Labor officials press to restore WPA wage scale
AFL leaders in Washington lobby to return the prevailing wage on WPA projects. William Green chairs a delegation meeting Speaker Bankhead and Rayburn, planning a talk with Vice President Garner in the Senate. They seek action against the 130 and 139 hour work months fueling walkouts and dismissals across the nation.
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American Federation of Labor
Washington
WPA
William Green
Bankhead
Rayburn
House
Garner
Senate
Harry Bates
Bricklayers Union of
A.F.L
Murray
D-Mont
Walsh
D-Mass
Col
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Casey
Dmass
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
David Lasser
Workers Alliance
Alliance
New York City
WPA Teachers Union
New York
Brehon B. Somervell
Lasser
Congress
Iser
Minneapolis
Harold E. Stassen
John L. Lewis
Kansas Grants Unemployment Aid for Kansas
CP Ed McDonald director of the regional social security board announced an unemployment compensation grant of 169 103 dollars to Kansas for the period ending September 30. He authorized an immediate payment of 84 551 dollars to Kansas.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Ed McDonald
Regional
Social Security Board
Today
Britain Cannot Reverse Far East Policy, Chamberlain Says
London July 17 Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain would not reverse its Far East policy despite press and Japanese demands He said no Tokyo mandates exist and the Sino Japanese hostilities must be viewed with Japan's perspective The Tientsin negotiations have no set start date and the local blockade situation has improved Tokyo July 17 Preliminary talks between Japan and Britain on Tientsin were delayed as both sides remain far apart on concessions and policy there
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Far East
Aunthar Nawaor
Guveritl
Purus
Japan
Tientsin
Tokyo
Great Britain
Hachiro Arita
Robert Leslie Craigie
Craigie
China
Nine Bodies Found in Davin Coal Mine Blast
Nine miners were recovered from the Davin coal mine near Providence Kentucky raising the toll to 28 from last Friday night’s explosion. Rescue leader G T Powell said the corpses lay in a row with one white man at the front followed by three Negro miners and five white men. Two notes were found saying they were alive earlier in the day. Ten men escaped and a 200 man rescue squad returned to the surface.
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Providence
Davin
F. W. Ruckman
Kentucky
G.T. Powell
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Powell
Dempsey Seeks 250000 For Coronado Anniversary Bill
Representative Dempsey asks the House Appropriations Committee to add 250000 to the third deficiency bill to fund federal participation in the southwest 400th anniversary observance of Coronado’s explorations next year.
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Coronado
Washington
Dempsey
D.-N.m
House Appropriations Committee
Governors sign moral rearmament statement statement cites 29 state governors
Leaders of the moral rearmament movement announce that 29 state governors signed a statement calling moral rearmament the nation’s urgent need. The text cites issues of class conflict and strained relations while urging a return to faith and core Christian virtues. States listed include Arizona California Illinois New York and others.
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Arkansas
California
Colorado
Delaware
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
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Maine
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Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Nevada
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Mississippi
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Vermont
Washington
Wyoming
Body sighted in Kaw River during search for missing fishermen
Kansas City reports a body found floating in the Kaw River during a search for two missing fishermen. The missing men were Ralph H. Welch and Thomas E. Sadders, both 45, with Andril A. Russell having organized the day’s search after they failed to return from a fishing trip.
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Kansas City
Kaw River
Ralph H. Welch
Thomas E. Sadders
Andril A. Russell
Stock Market Desk Posts Mixed Index Readings
The stock market index for 60 stocks holds at 49.9 with a Saturday reading of 47.9. Wallpaper Keeter's Book Store reports on the brief market movement amid quiet trading and steady spreads.
Russell Takes a Policeman's Car in Swift Escape
Kansas City July 17. The gunpoint theft of Capt. Joseph F. Welsh's car sparked a manhunt for Jack Russell a 39 year old Oklahoma fugitive linked to a slaying and two kidnappings. Police traced the blue 1937 Chevrolet and Texas plates as Russell fled toward Oklahoma hill country amid widespread追追 pursuit across Missouri and Oklahoma.
