U S Aid in Time a Cause of Worry
Secretary Knox testified he was tremendously worried the United States could deliver aid to Britain in time to avert defeat. He backed aid to Britain while noting uncertain timing, amid protests by peace marchers outside the Senate building and ongoing debates in the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Washington
Knox
United States
Great Britain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nye
Britain
Senate
Canada
Naval
Newfoundland
Detroit
British Isles
Senate Committee
George
Rn.d
Wheeler
Appointment of H. L. Chambers as county health officer
The Douglas County board of commissioners appointed Dr. H L Chambers as county health officer pending medical society approval. He succeeds Dr. Penfield Jones who previously ran welfare medical duties under contract. Duties include reporting communicable diseases issuing quarantines and visiting rural schools.
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Board of County Commissioners
H. L. Chambers
Douglas County Medical Society
Dr. Chambers
Penfield Jones
Welfare Department
Jones
Medical Society
University honors Prof Mitchell at retirement dinner
About 200 people attended a dinner in the Kansas Room at Memorial Union to honor Prof U G Mitchell on his retirement as head of the Kansas University mathematics department. Speakers included Chancellor Malott and Justice Wedell. a $100 scholarship for girls was set as a 41 42 honorary gift.
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University of Kansas
Lawrence
U. G. Mitchell
Kansas
Memorial Union
Mathematical Department
Mitchell
K.U
Mitchell’s
Haro Wedell
Supreme Court of Kansas
Mitchell's
G. W. Smith
W. T. Markham
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Bead of Regents
Deane W. Malott
Justice Wedell
Paul B. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
R. K. Brewster
Chemistry
E. B. Stouffer
Graduate School
F. T. Stratton
Mathematics
Kansas State College
Manhattan
J. A. G. Shirk
Kansas State Teachers College
Pittshore
W. H. Garrett
Baker University
Baldwin
R. G. Smith
Pittsburg
Paul Fehberhart
Washburn College
Toneka
The
Mitchells
Do You Know Questions on French Franc and Continental Money
Do you know what the French experience with the franc after World War I reveals about currency stability and reform. Do you know who the French assignats were and their role in revolutionary finance. Could the depreciation of continental paper money from the American Revolution have been prevented.
Paper money and franc value across wars and revolutions
The text traces currency devaluation in France after World War I with the franc dropping to about four cents by Premier Poincare, contrasts it with the dollar, notes assignats issued in the 1789 1796 French revolution, and argues heavy taxation and burning money could have stabilized continental currency in early American and colonial contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Poincare
Colonies
Willkie to Return to Testify on Lease-Lend Bill
Wendell Willkie will leave London Tuesday night to testify in Washington on the lease-lend aid to Britain bill. Secretary Hull and Senator George requested his presence at hearings aimed to finish by February 10. Willkie earlier toured Dover defenses and joked with American Eagles in London.
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London
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Britain
Willkie
Cordell Hull
Hull
George
Georgia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
American Eagle Club
Press Association
Hell’s Corner
Dover
State Department
D-Ga
Wendell Willkie
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
KU Symphony Tryouts Preview All American Spring Concert
University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra to audition next week for 100 members. The season highlights include an all American spring concert at Hoch auditorium featuring the Ballad for Americans with a 25 member choir and soloist Lorenzo Fuller, plus Dvorak New World Symphony, Skilton overture, a Grainger clog dance, Tau Sigma dancers, and the K U Serenaders.
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University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra
Kansas
University
Hoch Auditorium
America
Karl O. Euersteiner
Lorenzo Fuller
Fuller
K.U
New World Symphony
Dvorak
C. 8. Skilton
Percy Grainger
Tau Sigma
K. U. Serenaders
Jaricho
Missouri Bill to Pay Relief Funds on Way to Governor
Missouri legislative leaders said the 18 million social security appropriation will reach Gov. Lloyd C. Stark next Monday or Tuesday. Stark plans to sign quickly, enabling direct relief to more than 200,000 needy people and mailing of old age pension and aid to dependent children checks within a week after signing. A constitutional issue about six other appropriations delaying the bill was resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Lloyd C. Stark
Stark
Study Group on Monday At New York School
A series of PTA meetings on child welfare and home management begins Monday at 1 30 P M at New York school. Mrs Cecelia Ensman Waggoner returns as facilitator and the topic will be Food for the Family. Mrs Martin Jost chairs the council.
