Hitler Indicates Willingness to Negotiate as War Threat Grows
London reports Hitler signaled possible direct talks with Poland while Britain and France seek allied mediation. Britain’s note invites a further reply from Hitler as Europe braces for possible conflict. Poland mobilizes reservists amid high tensions and continued evacuations in Paris and Rome.
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Germany
Britain
Europe
Russia
Far East
Japan
Korea
China
Manchoukuo
Soviet Siberia
Outer Mongolia
Paris
Rome
Mobilization and tax hikes hit several regions
In Warsaw officials announce a large partial mobilization as Germany hardens its stance over Danzig and the Polish corridor. Poland estimates 1.3 to 1.5 million under arms with calls for up to 4 million if full mobilization proceeds, while transport and mediation efforts unfold. Kansas plans a millage increase of 1.31 to fund soldier bonus bonds and reduce revenue gaps, with tangible property taxes rising to 1.30 mills and intangibles at 50 cents per $100.
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Topeka
Kansas
John McCuish
Commission of Revenue and Taxation
McCuish
Confidence in Berlin Signals Germany Moves to Mediate
Berlin reports Hitler called top aides and cabinet members to discuss possible mediation with Britain and Poland as talks with the British government proceed. German officials say no time limit is set, while Danzig and corridor demands remain unchanged and London, Paris, and The Netherlands respond with cautious optimism.
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Hitler
Poland
France
Germany
Berlin
Wilhelmina
Leopold
Great Britain
London
Fuehrer
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Walther von Brauchitsch
Erich Raeder
Heinrich Himmler
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Paris
Land
Roosevelt
Danzig
Chamberlain
Weygand to Lead Eastern Mediterranean Allied Forces
General Maxime Weygand, 72, arrived in Beirut after flying from Paris and was reported to be chosen as commander of allied forces in the eastern Mediterranean in case of war. He retired as chief of the army in 1935 and is to be the commander in a hypothetical war scenario alongside French British and allied units.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Berlin
Hitler
Nevile Henderson
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Fuehrer
Poland
France
Maxime Weygand
Syria
Paris
Mediterranean
Germany
Danzig
Near East
Weygand
Beirut
Army General Staff
King George Visits War Office in Private Prep Tour
King George VI toured the War Office in London this afternoon to inspect Britain's wartime preparedness, described as private and informal. He was accompanied by the Duke of Gloucester and an accompanying board of inquiry scheduled for tomorrow.
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London
King George
Britain
War Office
Duke of Glouces Board
Stock Market Index Edges Down in Latest Report
The stock market index for 60 stocks stands at 47.0, down from 47.3 yesterday, reflecting modest losses across the broader market. Investors monitor small-cap shifts and sector movements as markets open.
Roosevelt to Meet With The War Resources Board
President Roosevelt planned a first meeting with the War Resources Board a panel of industrial experts. Edward R Stettinius Jr headed the board with Louis Johnson and Charles Edison also invited. White House says the President monitors European crisis and made frequent late evening calls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Resources Board
White House
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United States Steel Corporation
Louis Johnson
Charles Edison
Navy
French Railways Requisitioned for Military Use
Paris reports Premier Daladier orders immediate requisition of the entire French railway system and its rolling stock for military use. Commercial traffic may be suspended as needed. government owns 51 percent of the system through a nationalized operation since 1938.
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Paris
Lawrence Leaders Urge Attendance at Douglas County Fair
H. W. Keene chairman of the Merchants Bureau and Charles Radcliffe president of the Chamber of Commerce urge Lawrence businessmen and citizens to attend the Douglas county fair opening at Big Springs today with a large Lawrence delegation invited to the entertainment program tomorrow evening.
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H. W. Keene
Merchants Bureau
Charles Radcliffe
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Douglas County
Big Springs
Liner searches in New York Harbor slow sailings
In New York Harbor the liners Normandie Transylvania Bremen and Aquitania face customs searches for contraband before potential departures. Bremen may sail at the next tide with police and Dies committee guards ensuring security, while Cunard White Star shifts sailings to Vandyck. authorities stress armed-ship risk.
