Ambitious Builders And A Tower To Reach The Heavens
The Journal-World reflects on ambition and progress in 1941 Lawrence Kansas with a Bible verse from Genesis 11 4 and notes about city building. The issue provides subscription rates and notices for readers, plus staff names and Associated Press affiliation.
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New York
Chicago
North Michigan Age
San Francisco
Sansome
Los Angeles
New Orpheum
Kansas City
Baltimore Ave
St. Louis
Star
Detroit
General Motors
Atlanta
Walton
Associated Press
Associated ‘Press
Alliens
Audit Bureau OF
Lorenzen & ‘Thompson, Inc
Lawrence
Kansas
Language study to strengthen US ties with Latin America
The drive to expand modern foreign language teaching in American education aims to reduce language barriers with Latin America and Central America. Experts argue knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese is vital for defense and international living, noting past declines in German and French study and urging early action.
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United States
Latin America
Central America
South America
Committee On
American Federation of Modern Language Teachers
Germany
France
Military ‘Intelligence ‘Division
War Department
W. H. Shoemaker
K.U. Inc
Journal-World
K.U
Philadelphia paper edition boosts Kansas contest
In the last campaign thousands of copies of the Philadelphia Ripcord were distributed in Rice County Kansas. The Philadelphia edition favored the national administration and the Kansas state Democratic ticket prompting questions about the publisher’s reach. Lyons Democratic editor Paul Jones answered in a recent Lyons cNews editorial.
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Philadelphia
Kansas
Paul Jones
Lyons
Lyons cNews
Debunking a 1930s Newspaper Subsidy Plot
The piece claims a Philadelphia paper and the New York Post received a million dollars in federal funds to back Roosevelt during his bid for a third term. Authors allege Democratic editors across Kansas saw control by distant interests and warn that unpaid loans could place the government in the newspaper business.
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Kansas
Bill Burke
Little River
Rice ‘County
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New York Post
Roosevelt
Back to Savagery in Europe Delineates Brutal Occupation Policy
The piece condemns hostage taking by German occupied Europe and warns that Paris and Romania may see edicts of retaliation with mass killings. It argues executions are secretive and fears a return to public tortures, noting the conquerors’ lingering shame over abandoning humanitarian principles.
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Europe
Paris
Romania
Freedom in the Hills of Crete Arm guerrillas against Nazis
Report from Crete that not all allied troops forced from the island are prisoners of war. Many remain in mountain fastnesses and conduct raids on German positions and storehouses to replenish supplies. Serbs also operate from interior strongholds, hindering German and Italian control in parts of the Croatian kingdom as they seek to crush mountaineers.
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Crete
Right to Silence on Radio Central to Freedom
The piece argues that Americans enjoy the right not to turn on the radio, a freedom aiding independent thinking. It contrasts with Europe where people face penalties for not listening or for tuning in at the wrong moment during broadcasts by authorities.
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Europe
German Army Claims Two Annihilations of Russian Forces
A wartime boast attributed to Jack Harris claims the German army, by its own word, has annihilated the Russian army twice in the past week. The statement underscores brutal combat reports circulating in press dispatches.
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Jack Harris
New National Cabinet Formed Under Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald
MacDonald announces a non partisan government with Stanley Baldwin as president of the council and Philip Snowden as chancellor of the exchequer. Neville Chamberlain named minister of health as university enrollments edge up with no expected tuition rise.
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Ramsey MacDonald
Stanley’ Baldwin
Philip Snowden
Neville Chamberlain
University of Kansas
Court House
Douglas County Taxpayers League
Ed Heaston
L. A. Flory
Ed Harvey
Alva Clapp
Kansas
Anglo-Russian move to occupy Persia amid war threat
The Anglo Russian invasion of Persia aims to deny Nazi use of the country as a base and secure oil and supply routes. Britain and the Soviet Union act after Tehran resists expelling German residents, as Hitler threatens through the Caucasus. The move could curb Japan and deter attacks on India and the Suez region.
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Iran
Persia
Ukraine
Caucasus
Britain
Hitler
Turkey
Fuehrer
Russia
Persian Gulf
Baltic
Black Seas
Vladivostok
India
Middle East
Egypt
Suez Canal
Teheran
Japan
United States
Eight Die in Zeppelin Raid and Bridge Work Under Way
Eight persons were killed and thirty six injured in the Zeppelin raid last night with one hundred bombs dropped. The last span of the new bridge began being poured this morning and should finish tomorrow. Governor Arthur Capper delivered the C P A Ricule address in Eudora to a record crowd declared the best ever.
