Labor Day Celebration Planned in South Park by I O C F Lodge
The I O C F lodge organizes a Labor Day event in South Park for next Monday with a full day of activities. Highlights include carnival rides from Hale's Carnival, a Punch and Judy show, acrobatic dancing, cowboy singing, a 9:30 p.m. community dance by Van Allm's orchestra, and floodlight stage performances. The schedule runs from 10 a.m. flag raising to evening acts, with police protection and extensive committee leadership.
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South Park
I.O.C.F. Lodge
Hale’s Carnival
The
Odd Fellows
Wales Carnival Company
Ee ‘van
Allm
Lawrence
Forrest A. Jackson
D. T. Ransdell
C. B. Rumsey
Frank Penner
Norris E. Farringer
Oscar Rumsey
Chester Howard
Calvin Fields
William R. Gor- Till
EE. E. Griggs
Charles Jones
Ray Angney
Perry Palmateer
Raymond McCabe
Walter Lemon
Fred Springer
Floyd. White
Joseph Gormutt
E. E. Griggs
Frank Lescher
Ralph O. Burgerts
Joseph Gorbutt
Clyde Laessig
W. H. Bartz
Ralph O. Burgert
Will R. Gorrill
Chester Skinner
May Escape Amputation
Kansas City August 26 Dr Be critically ill with a circulatory condition at Research Hospital after a tense night hospital attaches said amputation of his left leg might not be necessary though no decision had been made. The physician Dr D R Black indicated a large blood clot below the knee could make amputation necessary. Brinkley has lived in Kansas City with Mrs Brinkley and their son John Jr 14 he previously ran hospitals in Milford Kansas and Del Rio Texas and was a former candidate for Kansas governor in 1980 1932 and 1934.
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Kansas City
Research Hospital
Sm EX
D. Ro-Black
Brinkley
John, Jr
Milford
Kan
del Rio
Tex
Kansas
History of division of labor and mass production
The questions explore how early division of labor emerged and what specialization means in industry. They ask how specialization and division of labor relate to modern mass production and how contemporary manufacturing methods have influenced prices.
Division of labor and specialization through history
The passage traces how division of labor likely began with skilled arrowhead makers in primitive groups, leading to hunters and weapon makers. It explains how specialization improves efficiency, and notes modern industry achieving massive output through assembly lines and machinery. It cites a Packard car price drop from 5000 to about 1000 years later due to these factors.
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Thay
Altho
Ilabor
Shipyard Active as Navy Takes Charge in New Jersey
Kearny New Jersey August 26 The vast Federal Ship building and Dry Dock yards reopened under Navy control after a CIO strike halted 19 days Work resumes at 6 30 am with an estimated 10 000 on the day shift The Navy operates the plant while talks continue over a union clause requiring good standing Admiral Bowen says cooperation is expected while the dispute is reviewed of Roosevelt orders.
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Kearny
N.J
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
C.I.O
Navy
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Local 16
U.S.S. Atlanta
Union and Company
L. H. Korndorff
Frank Knox
Korndorff
Roosevelt
C.I.0
Harold G. Bowen
Naval Authority
Navy Department
Missionary dies in Ardmore before wedding at brides home
William C Bentley a 27 year old missionary from Topeka Kansas died suddenly at the home of his prospective bride Mrs Slo cum in Ardmore Pennsylvania. Doctors said a prior pneumonia left his heart weak. Bentley had planned to marry Marianna Slo cum 23 next Saturday.
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Ardmore
William C. Bentley
Topeka
Kan
S. Ez Sle
Bentley
Towers Topple in Kansas City Gale
A fierce windstorm struck Kansas City causing extensive property damage and traffic paralysis for about an hour. Three radio towers including KMBCs 544 foot mast fell. KMBCs emergency tower and KCKN mast collapsed. the storm damaged power lines and disrupted telephone service. Three injuries reported, one serious.
