Convicts Surrounded Surrender In Arkansas Escape Spotlight
A chaotic sweep across Arkansas and Louisiana ends with three of four escaping inmates surrendering near Columbia Mississippi, freeing hostages and prompting a massive posse operation. Police and state troopers corner ringleader Frank Conley and recover others as the 36-man break from Cummins prison farm unfolds.
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Columbia
Arkansas
Cummins
Lewisville
Ark
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Miss
Gillett
Aatate
Uisiana Angola
Everal Miles
James
Vancelle Wil=liams
Here
reGladys Diamond
Jerry Harrigill
Rayville
Miss Williams
Williams
A. L. Hinton
Hinton
Ed Drake
Frank Gartman
Sam Jones
Frank Conley
Ouachita River
Conley
Gartman
Frank Horsfall
Monticello
A. & M. College
Drig Harvey
Garland
Texarkana
Kenneth Shipley
Linwood
W. W. Hoover
Glendale
Farmer
Louisiana
Bastrop
Monroe
Armed liner Avoceta shells submarine periscope off Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal Sept 4. An armed British liner Avoceta was attacked by an Italian submarine off Portugal today. The vessel fired twice with its deck guns and hit the sub's periscope, after which the submarine submerged. Informed sources report no further details.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Destroyer trade bases eyed in Bermuda and Caribbean
A confidential report details negotiations for a destroyer base swap with Britain. The plan adds bases in Bermuda and Newfoundland plus others in the Bahamas Jamaica Trinidad Antigua and Guiana with possible private property purchases to extend sites. Congress reaction mixed with calls for defense budget scrutiny and funding considerations.
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U.S.S. St. Louis
Bermuda
Newfoundland
Navy
Roosevelt
Bahamas
Jamaica
St. Desta
Trinidad
Antigua
Brit.Guiana
Congress
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Naval
Expresshae
State Schools to Open On Schedule Amid Polio Epidemic
State schools including the University will open on schedule, said Ed M. Harris, Ottawa, chairman of the board of regents. Harris noted no postponement proposal has been presented and the regents do not plan action. Kansas State College will open Monday and KU registration begins September 14.
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Ed M. Harris
Ottawa
Regen
Harris
Kansas State College
K. U
Worden Weather and County Budget Notices
August precipitation at Worden station totaled 8.80 inches with normal 3.48. Year to date rainfall reached 27.27 inches versus 28.21 at this point last year. Measurable rain occurred on 14 days. County Clerk reports no more bounty payments for wolves and related wildlife until 1940. School enrollment delayed to September 13. New Telephone Directory slated for Sept. 28 with listings via office phone 221. Southwestern Bell Tel.
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Worden
Walter Schwarz
Cooperative Observer
T. R. Gerhart
Southwestern
Bell Tel
University of Kansas to host first fire hazard inspection course
The fifth annual fire college will run September 10 to 13 on Mount Oread with practical training in inspections for visiting delegates from across Kansas. Sessions include instructor training, plant tours, a gymnasium based recreation program, and a dinner at Memorial Union. Certificates will be awarded to those completing all drills quizzes and demonstrations.
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University of Kansas Fire l
Mount Oread
Kansas
Lawrence
Fire Department
Lee Gemmel
Gemmel
Memorial Union
I.0.c.f. Hall
Fire College
K.D. Doyle
Wamega
E. J.stewart
Topeka
Roy S. Moulton
Kansas City
Harold Ingham
John
Stutz
Laurence Parker
Pittsburg
Boys Learn to Cook at Dormitory Kitchens
Twenty boys in Templin hall study kitchen work as part of dormitory placement. They introduced themselves after a communal meal led by Charlotta Nellis. Bob Baker, 17, proud of baking biscuits, and Velories Harlan, 6 ft 7 in, tall and bringing his own bed, are noted. Oatmeal cookies planned for morning. future tours to John Battenfeld hall. Only the kitchen in Templin hall is complete. other rooms await furnishings.
