Kansas Corn Crop Poised For 1939 Husking Bee
Douglas county fields show bumper hybrid corn yield despite heat with no irrigation planned. Raymond Gilkeson of Kansas Farmer oversees three private fields planted to different hybrid seeds. Over 100000 expected to attend the national cornhusking bee, highlighting dry weather adaptation and farm independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kas
Kaw River
Kansas
Copper Farm Publications
Douglas County
Raymond H Gilkeson
Kansas Farmer
Topeka
Gilkeson
F H Leonhard
Emil Heck
J D Martin
Japanese Raid Village Seizes 100 Plus in Shanghai
Guerillas planned action reported on Shanghai anniversary as Japanese troops swept a western village, rounding up more than 100 residents including women and children after fatally shooting a Chinese man trying to flee. Foreign officials urged inquiry into American welfare at Kaifeng.
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Shanghai
Changtochan
Peiping
Kaifeng
Rare old Helena papers reveal buried historic collection
A caretaker at the Parratt ranch uncovered old American newspapers tucked into a lino flooring remnant. Among them was an Ulster City Gazette from January 4, 1888 with news of George Washington's funeral, plus other era California papers.
Man Who Lured Two Girls And Murdered One Of Them
Thomas Cochran, 34, a self described criminal adventurer, lured two Miami girls with promises of movie jobs, then raped and murdered Frances Ruth Dunn and abducted Jean Bolton. He confessed to tying and killing Dunn, raping Bolton, and has a decades long history of arrests for rape and other crimes across multiple states. He fled and was captured amid mob threats, with reports tracing him from Philadelphia to Denver and beyond.
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Charles Jefferson
Boca Raton
Fla
Frances Ruth Dunn
Jean Bolton
Miami
Frances
Jean
West Palm Beach
Thomas Cochran
San Francisco
Palm Beach
Miss Bolton
Kline Pratt
Cochran
Miss Dunns
Miss Dunn
Columbia Pa
Florida
Decision on labor quarrel looms for actors and stagehands
In Atlantic City on August 11 the AFL Executive Council drafts a three member panel to resolve the dispute between the Associated Actors and Artists of America and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Emblems. A ruling expected after 1 PM EST could trigger disruptions in Hollywood productions if it favors either side.
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Atlantic City
N J
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor Plans
Hollywood
Associated Actors and Artists of America
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Emuloo Es
Proors, Make Up Artists
Cam
Suspect linked to Kingston Denver slaying of Margaret Martin
Kansas police sought Florida fingerprints to verify if the suspect is Thomas C Goddard, tied to the December murder of Margaret Martin at Kingston Denver. Previously jailed last June for impersonating a Federal Treasury agent with a suspended year sentence. Two sisters recalled meeting him in Reno and Denver where he promised jobs. he was known as Thomas C Ashwell, San Francisco radio program director 1933 to 1936, described as likable, authored radio skits, married into a prominent family, but later abandoned wife and two children and moved to Cincinnati where he claimed a radio job. wife divorced him.
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Kansas
Florida
Thomas C Goddard
Margaret Martin
Kingston
Denver
Treasury
Genevieve
Jesse Blake
Reno
San Francisco
Thomas C. Ashwell
Cincinnati
Fraught Labor Factions Split as Actors Fight over Unions
Celebrities flocked to a confrontation over union control as the AAAA expelled the American Federation of Actors and the IATSE moved to absorb it, while IATSE and AFL factions pressed for a definitive outcome. Notable figures Mischa Auer and Ralph Morgan and law- sanctioned figures stayed through secret AFL sessions, with terse quotes signaling high tensions and no violence.
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Tramen
Olestricians
AAAA
Amerikan Federation of Actors
IATSE
AFA
AFL
Cozier
New York
Mischa Auer
Binnie Barnes
Miriam Hopkins
Wayne Morris
Hollywood
Broadway
Ralph Morgan
Screen Actors’ Guild
Aaas
Jean Muir
Edward Arnold
Movieland
Lawrence Tibbett
American Gurf
Morari
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Romeo
Howard Shaw
Chicago
Janina la Boda
Shaw
Janet Middleton
Purdue University
Janina
Mary Comstockshaw
Screen Guild
Sophie Ackers
American Federation of Actors
Bill Green
Sophie Tucker
Acme
Edith Mae
Talaban Rayon
Shantung
Chic
Edith Mae Hat Shoppe
Middle Ave
South Main St. Oberlin
Farmers In
Ethel McCracken
Pryor Okla
Claude McCracken
Beth Collar
Miss Collar
Goddard
Ashwell
Philadelphia
Huntington Reformatory
Presidio
Calif
Quarrel
Philippines
Zipper Batiste
Magin Ie A
Ann Louse Foundation
Itin
Batiste
Tex
Moire
Leo
Verns
Cors Ree
Elysium
Beond Werest
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