Pageant recalls day of pioneers at Haskell stadium
Soldiers from Ft. Leavenworth stage an Old Santa Fe Trail Pioneer and Wild West show tomorrow at 3 and 8 PM at Haskell stadium. The program features coach driving, Roman riding, Indian Buffalo Hunt, Fort Scott stagecoach hold up, Pony Express replicas, Rurales drill, acrobatic bulls, and an Oregon Pioneer Wagon Train with cavalry rescue amid bold action and spectacle.
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Ft. Leavenworth
Haskell Stadium
Billy McGlinn
O.K
Buck Keegan
Kansas
Missouri
Fort Scott
Grand Concord
Pony Express
Wyeth
St. Joseph
St.Joseph
Sacramento
Wells Fargo
Los Rurales Lancers Musical Rnit
Old
Mexico
Presidentiaz
10Th United States Cavalry
Walter Ruark
Platte City
Oregon Pioneer Wagon Train
Kansas population count disagrees with federal census
The Kansas State Board of Agriculture reports a March 1 population of 1,778,248, 20,567 less than the federal 1940 census total of 1,798,815. Losses occurred in 21 counties led by Wyandotte and Leavenworth, while Johnson County posted the largest rise. City populations of 10,000+ account for most of the decline.
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Topeka
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Federal Census Bureau
U. S
State Board
Wyandotte
Leavenworth
Sedgwick
Seward
Crawford
Reno
Leavenworth County
Seward County
Johnson County
Kansas City
Saline
Barton
Rice
Russel
Ellsworth
Barber
Butler
Chase
Franklin
Greeley
Jewell
Morton
Nemaha
Neosho
Phillips
Rawlins
Riley
Shawnee
Sherman
Stanton
Intelligent will is needed of nation say speaker
The speaker argues education must be revamped to meet world conditions. She warns civilization will face rebuilding after the hurricane and calls Americans to sober judgment, self assessment, and action to secure freedom and prosper. She cites the Eastern Monarch tale and hopes individuals contribute to a lasting national renewal.
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America
Angels of Death
Debate Text Published on Federal Power Handbook
The article notes the release of Increasing the Power of the Federal Government a high school debate handbook edited by E C Buehler director of forensics at the University It is volume VII in the Annual Debater s Help Book series Published by Noble and Noble Inc New York the 382 page volume includes an analytical discussion of the debate question possible briefs and special articles from current publications The National University Extension Association committees send three proposed questions to debates in 30 states each year with vote selecting the question and Buehler preparing the handbook
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E. C. Buehler
Buehler
National University Extension Association
Noble and Noble, Inc
New York
Classifieds Highlight Wide Job Listings Found
Hundreds of jobs are located through the classified page. To hire a worker, phone 22 and place your ad with Ad-Taker.
Willkie Campaign Trail Seeks Labor Support in West
Willkie's northward itinerary included San Francisco and a major speech there before heading to the northwest. A tomato barrage greeted his Los Angeles arrival with cheering crowds and ticker tape as he spoke on labor issues, urging progressive labor laws balanced with national interests. He argued government should police activity to prevent harm and support both workers and employers.
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Willkie
San Francisco
Northwest
Los Angeles
Long Beach
City Hall
America
Oth
Married men not automatically deferred from draft
Washington officials said married men will not be deferred as a class from compulsory training. Local draft boards must decide each case on its merits, with most fathers and husbands likely deferred but subject to individual review and possible reclassification. Dependency questions and appeals processes give boards wide latitude in deferment determinations.
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Washington
Selective Service
Kansas colleges to train 460 pilots this fall
Twenty-one Kansas colleges will train 460 pilots under the civil aviation program this fall. Quotas include Fort Hays State college 50, Kansas University 50, Wichita University 40, Emporia State 30, Pittsburg State Teachers 30, Parsons junior college 20, Chanute 20, El Dorado 20, Arkansas City 20, Garden City 10, Dodge City 10, Fort Scott 10, Pratt 10, Washburn 10, and others from the list of 21 programs.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Civil Aviation Program
The
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Arkansas City Junior College
Chanute Junior College
Coffeyville Junior College
Dodge City Junior College
el Dorado Junior College
Emporia State Teachers College
Fort Scott Junior College
Garden City Junior College
Fort Hays State College
Hutchinson Junior College
Independence Junior College
Kansas City Junior College
Kansas University
Kansas State College
Parsons Junior College
Pittsburg State Teachers
Pratt Junior College
Washburn &C
Wichita University
Southwestern
Kansas Wesleyan
Pocket Parts Complete for Hughes Federal Practice Juris Diction set
Prof. P Viesselmann completes pocket parts for Hughes Federal Practice Juris Diction and Procedure 1940 set. The 16 volume compendium by William J Hughes, published by West Publishing 1981 and 1992, will expand to 18 volumes with two more expected this winter.
