Roosevelt Willkie race looms as Chicago deadline nears
Washington reports weigh if Roosevelt runs for a third term and who could balance Willkie's ticket with Byrnes La Guardia Hull or Garner as possible running mates. Roosevelt leaves questions open while both sides assess convention dynamics and foreign policy harmony.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Willkie
Senator Meary
Wendell L. Willkie
New York
Chicago
Enator Byrnes
D.-S.c
Roosevelt-Garner
Hull
Fiorello H. la Guardia
Removal Orders Elicit Hong Kong Crisis Fears
Hong Kong braces as Britain orders compulsory evacuation of European women and children, with Americans also slated to depart. Britain weighs response to Japan over Burma route. mass flight expected within days. Manila cited as initial refuge, possible onward moves to Australia or New Zealand.
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Hongkong
Great Britain
Japan
Din
United States
Britain
Burma
China
Manila
Australia
New Zealand
Elwood Hopes Willkie Speech Opens Tomato Festival
Elwood Indiana plans to host Wendell Willkie for his formal GOP nomination acceptance on July 26 at Elwood High School. The town, famed for tomatoes, would unveil an inscription reading the hope of our country and recall Willkie as a former pupil who excelled in literature and history but disliked algebra.
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Elwood
Ind
Wendell Willkie
Elwood High School
J . Elwood
Win” Willkie
Mary Cox
Willkie
Roosevelt asks Owen D Young to aid Hillman in defense training
On June 29 President Roosevelt asked Owen D Young retired General Electric chairman to assist Sidney Hillman leader of CIO training workers for national defense. Stephen Early said Young would help temporarily, especially on the youth program and civilan conservation corps.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Sidney Hillman
C.I.0
Stephen Early
Young
Hillman
Civilan Conservaton ‘Corps
Early
Classified adverts boost farm sales monthly in town
Monthly farm sales soar as farmers advertise livestock and produce in Journal-World classifieds. The section helps move cattle, hogs, milk, eggs, and crops to local buyers, supporting farm commerce and rural livelihoods.
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ournal-World
Oextient
Bomb Raids Hit Guernsey Jersey Kill and Injury Toll
London reports 23 killed and 36 injured in Guernsey and 6 killed with several injured in Jersey after German air raids on the Channel Islands. A few bombs fell on South Wales and the east coast with limited impact. one bomber was shot down over northeast England and another off Scotland’s coast.
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London
Channel Islands
Guernsey
Jersey
Home Office
British Isles
Air Ministry
Ministry of Home Security
England
Wales
Scotland
Labors Letter Urges Retirements From Key British Leaders
London a June 29 Labor leader in the house of lords Pi Lord Stra bolgi released an open letter to editors urging that former Prime Minister Chamberlain Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax and Sir Samuel Hoare ambassador to Spain retire. He cited a report that Chamberlain had given an interview to the American press denying support for peace negotiations with Germany.
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London
Lord Strabolgi
House of Lords
Chamberlain
Lord Halifax
Samuel Hoare
Spain
Council
Germany
Opposition to universal military service voiced by Methodist conference
The north central jurisdictional conference of the Methodist church opposed universal compulsory military service while the United States remains at peace, announcing their stance on June 29.
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Universal Service
Chicago
United States
North Central
Lawrence Junior Chamber to Bring Billy Walker Orchestra
Billy Walker and his 10 piece orchestra are signed to play the Lawrence Country Club dance next Wednesday night. The event is sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Kansas City booking agency that obtained the act from Kilgore Texas. About 400 tickets have been distributed among Jaycee members. Non members are invited to attend.
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Billy Walker
Lawrence Country Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Donald Johns
Kilgore
Tex
Kansas City
Jaycee
Postpone Dance At Fowler Grove For Cool Weather
Summer recreation officials cancel Monday night street dances at Fowler Grove citing cool weather and upcoming class vacations. Attendance remains steady with 100 plus people each evening enjoying badminton Jo ten is shuffleboard croquet archery and other activities under guidance of physical education instructors. A work bench offers archery equipment making supplies as bow making grows in popularity.
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Lawrence
Fowler Grove
F. C. Allen
Madden Dies. Kansas City Lawyer, Bar Leader
T. J. Madden, 68, former Kansas City bar association president and longtime Democrat figure, died of bronchial pneumonia in Kansas City. Born near Summerfield, Kansas, he graduated from the University of Kansas in 1896 and practiced law here for forty years.
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T. J. Madden
Kansas City
Kansas City Bar Association
Summerfield
Kan
University of Kansas
Nazis Warn Americas In Berlin Orbited Magazine
Berlin June 29 The Berlin Rome Tokyo publication sanctioned by Foreign Minister Ribbentrop warned North and South American republics their stance could shape future European American economic relations. It urged self security and cited Roosevelt's policy failures while predicting the Americas may be drawn into the new Europe.
