Japan Faces Internal Struggle Over East Asia Policy
The Shanghai report says Japan is torn between German-influenced extremists and realists led by Konoye. A split could push toward actions against the Indies or Thailand, or a shift toward accepting U S Britain ties. Civilians brace for danger as Tokyo weighs safety zones and wartime shipping.
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Shanghai
Tokyo
Pacific
Asiatic
Netherlands East Indies
Thailand
Vladivostok
Russia
United States
Kos
Britain
Konoye
Laval Able to Sit Up After Shooting In Versailles
Laval’s physicians report progress in the former vice premier’s condition after being gravely wounded by an assassin’s bullet. He was able to sit up in bed and take food for the first time since the shooting as of Sept 2. Marcel Dent’s condition also improved and no bulletin was issued.
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Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
Versailles
Marcel Dent
Laval
R A F conducts daylong raid on northern France coast
Royal Air Force launches heavy attacks along the invasion coast of northern France sweeping air and sea targets from dawn to dusk. Night operations hit Cologne and a Dunkerque supply ship enveloped in smoke with multiple anti aircraft ships and E boats involved. One Blenheim bomber missing and two Messerschmitt fighters shot down. Berlin claims weak British raids with one aircraft down and English districts reporting damage and casualties.
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Dover’ Strait
Toba
England
Cologne
Dunkerque
Air Ministry
Berlin
Britain
RAF ferry plane crashes in Britain with ten dead
An RAF Atlantic ferry plane reported missing has crashed into a hillside in the United Kingdom. All ten aboard are dead, including two Americans Capt S Picking and Flight Engineer Charles A Spence. Count Guy de Baillet Latour and other officials were among the missing. The crew list includes Capt Kenneth Garden, First Officer Geoffrey L Panes, and Radio Officer Samuel W Sydenham.
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R.A.F. Ferry Command
Atlantic
Britain
Montreal Command
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
United Kingdom
London
Guy de Baillet- Latour
International Olympic’ Committee
Henri de Baillet-Latour
Air Ministry
S. Picking
U.S. Navy
Charles Alvan Spence
Little Neck
L.I
N.Y
North America
Canada
England
Count Guy
Washington
Colonies
Belgium
Sherwood Picking
Baltimore
Falmouth
Portland
Picking
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Navy
Count Guy de Baillet-Latour
R. Mowat
Bristol
British Library of Information
E. Taylor
Farnborough
Hampshire
Eng
British Air Ministry
U.S.N
United States Navy
L. H. Wrangham
Imperial Army
Mark Benjamin
Wembley
Middlesex
Central Scientific Office
Kenneth Garden
Coogie
Sydney
Australia
Geoffrey L. Panes
Tonbridge
Kent
Samuel Walter Sydenham
Edmonton
Alberta
Costa Rica holds stance on consulates in occupied territory
Costa Rica stood firm today amid Germany's demand to withdraw consulates from occupied territory. Foreign Minister Alberto Echandi urged Germany to reconsider, arguing withdrawal would acknowledge conquest rights. Costa Rica maintains consulates in France Belgium Holland Luxembourg and Norway.
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Costa Rica
Alberto Echandi
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Norway
Dodgers Beat Braves 9 to 2. Tight NL Lead Contested
Brooklyn offense explodes for 12 hits while Kirby Higbe holds Boston to six. Dodgers move to within shouting distance of idle St. Louis in the National League pennant chase as other games on the schedule indicate Chicago and Cincinnati results.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
Kirby Higbe
Braves
Boston
Eenens
sEhntebesayevasieg
Battle report from Leningrad front and North Africa fronts
Russian and German forces continued a stabilizing battle from Leningrad to the Dnieper with German air action expanding toward Crimea. Romanians besieging Odessa waterworks. Tobruk garrison repelled Axis assaults as RAF and Italian actions press Libya. Moscow cites heavy casualties and entrenched defense on the front.
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Leningrad
Krasnogvardeisk
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Odessa
Black Sea
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Germany
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Crimea
Berlin
Gulf of Finland
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Crimean
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Rhineland
England
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France
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Tripoli
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Libya
Flood Threat Across Kansas as Solomon River Rises
Torrential rain totaling 4.78 inches in two hours sent the Solomon and feeder streams over their banks around Morland. Basements and first floors flooded, foot crossings washed away, and a passenger train tied up until tracks could be repaired. Meteorologist Flora warned of overflows on Smoky Hill near Lindsborg and near Beloit, with Saline at Cadell at its peak this year.
