Nazis Claim They Circle Leningrad In Major Push
German high command says Leningrad cut off from land with Schluesselburg taken 21 miles east of the city. Soviet dispatches report fierce defense by Russian troops and stubborn village to village fighting as Nazi forces press west and south of Leningrad.
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Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Schluesselburg
Neva
Russia
Moscow
Gomel
Baltic
Black Sea
Hitler
Svir
Ladoga
Lake
Onera
DNB
Record Fair Crowd Opens Kansas Free Fair
Topeka reports the Kansas free fair opened with a crowd of about 20 000, ex position officials saying it was the largest opening day turnout. Maynard Walker awarded art prizes. University of Kansas led college division. Topeka won high school honors with Wichita and Salina following.
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Topeka
Maurice Jencks
Council Grove
Ellis
Maynard Walker
New York
H. Francis James
Emporia Tedders
Violet la Mont
University of Kansas
Arvid Jacobson
Willard Greene
Greene
Peggy
Flint Hills
Wichita
Salina
Plymouth's Finest Retailers Promote 1942 Motor In
Stock market index notes an average of 60 stocks at 43.4 for Saturday. The ad cites Plymouth's Finest for 1942 at the Motor In, 827 Vermont Avenue.
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Plymouth
The
Motor In
Dollar Value of Foreign Trade Up in First Six Months of 1941
The Commerce Department reports higher U S foreign trade value for the first half of 1941 with exports at 2 086 billion and imports at 1 594 billion reflecting gains over 1940 except Europe gains offset by a drop in continental Europe exports due to wartime effects. Exports to Europe fell sharply. May to June showed declines in both exports and imports.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
Department
Europe
Roosevelt Mourns as Mother Sara Delano Roosevelt Dies
News from Hyde Park reports the death of Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt at 86 in the family home. The President and First Lady stayed by her side as tributes and condolences poured in from citizens and officials across the country. Funeral plans set for relatives and neighbors, with burial at St James Episcopal churchyard.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Sara Delano Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Iceland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stars and Stripes
Scott L. Smith
St. James Episcopal Church
James Roosevelt
Hyde Park House
George
Queen Elizabeth
England
Sara Delano
Prince of Sevrrn
France
Delanos
de Lannoy
America
Philip Delano
Freight wreck closes line as creeks flood Kansas
A Rock Island freight train derailed when a Spring Branch Creek trestle collapsed after a flash flood two miles south of Marion. A Missouri Pacific trestle to a cement plant near Iola was washed out. Salina area basements suffered flood damage while northern Kansas saw receding Solomon River floods and limited impact as the Smoky Hill crest declined. Highway 77 was kept open with precautionary steps.
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Spring Branch Creek
Marion
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Iola
Smoky Hill
Central Kansas
Salina
Solomon River
Kansas
Thankful
Junction City
Highway Department
New York Man Arrested in Petition Signatures Case
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey announced the arrest of Simeon J. Beckerman aged 55 on charges of obtaining signatures at 11 cents each for the primary petitions of insurgent mayoral candidate John R. Davies. Beckerman faces up to three years if convicted after Justice Ferdinand Pecora ruled most signatures invalid.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Simeon J. Beckerman
John R. Davies
Beckerman
Davis
State Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
Snow Falls in Denver as Massive Storm Rolls East
Snow fell steadily in Denver on September 8 as a vast storm area extended from the Rocky Mountains toward the Great Lakes. Large wet flakes disrupted the city, with meteorological forecasts warning of continued unsettled conditions.
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Denver
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
Senate Resolution of Sympathy for Mrs Roosevelt
The Senate adjourned in respect for Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt who died at Hyde Park. The chamber adopted unanimously a resolution expressing sorrow and extending sympathy to the President and his family.
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Senate
Washington
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. N
Sale Offered of Buildings and Crops at Kansas Ordnance Plant Site
Parsons Sept 8 salvage officer Captain Lloyd H Flickinger announced immediate sale of all buildings and crops at the 18 000 acre Kansas ordnance plant site southeast of Parsons The plan calls for rapid disposal of buildings with unsold structures razed and salvaged materials used in plant construction A soybean crop and a large alfalfa crop will be sold as they ripen for cash to support the plant project.
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Parsons
Kan
Lloyd H. Flickinger
Kansas Ordnance
Billions for Neosho Center in Missouri Allocation
Neosho Missouri September 8 UPI War department allotment: 14 million dollars for construction of the army replacement center south of town announced by the construction quartermaster's office. Previously only 1.5 million had been made available for preliminary work.
