Dies Committee Plans Stricter Action on Alien Laws
Washington reports the Dies committee will seek tougher enforcement of immigration naturalization deportation passport and foreign agent registration laws. The second annual report proposes an intensified prosecution drive and renewed publicity on un-American activities beyond existing statutes.
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Washington
Dies
House
D-Tex
Orange, Tex
Dempsey
D-N.m
Bey Vament
Communist Party
United States
Comintern
Moscow
Altho
Earl Browder
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Browder
Kuhn
New York
County issues cereal malt licenses to local residents
The board of county commissioners issued cereal malt beverage licenses today to Cecil Jordon of Baldwin Junction, Joseph H. Dyer two miles south of Baldwin Junction, and Helen Vogler two miles south of No. 6 school.
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Board of County Commissioners
Cecil Jordon
Baldwin Junction
Joseph H. Dyer
Helen Vogler
No. 6
Prominent 1939 Figures and Popular Song Clues
A quiz recalls the year 1939 by asking which events or actions made people notable such as Marian Anderson and Sigmund Freud and by hinting at classic songs through playful descriptions. The item blends trivia on public figures with riddle like lyric clues.
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Marian Anderson
D. A. R. Hall
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
White House
Sigmund Freud
United States
Walter Krivitsky
Committee
Europe
France
Charles
Lindbergh
England
Tribute to Naismith at Jayhawker Loyola game
Chicago K U alumni will honor Dr. James Naismith at the January 8 Loyola game. A large turnout is planned with a dinner and program to honor Dr. F C Allen. The Kansas team will depart for Chicago on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
K. U
James Naismith
Jayhawker
Loyola University
J. Naismith
F. C. Allen
French push for a European federation postwar
Paris reports authorized circles discussing a European federation as an outcome of World War I I style cooperation. The plan mirrors British French wartime collaboration with tariff removal, currency exchange, and joint military command, extending six months after the war with openness to other nations.
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Paris
Premier Daladier
Senate
England
France
Europe
Westminster A Cappella choir final rehearsals with Kansas City Philharmonic
The Westminster A Cappella choir returns for final rehearsals for performances with the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra at Music Hall. Directed by Karl Krueger the group will rehearse in Kansas City Wednesday and Thursday with special basses, and perform Borodine Polynersian Dances and Villa Lobos Chorus No 10. They resume singing at the First Presbyterian church service next Sunday with Poulenc Tenebrae factae sunt.
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Westminster A Cappella
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Hall
Kansas City
Karl Krueger
First Presbyterian Church
Poulenc
Oil negotiations closed by Mexican government
Mexico City observers say President Lazaro Cardenas has ended talks on expropriation of foreign oil properties. In a New Year message he stated no settlement would return or divide control of assets seized March 18, 1938, affecting 17 American British and Dutch companies.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Cardenas
Acacia Lodge 9 Holds Special Communication Jan 4
Acacia lodge No. 9 A. F. & A. M. announces a special communication on Thursday January 4 at 7 o clock p m. to work in the first degree. Visitors welcome. R B Stevens W M John H Parker secretary Adv.
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Acacia Lodge No
A. F
A. M
R. B. Stevens W
John H. Parker
Adv
Uruguay moves to intern German freighter Tacoma for duration of war
Uruguayan officials said the 8,268 ton Tacoma would remain a captive in Montevideo with crew interned and cargo disposed of. A British cruiser Ajax will visit for 48 hours to refuel and provision, carrying Rear Admiral Henry Harwood.
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Montevideo
Tacoma
Ajax
Graf Spee
Henry Harwood
Uruguay
Hans Know
la Valleja
Ahs
Alfredo Guani
Berlin
Reich
Admiral Graf Spee
Kans. Press Association Banquet Speaker Named
James E. Gheen of New York City will keynote the Kansas Press association banquet in Wichita on January 20 during a three day convention opening January 18 with the theme Wings over Kansas. Other speakers include Deane W. Malott and Oscar Stauffer. Dolph Simons is association president.
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Topeka
Kansas Press Association
Wichita
James E. Gheen
New York City
J. Howardd Rusco
Kansas
Jack Harris
Hutchinson
Associated Press
London
Deane W. Malott
University of Kansas
Oscar Stauffer
Arkansas City
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Dolph Simons
Lawrence
Walter A. Carlie
Jamestown
W. G. Anderson
Winfield
Ground Breaks on Clear Creek Lake Project near Goddard
Ground breaking held in Sedgwick county Kansas marks the start of a WPA funded Clear Creek lake project near Goddard. Henry J. Peltzer, chairman of the board of county commissioners, turned the first spade. The $500,000 project aims to employ about 450 men for one year.
