Nazi Bombs Fall Near King George
London reports record daylight raids with Buckingham Palace and the House of Lords damaged. Incendiaries struck the palace chapel and a nearby street, while three palace workers were injured. Army and air defenses battled German bombers as London endured a long, intense daylight attack across the city.
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London
Buckingham Palace
House of Lords
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Covencing ‘Street
Churchill
House of Pariament
Downing Street
Neeple
Long Expected Axis Thrust to East May Be Getting Started
Italy massed an alleged 250000 troops along the Libyan Egyptian frontier as Britain and Egypt brace for an eastern Italian drive. Air bombardments, reconnaissance reports, and troop movements hint at a prelude to an invasion timed with broader Nazi offensives in Europe and North Africa.
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Cairo
Egypt
Italy
High Command
London
Adolf Hitler
England
Germany
France
Russia
Poland
Rome
Libya
Bardia
Britain
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Root
Teyot
Willkie Will Talk Difference In Philosophy In Coffeyville
Wendell Willkie returns to Coffeyville for a homecoming celebration with a 4 p.m. talk on the contrast between his free enterprise philosophy and the New Deal. The event, featuring a 1:30 p.m. parade and park program, will be broadcast nationally. Willkie once taught at the local high school in 1914 and 1918.
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Coffeyville
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
C.S.T
Althe Willkie
World Series Opens October 2 in Home City
The 1940 World Series will begin October 2 in the home city of the National League pennant winner, likely Cincinnati. Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announced the date at a meeting today.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Fire College Ends After Talks On Liqueified Gases
Clyde Lathem's talk on liquefied petroleum gases at the Kansas Fire College drew acclaim as a highlight of the session. Harold B. Ingham reported the event as the college closes with plans for quizzes, additional features, and a potential five day program next year. Speakers included State Fire Marshal O H Beaty and R G Douglas as part of the closing day program.
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Clyde Lathem
Kansas Fire College
Harold B. Ingham
Fire School
State Firemen’ Association
Kansas Inspection Bureau
State Board For Volcational Guidance
Extension Division
University of Kansas
Fire College
Latchem
Topeka
0. H. Beaty
R. G. Douglas
London Air Raids Kill 110, Injure 260
War bulletins report 110 killed and 260 injured in Wednesday night raids on London. British naval authorities say three French cruisers and three destroyers passed Gibraltar westbound into the Atlantic, vessels named L Audacieux Le Malin Le Fantesque Gloire Montcalm Georges Leygues. King George replies to the war cabinet praising resolve to fight to final victory after Buckingham Palace bombing.
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London
Air Ministry
Gibraltar
Atlantic
L’audacieux
le Malin
le Fantesque
Gloire
Montcalm
Georges Leygues
George
War Cabinet
Buckingham Palace
Willkie Urges Defense Program in Hands of Workers
Wendell Willkie spoke in Chicago's stockyards pledging to avoid sending Americans to fight in Europe. He attacked Roosevelt on unemployment, urged defense managed by producers not politicians, and cited LaGuardia’s support for the Roosevelt ticket. His motorcade spurred cheering crowds along LaSalle Street.
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Chicago
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Teamsters Union
Europe
Willkie
Cicero avenue-Cermak -Road
Western Electric Company
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Joint Defense Commission
LaGuardia
America
Dio
LaSalle Street
London Is Chaos Says Nazi Aviator in London Raid Interview
Hans Rechenberg, economic minister Walther Funk's aide, describes London during raids as chaos. He details fires on docks, burning buildings, and smoke so dense that gunners cannot operate along the Thames. He says attacks will continue and life in the capital is nearly impossible.
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London
Berlin
Hans Rechenberg
Walther Funk
Rechenberg
Thames Riverfront
Greater London
Thames
Docks
Germans Preparing for Invasion Says Former Paris Doctor
Dr. Charles F. Bove, head surgeon of the American hospital in Paris, arrived from Lisbon and said Germans have made several invasion attempts on England and are practicing for more. He witnessed German bodies near Cherbourg and claimed Germans confiscated his car, horse, and $100,000.
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Jersey City
N. J
England
Lisbon
Excambion
Charles F. Bove
Paris
France
Chervre
Cherbourg
Bove
Shawnee Grange Free Saddle Horse Show Slated
The 1940 Shawnee Grange free saddle horse show will be held September 18 at 8 oclock in Watson south of Topeka. The event was postponed from September 6 and is expected to draw entries from Lawrence horse owners.
