U S Warships To Stay On Yangtze Amid Chinese Crisis
The United States told Japan it would not curtail warship activity on the Yangtze to aid Japan’s Hankow drive. Monocacy remained at Kiukiang to protect about 40 Americans, while U S and British vessels face a Japanese danger zone and insist ships be clearly identified.
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Shanghai
United States
Japan
Yangtze River
Hankow
Waships
Washington
Harry E. Yarnell
Frank P. Lockhart
Lockhart
Masayuki Tani
China
Kiukiang
Yangtze
Kiukkigng
Kuling
Tani
Yarnell
Asiatic Fleet
Nelson T. Johnson
Nanking
Johnson
Wuhu
Kukiang
Percy Noble
China Station
U. S
New York Taxi Driver Seeks to Repay Relief
Eugene Gasey, a 32 year old New York taxi driver, requests removal from relief and guidance on how to repay 249.10 received for his household. He says he and his wife no longer need aid as he plans to restart his cab and supports repaying the sum. He notes illness kept them on relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eugene Gasey
Eugene W. Casey
Cora L. Casey
Casey
South Carolina
City Hospital
Chinese spokesman accuses Japan over narcotics in Manchukuo
Geneva June 13 The League of Nations opium committee heard a Chinese spokesman accuse Japan of turning Manchukuo into a vast arsenal of narcotics from which opium was distributed through China. The Japanese delegate threatened to walk out of all league technical organizations if the committee does not examine the narcotics traffic in the Far East with impartiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
League of Nations Opium Committee
Japan
Manchoukuo
China
League
Opium Committee
Approval of Wheat Acreage under Crop Control Act
Senate approves 55,000,000 acres of wheat for 1939 under the crop control act. The bill, by Senator McGill, moves to the House where a 52,000,000 acres figure is under consideration. Agriculture spokesmen say the act would set about 46,000,000 wheat acres next year versus 80,000,000 this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
McGill
D-Kan
Agricultural Department
Santa Fe Carloadings Rise for Week Ended June 11
The Santa Fe railroad reported revenue freight carloadings of 25 990 for the week ending June 11, up from 22 355 the prior week but below 29 720 a year earlier.
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Santa Fe
New York
Santa Fe Railroad Today
Stock Market Index Shows Mixed Readings Across Week
The index averages 60 stocks at 38.2 with a Saturday uptick to 39.1 while Green Bros reports gains from repairing sectors.
Floods threaten Franklin County wheat crop and towns
Flood crests on Neosho and Marais des Cygnes rivers moved downstream from Emporia to Ottawa, inundating farmland and flooding Ottawa's business district. About 25,000 acres in Franklin County were flooded and wheat crops could fall 40 percent as crews evacuated families and moved stock to higher ground.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Franklin County
Neosho
Emporia
Ottawa
Main Street
Hawthorne
H. A. Biskie
Osawatomie
Pottawatomie
Lyon County
Cottonwood Falls
Junction City
Smoky Hill
Republican River
Insurgent Advance Reaches Castellon Port Front
Spanish insurgents rapidly breached government defenses reaching Castellon de la Plana and its port Grao de Castellon. Albocacer fallen, Castellon serves as Valencia outpost while rail and coastal routes are cut. bad weather allows Madrid defense to withdraw under Gen. Miaja.
