Planes Fly Near American Gunboat in Swatow Raid
Japanese seaplanes raided Swatow twice near the U S gunboat Asheville and destroyer Dainty as heavy air attacks hit the railway station and shattered water mains. Civilians fled inland amid fears of a broader push toward Canton and Shanghai while rains and Yangtze floods altered battlefield conditions.
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Swatow
China
Jime 23
United States
Asheville
Dainty
South China
Namoa Island
Japan
Canton
Shanghai
Hankow
Yanetze
Insurgents Break Through South Of Seco At Onda Front
Spanish insurgents crossed the Seco river south of Onda after capturing the village on Valencia’s outskirts while government troops held firm along the coast. Onda lies 35 miles north of Valencia, with the line stubbornly resisting the southern advance despite constant artillery and air attacks.
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Hendaye
France
Seco
Onda
Valencia
Villarreal
Mediterranean
Jose Miaja
Oatman Knocked Out By Kaufman In Lincoln Match
Glen Oatman of Lawrence was eliminated from the Trans Mississippi tournament at Lincoln Nebraska by Harry Kaufman of Lincoln. Oatman shot even par on the first round but Kaufman won 4 and 3 with three under par.
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Glen Oatman
Lawrence
Lincoln
Neb
Harry Kaufman
Oatman
Kaufman
Paz
Hatch to push broad ban on politics in spending offices
Senator Hatch plans new legislation to bar all federal and state officers from political activity, extending current civil service rules. The measure would apply to officers funded by federal dollars and could withhold funds from noncompliant states. Penalties include fines imprisonment and removal from office.
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Hatch
Washington
Congress
D-N.m
WPA
Barkley
D-Ky
United States
Law School Grads Admitted to Kansas Bar in Topeka
Forty four University of Kansas law graduates, eight from Lawrence, were admitted to the Kansas bar this morning after state board examinations completed earlier in Topeka. A total of seventy eight passed and were sworn in by the Supreme Court.
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K. U. School of Law
School of Law
The
University
Lawrence
Kansas Statue
State House
Topeka
State Board of Bar Examiners
Supreme Court
Kansas
Mitchells to Sail From Vancouver for Sumatra
Mr and Mrs R C Mitchell will sail from Vancouver to Palembang Sumatra NEI within two months to reside four years. He joins the Nederlandsche Koloniale Petroleum Maatschappij Geology Dept in Soengei Gerong near Palembang to head core drilling on Borneo Java Sumatra. The Mitchell home is leased to Mr and Mrs Farr Black northwest of Baldwin during their Orient stay. Mitchell had earlier worked eight years in Sumatra for the same company and later served Kansas in pollution prevention before resigning after three years.
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R. C. Mitchell
Vancouver
Palembang
Sumatra
Mitchell
Geological Department
The
Nederlandsche Koloniale Petroleum Maatschappij
Soengei Gerong
Borneo
Java
Farr Black
Baldwin
Orient
Kansas
State Board of Health
Assertions of Jewish control by Kuhn sparks NY hearing
Fritz Kuhn president of the German American Bund told a New York legislative hearing that both major U S parties are controlled by powerful Jewish banking interests. He claimed the Republicans are under Warburg linked Rothschild influence and the Democrats under Kuhn Loeb Rothschild control while noting the Bund runs 22 camps in the United States.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
United States
House of Warburg
House of Rothschild
Democratic Party
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Kuhn
Winter in Niagara Gorge Sets New Ice Longevity Record
Ice lingered near Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls New York today establishing a new record for longevity of gorge ice. The remnant from the worst ice jam in 30 years last winter persisted beyond the usual season, with previous records showing ice lasting until June 20 1921.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara Gorge
Horseshoe Falls
Public Works allot $29 million in new Roosevelts program
The Public Works Administration announced 29 592 081 in grants and loans to 299 projects across Kansas including school and waterworks projects in Clifton Emporia Hiawatha Horton Kansas City Kan Olathe Sharon Sterling Topeka Wichita and others. An earlier batch on day one totaled 77 814 420 with a two day total of 107 406 000 and more allotments expected this afternoon.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Clifton
Kan
Emporia
Hiawatha
Horton
Kansas City
Military Memorial
Olathe
Sharon
Sterling
Toneka
Wichita
Kansas
Bonner Springs
Junction City
Hall
Hybrid Wheat Sets 56.2 Bushels Per Acre At Woodward
In Woodward Oklahoma on June 23 a hybrid wheat from the U S experiment station yielded 56.2 bushels per acre on plots near town. Superintendent F F Chilcott says the cross between Kawvale and Tenmarq produced a stiff stalk able to withstand wind and rain after five years of experiments. the hybrid remains unnamed.
