Motors Strike at GM Plants Sparks Citywide Tension
Eight UAW strikes threaten paralysis of GM production. Clashes at Fisher Body gates injure one officer and two workers. Gov Murphy pledges peace while mediation offices seek settlement. GM warns 135,000 workers idle if strike widens. Union plans eight core demands and strategy meetings proceed in Flint and Washington.
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Homer Martin
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William S. Knudsen
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Lansing
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Leo Pressman
Flint
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Anderson
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Esoo
Firemen respond to three alarms and two roof blazes
The city fire department manned three alarms yesterday and one Saturday. At 505 North Second Street John Collins home stove pipe fire caused minor damage. At 918 Mississippi Street Otto Tiemeier home roof fire was extinguished. At 936 Maine Street Bertha Neighbor home roof fire remained small. Saturday night Ralph Pine residence chimney fire on Elm Street caused no damage.
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Elm Street
North Second Street
John Collins
Otto Tiemeier
Mississippi Street
Maine Street
Bertha
Douglas County to Add 10 Boys to CCC Rolls
Douglas County plans to enroll 10 white youths in CCC camp Company 1763 at Valley Falls. Eligible applicants aged 18 to 27 who are single should contact Mrs Mildred D Watson at once. Quota set. response due January 12 per John Stutz, KERC executive director.
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Douglas County
John Stutz
KERC
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Mrs. Watson
CCC Company
Valley Falls
Driver Sues for 500 Damages in Car Collision
Charles Oehrle filed a district court petition seeking 500 dollars for damages to his 1936 Hupmobile sedan after a November 3 crash on Highway 40 near Kanwaka church. He alleges George Coffman, traveling east, turned left without proper warning or care, causing the collision.
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George Coffman
Oehrle
Kanwaka Church
Coffman
Thefts Dominate Kansas Reform School Inmates
Hutchinson Kansas report shows 273 of 803 boys jailed for grand larceny and 128 for automobile theft. Education levels are low with 343 beyond eighth grade and 12 in college. In 1929 the institution held 1,068 inmates. In 1936 nine months saw 18,518 oil and gas wells drilled in the United States, vs 16,081 in 1935.
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Kansas State Reformatory
Noah S. Wiggins
Reformatory
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Welcome for Solons and the social season in Washington
Washington on January 4 welcomed 531 lawmakers and their entourages as the social season began. Real estate, clothing, and rental houses rush new stock to fit the influx, and burlesque, nightclubs, and clubs plan lively receptions at the White House and around town. Some merchants cheer Congress for business, while a laundryman warns congress may not help much.
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James J. Lake
White House
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Charley Ling
Dickinson Screening Becomes Hilarious Benny Burnses Scene
The Dickinson College Holliday feature showcases Jack Benny with Burns and Allen, Mary Boland, and Martha Raye in a lively, hokum filled comedy about an orchestra leader trying to save a California hotel. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Johnny Downs, Eleanor Whitney and Benny Blue with a college cult and a minstrel show adding to the chaos.
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Benny
Burns
Allen
Mary Boland
Martha Raye
California
Marsha Hunt
Johnny Downs
Eleanore Whitney
Bennie Blue
Indians Rescued After Blizzard Stranding Near Gallup
Three hundred Navajo Indians marooned six days in blizzard swept mountains sixty miles south of Gallup were rescued as government officials blamed part time traders for taking families into the storm zone with no plan for safe return. Agency superintendent E. R. Fryer announced a study of safeguards to protect Indians off the reservation. The group, including children and elders, rationed on horse and dog meat while trucks broke through deep snow to reach the encampment.
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Here
Navajoland
E. R. Fryer
Fryer
Christian Science Lesson Sermon and City Notes
Christian Science text references God as self identical among Infinite Mind Spirit and Love. Assembly of God pastor cites Matthew 24 as Christ’s second coming in a sermon series. Emporia rainfall for 1936 totals 18.10 inches, under 1935’s 43.57 inches, with most falling in September.
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Isaiel
Mary Baker Milty
Waa
Assembly of God
Rhode Island
Pittman
Emporia
Kan
4-H Club Meeting At Home Of Leader Freda Cowles
Mary Roche, Vivian Mad and Ralph Mad attended the 4-H club meeting hosted by leader Miss Freda Cowles. Officers were elected and games followed the proceedings.
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Mary Roche
Vivian
Ralph Mad
Freda Cowles
Local families enjoy gatherings and family visits
Mrs Henry Roche and Edith Jo joined Mary for an evening with Mr and Mrs Arthur Weeks and Wanda. Henry Brecheisen’s children Donald and Darlene heal from chickenpox. Nolan family from Denver visited Walter Parsons kin. Edler Jacobson Rohe households hosted in Overland Park and Jacobson home. Bert Werts visits with brother Harry in Lakin.
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Henry, Roche
Edith Jo
Mary
Arthur Weeks
Wanda
Henry Brecheisen
Donald
Darlene
Mrs. Nolan
Denver
Colo
Walter Parsons
Albert Edler
Mabel
Joe
Henry Rohe
Henry Jo
Overland Park
Albert Jacobson
Mary Rohe
Jacobson
Bert Werts
Lakin
Harry
Christmas visits spread through Black Jack and nearby towns
Miss Grace Hays and guests from Colorado Springs joined Mrs. Keo Hay in Wellsville for Sunday dinner and traveled to Vinland to see A G Hammond and family. Numerous relatives gathered for Christmas Eve and day meals across Wellsville Olathe Paola LeLoup Junction City and York, with soldiers from Fort Riley visiting relatives. A scarlet fever case postponed the January Black Jack meeting and the Wellsville chamber planned a program.
