Air War Reports and Tide Changes Marked by Europe Clash
A wide air war coverage shows conflicting claims from Britain and the Axis on raids in Europe and Africa. British and Italian forces report losses and successes while German claims pale beside RAF counterattacks. High tides and calm seas aid potential invasion prep as Britain resumes transatlantic air service with the Clare's New York arrival.
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Britain
Africa
Mersa Matruh
Egypt
St. George’s Channel
Germany
Farflung R.A.F
Gimmel
Midlands
England
Abbeville
New York
Clare
Kansas Governor touts defense contracts and industrial plan
Gov. Payne Ratner told a Great Bend audience that Kansas has secured substantial defense contracts and more are expected. He cited the state industrial commission’s quick action, Washington representation, and a goal to balance defense growth with farming and regional economy.
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Great Bend
Kan
Kansas
Payne Ratner
Iy Club
Ratner
Middle West
United States
Seaboard
Raids Hit British Fortress Docks May Have Damaged Ammunition Stores
Report notes thundering explosions and black smoke near Gibraltar and Algeciras as raiding warplanes reportedly struck munitions dumps opposite the Spanish city. Anti aircraft batteries opened fire as the raid unfolded around 5 p.m. local time.
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British Fortress
Algeciras
Spain
Gibraltar
Wheeler argues emergency powers risk to political process
Washington reports senator Wheeler as chairing a military committee urge passage of Burke-Wadsworth style legislation authorizing the president to call the national guard and reserve into active service. He claims the crisis is manufactured by propagandists and questions why all 243000 Guards and 21 to 30 year olds are not mobilized.
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Washington
United: State
Hitler
United
Senate
Wheeler
Sinte
Ee Wheeler
National Guard
Crain
Crash on a Curve Injures Two in Highway 59 Collision
Two youths from Lone Star near Number Six school on Highway 59 were injured when Arthur Anderson, 21, driving a 1931 Chevrolet coach, collided head on with Delmar Kruse, 20, in a 1987 Buick. Anderson suffered a severe shoulder laceration. Ruby Lindell, 19, and Kruse's party sustained minor injuries. Both cars left the pavement at the curve and were taken to Memorial hospital for treatment.
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Lone Star
Number Six School
Highway
Ruby Lindell
Barlell
Arthur Anderson
Jim Anderson
Anderson
Delmar Kruse
Frederick
Kan
Charles Banning
Kruse
Banning
Memorial‘hospital
Vernon Kruse
Mariat
Misa. Lindell
Hatch Act interpretation sparks campaign financing clash
Washington reports Senator Hatch cites Fletcher view as an attempt to evade the act. Henry Fletcher, GOP counsel, says the 5000 dollar limit applies only to national party committees. Willkie aides in Colorado Springs defend Fletch’s stance at a vacation headquarters briefing.
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Pi.Seter
Hatch
D.-N.m
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Etcher
Wendell L. Willkie
Colorado Springs
Hare Republi
Als Conference Satue
Republican
Bankhead
Amiting
Po ‘Eonthis
Alaa
Senate
Gillette
D.-Ia
Congress
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
D.-Ind
Willkie
Senate clears compulsory military training bill for 12 million
In Washington the Senate contemplated a compulsory training bill sent from the committee by a 12 to 3 vote. It would require registration of about 12 million men aged 21 to 30 and carries the endorsement of Secretary of War Stimson. President Roosevelt would need funding before enacting compulsory service.
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Senate
Wadsworth
Stimson
Budget Bureau
Orden Bie
Downey
Calif
Johnson
D-Colo
Thomas
Idaho
Lundeen
Fl-Minn
Pfoxy
Contests in Missouri Headline Pendergast Fallout
Interest centers on Democratic contests for United States senator and governor and on the Republican U.S. senator race. A photo finish is predicted as Lloyd C. Stark and Maurice Milligan clash in the Democratic race against Harry S. Truman, while seven Republicans attack the New Deal in the GOP contest.
