Questioning British Prisoners on Graf Spee Battle
Washington reports that a congressional subcommittee seeks data from British sailors released from the Graf Spee about its battle with three British cruisers. Senator Scrugham says testimony could shape U S naval policy and will pursue testimony by bringing officers to the United States or interviewing them in Montevideo. He notes the aim to learn how high pressure steam machinery endured combat and cites a possible lesson to increase control tower protection.
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Washington
Graf Spee
South Atlantic
An Scrugham
House
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
United States
Navy Department
Navy
Montevideo
Uruguay
Scrugham
United States Navy
Westminster Choir Presents Christmas Program at Church
The Westminster A Cappella choir and contralto Minerva Davis will perform a special Christmas music program at the First Presbyterian church during the morning service at 11 o’clock. The unaccompanied pieces include Christmas Evocation by Charles V. Wardell and The Song by Tchesnokov with call and response refrains. Davis, a noted local singer and pupil of Professor Joseph Wilkins, will also perform The Vision of the Shepherds by Lucius Jewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster A.cappella
Minerva Davis
Comborer
Tschesnokov
Miss Davis
Westminster ‘Choir
Joseph Wilkins
Vision of the Shepherds
Lucius’ Jewell
Two Brothers Reunited After 32 Years Seeks Christmas Reunion
John E. Schooling a Seattle hotel man aged 48 and Joseph F. Schooling a 64 year old Kansas City Santa Fe railway conductor met in Marceline Missouri for the first time since 1907. They plan a large family Christmas gathering and have invited other siblings to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
John E. Schooling
Seattle
Wash
Santa Fe Railway
Marceline
Joseph
North Dakota
John
Dallas couple to visit Mitchells and others travel
Mr and Mrs E C Dwelling of Dallas Texas will arrive tomorrow to visit Mr and Mrs A B Mitchell Mrs William Cusick who has been a guest at the home of Mrs C H Constant this week returned last night to her home in Ottawa Mr and Mrs George Dockin and sons Bob and Dick will spend tomorrow in Excelsior Springs Missouri
Postal folklore quiz tests Christmas mail rules
A reader activity prints true or false statements about US postal regulations. Items include ounce weight for airmail within the US, second class cards, no extra cost for registered delivery, 70 pound limit for first class, and rates to Brazil or Canada for small letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Postal Department
United States
Brazil
Canada
Sophomore Hop Tickets Sell Well Amid Campus Events
University officials report 262 tickets sold for the Sophomore hop with 38 complimentary tickets to student council and W S G A members. Several musicians from Ted Fio Rito’s band joined Hill Swingsters for a jam session after the party attracting a large campus crowd.
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Charley McCreight
University Business Office
McCreight
Euncil
Ted Fio
Rito
Hill Swingsters
Hal’s
Hill Cafe
David Scott
Lawrence Law
Scott
Christmas Schedule At United Brethren Church
The United Brethren Church at Seventeenth and Vermont streets lists 9 45 Sunday school led by Harold Brown with Walter Woodcock assisting, followed by a Children’s division playlet The Best Christmas Gift. Morning worship at 10 45 features a sermon Will Be Your Answer. Christian Endeavor Virginia Grege leads 7 30 evening service with sermon Paid or Unpaid. Midweek prayer at Mrs Harry Gregg’s home 1927 New Hampshire. Valley Grove Christian Endeavor stresses missionary support as essential to missions’ success.
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United Brethren
Seventeenth
Vermont Streets
Arthur
Harold Brown
Walter Woodcock
Christian Endeavor
Virginia Grege
Harry Gregg
New Hampshire
Finland repels invasion as battles rage across Lakeland fronts
Finnish forces report steady advances against Russian troops in northern and central regions. Batteries claim multiple enemy ships sunk near Haapasaar Island area and a Russian destroyer destroyed by shore batteries in the Turku Archipelago. Finnish ski troops retake Suomuslahti and sever Russian supply links while 40 tanks captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suomussalmi
Red Army
Kiantajarvi
Turku
Italy to Protect Interests in War
Foreign Minister Ciano said Italy remains out of the European war by agreement with Germany while promising to protect Italy’s land air and sea interests and prestige. He noted three years to ready war means and blamed Britain France and Soviet pact for Europe’s unrest.
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Rome
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Germany
Mussolini
Ciano
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
Tr Duce
Great Britain
France
Russia
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Salzburg
Berlin
Moscow
Lotz Rites Set for Kansas City Man
Funeral services for Fred C. Lotz aged 61 of Kansas City Missouri who died December 12 at the University of Kansas hospital will be held at St Paul church in Eudora Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o'clock Rev Reifschneider officiating. Burial will be in Eudora. Flowers omitted.
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Fred C. Lotz
Kansas City
University of Kansas Hospital
St. Paul ‘Church
Eudora
Reifschneider
Actress Lola Laszlo Falls to Death in New York
Hungarian born actress Lola Laszlo aged 21, daughter of composer Aladar Laszlo, died after leaping from the tenth floor apartment of Baron Frederick von Oppenheim of Cologne. Detectives said von Oppenheim, a longtime family friend, hosted a party for his departure to California and other destinations when Laszlo vanished and the window was found open.
