Motion Picture Course to Start at Fraser Theater
The College of Liberal Arts approved a two hour course titled The Motion Picture to begin the spring term in Fraser theater under Prof. Allen Crafton. Classes run Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30 to 5 with one lecture and one film-lab period. Auditing may be arranged for townspeople. a $2 lab fee funds film materials.
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College of Liberal Arts
Fraser Theater
Allen Crafton
Department of
Speech and Dramatic Art
Crafton
Bureau of Visual Instruction
Extension Division
Library of the Modern Film Museum
New York City
Department of Speech and Dramatic Art
Busy Year Ahead for Chancellor Malott
Chancellor Deane W. Malott faces a busy calendar with two speaking dates next week in Winfield Chicago and Cimarron. He is slated as a principal speaker for KFKU’s 15th anniversary broadcast and will address the annual banquet at the State Agricultural convention in Topeka on January 10.
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Deane W. Malott
Cranium Crackers: Identify antique carriages in quiz
From the clues list a four-wheel landau a two-wheel tumbril a jinrikisha a Cabriolet or Victoria type and an ancient chariot. Each option is a classic vehicle category tied to historical transport devices.
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Orient
Prince Albert
Missouri Kansas debate to be held at University
High school students near Lawrence invited to hear the Missouri Kansas debate set for 7:30 PM Tuesday. The topic asks if the federal government should own and operate railroads. Kansas speakers David Rice and Leo Rhodes will present. Missouri debaters unnamed. A post debate panel led by J C Pettee and Ross Robertson will follow with Perdue Graves as chair.
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Lawrence
David Rice
Leo Rhodes
Kansas
University of Missouri
J. C. Pettee
Ross Robertson
School of Business
Perdue Graves
Topeka High School
Fairbanks Will Leaves $10 000 to M A Star
The will of actor Douglas Fairbanks filed for probate reveals he left half his estate to his widow Lady Sylvia Ashley with a cap of $1 million. His son Douglas Fairbanks Jr. received 12-40th of his property not to exceed $600000. He also bequeathed $10000 to the motion picture relief fund and $10000 to Charles I Lewis for his athletic and coaching service.
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New York
Douglas Fairbanks
Sylvia Ashley
Mary Pickford
Santa Monica
Calif
United Artists
Miss Pickford
Buddy Rogers
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Fairbanks
Motion Picture Actors’ Relief Fund,’ of
Los Angeles
Charles I. Lewis
Kansas City
Charles L
Chuck) Lewis
Missouri Valley
Missouri Tigers
Missouri
Lewis
Tiger
Missouri Gridders
Deaths and Funerals Arthur W. Webster
Arthur W. Webster longtime Baldwin resident died at the county farm early Friday. He previously edited a newspaper in Oklahoma. Funeral services are set for 3 o clock Saturday afternoon at Stewart mortuary in Baldwin with Dr. H Ky Ebright officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie City cemetery.
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Arthur W. Webster
Baldwin
Oklahoma
Stewart Mortuary
H. Ky Ebright
Prairie City Cemetery
Knickerbocker to Speak on University Lecture Course
Foreign correspondent H R Knickerbocker who returned from the European war scene will speak in Kansas City as part of the University of Kansas lecture course on February 21. A Pulitzer Prize winner in 1930 he is billed as one of the era's most colorful foreign correspondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toreign
H. R. Knickerbocker
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Knickerbocker
KU Birth Day Broadcast Set for Monday Night
Chancellor Deane W. Malott and Regent W. T. Markham will speak on the KFKU birth day program airing from 10 30 to 12 30 Monday night. Gov Payne Ratner was not present and Markham replaces Harris as regent representative. The fifteenth anniversary program features KU band orchestra glee clubs and a dramatic skit with script by Prof Allen Crafton. KU station began in 1924 with regular broadcasts starting a month later.
