Labor strike curb bill tests Congress as rail wage dispute grows
Washington mirrors a bitter showdown over a national strike curb bill amid rail wage demands totaling about 400 million dollars a year. House and Senate consider rival approaches while the Roosevelt administration weighs mediation and arbitration options to avert a broad stoppage. The railroad wage talks seek a settlement by December 7 with a board led by Dean Morse weighing mediation versus new arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Idue
Labor Committee
National Defense Mediation Board
Naval Committee
Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Arbitration Board
Norris-LaGuardia
Smith
D.va
Senate
Connally
D.-Tex
Wayne Lyman Morse
University of Oregon Law College
Young G.O.P. Convention Aims To Pick State Chair
W. C. Jones of Olathe leads in the race for state Young Republican chairman with strong support in the first, second and third districts and solid backing in the fourth and sixth. H. W. Bahnman of Plains trails with backing in the fifth district and some sixth district strength. The biennial state convention meets Thursday and Friday in Topeka with a banquet Thursday night featuring Congressman Joseph W. Martin Jr. and keynote speech by John E. Buehler. Sen. Arthur Capper Gov. Payne Ratner and others speak Friday before elections and resolutions. A stage show and dance close the event amid debate on war policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
W. C. Jones
Olathe
Johnson County
John McCall
Chanute
Neosho County
G.O.P
Jones
H. W. Bahnman
Plains
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
House
Martin
John E. Buehler
Atchison County
Arthur Capper
Payne Ratner
Vegetable Prosperity in New Mexico Harvest
Bluewater Valley farmers reported about 500000 dollars from lettuce and carrots this year. Growers saw a 400 percent increase over last year with around 530 freight carloads shipped during the last harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Grants
N. M
Bluewater Valley
Ratner Urges Teamwork at Wyandotte H S Celebration
Gov Payne Ratner urged unity and teamwork at a banquet honoring the undefeated Wyandotte High School football team. He said the country must face the crisis as a united people with everyone doing his share to win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratner
Kansas City
UPI
Payne Ratner
Wyandotte
Nwill
Bankhead Continues Show Despite Pneumonia
Tallulah Bankhead pressed on with the performance of Clash by Night at the Locust Street theater despite pneumonia. Dr. A I Reubenstone said she had been ill for at least 24 hours before collapsing backstage on November 17, but is now past the danger point and the show is closed pending her recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Tallulah_Bankhead
Altho
Reubenstone
Locust Street Theater
WPA Administrator urges farmers to report labor needs to foremen
Clarence Nevins states farmers not served by local offices should report labor needs to WPA foremen so project teams can supply qualified workers. If unavailable, employers are referred to the WPA county placement officer who informs on local availability and sends workers from projects. All WPA workers should accept private offers if pay and conditions meet local standards. noncompliant workers will be dropped. County officer in Douglas County is John T. Ice, Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Nevins
WPA
Nevins
Douglas County
John T. Ice
Elm
Lawrence
Kan
TENSE IN TOKYO AS PACIFIC NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
Tokyo observers report a tense cabinet session after yesterday’s talks on Pacific negotiations in Washington. Roosevelts press conference and meetings with Hull Stimson Knox Marshall and Stark dominate front pages as Tokyo awaits the U S reply and Thai ABCD encirclement claims unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Pacific
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Stimson
Knox
George C. Marshall
Harold Stark
Asahi
America
United States
Miyako
Rangoon
China
Hideki Tojo
Bangkok
Thailand
Malaya
Indo- China
Haskell Institute staff pledge $5400 for defense bonds
Haskell Institute employees unanimously pledge to invest in defense savings bonds totaling at least $5400 annually. Supt G Warren Spaulding said all regular staff signed up via pledge cards with payments about $450 a month, though some will give more. The plan mirrors programs used in various government departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Institute
Defense
G. Warren Spauling
Spaulding
Indian Service
