Royal couple on sweltering Ontario to Niagara Falls
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth travel through southwestern Ontario toward Niagara Falls on a crowded royal route. Thousands line the route through Ingersoll Woodstock Brantford Hamilton and St. Catharines as the royal train nears the U S border with a brief crossing planned and guarded by combined Canadian and American forces.
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London
Ont
United States
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Ontario
Niagara Falls
Niaagara Falls
Ingersoll
Woodstock
Brantford
Hamilton
St. Catherines
Sovereigns
Pacific Coast
Royal Canadian Regiment
Canada
Niagara River
Ronald Lindsay
Cordell Hull
Hull
Pagers Falls
N. Y
George VI
Frnational
Elizabeth
Whirlpool Rapids Bridge
Royal Party
Washington, D.C
New York National Guard
Buffalo
Pennsylvania State Line
Protests Over Tax Policy Change in Coffeyville
The central labor union protested a July 1 switch from a token system to a bracket system for state sales tax collection. A protest resolution was adopted to be sent to the state commission of taxation and revenue, with representatives from business groups present.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Central Labor Union
State Commission of Taxation and Revenue
Chamberlain to Send Envoy to Russia to Iron Out Difficulties
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced a special envoy would be sent to Moscow to resolve obstacles delaying a British French Soviet mutual assistance pact. He cited Russia’s demand for guarantees to Finland, Estonia and Latvia, noting those Baltic states oppose such guarantees.
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Associated Press
Chamberlain
Moscow
Britain
Russia
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Baltic
Foreign Office
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Roosevelt
Hitler
Denmark
Lithuania
Norway
Sweden
Move Pendergast in Kansas City Boss Ill in Leavenworth
Attorney General Murphy said doctors would decide Pendergast medical care and possible transfer to a Springfield prison hospital after a heart attack. The former Kansas City political boss, jailed for income tax evasion, entered Leavenworth May 29 for 15 months. Federal officials gave no firm advice on moving him.
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Washington
Murphy
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Pendergast
Springfield
Kan
T. J. Pendergast
Nazis Smile as British Send Envoy to Russia
Berlin reports Britain will send a special envoy to Moscow as Germany finishes non aggression pacts with Estonia and Latvia. German officials say the Baltic treaties mute British French aims to draw Soviet Russia into a three power pact while England and France spark unrest among Estonia Latvia and Finland.
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Ing
Berlin
Estonia
Latvia
Germany
Communist Party
Pravda
Moscow
Vyacheslaff- Molotoff
Russia
Finland
France
Britain
Poland
Rumania
Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Wilhelmstrasse
Soviet Russia
Foreign Office
Adolf Hitler
Nachtausgabe
England
Calls for Resignation of Earl Stanhope Over Thetis Sinking
London reports the Daily Express calls for Earl Stanhope to resign as first lord of the admiralty after Thetis sank off Liverpool bay with 99 dead of 103 aboard. The disaster spurred a royal fund for survivors and relatives, reaching about 100000 dollars, with the king contributing around 468 dollars.
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London
London Daily Express
Earl Stanhope
Admiralty
Thetis
Daily Express
Lord Stanhope
Independent
Liverpool Bay
George VI
Civil War Survivor Miller Dies at 92 in Ottawa County
Brazil S. Miller, 92, the county’s last Civil War veteran, died today in Ottawa County. He had lived in the area since 1874, leaving Minneapolis and nearby communities without a remaining Civil War survivor.
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Minneapolis
Kan
Ottawa County
Brazil S. Miller
London Heat Sparks Hat Fire in Hyde Park
London's hottest June day in three years reached 84 degrees. A glass ornament focused sun rays on Phyllis Proctor's straw hat, causing it to smolder. A bystander grabbed the hat as it burst into flame.
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London
Hyde Park
Phyllis Proctor
Mexican aviator Sarabia killed in takeoff crash at Bolling Field
Francisco Sarabia, famed Mexican pilot who set the Mexico City to New York non stop record, died on takeoff from Bolling Field while en route to Ciudad Lerdo. The crash into the Potomac was witnessed by his wife and son and Mexican embassy staff. An army doctor cited a possible neck fracture. The body was recovered after a crane hoisted the aircraft from the river. Sarabia arrived in Washington Monday carrying a goodwill message from President Cardenas to President Roosevelt.
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Washington
UPI
Francisco Sarabia
Mexico City
New York
Bolling Field
Ciudad Lerdo
Durango
Francisco, Jr
Potomac River
Manuel Cermeno
Louis Quintanilla
Sarabia
Conquistador del Cielo
Sky Conqueror
Army Field
Potomac
Roosevelt
Lazaro’ Cardenas
Mexico
Quintanilla
Peru Makes Five Year Old Lina Medina Ward of State
Lima authorities place Lina Medina and her infant son under guardianship to shield them from harmful dealings with commerce. A government decree assigns jurisdiction to the public health ministry and the national infancy institute with direct control by a trio of officials to seek scientific information from the extraordinary case.
