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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1939
Page
1
Helsinki endures air threat as civilians flee the capital amid heavy casualties in recent bombings. Finland seeks Moscow settlement while reporting Russian losses and a mass refugee exodus aboard three German steamers.
Evangelist Mass Minkler will speak tonight at 7:30 at the Church of God in Bedford Indiana. The subject is My Experience With Gambling and Vice as part of his campaign. He previously held a men's night attended by about 700 men and says the influence of the meetings will continue.
Washington reports say the United States is proceed ing cautiously over a potential severance of diplomatic ties with Russia. Senators push for action over the Finland invasion while the State Department weighs loss of channels, aid to a peace conference, and recall of ambassadors as a rebuke rather than a break.
Miss Elizabeth Meguiar advisor of women at the University of Kansas returned from New York City after a four day conference with Life magazine officials about a planned seven to eight page spread on how women students live at KU. About 200 to 250 pictures were taken during Judith Chase and Alfred Eisenstadt’s campus visit.
Moscow reports a treaty of mutual aid with the Terijoki government transferring about 1,530 square miles of Finnish Karelian isthmus for 27,000 square miles of Soviet Karelia. Russia gains Hangoe peninsula rights and pays roughly 8.4 million for railways and ceded lands.
The equestrian section of the Lawrence Christmas parade draws strong interest from horse owners across the area. Ralph Achning, parade horse section chairman, notes many inquiries. Ten prizes of 1 each will be awarded including youngest girl rider, youngest boy rider, best cowboy rider, under 15, best cowgirl rider under 15, oldest man on horseback, best all around country horse man rider, best all around country horse woman rider, most stylish horse, and best looking white horse.
John E. Carlson 53 former Wyandotte county state senator and attorney died of a heart attack. He played football at Kansas University from 1907 to 1909 earning all Missouri Valley honors and served on the Kansas City Kansas school board, helping fund a $2.5 million Wyandotte school. Funeral at Wyandotte high auditorium Tuesday at 3 pm with schools released for attendees.
The board of education will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 30 this evening at Liberty Memorial High School.
Moscow reports army moving north and south against Finland with naval attacks in the Baltic. Soviet ships and air forces allegedly rout Finns and Allied forces near Kronstadt. Baltic fleet seizes Gulf of Finland islands Suur Saari, Seiskari, Lavansaari. Mustamaki station in the Karelian isthmus reported occupied.
The government won in the supreme court to prosecute a group of corporations organizations and individuals for conspiracy to fix milk prices control supply and suppress competition in Chicago area. Chief Justice Hughes delivered the opinion in a major anti trust case. the ruling rejects farming legislation as grounding for Sherman act inapplicability. The decision reverses a circuit court ruling and remands for further proceedings.
Kansas City cab drivers ended their strike today with cabs back on the streets. Owners and drivers signed a new contract after a 228 to 118 vote, replacing the old terms that paid 15 dollars a week plus 35 percent of receipts over 43 dollars with 15 dollars a week and 40 percent of receipts over 42 dollars.
Wyandotte county's first oil well was shot yesterday after producing a 15 barrel flow at 412 feet last week. G L Green of Midwest Petroleum in Denver said cleaning out would take about two days and the outlook is favorable. Location is SE SE 18 115 24E on the Frank Serwon farm.
Texas Rangers conducted surprise raids in El Paso with gamblers fleeing to Juarez Mexico. Officers entered the city's exclusive club first and questioned patrons for about two hours before releasing them. Equipment was seized and operators warned gambling complaints would be filed.
Don S. Hults Lawrence attorney and city police judge won the Kansas Young Republicans nomination on first ballot at Topeka. He serves a two year term as the state Young Republicans sole national representative with four district endorsements. Ralph Rodgers was elected state president and Mrs. Howard Fatzer named national committeewoman. Other officers named include John McCall treasurer George Ramskill secretary and vice chairmen Robert Schermerhorn Byron Guise Greta Gibson Louis Layton and Wesley Coe.
