Martin Targets One Man Rule in New Deal Critique
Philadelphia June 25 Rep Joseph W Martin Jr of Massachusetts accepting the Republican national convention post as permanent chairman denounces seven year march toward one man government. He calls for defense without war or debt and says Americans must sacrifice to restore liberty and curb dictatorial tendencies.
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Massachusetts
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America
Find Body of Father in Creek by Youths Playing Detectives
In Topeka on June 25, 13 year old Jimmy Fairbanks and 12 year old Steve Smith Jr found the body of Arthur M. Fairbanks 71 partly submerged in Soldier Creek near his home. Dr H A Alexander coroner ruled death by own action and Fairbanks had been missing since Friday.
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Topeka
Jimmy Fairbanks
Steve Smith, Jr
Jimmy
Arthur M. Fairbanks
Soldier Creek
Fairbanks
Finday
Truck Out Of Control Crashes Into Carnival Crowd
In Kansas City Kansas a truck leapt the curb and struck a carnival crowd last night killing 7 year old Enoch Manis Jr and injuring two men. A young woman reported she tried to move the truck though she did not know how to drive.
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Kansas City
Kan
Enoch Manis, Jr
Celebrated Singer Described in Puzzle Clues
A crossword style clue set centers on a famed vocalist with lines hinting at hair scalp skin tissue and voice traits. It references recordings and fame while mixing trivia about antelope convection and craft terms across horizontal and vertical entries.
Fife Brothers Sermon Draws Large Lawrence Crowd
A Monday night service at North Side Christian Church in Lawrence featured the Fife brothers in sermon and song. Robert Nelson, 12, earned a Bible for bringing 39 attendees and received the gift from Rev. C. W. Comstock. Dr. Fife signaled a possible farewell after Sunday services as the brothers head to New York City.
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Fife Brothers
North Side Christian Church
Lawrence
C. W. Comstock
Robert Nelson
Comstock
Post
West Line
New York City
Fife
George Branum
Charles
Illinois
West
Former Governor John Stuchell Fisher Dies at 73
John Stuchell Fisher, 73, former governor of Pennsylvania, died at his home in Pittsburgh on June 25. The longtime Republican leader served as governor in the early 20th century and remained a prominent state figure.
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Pittsburgh
John Stuchell Fisher
Pennsylvania
Social Register 1940 Abroad List and New York Highlights
The 1940 summer Social Register lists 237 families living abroad including Bermuda Mexico Hawaii and the Canal Zone. Inland resorts and ranches draw 17 387 socially prominent New Yorkers up 219 from last year. Deaths down 26 marriages up seven yachts drop to 1 092.
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New York
Social Register
Bermuda
Mexico
Hawaii
Canal Zone
Adirondacks
New England
United States
Canada
WPA costs cited overrun in Hutchinson airport project
City Engineer H. P. Hertz told Hutchinson city commissioners that mismanagement by WPA could cost over $3,000 beyond the original municipal airport contract share. He criticized WPA supervision and noted shortages in trucks, warning the project would run a deficit without 6,000 extra truck hours.
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Hutchinson
Kan
H. P. Hertz
WPA
Hertz
Junior Chamber to Meet in Lawrence Tonight
The newly organized Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce holds its first general meeting at 7 30 PM in the county courtroom with President Dick Barber in charge.
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Lawrence
Kansas University Choir Forms 120 Member Summer Ensemble
One hundred twenty students from seven midwestern states form the KU summer a cappella choir directed by Dean D M Swarthout. They rehearse for a concert series next month with 25 Lawrence residents among the choir members and an invitation to subscribe to the Journal World before leaving for summer vacation.
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Middlewestern States
K. U
D. M. Swarthout
Lawrence
WIBW Talent Search Draws District Attendees
High Prairie residents noted participation in the WIBW talent search at Baldwin with Dorothy Gleason among the Three Little Maids. The column lists visits, family gatherings, and social events across Clyde Puckett’s, Lawrence, Ottawa, and nearby towns, including Sunday breakfasts and summer arrangements.
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WIBW
Baldwin
Dorothy Gleason
Virginia ‘Lawson
Lawrence
Janice Lockwood
Kansas City
Clyde Puckett
Carl van Hoesen
Anderson
Keith Ulrich
Mary Elizabeth
Billy
Herschel Ulrich
Anne Newman
Gayle Stevens
Ottawa
Kelly
Ronald Gray
Dan Shotwell
Herschel Uhl
Carolyn
Dan Johan King
Cecil Pucketts
James Lockwood
Janice
Lois Johanning
Dan Johanning
Edd Heaston
Helen
A. M. Reser
Cherokee
Phillip
Robert William
Herman Butell
Independence District
Louis Johnson
Waterloo
Charles Johnson
Harry Hansen
Merriman
Kan
Floyd Ashby
Virgil Coates
Elsie Hibner Devol
Daugh
Local Social Notes Highlight Summer Plans and Visits
Mrs. Devol attends summer school at Kansas University while her sister spends the season with brother Harvey Hibner. Avery Hibner works in Chicago at a restaurant. Pan Ulrich travels to Kansas City on business. Charles Lutz dined with Edd Heaston on Tuesday.
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Harvey Hibner
Mrs. Devol
Kansas University
Avery Hibner
Chicago
Pan Ulrich
Kansas City
Charles Lutz
Edd
Residents Gather for Visits and News in Pickens Area
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Had and daughter Wanda plus Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thoren of Eudora visited the Ern est Cowles home. Leonard Anderson's wife was released after an operation in Lawrence Memorial hospital. Ruby Henrik returns home then starts work in Lawrence. The Harmony club plans a Thursday meeting at Mrs Will Johnson s home. Janet Natalee Street born June 10 to Frank Street and former local resident Ma rie Hubbard.
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Albert
Wanda
Ed Thoren
Eudora
Ernest Cowles
Leonard Anderson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ruby Henik
Melvin Fletcher
Gilbert Holiday
Kenneth
Lawrence
George Henik
Lester Mills
Shirley
Lansing
James Baird
Hiawatha
Kan
Henry Baird
Frank Hubbard
Ernest Siscoe
Roy Baird
Harmony Club
Will Johnson
Ruth Baird
Roy Siscoe
Howard Cline
Tonganoxie
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Janice
Clawson
Janet Natalee
Street
Marie Hubbard
Ruby Henrik
David Casteel
Gertrude Siscoe
J. T. Sis
Local Social and Farm News from Kansas County
Cosa and H G Newby of Kansas City were guests at the Hubbard home Saturday night and visited Sunday with the Siscoe and Cowles families in Lawrence. Miss Helen Seymour visits Anna Louise Huntley in Kansas City. Heavy rain delays harvest and harms wheat and oats. farmers busy with haying and canning peas beans and cherries. William Anderson resumes mail-carrying after illness.
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Cosa
H. G. Newby
Kansas City
T. E. Hubbard
Dorothy
Roy
Wiliam Anderson
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