Speculation on War Course by American Experts
Washington reporters quote American military experts who see Britain and France unlikely to send large land forces to aid Poland. They foresee a Western democracies push to test the other side, with Poland holding the Vistula while Germany defends the Siegfried Line.
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Washington
Britain
France
Poland
Altho
Germany
Vistula
Danzig
Reich
Siegfried Line
Italy
Npj
Brenner Pass
Russia
Hungary
Rumania
Turkey
New Ambassador Arrives Aboard Aquitania at New York
Lord Lothian, Britain's new ambassador to the United States, arrived on the Aquitania. He said the British government parliament and people are united and resolute to resist aggression. The ship carried 1412 passengers and featured wartime precautions with blacked ships and blue glow bulbs at night.
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New York
Great Britain
United States
Lord Lothian
Aquitania
Ronald Lindsay
Washington
George Gibbons
Admiralty
Swiss cabinet calls extraordinary Parliament meeting
The Swiss federal council summoned an extraordinary session for Wednesday to grant full powers in case of war, discuss general elections, and express confidence in the government. Military measures were ordered to defend neutrality with soldiers around public buildings and legations and travel restrictions at frontiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Federal Council
Highway Patrol Seizes Light Violators Near Baldwin
Officers from the highway patrol and sheriff's office conducted a light check on the highway near Baldwin last night. Seventeen drivers were required to repair their lights before continuing. One truck, laden, was stopped when the driver could not show registration papers at the port of entry and was fined five dollars by a justice of the peace before resuming travel.
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Highway Patrol
Sheriff’s Office
Baldwin
Justice of Peace
Travek
Commemorative Days and their Dates
The list asks for dates and purposes of Labor Day Pan American Day Columbus Day Memorial Day Confederate Memorial Day and Arbor Day. Labor Day honors workers. Pan American Day recognizes cooperation among American republics. Columbus Day marks Columbus discovery. Memorial Day memorializes fallen military personnel. Confederate Memorial Day remembers Confederate soldiers. Arbor Day promotes tree planting.
Bank Shortages Put At 7800 In Wolff Case
Topeka Aug 29 Elwood Brooks state bank commissioner said shortages totaling about 7800 were found in the accounts of P Wolff cashier of the Var Kan state bank who killed himself yesterday as examiners completed an audit W W L Webber uncovered the shortages during an FDIC aided examination Part of the shortages were an unregistered 5000 certificate of deposit and the rest forged notes The bond on Wolff is believed to cover the defalcations
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Topeka
Elwood Brooks
State Bank
P. Wolff
Var
Kan
Brooks
R. Keesling
W. A. Weigel
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Tno
Wolff
W.W. L. Webber
F.d.sc
WPA District Change Sets New Field Area for Douglas County
A state social welfare bulletin announces WPA district realignment effective September 1. Douglas County moves to Field Area No. 5 with main office in Kansas City Kansas, aligning WPA staff districts with other divisions. Certifications will be sent to the county field office, and new federal rules will adjust WPA certification procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred D. Watson
State Department of Social Welfare
WPA
Douglas County
Kansas City
Kan
Social Service
Work Projects Administration
Welfare Department
Italy Remains Serene as Europe Considers War Possibility
Rome reports a calm Italian public despite tension over peace talks with Britain and Hitler. Premier Mussolini reportedly warned by the Italian embassy and poised to act. Frontiers stay open, transport and shops normal, with civilian car traffic banned soon and menus cut to one meat or fish course.
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Rome
Italy
Europe
Berlin
Iitalians
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Ray Wright Leads Prolific Missouri Kansas Insurance Agent
A Provident Mutual report ranks Ray Wright of Lawrence third nationally among 1,200 agents in paid production. His territory covers western Missouri and eastern Kansas. He has nine years with the company and seven years listed as a production leader.
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Provident Mutual Insurance Company
Ray Wright
Lawrence
Wright
Missouri
Kansas
Italian Fascist Beaten in Mentone Return Trip
An Italian Fascist from Paris who was returning from France was attacked by a gang at Mentone, France, as he boarded a train to San Remo. Giovanni Vanzino, a member of the Italian Fascist group’s Paris directorate, was seriously injured.
