McGill Defends Roosevelt Amid Kansan Campaign Fire
Senator George McGill spoke at the Wichita Jefferson club denying Roosevelt dictatorship charges. Kansas candidates including Clyde Reed and Dallas Knapp urged limits on federal power, while Rev. Gerald Winrod warned of a looming fascist state. Other hopefuls Carl Newcomer and Jay Parker attacked oil practices and drug threats during campaigns across Kansas.
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Fopeka
George McGill
Roosevelt
McGill
Wichita Jefferson Club
Topekas
Palo Alto
Topeka
Clyde M. Reed
Treasuries
Gerald B. Winrod
Wichita
Winrod
Dr. Wirt
Carl Newcomer
Kansas
Newcomer
Jay S. Parker
Attorney General
Charles Thompson
Wyandotte County
Harold McGugin
Howard
Moline
Grenola
Cambridge
Burden
Winfield
Payne Ratner
Belle Plaine
Mulvane
Douglass
Augusta
el Dorado
Potwin
Whitewater
Newton
Sedgwick County
Dinner at Russian Embassy Hosts Howard Hughes Guests
Charge D'Affaires Constantine Oumansky entertained Howard Hughes and his world flight companions at a formal eight course dinner at the Russian embassy. Eighty guests attended including cabinet members and other high government officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hughes
Washington
Constantine Oumansky
Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions From Classifieds
A reader asks seven knowledge questions including measurements of earth, government dept, deciduous plants, plural of lens, longest US railroad tunnel location, Marine Corps motto, passport rules for Puerto Ricans, locus deficit, amulet, and oldest alcoholic beverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Land Office
United States
United States Marine Corps
Notable Sonata Recital Draws Out-of-Town Music Lovers
A July 25 recital in Frank Strong hall features Olga Hitner and Frank Cunkle with Handel and Brahms sonatas plus Leo Sowerby’s new work, premiered in this region. The program blends classical and modern styles, promising strong audience interest and a free public performance at 8 p m.
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Kansas City
Ottawa
Lawrence
Frank Strong Hall
Olga Hitner
Frank Cunkle
Eitner
Leo Sowerby
Chicago
Sowerby
Percy Grainer
Check artists warned in Manhattan seek merchandise by check
Sheriff Vogler warned of two check artists operating in Manhattan. C. E. Nelson carries a felony warrant under the alias C. P. Davis, about 45, 5 ft 8 in, 170 pounds. His female companion is about 5 ft 0 in and 120 pounds. They shop, then use checks to buy goods, driving a gray Chevrolet sedan from 1936 or 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Vogler
Manhattan
C. W. Barnes
Vogler
C. E. Nelson
C. P. Davis
FSCC Spends 54 Million To Divert Surplus Farm Goods
Washington reports the Federal Surplus Commodities Corp spent 54 million dollars in the last year to channel surplus farm products to relief channels export markets and new domestic markets. Products were distributed to more than two million needy relief families via state agencies at over 4544 million dollars. The program aims to remove price depressing surpluses from regular markets and 79 million dollars remain for similar purchases this fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Tire Stolen From Trailer Truck Behind Ironworks
Lawrence Transfer reports the theft of a 32 by 6 Goodrich tire from a trailer truck last night. Sheriff Fred Vogler said the vehicle was parked behind Lawrence Ironworks when the tire and rim were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Transfer Company
Goodyear
Fred Vogler
Lawrence Ironworks
Double Play in Golf Shocks Shawano Practice
Mrs. Merle K. Bennett of Wichita Kansas and Louis Kroll of Cecil use a so called double play system. Bennett drives 150 yards then Kroll’s swing sends the ball another 160 yards. The combined distance totals about 310 yards on a Shawano Wisconsin practice day.
