Bombing of Tientsin Pushes City Toward Inferno
News from Peiping reports Chinese forces attacking the Tientsin area as Japanese bombers set fires in the city and its outskirts. Americans and other foreigners faced peril while consulates sheltered in embassies. Tokyo defends actions as necessary to protect Japanese residents.
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Tientsin
Paul W. Caraway
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
Peiping
Sunk Cheh-Yuan
Chang Tsn-Chune
Tokyo
Japan
Koki Hirota
Diet
Washington
Cordell Hull
Eaids
Tangku
Fengtai
Tientmin
Sales Tax Department Prepares for Flood of Remittances
Topeka dispatch reports the Kansas Sales Tax Department readying for large first remittances from roughly 47 000 registered retailers, with only a few thousand having sent in payments. Penalties for delinquency range from 10 percent plus 0.5 percent monthly to 60 percent plus 1 percent monthly if intentional. extensions of up to 60 days offered for initial remittances. Remittances must be postmarked by midnight tomorrow. existing early payments have not yet been opened or tabulated.
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Topeka
State Sales Tax Department
Carl Webb
Webb
Hopkins Blames Kansas Federal Crowd On Nomination Fight
Judge Richard J. Hopkins of Topeka testifies before the house judiciary committee that a Kansas “federal crowd” fought his federal court nomination during a hearing on five Kansas receiverships. He accuses judges Lewis and Phillips of opposing him and cites a Kansas City newspaper campaign against him. The article notes the stock index at 60 stocks averaging 68.7.
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Washington
Richard J. Hopkins
Topeka
Kan
House Judiciary Committee
Kansas
Hopkins
Senate
Ista
George T. McDermott
John C. Pollock
Orie L. Phillips
Robert Eb.’ Lewis
Circuit Court
Phillips
Lewis
Hopkins’ Court
Kansas City
Circuit Court of Appeals
Home Economist Misa Fern Hotton Joins KU Faculty
Home Economist Misa Fern Hotton, currently on the University of Maine faculty, will become assistant professor of home economics at KU next fall. She will replace Dr. Florence Sherbon, who receives a year’s leave of absence.
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Misa Fern Hotton
University of Maine
K. U. Next
Miss Hotton
Florence Sherbon
Congress may adjourn in three weeks says Rayburn
House leaders expect to conclude the entire legislative program within three weeks barring a court bill delay. Rayburn and Bankhead spoke after a Roosevelt-led conference on wage hour and housing measures. Senate action on wage hour and housing was anticipated this week, with court bill next week.
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Washington
Rayburn
House
Congress
Senate
Snell
Roosevelt
House Labor Committee
Bankhead
Roose
Bethlehem Steel declares dividend and posts record income
Directors of Bethlehem Steel report a quarterly net income of 10,022,874 dollars and 2.56 dollars per common share for the second quarter. They declare a dividend of 1.50 per common share and regular dividends of 1.75 on 7 percent preferred stock and 25 on 5 percent preferred stock.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Consul Reports No Americans Injured in Tientsin Fighting
Consul John K. Caldwell in Tien tsin reports no Americans injured so far amid heavy aerial bombing of central points. Americans advised to move into concessions and seek safety as Japanese and Chinese forces clash. Italian and French troops suffer casualties in the concession zones during the day’s hostilities.
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Washington
U. S
John K. Caldwell
Tientsin
China
State Department
Caldwell
Nankai University
Pailitai
Reemployment Office Reports June July Placements
Mrs. Merle Akers announces 423 placements by the national reemployment service with 281 in farm work across 102 farms. Of these, 162 were relief clients and 419 non relief. 68 jobs lasted over eight months and 11 of the long jobs were held by women. 123 new registrants sought work, harvest season saw 20 to 30 transient workers, and WPA closures affected farm labor opportunities. Cooperation from county officials and local chambers aided harvest labor efforts.
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Merle Akers
Akers
Para Placettien
Wade
PWA
National
Chamber of Commerce
WPA
Bequest of 1000 Dollars To KU Fine Arts Scholarship
Miss Annie M Bundy Topeka music teacher left 1000 dollars to the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts for the Parry scholarship. Dean Swarthout notes she had contributed 50 dollars yearly to the fund for the past several years. The same will left 500 dollars to George Trovillo of St. Louis who earned a KU B M in piano in 1936 and pursued advanced study in New Orleans.