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Eudora
Arthur Capper
Helen Dahlene
Dans Cafe
Patee
Margery Marts
Lucile Evans
Rutherford Manda Barrett
Margaret Gustafson
Gordon ‘Gustafson
Fred Nelsom
Theodore Allendorf
Gladys Allendorf
Marion Lawrence
David Evans
Louis
Dahlene
Fred Gutfler
Frank Baretti
Carrie Stevens
Elliott
Fern’ Evans
Wee” ‘Mable’ Ulrich
Grace “Ulrich
Laura Flagg
Ida
Be Ft
Vernon
Mrs. Simmons
Emma Dews
Alma Nelson
Lena Jones
Ethel Hoar
Jessie Borg
Anna Resn
Baldwin III Mrs Rankin Returns From Topeka Visit
Mrs Rankin returned Saturday from Topeka after visiting her sister Miss Laura Ewing who accompanied her home for a short stay. Dr Wiley A Keve has been ill two years and suffered a stroke Friday afternoon at his home on South Eighth street and remains in serious condition. The I Deal bridge club held a Friday luncheon at the pine room of the College cafe honoring Mrs Theodore Christensen who is moving to Red Lake Falls Minnesota this week with her family. Hostesses included Mrs William M Clark and others. two guests substituted for absent members. Mrs Christensen received a pottery vase with a poem as a gift from the club. Rev and Mrs Robert Horton of
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I. C. Rankin
Topeka
Laura Ewing
Wiley A. Keve
South Eighth Street
I-Deal Bridge Club
Pine Room
College Cafe
Theodore Christensen
Red Lake Falls
Minn
William M. Clark
Eldon Mellor
James Aus
Roger Martin
F. H. Bell
Cc. J. Fischer
T. A. Hitchcock
Herman Brown
Frank Ellis
Elsie Schnebly
Kansas City
Mary Martin
Christensen
Robert Horton
New York City
Baldwin
William M. Runyan
Chicago
Alpha Chi
Robert Sharp
Kappa Sigma
Jose
H. E. Addington
Paul Kochan
Paul, Jr
Borsby Lou
Cameron
Epworth League Institute
Florence
G. W. Lincoln
Leslie Lawler
Esther Ann
Fred Thuchum
Robert
California
San Diego
Fred
Bud
Thudium
Lawrence
Lawrence L. Thompson
L. L. Thompson
Gilbert M. Gander
Charles R. Bonebrake
Phebe Bailey i Gates
William V. Potts
F. M. Copeland
Alice Gaston
Ethel Watkins
Anna Moore
Ethel Murray
Hale Steele
Florence Strong
Georgia Caskey
Katherine Kelley
Jessie Fenton
Frances Bailey
Anna Lewis
Brunswick Billiard Parlors Reopened With Modern Updates
The Brunswick billiard rooms in the 700 block now showcase a remodeled interior with repapered walls, oiled floor, fresh woodwork, new cushions on ten tables, gas lighting, and an updated refreshment booth offering light drinks. Other items note a university Natural History building project, band music purchases for summer, a postposed horse race at Bismarck, and farmer F Haas selling corn at 60 cents a bushel after drought.
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Brunswick Billiard
A. J. Monk
Natural History
University
Bennett
John Buch
Kansas City
Albert Gladdard
J. Griffin
Bismarck
F. Haas
Willow Springs
Iz Holding
Baldwin Notes Many Moves As Families Depart
New York City visitors trace Baldwin links as Rev Runyan marries Hortons. Robert L Sharp departs with FBI to Springfield Ill. Esther and Robert Sharp shift to Baker and Kappa Sigma housing. The Kochans return from institute. Lawlers relocate from Kansas City. Thudiums move to California. School year opens Sept 1 with listed faculty.
Bomb production at Elwood shell-loading plant ahead of schedule
Elwood Illinois August 25 production of aerial bombs at the army shell-loading plant will begin this week two months early. The mile long assembly line will run at the project started November 18 under a 12 month contract. Supervising officer Lieut Col T C Gerber says the 23 square miles of buildings comprise the largest shell loading plant in the United States possibly the world.