Department of the Interior
Progress in China Relief Reaches Halfway Mark
United China Relief has reached the halfway point of its $5,000,000 goal for China's war sufferers. James G. Blaine, chairman, announced that committees are active in more than 300 towns and cities in the United States Cuba Honolulu and Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
New York
United China Relief
James G. Blaine
United States
Cuba
Honolulu
Alaska
Oslo imposes food cuts on idle residents under wartime decree
Norwegian decree targets citizens deemed lazy or unwilling to work. Those considered productive will receive more food and essential commodities while the idle face reduced rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Norway
Feeler for peace in East Asia alleged by Nanking sources
Nazi agents in the Far East reportedly press a Chinese Japanese peace rapprochement via Nanking. A Chinese source warned that reduced U S aid could force Chungking to accept terms while German envoys target a settlement to free Japan’s forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Far East
Japan
China
Nanking
United States
Chungking
Ching-Wei
Fritz Weidemann
San Francisco
Tientsin
Heinrich George Stahmer
Tokyo
Hitler
Orient
Chiang Kai- Shek
Pacific
Roosevelt
Hull
Hu Shih
Deaths and Funerals Open for Hawk and Burns
Funeral notices report Dwight L. Hawk 33 of Tongahoxie died after a hunting accident. Services Sunday at 2:30 PM at Oskaloosa Presbyterian Church with viewing at Gabel funeral home. Survived by wife, Ruth, mother Maude Hawk, sister Fay Brown, brother Ralph. Myrtle Belle Burns 61 died at home. Services Monday 2 PM Rumsey funeral home. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by sons Orville, Albert, Haward. daughters Pauline Oettinger, Mabel Clark, Dorothy Smith. six grandchildren. brother Joe Schuler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight L. Hawk
Tongahoxie
Presbyterian Church
Oskaloosa
Gabel Funeral Home
Fay Brown
Lawrence
Ralph Hawk
Myrtle Belle Burns
Rumsey Funeral
Tolliver
Oak Hill Cemetery
Dorothy Smith
Joe Schuler
Surf
Cal
Mrs Edna H Bock remembered as former Lawrence resident
Death of Mrs Edna H Bock occurred Friday morning at her daughter Mrs F A Asendorf home in Baxter Springs Kansas She is survived by daughter Mrs Asendorf son Malcolm Conn of Green Mountain Falls Colorado one grandson James Asendorf and two granddaughters Burial will be at Neosho Missouri Monday morning Malcolm Conn previously operated the Eldridge hotel here about 35 years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna H. Bock
Lawrence
F. A. Asendorf
Baxter Springs
Kan
Asendorf
Malcolm Conn
Green Mountain Falls
Colo
James Asendorf
Meuser to Accept Half Interest in Monett Times
Monett Missouri November 29 Kenneth G Meuser, former editor of the Kingman Leader Courier, will join Menze Hainline to form a corporation after January 1 with Hainline overseeing news circulation and Meuser handling advertising and printing. Hainline previously owned the Kingman paper, sold it to Meuser in 1939, then Meuser sold it to Ralph Baker this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monett
Monett Times
Kenneth G. Meuser
The
Kingman
Kan
Leader- Courier
Menze Hainline
Times
Hainline
Meuser
Ralph T. Baker
48 New Citizens Naturalized in Topeka Ceremony
Federal District Judge Richard J. Hopkins administered the oath of allegiance to 48 new U S citizens in Topeka. The group, the largest in years, represented 18 countries. A H Bodie of the Kansas City immigration district cited peak applications due to new alien registration laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Richard J. Hopkins
United States
A. H. Bodie
Kansas City
University of Kansas Symphony to Present Record-Size Concert
The University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra will perform a larger program than any before next Thursday evening in Hoch auditorium announced by director Karl Kuersteiner. The concert will feature dance novelties by Alice Sherbon and Melba Schilling, the Quartets from Rigoletto by the Moncrieff singers, and Rossini’s Overture to William Tell performed for the first time by the university orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra
Hoch Auditorium
Karl Kuersteiner
School of Fine Arts
Kuersteiner
Lawrence
Alice Sherbon
Department of Home Economics
Melba Schilling
Department of Physical Education
Euersteiner
Moncrieff Singers
Alice Marie Smart
Suzanne Schmidt
E. M. Brack
Edgar Haage
Rossini
Tulsa Nursing Home Faces Closure Over Cruelty Claim