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City P.T.A. Council
New York School
Cecelia Ensman Waggoner
Martin Jost
Douglas County Sportsmen to Entertain at Midland CPA Dinner
The Douglas County Sportsmen's club will entertain at the Midland CPA annual dinner next Wednesday at Midland hall. Freshman KU football coach Wayne Replogle will show conservation slides. Dan Ramsey the magician. Tulsa Ted and his Range Riders from WREN perform. C D Stough city council member speaks on conservation. The after dinner program begins at 8 pm and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Sportsmen’s Club
Midland C.P.A
Midland Hall
Wayne Replogle
K. U
Dan Ramsey
Tulsa Ted
Wren
C. D. Stough
District Problems Shaping Redistricting After Census
Washington reports Kansas will lose a representative after the 1940 census, forcing redistricting or at large elections. The Brookings study notes inequities in 26 states from gerrymandering and county borders, urging the equal proportions method over major fractions for reapportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
L. F. Schmeckebier
Brookings Institution
Illinois
Ohio
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Michigan
Indiana
Iowa
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Florida
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oregon
Tennessee
California
Bombs of British Fall on Tripoli
CBS in New York reports Gen. Maxime Weygand will broadcast tonight from Algiers to French African colonies perhaps in answer to de Gaulle. Weygand’s army, about half a million trained troops, is seen by some as Petain’s ace to avert harsh terms from France’s conquerors amid rising tensions with Germany.
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CBS
New York
Maxime Weygand
North
Africa
Algiers
de Gaulle
Weygand
Philippe Petain
France
Vichy
Berlin
Germany
Tryouts Open for All-American Orchestra at KU
University of Kansas students may audition for the All-American Orchestra guided by Leopold Stokowski. About 100 youths ages 17 to 25 from across the nation will tour next summer with NYA support. Kansas City selection on March 7 includes campus hearings as KU officials offer guidance.
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University of Kansas
United States
Leopold Stokowski
NYA
Kansas City
Karl Euersteiner
University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra
Kansas
Stokowski
Euersteiner
Detroit Seeks Rapid Plane Production To Meet Defense Needs
In Detroit on February 1, auto makers were urged to speed up plane output to support the Army Air Corps plan to train 30,000 pilots yearly after January 1942. Major General Brett said pilots must be produced on a production basis, stressing that engines and planes are essential. Sub contracting through GM North American, Ford with Consolidated, and Chrysler with Martin was urged to meet tight timelines. Dr. Mead warned the war is a production race and the nation that builds most will win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Army Air Corps
Army
George H. Brett
Automotive Parts and Equipment Manufacturers Association
Brett
John Biggers
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Chrysler Corporation
Glenn L. Martin Company
George Mead
Defense Commission
Tulsa University men prep for Washburn game in Topeka
The Tulsa Golden Hurricanes traveled from Topeka to Lawrence where they stayed at the Hotel Eldridge before heading to Des Moines for a Monday game. E. E. Larson takes up residence at 109 East 8th Street as county engineer. A gift to the Journal-World honors The Fighting Twentieth by W Y Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa University
Washburn
Topeka
Lawrence
Eldridge
Golden Hurricanes
Des Moines
Jack Sterrett
Tulsa Menor
E. E. Larson
East 8Th Street
Journal-World
O. W. Owen
Twentieth Kansas Infantry
Wilder S. Metcalf
Farm index rise boosts Topeka market figures
The Kansas farm price index jumped to 107 percent of the 1910-14 average between December 15 and January 15 led by meat animal quotational gains. Hog prices rose to 7.60 per hundredweight, beef cattle climbed to 9.30, veal calves 10, while grain values edged up modestly and milk held at 1.80 per hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Federal
State Agriculture Departments’ Monthly Report
Cagers to Wichita with 16 Jayhawker players listed
Dr F C Allen of the University of Kansas announced a 16 man basketball squad will travel to Wichita tomorrow at 10 02 a m by Santa Fe for a first and second team game and a Monday night match with Wichita University guine ts. During the stay in Wichita the team will hotel at Allis Hotel. The squad members are Bob Allen Jim Arnold Don Blair John Buescher Howard Engleman Ed Hall Vance Hall Larry Hensley Bill Hogben T P Hunter John Kline Dick Miller Norman Lanneman Marvin Sollen Reveer Charles Walker and Virgil ise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Allen University of Kansas
Wichita
Jayhawkers
Santa Fe
Wichita University Guinets
Cagers
Hotel Allis
Bob Allen
Jim Arnold
Don Blair
John Buescher
Howard Engleman
Ed Hall
Vance Hall
Larry Hensley
Bill
Roosevelt Defends Himself Against Slan der Charge in Press Confab
The excerpt recalls a presidential press conference where Roosevelt rebuts a slanderous accusation tied to Wheeler and a Nazi domination question. He notes a claim that money was offered to a son of the late ambassador to plant a story and urges confrontation if true, calling the charge a lie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Wheeler
D-Mont
Europe
William Dodd
Germany
Nye
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Britain
England
Eaton
N.J
Ropers
Mass
Fish
N.Y
Chiperfield
Vorys
Ohio
Mundt
S.D
Jonkman
Mich
Bolton
William FE. Dodd, Jr
Dodd Fraakly
Ambassador Dodd
Recuser
Douglas County Faces Crippled Children Fund Shortfall
Mrs. C. J. Dodds, reappointed chairman, reports high state demand for the Crippled Children's fund. Several Douglas County cases await approval from October and more recently. needs include 42.50 for a frame and 17.50 for a brace. County receives about 38500 annually from sales tax allocations, insufficient to cover all needs.
