Britain Orders All Forces Ready at Singapore Amid Far East Crisis
Allied fleets and troops in Singapore are recalled to posts as Britain boosts readiness in the Far East. Australia plans to send tank troops to defend the Dutch East Indies if war grows, while non-Britons are barred from leaving British Malaya. Reports from Manila and Tokyo describe mounting tensions, evacuations, and calls for diplomacy.
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Singapore
Far East
Australia
Dutch East Indies
Britain
Gibraltar
Orient
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Singa- Pogre
Bombay
Japan
Washington
Tadamori
Ariuo Uchida
Domei
India
Ceylon
Tokyo
United States
Australian
Associated Press
British Empire
Chungking
Roosevelt
Former Congressman John M. O’Connell Dies in Rhode Island
Former Congressman John M. O’Connell, 69, of Westerly Rhode Island, a staunch Roosevelt supporter from 1934 to 1938 and a prominent figure in Rhode Island Democratic circles, died today.
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Westerly
R. 1
John M. O’connell
R. I
Roosevelt
Rhodes Island
Britain Declares War on Finland Hungary and Rumania
London announces Britain will be at war at midnight GMT with Finland Hungary and Rumania after they refused to stop fighting Russia. Czecho Slovak circles in London see Britain at war with these nations as enemies of the Soviet Union and Finland defends a defensive war according to officials. Ottawa reports Canada expected to declare war on Finland Hungary and Rumania over the weekend.
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Britain
Finland
Hungary
Rumania
London
Great Britain
Greenwich
C.S.T
Darlerstian Hanavar
Russia
Soviet Union
Foreign Office
Mannerheim
Karelia
Ottawa
UPI
Emergency powers urged in Batista address to Congress
Havana December 6 President Batista asked congress to declare a state of emergency and grant the cabinet extraordinary powers to rule by decree for 45 days. He cited national defense needs and urged constitutional emergency measures. In Tegucigalpa Honduras President Carias Andino said Nazi and Fascist agents aimed to establish governments in America usable against the United States and vowed to defend democracy. He warned enemies conspired with Nazi agents to provoke disorder across Central America. In Mexico City a government statement by Vice President Hurtado de Mendoza claimed Axis captains plotted to destroy Tampico port and its ships to spread flames through the harbor, calling the seizure an act of legitimate defense.
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Fulgencio Batista
Congress
Batista
Tegucigalapa
Honduras
Tiburico Carias Andino
Chamber of Deputies
America
United States
Carias
Roosevelt
Guatemala
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Mexico City
Tampico
Luis Hurtado de Mendoza Aday
Hurtado
Legal Institute Opens With Taxation Topic at KU
About 50 lawyers attended the first Legal Institute meeting sponsored by the Bar Association of Kansas at the University of Kansas. The morning session in Greenhall covered Income Tax Problems of the Average Taxpayer with Prof. Leslie Topy. Ellis D. Bever spoke on capital gains and losses in the afternoon. A second institute will be held next Saturday at the university as part of a statewide series.
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Legal Institute
Bar Association of Kansas
University of Kansas
Institute
Greenhall
Leslie T. Topy
University Law School
Memorial Union Building
Ellis D. Bever
Wichita Bar Association
King Vittorio Emanuele Narrowly Escapes Air Raid
King Vittorio Emanuele escaped a British air raid Thursday at San Giovanni on the Italian coast while returning from a nine day visit to bombed Sicilian sites. The monarch was en route home when the attack occurred, details disclosed on his return to Rome.
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Vittorio Emanuele
San Giovanni
Sicily
British Submarine Sunk Off Norway, Germans Say
German high command announced that a British submarine was forced to surface by depth charges off Norway and then sunk by gunfire. The report credits successful depth-charge action by U-boat chasers.
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Berlin
Norway
British Bomb Naples Port Wreaks Casualties and Damage
British planes resumed bombing the Port of Naples last night causing 47 casualties and notable damage to houses according to the high command report dated December 6.
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Naples
Rome
High Comba
Court in Censure Over Claflin Double Jeopardy Ruling
The Kansas Supreme Court blocked a second arson trial for John I. Claflin, freeing him after a prior acquittal. Chief Justice Dawson condemned coercive interrogation practices used to obtain the confession and criticized the prosecution for pursuing multiple trials. The decision cites double jeopardy and calls for unified proceedings.
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Topeka
Supreme Court
John I. Claflin
Kansas City
Kan
Phi Delta Theta
University of Kansas
High
Douglas County District Court
Claflin
Dawson
Douglas County
Fourth applicant named for police chief post
A fourth man seeks the police chief job to replace Jude Anderson who has resigned. George Snyder former KU traffic officer and veteran officer is among the applicants along with Lathrop B. Reed Jr Ralph Dicker and Walter Palmateer. City council meets Monday and Mayor C B Russell will make the appointment with council approval.
