Truckers Get 30 Day Extension On Delivery Rules
Washington reports the office of defense transportation extended and revised truck delivery limits. New plans allow limited daily newspaper deliveries with mileage cuts, while postponing over the road rules to July 1. Coal and bulk liquid transport face stricter mileage reductions and expanded local delivery scope. Senators object, urging reconsideration of the order's reach and impact on commerce.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
U.S
Senate
George
Smith
McKellar
Tenn
Clark
Congress
Obituary notices for Pritchard Brown and Kerns in Ottawa Lawrence
Mrs. Willard H. Pritchard 67 of Ottawa dies at home. Funeral Sunday 3 pm at North Ottawa Baptist Church with Rev. Roy Jones and Rev. R. L. Mobley. burial Highland Cemetery. Survived by husband four daughters six sons two brothers a sister and 22 grandchildren. Eva Idella Brown 63 of 928 New Jersey died at home. Funeral Monday 2 pm at Church of God and Christ. Elder T. E. Madden officiating. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Body lies in Bowser Gleed mortuary 4 pm today to 4 pm tomorrow before transfer. Julia H. Kerns 86 of Lawrence dies at Memorial Hospital. Survived by two sisters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Monday 2 pm United Brethren Church Lecompton. Rev. Arthur Ward. burial Lecompton Cemetery.
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Willard H. Pritchard
Ottawa
North Ottawa Baptist Church
Roy Jones
R. L. Mobley
Highland Cemetery
Robert Schermerhorn
Lawrence
Glen Wesen
Carl Hardence
Donald Orter
Kansas City
Paul
Andrew
Neal
Donald
Harry
York
W. O. York
Osceola
Frank York
Dwight
Harry Benes
Pomona
Eva Idella Brown
New Jersey Street
Church of God and Christ
T. E. Madden
Oak Hill Cemetery
Bowser Gleed Mortuary
Julia H. Kerns
Memorial Hospital
Helen Eberhart
Topeka
Winnie Sehon
United Brethren Church
Lecompton
Arthur Ward
Burtat
Lecompton Cemery
Lamarr Breaks Engagement With George Montgomery
Hollywood reports say Hedy Lamarr has broken her engagement to actor George Montgomery and returned the engagement ring. They had planned to marry in June. officials could not be reached for comment.
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Hedy
Hollywood
Hedy Lamarr
George Montgomery
Miss Lamarr
Montgomery
Lawrence Lodge No. 6 ALF. and AM Meet for Fellow Craft Degree
Lawrence lodge No 6 will meet for work in the Fellow Craft degree next Monday night at 7 30. Journeymen and visitors invited. Pee t H Varnum W A MW W H Quakenbueh Secy.
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Lawrence Lodge
ALF
A.M
Pee Et H. Varnum
W.A.M
W. H. Quakenbueh
Secy
Lawrence War Notes and Transit Updates From KU Area
Major Theodore H. Marshall transfers from Edgewood Arsenal to Washington D. C. Hercules powder site activities continue. War plants urged to work through Memorial Day. Santa Fe Trailways starts Lawrence SOW commuter service with 87 passenger buses, four daily trips, 30 minute trips, 10 day commutation tickets, fares listed. Police patrols on Massachusetts street reduce speeding. Major Sam Moyer returns for university commencement. daughter Jeanne a graduate. Reverend Alfred J. Beil noted as new bicycle enthusiast in city.
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Hercules Powder Company
Armory
Santa Fe Trailways
Lawrence
Sow
Union Bus Depot
Massachusetts
Flagstaff Jails Food Supply As Merchants Strike
In Flagstaff Arizona on May 30 the city jail became the best place for meals as stores and restaurants closed in a merchants strike. The union picket kicked off negotiations with a 30 day window offered by merchants while labor leaders prepare a counter proposal. Larders ran low as the town of 7,500 faced shortages and Winslow, 60 miles away, saw meat shortages and tripled grocery sales.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Jim Wright
Culinary Workers and Bartenders Union
A.F.F
Arizona
Winslow
Artist Curry's Bull Has a Genuine Kansas Brand
Topeka reports the heart over bar brand on the red Hereford in John Steuart Curry's state house murals is an authentic Kansas mark registered with the state brand board. Arthur A. Martin recalls Curry on the Boggs ranch in Barber county and notes Gypsum Hills that backdrop the bull.
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Topeka
John Steuart Curry
Statehouse
Kansas
State
Franklin H. Boggs
Barber County
Arthur A. Martin
Medicine Lodge
Curry
Boggs Ranch
Boggs
Martin
First Baptist Sermon Features Flashing Lights Theme
Dr Schwegler will preach Flashing Lights at 11 tomorrow at the First Baptist Church in the absence of pastor Howard E Koelb who attends the Northern Baptist Convention in Cleveland Ohio. Don Holman will play a trumpet solo The Holy City and Woodward an anthem The Radiant Morn. Chas W Thomas attends a university pastors conference in Cleveland June 1.
