Britain Reopens Burma Road to China Amid War Tensions
London reports reveal Winston Churchill announcing in the House of Commons that Britain would reopen the Burma supply road to China in response to Japan's pact with Germany and Italy. He warned of long months ahead with hardship and urged resolve as anti-aircraft fire rang in London.
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Winston Churchill
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Burma
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Japan
Germany
Italy
United States
Commons
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Hitler
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Burma Road
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Spain
Mediterranean
Europe
Christendom
Prizes To Drivers At Lawrence Safety Campaign
Mrs. Robert Rowlands and Clark C. Morton won drivers prizes announced by Sheriff Charlies Banning during a four day Lawrence safety campaign. Awards honor best woman and best man drivers with a free wash and oil, respectively.
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Ohio
Clark C. Morton
Massachusetts Street
Charlies Banning
Lawrence
Safety Council
Sheriff Banning
Walter Palmateer
Howard Sutherland
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Morton
Mrs. Rowlands
Highway Patrol
South Park
O. K
Curtis Wilks
Jack Haley
O.K
Wren
Phelps to Lecture at University of Kansas Tonight
Dr. William Lyon Phelps, Yale’s famed free speech advocate, will speak at 8 20 PM in Hoch auditorium to KU students and Lawrence residents. He once helped defend David Starr Jordan’s Yale hearing and writes literary criticism read by millions.
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Yale
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Hoch Auditorium
Phelps
David Starr Jordan
United States
Jordan
America
Nazi Raiders Inflict the Most Calamitous Attack on London
London faced four daylight raids by elusive German planes dropping bombs on streets filled with buses and pedestrians. The strikes wounded and destroyed near landmarks, following a night raid that wrecked a West End store and damaged a bank building while church roofs collapsed. The RAF retaliated with heavy bombing of Nazi ports and German targets as German troops moved in other theaters.
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Hamhwisa Canital
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British Press Association
Royal Air Force
England
Boulogne
Dover
French
Europe
Germany
Berlin
Mussolini Press Warns U S Over Axis Peace Offers
Italian paper II Popolo d’Italia warns the United States that Germany Italy and Japan are prepared to go to war if America rejects the Rome Berlin Tokyo axis mutual living peace proposal and chooses to throw down the gauntlet.
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Rome
Mussolini
II Pospolo d'Italia
United States
Germany
Italy
Japan
America
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo
Export Subsidy Suspension Hits Wheat Exports to Far East
The agriculture department suspended its wheat export subsidy program to Far Eastern ports except the Philippines. The move, announced today, affects shipments to major markets in the region and narrows government support for overseas grain trade.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Far
Philippines
Willkie Club Plans Activities and Broadcast Tonight
Douglas County Willkie club executive committee outlines weekly meetings and a 10 30 p m broadcast with questions from the public. A Wen dell Willkie talking picture will be shown at the courthouse Friday night at 7 8 and 9 with limited seating and donations collected by Walter Keeler and Charles Louk.
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Douglas County Willkie Club
Wendell Willkie
Walter Keeler
Keeler
Charles Louk
McGrew-Peck
Stock Market Index Declines from Yesterday
The average of 60 stocks fell to 44.1 yesterday from 44.8, signaling a market retreat. Investors weighed mixed earnings and economic signals as trading closed lower.
Aid of Every Citizen Needed on Traffic Problem
Major Will Zurbucken of the Kansas Highway Patrol urged universal citizen help at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. He warned that highway fatalities will surpass deaths from infantile paralysis and cited long-term national and local safety stakes.
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Will Zurbucken
Kansas Highway Patrol
Chamber of Commerce
Lathrop Read, Jr
Safety Council
Lawrence Police Department
The
Kansas
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Derringer Wins as Reds Take 1939 World Series in Seven
Cincinnati Reds edge Detroit Tigers 2 1 at Crosley Field to win the series four games to three. Paul Derringer pitcher hurls a tight duel with Newsom, with the decisive seventh inning rally featuring F McCormick and Ripple, yielding Cincinnati’s first title since 1919.
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Reds
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Chicago White Sox
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Newsom
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Bill Werber
Sullivan
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Jim Ripple
Jimmy Wilson
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Ernie Lombardi
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Joost
Derringer
Greenberg
Bartell
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M. McCormick
Gehringer
Werberg
Goodman
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York
Werber
Campbell
Higgins
Wilson
Varsity Theatre to Open With Renovations in Lawrence
Lawrence to reopen the Varsity Theatre after a year of closure with a rebuilt heating plant modernized projection equipment and renovations. The three weekly changes include first run films on Sunday Monday and Friday Saturday with midweek reruns of classics. Opening features Men Against the Sky and other planned reruns aim to attract local patrons.
