Missouri river ready for navigation and barge line ready to function
A Nation's Greatness quote precedes news that the Missouri river from Kansas City downward is ready for navigation with barge operations to begin once loading and unloading equipment is installed at the Kansas City wharf. A bindweed campaign is announced with state highway commission and State Agricultural College leading a drive to clear highways and Kansas farms of the weed despite the dry season.
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Missouri River
Kansas City
State Highway Commission
Kansas
State Agricultural College
Reselling the Blue Eagle in a Campaign Year
The article notes General Hugh Johnson plans a summer tour to promote the Blue Eagle and NRA compliance. Businessmen report mixed results from codes, with some benefiting and others cautious about hiring. Buyers increasingly ignore the emblem, and the revival is viewed as possibly having a political angle in a campaign year.
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Hugh Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Washington
Unclear Moratorium Bill Faces White House Decision
President Roosevelt weighs a six year moratorium on farm mortgages awaiting his signature. Analysts fear signing could lock up investor capital and fuel pessimism about future obligations while impacting other business.
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Rosevelt
Potential shifts in Nazi policy spark talk of revolution
The text notes a visible change in Germany as Nazi policy loosens and Franz von Papen criticizes government actions. Despite his public address, no penalties were imposed and he remains in office, prompting speculation of a fall revolution or lasting reform. Concurrently protests against salacious films reach Hollywood as producers reexamine material amidst shifting public sentiment.
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Germany
Franz von Papen
von Papen
Hitler
Hollywood
First Goldbug Clarence Gregg Qualifies For Camp Prize
Clarence Gregg, 14, becomes the first Goldbug to qualify for membership by earning at least 15 dollars and depositing it in his own name. He has earned 24.79 since school began, 17.29 at home, with the away-from-home earnings counting toward Goldbug status. The Rotary Club offers a free trip to its boys camp as the prize.
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Clarence Gregg
Goldbugs
Rotary
Rotary Club
Clarence
Church — Christian Church
First Christian Church of
Lawrence
Church of Christ In
C. L. Milton
First Christian Church
Milton
Milwaukee
Jesse Bader
St. Louis
Doral C. Helmich
Paulina
Iowa
Charles S. Hagerman
Mason City
Alvin Hagerman
Joseph R. Cygon
War Department
University of Kansas R.O.T.C
E. W. Turner
Ft. Leavenworth
Joséphine Klein
Virginia Hutson
Trenton
Lightning Damages Merchants Athletic Club Building
Lightning struck the Merchants' Club Building at 6 30 am tearing shingles and guttering from the structure. Janitor Mr Pennel had not yet unlocked the doors and nearby Home Telephone Company operators were startled by the blast. J H Cohn and Tom Sweeney are named among those mentioned.
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Merchants Athletic Club
Merchants’ Club
Pennel
Home Telephone Company
J. H. Cohn
Tom Sweeney
Poor Pa by Robert Quillen
A short humorous vignette portrays a narrator's mother preferring not to eat at cheap places and arranging for the Ellis girl to join them so they can dine at an expensive restaurant, reflecting early 20th century social humor.
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Ellis
Publishers Syndicate
FortY Years Ago Tuesday June 22 Camp setup notes
Forty years ago on Friday June 22 readers learn about band concerts campers and staff helping set up YMCA summer camp. Names include Gor rill Schwinley Walker Kirch hoff Benedict Sayles Dicker Dulland Graeber Griesa Endacott Cohn Underwood Carman and others. Also bids to drain a lake resort and a house burglary report with Col Jamison’s residence.
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Charley Tucker
Galen Gorrill
Lee Schwinley
Clarence Gorrill
James Walker
Arthur Kirchhoff
Maurice Benedict
Eugene Sayles
Ralph Dicker
Leslie Durland
Arline Graeber
Murray Griesa
Ed Endacott
Byron Cohn
William Underwood
Ben Carman
Olive Brush
Tennessee Street
Eugenia Sterling
Woods Hole
Mass
Marine Biological Laboratory
Green Place
John Sanborn
Don Hutt
Allie Carroll
Flashes of Life: Moral views on employment and odd tales
A juvenile court adviser rules that employing girls on golf courses is immoral prompting a city council to ban female baggers. A Halifax heir is misled by lawyers over a $125 legacy, and a Greenfield bee crate incident ends with a riot control sting. In Philadelphia, Esther Magrise faces contempt over support arrears despite her husband’s losses.
