Sedition Trial Up In The Air As Judge Dies
Washington December 1 The Mash sedition trial may be called off or continue with a reduced cast of defendants after Chief Justice Edward C Eicher died The prosecution may seek a substitution or await a mistrial decision The jury has heard extensive testimony and hundreds of government exhibits with thirty nine witnesses testifying and around 17 879 pages of transcript produced by the panel
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Washington
Edward C. Eicher
U. S. District Court
Justice Department
Beye
John Rogge
Rogge
Randa Biddle
James M. Proctor
Roosevelt
Shirta
William Dudley
Pelley
Sil
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
Obituary notices from Lawrence report Rose Holloway Hitchcock Hitchcock, aged 92, died in Burlington Colorado. She lived in Lawrence until 1910, moved to Colorado, and lived with her son Gordon Hitchcock after her husband’s 1911 death. Survived by sister Mrs Akers Lawrence two brothers Scott and Thomas Holloway Lawrence, 11 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services will be in Burlington with burial at Kirk Colorado. Also notice for Mrs Sarah Pennington Linwood died at daughter’s Topeka home. Service next Tuesday at 2 30 pm Baptist church Linwood burial Mt Sidney Cemetery Linwood.
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Rose Holloway Hitchcock
Lawrence
Rose Hollowayitchcock
Burlington
Colo
Colorado
Gordon Hitchcock
Sarah Pennington
Sarah, Pennington
Linwood
Birdie Orrick
Topeka
Baptist Church
L. C. Penthington
Kennas City
Offi Diate
Mt. Sidney
Senate panel delays Roosevelt appointees to surplus board
Washington December 1 The Senate Republican steering committee tentatively backed opposing confirmation of two Roosevelt appointees to the surplus war property board Former Gov Robert A Hurley of Connecticut and Lt Col Edward Heller of Boston The move followed inquiries into a 2 million loan to Narrange Insett Machine Co defended by the War Department Hurley said he had no connection with the loan and the board was created to manage 100 billion in war supplies Meanwhile in London a German high command statement said Germany might disavow the rules of international warfare under the Geneva and Hague conventions
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Washington
Senate Republican Steering Committee
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Robert A. Hurley
Connecticut
Edward Heller
War Department
Boston
Senate Military Committee
Thea Narrange Insett Machine Co
Hurley Ia
Heller
Department
Halter
Surplus ‘Property Board
Hurley
London
Germany
Stamp validity notes and dates from old periodical
An OCR fragment details U S stamp validity and expiration dates for various stamp books and periods. Mentions December good indefinitely, February and December deadlines, and specific stamp groupings with prices and uses for heating oil and home goods. Includes references to book numbers and coupon terms in a historical context.
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Associated Press
Mona
Guger
McKay Elected Leader of Motor Car Dealers Association
B D McKay is elected to head the Motor Car Dealers Association for the coming year. Officers include C W Davis of Kansas City as vice president and Jerry N Waddell of Salina as membership chairman. The notice also mentions a secretary-treasurer position and other officers.
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B.D. McKay
Sore ‘Secistina Ye Jesiaray
Ehineen
C. W. Davis
Kansas Ci
Jerry N. Waddell
Salina
Nazi Forces Fall Back Across Two Rivers in Allies Push
Front reports from European theater describe heavy bombardment as Allied and German units clash along the Roer and Maas rivers. American and British troops advance through Limburg and Venlo region, with towns like Linnich and Venlo contested. Seventh Army nears Strasbourg while Nazi withdrawals from Basel and Huningue are noted.
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Polce
Air Force
Holland
Wana
Ttenlo
Broskhuizen
Venlo
Broekhuizen
Maas
Vanspeierlingsbeek
Ninth Army
Vilof Lindern
Flossdorf
Beesorf
Roer
Linnich
Santinant
Wels
Rurich
Glimbach
Gevenich
Boslar
Julich
Alt
Vosges
Ips
Sacs
Huningue
Basel
Rhine
Alexander M. Patch
U. 8
Seventh Army
Haguenaus
Strasbourg
Claim Report Says Calcutta Dispatch False
A Chungking source close to Chiang Kai-Shek dismissed a London Daily Mail report of a separation between Chiang and his wife as malicious and unfounded. The dispatch was said to be discredited, while Chiang recovers from a prolonged illness without official detail.