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New York
Lola Laszlo
Aladar Laszlo
Baron Frederick von Oppenheim
Cologne
Germany
William Fox
James Brady
von Oppenheim
Laszlo
Alarms Responded To Two Small Local Fires
Fire crews answered two alarms this afternoon. A roof fire at 1818 Indiana Street home of Mrs Beulah A Ricketts was extinguished with minor damage. A grass fire at 9 Winona Street home of C E Carter was also put out. Separately Miss Margaret Schumann a Kansas University anatomy technician, suffered a broken right leg after a sidewalk fall outside the Masonic Temple while en route to an Eastern Star banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah A. Ricketts
Indiana Street
C. E. Carter
Winona Street
Margaret Schumann
Ohio
University of Kansas
Masonic Temple
Oil Worker Dies From Refinery Explosion Injuries
Marvin H. Odell aged 28, an electrician's helper at an Augusta oil refinery, died from burns suffered in an explosion after being injured Wednesday. Survivors include his widow and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Dorado
Kan
Augusta
Marvin H. Odell
Odell
Sophomore Robert Polson Undergoes Appendectomy
Lawrence student Robert Polson underwent an appendectomy at Watkins Hospital this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Polson
Lawrence
Watkins Hospital
Christmas Socials and Club Parties Around Riverside
Riverside society clubs held their Christmas gatherings at various homes and venues. Activities included luncheons for twenty-two members, poetry readings, gift exchanges, and carols. The United Spanish War Veterans and their Auxiliary elected officers and planned an installation. Several bridge and dessert gatherings followed, with families and guests invited. An open house by the Roger Williams Foundation was announced for tomorrow evening at the Baptist student center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Farm‘Bureau Club
W. S. Collins
Mary Farley
Helen Farley
N. J. Borland
Lake View
Joseph A. Wahl
United Spanish War Veterans
A. L. Decker
Roger Williams Foundation
the Baptist
Missisippi_street
Theta Epsilon Sorority
Journal World gift subscriptions grow in popularity
The Journal-World reports rising interest in gift subscriptions with more readers opting to share the paper. Call 22 for details on gifting options and pricing.
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Journal-World
Lawrence Christmas lights draw crowds at Cordley school display
Lawrence residents planned to attend Christmas vesper services in Hoch auditorium with an evening option to fit visitors from nearby cities. Roy Houser built a Santa and reindeer silhouette display at Cordley school on Nineteenth and Vermont. Local notes include sports cartoonist Jim Williams of Out Our Way, KC city manager rumors, K U football guests for the Rotary, and area farming news on Richmond Robinson, Will Hayden, Noble DeRain, plus the WREN charity party at I.O.C.F. hall tonight with music by local acts.
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Cordley
Nineteenth
Vermont
Roy Houser
Santa
Lawrence
Hoch Auditorium
Jim Williams
Journal-World Sports
Mexico
Arizona
WREN
Worden Community Notes Include Elections and Visits
Worden residents host Erma Hurrelbrink and Pauline Stoebener for supper at Mrs. Sophia Schwartz home. Sunday School officer elections held at St. John's Evangelical church. Local officials Herbert Hornberger Ida Ziesch Otto Stoebener and families listed among visitors and social visits across Worden and nearby towns.
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Erma Hurrelbrink
Pauline Stoebener
Sophia Schwartz
St. John's Evangelical Church
Herbert Hornberger
Ida Ziesch
Otto Stoebener
Henry Schwartz
Edward Johanning
Leavenworth
Earl Shaffer
Central
Worden
R. M. Banks
Henry Beehle
Grover
Ulrich
August Beehle
Pleasant Grove
James Oshell
Bob Dyer
Jack Thomas
Frank Barttena
Kansas City
Pauline
Oscar
Donald Breithaupt
Katherine. Brass
Wil Reetz
Worrine
Fall Leaf
Louise Schwartz
Walter Schwartz
Fall Leaf Dinner Guests Across Several Families
Local residents attended dinners with extended family groups. Harold Simon and Harold Anderson with their families visited Lawrence and DeSoto households. Esther Canary and her nieces joined Noah Canary’s family for a Thursday gathering. Lloyd Bryant spent Sunday with sister Wilbur Roberts in Williamstown.
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Harold Simon
Lawrence
Harold Anderson
Donna Mae
DeSoto
Esther Canary
Jennie
Betty Lou Tabor
Linwood
Noah Canary
Lloyd Bryant
Wilbur Roberts
Williamstown
KU student killed in crash near Lawrence Kansas
A Kansas University student died in a car crash near the Hill at 2 am. The two youths, Battenfeld and Hamilton, were headed toward Kansas City en route to a possible trip to California. Battenfeld was a junior economics student and a Delta Sigma Pi member.