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Hendaye
France
Castellon de la Plana
Spain
Albocacer
Castellon
Valencia
Grao de Castellon
Nules
Francisco Franco
Catalonia
Franco
Mediterranean
Ebro
Aranda
Jose Miaja
Madrid
Bequest To Friends Details Lawrence Will
Miss Jennie M. Donnelly left 38 bequests totaling over 125000 dollars in probate filing. The will provides gifts to St John’s Church Lawrence and several residents, with the remainder to a trust funding University of Kansas scholarships of 250 to 300 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jennie M. Donnelly
Lawrence
Kan
St. John's Catholic Church
Mattie Hackman
Ann Sweeney
Mary Sweeney
Sarah Jones
Nellie Delahunty
Catherine Farley
Columbia
University of Kansas
New Language Head to Lead KU Romance Department
Former Princeton professor will chair the Romance Language Department at KU next fall. Shoemaker has studied in Spain and serves as secretary of discussion group 11 of the Modern Language Association of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton University
K. U
Shoemaker
Spain
Modern Language Association of America
Speed-Up Expected in County Political Filing as June 20 Looms
Filing activity for county offices and legislative districts accelerates this week with the June 20 deadline approaching for the August 2 primaries. Candidates include incumbents and new entrants across Republican and Democratic parties, with notable filings in Grant Kanwaka Lecompton Marion and Willow Springs townships and multiple county offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Kanwaka
Lecompton
Marion
Willow Springs
Register of Deeds
John Callahan
E. G. L. Harbour
Fifth Ward
Ruth Cole
May Bowl of Rice fundraiser aims at Chinese relief
Direct contributions to the fund for relief of non combatant China can be sent to George Walter treasurer and John Andrews publicity chair for the Bowl of Rice party. The event is Friday June 17 at 6 30 pm at the Methodist church corner 10th and Vermont, tickets 35 cents at local drugstores. The drive is nationwide in 1500 cities led by the United Council for Civilian Relief in China with Theodore Roosevelt Jr as national chairman. Journal notes famine and epidemics affecting 50 million Chinese under Japanese rule with six diseases already in epidemic stages and many left destitute.
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Fund For Relief
George Walter
John Andrews
China
Methodist
10Th
Vermont
Rexall
Rankin
Round Corner
Eldridge
United Council For Civilian Relief
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Nathaniel Peffer
Columbia University
Council
U. S
Itagaki Konoye Confer With Aim to Intensify China Campaign
A six hour meeting in Tokyo between war minister Lieut Gen Seishiro Itagaki and Premier Fumimaro Konoye was believed to lay the basis for stepping up Japan's campaign in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Tokyo
Japan
Seishiro Itagaki
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Ford Service Hamilton at 15 W Ninth Avenue
Service location for Ford vehicles listed at Hamilton with address 15 West Ninth Avenue. Details indicate a local auto service site serving Ford customers in the area.
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Ford Service
Hamilton
Olive Branch To Sudeten Group
Praha June 18 President Eduard Benes returns from his estate to open historic negotiations on the German minority issue. The government plans to present a nationality statute to Sudeten parliament members amid a near total Sudeten vote for Konrad Henlein’s Nazi backed party.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Usti
Konrad Henlein
Moerisch-Schoenberg
Czech
Milan Hodza
Public Payroll Described as Profitable Career
Kingston Rhode Island June 13 Professor Robert E Rogers of MIT told Rhode Island State College graduates that the public payroll is the most secure and profitable career for college graduates. He warned it is another form of dole but noted graduates may not mind. He once advised marrying the boss’s daughter but later said the stenographer has the job and the boss’s daughter is broke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
R. I
Robert E. Rogers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rhode Island State College
Rogers
German Instructor to Succeed Metcalf at K U Holske
Will Teach German is named to succeed George Metcalf as assistant professor of German at K U Holske. Holske earned his A B from Harvard in 1927 and Ph D in 1936, studied at Leipzig, and held Sheldon Travel fellowships.
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Princeton University
George Metcalf
K. U
Holske
Harvard
University of Leipzig
Harvard Sheldon
More Kansans File Tax Returns on Incomes in 1936
Washington reports 48 644 Kansans filed federal income tax returns for 1936 up from 40 941 the prior year. National totals reached 5 488 504 versus 4 666 504. Sedgwick 7 139 Wyandotte 4 417 Shawnee 4 060 Reno 1 749 Montgomery 1 340 Salina 1 188 Cowley 1 160 Leavenworth 1 086 Crawford 1 065 counted among county figures.
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Washington
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Sedgwick
Wyandotte County
Shawnee County
Reno County
Montgomery
Salina
Cowley
Leavenworth
Crawford County
New KU Faculty Appointments Include Shoemaker and Holske
Two new instructors join the University of Kansas for fall term. Prof. William H. Shoemaker becomes professor of romance languages and department chair, while Alan Holske is named assistant professor of German. Both start in September and bring notable records from Princeton, Harvard, and Leipzig.