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University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
Parry
Annie M. Bundy
Topeka
K. U
New Orl
Women killed in riot shock Yugoslavia unrest
In Jajevo Yugoslavia a bullet killed a woman during a clash between police and demonstrators amid funeral processions for Orthodox Patriarch Varnava. Investigators are unsure if police or demonstrators fired the fatal shot as crowds damaged government supporters’ windows and attacked officials’ homes. Belgrade saw police with bayonets disperse youths after patriarchy rites. several arrested and injured. A separate brief notes a hitchhiking ban front in Finney County Kansas with possible charges pending.
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Jajevo
Yugoslavia
Varnava
Rewa
Belgrade
Two Giant Sun Spots Visible to Naked Eye
New York reports two enormous sun spots visible without a telescope, one about 100000 miles across and as large as one eighth the sun's diameter. They travel across the sun in roughly a week, suggesting a massive internal gas eruption observed by Dr. Clyde Fisher and S. Rice at Hayden Planetarium.
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New York
Clyde Fisher
Hayden Planetarium
Jupiter
Ugh S. Rice
WPA to resume county road resurfacing projects
Officials said WPA operations will restart within about 10 days. Ray Riley noted the Lone Star rock resurfacing will begin first, with about one and a half miles left in the southwest county. The next task likely is resurfacing the Clearfield road. The Lawrence WPA project began today paving a street in Given place.
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Ray Riley
E. E. Trueblood
Riley
Lone Star
Clearfield
Pollution inquiry into Verdigris River oil spill
Topeka reports state Attorney General Clarence V. Beck is probing alleged Verdigris River pollution by Phillips Petroleum near Madison Kansas that may have killed thousands of fish. Merle M. Allen will report findings and an water analysis will be conducted.
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Topeka
Clarence V. Beck
Verdigris
Merle M. Allen
Eureka
Fourth District
Fish and Game Warden
Phillips Petroleum Company
Madison
Kan
Beck
Music Faculty Cunkle Ties to Kansas History and School
To Music Faculty Frank Cunkle who will handle class work for Prof. C S Skilton during the next regular school year is an Easterner still closely connected with Kansas and its schools. His father A C Cunkle is a 1891 KU law graduate and Sigma Chi member. his mother attended Kansas State College. Grandmother Cook allegedly entertained Carry Nation during a Kansas trip. Cunkle's ancestor Coatieeee was a Madison country doctor and the old Cunkle ranch hosted early oil discovery. Cunkle is pursuing advanced study at Eastman School of Music and will report to Lawrence in early September.
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Frank Cunkle
C. S. Skilton
Kansaas
A. C. Cunkle
K. U. School of Law
Sigma Chi
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Cook
Kansas
Coatieeee
Madison
Kan
Cunkle
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
New York
Lawrence
County Levy Not To Be Increased In 1937
Douglas county plans to keep the property tax levy at 6.33 or lower for 1937 despite higher expenditures for the poor. State reimbursements for motor vehicle licenses and fuel funds will offset bond and interest payments on district roads. The Lawrence Chamber budget committee met with commissioners as the final budget steps proceed with publishing by August 15 and hearings by August 9 for the city and August 15-25 deadlines for the county.
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Douglas County
Mildred LeSner
Board of County Commissioners
LeSner
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Budget Committee
Kiwanis Talks Spotlight Post Office History and Stamps
Lawrence Kiwanis Club heard Postmaster Roger Williams recount the post office’s origins dating to the Continental Congress with Franklin as first postmaster general. Assistant Postmaster D M Horkmans spoke on stamps with full sheet exhibits. Guests included LaFollette Crawford Peters. A joint Rotary meeting is set for August 12 at the Lawrence Country Club. Several members plan to attend Oregon Missouri next Wednesday for a charter ceremony.
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Roger Williams
D. M. Horkmans
Brown
Law‘rence Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann
Williams
Jefly
United States
Continental Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Horkmans
Robert R. LaFollette
Field Service
Kiwanis International
Ivan C. Crawford
The
University School of Engineering
Rupert Peters
Kansas City
Rotary
Lawrence Country Club
Oregon
Wall Streeters Rout Brunette on Soap Box
Wall Streeters using buckets of water and a favorable wind drenched a comely brunette who mounted a soap box at Broad and Beaver streets in the financial district. The audience fled the deluge but she persisted until heavier showers forced her to give up and relocate with her soap box and American flag.
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New York
Wall
Prime Angus Yearlings Sell for 16.65 a Hundred Pounds
Prime Angus yearling steers fed by the Donovan brothers at their Blue Springs farm sold for 16.65 a hundred pounds at the Kansas City stockyards, the highest cattle price since 1929. Hog prices climbed to 12.60 at Oak Higbee, the top price since 1928.
