Senate Debates Peacetime Draft Carveouts and Penalties
Washington July 26 The senate military committee moved to curb peacetime draft dodgers under the pending conscription bill. It studied penalties of up to five years in prison and fines to ten thousand dollars for men 65 and under seeking to evade service if the bill becomes law. Amendments protect civilian rights and job security for conscripts and return rights for employers.
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Washington
Epioml Buesaree
Shislene
Stion
Senate
Wheeler
Dmont
Reynolds
D-N.c
Ator Vandenberg
R-Mich
High Command
House
Benjamin “Marsh
People’s ‘Lobby
Hitler
America
People’s Lobby
Marsh
Sheppard
D-Tex
Senate Mill Committee
Bas Hiter
Army
Ted
Lewis B Hershey
Senate Military Committee
Senbesaber
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Germans to ration neutral trade under new British blockade
London reports Britain will enforce a tighter economic blockade by rationing trade of neutrals to the bare minimum. The plan aims to curb re exports to German occupied Europe via neutral channels and extend the navicert system to cover all routes to Europe.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
United States
Fewer American newspapermen left in Paris report
Paris dispatch notes a shrinking U S press presence in the city with only four regular American newspapermen remaining from a larger corps once numbering about 40. The article mentions German and Nazi propaganda offices coordinating with Berlin.
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Paris
Berlin
Gerstratt
Arman
Nazi Proparnde
Midwest cities push congressmen to attend defense briefing
Representatives from 60 cities in six midwestern states met in Kansas City to urge their congressmen to visit and listen to regional defense needs. The plan envisions a two to three day conference to present Midwest assets to government and war industries and to mitigate coastal economic disruption. Delegates cited poor current representation and stressed securing inland sites for training and underground storage. Iowa Nebraska Minnesota Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma were represented by business leaders and chamber of commerce officials.
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Middle Western
Washington
Victor Barnett
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce
Midwest
Hoserge Concen
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce
Ted Stark
Frank Mapel
Dodge City
Kan
Rumor Roosevelt Asked to Plead for Peace in Europe
London dispatch reports a Dutch radio claim that a Netherlands committee cabled President Roosevelt requesting a discussion for an honorable peace between Germany and England. The broadcast and committee were denied by Netherlanders in London, with officials saying no such group exists or is connected to the Dutch government.
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London
Helversum
Netherlands
Une
Germany
Eng
Hierach
Ne Hague
Elthdy
Patterson Nomination Approved for Assistant Secretary of War
President Roosevelt's choice Robert Porter Patterson was approved by the senate military committee to become assistant secretary of war. Patterson, a Republican and New York circuit judge, would replace Louis Johnson at the request of Henry L. Stimson, with the White House noting Stimson's support.
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Roosevelt
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Senate Military Committee
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New York
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Henry L. Stimaon
War Department
Porter Patterson
German News Agency Denies Responsibility for Transport Mishap
The German news agency last night disclaimed responsibility for the mishap involving the transport Maka. French sources say the German union was not informed of any safety request for transport.
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DNB
Maka
Japanese Protest Likely as U S Curbs Trade
Tokyo reports the Japanese foreign office asked its Washington ambassador to study the U S licensing order on coal oil and scrap iron exports. Domei cited officials suggesting the move could be aimed at Germany and Italy and curb Japan, with Japan warning of a very great reaction if an embargo is implied.
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Washington Ay
United States
Reacion
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
Japan
Germans Deny Brittany Autonomy Move Report
Berlin reports from foreign office sources deny a Rennes based claim that Germany granted Brittany autonomy. Officials say the NB news agency report was unauthorized and slippage, while DNB did not authorize circulation. The story cited L Heure Bretonne and a Breton council platform for a future state.
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Foreign Office
Germany
Rennes
France
DNB
Brittany
L’heure Bretonse
Breto National Council
Anniversary of Trinity Episcopal consecration noted
A text says Trinity Episcopal Church marks its eighty one year consecration anniversary. Services are to be held in the church on July 28 while the chapel remains closed for inspection. The church, consecrated by Bishop Kemper, is one of Kansas’s oldest Episcopal buildings. It originated with the church organization in 1856 and was later consecrated.
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Epiae
Cee
Kansas
Episcopalare
Trampled Man Dies in Wichita Hospital
Johnn Jacob Miller aged 65 died after being trampled yesterday in Wichita. He had been injured at the scene and succumbed to his wounds in a local hospital.
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Ball
Wichita
Jacob Miller
Cadets to Return After Six Weeks Of Anti Air Training
Twenty three University of Kan cadets will depart Ft Sheridan Indiana Sunday returning home after six weeks of anti-aircraft training. They will start their senior year and after graduation next spring become second lieutenants in the coast artillery. Training included manning 1 inch anti aircraft guns firing 15 pound shrapnel at targets towed by air planes and hydrogen balloons for 50 caliber machine guns. Night instruction used billion candlepower search lights at 20000 feet.
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University of Kan- 8
Ft. Sheridan
Inl
Coast Artillery
U. S Army
Herbert H. Lewis
R.0.t.c
Ft. Seeritan
Air Corps
Lake Michigan
Wind and Dust Lower Scores at Gun Club Shoot
Last night wind and dust reduced scores during the weekly gun club shoot. A highway crash nearby claimed four lives, prompting an early end to the matches. J. J. Bunch led the Atchison handicap with 43 of 50 from 21 yards, and Skip Williams followed with 42. Dr. H. T. Jones shot 41 from 17 yards. In the monkey business race a 25-target tie between Skip Williams and Dr. A. S. Anderson was broken with Anderson winning 6 of 8.
