Kansas State to seek 400000 field house for 4 H activities
A Kansas bill to appropriate 400000 for a field house at Kansas State college was introduced to relieve crowding in Nichols gymnasium. The structure would host intercollegiate basketball, 4 H roundups, physical education, military science work, and house state 4 H headquarters. Representatives Holmstrom Barr Hartman Glick Root and Sen Schwalm led the effort with hearings led by Kansas State athletic director Michael Ahearn and basketball coach Jack Gardner.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansas State College
Nichols Gymnasium
Manhattan Institution
State 4-H
Kansas State
Nichols
Manhattan
Payne Ratner
John A. Holmstrom
Riley
H. J. Barr
Dwichita
A. P. Hartman
R-Marshall
R. F. Glick
Doniphan
Karl W. Root
Atchison
Sen
O. W. Schwalm
Paxico
Senate
Ways and Means
Michael Ahearn
Jack Gardner
College of Emporia to get four member commission
A Kansas Presbyterian Synod special meeting formed a four member commission with full power to decide the future of the financially strapped College of Emporia and report by May 15. The synod accepted the resignation of President Leslie G. Whitcomb and noted endowment decline from 524000 in 1931 to 185000 with 225 students.
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Topeka
College of Emporia
Kansas Presbyterian Synod
Leslie G. Whitcomb
Dr. R. Vearns
Salina
College Board of Trustees
A. J. Ferry
Wichita
A. T. Tomshany
Kansas City
C. B. Bullington
Clay Center
D. J. Evans
Kan
Synod
Man Pleads Innocent to Draft Evasion Charge
Wichita Kansas February 28 Stanley H Ford 32 pleaded innocent to charges of violating the selective service law when arraigned before U S Commissioner John Boyer The charge says he moved frequently to avoid a draft questionnaire Ford registered with a Pratt board and said he notified the board of address changes six times He said U S District Attorney S S Alexander told him he could have an out on the charge of enlisting for three years
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Wichita
Kan
Stanley H. Ford
U. S
John Boyer
Ford
Pratt
S. S. Alexander
Meaning of Bolshevism Sovietism and totalitarianism
This analysis outlines Bolshevism as a revolutionary faction of the Social Democrats led by Lenin seeking world communism through violence, Sovietism as a council based Russian governance with occupational representation, and the idea that totalitarianism is centralized power in a single ruler. It notes socialism and communism as old systems with modern frills.
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Social Democrats
Plekhanov
Lenin
Russia
Congresses of Soviets
Auill
All Russian Congress
Union Congress
W.S.R
Oscars Awarded to Ginger Rogers and James Stewart
Ginger Rogers and James Stewart won the Academy Awards in a ceremony where Rebecca was named best picture. Jane Darwell and John Ford received supporting and directing honors, while J Walter Brennan won best supporting actor for The Westerner. Rogers and Stewart were celebrated for Kitty Foyle and The Philadelphia Story.
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Hollywood
Ace
Ginger Rogers
James Stewart
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Ginger
Kitty Foyle
Stewart
Rebecca
Academy
J Walter Brennan
Poon
Kentucky
Jane Darwell
Ma Joad
John Ford
Roosevelt
White House
Americas
Miss Rogers
Virginia McMath
Independence
Fort Worth
Tex
M.G.M
Cecil Burleigh to headline Kansas Music Teachers meet
American violinist Cecil Burleigh a leading composer for the instrument will appear at the Kansas Music Teachers convention in Lawrence on March 3 and 4. He heads Wisconsin University violin department and will give a recital in Rankin Strong auditorium Monday afternoon with Ruth Orcutt as accompanist featuring Burleigh originals and standard works.
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Cecil Burleigh
Kansas Music Teachers Convention
Lawrence
University of Wisconsin
Burleigh
Rank Strong
Ruth Orcutt
Skilled Workers to Sign for Defense Registration
The Social Security Board moves toward nationwide voluntary registration of experienced industrial workers for defense jobs. The plan aims to identify idle or nondefense workers, with start expected in a few weeks under board direction.
