Eden rejects German peace as Europe faces reconstruction
London July 29 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden rejects any peace with Hitler and outlines postwar aims. He warns that Hitler may offer a peace blitz promising liberation and restored France while insisting nations stay at war stations. He cites US USSR China and the British Empire as obstacles to aggression and stresses Allied unity for enduring peace and reconstruction.
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London
Anthony Eden
Hitler
Europe
Britain
United States
Foreign Press Association
Eden
Sworld
Althe Hitler
Russia
France
Germany
Altho
U.S.S.R
China
United States of America
British Empire
Cutter Store Sold to Kraft and Starr in Lawrence
M. T. Coolidge announces the sale of the Cutter hardware store and the International Harvester agency to Chris Kraft of Stull and Keith Starr of Eudora. They take over September 1 and will relocate later to 1818 Massachusetts Street. Kraft and Starr plan to consolidate agencies and expand space at the current New Hampshire Street address through November 1.
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M. T. Coolidge
Cutter Hardware
International Harvester Agency
Chris Kraft
Stull
Keith Starr
Eudora
Cutter
New Hampshire Street
F. W. Cutter
Emporia
International Harvester
Lyon County
Lawrence
Kraft
Starr
Baldwin
Stall
University of Kansas School of Business
Massachusetts Street
Rapid Transit Company
Jack Wilson
Wilson
Scout Executive Babcock Resigns for Missouri Post
P O W Babcock Jayhawk Boy Scout Council executive resigns to take a similar post in Columbia Missouri. He joined the council five years ago and previously worked in Dubuque Iowa.
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Missouri Topeka
P—O. W. Babcock
Jayhawk Boy Scout Council
Columbia
Dubuque, Ia
Stag Scottish Rite Picnic Hosted by Albert B. Martin
A stag Scottish Rite picnic at 1724 Massachusetts Street will be held tomorrow evening from 7 to 9 30. Albert B. Martin hosts with food and refreshments provided.
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Albert B. Martin
Massachusetts Street
Fire causes smoke damage at Emery Apartments
A small fire in an unoccupied unit at 1423 Ohio Street Emery apartments late yesterday afternoon caused smoke damage. Fire Chief Paul Ingels said a gas stove in the vacant kitchen was turned on and nearby papers ignited.
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Emery Apartments
Ohio Street
Paul Ingels
Wheat Meeting Urges Douglas Farmers to Organize
Douglas county wheat farmers are urged to attend a special meeting at Topeka's municipal auditorium tomorrow at 8 PM to help form a state organization to protest the governments 49 cent wheat penalty and other regulations. Howard Henry announces the effort as secretary of the county association.
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Douglas County
Topeka
Howard Henry
County Wheat Growers Association
Henry Freese
Shawnee County
Shawnee
National Agriculture Producers Association
Freese
Douglas County Association
Army Navy money bill placed on Senate calendar
Washington July 29 A large defense appropriation bill totaling 8 063 238 478 for the army navy and merchant marine moved to the senate calendar after house passage by voice vote. It earmarks 4 760 203 818 for the army 1 569 374 665 for the navy 1 698 650 000 for the maritime commission and 35 000 000 for a new war department building in Arlington Virginia to shelter 40 000 workers with space twice that of the Empire State Building.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Merchant Marine
Senate
House
Maritime Commission
War Department
Potomac
Arlington
Empire State Building
Willkie Expects Hitler to Fail If Russians Hold
Wendell L. Willkie, 1940 Republican presidential candidate, said Russia holding out until September would mark the beginning of the end for Hitler. He predicted Germany’s defeat could come faster than expected if the Russians halt the German drive to the east during an interview between plane stops.
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Chicago
Wendell L. Willkie
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Willkie
Bis
R A F Attack on Germany To Surpass London Raids
A reliable source says in the next weeks the R A F will bomb German towns wherever in range and launch the greatest raids in history surpassing last fall's German raids on London. Britain’s bomber strength grows and attacks may target cities not yet hit.
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London
R.A.F
Britain
Germany
RAF says 34 Axis planes destroyed at Sicilian airfields
Cairo report states Pi Thirty four axis planes were destroyed in widespread attacks on Sicilian airdromes yesterday. Many other aircraft were damaged and casualties occurred among personnel at the airports. No British losses were reported.
