Innovations for the State Dinner
Washington reports a thinner guest list at the White House events. With many diplomats away, President and Mrs Roosevelt will host cabinet guests and a new Eleanor glide dance. Missing ambassadors include Sir Ronald Lindsay and Dr Hans Dieckhoff, altering the usual winter reception atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Roosenvelt
Thurst
Eleanor Glide
Roosevelt
Garner
State Hall
Lima
Peru
Henry Morgenthau
Harold Ickes
Interior
President Grant
Maynus Chaney
Edward Fox
Chaney
Ronald Lindsay
England
Hans Dieckhoff
1939 Outlook Promises Better Business and Growth
Col. Leonard P. Ayres forecast a 1939 recovery built on long term gains. He cited higher industrial production, rising national income, stronger employment, and record highs in power and refining, with caution on continued public spending and capital replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland Statistician
Col. Ayres
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland Trust Company
Coster Resigns as McKesson and Robins Chief
The board of directors asked F. Donald Coster to resign as president of McKesson and Robins as Attorney General Bennett presses his inquiry into the firm's finances. George E. Dietrich also was urged to resign after evidence at a hearing suggested irregularities in the crude drugs department overestimating assets by about 18 million dollars. A stray sentence about underweight babies appears in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F. Donald Coster
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
John J. Bennett, Jr
George E. Dietrich
Coster
Bennett
Three Teens Jailed Over Christmas Tree Theft
Three Topeka youths Rozella Atherton Derald Hogan and Clayton Brubaker spent hours in the Douglas county jail after cutting down three cedar trees on J W Geelan farm north of Big Springs. Parents posted $30 in damages and the case was resolved with no charges after Geelan accepted $20 toward damages and did not sign a complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Douglas County
J. W. Geelan
Big Springs
Rozella Atherton
Derald Hogan
Clayton Brubaker
Geelan
Henry Collins
Joe Candida
Hogan
Atherton
Earl Atherton
Joe Hogan
Hazel Brubaker
Brubaker
Beef Production School to be Held by Farm Bureau
A beef cattle production problems school will be conducted by the Douglas County Farm Bureau at the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at 1 pm. Dr. J J Moxley of Kansas State College will lead the session. Commercial feeders beef cow herd owners and purebred herd owners are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Moxley
Kansas State College
Guilty of Reckless Driving Bill Otto Pleads Guilty
Bill Otto pleaded guilty to reckless driving in Don Hults justice court and was fined 25 dollars with 7.50 dollars costs after a Saturday arrest by the state highway patrol on highway 40. A Laredo tourist camp displays a sign made from 531 rattles collected over four years in the northern area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Otto
Don Hults
Otto
State Highway Patrol
Laredo
Tex
Stull Church Activities Highlight Christmas Pageant and Elections
Mrs Elizabeth Sailer visits Hillsboro. Stull Evangelical church plans Christmas night pageant with tableaux and numbers. Sunday school officers elected including Raymond Hoffsommer as superintendent and Rolland Kraft as secretary. W M S held December meeting led by Mrs Houk with devotionals by Mrs Gilbert. Various group leaders and officers named. refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Sailer
Hillsboro
O. A. Bidinger
Stull
Stull Evangelical Church
John Randall
Brown
Lawrence
George Forrester
Raymond Hoffsommer
August Walter
Rolland Kraft
Russel Houk
Hazel Houk
George Houk
Houk
G. C. Gilbert
A. J. Hildenbrand
Andrew
Elmer Balinmaier
O. R. Platz
W. C Wulfkuhle
Kanwaka School Reports Attendance and Community Activities
November closed with 16 pupils enrolled. 8 girls had perfect attendance for the month and three months totals list multiple students. Students study Lawrence history. Jane Topping and Wayne Hird play clarinet in the Douglas County band. Community events include visits by families, 4-H banquet at Hotel Eldridge, and a Kanwaka Discussion club with Prof. Engel addressing German American schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Lea Warrington
Dale Button
Wayne Hird
Lawrence
Reuben
Donald
Dorothy
Geraldine
Nadine Tarrier
Glenn Johanning
Irene Button
Jane Topping
Douglas County
Barbara
Virginia Bigsby
Guy Bigsby
George Bigsby
R. L. Colman
W. D. Wear
Dodge City
Wear
Wid
Kansas City
Kan
Fred Gregory
J. M. Neville
Eugene Jamison
W. F. Elkin
Lenora
Hotel Eldridge
Kanwaka
Beattie Collins
Marguerite Fritzel
Winifred Haverstock
Ross Wulfkuhle
Little Brown
Engel
A. R. Colman
Kanwaka Literary Club
R. D. Stanwix
North Lawrence
Frank Speicher
Ralph Colman
New Orleans
American Farm Bureau Federation
Jennie Lowash
Kanwaka Community Hears Christmas Program Plans
