U S opposition to convoys to Eire warned by Italian editor
Rome reports Virginio Gayda warns American interventionists that sending supply convoys to Britain via neutral Ireland would spread the war and provoke axis reaction. He says such action violates neutrality and risks warlike responses from Germany and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Today
Britain
Ireland
Europe
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Pacific
Gayda
Japan
Italy
Germany
United States
Washington
I Giornale D'Italia
Il Povolo di Roma
Roosevelt
Eire
Kurt Megerle
Foreign Office
Boersen Zeitung
More Names on Telegram Urge U S Neutrality
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 28 The No Foreign War committee announced that over 2000 signatures were authorized for a telegram to President Roosevelt urging the United States stay out of war. Verne Marshall Cedar Rapids Gazette editor led the campaign and said the signs came after broadcasters urged area participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapida
No Foreign War Committee
Roosevelt
United States
Verner Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Marshall
White House
Inflation and debt: methods, objections, and historical examples
The text outlines how a government can cancel debt by payment, inflation, or repudiation. It weighs objections to inflation and repudiation, then cites historical cases such as Continental currency, Civil War greenbacks, German hyperinflation, and depreciated French livre as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
London Faces Night Raid As Bombing Roils City
British reports detail a heavy Luftwaffe raid on London with attacks spreading to East Anglia and French ports. A hospital housing 700 patients was damaged, an American firm building struck, churches and hotels damaged, and many residents rescued from underground shelters amid looting watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Bordeaux
Lorient
le Havre
London
Associated Press
East Anglia
Farm program urged to continue and fund parity benefits
Washington lawmakers from both parties pressed for continuation of the current farm program. Senator Bankhead argued for maintaining and possibly increasing benefits, noting parity payments of 212 million dollars cover about two thirds of prewar parity prices. Senator Capper backed extending parity and soil conservation, with refinements but no cut in farmers' share of national income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Alabama
Capper
R.-Kan
Hutchins Urges Democracy as Fighting Faith in New York
Robert M. Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, told a Metropolitan Opera audience that democracy must be defended not just by fear of attack but by renewing its core beliefs. He argued democracy best combines law equality and justice, contrasting it with totalitarianism as the worst possible state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Metropolitan Opera
Hutchins
Public Swings On Foreign News Trust Says AP Writer
Dewitt Mackenzie of the Associated Press told journalism educators that the American public is well informed about foreign affairs given the world crisis and that readers rely on newspapers to judge foreign news. He urged choosing trustworthy newspapers and writers to guide public evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dewitt Mackenzie
Associated Press
Mackenzie
Tulsa Remains War Dept. Choice for Bomber Plant
An aide to Undersecretary Robert P Patterson said Tulsa Oklahoma remains the War Department’s choice for a bomber plane assembly plant but approval from other agencies is still pending. Fort Worth advocates reportedly delayed contract signing, with Sen. Sheppard pressing for Fort Worth and Sen. Tom Daschle aides indicating a January 1 deadline to file. Rep. Disney, after returning to Washington from Oklahoma, said Tulsa is likely to stay the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Tulsa
Okla
War Department
Fort Worth
Tex
Sheppard D.tex
Thomas
D.-Okls
Disney
D.-Okla
Oklahoma
Assail Depense Policies At American Student Union Meet
Speakers at the American Student Union convention criticise the New Deal defense policies as anti labor and reactionary. Roy Lancaster of the Labor's Non partisan League accuses the defense measures of shelving progressive labor aims to aid Britain and risk U S involvement. He calls for a third party and unity within labor against warmongers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Student Union Today