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Deane W. Malott
W. T. Markham
Board of
Regents
KFKU
Payne Ratner
Fred Harris
Markham
Harris
K. U. Band
K. U. Dramatic Club
Allen Crafton
Department of
Speech and Dramatic Art
K. U
Reguier
Life Along the Front in the Arctic Warfare Zone
A correspondent describes travel to the Russian front through snowbound Lapland, noting brutal cold, pine forests, frozen lakes, and a landscape where war and peace mix. He details hardship for drivers and troops, Finnish women aiding kitchens, and the logistics of movement by car and ski amid ambivalent frontline life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotta Svard
Haskell Group to Present Program for Veterans
A Haskell Institute group will present a program for disabled veterans at the Veterans Hospital in Wadsworth Kansas on Sunday January 7 at 7 30 p m The event is sponsored by Dorsey Liberty Post No 14 American Legion Lawrence and invites Lawrence Legionnaires and families to attend and visit the hospital a urged.
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Haskell Institute
Veterans Hospital
Wadsworth
Kan
Dorsey -Liberty Post No. 14
American Legion
Lawrence
Lawrence Legionnaires
Undersheriff Heads to Junction City for Lawson Arrest
Undersheriff L. B. Read Jr. traveled to Junction City to fetch J. E. Lawson, held on a Riley County bad check warrant issued August 4 1938. Lawson allegedly uttered a bad check for 83 dollars to J. L. Lawson on July 16 1938.
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L. B. Read, Jr
Junction City
J. E. Lawson
Riley County
J. L. Lawson
Acacia Lodge Sets Special Communication January 4
Acacia Lodge No. 9 A F & A M announces a special communication on Thursday January 4 at 7 pm for work on the third degree Visitors welcome R Stevens Worshipful Master John H Barker Secretary Adv
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Acacia Lodge No
A. FL
A. M
R. Stevens W.’. John .H. Barker
Adv
Masonic Lodge Plans State Communication January Eight
Lawrence Lodge No. 6 A F and A M will convene in state communication Monday evening January 8. Visitors and sojourners are invited. W H Quackenbush, secretary, notes the Farmers rely on the classified page to sell livestock. thousands have advertised here in recent years.
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Lawrence Lodge
A. F
A.M
Communication
H. Herbert ‘Puller
Mo. W
A Te
Kansas
Riding Club Elects Officers In Windy Meeting
About fifteen riders gathered at the stone clubhouse west of the city to elect officers and form committees. A fire was started but smoke filled the room forcing a chilly adjournment after three shivers and a choke. A committee was named to foster campus polo next spring. Patricia the Irish terrier, a gift to Postlethwaite, was revealed as a campus mascot. The new music room in Memorial Union, funded by a $2,500 Carnegie gift, will host informal programs and hours.
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K.U. Hunt Club
Patricia
Postlethwaite
Carl A. Postlethwaite
Were
Memorial Union Building
Carnegie Corporation of
New York City
Feaders
Gamma Phi
Chi Omega
Gamma Phis
Mary Beth Weir
Parsons
Thetas
Roosevelt Appointee Murphy Narrowly Secures Supreme Court Seat
Washington reports Frank Murphy's nomination to the Supreme Court would grant Roosevelt appointees a court majority for years barring deaths resignations or removals. Murphy, 46, would be the second youngest on the nine member bench with Senate signaling quick confirmation.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Murphy
Senate
Felix Frankfurter
Hughes
McReynolds
William C. Douglas
Mayor Smith Resigns After Bonds Paid, Break With Pendergast
Kansas City mayor Bryce B. Smith handed his resignation to City Clerk Charles W. Regan after signing 459 bonds of 1000 dollars to cover salaries for 1541 city workers. He had opposed the Pendergast machine and stated he felt double crossed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Bryce B. Smith
Charles W. Regan
Smith
Charles H. Clark
Penderwast Machine
Clark
Pendergast
Lawrence Letter Presses Calls for Stable Religion and Honest Government
A Philadelphia observer in Lawrence urges stable thinking and personal religion to drive social righteousness and political honesty. The note cites a large Baptist ministers alliance and a New Year message to be delivered next Monday. Also reported are 1940 vehicle tag sales totaling 1 720 and 359 truck tags, a $10 904 61 gasoline tax distribution, Haskell electrical staff dismantling Christmas displays, an Osborne county school men’s fish fry attended by local leaders, Penchard named Douglas county restaurant chair, and another leap year baby Ronald Eugene Casebier turning one.
