Hitler claims Soviet aid as potential trump card
Berlin reports Hitler weighing Soviet cooperation to pressure Poland toward negotiation. Berlin observers note hints of Moscow backing and a new supreme defense council to coordinate actions, while Goering and other top Nazis face questions about power limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Foreign Office
Poland
Hitler
Stalin
Russia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Nevile Henderson
Fuehrer
Supreme Defense Council
Hermann Goering
Sir Nevile
Albert Forster
Danzig
Free City
Jeader
Germany
Field Marshal
Goering
Confiscation of Slot Machine Sparks Local Charges
Sheriff officials seized a slot machine at Snappy Lunch 1010 Massachusetts Street. Lorene Fisher faces a misdemeanor charge for setting up and keeping a gambling device, while Cliff Rose is charged with a felony. Fisher bonded for $100. Rose bonded for $500. Preliminary hearings set for September 15 and 16. Flora Jackson Cooper, 68, wife of Judge T J Cooper, died in Rochester, Minnesota after illness. Funeral services planned in Fredonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Banning
Massachusetts Street
Loréne Fisher
Cliff
Pete) Rose
Robert B. Oyler
Miss Fisher
Rose
Kansas
Fredonia
Kan
Flora Jackson Cooper
T. J. Cooper
Seventh Judicial District
Rochester
Minn
Fredonia Sanay
Cranium Crackers True or False Quiz
A brief quiz item lists six statements for true or false answers. The statements cover Barbirolli as a volcanic mountain, the Uzbek as a Soviet seal, Selenium as a period of sixty years, Cyprus as a Eurasian tree, Jews being driven from Spain, and Entente Cordiale as a new drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbirolli
Italy
Cyprus
Spain
G A R ELECTION FACES DISPUTE OVER Gone With the Wind
In Pittsburgh on August 31 the Grand Army of the Republic chose 91-year-old John E. Andrew of Quincy Illinois as commander in chief succeeding 95-year-old Robert M. Rowne of Ripley New York. A heated debate over Gone With the Wind split northern and southern factions as Daughters of Union Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy weighed in with sharp resolutions. Additional officers elected included A T Anderson of Washington Pennsylvania and W W Nixon of Jewell Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Grand Army of the Republic
John E. Andrew
Quincy
Ill
Andrew
Robert M. Rowne
Ripley
N. Y
Daughters of Union Veterans
G.A.R
Thomas Ambrose, Sr
Department of Illinoise
Atlanta
D.A.V
Hollywood
Margaret Mitchell
A. T. Anderson
Washington
Inchief
W. W. Nixon
Jewell
Kan
Varied Life for the Indian Guards at the Fair
Julius Holmes led a parade through New York and the court of peace as Indian Guards served as escorts. The unit drilled, patrolled with police, and performed jumps with a horse clearing five feet. They appeared on NBC telecast and toured Washington facilities before returning home with letters of commendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Court of Peace
Model Plane Contest Set For September 10 Near Hillview Course
Leslie Blevins announces a model airplane contest to be held September 10 on the field across from Hillview golf course. Sponsored by Blevins and George Harris, about four gas model entrants expected. Rubber powered class includes junior and senior divisions. Prizes include four hours of flying training and merchandise. Starts about 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillview Rolf
Leslie Blevins
Blevins
George Harris
Sign with a kick injures boy near Lincoln school
Fredonia Kansas August 31 11 year old John Holland stepped on a base of a Safety First sign near Lincoln grade school. The iron post swung and struck his forehead causing a severe gash and loss of consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
Kan
John Holland
Lincoln Grade School
American Legion Post
Bailey Case Charged With Assault and Battery
Ben Bailey of 1320 New Jersey Street pleaded not guilty to assault and battery at arraignment in Justice Court before Charles C. Rankin. He was released on 100 dollar bond and the case set for hearing.
