Indict 11 Persons on Fraud Charges in Kansas WPA Case
Eleven persons in four counties were indicted on charges of defrauding the government on Kansas WPA projects by a federal grand jury which returned 124 true bills against 164 persons. Indicted were officials and executives from Wyandotte Sedgwick Seward and Osage counties. The cases cover conspiracy false claims illegal use of the mails and liquor related offenses. Additional indictments include bank robbery vote fraud embezzlement counterfeiting and narcotics violations. Court dates were set for Wichita Fort Scott Kansas City Topeka and Hutchinson over the next two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Richard J. Hopkins
Wyandotte County
Sedgwick
Seward
Osage
Wyandotte
Earl C. Smith
WPA
Victor L. Phillips Company
Victor L. Phillips
Paul Matchette
Nelson A.ashwell
Phillips
Don C. Potter
Eva Doty
Wichita
Edgar Comstock
William Comstock
Joseph Grant Couch
Liberal
William A. Hutchinson
John Laidler
Osage County
Alexander
Potter
Couch
Comstock Brothers
Hutchinson
Laidler
Internal Revenue
John Thornburg
First National Bank
Chanute
Kenneth Clyde Cragg
Merriam State Bank
Lawence Edward Reed
Ames
Arnold Thomas Kyle
Kansas State Bank
Crawford County
John Thompson
Thomas Thompson
Emil Victor Gillette
Michael ¥. Stone
Lawrence
Frederick
Minnie
Millican
Topeka
Fort Scott
Hopkins
End Eight-Year Bridge Session Ends in Omaha
The eight year bridge game in Omaha concludes as Dr. A. J. Overgaard and partners finish with 1 456 280 points. The event began in 1931 and ran weekly until this week when the Overgaards move to Houston Texas. They claim never was a partner's ace trumped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
A. J. Overgaard
Ralph Russell
Overgaard
Teause
Eeanes
Houston
Tex
Thrift- Service Offers Flatwork Ironing By Pound
Lawrence Laundry and Dry Cleaners advertises economical thrift service with flatwork ironing at 6 cents per pound. Phone 383 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Blanche Yeomans Heads State C E
A Kansas Christian Endeavor convention closes with a solemn service near Potter lake led by Homer Rodeheaver and Rev Harold G Barr. Delegates hear from Rev Carl Boyd and Dan F Cross. Luciel Nance as general secretary oversees a statewide network with 60 denominations collaborating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Keeler
Potter Lake
Homer Rodeheaver
Harold G. Barr
Vics
First Baptist Church
Guy Howard
Clark
Dan F. Cross
Kansas City
Evangelical Church
Christian Endeavor
Smith
Carl Boyd
Burlington
Kansas
Luciel Nance
Topeka
Armory work and city council actions noted
The council approved funds for chimney cleaning at the water plant and a 466 dollar contract with American Tank Service for cleaning a 75 000 gallon water storage tank. Four tires for a police car were authorized at 42 dollars. Bond purchases of 8 961 36 were to be financed from the water sinking fund. May receipts totaled 220 50 and nine fire alarms were reported, two outside city limits. Building permits issued in May totaled five with value 6 890. Health, sanitarian and nurse reports were received. Budget estimates were urged as budget time nears. Chief Ingels was authorized to attend a Missouri Valley Fire Chiefs convention in Kansas City. Claims of 14 468 29 were allowed and council adjourned to June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tank Service Company
West Hills
Carter Pervine
A. W. Berger
Ways and Means Committee
Berger
Paul Ingels
Missouri Valley Fire Chiefs
Kansas City
Deaths and Funeral Notice for Mildred Champion
Mrs Mildred Elizabeth Champion age 28 of North of Midland died this morning at Lawrence Memorial hospital. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 30 in Thompsonville church with burial in Thompsonville. Body lies in state at Duree home Sunday afternoon until funeral. Survived by husband Herbert Champion brother Albert Duree of Portland Oregon and parents Mr and Mrs George W Duree of Thompsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Champion
