Britain Defends Palestine Policy in Commons Debate
London reports that Malcolm MacDonald, colonial secretary, defended Britain’s Palestine land transfer restrictions as essential to maintain order and support near eastern allies. He warned Arab unrest could trigger wider regional repercussions, while opposition Labour members accused the government of breaking guarantees to Jews and repudiating the 1917 Balfour declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Palestine
Near East
Malcolm MacDonald
MacDonald
House of Commons
Transjordan
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
India
Philip Noel-Baker
Noel Baker
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Britain
Healthier Than Men in all life stages says study
Metropolitan Life Insurance figures show women outlive men in every life stage from cradle to old age. Death rates for white males drop sharply but women improve more. by 1937 the female surplus could widen. Separate European analyses note marriage-age imbalances and social changes following World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mar
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Mammoth Tusks Found by WPA Workers in Albion
WPA laborers unearthed wooly mammoth tusks in a road embankment near Albion Pennsylvania dated March 6 geologists report. The largest seven foot long curved section initially misidentified as stone or petrified wood, with a 30 inch segment later confirmed. Trainloads of livestock and farm equipment have been sold through Journal World classified ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
WPA
Pennsylvania
Journal-World
Republican Victory in Iowa Sixth District Race
Des Moines voters backed Robert K. Goodwin 29 248 to 18 770 in a special election to fill the unexpired Dowell term. GOP leaders hailed the win as a trial run for a 1940 comeback, citing farm policy issues and parity price promises in a predominantly Republican district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
G. O.P
Corn Belt
Robert K. Goodwin
Redfield
C. C. Dowell
Goodwin
Byron G. Allen
Allen
Washington
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
G.O.P
Ditter
R-Pa
National Republican Congressional Committee
Ohio
AAA
Dallas County
Henry Wallace
Lawrence political brief and KU arts display notes
Heard in Lawrence I F Eberhart declares satisfaction at re nomination for Second ward councilman and praises rival James Richardson. Klaus Abegg displays first color prints from his son Ted with a complex process at Hixon studio. Bill Cummings visits from Moffett Field via Curtiss P 36. Bill Kandt installs eight photo murals in Ober's windows. Ronald Loewen, KU engineer, photos campus scenes for murals. KU athletic office tickets for Big Six indoor meet in Kansas City priced 1.68 and 1.12 etc. Notables include Lieut Gov Friend Chancellor Malott Rankin Weaver. Coach Bill Shannon has 10 golfers lined up. audit work on Lawrence city records begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Klaus Abegg
University of Kansas
Hixon
Abegg
Ted
Bill Kandt
Ober
Ronald Loewen
K. U
Newton
Loewen
Ihagee Exakta
Zeiss
Indiana
K. A
Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City
Spring Swing May Be Given at K U
The university women self government association plans a musical comedy titled Spring Swing of 1940 with script by Rolla Nuckles to direct. It will be shown in Fraser theater April 23 24 25. A naming dispute emerges as the new show mirrors the 1938 production. Corbin hall beats Pi Phi 35 20 in intramural semifinals led by Vergie Ray and Lenora Grizzell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolla Nuckles
Fraser Theater
Sigma Delta Chi’s
S.D.X
Corbin Hall
Pi Phi
Arrow
Vergie Ray
Mulvane
Corbin
Lenora Grizzell
Rushton
TNT
Gone With the Wind film opens amid Civil War era fanfare
Review notes the movie mirrors Margaret Mitchell novel with Scarlett and Rhett driving the plot. Technicolor visuals and strong casting praised while Melanie and Mammy linger in memory. The opening plantation scenes evoke the doomed Southern order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Scarlett O'Hara
Atlanta
Dickineon
Scarlett
Rhett Butler
Margaret Mitchell
Rhett
Melanie
Old South
Winter wheat conditions improve across Kansas as fields green
Topeka reports that winter wheat condition improved during the past week with fields greening and a fair root system developing in eastern counties. Precipitation made the week favorable. western areas remain variable with some seed still being planted. Oats and barley seeding continues in the southwest but mud halts work. eastern fields see little progress due to wet soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Douglas County Sportsmen Dinner Program Reveals Broadcast Plans
The seventh annual Douglas County Sportsmen's Club dinner on March 18 at the Masonic temple features Gov. Payne H. Ratner as a special guest appearing twice on WREN. Other guests include Josserand, Kelly, and Melvin serving as toastmaster. The program includes a 6:45 pm round table, questions on the new Kansas fish and game law, and a 8:30 pm Ratner broadcast. Music and performances by local artists accompany the event and 4-H conservation talks conclude with Lavene Vincent closing remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Sportsmen’s Club
Masonic Temple
Payne H. Ratner
WREN
Gu Josserand
State Forestry, Fish and Game Department
E. J. Kelly
Josserand
George K. Melvin
Sportsmen’s Club
E. F. Abels
Ratner
Kansas
Fred Kahn
Kansas Fish and Game Development Association
Ernest Pontius
Robert A. Hunt
George Tin Lake Wong Wai
Rudolph Voth
James Holyfield
Douglas County
Deal Six
Lavene Vincent
Sabotage Not Ruled Out In La Guardia Hangar Fire
Lieut Col Brehon Somervell WPA administrator for New York said sabotage cannot be ruled out while Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy believes the La Guardia hangar No 4 fire was probably accidental. Damage was estimated between 250000 and 500000 with 300 WPA workers affected by layoffs.
