RAF repels German raids as four hour British counterattack hits French bases
British sources report 41 German planes shot down by 3:45 p.m. as RAF fighters and anti-aircraft guns repelled three enemy thrusts. A four hour RAF counterattack targeted Pas de Calais Le Touquet St Omer and other bases across the coast. Casualties and damage were limited with several German aircraft downed. A Welsh district reports seven dead after bomb hits.
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London
R.A.F
France
Kent
Essex
Air Ministry
Lonon
Germany
Pas de Calais
Strait
Dover
le Touquet
St. Omer
Marck
Calais
Gaines
Abbeville
England
Thames Estuary
Mary Jones
Gwen Jones
Valerie
Melville Brown
Nazis See Break Up of Empire In Trade of Bases for Vessels
Berlin reports a German foreign office spokesman calls the sale of 50 U S destroyers to Britain for eight military bases a sign Britain is breaking up the empire. He likens the move to Esau selling his birthright and notes solidarity between democracies.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Germany
United States
Britain
Esau
Near Eastern campaign eyed as Britain seeks more US destroyers
London reports Britain may bolster a Near Eastern push by acquiring 50 destroyers from the United States to release newer ships for the Mediterranean fleet. War Secretary Eden warns fighting could begin at any moment while Italy moves against Syria and the Moslem world is being courted against the axis. In Kansas, torrential rain floods roads and prompts temporary closures with several towns reporting substantial surface water and rising rivers.
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London
Britain
United States
Mediterranean
War Office
Anthony Eden
Near East
Syria
Cairo
France
Mosul
Tripoli
Arkansas City
Kan
Newkirk
Oklo
Winfield
Walnut
Arkansas
Hackney
Here
Wichita
Dexter
Cambridge
Flint Hill
Oxford
Douglass
el Dorado
Augusta
Wichita Weather Bureau
Slate Creek
Mulvane
Santa Fe Special Trains To Willkie Celebration
The Santa Fe plans seven special trains to Coffeyville for the Wendell Willkie celebration on September 16. Schedules detail departures from Topeka Garnett El Dorado and Wichita with pickups at Lawrence Iola Humboldt Chanute Augusta Douglass Winfield Mulvane and more. The Lawrence Willkie Special leaves at 8 05 am with a round trip fare of 3.40.
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Topeka
Santa Fe Railway
Coffeyville
Wendell Willkie
R. T. Anderson
Lawrence
Ottawa
Garnett
Wichita
Mulvane
Winfield
Hutchinson
Wellgranton
Kansas City
Anderson
Average of 60 stocks shows 44.7 versus 43.8 yesterday
The report lists a sample of 60 stocks with an average of 44.7, higher than yesterday's 43.8. This reflects a modest uptick in the stock group, with prices rising across several components.
Local Flood Hits Northern Oklahoma Communities
Severe rainfall from a cloudburst flood in northern Oklahoma, Sept. 4, forced 100 people from Sapulpa, damaged Lake Cleveland dam, and disrupted rail service. Up to 10 inches fell near the storm, with 7.81 inches recorded in Tulsa. A Frisco railroad worker, William Dorl, was killed by lightning at Pawnee.
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Pawnee
Okla
Sapulpa
Lake Cleveland
Tulsa
William Dorl
Frisco Railroad
Weather Bureau
British Raids Hit Berlin and Surrounding Sites
British planes last night bombed electrical power stations lighting installations and an armament factory in Berlin. The air ministry said other raids attacked military targets in the Hartz mountains and in the Grunewald forest north of Berlin starting fires and causing explosions. Read the Journal-World classified page for bargains.
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Germany
London
Berlin
Air Ministry
Ministry
Hartz Mountains
Grunewald Forest
Four New Polio Cases Reported in State Today
Four new infantile paralysis cases were reported to the state health board today. Officials cautioned against reading the totals as proof the epidemic wanes and noted many schools may close as a result.
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Topeka
State Board of Health
TPL
Wane
Fk T
Owen Dilla
Roosevelt Defends Destroyers Trade With Britain
Washington reports on the debate over President Roosevelt’s plan to transfer 50 destroyers to Britain. House members clash over legality and war implications while the Navy readies eight ships at Boston for delivery. Roosevelt meets leaders to brief them on the deal and ship locations remain partially undisclosed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
House
Representative Smith
R-O
Britain
Sweeney
D.D
Luther A. Johnson
D.-Tex
Jefferson
Louisiana
Creel
D-Ky
Representative _ Cox
D-Ga
Navy
Boston Navy Yard
Canada
Atlantic Seaboard
Wyman Is Legion Head In Close Kansas Race
Wyman Hutchinson attorney Max Wyman won the American Legion state commander post in a tight ballot 179 to 173 over Scott Berridge of Holton. Delegates chose Topeka for the 1941 convention dates August 31 and September 1 and urged a strong national defense program. They backed Kansas City Mo for the 1941 national gathering and called for more federal aid to disabled veterans and widows and children of veterans.
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Emporia
Kan
UPI
Max Wyman
Hutchinson
American Legion
Wyman
Scott Berridge
Holton
Topeka
Kansas City
Joe Walters
Madson
Arch
Oliver
Lawrence
Oscar May
Atchison
Alpha Kenna
Pittsburg
Sam Broland
Wichita
Dale
Fisher
Albert Lapp
John Koch
Concordia
William D. Reilly
Leavenworth
Jack Bennett
British Fleet Pledges To Let US Patrol Pacific
Washington reports Britain vows not to surrender or scuttle its fleet and will send overseas to defend empire. This pledge supports the US aim to keep a strong Pacific fighting armada as a restraint on Japanese expansion and to avoid moving US forces from Pacific to Atlantic during a crisis. The US fleet remains based in Hawaiian waters since Japan’s actions raised security concerns for the Netherlands and British possessions.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Far East
Japan
Hawaiian
Netherlands
Tees
Sia
Far Eastern tensions rise with Japanese demands in Indo China
Admiral Hart arrived in Shanghai amid reports of fast breaking moves in the Far East. Japanese demands for transit through Indo China and use of Hamhong base alarm authorities as French troops mobilize along the coast. Shanghai tightens security as Paris and Saigon coordinate responses to possible invasion.
