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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1940

Page

3

Mechem to Speak at Lawrence Women’s Club Dinner

Kansas State Historical Society secretary Kirke Mechem will headline the February 6 dinner of the Lawrence Business and Professional Women’s Club. He will present a reading from his new book John Brown with four members of the Topeka Civic Theater.

Kirke Mechem Kansas State Historical Society Kansas Historical Quarterly Lawrence Business and Professional Women’s Club Topeka Civic Theater John Brown NBC Radio City John Henry Kagi Oliver Martha Brewster Mechem Louis Sweet Topeka Waldo Heywood WIBW Kagi Forbes Caldwell Jean Schmidt Martha Lawrence Club Atchison Kansas City Holton Leavenworth Olathe Sabetha Osawatomie Ottawa Club University of Kansas

Hore-Belisha to Speak in House on Departure

Leslie Hore-Belisha will make a personal statement in the House of Commons tomorrow regarding his departure as war secretary from the cabinet. Prime Minister Chamberlain will reply with the cabinet change reasons, announced January 5, triggering nationwide repercussions. Trainloads of livestock and used farm equipment have been sold via Journal-World classified ads.

London Authoritative Press Association Leslie Hore-Belisha House of Commers Chamberlain Journal-World

Fires Claim Life in Wyandotte County Tragedies

Fires over the weekend in Wyandotte County caused one death and heavy property damage. Claude Lanham, 11, Kansas City, died when his parents home burned after a coal stove fire and kerosene explosion. His father was severely burned during a rescue attempt as a vacant building fire sent roomers fleeing. Additional blazes damaged churches and a filling station.

Kansas City Kan Wyandotte County Claude Lanham Farris Lanham Stone Baptist Church Turner St. Luke’s Mason Memorial Church

89ers End Universals 17-Game Win Streak In Exhibition

Oklahoma City 89ers defeated Wichita Universals 45 to 33 in an exhibition game. The 89ers, from the Missouri Valley AAU league, built an early second half lead and stayed ahead, snapping the Universals lengthy winning run.

Skin Clears After Adlerika Use Says Verna

Verna reports facial pimples and blemishes vanished after Adlerika use. The product claims to cleanse both bowels and ease constipation that worsens complexion, as cited by H. W. Stowits, a local druggist.

Verna H. W. Stowits

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