Soviet Bombers Hit Helsinki Hospitals and Schools
Soviet planes bombed a hospital dormitory and a school for the blind in Helsinki, causing heavy damage to multiple buildings. Two hospital patients were injured, with some deaths likely as strikes extended to towns 25 miles around the capital. Eight planes attacked, amid cold and blizzards slowing operations.
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Helsinki
Joseph Stalin
School For Blind
Lappvik
Hyvinkaene
Kerava
Mhanko
Finland
Survivors Questioned on Ellis Island After Columbus Sinking
At Ellis Island six inspectors questioned survivors of the scuttled German liner Columbus to determine immigration status with the two day process anticipated. Byron H. Uhl supervising, investigators from the FBI present to check for naval or military intelligence ties, while the German consulate and Hamburg America line officials observed.
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New York
Ellis Island
Columbus
Byron H. Uhl
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Uhl
Lloyd Line
Britain Gathers Force to Guard Unarmed North Sea Fleet
Britain mobilizes ships and fighter aircraft to defend unarmed North Sea fishing fleets after German raids that damaged or sunk 35 vessels in three days. Admiralty offers hard-lying bonuses to trawler crews and seeks extra telegraph and wireless operators as allied naval actions intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Great Britain
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Admiralty
Evening News
Aracua Seized on Libel Charge by Texas Sugar Firm
Eight armed coast guardsmen boarded the German freighter Aracua in Fort Lauderdale after a federal libel attachment filed by Imperial Sugar of Texas. A British cruiser hovered offshore after the Aracua fled from a British warship, and Miami lawyers said the action aimed to prevent the crew from fleeing with the ship. The case centers on a 338,541.72 freight claim involving the Hamburg American line and deliveries tied to operations in Sumatra and South America. The ship, en route from the Philippines to Galveston when war began, may remain in port indefinitely as a merchant vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Coast
Texas Sugar Company
U. S
Philip
Coast Guard
Orion
Port Everglades
Hamburg-American Line
Miami
James Dixon
Sugar Company
Houston
Imperial Sugar Company of Texas
Sumatra
South America
Philippines
Galveston
Arauca
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Germany
Washington
Another School Seeks Don Faurot as Coach
Columbia dispatch reports Don Faurot, Missouri head football coach, confirming talk with a university representative in Omaha about a coaching job but withholding details until after New Year. He notes the Orange Bowl game is the priority as Missouri faces Georgia Tech in Miami on January 1.
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Columbia
Don Faurot
University of Missouri
Omaha
Tigers
Georgia Tech
Miami
Faurot
Studious cod found on Boston trawler
The Boston trawler Arlington arrived at the fish pier with a 20 pound cod. Inside its mouth they found a school notebook three by six inches containing the name Molo Luigi Razza and data on freezing fish. The catch was made south of the Cod.
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Boston
Arlington
Molo Luigi Razza
Survey Kansas River flood control plan for Republican basin
Washington December 21 Major General Julian L Schley chief of army engineers directed a detailed survey of proposed flood control measures in the Republican river Kansas basin and ordered a review of the Ludington Harbor Michigan report.
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Washington
Julian L. Schley
Army Engineers
Republican River
Kan
Schley
Ludington Harbor
Mich
Nineteenth Kaw Valley Potato Meeting Set Saturday
The Kaw Valley will host its nineteenth annual potato meeting for Irish and sweet potato producers. Speakers include L. E. Melchers on bacterial wilt, A. G. Tolaas on Minnesota seed potato outlook, and Henry G. Knight on sweet potato chemistry and usage.
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Kaw Valley
Chamber of Commerce
W. G. Amstein
John O. Miller
Kansas State College Extension Service
Manhattan
L. E. Melchers
Department of
Kansas State Agricultural Experiment Station
A. G. Tolaas
State Department of Agriculture
St. Paul
S. W. Decker
Kansas State College
Henry G. Knight
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Salvation Army plans 125 Christmas baskets for needy
Salvation Army will distribute 125 Christmas baskets this year, said Captain Olin Brigman. The group is seeking fruit donations and volunteers. kettles were fuller yesterday but donations declined today. Baskets will be handed out starting Saturday at 2 PM from 846 Massachusetts Street as letters of need arrive, including a family with ill husband and daughter facing a Christmas without aid.
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Salvation Army
Olin Brigman
Army
Massachusetts Street
Brigman
Santa
Kilner Appointed to National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
The White House announced Brigadier General Walter G. Kilner will join the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics replacing Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh who recently retired. Kilner is a retired assistant chief of the Army Air Corps.
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Aeronautics Committee
Washington
White House
Walter G. Kilner
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Charles A. Lindbergh
Kilner
Army Air Corps
Planes Fight With Unidentified Invaders Over Utrecht
Netherlands air battle seen by hundreds in Utrecht as foreign aircraft from the east clash with Dutch anti aircraft guns. Smoke curtains shielded invaders who fled toward the border. reports vary on number of planes.
