Island defense a difficult job in lecture on Philippines
Captain John D. Craig spoke to about 3 000 at Hoch auditorium on the Philippines last night. He warned that most strategists doubt the islands can be defended and described Japan's plans to seize resources, including hemp from Davao, to fuel a long regional war. He noted Moro resistance to 1946 independence and Japan built schools, urging vigilance of U S interests and Philippine ties. School damage at two sites was repaired with only minor losses.
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John D. Craig
University of Kansas
Hoch
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Celebes Islands
Captain Craig
Japan
United States
Davao
Manila
Craig
Philippine
Curtain Up on Thunder Rock at University of Kansas
The University of Kansas drama department opens Thunder Rock at Fraser hall Little theater tonight at 8. The cast includes Harlan Hutchins Betty Lou Perkins Edith Ann Fleming Allan Crafton and Robert Calderwood in key roles. The drama follows David Charleston a retired reporter who seeks escape in a lighthouse imagining a better past and learns the past holds the same troubles as today before renewed faith amid looming war.
Athletic Board to Meet for KU Coaching Reemployment
The University of Kansas athletic board is called to a session on December 17, the day of KU’s first basketball game. Main business includes reemployment of coaching staff members. The board’s finance committee met to prepare the budget for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas Athletic Board
W. W. Davis
Regional meeting attendance by Indian school superintendents
Supt. G Warren Spaulding of Haskell Institute left for Oklahoma City to attend a regional meeting of superintendents of Indian schools and reservations in the Oklahoma and Kansas area. He will return Wednesday morning. Principal Solon G Ayers is on a tour to Chicago and several states giving oral exams to prospective Indian service teachers and plans to return around January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Warren Spaulding
Haskell Institute
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Solon G. Ayers
Chicago
Ill
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Nebraska
Final Drive for Shelter Aims to Reach $4000
Save the Children committee conducts a final drive for the Jayhawk Shelter fund this week. Total cash and pledges stand at $2921.38 with a $4000 goal. Downtown area has contributed $183.19 to date, per James Postma, chairmen for that district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Save the Children Committee
Jayhawk
James Postma
Huddleston Dies After Auto Crash in Topeka
Thomas A. Huddleston 67 president of the Oskaloosa state bank died in a Topeka hospital after being struck by an automobile in Oska loosa this morning. A lifelong resident born January 4 1874, he was honored for his mail subscription to the Journal-World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Thomas A. Huddleston
Puzzle clues from a historic newspaper page
A dense set of horizontal and vertical crossword clues lists many definitions and word fits. The grid includes terms for anatomy, geography, mythology, chemistry, and places, with entries such as Roman road and Arabian province, alongside clues for gods, metals, and common objects.
Red Cross sewing drive seeks machine stitchers
Fifteen hundred yards of outing flannel arrived for layettes and gowns. Mrs F P OBrien urges Lawrence women to sew cut and machine stitch gowns in bundles of five. Volunteers may call 392 or Mrs OBrien at 1287. sewing room hours listed. project aims to finish in weeks as material delays ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
F. P. Obrien
Lawrence
Red Cross Sewing Room
O Brien
Ed Anderson
Cornerstone Laid for Jayhawk Ordnance Plant in Pittsburg
The cornerstone of the Jayhawk Ordnance Plant in Pittsburg was laid yesterday by Kenneth A. Spencer, president of the Military Chemical Works, with high ranking army officers attending. An estimated crowd of 10,000 gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Jayhawk Ordnance Plant
Kenneth A. Spencer
Military Chemical Works
Soldier Dies In Accidental Overturn At Jayhawks Plant
Pvt. Evrad Dunkle 22 was fatally injured during cornerstone laying ceremonies at the Jayhawks ordnance plant when an army scout car overturned. Three other soldiers were hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Evrad Dunkle
Jayhawks
No Leaves Cancelled At Fort Riley Commandant States
Fort Riley Kansas December 9 Brig Gen Robert C Rodgers Fort Riley commandant said no cancellation of leaves or recall of furloughed soldiers has been ordered. He added the Pacific war outbreak will not immediately affect troop training and unusual precautions have been taken to guard vital facilities at the fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Riley
Kan
Robert C. Rodgers
Rodgers
Pacific
Thanksgiving family gathering and local notices in Columbia
Thanksgiving dinners and caregiving moved through Columbia households as families hosted relatives from Midland and Lafayette Indiana. A death of former resident Samuel Churchbaugh was reported and a local food sale at the gas office in Lawrence cleared about 19 dollars.
