Government Troops Press Gandesa Break at Catalonia Front
Dispatches report government j styled troops fighting into Gandesa Spain a key southern Catalonia city. The offensive over the Ebro river front has reached five miles northwest of Gandesa with 15 miles gained along a 16 mile front. Insurgents claim a large victory in Estremadura as forces push to recapture territory.
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Hendaye
France
Gandesa
Catalonia
Ebro
Tortosa
Caspe
jAlcaniz
Gendesa
Aragon
Ebrd
Villalba
Onets Sive
En Evea
Broendage
Estremadur
Spain
German round-the-world flight to start in August or September
A German crew of six led by Captain Henke plans a Condor voyage from Germany to India China Japan Alaska and San Francisco with potential nonstop legs to New York. Officials say the run is a series of long distance tests not aiming to beat Howard Hughes.
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Washington
Berlin
Alaska
United States
Henke
von Moreau
Condor
Focke Wulf Germany
Germany
India
China
Japan
San Francisco
New York
Atlantic
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Soviet Union
Hopkins Prediction on WPA Vote Not Coercion
The Senate committee dismissed WPA Administrator Hopkins's claim that 90 percent of WPA workers would vote for Roosevelt as political pressure. Investigators will probe charges of political abuses in Georgia Illinois Indiana and potentially other states as the panel expands.
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Senate
WPA
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Washington
Leppard
Idiaha
Shepnard
Spencer
Ind
PWA Grants and Loans Authorized for 57 Projects
Public Works Administration allotted 4.915 million dollars in grants and 93 thousand dollars in loans for 57 non-federal projects. Estimated total cost for these projects is about 10.926 million dollars.
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PWA
Washington
Public Works Administration
Ford Service Hamilton 15 W 9th Adv for IP
Readable fragments indicate a local Ford service entry centered on Hamilton at 15 West and Ninth Street with an advertisement hint for a service or product related to IP.
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Ford Service
Hamilton
Gov. Earle Fights to Control Grand Jury Inquiry
Harrisburg July 27. Gov Earle seeks to transfer investigation powers from the grand jury to the legislature in a plan to probe civil officers. Republicans appeal to leaders while the administration campaigns to keep the grand jury's autonomy. Senator Guffey travels to Europe after a subpoena and attacks state courts urging impeachment of unnamed judges. Rep Caputo says no official house action without formal filing.
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Harrisburg
Jl. Knobd Turner
Repotiless
Pennsylvania
Earle
Joseph F. Guffey
Europe
Grand Jury
House of Morgan
Eugene Aputo cAe Wator
CIA
Eugene A. Caputo
House
Judicial General Committee
Guffey
Japanese advance along Yangtze presses toward Hankow
Shanghai reports Japanese naval forces pushing up the Yangtze after aiding the Kiukiang occupation. Ships reportedly progress beyond Kiukiang toward Nan chang while Chinese troops retreat. Foreign properties in Kiukiang suffer heavy damage from shelling as embassies plan to move inland between August 1 and 10.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Kiukiang
Hankow
Nan‘chang
American Church Mission School
American Standard Oil Company
British Asiatic Petroleum Company
Chungking
Amercian
Frech
Americans Have Passport Difficulties in Russia
Sixty six American tourists aboard the 8.9 Reliance telegraphed the American embassy in Moscow to aid their landing in Leningrad where they were not allowed to land. The embassy contacted the Soviet foreign commissariat which assured landing would be allowed and orders were sent. Passport difficulties were cited as the cause of the trouble. One hundred sixty others including Houston Harte publisher of the San Angelo Standard and his family arrived in Moscow for a two day sightseeing program. Previous years saw tourists blocked from landing in Leningrad and Moscow awaiting landing cards.
