Senate May Stand By Hull Program
Washington reports indicate administration leaders expect Senate approval of extending the reciprocal trade program with lawmakers noting likely party support from Democrats. Senate actions also hinge on ratifying trade pacts and defending an amendment that could alter the program while House hearings proceed. The August 12 renewal of the State Department authority to negotiate is in question.
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Washington
Senate
Byrnes
D.-S.c
Harrison
D.-Miss
House Ways and Means
House
State Department
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Russell
D.-Ga
Appropriations Committee
Home For Lunch by Mrs. C B Holmes in Ladies Home Journal
Mrs C B Holmes writes as Hilda Mauck for a March Ladies Home Journal fiction story titled Home For Lunch. The tale follows a happily married couple in a small college town and appears in the issue hitting newsstands Wednesday and arriving by mail to subscribers this week.
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C. B. Holmes
Ladies’ Home Journal
Mail
Sphinx Minesweeper Sinks En Route to Port in Heavy Weather
British minesweeper Sphinx sank while being towed to port after Saturday air raids. Four officers and 45 men missing believed lost. one officer and four men dead. Forty four sailors saved. Ship capsized as tow line broke in heavy seas near port. Tempo sunk. other vessels damaged along Britain's coast. Sphinx built December 1938 for about 500000 dollars.
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London
Britain
Scotland
Humber
Tempo
Deember
Republicans Spurn Invite to Youth Congress Meeting
Washington February 5 Republicans refused to send a representative to a meeting of the American Youth Congress. Chairman John D. M. Hamilton said he would not ask Republicans to attend until the organization purges itself of Communist elements. The congress is set to meet February 11.
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Washington
American Youth Congress
American Youth Conress
John D. M. Hamilton
Congress
Notable Americans Identify From Clues on Page
A quiz on famous figures tests readers to pick the correct descriptor for each person. William Osler is identified as a surgeon or educator among options, Samuel Gompers as a labor leader, Stanford White as architect, Elizabeth Cady Stanton as suffragist, and G W Goethals as a canal builder, with choices listed after each name.
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Wiliam Osler
Samuel Gompers
Stanford White
Elizabeth C. Stanton
G. W. Goethals
Canal Pocionet
Enrollment Day At K U Draws Crowds To Bull Pen
Students flood Robinson gym as second semester enrollment opens with 448 enrolled by 10 30. Many seek first time arrival or readmission while engineers line up early for Marvin hall. Endowment and Slosson scholarship noted with alumni events and tomorrow's Kansan tabloid debut.
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K.U
Hillman Owen
Hutchinson
Marvin Hall
Kansas State Coach Fry Weighs Entering Business Field
Wes Fry the Kansas State college football coach resigned and said he was seriously considering staying in Manhattan to pursue business. He declined further comment. Fry had taught while practicing law in Oklahoma City and had a liberal arts degree from Iowa plus a Wisconsin law degree. He announced resignation after a dispute with Line Coach Stan Williamson, who also quit.
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Manhattan
Wes Fry
Kansas State
Fry
Oklahoma City
Classen High
Altho
University of Iowa
University of Wisconsin Law
Stan Williamson
Williamson
Veteran Sedgwick Farmer Dies in Kansas Farm
Pi Edward Jaax, 74, longtime Sedgwick county farmer, died last night at his home on the family farm after living there 52 years. Born in Germany, he settled in Sedgwick county in 1888. Survived by widow, three daughters and five sons.
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Sedgwick
Wichita
Kan
Edward Jaax
Sedgwick County
Jaax
Germany
Over 1 100 Planes Shipped to Allies
Washington reports more than 1 100 warplanes delivered to British and French forces as orders total about 4 000 since they sought U S help 18 months ago. Officials note ongoing talks for up to 8 000 more bombers and pursuit craft while keeping secrets and safeguarding American interests.
