Week of New Theatrical Releases At Local Theatres
Next week features Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in Bitter Sweet for four days. Escape to Glory with Pat O Brien and Constance Bennett plays three. Too Many Girls, a fast musical comedy, runs four days. Sky Murder with Walter Pidgeon and Donald Meek and Angels Over Broadway with Douglas Fairbanks Jr Rita Hayworth run four days. Shirley Temple stars in Young People with Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood Sunday and Monday. Edison the Man with Spencer Tracy returns for three days. Sandy Gets Her Man features Baby Sandy Stuart Erwin and Una Merkel Friday and Saturday. Brother Orchid with Edward G Robinson Ann Sothern and Humprey Bogart for three days. Red Barry in The Tulsa Kid closes the slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Walter Pidgeon
Donald Meek
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Thomas Mitchell
Rita Hayworth
Edison the Man
Spencer Tracy
Great Inventor
Sandy
Baby Sandy
Stuart Erwin
Una Merkel
Edward G. Robinson
Ann Sothern
Humprey Bogart
Military Academy
Tommy Kelly
Jackie Sears
Red Barry
The
Indians Lose at Emporia in Boxing Show
The Haskell Indians dropped five of eight bouts in Emporia last night. Wilkie weighed 15 pounds less than Pete Gonzales but won on decision. Whitebeaver defeated Amayo, Wise beat Buck by KO, Schuyler fell to Brown, Chibbutty lost to Ortega, Phillips edged by Aguilar, Stack lost to Garcia, and Quinton lost to Cooper. They travel to Coffeyville for a December 18 contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Indians
Emporia
Charles Wilkie
Pete Gonzales
Kansas City
Kan
Wilbur Whitebeaver
Lou Amayo
Jerome Wise
Vernon Buck
James Schuyler
Haskell
Claude Brown
Charles Chibbutty
Tony Ortega
Willie” Phillips
Jose Aguiler
Ernest Stack
Garcia
Ted Quinton
Cooper
Coffeyville
Defense plan boosts aircraft output to 40 000 yearly
Washington reports that using automobile factories to build military aircraft could raise production to 40 000 planes a year by 1942. Four new plants west of the Mississippi will assemble finished aircraft from car-made parts, with Kansas City and Omaha hosting two 2 400-a-year two ego bombers and two 1 200-a-year four-motor bombers. The plan includes Tulsa under construction and aims for mass production in about 15 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Mississippi River
War Department and Defense Commission
Kansas City
Omaha
Neb
Tulsa
Okla
Naval Construction
S. M. Robinson
Bureau of Ships
Admiral Robinson
Navy
Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
Harrison
D-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
William S. Knudsen
Defense Commission
Detroit
North American Aviation Corporation of
California
Martin Company of
Baltimore
Knudsen Urges Speed to Fill Defense Orders
Detroit December 7 William S Knudsen National Defense Coordinator urged accelerated defense material production to deter war by showing readiness Investors from Packard Chrysler GM and Ford spoke as Knudsen pressed using subcontractors to ease toolroom strain He noted 10.5 billion in orders have been allocated and warned the program will grow tougher as it expands
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
National Defense
William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
Aircraft Club of
Charles E. Sorenson
Ford Motor Company
Defense Production
Commission
Kansas horticultural society fills key posts at meeting
The Kansas Horticultural Society elected James Homer Sharpe of Council Grove as president and Herbert L. Drake of Bethel as vice president. Fred Hasler of Halstead became treasurer and George W. Kinkead of Topeka secretary. Scott Kelsey of Topeka headed the potato show board. Other officers include Ralph Travis of Manhattan vice president Peter Underwood of Lawrence treasurer and QO. OQ. Browning of Linwood secretary. J. C. Mohler of Topeka advisory director with Deal Six of Lawrence Manhattan's J. O. Miller and Mohler chosen to board of managers. Sweet potato growers elected Arthur Travis of Manhattan president of their association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
The
Kansas Horticultural Society
James Homer Sharpe
Council Grove
Herbert L. Drake
Bethel
Fred Hasler
Halstead
George W. Kinkead
