Letter From Mrs Simons Describes War Conditions
A letter dated November 7 from Miss Leah B. Edgar, a missionary teacher, describes conditions in Shanghai and Hangchow during Japanese actions in China. She recounts bombings, ruins, and multiple danger signals as planes attacked, noting Americans marooned but not in immediate danger and reflecting on war distortions and sympathy for Japan as a whole.
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Shanghai
Hangchow
W. G. Simons
Leah B. Edgar
China
Edgar
American Are Foreign Missionary Society
Mokanshen
Resent
Edar
Japan
Hong Kong
Kaw Council Membership Reaches All-Time High
At the Kaw Council executive board meeting in Kansas City Kansas on December 16, 1933, the Boy Scout membership rose to 2664, a 1 percent gain over five years. Wyandotte district, the largest, grew 38 percent from 765 to 1062, with a goal of 2700 Scouts and Cubs by year end. Several districts posted net increases, while Coffey Linn Miami and Osage project gains for the year.
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Kaw Council
Kansas City
Kaw
Wyandotte
Anderson
Douglas
Franklin
Johnson
Eavenworth
Lyon
Coffey
Linn
Miami
Osage
Prohibitionists to Meet for County Temperance Session
The Douglas County Prohibition Emergency committee will hold a called meeting Saturday afternoon at 4 80 o'clock in the First Methodist church office. Rev. Robert Hunt chairs the committee and will preside. Anyone interested in the temperance cause is urged to attend. the meeting is open to the public.
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Douglas County
First Methodist
Robert Hunt
Test Your Knowledge Classified Puzzle Questions
Seven quiz items and prompts point readers to the classified page for answers. The garbled list includes inquiries about Belgium’s king the Hughes era a train tunnel length a guillotine origin plural of lens and other names and topics.
Christmas Vacation To Begin Tomorrow At KU
University of Kansas students start Christmas vacation tomorrow after classes end at noon. Two weeks off, with return set for January 3, brings preparations as Greek houses plan holiday events and alumni gather after the Kansas-Washburn game.
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University of Kansas
Althe
Eli Se
Slanses
Lincoln School Program Promises Holiday Songs and Play
Lincoln school students will present a Christmas program tomorrow at 1 15 p m directed by University cadets Miss Virginia Taylor Miss Maxine Laughlin and Miss Newman primary teacher Assisted by cadets Antronette Hall Mabel Matthews Rosetta Jackson and Edna Noiles The PTA provides the Christmas tree The program includes Adeste Fideles The Crusaders Hymn The First Noel Away in a Manger and more with readings and an original playlet titled The Spirit of Christmas Performers include Nora Lee Ball Earl Nelson Margaret Newman Marcel Forest Dottie Howard Mayetta McKissick and others
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Lincoln School
Virginia Taylor
Maxine Laughlin
Newman
Antronette Hall
Mabel Matthews
Rosetta, Jackson
Edna Noiles
Adeste Fideles
Crusaders
Eastern Star
Dudley Quinton
Luke
Nora Lee
Ball
Earl Nelson
Margaret Newman
Marvin Ball
Marjorie Mae Shepard
Acd
the Shepherds
Holland
Janice Scott
Denmark
Vyola Hackley
Bohemia
Carrol Cline
Maxine. Brown
Georgia
Kolyada
John Edward Nelson
Dottie Howard
William Nelson
King
Beenie Newman
Marcel Rest
Leslie
Marcel Forest
Nan
Dottie’ Howard
Eva
Evelyn Lee
Dave
Billy
Jeltz
Fred Marvin Ball
Bob
Jack
Willie Mitchell
Mayetta McKissick
Saint Nicholas
Glassen
Hari
Monthly Baby Clinic At City Hall In Massachusetts
The regular monthly clinic for babies is set for tomorrow afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. at City hall in Massachusetts Eleventh street. Dr. Harry M. Gilkey of Kansas City Missouri will be in charge.
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Kansas-Washburn
Topeka
K. U
Kansan
Marion Beatty
Walt Steiger
Jayhawker
F. C. Allen
Gwinn Henry
City Hall
Massachusetts
Eleventh Street
Harry M. Gilkey
Kansas City
Lodge Meeting Dates Changed at Pleasant Grove CPA Lodge
Pleasant Grove C P A Lodge No 37 moves its monthly meetings from the first and third Tuesday to the first and third Wednesday each month for year round gatherings.
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Pleasant Grove C.P
University of Kansas ties to state official acts and services
Dean Stockton outlines how KU functions link to state government through weights and measures, geological survey, health labs, water testing, and advisory services. He notes Depression era demands, unemployment studies, and notable KU figures shaping tax, finance, and legislative work.
