Roosevelt Pledge Full Aid to Allies to Fight Axis
President Roosevelt called for unity to defeat the axis and expand aid to Britain as war needs grow. He warned business as usual must end, pledging increased production of ships guns and planes while pressing Britain aid, with officials noting broad public support.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Stephen Early
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Britain
Morgenthau
Arthur 3. Purvis
Iie
Sumner Welles
Allen Kirk
London
Karly
Early
Axis
Hungary Mobilizes Troops as Axis Moves Raise Balkan Tensions
Budapest reports a new Hungarian mobilization aimed at total effort by January 15 amid signs of intensified German involvement in the Balkans. Russian activity and rail movements with Germany and Romania are noted, while Bulgaria weighs passage of German troops and a possible royal abdication rumor surrounds King Boris II.
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Budapest
Hungary
Balkans
Soviet
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Lwow
Lemberg
Poland
Romania
Michael Teleki
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Italy
Albania
Boris II
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Boris
Bogdan Philoff
Moscow
Balkan
Bucharest
Transylvania
Rumania
Rotary aid for families in final Lawrence week
Lawrence Rotary members collect funds for relief of Rotarians and families in furone as bread and milk meals replace luncheon. Rotary International has donated forty thousand dollars to the Red Cross and ten thousand to English Rotarians. Officers note final army physicals. three Company M, H, and medical detachment members failed. Armory filming by Lions Club. local photographer exhibits at Alfred studio window. Jazz band and vocal quartet formed by soldiers. August Anneberg visits.
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Lawrence
Europe
Rotary International
Red Cross
Rotarians
England
R. C. Rankin
International Committee
Neal Wherry
Rotary
N. M. Draper
Darien
Manchuria
Asia
K. K. Landis
Emil Liston
FE. V. Wood
Baldwiny
George V. Motages
Kansas City
Kan
Company M
Kenneth Lastlethwaite
Joseph Waterman
Harold Walton
Sam Seetin
Theodora Gonley
Carl Brooks
Cornet
Harold J. Brohammer
Mandaling
Walter Jones
Jack I. Todd
Charlen Crowder
Daryel Skinner
Growder
August Anneberg
Paragould
Ark
Chemical resources study for tri state defense effort
Kansas City reports engineers from the U S Bureau of Mines and the ordnance department will start an analysis this week of Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma chemical resources for defense. The study considers canal use for ammonia to manufacture TNT smokeless powder and picric acid. Kenneth A Spencer of Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining provided the district study and test runs on munition chemicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kenneth A. Spencer
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company
Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas Temple Basketball Game to Be Played in Philadelphia
The Journal-World will report halftime and final scores of Kansas Temple basketball from Convention Hall Philadelphia. Game starts 7 15 o clock Lawrence time.
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the Journal-World
Kansas Temple
Convention Hall
Philadelphia
Lawrence
Defense Commission Reports on Increased Armaments Output
The defense commission announces monthly output rises to 2400 aircraft engines 700 planes over 10 000 semi-automatic rifles and 100 tanks. It notes contracts totaling over 10 billion dollars with military and civilian boosts, and targets 50 000 airplanes 130 000 engines 9200 tanks 380 navy ships and other large scale production. A new fighting ship slides down the ways every 12 days as President Roosevelt calls for more rapid arms creation.
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Washington
The
Defense Commission
Tha Dafanesa Neamram Tha Aan
AO ME Agchog
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Great London Fire Under Control After Massive Raid
London endured the fiercest wartime raid as fire bombs and explosives triggered widespread blazes. Firefighters used water from the Thames and dynamite to contain the inferno, saving St Pauls Cathedral while the Associated Press building and Guildhall suffered severe damage.
