Blue Force Plans Lightning Attack Near Wahkon Minn
Aug 10 dispatch from Wahkon Minnesota reports 35th Division troops ready for rapid action as Gen. Truman vows a lightning attack. Notes include illness of Billy Wilson of M Company, weather conditions, mail deliveries, camp life, air raid warning demo at Little Falls, and Camp Ripley facilities with thousands of tents and transports.
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Wahkon
Minn
Mother
R. E. Truman
Lawrence National Guard
Billy Wilson
M Company
Lawrence
Billy
Onamia
Tennessee Street
H Company
Kansas
Minnesota
Truman
National Guard
W. Burkhardt
St. Louis
Guard
Burkhardt
Little Falls
Seventh Corps
General Headquarters Intelligence
Camp Ripley
Beene
385Th
Arkansas
William
Eugene Doane
Lieut
Schilter Shore
Chester K
Wichita
Auto Crash Near Lawrence Injures Three
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Collins and J. W. Harvey sustained minor injuries in a collision at Mc Creath crossroads northwest of Lawrence. Mrs. Collins suffered a laceration over the right eye, Collins a knee injury, and Harvey a minor head injury and shock. Harvey drove a northbound Dodge truck while Collins drove an eastbound 1936 Ford coach. Mrs. Collins was taken to Memorial hospital for emergency treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Collins
Indiana Street
J. W. Harvey
McCreath
Lawrence
KU Honor Roll Lists 14 Seniors and 24 Juniors in Business School
Fourteen seniors and 24 juniors from four states are named on the University of Kansas School of Business spring honor roll released by Dean Frank T. Stockton. Among Kansas residents are Winifred Jameson Lawrence and Robert A. Hedges Wichita with several other named students from Topeka, Kansas City and nearby towns. several straight A students include Mary Jean McCann, Samuel Hepworth and Walter Moodie.
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University of Kansas
School of Business
Frank T. Stockton
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Connecticut
Winifred Jameson
Lawrence
Robert A. Hedges
Wichita
Leo W. Rhodes
Earl W. Deeble
Salina
James Mitchell
Valley Falls
Lucy Rundell
Norton
Henry Schwaller
Hays
Robert B. McKay
William Kansas Waugh
Eskridge
Victor Bryant
Arkansas City
Roselyn Felton
Kansas City
Kan
W. Keith Schuerman
Salinka
Lewis V. Bartram
Topeka
Anthony Zollo
Waterbury
Conn
Thomas Morrow Sweeney
Hugh Hadley Bruner
Mary
Jean McCann
Yola
Samuel Hepworth
Walter 8
Moodie
Helen Hollabaugh
Overbrook
Grace Schroetter
Silver Lake
Veda Strong
Troy
Donald C. Thomas
Tulsa
Oklo
Donaldson Morton
Nortonville
William M. Gray
Chanute
Virginia Kruger
el Dorado
Kermit Lorenz
Freda Russell
James Arnold
Downs
Robert Glenn Wright
Frank Earl Bolin
Kathryn — Bernice Sieg
Junction City
Joe S. Moseley
Adelyn Lee Cast
Mary Jean McCann
Walter S. Moodie
Death Toll Rises From Hurricane in Georgia and South Carolina
The hurricane battered coasts of Georgia and South Carolina with at least 35 dead. Red Cross reports 25 deaths on St Helena and eight on Ladies Island near Beaufort. Savannah and Huntington Island see fatalities and damage. Governor Maybank says Beaufort County hardest hit. many homes destroyed. refugees need aid.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South Carolina
Red Cross
Washington
St. Helena Island
Beaufort
S. C
Bahamas
Ladies Island
Savannah
CCC
Huntington Island
Charleston
S.C
Burnet R. Maybank
Beaufort County
Maybank
Parris Island
Building Work Begins on New Club Rooms in Union
Work has begun on new club rooms for the University club on the second floor of the Memorial Union building. Oak floors are being laid and a partition will separate the rooms to the west from the cafeteria dining area. A serving door will connect kitchen facilities for club dinners. Plastering starts on walls of the soda fountain and smaller basement rooms with completion targeted for September 1.
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University Club
Memorial Union
Mrs Hunsinger Bruised After Washington County Accident
Mrs W C Hunsinger returned to Lawrence after minor injuries from a skid 15 miles west of Manhattan on a vacation trip with Mrs Fred Van Natta. Their car left the wet road but was not badly damaged and no serious injuries were reported. Five other cars skidded into ditches along the same wet stretch at about the same time.
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W. C. Hunsinger
Lawrence
Manhattan
Colorado
Fred van Natta
Topeka
Hunsinger
Union Pacific
Pacific Limited
Pony Express
Kansas City
Denver
Salina
Junction City
Topoka
Purvis Says U S Will Supply Up To 1400 Planes Monthly
Arthur B. Purvis, chief British purchasing agent, disclosed that the United States offered to supply Britain with between 1,300 and 1,400 of the 3,000 fighting planes monthly requested. Delivery would not begin before late 1941.