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Varsity
Mhore
Stanley Schwahn
Commonwealth Theaters
Jayhawker
Granada
Mohawk
Swanee River
Dark Command
Maryland
Wendy Barrie
Edmund Lowe
Richard Dix
Patee
Massachusetts
Gas Association Elects T. J. Strickler President
T. J. Strickler vice-president and general manager of Kansas City Gas Co. was elected president of the American Gas Association at its Atlantic City convention. He chairs the national advertising program and has long ties to the University of Kansas. The second item notes Lord Lothian saying Britain may cancel plans to return to England due to potential Far East crisis.
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Kansas City Gas Co
Kansas City
American Gas Association
Atlantic City
N. J
Strickler
University of Kansas
K. U. Alumni Association
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K. U. Civil Engineering Society
Sigma Chi Fraternity
U.S. Reclamation Service
Kansas Public Utilities Commission
Kansas
Empire Gas & Fuel Co
Bartlesville
Ohlo
Henry L. Doherty & Co
New York
Gas Service Co
Oklahoma
Missouri
Far East
Washington
Lord Lothian
White House
England
No Extra Week Of School Planned By Board
The board decided not to add an extra school week to make up for infantile paralysis fears. Teachers will cover missed work during regular sessions. Other notes include bond purchases, city valuation up, staff changes, and two new programs focusing on safety and national defense.
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Lawrence
Finance Committee
Howard Sutherland
Rhuy Holmes
Cordley
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Dorothy Sylvester
Clifford D. Dean
New York School
Nancy D. Rutter
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National Defense Committee
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
London Faces Heaviest Night Bombardment Yet
Nazi air force unleashed a massive attack on London and surrounding areas, dropping hundreds of high explosive and incendiary bombs in a single night. The raid targeted the city’s suburbs with widespread damage reported across multiple districts.
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London
Registration Boards for Draft to Attend School
All registrants in the selective registration of October 16 must attend a school at the courthouse on Saturday morning starting at 9 o'clock. County clerk T. R. Gerhart, the chief registrant, is selecting the list of registrants who will work in each voting precinct. He said registrating places have not yet been selected but will approximate the sites used for the August primary election.
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Court House
T. R. Gerhart
Gerhart
Kahn Elected Vice President Of Kansas Game Group
Fred Kahn deputy county clerk and Douglas County Sportsmen's club secretary was chosen vice president of the Kansas Fish and Game Development Association at Pratt. Ernest Pontius and E S Dumm named other officers with districts awarded two year terms. Pheasant hunting opens November first with 9000 birds released across 21 counties and a daily bag of three with a season limit of six.
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Fred Kahn
Douglas County Sportsmen’s Club
Kansas Fish and Game Development Association
State Forestry, Fish and Game Department
Pratt
Kahn
Ernest Pontius
Journal-World
E. S. Dumm
Emporia
George R. Gould
Dodge City
Frank Robl
Ellinwood
George Wallerius
Salina
W. A. Perkins
Plainville
Dee McQuillan
Cherryvale
R. E. Stotts
Garden City
Pontius
Lawrence
Development Association
Clear Day Ahead Forecast From Topeka
In Topeka on October 8 forecasts predict clear weather with crisp air and sunshine aiding citizens and crops. A warming trend is noted with highs near 80 and lows around 45 to 50, while frost concerns ease in eastern sections and western Nebraska shows light freezes. Skies stay clear across the middlewest with continued sunshine for tomorrow.
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Nebraska
Concordia
Fllis
Lebo
Goodland
Middlewest
Willkie Campaign Tour Draws NYC Crowds in Rain
Wendell L. Willkie faced heavy rain as hundreds gathered in New York to hear him. In the Commodore area 5,000 to 7,000 filled Forty-Second Street and Pershing Square while crowds cheered along Fifth Avenue and Broadway. He urged unity and spoke on defense, stressing an open mind and resisting coercion.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Garment District
Times Square
Commodore
Forty-Second Street
Pershing Square
Father Duffy
Forty-Seventh Street
Triangle
Times
Forty-Third Street
Willkie
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Seventh Avenue
Draft board to operate from City Hall in Douglas county
The Douglas county draft board will base at City Hall after organization on October 17. The city council granted the board office space in the council room and vault storage. County Clerk T R Gerhart presented needs, noting meetings will start after registration to tabulate figures, with some night meetings likely.
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Douglas County Draft Board
T. R. Gerhart
Selective Service
Roosevelt
Gerhart
Bears Colonels World Series Game Postponed
The sixth game between the Newark Bears of the International League and the Louisville Colonels of the American Association was postponed from tonight until tomorrow night due to rain. Newark leads three games to two.
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N. J
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International League
Louisville Colonels
American Association
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