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University of Kansas
Lindley
William H. Shoemaker
Alan Holske
Shoemaker
Princeton University
Charles Qualia
Texas
University of Pennsylvania
University of Chicago
Residencia de Estudiantes
Madrid
Spain
Modern Language Association of America
George Metcalf
Washington University
St. Louis
Holske
Harvard
University of Leipzig
Harvard Sheldon
Showery Outlook Threatens Wheat Harvest Progress
Topeka forecast warns of showery conditions over the next 36 hours amid expectations of drier weather for the wheat harvest. Federal meteorologist S. D. Flora notes potential cooling, cloudiness, and possible thundershowers, with river flooding easing along the Neosho and Missouri borders. Temperatures expected to reach 80 to 85 daytime and 65 to 70 at night.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Flora
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Missouri Line
Neosho
Emporia
Neosho Rapids
Kansas City
Concordia
Ellis
Iola
Dodge City
Farmers' deadline set for June 30 in Kansas program
EH H Leker state executive officer of the Kansas Agricultural Conservation Committee said today June 30 is the final date for farmers to submit payment applications under the 1937 program. By June 1 12,921,045 had been paid on 91,042 applications, about 90 percent of the expected total.
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Manhattan
Kan
EH. H. Leker
Kansas Argicultural Conservation Committee
Wiley Moore Signs with Oklahoma City Texas League
Wiley Moore a former star pitcher for the New York Yankees and Kansas City Blues has signed with Oklahoma City in the Texas league and will report tomorrow June 14.
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Wiley Moore
Oklahoma City
CP Wiley Moore
New York Yankees
Kansas City Blues
No baseball games scheduled today in both leagues
Legal weed notice warns property owners to cut weeds on their lots or face removal at the owner's expense per ordinance 1777. Clerk J. Wm. Stone records the notice for the city.
Conference Holds Business Session Names Moderator and Boards
The 153rd annual Church of the Brethren conference at the University of Kansas named Dr. D. W. Kurtz of LaVerne California moderator for 1939. It elected new members to the general mission and education boards and to several conference committees. Attendance exceeded 4,000 with sermons stressing application of Christianity to modern life.
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Otho Winger
Manchester College
North Manchester
Ind
W. Newton Long
Baltimore
General Mission Board
H. K. Ober
Elizabethtown
Warren D. Bowman
Washington, D. C
Board of Christian Education
William H. Yoder
Waterloo
General
L. W. Schultz
H. Spencer Minnich
Elgin
Ill
C. C. Blough
Chicago
Rufus P. Bucher
Quarryville
General Conference
B. Stutsman
Chester George
Gettysburg
National Council of Men
Soneenetiens
Thursay
Coaches Enroll at University Coaching School
Seven coaches have enrolled in the University coaching school led by Dr. Forrest C. Allen. The program runs all week with morning lectures on injury treatment and afternoon sessions on basketball fundamentals. Named attendees include Elmer Schaake, John F. Carmody, T J Stottle, Andrew Stottle, Max Brand, Leo Shannon, and Carl Rhoda. more coaches are expected tomorrow.
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University
Forrest C. Allen
Dr. Allen
Allen
Elmer Schaake
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Kansas
John F. Carmody
Haskell Institute
T. J. Stottle
Andrew Stottle
Kirbyville
Max Brand
Galveston
Tex
Leo Shannon
Fairfax
S. D
Carl Rhoda
Halfway
Ore
Conference names Dr. Kurtz 1988 moderator at Kan sas annual meeting
Conference announced Dr. D. W. Kurtz pastor of the Church of the Brethren in LaVerne California and former McPherson College president was chosen moderator of the 1988 church conference at the 152nd annual session at the University of Kansas. He is a Juniata College and Yale divinity graduate with studies in Leipzig Berlin Marburg and College de France. He led McPherson from 1914 to 1927 increasing endowment to 400000 and tripling enrollment and later served five years as president of Bethany Biblical Seminary in Chicago.
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D. W. Kurtz
Church of the Brethren
LaVerne
Calif
McPherson College
University of Kansas
Winona Lake
Ind
Church of the Brethren Church
Church
Juniata Colse Huntingdon
Yale University
Leipzig
Berlin
Marburg
College de France
McPherson
Bethany Biblical Seminary
Chicago
Foster Goes Free and New Trial for Dorothy Foster
A six man jury acquitted Modest Foster of possession of intoxicating liquor and a hung jury prevented verdict on his wife Dorothy Foster. The judge scheduled a new trial for Dorothy. Evidence included a signed statement by Modest claiming two pints found on Dorothy belonged to him.
