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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
4
Mexican oil seizure harms industry and prompts blame
Two years after Mexico seized foreign oil properties, owners report no returns while deterioration worsens under alleged bureaucratic mismanagement and workers claim discipline failures. The Texas Weekly notes both sides have facts, and warns the policy has harmed the Mexican oil industry with little chance of recovery. The piece suggests the United States could learn from the Mexican experience with the new deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government of
Mexico
Texas Weekly
The
United States
January Traffic Drove Fatalities Down In Kansas
Safety in January reduced highway and street deaths in Kansas to a ten year low amid bad roads and lower travel. Excessive speed was the chief factor, and patrols note drivers acted as one man safety campaigners while warning that accidents may rise when conditions improve and penalties fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Highway Patrol
All One War In France Builds Finland Aid Plan
The article argues that France shifts toward unlimited aid to Finland as a strategic strike against Germany. France views the European conflict as one war with multiple fronts and independent lines of action, even without a formal alliance among all nations fighting on the same side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Finland
Germany
Europe
Altho
War spans Europe as Russia allies shift in global conflict
The piece notes fighting involving Russia and Germany as allies with France and Finland expected to provide support. It suggests a single large war is developing though Britain delays full acknowledgment. England’s alliance with Turkey places them under Russian pressure, with potential battles in Finland and Turkey while Britain holds back broader mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Germany
Finland
England
Turkey
Debate Over Press Censorship and Far East Policy in Japan
The report contrasts the Japanese government and mainland army on policy toward foreign powers. The government seeks more press transparency and a friendlier tone, while the army pushes for aggressive moves to expel foreign firms and dominate the Far East, rejecting conciliatory diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Japan
Yangtze River
China
Far East
Secret British War Resources Survey Revealed
A lengthy study on belligerents’ resources was prepared in England and a secret copy is in Washington to estimate each side’s chances to endure to the war’s end. It focuses on endurance and survival rather than battles, noting heavy losses and the price of staying in the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
State Department
Washington
The Captain's Daughter Cast of Characters and Turmoil
Marie La Porte a barge model clashes with Dan Donovan and Tommy Ryan in New York. Marie flees with her parents aboard the Molly as rumor and family pressure collide with her love life and independence. The scene shifts from Times Square to the Hudson river revealing tension aboard the family barge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie la Porte
Dan Donovan
Marie
Tommy Ryan
Seader
Lynda Martin
Dan
Baptiste la Porte
Tommy
Times Square
Broadway
Diamond Jim's
Adam
Barre
Pon
Molly
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
Mama
Three Rivers
New York
Warner’s
Bat
Papa
Darling
Relief Problems Editor Journal-World Letter
Reader calls out misleading reports on Douglas county relief work and invites officials to a February 12 meeting at 8 in the court house. The writer promises to explain actions and detail events and push for a grand jury investigation in Douglas county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Douglas County
Court House
Relief Office
Use of Anesthesia A milestone in medical relief of pain
The piece traces the development of anesthesia from ancient herbs to ether and nitrous oxide. It highlights Crawford W. Long’s 1842 ether use, Horace Wells and Morton’s trials, Warren’s 1846 operations, and the later adoption for childbirth and broader surgery, noting Holmes coinage of terms and the impact on health and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambroise Pare
Crawford W. Long
Danielsville
Hartford
Morton
Ana Morton
John Collins Warren
Massachusetts General Hospital
Warren
Gore
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Fire destroys Fraternal Aid Union building in town
Fire tore through the Fraternal Aid Union building at the corner of Elm and Vermont, destroying the second and third floors and leaving charred walls and ruined offices. The association will operate from the Chamber of Commerce building until rebuilding. An orchestra had played at a party there last night and members lost instruments. The report also covers social events, club meetings, and a death notice for Comrade Frank O. Marvin, who died of heart trouble in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraternal Aid Union
Lkighth
Vermont
Chamber of Commerce
F.A.U
Tike Kearney
Fred Renew
Miami Triad
Sigma Chi
Beta Theta Pi
Phi Delta Theta
C. B. Archer
Topeka
Free Methodist Church
Robert
Elizabeth Wade
W. A. Dunmire
Dean Frank O. Marvin
San Diego
Calif
California
Belgium
Charles F. Scott
Kansas
France
Walter KK. Stubbs
Iva Belle’ Harper
Edna Campbell
Council Grove
Ella Hawkins
Esther
Corinne Crowley
Ada Carmaday
Sybil Rose
Rosedale
I. M. Harper
A. G. Ulrich
Anna Dorothy Lester
Lillis Lester
Margaret
Gordon Gustafson
Margaret Philips
George Long
Ethel
Berniece Oatman
Helen
Burton Gragg
Marion Elliott
Marion Decker
Ruth Christine
Alice van Mensel
Jetty Meadows
Adelaide’ Wilson
Betty Stimpson
