Hitler Promises to Liberate Sudeten Germans
Paris dispatch reports Adolf Hitler at Nuremberg pledging Germany will liberate 8.5 million Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia with an unconditional promise. He warned of consequences if negotiations fail and urged self determination without specifying machinery. The speech drew frenzied mass support and attacked Czechoslovakia and democracy.
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Hitler
Nurnberg
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Sudetens
Fuehrer
Eduard Danes
Benes
Alsace-Lorraine
Congress Hall
Pecora Grants Mistrial Motion in Hines Case
New York September 12 justice Ferdinand Pecora granted a defense motion for a mistrial in the case against James J Hines a Tamany district leader on conspiracy lottery charges tied to the Dutch Schultz racket. Pecora ruled a juror withdrawal tainted the trial with prejudicial questions from District Attorney Thomas E Dewey.
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New York
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
James J. Hines
Tammany
Justice Pecora
Hines
William Fellowes Morgan
Lyon Boston
William Copeland Dodge
Schultz
Dewey
Pecora
Dodge
French Mobilization Plans Proceed Amid Tense Standstill
Paris reports the cabinet completed general mobilization plans and civil defense measures. Premier Daladier, war minister, oversaw preparations with army chiefs amid high alert as Britain and France stay in touch. Bullitt met Bonnet and a cabinet communique praised national resolve and unity.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Japanese Plane Bombs Oil Plant in Hoihow China
Chinese reports say a lone Japanese aircraft bombed Standard Oil property at Hoihow on Hainan island off the South China coast. One bomb struck the Chinese manager residence flying the American flag, with two large American flags painted on its roof. Officials say buildings likely hit near military headquarters but no casualties reported.
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Hongkong
Standard Oil Company
Hoihow
Hainan Island
South China
Standard Oil
Warren Leaves KU Football Roster for Washburn Law School
Charles Warren a two letter center will not be on the Kansas University football roster this fall. Warren told Coach Ad Lindsey he will enroll at Washburn Law School immediately after a conference with his father and Sen. Harry Warren. He had been expected to start at center this season but chose Washburn to avoid delaying his AB and law degrees. Dave Shirk, a two letter end, showed up for practice as Warren departs.
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Charles
Chuck” Warren
Kansas
Warren
Ad Lindsey
Washburn Law School
Sen
Harry Warren
Fort Scott
Lindsey
Jayhawkers
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
K. U
Washburn
Altho
Jayhawker
Dave Shirk
Shirk
Wayne Wilson
John Naramore
Curtis Jenkins
Higginsville
Don Pierce
Topeka
Texas
Adrian Lindsey
Mount Oread
Notre Dame
George Washington
K.U
Rotary hears Lawrence coaches pledge entertaining fall football
Lawrence Rotary club heard KU Jayhawks coach Adrian Lindsey Haskell coach John Carmody and Lawrence High School coach Elmer Schaake project an entertaining season with no flat win targets. Carmody noted 31 Indian players from 11 states two home games. Schaake joins with 10 letter players. Lindsey warned final records depend on opponents and morale remains key. Guests included Leon Lundblade and W O Engle.
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John Carmody
Haskell
Carmody
Indians
Kemper Military School
Midland College of
Fremont
Neb
Lawrence Memorial High School
Elmer Schaake
Lawrence High
K. U
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Kan
Schaake
Lindsey
Leon Lundblade
Beloit
W. O
Butch” Engle
Kansas City
Lawrence
Concordia
Former Vickers worker guilty of spying plan theft
Robinson Walker, 48, a former employee of Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, was found guilty under the official secrets act of obtaining the plan of a fuse-setting machine that could aid an enemy. He received three years penal servitude at the Old Bailey. The judge warned that the war risk remains and accused Walker of trading in others safety.
