Britain May Expand Mutual Aid Pact With Baltic States
London reports say Britain proposed adding the Baltic states Belgium Holland and Switzerland to the Anglo French Russian mutual assistance pact. The plan would also cover Poland Romania Greece Turkey the Netherlands Belgium Switzerland Finland Estonia Latvia and would end preconsultation requirements for aid. Parliament members push to raise conscription age to 21–24 to boost trained manpower amid tensions and Danzig security concerns.
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London
Britain
Moscow
Baltic States
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
William Leeds
Russia
Pravda
Communist Party
France
Poland
Rumania
Greece
Turkey
Netherlands
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Smoky Hill Reservoir Is Provided for in Measure
President Roosevelt signed an appropriation bill totaling 305 million for non military War Department functions including flood control and river harbor work. Congress added 50 million to flood control estimates with 172 million for flood projects like the Mississippi system. Specific allocations include 3.516 million for Caddoa reservoir, 1.45 million for Kanapolis Smoky Hill project, 200 thousand for Fall River reservoir, and 1.95 million for flood work in Kansas City Kansas and Missouri.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Congress
Caddoa
Arkansas River
Colorado
Kanapolis
Kan
Smoky Hill River
Fall River
Kansas
Kansas City
Kansas_City
Stock Market Index Drops from 45 to 44.9
The index, tracking 60 stocks, slipped to 44.9 yesterday after trading activity. Investors watched market moves amid small losses across sectors.
McElroy Indicted in Kansas City Water Leak Scandal
Former Kansas City city manager Henry F. McElroy and allies J J Pryor and John J Rathford were indicted by a Jackson county grand jury on four counts including embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretenses related to a 356 500 water leak scheme. The indictment cites diverted funds under the guise of paying a contractor tied to the Pendergast machine and notes an audit showing nearly six million dollars passing through an emergency fund McElroy controlled.
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Kansas City
Henry F. McElroy
J. J. Pryor
John J. Rathford
Tom Pendergast
Jackson County
VyaUmane
McElroy
Pryor
Rathford
Pendergast
Grand Jury
Carl D Higgins
Pryor’s
J. G. Halpin
Fear Danzig Coup Rumors Roil Europe Warns of Possible Action
European capitals abandon Far East fears as reports surface Hitler may seize the Free City of Danzig this weekend. Polish President Moscicki says Danzig ties to Poland are vital. Britain and France pledge aid if Poland resists. Soviet and German propaganda clash over encirclement claims as tensions rise in the Baltic and Far East.
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Europe
London
Paris
Warsaw
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Danzig
Baltic
Free Corps
Hitler
Reich
Goebbels
Fuehrer
Winston ‘Churchill
Swar
Poland
Ignace Moscicki
Great
Britain
France
Chamberlain
Bohemia and Moravia
Moscicki
Zhdanoff
Moscow
Far East
Japan
Tientsin
South China
Wenchow
Foochow
Man Dies After Radio Fight Broadcast
Mitchell Nebraska man 72 John M Chirrick collapsed after listening to the Joe Louis Tony Galento bout. He slumped to the floor and died following the broadcast in Western Nebraska Bioneen.
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Mitchell
Neb
Joe Louis
Tony Galento
John M. Chirrick
Western Nebraska
Bioneen
Paris reports 600000 German reservists called to colors
Diplomatic sources in Paris say 600,000 German reservists have been mobilized amid rising tension over Danzig. They link the buildup to Nazi party and military infiltration into Danzig, though officials deny civilian or material airlift inflows. Paris observers call the situation ominous but not yet dangerous.
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Paris
Germany
Danzig
Berlin
East Prussia
Daladier
Europe
Hoover denounces corrupt politicians at World Fair rally
J Edgar Hoover told Boy Scouts at the New York World’s Fair that corrupt politicians and criminal elements form a hidden army of nearly five million. He urged youths to wage a determined battle to defend Americanism and punish those who despoil the nation.