Leah Gaskill
Maude Harrison
John
William Jones
Theodore Lander
Benton Harrison
Herbie Bullene
Harry ‘’ Foster
Thayer Saylor
Charlie Brown
Death of Prof Dyche Linked to Campus Mourning
Twenty five years ago the flag at half mast on the K U campus marked the death of Prof L L Dyche and today signals the death of Prof Dyche's friend to students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Prof
L. L. Dyche
Professor Dyche
Largest office building proposed at Broad and Exchange Place NYC
The world’s largest office building plan calls for a 20 story tower at Broad Street and Exchange Place in New York City. Other notes report Missouri University enrollment at 1000, Malcom Conn receiving a commemorative clock, a surprise event, and a Shakespeare lecture by Prof. C D Dunlap in Waverly Kansas. Weather worsens with blowing snow and a misfired smallpox flag incident is noted but not blamed on Mayor Gould.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Street
Exchange Place
New York City
Empire State Building
University of Missouri
University
Malcom Conn
New Eldridge
Kansas City
Peat Paderewski
Gould
Third chip drives men to anger says psychiatrist
An eminent psychiatrist argues that a third impulse disrupts balance beyond basic needs. He cites prisons and hospitals as evidence that complex systems like taxes and labor laws provoke rage, comparing humans to apes enraged by a third color chip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Ra Ean
Notable quotes on policy and liberty by US leaders
A collection of remarks from Col. Theodore Roosevelt, David Sarnoff, Nicholas Murray Butler, Clifford Townsend, and Elbert D. Thomas stressing American foreign interests, liberty, dialogue, and the gravity of human lives beyond agriculture. The statements advocate diplomacy, individual freedom, and problem solving through discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Bullitt Heads Home From Paris Trip
William C. Bullitt United States ambassador to Paris departed Lisbon on February 8 for a brief return to the United States aboard a trans Atlantic clipper noting his diplomatic post in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullitt
U. S
Lisbon
William C. Bullitt
United States
Paris
Soil conservation practices praised by CCC area leader
Charles P. McKinnie, a conservationist in a CCC camp near Ottawa Kansas, urges Northwest Franklin county farmers to adopt terrace building contour farming and improved cropping systems as low cost insurance against soil erosion. He says well managed pastures woodlands and crops boost yields and protect soil while enhancing wildlife and wood products profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Charles P. McKinnie
CCC
Ottawa
Kan
McKinnie
Governor James Says State Favors Households Over Individual Women
Harrisburg February 8 Gov Arthur H James states the administration frowns on hiring married women whose husbands can support them. He says the aim is to sustain as many homes as possible, not individuals, and admits no rigid rule guides employment decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Arthur H. James
Radio Schedule Snapshot for Thursday and Friday Nights
Radio listings outline hourly programs across stations WREN KMBC WDAF and KMPC through February 5 and 9. Entries include Bud Barton Tom Mix News Musicals News Summaries and dance orchestras with local program notes and features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
Bud Barton
KMBG
McConnell
WDAF
Jack Armstrong
Tom Mix
KMBC
Bonnie and the Boys
KMPC
Fred Waring
Orch
Europe
Harry Kogen
George Jessel
Major Bowes
Glenn Miller
Musile Hall
Newacast
Strange Eichantment
KNMBC
Amos and
Andy
Newecast
Gov't Reports
Roosevelt
Muehlebach
Teddy Powell
Moonbeams
Dick Stabile
Chuck Foster
Roseland Ballroom
Harry Owens
Smilin
McConne
Pinocchio
Nevacaat
Orb
Professor Quizz
Harry Horlick
Kate Smith
Wren—Robinson
Johnny
Grand Central Station
Louis-Godoy
Norman Cloutier
NBC
Lum
Abner
Edgewater Beach
Gray Gordon
Woody Herman
Leighton Noble
Donohue
Vocators Guidance program and recitals at KFKU
Friday schedule lists 2:30 introduction to the Vocators Guidance program by W. T. Markha, supervisor of Occupational Information and Guidance for the State Board for Vocational Education. 2:45 violin recital by Eugene Ninninger at Karl Kuersteiner's studio. 6:00 joint recital featuring Betty Buchanan at Howard Taylor's studio, with baritone Edgar Haage at Alicia Moncrieff's studio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Markha
States Board For Vocation Education
Eugene Ninninger
Karl Kuersteiner
Betty Buchanan
Howard Taylor
Edgar Haaage
Alica Moncrieff
Russian official expelled from Switzerland by League of Nations expert
Switzerland orders Soviet Russia League of Nations expert Vladimir Sokoline to depart within two weeks. The federal and Geneva authorities rejected Moscow’s claim to keep him as liaison to the Red Cross. League experts in Geneva voiced displeasure at a trained Soviet observer remaining there while aiding Finland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Switzerland
Berne
Russia
Vladimir Sokoline
Geneva
Moscow
Sokoline
International Red Cross Committee
League
Finland
Also Mentioned on This Page
British Survey
Capitol Hill
Helen Worden
Lynda
Mike Donovan
Mike
Mrs. Atwood
Morris Fishbien
Journal of the American Medical Association
Arthur Mitchell
Justin Hill
Andrew Hughes
Walter Johns
Dolph Simons
Alonzo Sluss
Louis Pecknam
Luther Woodward
Mugwump
Hitler
Stalin
Daladier
Chamberlain
David Sarnoff
Metropolitan Opera Fund Campaign
Metropolitan Opera
Clifford E. Townsend
Indiana
Elbert D. Thomas
Dem
Utah
Soil Conservation Service Notes
KFKU
PaLolines Inv.Co
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