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Washington
National Defense
Social Security Board
Freshman George Padgett Recovers and Returns Home
George Padgett who had pneumonia in Watkins Memorial hospital for 27 days returns to Greenleaf Kansas. He is a freshman in the college of liberal arts and sciences at the University.
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George Padgett
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Greenleaf
Kansas
Twenty Cows Wanted For Sale Jersey Tow Ad
Purported ad seeking twenty Jersey cows five years old freshly calved with flags. Frank Fox invites buyers to call. The notice appeared in the Journal-World Classifieds and drew rapid interest with nineteen inquiries within two days. Phone number provided.
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Frank Fox
Journal-World
A B Martin Elected Master Of Scottish Rite Lodge
A B Martin was elected Master of the Scottish Rite Masonic lodge. C E Birch resigned as Leigh Head teacher and was replaced by George Wall as secretary. Other officers include Edgar Denny senior warden H D Johnson junior warden Warren Zimmerman and F M Owen almoner. Board members reelected Everett Stith E E Alexander John H Robinson Guy E Young J Th Holmes Charles Louk and A B Martin.
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A. B. Martin
Scottish Rite Masonic Lodge
C. EK. Birch
Leigh- Head
Fa Eye
George Wall
Edgar Denny
H. D. Johnson
Warren Zimmerman
F. M. Owen
David Passon
Everett G. Stith
E. Ei, Alexander
John H. Robinson
Guy E. Young
J. Th. Holmes
Charles E. Louk
Miss Allene Ray to Sing at St Luke A M E Sunday
Miss Allene Ray, daughter of Mrs. R Ik Ray born in Wichita Kansas will guest solo at 11 o clock service at St Luke A M E church sponsored by the church choir directed by Mrs. Georgia Marshall.
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Allene Ray
St. Luke A.M.E
Mary Ellen Wilson
St. Luke A.H.E
Miss Ray
R. Ik. Ray
Wichita
Kan
Topeka
Washburn Rural
K.U
Alice Moncrieff
St. Luke A. M. E. Church
Georgia Marshall
Deaths and Funerals of Mrs Anna C Steed
Mrs Anna C Steed died February 14, 1941, at the home of her daughter Alice M Steed in Arlington Virginia where she had been visiting. She was a former Lawrence resident and had lived with her daughter Elsie O Connell on Route 2.
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Anna C. Steed
Alice M. Steed
Arlington
Married in Topeka by Probate Judge Gray
A wedding occurred yesterday in Topeka with couple married by Probate Judge Frank R. Gray. The partners are Glen Nelson and Rosa Green, both of Topeka, were married by the judge.
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Glen Nelson
Rosa Green
Topeka
Frank R. Gray
Pharmacy students to visit Ink Lilly labs in Indianapolis
Forty KU pharmacy students and staff plan an eight o clock departure for Indianapolis to tour the Ink Lilly company laboratories. The visit includes a day at the Indianapolis pharmacy laboratory and two other city labs with expenses paid by the host. Among travelers are M O Johnson and Mrs Johnson with daughter Milared Johnson Totten, plus Virgil Allison and family, Dr L L Roughton and son, Dean J Alvien Reese, and Q O E McCollum.
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School of Pharmacy
University of Kansas
Indianapolis
Ind
Ink Lilly and Company Laboratories
Lawrence
M. O. Johnson
George
Dean J. Alvien Reese
QO. E. McCollum
Objectives of College May Be Redefined at KU
University of Kansas faculty discussed redefining aims of the liberal arts college division. They approved forming a committee to draft a long range statement emphasizing liberal arts as the foundation for all technical study amid a national defense era.
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University of Kansas_ college
University of Kansas
Enlisted Man’s Army Crowned by Capt. Mott
Captain J M Mott, en route to Leavenworth to convoy selective service draftees to Camp Robinson Ark, says the army is built for the enlisted man. He notes larger enlisted quarters and emphasizes maximum training in a year with two officers in a small tent. He serves on a three member board for final physicals at the camp.