Mildred Elizabeth Champion
North of Midland
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Thompsonville
Duree
Champion
Herbert Champion
Albert ‘Duree
Portland
Ore
George. W. Duree
Answers on New York quiz by NEA writers
Cranium Crackers presents a New York quiz by George Ross from NEA Service writers. Readers test knowledge of Mayor LaGuardia's name meaning Manhattan landmarks city counts Greenwich Village bathing spots and the city’s busiest vehicular intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NEA
George Ross
Nea’s
Broadway
Manhattan Island
New York City
Greenwich Village
New
Heat hampered growth of wheat across Kansas in May
Topeka June 10 Deterioration of the Kansas winter wheat crop occurred largely in the western third of the state during May with hot dry weather and high winds hindering development. The June 1 yield estimate stood at 105 530 000 bushels, down from May projections, while rains later aided late wheat and spring crops. Pastures are strong in the east but short in the west. grasshoppers threaten all crops and green bugs damage oats, barley and alfalfa in southcentral counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Federal Departments of Agriculture
Northwest
Inter Wheat
Western
Aphids blamed for sticky sidewalks in Lawrence area
Dr. H B Hungerford of the Kansas University entomology department says aphids infesting elm and maple trees cause sticky sidewalks. He recommends spraying with one pint Black Leaf 40 insecticide to 800 parts water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Hungerford
K.U. Entomology Department
Hungerford
Frease to Tour Europe After University Summer Term
Forrest Frease, English instructor at the University of Kansas and a graduate student, will spend the summer traveling in Europe. He will sail June 23 on Saturnia from New York to Venice, with stops at the Azores plus Spain Portugal Gibraltar Algiers Sicily Greece and Yugoslavia. He plans to visit Italy France and then tour Switzerland Germany Holland Belgium France England Scotland Wales and Ireland before sailing home on Britannic September 3 from Cobh to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Frease
University of Kansas
Europe
Frease
New York
Venice
Azores
Spain
Portugal
Gibraltar
Algiers
Sicily
Greece
Yugoslavia
Italy
France
Switzerland
Germany
Holland
Belgium
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Cobh
Greenbergs double wins opener for Tigers over Senators
Hank Greenberg delivered a two run double in the ninth to score Ervin Fox and give Detroit a 6 to 5 win over Washington in the first game of a doubleheader. Greenberg added his 14th homer in the eighth as Detroit and Washington split the twinbill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Hank Greenberg
Ervin
Pete) Fox
Detroit Tigers
Washington Senators
Greenberg
Washington
York
Tebbetts
Carrasquel
Guiliani
Pittsburgh Pirates
Hal Schumacher
Pittsburgh
New York
Sewell
M. Brown
Berres
Schumacher
Danning
Schu
Boston
Chicago Cubs
Boston Bees
Earl Whitehill
Cubs
Chicago
Whitehill
Hartnett
Shoffner
Lopez
Philadelphia
Cleveland
R. Potter
Joyce
Rucker
Allen
Pytlak
Franks
Highe
Milles
St. Louis
Reds
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Vandermeer
Thompson
Grissom
Dodgers
Moore
Lombardi
Hamlin
Well
Todd
Royal Visit Thrills Crowds At World Fair Luncheon
King George and Queen Elizabeth greet cheering crowds during a luncheon at the World Fair. Officers stand at the terrace as a band plays and the royal couple tours pavilions, including Ireland and Canada, with veterans and officials present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Fair Police
George
Hall of Nations
Court of Peace
Lagoon of Nations
Constitution
Leo T. McCauley
Ireland
Scouts to Camp Naish Draw Record Lawrence Attendance
A record 79 Lawrence Boy Scouts have registered for Camp Naish this summer. Seventy two depart tomorrow for a week at type C camp with self cooking, while seven go the week of July 9 to type A with meals in the mess hall. Scoutmasters Gerald Smith, John Long, Edwin Burgess and Joe Butrum will accompany the group. parents are invited to Camp Naish for a Wednesday campfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Boy Scouts
