Oil to French Colonies Resumes After U S Britain Agreement
U S shipments of oil to French North African colonies resume after talks with Britain and France. The Scheherazade tanker is allowed to sail to Casablanca, following assurances that Weygand’s forces stay clear of major action and that colonies remain under Free French control. Fuel for tractors in the wheat regions is a key need.
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Washington
Vichy
Germany
Syria
United States
Great Britain
France
Africa
Mediterranean
Bermuda
Scheherazade
Casablanca
F Sa
Morocco
Tunisia
Algiers
Iraq
London
Maxime Weygand
Charles de Gaulle
Extradition Not Granted for Walter Webb Case
Milton P. Beach and Sheriff Charles Banning returned from Denver after failing to obtain extradition papers for Walter Webb to face charges of wife and child desertion in Lawrence. Colorado official John C. Vivian allowed Webb to stay in Pueblo if he sends $20 monthly to support his family. Curtis Wilks accompanied the officials.
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Milton P. Beach
Charles Banning
Denver
Colo
Walter Webb
Lawrence
John C. Vivian
Colorado
Beach
Vivian
Webb
Pueblo
Curtis Wilks
State Highway Patrol
Banning
McCluggage Promoted to Assistant Professor at KU
Dr Marston McCluggage is appointed assistant professor in the sociology department at the University of Kansas for 1941 42. The announcement comes from Chancellor Deane W Malott office. McCluggage previously served as an instructor in the department.
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McCluggage
Marston McCluggage
University of Kansas
Deane W. Malott
Do You Know Federal Reserve Act Provisions on Paper Discounting
Do the federal act provisions for discounting or rediscounting commercial paper provide an elastic currency and safety against bank failures. Do wholesale discounting by the Federal Reserve Bank absolutely prevent bank failures. Is there any guarantee of bank deposits.
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Federal Reserve Act
Federal Reserve Bank
Elastic currency through Federal Reserve discounts explained
A historical explanation of how local member banks use Federal Reserve discounts to obtain currency. It describes elastic money supply, how banks lend to customers, and how discounts relate to business cycles and bank runs. It notes limitations including human judgment in loans and the protection structure for depositor recoveries up to certain limits.
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Federal Reserve Act
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve, Central Bank
W.S.R
Russians Hold Firm as German Drive Presses in Baltic and Besarabian Sectors
Soviet communique says Russian delaying actions slowed German forces along the Prut and near Minsk. Cavalry reportedly annihilated a sixth enemy regiment crossing the Prut while counterattacks maintained frontiers in Bessarabia. British and Free French actions in the Levant are described but pale beside the German-Russian clash.
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Moscow
Minsk
Russia
Prut
Bessarabia
Przemysl
Poland
Black Sea
Levant
Visht
France
Vichy
London
Damascus
Syria
Wincistle Beirut
Lebanon
Admiralty
Tobruk
Libya
Conveyor belts cut hours in mass production for planes
The Glenn L. Martin company reports conveyor belt techniques borrowed from other industries are reducing man hours on aircraft assemblies. Vice president Harry F. Vollmer says some gub assemblies cut in half and expects greater savings as workers adjust. The system also lowers errors and frees skilled workers for more critical tasks to speed production.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Company
Harry F. Vollmer
Vollmer
Lone Star man undergoes eye removal operation
Lindell of Lone Star underwent surgery for the removal of his left eye Thursday morning at Lawrence Memorial hospital. He was dismissed today and will spend a few days at the home of Dr. W. C. Nelson before returning home. Lindell is caretaker at the Lone Star lake.
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Otis Lindell
Lone Star
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
W. C. Nelson
Lindell
Lone Star Ake
Guggenheim dies after illness at 72 in New York
William Guggenheim youngest of seven brothers who built a business empire from a worthless mine died after several weeks of illness. He retired from the family MANE & TOLLE empire and was 72.
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New York
William Guggenheim
Altho
Scientist to Speak on Electrophoretic Protein Properties
Dr. Lewis Longsworth of the Rockefeller Institute will lecture on The Electrophoretic Properties of Proteins in room 101 Bailey Chemical Laboratories University of Kansas next Tuesday at 1 30 PM. Open to all, the talk targets biochemistry physics and medicine students and follows his KU PhD in 1928.
