Kansas Highway Signs Elevate Road Safety Standards
Topeka reports the Kansas highway commission expands sign programs to cut fatalities. Safety engineer Claud R. McCamment notes signs must be updated and uniform while reflecting traffic flows. The state maintains 132000 miles of roads and nearly 300000 signs costing about 8 dollars each with monthly maintenance.
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Topeka
Kansas ‘Highway ‘Commission
Claud R. McCamment
Kansas
Union
McCamment
National Safety Council
Paris Quiet at Deadlines as War Begins
Paris observes a quiet moment as the French deadline passes marking the start of war. Citizens toast farewell rounds on boulevards while an elderly cafe owner remarks that many dishes will be broken, signaling a grim but hopeful resolve.
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Paris
Vatican Cardinal Maglione Holds Talks With Diplomats
Vatican City reports Cardinal Maglione, papal secretary of state, continued discussions with diplomats on the international situation during a Sept 4 meeting. Earlier he conferred for over an hour with Pope Pius XII at Castel Gandolfo.
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Vatican City
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Papal
Pius XII
Castel Gandolfo
Topeka Opens Lake Shawnee Recreation Center
Five thousand anglers flocked to Lake Shawnee as the new $1,000,000 recreation center opened. The WPA dam forms the lake on Deer creek, now 10 acres with plans for 400 acres and 50 feet deep. a 600 acre park includes softball fields shelterhouses bridle paths and playgrounds. Many fished to the legal limit of 10 bass perch crappie bluegill and other species. Some waited all night for the 6 am line.
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Topeka
Europe
Deer Creek
Drouth
Ships warned of mines in North Sea broadcast
The Mutual Broadcasting company said it picked up a German language broadcast warning ships to avoid the North Sea between the Dogger Bank area and the north coast of the Netherlands. The message claimed the region had been strewn with mines.
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New York
Mutual Broadcasting Company
Germany
North Sea
Dogger Banks
Netherlands
Hitler loyalist Fritz Kuhn urges neutrality and Europe victory
Fritz Kuhn leader of the Volksbund told about 2,000 supporters at the Deutschhorst Country club rally in Sellersville Pennsylvania that Adolf Hitler will lick the whole of Europe. He urged neutrality and warned against feeding belligerents stating no shells or food should be sent, and warned of Jewish war mongers driving youth to war.
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Sellersville
Fritz Kuhn
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Volksbund
Deutschhorst
Germany
Kuhn
Dies
England
Young Wilson Rides Bench Swordsman Hopeful on Reds
Cincinnati observers note Jimmy Wilson the Reds coach giving batting practice aboard the bench while his 16 year old son Bob grows into a pitcher. The teen travels with the team hoping to reach the majors someday.
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Cincinnati
Jimmy Wilson
Reds
Bob
Illinois trainer sends shoes to candidates before season
Mat Bullock, an Illinois football trainer, mailed pre broken in football shoes to candidates a month before the season began to prevent blisters.
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Champaign
Ill
Mat Bullock
Illinois
Plan to Equip Horses with Protective Goggles at Saratoga
Jim Fitzsimmons outlines a scheme to fit racehorses at Saratoga Springs with goggles to shield eyes from sand dust and flying debris during races and workouts.
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Saratoga
Springs
Treamer
Jim Fitzsimmons
Woodstock schoolhouse repairs near fall opening
The Woodstock schoolhouse is being repaired ahead of the September 4 opening. Mary Rose Bracken from Troy will teach and reside there during the term with Mr and Mrs F S Champion. Visits and moves involve multiple local families, including the Champion and Tarr households, while Rev and Mrs Cook of Stanwood plan to leave for Vero Oklahoma.
