Metropolitan Off to a Good Start at Opening Night
New York, Nov. 25. Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt led the rich crowd at the Metropolitan Opera season premiere. The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart opened in a lively gala with diamond tiaras and couture gowns among 4000 attendees. A single mishap sent one guest to hospital after a fall.
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Metropolitan Opera
George Washington Kavanaugh
Decies
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Mrs. Vanderbilt
Thanksgiving assembly led by Hi Y at Liberty Memorial High
The Hi Y of Liberty Memorial high school will host a Thanksgiving assembly tomorrow at 10 20 in the school auditorium John Merriott president Hi Y will lead Dean Paul R Lawson of the University of Kansas will speak on Thanksgiving Its Meaning to Youth Today The program includes We Give Thanks For Our Heritage Wayne Hird Trumpet Hymn of Thanksgiving Harry Johnson Gratitude For Our Blessings Keith Mann Thanksgiving Prayer Dean Gibson devotional chairman
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Liberty Memorial High School
John Merriott
The
Paul R. Lawson
University of Kansas
Wayne Hird
Trumpet Solo
Harry Johnson
Keith Mann
Dean Gibson
Army to Grant Yuletide Furloughs to 700000 Soldiers
Washington announced a generous Christmas break plan with 700000 to 800000 soldiers to receive furloughs. About half of land forces will go home for the holidays, with leaves scheduled on December 12 or December 20 and return dates January 4 or January 12, easing the biggest holiday transport rush in over two decades.
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Washington
War Department
Association of American Railways
Food Stamp Meeting Draws 250 Plus Douglas County Attendees
More than 250 grocery merchants and employees packed the Douglas County court house for a food stamp meeting. Paul J. Messer of the surplus marketing administration outlined rules for dealers handling food stamp purchases by welfare clients and said investigators will begin work soon. He stressed there is no aim to arrest violators.
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Douglas County
Court House
Paul J. Messer
Surplus Marketing Administration
Messer
Peckinpaugh Promoted to Indians Front Office
Cleveland November 25 The Indians name Roger T Peckinpaugh as vice president and top front office executive. President Alva Bradley announced the shift, aimed at naming a successor to Peckinpaugh as field chief as Cyril C Slapnicka exits after the Indians tie for fourth place. Peckinpaugh, manager from 1928 to 1933 and again last season, returns to the front office in the new role.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Roger T. Peckinpaugh
Alva Bradley
Peckinpaugh
Indians
Oscar Vitt
Communists Routed in Five-Hour Serbia Battle
A Belgrade dispatch via Obnova reports a five hour clash in which 150 Serbs were killed and 900 taken prisoner while volunteer militiamen of Rudnik claimed the victory. The Obnova account also says Kutschivo was cleansed after a two hour skirmish with 63 killed and 20 wounded.
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Berlin
DNB
Belgrade
Obnova
Rudnik
Kutschivo
Final Report Highlights 1941 Social Service Canning Kitchen
The board reviews the season May 13 to October 25. 14 283 jars canned serving 141 families from rural routes South Lawrence and North Lawrence. 842 jars packed for noon lunches under Miss Kindlesperger. Gifts of sweet corn tea towels and ice water noted. Mrs F J Boyles steered finances within 400 budget and earned thanks from the board. Sewing room shows over 2 400 garments in six months with 60 plus monthly store sales. Gifts fund sewing machine from Clara S Gilham estate and 22 50 from Curtis Publishing for subscriptions. Financial year changed to align with Community Chest years 1941 1942.
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Social Service League
South Lawrence
North Lawrence
J. S. Daniels
Clara S. Gilham
Curtis Publishing Company
Community Chest
All Kansas Music Clinic to Be Held in Emporia
Emporia hosts an all Kansas music clinic and conference at Emporia Teachers College December 5 to 7. About 250 selected high school musicians and many supervisors attend. Two bands two orchestras and three choruses will be directed by three guest conductors and 18 college instructors. Gerald Prescott of the University of Minnesota will direct the bands Charles Richter of Iowa University the orchestras and Nobel Cain of Chicago the choruses. At a forum Albert Brown Chanute Paul Painter Winfield and Bernard Regier Hutchinson discuss band orchestra and chorus problems.
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Emporia Teachers College
Gerald Prescott
University of Minnesota
Charles Richter
Iowa University
Nobel Cain
Chicago
Albert Brown
Chanute
Paul Painter
Winfield
Bernard Regier
Hutchinson
Windsors Visit Criticized In Commons Over U S Tour
Laborite Alexander Sloan pressed the House of Commons about bitter U S newspaper comment on the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. He cited ostentatious jewelry displays during rationing. The undersecretary replied the colonial secretary had not been notified.
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London
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
United States
House of Commons
Alexander Sloan
G. H. Hall
Leads U. S. Forces in Far East Puzzle
A historic puzzle page features a U. S. Army portrait of Lieut. Gen. Douglas A. MacArthur era clues. Across and down hints cover geography units and military terms with references to continents, metals, and common words.
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U. S
Far East
Anti-Comintern Pact Expanded with New Signatories in Berlin
In Berlin on November 25 the anti Comintern pact was renewed for five years and broadened to 13 signatories. Germany and Japan joined by Italy Spain Hungary Manchukuo and others welcomed new members Bulgaria Denmark Finland Croatia Romania Slovakia and a Chinese government telegram from Nanking. Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop declared Western democracies assist world communism and pledged no rest until Bolshevism is destroyed.
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Germany
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Moscow
London
Washington
Ribbentrop
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Denmark
Finland
Croatia
Rumania
Slovakia
Reichschancellery
von Ribbentrop
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Spain
Hungary
Manchukuo
Ambresadors
Ramon Serrano Smer
Mihail Antonescu
Romania
ENTER P. N. STEVENS HOME Thief Gets Radio
A burglar entered through an unlocked downstairs window at 323 Illinois Street and stole a radio two fountain pens an old watch and chain from the first floor while the Stevens slept upstairs. A coat vest and shirt belonging to Mr Stevens were taken but recovered in a barn near the home.
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P. N. Stevens
Illinois Street
Finnish Troops Accused of Aiding German Supply Lines
U S officials charged that Finnish troops are being used by Germany to block the Murmansk Moscow supply route. Secretary Stimson and Major General Burns said the Finns are aiding Germany in cutting lines for lend lease material to Russia and urged a change in policy.
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Washington
Stimson
Murmansk-Moscow
Russia
James H. Burns
Germany
Burns
Germany to Concentrate on Line Harmful to U.S. Interests
A brief dispatch notes Berlin intends to focus its policy on a route or strategy deemed detrimental to United States interests. The report frames the move as a strategic shift amid ongoing diplomatic tensions and wartime concerns.
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Germany
United States
Marriage License Issued by Probate Judge Frank R
A marriage license has been issued by Probate Judge Frank R to a couple, authorizing the union under the jurisdiction of the county court. The filing lists both parties and confirms eligibility for the marriage ceremony.
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Frank R
Gift stamp to Lawrence residents prompts Journal-World subscription
A note on a Christmas gift stamped for Robert Lewis and Jean Lawrence of Lawrence suggests a push to renew or start a subscription to the Journal-World. The message hints at engaging a former Lawrence resident and using a gift stamp as incentive.
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Robert Lewis
Jean Lawrence
Lawrence
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