New Deal
Roy Lancaster
Youth Division of Labor
Nonpartisan League of the C.I.C
Defense Commission
Great Britain
Lancaster
Lawrence residents among Kansas driving license suspensions
A state vehicle commission report to the state insurance association shows 58 suspensions and 88 revocations of Kansas driver licenses from November 14 to December 12. Two Lawrence residents had suspended licenses, with 38 revocations for driving while intoxicated. In Beloit, Floyd McVey, 37, was found shot dead in a pasture south of Simpson after going hunting alone Tuesday, leaving a widow and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Vehicle Commission
State Insurance Association
Kansas
F. M. Holliday
Lawrence
Beloit
Kan
Floyd McVey
Simpson
Food Is Plentiful Still in England
A wartime menu from Fleet Street illustrates rationing limits and bombing impacts. Soup and entrees show reduced variety from prewar days, with pea soup often the only freshly made dish and many fish and meat options trimmed or replaced by leftovers. Milk, butter, and sugar are scarce, hot beverages limited, and cheese options narrowed, marking the food situation despite no severe shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Food
America
X Place
Deaths and Funerals Mrs. Fred Gleed
Mrs. Fred Gleed of Kansas City Missouri died Wednesday morning. Funeral services were held yesterday in Kansas City and burial followed at Highland cemetery. Her husband is the son of the late Fred Gleed of Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gleed
Kansas City
Highland Cemetery
Lawrence
Slayer Sought By Posses In Pennsylvania Farm Slayings
In Clarion County investigators and farmers hunted a suspect after a father and son were killed at their home and the daughter wounded. Reuben Levi Wentling and his son died, his wife and daughter injured as the assailant fled into hills. authorities reported a possible lead and a history of family killings on the same farm decades earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarion
Pennsylvania
Reuben Levi Wentling
Reuben Levi, Jr
Wentling
Olive
Elizabeth
Escaie
Alizabeth
Wentling Farm
Here
Amos Dolby
Dolby
Sig
Three Sapulpa Girls Injured in Auto Truck Crash
Three high school girls from Sapulpa, Jane Sidwell Toy Frazier and Mary Ann Thrift, were seriously injured in a late night auto truck collision near Kiefer. They are from prominent local families and expected to recover. The truck driver, Ivan Leathers of Okmulgee, was absolved of blame by highway patrolmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapulpa
Okla
Kiefer
Jane Sidwell
W. A. Sidwell
Toy Frazier
J. B. Frazier
Mary Ann Thrift
Brooks Thrift
Ivan Leathers
Okmulgee
Lend Lease Plan to Be Under Fire in Senate Talk
Senator Wheeler plans a nationwide radio broadcast Monday night to oppose the lend lease plan and press views on foreign affairs. He argues the administration should not evade cash and carry limits and warns that aiding Britain could draw the U.S. into war. Others suggest pursuing a negotiated peace. President Roosevelt avoids comment on the proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Wheeler
D.-Mont
C.S.T
Europe
United States
Britain
Tydings
D.md
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Holt
D.-W.va
Rep. Fish
R.-N.y
Congress
Granges of Douglas County Plan Joint Installation Event
Six Granges Midland Clearfield Belleview Vinland Twin Mound and Lone Star will hold a joint installation and dinner at Vinland Rural High School on Sunday January 4. Members gather in the forenoon with a basket dinner at noon and the installation follows in the afternoon with Claude Brey of Jefferson County as installing officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Vinland Rural High School
Claude Brey
Jefferson County
Midland
Clearfield
Belleview
Vinland
Twin Mound
Lone Star
Union Young People Meet at Trinity Lutheran Church
Union young people gather tomorrow night at 6 30 at Trinity Lutheran church Hal Cook speaks on Integrated Christian Philosophy Refreshments will be served
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Young People
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hal Cook
Radio Story Hour Read Aloud For Primary Grades
The KFKU station will air a primary grades story hour on Tuesday at 8 o clock Dorothea Weingartner will read Cinderella to listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KFKU