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Netherlands
Amsterdam
Utrecht
Germany
Veluwe
Gelderland
Essen
Wheat yield to be lowest since 1925
The U S Department of Agriculture forecast 1940 winter wheat production at 1 339 000 000 bushels the smallest since 1925 due to severe drought The fall area sown to winter wheat is 45 014 000 acres with a December 1 crop condition at 55 percent of normal Rye sowing and Kansas wheat acreage also noted with lower than normal conditions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Governors Map Unified Plan for Republican River Valley
Governors Cochran Carr and Ratner along with state engineers from Nebraska Colorado and Kansas meet in McCook Nebraska to plan joint management of Republican river water. They consider a three state water compact and urge early congressional flood control and irrigation action citing past flood losses and damages.
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Ralph Carr
Colorado
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Cochran
Republican Valley
Nebraska
Army Engineers
Nebraska State Planning Board
National Resources Board
Kansas to Receive Extra 340000 for Social Welfare
Chairman Frank Milligan of the state social welfare board says Kansas will gain an extra 340000 annually from federal social security changes effective January 1. The increase in federal contributions will be directed to aid aged, blind and dependent children, enabling state and counties to save that amount.
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Topeka
Frank Milligan
State Social Welfare Board
Kansas
Mrs Alderman Loses Suit Over Husband and Ruth Etting
In Los Angeles a judge ruled Alma Alderman failed to prove Ruth Etting stole her husband Myri Alderman's affection. The $150,000 case ended after five months of trial with no finding of improper motives or knowledge of any reconciliation.
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Los Angeles
Alma Alderman
Myri Alderman
Ruth Etting
Alderman
Samuel Blake
Miss Etting
Dinner Meeting Of Sons And Daughters Of New England
A meeting of the Sons and Daughters of New England will be held tonight at the Colonial Tea Room with a business session at 6 and dinner at 6 45. R A Schwegler Jr discusses Culture of the New England Tradition as the keynote. Air activity on the western front increases in Lorraine and Alsace in tonight’s French army communique. A suggested Christmas present is a scholarship in the Lawrence Business College.
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Sons and Daughters of
New England
Colonial Tea Room
New ‘England
R. A. Schwegler, Jr
Paris
Lorraine
Alsace
Lawrence Business College
Waldemar Geltch
School of Fine Arts
String and Chamber Music
Musical Sun
Piano Forum
Carl A. Preyer
K. U. School of Fine Arts
Lucille Wagner
Karl Euersteiner
Kansas State Music Teachers .Association
M.T.N.A
Finnish communique claims two Russian battalions destroyed
The Finnish army reported the destruction or capture of large Russian weapons along the eastern front and ten tanks listed as taken or destroyed. The advance toward Salla on the northeastern front continued, with heavy Russian losses cited and 600 killed in one battle.
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Helsinki
Salla
Arctic
Geen
First Winter Tide Fails to Bring Snow to Lawrence
The report notes no snow yet as winter starts four days before Christmas. It compares recent and past Decembers, listing temperatures and snowfall records in Lawrence, including a 76 degree December high and several below zero readings in prior years. The piece cites Prof. C. J. Posey as observer.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Lafwrence
Snostfall
Officers of Two Masonic Lodges to Be Installed
Joint installation for Acacia Lodge No. 9 and Lawrence Lodge No. 6 will be held at the Masonic temple this evening. Albert B. Martin will install with O. C. Lang ston and Frank Jones assisting. New officers include R. B. Stevens W M A C Sluss S W M A Barlow J W F C Whipple treasurer John H Packer secretary H Herbert Tuller W M Walter C Woodcock S W Sam P Moyer J W David Pagson treasurer W H Quaken bush secretary An oyster supper will follow the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acacia Lodge No. 9
Lawrence Lodge No. 6
Masonic Temple
Albert B. Martin
O. C. Langston
Frank Jones
Acacia Lodge
R. B. Stevens
W.M
A. C. Sluss
S.W
M. A. Barlow
J.W
F. C. Whipple
John H. Packer
Lawrence Lodge
H. Herbert Tuller
Walter C. Woodcock
Sam P. Moyer
David Pagson
W. H. Quakenbush
Italian Steamer Comitas Sinks After Mine Hit
The Italian steamer Comitas, 3685 tons, sank off Flushing on The Netherlands coast after striking a mine. The Netherlands navy dispatched ships to rescue the crew, who evacuated in lifeboats.
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Amsterdam
Comitas
Flushing
Netherlands
Toi Witherspoon Feature in Saturday Journal World
Toi Witherspoon is featured in the Saturday issue of the Journal World, with coverage of her work and profile within the paper.
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The
Journal-World
Christmas Business Booms in Lawrence Area Ahead of Santa Visit
Lawrence and surrounding trade areas report strong Christmas buying with brisk sales of inexpensive items and a best Saturday in four years. Post Office activity hits peak with 54 000 letters processed and over 1000 shaped envelopes stamped as December mail volume looks up. Santa visits planned on Massachusetts street and wrapping stations stay busy while welfare office lists 225 needy families to aid with baskets and bags from local groups.