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Lewis Longsworth
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Bailey Chemical Laboratories
University of Kansas
Longsworth
Rockefeller Institute
Stanford University
Lawrence
Helen Cady
H. P. Cady
Cady
Defrosting Alaska lecture by Karl Rob inson
Karl Robinson will speak at 8 o clock Monday evening in Hoch auditorium as part of the University of Kansas Summer session. The illustrated 16 mm color film presentation highlights Alaska as a national resource and frontier of defense with emphasis on natural history, territory, and wildlife.
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Alaska
Karl Robinson
Hoch Auditorium
University of Kansas
Heavy Rain Damages Tracks Delays Trains Near Whitewater
A cloudburst near Newton Kansas on June 29 drops 1.5 inches of rain at Newton and five inches at Whitewater eighteen miles southeast. The Missouri Pacific railroad McPherson branch had 300 feet of track washed out east of Whitewater delaying trains twenty hours.
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Newton Newton
Kan
McPherson
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Production of U.S. Britain aircraft in doldrums through July
Washington reports military aircraft output for the United States and Britain is in the doldrums due to shortages of aluminum magnesium and machine tools. May production fell to 1334 planes from 1389 in April with weakness in new models delaying full rate production until material supplies and new facilities come online in September through October.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Aetna Association Placed Under Conservator Care
The Aetna Federal Savings and Loan association of Topeka is placed in conservatorship by the Federal Home Loan Bank board. The firm, among the oldest building and loan groups in the state, reports assets around 36 million with about 5,000 stockholders. Only 36 holders with more than 5000 dollars stand to lose any funds. all others are insured. Officials say there is no financial shortage involved in the closing.
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Aetna Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Topeka
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Disagreement on Relief Bill Hinders Funding
A joint senate house conference committee broke up in disagreement over the 935.9 million relief bill. They could not agree on the senate's 50 million surplus commodities increase, delaying action until the group is reconvened. The deadline looms as WPA funds depend on enacted appropriations. The session also advanced a 10.38 billion army supply bill and a 558.3 million senate total with 500 million for munitions plants.
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Washington
Senate-House
Adams
D.-Cole
Senate
House
WPA
Chamber
Colo
Haircut and shave price minimum set in Lawrence area
Lawrence shops and county barbers align on a 35 cent minimum for a haircut and 26 cent shave under a new state law schedule expected to be announced soon. Douglas Franklin and Anderson counties adopt the 35 26 cent rate, matching other districts.
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Lawrence
Douglas
Franklin
Anderson
Golfer Earl Stewart Captures National Intercollegiate Title
Earl Stewart of Louisiana state defeated Ray Brownell of Stanford 3 and 1 to win the national intercollegiate golf championship in Columbus Ohio. The final match featured a thrilling display of par breaking play.
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Columbus
P— Earl Stewart
Louisiana State
Ray Brownell
Stanford
The Journal World Classifieds Busy Town Market
Classified page notes the Journal-World as the towns busiest market place with active listings and frantic activity amid a crowded page. The brief hints at numerous ads and inquiries reflecting a bustling local economy.
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Journal-World
Promotion for Fort Worden Officer Denlinger
Lieut Martin L Denlinger of Fort Worden Wash recently received a promotion to first lieutenant. He is pictured with his son Milton, grandson of Ralph Ward and F B Denlinger of Lawrence. He graduated in engineering from the University of Kansas where he was a member of ROTC.
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Mark. Alexander
FE. E. Alexander
Camp J. T. Robinson
College Station
Texas
Harold
Lawrence
Martin L. Denlinger
Fort Worden
Wash
Milton
Ralph Ward
F. B. Denlinger
Denlinger
University of Kansas
R.O.T.C
Mystery illness strikes 300 at Williamsport picnic
In Williamsport Pennsylvania a mystery ailment struck 300 people at a 5,000 strong picnic sponsored by the Williamsport Masonic consistory. Authorities speculated food poisoning while others called for food ice cream and drink analyses. Forty five hospitalized none gravely ill.