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Donald S. Hults
Justice of Peace
Modest Foster
Lawrence
Dorothy Foster
Justice Hults
Foster
Anderson
Rachel Flory
Forceps Removed After Six-Year Pain Claim
Kansas City reports a 28 year old Mrs J F Cornett underwent surgery to remove seven inch surgeon’s forceps from her abdominal cavity. She had suffered pain since an appendectomy three years earlier and the foreign object had penetrated the abdominal wall. The doctor who performed the initial operation was not named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J. F. Cornett
WPA
Brumley
Japan Regrets Endangerment and Death in Canton Raids
Japan today expressed regret that American staff at Lingnan University were endangered and a Chinese employee was killed in Japanese air raids on Canton.
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Japan
Hong Kong
Japan Today
Lingnan University
Canton
Accidents Claim 106000 Lives in 1937 Report
Chicago reports the national safety council states 1937 fatalities reached 106000, over twice World War I losses, with 9.9 million injuries and $3.6 billion in costs. Motor vehicle deaths were 39500, injuries 1.3 million, and losses $1.7 billion.
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America
Chicago
National Safety Council
Empire State
Kaw Valley Potato Tour Planned With Field Inspections
Raw Valley potato growers and handlers will tour June 16 17 visiting designated fields and experimental plots. Kansas State experts will discuss disease free seed varieties seed treatment and fertilizer use to boost quality and market competitiveness.
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Kaw Valley
Deadline for 1937 Taxes Near. Week Left
County Treasurer A. M. Gardner warns the June 20 deadline for the last half of 1937 taxes is one week away with early collections reported as good. Unpaid taxes after next Monday incur 10 percent interest. Office hours extend 7 am to 5:30 pm this week and final notices go out July 10 to 15, with 80 days to pay before warrants are issued.
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A. M. Gardner
Gardner
Problem Boy Executed in Pennsylvanias Electric Chair
Wendel Forrest Bowers 20, once at the reform school, died in the electric chair at Bellefonte after confessing to the December 13 slaying of Mrs. Wilma V. Carpenter 38 of Norristown and molesting her companion Mary Griffin 22 in her fashionable apartment.
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Bellefonte
Wendel Forrest Bowers
Pennsylvania
Bowers
Wilma V. Carpenter
Norristown
Mary Griffin
Weather forecast for Kansas with showers and cooler temps
The Kansas forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with local thunder showers Tuesday and tonight in the northeast. Cooler Tuesday afternoon. Morning readings show cloud cover in Topeka and Salina, partial clouds in Arkansas City. Road conditions range from fair to good across Topeka, Arkansas City, Garden City, Wichita, and Salina.
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Kansas
Topeka
Salina
Arkansas City
Garden City
Wichita
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Charlea Springer
T. R. Gerhart
Frank R. Gray
Louis H. Menger
Howard Creel
L. E. Craig
Harold C. Fisher
Vitus Hadl
W. E. Froeliger
Charles EB. Banning
George Price
Roy Flory
Robert Cc. Rankin
Edwin F. Abels
Leo F. Smith
Chris Schaake
J. M. Sanderson
Learnard
Milton P. Beach
Walter Palmateer
Chester W. Gates
Harry Gregg
Edward Bumgardner
Harold Beck
Walter
Hitler
Great Britain
Hodza
Henlein
Sudeten
Republic
Helvering
J. Wm
Stone City
Clerk
Church of Brethren
Kurtz
F. C. Allen
Safety Council
W. G. Amstein
John O. Miller
Kansas State College
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Kansas Extension Service
Newman
T. E. Melchers
J. F. Cochran
Brickyard Bridge Road
Scott Kelsey
Arter
Old Rock Island Depot
Rock Island Ladies' Service Club
Stalion
Joe Hemme
Newma
P.O. Perry
Elmer Goepfert
Perry
Les McGee
Highway 40
William Saunders
Otto Telker
Linwoot
Methodist Church
Jonner Springs
Bonner Springs
Keuker Brothers
Paul Mellott
Edwards
Wendell
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