Kennedy resigns ambAssador post in Britain
Joseph P. Kennedy bids farewell at the state department and leaves for Palm Beach after announcing his resignation from the London ambassadorship. He says he is off the payroll unless needed. White House officials see no new post for him now.
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Washington
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
State Department
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Altho
Stephen Early
Early
Roosevelt
Joe
William C. Bullitt
France
John Cudahy
Belgium
United States
Europe
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Soviet
Russia
Alexander Weddell
Spain
London
Marshall Field
Chicago
John G. Winant
New Hampshire
Social Security
International Labor Office
Ray Atherton
Bullitt
National Defense Commission
Seven Drivers to Receive Rapid Transit Safety Honors
Seven Rapid Transit drivers will get safety awards at a 6:30 p.m. dinner at Evans Hearth. Guests include Mayor C B Russell Chief Jude Anderson Under sheriff Lathrop B Read Jr and Chamber of Commerce president Glenn Charlton. Third year honorees are O D Stewart Floyd Sample Paul Clawson Lawrence Hill and Leslie Owen. Second year John Long and first year E N Tavilor. Awards recognize a year without a chargeable accident.
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Rapid Transsit
Evans Hearth
Joe Wilson
C. B. Russell
Jude Anderson
Lathrop B. Read, Jr
Glenn Charlton
Chamber of Commerce
O. D. Stewart
Floyd Sample
Paul Clawson
Lawrence Hill
Leslie Owen
Wakefield Druggist Claude Rankin Dies in Wakefield
Wakefield Kan December 2 UPI Claude W Rankin 69 longtime Wakefield druggist died after a long illness Survivors include his widow a daughter Mrs T T Hogan Junction City and a son David Rankin FBI agent in San Francisco Funeral services will be in Wakefield Wednesday
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Wakefield
Clay Center
Kan
UPI
Claude W. Rankin
Wakefield Druggist
T. T. Hogan
Junction City
David Rankin
San Francisco
Students Return From Thanksgiving Break At KU
KU students return reluctantly to classes after a relaxed Thanksgiving. Clyde Bysom to play for ROTC ball Friday in Memorial Union ballroom with band led by Clyde H. Lucas. Chancellor Malott and Col Baldwin to receive guests as ROTC drills adjust December January credits.
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K.U. Grad
Clyde Bysom
R.0.t.c. Ball
Memorial Union Ballroom
Deane W. Malott
Karl Baldwin
Hill offices adorned with bouquets of mums and carnations
Bouquets of mums and carnations decorate several Hill offices, adding color and local cheer to the workspace. The arrangement suggests a seasonal or commemorative display, indicating attention to office ambiance and staff morale.
Rehearse for Play at K U Dramatic Club
The K U Dramatic Club prepares its production Cradle Song by Martinez Sierra at Fraser theater with dress rehearsal next Sunday and opening night December 10. James Barton directs with 15 cast members, 11 women, and 3 men in a period Spanish convent setting.
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K. U. Dramtiec Club
James Barton
Department of Speech and Dramatic Art
Fraser Theater
Martinez Sierra
K. A
Shirley
Jane
Ruble
Quality Street
Reda Durand
Philip Barry
The
Dramatic Club
Robert Calderwood
K. U
Jean Brown
Maria
Mary Robelene Scott
Liliom
Don Dixon
Dixon
Greenhall
Ilsa Nesbitt
Bernice Malm
Jean Beal
Jean McFarland
Greta Gibson
Sylvia Steeper
Mary O'Neill
Spencer Bayles
Joe Nelson
Acacia Lodge Special Communication Invites Visitors
Acacia Lodge No. 9 A F and A M holds a special communication Thursday December 5 at 4 30 p m. Third Degree. Visitors and sojourners cordially invited. R B Stevens W A M John H Parker secretary Adv.
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Lawrence Lodge No
A. F
A. M
H. Herbert Tuller
WM. W. H. Quakenbush
Sec’y
Acacia Lodge
R. B. Stevens
W.A.M
John H. Parker
Adv
United States Approves Credit for China Chungking Government
Senate banking and house coinage committees unanimously back a $100 million credit to the Chinese Chungking government. Half from the treasury stabilization fund and half from the Export-Import Bank. Morgenthau and Hull urge swift action as a vote of confidence is issued. Some senators warn the stabilization fund may be improper source.
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Washington
Senate Banking and House Coinage Committees
United States
Treasury
Hull
Chiang Kai-Shek
Morgenthau
House
Wagner
D-N.y
China Exchange
China
Congress
Adams
D-Colo
RFC
Ank
Moritz to Speak at KU YWCA YMCA Session
Paul Moritz returns to the University of Kansas campus to address the YWCA and YMCA in Memorial Union at 4 30 tomorrow afternoon on China's Christian Leaven. Lorenzo Fuller’s quartet provides music. A 3 30 reception in the Union men's lounge precedes the talk, open to non members.