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Woodward
Okla
U. S
F. F. Chilcott
Kawvale
Tenmarq
Hague's Counsel Offers No Defense to Charges
In Newark New Jersey on June 23 Mayor Frank Hague's counsel said they would offer no defense to charges by the CIO and ACLU that he and other city officials violated free speech and assembly in Jersey City. Special counsel John A Matthews stated the defense rests and the case will go to Judge William Clark for decision without defense witnesses.
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Newark
N. J
Frank Hague
C.I.O
American Civil Liberties Union
Jersey City
John A. Matthews
Matthews
William Clark
Schmeling's Vertebra Fracture Confirmed After Louis Defeat
New York June reports confirm Max Schmeling's injury from the Louis bout is a fracture of the left third lumbar vertebra transverse process only, not both third and fourth as first stated. Hospital official A A Jaller says condition is very satisfactory, with normal temperature and pulse.
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New York
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Schmeling
A. A. Jaller
Schmeling’s Wife Plans Visit to New York Bedside
Anny Ondra wife of Max Schmeling announced she would travel to New York to be at her husband’s side after his injury in the Louis bout. She booked passage awaiting Max’s call and described the fight as no longer sport but a battle for life, noting supportive messages from friends including Adolf Hitler and Paul Goebbels.
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Berlin
Anny Ondra
Max Schmeling
New York
Max
Schmeling
Joe Louis
Rod
Promoter Delays Schmeling Baer Title Defense Plan
The article notes delays in securing Max Baer for a September title defense against Schmeling. Promoter Mike Jacobs aims to lock Baer to a long term contract before the fight, after a state athletic commission meeting was canceled. Schmeling remains hospitalized with limited access.
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Mike Jacobs
Louis
Max Baer
Mike
Baer
New York State Athletic Commission
Jacobs
Joe Jacobs
Schmeling
Max Machon
Drying Weather Bets Wheat Harvest Across Kansas
Topeka reports warm drying conditions for harvest across Kansas except the northeast for 36 hours. D Flora, federal meteorologist, notes scattered thundershowers may delay northeast harvest and boost rust spread. Tonight temps 60 to 70, tomorrow 90 to 95. rainfall in last 24 hours varied with Hanover 1.81 inches and Wichita 0.30.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Hanover
Blue Rapids
Centralia
Horton
Manhattan
Wamego
Herington
Florence
Garnett
Wichita
Chanute
Winfield
Arkansas City
All Germans Will Be Liable for Temporary State Labor Service
Berlin reports that from July 1 all German men and women will be liable for temporary state labor service. Occupations will be assigned and duties undertaken under government contract with pay lower than usual. The move follows unemployment dropping to about 0.75 million and a rising employed pool, creating no reserves for state service.
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Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
A New Elevator Nears Opening in Lawrence
H E Stoneback builds a new grain elevator at India station on East Twenty third street. R J Wager will manage the plant with 10 000 bushel capacity. Stoneback, a 600 acre wheat farmer, supplied most lumber from his own logs and local labor helped. the site sits just north of the viaduct on Highway 10 over the Santa Fe tracks.
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Lawrence
H. E. Stoneback
India Station
East Twenty-third Street
R. J. Wager
Vermont Street
Stoneback
Slayings in Los Angeles Court Heighten Legal Battle
In Los Angeles a former South Dakota farmer, Arthur Emil Hansen, shot two lawyers in the hall of records court. He told deputies he had “nothing to lose” and was jailed without bail. The slain were R. D. McLaughlin and J. Irving Hancock, linked to John Hancock in a costly litigation over judgments and levies. The shooting occurred just before Commissioner Kurtz Kauffmann was to announce findings.