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Washington
Arthur B. Purvis
United States
Johnson May Be F D R Aide
Louis Johnson former assistant secretary of war has been offered a job as presidential administrative assistant and will see President Roosevelt Wednesday or Thursday. The White House says Johnson wired the President requesting the appointment.
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Johnson
Washington
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
White House
Youth Bitten by Cat in Winfield, Kansas
Charles Thomas, 10, received Pasteur treatment after a Sunday cat bite. The incident occurred while he tried to separate his dog and cat in a fight. His father Ollie C. Thomas coaches the Winfield Vikings, statewide high school basketball champions.
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Cat Winfield
Kan
Charles Thomas
Pasteur
Ollie C. Thomas
Winfield Vikings
Lawrence Weather and Local Happenings Highlights
Showers added .02 inch in Lawrence bringing the monthly total to 3.73 inches. Arthur L. Robb of the Social Security office in Topeka will visit Lawrence August 15 to discuss rights under the old age and survivors insurance act. Max Replogle, former KU football star, awaits orders for Pensacola air station after completing flight training. Quentin Brown returns to KU with new highway commission duties. Sam C. Ford, KU Law 1906, nominated for Montana Governor. C. J. Ince and N. W. Lientz visit from Western Union. Union Pacific may restore Lawrence as a stop. recent schedule revisions reduced Lawrence service. Edward Penchard Sr. wins country club cutting contest. Lone Star Lake level rises two feet after rains.
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Arthur L. Robb
Social Security Board
Topeka
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Robb
Max Replogle
K. U
U.S. Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Fairfax Field
Kansas City
Coldwater
Max
CAA
Cudahy Puzzled by London Reports on Belgium Situation
New York Aug 13 United States ambassador to Belgium Pi John Cudahy said London papers distorted his interview on the Belgian issue except for the Times. He returned from Horta under instructions not to talk, called the state department, and said he would issue a full statement later. He expressed surprise at his position and denied resigning.
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New York
John Cudahy
United States
Belgium
London
London Times
Cudahy
Horta
State Department
Marguerite le Hand
Roosevelt
U.S
North
Russia
Ida B Wise Smith reelected WCTU president in 66th annual
Mrs Ida B Wise Smith of Evanston Illinois was reelected president of the national Woman's Christian Temperance Union for the seventh consecutive time at the 66th annual convention. Mrs D Leish Colvin of New York was reelected vice president for the seventh time, both by unanimous vote. A dental office advertisement follows.
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Chicago
CPI
Ida B. Wise Smith
Evanston
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
D. Leish Colvin
New York
W.C.T.U
Australian Army Chief Killed in Plane Crash
Sydney August 13 two plane crashes killed sixteen including Lieut General Sir Cyril B B White chief of the Australian army and three cabinet ministers. The first jet crashed near Canberra airport while en route to a cabinet meeting. The second plane, a Royal Australian Air Force craft from Brisbane, was presumed lost at sea. Ministers on the first flight were Brigadier Geoffrey Street Defense J W Fairbairn Sir Henry Guthell and White's aide Colonel Thornthwait plus Street's secretary and four crew members. Cabinet and loan council sessions were postponed.
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Sydney
Australia
Cyril B. B. White
Hich
Canberra
Royal Australian Air Force
Brisbane
Melbourne
Geoffrey A. Street
Defense
J. W. Fairbairn
Air
Henry Gutlett
Executive Council
Cyril
Thornthwait
Street
Commonwealth Loan Council
Plans Postponed on Training Men
General Shedd argues longer training than one year is needed for effective army readiness. He warns voluntary enlistments could not sustain foreign garrisons, likening it to ongoing college enrollments. Representative Clason questions Burke-Wadsworth bill’s necessity and future use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shedd
Treava
Clason
R-Mass
Senate
Marriage Licenses Issued in Kansas Towns
Marriage licenses were issued by the probate judge to Robert Blaker Tonga noxie and Margaret E. Hastert, Lawrence, Dale Adkinson and Marie Dietrich both of Tonganoxie, and Alvin Richardson and Lucille Traynor both of Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Blaker
Tonganoxie
Margaret E. Hastert
Lawrence
Dale Adkinson
Marie Dietrich
Alvin Richardson
Lucille Traynor
Nazi blitz over England reported with heavy losses and air raids
The article describes a large German air offensive against southeast England, including Eastchurch airport and a northern harbor raid. It notes 62 German planes downed by British defenses, captures of several airmen, and thousands of German sorties. British censorship and analysts discuss possible blitzkrieg strategy and a potential invasion.
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NEA
Portland
England
R.A.F
Eastchurch
Kent
Sheerness
DNB
Newcastle
Shields
Germany
Reich
Reuters
Air Ministry
Hector C. Bywater
News Chronicle
Bywater
Times advocates postwar relief plan for Europe
The Times supports U S participation in a postwar relief program to aid Europe and counter Nazi claims of British policy causing famine. It urges maintaining the blockade for now and rejects Hoover’s idea to allow food through to German-occupied lands.
