Reds to Abandon Strike Promotion
Washington reports defense officials foresee end of communist inspired strikes in U S defense industries. Experts expect communists to shift from opposing Germany to urging higher armament output and patriotism based on wartime needs. Plans to counteract strike leadership may be paused unless Russo German war reverses course.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Russia
Inglewood
Calif
Roosevelt
Communist Party
William Z. Foster
Hitler
Soviet Union
Salary in Kansas Highlighted in Treasury Hearing
Harold N. Graves told a House subcommittee that only Kansas and Massachusetts pay a state defense savings administrator a salary. He cited Evan Griffith of Kansas, a lumber and coal dealer, with a $6,500 salary as the Kansas administrator.
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Washington
Kansas
Massachusetts
Internal Revenue
Customs
Harold N. Graves
Secretary of the Treasury
House Appropriations
Graves
Evan Griffith
Two Officials Tied To Massachusetts State Posts
Griffith a former Kansas highway commissioner now resides in Manhattan. His salary matches that listed for Daniel J. Doherty attorney, named state administrator for Massachusetts.
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Griffith
Manhattan
Kansas Highway Commission
Daniel J. Doherty
Massachusetts
No Shortage for Harvest State Labor Supply Report
The state employment service reports no harvest labor shortage with a larger than expected supply of migratory workers. Unemployment compensation director Charles Newell notes local offices have not requested transfers, and some men await harvest work as harvest begins and will be in full swing late this week.
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Topeka
State Employment Service
Charles Newell
Family reunions and social visits mark Edwardsville area ties
The Davis area reports a June Father’s Day gathering for the Hobson Barkley families at Mae Hobson Fred Barkley home with forty nine guests. Numerous relatives from Baldwin Topeka Lawrence Melvern Richmond Mo California participated in basket dinners and social visits. Various guests stayed and traveled between Edwardsville Peoria Manhattan Overland Park and Prairie City for family events and dinners.
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Wallace Wren
Edwardsville
Leroy Stoneking
Joseph Schehrer
Clarence
Eudora
Richard Butell
C. W. Detwiler
Tom Detwiler
Peoria
Fred Hurrelrink
Ed Stoneking
Peter Stoneking
Gilbert
David
Fred Harrelbrink
Hobson- Barkley
Mae Hobson
Fred Barkley
Carl Sturdevant
Richmond
West
California
Will Barkley
Melvern
Hugh Hines
Lawrence
H. S. Barkley
Rose Barkley
J.L. Hobson
Earl Hobson
Gilbert Kapelle
Baldwin
Roy Barkley
Homer
Raymond Barkley
Topeka
Harry Hobson
Dale
Dana Hobson
Sharon Lee
Jerold Hobson
Homer Clary
Gilbert Gilges
Charlie Gilliland
Marlin -Cook
Carol Joanne
Anita
John Cunningham
Rose Dyer
Tommy Joe
Herman Butell, Jr
Nellie Kellerman
Ethel Hall
Manhattan
Dale Hobson
Howard Butler
Prairie City
Richard Anderson
la Plata
Charles Detwiler
Sharon
Carol Holloway
Jesse
George
Ethel Turner
Earl Clary
Sharon Ray
Morris Cook
Overland Park
Marlin Cook Home
Hauser
Mildred
Harriett
Fred Hurrelbrink
Community notes from weekend visits and gatherings
Saturday through Tuesday reports list multiple social events. Mrs. Hauser leaves for graduate study at K V a while daughters visit and relatives travel to West Baldwin, Worden, Topeka, Ottawa, Peoria, and Richmond for dinners, showers, weddings, anniversaries, and canning peas with local families including the Embrey, Turner, Jardon, Loree, Detwiler, Stoneking, and Hird households.
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Hauser
K. V A
Ethel Turner
Milo Embrey
Robert
Roy Clary
West Baldwin
Oscar Turner
Gilbert Gilges
Basement addition at Hobson home adds outside entrance
7 Raymond Stoneking visited Leavenworth Saturday to assist in the program over station KVAK in the afternoon. Ted West of Lawrence has stayed overnight recently at the Ed Stoneking home.
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Dora
Leroy Stoneking
Peter Stoneking
Ed Stoneking
Clary
Harry Hobson
Raymond Stoneking
Leavenworth
KVAK
Ted West
Lawrence
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Hibbard Taul
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Judy Kay
Betty Ann Turner
Robert Embrey
Paul Johanning
Earl Jardon
Ray Jardon
M. Hird
Earl Lederer
Dor
Mabel Gilliland
Chilren
Sharon Kay
Dan Bales
J. W. Sutton
Ottawa
Carl Loree
Sea King
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H.P
Etail Agal Sde DeLux
Premi
Camp Steel
Liz
Hollywood
Harlequin
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Montgomery Ward
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