Eleven Die When Bombers Collide Over San Clemente
A mid air collision of two PBY bombers off San Clemente island claimed a total of eleven lives as search efforts continued for missing airmen. Four survivors were rushed to the hospital ship Relief, while ten others remained unaccounted for with rescue operations ongoing. The crash occurred during fleet maneuvers near San Diego, marking the third major naval aviation disaster of the year.
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San Pedro
J. H. Hester
San Diego
Relief
San Clemente Island
Hester
Pennsylvania
VP-11
North Island Naval Air Base
California
Claude C. Bloch
Navy Department
Washington
Los Angeles Harbor
Navy
Elmer Glenn Cooper
Erwin John Koch
Joe Earl Walton
Maurice Fitzmaurice
George Gordon Griffin
Julian Rawls
William Paul Landgreve
Carleton Barmore Hutchins
John Gregory Neidzweicky
Aviation
Marion William Woodruff
D. B. McKay
W. 0. Hatfield
L. S. Carpenter
Bie
Honolulu
Point Loma
Japan designates vast east central China war zone
Shanghai Feb 3 Japan orders Americans and other foreigners to evacuate a broad east central China region under bombardment risk as Nippon presses toward Chiang Kai-shek. The zone spans from the Yangtze to Taiyuan and covers about 376000 square miles with roughly 146 million people and multiple missions. Japanese and Chinese forces contest the Lunghai railway along the eastern rim.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Nippon
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
North China
Yangtze River
Shantung Province
Taiyuan
Shansi Province
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Lunghai
Measles Cases Jump in Kansas Week Report
State health officials reported measles rose from 250 to 553 cases for the week ended January 29, becoming the most prevalent disease in Kansas. Fever climbed from 198 to 250 cases and smallpox increased from eight to two.
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State of
Kansas
Topeka
C. H.i'Kinnaman
State’ Board of Health
Soviet Icebreaker Heads to Rescue Four Arctic Scientists
The icebreaker Taimyr sails from Murmansk to rescue four Russian scientists stranded on a drifting ice floe near Greenland. Murmansk lies about 1000 miles from their reported position. The vessel carries three planes to aid the mission and a support steamer Murmanets remains nearby reporting every six hours.
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Moscow
Taimyr
Murmansk
North Pole
Greenland
Murmanets
Wichita Woman Killed in Tire Blowout Crash
Miss Faye Coons 21 of Wichita died last night when a tire blew on Henry Stoller’s car causing a collision with Jack Allen’s vehicle. Patrolman Wmp Robinson said Coons, daughter of Mr and Mrs S B Coons of El Dorado, was riding with Allen. Neither man was seriously injured.
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Wichita
Faye Coons
Wmp. Robinson
Jack Allen
Miss Coons
Henry Stoller
Stoller
B. Coons
el Dorado
Little, Business Ends Conference in Uproar at Roosevelt Plan
The administration’s little business conference adjourned amid a feverish tumult after voting a program to aid the President. Delegates were ejected in a scene of chaos as the body adopted nine committee reports urging private credit stimulation and other reforms to lift the recession.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roper
Commerce Department
Fred Roth
Cleveland
Kempfer
Shafer
Charles P. Bloome
Wearing Apparel Board of Trade of Pennsylvania
U S Representative Warns Nation Faces Disaster
Representative Engel of Michigan told the House the United States stands under a looming disaster due to 138.4 billion dollars in total public and private long-term debt equal to 99.4 percent of property values. He warned the annual interest burden could reach five billion dollars and urged drastic steps to cut spending and economize.
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Washington
Engel
R.mich
The
House
Push to Final Vote on Anti-Lynching Bill
Washington reports Senator Wagner of New York urged a final vote on the anti-lynching bill now stalled by a month long filibuster. He defended constitutionality and warned that defeating the measure would amount to inaction against a national lynching evil as debates continued in Congress.
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Washington
Wagner
D-N.y
Senate
Congress
New Yorker
House
District of Columbia
KU Dyche museum reconstruction contracts awarded
The University of Kansas Dyche museum contract for general reconstruction was awarded to J. T. Constant of Lawrence for 46 728. Plumbing goes to A. D. Jacobson of Kansas City for 36 680. Wiring will be let later. Work begins after signing and should take four to five months. The project includes alternates and awaits final item removal details.
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University of Kansas
J. T. Constant
Lawrence
J. A. Mermis
A. D. Jacobson
Kansas City
Mermis
Public Works Administration
Great quake rocks western New Guinea says experts
Manila dated report says a great earthquake struck western New Guinea on Tuesday and Wednesday. Seismic chief Rev William Repetti cited data from Shanghai Hong Kong and Manila with the epicenter 1425 miles from Manila. New Guinea is the world second largest island north of Australia and sparsely populated in its Dutch western half.
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Manila
New Guinea
William Repetti
Philippine Weather Bureau
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Australia
End Exchange of Officers Ends Soviet Japanese Pact
Moscow reports the termination of the Russo Japanese army officer exchange after since 1905. Six Japanese officers left Moscow tonight and six Soviet officers were due to leave Tokyo at the same time.
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Moscow
Tokyo
State's Unencumbered Cash Balance Smaller Than 1937 Statement
Topeka reports January 31 unencumbered general fund cash at $395,723.68 versus $1,965,928.47 a year earlier. Receipts this fiscal year total $3,469,656.56, down from $4,976,532.11 last year. Highway and fee funds stand at $9,184,990.95 with $24,603,533.77 in receipts, up from $13,002,776.18. A new entry shows $3,712,353.47 deposited with the U S treasury for the unemployment trust fund. Bonded indebtedness lists $17,250,000, all soldiers' compensation bonds.
