Senator Clark proposes hemispheric control remark shocks Senate debate
In Washington July 31 Senator Clark suggested the United States might take over control of Canada and Latin America with puppet governments. Pepper denounced the idea as isolationist and propaganda friendly to Germany. Roosevelt and Sumner Welles cautioned that the remark did not reflect U.S. policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pepper
D.-Fla
Clark
D.-Idaho
United States
Canada
Latin America
Goebbels
Roosevelt
Germany
Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Europe
Connally
D.-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
R.calif
Sumner Welles
Color Films of Alaska Outing Shown by Brinkman
Color films taken by Henry Brinkman during a Alaska vacation were shown at the Kiwanis weekly luncheon. The Brinkmans traveled from Seattle to Anchorage and on to California visiting San Francisco and other points. Seascapes mountains lakes glaciers and cities in the color record drew much interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Brinkman
Shifting Officers at Fort Riley Creates Mess
At Fort Riley Kansas Lt Leslie J Jones of the 83rd Field Artillery was sent to a motor school in Detroit leaving no motor officers for next month maneuvers. Lt Angus V Rutledge was assigned to the office but then no ammunition officer was available so Lt Robert Rupp was given the post. No mess officer has been fixed yet. Headquarters is still working on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Riley
Kan
Leslie J. Jones
de Soto
83Rd Field Artillery
Detroit
Angus V. Rutledge
Jonesboro
Ark
Robert Rupp
Aurora
Neb
Do You Know 1 Is Hitler's New World Order Socialistic
Do You Know explores whether Hitler's New World Order is a form of socialism and discusses likely US impacts. It frames two major global threats and their effects on national policy and daily life.
Hitler’s World Order Threatn to United States Markets
W.S.R. outlines feared outcomes from a German-dominated Europe and its impact on the global economy. He argues a panicked world would face loss of access to 500 million consumers, control of trade, and disruption of the Panama life line. A stalemated peace or Britain’s fall is deemed a major calamity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Germany
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
Panama Canal
Britain
W.S.R
Ickes orders 100000 Eastern gas stations shut nightly
Secretary Ickes proposes compulsory gasoline cutbacks in the eastern states from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. seven days a week starting August 3. The plan targets Atlantic seaboard stations Maine to Florida and may lead to ration cards if voluntary reductions fail to meet wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Ickes
Atlatic Seaboard
Maine
Florida
Ickes
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Peninsula of Florida
District of Columbia
Appalachian Mountains
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Tom Boyd to Be Freed From Topeka Penitentiary
Tom Boyd of Topeka a former state treasurer convicted of embezzlement in the Finney bond scandal will receive an automatic release after serving his maximum sentence with good time. He was sentenced to two to five years on two counts and has been in prison since March 11, 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Tom Boyd
Boyd
Treasury
State Supreme Court
South Carolina Senator Alleges News Control
State Senator Cotesworth P. Means told FCC probes that state and federal antitrust laws should curb newspaper and radio consolidations. He cited Charlestown where one owner controls two papers and a radio station, while denying personal naming of the individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South Carolina
Federal Communications Commission Today
Cotesworth P. Means
Charlestown
Means
Charleston
State Senate
FCC
Major Sir Herbert Latham Arrested For Military Offenses
London July 31 Major Sir Herbert Paul Latham MP for Whitby has been seized for trial before a court martial on alleged offenses against military law Details of charges are undisclosed Latham 86 has served since 1931 as Conservative MP for Whitby and Scarborough and last year was a captain in an anti aircraft search light regiment His 1933 marriage to Lady Patricia Doreen Moore daughter of the 10th Earl of Drogheda ended in a US dissolution War Secretary Margesson told the house King George commanded him to inform the house of the arrest The house extended thanks for the king s gracious message and regard for its privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herbert Paul Latham
Whitby
Sir Paul
Scarborough
Yorkshire
Patricia Doreen Moore
10Th Earl of Drogheda
Lawrence readers note river trip and piano line hints
Hayden Jones and Frank Jones rode a rowboat twelve miles from the dam to Eudora on a Sunday afternoon. Dr. F C Allen, KU basketball coach, received a Montevideo reader asking for publicity on the Goal-Hi game he invented. Arden Booth sang a Round Corner drug store dedication on WREN. Kansas Day picnic for Pikes Peak region postponed to August 13 at Soda Springs Park Manitou Springs. E W Penchard Jr sailing Miami Beach reported a five foot ten inch sailfish. Brune of Lake View brought a boxing glove shaped Triumph potato to the Journal World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden Jones
Frank Jones
Eudora
F. C. Allen
University of Kansas
Montevideo
Uruguay
Allen
South America
Pikes Peak
Soda Springs Park
Manitou Springs
Colo
Brune
Lake View
