German Air Raids Hit English Coast in Four Waves
British air ministry reports 39 German planes destroyed and 9 British planes missing after heavy air battles along the Dover to Portsmouth coast. Germans claim 71 British planes shot down while Nazi raids focus on Portsmouth and other southern towns.
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London
Air Ministry
England
Dover
Portsmouth
Britain
Cherbourg
English Channel
Beaule
High Command
Kiarevek
Margate
DNB
Spithead
Berlin
Hoover Would Create an Agency To Feed Conquered Nations
Hoover proposes a neutral non governmental agency to prevent starvation in 27 million people in occupied Europe and calls for a winter food supply for Norway Holland Belgium and Poland. He spoke with Wendell Willkie and criticized Washington for lacking facts on aid. London says blockade stays and Germany must fairly distribute supplies.
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Hoover
Colorado Springs
Europe
Herbert Hoover
American Relief Committee
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Poland
Wendell L. Willkie
Washington
John Cudahy
U. S
United States
London
Germany
Netherlands
Threat of Polio Epidemic Warns Kansas Westward
Topeka health officials warned of a threatened polio epidemic spreading west from southeastern counties. Twenty six new cases were reported for the week ending Saturday and July totaled 42, the highest since 1987. Health officials urged reduced gatherings, avoid contact, pasteurize milk, and prompt hospitalization for cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State Board of Health
Barber
Butler
Cowley
Pittsburg City
Greenwood
Geary
Harvey
Leavenworth City
Montgomery
Neosho
Pratt
Hutchinson City
Wichita City
Sedgwick
Kansas City
Nelson Stocking
Cedarvale
F. P. Helm
State Health Board
C. H. Kinnaman
Roosevelt Concludes New England Defense Tour in New London
President Roosevelt finishes a midafternoon tour in New London Connecticut after inspecting seven New England defense projects. He visited the submarine base and the Electric Boat plant at Groton where undersea fighters are built.
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Roosevelt
New London
Conn
New England
Groton
Electric Boat Company
Senators push midwest for defense plant location
Fourteen Midwest senators pressed William Knudsen, head of the national defense commission, to base government funded or subsidized defense plants in the region. Senator Miller of Arkansas said the group favors moving expansion of aircraft and TNT shell plants to the Midwest, noting most contracts so far went to coastal or non negotiated bidders.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Commission
Miller
D.ark
Middle West
T.N.T
Knudsen
Clark
D.-Mo
Truman
Her- Ying
D.-Ia
Gillette
D.- Ia
Shipstead
F.l.-Minn
Nye
R.N.D
Bulow
D.-S.d
Commission
Defense Commission
French Harvest Prompts Record Expectations In Occupied France
Paris-Soir reports German authorities in occupied France placed whole contingents of French war prisoners at the disposal of farmers to aid harvest. The CBS relay notes a predicted record harvest despite wartime hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris-Soir
France
CBS
Germans Claim Seven Planes Downed and U S Ship Lost
Berlin reports British air losses at 71 with 17 German planes missing as German news agency DNB details battles over England. Germans claim free chase tactics and raids on Portsmouth Ports mouth ships yards and coastal defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
DNB
England
Portsmouth
Serpenti Ft
Debate on Draft Delays Senate Push for Training Plan
Washington August 12 UP Nebraska senators Norris Independent Burke Democrat clashed in a senate debate over Burke Wadsworth compulsory military service bill. Norris warned of a large standing army while Burke argued training 400 000 this fall and another 400 000 next spring from 12 000 000 registered 21 to 30 would not make soldiers. Burke said the plan would train a reserve for war and not create a professional force, while Norris warned of dictatorial outcomes.
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Washington
Neeraska
Norris
Burke
Senate
United States
Germany
Japan
Russia
Italy
Noris
Hitler
England
Clark
D-Mo
Army
George Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Stimson
Marriage Not Assurance Against Draft Under Burke-Wadsworth Bill
Washington reports that marriage does not protect men from draft under the Burke-Wadsworth conscription bill now before the senate. Married men would still register at 21 to 30 and could be called for up to a year of active training unless the president defers based on dependents. The bill offers no clear definition of dependents or exemptions for married status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sami
Senate
Rotary hears Rev James Chubb oppose draft law at Baldwin
The Rev James Chubb of Baldwin Methodist preached against the conscription law, arguing it echoes German policy and erodes civil liberties, warning of wartime excess and a ruined Europe. He urged clearer information to military leaders and cautioned against war fever and taxation overreach. Next week Rev Paul Lawson of KU is listed as speaker.
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James Chubb
Baldwin
Rotary
Germany
Rotarian
Chubb
Kansas
Europe
Hitler
Atlantic
Russia
Rev
Paul Lawson
College of Liberal Arts
K.U
Floyd A. Writht
Normans Okla
M. Burton
Frank B. Parker
Toneke
Leonard McCalla
Garnett
F. F. Terrien
Englewood
Colo
E. EF. Westerhouse
Arcadia
Calif
Lyle C. Reed
Clay Center
Paul B. Lawson
Demobilization of French Army Nearly Completed
Vichy announces final demobilization of the French army with the release of the last specialists. About 2,000,000 of the 5,000,000 mobilized were captured by the Germans, and only enough troops will be kept for public order and vital points. exact numbers not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Landon to Colorado for Willkie luncheon
ALF Landon will depart tonight by train for Colorado to confer with Republican Presidential nominee Willkie tomorrow at a luncheon. He will drive to Colorado Springs from Denver in the morning and plan to return to Topeka after the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Colorado
Wercell L. Willkie
G.O.P
Colorado Springs
Denver
Stock Market Index Keeps 60-Stock Average At 43
A brief note reports the index averaging 43 points for a 60-stock portfolio with Saturday readings. The ad promotes a mail subscription to the Journal-World, likening it to a daily long letter from home during summer, with a phone number 22 to contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Journal-World
Mothers Vacation Camp Participants Return Home Energized
Thirty five women from the Mothers Vacation camp near Tonganoxie Sunday returned home after three days of camp life conducted under county home demonstration leaders. A single minor injury occurred from a yellow jacket sting. Camp elected Mrs. Charles Topping mayor and Mrs. William Florence Jr secretary, with Mrs Ralph Colman as song leader.
