Hungary Moves to Restrict Jewish Participation in Life
Budapest reports Hungary proposes sweeping measures to limit Jews in business, professions, and state employment. The plan delays Jewish voting, curbs citizenship, and restricts emigration with a five year enforcement window. Parliament expected to approve after Christmas recess.
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Budapest
Hungary
Europe
Bela Imredi
Germany
Italy
Interior Ministry
Packed Theater Helps Sal Army Collect Canned Goods
More than 600 children filled the Patee theater this morning for a Salvation Army event in cooperation with Harold Graves, manager. Admission was canned goods. A second show is set for 10 o'clock at the Dickinson theater featuring Jane Withers in Angels Holiday and a Popeye cartoon, with canned fruits or vegetables as admission. Captain Brigman announced the Army will distribute over 100 filled baskets tomorrow with a chicken in each. Farmers donated produce. additional items were bought with donated money.
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Patee Theater
Salvation Army
Harold Graves
Dickinson Theater
Jane Withers
Brigman
Drunk in Public Charges Rend Court Appearances
Tony Anderson pleaded not guilty in Don Hults justice court to being drunk in a public place. Bond set at $25 with a January 6 hearing. Jack Armstrong also pleaded not guilty to driving a car while intoxicated. Bond set at $250 with a December 28 hearing.
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Tony Anderson
Justice Court
Don Hults
Jack Armstrong
Hults
Wheat Sold to Europe Under Export Subsidy Plan
The federal surplus commodities corporation reported selling about 2,000,000 bushels of surplus American wheat to exporters for shipment abroad under the export subsidy program. Details were withheld, but officials indicated most wheat would go to continental Europe.
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Europe
Washington
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Nebraska couples receive marriage licenses in two counties
Marriage licenses have been issued to Calvin R. Rossiter of De Witt Nebraska and Nellie G. Fritz of Beatrice Nebraska and Edward T. Graham and Davenna C. Harris, both of Osage City Kansas.
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Calvin R. Rossiter
de Witt, Neb
Nellie G. Fritz
Beatrice, Neb
Edward T. Graham
Davenna C. Harris
Osage City
Kan
Test Your Knowledge Roundup on Classified Page
Readers are invited to turn to the classified page for answers to seven knowledge questions. Topics include labor unions, geography, measurements, literature, climate terms, rivers, and notable American and Japanese references.
Shirley Temple Tops Box Office Chart for Fourth Year
Hollywood voters name Shirley Temple as box office queen for a fourth straight year. Clark Gable stays runner up, with Sonja Henie and Mickey Rooney among the top ten. Disney characters gain ballots from exhibitors in a mixed poll.
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Little Shirley Temple
Hollywood
Calif
Shirley Temple
Motion, Picture Herald
Clared
Moppet
Clark Gable
Walt Disney
Dopey
Snow White
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Sonja Henie
Mickey Rooney
Spencer Tracy
Robert Taylor
Myrna Loy
Jane Withers
Alice Faye
Tyrone Power
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Thoburn Sheppard 75
Mrs Thoburn Sheppard aged 75 died Wednesday night at the home of her daughter Mrs Walter Lewis in Arkansas City. Funeral services will be at Stewart funeral home Bald win Saturday at 3 PM with Dr Homer K Ebright officiating. Burial at Oakwood cemetery beside husband and son. Survived by three sons Cyril Sheppard Veryl Sheppard Guy Sheppard and one daughter Mrs Walter Lewis and one brother Elmer Dodds.
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Thoburn Sheppard
Walter Lewis
Arkansas City
Stewart Funeral Home
Baldwin
Homer K. Ebright
Oakwood Cemetery
Sheppard
Cyril Sheppard
Larned
Veryl Sheppard
Colorado Springs
Colo
Guy Sheppard
Lyndon
Elmer Dodds
Overbrook
Mrs J A Diehl Dies After Paralytic Stroke
Mrs J A Diehl aged 78 died in Gentry Arkansas after a paralytic stroke. She lived in Lawrence area since 1909 and is survived by her husband two daughters and three sons with funeral services planned in Gentry. She was born March 3 1860 in Pennsylvania.
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J. A. Diehl
Lawrence
Gentry
Ark
Diehl
Pennsylvania
Frank Standley
A. E. Halstead
Loma Linda
Calif
Milton Diehl
Raymond Diehl
Gentry, Ark
Wilbur Diehl
Little Rock
Thousands of Jews Released From Camps in Germany
Berlin reports indicate about 7,000 Jews released from concentration camps in the past two weeks after riots and synagogue burnings. Veterans favored for release. those freed after December 18 suffered more injuries with frostbite and amputations possible due to freezing weather. Many remain at home during the Christmas period as camps struggle with cold and pneumonia cases.
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Berlin
Germany
Sen Lewis Warns U S to Seek Peace With Nations
Sen Lewis of Illinois warns that Germany Russia Italy and Japan could form a bloc if the United States does not pursue peace through conference and conciliation. He forecasts a distant conflict if Asia demands abandonment of excluding Chinese and Japanese policies.
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Sen. Lewis
U. S
Washington
Lewis
Ill
United States
Germany
Russia
Italy
Japan
Europe
Asia
Senate panel to focus section on WPA activity in Tennessee and Kentucky
The Senate campaign expenditures committee announced a plan to include a special section in its report examining charges of WPA political activity in Tennessee and Kentucky. The action aims to clarify alleged partisan involvement and document findings for the broader investigation.
