Allies invade Iran to expel Nazis from Russia and Gulf
British Soviet forces move into Iran as part of a coordinated invasion to safeguard oil pipelines and deny German agents a foothold. Iran's 190000 strong army resists with Swedish artillery and limited air power while Indian, RAF, and Cossack units support the offensive from multiple fronts.
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Iran
India
Cairo
Middle East Command
Ri A.F
London
Bandar Shahpur
Persian Gulf
Bagri
Berlin
Windstorm Rages Across Delaware Valley Killing One
A cyclonic windstorm swept through the tri state area with heavy rain and flooding. It toppled smokestacks and houses injuring many and killing milkman George Hemple in Swedesboro. Wilmington Woodbridge and Perth Amboy reported extensive damage and hospitalizations.
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Philadelphia
Tri-State
Bose
Swedesboro
Woodbridge
N.J
Wilmington
Del
du Pont
Edgar F. ‘Hurffr
George Hemple
Oads
Perth Amboy
Ele
Nor McCanna
Teresa
Lena
Michael
Perth Amboy General Hospital
Wilmington Hospital
Delaware
Delaware River
New Jersey
New York
Wet weather cools Kansas with heavy rainfall across counties
Topeka Kansas August weather stays cool as northerly winds persist and rainfall totals surge. Reports show Lindsborg 4.15 inches with river runoff likely to top 21 feet, while Marion Salina and many others recorded substantial totals. Cooler air and scattered showers expected, with highs near 80 to 85 after chilly lows.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lindsborg
Moky Hill
Air Federal
A. D.ich
Marion
Salina
Russell
Concordia
Florence
Lincoln
Minneapolis
Ellsworth
Horton
Centralia
Oketo
Fort Riley
Manhattan
Emporia
Lebo
Garnett
Eureka
Leroy
Iola
Fort Scott
Chanute
Independence
Coffeyville
Hanover
Phillipsburg
Phillipsburg .27,‘ Beloit’ .78, Is
Enterprise
Herington
McPherson
Geneseo
Hutchinson Wall
Wichita
Winfield
Anthony
Dresden
St. Francis
Hill City
Quinter
Tribune
Battle Swirls On As War Rages Across Fronts
AP reports 65 days into the war, Soviet defenses check German advances near Leningrad and Kiev region. Red armies claim heavy tank battles south and southwest of Leningrad, with 135 German tanks destroyed and over 100 German vehicles wrecked elsewhere. Soviet counterattacks, large tank formations, and cavalry strikes push on from Smolensk to Odessa and the Dnieper bend, with losses on both sides and renewed pressure near Kakisalmi and Novgorod.
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Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Leningrad
Gomel
Smolensk
Kiev
Kingisepp
Novgorod
Kakisalmi
Dnieper
Dniepér
Grief in Chanute as 15 Month Old Dies After Crash
Graveside rites were set at Oak Hill for Keith Woodard Rice 15 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. E J Rice of Chanute. He died in an Ottawa hospital after a vehicle truck bus accident near Princeton. The Rice family was en route to Lawrence to see Mrs. Rice's parents. The infant suffered a broken collarbone ribs and facial bone. Mrs Rice had a scalp wound and daughter Susan five had minor bruises. Two truck passengers had minor injuries. bus driver and two passengers were uninjured.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Keith Woodard Rice
E. J. Rice
Chanute
O. E. Allison
Ottawa
Princeton
Rice
Lawrence
Susan
President Roosevelts new lend lease request discussed
Washington Aug 25 President Roosevelt discussed with advisers a new lend lease request likely between 5 and 6 billion dollars to be sent about Sept 15. The exact amount was not set and cost estimates are being gathered. Conferees reaffirmed no funds would aid Russia as Russia has funds to pay for purchases now and for some time.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Submarine Finback Launched Ahead Of Schedule
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on August 25 the navy submarine Finback was launched a month ahead of schedule at the Portsmouth navy yard.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Biddle Nominated as Attorney General of United States
President Roosevelt names Francis Biddle solicitor general to succeed Robert H. Jackson as attorney general. Biddle, 55, has served as a federal circuit judge in Pennsylvania and as counsel in investigations. The choice preserves existing Justice Department policy, with Charles Fahy expected to become Biddle’s successor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Francis Biddle
Justice Department
United States
Biddle
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Charles Fahy
Pennsylvania
Edmund Randolph
George Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Philadelphia
Groton Schol
Harvard University
National Labor Relations Board
Nras Labor Board
Tennessee Valley Authority
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Jackson
Groton
Katherine Garrison Chapin
Edmund Randolph Biddle
Harvard
Davies Warns VFW Against Isolation Plans
Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph E. Davies told VFW delegates in Philadelphia that the United States must not follow isolationist policy. He warned a peace with Hitler would be a dangerous gamble and unacceptable to negotiate with a dictator who ignores all laws but his own.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Joseph E. Davies
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Russia
Belgium
Hitler
Private to Serve 3 Years for Repeated Disobedience
Washington reports the War Department reduced the prison term of John Habinyak a Pennsylvania draftee private from 10 to 3 years after a military court martial conviction for willful and repeated disobedience of orders. Habinyak had served with the first field artillery training regiment at Fort Bragg North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Roberrt P.patterson
John Habinyak
Pennsylvania
Habinyak
First Field Artillery
Fort Bragg
N. C
Stock Market Quotations Reported Average 43.2
The average of 60 stocks reached 43.2 in Saturday trading as market activity continued to show modest gains amid broad participation by major sectors. Investors kept a cautious stance while some gains were led by energy and finance shares.
