Corridor to Alaska Highway Corridor Hypothesized in War Navy Bargain
Washington November 29. Discussion of Canada granting a corridor for a Alaska highway to move troops and supplies in war emerges amid talk of trading more US warships to Great Britain. Officials have not confirmed any such plan though Lord Lothian’s remarks on Britain’s urgent naval needs fuel speculation.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Alaska
Great Britain
Lord Lothian
London
Anthony J. Dimond
Congress
Hazelton
England
Ottawa Resident Dies After Auto Crash
W. H. Church, 85, died of injuries from an automobile accident Thursday in Ottawa. His wife Mrs. Church, 81, was seriously injured. Russell Ribeau, 22, and his father William Ribeau sustained less serious injuries. Church had lived in Ottawa for 60 years.
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Ottawa
P—W. H. Church
Civil Service Date Extended at Fort Riley
The United States Civil Service Commission extends the closing date for hospital attendant and mess attendant jobs at Fort Riley station hospital in the War Department to December 12, 1940. Pay ranges from 540 to 960 dollars annually.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Station
War Department
Fort Riley
Kan
Dean Nesmith to Funeral in Belleville
University of Kansas athletic trainer Dean Nesmith went to Belleville to attend the funeral of his father Leslie Nesmith 70 who died at his home there Wednesday. Nesmith survives with four other sons, all athletes, including Ole Nesmith now Buffalo pro coach, Glenn Nesmith in California, Paul Nesmith and Gene Nesmith a Nebraska farmer.
Woman ends holdup at Kansas gunshop
Mrs. Heyens walked into F. L. Heyens gunshop during a robbery in Stafford Kansas and opened fire on the three armed men. One surrendered while the others fled in a car with a woman. After a cross county chase, all four suspects were captured and held for charges at St John.
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Stafford
Kan
F. L. Heyens
St. John
Retail Buying Surges in 1940 Amid Cold Weather
Dun & Bradstreet reports retail buying in the United States rose 8 to 10 percent on average from the previous year as cold weather and the Christmas season boost demand for heavy apparel. Midwest gains reach 12 to 30 percent, New England 6 to 8 percent, the East 8 to 12 percent, while the Southwest slows due to snow and ice. In Stafford Springs Connecticut a head-on collision occurs as Elmer Snow and Walter Storm crash after slick pavement from the season’s first snowstorm.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
New England
East
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Snow
Storm
Stafford Springs
Conn
Elmer Snow
New Britain
Walter Storm
Cambridge
Mass
Move Families to Shelters in Raid
Relief workers fed and sheltered many families bombed out of their homes during a NATO raid on Merseyside. Liverpool suffered extensive destruction as waves of German bombers attacked from the Irish Sea, with rescue teams digging for victims amid wreckage and air raid officials planning transfers to safer accommodations. Casualties were described as surprisingly slight given the duration and intensity of the bombardment.
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Liverpool
England
Merseyside
Irish Sea
Fin
Erland
Nort
Salvation Army Christmas Booths Set For Downtown Tue
Salvation Army booths will rise tomorrow morning in front of Woolworth's Montgomery Ward's and Crown Drug with a new booth added in front of Montgomery Ward and Company Captain Brigman said. The effort aims to replace older booths and expand Christmas baskets distribution. Last year 147 baskets were given to needy families containing fowl fruit vegetables dairy and staples.
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Salvation Army
Olin Brigman
Woolworth’s
Montgomery Ward’s
Crown Drug Company
Montgomery Ward and Company
Brigman
Belt for President Club Campaign Launches in Hermiston
A Boy Scout from Hermiston nominated Bill Belt for U S president in 1964 at a summer camp. The Belt for President in 1964 movement has begun a campaign push with humor and civic interest.
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Boy Scout
Hermiston
Ore
Bill Belt
United States
Marriage Licenses Issued in Topeka and Lawrence
The probate judge issued licenses for Frank Atwood of Topeka and Laura Smith of Emporia, and for Martin J. Selichnow of Lawrence and Alberta Rule of Lawrence.
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Frank Atwood
Topeka
Laura Smith
Emporia
Martin J. Selichnow
Alberta Rule
Lawrence
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