Danish capitulation and martial law under Nazi occupation
German forces seize control in Denmark, install martial law, and detain King Christian X and cabinet as Danish ships seek refuge in Sweden. Refugees flood across Oresund, fires erupt in Copenhagen harbor, and Danish navy is largely sunk or captured while the government and church leaders resist Nazi demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stocxiheln
Denmark
Copenhagen
Sweden
Oeresund
Christian X
Landskrona
Eric Javenna
Christian
Sorgenfri Castle
Hermann von Hannecken
A. m
Martial aWne
Regency risk as Greece may face government collapse
The passage argues the regency is unlikely to avert the fall of the orphaned Philov government and its replacement by a military cabinet. It suggests the new leadership would come from the pro German military, possibly breaking ties with Russia and taking on Greece's defense amid a broader Russian conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philov
Russia
Greece
Allied air and naval strikes hit Italian rail yards and ports
American B 26 Marauders and Royal Air Force bombers struck Torre Annunziata and Orte rail yards and Naples area targets, destroying railway junctions and freight cars. Allied forces reported heavy enemy losses, while Russian advances threaten large Nazi formations in the Donets basin and Taganrog evacuation signals strategic German withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
II Orie
Rome
Torre Annunziata
Bay of Naples
Italy
R.A.F
Orte
Calabrian
Cape Pellaro
Boston
Baltimore
Reggio
Calabria
San Giovanni
Messina
Cosenza
la Mezia
Angitola
Vesuvius
Rome-Florence
Sulmona
Terni
Associated Press
Naples
Salerno
Catanzaro
Augusta
Mediterranean
Paul Burns
Geuda Springs
Kan
Taganrog
Russia
Rostov
Caucasus
Kharkov
Donets Basin
Rotary hears Naval airman recount Pacific and Atlantic service
Aviation Cadet Ronald Hecht 23 of Waseca Minnesota told Rotary members at Kansas University about his Navy career since 1939. Hecht flew over the Atlantic and Pacific on PBYs and bombed in the Solomons. He praised Australian forces and noted a near miss when his plane was hit, yet remained undamaged.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Hecht
Pearl Harbor
Greenland
United States
Australia
Hawaii
New Caledonia
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Southwest
Randolph Neil
Navy Aviation Training Unit
Rotary
Douglas County
Laird Dean
Topeka
Wartime University Admits Women Amid Military Training
W MAJUD stated mothers should not worry as women enrollments at Mt. Oread rise to normal despite heavy military demands. Officers oversee study halls and barracks, with strict registration. New courses in nursing, home economics, bacteriology, and occupational therapy expand paths for women and servicemen alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence C. Woodruff
Elizabeth Meguiar
Mt. Oread
Cooler in the East Brings Relief After Hot Kansas Day
Showery conditions and cooler winds moved into eastern Kansas after a Sunday when temperatures topped 100 in several towns. Phillipsburg reached 102 degrees while Topeka recorded a record 100 for the date. light showers were reported in the north central area. Concordia measured 0.13 inch and Phillipsburg 0.10 inch. The Weather Bureau forecast little change in temperatures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mercury
Phillipsbore
North
Concordia Masur
Inch
Phillipsburg
Althe Weatherman
D. Flora
Allied landings on Arundel island and Salamaua frontline fighting
Allied communique reports unopposed landing on Arundel island near Kolombangara and consolidation by ground forces. Japanese counterattacks across Salamaua front force slight withdrawals as heavy air and naval attacks support Allied advance in New Guinea and the Solomons.
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Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
New Guinea
Solomons
Arundel Island
New Georgia
Kolombankara
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
Voco Point
Kolombangara
Vila
Hansa Bay
Wewak
Madang
Kavieng
New Ireland
Shortland Island
Long Island
Vitiaz Strait
Dili
Timor
Change at Sunflower Dr J E Andes to Leave Sunflower Ordnance
Dr J E Andes, health department director at Sunflower Ordnance Works since May 1942, will leave in September to become director of the student health department at the University of West Virginia and associate professor of medicine in Morgantown. He will begin September 15. Dr Andes previously led the health department at the University of Arizona. Howard Reed will replace him, coming from Badger Ordnance Works Baraboo Wisconsin.