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John Battenfed
Bob Baker
Valley
John Battenfeld
Templin Hall
German Planes Fly High In Night Raid on London
London reports a night air raid with sirens at 9 16 p m and heavy anti aircraft fire. German raiders flew at extreme altitude and battles earlier in the day yielded 45 German planes shot down while Britain lost 11. Searchlights and shell bursts lit the sky as raids intensified.
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London
Air Ministry
Deaths and Funerals of Josephine Haney and Perry Reynolds
Josephine Haney aged 83 died at home on Lincoln Street. Funeral Friday at 2 PM from Rumsey funeral home conducted by Rev. C J Knox with burial at Buster cemetery. She leaves a sister Mrs Mollie Thompson and several nieces and nephews. Perry Claude Reynolds aged 68 died at home on New Hampshire Street. Funeral arrangements to be announced. He is survived by wife Mrs P C Reynolds and two daughters Mrs Earl B Swainer of Kansas City Kansas and Miss Margaret Claudine Reynolds.
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Josephine Haney
Lincoln Street
Rumsey Funeral Home
C.J. Knox
Buster
Mollie Thompson
E Lavenworth
Perry Claude Reynolds
New Hampshire Street
Reynolds
Earl B. .Swainer
Kansas City
Kan
Margaret Claudine Reynolds
Rome Radio In Silent As Planes Feared Over City
International radio stations in Rome fell silent at 2 25 p m CST and remained mute half an hour later as raids were reported over the area The incident coincides with the opening of Lawrence Business College in its 71st year Adv.
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Rome
New York
Columbia Broadcasting ‘System
Lawrence Business College
German bomber raids penetrate British defenses
London reports two small German bomber formations crossed the Kent coast around noon, damaging inland industrial property and houses in a river Medway town, with casualties. A total of about 200 German planes were engaged, most driven back by RAF fighters and anti air fire.
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London
Britain
River Medway
Air and Home Security Ministries
Kent
R.A.F
Peneaa
Senator King Loses Senate Bid in Utah Primary
UPI reports Senator William H. King lost the Democratic nomination after a 24 year Senate tenure. Abe Murdock led in 492 districts with 28,138 to King’s 9,587. Draper trailed. In the Republican race Philo T Farnsworth Jr led with 10,735 against Carl son 6,440 and Worthen 5,129.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
William H. King
United States Senate
Abe Murdock
King
Delbert M. Draper
Senate
Murdock
Draper
Philo T. Farnsworth, Jr
Salt Lake
Farnsworth
Oscar W. Carlson
George W. Worthen
John Websters
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Debate on peacetime conscription in U S House
Washington reports Rep Short argues peacetime conscription mirrors Nazi methods while Rep Faddis defends Burke Wadsworth draft as essential for national security. Both address potential global threats as House debates the bill and considers amendments.
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Washington
Short
R.-Mo
House
Hitler
Faddis
D.pa
Berlin
Moscow
Tokyo
Rome
Navy Can Sake Good Use Of New Bases Immediately
Navy officials said all bases acquired from Britain in the destroyer trade could be used at once by U S naval and air forces once site limits are agreed. An officer suggested British forces may be reduced once occupation begins, freeing ships for Europe. Limited use could begin immediately with destroyers or patrol planes once location limits are set.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Europe
Boston Navy Yard Deploys Destroyers for Britain
The Boston Navy Yard is likely a jump off point for at least 12 of the 60 destroyers Roosevelt announced would transfer to Great Britain. Eight ships are ready to sail Friday, with American crews to pilot them to Canada where British seamen will man the vessels.
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Boston
Boston Navy Yard
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Navy
Canada
Romanian generals called to secret conference after palace attack
King Carol isolated in his palace after an assassination attempt as General Ion Antonescu, the premier-designate, urgently convoked all Romanian generals from Transylvania and other regions for a mysterious conference.
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Bucharest
Carol
Ion Antonescu
Transylvania
Two Die in Sea Collision Near Los Angeles
A 320 foot fishing barge Olympic II was rammed by an unidentified freighter two miles off the harbor. Two persons drowned, five or six others were missing, and 11 were rescued during the incident reported on September 4.
