Churchill Warns Japan to Pause in World War II
Prime Minister Churchill warned Japan to halt its campaign of expansion and pledged Britain would side with the United States in seeking peace in the Pacific. He praised the Atlantic Charter with Roosevelt as a pledge to destroy Nazi tyranny and described their meeting as mobilizing the forces of good against evil. He warned Germany could strike next and praised Russia for its efficiency and equipment while condemning Hitler’s mass violence.
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Tuendon
Churchill
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Pacific
Roosevelt
Europe
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Lt Roosevelt
Lord Beaverbrook
London
Washington
Eight Killed as Bus Collision Rocks New Jersey
Eight people die and at least 16 injured when a Central Greyhound bus collides with four cars in Waldwick New Jersey. The Bason family from Jersey City loses seven members. driver Carl Ramsey is charged with reckless driving.
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Waldwick
N.J
Joseph Bason
Blanche
Charlotte
Marian
Ursula
Hackensack Hospital
Jersey City
Bason
William
Bergen County
John J. Breslin, Jr
Carl Ramsey
Albany
New York
Soldier moves north to new site for Victory Monument
The Victory Monument at Victory Junction will not be moved to Wyandotte County as planned. Leavenworth County Commissioners on Saturday decided to relocate the monument to a new site in the Leavenworth County courthouse yard.
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Victory Junction
Wyandotte County
Leavenworth County Courthouse
Lyard
Leavenworth County
Victory Junction Triangle Road Bid Details Move Monument
Bids for paving a road through the Victory Junction triangle include a provision that the state highway commission will fund moving the monument to a new base in Leavenworth located at the courthouse front.
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Victory Junction Triangle
State Highway Commission
Leavenworth
Lawrence Opens Kansas First Pre fab House For Public View
Lawrence hosts public inspection of Mor ris Cohen’s 1636 Learnard avenue prefabricated bungalow. Arrived July 14 and settled August 1. about 400 attended private opening, over 2000 visited during the open house. The single story five room home features a sun porch and double garage with enamel panelling and walnut accents.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Morris Cohen
Learnard Avenue
Cohens
J. J. Simmonds
Horse Cavalry Leaves Fort Riley for Louisiana Arkansas Maneuvers
First units of the second cavalry division departed Fort Riley by train for joint maneuvers in Louisiana and Arkansas. About 5 000 officers and men and an equal number of horses travel in 16 trains, with 10 today and six tomorrow. Trains route via Union Pacific and Missouri Kansas Texas to Montrose Arkansas to link with motor units that left the fort last week.
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Fort Riley
Second Cavalry Division
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Missouri- Kansas & Texas
Montrose
Ark
Fort
Census figures show disparity in births by race
The census bureau reports that the average children ever born to negro mothers is 3.5 versus 2.7 for white mothers, highlighting a significant racial gap in family size.
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Census Bureau
Roosevelt vetoes bill to freeze government wheat and cotton stocks
President Roosevelt vetoed legislation aimed at freezing government stocks of wheat and cotton. He warned the measure would harm agricultural policy, reduce market activity, and threaten the parity price goal while arguing the Commodity Credit Corporation should dispose of stocks orderly to maintain an ever normal granary and protect farmers and consumers. The bill also would have guaranteed 85 percent parity for peanuts.
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Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
House
Capitol
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Hopewell and Independence Social Notes
Local social column records visits and travel in Hopewell and Independence Mo. Mrs B L Taul and James toured Smithville to visit relatives. Families from Hopewell, Lone Star Lake gathering, Wichita and Tyrone trips noted. Various dinners, church meetings, and community events listed with neighbors and out-of-town guests.
Local social notes list visits and reunions across Kansas
Mr and Mrs Howard Caviness and relatives returned from a ten day Colorado trip visiting Denver and other sites. Several families from Lawrence Clinton Park and DeSoto held reunions and visited friends in Milford Junction City and Kansas City. Local residents hosted guests and attended church events with multiple trips and Sunday dinners noted across communities. Ed Deay was injured in an auto incident.