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C. J. Dodds
Douglas County
Crippled Children’s Commission
Crippled Children’s Fund
Business College Notes Moves and Courses
Velma German leaves the school to join National Life Insurance in Kansas City. New classes in salesmanship and commercial law start next Monday taught by Quakenbush and Weather. Civil Service Commission announces male stenographer exams every 60 days. Rowena Gore holds a N Y A position on the Hill and will attend K U next semester. Ruth Parker leads the Kansas day program replacing the weekly assembly. Tone Bushong violin Margaret Bushong cello Dreda Smith piano. The school enters its 72nd year as Kansas oldest business college.
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Velma German
National Life Insurance Company
Kansas City
Quakenbush
Weatherby
Civil Service Commission
Rowena Gore
N.Y.A
K. U
Ruth Parker
Tone Bushong
Margaret Bushong
Dreda Smith
Kansas
Marriage Licenses Issued to Kauffman and Books
A marriage license was issued at the probate judge’s office to J. W. Kauffman of Monteville Mo and Ruth Books of Olean.
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J. W. Kauffman
Monteveil Mo
Ruth Books
Olean
Change in football rules favors kicking team near end zone
National rules committee approved a telegraphic change to the elect iron code. A kicked ball touched first by the kicking team inside the opponent’s 10 yard line becomes a touchback and is moved to the 20 yard line. The change was to be formally adopted at a New York meeting. February 3 lawrence business college ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
National Collegiate Football Rules Committee
Wilmer Crowell
Middle Atlantic
Crowell
New York
Deaths and Funerals for Mrs. Alice Burns
Mrs. Alice Burns aged 87 of 407 Illinois Street died yesterday in Topeka. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 PM at Ninth Street Baptist Church with Rev G N Jackson officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. She was born in Jefferson City Missouri and lived most of her life in Lawrence. Survived by three sons Fletcher Burns Kansas City Adolph Burns Leavenworth Earl Burns at home two grandchildren and sister Mrs Jances Moore of Phoenix Arizona.
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Alice Burng
Alice Burns
Illinois Street
Topeka
Ninth Street
Baptist Church
G. N. Jackson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Fletcher Burns
Kansas City, Mo
Adolph Burns
Leavenworth
Earl Burns
Jances Moore
Phoenix, Ariz
Detroit School Official Guest of Kansas State Meeting
Dr. John R. Emens director of personnel for the Detroit public school system visited Hutchinson to attend the Kansas State Teachers Association council meeting. He was honored with a tea by Chancellor Deane W. Malott and later to a dinner at the University club in Memorial Union.
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John R. Emens
Detroit
Hutchinson
Council of Administering
Kansas State Teachers Association
Deane W. Malott
Emens
Malott
School of Education
University Club
Memorial Union Building
Pleasant Grove Community News and Death Notice
Pleasant Grove reports visits by Victor Holt family from Aurora South Dakota and others from Lawrence Topeka and Odessa Michigan. Funeral services for Mrs Amos Flory held at Willow Springs church with large attendance. burial at Pleasant Grove cemetery. Local drivers N D Messer and Ralph Messer mobile activity noted and a Sunday collision at a nearby filling station. Box supper fundraising planned by the Ladies Aid. Leonard Ice of Stull visiting the Messer family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Holt
Aurora
S. D
Archie Shults
Alice
California
Shults
Paul Flory
John Daniels
Topeka
Elmer Butts
Lawrence
Alexander
Riley Barnhart
High Prairie
John Churchbaugh
Amos Flory
Lloyd Hegeman
Pleasant Valley
Roy Hergeman
Ed Deay
N. D. Messer
Kansas City
Pleasant Grove
Michel
Village notes from Villa Eden residents recoveries and plans
Frank Pettengill Albert Torneden Carl Torneden and Arnold Torneden had sickness last week but are now better and children are back in school. Mrs Charles Hallenbeck Mrs George Hallenbeck and Mrs Orville Hughey attended a party at Mrs Arthur Hemphill home. The committee for the next community meeting plans two plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pettengill
Albert Torneden
Carl Torneden
Arnold Torneden
Charles Hallenbeck
George Hallenbeck
Orville Hughey
Arthur Hemphill
Lawrence High Wins District State Debate at KU
Topeka high school Lawrence took first place with seven of eight wins in the district state high school debate tournament at the University of Kansas. Lawrence High ranked second with five wins. Participants included Bill Wyandotte of Kansas City, Lemon, Gloria Goff, and Clifford Bates. Capital Catholic of Topeka failed to arrive for participation. State finals set for February 14 and 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
University of Kansas
Lawrence High
Bill Wyandotte
Kansas City
Lemon
Gloria
Goff
Shawnee Mission
Cowboy
Clifford Bates
Alice Jean Atchison
Capital Catholic
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K. U. Symphony
Missouri
P.T.A
Douglas County Club
Tripoli
Dr. Allen
Lie
Business College Notes
Westinghouse
Olson Bros
Lawrence Business College
Villa Eden
Lawrence IS
Topeka High
Funk
ABC
Thor Ironers
RCA Radios
Graybar Sewing Machines
Garces
Joe
Philadelphia Story
Jayhawker
Ables
Lawrence National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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