German air raids strike British targets and sink merchant ship
German high command announced raids on Weybridge near London and bombing of Great Yarmouth and Glasgow industrial sites. They reported sinking an 18,000 ton British merchant ship near Portland, with six German planes lost and twenty eight thousand tons in merchant losses across a Thames estuary attack. Six British planes were shot down.
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Vickers Aircraft Factory
Weybridge
San
Londn
Eng
Portland Naval Base
High Command
Vickers
Great Yarmouth
Glas
Scotland
Thames
Thigh Command
Portland
Can de la ‘Ague
Germany
Britain
Owever
Ormany
Night Viola Damour Concert At University Hall
Violinist Bakaleinikoff associate director of the Pittsburgh Symphony plays the tenor viola damour tonight at Frank Stronz Hall. He will perform all pieces including the instrument’s seven sympathetic strings that enrich tone. The program features Vivaldi Amour Divertimento Hoffmeister Casadesus and more, starting at 8 o clock.
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Weer Toni Akaleinioff
Bakaleinikoff
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Frank Stronz
Three Men Arrested for Drunkenness and DUI
At 1 45 last night at 709 North Sec 4 gad street 326 arrest and 1511 ceek Hi th street John DeWitt and Z W Owens were taken into custody for intoxication and driving under the influence Walter B Plobner of Oklahoma City was arrested at Union Pacific yards at 11 20 o'clock for being intoxicated.
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Z. W. Owens
John DeWitt
Ceek Hi
North Sec
DeWitt
Walter B. Plobner
Oklahoma City
Gested
Union Pacific
Bigamy charges filed in Carson City court
In Charles C. Rankin's office this morning Gertrude Tibbs alias Mildred Dolphus alias Gertrude Feverly, a colored woman, was charged with bigamy and released on $500 bond. A preliminary hearing is set for August 26. Pittman files as candidate for foreign relations committee chair.
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Charles C. Rankin
Gertrude ‘Tibbs
Mildred Dolphus
Gertrude Feverly
Pittman
Carson City
Nev
Piney Pittman
Gift to K U Law School by Judge Johnson
The University of Missouri law school received seven volumes of Precedents of the House of Representatives by Asher C. Hind. Given by Judge Nelson E. Johnson of Kansas City Missouri a former circuit court judge who graduated from the school in 190. The volumes are first edition issued for libraries and judges and include references to the Constitution laws and U S Senate decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University School
House of Representatives
United States
Asher _C. ‘Hinds
Nelson ‘E. Johnson
Kaheas City
Missouri
United States Senate
Day of Gunfire Over Swarm of Planes Near France
A dawn air battle above the sea sees eight Junkers 87s bomb British ships and land targets as RAF fighters pursue them toward the French coast. A later group of German fighters arrives while anti aircraft fire lights the sky. ground fire and dogfights continue as watchers report no initial bombs.
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France
RAF
Defennex
R.A.F
Roosevelt and Wallace plan campaign strategy talk
President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace discussed strategy and agreed Wallace would refrain from political activity until after the official notification of his vice presidential nomination. Wallace said the ceremonies would likely occur around August 20 in Iowa.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Iowa
Goering Books Sell High at British Red Cross Sale
Two blue pencilled books once owned by Hermann Goering fetched 350 guineas at the British Red Cross sale. An autographed copy of Churchill's My Early Life brought 13 guineas.
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Goering
London
Wptwo
Hermann Goering
Red Cross
Churchill
How to Vote by Absentee Ballot in Kansas
Instructions for voting absentee in Kansas on August 6 including where to vote, how to mark state and county ballots, and how to handle write in names. It covers Douglas county procedures, outside the state voting, and affidavit requirements with notary confirmations and postmark deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Douglas County
Secretary of State
Baseball score snippets across leagues and teams
Fragmented game notes show results and lineups from American and National League matchups including Detroit Cleveland Boston Chicago St Louis Philadelphia and New York with pitch staff names Sewaland Lopez Fernandez Schumacher Danning Lee Artnett Salvo Ja very Berres and a night game in St Louis at Philadelphia.
