Debate Opens On Lease Lend Bill War Fears Stir Washington
The House opens debate on the aid to Britain measure with warnings of six months to war if enacted unamended. Bloom defends aid as buying time while Fish warns a dictatorial war regime could arise. La Follette and Thomas oppose, testifying in Senate hearings alongside France's expected U.S. aid.
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Washington
House
United States
Bloom
D-N.v
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Britain
Rep. Fish
Whilin F. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Norman Thomas
Roosevelt
Sabath
Dtil
House Rules
Rayburn
Army
Navy
Senate Committee
Lafollette
Submarine campaign sinks Italian ships near Vis and Solta
Reports indicate a British Greek submarine operation in the Adriatic sinking seven Italian vessels. Folly of the Vittorio Benito and another 6,000 ton ship were listed, with heavy loss of life. Rescue boats reached Solta with two dead sailors. six Italian bodies found in Milna Bay and more on Hvar.
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Split
Yugoslavian
WeAian
Adriatic Sea
Vis
Lissa
Here
Vittorio Benito
Solta
Milna Bay
Hvar
Armago
Hyar
Kansas Wichita basketball scores to appear in Journal-World
The halftime and final score of the Kansas Wichitai basketball game in Wichita tonight will be published by the Journal World. The game starts at 9 30 oclock. University Coal Co Pl Phone 44 AdY.
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Wichita
The
Journal-World
Universisity Coal Co
Ady
British Push On Into Eritrea and Ethiopia
British forces occupied Barentu Eritrean capital Italian Eritrea after defenders abandoned the town. Advancing from Agordat they pressed the retreating Fascists toward Cheren Cheren lies inside Eritrea near Asmara. South African troops advanced 10 miles into Ethiopia from Kenya to seize two Italian posts in Dukana as Italians abandoned material.
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Cairo
Egypt
Barentu
Eritrea
Agordat
Cheren
Asmara
Ethiopia
Kenya
Dukana
Gondar
G.H.Q
Rotary tour visits Wren organ plant in Lawrence
Rotary club members touring the Reuter Organ Company plant in Lawrence learned how organs are built with custom parts and two types of actions electro-pneumatic and electro magnetic. The firm, started in Illinois in 1917 and moved to Lawrence in 1920, now employs 46 people with organs in 40 states.
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Rotary Club
Reuter Organ Company
Eldridge Hotel
Reuter Company
Ilinois
A. C. Reuter
Lawrence
Masonic Temple
Reuter
Union
Canada
Gulf
Topeka
Kansas
Charles A. Cotton
Arkansas City
Corlett Cotton
Club
J. E. Swayze
John Cameron Swayze
KMBC
C. E. Carter
Olathe
George W. Renner
Hill City
Greeks Capture Key Albanian Mountain Range in Drive
Greek shock troops, aided by fresh Italian forces, seized a ten mile long mountain range north of Klisura in central Albania. A government spokesman called the assault heroic and said the Greeks captured hundreds of weapons and supplies from Italian units. Prisoners in the sector rose to about 800 since January 13, with snows and rain slowing further operations. The move was followed by a lull as Greeks consolidated positions and cleared pockets of resistance.
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Athens
Klisura
Albania
Ugo Cavallero
Hazard Recovers After Gas Stove Explosion
James P. Hazard suffered burns in a gas stove explosion on Thursday. Investigators believe a delayed lighting of a jet caused the blaze. Hazard resides in the 200 block of Maple Street.
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James P. Hazard
Hazard
Maple Street
Stock Market Index Rises Amid Mixed Weekend Trading
The stock index average of 60 stocks closed at 41.6 on Saturday and stood at 41.8 in late trading. Traders weighed earnings news and market volatility as shares in sectors across the board fluctuated.
Mrs Roosevelt declines Youth Congress attendance
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt announced she would not join the upcoming American Youth Congress meetings due to its stance on American foreign policy. She noted last year she and the president addressed delegates and hosted youth leaders at the White House, but she plans no such engagements this year.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American Youth Congress
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
North Dakota appoints Kan sas grad as accounting instructor
Oscar D. Beverly, once a University of Kansas 1941 graduate, is named instructor in accounting and business law for the second semester at the University of North Dakota. His appointment marks continued expansion in the UND business program.
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North Dakota
Oscar D. Beverly
Univeristy of
Kansas
University of North Dakota
Court Divides on Immunity of Unions Under the Sherman Act
The Supreme Court divided over union immunity under the Sherman Act. It upheld the wage hour law authorizing minimum pay and a 40 hour work week and ruled carpenters union officials are not prosecuteable for activities tied to a jurisdictional dispute. Justice Roberts dissented. Chief Justice Hughes concurred.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Carpenters Union
Carpenters
Justice Department
Justice Roberts
Justice Hughes
Justice Murphy
Frankfurter
Norris-La- Guardia
Congress
Kansas University to Supervise Vocational Training Program
Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced a federal supervised defense training project at the University of Kansas for out of school youths aged eighteen to twenty five. The program will use university equipment for two tracks machine work and airplane welding funded by the federal government with trainees from urban and rural areas.
