Leavenworth Fair Opens at Tonganoxie Thru Friday
Leavenworth county fair starts tomorrow in Tonganoxie with a horse show feature and live entertainment by WIBW radio acts. Knapp Rough Riders replace a planned rodeo, plus contests in soap box derbies and novelty divisions. The event showcases dairy cattle, flowers, and a variety of exhibitions drawing thousands from the region.
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Leavenworth County
Tonganoxie
WIBW
Roy Knapp
Kansas City
Missouri
Knapp Rough Riders
M. F. Black
Walt Neibarger
the Mirror
Kansas
G. D Whitaker
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Doves Shot on Highway Lead to Warned Hunters
Martin E. Henry and Raymond Eberhart were arrested on charges of shooting doves on a public highway. They appeared before Justice of the Peace Robert B. Oyler and were dismissed after a warning. Sheriff Charles Banning said five complaints about highway and private land shooting were received.
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Martin E. Henry
Pennsylvania Street
Raymond Eberhart
Lathrop B. Read, Jr
Wayne Owens
Justice of the Peace
Robert B. Oyler
Charles Banning
Banning
Senator Lee to Head U S Delegation to Highway Congress
Senator Lee of Oklahoma accepts chairmanship of the U S delegation to the fourth American highway congress in Mexico City from September 15 to 24. He returns to Washington after weeks in Oklahoma and the group will depart September 10.
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Washington
Lee
D-Okla
United States
Mexico City
Oklahoma
Malthusian Law and Wages Theory in Early Economics
The Malthusian law holds population grows faster than subsistence, checked by wars, pestilence and famine. The subsistence theory posits wages settle at bare subsistence to sustain workers and their descendants. Today economists generally accept the law less, noting civilization moderates natural laws through intelligence and sympathy.
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Recardo
W.S.R
Polish gold caravan story recounts 15 trucks with Poland's gold
Ignacy Matyczewski, ex Polish finance minister, described a convoy of 15 nondescript trucks carrying about 75 tons of Poland's gold. The caravan moved from Warsaw in 1939 through Romania, Turkey, Syria, and France, avoiding Germans, before delivering the treasure to the Polish government in exile in Angers, France. He could not confirm the later fate of the gold.
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Jersey City
N. J
Europe
Poland
Ignacy Matyczewski
Matyczewski
Excambion
Warsaw
Angers
France
Matuczewski
Henryk-Floyar Tagchman
Rumania
Turkey
Syria
Spain
Firemen Attend Five Day Fire Fighting Course
About 100 firefighters participate in a five day program covering ropes knots and hitches first aid life saving and fire inspections. Fire chiefs receive personnel management instruction from Byron Sarvis with demonstrations and film sessions in Marvin hall evenings feature experts from Missouri and Kansas inspection bureaus and classroom sessions led by M T Gaffey R Douglas W E Brooks K K Baxter Roy S Moulton.
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Byron Sarvis
Marvin Hall
M. J. Parker
Missouri Inspection Bureau
St. Louis
E. J. Stewart
Kansas Inspection Bureau
Topeka
M. T. Gaffey
R. Douglas
W. E. Brooks
K. K. Baxter
Roy S. Moulton
Deaths and Funerals of William A Felt at 63
William A Felt 63 an employee of the gas company for about 40 years died Sunday noon at 1023 Pennsylvania Street Funeral services will be held at Rumsey funeral home at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning with Rev. C W Toliver officiating Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery He is survived by his wife Frances Felt two daughters Mrs D H Athey Baldwin and Mrs Tom Pugh Lawrence one son William Felt Lawrence one sister Mrs John Dewey Emporia and nine grandchildren
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William A. Felt
Gas Company
Pennsylvania Street
Rumsey Funeral Home
C. W. Toliver
Memorial Park Cemetery
Frances Felt
D.H. Athey
Baldwin
Tom Pugh
Lawrence
William Felt
John Dewey
Emporia
Hutchin Rites Pending for Local Resident
W. T. Hutchin 74 of R F D six miles north of Lawrence died this morning at the hospital. Former city council member and stone mason by trade, he is survived by his wife Hannah two daughters Irene Yedlicka and three sons Arthur Hutchin James Baren and W Oakland plus six grandchildren. Funeral plans incomplete.
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W. T. Hutchin
R.F.D
Lawrence
Hutchin
Hannah Hutchin
Irene Yedlicka
Missouri
Arthur L. Hutchin
Kansas City
James A. Baren
Stratford
Conn
W. Oakland
Calif
Gasoline Curtailment Slashes East Retail Deliveries
Washington reports a ten percent overall curtailment of September gasoline deliveries to retail outlets in the east announced by Ralph Dryer acting petroleum controller. The cut would mean about a fifteen percent reduction for nonessential motorists.
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Washington
P.A
East
Ralph Dryer
Tobruk Defenses Repel 100-Plane Dive Bomb Run
British Middle East command said Tobruk garrison repelled a heavy dive bombing attack on Monday involving about 100 planes. Despite the severity of the assault little damage or casualties were reported.
