Democrats Plan to Win Congress
Democratic leaders discussed broad strategies to gain control of Congress. Tydings and Hawes briefed Governor Smith on senatorial race plans, while Rep. Oldfield heads the congressional campaign effort. The party aims to overturn the GOP majority in the Senate and build a Democratic majority in the House ahead of November elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuty
Smith
White House
Congress
Wlet
Tydings
Maryand
Hawes
Missouri
House of Representatives
New York
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Billy” Oldfield
Arkansas
Houston
Hig -Home
House
Farmer-Labor
Ewa
Farmer- Laborite
Cutting
New Mex
Fess
Ohio
Frazier
North Dakota
Greene
Vermont
Hale
Maine
Howell
Abraskar Johnson
California
la Follette
Wisconsin
McLean
Connecicut
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Indiana
Vandenberg
Michigan
Gooding
Idaho
Hlingis
Weather outlook Kansas July forewarns cooler air and storms
The Weather Bureau reports Kansas faces partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with scattered thunderstorms and a cooler spell in the north central area. Daytime highs ranged 90 to 95, with Anthony at 100, and overnight lows around 64 in several towns. Scattered light showers occurred yesterday, the Solomon River remains above bankfull and expected to rise another foot or two before receding.
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Topeka
North Central
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Anthony
Elkhart
Garden City
Goodland
Tribune
Blue Rapids
Hanover
Sid. Mace
Wamego
Emporia
Solomon River
Peloit
Fire Starts In Bed And Traffic Jam Causes Delays
A small blaze at Robert Jones residence on New Jersey Street was extinguished with little damage. Fire trucks' parade down Massachusetts Street delayed a hand concert in South Park and caused a traffic jam at Thirteenth and New Jersey. The Odd Fellows Band plans to play at Memorial Park cemetery Sunday afternoon for the memorial shaft dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jones
New Jersey Street
Massachusetts Street
South Park
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows State Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Aggies Grad Ralph Snyder Named Alumni President
Ralph Snyder, president of the Kansas Farm Bureau and Kansas State Agricultural College 890 graduate, was elected president of the K S A C Alumni Association. He succeeds Dean R A Seaton, with Mrs Mamie Alexander Boyd as vice president. Dean Harry Amberger was re elected secretary and Dr W E Grime re elected treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kans
Ralph Snyder
The
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas State Agricultural College
K.S. A. C. Alumni, Association
Snyder
R. A. Seaton
Mamie Alexander Boyd
Phillipsburg
Harry Amberger
W. E. Grime
Survivors Reach Port After Italia Disaster at Spitzbergen
July 20. In Kings Bay Spitzbergen the Italia survivors arrived aboard the Citta di Milano. Seven crew members rescued from the Arctic crash were helped ashore with Captain Mariano and Nattale Ceccioni among them. Umberto Nobile awaited aboard the base ship as efforts continue for others lost or missing, including Roald Amundsen and five others. Captain Mariano’s condition improves but his frostbitten foot may require amputation.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Italia
Citta di Milano
Krassin
Arctic
Nattale Ceccioni
Alberto Mariano
Umberto Nobile
Polar
Vincenzo Romella
Finn Malmgren
Mariano and
Zappi
Roald Amundsen
Fugitive Search Nets Offiers Probe Man Stranded Near Lawrence
Deputies from Douglas and Leavenworth counties and two Lawrence officers hunted a hatless, shoeless man described as a crazy figure seen at farms along the Eu dora road near Lawrence. He asked for food, fled when talked to, and was last spotted running through a cornfield. No arrest or lunatic link confirmed by late afternoon reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Larre
Eudora Road
Edward Schaake
Deaths and Funerals of Donovan Kibler and Nancy N. Taylor
Funeral services for 15 year old Donovan Kibler who died of pneumonia will be at Funk chapel at 8 Saturday with burial in Vermillion Kansas. Pallbearers named Edward Kline Keith Bolin Ed Riling Jr Morgan Elington Elsa Stone Clayton Stone. Nancy N Taylor 85 died at 769 Lake Street. Widow of Jack Taylor funeral time to be announced. Judith Baugh visiting sister Mrs Gene Mason left for Bern. Dr and Mrs W L Burdick left for Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan Kibler
Nancy N. Taylor
Lake Street
Jack Taylor
Judith Baugh
Gene. Mason
Bern
Pee Ee
W. L. Burdick
Seattle
Wash
Bomb in Auto Fatal Sparks Domestic Triangle