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University of Kansas
Deane W. Malott
United States Office of Education
Kansas Board For Vocational Education
J.J. Jakosky
Middle West
A. H. Sluss
Engineering
K. U
Sluss
Dean Jakosky
George Leet
Pittsburg
State Board of Vocational Education
J. J. Jakosky
J. H. Nelson
College
Lyle Powell
Lawrence
Roger Williams
O. W. Maloney
Journal-World
C. G. Bayles
Neal Wherry
Lawrence High School
University of Kansas School of Engineering
Two Injured in Auto-Truck Collision Near School
Two men Leo Tidd and Victor Carroll were injured early Sunday on highway 59 near Number Six school southwest of town. They were returning to the Williams farm in a 1935 Plymouth coach when they collided with a gasoline transport truck driven by Ralph Mains of Garnett. Both were treated at Memorial hospital.
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Highway 59
Number Six School
Leo Tidd
Victor Carroll
North Lawrence
Roger Williams
Lone Star
Ndd
Carroll
Williams
Pomouth
Ralph Mains
Garnett
Memorial Hospital
McAdoo Buried in Arlington
Former California senator and treasury secretary William Gibbs McAdoo was buried today at Arlington Cemetery. An unrelated ad promotes a home loan plan through The Lawrence Building and Loan Association at 800 Mass St. Ady.
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Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Mass. St. Ady
Italian Prisoners Killed in British Evacuation Ship Attack
The admiralty announced a merchant ship evacuating Italian prisoners from the Libyan coast was struck by two enemy aircraft believed German. A large number of Italian prisoners of war were killed or wounded as the vessel sustained damage on January 31.
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London
Admiralty
Communiqte
Mediterranean
Poet Helen Hoopes to speak at Business Women dinner
Miss Helen Rhoda Hoopes of the University of Kansas will discuss The Poet's Calendar at a 100 per cent dinner of the Business and Professional Women’s Club tomorrow night at 6 30 in the Colonial Tea Room. Illness takes T A McNeal from Topeka as speaker.
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Helen Rhoda Hoopes
University of Kansas
Business and Professional Women's Club
Colonial Tea Room
T. A. McNeal
Topeka
Saint-Saens
David Draper
June Draper
Voyrich
Betty Lou Mechem
B.P.W.C
Hazel Anderson
Beth Foresman
Bess Lawrence
KU Offers Four Year Aeronautical Engineering Degree
The University of Kansas will begin a full four year aeronautical engineering degree this semester after approval by the state board of regents. The program follows review by the university senate and the engineering faculty and leverages KU’s wind tunnel on Mt Oread, the region’s largest precision measurement facility.
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University of Kansas Engineering
State Board of Regents
University Senate
School of Engineering and Architecture
University of Kansas
School of Engineering
Illinois
Pacific Coast
Mt. Oread
Sunshine to Break Through After Rainy Kansas Weather
Weather forecast from Topeka and Med. 3 notes sunshine breaking through late tomorrow across Kansas while clouds linger Tuesday in most areas. Temperatures expected 40 to 50 in east and 45 to 50 in west with nightly lows around 22 to 30. No cold spell or rainfall in sight. yesterday’s high 63 at Goodland.
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Topeka
Med
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Toneka
Garden City
Coffeyville
Redding
Student Undergoes Major Operation at Watkins Memorial
Bonner Springs sophomore John Stubbs of the engineering school underwent a major operation at Watkins Memorial Hospital this morning. Dr. C B Francisco performed the operation.
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John Stubbs
Bonner Springs
School of Engineering
Watkins Memorial Hospital
C. B. Francisco
February Term Opens Busy Court Schedule
The February term of district court opened with a possible record short session. Judge Means will call juries for criminal cases tomorrow and for civil work on February 17. Robt Church’s appeal dismissed as he begins an 80 day sentence. Pending trials include Joanes Washington for forgery and obtaining property and George King for grand larceny. Edward Fanning faces a city disturbance charge as a city police court appeal is set.
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Huch Means
Chris Letcher
Eailty
Judge Means
Otto Westerhauser
Eudora
Robert Church
Justice Court
Charles Flory
Church
Joanes Washington
Washington
Bullock’s
Lawrence Typewriter Exchange
Safeway
George King
Gibbs Clothing Company
Edward Fanning
Luster Named Oklahoma Head Coach as Haskell Becomes Athletics Director
Norman Oklahoma February 3 Dewey Snorter Luster former backfield coach at the University of Oklahoma is named head coach of the Sooners football team by the board of regents. Lawrence Jap Haskell is appointed director of athletics and will assume duties March 15. Stidham resigns to take Marquette post. staff resignations accepted.