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Lene Washington
Detroit
Leonard Tebbetts
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Ross and
Boston
Chicago St. Louis
Ruffing
Susce
Pittsburgh
New York
Sewaland
Lopez
Fernandez
Schumacher
Danning
Chicago
Lee
Artnett
Salvo
Javery
Berres
St. Louis
Talks on Education From Dr Savioe of Columbia at Kiwanis
Dr James E Savioe of Teachers College Columbia University spoke at Wiedemann s luncheon on The State in Relation to Education He compared German national socialist education to American democratic schooling noting Germany rewrote textbooks including mathematics for war aims while Kansas groups drafted strong democratic aims for integrity science social order and human relations
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James E. Savioe
Teachers College
Columbia University
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann’s
Germany
United States
America
Kansas
British Blockade Tightens Oil Shipments to Germany
London reports Britain will halt oil shipments to Germany via Fascist Spain as part of a broader blockade tightening. An expected Commons statement by Hugh Dalton on measures was postponed without explanation amid Spain Portugal arrangements and continued German access through land routes.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Spain
Reich
Hugh Dalton
House of Commons
Britain
France
Franco
Portugal
Argentina Seeks Four Projects at Pan American Defense Talks
Argentina to present four proposals at the Pan American conference on hemisphere defense. Foreign possessions inter American neutrality and security zone protection of children and coordination of defense measures. A new US plan to curb fifth column activities aims to unite the Americas against subversion.
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Havana
Argentina
Leopold Melo
United States
Americas
Américas
Journal World Classifieds Market Chief Claim
The Journal World Classified Page is described as the town’s busiest marketplace, highlighting its bustling activity and central role in community commerce. The note emphasizes active listings across categories and steady reader engagement in this local newspaper section.
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Journal - World
Shanghai clashes deepen as sailors clash with Japanese police
A delayed foreign dispatch reports incidents in Shanghai involving American sailors and Japanese authorities. US citizen C J Meyer and his Russian born wife were implicated in a scuffle with plainclothes police during unrest, with shore leave cancelled and several officers injured as Japanese and Chinese crowds joined fighting near a Japanese ship.
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Shanghai
C. J. Meyer
Salt, Lakelly
Utah
Taingtao
Meyer
United States
Willkie club gains members. temperatures rise across Kansas
An official visiting three Lawrence businesses gathered 20 new Willkie Club members, 12 of whom said they voted Roosevelt in 1936. Temperatures across Kansas climbed with Salina at 109 and Topeka at 106, Pittsburg at 97. Miss Marjorie Whitney spoke on Design in Advertising to KU Ad Club. Howard L Reedy left Logan Moore Lumber after 16 years. A Lawrence salesman requested a five month advance day off. Two baby cottontails were found at Journal-World office. a farmer’s field nest was culled to two eyes-closed kits. The young woman from Williamstown brought them to town.
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Willkie Club
Roosevelt
Journal-World
Salina
Topeka
Pittsburg
Howard L
Pete” Reedy
Logan-Moore Lumber Company
Gestalt
Fletcher McCord
K. U. Department
Outline Training Course Under Compulsory Military Service
Washington outlines a three stage training plan for a pending compulsory service law. Initial two months cover army life and basic instruction, followed by eight months of specialist and unit training, then six weeks of field exercises and maneuvers before two weeks of deprocessing and home assignment to units such as the national guard.
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Washington
War Department
First liquor import conviction affirmed by appeals court
Richard Gregg of Norton Kansas was convicted by a federal court jury at Hannibal Missouri last December of attempting to transport liquor into dry Kansas. The United States circuit court of appeals affirmed the case marking the first such conviction and confirming that sentences in similar cases were deferred pending Gregg’s appeal.
