Hollywood Stars Help Celebrate Roosevelt Birthday
In Washington 15000 partygoers and 19 stars filled the capital for Franklin D. Roosevelt's 58th birthday. The president thanked donors for the infantile paralysis drive as Mrs Roosevelt toured balls with celebrities.
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Hollywood
President Roosevelt
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White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
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Mickey Rooney
Pat O’brien
Tyrone Power
Dorothy Lamour
Olivia de Havilland
Mayflower Hotel
Kay’ Kyser
Stars
Capital
Gloria Jean
New York
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Oscar of the Waldorf
Complaints on Priest Coughlin Move Through Justice Dept
The justice department said it had received many complaints over months about Rev. Charles E. Coughlin and that all were being investigated. A form reply acknowledged complaints and publicizing a response may have created a mistaken impression of action. The department noted a grand jury inquiry into those who aided the 17 men seized January 15 in a plot to overthrow the government. Father Coughlin denies affiliation with the Christian Front.
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Washington
Justice Department
Charles E.coughlin
Detroit
Jewish People’s Committee
New
Christian Front
Father Coughlin
Woman on Motorcycle Disregards Red Light in Navy Dispatch Ride
London January 31 report of a woman in naval dispatch rider uniform who ran a red light on a motorcycle. The bobby scolded her and the judge noted her remark about revolvers and wishing she had hers. The fine totaled about 14 dollars.
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London
Sheriff Reports Partial Tax Roll Collection Progress
The Franklin county sheriff's office has collected $4,983.97 or 58 percent of the $8,656.35 delinquent personal taxes for 1938. Sheriff Harry Cochrane announced August 16 this figure from the county treasurer's office. Collections will continue for a while before returning warrants to the treasurer.
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Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Harry Cochrane
Meadow Lark Defense Sparks Kansas Audubon Debate
In Wichita on January 31 a Wichita Audubon Society member disputes reports that the meadow lark, Kansas state bird, is attacking cattle alongside starlings. She notes meadow larks eat insects in summer and seeds in winter and questions the claim.
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Wichita
Kansas
A. B. Hawk
Wichita Audubon Society
Army to Launch Air Raid Warning Network and Coastal Defenses
The army will prioritize completing seacoast defenses and establishing a national air-raid warning system with a planned $40 million allocation. Marshall testified that $300 million is sought for coast defenses and $240 million for critical equipment, while debating manpower levels. A two-year fleet expansion plan costing about $650 million also moves toward approval.
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House Military Committee
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
War Department
National Guard
Regular Army
Panama
House Naval Committee
House
Ockerblad Named President of Kansas University Medical Society
Dr. N. F. Ockerblad of Kansas City, Mo, named president to succeed Dr. H. G. Tracy of Lawrence. Ockerblad is professor of clinical surgery at University Hospital Kansas City. New officers include R. I. Canuteson vice president and Tom R. Hamilton secretary treasurer. Society includes hospital and medical school staff in Lawrence and Kansas City. Dr. W. J. Baumgartner spoke at the meeting.
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Kansas City Co
University of Kansas Medical Society
H. GC. Tracy
Lawrence
Ockerblad
University Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
Tracy
R. I. Canuteson
Tom R. Hamilton
School of Medicine
W. J. Baumgartner
Five Seamen Jump Ship Channel in Protest
Five sailors leaped from the Greek steamer Pleiades into the Houston ship channel and swam ashore or were rescued. They signed sail blotters claiming they did not want to sail into the European war zone. Names include Johanus Mattick of Estonia, Bochimg Ben Larbi of Egypt, Mamud Hassin Fachre of Egypt, Joquin Joe Grafira of Portugal, and Galliano Munoz of Colombia.
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Tex
Pleiades
Johanus Mattick
Esthenia
Bochimg Ben Larbi
Mamud Hassin Fachre
Egypt
Joquin Joe Grafira
Portugal
Galliano Munoz
Colombia
New Orleans Roars Into Week of Mardi Gras Jubilation
New Orleans gears up for Mardi Gras with a week of parades and pageants. Hotels are full as crowds expected to surpass previous records, drawn by festivities led by the Krewe of Babylon amid travel constraints from Europe’s war.
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Laundry strike telephone blockade back in court
In Wichita nine laundries win court injunctions against the International Laundry Workers Union over strike telephones. Union organizer G M Sayre must appear before Judge Nesmith to show cause for contempt. Laundries try to restore service by telegraphing orders and then disconnecting phones as the blockade ends. Theater rabbit hunts continue in York Neb as a cottontail bunny roams the cinema during shows.
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Wichita
International Laundry Workers Union
G. M. Sayre
Robert L. Nesmith
Baldwin News Reports Visits and Baker University Romance
Mr and Mrs Lloyd McHenry and daughter Beverly plus Mr and Mrs R E McHenry drove to Fairview last Friday for a brief visit at Mr and Mrs Paul Banks home. Margaret and Roberta McHenry joined them before Sunday evening. A Baldwin Baker University romance culminated in a Kansas City wedding between Miss Vanieta Sullivan and Robert Wanzer last Thursday.
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R.E. McHenrry
Fairview
Paul Banks
Margaret
Roberta McHenry
Baldwin
Baker
Vanieta Sullivan
Robert Wanzer
Kansas City
Baker University
Amelia Betts
Lawrence
Cinderella
William M. Balch
Wichita
Baldwin Graduate Marquee Ties Tie In York and Baker
A local Baldwin high school graduate pursued studies at York Nebraska's college for a year then Baker for two years, where she excelled in music as a member of the a cappella choir and soloist. She later worked for Childcraft in Jonesboro Arkansas since Christmas.
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York
Neb
Baker
Jonesboro
Ark
Childcraft Company
Wanzer
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Classifieds Call to Local Buyers and Sellers
Readers urged to list, browse and trade items in the Journal-World classifieds drawing thousands of daily prospects to buy rent or sell.
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Journal - World
Buffalo hide to museum weighs thirty four pounds
In Boise Idaho W S Whitehead gave a 34 pound buffalo hide coat to the state museum. The 70 year old garment weighed 34 pounds and Whitehead said he wore it once for about a quarter mile and was lame afterward.
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Ida
W. S. Whitehead
State Museum
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