Britain to Reject Hitlers peace offer amid Poland crisis
British authoritative sources say London will emphatically reject Hitler's peace terms tied to a partition of Poland. Britain mobilizes fully for a fight with Germany as London debates the German-Russian overtures and awaited French reaction. Turkey signals mutual aid pledges with Britain and France while eyeing a Black Sea pact and Dardanelles control negotiations with Moscow.
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London
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Germany
England
Scotland
Wales
Hitler
War Cabinet
France
Paris
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Times of London
Black Sea
Saracoglu
Rumania
Bulgaria
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles
Dobruja
Moscow
Mediterranean
Mrs. Medora Prather Dies at 93 in Lawrence
Mrs Medora Prather 93 died at her daughter’s home in Lawrence Tennesse Street. She moved to Lawrence in 1864 from Clay County Missouri after the Quantrill raid and will be buried at Oak Hill cemetery. Funeral services Monday at 3 PM at Ninth Street Baptist with Siloam chapter No 10 Order of Eastern Star rites. Survived by three daughters Frances Baker Ruth Miler and Helen Cropp all of Seattle two sons George M Prather Leavenworth Earnest W Prather Kansas City four grandchildren and one great grandson.
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Medora Prather
Clarence Cropp
Tennessee Street
Lawrence
Clay County
Quantrill
Ninth Street Baptist Church
B. L. Wightman
Siloam Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Oak Hill Cemetery
Frances Baker
Ruth Miler
Seattle
Wash
Helen Cropp. Lawrence
George M. Prather
Leavenworth
Earnest W. Prather
Kansas City
Roosevelt Heads Weekend Cruise From Quantico
President Roosevelt travels by car to Quantico Virginia to board the Potomac for a weekend cruise with guests Justice Harlan F. Stone and Mrs Stone and Justice Felix Frankfurter aboard. He plans to return tomorrow.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Quantico
Europe
Justice
Harlan F. Stone
Felix
Frankfurter
British Air Fight Over Germany and West Front Artillery
The air ministry said Royal Air Force planes fought over Germany with some British casualties and unknown enemy losses. It noted successful day and night reconnaissance over Germany and a high altitude air battle on the western front. Paris reported enemy artillery near the Moselle with France replying by artillery fire.
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Germany
West Front
London
Air Ministry
Royal Airforce
Paris
High Command
Moselle
Ciano Splits for Berlin As Italy Considers Mediation
Rome reports Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano left for Berlin amid Italy's possible role in German Soviet peace talks. Mussolini's cabinet approved new taxes to cover military expenses, while German warships seized three Danish freighters at the Katterat, with Denmark promising to protect its ports.
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Rome
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Berlin
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Count Ciano
Duce
Britain
France
London
Paris
Moscow
Ciano
Mussolini
Copenhagen
Katterat
Laese Island
Denmark
Sweden
Skagerrak
Norway
Rota
Diana
England
Netherlands
Foreign Office
Ulrich von Hassell
Germany
Four Students Kidnapped by Convicts Near Huntsville
A life term murderer and three robber convicts abducted four Huntsville high school students and forced them to drive to Beau mont before releasing them unharmed. The four were Jack Felder and Cleveland Bishop, both football players, and Mary Ethlyn Ball with Willene Smith. The suspects were Jack Cade 30 serving 25 years Clayton Davidson 32 35 years J Whatley Jr 24 six years and Lloyd Raydo 31 serving life for murder.
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Huntsville
Tex
Beaumont
Texas
Willie Smith
Jack Felder
Cleveland Bishop
Mary Ethlyn Ball
Willene Smith
Jack Cade
Clifton Davidson
J. Whatley, Jr
Lloyd Raydo
Murer
Kansas methodist elect delegates to general conference
Dr C E Allison leads the Topeka delegation as the Kansas Methodist conference names representatives to the general conference at Atlantic City N J next May. Delegates include Dr James S Chubb Reid Rev Tessie Miller Kansas City Rev C J Goldsmith Fort Scott and others from eastern Kansas.
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Topeka
C. E. Allison
Kansas Methodist Conference
Atlantic City
N. 7
James S. Chubb
Reid
Tessie Miller
Kansas City
C. J. Goldsmith
Fort Scott
Kansas
Methodist Church
South
H. FE. Werner
F. F. Beauchamp
Toneka
John Gaede
Fredonia
W.T. Williams
Bakers University
Paldwich
Oklahoma
Oklahoma_ City
H. A. French
Taneka
Charles Warmale
Chanute
W G. Tullose
Rentant
L. S. Uhl
Emnoria
D. R. Reed
W. M. Duhech
Wathena
Dequeen Girl Seriously Injured In Auto Horse Crash
Della Mae Smith a 16 year old Lockesburg High School student suffered grave injuries from a highway accident while returning home from a rural social where she was named prettiest girl. Her mount collided with a passing car, resulting in the amputation of both legs. Her companion Roy Christian aged 20 a rider behind her had a broken leg and cuts and bruises.