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R. A. Schwegler
First Baptist Church
Howard E. Koelb
Northern Baptist Convention
Cleveland
Holy City
Adams
Don Holman
Woodward
Paul C. Rankin
Board of Education
Maine
California
Lyttelton Poised for talks with Roosevelt on war production
British sources say Production Minister Oliver Lyttelton would travel to Washington soon to confer with President Roosevelt and other officials on allied production and supply programs.
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Roosevelt
London
Oliver Lyttelton
Washington
Debonair stage figure John Barrymore dies at 60
Hollywood on May 30 John Barrymore a famed stage film and radio star died at 60 in Los Angeles after a long illness. His death followed myocarditis complicated by nephritis cirrhosis and gastric ulcers. He was survived by brother Lionel sister Ethel and three children Diana Dolores and John Blythe and his death ends a life of public notoriety and wit and many marriages.
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Hollywood
Pi—Gay
Debonair John
Barrymore
Lionel
John Ed
Hugo M. Kersten
John O’donnell
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Kersten
Rudy Vallee
N. Y
Ethel Barrymore
Boston
Chicago
John
Ethel
Diana
Dolores Ethel Mae Barrymore
John Blythe Barrymore
Dolores Costello
Ethel Barrymore to Perform in The Corn Is Green Despite Brother's Death
Ethel Barrymore will act in today's matinee and evening performances of The Corn Is Green in Boston despite the death of her brother John Barrymore. Her press rep said she is terribly cut up but will continue the show, which will pause after today until fall.
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Ethel
Boston
Ethel Barrymore
Will
John
the News
Anniversary Open House for Rev and Mrs Ward
Society notes say Rev and Mrs Arthur Ward host open house Tuesday evening June 2 from 7 30 to 10 o clock for their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Relatives and friends are invited to call. About 150 guests are expected at a country club dance at 8 30 with organizers Mabel Baker Annette Bigelow Phyllis Corlis Roberta Frowe and Betty Smith chaperoned by Mr and Mrs C M Baker Mr and Mrs L A Corlis Mrs J B Smith and Mr and Mrs William Frowe. Punch sandwiches and wafers will be served in the sunroom.
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Arthur Ward
Mabel Baker
Annette Bigelow
Phyllis Corlis
Roberta Frowe
Betty Smith
C. M. Baker
L. A. Corl
J. B. Smith
William Frowe
Oscar. Lothholz
Bobby
Ray Miller
William Miller
Billy
Hattie Harris
Anna Roberts
Addie Egbert
Pleasanton
Kan
Jess Roberts
Kansas City
Ed Diedrich
Jean Bartz
Kalium
Iota Sigma Pi
National Honorary Society For Women Chemists
Memorial Union Building
K.U
Louis Bartz
Eudora
Miss Bartz
Servce
Roy Laughlin
Camp Chaffee
Arkansas
Gideon Neil
Ezral Broers
Air Corps
Merced
Calif
George Broers
G. M. Wolf
Edgerton
Kansas
Dr. Wolf
Mrs. Wolf
Fred Papenhausen
George Knabe
Gardner
Gottlieb Nieder
Local residents welcome visitors for graduations and summer
Sylvan Grove and Yuma couples spend the weekend at the Kretzmann home while Hilkeys visit for Mrs Moore’s commencement. Many guests travel from Guthrie, Illinois, and Missouri for L. M. H. S. exercises and family gatherings.
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G. W. Kretzmann
Sylvan Grove
Arthur Kohlmeier
Yuma
Colo
Arnold Kretzmann
Harold R. Hilkey
Oak Park
Ill
Julia E. Moore
Hilkey
Catherine Sweet
Excelsior Springs
J. Homer King
Grace McNulty
Guthrie
Okla
Frank L. Brown
L.M.H.S
Ernest K. Lindley
Washington, D. C
BE. H. Lindley
Stanley B. Lindley
Fergus
Fall
Minn
Robert T. Crowder
Fred Bliesner
Charles Andrews
Chicago
M. W. Andrews
Donald Dixon
Patty
Glen Haven
Gc. A. Penn
Donna Jean
Fleeta Marie
Hartford
Penn
Wood River Oil and Refinery Company
O. W. Maloney
Godfrey
Marilynn
Monticello College
Charles H. Hornville
Charles H. Stough
W. C. Simons
Pauline Sterling
Tucson
Ariz
Maria Sterling
Midland
CIO Aide Bell Is Fired Amid Mine Workers Shakeup
Washington May 30 Pi J Bell brother in law of John L Lewis loses a 6000 dollar a year post as CIO comptroller and is replaced as secretary James B Carey plans to take over duties and abolish the post The firing follows Lewis removing Philip Murray from his vice presidency at United Mine Workers with Lewis in charge
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Washington
Bell
Eudora church circles report quilting and meetings
W S C S circles of the Methodist church held bi monthly gatherings in Eudora this week. Circles hosted by Mrs Nellie Catlin Mrs Lee Coleman and others met with small attendances due to busy schedules and illness. Activities included quilting devotionals and refreshments.