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Los Angeles
South Dakota
Arthur Emil Hansen
Wakanda
S. D
William Penprose
Hall of Records
R. D. McLaughlin
J. Irving Hancock
G. Allan Hancock
Hansen
Hancock
John Hancock
J. W
Katherine Coykendall
Trio Concert by Van Leeuwen Bruch Forbes at KU Hoch Auditorium
The Cincinnati trio Ary Van Leeuwen flute Fritz Bruch cello and May Estel Forbes piano perform tonight at 8 in Hoch Auditorium University of Kansas. Programs include Trio in B flat major Allegro Cantabile Menuetto Presto Andante cantabile Scherzino Molique Polonaise in E flat major and Trois Aquarelles from Gaubert Popper Liszt Strauß Hungarian Rhapsody Rosary Blossom selections and waltzes arranged by Van Leeuwen.
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Cincinnati Trio
Ary van Leeuwen
Fritz Bruch
May Estel Forbes
Hoch Auditorium
University of Kansas
Miss Forbes
Gaubert
Popper-Liszt
Mr. Bruch
Johann Strauuss
van Leeuwen
Kirkpatrick Named to State Board of Education
Gov. Huxman admitted the previous appointment of Rufus M. Crum of Wichita was an error. Paul Kirkpatrick of Marysville was appointed to the state board of education for a term ending June 6, 1942, succeeding Ida Grammer of Junction City whose term expired.
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Topeka
Walter A. Huxman
Rufus M. Crum
Wichita
State Board of Education
Paul Kirkpatrick
Marysville
Crum
Kirkpatrick
Ida Grammer
Junction City
Distribution of Fees A Problem In Kansas Counties
Douglas county officials and Kansas tax authorities wrestle with distributing 16250 in mortgage bond registration fees paid by Kansas Electric Power. Officials debate whether to use real estate valuations or personal property in 16 counties, with a state supreme court ruling guiding the July decision.
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Kansas Electric Power Company
Kansas
Charles Springer
A. M. Gardner
Topeka
Tax Commission
Douglas County
Power Company
Douglas
Atchison
Butler
Chase Leavenworth
Johnson
Neosho
Wyandotte
Coffey
Greenwood
Lyon
Osage
Jefferson
Labette
Morris
Wilson
State Tax Commission
Gardner
Commission
State Supreme Court
Shawnee County
Supreme Court
Stokes Reaches Missouri Net Final at St Joseph
In St Joseph Missouri Tommy Stokes of New Orleans beat Allen Mc Donald of Wichita Kansas 6 3 6 3 to reach the Missouri state tennis tournament junior singles final. Bobby Curtis of Houston seeded No 1 in both men and junior singles advanced to the semi finals with a 6 3 6 1 win over Lefty Brown of Waco and will face Stokes tomorrow in the junior singles semi finals.
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St. Joseph
Tommy Stokes
New Orleans
Allen McDonald
Wichita
Kan
Bobby Curtis
Houston
Tex
Lefty Brown
Waco
Iran Crown Prince to Wed Farouk’s Sister in Cairo deal
Premier Mahmoud Jam announced a marriage contract between Crown Prince Mohamed Reza Pahlavi, 19, and Princess Fawzia, 16, sister of King Farouk of Egypt. The wedding would occur in Cairo next September after a one year waiting period following signing.
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Farouk
Teheran
Iran
Mahmoud Jam
Mohamed Riza Pahlavi
Shah
Fawzia
Egypt
Cairo
Monkeys Export Banned in Trivandrum
The state government of Travancore bans the export of monkeys for rejuvenation to the United States and Europe. Monkeys are regarded as sacred after cows, and in many states shooting them is forbidden.
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Trivandrum
India
Travancore
United States
Europe
Insurance Official Dies in New Jersey At 64
Alfred Hurrell, 64, vice-president of the Prudential Insurance Co. of America, died at his Glen Ridge home June 23. He held key posts in the company and was a prominent figure in the industry.
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Glen Ridge
N. J
Alfred Hurrell
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Ins Are Successful Renomination Winners in Primary Elections
An analysis of primary results in 11 states shows incumbents favored for renomination amid intra party strains and charges of national interference. Governors Barrows of Maine and Benson of Minnesota and 12 House members were re nominated. only one senator and three House members were defeated. In states Florida Indiana Iowa Oregon and North Carolina all incumbents won renomination. Governor Martin of Oregon lost.