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London
Thames
Guildhall
Cheapside
Fleet Street
Thames River
The
Press Association
Berlin
Rolls’ Royce Motor Works
Crewe
England
Tondon
St. Paul's
Germans Silent on Roosevelt Fireside Talk Status
Berlin officials and Adolf Hitler were not ready to state Germanys position on Roosevelts fireside address. A Wilhelmstrasse spokesman refused to comment saying he had no statement to make and that higher authorities had issued a strict gag order. Afternoon papers summarized Roosevelts speech and Wheeler's antiwar congress address.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Finlay
Wilhelmstrasse
Burton K. Wheeler
National Youth
Car Strikes Pedestrian Injuring University Doctor
Clark W. Comstock, 20, of Lawrence, was booked by Kansas City police on a careless driving charge after his car struck pedestrian Dr. Ivan C. Hall, 55, a University of Colorado medical school bacteriology professor. Hall suffered a deep cut above the eye and scrapes on the leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark W. Comstock
Lawrence
Kansas City
Ivan C. Hall
University of Colorado Medical School
Call for 110 More Kansas Draftees in January
Kansas draft headquarters announces 110 additional draftees for January from eastern and central counties. Induction will occur at Fort Leavenworth with reporting set for January 20. A later quota is expected for the last half of January. 232 draftees were already allotted for the first two weeks.
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Topeka
Kansas
Selective Service
Fort Leavenworth
Death clears up in Christmas Eve hit and run case
Charles Flory 81 of 901 Pennsylvania Street died from a skull fracture after a Christmas Eve crash. Robert Church 17 of 820 New Jersey Street confessed to striking a person with his car on Eighth Street near New York, saying he was temporarily blinded by headlights. Coroner's jury scheduled for 10 AM at the courthouse.
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Charles Flory
Pennsylvania Street
Robert Church
New Jersey Street
Church
James Messer
William Cox
Flory
Eighth Street
New York Street
Statment Church
Eighth
New York
L. K. Zimmer
Unsettled Weather Foreseen For New Year
Topeka reports unsettled conditions from Kansas to Texas with possible rain tonight or Tuesday. Temperatures linger near freezing, with highs around 40 to 45 and lows near 32 to 35. Farmers anticipate moisture as 1940 ends.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Canada
Texas
Canadian
Kansans
Colorado
New Mexico
Goodland
Dodge City
Chanute
British Prepare For Attack On Bardia
Cairo dispatch reports British preparations for a concerted attack on Bardia proceeding smoothly despite intensified Italian artillery. Communiques note enemy fire active yesterday but no damage to allied prep, with continued harassing fire and active patrolling on the Sudan Kenya front.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bardia
Fire at W. T. Douce Home Damages Upstairs Room
A kitchen fire at the W. T. Douce residence at 1701 Indiana street yesterday morning burned curtains and damaged an upstairs room. The alarm sounded just after 10 o clock as firemen were still battling a blaze at the Church of God on Eleventh and New Hampshire streets.
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W. T. Douce
Indiana Street
Church of God
Eleventh
New Hampshire
Four Die In Crash At Grade Crossing
Four Lawrence residents died when their car was struck by a fast Frisco freight train at a grade crossing in LaCygne Kansas. Talley Morrison and Stainbrook were among the victims. funerals are set for Cadmus and Rumsey funeral homes with burial in Clinton cemetery.
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Lawrence
LaCygne
Frisco
Kan
Merle Calvin Talley
Clyde Talley
Ohio Street
Marjorie Stainbrook
Lawrence Business College
Roscoe Morrison
Morrison
Business College
Morrisons
Talley
Love
Arl Sthinbrook
Parker
Clinton Cemetery
Lloyd Talley
Everett Talley
Clyde Wagner
Cleo Talley
Frances Warner
Kansans Urged to Be Cautious Over Holiday
Topeka December warning from Dr. F L Helm state health board secretary urges Kansans to take extra care during the holiday period. He cites long dark hours winter storms and possible drinking as risk factors and recalls recent grade crossing crashes that killed six and four.
