Germans Push Polish Forces Toward Warsaw as Battle Rages
Berlin sources report Polish units around Warsaw trapped by the German high command using vise tactics, with heavy artillery on Vistula bridges. East Prussian advances claim Lomza and crossing Narew toward Wizna, while Poznan may fall after a large encircling move. Berlin signals suggest Poland must consult Britain and France for any peace terms as major battles unfold.
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Warsaw
Modlin
General Staff
Vistula
East Prussia
Lomza
Narew
Wizna
Germany
Poland
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London
Paris
Poznan
Posen
Supreme High Command
Saabruecken
Bob Edgren, Noted Sports Writer, Dies at 65
Carmel California September 11. Robert Bob Edgren 65 noted sports writer and cartoonist is dead. A heart attack ended his life Saturday night.
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Bob Edgren
Carmel
Cal
Robert
Bob) Edgren
Britain Loses Twelve Merchant Ships in Eight Days
Public opinion shifts toward a prolonged war as Britain plans for three years and counters German moves after Poland. The Magdapur was sunk with undisclosed casualties. Britain expands anti submarine protocols through Gibraltar Alexandria and Ceylon while the navy reports activity around the British Isles and Atlantic.
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Great Britain
Germany
Poland
Britain
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
England
Magdapur
Ministry of Information
Gibraltar
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Ceylon
Indian Ocean
Admiralty
British Isles
Atlantic
Ministry
Times
French Progress Reported Today
Paris reports serious progress on the western front with a 12 mile advance east of the Saar river on the northern flank. The front stretched along a 100 mile sector between the Rhine and Moselle as combat intensified with French and German forces clashing and reinforced troops entering the line.
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Paris
Saar
Rhine
Moselle
Prominent travelers reach New York from Europe and beyond
Landed and expected arrivals span professors and couples in transit. Waldemar Geltch and wife reached New York aboard the Bergensfjord from Oslo with plans to return by September 15. Andre Gronicka and wife arrived aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam on September 1 and may be in Lawrence soon. Lyle Powell and wife landed August 28 on the Bremen after a Bremen crossing. Miss Julia Wooten Scott, survivor of the Athenia disaster, was taken to Galway aboard Knut Nelson and wired for aid to her Chile family.
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Waldemar Geltch
New York
Bergensfjord
Oslo
Margaret Lynn
England
A. M. Sturtevant
Otto Springer
Switzerland
Andre Gronicka
Nieuw Amsterdam
Lawrence
Gronicka
Columbia
Lyle
Powell
Bremen
Julia Wooten Scott
Chickasha
Okla
Charles F. Miller
Tonganoxie
Athenia
Knut Nelson
Galway
Ireland
B. P. Siddons
McAdoo’s Grandson Dies In Devon Shooting
Clayton Platt, 20, grandson of former U S Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, was killed by a rifle bullet in Devon Pennsylvania. Police chief labeled the death as death by own action, noting the incident occurred in a fashionable residential township.
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McAdoo
Devon
Clayton Platt
U. S
William Gibbs McAdoo
California
Food shortage in Warsaw deepens under siege
Budapest September 11 report notes army requisitions and disrupted lines foster a food shortage in Warsaw. Meat shops show scarce supplies as milk, butter and vegetables run low and canned goods only temporarily reach stores. Peasants haul grain, but German attacks block routes to the city.
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Lloyd Lehrbas
Budapest
Warsaw
Canital
Roosevelt Studies War Situation and Plans Special Session
President Roosevelt, back from Hyde Park, meets with Secretary Hull and Secretary Wallace to discuss war policy and rising food prices. He weighs summoning Congress for a short special session to modify the neutrality law and lift the arms embargo.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Hull
Wallace
Congress
Stephen T. Early
Polish Resistance Seen Unlikely Against German Forces
War bulletins from Moscow and Budapest report that official Soviet press views further Polish resistance as highly unlikely as German forces advance. In Kassa, Polish planes reportedly attacked Slovak military columns near the Slovakian Polish border. One Polish plane reportedly crashed near Lwow. In Ottawa, Canada, the House of Commons approved second reading of a bill financing wartime efforts to the tune of 100 million dollars.
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Canada
Sub Reported Sighted Off Cape Cod by Schooner
Boston, Sept 11. The fishing schooner Frances C Denehy docking at the fish pier reported sighting an unidentified submarine on Georges banks about 50 miles east of Cape Cod last Wednesday. Fishermen said the submersible was seen at 9 am and two hours later. Navy officials said no American undersea craft would normally operate off the New England coast.
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Eden Urges Unyielding Fight to Banish Naziism
British secretary Anthony Eden told a radio audience there can be no peace until Naziism is banished from the earth. He said Britain will not turn back and will fight a long war to rid the world of Hitlerism, stressing no quarrel with the German people.
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Earth
London
Anthony Eden
Dominion Affairs
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Germany
Hitler
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Possible Thanksgiving clash for Kansas Missouri game date
Kansas favors November 30 for the rivalry while Missouri has set November 23. both states consider November 25 as an option if Thanksgiving days align. Kansas and Missouri athletic boards seek a quick solution with final action by the boards. Kansas hosts George Washington University on November 18. Missouri hosts Oklahoma at Columbia.
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Tiger Group
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Oklahoma
Columbia
Haugh Defines Railroad Outlook At Rotary Meeting
J L Haugh vice president of Union Pacific spoke to Rotary outlining his view that railroads must win back passengers with better service and lower costs while facing highway and air competition. He cited streamlined trains restoring passenger numbers since 1921 and 1929 with costs cut to about half for riders. He noted a $10 million plan for a Kansas City fruit and vegetable market and welcomed new Rotary members and guests including R W McClure and Deane Mallott.