Journal: World Office Today
Telegraphers Nightmare Telegrams To Fort Riley Cause Confusion
Fort Riley operators face constant mix ups with telegrams addressed to billed names. Standard addresses like Bud Brown are easy, but phrases such as epidemic course or State Hospital create misrouting. Even humorous tags like Tall Dark and Handsome baffle clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Riley
Kan
Bud Brown
Bud
Cavalry School
State Hospital
Station Hospital
Bethlehem Steel Chief Seeks Scrap Drive for Defense
P. E. G. Grace, president of Bethlehem Steel Corp., predicted a nationwide iron and steel scrap drive similar to the aluminum effort to keep the steel industry operating for defense during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
P.E. G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corp
United States
Spencer Likely Named Operator for Baxter Springs Plant
Washington reports Kenneth Spencer of Kansas City is a possible operating contractor for the $17.7 million ammonium nitrate plant to be built at Baxter Springs Kansas. The plant may use natural gas for production with coal for steam and Spencer could resign as regional OPM coordinator if hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kenneth Spencer
Kansas City
Baxter Springs
Kan
Spencer
Tristate
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
St. Louis
Chicago
C. J. Nichols
O.P.M
R. H. Rhoads
Kansas Industries Commission
Pittsburg
Rhoads
War Department
Terre Haute
Lee
D-Okla
Thomas
Dokla
Disney
O. P. M. Board
Joplin trio confess to 28 armed robberies across six states
Prosecutor Ralph Baird announced that Dean Fisher Hurley Caldwell and an unnamed third man confessed to at least 28 armed robberies in six states over six weeks. The group allegedly used stolen cars from Albuquerque to Joplin and included robberies in Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado and New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Ralph Baird
R E
Carthage
Dean Fisher
Morrow Bay
Calif
Hurley Caldwell
Denver
New Mexico
Robert Kirby
Jean Kirby
Drake
Webb City
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Baird
Albuquerque
Springfield
Kirby
Caldwell
Fisher
Jasper County
Pittsburg
Kan
Tulsa
Bartlesville
Okla
Footwear output 1941 seen surpassing 400 million pairs
The Department of Commerce reports American footwear production in 1941 is likely to exceed 400 million pairs, signaling a strong industrial year for the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Subversive Plot Nipped By Argentina Officials
In Buenos Aires on July 31 police announced they had crushed a plot to overthrow authorities after raids in Parana. Authorities seized propaganda documents from homes with swastika decorations and arrested nine people tied to a Nazi linked ring in northern Argentina near Uruguay. The operation follows a wave of anti Nazi actions across South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Parana
Uruguay
Paraguay
Bolivia
Brazil
South America
Capper protests back door effort to lift livestock embargo
Senator Capper of Kansas denounced a potential easing of the cattle and livestock embargo through executive opinions and orders. He cited an attorney general's opinion possibly lifting the ban on certain Argentine animal products and said the subject is under review by the Agriculture and Justice Departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
GPS
Senate
Capper
R-Kan
Kansan
Argentina
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture and Justice Departments
Patton Matriarch Dies at 83 in Lawrence Home
Mrs. Mattie A Patton age 83 died this morning at her daughter Mrs Albert Green 829 Missouri street where she had lived 27 years. Funeral from Rumsey funeral home Saturday at 10 with Rev Harold G Barr officiating burial Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by three daughters and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie A. Patton
Albert Green
Missouri Street
Rumsey Funeral Home
Harold G. Barr
Oak Hill Cemetery
Green
Ema Logan
Lawrence
Yankees Rally In 13th To Beat Tigers In Opener
Charley Keller slugged his 26th homer with two aboard in the 13th inning as the New York Yankees topped the Detroit Tigers 6 3 in the first game of a doubleheader. Newsom McKain Gorsica Sullivan Ruse Murphy and Dickey pitched. Second game details not listed.
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New York
Charley Keller
Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
Newsom
McKain
Gorsica
Sullivan
Ruse
Murphy
Dickey
Benton
Chandler
Rosar
Boston
St. Louis Browns
Boston Red Sox
Missourians
Sox
Browns
Roy Cullendine
Ted Williams
St. Louis
Ecseeees
R. Harris
Caster
Trotter
Newlin
Swift
Ferrell
H. Newsome
Ryba
Potter
M. Harris
Wilson
Pytlak
St. Louden Eeesseeeetsessseeneres
Muncrief
Hughson
Peacock
Philadelphia
Athletics
Chicago
White Sox
Benny McCoy
A's
Philadelph
Rigney
Hines
Turner
Knott
Hayes
Cleveland
Washington
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Braves
Lamanna
Errickson
Johnson
Earley
Masi
Montgomery
Lanning
Dietz
V. Davis
Podgajny
Warren
Root
Mooty
Page
Japan Apologizes For Tutuila Bombing At Chungking
Tokyo reports a swift government apology to U S Ambassador Joseph Grew for the Tutuila bombing near Chungking China. Foreign Minister Toyoda and Vice Foreign Minister Yamamoto offered regrets after Grew’s protest over censorship and damage to U S boats and boats. None of the crew were hurt. The Tutuila wreck damaged the speedboat and another small craft while the embassy and gunboat remained within a safety zone.
