Minnesota tornado kills ten with wide damage in Anoka area
A Sunday tornado ripped 25 miles through Corcoran Maple Grove Champlin Anoka Cedar St. Francis and Bethel towns, killing ten and injuring over six dozen. Anoka suffered the heaviest loss with 40 to 50 buildings damaged and five dead in the town.
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Minneapolis
Here
Walter Israel
Anoka
Minn
Corcoran
Maple Grove
Champlin
Cedar
St. Francis
Bethel
Anna Freeman
Ellen Freeman
Minnesota Tornado Teases Towns With Wild Stunts
In Minnesota on June 19 a tornado disrupted homes and scenes of chaos. A party sought shelter in a storm cellar whose door stuck as the twister approached, and a house near Anoka was wrecked while a Bible lay untouched on a table. A motorist reported a shattered tire and a passerby recalled a child’s straw being crushed by debris.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Ehar
Walter Whipple
Anoka
Alfred Olander
Claude O'Dell
Kansas entomology survey to tour Florida and Southeast
University of Kansas scientists led by Dr. R H Beamer will conduct the biological survey this summer. The party includes Mrs Beamer Elmo Hardy Maurice Jackson and Jack Beamer and leaves Lawrence on July 1 returning about September 1. The group adds more than 50 000 specimens yearly and will study insect forms in the Okefenokee swamp Georgia.
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University of Kansas
Biological Survey
R. H. Beamer
Kansas Biological Survey
United States
Francis Huntington Snow
University
Florida
Beamer
Elmo Hardy
Spanish Fork
Maurice Jackson
Jack Beamer
Lawrence
Okefenokee Swamp
Georgia
Civil War Veteran Goltry Dies in Chanute at 98
Allbert Goltry 98 Chanute Kansas one of three remaining Civil War veterans died today. He enlisted in the Union army five days after Fort Sumter and served with General Sherman on the march to the sea.
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Chanute
Kan
Allbert Goltry
Fort Sumter
Sherman
Sea
Animal Crackers Quiz: Cranium Crackers Round of Quick Questions
A playful trivia item with five questions about animals. It asks which is the largest living animal which is mute and which mammal laughs, and notes scoring: ten points per correct answer with a 30-point or higher total deemed good.
Summer shop opens for boys in 1938 session
Lawrence Kiwanis sponsors a summer shop at Junior High School in the manual training building. Director E T Burgess says enrollment is open for more boys. Soap box derby cars can be prepared for July 4. Sessions run 8 30 to 11 30, five days a week for four weeks.
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Lawrence Kiwanis Club
E. T. Burgess
Still Confident in His Formula Will Work Out
Newark report on June 19 notes Beth Israel hospital delivered a baby boy not related to Sidney A Fortel of Newark. Fortel, who runs a linen supply business, had predicted a June 17 or 18 birth and now forecasts a 26 or 27 date while insisting his 20 year study proves the formula.
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Newark
N. J
Beth Israel Hospital
Sidney A. Fortel
Marvin
Fortel
Praise for Mrs Lindbergh in Rochester ceremony
Anne Morrow Lindbergh received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Rochester as President Alan Valentine lauded her for conquering land sea and air, noting her greatest victory is spiritual. Amherst College had awarded her the previous day, alma mater of Dwight Morrow.
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Rochester
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
University of Rochester
Alan Valentine
Valentine
Charles A. Lindbergh
Amherst College
Dwight Morrow
United States
Mexico
Exiled Zog to sail toward Pireus and Marseille
Exiled Albanian king Zog and Queen Geraldine plan to sail June 28 for Pireus and Marseille with England as possible final home. Royal couple have been in exile since Albania’s Good Friday invasion by Italian troops. Searchers say no trace of Paul Moxley after river boat overturned near Junction City.
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Istanbul
Zog
Geraldine
Albania
Pireus
Greece
Marseille
Altho
England
Junction City
Paul Moxley
Republican
Moxley
Fined on Drunk Charge in Police Court
Dana Anderson of Cherryvale was fined five dollars on a drunk and disorderly charge in police court today.
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Dana * Anderson
Cherryvalé
Kelley Fined for Overparking in 20 Minute Zone
C E Kelley paid a $1 fine in the police court for parking overtime in a twenty minute zone. The incident highlights strict enforcement of short term parking limits in the city.
