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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1940
Page
4
Decisive Majorities in Kansas Governor Primaries
Both Governor Ratner and W H Burke won large party majorities in Kansas primaries making Ratner the favorite for a second term in a solid Republican state. Burke remains a strong challenger with broad recognition among Kansans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Ratner
W. H. Burke
Burke
Nebraskans in Russia and the Stalin Purges
The Omaha World-Herald notes two former University of Nebraska students linked to Russia. Karl Ulmanis, a Nebraska agriculture student turned Latvian president, may have been executed after Soviet seizure. Albert M. Troyer, a guest scientist aiding citrus in southern Russia, reportedly died in a Stalin purge camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Omaha World- Herald
University of Nebraska
Karl Ulmanis
Nebraska
Latvia
Ulmanis
Albert M. Troyer
Troyer
World-Herald
Joe Stalin
Deeper Conflict Over Lindberghs World View
The piece rejects Senator Pepper's verdict on Lindbergh while arguing that his broadcast would promote confusion and delay in defense efforts. It warns against accepting a world order based on force and moral ambiguity, distinguishing Lindbergh from calls for clear Allied victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepper
Lindbergh
America
Germany
England
Europe
United’ ‘States
Opposing Worldviews make Nazi England an Enemy
The piece argues that American democracy and English democracy share core values such as freedom and fairness. It warns that Hitler's regime seeks terror and despotism, making any peace between these incompatible world orders impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
England
The Cloak Room column in unopposed times
Congressman Lambertson writes a light weekly column while unopposed in the primary. Justice Bill Smith also runs unopposed, an observation labeled the eighth wonder. The piece mixes stray notes about adjournment, costs, a shipboard remark about Pocahontas, and mentions WPA head Hopkins and Mr. Wallace at the Chicago convention amid political promises on relief and farm subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Lambertson
Bill Smith
S. S. America
James River
John Smith
Pocahontas
WPA
Hopkins
Chicago
Wallace
Missouri Mules Sold to France Bought Back at Half Price
Missourians who sold mules to the French purchasing commission are buying them back at 50 cents on the dollar. A mule that travels only corn rows in its home state cannot be valued as highly as one destined for travel abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Purchasing Commission
Present Congress Spent Over 20 Billion Dollars
The passage notes that the current Congress has spent or authorized more than 20 billion dollars and argues that any other group handling such entrusted business would face courts or lunacy commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Courts of Law
Italy to send flier and sub force in attack on John Bull
Report says Italy plans token representation in the assault on John Bull's island. It has dispatched fliers and small submarines to participate, with Mussolini proposing the line You hold him Adolf while I hit him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
John Bull’s Island
Mussolini
Adolf
Horse Trained to Gallop Backwards at Fort Riley
A horse at Fort Riley has been trained to gallop backwards for show purposes only and not to become standard practice across the cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Riley
Reporter Sentenced With Dunce Cap for Questioning President
The note recalls a reporter shamed for asking the President about a third term. It jokes that he may no longer be in the corner, and suggests others might look worse in such a cap given later events.
