American pilot Corrigan lands surprise transatlantic flight in Ireland
Douglas Corrigan, a 31 year old American, arrives at Baldonnel airport Dublin after a 28 hour 13 minute flight from New York in a single engine plane. Officials detain him for lacking landing papers but he says he thought he was returning to California.
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Baldonnel
Dablin
Ireland
Douglas Corrigan
Atlantic
New York
Corrigan
Floyd Bennett Airport
California
Brorues
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Lindbergh
Paris
C.S.T
Belfast
Belfast Harbor
James A. Rollison
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
London
Dublin
United States
John Cudahy
Legation
Department of Commerce
Floyd Bennett Field
Howard Hughes
Corrigan Flew Unpermitted Flight to Europe Stirring Officials
Officials voiced astonishment at Corrigan’s unpermitted hop to Europe. Mulligan said penalties range from fines to license revocation, and sought to prevent his return while considering gentle discipline. Irish legation noted no passport or visa but expected a welcoming reception.
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Corrigan
Europe
Denis P. Mulligan
Pit Commerce Bureau
Mulligan
Air Commerce
Irish Legation
Ireland
State Department ‘Passport Division
Douglas Corrigan
Legation
Japanese Air Attack on Nan chang Airdrome Described
Shanghai dispatch reports a daring Japanese aerial assault on Nan chang airdrome with planes landing under fire. Bombers torched seven grounded aircraft, seized two machine gun magazines, and pursued Chinese retreaters before returning to base. Long range artillery clashes on the Yangtze persist while Shanghai authorities impose stricter emergency rules. Cholera and typhoid rise in the settlement health report.
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Shanghai
Nanchang
Lake Poyang
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Corn Making Rains Boost Kansas Corn Growth
Kansas reports heavy rain over the past 48 hours except in the southwest. Temperatures rise yesterday but moisture continues. Meteorologist A. D. Robb notes July rainfall improves fall crop prospects with 4 to 5 inches in parts and rivers receding.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Robb
Blue River
Blue Rapids
Randolph
Manhattan
Friday Night Primary Registration Deadline Announced
City hall will stay open until 10 pm each night to register voters for the August primary. Registration books close Friday night and reopen after the primary elections.
Roosevelt urges national program for health care reform
President Roosevelt called a comprehensive long range program to improve U S health. He noted progress in medicine but a gap in applying knowledge and warned that millions cannot afford care. The conference, chaired by Miss Josephine Roche, will study costs and options including private and socialized medicine.
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National Health Conference
Washington
Roosevelt
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Otis Cuts Sentences in Vote Fraud Cases
In Kansas City July 18 Judge Merrill E. Otis reduced sentences of 14 defendants after dismissals of appeals. He said leniency stems from the supremacy of federal law and the early part of sentences served. About 200 indicted, over 50 convicted, and many pleaded guilty amid 1936 election probes.
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Kansas City
Persens
Merrill E. Otis
Otis
Swedish tanker Lungren seized at Hansweert port
The Swedish tanker Lungren carrying oil from Mexico's expropriated wells was seized at Hansweert port by Bataafsche Petroleum, a Shell subsidiary, which disputes the legality of Mexico's expropriation and claims the oil remains Mexican Eagle Oil property.
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Hague
Netherlands
Lungren
Mexico
Hansweert
Bataafsche Petroleum Company
Royal Dutch Shell
Bataafsche Company
Mexican Eagle Oil Company
Shell
Opossum Stops Morning Paper. Police Capture Suspect
Chicago August Lofgreen finds his front porch paper blocked by a possum that merely bares its teeth. Officers John Barrett and Edward Anderson net the animal and take it to the dog pound where it is identified as an opossum.
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Chicago
August Lofgreen
Rebels Smash On In Valencia Drive
Rebels advance along the Teruel–Mediterranean highway as government forces retreat toward Sagunto near Valencia. Insurgent air power bombs and machine-guns retreating troops while claims say a division was annihilated in mountain passes southwest of Mora de Rubielos.
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Valencia
Hendaye
France
Spain
Barcelona
Sagunto
Mora de Rubielos
Teruel Road
Francisco Franco
Republican High Command
Albentosa
King George and Queen Take 100 Trunks on Trip
King George and Queen Elizabeth prepare for a state visit to France. About one hundred heavy trunks were moved from Buckingham Palace to Dover to embark aboard the Enchantress with a nine destroyer escort and eighteen naval planes ready for the voyage. The king recovers from a recent illness. the queen oversaw packing.
