Berlin War Tensions Rise as Hitler Returns
Berlin reports rapid moves toward a crisis as Adolf Hitler returns from Berchtesgaden and Ribbentrop brings a Soviet non aggression pact. Danzig elevates Albert Forester as head of state while troops mass on the Polish border and embassies prepare to evacuate.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Fuehrer
Berchtesgaden
Junkers
Free
Danzig
Albert Forester
Germany
Chamberlain
Danzag
Hitler
Poland
Foreign Office
Josef Beck
European tensions rise as navy blocks Skagerrak
Oslo reports Britain's powerful navy thickens a barrier across the Skagerrak seaway between Norway and Denmark. Danzig notes Poland mobilization. German trucks seen near Eupen as fortifications align along the Belgian border. Eden warns parliament of grave peril. Halifax prays for peace. UK labor ministry cancels the 56 000 locomotive engineers and firemen strike.
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Oslo
Norway
Britain
Skagerrak
Denmark
Baltic Sea
Baltic
Kiel Harbor
Brussels
Eupen
London
Ministry of ‘Labor
France mobilizes vast reservist force as war threat looms
Paris reports Premier Daladier calling General Gamelin to discuss the armed forces amid partial mobilization. About 150000 more reservists join the two million already under arms as emergency units rush to frontiers. Paris buses and trains are requisitioned, Maginot line stations flood with troops, and a national unity government is urged as Germany looms.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Maurice Gustave
Gamelin
War Ministry
France
United States
Daladier
Germany
Poland
Maginot Line
Two Fire Calls Reported by City Fire Department
Firefighters answered two alarms early yesterday evening. At 7 o clock smoke filled the basement of 1400 Tennessee street due to trash burning in the furnace, causing no damage. At 8 o clock they responded to 1709 Mississippi street where rags and paint in a new home under construction for Mrs Maud Stanard KC Mo ignited, scorching walls and damaging baseboard and linoleum.
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H. A
Tennessee Street
Mississippi
Maud Stanard
Kansas City
Roosevelt Peace Appeal to Italy
President Roosevelt urged King Vittorio Emanuele to lead Europe away from war, offering U S sympathy and proposing nonaggression talks to settle trade armament and territory issues at the conference table. The message stressed Poland’s right to defend itself and the goal of preserving world peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Europe
Hitler
Cing
Pacific
Vittorio ,Emanuele
William Phillips
Hull
Mussolini
Count Ciano
Poland
America
Poland tightens defense as mobilization nears
In Warsaw, Aug 24, Polish leaders approve secret defensive measures with nearly a million already under arms and more reservists called up overnight. Prime Minister Skladkowski cancels official leaves and schools delay opening as President Moscicki and Marshal Smigly-Rydz oversee urgent talks amid tense calm.
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Warsaw
Poland
Skladkoski
Ignace Moscicki
Edward Smigly- Rydz
Roosevelts Peace Initiative Faces Limited Hopes
Paris reports French sources welcomed the plan with sympathy but doubted it could succeed. They warned the grave crisis overwhelmed even strong appeals by the American president, despite backing from Italy’s king. Holmes offered a four word quip on an after dinner tea.
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Paris
Roosevelt
Italy
All Wire Communications Connecting Poland Diplomacy Disrupted
Diplomatic circles report that all communication between France and Poland has been broken since 5 BD. m. (10 a. m. CST) and that even the French foreign office cannot contact Poland. Officials say calls are blocked and land lines through Germany and London are down.
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Paris
France
Poland
Germany
London
Warsaw
Post Office Department
Britain
Powers to the King Put Under War Defense Law
London reports the emergency powers bill grants the king decree authority with force of law and allows government seizure of property other than land, entry and search of premises, and arrests by the secretary of state. It permits secret trials and draconian penalties, with defense regulations overseen by the treasury and rapid Commons approval.
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London
Secretary of State
Northern Ireland
Treasury
House of Commons
Special Session May Be Called by the President
President Roosevelt arrived in Washington for talks on the European crisis and possible special congress session to review neutrality laws. Senator Pat McCarran said he would regret a call, while John W. Hanes announced readiness to mobilize machinery for economic or other emergencies if Europe war expands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
E.S.T
State Department
Salt Lake City
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
Congress
McCarran
John W. Hanes
Secretary of the Treasury
Positions of European Powers in the German Polish crisis
An overview of each nation’s stance as the dispute between Germany and Poland nears war. Germany presses for a free hand in eastern Europe while Britain and France vow to aid Poland if needed. Hungary and Romania weigh neutrality and leverage, and the Oslo Powers stay neutral while Turkey and Greece align with the Western front.