British Navy as World War I era article discusses balance
London reports that the British navy remains the empire’s safeguard with the Home and Mediterranean fleets ready to confront a Berlin Rome axis. Observers expect blockade, convoy protection, and bombardment to shape early war seas while Italy and Germany threaten with submarines and pocket battleships, as the fleet builds toward parity in capital ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tormada
North Sea
Berlin-Rome
Great Britain
France
Jutland
Italy
Germany
Siegfriend
Maginot Line
Belgium
Netherlands
Britain
Poland
Scheer
Scapa Flow
Schaarnhorst
Gneisenau
Nelson
Rodney
Deutschland
Admiral Scheer
Admiral Graf Spee
Littorio
Italians Build Fast Torpedo Boats for Coast Defense
Neutral observers note Italy has produced many small torpedo boats that could counter bombardments along the Italian coast. The craft may serve as an effective antidote to coastal bombardments, a matter of interest to both the admiralty and the French ministry of marine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Ministry of Marine
Socialite Clarissa Cantacuzene Dies By Gas Suicide
Mrs. Clarissa P. Cantacuzene, 39, of a prominent Boston family and ex wife of Prince Michael Cantacuzene, was found dead from illuminating gas in a New York apartment. The body, fully clothed, was discovered by a brother, with no motive given. The couple divorced in 1934 after a 1921 marriage in Nahant, and property settlements and support for two children were reportedly arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clarissa P. Cantacuzene
Boston
Prince Michael Cantacuzene
Lower Fifth Avenue
Thomas Curtis
Waukegan
Ill
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Russia
Julia Dent Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
United States
Cantacuzenes
Prince Michael
Nahant
Mass
Thomas Pelham Curtis
Cantacuzene
Wadsworth
Prince
Trini
Rodion
POWELLS HOME RETURN EXPECTED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER
Dr and Mrs Lyle S Powell and family, just back from Europe aboard the Bremen, plan to return to their Lawrence home September 6 or 9. Mrs Powell said the Bremen was off course a day and night with no passenger explanation. The Powells are in New London Conn. The Normandie delay may affect Dr and Mrs R I Canuteson of the University who were to sail September 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle S. Powell
Europe
Bremen
Lawrence
M. S. Winter
Powell
Powells
New London
Conn
Associated Press
New York
R. I. Canuteson
University
Canuteson
London
Hold Up Well Work at Lone Star Deep Test
General suspension of operations at the Lou Griffith farm deep test oil well near Lone Star was ordered by Emmett Veeder of Cherryvale. Veeder said Three Star of Tulsa has not decided whether to pull casing or drill on into Arbuckle lime after stopping at 2120 feet with no gas or oil found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Griffith
Lone Star
Emmett Veeder
Cherryvale
Veeder
Lewis Burns
Three Star Company of
Tulsa
Okla
Geological Survey
Burns
Alfred G Hill Named General Manager of Reno Paper
Alfred G Hill, former publisher of the Fort Collins Express Courier from 1928 to 1937 and owner of the Wyoming State Tribune, is named general manager of the Nevada State Journal Reno. Announcement by McHenry Tichenor says Hill, with past work at Topeka Capital and Philadelphia Public Ledger, began in Emporia Kansas and served as university secretary at Kansas from 1920 to 1924.
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Reno
Nev
Alfred G. Hill
Fort Collins
Colo
Express- Courier
Fremont
Kearney
Neb
Nevada State Journal
McHenry Tichenor
Hill
Wyoming State Tribune
Cheyenne
Topeka
Piladelphia Public Ledger
Emporia
Kan
University of Kansas
Montgomery Ward marks 67th anniversary with Lawrence store event
Montgomery Ward and Company celebrates its 67th anniversary with a storewide sale including the Lawrence location. Final arrangements for the building housing the Lawrence store were completed ten years ago yesterday, with the building finished a few months later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Ward & Company
Lawrence
Baseball Scores and Doubleheader Results Across Leagues