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Topeka
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Kansas
Flora
Lindsborg
Salina
Beloit
Hays
Saline
Cadell
U. S. 81
Lawrence High Opens Football Practice As Coaches Seek New Talent
Thirty four boys reported for the first practice of the Lawrence high school football season with coach Elmer Schaake indicating more players are expected to join in the afternoon. He urged any interested boys to come out and try out for the team.
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Lawrence High
Elmer Schaake
Schaake
Postpone School Board Meeting Tonight
The board of education meeting scheduled for tonight has been postponed. An announcement will be made in the next few days. See Plymouth's Finest for 1042 at the Motor In, 827 Vermont Avenue.
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Board of Education
Plymouth
Vermont St
Adv
Marvin Hall
Robinson Gymnasium
O. H. Beaty
Kansas Board For Vocational Education
Plan Munition Plant Near Pittsburg Kansas
Kenneth A. Spencer, OPM coordinator for the tenth district, in Washington to discuss a government munitions chemical plant near Pittsburg Kansas. Incorporation papers filed in Missouri for Military Chemical Works Inc with $10,000 capital and headquarters in Kansas City. Spencer to lead company if contract awarded. planning for construction to finish in days.
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Kenneth A. Spencer
OPM
Tenth
Federal Reserve District
Washington
War Department
Pittsburg
Kaw
Jefferson City
Military Chemical Works, Inc
Spencer
C. F. Spencer
Kenneth
Arthur Mag
Mag
Stock Market Index and Auto Delivery Notice
The index of 60 stocks stands at 43.8 for Saturday with an immediate delivery note. A Plymouth-Ranasdell-Skinnerie Co. vehicle is listed for delivery at 621-25 Mass St Adv.
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Ransdell-Skinner Motor Co
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Adv
Ranasdell- Skinnerie Co
Senate Finance Committee Approves Record Tax Bill
The finance committee approved the largest tax bill to date and sent it to the Senate for debate tomorrow. It would cut personal income deductions from 2000 to 1500 for married filers and from 800 to 750 for singles, with minority reports expected from several members. Senator LaFollette hinted at a minority critique, and Senator Clark reserved the right to oppose the broadened base. Senator Connally also signaled opposition to a provision targeting community property states.
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Senate Finance Committee
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Treasury
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D-Ga
LaFollette
Battle in swamps as Second Army troops clash near Ouachita
In south Arkansas the Second Army and opposing forces clash across Ouachita river swamps from Camden to Crossett. The 27th New York defends pontoon crossings while units probe front lines and repair highway 82 bridge amid dense timber and marsh. Cavalry massing near El Dorado prepares to cross. Troop movements focus on roadways.
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Ouachita River
Camden
New York
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Hotmk
Clarence S. Ridley
William N. Haskell
2Nd Cavalry
Crossett
John Milliken
Ridley
Ouachita
South Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
el Dorado
Floods sweep northwestern Wisconsin inundating towns
Ravaging flood waters left 1,500 families homeless in northwestern Wisconsin and caused two deaths with damage in the millions. The Chippewa and Wisconsin rivers crest near Durand and flood Eau Claire Chippewa Falls areas, with Durand 8.8 feet above flood stage and Eau Claire at 22 feet above low water mark.
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Wisconsin
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Stavely Named Judge of 35th District in Kansas
Gov. Payne Ratner named 58 year old Lyndon attorney A K Stavely to succeed Judge Robert T Price as judge of the 35th judicial district effective Sept 20. Stavely previously Osage county attorney 1923 to 1927 and is a Lyndon native who graduated from Sterling College 1907 and KU law 1910. The district covers Osage and Wabaunsee counties. Price resigned to enter private practice in Topeka.
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A. K. Stavely
Lyndon
Payne Ratner
Robert T. Price
35Th Judicial District
Osage County
Sterling College
University of Kansas School of Law
Osage
Wabauksee
Price
Tope
Storm Damage Hits Lawrence Area Homes and Utilities
A recent storm caused extensive damage in Lawrence with a maple tree limb destroying parts of the John C. Curd residence at 1507 New Hampshire Street while lightning struck the Farmers' Elevator at Eu dora. The event disrupted telephones and electricity, leaving about 35 homes off the wire and interrupting service for hours.
