Two Governments Shape Plans for Peace or Battle
London report shows British French cabinets drafting urgent plans to prevent war with Hitler over Czechoslovakia. France moves to mobilize industry and prepare for possible conflict while seeking coordinated diplomacy with Britain.
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London
Entente
Hitler
Europe
France
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Lord Halifax
Germany
Praha
Tman
Reich
Kansas Republican committee picks Walter Fees as state chairman
Walter Fees of Iola was elected Kansas Republican state chairman as the party completed its organization for the November election. Fees promised a Republican victory and urged strong volunteer work. The meeting elected Mrs. Elizabeth Reigart of Baxter Springs as vice chairman and Henry Otto and John McCuish as secretary and treasurer respectively. The council discussed platform planks including tax, school aid, highway policy, state employee donations, and merit system proposals while Ratner led the resolutions team and sought wider input for the platform.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Republican Committee
Walter Fees
Iola
Fees
Payne Ratner
Frank G. Todd
Everest
Ratner
Kansas
Washington
Council Resolutions Committee
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas Ferbiliosa
State Corporation Commission
Highway Department
John R. Golden
Emergency Prohibition Committee
County Attorneys’ Association
Virgil Hill
Hiawatha
Grant Watson
Burlingame
Germany Lets North Sea Navy Maneuvers Continue
Berlin reports that Germany's rebuilt navy conducts routine maneuvers in the North Sea while army drills continue nationwide. Hitler inspects fortifications on borders with France and Switzerland as British forces prepare exercises and tensions rise over the Czechoslovak crisis.
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North Sea
Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Navy Ministry
Nurnberg
Chimes Chief Denies Swing Music on Berkeley Campus
John M. Noyes, master of the Campanile chimes, blocks students petitioning for swing music on the University of California campus. He states No, vendors must leave the campus for such tunes. The Aug 30, 71 note records student push for new music by the chimes.
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Berkeley
University of California
John M. Noyes
Ito
Salvation Army Budget Set By Local Advisory Board
The Salvation Army advisory board at 729 Vermont met to review last year’s work and approve the coming year’s budget. Captain Olin Brigman presented the budget, which was unanimously passed as a minimum to sustain operations. Dr. Lyle S. Powell, R. B. Stevens and George Mills were tasked to recruit a chair for the annual financial campaign and to meet by September 12 to plan. The board planned to elect three new members and meet again with attendance from Roger Williams, Richard Stevens, Powell, Mills, and Brigman, after the building inspection.
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Salvation Army Advisory Board
Army
Vermont
Olin Brigman
Lyle S. Powell
R. B. Stevens
George Mills
Roger Williams
Richard Stevens
Two Gunmen Killed in Indianapolis Shootout
Two gunmen were shot to death in a hail of gunfire with three deputy sheriffs in southeastern Indianapolis. The cab riders opened fire as deputies halted a taxi, and the deputies killed them with no injuries. The cab driver escaped unharmed. Names tied to the suspects included Earl Lindsay and William Davis, both of Council Bluffs Iowa. a possible alias A V Bradshaw appeared on one hat. A rifle, two Arkansas license plates and a police dog were found in the suspects’ car. The cab driver Wayne Schull said the men had visited several resorts.
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Indianapolis
Robert Harritt
Earl Lindsay
William Davis
Council Bluffs
A. V. Bradshaw
Beggs
Okla
Arkansas
Harritt
Wayne Schull
Eyewitness testifies body found in doctor’s fruit cellar
Irwin Harbaugh testified at Dr. William F. LaMance’s preliminary hearing that Ella LaMance’s body was in the cellar three days before discovery. He said LaMance hinted she might be inside and urged a search, as neighbors recalled a glass crash the night of her disappearance.
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William F. LaMance
Irwin
Doc) Harbaugh
Lon R. Owen
Harbough
Max Brown
Brown
L. O. Girdner
Kansas City
Pershing Place
Dr. LaMance
William Byrd
LaMance
Lawrence rector to lead St. Johns Hampton Virginia
The Rev. Carter Harrison, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Lawrence for six years, has accepted the rector post at St. John’s Church in Hampton Virginia. He will assume duties October 1 and will preach in Lawrence for three more Sundays. Mrs. Harrison and their son join him soon.