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Kansas
University of Kansas
Frank Tsm
School‘of Business
Ware Vey
Seat Board of Health
Sani Engineering
Food and Drug Laboratories
Stockton
Woodring
R. H. Wheeler
Dean Stockton
Leslie Tupy
School of Business
Jens P. Jensen
America
University
School of Medicine
Henrietta Froelke
State Nurses’ Licensing Board
Christmas seals and CCC enrollment noted in Lawrence report
A Lawrence item notes the Tuberculosis Association seeks complete Christmas seal sets and reports Topeka purchasers owning complex sets. County welfare director invites 17 to 23 year old Douglas County single men for CCC camp enrollment with January call. A chimney collapsed at Rutter's Shop after an ice crust pulled a rope and window. Christmas shopping drew a large Lawrence crowd amid tight parking.
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The
Tuberculosis Association
Journal-World Today
Topeka
Lawrence
Douglas County
CCC
Mildred Watson
Court House
Rutter
Alabama’s 554 Convicts Begin Two Week Parole Test
Alabama Gov Bibb Graves grants two week parole as a Christmas present. Five hundred fifty four prisoners including 50 women must report back, after last year saw seven fail to report on time. Wreckage of Navy plane identified off San Francisco.
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Montgomery
Als
Alabama
Ita
N Gates
Bibb Graves
San Francisco
U. S. Navy
Saratoga
Chemistry Growing Role of Chemical Engineering
Prof T H Marshall of the University spoke to the Kiwanis club in Wichita about chemical engineering advancing industry. He cited rock wool plants from Kansas limestone and noted ongoing lab expansion and equipment development by senior engineers. The talk covered the department’s growth, industrial process focus, and historical scope.
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Sete J
Kansas
T. .H. Marshall
Kiwanis Club
Ites
Wiedemann’s
Marshall
Kansas Grange backs civil service for all government workers
In Ottawa Kansas on December 16 the Kansas State Grange adopted a resolution favoring civil service for all governmental employees not involved in policy making, at both state and federal levels. They also urged a referendum before war declarations except in case of invasion and supported taxing all income sources.
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Ottawa
Kan
Kansas State Grange
Grange
Deaths and Funerals for Wallace and Harrison in Lawrence
Funeral services for Lewis H. Wallace aged 68 who died at his home on Ohio street will be at St. Luke A M E church Friday at 2 30 with Rev J N Goddard officiating. Burial is in Oak Hill cemetery. Wallace retired from the post office after 27 years and is survived by his wife two sons four daughters a brother and a sister and sixteen grandchildren. Also noted is the death of Mrs H M Harrison of Louisville Kan whose services will be at the Louisville Methodist church at 2 30 this afternoon. Burial will be in Louisville and she is survived by a sister and several relatives in Lawrence.
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Lewis H. Wallace
Ohio Street
St. Luke A.M.E
J. N. Goddard
Oak Hill Cemetery
Wallace
Post Office
Kate Wallace
Lewis Wallace
Leon Frye
Lawrence
Irene
Kansas City
Kan
Martha Cheeks
Evan Fishback
Ruth Hagan
James Wallace
Hattie Sparks
H. M. Harrison Ward
H. M. Harrison
Louisville
Methodist Church
Harrison
Clara Evans
Gale
Gene Evans
Frank Knotts
Harold
Ralph Cain
Dewitt
Neb
Turpinard
McLouth
Hattie Guest
Wheenan
Batok
Lopeka
Enoch
L. L. Davison
Mildred Beech
AES
Ollie Beech
Winchester
Oskaloosa
Andrew Dick
George
Ednamae Dick
Leavenworth
Ellen Harding
Clomagene Taylor
Freda Harding
Dallas
Tex
Stella Beech
Hoyt
Alex Lee
E. C. Chapman
U. S
United Brethren Church
W. R. Schmidt
Ellis Harding
Vernon Lodge
Mildred Baer
Louise Bradford
Lillian Wilkins
Bethel Graham
Pearson
Earl Chapman
John Williams
Edward Bond
G. M. Casebier
Marilyn
Ae Lawrence
E. C. Steeper
J. M. Manion
Bishop Statton
Otterbein Memorial Church
Gensler Edmonds
H. W. Steeper
E.C. Steeper
Lucile Roos
Gertrude Stout
W.C.T.U
Henry Kimmel
Clarence
Frank Roberts
J. W. Roberts
McLouth Times
Panay
Roberts
Frank
Christmas bonus to be shared by Bovaird employees
About 50 Kansas workers at Bovaird supply company will share roughly 10000 dollars in Christmas bonuses. Employees with a year or more service receive one month's salary while those with less than a year get half a month's salary. The firm operates a plant in Independence and branches in Wichita and nearby cities.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Bovaird Supply Company
A. Black
Toay
Black
Independence
Hutchin
Ostermoor
Mrs Margaret Karmendi Escapes Electric Chair Verdict Returns
In Ebensburg Pennsylvania a jury returns a verdict of second degree murder for Mrs Margaret Karmendi in the railroad spike slaying of a son re turned. Judge John McCann will announce sentence next Monday with a penalty of 10 to 20 years in the penitentiary.
