National Representatives Directory Entry
Listings show multiple offices including Lorenzen and Thompson in New York Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Kansas City St. Louis Detroit Atlanta with respective addresses and building names. It lists 13 units priced at 2.50 and 3.00, indicating a catalog or agency network.
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National
Lorenzen & Thompson, Inc
New York
West 44Th St
Chicago
North Michigan Ave
San Francisco
Sansome
Los Angeles
New Orpheum
Kansas City
Baltimore Ave
St. Louis
Star
Detroit
General Motors
Atlanta
Walton
Psalm Verses Echo Fortified Faith in Deliverer
A religious reflection cites Psalms 18 2 framing the Lord as rock fortress deliverer strength shield and high tower for trust and protection in faith.
Hard to Regain The Philippines Crisis Warned
The public is being prepared for news of reverses in the Philippines with authorities hinting at possible loss. Officials say aid promises must be fulfilled at once with planes tanks guns and men to prevent Luzon falling to treachery and violence. The will to aid American and Filipino forces must rise to protect the Far East base.
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Philippines
Luzon
America
Far East
Lawrence Board to Reduce School Bond Burden by 100000
The Lawrence board of education plans to lighten the school bond burden by $100,000 on January 1. The article notes that debt is easy to incur under present laws, but funds used for projects like the Kaw River Bridge show bonds can be avoided with prior funding. A campaign for additional school plant improvements may arise before current bonds end.
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Lawrence
Douglas County Court House
Kaw River
Hitler and German War Vision Circles of Power
A critical view notes German disillusion over endless war under Hitler and the risk to German lives. Reporters who left Germany describe shrinking enthusiasm as casualties rise without a clear victory. The piece cautions that Germans may soon act to stop the all consuming conflict.
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England
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Japan Attacks Across Asia In Multi Front War
The Japanese press a multi front strike in the Philippines Malaya China and the Dutch East Indies as observers question how a nation so poor can wage war on several fronts at once.
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Philippines
Malaya
China
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Puzzled Observation on Japan’s War Strategy
A terse note suggests Japan must sustain a long effort to outlast foes in a four front war, viewing any quick defeat as insufficient for victory.
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Japan
Cyclone cellars in Kansas a rare survival feature
Kansas towns and farms face a paradox as cyclone cellars, once talked about as essential for defense against bombing, remain scarce. War fears push the idea of underground shelters, urging municipalities to assess and plan facilities for underground protection. Public sentiment shifts from grand houses to practical safety measures.
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Kansas
Kansas Plains
Russian counterattacks marked by German retreat seen on war map
The piece notes gains in Russian counterattacks and a German retreat, highlighting a narrow front and the start of winter. It remarks Russia has begun recovering its country, while winter weather will test both sides, with Kansas workers planning for warmth and shelter due to German limitations in Russia.
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Russia
Kansas
Steppes
German soldier myth proved false in world war claims
The Topeka Capital argues the 1918 experience shows Americans were misled by the German superman myth. It cites retreats on the Russian front and fighting in Africa to declare German soldiers and commanders fallible, and asserts the key is overwhelming force coupled with superior fighting.
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Topeka
Africa
von Bock
Informality of buffet suppers proves a messy balance
A Hutchinson News quip notes the trouble of balancing a three course meal on one plate and the frequent mishap of spilling a chocolate sundae in the lap during casual buffet suppers.
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Hutchinson News
Manchurian army advances as Japanese columns near Chinchow
China reports Manchurian forces retreating south from Chinchow amid two fast moving Japanese columns converging for an assault. Western Democrats seek Roosevelt as a third party candidate to counter the split and meet the crisis. Spring warmth wanes to normal winter weather in South Dakota as forecasts set in. Three Lawrence Boy Scouts returned from Camp Theodore Naish after attending the seventh annual winter encampment. Walter Varnum Jr. earns a second class commercial radio operator license from Washington. The Wednesday Duplicate Auction Club marks its 25th year with a Christmas luncheon at the Hotel Wood followed by cards, with decorations of a pink begonia and pink glassware on the table.