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New York
Normandie
Transylvania
Bremen
Aquitania
Harry M. Durning
Cunard-White Star Line
Lamport and Holt
Liverpool
United States
Admiralty
Europe
Ronald Lindsay
State Department
Washington
Adolf Aherns
William Drechsel
Germany
Cunard
White Star Line
Dies Committee
Alien Squad
James Donnelly
Coast Guard
Lloyd Line
Roosevelt
F D R Sets Thanksgiving Early for Next Year Too
President Roosevelt announces Thanksgiving will be on November 21 1940 as the third Thursday instead of the fourth. Governors and officials protest and some will keep November 30. move aims to give merchants more holiday time and aid football schedule planning.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Boys in Blue March in 73d and Perhaps Their Last Parade
Pittsburgh on August 30. The Grand Army of the Republic veterans, many white haired, march in a strictly military parade for the 73rd encampment. About 1,700 surviving G A R members and 150 attendees participate, with most riding in cars while a band plays The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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Boys In Blue
Pittsburgh
Grand Army of the Republic
Johnson defeats Conner for Mississippi governor nomination
Paul Burney Johnson backed by Senator Theodore Bilbo wins the Democratic nomination over Martin Sennett Conner by about 22,000 votes in a runoff. Returns from 1,507 of 1,660 precints show Johnson with 140,785 to Conner 118,015, reshaping Bilbo's power for 1940 and Bilbo's senate bid amid Governor Hugh White's unseating bid.
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Jackson
Miss
Paul Burney Johnson
Theodore G. Bilbo
Washington
Martin Sennett Conner
Mississippi
Pat Harrison
Bilbo
Congress
Conner
Johnson
Bilbo- Johnson
Roosevelt
Senate
Hugh White
White
Harrison
Kansas and Missouri Boys Display Prize Livestock
Kansas City hosts the Midwest vocational agriculture fat stock show where 325 boys from Kansas and Missouri display over 2000 calves sheep and hogs. Entries are judged today and Thursday with auctions Friday to fund further schooling. The event, supervised by vocational agriculture teachers, is called The Little American Royal stock show.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Midwest Vocational Agriculture
JAIL NARCOTICS CHIEF GETS 10 YEAR SENTENCE IN KC
Mike Licausi alias Mike Carsi is described as a major narcotics figure here. He was sentenced to 10 years by Federal Judge John Caskie Collet after being convicted on sale purchase and concealment of narcotics. An associate, Charles Crapisi, 43, a lieutenant in Angelo Donnici s syndicate, received an additional two years to be served consecutively.
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Kansas City
Mike Licausi
Mike Carsi
John Caskie Collet
Charles Crapisi
Angelo Donnici
Merrill E. Otis
Licausi
Donnici
Roosevelt Horner oil conservation talks studied
Washington Aug 30 The petroleum conservation commission opened a study of correspondence between President Roosevelt and Governor Henry Horner of Illinois on Illinois participation in the Connally hot oil act. The material centers on Roosevelt suggesting the Illinois legislature consider oil conservation measures when it reconvenes for social security bills.
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Washington
Petroleum Conservative Commission
Roosevelt
Henry Horner
Illinois
Horner
Oil
German Train Delayed Over Corridor Rights
Berlin reports the Marienburg to Danzig to Berlin service did not cross Pomorze as Polish railway officials did not provide a locomotive and crew. The DNB accuses this of violating the 1921 Paris treaty guaranteeing German communication rights across the corridor.
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Berlin
DNB
Marienburg
East Prussia
Danzig - Berlin
Pomorze
Paris
Germany
Prussia
Half a Million Hire in Lawrence Levy Revealed
Kansas state levy announces Lawrence taxpayers face 37.67 dollars per 1000 assessed valuation this year, up 57 cents from last year. State general levy and soldiers' relief bonds also rise. Douglas County municipalities expect little change once valuations are certified, county auditor Mildred Le Suer said.
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State of Kansas
Lawrence
Douglas County
State Tax Commission
Mildred le Suer
Mercury climbs to record highs across Kansas
Topeka reports 106 degrees at 2 30 pm setting a late season record. Wichita hits 105 the highest August 30 in 52 years. Wellington reaches 112 the year’s high. Other readings include Fredonia 107 Parsons 105 and Lawrence 103 by 3 pm marking the first 100 degree day in August.
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Topeka
Mercury
Wichita
Wellington
Fredonia
Parsons
Lawrence
PLAN OUSTER ACTIONS IN PENDERGAST CITY COUNCIL
Kansas City August 30 recallists move to file ouster actions against two Pendergast era council members and seek mandamus to force City Clerk Regan to accept petitions. They target Ted O Sullivan Jerome G Galvin and aim to trigger November election after ten day signature window.