The Kanwaka Good Will club will meet December 15 with Mrs. M. E. Hunsberger as host. The meeting includes Christmas greetings, a program, and a gift exchange revealing mystery pals. A December 15 evening session at the Kanwaka school house will elect community committee members and county cultural conservation delegates and alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Duffee
Pennsylvania
Kanwaka Good Will Club
M. E. Hunsberger
Kanwaka School House
Hesper Missionary Society Holds November Meeting
The Hesper Friends Church missionary society met at Mrs. Wiley Henley’s home on November 30 with thirteen attendees. Mrs. C E Wotan acted as president in the absence of officers, and duties were handled by M rs. Wiley Henley and others. Next meeting set for December 28 with new hosts and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society of the Friends Church
Wiley Henley
C. E. Wotan
Raymond Stanley
Roger Stanley
Irvan Votaw
Roy Kurtz
Oren Dunlap
O. E. Wotan
Hesper P.T. A
Hesper School
Floyd Dunlap
Victor Votaw
Robert Henley
Georgia Votaw
Carl Kurtz
Eugene Kurtz
Ruby Henley
Gloria
Aberaldine Harris
Dorothy Votaw
Gale
Galen Gabriel
Paul
Oliver Lee Kurtz
Florence Henley
Betty Cavines
Richard
Roland Terrell
Carl
Geraldine Harris
Betty Caviness
Jerry Harris
Topeka
Harris
P. V. Creevan
H. J. Ambler
George
Tonganoxie
S. H. Davis
Williamstown Community News Roundup and Obituaries
The Williamstown ladies hosted a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Marlin May. Kathryn Ingenthrone, a Perry high senior, returned from Chicago as a National 4 H delegate after winning the Rock Island trip award. The high school girls basketball team won three season games. George Hamm, 78, longtime Jefferson County resident and former sheriff, died. funeral held at Williamstown Baptist Church with interment at Underwood Cemetery.
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Williamstown
Marlin May
Kathryn Ingenthrone
Perry High School
Chicago
Rock Island
Berryton
Mayetta
Lecompton
George Hamm
Williamstown Baptist Church
Underwood
Hamm
Kansas
Jefferson County
Portia Hamm
Walter Hamm
van Nys
Calif
Glenn Hamm
Atchison
Norman Hamm
Arden Price
Will Horn
Tom Kyle
Jamestown
Marjorie White
V. C. Raines
Dallas
Tex
J. L. Raines
Raines
Legion
Perry
Charles Sheldon
Topeka
John Mulvihill
St. Teresa Church
Mabel Shuler
Potter Williams
Earl Marcum
Jessie Marcum
Lester, Marcum
Manhattan
Arlene Marcum
Charles Deshazer
Harveyville
Margaret Vausbinder
Bonner Springs
Albert Ford
Will Allen
Gracie
Dean
Charles Johnson
Will Gantz Elected Buck Creek Community Program President
Will Gantz was elected president of the Buck Creek community program on November 18 with Miss Cecelia Mulvihill as secretary. The next meeting will be led by Miss Naomi Dill and students will present a Christmas program on December 24. Additional items note Leonard Duncan’s week in Kansas City visiting Mr and Mrs Ted Gallamore and visits by Mr and Mrs Seibert Wulfkuhle of Topeka to Mr and Mrs Fred Heek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Gantz
Buck Creek
Cecelia Mulvihill
Naomi Dill
Leonard Duncan
Kansas City
Ted Gallamore
Seibert Wulfkuhle
Topeka
Fred Heek
Edgar Dolan
Fetty
Lawrence
Frank Hookstra
Wichita
Charles Bliss
Mildred Smith
Ralph Vansbinder
Oskaloosa
Roy Freer
Community harvests wood on Nye brothers farm last Thursday
Armed community members used axes trucks and saws to cut saw and haul a large wood supply to the Nye brothers home after a sponsored event by the CPA. The note expresses gratitude for the participation and kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nye Brothers
C.P.A
Lone Star
Lillie Ulrich
Lane Rocked And The Rock Extends South To Main Road
A report notes that a lane experienced rock movement and debris blocks, with the rock extending south toward the main road, affecting traffic and safety.
Readers' Letters Describe Asthma Remedy Endorsement
A Lexington reader describes long term asthma relief from Dr. Fugate's Prescription. The note, dated 1932, claims 33 years of suffering and mentions plans to contact the author for more details about the remedy.
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Lexington
Possi
Dr. Fugate
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Ask Coster
McKesson and Robbins
George Burns
Carl E. Newton
Wilma
Lloyd Deskin
Ellen Lee
Roy Deskin
George Hildenbrand
Ralph Rake
Christ Hospital
Leotia Fae
Theodore Walter
Charlie Roller
Harvey
Rev
Fenton
Ottawa
Stull Church of Christ
Mary Brass
Jason I
Brass
Sharon Sue Huffman
Fred Kampschroeder
Wallace Kennedy
Galen
Watson
Theodore Hall
Miriam
Duane Kraft
Allen Underwood
Richard Kennedy
Clinton
Marie Riley
Roger Cruthers
Peggy Jane
Wellsville
Farm Bureau
Yarnold-Stull
Hesper
H. C.metsker
Ada Wolfe
Elmer Metsker
Apple Pie
Ralph Weybright
H. W. Stowits Oth and
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Wards
Ivory
Montgomery Ward
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