Roosevelt Sees 1940 Budget Deficit Near 3 Billion
Washington sources say President Roosevelt plans a 1940 budget with about 9.25 billion dollars in expenditures and 6.3 billion in revenues starting July 1 1940. The anticipated deficit could run around 3 billion though adjustments may shift it. Defense spending is rising while relief and public works see cuts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bureau
Treasury
Army
Navy
WPA
F. C. Harrington
Welfare Board Employes To Go Under Merit System
The 750 state social welfare board employes will enter a merit system effective January 1. All staff in state and county offices must take merit examinations but will keep their jobs if they pass. Chairman Frank Milligan announced federal social security board approval and unanimous county support for the plan.
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Topeka
State Social Welfare Board
Frank Milligan
Don Wood Visits Don Wood in Lawrence
Don Wood a former University of Kansas business school student and dance manager was in Lawrence yesterday on the way home to Kansas City from the University of Southern California where he has been in school this fall Judy Garland is named as a fellow student in one of his classes Wood graduated from KU's school of business last year.
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Don Wood
Lawrence
Kansas City
University of Southern California
Judy Garland
Wood
School of Business
Potts and Wilson Receive Baldwin Marriage License
A marriage license was issued yesterday at the probate judge's office to William V. Potts and Helen Wilson, both residents of Baldwin. The couple plans to wed later this year.
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William V. Potts
Helen Wilson
Baldwin
Cranium Cracker Definitions From Classified Page
A puzzle item from a classified page presents multiple choice meanings for terms like logograph manciple and grume. Readers underline the correct sense among options such as steward for monastery or lump of pond. The fragment shows garbled OCR with mis-spellings and mismatched punctuation.
University to implement night telephone supervision on campus
The University of Kansas announces night service will extend to offices with Albert Gish supervising the switchboard and acting as night supervisor. Fred Vogler, ex-Douglas County sheriff, joins as campus special policeman. Training by Mary Neustifter and Lorene Williams continues as 248 phones on 178 stations are managed. most calls still handled by female operators during the day.
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University of Kansas
C. G. Bayles
Albert Gish
University
K. U
Spen
Fred Vogler
Douglas County
Gish
Mary Neustifter
Neustifter
Lorene Williams
Reunion dinner draws large attendance in Plymouth era
The event featured songs The Fisher's Widow and The Windmill. A symbolic menu of five grains per plate recalled rationing in the colony's first winter. Four members died in the past year: Ada Briggs Learned, W. A. Dill, Nellie Gr wold Palmer, and Elizabeth B. Davis. A long guest list followed with numerous names and pairs across the community.
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Edwards
Taylor
Plymouth Colony
Ada Briggs Learned
W. A. Dill
Nellie’ Gr. Wold Palmer
Elizabeth B. Davis
Elm
Ray Q. Brewster
Mae S. Brown
Edward P. Spaulding
Edward Bumgardner
William L. Burdick
Josephine Burnham
Marcia Carter
Elizabeth R. Cook
Byron F. Cooke
Edna Dart
Amber L. Huff
Agnes Emery
Laura Flagg
Mabel N. Chasis
Eoise Glass
Frank Holliday
Jk. M. Hopkins
Maude Land
John Levett
Joseph F. King
Howard E. Koelb
O. W. Maloney
Margaret.c. Manley
Nellie McFarland
M. Be, McNary
Hugh Means UG. G. Mitchell
Rose R. Morgan
M. E. Rice
Helen Rice
Kate
Lucy
May Riggs
Dorcas Rublee
John‘Callahan
Emma Savage
Alice P.sears
W. C. Simons
Charles S. Skilton
Helen Skilton
Guy W. Smith
D. H. Spencer
Edward C. Spencer
Harriette
Canine heir missing in Hillington Tennessee
In Hillington Tennessee on December 22 a small dog known as Baby, heir to $1 000 from Mrs Mary T Fleming, vanished. The dog enjoyed high living, slept on silk pillows, and wore a fine china eating set. Townsfolk describe Baby as a squat Irish Terrier with a wagging tail. The piece notes the value of classifieds for prompt results and suggests a scholarship in Lawrence Business College as a Christmas gift.
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Hillington
Tenn
Dave
Bunger
Mary T. Fleming
China
Russians Reach Finland Front In Nordic War Push
Reports from the eastern front claim a Russian battalion crossed into Finland near Lieksa and Repolska before being destroyed and many arms captured. Finns report no territorial gains along the Gulf of Finland coast as Russian Arctic forces advance toward Pein and the Kola, with harsh weather and heavy losses noted.
