Heaviest German Raid on London Described as Extreme
Berlin reports declare last nights London raid the heaviest since Germany began air offensives on Britain. About 700 tons of explosives and 100 tons of incendiaries were dropped with fires forming a sea of flames. Casualties included nine civilians killed in Düsseldorf and surrounding areas. no military damage claimed.
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Berlin
London
Britain
Western Reich
Hich Command
High Command
Germany
Dusseldorf
Munich-Gladbach
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Duesseldorf
Lorient
France
English Channel
Bothtom
KU Play to Open Four Day Run Cradle Song
The Dramatic club at the university will open Mart nez Sierra's Cradle Song in Fraser theater for a four night run at 8 15 p m starting Tuesday. The play set in a Spanish convent follows a baby left at the convent who grows to womanhood and marries revealing nun characters with strong dramatic action.
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Fraser Theater
Dramatic Club
Martinez Sierra
Spain
Sierra
KU Organist Performs Vesper Recital in Hoch Hall
Guy Criss Simpson of the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts presented a vespers organ recital in Hoch Auditorium to a good audience. The program featured the five movement Vienne Third Symphony for the Organ, a rare complete performance, plus a Mozart Fantasia and Corelli Preludio from the Ninth Violin Concerto. The Corelli piece drew particular acclaim for its charm.
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Guy Criss Simpson
School of Fine Arts
University of Kansas
Hoch Auditorium
Simpson
Corelli
Show Japanese Prints at Spooner Thayer Oriental Gallery
Japanese and Chinese prints are on display in the Oriental or north gallery at Spooner Thayer museum. Three prints loaned by Mrs. E. H. Lindley join older selections from her recent trip abroad. In the nearby music room, rare 150 year old Japanese stencils used for decorating fine papers and silk are shown, cut from thick paper and held with hair nets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Spooner-Thayer Museum
E. H. Lindley
Induction Rejections Rise from Army Doctors
Washington officials disclosed that 10 to 28 percent of candidates passed by physicians at induction centers are rejected by army doctors. Dental defects account for over 30 percent of rejections, with mental deficiencies and vision also cited. New England shows the highest dental rejection rate, while the Midwest reports fewer cases.
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Washington
Selective Service
Army
New England
Middle West
Refugee Haven Considered for Virgin Islands
Washington report says the Virgin Islands may become a haven for financially independent European political refugees. State Justice and Interior Departments studied diplomatic legal and economic aspects but have not decided.
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Washington
Virgin Islands
United States
Denmark
Europe
State, Justice and Interior Departments
Largest Pennies Shipment Reaches Minneapolis Reserve
The Federal Reserve bank in Minneapolis received the city’s largest pennies shipment, valued at $40,000 and weighing 14 tons, to meet demand driven largely by new defense taxes.
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Minneapolis
UPI
Federal Reserve Bank
Thanksgiving social notes from Williamstown and Dean area
Community updates describe visits and gatherings over Thanksgiving. Families mentioned include O’Trimble, Brown, Skeet, Allen, and Webb households with relatives from Osceola, Lawrence, Topeka, Nortonville, and Perry. Local clubs Masonic? and Red Cross drive updates plus a Dean-Chester meeting and a Farm Bureau event are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian O'Trimble
Whortonville
Paul O'Trimble
Eugene O’trimble
Donna Jean
Junior
Frank Bracken
George Brown
Oskaloosa
Harland Brown
Snyder
Fort Scott
P. N. Rees
Leta
Mary Alice
Annabel
Marion
C. L. Vandiver
Silver Lake
T. C. Alien
Kansas City
Berylene Skeet
Junction City
Harold Skeet
Gary
Lawrence
Elton Wilson
Curtis
Mary Lou
Betty Jo
John
Lloyd
Duane Wilson
Hester Brown
A. A. Allen
W. H. Allen
Joan
Billie Lee
David
Keith
Gracie
Dean
Eugene O'Trimble
Nortonville
Charles’ Johnson
Elmer Cottrell
Ira Dunaway
Topeka
C. N. Rodman
John Smith
Tulsa
Oklo
Oak Grove Sunshine Club
Roy Brey
Don Roelofsz
Roy Abel
Red Cross
Hobart Stallards
Dan Doelofsz
Evans
Stanwix
Homer Cronk
Jefferson County
Jefferson County Farm Bureau Association
Ozawkie High School
Dean D. L. McFarland
Emporia State Teachers College
Ben White
Marjorie Partridge
Kan
Leo Jones
Perry
Joyce June Webb
Orlando Webb
Maude Webb
Reba
Douglas Webb
Dean-Chester
Dean School
Walter Wilbur
Community News Briefs From Jefferson County Area
Local social visits include Mrs. Jim Gordon and Mrs. George Brown spots of travel, while Charlene Grinter returns from Kansas City. Quail season ends and coon season opens as hunting trips continue. multiple families visit and travel between Lawrence Topeka and Perry.