Lower exemptions on federal taxes raise 300 million
Senate Finance Committee votes to broaden the income tax base by cutting exemptions from 2000 to 1500 for married filers and from 800 to 750 for singles. The move would pull in 300 to 350 million dollars in new revenue and bring 6 million more people into the tax system.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Vandenberg
R.mich
Treasury
House
Japanese Allow American Shipments Through Vladivostok Route
A Tokyo dispatch reports Japan will temporarily tolerate shipments of American war materials to Vladivostok via waters under its navy. The motive is to press the United States to ease economic restrictions on Japan, with Moscow guarantees sought to ensure nonuse of arms against Japan and to avoid involvement in a British American encirclement.
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Shanghai
Tokyo
Vladivostok
United States
Japan
Moscow
Turks Worried by British Russian Move Into Iran
The Turkish embassy staff in London voiced deep concern over British and Russian action into Iran. Officials said the invasion hedges Turkey with war and complicates neutrality. Some sources noted alarm over Soviet troops in Iran alongside German buildup near Bulgaria and Greece.
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London
Iran
Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Haiti Shuts Consulates in Germany and Occupied Lands
Berlin reports Germany orders closing of Haiti's consulates for political reasons with wind-up deadline of September 15. Simultaneously German consulates in Cuba and Haiti are closed. Haiti had already withdrawn all privileges of German consuls and halted consular exchanges amid regional moves against Germany by Mexico Honduras and Cuba.
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Berlin
Germany
Haiti
Cuba
Mexico
Honduras
WPA Workforce Shrinks as Waiting List Grows
Washington reports 100000 WPA workers quit monthly while 1000000 on the waiting list remain. Defense priority cuts threaten jobs, with WPA funding cut to 875 million this year from 1.35 billion last year. Employment fell from 1,410,928 in June to 1,041,734 by mid August under the strain.
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WPA
Washington
Navy takes over Kearny shipyards ending major strike
Navy management resumes work at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock in Kearny New Jersey with 18 000 workers returning. IAM shipyard union had ended a 2 billion dollar strike after Roosevelt ordered navy control while negotiations focus on a maintenance of union rights clause. Other AFL CIO and NJ unions resolved clashes in Detroit transit and Great Lakes yards with elections and bargaining pacts.
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Navy
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Companyn
Kearny
N.J
National Mediation Board
A.F.L
Detroit
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and
C.I.0
State
County
C.J.C
Senator Reed Home From Colorado Vacation
U S Senator Clyde Reed of Parsons says he is feeling better but will be away from Washington for several weeks to rest. In Topeka he met Gov. Ratner and spoke with reporters, noting he would have supported defense measures had he been present and urging steadier public information from the administration. He planned to stay in Topeka a day or two before returning to Parsons.
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Topeka
U.S
Clyde Reed
Parsons
Colorado
Washington
Payne Ratner
Statehouse
Reed
Toneka
Senate Confirms Tugwell as Puerto Rico Governor
Washington August 25 The Senate confirmed Rexford Guy Tugwell for governor of Puerto Rico on a standing vote despite Senator Taft of Ohio calling him an apostle of collectivism and lacking sympathy with American ideals.
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Senate
Tugwell
Washington
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Puerto Rico
Taft
Ohio
Britain tightens export controls to Iran with license rule
The British government requires licensing for all exports to Iran and pauses shipments to the country. Authorities say permits already issued remain in effect but future trade is subject to approval before shipment.
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Tran
London
Iran
Uie
Tee
Return From Colorado for Mrs Meyn and Father
Mrs Fritz Meyn returned today from Colorado Springs bringing her father Harry Dick who had a stroke weeks ago. He was accompanied by a nurse and stood the trip well with his condition slightly improved.
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Colorado
Fritz Meyn
Colorado Springs
Colo
Harry Dick
Teachers Attend Annual Institute in Douglas County
More than 70 rural teachers opened the Douglas county normal institute with sessions through Friday. Speakers included Ralph Patterson of the Kansas School Retirement board Adah Opin on social studies and Ada Smith on English workbooks. Three schools have no teachers and a shortage affects county schools.