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George
Queen
London
Buckingham Palace
France
Dover
Admiralty
Enchantress
Portsmouth
Elizabeth
New Fiscal Year Started by Big Treasury Deficit
The treasury ran up a 21 743 369 deficit in the first fortnight of the new fiscal year. The shortage was 105 000 000 larger than in the similar period a year ago and was the first contribution toward the 4 000 000 000 deficit President Roosevelt has predicted this year as a result of the emergency spending program. Receipts from July 1 to July 15 amounted to 148 982 806 and expenditures 440 676 176.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Sudeten Autonomy Talks Stir Czech Leaders
Sudeten Germans press for regional autonomy as Eduard Benes and his cabinet discuss reforms. Konrad Henlein aide Wilhelm Sebekowsky said National Socialism and democracy can be reconciled, signaling a cautious mood at Karlsbad.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Wilhelm Sebekowsky
Konrad Henlein
Karlsbad
Beneson
Knapp accuses Roosevelt of betraying country in campaign claim
Dallas Knapp, Republican candidate for U S senator, charged in Concordia Kansas that President Roosevelt has betrayed his country during a current tour. He said the President chose to campaign for new deal congressmen rather than solve the nation's ills and called the rubber-stamped congressman and senator to blame for spoon-feeding legislative fodder alien to American ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia
Kan
Dallas Knapp
U. S
Roosevelt
Knapp
Dowager Queen Marie of Romania Visited U S in 1926 Tour
The Dowager Queen Marie of Romania died today. Her 1926 United States tour took her to nearly every region, reflecting a broad public interest in royal visits during the era.
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Marie of
Rumania
United States
Douglas County Welfare Budget To Be Resubmitted With Same Estimates
Douglas county social welfare budget faces resubmission with nearly identical estimates after the state welfare board found it inadequate. The board eliminates a $10,000 bond issue, citing higher tax collections and other revenues. State officials seek to compile data on actual needs for legislative review.
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Douglas County
State Welfare Board
County Welfare Board
State Social Welfare Board
Board of Social Welfare of
Topeka
Queen Marie of Romania Dies in 63rd Year
Dowager Queen Marie of Romania dies at 6:25 p.m. in Sinaia Palace after a long illness. King Carol and Crown Prince Mihai at her bedside with flags at half staff nationwide. Her death follows a 1926 U.S. visit that elevated international prominence.
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Bucharest
Marie
Romania
Sinaia
Miron Cristea
Carol
Mihai
Elizabeth
Greece
Ferdinand
Dresden
Germany
Curcia de Argesh
Rumania
Arrest of German publicist Reinhold Wulle and staff
Berlin July 18 Reinhold Wulle publicist and nationalist who sheltered Adolf Hitler in 1923 was arrested with his wife and several staff members from his National Book Service publishing house. He published pamphlets on armaments Awakened Turkey Flemish autonomy and praised Frederick the Great. He served in the reichstag 1920 24 and the Prussian diet 1924 28 for the German Race Freedom party.
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Berlin
Reinhold Wulle
Adolf Hitler
Wulle
National Book Service
Turkey
Frederick the Great
Reichstag
German Race Freedom Party
Hitler
City Records 2.22 Inches Rain Over Weekend
Prof C J Posey reports weekend rainfall totaling 2.22 inches from 7 am Saturday to Sunday morning. .9 inch fell by Saturday afternoon, 1.24 inches more came from steady overnight rain. This month total is 3.46 inches, 0.9 inch below normal. Cooler night prompted coats.
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C. J. Posey
Ministers denounce Gerald Winrod in Kansas strike
Twenty one Wichita ministers and three Y M C A and Y W C A secretaries accuse U S senate hopeful Gerald Winrod of religious bigotry and racial hatred in a circular letter to Kansas religious leaders. They note he has never been a member of the Wichita Ministerial association nor the Wichita Council of Churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Y.M.C.A
Y.W.C.A
Gerald Winrod
U. S
State of Kansas
Winrod
Wichita Ministerial Association
Wichita Council of Churches
Kansas
Stock Market Index Mixed Readings With Ford Advy Note
The index tracked 60 stocks averaging 48.9 with Saturday reading at 48.2. Ford Service and Hamilton 15 W, 9th Avenue noted in advisory materials.
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Ford Service
Hamilton
Bull Terrorizes Ogden City with Lariat Taming
A Brahma bull escaped from a railroad car in Ogden Utah, gored an elderly man, and terrorized the south end until a cow puncher lassoed it. The report notes federal aid and emergency funds for highway development creating nearly eight million months of employment over four years.