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Hughes
P. Viesselmann
William J. Hughes
The
West Publishing Company
St. Paul, Minn
Wiesselmann
Milligan Renominated for U.S. Attorney Post
President Roosevelt named Maurice M. Milligan to be United States attorney for the western district of Missouri in Washington on September 20.
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Milligan
Washington
Roosevelt
Maurice M. Milligan
United States
Missouri
Turner sues for divorce in district court
George W. Turner files a divorce action against Zona Turner in district court seeking dissolution of their marriage.
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George W. Turner
Zona Turner
Night air raids drive back Nazi planes and damage across city
A wave of bombing hits two streets destroys a jeweler shop and apartments while a gown shop and hairdresser’s establish ment suffer heavy damage. One man killed and many injured. Bomb crater near a west end shop. Royal visitors inspect Holborn station as sheltering continues. Channel coast invasion fears persist with rough seas and RAF raids on Le Havre Calais Boulogne. Dover watchers report a line of fire from Calais to Boulogne.
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Altho
West End
Lord Beaverbrook
Sir John Anderson
Lord Ashfield
London Transport
Holborn
East
le Havre
Calais
Boulogne
Dover
Six Ransdell-Skinner Men Attend Dodge Meeting
Six representatives of the Ransdell-Skinner Motor company attended a Kansas City Dodge dealers meeting to discuss sales and service plans for 1941 models. Fluid drive, a major improvement, was highlighted and Ody Skinner predicted a new showroom model within days. the Plymouth is already on display. Attendees from Lawrence included Skinner, Arnold Ransdell, Harry Held, Cy Barncord, and Carl Reber.
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Ransdell-Skinner Motor Company
Kansas City
Dodge
Chrysler
Ody Skinner
Lawrence
Skinner
Arnold Ransdell
Harry Held
Cy Barncord
Carl Reber
Money for Kansas Posts in Defense Housing Bill
The War Department said about 2 million of 338,263,902 in the defense housing measure would go to Kansas posts if the Senate does not cut the bill. Of this, 1.6 million funds Fort Riley improvements and 400 thousand finances Fort Leavenworth. Enlarge facilities would let 3,000 more men train at Kindred and 517 at Leavenworth, per Senator Capper.
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Washington
War Department
House
Kansas
Senate
Quartermaster General's Office
Fort Riley
Fort Leavenworth
Capper
R.-Kan
High School Officers Present Activity Ticket Plan
Liberty Memorial high school students hear from officers on the activity ticket campaign. Billy Joe Dill outlines budget and annual items while Carl Hird covers football and Max Falconstein covers basketball and minor sports. Howard Sutherland Jr discusses parties Martha Dooley debates plays and Don Jones handles sales. A no date party will be held tonight at 8 to sell tickets.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Billy Joe Dill
Carl Hird
Max Falkenstein
Howard Sutherland, Jr
Martha Dooley
Don Jones
Miss Persis B Cook Dies and Funeral Planned
Miss Persis Bell Cook died yesterday morning. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 PM from First Methodist church with Rev. Edwin F. Price officiating. The body will lie in state at Rumsey funeral home until noon Saturday before the casket is closed. Business Women's Week proclaimed in Topeka with dates October 6 to 12. Gov Ratner urged Kansans to observe the week highlighting women's role in defense, industry, and business.
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Persis B. Cook
Persis Bell Cook
First Methodist Church
Edwin F. Price
Rumsey Funeral Home
Topeka
Payne Ratner
Kansas Farm urged to inoculate horses for sleeping sickness
Manhattan Kansas Sept 20 Dr E F Frick head of Kansas State College veterinary medicine urged farmers to inoculate horses against equine sleeping sickness. He noted several disease cases in the Manhattan area and many animals sent to the college hospital for treatment.
