Pacific Forces Stage Wide War Drills to Bolster Hawaiian Defenses
United States deploys ships and 260 fighters across the Pacific as 15000 mile naval flight reaches Sitka Alaska. Ninety eight warships and 260 planes launch five days of war games off Southern California under Admiral Claude C. Bloch. Fifteen hundred Marines in Shanghai transfer to Hawaii to join 18 new Army bombers from Hamilton Field. The move raises Hawaii’s total combat aircraft to about 228, including 48 bombers, with ships practicing harbor defense and tracking in dawn sorties from Los Angeles harbor.
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San Francisco
United States
Pacific
Alaska
California
China
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Claude C. Bloch
Naval
VP-16
Sitka
Seattle
Prince Rupert
Goose Island
Shanghai
Hawaii
Hamilton Field
Calif
Honolulu
Los Angeles Harbor
Committee Delays Action on Jackson Nomination
The senate judiciary committee postponed final action on Robert H. Jackson to be solicitor general until after subcommittee hearings by February 10. Jackson, then assistant attorney general leading the antitrust division, faces questions from Senators King and Austin over anti monopoly speeches. Austin cited a scheduling conflict with a Supreme Court case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert H. Jackson
McGill
D-Kan
Jackson
King
Utah
Austin
R-Vt
Supreme Court
Ford plant resumes operations after one day shutdown
St Louis assembly plant of the Ford Motor company reopened today after a one day shutdown. A plant officer said the closing was to permit distribution to catch up with production and a 90 car a day schedule would be kept with no further shutdowns expected. About 600 production employees reported for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Ford Otor Company
Kirchner Named New Head of Inspections Dept in Topeka
John E. Kirchner of Atwood began work as director of inspections and registration in Topeka. He succeeded J. L. Grimes who turned over the department at the end of yesterday and will stay a few days to help with policy work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
John E. Kirchner
Atwood
J. L. Grimes
Notre Dame Law Professor William M. Cain Dies
William M. Cain 66 associate professor of law at the University of Notre Dame died today in South Bend Indiana after a heart attack. He formerly served on the Nebraska supreme court commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
William M. Cain
University of Notre Dame
Nebraska Supreme Court Commission
Lindley Heads to Maryville for Northwest Missouri Address
Chancellor E H Lindley planned to leave this evening by car for Maryville Missouri to address a student assembly at Northwest Missouri State Teachers College tomorrow morning and to speak at a banquet that evening.
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Lindley
Maryville
E.H. Lindley
Northwest Missouri State Teachers ' College
Test Your Knowledge Roundup of Trivia Questions
A scrambled quiz lists questions on legal terms Ottoman Empire geography Leoncavallo HOLC ambassador to Germany salt altitude aircraft, Norse god Odin, and national census frequency. It resembles a classified page teaser prompting readers to check answers elsewhere.
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Ottoman Empire
Ruggiero Leoncavallo
HOLC
United States
Germany
KU Classes Begin Tomorrow as Spring Semester Opens
Enrollment at the University of Kansas is complete and first classes of the spring term will start tomorrow morning. Discussed topics include routine schedules, book exchanges, and tax concerns, with the Sour Owl humor magazine promising a major contest prize. Six KU cadets were named second lieutenants in the U.S. Army ROTC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Karl. F. Baldwin
University
R.O T
North Pole Campers Report Icefloe Faces Cracks
Soviet radio reports say campers on a drifting icefloe about 1,100 miles from the pole face wide cracks. They request radio aid from Jan Mayen station at fixed times while a rescue expedition is planned to reach them. Location given 74.16 N 16.24 W off northeastern Greenland.
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Oslo
Norway
North Pole
Jan .Mayen Island
Greenland
Spitzbergen
Frazer store manager charged with arson in Lyons Kansas
Harry E. Dryden, manager of the Frazer ready to wear store in Lyons, was arrested today and charged with arson. Fire damaged the building and contents on the night of January 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Kan
Harry E. Dryden
Frazer Ready-To-Wear
Lawrence chapter dinner marks centenary of co education at KU
A Lawrence group plans a February 8 dinner by the American Association of University Women to celebrate a century of co education in America. Dr. Louise Pound of Nebraska will speak as KU history notes that women pressed for parity from early days.
