Eight Die As United Air Lines Crashes Near Chicago
A United Air Lines Mainliner crashed near Chicago municipal airport killing eight people including pilot Capt. Philip C. Scott and co pilot George S. Young. Investigators examined icing none reported by crew as cause while witnesses described a loss of speed on approach and a nose dive into a vacant lot.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
Keating Avenue
64Th Street
J. H. Herlihy
Line
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Philip C. Scott
George S. Young
Oak Park
Ill
Stuart W. Moore
U. S. Ordnance Engineers
Cleveland
Wilbert J. Austin
Austin Company
Jane Selby
Akron
Chicago Candy Company
Lee F. Haneline
Downers Grove
Eastern Division
Keller F. Melton
WPA
Charles W. Manville
National Refinery Company
New York
Philadelphia
Scott
Airtit
Young
Richard Rocas
Woodbury
George Kougourian
Socolofsky Burns Patient Set to Return to Classes
John Socolofsky of Ottawa, burned weeks ago, remains in Watkins Memorial Hospital but attends classes and may become a style setter. He wears a white skull cap and endures taunts about his “feminine style” as he recovers from scalp neck and shoulder injuries from a home accident.
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John Socolofsky
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Socolofsky
Ottawa
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Olive Jessie Priest
Mrs Olive Jessie Priest died at an Independence hospital yesterday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at Rumsey funeral home at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Survivors include her husband S F Priest a daughter Rosalie two brothers Don Edmonds of Independence Mo and Dale Edmonds of Blue Mound.
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Olive Jessie Priest
Independence, Mo
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
S. F. Priest
Rosalie
Don Edmonds
Dale Edmonds
Blue Mound
Winter Company expands lease for used car reconditioning
The Winter Chevrolet company has leased 738 New Hampshire street across from its current showrooms from Park Hetzel. The space will be used to recondition used cars, increasing room for customer service at the existing location. Sid Mitchell, a Winchester auto mechanic of 12 years, joins the reconditioning staff. Ted Cox, recently hired by H D Hill Motor, joins the customer service department.
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Winter Chevrolet Company
New Hampshire Street
Park Hetzel
Sid Mitchell
Winchester
Ted Cox
H. D. Hill Motor Company
Kansas couples marry in probate court ceremony
Married yesterday by Probate Judge Frank R. Gray in Kansas City Kansas are Alberta Jones and George Bennett. A license was issued for Bernard E. Travis and Eureva H. Ward of Topeka.
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George Bennett
Alberta Jones
Kansas City
Kan
Frank R. Gray
Bernard E. Travis
Eureva H. Ward
Topeka
Advalorem and specific duties and the income tax
Ad valorem duties tax imported goods by value at a fixed percentage. Specific duties tax by quantity at a fixed rate. Income tax is usually graduated to take a higher share from higher incomes.
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Hoover
Lawrence News In Brief From Junior Red Cross to Observatories
In Lawrence notices a Junior Red Cross appeal nominates Miss Mary McCracken as sponsor for nut cups and tray favors for veterans. Palace clothing store to display Colin Rice all-America team photos tomorrow morning. Also reported: University observatory open house for Saturn and Jupiter. Red Grange interview on WREN. local postal worker Roger Williams improving after surgery. flying squirrels escape after a tree fall near Lakeview.
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Red Cross
Veterans’ Hospital
Mary McCracken
Cc. D. Maier
Palace Clothing
Collier’s
Fifth Wettest November In Kansas Is Reported
Last month was the fifth wettest November in 53 years of Kansas weather records and among the coldest. A severe cold wave from the 10th to 15th set new low November readings in many towns, with Oberling recording 19 below zero on the 14th. Average temperature 40.4 degrees, 2.8 below normal, lowest in five years. rainfall 2.63 inches, 1.36 above normal across eastern 3.40, middle 2.98, western 1.52.
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Topeka
Kansas
D. Florez
Oberling
U S Credit to Argentina Planned as Hundred Million Line
Washington reports the treasury and Export-Import Bank will extend a $100 million credit to Argentina. Secretary Morgenthau notes a potential $50 million stabilization fund loan to back the balance and stabilize monetary relations between the Argentine and United States currencies.
