Churchill Returns From Sea Parley With Roosevelt
Churchill returns to Britain from a historic Atlantic meeting with President Roosevelt and a visit to Iceland. He arrives aboard the Prince of Wales as crowds cheer. The Prime Minister is expected to broadcast soon, timing undisclosed.
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London
Winston _ Churchill
Britain
Roosevelt
Iceland
Brenden Bracken
Churchill
United States
Press Association
John C. Tovey
Prince of Wales
Maine
Labrador
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Community collects aluminum for defense drives nationwide
Douglas county reports 2200 pounds of aluminum gathered from Lawrence attics and basements in a campaign led by the Elks. Most scrap came from Lawrence with more donations expected as last week’s callers left old aluminum ware. A second collection will go to Kansas City for smelting after enough metal is gathered. Nationwide total from 98 counties reaches 36000 pounds with Kansas cities like Topeka and Kansas City contributing the largest shares.
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Lawrence
Elks Sledge
Kansas City
Kansas
Topeka
Pittsburg
Douglas
Sedgwick
Cowley
Butler
Wichita
Wulfkuble Woman Injured in Stull Area Crash
Mrs. W C Wulfkuble of Stull suffered severe scalp lacerations and bruises in an automobile crash one mile west of Stull at 8 o clock last night. She was taken to Memorial hospital for treatment. The car owned by Paul Schwemmer of Tecumseh and driven by Richard Kennedy of Stull veered on loose gravel and plunged into a ditch after Miss Wilma Wulfkuhle, riding with her, was not injured.
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W. C. Wulfkuble
Stull
Memorial Hospital
Richard Kennedy
Stul
Miss Wulfkuhle
Shelterbelt Picnic Near Great Bend To Hear Carlson
The second annual Kansas shelter belt picnic at Clarence Clark farm near Great Bend is set for Thursday. The event starts at noon with the organization meeting at 10:30 a.m. Ren Frank Carlson of Concordia will headline the speaker lineup as preparations plan for about 3000 attendees.
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Kan
Clarence Clark
Ren. Frank Carlson
Concordia
Deaths and Funerals Oscar Stewart and Mrs Anderson
Funeral services proceed for Oscar Vernon Stewart 76 killed in an auto crash near Carthage Missouri on August 15 from Rumsey funeral home at 3 PM with Rev. O. E. Allison officiating burial at Oak Hill cemetery He is survived by wife Ellore two sons Ray E Stewart Bronson Missouri and J Evert Stewart Denver Colorado a daughter Lulu Mae Thompson Poren Texas and four grandchildren Mrs George H Anderson 59 Baldwin Missouri dies so ighte after noon at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Funeral from Rumsey funeral home Thursday at 2 30 PM Rev Alfred J Beil to officiate burial at Oak Hill cemetery She leaves husband George Anderson Baldwin Missouri three daughters Lillian Baker Kansas City Kansas Leonora Anderson Baldwin and Nellie Anderson Wallace Mansfield Oregon four brothers Ed Williams Len Williams Oscar Williams Alfred Williams all of Kansas City MO a sister Hattie Wiseup of Portland Oregon
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Carthage
Rumsey
O. E. Allison
Oak’ Hill Cemetery
Stewart
Ellore Stewart
Ray E. Stewart
Bronson
J. Evert Stewart
Denver, Colo
Lulu Mae ‘Thompson
Poreen Tex
George H. Anderson
Baldwin
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
Alfred J. Beil
Oak Hill Cemetery
Anderson
George Anderson
Lillian Baker
Kansas City
Kan
Leonora Anderson
Nellie Anderson Wallace
Mansfield
Ore
Ed Williams
Len Williams
Oscar Williams
Alfred Williams
Hattie Wiseup
Portland
Funeral for Mrs Emma Wilhelmi Held at 603 Ohio Street
Mrs Emma Johanna Gallenkamp Wilhelmi died at her daughter’s home in Columbus Ohio last Friday. Funeral services conducted by Rev Alfred J Beil will be held tomorrow at 10 30 a m at the family residence 603 Ohio Street with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Pallbearers include Freda Barteldes Otto Bartelders F C Whipple Alfred H Bromersick J M Sanderson W H Pendleton. She was born October 13 1854 in Washington Missouri and came to Lawrence as a bride in 1879. She helped found the Lawrence Music Club and the German Reading Club. She leaves six children eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Among her children are Mrs Underhill Moore New Haven Connecticut Mrs Ray F Sexton Long Beach California Mrs Floyd E Doubleday Jr Kansas City Missouri Max Wilhelmi Lawrence Mrs Charles R Nesbitt Tulsa Oklahoma and Ilse Wilhelmi of Columbus Ohio. Her sister Mrs Clara Krog resides in Webster Groves Missouri.
