Grim Londoners greet 1941 amid bombing scars
Londoners welcomed 1941 with defiant shouts against Hitler while blackout streets remained scarred by bombings. The night saw little air activity due to bad weather and heavy civilian sheltering indoors. Officials warned of harder blows ahead as Britain prepared for tighter defense and continued bombing battles with Berlin and German forces.
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London
Ben
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Hitler
Ministry of Information
Libya
Middle East
Roosevelt Ranked Third Best U S Public Speaker
Washington January 1 Roosevelt was rated the third best American public speaker of the past century by Prof. K G Hance of the University of Michigan. Beecher topped the list for his 1863 England speeches that shifted British sympathy from the Confederacy. Bryan ranked second for his 1896 cross of gold campaign.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
K. G. Hance
University of Michigan
National Association of Teachers of Speech
Hance
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
England
William Jennings Bryan
Apne
Albert Berridge
Indiana
Chauncey
DePew
America
Henry W. Gray
Atlantic
Robert Ingersoll
Italians Fail To Halt Greek Albania Offense
Greek spokesman reports fresh Italian reinforcements routed as Greeks drive from fortified heights along the Chimara coast toward Valona. In Tepeleni Klisura Greek forces repulse counterattacks while Alpine troops suffer heavy losses. Metaxas pledges continued fight to the last breath with divine aid.
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Athens
Chimara
Valona
Tepeleni-Klisura
Italy
Albania
Drinos
Ara
Vaona
John Metaxas
Kansas to tighten anti liquor law in 1941 session
Kansas lawmakers will be asked to redefine intoxicating liquor by volume below 4 per cent after a federal ruling questioned the state standard. R E Farley of the Kansas United Dry Forces cites Judge Otis ruling and urges tighter enforcement. U S Attorney S B Alexander says prosecutions will continue pending higher court rulings.
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Topeka
Kansas
R. E. Farley
Kansas United Dty Forces
Merrell E. Otis
Kansas City
Farley
Otis
United States
Alexander
Federal District Court
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S
Bulgarian Premier Heads to Vienna for Medical Consultation
Premier Bogdan Philoff announced a Vienna trip for medical consultation amid Germany’s troop movements toward Bulgaria. In a radio speech he praised Germany and Italy and urged Bulgarians to share their destiny, then left with his wife for Jenna for health reasons.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Bogdan Philoff
Vienna
Bulgars
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Dobruja
Romania
Bularia
Jenna
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Reich
Balkans
New Year Arrives Quietly Amid Football Broadcasts
Lawrence marks the new year with quiet streets and light celebration. Sheriff and police report orderly conditions as residents attend midnight movies and radio, while a CPA wolf drive begins and turkey dinners appear on tables. Football bowl games provide afternoon entertainment before the return to work tomorrow.
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Lawrence
C.P.A
Stork Hovers Over Memorial Hospital in New Year
Residents along Fourth and Maine streets report seeing a large bird hovering over Memorial hospital as a New Year baby is awaited. A nurse saw the bird clearly and observers including Harry Green and Ledrue Carter of the Standard Life Association watch for the first eligible 1941 baby, with the first year’s premium paid.
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Lawrence
Fourth
Maine
Memorial Hospital
Harry Green
Ledrue Carter
Standard Life Association
Flu Cases Rise in Kansas Not Alarming Says Helm
Topeka reports an influenza upswing with 1 607 cases for the week ending last Saturday, higher than the 1939 total, concentrated in Montgomery and Chase counties. Dr F P Helm, secretary of the state board of health, does not view the rise as alarming.
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Topeka
Kansas
F. P. Helm
State Board of Health
Montgomery
Chase
Beard undergoes emergency appendectomy at Lawrence Memorial
Emergency operation on 18 year old Ray Beard at Lawrence Memorial Hospital last night left him described in fair condition. He is listed in the Journal World as a resident of 709 Elms Street North Lawrence with parents Mr and Mrs R R Beard.
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Ray Beard
R. R. Beard
Elms Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Journal-World
North Lawrence
Kansas City Eyes Second Straight National Safety Award
Kansas City aims for a second consecutive National Safety Council award after cutting traffic fatalities by 58 percent year over year. The city recorded 22 deaths in 1940, with 85 days free of fatalities from April 13 to July 8, and led similarly sized cities with a 5.3 deaths per 100 000 population for the first 11 months.
