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University Daily Kansan
Page 0257_1 from reel: L 2338 (1942-11-03 to 1944-02-07)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/157468

Title: Virtue Announces Proficiency Results
Summary: Professor John Virtue of the English department announces students who passed the English proficiency examination given February 6, listing names of juniors and seniors who passed.
Category: campus news
Subjects: academic achievement; english proficiency; student success
Named Entities: Virtue, John [professor]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Litvinov Says Russians Fully Aware of US Aid
Summary: Russian ambassador Maxim Litvinov tells United Nations diplomats that Soviet people are fully aware of and deeply appreciate US aid being furnished through the lend-lease program.
Category: national news
Subjects: world war II; russian-american relations; lend-lease program
Named Entities: Litvinov, Maxim [russian ambassador]; Roosevelt, Franklin D. [president]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Meat to Be Rationed Beginning March 28
Summary: Washington announces rationing of meat will begin at midnight March 28, with each consumer getting 2 pounds per week of meat, plus cheese, butter, edible fats and oils, and canned fish.
Category: national news
Subjects: world war II; rationing; food supply
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Chicago Railroad Hires Two Feminine 'Flagmen'
Summary: Chicago's Illinois Central Railroad hires two women as 'flagmen' on suburban lines, with the female station callers and ticket punchers working under guidance of veteran trainmen.
Category: local news
Subjects: women in workforce; railroad industry; gender roles
Named Entities: Chicago, Illinois [city]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Clausing Visits Jolliffe Hall
Summary: Lieutenant Gerald Clausing, a visitor at Jolliffe hall, received his commission as a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery.
Category: campus news
Subjects: military personnel; university visitors; alumni
Named Entities: Clausing, Gerald [lieutenant]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: OPA to Cut a Week Off Next Coffee Rationing Period
Summary: Federal Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown announces that the next coffee rationing period will be cut from six to five weeks, with coffee imports for February exceeding estimates.
Category: national news
Subjects: world war II; rationing; coffee supply
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Champion Killed
Summary: Dick Corbett, former bantamweight boxing champion of England, was among fatalities in London's subway disaster in which 178 persons lost their lives.
Category: local news
Subjects: boxing; sports fatalities; world war II
Named Entities: London, England [city]
Confidence: 0.75

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Jayhawker; Varsity; Granada; National Editorial Association
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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