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Watson
Topeka
Lawrence
Willkie to Spend Quiet Last Day Before Speech
Willkie will spend Sunday morning in Kansas City resting ahead of his kickoff campaign speech in Coffeyville, Kansas. An official welcoming committee of about 1,000 will greet him at the train, led by Barak Matingly and other Missouri and Kansas party leaders. Willkie plans no public appearances today to rest.
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Kansas City
Wendell L. Willkie
Coffeyville
Kan
Barak .Matingly
St. Louis
Missouri
Victor Remley
Liberty
Harry Darby
Charles Ferguson
Willow Springs
Willkie
Merger Debate Highlights Douglas County Old Settlers Meet
The Douglas County Old Settlers debate whether to merge with the Historical Society at the Methodist church tomorrow. A committee will report after prior discussion and no formal recommendation. Abe Lincoln theme featured with reviews and talks on Lincoln country. election of officers and a musical program follow.
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Douglas County
Old Settlers
Methodist Church
Historical Society
Fifty Sixers
Jim Lane
Robinson
Kansas
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois Statesman
den Six
Abe Lincoln
Ilinois
A. R. Kennedy
Lincoln Country
John P. Usher
Lincoln
Unitarian Church of Lincoln
Weather suggests fair week end in Kansas
Topeka reports clear skies and moderate temperatures across Kansas with highs near 85 to 90 today and a cooler trend possible tomorrow. No rain expected as a stretch of pleasant weather continues, though a few clouds may drift in and bring lower highs in the 80s.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Tribune
Flora
Mercury
Chanute
Ohio
Indiana
Pace of New Polio Cases Declines from Peak Week
Toneka reports the pace of new infantile paralysis cases continues to fall behind the peak week of 1940. Five new instances were recorded, two in Leavenworth county and one each in Wyandotte, Bourbon, and Dickinson. Total cases since July 1 reach 279.
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Toneka
Leavenworth County
Wyandotte
Bourbon
Dickinson
Stock Market Index Edges Higher After Muted Trading
The average of 60 stocks closed around 42.9, slipping from yesterday’s 43 as investors awaited key economic data. Trading was light with little reaction to mixed corporate news and no major market-moving events reported.
Nine University of Kansas sororities pledge 124 new members
About 160 rushees registered for the week. Kapna Alpha Theta led with 24 pledges followed by Pi Beta Phi Alpha Chi Omega and Alpha Delta Phi each with 18. Names list Lawrence and Kansas City participants across Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Omicron Pi Gamma Phi Beta Alpha Delta Pi and more.
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University’ of Kansas
Kapna Alpha Theta
Pi Beta Phi
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Fi
Lawrence
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Joan Perry
Kappa Alpha Theta
Shirley Bayles
Rosemary McClure
Betty Sullivan
Sigma Kappa
Alpha Delta Pi
Lily Rose Lyons
Elizabeth Carman
Betty Konon
Jean Marie Concer
Geraldine Hartley
Harriett Dyers
Betty Allen
Kansas City
Norma Brooks
Wellington
Betty Brownlee
Hutchinson
Jean Marie Conger
Virginia Covington
Leavenworth
Betty Green
Wichita
Percy Gurney
Geraldine Humphrey
Eskridge
Bettie Leimert
Marjorie Mossman
Kan
Alice Raffington
Decatur
Ruth Margaret Richards
Evelyn Schroeder
Preat
Kansas State Fair opens with record livestock entries
The Kansas state fair begins next Sunday for a full week of exhibits and entertainment in Hutchinson. A record number of livestock entries and a larger machinery show mark the event. For the first time a Sunday program includes auto races and a night show. The 4-H encampment was canceled due to infantile paralysis concerns, with no new poliomyelitis cases in three weeks, though regular 4-H fair activities continue. Overflow tents accommodate the record livestock exhibit.
