Nazi claims bases prepared for attack on England
Berlin reports bases for an attack on England have been prepared from Norway to France with German thoroughness and Britain faces a forthcoming ultimatum as Rome predicts a last chance to join the axis or be overrun. Nazi commentary says a war decision is inevitable and Churchill vows London will fight to the end while warning of harsher measures against British conduct.
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Berlin
England
Norway
France
Atlantic
Rmany
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Britain
Europe
Virginio Gayda
Germany
Churchill
London
Hitler
Volkischer ‘Beobachter
Lawrence Notes on Navy Training Visit and Local Doings
Lawrence reports from Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Watkins as grandson Le Roy Watkins trains at Great Lakes Naval Base in Chicago and enjoys navy life. U. S. Representative Guyer visits, jokes about a Democratic vacation as Congress recessed for Chicago. Junior Chamber session set at 8 p.m. in the county courthouse. Weeds are being trimmed and taxed, while protests over Union Pacific service cuts arise. Corn crop prospects look strong with favorable tassel stage and rain needs. Welfare office seeks household goods to furnish a two room apartment for a mother and son who lost their home to fire. Herbert L. Miller completes primary aviation course solo at the airport. City Championship golf at Hill View features Don Wetzel and his father. Guyer faces a station attendant quip about representatives as dealers head to Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Fitch return from Kansas City after a visit with relatives.
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J. E. Watkins
Connecticut Street
LeRoy Watkins
Isj
Great’ Lakes
Chicago
Navy
County Welfare Office
New Jersey
Henrietta Matthews
Welfare Office
Roosevelt third-term debate clouds Democratic National Convention
Farley receives tumultuous ovation as Roosevelt third-term talk dominates pane 2 at the Democratic convention. Delegates weigh how to place the president’s name while leaders mull vice presidential contenders and platform policy on aiding Britain despite opposition from Wheeler and McCarran.
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Chicago
Farley
National Party
National Committee
Edward J. Kelly
Roosevelt
Kelly
White House
Senator Pep per leads call for all aid short of war
Florida Senator Pep per pushes a plank demanding all possible aid short of war. In a keynote, Speaker Bankhead urged unity and solidarity to preserve the structure of government and the perpetual freedom of its people.
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Pepper
Florida
Bankhead
Communist party aimed to dictate U S war policy on West Coast
John L. Leech of Portland testifies before the Dies committee that the Communist party seeks to paralyze West Coast shipping and communications to control U S war policy. He links strikes over the past seven years to Communist plans affecting California and federal operations.
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Beaumont
Tex
Dies
Communist Party
United States
John L. Leech
Portland
Ore
Commission of Public Docks
Leech
California
Martin Dies
D-Tex
Soviet Union
Avila Camacho Declared Winner In Mexican Election
Mexico City reports a foreign ministry official saying Gen Manuel Avila Camacho won the presidential election held two Sundays earlier. Camacho and opponent Gen Juan Andreu Almazan claim overwhelming victories amid unofficial returns showing a wide margin.
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Mexico City
Foreign Ministry
Manuel Avila Camacho
Mexico
Avila Camacho
Juan Andreu Almazan
Mexican Revolutionary Party
McEnaught Denies Ouster Charges In Topeka Hearing
Topeka July 16 Charles D McEnaught suspended Topeka police chief testified before Supreme Court Commissioner Fred M Harris denying State Attorney General Jay S Parker accusation that he was negligent enforcing vice laws He said he never ordered department action on liquor gambling or prostitution and Kansas Peace Officers association invitation testimony was refuted by Jess Filby He noted a toast master joke about him holding the only key to a liquor vault. Retirement Pay Granted Washington July 16 President Roosevelt signed legislation granting retirement pay to about 2000 World War emergency officers of the army navy and marine corps The measure which restores pay was expected to add roughly 1 872 200 to annual outlay and was opposed by the Veterans Administration.