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Elwood
Ill
T. Co. Gerber
United States
Postponed Fight Between Montgomer y and Kaplan Cited Weather
A PHA report states the 10 round bout at Shibe Park between Philadelphia lightweight Bob Montgomery and Boston welterweight Mike Kaplan was postponed from tonight to September 8 due to bad weather.
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Philadelphia
Ate
Bob Montgomery
Mike Kaplan
Boston
Park Bench Confessions Spark Job Hunt And Hidden Father
A young woman leaving small town life seeks work in the city after quitting a doctor’s office. On a park bench she meets Ted Andrews a former salesman with a failed stunt and a vocation to chat. A shared talk narrows to Kay Donovan seeking her inventor father Tim Donovan as a newspaper notice hints at a family link.
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Simpson
Ralph
Park Bench
Ted Andrews
Acme
Andrews
Archibald
Sumner
Downstate
Kay
Susan
Ted
New York
Chicago
Tim Donovan
Donovan
Kay Donovan
Katie
Katherine
Katie Donovan
Stork Force Delivers Sons in Two Consecutive Years
In Klamath Falls Oregon L Coon and his wife raced to the hospital on August 21 in 1940 and again in 1941. A son was born before arrival both times, with the stork said to have won the race once more.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
L. L. Coon
Coon
Stork
Mr California 1941 Harold Zinkin Named Adonis
Santa Monica report signals Harold Zinkin a 19 year old truck driver earns the Pacific coast Adonis title for his muscular symmetry carriage and general appearance in the Now it's Mr California in 1941 feature.
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Santa Monica
Calif
California
Harold Zinkin
Shoe Solution Chicago Drawbridge Incident
A Chicago bridge dispute centers on a young unidentified girl who refused to disembark a busy drawbridge claiming she was a taxpayer. Bridge tender Morris Snyder invoked law, and officers faced continued resistance as they twice dealt with her refusal.
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Chicago
Morris Snyder
Radio Schedule Montage for August 26 AM Bands
A dense listing of radio programs across KMBC WREN WDAF stations for August 25 and 26. It details musicals dramas news weather forecasts sportscasts and orchestral performances with multiple hour by hour entries and various artists and ensembles.
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Wren
KMBC
Mandrake
WDAF
Linwoo Gavalers
Orien
XKMBC
Vox Po
LQ Wren
Sinale
David Wren
Es Tetona
Ted Ste
Nickel Man
Freddie
Martin
Jury Srials
Blondie
Wdaf—Cavalcade of America
Kansas
City Blues
Amos and
Andy
Fred Waring
DAF
Rhiwo
Newseas
Howard
Shelton
Rainbow Orchestra
Western Echoes
Paul Sullivan
Emile Fetti
Orch
Susi
Vera L
Muate
United Press News
KKMBC
Prass N S
Orecaat
Wren—Weathe
Jimmy Lytella Orch
MBC
Cavaliers
Newscas
Star
KALBC
Gordon Jankina
Wdaf—Camp Robinston Pent
America
Treasury Chest
People
Ted Steale
Grant Park
Glenn Miller
WDAP
Judy
Johnny Long
Lanny Ross
Hasy
KXMBC
Johnny
Dolly Dawn
Wdaf—Star
Bob Chester
Wdaf—Orchestra
WRKEN
Woody Herman
Mehlebach Or
AP News
Press News
Matty Malneck
Dale
Benny
Dick Jo
Colony Club Orch
Kmbc—Pressa Nawa
Local Suspect Recaptured After Shoe Removal
In a paddy wagon chase, the suspect repeatedly jumped out trying to flee. Policeman Donald Keevers finally solved the case by removing her shoes to prevent further escape attempts.
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Donald Keevers
Des Moines Nurse Injured in Downtown Accident
Nurse Helen Beadle drove slowly through downtown traffic guarding against accidents but suffered a broken leg. She said a peculiar twist caused the injury while riding along. She was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Des Moines
Helen Beadle
Odd Firemen Parade Sparks Window Repair Test
Lincoln observers watched firefighters unload hoses and spray an office building not burning as store owners planned to test leaky windows. Census data show oleomargarine and similar products fell 23.5 percent from 1937 to 1989, with 36 million dollars annually and over 300 million pounds produced.
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Lincoln
Neb
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