Newsboy Covers the Front Lines From Min August
Ken Postlethwaite reports with the 35th Division Notes from a mock war near Pierz Minnesota as units of the 137th combat team occupy Pierz and mingle with German origin townspeople. Soldiers sing under moonlight while crews capture enemy squads and endure air attacks.
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Lee
America
M. Lawrence
M Company
Lawrence
C. W.allphin
Pierz
Minn
Ripley
Foster
Company M
137Th
Schiller Shore
Shore
Henry Wilson
Irving Kasberger
Charles Paxton
Billy Weir
KU Law Students Write Final Examinations Today
Law students at the University of Kansas completed the second five weeks of the summer session with final exams. Two seniors head to Chicago tonight for new positions. Kenneth B. Wallace, a June bar passer, will join Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Insurance. Charles V. Henderson Jr. will join Western Adjustment after one year in law.
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K. U. School of Law
Chicago
Kenneth B. Wallace
Lumberman’s Mutual Casualty Insurance Company
Charles V.henderson, Jr
Western Adjustment Company
Burke Admits He Is a Novice in Politics
Democratic gubernatorial nominee W H Burke spoke at an old settlers picnic in St Paul Kansas admitting he is a novice in politics after years in business. He argued that a competent businessman must guard words and deeds and warned voters against relying on rhetoric over results.
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Kan
W. H. Burke
Old Settlers
Burke
Little River
Board of Administration
Huxman
Mak
Topeka Youth Captured After 18-Block Car Chase
Delbert W. Lord of Topeka faces federal charges for transporting a stolen automobile. Police chased him across 18 blocks, firing at the youth as the car wrecked and he fled on foot before being captured near Kansas City.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Delbert W.lord
Roosevelt-Mackenzie King meeting may hinge on 1938 pledge
Washington officials see Roosevelt's pledge to aid Canada as background for talks with Prime Minister Mackenzie King in Ogdensburg. The 1938 Kingston speech promised U S help if Canadian soil was threatened and outlined a twofold aim to secure Canadian assurance and grant basing and naval support for North American defense.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Canada
MacKenzie King
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Kingston
Ontario
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Britain
North America
North Lawrence Baptist Church to Install New Pastor
A week of nightly services begins August 19 at North Lawrence First Baptist Church. Rev. C L King will be installed as pastor on Sunday August 23 at 3 pm. Speakers include Rev. Holland, Rev. Henson, Rev. Henderson, Rev. Sorte and Rev. Jordan.
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C.L. King
North Lawrence First ‘Baptist Church
Holland
Kansas City
Silver Leaf Club
Henson
St. Joseph
T. Us
I. H. Henderson
Kansas
City
Usher Board
Sorte
Mr. Jordan
St. Stephens Church
Kansas City, Mo
Cement plant increase in Kansas cement output 1989
Kansas Geological Survey data from the University of Kansas show Portland cement production in 1989 totaling 3,729,004 barrels valued at 5,608,506 dollars. The report notes a 15 percent rise from 1928 production. Counties mentioned include Allen Montgomery Neosho Wilson and Wyandotte.