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Lawrence
John C. Curd
New Hampshire Street
Curd
Eudora
Gus Gabriel
George Born
Born
Kaw River
Telephone and Electric Power Company
New Hamp Shire
Rhode Island
New York
Connecticut
J. T. Skinner
R.E.P
Bismarck Grove
Prof Allen Crafton to Hospital for Knee Operation
Prof Allen Crafton of the University of Kansas speech and dramas department was taken to the veterans hospital at Wadsworth today for an operation on his left knee. He suffered a trace cap in a fall near Glen Haven Colorado last Tuesday and was treated in Colorado before returning home. He expects to meet his classes shortly after school opens.
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University of Kansas Speech and Dramatics Department
Veterans Hospital
Wadsworth
Glen Haven
Colo
Colorado
Time change set for September 28 in most areas
Clocks in daylight saving regions will revert to standard time on September 28, except in the southeast where the federal power commission urged optional or required advanced timing for electric energy saving. A 1942 Plymouth ad follows.
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Washington
Southeast
Federal Power Commission
Votes of Nineteen Rail Unions on Strike Vote Counted in Chicago
Tabulators at a Chicago hotel counted ballots from about 1 200 000 members of 19 railroad labor organizations who voted on authorizing a nation wide strike. The count followed an August 5 decision after management rejected wage demands. Officials said the tally should finish by next Friday amid ongoing mediation talks since August 14 with little visible progress.
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Chicago
Nnation
Railroad to War
Antonito Colorado September 2 The last narrow gauge Chili line train from Santa Fe arrived 18 minutes late last night The Denver and Rio Grande officials plan to repurpose the equipment for a proposed railroad paralleling the Burma road into China to serve a war torn area Crews begin removing rails making Santa Fe the only state capital without passenger train service
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Colo
Santa Fe
N.M
Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad
China
Russians Seek Bomber Planes in San Diego Negotiations
Five Russian officials met with Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego to discuss purchase of large bombing planes as 47 Russian personnel arrived in Nome Alaska en route to Washington. The War Department described the mission as purely technical to observe American aircraft plants and not engage in strain.
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Calif
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Nome
Alaska
Moscow
Washington
D. C
War Department
Americanaircraft
Iran Replies to British Soviet Terms amid Tehran Tension
Iran announced it had replied to British Russian terms and would publish details later. General Mohammed Nakhjevan assumed the war portfolio, replacing General Ahmad Bakhjevan. City shops reopened under the military governor’s threat of action as merchants who closed faced shortages.
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Teheran
Iran
Mohammed Nakhjevan
Ahmad Bakhjevan
Federal credit rules take effect after delay
Washington September 2 stores and banks reopen under new government rules on installment credit. The Federal Reserve Board regulations went into effect yesterday but Labor Day delayed full impact until today. Officials expect only mild curtailment and no major disruption.
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Washington
America
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Army pilot bails out as plane crashes in Hempstead
Second Lieut. Roy W. Scott of the 8th pursuit group bailed out of his U-839 when trouble struck over Hempstead Long Island. The aircraft crashed and exploded injuring three children playing in the street Georgene Kramer 3 Jasper Cuccio 5 and Pauline Cuccio 8. Their injuries were not yet assessed.
Roosevelt pledges to step up defense production
President Roosevelt asserted today that America would increase defense production by spending more money and turning out more products to strengthen national security.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Kansas Fire College Opens At KU With 100 Firemen Attending
The sixth annual Kansas Fire College began at the University of Kansas with over 100 firemen from across the state and Kansas City, Mo. registered for a five day program. Commander D W Tomlinson of the U S Naval base will address the group.
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University of Kansas
Kansas Fire College
Kansas City
Kansas State Firemen’s Association
Kansas State Board For Vocational, Education
D. W. Tomlinson
United States Naval Base
Fairfax Field
Tomlinson
Dahlene Captures State Horseshoe Title at Wichita
Alvin Dahlene of Lawrence won the state horseshoe pitching title at Wichita in a 12 man round robin, defeating Tambore of Wichita after dropping the first two games. Roland Kraft finished fourth with eight wins and three losses, Dahlene posting 84 percent ringers in a Kraft-Dahlene match and an overall 74 percent average. Kraft set a state record with 248 points in the qualifying 100 shoe pitch, Dahlene scoring 247.
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Lawrence
Wichita
Alvin Gandy
Dahlene
Tambore
Roland Kraft
Kraft
Weather forecast for Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma
Five day extended outlook from 6 30 p m September 2 to 6 30 p m September 6 notes mainly cloudy skies scattered showers and thunderstorms in northeast and north central Kansas with warmer conditions in the east. Rainfall expected moderate to locally heavy especially Friday and Saturday with a falling trend in western Kansas beginning Friday.
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