Topeka
Scott Kelsey
Toneka
Kansas
J. C. Mohler
Deal Six
Lawrence
J. O. Miller
Manhattan
Kelsey
Mohler
Sweet Potato Growers
Arthur Travis
Parade Riders List From Christmas Parade
The horse section of the Christmas parade featured riders from multiple towns listing names and addresses. Notables include Earl Higgins 780 Lincoln Mrs Beardsly 780 Lincoln Earl Erwin 1137 Conn and many others across Lawrence Linwood Baldwin Baldwin New York City visitors and local clubs are named among the riders with addresses and affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Higgins
Lincoln
Beardsly
Earl Erwin
Ariene Daily
Lawrence Arthur Turney
Carl Sprague
Lawrence Elmer Reetz
Linwood
Florence Teres
Turk
San Francisco
Calif
Virginia
Walters
Lawren Bill Reusch
Eudora Elmer Brown
la Verne White
Marylin Ann Perry
West Campus
Mabel Green
Dale Anderson
Ala
Punch Collins
Lees Summit
Jimmy Hemphill
E. 19Th
Evelyn Barnsford
Learnard Delores Rogers
Howard Aldrich
Baldwin
Jim Dowers
Arlie Hempher
Alfred Lyon
George Christ
Maple Robert Whaley
Alice Spitz
Parkside Ave
New York City
Dick Dyer
Jack Thomas
Lois Tucker
Walter J. Shoebener
Daniel Bernstein
Mass
Budd Arthur
Eldridge Hotel
Absentee Ballot Misses Count In Kansas Vote
W L White, an Emporia newspaper man in London, cast an absentee ballot on November 6 that arrived in Topeka yesterday and would not be counted as it failed to reach the secretary of state ten days after the election. Secretary Frank J Ryan said the envelope probably won’t be opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
W. L. White
Emporia
London
Kansas
Secretary of State
Frank J. Ryan
Baldwin News Briefs Mention Local Lodge Officers
Mrs. Mary Martin spent Thursday afternoon in Lawrence. The Masonic lodge elected officers at its meeting last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Martin
Lawrence
Masonic Lodge
Baker Echoes Pupils and Community Events
Pledges from Tri Delta with the dean of women's blessing enjoyed a trip to Kansas City visiting the homes of several pledges. The Baldwin high school band directed by Baker student Bill Abbott performed in Lawrence’s Santa Claus parade. Dr. and Mrs. William M. Balch drove to Ottawa for a Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks memorial service. The Baldwin Hatchery moved to the former Kilgore hardware building on High street run by Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Gillespie. Coach Emil S. Liston spoke at Oskaloosa football banquet and later at Onganoxie during a turkey dinner for the high school team. Clyde Hughes’ baby improves after Lysol exposure last Thursday. Albert Brown and Richard Roper, Baker students, bought Mac’s Cafe from Mr. and Mrs. George McFerren and assumed possession Friday. C. W. Ridgway suffered bruises in a car accident three miles east of Scott City last week on an icy road with a heavily loaded trailer. The Tuesday Reading club will hold its annual Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Frank C. Leitaker next Tuesday at 6 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale Steele
Earl Morris
Allen Daugherty
Hewitt Taylor
Olive Price
Milward Idol
Jack Parker
Robinson
Baldwin
Ida
Robert
T. J. Keohane
Ruby Keohane
Raymond Nelson
Red Cross
Tom Hill
Lawrence
Alpha Chi Omega
Mary Jo Thew
Earl F. Martin
Alpha Chi
Ralph Harman
Zeta Chi
Mary Blackburn
Sigma Phi Epsilon
University of Kansas
Baker
Tri Delta
Kansas City
Bill’ Abbott
William M. Balch
Ottawa
Balch
Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elk
Onganoxie
Clyde Hughes
Albert Brown
Richard Roper
Reading Club
Frank C. Leitaker
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Granada
Shirley Temple
Ak Oakie
Charlotte Greenwood
Patee
Jeanette
MacDonald
the Jayhawker
Noel Coward
Lucille Ball
Richard Carlson
Ann Miller
Eddie Bracken
Frances Langford
Desi Arnaz
Hal LeRoy
Journal-World
Shirley
Con
Saen Oakie
Edison
Knudson
Cecil B. DeMille
Northwest Mounted Police
Gary Cooper
Coward
Ziegfeld
Broadway
Core Spy
Alice Faye
Betty Grable
Tin Pan Alley
Social Security Board
Baldwin News
Renall
ARROW
What
Wild Bill” Elliot
Prairie Schooners
NN Sian
Mit bin Bogart
Freeman
Joe E. Brown
Robt
Montgomery
Carefree Collegians
RouanEe Hart
Pottawatomie
George Abbott
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