Science not an aid in democracy says Harvard professor
Boston February 22 Harvard philosopher William E Hocking warned that science cannot underpin democracy and may discredit it if moral qualities such as heroism responsibility and sacrifice are ignored He argued democracy rests on moral considerations not laboratory facts and that science cannot measure possibility nor determine democratic values and duties urging caution against overreliance on science in political life
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Boston
Harvards
William E. Hocking
American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc
Buti
Locke
Paine
Jefferson
Rousseau
Hocking
Final Work On Head At Mount Rushmore Underway
Rapid City reports the head of Washington at Mount Rushmore is being buffed to finish the sculpture. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum directs work as the nation honors the president on his birthday this February 22. The head measures 60 feet from chin to crown and sits 469 feet high in the granite carving begun July 10, 1927.
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Rapid City
S. D
George Washington
Mount Rushmore
National Memorial
Gutzon Borglum
Washington
Borglum
Republic
Interest money from School Fund is sent
Topeka reports the first 1940 semi annual distribution of interest on bonds in the permanent school fund totaling 190,843.90 dollars, slightly below last August. Checks were sent to county treasurers for district distribution based on population, averaging 38 cents per person ages five to twenty one. Wyandotte county led with 15,192.40 dollars followed by Sedgwick 14,305.10 and others including Montgomery, Reno, Crawford, and Cowley in the several thousand dollar ranges.
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Topeka
Kansas
George L. McClenny
Wyandotte County
Sedgwick County
Montgomery County
Reno
Crawford
Cowley
Cavalry Units Moved From Fort Des Moines to Fort Riley
Washington reports a reshuffle of home stations for regular army troops. The Fourteenth Cavalry, minus the first squadron, will move from Fort Des Moines to Fort Riley Kansas before maneuvers next summer. The change covers 35 units and 7,500 men and officers across posts to improve trooping by divisions.
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Washington
Fourteenth Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Fort Riley
Kan
The Journal World Classifieds Readers and Results
Classified page highlights reader responses and results from local listings. Readers report success with ads and notices, and results show items sold or services booked. Includes brief mentions of listings, deadlines, and contact details for follow up.
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Journal-World
Democrats in Topeka Banquet Prepares Lavish State Event
Kansas Democrats host a Washington day banquet at Topeka high school with a feasting line up including over half a ton of turkey and extensive sides. Mrs. Orelle Bauersfeld of Topeka leads as Shawnee county chairman and the first Kansas woman to head a county committee for either party.
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Kansas
Topeka High School
Orelle Bauersfeld
Topeka
Shawnee
Burgeoning Kansas political crowd gathers for Wash day events
Paul Jones and Leslie Wallace greet guests at a hotel for Rice county figures including former Gov Walter Haxman secretary Leslie Wallace and others like Harry Brooks O T Wood and W H Murphy. The event features Lovefeast chatter about Burt Comer and nine radio broadcasts from Lawrence and Abilene led by Bob George and Lynn Brodrick's staff. Veteran A P Elder and father P P Elder, once speaker in 1891, circulate among the crowd.
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Paul Jones
Lyons
Rice County
William H. Burke
Lawrence
Abilene
Woodring
Bob George
Lynn R.brodrick
Democratic delegation seeks Harris nomination and Wichita convention
Bill Bills, Sedgwick county Young Democratic chairman, leads a delegation asking for three aims: nominate Innis D. Harris for governor, elect Mrs. Faye L. Schreck of Wichita as vice president of the Kansas Democratic club, and choose Wichita as the state convention site.
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Bill Bills
Sedekirk County
Young Democratic
Innis D. Harris
Faye L. Schreck
Wichita
Kansas Democratic Club
Negro voters favor Roosevelt third term, says official
W. L. Houston of Washington DC, a Negro assistant to the U S attorney general, declares that from 75 to 80 percent of more than two million Negro voters want Roosevelt to have a third term. He spoke at a banquet of Negro Democrats today.
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W. L. Houston
Washington, D. C
U. S
Roosevelt
Houston
Colored Students Dance At University Ballroom Tomorrow
The annual colored students dance at the University will take place in the Union ballroom tomorrow night. The Student association party will continue until 2 o'clock with music by Ernie Fields and his orchestra.
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University
Union Ballroom
Ernie Fields
Lincoln Man Heads to Topeka for Democratic Convention
Evan A. Edwards of Lincoln Nebraska spent last night in Lawrence en route to Topeka to attend the Democratic convention.
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Evan A. Edwards
Lincoln
Neb
Lawrence
Topeka
Conscience Stricken Thief Returns Washington Biography
A book thief in Wichita left a George Washington biography at District Judge I N Williams' office door and asked the judge to return the volume to its owner after saying he had learned a lesson about honesty.
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Wichita
Kan
I. N. Williams
George Washington
State Democrats Rally With Wide Candidate Talk
A Kansas Democratic rally featured names like Omar D. Ketchum and E. W. Patterson as potential governors along with several congress candidates. Delegates at large to the national convention stirred, while women pressed for half of the eight delegates to be women.
