Trusteeship plan for colonies in peril outlined
Havana July 22 United States urged twenty American republics to back a collective trusteeship for any European colonies in the hemisphere at risk of transfer. Cordell Hull outlined four point economic cooperation and warned against any move to alter existing colonial status, asserting a self defense policy for the Americas.
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United States
New World
Cordell Hull
United Egon
Nee
Hull
Jean
Ilias
Cuba
Germany
Italy
inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee
Americas
Rotary Hull
Roosevelt Seeks Large Loan Increase to Aid Western Hemisphere
President Roosevelt urged Congress to raise the export-import bank capital from 200 million to 700 million dollars and remove restrictions to aid neighbors south of the Rio Grande. He tied the measure to Pan American talks and warned against market disruption from distressed selling amid Europe’s war.
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Rio Grande
Washington
Congress
Havana
Europe
Western Hemisphere
United States
Departments of State, Treasury, Agriculture and Commerce
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse’. Jones
Hemisphere talks seek US lead against totalitarian threats
In Havana on July 22 delegates from 21 American republics urged the United States to outline concrete steps to bolster Western Hemisphere economy and defend shared interests. Secretary Hull prepared to speak after a preparatory session as Cuba's President Federico Laredo Bru urged unity and warned of rising dangers, while German Italian Japanese and Spanish diplomats were kept from the stage.
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United States
Hull
Federico Laredo
Bru
Cuba
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Bullitt Says U S Relates to Petain Regime Like Old France
Ambassador William C. Bullitt, briefing President Roosevelt, said the American government’s relation to the Petain government is exactly the same as with the former regime. He noted the United States never broke off relations, with Robert Murphy at Vichy supervising a staff of about 20 and 120 in Paris handling interests, while another group operates in Turin where the French government was temporarily located.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
William C. Bullitt
Roosevelt
France
Petain
Marshal Henri Petain
White House
Robert Murphy
Vichy
Paris
Turin
Senate recesses as House follows in late July session
Washington reports the Senate votes to recess until Thursday amid no major legislation, with Oregon's Sen McNary signaling another Thursday recess and regular sessions to begin next week. The House also recesses after today's business. Secretaries push for nuclear defense funds and measures to boost a two ocean navy.
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Senate
McNary
Oregon
House
Navy
Knox
Roosevelt
Congress
Rio Grande
United States
Ashurst
D-Ariz
Harry Bridges
C.I.0
Bankhead
Rayburn
Texas
Tennessee Valley Authority
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
LaGuardia
New York
Marine Corps
Latin America
National Defense
Capitol
Word of Defiance Hurled at Hitler
London July 22 Lord Halifax answered Hitler's peace offer with a vow Britain would not stop fighting until freedom for all is secure. He contrasted Britain's view of Europe as a free association of independent states with Hitler's aim to dominate. The broadcast noted the indomitable British spirit and allied nations' resolve, including the United States, to victory. Bomb raids hit the Midlands and Scotland as German aircraft continued harassment. The destroyer Brazen was sunk while towed after damage, yet fired back at attackers before loss.
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Lord Halifax
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Hitler
Reichstag
Halifax
Europe
Germany
Britain
British Commonwealth
Wide
Atlantic
United States
Mussolini
France
Mediterranean
British Isles
Midlands
Scotland
Ministry of Home Security
Admiralty
Brazen
H. M. S. Brazen
Wees
H. M.S. Beagle
R. M
City Council to Convene at City Hall This Evening
The city council will meet this evening at eight o'clock in the city hall. The major item on the agenda is approval of the tentative 1941 budget for publication. A Jour nal-World mail subscription is described as a long letter from home during summer away. Phone 22.
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The
Journal-World
Tax Experts Propose Excess Profits War Prevention Bill
Washington officials outline a rough draft aimed at taxing windfall gains from war contracts. The excess profits levy would target surplus revenue with rates tied to needed funds, replacing or supplementing existing 7 percent profit limits on airplane and warship contracts. Details await House Ways and Means study as officials cite historic WWI experience and debates over fair methods.
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Washington
Administration
Treasury
Congressional
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
House
Ways and Means Committee
Missouri Relief Special Session Opens in Jefferson City
Missouri legislators opened a special session in Jefferson City to address emergency relief for the needy and to push funding for the banker agency through the remainder of the year. The session began at 2 p m with many Democratic members in private caucus over procedures. Some lawmakers favored relief by resolution and adjournment after the August primary, while others planned to stay for the campaign and complete the emergency package.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Willkie Wins Support From Democratic Figures
A group of former Democratic officials including Lewis Douglas John W Hanes and Alan Valentine offered to organize Democrats and independents to back Wendell L Willkie. Willkie asked them to begin such an effort while noting they opposed continued Democratic control.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
Reublican
Touggest
Lewis Douglas
Budget Directo
Ife
Mr. Hanes
Alan Alentine
Rochester University
Local stores sponsor special sale event in Lawrence
Twelve Lawrence shops cooperate to offer special values for selling tomorrow. The full page in the Journal-World describes the bargains. Sponsors include Royal College Shops Lawrence Hardware Weaver's Obeig Penney's Montgomery Ward's Jeffries Haynes Keene Gibbs Clo Co Green Bros Starling Furniture Lawrence Paint Wallpaper Store.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Royal College Shops
Lawrence Hardware Store
Weaver's
Obeig Penney’s
Montgomery ‘Ward’s
Jeffries, Haynes & Keene
Gibbs ‘Clo, Co
Green Bros
Starling Furniture
Lawrence Paint & Wallpaper
Band Camp Enters Its Closing Week With Guest Conductor
Vladimir Bakaleinikoff, violist and associate Pittsburgh Symphony conductor, arrives as guest conductor for the final week of the Midwestern Music camp. He will lead daily band and orchestra rehearsals and conduct concerts next Sunday. Lorin Maazel, a 10 year old prodigy, joins Thursday to direct Wagner’s Rienzi overture in rehearsals and Sunday’s concert.
