Sky Raider Sinks Two British Ships Near Valencia Harbor
A lone sky raider sank the British freighter Thorpeness and the Sunion off Valencia after torpedoes and bombs. Thirty-two crew members were saved from Sunion. one Chinese sailor died aboard the Thorpeness as more planes attacked the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SKY Raider
Valencia
Spain
Sunion
Thorpeness
Nonintervention Committee
Norman Goater
Southampton
Alexander Baillie
Seattle
William Kermode
Sunian
Kermode
Petersen to Seek Recount in Minnesota Counties
Former Farmers Labor candidate Hjalmar Petersen announced plans to impound ballots in St. Louis county and pursue a recount after returns showed Governor Elmer Benson expanding his lead. Statewide results from 3,345 of 3,739 precincts gave Benson 197,504 to Petersen 184,370. In other news, the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Wichita reported May loans surpassing 1.5 million dollars, lifting total outstanding to 15.225 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Hjalmar Petersen
Minnesota
St. Louis
Elmer Benson
Petersen
Railroad and Warehouse
Benson
St. Louis County
Wichita
Kan
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
F. M. Butcher
Ninth Farm Credit District
Art Institute Drops Benton From Faculty Roster
The Kansas City Art Institute announced today that Thomas Hart Benton will no longer serve as an instructor. All other faculty contracts were renewed. The notice appears in the Journal-World promoting a special mail-rate subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Institute
Benton
The
Journal-World
Rust to Reduce Late Wheat Yield in Kansas
Yields of late wheat are expected to fall in northern and western Kansas due to black stem rust. Early wheat in southcentral counties was hit by late freezes and shows low quality grain. Crown rust hits oats. grasshoppers damage western crops. corn grows rapidly in drained fields while pastures improve but remain weedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Northwest
Topeka
Departments of Agri
Rain in New York Nine Indicted
In New York on June 22 the Joe Louis Schmeling weigh in cleared the way for the title bout at Yankee Stadium. Louis weighed 198 pounds and Schmeling 193 as officials settled glove weights and corner plans. In Topeka seven men and two women were indicted in a large narcotics conspiracy at Leavenworth, with cases spanning introduction and conspiracy to smuggle narcotics into the prison. The defendants include Hadley and Mary Hildebrand among others, with trials expected next December in Kansas City, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Yankee Stadium
Schmeling
Madison Square Garden
Julian Black
John Roxborough
Louis
Black
Roxborough
John J. Phelan
Commission
Phelan
Jack Blackburn
Eddie Meade
Henry Armstrong
Max Mahon
Doc) Casey
Detroit
Joe Jacobs
Whitney Bimstein
William C. Walker
C. B. Hadley
Ray Wilson
Zeddie Ong
George Miller
George Walden
Mary Hildebrand
Mary Ong
Aldeson
W. Va
Federal Women’s Reformatory
Alta Mae Miller
Walter Miller
Dallas
Tex
Tyler Walden
Federal
Bruno
Davis
Kansas City
Kan
Four Plead Innocent to Charges of Spy Activity
Four defendants pleaded innocent to federal espionage charges in a broad probe. Indicted individuals face 25,000 bail each while warrants were issued for fourteen others believed in Germany, including two alleged German war ministry officers. Pleading innocent were Johanna Hofmann a former hairdresser on the liner Europa Guenther Gustave Rumrich a former US Army sergeant Erich Glaser a US Army private at Mitchel Field and Oto H Voss an airplane mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vincent L. Liebell
Germany
War Ministry
Johanna Hofmann
Guenther Gustave Rumrich
United States Army
Erich Glaser
Mitchel Field
Oto H. Voss
Yale Grants MA to Walt Disney in New Haven
Yale University conferred the degree of master of arts on Walt Disney the artist and creator of the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in New Haven Connecticut on June 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Disney New
Roosevelt names commission to study British labor act
President Roosevelt announced seven men and two women to study the British labor disputes act and broaden the probe to include Swedish labor relations. The panel includes Gerard Swope, Charles R. Hook, Lloyd K. Garrison, Henry I. Harriman, Robert Watt, William H. Davis, Anna M. Rosenberg, Marion Dickerman, and William Ellison Chalmers. The aim is an impartial report on British industry and its relation to American labor practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
Charles R. Hook
American Rolling Mill Company
Lloyd K. Garrison
University of Wisconsin Law School
Henry I. Harriman
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Robert Watt
International Labor Office
Deneva
Switzerland
American Federation of Labor
William H. Davis
New York City
Anna M. Rosenberg
Social Security Board
New York
Marion Dickerman
Ted Hunter
William Ellison Chalmers
U. S. Labor
Geneva
England
Sweden
Large loan applications mark Wichita bank record
A. A. McPheeters, vice president of the Wichita bank for cooperatives, said May loan applications surpassed 1.6 million dollars, the largest monthly volume in the bank’s history. For January through May, applications totaled 4.25 million dollars, the best first five months since 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
A. A. McPheeters
Wichita Bank For Cooperatives
McPheeters