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Moscow
Reliance
Leningrad
Houston
Harte
San Angelo, Tex
Standard
Ingrad
Will dispute over farm near Hesper quiets title
Ada R Watson Margaret Hill El Monte California Herbert M Watson Gentesal City Humboldt Nebraska Co Wats Topeka S A Watson Whitier California heirs sue in district court to quiet title on farm property near Hesper alleging Barclay S Watson will and codicil probate February 11 1928 provided for 4 portion to Friends African Mission in East Africa which no longer exists
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Hesper
Barclay 'S
Watson
Friends African Mission
East Africa
Watson Ijs
Ada R Watson
Margaret Hill
American Girls Held After Missing From U S Ship
Three American girls missing from their homes were reported found and held in custody in England aboard a British ship company staff said. Officials say the girls stowed away on the U S Mail liner when she sailed from New York on July 2 and could be deported to New York if someone paid their fares.
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England
Enna Whitt
Briish Ship Company
Travelers Aid
U.S. Ma
New York
Dorothy
Governor seeks written report on ouster for Cowley county officials
Gov. Huxman asks A G Beck for a written ruling on why ouster proceedings should not be brought against Cowley county officials after a critical state audit and grand jury investigation. He notes the gravity of findings and says action should not be delayed.
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Topeka
Walter A. Huxman
Clarence V. Beck
Cowley
Huxman
Beth
Cowley County
Grand Jury
Stat
Cawley County
Republic Steel official defends labor espionage to Senate
Charles M. White testifies that labor espionage can aid plant defense and knowledge of hidden conditions. James L. Williams confirms undercovers and exchanges of espionage data with other steel firms. Republic halted spying months earlier after the National Labor Relations Act was upheld.
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Charles M. White
Republic Steel Corporation
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
James L. Williams
Republic
LaFollette
Wis
White
Williams
Supreme Court
Concert at Municipal Auditorium Shortened by Conflicts
A joint music camp band and orchestra concert at Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium aired on KMBC last night. The 8:30 show started at 8:45 due to conflicts. about 15 numbers were played before the musicians, dispatched from Lawrence at 6 PM, wrapped up around 11 PM after a radio broadcast. The event was staged with courtesy of the chamber of commerce.
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KMBC
Music Hall
Kansas City
Municipal Auditorium
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Youusicians
Stock Market Index Shows Decline for 60s Stocks
The index for 60s stocks averaged 48.8 today, down from yesterday’s 50.3 as markets weakened. Investors watching broader trends and sector movements anticipate further shifts amid incoming data.
TVA Engineers Testify On Misleading Evidence Assertions
Knoxville July 27 TVA engineers denied they were embarrassed by evidence TVA lawyers asked them to prepare for possible use in the 18 company power suit at Chattanooga last winter. Several witnesses described their actions as hypothetical or not intended for use while denying pressure from TVA counsel.
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Knoxville
Tenn
TVA
Arthur E. Morgan
Chattanooga
Carl A.bock
Morgan
Congressional Investigation Committee
E. L. Chandler
Dr. Morgan
Chandler
J. Morgan
James Lawrence Fly
Robert A. Monroe
Monroe
George W. Foster
Foster
Dana Wood
City forms six member armory planning committee
A six member committee headed by F A Russell from the Lawrence city council was appointed by Mayor Alfred Lawrence to confer with the Chamber of Commerce military affairs committee on the proposed sixty thousand dollar National Guards armory. The mayor named a councilman from each ward. Other members are Wilfred Hunsinger Willard Brown Walter Leanateer A W Berger and John Sell. The Chamber of Commerce committee includes J W Lansing chairman Harry Frazee acting chairman H W Keene Col Karl Baldwin E Earnest Bolyce Fritz Mey W Murray Dr Lyle S Powdil and R B Stevens.