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C. E. Kelley
Jersey City Names Hyde Parks for Public Speakers
Mayor Frank Hague announced a new city ordinance to set four Hyde parks for speaking events and require the director of public safety to issue permits. The measure responds to a Supreme Court ruling that struck down prior permit discretion. The director must grant a permit unless a prior permit already exists for the same time and place.
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Hyde Parks
Director of Public Safety
Frank Hague
Jersey City
United States Supreme Court
Journal Square
Supreme Court
New City
N. J
Lindley to Speak at University of Virginia Institute
Washington correspondent Heard in Newsweek reports son of Chancellor E H Lindley will be one of the speakers on the Institute of Public Affairs program at the University of Virginia from July 2 to 15.
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Ernest K. Lindley
Washington
Newsweek Magazine
E. H. Lindley
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
Jayhawk
Topeka
Dr. Lindley
Powell Buys Partner Interest To Own Coffeyville Journal
Hugh J. Powell becomes sole owner and publisher of the Coffeyville Journal and KGGF after purchasing Stanley Platz’s one third stake. The partnership formed 20 years ago from a merger of the Coffeyville Sun and the Journal. Platz will leave Coffeyville for an indefinite stay in California following transfer approval.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Coffeyville Journal
Stanley Platz
Journal
KGGF
Hugh J. Powell
Powell
Coffeyville# Sun
Platz
Sun
Federal Communications
Radio
Lcense
California
Fined for Drunken Driving Case in Rhode Island
Fred Lindley of Rhode Island was fined ten dollars today in police court for drunken driving. The Journal World classified section notes readers and results.
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Fred Lindley
Rhode Island
Journal-World
Dental Office to Close After July First
A local notice states the dentist W. W. Russ plans to close his dental office soon after July first. The advertisement implies the practice will cease operations beginning early July.
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W. W. Russ
Adv
Night bivouac honors Kansas National Guard 187th Infantry unit
Members of Company M 187th Infantry Kansas National Guard held a night bivouac on Captain Wayne Allphin’s farm northwest of the Lawrence Country Club. The unit marched to the site at 8:30 p.m. ate fried chicken at 11, slept in pup tents, and rose for a bacon and eggs breakfast before returning to town at 8:30 a.m.
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187Th Infantry
Kansas National Guard
Wayne Allphin
Lawrence Country Club
Fremont Mother to Face First Degree Murder Charge
Prosecutor A L Hyzer announced filing of a first degree murder charge against Velma Baker Fink the confessed slayer of her ten week old son Halden Fink. The child was reported kidnapped and found dead in Green Creek after Fink allegedly took him from Clyde and threw him from a bridge following a quarrel with her mother. Sheriff H L Myers quoted Fink admitting the acts and location of the crime.
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Fremont
A. L. Hyzer
Velma Baker Fink
Halden Fink
H. L. Myers
Green Creek
Myers
Deaths and Funerals Notice for Viola M Moore and Annie L Monroe
Mrs Viola M Moore 22 of Richland died yesterday in a local hospital. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev Harold Barr officiating and burial in Twin Mound Cemetery. She is survived by husband Roy Moore a son Harold Eugene parents three sisters and one brother. Miss Annie L Monroe longtime Lawrence resident died in Colorado Springs last Wednesday. Private services were held Saturday at Funk Chapel with Dean Raymond A Schwegler in charge. Burial followed in Monroe Mausoleum Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers included Roy Monroe Fredonia Don Monroe Kansas City MO Dr A J Anderson Rice Phelps R C Rankin and B L Cowden.
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Viola M. Moore
Rumsey
Harold Barr
Twin Mound
Annie L. Monroe
Lawrence
Colorado Springs
Colo
Funk Chapel
Dean Raymond A. Schwegler
Monroe Mausoleum
Oak Hill Cemetery
Roy Monroe
Fredonia
Don ‘Monroe
Kansas City
A. J. Anderson
Rice Phelps
R. C. Rankin
B. L. Cowden
County Treasurer Extends Tax Office Hours
The county treasurer's office will stay open until 5 30 tomorrow evening to receive tax payments. Tomorrow is the deadline for the last half of 1938 property taxes. Unpaid taxes will incur 10 percent interest after tomorrow evening. The office opens at 7 00 o'clock and remains open through the noon hour tomorrow.
Purse Reported Stolen From Jayhawk Pool
Violet McKone of 801 Mississippi street reported to police yesterday evening the theft of her coin purse while swimming at the Jayhawk pool yesterday afternoon. The purse on a blanket south of the pool contained a gold wristwatch, case, key, and about $4 in cash.