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J. E. Andes
Sunflower Ordnance
University of West Virginia
Medical
University At
Morgantown
W. Va
Sunflower
Andes
University of Arizona
Tucson
Ariz
Howard Reed
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Badger Ordnance Works
Baraboo
Wis
Soldiers to obtain war ration book three forms
Military personnel have until September 11 to obtain application forms for war ration book three from commanding officers and send them to the OPA mailing center in Chicago. District OPA Director H. O. Davis said today that after that date members of the armed forces should apply to rationing boards.
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Wichita
OPA
Chicago
H. O. Davis
Armed Services
Roosevelt Returns to Washington After Quebec War Conference
President Roosevelt arrives in Washington following the Quebec talks and plans meetings with Hull Marshall Arnold and Soong on war strategy and postwar programs. Churchill to visit within a week to discuss Anglo American issues. Roosevelt also loosens immigration policy post conference. Churchill to deliver radio address tomorrow.
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Roosevelt
Quebec
T. V. Soong
Hull
George C. Marshall
Army
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Winston Churchill
Britain
Anthony Eden
Japan
Soong
White House
Marshall
Arnold
Ottawa
Canada
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization and District
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Churchill
Death of Mrs. Sarah Harriett Le Suer at 82 in Lawrence
Mrs. Sarah Harriett Le Suer aged 82 died Saturday night at 920 New Hampshire street. Services Tuesday at 10 from First Methodist Church Rev. Edwin F. Price officiating. Interment Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by four children and sister Nelle McFarland. many grandchildren and great grandchildren. A longtime Lawrence resident active in church and several organizations.
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Sarah Harriett le Suer
New Hampshire Street
First Methodist Church
Edwin F. Price
Oak Hill Cemetery
le Suer
Lawrence
J. N. McFarland
Oskaloosa
Kan
Pratt
LeSuer
Sarah Harriett McFarland
University of Kansas
Owen C. LeSuer
E. Ward Tillotson
Pittsburgh
Albert E. Fincham
Nelson al. le Suer
J. Marvin le Suer
Nelle McFarland
O.E.S
Social Order of the Beauceant
American War, Mothers
Two New KU Football Games Added to 1948 Schedule
Two extra games were added to the 1948 Kansas University football schedule announced by Athletic Director Karl Klooz. The new dates are November 13 at home against Missouri Central State Teachers College Warrensburg Missouri and November 27 against the Ft. Riley Centaurs at Fort Riley.
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University of Kansas
Karl Klooz
Missouri Central ‘State Teachers College
Warrensburg
Ft. Riley Centaurs
Fort Riley
Pope Pius XII to Broadcast Message from Vatican
Rome radio said Pope Pius XII will deliver a message from the Vatican to all Italian stations at 6:15 a m central war time on Wednesday. The nature of the broadcast was not disclosed.
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Pope London
Rome Radio
Pope Pius XII
Vatican
Stock Market Index Reflects 60 Stocks at 49.2
The market shows an average of 60 stocks trading around 49.2 points with notable activity noted in Salur y 49.2. Investors monitor shifts as the index remains near this level amid routine trading.
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Salury
Judge Hopkins dies. Oklahoma judge to handle Wichita docket
Judge Orie Phillips said Judge Stephen Chandler from the western Oklahoma district will handle the September 7 Wichita docket replacing the late Judge Richard J. Hopkins of Kansas who died of heart disease. The case involved OPA rent violations and Gill realtors. jurors had supported the defendants in prior trials. The Sunflower Ordnance Works informer suit and other OPA cases await reassignment.
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Denver
Upi
Orie Phillips
106Th
Federal Circuit Court
Stephen Chandler
Western
Oklahoma
Wichita
Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas
Hopkins
Kansas City
Kan
Phillips
OPA
Chandler
M. R. Gill
Lawrence Realtors
Massachusetts Street
George Melvin
C.C. Stewart
Lawrence
Gills
Gill
Melvin
Two Men Injured Working Near Sunflower Ordnance Site
Two men were injured Saturday afternoon at the Sunflower Ordnance Works near Eudora after contacting a high voltage line. George William Cosgriff, 47, sustained third degree burns to the chest shoulder arm and hands. Floyd Crosier, 52, suffered second degree burns to the left forearm and hand. Both, employed by a subcontractor, were taken to the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City and reported in satisfactory condition. Crosier expected to leave soon. Cosgriff to be dismissed later in the week.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Eudora
George William Cosgriff
Floyd Crosier
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City
Crosier
Cosgriff
Judge Rules Against Rent Section of Price Control
United States District Judge Bascom S. Deaver in Macon Georgia ruled the rent control section of the Emergency Price Control act of 1942 invalid and unconstitutional. The decision in Payne vs Griffin held Congress delegated excessive power to the rent control agency, preferring rule by regulation over law and noting tenants may sue for damages if a landlord violates the rent ceiling.