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Massachusetts
Farley
Clem Norton
Boston
Roosevelt
Ed A. Carroll
Washington State
Moss
Hull
Jesse H. Jones
Texas
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Wallace
Byrnes
South Carolina
Louis Johnson
War
Bankhead
Barkley
Kentucky
Brown
Michigan
Lucas Ofllinois
Herring
Iowa
White House
From &. B
Germany
Roose
Topeka
Charles D. McEnaught
Jay S. Parker
McEnaught
Supreme Court
Fred M. Harris
Harry Colmery
Jess Filby
Junction City
McKnaught
Kansas Peace Officers’ Association
Filby
Topekan
Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Veterans Administration
Lewis Returns to Washington After Political Tour
John L. Lewis returns to Washington after two days listening to Democratic speakers and a day on the road. He says he has not joined any party nor started a new third party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Washington
Chicago
John L
City Hall Extends Evening Voter Registration
City hall opens for evening voter registration starting tomorrow. The office will stay open evenings until July 26 when registration books close until after the August 6 primaries.
Democratic farm plank seeks parity but unsure on funding
Chicago July 16 The Democratic platform drafters agreed on a tentative farm plank promising agriculture parity with industry and labor but dodged how to achieve it. They support Roosevelt administration policies as key to parity with funding gaps and debate over processing taxes and self financing for a larger subsidy program.
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Chicago
Congress
Roosevelt
Wallace
John Mead
Alabama
Senate
Treasury
General Revenue Fund
Administration
Unlimited U S pilots invited to join Royal Air Force
A London source said the Royal Air Force would welcome an unlimited number of trained United States pilots for war service but no official volunteer drive had begun. The source noted the need to match rising plane production and that no oath of allegiance would be required.
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London
United States
Royal Air Force
Arkansas firm pleads nolo contendere to whiskey conspiracy
Southwestern Distilled Products Inc described by the government as a multi million dollar liquor business operating at its West Memphis and Sulphur Springs branches in 1939 today pleaded nolo contendere to a federal indictment charging conspiracy to transport whiskey into dry Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Southwestern Distilled Products, Inc
Arkansas
West Memphis
Sulphur Springs
Oklahoma
Kansas
Athletics Beat Tigers 3 1 to Sweep Series
Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit 3 1 to take the series three games to one as Sam Chapman hit his 14th homer in the eighth. John Risney limited the Yankees to six hits as the Chicago White Sox beat New York 5 1 for their second straight win. In St Louis, a doubleheader with Boston was noted as postponed from Sunday.
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Philadelphia
Athletics
Detroit
Sam Chapman
Hutchinson
Tebbetts
Caster
Wagner
New York
John Risney
Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Chicago
Joe Kuhel
Rigney
Tresh
Russo
Dickey
Cleveland
Washington
Eisenstat
Krakauskas
Carrasquel
Ferrell
T. Louis
Boston
National League
Pittsburgh
Bob Elliott
Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Jim Wasdeil
Brooklyn Keittaburgh
Carleton
Nell
Phelps
Lanning
Lopez
Gumbert Danning
Olsen
Hartnett
Cincinnati
Pilot dies in crash while aiding forest fire fighters
A Northwest Airlines pilot, Robert Marichich, 26, was killed when his plane was downed by a downdraft while delivering provisions to forest fire fighters in northern Idaho and western Montana. An injured companion suffered possible internal injuries and rib fractures as rescuers reached the Shearer outpost near the Idaho-Montana line. The crash followed lightning sparked new fires across dry national forests in the region.
