How Lend-Lease Will Be Settled
Washington outlines a pattern for settleing lend-lease by erasing most cash debts and boosting world trade. Britain’s settlement: $650 million cash over 45 years at 2 percent, plus trade reforms and a push for a postwar trade conference. Other nations likely to follow the same approach as they are effectively broke.
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Washington
Britain
Truan
Congress
Agust
Byrnes
State Department
Treasury
United States of America
Act of Congress
Fvo
England
United Nations
Eudora P T A Meets for Partners Program at School
The Fudora P T A study group met Friday afternoon at the grade school with Mrs. Oscar Westerhouse leading the topic Parents and Teachers as Partners. The program featured grade songs, a flag salute, and reports on new curtains for grades one to four.
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Fudora P.T.A
Oscar Westerhouse
America
Miller
Mary Wreidensaul
TueStspeaer
Karl Bauer
Clarence Broers
Herbert Miner
Ruth McClanahan
Lester Massey
John Reusch
Leon Durr
Miner
P.T.A
Eudora
Shirley Temple Leaves to Be Near Husband in L A
Salt Lake City report says Shirley Temple left for Los Angeles after a weeklong visit to be near her husband, Set. John Agar, stationed at Kern A A F overseas replacement depot. She traveled with her mother, Mrs. George Temple.
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Salt Lake City
Shirley Temple
Los Angeles
John Agar
Kerns A
Very] Baker Injured In Monday Operation At Topeka Hospital
Baker, son of Mr and Mrs Baker from route four, underwent double operation Monday morning at B A hospital in Topeka. His condition is fair.
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Very
Wherry at Rotary Prominent Rotarian Leader Recalls War Service
Maj. Neal Wherry, former Lawrence High principal and Rotarian leader, described his wartime role with selective service in Washington under Maj. Gen. Hershey. The Lawrence club hosted visiting Rotarians and honored a British club with a toast tradition. Christmas party set for December 17.
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Maj
Neal Wherry
Rotary
Lawrence
128Rd
Selective Service
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Major Wherry
Charles W. Reagan
Warsons
Eroll T. Elliott
Richmond
Ind
R. E. Tutcher
Overbrook
George B. Metzster
Kansas City
Nelson P. Horn
Baker University
E. L. Kazer
Adel
Bob Talmadge
Air Service
Ralph Ward, Jr
Martin Dellincer
Ralph Ward
Bob Allen
F. C. Allen
John Josola
Haskell
Supt
S. O. Avers
George Daxter Smith
Awrence
Brierley Hills
England
Lawrence Club
Military troop ships to arrive at East and West Coast ports
More than 24 500 servicemen are due today on at least 300 troop carrying vessels. Five ships with over 3 600 are slated for New York and five with about 8 400 for Boston. Newport News has four with 1 100, plus Pacific arrivals: San Diego 4 000, Los Angeles 1 000, San Francisco 2 700, Portland 1 400, Tacoma 3 600, Seattle 300.
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New York
Boston
Newport News
Pacific
San Diego
Cal
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Tacoma, Wash
Seattle, Wash
MORE LIQUOR COMPLAINTS IN LEAVENWORTH
Leavenworth Kansas December 11 GM County Attorney Jesse A Nall filed eight additional liquor complaints and petitions for temporary injunctions bringing total actions to 38. Named in the filings are J J LeRoy Charles W Malady H J Markham W O Mitchell Sam Montgomery P W Morton Fred Pennington and Helen Parlin for possession of intoxicating liquor and maintenance of nuisances.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Jesse A. Nall
J. J. LeRoy
Charles W. Malady
H. J. Markham
W. O. Mitchell
Sam Montgomery
P. W. Morton
Fred Pennington
Helen Parlin
Two Firms Receive Charters In Topeka Listing
CM Kansas grants charters to Marvin Saquires Motor Company Inc in Olathe and Weathermaster Manufacturing Company Inc in Ton franoxie. Weathermaster will deal in minerals petroleum insulation and roofing supplies. Olathe firm will buy and sell motor vehicles farm machinery and electrical appliances. Each starts with 20000 dollars.
