Kansas to use federal relief funds as supplement
Kansas will not relieve local communities of unemployment relief obligations. Gov. Harry Woodring and the federal relief committee, led by Deane Ackers of Topeka, outlined a two year program. Funds would supplement local efforts and may require matching local funds. An executive director may be named to coordinate counties.
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Topeka
Harry H. Woodring
Federal Relief Committee
Deane E.ackers
Kansas
Hoover
Woodring
R. J. Laubengayer
Salina
New Relief Measure Reaches Across America
Washington July 22 AP A new relief bill signed by President Hoover unlocks 1.5 billion dollars for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to fund loans and projects. The move aims to speed aid for the hungry unemployed and struggling businesses as the agency prepares for a surge of loan applications and potential leadership changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Paul Bestor
Urge Step by Bolivia in War Demand
La Paz July 22 AP Bolivian papers call for declaring war on Paraguay as the only dignified response to what they call bloody aggressions. La Republica urges radical measures and notes the government has appointed a commission for national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Paz
Bolivia
Paraguay
la Republica
Henry Johnson on way to Norway amid Lindbergh case
Henry Red Johnson former sailor to Betty Gow the Lindbergh baby’s nursemaid is reported bound for Norway after leaving Ellis Island where he was held on alleged illegal entry. He was cleared of knowledge of the kidnapping and relatives say the departure circumstances remain unclear.
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Henry
Red) Johnson
Lindbergh
New York
Red
Kansas Weather Forecast and Local Road Conditions
Weather outlook for Kansas shows fair conditions with unsettled weather tonight and Saturday and only slight temperature changes. Morning maps indicate clear skies, with good dirt and Douglas County roads. Temperature readings list morning through noon values and yesterday's high and today's low, alongside a note about a new Ford V8 at Hamilton's-Adv.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Brazen bank robbery in New York’s financial district
A disguised robber in a guard uniform robbed Chemical Bank and Trust at 165 Broadway. He claimed to fetch money for the United States Trucking Corporation, received cash, signed a false receipt, and vanished. The Saturday theft, totaling 56 925 dollars, was kept secret.
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New York
Financial District
Chemical Bank and Trust Company
Broadway
United States Trucking Corporation
German Aviator Von Gronau Plans Arctic Route Flight to Chicago
German aviator Captain Wolfgang von Gronau, famed for two prior transatlantic hops, launched from Sylt toward Iceland on an Arctic route to Chicago. He flies aboard the Greenland War seaplane with a crew of three, aiming for Iceland first and Montreal as a North American stop, with a total distance around 4670 miles and about 41 hours of flying time.
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List
Island of Sylt
Wolfgang von Gronzu
Germany
United States
Chicago
Greenland
Iceland
Labrador
North America
Montreal
Franz Nack
Fritz Albrecht
von Gronau
Gert von Roth
New York
Roald Amundsen
Arctic
Atlantic
Frank P.courtney
Azores
Veterans Rush to Obtain Transportation to Homes
Veterans flocked to the Veterans Administration as orders to evacuate government property within two weeks were issued. Extra clerks and full facilities were mobilized to handle demand with lines forming outside the building and from side streets. The deadline to receive government funds for return home expires at midnight July 25, and many veterans are expected to still be in Washington despite evacuation pressures.
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Washington
Bonus Army
Veterans Administration
Ponca City mayor taunts Capones with welcome offer
In a provocative remark to the Chicago Herald Examiner Mayor Dan Kygar invites Al Capone and associates to Ponca City asking them to bring bodyguards if they come. The quip ties to the 101 Ranch and hints at protection while arriving in Oklahoma before self reliance. Wild grapes are abundant says G Clarke. Hoover signs 125 million home loan bank bill amid currency expansion push.
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Ponca City
Okla
Dan?Kygar
al Capone
Chicago Herald-Examiner
Capone Brothers
101 Ranch
Kyggar
Oklahoma
Neutrals Move to Prevent Fighting in Chaco Talks
Washington July 22 AP authoritative reports say Bolivia plans withdrawal from peace negotiations with Paraguay, complicating U S efforts and peaceful talks. Five neutrals including Cuba, Mexico, Uruguay, Colombia urge suspension of troop movements and demand return of Paraguayan delegation to sign a nonaggression pact. Asuncion says Paraguay will resume discussions, but will not act hostile except in legitimate defense. Stimson notified of Paraguay policy.