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Cairo
Egypt
R.A.F
Middle East
Air raid alarms in Cairo with no city damage
Cairo's anti aircraft defenses opened fire early today as the city went on air raid alert. A communique said three bombs fell in a province and the desert with no casualties or damage reported.
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Cairo
Egypt
Halt American Business in Shanghai Amid Japanese Sentries
American officials reported that Japanese guards were stationed at American oil properties in Tsingtao and Dairen, halting all business. The move curtails American activity in the two ports as tensions rise.
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Shanghai
Tsingtao
Dairen
German General Dies in Air Crash at Belgrade
Berlin reports Gen. Ludwig von Schroeder aged 57 died from injuries after a plane crash at Belgrade. He was president of the Reichs air raid protection league and military commander of Serbia.
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Berlin
Ludwig von Schroeder
Serbia
Elgrade
Deaths and Funerals Florence Branstetter Services Wednesday
Mrs Florence Branstetter 25 died yesterday in Kansas City. Funeral services will be at Federated Church in Linwood at 2 PM Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be in Mt Sidney Cemetery.
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Kansas City
Federated Church
Linwood
Mt. Sidney Cemetery
Noted geologist Dr. Robert T. Hill dies at 82 in Texas
Dallas report notes Dr. Robert T. Hill 82 longtime United States Geological Survey principal geologist 1886 to 1930 who mapped Texas oil sands artesian wells and Caribbean geology. Born 1858 in Nashville he joined Cornell 1882 earned B S 1886 and worked with Alexander Agassiz on West Indies Central America studies. He taught at Texas and helped rewrite Dana's Manual of Geology. He married Justina Robinson and had two daughters.
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Tex
Robert T. Hill
Cornell University
Hill
United States Geological Survey
Texas
Robert Thomas Hill
United States
Geological Survey
Mexico
Central America
Panama Canal Route
Alexander Agassiz
Harvard
Trinity
Woodbine
Nashville
Tenn
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Dean
Red River
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Kan
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New York Sun
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Ithaca
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Maj
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Smithsonian Institution
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Rio Grande
National Geographic Society
Martinique
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Baylor
Southern Methodist
Justina Robinson
Ware
Mass
Arts College
Daughers
Light raid on London as civilians seek shelter overnight
London residents spent the night in subways and shelters after air raid sirens. German bombs struck East Anglia with minor injuries and damage while London defenses were tested, according to a Daily Express editorial.
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London
East Anglia
Daily Express
Berlin says Belmonte letter in Bolivia case was falsified
German foreign office and Dienst aus Deutschland insist the Belmonte letter used to expel the Bolivian minister was a crude falsification. They warn South American governments to watch for similar plots as U S pressure raises tensions with axis powers. Representative Dies says Germany has about one million soldiers in South America awaiting a psychological moment to divert aid to Britain.
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Bolivia
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Wilhelmstrasse
Elias Belmonte Pabon
Attaache
Ernst Wendler
la Paz
Dies Committee
United States
House of Representatives
Congressional Investigation Committee
Dienst
Washington
Dies
D-Tex
Germany
South America
Great Britain
Argentina
Orange
Tex
Merchants Top Haskell In Tight Woodlawn Softball Night
Lawrence report notes the Lawrence Merchants beat Haskell 10 to 9 at Woodlawn Park last night. Upcoming games feature a Overland Park team at South Park Thursday and a Bonner Springs junior team Friday at Woodlawn.
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Lawrence Merchants
Haskell
Woodlawn Park
Merchants
Overland Park
South Park
Bonner Springs
Red Army advances ten miles on Ukraine front
Pravda reports a Soviet regiment under Field Marshal Semeon Budenny driving Germans back ten miles in a series of counter thrusts on the Ukraine front. A railroad station was recaptured after Soviet infantry routed a German mechanized force including tanks and truck troops.
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Moscow
UPI
Red Army
Semeonudenny
Ukraine
Pravda
Heat Reaches 109 Degrees in Fredonia Kans
The temperature climbed to 109 degrees in Fredonia Kansas on July 29 as residents faced extreme heat. The scorching conditions prompted warnings to stay hydrated and limit outdoor activity amid the record heat wave.