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New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Peace
Hoover
America
Fireworks Display Fatal Incident Strikes Phoenix Child
Five year old James Wright watching a pre Fourth display in Phoenix died when a spark ignited the nearby fireworks stand where he stood. His father reached him too late. companion Albert George Clark Jr. escaped to safety.
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Phoenix
Ariz
James Wright
Albert George Clark, Jr
Attorney General Probes Tax Ties to LSU Missing President
Washington notes Attorney General Murphy announced a justice department income tax investigation connected to Dr. James Monroe Smith, former president of Louisiana State University, who is missing.
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Smith
Washington
Murphy
Justice Department
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Determined Move to Retain Powers
Washington reports the administration vows to keep Roosevelt monetary powers, warning that devaluation authority must continue or risk a weaker dollar. Congressional leaders pace a conference on a monetary bill amid pressure from hard money and silver factions to end devaluation.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Senate
Barkley
House
Rayburn
White House
Treasury
Capitol
Congress
Army Appropriation Up and Senate Debate on Deficit
The Senate approved a supplemental Army appropriation of 223,938,000 after Senator King warned that current war department spending could total over 1 billion. Senator Vandenberg noted treasury drain as the government spends heavily. The bill returns to the House with 14,250,000 for educational orders and 89,727,655 for air corps expansion plus 44,000,000 in new aircraft contracts.
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Washington
Senate
King
Utah
War Department
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
House
Air Corps
Britain is Ready Promise From Halifax Speech
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax asserted Britain's unchallengeable navy and air force ready to resist aggression. He labeled Germany isolated by autarchy politics and race policies, and warned force bars settlement. He argued Lebensraum could be addressed by domestic and international policy fixes.
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London
Lord Halifax
the World
Great Britain
Britain
Germany
Royal Institute of International Affairs
British Broadcasting’ Corporation
Eleven Arabs slain in Tel Aviv area violence
Eleven Arabs were killed and five wounded in six incidents around Tel Aviv as shootings by unidentified Jews sparked closures of roads to nearby towns. Police reported many arrests among revisionist groups as broader unrest followed recent political moves in Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Rishon Lezion
Petah Tikvah
Ras el Ain
Rehovoth
Haifa
Mustapha Osta
Nablus
Holy Land
Palestine
New Indian Home and campus renovations at Haskell Institute
Plans announced by acting superintendent G. Warren Spaulding detail a summer build of a 20 by 40 foot log home on the Haskell campus for home economics training. Two additional dwellings and extensive remodeling, landscaping, and sewerage upgrades to cost over 3000 dollars are planned as students supervise gardens and livestock.
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Haskell’ Institute
G. Warren Spaulding
Home Economics
Haskell
Neopit
Wis
Institute
Wakarusa
Spaulding
Tilicum Lodge
114Th Cavalary
Cavary
Mason
Senate approves funds for six executive assistants
The senate voted to approve a deficiency appropriation bill totaling 3,189,377 dollars to provide six administrative assistants for President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
K State Shifts KU Football Date in 1936 Meeting
Kansas State athletic director P M Ahearn approves moving the K State vs Kansas game from November 4 to November 3 in Lawrence. The change aims to free Friday for the national cornhusking contest on November 2 and 8 to boost attendance at the football game.
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Manhattan
Kan
F. Ahearn
Kansas State College
Kansas State-Kansas University
Lawrence
Wichita Population Grows by Over Six Thousand
Wichita added 6,394 residents in the past year, bringing its total to 111,718. Sedgwick County’s population rose to 138,187, a gain of 6,442.
