Primary vote shifts reveal party strengths and gains
The week’s primaries show Republicans winning Maine governor and U S Senate seats with strong turnout. Arizona Colorado Michigan Minnesota New Hampshire Vermont Washington display mixed results for governor and senator with varied incomplete precinct totals and 1938 comparisons.
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Maine
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Arizona
Repecan
Pblican
Colorado
Ralph L. Carr
Supreme Court
Michigan
Wayne
Detroit
Aoe
New Hampshire
Vermont
Washington
U S Defense Program Angers Japan Says Kokumin
Kokumin, a frequent army spokesman, claims Japan seeks rapprochement with Soviet Russia to counter U S preparedness plans. The piece argues U S strategy threatens Japan with deadly readiness and seeks to shield its own vital interests. It cites two ocean navy budget items and suggests Pacific base expansions may follow Atlantic ones.
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Tokyo
Kokumin
Soviet Russia
United States
Japan
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Battle on in Kenya threatens Nairobi front
Cairo reports British patrols are fighting large Italian forces along a 200 mile Kenya front south of Libya Egypt border. Italians push toward Nairobi from Turki towards Moyale and Wal Quaris while British and Kenyan troops strike back, with lines about 300 miles from the capital.
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Cairo
Egypt
Kenya
Italy
Tica
Nairobi
Turki
Fort Movsle
Wal Quaris
Moyale
Nairobia
Night raids pound London as bombs ignite widespread fires
London endured renewed terror with incendiary bombs and falling bombs over central districts and landmarks. Fire crews battled blazes as air raid wardens fought fires, while casualties rose in the capital and blasts hit historic sites including Somerset House and the Piccadilly area. British bombers struck Le Havre in retaliation, hitting a German tanker and supply ship amid reports of a captured enemy plane by a balloon barrage.
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London
West End
Britain
Midlands
Lancashire
Liverpool
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Somerset House
Strand
Picadilly
Berkeley Square
St. Magnus ‘the Martyr
St. Lothin’s
St. Mary-at- Hill
St. Dunstan’s in-the-East
St. Mary Woolnoth
St. Clement's
St. Augustine’s
St. Giles Cripplegate
Petroleum Cannister
le Havre
Air Ministry
Lawrence officials and local news summary of Lawrence figures
Lawrence area notes report district auditor William A Roe resigns to take a rail mail service post and move from Atchison to Kansas City Missouri. Fifteen Lawrence dealers back Hills Bros coffee advertising campaign with posters and display pieces. Duallyn Farms Eu dora milking heifer wins grand champion at Kansas Free Fair in Topeka. Mayor John B Gage owns Dual lyn Farms in Kansas City Missouri. Federal Judge Walter A Haxman fished at Lone Star Lake, plans return for bass. Growers association inspects corn and popcorn fields near town, certifies seed purity. over 1 000 members. Indian club of Haskell to Atchison for Santa Fe day. Margaret Swan directs. 1938 Ford car stolen from Earl Peterson recovered from Overland Park. Charles A Wella of Lecompton among district vice pres officers in Tope City Kan. and Mrs Robert Tyson of ker.
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Duallyn
Duallyn Farms
Eudora
Topeka
John B. Gage
Kansas City
Chinese student speaks at dinner at Kansas dormitory
Mou-Hui King of Peking spoke to self-supporting men students at Battenfeld hall in Templin dormitory after a donor dinner. He described travel to the United States, Utah red tape, and toothpaste searches by officials. The Battenfelds announced their memorial hall gift and described furnishings and menu details.
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Mou-Hui
Mowwhee
Peking
China
University of Kansas
Templin Hall
Co. Howard
Marchbanks
Pittsburg
Dennis Taylor
Kansas City
Battenfeld Hall
University
John Curry Battenfeld
King
Battenfeld
Curry
State University
Memorial Hospital Births and Homecoming News
Mr and Mrs Eldon Smith at 322 Elm street welcomed a son born yesterday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Earl Shannon at 1029 Mississippi street report the birth of a son this morning. Miss Jessie May Tucker returned home this afternoon.
