Finns Hold Off Heaviest Assaults In Karelia Battle
Finnish high command reported the Red Army pressed the Karelian isthmus for a ninth day with no breakthroughs. Russians faced heavy Finnish resistance despite tank, artillery, and air attacks. 32 tanks, 72 in two days, were destroyed or captured and four Russian planes shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Red Army
Karelian
Buit
Altho
Red
Lake Ladoga
Borisoff
Finland
Hanko
Summin
Mannerheim
Ports of Entry Policy Draws State Planning Board Fire
Kansas' system of collecting highway fees from out of state trucks faced criticism from the State Planning Board. A highway committee report urged converting ports of entry into tourist reception bureaus distributing road information and state literature. If kept as tax stations, signs should drop punitive wording. Chairman Walt Neibarger announced a committee to study a state merit system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Tate Planning Board
Highway Committee
Walt Neibarger
Kansas Cash Balance Drops From 1939 Levels
Topeka February 10 The state general fund cash balance on January 31 was 308 113 dollars down more than half a million from 906 262 a year earlier. Fee funds including highway funds rose to 11 865 951 dollars from 9 914 189 the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Ruckus at Youth Congress Involves Archibald Roosevelt
Archibald Roosevelt Jr a Roosevelt kin interrupted a Youth Congress session over anti Communist resolutions and was escorted out after threats of eviction. Fellow New Jersey Democrats Peter Tropen and Stephen McArthur Jr were ejected amid boos while discussions on Dies committee listed groups. Mrs. Roosevelt observed the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald Roosevelt, Jr
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Red Front
Dies Committee
Young Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Harvard
Peter M. Tropen
Jersey City
N. J
Stephen McArthur, Jr
Kearney
Roosevelt
Tropen
Jack McMichael
Quitman
Youth Congress
Jackson
Department of Justice
South Carolina
McMichael
Howard Ennes
Tropea
Charges Filed Against City of Flint Master Amid German Prize Crew
The national maritime union filed neglect of duty charges against Captain Joseph A. Gainard, master of the City of Flint, alleging he could have freed his crew and alerted authorities during a German prize seizure. Gainard denied the accusations, blaming labor elements and praising his crew. He also recalled his earlier command of the Algic and predicted continued friction with shipowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Maritime Union
CIO
Joseph A. Gainard
City of Flint
Gainard
Melrose
Mass
Algic
Algie
Montevideo
Pelley Taken to Police Headquarters in Capital
Pelley head of the Silver Shirts was taken into custody in Washington after testifying before the House committee on un-American activities. Detective Roane said he was taking Pelley to police headquarters with North Carolina seeking custody for probation violation linked to a 1935 blue sky securities case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Castoday
House Committee
Guy Roane
Pelley
North Carolina
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
John L. Lewis
C.I.C. Head
Samuel Dickstein
New York Democrat
Gas Workers End Strike in Toledo After Ratified Contract
Two hundred workers returned to work today and gas service was fully restored as the CIO gas workers union ratified a two year wage-raising contract, ending a nine day strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, O
C. I. O. Gas Workers Union
Politics Boil as Lawrence Prepares for City Elections
In Lawrence the city election season heats up with no filed candidates yet for council seats. Petitions circulate in several wards while incumbents mull reelection. Registration runs Feb 14 to 23 ahead of primary on March 5 and general election April 2 with petition and fee requirements and independent candidacy rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Ed Williams
Elm Street
Sixth Ward
Charles D. Stough
Massachusetts Street
Frank Rowland
Vermont Street
Rowland
Willard Brown
Ed Elam
R. B. Stevens
Judge rules for government in cattlemen damage suit
Federal Judge William H. Atwell ruled for the government in a $750,000 damage suit brought by Texas and Oklahoma cattlemen over alleged injury to livestock from federal dipping practices. The case has proceeded since 1935 with no immediate notice of appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
William H. Atwell
Texas
Oklahoma
Markets to Close Monday for Pi Lin Coln Birthday
New York February 9 trading exchanges will observe a closure on Monday February 12, keeping most principal security and commodity markets shut nationwide for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pi—Lincoln
John L Lewis Proposes Labor Peace Plan to Roosevelt
John L Lewis told President Roosevelt a practical plan for labor peace at Washington’s Americans Youth Congress event. He urged a March 15 joint AFL CIO meeting in Constitution Hall to vote on uniting the factions, seating them separately to end the labor split. He predicted Roosevelt could lose if treated like a youth issue expert and praised a broader federation including CIO unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Americans Youth Congress
Lewis
A.F.L
C.so
Constitutions Hall
William Green
A.F L
United Organization
Labor
House of Labor
C.I.C
Congress
Democratic Party
Labor Department
Tornado Hits Albany Georgia Rips Through City
A Florida Georgia tornado struck Albany on February 10 killing at least 15 people including one white woman Flora Belle Shiver and 14 African Americans. The storm damaged or wrecked hundreds of buildings, caused $5 million in damage, injured hundreds, and overwhelmed local hospitals as police guards and Red Cross aid moved in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
South Georgia
G. C Hamrick
Flora Belle Shiver
Red Cross
L. R. Ferrell
James R. Blair
Times Recorder
Americas
Blair
Railway Express
W. M. Pryse
The
Albany Herald
Pryse
Big Star
W. B. Bryan
Telephone Company
New Albany
Gordon
St. Nicholas Hotel
Royal Building
WGPC
Pine Avenue
Washington
Stone Crane
Beatrice Vines
Gainesville
Elks Club
Rosenberg Brothers
Sears, Roebuck
Woolworth
Binns
William Godley
Godley
Name of Sub is Changed to Sailfish After Squalus Loss
