Chamberlain seeks emergency powers in war crisis
Prime Minister Chamberlain asked Parliament to pass an emergency powers bill granting the government dictatorial authority to cope with a deteriorating international situation. He cited Hitler demand for a free hand in eastern Europe and warned of possible war unless peace can be preserved. The House approved procedures 457 to 4 as diplomats gathered and Britain prepared for rapid action.
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London
Chamberlain
Ronse of Commons
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Europe
Britain
Poland
Hitler
Messacre
Berlin
Nevile
Henderson
Lord’ Grey
Secretare
Gaye Halifax
House of Lords
Phru
Joseph P. Kennedy
Russia
Ivan Maisky
France
A P Smith Named New Friends Minister at Lawrence
The Rev Alfred P Smith of Cherokee Oklahoma becomes pastor of the Lawrence Friends church, starting September on replacing Rev Dillon Wooten who resigns to enter private business in Stark Kansas. Smith, a 1925 graduate of Nebraska Central College, has 10 years of pastor experience in Kansas and Oklahoma and two years leading temperance work.
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Alfred P. Smith
Friends Church
Cherokee
Okla
Lawrence Friends Church
Dillon Wooten
Stark
Kan
Smith
Nebraska Central College
Iowa
Kansas
Friends
Chamberlain backs Poland pledge amid German moves
British prime minister stated at week start that Britain remains obliged to defend Poland and rejected claims of menace by defensive measures. He argued Germany should have no free hand in eastern Europe and defended firmness. Labor leader Greenwood and Liberal Sir Archibald Sinclair backed the policy.
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Poland
Britain
Chamberlain
Germany
Europe
Arthur Greenwood
Labor
Commons
Archibald Sinclair
Deaths and Funerals Preston A Redmond 79
Preston A Redmond 79 died at his home 1215 New York street this noon. Funeral services will be announced later. He is survived by his wife Ella F Redmond one son Claude Redmond of the home one daughter Mrs G B Terry of Lexington Ky one granddaughter a brother T J Redmond of Ottawa and a sister Mrs Mary Roberts of Indianapolis Ind
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Preston A. Redmond
New York Street
Ella F. Redmond
Claude Redmond
G. 8. Terry
Lexington
T. J. Redmond
Ottawa
Mary Roberts
Indianapolis
Ind
Morgenthau Accelerates Return From Oslo
United States Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. sped up his trip home from Oslo by a week due to the deteriorating European outlook. He, traveling with his wife by car through Sweden to Norway, reserved passage on the Bergensfjord sailing next Wednesday, after originally planning to sail September 6.
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Oslo
Norway
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
United States
Coffeyville Names New Head Basketball Coach
Coffeyville Kansas August 24 Bill Kincaid Pittsburg Teachers College graduate and coach for four years at Eureka and Ottawa high schools accepted a post today as head basketball and assistant football coach at Coffeyville high school He succeeds Paul Starbuck who resigned recently to go to Wyandotte high school in Kansas City Kansas
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Coffeyville
Kan
Bill Kincaid
Pittsburg Teachers College
Eureka
Ottawa
Coffeyville High School
Paul Starbuck
Wyandotte High School
Kansas City
Cranium Crackers Hollywood Stars Jumbled Names
Puzzle presents six movie star names hidden in mixed letters. Rearrange to reveal first and last names and deduce their typical character types. Answers include MJYMI YEGNAC NEATEJET and others mixed in the clue.
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Hollywood
Solu Waydarh Regnig
Mjymi Yegnac Neatejet
Amcold
Coast Guardsmen Shoot Lion Aboard S S Amazon Off New Jersey
Coast guardsmen aboard the S S Amazon six miles southeast of Cape May shot a lion that escaped a cargo of wild animals bound for Venezuela. Seven men with two submachine guns and .30-caliber rifles responded to a wireless distress, and two hours later the lion was dead. The ship’s crew thanked the rescuers. The New York station had consulted Frank Buck who said they’d have to shoot the lion.
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Cape May
N. J
Coast
S. S. Amazon
Here
Venezuela
Coast Guard
New York Coast Guard
Frank
Buck
Teachers Dance At Lawrence Country Club Evening
Douglas county teachers attend the annual dinner dance hosted by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce at 6 30 tonight. About 150 tickets sold. many spouses will spend the evening at home with radio and book. Harold C Fisher and other new officers will be introduced after the dinner. Dr H K Ebright will present the game Election Night and Dale Brodie’s orchestra will lead the dance.
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Douglas County
Lawrence Country Club
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Teacher’s Association
Charles Radcliffe
Harold C. Fisher
H. K. Ebright
Baker University
V. K. Bruner
Dale Brodie
Decrease in Public Aid in Kansas for July Report
Kansas public assistance for July totaled 1,200,258 dollars, down about 86,000 from June per the state social welfare board. Old age and general assistance rose while aid to the blind and dependent children fell. administration costs rose to 10.19 percent. Edith Kruse filed for divorce from Henry Kruse in district court.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Social Welfare Board
German Soviet Nonaggression Pact Text Outlined
The German Reich and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics sign a ten year nonaggression treaty. They pledge to refrain from force against each other, consult on common interests, avoid alignment with others, and settle disputes by arbitration if needed. ratification to occur in Berlin with immediate effect upon signing. Moscow dated August 23, 1939, Ribbentrop and Molotov sign for Germany and the U S S R.