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Missoula
Mont
Shearer
Ida
Bitter Root Mountains
J.P. Ohlmacher
Cub
Point Lookout
Idaho-Montana
Robert
Marichich
Northwest Air Lines
Forest Service
Ern
Montana
Idao
Suit Filed by State Over Race Track Betting Information
The state filed a suit in Wyandotte county district court to enjoin distribution in Kansas of all information used in horse race betting. Named defendants include Moses L. Annenberg, Simon Partnoy doing business as Eagle Scratch Sheet Publishing, Western Union Telegraph, Southwestern Bell Telephone, Nation Wide News Service, W. H. and American Telephone and Telegraph. The action was brought by Attorney General Jay S. Parker and Wyandotte County Attorney Arthur J. Stanley Jr.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wyandotte County
Jay S. Parker
Arthur J. Stanley, Jr
Moses L. Annenberg
Philadelphia
Simon Partnoy
Eagle Scratch Sheet Publishing Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Nation Wide News Service
W. H
The
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bombs Dropped On Hanover Oil Plant By RAF Raid
The air ministry said nearly four and a half tons of high explosive bombs hit an oil storage plant at Hanover Germany within a half hour during a broad RAF raid on Monday night. British bombers, flying through severe storms, spent about an hour cruising for targets. An enemy raider was downed earlier, as three bombers were shot down by British fighters.
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London
Air Ministry
Hanover
Germany
Royal Air Force
Scotland
Government delays refugee transfer plan sparks protests
In London on July 16 the government postponed its plan to send British civil refugees to the United States. Labor MPs protested that rich children's families were chosen for overseas relocation while poorer children stayed behind to endure wartime conditions.
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London
Cvil
United States
Community Dinner Guests and Local Visits Recap
Eudora area residents share weekend hospitality with neighbors and relatives. Among those visiting and hosting are the Everleys of Linwood, the Nutalls, the Taylors, Mrs. Reita Taylor, and Gloria, plus Mrs. Herman Mai and children from Russell visiting Frank Sommers's family. Several locals attended Sunday gatherings with Rev. and Mrs. Albert Baecker in Lawrence, and others traveled to Concordia and Everest for social calls.
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Jack Everley
Linwood
John Everley
Reita Taylor
Gloria
Ralph Nuttall
Jackie
Herman Mai
Russell
Frank
Sommers
Cora Hoskinson
S. Mary Vitt
Turon
Charles Baecker
Will Bohnsack
Albert Baecker
Lawrence
Carl Strong
Wayne Luther
DeSoto
Harold Daugherty
Ben Bartz
Hedger McClanahan
Dana
Concordia
Bert Daugherty
Pearl Daugherty
John Mitchell
Clarence Daucherty
Raymond Stroud
Gene. Daugherty
Chariton Bartz
Lester Massey
Robert Reusch
Evening Star
D. Adams
Otoreck
Everest
Local Families Share News of Illness and Visits
The record notes E. Adams hospitalized with serious illness. Entertaining visits occur as Mrs. Frank So and Mr. Albert Ouderkirk with daughters spend time with Stillwell guests. Mrs. Oscar Bradford remains ill at home in north Eudora while Dr. Klingburg plans to return to Bilene University this fall.
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Adams
East Eudora
Frank So
Albert Quderkirk
John Miller
A.C. Ouderkirk
Stillwell
George Born
Carling Bohnsack
Albert Ouderkirk
Oscar Bradford
North Eudora
Frank Klingburg
Decatur
Hope
Bilenne University
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Kan
Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Massachusetts Street
Omaha
Chamber of Commerce
Herbert L. Miller
Emporia
Hill View Course
Don, Wetzel
George Wetzel
Don
U.S. Guyer
T. G. Fitch
Mrs. Howard. Fitch
James Farley
National
Ting ‘Co Sign
Thomas McAlliser
Woman's Division
Ovea
Senator Barkley
Great Britain
Wheeler
McCarran
Nevada
James A. Farley
REDS
Camacho
U.S
Journal-World
Schulz
So” Kl
Eudora
Allison-Ar
Patee
Cagney
O’brign - Brent
Charlie Chan
Bette Davis
Miriam Hopkins
George Brent
Heather Angel
Jane Bryan
John King
Ata
Rumsey Funeral Home
Ann Burkhart
Mass
Nick Carter
Walter Pidgeon
Rita Johnson
Donald Meek
Adolphe Menjoou
John Hubbard
Carole Landes
Cartoon —. News
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Mammoth
Hidy
Mickey
Hardy
Manhattan
Stone
Rooney Pewcement
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Madelaine Carroll
Lynne Overman
Billy Gilbert
Maryland
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