Hitler Reply Opens Door to Peace in European Crisis
London Aug 29 Adolf Hitler’s reply to Britain on the Poland dispute left the door open for further negotiations. Britain and France explored a new mediation avenue offered by King Leopold III of Belgium and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Churchill indicated decision rested with Hitler as Britain prepared for war or peace while awaiting Hitler’s terms amid tense European calm.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Poland
Berlin
Hitler
Fuehrer
Europe
Paris
France
Netherlands
Leopold III
Wilhelmina
Germany
Italy
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Itler
Nevile Henderson
Foreign Office
British Foreign Office
Danzig
Soviet
Russia
Molotoff
iItaly
Mussolini
Europe and Slovakia War Notices Across Europe
American marine underwriters canceled all war risk insurance on German and Italian vessels and shipments to from or via their ports. In Slovakia Premier Tiso proclaims martial law and orders German court handling of disputes. Le Havre ferry carries 1000 plus Americans to New York. Il Popolo di Roma reconfiscated amid wartime confusion as Italians react to a front page emblazoned with War.
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New York
Bratislava
Slovakia
Josef Tiso
Rome
Il Popolo di Roma
Powell Family Arrives in New York From Europe
Dr. and Mrs. Lyle S. Powell and their two sons Lyle Jr and Robert reached New York aboard the Bremen after transatlantic service from Cherbourg. A telegram to Mrs. Winter confirmed arrival with plans unclear for immediate Lawrence return.
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Lyle S. Powell
Lyle, Jr
Robert
Lawrence
New York
Europe
Bremen
Powells
M. S. Winter
Lloyd
Cherbourg
Justin Bowersock
Journal-World Employe
The
Kansas City Star
London
England
W. E. Bowersock
Bowersock
Azores
Lisbon
Marseille
Paris
C. A. Hallis
Challis Hall
Amsterdam
R. I. Canuteson
Order Military Guards For Ships Through Panama
Balboa Panama Canal Zone August 29 military guards will be aboard all ships passing through the canal as an extraordinary precaution. Brigadier General Clarence S Ridley Canal Zone governor said there is no apparent threat to canal or ships and issued the order publicly.
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O’keefe
Normandie
Bremen
Harry M. Durning
State Department
Japanese goodwill plane departs Nome for Whitehorse
The globe circling Japanese plane finally left Nome Alaska at 7 21 a m local time 9 21 a m CST heading to Whitehorse Yukon Territory with eight fliers and newsmen aboard The distance to Whitehorse is about 1000 miles
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Nome
Alaska
Whitehorse
Y.T
Half a Ton of Marihuana Seized Near Hanover in Boxcars
Kansas officials report about a half ton of drying marihuana found in railroad boxcars near Hanover. Three men were taken into federal custody. names not released. The seizure, one of the largest in Kansas, followed a raid by state officers and sheriff's deputies with federal notification.
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Hanover
Topeka
Kansas
Jay S. Parker
Parker
Slayings Tied to City College Attacker Confesses
Deputy District Attorney said De Witt Clinton Cook 20 admitted slaying Anya Sosoyeva Russian dancer and attacking Delia Board Myrtle Wagner and two other women on Los Angeles City College campus and nearby homes. He also confessed to 40 burglaries and said robbery was his motive. Police noted gloves and a two by four used in assaults.
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Los Angeles
A. Blalock
de Witt Clinton Cook
Anya Sosoyeva
Los Angeles City College
Delia Board
Myrtle Wagner
Iiproverse
Blalock
Cook
Lorraine Cook
Ruby Cook
City College
E. L. Berger
Oatman Tops Qualifying Half Way in Kansas City Golf
Glenn Oatman former Missouri amateur champion and ex Kansas golfer led at the midway point of a 36 hole qualifier for two Kansas City area spots in the national amateur event. Ted Adams and Dan Uzelac followed one stroke back with 35 and 36 37 second rounds.
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Kansas City
Glenn Oatman
University of Kansas
Blue Hills
Kansas City Area
Ted Adams
Missouri
Dan Uzelac
Excelsior Springs
Oatman
Lawrence
Kan
Adams
Chillicothe
Kansas
French civilians ready for showdown with Hitler after Munich fears
Paris reports French resolve firm as alarms spread and citizens cover windows with black paper and blue bulbs. Bonnet meets Bullitt as police crack down on Communist literature while exile services offer aid to the army. France cites stronger finances vs Germany and prepares for possible air attack.