PWA inaugurates new spending and lending program
The Public Works Administration begins its 1939 1940 spending cycle with grants and loans totaling about 77.8 million for 590 non federal projects. Officials estimate about 148.8 million in construction while grants cover 45 percent and loans 55 percent of project costs. Funding targets include multiple states and cities with varied projects such as school work, sewerage, and bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Works Administration
Howard A. Gray
Gray
Southbury, Conn
Kansas
Fort Wayne
Ind
Miami
Fla
Jacksonville
Shelter Island
N. Y
Natchez
Miss
Cheyenne County
Kan
Dickinson County
Kansas City
Paola
St. Joseph
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
PWA
Works Progress Administration
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Barcelona targeted in eight raids by Caproni bombers
Barcelona was hit by eight aerial raids conducted by 15 Caproni bombers. Insurgent leaders in Hendaye signaled a new Franco offensive aiming to break through Catalonia to win the civil war. Government defenses along the coast slow insurgent advances and push toward Valencia. A note about a vacation subscription to the Journal-World is included as an advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Hendaye
France
Franco
Catalonia
Villarreal
Valencia
The
Journal-World
Wall Street Bulls Keep Securities on Advance for Third Market Day
Wall Street bulls kept securities prices rising for a third straight day as buying broadened to the widest and most active level in months. Net gains ranged from 1 to over 5 a share with many three day swings yielding 6 to over 10. Wheat fell slightly at Chicago while corn and cotton held steady and staples rose. Brokers cited new business reports and statistics as sparking the buying wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Chicago
Wheat prices fall as Kansas City basis aligns with local markets
Wheat dropped to 60 cents per bushel at local elevators, five cents below yesterday, as dealers link the price to carrot wheat in Kansas City. Rain slows harvest while reports of good quality wheat persist. Local dealers from Lawrence, Eudora, Baldwin, Perry, Tonganoxie, and Williamstown met to set uniform discounts for wheat under 60 pounds, with a ladder of discounts from one cent to ten cents. Kaw Valley Kawvale wheat yields run high, including Douglas Harris's 37 bushels per acre off 18 acres of Kawvale wheat. grain tested 60 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lawrence
Eudora
Baldwin
Perry
Tonganoxie
Williamstown
Elks Club
Douglas Harris
Kaw Valley
Jury votes death for Black in Big Bend murder case
Alpine Texas reports a west Texas jury sentenced Francis Marion Black Jr to death for toppling 19 year old Marvin Noblitt in a mountain grimace insurance plot. The verdict came after less than 30 minutes of deliberation with Sheriff Elmer Taylor escorting Black to the jail. University of Kansas records show Black attended from 1928 to 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Tex
West Texas
Francis Marion Black, Jr
University of Kansas
Marvin Dale Noblitt
Big Bend
Elmer Taylor
Black
Bobbie Smith
Nobbitt
Kincaid, Kan
Seven K U Graduates Secure Teaching Posts
Seven teachers appointed through the K U teacher appointment bureau announced by H E Chandler. Cloyd Vermillion will teach music in Cameron Missouri. Eleanor Slaten will teach home economics in Hamilton Kansas. J W Skidmore becomes superintendent of Bronson Kansas schools. Bessie Ellen Moore will teach English and mathematics at Valley Falls Kansas. Vernon Rhodes will teach social science in Lawrence. Maxine Ring will teach English at Chase Kansas. Harold Bradley will teach music at Cherryvale Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
H. E. Chandler
Cloyd Vermillion
Cameron
Eleanor Slaten
Home Grannies
Hamilton
Kan
J. W. Skidmore
Bronson
Bessie Ellen Moore
Valley Falls
Vernon Rhodes
Lawrence
Maxine Ring
Chase, Kan
Harold Bradley
Cherryvale
Alaska Primary Returns Slow in Fairbanks
Seventy seven days after Alaska's April 5 primary final returns were received from isolated precincts. The latest votes arrived last night by the first upriver steamer of the year from Kalstag Anvik and other villages on the lower Yukon and Tanana rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Fairbanks
Kalstag
Anvik
Yukon
Tanana
Potato Harvest Underway in Kaw Valley Area
The Kaw Valley potato harvest began with Alfred Heck and sons planning to load four carloads for market if rain holds off, and Emil Heck aiming for two carloads tonight. Triumph red potatoes on 15 and seven acres yield about 150 bushels per acre with prices $1.10 to $1.20 per hundredweight. Cobblers, grown mainly in the valley, will start soon with a somewhat higher yield but similar market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw Valley
Alfred Heck and Sons
Emil Heck
Triumph
Nebraska
Wyoming
Alfred
Alfred Heck
Kaw
Heat wave grips Kansas with scarce rainfall forecast
Topeka reports abnormally high temperatures through today and tomorrow with limited rain. S. D. Flora notes heat worsens rust in wheat but helps corn and alfalfa growth. Yesterday marked the first day of summer with highs near 95 to 96 and numerous rainfall totals across counties, including Concordia 1.39 inches and Manhattan 1.2 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D
Goodland
Concordia
Oketo
Hanover
Centralia
Manhattan
Wamego
Salina
Wichita
Senators to Investigate Politics in Relief Complaints