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WPA
Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Senate
Tennessee
Kentucky
Agencies Face Expiration As 1940 Policy Ends
Washington December 23 Agencies core to Roosevelt policy face ending next year unless Congress acts. Key items expire May 1 debt cash and carry under the neutrality act and June 30 RFC authority. Other stances include taxation changes postal rates and public works financing.
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Washington
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Hoover
Mongenthau
the Treasury
Public Works Administration
Federal Reserve Banks
The
Commodity Credit Corporation
Export-Import Bank
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
the Electric Home and Farm Authority
Senate
Lawrence Weather and Christmas Notes from Kansas Town
Rainfall data from Prof Posey shows 0.9 inch yesterday and 0.29 inch for December so far. Lawrence merchants draw shoppers from surrounding regions, while Win Newmark counts 35 non Douglas county cars on the west Massachusetts street block. A Sol Marks ad overstates a diamond size, and J C Penney employees distribute bonuses to help a family. Beet Sugar Assn opposes a Cuba sugar duty reduction in Washington.
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C. J. Posey
Lawrence
Kansas
Regilar
Win Newmark
Massachusetts Street
Douglas County
Jefferson and Leavenworth
New York Convictions Reach 393 804 in 1936
In 1936 New York State registered a total of 393 804 convictions across all counts reflecting crime activity and enforcement outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Hopkins Named to Succeed Roper in Commerce Post
Hopkins to be sworn in at the White House study after being selected to head the Commerce Department with WPA ties. He faces Senate scrutiny over past WPA coercion charges, while Harrington moves to lead WPA on army detail. The appointment shifts cabinet balance amid ongoing investigations into the relief agency.
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Hopkins
Hyde Park
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
White House
Early
Senate
Harrington
WPA
Cummings
Roper
Commerce
NYA
Works Progress Administration
Williams
Army
Commerce Department
Grinnell College
Iown
New York
Rom College Hopkins
Association For Improving
New York City
Houses Sold Cheap at Liverpool Auction
At Liverpool two houses were auctioned with only one bid. The properties were knocked down for 2.50 each because they were slated for demolition.
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Liverpool
England
Women Graveyard Found Near Tos tedt Dating to 2nd Century
German museum officials uncovered a women's graveyard near Tos tedt dating to the second century A D. The site yielded silver nails and treasure chests among other relics.
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Hamburg
Tostedt
Early Morning Christmas Service at First Methodist Church
The First Methodist church holds a 9 o'clock Christmas morning service led by Dr. Robert A. Hunt with assist Rev. Robert A. Edgar. Dorothy Enlow Miller plays the organ and Mary Louise Beatie sings the morning solo No Candle Was There and No Fire. No further Christmas day services are planned. all are invited.
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First Methodist Church
Robert A. Hunt
Robert A. Edgar
Wilmette, Ir
Dorothy Enlow Miller
Stcherbatchiff
Sicily
Yon
Handel
Lehmann
Mary Louise Beatie
Social Roundup from Ives Chapel and Ottawa visits
Local residents text lists numerous visitations and social calls across Ives Chapel and Ottawa. Families such as Butler, Dean, Sutor, Storey, Lobingier, Leach, and Bailey are noted hosting or visiting over the weekend and weekdays.
Hunter Bags Hare and Five-Pound Pike in Flensburg
A hunter shot a hare as it jumped over a water ditch in Flensburg Germany and also landed a five pound pike swimming in the water. The report notes the tale is well authenticated.
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Flensburg
Germany
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Arica
Arkansas
Inc
John and
Lionel Barrymore
Mrs. Thoburn Sheppard
Slene
F.D.R
Santa
Daddy
Junior
Sol Marks & Son
Journal-World
Lawrence J. C. Penney
Beet Growers
United States Beet Sugar Association
Cuba
John Nance Garner
Washington, D. C
Garner
New Orleans
American Red Cross
New York Tuberculosis and Health Association
Reed
Administration
Clyde M. Reed
R-Kan
Howard Butler
John Dean
Summer
Dewey McClay
Ottawa
W. R. Sutor
Ernest Butell
Wincel Dean
Ernest, Jr
Cecil Vining
Aileen
Gene
C. E
Judson Leach
Frances Bailey
C. EB. Storey
Glen Carpenter
Frank Craven
Wayne
Doris
Donald
Swere
Charlie Wineinger
Steve
Near
Centropolis
Richard Butell
Jimmy
Marvin Jardon
Mildred Madl
Joe Schehrer
Eudora
Sym Taylor
Stone
Roscoe Charles
S. L. Leonard
Frank Lobingier
George Sammer
Glen
Frank Johnson
Bill
Clarence Johnson
Barbara Bailey
Oklahoma City
Henry Bailey
Frances
L. C. Baker
Charles Gale
Salina
Frank Pennel
Homewood
Prairie City School News
Charles and Junior Morgan
Mary Lou Lobingier
Esther
Francis
Cecil McConnell
Ernest Reed
Gayle Cook
Wincel Dean Butell
Norma Athey
Holland
Colonies
Wincel Dean Butelli
Roy Clary
Pete Stoneking
O. Hird
Clary
Mrs. Hird
Roy Barkley
London
Indira
Kapurthala
Benjamin Simon
F. Donald Coster
Musica
Coster
Simon
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Stoneback Grains
R. G. Wager
Mer
East
India Switch
Watch and Wait Society of Construction
Philadelphia
Radio City
Miller Furn. CO
Bernice Paris
Jayhawk
Penn
J. F. Baker
Dist
Lawrence Delbert C. Richardson
Agt
Douglas County Building & Loanssociation
Massachusetts St
John C. Emick
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