Raiders Bomb British Cruiser
Nazi bombers damaged the cruiser Southampton and caused 35 casualties aboard her and two other warships during a raid near Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth. Four bombers were shot down as about 12 planes attacked, with casualties also reported on the Edinburgh cruiser and the destroyer Mohawk.
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London
Edinburgh
Firth of Forth
Southampton
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
United States
Mohawk
Edinburg
Royal Air Force
Germany
Hitler
Britain
Courageous
Royal Oak
Air Ministry
Scotland
Europe impressions from Dr Lyle S Powell Rotarian Luncheon
Dr Lyle S Powell shared first hand Europe impressions from a summer tour. Highlights included Azores, Vigo, Gibraltar, Algiers, Sicily, Italy, Germany, England, and reflections on Mussolini, King Emanuel, espionage, and future warfare. He urged Americans to think independently and avoid foreign entanglements while warning of air war and shifting front lines.
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Lyle S. Powell
Europe
Azores
Vigo
Spain
Columbus
France
Rock of Gibraltar
England
Algiers
Sicily
Napoleon
Italy
Germany
Emanuel
Mussolini
Powell
al Tho
United States
Edwin M. Brooks
Oberlin, Kan
William C. Mesche
CCC
Oskaloosa
Turks Brace for War as Russia Masses Troops on Caucasus Border
Istanbul reports feverish Turkish military preparations after evidence that Soviet forces mass near the Caucasus on Turkey and Iran borders. Sukru Saracoglu rejects three Russian demands and warns of Turkish mobilization up to two million if Britain and France oppose Russia.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Russia
Caucasus
Iran
Persia
Sukru Saracoglu
Moscow
Poland
Balkan
Germany
Bulgaria
Romania
Saracoglu
Great Britain
France
Italy
Britain
Tass
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Paasikivi Returns to Moscow Talks Amid Finland Crisis
Helsinki reports Finnish President Paasikivi backs resuming talks with Soviet officials in Moscow after Stockholm conference. He meets Prime Minister Cajander as Finns brace for possible crisis, with bridges guarded, reserves mobilized, and 100000 leaving Helsinki.
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Moscow
Russia
Europe
Finland
Turkey
Balkans
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Helsinki
Stockholm
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Baltic
Paland
Poland
PA Foreign Office
Foreign Ministry
Aimo Kaarlo Cajander
Paasikivi
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Dr. Paasikivi
City Council to Inspect Armory Plans Tonight
The council meets in adjourned session to review plans for a new community building and National Guard armory and to authorize bid advertisements. Armory committee convenes this afternoon to examine specifications with architect Louis H. Spencer of Topeka attending.
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National Guard Armory
Armory Committee
Louis H. Spencer
Topeka
French Heavy Artillery Bombards German Positions Frontline
French artillery opened heavy fire on German forces massing along a 100 mile front from the Moselle to the Haardt as tensions rise on the western front. German strengths opposite the Maginot line are reported at 700 000 to 800 000 men with 30 000 British troops taking over northeastern sectors amid early combat.
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Paris
Moselle
Haardt
General Staff
Maginot Line
Rhine
Germany
Saar
British Broadcasting Company
Agreement to Amend The Bill on Repeal of Arm Embargo
Washington reported the administration and Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders agreed to strike out the 90 day credit provision from the arms embargo repeal bill to require cash or cash equivalents. Senator Pittman proposed the change to avoid confusion and soften terms opposite to a broad ban on credits to belligerents.
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Washington
Senate
Pittman
D-Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Foreign Relations Committee
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
German Drive on French Front Recounts Early Major Clash
Paris reports German forces opened a forceful attack along the Moselle valley just east of the Luxembourg border striking a four mile sector. French officials say Germans penetrated near Apach before a counterattack pushed them back about a mile and a quarter. Germans held Schneeberg heights before retreating under pressure.
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Paris
France
Moselle
Luxembourg
Apach
Ratner Admin Accused of Collecting from State Workers
Coffeyville attorney Harold McGugin charged the Ratner administration is using a lag system to collect funds from state employees. He warned that with continued collections over 13 months the fund could reach $100,000 by the next election. He cited port of entry workers and refinery inspectors in Coffeyville and other Kansas towns.
