Destroyer Fearless Attacked Off Gijon in Mediterranean
London reports the British destroyer Fearless was attacked by a bombing plane near Gijon Spain at noon yesterday though no hits were scored. The incident ties into the wider Nyon agreement tensions with Italy and Germany amid reports of insurgent submarines and carrier actions near Malta and Mallorca as Franco Britain and France navigate a volatile Mediterranean crisis.
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London
Fearless
Gijon
Spain
Bay of Biscay
Britain
Nyon
Mediterranean
Italy
Rome
Mussolini
Germany
Malta
Francisco
Franco
Russia
Imperial
Snark
Mallorca
Comet
Glorious
Malforce
Jaguar
Imperiala
Test Your Knowledge Questions On Classified Answers
A list of quiz prompts asks about Nayarit in Mexico and Josephine Bonaparte birthplace. It questions rotation period of the Earth, coconut product names, Antioch College location, William Julius Mickle, U S status of the Philippines, where U S paper money is printed, meaning of esoteric, and which state is the Three Planters State.
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Josephine
Napoleon Bonaparte
Antioch College
William Julius Mickle
Philippine Islands
United States
Lawrence Resident Knew Wild Bill Hickok in Abilene's Early Days
Lawrence resident Daniel D. Hornaday recalls his life with Wild Bill Hickok in Abilene in 1870. He describes Hickok as tall with a long hair mask, entering saloons first and remaining alert, and notes their shared church work and Hornaday's later roles in education and Populist politics. He later moved to Emporia and Lawrence after teaching and public service.
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Lawrence
Wild Bill Hickok
Abilene
First County
Kansas
Daniel D. Hornaday
Mississippi Street
Hornaday
Hickock
Baptist Church
Eliphalet Barber
Hickok
Union Pacific Railroad
Dickinson County High School
Chapman
Charlies M. Harger
Board of Regents
The
Abilene Reflector
Harger
Dickinson County
New Peoples
Lorenzo D. Lewelling
H. L. Gaines
Lewelling
Mary FE. Lesse
Jerry” Simpson
Topeka
Houses of Representatives
Swere
Senate
A. M. York
Montgomery County
U. S
Samuel Clark Pomeroy
Pomeroy
John J. Ingalls
New Trenton
Ind
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Emporia
Legion Convention Crowds Pour Into New York City
New York Sep 19 American Legionnaires funnel into the city by plane train car and boat for a four day gathering. Officials predict over 350000 veterans and families will attend the convention with a May 2026 program including a Fifth Avenue parade and a Madison Square Garden session to elect a new national commander. Harry W Colmery of Topeka Kan will yield the chair Monday.
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New York
American Legionnaires
New York City
Elmer
Gotham
Legion
Voiture 102
Detroit
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux
Seventh Avenue
Harry W. Colmery
Topeka
Kan
Madison Square Garden
Fifth Avenue
Harry Colmery
Daniel J. Doherty
Woburn
Mass
Lynn Stambaugh
Fargo, N
Ray Kelly
Detroit, Mich
Milo Warner
Toledo
Ohio
Stephen A. Chadwick
Seattle
Wash
Colmery
Miller Texas Girl Elected President of New Hall Officers
Women residents of Miller Hall at the University of Kansas elected Sophia Schellenberg of Dalhart Texas as president Ruth Spencer of Topeka as vice president Mina Tillman of Topeka as secretary Helen Wilson of Kansas City Kansas as treasurer and Barbara Woodard of Hutchinson as historian The hall was opened this fall as a gift to the university from Mrs J E Watkins
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Miller Hall
University of Kansas
J. E. Watkins
Sophia Schellenberg
Dalhart
Texas
Ruth Spencer
Topeka
Mina Tillman
Helen Wilson
Kansas City
Kan
Barbara Woodard
Hutchinson
Lodge meeting notice for Entered Apprentice degree
Come to Lodge No 6 A F and A M on Monday at 7 o clock for work in the Entered Apprentice degree. Officiants listed include Frank E Jones W M and HL Quakenbush Secretary. Adv.
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A. F
A. M
Frank E. Jones
W.M. HL
President Warns Against Dictators, Defends Liberties
In a national address the President urges vigilance against spreading dictatorship and promises that the government will protect liberties. He cites historic constitutional debates on minimum wage laws, notes the judiciary’s past errors, and asserts the Bill of Rights safeguards both minorities and majorities from tyranny.
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America
Supreme Court
Congress
United States
Will Drive Anniversary Spike at Smith Center Event
Mrs Clarence Lemaster of Toledo will reenact driving the first spike inside Smith Center city limits to mark the 50th anniversary of the Denver to Chicago line completion by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway. The observance is set for September 23 with Mrs Lemaster participating in the ceremony.
