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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1940

Page

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Kansas Hold Oklahoma To 13 Points in Homecoming Game

Kansas Jayhawks defended stoutly through three quarters as Oklahoma pressed the field. Orv Matthews and Johnny Martin scored the Sooners only late, but Kansas kept the score tight until a 18 to 0 victory for Oklahoma.

Kansas Oklahoma Kansas Jayhawkers Oklahomans Memorial Stadium Sooners Kansans Chester Gibbons Huel Hamm Orv Matthews Ed Sungee Jack Haberle Martin Jayhawkers Sooner Jacobs

Kansas vs Oklahoma rough gridiron clash details

In a back and forth game Kansas and Oklahoma exchange plays with multiple drives reaching the red zone. Oklahoma leads 13 0 after a late Martin touchdown and Hamm passes set up scoring drives while Kansas top running effort hinges on Hall and Fry.

Hall Oklahoma Jacobs Fry Martin K. U Kansas Relph Hartman Sungee Jack Hardman Crowell Hamm Franses Pollom O. U Ulrich Mathews K.U Pierce O. C Chester Gibbens Denzel Gibbons O.U Suagee Haberlein Harris J. Kern Oklahoma T Zimmerman Linquist Fluker Gibbons Denzel Gibbens

Rain Dampens KU Homecoming Game In 1984 Style

A heavy southwest wind drove rain into the stadium as oilcloth vendors sold ponchos and spectators sheltered under umbrellas. The day recalled the 1984 Nebraska game with Kansas losing in rain 3 to 0 as the band wore slickers and the homecoming queen Greta Gibson was crowned amidst a color guard and university officials.

K.U Nebraska Cornhuskers Kansas K. U Saralena Sherman Greta Gibson Altamont Jay Janes Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post Fred Harris Ottawa State Board of Regents Edna Givens Scott Shirley Tholen Leavenworth Jeanne Moyer Lawrence Earl F. Baldwin Ted North K.A Hollywood Bill Farmer Harris

Bleachers Collapse Injures Many at Dallas Football Game

A temporary bleacher structure at the Texas Aggie versus Southern Methodist game in Dallas collapsed, injuring many spectators, some seriously, during the afternoon.

Dallas Tex

Bombs near Chamberlain home in Hampshire grave illness

German bombs fell within the grounds of a 16th century Hampshire house where former Prime Minister Chamberlain lies gravely ill. A household member said he is very low and death might come soon or after a long time.

London Hampshire Chamberlain

Football Finals Scores and Flood Narrative

Football finals list scores for Michigan and others with ties and decisive wins. The report also notes Argubright a Santa Fe railway special agent visiting Lawrence with a Wichita contingent to watch the Oklahoma Kansas game and recalls 1903 flood pressures on Lawrence newspaper operations.

Argubright Newton Santa Fe Railway Lawrence Wichita Bluff Journal- World

Greek Counterattacks Trapping Centaur Division in Pindus

In the Pindus range a full Italian Centaur division possibly 15 000 men under Musso lini was said to be encircled by Greek forces and near surrender. Hundreds were captured and the rest scattered as the Greeks halted the invasion with a mounting counterattack.

Athens Greece Pindus Mountains Musgiolini Centaur Ioannina Salonika Albania Koritza Meanhile Adriatic Italy

Blackshirted Dutch in March Thru the Streets

Dutch national socialists paraded 5000 uniformed Blackshirts through Amsterdam after a week of clashes with opponents at The Hague. Police arrested 80 members of the Netherlands Union for possessing sticks and weapons claimed as self defense during anti Nazi confrontations.

Amsterdam Berlin Hague Unity Party Netherlands Union Union Party

Wage and Hour Standards Must Be Maintained on U S Projects

The War Department asserts no relaxation of wage and hour standards on defense projects. Robert P Patterson, assistant secretary of war, calls for maintaining general labor policy and overtime pay in factories to keep the armament program moving effectively forward amid cantonment construction for land forces expansion.

U.S Washington War Department Department Robert P. Patterson

History of football at Kansas University celebrated at anniversary dinner

Informal gathering in Memorial Union marked fifty years of football at K U with early team founders and players from 1890 to 1895 in attendance. Baldridge, instigator of the sport at the school, recounted forming a team, securing equipment, and playing mostly against Baker University.

K.U Kansas Memorial Union C. W. Baldridge Chicago Baldridge Baker University C. W. Frederick Rochester N. Y Baker E. M. Hopkins Lawrence A. W. Sheppard R. D. Brown Idabel Okla Thornton Cooke Kansas City J. W. Dyer Wichita Frederick C. Dobson William H. Pratt H. E. Cowman Sapulpa Edward S. Harvey Irvin H. Rothrock Springdale Ark W. Irving Hill A. R. Kennedy James Sherman K. U A. P. Sherman E. F. Engel W. J. Baumgartner M. W. Sterling F. C Allen Art Huddleston

Senator-Elect Sees Effort To Control Press

Ralph O Brewster Republican congressman and senator-elect from Maine warns of measures to curb press freedom but believes such attempts will fail. He spoke before sailing to Hawaii on Navy affairs committee duty, citing the southern bloc and Roosevelt supporters defending liberties. The comment follows campaign remarks and Corcoran’s optimistic view.