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Kansas City
UPA
Donovan Brothers
Blue Springs
Oak Higbee
Gasoline Prices Rise at Local Stations
Gasoline increased at most local stations by one half to one cent with regular and ethyl up to 18 percent and 20 percent respectively. Wholesale and retail deliveries led the hike as companies yet to announce a raise were expected to follow. Ramsey takes command at Rock Island Arsenal succeeding Col Gillespie transferred to Washington in the ordnance department.
Increase in State Bank Deposits Exceeds Four Million
State banks and trust companies in Topeka report June 30 totals of 170,106,852.72 dollars, up 4,511,192.04 from 1936. Loans and discounts rise to 75,679,000 plus. Banks cut book values of buildings and fixtures to 4,112,618.56 and real estate owned to 1,791,017.35. Public statement by Elwood Brooks notes improving bank health and asset reductions.
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Topeka
Elwood Brooks
Brooks
Not a New Drive Against Stamped Cigars
Inspector Charles S Hawkins of the state department says the drive against stamped cigars sale by wholesalers and charges against A B Coker and Paul Coker are not new. He showed carbon copies of February 25 1937 letters warning retailers and wholesalers that stamped cigars violate state law. The state insists on direct stamp handling with each retailer for compliance and traceability. Hearing for the Coker firm in Milton Beach court is set for 10 tomorrow afternoon.
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Charles S. Hawkins
State Department
Journal-World
A. B
Paul Coker
Court of Justice of the Peace
Milton Bench
Coker
A. W. Logan
Hawkins
Attorney General’s Office
Haverty
Coker & Son
Justice Beach
Bankmen Elect George D Walter Douglas County Banker Leader
George D Walter of Lawrence National Bank was elected resident of the Douglas County Bankers Association at its annual dinner meeting at the Colonial Tea Room. Kelvin Hoover of Kaw Valley State Bank at Eudora was succeeded as president by A M Clark of Baldwin State Bank. W E Decker of Lawrence National Bank was reelected secretary and Harold Von Gunten of First National Bank became treasurer. The association also voted to continue the annual 4 H club banquet held each November.
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George D. Walter
Lawrence National Bank
Douglas County Bankers Association
Colonial Tea Room
Kelvin Hoover
Kaw Valley State Bank
Eudora
A . M. Clark
Baldwin State Bank
Baldwin
Walter
W. E. Decker
Harold von Gunten
First National Bank
R. M. Fitzpatrick
Peoples State Bank
Senate plans hearings on government reorganization
Washington July 29 The senate committee on governmental reorganization set a 10 day series of public hearings on the President's reorganization program. The hearings start Monday and Senator Byrnes of South Carolina was chosen chairman after Senator Robinsons death. A House measure for six ten thousand dollar a year assistants to the President passed there, but Byrnes expects it unlikely to pass the Senate this session.
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Danvers
Austin
America
Senate
Washington
George
D.-Ga
Senate Today
Secretary of Labor
R.-Vt
Vandenberg
R.mich
Wess
Peppe
Byrnes
D-S.c
Robinson
D-Ark
White House
Hull
Roosevelt
Senate Committee On
House
Britain Sends Note to Four European Powers on Security Pact
London reports that Britain's foreign office sent notes to Belgium France Germany and Italy outlining western European security pact discussions. The notes aim to serve as a basis for technical talks by experts on the pact's current status. In Washington President Roosevelt named John L. Rogers of Tennessee to the Interstate Commerce Commission to fill the expiring term of Hugh Tate.
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London
Upi
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Belgium
France
Germany
Italy
Interstate Board
Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Rogers
Tennessee
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hugh Tate
Budget Hearing Explained for Lawrence School District
Lawrence public hearing on the proposed budget will be held Monday at Liberty Memorial high school. Superintendent C. Birch explains the levy drops to 17.04 mills from 17.93, with total appropriations rising slightly to 331,700.18 for 1936-37, staffing increases, retirements funding, and planned improvements at McAllaster and Junior High to ease future load.
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Lawrence
Liberty Memorial High School
Birch
Iola
Girard
Wee
McdAllaster
Ju‘sior High School
Devy
McAlfaster
Weather forecast for Kansas with scattered thundershowers
Partly cloudy to cloudy weather in Kansas with scattered thundershowers tonight and Friday. Cooler in the west and north central Friday. Morning readings show Coffeyville cloudy, other cities affected by dirt roads and muddy conditions. temperatures around 76 to 79 in the morning.
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Kansas
Siena
Coffeyville
Emporia
Pittsburg
Garden City
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