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Eldon Smith
Elm’ Street
Earl Shannon
Mississipni Street
Jessie May Tucker
Senate Debates Conscription Bill in Washington
The Senate opened debate on conscription legislation as Chairman Sherrard of the military committee explains the compromise bill from the Senate and House conferees. The plan would require registration of 428 RAN and men aged 21 through 38 for possible military service.
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Senate
Washington
Sherrard
Dtex
Senate-House
Wan Sant Tragedy Strikes Nearby School Children
A report notes a disaster in the vicinity with ten of the casualties being school children. Tanvenwarth Wan Sant is named in the fragmentary account amid references to a Taweiny event and local officials.
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Tanvenwarth Wan Sant
Goffin
Elacad
Wan Rend
Hioh Ashaat
Theaaneas
Ratzier pledges in 1938 campaign under fire in Kansas
In Topeka on September 13 UP Gov Payne Ratner faces criticism from opponent W H Burke who accuses Ratner of breaking pledges. Ratner argues he kept 89 percent of pledges, citing a strong record while Burke promotes business administration. Both list upcoming speaking stops across Kansas through the week.
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Topeka
Payne H. Ratner
W. H. Burke
Norton
Ratner
Goodland
Burke
Kansas
St. Francis
Atwood
Colby
Oakley
Grinnell
Gove
Oberlin
Satuay
Hoxie
Granfield
Quinter
Wakeeney
Hill City
Phillipsburg
Smith Center
Mankato
Beloit
Cawker City
Downs
Oeronns Lincoln
Ellsworth
Russell
Wild West Show at Haskell Stadium prompts Fort Leavenworth display
A two hour Wild West spectacle staged September 21 at Haskell stadium features Fort Leavenworth vehicles from its museum of transportation and Billy McGlinn with daredevil coach riders. Buck Keegan uses bull whips in a famed act alongside four cavalrymen in Roman riding and a Fort Scott stagecoach hold up with the 106 year old Concord coach central. The Pony Express act uses loaned saddles and pouches from Wyeth Hardware of St Joseph. The show includes an Indian buffalo hunt by the fort’s colored cavalry, an Oregon wagon train rescue, trained bulls from Walter Ruark Platte City and a Los Rurales style musical drill.
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Haskell Stadium
Fort Leavenworth
Lawrence
Fort
Museum of Transportation
Billy McGlinn
Buck Keegan
Kansas
Missouri
Keegan
Fort Scott
Concord
Pony Express
Wyeth Hardware Company
St. Joseph
Walter Ruark
Platte City
Los Rurales Lancers
Old
Mexico
Deaths and Funerals: T. H. Hollingsworth 88 in Lincoln
T. H. Hollingsworth, 88, died at his Lincoln Nebraska home after living in Lawrence earlier. Funeral services will be Sunday afternoon in North Branch Kansas, a former family home. Survived by wife four daughters Alta Hollingsworth Mrs L W Kennedy Lawrence Mrs H W Hildreth Emmet Idaho Mrs S C Hemphill Baxter Springs Kansas and son Wea Hollingsworth Riverside California.
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T. H. Hollingsworth
Lincoln
Neb
Lawrence
North Branch
Kan
Hollingsworth
Alta Hollingsworth
L. W. Kennedy
H. W. Hildreth
Emmet
Ida
S. C. Hemphill
Baxter Springs
Wea Hollingsworth
Riverside
Galif
Death of E F Adams at Everest Kansas
E F Adams age 79 died this morning at his Everest home after months of illness. Funeral services will be Sunday at 3 30 PM at the Methodist church in Everest with burial in Everest cemetery. He is survived by wife Jo Anna Adams three daughters Anna Alexander of Everest Crystal Bengston of Robinson and Helen Lentz of Whiting and son J D Adams of Eudora. Mr and Mrs J D Adams are in Everest at present.
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E. F. Adams
Everest
Kan
Methodist
Adams
Jo Anna Adams
Anna Alexander
Crystal Bengston
Robinson
Helen Lentz
Whiting
J. D. Adams
Eudora
Death of S. A. Davis at Ulysses Kansas
S. A. Davis aged 73 of Ulysses died suddenly last night at his niece's home on Ohio street. He attended a Methodist church service in Ulysses Sunday and burial will be in the Ulysses cemetery. Survived by wife Rosella, sister Elda Purcell of Grand Junction, Colorado, and brother R. L. Davis of Dodger City. He collapsed while waiting for a radio broadcast.
