Army officers to higher commands in major reshuffle
President Roosevelt plans to send to the Senate new major and brigadier general nominations as part of the era’s broad army reorganization. Promotions will fill retirements of several top officers, reshaping the command structure with about 26 officers affected over the next nine months.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
George S. Simonds
San Francisco
Woodring
Malin Craig
Maor
Percy P. Bishop
Philipines
Jay . Benedict
West Point
Simonds
Bureau
William D. Conner
Andrew Moses
William E. Cole
George van Horn Moseley
Frank R. McCoy
Fox Conner
Leon B. Cromer
Cavalry
Upton Birney, Jr
Field Artillery
Edgar T. Conley
William H. Tschappat
Ordnance
X ray film lets 180 pound patients shown in internal motion
A new X-ray motion picture film enables clear internal views of larger patients up to 180 pounds. Demonstrated by Dr. William H. Stewart at Lenox Hill hospital, the method records fast 160 abdominal frames per second and 40 chest frames, offering slow motion heart imaging with minimal exposure and trackable disease progression.
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New York
Belt
New York Electrical Society
William H. Stewart
Department of Radiology
Lenox Hill Hospital
Stewart
Ideal supply levels for major farm commodities outlined
Washington reports the ever normal granary would aim to hold cotton at 18.2 million bales corn at 2.6 billion bushels wheat 910 million bushels rice 12.1 million barrels and tobacco 1.585 billion pounds with marketing quotas to follow, wheat and rice exceptions noted. Also reports a Yugoslav wedding party fire in Sreb en with 36 dead and the bride's home roof collapse.
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Washington
How To Achieve The 1938 Waistline
An article cites Ann Delafield of New York urging side stretches to slenderize the waist. It describes lying on the floor with arms overhead and legs tight, then bending them toward each other to widen the gap between hips and ribs, claiming a longer waistline.
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Ieee . Oe
Ann __ Delafield
New York
Miss Delafield
Westminster Choir Winter Concert at First Presbyterian
The Westminster A Cappella choir of 70 voices under Dean D M Swarthout will perform a mid winter concert at First Presbyterian church Sunday at 7 30 PM. The program features unaccompanied numbers with two anthems on organ, plus a soprano solo by Alice Marie Meyn violin solo by Homer Dodge Caine and a vocal duet by Virginia Varga and Charles Neiswender.
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Westminster
First Presbyterian Church
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Dean Swarthout
Alice Marie Meyn
Alice Moncrieff
Schoolf Fine Arts
Homer Odge Caine
Waldemar Gelich
Virginia Varga
Charles Neiswender
Joseph Wilkins
Head of Farmers Union Criticizes New Farm Bill
President John Vesecky of the National Farmers Union denounces the federal farm bill as a mere promise and compulsory measure. He warns parity payments are absent and outlines three paths to parity, including price controls, parity payments, or strong cooperative marketing.
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Omaha
Neb
John Vesecky
National Farmers Union
Nebraska Farmers Union
Kansan
AAA
Vesecky
Congress
Rumors on Crown Prince Wilhelm’s Flight Silenced
Berlin reports that rumors of Crown Prince Wilhelm fleeing Germany without passports were traced to his valet’s forgetfulness. The party reached the Swiss border with credentials missing, then entered Switzerland as officials reassured by telephone. The tale was deemed a comic opera explanation.
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Berlin
Wilhelm
Germany
Italy
South Tyrol
Switzerland
Rome
Spooner Thayer museum hosts eight week art lecture series
The fourth annual program at Spooner Thayer museum begins Tuesday February 15 at 7 30 pm with eight weekly lectures. Admission is free and the public is invited. University faculty and Lawrence schools adult education sponsor the talks with new speakers E H Lindley Elizabeth Meguiar Norman Plummer.
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Spooner-Thayer Museum
Lawrence Schools
E. H. Lindley
Elizabeth Meguire
Norman Plummer
Department of Design
Inland and Vicinity Community Notes and Activities
Local notes report a Play a Ways meeting at Miss Faye Hagerman’s home with popcorn and apples served. Visits include Mr and Mrs J P Stevens, Gertie Robertson with Kermit Laughlin in Kansas City. Students and staff share highlights from high school events, judging by lists of sick, visiting, and holiday activities.
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Faye Hagerman
George Hoskinson
Baldwin News Reports Illness and Visits Across Town
C C Clarridge became ill last Saturday afternoon and underwent an appendectomy at Memorial hospital in Lawrence. He is recovering well. Dr and Mrs Harold W Guest and children Margaret Ann and Robert were Lawrence visitors last Saturday. Mr and Mrs Claude B Beeks and children Bill and John and Mrs Zona Follin Martin of Kansas City were Sunday dinner guests for C E Beeks's birthday. Virgil Wood and sons Edward and Robert returned from Emporia. daughter Sally Wood, ill with pneumonia, is improving. Dale Martin and Charles Neal, formerly Baker students, have returned to Chicago after a week visiting Baldwin. Mrs Robert C Mitchell will speak on Sumatra before a Kansas City women’s club Thursday.
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Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Harold W. Guest
Margaret Ann
Robert
Claude
B. Beeks
Bill
John
Zona Follin Martin
Kansas City
Charles E. Beeks
C.E. Beeks
Virgil Wood and
Edward
Emporia
Sally Wood
Wood
Dale Martin
Charles Neal
Baldwin
Chicago
Baker
Dale
Charles
Northwestern University
Robert C. Mitchell
Sumatra
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Westminster Choir
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California
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B. H. Lindley
Raymond Eastwood
J. L. Kellogg
Elizabeth Meguiar
George Beal
Rosemary Ketcham
T. P. Stevens
Gertie Robertson
Kermit Laughlin
Kansas’ City
Juanita Stone
Potter, Kan
Herman Smith
Carl Deay
Allison
Andrews
Barrett ‘Andrews
Pierceville
Kan
Cora Strong
Maudie Reed
Douglas County
P. E. Ruesch
Salina
Willard Shumaker
Hibbard
Exciter Springs
Will Winters
Mary Frances Weeks
Theda Holmes
Hazel
Max Moore
Caryle Witcomb
Hopewell
Star Boloony Mill
George
John Newman
John Lederer
Topeka
Mary Roche
Bell
Fred Christ
Hamlin
Noah Gimbler
Meyers
Jack
Vivian Madl
Red Cross
Mr. Hubbard
English Iit
Baldwin News
Rifice
Slate
J&m
Bostonian
Jarman
Arrow and Resilio
Foot Outfitters
Bill Whitley
Henderson, N.C
Jilliam D
Bill) Whitley
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Whitley
Foot of
Vermont
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