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J. M. Mott
Leavenworth
Camp Robinson
Ark
127Th Field Artillery
Mott
Selective Service
Greeks Confident In Albanian War Progress
Athens reports Greek troops deep in Albania with growing confidence to win. Allied air power dominates the sky as Greek-British aviation claims heavy bombing of Italian concentrations. RAF bombers hit Valona airfield. seven Fascist fighters shot down. Italians suffer reported losses with two crashes.
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Athens
Greece
Benito Mussolini
Albania
Valona
R.A.F
Two Planes Downed in Greek Front Fighting
Rome reports Italian high command says a bomber and a fighter were shot down yesterday during engagements on the Greek front. A formation of enemy bombers attacked an air base but was repelled by Italian fighters and anti aircraft fire.
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Rome
Italian High Command
Daily War Bulletin
Giarabub
Cufra
High Command
Mogadiscio
Copital
Italian Somaliland
Cheren
Eritrea
Navy enlistment and local events in Lawrence
David B. Croom of 1230 Mississippi enlisted in the navy on February 24 and was sent to the Great Lakes training station. Enlistment occurred through Topeka Navy recruiting. A minstrel show chorus rehearsal is set for 7 30 at the Elks lodge rooms. Flower Club members are urged to attend “And Beauty Comes” at the high school auditorium Monday at 7 30, a free color film on yard and garden work sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Lucile W. Scott says the film will boost community attractiveness. Relatives note Mrs. William Nadelhoffer’s improving condition after illness. a nurse, asked about politics, replies Republican, to which the patient quips she expects to get along fine.
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David B. Croom
Mississippi
Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
Topeka
Lawrence Flower Club
Lucile W. Scott
Junior Chamber of Commerce
William Nadelhoffer
Meijer Sentenced to 40 Days for Nazi Speech Claim
Walter Meijer, a Stamford hospital orderly, told the court Nazis would be in the United States in 80 days and Nazi leaders would command here. Judge Frank Jamrozy sentenced him to 40 days for intoxication and breach of peace, noting he would miss the reception.
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Stamford
Conn
Walter Meijer
United States
Frank Jamrozy
Local Couples Return From Memphis Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bigsby have returned from Memphis Tennessee after two months with their daughter Mrs. R. O. Dickey and family. Mrs. T. F. Hargiss of Pittsburg is visiting at the home of her son H. W. Hargiss and family.
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Guy Bigsby
Memphis
Tenn
R. O. Dickey
T. F. Hargiss
Pittsburg
H. W. Hargiss
E F E Alexander Seeks Republican City Treasurer Nomination
City Treasurer E F E Alexander seeks the Republican nomination for the office ahead of next Tuesday’s city primary. He has served six years as treasurer and lived in Lawrence 40 years. Alexander, educated in Lawrence, worked 18 years as railway and express agent, seven years as accountant for Underwood and Sons, and seven years as manager of the Lawrence Country Club. He has been secretary of the Elks lodge for five years and is a member of the Congregational church and the Masonic orders. He owns property and has sent three sons to the University of Kansas with a fourth currently enrolled.
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E. FE
Alexander
Lawrence
Lawrence Business College
Underwood and Sons
Elks Lodge
Congregational Church
Masonic Orders
University of Kansas
University
Promotions Come Up Col Karl F Baldwin in Command of ROTC
Col Karl F Baldwin announced the second semester ROTC appointments at the University of Kansas. With enrollment over 625 cadets including 13 late enrollees, three battalions and ten companies are required. Crowded Fowler shops hinder drill and weather instruction as record enrollments are anticipated.
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Karl F. Baldwin
R.O.T.C
University of Kansas
R.O T.C
Fowler Shops
British Planes Shoot Down 25 Italian Ships
British fighter planes shot down 26 Italian warplanes on the southern Albanian front. Nine were seriously damaged and unlikely to reach base, while every British plane returned safely. The Italian bomber formations were said to be numerically much larger than the attackers.