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Dequeen
Ark
Della Mae Smith
Lockesburg High School
Roy Christian
Soviet Press Warns Allies Not to Disturb Peace Pact
Moscow reports warn western powers to end the war or face joint German Russian action. Izvestia insists allies must not interfere with German Soviet pacts while Pravda notes possible expansion of the axis with other powers. Talks with Turkey continue as Bucharest signals more Moscow moves.
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Moscow
Russia
Supreme Soviet
Izvestia
Germany
Pravda
Moscow-Berlin
Great Britain
France
United States
Soviet Russia
Washington
Neutrally Charged Debate Over Cash and Carry Revision
Senate leaders push a cash and carry style overhaul to the neutrality law while opponents warn it would allow credits to England and France under the Johnson act. The bill tightens title rules, expands 90 day credits, and empowers the President to set combat zones to keep American ships from neutrals near belligerents.
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Washington
Senate
England
France
United States
Germany
Austria
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Borah
Nye
R-N.d
Stock Market Index Rises to 53.2 in Latest Close
The index averaging 60 stocks advanced to 53.2, up from yesterday’s 52.3. Traders noted broad gains across several sectors as confidence improved after recent economic data.
Polish Government in Exile Established in France
The Polish government in exile was formally created in France as Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz was sworn in as president of the republic at the Polish embassy in Paris. Ignace Moscicki resigned from abroad, having fled Warsaw, and remains interned in Romania. The move counters German attempts to dissolve the government.
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Paris
France
Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz
Ignace Moscicki
Rumania
Warsaw
Cernauti
Germany
Russia
Tigers Hold Lead In Big Six Nonleague Games
Missouri leads Colorado 17 to 0 at halftime in Columbia as Paul Christman scores twice and Cunningham adds a conversion. Kansas State dominates Ft. Hays 21 0 at Manhattan with Crumbaker and Seelye scoring. Oklahoma leads SMU 7 0, while Nebraska and Indiana remain scoreless at the break.
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Columbia
Missouri Tigers
Colorado University
Paul Christman
Cunningham
Christman
King
M. U
Ken Dawe
Kansas State
Ft. Hays
Manhattan
Bill Nichols
Don Crumbaker
Melvin Seelye
Jim Brock
Wildcats
Seelye
Brock
Football Finals Summary From Latest Scores
Fordham defeated Waynesburg 324 to 7. Western Reserve 7 to Dayton 0. Michigan State led Wayne 16 to 0. Duke 14 over Davison 6 in third. Notre Dame 0. Purdue 0 at half. Washburn 6. Emporia Teachers 0 at half. Wichita 6 to Tulsa 2 at half.
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Fordham
Waynesburg
Western Reserve
Dayton
Michigan State
Wayne
Duke
Davison
Notre Dame
Purdue
Washburn
Emporia Teachers
Wichita
Tulsa
Band Leader Killed In Imperial Valley Auto Crash
John Hubert English, former University of Kansas student and leader of a campus dance orchestra known as Brick English, died in a California auto accident. He lived in San Diego since attending KU, and his death leaves ties to Lawrence and Hollywood music circles.
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John’ Hubert English
Imperial Valley
California
English
T. J. English
Wichita
San Diego
Calif
Lawrence
Cliff Barber
Richard Barber
Warner Brothers Studios
Hollywood
Dave Graves
Kansas
Graves
Columbus
Johnstown Is Retired From Racing
Belmont Park announced by William Woodward that Johnstown the Kentucky Derby winner aged three is permanently retired after a crushing defeat at Arlington last July. The colt was scratched from the mile five furlong Lawrence Realization at Belmont as rain kept the track wet and slow.
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New York
Johnstown
William Woodward
Woodward
Belmont Park
Belmont
Baldwin Man Killed When Struck by Auto Near Highway 10
Ed Toreson of Baldwin died after being struck by a 1934 Plymouth coach driven by Billy Stevens 17, while repairing his Durant pickup on a county farm road south of Highway 10. Stevens, driving 35 mph, reported seeing Toreson too late. Coroner planned an inquest for Monday or Tuesday.
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Ed Toreson
Billy Stevens
Lawrence
South Sixth Street
Baldwin
Highway 10
Toreson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
East Fourteenth Street
Stevens
J. B. Walker
L. K. Zimmer
Wayne Owens
Owens
Vinland
Lathrop B. Read
Warm spell returns as Kansas warms after frost
Topeka reports a light frost in eastern Kansas ending as warm, sunny weather returns. Temperatures expected to rise tonight and tomorrow with highs around 75 to 80. McPherson logged 30 degrees, Topeka 37, and eastern counties 30 to 40 as scattered showers moved east.
