Tide of German invasion is checked
The Associated Press reports a shift in the eastern front as German advances near Leningrad and Moscow stall. Soviet forces claim counterattacks retook villages, damaged German divisions, and pushed back German units, while Berlin acknowledges fierce fighting with Russian planes in the air war. Turkish entry as a potential battlefield is noted.
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Leningrad
Moscow
Odessa
Reich
Red Army
Schutzstaffel
Russia
Krasnogvardeisk
Tallinn
Pskov
Berlin
Althe
Bulgaria
Luftwaffe
Turkey
Utskirts
New Super-Board Orders Ban on Nonessential Production
Washington reports the new supply priorities and allocations board issued a defense first mandate. Production will favor military needs and essential civilian goods with nonessential industries potentially suspended or shut down to free resources and labor.
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Roosevelt
Supply Priorities and Allocations Board
Landis Sets 1941 World Series Dates With One Day Rest
Commissioner Landis announced the 1941 World Series would begin October 1 at Yankee Stadium with a single rest day between games six and seven if seven games are needed. The schedule favors Yankee Stadium for Games 1 2 6 and 7 while shifting others to the National League ballpark depending on pennant winner. Prices remain 6 5 3 and 1 for boxes reserved and bleachers. Ed Barrow and Charles McManus attended. Red Sox and Indians delegates were invited but unlikely to travel.
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New York
Kenesaw M. Landis
Yankee Stadium
Berien
Will Harridge
Ford Frick
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Judge Landis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Ed Barrow
Yankees
Charles McManus
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Roads Blocked by Water Across West Kansas Highways
The state highway department reported several road segments flooded today. US 54 west of Augusta US 5 west of Lyons US 383 Rexford area K9 Logan to K23 K18 Natoma and Lincoln K4 Claflin to Geneseo and Marquette K96 south of Lyons K84 Penokee One way stretches on US 36 near Orton.
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Topeka
State Highway Department
Lyons
Augusta
Norton
Rexford
Logan
Natoma
Lincoln
Claflin
Geneseo
Marquette
Penokee
Orton
Germany Says It Won't Feed Russia Occupied Areas
Berlin reports German sources say under international law Germany has no obligation to feed the population of occupied Russian areas. Provisioning is left to Britain and a power influencing England to permit grain ships to reach a Black Sea port.
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Russia
Berlin
Germany
Britain
England
Black Sea
Stock Market Index Report Echoes Shifts in 1942 Plymouth
The index for 60 stocks stands at 43.7 yesterday at 43.8. Notice cites Plymouth's Finest for 1942 at the Motor In located at 827 Vermont Avenue.
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Plymouth
The
Motor In
Plymouth Motor
Vermont St
Smoky Hill Flood Forecast From Topeka Meteorologist
Federal meteorologist S D Flora predicted the Smoky Hill River will rise above flood stage at Lindsborg and Salina, with crests of 27 feet and 22 to 23 feet respectively. He noted heavy rains caused the floods, predicted Solomon River rises near Beloit, and gave general rainfall totals and temperature outlooks for Kansas regions.
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Topeka
Smoky Hill
Lindsborg
Salina
Flora
Ellsworth
Kansas
Solomon
Beloit
Stockton
Five-Man Mission To Moscow Under Roosevelt Plan
President Roosevelt appoints a five man mission led by W Averell Harriman to Moscow to discuss material aid to Russia in its fight against Nazi Germany. The team includes Maj Gen James H Burns Maj Gen George H Brett Admiral William H Standley and William L Batt with about nine technicians. Travel details and departure timing were not announced and the mission is expected to last six weeks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
W. Averell Harriman
London
Moscow
Russia
James H. Burns
Lend-Lease Administration
George H. Brett
Army Air Corps
Great Britain
Middle East
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
William L. Batt
Office of Production Management
White House
Senate debates new tax bill in Congress
The Senate opened debate on a record 3.68 billion revenue bill with amendments adding 120.5 million in increased corporate surtaxes and raising rates to 6 and 7 percent on portions of corporate income. It also includes a 10 percent defense surtax and provisions for simplified returns for those earning 3000 or less. The bill faces opposition and support framed as fair shares versus burden on the taxpayer, with exemptions and industry levies under scrutiny.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
George
D.ga
Chamber
House
Senate Finance Committee
la Follette
Pangenders
R-Mich
Clark
D-Mo
Vandenberg
Congress
LaFollette
Methodist Youth Aims to Keep Nation at Peace
Methodist Youth Fellows meet at Baldwin with 188 delegates from 48 states to back a peace program. They urge repeal of the selective service act and protection of civil rights for draftees, and plan a peace demonstration on Armistice Day. J Kempton Jones of Salisbury elected first president of the new group.
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Baldwin
Kan
Methodist Youth Fellowship
J. Kempton Jones
Salisbury
N. C
Hunters to curb fast growing big game numbers in forests
The U S forest service reports a census showing big game animals in national forests rising from 693000 in 1924 to 2100000 in 1941. Deer elk mountain lion black bear grizzly Alaska brown bear moose wild boar big horn antelope mountain goat peccary were counted as winter concentrations increase.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
National Forest
U. S. Forest Service
Will Send 2 Lawrence Men for Induction Tomorrow
Two Lawrence selectives will depart tomorrow for Fort Leavenworth to be inducted into the army. Bill Reed of 711 Rhode Island and Glenn Milo Smith of 322 Elm will form the county's three man October quota. They ride Union Pacific at 6 21 am, eat in Kansas City, then proceed to Leavenworth. The draft board adjusted class 2A and 2B and added a new 1H for men who turned 28 before July 1 1940.