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Smith Center
Kan
Clarence Lemaster
Toledo
Denver
Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Lemaster
Timber Rattlesnake Exhibit On Display At Journal World
The largest timber rattler brought in measured about four feet long and as thick as a forearm. J. M. Crowder said the snake had fourteen rattles and the button though some rattles may have broken off. Women Democrats To Meet in Wichita Schedule lists four district meetings for the Kansas Democratic Party with locations Independence Iola Hiawatha and Her ington from September 27 to October 2.
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Journal-World
J. M. Crowder
Wichita
Kan
Kansas Democratic Party
Helen Houston
State Central Committee
Independence
Iola
Hiawatha
Herington
Controversy Over Justice Black's Ku Klux Klan Ties Rises
Public figures in Washington condemn or defend Justice Hugo L. Black amid allegations of Klan ties. Reactions from Republican John Hamilton and Senator Glass clash with comments by Senator Connally and Gov. Graves. The Justice Department reported Black’s salary of 666.66 for 12 days in August after taking the oath August 19.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Ku Klux Klan
John Hamilton
Roosevelt
League
Connally
D-Tex
Glass
D-Va
Lee
D-Okla
Hamilton
Supreme Court
Shouse
Europe
Black
Senate
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Graves
Lawrence Police Recovering Officer Hurt in Bike Crash
Heard in Lawrence reports say Oscar Petterson of the Lawrence police is improving rapidly in an Atchison hospital after a Labor Day motorcycle accident. Police arrest of three colored men followed a post office tip received by radio, with officers Dowers Ingalls and Dicker pursuing them in the 900 block on Massachusetts street. Harold C Urey Nobel Prize winner is featured in Life magazine for his nitrogen isotope discovery. Urey is brother in law to Miss Bessie Daum of Lawrence. Ruby Fairbairn Red Cross nurse to speak at Vinland Farm Bureau and Eudora PTA on health and flood relief work. Certificates to be awarded to Rangeline home hygiene class at a tea hosted by Mrs Homer Gibson. Lawrence Sunday Forum to open with current events and induct new students. Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons in New York harbor.
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Oscar Petterson
Lawrence
Atchison
Dowers
Ingalls
Dicker
Massachusetts Street
Harold C. Urey
Columbia University
Life
Dr. Urey
Bessie Daum
Ruby Fairbairn
Red Cross
Vinland Farm Bureau
Arkansas
Eudora P.T. A
Homer Gibson
Robert McFarland
Nursing Activities Committee
The
Changes at Haskell Institute Faculty Shakeup
Supt Russell M Kelley announced numerous faculty changes at Haskell Institute for the new school year. Transfers include William Edwards to transportation, Misa Angela B Matteson to Navaho capital, Laula Shipshe and family to Window Rock, with others in home economics, commercial, and trades departments. Mr King moves to Alaska post as principal, and Maxwell Cooper becomes assistant engineer in Haskell.
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Haskell Institute
Russell M. Kelley
Washington
William Edwards
Pierre
S. C
Transportation Department
Misa Angela B. Matteson
Haskell
Navaho
Window Rock
N. M
Laula Shipshe
Louise A. Lukan
Lawrence
Maurice Z. Skelton
Kenneth Youngbear
Toledo
Maxwell Cooper
Arlington
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Arthur D. Harrison
East Central Teachers College
Adah
Funeral services for Ben Kyle in Williamstown
Death notices for Ben Kyle lifelong Williamstown resident state funeral at 2 PM Monday from Williamstown church with burial in Williamstown cemetery. Also notices for Mrs Anna Hultz 81 of 1510 West Sixth Street died at county farm. Funeral Monday Sept 20 at 2 PM from Ninth Street Baptist Church with burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by daughter Christena Bowers and three brothers.
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Ben Kyle
Williamstown
Anna Hultz
Anne Hultz
West Sixth Street
County Farm
Ninth Street Baptist Church
William Scott
Oak Hill Cemetery
Christena Bowers
Alfred A. Hultz
Robert Lee
Teeka
Charles Lee
Omaha
Janie Lee
Lawrence
Olathe Youth Killed in Gardner Area Auto Crash
In Olathe Kansas Wayne Huggins age 17 died and John Keefer age 17 was seriously injured when a light delivery truck overturned three times five miles west of Gardner. Both youths from Olathe. Final Prison Band Concert set for Lans ing prison lawn at 5 30 tomorrow with sixteen numbers.
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Olathe
Kan
Wayne Huggins
John Keefer
Gardner
Kansas State Prison
Lansing
E. H. van Osdell
Blanton gets 14th win as Pirates top Dodgers
Pittsburgh defeats Brooklyn 2 1 for Cy Blanton 14th win. Paul Waner hits his 200th of the season tying NL single season record for the eighth time. Dodgers’ runs come late. Reds drop Giants as Hubbell shelled. Cubs sweep Phillies behind Carleton six hitters. Yankees win in the American League.