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Paul Moritz
University of Kansas
Kansas Room
Memorial Union
China
Lorenzo Fuller
Moritz
Christian Youth Movement
Union Building
Do You Know Taxes and Their Burden
Answering questions about taxes as levies on property and people paid to meet government expenses. All workers bear taxes through production. estimates suggest about one fifth of production goes to taxes, with heavy taxes harming industry and employment.
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Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
President Roosevelt
Archie Jennings Fined for Reckless Driving
Archie Jennings was fined five dollars by the police court this morning on a charge of reckless driving.
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Archie Jennings
ULM GETS MARKETING RIGHT FROM BARNSDALL OIL DEAL
Lawrence agent John Ulm buys the marketing department for Barnsdall oil in his territory. R. A. Peek of Tulsa praises the Lawrence agency as among the best in 38 states. Over 20 years the agency averaged 3000 to 5000 dollars monthly with no collection losses. Ulm's marketing right serves parts of four counties. his office is 715 West Fifth Street.
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John Ulm
Lawrence
Barnsdall Oil Company
R. A. Peek
Tulsa
Barnsdall
Ulm
West Fifth Street
Talks on sculpture urge kids to explore clay talent
Bernard Frazier University of Kansas architecture and design instructor tells a Methodist church union group that children should be free to play with clay to develop any latent talent. He cites diverse sculptors and materials, arguing real sculpture conveys original ideas rather than mimicking taxidermy and old forms.
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Bernard Frazier
University of Kansas
Methodist Church
Frazier
Loren Withers to perform Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Loren Withers of Monett Missouri a senior in the school of fine arts will play the piano solo for the University of Kansas Symphony in Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue at the thirty eighth annual concert. Hoch auditorium hosts the 8 o clock Thursday night event with the Alice Sherbon concert dance group performing alongside the orchestra. Special lighting and original solo sections by each dancer are planned. The dance group includes Alice Sherbon John Cress Marjorie Perry Juanita Preist and Frederick Rogers.
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Loren Withers
Monett
School of Fine Arts
University of Kansas Symphony
George Gershwin
Hoch Auditorium
Alice Sherbon
John Cress
Marjorie Perry
Juanita Preist
Frederick Rogers
Trinity Lutheran to Host Annual Turkey Dinner and Meeting
The Brotherhood of Trinity Lutheran Church will hold its turkey dinner at the church on Thirteenth and New Hampshire streets Tuesday evening December 3 at 6 45 p m. John B Hinkson Northern Pacific agent will show moving pictures of Yellowstone and the Pacific Northwest. Miss Ednah Hopkins will perform violin numbers. Election of officers for 1941 will follow.
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Brotherhood of Trinity Lutheran Church
Thirteenth
New Hampshire
Johnb. Hinkson
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Yellowstone National Park
Pacific Northwest
Ednah Hopkins
Lawrence JCs Lunch Set At Wiedemanns
City notes report a JCs luncheon at Wiedemann s noon tomorrow. Welfare distribution issues in Turner hall raise questions about surplus food use and possible penalties. Kansas coaches Gwinn Henry and Hargiss to speak at upcoming banquets with Grange slated for interview.
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Gwinn Henry
Ayl
K. U
Dewey Case Subpoenas Target Lawrence Men
Two Lawrence men were subpoenaed to appear today before the federal grand jury in Kansas City Kansas in the case of Alexander Harlow Dewey a former KU student charged with evading the selective service draft law.
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Lawrence
Federal
Kansas City
Kan
Alexander Harlow Dewey
K. U
Canadian Wheat King Repeats Title at Grain Show
Francis Lloyd Rigby of Wembley Alberta wins the wheat king title at the International Livestock Exposition grain show for the third consecutive year. He repeats with the reward variety of hard red spring wheat.
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Chicago
Francis Lloyd Rigby
Wembley
Alta Canada
Appeals Drunk Driving Fine Searles Seeks District Review
Robert T. Searles was fined $50 in police court this morning for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The case was appealed to district court for review.
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Robert T. Searles
French Fleet Aims to Decide North Africa War Role
London reports detail rising pro British sentiment in French Africa as Weygand tours Algeria and Morocco. Observers debate whether Weygand will switch to the Free French and influence a potential British led push in North Africa, while Vichy loyalties and axis risks loom.
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London
Oran
Mediterranean
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Africa
Weyland
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
Tunis
Darlan
Jean Darlan
Vichy
French Empire
Weygand
Algeria
Morocco
War Office
Anthony Eden
Egypt
Middle East
Germany
Pierre Laval
Berlin
France
de Gaulle
Britain
Archibald P. Wavell
Australia
New Zealand
India
Wavell
French Foreign Legion
Italian Libya
Rodolfo Graziani
Axis
Hitler
Logan-Walter Bill Sent to the White House
The House passed the Logan-Walter bill by 176 to 51 and sent it to President Roosevelt. The measure would set uniform procedural standards for federal quasi judicial agencies and speed appeals of agency decisions. Senate Democratic Leader Barkley signaled a veto would be urged when the Senate approved it 27 to 25 last week.