Tulsa state charity head Mrs. Mable Bassett filed a district court petition seeking the Miller Nursing Home to be closed after alleging extreme cruelty to elderly residents. Attorney Elmer Adams dismissed the charges as ridiculous and unfounded and vowed to fight any closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Mable Bassett
State Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
Miller Nursing Home
Elmer Adams
Leta Miller
Schools to Resume Work After Thanksgiving Break
City students return to classes Monday at the regular morning time following Thanksgiving vacation. The Board of Education will meet Monday evening at 7 30 at the high school for its regular monthly session. In other news Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Miller, formerly editor of the Cavalry Journal and adjutant at Fort Riley, is transferred to the Fort Meade center as assistant chief of staff for supply and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Tank Center
Omaha
UPI
Charles S. Miller
7Th Corps
Tank Destroyer Tactical and
Soviet Counterattack Drives Germans Back Northwest of Moscow
Moscow radio quoted Izvestia dispatches reporting a powerful Red Army counter thrust northwest of Moscow with Volga crossings on ice and German forces driven from towns. The broadcast said Russian forces held the line along the defense arc near the capital and slowed a flank movement southeast of Tula, with heavy fighting ongoing Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Volga
Moscow Radio
Izvestia
Tula
Kalinin
Klin
Stalinogorsk
Navy Prevails In Annual Army Clash
Navy defeats Army 7-6 in a tight annual rival game as Busik and Clark spark a decisive 68 yard march capped by a late Navy TD. Leonard adds extra point after Navy’s scoring drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
ARMY
Busik
Phil Hurt
Bob Leonard
Woods
Werner
Clark
Leonard
Mazur
Mazur-Hill
Tojo Denounces Allied Actions in East Asia
Premier Gen. Ideki Tojo, in a message to Japan China and Manchukuo, says Britain and the United States fish in troubled waters seeking to pit peoples against each other. He vows a purge of such practices from East Asia with a vengeance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Ideki Tojo
Japan
China
Manchukuo
Britain
United States
East Asia
Driver Injured When Truck Crashes in East Lawrence
David Fowler, 23, driver for Speck's delivery service, was injured when his 1936 Ford panel truck crashed into a parked vehicle in East Lawrence yesterday evening. He was treated at Memorial Hospital and released this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Fowler
Speck
East Lawrence
Fowler
Memorial Hospital
Hopewell and Independence Community Social Notes
Numerous Hopewell and Independence residents host and attend dinners visits and family events. Friends and relatives from Baldwin Ottawa Modesto and Kansas City gather for birthdays funerals and community meetings as the Hopewell club and Phi Mu sorority hold their events.
Bethel Hosts Weekend Guests From St Louis
Mr and Mrs Ralph Goodman of St Louis visited Bethel with Mr and Mrs Jim Jones arriving Friday evening. A family dinner was held at the Jones home on Saturday as part of their weekend visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Goodman
St. Louis
Jim Jones
Jones
Community Greetings And Family News Highlights
Mr and Mrs Charlies Crawford and sons Walter and Dale visit. Harold Allen of Overbrook joins supper with Raymond Oehrle family. Lois Hepner visits with sister Mrs Lloyd Hoffman. Myrtle Hoffman from Kansas City spends weekend with parents Ben Hoffman. Mrs Fred Walker visits with George Snyder’s family. Reece Swimley sick with flu. sister Nellie Hyland helps. Ernest Albright and daughters Martha and Mary dine with Clarence Albright. Ben Hoffman family with Alvin Stahel and son Irvin on Sunday. Howard Hoffman of Worden dines with Lloyd Hoffman’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Hilkey
Bert Hoover
Overbrook
Walter Hilkey
Modesto
Calif
Lewis Tucker
Lois
Ralph Ice
Harold
Georgia Mae
Yarnold
Ice
Ada Williams
R. C. Mitchell
Hopewell
Red Cross
Arley Lederer
Linda
Earl Lederer
George Newland
Jay
Laura Pearson
Baldwin
John Lederer
Key
Ottawa
Bill Randel
Roy Merchant
Jim Liggett
Julia
Baldwin High School
Charles Simrock
C. C. Robinson
Wichita
Bins. Robinson
Wayne Gray
L. B. Snyder
Bessije Thompson
Calvin Purvis
Fred Purvis
Irvin Greer
Ralph Lowell
Jack Dashiel
Kansas City
Irvin
Orey Cooper
Mount Vernon
Iva Dodson
Myra
Lawrence
Cooper
Dodson
Simrock
Bonnie Adriance
Hope
Lena Milburn
Buddy Reynolds
Buddy
Ray Reynolds
Leo Dyer
Harry Saree
Earl Kirker
Kathleen
