Old Generals Are Out Demand for Return of Lost Colonies
Hitler reshapes Germany centralizing power and Nazifying the army while pressuring for the return of lost colonies. Goering urges restitution as generals are dismissed to remove brakes on policy. Ribbentrop named foreign minister as cabinet council formed to steer foreign affairs.
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Goering
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
London
Hitler
Werner von Blomberg
Reichstag
Danzig
Austria
Nazi von Ribbentrop
Konstantin von Neurath
Wilhelm Keitel
War Ministry
Werner von Fritsch
von Blomberg
Walther von Brauchitsch
von Brauchitsch
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Ministry of Economics
Hjalmar Schacht
Russia Permits U S Visit to Ruth Rubens Held in Russia
United States will be allowed to see Ruth Marie Rubens, the American jailed in Moscow on espionage suspicions. The Soviet government granted access after saying investigators had completed their inquiry, signaling a shift from earlier delays. Rubens entered Russia with a false passport and vanished in Moscow December 9.
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Russia
Ruth Marie Rubens
Washington
United States
Rubens
Hull
Soviet
Donald Louis Robinson
Moscow
Europe on Edge as Hitler Consolidates Power
Europe watches anxious as Hitler takes direct command of Germany s armed forces after a cabinet shake up. Mussolini praises the move while Austria shows cautious optimism about future ties. Hitler plans a February 20 pronouncement on Europe s course and may claim Danzig and Austrian Nazification.
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Europe
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Britain
Hitler
Il Duce
Reichstag
Danzig
Austria
Ministers called as Germany’s rise unsettles Europe
Britain summoned key cabinet members and top diplomats to review the European crisis caused by Germany’s government shake-up and the surge of Mediterranean piracy. Officials warned that Nazi control of the German army and diplomacy could hinder Britain and France’s push for a united line on Spain and broader security.
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London
Britain
Foreign Office
Germany
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
Birmingham
Thomas Inskip
Lonon
Anthony Eden
John Simon
Exchequer
Viscount Hailsham
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Malcolm MacDonald
Dominions
United States
Belgium
E. Woermann
Herschel Johnson
Baron de Cartier de Marchienne
Mediterranean
Hitler
Eden
France
Spain
Mussolini
Italy
Premature spring warms Kansas forecast
Topeka reports mild 68 degree highs as ahead of a cooler weekend. S. D. Flora, federal meteorologist, says clouds will increase, bringing unsettled and colder conditions Sunday and into next week with little precipitation expected. Normal or above temperatures continue, aiding early fruit and grain growth.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Dodge City
Falls View Bridge Blasted Into Six 200-Foot Pieces
The Falls View bridge at Niagara Falls Ontario was torn apart by dynamite releasing six segments each about 200 feet long. The explosion rattled nearby buildings and shattered windows while officials stated the segments would sink to end navigation hazards after an earlier ice jam toppled the span nine days earlier.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Falls View Bridge
Firemen Battle Brush and Car Fires Near University
Three fire alarms within about ninety minutes kept the department busy. At 12:08 brush on vacant lots south of the University club at Fifteenth and Ohio caught fire. At 1:04 a car driven by Margaret Carter burned at Memorial hospital with slight damage. At 1:36 a car owned by Coe Drug Store burned on the University campus, damaging wiring and scorching paint.
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University Club
Fifteenth
Ohio Streets
Margaret Carter
Memorial Hospital
Coe
Soviet Polar Party Resumes Work as Weather Cools
Soviet polar group on a drifting ice floe resumes scientific activity as colder air slows ice movement. Rescue ships linger due to Arctic fog east of Greenland while temperatures dip to 11 F and radio notes snow. The 100 by 160-foot floe drifts about 1,100 miles from the North Pole, roughly 100 miles east of Greenland, under Ivan Papanin.
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Moscow
Soviet Polar Party
Arctic
Greenland
North Pole
Ivan Papanin
Tuberculosis Clinic Slated at Memorial Hospital
A tuberculosis clinic will be conducted Monday at Memorial hospital under the Doug County Tuberculosis Association. Dr. C F Taylor of Nor n leads the event with all-day service. Patients are asked to use the west entrance.
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C. F. Taylor
Norn
Doug- Tuberculosis Association
Memorial Hospital
Stock Market Index Falls Back in Postday Trading
The index average of 60 stocks closed lower after yesterday’s rise, with readings around 43 and 42 points amid cautious trading. Investors weighed gains in select sectors against overall market softness.
Court fight echoes as Roosevelt court plan marks year
Washington observes a year since Roosevelt proposed his court reorganization bill sparking a bitter congressional battle. The split in Democratic ranks persists with a stronger opposition in the Senate and the House resisting administration measures while judiciary committees study amendments and new federal judges.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Democrats
Senate
House
Capitol
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hatch
D.-N.m
Altho
Supreme Court
Purge of ghosts skirts Kansas City election scene
Kansas City registered voters fell to 178000 from 256000 in 1936, as 50 election officials faced federal fraud convictions. The March primary pits independent Democrat Col. Fred Whitten against Mayor Brice B. Smith, with reform rhetoric and a new bipartisan election board amid hostile precincts and a slapping incident involving a Republican judge.
