Landon Campaign Staff Arrives at Estes Park Camp
Estes Park Colorado June 29 Governor Alf Landon said he may join his campaign staff here soon. The assembled staff includes Charles P. Taft T Ralph W Robey economist and Early H Taylor. Robey may come tomorrow to confer with Landon. Mrs Landon rode three quarters of a mile on horseback during a camp press conference.
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Estes Park
Colo
Alf M. Landon
Camnaion
Ini Topeka
Landon A
Charles P. Taft
T. Ralph W. Robey
H. Taylor
Taft
Robey
W. 5
Rosecrans
Los Angeles
Gen. W. S Rosecrans
Landon
California
Oregon
Columia University
Rosevelt
Garner
Tayr
The
Country Gentleman
London
Cleveland
Landon Helps Wife Run Shopping List in Estes Park
Estes Park Colorado June 29 Governor Alf M Landon of Kansas buys groceries for his family from a list prepared by wife Percy Anne his 19 year old daughter accompanies him at a village store. He buys lamb chops beef peas raspberries milk butter and canned goods as onlookers greet the sun tanned candidate. He studies the Democratic platform and Roosevelt speech for campaign preparation while his family attends church and reads during a rainy afternoon.
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Estes Park
Colo
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Percy Anne
Roosevelt
Topeka
Haile Selassie Plea on Justice at League Assembly
In Geneva on June 29 Haile Selassie prepared an eleventh hour appeal for justice to the League of Nations assembly. His spokesmen said he would address the body tomorrow while Italian conquest of Ethiopia loomed. Delegates and officials debated recognition of territory gained by force as Britain France and Argentina engaged in discussions. In Washington Ora tor John Townsend Jr of Delaware was named chair of the Republican senatorial campaign committee with several others named to the slate.
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Geneva
Emperor Haile, Selassie
N¢Gus
League of Nations Assembly
Selassie
Sleal
Italy
Ethiopia
Manuel E. Malbran
Yvon Delbos
France
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Nam
Washington
John G. Townsend, Jr
Spring pig crop shows 29 percent rise over 1935
Washington reports the agriculture department finds the spring pig crop of 1936 up about 29 percent from the tiny 1935 crop. It forecasts a 15 percent rise in sows farrowing this fall, indicating about a 24 percent increase in total 1936 farrowing versus 1935, and more hogs over six months old on June 1, 1936.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Thiele Speaks on Kansas Supreme Court Work at Rotary
Justice Walter G. Thiele of the Kansas Supreme Court spoke at Rotary on how cases reach the court and the adjudication process. He described original proceedings, assignment among justices, and the heavy brief-reading workload, noting the time confinement and thoroughness of reviews.
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Walter G. Thiele
Kansas Supreme Court
Rotary
Walter G Thiele
Supre Court
Supreme Court
Justice Thiele
Lawrence
Neal Wherry
Rotary International
Atlantic City
Theodore Astman
Dean Pleads Guilty in Poole Case Terror Slaying
Detroit June 29 Dean pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murder in the Black Legion execution of Charles A Poole on May 12. He called the confessed trigger man. Judge Moynihan heard the plea and deferred sentencing. maximum penalty life imprisonment. Twelve other men face charges in Poole slaying.
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Detroit
Dayton Dean
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
WPA
Joseph A. Moynihan
Michigan
Dean
Poole
Coxey Withdraws Name As Farmer Labor Candidate
Massillon June 29 Jacob S Coxey eighty two year old campaigner for non inter est government and municipal bonds withdrew today as the Farmer Labor party presidential candidate Omaha Neb June 29 Roy M Harrop chairman said he had no immediate plans for naming a successor to Jacob Coxey of Massillon as the party presidential candidate The Journal World advert remains on vacation while reading the paper daily
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Massillon
Jacob S. Coxey
Farmer-Labor Party
Omaha
Neb
Roy M. Harrop
iFarmer-Labor Party
Jacob Coxey
Wheat moving to the terminals in Kansas City
Kansas City, June 29. UPR Wheat nearly 1.5 million bushels arrived, marking volume movement of the new crop. Receipts totaled an unusually large 844 years, with about 1,100 cars on track. Most wheat from Kansas, some soft red winter from Missouri. Hard winter protein 11.5 to 17 percent. Mills and storage firms absorbed offerings quickly. hard wheat sold 95 cents to $1.01 per bushel. Salina reports harvest scenes as 1936 crop pours from combines. UP and Santa Fe sent trains, 300 cars in local yards, 190 cars received Sunday in Salina district.
