Day of Gunfire Over Swarms of Planes in British Seas
A German air raid disrupted British shipping and coastal towns as about 80 Nazi planes attacked a merchant convoy off the southeast coast. British defenses claimed several fighters downed, with one bomber crashing in a southwest England field. Eyewitnesses described the intense air battle and ongoing anti airfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geran
Admiralty
Meknes
England
Porland
Associaton
Hage
Air Ministry
R.A.F
Otland
Britain
de- Sense
Heat Wave Expands Across Plains With High Temps
Topeka reports forecast of 100 to 110 degree highs as heat relief moves north. Beloit and Hill City hit 116 to 120 while Salina reached 109. Cooler air expected tonight and tomorrow but eastern counties endure 75 to 80 degree lows. No rain reported in 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
S. D
Igher
Northcentral
Beloit
Hill City
Harsach
Salina
Kansas
Tyndall
Lasewas
Nev
Plains States
U S Pledges Four Facilities to Aid Britain Buy Planes
Morgenthau announced that the United States would provide four facilities to help Britain purchase 3,000 military aircraft per month in 1941 and 1942. He said new factories would be built with British funding and output directed to British needs, raising U S capacity beyond 50,000 planes yearly. The plan, approved by the treasury, war, and navy, aims to support Allied defense with major industrial expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morgenthau
United States
Pis
London
Lord Beaverbrook
Treasury
Treasury, War
Navy Departments
William S. Knudsen
Defense Commission
Roosevelt
Vlann
Morgethau
Funk Attacks U.S. Trade Policy Amid World Tensions
Walther Funk denounced U S economic tactics and Pan American plans while urging South America to trade with Europe on sovereign terms or not at all. He warned Washington against forced economic conditions and predicted limited U S mediation postwar. In local news, the Liberty Memorial high school band will perform an all request concert at South Park tomorrow night at 8, directed by Oliver Hobbs, with four soloists and a long program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Walther Funk
United States
Germany
United State
Funk
Havana
South America
Europe
Liberty Memorial High School
South Park
Clark Hargiss
Joe M. Williams
Jean Murray
Jeannette Erwin
Oliver Hobbs
North Lawrence
Kalman the Traveler
Buchtel
Carrie Jacobs-Bond
I Lazzaro
U. S. Field Artillery
Sousa
McCarthy
Tierney
Stars and Stripes Forever
Heavy toll taken as Lancastria sinks off St Nazaire
London reports 2,823 missing from the Cunard liner Lancastria sinking during the French evacuation. Of 5,300 aboard 2,477 survived. The 16,243 ton ship was bombed by Nazi planes, listed and capsized within half an hour. Survivors were rescued by small craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cunard Line
St. Nazaire
France
New York
West Indies
Stock Market Index Advances to 41.3
The market index for 60 stocks rose to 41.3 after yesterday's 41.2 reading. Investors watched notable gains in key sectors as trading closed.
Dullness of Trade in Stock Market Explained
New York July 25 analysts cite factors for dull stock market despite strong industrial activity and profits. Withdrawal of speculators awaiting England battle decision and higher US taxes reduce earnings gains. Market awaits presidential election, wartime disruptions fade, and transition to war production reshapes trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
England
United States
Europe
Canada
Italy forecasts wheat crop smaller than recent years
Rome reports the agriculture minister told Premier Mussolini that Italy will harvest about 73 million quintals of wheat this year, roughly 7.7 million quintals below the three year average, with continued cold causing damage in northern districts and implying a 265,223,000 bushel crop, 28,292,110 bushels less than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Argentina Chamber Approves Rearmament Bill
The Argentine chamber of deputies approved a vast rearmament expenditures measure after an all night session. The bill now goes to the senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Willkie Visits West for Votes and Utah Rodeo
Wendell L. Willkie admitted his Utah swing aimed at winning votes and he enjoyed meeting crowds from Colorado Springs to Ogden. He planned to return to Colorado Springs to prepare his August 17 acceptance address at Elwood Indiana and noted he would take a week off to work privately with Mrs. Willkie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willkie
West
Colorado
Salt Lake City
Wendell L. Willkie
Utah
Colorado Springs
Colo
Cheyenne
Wyre
Ogden
Elwood
Ind
Rey
General Headquarters to train armies in new wartime policy
Washington reports the War Department recreates a general headquarters to oversee training of coast artillery mobile forces and new armored divisions. Brig. Gen. Leslie J. McNair named chief of staff. HQ to be based at the Army War College. Cost estimates for compulsory service cited by Maj. George L. Eberle. Senate continues markup on training legislation requiring broad registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Washington
