U S Tank Output Surpasses Britain In War Drive
Washington reports defense officials say the United States has overtaken Britain in tank production and is rushing more units to battle fronts under the lease Lend program. A proposed victory plan envisions 33 600 tanks yearly, with 2 000 medium and 800 light tanks monthly, while November output runs about 30 percent above early estimates.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Russia
England
Office of Production Management
OPM
Benefit program nets $80.31 for Junior High PTA
The Junior High Parent-Teachers association held a Monday night benefit attracting about 250 attendees. Two one act plays, a science demonstration, tumbling and bar work, and music entertained guests. Mrs. Deal Six presented a luggage gift to retiring principal John E. Jacobs.
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Junior High
Parent-Teachers, Association
Boys’ Leaders Club
Fred Ellsworth
Deal Six
John E. Jacobs
Junior High Parent-Teachers Association
City
Parent-Teacher Council
Thayer B. Gaston
Warren M. Smith
Master classes host famed pianist Isidor Philipp in Kansas meet
About 40 piano teachers from Lawrence Topeka Leavenworth Emporia and other cities attended a University master class by Isidor Philipp celebrated pianist and teacher from the National Conservatory Paris. A 34 member luncheon in the Old English room covered Philipps flight from Paris before the war and his links to Liszt Rubinstein Saint Saens and Debussy among others.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Leavenworth
Emporia
Isidor Philipp
National Conservatory
Paris
France
Union Building
Monsieur Philipp
Philipp
Mathias
Chopin
Anton Rubinstein
Franz Liszt
Saint‘Saens
Cesar
Franck
Debussy
Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Sover
Dean
Swarthout
Valleyview
Dean Swarthout
Germany
Y W C A Bazaar at Memorial Union Next Week
The annual University Y W C A bazaar will be held in the Memorial Union lobby on Wednesday Thursday and Friday of next week. Various articles are offered for sale with profits going to the student women's organization fund.
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Y.W.C.A
University Y.W
S the Memorial Union Building
Battle. Five Hundred Guerrillas Reported Killed and 1 100 Taken
Budapest reports 500 Serb guerrillas killed and 1 109 captured in recent days. Germans say 150 killed and 600 captured at Rudnic central Serbia. Another 150 killed and 300 captured near another site in East Serbia. Zagreb cites 1500 children orphaned in Bihac.
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Budapest
Hungary
Former
Yugoslavia
Ae Dnb
Rudnic
Serbia
Banjaluka
Bubic
Zagreb
Bihac
Vacation Sparks Student Jubilation and Tournament Ready
University students celebrate an authorized Thanksgiving break while a busy week of campus life continues. The upcoming four day vacation and a large bridge tournament with about 70 entrants will unfold in the Memorial Union lounge as plans finalize.
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Enwa
Memorial Union
Deaths and Funerals William LaCoss
William LaCoss 77 died at home on Kentucky street. Funeral at St. John Catholic church Friday at 9 AM with Rev. Andrew Green officiating. Burial in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Rosary at Funk chapel Thursday 7 30 PM. Pallbearers named. Survived by wife Caroline, daughter Mrs. R. P. Conboy of Lawrence, son Louis LaCoss of St. Louis.
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William LaCoss
Kentucky Street
St. John Catholic Church
Andrew Green
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Funk Chapel
Thomas Lenahan
Frank G. Fitzpatrick
L. L. Riling
R. M. Reeves
George E. Price
Nk Fox
E. D. Kinnay
C. A. Conboy
Olathe
Kan
LaCoss
Caroline LaCoss
R. P. Conboy
Lawrence
Louis LaCoss
St. Louis
Hans Lobert Named Phillies Manager Succeeding Prothro
Philadelphia November 26 Hans Lobert 60 year old coach of the National League Phillies for eight years was named manager of the club succeeding Doc Prothro Gerry Nugent president of the club said Prothro had plans but could not disclose them all Nugent added that the club made little progress under Prothro last season due to losses including star pitcher Hugh Mulcahy drafted into the army
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Philadelphia
John
Hans) Lobert
National League Phillies
Doc Prothro
Gerry Nugent
Prothro
Nugent
Hugh Mulcahy
Scientist Farmer Albert Weaver Dies in Bird City
Albert Weaver 77 a leading expert on dry land farming died Tuesday of pneumonia at his home. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Methodist church. He gained national fame for crops in dry years through scientific soil treatment and summer tilling methods. His operations covered about 15 000 acres and he averaged 100 000 bushels of wheat and 20 000 bushels of potatoes annually. He is survived by his widow and a son.