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Emma Johanna Gallenkamp Wilhelmi
Tise Wilhelmi
Columbus
Ohio Street
Alfred J. Beil
Oak Hill Cemetery
Freda Barteldes
Otto Bartelders
F. C. Whipple
Alfred H. Bromersick
J. M.sanderson
W. H. Pendleton
Wilhelmi
Washington, Mo
Lawrence
Lawrence Music Club
German Reading Club
Underhill Moore
New Haven
Conn
Mrs Ella M Harris Dies at 78 in Texas Home
Mrs Ella M Harris aged 78 died this morning at her son's home in San Antonio Texas. Funeral services are set for Sawtell Funeral Home in Junction City with burial there. She was born in Lawrence three days after Quantrill's raid and survived by four sons Fred Harris Montgomery Harris Grant Harris William Harris and a daughter in law Mrs H P Wilson. Her husband was Geary County attorney and she moved to Lawrence after his death in 1906.
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Ella. M. Harris
San Antonio
Tex
Sawtell
Junction City
Fred J. Harris
East Nineteenth Street
Lawrence
Montgomery H.harris
Glen’. Ellyn
Tic
Grant W. ‘Harris
ElDorado
Ark
William H. Harris
San’ Antonio
H.P.” Wilson
Harris
Quantrill
Geary County
Ruth Phenicie Funeral Held for Tonganoxie Teacher
Funeral services were held yesterday at Reno Methodist church for Miss Ruth Phenicie of Tonganoxie who died Saturday morning at Memorial hospital. Interment followed in Reno cemetery. A KU graduate, she taught English at Tonganoxie High School and is survived by brother Ross Phenicie and sisters Mrs Dana Sanders and Miss Mary K Phenicie.
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Tonganoxie
Memorial Hospital
Reno Methodist Church
Reno
Phenicie
University of Kansas
Ross Phenicie
Dana Sanders
Mary K. Phenicie
Wichita
William Coummers Funeral for Pallas Summers Held
Funeral services for Pallas Summers, who died Friday, were held this morning at Plymouth Congregational Church. Rev. George Horne of Topeka, a former pastor and family friend, conducted the rites and spoke of Summers’s quiet acts of charity and upright character. Born:
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Pallas Summers
Memorial Bereay F
Plymouth Congregational Church
George Horne
Topeka
Eureka
Mr. Horne
Merchant J Summers Dies at Rising Sun Burial in Oak Hill
August 15 1872 in Rising Sun Indiana J Summers moved to Eureka as a child learned the jewelry business and became a successful merchant. He moved to Lawrence in 1916 married Belle Cochran and survived by daughter Mrs Walter Keeler and granddaughter Anabel Keeler. sister Mrs Walter Walsh and brother Frank Summers both of Kansas City Kansas. Interment at Oak Hill cemetery with organ music by Mrs Paul C Rankin and singing by Joe Williams. Pallbearers listed as Luther Gustafson J Logsdon A E Woestemeyer John F Mee Carl C Perkins Lisle BE Eby S S Elliott WH Horr.
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J. Summers
Eureka
Lawrence
Belle Cochran
Walter Keeler
Anabel Keeler
Walter, Walsh
Frank Summers
Kansas City
Kan
Summers
R A F Mass Flight Headed Toward France
A large number of R A F fighters and bombers swept across the Channel in a southeast coast operation toward France. Coastal observers saw vast formations moving toward the French coast with fighters in high layers. Bombers, guarded by Hurricanes and Spitfires, returned an hour later.
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R.A.F
English Channel
French
Germany
France
Bremen
Duisburg
Rhine
Livestock Prices Hit Kansas City Market and Local Weather
Lawrence traders Frank Wulfkuhle and Fred Hartman sold 24 yearlings and 24 steers weighing 895 and 1075 pounds at 12 per hundred pounds. A Lawrence resident quoted a grandson about hot day attire. Chancellor Deane reported latest word. W Malott and KA heads travel on a 10 day Glacier National Park trip returning around September 1. Rain totaled .28 inch across the region through the night and into the morning.
