Revolt in Yunnan as Nationalists Face Fire Tragedy
Nationalist China reels from a bloodless revolt in Yunnan led by Governor Gendu Han, who holds Kunming as troops surround the provincial capital. A deadly fire in Chungking killed about 1,000, with arson suspects alleged.
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China
Yunnan Province
Chungking
Gendu Han
Yunnan
Kunming
Indochina
Himalayas
India
U. S
Dean Acheson
Canton
U S Naval Chiefs Meet Franco in Spain Visit
Adm. Richard L. Cosolly and aides confer with Generalissimo Franco at his summer residence in La Coruna. No communique issued. Cosolly leads four U.S. warships on the first Spain visit since Franco's rise a decade ago. Omar Zaki Pasha arrives to present credentials. King Abdullah to visit later.
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la Coruna
Spain
Richard L. Cosolly
U.S
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Generalissimo Franco
Conolly
George Henderson
Preston V. Mercer
Madrid
U.S. Navy
Franco
Columbus
el Ferro
Hashemite
Jordan
Omar Zaki Pasha
Abdullah
Hurricane alert near Bermuda shifts north northeast
Miami reports an Atlantic hurricane with winds near 120 mph. The Honeymoon Isles of Bermuda, about 800 miles off the South Carolina coast, are under alert as the storm drifts northward at six to eight miles per hour. At 11 a.m. EST the center lay roughly 450 miles south-southwest of Bermuda.
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Miami
Fla
Honeymoon Isles
Bermuda
South Carolina
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
E.S.T
Dodgers Beat Beavers 7 to 2 in Sept 5 Game
The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Boston Beavers 7 to 2 in a Sept 5 baseball game. Dodgers led early and secured the win with strong batting and solid pitching.
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Dodgers
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Beavers
First & W
Truman Makes Labor Day Talks In Two Cities
Washington reports President Truman launched a Labor Day trip in two distant cities. He began aboard the Independence as he neared Pittsburgh and Descension, then to Grandview Missouri, with a debate in Congress over military plane use. The trip totals 70,280 miles since his 1949 presidency.
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Washington
Trumen Ov Orton
Wey
CST
Hue
Independence
Midwest
Beck
Pittsburgh
Descens
Grandview
J. Villiam Truman
Emer Thomas
D.-Okla
Defense Department
Johnson
Thomas
Eather
United States
White House
Key West
Fla
Truman
Riot at Paul Robeson concert injures dozens in Peekskill
Scores injured as anti left demonstrations clash with police after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill New York. About 54 receive hospital care and 14 are arrested while 2,000 officers attempt to control a crowd of 10,000 including 4,000 war veterans and demonstrators. Robeson is escorted away as stones bottles and missiles fly along three roads up to five miles from the scene. He had performed for a charity of the civil rights congress in None sexes quarter and the event is linked to subversive lists by attorney general Tom Clark.
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Westchester County
Robeson
New York City
Suban
Civil Rights Congress
Congress
Jones
Tom Clark
Weather outlook and rainfall totals across Kansas
Labor day forecast shows partly cloudy skies with a chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms across Kansas. Weekend rain totals varied with Anthony reporting 2.66 inches in 24 hours and 1.44 inches in the next 24 hours, while other stations like Wichita 42 and Pratt 2.28 inches contributed to broader totals.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Anthony
Weather Bureau
Dodge City
Hutchinson
Ruseel
Chanute
Concordia
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Riley
Hill City
Lebo
Phillipsboro
Salina
Topeka
Wichita
Pratt
Horton
Emporia
McPherson
Syracuse
Centralia
Burr Oak
Jowell
Barnard
Wamegofi
Operation a Success for Wichita Baby Laura Rae Underwood
A Wichita infant named Laura Rae Underwood, twin to a sibling, underwent a esophagus repair less than two days after birth at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The operation lasted two and a half hours and doctors expect another week to ten days to judge full recovery. The baby was flown in from Wichita.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wichita
Laura Rae Underwood
Joe Underwood
University of Kansas Medical Center
Striped Kitty With the Atomizer On the Increase
Wildlife trend shows skunk populations rising across eastern Kansas and parts of the Midwest. Increased pelts value decline, higher household spray coverage, and rising birthrates drive more sightings and encounters. Trappers fold back as demand drops and cars provide hazard on highways.