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China
Chinchow
Roosevelt
New York
Wheeler
Montana
S. D. Flora
Lafurence
Theodore Naish
Lawrence
Alex Mitchell
Forrest Randall
George Stapleton
Clas
Walter Varnum, Jr
Department of Commerce
Washington
Wood
War Today Conflicts deepen in Malay Peninsular and Manila
The article notes Japanese forces dying and pressing in the Malay peninsula near Manila while Filipinos resist. It mentions Tojo’s likely visit to Ise Grand Shrine for victory prayers and compares the war to historic China shogunate episodes. It discusses Allied reinforcement delays and Australian naval bases at Sydney and Brisbane as potential pivot points.
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Malay Peninsula
Manila
Tojo
Ise
Amaterasu
Mi Kami
Far East
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Philippines
Australia
Sydney
Brisbane
Roosevelt
Churchill
Gandhi Relieved as Congress Leader at His Request
Gandhi relinquishes leadership of the all-India Congress party, preserving his vow to nonviolence while opposing Britain’s war effort. The working committee votes to shift policy toward collaboration, citing the changing world war context and India’s independence goals. The move underscores tensions over India’s path to self rule amid global conflict.
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Bardoli
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
all-India Congress Party
Gandhi
Britain
Great Britain
Tts
Congress
Impossalisey
Allies answer to German note to be given tonight
A long foreign affairs update outlines central empires' responsibility in the European conflagration. Vienna reports the death of Edward Strauss at 81, composer of over 200 pieces and son of Johann Strauss.
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Aswer
Ambassador Arp
Vienna
Edward Strauss
Johann Strauss
F. S. Cowles
Fame
Sibley
Lawrence i
Hobson
Bowersock Theater
Kansas City
Henny Tree
Henry, VII
L. H. Perkins
Nelle Morris
T. G. Fitch
G. D.cowgill
H. B. Power
Edna Hunzicker
Maine_street
Kal Bee
Minnie Ramsey
Jane Ray
Catherine Wilson
Elizabeth Davis
Silva McConnell
Great Commonwealth as essential in defense and offense plan
A compact quotation frames the Great Commonwealth as a definite essential in every defense and offensive plan against common foes, underscoring its role in strategic thinking.
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Commonwealth
Two youths seize Pawnee Police Chief's car
In Pawnee Oklahoma on December 30 two armed youths overpowered Police Chief Glen Wood and drove off in his radio equipped car after a scuffle during an investigation of a parked vehicle.
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Pawnee
Okla
Glen Wood
Governor urges harvest of volunteer wheat in Kansas
Gov. Payne Ratner asked Secretary Wickard to relax A A A rules to let Kansas harvest two million acres of volunteer wheat next summer. He said destruction would waste food amid wartime shortages and proposed using the grain for livestock or delaying market release if needed. Copies sent to Kansas congressional delegation and farm officials.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
A.A.A
Kansas
Ratner
Wickard
L. H. Norton
State
A.A.A. Committee
Christmas Store Conflict Threatens Dearborn Empire
Carol, Andrew Dearborn’s secretary, faces a ruthless manager Mr Herrick after the will vanishes from the vault. The store battles over control, with Carol torn between protecting Andy and saving the business. Andy reappears as tension peaks in a perilous year-end drama.
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Andrew Dearborn
Carol
Andy
Linda Julian
Mr. Herrick
Herrick
Bill Reece
Nicky
Altho
Will
Linda
Mr. Dearborn
Japanese operations in Philippines on schedule to take Manila
Tokyo reports a Japanese military spokesman says Philippines operations proceed on schedule with Manila expected to fall before January 10. He warns Calcutta or other Far Eastern cities will be bombed if used as a supply base for the Chinese government at Chung due to plans to move Burma road facilities from Rangoon to Calcutta.
