Sydney Sunk In Battle With Steiermark Off Australia
The 6,380 ton Australian cruiser Sydney sank German raider Steiermark after a fierce fight near the Cocos Islands. Sydney and 645 aboard are presumed lost after the engagement. Steiermark had sunk nine ships and attacked a tenth before the clash, with 400 officers and men aboard.
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London
Sydney
Germany
Australia
Cocos Islands
Emden
Steiermark
Kormoran
Strugle
John Curtin
Sidney
Mediterranean
Bartolomeo Colleoni
Admiralty
Curtin
Shipping to Hongkong isolates Shanghai from sea routes
Shanghai reports that the British Admiralty ordered all British China coast shipping to Hongkong. The move affects four major British lines, severing most China port connections. No further American steamers are calling. Dutch lines have cancelled sailings, leaving limited French and Japanese traffic.
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Shanghai
Hongkong
Tientsin
Tsingtao
Chefoo
Amoy
Wichita School Head Quits After 30 Years in Charge
Wichita mayor and education board receive resignation notice from L. W. Mayberry after a 30 year tenure as superintendent. He will serve until August 1, 1943 ending a term that began when he moved from Iola Kansas where he was superintendent five years. Prior to that he held superintendent roles in Kansas City.
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Wichita
Wichita Schools
L. W. Mayberry
Board of Education
Iola
Kan
Kansas City
Small Roof Fire at Hyde Home on Tennessee Street
A small roof fire at M. F. Hyde home at 1606 Tennessee Street was extinguished by the city fire department this morning. Fire Chief Paul Ingels estimated the damage as minor.
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M. F. Hyde
Tennessee Street
Paul Ingels
Charley Peterson to Demonstrate Billiards at Union Tonight
Charley Peterson, famed billiard trick shot artist, will perform in the Memorial Union game room tonight as part of Religious Emphasis Week activities sponsored by the Student Union Activity Committee. The campus crowd has grown with each appearance, marking his third KU visit.
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Charles’ C Peterson
Memorial Union
Peterson
Altho
Y.W.C.A
Memorial Union Building
K. U
G.O.P
Topeka
Joe Stryker
Fredonia
Bob Groom
Wichita
Banker W G Tulloss Dies in Ottawa at 65
W G Tulloss a banker and stockman of Rantoul Kansas died in an Ottawa hospital from heart disease. He was 65 and survived by his family.
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W. G. Tulloss
Ottawa
Kan
Rantoul
Banker and Stockman
Ottaw
Miss the Goal in Annual Roll Call for Red Cross
Report to the Red Cross board shows canvass short of the goal though Lawrence district exceeds last year by about 160 dollars. Final total expected to match year-ago level with next days effort. new county nurse Eva M. Bourne reports two clinics and school visits.
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Red Cross Board
Harold G. Barr
Lawrence
Barr
Douglas County
Red Cross
American Red Cross
J. W. Murray
Eva
R. J. Zeidler
Ed Wood
Baldwin
U. S. Army
More Taxes Paid In November Tax Totals Rise
County Treasurer Roy Flory reports November tax collections exceeded last year by 18306.84. Current taxes paid were 124946.42 with back taxes 4159.71 totaling 129106.13. In 1940 November current taxes were 106221.09 and back taxes 4578.20 for a total of 110799.29. First half payment of current taxes without penalty continues until December 20.
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Roy Flory
U. S. Deficit Grows as Receipts Lag Spending in Fall Months
Treasury figures show for the first five months of the fiscal year ending November 30 the government took in about 2.95 billion dollars while spending 8.996 billion, yielding a deficit of 6.042 billion. Officials note receipts fall short of expenses by roughly three to one and express hope for improved tax receipts under a new program.
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Washington
Treasury
Miss Mary Miles to Speak at First Presbyterian Luncheon
Luncheon at 1 oclock Wednesday by the Women's Guild of First Presbyterian church features Miss Mary Miles as speaker. She is the assistant director of the Westminster Foundation at the University of Kansas and a former teacher in a Japanese girls school under the Foreign Missions board. Her topic is Lights Shining in the Darkness. devotion will be led by Mrs John C Leforgee. unit chairman Mrs S Leroy Myers presides. All church ladies and friends are invited.
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Mary Miles
First Presbyterian Church
Women’s Guild
Miss Miles
Westminster Foundation
University of Kansas
Japan
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
United States
John C. Leforgee
S. Leroy Myers
Church
Tax-voted funds set to impact year-end programs
The report notes that new taxes passed this year will take effect later, while a current focus remains on an additional program estimated at about $5 billion. Defense spending dominates, accounting for 70 percent of expenditures and totaling $6,367,631,056 over five months.
Kansas State seniors join all star squad for Fort Riley game
Nine Kansas State College seniors will join the Kansas all star football squad for workouts in preparation for a game with the cavalry team from Fort Riley in Manhattan on Saturday. A Christmas gift idea is a mail subscription to the Journal-World, phone number 22.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
Kansas
The
Journal-World
Winter demands probe of Rural Electrification Administration
Rep. Thomas D. Winter of Kansas urges investigation into the Rural Electrification Administration charging mismanagement and communist influence. He cites open copper stockpiles in Texas and a proposed holding company scheme, and alleges rapid nationalization of power by the administration as a goal. He calls for support of national foreign policy and defense commitments.