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Lake
Wichita
Kan
Sedgwick County
Clear Creek Lake
Goddard
Henry J. Peltzer
Board of
County Commissioners
Lawrence class of 1900 to hold 40th reunion plans
Prof W J Baumgartner calls all Lawrence 1900 graduates for a 40th reunion during Commencement. Meeting Thursday at 4 30 pm in Chamber of Commerce rooms. 215 graduates participated in 1900 exercises. Fred Ellsworth notes class 1900 has strong cohesion and high attendance at 25th reunions. officials plan letters inviting members to return. The four annual reunions are overseen by the alumni association with other class plans including 1895 law class and others.
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W. J. Baumgartner
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Ellsworth
Alumni Association
Alumni ‘Association
Elsworth
Law
Hugh Means
Alumni Ofice
Ellsworth
Protests Seizure of U.S. Mail by Britain
The United States formally protests British seizure of mail destined to Germany and denial of rights to interfere with American mails on neutral ships. The note cites four cases where about 1250 sacks of mail and parcel post were seized from American or neutral vessels.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Germany
High Seas
State Department
Carol Ann Nanninga Is New Year's Day Baby
A daughter named Carol Ann was born at 6:55 p.m. yesterday at Lawrence Menigel hospital to Dr. and Mrs. B F Nanninga of 1307 New Hampshire Street. This note also mentions leap year quirks about February 29 birthdays.
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Lawrence Menigel Hospital
Carol Ann
B. F. Nanninga
New Hampshire Street
CCC Enrolls Nine Boys from Douglas County
Mrs Mildred D Watson welfare director announced that seven white boys and two colored boys from Douglas County will be enrolled in the CCC on January 6. She urges eligible boys aged 17 to 22 to report at the courthouse office immediately. Douglas County recruits will be sent first to Valley Falls.
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Mildred D. ‘Watson
Courty Welfere
Douglas County
CCC
Feasting Robins Highlight Lawrence Weather And Local Notes
In Lawrence, Mrs. M. Nungesser reported over 60 robins feasting on fallen persimmons at 1001 Mississippi Street amid near zero days. Birds continue to local feedings, while Kansas farm sales rose in late 1940. Local merchants hope for better crops and steady sales in 1940 as Christmas trees disappear from homes. The preyer sonata impressed at a Kansas City music program, and funds for Douglas County TB work are being collected via the gas office cashier.
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Mississippi Street
Kansas
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Preyer
Music Teachers National Association
Kansas City
Muehlebachs
Carl A. Preyer
Federation of Music Clubs
Lucille Wagner
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Daryl J. Dodds
T. B. Association
Dodds
Roof Fire Extinguished at Bill Moore Home
Fire department extinguished a small roof fire at the home of Bill Moore on 1332 Kentucky Street shortly after 2 PM yesterday. The alarm came in just after the firemen and guests had finished the annual New Year's dinner.
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Bill Moore
Kentucky Street
Bobcat Found Dead in Trap Near El Dorado Farm
Milford Boucher, Augusta youth, discovered a 15 pound bobcat trapped on the G. G. Boucher farm south of El Dorado Kansas. The animal was killed.
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el Dorado
Kan
Shades of the
Roosevelt grants recess appointment to Alvin J. Wirtz
President Roosevelt gave a recess appointment to Alvin J. Wirtz of Austin Texas as undersecretary of the interior. Wirtz succeeds Harry Slattery who resigned to lead the rural electrification administration.
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Wirtz
Washington
Roosevelt
Alvin J. Wirtz
Austin
Tex
Harry Slattery
Rural Electrification Administration
Flory Seeks County Deposits in Banks Outside County
County treasurer Roy Flory reports he is seeking secure banks to hold county funds within legal limits. He arranged deposits with three out-of-county banks posting bonds covering 70 percent of county deposits and totaling 355000 dollars for Douglas county.
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Roy Flory
Flory
Federal Deposit Insurance
Douglas County
First National Bank of
Overbrook
Bank of Perry
First State Bank of
DeSoto
Charles Edison Becomes Secretary of the Navy
Charles Edison was sworn in as secretary of the navy in Washington with Mrs. Edison and Secretary Woodring present. He succeeds Claude Swanson, who died last July, and stresses that teamwork matters more than the individual in the navy’s work.