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Cairo
Tobruk
Libya
Mediterranean
Middle East
Eastern Western rail lines join in 40 percent crude rate
A railroad spokesman announced that eastern and western lines have unified in a 40 percent crude oil freight rate reduction. The move aims to speed shipments from southwestern fields to the east coast.
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Philadelphia
Eastern and Western Railroad
Lawrence Business College Enrollments Open Weekdays
The Lawrence Business College office welcomes enrollments from 8 a m to 5 p m. Local students are urged to enroll this week.
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Lawrence Business College
Holiday Week Fatalities Hit 614 Across Nation
The Associated Press reports 626 people died in accidents or violence during the holiday weekend. Highway traffic accounted for 423 deaths, with 73 drownings and 130 from shootings, falls, fires, and other violent causes. California led with 46 traffic deaths. Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming reported no traffic deaths. A ten year old girl died after a bumper accident near La Junta, Colorado.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Nevada
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
la Junta
Colo
Flood Threat Rises Along Kaw Tributaries Across Kansas
J. R. Cook, maintenance department engineer, reported no highways blocked yet by rivers but warned larger streams along Kaw tributaries south of Ellsworth and near Lyons El Dorado Penokee Norton and New Almelo were expected to trigger several serious floods.
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Ellsworth
Claflin
Geneseo
Gypsum
U.S
Lyons
el Dorado
Penokee
Norton
New Almelo
J. R. Cook
Smoky Hill dam near Marquette remains safe despite floods
McPherson Kansas September 2 The 9 million Smoky Hill dam under construction near Marquette is not in danger though heavy rains pushed the Smoky Hill river to flood stage. Minor damage occurred at the dam from a 65.10 inch rainfall. foundations flooded will be reworked. River was rising and spillovers expected as upstream flooding continues.
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McPherson
Kan
Smoky Hill
Marquette
Williny
Ellsworth
Highway Patrol
Here
Lindsborg
Bus Passengers Marooned After Detour Delayed by Floods
Fifty passengers on two Wichita to Salina buses spent the night stranded after high waters from Dry Creek on a U S 81 detour west of Assaria. Salina firefighters ferried breakfast to travelers from a rescue boat. Gypsum Creek flooded parts of Gypsum and southeast Saline County.
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Salina
Wichita
Bhasis
Dry Creek
Assaria
Charles Cole
Sam New
Vern Kronelein
Gypsum
Salina County
Women fliers Grace Hess Ruth Orcutt visit Elmhurst air show
Miss Grace Hess and Miss Ruth Orcutt flew from Lawrence to Elmhurst Illinois for an air show over the weekend. Orcutt piloted the outbound leg in four hours and forty minutes with Hess flying the return, after a prior trip to Enid and Ponca City Oklahoma. A Trinity Brotherhood picnic is planned at Mr and Mrs Walter Heck's home with indoor option if rain. Butler County streams flood after overnight rains up to seven inches with El Dorado receiving one inch.
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Grace Hess
Haskell
Ruth Orcutt
K. A
Elmhurst
Ill
Chicago
Miss Orcutt
Miss Hess
Enid
Ponca City
Oklo
Trinity Brotherhood
Walter Heck
Alfred Hecks
Butler County
el Dorado
Iran Settlement Talks Reported at Belevan
Broad principles of a settlement with Iran have been reached by British and Russian ministers and the Iranian government at Belevan. The authoritative quarters reported progress on sap disputes and related issues.
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Iran
London
Belevan
School asks new residents to report moves Friday
Changes of address needed by the school office. All children who moved to this city since the close of school and all new kindergarten entrants should report moves to their schools on Friday. Parents may call Miss Vesta White at 3000 to schedule kindergarten entrance exams. Children turning five before September 1 are exempt. those turning five after September 1 and before January 1 must take the exam.
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Clifford D. Dean
Vesta White
Dean
Japanese Press Sees Hard Path for Germany in War
In Peiping on September 2 the press notes a shift from pro axis to doubt Germany can win, citing American aid to Britain. It predicts Moscow will endure the year and that victory over Russia before winter is unlikely for Germany.
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Peiping
Germany
Britain
Moscow
Russia
British Air Raid on Sicily Kills Civilians in Cro Tone
Italian high command reports British aircraft bombed Cro tone Sicily killing 12 civilians and wounding 24 with minor material damage. Bombers also machine gunned a passenger train at Pozalo near Ragusa injuring several passengers, according to the daily war bulletin.
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Sicily
Rome
High Command
Crotone
Pozalo
Ragusa
Daily War Bulletin
Russian Spokesman Links Hitler Mussolini Meeting to Losses
Moscow reports A Lozovsky says Hitler asked Mussolini to cover losses on the eastern front, claiming the plea prompted their front week meeting. Best tanks and 28 ton destroyers ordered for European battle lines as U S armored forces seek faster medium tanks. Senator Tobey releases a letter asking Roosevelt for lease lend charge details on whiskies wines and entertainment.