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Berlin
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Europe
Americas
Joachim von Ribbentrop
America
United States
Havana
Germany
Italy
Japan
Soviet Union
France
England
United State
Hitler
Reich
Dentist Extracts Fifteen Teeth From One Cavity
A woman, Betty Snow, age unknown, visited a dentist for tooth pain and learned that fifteen tiny teeth had developed in a single socket beside a permanently missing tooth. The dentist noted these teeth, about the size of a rice grain, clustered around the root of the first tooth. He said a Missouri case of 300 small teeth was the only comparable instance he had heard of.
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Betty Snow
West Sixth Street
Miss Snow
Missouri
Sher
New Wheat Flows Into Kansas City Amid Late Harvest
Movement of new wheat into Kansas City reached 654 cars as the 1940 harvest expands to the southwest. Marketings are expected to rise rapidly with favorable weather. This year's crop runs about two weeks late due to delayed growth and recent wet conditions.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Baseball Results Across Leagues June 29 1941
National League saw Claude Passeau lose control from the sixth inning as Cincinnati topped him 4 to 1. Brooklyn routed Boston 10 to 4 with Babe Phelps homering. New York Giants shut out Philadelphia 5–0 behind Bill Lohrman. Yankees triumphed 13–9 over Athletics with DiMaggio and others homering. Indians beat White Sox 7–3 as Bob Feller struck out 11. Washington defeated Boston 7–3 with Ted Williams adding a ninth homer.
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Cincinnati
Claude Passeau
Cincinnati Reds
Jim Turner
EC Ricarl
Chicago
Q Passeau
Todd Turner
Lombardi
Brooklyn
Babe Phelps
Dixie Walker
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Bees
Chet Ross
Gene Moore
Bees
Boston
Posedel
Berres
Davis
Pressnell
Phelps
Philadelphia
New York Giants
Phils
Bill Lohrman
New York
Lohrman
Johnson and Atwood
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Anning
Higbe
New York Yankees
Athletics
Joe DiMaggio
Babe Dahlgren
Frankie Crosett
Yanks
Ed Heusser
Dick Siebert
Dean
Heusser
Potter
Hayes
Wagner
Chandler
Hadley
Murphy
Rosar
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
Indians
Thornton Lee
Cleveland
Weseseessee
Feller
Pytlak
Lee
Tresh
Washington Senators
Red Sox
Sid Hudson
Ted Williams
Washington
Hudson
Krakauskas
Early
Wilson
Harris
Ostermueller
Dickman
DeSautels
Detroit St. Louis
Bridges and Tebbetts
Auker, Coffman
Cox
Susce
Grace
Swift
Uncertain Attack Report On American Vessel Near Britain
A conflicting message claimed the American steamer Edgehill was torpedoed southwest of the British Isles yesterday. Lloyds lists no Edgehill and the name attached to its former designation now belongs to a German ship. Excalibur relayed the alert from a British coastal station. A second note reported the torpedoing of the British freighter Empire Toyhan in the same area.
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New York
Mackay
Edgehill
British Isles
Lloyd's Register of World Shipping
Baltimore
Lloyd’s
Excalibur
Mediterranean
United States
GYW
Ireland
Empire Toyhan
Lawrence Citizens Weigh Willkie Support Amid Local Quips
In Lawrence, a noted Democrat said the Republican ticket is the strongest since Lincoln, a remark made in a downtown coke center. Other items: a fisherman mishap with a flashlight hurled ashore, KU band camp discipline tightens late-return penalties, three KU students head to Mexico but return, C H Simpson returns from New York with observations on the world’s fair and military camps, local volleyball teams prepare for a Tuesday match, Ray A. Heady buys a Stratford Road lot, and a bridge party features a bouquet of Turkey red wheat as decor.
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J Altho
Wendell Willkie
Lawrence
Lincoln
U S Moves to Bar Aliens Under New Entry Rules
Federal agencies outline phased plans to enforce stricter alien entry measures starting Monday with passportiminent requirements. President Roosevelt signs funding to double border patrols and boost marine inspectors for alien seamen, plus fingerprinting and registration for all aliens.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Justice and Immigration Departments
Bermuda
Dominican Republic
State Department
Mosley Wife Arrest Reported at Buckinghamshire Home
Lady Diana Mosley wife of Sir Oswald Mosley and sister of Unity Mitford was arrested this afternoon at Savetay Farm Denham Buckinghamshire by plainclothes officers under defense regulations. Her husband Sir Oswald was jailed May 23. he leads British fascists. Mis Freeman-Mitford admired Adolf Hitler and returned to England from Munich last January with a neck wound details not explained.
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London
Diana Mosley
Oswald Mosley
Unity Freeman-Mitford
Savetay Farm
Denham
Buckinghamshire
Diana
Oswald
Miss Freeman-Mitford
Adolf Hitler
England
Munich
Over 100000 British Children Seek Haven in Canada
London officials said well over 100,000 British children have registered to seek havens in Canada and other overseas dominions. They cautioned that dominion responses are far from enough to house all. The first hundreds of Canada quota, 10,000, from high risk areas, are to sail within two weeks.
