Hunger winter in battered Aachen test city under Allied governance
Aachen Germany November 7 Allied military government begins administering a ruined city once home to 165000. Major William E Hurlbert leads AMG efforts establishing a tentative municipal structure with food rationing and services while deported residents and refugees face evacuation ceilings. Food supply remains fragile with hoarded stores and rising prices amid rebuilding limits.
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Aachen
Germany
AMG
Uncle Sam
William E. Hurlbert
Jacksonville
Fla
A.M.G
Hurlbert
Tor
Arlbert
Burgomeister
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Comes to Lawrence Next Tuesday
Broadway run ends as Porgy and Bess extends tour with star cast Etta Moten Bess William Franklin Porgy Avon Long Sportin Life Eva Jessye choir and Alexander Smallens conducting the symphony orchestra in a landmark Gershwin work historian notes Gershwin's rise from Tin Pan Alley to Pulitzer prize winner to be marked by posterity.
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Porgy and Bess
Lawrence
Broadway
Porgy and
Bess
George Gershwin
Brooklyn
Tin Pan Alley
Harms, Inc
Porgy
Etta Moten
William Franklin
Avon Long
Sportin
Edward Matthews
Eva Jessye
Alexander Smallens
Gershwin Opera Porgy and Bess to Be Heard in Lawrence
Music lovers in Lawrence will hear Gershwin's Porgy and Bess described as a masterpiece by one of America’s most interesting musical figures. The opera showcases Gershwin’s celebrated score and enduring significance in American history.
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Porgy
Bess
Lawrence
George Gershwin
Record ban ends as major labels resume music production
New York officials say three big disc firms RCA Victor Columbia Recording and NBC transcription division ceded to AFL AFM three year agreements and royalty payments pushing a 27 month ban to end. Petrillo announced restoration of recording with Vaughn Monroe and Kostelanetz sets to appear in Hollywood and Chicago.
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New York
James ©. Petrillo
AFL American Federation of Musicians
Rca-Victor
Columbia Recording Corporation
National Broadcasting Company
Decca
AFM
Petrillo
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Vaughn Monroe
RCA Victor
Andre Kostelanetz
Columbia
Hollywood
Chicago
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Rebuilt Boxcars Will Move Grain and Flour
Topeka reports the first of 1,500 rebuilt boxcars are exiting the Santa Fe shops. General Manager H. B. Lautz said 100,000 pound capacity cars will enter service to ease car shortages for grain and flour. Production at nine cars daily with 350 workers, pending more help, aims to finish in nine to ten months. Government asks employers to curb intercity travel December 15 to January 8 to aid war effort.
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Topeka
Santa Fe
H. B. Lautz
Lautz
Kansas City
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Tongues Will Cost Less As Tongue Prices Drop
Washington Nov 14 The Office of Price Administration announced tongue prices will fall one to three cents a pound at retail starting November while beef veal lamb and mutton sweetbreads rise one to two cents a pound. The tongue decrease follows lower wholesale ceilings due to an error in the original schedule caused the sweetbreads increase.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Crop Insurance Backed by Republicans and FDR Era Plan
Washington on November 14 reports substantial Republican support with the administration for reviving government crop insurance to cover floods droughts storms and grasshoppers. Representative Hope predicts passage before Christmas as Speaker Rayburn schedules debate. Roosevelt hopes the program will someday match Rural Free Delivery in popularity.
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Washington
Hope
R-Kan
House Agriculture Committee
Rayburn
D-Tex
Congress
Roosevelt
War Food Administration
WFA
Ashley Sellers
Commodity Credit _corporation
Sellers
CCC
Restrictions on Cotton Trade Eased By Policy Change
Officials indicated easing limits on cotton exports may allow domestic users access to adequate monthly supplies. The statement suggests potential shifts in trade rules to avert shortages and support manufacturers and consumers relying on cotton products.
Kansan Children Welfare Talk Urges Improved Laws
Dr. Bert Nash outlines gaps in Kansas child welfare programs including lack of investigators probation officers and placement systems. He calls for updated licensing adoption inspection and psychiatric provisions as sponsors plan legislative recommendations to modernize outmoded laws. The PTA Council hosts the final meeting at the high school next Monday at 8.
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Bert Nash
Kansan Living
Karjsas Council For Children
State Association of Probate Judges
Legislative Council
P.T.A. Council
Columbia families gather for church, school programs and births
The Deay and Shuck families plus relatives from Stanwix, Leach, Karnes, and Flory spent Sunday with Elmer Stanwix in Barer. A Columbia school program and box supper were planned for Thursday. David Williams will visit the Shuck and Brohammer homes after spending time in Chillicothe. Harold Flory announces the birth of Donald Lee at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Several families attended communion at Knobnoster. Lone Star schoolhouse hosted shooting children under Dr Chambers and Eva Bourne. Maurine Markley works at Derby mill. Cpl Cecil Dover and families joined gatherings with the Shucks and Brohammers. Florence Gugin visited Baldwin with her parents.
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Frank Deay
Mac Karnes
George Stanwix
Robin Dee Leach
Oscar Shuck
Elwood Deay
Charles Shuck
Darrell
Barbara
Duane
Roy Shuler
Marjorie
Dorothy
Lloyd Shuck
Eva
Warren
Howard
David Williams
Elmer Stanwix
Barer
Florence Gusin
Columbia School House
Carl
Chillicothe
Shuck
Brohammer
Harold Flory
Donald Lee
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Leaves From A War Correspondent Notebook
In Germany, a sergeant nicknamed Okie, a front line avoider turned courier, loses stripes after an AWOL episode as fellow soldiers reject his commands and his guitar. Elsewhere Pvt John Hildebrand and Pvt Glen Curran, on a German outpost patrol, survive a bold nighttime encounter and return to praise from their commander. Staff Sergeant Loren Fifer delivers socks to the front under fire, dashes through German fire, and returns with salvaged gear and morale-boosting humor.
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Germany
Okie
Hilderbrand
Pvt
Glen Curran
Fairmont
W. Va
Siegfried Line
Curran
Loren Fifer
Sherman
Fifer
Indianapolis
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