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W. T. Markham
Yates Center
Jibo Hewitt
Medicine Lodge
J. W. Seuser
LaCrosse
John M. Houston
Wichita
Clarence E. Hatfield
Milford
J. Glenn Logan
H. N. Hensley
Topeka
George H. West
Joseph S. McDonald
Kansas City
W. E. Ledbetter
Parsons
Latchem to Attend Claflin Conference on Arson Charges
Clyde Latchem state marshal said he will be present tomorrow when authorities file arson charges against John Claflin over the Phi Delta Theta house fires. The county attorney plans to rely on Claflin’s signed confession. the youth’s father denies involvement and will meet with officials tomorrow morning.
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Clyde Latchem
Milton Beach
John Claflin
Phi Delta Theta
Claflin
Washington kept diary many years
Washington kept a weather focused diary for much of his life. The article outlines his persona as a farmer and landowner, notes on his death after a cold and bleeding treatment, and mentions his interests in gadgets, plants, fox hunting, and a steamboat proposal by John Fitch in 1785.
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Williamsburg
Annapolis
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
John Fitch
Connecticut
Fitch
Delaware River
Legion Commander Urges American Allegiance
Kansas City Feb 22 Raymond J Kelly national commander of the American Legion predicted the coming decade may be the most critical yet. He urged Americans to show vigorous affection for their country before more than 2 500 listeners at a George Washington birthday patriotic luncheon. Our hearts beat stronger for the land we love in this year 1940 than ever before. Times of crises beget devotion and heroism.
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Kansas City
Raymond J. Kelly
American Legion
Lawrence News Briefs Highlight Local Events
A Lawrence dog recovered after accidental vitamin pill ingestion, while Dean F J Moreau from the law school plans to attend Washington’s birthday dinner in Kansas City where U S district attorney Maurice M Milligan will speak. Reporter Dick Gould and U P Kansas City manager Preston McGraw were in town, and Mr and Mrs W H Quakenbush returned from Burlington after a district court case over a disputed will signature.
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School of Law
Muehlebach Hotel
Kansas City
Maurice M. Milligan
United States
Dick Gould
Acme News Pictures
Preston McGraw
United Press
Lawrence
W. H. Quakenbush
Burlington
Quakenbush
Meeting at India School Immunity Club
The India immunity club will meet at the India Schoolhouse tomorrow evening at 8 o clock. A program will be given.
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India School
India Immunity Club
Community Meeting Postponed for Number Six Club
The Number Six Community club meeting set for Friday evening has been postponed. Organizers did not announce a rescheduled date or new time.
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Number Six
Knickerbocker Misplaces Bow Tie Before KU Lecture
War correspondent H R Knickerbocker, weary from travel from Lansing to Lawrence, searches his Eldridge hotel room for a bow tie. He finds it hidden on his tuxedo coat and heads to deliver his 59th lecture at the University of Kansas amid forecasts of a favorable audience.
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H. R. Knickerbocker
Eldridge Hotel
Texas
Lansing
Mich
Lawrence
State College
Gladstone
Knickerbocker
Alexander Woollcott
Kansas City
Raymond Nichols
Paul B. Lawson
Milwaukee
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Henrietta Eye Rumble
Mrs Henrietta Eye Rumble died in Urbana Illinois on February 3 burial in Clinton Alabama. She lived in Lawrence during her daughters college years Miss Marjorie Rumble and Miss Helen Rumble linked with the University. Survived by sons Joseph Rumble Oregon and William Rumble St Louis and two grandchildren.
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Henrietta Eye Rumble
Lawrence
Urbana
Ill
Clinton
Rumble Famly
Virginia, Minn
Dorinda Price is Laid to Rest in Douglas County
Dorinda Jane Price age 78 died at her daughter Mrs Maggie Barnhart home in southwest Douglas county. Funeral services set for 2 PM Saturday at Bethel church with burial in Union cemetery. Born April 22 1861 on a farm southwest of Lawrence she lived in the area most of her life. Husband died about ten years ago. Survived by daughter Mrs Barnhart and two sons Ernest Price Lawrence and Cecil Price Michigan Valley.
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Maggie Barnhart
Douglas County
Bethel Church
Union Cemetery
Barnhart
Ernest Price
Lawrence
Cecil Price
Michigan Valley
Death of Arling Henderson at Wadsworth Home
Arling Henderson died yesterday afternoon at the Soldiers' Home in Wadsworth. Funeral services will be held there Friday afternoon. He is survived by his brother Rev. R. C. Henderson of Indianapolis, a sister Mrs. Sophia Snowden of Lawrence, three nephews and one niece.
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Wadsworth
Henderson
Rev
R. C. Henderson
Indianapolis
Ind
Sophia Snowden
Lawrence
Funeral services for Earl Harris at Church of God and Christ
Earl Harris aged 37 of 928 New Jersey will be funeralized Friday at 2 30 PM from the Church of God and Christ at Ninth and New Jersey with Elder T B Madden of Kansas City Kan officiating. Burial follows at Oak Hill cemetery. He leaves wife Mary Joe Harris mother Mrs Henry Brown and two sisters Opaline Taylor of Lawrence and Ruth E Harris of the home.