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London
Pix
Canada
Britain
Turkish Fleet Resumes Position at Bosporus
The Turkish fleet moved to a defensive stance at the Bosporus mouth after a Black Sea cruise seen as a warning to Bulgaria. Troop movements continued with Anatolian soldiers arriving in Istanbul to head toward the Bulgarian frontier amid rising military concentrations.
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Istanbul
The
Bosporus
Bulgaria
Turkey
Pasadena Ad Staffer Speaks on Advertising Technique
Chester W. Flory of the Pasadena Star-News advertising staff addressed a school of business class in Pasadena on selling advertising and the training background needed. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Flory of Pasadena and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Flory of Lone Star.
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Chester W. Flory
Pasadena
Calif
Star-News
School of Business
Alva Flory
Austin Flory
Lone Star
War Dept selects 69 air reserve officers for second lieutenants
The War Department announced the selection of 69 air reserve officers for appointment as second lieutenants in the regular Army Air Corps. From Kansas, Roger McKee Crow of Topeka was commissioned.
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Adid
Washington
War Department
Air Reserve
Regular
Army Air Corps
Kansas
Roger McKee Crow
Topeka
Crowder Riverside Farm Bureau Hosts Shower Honoring Mrs Anderson
The Crowder Riverside Farm Bureau met Thursday at Mrs. Mary Farley’s home with nineteen members present. They invited guests for a shower honoring Mrs. Paul Anderson of Kanwaka who received many beautiful gifts.
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Riverside Farm Bureau
Mary Farley
Paul Anderson
Kanwaka
Elmer Husted
Ben Kow Ing
Harley Armstrong
Rolla Stanwix
John Kasson
George Husted
I. D. Hudson
Allie Collins
Gladys Bearman
Virgil Bradley
Clara
Drive ends marijuana eradication drive in Douglas County
The NYA workers under Ralph Erwin completed a weed clearance along the Kaw river and Mud Creek areas southwest of Lawrence. About 89 acres of Indian hemp were removed from 800 acres of land, marking progress though Erwin notes remaining infestation in the county.
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Douglas County
NYA
Ralph Erwin
Erwin
Kaw
Mud Creek
Lawrence
Last minute reminder to order the Journal-World
Last minute suggestion urges readers to order the Journal-World for summer delivery to their vacation address. It mentions phone contact 22 for placing the order. The note reflects a small newspaper promotion aimed at travelers.
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Journal-World
Funeral, visits and social notes from Barker area
The notice lists a memorial service for Grant Johnson at United Brethren church in Big Springs with interment at Memorial cemetery in Topeka. It records local attendees and visitors including Everly Hodson, Betty Hodson, Victorene Barland, Helen Farley, and many from Barker, Lecompton, Lawrence, and Pleasant Valley.
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N. J. Barland
James Wiggins
Bernice
Barker
Grace Ryse
Lincoln
K. ‘al
W. I. Collins
Mike Kesler
Leo
Hmmett
N. J
R. M. Norwood
Mary Johnson
Ruth Holson
Lecompton
Russell Worley
W. S. Collins
Viola Welcher
Betty Hodson
Victorene Barland
Cecil Welcher
Dr. Isaacs
Lawrence
Henry Bearman
Donna Cox
Knowledge Hill
C. N. Hodson
Jack
Bar Gerrill
Lionel Rogers
Rosalie
Lewis Hodson
Market Mood Cools as Wall Street Waits on Politics and War
Buying demand faltered on June 29 as traders paused for developments in politics business and the European war. Early gains faded into spotty closes with leaders down slightly while optimism from Mr Wilkie's nomination lingered. Restraints cited include potential German threat to England and possible tax reforms.
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Wall Street
New York
Willkie
England
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Great Northern
American Telephone
Consolidated Edelson
Public Service of
N.J
Anaconda
Phelps Dodge
Montgomery Ward Standard Oil
International Mercantile Marine
Sperry
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem American Can
Westinghouse
General Hedric
Loft
Kennecott
Allied Chemfen
J. C. Penney
Eastman Kodak
Douglas Aircraft
Glenn Martin
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Wendell
Wilkie
Kersey
Billy ‘Walker
Junior ‘Chamber Party
Stassen
Alf Landon
G.O.P
American Association
Minneapolis
Ripcon
Riddle
Evans and Denning
State Lake
K. U
Mexico
Gene Kuhn
C. H. Simpson
Lena Mandel
John Simpson Mandel
Detroit
Ford’ Motor
Greenfield Village
Ford
Monay
Ray A. Heady
University of Kansas Journalism Department
Stratford Road
West Hills
George Docking
U. S
Gallagher
Plymouth
DE Soto
Radley Cleaners
Schulz
Norris Grain CO
South Lawrence Earl Cox
Mgr
North Lawrence Raymond Tegtmeyer
Wall Street Journal
Broad ST
N. Y
R.C
National City
Ameri
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peoples State Bank
9Th
Massachusetts
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