Inasmu
National Guard
Marshall
Leslie J. McNair
General Headquarters
Army War College
McNair
House Military Committee
Army
General Staff
George L. Eberle
May
D-Ky
Tam
Peoples
Hitler
America
Milton A. Reckord
Maryland National Guard
Congress
Tthe
Rae Marsh
Secreguard
C. S. Longacre
Religious Liberty Association of America
Seventh Day Adventists
Senate Military Committee
McNair Appointed Chief of Staff to General Army
Maj. Gen. Lesley J. McNair has been named chief of staff of the general army headquarters. He has served the Fort Leavenworth command and the general staff school for the past year and was summoned to Washington, arriving by plane this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Lesley J. McNair
Fort Leavenworth
King George Seeks Shelter During Air Raid Drill
King George VI sought refuge in an air raid shelter during a naval training camp inspection on the South Coast of England. No bombs fell nearby. he briefly sheltered, then ordered the tour to continue as the raid passed, remaining only a few minutes inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Coast
England
George VI
George
Rt Sky
First Red Cross Train Shipped to Occupied France
The Red Cross announced the first trainload of supplies to occupied France left Basel for Paris to aid children, the sick and wounded. Norman H. Davis said relief into occupied France faced difficult problems, with $50,000 worth of food sent under an emergency, temporary agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pi — Red Cross
France
Basel
Switzerland
Paris
Poland
Norman H. Davis
Chairan
Edwin A. Stene Improves at Memorial Hospital
Edwin A. Stene, ill with pneumonia, is listed as improved at Memorial hospital after over a week of critical illness. Doctors report slight gains in the last three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin A. Stene
Memorial Hospital
Brittany to break from France and form an autonomous state
A Paris dispatch reported by radio that the Breton National Council decided to break away from France and establish Brittany as a national state. Germany reportedly created a regional governor for Brittany to recognize its autonomous status, signaling a formal shift in Western France during a Breton nationalist period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Berlin
I Jaly
Breton National Council
Brittany
Paris
Thadcast
Germa
Peninsular
Heure G Bretonne
Lawrence Chamber to Meet in Kansas City on Defense Zone Plan
Lawrence Chamber officials George Hedrick and C. Hesse travel to Kansas City tomorrow for a 9:30 a.m. meeting at the Muehlebach Hotel urged by George W. Catts to unite Midwest business on defense program opportunities. Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Iowa Minnesota representatives will attend to push local industrial expansion and private contractor orders in wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Ita
George Hedrick
Lawrence Chamber
C. Hesse
Muehlebach
George W. Catts
Phane Ager
Kansas City, Mo
Chamber ‘of Commerce
Catts
Midwest
Thentry
Centra
Hedrick
Lawrence
J.C. Nichols
Kansas City Realtor
Kk. U
Washington, D. C
Maer
Fama
National Defense Bulletin
Chamber ‘7 of Commerce of the United States
Washington, D.C
Middle West
Tulsa
Chambers of Commerce and Industrial Committees
Missouri
Oklahoma
Iowa
Minesota
Kansas City
Dutch Officials Held in Reprisals by the Nazis
Hundreds of Dutch men women and children were arrested in reprisal by German forces and sent to Germany to endure the same mistreatment as Dutch inmates in the Indies. The group includes Dutch colonial officials, royal court members and royal aides, with barred releases anticipated only if equivalent Germans are freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Berlin
Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
Germany
Indies
Holland
Juliana
Prince ‘Bernhard
Lone Star Lake opening prompts safety plan and permits
Sheriff Charles Banning prepares for a large weekend crowd at Lonestar Lake with two first aid stations manned by Boy Scouts at the east caretaker’s house and a west side station. Red Cross flags mark stations, a fast boat aids emergencies, and W H Hinton offers his craft. Speed limit 20 mph on surrounding roads with two sheriff patrols and eight state troopers. County Clerk T Gerhart urges pre purchase of fishing permits for opening day as inquiries arrive from several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Lake
Charles Banning
Red Cross
W. H. Hinton
Coatrol
Monty
Court House
Quido Paoli
Collinsville
Ill
Linn County
Marion County
Atchison
T. Gerhart
Temperature hits 103 in bustling afternoon
A top of 103 was reached in the afternoon before cooling. The temperature stood at 102 by 3 p.m. after rising to the high. The day's low was 80 degrees recorded at 6 a.m. today.