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Lima
Peru
Lina Medina
Themi
Public Health Ministry
National Infancy Institute
Confesses Two Slayings by Minnesota Farmer
Alvin Rix, 21, a farmer from Vining Minnesota, calmly told Sheriff J C Henkes he shot his mother and father and possibly mortally wounded his 18 year old brother Carl after an estate dispute. He said he went to his father to obtain a $1000 bequest from his late grandfather.
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Vining
Minn
CPI
Alvin Rix
J. C. Henkes
Carl
Jewish refugees back to Germany on liner St Louis
Miami, June 7 907 Jewish refugees aboard the liner St Louis are returning to Germany after Cuba refused asylum. Welfare groups sought landing, President Roosevelt was urged to intervene, as the ship zigzagged off Florida before heading toward Europe. Captain Schreeder steered the vessel away from further Cuban contact.
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Miami
Fla
Germany
St. Louis
Florida
Cuba
Roosevelt
Europe
Wilhelm Schroeder
Havana
Hamburg
United States
Federico Laredo Bru
Steamship Company
Miami Beach
Bru
Isle of Pines
Daytona Beach
PLAN RIVER RACES FOR KAW RIVER ON JULY 4
A meeting is set for Friday at 8 PM at the Chamber of Commerce to plan a Kaw river motor boat racing meet on the Fourth. Fred Shimmons leads the effort prompted by local boat owners to organize races. Meanwhile a fund for the free fireworks at KU stadium’s south end nears completion with nearly a hundred local business men contributing.
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Kaw River
Fred Shimmons
Chamber of Commerce
K. U. Stadium
Still Rain Chance in Central Kansas Thunder Shower Outlook
Topeka reports possible thunder showers in central and eastern Kansas this afternoon or tonight as a low pressure area near Phillipsburg moves eastward. Cooler weather expected even if showers miss. Temperatures in the northwest cooled from 100s, Phillipsburg reached 106 yesterday, with limited rainfall across the state last 24 hours.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Phillipsburg
Flora
Hays
Ellis
Concordia
County Board Continues Medical Expense Discussion
The board of county commissioners met with a small group of citizens to continue deliberations on county medical expenses. Chairman Earl Black stated there was no new decision, describing the session as a continuation of prior discussion.
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Board of County Commissioners
Earl Black
Gandhi Told His Nira Drink Contains Six Per Cent Alcohol
In Bombay Gandhi, famed teetotaler and nationalist leader, is reported to investigate whether his favorite drink nira contains alcohol. A Times of India letter claims nira ferments to six per cent alcohol, a point Gandhi reportedly approved amid Bombay’s prohibition debate.
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Teetotaler Gandhi
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
United States
Bombay Victuallers Association
Times of India
Gandhi
Altho Gandhi
Civil Liberties
WPA grand jury probes Wyandotte county spending
Kansas City Kansas witnesses including Clarence Nevins and C P Allee testified before a federal grand jury investigating WPA activities in Wyandotte county. The panel planned to indict about 100 cases, with payroll irregularities and contractor coercion among the leads. Also summoned were Lynn Brodrick and A B Nuss, amid prior major WPA projects and a $5,000,000 outlay for the county lake, park, and river dyke work.
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Kansas City
Kan
Clarence Nevins
WPA
C.p.allee
Kansas
Wyandotte County
S. S. Alexander
Lynn Brodrick
A. B. Nuss
Kansas River
Kansas City Star
Wyandotte
Lee O. Stafford
The
Star
John Thornburg
Hear Testimony That WPA Project Was Too Costly
Washington June 7 The house committee hearing on the WPA heard that the relief agency spent about 89000 a mile for widening a Wilkes Barre to Hazleton Pa highway far above private contract costs The 22 mile project cost 1960611 and included plan changes adding two lanes and tearing out walls forcing work to be done multiple times by Allen W Stephens treasury department engineer.
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Washington
House
WPA
Relief Agency
Wilkes-Barre
Hazleton
Allen W. Stephens
Treasury Department
Stephens
State Highway Department
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Reaffirms Consolidation Proposal
Cleveland June 7 The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen reaffirmed action of previous conventions proposing consolidation with the Order of Railway Conductors and the Switchmen's Union of North America An approved committee report said We believe fewer labor unions would promote greater strength The convention rejected a proposal that the independent BRT affiliate with either the AFL or CIO
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of
Railway Conductors
Switchmen’s Union of North America
BRT
A.F.L
Disorders in Holy Land Killings and Bombs Reported
On June 7 at the Jaffa gate Arabs stoned Jews after a fatally wounded Arab. In Tel Aviv two bombs damaged a railway, others exploded under manholes and a Jewish motorist's car was damaged. One Arab was killed another injured, and three Jews were wounded in sporadic violence across the Holy Land.
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Holy Land
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Young Girl Slain by State Trooper in Pa.
A coroner's jury in Mauch Chunk Pa. found 14 year old Joan Stevens died from gunshot wounds inflicted by Corporal Benjamin Franklin of the Pennsylvania motor police during a bank robbery tip interview. The trooper faces homicide charges and a grand jury inquiry was planned.
