Plan to speed up Army inductions in Kansas
Topeka December 15. State selective service headquarters push to accelerate inducting registrants who passed November and early December medicals. Maj. Montgomery says 21 to 28 year olds with no wounds are prioritized, deferments for prior training wiped out, local boards urged to review deferrals and expedite induction. Comprehensive exams shift from local physicians to army doctors.
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Topeka
Selective Service
Maj
R. ¥. Montgomery
Kansas Selective Service
Kansas
Army
Montgomery
Corcoran Denies Fees in Defense Contract Brokerage
Former White House advisor Thomas G. Corcoran testified to a congressional panel he never received fees for soliciting defense contracts. Leon K. Shanack admitted profiting about 392000 in ten months from subcontract orders and faced questions over claimed drawings and large expenses. The hearings linked Shanack’s profits to defense work and questioned defense industry practices during wartime.
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Washington
Thomas G. Corcoran
White House
Congressional
Leon K. Shanack
Corcoran
Senate
Oh Burton
Shanack
Faddis
D-Pa
Kansas Supreme Court Waives Bar Exam For War Service
The Kansas Supreme Court allows law students who can finish by September 1 to be admitted to the bar if called into military service sooner. Applications will be considered promptly if the candidate is otherwise qualified but has not completed the last year of law study. Dean F J Moreau of the University of Kansas says 20 to 25 eligible students exist this year. The court notes no exam is required for those entering service.
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Kansas Bar
State Supreme Court
F. J. Moreau
University of Kansas School of Law
iIt
Dean Moreau
Special assembly promotes T B Christmas seal drive at school
Liberty Memorial high held a special assembly to launch the T B Christmas seal drive. Stanley Nelon chairs the campaign with Calvin Dresser and Rudy Carl assisting. Miss Electa Kindle Sperger spoke briefly. The goal is 85 dollars per advisory room and defense stamp sales began. By 1 30 the office had sold 10 dollars worth of 20 cent stamps.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Stanley Nelon
Calvin Dresser
Rudy Carl
Electa Kindlesperger
Parity Payment Deadlines and Douglas County Totals
Eligible landowners must file by December 31 1941 for 1941 and 1942 wheat parity payments. March 1 1942 is the deadline for 1941 agricultural conservation payments from Douglas county. Douglas county has 35011 54 dollars in 1941 wheat parity payments and 9947 52 dollars in corn parity payments. About 100000 dollars in 1941 agricultural conservation payments are expected, with most disbursements in February.
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Douglas County
Douglas County Farm Bureau Set to Meet Tomorrow
The annual meeting of the Douglas County Farm Bureau will convene at 11:30 AM in the ICC hall with W. W. Gerstenberger presiding. Township vice-presidents will elect bureau board members before the main session. Clare J. Colman will report on 4 H club work, with O B Glover and Miss Mildred Anderson speaking briefly. County officers and delegates to 1942 state Farm Bureau events will be elected at 2:25 PM.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
Ladies of the Friends Church
W. W. Gerstenberger
Farm Bureau Board
Clare J. Colman
4-H Council
O. B. Glover
Mildred Anderson
State Farm Bureau
State Board of Agriculture
Civilian Defense Plans Outlined for County
County officials describe blackout rooms to keep lights hidden during alarms and two tone sirens for warning. FBI preparations for aliens are cited, with Sheriff noting no known dangerous aliens in Douglas County.
4-H Council Elects Officers and Sets MeetingSchedule
The 4-H council met December 18 in the Jenny Wren building. Clara J. Coleman presided and Ruth Brune kept minutes. Officers elected for the coming year were Mildred Johanning president Anthony Ice vice president Ruth Brune secretary treasurer and Alwinna Thiry reporter. Meetings will be held the first Saturday night every two months with special meetings possible. Mildred Johanning reported on the National 4-H Club Congress trip in Chicago.
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Jenny Wren
Clara J. Coleman
Ruth Brune
Mildred Johanning
Anthony Ice
Alwinna Thiry
Douglas County
Chicago
Roosevelt urges draft age cut to 19 in wartime call
President Roosevelt recommended lowering the military draft minimum from 21 to 19 to expand the pool of eligible volunteers. He sent identical letters to Vice President Wallace and Senate leaders. The Senate committee debates widening the draft age up to 44 and broadening registration to 18 to 64, while military officials favor tapping younger troops to preserve production talent.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Senate
Barkley
McNary
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Reynolds
D-Nc
Johnson
D-Colo
Austin
Vermont
Planned Yamamoto Attack Strategy Revealed In 1934 Letter
Tokyo dispatch cites a Yomiuri letter dated January 24 this year in which Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto outlined plans to dictate peace from the White House if war with the United States broke out. He had praised the 1941 attack and earned Hirohito’s congratulations for sinking the Prince of Wales and Repulse.
