Italy signals drive to close gateway after Somaliland conquest
Rome reports Italian high command says operations to close Britain's gateway to the Red Sea will follow the Berbera capture in Somaliland. Mussolini and Hitler exchanged congratulatory cables as Italian forces press east Africa, while British raids hit Derna and Neghelli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Britain
Berbera
Aden
Arabian
Red Sea
Orn
Bab el Mandeb
High Command
Mussolini
Fuehrer
Hitler
Hargeisa
Dodecanese Islands
Mediteanean
Gallabat
Sudan
East Africa
Italy
Duce
Duke of
Aosta
Somaliland
Nasi
Painters Work High On Kansas U Smokestack
Two workers remain on a 256 foot chimney as cement filling delays finish due to moisture. A ground man watches and clears fallen debris while the crew patches soft spots and prepares to paint the top with aluminum before coating the rest over five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
North Carolina
Altho
Wichita businessman Woodward faces expense disclosure
Woodward, a Wichita businessman and Democratic lieutenant governor candidate, filed a campaign expense report with the secretary of state. The statement totals $73.03 and covers mainly printing and timing costs plus a $12 filing fee.
4 H Fair Awards Highlight Douglas County Winners
Douglas county 4 H fair awarded top placings across beef calves hogs sheep dairy poultry and garden sections. Winners included Wulfkuhle Henry Goff Hartman Ice and Jird among multiple firsts in livestock, crops, and home economy events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ley Wulfkuhle
Colle
Donald Willisk
Watneta Colman
Powell
Bill Henry
Vernon Krenkel
Ivan Jehle
Wesley Wulfkuhle
Telit Demeritt
Loren Wulfkuhble
Ray Goff
Clifford
Herbert Thiry
Calvin Hartman
Anthony Ice
Roy Goff
John’ Goff
Leroy Durbin
Clifford Hartman
John, Goff
Wayne Hird
Mary Topping
Judy Ice
Dean Wilson
Helen Jean Ott
Harold Bertschinger
Dairy Department
Earl Mitchell
Guernsey
Ruth Brune
Virginia Bohle
Albert Eckman
Holstein
Billy Gene Rice
Ayrshire
Bernice Wiggins
Winifred Acsd
Johnnie Gibson
Donald Thiry
Billy Way
John Kellogg
John Kellogge
R . Rug
Areta Alfred
Jean Perkins
Ruth Bertschinger
Proposals Shrink changes to Burke Wadsworth draft bill
Washington august 20 opposition to delaying conscription until 1941 persisted as Burke and Wadsworth backed minor changes to broaden exemptions and fund cadet pay while resisting Maloney plans. Senate discussions featured clergy exemption debates with Lee Connally and Walsh cautioning against wide religious exemptions and urging universal obligation. Scout meets in Coffeyville canceled due to infantile paralysis as eight county Bay area events were called off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burke
D-Neb
Maloney
Dconn
Sena
Senate
Burke-Wadsworth
Lee
D-Okla
Connally
Coffeyville
Kan
Kansas Bay
J. W. Hiebert
Mammoth Falls and Related Features Puzzle
This appears to be a crossword style puzzle listing across and down clues for a grid. Clues reference geographic features such as waterfalls and other terms including organs, animals, and verbs. The grid includes both horizontal and vertical entries with themed answers spanning various word lengths.
Tonganoxie Community News Highlights Local Visits and Fair Plans
The column lists numerous visits by residents including Miss Maxine Mason, Mrs. Eula Throop, and Miss Ruth Fowler, plus family gatherings in Topeka, Colorado Springs, and Kansas City. It notes the Leavenworth County Fair dates September 4 to 6, fair activities, and the opening of local schools on September 9. It also details fair leadership, judges, and a Farm Bureau pageant titled Our United States with sixteen victors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Mason
Jarbalo
Alfred Skeets
Sonata
Eula Throop
K City
Deanny Chives
Enryv Velva Davis
Raymond Davis
H. A. Williamson
Yellowstone National Park
George Grems
Dave Green
Colorado Springs
Colo Pa
Louis Young
Opeka
Arthur Young
Kansas City
L. F. Young
Jack. Leakey
E. P.leakey
Emil Freienmuth
Sandra Sue
Topeka
Louisa Freienmuth
Jim Chisom
Rose May
Virginia Joy
Alma _ Laura
James
Vincent
Vin Needham
Conway Springs
Fred L. Needham
Bessie Cory
Leaven
Walt Neibarger
Willard Black
Charles Kestinger
Dick Whitaker
Clifford ‘Beckwith
Gordon Harman
Perry, Walters
Junior Black
E. W. Cook
Maurice Heywood
Chris Pouls
Tonganoxie
Leavenworth
Leavenworth Civic Clubs
Farm Bureau Clubs