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Tokyo
Philippines
Manila
Calcutta
Chung
Burma
Rangoon
Kansas oil industry faces severe war restrictions
Topeka reports from December 30 that Andrew F. Schoepel, chairman of the state corporation commission, told Gov. Payne Ratner the Kansas oil industry faces strict war limits. The planned January production cap of 264,500 barrels was reduced by federal control to 259,900 barrels under Harold Ickes. Ratner commented that federal control now prevails whether they want it or not.
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Topeka
Andrew F. Schoepel
State Corporation Commission
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Schoepel
Federal
Harold Ickes
Ratner
Baldwin News Highlights Local Social And Civic Notices
William Bennett visits Baldwin with sisters Eustatia and Florence Bennett. Miss Anna Lewis, Baldwin first grade teacher, guests with her brother and wife. Janice Lorene Stover marries Arthur F. Madl at Eudora Catholic church. Honeymoon trip then home to farm southeast Baldwin. Bride a Baldwin HS grad and longtime telephone worker. groom from Vinland HS. Christmas guests Homer Schoepflin at Coffeyville. Alice Gayle Parmenter to George Fisher in Portland Oregon. Parmenter a Baldwin HS and Baker Univ graduate, Delta Delta Delta sorority, library work near Portland. Everett Reb travels to Chicago after Christmas visit. Baldwin Rotary hosts Rotary Anns dinner then theater outing to Love Crazy. Kochan family returns from Florence and Marysville Christmas visit. Dr. Nelson P. Horn to Baltimore for national defense education meeting. Mrs. Wiley A. Keve visits Junction City with Susan Jacobs. Christian Advocate notes Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Bailey sixty fifth anniversary. Bailey 94 Feb 10 and active. Loren Keve and wife return to Dodge City for business trip after holidays.
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William Bennett
Melvern
Baldwin
Eustatia Bennett
Florence Bennett
Anna Lewis
Wilbert Lewis
Holton
Perry Stover
Janice Lorene
Arthur F. Madi
Joseph F. Madi
Eudora
Keith
Herman Butell
J. F. Madl
Vivian Madl
Mabel Parmenter
Charles S. Parmenter
George Fisher
Portland
Ore
Baldwin High School
Baker University
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Everett Reb
Chicago
Louis Reb
Christine Reb
Kansas City
Baldwin Rotary Club
Rotary Anns
Pine Room
Gem Theater
Paul C. Kochan
Paul, Jr
Dorothy Lou
Florence
Kan
Marysville
George W. Lincoln
Oscar D. Rhochan
Nelson P. Horn
Baker
Baltimore
Horn
Radio Programs Schedule for New Year's Eve Eve
Radio listings detail December 30 schedules across stations WREN KMBC WDAF WLAF WOKN and more. Programs include news newscasts sportcasts musical orchestras and variety shows with many hosts and headliners listed.
Obituary of Maxwell Faulkner
Maxwell Faulkner born May 16 1916 in Marceline Missouri moved through New Cambria Brookfield and Jeffersonville pursuing construction work. He met Ruth Crumet during a project in Lawrence Kansas and married in Topeka in 1938. He died December 21 1941 at Lone Star Ordnance plant Texarkana Texas leaving a wife and family. Funeral services were held December 26 at Rumsey funeral home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Maxwell Faulkner
Lucy
Harry Faulkner
Marceline
New Cambria
Brookfield
Brown Shoe Company
Lawrence
Ruth Crumet
Minnie
Edward Crumet
Topeka
Kaw
Charlestown
Ind
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Max
B.P.O. Elka No. 162
International Correspondence School
Texarkana
Tex
Lone Star Ordnance Plant
Rumsey Funeral Home
Urial
Oak Hill Cemetery
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Elmer Davis
We, the People
Battle of the Sexes
NBC Symphony
WKMBU
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Bob Hope
Dolly Dawn
Raymond Scott
Mal Hallett
Ramon Ramos
MHC
Terry and the Pirates
Littlerphan Annie
WDAI
KMAC
Frank Parker
WDAIF
Mr. Meek
Upton
KMBU
Edward G. Robinson
Kay Kyser
Amos and
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MBC
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Thi Dawn
IMBC
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WHDAP
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Rexall Drug Store
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