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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1938

Page

2

Industrialists Offer to Resign From Commerce Advisory Council

Washington reports 54 business leaders on the commerce department's advisory council offered to resign to test the next secretary of commerce's policy. They believed attendance without pay met the request of Secretary Daniel C. Roper who leaves office Friday. Patterson, deputy secretary, would remain and oversee relations with the council and the monopoly inquiry.

Washington Commerce Department Business Advisory Council Daniel C. Roper Harry L Hopkins WPA Altho Hopkins Business Council White House Richard C. Patterson, Jr Patterson Radio NBC Department Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Business World Roper

Toys Inspire WREN Radio Jam Session

Ted West and the Range Riders featured a tin horn quintet on WREN during the morning show. Impromptu toy horn players, including two cowboys and a visitor, joined in on Jingle Bells as engineers endured the concert behind earmuffs.

Christ34 Inspire Wren Ted West Verl Bratton Vernon Fulton Slim Jake Bratton John Bondeson Oglethorpe Frisby West

Carols on Station KFKU Offers French and German Programs

Two Christmas carol programs will air on KFKU Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Jiss Meribah Moore of the KU voice faculty will sing French carols at 2:30 PM replacing the language lesson. Mrs Andre Gronicka, wife of KU German professor, will lead German carols at 2:30 PM Thursday. A gift subscription to the Journal-World is offered at $2.50 or $3 per year with gift card and phone order.

KFKU Jiss Meribah Moore K. U. Voice Ttie Crumrine Andre Gronicka K. U Journal-World

Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions

A reader prompt lists trivia prompts on topics from chemistry to geography and history. Questions include the location of a scorpion sting and the first U S mint, and asks about Henry Armstrong, the Tiber city, and Shiloh.

Italy Tiber Henry Armstrong United States National Housing Committee Shiloh Alexander’the Great United States Mint

Manners Make Men Etiquette Handbook Published by The Witan

The Witan has published a modern etiquette handbook for young men titled Manners Make Men. Compiled by University students James Mott Spencer Bayles and Haven Glassmire with support from Harold C. Fisher and Esther Sanders, the volume covers home, dating, public behavior, and includes appendices on historical codes and knighthood ethics. A report will be presented to Lawrence cabinet tonight to plan activities for next year and a monthly social is set for Wiedemann's Wednesday.

K. U. Witan The Witan Middle-West Washington Franklin Jefferson Emerson William of Wykeham James Mott Spencer Bayles Haven Glassmire Lawrence University Harold C. Fisher County Superintendent of Public Instruction Esther Sanders Mott College Survey Lawrence Cabinet F. A. Russell E. E. Bayles Lodge Wiedemann’s

Medical Quarrel Heads To Court In Unsettling Dispute

Involving a DC medical society and a nationwide physician group the case centers on the American Medical Association A M A and a group health association. The District of Columbia society has about 800 members while the national AMA claims millions in gross income annually. Group Health Association incorporated February 19 1987 as a non profit cooperative for government employees with most members earning under 2000 yearly.

District of Columbia Medical Society United States A.ma Group Health Association

Chinese angle in Coster arms deal shocks U S inquiry

Jury this morning heard details of the Coster arms scheme. Brien McMahon and Gregory Noonan led the inquiry as relatives of the Musica family were subpoenaed. Federal investigators seek cash assets and the missing eighteen million dollars amid allegations of illicit drug sales and arms shipments.

Brien McMahon U. S George Dietrich Musica Louise Musica Guex Fishkill N. Y Henry Morgenthau John M. Kantor Montreal MacKinlay Kantor Stratford Conn Kantor McKesson and Robbins Thomas E. Dewey Musica Brothers Dewey Gregory Noonan McMahon Musica F. Donald Coster Philip Musica Fairfield Brooklyn George Musica George Dietrich Arthur Musica George Ernard Robert Musica Robert ‘Dietrich Corporation Bridgeport, Conn

Colorful Lawrence holiday lights brighten Cordley school yard

In South Lawrence the Cordley school and J W Ince yard at 1729 Vermont St are festooned with blue floodlights and lighted trees. Roy Houser, the school custodian, arranged the decorations. Five evergreen trees in the race yard carry red green and blue lights drawing evening drivers to admire the display.

South Lawrence Cordley School J. W. Ince Vermont Street Roy Houser Race Yard

Youth Arrested In Check Kiting After $100+ Spree

A Kansas City youth, held in the city jail, used a new $27 bank account to write checks totaling over $100. Purchases included shoes, clothing, and a typewriter, with several stores cashing the checks before police intervened. The youth’s father said he saw no motive. The council meets at 7 30 tonight.

Kansas City City Ivan Rowe Fischer Shoe Company Rowe Palace Clothing Company Sol Marks Jewelry Company Royal College Lawrence Typewriter Exchange Lawrence

Ratner Pushes Kansas Oil Growth at Parsons Conference

Governor elect Payne Ratner urged Kansas oil leaders to pool ideas to boost consumption of Kansas crude and to appoint a forward looking advisory committee with the Kansas Corporation Commission. He cited production exceeding 3.5 million barrels daily and noted industry concerns over market share and proration.

Parsons Kan Payne Ratner Kansas Ratner Kansas Corporation Commission Corporation) Commission

Ratner outlines Kansas industrial development program

Ratner and other speakers at an industrial conference urged Kansas to pursue a long term development plan. Ratner said citizens support industrial growth and stressed government can assist without carrying the load. University of Kansas Chancellor Lindley warned against brain drain, while Kansas State College’s Lis Farrell noted stiff competition from other states. Sam Wilson of the state chamber urged a sustained program costing up to half a million annually as a worthwhile investment.

Kansas Ratner Industrial Conference E. H. Lindley University of Kansas Lis D. Farrell Kansas State College Sam Wilson State Chamber of Commerce

Islands to be Named National Monuments in California

Two offshore California isles Santa Barbara and nearby extras were moved from the U S Lighthouse Bureau to the Interior Department to be set aside as national monuments Their geology and rich fossil beds make them of special interest to scholars and conservationists

Santa Barbara Calif Anacapa Santa Barbara Islands California Bureau of Lighthouses Department of the Interior

Pit ponies keep mines moving under British ground

About 33,000 ponies are employed underground in Great Britain. I. R. Williams, secretary of the South Wales Coal Owners Association, says the pit pony is the most adaptable and flexible unit of power for haulage in mines.

Great Britain London R. Williams The South Wales Coal Owners’ Association Enderaraysel United Kingom

Divorce Granted to Twila Belle Nail and George Nail

Judge Hugh Means grants a divorce between Twila Belle Nail and George Henry Nail. A separate note mentions a Rhode Island hen laid an egg nine inches in circumference and ten inches long at Lays Whopper Royal Nebraska.

Hugh Means Twila Belle Nail George Henry Nail Whopper Royal B. B. Bonestell Rhode Island

Police Train Tear Gas Unit In City Demonstration Crackdown

City police form a special tear gas section to handle mobs and demonstrations. Trainees work under the supervision of Commandant Sir Thomas Russell Pasha as concerns rise over injuries from crowd control methods.

Bet Thomas Russel Pasha

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