Missouri students celebrate Rose Bowl title with campus walkout
Missouri University students erupted in a mass campus celebration after clinching the Big Six title with a 45 to 6 win over Kansas. A snake dance drew about 3 thousand participants as professors dismissed classes and the historic Switzler Hall bell rang for the first time since 1939. President Frederick C. Middlebush said little could be done beyond watching the revelry.
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Switzler Hall
Don Faurot
Frederick C. Middlebush
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Lawrence
New chief engineer named for state highway department
Ross C. Keeling 50 named chief state highway engineer to succeed the late R B Wills. D J Fair says appointment takes effect December 1. Keeling has 12 years with the highway commission and 18 months as Norton division construction chief. He is a KU graduate and a World War I veteran.
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Topeka
Ross C. Keeling
Highway Commission
R. B. Wills
D. J. Fair
Keeling
Norton
Logan County
Oakley High School
University of Kansas
France
Field Artillery
American Society of Civil Engineers
Canadian Official Ernest LaPointe Dies at 65
Ernest LaPointe aged 65, minister of justice of Canada, died in Montreal hospital after a long illness. A French speaking stalwart in the House of Commons for over 35 years, he acted as a Canadian spokesman on foreign affairs and signed the first treaty under crown sovereignty with the United States for Pacific coast fisheries protection.
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Montreal
Ernest LaPointe
Canada
LaPointe
House of Commons
W. L. Mackenzie King
United States
Local Quilting Circles Meet and Plan December Gathering
The Jolly Quilters and Clinton Quilting Club held meetings with numerous members present. Plans announced for December 10 at Mrs. C. E. Stanwix’s home and updates on activities across Barber and nearby towns.
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Jolly Quilters
Helen Ice
Anna Houk
Russell Harrell
Kansas City
Joe Clough
Clinton Quilting Club
C. Clough
C. E. Stanwix
Rainier Deskins
Jennie Messenheimer
Arthur Messenheimer
George Richards
Rose Wymer
Howard. Gregory
Mae Stanwix
Lesatatin High School
Red Cross
Barber
Donnie Orton
Wrestle Harrell
McNees
Lawrence
Drake's
Lawrence Sanitary
Fisher
Muretans
University
Tod
Memorial Iron Building
Leslie Fiarrell
Bobby Peterson
Robert Peterson
Intnsas City
Douglas County
Santa Fe
Aly All
Gesling
Belvoir
District 22
Miss Stevens
Rip Van Winkle in Reverse Celebrates 90th Birthday
Trenton reports Albert Edmelore Herpin alias Old Al, famed as a sleepless man, marks his 90th birthday by tending ash barrels for wealthy customers and sipping tea in his shack. He claims perpetual wakefulness, attributing it to old injuries from birth and rejects sensationalism.
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Trenton
N.J
Albert Edmelore Herpin
Rip van Winkle
Herpin
Burns Fatal to Wichita Woman
Mrs. Callie White an 85 year old Wichita resident died from burns suffered when her clothing caught fire from an open stove. Her daughter Opal Gentz was burned severely while smothering her mother. Another daughter Iva Byars lives in Topeka.
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Wichita
Callie White
Opal Gentz
White
Iva Byars
Topeka
By Plane to Keep From Being Reported A W O L
Kansas City news tells of Pvt. John Carignan 22 leaving Ft Yates N Y on 10 day leave for Paso Robles Calif to rejoin the 115th Observation Squadron. He hitchhiked then rode to Wichita hoping a Beech craft flight to Sacramento could be delayed to fetch him.
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Kansas City
John Carignan
National Defense
Hermina W. Carignan
Ft. Yates
N. Y
115Th Observation Squadron
Paso Robles
Calif
Jack Theakston
Kansas District
Theakston
Wichita
Kan
Beechcraft Corporation
Sacramento
Carignan
Douglas County October 1941 finance report notes
County board members and officials receive salaries and expenses in the General Fund while road and welfare funds show payrolls and disbursements. The November 26 1941 Lawrence Journal World piece lists detailed payments, mileage, and supplies for the Douglas County home and farm operation for October 1941.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
General Fund
T. R. Gerhart Roy Flory
Harold A. B . R. Gray
Milton P
Beach John Callahan
Harold C. Fisher
Charles E. Banning
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Fred W. Kehn
A. M. Gardner
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E. Eudaly
Bernice Davis
Wilfred Eudaly
Esther McKinney
Delbert C. Gerstenber
Chas
E. Lindell Damon W. Ridgwa
Howard Lindley
Harold Wilburn
H. H. Gillum
H. B. Axe
R. Nightengale
A. Morris J. A. Jane Books
the Outlook
Remington Rand Co
Remington Rand Inc
Bullock Printing Co
Keelers Book Store
Weelers Book Store
Crane and Company
Yale Print Shop
Allen Press
Lawrence Typewriter World Company
World Company, Telegraph
Teleph MacLee Supply Co
Crave and CO
Cece Roger Williams
P. M
Southwestern Bell Telepho Light
City Water Department
Kansas Public Service Co
F.au
Kansas Electric Power Co
American Service Co
Paul H. Friend
Lawrence Iron Works
Ernst and Son Kennedy Plumbing
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Lawrence Typewriter Exchange
L. H. Griffith
Ed Johnson
Sheriff's
Charles E. Banning Williams-Roberts
Eldon Smith
Wm. P
Douglas County
J. F. Metsker
Pearl EF. Metsker
Esther Finley
Bertha McCartney
J. E. McCartney
Frank Wilson
Archie Georgia
Josephine Richardson
Minnie Shuler
Poehlers ‘ Jeffries
Anderson Coin, Co
Zephyr Bakery
J. J. Penney
Ople Brush Co
Iles Market
TAO W. E. Koehring
Eugene Brune Wolfson Co
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Walter E. Wilson
State Treas
General County
Arthur Richardson O
Denay Pear
E. Metsker
J. BE. McCartney
Bertha McCartney Ette
Economy Service Co
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Chas, Lamb
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Aaon Co
Parsons
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Poehler Ver Cea Co
Opie Rush Ence
Jeffries Dry Goods Co
Wolfson
Leon G. Abele
Lillian Blesner
Margaret Broadwell
Irma A. Burgert
Mary Louise Casey
Cleo Grimes
Elizabeth ‘ Kester
Marion Martin
Helen Quinn
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Cecelia Robinson
Mildred D, Watson
Howard M. Weindel
Betty Woodward
Ecelia Robinson
Lillian Bliesner
D. M. Roberts
Philip Ernst World Co
Poehler Mele Co
Barr Gorrill
Jesseneecees
Kansas Electric Powe
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John E. Taylor
M. T. Coolidge
A.D. Weaver
A. D. Weaver
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A. C. Penney
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William W. Russ
Philip Ernst
FSA Office Opal TV
Archer Southwestern Bell Telephone
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Harry Bowen
Otto Elis
O. O. McCleery
H. D. Kelly Jeryss
Bell Henderson
Chas. Tuttle
M. R. Gill
Roy Oatman
Lorin Watts
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Virgil Gifford
Edward McKitrick
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Harper Ana Rearick
Elmer Carlson
Carence Kiser
William Evans
Chester Hemphill
Dora Niner
A. T. Johnston
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American Service
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Dora Jackson
Eva Abraham
Joseph Storrs
Mary Fenstemaker
Leonard Myers
Kansas Childrens Home
Bert Lahr
Service League
Service League Clothing
Penney Co
Miller-Jones Shoe Co
Aundry Sallie Moore
Douglas County Medical Service
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