Wartime primary quiet in Kansas campaign
In Topeka on July 28 the wartime primary campaign shows no opposition in most races. Gov Schoeppel faces few rivals as Republicans contest senatorial and congressional seats while Democrats field only one lieutenant governor candidate. Notable contests include Reed vs Friend for the Senate nomination and Lambertson vs Cole in the 1st district. A notable six-candidate race for chief justice also forms, with several statewide offices unopposed. Argentine demonstration supports government policy with a noise bomb injuring no one.
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Topeka
Kan
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas
Clyde M. Reed
Parsons
Carl E. Friend
Lawrence Lumberman
Chauncey Dewey
Brewster Cattleman
Reed
Friend
Schoeppel
W. P. Lambertson
Fairview
Albert Cole
Holton
Lambertson
America
Cole
Thomas D. Winter
Girard
Oscar
Jack) Renn
Arkansas
John 8. Dawson
Supreme Court
Allen B. Burch
Wichita
Charles W. Garrison
Garnett
Bery R. Johnson
American Legion
Ambrose M. Johnston
Manhattan
Howard F. Metlue
Federal District Court
William 8
Norris
Salina
L. W. Brooks
C. D. Lank
George L. McClenny
Red Cross
Ford Voiland, Jr
Leonard McCalla
McCalla
W. C., Austin
Cottonwood Falls
Frank J. Ryan
Charles KE. D. Ward
Lyons
James F. Fisher
August F. Koch
Hutchinson
George McGill
Robert 5. Lemon
Pittsburg
Whale aids a submarine in Pacific escape
Portland sailor describes a whale surfacing as his submarine dived to mislead Japanese airmen. He said the whale drew enemy fire, allowing the sub to slip away unscathed. In Vatican City thieves stole 10 automobile tires, with tires valued near silver in Rome.
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Portland
John G. Fowler
torpedoman 3/c
Pacific
Vatican
Vatican City
Papal
Rome
Transport hits cliff kills 17 Americans in Scotland
London reports a U S troop transport plane crashed into a 40 foot cliff near Mull of Galloway in southwest Scotland last night. Seventeen wounded American soldiers and six crew members plus a nurse died. The wounded were en route to a Scottish hospital from southern England as a fire followed the crash and many bodies were burned beyond recognition.
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London
Mull O! Galloway
Scotland
England
Republicans Eye House Reorganization To Alter Leadership
Washington reports Republicans may attempt to reorganize the House before the election. With 218 Democrats, 212 Republicans and four minor members, a successful move needs full Republican and minor support plus at least one Democrat. Senate remarks note talk of a House and Senate reorganization, while Democrats face internal splits and a potential anti administration push led by John A. Barr. In Lawrence, Hobart O. Woody and Minnie J. Hughes obtained a marriage license and wed in court.
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Washington
House
Worty
Martin
Massachusetts
Thomas
Dokla
Senate
John A. Barr
New Orleans
Byrd
D-Va
New York
Court House
Hobart O. Woody
Minnie J. Hughes
Lawrence
Douglas
County Court House
J. B. Wilson
Dewey Plans On Four Year Basis
Albany July 27 Gov Thomas E Dewey outlined a four year program to refurbish the federal government if elected stressing end of warfare on states rights He called for a GOP governors conference in St Louis to study a broad policy package including insurance public expenditures federal state taxation health labor public works culture and veterans affairs The plan aims at a coordinated domestic charter for the next four years with the Bricker Eaton and other GOP figures noting decisive federal reorganization on business lines
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
G.O.P
St. Louis
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Charles A. Eaton
Europe
United States
Santa Claus
Four couples obtain marriage licenses at Douglas County Court House
Four couples secured marriage licenses at the Douglas county court house yesterday. Howard H. Cramer and Ioa Margaret Meyer of Topeka. Evan Dale Scheele of Denver and Elizabeth Ann Palm of Huron. Glen A. Richardson of Lawrence and Mary R. Steele of Kansas City. Ivan Paulson of Lawrence and Dorothy Wilson of Kansas City.
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Douglas County Court House
Howard H. Cramer
Ioa Margaret Meyer
Topeka
Evan Dale Scheele
Denver
Colo
Elizabeth Ann Palm
Huron
Glen A. Richardson
Lawrence
Mary R. Steele
Kansas City
Ivan Paulson
Dorothy Wilson
Storms Bring Death Across Several States
At least three people were killed and a fourth died of a heart attack as wind storms swept from Mississippi to Kansas with gusts up to 90 miles per hour. Soldiers Cpl. William A. Hall and Pvt. Teofilo Salinas died near military bases, while Clarence Woods and John Glenn Robinson perished nearby. The Wichita Municipal Airport logged 73 mph, the highest since 1919, as damage spread through Oklahoma and Kansas. A second, weaker storm hit eastern Oklahoma, but rains brought relief to drought areas aiding cotton and other crops.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Kansas
William A. Hall
Lacan
Greenwood
Migs
Army Air Base
Teofilo Salinas
Holtville
Calif
Camp Robinson
Ark
Clarence T. Woods
Memphis
John Glenn Robinson
Baling Hay
Conway
Wichita
Kan
Hutchinson
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Arkansas River Valley
Tulsa
Arkansas State Line
TO WAIT FOR STEAKS OPA Will Not Make Them Point Free
Washington says no ration free beef steaks or roasts for at least two weeks. The Office of Price Administration postponed any point free status to at least August. War Food Administration had ordered a cut by August 1 but protests forced a temporary set aside.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Thornberry Named FBI's No 1 Public Enemy
Denver July 28 UPI Rendel Throneberry a 27 year old fugitive sought for trial in a torture murder of a Colorado sheepherder last August has been classified by the FBI as the most dangerous criminal at large in the United States. Throneberry and his brother O B staged a notable jail break at Steamboat Springs last October. O B, now in Texas, is serving 34 years to life at Canon City. Throneberry vows to resist until cornered.
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Denver
UPI
Rendell Throneberry
Colorado
FBI
United States
Throneberry
Jhis
O. B
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Texas
Canon City
Randel
Tee Eg Sree
Navy Casualty List From Kansas In 306 Name Roll
Washington July 28 seven Kansas men appear in a navy department casualty list of 306. Radioman 2/u William Arthur Wichita is listed wounded. Gunners’ Mate Frederick Valentine Gegen Wichita is missing. Lt. (jg) John Haworth Keeler Jewell is missing. Pharmacist Mate 2/c Glenn Leroy Knapp U S N R is named, son of Fred L. Knapp.
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Washington
Kansas
Navy Department
U William Arthur
U.S. Nrl
Wichita
Frederick Valentine Gegen
U.S. Nlr
John Haworth Keeler
U.S.N.R
Jewell
Glenn
Leroy Knapp
Fred L
Howard F McCue for Supreme Court nomination
Howard F McCue served as reporter for the Supreme Court and as Revisor of Statutes and Legislative Bill Drafter. He was Clerk of the United States District Court under Judge Richard J Hopins. Harry K Allen endorses him as grounded in law and well qualified for the Supreme Court. Born 1903 in Kingman County, a Washburn Law School graduate, he urges vote in the August 1 primary.
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Howard F. McCue
Supreme Court
Drafeer
United States District Court
Richard J. Hopins
Washburn Law Seheal
Harry K. Allen
McCue
Kanaan
Kingman County
Washburn
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Allen Burch
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Doc) Burch
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John Withers
Lawrence, Kan
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