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Woodstock
Mary Rose Bracken
Troy
F. S. Champion
Fred Champion
Oskaloosa
Frederick. Champion
Idaho
Frank Champion
Mac Rollins
Ralph Snyder
Willard Stewart
Oklahoma City
Eliza Stewart
P. J. Stallard
Williamstown
Pete Stevens
Winchester
Champion
George Tarr
Mr. Tarr
Russell Stewart
Sams
Lawrence
Stewart Home
The
Friends Church
Stanwood
Vero, Okla
Pastorage accepted and community reunions noted
The community accepts a pastorage as residents plan to attend the Jefferson county fair at Valley Falls the coming week. Descendants of the Tarkin Rice family held their August reunion at McLouth on the high school lawn with a picnic, music, and talks. A wedding of Miss La Verta Graham to Chester E. Hutchinson in El Paso Texas drew local interest. he works for Westinghouse in El Paso after KU graduation in 1937. The M E Ladies Aid meets September 7 for church cleaning and a covered dish dinner chaired by Mrs. Frank Champion.
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Oskaloosa
Valley Falls
Frank Champion
Fred Champion
Frederick Champion
Idaho
Tarkin Rice
McLouth
M. E
T. Nichols
la Verta Graham
Chester E. Hutchinson
Topeka
el Paso
Tex
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Oread Training School
Hays State College
Phi Chi Delta
University of Kansas
Westinghouse Electric Company
M. E. Ladies’ Aid
Local Social Roundup Echoes From Lawrence Area
A long list of families from Rossville Lawrence and Ottawa attend aluminum supper hosted by Mr and Mrs Paul Taylor. Several locals visit relatives travel to the Ozarks and Ottawa for business. Harold Hodges attends haymaking. Harold Tucker falls ill. Dr Ruchard called. Community birthdays anniversaries and gatherings noted with many names and places.
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Robert Wilson
Bobby
Arthur Dongan
Lawrence
Roger
Williams
Oscar
Shuck
Byron
Ed Whitman
Walter
Henry
Flory
Norma Jean
Andrew Long
Daniel
Mary Elizabeth
Virginia
Rossville
Ind
Charles and Lloyd
Paul Taylor
Harold Hodges
Clinton
Merritt Woodward
Harold Tucker
Ruchard
Charles Shuck
Darrell
Barbara
Lloyd Shuck
Eva
Warren
John Hawkins
Walter Dover
Laurie Postman
Ozarks
Oscar Shuck
Earge Stanwix
Ottawa
Virgil Shoemaker
Billy Dean
Shoemaker
Daniel Beeghley
Everett
Johnny
Lloyd Beeghley
Will Postma
Richard
Laurie Postma
Frank Deay
Charlie Brohammer
Eve
Arley Flory
Harve Flory
Harold
Wayne
Henry Flory
Everett Shaw
Jimmie
Wesley Flory
Mabel Wingert
Lloyd Wingert
Mac Karnes
Pearl Brohammer
Home Way Cafe
Harold Brohammer
Camp Whitside
Ft. Riley
National Guard
Ives Chapel and area social notes dated September events
Ives Chapel Ladies Aid meets September 6 with Mrs. Oliver Price. Gayle Cook hosts Junior Epworth League. Barbara and Frances Bailey return from a western states motor trip visiting Neodesha. Families travel to Quenemo and Lake of the Ozarks with friends and relatives. Various locals visit Baldwin and Ottawa areas, attend state fair in Sedalia, and share picnics and family visits across Kansas.
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Ives’ Chapel Ladies Aid
Oliver Price
Gayle Cook
Ives Chapel
Epworth
Barbara
Frances Bailey
Neodesha
Harold
Famly
John Dean
Jess Collins
Mildred
Wellsville
Quenemo
F. O. Bicer
C. .E. Story
Soninelaw
Glen Carpenter
Carolyn
Lake of the Ozarks
Baldwin
Chanute
Burl Denney
Jackie Lee
W. H. Wood
Leland Ulrich
Iola
Nora
Maurice ‘Frye
Thunder Mountain
Ida
Arthur Morgan
Topeka
Julia Miller
Bob Miller
Ottawa
J. F. Cunningham
Marlin Cook
Gayle
Carol Joanne
Anita
Lone Star Lake
Herman’ Butell
Eliza Hyland
A. D. Butell
Ernest Butell
Win
Community Notices From Clearfield Area Social Roundup
Many local families share visits and travels visiting relatives in Madison Vinland Baldwin Edgerton Ottawa and Lawrence. Birth announcements include a daughter August 28 to Mr and Mrs Ted Brecheisen and a son Larry Lavon to Mr and Mrs Hugh McKenzie of Joplin.