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Kansas City
Kan
Owen Tharp
KMBC
Johnson County
Frank Angus
Angus
Donald
Dorothy
KCKN
Eighth Street
Armstrong Avenue
Frank Hicks
Weather Bureau
St. Joseph
Prairie Point
Parkville
Highway 71
City buys steel to pay workers and replace officials
The city approved paying jobs by buying steel to cover work by Harold Hensley and Marsden Pence who finished their duties Sunday after resignations. A sidewalk issue on Massachusetts Street from Twentieth to Twenty Third Street was discussed but not resolved as plans must be filed. The streets committee will meet to decide walk location. Claims totaling 15,749.28 were allowed and council set next meeting for Monday evening September 8 at 7 30.
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McMillin
Harold Hensley
Marsden Pence
Hensley
Pence
Massachusetts Street
Fair spotlight features free Kenneth Crews picture show
Three day Douglas County Fair climaxes Thursday evening with a free picture show managed by Kenneth Crews of Topeka. Board of directors includes J B Wiggins as president and C W Boursaw as vice president. Department superintendents cover draft horses to horticulture and 4 H programs with many volunteers.
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Kenneth Crews
Topeka
Douglas County Fair
J. B. Wiggins
C. W. Boursaw
Pete Bahnmaier
John Damm
C. W. Bourlaw
Francis Brown
Lloyd Spencer
Fred Hartman
Dwight Henry
Ray Johnson
Fred Wulfkuhle
Clifford Hartman
Gus Dreyer
J. M. O'Connor
Ruth Bahnmaier
Harry Fulton
Nora Bertschinger
Ruth Riley
Robert Miller
Vera Morgan
Sam Dark
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Martha C Schapley
Mrs. Martha C Schapley died last night at her Linwood home. Funeral services are set for 2:30 pm tomorrow at the Federated church Linwood with Rev Alfred J Beil officiating. Burial will be at Hout Sidney cemetery Linwood. Survived by sisters Mrs Perlee Anderson Linwood and Mrs Cassie Anderson Edwardsville and granddaughter Mildred Schapley of Lawrence.
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Martha C. Schapley
Linwood
Federated Church
Alfred J. Beil
Hout Sidney
Perlee
Anderson
Cassie Anderson
Edwardsville
Mildred Schapley
Lawrence
Captain Elliott Roosevelt Ends London Visit
Capt. Elliott Roosevelt has checked out of a London hotel after a week in the empire capital. Embassy staff could not confirm his departure from Britain. There's note of reading the "Too Late to Classify" column nightly.
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Elliott
London
Elliott Roosevelt
Empire Capital
United States
Britain
German submarine raids threaten Tobruk harbor
Reports indicate a 6,000 ton unit was attacked in the St George channel between land and Wales, with German comming forces damaging Tobruk harbor as British forces endure a siege in the North African port.
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A. Serey
St. Georgees
Wales
Tobruk
North African
Stewart's Slr Omaha Golf Contender Slips
Skip Alexander of Burlington NC endangered his chances in the 45th National Amateur golf championship at the Omaha Field Club by carding five over par on his second round for a 36 hole total of 144.
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Stewart
Omaha
Alexander
Burlington
N. C
Omaha Field Club
Iran Faces Invasion Pressure and German Expulsion Demands
Iran says it seeks neutrality and has reduced German presence as Britain and Russia press to expel Germans. Red Army advances near Tabriz and Ardebil raise fears of a broader push toward Tehran amid Turkish neutrality concerns.
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Russia
Tabriz
Iran
Pergiga
Marco Polo
China
Red Army
Ardebil
Caspian Sea
Turkme Republic
Teheran
Ali Mansur
Berlin
Germany
Turkey
London
Death of DeWitt Clinton Croissant Former KU administrator
DeWitt Clinton Croissant died August 15 at age 64. He served as assistant professor, associate professor and director of extension at the University of Kansas from 1910 to 1916 and held roles at Colorado, George Washington University and the Simplified Spelling board. He authored Studies in the Work of Colley Cibber.