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Union Pacific
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Kansas City
C. C. Weedin
Pass. Act
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Kansas Civ
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Ft. Dept
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Kansas
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Kansas Electric Power Company
George Mills
Cornus Christi
Tex
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R. C. Rankin
John Jacobs
Hack
Deane Malott
Lyle Powell
Europe
Atlantic
Stock Market Index Shows Mixed Weekend Readings
The index of 60 stocks stands at 52.2 in the latest report with Saturday reading at 51.1. Notes reference Washer Service Green Bros Adv as context for the market movement and service sector signals.
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Adv
KU to Train More Men Under Civil Aeronautics Program
University of Kansas readies a ground school for about 100 men as part of a nationwide CAA training push. The state quota is 180 students with seven schools approved. ground courses may start October 1, with flight instruction to be let next week. Director Hay notes 50 KU trainees anticipated and three instructors listed.
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Washington
Earl D. Hay
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Howard Henry
Richard King
John Skop
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Hinckley
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Drury College
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Forecast of corn production and referendum likely unnecessary
The agriculture department forecast this year's corn production at 2 523 092 000 bushels and total wheat at 736 115 000 bushels from Sept 1 crop conditions. Officials said corn output this large implies a farmer referendum on marketing quotas may not be needed.
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Agriculture Department
Fifty Three Cities Seek Site for New Aeronautical Lab
The national advisory committee for aeronautics received 53 city applications for a new 10 million dollar aeronautical research laboratory. Final site submissions closed last Saturday. A committee led by Col. Charles A Lindbergh is expected to report to the full committee within days with a decision hoped for Friday.
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National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
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Calif
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W. Va
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Kansas Jayhawks open 1989 practice amid summer heat
Fifty football candidates reported to the University of Kansas for the first official practice of the 1989 season. Coaches Gwinn Henry Vic Hart and Harry Lansing ran calisthenics as temperatures rose to the upper 80s and beyond. Des Moines awaits a season opener against Drake with less than three weeks to prepare. Ralph Miller, recovering from knee surgery, attended but will not suit up for about a month. List of players includes Dick Amrine Gene Billups Dick Brown Frank Bukaty Bill Bun sen John Burge Elldreth Cadwalader Miller Cameron Russell Chitwood Gidge Cierney Ward Crowell Kenneth Caldwell Charles Shalrymple Keith Fedde Bob Fluker Jake Fry Chester Gibbens Denzil Gibbens Vincent Graves Ed Hall Herb Hartman Foster Hackett Jim Holloway W F Jack Stuart Keown Bill Kern Jay Kern Ed Linquist Quido Massare Bill McGrew Monte Merkel James Morris John Naramore Bob ONeil Don Pierce Lester Pojezny Steve Renko Pan Rhule Lewis Riederer Lloyd Laveley Mike Sihlanick Ralph Schanke Ed Sungee Milton Sullivant Louis Thompson Hubert Ulrich Marvin Vandaveer Paul White Jack Turner and others.
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Harry Lansing
Henry
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Chanute
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Lawrence
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Garden City
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Kansas City
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Eldorado
Frank Bukaty
Bill Bunsen
Overland Park
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Eldreth Cadwalader
Topeka
Miller Cameron
Wichita
Russell Chit
Jim Holloway
W. F. Jack
Caney
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Albany
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Gary
Ind
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Bill Lenhart
Trenton
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Quido Massare
Monongahela
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Howard
Monte Merkel
Chicago
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John Naramore
Bob O'Neil
Don Pierce
Lester Pojezny
Oklahoma City
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Pan Rhule
Aspinwall
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Lloyd Laveley
Greensburg
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Ralph Schanke
Williamstown
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Bartlesville
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Waverly
Louis Thompson
Oskaloosa
Hubert Ulrich
Quinter
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Wellington
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Jack Turner
Mankato
Lebo Man Suffers Burns in Garage Fire
Eber Lind suffered burns while trying to move an automobile from his garage and welding shop which were destroyed by fire in Lebo Kansas on September 11. He was transported to Osage City Hospital for treatment.
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Lebo, Kan
Eber Lind
Osage City
University abandons foreign scholarships due to Europe hostilities
University officials announced all foreign scholarships are halted for the year amid unsettled conditions in Germany and ongoing war tensions. Rhodes and Oxford scholarships are suspended indefinitely, with Danish, Swedish and London exchange plans canceled or delayed.
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Raymond Nichols
Germany
Oxford University
London
Stockholm
Heat Persists as Showers Fail Kansas Farmers
Kansas remains hot with values near 95 to 100 statewide and muggy skies. Forecaster Flora notes heavy rains are still not in sight for wheat farmers while cloudiness offers little relief, with eastern Kansas zones easing to 70s at night.
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Ellis
Lecompton
Manhattan
Emporia
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Herington
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Cattle Receipts Rise at Kansas City Stockyards
Cattle and hog arrivals surged as 32 000 salable cattle were on hand at Kansas City stockyards, nearly doubling last week’s 16 948 head amid favorable pasture conditions. Hog arrivals reached 4 000, up from under 1 000 the prior week.
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Weather Outlook Kansas Unsettled Tonight Through Tuesday
The Kansas forecast shows unsettled conditions tonight and Tuesday with mild warming in the southeast tonight and cooler readings expected in the northwest on Tuesday. Local areas may see varying temperatures and light showers.
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Kansas
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