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Missouri
Jack Russell
Oklahoma
Midwest
Main Street
Huron Cox
Kenosha
Wis
Joseph F. Welsh
Cox
Highway 50
St. Louis
Russell
Billy S. Hamilton
Arkansas City
Kan
Ringwood
Ill
Bud Egholm
Oklahoma City
R. E. Brown
McAlester
Okla
Egholm’s
Captain Welsh
Welsh
Oklahoma Hill Country
U. S. Highway 69
Miami- Johnson County
Kansas
Raytown
Ernest Chapman
Fugitiv e Jack Russell Sought After Oklahoma Slaying
Station WREN broadcasts a full description of escaped Oklahoma convict Jack Russell aged 39. Federal agent Treadwell aids police with details including height five eleven, weight 175, brown eyes and hair, ruddy complexion. Suspect was thought to drive a 1989 Ford coach with Texas plates 75 812 and Missouri plates 459 766.
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WREN
Jack Russell
Oklahoma
Billy Hamilton
Treadwell
Topeka
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Russell
Texas
Missouri
Navy Divers to Survey Damage to the Squalus
Navy divers prepared to descend 15 miles offshore from Portsmouth New Hampshire to assess damage after the Squalus submarine sank last week. Two of seven pontoons for the initial lift were in good condition as divers located barrels 80 feet below the surface amid tangled lines and broken air hose.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Inquiry Into Coast Guard Mercy Plane Crash Opens
Lieut. Commander William J. Kessler of Bristol Pa met two board members to discuss investigation procedure into the mystery coast guard mercy plane V-164 crash at sea with three lives lost. Formal inquiry set to begin tomorrow at Woods Hole Mass.
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New York
William J. Kessler
Bristol
Coast Guard “Mercy
Woods Hole
Mass
First British Airmail Service Across Atlantic Inauguration
London. The first British transatlantic airmail service will be inaugurated August 5. The Cabot flying boat will operate weekly from Southampton to New York via Botwood and Montreal with mid air refueling at Foynes and Botwood. The service will run on alternating weeks with Pan American Airways.
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Cabot
Southampton
New York
Botwood
Newfoundland
Montreal
Foynes
Ireland
Pan American Airways
United States
Mild Rain Brings Relief After Heat Wave Across Kansas
Kansas mood shifts as cloud cover and thundershowers roll in after a week of 100 plus heat. Forecasters predict showers in the northwest this afternoon and in the east and south tonight or tomorrow with cooler conditions. Rainfall varied, easing soil and corn moisture with some areas receiving first rain in over two weeks. Local highs reached 106 in Salina, with Topeka and nearby towns around 106, while forecasts call for 90s to 95s tomorrow and lows in the 63 to 75 range.
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Topeka
Flora
Federeal
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Kansas
Salina
McPherson
Mercury tops 100 as Lawrence endures 18 hour heat wave
Lawrence endured about 18 hours with 100 degree or higher temperatures over the weekend. The high reached 108 officially and 110 at the gas office, with 100 degrees by 9:15 am Saturday and staying above until 7:30 pm. A 107 degree peak occurred Sunday, cooling breezes arrived later, and a low of 84 was recorded this morning.
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Lawrence
Two Cars Stolen in Lawrence Recovered
Two automobiles were stolen in Lawrence Saturday night and later found. A 1929 Chevrolet coach owned by Paul Ruber was taken from 835 Vermont street between 7 and 10 p.m. and found abandoned on Kentucky street with a flat tire. A 1937 Ford coach owned by Dave McCreath was stolen from in front of Veatch furniture store on Massachusetts street and recovered in Manhattan. A Kansas City youth arrested there confessed to stealing the McCreath car. charges may be filed and he may be brought to Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Paul Ruber
Vermont Street
Kentucky Street
Ford
Dave McCreath
Veatch Furniture
Massachusetts Street
McCreath
Five Die As Alton Limited Hits Bus Near Joliet
Five persons died when the St. Louis bound Alton Limited railroad train struck a bus near Elwood nine miles south of Joliet. Four victims were from one family. The crash occurred today, July 17.