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New York
Mar
Brehon Somervell
WPA
la Guardia
Somervell
Thomas’ Brophy
Barker C. P. A. Meeting At I C O F Hall
Barker C P A will entertain members and families at the I C O F hall Saturday evening starting at 8 o'clock. Entertainment will include cards and dancing. Refreshments will be served. The Journal World Classified Page is the busiest market place in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker C.P. A
Barker C. P. A
Journal-World
KU Debaters Enter Contest in Atchison
KU debaters opened a busy week with a morning contest in Atchison high school auditorium pairing John Oakson and Wallace Brockett against University of Texas speakers. A second debate with Texas is set for 8 20 tonight in Fraser theater on American isolation.
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Atchison
John Oakson
Kansas City
Wallace Brockett
University of Texas
Fraser Theater
K. U
Dick Oliver
Newton
Russell Baker
Larned
Texas
Lawrence Kiwanians
Don Mitchell
Coffeyville
James Meredith
Wichita
Rockhurst College
Meredian Club
Leo Rhodes
Bob McKay
University of Missouri
Columbia
KU Students in Recital at Frank Strong Hall
Students of piano voice and cello perform a 3:30 recital in Frank Stronghall auditorium. Program lists Fairy Tale Op 26 No 2 Intermezzo in A minor and other works by Medtner Dohnanyi Saint Saens Lecuona and more. Vera Gsell and Eileen Martin JC ensemble and Trio in G minor cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Fine Arts
Frank Stronghall
Medtner
Helen Goode
Amin
Fee Buzzi
Virginia Gsell
Daisy ‘Tucker
Socius Ningan
Mea Saint-Saens
Sarai Mohier
Malaguena
i.Lecuona
Grace Nelson Nash
Eileen Martin
Marshall Butler
Edna’ Givens
Jack Stephenson
Marshal! Butler
Plano
Britain demands equal oil share with Germany in Romania
A high authority announced Britain seeks full parity with Germany in divvying Romanian exports including oil. The statement frames future access as a measure of postwar cooperation and economic leverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Britain
Germany
University Students to Attend Winfield Conference
Two KU students will represent the University at the Mississippi Valley International Relations clubs conference at Southwestern College Winfield Friday and Saturday Prof H B Chubb announces Miss Crystelle Anderson from Tescott and Miss Doris Winter Douglass a junior will attend The Hull trade program and the Caribbean zone will be discussed and student round tables on world affairs featured Eminent speakers include Harry E Terrell Dr Werner A Bohnstedt and Dr Fred Rippy hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern College
Winfield
H. B. Chubb
Ie KU
Crystelle Anderson
Tescott
Doris Winter
Douglass
Caribbean
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Harry E. Terrell
Des Moines Peace Council
Economic Policy Committee
Werner A. Bohnstedt
National University of the Republic of Panama
Institute of Social and Economic Research
Fred Rippy
University of Chicago
Death notices for Frank Elliott 70 in Lawrence region
Frank Elliott aged 70 died at his sister Mrs. Mattie Quelch home in St Joseph Missouri. Former Lawrence resident. Funeral from Rumsey funeral home Friday at 2 30 pm burial Clinton cemetery. Survived by sisters Mrs Quelch of St Joseph and Mrs Etta Goff of Topeka and nephew Roy Goff route six Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Elliott
Mattie Quelch
St. Joseph
Lawrence
Rumsey
Clinton Cemetery
Elliott
Quelch
Etta Goff
Topeka
Roy Goff
Route Six
Obituaries note deaths of Mrs. Dailey and Mrs. Fenner
Mrs. Price M. Dailey aged 77 died at her home south of Lawrence. Survived by husband John W. Dailey, daughter Mrs. Robert Norment, three sons, two sisters and a brother. Funeral services by Schubert funeral home to be announced later. Mrs. Florence Dunn Fenner, 75, niece of Mrs. W. E. Barnes of Vinland, died in Kansas City. Funeral services set for tomorrow. she leaves a son and a daughter at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price M. Dailey
Lawrence
John W. Dailey
Robert Norment
William Miles Hedrick
Los Angeles
Calif
John R. Hedrick
Kansas City
Kelly B. Hedrick
Long Beach