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S. A. Davis
Ulysses
Kan
H. W. Roberts
Ohio Street
Ulysses Cemetery
Davis
Rosella Davis
Elda. Purcell
Grand Junction
Colo
R. L. Davis
Thomas R Stuart Dies at Home in Idaho Family Man
Thomas R. Stuart died this morning at his home 916 Vermont Street. He is survived by his wife of the home a daughter Mrs Roberta L Marckley of Lawrence and three brothers all of Idaho. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Thomas R. Stuart
Vermont Street
Roberta L. Marckley
Lawrence
Idaho
LaGuardia backs Roosevelt for third term
Mayors Andre F. H. LaGuardia of Roosevelt New York says he will support the President for a third term. He prefers Roosevelt with his known faults to Willkie with his unknown virtues.
Dozens die in Hercules Powder disaster at Kenvil New Jersey
The Hercules Powder Company blast near Kenvil New Jersey leaves 39 dead as searchers comb wreckage for more victims. Federal agents probe sabotage while officials note large government defense contracts and the blast's near earthquake-like tremors.
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Kenvil
N. J
Europe
Hercules Powder Company
H. Raymond Mutchler
Morris County
William C. Hunt
Wilmington
Del
Dover General Hospital
Hunt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Danbury
Conn
Pledged Sorority Members Listed by University
Readable fragment lists 124 girls pledging to KU sororities with names across Pi Beta Phi Kappa Kappa Gamma Chi Omega Kappa Alpha Theta and Sigma Kappa. Included are locations such as Lawrence Topeka Wichita Fort Leavenworth and Kansas City plus several out of state entries. The fragment ends mid listing with eaneriet Nettels and Halboa Island.
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Dorothy Clifton
Wichita
Elizabeth Carman
Lawrence
Betty Jo Childs
el Dorado
Florence Cooper
Salina
Dorothy Dilley
Kansas City
Marilyn Wheatley
Seneca
Josephine Yager
Kan
Betty Kopp
Jill Peck
Ft. Leavenworth
Carolyn Sloan
Jeannette
Rilla
Ann Townsend
Coffeyville
Rosemary Utterback
Newton
Georgia Ann Utterback
Joy Webster
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Florence Allen
Topeka
Anne Bradford
Ft. Riley
Margaret Butler
Kathryn Hines
Harriett Hutchinson
Abilene
Eva Magill
Mary Noll
Atchison
Patsy Padfield
Joan Perry
Jeanne Popham
Margaret M. Scholes
Council Grove
Virginia Scott
Lara Jane Smith
Betty Gaines
Mary Joe Gerdeman
Las Vegas
N. M
Miriam Jessen
Shirley Kernodle
Jane McFarland
Rosemary McClure
Marjorie Oliver
Margaret Ann Reed
Ft. Scott
Peggy Roberts
Virginia Stephens
Ft. Madison
Jane Stites
Bartlesville
Okio
Mary E. Thompson
Waterville
Betty Sullivan
Sigma Kappa
Clara Lee Oxley
Mission
Margaret Summers
Kingman
Rosemary Hoover
Ida Frances Moyer
Betty Jo Nelson
St. Joseph
Eaneriet Nettels
Halboa Island
Jesse Jones Nominated Secretary of Commerce
President Roosevelt nominates Jesse H. Jones of Houston to be secretary of commerce. The move follows Hopkins resignation due to ill health and allows Jones to remain as federal loan administrator while serving in the cabinet pending congressional approval.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse H. Jones
Commerce
Congress
Jones
Houston
Tex
Harry L. Hopkins
Nazis Admit Essen Bombing Raises London Retaliation
Berlin reports English planes bombed Essen, home of Krupp munitions, while German raids hit London docks and factories with high accuracy. British defenses claim several London targets damaged, with fires seen across the city and in Liverpool and other southern towns. A German U boat sinks six British merchant ships totaling 37,600 tons as retaliation vows persist.