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Shawano
Wis
UPI
Merle K. Bennett
Wichita
Kan
Louis Kroll
Cecil
TVA Director Lilienthal Defends Minutes Changes Admits Morgan Alterations
Knoxville July 22 TVA Director David E Lilienthal denounced a defamation campaign by former TVA chairman Arthur E Morgan over minutes changes. He testified that Morgan altered minutes after signing, prompting a board rule requiring director approval for revisions. The committee ordered impoundment of all legal opinions on the altered entries.
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Knoxville
Tenn
TVA
David E. Lilienthal
TVA Board
Arthur E. Morgan
Federal Agency
Congressional Investigation Committee
Lilienthal
Arthur Morgan
Harcourt A. Morgan
Dr. Morgan
Old Wheat Stocks Fall Below 10-Year Average
Washington July 22 The agriculture department reports July 1 stocks of old wheat in interior mills elevators and warehouses total 31 833 000 bushels down from 11 942 000 a year ago and 38 107 000 the 10 year average. Total interior commercial and farm storage reach 91 091 000 bushels versus 33 798 000 last year with breakdowns by class including hard red winter soft red winter hard red spring durum and white.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Electrification push eyed 17 states by REA
Washington reports Rural Electrification Administration officials will send representatives into 17 states to form local groups for building power lines. John M. Carmody announced a $140 million loan plan after seeking $40 million, with $13 million already allocated since July 1 and about $5 million more planned next week.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
John M. Carmody
REA
Roosevelt
U.S.S. Houston
Carmody
Congress
Chapman Pleads Guilty to Cigarette Charge at Lunch Room
George Chapman who runs a lunch room at Twenty third and Barker pleaded guilty before Justice Milton Beach to possession of broken cartons of cigarets not properly stamped. He was fined ten dollars plus costs. R H Dana, the cigaret inspector, filed the charge.
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George Chapman
Twenty-third
Barker
Justice of the Peace
Milton Beach
R. H. Dana
Chapman
Delinquent List Out Soon for Unpaid Property Taxes
County treasurer A M Gardner says a list of properties with unpaid taxes will be finalized Monday evening, then sent to the printer and published four times in August. Taxpayers have until Monday evening to pay to avoid inclusion in the delinquent list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Gardner
Steel contract let for Deer Creek bridge project
Carter-Waters Corporation of Kansas City won the bid for 14% tons of steel to be used on a Deer Creek bridge near Stull. Five bidders competed. lowest bid was $785.75. Also note: trapshooting meet opens in Blackwell Oklahoma on July 22 with 60 competitors from five states chasing the 39th Oklahoma open title.
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Deer Creek
Stull
Carter-Waters Corporation of
Kansas City
Carter
Blackwell
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
H. D. Brown
Oklahoma City
Jail Sentence for Intoxication in County Justice
Lee Harding colored was arrested by the sheriff on July 15 and pleaded guilty before Justice Milton Beach to intoxication. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail.
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Lee Harding
Justice of the Peace
Milton Beach
Labor Department reports large manufacturing layoffs
The labor department estimates 140000 wage earners in manufacturing were laid off from mid May to mid June with factory payrolls dropping 4500000 dollars weekly. Since June 1938 factory employment has fallen a quarter from the 1937 peak as weekly payrolls drop 85 percent. Knapp criticizes congress for accepting presidential influence and loan schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Knapp
Lawrence senator campaigns for Ratner in governor race
State Senator Don Allen of Oskaloosa visited Lawrence today to support Payne Ratner in the Republican nomination fight. Allen, Ratner’s Senate colleague, is an active campaign worker for Ratner’s gubernatorial bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Allen
Oskaloosa
Payne Ratner
Allen
Ratner
Senate
Kansas wheat allotments delayed to late next week
E H Leker state agriculture adjustment official said Kansas wheat allotments would likely be unavailable until the end of next week. County acreage figures await Washington approval by the state committee. Kansas’s fall allotment is 11,067,349 acres, down from 17,453,000 last fall and the 1928-37 average of 14,883,436 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
