French citizens stripped and assets seized in new Vichy list
Berlin reports a long list of prominent Frenchmen ordered deprived of citizenship and confiscation of property. The list includes two Rothschilds, various industrialists and journalists, with Vichy radio saying few can explain departure between May 10 and June 30. Confiscation covers probate property, enterprises, equipment and securities, with Jewish individuals prominently noted.
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Berlin
France
Prearmistice
Pétain
Rothschild
Vichy
Baron
Deputies and
Mayer
Lazare Freres
Edouard Jonas
Paris
Louis Rosengart
M. Solenski
Raoul Buchard
M. Huysman
M. Coen
Beaux Arts and National Library
M. Levitan
Louis Louis-Dreyfus
Elie J. Bois
le Petit Parisien
Genevieve Tabous
L’oeuvre
Pierre Lazareff
Joseph Kessel
Paris-Soir
Henri de Kerillis
Andre Geraud
Geraud
Pertinax
Madame Tabous
United States
Woodring child tour of governor’s office in Topeka
Harry H. Woodring, former Kansas executive, visits the state house with his wife and three children. The tour marks his first return to the governor’s office since moving back to Kansas a month ago. The children show interest in his old desk and his governor’s portrait. Governor Ratner is away in Colorado visiting Wendell Willkie.
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Topeka
Harry H. Woodring
Woodring
Kansas
State House
Payne Ratners
Colorado
Wendell L. Willkie
PAYS BILL BY TELEPHONE FOR AIRLINE TICKET
Chinese resident J K Li hurriedly bought travel by phone. He paid $11.95 using coins at a Western Union coin box after being instructed to pay at a telegraph office. The airline approved the payment and noted Li was headed to Boston rather than Los Angeles.
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New York
Pi—J. K. Li
Western Union
Boston
Los Angeles
Corn crop failing fast may miss initial estimate
UP Kansas reports corn crops deteriorating under hot dry weather. If moisture does not come soon the crop will be far under the first official estimate of 49,896,000 bushels, with southeastern Kansas listed as fair while other areas decline.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate panel approves half billion fund for Western Hemisphere aid
The Senate banking committee voted 8 to 6 to approve a $500 million fund to boost export import lending from $200 million to $700 million. Supporters included Barkley Maloney Radcliffe Smathers Miller Clark and Wagner. Opponents were Taft Frazier Towns end Danaher Tobey and Adams.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Banking Committee
Wagner
D-N.y
White House
Taft
Ohio
Barkley
D-Ky
Bankhead
D-Ala
Maloney
D-Conn
Radcliffe
D-Md
Smathers
Dn.j
Miller
D-Ark
Clark
Didaho
Frazier
North Dakota
Townsend
Delaware
Danaher
Connecticut
Tobey
New Hampshire
Adams
Colorado
Budget Hearing for Douglas County Raw Drainage District
Public notice announces a budget hearing for 1940 by the Douglas County Raw Drainage District. The meeting on August 12 at 9 a.m. at the Douglas County Court House will address objections to the proposed budget and tax levy, with officials Wesley E. Brune, Emil W. Heck, and F. H. Jahns listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Douglas County
Kansas
Douglas County Court House
Mos
Wesley E. Brune
Emil W. Heck
F. H. Jahns
Woweed—Enpiett
Anomar
Treas
Ecseetecenemneee
Wallace Senior Violin Recital Draws Audience
Mary Etta Wallace, violinist, presented a senior recital in Frank Stronghall auditorium before a fair-sized audience. Her program included Handel D major Sonata with Alice Russell accompaniment, Bach Arioso, Debussy The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Godowsky Alt Wien, and Mendelssohn Concerto in E minor. The performance earned warm congratulations from local and out-of-town attendees. Ushers were Violet Snair and Marv Lou Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Etta Wallace
Frank Stronghall
Miss Wallace
Alice Russell
Debussy
Godowsky
Alt Wien
Local Social Notes and Club Meetings Include August Events
Manhattan residents host visitors and families dine together Miss Lucille Hildenbrand visits from Topeka while John Traxler leaves for Camp Lewis. The Home Makers class plans an all day luncheon August 13 with a covered dish meal. The Sunshine club met July 24 led by Mrs Worley with letters from England and pledges to the flag.
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Millie Smith
Tonic California
Fritz Hill
Norton
Kan
Charles Scott
United Brethren Christian Endeavor
Bamma Lasswell
Eva Lasswell
Mary Holly
Edna Checkfield
Dorothy
Alice Carlson
Allen Kellogg
Arlen Summers
Marshall Gray
George Mathews
Kathryn McClanahan
Russell Worley
Jack
Betty Jean
Jackson
United Brethren Church
Kellogg
Harold Summers
Harold Foree
Topeka
William Schauer
Margie Marie
Manhattan
Schauer
Fred Smith
Allen ‘Kellogg
Vernon Hayes
Margaret
Sehon
Martin
Home Makers
Lucille Hildenbrand
August Hildenbrand
John. Traxler
National Guard
Camp Lewis
Wash
Dorothy Webb
Mpa
Lesinda Force
The
Sunshine Club
Worley
Topic
Arkansas
Lois Hayes
Mable
Rothwell
England
Jo Traxler
Mary Boydston
Marion Cole
Henry Lettie
Community notes from Lecompton and nearby towns
Local residents visit relatives in Topeka and Lawrence while planning summer events. Mrs. Norman and Barbara Worley host a United Brethren quilt project and August dinner. several editorials mention church services, camps, and delegate elections.
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Aid
Barbara
Worley
George Lasswell
Chester McFarland
Topeka
Fred Smith
United Brethren Church
Stanley Norman
Lawrence
Helen Leslie
Ralph Traxler
Louis Shirck
Eudora
Emma Runkle
Waterville
Kan
Clarence Runkle
Dale
Silver Lake
J. E. Shirck
James Shirck
Gladys
Ivaloo McCall
Gary
Ind
Lecompton
Alta Burns
Abe Cole
Julia Balnmaier
Marilyn Rozer
Sharon Balnmaier
Fort Madison
Girl and Father Wounded In Farmyard Shooting
Mrs Pauline McClay aged 18 and her father Arthur Hutton 59 were shot at the Hutton farmyard near Moran Kansas. McClay released from hospital while Hutton reported in satisfactory condition. Dewey Smith 29 charged with attempted murder in the case.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Pauline McClay
Arthur Hutton
Hutton
Moran
Dewey Smith
McClay
Loveland to chair AMA Kansas unit for wartime medical work
Dr. F L Loveland of Topeka has been named chairman for Kansas of an American Medical Association committee. The panel will help organize medical work for events of a war involving the United States.
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Chicago
UPI
F. L. Loveland
Topeka
Kansas
American Medical Association
United States
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Charley -Foree
A. O. Kellock
Forst Park
Nea Topeka
Doris Holloway
Lucille Pasley
Phyllis Martin
Madalyn McClanahan
Maxine Glen
Dukes of York
United Brethren College of York
Neb
Wayne Dahlstedt
Dean Tack
Scotty
Heatherington
Alfred Kamm
Larry Smith
Harry Cook
Stull
Wilbur Hildenbrand
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