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St. Louis
Missou- Trans - Wills
United States
Pendergast
Ainly
United ‘States
Lloyd C. S ‘Stark
Maurice Milligan
Harry S. Truman
Lindleys Sail Homeward From Peking
Chancellor emeritus E. H. Lindley and Mrs. Lindley sailed July 30 from Peking after recovering from pleurisy. Their son Ernest K. Lindley, Washington correspondent for News Week, sent the university a letter this morning. The note did not mention the illness.
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Mrs. Lindley
Peking
Ernest K. Lindley
Washington
News Week Magazine
Willkie Urges Decentralized Defense Industry in Iowa
Wendell L. Willkie urged a major decentralization of defense industry at the Iowa state capitol grounds after a farm conference with Gov. George A. Wilson. He said munitions plants should be located in many medium sized towns nationwide to spread industry and prosperity, praising Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace as a “fine gentleman and scholar.”
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Des ‘“Moines
Wendell L. Willkie
State Capitol
Willkie
Henry A. Wallace
Willkie Meets Midwestern Farm Leaders At Lincoln Conference
Willkie discusses farm concerns with about 70 midwestern leaders in Lincoln Nebraska. He declines political edge talk and says farmers seek a fair share of national income while the group weighs the current plan and the Republican platform. Attendees include Gov George A Wilson and several state governors as the talks focus on farm program feasibility.
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Perteke
Willkie
Ho Oe Willkie
George A. Wilson
Statehouse
Wilson
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Ralph. Carr
Colorado
Harlan. J. Bushfield
South Dakota
Britain Nears Germany in Aircraft Output Says Source
London reports that Britain’s aircraft production is neck and neck with Germany. Including Canada and the United States on British orders, Britain’s monthly output is said to exceed Germany’s, though German numeric superiority may persist for some time.
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London
Britain
Canada
United States
Germany
Pay According to Family in Vichy France Program
In Vichy France the new family program aims to pay men proportional to their number of children rather than the standard salaries. The plan seeks to link welfare to family size, reflecting policy shifts under the regime.
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Vichy
France
Alcantara Sets Sail From Rio to Pursue German Raider
The 22,202 ton British cruiser Alcantara damaged in a July 29 clash with a German raider near the South Atlantic left Rio de Janeiro today to resume the hunt. She had been in harbor for repairs since the encounter and now steams out to pursue the raider, a fast converted merchant vessel.
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Alcantara
Atlanta
Jce
Tila Ethe
Train wreck near Calcutta claims thirty lives
Reports say a Dacca Calcutta mail train derailed about 75 miles from Calcutta killing thirty Indians and wounding seventy. Authorities suspect sabotage as the cause and investigations are underway.
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Wrek
Calcutta
Fragmentary Stock Market Note Nearby Columns
A partial OCR snippet mentions stock market index values and a summer note. Names, dates, or clear entities are not readable. The readable fragment suggests financial content but lacks specifics to identify persons, places, or events.
New Name Of Dickinson Theatre Is Jayhawker
The Dickinson theatre will reopen in September as Jayhawker marking a unique motion picture house. A contest selected the name from 193 submissions with Carlotta S. Nellis winning for first entry 38 names had multiple votes. The building, rebuilt in 1911 after a fire, has seen several renamings and will relaunch after remodeling and redecoration, especially the entrance.
Override of Roosevelt veto shapes federal statutes debate
The House voted 251 to 46 to override President Roosevelt's veto on legislation linked to state litigation and federal statutes. The long-pending measure faces further action as the two-thirds margin was questioned amid party lines. An unrelated Eudora CPA picnic is scheduled for August 20 and 21.
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Washington
House
Rooseve
Hans
Latvia seeks Soviet Union membership in Baltic bloc
Moscow reports the supreme soviet unanimously approved Latvia's request to join the U S S R. Estonia's similar application will be considered tomorrow. The soviet republic already includes Lithuania and territories gained from Romania by ultimatum.
