Italy Captures Tirana and Drives Albania Toward Empire
Italian forces entered Scutari in northwestern Albania and occupied Tirana driving King Zog into exile in Greece. Count Galeazzo Ciano arrived to organize administration as Albania faces possible incorporation into the Italian empire. Italian losses were five dozen killed or wounded across Durazzo and nearby sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Tirana
Albania
Scutari
Yugoslavia
Vittorio Emanuele
Mussolini
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Galeazzo Ciano
Count Ciano
Zog
Koritza
Greece
Athens
Italians Occupy Tirana After Night of Terror
Italian forces entered Tirana early with Bersaglieri on motorcycles as Albanians fled to the hills. King Zog reportedly left for Greece and Italy controlled key coastal towns after extensive bombardment. The American legation sheltered residents as Traffian bombers struck dawn raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tirana
Italy
Albania
Greece
Bersagliere
Durazzo-Tirana
Zog
Hugh G. Grant
United States Legation
Durazzo
San Giovanni di Medua
Valona
Santi Quaranta
Sterling Relays Set New Record Entries
Ideal weather drew 810 athletes from 80 Kansas high schools to Sterling Kan for the annual Sterling relays. The meet set a new entry record as competition unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Kan
Kansas
Roosevelt Sees Threat to US in Albania Invasion
Warm Springs Ga April 8 President Roosevelt endorsed Hulls warning that Italys invasion of Albania worsens the world trade outlook and poses a threat to American safety and prosperity He cited three possible responses including building trade barriers subsidizing exports or accepting higher debt and taxes to compete in global markets
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Chamberlain to confer with ministers on Albania in London
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain will return to London from Castle Forbes Scotland to consult with his ministers on the Albania crisis. The cabinet pressed for recall of parliament while warning the Adriatic situation remains obscure and may require further weekend talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chamberlain
Castle Forbes
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Italy
Albania
No. 10
Downing Street
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
Archibald Sinclair
Marquess of Crewe
House of Lords
Europe
Rescue of 23 Crew From Temple Bar Wreck Off Washington Coast
Coast guard at Quillayute, Washington, rescued 23 of 29 crew from the British freighter Temple Bar after it ran aground at dawn. The ship, traveling from Port Everglades to Yokohama with iron, was expected to sink as the bow remained above water and the poop deck washed. None of the crew were injured and the wreck lies 30 to 35 miles south of Cape Flattery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quillayute
Wash
Coast Guard
Temple Bar
Quillayute Needle
Quillaynte River
Eric Reutercrona
Port Everglades
Fla
Yokohama
Japan
Washington
Comox
B. C
Cape Flattery
Average of 60 stocks shows uptick and dips
The average of 60 stocks sits at 41.6 on one reading and 43.4 on Thursday as traders note modest fluctuations across the market.
United States fears crisis as Italy invades Albania
Washington officials warned of a potential new European war crisis next week amid Italy's invasion of Albania. Secretary Hull and President Roosevelt condemned the action as an extra threat to world peace and suggested Mussolini's move could presage a broader crisis with Germany over Danzig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Hull
Albania
White House
Senate Military Committee
United States
Italy
Adriatic
Washington
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Hitler
Germany
Danzig
Warm Springs
Great Britain
Poland
Crossing accident kills Kansas City children on Easter trip
Serena Addis four and Warren Addis fourteen died when a Katy line train struck the family car near Chetopa Kansas as they traveled to visit relatives. Their mother sustained a severe head wound and great uncle Walter Price a county commissioner escaped with bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chetopa
Kan
Serena Addis
Ira Addis
Kansas City
Warren
Walter Price
Wyandotte County
Price
Katy
Seven Prostrated by Heat in Los Angeles
Seven people were prostrated by the day’s heat as temperature hit 84 degrees in Los Angeles. The previous day’s high reached 91, and a forecast called for a break in the unseasonably hot spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Fight for 150 Million Relief in Senate Battle
Washington April 8 Leaders in the senate pressed for a 150 million dollar relief appropriation amid a split on the House 100 million sum. Senator Pepper led a strenuous push while President Roosevelt expected back Monday in Washington may weigh in on the renewed effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Pepper
D.-Fla
White House
Workers Alliance of America
WPA
Warm Springs
Florida
Destroyers Out Istanbul Four Soviet Ships Through Bosphorus Apr 8
Four Soviet destroyers steamed through the Bosphorus from the Black Sea en route to the Mediterranean. The move, seen as indicating Russia's interest in the Mediterranean situation after Italy invaded Albania, prompts Balkan talks. Romanian Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu visits Ankara for urgent consultations with Sukru Saracoglu on Balkan entente steps regarding Tirana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Tukey
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Russia
Albania
Balkan States
Grigore Gafencu
Gafencu
Bucharest
Sukru Saracoglu
Teto
Saracoglu
Ankara
Journalist and Educator K A Brown Dies at 38
Hugh Brown a journalism instructor at Independence high school and junior college died in an Independence hospital after illness from influenza. A University of Kansas graduate class of 1923 he previously taught at Chanute high school before moving to Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Brown
Independence High School
University of Kansas
Independence
Brown
K.U
Chanute High School
Lindbergh Sails to New York on Aquitania Solo Arrival
Col Charles A Lindbergh sails from Cherbourg aboard the Aquitania for his first U S visit in over a year. Mrs Lindbergh remains in France. He avoided public view and declined to inspect a plaque as press pressed for comments. Ship due in New York on April 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Lindbergh
Aquitania
New York
France
Cherbourg
CRI
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
London
Maritime Station
Paris
Jailbreaker Back From Douglas County Jail Escape
James Owens of Kansas City, who escaped from the Douglas county jail, is recaptured by Kansas City police and returned to Lawrence. Sheriff Banning and Undersheriff Read report Owens’s quick capture and note he faces a first degree robbery trial for the January 28 Securities Investment Co. holdup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Owens
Kansas City
Douglas County
Charles E. Banning
Cecil Georgie
Owens
Troost
Lawrence
Banning
Lathrop B
Georgie
John Dillinger
Brown
Benny Dickson
Eudora
George Ott
Ott
Otts
George
Gerald Ott
Fortieth
Main Streets
Qotts
Olwens
Don Cutting
Securities Investment Company
City Dog Tax Notice and Rabies Certification Requirements
The 1939 dog tax is due at the city clerk’s office. An immunization certificate against rabies is required before a tag is issued. Straw dogs will be picked up by the police per Ordinance No. 1780.