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Paris
Munich
Bonnet
United States
William C.bullitt
France
Charles Morice
le Petit Parisien
Germany
Bremen Sailings Delayed by U S Safety Tests
New York August 29 Captain William Dreschell denounces as unfriendly the U S delay of the liner Bremen. Immigration officials began detaining 19 passengers at Ellis Island as routine checks on land eligibility. Customs and Commerce officials ordered safety tests including lifeboat launches to ensure seaworthiness amid war scare concerns.
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New York
Lbh
William Dreschell
Lloyd Line
U. S
Bremen
Ellis Island
Normandie
Byron H. Uhl
Europe
Germany
Line
Gregory O’keefe
Customs Servic
Washington
Commerce Department
the Treasury
J. Monroe Johnson
Commerce
The
Treasury
Johnson
New W C T U Head Named In Douglas County
Mrs Inez P Ross Baldwin was chosen president of the Douglas County Women’s Christian Temperance Union at the fifty fifth annual county convention in North Lawrence Centenary Methodist Church. A B Conner, the retiring president, became vice president with new officers including Miss Anna Elwell and Mrs N B Clifton. The event featured a luncheon, officer elections, and a main address by Rev E E Kardatzke with school alcohol and narcotics notes from Mrs Jessie Patchen.
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Inez P. Ross
Baldwin
Douglas County Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Centenary Methodist Church
North Lawrence
Ross
A. B. Conner
Conner
Anna Elwell
N. B. Clifton
Anna Baughman
E. E. Kardatzke
Jessie Patchen
Parent-Teachers Association
Coila Morrison, Lawrence
Resolutions Committee
Morgenthau Returns Home From Nordic Trip
United States secretary of the treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. boarded the coast guard cutter George W. Campbell in Bergen Norway to be rushed to Newfoundland for a plane to Washington. The vessel aims for Botwood by next Saturday night. His family is expected to sail home by commercial steamer tomorrow.
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Bergen
Norway
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
United States Secretary of the Treasury
American Coast Guard
George W. Campbell
Newfoundland
Washington
Botwood
Morgenthau
School Opening Edition Highlights 1939
A twelve page tabloid section marks the 1939 school year opening in the Journal World. It covers teachers, building improvements and upcoming events along with advertisements from Lawrence firms.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
New War Would Diminish Collecting Old War Debts
Treasury officials say a new European war would push further into the background the chance of collecting the 14.473 billion dollars owed by England France Italy Germany Poland and Finland from the last war. Finland is the only nation paying regularly in peacetime. The German debt includes costs for the American army of occupation after the war.
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Washington
Treasury
Finland
England
France
Italy
Germany
Poland
Reich
Roosevelt Studies European Crisis as Diplomats Act
President Roosevelt continued studying the European situation using a digest of recent diplomatic moves for peace. The British embassy sent a summary of its note to Hitler last night and the reaction remains undisclosed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
Hitler
Germany
Soviet to bolster western garrisons amid eastern Europe tension
The Soviet high command announced plans to strengthen western frontier garrisons citing rising tension in eastern Europe. It denied foreign reports that 200 000 to 300 000 troops were withdrawn from western borders to reinforce the east, via Pi-Tass from Moscow on Aug 2.
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Sicial
Soviet Union
Europe
Moscow
Pi—Tass
Stock Market Index Advances to 47.3
The index average of 60 stocks rose to 47.3 from 46.4 yesterday. Advertised cash for used texts offered by Keeler's in Virginia.
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Keeler
Haskell Troop To Return From Fair
The 26 members of the Indian Honor Guard who escorted visitors at the New York World's Fair since April arrive in Lawrence on a Santa Fe train at 10 56 tonight. They will be welcomed by Haskell Institute staff as the troop disbands due to the new school year and fair cost cuts. They toured Washington and performed cavalry drills and jumping exhibitions. Grover Whalen praises their service in a letter.