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Bird City
Albert Weaver
Hedrick and Father Bound Over in Johnson County Case
Frank D. Hedrick Jr. and his father were bound over to district court for a second time on gambling and bribery charges in Johnson County. Preliminary hearings before Justice John S. Steed featured multiple conferences among Mitchell, Ward, and defense lawyers as bond was set at 1000 dollars for each.
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Olathe
Kan
Frank D. Hedrick, Jr
Johnson County
Mitchell
Guy Ward
John S. Steed
Survivors claim depth charges killed Reuben James crew
Survivors say an unknown number of the 100 men aboard the torpedoed destroyer Reuben James died from the ship s own depth charges as they clung to life rafts in icy waters near October 31. They reported two charges exploded at 50 and 100 feet, a safety catch was unlocked, and lifebelts were torn from bodies. Secretary Knox said two depth charge explosions occurred but exact effects were unclear.
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Associated Press
John T. Casey
Third Naval District Public Relations Office
Navy Department
Naval
Washington
Navy
New York
Reuben James
Iceand
Robert Carr
Buffalo
Lloyd Sims
Marianna
Fla
Joseph Molnar
Allentown
Jesse Weaver
West Point
Tenn
William H. Painter
Greenville
S. C
Secretary of Navy
Knox
Kansans plan trips to see Army Navy game
Heard in Lawrence Frank W. McDonald Lawrence and Jonas Graber Topeka will travel to Washington DC and Baltimore MD to watch the Army Navy game Saturday. Linwood high school defeats University high 28 to 16 in a local game. The University high team will travel to Olathe December 12 to face the School for the Deaf. A J T Constant of Lawrence lands a 12000 dollar government contract for Ft. Riley fence work.
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Lawrence
Jonas Graber
Topeka
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Army- Navy
J. T. Constant Company of
Ft. Riley
Linwood High School
University High School
University High
Olathe
School For the Deaf
Gloomy Outlook for Washington Japan Talks Darken Prospects
Tokyo reports indicate a bleak mood in Tokyo as Secretary Hull presses ABCD envoys for reduced tensions with the United States. Washington urges remaining Americans to leave, with 860 now still in Japan including about 360 missionaries likely to stay. Tatuta Maru to sail December 2 to Los Angeles and Balboa, enabling more evacuations though prior advice warned facilities may not be retained.
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Hull
Washington Negolations
U. S
Stanley Slavens
Foreign Office
Los Angeles
Cal
Balboa
C. Z
Paul
Talks on Japanese Talks Resume Might Start Today
Secretary Hull indicated at his daily press conference that lengthy Japanese American diplomatic talks may be resumed later today. Reports spread that discussions were nearing their final critical stages, though Hull refused to comment on any phase of the Far Eastern situation.
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Washington
Hull
Would Remove Judges
Washington November 26 1941 Associate Justice Robert H Jackson told senators that several federal judges should have been removed for misbehavior when he was attorney general but impeachment proceedings were not feasible. Carmody on Missouri Tour Coach John Carmody of Haskell Institute left for Missouri on Indian loan fund business visiting Kansas City Joplin St Louis Columbia and Mexico Mo and likely to return to Lawrence Saturday.
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Washington
Robert H. Jackson
Carmody
Missouri
John Carmody
Haskell Institute
Kansas City
Joplin
St. Louis
Columbia
Mexico
Lawrence
Oil Tests Hint New Production in Reno County Area
Oil shows at two tests suggest potential new production in western Reno county or extension of the Peace Creek pool 34 miles to the northeast as of November 26.
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Hutchinson
Reno County
Peace Creek
Mussolini May Visit Libyan Front to Boost Troops
The Rome radio reports Premier Mussolini may depart Rome for the Libyan front to inspire Italian soldiers, amid wartime moves and broadcasts heard today.
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Tr Duce
Libya
New York
Mussolini
Rome
Missionary Society Meets Discusses Home Missions At Big Springs
The Big Springs Women’s Missionary Society met Thursday at Mrs. Etta Boursaw’s home with ten members. Eva Wimmer gave a illustrated talk on missionary fields, Arthur Johnson sang Send the Light, and Mrs. Harry Riley presided. Births announced for a son and a daughter born November 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Riley and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Emery. A community social at Big Springs United Brethren church basement featured games and refreshments. Carl Schneider headed to Parsons for federal works at a shell loading plant. Topeka visitors Gilkson called on friends and attended church.
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Women's “Missionary Society
Etta Boursaw
Eva Wimmer
Arthur Johnson
Harry Riley
Ben Emery
Big Springs
Railroad workers asked to refrain from holiday travel
Topeka November 26 Santa Fe general manager H B Lautz urged over 4000 railroad families and Santa Fe employees elsewhere not to ride trains as holiday passengers to ease soldier travel. He noted other lines issued similar requests and predicted heavy holiday travel.
