Civilian advisory group eyed for draft Roosevelt to name six
Washington notes Roosevelt to name a six member civilian advisory committee to reflect non military views in organizing and administering the draft. Four experts already linked to conscription would lead the group with two additional selections. Senate rushes 338 million housing bill for army barracks as part of defense measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army and Navy Selective Service Committee
Army
Frederick Osborne
Col
William Draper
New York Investment House of
Dillon, Read & Co
Joseph P. Harris
University of California
Floyd W. Reeves
American Youth Commission
Selective Service
Senate
White House
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wagner
D.-N.y
Jesse Jones
RFC
New Defense Nlan’ Corporation
Export-Import Bank
South America
Man Acquitted After Defense About Church Talk
Israel Peterson charged with drunken driving claimed he went to church to hear a sermon. The prosecutor asked about the sermon, and Peterson quoted Nahum chapter one verse three. His testimony and defense led the jury to acquit him.
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Charlotte
N. C
Israel Peterson
Peterson
Willkie Leads In Kan Task Poll
Topeka dispatch reports Roosevelt 518 and Willkie 826 in today's Kansas poll results from Hutchinson News Herald covering the seventh district. The figures show Willkie ahead as the race proceeds.
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Willkie
Topeka
Kansas
Hutchinson News-Herald
Roosevelt
Becomes an Indian Chief White Cloud Leads Iowa Tribe
In a centuries old ceremony in White Cloud Kansas Louis White Cloud succeeds his father Chief James White Cloud who died last July at age 90 The three day celebration features tom toms chants dances and costumes some dating back 400 years The new chief is a great grandson of Joseph Rebidoux founder of St Joseph Missouri.
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Louis White Cloud
Iowa
St. Joseph, Mo
White Cloud, Kan
Retole
McAllaster PTA Opens Year With New Officers and Guests
McAllaster teaching staff and new PTA officers welcomed a large group of parents at the opening meeting. New teachers Miss Arlene Hogan and Miss Ada Mae Tull were introduced while Supt. Clifford D. Dean cited safety education and democracy training as goals. University speaker R. A. Schwegler discussed training the next generation for democracy. Officers listed include Mrs. C. W. Pollom president and Mrs. W. H. Allison vice president with several committees named.
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McAllaster
Parent - Teachers Association
Arlene Hogan
Ada Mae Tull
Clifford D. Dean
Joe Williams
Deep River
Macree
Martha Dooley
R. A. Schwegler
University
Pate New Malieu
W. H. Allison
Albert Andersen
W. M. Auchard
G.H. Moore
M. J. Patterson
Herbert L. Jones
Susan Todd
Yetieve Galdner
Alice van Buskirk
Mabel Richardson
Carol Watkinson
June Plumley
Film on William Allen White Life by MGM
MGM will base a movie on the career of William Allen White Emporia Gazette publisher. William Rankin a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer writer has spent two weeks in Emporia doing groundwork and photographs of the Gazette building for the film. Mrs Ernes Schmucker of Swanton Neb is hospitalized with a broken arm elbow and multiple injuries after her car went into a ditch while teaching a neighbor girl to drive.
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Emporia
Kan
William Allen-White
Emporia Gazette
William Rankin
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Gazette
Ilm
Swanton
Ernes Schmucker
Sue Wolfe
Don Westheffer
George Gerstenberger
Weidensaul
Kate Stanley
Ralph Bohnsack
Kansas City
Gus Bohnsack
Charles Gerstenberger
Harold Daugherty
Topeka
Minnie Jones
American writer of songs and verse puzzle clues
Puzzle clues list many terms. central theme hints at a song writer and related words. includes hints like God of love and god of sky and various crossword style definitions. scattered references to traits of a prolific songwriter and lyricist across multiple clues.
University Choir Seeks Tenors and Basses for A Cappella Ensemble
Enrollments in the A Cappella choir are strong with remaining positions for tenor and bass. Tryouts continue next week by appointment with Dean D M Swarthout. Experienced singers are urged to audition for a place. The choir will perform frequently with the university and with the symphony orchestra, with past appearances including the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra and state concerts. Plans are under consideration for gowns and stoles for concert outfits.
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D. M. Swarthout
School of Fine Arts
Tony
Dean Swarthout
Swarthout
Symphony Orchestra
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Hall
Kansas City
Food Nutrition and Health Fifth Edition Review
The 1940 fifth edition of Food Nutrition and Health by E V McCollum and J Ernestine Becker updates facts on nutrition, growth, and disease. The rewritten volume uses simple language for lay readers and notes McCollum as a Johns Hopkins public health authority and KU alumnus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. V. McCollum
J. Ernestine Becker
Lord Baltimore Press
Baltimore
Marriage License Issued for Owens and Spotts
A marriage license was issued by the probate judge for Elvon L. Owens and Elnora L. Spotts, both of Kansas City Missouri. The notice reads as a standard filing and lists no further conditions.
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Elvon L. Owens
Elnora L. Spotts
Kansas City
Six Killed in Collision Near New Kensington Pa
Six young men died in a head on crash of two cars near New Kensington in western Pennsylvania. Four perished instantly and two died an hour later at a local hospital. A. J. Kabazie, a witness, said one driver pulled from the line at high speed initiating the collision.
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New Kensington
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
A. J. Kabazie
Equine Influenza Strikes Horses In This Vicinity
Equine influenza or barn fever is causing illness among horses in this area with symptoms including runny nose and eyes coughing swollen lip glands and abscesses. The disease is described as severe and devitalizing though no deaths have been reported. Vaccination is available. Some believe cavalry horses from Minnesota brought it back, but a veterinarian says the illness existed here before Camp Ripley.
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Minnesota
Camp Ripley
Community Announcements and Club News From Eudora
Local residents share visits and greetings with family and friends in Eudora Kansas. A PTA meeting is announced for Friday September 27 at the grade school. The Eudora Flower Club held a Zinnia show with prizewinners and plant talks.
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Sam Beadleston
Jean
Gage Ranch
Elmer Everly
Ion
Fred Papenhousen
Fred Papenhousen, Sr
Tonganoxie
Fred Moll
Ed Maul
Linwood
Clarence Daugherty
Gene
Kansas City
Spaulding
Curtis Ruthrauff
Jimmy
Anna Bell King
PTA
Bert Holmes
Griegsville
Charles Holmes
John. Reusch
Donna Mae
Glenn Wilson
Birthday Luncheon Honors Mrs Jones with Gift
A luncheon honored Mrs Jones with a gift as several ladies including Mrs Mabel Butts and Miss Lucy Kaegi attended. The group noted a birthday celebration and exchanged cards after the meal during a social afternoon.
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Mrs. Jones
Mabel Butts
Retta Kraus
Lucy Kaegi
Alice Kohler
Augusta Durr
Anna Landon
Rose Lothholz
Clara Lotz
Ralph Nuttals
Clarence Broers
R. C. Nuttals
Kansas City
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Corman Pennock
Pittsburg
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Eudora Flower Club
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