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Tokyo
Domei
Isoroku Yamamoto
Yomiuri
Yamamoto
London
Japan
United States
Guam
Philippines
Hawaii
San Francisco
White House
Washington
Hirohito
Malaya
Britain
Pacific
Swine Disease Talk At Douglas County Meetings
Kansas State College extension veterinarian Dr. J W Lamb will visit Douglas county on Friday December 19 for two talks on Swine Diseases and Their Control. The 10 am session meets at the Chamber of Commerce and the 2 pm session at Fellowship Hall Baldwin. Roosevelt radio address warns aggressors threaten liberty. No Holy Communion at Trinity Episcopal Church tomorrow at 11.
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J. W. Lamb
Kansas State College
Douglas County
Chamber of Commerce
Fellowship Hall
Baldwin
Trinity Episcopal Church
Christmas vacation plans hold steady at the campus
Rumors of an early end to Christmas break prove unfounded as the campus sticks to the original schedule. Students will be evacuated Friday evening and a flurry of parties is planned Thursday and Friday night.
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Department of Journalism
Chemistry Club
Bailey Laboratories
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Kansas
Memorial Union Building
Lawrence
Review Physics Work At Liberty Memorial High
Principal Neal Wherry said Liberty Memorial High School is admitting graduates for physics review work at the request of the selective service board. Two have enrolled and more are expected as boys remain in the physics room all day while the government defers their draft calls. This review will prepare them for a special examination qualifying them for ground school work in the air corps.
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Roosevelt
Read
FBI
Douglas County
Selective Service Board
Liberty Memorial High School
Neal Wherry
Air Corps
University drive nears shelter fund goal with donations
The Jayhawk Shelter fund has reached about 3100 dollars with Friday’s report. An early donor to the campaign gave a contribution that doubled the original gift to Professor Domenico Gagliardo, chairman of the university committee. The University has provided all but roughly 250 dollars of the total raised.
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Jayhawk Shelter
Domenico Gagliardo
Plans for Junior Chamber Christmas Party Friday Night
Plans have been completed for the annual Christmas party of the Junior Chamber of Commerce to morrow night from 9 to 12 at the country club. Music for dancing will be supplied by Clayton Harbor and his orchestra. The event is informal though those preferring formal attire may dress accordingly.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Clayton Harbor
Jaycee
Former Detroit Mayor Guilty in Numbers Conspiracy Trial
Former Detroit Mayor Richard W. Reading and 22 co-defendants were found guilty after 1833 hours of deliberation by a circuit jury of eight women and four men in the Wayne county numbers conspiracy case.
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Detroit
Richard W. Reading
Wayne County Numbers
Senate Acts on Wheat Penalty Relief for Overplanted Farms
The Senate completed action on legislation lifting wheat penalties for farmers who harvested a short crop after planting acreage above allotments under the administration farm program. The item notes a mail subscription gift to the Journal-World.
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Washington
Senate
Administration
Details of Japan's two man submarine from Pearl Harbor raid
Washington reports the Pearl Harbor subs were 41 feet long with a 5 foot beam and two 18 inch torpedoes. The midget craft carried one officer and one enlisted man and could be launched from larger ships. Navy notes a possible 100 mile approach by a mother ship and claims crews would self destruct if needed.
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Washington
Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Oahu
Great Naval Base
Navy
U. S. Navy
Knox
Hawaii
Naval shipbuilding bill seeks 150000 ton addition
Washington reports the house passed a bill to authorize construction of an additional 150000 tons of naval fighting ships and sent it to the senate for action. The measure aims to expand the fleet and strengthen national defense.
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Washington
House
Senate
Air Attacks Over Channel As RAF Bombers Strafe Kent
German forces attacked the Kent coast with airplanes and long-range guns at night while RAF bombers streamed over the Channel in widespread bombing.
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Channel
London
Kent
Local residents plan cross country holiday trips
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Wood and son Bruce Dean with Mrs. Wood’s parents Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Patton relocate to Lawrence and depart Saturday for a two week vacation reaching Monterey Mexico via Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio and Laredo then returning through Corpus Christi Galveston and Houston. Flora Muratta leaves for Springfield Missouri to spend Christmas with her daughter then Oklahoma City with her son. Mr. and Mrs. D Baker of Kansas City Kansas visit then head to Jacksonville Florida for Christmas. Mrs. Dan Wilson and Mrs. Don Roney of Philadelphia arrive to spend days with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Veatch before trips to Topeka and Marquette. Mr. L. R. Hughes of Sioux City arrives to spend a few days with the Veatches. he is Mrs. Veatch’s brother.
