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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1940

Page

6

Several Plans For Kansas Redistricting Studied

Washington reports Kansas will study multiple schemes to reduce seven congressional districts to six after 1940 census figures. The move could trigger a six district map for the 78th Congress starting January 1943 unless Congress changes the apportionment method. Rees and Houston figures appear in shifting district lines and eastern versus western balance is debated. The C.P.A. Oyster Supper at Midland Hall will discuss state redistricting later tonight.

Washington Kansas Congress Census Bureau Roosevelt Rees Houston D-Kan

Recital by Simpson G Criss at Hoch Auditorium

Recital by Simpson G Criss Simpson assistant professor of organ and piano at the University of Kansas will be held in Hoch auditorium at 4 oclock Sunday afternoon. The program features Mozart Fantasia in F minor Guilmant arrangement of a Corelli Prelude and the complete 38th Symphony for organ by Louis Vierne. Simpson, organist at the Congregational church in Lawrence, has studied under notable teachers and led the Kansas Chapter of Guild of Organists. The event lasts about one hour and is open to the public.

G. Criss Simpson University of Kansas Hoch Simpson Albert Riemenschneider Louis Dupre Palmer Christian Arthur Poister Kansas Guild of Organists Lawrence Mozart Guilmant Louis Vierne

University of Kansas Orchestra Plays Till Eulenspiegel Tonight

The 100 member KU Symphony Orchestra performs in Hoch Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tonight featuring Till Eulenspiegel Opus 28 and a program of Strauss, Ravel, and Gershwin pieces. Seventeen Lawrence students play among the instrumentalists led by Eugene Crabb.

Till Eulenspiegel University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra Hoch Auditorium Lawrence Esther Eddy Chapman Tracy Ruth King Barbara Hull Helen Pierson June Draper Richard Rice Jack Stevenson Dorothy Gehrer Curtis Johnson Olga Carl Erna Carl Ann Murray Helen Howe Robert Pine Keith Allen Mary Weinberg Richard Strauss

Army changes salute rule for tank crews during anthem

Washington December 5 the army revised regulations to let occupants of tanks and combat vehicles stay inside when the national anthem plays. Previously all vehicles in motion had to halt and nearly everyone must salute. under the new rule only commanders in motorized units typically must dismount and salute while the vehicle remains stationary.

Washington Army

New Books at Free Public Library List

A catalog listing new fiction and non fiction titles received by the Free Public Library. Authors include Benet Sut Fair Hawthorne Keiland Long Winter and Wilder along with non fiction works from Amstutz Dewey and the Federal Writers' Project. The compilation shows a wide range of titles across genres.

Free Public Library Benet Roxana Rampant Boylston Sut Barton Carrol Conduh Deening Deming Penny Marsh Doner Edgerton Amy Emery West ‘Point Erskine Fair Farjeen Gallagher Goertz Goudge Smoky House Graves Lamb America Gruber French Key Hawthorne Shining Tree Heyliger Jacob Johnson Flight Seven Keiland Valley of the Sun Kelly Krey Litten Loundes Mallette Medary Edra Milne Red House Montgomery Morgan Popkin Presnell Robertson Firebrand Burnt Creek Spence Stewart Reilly Dean Rinehart Ruck Stern Bert Blake O. T. Sprigge Raven’s Wing Thompson Blue Horizon Tunis Urmston Walpole Wilder Wright

Fire damages St Benedict's college building

A fire at St Benedict's college in Atchison Kansas damaged the old classroom and refectory. Father Cuthbert McDonald, director, estimated the loss at 15000 dollars. The origin of the blaze was not determined.

St. Benedict’s Atchison, Kan St. Benedict’s College Cuthbert McDonald

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