Change in Antarctic Claims Debate Stirs Officials
Washington officials weighing US rights in Antarctica question whether actual settlement can validate a claim to Wilkes Land as the expedition prepares to depart. Some favor occupation strategies over continuous settlement, while nations like Britain and Argentina push sector-based claims.
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Washington
United States
Charles Evans
Hughes
Wilkes Land
Antarctic
Arctic
Richard E. Byrd
Lincoln Ellsworth
Great Britain
France
Norway
New Zealand
Australia
Argentina
Canada
Buenos Aires
South America
Spies Hired by Industry Groups Probe Opens in Senate
The senate civil liberties subcommittee tied two business groups to police activity of the Associated Industries of Cleveland in opposing national labor laws. The report accuses the Cleveland group of being part of a broader campaign by the National Association of Manufacturers and its affiliates, noting past use of labor spies to aid members seeking them.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Subcommittee
Associated Industries of
Cleveland
la Follette
Wis
Thomas
Utah
Cleveland Group
National Association of Manufacturers
National Industrial Council
Associated Industries
Reading Reports Due for Vacation Reading
Reports must be mailed to Mrs. Henry Reifschneider in Eudora. First to third graders send three books with name age grade and school district. Upper grades list five books with comments and required details. Project sponsored by Douglas County P T A Council led by Mrs Gottlieb Nieder.
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Henry Reifschneider
Eudora
Douglas County
P.T.A. Council
Gottlieb Nieder
Recital Tonight and Campus Sing Close Fine Arts Season
Advanced student recital in Hoch Auditorium features voice piano violin and ensemble numbers with a campus sing set for Thursday night August 3 in Fowler Grove. The program includes works by Handel Rossini Massenet Verdi Bach and others and showcases students from multiple studios. A second item notes Philadelphia receiving a 41 million dollar check from the Federal Reserve Bank to balance the 1939 city budget and retire debts.
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Hoch Auditorium
Fowler Grove
K. A
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank
Rasworks
Grange Picnic at Valley Grove This Thursday
The Chester Grange invites all Grangers along with families and friends to a local Grange Picnic on Thursday August 3 at Valley Grove.
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Chester
Valley Grove
Speeding Fines Levied in Police Court
George Florence of 1138 Kentucky street and Glenn Hadl of 1195 Rhode Island street were fined $5 each in police court this morning on speeding charges.
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George Florence
Kentucky Street
Glenn Hadl
Rhode Island Street
Walter Riley Faces Reckless Driving Charge Fined
Walter Riley of 213 Fast Eighth Street was fined 3 dollars in police court this morning on a reckless driving charge.
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Walter Riley
Fast Eighth Street
Battle with bandits near Delrey halts payroll
In Champaign Illinois on July 31 railway mail guards aboard an Illinois Central train fought three robbers near Delrey. One robber was wounded and captured, a mail clerk was beaten, and a $56000 payroll bound for the army air field at Rantoul was saved. Two robbers escaped in a black sedan on route 45 between Delrey and Onarga in Iroquois county. The captured bandit was hospitalized, condition unknown. police tracked the car hours later with no sighting yet.
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Champaign
Ill
Illinois Central
Delrey
Army Air Field
Rantoul
Route 45
Onarga
Iroquois County
Thornburg to be Arraigned in Leavenworth for Chanute Bank Robbery
John Thornburg known as the "human bomb" faces arraignment in Leavenworth on the Chanute bank robbery charge. Assistant U.S. Attorney Homer Davis said the 27 year old will be tried by federal officials, with detention pending transfer to Leavenworth. Deputy Marshal Allen Trobert noted he will be confined in Kansas City Kansas or Topeka until transport. Thornburg was ordered removed to Kansas after a four month flight ended in Nevada Missouri.
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Topeka
U.S
Homer Davis
John Thornburg
First National Bank
Chanute
Leavenworth
Allen Trobert
Kansas City
Kan
Thornburg
Kansas
Charles Thompson
Nevada
Front Porch Campaign Planned for Garner in 1940
Vice President Garner plans a front porch bid for the Democratic nomination with no public appearances before the national convention. Associates say he will not issue political statements until after the congress adjourns and will return to Uvalde Texas to meet party leaders. E B Germany leads campaign strategy and mail efforts continue nationwide while Garner enjoys a fishing trip.
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Washington
Garner
Roosevelt
Uvalde
Tex
Congress
E. B
Germany
Texas Democratic
Youths May Be Cleared In Hit Run Deaths
Police reexamine a father's detective work to clear two youths in the December death of Mrs. Joseph K. Larson and her 10 year old daughter. Detective Ira Johnson says evidence contradicts the statements signed by C Russell Thompson and Herbert Genereaux about being in the fatal car. Car repairs dated three years prior and weather on the date challenge the youths alibi. Genereaux's father previously provided part of the earlier discounting evidence.
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Kansas City
Police Department
Joseph K. Larson
Ira Johnson
C. Russell Thompson
Herbert Genereaux
Johnson
Alocal Golf Course
Genereaux
Lisle Eby Attends Building and Loan School in Arkansas
Lisle Eby of the Lawrence Building and Loan company returned from Fayetteville Arkansas where he attended the Southwest Graduate School for Building and Loan Executives at the University of Arkansas last week. The lectures were sponsored by the Topeka and Fayetteville offices of the Federal Home Land bank for men in two districts. Forty three men from Kansas attended. The Topeka district includes Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska and Colorado. Mrs. Eby and daughter Jane accompanied him.
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Lisle Eby
Lawrence Building and Loan Company
Fayetteville
Ark
Southwest Graduate School
University of Arkansas
Topeka
Federal Home Land Bank
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Eby
Jane
Arkansas
Local Life Notes From Lecompton Area
Lecompton area residents share visits and illness updates including Chester Nelson family guests Charley Force in July. Dorothy Checkfield visits Crowder. Lizzie Haines remains ill at Memorial hospital. Several Topeka and Lawrence visitors stop by homes, a California Eichman family return plans, bridal shower hosted for Lorene Histand, and extensive guest lists for gatherings. Dorothy Sanford returns from the world’s fair in San Francisco.
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Dorothy Checkfield
Jane Potter
Crowder
George Haines
Helen Tulles
Louise
Topeka
Grace Watts
Big Springs
Haines
Memorial Hospital
Lizzie Haines
Ted Smith
Harold Foree
Robert
Roberta
Charley Force
R. C. Eichman
California
Here
Lecompton
Eichman
Cecil Harman
Gene Bosler
Force
Warly
Delmar Parrish
Myrtle Parrish
Kansas City
Joe Smith
Elmer Myers
Wilbur Hildenbrand
Stull
August Hildenbrand
Dale Foree
Leavenworth
Charley Foree
Phobie Holmes
Lorene Histand
Russell Worley
Ruth Gillum
Minnie Bahnmaier
Lawrence
Dan Histand
Normarene McClanahan
Mary Holley
Evan Lasswell
Leatha Walters
Alice Carlson
Arlette Glenn
Elmer Nichols
R. C. Traxler
Pete Bahnmaier
Margaret Crady
Mable Glenn
Mae Carr
Barbara Worley
Vivian Goodrich
Florence Wingfield
Thelma Maust
Nettie Glenn
Kidney Health Warning and Doan’s Pills Recommendation
The notice warns that backache and leg pains may signal kidney trouble as toxins accumulate in the blood. It promotes Doan’s Pills as a proven remedy used by millions for over 40 years to flush waste from the kidneys and relieve symptoms.
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Nature
Dru
Dean
Doan
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Arkansas University
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