Pick-a-Back Plane Crosses Atlantic in Twenty Hours
The Mercury four engine seaplane, launched from the flying boat Main off Foynes Ireland, completed a 2,715 mile transatlantic hop to Montreal in 22 hours 28 minutes with a 2 hour 40 minute refuel stop and 80 gallons remaining. Capt Donald Bennett and Albert Coster pilot the craft carrying 1000 pounds of cargo and set the stage for eight experimental flights toward regular 1939 transatlantic service.
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N. Y
Mercury
Ireland
Transatlantic
Atlantic
Montreal
Flying Boat
Main
Foynes
Donald C. T. Bennett
Albert J. Coster
Long Island Sound
Pan American Airways
United States
H. T
Dick) Merrill
Eastern Airlines
Jack Lambie
England
Coronation Pictures
Imperial Airways
C.S.T
New York
Boucherville Air Harbor
St. Lawrence
Boucherville
C. S.T
Flying Boat Main
North Atlantic
Botwood
Newfoundland
Canada
Donald Bennett
Albert Coster
Cape Bald
Cape Gaspe
Treasury weighs lowering personal income tax exemptions
Roswell Magill announced the treasury is studying broad tax revision options including possible cuts to personal exemptions for singles and heads of families. The study covers undistributed profits tax capital gains and taxing salaries of government workers plus bond interest on future issues. The plan aims for equity on back salaries while Congress would handle past gains.
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Washington
Roswell Magill
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
LaFollette
P-Wis
Roosevelt
Treasury
Magill
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Morgenthau
New York Port Authority
Port Authority
Will Spend Over Million to Repair Liberty Lady
New York July 21 The statue of liberty is getting repaired at a cost of 1 700 000 Workmen remove seven spikes from her crown as part of a broader renovation Visitors have been barred from the inner stairway since last April and the statue will be reopened next fall The project includes building a seawall expanding Bedloe island from 12 to 15 acres The statue was a gift from the people of France costing 700 000
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New York
Bedloe’s Island
France
Britain Receives Hitler Peace Assurances Via Halifax Visit
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the house that Britain had received renewed assurances from Hitler's envoy Captain Wiedemann through Viscount Halifax, signaling Germany's desire for a peaceful settlement of outstanding questions. The talks in London and Paris are seen as reviving broad Anglo-German negotiations after the Austria crisis.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Hitler
Viscount Halifax
Fritz Wiedemann
Lord Halifax
Wiedemann
Germany
Paris
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Dala
Dier
Bonnet
Austria
Czechoslovakia
R. T. H. Fletcher
Labor
Reverend C A Richard to Address Ratner Meeting
The Douglas county campaign kickoff for Payne Ratner's Republican bid for Governor features State Senator C A Richard speaking tonight at the courthouse. Ratner will tour July 29 visiting Eudora Baldwin and Lawrence with a WREN broadcast from 12 45 to 1 PM.
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Douglas County
Payne Ratner
C. A. Richard
Court House
Richard
First Christian Church
Lawrence
Ratner
State Senate
Eudora
Baldwin
WREN
Heat Rises to 92 Degrees After Cool Night
A cool night gave way to rising temperatures as the gas office thermometer reached 92 degrees at about 1:30 PM and later read 88 degrees at 3:00 PM.
Charles C Rankin for Justice of the Peace Adv
Charles C Rankin campaigns for the office of Justice of the Peace with a focus on public safety and community service as the ad urges voters to consider his candidacy.
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Charles C. Rankin
Renewed Warfare Across Spain Engulfs Fronts
Insurgents resumed a wide offensive across eastern central and southern Spain as Franco strengthens toward Valencia. Madrid reports 500 shells in a few hours and loyal forces under Gen Jose Miaja defend Valencia while insurgents push up to six miles near the Tacus river and Estremadura. Franco deploys planes tanks and heavy guns across fronts with air support clearing routes for advances.
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Hendaye
France
Spain
Francisco Franco
Valencia
Madrid
Jose Miaja
Teruel-Mediterranean
Tacus
Estremadura
Franco
Reinforcements Sent as Japanese Strike Up Yangtze Area
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese warships moving heavy reinforcements into the upper Yangtze battle zone where the army stalls toward Hankow. An air attack near Kiukiang drops 300 bombs. casualties reported at Siaokiapo. Japanese naval officer says gunboats and transports were bombed and sunk on Taungting lake with two gunboats badly damaged.