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Washington
United States
Morgenthau
France
Messerschmidts
Britain
Marshal Goering
Democrats Seek 1940 Convention City Amid Third Term Ques tion
Chicago Philadelphia and San Francisco bid to host the 1940 Democratic convention as party leaders weigh President Roosevelt’s candidacy. Phila s raised substantial funds, Chicago and San Francisco quietly pledged large sums, while Western and state delegates voiced strong third term support. Roosevelt remained at Hyde Park, with plans to return after committee talks.
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Washington
Chicago
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Democratic National Committee
Willard Hotel
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Albert M. Greenfield
William J. Kelly
Wee Association of Commerce
Kelly
Hyde Park
N. Y
Frank McHale
Indiana
Flor Paul V. McNutt
Farley
McNutt
Edward J. Kelly
Patrick A. Nash
Illinois
Kansas
Washington State
Charles E. Broughton
Wisconsin
Scott Ferris
Oklahoma
Deaths and Funerals in Local Notices
Charles Manwaring Ward of Waterloo N Y died February 1 after forty years near Lawrence and relocation to New York. He is survived by his wife four children a cousin Robert Ridley and brother in law Will Jones of Lawrence. Carrie Allen aged 93 died yesterday at the county home with funeral at Miles funeral home Thursday at 10 am conducted by Rev J N Goddard. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Charles Manwaring Ward
Charles Manwaring
Waterloo
N.Y
Carrie Allen
Miles Funeral Home
J. N. Goddard
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ratner Plans Talk on Irrigation Expansion in Kansas
Governor Payne Ratner of Kansas said he would discuss expanding irrigation and reclamation with agriculture department officials. He showed interest in developing irrigation in semi arid western Kansas while opposing the Cole bill for federal oil regulation. Ratner met with Capper’s guests and Kansas congressmen to plan testimony against the oil measure and praised Republican efforts with Walter Fees and John Hamilton.
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Washington
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Ratner
Arthur Capper
Walter Fees
Republican National
John Hamilton
Mrs. L. E. Eby Dies After Long Illness in Kansas
Alice Cary Eby, 72, longtime Kansas resident and former Illinois native, died after a yearlong illness at her son Lisle Eby's home in Lawrence. She taught in Miami county, married Lewis Emory Eby in 1875, and is survived by six children, eleven grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Funeral set at Rumsey funeral home with burial beside her husband in Rockville cemetery, Miami county.
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Alice Cary Eby
Kansas
Lisle Eby
Maine Street
Rumsey Funeral Home
H. G. Barr
First Christian Church
Miami County
Eby
Rockville
Alice Cary Hedrick
Jacob and
Emmeline Hedrick
McClain County
Illinois
Bloomington
Warrensburg
Lewis Emory Eby
Louisburg
Mr. Eby
Tax Suspension in Kansas Unemployment Tax Plan
Kansas Labor Commissioner Jeff Robertson announced a retroactive deferral of payroll tax on wages above 3000 dollars to April 25, aligning Kansas with federal rules. The move saves employers about 150000 dollars in 1940, with credits tied to the 2.7 percent Kansas rate against the 3 percent federal tax. workers’ benefits use only the first 1500 dollars of earnings.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jeff Robertson
Robertson
Santa Claus of Ambler Leaves 3 Million Estate to 24 Employees
J Harvey Gravell, 68, head of American Chemical Paint, died December 8. He left the bulk of a 3 million dollar estate to 24 key employees, directing the stock be placed in trust for 10 years before they own it outright. Gravell had gained fame for paying off 100000 in workers debts at Christmas. He operated plants in Ambler, New Castle, Detroit, and Toronto.
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Ambler
J. Harvey Gravell
Santa Claus
Gravell
American Chemical Paint Company
New Castle
Detroit
Toronto
Canada
Noted Presbyterian Pastor Dies in Seattle
The Rev. Dr. Mark Allison Matthews, 72, noted Presbyterian pastor and vice crusader, died of pneumonia at Seattle General Hospital. He led the nation’s largest Presbyterian congregation.
