Strikes End as Defense Plants Reopen in New Jersey and Mobile
The recall of 4 800 workers at Elizabeth New Jersey and Mobile Alabama ended walkouts at Phelps Dodge Elizabeth and Alabama Dry Dock ships. In Chicago and Milwaukee, talks with CIO and federal mediators stalled at some sites while Mobile and Elizabeth reaches agreement to return to work and raise wages.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Mobile
Ala
C.I.0
Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corporation
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Chicago Tractor Works
International Harvester Company Management
C.I.O
David T. Boadley
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
John R. Steelman
Federal Conciliation Service
Phelps Dodge
National Labor Relations Board
International Harvester
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
American Legion Auxiliary
New Haven
Conn
America
State track meet set for Wichita May 16 17
Commissioner E A Thomas of the Kansas High School Activities Association announced the 1941 state track meet will be held at Wichita University on May 16 and 17. The high school golf tournament and the state tennis tournament will also run May 16 and 17, at Wichita and Independence respectively. Last year Emporia hosted all three events. Next month Emporia will host the class AA high school basketball meet. The Lawrence Ministerial Alliance will meet Tuesday at 2 PM at the First Presbyterian Church.
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Topeka
E. A. Thomas
Kansa H Hgh School Activities Association
Wichita University
Wichita
Independence
Emporia
Paper money woes from modern states and Rome
Questioned as a knowledge prompt, the text cites Germany after World War I issuing paper marks losing value, France during revolutions and postwar periods issuing vast assignats and francs devalued, and the American Revolution and Civil War era money. It attributes core causes to insufficient gold backing and overissuance, while noting Rome’s lack of gold backing and deliberate coin devaluation by emperors to raise revenue.
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Rome
Germany
France
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Tenney Frank
Mount Oread Comes Alive With Enrollment Rush
Mt Oread buzzes as students arrive for enrollment at Kansas University. New lights brighten the library reading desks while staff handle a busy day of inquiries and signups. Notable events include Kath eryn Cassidy’s loss of an $800 engagement ring and the arrival of new registrants Laura Childs and Delores Hiller among others.
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Mount Oread
K. U
Grad
Mt. Oread
Katheryn Cassidy
K.A
Cassidy
Eugene P. Hancock
Higginsville
Kansas City
Gamma Phi
Debate on Lease-Lend Bill Amid War Policy Clash
Senator Connally pressed Robert La Follette on a perceived mandate to enter war. La Follette argued the plan to aid Britain implies U S involvement and warned against a course leading to total war in Europe. He warned of a financial revolution and urged preparation for fundamental change.
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Senator Connally
LaFollette
Fvar
United States
Britain
Europe
America
la Follette
Deaths and Funerals Prompt Local Notices
Glenn Corel 42 died in a morning auto accident near Redding California while en route from Sacramento to Shasta as a Tidewater Associated Oil company service man for Shasta dam projects. He is survived by his father three sisters four brothers and extended family. funeral arrangements pending. Madge R. Wiggins 71 of 910 Louisiana Street died yesterday. born 1869 in Baldwin daughter of William and Martha Plasket widow of Bert Wiggins. Rosa Liggett 68 formerly of Eudora died today in Topeka. services set at Free Methodist Church Topeka with burial at Deay Cemetery. survived by husband Charles Liggett and several children.
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Glenn Corel
Redding
Calif
Sacramento
Shasta
Tidewater Associated Oil Company
Shasta Dam
Sacramento River
Billie Koontz
Winnemucca
Nev
Lawrence
Corel
University of Kansas
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
H 137Th Infantry
James A. Corel
Koontz
Gonrad Hahn
George Dunkley
Charles Corel
John Corel
Flugene Corel
Arthur Corel
Philadelphia
Madge R. Wiggins
Louisiana Street
William and
Martha Plasket
Baldwin
Bert Wiggins
Rosa Liggett
Eudora
Topeka
Free Methodist Church
Deay
Charles Liggett
KU Physical Examinations for New Students
All new students at the University of Kansas must undergo physical examinations at Watkins Memorial Hospital today and tomorrow.
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K. U
University of Kansas
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Lawrence man framed in city trip and local political note
A Lawrence man was accused of a trip abroad frame while in another city where police arrested him for a traffic violation. The mayor intervened to release his friend as grilling began. Kansas Jayhawks football radio appearances and Wichita luncheon were listed with two games that night against the Wheatshockers.
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Bob Barton
Kansas City
Rym
James Hitt
Bob
Margaret Wilson
Lawrence
Hitt
K. U
Wichita
Wheatshockers
Jayhawkers
F. C. Allen
KFH
Kansas
Lassen
Senate approves 350 million cargo ship construction bill
The Senate passed a $350,000,000 emergency cargo ship construction program. The measure, already approved by the House, includes $65,000,000 extra for the Maritime Commission’s regular construction program. The House must concur.
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Senate
Washington
House
Maritime Commission
Business trip to Des Moines noted for Edwin Fritz
Edwin Fritz assistant to the president of the Standard Life association left Kansas City by plane for Des Moines on business and expects to return in a day or so. Mrs. John Skie spent the weekend at Parsons.
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Des Moines
Edwin Fritz
Standard Life Association
Kansas City
Rip Van Winkle Play Tryouts This Week
Liberty Memorial high school will host tryouts for the Children’s Theater production Rip Van Winkle on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 4 to 6 in room 101. Directed by Mrs Deal Six the event is an Americanism community adventure sponsored by the American Association of University Women with a large cast expected.
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Liberty Memorial High School
American Association of University Women
Deal Six
Marriage licenses issued by probate office
The probate judge issued licenses to Karl W. Blum of Kansas City Missouri and Goldie Ann Lynch of Topeka. George H. Rogers and Sadie M. Seige both of Topeka. Arnold A. Ware of San Bernardino California and Doris Maxine Brown of Tyro. Earl J. Brown and Eva May Richardson both of Lawrence.
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Karl W. Blum
Kansas City
Goldie Ann Lynch
Topeka
George H. Rogers
Sadie M. Seige
Arnold A. Ware
San Bernardino
Calif
Doris Maxine Brown
Tyro
Earl J. Brown
Eva May Richardson
Lawrence
Classified readers log heavy daily engagement
A reader survey shows 76 percent of subscribers read the classified page every day, underscoring high reader involvement and value of the section for daily information.
British air raid targets German-occupied France in northwest
British planes bombed targets in the north western part of German occupied France in a pre dawn attack. The government said the action continued weekend thrusts by day against axis objectives from Flanders to Sardinia. A German raider dropped four bombs on London outskirts killing a child and wounding others.
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London
France
Flanders
Sardinia
Grateful thanks for friendship in our sorrow
Mrs William Thayer Gilbert Francis expresses heartfelt gratitude for kind expressions of sympathy, attendance at services, flowers, and comforting letters following a recent death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thayer Gilbert Francis
Attackers Target Southeast Coast Town and East Anglia
In central Scotland, East Anglia and the southwest coast a single attacker descended from the sky to bomb a southeast coast town striking a Methodist church and damaging several other buildings. Explosives were also dropped at two sites in East Anglia.
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Scotland
East Anglia
Doctor Called to Denver by Mother's Illness
Dr W H Merritt assistant physician with the student health service at the University of Kansas was summoned to Denver Colorado Saturday due to his mother's illness. Classified page reports hundreds of jobs located.
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W. H. Merritt
University of Kansas
Denver
Colo
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