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Topeka
Kansas
Marvin-Saquires Motor Company, Inc
Olathe
Weathermaster Manufacturing Company, Inc
Tonfranoxie
Weathermaster Company
Olathe Corporation
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Judge Wilson
Marriage licenses issued yesterday at the office of Probate Judge J B Wilson to Mack Moran and Violet Jenkins of Topeka Ivan Roberts of Lawrence and Arlee Walbridge of McLouth James E Stafford and Jean Place both of Topeka.
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J. B. Wilson
Mack Moran
Violet Jenkins
Topeka
Ivan Roberts
Lawrence
Arlee Walbridge
McLouth
James E. Stafford
Jean Place
Atomic test plans target naval ships as well as cities
Washington reports plans for a joint atomic bomb test against warships while studies on bombing effects in Europe and Japan progress. The strategic bombing survey notes fire as the major killer in German air raids with about 500000 civilian deaths and warns of long term civilian harm and looming postwar famine.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Unon
Germany
Reich
Local Lawrence residents feature in city and state updates
A Southwestern Bell employee received a large box of belly from former Lawrence operator Gertrude Gordon now in Seattle. Douglas County Commissioners plan routine morning session while Judge Means and Ethel High conduct Anderson County district court in Garnett. Lawrence schools close December 18 for Christmas. reopen January 3, 1946. History professor F E Melvin lecturing in Fraser Theatre as part of American at Peace series. Owen W Maloney II learns Arthur Becktoff Jr posed for Norman Rockwell cover while in Moosburg and both men rode home via La Havre after POW camp stay.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Gertrude Gordon
Lawrence
Seattle
Wash
Ray
Hugh Means
Ethel High
Garnett
Anderson County District Court
Judge Means
Douglas County Court House
F. E. Melvin
United States
Fraser Theatre
Owen W. Maloney
Saturday Evening Post
Norman Rockwell
Maloney
Arthur H. Becktoff, Jr
Arlington
Becktoff
Moosburg
All But 83 of 560 Bags of Christmas Gifts Lost
Barges carrying Christmas mail for 4000 American troops on Shenya island in the Aleutians sank in a storm November 10 and all but 83 of the 560 bags of mail were lost. Recovered bags were too damaged to salvage. Maj. S. A. McClennan said new packages for Shenya or APO 729 will be accepted until December 23 and may be flown north to bring a Christmas to the troops.
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Seattle
Shenya Island
Aleutians
Maj
S. A. McClennan
Shenya
Stolen Car Recovered In Topeka After Heist
Gene Wright of 1142 Indiana Street had his 1986 Chevrolet coach stolen from behind the Drake bakery last Sunday. The vehicle was found in Topeka after a man drove it to a filling station and left, with another car also reported stolen by the same man.
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Gene Wright
Indiana Street
Drake Bakery
Topeka
Wright
Secret wartime messages and alerts linked to Pearl Harbor timeline
Testimony compared a November 27 1941 alert to Lt General Short with the Pearl Harbor era dispatches from Admiral Stark and Admiral Kimmel. The notes warned possible hostilities while urging secrecy to avoid public panic. Marshall deemed some navy orders more specific, but both aimed at alerting defenses.
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Marshall
Herron
Marshalls
Walter C. Short
Japan
Short
Ferguson
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Husband EF. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Kimmel
Mrs Lesuer to Speak at Lawrence League Lunch Meet
Mrs Mildred LeSuer program chairman will address the Lawrence League of Women Voters at 12 45 pm Thursday luncheon at the Hearth as the three month program on community planning begins Special study sessions and two membership meetings will follow to develop the topic League members will work to study inflation prevention by listening to League of Women Voters Night on America's Town Meeting of the Air on station WREN at 7 30 pm Thursday with OPA director Chester A Bowles Chase Going Woodhouse and others discussing Can We have Higher Wages Without Higher Prices Life Magazine is arranging photographs of a Kansas farm listening group with Mrs H L Reedy and the Sedgwick county league
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Lawrence League of Women Voters
Mildred LeSuer
Lawrence League
Karl Kreider
League of Women Voters
America
WREN
Chester A. Bowles
OPA
Chase
H. L. Reedy
Lawrence
Kansas
Sedgwick County League
Two for One Hunt Ends With Bobcat Kill
In Scobey Montana on December 11 a hunter named Sheldon E Kosher chased a jackrabbit with a bobcat also after the rabbit. The bobcat sprang from a gully as Kosher raised his rifle and, though he missed the rabbit, he shot and killed the bobcat.