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Germany
Poland
Hitler
Europe
Italy
Great Britain
France
Britain
Russia
Romania
Carol
Hungary
Oslo
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Luxembourg
Turkey
Greece
French Front
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Rome
Berlin
Plan Endorsed for Kansas Exhibit at National Cornhusking Contest
Rollan A. Clymer announces endorsement of the Resource-Full Kansas exhibit for the National Cornhusking contest in Lawrence November 1 to 3. Dr. R. C. Moore leads the exhibition committee with displays from state departments, institutions, and enterprises to showcase Kansas assets and attract visitors, aiming to sell Kansas as a place to live, work, and play. Douglas County 4-H and Vocational Agriculture members will exhibit projects at the fair tomorrow near Lawrence, with competitions for girls and boys and an evening program sponsored by Deal Six and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Kansas
Journal-World Today
Rollan A. Clymer
el Dorado
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Clymer
R. C. Moore
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Middle West
Douglas County
Mount Hope
Deal Six
The
Chamber of Commerce
Sarah Counts
Palmyra
Flory Girls
Lone Star
Reading
Earl Mitchell
George
Elmer Krarper
Meadow Lark
Alexander
Eunice Hoover
Firefly
Abby
Missa Mildred Petefish
J. M. O'Connor
Prisoner Dolezar Dies by Own Action in Cleveland Jail
Chief Jailer Kilbane reported Frank Dolezar, accused in Cleveland torso murders, hanged in his county jail cell. Dolezar faced charges in the slaying of Florence Polillo, corpse later linked to the case with bloodstains found at his apartment. Sheriff O'Donnell cited an alleged confession later repudiated, with Polillo’s dismembered body found in a vacant lot on January 26, 1936. head missing.
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Cleveland
Michael] Kilbane
Frank Dolezar
Dolezar
Florence Polillo
Martin L. O’donnell
Dolezal
O’donnell
Morgan to Return From Gannochy Lodge Edzell Scotland
American financier J. Pierpont Morgan halted grouse shooting at Gannochy Lodge Edzell and arranged to sail home on the Queen Mary, leaving Scotland for the United States on Wednesday.
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J. P. Morgan
Gannochy Lodge
Edzell
Scotland
Pi—J. Pierpont Morgan
United States
Average of 60 stocks shows 45.3, yesterday 45.4
The data reports 60 stocks with an average of 45.3 points. Yesterday the average was 45.4.
Colman Elected President Of Douglas County Teachers
Miss Margaret Colman, third and fourth grade teacher in Eudora, was elected president of the Douglas County Teachers Association for next year at the annual meeting. Helen Norwood named vice president. Florence Braun secretary. Catherine Wise treasurer. Colman, among the county’s youngest teachers, is in her third year at Eudora and previously taught at Sigel. Awards for summer reading reports announced with Barker and Alita York among top recipients.
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Margaret Colman
Eudora
Douglas County
Teacher's Association
Association
Fay Brown
Oak Ridge
Helen Norwood
Lecompton
Normal Institute
Florence Braun
Hesper School
Catherine Wise
Black Jack
Miss Colman
Lawrence High School
University of Kansas
Colorado State College of Education
Asa R. Colman
Lawrence
Colman
Barker
V. C. Springer
May lift oil ban in Kansas as hearing looms
WichitaAug 24 Kansas crude oil shut in enters second week with optimism among oil men that the ban will be lifted by September 1. Theo A Morgan conservation director calls the stoppage successful and satisfactory. Oil men await the September hearing at Wichita where the commission may hint at future course.
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Wichita
Kansas
Theo A. Morgan
Oli
Corporation Commission
Pope Pius XII pleads for peace to avert war
From Castel Gandolfo the pope urged negotiations and mutual understanding to prevent a wider conflict. He warned against unjust empires and said nothing is lost through peace while all is lost through war. He spoke in Italian from the Alban hills, eight minutes long, with translations aired by Vatican radio.
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Pope Pius
Castel Gandolfo
Pope Pius XII
Rea
Alban Hills
Vatican
Lone Star CCC Camp Ordered to Move to Effingham
The Lone Star CCC camp, active since 1934 on the Lone Star lake project, will relocate on or about October 1 to Effingham for soil erosion work under the Soil Conservation Service. About 200 youths are at Lone Star, with 38 men sent to Effingham to build housing.
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Lone Star Lake
CCC
Effingham
Lone Star
Soil Conservation Service
Wayne Tolley
Lake Park
Tolley
Kansas
National Park Service
State Lake
Meade
Park Service
Weather message from Topeka forecasts warm weekend in Kansas
Weather Man A. 1D. Robb expects clouds over Kansas tonight and Friday with little rain. Temperatures may reach 90 to 95 degrees tomorrow after a night near 60 to 65. Scattered showers were reported in Osage City and Cherryvale with light rain elsewhere.
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Kansas
Robb
Mercury
Nore Mal
Osage City
Florence
Cherryvale
Chanute
Elkhart
Ellis
Petite
Topeka
Oman
Bet
Daladier to Broadcast to French Nation Tomorrow Night
Paris April 24 Premier Edouard Daladier announced he would make a radio broadcast to the nation tomorrow night. The National Railway company said it has taken all necessary dispositions for civilian travel. The government urged nonessential personnel to use the railway liberty now guaranteed and ordered requisition of factories working for the national defense of Paris to quit.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
National Railway Company
Weather Outlook for Kansas: Cloudy Nights and Warmer North
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a warmer trend in the northwest and north. Dry southwest cools on Friday, with temperatures showing a rise at 7 p.m. yesterday and varying from the day’s high to the prior year’s readings.
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Kansas
Northwest
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Free City
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Leopold
King Emanuele
Phillips
Friends
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Keeler’s
Fisherman‘s Heaven
Associated Press
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Sea Colman
Alita York
Blue Mound School
John David Nieder
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Vesper
Brackett
Baldwin
Centennial
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