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New Jersey
Church of God and Christ
Ninth
T. BE. Madden
Kansas City
Kan
Oak Hill Cemetery
Harris
Mary Joe Harris
Henry Brown
Opaline Taylor
Lawrence
Ruth E. Harris
Death Notice Ada M Salvesen of Beatrice Nebraska
Mrs Ada M Salvesen died last night at 414 West Fourteenth Street after a long illness. Funeral Friday at 2 from Funk's chapel with Howard E Koelb officiating. Burial in Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers listed and Eastern Star members to be seated in service. Survived by husband O L Salvesen a sister Mrs Henry Honver Beatrice Neb a brother Gideon Cole and several nieces nephews and daughter in law Mrs Floyd W Salvesen of Lawrence
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Ada
M. Salvesen
West Fourteenth Street
Funk
Howard E. Koelb
First Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
F. M. Holliday
L. E
McPheeters
G. E. Ovler
W. S. Robb
W. A. Brown
Ray Angner
Eastern Star
Salvesen
O. L. Salvesen
Henry Honver
Beatrice
Neb
Gideon Cole
Floyd W. Salvesen
Lawrence
Obituary and local society notes from North Lawrence
Mrs A I Fincher aged 91 died at her daughter Roscoe Pine home Friday night. Funeral at Centenary Methodist Church Monday with Rev C J Knox. burial in Maple Grove cemetery. Mrs Rex Roberts and family visited DeSoto relatives. Louisa Garr and Violet Carr visited George Criss. Evangelistic meetings underway at Centenary Methodist Church led by Rev and Mrs.
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DeSoto
Ganney
Penfold
A. I. Fincher
Roscoe Pine
Centenary Methodist Church
C. J. Knox
Maple Grove Cemetery
Louisa Garr
Violet Carr
George Criss
Claude Dicker
Liberty and Justice For All at Valley Grove
The article notes Rev. Alex ander Alexander visited his mother Mrs Etta Alexander in Blue Mound and brings home. It covers Leo Smith leading a discussion on Liberty and Justice For All at the Christian Endeavor in Valley Grove, the planned February party, and guests Marie Barlow and Warren Means. Obituary details for Mrs Joe Boyd of Perry aged 67 with survivors listed and funeral by Rev W W Carpenter.
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Alexander
Etta Alexander
Blue Mound
Warren Means
Topeka
Lucille Langdon
Joe Boyd
Perry
J. A. Boyd
Thomas Boyd
Lawrence
Bess Teachener
Neighbors note illness and community events in McLouth area
Reports say Mrs Dee Black is seriously ill and at Christ hospital, with Mr Black in Topeka nearby. Local families cope as Mrs Black’s sister cares for children. Attendees at a February 10 Oskaloosa teachers meeting discussed rural school music. McLouth basketball beat Muncie 21 to 19. Obituary for Mike Martin announced, funeral next week.
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Christ’s Hospital
Black
Topeka
Mary Rose Bracken
Lucille Langdon
Myra Gladys Wellman
Laura Zook
Lawrence
McLouth High School
Gilford
Ridgway
Nathan Osborn
McLouth
Osborne
McLouth Town
Muncie
McLouth Court
Viola Rickert
Mike Martin
Eliza Fowler
Mary Fowler
M. E. Ladies’ Aid
W. W. Wellman
W. H. Smarr
John
Frank Parker
D. E. McDonald
Richard Campbell
Matfield Green
Bobbie Nickels
MacLouth
Valley Grove
Kenneth
Robert
Doris
Opal
Dale Black
Pippert Family Social Hosts Visit at Lawrence
Reet 4 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pippert hosted last Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs. John Pippert of Lawrence to spend time with their mother who is a patient at Christ's hospital.
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Christ's Hospital
Reet
Albert Pippert
John Pippert
Lawrence
Community Notes From Williamstown and Lawrence
Residents share visits in Lawrence and McFarland while noting health updates. Arch ie Johnson at Topeka state hospital faces high blood pressure and Ronnie Amerine remains ill. A death in Oskaloosa prompts corrections after a false report. School children held a Valentine box exchange with candy rewards for pupils.
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Vausbinder
Margaret ‘Schuler
Lucille Vausbinder
Lawrence
R. Wy Amerine
Bira
Charles Johnson
Leonard Paige
W. H. Allen
Joan
Ralph Vallsbinder
Fannie Perkins
Archie Johnson
State Hospital
Topeka
Ronnie Amerine
L. J. Lamar
McFarland
Kan
Mathews
Alice Lamar
Naom Comstock
L. J Lamar
la Verta Graham Hutchingon
Ethel Graham
Roy Johnson
Oskaloosa
Dorothy Rice
Lila Trusty
John Abel
Perry
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