Roosevelt Defends TVA at Chickamauga Dam Dedication
President Roosevelt lauded the Tennessee Valley Authority as a major social and economic achievement while dedicating the Chickamauga dam. He linked TVA to national defense, job security, and regional power as he promotes a “democracy at work.” He noted the dam’s role in flood control and energy for seven states and called the project a model of unity and progress.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chickamouga
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
T.V.A
Tennessee River
United States of America
TVA
Hyde Park
N. Y
Newfound Gap
Tennessee-North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Congress
Chickamauga
Great Lakes
South
Baby Bertha Aitken Slain Near Plattsburg
Fourteen month old Bertha Lorene Aitken was found dead in water beneath a railroad trestle near Plattsburg Missouri. Coroner Dr A D Templeman ruled the death a murder by attack and said the body showed signs of assault possibly with a knife. Police and volunteers searched the area with airplanes but no clue to the attacker. The child’s mother remains hospitalized with shock after learning of the disappearance.
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Plattsburg
Bertha Lorene Aitken
A. D. Templeman
Clinton County
Templeman
Fred Aitken
WPA
St. Joseph
Bertha Lorene
Guy Oliphant
Dick Bennett
Charles P, Ley
Highway Patrol
Inquest Planned Over Attacker Search In Plattsburg
Dr Templeman said an inquest would be held at Plattsburg tomorrow or Wednesday as authorities direct the search for the attacker. Dr Spaulding of Plattsburg aided the autopsy as Aitken family physician.
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Templeman
Plattsburg
W. B. Spaulding
Aitken
Lawrence Rotary Meeting Canceled for Week
The Lawrence Rotary club will not meet this week. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday September 9. A note asks readers if 76 percent of subscribers read the classified page every day.
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Lawrence Rotary Club
Oklahoma City pair killed in Gatena crash near gas truck
William Woodrow Hamit 25 and his wife Dorothy 26 of Oklahoma City were in a car that sideswiped a gasoline truck near Gatena Kansas west of Joplin at 2 am. Hamit died at the scene and Mrs Hamit was seriously injured with a broken leg and facial cuts and taken to a local hospital.
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Joplin
William Woodrow Hamit
Oklahoma City
Dorothy Hamit
Gatena
Kan
Here
Hamit
The Bird Man Amawer to Puzzle 19 to 25
Fragmentary puzzle clues and garbled entries list numbers and partial words. The text appears to be a damaged crossword or word puzzle page with stray letters and missing definitions, lacking coherent narrative or complete solutions.
Death toll tops four in New Jersey flood storm
Torrential rains across five southwestern New Jersey counties caused four deaths and multimillion dollar damage. Floodwaters closed highways and rail lines delaying Labor Day travel. Losses reached about 4.9 million dollars as crews surveyed wrecks and rescues. A mother and infant died in Daretown. One man disappeared near Milford and a Black man’s body was recovered from a lake in Woodstown.
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Camden
N. J
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Atlantic Ocean
Daretown
Mickle
Rancocas Creek
Milford
Woodstown
Torneden Family Reunion and Local News From Topeka Area
Large family gathering from Leavenworth Clinton Kansas City Wil town Williamstown and Six Corners held at Carl Torneden home with Carl Torneden celebrating a birthday. About 70 attended the Topeka reunion plus school duties begin September 2 and local visits noted. Weather included four inches rain and hail.
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Arnold Torneden
Albert Torneden
Ernest Torneden
Leavenworth
Fred Torneden
Clinton
Walter
Kansas City
Louis
Lena Torneden
Emma Wickey
Marie
Elmer
Henry Wickey
Alfred Kahn
Fritz Gants
Emil Gantz
Williamstown
Carl Torneden
Herjan Torneden
Girard
Charles Davidson
Melvin
Charles, Jr
Anna. Torneden
Herbert
Frank’ Henik
Lola Mae Henik
Godfrey Reetz
Melba
Marie Seele
G. Seele
Robert
Six Corners
Topeka
James Toyne
Mattie Toyne
Carl
John Hughey
Harris Pees
Linwood
Harris
Walter Shaw
Fred Harmonhom
Crowley
Lela Kindred
Douglas
Anna Torneden
Misa Lola Henik
Schulmeyer
Fred Harmon
Will Winkleman
Billy Winkleman
Merlin Brock
Vincent Schoenhofer
Torneden
Local Social Notes Show Visits Across MO and KS
Clifford Durham of Joplin hosted by Joe Taul. Baldwin and Kansas City guests dined with the Marquardts and Gale families. Jardons of Joplin visited Jardon and Adams households. Dyer family saw relatives in DeSoto. Mrs. Marshall moving to Lawrence honored at Elm home. Griffin and Adriance families visited relatives in Eudora and nearby households.
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Clifford Durham
Joplin
Joe
Ed and
T. Taul
George Marquardt
Ada Mae
Baldwin
Karston Marquardt
Kansas City
Charlie Gale
Edgar Jardon
M. J. Jardon
James Dyer and Sons
DeSoto
Frazier
Montana
Henry Bailey
Barbara
Frances
Ben Hammond
George Reynolds
Gladys Elm
Orville
Elm
Elia Marshall
Lawrence
Delbert Griffin
Ronald Dean
Eudora
Eugene Griffin
Elsie Mae
William ‘Adriance
Social Roundup of Guests and Visits Across Kansas and Oklahoma
A traditional British possee hosts dinner guests including Mr. and Mrs. John Keehane from Kansas City and others from Midland LaCrosse Lawrence Ottawa Edmond and Sheboygan. The column notes trips to Minnesota Oklahoma City and Dayton area plus church meeting at Congregational church and visits with relatives and friends.
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John Keehane
Kansas City
Barbary
Frances Bailey
Oklahoma City
Beas
Ray Trotter
Sheboygan
Wis
L. C. Baker
Esther McConnell
Ben Hammond
George’ Mohler
Washington Creek
Delbert Griffin
Barbara Hitcheock
Julia Merchant
William Adriance
Ella Marshal
Mildred
Congregational Church
Betty Rae Ridgway
Leavenworth
Robert Schenck
Schenck
Regular preaching at Stuer oeaonal and Methodist churches
Regular preaching services are scheduled at the Stuer oeaonal church and the Methodist church this Sunday. The notices indicate worship times and expected congregants in Tonganoxie.
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Stuer Oeaonal
Methodist Church
Sun
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