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Topeka
J. J. Rhodes
U. S. Treasury
Kansas
Rhodes
Hero Worship and Competitive Athletics in Education
Dr. F C Allen argues hero worship fuels boys to discipline themselves through athletics and notes the value of competition in schools. He cautions against abuses and says college sports should be a means to end, linking athletics to society and business. He compares enforcement to a G man probe of the Big Six and calls for standards.
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F. C. Allen
Department of Physical Education
University of Kansas
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann’s
Allen
Dr. Allen
Kansas City
Kansas Rep Urges Panel to Approve Extra Kansas Judge
Representative Houston of Kansas urged the House Judiciary Committee to approve an additional district judge for Kansas during a session on February 3. The request adds to pending judicial staffing and regional caseload coverage.
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Washington
Houston
D-Kan
House Judiciary Committee
Kansas
Presnell to train Cornhusker backs
Glenn Presnell, longtime Kansas assistant, accepts backfield coach post at Nebraska. He will move to Lincoln, start duties during spring practice, and cites opportunity for advancement and Nebraska as his alma mater. Lincoln announcement confirms the move.
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Glenn Presnell
University of Kansas
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Nebr
Lawrence M. “Biff” Jones
Presnell
Lawrence
Major Jones
Nebraska
Athletic Council
Henry
K. U
Adrian Lindsey
Jayhawkers
Jones
K.U
Huskers
Kansas
Lindsey
Ad Lindsey
Senate panel backs 1939 air mail expansion funds
The senate appropriations committee proposed 985177 to expand air mail service in fiscal 1939. It includes 400000 for a Salt Lake City to Chicago schedule and higher frequency on that route. The fund also supports new routes Wichita Kansas to Pueblo Colorado and other expansions planned for the year.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Wichita
Kan
Pueblo
Olo
Stock Market Index Rises After Upbeat Trading
The index for 60 stocks closes at 41.3 after yesterday's 43.6 reading. Traders cite gains in key sectors as confidence returns in the market.
Eastern Kansas county planners review farm outlook and land use
Six county planning committees from Wyandotte, Leavenworth, Johnson, Jefferson, Douglas and Franklin met to study two years of planning work. Douglas county data show crop shares with corn 37.4 percent and wheat 15.5 percent. committees urged adjustments toward more sorghums and balanced cropping for soil and income stability.
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Kansas
C. R. Jaccard
Kansas State College
Wyandotte
Leavenworth
Johnson
Jefferson
Douglas
Franklin
Douglas County
To Stay Springlike In Kansas For 36 More Hours
Topeka reports continued springlike weather for Kansas for at least 36 hours. Temperatures to rise into the high fifties with Wichita’s high reaching 66 degrees yesterday, near the national high. Night lows expected around 25 in the north and 30 in the south with light to no measurable moisture.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Wichita
Tampa
Fla
Flora
Spanish air force halts attacks amid talks to end bombardment
Barcelona reports the defense ministry ordered air forces to refrain from striking insurgent cities behind front lines during negotiations abroad. Britain and France stated they would try to broker an agreement to halt air bombardment of ventilation centers outside fighting zones.
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Barcelona
Defense Ministry
Britain
France
Spanish Novelist Armando Palace Valdes Dies at 84
Madrid reports Armando Palace Valdes, 84, a leading Spanish novelist, died yesterday. His works thrilled readers in the United States for two generations and the translation of his novel Maxima reportedly sold about 200000 copies there.
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Madrid
Armando Palace Valdes
Spain
United States
Maxima
Power plant construction begins near Lawrence
Work has started on the new 10 000 kilowatt power plant to be built by Kansas Electric Power on the Kaw river two and a half miles north of the Lawrence Country club. Construction will begin within 10 days with a crane at the site and daily material arrivals.
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Cameron’s ‘Bluff
Raw River
Lawrence
Eldridge Hotel
Sahl
Kansas Electric Power Company
Kaw
Lawrence Country Club
C. E. Anschicks
Sargent & Lundy Inc
Chicago
Mr. Anschicks
H. H. Brandt
Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company
Fred Harris to Speak at Chamber Luncheon
Ottawa state regents member and former state senator Fred Harris will address the bi-weekly Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Eldridge hotel next Tuesday at 12:20 PM. He will discuss the University of Kansas and his long public career. Reservations are via the Chamber of Commerce office at 485.
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Fred Harris
Ottawa
State Board of Regents
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
Harris
University of Kansas
Board of Regents
K. U
Chamber of Commerce Office
Bombardment Shocks Madrid with Heavy Shelling
In Madrid on February 3 insurgent artillery pounded the city for over an hour with heavy shells possibly nine inch projectiles. The attack damaged the Associated Press office on Garabitis hill with no staff injuries. Four residents were killed by a shell on a nearby street.
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Madrid
Associated Press
Garabitis Hill
Farr to Meet Max Baer in March Title Bout at MSG
Tommy Farr the British Empire heavyweight champion agreed to face Max Baer former world champion in a 15 round bout at Madison Square Garden on March 11 Promoter Mike Jacobs secured terms with a winner’s match later this year including the Joe Louis Max Schmeling title bout outcome.
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New_York
Tommy Farr
British Empire
Max Baer
Madison Square Garden
Farr
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Weather forecast for Kansas and local observations
Forecasts call for fair conditions tonight and Friday with milder temps in the north central area. Morning report notes clear to partly cloudy skies, good dirt roads, and temperatures around the mid 20s to mid 40s with light rainfall since yesterday.
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Kansas
Garden City
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