Optimism Grows in Britain as Europe Shifts Focus East
British officials sense a calmer mood as Germany shifts sights from Danzig to eastern Europe. Hungary’s Count Csaky meets in Rome amid talks on Poland and the Balkans. London predicts quick progress on a British French Soviet mutual aid pact while Poland strengthens border defenses. World Zionist Congress urges League to reject Palestine plan. Japan pressures Britain over currency in talks on Tientsin and the blockade.
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Germany
Danzig
Easternurope
Britain
Poland
Stefan Csaky
Hungary
Europe
Count Csaky
London
Moscow
Gleiwitz
Volksdeutsche
Geneva
World Zionist Congress
League of Nations Council
Palestine
League
Mandate Commission
Japan
Tokyo
Tientsin
Russian Air Strength Demonstrated at Moscow Parade
Russian air strength was shown at Tushino airport before a huge crowd including French and British military missions. Young pilots and civilian defense volunteers staged a three hour program with mass parachute jumps and balloons bearing portraits of Stalin as crowds cheered after each ascent.
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Moscow
Russia
Tushino
Civilian Defense Organization
Stalin
Sharp rise in July industrial activity
Washington reports a sharp rise in July industrial activity based on preliminary federal reserve board data. The index reached 102 percent of the 1923-25 average, up from 98 in June and 92 in April and May, driven mainly by steel and iron production. Factory employment stayed near June levels despite typical July declines.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Rooms for Rent Ad Urges Quick Classified Orders
Local readers are urged to place rental ads now as newcomers prepare to move in the next two weeks. The notice directs potential advertisers to call phone 22 to reserve space on the classified page.
President Roosevelt Maps Newfound Land Voyage with Codfish Feats
President Roosevelt fished in Newfoundland waters aboard the Tuscaloosa for two hours catching 16 codfish up to five pounds. He praised fjordlike bays, joked about adjectives, and recalled 1908 fishing with Hall Roosevelt. The voyage includes planned stops at Corner Brook and Bonne Bay with possible iceberg sighting.
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U. S. S. Lang
Bay of Islands
Mid
Roosevelt
Moundland
Hall Roosevelt
Tuscaloosa
New York
White House
Humber River
Humber
Newfoundland Bays
Corner Brook
Wheat money cut to visit Ft Riley
The agricultural adjustment administration announced 1940 wheat payments of 18 to 22 cents per bushel for compliance with the crop control program. The lower rate follows a larger next year acreage allotment. About 500 people are expected to travel from Lawrence to Fort Riley to visit troops at Camp Whitside, with Gov. Ratner reviewing the troops Sunday morning.
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Washington
Agricultural -Adjustment Administration
A.A.A
Congress
Fort Riley
Lawrence
Camp Whitside
Payne Ratner
137Th Infantry
114Th Cavalry
Navy salvage crews use superstitions to tow Squalus home
Sailors aboard the Falcon wore the same clothes as the first lift and two last Saturdays for luck. Four gulls hovered on the pontoons as the Squalus neared the surface. The $4 million submarine, after nearly six miles of underwater travel, could reach a Portsmouth drydock within two weeks. Thirty three survivors were rescued from the May 23 disaster.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Falcon
U. S
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Coast Guard Flier Killed In Training Plane Collision
A training plane collision near Pensacola Florida claimed the life of Coast Guard aviation machinist mate James Austin Merrick of Biloxi Mississippi. Navy Ensign Dallas Sdivare, native of Caldwell New Jersey, landed his slightly damaged plane without injury.
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Pensacola
Fla
Coast Guard
Naval Air Station
James Austin Merrick
Biloxie
Miss
Dallas Sdivare
U. S. Navy
Caldwell
N. J
Bill Hart Wins in Court Belated Vindication in Paternity Case
William S. Hart, famed western star, won a paternity case in Los Angeles. Superior Judge Thomas Gould ordered a trust fund valued at $13,265 returned to Hart for a boy he had set up 20 years earlier, not his son according to initial claims.
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Bill Hart
Los Angeles
William S. Hart
Thomas Gould
Hart
Ickes Warns May End Connally Oil Act Temporarily
Secretary Ickes indicated the Connally Hot Oil Act could be suspended during a petroleum shortage caused by a six state well shutdowns. He noted large crude and gasoline stocks could be released to cover supply gaps, and emphasized no violations were reported as states restricted wells to press refiners on crude prices.