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Wichita
Harold McGugin
Coffeyville
Ratner
Kansas
McGugin
Arkansas City
Chanute
Neodesha
Caney
Chetopa
Republican State Committee
Salvation Army Drive Kicks Off In Lawrence Tuesday
The annual Salvation Army fund drive begins with a 7:15 breakfast at the Eldridge hotel where workers receive assignments. Dean Paul Lawson will speak as captains organize downtown and University drives with a goal of 2425 dollars to fund a year of operations.
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Salvation Army
Eldridge
Dean Paul Lawson
Lawrence
Robert B. Oyler
Roger Williams
al Green
Charles Louk
George Lowman
R. B. Stevens
T. J. Sweeney, Jr
Frank Holliday
Lyle S. Powell
Lawrence Salvation Army Advisory Board
M. J. Patterson
Noble Lindstrom
J. W. Stone
A. M. Gardner
Cliff Harding
Guy Phillips
Glen Brigman
Lyle Gibbon
Karl Kreider
Merle McKinney
Peoples State Bank
P. W. Wiesselman
Germans Say Repulse Torpedo Hit by Same Sub Sinks Royal Oak
Berlin reports the supreme army command states the same submarine that sank the British battleship Royal Oak scored a torpedo hit on the battle cruiser Repulse, putting her out of commission. The admiralty did not deny the claim. The vessel is said to have reached German waters awaiting a commander’s report.
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Admiralty
Berlin
Royal Oak
Onslaudt
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Germany
Winston Churchill
Britain
Supreme Army Command
Cameronia Arrives New York With Passengers and Scotch
The British liner Cameronia docked in New York harbor with 709 passengers and 40 000 cases of Scotch liquor aboard. The ship arrived camouflaged and armed, marking a bold wartime port call.
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Cameronia
New York
New York Harbor
Husking Field Crowds Hint National Cornhusking Interest
The National Cornhusking contest site in Kansas City sees crowds over 7 000 on the grounds and nearby roads as three weeks remain. Exhibits from John Deere Plow company and International Harvester draw heavy foot traffic while Allis-Chalmers ships eight carloads of gear. Resources Tent for Kansas exhibit will cover 200 000 square feet with multiple tents ready by late October.
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John Deere
International Harvester Company
Tmes
Allis-Chalmers Company
Lawrence
Walter Nieder
Kansas
Massachusetts Street
Seventh
Tenth Street
Ralph G. Burk
Ottawa
Burk
Baker ~ Lockwood Manufacturing Company
Kansas City
Frost Expected Tonight Across Kansas After Warm Weekend
A cold front from a high pressure area will bring frost to Kansas tonight with temperatures near freezing in eastern areas and 22 to 35 in the west. Officials say three days of rain are needed to restore normal precipitation as highs reach 60 to 65 tomorrow and skies turn partly cloudy.
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Topeka
Kansas
North Dakota
S. D. Flora
Gondland
Toneka
Stock Market Averages Report Narrow Gains
The average of 60 stocks rose to 52.1 with Saturday’s session showing 52.0 as the closing figure. Investors awaited further data to gauge market momentum and potential shifts in sentiment.
Anti Aircraft Guns Answer German Raid on Edinburgh
Edinburgh anti aircraft batteries opened fire against German planes reportedly attempting a raid along the Scottish coast. A two motor bomber sighting near Turnhouse prompted gun bursts and debris fell in city streets with no warning air raid alert issued.
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Edinburg
Edinburgh
Scotland
Air Ministry
Scottish
Turnhouse
Firth of Forth
Germany
Douglas county huskers to contest in state cornhusking meet
Ten huskers including Mrs Lawrence Spencer from Pleasanton will compete in the Douglas county cornhusking contest at the Brune brothers farm north of Lake View. The event runs 10:30 to 11:50 with winner possibly advancing to the national event on November 3 at the F. H. Leonhard farm.