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Associated Press
Lachine
Anna
Rolallard
Philadelphia
Esther Magrise
Leon
Theodore Rosen
Chesapeake Affair and the War of 1812 Link
The Chesapeake Affair in 1807 saw a British frigate Leopard stop an American ship off Baltimore and seize four sailors. One sailor was hanged at Halifax. the incident heightened tensions leading to the War of 1812. The item mentions a journal-World vacation reading and classified rental ads as well.
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Chesapeake
Baltimore
Leopard
Halifax
United States
Murder Case in Pierre Dufresne House Deepens
Sergeant Harper uncovers rival theories about a missing revolver linked to the Dufresne home death. Inspector Connors and Captain Macklin join a tense breakfast room briefing as Harper presses to identify the dead man and trace the weapon amid a stormy, watchful household.
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Harper
Pierre Dufresne
Mrs. Dufresne
Ar. Dufresne
Hamill
Andrews
Old Andrews
Dufresne
Lafferty
Onlice
Steve
Connors
O'Connell
Quigley
Fourteenth Precinct
Guigley
Haraill
John Whitmore
Mr. Dufresne
Detective Lafferty
Austerlitz
Donaghy
Jerry
Miss Burkett
Ulrich
Macklin
Homicide Bureau
The Plan by Mrs Quacker Ducklings Camp Idea
Rainy day tale follows Willy Nilly, Christopher, Rip, and a flock of ducks led by Mrs Quacker. The ducks discuss a summer camp for the ducklings to learn names of trees and plants, meet other ducks, and enjoy camp life. The plan sets out to find a suitable camp location for the ducklings.
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Rip
Adrenal Gland Origins and Gender Traits Discussed
The article notes that the outer adrenal cortex and sex glands share a common embryonic origin. It explains how adrenal issues can produce masculinized secondary characteristics in females, with tumor removal or partial gland surgery sometimes halting such changes. Monday Artificial Insemination.
Berlin Denies Hitler Assassination Attempt Claims
Cable news briefs report official denial of rumors that attempts were made to assassinate Chancellor Hitler. The item appears among local world notes with other distant reports and brief updates.
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Berlin
Hitler
Kopervik
Norway
Dresden
London
Prince of Wales
Vienna
van Pederjag
Agnes Tu
Britain debates war debts and disarmament talks
In London conservative and labor MPs press Britain to pay war debts to the United States. Col Josiah Wedgwood urges England to honor bonds. Tokyo reports say Britain and the United States may avoid political issues at next year's naval disarmament conference. Doorn notes Kaiser Wilhelm is preparing to return to Germany. Britain invites Germany to discuss the Reich moratorium on debts.
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London
House of Coinmons
Great Britain
United States
Josiah C. Wedgwood
England
Tokyo
Doorn
Holland
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
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Lake View
Lawrence Plumbing and Heating Co
Wheeler
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H. S. Gardner
Ella Smith
Marcelin Howland
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Bliss Carrie” Nadelhoffer
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Haunted Nook” Company
Wm. Neys
New Hampshire Street
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N. O. Stevens
W. Bromelsick
A. Henley
E. B. Hopkins
N. S
Peter Duncan
Edinbrugh
Duncan
Greenfield
Fred Woodward
Edward Bumgardner
Mai
Mende
Mocking House
Walter C. Brown
Sergeant Harper
Mary Graham Bonner
Willy Nilly
Christopher
Mrs. Quacker
New York Academy of Medicine
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Cable News
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Kansans
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Vanity von
Qualitth Druc Store
KAW Valley & Western
Lawrence, Kansas
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Linwood
Eastbound
Lawrence Ly
Linwood Ly
A.M
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J. Z. Miller, Jr
Q. Claflin
Trustees
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