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Shanghai
Yangtze
Hankow
Kiukiang
Siaokiapo
Lake Poyang
Taungting Lake
Russell Brothers Circus Visits Lawrence August 9
The Russell Brothers three ring circus comes to Lawrence at Twenty-Third and Louisiana streets on August 9. The advance agent announced the wild animal menagerie and top acts. The show travels from Leavenworth and previously played Lawrence about four years ago.
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Russell Brothers
Lawrence
Twenty-Third
Louisiana Streets
Leavenworth
Snow and hail retreat over Pikes Peak tops
Deep snow and hail up to 10 inches shaded the upper slopes of Pikes Peak Colorado, the worst summer storm in years. More than 150 automobiles were marooned between Glen Cove at 11,000 feet and the summit as the temperature plunged to 32 degrees at the peak.
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Pikes Peak
Colorado Springs
Colo
Glen Cove
Mercury
U.S. Sets Kansas Wheat Allotment For Fall
Kansas wheat acreage for the federal program is set at 11,067,349 acres, about a fifth of the national 55,000,000. The plan uses 1928–37 averages and recent trends to determine state allotments and aims to restore wheat supplies toward normal levels.
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Washington
Kansas
H. R. Tolley
AAA
Missouri
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Maytag plant idle as Iowa guard backs relief plan
Newton Iowa July 21 1940 400 Maytag workers idle since May 9 awaited Jasper county relief aid under martial rule. National guard lines at the plant limited access with only maintenance and 100 office staff present. Gov Kraschel ordered staff to administer relief to qualified clients while Jasper county relief balked at aiding striking workers.
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Newton
Jasper County
National Guard
Iowa National Guard
Nelson G. Kraschel
Jasper County Relief Office
Washing Machine Company
Stock Market Index on 60 Stocks Holds at 49.9
The index records an average of 60 stocks at 49.9 with yesterday’s reading also at 49.9. Probate Judge Frank Gray is referenced in political advertising context.
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Frank Gray
Pol
Heavy Steel Water Tank Lid Crashes Through Roof
In Oklahoma City two women narrowly escaped death when a 1500 pound steel lid sailed about 100 feet and crashed through a roof, pinning them to a bed. Miss Marcelle Myers 20 was hospitalized for shock and Mrs Irene Perry was treated for bruises and shock. Nine year old Florence Myers escaped injury as she crawled from beneath debris. The lid flew from a Champlin Oil water separator amid gas explosion from a cooling system.
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Oklahoma City
Marcelle Myers
Irene Perry
Champlin Oil Company
Eckroot
Florence Myers
Government plans 6000 miles of prairie shelterbelt plantings
Washington reports progress in the shelter belt program with 84 million trees set out across 13000 farms in six states. Acting forest service chief George Phillips notes survival rates of 65 to 70 percent in semi arid areas and predicts long term protection of 2,000,000 acres as trees mature.
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Washington
George Phillips
Forest Service
Division of State Forests
Phillips
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Plains
Supposed Dead Man Near Highway Turns Sleeper
Six Lawrence youths thought they found a man dead by the highway three miles east of Big Springs. Sheriff Vogler uncovered a live man, John McDonald, who said he slept there for insects and heat after a pickup to a farmhouse. He stayed one night in the county jail.
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Lawrence
Big Springs
Toneka
Fred Vogler
John McDonald
Poison Found in Body of OU Student Ralph Pellette
Norman Oklahoma July 21 Traces of a deadly poison were found in the stomach of Ralph Eugene Pellette 29 year old University of Oklahoma student found dying on a lawn Tuesday County Attorney C Aubrey Moses said a coroner's verdict was held pending state chemists analysis Moses said the Liberal Kansas student ended his own life likely due to a romance with a coed
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Norman
Okla
Ralph Eugene Pellette
University of Oklahoma
C. Aubrey Moses
Justice of the Peace
R. O. Smith
Moses
Heavy Band Camp Schedule At University Recitals Broadcasts
A busy sequence of two recitals two radio broadcasts and three other concerts unfolds at the university. Some 213 instrumentalists and vocalists and 10 conductors from students and instructors take part across tonight through Tuesday with guests Evelyn Swarthout and Marie Wilkins featured tonight at Hoch auditorium.