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F. A. Russell
Lawrence
Alfred ‘Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
National Guards
Wilfred Hunsinger
Willard Brown
Walter Eanateer
A. W. Bergers
John Sellayor
Council
Mebers
Chamber of Commercie
J. W. Lansing
Harry Frazee
Actel
H. W. Keene
Karl Ba Aldwin
E Earnest Bolyce
Fritz Mey W. Murray
Lyle S. Powdil
R. B. Stevens
Mailbox Cleanup Week Sets August Start
Post Office official Roger M Williams announced a national rural mailbox cleanup week beginning August 1. He urged owners to fix unsightly and unserviceable boxes that hinder delivery and mar rural highways.
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Pstminster
Roger M. Williams
Week Post
Post Office Department
Williams
Williams ‘Sai
Ibostofties Department
War Admiral Wins Family Saratoga Springs Race
War Admiral wins at Saratoga Springs in July, dominating the Massachuset circuit and finishing strong after a prior money win. The race highlights War Admiral as a leading star in the sequence of events and reflects the era’s racing scene.
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Saratoga Springs
Massachuset
Assassination of Arab Religious Leader Shocks Holy Land
In laifa Palestine on July 27 a gunman killed Herzi Abdul Hamid, head of a mosque in Acre, as tension flared across the Holy Land. The incident triggered fear among Jews and Arabs, with renewed concerns over guerrilla violence and a heavy security presence around Haifa.
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Palestine
Holy Land
Herzi
Abdul Hamid
Acre
Winrod Sounds GOP Senate Bid in Douglas County Rally
Gerald B. Winrod Wichita evangelist and candidate for the Republican nomination spoke to about 700 people in South Park Douglas County outlining his anti vilification stance and attacks on eastern financial interests. He warned of inflation and claimed massive book mailings and advert spending aimed at him. He urged labor creating jobs, warned against alien ideologies, and promised to bolster the domestic market and national character if elected. He planned to campaign in Winfield tonight.
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Wichita
United States
Chicago
Senate
Winrod
Congress
White House
United
United State
Winfield
Voting place in doubt in west precinct
Trustee stated many residents in the west part of the township are uncertain about where to vote. The west precinct primary will be held at the Richardson Brothers Implement House at 520 West Twenty third Street, while the east precinct votes occur at the Wakarusa Township Hall. The township divided this spring, with the line following Lotierat Street or the old Meairs property.
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Johnson
Wakarusa Township
Richardson Brothers
West Twenty-third-street
Wakaruga Township
Welfare budget clash ends with no agreement in Douglas County
Douglas county board of social welfare and state welfare board representatives adjourned a conference with no accord on next year's general assistance budget. County officials argue against increasing per case allocations beyond expected tax revenue, citing actual client needs and income sources.
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Douglas County Board of Social Welfare
State Social Welfare Board
Henry C. Lynn
Chanute
State Board
Chris Schaake
Earl Black
James Brass
Mildred LeSuer
Mildred D. Watson
Charles Springer
Lynn
Blick
Cdse
Chandler says no funds received for Senate bid
Governor A B Chandler of Kentucky told the Senate campaign expenditures committee that he had received no campaign contributions and no public funds were used. He noted state job appointments were made with his consent and approval, with department heads choosing appointees who were his friends and supporters.
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Washington
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Senate
Barkley
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
British Mediation in Czech Quarrel Praised by Many
London reports praise for Viscount Runciman mediation in the Czechoslovak dispute over Sudeten German demands. Critics warn against coercing Czechoslovakia while supporters hail it as a bold step in Chamberlain’s appeasement era and a move to avert broader conflict.
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London
England
Cechoslovak
Viscount Runciman
Czechoslovakia
League of Nations
Italy
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
Lecompton votes to sell electric system to Kansas Electric Power
In a special election at Lecompton voters approved selling the citys electric distribution to Kansas Electric Power Company and granted a twenty year franchise for retail service to begin August 1. The plan promises standard full residential rates and savings of over 450 dollars annually, plus increased tax revenue and rebuilt distribution and street lighting for improved service. The tally was 136 for the sale and 3 against.
