Stassen Emerges as Possible GOP Keynote Speaker
Washington January 12 The nation’s youngest governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota tops preliminary lists for the GOP keynote at the national convention. At 32 he cannot seek the nomination yet is hailed as a natural for keynoter by several leaders while others caution that committee balance must be met before a final choice is made.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Sis
Republican National Committee
John Hamilton
Bridges
R.N.H
McNart
Oregon
Senate
Martin
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Gridiron Club
Stassens
Good bye Mr Chips Tops Film Poll Of 1989
The first foreign born film to win the distinction, Good bye Mr Chips from England by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, leads the Film Daily poll of 542 reviewers with 472 votes. Other top titles include Mr Smith Goes to Washington and Wuthering Heights.
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Mr. Chips
England
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
America
Film Daily
Journal- World
Mr. Smith
Washington
Wuthering Heights
Juarez
Union
Pacific
Mothar
Hart Named Journalism Instructor at Kansas State College
George T. Hart, current telegraph editor of the Topeka State Journal, is appointed an instructor in Kansas State College journalism for the semester starting February 1. He fills a vacancy after C. E. Rogers resigns as department head. Russell Thackrey will succeed Rogers July 1. Hart is a 1937 Kansas State graduate.
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Manhattan
Kan
George T. Hart
Telegraph
Topeka State Journal
Kansas State College
Hart
C. E. Rogers
Iowa
State College
Russell Thackrey
Rogers
Forced Landing by United Air Lines Plane on Rock River
A United Air Lines sleeper with 14 passengers and three crew made a forced landing on the Rock River in Moline Illinois after one engine failed. The plane slid across ice and struck a concrete wall but four passengers and both pilots suffered only minor injuries. Stewardess Mary Ann McCleary treated the injured before ambulances took them to hospital.
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Moline
Ill
United Air Lines
Rock River
New York
San Francisco
Iowa City
Charles E. Wheeler
Oak Park
Mary Ann McCleary
Wheeler
John A. Pennoyer
Chicago
James O'Keefe
Robert E. Foreman
Brooklyn
Walter R. Kuhlman
Stockton
Calif
W. F. Ransom
Kai Niida
Long Island
Niida
McCleary
Campaign for Tourists State Industrial Commission Drive
The State Industrial Development Commission launches a drive to attract tourists to Kansas in 1940. Director Rolla A. Clymer invites representatives from 46 state organizations to a January 17 conference to plan the effort and proposes a $15,000 private match to fund the campaign.
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Topeka
State Industrial Development Commission
Kansas
Rolla A. Clymer
Missionary Will Speak at Trinity Lutheran Service
Miss Helene Harder of Hanover Kansas will address Trinity Lutheran Sunday morning. She spent years in kindergarten and evangelistic work in Fukuoka Hakata Japan and is now on furlough. A 7 o clock session will address the Lutheran Student Association and the Luther Leagues in the church parlors.
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Helene Harder
Trinity Lutheran
Hanover
Kan
Fukuoka-Hakata
Japan
Lashly Nominated for ABA President at Chicago Convention
Jacob M. Lashly of St. Louis Missouri has been nominated by the American Bar Association at its Chicago convention to be the association s next president The nomination is regarded as equivalent to election at the fall meeting in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Acme Telephoto reporting headnotes in brief form
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Acme Telephoto
Jacob M. Lashly
St. Louis
American Bar Association
Chicago, Ill
Association
Philadelphia
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Stuart Erwin
Marjorie Weaver
Bors
Clyde Lewis
NEA Service, Inc
T. M_ REG
U.S Pat
Ober
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First Mortgage
Quick Service
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Oddity
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Destry
Chevrolet
New Hampshire St
Robt. Taylor
Myrna Loy
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Texas
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Andy Hardy
Konga Serae
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Sina
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