NBC to broadcast salute to the AP on Rockefeller Center building dedication
New York December 7 The NBC Blue network will air a one hour Christmas day salute to the Associated Press celebrating its new Rockefeller Center building. Byron Price explains the AP news gathering and the drama of its ten best stories of the year. The AP, founded 1848, now operates a 285000 mile leased wire system serving 1400 newspapers with 400 staff across four floors.
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NBC
Associated Press
Rockefeller Center
National Broadcasting Company
Blue
World-Wide Cooperative News Gathering Association
Telegraph
Lincoln
General Custer
Samoa
Maine
San Francisco
Byron Price
Association
Kent Cooper
Cooperative Press Association
Fifth Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Lower Broadway
Alexander Jones
Madison Avenue
Hay Fever at KU a sharp campus hit despite fears
A Kansas University dramatic club production of Hay Fever receives praise for brisk pacing and strong performances. Lucile Wagner as Judith Bliss stands out with a commanding stage presence, while Lucille Gaynor and Robert Rohde garner laughs and depth. The cast includes Mary Noel, Marvin M Moon, Elmer McCarty, Roberta Cook, and Earl Port er under Chris Anthemums direction with Robert Johnson’s set design and music between acts. A separate note reports Cristobal Panama Canal Zone drawing a 100 jurors panel for the espionage trial of Hans Heinrich Schackow, a German ship line employee, in a parallel dispatch.
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Lawrence
K. A
Lucile Wagner
Judith Bliss
Mad Blisses
Judith
Mrs. Bliss
Simon
Sorel
David
Mary Noel
Sorel Bliss
Robert Rohde
Marvin M. Moon
David Bliss
Lucille Gaynor
Jackie Coryton
Martha Raye
Bliss
Sandy Tyrell
Elmer McCarty
Myra Arundel
Roberta Cook
Richard Greatham
Earl Porter
Chris Anthemums
Allen Crafton
Robert Johnson
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Hans Heinrich Schackow
Haphag-Lloyd
Panama Canal Zone
Today’s Crossword Puzzle Across and Down
Across clues include Building dedicated to Christian worship and Positive electric poles. Down entries cover Bonbons Tomboy American Indian Sun god and River in New Mexico and Arizona. The puzzle lists many related terms such as Money paid in medieval times to avoid blood feud and Form of greeting.
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Bird of Prey
Christmas Baskets Drive Aims To Feed Local Families
Captain Olin Brigman of the Salvation Army urges local residents to give to Christmas kettles at Montgomery Ward and Woolworths. Donations of money and food are sought to fund and assemble baskets, with a pickup for food by calling 633. The group plans a downtown Christmas basket headquarters to be announced later.
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Olin Brigman
Salvation Army
Montgomery Ward’s
Woolworth’s
Vermont
Army
Brigman
Warning on overtime by employers in wage hour rules
Washington reports deputy wage hour administrator Paul Sifton warns employers against winking at unrecorded overtime. He urges that any overtime hours worked without explicit authority must be recorded and counted, and notes that prohibiting overtime while allowing it unofficially violates the law. Each employee must have daily and weekly hours recorded.
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Washington
Paul Sifton
Sifton
Puzzled Over a Listing for Vernis O. George
Secretary of State Frank J. Ryan and Vernis O. George, Ness county’s representative elect, debate how to list his occupation in the legislative directory. George says he is neither a student nor an insurance man, having finished studies at Kansas and delaying business entry until after the session. Ryan considers past present or future occupation options.
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Topeka
Frank J. Ryan
Vernis O. George
Ness County
George
Ryan
University of Kansas
Hull Sees Conference as Aid to Inter-American Understanding
Secretary Hull, en route to Lima for the Pan American conference, said sessions should strengthen inter American solidarity and understanding. He emphasized preserving gains toward an international order based on peace and welfare for western hemisphere peoples as the delegation heads to Lima for the opening.
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Callao
Peru
Hull
Lima
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Social Security Meeting at Court House Heads by Mrs Watson
Mrs Mildred Watson head of welfare work Douglas county will address an open Social Security association meeting at the court house Friday evening December 9 at 730 She will explain welfare law operations and enforcement aims of the group to study state welfare laws and their implementation for the benefit of those served The gathering is expected to draw a full house.
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The
Social Security Association
Court House
Mildred Watson
Douglas County
Watson
Carr appeals case in vote fraud conviction in Kansas
John Carr, former Quindaro township road overseer, convicted of irregularities in the 1936 Wyandotte county election, has appealed to the state supreme court. He was sentenced to 1 to 3 years, but execution stayed pending appeal. Charges allege he helped mark 300 ballots the night before the election. four others await trial.
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Kansas City
Kan
John Carr
Quindaro Township
Wyandotte County
Supreme Court
Carr
E. L. Fischer
Japanese student at Kansas State risks funds from Tokyo YMCA
A Tokyo YMCA financed Japanese graduate student at Kansas State College cannot receive $200 via import ban. Miss Shige Namba may sell merchandise to raise funds and continue her studies.
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Manhattan
Japan
Kansas State College
Shige. Namba
Tokyo Y.M.C.A
Red Cross Gains Record Membership Under Hughes Praise
Chief Justice Hughes lauds the Red Cross as a unifying force at its annual board meeting. Norman Davis, reappointed by President Roosevelt for another year, is celebrated as national chairman. Davis estimates the latest roll call at about 5,701,500 members, up 170,000 from last year and 2,000,000 from six years ago.
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Washington
Hughes
Red Cross
Red Cross Board of Incorporators
Norman Davis
Roosevelt
Davis
The
Red Cross Leader Davis Praised by Chief Justice
The article notes Chief Justice praising Davis as Red Cross leader and cites that American people have donated over $58,009,000 in three roll calls and four special appeals in the last two and a half years. Davis urged unity among Americans during peace debates and highlighted humanitarian generosity.
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Red Cross
Davis
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