E. H. Leker
The
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Kansas
Washington
Agriculture Department
Flood Drives Hundreds From San Saba Homes
Flooding in San Saba Texas on July 22 forces between 300 and 400 residents from their homes as the San Saba River rises to a record 43 feet, with waters two to three feet deep in parts of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Saba
Tex
Texas
Neville Expedition Reaches Final Stretch to Lake Mead
Neville expedition speeds down the Colorado River toward Boulder Dam on the last 247 mile leg to Lake Mead. Two women and five men launched three boats at Bright Angel Creek aiming to complete the voyage in eight days. Significant rapids lie ahead on the 666 mile stretch since starting June 21 near Green River Utah.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Neville
Colorado
Lake Mead
Bright Angel Creek
Boulder Dam
Green River
Utah
Hearing Opens On Charges Against Four KC Packing Firms
The department of agriculture will open a Monday hearing in Kansas City on charges that four packing companies Armour and Company Swift and Company Wilson and Company and the Cudahy Packing Company violated the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 by manipulating hog and sheep markets buying territory and appropriating purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Department of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Armour and Company
Swift and Company
Wilson and Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Hoover to Speak in Republican Campaigns This Fall
Former President Herbert Hoover announced plans to participate in the Republican congressional campaigns this fall. He will deliver three or four speeches, with a first address in Kansas City in September. He said Republicans had been invited to Kansas City gatherings and other cities were not yet chosen.
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San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Kansas City
Defender of Helium Sale Stands by View in Germany
Lakehurst New Jersey July 22 Commander Charles E Rosendahl naval airship expert defended his stance for selling helium to Germany arguing that high government officials including Secretary Ickes shared the view. He rejected Interior Secretary's charge that he reversed his position after visiting Germany denying claims of being signed and dined.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Charles E. Rosendahl
U. S
Germany
Mehodng
Ickes
Naval Air Station
Rosendahl
Pirates edge Bees 4 3 as Blanton wins eighth straight
Darrel Elijah Blanton earned his eighth consecutive win guiding the Pirates over the Bees 4 to 3. Paul Waner hit his fourth homer of the year in the fourth and Vince DiMaggio belted his sixth in the ninth as Pittsburgh improves its record.
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Pittsburgh
Darrel Elijah
Blanton
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Bees
Paul Waner
Vince DiMaggio
Boston
Turner
Mueller
Todd
Brooklyn St. Louis
Presswell
Butcher
Shea
Thomas
Warneke
Johnson
Bremer
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Dix
Passeau
W. Davis
Derringer
Lombardi
Red Sox
Bobby Feller
Cleveland Indians
Jackie Wilson
Tribe
Cleveland
Feller
Ouse
Humphries
Hemsley
Wilson
Desautels
St. Louis
Washington H. Mills
Hea
Goodman
Krakouskas
Appleton
Giuliani
Dalepit
Chicago
New York
Knapp Attacks New Deal as Threat to Free Enterprise
Dallas W. Knapp, Republican Senate hopeful, denounces the New Deal as aiming to destroy free enterprise and create a collectivist regime. He cites NRA, crop regulation, farm loan, home owners loan, FHA, TVA, and Glass Steagall, urging vigilance since Roosevelt’s office. The report notes job shifts in manufacturing and a railroads employment uptick of 9,200.
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Kansas City
Kan
Dallas W. Knapp
United States
Knapp
New Deal
Roosevelt
NRA
Farm Loan Administration
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
TVA
Glass- Steagall
G Men Value FBI Efficiency At 7 64 To 1
Washington reports that Edgar Hoover estimates FBI activities last fiscal year yielded 7.64 dollars value for every one spent. The director says 47 568 419 dollars were gained through recovered property fines or savings. Agents solved 124 of 127 kidnappings since 1932 with the Lindbergh law. Unsolved cases include Charles Mattson at Tacoma Arthur Fried in White Plains and Peter Levine in New Rochelle. All three boys were slain.
