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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1940

Page

3

Food Situation in England Grim, Hudson Warns

London December 11 R S Hudson minister of agriculture says Britain's food crisis is as severe as in 1917 urging higher home production. He notes navy wartime countermeasures are harder now and calls for female farm labor and strict rationing to keep people healthy. Lords debate over convoy system and navy air measures follows.

London Britain Hudson Farmers’ Club Lloyd George Armed Services House of Lords Lord Strabolgi Lord Templemore Navy Strabolgi Ministry of Shipping Mercantile Marine

Students Recital at University of Kansas Its Ensemble and Quartet Numbers

The KU student recital features instrumental ensemble pieces and a quartet, with vocal solos and piano works. Notable pieces include Liszt Audene Fausett, Go to Sleep and Wind and Pedal scriptures, and a Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho quartet. P. H. B. Smith dies in Oklahoma while digging a grave. the piece ends with classified page promo.

University of Kansas Frank Strong Ensneseensemateereeen Mlozale Eugene Nininger John Ebriich Hileen Martin Liszt Audene Fausett Trebarne Kathleen Manning Enleon Mary Louise Belcher Howard Hanson Betty Lou Rose the Little Damsel Dorothy Mae Nelson Helen Rymph Joshua Fit Jericho Rudolph Res Arthur Brock Sidney Dawson Lorenzo Fuller

U.S. Grants Large Loans to Argentina and Uruguay

Washington reports Jesse H. Jones announces loans of 60 million dollars to Argentina and 7.5 million to Uruguay. Both supersede earlier smaller credits, with Argentina a 50 million currency stabilization credit also being considered. Discussions include Peru and the Latin American loan fund.

Washington Jesse H. Jones Argentina Uruguay Jones United States Treasury Morgenthau Stabilization Fund Export-Import Bank Peru

Wheat Gets Green

Return of moderate weather in Kansas has wheat starting to green up in southern and western sections. Wheat pasture offers excellent livestock feed while soil moisture remains generally good though surface moisture is scarce in some northwestern counties. Some fields reseeded in drier soils and heavier November freezes may have caused damage, though extent is not yet clear. Fat cattle and lambs move to market with abundant sorghum and forage crops as supplement.

Topeka Kansas

Wesleyan Chorus Plans Messiah Performance Sunday

The Wesleyan chorus of First Methodist Church under Dorothy Enlow Miller will present Handel’s The Messiah during the 10:45 a.m. worship service. The 80-voice choir will perform the Christmas oratorio as part of the program.

Wesleyan Chorus First Methodist Church Dorothy Enlow Miller Handel

Evening music service features soloists and extended program

On December 15 soloists Hortense Harris Virginia Gsell Mary Elizabeth Bear Melva Good Phyllis Burgert Robert W Myers and William Henderson perform in a one hour ten minute music service. The Journal-World reports subscriptions to the paper are rising annually and invites readers to phone 22.

Hortense Harris Virginia Gsell Mary Elizabeth Bear Melva Good Phyllis Burgert Robert W. Myers William Henderson

SHOW BRITISH WEAKNESS German view on British claims in Egypt and Albania

German authorized sources in Berlin dismiss British and Albanian claims of victories as exaggerated episodes. They say Britain overstates successes while prisoners taken are small compared with England's losses in the western campaign last summer. They add the axis course remains unaffected by these episodes. Campaign Far Field House Manhattan Kan Dec 11 UP.

Berlin Egypt Albania England Far Field House Manhattan Kan

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Claim Constipation Relief

Columbus Ohio report credits Dr F M Edwards with a discovery to ease constipation and relieve headaches and fatigue. The advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a purely vegetable remedy that gently stimulates bowel movements and bile flow, priced at 15 30 and 60 cents.

Columbus Ohio F. M. Edwards Dr. Edwards

Kansas State college groups form fall-school committee

Fifty five Kansas State college cone organizations formed a fall school committee to campaign for a new field house. Don Makins of Abilene was chosen chairman and Mary Griswold of Manhattan secretary-treasurer.

Kansas State College Don Makins Abilene Mary Griswold Manhattan

Purchase at Aurora sale yields surprise find

In Aurora Nebraska on December 11 Tobe Catlett bought a chest of drawers for 40 cents. On the way home a drawer opened revealing an envelope with contents not specified in the fragment.

Aurora Neb Tobe Catlett

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