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Neosho Center
Neosho
UPI
War Department
Army Replacement ‘Center
Here
Quartermaster’s
Farm Program to Hire Production for 1942 War Needs
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard announces a 1942 farm program aiming for the largest U S production in history to meet escalating food demands and support allies. Goals target higher output of pork eggs evaporated milk cheese poultry vegetables soybeans and peanuts while maintaining controls on cotton wheat and tobacco. The plan lifts sugar restrictions, stresses nationwide farmer mobilization, and guarantees parity prices with regional conferences set across major cities.
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Washington
Wickard
Altho
Hitler
Britain
Salt Lake City
Chicago
New York
Memphis
United States
National Farm Program
Baseball Today No League Games Scheduled
No games scheduled in the American or National Leagues today. An advertisement promotes immediate delivery of a 1942 Plymouth from the Plymouth-Ransdell-Skinner Motor Co at 621 25 Mass St.
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Plymouth
Ransdell-Skinner Motor Co
Mass
Adv
Floods Easing as Cooler Air Sweeps Kansas
Kansas floods subsided with Cottonwood River at Emporia 25.2 feet and Chanute cresting 26 feet as Neosho stayed within banks west of Iola. Meteorologist Flora forecast a 25 to 26 foot peak at Parsons and cooler, dry conditions spreading east by tonight.
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Kansas
S.D. Flora
Emporia
Chanute
Flora
Cottonwood
Neosho
Iola
Parsons
Salina
Beloit
Abilene
Junction City
Enterprise
Coffeyville
Wyoming
Montana
Denver
North Central
Dodge City
Gengseo
Tribune
Phillipsburg
Fort Riley
Geneseo
Goodland
Ellis
Roads blocked by floods across Kansas highways
The highway department reports roads blocked by high water today. U. S. 50S west of Emporia K13 between Strong City and Cottonwood Falls and north of Strong City K57 at Leroy and at Neosho Falls K389 east of Chanute K3 ten miles north of Bronson and K81 at Mapleton.
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Topeka
The
Highway Department
U. S. 50S
Emporia
Strong City
Cottonwood Falls
Leroy
Neosho Falls
Chanute
Bronson
Mapleton
Fewer In High School Enrollment Reported
School enrollment opening day totals 2 681 under previous year by 158. Elementary schools hold 1 359 pupils while high school shows the largest drop with 762. Junior high totals 560 and several neighborhood schools show gains or losses led by Cordley Lincoln New York and Woodlawn.
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Clifford D. Dean
McAllaster
Pinckney
Cordley
Lincoln
New York
Woodlawn
Cordsey
Retailers for defense week proclaimed by Gov Ratner
Gov Payne Ratner proclaimed September 15 to 20 as retailers for defense week. Sale of defense stamps in shot stores will begin at that time. See Chrysler Corporation No 1 Car at Buddy Gallagher Motors 634 Mass.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Chrysler Corporation
Buddy” Gallagher Motors
Plymouth
University Pilots Training Quota Opens Applicants Rapidly
Applications for civilian pilot training at the University have begun to arrive under Prof Earl D Hay with 80 students planned for primary flight and 20 for advanced training. Early physicals are being conducted and classes may start with university term. The CPT produced 32 primary graduates and 16 advanced graduates this summer, while cross country training finished recently for instructor course expansion nationwide.
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Earl D. Hay
Professor Hay
Hay
CPT
Bill Ashcraft
U.S
Rush Week Arrives as University Opens for New Year
Fraternity and sorority members return to campus for rush week and opening ceremonies at the University of Kansas. Students haul clothes, books, and decorations while pledges scrub houses and Hill Cafes ready to serve crowds. Week unfolds with meetings, dates, and culminating Friday night welling in.
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University of Kansas
Hill
Windsors to Visit Washington for 24 Hours in September
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor will spend 24 hours in Washington September 25 26 en route to a ranch in Alberta Canada. The couple will stay at the British embassy during the visit and the duke serves as governor of the Bahamas.
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Washington
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Alberta
Canada
Bahamas
Wallis Warfield
Baltimore
Capper Opposes Further Cuba Concessions at Trade Hearing
Senator Capper protested against more Cuba concessions under the U S trade agreement. Speaking before the reciprocity committee hearing on revision Capper urged preserving tariff protections for Cuban beef and veal as he argued the United States should stay nearly self sufficient and avoid importing materials it can produce in quantity.
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Washington
Capper
Cuba
United States
Committee For Reciprocity, Information
Relays Club Membership Drive Sets Breakfast Meeting
The annual drive for membership in the K. U. Relays club will be conducted tomorrow. Majors, captains and team workers appointed will meet for breakfast tomorrow morning at 7 30 o clock in the Hotel Eldridge.