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Washington
Bolivia
Paraguay
Chaco Boreal
Stimson
Cuba
Mexico
Urugua
Colombia
New York
Asuncion
Chaco
Last Minute Registration Rush For August 2 Primary
City Clerk A F Woestemeyer reports heavy turnout as registration stays open until 10 pm tonight for the August 2 primary. About 700 residents have registered in nine days, with a big final push anticipated. Election boards are being organized and 140 clerks and judges will be selected, earning about $6 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Woestemeyer
Rotary Junior Twilight League Displays Sportsmanship
The Rotary Junior Twilight League teams showed fair play by refusing the first session championship after discovering an ineligible Elks player. The Elks forfeited all first session victories, including one over Rotary. A playoff followed, with the Eagles winning after both clubs each lost one game.
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Rotary
Elks
Elk
Eagles
Robbery at National Bank & Trust in North Kansas City
In Kansas City on July 22 a bandit robbed the National Bank and Trust Company of North Kansas City. He and taxi driver Wayne Roady entered the bank with raised hands and forced tellers to yield about $2,000 under threat of a bomb. Roady was forced from his cab near Parkville, Missouri.
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Kansas City
National Bank & Trust Company
North Kansas City
Wayne Roady
Roady
Parkville
Rains Break Drouth in Northwest Kansas
Heavy rains and strong winds swept northwestern Kansas ending a months long drought. Norcatur reports a damaged garage and several houses, with a fallen tree in Sam Arnold's yard. Oberlin records 1.62 inches, Phillipsburg 2.16, Kensington and Irwin about two inches each, Colby also hit by a heavy downpour.
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Salina
Kansas
Norcatur
Sam Arnold Yard
Oberlin
Phillipsbore
Kensington
Irwin
Colby
WILL SPEAK FOR SIMPSON AT WREN PROGRAM
Harry Colmary former department commander of the American Legion will speak for Lacey Simpson Republican candidate for governor over WREN from 7:45 to 8 oclock tonight He also compares other Republican candidates for the governor race Funding details and technical notes included from the insurance line only.
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Harry Colmary
The
American Legion
Lacey Simpson
Wren
Colmary
Germany leaves peace talks unless equality is acknowledged
Geneva July 22 Germany’s delegate Count Rudolph Nadolny warned the disarmament conference that Berlin will not participate beyond this summer’s recess unless it is recognized as an equal among nations. He pressed for immediate acceptance of national equality in security and disarmament, threatening to withdraw if the demand is not met and signaling readiness to start negotiations with interested states.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Rudolph Nadolny
Germany
League of Nations
Trade Holding Up to Talk in Park
A New York report notes renewed optimism in midwest farming and retail markets as higher livestock and dairy prices lift sentiment. Dun's emphasizes continued replacement demand and modest activity, while Bradstreet's cites steady retail trade and improving outlook nationwide. W C T U event at park service Sunday features Mrs. Lillian Mitchner and a double quartet, with Keith Davis performing solo.
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New York
Midwest
Mercantile Reviews
Dun
The
Hull Im
Dun’s
Lillian N. Mitchner
W.C.T.U
Middle West
Union Park Service
Jand
J. Jones
Addison Conner
John Claypool
Elizabeth Jacqmain
Russell White
Clarence Tine
Horace Lury
Cornelius Klassen
Keith Davis
God Is
Our
Isabel McKenzie
New_York
Do Much Repair Work With School Furniture
The wool working shop at the senior high school repairs extensive furniture to cut costs. Chairs and kindergarten tables receive new backs or legs, plus repainting and varnishing. Twenty four folding chairs were sourced from other schools and repaired for fall use. Superintendent C E Birch cites economy as the goal. Mr Logsdon and shop instructor E T Burgess now work ten months to supervise the repairs.
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E. T. Burgess
C. E. Birch
Logsdon
Mr. Burgess
Radio talks on college plans by KU registrar
A series of talks for Kansas University students and parents will air weekly at 6:30 PM on WREN. George O. Foster, registrar, will present topics to help prospective students. Last Tuesday Chancellor Lindley spoke on Does It Pay to Go to College. Next Tuesday Foster will discuss Who Should Go to College with August topics on The Cost of a Year at College and The Dangers That Lurk About a College Campus.
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University of Kansas
WREN
George O. Foster
K. A
Defeat: United Brethren Down North Lawrence Wildcats 10–9
The United Brethren football team defeated the North Lawrence Wildcats 10 to 9 yesterday afternoon. Score by innings shows United Brethren leading with a strong comeback, while pitchers Houk Fincher Branson Heatherington contributed on the mound. Also noted: Neal M. Wherry named new senior high school principal and will move his family to 1805 Mississippi Street next week.
