Price Fixing Act Faces Early Senate House Hurdles
Washington August 2 price fixing bill to empower the President to set ceilings on commodities and rents excludes wages and utilities and includes farm parity safeguards. Hearings planned Monday with possible quick action. penalties include fines up to 5000 and up to a year in jail plus an emergency court of appeals for challenges.
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Ohio
Leon Henderson
Barkley
D-Ky
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United States
Germans Seize Power in Norway and Impose Radio Ban
Stockholm reports German police have taken all power in Norway and ordered civilians along the coast to surrender radios to authorities. Oslo confirms coastal radios must be delivered from the Swedish border to Alesund, including Lofoten and cities Kristiansund Molde Tromsø Harstad and Setermoen.
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Sweden
Norway
Alesund
Oslo
Lofoten Islands
Kristiansund
Molde
Tromsoe
Harstad
Setermoen
Western Kansas Grazing Land in Good Condition
E L Mullendore president of the Production credit corporation reports from western Kansas and eastern Colorado that grazing lands once desert like now show 12 to 14 inch grama grass. Across 200 to 250 miles conditions are excellent with a fair wheat crop and strong livestock numbers amid heavy rainfall.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Colorado
E. L. Mullendore
Production Credit Corporation
Farm Credit Administration
1000th Tank Completed At Berwick Plant
Berwick Pennsylvania marked the completion of the 1000th tank for the U S Army armored divisions by the American Car and Foundry Co A parade of 6000 flag bearing workers joined a live ammunition battle drill and a ceremony to deliver the tank The Berwick plant is producing 3680 war machines with ten 18 ton tanks coming off the line daily at 40000 dollars each and operating three eight hour seven day shifts.
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American Car and Foundry Company
Senator Alva M. Lumpkin Dies After Short Senate Term
Washington reports the death of Senator Alva M. Lumpkin of South Carolina at 54 after a gastric hemorrhage. Lumpkin, a Democrat, had been sworn in less than two weeks earlier to fill the seat of James F. Byrnes, who joined the Supreme Court.
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Canada
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Farmers Tour in Ohio Endorses Wheat Marketing Plan
Dayton reports Henry D. Parkinson of Scott City Kansas says 500 farmers on an AAA wheat program tour favor an orderly marketing system. They split into groups across 15 counties praising the marketing quota and parity concepts to balance production with domestic needs and possible shortages.
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Kan
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Funeral of College Head Will Be at Hays Sunday
Funeral services for CBE Rarick president of Fort Hays State College will be held Sunday at the Methodist church in Hays Kansas Burial will follow at Mt Allen cemetery Rarick died Friday of a cerebral hemorrhage He served as college president seven years and Gov Payne H Ratner called his death a real loss to Kansas and a fine educator and citizen
Youth Fights Off Shark With Hands in Charleston
Private Howard E. Sweatman, 20, a Fort Moultrie motor transport student, fought a large shark in chest deep surf near Charleston yesterday. He sustained deep chest gashes with torn chest muscles and required an operation but was listed in good condition at the post hospital after losing significant blood. Spectators watched as he drove the shark away and reached the beach.
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Howard E. Sweatman
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Film Schedule Highlights Four Day Spannings
Sunday for four days features The Bride Came C.O D with James Cagney paying the freight on Bette Davis Thursday for three days presents Bad Men of Missouri starring Dennis Morgan Jane Wyman Wayne Morris and Arthur Kennedy Granada offers Her First Bean with Jane Withers and Jackie Cooper and San Antonio Rose with Jane Frazee Lon Cha ney Jr and The Merry Macs Thursday presents Puddin Head with Judy Canova Francis Lederer and Slim Summerville Also Kansas Cyclone stars Don Red Barry
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Bette Davis
Missouri
Dennis Morgan
Jane Wyman
Wayne Morris
Arthur Kennedy
Granada
Jane Withers
Jackie Cooper
San Antonio
Puddin
Judy Canova
Francis Lederer
Slim Summerville
Kansas
Don “Red” Barry
Disorder in Belgium as independence day fixtures erupt
Belgian independence day July 21 sparked anti German demonstrations across the occupied country. In Brussels crowds paraded along boulevards while shouting at Nazis and Belgian fifth columnists. Intersections saw street fighting amid the protests reported from the Belgian source.
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London
Belgium
Brussels
Big convoy brings planes and munitions from United States
British ships of a large Atlantic convoy unload about 400 million dollars worth of planes guns ammunition and food at ports along the west coast. The convoy reportedly crossed without incident and is one of the biggest yet to reach Britain.
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London
Atlantic
Bank deposits rise in Kansas banks and trust companies
Kansas state figures show deposits in banks and trust companies climbed by 19 633512 over the past year to 186 667883 on June 30. Loans and discounts reached 92235418, up from 86528537 a year earlier. Real estate owned other than bank premises stood at 624290, down 252952 from the prior year. Bill of Rights Day proposed. December 15, 1941, to be proclaimed.
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Topeka
Kansas
B. A. Welch
Washington
Senator Capper
Kan
Pleasant Grove Social Ties Highlight Town Visits and Events
Local residents from Pleasant Grove and nearby Lawrence share visits with families including the Messers, Laptads, Dillons, and Desays. Birthdays, a social circle dinner in Lone Star, a public sale at Carl Van Housen's farm, and a Picnic at Lone Star Lake mark a weekend of community gatherings and hospitality.
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Max Laptad
Lawrence
N. D. Messer
Clayton Scott
Peggy
Pleasant Grove
Cleta Turner
Patsy
Johnny Dillon
Evelyn and
Carrol Horton
Riley
Kan
Ed Desay
Patsy Dillon
Howard Dillon
Washington Creek
John Churchbaugh
William Flory
Nelson Gish
Barbara Ann
Bobby
Bonnie Jean Flory
Mac Karnes
Ida Kessler
Flory-Gish
Oliver Deay
Eudora
Ed Deay
TVA plan to add aluminum power boost across four new dams
Washington reports a $40,000,000 TVA expansion passed by Congress to build four new dams and add turbines. The program aims to boost aluminum production by 200,000 tons yearly and expand TVA capacity to about 1,770,000 kilowatts by 1942 with two storage reservoirs and 108,000 kilowatts of new generating equipment.
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