Labor board hearing tests Leisersons role and Witt doubts
The article details a House committee review of the Wagner Act board's operations. It cites William M. Leiserson proposing Witt’s dismissal for administration problems and questions about board procedures, ex examiner references, and memories of prior cases.
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Radio frequency mix up sparks city police alert
Christmas parade traffic duties lead Chief Jude Anderson to monitor a radio call that proves misrouted to Kansas station KQB from Tyler Texas. The misunderstanding highlights cross state frequency interference and local police handling of stray signal reports amid holiday preparations.
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Bill Hayter
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Soviet Russia protests Britain move while Finnish front advances
Moscow reports Britain blocks exports to Germany provoking a Soviet protest deemed unprecedented. Red Army moves 3.5 to 4.5 miles in Finland and 5 to 7 kilometers on other fronts as weather limits air force recon. Moscow denounces Britain and France for violating international law and questions arms shipments to Finland.
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Transocean
Reich
Stockholm
Congressional tour ends at Scott Field after Fort Leavenworth visit
A five member congressional committee from Oklahoma, Wyoming, Alabama, Massachusetts and Iowa inspected Fort Leavenworth and met Kansas City delegates before departing for Scott Field Illinois. They received a 17 gun salute and viewed officers quarters and a command and general staff school class while dinner guests of Brig. Gen. Lesley J. McNair.
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Scott Field
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Oklahoma
Schwartz
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Alabama
Clason
Massachusetts
Martin
Iowa
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Post
Eudora Grade School to Stage Christmas Pageant
On Wednesday December 13 at 8 p.m. the Eudora grade school will stage a Nativity pageant at the Methodist church as part of the PTA night meeting. Arline Vitt plays Mary Joseph is Wilfred Trefz Bernardine Mohler is The Guardian Angel. Other groups portray shepherds heralds wise men and children of many lands. A choir will sing Christmas hymns from the balcony. Admission is free. A basement lunch will follow with proceeds to fund basketball suits for VE.
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Wilfred Trefz
Joseph
Bernadine Mohler
Angel
Golden Gate Exposition to Reopen Next Year
San Francisco announces funds sufficient to reopen the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition for four and a half years. George San Francisco hotel man reports new ample funds, surprising after liquidation proceedings suggested the affair would not reopen.
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San ‘Francisco
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Hiring Rule Under Fire in Local Labor Board Hearing
A fragmentary note from a December hearing cites conflicts over a rule on hiring labor. Officials and union representatives debated compliance and potential impacts on job access and wage standards.
Army figures show 205 813 in uniform by late November
Washington reports the regular army has risen to a new high, with 205 813 in uniform by November 30 and potential additions of about 2 000 since then. Officials doubt the January goal of 227 000 will be reached.
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Washington
Roosevelt
League of Nations faces grave hour over Finnish appeal
Secretary General Avenol listed 14 Finnish documents including notes with Russia and Helsinki bombardment report. Hambro warned of danger as the assembly convened to defend League ideals and prepare for a new starting point amid Russian aggression claims.
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Egypt
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Deaths and Funerals Emma Lorene Brakman
Emma Lorene Brakman aged one year nine months died yesterday morning at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held from the Rumsey Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs William Brakman a sister Arlene grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Brokman and a grandmother Mrs Logan Dick all of Lawrence.
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University Band to Present Williams Symphony Pieces
The 110 piece University of Kansas band conducted by Russell L. Wiley performs its annual fall concert at Hoch Auditorium tonight at 8:15 PM. The program features parts of Symphony in C Minor Mirror by Ernest S. Williams with two movements and 718 numbers including three soloists and a saxophone.
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Middlewest
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Quintet to Perform Tomorrow Night at Concert
The quintet will be featured at tomorrow night’s concert. Admission is 35 cents for those without student activity tickets.
Night of January 16th opens Fraser theater play at KU
KU coed Jean Brown plays the secretary in the three act murder trial production The Night of January 16th staged by 28 Hill thespians directed by Allen Crafton with Les Dixon as prosecuting attorney The four night run begins Tuesday with tickets still available for opening night and limited seats for subsequent performances
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Jean Brown
Hoisington
Les Dixon
Atchison
Don _ Dixon
Jis
Dixon
Girl Who Shot Football Sweetheart Is Charged
Lois Jeannie Vannersdel a 19 year old Colorado State College student was charged with assault with intent to kill and assault with a deadly weapon after shooting Aggie football star Walter Lyons at her apartment on November 29. Lyons remained hospitalized with a punctured left lung as deputies said the incident followed a rovers quarrel.
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Lois Jeannie Vannersdel
Colorado State College
Walter Lyons
Aggie
Yons
Winton M. Ault
Nazi Plane Spotted Over British Channel Town
Fishermen report a German plane flying very low off the southeast coast of England. The aircraft with a visible swastika tail crossed the channel after cruising over a nearby town, and no raid warning or shots occurred.
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London
England
First Mortgage Loans Offered for Farm and Business Property
Local notice advertises first mortgage loans on farm and business property with rates from 4.44 to 5 percent and a new FHA rate of 4.14 percent. Quick service promised by S. C. Hinshaw at 539 Eldridge Hotel Building.
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Eldridge Hotel
Greek 'Steamer' or Tepedoed Wenden Incident Dec 11
A fragment notes a December 11 incident involving a Greek steamer or Tepedoed vessel near a coast, with four persons mentioned in incomplete details.
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Byia
Autographed Woodward Book Joins Alumni Library
Chester Woodward, longtime Brynwood alumnus and former K U L alumni president, has donated an autographed copy of his travel and art study Out of the Blue. The volume details his world travels after a summer trip, and the author once led the Brynwood Acacia property near cam, reflecting regional drug store history.
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K. U
Woodward
Toka
Alumni Association
K. UL
Grange Opens Convention in Neodesha With 250 Delegates
The Kansas State Grange opened its annual convention in Neodesha on December 11 with more than 250 delegates. Sta Master C Cogswell Kingman led the gathering as subad tions and gift subscriptions to the Journal World drew interest.
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Sta Master
C. C
Cogswell Kingman
Kansas State Grange
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