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Jude Anderson
George Snyder
K. U
Lathrop B. Reed, Jr
Ralph Dicker
Walter Palmateer
C. B. Russell
Russell
Four-H Vocational Banquet Guests Douglas County
About 275 Douglas County 4-H club members leaders and vocational agriculture students will attend the annual 4-H Vocational Agriculture Achievement banquet at the Eldridge hotel this evening. They are guests of the Douglas County Bankers association and members who completed projects and records are eligible to attend.
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Douglas County
Eldridge Hotel
Douglas County Bankers Association
Lawrence Building and Loan helps buy or refinance homes
Ample funds are available to aid home purchases or refinances. The plan proves you can own a home. Contact information given for The Lawrence Building and Loan at 800 Mass. St. Ve, phone 55. The As- Syarioth plan referenced.
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Lawrence Building and Loan
As- Syarioth
Mass
St. — Ve
Moscow braces as Soviet reinforcements push through snow
Soviet ski troops deploy along the Moscow front as Red Army launches flanking attacks against German lines in deep winter. Reports say Reds crossed the Volga at several points and recaptured villages while countering near Klin Mozhaisk and Tula. German fronts shift with new gains east of Orel and Kursk as battles escalate around Moscow Stalino and Tikhvin.
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Ukraine
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Adolf Hitler
Donets River
Stalino
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Dmitrovsk
Collision injures Gardner man near DeSoto
Dr. S A Watson 77 of Gardner suffered severe shock after a two car crash on Highway 10 four and a half miles west of DeSoto. Four University of Kansas students occupants escaped injury. Watson was taken to Reece hospital.
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University of Kansas
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DeSoto
Dem
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Gardner
Reece Hospital
Houston Frith
Emporia
Bob Patterson
Martin Hatfield
Kansas City
Holmes Fowler
Tulsa
Okla
Clarence Transmier
Johnson County
Watson
Stock Market Index Rises to 39.8 In Latest Report
The average of 60 stocks stands at 39.8 yesterday up from 39.5, with a note referencing an ambulance and a phone number 119.
Labor unions blamed for billion dollar annual tribute
Assistant Attorney General Thurman W. Arnold charged that illegitimate union practices in transportation and distribution inflate costs for consumers. He told the National Association of Manufacturers that price fixing and parasitic costs harm housing, transport, and enterprise, urging penalties on leaders abusing collective bargaining.
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New York
Thurman W. Arnold
Congress of Industry
National Association of Manufacturers
Arnold
United States
Film to Aid Camp Benefit Show at Jayhawker Theater
The film Nothing But the Truth starring Bob Hope Paulette Goddard and Edward Arnold opens December 14 at Jayhawker Theater. Proceeds go to Lawrence patriotic groups to equip Camp Robinson recreation rooms. Tickets go on sale Tuesday. Citizens are urged to donate furniture books phonographs rugs lamps radios ping pong sets wall art and more, to be shipped to Arkansas.
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Bob Hope
Jayhawker Theater
Lawrence
Camp Robinson
Hope
Paulette Goddard
Edward Arnold
Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas
Nationwide Welders Strike Call Seeks Roosevelt Intervention
Lloyd Payne of the United Brotherhood of Welders announces a nationwide strike of about 75 000 welders in shipyards and defense work to start next Tuesday unless President Roosevelt intervenes. He cites AFL permit costs and union card refusals as alleged discrimination against welders.
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Washington
CPI
Lloyd Payne
United Brotherhood of Welders
American Federation of Labor
Payne
A.F.L
Winter Asks a Showdown Over Copper for REA Lines
Representative Winter of Kansas charges that the REA shipped millions of tons of copper to Texas for future transmission use. Representative Carlson, also of Kansas, urges OPM to release copper for rural electric lines, citing a Topeka meeting resolution by Kansas Electric Cooperatives claiming bias in OPM ratings favoring private utilities.
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Washington
Winter
Conpress
Rea
Texas
Carlson
Kan
OPM
Kansas Electric Cooperatives
Topeka
Power Division
R.E.A
Sons of Veterans Reelect Lawrence Camp Officers
In Lawrence yesterday election re elected the camp officers of the Sons of Veterans. Commander Dr Edward Bumgardner Vice Commander O J Lane Secretary treasurer I F Eberhart Chaplain A M Potter Patriotic Instructor Otto Fischer. After the meeting members dined together including Senator R C Rankin I F Eberhart Q J Lane W O Whipple and Dr Edward Bumgardner.
