Democratic Split Widens By G.O.P. in Congress
Washington reports show Republicans using a divide tactic in both houses to split Democrats. Northern and southern wings ally with varying factions to block Roosevelt measures, shaping caucus votes and stalling housing and wage reforms.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Fund For Housing
Labor Relations Board
House Banking Committee
Roosevelt
House Rules Committee
Gavagan
D.-N.y
Big City
Kanwaka 4-H Club Holds Topeka Picnic Visit to Governor
The Kanwaka 4-H girls with leaders and visitors spent July 25 in Topeka. They toured the state capitol, met the governor, attended the W. I. B. W. round up, then had picnic lunch at Gage Park and enjoyed a movie.
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Kanwaka 4-H Club
Kanwaka 4-H
Topeka
State Capitol
W.I.B.W
Gage Park
Cranium Crackers: News Quiz Answers
A quiz from the paper asks who won the P G A championship and identifies a seaport leased to Hitler by Mussolini. It inquires where WPA strike outbreaks caused a policeman's death, name the Webster Massachusetts arrest of a prominent leader, and the coast guard mercy plate crash in the Atlantic. It notes Gov Dickinson of Michigan cites high life seen by American mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Gov. Dickinson
Michigan
Riot at Fisher Plant Ends in Tear Gas and Scuffles
Police halted a Fisher plant riot after about an hour of clashes. Captain Blackwell reported 300 tear gas shells and bombs used, with shells from Flint and Pittsburgh. Five injured, crowds estimated in the thousands, including women and out-of-town demonstrators, as police cleared the area near Donovan's Loop.
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Michael J. Blackwell
Flint
Mich
Blackwell
Paul E. Miley
Pittsburgh
Donovan’s Loop
Cleveland
Skilled Tool
Detroit
Robert Chamberlain
Chamberlain
National Guard
Quiet In Detroit UAW Reinforces GM Strike Lines
Detroit July 31 UAW pickets reinforce line at General Motors plants as AFL members in building trades return to work amid a clash at Fisher Body plant No. 37. Police restored order after a worker insulted by pickets was attacked. About 1,200 building trades workers were idle since July 5, awaiting a contract for skilled labor tied to 1940 auto preparations.
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Detroit
United Automobile
General Motors
American Federation of Labor
Fisher Body Company
A.F.L
G. M
U.A.W.C.1
C.I.O
Stockers and Feeders Pour Into the Market
Kansas City reports stockers and feeder cattle from Kansas and Oklahoma pouring into the market as buyers prepare to fatten them for winter. Estimated receipts reach about 15,000 head with roughly 60 percent stockers and feeders. Many cattle have grazed on blue stem pastures in Kansas before entering feed lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Blue Stem
Wheat damage grows as North Dakota heat scorches crops
Dakota wheat suffers under a severe heat wave with reports of scattered damage from a few bushels to 30 or more per acre. ND Agriculture college leader N. Gorman says estimating total damage is impossible this year due to highly irregular conditions and recent heat.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
N.D. Gorman
North Dakota Agriculture College
Gorman
Grant Eliminated by Prusoff in Meadow Club Match
Atlanta player Bryan Bitsy Grant seeded fourth fell to Henry Prusoff of Seattle in the Meadow Club invitation tournament first round. Prusoff used a deceptive mix of drop shots and traps to tire Grant who appeared winded before the second set was halfway complete.
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Grant
Southampton
N. Y
Bryan (Bitsy) Grant
Atlanta
Meadow Club
Henry Prusoff
Seattle
Prusoff
Veteran Dodge City Peace Officer Dies at 86
P H Bell known as Ham Bell a pioneer peace officer and businessman in Dodge City dies at 86. He spent 65 years in continuous business service in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
P—H. B
Ham” Bell
Mrs Ray Rhodes Des Moines Woman Dies After Illness
Word arrived Saturday of the death of Mrs. Ray Rhodes of Des Moines Iowa following a long illness. She was formerly Miss Mabel Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Taylor 737 Arkansas street Lawrence. Burial will be at Clarinda Iowa.