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Violet McKone
Mississippi Street
Jayhawk Pool
Miss McKone
Summer Session Choir Forms At KU Under Swarthout
The KU summer session a cappella choir met at 4:30 in room 32 Frank Strong hall directed by Dean Swarthout. It will rehearse Tuesdays and Thursdays and perform 14 unaccompanied numbers from Palestrina Bach and English American composers. The choir will broadcast nationally on the Columbia network during the eight weeks and perform at vespers and campus sing. Eligible woes include students with strong voices who can read music. fine arts students may enroll for half credit.
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K. U
D. M. Swarthout
Frank Strong
Palestrina
Bach
Bell’s
Dean Swarthout
Columbia Broadcasting Chain
Fine
152 in Art School Enrolls Second Week
The Summer Art School reached its second week with 152 students enrolled including 17 from out of town. Miss Helen Jenkins joins the staff as an assistant after graduating from Lawrence high school. Officials are invited to visit this week and a list of nonlocal students follows.
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Helen Jenkins
Lawrence High School
Joan
Libby Hamilton
Anchorage
Marjorie Lou
Beryl
Huff
Iola
Nancy Dennen
Colby
Bill Bradley
Della Sharp
Topeka
Faye
John Wilkenson
Cherryvale
John Brownlee
London
Eng
Cliffie Mae Workman
Scott
David Roose
Lecompton
Margaret
Barbara
Marcia Lindsey
Daytona Beach
Fla
Hulda Jane
David Lawson
Boxing Title Vacant as Lewis Fails to Defend
The National Boxing Association declares the light heavyweight championship vacant citing Lewis did not defend within six months and alleges he is nearly blind in the left eye. Lewis last fought Al Gainer in October 1938. Gus Greenlee, manager, says the cards were stacked against the dethroned champion.
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Washington
National Boxing Association
John Henry Lewis
Lewis
al Gainer
Pittsburgh
Gus Greenlee
Nevro
National Boxing Association Today
Senate Panel Advances Six Year Term Amendment Vote
The senate judiciary committee agreed to vote on July 3 on proposed constitutional amendments creating a six year term for the president and requiring a national referendum before declaring an offensive war.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Garden Hose Theft Reported in City Neighborhood
Ray Wright of 846 Arkansas Street reports the theft of 75 feet of 1 inch red ribbed garden hose from his yard. The incident occurred Saturday night with police alerted yesterday evening.
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Ray Wright
Arkansas Street
Yankees hammer Tigers in rubber game with five homers
New York Yankees rout Detroit 13 to 8 in the final game of the series after five homers, two by the Yankees and three by the Tigers, with Trout McKain Coffman Tebbetts Hildebrand and Dickey contributing. Browns edge Washington in first game of doubleheader 2 to 1 on Chet Laabs 14th inning hit. Vernon Kennedy pitched six hits allowed. Second game also affected by rain delays. Chicago-Philadelphia and York-St Louis postponements noted.
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American Association
Indianapolis
Quareas City
New York
New York ‘Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
Trout
McKain
Coffman
Tebbetts
Hildebrand
Dickey
Washington
Chet Laabs
Tony Bernardino
St. Louis Browns
Vernon Kennedy
St. Louis
Kennedy
Glenn
Leonard
Appleton
Ferrell
St. Louis Washington
Lawson
Krakauskas
Earl Chicago
Philadelphia
Sreadenes
Casey H
Root
Mancuso
York
Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Freezing Harms Crops and Tourists Shiver in Colorado
In La Jara and southern Colorado, frost damaged pea fields potatoes and alfalfa in the San Luis valley while Colorado Springs and Divide saw frost on potato and lettuce crops. Tourists reported 12 degrees above zero at Pike's Peak as freezing weather affected the region.
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la Jara
Colo
San Luis Valley
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Divide
Pike’s Peak
Fugitive Ray Olson Evades Posse In Wisconsin Cabin
Ray Olson, a fugitive killer of two deputies, again eluded a posse after bullets and tear gas were fired into a cabin believed to shelter him. Authorities found the cabin empty when they entered.
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Hayward
Wis
Ray Olson
Searchers Probe Elk Mountain Missing Hixon Youths
A large search in Elk mountain country near Elk Mountain Wyoming tries to locate Charles and Harold Hixon missing for five days. Henry Smith of Rawlins, a leading searcher, was not reached since last night as 800 soldiers CCC enrollees and volunteers press the hunt through timbered terrain.