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Grace Hays
Frank Hammer
Paola
John Hays
Olathe
Frank Jill
Billey Sheppard
Paul Brady
LeLoup
Vada Mae Phillips
Rolland
Wellsville
Vint Trasheim
Gertrude
Annie Hughes
Arthur Rice
James Roberts
Junction City
Trusheim
Roberts
Fort Riley
Mockford Sheeley
Elizabeth Pearson
Henry Bell
Black Jack
Hopewell and Independence Christmas Dinner Guests
Mr and Mrs Earl Lederer hosted Christmas dinner for guests including Damon Jones and children from Kansas City Mrs Mabel Gilliland and children George Newland and Eugene Laura Pearson Clarence Evans John Lederer and Grace Steele of Lawrence and Ed Pearson of Wallville. Charles Gale of Salina visited James Gale and Mrs L C Baker during Christmas week.
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Earl Lederer
Damon Jones
Kansas City
Mabel Gilliland
Mia
George Newland
Eugene
Laura Pearson
Clarence Evans
John Lederer
Grace Steele
Lawrence
Edd Pearson
Wallsville
Glenn Kellar
Topeka
Charles Gale
Salina
James Gale
L. C. Baker
Lester Brubaker
LeLoup
Cecil Jaron
Creomulsion Ad Promises Fast Cough Relief
An old newspaper advertisement touts Creomulsion as fast relief for coughs chest colds and bronchial irritation. It claims the medicine reaches the trouble site aids nature to soothe inflamed membranes loosens germ laden phlegm and guarantees refunds if not satisfied from the first dose. It urges readers to act now through their druggist.
Christmas Socials and Family Gatherings Across Local Town
The report lists numerous Christmas visits and dinners. Families hosted kin from Lawrence Baldwin Independence and Kansas City. Notable items include Mrs. Henry Bailey's discharge from St Luke's after pneumonia, Katherine Kelley and Hopewell pupils' Christmas program, and several couples hosting guests from across Kansas and Missouri.
Local social notes and visitors in Kansas and Missouri
Richard Williams and Art Cleaver of Abilene stayed from Saturday to Wednesday at Mrs Ada Williams home. Ainslie Settles of Ottawa visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Lewis Tucker this week. Otis Clark and family of Fenton Missouri spent Sunday at the Dyer home. Mrs Earl Brokay of Richmond called. Earl Black guests with Mr and Mrs A G Trotter in Topeka for Sunday dinner. Louis Johnson of Omaha called on Cecil Jordon. Mrs James Dyer and son returned after visiting Ella Thorne in Lawrence. Robert Mitchell spent Sunday with relatives in Kansas City. Geneva and Lawrence were Lawrence visitors last Monday.
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Pitts, Jr
Charles Pitts
Glenn Kellar
Elizabeth Albright
Kansas City
Henry Wendt Turner
Fred Purvis
E. H. Purvis
Harmon
Earl White
Rachel White
O. M. Hindman
Baldwin
Fred Hoburn
Ness City
W. R. Jeffries
Lawrence
Bert Vaughn
Bula Roche
Will Vaughn
Leo Dyer
M. J. Banks
Nettie Russell
Carl
A. M
Kearney
James Taul
M. J. Jordon
Clarence Hunt
Charles Barkley
Long Beach
Calif
Edger Jardon
Claude Jardon
Hallmark
Erma
Ray Price
Arlie Heffner
Ada Williams
Oscar
Russell Greer
Will. Vaughn
Roy Merchant
Henry Bailey
St. Luke's Hospital
Oscar Williams
Cripple Creek
Colo
Earl Willams
Charlie Gale
Charles Gale
Safina
C. Baker
Katherine Kelley
Hopewell School
Ene
Robert Mitchell
W. TL Hagan
Daughtors
San Angelo
Tex
Ben Mitchell
Chicago
Mitchell Var
Columbia
Fo HL. Mitchell
George Newland
Mabel Gilliland
Damon Jones
Jones
Richard Williams
Art Cleaver
Abilene
Ainslie Settles
Ottawa
Lewis Tucker
Otis Clark
Fenton
Dyer
Earl Brokay
Richmond
Earl Black
A. G. Trotter
Topeka
Louis Johnson
Omaha
Nebr
Cecil Jordon
James Dyer
Ella Thorne
George Reynolds
Geneva
Local Families Gather for New Year Dinner Stay
In Columbia Mr and Mrs Charlie Broham ver and others joined Mr and Mrs Lloyd Shuck Sven Warren and more for New Year dinner with Mr and Mrs David Williams of Kanwaka. The Shucks and Woodwards returned home Wednesday after a week with relatives in New Mexico. The Wray family left Monday for Florida to spend winter after a Monday night stay.
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Lloyd Shuck
Sven
Warren
Charles Shuck
Darrell
David Williams
Kanwaka
Merritt Woodward
Betty
Thelma
Charlie Woodward
New Mexico
Charles
Oscar Shuck
John Wray
Florida
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