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Berlin
German Reich
Germany
Moscow
Ribbentrop
U. S
Japanese Land 6000 Soldiers Near Shanghai in Action Plan
Six thousand Japanese troops were reported to have landed near Shanghai to threaten the international settlement garrisoned by about five thousand Allied soldiers. The plan, aimed at severing rice supplies to 1.1 million Chinese residents, was to be escalated if riots grew, with a march into the settlement when police were unable to control order.
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Shanghai
International
Japan
Mother of President Bound Home From Paris
Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt, mother of the President, boarded the Washington for New York to relieve her son of anxiety in the crisis. She joined her grandson John Roosevelt and his wife who arrived by boat train. Grandmother, arriving by automobile, said she believed the President would support democracies and uphold peace and liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Havre
France
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
United States
Washington
New York
John Roosevelt
le Havre
Meeting on Safety Demonstration Highlights Highway Dangers
Patricia Solander of the state safety commission led a Lawrence safety meeting in Southpark. Children acted as badly injured victims with bandages and lipstick to illustrate recent state accidents. Nurses explained injuries and how accidents could be avoided. Some children kept their markings home as grim reminders.
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Douglas County Safety
Patricia Solander
Southpark
Nazis Demand Unconditional Polish Cession and Protectorate Setup
Reliable informants report Hitler’s war plan demands return of Danzig and Pommerellen, Poland corridor and Upper Silesia, plus a Bohemia Moravia style protectorate. German forces are said to be in highest readiness from the Tatra mountains to the Baltic.
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Hitler
Danzig
Pommerellen
Pomorze
Polish Upper Silesia
Germany
Poland
Bohemia- Moravia
Tatra Mountains
Baltic Sea
Colonists in Alaska Colony Face Government Suits
Rep. E. F. Abels told Kiwanis a Alaska Ma tanuska colony has only two settlers off relief and faces government suits to oust them. He described the socialistic structure requiring products sold through a marketing association and land titles withheld until government charges are paid, totaling about 32 000 per tract later scaled to 20 000.
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Matanuska
Alaska
E. F. Abels
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann’s
Mr. Abels
Abels
Coroner Dr Louis K Zimmer to Return Home After Surgery
Lawrence report notes coroner Dr Louis K Zimmer underwent appendectomy at Memorial Hospital Saturday and will be taken to his home tomorrow. Flood warnings rise in Tientsin as Hai river floods threaten epidemics. British officials urge evacuation of nationals. American authorities report nationals remain safe. Journal-World classifieds remind readers hundreds of rooms and homes rented yearly.
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Louis K. Zimmer
Memorial Hospital
Tientsin Tientsin
Hai River
Tientsin
Cubs Beat Bees 6 to 1 in Series Opener
Chicago Cubs defeated the Bees 6 to 1 in Boston in the first game of a three game set. Passeau pitched for Chicago with Sullivan the Beantown starter. Other reported games include Pittsburgh ruing New York, Cleveland routing Philadelphia, and Detroit upending Washington in the opening of their series. Puncec shocks Bromwich in Davis Cup play for Yugoslavia.
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Boston
Chicago
Cubs
Bees
Joe Sullivan
Passeau
Mancuso
Sullivan
Masi
New York
Big Max Butcher
Pittsburgh
Butcher
Susce
Salvo
Gumbert
Brown
Danning
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Giants
Elbie Fletcher
Bucs
Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
Hal Trosky
Tribe
Ross
Potter
Masters
Hayes
Brucker
Harder
Hemsley
Sewell
St. Louie
Pearson
Dickey
Mills
Glenn
Detroit
Detroit Tigers
Washington Senators
Emil
Dutch
Puncee
Bromwich Brookline
Mass
Ferenc Puncec
Jack Bromwich
Australia
Clinton Belvoir Gets Visit From Many Local Families
The column notes visits by Francis Rice family of Topeka and George Jensen relatives, 4 H picnic attendance at Brown's Grove, pending postponement, 90th birthday guest I T Steele, Lawrence visitors Laverne Ice and daughter, and multiple travels and calls among local households including Perry Rose kin helping on a milk route and trips to Moran and California.
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Francis Rice
Topeka
George Jensen
Jack
Doris Anderson
Brown's Grove
Presbyterian
Lawrence
Chester
Baldwin
Rose
Perry
Charles Kampschroeder
Howard
Fred Demeritt
Lena
Lena Murphy
Harry Murphy
Ruth
Shirley
Fred Baldwin
Edith Andersons
Rankin
Emory Swadley
Norman
Jessie
Nadine
Wisconsin
Seaman
Ilinois
California
J. B. Lowell
Kansas City
Maggie Gibler
Frank Bidinger
Birthday and community notices from Stull area
Sunday gatherings honor Mrs. O A Bidinger on her 70th birthday. Lena Murphy visits family in No. 6. Maria Stroda visits De Meritts. Eleven attend Farm Bureau with updates on council and budget meetings. News on farm work, alfalfa sown, silo filling. Local visits and 4 H meeting at Clinton school. Birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Collins in Lawrence. Birthday dinners for Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Kennison.