London December 4 King George VI ordered two weeks of court mourning for Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll who died yesterday She was 91 and known as the rebel princess for defying royal conventions She was the first English princess to wed a commoner since Henry VII in 1509 She married the Marquess of Lorne later the ninth Duke of Argyll in 1871 Her husband died in 1914 She was born March 18 1848 at Buckingham Palace and was the sixth of Queen Victoria and Prince Consort nine children She had no children.
Mrs L M Peace remains at Wilson county hospital Neodesha for about three weeks after a crash that killed her husband. X rays show a broken collar bone and three fractured ribs with extensive bruising. Passenger Miss Mattie Pugh KU student suffered a four stitch scalp wound.
Sheriff Charles Banning and deputies disposed of 1,180 bottles of confiscated liquor from the jail basement. The stock was loaded onto a county truck and taken to the city dump, stacked, poured with alcohol, and set ablaze.
Fresno report says Monte Pearson of the New York Yankees was hit by a shotgun blast during a hunting trip. A 15-year-old companion fired a shot that cut Pearsons cap and left a pellet lump near his left ear as geese rose.
The snippet shows scattered numbers 60, 50.2, and 50.3 on a Saturday. No clear company names or indices are identifiable in the fragmented text.
Arthur E. Huddleston longtime Lawrence Scottish Rite secretary died at 70 of a heart attack at his home 1637 West Ninth Street. Funeral services will be held at the Masonic Temple with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. He served two terms as Douglas County treasurer and was active in KU football history and Masonic orders. He is survived by a wife, two brothers, a sister, and two nieces raised by the couple.
The Topeka weather report notes mild December conditions with no rain. Eastern Kansas soil moisture remains fair while the west stays very dry. Forecast highs reach 55 to 60 in the day and 60 to 65 tomorrow with lows around 28 to 35 in western areas. Wichita and Phillipsburg posted 63 yesterday. Ellis low was 29. Topeka average rose 10 degrees above normal for the 24 hours.
The University senate will hold its December meeting at 4 30 tomorrow afternoon in Frank Strong auditorium. Routine business from the November session will be completed.
Miss Hermina Zipple director of the Memorial Union building has recovered satisfactorily after an appendectomy and will be released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital today.
Prof. Mark H. Ingraham national AAUP president will be guest of honor at a KU chapter banquet in the Memorial Union Old English room at 6 pm. He will speak at 7 pm on the mathematics department head from Wisconsin. The meeting center includes a luncheon and a public lecture at 3:30 pm in Frank Strong Hall room 203.
An accident at Ninth and Vermont streets shortly after 10 o clock damaged four cars but caused no injuries. Wayne Powell of Lone Star drove a International pickup south on Vermont when it struck Eleanor VanNice of 900 Illinois Street driving east on Ninth. Powell’s truck overturned and struck two cars parked on the east side of Vermont south of the intersection, owned by Mrs. Hartiz at 941 Tennessee Street and by Elmer Gulley.
The 34 million terminal market in Kansas City Kansas opened for business after its dedication with Governor Payne Ratner as the principal speaker. Products from seven states will pass through the market for sale in 40 states and were moved through the new facility today. George M. Bull WPA regional director and Union Pacific President W M Jeffers attended the dedication as guests.
The Finnish government reports 1 500 Russian troops captured north of Lake Ladoga near the border. A German minelayer struck a mine and sank off the Danish coast with two survivors found. The British steamer Hamsterley was sunk after a collision with one missing. Berlin says Germany may lay magnetic mines around Britain and Scotland as a response to the blockade.
W B Roberts Jr a Lawrence motor dealer died instantly when his 1940 Ford was struck by a east bound Santa Fe streamliner at a crossing in the northwest part of the city. The train traveled about 40 mph and a witness described the car rolling and stopping on its wheels. Coroner and police investigated while family members said he had been at the shop earlier. Roberts had moved to Lawrence in 1937 to run the Williams Roberts Ford agency and had a long career in Kansas City motor firms and aviation related work. He is survived by his wife a daughter and a son.
Ralph Miller, star for Kansas University football and basketball, hurt his right knee in last night’s practice. Coach F C Allen said it is very sore and Miller will miss today’s work while receiving treatment. His availability for tomorrow’s game with the Oklahoma Aggies remains undetermined after a prior knee operation last summer and soreness since the Missouri football game.
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