Plant Owner Exits After Rioting at Philadelphia Factory
Philadelphia June 25 Progress Manufacturing plans to liquidate after strike riots at its four story plant. Owner Frank Rosen cites violence and union pressure as reasons to sell building stock and machinery or hand to government. About 500 workers once employed. wage dispute fueled by demands for large raises while average pay was $11.70 weekly.
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Philadelphia
Progress Manufacturing Company
Frank Rosen
Rosen
A.F.L
M. Herbert Syme
U. S. District Court For
Social plans for Midwestern music camp at KU outlined
Counsellors, supervisors and officials of the Midwestern music camp met at the Delta Chi house to map planned activities at the University of Kansas. The calendar includes dances, formal parties, a theater and a picnic at state lake near Onganoxie or Shawnee lake near Topeka, and weekly Wednesday informal gatherings at Greek houses.
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University of Kansas
Delta Chi House
State Lake
Onganoxie
Shawnee Lake
Topeka
Kappa Sigma
Delta Chi
Rediscount Rate Use by the Federal Reserve System
The rediscount rate is the interest charged by the Federal Reserve banks to member banks for loans secured by eligible papers. It signals monetary stance and influences money supply by making borrowing cheaper or dearer for banks. Banks adjust lending and investment to manage liquidity and credit flow.
Understanding Note Discounting Basics in Banking
The text explains that discounting a note is selling it for cash before maturity, detailing origin, sale to banks, and rediscounting at the Federal Reserve. It outlines how discount rates affect banks, lending, and inflation control through interest rate adjustments.
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Jones
Smith
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Slow sale on licenses prompts early renewals
Public response to new driver licenses is slow says J. B. Wilson noting old permits expire July 1. To avoid a rush, motorists are urged to renew now in the county courthouse basement using the east entrance. Regular operator permits cost 40 cents and chauffeur licenses $1 with additional availability at Baldwin city building and Ray Ogden’s office in Eudora.
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J. B. Wilson
Wilson
County Court House
Court House
Baldwin
Ray Ogden
Eudora
Test of Huge Bomber Is Delayed as Brakes Grab
The maiden flight of the army B-19 bomber is postponed due to brake problems. Engineers from the army and Douglas Aircraft say unsatisfactory braking must be corrected before the flight from Cloverfield to March Field. Adjustments expected in a few days. parts had been shipped from the east after an earlier delay.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Army
Douglas Aircraft Company
Corps
Cloverfield
March Field
Ty Cobb Outplays Babe Ruth At Halfway Golf Grudge
In Boston on June 25 Ty Cobb held a one stroke edge over Babe Ruth at the halfway mark of an 18 hole charity grudge match at Commonwealth Golf Club before about 2000 spectators. Both players posted 43s for the first nine holes with Ruth making the day’s only birdie on the 495 yard fourth from 40 feet.
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Boston
Mass
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Commonwealth
Ruth
State agency pushes Kansas firms for defense contracts
Secretary Rolla A. Clymer of the Kansas industrial development commission said the agency is going all out to win defense contracts for small Kansas industries. John Harvey of Emporia is hired to dedicate full time to the effort with other staff supporting. He estimates at least 500 Kansas plants could handle defense work, either directly with the army or as sub-contractors.
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Topeka
Rolla A. Clymer
The
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
John Harvey
Emporia
Commission
Clymer
Kansas
Army
Eldridge Hotel Installs Carrier Air Conditioning
Lawrence report notes the Eldridge hotel now runs a Carrier cooling system for the coffee shop and dining room. The Midwestern Music Camp cannot broadcast ASCAP tunes this season due to a dispute between ASCAP and national radio firms, limiting camp music to within hearing range and local stations with rights declining to carry it.
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Eldridge
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
National Radio Broadcasting Companies
ASCAP
Kansas
Cavalry replacement training center fills 5000 recruits
Fort Riley Kansas reports the cavalry replacement training center rapidly filling with 5000 selective soldiers to complete a 138 week basic cavalry course. The new rookies arrive mostly from eastern and southern centers, replacing the first class of 5000 who completed training ten days earlier and went to duty at various arm posts. By week end arrivals exceed 1200 and total 5000.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Cavalry
Italian Radio reports German moves toward Minsk
Italian radio quoted reports from Helsinki saying German troops crossed Lithuania and Latvia and moved toward Minsk where they would meet a column from Brest Litovsk. In Atchison Kansas, Robert Seng, 25, drowned while swimming the Missouri River. search by priests and friends lasted two hours.
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New York
C.B.S. Today
Helsinki
Lithuania
Latvia
Minsk
Brest Litovsk
Atchison, Kan
Robert Seng
Gus Seng
Missouri
St. Benedict’s College
Bring Down Russian Planes Over Finnish Territory
Berlin radio broadcast cited by NBC from Helsinki claimed 20 Russian planes were shot down over Finnish territory. The report was aired in New York on June 25.