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Rome
France
Mentone
Frame
San Remo
Giovanni Vanzino
Paris
Farmer Cochran Found Dead in Kansas Field
Mark J Cochran about fifty a farmer near Atlanta Kansas was found dead from a gunshot wound in a field Coroner Marshall Morris said the wound likely an accidental discharge during a hunting incident A neighbor heard several shots and later found the body Cochran is survived by his widow.
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Winfield
Kan
Mark J.cochran
Atlanta
Marshall Morris
Cochran
Oil States Extend L id Oil Shutdown Across Bloc
Officials in five states studied following Texas lead on a brief extension of the oil production halt. Texas will reopen Friday morning, extending the August 15 shutdown by two days as Texas suppliers push prices up. Oklahoma Louisiana New Mexico Kansas and Arkansas follow to decide Friday. Shell plans to restore prices September 1 but other refiners hold firm on cuts.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Lon A. Smith
Texas Railroad Commission
Interstate Compact Commission
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Mexico
Kansas
Arkansas
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Fuiay
Reford Bond
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Earl K. Long
Conservation
Ernest S. Clements
Railroad Commission
T. E. Swigart
Houston
Shell Company
Suspensions for Mead and Weill Over Boxing Disruption
Eddie Mead manager of Henry Armstrong is suspended for one year by the New York State Athletic Commission. Al Weill promoter for Lou Ambers receives a four month suspension for conduct detrimental to boxing. The penalties follow last week's chaotic Armstrong Ambers title bout, with a lifting of suspensions for the welterweight title defense in November.
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New York
Eddie Mead
Henry Armstrong
New York State Athletic Commission
al Weill
Lou Ambers
Betwen Ambers
Armstrong
Ambers
Lawrence Water Department Reports July Pumped Volume
The Lawrence water department told the council last night that on July tenth 53 308000 gallons were pumped into the distribution system. The same month a year earlier saw 41139000 gallons. Delinquent real property taxes have two days left to be paid interest free. September charges accrue 6 percent interest. C C Winsler reports harvesting 500 bushels of grapes from his vineyard west of town along highway 40. A Lawrence couple walked with their baby on Massachusetts street while a portable radio rested in the carriage drawing attention.
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City Water Department
C. C. Winsler
Journal-World Office
Highway 40
Massachusetts Street
French Reservists Massed Near Italian Frontier
Thousands of French reserves have gathered in makeshift garritons along the coast near Cannes, with Senegalese sharpshooters and anti aircraft squads patrolling roads. Tanks and artillery move east toward Italy as Paris weighs war or peace. Troops line highways to the frontier while authorities report limited Italian border defense signs.
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Cannes
France
U.S.S
Trenton
Washington
Paris
Italy
Plane Crash Kills Pilot Jack Ramsey and Elderly Passenger
Two people died when a four cylinder cabin plane crashed and burned south of Corydon Indiana. The pilot identified by his course as Jack Ramsey 30 of Granite City Illinois and an elderly woman believed to be his mother were killed in the Aug 29 accident.
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Corydon
Ind
Jack Ramsey
Granite City
Here
Danzig
Poland
German Short Wave Stations Report Polish Atrocities Story
The Daily News says German stations DIB and DJD aired Polish atrocity stories in German and English. Reports describe Germans tortured, a pregnant woman killed, a child maimed, and mass desertions across the Poland Latvia border as Germans flee Polish terror in war time.
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U. S
New York
Daily News Today
DIB
DJD
Poland
Riga
Germany
City Council Debates Airport Signals and Street Sign Project
City council discussed installing signals at Eighth and Tenth streets with action delayed while funds are allocated in next year’s budget. Councilman Brown announced rapid progress on about 600 street signs to be installed by Cornhusking contest. A Massachusetts street curb proposal was referred to a committee after citizen talks led by Attorney Richard Stevens.