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Douglas County
Lawrence Spencer
Pleasanton
Brune Brothers
Lake View
F. H. Leonhard
Erie
Husking
Otto Boerkircher
Richland
William Reusch
Vinland
W. G. Broers
Baldwin
James Donahue
Lawrence
Perry Wayne McPh
Charles Radcliffe
Chamber of Commerce
H. W. Keene
Merchants Bureau
Emil Heck
Riverside
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Eleven Counties to Have Husking Bees This Week
Topeka reports eleven Kansas counties will hold cornhusking contests this week to select entrants for the state wide event at Erie on October 26. The sites include Cloud Douglas and Pottawatomie on Tuesday, Allen Atchison Coffey and Washington on Thursday, Greenwood Jefferson and Leavenworth on Friday, and Clay on Saturday. Raymond H. Gilkeson, national contest chairman for the Lawrence event on November 3, notes seven counties have already named champions: Shawnee Labette Miami Neosho Jackson Franklin and Doniphan.
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Topeka
Kansas
Erie
Cloud
Douglas
Pottawatomie
Allen
Atchison
Coffey
Washington
Greenwood
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Clav
Raymond H. Gilkeson
Lawrence
Shawnee
Labette
Miami
Neosho
Jackson
Franklin
Doniphan
Farm Youths awarded American Farmer degree by FFA
At Kansas City opening of the 12th annual Future Farmers of America convention 166 youths from 47 states received the American Farmer degree for farming ability leadership and service. They averaged $2000 in earnings and $2400 invested in farming with 94 delegates and about 200 members present. Four Kansas youths were honored among the recipients.
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F.F.A
Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
Laddie Kaciek
McDonald
Robert Fielding Randle, Jr
Riley
Edwin C. Tangeman
Newton
C. L. Wineland
Alton
Rhode Island
Robert Elwell
Gorham
University of Maine
Pennsylvania
Veteran Christian minister Popplewell dies at 83
The Rev Thomas Hansford Popplewell longtime North Lawrence Christian church pastor and evangelist in Kansas and Missouri died at his home 313 Elm Street age 83 Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 30 p m at the North Lawrence church with Rev W D Darnall officiating Burial in Jordan Cemetery Wellington He was born July 31 1856 near Jamestown Kentucky moved to Missouri in 1862 taught school before 17 entered ministry at 19 He authored religious tracts and prepared an unpublished manuscript on Revelations He is survived by his wife five daughters five sons and seven grandchildren.
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Thomas Hansford Popplewell
North Lawrence
Jordan Cemetery
Wellington
Mr. Popplewell
Jamestown
Missouri
Albany
Kirksville
Christian Church
C. P. Hollis
Popplewell
Sumner County
Ed Hackney
Thomas W. Butcher
Emporia State Teachers College
Butcher
Lawrence
Arkansas City
Baxter Springs
Kan
Perry
Enid
Okla
Abilene
Tex
Windsor
Independence
Colfax
Iowa Falls
Masonic Lodge
Stella Mae Popplewell
Fred L. Smith
Leadville
Colo
Charles Silvers
DeQueen
Ark
Clyde Higgins
Little Rock
William H. Dunn
Dodge City
B. C. Reynolds
Higginsville
C. M. Popplewell
Chicago
J. R. Popplewell
Clovis
N. M
W. W. Popplewell
Sunray, Tex
P.C. Popplewell
Dallas
T. H. Popplewell, Jr
Topeka
Sub Stratospheric Trips Planned by TWA Lines
Trans Continental and Western Air announce sub stratospheric travel for next year and order five Boeing stratoliners. These 33 passenger daytime planes and 25 passenger sleepers will fly at 20 000 feet, over 200 mph, delivering coast to coast and New York to Chicago nonstop service between February and April delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc
Jack Frye
TWA
New York-Chicago
U-Boat Reported Sunk as French Claim
French authorities said tonight that at least one German submarine sunk three French cargo ships in the past week and that vessel had been sent to the bottom.
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Paris
Weather forecast for Kansas cools with frost threat
The Kansas forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures and light to locally heavy frost in places. Temperatures show a rise in the west and extreme north by Tuesday afternoon.
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Kansas
Gas Ofice
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Sellers
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Adv
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Repulse
T.W.A. Lines
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