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Lawrence
Reed
Smith
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Leavenworth
State Selective Service Office
Bruce Cameron
Yankees Clinch At Least Tie For Pennant In 11 Inning Win
The New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 2 to 1 in 11 innings to secure at least a share of the American league pennant. Bonham and Wagner matched zeroes through 10. Henrich’s 27th homer tied it in the eighth. the Yankees loaded the bases in the 11th and won on a force out.
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Boston
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Ernie Bonham
Yanks
Charley Wagner
Red Sox
Pete Fox
Joe Cronin
Tom Henrich
New York
Chicago White Sox
Bonham
Murphy
Rosar
Dickey
Wagner
Putiak
Safety Week Emphasized as City Schools Reopen
Chief Jude Anderson urged heightened vigilance as city schools reopen marking Safety Week. Stop signs go up near campuses this weekend with officers at key spots and speed limits enforced to protect students.
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Jude Anderson
Anderson
Nineteenth
Massachusetts Street
Seventh
Illinois
Seventh Street
No. 2
Nineteenth Street
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Ninth
Kentucky
Bombers hit Berlin with massive explosions and fires
British air ministry reports heavy bombs and huge explosions in Berlin near a main railway station with a large fire. Berlin and Frankfurt named as main targets in a wider raid on western Germany and occupied areas. Nine RAF planes were lost. German air activity was limited with some damage in East Anglia and Northeast England and no casualties. To protest Cuba duty cuts, Gov Payn Ratner asks livestock commissioner Miller to attend Washington hearing September 8.
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R.A.F
Berlin
Rhineland
English Channel
London
Russia
Leningrad
Odessa
Air Ministry
Frankfurt
Belgium
France
East Anglia
England
Topeka
Will Miller
State Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
Payn Ratner
Washington
Cuba
No Prospect for Plants in Kansas or Oklahoma
A well informed observer in Washington says prospects for immediate construction of TNT and sulphuric acid plants in Kansas or Oklahoma are remote.
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Washington
Kansas
Oklahoma
Classified page loyal readers up 76 percent daily
A reader survey finds 76 percent of subscribers read the classified page every day. The study highlights consistent engagement with ads and notices on the daily reading habit.
Rail Executive Sees Tank Cars Relieving Oil Shortage
J J Pelley president of the Association of American Railroads told a Senate committee that 20 000 railroad tank cars could solve the eastern gasoline and petroleum shortage within two weeks. He said reduced tank car rates were the first step and that solid trains from Louisiana and Texas could move about 200 000 barrels daily to the Atlantic seaboard.
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Senate
East
J. J. Pelly
Association of American Railroads
Ralph K. Davies
Maloney
D-Conn
Pelley
Davies
Louisiana
Texas
Atlantic Seaboard
Lawrence High School football ticket sales kickoff by Jaycees
The Junior Chamber of Commerce led by President Ben Barteldes will launch a Friday ticket sales drive for Lawrence High School football. Jaycee members will breakfast at 8 at Wiedemann's then canvass the business district selling season tickets for $1 each.
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Lawrence
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ben Barteldes
Jaycee
Wiedemann’s
Topeka
Rosedale
Leavenworth
Olathe
Kansas University to train 50 civilian aviation students
The University of Kansas will train 30 primary and 20 advanced civilian aviation students this fall under supervisor Prof. en D. Hay. Applications are coming in steadily and KU could fill a larger quota. KU has the state's largest primary class quota.
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University of Kansas
En 'D. Hay
Tony
Hay
K. U
Kaw River Levels Stable Despite Rain
Dick Jackman of the Bower sock Mill reported the Kaw river here is not expected to rise much due to heavy rains on western tributaries. At 2 PM the water stood 10.5 feet, about half a foot higher than this morning, and further rain could increase it only slightly.
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Dick Jackman
Bowersock Mill
Jackman
Government to Acquire Jayhawk Plant Site in Pittsburg
John L. Batt, federal appraiser, directing land evaluation for the new Jayhawk ordnance plant site at Pittsburg Kansas. Work expected to be completed by week’s end as the government moves to take over the land.
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Pittsburg
Kan
John L. Batt
Jayhawk Ordnance Plant
Here
Fire College at Kansas trains on incendiary defense
Modern fire fighting techniques were taught at the University of Kansas Fire College. W Heisler outlined fire department roles in national defense and Saboteurs demos showed incendiary methods and the limits of ordinary extinguishers. An open air demo displayed incendiary bombs as 128 firemen registered for the sixth annual event.
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Firemen J
Fire College
University of Kansas
W.red Heisler
School of Technical Training
Oklahoma A
M. College
Heisler
United States
R. J. Douglas
England
Colonial Tea-Room
F. C. Allen
Two Douglas County Men Denied Executive Clemency
Gov. Payne Ratner refused clemency for Kenneth Myers serving life for first degree murder of H. Jones in North Lawrence and Clifford Russell serving 20 to 42 years for first degree robbery of T. H Jones filling station on highway 10 east of Lawrence. Officers note Myers faced murder charges while Russell’s robbery case stands separate. Reinforcements arrive in Singapore as Britain's imperial army adds fully motorized Indian units.
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Douglas County
Payne Ratner
Kenneth Myers
State Penitentiary
H. Jones
North Lawrence
Clifford Russell
T. H Jones
Highway 10
Lawrence
Myers
Singapore
Britain
Malaya
September WPA Quota Raised in Topeka
Kansas reports the September WPA quota at 16 400 men an increase of 1 000 over the three month allotment.
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Topeka
Kansas
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