Bomb raids on Berlin and Britain widen war scare
Berlin reports night raids by British aircraft hitting outskirts and northern German targets while Nazi defenses claim damage to several apartment houses. British ships shelled the French coast. Prien allegedly sank merchant ships. Berlin shelters filled as flares lit the sky. German claims of continued raids and cautious optimism frame a growing air war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
London
High Command
English
Scottish
Gunther Prien
Royal Oaks
Scapa Flow
Ogster
Berliner Zeitung
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Churchill
Wesermaende
Bremerhaven
England
Royal Victoria
Thames
Britain
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Great Britain
Lord Woolton
Bank of London
London Bridge
Law Courts
Financial District
University of Kansas Professor Resigns for Indiana Post
George M. Daggit, professor of piano and theory at the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts, resigns to take a similar position at Indiana University Bloomington. Dean D M Swarthout announced the resignation and said a successor will be named soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Daggit
School of Fine Arts
University of Kansas
University
University of Indiana
Bloomington
D. M. Swarthout
Dean Swarthout
Missouri party chairs named in Missouri race outlook
Marion Hulen becomes Democratic state party leader in Jefferson City with a forecast that Roosevelt will win Missouri by about 500000 votes. Charles A. Ferguson is re elected Republican state chairman after a late meeting with no opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Marion Hulen
James P. Aylward
Reetene Roosevelt
Missouri
Charles A. Ferguson
Willow Springs
Hulen
Ratner to ride Willkie campaign train to Coffeyville
The Kansas Governor Payne Ratner will ride with Wendell L. Willkie on the campaign train en route to Coffeyville next Monday. The board time is in the morning at Kansas City and the train is due to arrive Coffeyville at 3 30 p m with Willkie delivering a major address at 4 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Payne ‘Ratner
Wendell L. Willkie
Coffeyville
Kansas City
Cartoons Are Published by State Commission Pamphlet
The State Industrial Development Commission has compiled a pamphlet of Know Kansas cartoons published in 235 Kansas newspapers this year. The cartoons highlight the state's resources and their uses and will be distributed to schools and other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State Industrial Development Commission
Kansas
Falls in cistern child saved by neighbor
Clara Yvonne Harris four-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Harris of 936 Illinois street fell into a water filled cistern in the Holbeck yard. Neighbor Mrs Carl Holbeck pulled her to safety within moments. The crack in the concrete lid and recent rains likely allowed the lid to slip open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Yvonne’ Harris
J. B. Harris
Illinois Street
Carl Holbeck
Holbeck
Yvonne
Bombing of Mersa Matruh Railway and Jaffa Bases
Italian high command reports second successive bombing raid on the Mersa Matruh Alexandria railway and targets in Jaffa and Port Sudan with a direct hit on a train. Fires light up port facilities. casualties include one dead four injured. British raids over Cirenaica small damage. other East Africa raids yield two dead three wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
High Command
Mersa Matruh
Alexandria
Jaffa
Port Sudan
Palestine
Cirenaica
Libya
Massaua
Asmira
Dessye
East Africa
Kenya
Aircra
Protest Over Police Status For Henry Smith At City Council
A delegation of colored residents appealed to the city council last night about Henry Smith’s status on special detail since August 22. Smith, a colored police member, works eight hours daily at depots, colored restaurants, pool halls and other venues with no driving duties, and claims race prejudice influenced his assignment. The council referred the matter to the police committee after noting no prejudice was intended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Smith
Smith
Hhe
Leroy Harris
Jude Anderson
Willard Brown
C. B. Russell
F. A. Russell
Police Committee
Lucas to Campaign Visit Kansas In 1940 Race
Topeka reports that Scott W. Lucas Illinois director for the Midwest Democratic campaign will visit Kansas in late September or early October to meet party chairs and precinct workers. Lynn R. Brodrick says the drive will be organized then and that the national ticket is favored to carry Kansas again. Lucas may give speeches during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
U. S
Scott W. Lucas
Ilinois
Midwest
Kansas
Lynn R. Brodrick
Chicago
Brodrick
Lucas
Illinois
Former Cashier Sentenced in Kansas City Embezzlement Case
