British Warships Reach Jibuti Port in French Somaliland
British warships arrived at Jibuti in French Somaliland after shelling a French vessel offshore. The broadcast cited strategic value of Jibuti for Britain amid the East Africa theater and questioned the harbor’s current status under Vichy control.
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Vichy
France
Jibuti
French Somaliland
Gulf
Long Sibuti Bay
Somaliland
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Italy
Addis ‘Ababa
Gulf of Adens
Britain
East Africa
State Guard arms shortage prompts loan plan
Officers lack personal weapons as government supply falls short. Topeka conference suggests WWI officers lend regulated pistols or revolvers for State Guard use during the emergency with receipts and reimbursement for loss. Weapons kept secure at the armory and returned after the crisis. Journal World invites interested owners to contact.
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State Guard
Topeka
Journal- World
First Two Inducted From Kansas Registrants
Topeka reports the first two July 1 registrants inducted into the army. Floyd Smith of Kansas City Kansas and Jack Pearless Remington of Wichita were inducted at Fort Leavenworth on August 4. They held order numbers VS-936 and VS-2912.
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Topeka
State
Selective Service
Army
Floyd Smith
Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte Draft Board
Jack Pearless
Remington
Wichita
Adj
M. R. McLean
R. F. Montgomery
Dance Benefit by Eudora Rebekah Lodge Next Week
Minerva Rebekah lodge No. 146 of Eudora plans a benefit dance on Wednesday August 27 at 8 30 p m on the platform set for the C P A picnic in Eudora A Gardner Kansas band will play and the public is invited.
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Minerva Rebekah Lodge No. 146
Eudora
Gardner
Kan
Garnett Boy Dies After Bicycle Collision
Marvin Henry 12 of Garnett Kansas died from a skull fracture after being struck by an automobile while riding his bicycle. He was injured yesterday and died today. he was the son of Mr and Mrs Edward Henry.
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Ries
Kansas City, Kan
Marvin Henry
Assurance on Russia Gains Neutral Ground in War Talk
Washington and London report three Hopkins assurances to Roosevelt and Churchill from the Atlantic talks with Stalin. First, Nazi attempts to form a fifth column in Russia failed. Second, Moscow kept intact lines to three field army groups despite German blows. Third, Soviet industrial growth in five years enables faster rearmament with Allied aid for a long war.
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London
Washington
Russia
Germany
Roosevelt
Churchill
Harry Hopkins
Atlantic
Hopkins
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Ukraine
Stalin
French Ambassador Presents Cartoons to Hull Over Petain Insults
Washington August 20 Henry L Have French ambassador sought to ease American anger at Vichy Germany ties and showed Hull a set of American cartoons insulting Marshal Petain. He argued the images harm long standing US France relations and noted US press freedom calls for restraint while not protesting publication.
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Washington
Gaston Henry Have
Vichy
Germany
Hull
Marshal Petain
Petain
Europe
France
Henry Haye
United States
Schools of Douglas County praised for teachers
An editor notes pride in Douglas County teachers and suggests including women in next year’s spotlight, praising the fine appearance and contributions of both men and women in the teaching profession.
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Journal-World
Douglas County
Do You Know Recovery Acts and WPA Projects
The eight year recovery acts aimed to place money in the hands of the moneyless, often via methods that lacked efficiency. WPA projects included productive works like dams and flood control but faced delays and misaligned incentives. Nonproductive builds such as pools and playgrounds added tax burdens, while some projects were wasteful and ridiculed as extravagant.
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WPA
Commonwealth and Southern
W.S.R
Cardinals and Reds Win Two in Doubleheaders
In Boston Ernie White fired a two to zero win for St Louis over the Braves in the first game, earning his 15th victory and second shutout. Johnny Vander Meer twirled a two to zero win for Cincinnati over Philadelphia, scoring with a double by Craft and Joost’s triple.