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London
Robinson Walker
Vickers-Armstrongs,Ltd
Frederic John Wrottesley
Old Bailey
Walker
Ford Sues Over Hearing At Long Beach Plant
Ford Motor company filed a complaint with the national labor relations board claiming the examiner at the Long Beach California assembly plant did not conduct a full and fair hearing on Wagner Act violation charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Company
Washington
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
Long Beach
Calif
Farmer Dies in Farm Tractor Accident Near Floral
Charles T. Elliott, 58, farmer and rancher near Floral Kansas, was killed when his tractor crushed him. Survivors include his widow and three children Theodore Elliott of Winfield Mrs. Merlin Trumbull of Omaha and Charles Elliott a Southwestern College student.
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Winfield
Kan
Charles T. Elliott
Floral
Theodore Elliott
Merlin Trumbull
Omaha
Charles Elliott
Southwestern College
Monkey Rampage at New York City Store
Henry Trefflich, a New York animal dealer, reports a female rhesus leading three others on a three hour breakout causing a shop window to break and a fruit stand to be damaged. A policeman tore his pants pursuing the primates. Trefflich faced a speeding ticket and tallied $49.50 in losses including window repair and new pants.
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New York
Henry Trefflich
Trefflich
British Cabinet Ends Two Hour Emergency Meeting
London reports the British cabinet held a two hour emergency session to review military naval and air precautions aimed at deter rence and readiness if Adolf Hitler orders a march east. Officials signaled no further talks today amid fear of war over Czechoslovakia.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Nurnberg
Czechoslovakia
Ninety Kansas firemen enroll in KU fire college
Ninety firefighters signed in by mid afternoon for the third annual four day fire college at the University of Kansas. Rain reduced attendance but more are expected tonight and tomorrow.
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Kansas
University of Kansas
Ivan C. Crawford
School of Engineering
Marvin Hall
D. M. Ankeny
St. Louis
H. R. Brayton
Texas A
M. College
Glen West
Hutchinson
Hugh Ousley
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Texas Firemens
Wiedemann’s
A. B. Martin
Lawrence
Schools Have Water Supply Under Control
Neal M. Wherry says city schools manage water needs with supplies from Dr. C. B. Johnson. Two school trucks and five gallon cans supply 18 cans per trip, with Jayhawk creamery delivering 50 cans from Ottawa. Fountains shut or policed. cups provided. showers remain in use.
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Neal M. Wherry
C. B. Johnson
Eudora
Jayhawk Creamery
Ottawa
City Health Department
Wherry
Rain totals mark varied rainfall across county
The gauge at Prof. C G J Posey measured .72 inch of rain this morning between 7 45 and 11 o clock raising the month total to 1 31 inches. A Saturday night shower left a trace here while Eudora reported 1 12 inches and five miles south 1 50 inches. De Soto recorded 1 75 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. J. Posey
Lawrence
Eudora
DeSoto
Baldwin Man Virgil Vaughn Disappears in 5 Week Mystery
Virgil Vaughn a 27 year old Baker graduate from Baldwin vanished after leaving an Albuquerque hotel five weeks ago. FBI help follows a trail eastward as his Chevrolet car surfaced in Shreveport with a blond dealer and a likely false buyers. Friends and family in Baldwin await clues as investigators chase leads across Louisiana Mississippi and Arizona.
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Baldwin
Virgil Vaughn
Baker
Albuquerque
N. M
F.B.I
Louisiana
Vaughn
Bert Vaughn
Hudson Hotel
Phoenix
Ariz
Shreveport
Jackson
Miss
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fletcher Hunt
Kansas
Lake Providence
Government rests case in Brooke murder trial
Government closes its case against Maj. John R. Brooke Jr in Columbus Georgia after testimony showing he was 6500 in debt when his wife was beaten to death last June An FBI agent testified Brooke wavered in denying guilt days after the killing Investigators planned to prove Brooke a habitual gambler with double indemnity life policies on his wife
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Columbus
John R. Brooke, Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brooke
Smaller Powers Take Steps to Protect Boundaries
Swiss authorities ordered full measures to fortify borders starting today. The plan includes mining railways and highways at frontier points to prevent destruction if invaded. Denmark also prepared along the Schleswig border with Germany amid tensions as King Christian X postponed travel to his summer residence.