Dentists devise fountain-pen style toothbrush
George W. Eyer notes in Parsons Sun that two South Carolina dentists designed a toothbrush with a hollow handle feeding dentifrice to the bristles like a fountain pen, but it still requires back and forth motion to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
George W. Eyer
Parsons Sun
Ten Years Ago Preparations For Relief And Travel Notices
Ten years ago preparations to extend relief to the drought suffering nation proceeded under President Hoover. Reports to agencies warned damages might reach a billion dollars if rains did not come. Friends of W E Tenney report they were in The Hague en route to Norway and Sweden and would travel through Russia to Germany and France. W W Hutton family and John Paul Donald Mary May Hutton departed by land to Indianapolis then Chicago for a visit. Hutton Sr. will attend the Spanish American War veterans national convention in Philadelphia. Prof John Ise and family planned a western motor trip visiting Yellowstone Canadian Rockies and the Pacific coast. Ralph Graber has returned from Kansas State Teachers' College in Pittsburg. Elizabeth and Josephine Breeley returned from California. Mrs J P Pearson and Miss Myrtle Sellards return from the north after a lakes trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreath
Hoover
W. E. Tenney
Hague
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Germany
France
W. W. Hutton
John
Paul
Donald
Mary May Hutton
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Hutton
Philadelphia
John Ise
Charles
Yellowstone
Canadian Rockies
Pacific Coast
Ralph Graber
Pittsburg
Kansas State Teachers’ College
Elizabeth
Josephine Breeley
California
J. P. Pearson
Myrtle Sellards
Theater Fire Sparks Heroic Save and Love Triangle
Johnny Regan helps Jean Reynolds save Cape antiques from a theater blaze as Molly Travers and Andre Masters watch. Fire starts when a lamp spills kerosene. Jean is injured while saving priceless items. Johnny takes charge with Rex Arnold to move the set to safety amid chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Regan
Jean Reynolds
Johnny
Molly Travers
Andre Masters
Molly
Jean
Carstairs
Rex
Arnold
Masters
Earl
Dr. Warren
Man
Carter
Cape “Pd
Rex Arnold
The Wharf Theater Comes Down in Cape Town
Johnny and Rex evacuate Rex’s station wagon with theater props after the fire ruins the Wharf Theater. Jean gives Johnny a cameo as a wedding gift, Deepening his ties to Molly and Jean, while he contemplates his future with Masters at the Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex
Capetown
Johnny
Meltons
Jean
Rex Arnold
Masters
Molly
Mussolini’s Egypt push tests Britain as war widens
Analyzing Mussolini’s Africa offensive, Dewitt Mackenzie argues Italy aims to split British strength with Egypt, Kenya, and Somaliland strikes. He notes Egypt is pivotal, threatening Suez and Mediterranean control, with General Graziani’s desert command hopeful but hampered by supply routes and naval hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Africa
England
Hitler
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
I Duce
Egypt
Libya
Kenya
Ethiopia
Sudan
Suez
India
Far East
Orient
Japan
Near East
Persian Gulf
Turkey
Dardanelles
Balkans
Europe
Strait of Gibraltar
Somaliland
Italy
Rodolof Graziani
Braziani
Cirenaica
Old Town Warsaw Evacuated as German Retreat Presses
In Warsaw the town was evacuated by Russian forces to avoid damage while German retreat was orderly. Delegates from the Fraternal Aid Union and Kansas returnees were greeted by crowds at the depot and escorted to a banquet in the order's building. Civil defense and national drift toward preparedness are noted as government programs move toward Congress. Bertha Badsky and George Maichel announce their wedding, and Lora Madge Beamer and Carl C Dunbar announce an upcoming September wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Denver
Fraternal Aid Union
Kansas
Pasadena
First Regiment
Europe
United States
Navy
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Jacob Badsky
Bertha
George Maichel
Overbrook
John Beamer
Lora Madge
Carl C
Heat Hatch Chick Surprises Farmer in Cabinet
Goldsboro North Carolina August 7 UP Farmer John Tart heard a plaintive peeping from a cabinet and found a newly hatched chick hopping out of an egg stored there amid a heat wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
N. C
John Tart
Lawrence Briefs and Local Notes from the Times