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Washington
Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Little Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Arthur Fried
White Plains
N. Y
Peter Levine
New Rochelle
Former Sheriff Identified by Fingerprints in Atchison
In Atchison Kansas a man held was identified as Lloyd Livesay former Grant County sheriff who escaped Lansing penitentiary last week. He admitted his identity after FBI fingerprint reports and was booked on a vagrancy count awaiting return to Lansing prison officials were en route.
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Atchison, Kan
UPI
Lloyd Livesay
Grant County
Lansing
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chinese Aviator Injured In Highway Collision
George Young, who said he is a Chinese aviator traveling from St. Louis to California, was seriously hurt in a head on collision between his car and a large truck on Highway 24 near Kanarado Goodland Kansas. He suffered a broken thigh and other injuries and was taken to a local hospital. The car was demolished.
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Goodland
Kan
George Young
St. Louis
California
Kanarado
Young
Temperature swings reach 94 degrees in early afternoon
Temperatures climbed to 94 degrees by 1 30 PM at the gas office after a noon reading of 90. The heat eased gradually, dropping to 92 degrees by 3 30 PM.
Farming It Reveals Poultry Pecking and Winter Cabbage Tricks
The piece notes pullets roosting during daylight signaling bullying in flocks and suggests moving timid birds to a separate pen. It describes a home-made concrete land roller, storing cabbage on sod with litter for winter, and a sow entering the bed once, followed by wiring for protection. It also outlines spraying potatoes with Bordeaux and a farmer using longer pipe nipples on a nozzle, with a wagon having three foot wheel spacing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Hangman Ellis Dies at 73 in Canada
The outlaw known as Hangman Ellis, famed for executions in Canadian lore, died last night at age 73. The death marks the end of a controversial figure who drew attention across the country during his career.
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Hangman Ellis
Montreal
Canada
Lions Convention Chooses Pittsburgh For next Year
Lions International closed its annual convention in Oakland California selecting Pittsburgh Pennsylvania as the site for next year’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Cp— Lions International
Pittsburgh
Local Social Weekend Visits And Weddings
Mrs. Kate Edelbrock and friends traveled to Kansas City and stayed overnight with Grant Edelbrock. The group attended the Agnes Donnelly and Cornelius Edelbrock wedding at St. Vincent's church early Monday. Residents visited relatives in Turner and Lawrence for dinners and state rural mail carriers convention activities in Ottawa.
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Kate Edelbrock
Mary Cook
Pete Edelbrock
Kansas City
Grant Edelbrock
Cook
Agnes Donnelly
Cornelius R. Edelbrock
St. Vincent’s Church
J. Trevor
George McCamish
Shuler and Henninger Visit Topeka with Father Robert William
Mrs Mable Shuler and Mrs Ethel Henninger spent Friday in Topeka with their father Robert William Son.
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Mable Shuler
Ethel Henninger
Topeka
Robert Williamson
Local visitors stay with area residents in brief calls
Miss Mildred Smith of Lawrence visited Miss Mar fret Shuler. Donna Jean Marcum of Manhattan visited Mrs Earl Marcum and Mrs Lawrence Rice. John Mulvihill collected Buck Creek school census on Monday with Mrs Ted Gallamore and daughter Lena. Pearl of Kansas City returned home after visiting Mrs Morris Duncan. Mrs Will Allen and son David and Mrs Hester Johnson visited Charles Johnson for a few days.
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Mildred Smith
Lawrence
Marfret Shuler
Donna Jean Marcum
Manhattan
Earl Marcum
Lawrence Rice
John Mulvihill
Buck Creek
Ted Gallamore
Lena
Pearl
Kansas City
Morris Duncan
Will Allen
David
Hester Johnson
Charles Johnson
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Mgill
Elmer F. Andrews
N. S
Olga Eitner
FSCC
A. E. Morgan
G. Chapman
Alexander
Ady
W. Lee O’daniel
Breckenridge
Ford Labor Board
Edgar McCulloch
Atchison
Eudora
Williamstown
North Carolina
Martha Barkley Ryan
Cotillo
Basil
Pat” Ryan
Douglas County Building & Loan Association
Massachusetts
John C. Emick
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