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Mauch Chunk
Joan Stevens
Albert Heimbach
Carbon County
Ben Franklin
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Benjamin Franklin
Joseph Gallagher
Joan
John Stevens
Clark
Franklin
Edward J. Switaj
Pennsylvania
Miss Stevens
Kansas City Man Held For Court Action In Kidnapping Case
Fred Crowe, 32, Wichita truck driver, ordered held for federal district court action June 19 on a charge of forcible interstate transportation of a kidnapping victim. Crowe was arrested after forcing Jane Fulcher, 19, from Wichita May 23, under the federal kidnapping law carrying a possible death penalty.
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Kansas City
Fred Crowe
Wichita
Federal District Court
U. S
Charles Thompson
Thompson
Crowe
Kansas
Ty Jane Fulcher
Roosevelt Clears Deck for State Visit by British Royals
Washington June 7 President Roosevelt cleared his schedule to receive Britain's sovereigns. He cancelled appointments Friday through Sunday to be free for the royal visit. He will travel to Hyde Park late Friday, host the royals Saturday night and Sunday, attend West Point graduation Monday, and return to Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Britain
Hyde Park
N. Y
Military Academy
West Point
Health Board Moves to Suspend Beer Licenses Pending Inspections
The Lawrence Board of Health urged withholding beer licenses until retailers are inspected by Sanitarium Leon Bauman and comply with state health rules on toilet facilities and sanitary practices. The board notes repeated citywide noncompliance and the council weighs action.
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Lawrence Board of Health
Leon Bauman
Kansas State Board of Health
Two More Carloads of Wheat to the Market
Kansas City dated June 7 reports two additional carloads of the 1939 winter wheat arriving for sale. One car from Kiowa Kansas at Western Milling tested 61.7 pounds per bushel with 15.8 percent moisture and 10.70 percent protein and graded hard. The second car from Garber Oklahoma for Continental Grain graded No. 1 hard with 62 percent dark and tested 15.2 moisture and 12.55 percent protein at 62 pounds per bushel.
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Kansas City
Kiowa
Kan
Southwestern Milling Company
Garber
Okla
Continental Grain Company
Landon Off Maine Coast on Deep Sea Fishing Cruise
A Kansas resident aboard the two masted ketch Blue Moon along the Maine coast plans a multi day fishing cruise. Host A C Smith of Greenwich Conn states the trip will hug the coast southward with no fixed destination and last between two and five days.
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Southwest Harbor
Ailf M.landon
Maine
Maynard Classon
A. C. Smith
Greenwich
Roosevelt nominates MacLeish amid communist scrutiny
Washington June 7 Representatives clash as President Roosevelt’s choice Archibald MacLeish for librarian of Congress is challenged amid claims of communist influence. Rep Thomas labels MacLeish a fellow traveler, naming Robert Morse Lovett as a top party affiliate, while others call the charges slander. Roosevelt also nominates Nimitz to head the bureau of navigation and John L. Sullivan to assist the commissioner of internal revenue.
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Washington
Thomas
R-N._J
Roosevelt
Archibald MacLeish
Congress
MacLeish
Communist Party
Dies Committee
Robert Morse Lovett
Virgin Islands
Rayburn
D.-Tex
Peson
Lovett
Schafer
R-Wis
Hoffman
R.-Mich
Senate
Farmington, Conn
Chester W.nimitz
Navy Department
Bureau of Navigation
John L. Sullivan
Manchester
N. H
Internal Revenue
C E Convention Opens Here Today
Young people from thirty three Kansas counties gather in Lawr ence for the fifty first Christian Endeavor convention. The opening session in First Presbyterian Church features Rev. T M Shellenberger and Joe M Williams with Dr Aldis Webb as substitute speaker.
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Kansas
Christian Endeavor
First Presbyterian Church
T. M. Shellenberger
Iola
Joe M. Williams
Lawrence
R. C. Libhart
Tobeka
Carl M. Boyd
Burlington
Charles St. John
New York
Aldis Webb
Dallas
Tex
Dr. Webb
Kansas Christian Endeavor
First Christian Church
Congregational
Presbyterian
Paul Ehly
Olathe
Dorothy Jane Willeats
J. J. Kistler
Margaret Reynolds
Kansas City
David McCleave
Columbus
D. ‘F. Cross
Bruce Cameron
Tola
Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Hall
Presbyterian Church
Louise Yeomens
Mildred Haggard
John Aldis
India
Homer Rodeheaver
David C. Wedel
Halstead
Stock Market Index Rises to 48.0 Amid Cautious Trading
The index of 60 stocks stood at 48.0 after yesterday's 47.9 level as traders marked a cautious session. Market observers noted modest gains and uneven momentum across major sectors.
Weather forecast for Kansas shows warm west and clearing east
Kansas forecast calls for generally fair conditions in western regions with thundershowers in the east and southeast this afternoon. Tonight and Thursday morning expect clearing in the east with cooler temps central and east, warmer in the extreme west.
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Kansas
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