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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1941
Page
3
Uncle Ezra the radio favorite brings a Barn Dance Frolic to the Varsity Stage next week. The cast includes ten members and features Sugarfoot and Rufus, two well known blackface comedians.
Washington reports the Dies committee set three steps to expose unAmerican activities aided by a 15 month extension and a $150000 grant. they seek a new Philadelphia office and reopen offices in new york chicago pittsburgh and los angeles. they also seek authority to bring proposed legislation directly to the house floor and to publish findings via documented warrants.
Markets, including securities and commodities, and banks were closed today in observance of Washington's birthday. Some livestock trading markets remained open.
Wichita report says M A G Black governor of the Farm Credit Corporation warns prices for export tied crops like wheat and cotton may weaken. He predicts two years better for non export reliant goods such as livestock dairy poultry fruit and vegetables and urges farmers to pursue cautious financial policy amid unsettled conditions.
British fighters clashed with a squadron of German planes over the Kent coast as Luftwaffe attacked England after strikes on Swansea. One Nazi plane was shot down in flames. Swansea fires and casualties mounted. The RAF and British bombers conducted further raids on Wilhelmshaven and Ruhr targets amid poor visibility.
The listings announce Virginia and Stirling Hayden romance in technicolor with Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray, followed by Cecil B. DeMille’s Land of Liberty benefiting war welfare. Also shown are Invisible Woman with Virginia Bruce and John Barrymore, Dancing on a Dime, High Sierra with Bogart, and Boom Town with Gable Tracy Colbert Lamarr, plus stage acts and Cherokee Strip with Richard Dix.
In Sarasota on February 22 two famed circus gorillas Gargantua and Toto first faced each other in adjacent cages. Gargantua showed threat displays while Toto barked and ignored the spectacle, leaving officials to monitor potential harmony or conflict between the pair.
The price of wheat slipped under 80 cents a bushel as exporters reduced demand. Officials attributed the decline to weakened export markets and ongoing trade losses.
Amarillo publisher Gene Howe announces retirement as sponsor of Mother-in-Law Day. He cites Hollywood studio efforts to cash in on publicity by asking the Amarillo club to name a national favorite son-in-law. The annual celebration is set for March 5, but he will be out.
A nurse laments endless rehab of old jokes and states the need for fresh ideas to revive a weary public, noting the strain of serving countless mothers-in-law over years.
Thomas F. Hopkins 85, a prominent wheat producer and land owner from Kansas and Colorado, died in Mineral Wells Texas where he and Mrs. Hopkins had traveled the prior Wednesday. He was a leading wheat grower during World War I.
Representatives from Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska discuss sharing Republican River waters in Lincoln. State engineers say an agreement may be reached soon, with attorneys to finalize details later. George S. Knapp and Eldon lead the discussion.
The Co operative club hosted its annual sausage supper Thursday evening at Trinity Lutheran church. Rev Alfred J Beil pastor of the church spoke. Mrs Beil attended as a guest and gave two readings.
Manhattan Feb 22 Kansas farmers are urged by Roy C Wilson chairman of the Kansas AAA committee to approve proposed wheat marketing quotas ahead of a spring referendum The agriculture department says the wheat vote will be May 31 Wilson warns of a probable bumper crop and 30 cent wheat prices and notes an expected 8500000000 bushel carryover by July 1 1933.
An advertising snippet from The Rexall Store touts a guaranteed remedy under SB cat wALISIACTION with a sales pitch titled Leavens 11. The fragment notes product sale terms and a home health claim without specific medical details.
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