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Louise Pound
University of Nebraska
Lawrence
United States
American Association
University of Kansas
America
University of Nebraska, Ds
Dora Stubblefield
Coffeyville
al Tho
Hannah Oliver
Emerita
Erateneer Robinson
New Hudsons on Display in Lawrence Hudson 112 models shown
The Hunsinger Motor Co. in Lawrence displayed two Hudson 112 models today. The sedan and coupe are aimed at the low priced field and use an 83 horsepower six cylinder motor. The wheel base is 112 inches and the styling mirrors the higher priced Hudson line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunsinger Motor Company
Hudson Automobile Agency
Lawrence
Hudson Company
Hudson
Rehearsal for chorus directed by Prof Otto Jessner
The choral union meets for a regular rehearsal tonight at 7 30 in the high school auditorium under Prof Otto Jessner of the university. A large attendance is expected and organizers urge punctual attendance to build esprit de corps through enthusiastic participation.
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Otto Jessner
Sprende
The
Choral Union
Fire started in walls at Jackman home near Lawrence
A flame used to thaw plumbing at R. R. Jackman's residence west of Lawrence on Highway 40 ignited in the wall area. The fire department was summoned to extinguish the blaze. Smoke and flames damaged the kitchen while firefighters ripped away weather boarding and siding to reach the fire.
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R. R. Jackman
Lawrence
Highway 40
Taft Attacks Washington Plan On Unemployment
Charles P Taft son of the former president and national Republican leader told Topeka civic groups that Washington should not centralize unemployment relief arguing it breeds division and a permanent underclass rather than unity and local authority.
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Topeka
UPA
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Washington
London Stevedores Refuse Japanese Ship Load
London stevedores refuse to load the Japanese vessel Haruna Maru amid suspicions a bar iron barge next to it was meant for Japanese armaments. The protest underscores wartime tensions and dockside security concerns.
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London
London Stevedores
Haruna Maru
Wood for the fireplace advertised in classifieds
A fragment notes where to buy wood for a fireplace and directs readers to the classified page for the purchase location and advert details.
France appeals for world help to stop Spanish air bombings
Premier Ca mille Chautemps announced an appeal to other governments to join France in ending murderous air bombardments of civilian populations in Spain. He said conferences with M Delbos seek international aid to secure an agreement between the Spanish government and insurgents to halt open city bombings.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
France
M. Delbos
Yvon Delbos
Barcelona
Salamanca
Fifty crash a show at Dickinson theater during charivari
About 50 high school students crowd into Dickinson theater after a charivari for newlyweds Gaylord Carter and Anna Belle Cole. Police evicted about half. the rest scattered through the audience while some stayed to watch the film.
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Dickinson Theater
J. C. Carter
New York Street
Gaylord Carter
Liberty Memorial High School
Anna Belle Cole
Frank Cole
the Dickinson
County to Haul Wood From Lone Star Lake Park
County commissioners visited Lone Star Lake Park to inspect the timber and decided county trucks will haul usable wood to Lawrence for direct relief clients. County engineer E. E. Trueblood said some cut timber can be brought to the woodyard to be sawed, though the woodyard is not deficient. Local trees were cut under city supervision and relief workers prepared grocery orders for distribution.
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Lone Star Lake Park
Lawrence
E. E. Trueblood
Funeral for Mrs H W Olmsted Held at Olmsted Home
Mrs H W Olmsted died yesterday after an operation in a Springfield Missouri hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Thursday from the home of W P Olmsted 1801 Vermont Street conducted by Rev Joseph King. Survived by husband H W Olmsted post office inspector and two young children Robert Philip and Helen Elizabeth.