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Calais
Dover
English
Britain
Paris
Forest of Coucy
London
the Times
Europe
United States
Hoover
Lawrence Couple Hurt in Auto Accident at Baldwin
Mr and Mrs Merton Payne of Lawrence were injured in an automobile accident in Baldwin this afternoon at the northeast corner of the Baker University campus. Mrs Payne suffered severe lacerations on the legs while Mr Payne sustained bruises. Oliver Storum and Leland Phillips of Baldwin also injured. Phillips had several broken ribs and Storum was rendered unconscious though not in serious condition.
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Merton Payne
Lawrence
Baldwin
Payne
Oliver Storum
Leland Phillips
Phillips
Storum
Baker University
Fix Guilt On Officials Petain Government Blames War Periods
Riom France August 13 1940 the Petain government accuses ministers and their subordinates of betraying the nation by dragging France into war. The government asks the Supreme Court to investigate prewar and wartime events to fix individual war guilt. Indications point to Edouard Daladier and Maurice Gamelin as principal figures.
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Riom
France
Petain
Philippe Petain
Germany
Supreme Court
Monsieur X
Edouard Daladier
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Armour Plant Loss Attributed To Sit-Down Strike
Paul A. Dett, Armour & Co. general manager in Kansas City Kansas testified to a labor board hearing that the company suffered a $100,000 loss from a sit-down strike two years earlier. The board accuses the company of coercing employees against joining the CIO. The company denies violating the labor act by discharging four workers over alleged union activity.
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Kansas City
Paul A. Dett
Armour & Co
Kan
C.I.0
Granada to Show All This and Heaven Too
Granada Theatre announces a four day pre release engagement of All This and Heaven Too from Warner Bros at Gone With the Wind road show prices. Adults 35c plus tax and children 10c for matinee or evening. Starring Bette Davis and Charles Boyer with Jeffrey Lynn Barbara ONeal Virginia Weidler Walter Hampden in a dramatized tale of a governess drawn into Parisian scandal and eventual happiness in America.
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Lawrence Theatres
Warner Bros
Heaven
Granada Theatre
Rachel Field
Bette Davis
Charles Boyer
Europe
America
Miss Davis
Boyer
Jeffrey Aynn
Barbara O'Neil
Virginia Weidler
Walter Hampden
Yankees win fourth straight as Russo blanks Red Sox
New York defeats Boston 9-1 in the first game of a doubleheader behind Marius Russo five hit outing. Joe Gordon and Red Rolfe homered. score details include early Boston runs and later New York scoring barring extras.
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New York
New York Yankees
Ehind Marius Russo
Boston Red Sox
Joe Gordon
Red Rolfe
Boston
Bagby
Heving
Terry
Peacock
Russo
Nickey
Dickman
V xx
Breuer and Rosar
Detroit
Clavelan
Gorsiu and
Sullivan
Harder
Humphries
Dobson
Hemsley
Chicago
St. Louis
Dietrich
Tresh
Kennedy
Swift
Washington
Philadelphia
Landon Sees Kansas Swing to Carry State for Willkie
Landon says sentiment in Kansas favors Willkie and he will carry the state in November. He arrived from Denver for a conference with Willkie and praised Willkie for a Des Moines farm conference that he believes boosted Republican strength in the corn belt. Landon also noted Democratic factional disputes are aiding Republicans in Missouri.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
J. M. Landon
Wendell L. Willkie
Kansas
Landon
Denver
Willkie
Des Moines
Missouri
Willkie Criticizes DNC Over Campaign Book Sales
Willkie says Attorney General Robert Jackson and Senator Hatch joined his campaign to stop the Democratic National Committee from violating the corrupt practices and Hatch acts by selling Democratic campaign books. He cites Flynn of the DNC and political ruthlessness as signs of the party’s conduct.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Robert Jackson
Hatch
D.-N.m
Mother sacrifices life to save son in air raid
London reports a young mother died protecting her infant during a German air raid. Rescue workers found her crouched over the boy amidst wreckage hours after the bomb destroyed their home. The child escaped with slight injuries.
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London
Minor Auto Accident on Massachusetts Street
A minor collision occurred in the 900 block on Massachusetts Street around 9 o clock when Mrs. W. E. Humphrey of 1601 Rhode Island Street stopped suddenly to avoid another car. A three year old child in the Humphrey vehicle was thrown into the windshield and suffered a small head cut.
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Massachusetts Street
W. E. Humphrey
Rhode Island Street
Humphrey
Card of Thanks for Albert F. Reatz
The family thanks friends and associates for the beautiful flowers sent to honor Albert F. Reatz. Signed by Mrs. Robert Chambers and Otto Reatz.
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Albert F. Reatz
Robert Chambers
Otto Reatz
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K. U. School of Law
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K.U. School of Law
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Helena
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Dallas
Central
Western Union Telegraph Company
F. H. Cox
Ince
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Edward Penchard, Sr
Penchard
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French
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Raffensberger
Todd
Jackson
Journal- World
Allison-Armstron
Lawrence Business College
F. S
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Indiana
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