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New York
Berlin
NBC
Helsinki
New First Lady of Supreme Court Steps Into Role
Mrs. Harlan F. Stone wife of the chief justice designate becomes the new First Lady of the Supreme Court. She is the former Miss Agnes Harvey of Chesterfield New Hampshire. They married September 7 1899 and have two sons.
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Harlan F. Stone
United States Supreme Court
Agnes Harvey
Chesterfield
N. H
Fair Employment Practice Committee Formed in Defense Jobs
Roosevelt executive order creates a non salaried five man committee in Washington to investigate and recommend measures to curb discrimination in defense industry and government employment based on race creed color or national origin.
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Fair Employment Committee
Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
Nazis Claim News Monopoly Berlin boast
The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung boasted that it will report dramatic eastern front successes in tomorrow’s issue and that only a German high command communique will reveal the truth to London Washington and Moscow. The note ends with a quip about readers of the classified page.
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Berlin
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Russia
London
Washington
Moscow
East
Price control forecast as voluntary program ends
Washington dispatch reports Leon Henderson expects mandatory price legislation to be proposed by President Roosevelt. Henderson said voluntary controls worked until shipping shortages and higher import prices necessitated broader allocation and inflation measures, including possible payroll savings to fund defense. He indicated Congress may need new authority at the proper time.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
Congress
House Appropriations
Henderson
Price Administration
Rep. Ludlow
D-Ind
Ford to Build Bomber Factory for Army Plan
The Defense Plant Corporation said it will build a $47 620 171 bomber factory at Ypsilanti Michigan to be leased to and operated by Ford Motor Company. Construction and buildings total $31 961 300 with equipment at 15 658 871. The plant supports the army plan to produce 500 bombers monthly.
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Washington
Defense Plant Corporation
Ypsilanti
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Plant Corporation
RFC
Army
German Air Raids Sink Freighters and Hit Liverpool
Berlin reports seven day Luftwaffe activity with 125 British planes downed. Two freighters totaling 11 000 tons were sunk from a strongly protected convoy off the British east coast. Big fires were set on Liverpool waterfront with two more large merchants hit by bombs.
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Berlin
Britain
Liverpool
High Command
DNB
Luftwaffe
Soldiers commended for saving boy at North Little Rock pool
Maj. Gen. Ralph E. Truman commends Corp. Max Morris and Pvt. Glen Austin of Emporia Kansas for saving an 11 year old boy at a North Little Rock pool. The citation is to be read before all 35th Division units at Camp Robinson Arkansas.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
Ralph E. Truman
Corp
Max Morris
Pvt
Glen Austin
Emporia
Kan
North Little Rock
General Truman
35Th Division
Reds Take First of Twin Bill Behind Riddle Victory
Cincinnati Reds beat Philadelphia 8 to 3 in the first game behind Elmer Riddle, who remained undefeated this season at 7-0. Key moments included a 13-hit Reds attack against three Philadelphia pitchers.
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Philadelphia
Cincinnati Reds
Elmer Riddle
Oix
Podgajny
Johnson
Melton
Livingston
Harman
HE. Riddle
Lombardi
Avsavere
Ood Grissom
Warren
Pearson
J. Riddle
Pittsburgh
Cookie Lavagetto
Billy Herman
Brooklyn
Pirates
Dodgers
St. Louis
National League
Casey
Higbe
Owen
Heintzelman
Lopez
New York
Chicago
Carpenter
Danning
Lee
Page
McCullough
Sheffing
Boston
Hutchings
Berres
White
Padgett
Consider Loan to the Government of Britain
Washington June 25 Jesse Jones announced he is considering a loan to the British government. The loan would be studied by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under a new law to provide dollar exchange for war supplies, avoiding forced sale of American securities. Officials hint a smaller initial amount than several hundred million dollars, with collateral comprising direct investments and diversified U.S. stocks and bonds.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Berlin Press Parallels Roosevelt Aid to Soviet Russia
Berlin commentary compares democracy and communism in reaction to Roosevelt's U S aid offer to Moscow. The Boersen Zeitung says there is little difference between Roosevelt and Stalin and claims plutocracy and Bolshevism share a Jewish root and aim at the same anti social objectives.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
Soviet Russia
Stalin
Boersen Zeitung
Berlin Financial
Moscow
Don’t Forget to Phone 22 for Summer Journal-World Mail
When leaving town, readers are urged to phone 22 to arrange mailing of the Journal-World to their summer address. The notice emphasizes continuing newspaper delivery during the vacation period.