Dorothea Weingartner
Sinclair official killed in Missouri auto crash
Eugene B. Marlow 45 a Sinclair oil executive died with his wife in a collision near Sullivan Missouri while returning from Indiana. he rose from scout to vice president at Sinclair Crude Oil and later held leadership at Stanolind and Sinclair Prairie Oil Marketing. Their son Eugene B. Marlow Jr was critically injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Eugene B. Marlow
Sullivan
Marlow
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Stanolind Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Sinclair Prairie Oil Marketing Company
Marlows
Indiana
Eugene B. Marlow, Jr
Christmas Guests Fill Tonganoxie Homes With Visitors
A lengthy Christmas Day guest list centers on Mrs. C. W. Loomis and Dr. L. C. Cox hosting neighbors and relatives from Kansas City Atchison St Joseph Leavenworth Hamilton Olathe Lan sing Emporia Manhattan and Lawrence. Damon Freeman announces the birth of Damon Louis. Walter Quisenberry recovers from a gas explosion while visiting relatives in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Loomis
Henry Klamer
Jean
Kansas City
John Heiser
Jack
Atchison
J. W. Dorney
G. K. Gwathmey
Arthur Grady
Tonganoxie
Joe Burke
J. D
Leavenworth
I. J. Estes
St. Joseph
Howard Henry
Big Springs
Joe Klamer
Jack Hayes
Alfred Bozarth
Emma Cox
Hamilton
Tregsa Cox
Lansing
L. C. Cox
Damon Freeman
Damon Louis
Karl Peterson
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Louise Peterson
Emporia State Teachers College
C. G. Peterson
Paul Black
Betty Black
W. A. Jones
Anah Jones
Gerald Edmonds
McLouth
Kansas
W. T. Lobb
Albert Yonally
Olathe
Kan
Harry White, Jr
Fred Yonally
Rhoda
Tom Gallager
Lois Marie
Elmer Jackson
Jackson
Nelson Quisenberry
Fred Cronemeyer
Harry Quisenberry
Hervey Quisenberry
Verne Barber
Almeda
Wilma
A. E. Skeet
Gretchen
Las Animas
Colo
Walter Munsterman
Independence
Adam Shireman
Harry Shireman
Loretta Koester
Stover
Anna Skeet
Lawrence
Mollie Rice
Anna Ferguson
Harry Skeet
Alfred Skeet
de Lores
Rita Carol
F. A. McRill
Edgar McRill
Abbyville
Walter McRill
Ralph McRill
Richard Timberg
Walter Quisenberry
Elaine
Mabel Jean
Jeanette Harding
Genevieve Landon
Charles Endress
Othel Marie
M. G. Farrell
E. H. Skaggs
Basil Henderson
Beverly and
Barbara
Andre Harold Cox
Nazis Will Wait for British Move in Greece Crisis
Budapest dispatch reports a Nazi expedition of 300,000 troops rolling eastward into Hungary. Germany plans to strike Greece via Bulgaria only if Britain invades Greece, and may seek peace with France if Italy falters. Hitler reportedly allowed Mussolini to attack Greece to divert Italy from France, while Petain warned of severing North Africa if terms are too harsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
Germany
Greece
Bulgaria
Britain
Europe
Albania
Balkans
France
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Italy
Hitler
Phillipe Petain
Alsace
Lorraine
Petain
North
Africa
Maxine Weggand
Charles de Gaulle
Egypt
Romania
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Moldavia
Danube
Turkey
Bessarelie
Boris II
Prisoner Escapes El Paso County Jail With Hat
A prisoner identified as Michael Miller, 31, locked Jailor H E McIntyre in a corridor and fled the El Paso county jail in Colorado Springs wearing McIntyre's green felt hat. Sheriff Sam Deal said Miller was held for federal authorities for deportation to Ireland. McIntyre signaled motorists by waving burning newspapers from a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
H. E. McIntyre
el Paso
McIntyre
Sam Deal
Michael Miller
Ireland
Thrifty Habit Reading the Classified Page Daily
A reader notes a thrifty habit of scanning the classified ads each day to spot bargains. The practice reflects steady budgeting and attention to local deals across listings for jobs, housing, and goods.
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U.S
Foreign War Committee
FT. Benning
Schiller Shore
Charles Edmondson
Lawrence Infantry
Ete Benning
Wayne Allphin
WANT
Senate
Democratic
Assail Depense
American Student Union
England
By Milo M, Thompson
Ministry of Shipping
Fleet Street
Vienna
Rees
Ugo Cavallero
Pietro Badoglio
General Cavallero
General Electric Research Laboratories
Schenectady
N. Y
Sinclair
E. B. Marlow
Missouri
Esther L. Parry
S. Fitch Agcy
Hat
Trusty
Westinghouse
Olson Bros
Allison-Armstrong
ABC
Thor Ironers
RCA Radios
Graybar Sewing Machines
American Service Co
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