Troops Leaving Baltic Ports Stir Sweden Invasion Fears
Paris reports German troop ships have left Baltic ports amid fears of a Swedish invasion. A ministry spokesman said origins unclear whether bound for Norway or Sweden. British and French warships patrol the Skagerrak as reports of transports leave Baltic ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Baltic
Sweden
Norway
Neat
OFS
Eer
Skagarrak
Baltic Sea
North Sea
Skagerrak
War Office
Western Front
Saar
Denmark
London
Great Britain
Stockholm
Lulea
Gulf of Bothenia
Germany
Penelope the pig faces bans and a move to a farm
In Sea Cliff Cliff Apr 26 Penelope the pig owned by Mr and Mrs Alvin G Schneider has grown to 175 pounds. Sea Cliff ordinances ban keeping pigs within 500 feet of a dwelling forcing the Schneiders to sell their bungalow and move Penelope to a farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea. Cliff
Penelope
Alvin G. ‘Schneider
Schneider
George
John
Sea Cliff
Governors Mull Plan to End Arkansas River Water Dispute
Governors Ralph Carr of Colorado and Payne Ratner of Kansas tasked attorneys and engineers to craft a plan to resolve a 40 year dispute over Arkansas river water rights. They may reconvene in six to eight weeks to discuss proposals aiming to avoid U S Supreme Court delays. Officials say a compromise could also enable control of water impounded by the Caddoo dam under construction in eastern Colorado. Carr returned to Colorado after a Santa Fe directors dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Ralph Carr
Colorado
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Arkansas River
U. S. Supreme Court
Caddoo Dam
Carr
Santa Fe
Police Academy trainees endure long daily study schedule
Chief of Police Jude Anderson of Lawrence explains a 12 to 14 hour daily study load for 38 cadets at the National Police Academy in Washington D C. The class includes two FBI agents auditing, greeted by J Edgar Hoover on opening day, with a reception at the Raleigh Hotel last Thursday night attended by Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jude Anderson
Lawrence
National Police Academy
Washington, D. C
Anderson
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau
Raleigh
Hoover
Young Republicans to Meet in Eudora City Hall
The Douglas County Young Republican club will hold a meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o clock in the city hall at Eudora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Young Republican Club
Eudora
Robbery site on road near Bismarck school targets driver
Charles McCoin, a driver for New York Cleaners, was robbed of 11.80 after 8 pm by a Black man believed armed. The incident began when the thief boarded the delivery truck at Second and Elm, then ordered McCoin to a route past Locust Fourth Elm Seventh Maple to a country road near Mrs. Schaake’s home. The robber took 5 in change and 6.80 collected funds, plus the ignition key, and told McCoin to wait 15 minutes before moving. He later reached a house without a phone, then found a phone at I. N. White’s home to call police. McCoin said the robber held a hard object in his ribs and appeared to have a gun partially visible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McCoin
New Hampshire Street
New York Cleaners
McCoin
Bismarck
Ed. Schaake
Second
Elm Street
Locust Street
Fourth
Elm
Seventh
Maple
Bismarck School
I. N. White
McCain
Society Notes: Faculty Entertained at Buffet Supper
Mr and Mrs T H Marshall host a Sunday 6 30 buffets for chemical engineering faculty and spouses. Guests include Chancellor and Mrs Deane W Mallott Ir and Mrs W W Deschner Dr H C Allen and others. Monday contract club hosted by Mrs Ivan Rowe. Lawrenc e farewell dinner honors Prof and Mrs D M Drivin of Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemical Engineering
Deane W. Malott
W. W. Deschner
H. Cc. Allen
Paul Haney
Donald Spalding
Ivan Rowe
University
Evans Hearth
D. M. Drivin
University of Nebraska
Lawrence
Drivin
Women's AAUW Sectional Meeting Heads to Topeka
Personal notices list Mrs. David McCreath Mrs. F P O Brien Mrs. Roy Moore Mrs. Waldemar Gelich and Miss May Gardner among attendees heading to Topeka for the American Association of University Women sectional meeting at Hotel Jayhawk. Others travel to Kansas City St Louis Leavenworth and washinton DC for related events and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David McCreath
F. P. O Brien
Roy Moore
Waldemar Gelich
May Gardner
Topeka
American Association of University Women
Jayhawk
Susan Maloney
Katherine Aston
Kansas City
L. H. Menger
W. G. Hutson
C. E. Friend
Toneka
Beatrice M.lins
Fray Goodrich
Grace Scott
Orpha Smith
St. Louis
Ross Stubbs, Jr
Washington, D. C
Lawrence
Reds Sentenced in Rio for Communist Propaganda
In Rio de Janeiro on April 26, sixty four people were convicted as communist propagandists and sentenced to prison farms for three to eight years. Forty two defendants were acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Wheeler declines a U P proposal
Washington reports friends of Senator Wheeler D Mont deny he will accept the Democratic vice presidential nomination. Wheeler says he is not available for second place, while Senator Thomas Utah promotes a western ticket and Gov Arthur James Pa plans a keynote address in Indianapolis broadcast by NBC. Delegates for both parties prepare to pick convention delegates in Illinois Mississippi and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Roosevelt
Robert LaFollette
Senator Thomas
Utah
West
Thomas