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Boston
Ernie White
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Braves
Stenglemen
St. Louis
White
W. Cooper
Johnson
Masi
Berres
Seeenreeee
Pees
Pollet
Mencuso
Javery
Earley
Philadelphia
Johnny Vander Meer
Cincinnati Reds
Phillies
Harry Craft
Eddie Joost
Cincinnati
Vander Meer
Lombardi
Hoerst
Pearson
Warren
E. Riddle
West
Melton
Livingston
Brooklyn
Bob Elliott
Cookie Lavagetto
Billy Herman
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn O
Sewell
Lopez
Higbe
Casey
Allen
Owen
Franks
New York
Chicago Cubs
Stan Hack
Clyde McCullough
New Yorkers
Chicago
Eaves and McCullough
Hubbell
Carpenter
Adams
Wittig and
Danning
Morale Chief Osborn Tackles Army Duties Quietly
Frederick H. Osborn a 6 foot 8 inch New York banker is named brigadier general and to head the army morale branch He has wartime Red Cross experience and since January chaired a War Department panel on recreation and welfare He avoided commenting on overall morale and outlined plans to implement existing recreational and athletic programs across camps.
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Washington
UPI
Army
Frederick H. Osborn
New York
Senate
Roosevelt
Red Cross
France
Secial War Department
Altho
Osborn
James A. Ulso
Deaths and Funerals in Kansas Notes
Mrs. Ernest Kraus 80 died at her Eudora home after a lingering illness. Claude M. Parker 40 died at Wadsworth Veterans Hospital. graveside services at 1 30 Friday at Wadsworth chapel. Body to Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery with military honors. Parker survived by son Claude Eugenie Parker in Manila and six sisters and four brothers of North Carolina.
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Ernest Kraus
Eudora
Claude M. Parker
Jack 2Wicky
Parker
Wadsworth Veteran’s Hospital
Wadsworth
Fort Leavenworth
National Cemetery
Nuhn
Sixth and
Olive Streets
Leavenworth
Lawrence Paper Mall
Zwicky
Walnut Street
Claude Eugenie Parker
Manila
P.I
North Carolina
Picnic for Children in Wichita Marks Sixth Annual Event
Nearly 300 Kansas crippled children attended the sixth annual party hosted by C. Q. Chandler in Wichita. Chandler, a Chita banker and founder of the Kansas Society for Crippled Children, visited with guests and led the refreshments as hamburgers soda and ice cream were served. A short entertainment program followed the party.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
C. Q. Chandler
Chita
Chandler
Kansas Society For Crippled Children
Acclaimed Hero Saves Crew After Brazil Plane Crash
Dr. Philip C. Jessup of Columbia University led a rescue party after Panair do Brasil flight wrecked in the Cantareira jungle 15 miles from Sao Paulo. Eight died. Davies and Novak escaped serious injury after hours of crawling and climbing to reach help.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Philip C. Jessup
Columbia University
Panair Do Brazil
Jeesup
Hugh Davies
Gardner
David Novak
Althe
Jessup
Cantareira
Davies
Novak
International Harvester Company
Rains Boost Corn Crop In State Report
Aug 20 Topeka dispatch says rains this week gave moisture for the corn crop aiding normal maturation and potential good yields. Ground conditions favor seed bed for next year's wheat. Pastures green, livestock fed, cattle moving to market as feeders contracted for fall delivery. Swarm of grasshoppers noted locally, chinch bugs persist in eastern areas. Sugar beets in the Arkansas river valley show excellent growth and promising yields.
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Topeka
Arkansas River
Russians Push Central Germans in New Counter Attacks
The Red Army launched a sharp new series of counter-attacks in the central sector as Western forces under General Konev pushed the Germans back across three lines, capturing five towns. Leningrad battle tightens near Novgorod while Baltic fleets repulse assaults at Hanga with 27 enemy planes shot down.
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Moscow
Red Army
Red Star
Konev
Leningrad
Novgorod
Red Fleet
Hanga
Finland
Finns Reach Vuoksi River in Karelia Front
Helsinki Aug 20 Finnish forces pushing from the Karelian isthmus toward Leningrad reportedly reached the Vuoksi river shores. Capture of Vuoksenranta and Raisala announced as the river blocks the Red Army invasion. the stream, frozen by cold, has long served as a barrier.
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Helsinki
Finland
Karelian
Leningrad
Vuoksi
Mannerheim Line
Vuoksenranta
Raisala
Lake Ladoga
Potter Lake fish sighting on Kansas campus draws notice
Heard in Lawrence notes a student catching a perch near Potter Lake on the University of Kansas campus while another item mentions Lavery enrolling at Chillicothe Business College. Navy liaison Lieut Standish Hall and Second Lieut Edward Garich listed with assignments. Lost and Found column promises quick returns via phone.