Los Angeles Ralph O.brewster Maine Hawaii Tommy Corcoran Congress Roosevelt Brewster House Naval Affairs Committee

Sturgeon Sinks Two German Supply Ships on Patrol

The submarine Sturgeon, patrolling the invasion coast along German-held shores, destroyed two German supply ships as announced by The British today.

London Sturgeon

British Say A Number of Ships Escaped From Nazi Raider

The admiralty announced that a number of ships escaped a German surface raider during a mid Atlantic convoy attack last Tuesday. The enemy claimed destruction of the convoy, but the communique denied this. Two British ships Rangitiki and Cornish City sent S O S messages. Winchester destroyer shot down two German dive bombers with slight damage.

London Admiralty Atlantic Navas New York Rangitiki Cornish City Graf Spee Winchester Thames Estuary

Women to canvass for the Red Cross in Lawrence drive

More than 150 Lawrence women join a city wide Red Cross Roll Call. The November 12 morn to sup plan will recruit about a thousand members in residential districts led by Mrs Dolph Simons and Rev Harold G Barr. The effort funds nursing home service and youth programs across Douglas County.

Lawrence American Red Cross Dolph Simons Red Cross Harold G. Barr Roll Call Douglas County

Stock Market Index Rises to 46.6 on 60-Stock Average

The average of 60 stock prices stood at 46.6 yesterday, up from 46.1 the day before, indicating a modest market uptick. Investors watched key sectors as daily gains broadened across several listings.

Sea level rise linked to crust changes study finds

Pasadena scientist Dr. Reno Gutenberg of the California Institute of Technology reports that global land has risen four inches in a century while land around Hudson Bay, Lake Superior, and along the St. Lawrence shows varying rises and sinks. A line from Boston to Cleveland marks no change with sinking land southward.

Pasadena Calif Reno Gutenberg California Institute of Technology Hudson Bay Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Boston Cleveland Milwaukee California

City approves repairs and additions to hangar at airport

The council passed a 400- dollar emergency resolution to repair and enlarge the municipal hangar, adding 25 feet for extra storage. It also approved water line upgrades, cemetery tree trimming, bicycle tag presentation, police ammunition gear, jail mattresses, and land assessments for an Armory alley project. Claims totaling 7424 dollars were approved.

Ben Babb John Selig City Health Board Wray Enders J. SM. Mott 127Th Field Artillery Camp Robinson Ark Water Department West Hills University Drive L. O. Ringler Ringler West Campus Road Crescent Road R. C. Burgert I. F. Eberhart Harry Nevin Police Committee J. W. Stone Eberhart

Wet but not cold Kansas weather in early November showers

Topeka reports intermittent light showers with extended rain into tomorrow. Meteorologist S D Flora says the southeast corner will receive Sunday precipitation while freezing temps from the north miss Kansas. Rain totals include Topeka 0.12 inch and Concordia 0.22 inch as temperatures dip to the 30s in the northwest and 40s in the east.

Topeka Kansas S. D. Flora Missouri Oklahoma Flora Weather Bureau Lebo Chanute Wichita Trace Lawrence Geneseo Concordia Phillipsburg Ellis Goodland Trace Oitt Mercury

Lawrence Firms Open on Armistice Day Parade

Lawrence business houses will stay open Monday Armistice Day except for one hour during the downtown parade. County and city offices will be closed and no classes will be held at the University of Haskell. High school students receive no vacation. The post office will follow a holiday schedule with no regular mail delivery.

Lawrence University of Haskell

Burke Lead Grows on Further Count in Kansas Governor Race

Topeka Nov 9 Democrat William Burke increased his gubernatorial lead over Republican Payne Ratner as official returns from about three fourths of the counties showed Burke at 418 288 to Ratner 416 561 a margin of 2022 with small county shifts. Major counties Wyandotte Sedgwick Shawnee pending complete canvasses. Public notes indicate in-state absentee votes counted Tuesday and out-of-state ballots within a week to ten days.

Topeka Burke Payne H. Ratner Ratner Saline County Marshall County Labette County Wyandotte Sedgwick Shawnee Senate Douglas County William Burke Payne Ratner

Empress of Japan Bombed in North Atlantic

A message to Domei in New York reports the 26,032 ton Empress of Japan was bombed and disabled by German planes about 300 miles west of Ireland. The liner, tied to the Canadian Pacific fleet, had been a troop carrier requisitioned by Britain.

New York Canadian Pacific Steamship Company North Atlantic Domei Ireland Vancouver Honolulu Japan China Manila Canadian Pacific Atlantic

Armistice Day Parade on Massachusetts Street

Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsors an Armistice Day parade Monday before noon with National Guardsmen University ROTC and local patriotic groups. The march begins at 10 15 from Sixth Street to South Park where Justice William A Smith of the state supreme court will speak. Local stores close 10 15 to 10 45 for the procession.

Veterans of Foreign Wars National Guardsmen University R. 0. T. C Massachusetts Street Sixth Street South Park William A. Smith State Supreme Court

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