Wheat loans loom large as Uncle Sam holds the collateral
Wheat loans backed by government and banks total about 166 million bushels with 4 percent interest, as farmers redeem millions and plan for possible loan extensions. Grain traders note potential market releases before the 1940 harvest and discuss how government disposal could occur.
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Chicago
Uncle Sam
Europe
Argentina
Commodity Credit Corporation
Kansas City
Omaha
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Praised Recital by Jan Chiапasso At Municipal Little Theater
Graham Kendall of the Kansas City Journal reviews Jan Chiапasso Dutch-Italian pianist in a charity recital for French evacuees. The program spanned 15th and 16th century pieces, Scriabin, Debussy, Ravel, and Chopin with Chiапasso’s technical prowess and dramatic interpretation praised.
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Kansas City Journal
Graham Kendall
Jan Chiapusso
University School of Fine Arts
Kansas City
French Relief Association
Godowsky
Chiapasso
Daquin
Mr. Chiapasso
Funeral of Mary McElroy Buried Beside Father in KC
Miss Mary McElroy age 32 was buried today beside her father Henry F. McElroy former city manager of Kansas City. Funeral services were led by Dr. Burris Jenkins and hundreds attended.
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Mary McElroy
Kansas City
Henry F. McElroy
Pendergast Machine
Burris Jenkins
Winter Snow Disrupts Travel and Local News in Williamstown
Snow continues to hamper travel with uncleared cross roads and drifting lanes. In local updates, David and Billie Allen miss school due to cold. Lois Evans is paralyzed by infantile paralysis at Christ Hospital Topeka. Mrs. L. D. Allen, age 87, grows weaker and requires constant care. The Perry nine car potato train will visit February 14 to demonstrate modern potato production and shipping methods.
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A. A. Allen
Marion
P. N. Rees
L. D. Allen
Lois Evans
Carl Evans
Christ's Hospital, Topeka
Leta Oaks
Fred Heck
Helen
R. W. Amerine
Lewie Koerner
Stanwix
Charles Johnson
John Leger
Raymond Giesemann
Georgie Gantz
Tommy Kyle
John Lewis
Richard A Amerine
Joan Allen
Oskaloosa
David
Billie Allen
Allen
Oliver
Julian
Billie Lee Allen
Lawrence
Chester Grange
Valley Grove
Eustace
England
Perry
Snowbound County News Briefs From Woodstock Area
A short Woodstock column notes heavy snow and poor roads while areas count moisture from recent storms. Socials, school closures, farm meetings and visits fill the week as residents endure cold, drifted byways and ongoing community updates across Jefferson County.
Belle Nelson Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Mrs Belle Nelson recently discharged from St Margaret s hospital Kansas City and moved to her son s home west of De Soto. Mr and Mrs W H Dent visited her son and his wife in De Soto and drove to Bonner Springs for a treatment from Dr Dyes. Mr Turner had several days with a back ailment and Mrs Turner is recovering and able to do housework. Perry Mitchell has been ill.
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St. Margaret's Hospitel
Kansas City
A. J. Nelson
DeSoto
W. H. Dent
Robert Turner
Mr. Dent
Mr. Turner
Bonner Springs
Dyes
Turner
Old Age Insurance Policy Pays Up to $50 Monthly
Postal Life & Casualty Insurance Co offers a new accident policy for ages 65 to 85 in Kansas City Missouri. It provides up to $500 for death, $50 monthly disability, $25 monthly hospital care, and other benefits for just 1 cent a day. No money needed now just send name address age and beneficiary details for 10 days free inspection.
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Postal Life & Casualty Insurance Co
Postal Life Building
Kansas City
Postal
Denial by Doctor in Belvedere romance-wrecker suit
In San Rafael California on January 23 84 year old Dr Byron Haynes denied stealing the love of 37 year old Mrs Lillian Willey from her divorced husband who sued for 200000 in damages The retired dentist testified he had no intention of marrying Mrs Willey and dismissed the notion of further romantic thefts as the trial before Superior Judge Edward I Butler continued with testimony from Captain James H Willey and Mrs Amelia Devencenzi detailing events at the Willey home.
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Calif
Byron Haynes
Lillian Willey
Willey
James H. Willey
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Haynes
Belvedere Island
Jaynes
Edward I. Butler
Fred. Goss
Dr. Haynes
Washington
Amelia Devencenzi
Germans To Frontier Armed Nazis Police On Romanian Front
Armed German forces acting as railway police reached the Romanian front through Russian occupied Poland. Official sources in Berlin and Moscow say Russia allowed Germany to operate and police over 200 miles of railway linking Romania with Germany via former Poland.
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Poland
Berlin
Moscow
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Rumania
Sunday Dinner Guests at Jasper LeSeur Home
Mr and Mrs Jesse Bird and daughter Beverly were dinner guests of his sister Mrs Gus Inslen and Mr Inslen in Kansas City Tuesday. The item hints at using Journal World classified ads to sell extra household items for cash.
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Jesse Bird
Beverly
Gus Inslen
Mr. Inslen
Kansas City
Journal- World
Nephew Loses His Title in Sarawak Proclamation
In Singapore on January 23, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke deposed his nephew Anthony Hatter Daybell Brooke as rajah muda crown prince. Powers granted in March 1939 are cut off for not being ready to bear high duties. The white rajah, father to Baba who married Bob Gregory, offered no further explanation of the family rift in the 50 000 square mile Borneo kingdom. The nephew passed through Singapore last month en route to England for war work.
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Sarawak
Charles Vyner Brooke
Anthony Hatter Daybell Brooke
Baba
Bob Gregory
Borneo
England
Puzzle for Officials Woman Refuses $2.50 Pay Increase
Boston January 23. A textile worker for 25 years refuses a $2.50 weekly raise claiming she is not worth more than a $10 wage. Federal wage hour officials examined the case as a puzzle today.
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