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Washington
Thomas D. Winter
Aean
Friends of Farm Electrification
Winter
R.E.A
Texas
Gilmer
Tex
Grand River
Oklahoma
Grand River Dam
Arkansas Valley Authority
TVA
Critique of Public Trust in Federal Defense Policy
The speaker argued that a large segment of the public doubts the President and his administration. He charged that national defense is being abused as a pretext to perpetuate and expand federal activities, diverting resources from bona fide defense needs.
White Pleads Guilty in Kansas Liquor Case
Neal White, 68, of Lawrence, pleaded guilty before Judge Richard J. Hopkins in Kansas City Kansas to operating an unlicensed distillery. He received a three-year suspended sentence after a whiskey still was found in a chicken house at his home. The arrest was by Deputy Wayne Owens, Undersheriff Lathrop Read Jr., and County Attorney Milton Beach. William E. Newman of Oskaloosa also received a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to importing liquor into Kansas.
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Tra Neal White
Lawrence
Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas City
Kan
White
Wayne Owens
Lathrop B. Read, Jr
Milton
Beach
William E. Newman
Oskaloosa
Hopkins
Kansas
Marriage License Granted in Valley Falls
Probate Judge Frank R. Gray issued a marriage license to Merle B. Hauck and Louise W. Warren, residents of Valley Falls. Also notes a Journal-World gift subscription offer and a Christmas reminder line with a contact phone.
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Frank R. Gray
Merle B. Hauck
Louise W. Warren
Valley Falls
Fresh grapefruit added to blue stamp list for December
Douglas county announces December blue stamp commodities with fresh grapefruit joining pork butter on surplus for welfare clients. The rest of the list matches November including eggs cereal beans and all fresh vegetables plus fruits like pears apples and oranges.
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Douglas County
Social Notes From Topeka and Kansas City Gatherings
Mrs W H Sears Mrs H G Shinn and Mrs C C Perkins drove to Kansas City yesterday with Mrs Otis F Allen of Topeka to attend a luncheon for the Sigma Nu Mothers club at Mrs Lyle Fogel s home. Mrs F W McCarty and Mrs L A Calkins were assisting hostesses. Mr and Mrs Oliver De Watteville and children Marylu and Richard Oliver of Tulsa Okla and Mr and Mrs Roland De Watteville of Kansas City Mo spent the weekend with Mrs C L De Watteville. Miss Helen Garman a teacher in Emporia high school and the College of Emporia spent Thanksgiving vacation with Mrs I M Harper and Miss Iva Belle Harper. Several social affairs were given in her honor. Mr and Mrs Roy Matherly 621 Rhode Island street are moving to Albany Cal. Mr Matherly will be employed at the Ship Building corporation at Richmond Cal. Mrs Frank Knotts is recovering from a major operation which she underwent Saturday morning at Memorial hospital.
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W. H. Sears
H. G Shinn
C. C. Perkins
Kansas City
Otis F. Allen
Topeka
Sigma Nu Mothers’ Club
Lyle Fogel
F. W. McCarty
L.A. Calkins
Roland de Watteville
C. L. de Watteville
Helen Garman
Emporia High School
College of Emporia
I. M. Harper
Iva Belle Harper
Roy Matherly
Rhode Island Street
Albany
Cal
Matherly
The
Ship Building Corporation
Richmond
Frank Knotts
Memorial Hospital
Local News Briefs From Around Town
C C Shimmons left for Tulsa to work in defense plants. Lowell Bailey a high school math teacher was ill and could not meet classes. Henry Cobb and family host their daughter Mrs Andrew E Stumbaugh and Mr Stumbaugh of Altulas Cal for a three week vacation. Lieut Robert Schlessinger on transfer from Wyoming to Virginia visited his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Julius Marks. Mrs F W Gaunt left for New Gulf Tex to spend three months.
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C. Shimmons
Tulsa
Okla
Lowell Bailey
Henry Cobb
Andrew E. Stumbaugh
Stumbaugh
Altulas
Cal
Robert Schlessinger
Wyoming
Virginia
Julius Marks
F. W. Gaunt
New Gulf
Tex
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Britain
Ark Royal
Gibraltar
British Admiralty
China Coast
David Watermulder
Student Christian Federation
Ministers Conference
Charley Peterson
Landscape Gardner
Arthur
Berger
Gardner
Berger and Lamard
Toledo
Fraser Theater
R 3. W. Koopman
School of Engineering
Kappa Eta Kappa
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Professor Koopman
Allen Shantz
Roger Prior
Vernon McKale
Red Cross Board of Directors
U. S
K.S
REA
Hixon’s Studio
Mass
AAA
Veach
Harper's
Haynes & Keene
Vereen
United States Defense Savings
Ronald Reagan
Joan Perry
James Gleason
Granada
Gargan
Somone
Carl Graeber
Crown Drug
Round Corner Drug Co
Rtd
Joan Blondell
Robert Benchley
Gail Patrick
Jock Carson
Call Yaar Y
Joyce Jane Ey Sade
Sheldon Leonard
Don “Red” Barry
Eddie Foy, JR
Jane Clyde
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