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United Brethren
North Lawrence Wildcats
United
RHE
Wildcats
Brethren
Houk and Fincher
Branson and
Heatherington
Neal M. Wherry
Holton
Lawrence
Mississippi Street
Mr. Wherry
The
University
Poured Whiskey Into Sewer At Court House Ceremony
Sheriff Jack Dunkley and deputies dumped about 100 gallons of whiskey and home brew into a sewer at the court house this afternoon. The liquor had accumulated over months and was destroyed as no longer needed as evidence. A crowd gathered but the odor reportedly spoiled any sentiment that the act was applaudable.
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Jack Dunkley
Court House
Isley Visits Lawrence Before Kansas City Speech
C. C. Isley of Dodge City, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, visited Lawrence with Ormand Ferguson. He planned a street address but city ordinance blocked gatherings in the park, so he moved on to Kansas City, Kansas for an evening speech.
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C. C. Isley
Dodge City
Lawrence
Ormand Ferguson
Isely
Mr. Ferguson
Kansas City
Kan
First Baptist North Lawrence Hosts Weekend Events
Special events at First Baptist Church of North Lawrence include tonight at 8 o clock the Silver Leaf club presenting a rambment of Married to a Suffragette directed by Mrs A A Hill with a nine month old baby in cast. Sunday basket meeting by Ottawa Topeka and Lawrence churches at church starting 1 45 pm with program to begin 3 15 pm.
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First Baptist Church of
North Lawrence
Silver Leaf Club
A. A. Hill
Ottawa
Topeka
Lawrence
Pittsburgh Pirates Take Lead With 3-1 Win Over Cubs
The Pittsburgh Pirates extended their first place lead to three and a half games by defeating the Chicago Cubs 3 to 1 in the opening game of the series. Steve Swetonic earned his 11th win of the season as Chicago managed three runs off Dittsbureh.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Steve Swetonic
Chicago
Dittsbureh
Oo Malone
May and Hartnett
Sweten de
Grace
Philadelphia
Phillies
Thurston and
Quinn
Virgil Davis
George Davis
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Thurston
Sukeforth
Benge
V. Davis
New York
Boston
Washington
Walberg
Cochrane
Crowder
Marberry
Berkgeen
Milwaukee-Kansas City
Reopening Old Y M C A as Lawrence Community Center
Reverend Seth Slaughter outlines plans to study reopening the old Y M C A building as a multi group community center in Lawrence. He invites organizations to contribute space usage plans and funding while noting current income is insufficient to operate the facility. The building offers a gym dining room and kitchen with potential space for the Chamber of Commerce and social service groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Slaughter
Y.M.C.A
Mr. Slaughter
Y. McC. A
Flower Elub
Business and Professional Women
Association of University Women
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Social Service League
Red Cross
Thefts Reported At Fraser Hall KU
Three thefts of money from offices in Fraser hall at the University of Kansas were reported to Chancellor E Lindley. Losses affected Miss Elizabeth C Sprague professor of home economics Miss Winnie D Lowrance assistant professor of Latin and Ruth Kenney of the correspondence study department. Lowrance lost about 6 dollars and Kenney about 2 dollars. The amount taken from Lowrance was not reported.
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Fraser Hall
University of Kansas
E. Lindley
Elizabeth C. Sprague
Winnie D. Lowrance
Ruth Kenney
Lowrance
Miss Kenney
Miss Lowrance
Light in Spud Market District Shipping Low
Two cars of potatoes were shipped from the Lawrence district yesterday as Jed Lancaster reports. He expects about two more cars today. So far this year fifteen hundred cars have left the valley. Digging is nearly halted and many spuds are rotting from heat. Dealers say the price per hundred pounds will barely cover freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Jed Lancaster
Federal Inspection Office
Lancaster
Kansas Representative Seeks Action to Abolish Federal Farm Board
Hutchinson Kansas July 22 AP Congressman Clifford Hope of the seventh Kansas district said the next congress would abolish the federal farm board. He noted the last congress approved funds only to permit liquidation. Also reported a suicide in Kansas City as Sam Swade 38 owner of Franklin Steam Dye Works jumped from the Commerce Trust building near the fifteenth floor. Detective believed he died by a jump. Roy Brewer a friend cited recent financial losses as a factor. Swade survived by his wife and three children.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Clifford Hope
Kansas
Federal Farm Board
Kansas City
Sam Swade
Franklin Steam Dye Works
Commerce Trust Company
Roy Brewer
Swade
Fall Orders Speed Up Textile Industry in Bethlehem Area
Fall merchandise orders are speeding up the textile industry in the Bethlehem area. The Supertex Clothing Company rents a loft at Easton and will begin manufacturing men’s clothing with fifty employees. At Allentown Maxwell Silk plans three shifts and 700 more workers. The Gunning Silk Mill in Euston operates at full capacity, 160 workers, day and night for first time in five months.