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Brown
Richard Stevens
Massachusetts Street
Ways and Means
Health Board
J. W. Stone
Telephone Company
A. W. Berger
Greeley
Colo
Lawrence
Fire destroys Daigoji temple in Kyoto
The Daigoji temple in Kyoto, one of Japan’s oldest and national treasures, was destroyed by fire. More than 1,000 firefighters battled the blaze over a day, with several people reported missing after the fire consumed about 100 acres of surrounding forest. the temple dates back to 951 A.D. and featured a famed five tiered pagoda.
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Kyoto
Japan
House panel seeks to stop Kuhn escape from United States
Washington August 29 The house committee probing un American activities will ask New York authorities to prevent band leader Kritz Kuhn and other witnesses from fleeing the country Police and port officials will be instructed to block Kuhn from departing on the German liner Bremen held in New York to prevent his escape.
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Washington
House
New York
Kritz Kuhn
Kuhn
Bremen
Roosevelt Explains Ship Inspections In U S Ports
President Roosevelt said inspections of ships in American ports to check for possible armament were normal and applied to vessels of all nations. He named the Bremen Normandie De Grasse and New York as examples and said detentions would occur if a ship showed intent to raid merchant shipping.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bremen
Normandie
de Grasse
New York
United States
Humble Oil Restores Crude Prices Amid Texas Shakeup
Humble Oil Company reinstated the higher crude postings retroactive to August 11, citing changes in conditions. Jerry Sadlery of the Texas Railroad Commission announced the shutdown of oil fields would end at midnight with no extension. Ernest O. Thompson called the move a victory for producing states and predicted other buyers would follow, saying it would restore about 100 million dollars annually to Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Jerry Sadlery
Texas Railroad Commision
Texas
Houston
Humble Company
Humble
Sinclair Prairie
New Mexico
Ernest O. Thompson
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Bees edge Cards in showers to snap slide
Boston Bees beat St. Louis 2 to 1 as Dick Erickson pitched a full game despite frequent showers. Cards fall five and a half games behind Reds in the National League race. Other games postponed or played as rain-hit schedule closed.
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Boston
Althe
Boston Bees
St. Louis Cardinals
Dick Errickson
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis
Weiland
Bowman
Owen
Errickson
Lopez
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
Chicarp
Philadelphia
Hitler’s Answer Opens Door to Negotiations in Europe
As Europe faces a turning point between war and negotiation Premier Mussolini may play an active role. Britain’s emergency session anticipated a note offering Poland talks with Hitler in a peaceful climate while pledging support if Poland resists. In China Chiang Kai-shek vows to fight on and a Russian-equipped squadron repels Japanese bombers. Japan’s Hiranuma cabinet discusses Europe, Abe forms a new government. The United States plans to reinforce the Panama Canal garrison with 7360 more troops.
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Mussolini
Hitler
Great Britain
Europe
Chamberlain
Poland
France
Adolf Hitler
Far East
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Hongkong
Chungking
Tokyo
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Nobuyuki Abe
Japan
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Roosevelt Links Neutrality Act Delay to European Crisis
President Roosevelt told reporters that Congress failure to revise the neutrality act helped spark the European crisis. He noted a senate delay on embargo repeal was cited in world capitals as a factor, with opinions ranging from major to minor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Roanoke
Louis Johnson
Germany
Senate
Mrs. George Mayer Dies at 78 in Chicago
Mrs. George Mayer aged 78 died yesterday in Chicago. She was mother to the late George Mayer a machinist for the Edgar Steel Seal Company. Mrs Mayer had lived in Lawrence for about 15 years with her son.
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George Mayer
Chicago
Edgar -Steel Seal Company
Downing Street Sealed Off for Neville Chamberlain
About 100 policemen closed Downing Street to the public in London as crowds gathered at the street ends near No 10. Mounted guards patrolled the entrances as a precaution to protect Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, aged 70.