Galif
Mary E. Lewis
Overland Park
Florence Dunn Fenner
W. E. Barnes
Vinland
North Lawrence Christian Endeavor Leads District Worship
Activities across North Lawrence include a district Topeka convention attendance by Lucille Traylor Alvin Richardson Thelma Haas Virginia Hubbell Violet Carr Merle Jackson Marillee Frame Frances Frame Darrell Skinner Merlyn Frost Clayton Frost and Clark Comstock. Sisterhood Circle 1 met at Mrs Newt Bates with seventeen present. Mrs Henry Pringle joined United Spanish War Veterans Past President club on February 21 and received a gold pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Lawrence Christian Endeavor
Topeka
Kan
The
Christian Church
Lucille Traylor
Alvin Richardson
Thelma Haas
Virginia Hubbell
Violet Carr
Merle Jackson
Marillee Frame
Frances Frame
Darrell .Skinner
Merlyn. Frost
Clayton Frost
Clark Comstock
Jack Frost
Kathaleen Dunigan
Neil Thayer
Circle No. 1
North Lawrence
Santa Fe
Woodlawn School
Cecilia Ensman
Leonard Fields
Frank Adams
W. L. Fields
Arthur Hecks
Tom Smith
North
Lawrence Christian Church
Thomas
Hs Popplewell
Donna Lee Jackson
John Hubbel
Ralph Hubbel
Margie Keller
Néil Thayer
Social events at Centenary Methodist and community groups
The Centenary Methodist church hosted afternoon meetings all week and Sunday with Rev and Mrs Calkins. The Junior Endeavor of the Christian church held a Friday evening party at the church with about fifteen attendees. Mr and Mrs Harry Miller entertained Mr and Mrs Arthur Hemphill and Mr and Mrs Banks at a Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centenary Methodist Church
Local residents report illnesses and visits across DeSoto area
Mrs. W. H. Dent and sister Vida Turner recover from illness with a doctor visit noted. Jasper LeSueur and W. H. Dent attended a public sale at Yatel farm north of DeSoto. Butter Homes show in Kansas City and trips to Linwood, Olathe, and St Louis are mentioned among local families including the Turners, LeSueur, and Frisbie households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Dent
Vida Turner
Dent Home
Sallie Randall
Horace
Kansas City
Jasper LeSueur
Yatel
DeSoto
Tony Rasmussen
Jesse Bird
Dent
Robert Turner
eSote
Vidy Turner
St. Louis
Dee
J. G. Clark
Clark
Lee Brannock
Brannock
Minnie Golden
Olathe
Bus” Hedrick
C. L. Frisbie
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Grebe
Cole
Charles Frisble
Charles
Black Jack and Wayne O Neil Return From Law rence
Black Jack residents Black Jack Forest and Wayne O Neil return Thursday from Lawrence where they studied at business college since September and plan to continue next fall with farm work planned in spring and summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dessie Hunsinger
Edna Dryden
Marilyn Ballard
Ada Hays
R. I. Kalb
Ottawa
John Deere
Floyd Kalb
Glen
Tommy Evans
Billy Sheppard
Billy
Tommy
Warnock
Kansas City
H. J. Warnock
Jimmy Smith
Lawrence Webb
W. H. Smith
Cavender
Grace Hays
Ruth van Tries
Alfred
Hallie Doran
Edgerton
Forest Bell
Kent Kalb
Lester Kalb
Larry
Arts Q'Nell
Q’neil
Ar Hays
Rotary
Baldwin
A. F. Nell
Oliver Neil
Gail
Theodore Ferrell
LeLoup
Ted Ferrell
Ferrell Place
Black Jack Ladies Club
Elizabeth Pears
Cena Pearson
Henry Ford
Marjorie Bell
Dorinda Price Rites Held At Bethel Church In Oak Ridge
Funeral services were conducted for Dorinda Price at Bethel church with burial beside her husband in Union cemetery. Local attendees included Mr and Mrs Lawrence Leonhard Mr and Mrs Henry Hor nberger and Mr and Mrs Sam Hall. Several residents relocated to India area and district changes noted among students and yearbook volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorinda Price
Ernest Price
Price
Sam Hall Place
Bethel Church
Union Cemetery
Lawrence Leonhard
Henry Hornberger
Sam Hall
J. M. Holladay
India
Fay Brown
Jean Pine
Jimmy Holladay
Elmer Wise
Thomas Cawley
Arthur Heck
Raymond Gardner
Knowledge Hill Community Notes From Lawrence Area
Harold Grimes and Dorothy Adams visit with LaDuke family in Knowledge Hill. Local gatherings include a February 28 meeting of the Knowledge Hill Community club with twelve members and guest Mrs. C. O. Burns, featuring a mystery pals draw and a helpful hints roll call.