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U. S
Argentina
Washington
Treasury and Export-Import Bank
Morgenthau
Treasury
Army Recruits Depart to Fort Riley from Leavenworth
A group of 116 army recruits left the Fort Leavenworth reception center by special train today bound for Fort Riley. Thirty eight members came from St. Louis and the move marks the first such transfer from the center to Fort Riley.
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Fort Riley Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Riley
St. Louis
Tickets go on sale for Cradle Song drama at Fraser
Reserved tickets for the University drama Cradle Song go on sale this morning. The Fraser theater production opens Tuesday night for four performances with a 15 member cast mostly students. Dress rehearsals are scheduled and the Greenhall ticket office will operate mornings and afternoons.
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Don Dixon
Martinez Siertfa
Fraser Theater
James Barrier
Broadway
Eva le Gallienne
Civic Repertory Theatre
Cradle Song
James Barton
Robert Calderwood
Cradle, Song
Greenhall
Health meeting marks twenty first anniversary
University of Kansas Health Service sends Pamphlets for the twenty first anniversary meeting of the American Student Health association to be held in Ann Arbor Michigan December 27 28 in connection with the dedication of the new Health Service building at the University of Michigan The pamphlets list 87 attendees including Dr John Sundwall former Kansas State head Dr James Naismith and charter members Kansas University and Kansas State Manhattan Kan with Naismith noted as late. Dr Canuteson and another KU medical staff member will attend the meeting.
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American Student Health Association
University of Kansas Health Service
Ralph I. Canuteson
K. U. Service
Ann Arbor
Mich
Health Service
University of Michigan
John Sundwall
University of Minnesota
K. U
James Naismith
Amon
Kansas State
Manhattan
Canuteson
Roosevelt to seek Seaway pact with Canada
President Roosevelt said Congress will be asked in January to approve a treaty with Canada to complete the St. Lawrence seaway and power project. A. A. Berle Jr. delivered the address at the Great Lakes seaway and power conference outlining the administration’s plan.
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Detroit
Roosevelt
Congress
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
A. A. Berle, Jr
Truman to duty with 35th division in early December
Maj. Gen. Ralph E. Truman, commander of the 35th division, will be ordered to active duty next Monday. He and 12 staff officers and 20 enlisted men will serve in Kansas City December 9 to 22 for training planning, reconnoitering maneuver areas, and schedule setup.
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Washington
National Guard
Ralph E. Truman
Kansas City
Fort Benning
Truman
Infantry
Camp Joseph T. Robinson
Ark
Dramatics Club Presents Seventeen at Liberty Memorial High
The Dramatics club at Liberty Memorial High School will stage the Booth Tarkington story Seventeen tomorrow night at 8 15. Miss Florence Eaton directs the play.
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Dramatics Club
Booth Tarkington
Liberty Memorial High School
Florence Eaton
Annual Meeting of Douglas County Fair Assn
The annual meeting of the Douglas County Agriculture and Livestock Fair Association will be held at 8 p.m. on December 10, 1940, at the Big Springs school house. Pete Bahnmaier, Secretary-Advertisement.
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Douglas County Agriculture and Livestock Fair Assn
Big Springs
Pete Bahnmaier
Sec—Adv
Will wed a lieutenant in Kansas pact
A marriage license was issued in Junction City to Lieut. Ferrell Copeland of Tucson Arizona and Miss Edwina Lambertson of Fairview Kansas. Miss Lambertson is the daughter of Congressman W P Lambertson. Copeland, a cavalry reserve officer, will graduate from Fort Riley cavalry school Saturday and is assigned to the Seventh Cavalry Fort Bliss Texas. Plans were not known locally.
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Junction City
Kan
Ferrell Copeland
Tucson
Ariz
Edwina Lambertson
Fairview
Lambertson
W. P. Lambertson
Copeland
Cavalry Reserve
Fort Riley
Seventh Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Tex
Burke Files His Expenses For Governor Campaign
Topeka December 5 W H Burke filed an expense statement for his unsuccessful bid for Kansas governor. The amount spent totaled 182.50 with 50 filing fee 100 to the Democratic state committee 25 for communications and 7.50 for stamps and stationery. He ended 152.98 under incumbent Payne Ratner who won by 430 votes.