Raymond Arthur Wright 44 former assistant cashier of an Eldorado Kansas bank pleaded guilty to an indictment charging embezzlement and was sentenced to two years in prison by U S district judge Richard J Hopkin in Kansas City Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Raymond Arthur Wright
el Dorado
Oraneral
Richard J. Hopkin
London Bombing Devastates City As Raids Continue
German raids on London persist with heavy damage to the financial district and landmark sites. London toll rises to 692 dead and about 2,700 injured as fires burn through warehouses and homes. Rescue crews work through rubble while anti-aircraft defenses break the attack at dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Midlands
Wales
Scotland
London County Council
East End
Draft Law Taken Up in Conference Roll Call
Senators Sheppard Thom as Minton and Austin joined the majority against Clark. Bridges would have opposed if present. Reynolds was not recorded but had voted for a delay amendment earlier. House conferees May Thomson Harter and Andrews voted against the delay. Short favored it. The Senate rejected Clark's motion to retain the 21 80 age limit on registrations. Barkley said votes were not binding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard
D.-Tex
Thomas
D-Vt
Minton
D-Ind
Austin
R.vt
Clark
Bridges
R.-N.h
Reynolds
Senate
Representatives May
D-Ky
Thomason
D-Tex
Harter
D-C
Andrews
R-Ny
Representative Short
R-Mo
Barkley
Kentucky
Pirates Score Eleven in Doubleheader Win Over Phillies
Pirates pound Philadelphia 11 to 3 in game one as Maurice Van Robays hits a three run homer with two aboard. Bowmen, Lopez, Mulcahy and Atwood contribute in the high scoring first game. Second game details unavailable due to rain delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Phils
Maurice van Robays
Bowman
Lopez
Mulcahy
Small
Atwood
Sewell
Davis
Son
Warren
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louis
New York
PhicnEs
Brooklyn
British Convoy Shelled Off Dover. Vessels Damaged
British convoy of eight ships leaving Dover was shelled by German coastal batteries. Four returned to Dover, two headed for Deal, one towed to Deal after shell damage, and one stayed burning in the channel. Dover battery attempting counterfire was silenced by long range German guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Dover
High Command
Deal
Channel
Lawrence Morning Temperature Report and Fair Exhibit Notes
In Lawrence the morning low hit 54 degrees signaling a cool start. Mrs. Edward Ice of Lecompton won first prize with nut bread and canned strawberries at the Kansans Free Fair in Topeka. W C Simons, back from Minnesota, observed a temperature swing on his thermometer between August 16 and return home, noting the high and low points as recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Edward Ice
Lecompton
Topeka
W.C. .Simons
Minnesota
Breckenridge Named Adjutant General at Leavenworth
Major J G Breckenridge of Chicago was named adjutant general of the army command and general staff school at Fort Leavenworth in orders received today. He succeeds Major Clyde Hussong, sent to Washington last week for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
J. G. Breckenridge
Chicago
Army Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Clyde Hussong
Washington
Roosevelt Defends Father at Texas Democratic Convention
Elliott Roosevelt spoke to the Mineral Wells Texas gathering Sept. 10 urging support for his father’s administration and denouncing the Republican ticket as led by a renegade Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott
Mineral Wells
Tex
Elliott Roosevelt
Lawyers In Turmoil Over Roosevelt Third Term Debate
The American Bar association resolutions committee debated a proposal condemning a Roosevelt third term and endorsed a single six year term. Edward Bailly and H. Graham Morrison sponsored the resolution while Arthur W. Brouillet urged tabling it amid intra committee controversy. William S. Culbertson urged restraint in aiding England, warning against opportunist policy under neutral law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Resolutions Committee
The
American Bar Association
Roosevelt
Arthur W. Brouillet
San Francisco
Chile
England
Classified livestock ads drive monthly farm trade
Every month farmers sell thousands of dollars worth of livestock and farm products through the Journal-World classified advertising section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Chapman Captures Medal in National Amateur Qualifier
Dick Chapman of Greenwich wins medal in the 44th national amateur qualifier at Winged Foot West. He shoots 69 in the second round for a total 140, securing a six stroke lead over George Dawson of Chicago Maurice McCarthy Jr of Cincinnati and Tom Whiteway of Cleveland among a large field still on the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Dick Chapman
Greenwich
Conn
Chapman
G. C. West
George Dawson
