Patronage Probe Opens in Kansas Senate Hearings
The Topeka session marks the start of a high profile senate inquiry into patronage pressures used to influence Kansas delegates to the Republican national convention. Sen. Clyde Reed leads the subcommittee with Sen. Lester Hill arriving from Alabama, while about 40 witnesses are subpoenaed for hearings in Topeka Wichita and an southeast Kansas town.
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Topeka
U. S. Senate
Kansas
Clyde M. Reed
Lester Hill
Alabama
Senate Elections Investigating Group
Hill
Senate
Washington
Wichita
Reed
G.O.P
Parsons
Charles McNary
Oregon
Landon-Ratner
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Philadelphia
Payne Ratner
Senate Committee
Harry W. Colmery
National American Legion
Jay Kyle
W. D. Jochems
Tom Johnson
Ed Thompson
W. W. Akers
Charles N. Hoffman
Robe
Largest panorama at Dyche museum to open July 1941
A Sam Dickenson crafted panorama at the Dyche natural history museum will be the nation’s largest of its kind, about 500 feet long. The first public viewing is set for July 1941, with installation and animal placements ongoing through year end.
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Dyche
Sam Dickenson
Lawrence Painter
H. H. Lane
Lane
Taft Campaigns Move Into Missouri During Midwest Tour
Senator Taft of Ohio extends his Republican presidential bid into Missouri after two busy days in Kansas meeting midwestern party leaders. He warned against turning government into a single controlling force while acknowledging some New Deal actions may require action. He stayed with Alf Landon’s host Sunday and headed to St Louis after a visit to a country home.
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Topeka
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Kansas
Missouri
Taft
Alf-M. Landon
St. Louis
Traffic fines in police court round up
Ken Campbell paid a $5 fine for reckless driving. Hayden Zimmerman and Kenneth Slane each forfeited $3 bonds for passing a stop sign. Orval Edmonds paid $3 on the same charge. A. J. Thompson and Ernest Ogan fined $1 each for double king. Herb Altenbernd forfeited a $1 bond on the same charge.
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Ken Campbell
Hayden Zimmerman
Kenneth Slane
Orval Edmonds
A. J. Thompson
Ernest Ogan
Herb Altenbernd
Talking Bird Puzzle Answers and Clues
A varied list of crossword style clues with numeric references and partial phrases. Includes bird terms, pronouns, Greek and Latin roots, animals, objects, and directional hints, likely part of a published puzzle page.
Jane Withers Takes Step Into A Pictures Role Shift
Hollywood May 20 Jane Withers the No 1 juvenile of her era moves toward stardom in A pictures at age 14 after six years in low budget films. Once part of Shirley Temple’s sugar plot she now gains a demure image and steady box office growth.
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Hollywood
Jane Withers
Shirley Temple
Hoyden
Shirley
Jane
Mickey Rooney
Deanna Durbin
Kansas Chamber of Commerce Directors Meet in Wichita
Directors of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce convene in Wichita to discuss opportunities tied to the defense program. President John A. Fenimore warns the upcoming period may mirror wartime conditions of 1917 and urges efforts to attract airplane factories to Wichita and Kansas City, Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Wichita
Kansas
John A. Fenimore
Samuel Wilson
Kansas City
Kan
Nazi Offensive Direction In France Near Peak Of Crisis
French military authorities expect a decisive 24 hours to settle whether the main German push aims at Paris or a westward drive to cut off Anglo Belgian forces. The St Quentin sector and the Somme area see fierce fighting as the channel ports and Dover loom as critical objectives for a German air and sea strategy.
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Paris
St. Quentin
Somme
Channel
England
Abbeville
Amiens
Calais
Dover
Marshal Foch
Weygand
France
Holland
London
English Channel
Britain
Germany
Hitler
Belgium
Ives Chapel Community News and Visits
Local social pages detail Mr. and Mrs. August Wartzack hosting Bertha and Dorothy Hemming. Numerous neighbors attend church events, funerals, picnics, and Mother's Day gatherings. Sightings include the Cave at Vinland district, Prairie City club Wiener roast, and the Phoebe Emery Missionary Auxiliary meeting.
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Bertha Hemming
Dorothy Hemming
August Wartzack
John Ehart
Ehart
Charlie Jardon
Harry Freund
Clyde Freund
Gardner
Ira Hird
Lucille Hird
Vinland
Roy Clary
Garden Club
A. F. Baker
Baker
Lafe King
Ottawa
C.E. Storey
Charlie Jargon
Kenneth Edmonds
Kenneth
Homer Edmonds
Smith Leonard
Frank Lobingier
Julia
George Sammer
Frank Johnson
Charles
Claude
Gene
George Summer
Ives Chapel Ladies Aid
Baldwin
John Dean
Earl Hobson
Prairie City Community Club
Howard Butler
Ernest, Butell
Wincel Dean
Ernest, Jr
Alice Hemming
New Union District
Verdie Hemming
Enid
Okla
T. G. Hiatt
Howard Dean
Arlus Dean
Carol Joan
Vin-land
Jay Hiatt
Denton
Ted Cox
Doris Hiatt
Lawrence
Clarence Matney
Lecompton
Arlus Dean Dean
Steve Speicher
Centropolis
Richard Butell
Jimmy
No. 10
Dick Fisher
Nora Fleshman
Loren Williams
Albert
Mary Lou
Ernest Butell
Personal Loans With Small Monthly Payments Tables
A historical notice explains low payment loans with options as small as 5.43 dollars monthly for 25 months to repay 100 dollars. It notes other amounts and periods, the possibility of very small payments, and that earlier repayment lowers costs. It cites four monthly installments of 26.58 dollars totaling 106.32 dollars to settle a 100 dollar loan, with table details including all charges.
Dinner guests host at Cunningham residence
Dean Deay visited the Hiatt home Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Cook and Gayle and Anita were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cunningham on Wednesday.
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Co. EK
Story
Ed FitzGibbon
Kansas City
Kan
L. B. Twichell
Joe Gayle Story
Ottawa
Storr
Howard Butler
George Summer
Marlin Cook Home
H. S. Cook
J. F. Cunningham
Rosa M. Barkley
Raymond Barkley
Ronald
Beverly
Topeka
Maurice Cook
Gene and
Erdene
Overland Park
Mildred Barkley
Marlin Cook
Gayle
W. R. Nichols
W. R. Sutor
George Frye
Cora Wise
Lawrence
L. C. Shook
Los Angeles
Calif
Dean Deay
Hiatt
Mrs. Marlin Cook
Anita
Local Families Visit Over Weekend in Clearfield Area
CLEARFIELD residents and relatives from Wellsville Edgerton Eudora and Wichita shared weekend visits. John Sturm Sr. and family hosted Johnny Sturm and George with David Sturm. W J Selzer Otto and Imogene dined with Paul Sommer in Eudora. David Meeder from Wichita visited his mother Mrs Tanna Meeder and her brother Floria. Homer Clark and family called on Mrs Meeder Sunday.
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David Sturm
Wellsville
Minnie Murdock
Edgerton
John Sturm
Johnny
George
W. J. Selzer
Otto
Imogene
Paul Sommer
Eudora
David Meeder
Wichita
Tanna Meeder
Floria
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