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Tokyo
U. S
Joseph Grew
United States
Chungking
China
Grew
Jamaichi Yamamoto
Teijiro Toyoda
Foreign Office
Washington
Navy
Henri Smith-Hutton
Tutuila
Toyoda
160 Million Bushels of Winter Wheat in Kansas
Topeka reports a Kansas winter wheat crop of 160 million bushels due to wet weather and tangled wheat. Estimates range to 150 million, while the USDA forecast on July 1 was 180 million, amid a dust bowl region rebound with 35 million bushels in the southwestern corner. Sweden shifts focus to commercial iron and steel per the department of commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Santa Fe Railway
C. W. Lane
Special Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Lane
Sweden
Department of Commerce
Farmers Protest AAA Organizes County Leader Shifts
Henry Frees of near Topeka named Shawnee county chairman of a new farmers protest group against the AAA. 600 farmers heard Clayton Kline and State Sen. Thale Skovgard push for a national protest body and direct stance to Congress on farm conditions. Frees said a statewide county meeting was planned for August 15 in Topeka, while Harold Bennett noted a similar meeting for Wabaunsee County at Arma tonight.
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Topeka
P—Henry Frees
Near Topeka
Shawnee County
AAA
Clayton Kline
Thale Skovgard
Greenleaf
Skovgard
Kline
Farm Bureau
Frees
Harold Bennett
Wabaunsee County
Arma
Reserve of Men urged to build skilled labor pools
P C R Dooley director of training within industry for the OPM told a four state conference on defense labor problems that manufacturers should reserve skilled manpower as they reserve commodities. Thirty federal defense officials from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas attended. He warned that labor pinch will grow as the defense program expands unless industries train skilled workers now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
P.C. R. Dooley
OPM
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Emporia Woman Killed in Ottawa Area Car Crash
Mrs. Cora Stone, 51, of Emporia, was killed in a two car crash 12 miles southwest of Ottawa on highway 508. She was returning with her son and daughter in law Melvin Stone and his wife from an eastern vacation. Her car and Herbert Petersons Emporia vehicle collided at an intersection and both cars overturned. Stone suffered fractured ribs and possible internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kan
Cora Stone
Emporia
Melvin Stone
el Dorado
Herbert Peterson
Stone
Japan Counters Fuel Trend with Charcoal Truck Fuel Report
The department of commerce states most trucks and buses in Japan run on charcoal fuel. This claim highlights a shift in transport energy use and potential policy implications for industry and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Department of Commerce
Violence in New York strike hits Edison workers
The New York electrical workers strike turned violent at Edison Company’s new powerhouse as eight men attacked a single ironworker at the picket line, leaving cuts on face and head. Eight thousand union members striked after the firm refused to hire 600 rightfully classified union workers amid wage disputes and contract claims with Consolidated Edison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edison Company
Consolidated Edison
Timken
Riggs and Mulloy Reach Meadow Club Semi finals
Bobby Riggs of Clinton South Carolina and Gardnar Mulloy of Coral Gables Florida advanced to the Meadow Club invitation tennis tournament semi finals in Southampton New York. Riggs beat Bitty Grant 6-3 6-4 while Mulloy defeated Billy Talbert 6-4 6-0 in upper bracket play. Ted Schroeder of Glendale California and Frankie Kovacs of Oakland California won their matches in the draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
N. Y
Bobby Riggs
Clinton
S. C
Gardnar Mulloy
Coral Gables
Fla
Riggs
Bitly Grant
Atlanta Atom
Mulloy
Billy Talbert
Cincinnati
Ted Schroeder
Glendale
Cal
Russell Bobbitt
Atlanta
Frankie Kovacs
Oakland
Robin Hinnenstliel
San Bernardino
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Brinkman
Ft. Riley
Ernst Udet
Luftwaffe
Udet
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Russia
Arden Booth
Wren
Round Corner
E. W. Penchard
Miami Beach
Miami
Ft. ‘Riley
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
St Lawrence Waterway
Quito
Ecuador
Peru
Lester Wright
Hutchinson Lad
Lois Wright
Lester
U.S. Marines
W. S.van Dyket
Marine Base
San Diego
Calf
UCL
Coacy
Dewa, Roreeney
Varsity Foot
Bt C
Infeweren
Edison
The
Associated Press
Riggs and
Netsters
Emmerson
Westinghouse
Olson Bros
Allison
Armstrong
Ain
AY Ela Esas
F. S
Hemphill
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