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Tonganoxie
Charles Topping
William Florence, Jr
Leavenworth County
Ralph Colman
Douglas County
Topping
Leona Tibbetts
Va. Holladay
Leaverworth County
Mary Radell
Wyandotte
Vera Morton
Kansas State College
Jackson County
Elmer Husted
Douglas
Fred Trefz
Iva Holladay
Hays Coca Colas win western Kansas softball title
Hays Coca Colas defeated Wichita Beech 8 to 4 to capture the western Kansas softball championship in Great Bend. They advance to face the Kansas City Grocers for the state title in a series beginning next weekend after Kansas City won the eastern Kansas title a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays
West Great Bend
Kan
Hays Coca- Colas
Wichita Beech Club
Kansas City Grocers
Kansas City
Democrats for Willkie formed by ex New Dealers
A national Democrats for Willkie organization was announced led by Alan Valentine Rochester University president and former Roose velt aides John W Hanes Lewis W Douglas and Roberta Campbell Lawson. The group aims to recruit Democrats only and operate independently of Willkie clubs while pursuing regional organization and a No third term country before party slogan.
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New York
Roosevelt
Alan Valentine
Rochester University
Altho
Valentine
John W. Hanes
the Treasury
Lewis W. Douglas
Roberta Campbell Lawson
Tulsa
Okla
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Injured in crash near Baldwin involves Cutter family
Six persons were injured in a head on collision three and a half miles west of Baldwin on highway 2:30 pm. Mr and Mrs M M Cutter of Wichita and two Baldwin youths were involved. Mrs Cutter sustained a facial bruise and knee cuts. Marilyn Cutter had loose teeth and possible back injury. Donald Cutter suffered leg and nose injuries. Dudley Gillilan was bruised and knocked unconscious. Drivers M M Cutter and Roy Crawford had bruises. Both cars, a 1939 Studebaker and a 1930 Ford, were badly damaged.
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Baldwin
M. M. Cutter
Wichita
Roy 'D Crawford
Cutters
Crawford
Gillilan
Cutter
Studebaker
Weekend Rains Bring August Total to 3.71 Inches
Weekend rain measured 1.38 inches raising August total to 3.71 inches for the first 11 days. About .60 inch fell by 7 am, then .78 inch by 7 am today. Rain began Saturday night and persisted until 5 pm yesterday with a double rainbow visible in the east after sun. Showers resumed after sundown.
Cedar Vale youth dies of infantile paralysis
Nelson Stocking aged 19 from Cedar Vale dies in a Wichita hospital after contracting infantile paralysis while taking an aviation course. The death occurred Sunday, with Stocking noted as a student at the aviation program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Kan
Nelson Stocking
Cedarvale
Wichita
Italy Accuses Greece of Aiding British War Effort
Rome reports Greece supplied oil to British warships and planes and conspired with Britain along the Albanian border. Hoggia’s reported Albanian nationalist killing on Albanian soil is blamed on Greeks, with Italy warning of serious consequences if Greek bases are used.
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Rome
Italy
Greece
Albania
Germany
Czecho- Slovakia
Poland
Britain
Il Popolo di Roma
Mediterranean
II Panclo Roma
Epirus
Haut Hoggia
Hoggia
Athens
County Budget Adopted by Board in Morning Session
The county budget for 1941 totaling 516 449 08 with a 6 3850 mill levy and 42 444 00 tuition fund at 2 773 mills was approved after a short hearing. A Farm Bureau delegation attended as budget figures were read and the three units city of Lawrence, county, and school district 60 levy 36 2352 mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Farm Bureau
Mildred LeSeur
City of
Lawrence
City of Lawrence
Rainy Weekend Brings Kansas Crop Rejuvenation
Western and eastern Kansas received soaking weekend rains aiding crops as forecasts call for clearing western areas. Garnett and Walnuts towns reported over two inches while Elkhart and Ashland saw lighter totals. subsoil moisture improves, and highs rebound to near 90s after lows in the 60s. Local readings in Topeka noted widespread precipitation across the state with lingering unsettled conditions and an approaching warm spell.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Garnett
Walnut
Valley Falls
Overbrook
Worden
Elkhart
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Inady
Eudora
U. S. Defense Industries
U.S
Nebraska
James S. Chubb
Rotary Talk
Alf Landon
Willkie
Guy Bigsby
Mary Butler
Yellowstone National Park
Carlsbad
Helen “DeVault
State Fish and Game Commission
Democrats For Willkie” Club
British Link
Aest Peeerereesve
Ablow
Drouth
Leavenworth
Wamero
Florence
Independence
Columbus
Atehivon
Pittsburg
Hanover
Concordia
Ee Ellils
Ottawa
Ite
Salina Lebo
Pratt la
Quinter
Eureka
Scott Chy Wese
Chanute
Ness City
Fort Scott Parsonea
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
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