North of the Border Trip From Kansas City to Fort William
A Kansas City correspondent recalls a round trip along the north shore to Port Arthur and Fort William. They note higher prices in Canada, limited gasoline hours, and a favorable business tone across the border. The journal details hotel crowds, dining costs, exchange rates, and impressions of roads and tourism as war news filters in.
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North Shore
Port Arthur
Guill Lake
Fort William
Twin Cities
Ontario
Journal-World
Grand Marais
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Canada
Prince Arthur
Arthur
Elizabeth
King George
Mrs. Simons
Dorothea
Kansas
Roosevelt
Hender
Latsen
United States
Churchill
Germany
Harry Hopkins
la Superior
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
Ort Arthur
Brinkley Fights Severe Circulatory Condition in Kansas City
Dr John R Brinkley 56 year old gland surgeon and former operator of Milford Kaw and Del Rio Tex hospitals battles a critical circulatory problem at Research hospital after a heart attack in Mexico. Doctors fear leg amputation may be needed as Brinkley and his wife Mrs Brinkley and their son John Jr. visit Kansas City.
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Kansas City
John R., Brinkley
Milford
Kaw
del Rio
Tex
Research Hospital
Brinkley
Kansas
Local families visit in Lawrence and surrounding towns
A cluttered notice lists numerous visits and social gatherings as residents from De Soto Kinsley Leavenworth and Lawrence host and attend events. Names include Edin Jones Quintin Alvin Foya Noble and Barbra Henak with many kinfolk visiting relatives in Tonganoixie Kansas City and Leavenworth.
Townsend plan gains push in tax bill debate
Washington reports say Senate old age pension advocates back administration leadership to insert a modified Townsend plan into the 38.3 billion tax bill. Downey and Pepper push for monthly pensions for those over 60, while Townsend urges a 5 percent tax on wages and business to fund pensions. The finance committee weighs exemptions and sales or withholding taxes as it readies a bill for Senate action. In a separate note, a storm collision in Lindshoro, Kansas, killed William Allpine and his son James, with others injured.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Townsend
Downey
D-Calif
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Pepper
D-Fla
Treasury
Senate Pension Committee
Francis E. Townsend
Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Finance Group
Lindshoro
Kan
William Allpine
James
Marquette
Allpine
Betty
Jean
Jewell Taylor
Allpines
Langley
Headsets In Cells at San Quentin Prison
San Quentin California August 25 as part of a rehab program warden Clinton Duffey installs eight thousand dollar radio headsets for four thousand inmates. An inmate committee selects world news and entertainment aired nightly from five to nine with a 30 minute early morning news. The system funded entirely by the prisoners’ library fund features NBC Hour of Charm and an all girl orchestra.
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San Quentin
Calif
Clinton Duffey
San Quentin Prison
N.b.c2s
New Radio Station Mocks Official Nazi Broadcast
London reports a new radio station mocks Germany's Deutschlander, posting anti Nazi voiceover during Nazi broadcasts. The rival channel challenges Nazi messaging with rapid exchanges and taunts, including a quip about continuing the lying.
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London
Germany
Deutschlander
Britain
Lvoice
Oil allowable fixed for September in Kansas
Kansas crude production for September was fixed at 248000 barrels a day by the corporation commission. The figure is 6000 higher than August and aligns with Conservation Director Theo A Morgan's demand estimate and 9000 barrels above the Bureau of Mines forecast.
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Wichita
Kansas
Corporation Commission
Theo A. Morgan
Bureau of Mines
Pickens Area Residents Take Kansas City Trip
Mr and Mrs Arden Clawson and daughter Janice made a business trip to Kansas City last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Ralph Huntley and son Ronald Dale of Long Beach California also traveled together.