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
James
Thomas F. Dewey
Illinois
Mississippi
Missouri
Lawrence Weather and Local Farm Reports Mention Wheat Plight
Prof Posey reports 0.08 inch rainfall in Lawrence bringing March total to 3.12 inches, normal for the month. Enlow from Lawrence notes spotted wheat condition across Kansas from Larned to Great Bend, with some fields failing southwest of Larned. Enlow owns 1,680 acres. Perry Allen of Lorenzen Thompson discusses ads for Journal-World. Richard Wilson transported a Minneapolis Comfort tractor to Scott City. John Ott estate deed of 160 acres near Eudora passes to Chester Spray. farm leased for 1940 to J. Buchanan. School buildings committee tours campuses to plan summer repairs with Supt. Dean and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Posey
Lawrence
Kansas
Kinsley
A. Enlow
Great Bend
Larned
Enlow
John Ott
Highway 10
Eudora
Chester Spray
J. Hunter
J. J. Buchanan
Spray
Jack Parnell
Lake View
L. M. Spray
Lawrence Skillet Bakery Hosts Open House After Remodel
Lawrence business men have been invited to tour the remodeled Zephyr bakery plant on Monday. Open house for the general public will be Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Zephyr Bakery
Mrs Idala Crittenden Yoder dies in Santa Fe
Mrs. Idala Crittenden Yoder of Santa Fe New Mexico died recently in Santa Fe. She had lived here with her sister Mrs. J L Brady. The Brady family and Mr Yoder will take her ashes to Georgia for burial stopping today at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles D Stough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Yoder
Santa Fe
N. Mex
Idala Crittenden
J. L. Brady
Brady
Death of Mrs. R. T. Griffiths in Phoenix Arizona
Mrs. R. T. Griffiths longtime Lawrence resident died yesterday in Phoenix Arizona. She is survived by Guy Griffiths of Gardner Oregon Miss Glendale Griffiths of Phoenix Ariz and Mrs. Stanley Jones of this city. Funeral arrangements not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RB. T. Griffiths
R. T. Griffiths
Lawrence
Phoenix
Ariz
Guy Griffiths
Gardner, Oré
Glendale Griffiths
Stanley Jones
Nazi spearhead driven back near Steinkjer at Osterdalen
Reports from Trondheim say German destroyers keep Allied forces at bay in Igner Trondheim fjord while a British cruiser reportedly penetrates Agdenes fortress. Gen Otto Ruge declares renewed resolve as Germans dig in Tolga in Osterdalen valley 165 miles north of Oslo.
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Trondheim
Steinkjer
Igner Trondheim
Svenska Dagbladet
Agdenes Fortress
Norwegian
Norway
Otto Ruge
Osterdalen
Tolga
Oslo
Pro-Arte Quartet From Brussels Touring West Coast
The Pro-Arte string quartet of Brussels visits University venues this week including a Thursday concert for Music Week. Program features Haydn E flat quartet Schumann A major and Borodin D major. About 135 sponsors have bought series tickets for three concerts at 1.53 each with individual concert admission at 1.00. Additional sponsors named include Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Baumgartner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pro-Arte String Quartet
Brussels
Belgium
Yale University
University of Wisconsin
California
Joseph Haydn
Robert Schumann
Alexander Borodine
Four-line Classified Ad Offer
A classified ad spot claims printing over 35 000 copies for 80 cents. It instructs callers to phone 22 and ask for an Ad Taker.
Col Koenig Sets 18 Hole Golf Record on Corregidor
Col W C Koenig commandant of one of the three regiments defending Manila Bay broke the Corregidor course record with a 52 on January 18. He scored seven birdies ten pars and one bogey, needing an 18 foot putt on the final green to win. The Coast Artillery Journal reports the feat. The article also notes moving up plans among campus housing groups and social events on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. W. C. Koenig
University
R.O.T.C
Corregidor
Coast Artillery Journal
Koenig
Manila Bay
McLouth Eastern Star Members Attend Grand Chapter
Alcione chapter members from McLouth attended the Grand Chapter in Lawrence last week. Attendees included Mesdames Maude Chapman Effie Denny Rose Bond Daisy Edmonds Minnie Richardson Nell Kimmel Nettie Kes singer Annie Steeper and Hattie Guest. The next Grand Chapter session will be in Topeka in 1941. The community mourns former resident Mrs Flora Helen Nevin of Lawrence who lived in McLouth for many years before moving with her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcione
Order of the Eastern Star of
McLouth
Lawrence
Mesdames Maude Chapman
Effie Denny
Flora Helen Nevin
Dobbs
Everest
Hattie Guest
Kansas City
M. E
H. H. Kimmel
Mary E. Dick
Lucy Martz
Mildred
Lee Clark
C. G. Sanders
Kimmel
Church of the Brethren
God Bless
Charles Chapman
Richard Kimmel
Arlene Nickels
Margaret Steeper
Eric Steeper
Roy Pyle
Topeka
Jess Pyle
Letha Jane Chapman
Cecil Manewall
Altamont
Arthur Chapman
Lawrence Wellman
Long Beach
Calif
Edgar Casebier
Allen Casebier
Harold Gilbert
Thelma Ridgway
Wildhorse
Helen Pearson
Teachers Club
Thomas Stout
Annabelle Hoodhead
Matt Woodhead
B. L. Seybold
McLouth Community Notes From April Events
Funeral services were held in Lawrence for a local resident with burial in McLouth. Many visitors and weekend guests gathered at homes of Ruth Schaeffer and Charles Roos and other residents. The B Y P A hosted a wedding shower for Roy Hopkins and Dorothy Ashworth. Various visits, dinners, and church activities filled the week as educators and students prepared for the next term.