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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Moscow
Ida
University of Idaho
Bakaleinikoff
Frank Strong Hall
Europe
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Hollywood
Lorin Maazel
Baka- Jeinikoff
Lawrence
Los Angeles
Interlochen
Mich
Russell L. Wiley
Kansas
Missouri
Wiley
K. U
Willkie Club Organization Meeting Draws County Crowd
A large crowd including farm groups from Baldwin and Lawrence is slated to attend tonight at 8 in the courthouse for the Willkie club organization. Temporary chairman Charles Louk says no fixed program is planned and Willkie is the sole candidate discussed. The group is strictly non-partisan with representatives from both major parties involved in the organizing group.
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Baldwin
Lawrence
Willkie Club
Court House
Charles
Louk
Willkie
Heat Wave Causes 21 Deaths and 110 Drownings Across Nation
The midsummer heat spread across 27 states with 21 fatalities from heat and at least 110 drownings at beaches and rivers. Reports show highest deaths in Pennsylvania eight and Wisconsin three while Kansas had no drownings. The weather bureau noted normal readings in the South and Ohio Valley with two hot sections remaining, northern New England and parts of the upper Great Lakes.
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UPI
New England
Great Lakes
Middle West
Middle Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
South Dakota
New York
Ohio
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Jersey
Kansas
Old Resident Minnie Kirchhoff Dies at 80 in Lawrence
Minnie Kirchhoff aged 80 died after a two and a half year illness at 846 Alabama street Lawrence. She leaves husband George Kirchhoff Sr longtime Theo Poehler Mercantile officer and son George Kirchhoff Jr a board member. Survived by two daughters Mrs Eddy Colby and Mrs Wood Richmond California nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm from Presbyterian church with Rev T H Assman officiating cremation follows and ashes placed in Oak Hill mausoleum. She had lived in Lawrence 54 years and was active in Plymouth Congregational church and German Reading club.
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Minnie Kirchhoff
George Kirchhoff
Alabama Street
Theo Poehler Mercantile Company
George Kirchhoff, Jr
Lawrence
Minnie Bettman
Keokuk
Henry Kirchhoff
Lilliam Eddy
Colby
Gertrude Wood
Richmond
Calif
Wood
Plymouth Congregational Church
German Reading Club
Five Days Left to Register for 1940 Primary Voting
Topeka July 22 Five days remain for Kansans to register for the 1940 primary elections. The deadline is Friday ten days before August 6. Required enrollments affect Kansas City Wichita Wyandotte county townships Sedgwick county townships near Wichita and Johnson county townships with over 5 000 population. Sixty day residency and age twenty one by November 5 apply. those away should call 22 to mail the Journal World to a summer address.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Wichita
Wyandotte
Sedgwick County
Johnson County
Congress Resumes Session With Defense Program Heading Work
Congress returns from recess to tackle defense spending and related measures. House and Senate committees set heavy schedules as Woodrum outlines hearings on Roosevelt’s request for 4.8 billion dollars for defense. Debate expected on a 15 billion defense outlay with weeks of hearings and a plan for an excess profits tax.
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Senate
House
Chicago
Woodrum
D-Va
Roosevelt
Knox
Navy Department
War Department
National Defense Commission
Treasury Department
Sional
de Woodrum
Rules Committee
Tennessee Valley
KBI explained to Rotary as law enforcement grows
Kansas Attorney General Ja Parker outlined the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to Rotary at Tuneleon meeting, praising its efficiency and pledging local authority respect. He cited 298 major-crime investigations since July 1 1939, with 168 resolved by convictions or charges or trials. The bureau now has ballistics, handwriting analysis, and 75 000 fingerprint records.
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Rotary Club
V. Tuneleon
Ja Parker
Parker
Will’ Johns
Lawrence
KBI
Thunderstorms Spread Moisture Across Kansas Tonight
Scattered showers and thundershowers are forecast to reach Kansas tonight and tomorrow, bringing rain to central and western counties. Rain totals vary, with some stations reporting over an inch, aiding crops while temperatures stay mostly below 100.
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Kansas
S. D. Flora
Wheaton
Lebo
Independence
Emporia
Eureka
Columbus
Phillipsburg
Hanover
Concordia
Ellia
McPherson
Russell
Florence
Hutchindon
Wichita
Anthony
Winfield
Dresden
Hill City
Ness City
Sublette
Ashland
Flora
Oklahoma
Missouri
Colorado
National League Baseball Quieture Amid War News
No NL games scheduled today as sports pause coincides with regional turmoil. The text notes political upheaval including the ouster of 62-year-old Ulmanis in Latvia and shifting allegiance ahead of potential Soviet influence, with references to a 1978 independence denial.
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Latvia
Soviet Union
Ulmanis
Atvian
Weather Forecast for Kansas Area
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight and Tuesday. Temperature little changed. 24 hour maximum 92 and minimum 72. Saturday to Sunday outlook shows high 75 and low 34.
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Kansas
Tueasday
Tip
M. Wu
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