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Seattle
Mark Allison Matthews
Seattle General Hospital
Roosevelt avoids third term questions at press conference
President Roosevelt said he is tired of attempts to gauge his plans for a potential third term and will speak only when he chooses. He joked about press probing and noted no news to share, despite reports of Illinois and Pennsylvania moves on renomination.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee
Guffey
D.-Pa
Illinois
Criticism of New Deal Policies by AFL Leaders
In Miami on February 5 a group of American Federation of Labor leaders issued a report titled a call for united action harshly criticizing the national government's industrial and social economy policies of the past seven years. They warned Americans of dangers facing the nation and urged united efforts to halt drift toward national insolvency and industrial collapse, warning of reduced opportunity for future Americans.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
United ‘Action
Demonstration on arithmetic taught by Kansas City group
Three Cordley school teachers Miss Verna McQuey Miss Rhuy and Miss Helen Harshberger attended an arithmetic teaching demonstration at Woodlawn school in Kansas City Saturday. Sponsored by Kansas City Teachers College the event featured arithmetic specialist Robert Lee Morton of Ohio University. Also notes Danish pilot Lieut Fritz Rasmussen killed in Finland in encounter with Soviet warplanes per Berlingske Aftenavis. Local markets list grain butterfat and hog prices.
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Cordley
Verna McQuey
Rhuy
Helen Harshberger
Woodlawn School
Kansas City
Kansas City Teachers College
Robert Lee Morton
Ohio University
Copenhagen
Berlingske Aftenavis
Denmark
Fritz Rasmussen
Finland
Rasmussen
Readers and Results on Classified Page
The Journal-World highlights a busy classified page with reader tips and results from recent contests and listings. Readers shared help, job leads, and local notices detailing where to find bargains and services in town.
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Journal-World
Woman Grabs Burglar After Home Invasion in Missouri
Mrs Louis Grosse a 41 year old housewife said she had the strength of a man from farm work and pinned the burglar who had entered her home Sunday night He escaped and ran down an alley then she stopped to notify police at a drug store Her son guided officers to the suspect who was struggling against her capture in an alley.
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St. Louis
UPI
Louis Grosse
Missouri
Murphy Begins Work on Supreme Court After Oath
President Roosevelt's fifth appointee to the Supreme Court Frank Murphy of Michigan began service today after taking the oath in open court. Justices appointed by Roosevelt now form a majority of the nine. The decision also held that a private mail user cannot sue a postmaster for damages without government consent in a case involving Midland Loan Finance of Minneapolis and Patrick J. Malone in Montgomery Minnesota.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Charles Elmore Cropley
Murphy
Justice Black
Reed
United States
Midland Loan Finance Company of
Minneapolis
Patrick J. Malone
Montgomery, Minn
High Court
Eighth Circuit
Death of J. A. Copple Publisher of Lecompton Sun
J. A. Copple, former Lecompton Sun publisher in the late 1890s, died at his Tulsa Oklahoma home last Monday. Funeral held Tuesday. The Day couple learned of his death from their Tulsa daughter Mae Chestnut.
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J. A. Copple
Lecompton Sun
Tulsa
Okla
Mr. Copple
Ivory comparisons and waste paper figures
The article notes soft ivory splits less than hard ivory and is better for intricate designs. It also states England government departments collect ten thousand tons of paper annually from waste baskets.
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Government Departments
England
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Boonville, Mo
Stanton L. Kreider
Karl M. Kreider
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Slosson
Robinson Gym
West Hills Hunt Club
Deane W. Malott
Fred Ellsworth
Jerome Pillow
Atchison
St. Joseph
E. E. Slosson
Preston W. Slosson
Michigan University
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Walter Connolly
First Mortgage
S. C. Hinshaw
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Vivian Wildman
Los Angeles
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Krum Koal Kompany
Cass Harry Turner Coal Co
University Coal Co
John’s Coal Co
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National Bank Bldg
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