Finns Stop Russian Offensive On Karelian Front
Helsinki reports Finnish forces halted a major Soviet drive on the eastern front. Communiques claim heavy losses for Russia with destroyed tanks and hundreds of dead, while Finnish positions on the Karelian isthmus held. Also notes Russian attacks at Tolvajarvi and Pitkaranta as part of broader attempts to outflank the isthmus.
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Helsinki
Karelian
Muola
Tolvajarvi
Finland
Lake, Ladoga
Lake Ladoga
Gulf of Finland
Mannerheim Line
Ilomantsi
Enso
Gulf of Bothnia
Salla
Taipale
Bremen Steams Through German Waters After Murmansk Refuge
Berlin reports the Bremen has reached a German port after three months in Russian Arctic refuge. Captain Ahrens led the liner from New York August 30, dodging a British blockade while German planes scouted and asserted no convoy violation. Germany also released a 482 document white book defending its war case from Versailles to 1939.
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Berlin
Bremen
Murmansk
A. Ahrens
New York
Bremerhaven
Germany
Hamburg
David Lloyd George
Versailles
Poland
Baron von Weizsaecker
Station Will Open to Wrap Gifts December 15
The Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce announced a Christmas wrapping station will open December 15 in the Terry shop building at 839 Massachusetts Street. It will operate daily until Christmas Eve with a postal official and Railway Express representative on hand to mail packages.
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Terry
Massachusetts Street
Merchants Bureau of
Chamber of Commerce
Railway Express
Grapes Price Cited in Keeler Ad
An OCR fragment mentions grape pricing at $2.75 and references Keeler with a brief note that suggests a grocery or advertisement context. No full details available.
British claim air superiority over Germany in war test
London reporters say Sir Kingsley Wood told the House of Commons Britain could claim definite superiority in aircraft. British fighters have inflicted heavy losses on German bombers and fighters, with Hurricanes and Spitfires shown to have advantages in gun power and handling. Coastal command reports 57 submarine attacks with substantial damage in several cases. Sir John Simon notes a six month post treaty peace period for Franco British finances and exchange stability.
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London
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Britain
Germany
Kae
Air Ministry
Dorniers
Junkers
Heinkels
Messerschmidt
Senich
Coastal ‘Air Command
John Simon
House
France
Paris
Donors Told to Put Names on T B Fund Envelopes
About 700 letters still await return to the county tuberculosis fund drive. Seals are to be affixed with donors' names for credit. Mrs. Jessie Scott urges contributors to print names on envelopes. A girl who placed a penny on the counter also had her name added to the honor roll.
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Douglas County
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Jessie Scott
Scott
Finnish relief fund names local treasurer
Relief drive organizer Herbert Hoover recruits T. J. Sweeney Sr of the Peoples State Bank as local treasurer. Contributions left at the Journal-World office will go to Mr. Sweeney for forwarding to relief headquarters in New York.
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T. J. Sweeney, Sr
Peoples State Bank
Herbert Hoover
Journal-World Office
Sweeney
New York
Swedish Steamer Torne Sunk By Mine Near Copenhagen
The 3,792-ton Swedish steamer Torne struck a mine and sank in the Oresund, about 25 miles south of Copenhagen. The crew’s fate was not immediately known.
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Copenhagen
Torne
Oresund
Faith Named Head of Kansas State College Engineering
Prof. W. L. Faith will lead the new chemical engineering department at Kansas State College in Manhattan. The unit, already enrolling 152 students, will be the third largest of nine divisions in the engineering and architecture faculty.
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W. L. Faith
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
Alen Artuend
Chemical Engineering
Stock Market Index Dips Slightly After Gains
The average of 60 stocks falls to 50.2 after a previous reading of 50.3. The small decline follows a brief uptick, with traders noting limited momentum and cautious activity in early trading.
Red Cross spends over 500000 for European relief
President Roosevelt announced that the American Red Cross has spent or is spending more than 500000 for relief in European war zones. He cited 25000 sent to Finland for civilian use and 16000 for medicines purchased in London for shipment to Finland. He praised former President Hoover’s Finnish relief efforts. Germany blocks war materials to Finland and boasts holding up murders in neutral countries.
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American Red Cross
Washington
Roosevelt
Finland
London
Hoover
Ish
Foreign Office
Germany
Russia Faces Expulsion Pressure As League Mediation Fails
Geneva reports show Russia gave no reply by the 6 p.m. deadline to mediate with Finland as the 13 nation League drafts a report condemning Russia as aggressor. Argentina plans to push Russia’s expulsion while France considers severing ties and closing the Moscow embassy.
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London
Reuters
Geneva
Russia
League of Nations
Finland
Moscow
Soviet Union
League
League Assembly
United States
Donald D. Edgar
Argentina
France
Paris
Daladier
Communist Party
Douglas County Farmers Union Annual Meeting Recap
The Douglas County Farmers Union held its annual meeting at Lone Star on Saturday with a noon dinner and program. Ross-Valinsky of Salina spoke as Kansas Farmers Union president. Otto Hack was elected president, Fred Flory vice president, Ithra Anderson secretary treasurer, Irvin Dodder crop reporter, and Joe Flory representative to the state board of agriculture.