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School and Society
DeWitt Clinton Croissant
University of Kansas
Croissant
University of Colorado
George Washington University
Gaorae Washington University
U.S. Bureau of Education
Lawrence
FIGHT AT GONDAR Routs British Troops in Ethiopia Front
Rome reports a sharp Sunday battle on the Gondar front in Northern Ethiopia in which Italian forces routed several thousand British troops. British planes attacked Italian motorized columns returning to base. four planes were shot down. Italians claim success on the Tobruk salients and in attacks on Malta and Tripoli.
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Rome
Gondar
Ethiopia
High Command
Daily War Bulletin
Tobruk
Salam
Egypt
Malta
Tripoli
Libya
5009 Small Mouth Bass Put in Lone Star Lake
The first stocking of Kansas waters with small mouth bass was made today with 5000 fingerlings released in Lone Star lake. The bass from the National Wildlife Institute Hatchery at LaCrosse Wisconsin arrived in good condition aboard express. Fred Kahn and Alva Hodges moved the fish, finding only three dead. Most fish were about four inches, some six to seven inches. Cooling water in Lone Star lake supports the stock, part of an experimental effort by the Douglas County Sportsmen's club.
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Kansas
Lone Star Lake
Douglas County Sportsmen’s Club
National_ Wildlife Institute
LaCrosse
Wis
Express
Fred Kahn
Sportsmen’s Club
Alva Hodges
Kahn
Severe Storm Smashes Lines and Haskell Damage Report
Windstorm knocks out telephone service across Lawrence area. Three toll lines west of town failed as a tree fell and crews repaired lines to Tonganoxie Linwood and Kansas City by dawn. Haskell Institute suffers major damage from uprooted tree and broken roof sections, with widespread roof and tree damage citywide.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Lawrence
Hird's Corner
Tonganoxie
Linwood
Kansas City
Seventeenth
Rhode Island
Ipower
Haskell Haskell Institute
Harold Chamney
E. G. Laxman
1618
Tennessee
Pearl Thorton
North Lawrence
Ohio Street
Z.H. Tibbetts
Guy Bigsby
Thomas Kennedy
Ellen Kiefer
Hayden Corner
Hayden
J.W. Stone
Vermont Street
Windstorm damages Eudora area with injuries and wreckage
Early reports from Eudora describe significant windstorm damage with power outages and an inch of rain. Mrs. George Gerstenberger suffered a head laceration from a falling limb and was treated at home after another nearby resident aided her. A barn wagon collapsed on the Sam Davis farm east of Hesper.
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F. S. Davis
Watson
Shane
Oscar Lothholz
Eudora
D C
Cochran
George Gerstenberger
Gerstenberger
Sam Davis
Hesper
Mildred Wat
More Storms Forecast Across Eastern Kansas
Thunderstorms and damaging winds lashed eastern counties overnight with hail and heavy rain. Emporia logged 5.5 inches, raising the Neosho river to bankfull. Quenemo and Ottawa saw near bankfull Marais des Cygnes. Lincolnville and Ramona faced $20,000 damage and three injuries.
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Topeka
Emporia
Neosho
Federal
A. D
Robb
Marais Des Cygnes
Quenemo
Ottawa
Smoky Hill
Salina
Marion County
Lincolnville
Ramona
East Central
Lebo
Garnett
Lyndon
Iola
Fort Scott
Osage City
Leavenworth
Leroy
St. Francis
Washington Would Overrule Roosevelts Veto Aimed at Wheat Cotton
House members predicted an attempt to override the president's veto of legislation to freeze government loan stocks of wheat and cotton and to ease penalties for producing above quota wheat.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Shipbuilding program launches with 23 new ways in yards
The maritime commission launched a fresh $1.24665 billion shipbuilding program. It negotiates 23 additional ways in existing yards and contracts for 66 "C" design cargo ships as part of the effort to spur Washington state shipbuilding on August 26.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
New Zealand Pm Fraser Signals Far East Cooperation
Washington reports Prime Minister Peter Fraser of New Zealand described cooperation prospects in the Far East as discussions proceed. He outlined a cooperative stance amid regional tensions and hinted at potential shared approaches with Allied nations.
