German propels peace offers and British response tracked
German sources say London will answer Hitler’s peace proposal through Lord Halifax with Churchill delivering a later reply. Rumors claim British air raids on England and naval losses are offset by German strikes on Newcastle and ports. The British public mood is depicted as split, with a Nazi press urging acceptance before history’s clock strikes.
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Berlin
England
Lord
Halifax
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Posal
British Isles
Iere
High Command
Channel
Trondheim
Norway
Lord Halifax
Churchill
Tlord
C.S.T
House of Commo
Havana
Germany
London
Hermann Wilhelm Ride
National Zeitung
Britain
Ward
iIt
Hitler
Newcastle
Wilhelmshaven
Ohe
Pan American Conference Faces Broad Agenda and Risks
The conference delegates discuss a wide agenda from hemispheric neutrality after Western Europe’s capitulations to potential Fifth Column activities. Talks with Secretary Hull aim for concrete action to defend continental security and resist totalitarian economic ties, with concerns Argentina may hinder unity. The German legation in San Jose withdrew its neutral stance note.
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Americas
Holland
Belgium
France
Hull
Argentina
San Jose
Costa Rica
Two Drownings Reported Near Atchison Kansas
Two drownings occurred near Atchison on July 22 with victims linked to nearby lake and river areas. The first, a 17 year old from St Joseph, drowned at Sugar Lake Missouri and body was not recovered. The second, Herbert Sigh, 35, a scoutmaster, drowned in the Missouri River during a scouts excursion and his body was not recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Kon
Word of Defiance Hurled at Hitler Continues in Air War
Reports detail British success against German aircraft off the southeast coast with a Junker 87 destroyed by pom-pom fire and a crew rescue. British RAF raids target Wilhelmshaven and other German/Norwegian targets while German propaganda faces scrutiny in London amid ongoing sea and air combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Nazifuehrer
Britain
Churchill
London News Chronicle
Vernon Bartlett
Suimarer Goebbels
Germany
Italy
C C Carl Wolf Drive At Lawrence Country Club
More than 50 golfers expected to start C C Carls seventh annual Wolf Drive at Lawrence Country Club at 5 pm. The event features roughest fastest conversational golf with crowds, trick shots prizes for various feats, a putting contest, and motion pictures. Six holes will be played with a prize for killing the most wolves meaning most pars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Country Club
C. C. Carl
Japanese Cabinet Installed In Tokyo
Premier Fumimaro Konoye forms a new cabinet in Tokyo with 12 members, after three ministers delayed accepting invitations. The lineup replaces the usual 13 ministers, including the premier and 11 others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Cemetery Board Meeting Set for Friday Evening
The Hardy Oak cemetery board will hold a meeting Friday evening at the county school. The agenda includes the budget for next year with items to be discussed at that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy Oak Cemetery Board
Oesates School
Italian high command reports hits on British ships and Africa raids
Rome reports three British warships damaged along with Hood and Ark Royal in the Mediterranean battles July 8 to 13. Italy also claims bombing raids on Malta Buna Kenya Berbera and Kurmak and a decree restricting exports to profitable goods.
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Rome
High Command
Hood
Ark Royal
Africa
Gloucester
Jane’s
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Berlin
Malta
Buna
Kenya
Berbera
British Somaliland
Kurmak
Sudan
North Africa
Britain
Tobruk
Libya
Forensi
Italian Somaliland
Camel Corps
Fort Capuzzo
Western Desert
London
Funchal
Madeira
Gibraltar
FACES MURDER CHARGE INDICTED PRISON ESCAPE
Federal officials completed questioning Ivan Sullivan 29 of Trenton Missouri and handed him to Iowa guards for return to Fort Madison prison. He faces murder charges linked to a guard’s slaying during an attempted escape. A companion was wounded and another prisoner remains missing.