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H. W. Olmsted
Springfield
W. P. Olmsted
Vermont Street
Joseph King
Olmsted
Cornell University
Robert Philip
Helen Elizabeth
H.W. Olmsted
Notre Dame Names New Football Captain
South Bend Indiana February 1 Jim McGildrick reserve left guard last season was elected captain of the 1938 Notre Dame football team to succeed Alex Shellogg who resigned his captaincy last Saturday Shellogg and Notre Dame authorities offered no comment
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Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Jim McGildrick
Alex Shellogg
Shellogg
Woman Bound Villain to Well and Threatened Revenge
A woman binds a man by the well wheel and leaves him tethered overnight. In the morning she tethers him and forces a sworn vow not to see another woman. She then offers warm drinks and a kiss, ending the episode with a calm, if tense, reconciliation.
Emery F. Stanley Dies at 79 Retired Kansas Educator
Topeka Feb 1 Emery F Stanley 79 retired Kansas educator died at his home after a 35 year career in the Topeka school system. He previously served as a Lawrence school principal. Survived by widow two sons Rev Neil Stanley Denver Colo and Donald Stanley Mankato one daughter Mrs Charles Sturtevant Cimarron. Brother Edmund Stanley died in 1928 was founder and president of Friends University Wichita.
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Topeka
Pi—Emery
F. Stanley
Kansas
Lawrence
Edmund Stanley
Friends University
Wichita
Neil Stanley
Denver
Colo
Donald Stanley
Mankato
Charles Sturtevant
Cimarron
Blind California man claims title to dukedom and wealth
Oakland resident George Hollinby Druce, 83, claims he is the Duke of Portland through a grandfather’s liaison with a farm girl. He recounts rejecting a $250,000 settlement in a long pursuit of the estate.
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Oakland
Calif
George Hollinby
Druce
Duke of Portland
Hope Will Run Again as Kansas Representative
Kansas Representative Hope says he will seek reelection and will not run for the U.S. Senate. He added he never ruled out the possibility but currently does not plan a senatorial bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Senate
Washington
Hope
R.-Kan
Philippine Army Seizes Fort Bacolod in Mindanao
In Lanao province Mindanao 140 Philippine Army troopers captured Fort Bacolod after a jungle assault. Two Moro outlaws were killed and insurgent deaths rose to 17 since Saturday.
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Manila
Lanao Province
Mindanao Island
Philippine Army
Fort Bacolod
Senate panel sets vote on Equal Rights amendment
The judiciary committee agreed to vote on February 14 on a proposed constitutional amendment to guarantee equal rights for women. The move centers on elevating gender equality within constitutional protections.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
St. Valentine's Day
Community Meeting Draws Large Local Attendance
Crowder residents filled the schoolhouse on Friday with standing room in halls as a community gathering drew strong turnout. The report notes several local visits, hospital trips for Roy Norwood, and Farm Bureau activities with talks and a demonstration by Mrs. Elmer Husted.
Lecompton News notes social visits and sports action
The column lists local visits and dinners with families from Lawrence Kanwaka Barker and Baker. Lecompton basketball team beat Washburn in Lecompton while Lecompton’s first team suffered a season defeat at Topeka tournament. Absences due to colds noted for Jerry Leroy Barland and Phil Hodson.
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Lecompton
Jerry
Leroy Barland
Phil Hodson
Local social notes from Lawrence and surrounding towns
Lawrence residents and visitors are listed with weekend visits and gatherings. Individuals mentioned include Winston Miller, Homer Clary, Carl Hobbs, Dana Hobson, Sharon Lee, Mrs. Roy Eberly, Mrs. Asa Turner, Mrs. Milo Embry, Robert Asa, J. W. Sutton, Dan Bales, James Hobson, O. M. Hird, Roy Jardon, Roy Clary, Paul Johanning, Earl Jardon, Harry Hobson, Leroy Stoneking, Oscar Turner, Mable Gilliland, Rallie centrem, Leonard Newlin, Jerold Hobson, Earl Hobson, Dale, and others at multiple local homes and events.