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Lawrence
Santa Claus
Roger Williams
Williams
Bruce McKee
Chamber of Commerce
Liberty Memorial High School
Massachusetts Street
Decline in employment in November reported by secretary
Washington reports a drop of about 100 000 in November employment overseen by Secretary Perkins. She attributes part of the decline to neutrality limits and labor disputes affecting maritime commerce. She notes seasonal curtailments typically cut about 350 000, but this year the smaller drop signals continued industrial strength.
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Washington
Perkins
Stock Market Index Dips to 50.6 After Yesterday
The average of 60 stocks stands at 50.6, down from 50.8 recorded yesterday. Investors reassess market activity as daily fluctuations continue amid caution in trading today.
Chinese Army Spokesman Sees Japanese Isolated at Nanning
Chinese army spokesman declares Japanese forces in Nanning area isolated and on the eve of a major defeat. Chungking reports this as Japanese hold on the strategic South China center dissolves amid growing Allied pressure.
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Chungking
Nanning
South China
Stalin's 60th Birthday Celebrated Across Soviet Russia
Moscow marks Joseph Stalin's sixtieth birthday with extensive press praise calling him the pillar of hope to workers in capitalist states. A Kalinin biography extols him as leading one sixth of the globe toward socialism and communism, with a one million copy initial print. The anniversary dominates radio and newspapers.
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Moscow
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Red Army
Finland
Stalin
Michael Kalinin
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Poland
Baltic States
Lawrence High Names 21 Football Lettermen at Assembly
Twenty one Lawrence high school players received letter awards this morning after a coach led ceremony. Coach Elmer Schaake recommended the awards which honor players who logged at least nine quarters this season.
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Lawrence High
Elmer Schaake
Merrill Henry
Altho
Cecil Green
Loren Thompson
Fettermen
Chill hits Kansas in cold snap across eastern region
Topeka reports a 20 degree low marking the coldest since March with forecasts of 35 to 40 today and 40 to 45 western readings. Forecaster Flora notes 1939 remains the warmest on record and a dry spell continues despite the chill.
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Topeka
Kansas
Phillinsboro
S. D. Flora
Nebracka
Flora
Dodge City
Harris Paroled From State Reformatory After 1927 Sentence
William C. Harris, who was sentenced to the state reformatory in April 1927 for grand larceny, was paroled from the state penitentiary today by Gov. Payne H. Ratner. He faced a one to 21 year sentence.
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Reformatory
William C. Harris
State Reformatory
State Penitentiary
Payne H. Ratner
Harris
American Republics Plan Joint Protest Over Zone Warfare
Twenty one Pan American republics including the United States will protest to European belligerents over extending warfare into the Pan American neutrality safety zone. Informants say the protest may be announced in Washington or Panama and relates to the Graf Spee clash with British cruisers near Uruguay, within the safety zone.
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Rio de Janeiro
Panama
United States
Europe
Washington
Uruguay
Graf Spee
Music Teachers National Assn to Meet in Kansas City
The Music Teachers National Association gathers in Kansas City for the first time since 1876. The three day program includes concerts and recitals with speakers Arnold Schoenberg and Earl V Moore among others.
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National Association
Kansas City
Music Teachers’ National Association
M.T.N.A
Muehlebach
Altho
Music Hall
Municipal Auditorium
Useh
Arnold Schoenberg
Los Angeles
Robert Mayer
London England
Earl V. Moore
Washington, D. C
Arthur Bliss
Louise Robyn
Carol M. Pitts
Frank Mannheimer
Egon Petri
Holland
Karl W. Gehrkens
Samuel Gardner
Howard Hanson
Winter Solstice Marks Shortest Day and Sun’s Decline
Winter begins tomorrow at 12 06 p m marking the sun’s southernmost point of the year. Tomorrow will have about nine hours and 26 minutes of daylight with sunrise at 7 36 and sunset at 5 02. The solstice occurs at 12 06 as the sun sits 23 5 degrees south of the equator over the Tropic of Capricorn. The sun’s northward hike starts and the vernal equinox arrives at 6 20 a m March 21.
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Capricorn
Governor and Mrs Ratner Publish 12000 Christmas Cards
Gov. and Mrs. Payne Ratner mailed twelve thousand Christmas cards drawn by Herschel Logan of Salina. The artwork shows the governor, first lady, their three children, and the family dog and cat at the mansion door in silhouette.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Herschel Logan
Salina
Silhouet
Spoils of War Found in Finland Seizures
In the last 24 hours Finny forces seized spoils including a Russian sewing machine and numerous books about Stalin. The books were left scattered in the snow after a swift Russian retreat.
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Finland
Copenhagen
Stalin
Weather Brief for Kansas Sees Cold Start and Warmer Friday
Meteorological bulletin notes generally fair, continued cold night in Kansas. Friday forecast calls for fair skies with a warming trend in the north central region. observations show a 7 p.m. yesterday reading of 37 and a morning 29 with a high of 40 previously recorded.
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Kansas
North Central
Aeecond
Itigh
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W. C. Harris
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Sovereign Singers
Ilza Niemack
University of Nebraska
Arthur Poister
Oberlin College
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New York City
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