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Topeka
F. L. Helm
State Health Board
Dr. Helm
Camp Funston to House 8000 Troops by Next Month
Camp Funston near Fort Riley Kansas is expected to house 8000 troops by month end as construction by Long ManhWatson builds the camp. Daily lumber intake averages 500000 feet with thousands of workers earning about 200000 dollars weekly. The facility will accommodate the second cavalry division of 11000 men and officers.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Camp Funston
Long-Manhattan-Watson Construction Company
Second Cavalry
Kansas State College Biennial Building Needs Listed
Kansas State College president F D Farrell highlights urgent projects in the 38th biennial report to the state board of regents. Key items include a new field house three home management houses and several facilities with an estimated cost of 1 525 000 dollars, with total needs reaching about 4 000 000 dollars.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
F. D. Farrell
State Board of Regents
Farrell
Waters Hall
Governor to Hunt Opens New Year's Wolf Drive Events
Governor Payne Ratner plans to join wolf hunters on New Year's Day with Dr. F. G. Hagenbuch coordinating the C P A drive. Umpire EF. C. Quigley is expected. Harry Woodring may not respond yet. Hunt lines form at 10 a m with a 10:30 start. shotgun only and transport provided. A buffalo barbecue follows at the Elkins farm near the Country club road.
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Payne Ratner
F. G. Hagenbuch
Ratner
Hagenbuch
EF. C. Quigley
Harry Woodring
W. F. Elkins Place
Country Club Road
U. S. Highway 40
No. 40
River Road
Lecompton
Robert Steele
Fred Derby
Sigel Road
Sigel
Number 6 School House
Ine
Amos Hodson
Midland ‘Local
Pleasant Grove
East Hne
Ernie Kanald
el Navajo
Chet Spray
Marshal
Ottawa Battery to Take New Gear for Camp Robinson
Ottawa soldiers of Battery B 161st Field Artillery prepare to leave for Camp Robinson January 3. The Junior Chamber of Commerce provides new sex and underwear as gifts. A farewell party is set for tonight with Col. Ruby D. Garrett as speaker. Capt. Earle S. Bigler commands the battery.
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Ottawa
National Guard
161St Field Artillery
Camp Robinson
Chamber of Commerce
Ruby D. Garrett
Kansas City
Earle S. Bigler
Stock Market Indexes Close Higher on Weekend Trading
The average of 60 stocks rose to 43.8 on Saturday with trading up to 43.4 in a strong session. Investors watched major shares and market breadth improved as enthusiasm supported gains across sectors.
House committee calls for limits on labor board power
A House committee report urges stripping the national labor board of authority that could slow defense production. It seeks discharge of board staff with leftist leanings and criticizes actions to bar Wagner act violators from government contracts. The report, signed by Rep. Smith and two others, questions board influence on production.
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Power of Labor Board
Washington
National Labor Board
House
Smith
D-Va
Halleck
Rind
Routzohn
Ohio
Healey
D-Mass
Murdock
Dutah
Church of God parish hall razed by morning fire
The Church of God on New Hampshire Street was destroyed by a morning blaze with losses estimated between seven and eight thousand dollars. The rear basement and Sunday school rooms burned. the pews and roof suffered heavy damage while the auditorium floor remained intact. Pastor Rev. E E Kardatzke said reconstruction plans include enlarging the auditorium to seat 400 and adding a second floor Sunday school area.
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Church of God
Eleventh
New Hampshire Street
E. E. Kardatzke
Henry Adkisson
H. B. Broplet
Trinity Lutheran Church
Kardatzke
Tomne
Elmer Adcock
Anderson
Ind
Church
Board of Church, Extension and Home Missions
Trinity Tutheran
New Year's Eve Services At First Methodist Church
New Year's Eve services will be held tomorrow night from 9 to 12 at the First Methodist Church. The program includes songs contests light refreshments and an old fashioned love feast. Pastor Dr Robert A Hunt invites all men to meet at 8 80 for plans for men's work in the new year.
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First Methodist
Robert A. Hunt
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Kanwaka
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Mann
Athens
Anderson Theological Seminary
First Methodist Church
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