F D R Signs New Bill For Defense
Hyde Park N Y Sept 9 President Roosevelt signed today a 5 251 486 392 appropriation bill funding wartime defense efforts. The measure finances equipment for an expanding army 200 ships and 14 394 planes for the two ocean fleet and sets programs for plant facilities and housing for personnel. Navy and army contracts will be awarded promptly with total authority over 3 706 000 000 for combatant vessels ordnance air craft and public works.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Congress
Army Air Corps
National Guard
Myron C. Taylor
White House
Taylor
United States Steel Company
Rome
Vatican
Stephen Early
James V. Forrestal
Department
Navy Yards
Grynzpan Serves 20 Year Term Under German Supervision
Herschel Grynzpan, who killed Ernst Vom Rath at the German embassy in Paris, is reported to be serving a 20 year penitentiary term under German supervision. Nazi sources say he may be held in a jail in Nazi occupied Paris or Germany after being found in Saintes Prison in Paris following the occupation.
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Herschel ‘Grynzpan
Ernest Vom Rath
Paris
Grynzpan
Germany
Sante
Vom Rath
KIDDIES WRITE TO SANTA Summer Santa Claus letters reach afar
Waterbury Conn Sept 9 An anonymous donor spread about 120000 to churches hospitals and other institutions described as a summer Santa Claus Now Postmaster Charles A Babin has letters from Oklahoma and Kansas addressed to the Summer Santa Claus and he suspects the writers are children
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Waterbury
Conn
Santa Claus
Charles A. Babin
Oklahoma
Kansas
Mess Kit Echoes War Bond Between Generations
Petersburg Indiana reports Lane Lang Sr who served in World War II era Argonne forest etched his name skull and crossbones on a mess kit. His son Lane Jr in a CCC camp at Phoenix Arizona was issued the same kit prompting shared wartime connection and a home front appeal.
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Petersburg
Ind
Argonne Forest
Lane Lang
Newport, News
Lang
Lane Jr
CCC
Phoenix Ariz
Glamour Gals Arrive For KU Rush Week Attract Attention
Glimmer gals arrived for K U rush week in varied outfits from Summer frocks to fall ensembles while Indian jewelry and purses featured prominently. Marjorie Owen of Amarillo drew attention with a blue halo and red accents. Big Sister story notes Norma Sloan and Carolyn from Jeannette Pa and Jeanne Popham of Kansas City among several entrants.
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Marjorie Owen
Amarillo
Tex
Norma Sloan
Pi Beta, Phi
Jeannette
Carolyn
Oklahoma Coeds Rush Week Focuses On Fashion And Frames
The article describes ticklish details of rush week at a Kansas university with lists of army officer sons daughters and socialites. It notes Phyllis Markley from Minneapolis aims to major in chemistry with music and praises her flute playing poise and looks. It also mentions Betty Jo Childs El Dorado and Evelyn Schroeder Kansas City Mo among others, plus Mrs Huttie becoming house mother at multiple campuses.
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Phyllis Markley
Minneapolis
Salina
William Huttie
Kansas City
New Triangle Fraternity
Clara Wright
California
Huttig
Alpha Gamma Delta House
William Woods College
Fulton
Boulder
Cole
Zeta Tau Alpha
Manhattan
Sixteenth Cherokee Strip celebration rush results noted
Fewer than half of rushees checked in by 4 30 pm yesterday and 167 had paid up last night per the Women s Pan-Hellenic committee. Before rushing begins today she expects 175 to be paid. Two pairs of twins in black paid rushee fees last night Jean and Jane Jones of Highland and Helen Maxine and Mary Alice Pringle of Wichita. The Pringles, sophomores here, were accompanied by an aunt an uncle and their father. They wore rhinestone hearts and keys as eye catching accessories.
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Eugene Brune
Women’s Pan-Hellenic Committee
Jean and Jane Jones
Highland
Helen Maxine
Mary Alice Pringle
Wichita
Pringles
K. A
Greek lodges face tighter manpower with new co op dorms
Fraternity men foresee keen fall competition as three new co op dormitories drain manpower. Bright-eyed rushees and tipped workers color hotel scenes as unions and hangouts reopen. Magazines candy and toothpaste dominate main purchases as lively campus nights unfold.
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Eddie Penchard
All Hill
Union
GOP Regional Assistants to Boost Campaign Pace
Republican National Chairman Joseph W. Martin forms a regional assistant group to accelerate the campaign, with Harry Darby and Kansas City State Chairman overseeing Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado operations.
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G.O.P
Rushville
Ind
Senta
Joseph W. Martin
Harry Darby
Kansas City
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
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