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Macon
United States
Bascom S. Deaver
Deaver
Middle Georgia
John W. Payne
J. Hi. Griffin
Thomasville
Payne
Griffin
Congress
Rent Control Agency
Coreminent Agency
State awards textile factory for Army shirt production
Warden M F Amrine announced the state shirt factory at Lansing has been granted the A award for excellence in production, comparable to the E award in private industry. Dan W Turner, ex governor of Iowa, will present the honor when formal ceremonies are arranged.
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Lansing
M.F. Amrine
Dan W. Turner
Iowa
Many Jobs for Students At K State This Fall
Manhattan Kansas August 30. Miss Kathleen Knittle Schmitt assistant dean of women said today that Kansas State students should find work easily this fall after a campus survey. She noted limited office work and strong demand in army mess hall and cafeteria with wages rising. Fall semester starts September 27 for freshmen and September 28 29 for other students, classes begin September 30.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
Kathleen Knittle Schmitt
Kansas State
Patterson predicts large Allied offensive in Pacific
Sydney reports Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson said in an interview that a major Allied offensive will be undertaken in the Pacific soon. He, arriving with Lt. Gen. William E. Knudsen during a tour of battlefronts, affirmed the likelihood with a firm "You may depend upon it."
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Sydney
Australia
Robert P. Patterson
Pacific
William E. Knudsen
No Labor Day Parade in Wichita This Year
There will be no Labor Day parade in Wichita this year. Fred Griffith president of the Trades and Labor Assembly says affiliated unions will divert funds from the celebration to purchase war bonds.
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Wichita
Fred Griffith
Trades and Labor Assembly
Hopkins Funeral Will Be Held Wednesday Afternoon
Kansas City August 30. Funeral services for federal district Judge Richard J Hopkins of Kansas will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 30 o'clock. The services will be at New Comer chapel in Kansas City Missouri. Plans were withheld until the arrival of his son Captain Daniel R Hopkins stationed at Camp Gruber Oklahoma who has been on maneuvers in the south. Survivors include Mrs Hopkins and a daughter Mrs Henry Martz Wichita.
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Kansas City
Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas
Newcomer Chapel
Daniel R. Hopkins
Camp Gruber
Okla
South
Hopkins
Henry Martz
Wichita
Coal output judged insufficient to meet annual needs
Washington reports Secretary Harold L. Ickes says the current coal mine output of bituminous and anthracite is far below a level needed to cover the year's coal requirements and compensate for tonnage lost during the strike.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Nazi forces vow to protect Denmark during war
New York August 30 German news agency DNB broadcast that Nazi forces intend to persist in protecting Denmark as long as the war lasts. The transmission was recorded by U S government monitors for publication in German controlled newspapers in Europe.
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Denmark
von Hannecken
Kalundorg
U. S
Niels Iuel
Ise Fjord
Carl Westermann
House of Commons
Helsingoor
Sweden
New York
DNB
Europe
Army staff schools to open September 6 with 800 officers
Fort Leavenworth Kansas reports the 15th general staff class and the 6th Army Service Staff class at the Army Command and General Staff School will begin September 6 with about 800 officers enrolled.
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Fort Leavenworth, Kan
15Th General Staff
Army Service Staff
Army Command and General Staff School
Douglas county real property valuation certified for 1943
County officials report the 1943 real property valuation at 37,885,571 after two assessment adjustments reducing the amount by 9,500. Intangible property valued at 5,347,968 is certified. State taxes include 4,456.62 for intangible tax, 20,458.21 for soldiers compensation bonds, and 9 for the ed serena building fund tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
T. R. Gerhart
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Topeka
State Tax Commission
Edserena Building Fund
Transport driver dies in highway crash near El Dorado
August Geisler of Alma, 31, driver of a gasoline transport, was fatally injured when his vehicle crashed into a culvert east of El Dorado. He was thrown from the truck, the vehicle caught fire and burned, and he died shortly after at a local hospital.
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Alma
el Dorado
August Geisler
Geisler
Weather Outlook for Kansas Tonight and Tuesday
Scattered thundershowers in the northwest quarter tonight and the west half Tuesday forenoon. Temperatures little changed tonight, cooler in the northwest and extreme west. In the south central region, temperatures little changed during Tuesday forenoon.
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Kansas
Northwest Quarter
Chan
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