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Moscow
P—S
Louisiana
United States
Washington
Tobey
R-N.h
Roosevelt
Army seizes hangars in Guayaquil and Quito
An army detachment today took custody of hangars and facilities in Guayaquil and Quito belonging to Aerea Sedta subsidiary of Lufthansa. The move affects the German aviation concern’s operations in Ecuador as of September 2.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Quito
Aerea Sedta
Lufthansa
Local social notes from Topeka and Lawrence area
The column lists numerous visits and gatherings across Topeka Beulah and Lawrence including families such as Beaman Torneden Harmon and Hughey. Residents report guests from Independence Denver Kansas City and Belleview with notes on a windstorm damaging Crabb farm structures and continued family events and birthdays.
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Wendell Beaman
Dolores
Topeka
Car Torneden
Marie Smelser
Beulah
Colo
Fred Harmon
Orville Hughey
Independence
Marcus
Snyder
Linwood
Alfred
Lawrence
Alfred Torneden
Milton Shafstall
Belleview
Tonganolle
Miller
Myrtle Martin
Kansas City
May’ Hughey
William Torneden
W. E. Brock
Forrest.Springer
Lloyd Douglas
Fern Wilson
W. Brock
Dollie White
Los Angeles
Calif
Margie Hallenbeck
Bridge Club
Cleo Ferguson
John Akers
Ronald Robb
Nate Pettengill
Arthur Hemphill
Helen Heck
Ae Pervina Miller
Charles Davidson
Godfrey Reetz
Melba
Marie Seele
Annal Torneden
Herbert Torneden
Frank Henik
High Prairie Women Hold Meeting Near Wellsville
Mrs Arley Lederer hosted the High Prairie Women Society at her southwest Wellsville home with twelve members and nine guests present Oehlert led the program The next meeting will be with Mrs Herschel Ulrich and Mrs Paul Ulrich.
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Arley Lederer
High Prairie Women's Society
Wellsville
Oehlert
Mathesahoma City
Misa Eer Heasey
Tainter
Fred Purvis
Marji Lee
Esther Oehlert
Doris
Mary Newman
June Lederer
Herschel Ulrich
Paul Ulrich
Helen Heaston
California
Frances Heaston
E. S. Heaston
Detroit
Mich
Meymie Andrews
Clyde Bell
Merrill Cripe
Indiana
Ben H. Ulrich
Dan Shotwell
Mayme ‘Andrews
Sara Charles Johnson
George Smith
Zhata Wilson
Lawrence
Ren Willams
High Prairie School
Dorothy DeWitt
Stony Point
Secret tools turn cannon making into hours not days
At Watervliet Arsenal New York speed drives boom in cannon production. From 16 inch seacoast to anti aircraft guns, new reamers rifling discs and hydraulic presses shrink bore work from hours to minutes while a pilot gun is tested at Aberdeen. Col. Beatty notes private bids now follow our design first.
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Waterviiet
N. Y
Oracls
Watervliet
Col. J. C. Beatty
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
U. S
G. D. Knight
Arsenal
Knight
Market report highlights mixed commodity prices and eggs
Chicago markets show soybeans and lard fluctuating with old and new contracts listed. Potatoes arrivals and regional prices noted for Idaho, Oregon, Wisconsin and Kansas City markets with various U S No 1 classifications. Egg prices and poultry ranges reported alongside creamery butter figures.
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Chicago
Ap-Usda
U.S
Idaho Bliss
Russel Burbanks
Oregon Bliss
Wisconsin Bliss
Cobblers U.S
Kansas City
Sept
Springs
Treasury Bond Close Report from New York Market
New York government bonds trading close shows Treasury 3s at 55 51, price 142.14 on Sep 22. AP notes market activity across U.S. government issues with yield moves and bid offers observed in the New York area exchange.
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New York
U.S
New York Area Exchange
Treasury
New York Stocks Sway In Modest Wall Street Recovery
Stocks moved higher in the forenoon then fluctuated with small gains and some declines by close. About 530000 shares traded, one of the week's largest totals, as brokers weighed taxes, price controls and shortages amid cautious optimism.
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Wall Street
New York
U S Nurses Join Harvard Red Cross Hospital Staff
Twenty two Red Cross nurses were among a large group of United States citizens arriving in Britain. They joined a 63 member staff for the new Harvard Red Cross hospital at Salisbury. The convoy also carried about 200 US born soldiers including cavalrymen serving with the Canadian army.
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London
Red Cross
United States
Britain
Harvard-Red Cross
Salisbury
Arsenal rolls up production as war demand rises
Knight reports that nearly twice as many workers are now employed at the Watervliet arsenal for cannon and materiel production, with about 3800 at work versus 5000 during World War I. Other firms are manufacturing on Watervliet contracts using leased equipment as defense needs grow.
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Knight
Watervliet
La Guardia Says He Will Not Resign
New York mayor F H La Guardia declared he will not resign as national director of civilian defense. He denied reports that the move was to aid his reelection campaign. Local students are urged to enroll this week.
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New York
F. H. la Guardia
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