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Supreme Soviet
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Rumania
Young Texan Enters the Royal Air Force on One Day
A 19 year old American from Texas joined the Royal Air Force yesterday and engaged in an air battle over the French coast. His Spitfire sustained bullet holes but he landed safely after helping shoot down two Messerschmitts and fending off fighters. The pilot, described as short and fair haired, had been teaching Americans how to fly in Laredo seven weeks earlier.
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East Africa
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Summitt
Sudan
Hi Bai
Italy
Royal ‘Air Force
Libya
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R.A.F
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Eritrea
London
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Sogey
Ministry
Air Ministry
Texas
Laredo
Northbound Troops From Lawrence Headed For Camp Ripley
Companies H and M of the 187th Infantry and Troop I of the 114th Cavalry entrain from Lawrence for Fourth Army maneuvers at Camp Ripley Minnesota. Infantry from Topeka emptied six truckloads at Union Pacific station before 7 45 AM. The 161st Field Artillery battery followed by overland travel with four guns and a dozen trucks passed Lawrence later.
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114Th Cavalry
Lawrence
Fourth Army
Camp Ripley
Minn
Topeka
Union Pacific
Wichita
Massachusetts Street
Shea Atel
Jock Suease
Scanda Y
Wiedemann’s
161St Field Artillery
Plan a New Trade Pact With Soviet Russia
Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles said a new trade agreement with Soviet Russia to replace the expiring one will be completed soon. He noted details await a final signing to be held in Washington and Moscow and that the scope or the $40,000,000 annual purchase figure was not disclosed.
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Sumney Wells
Russia
Welles
Wuid Boikeen
Moscow
Voting places named in Wakarusa and Grant townships
The Journal-World lists voting locations for Wakarusa and Grant townships including East Wakarusa precinct at the township hall on West Twenty-third Street and Richardson Implement Company, and West Wakarusa precinct on West Twenty-third Street. Grant township voters use White School near highways 59 and 40. Other rural precinct locations were in Saturday’s edition.
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Wakarusa
Grant Township
Veers Township
Twenty-third Street
Richardson Implement Company
Twenty - Third Street
White School
S. Journal-World
Defense Spending May Push Congress Above 20 Billion
Washington reports indicate pending appropriations and contract authorizations could lift defense outlays beyond 20 billion dollars, more than doubling last year's peacetime spending. Budget officials cite current appropriations of 13.824 billion and contracts for 1.060 billion, with pending items adding 2.207 billion and contracts of 2.783 billion. Revenue gains from taxes and a proposed excess profits tax are expected to bolster this fiscal year’s receipts, while deficits remain uncertain.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nominating Returns and Election Details Outline
Candidates for the state legislature from the 11th and 12th districts are discussed with Berger as a key figure. Results show 81 votes for Wilson and 71 for Berger in a local nomination contest. County officials, including Robert C. Melvin and T. R. Gerhart, note 264 requests to vote by free ballot outside the state and election polls opening tomorrow at 8 oclock and closing at 6 oclock in the evening.
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Berger
Rhode and
Street
Elmer Wee
We Nig & Salesman
Wilson
Hia
Eine Mantary
Elec
T. R. Gerhart
Marning
Pleasant August Weather Heads Kansas After Rain and Heat
Northerly breezes bring relief to Kansas after weekend rains and heat. Temperatures drop below 100 in most areas, Topeka and Manhattan near 102 earlier. highs around 90 to 92 tomorrow. Rain totals over the weekend ranged up to nearly an inch in some counties with scattered showers statewide.
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Topeka
Kansas
If Ie
Manhattanhillipsburg
Wwelt
Tomorow
Flora
Independence
Benes
Goodland
Finney
Weather report for Kansas regions
Forecast describes scattered thunderstorms and showers in the northwest and north central areas. Cooler conditions expected tonight with Tuesday bringing late warming in the northwest and central regions.
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North Central
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