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Pittsburgh
Cy Blanton
Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers
Paul Waner
Brooklyn
Littaburgh
Fitzsimmons
Phelps
Spencer
Blanton
Todd
Tex Carleton
Joe Marty
Ripper Collins
Cubs
Philadelphia
Leo Norris
Phillies
Philadelph
Chicago
Passeau
Grace
Carlton
Hartnett
Boston
St. Louis
Al Green Hosts Ball Team at Kaw River Fish Fry
Members of the Green Brothers Ban Johnson league baseball club, winners of the Eastern Kansas championship, were guests of sponsor Al Green at a Kaw River camp fish fry last night. Invited guests included Mayor Alfred Lawrence and KU athletics director Gwinn Henry, who spoke after dinner before the group attended the Granada theater with Stanley E. Schwahn.
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Green Brothera Ban Johnson League
al Green
Kaw River
Alfred Lawrence
Gwinn Henry
University of Kansas
Granada Theater
Stanley E. Schwahn
Newman and Riley announce births and nurses return
Mr and Mrs J E Newman of 1303 Summit announce the birth of a son this morning. Mrs J H Riley of Oskaloosa underwent a minor operation this morning. Miss Jean Tangney of the nursing staff has returned from a month long vacation at her Nebraska home.
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J. E. Newman
Summit Street
J. H. Riley
Oskaloosa
October oil production set for Kansas at 199900 bpd
The United States Bureau of Mines recommends October oil output in Kansas at 199,900 barrels daily. E. BE Blincoe, chairman of the state corporation commission, announced the figure today. The post revolution Russia’s full name is noted as Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Topeka
United States Bureau of Mines
Kansas
E. BE. Blincoe
State Corporation Commission
Russia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Must Reshape New Deal Says Gen Hugh Johnson
Toledo September 18 Gen Hugh S Johnson former NRA administrator warned Roosevelt risking success of the new deal by seeking unprecedented power The new deal must be reoriented to remain liberal reform within the constitution not a plan to subvert it He attacked Secretary Frances Perkins verdict on labor disputes and called the unemployment census project a pineapple with no real compulsion and Bizwers prepared to fight it off.
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Toledo
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Roosevelt
Johnson
Frances Perkins
Windsor Couple Briefly Stay in Vienna During European Visit
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived in Vienna after a Czechoslovakian hunting trip and lunched at a hotel before visiting the Enzesfeld estate of Baroness Rothschild. They plan about a five day stay in Vienna, then a two week visit in Paris, with possible winter time in Tyrol later.
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Vienna
Austria
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Paris
Nicholsburg
Czechoslovakia
Enzesfeld
Baroness Rothschild
Windsor
Windsors
Tyrol
Japanese push toward decisive Sino Japanese battle near Peiping
Japanese military authorities said an eight-pronged thrust deep into Hopeh province pushed Chinese lines back toward two fortified positions. Despite stiff resistance, Japan claimed rapid advance past Chaochow, 40 miles south of Peiping, and secured new railway positions southward.
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Peiping
Hopeh Province
Chacow
Sylvia Gould Engaged to Charles Dabney Thomson
New York September 18. Engagement announced between Miss Sylvia Gould, granddaughter of Osu Gould the financier who built a vast fortune, and Charles Dabney Thomson of Cincinnati. The wedding is planned for January. Topeka Kan Gov Walter A. Haxman notified W L Young president of Citizens Road Association of Kansas that he granted the association board of directors consent in Topeka on September 2.
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Financial Titan
New York
Sylvia Gould
Gould
Osu Gould
Charles Dabney Thomson
Cincinnati
Topeka
Kan
Walter A. Haxman
W. L. Young
Council Grove
Citizens Road Association of Kansas
Association
Kansas Press Association convention awarded to Wichita
The 1938 Kansas Press Association convention was awarded to Wichita by the association's executive committee. It will be held January 13 to 15. The decision was announced from Topeka on September 18.
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Press Association
Wichita Topeka
Kansas Press Association
Wichita Today
Association
Wesleyan Methodist Revival Services At Seventh Street Church
Rev A Clark leads revival activities at Seventh and Alabama with Mrs C O Pringle directing Sunday school at 9 30 am Evangelist Shivers to preach and Dorothy Dunbar singing Dordy Lola fine to play piano Young people Bible study 7 15 pm and evening service 7 45 pm marks final revival goal Baptismal service Sunday 2 30 pm midweek prayer and class meeting Wednesday 7 45.
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Church Seventh
Alabama
A. Clark
C. O. Pringle
Shivers Wil
Mise
Dorothy Dunbar
Lola Fo- Ine
Plano
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International Arrester Company
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Peoples State Bank
Massachusetts
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Lawrence Schools
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Kansas University
Lawrence, Kansas
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