Subscription rates and notice to readers
The notice lists subscription rates by carrier and mail for various terms and distances, with national reps for Lorengen Thompson and Co. and a note that the paper is a member of the Associated Press. It includes a Bible verse and a telephone prompt for missed deliveries.
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Lorengen & Thompson, Inc
New York
West 44Th St
Chicago
North Michigan Ave
San Francisco
Sansome
Los Angeles
New Orleam
Kansas City
Baltimore Ave
St. Louis
Star
Detroit
General Motors
Atlanta
Walton
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
William Allen White Urges Immediate Transfer of Destroyers
William Allen White urged a rapid transfer to Britain of 50 old destroyers to safeguard Britain. He argued the United States is not at war nor truly at peace, and American lives depend on a successful defense of the British Isles. He called for ending the debate and sending the ships now.
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William Allen White
Britain
United States
British Isles
Soldiers Return Home From Minnesota Maneuvers
Lawrence residents and citizen soldiers return this week from a longer than usual tour of duty at the Minnesota maneuvers. They anticipate a short home stay before further training under the new defense program, with reports that troops are ready for additional service. Personal sacrifice is seen as inevitable in a democracy defending itself.
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Lawrence
Minnesota
Theinnesota
New Highway Lines Warn Drivers To Slow On Curves
The state highway department installs save-a-life lines on curves and hills to mark unsafe passing areas. They help tourists and local drivers recognize danger and reduce accidents, but require driver cooperation and understanding of the new signs.
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State Highway Department
Highway ‘ Department
Highwa Department
Crowds Along English Shore React to Bombardment Flashes
Along the English coast crowds gathered to watch shelling aimed at a British convoy in the channel. The scene reflected human instinct under danger as civilians ignored safety rules, mirroring American reactions in similar peril.
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England
France
Channel
Emergency Powers Debate on Compulsory Service Law
The Journal-World examines arguments about compulsory service and liberty. It notes that raising an army often requires temporary sacrifices of liberty but argues this does not prove the law must be rejected.
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Journal-World
Burke-Wadsworth bill powers to meet emergency
A discussion notes that Congress grants temporary powers to the President under the Burke-Wadsworth bill and that these powers end in 1945 unless renewed. The piece contrasts democratic oversight with dictatorship, arguing Congress remains unimpaired and democracy survives when threatened.
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E. F. Price
Congress
Trotsky Victim of Soviet Secret Police Violence
The article reflects on Leon Trotsky as a victim of the secret police he helped unleash, noting his murder amid a broader pattern of executions and purges under the Soviet regime. It laments the unknown number of victims who died in open combat or covert actions as the regime maintained its grip on Russia.
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Leon ‘Trotsky
Secret Police
Red State
Trotsky
Russia
Germany says it is amused by refugee ship route through mined waters
The German government informed the United States that it was amused by the routing of an American refugee transport through waters mined by the Nazis. Washington explains the choice followed the rule that danger was equal on either route, and help would be closest if trouble arose. the ship passed safely and neared the Atlantic.
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United States
Washington
Atlantic
August cool spell eases toil and tempers in drought year
The August cool spell has eased work and improved tempers frayed by the prior heated spell. Drought years made summers an ordeal, but comfort now makes politeness and good humor more natural.
Lull in Luftwaffe? Mackenzie weighs Atlantic risks
The wartime column argues Hitler’s power remains formidable despite a brief English air lull. The piece stresses unseen aerial power, potential invasion plans, and the need for Britain to maintain vigilance as Churchill notes ongoing air field development and movement of forces.
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Royal Air Force
Balloonist Andree Found Near Pole By Dr Horn Expedition
The body of Solomon Auguste Andree, the Swedish balloonist who in 1897 aimed for the north pole, has been found about 475 miles from the pole by Dr S Horn and his team after their balloon was forced down.
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Solomon Auguste Andree
North Pole
S. Horn
Pole
Velma Perkins
Lake View
Hugh Snyder
Wichita
Gladys Cowles
Miss Perkins
A. S. Gilkeson
David Perkins
Martha Lou Perkins
Maude Edmonds
V.K. Bruner
Cecil Smith
Tonganoxie
J. R. Pearson
Walter Weichman
Sydney Emmett
Barbara Young
Maurine
Bruner
Clara Lynch
Joe Hume
Aimee Piper
Pearl Albright
Annabel Scott
Bernita Harris
Faye Gosper
Genevieve Davison
Dorothy Perkins
C. L. Wall
David. Perkins
Martha
Lou Perkine
Margaret Cowles
Virginia Hosford
Ronnie Jean Daniels
Epworth League Institute
Baldwin
Baldwin Social News Highlights Many Local Visits
Mrs Louise Woodruff arrives from Bartlesville to stay with the Clarks. Mrs Philip Barnthouse hosts a Wednesday luncheon in Kansas City with Baldwin guests Helen Deel Christine Reb and Betty Ebright and Mrs O Scott Morgan. Midshipman Chester W Gates returns to spend two weeks with his parents in Baldwin. Local families visit Syracuse New Hope Iola and Cincinnati. Several Baldwin residents attend the Eudora picnic and others host or visit relatives. Vacation subscribers urged to sign up for the Journal World.