In the American Association Louisville beat Kansas City with Parmelee Weaver and Lewis among the listed players. In the National League Philadelphia split a doubleheader with Pittsburgh as Waner and Vaughan produced runs. The nightcap saw Pittsburgh win 11 to 6 after an 0–1 first game. St Louis at New York and Chicago at Brooklyn were postponed by rain. Cincinnati at Boston also delayed. In the American League Boston faced Detroit while Washington played Chicago in a night game and New York at Cleveland was rescheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association
Louisville
Kansas City N
Parmelee
J. Weaver
Lewis
Babich
Riddle
Philadelphia
Lloyd Waner
Paul
Vaughan
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia Nationals
Butcher
Pirates
Higbe
Phils
Susce
Kerksieck
Millies
Davis
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Phillies
Max Butcher
Walt Higbe
Klinger
Sewell
Swift
Blanton
Beck
Detroit
Grove
Wagner
Desautels
Trout
Benton
Tebbetts
Potter
Hayes
Kennedy
Harshany
Washington
Cleveland
Simmons Laid Off to Reds for Nominal Sum
President Bob Quinn of the Boston National League club announced that veteran outfielder Al Simmons had been sold to the Cincinnati Reds for a nominal sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bob Quinn
Boston National League Baseball Club
al Simmons
Cincinnati Reds
Germany Offers Terms to Poles in Peace Proposals
The note calls for an international commission of investigation and repair of damages since 1918. It requires revocation of all disposessions of property and states neither side will demand military service from the other's minority. If accepted, both sides would demobilize at once with further measures to be negotiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ternational Commission of Investigation
German German-Poland Talks Seen With British Mediation
Berlin reports that Britain offered direct negotiations between Germany and Poland to avoid a European crisis. Germany accepted mediation and urged a Polish negotiator be named by August 30, noting Polish mobilization and delayed arrival as obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
D.N.B
Germany
Poland
Reichs
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Lawrence Heat Reaches 96 Degrees This Afternoon
Mercury climbed to 96 degrees shortly after 83 o clock at the gas office. Miss Mildred Kirkham returned from a month on the west coast with her parents after attending summer school at Emporia Teachers College. Cleveland Rams rookie tackle Bugs Cleveland Chet Adams from Ohio University is an amateur entomologist with a near 1000 insect collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Kirkham
Miss Kirkham
Emporia Teachers College
Cleveland
Chet Adams
Cleveland Rams
Ohio University
Reed seeks competitive exams for West Point Annapolis
Parsons Kansas August 31 Senator Clyde M Reed asks the civil service commission to hold competitive exams for entry to West Point and Annapolis on October 7 at Leavenworth Salina Wichita Topeka Parsons and Kansas City. Senator Tzed will make two appointments to each academy in 1940. Applications are due next Tuesday with forty one received to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Kan
Clyde M. Reed
Civil Service Commission
West Point
Annapolis
Leavenworth
Salina
Wichita
Topeka
Kansas City
Tzed
Pleasant Valley notes and community gatherings
Pleasant Valley reports Delbert Richardson returning from Camp Wahitside Fort Riley and notes frequent local visits. The Knowledge Hill club met August 23 for an all day session with lunch, a contest won by Beulah Janeway, plus quilting. Numerous neighbors from Lawrence Walnut Grove and nearby towns attended birthdays, fairs, and family visits amid 4 H club events and farm movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Richardson
Camp Wahitside
Fort Riley
National Guard
Delbert
157Th Infantry
Knowledge Hill
Baker Murphy
Richard
Beulah Janeway
Edwin
John Canary
Harold Skeets
Garr
Bill Rice
Billy Gene
Jimmy
Stewart
Cox
Idella
Joe Clough
Clifford Thiry
Alwinna
Frances Mole
Norman Petersen
Otto Luckan
Fritz Kahn
Tonganoxie
Huelan Richardson
Roy Hegeman
Bert Wilson
John Maloney
C. E. Dunigan
Kathleen
Gene
Glen Halderman
Gus Hadl
Laverne
Gerald
Lester
Dean
Redfield
Lewis Howell
Glen Scott
Wellsville
H. J. Peterson
Mount Hope Nursery
Shirley Garratt
Jack Alexander
George Luckan
Meadow Lark
George
Elmer Kramer
Mike Hadl
Joe Madl
Lloyd Hegeman
Iishfield
Topeka
Mary Hegeman
Alfred
Walnut Grove
Henry Broeker
Lawrence
Woodstock Notes and Local Social Gathers