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Kansas City
Brice B. Smith
Thomas J. Pendergastemocratic Organization
Fred Whitten
Ethelyn Harmon
Kansas Relief Commodities Valued at 1.88 Million in 1937
Topeka report shows 1937 commodities distributed to Kansas public assistance clients valued at 1,878,545 dollars. Food allotments totaled 675,374 dollars, with other items at 1,203,171 dollars. Cases served averaged 27,772 monthly, peaking at 35,257 in March. The state board of social welfare distributed via the federal surplus commodities corporation.
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Topeka
Kansas Public Assistance
R. B. Church
Social Welfare
State Board of Social Welfare
Kansas Counties
Federal
Church
Lindleys to Washington for National Youth Administration meeting
Chancellor E H Lindley and Mrs Lindley depart by train for Washington D C tonight to join a National Youth Administration meeting called by President Roosevelt. Lindley serves on the committee. they will visit son Ernest K Lindley, News Week correspondent, in Washington before returning to Lawrence late next week.
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E.H. Lindley
Washington, D. C
Dr. Lindley
National Youth Administration of
Geale
Roosevelt
Ernest K. Lindley
Washington
News Week
Lindleys
Lawrence
Long Step Away From China as US Withdraws Troops
Washington reports a major US pullback in China noting the army reduces by over half and 808 soldiers from the 15th Infantry move to Fort Lewis. Marines remain but with thinning ranks as 1,400 officers and men depart. Peiping and Tientsin stations see reorganized detachments. Overall forces in China drop from about 4,000 to 1,800.
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Washington
United States
China
State Department
Tientsin
Fort Lewis
Pieping
Peiping
Fifteenth Infantry
U S Presses Japan on Battleship Size Under 35 000 Tons
Washington and Tokyo exchange notes after Britain and France back the limit. Secretary Hull says the United States will resume full liberty of action if Japan builds larger ships. Tokyo cites treaty as a backward step and refrains from full comment until study of texts.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Hull
Britain
France
Grew
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Warm February Temperatures Not Unusual Says Observer
Weather observer C. J. Posey notes February warmth is common. Records since 1932 show only 1937 had below 70 degrees. recent highs reached 64 degrees with noon readings matching. Historical February highs include 84 in 1930 and 78 in 1932, 74 in 1933, 79 in 1934, and 78 in 1935 and 1936.
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C. J. Posey
Buck woman injured in Kansas City car crash
Mrs. Bessie Buck 42 of 912 East Twelfth street Lawrence is hospitalized in Providence Kansas City with a sprained back from a collision near Kansas City Kansas. Her daughter Gaylord Schneck says condition is not yet known. Mrs Buck traveled to Kansas City to arrange treatment for an infected hand when her car was struck by Troy Chapman of Kansas City.
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Bessie Buck
East Twelfth Street
Lawrence
Providence Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
Buck
Gaylord Schneck
New Jersey Street
Troy Chapman
Decline in Auto Fatalities in 134 Leading Cities
The Census Bureau said automibile fatalities in 134 leading cities during the first four weeks of the year totaled 715, down 163 from the same period in 1987, an 18 percent drop.
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Washington
Census Bureau
County Districts Since 1875 Remain Unchanged in Douglas
A historical review of Douglas County records shows three commissioner districts established in 1871 and kept intact since 1875 after Grant Township moved to the first district. The minutes reveal prior divisions and a long history of redistricting debates, with current commissioners silent on any new action.
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Douglas County
Quantrill
M. A. Gorrill
Gorrill
City
Lawrence
Grant Township
Commissioners Records
Joel Grover
J. L. Jones
Newton Hinshaw
John Deskins
S. L. Clark
S. T. Zimmerman
Commissioners
Paroled in ghost juror scandal four men freed
Jackson county parole board releases Emmett Cobb William Flanagan John Reglin Jr and Herbert Daniel after two months of six month sentences for contempt of court. Judge Southern opposed the paroles calling the crimes worse than burglary or robbery while Judge Harris cited unemployment and lack of realization of the seriousness of impersonating jurors.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Emmett H. Cobb
William T. Flanagan
John F. Reglin, Jr
Herbert A. Daniel
Cobb
Allen C. Southern
Southern
Brown Harris
Lawrence High Debaters Dominate Topeka Contest
Lawrence High School debating team won first place at the Eastern Kansas conference tournament in Topeka defeating Emporia, Topeka, and Manhattan. The squad of David Watermulder, Ann Murray, David Whitney, and Albert Decker won five debates and lost one. Emporia placed second, beating Lawrence in an invitational at Emporia.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas
Topeka
Emporia
Manhattan
Lawrence
David Watermulder
Ann Murray
David Whitney
Albert Decker
Gunfire Stops Prison Break at El Reno Reformatory
Three inmates at the federal reformatory in El Reno Oklahoma attempted to scale the main fence but were halted by heavy gunfire from guards. Superintendent H L Merry reported the incident occurred February 5.