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Carter Harrison
Trinity Episcopal Church
St. John’s Church
Hampton
Effingham Voters Approve Grade School Bond Issue
Effingham Kansas voters approved a 19800 dollar grade school bond by six votes. A prior sixteen thousand two hundred dollar WPA grant had already been authorized.
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Effingham
Effingham, Kan
Cobb In Trial Speed Run On Salt Flats
John Cobb the London fur broker drove his Railton over the 18 mile course at Bonneville Salt Flats twice and postponed a bid for the world land speed record. An unofficial outward run near 300 mph and return about 325 mph fell short of Capt. George Eyston’s 345.49 mph record set last Saturday.
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John Cobb
London
Cobb
George E. T. Eyston
Eyston
Stalemate on War Fronts Reported in Asia and Europe
In China Japanese planes and infantry bombarded Chinese positions southwest of Kiukiang on the Yangtze front with no significant changes. Government forces and insurgents also seemed stalemated in Spain.
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Associated Press
China
Kiukiang
Yangtze Front
Spain
School Opening Edition Highlights 1938 Journal-World
A sixteen page tabloid section marks the start of the 1938 school year in the Journal-World. It covers teachers, building improvements and upcoming events along with advertisements from Lawrence firms.
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Journal-World
Europe Crisis: Roosevelt Hull at White House Conference
Roosevelt and Hull conferred on central Europe crisis. The State Department center warned the tension may peak around the upcoming Nazi party meeting in Nuremberg within a fortnight. Diplomatic dispatches from capitals keep Washington informed as Hull resists vacation while the President returns to discuss Mexico.
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Roosevelt
Hull
Europe
White House
State Department
Nuremberg
Police approve 50 watt radio trial for Lawrence station
City council grants authorization to install a 50 watt Collins transmitter in the Lawrence police station for a 90 day trial with a 30 day readiness target. Costs total 2401 dollars for the transmitter and two patrol car units as the city seeks a permanent license for a 30 000 kilocycle ultra high frequency channel.
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Lawrence
Alfred Lawrence
Feveral Communications Commission
Washington
Wren
Council
Willard Brown
Walter Palmateer
Police Committee
St. Joseph
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Champaign
Ill
Collins Company
Missouri
Oregon
Douglas County
Kansas City
Kan
Warning Against Posting Of Bills In City Streets
Willard Brown warns against posting signs on city property and poles after weekend reports of unauthorized cards reading Kansas Is Ready For Repeal. The city ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to put up handbills or posters on property without owner permission.
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Willard Brown
Brown
Kansas
Bombers Reported Down Canton Clash Near Shuikwan
Chinese officials said today that nineteen Chinese planes shot down six Japanese bombers near Shuikwan on the Canton Hankow railway in northeastern Kwangtung province.
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Canton
Shuikwan
Canton-Hankow
Kwangtung Province
Farmers urged to curb wheat to aid price stability
Western AAA administrator George Farrell warned wheat prices may fall below current levels next year unless farmers join the government acreage reduction plan. Eastern counties reported strong resistance and low signing rates, with Neosho and Shawnee counties illustrating wide reluctance to cut wheat planted last year. Farrell outlined payments and penalties tied to allotments, noting parity gains, soil conservation support, loans and crop insurance for compliant farmers.
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Hutchinson
Kan
George F. Farrell
Western Aaa
Topeka
George Farrell
Western Division
AAA
Kansas
Agriculture Committees
Farrell
Neosho County
Preston Hale
Shawnee
Neosho
Western Kansas
Eastern Kansas
BE. H. Leker
Hays Wednesay
Shawnee County
Harrison Serves Notice On Fiscal Policy Independence
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, served a new notice today asserting his independence from the administration on major fiscal policies in Jackson Mississippi.