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Williamsport
George Lawmade
Joseph M. Schumacher
Charles W. Sones
Lamade
Deaths and Funerals Maggie Leapher 59
Mrs Maggie Leapher aged 59 died this morning at 1708 Kentucky street. Funeral services from the home Monday at 2 pm Rev G N Jackson officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by husband Barbhie D Leapher, three aunts Annie Lee Eudora Sallie Harvey Sheridan Wyo and several cousins.
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Maggie Leapher
Kentucky Street
G. N. Jackson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Leapher
Barbhie D. Leapher
Annie Lee
Eudora
Sallie Harvey
Lawrence
Maggie Patton
Sheridan
Wyo
Evangelist I R Wall to Open Series in Eriksen Hall
Evangelist I R Wall will begin a two week series of meetings in Eriksen hall next Tuesday evening under the Back to the Bible Crusade. Benn Underwood of Lawrence will direct the music during the gatherings.
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I. R. Wall
Eriksen Hall
Wall
Benn Underwood
Lawrence
Evangelist Wall
Carter Couple Fly to Hasbrouck Heights from Illinois
Mr and Mrs William Carter depart by Aeronca 65 cabin plane for a Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey visit with brother Russell Carter. An added 25 gallon auxiliary tank extends range to under 800 miles with planned stops in Illinois Muncie Indiana Pittsburgh Pennsylvania before returning in a week. They recently flew to Peoria Illinois and back.
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William Carter
Hasbrouck Heights
N.J
Russell Carter
Carter
Illinois
Muncie
Ind
Pittsburgh
Hasbrouck
Peoria
Ill
Draft boards barred from age alone deferments under 27
Topeka officials said local boards cannot defer registrants over 27 on age alone without federal instruction. If automatic deferments are enacted, about 104 500 of Kansas 196 009 registrants would be affected, though many older men already have deferments for other reasons. Joe Hunt won the national intercollegiate tennis title 6 3 6 0 6 1 at Haverford. Mrs Becker led in a Kansas women’s golf match in Salina after 27 holes.
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Topeka
M. R. McLean
Kansas
Selective Service
Cloud County
Congress
McLean
Roosevelt
Owever
Becker
Salina
Kan
Marshall Becker
Helen Uzelac
Kansas City
Army Air Base Dedication in Oklahoma City Honors Will Rogers
The army's air base in Oklahoma City was dedicated today to the memory of Will Rogers, a beloved son of the Sooner State. The ceremony honors the famed aviator and entertainer, linking his legacy to the military facility.
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Army Air Bases
Oklahoma City
Army
Will Rogers
Sooner
Freighters Dash From Rio to Beat British Blockade
Three German freighters sailed from Rio de Janeiro last night in an apparent bid to outrun the British blockade and return home.
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Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Body Recovered From River Near Atchison Kansas
The body of Robert Sneng 26 drowned while swimming near Atchison Wednesday was recovered from the Missouri River today on June 28.
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Atchison
Kan
Robert Sneng
Missouri River
Massive Cavalry Review Impresses at Fort Riley Kansas
Nine thousand cavalrymen the largest of its kind assembled on the Kansas plains participated in the first review of the second cavalry division before Brig. Gen. John Millikin. Thousands watched as seven thousand mounted troops and two thousand in vehicles demonstrated modern cavalry operations.
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Ft. Riley
Kan
Kansas Plains
Second Cavalry Division
John Millikin
Horse Cavalry
Kansas
Middlewest
14Th Cavalry
16Th Field Artillery
Millikin
Ft. Bliss
Tex
1St Cavalry Division
Manhattan
Henderson Assailed Over Wheat and Cotton Price Fixing
Washington, June 28. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma charged price administrator Leon Henderson with triggering price declines in wheat and cotton as Congress debated price policy. He introduced legislation to remove federal officials who fix prices below parity, with penalties up to $1,000 per order.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Senate
Congress
Thomas
D.-Okla
Henderson
Oklahoma
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Woodlawn Park
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Haverford
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Ted Olewine
University of Southern California
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