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Joliet, HL
St. Louis
Temperature reaches 102 with 104 twice in afternoon
The gas office thermometer shows 102 degrees this afternoon at 3:30. Mercury peaked at 104 twice between 2 and 3 o'clock.
Irrigation System Boosts Sudan Grass Harvesting in Kaw Valley
The American Butter company plant installs a six inch irrigation pipe system drawing water from the Kaw River to water Sudan grass fields. The setup uses an 85 horsepower pump and 80 foot spray radius, covering 160 by 0.25 miles per setting. Growth shown and protein content expected to rise, aiding farmer payments and payroll through a longer season. Brune brothers and Will Hayden have small irrigated plots nearby.
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Kaw
Dreuth
American Butter Company
Sudan
W. H. Allison
Allison
Brune Brothers
Lakeview
Will Hayden
Roosevelt asks Republicans to attend neutrality talks
President Roosevelt reportedly told Republican leaders he wants them at a conference on neutrality legislation this week. A senator said the president was not satisfied that all possible efforts had been made to obtain neutrality legislation during this session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Ickes Apportions Over a Million for Wildlife Development
Secretary Ickes announced a 31 380 000 total wildlife development fund for the year ending next June 30. States must declare within 60 days whether to accept or forfeit allotments, which cover 75 percent of development costs with states covering 25 percent. Kansas 26 219 Missouri 31 396 Nebraska 31 675 Oklahoma 24 580 are named among the allotments.
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Washington
Ickes
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Corn Weds Rain Prospects Deteriorate In Kaw Valley
Deteriorating rain prospects cripple corn in Kaw Valley with fields showing heat damage and tassel burn. Early corn under moisture stress, southern fields threatened by chinch bugs, cane strips used between tiny grain and corn, fall plowing begun, heavy straw hinders plowing, potato digging steady with prices around 50 cents per hundred pounds, heat spikes worsen losses, wheat markets slow with No 1 wheat at 56 cents a bushel.
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Kaw Valley
Chicago
Kansas City
Escaped Kansas Convicts Captured By Posse
Two inmates from Lansine state penitentiary Lord O Neil and Luther Campbell were recaptured by a combined KS City police, prison guards, and Wyandotte deputies in a wooded area near the Missouri River. They surrendered with no resistance and said they knew nothing of another nearby escape.
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Kansas City
Kan
Lansine
Missouri River
Lord
Bud) O'Neil
Parsons
Luther Campbell
Topeka
Floyd High
Atchison
1939 U S Grain Valued Over Two Billion Dollars
Chicago reporting that the 1939 United States grain crop has a market valuation exceeding two billion dollars based on current prices. It covers an estimated harvest of about 4.453 billion bushels with corn oats and wheat forming the bulk. the year’s crop is expected to be smaller than 1938 and 1937 but near or above seven-year levels. The wheat and oats values are given, with 1939 corn projected at 2.5 billion bushels worth about 1.182 billion, and loans rates noted.
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Chicago
United States
AMET
Douglas county valuation up from last year in 1939 figures
County clerk T R Gerhart reports 1939 Douglas county total taxable property value at 39 776 972, up 1 054 956 from 1938 and near the 1937 total. City of Lawrence shows mixed results with intangible gains but tangible losses, while townships drive overall increases led by Wakarusa and the Kansas Electric Power Company plant. A county table contrasts 1939 with 1938 values.
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T. R. Gerhart
Douglas County
Lawrence
Nine Town Chine
Gerhart
Eudora
Lecompton
Clinton
Marion
Wakarusa
Kansas Electric Power Company
Kansas Weather Forecast Report
Partly cloudy conditions with showers in the northwest this afternoon or tonight and in the east and south tonight or Tuesday. Cooler tonight and on Tuesday except in the extreme northwest. Temperatures at 7 pm yesterday 99, today 85 at noon 96, maximum yesterday 107, minimum 8.
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Kansas
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