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Shanhai
Thomas C. Hart
United States
Asiatic Fleet
Far Eastern
Indo-China
Hamhong
China
Hongkong
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Saigon
Jean Decoux
Chuneking
Haipong
Shanghai
Rain Deluges Sweep Kansas With Heavy Downpours
Kansas reporters describe widespread rainfall amounts across the state with Wichita 4.28 inches and Goodland 3.80, while forecasts call for continued showers through week’s end. Weatherman S D Flora notes scattered thundershowers tonight and tomorrow and warns no major dry spell is expected.
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Topeka
Arkansas City
Kansas
South Central
Wichita
Winfield
Coffeyville
el Dorado
Goodland
S. D. Flora
Flora
Concordia
Geneseo
Phillinsboro
Local Stores Set 5 30 Closing Time Weekdays
Winter hours for Lawrence stores take effect with merchants bureau plan. Stores will close at 5 30 on weekdays, compared with 5 o'clock in summer.
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Lawrence
Merchants Bureau
Tank wagon blaze at K T Oil bulk station injures truck
Flames destroyed a 1939 Chevrolet truck at the K T Oil bulk station near the Santa Fe freight house. Fire spread to the pump house endangering about 10 000 gallons of gasoline. Firemen battled for two hours as hoses stretched across tracks and spectators watched from cars. The E T corporation is a subsidiary of El Dorado Refining company.
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K. T. Oil Corporation
Santa Fe
John Laird
Laird
Friend Lumber Company
Eighth Street
E. T. Corporation
ElDorado Refining Company
Knox aims 25 million for newly leased bases
Secretary Knox announced 25 million dollars will be spent immediately to prepare air and naval base sites leased from Great Britain. He warned of opposition but said public opinion supports the move and that the policy does not push the nation toward war. Knox continued his westward inspection tour of defense units.
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White House
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Early
Bankhead
Barkley
Senate
Congress
House
Johnson
D-Tex
Wendell Willkie
Bender
Ohio
Willkie
Keefe
R-Wis
Salt Lake City
Knox
Great Britain
Navy
Germany
Hitler
United States
Thirty Nine Students Near Private Pilot Licenses
Thirty nine of the sixty KU civilian aviation students have completed tests for private pilot licenses by today. Two of the ten advanced students are in the final stages of the course.
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K.U
Transfer of Destroyers Leaves 197 Such Ships In United States Fleet
The United States fleet will comprise 197 destroyers after the transfer to Great Britain. The Navy notes 119 of current destroyers are over age, 78 built since 1934 are under age, with 57 additional ships under construction and 74 provided for in defense funds. Total value of destroyers transferred is $85 million as Britain’s destroyer strength remains a military secret.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States Navy
Navy
Congress
Britain
Twenty Three Aliens Register Here in Douglas County
Post office reports 23 alien residents have filed registration forms under the recent act of congress. Postmaster Roger Williams notes an average of two to three applicants daily and estimates total registration will range from 40 to 50.
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Douglas County
Roger Williams
King Carol Calls Antonescu to Form New Cabinet
Bucharest Sept 4 King Carol, under threat after an assassination attempt, urged General Ion Antonescu to form a new government likely to become a military dictatorship. Antonescu was freed from a Banat monastery as Iron Guard tensions raged and troops reinforced oil regions amid fears Hungary might seize Transylvania.
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Carol
Antonescu
Save Nation
Bucharest
Romania
Ion Antonescu
Ion Gigurtu
Gigurtu
Banat
Transylvania
Hungary
Mihai
Constanta
Brasov
City Schools Delay Opening Over Infantile Paralysis Epidemic
The board of education postpones the start of the school year from September 9 to September 16 pending a possible further delay. One polio case, a 14 year old girl in the Glimont area, is reported in Douglas county. Health officials warn against crowds and stress early isolation for feverish children.
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City Board of Health
Lawrence
Board of Education
Board of Health
State Board of Health
S. E. Schwahn
Commonwealth Theaters
Schwahn
J. M. Mott
Shawnee County
Wyandotte
Leavenworth
Jefferson County
Harold C. Fisher
Washington Creek
Clinton
Douglas County
Funeral rites for H. B. Peairs draw large crowd
A large crowd attended the 11 oclock funeral at First Methodist for H. B. Peairs 74 a noted figure in Indian education. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are listed with speakers at Haskell Institute memorial services. New telephone directory edition announced with call for updates.
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H. B. Peairs
First Methodist
Mr. Peairs
H. M. Chamney
G. Warren Spalding
R. R. McFarland
George Lowman
R. L. Spaulsbury
J. T. Constant
Roger M. Williams
E. S. Weatherby
Haskell Institute
Peairs
G. Warren Spaulding
Louise L. Baker
Haskell
First Methodist Church
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C. H. Kinnaman
State
Epianee
Kinnaman
Butler County
Associated Press
Garden City
Capital
Legion
Arch Oliver
Business College
Far
K. T. Bulk
Health Board
Williama
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Ia. J. Anderson
Harry Nevin
John ‘Selig
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