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Jim Gordon
George Brown
A. A. Allen
Charlene Grinter
T.W.A
Kansas City
William Grinter
Willard Brammell
Topeka
Lawrence Dick
Lloyd Purcell
W. H. Allen
Billie Lee
Lewis ‘Williams
Rose Kyle
Maude Webb
Ernest Henley
Lawrence
Elizabeth Johnson
Ralph Baker
Lawrence Flower Club
Monay
George McCarty
Lecompton
McCarty
Minnie
Los Angeles
Calif
Sally
Longmont
Colo
A. B. Campbell
Sergeant O'Toole
Clarence Webb
Brownsville
Tex
Camp Bowie
Virgil Green
Jack Sherrod
Caney
Norman Hamm
Women's Society of Christian Service of
Thompsonville
Thompsonville Hall
Women's Rural Hope Club
H. A. Plough
Perry
Jefferson County
Perry Girls
Berryton
Perry Boys
Winchester
Jefferson County Farm Loan Association
Homer J. Sloop
Katie A. Reagan
J. D. Everett
Oskaloosa
Roy H. Johnston
George K. Patterson
Meriden
Edwin W. Sheldon
McLouth
Kansas Federation of National Farm Loan Associations
Wichita
Melvin Shoemaker
Jayhawk
Oskaloosa High School
Winchester Born and Girls
Valley Falls
Chubb
Baker University
Jefferson County Farm Bureau
Ozawkie High School
David L. McFarland
Emporia State Teachers College
Charley Johnson
R. W. Amerine
Charles. Johnson
Jack Kelsey
Donna Jean
Junior O'Trimble
David Allen
Robert Laptad
Bloomington
Thanksgiving Hospitality Across Neighbors in Kansas and Missouri
The Evening Star lists a flurry of visits and dinners as families from Lawrence, Topeka, Hesper, Bonner Springs, and Kaw Valley joined Thanksgiving gatherings with relatives in Wellsville and Salina. Guests included the Mencer, Abel, Hisele, Eisele, McCoy, Wilson, Neis, Edelbrock, Spitzli, Bernitz, Koch, and Browers families as well as Miss Ruby Ness and Miss June Louise Abel.
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Arthur Bernitz
Emma Strobel
Bert Mencer
Kansas City
Strobel
Martin Abel
June Louise
Homewood
George Abel
Will Hisele
Lawrence
Arthur Hisele
Christine Eisele
Eudora
Mary Eisele
Arthur Eisele
Spencer McCoy
Co. P. Barshfield
Lake of the Forest
Joe Seeley
Bonner Springs
C. W. Hardesty
McCoy
Ralph James
Kaw Valley
Mary
Christine Hisele
Walter Wilson
Nevieve
Orville Wilson
Salina
Glen Wilson
Gou
Wilson Home
Ben Neis
Otto Abel
Gideon Neis
Pete Neis
Carl Neis
al Neis
Wellsville
Fred Parks
Carl Luse
Yopeka
Marjorie Westerhouse
Sextette Club
Sam Beadleston
Eugene McCabrin
Carl Gerstenberger
Albert Hade
John Strong
Harry Warmker
Roy Cramer
Gena McCabrin
Albert Hadi
Sam_ Beadleston
Pete Edelbrook
Ralph Whaley
0. E. Handley
Reed McBee
Howard Kohler
Hesper
Everett Young
Topeka
Carl
Melvin Wilson
Norman Combest
Lill Combest
Wilber Hoppe
Freddie Ness
Lewie
Rinnie Richtermier
Dorothy Lee Grush
Gus Koch
Pete Edelbrock
Charline
Martin Breithaupt
Charlie Florance
Lone Star Lake
June Louise Abel
Martha Abel
Floyd Broers
George Broers
Homer
John Reusch
Oscar Broers
Clarence Broers
Raymond Bowen
John Williams
Wichita
Ruby Ness
Kansas Emporial Teachers College
Gideon Nels
Nels
Emporia
Vernon Strobel
Kansas
Carl Bernitz
Howard Pine
Frances Strobel
Raymond Steward
Missea Mary and
Esther Freese
Lawerence
George Ott
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Dolly
Daisy
Camp Holabird Quartermaster Corps Department
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Williamstown
Thos
Shendersc
Bryant
11Th and
Grand Kansas City, Missouri
R. H. Carlson
Victor
Household Finance Corporation
Evening Star
A. Y
Maytag
Lawrence Maytag
Nash
H.D. Hill Motor Co
N. H. St
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