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Evelyn Swarthout
Marie Wilkins
Hoch Auditorium
Mr. Wilkins
Waldemar Gelich
Meribah Moore
Ruth Orcutt
Dorothy Enlow Miller
University
Olga Hitner
Perry Pangrac
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Mr. Gelich
Orchestra of the
Mid-western Music Camp
WHB
Music Camp
Music Camp Orchestra
David Lawson
Charles Neiswender
Joseph F. Wilkins
Fowler Grove
Cogswell to Speak at Tomato Growers Picnic Today
Cogswell, master of the Kansas Grange, will address the tomato growers picnic at the county farm tomorrow evening at 6. Henry J. Allen is unable to attend due to a Mexico City trip. A luncheon for workers at Haskell Institute begins at 6, with WPA sewing room and county home residents as guests. The public may attend Cogswell's talk at 6 45 on the county home steps, followed by a tour of the tomato fields.
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C. C. Cogswell
Kansas Grange
Henry J. Allen
Mexico City
Haskell Institute
WPA
Cogswell
KU Hixon lab gets 28636 grant for two new floors
The University of Kansas hospital in Kansas City Kansas will add two stories to the Hixon laboratory for medical research after a 28636 PL grant approval. The funds plus a 45000 donation from the Hixon foundation total about 54000 for construction with another nearly 20000 for specialized research equipment. Dr H R Wahl dean of the medical school says contracts will be let soon and work starts within two months.
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PWA
Hixon Laboratory
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
Hixon Foundation
H. R. Wahl
Registration for Primary to Close Friday Evening
City Clerk J W Stone said registration for the August 2 primary remains strong with tomorrow the last day to sign up. City Hall will stay open tonight and tomorrow night until 10 o clock for registrations and about 500 people have registered since the start of the period. Last night 59 voters registered and the books will reopen August 3. Voting places are nearly finalized and will be announced soon. Election board members will be named after the city council meeting Monday night.
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J. W. Stone
Stone
Lisle Eby Re-elected Director of Cooperative Club International
Fred J. Kuehne of Topeka and Lisle Eby of Lawrence were re-elected directors yesterday at the Cooperative Club International convention in Sandusky. Eby, first president of the local club in 1934, serves on the local board and was elected as a director of the International group a year ago in Kansas City.
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Sandusky
Fred J. Kuehne
Topeka
Lisle Eby
Lawrence
Cooperative Club International
Eby
Cooperative Club
International Organization
Kansas City
Winrod to Speak in Southpark Next Tuesday Evening
Gerald B. Winrod, Republican candidate for U S Senate, will address a meeting in Southpark at 8 o'clock next Tuesday. Preston Dunn of Eskridge, a campaign worker, announces the event.
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Winrod
Gerald B. Winrod
United States
Southpark
Preston Dunn
Eskridge
Rosendahl Changes View On Helium After Germany Trip
Secretary Ickes says Commander Rosendahl shifted his stance on helium's military value following a German visit. Rosendahl praised dirigibles in wartime but later claimed helium lacks military use, prompting Ickes to note inconsistent statements and remind export limits under federal law.
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Washington
Ickes
Charles E. Rosendahl
Germany
Rosendahl
United States Navy
Congress
15.96 Mill Levy Sought for School Budget in District 60
A proposed budget for school district 60 asks for a 15.96 mill property tax levy with total expenditures of 339 658.30. Public hearing set for Monday August 1 during the August Board of Education meeting. Final adoption must be certified by August 25. The levy is 1.08 mills lower than last year and expenditures are 86 045.84 less than the prior fiscal year.
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The
Journal- World Today
Board of Education
McAllaster School
Ideal weather forecast for Kansas continues into weekend
Federal meteorologist A D Robb says the pleasant conditions persist in Kansas for about 36 more hours with temperatures near normal. Highs around 90 to 95 and lows 60 to 70 span the state as showers lightly aid crops and skies stay mostly clear.
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Topeka
A. D. Robb
Kansas
Robb
Chanute
McPherson
Manhattan
Florence
McPherson Wi
Anthony We Pratt Larned
Weather Outlook for Kansas: Mostly Clear to Friday
Kansas forecast shows generally fair conditions with little temperature change. Arkansas City will be partly cloudy in the morning, other areas clear. dirt roads described as good. Temperatures advance from yesterday’s low to today’s high, with a record gas price noted and midday readings recorded.
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Arkansas City
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