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Wichita
Kan
Howard Schroeder
Sedgwick County
American Glider Record Set by Rider of Storm Cloud
Elmira N Y June 29 UP Lieutenant Robert N Stanley rode a motorless glider through a storm cloud to 16 400 feet in 15 minutes setting a new American record and finishing with a dozen loops to relax He later said he nursed a lame back from the ride Parker Leonard of Osterville Mass also surpassed the old mark reaching 7 050 feet Richard C DuPont held the prior record at 6 700 feet A week earlier Cont Peter Riedel of the German embassy staff in Washington claimed an unofficial record at 17 600 feet over Arizona and western New Mexico
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Elmira
N. Y
Robert N. Stanley
Pensacola Naval Air Base
Parker Leonard
Osterville
Mass
Richard C. DuPont
Stanley
Peter Riedel
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Winslow
Riz
New Pharmacists in Kansas: 16 Registered After Exams
Otto H. Kuether announces 16 new registered pharmacists in Kansas, including 10 University of Kansas graduates. Nineteen candidates sat for exams at the University on June 21 and 22, with names led by George L. Varnes and Lloyd A. Organ of Lawrence and other recipients across Parsons, Topeka, Kansas City areas, and neighboring states.
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Kansas
University of Kansas
Otto H. Kuether
Herington
State Board of Pharmacy
K. U
George L. Varnes
Lawrence
Lloyd A. Organ
Elizabeth Jane Stewart
Parsons
DeWitt M. Harkness
Burlingame
Russell A
Attorney Seeks Delay in Serving McElroy Warrant
Kansas City June 29. Attorney John T. Barker asked county prosecutor W. W. Graves to withhold drawing the warrant for Henry F. McElroy until a conference with Judge Ray G. Cowan. Graves agreed and Cowan said a reasonable time would be allowed for arraignment. Barker added he hopes for delay until McElroy is physically able to appear.
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Kansas City
Henry F. McElroy
John T. Barker
McElroy
Barker
W. W. Graves
Ray G. Cowan
Criminal Division
Circuit Court
Graves
Cowan
Evidence in the Mail Postcard in Divorce Case
William Kaulbach offers as evidence two postcards his wife sent while touring New Jersey. One shows a girl with a punctured tire and the caption Giving a flat tire the air, reverse notes Having a grand time Glad you're not here. Mrs Schrein Convicted in New York forgery and larceny case.
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Syracuse
N. Y
William Kaulbach
New Jersey
Miami Flier Lands Pontoon Plane on Kaw River
Harold M. Wemmer a 20 year old Miami flier landed his pontoon Aeronca on the Kaw river below a dam drawing a crowd of fishermen. He planned to fuel the craft and continue to Ottawa and Richmond after a short visit with friends.
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Miami Flier
Harold M. Wemmer
Miami, Fla
Kaw River
Wemmer
Miami
Fla
Mississippi
St. Louis
Kansas City
Jackson Memorial Hospital
North Lawrence
O. K
Ottawa
Marais Des
Cygnes
Richmond
Malott Addresses Reading Institute at University of Kansas
Chancellor-elect Deane Malott made his first KU campus visit in an informal appearance before the Reading Institute. He noted the university as a state institution serving teachers and students, praised the Institute’s work, and urged service to broad public benefit while Lindley extolled the Kansas connection.
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Deane W. Malott
University of Kansas
Reading Institute
K. U
Malott
E. H. Lindley
Altho Malott
Lindley
Kansas
Bert A. Nash
University Extension Division
School of Education
Union Building
Nash
Wheat harvest outlook brightens in Kansas as weather clears
Kansas forecasts show clearing skies and warmer, drier conditions for the next 36 hours, boosting wheat harvest prospects. Federal meteorologist S. D. Flora notes only scattered showers possible if skies stay partly cloudy, with high pressure cooling and drying the region.
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S. D. Flora
Flora
Wamega
Tribune
Smoky Hill
Salina
Kaw
Topeka
Mercury
Horton
Leavenworth
Fort Scott
Chanute
Independence
Columbus
Phillipsburg
Geneseo
Goodland
Scott City
Garden City
Dodge City
Elkhart
Kansas Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a warmer high on Friday. Rainfall today recorded at .03 inch.
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Kansas
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