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Washington
Charles Edison
Navy
Edison
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Thomas. A. Edison
Claude Swanson
G M Ware Dies Former mayor and congress candidate dies
G M Ware aged 46 a former mayor of Marysville Kansas and a 1938 Democratic nomination hopeful for Congress in the first district died of a heart attack last night. He resigned as mayor last June to become a CCC camp foreman and was born in Livingston county.
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G. M. Ware
Marysville
Kan
Ware
CCC
Livingston County
Bes
St. Ouis
Ruth Turner Funeral Services Planned for 28 Year Old
Mrs Ruth Turner 28 of 1005 Delaware Street died December 29 at Norton Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 30 pm from St Luke AME Church Rev Jd N Goddard will officiate Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery The piece also notes an extension of the Grand River dam completion deadline from January 1 to March 30 with PWA ready to name a project manager if needed
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Ruth Turner
Delaware Street
Norton
St. Luke A.M.E
Jd. N. Goddard
Oak Hill Cemetery
Vinita
Okla
Public Words Administration
Grand River
PWA
Breaks Leg While Dancing at Buckhorn Bar
Miss Dorothy Espe, 24, broke her left leg when she fell while dancing last night at the Buckhorn bar in Kansas City. She was treated at a local hospital and condition was listed as stable.
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Kansas City
Dorothy Espe
Buckhorn Bar
Planes Over Belgium Reported Over Four Provinces
The defense ministry said several foreign planes appeared over Luxembourg Liege Namur Kimbourg and Antwerp provinces today and were attacked by anti aircraft guns and pursuit planes. Ground fire was heaviest at Namur.
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Brussels
Defense Ministry
Belgium
Luxembourg
Liege
Kimbourg
Antwerp
Namur
Christmas Gatherings Across North Lawrence Area
North Lawrence residents report Christmas visits and holiday dinners with relatives and friends. Families from Lawrence Ottawa Parker Vinland Carter community and St. Louis shared Christmas gatherings with multiple households and meal events.
First Mortgage Loans Offered on Farms and Property
First Mortgage Loans on farms business property residents at 444% to 5% with a new FHA rate 414% offered by S C Hinshaw. Quick service available from Eldridge Hotel Bldg. Ph 539.
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S. C. Hinshaw
Eldridge Hotel
Christmas Guests and New Baby in Local Notices
Simms of Kansas City visited Mr. and Mrs. Co W Comstock in North Lawrence. Mrs Neil Thayer spent holidays with her sister in St Louis. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs G R Norris during the holidays.
Christmas Day Visits Across Communities
Mrs Clara Kassinger spent Christmas with her son Charles Kas singer and family of Lawrence. Mr and Mrs Robert Normenth of Lawrence celebrated with Mr and Mrs John Daily. Glen Cordell and children of Hastings Neb, visited his parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Griffis and family. D A Wray attended church near Centropolis and ate dinner with Rev Jesse Wray family. Ike Shellenberg family at Harry Hemphill home. A Holcum Wa Ka rusa and Woodrow Sturdy Vinland guests at Martin Holcum home. Ernest Wray spent Christmas with Frank Day at Willow Springs.
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Claude Dicker, Jr
Elmdale
Herman Franse
Cleveland
Jack Frost
R. E. Dicker
Earl
Kansas City
Lawrence
Charles Alexander
Parker, Kan
S. M. Amyx
R. D. Stanwix
Harley Armstrong
Carter Community
G- S. Stanwix
Patty
Richard
Joyce Leech
Vinland
Kenneth Forney
B. L. Traynor
Howard Moore
Betty Jane
Frank Pringle
Edwin
Charles
Ronald
Alvin Richardson
Neil Thayer
Jack Keller
Ottawa
Clayton
Jean Stanwix
Harley “Armstrong
C. A. Henning
Clara Kassinger
Charles Kassinger
Robert Normenth
John Daily
Glen Cordell
Hastings, Neb
Cordell
Sir Hickman Beckett Bacon: England’s premier baronet
Sir Hickman Beckett Bacon stands as England's premier baronet. Knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1578, his ancestor Sir Nicholas Bacon first earned a baronetcy. Sir Nicholas was brother to Francis Bacon, famed essayist and lord chancellor to King James I.
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Hickman Beckett Bacon
England
Elizabeth
Nicholas Bacon
Nicholas
Francis Bacon
James I
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