Kansas Regents weigh chancellor picks for Lindley successor
The Kansas state board of regents may decide on a successor to Chancellor E H Lindley as early as tomorrow or perhaps weeks away. Chairman Ralph T ONeil said no decision date is set, with several candidates including Dr Ralph Cooper Hutchinson of Washington and Jefferson College and Thurston Jenkins Davies of Colorado College under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Ralph T. O'Neil
State Board of Regents
Journal- World
Regents
Topeka
O’neil
Kansas City
Board of Regents
Payne H. Ratner
Lindley
Ralph Cooper Hutchinson
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington, Pa
Arrest of Estelle Dickson in Kansas City Amid FBI Sweep
Blonde Estelle Dickson 16 year old wife of Benny Dickson was arrested by FBI officers on the sidewalk at Tenth and Walnut in Kansas City just before noon She faces federal charges including interstate transportation of a stolen car and is to be arraigned Monday The couple had been hunted since fleeing Topeka last fall and face multiple bank robbery and kidnapping charges across several states
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Dickson
FBI
Kansas City
Estelle Dickson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
St. Louis
E. P. Guinane
Guinane
Dickson
Topeka
Detroit
Cornexchante Bank
Elkton
S. D
Northwest Security National Bank
Sioux Falls
Brookings
Ucon
C. B. Russell
Learnard and
Johnson Streets
Massachusetts Street
Street Car Company
Water Department
Eleventh
Twelfth Street
Indiana Street
Maine
Twenty-third Street
Tennessee
Ohio
Charles Pennell
Fair Easter Sunday In Topeka With Warm, Patchy Cloudiness
Kansas will have fair and warmer weather for Sunday Easter parades with a few clouds not expected to threaten. A low pressure area over western Canada brings clouds. rains have mostly ended. Outlook calls for above normal temperatures next week with minimal precipitation. Today’s highs around 60 to 65, tomorrow 65 to 70, lows 35 to 45. The upper cat tail plant shows male flowers above and female flowers below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Canada
Flora
Pas
Goodland
Wichita
Missouri Triangular Track Meet Falls Apart Over Segregation
The planned triangular meet at Columbia, Missouri, set for April 15 collapsed after the University of Missouri refused to allow a Negro athlete to compete, prompting Wisconsin to withdraw and Notre Dame to cancel. Don Faurot announced Notre Dame’s withdrawal following a Wisconsin pullout and a student petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
University of Missouri
Notre Dame
University of Wisconsin
Missouri
Ed Smith
Don Faurot
Wisconsin
Elmer Lavgden
Faurot
Moslems Turn Against Italians After the Invasion of Albania
Paris reports Mussolini faces backlash as Italy invades Albania. French and British officials see potential shifts in Mediterranean power and anti Italian demonstrations erupt in Tunis and Syria with calls for Muslim unity under French influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albania
Paris
Italy
Mediterranean
Mussolini
el Khouri
Adriatic
Tripoli
Libya
Tunisia
France
Tunisian
Tunis
Quincy Council Chooses Armory Site at Former School
The city favors the former Quincy school grounds for a new National Guard armory and community building funded by a bond not exceeding 75000. The council directs rezoning steps and deed exchanges with the school board, with prior ground-use accords dating to 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
National Guard
Board of Education
Clinton Park
Pinckney
Guard
Police Dog Detains Burglars At City Restaurant
In Salt Lake City on April 8 a police dog guarding a restaurant woke to find burglars ransacking the place. The dog became alert and refused to permit officers entry, guarding his master's premises through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Kansas Weather Forecast With Mild Sunday Outlook
Partly cloudy conditions for tonight and Sunday with slight warming in the west and north central areas and along the east boundary. Temperatures show a daytime high near 56 and a low around 35, with yesterday’s extremes listed as 37 and 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ciano
Capitol
Il Duce
Roman Empire
Balkan
Stefani
Kine Zog
Bombay
India
Ramburg
Ramburg State
Barkley
Kentucky
Penner
MccNarv
R.ore
Chamber
Adams
D.-Cole
Perrier
K. A
Wren
Florissant
Colo
William Easton Hutchinson
Kansas Supreme Court
Sterling, Kan
Lafayette College
Harvard
Princeton Theological Seminary
University of Pennsylvania
Presbyterian Church
Hutchinson
American College of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Thurston Jenkins Davies
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Knoxville
Tenn
Davies
William Penn
Princeton
Gilman County
Roland Park
Baltimore
Nichols School
Buffalo
N. Y
Graduate Council
U. S. Marine Corps
Colorado
G-Men
Mrs. Dickson
Syria
Faris el Khouri
F. A. Russell
Council Armory
Mays
Alfred Lawrence
C. C. Shimmons
State Highway Department
Ways and Means Committee
Madison, Kan
Water Works Sinking Fund
Planning Commission
Ohio Street
Paul Ingels
Don Hults
J. M. Mott
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!