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Hutchinson
Southwest
Kansas
Thirteen Lawrence Boys Pledged by Fraternities
Thirteen Lawrence men had pledged K. U. social fraternities by mid afternoon. The pledging deadline for the men will be 5 oclock this afternoon. Read lists include Phi Kappa Psi Bill Cram Sigma Nu Kenneth Lindenberger Siema Chi David Jewell Dick Keene Jim Bayce Stanley Miller Phi Gamma Delta Bob Douce Sigma Phi Epsilon Dean Stoneback Eldon Williams Delta Tau Delta Bud Herriman Jack Stapleton Delta Upsilon Sinn Kreider Pi Kappa Alpha Dana Tompkins.
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Lawrence
K. U
Phi Kappa Psi
Bill Cram
Sigma Nu
Kenneth Lindenberger
Siema Chi
Food prices rise slightly since war began
Chicago reports that wholesale food costs to American families are about 3 percent higher than before the war, with some items still below late August 1939 levels while others like wheat corn oats eggs butter cattle hogs beef and flour have advanced.
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Chicago
Lowes
Vaudeville Acts Set For Harvesta Style Show at Armory
Two teams and four solo artists will present 12 vaudeville acts in the Harvesta style show at the Armory next Friday night. Kan sas City booking by Max Lindley features comedy singing tap acrobatics waltz adagio and cowboy songs. Jeanette and Jerry, Lawrence residents, and Maxine Lindley will perform with Ed Burnell as troubador entertaining on Massachusetts street. The program blends models and vaudeville numbers, with Hilda Lane providing piano music for the acts and style segments.
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Harvesta
Armory
Max Lindley
Harvesta Committee
Kansas City
Baucher
Maryn King
Mandell Hagan
Jeanette and
Jerry
Jeanette Maxine
Ed Burnell
Jeanette
Lawrence
Maxine Lindley
Jerry Correa
Burnell
Massachusetts Street
Hilda Lane
Lindley
Training deferment under conscription bill for college students
The army conscription bill likely delays cadet training for at least ten months. The House bill defers training for collegians until term end or July 1 1941, not in the Senate version but added by conference. Officials fear enrollment impact, but East University expects near normal attendance and Malott urges continued education with possible tuition adjustments if withdrawal occurs. New 41 Plymouth at Motor In.
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Senate
Conference
E. U
Deane W. Malott
Board of Regents
Speed of Delivery Urged by Defense Commission Report
Washington reports roosevelt endorses a defense commission policy stressing speed of delivery for the defense program. It calls for orders aligned to overall program efficiency, avoidance of bottlenecks, and guaranteed delivery dates. It also outlines labor guidelines to keep a 40 hour work week and comply with laws, plus export license controls on aircraft, engines, and related plans.
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Defense Commission
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
KU Registration Opens With Shifted Alphabet Schedule
University of Kansas begins registration on Saturday with morning and afternoon blocks from 8:30 to 11:50 and 1:30 to 4:50. Students register by last name in Frank Stronghall basement, with days Monday or Tuesday per letter. George Foster oversees. James K. Hitt joins as assistant for first time in years.
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University of Kansas
Frank Stronghall
National Guard
George ©. Foster
James K. Hitt
Mr. Hitt
Summerfield
Wichita University
Red Cross Moves HQ and Announces Winter Quotas
The Douglas County Red Cross will relocate headquarters to the community building in the northeast basement, rent six dollars a month to cover heating and lighting. Frank Gray and Mrs. C. W. Amidon will sign the lease. New quotas announced by Mrs. James V. Blue include dresses shirts skirts and sweaters for women children and men, with work starting in October after sewing room space is prepared.
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Douglas County Red Cross
Frank Gray
C. W. Amidon
Red Cross
Blue
Penny Wins First Prize in Topeka Oil Painting Show
Mrs. M N Penny of 547 Michigan street won first prize in the amateur division of the oil painting competition at the Kansas free fair in Topeka for a harvest scene. Penny also placed second last year.
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Bras
Roofton Watchers
Sincle
Vinland Grange
C. of C
Vinland Grange Fair
Chamber of Commerce
Baldwin
O. B. Glover
Kansas State College
Robert F. Sloan
Bernice Sloan
Ballard Bennett
Vinland
Lathrop B. Read, Jr
Ruben Fox
Lawrence High School
Frank Gurtler
Ted West
Wren
Free Enterprise
New Deal
Clyde Latcem
Isles
Shawnee Grange
Ida Frances
Lawrence Boys
Collegians
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Plymouth
James Hitt
Emindaaacrease Se
County Red Cross
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