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Journal-World
Seattle Terrorized by Sex Slayings and Mounting Vigilante Search
Seattle awoke to a citywide manhunt as police and volunteers hunt a presumed sex-slayer blamed for two deaths and two wounds. Dozens of cases include garroting and attempted chokes, with residents arming themselves and a roundup of suspected degenerates under way. The killer took Edward La Fountain’s car, found in North Seattle, while Blanche Link died from a garroting assault that night.
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Seattle
Edward A. la Fountain
Riding Academy
Heat overwhelms 15000 at St Paul mass in sweltering heat
A scorching sun drove 15000 children to a grandstand mass at St Paul fairgrounds on June 25. About 500 were hospitalized with heat prostration while several hundred more were treated in cooling areas. Doctors expect no serious outcomes.
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St. Paul Grandstand
St. Paul
Fair Grounds Euchaistic Center
Pontifical Mass
Ninth
National Eucharistic Congress
Clemency Denied in 1940 Manslaughter Case
Gov. Payne Ratner refused clemency for Lewis Troy a Lawrence resident sentenced to 3 to 5 years for second degree manslaughter in the February 20 1940 fatal shooting of Earl H Harris at an east Lawrence residence. Roosevelt Urges Rededication for Fourth of July civic defense event planned by the civilian defense office.
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Payne Ratner
Lewis Troy
Troy
Earl H. Harris
East Lawrence
Roosevelt
Washington
Office of Civilian Defense
Omar Abernathy Dies in Miami Beach at 73
Omar Abernathy a 73 year old retired banker and furniture manufacturer from Leavenworth Kansas and Kansas City died last night at his home in Miami Beach Florida He had ties to both Kansas and Florida and was known in business circles in Leavenworth and Kansas City.
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Omar Abernathy
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Kan
Miami Beach
Fla
Finland Declares War on Russia, Berlin Reports
German sources say Finland declared war on Russia and fighting is underway with full force. The report cites Berlin as the source of the declaration and notes wartime developments in the European conflict.
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Finland
Berlin
Russia
Fire destroys milling company's building in Bonner Springs
A fire near a ton of hay leveled the Fred E. Stubbs Milling company building in Bonner Springs Kansas. The notice also plugs a Journal-World subscription and advertises mailing a daily update for travelers.
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Bonner Springs
Kan
Fred E. Stubbs Milling Company
Army in Tennessee Revises Maneuver Plans in Arkansas
The second army updated its war games schedule in Tennessee time, stating 113000 troops will participate and move concentration from August 11 to August 1. The force will enter Louisiana in September to clash with the third army in exercises involving over 425000 soldiers. Five thousand from the sixth cavalry at Fort Riley will join Arkansas units.
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Tennessee
Second Army
Arkansas
Louisiana
Third Army
Sixth Cavalry Division
Fort Riley
Kan
Local Social Notes From Eudora And Nearby
Mr and Mrs Herman Miller left for Oshkosh Wis Tuesday after visiting relatives including Mr and Mrs Frank Sommer and Mr and Mrs Joe Zillner. Guy Pennock and Mrs Carrie Richards spent Sunday at Valley Falls visiting the A K Wyatt home. Miss Margaret Zillner of Kansas City spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Zillner. Mrs Irene Carter of Lawrence called on Mrs Frank Sommer Thursday evening. Mrs Van Diver and son Josephi were noted in the sequence of local visits.
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Herman Miller
Oshkosh
Wis
Frank Sommer
Joe Zillner
Guy Pennock
Carrie Richards
Valley Falls
A. K. Wyatt
Margaret Zillner
Kansas City
Irene Carter
Lawrence
van Diver
Josephi
Omaha
Neb
Clifford Coffman
Rolland
Marvin Dean
Bellview
George Born
Allen Cochran
Wellsville
Lester Coffman
Floyd Milburn
Bonner Springs
Florence Milburn
Lena
Vinland
Garry Lee Milburn
Gertie Steffen
Richard
Erwin
Dorothy
Clark House
Knabe House
Ralph Davis
Eldon
Claude Richards
Clark Home
Delbert Adams
Halstead
Kan
Paul Sommer
John Sommer
Clem Zillner
Virginia Lee
Helen Sommer
Charles Brown
Gardner
Rhetta Daugherty
Lorene
Harold Lee Daugherty
Robert Eisele
Roberta
Ray Morriss
Melvin
Big Springs
J. W. Geelan
Mayme Geelan
Local residents share visits across families in Kansas area
Omaha Nebraska visitors travel Thursday to Sunday visiting Frank Sommer and Joe Zillner families and Mrs. Clifford Coffman and sons. Several local households host relatives including the Coffmans Milburns and Daughertys with multiple Sunday dinners and moves between homes in the Bellview and Knabe areas.
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