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Topeka
Pi—Railroad
H. B. Lautz
Santa Fe
Laytz
Community Notes Highlight Projects and Visits Across Jefferson County
Rev W M Rogers from Topeka delivered a stirring sermon at the M E chapel with a Sunday school lesson and a primary class song. Farm Bureau achievement day at Oskaloosa drew 125 members for a noon dinner. prizes awarded to Juanita Beard and John Pentuin. Kenneth Moses, once of Lawrence, and Monteve Stewart of Eskridge plan spring wedding. open house week celebrated by Wellman district pupils with an amateur contest and apples and doughnuts. Visits include Ralph Snyder in Wichita and Barbara Zook’s party at Valley Grove, while wheat sowing and kaffir lespedeza harvesting loom.
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W. M. Rogers
Topeka
M. E. Chapel
Howard Wellman
W. A. Wellman
Ivan Pippett
Christian Endeavor
Lea Smith
Jefferson County Goal
McLouth
Frank Schaeffer
Kansas Daughters of the American Revolution
McLouth High School
June Morrow
Lenora
Marilee Garrett
Hutchinson
Washington, D. C
Ralph Snyder
Wichita
Max Rollin
W. W. Wellman
Agnes Nowak
Mia. van Nowak
Farm Bureau Unit
Methodist Church
Oskaloosa
E. E. Ferguson
Lucille Lengden
Valley Grove Church
Juanita Beard
John Pentuin
Altho
Harry Wellman
Hosta
Wellman
Jennie Slater
Oregon
Verona McDonald
Frank Champion
Clifford Wellman
Slater
Ernest Walters
Nebraska
Lewis Moses
Lawrence
Kenneth
Monteve Stewart
Eskridge
Moses
Famly
K. U
Bureau of Navigation
Washington
Henry Lawless
Kansas City
Cecil Feister
Helen Hehn
Beula
Forrest Hehn
Moore
Mabel Moore
D. Black
Anna Belle Baker
Laura Zook
Lora
Ada Groves
Florence Zook
Ivan Pippert
Virgil Groves
Stanley Hall
Leonard Zook
Elaine Zook
Barbara Zook
Chester
Lucille Langden
Valley Grove School
Richard Petrie
Bleyins
Alton Hall
Albert Pippett
H. C. Zook
Howard Crafword
Wkansas City
Card of Thanks from Orr Family
To the Kanwaka friends and others we are unable to reach personally we express heartfelt thanks for flowers and expressions of kindness after the death of our husband and father. Mrs Will Orr Thelma and Wilma.
Community Notes From McLouth Circles And Visits
Mrs. Sarah Moses returned home after visiting family in Kansas City. Residents reported visits by Mrs. Jennie Slater and Mrs. Dave McDonald to McLouth, with Slater later traveling to Oregon. Mrs. E B Davis joined Robert Davison in Leavenworth to see her mother Mrs. Kate McGuire. Neighborhood Circle hosted a luncheon with about 30 attendees and a jewel prize for Elia Moore. Upcoming gatherings include Mrs. Dan Petrie hosting December 5 and the Happy Hour club event hosted by Mrs. Guilford Ridgway. Community members attended W S C O meeting in McLouth and an evangelism lesson at Frank Landon’s. The county Institute featured Mrs. Lillian Mitchener as guest. Subscription offer noted for Journal-World gifts.
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Sarah Moses
Ernest Davison
Kansas City
Jennie Slater
Dave McDonald
Nate Osborn
McLouth
Slater
Oregon
Topeka
Harry Walters
E. B. Davis
Robert Davison
Leavenworth
Kate McGuire
Maggie Hart
Hart
Elia Moore
Jeward
Syl White
Cecil Feister
Opal Wellman
Dan Petrie
Guilford Ridgway
Happy Hour Club
Wolfe
Cecil Felster
Methodist Church
Frank Landon
Nettle Haworth
Walter Kimmel
County Institute
Earl Bowers
Classified Pane Tops The Journal World Market
The Journal World Classified Pane remains the busiest marketplace in town, serving buyers and sellers with a wide range of listings and opportunities daily.
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Journal-World
Wall Street Opens With Slight Decline Amid Labor News
The market moved lower as labor and foreign news shaped pessimistic sentiment. Shares slipped after steels and aircrafts eased, with closing losses generally small though some issues fell a point or more. A few specialties posted modest gains and overall volume ran about 800,000 shares.
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Wall Street
New York
Nancy
Stumped on a Christmas gift for a Lawrence native
A quirky suggestion to give an all access subscription to the Journal-World as a gift for a former Lawrence resident.
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Lawrence
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