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Berne
Copenhagen
Denmark
Schleswig
Germany
Christian X
Scan
Hartray Dies Longtime Standard Life Director in Evanston
William C. Hartray died at his Evanston home on September 10 after twenty one years as a Standard Life director. Survived by his wife Mary, his funeral is set for September 13 at the Evanston Catholic church. Born March 27, 1873, he practiced law, served as Cook County commissioner, and rose to vice president of Standard Life in 1935.
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William C. Hartray
Standard Life Association
Evanston
Ill
Mary G. Hartray
Hartray
Standard Life
City National Bank
Cook Equnty
Chicago
Court House
Mr. Whartray
John C. Tolson
Baltimore
Lawrence
John V. Lees
Francis Baty
Richard Allen
Toneka
Geo. R. Allen
John Hasselberger
New York
Louis Lippman
More Rain to Fall in Kansas and Midwest
Local showers and thunderstorms were expected across Kansas and the Midwest with cooler air on the way. Meteorologist S. Flora said highs would likely reach the mid 90s, then drop to around 85 in eastern counties and 80 in the west Tuesday as rain boosts pasture and wheat crop conditions. Rain totals varied at sites including Manhattan 0.20, Eureka 0.38, Winfield 0.12, Wichita 0.18, and Osage City about 1.00 inch.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Middlewest
Manhattan
Eureka
Winfield
Wichita
Anthony
Concordia
Burr Oak
Phillipsburg
Dresden
Goodland
Arkansas City
Osage City
Flora
Stock Market Index Shows Mixed Weekend Readout
The average of 60 stocks edged down to 47.2 on Saturday after a prior 47.9 reading, reflecting a narrow market pause. Investors watched utilities and industrials for clues as trading ended.
Armour Attorny Demands Police Protection For Struck Workers
Armour and company foremen seek police protection to move 7 000 head of dressed meat and sausage meat feared to spoil as a sit down strike halts loading at the Kansas City plant. Edward M. Bod dington calls the damage a result of inability to move product while union and management bargain. Losses top 52 000 as spoilage accumulates since work stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Edward M. Boddington
Armour and Company
George T. Darby
Charles Eikel
Chicago
Armour
Darby
Department
W. B. McElroy
Turbid water hits city mains in 10 year delay
Citizens faced brown muddy water Saturday as the city water plant fought turbidity from river silt. Officials reported river mud levels peaking at 70 000 p.p.m and worked to flush mains while reserving supplies from university and city reservoirs.
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City
City Health Department
F. A. Russell
Oread Avenue
West Hills
University of Kansas
Hill District
Oread
Earnest, Boyce
State Water Laboratory
Russell
Kaw
Bowersockill
North Lawrence
Lawrence
Weather Forecast For Kansas Tonight Through Tuesday
Local showers or thunderstorms expected tonight or Tuesday with mostly cloudy skies in the north and cooler conditions in the south and east. Morning readings show rain in Emporia Ottawa Pittsburg and Wichita with varying cloud cover in other cities. Dirt roads remain slick in Emporia and Ottawa, while other towns report fair to good driving conditions and a mix of temperatures with rainfall measured at 0.72 inch from 7 am today to 11 am today.
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Kansas
Emporia
Ottawa
Pittsburg
Wichita
Arkansas City
Topeka
Salina
Manhattan
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Austria
Fuehre
Italy
Ethiopia
No.10
Downing Street
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Neeville Chamberlain
M. Bonnet
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Africa
Ford Service
Hamilton
Ady
Jayhawker Center
Dave Shire
Charles Warren
Rotary Club
Hotel Eldridge
University of Kansas Jayhawkers
Haskell Indians
Lawrence High School Lions
H. Penfield Jones
Rotary
Walter Keeler
Green Bros
Real
Fire College
College Station
Tex
E. J. Stewart
Hugh Quileu
Wiedemann
Hunt
Baldwin Agency
Baldwin State Bank
Grace Vaughn
South
Virgil
Delta Tau Delta
F.B.I. Man
Maj. J. R. Brooke
Switzerland
W. C. Hartray
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