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Oo.u
Will
Jap Haskell
Stidham
Lloyd Noble
Board of Regents
Luster
Stan Williamson
Dale Arbuckle
Robert ‘Doc’ Erskine
Pete Smith
Noble
Merchants Bureau Sets Meeting On Spring Events
An important Merchants Bureau meeting will be held tomorrow evening at 6 at Wiedemann's. C. D. Maier, chairman, urges representatives of all businesses to attend. on the agenda are the spring sales event spring opening food stamp plan merchants trade show and the airport bond issue.
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Merchants Bureau
Wiedemann’s
C. D. Maier
Order in the Transvaal Capital After Week End Riots
Johannesburg reports a weekend riot between soldiers and civilians with about 140 injured, mostly soldiers. Authorities canceled military leaves and used tear gas bombs and baton charges to restore calm. Damage included offices of the Transvaalery and Vaderland newspapers amid broader anti British sentiment.
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Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Transvaal
Transvaalery
Vaderland
J.B.M. Hertzog
Britain
Germany
Italy
Master classes and concerts mark Kansas music convention
The Kansas Music Teachers Association and the 33rd Kansas Chapter American Guild of Organists hold a joint session at the University of Kansas March 3 4 featuring master classes in piano voice violin and organ led by John Thompson Theodore Harrison Cecil Burleigh and E Power Biggs. Recitals include six concerts and an evening organ performance by Biggs with the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra. Notable speakers and figures from K U Southwestern and other colleges will address the convention.
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Kansas Music Teachers Association
Kansas
American Guild of Organists
University of Kansas
John Thompson
Kansas City
Theodore Harrison
Chicago
Cecil Burleigh
University of Wisconsin, Madison
E. Power Biggs
Cambridge
Mass
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Krueger
Victor Red Seal
T. D. Jones
K. U
Donald L. Coats
Organist's Guild
John Ise
Luther Leavengood
Southwestern University
Winfield
Oscar Lofgren
Bethany Colleges
Lindshoro
Deane W. Malott
K.U
Paul Oberg
University of Wichita
Otto Miessner
Huch Miller
Hays State College
Hays
A. D. Schmutz
Kansas State College
Emporia
D. M. Swarthout
R. H. Wheeler
Alumnus Names Hurt as Oklahoma Coaching Candidate
Vic Hurt, an assistant football coach at Kansas University, was placed on the Oklahoma athletic board's list as a potential successor to Tom Stidham by a Sooner alumnus. Hurt said he was satisfied with his position at Kansas and happy in Lawrence where his family supports their football goals.
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Vic Hurt
K. U
Oklahoma Athletic Board
Tom Stidham
Hurt
Hart
Lawrence
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AF. J
Ford River Route
Bennett
Ford
Georgia
Arch Watson Leaves Missouri Team With Scholastic Trouble
Arch Watson the tallest man on the Missouri basketball team will miss the rest of the season due to scholastic difficulties. Coach George Edwards disclosed Watson will be replaced by George Constant or Roy Storm for the remainder of the year.
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M. U
Arch Watson
Columbia
University of Missouri
George Edwards
George Constant
Roy Storm
Ford Insists Workers Need Not Join Anything to Work for Him
Ford personnel chief Harry H. Bennett says Henry Ford maintains no requirement to join a union and no pressure to organize. He cites cordial AFL relations, notes 6300 skilled workers are AFL members, and states Ford hires skilled staff through the union when needed. Detroit press quote from Bennett and Frank X. Martel of the Detroit and Wayne County AFL.
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Ford
Detroit
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
American Federation of Labor
A.F.L
Frank X. Martel
Detroit and
Wayne County Federation of Labor
Bennett
Altho
A.F. L
Registration Drive Janes Ahead as KU Enrolls 1940
About 125 new KU students signed on at Frank Strong hall by 11 30 this morning for the 1940 41 term total registration nears 4250 as enrollment continues through the day for initials E B Z O G W D H S N and Q. Faculty staff at Robinson gym assist with advising and autograph schedules. Classes begin Wednesday.
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University of Kansas
Frank Strong
University
Robinson Gym
Loan agency official to oversee emergency crop loans
Co. V. Newman, now field supervisor for the emergency crop loan section, will operate from the Farm Bureau in the post office building. He plans to move his family to Lawrence around March 15 and will begin issuing loans to bona fide farmers for spring crop production. All farmers are eligible except Farm Security Administration standard clients or those who can finance themselves locally. Interested farmers may contact Newman Saturday morning from 10 to noon. He will also visit Douglas County plus Jefferson, Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Johnson, Miami, Linn Anderson and Franklin counties.
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Newman
Douglas
Jefferson
Atchison
Doniphan
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Johnson
Miami
Linn Anderson
Franklin
Prices on Farm Products Steady During February
Kansas State college marketing experts forecast mostly steady February farm prices with small shifts. Wheat lower, corn steady, hogs moderately higher, cattle steady to slightly lower for top grades and higher for lower grades, fat lambs slightly lower then moderately higher, butter steady, poultry slightly higher, eggs steady to lower. Sardinia power supply attacked by naval aircraft in London reports the British admiralty.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Kansas State College
Sardinia
London
British Admiralty
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