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Philadelphia
O. C. Brown
First Baptist Church
Lawrence
Baptist Ministers’ Alliance
Taft Opens G O P Radio Campaign With Budget Speech
Senator Robert Taft of Ohio will head the Republican 1940 radio campaign with a budget balancing address from Chicago tonight at 8 30 p m CST The list includes Hinshaw Ditter Capper Horton Dewey Witter Culkin Banning and Martin with various network broadcasts nationwide through January 29
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Washington
Chicago
Robert P. Taft
Ohio
N.B. C
M.B.S
C.S.T
Republican National Committee
Rep
Hinshaw
R.-Cal
C.B.S
Ditter
R.-Pa
Senator Capper
R.-Kan
Representative Horton
R.-Wyo
B.S
Thomas KE
Dewey
Representative Witter
Margaret Culkin Banning
Women's
National Republican Club
New York
Thomas F. Dewey
N.B.C
Massachusetts
Boston
House
Martin
Toneka
Kan
Dorothy Mackaye dies after auto crash injuries
Dorothy Mackaye a 37 year old former stage star and wife of actor Paul Kelly died in Los Angeles from injuries suffered in an automobile accident last Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Mackaye
Los Angeles
Paul Kelly
Belgian Premier Forms New Cabinet With Mostly Framed MPs
Premier Hubert Pierlot announced the formation of a new Belgian cabinet in Brussels. The government will include 14 members, only one different from the previous ministry, signaling continuity and change after the resignation earlier today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Hubert Pierlot
Miss Oliver Shows Improvement in Health
Hannah P. Oliver shows continued improvement at home per her physician. She is reported out of danger from pneumonia, confinement since December 24, and improving after treatment.
Snowbound car stuck in resort snowdrift prompts rescue
Lake Alphine California January 5. Harry and Arthur Shinke mountain resort caretakers drove through a heavy snowstorm to free a snow bound motorist. Their own car became embedded so they walked home on skis and will return next spring to retrieve it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Alphine
Calif
Harry and
Arthur Shinke
Local society notes and holiday events in Enterprise area
Mrs. Lloyd Simon hosted the Goldenrod club on December 13 with a decorated home and gifts exchanged. Miss Belle Baldwin led the business meeting and several guests attended. A January 2 gathering with a covered dish luncheon is planned. Birthdays for Mrs. J C Miller and Mrs. Ernest Prim to be observed.
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Lloyd Simon
Goldenrod Club
Belle Baldwin
J. C. Miller
Scott Herron
W. A. Simon
Grae of
Lawrence
Arthur Hase
Elva Craik
Charles Simon
Ernest Prim
R. E. Tutcher
Santa Claus
O.R.H.S
Lloyd Coffman
Maxine
Mary Frances
Noah Shuler
Overbrook
Market News Report on Stocks and Mixed Early Gains
New York markets opened with mixed activity as sellers pressed many issues including preferreds and specialty stocks. Steels and aircraft shares faced a mild selling wave while most prices moved with small fractional losses or gains by late afternoon.
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New York
Wall Street
T B Clinic Is Monday
The monthly tuberculosis clinic will be held Monday at Lawrence Memorial hospital with Dr. C F Taylor of Norton conducting examinations. Patients should use the west side entrance and appointments are via family physicians. The event is funded by Christmas seals and backed by the Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health association which reports $1429.80 raised so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
C. F. Taylor
Norton
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Fitzwilliam refuses state chairmanship after 1936
C M Fitzwilliam, Democratic state chairman since 1936, will not seek the post again next fall. He says he has had enough and must attend to his oil business, but will run for Sedgwick county chairman. The state committee will meet after the August primary.