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W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Circle No. 1
Nellie Catlin
Lee Coleman
Leslie Kindred
Gideon Ness
Circle No. 2
Oliver Deay
W. O. Watson
Thelma Haverty
Lillian Combest
Circle No. 3
Minnie Jones
Chester Baecker
Circle No. 4
Gertie Steffen
Ray Ogden
Arthur Ott
Pete Edelbrock
Edwin Ott
Beatrice Steffen
Ruth Ott
St. Paul’s Evangelical
Young People’s League
Sunda
Builders
Women’s Guild
Church Council
Tati Phi Phi Club
Kanzig Cabin
Gardner Lake
Saboteur Headlining at Granada with Hitchcock Tie
Alfred Hitchcock’s Saboteur stars Priscilla Lane and Robert Cummings in a Chicago to New York man hunt unfolding across 13 states. Norman Lloyd leads 1500 supporting players with elaborate sets including an airplane factory and Statue of Liberty replica. Walter Pidgeon Maureen O Hara and others also appear in this wide scale Universal Pictures production.
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Alfred Hitchcock
Priscilla Lane
Robert Cummings
Granada
Hitchcock
Uncle Sam
Cummings
Glendale
California
New York Harbor
Itoes
Miss Lane
Norman Lloyd
Hollywood
Otto Kruer
Alan Baxter
Alma Kruger
Jem Bevans
Dorothy Peterson
Universal Studios
New York
Park Avenue
Nevada
United States
New York City
How Green Was My Valley Returns to Varsity Theatre
Richard Llewellyn's How Green Was My Valley plays at the Varsity today and tomorrow. The Academy Award winning film tours back to Lawrence as a revived screening headlining the theatre program.
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Richard Llewellyn
Green Was
My Valley
Lawrence
Red Skelton Stars in Ship Ahoy on Jayhawker Stage
Red Skelton headlines MGM musical Ship Ahoy opening at the Jayhawker theatre for an eight show engagement. Eleanor Powell Bert Lahr Virginia O'Brien co star as Skelton woos a G girl amid foreign agents and comic mix ups on a showboat. Dorsey swing band provides four production numbers including a bullfight sequence and Morse code tap.
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Red Skelton
Jayhawker Theatre
Eleanor Powell
Skelton
Aarti Dorsey
Miss Powell
Dorsey Swingsters
Tallulah
Bert Lahr
Virginia O’brien
Tortilla Flat film adaptation debuts at Jayhawker theatre
John Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat comes to life in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production starring Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr and John Garfield. The set spans three acres, two blocks of paisano shacks, built over six weeks after Monterey research. Directed by Victor Fleming the film follows Pilon Danny and the carefree Californians until Dolores arrives.
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John Steinbeck
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Spencer Tracy
Hedy Lamarr
John Garfield
Jayhawker Theatre
Monterey
California
Tracy
Pilon
Danny
Garfield
Vore
Akim Tamiroff
Dolores
Sweets) Ramirez
Frank Morgan
Victor Fleming
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Theodore H. Marshall
Edgewood Arsenal
The
Chemical Warfare Service
Jack Cheek
Cheek
Sam Moyer
University of Kansas
Jeanne
Alfred J. Beil
Trinity Lutheran Church
Massachusetts Street
DR. Schwegler
John. Barrymore
John Barrymore
Alford-Clarke
V.F.W
Veterans’ Hall
John L. Lewis
Sealright
Vermont
Nieder
Bonner Springs
Dale Papenhausen
Papenhausen
Tom Raybourne
Raymond Raybourne
Eddie Papenhausen
Joyce
Elia Bernellig
Dottie Mathias
Beatrice
Richard
Florence Wilburn
Lena
Vinland
Carl Johnson
Mathews
Clarence Mohler
John Mohler
Bernard Roe
Frank Roe
Coast Guard
E. R. Ingels
Ingels
Russel Dizmang
Darrel
Mra
Curtis Diedrich
Loretta Trabant
Margaret Ogden
Kermit Franks
Ward Cory
Ward
Pauline Cory
Long Beach
Cal
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Hall
Wayne Luther
Baby
de Soto
Ben Bartz
Auto and Furniture Bankers Finance Inc
Lawrence Business College
Montgomery Ward
Atres
Jayhawker
Mister Yu
Trinidad
Glory
Butch Minds
Martindales
Havana
From
Alaska
Cific
Kitty Foyle
Obliging
Rumsey Funeral Home
Ind
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Santa FE
Trailways Buses
Lawrence Theatre
Ture
Walter Pidgeon
Maureen O'Hara
Donald Crisp
Green Was My Valley
Roddy MacDowall
Varsity
Red
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