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el Reno
Okla
Federal Reformatory
H. L. Merry
E O Sherwood Dies Father Of University Bacteriology Professor
Edwin O Sherwood 82 longtime Lawrence resident dies at Memorial Hospital after a monthlong illness. Funeral Monday 2 PM at Funk Chapel Rev Lawson Brown officiating burial Memorial Park. He organized the South Lawrence Improvement association and helped secure University access and services. Survived by son Dr N P Sherwood and two sisters.
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Edwin O. Sherwood
N. P. Sherwood
University of Kansas
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Funk Chapel
Lawson Brown
Memorial Park Cemetery
Harold Constant
Roger Williams
William la Coss
Clyde Hosford
O. T. Davis
Paul Friend
Lawrence
Sherwood
South Lawrence
Democratic Party
Modern Woodman Company
Franklin County
Iowa
Elizabeth E. Alexander
Greenfield
Ind
Kansas City Star and Times
Swift & Company
American Federation of Labor
Nazarene Church
Ida Corkins
Sarah Irwin
Muncie
Eudora Taxpayers Oppose Sales Tax Reallocation
About 50 Eudora taxpayers, after a discussion of proposed changes in sales tax and social welfare laws, resolved not to favor any change at the present time. State Rep Ed F Abels addressed the group at Eudora city hall. A special legislative session has been called to consider reallocating sales tax revenues.
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Eudora
Ed F. Abels
Kansas Potato Acreage Seen to Rise Over 1987
Kansas agriculture estimates indicate intermediate commercial Irish potato planting will total about 11 600 acres this year, slightly above last year’s 11 500 acres. The 1928 32 average is 16 500 acres.
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Topeka
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Kansas
Last G. A. R. Post Member Dies in Arkansas City
Henry C. Knox 93 longtime last member of the Arkansas City G. A. R. post died last night. A Civil War veteran Knox was among the tallest in the Union army at six feet 11 inches. He is survived by ten children.
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G. A. R. Post
Arkansas City
Kan
Henry C. Knox
G. AR. Post
Knox
Dykstra to Deliver K U Commencement Address June 8
Clarence A Dykstra president of the University of Wisconsin and former KU political science head will give the KU commencement address on June 8 according to Chancellor Lindley. Dykstra, native of Cleveland, studied at Iowa Chicago and Ohio Wesleyan and served as Cincinnati city manager during the Ohio valley flood.
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Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
University of Kansas
Dykstra
K.U. Department of Political Science
Clarence Addison Dykstra
University of Kansas Political Science
K. U
E. H. Lindley
Ky VU
Elizabeth
Rollin B. Posey
C. J. Posey
Lawrence
Cleveland
University of Iowa
University of Chicago
Ohio Wesleyan
Otterbein
Ohio State
Kansas
Cincinnati
Glenn Frank
Phi Beta Kappa
Delta Up«silon
Dry month in Kansas reports mixed moisture across state
Topeka February reports show eastern Kansas received up to an inch of moisture in January while central and southwestern areas stayed drier. Eastern third averaged 1.15 inches, middle third 0.5 inch, western 0.22 inch, state total 0.45 inch, 0.22 inch below normal. January marked the tenth straight month of deficient precipitation.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Oswego
Liberal
Burr Oak
Jewell County
Court Opens Monday for February Term in Douglas County
The February term of the Douglas County district court will open Monday with Judge Hugh Means. Jury trials begin Tuesday at 9 am with Ernest Smith charged in a grand larceny case from Montgomery Ward. Civil cases follow, starting with Glen W. Dickinson vs Dr H X Dolen, a rent action with prior hung juries.
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Douglas County District Court
Hugh Means
Ernest Smith
Montgomery Ward
Charles Springer
Glen W. Dickinson
H. X. Dolen
Lawrence Shoe Fund Receives Two Donations Totalling 5
Two gifts totaling 5 dollars were reported today by Rev. C A Puls to support shoes for needy Lawrence school children. Previous total stood at 19 dollars with Mrs C M Richardson contributing 3 dollars. Donations may be left with Rev Puls or at the Journal World.
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Lawrence
C. A. Puls
Mr. Puls
Journal-World
Explosion Kills Worker At Enid Oil Plant
A gas oil plant explosion and fire at the CPA facility in Enid Oklahoma killed one workman and injured another. Eason Oil Company officials estimate property damage at $200000 as the blaze burned out.
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Workman
Enid
Okla
CPA
Eason Oil Cmpany
Weather outlook for Kansas clouds and chill to follow
Cloudy conditions prevail tonight with unsettled, colder weather expected Sunday. Morning forecasts show mostly cloudy skies except Salina and Garden City. dirt roads remain passable. Temperatures range from about 55 this morning to 64 at noon with a low yesterday and a high yesterday noted in the record.
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Kansas
Salina
Garden City
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