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New Zealand
Washington
Peter Fraser
Leader Calls for Broad Defense Pact With United States
The nation described its security as "very critical" today and said it would accept any mutual defense agreement with the United States as part of a shift toward stronger alliances abroad.
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United States
Tornadic Winds Injure Three in Marion County Storm
Strong winds and heavy rain moved through Ramona and Lincolnville in Marion County last night. Three residents Albert Bezek Otto Haefner and H J Tiemeier were injured when bricks and timbers from Tiemeier's general store struck them. the storefront collapsed as the storm moved in.
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Ramona
Lincolnville
Marion County
Albert Bezek
Otto Haefner
H. J. Tiemeier
Tiemeijer
Marais Des Cygnes
Osage
Franklin
Melvern
Thankful
Williamsburg
Ottawa
Leavenworth
Bie
Potter and
Jarbale
Easton
Fort Leavenworth
Injured Couple in Ottawa Auto Truck Collision
Mr and Mrs Karl Minkler of Smith Center Kan were seriously injured in an automobile truck crash on U S 59 seven miles north of Ottawa Kan John Merrill of Kanopolis said he swerved his truck to avoid another vehicle that pulled onto the highway leading to the collision Mrs Minkler 50 suffered a severe scalp wound cuts and a possible skull fracture Minkler 51 had cuts on the face and arms
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Ottawa
Kan
Karl Minkler
Smith Center
U. S. 59
John Merrill
Kanopolis
W. H. McDaniel
Minkler
James E. Chandler Dies In Kansas City At 74
James E. Chandler aged 74 died at his Kansas City home. He was former imperial potentate of the Shrine of North America and served as president of the Meriden Creamery Company in Kansas City.
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James E. Chandler
Kansas, City
Imperial
The
Shrine of North America
Chandler
Meriden Creamery Company
Kansas City
Admiralty Reports Losses From Gibraltar Bound Convoy
The British Admiralty says six merchant vessels and one tug were lost from a Gibraltar bound convoy totaling 11,094 tons after the group put into the neutral port of Lisbon yesterday for safety.
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Admiralty
London
British Admiralty
Lisbon
Plan to Buy Apples by Agriculture Department
Washington on August 26 the agriculture department announced it would purchase apples.
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Washington
1941 Crops Hit by Loss of Export Markets
The 1941 crop faced pressure from reduced export markets as depressions worsened price prospects. Analysts warn the industry faces lower incomes and potential curtailment of production if markets do not recover.
Smith's Term Ends as Labor Relations Board Member
The term of Edwin Seth Smith, last of the four members of the labor relations board, reached its final day with no indication he would be reappointed by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Edwin
Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
Japan open to talks with U S to ease Far East tension
Tokyo August 26 Japan would welcome negotiations with the United States to ease Far East tension if a reasonable conclusion can be reached said Koh Ishii spokesman for the cabinet information bureau.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Far East
Koh Ishii
Cabinet Information Bureau
Germany Orders Mexican Consuls Out of Germany
Berlin reports Germany has informed Mexico that it will withdraw the privileges of Mexican consuls in Germany. The action was announced today and impacts diplomatic presence in the country.
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Berlin
Mexico
Germany
Lindbergh Speech Barred by Oklahoma City Council
Oklahoma City city council refused Charles A. Lindbergh use of Municipal auditorium for a Friday night speech under the America First committee. The Journal-World page notes readers and results.
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Lindbergh
Oklahoma City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Municipal Auditorium
The
America: First Committee
Kansas Board Tightens Embalming Rules in 1941 Notice
State Board of Embalming adopts interpretation rules effective July 1941 banning free ambulance service or hospital beds to induce patronage. New law requires charging for embalming and funeral directing services starting Sept 1 1941 with potential license revocation for violations.
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Kansas
State Board of
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