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Douglas County Farmers Union
Lone Star
Ross -Valinsky
Salina
Kansas Farmers Union
Otto Hack
Fred Flory
Ithra Anderson
Irvin Dodder
Joe Flory
State Board of Agriculture
King Egbert Sinks After Explosion in North Sea
The British steamer King Egbert of 4500 tons sank after an explosion in the North Sea. 32 survivors were landed, one crewman drowned, and a neutral steamer picked up the others.
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London
King Egbert
North Sea
West team invites Crumbaker Beezley to East West game
Don Crumbaker and guard Bill Beezley accepted invitations to play for the West in the annual East West football game in San Francisco on New Year’s Day. The notice comes from Washer Service Green Bros Ys.
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Manhattan
Don Crumbaker
Bill Beezley
San Francisco
British repel three Nazi attacks near Moselle front
British troops repulsed an assault by three Nazi sections south of Buds dorf near the Moselle valley marking the first direct western front engagement reported. German losses were heavy. two British casualties listed. German patrols in three sectors were driven back from French posts despite fog and rain. Scouting units remained active near the Moselle, Saarbrucken and Bitche areas while the southern Rhine front stayed quiet amid rifle fire.
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Paris
Buschdorf
Moselle
Saarbruecken
Bitche
Rhine
Five Felony and Six Petite Larceny Charges Planned
Mil ton P Beach and county attorney prepare informations on thefts of tires oil and tools from Laswrence over six weeks. Suspects include Carl Otto Jack Gibler James Calvert Jimmy Litz LeRoy Walker Darrell Gibler and Fred Lindley. Police recover 13 tires six wheels carpenter tools and oil from local garages in daytime and nighttime burglaries.
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Milton P. Beach
Laswrence
Carl Otto
Vermont Street
Jack Gibler
New York Street
James Calvert
Massachusetts Street
Jimmy Litz
Prairie Street
LeRoy Walker
Connecticut Street
Darrell Gibler
Fred Lindley
Beach
Jude Anderson
William Pelzl
Kentucky Street
H. H. Holloway
Tennessee Street
Anderson
Admirers flood KU sisters with letters from coast to coast
Life magazine features Doris and Helen Johnson of Kansas City in a campus spread drawing more than 50 responses. Letters arrive from Cornell, Yale, Dartmouth, New York University, and others, with invitations to parties, ski meets, and dances. Some writers include photos and poems, while editors note only a few will receive replies.
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Doris
Helen Johnson
Kansas City
Life Magazine
Life
University of Kansas
Louisiana State University
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Dartmouth College
Lake Placid
N. Y
Yale
Cornell University
Harvard
University of Illinois
Kappa
Helen
K. U
Ithaca
Long Distance
Cornell
Glenn Miller
Jan Savitt
Hal Kemp
Dartmouth
New York University
Kansas
N.Y.U
U. S. Naval Academy
Ranier National Park
Washington
Ohio
Northern University
Ada
U. S
University of Pittsburgh
Greensboro
N. C
New York City
The
New Yorker
Notre Dame
Haskell Institute to light decorations early for Christmas
Superintendent G War ren Spaulding said lights at Haskell Institute will go on Monday December 18 and stay through December 27 in the evenings from 7 to 10. Last year 2 500 visitors per night attended as the student body prepares and assembles decorations under William Evans and George E Berg.
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Haskell Institute
Spaulding
William Evans
George E. Berg
Oklahoma U. to Aid Missouri Band's Florida Trip
Missouri and Oklahoma faced off on the gridiron but now Oklahoma students organize fundraising to send the Missouri band to Miami Florida for the Orange Bowl. Band president Robert Bristow estimates 2000 to 2500 dollars needed.editor Bill Brinkley launches drive. Kansas editor Harry Hill says no organized fund yet and will consult his paper's board.
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Columbia
Missouri
Oklahoma
Missouri Band
Miami
Fla
Robert Bristow
Oklahoma Daily
Bill Brinkley
Georgia Tech
Harry Hill
Kansan
Kansan Board
Denial entered in WPA conspiracy case in Kansas county
Paul L. Matchette, vice president of Victor L. Phillips Machinery, filed a general denial to charges of conspiring to defraud the government over machinery rental contracts on WPA projects in Wyandotte County.
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Kansas City, Kan
Paul L. Matchette
Victor L. Phillips Machinery Company
Wyandotte County
Sunk freighter in Gulf of Bothnia by suspected Russian submarine
A Cisen freighter en route to Hamburg with grain was sunk in the Gulf of Bothnia by a submarine believed to be Russian. About 15 shells killed several officers. most crew survived in lifeboats and reached land at Merikarvia. Survivors claimed the submarine was Russian, but identity remains unconfirmed.