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Scobey
Mont
Sheldon E. Kosher
Kosher
Auto collision in pea soup fog injures Latimer in Delano
Delano California December 11 Woodrow Wilson Latimer escaped injury in a foggy auto crash but a third car struck Latimer while talking with the other driver. Latimer broke his left leg as Cecil La Course ambulance driver was loading him. A truck then hit the ambulance, breaking La Course's right leg and knocking Latimer from the vehicle. Volunteers transported both men to the hospital with no further misfortune.
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Delano
Calif
Woodrow Wilson
Latimer
Cecil la Course
la’ Course
Bananas and Banter Dress Springfield Window
In Springfield on December 11 a grocery window displays a sign reading We expect people to buy other things besides bananas. The witty notice reflects a lighthearted take on shopping priorities in a small town.
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Hunt Springfield
Springfield
Sailor’s 800 Mile City Search For House in Kansas City
Wilson R Morrison, a 39 year old discharged sailor, spent ten days driving 800 miles within Kansas City seeking a home. He claims four hot loads and many new contacts with real estate men and plumbers but has not yet secured a house. He plans to move in when occupants depart and has returned to St Paul Minnesota. He is brother in law to Mrs Clem Leonard.
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Kansas City
Wilson R. Morrison
John W. Wilson
Tokyo Bay
Curtis Wilson
Navy
Navy Yards
San Francisco
Goth
C. E. Wilson
Connecticut Street
Cleo C. Willams
Great Lakes
Ill
Peril
Bronx
Remington Arms
Veterans Return Home Update From Lawrence Area
A long list of local servicemen and their postwar status is reported. James W. Brock receives discharge from Winter General Hospital after service in Europe and a prisoner of war experience. Other men, including Lt L. W. Bredehoft and several Wilsons, Walker, Williams, and Mayhugh family members, share new postings, returns, and family reunions across Kansas and beyond.
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James W. Brock
Winter General Hospital
Army Air Corps
Brock
Parsons’ Grocery
Maysville
Germany
Frankfort
Margaret
Josephine Brock
Lawrence
Courteous business urged by grocers in Kansas meeting
Elmer Wheeler of Dallas urged Kansas grocers to curb discourtesy and rationing of courtesy. He warned that nine in ten firms insult customers and that four of five small businesses may fail when supplies return and markets reopen.
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Topeka
Elmer Wheeler
Dallas
Tex
Kansas
Wheeler
Funeral services for Mrs Bettie Crabb
Mrs Bettie Ann Crabb died early yesterday in Wichita at age 83. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Rumsey Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery. She was a former Linwood resident and is survived by four sons and one daughter.
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Bettie Ann Crabb
Wichita
Rumsey
Memorial Park Cemetery
Horton Returns to Lawrence Home After Years Away
Richard Scott Horton returns to live with sister Eva Horton at 511 Tennessee after long absence. Horton formerly practiced law in Omaha. His daughter Evelyn Uorn lives in Havana with her husband who heads Standard Oil Cuba. Another daughter Jane is married to Duwayne Clarke and works at the American embassy in Bremerhaven. Mrs. Horton has been deceased for years. The item also notes U. S. Sixth Army reports 11,500 troops in the week ending yesterday with 2,000 slated for release and reassignment. 60 and 61 pointers left for a depot.
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Richard Scott Horton
Eva Horton
Tennessee
Fred Ellsweeth
Horton
Omaha
Ellsworth
Evelyn
Willard Uorn
Havana
Standard Qil Co
Cuba
K. U
Jane
Kyoto
Japan
U. S. Sixth Army
ATL
To Meet With Mitchell In Topeka On Whiskey Seizures
Randolph Carpenter U S district attorney for Kansas said he received information on a November sixty six whiskey seizure in seven state cities and would share it with A B Mitchell the attorney general. Mitchell planned to meet Carpenter to review the information tomorrow.
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Mitchell
Olathe Real Estate Man Dies After Long Career
Olathe businessman P. R. W. Nadier a real estate and loan operator since 1920 died yesterday. Born in Kingston Missouri he previously ran a Hamilton drug store for 22 years before moving to Olathe.