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St. Louis
Richard Gregg
Norton
Kan
Hannibal
Kansas
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Gregg
Reed letters echo Roosevelt ties to 1932 campaign
Kansas City reports James A. Reed releasing a letter to Jim Roosevelt thanking him for aid in the 1932 campaign. Reed recalls organizing independents against a third term and cites prior inquiries at Roosevelt's request in 1932 and 1936. He says he urged Roosevelt to uphold the 1932 platform principles.
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Kansas City
James A. Reed
Roosevelt
Jim
Missouri
Reed
Romanian Minister Tilea Recalled from London
A spokesman for the Romanian legation announced that Viorel Virgil Tilea, Romania’s minister to England since 1938, was recalled. Officials noted that Wassile Stoica, ambassador to Turkey, was strongly suggested as his successor, with a British Foreign Office announcement expected.
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London
Legation
Viorel Virgil Tilea
England
Wassile Stoica
Turkey
Tilea
Stoica
Valley Chapel Residents Visit In-Laws And Friends
Valley Chapel notes show Ray Badsky from Los Angeles visiting sister Mary Lamb and family, while Cora Dollide of Lawrence and Mrs. George Dolbep from California visit Sanders family. Local gatherings include festival attendance at KU and dinners with Mrs. Wise and Katheleen, plus multiple trips to Kansas City and Olathe for dental work, hospital stays, and family visits. Reports mention rainfall aiding crops and several towns such as Butler Mo and Formae city aiding local friends.
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Ray Badsky
Los Angeles
Calif
Mary Lamb
Charles Lamb
Cora Dollide
Lawrence
George Dolbep
Californa
Mra
B. Sanders
Sick
Samsen
Kansas City
Mary Thome
John Dunn
Elizabeth
K. U
Arthur Wise
Katheleen
John Banks
Orerge
Butler, Mo
Hugo Schell‘Banks
Charles
Albert Sedlacek
Lucy
Esther Kernodle
Fornae
C. E. Sanders
Obert ‘Wilson
Roy Curtis
Conrad
Agnes
Olathe v
Curtis
Grover Boehm
Emma
Nibberwrence Apent
Stondby
N.F. Thome
Hugo Schellhorn
Roy Puckett
Harold Brohammer
Columbia
Elsa Boond
Linus Dietz
Lrnce Knott
Glen Freeman
Fragmented Local Social Roundup With Names
A damaged OCR social note lists numerous individuals and places including Mr and Mrs, Hagerman, Alberta Reusch, Milburn near Defoto ra, Otis Andrews and family, Al Andréwa, John bli ily, Harold Fisher, Talithane, Deane Miller, Betty Stone, Edith, and Ev. The fragment mentions Sunday visitors, a farm, a lesson, cupcakes, and a planned meeting on Thursday and July with various locals.
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Midland
Bernie
and Hagerman
Alberta
Fireuice
Milburn
Defotora
Otis Andrews
Misa Luvis
al Andréwa
John Bli Ily
Stane
Harold Fisher
Kelley
Stone
Talithane
Deane Miller
Betty Stone
Schellenberg
E Hememond
Bert
Edith
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Hoffmeister
Casadesus
ULV
Bakaleinikett
Srien Ale
Herzo
Hakaleininett
Vandenberg
Senna Vandenber
Cofgress
Michigan Republican
Senate
I Vandenberg
Im ‘Deet -Mich
Whder
W. Owens
U. Law School
N. E. Johnson
H. Harriman
Capitol
Workers’ Alliance of America, C.I
WPA
State
Jefferson City
U.S
George Earle,Jr
Cairo
Karachi
India
U. S
Bulgaria
Collegians
Wyoming
Naval Reserve
Robert Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
Navy
The
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Dark Horse
Orj
Kansas Electric Power Company
Marjorie Whitney
University
K. U. Advertising Club
Design
Roosevelts
Valley Chapel
Dickinsop
Will. Ue
Jesse James
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