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LaJunta
Cole
Hammond Tek
Hamomnd
Earl Lederer
Hammond Angeiat
Enerey
Larry. Heinen Spen
Pacers
B. L
Henry ‘Seele
Hattie Schwartz
St. John’s Evangelical
Picnis
Holcom's
Gladys Elm
Lou Kelly
Eee Arends
A. Stanfield
Wee Curs
A Willliams
John Lederer
Kay
Laws
Land
Art Lederer
Peasley
Newel Passley
Fred Pu
George Reynolds
Geneva
Theohl
Ray
Fred Purvis
M. Jardon
Baldwin Catholic Church
Jardon
Baldwin
Mr. Jardon
Leona Powell
Leota Hunt
Long Beach
Cal
Violet, Price
Edgar
Kansas City
Claude
Joplin
Howard Caviness
Betty
Doris
Colorado
Frances Vogel
Denver
Fred Neis
Clinton Park
Lawrence
John Kashberger
Will Drake
Kansas’ City
Sam Gabriel
Bonnie Koch
Roy Kurtz
O. D. Dunlap
Oscar Jackman
Dunlap
Friends Church
Albert Kashberger
Larry
Commerce
Okla
Herbert Knabe
Richard
Twilla Lee
Gfeller
Junction City Sun
John Mellinger
Milford
Monay
Norma
Harold Morley
Donald Ralph
William Neis
Carlene Mae Haverty
California
Howard Kohler
Olin Halderman
Joe Zillner
Jerome
Paul Frazier
Helen Lucille
Ralph Wotan
Dorothy Mae
Virginia
Glover
Nadine
Vera Lucas
Wichita
Esther Pfleger
Ida Truan
Florence Ada
Mabel Miller
Wanda Jean
Hays
Gabriel
Oliver Deay
Duane
Ralph Votan
E. H. Grob
Paul
Leonard Beecroft
Barbara
DeSoto
Jerry Sommer
Louise
Alvin Gabriel
Doris Gabriel
Ed Deay
Social Roundup of Visits and Recoveries in Eudora Area
An accident south of Eudora is slowly improving and patient was moved from hospital to daughter’s home in Lawrence. Local households report multiple visits from Kaw Valley, Ottawa, and Lawrence residents with dinner and social calls across the week.
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Eudora
Roy Hegeman
Lawrence
Carl Altenbernd
Kaw Valery
Walter Gerstenberger
Carl Kurtz
Carl Vernon
Raymond
May Hadle
Robert
Margaret
Ed Neumeyer
Alta Vista
Sam Gabriel
Ruby Baecker
Dorothy Mac Votan
George, Haines
Bobby
Kansas City
O. M
Harris
Carl. Altenbernd
Kaw Valley
Noel Griffin
Tressa
Edna
Ottawa
Jack Millington
Alfred Bernald
Rosalene
George Born
John Klopfenstein
Johnny Lou
Oklahoma City
John McBlarney
Virginia
Carrolton
Jory Harris
Raymond Stanley
Ramina
Birthday Dinner Honors Spitzli Girls and Guests
Mr and Mrs Herman Oelschlaeger hosted a dinner at Bonner Strings to honor Delmar Spitzli, Vernita Spitzli, and Martha Marie Lut. Guests included Mr and Mrs Sam Spitzli Barbara Delmar Spitsll Gale Crouch from Kansas City Mr and Mrs Harry Norman Sam Finley and Sam Miller of Overbrook.
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Herman Oelschlaeger
Bonner
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San Francisco Zoo
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B. L. Taul
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Smithville
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Tyrone
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Omar Edmonds
Mildred
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O. M. Hindman
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Richard Holton
Fred Holton
Ness City
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Charles Simrock
Louisville
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Earl Bruner
John Lockwood
Lane
Joe Lockwood
Leo Dyer
Ella Mae Bryant
Robinson
Edward Harmon
Topeka
Kenneth Edmonds
Silas Harmon
Clyde Deay
Will-Deay
Clearfield
Ray Reynolds
A. R. Ripple
Lewis Tucker
Lois
Jim Dyer
Frank White
Raymond ‘Williams
W. J. Williams
Canada
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Bernice Jean Spence
Ben Hammond
George Lawler
Hesper
Charles B. Elliott
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Pvt
John. Habinyak
Rocky Mountain
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Clay Center
Clyde
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Smith Cente
Phillipsburg
J. H. Robinson
Rock Island Lines
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Oscar Levant
Virginia da
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Rene Trou
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Ene
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Charlie
Leon
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Gabby” Hayes
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