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Louise Woodruff
Bartlesville
Okla
William M. Clark
Philip Barnthouse
Kansas City
Baldwin
Helen Deel
Christine Reb
Betty Ebright
O. Scott Morgan
Orpheum
Earl F. Martin
Grace S. Black
Lawrence
Chester W. Gates
Annapolis
Wilson Counts
Sarah
James Taul
Taul
Syracuse
N. Y
Ellen Counts
New Hope
George Counts
University of Kansas
East
Dale Martin
Donald Black
T. G. Stephenson
Baxter Springs
Oswego
Clark
W. J.williams
Mary Margaret
Marian Louise
Raymond Williams
Eudora
Maurice Horrell
Cincinnati
Frances Carol
Horrell
James G. Brockway
Murder in Plain Sight at Sayler Study
Lieutenant OLeary gathers five suspects including Rhoda Waters Dale Appleby Hazel Leighton and George Barbour in Sayler’s study to uncover the killer. Barbour collapses as a gunshot ends the scene with the case to be continued.
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Martin Sayler
Dale Appleby
Sayler
Rhoda Waters
Appleby
Hazel Leighton
Winston Mardell
George ‘Barbour
Lieutenant O'Leary
Rhoda
O'Leary
Jyale
Mardell
Carroll
Riggs
O’leary
Willows
Barbour
Rigel
Dale
Uve
Rainbow Club
Mr. Mardell
I.O.U
Mr. Barbour
Martin
George Barbour
Hair dresser to Bahamas to work for Duchess of Windsor
A 23 year old hair dresser Wayne Forrest, former actor and dancer, flew to the Bahamas to work for the duchess of Windsor. He was chosen by a Fifth Avenue salon that has long styled the duchess’ coiffures. His rum and egg shampoo recipe includes five eggs two jiggers of rum and hair-mix.
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New York
Bahamas
Duchess of Windsor
Wayne Forrest
Fifth Avenue
Prisoner asks for pamphlet “Joyous Vacation Days”
Prisoner No. 2100 at the Attica prison in New York asks the state conservation department to send a copy of the pamphlet Joyous Vacation Days, which the department has published.
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Nashville
Tenn
Attica
N. Y
State Conservation Department
Evening Radio Schedule Sparks City Talk
A dense listing of radio programs from WREN KMBC WDAF and other stations for Friday evening through Sunday, detailing orchestras, NBC programs, weather forecasts and news updates with various performances by Bob Crosby Jimmy Lunceford Henry Busse and others across multiple stations and times.
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MBC
DAF
Brook Orch
Russ Morgan
KMBC
Vallers
WDAF
Hollywood
Walts
Kmbc Grand
Corral
Don Ameche
Edgewater Leacher
Newacast
NBC
Woody Herman
Henry Busse
Fred Waring
Orch
Abe Lyman
Wren—Vaughn
Mu ‘A Or
Rhythm Riders
Muehledach Or
Jimmy Lunceford
Associated, Press
Wren—Gray
KMPC
Council
Joe Venuti
Cavaliers
Gordon Jenkins
Kansas City Dines
Human Venture
Grand Ole Opry
Guild
T. R. Ybarra
Vaughn Munroe
Sky Blazers
Rustic Cabins
Bob Chester
Charles Kramer
AOE Eaceee
Rainbow Room
Alvino Roy
Bob Crosby
Oxzsie Nelson
Raymond Scott
Hotel Pennsylvania Or
Gray Gordon
H. V. Kaltenborn
Leighton Nobles
Associated Press News
Deke Moffitt
Nighthawks
Chuck Foster
Nickie Siaco
Bill Carlson
Henry King
Muehlebach
KMLC
WAT —Bohems
Bobby Byrne
Voice of
Hawaii
John Tompkins
Catholic Radio Pym
Gene Autry
Hans Filath
John
Gunther
Parker
Wren—Allen- Roth
EMEC
Associated
Awe
Wdaf—Newseaat
Tse
Wren—The Sanitary
Baron Elliott
Mushiebach
Cecil Goll
Classified readers show daily habit of browsing page
A reader notes that 76 percent of subscribers read the classified page every day, highlighting strong engagement with local listings and ads.
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