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Kansas City
Pendergast
Bryce B. Smith
State Supreme Court
Ted O’sullivan
Jerome G. Galvin
Charles W. Regan
Eviston
Adams
Regan
Smith
Kansas Oil Wells to Resume Production Friday
Kansas oil wells will resume production Friday September 1 ending a 15 day shutdown that reduced crude and gasoline reserves. Andrew F. Schoeppel chairman said the commission’s order of August 16 shutting down production to prevent waste would be lifted at 7 a.m. Friday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Corporation Commission
Andrew F. Schoeppel
West Virginia convention backs Roosevelt third term
The West Virginia C.1.0 convention adopted unanimously a resolution endorsing a third term for President Roosevelt.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Slovak Government Surrenders Powers to German Military
Bratislava Aug 30. Premier Josef Tiso issued a decree surrendering Slovak civil powers to the German military occupying Bratislava on Poland's southern frontier. More than 300 000 German troops are in Slovakia. Slovaks must supply autos horses and food and may be tried under German military law. German planes fly over Bratislava toward Polish frontier airports.
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Bratislavia
Slovakia
Josef Tiso
Poland
Tiso
Bratislava
Deep Test at Lone Star Dry Hole in Douglas County
Field workers prepared to pull the casing after Doug las county’s first deep test well Louis Griffith No 1 C NW SE section 4 14 18 west of Lone Star was abandoned as a dry hole at about 2120 feet. Drilling had reached the Arbuckle dolomite and then granite below, with no production expected.
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Douglas County
Louis Griffith
Lone Star
Lewis Burns
Emmett Veeder
Cherryvale
Frank Jenkins
Gilroy Hugo
Squirrel
Baldwin
Gardner
Bartlesville
Wilcox
Burns
Mississippi
Pure Oil Company
Forest City
Atchison County
Atchison
Three-Star Company of
Tulsa
Okla
N. E. Kansas Oil Exploration Corporation, Inc
Lawrence
Veeder Company
Brad Powell
Griffith
Powell
Rantoul
Franklin County
Paris School Children Leave for Rural Retreats
Paris Aug 30. School children with soldier fathers leave home for country retreats amid war danger as nearly 50 000 pupils evacuate Paris on special trains. Stations show order and anxiety mostly among teachers while children, some with gas masks, depart to safety. Boy scouts assisted with loading and identity tags mark departure times and destinations.
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Paris
Montparnasse
Ratner to Attend Baldwin Program at Santa Fe Trail Picnic
The tenth annual Santa Fe Trail picnic will be held at Baldwin on September 1 and 2 with speakers Gov. Payne H. Ratner on Friday and Judge Walter A. Haxman on Saturday. Gordon Ware will join on Saturday afternoon, and a full two day program includes races, contests, rodeo and carnival attractions, stage entertainment, and nightly dances.
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Baldwin
Payne H. Ratner
Walter A. Haxman
Kansas
Ratner
Haxman
Cherokee Carnival Company
Wellsville
Baker University
Earl Hall
Abnormal Summer Heat Hits Kansas Central West
Topeka reports temperatures well above one hundred as Ellis Phillipsburg Hill City Wichita and Topeka all show extreme highs. Forecasts predict more hot sunny weather with little rain and a slight cooling by tomorrow. Robb notes a drifting low pressure area and hot winds continuing to dry soils across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Reading
Wichita
Robb
Eighteen Pursuit Planes to Boost Panama Canal Defenses
Eighteen Curtiss P-36 pursuit planes based at Selfridge Field Mich were ordered by the War Department to fly immediately to the Panama Canal. Major Harold H. George will command the squadron, which is to be stationed permanently at the canal base.
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Mt. Clemens
Mich
Selfridge Field
War Department
Panama Canal
Harold H. George
Air Corps
Canal Base
Ready Mixed Concrete Wins Kansas City Sewer Contract
Boss Tom Pendergast's Ready Mixed Concrete company won the Kansas City sewer project contract with a bid of $74,832. Ralph F. Cameron, newly appointed city director of public works, awarded the contract.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Ralph EF. Cameron
New City
Public Works
Weather Forecast Output For Kansas Region
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures in the west and north central areas. Temperature readings include a 69 degree current mark and past day highs and lows, as of morning observations.
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Kansas
Cody
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