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Arma
Liekax
Repols
Russia
Lieksa
Finland
Lake Loga
Gulf of Finland
Pein
Arctic
Kola
Petsamo
Eudora Eagle Students Visit Journal World and Local News
Lawrence area students accompanied by teacher Miss Margaret Colman visited the Journal-World Thursday. Local residents decorate the 800 block on Missouri Street with Christmas lights and trees. J F Baker, Farmers Automobile Insurance district manager, received a Christmas turkey for quota achievement. E U civilian aviation students soloed, bringing totals to 16 with three more earning solo hops. Mrs M N Wilcox of 766 Arkansas Street won a Royal portable typewriter in a nationwide contest with 150 prizes awarded.
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Eudora Eagle
Margaret ‘Colman
Journal-World
Doris Bohnsack
Ruby Bagby
Reta Bagby
Bernadine Mohler
Arvon Gale Gerstenberger
Billy Durr
Automobile Inter- Insurance Exchange
Baker
Midwest
E. U
Clemens R. Mong
Neodesha
Dave Shirk
Lawrence
Albert Grohne
M. N. Wilcox
Arkansas Street
Royal Typewriter Company
Fred Bleisner
Lawrence Typewriter Exchange
Wilcox
Christmas Services Planned at Local Church
Special services are planned for Sunday at 9:45 AM with a church school session and an 11 AM Christmas worship featuring Rev. Theodore H. Astman speaking on Why I Believe in Christmas. Music includes a duet by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilkins, violin solos by Olga Eier, and preludes and postludes by Mrs. C. W. Straffon. An all church Christmas celebration follows at 4:30 PM with white gifts for the King, food for the poor, and a Christmas tree with group singing and recitations.
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Theodore H. Astman
Joseph Wilkins
Wilson
Am Weer
Schubert Wilhelmji
Olga Eier
Wilkins
N.M. Hough
Neal M. Wherry
Schpieian
the .Committee
Kansas State students push for a student union building
Ottawa December 22 report that Kansas State college students and faculty led by alumnus Kenny Ford proposed to build a student union. The group urged raising funds via higher student activity assessments while Chairman F M Harris of the state board of regents said the board would aid the movement.
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Ottawa
Kansas
State ‘College
Kenny Ford
The
Alumni Association
F. M. Harris
State Board of Regents
Harris
Regents
Money Thru Christmas Seals Aids Tuberculosis Work
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health association reports about 1250 dollars raised so far via Christmas seals and TB bonds for clinics and services. Executive secretary Seba Eldridge notes a 1800 dollar annual budget. 500 seals remain and KU groups have contributed 176 dollars while bonds total around 450 dollars.
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Iale
Douglas County
Seba Eldridge
University of Kansas
College students killed in Nebraska truck collision near Haigler
Three college students died and three others were seriously injured in a two mile east of Haigler Nebraska automobile truck crash as they returned from a dance in Benkelman. Victims include Beverly Groves Berna Cuney and Robert Irwin Jr all from Colorado institutions. Others injured were Josephine Pyle Kenneth Brown David Evans and a First National Bank employee from Wray.
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Wray
Colo
Haigler
Neb
Beverly E. Groves
Colorado Woman's College
Denver
Berna Cuney
Colorado
Woman's College
Robert Irwin,Jr
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Josephine Pyle
Local Readers Plan Holiday Travel And Visits
Families prepare for Christmas trips and gatherings across the nation. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jackman depart for Denver with Mrs. Jackman set to join Mrs. Edward James in Beloit. The Knap family heads from Los Angeles to stay with W. A. Florys. routes include San Francisco and the Royal Gorge. Oberlin students Roseann Edwarde Helen Lindquist and Betty Jean Abels return home for the holidays. Milton Sanderson and Margaret Colman travel to Cleveland then Columbus for science talks. others visit Lincoln Chicago Guthrie Center and New Orleans for a Sugar Bowl trip with relatives.
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Richard Jackman
Denver
Leonard James
Beloit
Jackman
Edward James
Lloyd Knap
Los Angeles
Calif
Royal Gorge
Roseann Edwarde
Helen Lindquist
Betty Jean Abels
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Milton Sanderson
Margaret Colman
Cleveland
Arthur Pitcher
Sanderson
Columbus
Sanders
Lucille
New Orleans
Lave Rock
Vicksburg
Natchez Baton Rouge
Galveston
Dallas
Tulsa
Hanes resigns as undersecretary of treasury
President Roosevelt accepts John W. Hanes resignation effective December 3. Hanes, long time treasury tax expert, left New York brokerage to join the SEC and then Morgenthau’s trusted aide, says he seeks return to private business after serving government.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John W. Hanes
Treasury
Hanes
New York
SEC
Morgenthau
Securities Commission
Fokker Severely Ill New York Designer in Critical Condition
Anthony Fokker renowned aircraft designer was in critical condition in New York as of yesterday after an illness believed to be meningitis or a similar infection. Doctors described his state as grave and said he remained unconscious.