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Kansas City
National Safety Council
Police and Safety Council
Dallas
Minneapolis
Providence
R. L
Roosevelt presses for broad war aid authority in congress address
President Roosevelt ignores holiday to prepare his annual message to Congress. He plans to seek broad authority to send war supplies to Britain and possibly negotiate repayment in kind or in raw materials. The piece traces defense, arms production, and peace proposal debates linked to Nazi Germany and public reaction.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
State of the Union
Britain
William S. Knudsen
Supreme Command
Defense
Army
No Foreign War Committee
Lee
D-Okla
Angel
W. R. Davis
New York
Verne Marshall
Davis
Cold Wave to Hit Kansas With Frost and Rain
Western Kansas faces a cold wave tonight with below zero wind chill and temperatures dropping to 18 to 25 degrees in eastern parts. Rain affected many areas as year ended, with Kansas City at 1.24 inches and Topeka at 0.09.
Tragedy on Highway 40 Fatality In Kansas City Kansas
Miss Bertha Swanson aged 16 was struck by a car and killed while walking home with her mother Mrs. Alice Swanson near highway 40 west of Kansas City. The driver cited poor visibility as the reason for not seeing them. Mrs. Swanson was not hurt.
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Kansas City
Kan
Bertha Swanson
Alice Swanson
Five Men Rescued From Pennsylvania Coal Mine
Five men rescued from a soft coal mine near Indiana Pennsylvania celebrated New Year after an 18 hour entombment. Thirteen other miners escaped as slate and rock collapsed three miles below the mine mouth. Rescue teams drilled through a 70 foot rock section to reach the trapped workers and one survivor cited dynamite triggering the cave in.
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Indiana
Ted Getty
Debt Reduction in Douglas County Bonds 1940
Douglas County lowered bonded debt by 41000 in 1940, reducing total debt to 132500. No new bonds were issued, and 41000 bonds were paid off. Interest 4269.52 and postage 55.59 drawn from the bond and interest fund. About 100000 of the bonds are county payable, with the rest for special improvements via assessments. Remaining bonds after 1944 include Lone Star lake park improvements.
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Douglas County
Mildred LeSeur
Lone Star Lake
Nudora
Barker Cavenue
Emery Road
West Lms Parkway
Stratford Road
University
Urlye Hitaemroren
Avenue Crescent Road
Music is Banned as ASCAP and BBC Terms End
New York reports ASCAP and NBC networks severed contracts at midnight over future payments for air rights. BMI insured against lawsuits and promised to supply songs such as The Same Old Story and Practice Makes Perfect. EMI claimed a reservoir of 609000 songs beyond expired copyrights.
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New York
Muceh
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
National Association of Broadcasters
ASCAP
Broadcast Music Inc
Lloyd’s
London
BMI
America
Sylvia
Adeline
St. Louis
Rodgers and Hart
John Philip Sousa
EMI
Bowl Broadcast Schedule Reported for Four Game Day
Radio stations WREN and WDAF will carry the 4:00 Rose Bowl featuring Nebraska and Stanford. WREN will also air the Sugar Bowl at :00 with Tennessee facing Boston College. KMBC will cover the Orange Bowl pitting Georgetown and Mississippi State at :00, while WHB will handle the East West game at :45.
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Nebraska
Stanford
WREN
WDAF
Tennessee
Boston College
Georgetown
Mississippi State
KMBC
WHB
Countywide Medical Care Contract Between Douglas County and Local Doctors
A contract binds the Douglas County Board of Commissioners with members of the Douglas County Medical Society to provide medical care for welfare clients at a set cost per case per month. Services include medical and surgical care, drugs, hospital, nursing, X rays, and related items, with exceptions for personal-use materials like spectacles. A disability board will advise the welfare office. Reimbursements come from federal and state sources, with county net costs described for categorical and general assistance cases.
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Board of County Commissioners
Douglas County Medical Society
Douglas County
Employment on Fort Riley defense project peaks at 8500 workers
Fort Riley defense construction has reached 8,500 workers with few more needed. Charles B. Newell, director of Kansas unemployment compensation, said contractors will require only replacements and advised workers not to migrate to Fort Riley. He urged skilled and unskilled laborers to stay registered at their local employment service offices.