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Renee M. E. Church
Federated Church
Knox
Linwood
Cleo Morrill
Washington, DC
Henry Morrill
J. W. Warring
Spokane
Wash
Otto Forman
Forman
Raymond Barrett
Melvin Cline
James Tudhope
Davis
Lawrence
Robert Elder
Esther Parry
Kirksville
Hugh McKenzie
Joplin
Agust 16
Larry Lavon
Local Residents Visit Mrs Parry After Sunday Call
Linwood Mr and Mrs Frank Lescher and Mrs Fisher of Lawrence called on Mrs Hugh Parry Sunday afternoon Rep Knox of the North Law
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Linwood
Frank Lescher
Fisher
Lawrence
Hugh Parry
Hopewell and Independence Community Gathering Notes
Mr and Mrs Howard Hardtaker and family of Lawrence were dinner guests last Sunday of Mr and Mrs Will Vaughn and family. The eleventh annual Deay family reunion occurred at the Vinland fair grounds. Aunt Barbara and Mary Brett of Topeka visited Mr and Mrs Earl Lederer. James Cox and Louis Cox of Topeka and Dr and Mrs Brown of Baldwin called on Roy Merchant. Charles Vaughn and Will Winters hosted supper guests. Hopewell school house was painted interiorly and prepared for opening next week.
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John.Selzer
John
Mary Joy
Madison
Kan
Martin Breithaupt
Gertie Deay
Vinland
Nora Witt
Wesley Deckwa
Johnny Selzer
Homer Abbott
Bonner Springs
Rev. C. Meeder
Kansas City
Alma Breithaupt
Minnie Hausman
Paul
Clarence Hausman
Topeka
Mr. Adams
Albert Walters
Orange
Calif
Walters
Clarence
Howard Hardtaker
Lawrence
Will Vaughn
Lewis Tucker
Will Winters
Doris
Etell
Deay
Vinland Fairgrounds
Barbara
Mary Brett
Earl Lederer
James Cox
Louis
Brown
Baldwin
Roy Merchant
Charles Vaughn
Hopewell School House
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Stettinius
Henry Ford
New Lake
Lake Shawnee
London
N.E.A
Radionhoto
Hitler
G. A. R. Meet
Grand Army of the Republic
Pittsburgh
Robert M. Rowne
Union Vets
Ripley
N. Y
Columbia
Mel Dean
Ernest, Jr
Herman Butell
Forest Park
F. O. Rice
Carolyn Collins
George Frye
Maurice Frye
Major Dangerfield
Charlie Averill
Price
Frank Lobingier
Clearfield
Ted Brecheisen
Fred Deay
H. A. Edler
Mable
Joe
Herman Bohnsack
Eudora
St. Paul's Church
Delores Deckwa
Marcella Brechelsen
Darlene
Gene Clark
Nadine Chaney
Edith Joe Roche
Imogene Selzer
Paul Sommer
Henry Breithaupt
Edgerton
John Brechelsen
A. F. Neis
W. J. Elliott
Emma Johnson
Brechelsen
Emma Breithaupt
George
Shirley Godman
Albert Brecheisen
Arden Johnson
Arden Johnson Is Caring For Mrs. Klamm and New Baby
Adaline School House
Ben Brecheisen
Mary Seagram
Phillip Brechelsen
France
Clyde Lewis
Law
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