Leavenworth County
Tonganoxie Community Club
Pare Bob Romig
Rolandine
Ottawa
Kan
R. Essick
Lawrence
Leona. Tibbetts
Winifred Johnson
Marysville
Frances Bullimore
Ruth Fowler
E. R. Rogers
Floe Carter
Risa Needham
F. L. Needham
Bethel Social News Highlights Local Visits and Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Charley Forth attended the Burke reunion at Baldwin park a week ago Sunday. Ernest Albright and daughter Martha Louise of Topeka visit his parents. Alvin Fisher and family of Overbrook dined with Sam Owens. Dinner guests of Alvin Stahel and son Irvin included Floyd Hefner and Ruby Mae and Delbert Hoffman and family. Fay Nodder of Overbrook stayed with grandparents G Oehrle and aunt Charley Rappard. Ladies attended a dinner and quilting party at Mrs Raymond Oehrle s home. Wilman Stahel returned to Lawrence after a week with parents. Ben Hoffman and wife visited Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Zoellner
Lawrence
Margaret Sanders
Colonial Tea Room
Evelyn Gress
Oles
Rhoda Lenahan
Mary K. Phenicie
Dorothy Mahoney
Bendix Whitaker
Agnes “Gress
Florence’ Butterfield
Ernie Elston
Leo Moulsen
Grems
Bud Gress
Kirge Gress
Dana Sawlars
John Doege, Jr
Johnny
Leavenworth
John Doege
George Gress
Otto Seufert
Marjorie
Dave Long
Don Peterson
Peterson
James Drake
Som Bobby
Gary Moulson
Bob Moulson
Leavenworth, County
Adams
Sam
Paul Revere
Charley Forth
Burke
Baldwin Park
Ernest Albright
Martha Louise
Topeka
Ernest
Clarence Albright
Alvin Fisher
Overbrook
Sam Owens
Alvin Stahel
Irvin
Worden
Johnnie Brecheisen
Charles Jones
Ernie Transmeier
Letha
Wilman Stahel
John Stahel
Ben Hoffman
Hoffman family gathering and upcoming California plan
Visitors Floyd Hefner Dorie and Maridonna Hoffman with sister Lois Hepner returned home after several days. Lila Featherston traveled to Emporia and may visit Wichita and Newton before returning. Delbert and Mrs Hoffman announce a closing out sale on August 20 as Mr Hoffman departs for flight school in California, while Mrs Hoffman stays with her mother in Overbrook. Ralph Hoffman from Lawrence joined family dinner, and George Snyder returned from Savannah after a three week stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd ‘Hefner
Dorie
Maridonna
Hoffman
Mise
Lois Hepner
Werden
Mondey
Mr - Loyd
Shirley
Donna
Mae
Maa Vance
John
Raymond Oehrie
Elaine
Alan
Olathe
Termean
Mira
Lila Featherston
Emporia
Hine
Wichita
Newton
Godhip Ochre
Johnnie Brecelsen
Charley ‘Rapperd
Simon
Lloyd Simon
George Snyder
Savannah
Ralph Hoffman
Lawrence
John Hoffman
Clarence Albright
Ernest Albright
Martha Louise
Delbert Hoffman
Frank Eno
Overbrook
California
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Sfack
Douglas County
Has
Charles Hubbard
Jennings
Garl J. Hird
Evie Hird
John Goff
Carl J. Hird
Beverly Bahnmaier
Edwin Roe
Danny Brune
Warren Hartman
Harold Johanning
Clare J. Colman
Jim Nason
Dorothy Jackson
Everett Nottingham
Olin Harrell
Melvin Glaser
George Luckan
Frank Hagenbusch
Catherine Earl
Eunice Hoover
Irene Hoover
Jean Parkins
Mary Lou Elliott
Wilma Johnson
Joann Clough
Virginia Hazlett
Bernice Goff
Paris Anderson
Vera L. Dunn
Bertha Goff
Norma Svoboda
Edith Anderson
Toma Johnson
Hazel Boerkircher
Winona Anderson
Leno
Esther Jones
Lucille Anderson
Jane Topping
Lois McClung
Dolores Jackson
Esther Bigson
Joan Clough
Phyllis Sanford
Marjorie Sanford
Edith Mitchell
Leta Mae Cox
Sara R. Bouton
Graham
Eunice Pohl
Margaret Hemrick
Winifred Anderson
Aileen Gibler
Lorene Matney
Mary Ice
Eldred Fisher
Mary Ann Peterson
Joann, Clough
Spcanaer Marion Gentry
Dorothy
Vera
Belle Glaser
Irene
Winifred Johanning
Helen’ Shaw
Helen
Mary E. Ice
Helen Shaw
Mary E
Helen ‘Shaw
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Nassau
Bahamas
Islands
U.S. A
Toronoy
Mammoth Falls
Aaa
The
Rial
Persia
Leavenworth County Fish and Game Association
I. O. O. F. Hall
Smith School
Rebekah Club
Art Roberts
Roy Huffmin
Roy Throop
John Cline
Tonganoxie Farr
Harris
Foster Laming
Glenn Meek
Hutchinson
Edith Anne Phenicie
Genevieve Harman
Georgina Bleakley
Michigan
Dean Ratliff
Hiawatha
Curtis McEnalty
Iole
Bethel
Avi Astacia
Cook's Rapidry
Lawrence Paint and Wallpaper Store
Kansas Public Service Company
General Electric
Kennedy Plumbing & Electric CO
Patee
James Stewart Margaret Sullavan
Zanzibar
GARBO
Melvyn Douglas
Miracle ON
Margo
Walter Abel Lyle Talbot
Wynne Gibeon
Judge Hardy and Son
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