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Ebensburg
Margaret Karmendi
John’ McCann
Three Young Men Held on Hickey Jumping Charge
Officers hold Paul Showalter Orie Foster and Lloyd Hollingshead in county jail awaiting extradition from Zionsville Indiana to answer a charge of jumping a highway billboard. They were arrested near Garnett Kansas by state highway patrolmen and jailed pending arrival of officers.
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Indiana
Paul
Showalter
Orie Foster
Lloyd ° Hollingshead
Zionsville
Indi
Fred Vogler
Garnett
Kan
Hoover Comes to Chicago for Nonpolitical Economic Address
Former President Hoover arrived in Chicago on December 16 to deliver a nonpolitical economics address. He is scheduled to speak tonight before the Economic Club of Chicago, according to his spokesman.
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Hoover
Chicago
Economic Club of Chicago
Christmas Gift: Journal-World Yearly Subscription
Within 150 miles the gift costs 2.50, beyond 150 miles 3.00. A year’s Mii subscription to the Journal-World offered as a memorable present. Phone 22 for Adv details.
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The
Journal-World
McLouth Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
McLouth residents host Harold McLouth and Ralph Cain from De Witt Nebraska a visit with relatives. Local insurance rate cuts due to water works installation announced by state bureau. Various parish, school and sports happenings include a Farm Bureau lunch, Christmas party, and basketball games with Winchester and Osawatomie.
Stony Point Man Recovers After Timbering Foot Cut
Bruce Holcom, who accidentally cut his foot while cutting wood in the timber last week, is getting along nicely.
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Bruce Holcom
Community notices from Lawrence area social roundups
Local society items report dinner guests and birthday celebrations in Lawrence and nearby towns. Names include Wells, Gwebe, Ford, Griffis, Paschel, Carter, Evans, and Loeuwer. events cover a birthday dinner, teacher meetings, Boy Scout hike, club meeting, Farm Bureau luncheon, and visits to Topeka Gardner Wellsville Bartlesville.
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J. B.“Wells
Hazel
Jane
Phyllis
John Behren
Lawrence
August Ford
Hulda
D. G. Gwebe
Gwebe
T.B. Ford
Wellsville
Kan
John Gwebe
Lucille Steele
Bartlesville
Okla
Paul Gwebe
Paul
Johanna Griffis
Bracket
Fred Paschel
Mary Teresa
Gardner
White
Pugh and
Holcom Orchestra
Armstrong
Thurman
Reading
Claude Skaggs
Richard Behann
Jacqueline Cline
Luther Thurman
Alma Henry
Koelb
Carter
Kemp
Lahr
Donald Lewis and Son
Donnie
Pleasant Valley
Ford
C. E. Dunigan
L. O. Armstrong
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau
Garrett
Walter Hall
Avier Schick
Community News Recaps Visits Birthdays and School Updates
Mrs. J B Wells and family visit Mr and Mrs C B Wells in Richland. Enrollments rise with six and seven grade pupils from De Soto Kansas. Joanne Armstrong and Dick Armstrong celebrate birthdays at Number Six school. Lawrence play of A Christmas Carol enjoyed by students with transport help. J B Wells family planning move to Scottsburg Indiana. Santa Claus visits Douglas County teachers meeting in Lawrence.
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J. B. Wells
Hazel
Jane
Phyllis
George. Perdue
India
C. B. Wells
Richland
Myrand
Fi Floyd
Wray
Eads
Holbert
Veryl Baker
DeSoto
Kan
Fred. Paschel
Leland
Frieda Wray
Homer Thurman
L. Armstrong
Joanne Armstrong
Dick Armstrong
Frank Been
Fred Paschel
Hawpeke
George Perdue
Lawrence Memorial High School
Avier Schick
Glen Carter
Jay. Snow
C. Hahn
L. 0
Clarence Reynolds
N. Allison
Aseseo
Parad Lawrence
Scottsbur Ind
Johanna Griffis
Douglas County
American Legion Hall
Lawrence
Santa Claus
Harold. Fisher
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County Temperance Society
Belgia
Charles Ewans Hughes
Isa
United States
France
Lens
House Judiciary Committee
Juan
Ns ’ Ad
NEW Magazine
Greek Letter Society
Alpha
Tau Omenega
Beta
Theta Pi
Pipes St Epsilon
Phi Kappa Psi
Joe Giannangelo
Monon
Hela
Ree Hamlin
Sour ‘Owl
Camerama
Allen
Bill Muchnic
Atchison
Carol Johnson
Sour Owl
E. R. Elbel
KFKU
Dr. Allen
Mt. Oread
Watson Library
University R.0.t.c
National Guard Armory
First Methodist Church
Acadia Lodge
A. F
A. M
Harold S. Preston
John H. Parker
Sec Y
Kansas Grange
Pennsylvania
Fred’ Rockhold
Bert. Carrey
Ralph Robertson
Perry McPheeters
Dave Wray
Ernest
Anna Cripe
Elmer
Flory
Arlie
Pleasant
Grove
William Flory
Stony Point
Hamar
Arvin Radio
Ford T
Langston Memorial Company
East 13Th Street
Gulf
PNG
Gma Ge Widgmee
Supreme
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