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J. J. Bunch
Atchisons
Atchison
Skip Williams
Dr. H. T. Jones
Dr. A. S. Anderson
Dr. Anderson
Roosevelt weighs aid plan for migrant Okies Arkies
President Roosevelt studied recommendations to improve the lives of migrant workers known as Okies and Arkies. A committee report urged greater federal financial aid and stronger protection against labor exploitation, submitted after his personal request.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Summer vesper concert features mixed program and soloists
The all music vesper season continues with a Sunday 7 pm event at Swarthmore directed by Dean Donald Of Swarthost. The program includes 16th century and modern works, Wagner Prelude, two violin movements, a Joseph Wilkins sacred duet, and a Dvorak Quintette opening movement. The finish dovetails with the university orchestra hand concert at 8 15.
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Dean
Donald
Powell Weavernl
Noble Cain
Wagner
Laurel Everette Anderson
Essors Waldemar Gelich
Euersteiner
de Bennot
Irene Peabody
Joseph Wilkins
will _apvear
Secred
Gelich
Eugene Nininger
Raymond Stuhl
Ruth Orcutt
Dvorak
Fowle
Contracts Cleared and US War Plane Production Plans
Washington reports 41 billion dollars in contracts cleared since the agency started eight weeks ago. President Roosevelt notes 1.66 trillion dollars in cleared contracts by July 16. Knudsen says 3,000 planes monthly for Britain unlikely before mid-1942, requiring 38 new factories and 895 total planes in August, with 96 for the United States and 236 for Britain.
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William S
Defense Commleeioet Seneeted
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Roosevelt
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Great Britain
Knudsen
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Great Britat
Free French Warships Manned For Sea By Allied Forces
The British admiralty says steps are advanced to man French warships in British ports before the armistice with Germany. French crews headed by Admiral Meslier are preparing ships for sea. One ship already sailed with all French crew under General de Gaulle. In Washington the RFC loaned Wright Aeronautical $92 million to expand high speed radial engine production by 12 000 a year.
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Admiralty
France
Germany
Meslier
de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Washington
RFC
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Unloaded rifle fires wounding woman in Liberal street
Mrs. Sam Hubbard was shot in the left thigh by a four year old in the back seat of a car owned by Mr. and Mrs. Leon Eaton. The rifle, believed unloaded, discharged when Eaton’s son Richard Lee pulled the trigger. The bullet lodged in Mrs Hubbard’s right leg. she was taken to a Beaver hospital in Oklahoma and is not seriously hurt.
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Liberal
Kan
Sam Hubbard
Leon Eaton
Eaton
Richard Lee
Pirates blank Bees 9 0 in first game of four game set
Pittsburgh Pirates shut out Boston Bees 9 to 0 as Ken Heintzelman pitches five good innings. Bees struggle with no hitter reaching third base. Multiple pitchers in use for both teams as Chicago and New York games are listed for later dates.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Bees
Ken Heintzelman
Pittsburgh
Heintzelman
Lopez
Posedel
Strincevich
Girl brings two baby rabbits to Journal World office
Lawrence and Marceline Jones was the name of the girl who brought two baby cottontails to the Journal-World office Wednesday. Temperatures fell to a low of 80 and rose to 102 as night cooled and day heated. The Liberty Memorial High School band, directed by Oliver Hobbs, performs its final summer concert at 8 in Southpark with popular numbers from earlier shows.
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Marceline Jones
Journal-World
Liberty Memorial High School
Oliver Hobbs
Southpark
DNB Reports Fourth Merchant Ship Sunk Off Britain
German news agency DNB said a fourth 10 000 ton merchant ship had been sunk off Britain bringing total sinkings or set afire to 34 000 tons. Earlier a high command bulletin said speed boats sank three ships of 22 000 tons off Brighton and set afire another 2 000 ton vessel.
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Britain
Gernee
High Command
Brighton
American Killed in Haifa Air Raid During Palestine Conflict
The state department reported that Meyer Lax, an American citizen, died in Haifa air raid Palestine. A Jerusalem telegram from Consul General Wadsworth confirmed Lax among 46 fatalities from the bombing the prior morning. F H Lex of Chicago named as father of the deceased.
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Washington
State Department
Meyer Lax
Haifa
Palestine
Jerusalem
George Wadsworth
Afikim
Lax
F. H. Lex
Chicago
Farmer Captures Nazi Pilot In England Farmyard
English farmer B. J. Parsons aged 47 seized a German bomber pilot after spotting a parachute descent in southwest England. Parsons, a member of the local Home Guard parashooters unit, chased the flyer across his farm with a shotgun and captured him.
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London
B. J. Parsons
England
Parsons
Home Guard
Eggs Within Eggs Stuns Topeka Woman
Mrs. S. E. Weaver, preparing deviled eggs for dinner, found an egg inside an egg and then another inside the second, discovering a nesting oddity she called remarkable. The incident occurred in Topeka on July 26.
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Topeka
S. E. ‘Weaver
Larned Publisher Harv H Wolcott Dies at 64
Harv H Wolcott, 64, longtime publisher of the Larned Chronoscope, died after a lengthy illness near Larned Kansas. He and L M Christy bought the Chronoscope in 1907 and he had led the paper in recent years. In Shanghai, a Japanese embassy spokesman said two recent incidents involving U S sailors at Tsingtao were settled with expressions of regret.
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Kan
Harv H. Wolcott
Wolcott
L. M. Christy
Tsingtao
Shanghai
United States
World and Ri in 137th Tin Division Comeback
The fragment indicates a world event linked to Ri and the 137th tin division, suggesting a military or industrial comeback or revival context. Specific names and places are unclear in the readable text.
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