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Ray Rhodes
Des Moines
Rhodes
Mabel Taylor
A. L. Taylor
Arkansas Street
Lawrence
Clarinda
Selden Miner 71 Dies in Sabetha Kansas
Selden Miner died at his Sabetha home after a night in Sabetha Kansas funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 30 p m Reinhart funeral home burial in Sabetha cemetery survived by wife Lucy Miner four sons Elbert Ralph Erle and Glenn one son Carroll preceded him in death funeral details provided.
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Selden Miner
Sabetha
Kan
Reinhart
Lucy Miner
Elbert B
Reserve
Ralph C
Lawrence
Erle S
Short Hills
N. J
Glenn E
Phoenix
Ariz
Carroll Hamilton
Mrs. Susan G. Kelso Dies at 84 in Lawrence
Mrs. Susan G. Kelso aged 84, longtime Lawrence resident, died Saturday at her daughter's home 839 Mississippi Street. Funeral services will be at Trinity Episcopal Church tomorrow at 4 30 p m with Rev John Bowers officiating. Burial follows in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by daughters Mrs. Hutton and Miss Eugenia Henley of Laguna Beach California and granddaughter Miss Jeane Wheeler of Evanston Illinois. Native of Boone County Kentucky she came to Lawrence in her early years.
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Susan G. Kelso
Lawrence
Sarah A. Hutton
Mississippi Street
Trinity Episcopal Church
John Bowers
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hutton
Eugenia Henley
Laguna Beach
Calif
Jeane Wheeler
Evanston, Ill
Boone County
Kelso
Mrs V K Hoover 73 Lawrence resident dies. rites set
Mrs V K Hoover died suddenly at her home 2237 Massachusetts street in Lawrence after years of illness. Funeral services will be held at Plymouth Congregational church at 3 pm tomorrow with burial in Memorial Park cemetery. She was born October 9 1866 in De Kalb County Illinois and had lived in Lawrence twenty years since moving from Russell Kansas. Survivors include son Kelvin Hoover of Lawrence sister Mrs Ray Palmer of Palacios Texas and brother Leslie E Ellithrope of Russell. She was active in church work and local clubs.
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V. K. Hoover
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Plymouth Congregational Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Ellithrope
Russell
Kelvin Hoover
Ray Palmer
Palacios
Tex
Leslie E. Ellithrope
Quitting Time Near for Solons on Federal Funds Bill
Senator Capper calls the proposed lending bill dangerous in a radio address. O'Mahoney opposed the measure as risky. The social security bill faces heavy odds of failing, with amendments approved to freeze the 1 percent old age tax for three years, potentially saving $825,000,000 for employers and workers over that period.
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Capper
R.-Kan
Senate
House
Governor O Daniel accuses Texas gambling law violations
Texas Governor W Lee O Daniel labeled powerful forces at work in Texas seeking social security through licensing pool halls slot machines and race horse gambling and the reopening of open saloons He called these acts flagrant violations of gambling and liquor laws across many sections of the state and urged listeners to his Sunday broadcast to purge communities of debauching influences
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
W. Lee O’daniel
Powerfu
Texas
Storer Speaks on Minute Present World at Union Talk
Prof. N. W. Storer of Kansas University astronomy addressed the Union Young People's meeting at First Presbyterian last night on The Minuteness of the Present World in Comparison With the Universe. He contrasted earthly matter with cosmic order and answered numerous questions.