Theodore Naish
Lawrence Scouts
Camp Naish
Gerald Smith
John Long
Edwin T. Burgess
Joe Butrum
King George and Queen Elizabeth Tour Draw Millions in New York
Police Commissioner Lewis Valentine estimated 3,000,000 people viewed the royal entourage as it marched from the Battery to the New York World’s Fair in a grand procession. The crowd's size underscored the event’s unprecedented spectacle in 1939 New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lewis Valentine
King George
Queen Elizabeth
the Battery
University of Kansas Commencement Weekend Schedule
Lawrence events outline a full weekend of commencements open houses forums and concerts at the University of Kansas. Highlights include 9:30 a.m. sermon in the ballroom 2:00 p.m. open house and commemorative service at Hoch Auditor ium 4:00 p.m. band concert at Fowler Grove and a 7:00 p.m. commencement address by Dr. James Bryant Conant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoch Auditorium
University of Kansas
Redeemer
Maxine Lane Roche
Charles S. Skilton
Robert Taft
Mt. Dread
Fowler Grove
Memorial Union
Union Building
Jack Laffer
Henley House
Y.W.C.A
Alumni Association
Fraser, Hall
John Ise
Lawrence
Evans Hearth
University
Stork Auditorium
Atogh
Westminster Hal
Charles We Thomas
Roger Williams
Seymour
J. Knox
Centenary Methodist Church
Theodore H. Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Westminster
Dean
D. M. Swarthout
Two Worlds
J. Harry Cotton
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Cleveland
Fraser Hall
Mathilde Henrichs O'Leary
Juncheon
Pipes Hall
Endowment Association
Frank Strong
Phi Beta Kappa
Snoghers Thayer Auditorium
Memorial Wytadium
James Bryant Conant
Harvard University
Government Bonds Close in New York June 10
The AP reports the U S government bond close in New York. Treasury 3535 June 103.76. Treasury 3% March 105.22. Treasury 3s 116.12. Treasury 445 122.1. Treasury 3s 55-51 112.1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government
New York
U. S
Treasury
KU Grads Gather for Alumni Reunions at Memorial Union
Fifty four University of Kansas alumni checked in at the Memorial Union main desk to log registrations for the 50 and 25 year reunions. Notables include Bion Barnett class of 1877 and Grant Harrington of Kansas City as toastmaster. several class of 1914 attendees listed with cities from Los Angeles to Lawrence. Reunions and dinners are scheduled at the Union tomorrow afternoon and at 12 30 tomorrow for the 50 year dinner with registration continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Kuhn
Lawrence
Evans Hearth
Fraser Hall
Sam Elliotts
Kaw Valley
University
Memorial Union
Grads
Union Building
Joseph Jacobs
Seattle
Wash
L. Sloan
San Bernadino
Calif
Frances E. Johnson
Loren W. Snepp
Clathe
William Staples Wolley
John C. Manning
San Francisco
Grant Harrington
Kansas City
Kan
Bion Barnett
University of Kansas
Barnett
M. W. Sterling
Nellie Griswold Palmer
Henry E. Riggy
H. F. Graham
John
Butler
Los Angeles
Ira Maude Arnett
McPherson
Lawrence Morris
Pelham Manor
N. Y
Willard N. van Slyck
Topeka
W. W. Holloway
Sam Fairchild
F. M. Yeatsh
N.doda
St. Louis
George Washburn
Richmond
Theodora Grove
Newton
Florence F. Joseph
Amarynthia S. Luhman
Naomi
Light
G. C
Glenn
Emma P. Rabourne
C. Stewart
Clas
Kansas United Commercial Travelers pick 1940 meet site
W T Blackwood of Chanute named grand counselor at the 47th annual Kansas United Commercial Travelers session in Pittsburg June 10. Chanute chosen as 1940 convention city with W E Babcock elected grand sentinel and other officers and delegates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
W. T. Blackwood
Ed A. Swies
Manhattan
A. A. Zimmerman
Emporia
C. E. Howe
Salina
Grand Page
Joe Riding
Kansas City
H. F. Keller
Topeka
Grand
John W. Glick
Charles L. Henry
Wichita
Supreme Council
Kansas
Howard