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U.S
Kansas
Sam
Milady
Truman Attacks Selfish Interests in Fair Deal Push
Pittsburgh September 5 President Truman denounced selfish interests blocking his fair deal program vowing a fight to enactment. He argued a scare word campaign confuses the people and defended proposals already moving forward against charges of statism and collectivism. He praised the current Democratic Congress for reversing a backward trend and promised, despite Taft Hartley opposition, that progress will continue.
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Pittsburgh
Truman
Mr. Truman
United States
Allegheny County Free Fair
G.O O.P
Congress
Pope condemns communism in first Vatican excommunication
Castel Gandolfo Italy Sept 5 The Pope publicly denounces communism by name for first time in his decade as head of the church. In German he told half a million German Catholics the decree against atheistic communism aims to protect religion, liberty of action, and workers rights. Observers see this as a vigorous new campaign against bolshevism and a sign the church enters a decisive phase amid Cold War tensions.
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Castel Gandolo
Italy
Frank Stark
Germany
Border clash reports pistol shots near Hof
German border police said U S troops and Czechoslovak border police exchanged pistol shots over the weekend near Hof. No injuries reported. U S military officials blamed the Americans for aimless shooting. German officials described it as purposeless. More than 600 shots fired and an armed U S reconnaissance car involved.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Hof
Bavaria
Six killed in Paola Kansas highway crash near Sapulpa racers
Six persons died and four were injured when two cars collided on U S Highway 169 near Paola Kansas. Among the dead were Ralph Outcalt and Mary Sue Outcalt both of Louisburg, and Charles Maynard and Leota Humberd of Louisburg. Witness Harry Byerly helped extract survivors as one car burst into flames.
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Paola
Kan
U. S. Highway 169
Here
Ralph Outesit
River of Sapulpaina
Betty Petersit
Nis
Dione Charen
Thearsety Leona Janet Jones
Smith
Oklahoma City
Dianne Outealt
Charlen Maynard
Louisburg
Robert Smith
Mary Sue Outeal
Eugene Krand
Louisborg
Leota Humberd
Kansas
Oklahoma
Outcast
Byerly
Miss Humberd
Brand
Oil Week Normal Ends in Kansas Fields with 67 Starts
Operators in Kansas oil and gas fields reported a near normal week ending Saturday with 67 new wells started and 67 completed. The completions include 30 oil wells producing 9,898 barrels daily and 14 gas wells totaling 157,469,000 cubic feet daily. 22 dry holes and one abandoned location.
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Kansas
Barton County
Butler
Rooks
Stafford and Kearny
Ellis, Russell
Grant
Wabaunsee
Cowley
Phillips
Rice
Harvey
Pratt and Lyons
Marion
Sedgwick
Sumner
Graham
Ellsworth
McPherson
Finney
Stanton
Stevens
Barger
Haskell
Greenwood
Woodson
Phillips County
Seward
Kearny County
Finney County
Haskell County
Morton County
Grant County
Stevens County
Labor Day Death Toll Tops 326 Nationwide
The AP reports the Labor Day weekend total reached 326 deaths by Monday, with 259 traffic fatalities, 23 drownings, and 44 miscans. The National Safety Council projected 280 highway deaths during the holiday period from Friday evening to midnight Monday, listing state breakdowns for traffic, drowning, and other fatalities.
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National Safety Council
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Last Chance for Lawrence Rail Line Says I C Decision
The Interstate Commerce Commission set a deadline for abandoning the 32 year old Rowena Springs to Lawrence freight line, likely ending Kaw Valley operations in Lawrence. Paper and grain interests concede defeat after opposing the plan, with city officials planning street resurfacing and a possible rail spur to connect Locust Street and the bridge to the Union Pacific.
