Preview of Panay Sinking Shown in Newsreel
New York reports a cinematic display of the Panay sinking after Japanese bombs on the Yangtze. The 20 minute sequence shows the rescue effort, the ship's final plunge, and crews struggling amid fire and debris before drifting into the river.
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Panay
New York
U.S.S
Stars and ‘Stripes
Yangtze
Fort Lee
N. J
Norman Alley
Washington
Tokyo
Associated Press
Nanking
rAlley
Alley
J. J. Hughes
Hughes
John Lang
Japan sees drop in self-inflicted deaths state report
Tokyo reports a decline in death by own action for the first time in years. The official tally shows 2,681 deaths last year, 80 fewer than 1987, with a noted drop in double love personal crisis cases from 139 to 96, attributed to war spirit.
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Tokyo
Japan
Students push peace stand at National Federation congress
Albuquerque dispatch reports the National Student Federation at the University of New Mexico endorses withdraw of last year’s anti war resolution. Delegates vote to curb armed forces service abroad and table defense budget expansion while mobilization plan is proposed for campus discussions on international relations. Informal votes show little interest in foreign policy meddling.
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Albuquerque
N. M
National Student Federation
University of New Mexico
United States
Ludlow
Congress
Student Advisory “Commission On
Federation
Friends Relief Commission
Ozawkie Beats Wakarusa Arrows in Cage Contest
Ozawkie athletic club defeated the Wakarusa Arrows 22 to 21 last night in Ozawkie. Arrows led 14 to 8 at halftime with Jack White, a former Haskell player now at Bacone Indian School, contributing eight points. White is visiting Haskell over the holidays. The Arrows schedule Fort Leavenworth YMCA at Leavenworth on January 6.
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Wakarusa’ Valley
Arrows
Haskell
Ozawkie Athletic Club
Ozawkie
Jack White
Bacone Indian School
Muskogee
White
Fort Leavenworth
Young Roosevelts Host Big White House Dance Tonight
Auto mobiles will ferry 400 party decked college students to a White House dance tonight hosted by the President's two youngest sons. Guests include the ladies chosen by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and Anne Lindsay Clark. Mrs. Roosevelt will greet them as Christmas decorations glisten in the mansion and the President plans a brief East Room reception before dancing to Eddy Duchin if work permits.
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Washington
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Anne Lindsay Clark
John Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eddy Duchin
Revelers Hire Unemployed as Drivers in New Year Warning
Kansas City police director Otto P. Higgins urged revelers to hire unemployed men to drive their cars on New Year’s Eve. He warned that leniency for drunken driving would end and officers would arrest any pedestrian or driver found intoxicated and endangering others.
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Kansas City
Otto P. Higgins
Higgins
U A W Staff To Be Out Next Week
Homer Martin president of the United Automobile Workers told international reps that 180 organizers on the payroll would face drastic cuts next week due to the economic recession. He did not specify how many would be dismissed.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
International Union
Chinese room rename at Stacy Trent hotel in New Jersey
George L. Crocker, manager of the Stacy Trent hotel in Trenton explains the shift from the Japanese room to the Chinese room due to wartime sensitivities. Decorations remained as before with Japanese wallpaper still on display.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Stacy Trent
George L. Crocker
Crocker
Journalism association elects Olson president in Topeka meeting
The American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism met in Topeka Ohio for a one day session and elected Kenneth Olson of Northwestern University as president. The group planned its 1938 session to coincide with the convention of the American Association of Teachers of Journalism, which wrapped up its 25th annual session the previous night.
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Columbus
American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism
Kenneth Olson
Northwestern University
Topeka
Kan
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
Knudsen to Testify on Unemployment Relief Jan 6
William S. Knudsen president of General Motors announced he would testify before the Senate committee on unemployment relief in Washington on the forenoon of January 6.