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K. U. Relays Club
Eldridge
Liberty Fleet Day to Launch Twelve Merchant Vessels
The maritime commission announced shipyards on the three coasts will launch 12 merchant vessels on Saturday September 27 totaling 120000 dead weight tons. It marks the largest mass launch of merchant ships since World War II began. A Plymouth car ad follows.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Commission
Norden Bomb Sight in Nazi Hands Since 1938 Says Attorney for U. S.
United States Attorney Kennedy declared in open court that the Norden bomb sight has been in Nazi hands since 1938. He outlined a spy ring alleged to cover the western hemisphere and named Hermann Lang as a key conduit to Germany. Seventeen defendants have pleaded guilty awaiting sentencing as the three week trial proceeds.
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New York
Germany
United States
Harold M. Kennedy
Mortimer W. Byers
Hermann Lang
Kennedy
Raymond D. Muir
State Department
Frank J. Walsh
Chemical Warfare Service
Department
Frederick J. Duquesne
Malin Will Speak at Forty-First Douglas County Meeting
The Forty-First annual meeting of the Fifty-Sixers and Old Settlers of Douglas county will be at First Methodist church on Monday September 15. A morning business session includes officer elections, a noon chicken dinner, and an afternoon discussion on Douglas county history led by Prof. J. C. Malin of the University of Kansas. Mrs Nellie Colman Bigsby is president and Dr Edward Bumgardner is secretary.
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Douglas County
J. C. Malin
University of Kansas
Kansas State Historical Society
Nellie Colman Bigsby
Edward Bumgardner
Kansas to gain more defense work says Webb
R W Webb district manager for the defense contract service of OPM told Governor Ratner Kansas will receive additional defense work in the future. He praised the Kansas industrial commission for aiding his office noting 39 Kansas companies hold defense contracts excluding aircraft and about 150 small firms act as subcontractors. The plan aims to form a Kansas firm to bid on primary contracts and allocate work among members.
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Topeka
R. W. Webb
Kansas City
Defense Contract Service
OPM
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Rolla A. Clymer
The
Industrial Commission
Clymer
Women Back to England Confident Nazi Threat Diminished
Two British mothers with young children sailed from New York aboard the American clipper, confident that the worst bombings of England are over and that Germany will not invade. Thelma Leigh and her daughter Carol Diana, and Dr. Pearl Goldman and her son Anthony John, cited their time in the U S and Canada and their belief in a waning Nazi menace as they prepared to return to Europe.
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New York
England
Germany
Europe
Thelma Leigh
Carol Diana
Pearl M. Goldman
Anthony John
Leigh
Canada
Parsons Patrol Force Head Named For Kansas Plant
Worth R. Kidd, Berkeley police lieutenant, was appointed chief of police for the new 27 million dollar Kansas ordnance plant. He will lead a guard force of about 200 trained men after studying a similar setup in Burlington, Iowa.
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Parsons
Worth R. Kidd
Berkeley
Calif
Kansas
Kidd
Burlington
State Patrol Checks 246 Cars in Lawrence Safety Week
Lawrenc e Safety Week kicked off with Massachusetts street car inspections by the state highway patrol. 246 vehicles were tested in 2 1 2 hours, 66 found faulty mainly due to lighting and brakes, tickets issued to repairs.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Southpark
State Highway Patrol
Honeymoon ends in tragedy in Nevada auto crash
The wedding trip of Mr and Mrs Raymond J Waidley ends in death when their car overturned near Fallon Nevada en route to Wichita Kansas The Bride Virginia Dodds 36 of Hollywood dies in a Fallon hospital and will be taken to Sacramento for funeral services
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Fallon
Nev
Raymond J. Waidley
Sacramento
Calif
Virginia Dodds
Hollywood
Reno
Wichita
Kan
Waidley
Hughes Sentenced to Sixty Days for Fraudulent Check
William Hughes received 60 days in county jail after pleading guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses. The charge stemmed from writing a bad check to the Grant Risley store at Eleventh and New Jersey Street. Justice of the Peace Robert B. Oyler presided.
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William Hughes
Justice of the Peace
Robert B. Oyler
Hughes
Grant R. Risley
New Jersey Street
Dolores Dean Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Dolores Ann Dean daughter of Superintendent and Mrs Clifford D Dean underwent an emergency appendectomy at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Saturday night. Her condition is good today. Dolores Ann will be in the sixth grade at Cordley this year.
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Dolores Ann Dean
Clifford D. Dean
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dolores Ann
Cordley
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