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Berlin
Germany
Essen
Krupp
London
DNB
Thames
England
High Command
Liverpool
Bexhill
Brighton
Banbury
Boulogne
France
Isle of Manoo
Hamburg
Bremen
Brooklyn Defeats Pirates as Ed Head Wins First MLB Victory
In Brooklyn, Ed Head pitched a complete game shutout guiding the Dodgers to an 8 0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Dodgers built a six run sixth inning surge to cement their sweep over the Pirates in the doubleheader.
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Brooklyn
Ed Head
Pittsburgh Pirates
Dodgers
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn -O
Klinger
Heintzelman
MacFayden
V. Davis
Fernandes
Head
Franka
Philadelphia
Kirby Higbe
Chicago Cubs
Phillies
Joe Marty
Phils
Chicago
Root
Bryant
Todd
Higbe
Minlies
New York
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Carl Hubbell
Jim Lynn
Cincinnati
New Yorke
Vandermeer
Guise
Beggs
Lombardi
Hubbell
Lynn
Danning
Boston
The
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Bees
Lon Warneke
Bees
Johnny Cooney
St. Louis
Warneke
Padgett
Errickson
Sullivan
Strincevich
Coffman
Berres
Broskle
Pendergast Claims Stock Ownership in Court
Kansas City report says Pendergast seeks to be declared owner of 125 shares of Kansas City Concrete Pipe stock held in the name of the late Edward S. Schneider. He alleges executors and Schneider never owned the shares and asks the court to affirm his ownership.
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Pipe ‘Company
City National Bank and Trust Company
Anna S. Schneider
Schneider
Missouri River
E. S. Schneider
Kansas City
T. J. Pendergast
Belleview Community Dinner Guests and Visitors
A long list of local residents hosted and visiting relatives from Eudora Kansas City Abilene California and Colorado Springs during the weekend and past week. Notable gatherings include the Nuttall and Chronister families and a storm event damaging a barn and fire in Kish.
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Clarence. Breera
Ralph N .Tall
Jackie
Eudora
Dorothy Nuttall
Kansas City
Dick Nuttall
E. F. Chronister
Abilene
Samuel
California
Everett Chronister
A. C. James
Donall McTaggert
Albert Grosdidier
Henry Grosdidier
John Schopper
Reta Grosdidier
St. .Paul
Kan
Louie Grosdidier
Berthold Durr
Colorado
Alma Huffine
Colorado Springs
Sarah Wausman
Mary Brecheisen
Mary Allen
Nydis
Hughes
Josephine Gilmore
L. J. Shirek
Howard Bernits
Lela Mae
Oule Hadl
Joe Maal
Wellsville
A. I. Hadl
Familly
John Turner
Harold
Eda Grosdidier
Maris Sullivant
Little Son
George Grosdidier
Clifford Tisele
Roy Cramer
Market News The Day In Wall Street
Traders kept to the sidelines as the stock market showed an undecided drift amid war news. About 250000 shares changed hands with gains quickly fading, as Hagland's defense and Mediterranean rumors shaped cautious trading.
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Wall Street
New York
England
Hagland
Mediterranean
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Farmer-Labor
Epublican
Farmer-Laor
U. S. Defense Program
King George
William A. Roe
Kansas Sales Tax Division
Railway Mail Service
Hills Bros. Coffee
Walter A. Haxman
Lone Star Lake
Fred Laptad
Indian Club of
Earl Peterson
Overland Park
Charles A. Wella
Lecompton
Floyd E
Pee City
Robert Tyson
Ker
Tansine
Sehaagle
Ratzier ’S
Wild West Show
K. U
Edward Hayes Pine
Howard Pine
Pickens Machine Wks
Vt. St
Jesse Jones
Secretary of Commerce
Allison-Armstrong
Beauty Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Endacott, Mgr
Ata
Old Mechanical
Chicago White Sox
Athletics
Thornton Lee
A's
Heusser
F. Hayes
Lee
Tresh
Schneider Estate
Pendergast
Belleview
Palac Clothing 2
Douglas County Building & Loan Association
Maachusetts St
John C. Emick
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