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Frieda Rothchild
John Brohammer
David Rothchild
Harold Brohammer
Camp Robinson
Elwood Deay
Lawrence
Frank Deay
Walter Duver
Will Postma
Richard
Laurie Postma
Charlie Brohammer
Lloyd Shuck
Eva
Warren
Howard
Charles Shuck
Darrell
Barbara
Oscar Shuck
Bryan
Beth Kring
Dave Wray
Anna Crippe
Ernest Wray
Howard Deay
Lafayette
Ind
Deay
del Deay
Virgil Shoemaker
Billy
Bobby
Midland
Samuel Churchbaugh
Army Air Corps enlistment and local social notes
Robert Wesley Hird enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Topeka and will attend a five month mechanized school after transfer from Fort Leavenworth to Biloxi. Thanksgiving visits include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gregory with the Elkins and Colman families in Eudora and nearby homes. Jolly Quilters finished projects, voted a Christmas party for December 15 and a Salvation Army food basket. 4-H champion Mildred Johanning earned a trip to Chicago for the livestock expo as part of the national 4-H club congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wesley Hird
Arthur Hird
Army Air Corps
Topeka
Ft. Leavenworth
Biloxi
Fred Gregory
Will Elkins
Eudora
Lee Colman
C. EL. Stanwix
Jeanne
John Calhoun
John Ingalls
Anna Houk
Jolly
Ruby Buchiem
Salvation Army
Pearl Schneider
Watson
Lula Strona
Lula Bahnmaier
Vere
Frank Dornon
Billie Mac
Monument
Kan
Mildred Johanning
Chicago
Mildred
C. E Stanwix
Jean
Kansas City
Sellars
Gus Nuffer
Milton Kraft
Lawrence
Mary Coffman
Evelyn Harrell
Alvin
Vernon
Eldridge
Stanwixham
Kanwaka Farm Bureau
Haskell Auditorium
Roll
Thanksgiving social notes from Pickens and vicinity
Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings are listed, naming numerous residents and relatives from Pickens, Oakridge, Tonganoxie, Lawrence, Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas. Several couples, guests, and extended family members are mentioned with travel to Holton, Leavenworth, and East Greenwich.
Thanksgiving Vacation Ends as Local School Notes Key Names
The text records local families visiting and students achieving spelling scores. Fred Cowles and daughter Freda. Velma German of Kansas City stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Janice German. Children Joan Dunlap Buddy Jones Betty Henak Barbara Henak Edna Henik scored 100 in spelling last week. A hot cocoa and marshmallows lunch was served. No school last Thursday and Friday. Mrs Hoopes spent vacation in Ottawa. Students learn Christmas songs and create posters. Reid Dunlap was absent November 25 due to illness. No other November absences reported.
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Frank Hubbard
Roy Siscoe
Oakridge
Barbara Henak
Kath
Jeen Hall
Kansas City
Castee
Edna Jones
Tonganoxie
Leonard Anderson
Buddy
Everett Mitchell
George Henik
Leavenworth
Billy Winklemann
Holton
Laura Anderson
Therese Dunlap
Phinney
George Henrk
Fred
Edna
Herbert Torneden
Robert Gabel
W. C. Gabel
East Greenwich
A.L
Pensacola
Fla
John Martin
Walter Huntley
Joe Lisson
Chris Schubert
Henik
Charles Henik
Willard Hubbard
Arnold Ward
D. F. Siscoe and
Kan
T.E. Hubbard
Dorothy
Roy
Casteel
Ruby Henik
Lawrence
Frank Henik
Villa Eden
Fdna
Quince German
Ley
S. P. Colns
Ernest Cowles
Fred Cowles
Freda
Velma German
Janice German
Joan Dunlap
Buddy Jones
Betty
Edna Henik
Community Notes From Ives Chapel Area This Week
Mr. and Mrs. George Fredricks of Vilas visit relatives Ada Belle and children join Mrs. August Wartzack and Mrs. Olive Verhoff for visits. Kansas City guests join Wartracks for Thanksgiving. Cards and refreshments mark a social evening hosted by Ernest Butell and Oscar Haile with many neighbors. Deane family works on interior decorating in their new home and built a double.
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George Fredricks
Donald and
George, Jr
Ada Belle
Vilas
August Wartzack
Olive Verhoff
Jack Howard
Kansas City
Ray Lobingier
Ray
Ernest Butell
Oscar Haile
C. FE. Story
Roy Stecker
Cecil
Charles Jardon
George Butell
Bobbie
Howard Butler
Verhoff
Miller Jackson
Dolores
Thomas Lucas
Lee Hadley
A. Williams
P. N. Miller
Butell
Haile
Deane
Town Notes On Visits And Farm News From The County
The column lists Sunday visits by Mr. and Mrs. August Goebel and daughters Vera May and Bula Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith and daughters Shirley and Sharon of Topeka, and Mrs. Ray Lobingier. Lawrence residents Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Howard visited Hadley parents in town, while the Emrys hosted Thanksgiving with Jess Emery. Farmers face muddy fields delaying corn harvest as Thanksgiving travel continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Mackey
di Pardes
August Goebel
Vera May
Bula Ray
Ted Smith
Shirley
Sharon
Topeka
Ray Lobingier
Glenn Howard
Lawrence
Jess Emery
Albert Williams
Missouri
Raymond Barkley
Eka
Friay
W. Shirk
Denver
Colo
Harry Shirk
Utah
Charles Winegar
Pete ‘Eggelson
Baldwin
George Sommer
Oscar Haile
Bud
Salina
Geneseo
Frank Lobingler
P. Miller
Howard Butler
Noble Grands Club
Rebekah Hall
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Arabian
Great Lake
Nevada City
Isi
Libyan
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Berlin
U. S
Libya
Columbia
Turkey
Kansas Public Service Company
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