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Washington
Ickes
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
New Mexico
Arkansas
Seventeen Injured as Bus Skids on Curve in Illinois
Seventeen people were injured today when a Santa Fe Trailways bus skidded on a rainy hill curve near Kingston Mines, rolling onto its side in a field. Five were seriously hurt. the bus was en route from Kansas City to Chicago, driven by Starman who slowed through rain before the wreck.
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Peoria
Ill
Kingston Mines
Santa Fe Trailways
Kansas City
Chicago
Starman
Stock Market Index Reaches 47.1 After Drop
The average of 60 stocks fell to 47.1 from 48.1 yesterday. A note mentions Pennsylvania having more underground railroad miles than surface and an ad for KEELER'S cash for used texts.
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Pennsylvania
Kansas oil shut-down prompts few lay-offs in state fields
Wichita reports indicate nearly 20 000 wells halted to rebalance prices led to scattered layoffs. Operators plan to recondition wells during the two week pause while field crews perform casing and machinery work. Refineries rely on stored stocks as production pauses.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Theo A. Morgan
State Conservation
Morgan
Pricipal
Henry Dickason
Falcon
Great Bend
McPherson
Bay
Globe
Coffeyville
Sinclair Prairie
National
Oklahoma
Chanute Refining Company
Petroleum Products Company
Chanute Area
Payne Ratner
Louisiana
Arkansas
Corporation Commission
Kansas Commission
Ratner
Preacher Rev C J Knox to Speak at Union Service Sunday
Union service at South Park Sunday 8 p m under Centen ary Methodist North Lawrence with Rev C J Knox preaching on A Timely Injunction from John 0 39 presided by Rev Edwin F Price Inspirational song service led by William Knox Junior Chorus Rev Harold G Barr Scripture Rev Arthur Ward announcements offering and a vocal solo by Phyllis Ann Nehrbass complete service ends with Sone weet Benediction by Rev Price Homes and apartments advertised in Journal World classified ads. property listings encourage readers to place ads.
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South Park
Centenary Methodist Church
North Lawrence
Edwin F. Price
C. J. Knox
John
William Knox
Harold G. Barr
Junior League
Arthur Ward
Three Vehicle Crash at Eighth and New Jersey Streets
A three way collision involving two cars and an oil truck occurred at the Eighth and New Jersey intersection around 10 this morning. Mrs Bud Allen and Geraldine Listz were treated for minor cuts and shock. Bud Allen and Howard Clark escaped serious injuries.
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Eighth
New Jersey
Bud Allen
Geraldine Listz
Howard Clark
DeSoto
Eighth Street
J. A. Bogue
Lawrence
Allen
Clark
Chevrolet
I. H. Clark
Corner
Kentucky Street
Bogue
Crown Drug Store
Youth Drowns After Being Pulled Into Drain Pipe
In Hutchinson Kansas Ralph Shaw fourteen, an Eagle Scout, drowned when drawn head first into an emptied 18 inch drain pipe during a pool draining. He disappeared during a follow the leader game at the city swimming pool as the suction pump started. Fireman Reynolds found the body thirty eight feet down. An inquest was planned for the afternoon.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Ralph Shaw
Ralph
Ferguson Reynolds
Clark ‘Shaw
Topeka Commissioners Likely to Reject Wells Airport Manager Petition
A majority of Topeka city commissioners show intent to reject a four-signature petition demanding the discharge of William H. Wells as municipal airport manager. The document cites charges including grounding a student flier during a city stunt over the weekend and a flood of calls criticizing low altitude flying. Wells was appointed a year ago on recommendation of former Mayor Herbert G. Barrett, and the commission is believed to be united behind him.
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Topeka
William H. Wells
Wells
Lawrence
Herbert G. Barrett
Strike continues at Grand River Dam project site
A preliminary conference between union and company officials failed to end the strike of crane operators and riggers at the Grand River Dam in Vinita Oklahoma. Concrete work remained shut down for a second day with only a handful of carpenters electricians and laborers on site.
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Vinita
Okla
UPI
Grand River
Bund youth echoed plans to prepare way for Nazism in America
Washington Aug 18 UPI a 19 year old former Bund youth leader Helen Vooros testified to the Dies committee that German Nazis expected Nazism to bear fruit in the United States within 15 to 20 years. She described camps in America to open property and form German settlements and said Fritz Kuhn was recognized as American Fuehrer in Germany.