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Kansas City
UPR
Kansas
Missouri
Salina
Kan
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
British Ministry Draws Fire From the Laborites
London. Clement Attlee led Labour in accusing Britain's cabinet of disarray and policy drift. He mocked Prime Minister Baldwin as Little Boy Blue, asleep at Chequers, while ministers toured the country with conflicting statements. Attlee insisted there is no lull in ministerial indiscretions.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Stanley Baldwin
Clement R. Attlee
Commons
Attlee
Baldwin
Comptroller General McCarl Seeks Assignment After Term Ends
Washington June 29 Comptroller General J R McCarl whose 15 year term ends tomorrow announced he is available for an assignment from the senate committee exploring consolidation and elimination of federal agencies He attended court for admission to the United States court of appeals and said he has no definite plans for the future He urged a systematic reorganization to save money reduce duplication and improve administration Also noted Kansas Democrats elected Lynn Brodrick as a vice president of the party committee and grasshopper control efforts focused on Midwest states with shipments of bait material to distribution points in several states
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Washington
J. R. McCarl
Senate
MecCarl
United States Court of Appeals
Byrd
D-Va
McCarl
Weather hits 104 in Leavenworth Kansas
The temperature reached 104 degrees at Leavenworth Kansas on June 29. The hot spell left crops and pastures badly in need of rain after several days of scorching heat.
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Leavenworth Leavenworth
Kan
Baseball doubleheader weather woes headline postponements
In today’s schedule, the American League sees Detroit at Chicago postponed due to rain, leaving only the night game in the National League between Chicago and Cincinnati. American Association notes detached from the day’s action.
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Detroit
Chicago
National League
Cincinnati
American Association
Capper Predicts Prairie Fire For Landon Across Nation
Kansas senator Arthur Capper said June 29 that a prairie fire would sweep Gov. Alf Landon into the presidency, citing a shift in sentiment over the past 30 days. He praised Landon's record as ideal to oppose Roosevelt and noted John Hamilton as a strong campaign asset. Capper predicted the middle west as the key battleground with issues like extravagance and agricultural imports under the reciprocal trade pact. He will seek reelection and plans no personal clashes, aiming to campaign in 40 to 50 counties before the fall vote.
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Topeka
Lpi
Arthur Capper
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Washington
Senator Capper
Landon
Saphee
Middle West
Walter C. Netbarger
Tonganoxie
H. L. Stout
Fort Scott
Carmichael Out From Iowa Hospital Resigns After Inquiry
Dr. F A Carmichael resigns after 22 years as superintendent of the state hospital for the insane at Osawatomie. Effective August 1, the voluntary departure follows a natural gas consumption probe by the state board. An engineer was removed for payroll ties to the hospital gas supplier, tied to Carmichael as a stockholder. The attorney general’s office conducts the formal report. A Kansas delegation toured Iowa’s Highway 59 group. Kansas towns plan a similar association and discuss cross state route development, with a Lawrence meeting to follow.
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State Hospital For the Insane
Osawatomie
Dr. Carmichael
Will T. Beck
O. F. Sohamann
Attorney General's Office
Board of Administration
George Hedrick
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
S. C. Schwahn
Denison
Iowa
Highway 59 Association of Iowa
Kansas
Hedrick
Schwahn
C. E. Perkins
Parsons Chamber of Commerce
T. Perkins
Parsons Chamber
E. Y. Parker
Garnett
Minnesota
Lawrence
Oklahoma
Texas
Winnipeg
Canada
Port Arthur
4-H tripper returns from Washington encampment
Willard Shaw of Kansas, one of four 4-H club members chosen by the Kansas Bankers association for leadership, reports an instructive two weeks at the National 4-H encampment in Washington. The trip included travel by train to Chicago and bus to Washington with tours of the White House, Capitol, Smithsonian, Lincoln Park, Mount Vernon and other historic and federal sites, plus a Philadelphia stop to visit Independence Hall and Betsy Ross house.
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Willard Shaw
Lawrence
Washington, D. C
Kansas Banker’s Association
Shaw
Chicago
Washington
Lincoln Park
Niagara Falls
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
United States Marine Barracks
Corcorum Gallery of Art
Pan-American Union
Ocoln Memorial
National Cathedral
United States Chamber of Commerce
Mount Vernon
Naval Academy
Anapolis
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Betsy Ross
Chicago Woman Slain in Devonshire Hotel
Mrs Florence Thompson Castle, 28, a beautician from Chicago, was beaten and choked to death on June 29 at the Devonshire hotel in Chicago. Police questioned Robert Taylor and Sid Sehaps as possible suspects. the killer left a lipstick message reading Black Legion Game with a skull and cross bones. The victim’s son Jimmy, 7, witnessed the crime before being taken by his mother’s family. custody issues and multiple past marriages are noted.
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Wilkesbarre
Bert. Thompson
Florence Thompson Castle
Chicago
Black Legion
Relief programs promise over three million jobs next year
Washington June 29 Plans for federal relief and public works programs to employ more than three million people were complete as the new fiscal year nears. WPA administrator Hopkins said average wages would be 52 dollars per month, two dollars higher than at the program’s start last autumn. PWA secretary Ickes says the public works fund stands at 300 million dollars and will fund new projects without a fixed project count, continuing the policy of expanding serviceable facilities.