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Lawrence
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rowener Springs-Lawrence
Lawrence Paper Company
Raverseck Mills
I. CC
Karens City
C. G. Hesse
Paper Comming
Toc. C
Kaw River
Wineter
Kaw Paving Company
Teneka
State Highway Department
Kaw Valley
W. J. Small Company
Small
Chamber of Commerce
Union Pacific
Grain Company
Locust Street
Kaw Y Valley
Massachusetts Street
Here
Bonner Springs
LCC
Lc.c
Paper Company
Grain Mills
Paper and Crain Mills
Santa Fe
Realistic Kiowa pageant recreates Carry Nation act
In Kiowa Kansas on September 6, a pageant staged a lifelike scene of Carry Nation smashing a saloon in 1900. Mrs. A. C. Collier played Carry Nation, first tossing a brick through a plate glass window of Helmley liquor store. An unscheduled brick across the street drew no action.
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Kiowa
Kan
A. C. Collier
Carry Nation
LL T. Helmley
Helmley
Collier
Lewis Schoon
Guards Back Home After Missouri Maneuvers
Company H National Guard men return to regular weekly drill in the Community building armory after a two week summer camp at Fort Leonard Wood. Captain Maurice H. Knott reports the unit performed well through range firing and a three day bivouac in cold conditions with no illnesses. A recruiting drive will follow to bolster strength for next year’s maneuvers.
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Missouri
National Guard
Laawrence
Fort Leonard Wood
Soth Infantry Division
Maurice H. Knott
Knott
127Th Infantry
Lawrence
Siunec
No Serious Labor Day Accidents Reported Here
Al the highway travel was unusually heavy over the Labor day weekend in the Lawrence area, no serious traffic accidents were reported to the sheriff's office or police headquarters. Two accidents occurred Saturday on Highways 24 and 40 east of Tonganoxie, but occupants of the cars were reported to have escaped injury. Observance of the Labor day holiday in Lawrence was general, and all banks, government offices, and stores were closed. Cafes, drug stores and filling stations, however, reported good business and there was more downtown activity than is normal for a holiday. No special program was planned for the day.
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Lawrence
Sheriff's
Tonganoxie
Children Found Dead By Officers After Train Death
Williamsville New York Sept 5 police say after a woman was killed by a train officers forced entry found two children Carol Hakes age two and her brother seven dead from asphyxiation on a floor gas jets from a stove were on Sgt Otto W Pfohl Williamsville police said the mother Doris Hakes 25 died at a New York Central crossing in Creektowaga
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Williamsville
N. Y
Carol Hakes
Robert
Otto W. Pfohl
Doris Hakes
Creektowaga
City Schools To Start Tomorrow
Public schools across Douglas county begin fall terms tomorrow with Lawrence on a restricted first day. Elementary pupils report at 9 a.m. for orientation, then return Wednesday at 9 a.m. for full schedules. High school assembly at 8:20 a.m. with classes to follow in 40 minute periods. noon dismissal. Cordley second graders meet at Cordley then move to Liberty Memorial high school for first regular periods Wednesday. Enrollment expected to rise, possibly adding classes, as rural and district schools also begin.
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Douglas County
Morrow
Lawrence
Liberty Memorial Audiorium
Neal Wherry
Ralph Graber
Hazel Lee Simmons
Cordley
West Nineteenth Street
Liberty Memorial High School
Kinderegarten
Baldwin
Vinland
Eudora
Lecompton
Break-in at Gib Francis and Son Woodcraft and Sports Shop
A burglary at 728 Massachusetts street reported early yesterday morning left a .22 caliber automatic pistol four boxes of .22 shells and nine pocket knives missing. Entry was gained by breaking a back door panel and sawing through a partition. A near new saw was found outside the back door. The burglary occurred between 9 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. Estimates of loss ranged from 60 to 70 dollars.
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Gib
Francis and Son Woodcraft and Sports
Massachusetts Street
Francis
Weather update for Kansas with scattered showers
Partly cloudy today and Tuesday for Kansas with a few scattered showers or thunderstorms in the extreme west. No major temperature changes expected. Highs 75 to 85, lows 52 to 65, with regional variation from northwest to southeast. Temperature readings show a 64 high and 44 low on Saturday, 89 and 77 on the year-ago date.
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Kansas
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