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Kansas City
Ivan Sullivan
Trenton
Iowa
Gvards
Fort Madison
William O. Sawyers
U.S
Sullivan
Missouri
Atchison
Kan
Lowell Haenze
Sleepy Eye
Minn
Marysville
Haenze
Nebraska
Forrest’ Estes
Mountain Home
Ark
Heese
Ead
Garner Home to Vote Going to Texas for Primary
Vice President Garner said he would travel to Texas to vote in the upcoming primary and would not discuss whether he would return to Washington afterward. He stated he votes "as I have done for 50 years" and would reserve his decision on returning, hinting at alignment with opposition to a third term.
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Washington
Garner
Texas
Roosevelt
Emancipation Picnic At Holcom's Grove Draws Crowd
The Lawrence Colored community held their annual Emancipation picnic at Holcom's Grove Saturday evening with a large crowd. About 150 automobiles were on the grounds. Several political candidates attended and were introduced to the audience.
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Lawrence
Holcom’s Grove
Thrifty Habit Reading the Classified Page
A daily habit of scanning the classified page for deals and notices. The reader seeks bargains, job listings, and community notices, treating the section as a practical shopping and information guide.
Clash at Tsingtao Sparks US Sailor Versus Japanese Police
Shanghai July 22 reporting a clash between United States sailors and Japanese policemen at Tsingtao. Domei says Japanese authorities took a grave view, several policemen were injured, and the incident began after sailors left a bill unpaid and fought owners and bystanders. a Japanese arrest attempt was met by a US patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
United States
Tsingtao
Domei
Lawrenc e High summer art school assistants named
Lawrence High school assistants in the six weeks summer art school included Marion Spearman Doris Brewster Ruth Leigh Bob Ellsworth Katherine Bargh Helen Marie Thompson and Regina Allen. Firemen inspected businesses along Massachusetts streets to guard against fire hazards. inspections occur every 90 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Spearman
Doris Brewster
Ruth Leigh
Bob Ellsworth
Katherine Bargh
Helen Marie Tompson
Regina Allen
Lawrence
Massachusetts
The Journal World Classifieds Bustling Market
The Journal World classifieds page stands as the town’s busiest marketplace with a lively mix of ads and notices drawing frequent reader attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Rumanians report Soviet push for popular government ties
From Bucharest a Moscow note is said to press for a popular government in Romania under King Carol. Mihail Manoilescu met German and Italian ministers as: debate over a defense system eastward and NATO-like alignment figures amid Moscow’s influence in the region.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Moscow
Carol
Mihail Manoilescue
Black Sea
Mihail Tonescu
Constantine Nicholescu
Florea Tenescu
Anoring
Bessarabia
Ion Gigurtu
Russia
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Baltic Countries
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Hungary
Transylvania
Tarnono
Bulgaria
Bogdan ‘Philoff
Dobruja
United States Joins Commission on Hemisphere Defense
Havana July 22 The emergency conference of the 21 American republics created commissions at a closed meeting to address hemisphere defense and economy. Delegates planned formal declarations at the opening session, with the United States joining the peace commission to consider continental defense and Europe’s western possessions. Any country submitting a proposal automatically becomes a member of that commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
United States
Pemisphere
Armored Train for Il Duce Unveiled in Rome Ceremony
Premier Mussolini received an armored train from Adolf Hitler to shield Il Duce from air attacks during travels. The German crews operated two cars presented by Gen. Ritter von Pohl in a formal ceremony as the train’s guns were tested against air targets.
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Rome
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Il Duce
Ritter von.Pohl
Duce
Glass toppled cave traps worker but he escapes
In Los Angeles on July 22 forty cases of plate glass toppled over Merle Browne a 25 year old paint store employee. The fallen glass formed a cave over his body but he escaped without a cut.
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Los Angeles
Merle
Browne
Oswego Records 2.15-Inch Rainfall on July 22
PIA reports Oswego Kansas received 2.15 inches of rain on July 22, boosting the total precipitation since Friday to 4.17 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswego Oswego
Kan
Showers Temper Heat Downto Mild Afternoon
A light shower at the power plant area dropped morning temperatures by eight degrees and a later sprinkle cooled the day further to the mid 80s. By noon the temperature rose to the low 90s peaking around 92 degrees near 2 PM.