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Lecompton
Ctizens
Kansas Electric Power Company
Kansas Electric Powe Company
Great Meteor Observed by Hayden Planetarium
New York observers report a brilliant meteor last night seen across New York New Jersey and Long Island. Hayden Planetarium lecturer Charles Federer estimated a speed of 10 to 30 miles per second with a head about half the moon’s size and a 40 mile altitude. it disappeared after two to three seconds with uncertain earth contact.
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New York
Hayden
Planetarium
Charles Federer
Federer
Earth
New Jersey
Long Island
Corrigan Tours British Museum Relics From Wright Flight
Douglas G Corrigan wandered the British Museum of Science in London on his first day there. The American aviator expressed curiosity about the plane that carried Orville and Wilbur Wright in the first sustained flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903. He remark I dont see how they ever flew that thing.
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London
Douglas G. Corrigan
British Museum of Science
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
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White dares Winrod to reveal fund sources in Kansas race
William Allen White, Emporia publisher, issues a bold challenge to Rev. Gerald B. Winrod, Republican senatorial candidate, to expose the money behind a so called lying program. White accuses a powerful eastern group of peddling hate and anti union tactics while urging Winrod to name sources and individuals financing the effort. He warns that disclosure would rock Kansas and the nation.
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Kan
William‘Allen White
Emporija
Gerald B. Winrod
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Avanealist
WYILO
Amer Vy Gus Cmon
Miua
Kansas
Lawrence
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Iives
White
Nsas
Winrod
Gerry
Douglas county 4-H cattle judging tour to Ottawa
Four Douglas county 4-H members join about 70 club members and county agents on a two day cattle judging tour in Franklin and Douglas counties. Officials D M Seath and J H Johnson lead the group with stops at H B Peaks Chamney Miller and Vannoy Miller farms. Douglas county participants include Robert Bigsby Earl Mitchell Louis Heinrich and Albert Eckman.
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Douglas County
Deal Six
Ottawa
Franklin
Douglas
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Johnson
Osage Miami
Linn
Anderson
Coffey
D. M. Seath
Kansas State College
J. H. Johnson
Franklin County
Forest’ Park
H. B. Peaks
Ayrshire
H. M.chamney Farm
Chamney Grove
Jersey
Miller Brothers
Vannoy Miller Farm
Robert Bigsby
Earl Mitchell
Sunflower Club
Louis Heinrich
Albert Eckman
Belleview Club
Showers Bring Relief Across Kansas as Heat Eases
Federal meteorologist A. D. Robb said a moist weather front moved into the southern portion of Kansas, bringing showers and lowering temperatures below 100 degrees. Northern counties reported rain in the past week, with some areas receiving nearly two inches, easing soil dryness ahead of fall crops.
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Topeka
Kansas
A.D. Robb
Robb
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Pick-a-Back Seaplane Mercury Reaches Southampton
The British pick-a-back seaplane Mercury arrived in Southampton at 8 20 p m from Lisbon as it completes the penultimate leg of its trans Atlantic survey. It will depart for Foynes Ireland to continue its journey toward York and return legs begun in July.
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Eng
Mercury
U.S.T
Lisbon
Atlantic
Foynes
Ireland
York
Porea
C.S.T
Horta
Azores
Foyes
Lawrence Sees 33 Inches Rain By 1 A.M.
Lawrence logged 3.79 inches for July by 1 o clock with 0.56 inch below normal. Prof Posey, a volunteer weather observer, reported 0.26 inch of precipitation by 7 a.m. and 0.06 inch from then to 1 a.m.
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Lawrence
C. Posey
Weather Outlook With Rain and Muddy Roads
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with possible thunder in the south this afternoon or early tonight. Warm tonight in the southwest portion. Morning weather shows rain in Pittsburg and generally low readings elsewhere. Dirt roads muddy at Pittsburg and Manhattan with softer conditions to Topeka. overall roads fair elsewhere.
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Jin South
Pittsbug
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Topeka
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