Friend makes hay in Brown County campaign stop
Hiawatha Kansas June 20 Lieutenant Governor Carl Friends Brown County trip resembled a family reunion more than a political tour. He greeted farmers in Horton and discussed reviving Rock Island shops while meeting neighbors who have supported him long before his candidacy. A veteran he met spoke of friendship with Friends son in law in France and praised his own two sons in the last war.
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Hiawatha
Kan
Carl Friend
Brown County
Courthouse Square
Friend
Steve Hunter
Hunter
Carl
Horton
Rock Island
France
Army
Navy
Toneka
Honor Roll at Baker University Second Semester
About 7 percent of Baker University students were named to the dean's honor roll. Seven seniors with indexes of 300 or higher earned Alpha Delta Sigma honors, joining a list of students from Baldwin Kansas City Osage City Topeka and other towns with multiple names across states, including Bonnie Adriance Margaret Cole Elizabeth Cox and Tom Glasscock.
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Baldwin
Baker University
Alpha Delta Sigma
Bonnie Jean Adriance
Margaret Cole
Elizabeth Cox
Tom Glasscock
Kansas City
Brian Wilkinson
Kan
Mary Frances Hickox
Topeka
Clark Randall
Osage City
Ella Bradford
Madison
Wis
Robert Bruce
Meriden
William Clark
Velma Hey
James Hootie
Richard Southall
Vera Marshall
Roberts Rings
Holton
Ralph Ruhlen
Woodbine
Esther Sharp
Springfields
John Sinclair
Gardner
Ruth Ellen Stewart
North Topeka
Mary Frances Trice
Pleasanton
Marcella Vincent
Valley Falls
Uhylis Wheeler
Abilene
The Tower calves bright costume delight children at play
Children enjoy a bright costume and cheerful songs from South America as parents and friends are invited to visit playgrounds. Special activities for the young enthusiasts are encouraged on afternoons.
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South America
Septic Tank Standards Set for Douglas County
Douglas county septic tanks built after now must meet engineering bulletin No. 18 rules. Specified minimum 500 gallon capacity four feet water depth 150 to 200 feet of absorption in approved trench. Emergency area under state health board regulations since October 18 1940 with costs $60 to $70. farms to be built by lumber firms and rented reducing costs by 10 to 15 dollars.
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Douglas County
State Board of Health
Joe L. Walker
County Health Unit
Walker
Sanitarian
Textbooks Extended in Kansas Schools for Two More Years
Kansas elementary schools will extend two textbook series used in music and English for two extra years starting 1943. The Modern Life Speller will be used three more years. The state textbook commission authorized the extensions to save costs as developments did not justify new adoptions.
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Topeka
Kansas
State
Osage Victory Dances Honor Maj. Gen. Tinker
In Pawhuska Oklahoma Osage Indians hold a three day victory dance honoring Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker the only Indian general in the U S Army who led the Midway air attack. About 800 gathered with 2500 to 8000 expected as Omahas and Cheyennes join the rites by campfires and tom toms marking a nation waving to victory.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Clarence L. Tinker
Midway
Tinker
U.S
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Gum Chewing Chorus Girls Invade Carnegie Hall
New York June 20 P Gum chewing chorus girls take over Carnegie Hall as The Chocolate Soldier opens a season of musical comedy. The hall undergoes stage modernization while dressing rooms are brightened. Robert E Simon calls the revival of youth, and John J Totten notes mixed opinions among staff and legends.
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New York
Robert E. Simon
Carnegie Hall, Inc
John J. Totten
Paderewski
Madame Sembrich
Andrew Carnegie
Topeka Man Among 230 POWs Named in Shanghai List
The War Department published the names of 230 American civilians held as prisoners by Japan at Shanghai. All were naval contractor employees captured when Wake Island fell, part of 1,268 prisoners named by the Japanese via the Red Cross to the army. One Kansan, Clarence Daniel Hall of Topeka, appears on the list.
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Washington
Shanghai
War Department
Wake Island
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Army
Kansan
Clarence Daniel Hall
South
van Buren St
Topeka
Playgrounds Thrive as Weather Baffles Learners
Attendance at elementary school play grounds remains strong despite unseasonable weather. Supervisors plan active outdoor games and indoor activities while a summer recreation program runs on schedule. Enrollment reaches 448, swimming enrollment postponed by cold, and tests completed by ninety five children. Cecilia Goncalves, a Brazilian KU student, visited classrooms Friday afternoon.
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Journal-World Office
Cecilia Goncalves
K.U
Gon
Theatre attractions listing past and upcoming film features
The notice lists multiple film, star pairings and dates across a week, with acts including Joan Bennett Franchot Tone Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Pat O’Brien George Raft Glen Ford Claire Trevor and more. It also notes prices free offerings and a grocery price rundown for milk eggs butter pork and staples.
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Pat O’brien
George Raft
Broadway
Martin Eden
Glen Ford
Claire Trevor
Kansas food prices rise in May by 1.8 percent
Kansas retail food prices climbed 1.8 percent in May from April and stood 19.4 percent above May 1941, the state labor department reported. Meats and dairy led gains. among 42 items surveyed 27 rose, 10 fell, and 5 were unchanged. Rib roast up 5.3 percent and plate beef up 6.8 percent.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Labor Department
Classifieds Prompt for Buyers and Sellers
Local Journal-World classifieds invite daily traffic of buyers and sellers. Call 22 and ask for an Ad-Taker to list items for sale or trade.
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The
Journal-World
Nieder family and community notices from Eudora Kansas
John David Nieder and his parents celebrated a wedding anniversary with dinner and theater in Kansas City, joined by Roger Nieder. Law rence Past Matron's club enjoyed a one o clock luncheon hosted by Mrs George Lotzholz with 26 attendees. Eudora street improvements included marked parking spaces. W O Flory visited Nieder family in Eudora. CPA members met to set August picnic dates August 18 and 19 with Lotz cafe refreshments. Election of officers named F G Hughes president William Zimmerman vice president Ray Ogden secretary Gottlieb Nieder treasurer
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John David Nieder
Gottlieb Nieder
Kansas City
Roger Nieder
Lawrence
George Lothholz
Eudora
W. O. Flory
Tonganoxie
Kan
C.P.A
Lotz Cafe
F. G. Hughes
William Zimmerman
Ray Ogden
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