Woman Runs Global Concert Bureau for Disabled Veterans
New York publicist Miss Jean Tennyson heads a nonprofit network arranging free performances for veterans in 130 hospitals. With Leo Stankowski, she coordinates 24 top artists including Lily Pons and Arthur Rubenstein. By season end over 380 concerts will have been staged, aiding patients both physically and mentally.
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New York
Jean Tennyson
Lily Pons
Margaret Truman
Elizio Pinza
Arthur Rubenstein
Gladia Swarthout
Benny Goodman
Miss Tennyson
Anities
Pao Td
Leo Stankowski
Veterans’ Hospital
Chicago
Jean
Claudio Arrau
Mias Tennyson
Dallas
Tex
Jarmila Novotna
Misa Tennyson
Red Faces in Detroit Follow Tale About Shoes
In Detroit on December 8 1973 rival papers traded jokes over a shoes tale. The Free Press reported a mysterious disappearance involving 16 shoes at a cobbler shop hinting at shipfire or amnesia ties. Lordly owner William J Scripps later revealed as the Detroit News director had not claimed his footwear.
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Detroit
Free Press
SPT
Torontea
William J. Scripps
Detroi News
Scripps
Virginia Scripps
Daniel Carbone
VA announces new pension rates effective this month
The Veterans Administration says new compensation and pension rates take effect this month and will appear in veterans checks around January 1. Existing disability recipients will receive increases automatically without filing. War II veterans with 50 to 100 percent disability gain dependents allowances, with forms to establish entitlement mailed by VA. Veterans must provide satisfactory proof of dependency.
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Veterans Administration
How to craft personal Christmas cards from photos
The article guides economical methods for making holiday photo cards. It covers contact prints, lettering directly on photos, copying greetings, and using ready made kits. It notes paper types, masking for negative prints, and matching envelopes, with a closing historical note on Jericho dating back 7,000 years.
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Kodak
Huge Christmas Tree Erected on Mt Oread Amid Hitches
KU students watched the Frank Strong rotunda become alive with a towering cedar being raised and secured for the Yuletide display. Workmen wrestled the tree through doors and balanced it on a revolving apparatus while branches were trimmed and popcorn ropes prepared. Jayhawk Boat Club members attended a Chamber of Commerce meeting as part of holiday events.
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England
K.U
Frank Strong
Design Department
Ray Ottinger
Jayhawk Boat Club
Chamber of Commerce
New York City
Hudson River
State Tax Collections Slip in November
State revenue and taxation commission reports a 0.1 percent drop in November collections from a year earlier. Sales tax led the decline with a 7.18 percent decrease, while five month total funds reached 32,220,737, up 3.53 percent from the previous year. November receipts totaled 35,696,697 and sales tax receipts 2,705,322.
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Topeka
Dec
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Fred Horn
Talk on Journalism by L N Flint at Sigma Delta Chi meeting
Professor emeritus L N Flint of Kansas University will review the department's history for Sigma Delta Chi members Monday night. Flint helped establish the journalism program, wrote textbooks, and is a former KU alumni president. Twenty five new initiates from several cities will join at a Newbridge Hotel, including George Brown Jr and others.
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L. N. Flint
K. U
Sigma Delta Chi
Flint
University
Trem
Side
Newridge
A. U
George Brown
Jr. Lawrence
Robert P. Sigman
de Soto
Gerald Edgar
Meriden
Robert J. Leonard
Emporia
Stephen P. Murphy
Brooklyn
N. Y
William R. Graves
el Dorado
Oren W. Wright
Coffey
Salina
William FE. Knepper
Kansas City
Kan
Edward J. Chanin
William R. DeLay
William R. Stratton
William S. Chapman
Arthur E. Schaaf
Topeka
One Year Gift Subscription to The Journal World
Advertises a Christmas present of a year long subscription to The Journal World. Calls for inquiries by phone at 22 or by mail or carrier to learn rates and arrange delivery.
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Journal-World
The
Journal- World
One and One Half Cent Stamps Not Valid for Christmas Cards
Postmaster Williams warned that 1 1/2 cent stamps cannot be used on third class mail for Christmas cards. Unsealed greeting cards must use two cent or three cent stamps for first class mail to ensure delivery. Cards with insufficient postage may be returned or sent to the dead letter office during peak season.
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Roger Williams
Williams
Wiliams
Deve Ton
Chamber of Commerce
Euwith
Vermont Street
KR OU
Wes Hoo
KOU
Frank Strom Ball
Willams E
Man Cannot Use Burial Fund While Alive in Arizona
Joe Gorman, a former featherweight fighter from San Francisco, learned a $4000 funeral fund set up by friends cannot be used during his life. The fund grew from $2900 after a benefit and interest, but Gorman has kept it invested and now cannot access it for his needs.
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Yuma, Ariz
Joe Gorman
Gorman
Sana Francisco
Groman
Joe
Yuma
San Princetsco
Jove
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Arthur S. Jensen
Mt. Oread
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Rankin Drug CO
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