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Franklin
Rita Lee
Erma Hout
Stull
O. A. Bidinger
Lena Murphy
Harry Murphy
No. 6
Maria Stroda
Model
Leslie Demeritt
Farm Bureau
James Sanders
Chester Baldwin
Farm Women’s
William Johnson
Bigsby
Arthur Losh
Excelsior Springs
Mr. Losh
Heinz Brothers
George House of
Watson
Ebon Anderson
Wright Bertschinger
Ruth
Big Springs
Clinton
Missouri
Charles Sink
Leavenworth
Hiarry Unger
Ray Harrell
Lawrence
Lanty Brubaker
Ralph Weybright
Jim Collins
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Collins
Miss Blanch Harrel
Roy Harrell
Harrell
Joseph Kennison
Fred Demeritt
Lena
Murphy
Kennison
Local Social News Highlights From Area Families
Numerous visits and travels are noted as residents return from trips to Kansas City Minneapolis Wichita and Tulsa. Guests include Mrs Frank Vitt Mrs Don Daniels and others visiting Reetz Hartman Canary Schoenhofer and Pfleger households across Falls City Pleasant Grove Linwood and surrounding towns. Darlin Kindred of Manhattan also visited local families.
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Frank Vitt
Kansas City
Robert Schellack
Wayne Vitt
Minneapolis
Minn
Don Daniels
Skintook
Okla
Fred Reetz
Hartman
Wilma
Falls City
Neb
Lila Reetz
Wichita
L.T.S
B. Durr
Eudora
Wiliam Reetz
Greta
Faubion
Tonganoxie
Albert Steinbring
Otto Witt
William Reetz
Happy Hour Club
Raymond McKenzie
Lonnie
Independence
Noah Canary
Harold Simon
Lawrence
Arlie Flory
Pleasant Grove
Buddy
Verna Jean Dyer
Otto Mignot
Hanna Pueger
Wayne Witt
Jim Dyer
Minnie Bowen
City
Daisy .Stroud
Tulsa
Frank Schoe
Community Notes and Local Visits From Stull Area
Local residents attend W M S at Mrs Hartman home and visiting kin in Overbrook and Lone Star. Betty Birch visits Kraft home in Kaw. Williams Murphy rebuilds ice-damaged fees. Brass quits Kraft store for teaching. Hard to read but lists many family visits, church circle, and school activities in Stull and nearby towns.
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W. C. Wulfkuhle
Geor Houk
George Forrester
É. A. Bidinger
August Walter
August Kempschroeder
Cares
George Gilbert
Bert Hildenbrand
August Nuffer
W.M.S
Fred Hartman
ceRe
Rudolph Hase
Bobb
Arthur
Overbrook
Adam Balzer
Stull
Berryton
O. R. Platz
Bobby
Kansas
Add Scheer
William Murphy
Katherine Brass
Kraft
Teachers’ Institute
Lawrence
Central School
Anna Morris
Annie Smith
Leavenworth
Stult
Wallace Kennedy
Gaten
Watson
Theodore Hall
Roy Deskin
Helen
Clinton
George Hoat
C.P.A
Topeka
Clifford Brass
Russel
Deskin
SOK
O. A. Bidinger
Harry Murphy
Dere Fidinger
Mr. Smith
Schugart
Rby Deskin
Lawrence Kupper
Henry Montfoort
Twin Mound
A. Scheer
George Murphy
William. Murphy
Chris Kraft
Miriam
Oscar Nuffer
Worden
Roy Bowen
Frank Wulfkuhle
Junior Kennedy
Kindred Reunion Attended by Roy Canary and Treva
The report notes activities at the home of Roy Canary and his daughter Treva on a Sunday morning and mentions attendance at the Kindred reunion in Bonner Springs.
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Roy Canary
Treva
Bonner Springs
Oakridge Birthday club hosts meeting with resigning member noted
Mrs Raymond Gardner hosted the Oakridge Birthday club in Topeka with songs from new song books. The group accepted the resignation of Mrs Willard Morgan and thanked hostess Mrs Frances Cawley. Nearby, families and guests from Lawrence Webb City and Kansas City visited, enjoyed picnics at Gage Park, and traveled to Omaha on business trips.
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Raymond Gardner
Oakridge
Lawrence
Gardner
Sarah White
Beatrice Dixon
O Webb City
Topeka
Gage Park
Nate Pettengill
Patty
Will House
Kathryn
Sanford Phen Cle
Kansan City
H. CG. Nunemaker
Dolores
J. D
Webb City
White
Otis Nutting
Nutting
Tom Cawley
Jackie Wardwell
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Christian X
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A. P. Smith
NEW Friends
Cherokee, Okla
Lawrence Church
Morgenthau
Coast Guardsmen
Entertainment Tonight
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Henry Kruse
Paris
Journal-World
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Reninger and Hayes
Milner
Hemaley
Clinton-Belvoir
Yarnold Stall
Mackey
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Alexander Smith
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