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Haskell Institute
Washington, D. C
Indian Office
James Lansing
Grover Whalen
The
Fair Corporation
John Herrick
Indian Affairs
Julius Holmes
Whalen
Haskell
John J. Sullivan
Institute
National Guard
Oklahoma
Armory
F. A. Russell
Armory Committee
Louis Spencer
Ways and Means
Lawrence Waterworks
Buffalo
B. F. Goodrich Company
Oak Hill Cemetery
George Chapman
East Eighth Street
Velma B. Dillon
R.F.D
Willard Brown
General Electric
Ben M. Babb
Bahb
Abe announces Japan cabinet with isolationist tilt
General Nobuyuki Abe unveiled his new cabinet adopting an isolationist foreign policy and keeping the foreign affairs portfolio. Gen Shunroku Hata becomes war minister and Vice Admiral Zengo Yoshida takes the navy post while Mamoru Shigemitsu remains in London. The reshuffle follows Hiranuma’s resignation after Germany’s pact with the Soviet Union.
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Tokyo
Nobuyuki Abe
Japan
Shunroku Hata
China
Hirohito
Zengo Yoshida
Mamoru Shigemitsu
London
Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Germany
Russia
Abe
Rome
Berlin
Toshio Shiratori
Hiroshi Oshima
Italy
Kansas Oil Production For September May Be Slashed
Kansas crude oil allowable for September will be set by the corporation commission in Topeka amid a possible sharp cut. Commission attorney Jack Jones laid groundwork after testimony here. Wells have been shut in since August 16 to reduce storage and lift prices. Purchasers estimate September demand at 161,303 barrels per day, down 3,482 from August.
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Wichitz
Kan
UPI
Kansas
Corporation Commission
Topeka
Jack Jones
Commission
Kansan
Payne Ratner
Jones
J. H. Page
Commission Gas
Page
Fair Opens Tomorrow at Big Springs With Large Livestock Entries
Douglas County's thirteenth annual fair begins at noon tomorrow at Big Springs. Belvoir faces Perry in a 2 pm game with an 8 pm rematch, free entertainment from WIBW's Aunt Faye and friends, and daily softball and shows. Livestock entries reach 330 head with judging Thu Fri mornings. poultry 235 birds judged Thursday at 9. Entries for the baby show due by 1:30 Thursday with Mrs Ray Cree. other events include radio fun from KFEQ and Tecumseh drama Friday night.
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Douglas County
Big Springs
Belvoir
Perry
Faye
Ezra
Ollie
WIBW
Ray Cree
KFEQ
Tecumseh Dramatic Club
Chance for Showers Over Kansas Forecast
Weather forecast details scattered showers across Kansas with a cool front moving in from the northwest. Highs near 100 in the west dropping to around 90 elsewhere, lows 60 to 70, with light precipitation totals reported in Concordia and Centralia.
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Kansas
Communities Vie for New Aeronautical Research Lab Site
Washington reports intense competition as more than 25 cities offer sites for a $10 million aeronautical research lab. Col. Lindbergh leads the advisory committee and will consider airports with adequate power water rail access climate and proximity to industrial centers.
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Washington
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Langley Field
Congress
Col. Lindbergh
City Extends Police Power to Airport Regulation
City council moves first reading of an ordinance extending police power to Lawrence Municipal airport. Violators face 90 days in jail or a $100 fine. Final reading due next session. Airport issues include telephone lines shortening runways and upcoming civilian air training needs.
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Lawrence Municipal
Don Ashcraft
Prepare to Lift Squalus Amid Threats of Storm
In Portsmouth New Hampshire salvagers prepared the submarine Squalus for a final lift despite a stiff breeze and choppy seas. Rear Admiral C W Cole delayed his decision on raising the vessel until tonight as northeast storm warnings were issued. The navy tug Sagamore departed with two pontoons for the sunken ship that lies 90 feet below.
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Portsmouth
N. H
C. W. Cole
Sagamore
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Charles E. Rogers Named Head of Technical Journalism at Iowa State
The Iowa board of education announced the appointment of Prof. Charles E. Rogers of Kansas State college to Iowa State College Ames as head of the technical journalism department on a nine month basis with salary of 5000 dollars, succeeding the late Blair Converse.
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Rogers
Iowa State
Kansas Weather Forecast Shows Cloudy Skies and Showers
Partly cloudy with scattered showers in west and north central areas tonight. Southeast and extreme east regions likely to see showers tonight and Wednesday. Cooler in extreme northeast tonight and in east and south Wednesday. Temperature readings note yesterday's high around 81 and today’s min around 60 with a 90 high and 70 low on this date in prior year.
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Kansas
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