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Manhattan
Kan
E. 5. Frick
Kansas State College Veterinary Medicine Division
Kansas
College Hospital
Missionary Verna Barnard Dies in South Africa
Miss Verna Belle Barnard 69 a missionary in South Africa for 30 years died last July in Johannesburg relatives learned She was born at Springdale Kansas and taught school in Jefferson County Kansas City Kans September 20 193? article notes her passing and service abroad
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Kansas City
Kan
Verna Belle Barnard
South Africa
Johannesburg
Springdale
Kah
Jefferson County
Atchison Drum Corps Departing for Boston Contest
The 54 member Atchison American Legion junior drum and bugle corps leaves today for Boston to participate in the national Legion drum corps contest.
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Atchison
Boston
Atchison American Legion
National Legion
New Assistant Manager Named at Jayhawker Theater
Melvin Nispel, tied to Fox theaters in Beatrice Nebraska for six years, becomes assistant manager of the Jayhawker theater succeeding Martin Flesher who resigned to join a naval reserve training course. Manager Stan Schwahn says girl usherettes replace boys at the Jayhawker and Granada. Bill Evans and Jack Steele named new doormen at the Jayhawker.
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Melvin Nispel
Fox
Beatrice
Neb
Jayhawker Theater
Martin Flesher
Flesher
Stan Schwahn
Jayhawker
Granada
Bill Evans
Jack Steele
Scion of De Tristan Family Kidnapped in Hillsborough
Two men abducted three year old Marc De Tristan in Hillsborough California demanding 100000 dollars for his return. The child walked with a nurse when seized by armed assailants who fled in a black car. Sheriff James J McGrath reported the kidnapping occurred near the De Tristan home. The boy is the son of Comtesse Marc De Tristan and grandson of Louis Capes linked to Phelps Dodge.
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Hillsborough
Calif
de Tristan
Marc de Tristan
James J. McGrath
San Mateo
Comtesse Marc de Tristan
Louis Capes
Phelps- Dodge Company
Neon Jayhawk lights up Fritz Company sign in Lawrence
In Lawrence the Eighth and New Hampshire corner glows with a crimson and blue Jayhawk atop Fritz Company electric sign. The bird’s fire and yellow beak reflect a bold design as Roger Allen directs lighting to avoid softening the figure. Army orders move Maj. Rev. W. Rickard from Fort Lewis to the Presidio. Mrs. Max Willer wins prizes at the Free Fair for crocheted cloth and knitted bedspread. fourth prize in a 15,000-entry national contest. Republican HQ opens tomorrow with Everett Petefish and Mrs. Ave McCreath in charge. City crews update traffic lanes with white paint.
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Eighth
New Hampshire
Fritz Company
Roger Allen
Max Willer
Connecticut Street
Baseball Schedule Prompted By Print Lineage
The page lists upcoming major league games including Cleveland versus Detroit and Chicago at St. Louis, with New York at Boston and Philadelphia at Brooklyn. It notes doubleheaders planned for September dates and indicates only those games are scheduled.
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Detroit
Harder
Pytlak
Newsom
Tebbetts
Chicago
St. Louis
Iene
Tional Lea
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Rooklyn
Crisis in negotiations in Hanoi as Japan ends talks
In Hanoi, with all Japanese civilians evacuated and a time limit set by Japan, negotiations faltered amid a crisis over a Vichy grant of limited facilities. General Issaku Nishihara, leading the Japanese mission, ended talks with the French and prepared to depart for Haiphong.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Japan
Issaku Nishihara
Haiphong
Churchill vows reprisals as he tours bombed London
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told crowds in London,Dont worry theyll get it back, during a tour of bombed neighborhoods. He was joined by Chancellor Sir Kingsley Wood as expectations for retaliation against Berlin were voiced in the battered city.
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London
Winston Churchil
Berlin
Churchill
Kingsley Wood
TWA Line Drops Albuquerque Division Moves Wichita Amarillo Under Kansas City
Transcontinental and Western Air abolished its Albuquerque division and moved its Wichita and Amarillo offices under Kansas City today. Paul FE. Richter announced no other major personnel changes. Maj. A. D. Smith, longtime Albuquerque superintendent, was retired. The west of Albuquerque will be guided from Los Angeles.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Kansas City
Transcontinental and Western Air. Inc
N. Mex
Wichita, Kan
Amarillo
Willkie Plans Madison Speech to End Western Trip
Wendell Willkie will close his western campaign with a speech in Madison Wisconsin on September 27 as his train continues toward San Francisco.