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Kansas City
Fraternity
Battenfeld
Robert Faucett
Independence
Faucett
Battenfield
University Library
Donald Thomas
School of Business
Hamilton
Ned Martin
Lister
Ted Fio Rito
Martin
California
Fawcett
Delta Sigma Pi
Jayhawker
J. R. Battenfeld
Pennsylvania University
Bound Over in Local Case Against Otto and Dora Mae
Carl Otto and Dora Mae Otto were bound over to district court after a preliminary hearing in Robert Oyler’s justice court. They face charges of receiving stolen property tied to recovered tires oil and tools seized by local police last week.
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Carl Otto
Dora Mae
Otto
Robert Oyler
Gift idea for former Lawrence resident Jour nal World subscription
Suggests a mail subscription to the Jour nal-World as a gift for a former Lawrence resident. Pricing noted as 2.50 or 3.00 per year depending on distance.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
First Mortgage Loans Offered for Farms and Properties
First Mortgage Loans on farms business property and residences at 4 44 percent to 5 percent new FHA rate. Quick service. S C Binshew phone 539 Eldridge Hotel Building.
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S.C. Binshaw
Eldridge Hotel
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Hymn History
The text notes the traditional Christmas scene of shepherds at night as the Star of Bethlehem shines above. It credits Nahum Tate with writing the words in the late 17th century, linking him to Dryden as a friend and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nahum Tate
Dryden
Roosevelt weighs war and navy aid in peace time spending
President Roosevelt studied war and navy department recommendations for record peace time appropriations. Budget bureau estimates called for 2 billion to 2.25 billion dollars for defense in the coming fiscal year. He aimed to pare down the general budget but expected no major cuts to defense funds.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
War and Navy Department
Budget Bureau
Haskell Institute weekend visitors and campus entertainment
Jennie Faris of Fayil Oklahoma visited her family the Farises and sister Louise from Haskell last weekend Elmer Dieh of Toledo Ohio stayed with W T Allen and his daughter Miss Allen Bert Kennerly of Los Angeles visited his niece Rose Blackhawk a Haskell student The Haskell dance orchestra led by Phil Cato and the dramatics club with Marguerite Cosgriff and Ruby Cooper entertained the Ottawa CCC camp with a dance and a play The Pampered Darling
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Jennie Faris
Fayil
Okla
A. H. Faris
Louise
Haskell
Elmer Dieh
Toledo
Ohio
W. T. Allen
Miss Allen
Beulah Davis
Coffeyville
Kansas
Allens
Bert Kennerly
Los Angeles
Calif
Rose Blackhawk
Haskell Dance Orchestra
Phil Cato
Haskell Dramatics Club
Marguerite Cosgriff
Ruby Cooper
Ottawa CCC
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Westminster Choir
Buenos Aires
Ted Fio Rita
K. U
Beta’s
GRAD
Herry Miller
Jimmie Joy
Beta Theta Pi
Beagle Anne
K. U. Hunt Club
John Milton Phillips
Harvard Law School
Phillips
Ames
Homer Price Rainey
University of Texas
Hogg Auditorium
Austin
E. H.sellards
Bureau of Economic Geology
Texas School
Sellards
Anna Alford Sellards
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Union Ballroom
Valley Grove
Finland
Haap- Asaari Islands
Kotka
Lake
Ladoga
North
Lake Ladoga
Salmijarvi
Gulf of Bothnia
Ciano Man
Edwin Fritz
Evans
Conrad McGrew
Ben Babb
Lillie K
Stone
Gertle Skiles
Ont
Myrtle A
Cora Lee Gehret
Ida’ Prin
Gle
Jeannette Skiles
Edith Howard
Edith Owen
Minnie Dicker
Ollie Brewer
Myrtle Glant
Fred Williams
Missouri Street
Lee Gemmell
Maine Street
E. J. Coy
Raymond Tudor
Er -Mesdames
Marston McCluggage
Russell Steen
Fred Montgomery
Ben Williamson
B.B. DeGroot
H.J. Coy
Eddy Wood
Fred Bremer
O. L. Cole
David McCreath
Hutton
Alice Dicker
Ernest Klooz
Agnes Uhrlaub Evans
J. B. Edmondson
Charles Radcliffe
Westminster Hall
Colonial Tea Room
London
Kansas City,Mo
Tom Birch
F. W. Jaedicke
Federal Housing Administration
Topeka
Lawrence Rotary Club
Richmond Robinson
Illinois
Will Hayden
Noble DeRain
Fred Olmstead
Noble
Shortridge High School
Indianapolis
Ind
Kenneth Blim
Council Grove
Betty Wyatt
Salina
Glenn Antrim
Municipal Air Terminal
John Hamilton
John David Stewart
Beta Fraternity
Hall Lithographing Company
Washington, D. C
First Mortgage
Roosevelt Roads
War and Navy Defense Estimates
Haskell Institute
a_ malik
F. Perservice
McGrew-Peck Inv. Co
Lawrence National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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