Chicago
Maurice McCarthy, Jr
Cincinnati
Tom Whiteway
Cleveland
Two Topeka and Ottawa Couples Obtain Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses issued by the probate office to Clayton LeRoy Brubaker and Ethel Lorraine Brizendine of Topeka, and Albert E. Booker and Catherine Patterson of Ottawa. Both marriages performed by Probate Judge Frank R. Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton LeRoy Brubaker
Ethel Lorraine Brizendine
Topeka
Albert E. Booker
Catherine Patterson
Ottawa
Frank. R. Gray
Willkie Clubs in State Organized in Kansas
Topeka announces a Kansas division of the Willkie Clubs of America with Floyd E. Black as secretary treasurer and Harry Darby outlining a new statewide structure. Jay W. Scovel is chairman of the executive committee with Alf Landon and several delegates named to the Republican national convention. The story lists numerous Executive Committee members and notes the arrangement aims to tighten state organization and include existing club officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Associated Willkie Clubs of America
Harry Darby
Floyd E. Black
Topeka Building Trades Council
Jess Harper
Sitka
Clarerice L. Goff
Kansas City
McKinley Thomas
Leavenworth
Frank Todd
Atchison
Leo McNalley
Minneapolis
Charles R. Bennett
Oren Root, Jr
New York
G.O.P
Darby
State Administration
Republican Central Committee
Jay W. Scovel
Independence
Alf M. Landon
White House
Philadelphia
Jay Kyle
Dallas W. Knapp
Coffeyville
James A. Allen
Chanute
Grant Watson
Burlingame
Fay N. Seaton
Manhattan
Will G. West
BoPherson
John Stewart
Wellington
Tom C. Johnson
Wichita
W. D. Ferguson
Colby
Richard Robbins
Belvidere
Walter Jones
Hutchinson
Jerome C. Berryman
Lebanon
Dane Hansen
Logan
Bert Culp
Belleville
Shady Halem
Cherokee
H. G. McMahon
A. M. McDermott
Ellis
Ralph Rodgers
Lincoln
Dwight Hardman
Alton
Lester McCoy
Garden City
Ray Stuber
Winfield
T. N. Tincher
A. L. Oswald
H. W. Bahnman
Plains
Harry Colmery
Harry Westbrook
W. D. Jochems
George Houston
A. M. Campbell
Gordon Jones
Non-Stop to Portugal completes Bermuda to Lisbon flight
Pan American Airways Atlantic Clipper set a first non-stop Bermuda Lisbon route in regular service. The 3,112 mile flight carried six passengers and 671 pounds of mail, changing the prior pattern of refueling at the Azores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Europe
Pan American Airways
Bermuda
Lisbon
Portugal
Azores
Local Notes From Reno and Nearby Area
Reno residents share updates on school delays, medical recoveries, and club meetings. The Tadies Aid and Busy Bee club met at Mrs Ed Korbs. Mr and Mrs Lehr sell a farm to Hans Freinmuth and plan Arbuckle relocation. Visitors include J R Graham of Kansas City. Estes Park trip ends for Harry White Jr. Leavenworth county fair at Tonganoxie attracts crowds amid damp ground. 4 H clubs showcase style, wild game display, peaches, and baking club entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pony Creek
Clifford DeHoff
Kathleen Strong
Topeka
WIBW
Capitol Building
Gage Park
Garfield Park
W. R. Seanor
Charles Young
Salina
Iowa
Ed Korb
Busy Bee
Hess
Cavanaugh
C. R. Stewart
Gernhart
Tacoma
Wash
Dale Atkinson
E. S. Lahr
Eisele
Seanor
McRill
H. G. Skeets
Kenneth Pearson
Kansas City
Paris Pearson
Pauline Which
Lawrence
Charles Ulrich
Sam Thomas
Leonard
Jimmie’ DeHoff
Robert Graham, Jr
Reno
Mills. Duncanson
Tadies Aid
Busy Bee Club
BE. S. Lehr
Hans Freinmuth
Arbuckle
Calif
Mrs. Hall
Estes Park
Colo
Leavenworth County
Tonganoxie
Met. Peters
Inifee "Roberts
George Robb
Fred Needham
Fish and Game Commission
Woman's Baking Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana
K. U
Hulen and Ferguson
Ratner
Willkie
G. O
Acacia Lodge
A.f.&a
B. Stevens
John H. Parker
Sec
State Industrial Commission
Clara Yvonne Harris
Sen. Lucas
Naval Experts
Hamilton
United States
Dakkas W. Knapp
Ralph Jerome
Minneapolis, Minn
R. E. Whitworth
Wendell Willkie
St. Paul's
St.Paul’s Cathedral
St. Paul’s
St. Mary-le-Bow
Detroit
Grove
Foxx Newsom
Televatts
Chase and Barry
Knott and
Tresh
Joy York
Bulletin
Beauty
Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Bedacrttz
Willkie Clubs
Kansas Division
Jean Young
Mary Ellen Hawkins
August Dickman
Mary Davenport
A.e.derbyshire
Friendship Valley
Hawk Hollow
C. L. DeHoff
Greas
Anderson
Memorial Hospital
Dixie Fitzpatrick
Anna “Paylor
George White
Burton
Hansa City
May Dickinson
Dale Dickinson
Robert Dickinson
Waby
FL A. Dickinson
Marian Eisele
K. A
Fred Kelsall
Charlie Strong
S. Kelsall
Lewis Hildebrand
Jimmie de Hoff
Doege
H. O. Deay
Shirley
Reece
LaFayette
Ind
Leonard Stanwix
Mr. Deay
Purdue University
W. A. DeHoff
McBroom
P.M. Ford
Henry Kisele
Strobel
Eudora
Lon Hawkins
Hutton
M. C. Manley
Gene Glahn
Schulz Blackheath
Rumsey Funeral Home
Eome
General Electric
Kennedy Plumbing & Electric Co
Massachusetts
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