Heat reaches 114 at Hill City in July Kansas heat wave
The mercury rose to 114 degrees at 2 p m in Hill City Kansas matching the year’s high. Other Kansas readings included Garden City 105 Wichita 104 Topeka 107 and Salina 109 as hot July weather continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill City of City
Kan
Kansas
Garden City
Wichita
Topeka
Salina
Americans to be evacuated from Petsamo Arctic port
The state department announced the army transporter, sailing from New York, will move stranded American citizens from the Arctic port of Petsamo in northern Finland. Sumner Welles said the trip, arranged by presidential direction, may include Daisy Borden Harriman returning as envoy to Norway and possibly other American ministers to Lithuania Estonia and Latvia now under Soviet control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Army Transporterican Legion
New York
Arctic Ocean
Petsamo
Finland
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Daisy Borden Harriman
Norway
Ould
Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
Baltic States
Russia
Former fascists detained in Britain in wide drive
London July 25 Home Secretary Sir John Anderson says detention orders have been issued for more than 500 former British Union of Fascists members and supervision steps taken for about 9,000 union members. Mosley and other leaders were taken into custody weeks ago in a broad crackdown on suspected fifth columnists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Anderson
Oswald Mosley
British Union of Fascists
Mosley
Mexico City Orders Immediate Reorganization of Expropriated Oil Industry
President Lazaro Cardenas issues a decree detailing a sweeping overhaul of the expropriated oil sector worth 400 million dollars. It calls for wage cuts, rent reductions, and suspension of various allowances as it targets saving measures across the 16 000 workers and 'arizona workers' unclear unions. The move increases pressure on oil executives to meet a claimed 10 million pesos savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mic
Lazaro Carde
Datc
United States
Mos Grave
Maazel to Conduct Midwest Music Camp Concerts
Lorin Maazel, a 10 year old prodigy, arrives at the Midwestern Music camp to conduct rehearsals and the orchestra for Sundays concert. The event, broadcast over WDAF, features Bakaleinikoff aiding Russell L. Wiley and David T. Camp directors. An auto transportation appeal was issued to Chamber of Commerce members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorin Maazel
Conducti Fhear
Vladimir Bakaleinikoff
Vindad
Lawrence
Sunda
Mem Bakaleinikeff
Fnterochen
Willma
WDAF
Mia Atati
Bakaleinikoff
Russell L. Wiley
Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce
Amy Ia
Wiley
Homes for Refugees In Lawrence By Local A A U W Chapter
Lawrence hosts twelve war refugee children from Britain through the International Association of University Women. Local families have offered homes and two members pledge financial aid for one child. Questionnaires go to headquarters in Washington for approval. The effort partners with the US committee for European children with local chair Mrs. A I Decker and assistants Miss May Riggs and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Association of University Women
Lawrence
American Association of University Women
A.A.U.W
Washington, D. C
United States
A.I. Decker
C. Eriend
Waldemar ‘Gelich
May Riggs
Hazel Lee Simmons
Mail Five Billion Dollars In Gold To Fort Knox
Treasury moves vast gold shipments to Fort Knox as 5 billion dollars in gold is prepared for registered mail. Postmaster General Farley oversees operations with postal inspectors Secret Service and Army guards. Trains will move about 100 million dollars per trip, totaling nearly 20 billion in global holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Knox
Farley
Treasury
Post Office
Europe
New York
J Army
Mechanized Cavalry Center
Welfare costs in Douglas county show June drop in total
Douglas county welfare outlay in June totaled 9 498 42 after federal and state rebates reducing the cost versus May by 674 63. Old age assistance led all categories at 7 204 91 with other reductions in general assistance and administration noted. On July 1 the relief caseload stood at 882 with 1 636 cases receiving surplus commodities including apples beans butter and flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Heat Wave Eases as Cool Air Advances Across Regions
Cooler air moved into Montana and the Dakotas with an expected surge toward the upper Mississippi region by tomorrow night and the Atlantic seaboard by Saturday. The heat still lingered in the middlewest and east with temperatures above 100. Deaths reached 338 from the spell, including 19 heat fatalities and 207 drownings, plus several lightning deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Minnesota
Miss ‘Sigsippi Lakes
Atlantica Seaboard
Middlewest
East
Rockies
Atlantic
Middle ‘West
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Beloit
Kan
Lone Pine
Neb
Denver
Chicago
la Porte
Ind
Army eyes Midwest munitions plant sites near Kansas City
Kansas City Kansas July 25 Army officers seek detailed area surveys around Kansas City and Leavenworth for a new defense program munitions plant. The Kansas City chamber of commerce says a site requires 14000 acres level ground 100 million gallons daily water supply a nearby railroad and a city within five miles. Surveys are already underway and information is being sent to army planners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Leavenworth
Ray T. Willette
Army
Willette
Midwest
Judge orders Wichita Northwestern railroad to suspend operations
District Judge Hutchinson at G. Somers orders the Wichita Northwestern railroad to suspend operations. An August 31 filing by T. A. Fry cites lack of funds and eight consecutive wheat crops in the area as reasons, implying financial distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railrae
Weather forecast for Kansas City area and surrounding regions
Weather bulletin notes wide area thunderstorms in the south and extreme east. The northwest and north central portions see cooler conditions tonight and Friday. Read the Journal World classified page for additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansac
North Central
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mercury
U.S
man-Radio
Ism
Rolls
WPA
Communist Party
U. S
The
Journal-World
Lonestar Lake
Aroun
New County
A _ mail
Maazel
Prodigy
Music Camp Orchestra
Homes For
Fort Si
Knox
Case
Lord Jis
Associated Press
Aing
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!