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Ogden
Brahma
Watchers on Rim Sight Nevills Expedition Members
Watchers on the south rim of Grand Canyon sighted three members of the Nevills expedition traveling by boat along the Colorado River. The observers noted no sign of the remaining four, but inferred safety from a signal fire. The party began June 21 from Green River Utah and aims for Boulder Dam in a 666 mile trek led by Norman D Nevills with botanist Elzada Glover Lois Jotter Del Reid Jack Stockstell and W C Gibson.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Nevills
Colorado River
Green River
Utah
Norman , D. Nevills
Boulder Dam
Elzada Glover
University of Michigan
Lois Jotter
del Reid
Jack Stockstell
Hutchinson
Kan
W. C. Gibson
San Francisco
Stockstell
Reid
Lee's Ferry
Fresh wave of clashes lifts death toll in Palestine
July 18 reports from Jerusalem describe renewed Arab Jewish violence in Beisan valley near Tiberias and Safad. One Jew killed and three wounded in a Beisan farming ambush. an Arab and a guard killed in separate incidents. Overall toll rises to 381 Jews and 70 Arabs killed, with 102 Jews and 180 Arabs wounded. Bombs explode in Haifa with no casualties. rumors of a new terrorist organizer spark tension around Jerusalem. Officials note rewards totaling 175 000 dollars remain unclaimed as fear of reprisals grows.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Beisan
Tiberias
Safad
Haifa
Dean Crawford Promoted To Colonel Rank At Camp
Dean Ivan C Crawford of the University of Engineering and Architecture faculty was promoted to colonel while at the Officers Reserve camp at Fort Riley He previously served as major in the corps of engineers during World War I and held lieutenant colonel in that corps for 15 years The summer camp promotion marks the highest rank a reserve officer can hold in peacetime
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Ivan C. Crawford
School of Engineering and Architecture
The
University
Ft. Riley
Dean Crawford
Corps of Engineers
U. S. Army
Queen's to confer Doctor of Laws on President Roosevelt
Queen's University Kingston announces it will award the degree of Doctor of Laws to President Roosevelt at a special convocation in Kingston on August 18. The event marks Roosevelt’s visit and honors his leadership while he serves as U S president.
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Kingston
Ontario
Queen’s University
Roosevelt
Investigators to Probe Campaign Spending In Pennsylvania and Kentucky
Investigators for the senate campaign expenditures committee depart tonight to Pennsylvania and Kentucky to examine charges of political abuses in those states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Claire Trevor to Wed Clark Andrews in July
Actress Claire Trevor and Clark Andrews plan to marry on July 27. Andrews produced the radio show where Trevor starred, and they met through that project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Trevor
Hollywood
Clark Andrews
Picnic Planned for Tomato Growers and Guests
A Taxpayers League committee plans a July 22 picnic at the county home for about 60 families growing tomatoes on land leased from the Jlaskell Institute. Henry J. Allen of Topeka will be the principal speaker at 7 PM after a 6 PM luncheon, with tours of the tomato fields to follow.
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Jlaskell Institute
Henry J. Allen
Topeka
The
Taxpayers League
W. H. Morgan
I. C. Stevenson
J. R. Holmes
WPA
U. S
Allen
Douglas County
Tax Payers League
Production Resumed at Maytag in Newton After Strike
Four hundred fifty workers, many from the back-to-work movement, returned to jobs at Maytag Machine in Newton July 18 as production restarted after a May 9 strike over a 10 percent wage cut. No union response was announced. one unit remains idle.
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Newton
Maytag Machine Company
C.I.O
Paes
Mrs Adella Miller Chosen Delegate to State Missionary Meet
Mrs Adella Miller of Lawrence will represent St Luke's A M E Church as a delegate at the 30th annual convention of the Women's Mite Missionary Society Kansas conference to be held in Coffeyville on Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs Gertrude Clark of Lawrence will speak in a Thursday panel on the Responsibility of Women for a Christian World Thru the Home. State president Mrs R M Mathis of Lawrence will oversee the gathering.
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Adella Miller
Lawrence
St. Luke’s A. M. E. Church
Women’s Mite Missionary Society
Kansas
Coffeyville
Gertrude Clark
R. M. Mathis
Grasshoppers Ruin Crops Across Eastern Montana
Swarms of grasshoppers forced farmers in 14 eastern Montana counties to salvage their best crop in years as destruction, ranging from 40 to 100 percent, spread toward Canada. State entomologist Dr. Harlow B. Mills warned the damage could affect roughly a quarter of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Mont
Montana
Canada
Harlow B. Mills
Montana State College
Weather Outlook and Regional Conditions Across Kansas
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with warmer readings in the east and southeast. Morning clouds vary by city, with foggy and misty conditions noted in Pittsburg Wichita Coffeyville Garden City Arkansas City Emporia Manhattan Salina Topeka. Roads range from muddy in Manhattan to good in several western and southern towns. temperatures show 7pm yesterday 70, 68 early today, 84 noon, with a 1.24 inch rainfall from Saturday afternoon to today. sreeney repairing. Green Bros.-Ve
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Wichita
Coffeyville
Garden City
Arkansas City
Emporia
Manhattan
Salina
Topeka
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Bureau of Air Commerce
Douglas P. Corrigan
Air Commerce Bureau
Wamera
Carbondale
Wheaton
Chapman
Willard
Cottonwood
Horton
Council Grove
Kansas Day
Cawker City
Pureeka
Ebo
Winfield
Lincoln
Lyndon
McPherson
McFarland
Salina Seteeeee
Burr Oak
Neosho Rapids
Russell Weeeees
Oketons
Osage City
Phillipsburg
Ss Alton
Overbrook
Ness City
Larned
Parsons
Pratt Quenemo
Tribuna Randolph Ef St
U. S. Health
Queen Marie
Long
Yugoslavia
Frank Gray
Pol
Rim of
Fear Mysterious
Officers Reserve Corps
Dan
Dawson
Haskell Land
Willard Morgan
Irwin
George Banby
Eli
H. J. Allen
Maytag Factory
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