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Elk Mountain
Wyo
Charles
Harold Hixon
Wyoming
Oes
Henry Smith
Rawlins
Smith
Civilian Conservation Corps
Blacksmith Killed By Exploding Gasoline Drum
H P Vidricksen a 63 year old veteran blacksmith at New Cambria five miles east of here was instantly killed this afternoon when a gasoline drum he was working with a acetylene torch exploded incident occurred in Salina investigators were notified and the coroner will conduct a death inquest
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Salina
H. P. Vidricksen
New Cambria
Here
U S Watches Tientsin Amid Blockade Developments
Secretary Hull expressed U S concern over broader developments in Tientsin China where the Japanese army blockaded British and French concessions. Evans agricultural chief says farmers must further curtail operations under crop control programs.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Tientsin
China
P.R. M. Evans
Agricultural Adjustment
Sommers Transfer to Lawrence Office Marks Change
Eudora Miss Verda Sommers daughter of Frank and Mrs Sommers has been transferred from Ottawa to the state re employment office in Lawrence and will assume new duties July first. Miss Donna May Zillner daughter of Joe and Mrs Zillner sprained her ankle playing tennis Tuesday evening and is progressing as well as could be expected. Mrs Raymond Warmker visited Topoka Tuesday to spend the remainder of the week with Mr and Mrs Eddie Papenhausen and daughter. Mr and Mrs Glen Wilson spent Monday evening with Mr and Mrs Vernon Strobel and their baby daughter. Mr and Mrs Gottlieb Nieder and John David drove to Lawrence Tuesday evening. Mrs Nieder and John David visited Mrs T H Hack while Mr Nieder and Mr eo attended Trinity Lutheran church council at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Schultz. Mr and Mrs Charles Helmes attended a children's day program at Fairview and were later entertained to dinner at the Schultz home.
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Verda Sommers
Frank Sommers
Ottawa
Lawrence
Topoka
Eddie Papenhausen
Glen Wilson
Vernon Strobel
Evening Star
Gottlieb Nieder
John David
Nieder
T. H. Hack
Trinity Lutheran Church
Charles Schultz
Charles Helmes
Fairview
Pleasant Valley residents visit kin and neighbors across Kansas
Mre W W Garrett and Shirley visit Fred and Howard families in Pleasant Groves and Arlington Colorado kin with Glen. Sommer sisters in Kansas City host family guests. Vincent Zillner and Carl McGlade of Kansas City spend weekend with Hearin family. Jolly Stitchers club meets at Lone Star. Papenhausens and Raybournes dine in Topeka and visit rose gardens at Gage Park. Alfred Hisele heads to western Kansas for wheat harvest for two to three weeks.
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W.W. Garrett
Daugster
Shirley
Pleasant
Ley
Fred. Howard
Pleasant Groves
Sly
A. R. Morrigs
Lecompton
G. A. Glen
Arlington
Colo
M. F. Cole
Herman
Mai
Barbara
Frank Sommer
Helen Sommer
Margaret Zillner
Kansas City
Vincen Zillner
Carl McGlade
J. N. Hearin
Gottlieb Nieder
Jolly Stitchers
J. D. Flory
Lone’ Star
Fred Papenhausen
Tonganoxie
Tom Raybourne
Lawrence
Topeka
Eddie Papenhausen
Joyce
Rose Gardens
Gage Park
Alfred Hisele
Western Kansas
North Woods Vacation Map Offered by C. S. North Western
The Chicago and North Western Railway offers a large free vacation map showing lakes rivers roads and summer resorts in Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota for vacationists planning trips. Send request to F P Eyman G A C N W Ry 705 Walnut St Kansas City Mo.
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North Woods
N.W
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Chicago & North- Western
F. P
Eyman
G. A
Walnut
Kansas City
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The
Palace Clothing Company
Lawrence Boys
Witan Society
Lawrence Elks Club
State Board of Regents
Statehouse
Toay
Edward Bumgardner
Bumgardner
K.N.G
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Grand Canyon
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National Park
Arizona
Old Santa Fe
N. M
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
Yosemite Park
Jeans Majestic
California Sierras
Treasure Island
Sanrancisco
Bay
Ellis P.addy
Lawrence, Kansas
U.S
Eudora
Guffin
7Th & Vt
the Rapid Transit Company
McGrew-Peck, Inv. CO
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