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Lawrence
Santa Returns Before Christmas Parade in Lawrence
Santa Claus drew thousands to a Lawrence parade and promised to return in a week to discuss Christmas wishes. He toured floats, bands, ponies, and pet entries, with gifts for children and dog food for pets. Theodore Charlton thanked participants including W. B. Dalton and Fritz Meyn.
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Lawrence
Santa
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Southpark
William Tell
WPA
Liberty Memorial High School
Burnett School
Greenwood Valley
Rover
Theodore Charlton
W. B. Dalton
Fritz Meyn
Ralph Achning
Roger Williams
W. H. Blevins
Harold Fisher
Jure Abbott
Football scores reveal Texas leads Oregon by 23
In the halftime update Texas tops Oregon 30 to 7 while Rice trails Southern Methodist 6 to 0 after three quarters.
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Texas
Oregon
Rice
Southern Methodist
Costa Rica Sees Aftershocks After Minor Quake
Earth tremors persisted in San Jose and across Costa Rica today after yesterday's quake caused property damage and injuries but no deaths. Telegraph lines were down, delaying full reporting.
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Costa Rica
San Jose
Weather huddle opens Kansas meteorology seminar
The joint conference of the Kansas City Meteorological seminar and the weather crops seminar began at the University of Kansas with about 40 meteorologists attending a meeting of the American Meteorological Society in Marvin hall. Afternoon sessions featured climate weather and crops talks by state and regional experts and a banquet with S D Flora as main speaker on Some Facts About Tornadoes.
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Kansas City
University of Kansas
American Meteorological Society
Marvin Hall
Kansas State College
George S. Knapp
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Roger C. Smith
L. L. Zook
North Platte Nebraska Experimental Station
L. P. Reitz
Kenneth Moore
Memorial Union Building
S. D. Flora
Weather outlook favors Kansas with above normal weekend temperatures
Topeka reports bright Sunday with sunshine and temperatures higher than normal. Cold nights near freezing precede a warming trend next week as no precipitation is expected and readings dip to 28 82 in the east and 25 30 in the west with highs near 50 to 60 tomorrow. Chanute's high 53 and Ellis low 22 noted.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Chanute
Ellis
Pony Riders and Cyclists In Parade Awarded Prizes
Clara Hartick and Nellie Blevins rode a tandem bicycle to first prize in the bicycle section of the Santa Claus parade yesterday. George Ervin Henderson won second prize as Uncle Sam, with Charles and Marvin Woods taking third and fourth. Janice Knox of Tonganoxie won first in the pony section, with Nancy Johns second and others placing from numbered contestants. Prizes in the pony contest are at the Chamber of Commerce. winners are asked to call for them.
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Clara Hartick
Nellie Blevins
George Ervin Henderson
Uncle Sam
Charles
Marvin Woods
Janice Knox
Tonganoxie
Nancy Johns
Cy Barncord
Number
Chamber of Commerce
Unconscious for a Week in Kansas Pasture
Larry Horner, 12, lay unconscious for a week after a brain concussion and ear injury. Found face down in a pasture four miles east of DeSoto, Kansas, while visiting grandparents for Thanksgiving weekend. Three doctors could not determine how the accident occurred.
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Kansas City
Larry Hotsner
DeSoto
Kan
Larry
Charles Horner
W. M. Betz
Fellowship fund to honor Templin at KU campus
University of Kansas faculty member Olin Templin, longtime educator and Endowment secretary, is honored on his 80th birthday as a campaign launches to raise 12000 dollars for a Templin Graduate Fellowship. The effort, chaired by Miss Anna McCracken, honors his 58 years of service in philosophy and liberal arts.
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Olin Templin
University of Kansas
Templin
Mt. Oread
David Gower Hill
Justin Hill
Robert Rankin Haggart
Robert Haggart
Professor Templin
Herbert Hoover
U.S. Food Administration
Washington
William Allen White
Emporia
K. U
Deane W. Malott
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University Endowment Association
American Philosophical Association
College of Liberal Arts
Midwest
Anna McCracken
Department of Philosophy
Large Yugoslav Area Is Cleared of Axis Forces
Moscow reports the Yugoslav patriot movement has intensified with numerous guerrilla detachments successfully fighting German and Italian invaders. Dispatches note clashes involving Gen Draja Mihailovic's patriot army and several German divisions.
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Moscow
Yugoslavia
Soviet Information Bureau
Cairo
Jerusalem
Draja Mihailovic
Weather Forecast for Kansas Fair Weekend
Kansas fair weather dominates this afternoon through Sunday with rising temperatures. Tonight stays slightly below freezing and Sunday climbs to near 60 degrees.
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Kansas
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