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Douglas County
County Normal Institute
Ralph Patterson
Kansas School Retirement ‘Board
Adah Opin
Nichols
Ada Smith
Atchison County
Lewis A. Martin
Independence
F. G. Nichols
Eudora
Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Margaret L. Irwin
Santa Fe Railroad
Carlsbad Cavern
Harold Fisher
West Fairview
Adaline
Two Men Hit By Car On Ninth Street
Dr Z G Houser and Charles Brady were struck by an automobile driven by Ivan Gibler on Ninth street near New Hampshire Saturday night about 10 o'clock. Houser suffered a deep head cut and a leg injury and Brady received a elbow cut. Houser spent the day in Lawrence Memorial hospital and was released home last evening. Houser landed on the radiator and was carried several feet. The men stepped off the curb and did not see the third car. X rays may be needed to determine a possible leg fracture.
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Z. G. Houser
Eudora
Charles Brady
Lawrence
Ivan Gibler
Delaware Street
Ninth Street
New Hampshire
Houser
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Baseball scores and postponements in the American and National Leagues
Summary of today’s MLB results notes New York Washington and Chicago performances, with games postponed by rain in Philadelphia Detroit Brooklyn and Cincinnati. Details include line scores and doubleheaders, with Cleveland and Boston also affected by rain delays.
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New York
Russo
Silvestri
Smith
Tresh
Washington
St. Louis
Anderson Moon
Carrasquel
Evans
Harris
Swift
Boston
Cleveland
Bataselphia
Detroit
National League St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Philadelphia
Hull insists no compromise on principles in Far East talks
Secretary of State Hull said informal talks with Japan are continuing on Pacific differences and stressed the United States will not waver on fundamental principles. He described a recent informal discussion with Admiral Nomura as typical of ongoing dialogue and reaffirmed a settlement based on long advocated U.S. principles.
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Washington
UPI
Hull
Japan
Pacific
Unite States
Nomura
Winston Churchill
United States
Meeting Date Set for Douglas County Old Settlers
The Douglas County Old Settlers Association to hold its annual meeting September 15 at the First Methodist church. An 11 a.m. business meeting precedes a noon chicken dinner. reservations go through Mrs. Guy Bigsby. Members may bring pictures of the old windmill and share memories.
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Douglas County Old Settlers Association
May Hoyt Seetin
Vermont Street
First Methodist Church
Guy Bigsby
Seetin
Thirteen Ships Reach Lisbon After Convoy Attack
Thirteen British merchantmen arrived in Lisbon today from a convoy struck by German submarines off the Spanish coast. Survivors say twenty ships started, while German reports claimed twenty one sunk, and one British destroyer Eskimo of 1,850 tons was sunk. Berlin boasted sinking 21 Gibraltar-bound ships totaling 122,000 tons in related operations.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Berlin
Britain
Collision Damages Two Cars and a House on Vermont Street
Leonard Jella Sr. and Lloyd Rhodes had their vehicles damaged in a Sunday night crash at 6th and Vermont. Jella’s car struck Rhodes’ rear bumper then jumped the curb, hitting a house at 637 Vermont. Rhodes’ car suffered rear bumper and tail light damage while Jella’s right front fender was smashed.
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Leonard Jella
Ohio Street
Lloyd Rhodes
Linwood
Jella
6Th and
Vermont
Rhodes
Vermont Street
Miss Eugenie Galloo Longtime KU Romance Languages Chair Dies
Miss Eugenie Galloo veteran KU Romance Languages teacher and former department chair died Saturday at her home at 1324 Louisiana Street after weeks of illness. Born 1865 in Newport Rhode Island she studied in Paris then taught in Philadelphia before joining Kansas in 1892. She organized Cercle Francaise and introduced French plays and Pi Delta Phi to KU.
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Eugenie Galloo
Bye Clayr
Chai
Department of
University of Kansas
Louisiana Street
Miss Gallop
University
Funk’s Chapel
Paul B. Lawson
Edwin Price
Newport
R. I
Paris
Sorbonne
United States
Miss Armstrong
Philadelphia
Gallop
Cercle Francaise
Alliance Francaise
Pi Delta Phi
Kansas Modern Languages Association
Association
Palmes Academiques
Federation de l’Alliance Francaise
Grande Medaille de l’Alliance Francaise
Miss. Gallop
Pau B. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
K.U
Sun
Picnic for FSA clients in Leavenworth and Douglas counties
Clients of the Farm Security Administration in Leavenworth and Douglas counties host a picnic and basket dinner at Clinton Park. Local FSA director Samuel W. Kerr says the Community Building will be used in bad weather. A noon basket dinner precedes talks by Cal A. Ward and George McCarty.
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Farm Security Administration
Leavenworth
Douglas County
Clinton Park
Amuel W. Kerr
FSA
Cal. A. Ward
Douglas
George McCarty
Lecompton
Salvation Army Picnic at Clinton Park Draws Crowd
The Salvation Army held its Sunday school picnic this afternoon at Clinton Park with 85 persons expected to attend.
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Salvation Army
Clinton Park
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