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Washington
House
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Labor Board
Barkley
Congress
Gun Battle at Sedgwick Tavern Leaves Man Dead
A Sunday night gunfight at a Sedgwick county tavern left Virgil Ott dead, killed by a shotgun blast, with E M Turley injured in a leg. Deputy Sheriff Ralph DeWitt said two to three intruders fired, Ott is identified as the deceased, and Turley reported the attack after the break in. The clash shattered every window in the tavern during about 15 minutes of shooting.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
Ralph DeWitt
Virgil Ott
E. M. Turley
DeWitt
Ott
Turley
Yugoslavia to the Axis Alliance Reported
Diplomatic sources say a secret weekend meeting in Berlin between Adolf Hitler and Yugoslav Foreign Minister Aleksandar Cincar-Marković prepared Yugoslavia to join the tri‑partite pact. The accord would follow Hungary Romania and Slovakia in the German Italian Japanese 10 year military and economic agreement.
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Budapest
Adolf Hitler
Alesander Cincar-Markovic
Berlin
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Rumania
Slovakia
Indiana man crowned corn king at Chicago exposition
Charles N. Fischer of Shelbyville Indiana was named corn king at the International Livestock Exposition after judges chose his Johnson County White sample for uniform appearance over other yellow grains.
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Indiana
Chicago
Charles N. Fischer
Shelbyville
Ind
Johnson County
Ferguson Nominated as Federal Housing Administrator
Abner H. Ferguson of Washington was chosen by President Roosevelt to lead the federal housing administration succeeding the resignation of Stewart McDonald. The nomination announced in Washington on December 2 marks a key personnel shift in housing policy.
British Destroyer Sturdy Lost After Grounding
London reports that the British destroyer Sturdy was lost after running aground on the Scottish coast in bad weather. The official announcement was made tonight.
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London
Sturdy
British Bombers Hit Wilhelmshaven Shipyards
British air ministry reports raid by RAF bombers on Wilhelmshaven naval shipyards last night targeting German warship production and yard facilities.
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Naval
London
Wilhelmshaven
Air Ministry
Mrs Ella Swarthout Leaves for Houston Then LA
Mrs Ella G Swarthout has been a guest in her son Dean D M Swarthout's home and with Mrs Swarthout for several days. She left this morning for Houston on route to her home in Los Angeles. Dean and Mrs D M Swarthout and Prof and Mrs Waldemar Geltch attended the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra program in Kansas City yesterday.
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Ella G. Swarthout
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Swarthout
Houston
Tex
Los Angeles
Dean
D. M. Swarthout
Waldemar Geltch
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Kansas City
Cadets Join Two Month Session at CGSS in Leavenworth
Ninety seven regular army reserve and national guard officers enrolled in a two month session of the command and general staff school in Leavenworth Kansas. This marks the first class since the regular term ended last spring to allow participation in war games.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Regular Army
Reserve
National Guard
Command and General Staffs School
Italy Rations Expanded To Spaghetti Flour And Rice
Rome December 2 rationing extends to spaghetti flour and rice effective today in Italy. The measure adds these staples to the existing list of controlled food items as part of wartime food management.
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Rome
Italy
Truman May Step Down From 35th Division Post
The Star reports Maj. Gen. Ralph E. Truman likely will resign as commanding officer of the 35th Division National Guard near mobilization on December 23. Missouri Kansas and Nebraska governors reportedly have a three state rotation. Gov. Lloyd C. Stark says Missouri’s term ends this year and rotation will hold. Truman says he has heard no shift.
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Kansas City
the Star
Jefferson City
Ralph E. Truman
35Th Division
National Guard
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Lloyd C. Stark
Truman
Job Placements Dip in November in Kansas
Kansas Employment Service reported 4 318 placements in November down from 5 496 in October. Private jobs totaled 8 535 with public employment at 883. New applications rose to 7 022 versus 6 329 in October, reflecting month to month changes.
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Topeka
Dec
Kansas Employment Service
Not Ready for Air Service in Brazil
The Brazilian government informed Condor, a German sponsored Brazilian air transport firm, that the time is not opportune for the proposed two trans Atlantic air services and the company’s permission request was denied.
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Rio de Janeiro
Condor
Award to McCune Boy Wayne L Good Outstanding at 4-H
Wayne L. Good of McCune Kansas was named outstanding boy leader in community 4-H club work at the national congress during the International Livestock Exposition. He is a Kansas State College freshman with nine years in 4-H and won the Senator Capper college scholarship for 1940. The Moses leadership trophy accompanies a $300 Edward Foss Wilson scholarship.
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Chicago
Wayne L. Good
McCune
Kan
National Congress
Good
Kansas State College
Senator Capper
Moses
Edward Foss Wilson
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