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Olathe
P.R. W. Nadier
Kingston
Hamilton
Classified Pare Guides Quick Home and Room Rentals
Readers are advised to consult the classified pages for fast access to new homes and rooms for rent. Listings highlight available properties, locations, and rental terms, aiming to connect seekers with suitable housing quickly.
Mackey Church Members Hear Guest Speaker Velva Dresse
Members at the First Christian church attended a special Sunday service featuring Velva Dresse of Topeka, former Philippine Islands missionary and current secretary of the Women’s Christian Missionary Society. Pvt. Robert Eberwein, on furlough from the navy, visited family before returning to San Diego. Other relatives and friends joined in holiday gatherings with the Stumbo family.
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First Christian Church
Philipine Islands
Velva, Dresse
Topeka
Women’s Christian Missionary Society
Pvt
Robert Eberwein
Navy
Charlie Eberwein
San Diego
Cal
E. L. Stumbo
Market Snapshot Mixed signals across commodities and cattle
New York markets show easy stocks and mixed bonds with rails advancing. Cotton holds steady while wheat and corn show minor changes. hogs steady near top prices. cattle and calves see broad activity with steady to higher quotes and strong feeding demand. Kansas City livestock reports reflect slower trade, steadier steers and variable calf prices amid active hogs and sheep markets.
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New York
Dec
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Sheen
USDA
Kansas City Grain and Hay Markets Stand Pat
Wheat and corn prices hold steady across futures and cash trades at Kansas City. Reports show minimal changes in No. 2 and No. 3 grades for dark northern wheat and white corn with varying nominal leads. Hay receipts and selling prices reflect steady to softer demand, while Chicago potato markets move modestly as Idaho Russets and Cobblers face mixed bids.
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Kansas City
Ward T
Asia
WWA
Rafffir
Kansas City Hay Market
Prairie
Kansas City Produce Prices Report
Kansas City market notes list per pound prices for eggs butterfat poultry and fowl. Egg specials and standards are shown with current receipts and quoted figures. Poultry includes heavy hens leghorn and broilers with weights and chicken prices for roasting and duck and goose varieties.
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Kansas City
Broilers
Local Markets Today Grain and Livestock Prices
Market brief lists grain and livestock quotes including yellow corn at 1.04 and 1.57 for wheat, butterfat No. 148 and No. 245, poultry prices for hens and springs, ducks, geese, hogs at 14.25, and erratic ergs. The fragment shows a snapshot of commodity pricing and item codes.
Wall Street Holds Steady After Week of Gains
In New York the market paused after five straight advancing sessions, with about 1.8 million shares traded. Aircraft names led gains as Douglas, Boeing, Sperry, Murray, and J. J. Newberry rallied, while General Motors, AT&T, GE, and Goodrich held firm. Losses appeared in U S Steel, Chrysler, Santa Fe, Loew’s, American Airlines, Radio Corp., and Shamrock Oil as near-term declines surfaced.
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Wall Street
New York
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
Sperry
Murray Corp
J. J. Newberry
General Motors
American Telephone
Oliver Corp
General Electric
Goodrich
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Santa Fe
Loew's
American Airlines
Standard OH
N. J
Radio Corp
Shamrock Oil
In Memoriam Nellie Figgins Salisbury Obituary
In loving memory of Nellie Figgins Salisbury who died December 11, 1920. Twenty five years have passed since that sad day. There is a link that death cannot sever. Love and remembrance last forever. Loved by son George F. Salisbury daughter Helen B. James brother Leonis O. Figgins sisters Gladys A. Williams Lucene Figgins and Kate Figgins L.
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Nellie Figgins Salisbury
George F. Salisbury
Helen B. James
Leonis
Figgins
Gladys A. Williams
Lucene Figgins
Kate Figgins
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Frank Anfred
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Oklahoma City
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Luxembourg
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Carolee Martin
West 23Rd Street
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Learnard Avenue
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Journal-World
Joe Walker
The
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Weidemann’s
Camp Crowder
Abilene, Tex
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Perry Street
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Joyce Ann
Freddie Joe
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Memoriam
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Ford Motors
Jack Budd
Hunsinger Motor CO
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G. L
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Income Tax Service
N. W. McGrew
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
Federal
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