In Rockford Illinois a bomb wired to Vernon Plager's car exploded when he stepped on the starter killing him. Paul Reed, 30, alleged suitor, confessed on his deathbed that Reed did it. Mrs Plager, mother of eight, is jailed with Reed as police tie the trio to the slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford, Ill
Vernon Plager
Rockford
Paul Reed
Reed
Oregon
Plager
Pia
Per
Illinois City
Defense rests in Kansas City murder robbery trial
Attorneys for John Messina rest their case after the state finished its testimony in the first degree murder and robbery trial. The defense made the move late today asking the court to hear only attorney arguments when the trial resumes tomorrow morning before Judge O A Lucas. Messina is one of six defendants linked to the killing of Patrolman J H Smith and the Home Trust Company robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John Messina
J.H. Smith
Home Trust Company
O. A. Lucas
Personal notices and a Swedish jousting re-creation
Personal items report Mr. and Mrs. Howard Day traveling to visit relatives in the Ozarks, with stops planned in Girard and Lake George Ohio. Other notices list visitors in Lawrence, and a party visiting Lake George. A Stockholm reenactment shows armored jousting with 110 pound armor and visored helmets, performed by young officers of the garrison. The Kansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium reports a 36 percent patient rise to 258, with new buildings under construction and a large brick pavilion funded by the A. O. U. W. Arthur Fritzel gifts ice cream to post office staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Day
Ozarks
Girard
Stockholm
Ernst Klein
Bandits to Face Cars Fitted With Police Radio Units
Chicago police plan to install radio receivers in 105 squad cars with loop aerials and dashboard tuners. A loudspeaker will relay crime alerts to officers in real time, with ear phones for interior listening and plans to broadcast police news on a low wavelength. Commissioner Hughes envisions radio aiding arrests and even playing The Prisoner's Song after captures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michael Hughes
Hughes
Nas
Norton county fair set to attract top breeders this year
Norton Kansas AP reports big yields of quality farm products boost expectations for the 28th annual Norton County Agricultural association fair from August 14 to 17. The event, one of the oldest in Kansas, attracts leading Middle West livestock breeders and features a large department for 4 H club boys and girls.
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Norton, Kans
Norton County Agricultural Association
Middle West
Grayson and area notes from OsKaloosa week
Mr and Mrs Abe Gilbert and daughter of Topeka visited the Monroes this week. Girl Reserves headed to Camp Wood for two weeks. Grayson Community Club held a Thursday meeting with hostesses and praise for past fairs. Various local residents made trips, weather damaged property, and highway praise followed a Pennsylvania visit.
Social notes from Ottawa and nearby towns
Ottawa and nearby communities feature a flurry of social visits and events. Miss Lavina Waugh returns from Tulsa after teaching piano at the university, Mrs. Albert Stout hosts a birthday dinner, and families from Grantville and Perry enjoyed a July picnic in Jackson Park Atchison. The W. T. U president Mrs. Mitchner spoke in the park, while Rev H K Hamilton and family tour en route to Ohio. Various residents attend gatherings, travel to Kansas City, and prepare homes for upcoming sales and events.
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Paul Alexander
Albert Timpe
Anna Stout
Stout
Bernice
Margaret Stout
Jack Frispie
Grantville
Curtis Patrick
Rodcoe. Jenkins
Marita
Perry
Neoplae
Chester Small
Hiaswatha
Minnesota
Horace Amann
H. K. Hamilton
Los Gatos
Cal
Tare
George Rains
Ohio
Walker Coleman
Albert Timne
Timpe Motor Company
Kansas City
Florence’ Wray
Salina
Fred Smith
Lone Tree
Presbyterian Aid
Delos Stevens
Dellinger
Eli Briner
Clifford Humphries
Hattie Mountain
Charles. Noble
Elmer Edmonds
Charles Winans
Mary
Lon Noble
Horace Edmonds
Juanita Dufield
Ierh
Leona
Eubank
Hal Dendinger
Arlee, Fish
Mary Lou Noble
Reading
Marie Stevens
Margaret
John Sthenck
Kate Noble
Dora Rogers
Burlingame
Rogers
Dennis
Methodist Church
F. W. Coleman
McConnell
Sarah Phinney
Ed Lobb
Owen Johnson
Albert Gramsa
A. G.smith
Ratliff
Friendship Hell
Whatt Gragg
Leslie Waggoner
Glenn Brock
Clarence Brock
Pittsburgh
Laura ‘Davis
McLouth
Georgia Droke
Ruel Slawson
Susie Slawson
Topeka
Ferg Slawson
Siew 'Charles' Long
Airplane rides offered by Lone Sitar Flying Circus
A park in Lawrence will host Lone Sitar Flying Circus planes tomorrow morning with special party trips for four at reduced rates. Take a ride with safe pilots on highway 73W north for $2.50 per person tomorrow, while monoplanes arrive Sunday morning offering VIP flights at $5.00 per passenger.