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Potter Lake
University of Kansas
Potterlake
Standish Hall
Kansas City
United States Navy
State of
Kansas
Bruce Cameron
County Selective Service Board
Selective Service Board
Death notice for Virgil C. Elliott Ward in Detroit
Mrs. H C Thurnau reports the death of Virgil C. Elliott, Detroit man, after a two year illness. Survived by two daughters Mrs John Duffy and Mrs Osa Huddleston. Funeral Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at the William R Hamilton Company chapel in Detroit.
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Virgil C. Elliott Ward
H. C. Thurnau
Virgil C. Elliott
Detroit
Elliott
John Duffy
Osa Huddleston
William R. Hamilton Company
Petain Reorganizes France Into Medieval Provincial System
Marshal Petain orders France reorganized along provincial lines with autonomous regimes. Governors would lead each province under central governance for general policies. Provincial councils will be simple, not political assemblies, to reinforce centralized decentralization.
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Vichy
France
Aux
Marshal Petain
National Council
Roberts and Byrd Rally For Democracy At Madison Square Garden
Supreme Court Justice Owen J Roberts urged Americans to defeat dictatorships and form a world union of self governing peoples to ensure peace. Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd called for a spontaneous reawakening of unity and sacrifice as if in a shooting war to decide the nation’s destiny in the next eight months.
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New York
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
United States
Richard E. Byrd
Madison Square Garden
Council For Democracy
Roberts
Byrd
Airport expansion under way at Dodge City defense port
Army engineers and CAA to develop a Dodge City defense port expanding to 840 acres. Plans call for lighting beacons runway surfacing two 4650 foot strips. Work to begin within 60 days with $210000 defense airport funds and a $12000 WPA building approval.
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Army and
CAA
Dodge City
Kan
Army
Army Engineers
Caddoa
Colo
WPA
No Head for the College of Emporia Administration
The College of Emporia will open without a president as of September. A three member committee led by F. B. Ross with Orlo Chaquill and D. A. Hirschler will run the school in the interim. The institution faces financial troubles and relies on donations. President L. G. Whitcomb resigned last spring.
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Emporia
College of Emporia
F. B. Ross
Orlo Chaquill
First Presbyterian Church
D. A. Hirschler
L. G. Whitcomb
Cubans Ordered Out as Consulates Face Expulsion
Berlin reports Germany orders Cuban charge d affaires to depart while Cuba expels seven German consuls and one Italian. Italian government closes all Cuban consulates in Italy by September 5 following a Cuban request for the Italian consul general to leave Cuba.
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Berlin
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Cuba
Germany
Dienst
Rome
Market Report from Chicago and Wall Street Session
Market news covers Chicago potato arrivals and prices with Bliss leading gains while Idaho Russet and Cobblers show steady to firm action. It also notes U S steel and other blue chips rising modestly in New York with limited volume and mixed closes. Cotton futures gain about 1.80 to 32 a bale as the session ends.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Bliss
Idaho
Oregon
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
Elisa “Triumpha
Cobbers U
Wall Street
New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
Goodyear
Goodrich
U. Ss. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Sears, Roebuck
Douglas
Westinghouse
Kennecott
Santa Fe
Chesapeake
Loew's
Paramount
Boeng
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Jibut
Rebekah Lodge
Hull U. S
Brooklyn Pier
Cuba Line
Browns
Boston Red Sox
Ted Williams
Sox
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Grove
M. Harris
Dobson
Peacock
Auker
Swift
Cleveland
Anderson Smith
Hemsley
Dix
Rigney and
Dickey
Bridges
Larry French
Dodgers Brooklyn
P. C. Jessup
Old Mannerheim Line
Lawrence
Carl H. Lavery
J. J. Lavery
Lawrence, Kan
Chillicothe Business College
Chillicothe
Edward J. Garich
E. J. Garich
Indiana Street
Fort Monroe
95Th Coast Artillery
Camp Davis
Holbridge
N. Cal
Eddie Scott
Jayhawk
Mass
Easy Payments
Bankers Securities Co., Inc
Jytt Ot
Business College
Allison
Armstrong
Emmerson
Olson Bros
Justice Roberts
Council ‘For Democracy
C. OF E
Am Tel & Tel
Wals
T&s
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Ayesereres
Douglas Air
du Pont Ahdarere
General Electric
General Foods
Pttseseree
General Motors
Int
Harvester
Meseeeebee
Kannecott
Nat Dairy
Aviation
North Am Co
Phillips Pet
Ind
Seesenee Ee
Jrea
US S Steel
Westing el & 1A
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