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Madison
Wis
Willkie
San Francisco
Wendell Willkie
Oklahoma Governor Blames AAA Program For Farmers Plight
Oklahoma Governor charged the AAA farm program with causing farmers hardship while dismissing tractors as the main culprit. He testified before a House committee on interstate migration, arguing the program forced farm purchases and shifted to tractor farming, leaving many in destitution.
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Oklahoma
Farr
Oklahoma City
Pi Leon C. Phillips
Okies
House Committee On
AAA
Martin Confident Third Term Factor Decisive for Willkie
In Harrisburg Joseph W. Martin, Republican National Chairman, said the third term issue could decide the election for Wendell Willkie. He noted many Democrats would oppose a president serving beyond two terms and urged optimism, citing a 300 electoral vote minimum.
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Willkie
Harrisburg
Joseph W. Martin
Wendell L. Willkie
Martin
Young A Publicans
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Italian ships captured at Gibraltar by British forces
Passengers arriving from Brazil said Gibraltar harbor was crowded with Italian freighters and liners seized by the British. One witness reported no damage to the British fortifications and a British officer claimed Italian bombers had not attacked in 20 days, with prior damage limited to an allied World War monument.
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Lisbon
Serpa Pinto
Brazil
Gibraltar
Bom
Tax Bill Sent to Joint Committee for Compromise
Washington Sept 20 Poles sport on excess profits tax legislation. house and senate today turned over to a joint committee the task of compromising their differences.
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Washington
House
Senate
Six US Destroyers Joined Royal Canadian Navy
Ottawa announces six former United States destroyers now in Canadian waters will be commissioned as Royal Canadian Navy ships. Navy Minister Angus MacDonald disclosed the plan today.
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Canada
Ottawa
United States
Canadian
Royal Canadian Navy
Navy
Angus MacDonald
Infantile Paralysis Cases Reported Across Counties
The estate board of health reports nine new infantile paralysis cases today, bringing the total since July 1 to a higher figure. Cases include four in Wyandotte county, three in Riley, and one each in Clay and Greenwood.
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Topeka
Estate Board of Health
Wyanoem County
Riley
Clay
Greenwood
Eudora Boy Enlists in Navy
James Joseph Buchanen of Eudora enlisted in the United States Navy at Kansas City on September 17. He will be transferred to the Great Lakes training station for initial naval training and will be assigned to a school if he qualifies. If he does not choose a school he will be sent to a battleship in the fleet.
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Eudora
James Joseph Buchanen
United States Navy
Kansas City
Great Lakes
Single seater coupe ties with Mrs Clark’s back seat
Allen Clark notes that buying a one seater coupe does not affect Mrs Clark’s driving. Even wealthy vacationing families cut food budgets. Yet Lipton's Tea costs less than half a cent per cup, making it an affordable indulgence.
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Lipton
More Taxes Collected In August State Income Revenue
State income tax collections in August totaled $42,188, up from $38,063 the same month last year. For the first eight months this year the levy yielded $1,004,551 versus $1,503,777 in the 1939 period, the revenue and taxation commission reported.
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Topeka
Compa
Revening and Taxation Commission
Court panel to hear Phillips suit on Red River dam halt
Two U S circuit court of appeals judges A P Murrah of Oklahoma City and Walter A Haxman of Topeka Kan join Federal District Judge Eugene Rice in Oklahoma City to hear Gov Leon C Phillips bid to halt work on the Red River dam.
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Oklahoma City
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
A. P. Murrah
Walter A. Haxman
Topeka
Kan
Eugene Rice
Leon C. Phillips
Red River
Kansans Draft-Age Population Estimated
The federal census bureau estimates 214000 Kansans are 21 to 35 years old for the draft. Nationwide total of draft-age persons is 16404000.
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Washington
Federal Census Bureau
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P. W. Viesselmann
Ransdell-Skinner
Dodge Meeting
Rev. W. Rickard
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Fort Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
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National
Everett Petefish
Ave McCreath
City Street Department
TWA
Abby
Sewin’ Circle
Allen Clark
Mra. Clark
Lipton’s Tea
Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Endacott, Mgr
Schulz Ain
Allison-Armstrong
Fac Ae Lahone
iShares
J. F. Baker
Mass
Fred A.bremer
Farmers ‘Automobile Tater-Insurance Frehznce
Bones
Delire Sum
Bing
Ronald van Rea
Aay Colman
Rogers Pome
Spring Byington
Bor
Douglas County Building & Loan Association
Massachusetts St
John C. Emick
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