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Fredonia Fredonia
Kan
White Sox edge Athletics 1 0 to start AL series for fourth
Chicago White Sox defeated the Athletics 1 to 0 in Philadelphia in the first of a three game series shaping the American League standings. Luke Appline's fourth inning triple scored Taft Wright the only run as Smith and Turner allowed three hits.
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Chicago White Sox
Athletics
Luke Appline
Taft Wright
Chicago
Philadelphia Ware
Smith and Turner
Marchildon and Wagner
Detroit
New York
Japs in High Gear Push Indo China Occupation
Japanese forces move into southern Indo China with troops and warships landing at Camranh Bay Nhatrang and Tourane. Hanoi announces 40000 troops to be stationed as ships approach Saigon to seize posts along the coast and gulf.
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Nhatrang
Saigon
Tourane
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Gulf of Siam
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Dairen
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Percy Spender
Australia
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Roosevelt
Dutch Ready to Destroy Oil Wells If Japs Come
Dutch East Indies oil facilities would be destroyed in case of extreme emergency, said Dutch minister Alexander Loudon. He told reporters at the State Department that measures are ready to be enacted immediately to ruin oil fields and refineries if needed.
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Washington
Alexander Loudon
Dutch East Indies
Loudon
State Department
Sumner Welles
Welles
Far East
Japan
South Pacific
Charley Murray Dies at 69 in Hollywood
Hollywood mourns Charley Murray once of Murray and Mack and later of George Sidney partnership. Murray died at age 69 in Hollywood after pneumonia. He began in vaudeville with Mack then found fame in The Cohens and the Kellys films.
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Calif
Charley Murray
Murray
Mack
Oliver Trumbull
George Sidney
Kelly
Cohens
the Kellys
Separate tax returns for couples studied by House
House Democratic leaders agreed to modify amendments to the 1941 income tax bill to permit consideration of a proposal allowing married couples to file separate income tax returns. Speaker Rayburn said the rules committee would be asked to change yesterday's parliamentary procedure to widen amendments beyond Ways and Means limits.
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House
Rayburn
Rules Committee
Ways and Means
Mosquito boats sink British destroyer near Malta
Rome reports Italian mosquito boats sank a British destroyer returning from a Malta attack on July 25. The raid on Valletta allegedly failed as aerial defenders and shore batteries destroyed 17 craft. two mosquito boats remain missing. British planes bombed Sicily. an Italian sub claimed to sink a 7 000 ton tanker.
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Malta
High Command
Valletta
Sicily
Augusta
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Stefani
Goodrich to Run Texarkana Ordnance Plant
B F Goodrich through Lone Star Defense will operate a 35 million dollar ordnance plant on a 24 300 acre Texarkana area tract John L Collyer president of Goodrich announced 8000 construction workers would begin immediately to build the plant The plant will load bombs and shells and is linked to Missouri Valley Bridge and Tron Works Leavenworth Kan no details on other contracts
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B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Thru
Lone Star Defense Corporation
Texarkana
John L. Collyer
Goodrich
Collyer
Missouri Valley Bridge and Tron Works
Leavenworth
Kan
Mass killings reported in Belgrade target Jews and communists
The German news agency UP-DNB states that a large number of individuals identified as Jews and communists were executed yesterday in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia, after being caught in sabotage acts.
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Belgrade
Berlin
DNB
Yugoslavia
Unions Reject Changes in Rail Working Rules
A spokesman for fourteen non operating rail brotherhoods says unions will not accept any proposed working rule changes from railroad management in current negotiations. Bert M. Jewell of the AFL warns of discord as talks begin, with carriers insisting on rule revisions before wage demands.
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Chicago
Bert M. Jewell
Railway Employes Department
American Federation of Labor
Jewell
Eddie Leonard Found Dead in Hotel Imperial
Eddie Leonard, 70, famed minstrel and old-time blackface comic, was found dead today in the Hotel Imperial after being reported missing from his New York home. Initial reports suggested natural causes.
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Eddie Leonard
New York
Imperial
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President Roosevelt denies Latin American takeover plan
President Roosevelt said he hoped no friends in Latin America would take seriously Senator Clark's claim that the good neighbor policy failed and the United States should seize Latin American nations and Canada. He said he read Clark's words in newspapers and hoped they would not be taken seriously.
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Roosevelt
Latin America
Clark
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