groups and Democratic Party efforts in Lawrence born in Mayo Ireland 1855 he died at Memorial hospital after two years of ill health. Funeral Monday 8 am from St John s Catholic Church with burial at Mt Cavalry Cemetery. Surviving relatives include two daughters a son and a grandson all of Lawrence. National officers and directors of Standard Life Association attended by president George R Allen and other leaders. He received the American Legion Distinguished Service Medal January 18 1933 for outstanding service to Lawrence and veterans.
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University of Kansas
T. J. Sweeney
University
Eldridge Hotel
Sweeney
Sweney
E. H. Lin
K.U. Hays
I. J. Sweeney
City of
Lawrence
St. John's Catholic Church
Thomas J. Sweeney
Memorial Hospital
Standard Life Association
Peoples State Bank
Democratic Party
St. John’s Catholic Church
Victor Geilhaus
Mt. Cavalry Cemetery
Punk Chapel
Mary Sweeney
Anna Louise Sweeney
T. J. Sweeney, Jr
T. J. Sweeney Lil
George R. Allen
John ¥. Lees
W. C. Hartray
Chicago
Martin Miller
Fort. Scott
Kan
Lon A. Smith
Austin
Texas
F. M. Pearl
Hiawatha
L. L. Littman
Baltimore
Baltimore, Md
John Hasselberger
Mount Vernon
N. Y
A. J. Baumann
Stand Island
Neb
C. F. Tipton
Trinidad, Colo
W. M. Stroud
Pomona
Cal
Mr. Sweeney
Mayo County
Ireland
Georgia
Anna Carlos
Denver
Colo
Lawrence J.C. Horton
Express
Fraternal Aid Association
Knights of Columbus
Trinity Lutheran Church
A Knack for Banking in Early State Bank History
T. J. Sweeney Sr. helped organize the Pennles State bank in 1906. He shifted other ventures to banking, lent student funds from the express office, and shared pride in timely repayments. He served as bank vice-president, then president from 1929, and was known across the middle west in banking circles. He once led the Fansag State Bankers' association for one year.
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Pennles State Bank
T. J. Sweeney
Sweeney
Pennies State Bank
Middle West
Fansag State Bankers’ Association
Long Association of Sweeney with Fraternal Aid Union
T. J. Sweeney Sr. formed a lifelong bond with the Fraternal Aid Association at Lawrence on October 14, 1890. He chaired the claims committee from founding until 1905 when elected supreme treasurer, a post he held until his death. He was a Kansas Fraternal Congress president, and the group evolved into the Standard Life Association.
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T. J. Sweeney
Standard Life Association
Fraternal Aid Association
Lawrence
Sweeney
Kansas Fraternal Congress
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