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N. W. Storer
K. U. Astronomy Department
Union Young People’s
First Presbyterian Church
Storer
Earth
Governor Ratner Busy Weekend Plans Across Kansas
Topeka, July 31. Governor Payne Ratner will speak at Hays State College Wednesday afternoon and Norton civic affair Wednesday night. He will dedicate a new hospital building at Norton tuberculosis sanitarium Thursday morning and open the Phillipsboro rodeo Thursday afternoon. Friday he opens the West Avenue bridge over the Kaw in Kansas City Kansas.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Hays State College
Norton
Phillipsboro
West Avenue
Kaw River
Kansas City
Kan
Veterans of Foreign Wars award junior softball state tourney to Newton
The Veterans of Foreign Wars awarded its junior softball state tournament to Newton Kansas. The event will run August 10 to 12 with girls teams opening play.
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Newton Newton
Kan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Newton
Sing Sing to Release Man Falsely Accused of Holdup
New York July 31 The justice system moves to free Philip Caruso 24 from Sing Sing after a reenactment led Detective Lieut. Neil Winberry to conclude he did not commit the July 29 1938 holdup. Caruso has served eight months of a 10 to 20 year sentence. Also involved are Jack Jacobson 22 and Morris Gottlieb 35, both with prior arrests, who were aligned in the staged stick up to reassess the case and identify the real suspect.
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New York
Wheels of Justice
Sing Sing
Philip Caruso
Underworld
Neil Winberry
Caruso
Jack
Jigger) Jacobson
Federal Tax Bill Against Carollo In Kansas City
A tax lien filed in federal court seeks 391501 dollars against Charles V. Carollo a gambling figure associated with Boss Tom Pendergast era. Collector Dan M. Nee says the action allows seizure of Carollo’s property and bank accounts to satisfy the debt.
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Kansas City
Charles V. Carollo
Tom Pendergast
Dan M. Nee
Carollo
Elm root serpents the Moses staff in Lawrence find
An elm sapling growth unearthed in 1937 from 1724 Tennessee street shows a root curling into a half coiled serpent like the biblical staff. Benjamin R. Evans of 1208 New Jersey street holds the oddly formed stick attracting gawking passersby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Tennessee Street
Benjamin R. Evans
New Jersey Street
Holtzclaw Takes Leave to Work With Federal Retirement Board
Professor Henry F. Holtzclaw of the University of Kansas economics department will take a five month semester leave starting in September to join the railroad retirement board in the Kansas City area. He will serve as assistant to William A. Murphy, regional director, and no new instructor will be hired to cover his classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Holtzclaw
University of Kansas
Railroad Retirement Board
Kansas City
Raymond Nichols
University
Holtzclaw
Railroad Board
William A. Murphy
Retirement Board
Prisoner to be returned for Kansas officer murder case
Syracuse Kansas July 31 Hamilton county officers depart for Phoenix to bring Paul Wayne Brewer back to Kansas to face charges in the death of Deputy Sheriff Ray Kumpf on July 3. Earl McGuire captured near here admitted guilt and began a life term at Lansing for the murder. Police believe Brewer accompanied McGuire and was present at the slaying. Brewer was reportedly captured in Phoenix last night.
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Syracuse
Kan
Hamilton County
Phoenix
Ariz
Paul Wayne Brewer
Kansas
Ray Kumpf
Earl McGuire
Here
Lansing
Brewer
McGuire
Kumpf
Paramount Cameraman Films KU Haskell Game for New Goal-Hi
Paramount News photographer Billy Andlauer shot about 600 feet of film for the Goal-Hi game at 1:30 p.m. at the Kansas University stadium field where KU defeated Haskell 36 to 16. Dr F C Allen refereed the exhibition.
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F. C. Allen
Billy Andlauer
Paramount
K. U
University of Kansas
Haskell
Dr. Allen
Federal Reserve Review Shows Gain in District
The Tenth Federal Reserve District saw more advances than declines in June with wholesale and retail trade above a year earlier. Department store sales rose slightly while bank debits clearings and loans grew 5 to 10 percent. Wheat crop prospects improved though hot dry weather hurt corn. industrial employment and payrolls rose over May 1939 by 8 and 2.7 percent.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Lone Star Oil Drillers Near Bartlesville Sand
The Lou Griffith No. 1 well reached 1 050 feet into the squirrel sand where oil is produced near Gardner. Officials expect Bartlesville sand at 1 250 to 1 800 feet. Samples are sent to Shell Petroleum Co and the Kansas Geological Survey.