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Lawrence
Highway 73W
Basements near completion and local social notes
Spring from Moss Trapp notes the basement nearing completion while Mrs. Lidyd Morris hosts a bridge club Friday evening with pleasant company and refreshments. Ed Sheldon plans to teach in Americus next year and Tebben family vacation near LeRoy and Wichita for two weeks. Fay Bick visits Emme Buck, Lois Johnson returns from Kansas City visit, John Rice milks a cow and fishes four dozen with Miles Random, catching many undersized fish. John, a junior church pianist, is thirteen and a noted hunter and fisherman.
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Moss Trapp
Lidyd
Morris
Ed Sheldon
Eli Briner
Sheldon
Americus
Rel. Tebben
LeRoy
Wichita
Fay Bick
Kansas City
Emme Buck
Lois Johnson
John Rice
Miles
John
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
We thank the Odd Fellow and Rebekah Lodges and many friends for help sympathy and flowers during our recent bereavement. Mrs J A Banks and daughter Mrs M J Banks Mr and Mrs W T Banks and son. We also thank Harmony School children for flowers sent for our dear son and brother. Mr and Mrs J P Jennings and family Mr and Mrs George Jennings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodges
J. A. Banks
M. J. Banks
W-T- Banks
Harmony School
J. P. Jennings
Bnd
Geo.e Jennings
Painless Painting promises home makeover tips and savings
A vintage ad describes cheap do it yourself painting guidance for furniture floors and walls. It promotes Zapon lacquer praised for quick drying with minimal banana odor and promises a ten dollar saving. Contact The Zepon Company in Seamford Conn established 1884 for color cards and product details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zapon
Zepon Company
Seamford Conn
Sheriff Jack Hughes Seeks Republican Primary Support
Francis G Hughes known as Jack in Eudora township asks Republicans for votes in the primary. He is modest yet earnest, a pod worker and farmer popular with neighbors. If elected sheriff he will bring the Hughes and Gilmore families’ good utilities to the office and make the community proud of his record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis G. Hughes
Eudora Township
Jack
Kansas
Hughes
Gilmores
Jack Hughes
Presidents Question Game Promises Civic Fun and Debate
A short note promotes a quiz game about U S presidents. It suggests thirty million or more voters will choose the president this year. It asks who the presidents were how they were elected what they did and why they are remembered, framing the game as a test of gad aa and good Americanism for all ages.
Which President Had the Most Children
Question asks which president had the most children. The article appears in a classifieds page and promises answers within. Read the section titled for the correct name count, and verify with the accompanying chart or list.
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Will
New Jersey
Kansen
University of Kansas
Owen Welch
Svork
John Sparks
T Wayne Ashusin
Aggies Grad
Rome
Mariano
Oslo
Rockford, Til
Messine
Arthur Fritzel
Post Office
Lone Star Flying Circus
Journal-World Office
N.A.T
Journal-World
Norton County
Oskaloosa
Abe Gilbert
W. D. Monroe
Camp Wood
Elizabeth Perry
Marian Sellers
Margaret Stevens
Hazel Fulton
Grayson Community Club
Joe Sloop
Grayson Club
Valley Falls
W. E. Gain
C. B. Glover
Agnes Pennington
Bethany Hospital
J.‘M. Pennington
Agnes
Nicholas Fish
Colonial Club
Farm Bureau
Margaret Luce
Bnuce
Larner
Nellie Pennington
Elizabeth Lowe
Winchester
Helen Decker
Vallejo
Gal
Wilson Farm
Wilson
Will White
Tibbet
Kenneth Long
John Zachriah
James Orr
Lem, Davis
Maggie
Fidon Smurr
Western Kansas
John ' S Wise
Roy Wise
Canton
Fred Menzer
Carlisle
Coleman
Louiss Hannah
Rundle Brothers
Bell Farm
Nauman Company
William. Suttch
Kingbird
Mass
National Americanism
American Legion
Peaghed
Washington
U S. Court
United Stat
Haskin Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Rumsey Bros
Ind. St
W. J. Cummings
Dr. Geo. Esterly
C B. Holmes
J. W. Howard
Eli Wilson
Geo
J. Kirchhoff
J. W. Shaw
Ben Wilson
C. W. McKeen
William Docking
W. F. March
W. K. Hoover
A. F. McClanahan
van Docking
V.K Hoover
Carl Antrim
Agat
Cash
Seymour Packing Co
R. G, White, Loe
Lawrence, Kan
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