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Lawrence
Rumsey Chapel
McLouth
Ednamae Dick
Bill Bradford
Ruth Schaeffer
Charles Roos
Lucile Roos
Roy Hopkins
Hopkins
Edmonds
Dorothy Ashworth
William Parsons
Topeka
A. M. Dick
Henry Earl
Carol
Kansas City
Reba Black
Harold Steeper
Charles
Gary Casebier
Bartlesville
Okla
Allen Casebier
H. L. Brammel
Washington
Ira Brammel
Don Kimmel
John Dick
Orville Dick
William Harker
Los Angeles
Calif
Bob Brown
Meyers
Karl Richardson
Miss Knox
Garrett
Lansing
Kansas
Margueretta Chapman
Tom Chapman
Alice Stout
Alice
Walter Bradford
Stout
U. B
Allie
MacLouth
Methodist Church
Will Dobbs
Fall Leaf Residents Visit and School Closes
Mr and Mrs J A Reed of S J Joseph Missouri visited her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Vitt on Wednesday. Fall Leaf school will close with a basket dinner on April 29. Wayne Vitt left for Tarkin Missouri Wednesday night and returned Saturday night. Sunday dinner guests were Mr and Mrs Jim Dyer and son Buddy of Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Reed
S J. Joseph
Frank Vitt
Fall Leaf School
Wayne Vitt
Tarkin
Jim Dyer
Buddy
Kansas
Local Visitors and Weekend Gatherings Noted in Eudora
Social visits fill the weekend with Ray Bowen and others from Weaver, DeSoto, Lawrence, and Kansas City dining with relatives. Rain praised after Monday showers. Several families from Bartlesville, Eudora, and Linwood joined church and club events, while health concerns were noted for Mrs. Bryant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Canary
Harold Simon
Lawrence
Vincent Schoenhofer
Kansas City
Frank Schoenhoffer
Frank Bryant
Sheet
Alvin Schellack
Bartlesville
Okla
Fred Sc
Market Slump On Wall Street As Weekend Approaches
Stocks fell as traders pared risk ahead of the weekend amid war worries in Norway and tempered by upbeat first quarter steel results and strong earnings from several companies. Declines led by U S Steel Bethlehem and Boeing with 900,000 shares traded. some issues in the defense and textile sectors showed resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
Norway
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysier
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
Glenn Martin
Anaconda
Great Northern
Southern Railway
Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Safeway
Aft
International Paper
Savage Arms
Bayonier
Ex-Cell-O Corporation
Baldwin Locomotive
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Society
Mary Elizabeth Runch
Conway, Ark
Central College
U. P
Montana
Perry Allen
Lorenzen & Thompson
The
Journal-World
Richard Wilson
Minneapolis
Scott City
Kan
Board of Education
F. C. Whipple
Lloyd Houston
W. H. Quakenbush
Supt. Clifford D. Dean
Howard Sutherland
W. W. Richardson
Frank Gannett
G.O.P
Quartet
Pro-Arte
Richard W. Reading
Detroit, Mich
Detroit
Col. Koenig
Rochester Symphony Orchestra
Skilt
Radio Tonight
School of Business
Commerce Party
Ray Buzzell
Coalition
Charles Sanford Skilton
NBC Blue
Rochester Festival
Harold Long
Long
Marvin Goebel
Men’s Student Employment Bureau
Theta Taus
Louisiana Street
Alpha Kappa Psi, Commerce Fraternity
Theta Tau Fraternity
Jack Wassmer
Alpha Kappa Psi
Phi Mu Alpha
Tennessee Street
Tennessee Club
Alpha Tau Omega
Fourteenth
Sixteenth
Alumni Place
Battenfeld Hall
Acacia Fraternity
Alpha Delta Pi
Delta Upsilon
A. D. Pi
Union Ballroom
D. U’s
Campus
Louisiana Club
Milles Hall
Wesley Foundation
J. F. Baker
Dist. Mgr
Fred A. Bremer
Rupf
Rupf Hatcheries
TB Am Smelt & R
Beth Steel Seteataen
Cerro de Pasco
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
Int Harvest AR
Kennecott
Nat Dairy Pr
Schulz Blacksmith
Miller’s
Philco
Douglas County Building & Loan Association
Massachusetts
John C. Emick
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