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Athens
Greece
Royalar
High School Band Stages Assembly Program Today
Liberty Memorial high school held an morning assembly featuring the band directed by Oliver Hobbs. Billy Joe Dill oversaw the event as student council president. The program opened with Star Spangled Banner and closed with Stars and Stripes Forever. Ralph Ward and Clark Harris performed solos in Gould and Williams works, and Jean Murray's marimba solo was encored.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Oliver Hobbs
Billy Joe Dill
David Bennett
Ralph Ward
Clark Harris
Morton Gould
Gould
Alberich
Wagner
Jean Murray
Rufus
Charrosin
Sousa
Quartet Led By Lorenzo Fuller Sings For Kiwanis Club
Lorenzo Fuller a colored senior fine arts student at the University headed a quartet at the Kiwanis meeting yesterday. The group included Sidney Dawson Arthur Brock and Rudolph Rhodes. They performed spirituals and Fuller closed with an arrangement of Shortnin Bread.
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Lorenzo Fuller
Kiwanis Club
Sidney Dawson
Arthur Brock
Rudolph Rhodes
KU men receive four job offers from Devoe and Raynolds
Four University of Kansas students were offered positions by Devoe and Raynolds in Louisville. S. Long, a chemist with the firm, visited February 20 to interview KU men, with Elton Loomis of Mankato Richard Goertz and John Skie of Lawrence and Stanley Clark of Lawrence receiving offers. Clark is a chemical engineer. Dr. Brewster praised the four placements as unusually large for a single school.
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University of Kansas
Devoe and Raynolds Paint Company
Louisville
S. Long
K. U
Elton Loomis
Mankato
Richard Goertz
Lawrence
John Skie
Stanley Clark
Clark
Brewster
British withdraw from Castelrosso island in eastern Mediterranean
The British announced they pulled back from Castelrosso in the Dodecanese near the Turkish coast after claiming they had achieved their objective. The Italian seaplane base on the island had been observed prior to the British arrival.
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London
Castelrosso
Mediterranean
Milk strike averted in Kansas milk wage dispute
A looming milk strike involving 13 pasteurizing plants and the milk drivers and dairy employes union was settled today after arbitration. Both sides presented their arguments to arbiter L. J. Chapman and agreed to follow his decision, preventing any disruption to breakfast tables tomorrow.
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Kansas City
L. J. Chapman
Crash probes into Eastern Air Lines sleeper disaster
Investigations began today into the crash near Atlanta of Eastern Air Lines' $120,000 air sleeper. Seven people were killed and nine injured, including Eddie Rickenbacker the famed World War I pilot and airline president. The plane came down in pine woods near the airport while approaching for landing. Rickenbacker, recovered from wreckage at dawn, was reported improving after a rebreak of an old hip injury.
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Atlanta
Eastern Air Lines
Eddie Rickenbacker
New York
Rickenbacker
Piedmont Hospital
Strike at McCormick Plant In Chicago
The C O farm equipment workers organizing committee called a strike at the large McCormick works of the International Harvester company in Chicago this afternoon.
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McCormick Plant
Chicago
C. O. Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee
M.cormick Works
International Harvester Company
Drama at India School House Tonight
A religious drama titled The Church Clinic will be staged at India school house tonight at 7 30 o clock. Admission is free but an offering will be taken for the rebuilding of the Church of God.
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India School
Church Clinic
India School House
Church of God
Mrs Elizabeth Hendrix 86 Dies in McLouth Kansas
Elizabeth Main Hendrix 86 died at home in Kansas City on Monday February 24 born in Lonaconinge Maryland she came to Kansas in 1875 and celebrated her fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1926 with Mrs Hen dix she is survived by a daughter Miss Nelle Hendrix a niece Mrs Marian Coulson of St Charles Missouri and three nephews Andrew Dick Will Dick and David Dick of McLouth
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Elizabeth Main Hendrix
Kansas City
Lonaconinge
Kansas
Hendix
Nelle Hendrix
Marian TP. Coulson
St. Charles
Andrew Dick
Will Dick
David Dick
McLouth
Pickens and Vicinity Local Notes
Mrs. Mary Marshalls condition is unchanged. J. J. Hubbard was on the sick list last week and is now up and around. Mrs. Rachel Hoopes spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. McCune and Gary Hoopes at Ottawa. Several children received 100 in swelling last week. Edna Henth Giddy Doves Joann and Therese Dun fan and Betty and Barbara Hennak. The children have been perfect in attendance the last two weeks of school.
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Mary
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