L C Poehler visited Leavenworth on Carbondale road business. China troubles loom for Lawrence with tea markets signaling a tea price rise. Emma and May Savage return from Colorado. Dr J H Young and family plan a two week southern state trip. Kilworths arrive in New York returning from abroad. No paving on Kentucky street this year due to council action and remonstrance balance. The tax levy will be the largest in county history at about 65 mills with courthouse levy included. The author of a love story never pens the corn on the feet of his ero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Lawrence
Emma
May Savage
Colorado
J. H. Young
John Kilworth
New York
Kentucky Street
Court House
Baldwin Community News Highlights and Visits
Local society notes detail visits by Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Stephens to Highland to see their daughter and husband Lloyd Roberts. Several town residents travel for funerals and guest stays, while clubs meet and host events including a garden supper for Prof. Deel and Mrs. Barnhouse. A Rotary luncheon features guest speaker Mrs. Evans and remarks on town beautification. church services note a talk by Rev. Robert G. Anderson on The Bible and the Recovery Plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Stephens
Highland
Lloyd Roberts
Dean Grace Irwin
Nelya Hunts
Las Vegas
N. M
Irving D. Bartley
Alexander Bruner
Paul Brune
Thomas Hitchcock
Impson Taylor
South Eighth Street
George Lucas
Edward Pardee
Clyde Stewart
H. K. Ebright
Betty Ebright
W. J. Halliday
New York City
Shirley Curry
Cherokee
Jean Curry
Leslie Eggleston
Maxwell
5Th and
Elm Streets
Milo Story
Baldwin Rotary Club
Pine Room
College Cafe
Thomas A. Evans
Baldwin Garden Club
Alvin F. Baker
Warren Baker
New Rochelle
William C. Rice
Evanston
Iil
Rice
Northwestern University
Betty
Jean McFerren
Harold Cuttrell
Galesburg
Mary _K. Jones
Belton
Baldwin
Gertrude Schott
9Th Street
Jones
Robert
G. Anderson
Kansas City
First Methodist Church
Townsend Club
Garnett
Ottawa
J. F. Kilby
Kan
Radio Nightline Listings for Wednesday and Thursday Aug 7 8
Radio program schedule lists 7 PM to midnight offerings across KMBC WREN WDAF and others. Programs include Newscasts, orchestras, gags, dramas, sportscasts, public affairs, and weather forecasts with many named hosts and performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KMBC
WDAF
Bi4e
Wren
Wear—Cavalier
America
Hollywood Playhouse
WWREN
Dr. Christian
Plantation Petty
Green “Hornet
WDAK
Abbott Ae Costello
Roy_ Shield
Glenniiler
Orch
Kay Kyner
K. C
Amos and
Andy
Lanny Ross
KALBC
Newacast
Hotel Biltmore
Asal
Nelson
Fred Waring
U.S
Joe Rine
Sherman Orch
Eis
Kmbc—Minstrels
Wren—Employment Service
Kmbc—Newsacast
Wdaf—Cavaliers
NBC Prostar
Aldrich
Major Bowes
Wdaf Music Hall
Caraven
Wren—Grant
Amos and Andy
Arthur Godfrey
Mavier Cugat
Charles Barnet
Raymond Scott
Eddie Duchin
eRanc Do Ridera
Daf
H. V. Kaltenborn
WDAB
Hal Kemp
Ray “Derbeck
Associated Prans
Ted Fio Rito
Moonbeama
Eddie Bush
Anson Weeks
Muehlebacher
Community Notes of Local Visits and Gatherings
Duane Good of Drumright Oklahoma spent a week with George Hide. The Brackett area hosts visits from Glathaar Ridley Miller and Gregory. Mrs Wilson Martin and Bert Gregory called on Paul Winter in Barker. Lois McClurg visits Kansas City relatives. Ralph Kirby family hosted dinner with Donna Rae. Dick Evans returns home after summer school at Hudson. Meina Wlems from Topeka spent Sunday visiting Lawe friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Good
Drumright
Okla
George Hidebrand
K.glatthaar
Siegel
Brackett
Robert Ridley
Marian Barlow
Lawrence
Condra Miller
Richmond
George Walter
Joseph Fpoenitske
Solomon
Bert Gregory
Missouri
Mr. Gregory
Wilson Martin
George Hildebrand
Paul Winter
Barker
Lois McClurg
Kansas City
Edgar
Ralph Kirby
Donna Rae
Allan Kirby
Brackett Unit
Farm Bureau
Rence
Dick Evans
Hudson
University
Evans
Meina Wlems
Topeka
Mia
Kheteson
Also Mentioned on This Page
WORLD
the World Company
W. C. Simons
We Murray
Dolph Simons
Massachusetts Street
National
Lorenzen & Thompson, Inc
West 44Th St
Michigan Ave
San Francisco
Sansome
Los Angeles
New Orpheum
Baltimore Ave
St. Louis
Star
Detroit
General Motors
Atlanta
Walton
Ember
Associated Press
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
NEA Servicer, Inc
Dewitt MacKenzie
Dunbar
Hallowell
L. C. Poehler
Leavenworth
Carbondale Road
Baldwin News
The
Journal-World
Univis
Optometrist
Sneegas
American Express
National City Bank of New York
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peoples State Bank
Std
Massachusetts
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