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Arden Clawson
Janice
Kansas City
Ralph Huntley
Ronald Dale
Long Beach
Cal
Local Social Notes and Farm Program Meetings
Mrs. Fred Christian was taken to a Kansas City hospital for treatment. Mrs. Ernest Prim spent Saturday in Topeka. Mary Rose visited Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Simon. Ed MHardtaffer returned from Rochester Minnesota for Mayor clinic treatments with W. A. Simon of Lawrence to accompany him on August 24. Lena Maichel hosted breakfast with Father Keith and others. Harry Prim and family hosted dinner guests. Sign-up meetings for the 1942 farm program were held at Globe school and Marion Center hall on August 11 and 12. Walter Oehrle, George Fawl and John Miller led the sessions. Harry Prim has been ill for weeks. A Mr. and Mrs. Emil Schalbar and Miss...
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Fred Christian
Kansas City
Ernest Prim
Topeka
Mary Rose
Lloyd Simon
Ed Mhardtaffer
Rochester
Minn
Mayor
W. A. Simon
Lawrence
Gladys
Frances
Lena Maichel
Father Keith
Paschal
Schoper
Eudora
Harry Prim
Bobby
Junior
Globe School
Marion Center Hall
Walter Oehrle
George Fawl
John Miller
Emil Schalbar
Social Visit Roundup In Lawrence And Council Grove
Barbara ae and Nick bar of Lawrence along with Mr. and Mrs Harry Prim and family visited Mr. and Mrs J Schalbar and Emma Sunday afternoon. Joe Baldwin shows slight improvement. Mrs Albert Transmier and daughter from Council Grove visit her mother Mrs Charles Forth while Mr Kivhatyin and Art t Hase and Lloyd Cofman visited relatives last Thursday in Dawrence. Mrs Aubrey Fishburn from Lone Star and Mrs Lila Cort of Los Angeles visited Mrs Ernest Prim Monday afternoon.
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Barbara
Nick Bar
Lawrence
Harry Prim
Ernest Primi
Mary
Rose
J. Schalbar
Emma
Joe Baldwin
Albert Transmier
Council Grove
Charles Forth
Kivhatyin
the. Normera
Art T Hase
Lloyd Cofman
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DR. Brinkley
India
Persia
Edin Jones
de Soto
Laura Adderson
Harlow
Kinsley
Ld.pierce
Ray ‘Anderson
Tonganoxie
Phil Day
Leonard Anderson
Edna
Buddy
Martha Wright
I. D. Pierce
Harlow Anderson
Hinsley
M. Walters
Foya Noble
Ellis
Wilcox
Leavenworth
Helen Caldwell
Linwood
Quince German Hal
Barbra Henak
Fred Zellers
Capteal
Tongano ‘Ie
Holt Bryan
Adeline Richley
Quince German
Claud Sylvyius
Charlotte
Flahauer
Sam Huntley
Irving Huntley
Eugene Anderson
Ray Anderson
Roy Siscoe
Oakridge
Roy Baird
Frank Hubbard
Latra Fox
James Fox
St. Joseph's Hospital
Jack Curtis
Clarence Curtiss
William Henak
Betty Lou Force
Jesse Woods
Basehor
Avego Mitchell
Betty Henak
Memorial Hospital
Paul and
Aurter Garrean
Thurman
George Henik
T. E. Hubbard
Dorothy
Roy
Ezra Wilber
Katie Henik
Fran Henik
Kansas’ City
Herbert Porsedén
Vil- Teen
Buddy Jones
Spicnic
George Henikl
Fred
Edie
Mr.i
James Pritchards
Fall. Leaf
Bulgaria
Istanbul , Black Sea
Mediterranean
Séa
Suez Canal
Nana
Russia
Arabian Sea
Iran
Turkey
Ukraine
Associated Press
George Raymond Menish
Salina
R.A.F
Alice V. Menish
Journal - World
Wil
Pickens and Vicinity
Jayhawk
Vermont
Enterprise and Vicinity
ANCE
Ers
Insuraike Agency
Mass St
Sir Mass St
Gibbs
Glenshire
Star Brand
Star‘Brand
Santa Fe
Fred Marvey
Daily Economy
Carlsbad
N. M
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Caverns
Clovis
Cail
Addy
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