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Topeka
Mercury
Kansas
S. D. Flora
McPherson
Goodland
Emporia
Columbus
Florence
Fort Scott
Leavenworth
Horton
Lawrence
Eureka
Train Wreck in China Kills and Injures Hundreds
Chinese news agency dispatches report 260 persons killed or injured in a wreck on the Kunming Hanoi railway at Tatah station 150 miles south of Kunming Yunnan. Earlier reports noted floods interrupted the line.
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Hongkong
Central News Agency
Kunming Hanoi
Tatah
Kunming
Yunnan Province
Crowds in Kansas City For Dedication of New Air Terminal Building
Thousands attend the dedication of Kansas City's new $250000 air terminal at the municipal airport. A five hour program of flying maneuvers by military and civil aviators entertained the crowd with Maj Gen Delos C Emmons among the speakers. Out of state visitors included Jimmy Doolittle and Chanute officials C J Lucas and Ross Cooper.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Jimmy Doolittle
St. Louis
O. E. Dickerhoff
Chanute
Kan
B. M. Dunham
C. J. Lucas
Wichita
D. R. Beeler
Manhattan
Ross Cooper
Roosevelt asks TNEC to curb profiteering on basic materials
President Roosevelt urged the temporary national economic committee to maintain constant surveillance on price increases for basic materials. He said steady monitoring aligns with TNEC goals and aids national defense against greed, referencing remarks by O Mahoney at the hearings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Economic Committee
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
TNEC
O'Mahoney
Thurman W. Arnold
Department of Justice
Justice Department
Lawrence Night at Vinland Fair Draws Crowd
A large crowd braved the chill to attend Vinland Grange fair's Lawrence Night sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. Undersheriff Lathrop Read hosted the program with performers including Frank Gurtler, Jeannette and Jerry, Joan Long, Leondine Benz, George Lupier, and Jeannette Maxine as listed, as the fair entered its closing day.
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Vinland
Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Lathrop Read
Frank Gurtler
Jeannette and
Jerry
Joan Long
Leondine ‘Benz
George Lupier
Jeannette Maxine
Woman Hit by Train Survives With Minor Injuries
Mrs May Wilson of Hutchinson Kansas was struck by a Santa Fe passenger train at the Main street crossing. She suffered only minor cuts and bruises after being tossed to the side of the rails. The engineer had warned but she did not hear the whistle.
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Hutchinson
Kan
May Wilson
Santa Fe
Main Street
War And The Last One Its Night Roads In September 1918
The narrative recalls the Argonne offensive beginning September 26 1918 with the first barrages that shook ground and trees. Nighttime supply lines and ambulances moved amid flashes from guns as trenches held steady. The passage ends with a note that history seems to repeat itself in the phrase Over There.
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the Argonne
Athenia Survivor Doris Kent to Speak at Journalism Conference
Doris Kent, KU journalism graduate and Athenia survivor, is among main speakers for the 26th annual high school journalism conference October 6–7. Notables like Chancellor Deane Malott and Kansas City editors will appear. The event aims to host about 500 teachers and students with roundtables and a Friday banquet.
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Doris. Kent
University of Kansas
Athenia
New York
Orizaba
L. N Flint
Kent
Miss Kent
Chancello Deane W.malott
Henry J. Haskell
The
Kansas City Star
Tom Collins
Edito
Kansas City Journal
Malott
K. U
Haskell
London
Paris
Miriam Dexter
Paola
Kansas Council of Teachers of Journalism
Ken Postelthwaite
K. U. Press Club
Union Building
Kansas High School
Kanae YS Mo
Taft urges active partisan stance in foreign policy
Sen Robert A Taft of Ohio told a four state Republican rally that Americans should not suspend politics over foreign crises He said Republican positions must not be dictated by the President and pledged to oppose policies leading toward war He spoke to supporters from Illinois Indiana Missouri and Kentucky and his remarks were broadcast on NBC Red.
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Vienna
Ill
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Tavt
Republican Party
Taft
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Kentucky
NBC Red
Ex-Governor Leche and four others indicted in Leche Hall case
Former Louisiana governor Richard W. Leche and four associates indicted by Lincoln parish grand jury on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and running a confidence game linked to Leche Hall at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. Co-defendants include Monte Hart and Leon Weiss as architects Julius Dryfone and Solis Seiferth. Bonds set at 15 000 each with warrants expected Monday.
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E. L. Walker
Publisher W. G. Greenbank Dies at 78 in Little River
W G Greenbank 78 longtime publisher of the Little River Monitor died last night in Little River Kan Survivors include his widow and two sons Lester publisher of the Valley Center Index and James publisher of the Butler County News El Dorado Kansas
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Little River
Kan
W. G. Greenbank
Little River Monitor
Lester
Valley Center Index
James
Butler County News
el Dorado
Weather Forecast for Kansas: fair temps ahead
Kansas forecasts fair weather with a warm day on Sunday. Tonight will not be as cool as usual, and warmer conditions are expected tomorrow. Temperatures show a high near yesterday's, with mild overnight lows and no strong changes indicated.
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Kansas
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