New Orleans Holiday Trip Brings Ocean Bounty to Lawrence
Mr and Mrs John Ulm and Mr and Mrs Ralph E Wilson returned from the south with oysters weighing about a gallon and an 8 pound red snapper. They described New Orleans New Year’s Eve crowds on Canal Street and festive atmosphere for the Sugar Bowl. The party noted 70 degree weather in the gulf region and a sharp return to 15 degrees in Lawrence.
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Lawrence
New Orleans
John Ulm
Ralph E. Wilson
Topeka
Ulm
Canal Street
Texas Aggie
South
Alma
Gulf
Biloxi
Miss
Gold Returns to Free Circulation Urged by Chase Leader
Winthrop W. Aldrich chairman of Chase National Bank urged restoring a free gold market at the bank's annual meeting. He said the U S holds about 60 percent of the world’s monetary gold and must act to preserve gold’s monetary character by permitting free movement of gold bars and currency. He noted banks have over five billion dollars in excess reserves and face pressure to lend.
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New York
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank
United States
Leavenworth Program Showcases Ruth Orcutt Compositions
A Ft. Leavenworth afternoon program presented Ruth Orcutt with assistance from Meriah Moore Alice Merle Conger and Dorothy Enlow Miller. The repertoire included piano solos, a passacaglia for two pianos and a piano concerto arrangement with orchestral parts.
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Ruth Orcutt
Fine Arts
Ft. Leavenworth
Orcutt
Meriah Moore
Alice Merle Conger
Dorothy Enlow Miller
Fine Arts School
Fano
Passacaglia
Iano
John Peel
Woman overpays taxes with 22 cent bill confusion
A Philadelphia resident sent a 22 cent tax bill payment by money order after a vacant lot tax was billed at 22 cents. Authorities wrote, she replied with a quarter, and received a 22 cent refund plus three cents in change.
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Charlotte
N. C
UPI
Philadelphia
Franklin's Bank Checks Reveal Frugality Misstep
Historical records from the Bank of North America show Benjamin Franklin was overdrawn at least three days a week, challenging the image of his thrift. President Kurtz of the Pennsylvania company comments that Poor Richard may reflect Franklin's bank account more than his Almanac. Records from the first U S bank were turned over to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Richard
William Fulton Kurtz
Pennsylvania Company
Kurtz
Bank of North America
United States
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Early Bank of North America Tents for Washington Army
The entry notes the 1781 chartering of an institution to fund revolutionary war efforts and cites a tent requisition of 1,000 tents for George Washington's troops. Thomas, the bank factor, reports cloth purchases but notes variation in cloth breadth may hinder precise counts. The Bank would be absorbed by the Pennsylvania Company in 1929.
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Second Continental ‘Congress
Bank of North America
Pennsylvania Company
George Washington
Airdale Survives 24 Days Locked In Room
Rusty the airdale, left in the late Arthur Erickson home during a will search, survived 24 days without food or water. Found near death by Leslie Ott, the dog weighed about 10 pounds lighter after police intervention and was revived with water and milk before being fed beef steak.
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Lynbrook
N. Y
UPI
Rusty
Airdale
Arthur Erickson
Leslie Ott
Cinderella play promotion reaches county schools for January 19 20
The education committee of the American Association of University Women led by Mrs David McCreath promotes the Cinderella play at the high school January 19 and 20. They have sent about 100 letters to rural teachers and contacted Farm Bureau presidents and 4-H leaders. Teachers will read the story in classes and children will create art based on characters in city schools. Posters will be made under Miss Maud Ellsworth supervision and exhibited in stores and in Vinland Baldwin Lecompton and Eudora. Ellsworth will visit Lawrence schools to discuss high points while T D Jones and Ivan Rowe assist with Miss Electa Kindlesperger distributing tickets to children unable to pay. Tickets are available in all Lawrence schools and Bell's music store. The Lost and Found column notes prompt results from the classified page with phone 22.
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American Association of University Women
David McCreath
McCreath
Farm Bureau
4-H
Maud Ellsworth
Fred Ellsworth
Vinland, Baldwin, Lecompton
Eudora
Lindleys Visit KU Graduates in the Orient During World Cruise
Chancellor emeritus E H Lindley and Mrs Lindley report from Peking during a yearlong voyage to follow spring around the world. They meet KU alumni in the capital and note inexpensive food and lodging, with plans for speeches yet unclear due to wartime travel.
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E.H. Lindley
China
University of Kansas
Orient
Lindley
Lindleys
Peking
Szu-Chih-Lin
H. P. Cady
K. U
Grand Hotel Des Wagons
Legation
Europe
Abilene School Board Names New Administrators
In Abilene Kane on January 9 PI W C Robinson was elected superintendent succeeding Fred C Gardner who retired after 14 years Albert Hawkes was elected principal of the Junior high school succeeding Robinson and M W Vanosdol was re elected principal of the high school
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Abilene
Kane
Pi—W. C. Robinson
Fred C. Gardner
Albert Hawkes
Robinson
M. W. Vanosdol
Kansas Teachers Endorse 3-Point 1941 Legislative Plan
Kansas State Teachers association schedules 10 district meetings in January and February to discuss a 1941 program. The plan calls for a state retirement system, a high school equalization plan, and an amendment for an appointive state commissioner of education with dates spanning Paola Holton Independence Emporia Wichita Colby Hays Garden City and other towns.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas State Teachers Association
Paola
Holton
Independence
Emporia
Wichita
Colby
Hays
Beloit
Garden City
Stafford
Odd Fellow Immediate Relief enters 47th year annual meeting set
The J O O F Immediate Relief Association begins its forty seventh year with an annual meeting at the hall on Thursday evening. January 11. Routine business will include election of officers and financial reports. F. H. Penner serves as treasurer and J. G. McElhinny as secretary.
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J.O.O.F. Immediate Relief Association
F. H. Penner
J. G. McElhinny
Bridges Case Dismissed in Communist Charge Row
Secretary Perkins drops deportation case against Harry Bridges leader of west coast C I O after finding no established connection with the Communist party. The action follows findings by Dean James M Landis Harvard Law School as special trial examiner.
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Washington
Harry Bridges
C.I.0
Labor
Perkins
Communist Party
Farmers rely on classified page to sell livestock
Farmers depend on the Kansas classified section to market cattle and other livestock with thousands of ads appearing in recent years.
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Kansas
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