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Lou Griffith No. 1
Squirrel
Gardner
Lone Star
Bartlesville
Shell Petroleum Company
Kansas Geological Survey
Pi Pan American Airways Eyes New Atlantic Route
Pi Pan American Airways announces readiness to begin passenger and mail service between the American west coast and New Zealand with flying boats on an 8000 mile San Francisco to Auckland route. Applications to authorize fortnightly flights will be filed with a Washington agency.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Atlantic
American West Coast
New Zealand
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Auckland
N. Z
Washington
Hopkins Gets Big Fish On Roosevelt Cruise
Secretary Hopkins credited with a 65 pound marlin during President Roosevelts Atlantic cruise off Ocean City Maryland. Earlier reports claimed Roosevelt caught two marlins but Press Secretary Stephen Early said he held a line less than an hour and caught none. Also aboard, Rear Admiral Ross T McIntire landed a 52 pound marlin and Brigadier General Edwin Watson a 45 pounder.
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Washington
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Ocean City
Maryland
Stephen Early
Commerce
Ross T. McIntire
Edwin Watson
Irrigation Advances Praised For Orchard Growth
A. G. Hammond of Vinland reports irrigation boosts orchard yield with apples twice as large as unirrigated fruit. He irrigated seven acres of a 15 acre orchard using a Ford engine and centrifugal pump, collecting water in a reservoir and applying about 2000 gallons in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World Office
A. G. Hammond
Vinland
Hammond
Wheat acreage allotments mailed to farmers in August
The local Agricultural Conservation association announced that wheat acreage allotments will be mailed around August 10 to farmers under the wheat allotment program. Ernest Prim said only six townships have submitted their average yields per farm, delaying county allotment confirmation until all towns report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local Agricultural Conservation Association
Ernest Prim
Prim
Small Blaze at Earl Black House on Ninth Street North
The fire department rushed to the Earl Black residence at 645 Ninth Street North around 3 PM to extinguish a small blaze that started on the back porch. Cause undetermined. Only minor damages were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Black
Ninth Street
Lawrence couple and two more wed in local licenses
Marriage licenses issued Saturday to Roland Roswall of Lawrence and Velma Reese of McLouth and to Harlan F Birch and Marion Louise Wilson, both of Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Roswall
Lawrence
Velma Reese
McLouth
Harlan F. Birch
Marion Louise Wilson
Lions vs Elks at South Park in Friday night games
Tonight at South Park the Lions meet the Elks in a scheduled basketball matchup at Woodlawn Park beginning around 7 30. The doubleheader lists Seater versus Fritzell as part of the evening program.
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Seater Va
Fritzell
Woodlawn Park
Lions
Elks
South Park
Minneapolis at St. Paul in American Association clash
Baseball schedule notes a Minneapolis at St. Paul game in the American Association at 8:15 p m terms indicate no games listed for the National or American Leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Sue
Admiral Pound Promoted to Admiral of the Fleet
Admiral Sir A. Dudley Pound, recently named first sea lord, is promoted to Admiral of the Fleet the highest rank in Britain's Navy. He succeeds Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, who has retired from the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. Dudley Pound
Britain
Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt
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McConnell
Emporia Teachers College
Halstead
Galen W. Fields
Missouri Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Schulz Sch
T. G. Fitch Agency
Mass
Pan American
Carol King
Harry Bridges
Stanley Morton
Larry” Doyle
Minnesota
Congress Washington
Hoffman
R.-Mich
John L. Lewis
C.I.C. Chieftain
Tinet
Taddeen Ae
H. W. Stowns
Rexall Drug Store
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Rexall
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Rexall Drug Stores
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Marley
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Sheldon
Price
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Mair Tonic
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