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Winston Miller
Lawrence
A. R. Miller
Homer Clary
Ben Hamlins
Franklin County
Carl Hobbs
J. E. Hobbs
Dana Hobson
Sharon Lee
Asa Turner
St. Louis
Milo Embry
Robert Asa
J. W. Sutton
Ottawa
Dan Bales
James Hobson
Baldwin
O. M. Hird
Roy Jardon
Roy Clary
Paul Johanning
Earl Jardon
Topeka
Harry Hobson
Leroy Stoneking
Turner
Oscar Turner
Mable
Gilliland
Rallie
Leonard Newlin
Jerold Hobson
Earl Hobson
Dale
Roy
Fred Barkley
Farmers Union
West Baldwin
Peter Stoneking
Barbara Sue
Fred Harrelbrink
Leslie Clough
Family plans move to Sei neighborhood Marely
Mr Wick and family from the southern part of the state will relocate to the Alderdice farm once occupied. Mrs Fern Hobson will be taken in the past noble grand at Rebekah lodge meeting in Baldwin Tuesday night. Leonard Newlin helped Mrs Mable Gilliland with butchering last Monday. Mrs Baldwin was called to Neosho last week by her mother's illness. Ed Stoneking received word from Martha in San Diego that she recovered from a finger infection and is back at work.
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Sei
Marely
Wick
Clough
Alderdice Farm
Fern Hobson
Rebekah
Baldwin
Co ‘Leonard “Newlin
Mable Gilliland
Neosho
Ed Stoneking
Martha
San Diego
Calif
Social News From Reno and Surrounding Areas
Reno and nearby towns report dinners and visits including Mr. and Mrs. Othel Wiley hosting Roy Wiley of Basehor. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bleakley visiting St. Joseph and Atchison with John and Mrs. Heiser. Miss Helen White from Kansas City weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Harry White. Miss Mary Phenicie and Miss L Severance from Wichita with Ruth Phenicie and Mrs. W C Bridges. Farm Bureau leaders from southern Leavenworth County attend an all day meeting at Tonga noziox high school on Saturday. about six men represented. topic Being Well Groomed. Miss Hillar of Manhattan spoke. Iva Holliday of Leavenworth attended. Mrs. W R Seanor also present. Mr. and Mrs. T C Davis of St ig traveled by car to visit daughter Mrs Clayton Walker and Mr Walker in Denver and will stay a month or six weeks.
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Othel Wiley
Roy Wiley
Basehor
Walter Bleakley
St. Joseph
Atchison
John Heiser
Heiser
Helen White
Kansas City
Harry White
Mary K. Phenicie
L. Severance
Wichita
Ruth Phenicie
W. C. Bridges
T. C. Davis
St. Ig
Clayton Walker
Mr. Walker
Denver
Colo
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Edward N. Dean
Sour Owl
K. U
the Owl
New York City
Editor
Dean
National Association of Teachers of Journalism
Pi Phi
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Hutchinson
Chapter
Rotarian
Mt. Dread
Walter Winchell
Alexander
Miss Oliver
Beata
Emery F. Stanley
Lawrence Schools
Robert
Norwood
Kansas University Hospital
Ray Norwood
Barland
Delmar
Leroy
Pawnee
Pawnee Town Company
Riley
Reeder
Johnson County
Union Pacific R. R
Fort Riley
Funk Mortuary
Jim Braddock
Babe Ruth
New York
Arnold Ransdall
Shipman Carter
J. M. Crowder
J. S. Emmett
Kanwaka
James Cowan
Amos
Lewis Hodson
Lake View
C. N. Hodson
Wood
J S. Emmett
Pittsburg
Emmett
Viola Welcher
J. N. Barland
Anthony Ice
Big Springs
Jack Collins
Ruby Athey
Betty Hodson
Barker
John Lewis
Barr Gorrill
Clarence Hodson
N. J. Barland
C. C. Potter
Elmer Husted
W. S. Collins
Delmar Barland
J. J. Svoboda
J. S. Enemett
Henry Belerman
Paul Athey
Sammie Grimes
Lionel Rogers
Ruth Norwood
Baker
Jack
Grant Johnson
Washburn
George Collins
Los Angeles
W. I. Collins
Billy Hodson
Lawrence National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
BOY Scouts
C. W. Schubert
Exercike
Schubert
Schubert Funeral Home
New Hampshire
Reno
Ericsaw Puzzles
Angus
Asso Stadies
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