Vivian Koerner reenters Kansas City hospital. Neighborhood Circle resumes meetings at Mrs. Dayvi son’s home with next gathering planned for two weeks with Mrs. Helen. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stewart were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Torneden of Linwood. Perry visitors with Mrs. Champion. Jaicille Kuerner a Kansas State freshman last year plans to return. Barbara Lea to start high school. Scofields formerly lived here. F S Champion and J Black returned from Ozarks auto trip visiting Steadle and Self families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Koerner
Kansas City
Neighborhood Circle Club
Robert Dayvison
Helen
Russell Stewart
Will Torneden
Linwood
Lloyd Scofield
Lucille
Barbara Lea
Fred Niher
Perry
Frank Champion
Jai
John Steadle
Orval Self
Wheat Futures Rise Amid European Political Anxiety
Market nerves over European politics sparked renewed wheat buying in Chicago trading. Wheat climbed as much as two cents a bushel with prices closing modestly higher on expanding cash demand and flour business in the southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Southwest
Livestock Markets Report From Kansas City Aug 31
AP US Department of Agriculture notes hogs 2 000 head slow uneven 10 25 lower with top 6 30 for all interests. Calves 2 500 fed cattle steady strong with spots 10 15 higher. Vealers stockers and feeders around 15 percent of receipts or steady. Sheep 4 000 opening sales spring lambs strong to 15 higher with top Colorado Springs lambs 9 15 and rail natives near 9 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
USDA
Colorado Springs
Livestock Market Reports From Kansas City
Kansas City stockers show hogs unchanged while cattle and grass slaughter steers stay steady to firm. Grass steers tip horned varieties at 7.35, Brahmas at 6.25. Spring lambs rise up to 15, Colorado lambs to 9.15, natives at 9.00 top, trucked-ins lower. Official receipts expected tomorrow: cattle 100, calves 100, hogs 500, sheep 1,000.
Grain futures in Kansas City and Chicago show mixed moves
Wheat, corn, oats and rye futures weakened or held steady as traders priced late-August contracts. Kansas City quotes show varying gains for some wheat grades and modest changes for corn and oats, while Chicago futures reflect mixed shifts in Wheat and Soybeans with notable price differentials across months.
Chicago potato market and nearby commodities report
Chicago and Kansas City market notes dated Aug 31 list potato prices for Idaho Russet Burbanks and Oregon Bliss Triumphs with US No 1 under ice or ventilation, Washington Russet Burbanks, Minnesota Sandland section Ohio quality, plus egg creamery butter and poultry prices. Grain and hog prices also appear along with egg and butterfat figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ap-Usda
Washington
U. S
Minnesota
Kansas City
Springs
Government Bonds Closing Prices in New York
Government bond market closes with Treasury 3s values ranging from 102.20 to 109.18 across series including 3s June 102.20 3s March 104.22 and 3s 55-51 109.18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Treasury
War shocks and market dips mark uneasy European outlook
New York reports tentative war tense and mixed market moves as stocks slide while Europe weighs Poland crisis. Volume shows 500000 shares traded. Italy may mediate axis anti axis tensions. some selloffs and gains in rails and bonds. Domestic business remains buoyant despite global uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
Italy
Poland
England
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Montgomery Ward
Chrysler
United Aircraft
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Rudolf Hess
Nazi Party
Wilhelm Frick
Heinrich Himmler
Secret Service
Wilhelm Keitel
Walther Funk
Reichsbank
Hjalmar Schacht
Hans-Heinrich Lammers
Quincy, Ill
Indian Guards
Julius Holmes
Perylon Hall
NBC
Lansing
Washington, D. C
Department of the Interior
Smithsonian Institute
Mount Vernon
Alexandria
Arlington
Grover Whalen
British
Reliance
NAVY
Axis
Reno Paper
Montgomery Ward Company
Reds
Pleasant Valley
Woodstock
Kansas City Livestock
Colorado
Cash Grain
Walton Higher
Lawrence Business College
General Electric
General Motors
Ened
Int Harvester
Kennecott Asshea
Nat Dairy Pr
Shih North Am Co
Penney JC
Phillips Pet
Wy Sears
Roebuck Oan
Standard Brands
Cu Standard Oil Ind
Union Pacific
U_S Steel
West el & Mfg
Wall Street
Schulz Blackanith
The
Kansas Electric Power
Kansas Electric Power Company
Aga
Genoa
Florence
Rreee
Rennet
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