Chairman Sheppard of the senate campaign expenditures committee disclosed plans to conduct secret inquiries into any complaints of politics in relief. The statement marks a proactive step by the committee amid concerns over relief program politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Politics In Relief
Sheppard
D.-Tex
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Carlson seeks supplemental wheat report from agriculture chief
Rep. Frank Carlson of Kansas urged Secretary Wallace to issue an immediate supplemental wheat report. He said field inspections show the crop has deteriorated since June 10, reducing prospective yields from 20–30 bushels to 10–15 per acre to aid farmers via price support at harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia
Kan
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Carlson
County GAins 74 as Douglas County population rises
Population figures from County Clerk T. R. Gerhart show Douglas County up 74 this year to 26 498, with Lawrence adding 73 to 14 240 and Lecompton 2 to 292. Townships Clinton Grant Lecompton Pal myra and Wakarusa all gain, Wakarusa leading with 37, four Lawrence wards up led by ward 6 with 467.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
T. R. Gerhart
Lawrence
Lecompton
Clinton
Grant
Palmyra
Wakarusa
Val Kmudora
Rann
Marion
Nal Palnistra
Willow Oy
Baldwinnity
Eudora
One of Mary McElroy's Kidnapers Freed in Missouri
Clarence Click, one of the men convicted in the Mary McElroy kidnapping, was released from the Missouri state penitentiary after serving over four years of an eight year sentence. He testified he acted under coercion from the McGee brothers, who remain serving life terms. Miss McElroy was abducted in 1933 and ransomed for $30,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Clarence Click
Mary McElroy
Click
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
Walter
George McGee
McGee Brothers
Miss McElroy
H. F. McElroy
Roosevelt approves insurance amendment for farmers
Washington June 22 The president approves an amendment to the federal insurance act allowing farmers to pay several years of premiums in one sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Japanese Bomb Swatow Opening Drive Against Canton Feared
Japanese planes bombed Swatow in Kwangtung as ten warships stood by after landing several hundred marines on Namoa Island. The move signals a potential south China offensive to cut Canton off from the central battlefront, with occupation of Namoa completed by nightfall. U S gunboat Asheville reported no fighting yet and Britain’s H M S Prochess moved to Swatow as a precaution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
China
Shanghai
Swatow
Kwangtung Province
Namoa
South China
Amoy
U. S
Asheville
United States
Whitney Young
H. M. S. Prochess
Hongkong
Han River
Yellow River
Tho
Yangtze
Hankow
Bus and truck collide on highway 24 near Midland
A Union Pacific bus and a six ton truck sideswiped two miles west of Midland on highway 24. Six passengers escaped unhurt and two suffered minor injuries, including Mrs. Charles Byerle and Ernest Zielinski. Authorities investigated the scene with local and state officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Midland
Charles Byerle
Mobile
Ala
Ernest Zielinski
Topeka
Byerle
Zielinski
Buck Creek
Jefferson County
George Price
Henry Collings
Joe Cendreia
Douglas County
Sd. S. E. Anderson
Jack R. Roberts
State Highway Patrol
van Eaton
Kensington
E. H. McQueen
Awarded Fellowship for LaVerl Bryant at University of Idaho
LaVerl Chunk Bryant receives a research fellowship at the University of Idaho with teaching duties in the School of Mines and research toward a master’s in chemical engineering. Five years of toil in a Ninth Street lunchroom and strong academic success culminate in honors and ROTC distinction. The Bryant family plans a move to Moscow around September 1 to begin the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVerl
Bryant
University of Idaho
School of Mines
Ike Bryant
Ninth Street
Massachusetts
Vermont
Missouri
Arkansas
LaVerle Bryant
Strong City
John Wilson
Moscow
Ida
The
State University
Real Estate Drops Fast in Santa Paula Field
Santa Paula California real estate drops as a 412 acre tract sinks about nine feet. Haying crews found the field unusable after arriving to bale, with a subterranean cavity roof possibly collapsed. Soil conservation service engineer H R McConnell suggested the cavity caused the subsidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Paula
Calif
H. R. McConnell
Soil Conservation Service
Weather Outlook and City Conditions in Kansas
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Morning readings show rain in Manhattan and cloudy conditions in Ottawa and Topeka, with Salina and Emporia partly cloudy and Coffeyville Pittsburg Arkansas City Wichita and Garden City clear. Dirt roads muddy in Manhattan and good elsewhere. Temperature records note yesterday evening and today morning with no major extremes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Manhattan
Ottawa
Topeka
Salina
Emporia
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Arkansas City
Wichita
Garden City
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Paris
Tarragona
Goater
Louis Schmeling
Bulletin
Leavenworth Penitentiary
NYA
National Youth Administration
Alpine, Tex
Ford Service
Oklahoma
Orrick
Lysle N. Knapn
LaVerl “Chunk” Bryant
Idaho University
California
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