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London
Downing’ Street
Short Street
Neville Chamberlain
No. 10
Babies Born to McLouth Parents at Lawrence Memorial
Parents Mr. and Mrs. L Shrader of McLouth welcomed a baby boy born this morning at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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L. Shrader
McLouth
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Galento Nova Fight Postponed To September 15
Philadelphia boxing promoter Herman Taylor announced an eight day postponement of the Galento Nova heavyweight bout to give Lou Nova more time to recover from a slight cold. The fight now set for Friday night September 15 in Orange, New Jersey, after originally being scheduled for September 7 in the same venue.
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Philadelphia
Lou Nova
Nova
Herman Taylor
Orange
N.J
Hitler cuts the diet imposes one course meals
Adolf Hitler and his Wilhelmstrasse staff adopt a strict one course meal in line with emergency measures. His cook is instructed to strike soup and dessert from the bill of fare for the time being.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelmstrasse
Fuehrer
Community News From Eudora and Nearby Areas
Local social notes recap visits travels and gatherings in Eudora Kansas and Lawrence Missouri includes trips to Colorado Denver and Chicago attendance at funerals and parties with multiple residents attending picnics watermelon gatherings towel showers and birthday celebrations.
Community Notes From Olmstead Area Social Calendar
Mr Sellers attended a Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Ruthrauff and Seely while enrollment in the high school stood at 88 with ten more pupils expected and sixteen from outside the district. Local families travel to skating in Lawrence with Chester Baecker and others, and several residents return from trips to Kentucky Minnesota and New York. Various visits and visits to churches, missionary talks in St Pauls, and a Girl Scout overnight trip to Gardner Lake are mentioned along with multiple family gatherings and travelers among the Olmstead community
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Olmstead
Sellers
Ruthrauff
Seely
Chester Baecker
Lawrence
J. M. Hearing
Kentucky
Maxine Daugherty
Mary Virginia Pierce
Morris Starr
Chester Baecher
Ralph Wotan
Mr. Cage
Hearing
Wakarusa
Ervin Votan
Asa Coleman
Margaret of Lawrence
Eudora
Gardner Lake
J. H. Wagaman
J. R
Mys
Mary F. Williams
Eliga von Gunten
Tiffin
T. M. Chalmers
New York
F. W. von Gunten
May
Findley, O
Albert von Gunten
Mary Williams
Eliza von Gunten
St. Pauls
Fay Ann Everely
Helen Wilson
Linwood
John Everley
Jackie Dailey
R. C. Nuttally
Bellview
Archie Allen
Baby
Topeka
Ben Erwin
Gottlieb Nieder
John
David
Kansas City
Gottlieb Neider
John David
W. C. Flory
Valley Grove
Virginia, Junior
Kenneth Stadler
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Colorado
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Marie Abels
Julius Lotz
C. L. Holmes
Lizzie Brown
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Forest Hill Cemetery
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Denver
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Marvin Gaile
Gardner
Bert Daugherty
John Miller
August Richtermaier
George Bartz
Laverne Guenther
Retta ‘Kraus
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Lucy Kaegi
Alice Kohler
Lena Eder
Clara Neustifter
Henry M Hagenbuch
Augusta Carr
Kraus
Harold von Gunten
Charisie
Lamar
Finlay, O
Robert Gabriel
Anna Ainish
Sim Snyder
Clinton Park
M. H. Cox
J. R. Garrat
Allen Cochran
Troy
Christine Eisele
Will Eisele
Franklin
George Warmker
Curtis Diedrich
Jim Shirck
Virginia
Ed Forsythe
Margaret
Curtis
Diedrich
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Ray Morris
Herman Bohnsack
Albert Edler
Mabel
Joe
Lorene Daugherty
Clarence Daugherty
Ray Stroud
Thelma Erwin
Carl Strong
Thelma
Richard Erwin
H. Reifschneider
Nebraska
Margaret Ogden
Virginia Schirk
Allis Margaret Tarrell
Elgie Jones
W. S. Love
Shelton
Neb
Eldon Davis
Independence
Fred Pointer
Round Corner
Tore
Walton Higher
Lawrence Business College
Rumsey Funeral Home
Indiana
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