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Harrison
Jackson
Miss
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Surplus Agency Plans $30 Million Wheat Revolving Fund
The Surplus Commodities Corporation will borrow 30 million dollars to create a revolving fund to place 100 million bushels of American wheat on the world market.
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Washington
Surplus Commodities Corporation
City rejects Rapid Transit bus route changes in Lawrence
By an 11 to 1 vote the Lawrence city council accepted a special committee report to refuse the Rapid Transit companys proposal to change bus routes. The motion to resubmit the plan failed 7 to 5 after initial committee approval.
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Lawrence City Council
Rapid Transit Company
Lawrence
Ralph Pine
H. G. Angwin
Rapid Transit
C. C. Shimmons
Shimmons
Iit
East Lawrence
R. O. Burgert
Shimmons, Hunsinger, Rowland, Burgert
Palmateer
West Lawrence
Tennessee Street
Wright Bound Over in Baldwin Murder Case
James Wright a 76 year old Black man was bound over to the November term of district court on a first degree murder charge for the August 15 shooting death of Ralph Shults in Baldwin. Wright failed to post 10000 bond and was jailed. Albert Larson and Baldwin marshal William Whitted testified about the shooting scene and Wright’s transfer to Lawrence as spectators filled the county courtroom.
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James Wright
Baldwin
Milton P. Beach
Wright
Ralph Shults
Albert Larson
William Whitted
Charles A. Springer
Larson
Whitted
Lawrence
Democratic State Committee Reelects Officers as Meade Declines Insurance Post
The Democratic state central committee re elected its officers but Meade of Topeka declined the nomination for insurance commissioner after being named to fill the vacancy left by Farley. C M Fitzwilliam was re elected state chairman with Helen Houston and Harold Goodwin among officers. Governor Haxman praised the administration and chaired the platform committee while the resolutions and credentials panels sorted county contests and proxy questions.
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Topeka
Democratic State Central Committee
Lakin Meade
James F. Farley
Wichita
Meade
Orelle Bauersfeld
C. M
Fitzwilliam
Helen Houston
Harold Goodwin
Wellington
Alien W. Sandidge
Mulberry
Leigh Warner
Cimarron
W. H. Burke
Board of Administration
State Central Committee
William Drennan
Kansas City
Kan
J. E. Hodson
Osborne County
Wayne Green
Reno
Rooks
State Committee
Drennon
Konrad C. Beck
Marion Barrett Rooks
Haxman
City approves sixteenth street paving extension project
The city council passed an ordinance to pave Sixteenth Street from Barker Avenue to Rhode Island Street if a federal grant becomes available. The Barker Avenue paving work proceeds with costs unsettled. The meeting also approved notes for the water sinking fund and routine city business.
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Sixteenth Street
Barker Avenue
Rhode Island Street
Ways and Means
Water Department
Unsettled Weather Rules Kansas State With Rain Likely
Topeka reports unsettled weather moving in from the west with scattered thundershowers. Rainfall totals across Kansas include Par sons 1.40 inches and Oswego 1.49 inches, with highs near 95 to 100 degrees in many areas and cooler nights ahead.
Davis Campaign Names Managers For Governor Bid
Topeka Aug 30 CPI T Wiseman of Gridley chosen as Davis campaign manager for governor run. Davis a Bronson farmer and former governor announced his leaders this week with J F Swaenger of Topeka named campaign secretary.
Average of 60 stocks shows 47.8 yesterday
The average of sixty stocks rose to 47.8 as of yesterday, up from 47.3. The brief market snapshot notes the modest gain across the index without detailing individual securities.
Weather forecast notes statewide unsettled period in Kansas
Partly cloudy and unsettled tonight and Wednesday with slightly warmer conditions in the northeast. Morning readings show partly cloudy to cloudy skies in Arkansas City Wichita and Salina while Garden City remains clear. Dirt roads mostly good. Temperatures record lists 7 p.m. yesterday as high and today’s noon reading at 69.
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Kansas
Arkansas City
Wichita
Salina
Garden City
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