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Los Angeles
Har- OT
Thrifty Habit Found Reading the Red Page Daily
A thrift oriented reader adopts a daily ritual of scanning the red page for deals and notices. The habit centers on time saving, budget awareness, and awareness of sales, based on the provided snippet.
Red Sox.Take Doubleheader From Athletics In 10th Inning
Boston manager Joe Cronin delivered a bases loaded single in the 10th to lift the Red Sox past Philadelphia 6 5 in the opener of a twin bill. In the nightcap the Athletics fell 4 3 as Potter and Hayes pitched for Boston. Dick Errickson outpitched Carl Hubbell for a 2 0 win as New York blanked the Giants.
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Boston
Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia
Ross
Heusser
Hayes
Wilson
Fleming
Heving
Foxx
Potter
Ostermueller
Clevelan
Detroit
Feller An Betts
New York
Washington
Sandra
Breuer
Lee and
Tresh
Dick Errickson
Carl Hubbell
Boston Bees
New York Giants
Boston &Ee
Errickson
Berrea
Hubbell
Lynn
Danning
Brooklyn
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Crop conditions improve as rains boost Kansas yields
Topeka reports soil moisture greatly improved by recent rains. Wheat is being drilled in western counties of central Kansas. Sorghum forage yields are fair to good, corn forage yields are light, and alfalfa yields in the Arkansas River valley are fair. Early apples and peaches are being harvested with good fruit prospects. some flax damaged by moisture. pastures show excellent growth except in north central counties with deficient summer rainfall.
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Topeka
Kansas
Arkansas River
Trouserless Moment Shocks Rochester Man on Street
Giovanni Evangeliati, 52, suffered an embarrassing incident on a busy Rochester street when a passing car’s door handle snagged his trousers and slid them off in view of hundreds. The apologetic driver gave him a ride home for replacements.
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Rochester
N. Y
Giovanni Evangeliati
Evangelion
Waldo B Nielsen Named Dean of Music at Friends University
Prof Waldo B Nielsen head of music at Landers College Greenwood South Carolina has been elected dean of music at Friends University to succeed Prof Alan Irwin. President W A Young stated Irwin resigned to lead the Ward Belmont music department in Nashville Tennessee.
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Friends
Differential tax proposal in defense profits debate
In Washington on September 4 1949 the Senate Finance Committee discussed a differential tax. The idea would tax industries directly profiting from the defense program rather than applying a uniform excess profits levy.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Gayda Warns U S Over Destroyer Deal Risk
Italian fascism's Virginio Gayda declares on Sept 4 that trading American destroyers for British bases in the western hemisphere drags the United States deeper into the European war, signaling heightened danger for U S entry.
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Gayda
U. S
Rome
Virginio Gayda
United States
Interview with Social Security Official in Lawrence
Arthur L. Robb assistant manager of the Social Security board field office Topeka will be in Lawrence Thursday September 5. He may be contacted at the Chamber of Commerce office between 10 a m and 4 p m for interviews or inquiries.
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Arthur L. Robb
Social Security Board
Topeka
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Pope urges return to faith amid collapsing ideologies
Pope Pius XII urged Christians to return to faith and Christian doctrine for those raised amid agnosticism. He warned that many ideologies relied on rigid systems and are now collapsing, calling for renewed belief in core teachings.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Reno Attorney Samuel Platt Leads Nevada Senate Race
Unofficial returns from Reno show Samuel Platt, a Reno attorney, leading the Republican nomination for the United States Senate as 200 of 264 precincts report complete results and partial counts come in from the remaining 64.
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Nevada
Reno
Samuel Platt
United States Senate
Forecast End of Congress Faces September Work Finish
Washington reports Speaker Bankhead urged Congress to finish work by September 15 to October 1. Senate Majority Leader Barkley predicted lawmakers would go home around September 20.