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Kansas City
Frank Wulfkuhle
Lecompton
Fred Hartman
Big Springs
Deane. W. Malott
K.A
Glacier National Park
Lawrence
Army Morale Declared Good By Second Army Leader
Lt General Ben Lear of the Second Army said morale is good despite Life and Time reports claiming boredom and restlessness among guardsmen and trainees. He noted a Washington morale officer found trainees reported morale as fine and urged continuing efforts to boost welfare and comfort.
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Prescott
Ark
Ben. Lear
Life and Time
Life
Lear
Washington
Army
Rosevelt
Marshall
Church of God Opens Two Week Vacation Bible School
The Church of God started a two week vacation Bible school with 100 attendees, aiming to reach 125. Sessions run daily 9 to 11 30 a m for ages 4 to 14, from any denomination, free of charge, with bus transportation provided.
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Church of God
Church of God Vacation Bible School
Meeting of Leaders Reviews War Posture and Japan Tensions
President coolidge and secretary Hull held a lengthy Washington briefing on the international situation. Britain seeks more aid as Lord Beaverbrook presses for greater support. Japan resists a U S port call for 100 nationals and faces possible alien removal measures. talks with Soviet officials in Moscow proceed, with Stalin’s consent to the proposal.
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U.S
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Germany
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Thailand
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State Department
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D-Mich
Hawaii
Moscow
Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Army officer and bride injured in Wichita highway crash
Lieut. Paul Munson and his 19 year old wife were badly hurt in a two vehicle collision in Wichita. They had married Sunday in Minden Nebraska and were en route to Tulsa where the officer must report. Munson suffered a deep temple gash while his wife had cuts bruises and several broken teeth. Both were said to be in satisfactory condition.
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Kan
Paul Munson
Army Air Corps
Munson
Minden
Neb
Tulsa
Oklo
West Point
Russians Fleeing Berlin as Red Army Falls Back
Aug 18 Berlin dispatch reports Red Army forces retreating toward the lower Dnieper and partly rout by German advance. Communique notes 10,000 Russian prisoners Southeast of Smolensk and 90 Soviet planes destroyed. Nazi gains include Nikolaev and pressure on Odessa. Moscow rail lines and Dniester crossings also cited.
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Comunique
Dniester
Red Army
Early Says F D R Has Not Approved Censorship
Washington report states President Roosevelt has not approved or been informed of any bill to censor the press radio or communications The White House dismisses rumors blaming a Wilhelm trasse or other sources for the claim New York dispatch remains on standby.
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PI Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Germany
Giants Top Cubs In First Of DH With Rally In Sixth
In New York the Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs 6 to 4 in the opener of a doubleheader behind a three run sixth inning assault on Claude Passeau. Phil Cavaretta and Lou Stringer homered for Chicago.
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Giants
Chicago ‘Cubs
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Phil Cavaretta
Lou Stringer
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Schumacher
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French
Scheffing
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Hartnett
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Moore
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West
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Warren
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Thompson
Lombardi
Podgamny
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Lanning
Wilkie
Dietz
Butcher
Lopez
Fitzsimmons
Casey
Franks
Owen
Red Army counter attacks push Germans back on Ukrainian front
Moscow reports heavy Soviet counter blows on the central and northern Ukrainian front costing German forces at least 25 000 men while acknowledging Soviet withdrawal from Nikolaev and Krivoi Rog. Russian communique says fights continued along the front during the night of August 17 to 18 as defense forces executed Stalin's scorched earth order before retreat.
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Odessa
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Krivoi Rdig
Ukraine
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Kiev
Red Star
Semeonimoshenko
Moscow
Red Army
Nikolaev
Krivoi Rog
Dnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper River
Stalin
Russian Far Eastern Army Mobilized on Siberian Border
A Russian Far Eastern Army reportedly mobilized in strength and stationed along the Siberian border. An hours long Grew Toyoda meeting at Tokyo helped defuse the Pacific crisis, while Domei claimed Chiang Kai-shek might visit Moscow, signaling China’s weakness and Japan’s blockade impact.
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Siberian
United States
Joseph C
Taiiiro
Toyoda
Pacific
Domei
Chiang Kai-Shek
Moscow
China
Japan
London
Chiang
Retaliation Against Cuba Spreads in Axis Nations
Havana reports Germany and Italy have retaliated against Cuba. Seven Cuban consuls in German occupied areas have been expelled, and Italy has ordered the closing of two Cuban consulates in Italy. Cortina announced the moves.
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Cuba
Germany
Italy
Axis
Jose Cortina
Cortina
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