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Topeka
Fort Riley
Charles B. Newell
Kansas Unemployment Compensation
First 1941 Enemy Flies London
A hostile airplane, the first reported over Britain in 1941, flew over an East Anglian town this morning and was reported chased off by British defenders. Other axis planes were reported near two northwest England towns in the afternoon.
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London
Britain
England
Corn Acreage Allotments Set for 1941 in Missouri and Kansas
The 1941 corn acreage allotment for 63 Missouri counties totals 2,920,469 acres and 25 Kansas counties total 1,589,175 acres. This compares with 2,876,339 and 1,573,277 acres allocated in 1940.
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Washington
Jan
Missouri
Kansas
Uncertainty of Future Does Not Stop New Year Welcome
The nation enters the new year amid wartime strain while the Americas stay at peace. Roosevelt urges turning the United States into the arsenal of democracy as defense readiness rises nationwide. In New York City nearly one million celebrate Times Square and clubs with horn blasts bells songs and revelry.
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Americas
Roosevelt
United States
Times Square
Mail Receipts Up at Lawrence Post Office in 1940
Lawrence post office reports 1940 receipts through December 28 of 139172.40 an increase of 2196.14 from 1939. 1938 total was 139058.58. Quarter gains, higher Christmas mail activity, and 260800 cancellations from December 16 to 24. Savings bonds sales peaked early year before April 1 restrictions.
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Lawrence
Roger Williams
Postal Savings Department
U.S
Merchants Bureau
Traffic Death Toll in County Is Cut in Half
Douglas County recorded five traffic deaths in the past year with one in Lawrence, a drop from thirteen in 1939. Law officers urged continued caution to sustain the lower toll and improve the record.
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Douglas County
Cona
Lawrence
Truck Goes Into Ditch Near Reno
A semi trailer owned and driven by Ben Haynes of Kansas City Kansas overturned after the front wheels hit the soft shoulder on highway 40 near Reno. The load valued at 5000 dollars consisted of eggs and dressed poultry. Haynes was uninjured.
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Ben Haynes
Kansas City
Kan
Highway 40
Reno
Haynes
Repeal of Presidential Powers to Revalue Dollar Urged
Washington report shows the Federal Reserve Board recommends repealing presidential revaluation powers and greenbacks to curb inflation from defense spending. It calls for gradual tax increases until the budget balances and requires congressional approval for certain measures.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Amone Thanka
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Advisory Council
City cities bond debt pared during 1940
Lawrence closed 1940 with total bonded debt at 723,881.87 after a reduction of 112,919.31 for the year. Water fund on hand 229,481.89 reduces overall liability to 493,949.48. General city bonds 309,450.00 and internal improvements 63,391.22 remain, with sewers and waterworks debts noted.
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Lawrence
Water Department
General City
Fourth Street
Maine
Missouri
Massachusetts Street
Eleventh
North Park Streets
West Fourteenth Street
Seoten
Kansas Traffic Deaths Rise in 1940 Over 1939
Topeka January 1 Kansas traffic fatalities in 1940 topped 448, about 60 more lives lost than in 1939. State highway safety engineer Claud R McCamment said Kansans would be drafted into a new year in the war on accidents. December deaths ran around 43, with highway safety improvements credited for the overall rise in urban areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Claud R. McCamment
Middle Western
McCamment
Real Estate Board Luncheon Hosts Lawrence Leaders
The Real Estate Board of Lawrence held a weekly luncheon with members E T Arnold J M Clevenger C B Holmes C B Hosford S J Hunter and Roy Martin present. Lawrence Chamber of Commerce officials Glenn Charlton and George Hedrick joined to discuss community welfare. A committee of Martin and Hedrick was appointed to finalize plans and present proposals to the chamber board.
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Real Estate Board of
Lawrence
Messrs
E. T. Arnold
J. M. Clevenger
C. B. Holmes
C. B. Hosford
S. J. Hunter
Roy Martin
Glenn Charlton
George Hedrick
Gerald Hesse
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Martin
Real Estate Board
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
The
Weather Outlook for Kansas Tonight and Thursday
The forecast calls for cloudy skies in the far east tonight with a much colder air mass settling by morning. Temperatures are expected to fall to 10 to 18 degrees, with a moderate cold wave affecting the west and north central portions tonight into Thursday.
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Kansas
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