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Washington
UPI
Bund
Dies Committee
America
Helen Voores
Brooklyn
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Fritz Kuhn
Danzig
Denmark
United States
Miss Voores
Hitler
Olympic Stadium
Counties in Kansas Test Legality of Emergency Taxing Power
Kansas counties led by Harvey and Johnson sue in the state supreme court to challenge a 1988 special session law allowing emergency levies up to 25 percent of regular taxes for budgets. The suit argues the statute blurs cash basis rules and questions legislative intent as it applies to all taxing units beyond schools and cities of the first class. The case is set for hearing next Tuesday morning.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Supreme Court
Harvey
Cloud
Decatur
Leavenworth
Marshall
Johnson
Clay
Osborn
Mitchell
Boards of County Commissioners
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Supreme Court
Installation of Dorsey-Liberty post officers
H S Hicks of Ottawa serviced as installing officer for Dorsey Liberty post American Legion last night. Raymond Laessig was named commander with Simon Hurwitz vice commander Cecil Hough adjutant Walter Keeler finance officer J W Twente chaplain Berv Shearer sergeant at arms Arch Oliver historian Lloyd Boughton and Rich arson as executive committee members. Post actions include courting 25 drum corps members for Wichita convention and a cigarette stand on grounds for the National Cornhusking contest in Lawrence this fall.
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H. S. Hicks
Ottawa
Second District
Dorsey-Liberty
American Legion
Raymond Laessig
Simon Hurwitz
Cecil Hough
Walter Keeler
J. W. Twente
Berv Shearer
Arch Oliver
Lloyd Boughton
D. J. Richardson
Hicks
Richardson
Department
Wichita
Kansas
Irvin Cowger
Lawrence
Tlaessig
Adjutant Hough
AFL executive council to clarify actors unions ruling
Atlantic City N J August 18 A AFL executive council statement to interpret its recent decision in the jurisdictional dispute among actors unions was expected later today.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
Sinclair Quits Posting Oil Prices Causing Market Confusion
Tulsa August 18 Sinclair the major crude oil buyer quit posting prices in Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Kansas causing confusion as two independent firms restored some cuts and state authorities ordered enforcement of shutdowns. Oil wells remained idle across six states while pipelines and railroads adjusted plans amid a nationwide price disruption.
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Tulsa
Sinclair
Sinclair Prairie Oil Marketing Company
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Danciger Oil Refineries, Inc
Bell Oil & Gas Company
Danciger
Texas Panhandle
Bell
North
Burkburnett
Texas-Oklahoma
Red
Shreveport
Caddo Purchasing Company
Field
Carl E. Bailey
el Dorado
Grady Woolley
Lion Refining Company
Railroad Commission
Baton Rouge
St. Louis-Chicago
Illirrois
Two Boy Scouts Demonstration At County Safety Meeting
Two Lawrence scouts Billy Lonnecker and Harry Mortenson will demonstrate artificial respiration to revive a swimmer, Donald Tobler, at a Southpark safety program. The event, part of a county meeting with state officials and patrol exhibits, aims to educate about safety for about 1,500 attendees.
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Lawrence
Southpark
Billy Lonnecker
Harry Mortenson
Ohio Street
Donald Tobler
Tobler
Lonnecker
Mortenson
Harold C. Fisher
American Legion
Merchants Bureau
Sheriff’s Office
County Superintendent of Schools
Douglas County Normal Institute
Solander
Patricia Solander
State Safety Commmission
State Highway Patrol
Lathrop B. Read
Respite for Streams in Kansas From Rain Runoff
Topeka Aug 18 The Solomon river rose nine feet above bankful at Beloit last Wednesday and is receding. All streams stay within banks as officials forecast fair weather tonight and Saturday with only light sprinkles possible. Temperatures will reach 90 to 95 with humidity making them feel warmer. Small rainfall totals were reported across Lecompton Topeka Garnett Chanute and Columbus.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Solomon
Beloit
Robb
Garnett
Chanute
Columbus
Kansas City
Britisher Delays Return Run On Auto Record Attempt
John Cobb, British fur broker, halted a return run on the 13 mile Utah Salt Flat course after posting 352.94 mph in a first appearance with the remodeled Railton Red Lion. He postponed further land speed record assaults at least until tomorrow while Buston remains holder of the 357.5 mph mark.
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Booneville
Salt Flats
John Cobb
George E. T. Euston
Cobb
England
Buston
Directors Convene for Corn Husking Contest Meeting
The National Corn husking contest directors will meet tonight at the Chamber of Commerce office at 8 o'clock to handle routine matters and review reports for the event planned for November 3.
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Chamber of Commerce
Weather outlook for Kansas border states on weekend
Forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions in the far east and cooler in the northwest. Temperatures show a high near 92 and a low around 66 with rainfall measured to 7 am at 0.26 inch.
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Kansas
Mt. Vestetuay
Yesrago
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