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Wichita
GPI
C. M. Fitzwilliam
Fitzwilliam
Sedgwick
State water committee targets acute shortages in Kansas
The Topeka meeting chaired by George Knapp, state water resources engineer, focuses on urgent water shortages. A long range plan will follow after locating untapped underground supplies to relieve stock shortages, with local meetings planned and consideration of federal aid.
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Topeka
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Sedgwick
Lyon
F. P. Helm
State Board of Health
State Water Committee
George Knapp
Knapp
Elliott Roosevelt Quits Transcontinental Broadcasting President
Elliott Roosevelt resigns as president of the Transcontinental Broadcasting System, effective December 31. The move ends weeks of circulation about leadership, with Roosevelt, son of the President and a key organizer, stepping down without a stated reason.
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New Broadcasting Company
New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Transcontinental Broadcasting System
Roosevelt
Trade Talks Pause Between United States and Argentina
Negotiations for a U S Argentina trade agreement were temporarily abandoned in Buenos Aires on January 5. Washington officials said talks will resume later, citing possible scheduling adjustments and ongoing bilateral discussions.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Argentina
Hospital patient numbers rise at Watkins hospital
An increase in patients was reported at Watkins hospital. Dr R I Canute son said the rise was mainly due to colds and that many students returning from vacations bring sore throats and minor ailments.
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Watkins Hospital
R. I. Canuteson
Stark Cousin Elected President of Nurserymen Association
Edwin J. Stark of Louisiana Missouri, cousin of Governor Lloyd C. Stark, was elected president of the Western Association of Nurserymen at the closing session of a three day convention in Kansas City.
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Stark
Kansas City
Edwin J. Stark
Louisiana
Lloyd C. Stark
Missouri
Western Association of Nurserymen
Classified ads drive reader response for The Journal World
Readers engage with The Journal World classifieds as a strong performance tool, delivering results through targeted listings. The section highlights products, services, and opportunities, drawing local attention and prompting actionable responses from residents.
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Journal-World
Market Drift As Rally Falters Amid Tax Fears
Opening waned as a feeble rally stalled while transfers around 00,000 shares moved. Reinvestment demand appeared widespread but many traders held back awaiting Congress signals and a clearer business view. Industrial prospects showed more bright spots with American Telephone and Telegraph and other leaders hitting 1939-40 highs.
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Congress
American
Telephone
Loft
American Can
Woolworth
Standard Oil
N. J. Texas Corp
Chesapeake & Ohio
Electric Power & Light
American &Foreign Power
American Power & and Light
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
Westinghouse
Santa Fe
Western Union
Anaconda
U. S. Gypsum
Bendix
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Malott
Aceme Telephoto
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D. C
K.u.-M.a
M. A. Star
Chantellor Malott and
Haskell Group
West! Side Church
Ellen Lawson Stafford
Paul B. Lawson
California
West Side Presbyterian Church
Sixth
Maine
J. E.lawson
Riding Club
Pop
Gobi
Seth Thomas
Big Blake Ben
Schiller Shore
Vna
Haskell
Guy Keeler
Clifford D. Dean
Oscar Brownlee
Ed Elbel
Osborne County
Osborne
George McClenny
Glen Archer
FE. W. Penchard
Douglas County
Kansas Restaurant Association
R. G. Thomas
Ronald Eugene Casebier
Clifford Casebier
North Fifth Street
Taft
Enterprise and Vicinity
T. B. Clinic
Scandinavia
Berlin
Scandinavian Countries
Germany
Sweden
Norway
Finland
First Mortgage
Ss. C. Hinshaw
Eldridge Hotel
King Little
King Bombo
J. F. Baker
Dist. Mer
Mass
Fred A. Bremer
Agt
Delbert C. Richardson
Douglas County Building & Loan Association
Massachusetts St
John C. Emick
Jayhawk
NUT
Krum Koal
Harry Turner Coal Co
University Coal Co
John’s Coal Co
Logan-Moore Co
Orley M. Smith Coal Co
N. H. St
Paramount Picture
Pro
Ellsworth Huntington
Yale
Rumsey Funeral Home
Indiana
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