Sinking of Panamanian freighter Fros soula by German bombers
London reports the 1,282 ton Fros soula of Panama was sunk by German aircraft on July 15 about 258 miles northwest of Cape Finisterre in very bad weather. Eighteen crew abandoned in two boats. only four survivors reach a British port after treacherous conditions. Survivors include the Portuguese chief officer, second engineer, two Greeks, and a Greek seaman.
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London
Frossoula
Panama
Cape Finisterre
Spain
Barcelona
Deaths and Funerals Flora Hosford Dick
Funeral services for Flora Hosford Dick 89 who died Saturday at her Topeka home 1307 College Avenue will be held tomorrow at 10 30 A M at Wall Diffenderfer Mortuary Topeka She widow of Thomas C Dick born March 30 1851 in Delaware County Ohio came to Kansas as a child She is survived by three daughters Susan Gertrude and Mrs R N Harger Indianapolis two sons W H Dick Kansas City Missouri James G Dick Little River eight grandchildren and one great grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Hosford Dick
Flora Hosford
College Avenue
Topeka
Wall-Diffenderfer
Thomas C. Dick
Delaware County
Ohio
Kansas
William Hosford
Jefferson County
Susan Dick
Gertrude Dick
R. N.harger
Indianapolis
Ind
W. H. Dick
Kansas City
James G. Dick
Little River
Kan
Chautemps Plans South American Trip to Defend French Holdings
Berlin reports Camille Chautemps former vice premier in the Petain government will travel to South and Central America to safeguard French possessions. The radio claims Paris harbors misgivings about U S moves under the Monroe Doctrine and Chautemps will counter such tendencies for French interests.
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Berlin
Camille Chautemps
Petain
South
Central America
Vichy
United States
America
Chautemps
Negro house man arrested for theft at KU fraternity
George L Brown was arrested at his home 1221 New Jersey street on a charge of stealing a suit of clothes owned by Herbert G Roberts of Parsons. He was released on a 250 dollar bond.
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George L.brown
K. U
New Jersey Street
Herbert G. Roberts
Parsons
Edwin Stene in Critical Condition at Lawrence Memorial
Nine year old Edwin A. Stene son of Prof and Mrs E O Stene was said to be little changed at Lawrence Memorial hospital this afternoon. He is critically ill with pneumonia and has received several blood transfusions in recent days.
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Edwin .A. Stene
E. O. Stene
Lawrence ‘Memorial Hospital
Engagement of Josiah Bennett to Chinese Student Approved
Josiah W. Bennett, 24, son of a Harvard alumnus, engaged to Miss Chan Lien Tzu, 25, a Wellesley alumna and daughter of a Chinese professor. The families in Cambridge, Massachusetts, gave approval for the alliance.
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Cambridge
Mass
Josiah W. Bennett
Harvard
Chan Lien Tzu
Wellesley
McKinney Undergoes Emergency Operation at Memorial Hospital
Merle McKinney of 221 West Twenty second Street underwent an emergency operation at Memorial Hospital at noon Saturday. His condition was reported satisfactory today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle McKinney
West Twenty-second Street
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Hosford Resting Easily After Illness
Mrs. Frank W Hosford who suffered an attack of illness last week is resting nicely at her home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosford
Frank W.,hosford
North Lawrence church group holds monthly meeting
The Christian Endeavor of the North Lawrence Christian church met Tuesday evening for its monthly business session. Family reunions were noted in Pomona on July 7 with several local families in attendance. Local residents visiting relatives included Edward Hubbel of Bonner Springs, Clyde Traynor of Lecompton, and others.