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Prasz
Chungking
Chiang
Kai-Shek
Calcutta
London Daily Mail
Ching
Imo
United Ares Ae
Harkness
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
New York
L. Lung
War bond appeal urges full subscription to Six War Loan
A wartime appeal urges citizens to buy bonds to support U S and allied troops in Europe and the Pacific. It emphasizes sacrifice and duty, discourages opposition to the administration, and notes the First National Bank of Lawrence can assist buyers with selecting a suitable bond class and arranging payments.
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Europe
Pacific
United States of America
Ngland
Prne
Belgium
Holland
Norway
United States
First National Bank of Lawrence
Lawrence Lodge No 6 to Meet Monday for Master Masons Work
Lawrence lodge No 6 A F and A M will meet Monday afternoon at 4 o clock for Master Mason degree work. Visitors welcome. Clark Morton W M and V 2H Quakenbush Secy.
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Lawrence Lodge
A. F
A. M
Clark
Morton
W.M
Quakenbush
Secy
Sorority Life Is Subject Of Play Tuna in Yesterday
The first university dramatic production of the season is Tuna in Yesterday at Fraser theater December 12 and 13. An allgirl cast depicts college life during the arrival of military men and new wartime rules, directed by Allen Crafton with Hope Jeliizon and a seasoned Kansas City cast. Tickets go on sale December 8.
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Fraser Theater
Allen Crafton
Dvent
Lawrence
Army
Navy
Hope Jeliizon
Shirley Corlett
Kansas City
Opal ‘Oswalt
Sarah Heil
Roberta Sue McCluggage
Dooley
Jerry Reid
Virginia Davis
Elizabeth
Scotland
Beatrice Pierce
Dorothy Savage
Lonnie Markover
Utah
Kathleen Jones
Cornelia Ann Miller
Topeka
Bobie
Shirlean Hargiss
Toots Hostetter
Shirley Jae Wagner
University
Ames
Rosa
Gloria
Goff
Juanita Mills
Joan McCrory
Rowdy
Bobbie
Margie Johnson
Shirley Kelley
Violet Coward
Emily Stacey
Hill Dramatics
War Manpower Board Denies Three Appeals
The War Manpower Commission local board denied three appeals from former Sunflower Ordnance Works employees regarding certificates of availability. The board, with W C Nobles as non voting chair, Mayor C B Russell and Frank Rowland, found no proof of mistreatment or hardships. Crockrell had been promoted. Philippi and Hayes argued foreman mistreatment affecting quitting dates in November.
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War Manpower Commission
Grace G. Crockrell
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Crockrell
Gabe M. Hayes
Kansas City
De Gaulle Arrives in Moscow for Talks With Stalin
Franco leader Charles de Gaulle lands in Moscow to confer with Premier Joseph Stalin. He travels from Stalingrad via rail with Foreign Minister Bidault and General Juin. Discussions expected cover a Franco Soviet pact, postwar Germany fate, Rhineland status, and collective security.
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London
de Gaulle
Russia
Matshal Stalin
Moscow
Baku
Stalingrad
Georges Bidault
Alphonse Pierre Juin
Iropica
Germany
Rhineland
Western Reich
Coten
Lawrence high notes war bond drive and bird season updates
Lawrence reports a senior class assembly led by Principal Grsher to promote three war bonds with former students in service Bob Sneeg Floyd Cox and Floyd Ott on stage. Quail hunting ends with few hunters due to cold, Kansas overall had a good quota this year. Missouri and national notes include Washington clerical shifts and November licenses: Dorothy Goodrick begins work in the County Clerk office and 40 marriage licenses issued in November.