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Fokker
New York
Anthony Hilg
Seererplans
Deaths and Funerals Hal Williamson Word
Hal Williamson Word died in Los Angeles at age 50 after moving from Lawrence 30 years ago. He was a Santa Fe Express clerk. He is survived by his wife Martha Williamson, his mother, two brothers in Los Angeles, and was received in Eudora by Mr and Mrs Gus Gabriel, brother in law and sister in law.
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Eudora
Gus Gabriel
Clara J. Hibbard Dies at 70 in Vinland
Clara J. Hibbard age 70 of Vinland died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital last night. She is survived by two sons B. Neely of Craig Missouri and C. M. Neely of Vinland. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 PM in Craig Missouri. Body lies in state until 5 PM Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home.
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Clara J. Hibbard
Vinland
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ke B. Neely
Craig, Mo
C. M. Neely
Craig
Rumsey -Funeral
Walter Kennedy 79 Dies at Baldwin Home
Walter Kennedy aged 79 died at his Baldwin home early this morning. He leaves wife Lizzie Kennedy and five children including Mrs. Orville Platz and Fern Kennedy, all of Baldwin, plus one grandchild. Funeral at 2:30 Sunday at the Baldwin Methodist church with Reverends Chubb and Bailey officiating. Burial in Baldwin cemetery. Body in state at the Baldwin home from tomorrow afternoon until the service.
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Walter Kennedy
Baldwin
Lizzie Kennedy
Orville Platz
Stull
Fern Kennedy
Ralph Kennedy
Harold Kennedy
Floyd Kennedy
Methodist
Chubb
Bailey c
Baldwin Cemetery
Christmas Wave Greeting from Panama to Kansas Man
Short wave radio links Panama Canal Zone to Kansas as John Wedding of Quarry Heights sends a Christmas greeting to Oscar H. Baker, line foreman at Kansas Electric Power. Baker relays the message to Shore at 1824 Barker. The missive wishes a joyous Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
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Schiller Shore
Barker
John Wedding
Quarry
Heights
Panama Canal Zone
Wedding
University of Kansas
Department of
Journalism
Signal Couns
U. S. Army
Panama
Oscar H
Baker
Kansas Electric Power Company
Karl Baldwin
L. C. Baldwin
Philippine Islands
Southwestern into finals in Tulsa tourney
Southwestern College of Winfield Kansas advanced to the finals in the Tulsa all college basketball tournament by defeating East Texas Teachers of Commerce 44 to 36.
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Southwestern
Tulsa
Okla
Southwestern College of
Winfield
Kan
East Texas Teachers of Commerce
Uruguay Guards German Merchantman Tacoma in Montevideo Harbor
The Uruguayan government placed armed guards aboard the German merchantman Tacoma and detained her in Montevideo harbor amid tensions after the Graf Spee incident. The Tacoma helped remove Graf Spee crew before she was scuttled and faces internment over possible retaliation.
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Monteviedo
Tacoma
Admiral Graf Spee
Montevideo
Graf Spee
Landon Unharmed After Horse Stumble Near Topeka
Former governor Alf Landon fell when his horse stumbled during a ride west of Topeka. He escaped serious injury with only bruises and sprains, and will ride by car for a few days. No bones were broken.
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Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Haskell Institute Students Plan Christmas Visits
Mr and Mrs Skalinder of Kansas City Missouri and Miss Lois and Walter Lessert of Kansas University will visit Mr and Mrs G W Spaulding and daughters Warrene and Evan Jean during Christmas holidays Miss Winnie Macon will spend the holidays with her father N W Macon of Lacon New Jersey Miss Hazel Wilcox will spend
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Skalinder
Kansas City
Lois and
Waltern Lessert
Kansas University
G. W. Spaulding
Warrene
Evan Jean
Winnie Macon
N._W. Macon
Lacon, NJ
Hazel Wilcox
Holiday visits listed for many families across states
The notice lists numerous people planning Christmas visits or holidays with relatives in towns including Wyaconda Missouri Topeka Salina Terre Haute Waynesburg Glenlake Onaka Ada Tama Tama Tama Cherokee Albuquerque Haskell and other locations. Spanning multiple states the names include Ruby M Cooper Elinora Hine Laura M O Hara and Margaret Sullivan among others.
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Fairmount
L. G. Wilcox
Ruby
M. Cooper
A. M. Cooper
Wyaconda
Kathryn Laughlin
Topeka
Marguerite Cosgriff
Rulda
Minn
Elinora
Clara Hine
Salina
Margaret M. Sullivan
Terre Haute
Ind
Laura M. O’hara
Waynesburg
Sybil Maum
Glenlake
Mary E. Forbe
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