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Bethlehem
Supertex -Clothing Company
Easton
Allentown
Maxwell Silk Company
Gunning
Euston
Will Honor Vets French Visitors to Lawrence
Lawrence will host a delegation of ten French World War I veterans on September 26, marking the Argonne opening anniversary. The group of 500 French Veterans will tour the United States under the American Legion. General Wilder S. Metcalf leads the American Legion entertainment plan. Donald Stewart, state commander, sent the itinerary. The visitors arrive by train from Kansas City around 11 to 12, dine at the Eldridge hotel, and may attend a Rotary luncheon before touring the University and Haskell Institute. They will proceed to Topeka by 2:30, visit Governor Woodring at the state capital, and spend the night there, with detachments visiting most states during their stay.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Stewart
Kansas City
Eldridge
Rotary Club
University and Haskell Institute
Topeka
Woodring
French Veterans' Group
Union
United States
National Legion
S—Se
Lower teaching cost in city schools reported
Superintendent C F Birch announced a drop in per pupil teaching costs across city schools. For 1931 39 the grade schools spent 6 42 per pupil, junior high 10 97, and senior high 14 93. Enrollment figures and total education costs for 1931 1992 and 1931 1982 were provided.
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C. EF. Birch
Rade
Birch
Disruption at Inter Parliament Session Amid Matteotti Outcry
Geneva July 22 AP A session of the inter parliamentary union near the world disarmament conference ended in a violent quarrel between French and Italian delegates. The dispute centered on who knew more international law as French members shouted assassins of Matteotti referring to the slain socialist deputy Giacomo Matteotti. General Italo Balbo head of the Italian delegation rushed from the hall to the adjoining room where disorder spread. police were summoned to restore order. Stores burn at Wolcott.
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Geneva
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Matteotti
Ithe
Giacomo Matteotti
Italy
Italo Balbo
Yilead
Wolcott
Fire destroys two stores in Walcott Kansas
Fire destroyed two general merchandise stores in Walcott Kansas early today. The Kansas City fire department estimated damage at 11700 dollars. Stores were owned by G. A. Davis and Frank Hartig. Sparks from Harting store ignited Davis across the street. Origin of the fire undetermined.
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Kansas City
Kan
Walcott
G. A. Davis
Frank Hartig
Harting
Davis
Derby Oil Company station to rise at Third and Locust Streets
Workmen are assigned to day and night shifts on the Derby Oil company filling station planned for Third and Locust Streets. Groundwork begins soon with site prep, tree trimming, widening of the street and new curbs. Read the Journal-World on your summer vacation. 25 cents per month, Phone 22.
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Journal- World
Derby
Derby Oil Company
Third
Locust
The
Journal-World
P T A session discusses education reform in Kansas
Kansas P T A leaders hold a two day conference at the Eldridge Hotel Topeka area schools state superintendent office and several state colleges attend. J H Houston outlines aims to improve education beyond rote learning and previews a rural education project organizing county superintendents and teachers into study groups to inspect conditions and implement reading grammar and arithmetic plans. The executive board will finalize proposals tomorrow morning and the Lawrence P T A meets informally at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teachers Association
State of Kansas
Eldridgs
Kansas
Topeka
Fred Smith
Newton
P.T.A
J. H. Houston
Houston
Rural Project
Rural Committee
Eynotes
State Department
The
Kansas Parent-Teachers Association
Reece Bowen
Arkansas City
L. R. Putton
Wichita
E. L. Calene
Kansas City
A. Bozarth
Lo. Spake
Edith Thompson
Alvin H. Frye
Pittsburg
James Whipple
Iopelis
Frank Noel
Charles C. Briand
John McNary
L.K. White
George Winters
Lawrence P. T. A
Eldridge
P. T.A
City drivers warned to display 1982 license tags
The notice states that drivers of trucks and taxi cabs for hire will be arrested without further notice unless the 1982 City license tag is displayed on the vehicle. W. C. Ellis, Mayor.
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W. C. Ellis
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