Bob Dyer
Herman Brown
Leonard Whitted
Carrie Williams
Helen Thomas
Lenora
Cecil Dover
Ray Price
Harold Groff
Montebello
Groff
Cleo Price
Hopewell Community Club
Fark Lederer
Phi Mu Sorority Girls
Mary Clemmons
Charles Reeks
First Methodist Church
Charlies Crawford
Walter and
Dale
Charles Jones
Harold Allen
Raymond Oehrle
Lois Hepner
Lloyd Hoffman
Myrtle Hoffman
Ben Hoffman
Fred Walker
George Snyder
Reece Swimley
Nellie Hyland
Ernest Albright
Martha
Mary
Ernest
Clarence Albright
Alvin Stahel
Howard Hoffman
Worden
H. L. Bryan
K. C. Gryder
James Edmond
L.D. Pierce
Leonard Anderson
Laura Anderson
Henry Fox
Independence
Billy
Barbara
Henik
Dorothy
Roy’ Hubbard
Fred
Edna Henik
Raymond Martin
Vinland
Linwood
Frank Shimanek
Oxford Junction
Katie Henik
Clayton Walker
Donald
Leavenworth
Allie Babcock
Hubert Kimberlin
Steneking
Nora Hare
John Wickey
Fred Smith
D. Thistlethwaite
Frank Smith
Kan
P. H. Day
Day
Therese Dunlap
Mary Lee
Robert Lee
Chester Daniels
Richard
George Henak
Edna
William Henak
Betty
Shirley
Katie Henak
William Henik
Herbert Torneden
Anna Torneden
Villa Eden
Frank Henik
Ernest Cowley
Albert Hadl
Eudora
John Martin
Wadsworth
Martin
Johnny
Maragrot
Helen Richley
Quince German
Hugo Fleighon
Laura Fox
James L. Fox
Joe Lisson
E. J. Lisson
Catholic Ladies Club
Tonagnoxie
Velma German
Ila
Katie Hen{k
George Henik
Kathryn Marie Daniels
Ewing Huntley
Anna Lou Huntley
Aly
Wade Mitchell
Sam Huntley
Walter
Therese
Joan Dunlap
Buddy Jones
Barbara Henak
Jack and Jill
Pickens and vicinity social notes and local references
A long list of visits and gatherings around Pickens and nearby towns. Families from Kansas City Lawrence Oxford Junction and Leavenworth attended dinners, birthdays, funerals, and school events. Several local residents are noted for visits, shopping trips, and academic achievements.
School term midseason progress and social earnings
The third month of school has passed and the term will be half over by Christmas. Attendance has been very good so far. A school social on November 14 raised eight dollars and fifty cents.
Winter Farm Bureau Activities Highlight Community Events
Riverside Farm Bureau hosted a Christmas ideas afternoon with 14 members. Members planned a December 11 Christmas dinner and guests attended from Winter and surrounding communities. The Kanwaka and Winter groups held meetings featuring poetry, pottery, Red Cross sewing, and Thanksgiving programs at Kanwaka hall and the Winter club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Farm Bureau
J. W., Nason
William Dumler
George Richards
Charles Roll
Benowing
Frank Kerns
United Brethren Church
Lecompton
Raymond Martin
Des Moines
Jennie Mesenheimer
Roze Wymer
Ruby Schroyer
Mayneards
Joe Mesenheimer
Ja. Kathrine Gregory
May Stanwix
Barber
Y.W.C.A
Glenn Mesenheimer
Kanwaka
Arthur Mesenheimer
Petefish
Beattie Collinge
F. Speicher
Richards
Billie Schroyer
Clarence Glenn
Mra. W
KF. Elkin
Fred Gregory
C . Roll
Collins
Schreyer
Carol Douglas
Powell
Wyo
Misa Sadie Cleland
Leeds
S.D
George Miller
George Dews
Anabel Ajien
Manhattan
Farm Bureau
Journal World gift subscription popularity rises yearly
The Journal-World notes growing demand for gift subscriptions with increasing interest each year. The page fragment mentions a contact phone number 22 for inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Journal-World
Thanksgiving Guests Gather for Mrs Sterling Families
Mrs. C. M. Sterling hosted Thanksgiving with her three children and their families visiting from various nearby towns. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sterling with daughters Helen Harriette and Beth, Francis Sterling of Canton Kansas, and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Williams with sons Ronnie Richard Alan and Brien of Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Sterling
Philip Sterling
Helen Harriette
Beth
Francis Sterling
Canton
Kan
C. C. Williams
Ronnie
Richard Alan
Brien
Kansas City, Mo
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Bill
Tallulah Bankhead
Raskell
Defense Fund
East
Kansan
Keith Mann
Jack Payne
Dick Stutz
David Sommerville
P.T.A
Cecilia Goncalves
K.U
Brazil
Calvin Dresser
Miss Goncalves
South America
Wherry
K. A. Symphony
Radio
Hill
Lutryzkowski
Fedon
Gebert
Hank
Watkins
Indo
Bethel
Pickens and Vicinity
Bullock
Olson Bros
Hollywood
Jayhawker
Stan Schwabn
Bankers Securities Co., Inc
Mass
Mackie-Clemens Fuel CO
Snider Coal Co
Krum Coal Co
Reedy Lbr. and Coal Co
Orley M. Smith Coal Co
University Coal Co
Logan-Moore Lumber Co
Jayhawk
Port Office
N. A. St
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