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Washington
Bankhead
Congress
Barkley
Senate
Barrymores Separate as Elaine Barrie Splits
John Barrymore and Elaine Barrie separate in Hollywood with a spokesman confirming the split. The actor cites defamation of character as the cause and adds the situation is a private matter.
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Barrymores
Hollywood
Calif
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Classified ads lure hundreds of job seekers
Classified page reports hundreds of jobs found via ads. Readers are instructed to call 22 and give their advertisement to Ad-Taker for workers. The note emphasizes using the classified section to locate employment.
A Precedent For Trade In World War Prep
Washington reports naval officials compare a 50 destroyers deal with Britains WWI era transfer to Brazil. It recalls 1898 purchases of two small cruisers and a third later, the Buffalo New Orleans and Albany, with costs listed. Also noted is the indefinite postponement of a baby clinic at Memorial hospital due to an infantile paralysis outbreak.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
England
Spain
Britain
Brazil
Buffalo
New Orleans
Albany
Hehy
Memorial Hospital
Soviet Defence Chief Initiates New Military Callup
Moscow Sept 4 Soviet defense commissar Marshal Semen Timoshenko announced the call of two new classes for military service. The action expands conscription as the country mobilizes forces amid ongoing tensions.
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Moscow
Semen Timoshenko
Lone Star Community News Highlights and Births
Attendance at Sunday school was 73 on September 1. Rev. L H Griffith delivered the morning sermon and evening services were held. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs Lillie Ulrich’s all day Thursday. Mrs A R Weybright learned of her brother W T Griffith’s death in Kansas City. Funeral planned for Tuesday in Kansas City. Elvin Herschell and family announce the birth of a son Le Roy Charles. Lone Star School opened September 2 with Miss Lucille Hird as teacher and 13 pupils enrolled including Martha Lindell and Calvin Flory.
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L. H. Griffith
Ladies’ Aid Society
Lillie Ulrich
A. R. Weybright
W. T. Griffith
Kansas City
Kan
Griffith
Mrs. Herschell
Anna Mae Smith
Topeka
John Smith
Lone Star School
Lucille Hird
Vinland
Martha Lindell
Margaret Daggett
Aileen Anderson
Shirley Powell
Erma Flory
Marjorie Ann Bond
Nell Powell
Billy Childs
Calvin Flory
Alvin Anderson
Jun
Powell and Loy Star in I Love You Again at Granada
Powell and Loy headline the new comedy I Love You Again at the Granada for five days. The film promises nonstop laughs and marks a fun departure for Loy from her usual role as the perfect wife. Supporting cast includes Frank McHugh Edmund Lowe Donald Douglas and Carl Alfalfa Switzer.
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William Powell
Myrna Loy
Granada
Powell
Frank McHugh
Edmund Lowe
Donald Douglas
Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer
Local residents visit and family events list in Overbrook area
New first graders Nell Powell Erma Flory and Marjorie Bond are noted. Numerous visits and familial gatherings are recorded with neighbors, relatives from Kansas City Topeka Cencropolis Lyons Ogden and Emnoria. Several trips, dinners and weekend hostings highlighted with Flory Bond Weybright and Anderson families.
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Lawrence Memorial Co
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Raymond ‘Flory
Hird
Donald ‘Anderson
Florence
Lester McAllister
Charles Weybright
Washington Week
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Childs
A. E. Keefe
Tommy
H. T. Melton
Aubrey Fishburn
Melvin
Alvin
Gordon
Dorothy Bachelor
Maxine
Olive Flory
Overbrook Fair
Dorothy Garbutt
Viola Conner
Lyons
Miss Conner
Viola
Ogden
Dorothy
Teachers College
Emnoria
Frank Perry
Delia Whitman
Walter
Neal Banks
William
Reta Mae
W. W. Weybright
Douglas
Alvis Allison
Rand
A. Be Weyight
Fred Mucky
Jess Wray
Centropolis
Frank Flory
Tom. Wright
Grandview
Wesley Flory
Pleasant Grove
Donald Anderson
Ira Skenerry
North Lawrence
Eldon Ulrich
Billy
Everett Bond
Erma
Ivan
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