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Edd Wood
Bruce Dean
Oklahoma City
D. Baker
Kansas City
Kan
Ellis T. Johnston
Jacksonville
Fla
Baker
Hattie Emery
Dan Wilson
Don Roney
Philadelphia
Howard Veatch
Topeka
Marquette
L. R. Hughes
Sioux City
Veatch
Mr. Hughes
Mackey Merry Makers Hold Christmas Meeting at Home
The Mackey Merry Makers met at Mrs. Ronald Robb’s home for a Christmas gathering with a covered dish luncheon at 1 pm. Members sewed for the Red Cross, exchanged gifts, and votes named Mrs. Torneden for the nicest home made gift. Guests included Mrs. David Perkins, Jean Perkins, and Mrs. Frank Waiters and her son Bobby.
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Merry Makers Club
Ronald Robb
Red Cross
David Perkins
Jean Perkins
Frank Waiters
Bobby
Torneden
Paxton
Francis Bereiter
Ronnie
Sandra
Lawrence
Frank Berviter
Anna Taylor
Arnold
H. C. Nunemaker
Dorothy Emory
Maurice Sutter
Bethany Hospital
Mary Suiter
Elmer Suiter
Meadow Lark
Tammy Cawley
Local notices and community events from Lawrence
Lawrence updates include Carol Buchanan’s new position at Chillicothe Business College, Monroe Myers identifying a Missouri gourd vine root, and ongoing Salvation Army waste paper collection. Haskell Glee Club carols, wrapping station hours at the Chamber of Commerce, Junior Chamber smoker, golf driving fee, Cordley School’s blue V lights, Red Cross house to house drive volunteer interest, and wartime fundraising plans.
Local Social Notes Highlight Houk and Leslie Visits
During Sunday services Jack Worley spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Houk at Stull Mrs Henry Leslie hosted the Sunshine club last Wednesday afternoon.
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Jack Worley
Community Notes From High Prairie and Nearby
The High Prairie W S C S met with 12 members and two guests on December 3. A dime tea followed the program led by Mrs Carrie Williams. Upcoming events include a December 17 potluck dinner and mystery sister reveal with Mrs Ada Williams. Nearby activities include Hopewell Country club gathering, Santa Claus parade trip, calls on Rev A U Tainter, funeral services for Mrs Eugene Lutz, and a large Corn husking event at Jake Oehlert’s Pleasant Grove home.
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Clyde Puckett
Judy Shotavell
Gerald Puckett
Carrie Williams
Ada Williams
Charles Johnson
Frank Johnson
Loren Williams
Hopewell Country Club
Roy Merchant
Lawrence
Herschel Ulrich
Carolyn
A. UL. Tainter
Frank Gleason
Baldwin
Ed Heaston
Eugene Lutz
Washington Creek Church
Jake Oehlert
Pleasant Grove
Oehlert
Paul Ulrich
Ed Heast
United Brethren Church News Outlines Social and Building Plans
The official board met after Sunday service to discuss repairing the parsonage foundation. Mrs. Worley elected official board secretary. Community events include a high school football banquet, Thanksgiving dinners, and Christmas program planning. Notables: Mary Ellen Brandt, Paul Brandt, H B Steele, Marilyn Miller, Arlene Adams, Lee Smith, and Rev. Kellogg. Funeral for Frederick Jacob Carlson held at United Brethren.
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United Brethren Church
Parsonage
Worley
Lecompton
John Miller
T. A. Robson
Hoisington
Mary Ellen Brandt
Paul R. Brandt
Wichita
H. B. Steele
Mary Martha Allen
Quenemo
Marilyn
John Allen
Ida Clark
Arlene Adams
York
Neb
A. O. Kellogg
Kelloge
Elmer Trowbridge
Jerry Holloway
John Schreiner
Frank Walters
Harvey Glenn
Harry Carr
Rose Hill
Winnie Sehon
Lawrence
United Brethren and Bazaar
Joe Smith
Fred C. Smith
Barbara Worley
Ted Smith
Carolyn
Frederick
Billy Jo Smith
Virginia Rose Smith
Richard Smith
Harry Carr, Jr
C. V._Priddle
Dean Tack
Tommy Lad
Jesus
H. L. Paslay
Puckett Family Gathering Noted With Ice Cream and Cake
A large gathering of extended Puckett family members including Kenneth Harry Wayne William Junior Patty Orval Florence Virginia Dorothy Lloyd Clyde Gerald Max Moora and others enjoyed ice cream and cake together.
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Kenneth
Harry
Wayne
William Puckett
Keith
Ruby
Junior Puckett
Patty
Orval Puckett
Florence Marie
Virginia
Dorothy Lawson
Lloyd Puckett
Clyde Wayne
Gerald Puckett
Max Moore
Estel' Moora
Mra
Clyde Puckett
Cecil
Christmas Gift Idea for Journal-World Subscriptions
A year's Journal-World mail subscription costs $2.50 or $3.00 by distance, offering a fostered gift card idea for Christmas remembrance.
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Journal-World
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