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Christian Endeavor
North Lawrence
Clyde Traynor
Lecompton
B. L. Traynor
Marilee Frame
Ralph Miller
T. L. Smith
Helen Miller
Jess Hopper
Junction City
Bert Burnham
Shower Honors Lucille Traynor and Alvin Richardson in North Lawrence
The North Lawrence Christian church hosted a Friday evening shower for Miss Lucille Traynor and Alvin Richardson as preparations for their upcoming marriage. About 100 people attended with programs by the church followers and music by Norman Nichols and Howard Smith. The event featured a brief talk on the shower’s meaning by Mrs. Thomas Popplewell and beauty gifts for the honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Banks
Lecompton
Mabel Butler
Lev Ill
Julia Reese
Bartlett
Mary Hopper
Shirley Stew
Arlene
Bobby Sims
North Lawrence
Thomas Popplewell
Norman Nichols
Howard Smith
Helen Mason
Christian Endeavor
Ida Jean
Louisa
Violet
Carr
Topeka
Addison Conner
Emma Kreider
Rex Eckert
Penny Lee
Joh Marlowe
Phyllis
Colorado
Marilee Frame
Helen Bond
Christian Endeavoristrict
Oskaloosa Park Services Open With Rotary Led
Rotary Club leads opening exercises for union park services with town groups alternating each week. Rev Joseph Lane delivered the sermon last Sunday evening and Rev FE Ahrens will preach next Sunday. Local residents and visitors mingle at free Thursday shows and Saturday band concerts drawing crowds to shop and enjoy.
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Union Park
Rotary Club
Joseph Lane
FE. A. Ahrens
Charles Sutton
Kansas City
John Sutton
Gertrude Goldman
Charlé
Colonial Club
Mike Leitch
Muscotah
Holford
Topeka
George Kiefer
Boston
Leslie Waggoners
Ralph Gibbs
Mattie Waggoner
Leaverton
Aggoner
Oscar Elkington
Emerson Droke
A. W. Hamilton
J. C. Lane
Jimmy Gibson
Lee Gibson
Junior
Patricia Keeling
Barbara Hoskinson
Marilee Alexander
Ruth
Gladys Lobb
Mary Jean Rogers
Marcia Alexander
Nora Zachriah
Harold Edwards
Herbert Wheeler
Helen Pierson
McLouth
Louise Gephart
Charles
Elms Cafe
Alpha Dennis
Homemakers Club
Sylvia Douglas
Big Vacation Map of North Woods Offered by C. and N. W. Line
The Chicago and North Western Line offers a large scale map of the North Woods to aid summer travelers. It shows lakes rivers roads and listed resorts in Northern Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota. Free upon request from D. D. Schuppener at 705 Walnut St Kansas City Missouri.
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North Woods
N. W
Plannin
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Chicago and North Western Line
D. D. Schuppener
N. W. Ry
Walnut St
Kansas City
Perry plan visit noted for Wichita
Miss Hazel Ahrmer plans a session at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. The brief note mentions a visit linked to Perry, with details pending confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Wichita
Hazel
Ahrmer
K. U
Lawrence
Market News Livestock Report Kansas City Trading Notes
Hogs closed about 5 to 10 cents lower than Friday with demand light butchers steady. Cattle and grain fed steers and yearlings mostly steady to steady plus slight gains for some classes. Grass slaughter cattle slow, mostly steady. heifers and grass stockers steady to weak. Vealers strong near 9.00 to 9.50, stockers 7.00 to 8.75, best 10.35. Sheep steady with top native lambs around 8.75 and good to choice bundles 8.50 to 8.75.
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Kansas City
USDA
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P. Lochner
U. S
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the. Journal-World
George Kirchhoff, Sr
English Channel
Messerschmitt
Royal Air Force
Hamburg
Bremen
Ruhr
Crestflower
Brazen
Admiralty
C. C. Carl’s ‘Wolf Drive
Ambassador Bullitt
William C. Bullitt
New York
Anne
Deane W. Malott
University
Kansas Geological Survey
Bonehead Club
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Willkie
Kentucky Street
Minneat
St. Joseph, Mo
Oskaloosa
Ania Schulz
Waldo F. Durr
Mr. Durr
Douglas County
McGrew-Peck Inv. Co
Mase
Cal
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