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Kansas
Kansas Geological Survey
University of Kansas
Allen Montgomery
Neosho
Wilson
Wyandotte
Re elect Officers of Douglas County Temperance Union
About 50 members attended the annual convention at Fellowship Hall Bald win re electing Mrs Inez P Ross Baldwin as president and Mrs A B Conner of Lawrence as vice president Miss Anna Elwell Baldwin was named correspond ing secretary and Mrs N B Clifton Baldwin recording secretary New directors include Mrs Bert Hill Lawrence and Mrs Ger tie Fincher Lawrence among others Rev William N Runyan spoke on We Must Go On and NBC broadcast a recent organ piece Miss Joan Butell played a violin solo A playlet and dramatized sketch were presented by local groups
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Douglas County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Fellowship Hall
Baldwin
Inez P. Ross
A. B. Conner
Lawrence
Anna Elswell
N. B. Clifton
Roy Adams
Anna Baughman
Lecompton
Miss Hahn
W.A. En Lawrence
A. B Conner
U. Institute
Anna Elwell
Bert Hill
Roscoe Pine
Flower Mission and Relief
Young ‘Crusaders
Gertie Fincher
William N.runyan
The
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Sermon at First Baptist Church by Rev Thomas
The First Baptist Church will host a sermon tomorrow morning at 9 30 by Rev Thomas during August with C W Thomas supplying the pulpit. Miss Minerva Davis sings A Song of Redemption and organist Mrs Paul Rankin plays Prelude In Moonlight and March Triumphale and The People of Lawrence and visitors are invited to attend the service and the church school at 10 80 a m led by Mrs Andrew Jackson.
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C. W. Thomas
Minerva Davis
Daniel Protheroe
Paul
A Rankin
Stebbins
Costa
Lawrence
Lindley Reported Under Care of Ship's Doctor
Dr E H Lindley aboard the Asama Maru is under the ship's physician care and resting comfortably. A cablegram from Mrs Lindley, received at the University, notes the couple left Shanghai August 11 and are to reach San Francisco August 30. A prior illness in Peking had prompted hopes of recovery.
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E. H. Lindley
Peking
Stanley Lindley
Furgus Falls
Minin
Bassett to Retire After 20 Years in Massachusetts Street Cafe
J H Bassett sells his restaurant in the 700 block on Massachusetts Street and announces retirement. Johnson Tuttle and Mamie Tuttle, building owners, purchased the fixtures and expect to lease the cafe. J H Bassett Jr says he will not reenter the cafe business in Lawrence soon.
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Massachusetts
J. H. Bassett
Johnson Tuttle
Mamie Tuttle
First infantile paralysis case reported in vicinity
Paralysis case announced in Coffeyville Kansas with 7 year old Jack Graham of Angola diagnosed and sent to Independence hospital. He is the son of Mr and Mrs I W Graham. Only one Montgomery county case had been reported prior.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Jack Graham
Angola
Independence Hospital
I. W. Graham
Montgomery County
Marriage Licenses Issued in Topeka and Nearby Cities
Marriage licenses were issued at the probate office to James J. Biggam and Enid Fae Piver of Topeka, and Ellsworth Rice of Lawrence with Genevieve Landon of Eudora. The last couple was married by Probate Judge Frank R. Gray.
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James. J. Biggam
Enid Fae Piver
Topeka
Ellsworth Rice
Lawrence
Genevieve Landon
Roosevelt Meets Mackenzie King in Norwood Area Defense Talks
President Roosevelt travels to upstate New York to confer with Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King on hemispheric defense and possible American bases in British possessions. The meeting follows planned maneuvers with 90,000 troops and includes invited diplomat Jay Moffatt and War Secretary Stimson. Conjecture centers on bases in the Caribbean Newfoundland and Canadian maritime provinces.
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Roosevelt
Norwood
N. Y
Upstate
New York
W. L. MacKenzie
Canada
Atlantic
Ogdenburg
White House
MacKenzie King
British Empire
United States
Panama Canal
Washington
Jay Pierpoint Moffatt
State Department
Henry L. Stimson
British Islands
Caribbean
Newfoundland
Canadian Maritime Provinces
Americans Barred by Neutrality Law and Baltic Voyage Notes
Washington reports the U S neutrality law bars American ships from war zones around Europe with beligerent ports open only to certain missions and Red Cross convoys. The American Legion voyage from Petsamo to Brooklyn with 897 people including Crown Princess Martha of Norway proceeds along a northern route, avoiding British ports as Germany widens a blockade around England.
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Washington
United States
Germany
England
Argentina
Europe
Portugal
Spain
Red Cross
Congress
American Legion
Petsamo
Finland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Martha
Norway
United States Lines
New York
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