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Knudsen
Detroit
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Senate Committee On
Washington
Topeka Financier Chester Woodward Speaks to Rotary
Chester Woodward president of the University of Kansas alumni association will address the Lawrence Rotary club on January 10. His talk on the alumni association will be broadcast by station WREN from 1 15 to 1 45 PM.
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Chester Woodward
Topeka
University of Kansas Alumni Association
Lawrence Rotary Club
Woodward
WREN
Christmas Visit Exchanges Across Local Families
Eudora Ott of Lawrence spends Sunday with the Hadles. Vinland households host Christmas dinners for Cochran and Coffman families. Lawrence guests join Cory in Kansas City for celebrations. Kansas City guests join Zillner family for Christmas. Sommers hosts include Frank and William with Topeka and Lawrence visitors. Various visits continue among Sommer, Cox, Garrett, Schehrer, Wil son, and Bartz households through the holidays.
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Emmerson Ott
Lawrence
Paul Hadle
D. O. Cochran
Christine
Allen Cochran
Argel Cochran
Vinland
George Coffman
Kanwaka
Paul Ingels
Ward Cory
Kansas City
C. E. Cory
Richard
Leo Simpson
Joe Zillner
Zillner
Donna Mae
Wellsville
Charles Coffman
William Sommers
Frank Sommers
Sommers
James Sund
Jimmy
Topeka
M. H. Cox
Fred Howard
Pleasant Grove
J. R. Garrett
Marie Sommer
William Schehrer
Robert Schdlack
Fall Leaf
Verda Sommers
Mary Cull
Christmas Dinner Guests Across Kaw Valley Families
A list of Kaw Valley residents and relatives sharing Christmas Day and Sunday dinners. Names include Mrs. Caroline Bohn sack and son Ed, Herbert Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Strachen, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Carr, the Bartz family, Miss Henrietta Schubert, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schubert, Jess Kraybill, Lillian Bean, Oliver Brown, Bert Brown, Charlton Bartz, J. D. Adams, Viola Sheldon, Ben Bartz, Mrs. Olive Dailey, Jack, Mrs. Lavina Smoots, and others, with multiple gatherings in Belleview, Topeka, Lawrence and Everest.
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Kaw Valley
Caroline Bohnsack
Herman Bohnsack
Herbert Brown
Cyril Miller
Miller
Topeka
Norman Strachen
S. W. Carr
George Bartz
Kansas City
Bert Brown
Charlton Bartz
Fred Bartz
Lawrence
J. D. Adams
Viola Sheldon
Everest
Kan
George Alexander
Ben Bartz
Bartz
Frank Newman
Newman
Olive Dailey
Jack
R. C. Nuttall
Belleview
Lavina Smoots
C. B. Greene
Mr. Greene
Allen
Christmas Family Visits Reported Across Kansas
Smoots and family spent Christmas eve in Kansas City with Mrs. Smoots daughter and her family. Mr. and Mrs. Don Pierce of Topeka joined Mr. and Mrs. George Bartz for the holiday. John Miller and Al Ouderkirk accompanied by Ver Marie Ouderkirk drove to Stillwell for a turkey dinner at the Ouderkirkparents home.
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Dunchin
Mrs. Roosevelt
East Coast
G Lowry
X. A Sehon
Collins
Roosevelts
U.A.W
American Journalism Association
Humphrey
Kansas Public Service Company
Your “Gas” Company
Eudora
Hooser Cash Grocery
7Th & Ark
Poehler’s
Pullmans
Pullman
San Antonio
Fred Harvey
Chicago, Kansas City
Lawrence Topeka
Wichita Ponca City
Oklahoma City
Ft. Worth
San Angelo
Houston
Galveston
W. W. Burnett
Lawrence, Kans
Jergen
Rankin
Eaenrs
Roy Lawrence Market
Replenate
Mass
St. Phone
Texas
Hill’s
Zephyr
Zephyr Bakery
Klock
California
Jayhawk Pure Creamery
Miss
Orn St. Mkt
Haverty
Yoyne
Aic
Jay Hawk Creamery
U. S
Jonathan
Calif
Columan
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