Thiry Prize Event and March Meeting Notice
Thiry winning the prize. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs Harold Skeets March 18. Roll call will be answered with Irish jokes. Mrs Will Rice and Mrs David Perkins entertained the Oak Ridge Farm Bureau last Friday at the home of Mrs Perkins. Miss Idella Cox attended a leap year party at Rev Kardatzske in LawrenceThursday evening. Mack Stewart and Clarence Gill at Janced sale near Lone Star Thursday. Mrs Donna Cox spent Thursday evening visiting Mrs Tilson Cox of Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Will House
Kathryn
C. S. Calkins
Centenary M. E. Church
Frances Perkins
University of Kansas
Manhattan
Fay Brown
Brown
St. Joseph
Lawrence Leonhard
Robert Simons
William Broeker
Grant Township
Oak Ridge
Farm Bureau
Will Rice
Toms
Brune
Thiry
Harold Skeets
Donna Cox
Tilson
Cox
Wall Street Advances With Broad Leaders On Improved Conditions
Wall Street ended higher on March 6 as buyers returned across many sectors led by steels motors and aircrafts with copper and select industrials also lifting. About 900 000 shares traded the day the largest one day total in a month. Major gainers included Glenn Martin Bendix American Telephone and Canadian Pacific with many leaders rising and few big names at new year highs.
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Wall Street
New York
Althe
Glenn Martin
Bendix
American Telephone
Canadian Pacific
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
Sears, Roebuck
Douglas
United, Aircraft
Pan-American Airways
Anaconda
American Smelting
Phelps-Dodge
du Pont
al- Ned Chemical
Eastman
Astern Air Lines
Chesapeake and Ohio
Great Northern Preferred
Pressed Steel Car
Pennsylvania Railroad
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British Answer
I. F. Eberhart
James Richardson
Bill Cummings
W. Cummings
U. S. Army Air Corps
Moffett Field
Bill
Kansas City Club
Carl FE. Friend
Deane Malott
Robert C. Rankin
Arthur Weaver
Bill Shannon
W. C. Hail and Company
Uation Hail
Waldo . Hull
Corbin “Hall
Phi Phis
E. .C. Quigley
Delta A’s
Betas
D. U
Sig Alph
Lalso
Fourteenth Street
Brynwood Place
E. C
Quizley
WIBW
Quiz
John Chandler
BMOC
K.U
Chandler
Ponca City
John
Continental Oil'company
W. E. Sandelius
Political Science
Sigma Delta Chi
Union Building
New Hanger
Irene Oliver
Alice Moncrieff
KFKU
Winifred Hill
Gartan
Edwards
Weaver
Corliss
Mutual Loan Co
R. M. Reeves
Mgr
F. S
Knowledge Hill
Harold Grimes
Charles LaDuke
Lloyd
Helen Rice
Frank Johns
Earl Janeway
A. D. Janeway
Lloyd LaDuke
Eugene Dimick
Glenn Colburn
High Prairie
Edwin
Baker Murphy
Richard
John_Thiry
Jake Hall
Hall
Lecompton
Dorothy Adams
Clyde Welble
Bobby
Harriet Pratt
Billy Gene
Jimmy J. W. Rice
Idella Cox
Ewing Ketchum
Carl Silkey
Knowledge Hill Community Club
C. O. Burns
LaDuke
Johnnie Morgan
Burns
Evelyn
Writh
Robert Young WatterBreanen
Ruth Hoasey
Mat Pondieten
Dickinson
Ugg
Manley Ins
Agen
M. C. Manley
Gene Glahn
Lawrence National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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