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Washington
Federal Relief and Public Works
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Ickes
Public Works Administration
PWA
June 1936 set to be driest on record in Douglas County
Weather observer Prof. C. J. Posey reports June 1936 may become the driest in local history with only 0.14 inch of rain so far. Last June saw 6.60 inches and normal is 4.84. Previous driest Junes include 1988 1.16 inches and 1901 1.80 inches. One more day could prevent a record heat, as temperatures top 105 to 107 degrees in late June.
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Douglas County
C. J. Posey
Posey
Mr. Posey
Knife Wounds in Political Argument in Wichita
In Wichita Kansas a heated debate over Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alf Landon led to a stabbing claim and an assault charge. John W. Starks, 55, was wounded with chest injuries described as not serious. James D. Douthitt was jailed after entering a hotel to cash a check and clashing with Starks in the lobby. No weapon was found.
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Wichita
Kan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
John W. Starks
James D. Douthitt
Douthitt
Starks
Kansans to enter Civilian Conservation Corps
Washington announces enrollment of 505 Kansans into the CCC to begin July 1 for fifteen days to fill vacancies caused by discharge for outside work or other reasons. Kansas quota split includes 375 young men ages 17 to 28, 108 veterans, and 25 experienced locals, selection already underway by labor department and veterans administration.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
tLe
Robert Fechner
CCC
Kansas
Department of Labor
Veterans’ Administration
Saad Aa Ace
Japan Declines 1936 Naval Treaty Adherence
London dispatch reports Japan formally notified Britain it would not adhere to the 1936 naval treaty. The move is described as a serious blow to British hopes for a universal naval agreement and could jeopardize provisions of the new pact signed by the United States, Great Britain, and France.
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London
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
Ran Tee
Final date set for party affiliation changes to July 3
The county clerk announced that July 3 is the final day to change party affiliation for the August primary. Records show more voters have switched from Democratic to Republican than vice versa so far.
His 81st Birthday Tribute to Tom Sweeney of Kansas
Tom Sweeney Sr born in Ireland eighty one years ago today and mayoral civic figure in Kansas since coming to America sixty seven years ago. He is praised for love of freedom and the flag, wide acquaintance, and friendships across parties churches and social orders.
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J. Sweeney
Ireland
America
United States
Kansas
Tom Sweeney
Zioncheck Reappears in Capitol Office After Maryland Escape
Representative Marion A. Zioncheck of Washington, shown in a disheveled state with a neat necktie, appeared briefly at his Capitol Hill office after escaping a Towson Maryland sanitarium. Police and Capitol guards surrounded the doorway as officials discussed possible return to Gallinger hospital or arrest options under DC law.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
D.wash
Towson
Zioncheck
Capitol
Roy W. Grown
William W. Weber
Sheppard
Sheppard and
Enoch Pratt
Walsh
Gallinger
Pamela Schuyler Young
District of Columbia
Idaho Committeeman Sees G O P Victory in West
Coeur d Alene Idaho June 29 Idaho Republican national committeeman Ezra R Whitla said he is firmly convinced Senator William Borah will wholeheartedly support Landon and Knox. He predicts the prairie and central states will decide the election with the West as a battleground noting Borah will likely be renominated and defeat Gov Ross by about 50 000 votes in the general election. See also a report on Eagle Pass flooding.
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Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
CPI
Ezra R. Whitla
Republican National
National Campaign Committee
William E. Borah
Landon
Knox
Borah
Senate
C. Ben Ross
Drought Harms Corn As Wheat Oats Potatoes Gather Steam
Severe drouth threatens corn and other crops delaying ears formation while harvest continues. Wheat and oats move quickly with 20 000 bushels marketed and about 16 200 dollars earned for Saturday’s crop. Oats yields are high and potato prices range 2.00 to 2.05 dollars with small growers thinning yields.
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Drouth
Lawrence
Bowersock Milling Company
F. G. Gantz
Arnett
Buck Creek
Baptist Committees Plan Fund Raising Campaigns
Baptist committees from across Kansas planned a statewide drive to raise about 75000 for Ottawa University Kansas City Seminary Concordia old folks home and state-wide work plus a national convention contribution. The campaign begins September 2 with evangelistic meetings arranged by Dr Alvin J Lee of Topeka First Baptist Church.
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Alvin J. Lee
First Baptist Church of
Topek
Sessons
United Campaign
Auto crash near Eskridge claims life of Mrs Spiker
In Eskridge Kansas a car sideswiped a bridge and overturned injuring Mrs George Spiker of Manhattan fatally and injuring her husband and Kenneth B Graham of Topeka, who remained unconscious hours later. Elgin Hite noted the car pulled aside to let a transport pass before the wreck.
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Hite
Graham
Douglas Graham
Stock Market Index
Weather forecast for Kansas unsettled start to week
Kansas forecast shows generally fair tonight and Tuesday with unsettled in between, cooler tonight and east and south Tuesday. Morning remarks note clear skies and good road conditions in Douglas County. Temperature readings include 7 pm yesterday at 95, 7 am today at 35, noon today pending, with a yesterdays high of 104 and today’s low to be determined.
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Kansas
Douglas County
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