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Gulf of Bothnia
Sal
Finland
Bollheim
Hamburg
Merikarvia
Pipeline blast shatters Shell line near Wichita Falls
A chain of explosions ruptured nearly 40 miles of Shell pipeline near Wichita Falls Texas injuring one worker Roy H Brinkley slight. Scraper cleaning operation and compressed air caused the blast as sections of pipe rose from the ground and shook houses from Henrietta to Burkburnett with a mistaken report of a river bridge damage.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Shell Pipe Line Company
Roy H. Brinkley
Henrietta
Burkburnett
C. C. Ingram
Red River
British Deficit Defended as Germans Claim British Sea Power On Defensive
Berlin says Germany has forced British sea power onto the defensive by claiming British naval control over shipping lanes and river mouths. The DNB reports six neutral or noncombatant ships were sunk off the English eastern coast yesterday and notes French artillery fire along the western front near Perl Oberper Schneerberg and between Metlach and Pirmasens.
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Berlin
Germany
DNB
Britain
Perl
Oberper
Schneerberg
Metlach
Pirmasens
County Treasurer Extends Noon Hours for Tax Payments
The county treasurer announces noon-hour openings to help taxpayers starting tomorrow. Treasurer Roy Flory says the extended hours will continue until December 20 to aid tax payments. after that date, the first half taxes for 1939 will become delinquent.
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Roy Flory
Scout Troop Sponsorship Meeting At Local Church
Parents and boys interested in Scouting are invited to attend tonight at 7:30 at the Evangelical church. The church plans to sponsor a Boy Scout troop and leaders will be on hand to explain the work. The church sits at Tenth and Connecticut streets. Rev. Duncan McGregor is the pastor.
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Evangelical Church
Tenth
Connecticut Streets
Duncan McGregor
Roosevelt to ask Congress to extend reciprocal trade act
President Roosevelt announced that Congress would be asked in the next session to extend the reciprocal trade agreements act. The measure has faced bipartisan criticism at the Capitol.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
Ratner Plans Kansas Visit by GOP Presidential Contenders
Gov Payne Ratner proposed inviting leading 1940 Republican candidates to Kansas for appearances. He named Arthur Vandenberg Dewey Robert Taft and Joseph Martin as possible invitees. Martin agreed to be Kansas day speaker January 29. Ratner said the state committee would host events on the candidates’ preferred dates. He outlined the plan after meetings in Washington.
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Topeka
Kansas
Payne Ratner
Washington
G.O.P
Walter Fees
Ratner
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Joseph W. Martin
Massa
Chusetts
Martin
State Committee
Dewey
Vandenberg
Bankers Host Youth at 12th 4 H Achievement Banquet
Douglas County Bankers association will host 263 vocational agriculture and 4-H members at the 12th annual 4-H Club and Vocational Agriculture Achievement banquet. The event starts at 6 pm at Eldridge hotel with attendees from Vinland and Liberty Memorial high schools and clubs Belleview through Palmyra.
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Douglas County Bankers Association
Eldridge Hotel
Bankers
Belleview
Big Springs
Clinton Busy Bee
Firefly
Jayhawk
Kanwaka
Lecompton
Lone .Star
Meadow Lark
Rainbow
Sunflower
Palmyra
Vinland High School
Liberty Memorial High School
George D. Walter
Lawrence National Bank
A. E. Woestegemer
Peoples State Bank
Northwest wind brings cooling in Topeka Kansas
Skies cloudy with no rain in sight as a northwest flow lowers temperatures toward normal. Dust storms form from strong western winds across dry Kansas counties, with Anthony visibility reduced to a mile and a half. Dodge City tops 78, Topeka hits 69 tying a 1896 date record.
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Topeka
Kansas
Altho
Sar Federal
A. D. Robb
Oklahoma
Texas
Anthony
Colorado
Phillipsburg
Dodge City
Bureau of Standards Truck Tests Scales Here
A truck owned by the National Bureau of Standards equipped with 15 test weights weighed 1,000 pounds each was in Lawrence today testing wagon and truck scales. The truck, loaded, weighed 40,000 pounds and will spend about a month in Kansas with special permission to operate on state highways.
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National Bureau of Standards
Lawrence
Kansas
Two Alarms In Minutes Signal Early Morning Fires
Firefighters responded to a roof fire at the Glidden Tourist Home 944 New Hampshire street at 10:08 with minor damage. A second blaze at 1721 Mississippi street prompted a second alarm at 10:27 as crews fought the second fire.
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Glidden
New Hampshire Street
Paul Ingels
Mississippi Street
Leavenworth Patrolman Dies From Gun Wounds
Leavenworth Kansas December 12 a patrolman Myron Reynolds aged 33 died last night from two bullet wounds in his abdomen suffered while repairing guns. Reynolds offered only the remark I had done a very foolish thing.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Myron Reynolds
Reynolds
Weather forecast for Kansas shows fair tonight and colder Wednesday
Kansas forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with a drop in temperatures and colder weather in the east on Wednesday. Local gas office records track temperatures and rainfall timing through the day, noting yesterday's highs and today’s minima.
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Kansas
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