Republicans Aim at Senate Places in 1939 Campaign
Washington reports Republicans set a target of boosting Senate strength to block Roosevelt era legislation. Senator McNary pledged sharp campaigns against anti-New Deal Democrats, with plans to field strong candidates in states like Kentucky and Oregon. The party aims to add up to 1 Senate seat and reach a coalition of at least 35 members to curb administration proposals.
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McNary
Kentucky
Barkley
A. B. Chandler
Oregon
Iowa
Kansas
South Dakota
Ohio
Ilinois
Indiana
California
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Maryland
House
Democrats Eye 1940 Campaign Tactics For Senate, House
Democrats have not conceded major Senate losses and expect only small GOP gains in the House. Campaign committees on both sides are already organizing for the November contest as the 1940 presidential race looms.
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Senate
House
Roosevelt dives into work after cruise to Poughkeepsie
President Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park from a weekend cruise along the New England coast and the Hudson River and immediately begins preparing to sign pending bills within ten days. He declined to comment on possible congressional special session to consider railroad legislation and whether he would travel to Washington soon.
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Washington
Salem
Mass
Potomac
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
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Fort Worth
Tex
Atlantic
Capper Denounces Congress as All Time Low in Morals
Senator Arthur Capper assails the latest congressional session on a radio program, charging it allowed WPA officials to use relief funds in political conventions and elections, calling it an all time low in public morals.
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Washington
Arthur Capper
R-Kan
Capper
Congress
WPA
Becker Honored With Doctor of Letters by University of Rochester
Carl Lotus Becker, John Stambaugh professor of history at Cornell, received an honorary Doctor of Letters at Rochester's eighty eighth commencement in Eastman Theatre. The ceremony followed by Prof Arthur S. Gale’s presentation, after Becker’s long academic career at Kansas Minnesota Cornell and Wisconsin.
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Carl Lotus Becker
John Stambaugh
Cornell University
Ig University of Kansas
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Alan Valentine
Arthur S. Gale
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Iowa
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Columbia University
Pennsylvania State College
Dartmouth College
University of Kansas
Minnesota
American Historical Association
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Eastman Theater
Rochester
Eastman School of Music
Optics
University of Kansas Faculty Opening Concert Tonight
The University of Kansas summer school faculty present an evening concert at 8 o clock in Frank Stronghall auditorium. The program features piano duets, voice pieces, cello solos, and violin selections with performers including Miss Conger Mr. Taylor Miss Peabody Winifred Hill Mr. Lucile Wagner and others.
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University of Kansas Summer School
Frank Stronghall
Valse Debonnaire
Miss Conger
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Lily Strickland
Sidney Homer
Pearl Curran
Richard Hageman
Miss Peabody
Winifred Hill
Saraband
Cesseereenn
Tiandel Tarantella
Alberta Boehm
John Ireland
Love
Roger Quilter Storwell
Pietro
Lucile Wagne
Bax-Helfetz le
Dust Bowl Almost Lake In Hugoton After Heavy Rain
In Hugoton Kansas three and a half inches of rain flooded low areas and forced several families from their homes as water pooled into lakes. Five inches have fallen since last Wednesday amid a weekend of severe storms and electrical activity.
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Hugoton
Kan
Kansas Dust Bowl
Barcelona
Madrid
Valencia
Police Car Damaged in Early Morning Collision
Green Pontiac police car damaged around 5 am Sunday when Officer Floyd Hunter patroling on Vermont Street 700 block tried to turn after noticing a southbound out-of-state vehicle. The car struck a curb near the Elks Club, the steering wheel broke loose and the car hit a tree a few feet beyond the curb.
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Floyd Hunter
Hunter
Vermont Street
Elks Club
Four Executed at dawn in Ploetzensee Prison
Berlin reports four people were beheaded at Ploetzensee prison at dawn. Liselotte Herrmann, 28, and three men Josef Steidle Stefan Lovae and Arthur Goeritz were executed for high treason amid alleged communist activities. Six executions occurred in the last five days.
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Berlin
Ploetzensee
Liselotte Herrmann
Josef Steidle
Stefan Lovae
Arthur Goeritz
Remodeling Increases Demand For Chemistry At KU
Remodeling of the chemistry building at the University of Kansas aims to support new chemical and petroleum engineering departments and a common first year for engineers. The project expands laboratories and desk space for about 360 chemistry students, moves graduate rooms, tears out storerooms, and adds 80 desks replacing 26.
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School of Engineering
University of Kansas
School of Engineering and Architecture
Record cotton crop sales reach $734 million
The Department of Agriculture reports that 16,818,000 bales of last year's near 19,000,000 bale cotton crop were sold by farmers for $734,194,000.
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Department of Agriculture
Population decline reduces Franklin county totals
Franklin county population falls from 21 022 to 20 240 while Ottawa shows the sharpest drop from 9 793 to 9 193. The decline triggers a salary cut for Ottawa city commissioners under statutes permitting 1200 to each if a city over 9500 runs its own utilities, now set at 1000 for the mayor and 900 for the other two officials.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Two Killed at Crossing East of Okmulgee Oklahoma
At a grade crossing four miles east of Okmulgee two people from Hays Kansas were killed when their car was struck by a train. Mrs. Messick 26 was killed instantly and her body dragged 150 feet. Mr. Messick 27 died after reaching a hospital. They were en route to Pampa Texas to make their home.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Ray C. Messick
Hays
Kan
Here
Messick
Pampa
Tex
Foreign travel and labor shifts raise Europe bookings
New York reports foreign travel picking up with U S lines noting bookings equal to last year. The American Express company says standard European tours are the heaviest since 1928. In Germany, shortages of trained labor push employed women to 11.5 million, including about 4.7 million married women.
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United States Lines
American Express Company
Germany
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