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Topeka
W. H. Burke
Kansas
Democratic State Committee
Burke
Payne Ratner
Coon Hunt at Lake View Club After Turkey Dinner
Members of the Lake View fishing and Shooting association plan a coon hunt Saturday night at 8 o'clock following a turkey dinner at the club house in Lake View.
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Lake View
Kansas Postmasters Confirmed
The senate confirmed today a slate of postmasters, advancing appointments across several districts and signaling full implementation of the postal staffing plan. Officials in Washington announced the decisions as part of routine confirmations.
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Kansas
Washington
Senate
Kansas Postmaster Nominees Named
The Kansas list includes Thomas W. Moore of Republic, George I. Althouse of Sabetha, and Lyell D. Ocobock of Scandia as postmaster nominees.
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Ing
Kansas
Thomas W. Moore
Republic
George I. Althouse
Sabetha
Lyell D. Ocobock
Scandia
Miner Wounded in Robbery Near Fulton Missouri
A 48 year old coal miner, P M K Fisher, is in critical condition after a robber shot through his cabin window at night. A man named Gallagher, living with Fisher, reported the incident to Deputy Sheriff J C Shelby. Gallagher and Fisher were together when the shot hit Fisher in the head, the robber then entered the one room home and took Fisher’s billfold. Fisher’s companion, J T Gaither, aided by declaring he would summon help, but the robber ordered them to turn around. Fisher is said to have a sister, Mrs Harry Still, living in Lawrence Kansas.
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Fulton
K. Fisher
Columbia
Gallagher
Fisher
J. C. Shelby
W. A. Schuler
J. T. Gaither
Gallaher
Harry Still
Lawrence
Kan
Governor Urges Vigilance On December Roads
Topeka Kansas December proclamation from Governor Payne Ratner urges motorists to exercise unusual care during December the extra hazardous month. It notes Kansas had its safest traffic year in 11 years in 1939 and second in a Midwest group, but 51 people died in traffic accidents in December 1939.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Pleasant Grove Local Chains of News and Visits
Reverend Dan Flory and wife travel to California for a Modesto Dunkard meeting and to visit their son Claud near Whittier. Mrs. Jack Dillon and Patsy, Johnnie, and Irene Daniels were in Lawrence Saturday.
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Dan Flory
California
Dunkard
Modesto
Claud
Whittier
Jack Dillon
Patsy
Johnnie
Irene Daniels
Lawrence
Lee Alexander
Lesle Demeritt
Belvoir
Bert Nichol
Walter Deay
Graham
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Manville
Melton
Holy Cross Hospital
Florence, M. Little
Owen M. Frederick
Olmstead
U. S. Army
George Haig
Haig
Francisco
Dayton
Paul Ryan
Tional Refiners
Roll
Officer Young
United
Austin
Los Angeles
Pennsylvania Central
Lovettsville
U.A.L
Utah
Herlihy
Kris Kringle
Fraser
Hugh Bruner
Jim Brown
Dean Rosen
Francis Domingo
Bob Groff
Herbert Hoover
Kevin Lindeman
Salina
Art Wahi
Saxman
John Chalfant
Bucklin
Ben Matassarin
Leavenworth
Fred Lawson
Independence
Building and Grounds Department
Norman
Texas
Claybourne
Delta Phi Delta
Fine Arts
F.a
Raphael
St. John
D.p.d.’S
Carl Mattern
Horace Mason
News Bureau
Five Mu Phis
Santa Claus
Zaida
Pratt
Juanita Austil
Kathryn McGauhey
White Cloud
Helen Cronemeyer
Chanute
Eileen Martin
Stuents
Dramatic Club
Tudent Union
Memorial Union
Nation Meyer
University of Kansas
William Herbert Carruth
Hattie Elizabeth Lewis
Mrs
Winter Company
Harold Earner
University Observatory
Saturn
Jupiter
Gwinn Henry
Red” Grange
Wren
Grange
Don Faurot
Roger Williams
Tom and
George Gulley
Lakeview
Gen. Truman
Georgia
New Books of All Publishers
Fine Bibles
Children’s Books
U.S
Geo. W. Stimpson
Teall Service Co
Westinghouse
Olson Bros
Allison-Armstrong
Jayhawker
Granada Varsity
Patee
Miner
M. K. Fisher
Journal-World
Pleasant Grove
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