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Guente
Bob Sneeg
Marines
Floyd Cox
Air Corps
Floyd Ott
Navy
Kansas
Stute Fish and Game Commission
Service Family News from Local Armed Forces Members
Maj Ronald M Jetmore visits his parents at 1126 New Hampshire Street before leaving for Washington DC to join the Marine Corps. Bobby Rose of the Coast Guard arrives from Boston for a seven day furlough to his parents on Route 3 and sister at 1101 Vermont Street. Second Lt Stanley M Miller, from Majors Field Texas, moves to Waco Army Air Field to assume duties in the central flying training command. Pvt C C Morton, in the Hawaiian Islands, sends a cablegram while his wife and son stay with her mother on Vermont Street. John D McAlearney of the 85th Infantry division on the western front earns a Bronze Star for meritorious service in France on September 30. T/Sgt Maurice Roper serves with the Third Army. a November 15 letter to his mother says he is OK.
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Ronald M. Jetmore
Mra
H. A. Jetmore
Newampshire Street
Washington, D. C
Marine Corps
Bobby Rose
A. S. Coast Guard
Boston
Albert Rose
Route 3
Wilfred Hatfield
Vermont Street
Perry High School
Stanley M. Miller
AAF Training Command
Majors Field
Tex
Waco Army Air Field
Waco
Central Flying Training Command
C. C. Morton
Pvt. C. C. Morton
Hawaiian Islands
John D. McAlearney
85Th Infantry Division
Western Front
France
137Th Infantry
Maurice Roper
Third Army
Ace
Laura Roper
O.K
Plan for Freeze Bill Linked to War Powers Extension
In Washington on December 1 the plan to attach the social security payroll tax freeze to a war powers extension drew a cool reception in the Senate. Rep Kinyon of Minnesota, GOP leader on the House Ways and Means Committee, said the Senate would weld the two measures together when they reach that body. Leading senators were not sure it would.
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Washington
Senate
Representative Kinyon
Minnesota
Howays and Means
Destroyers Brave Fight in Philippines Sea Battle
A U S Navy report by Rear Admiral Sprague details October 24 action off Leyte where American destroyers and destroyer escorts faced 20 Japanese warships with no own losses. Two U S carriers sank and four damaged while rescue crews saved 1,400 men from the St Lo and Gambier Bay.
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The
Philippines
C.A.F. Sprague
Sprague
Leyte
St. Lo
Gambier Bay
Kalinin Bay
Fanshaw Bay
White Plains
Kitun Bay
Designs on exhibition at University of Kansas art museum
An air brush abstractions exhibit by fine arts students opens in Spooner Thayer basement. Works include Fog inspired by Carl Sandburg and Death by William Landor, exploring atmospheric forms through air brush techniques.
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School of Fine Arts
University of Kansas
Spooner-Thayer Museum
Carl Sandburg
William of Landor
Roosevelt approves immediate federal aqueduct to San Diego
President Roosevelt has approved immediate construction by the federal government of an aqueduct to transfer Colorado River waters via the Metropolitan aqueduct system to San Diego, California, at an estimated cost of 17,500,000 dollars. A bus stop incident meanwhile leaves Mrs. G. M Serons seriously injured in Lawrence, and local court fines reported for traffic violations including reckless driving and failure to observe signals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Colorado
San Diego
Calif
Cecil Stein
Robert Gurtler
Sunflower Sentinel Humor From War Time Job Form
In the Sunflower Sentinel employment supplement a filled form from Sunflower Ordnance Works shows a worker listing his willingness to take a powder plant job in France. The paper highlights the humor from soldiers overseas who sign I can stay and work anywhere in France as a light wartime aside.
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Sunflower Sentinel
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Ines
Sentinel
France
the Sentinel
Rosa Channel and Blackie Sanders New Studebaker Dealers
Rosa Channel and A B Blackie Sanders are named the new Studebaker car and truck dealers for the region surrounding the vicinity.
Tajeries tnin F Harold injury at Memorial Hospital
A woman named Tajeries tnin F Harold slipped at 2108 Beer Avenue and fractured a front tooth during an emergency treatment at Memorial Hospital. She was reported resting well at home after the incident.
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Harold
Beer Avenue
Rand
Memorial, Hospital
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