First monthly social security benefits reach workers
About 3,700 workers and dependents nationwide collected the first monthly old age insurance benefits on February 1, with checks up to 42 dollars for married couples and averages of 39 for couples and 26 for singles. The program covers retirees aged 65 or over, their spouses and dependents. Widows, children and dependent parents may receive supplemental payments, and most checks continue until death or reemployment in covered work.
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Washington
Treasury
Social Security Board
University offers reading laboratory for all skill levels
University students from sixth grade to graduate level can enroll in a three hour reading laboratory led by Dr Bert A Nash. Past two spring terms averaged 160 words per minute gains with improved comprehension. Classes meet three times weekly for 15 weeks in Fraser Hall room 18 with nine graduate aides assisting. Not offered for credit.
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Bert’ A. Nash
Tes
Middle West
Nash
Fraser Hall
Earthquake Hits Mount Olympus Region in Greece
Reuters dispatch from Salonika reports some loss of life as houses collapse in East Central Greece near Mount Olympus. The rugged area lies 50 miles southeast of Salonika with no large cities, only small villages overlooking the Gulf of Salonika. Mount Olympus rises to 9 798 feet.
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London
Reuters
Salonika
Greece
Mount Olympus
Gulf of
Mt Olympus
Democratic to Plan Powwow in Topeka Meeting
The Democratic Washington day club executive committee will meet in Topeka on Saturday to finalize plans for the powwow scheduled February 22. Kansas City Kans man Harry Miller Sr. heads the committee with members Lynn R. Brodrick from Mareville, CMG Hitzwillian of Wichita, Innis Carrie of Wichita, and Wesley E. Mutchinson.
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Topeka
Democratic
Washington
Roy’ Slagel
F. H. Roberts
Womans
Kansas Day Club
Thompson
Roberts
Club
Historical Society
Kirke Mechem
Homer
Trapp
Captain Meseke
Cecardin
CCC
Robert Crouch
Lloyd Morris
Charles Long
Ed Trimble
Kenneth Lewton
Emil St. John
Lee Horst
Lucy Crawford Heaster
Richmond
Calif
Cynthia Wadley
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Qdell Shaver
Harold Smith
Virginia Anderson
Emporia
Harry Johnson
Donna Jean Stember
Elizabeth Shultz
Ralph May
George Chelf
Leland Edmonds
Winchester High
Oskaloosa
R.R. Slagel
Jack Straub
D. C. Allen
Charles Decker
Galen Drake
Jeanette Jacquemin
J. H. Bowers
Genevieve Nowlin
Grace Leaventon
Pa&t Matrons Club
E. P. Davis
J. E. Morrow
Ralph Hull
Olathe
Nellie Hawkins
Ettan Bourne
Ed Leaverton
Bethany Hospital
George Sharp
F. A. Sharp
C. V. Hannum
Paul
Holton
Robert Shelby
Charles Sutton
Capt
Frank Roberts
Ft. Leavenworth
Mother to 160 children honored by Wichita service league
Mrs Eva A Watson 82 was a boarding mother for the Kansas children's home and service league from 1912 to 1933. She cared for 160 young wards and was an honor guest at the league annual meeting in Wichita on February 1.
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Eva Watson
Wichita Service League
Wichita
Eva A. Watson
Watson
Kansas Children’s Home and Service League
Warder
Depp Dick
Sentinal
John Williams
Bond
McLouth
George Rodick
Kansas City
Er. W. McHenry
James L. Magill
Lillie.Laster
J. W. Thompson
Lish McHenry
Longton
Kan
W. G. McHenry
Henry Earl
Carol
Reba Black
Mabel” Wray
Oskaloosa
United Brethren
Evelyn Burnau
Ellen Harding
Sy White
M .G. Nickels
C. E. Thompson
Gertrude Stout
Jennie Hegsie
Alvin Means
James Burnam
Wesley Robinson
Jim Bell
Valley Falls
Lorraine Reynolds
Bethany Hospital
Lorraine
Edgar Casebier
Allen ‘Casebier
Evelyn Bur
New Plan on Tariff Aims for Unified Foreign Trade Board
Washington proposes abolishing the tariff commission and creating a six member board to coordinate foreign, commercial and financial activities. The bill would centralize tariff authority, enable bilateral treaties, and curb trade discrimination while avoiding congressional log rolling.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
Tariff Commission
Foreign Trade Board
Altho
Senate
Central Chapel Aid Hosts Vera Warren Event
Vera Warren hosted the Central Chapel Aid in Oskaloosa with a January event. A bridal shower honored Ethel Jane Peck, newlywed. Funeral services were held for Belle Gilluly McCoy aged 87 with burial at Pleasant View. Surviving brothers Emmett Gilluly Seattle and John Gilluly Eugene, Ore.
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Central Chapel
Ethel Jane Peck
Ben ‘Spurlock
Basin Valley
Gebel
Belle
Gilluly McCoy
Joseph Lane
Pleasant View
Emmett Gilluly
Seattle
Wash
John Gilluly
Eugene
Ore
McCoy
Fred Thompson
Mae Nimcehelser
B. P.davis
McLouth Community Notes Mark Elections and Visits
McLouth News recounts the U B church officers elected for 1940 and the Methodist Ladies Council meeting. It lists attendees at dinners and visits from Beloit to Topeka, plus local events including an infantile paralysis drive, hospital stays, and notices of deaths and memorials in the community.
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Amon Ashworth
H. W. Steeper
Robert Richardson
Beloit
Clyde Parker
Edgar Casebier
Riss Transport Company
Kansas City
C. W. Wyatt
Harry Craig
Donald Dowers
Lawrence
Ralph Wyatt
Topeka
U. B. Church
J. W. Burkett
Erie C. Steeper
Robert J. Means
Myrta Watson
Dan Means
Ednamae Dick
Bill Bradford
Harold Steeper
Jay Bond
Arleene Nickels
Methodist Ladies Council
Roy Lobb
Marie Cook
Robert Alexander
Annie Jungman
Methodist Council
W. M. White
Clarence Beck
Arthur Chapman
George Meyer
Beck
White
Janice Meyer
W M. White
McLouth
Lucy Edmonds
Joe Edmonds
Kan
Eastern Star
Alma Yost
Ruth McHenry
Marshall
Effie Denny
Eric C. Steeper
Rose Bond
Minnie Richardson
Daisy Edmonds
Alan Bond
Nell Kimmel
Lela Johnson
Ena. White
Ruth
Hattie Guest
Martha
Hattie Seybold
Gentle Ohio Doctor Endorses Olive Tab For Morning Vitality
An advertising claim urges readers to take Olive Tablets by Dr. F. M. Edwards to improve bile flow and relieve constipation. The copy promotes daily use, notes vegetable ingredients, and lists prices 15¢ 60¢ 80¢ with availability at drugstores.
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Ohio
Emerson Family Funeral in McLouth Cemetery
Funeral services were held Thursday at the Methodist church for Emerson and Mrs. Etta Davis of Atlanta Georgia with Rev Ro Alexander and Rev Ira N H Bramel officiating. Burial followed at McLouth cemetery as two children were mentioned in the report.
Davis Funeral Attendance Noted in Obituary
William and Leslie Davis together with Mrs. Etta Davis were unable to attend the funeral, leaving a note of regret. The families expressed apologies for their absence and extended condolences.
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William
Leslie
Etta Davis
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