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Washington
Lewis O. Barrows
Maine
Elmer A. Benson
Minnesota
House
Benominton
Herbert E. Hitchcock
Louis M. Long
D-Jil
Charles N. Crosby
D-Pa
Michael J. Stack
Florida
Indiana
Iowa
Oregon
North Carolina
Martin
State Board of Pharmacy Elects New Officers
Gene Cook of Iola was elected president at the Eldridge hotel meeting. Wilson Sprague of Fredonia is treasurer and Otto Kuether of Herington becomes secretary. Engborg of McPherson becomes board member. Engborg to succeed Walter Varnum. Twenty four candidates. KU graduates numbered thirteen in the exam lineup.
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Gene Cook
Iola
State Board of Pharmacy
Eldridge
Cook
K. U
Wilson F. Sprague
Fredonia
Otto Kuether
Herington
Paul J. Engborge
McPherson
Kelsey Petro
Topeka
Walter Varnum
Lawrence
Engborg
Haxman
University of Kansas
K.U
Vivian L. Harrison
Billy Nite
Montezuma
Kan
James Wiles
W. Herbert Jenkins
C. H. McCubbin
Kansas City
Earl E. Harley
John P. Rodenbeck
George S. James
Winfield
Justin M. Pokorny
Nevada
State Tax Commission to Convene on Equalization
Topeka June 23 GCPI W G Fink chairman said today the state tax commission will convene July 13 as a state board of equalization and remain in session until the equalization work for 1988 is completed. The board will begin July 1 hearing appeals from county boards and representatives of the counties on matters of equalization. Hearings continue by schedule until July 26 with fixed dates for counties. Notices have been sent to all county clerks with instructions for appeals preparation.
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Topeka
GCPI
W. G. Fink
State Tax Commission
State Board of Equalization
Fink
Roosevelt Signs Bill to Increase Marine First Class Privates
President Roosevelt signed legislation boosting the number of first class privates in the marine corps from 2947 to 4715. The action expands personnel strength and reflects military staffing plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Marine Corps
Dangers of Colorado River Trip Warned by Dr. Moore
Kansas State geologist Dr. R. C. Moore recalls his 1928 descent from Lees Ferry to Needles and warns that June and early July flood waters make the river dangerous. Storms can surge 20 feet overnight, and many stretches offer no escape from the river.
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R. C. Moore
Colorado River
University of Michigan
Colorado River Canyon
Kansas State
University of A
Mwnet
Moore
Colorado
Lees Ferry
Needles
Calif
Mooré
Wheat yield estimates vary for Douglas County
Douglas County farmers report wide ranges in expected wheat yields from 15 to 20 bushels per acre, with total county output seen between 900000 and 1200000 bushels on about 60000 acres. Essick suggests 15 bushels county average, Deal Six 16, and Schaake 20, while last year averaged 25.
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Douglas County
W. R. Essick
Liberty Memorial High School
Deal Six
Chris Schaake
Cutoff Work Underway To Replace Mud Creek Curve
List and Clark Construction of Kansas City started the cutoff for highway 40 northeast of Lawrence. Crews moved 20 000 yards of dirt to form a road dump across Mud Creek while test pilings go in for a bridge. About 40 men are employed on the project.
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Mud Creek
Highway 40
Lawrence
List and Clark Construction Company
Kansas City
Leroy Seeman
Leavenworth County
Roosevelt Works Long Hours on Unsigned Bills
Hyde Park, June 2. President Roosevelt arranged long work hours on unsigned bills before leaving for Washington. He will reach the White House tomorrow and broadcast from the diplomatic room. He signed 21 more bills and vetoed three last night, total 78 signed and 11 vetoed since Monday, with about 230 still awaiting action.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Rosevelt
Washington
Capital
White House
Weather outlook shows patchy clouds and scattered storms
Kansas forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers tonight and Friday. Temperatures steady with modest changes. Em___ria, Manhattan, Ottawa and Topeka cloudy. Salina partly cloudy. Coffeyville Garden City Ark City Wichita clear. Dirt roads soft Arkansas City. others good. Rainfall to noon today measured .32 inch.
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Kansas
Emporia
Manhattan
Ottawa
Topeka
Salina
Coffeyville
Garden City
Arkansas City
Wichita
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Blue Mound
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Osace City
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Kansasity
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Leavenworth
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Charles Constant Hankin
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Charles M. Tansey, Jr
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