Blackwood
J. W. Cochran
Ottawa
W. F. Grosser
M. L. White
Arkansas City
W. J. Duvall
Hutchinson
Walter Johns
Lawrence
Women’s Auxiliary
W. A. Burch
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples in Kansas and Iowa
Marriage licenses were issued today to Tom H Brown of Cambridge Kansas and Gladys Kay Kendall of Moline Kansas, and to Merten J Klaus and Fa lting Watson, both of Charles City Iowa. Also notes sea water salt content compared with freshwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom H. Brown
Cambridge
Kan
Gladys Kay Kendall
Moline
Merten J. Klaus
Watson
Charles City
Iowa
Journal-World Home Delivery Offer
An advertisement promotes home delivery of the Journal-World to a summer address for 400 cents a month and provides the phone number 22 to contact the circulation department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Ottawa bride-to-be to wed Wesley McCalla at Chanute
Miss Mary McKenna daughter of Mrs. James J. McKenna of Ottawa will marry Wesley McCalla son of Mr and Mrs Leonard McCalla Sr of Garnett tomorrow at Grace Episcopal church Chanute. Rev F W Litchman to officiate. After the ceremony a lunch is planned at Tioga Inn Chanute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McKenna
James J. McKenna
Ottawa
Wesley McCalla
Lawrence
Leonard McCalla
Garnett
Grace Episcopal Church
Chanute
F. W. Litchman
International and Local News Notes in Personal Items
Miss Rachel Smith of Inverness Scotland visits Miss Eve lyn Swarthout in Dobbs Ferry New York where both teach at the Masters school. Mrs A H Kammer of Donna Texas visits her relatives in Oklahoma City and Lawrence. Jerome Beatty arrives in Kansas for his mother Mrs Nellie Beatty Palmer. He has traveled from Honolulu to San Francisco and is bound for New York via a world cruise writing for Readers Digest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Smith
Inverness
Scotland
Evelyn Swarthout
Miss Smith
Dobbs Ferry
N.Y
Alice M. Morgan
A. H. Martin of
Burdett
Lawrence
Dick Martin
University of Kansas
Jerome Beatty
Nellie Beatty-Palmer
San Francisco
Honolulu
New York
Readers’ Digest
Five Youth Attend Salvation Army Band Institute Trip
Five local youths Vera Gregg Everett Gregg Ruth Anderson Charles Kelsey and Rolly Foster left for a six day Band Institute at McKan camp Independence Missouri funded by local business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Mc-Kan
Independence
Vera Gregg
Everett Gregg
Ruth Anderson
Charles Kelsey
Rolly Foster
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jean V. Stredder
Geneseo
Har Tx K. Taylor
Dora Bidwell
Waldron
Riley Brack
Otis
E. Owen Lawless
Belle’ Plaine
Frank Barrentos
Lyons
Glenn S. Welsch
Syellington
Charles Galligher
Michigan
J. Robbins
Kenneth Patterson
Clifford Bresland
Winfield
C. C. Nixon
Nortonville
David E. Walsh
Herndon
Victor Pickrel
Kanarado
W. J. Small
Neodesha
George Albert Pittts
Leta Pitts
Venia Beasley
Iola
Jack
Lester Cox
Coffeyville
Frank
Ll. Anders
Blanche Yeomans
C.E
William Knox
Marilee Frame
Dillon Wooten
Opal Dulaney
May Key
Evelyn Ruth Briethaupt
C. W. Reynolds
Russell Carter
Deal Six
Howard FE
Keelb
Winifred Hill
Sonny Durna
Louise Yeomans
Walter Love
God
Council IN
Alva Leslie Sloan
K. U
Atchison, Kan
Probate Court
Frank Gray
Loren Jones
League of South Park
Tigers
Rinkydinks
Jayhawks
K.A
Abroad
American “Association
Milwaukee
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadien Legionnaires
W.D. Hitler
Naish
K.U. Grads
U.C.T
Harold Pontius
Iwice
Schulz
Capital
Tibbetts
Mass
FORD
M. W. “Cotton” Goff
Dearborn
Mich
Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Goff
Williams-Roberts Motor Company
Ford Company
F. B. Dodds
Women’s Relief Corps No. 9
Eunice Bershe
W. D. Lyons
Corps
Dodds
Belle Foster
Verna Long
Bertha White
W.R.C. No. 5
Legion Hall
Wilbur L. Ray
Pennsylvania Street
Memorial Hospital
Band
Wall Street Journal
Broad &T
American Express
Mellon
Lawrence National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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