By presidential order the submarine Squalus, in which 26 officers and men died, has been renamed Sailfish. The vessel sank off Portsmouth New Hampshire last May, was raised months later and is being reconditioned at an estimated cost of 1.4 million dollars. Stover’s Valentines, Wiedemann’s Advy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
N. H
Conscience Stricken Robber Returns Loot to Widow
In Worcester Massachusetts a masked robber who helped steal 1300 from widow Mary Monopoli last week returned 1100 of the loot. He handed over eleven t100 bills in a card holder after warning the widow not to be afraid. The other robber remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Mary Monopoli
Peace Emphasized as Postwar Goals and Neutral Talks
Secretary Hull outlined postwar aims of peace and economic sanity with neutral nations. He urged halting armaments and liberal commercial policies to prevent autarchy and totalitarianism. Hull and Undersecretary Welles prepare a threefold push including talks with neutrals, Welles' trip to Europe, and Taylor's Vatican mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
United States
Welles
Rome
Berlin
Paris
London
William C. Bullitt
France
Ambassador Bullitt
Clipper
Europe
Sumner Welles
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican City
Congress
Roosevelt
van Nuys
D.-Ind
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League of Neutrals
Chipper Smith Resigns as Villanova Grid Coach
Villanova College football coach Maurice J. Clipper Smith resigns after four seasons to take the Loyola of Los Angeles post. Line coach Vince McNally also leaves to join Smith at Loyola. Both are Notre Dame graduates with undefeated 1937 and 1938 Villanova teams. Kansas to visit Villanova November 2 in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villanova
Maurice J
Clipper
Roosevelt Denounces Soviet Russia in Youth Congress Address
President Roosevelt labeled the Soviet Union a dictatorship and criticized its invasion of Finland as a minor border violation. He told about 3,000 American Youth Congress members that American sympathy was with Finland and warned against subverting the Constitution while urging lawful civic action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Soviet Russia
Finland
Soviet Union
Russia
American Youth Congress
United States
Youth Congress
Congress
America
Stock Market Index Edges Down Slightly
The average of 60 stocks slipped to 50.4 from 50.5 the previous day. Traders tracked gains in some blue chips while others lagged amid cautious trading.
Premier Daladier Wins Unanimous Confidence Vote
Paris February 10 the chamber of deputies gave Premier Daladier a unanimous vote of confidence 534 to 0 to conduct the war to victory. The session followed a two day secret discussing national defense and other issues ensuring national unity. Daladier spoke earlier in the closed session and impressed legislators with his address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
National Union
Varsity-Freshman Game Totals 54.25 For Charity
Earl Falkenstien says 54.25 from last night’s varsity-freshman basketball game will be split equally between Finnish relief and infantile paralysis funds. No deductions. services donated by officials Armin Woestemeyer and Edd Wood. 316 tickets sold. average 17 cents. Varsity won 63 to 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Falkenstien
University Athletic Association
Armin Woestemeyer
Edd Wood
Contributions to Finnish and Shoe Funds Updated
Journal-World records show added contributions to both the Finnish relief fund and the shoe fund during the week. A $2 donation intended for the shoe fund was misattributed to Finnish relief, and the current balances list anonymous and named donors with totals for both funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Fund For Finnish Relief
Shoe Fund
Gerseecromese
Mothers' Discussion Club
SHOE
Mild Day Draws Crowds To Main Street Shopping
Mild weather attracted shoppers to Massachusetts Street on the first sunny Saturday in weeks. Crowds filled the street as pedestrians moved through stores and auto traffic increased with scarce parking all afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Street
Mercury
Litz Case First Up In February District Court
The criminal division opens Tuesday at 9 00 am with jury selection for the burglary case of Jimmy Litz. Judge Hugh Means travels to Ottawa to hear a district court matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Litz
Burgary
Hugh Means
Ottawa
AFL Council Closes Miami Meeting Sets May Washington Session
The American Federation of Labor executive council wrapped up in Miami and approved a return meeting in Washington on May 18. They also fixed November 18 as the convention date in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.F.L
Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
Washington
New Orleans
President Roosevelts census duty call promises privacy
President Roosevelt urged every citizen over 18 to answer the forthcoming census as a duty, insisting information will remain confidential and not tied to taxation, military service, or laws. He defended strong penalties against disclosure and stressed the census will begin April 1 to chart the nation’s people, homes, farms, and resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Tobey
R-N.h
Census Bureau
Three brain wave robberies solved at K U frater nities
A freshman at the University was arrested after a daytime spree targeting Sigma Chi Delta Chi and Kappa Sigma houses. Police recovered cash watches and other items totaling about $64 and a .44 revolver. Names listed include Lorne Hargis and Stuart Keown among others.
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K. U
Lawrence
Sigma Chi
Tennessee Street
Delta Chi
West Campus Road
Kappa Sigma
West Hills Terrace
Charles Grutzmacher
Onaga
John Burton
Emporia
Byron Sarvia
Lawrence Nelson
Salina
Jack Nelson
Newton
Cary Jones
Kansas City
Bill Horton
Atwood
Don LaShele
Junction City
John Somers
Larry Smith
Ray Herschman
St. Joseph
I Kappa Sigma
Lorne Hargis
Hiawatha
Stuart Keown
Charles Grabske
Independence
Merrill Jones
Greensburg
Taste of Spring Graces Kansas Weekend Forecast
Clear skies and near fifty degree warmth expected across Kansas for the weekend. Forecaster A D Robb notes high 45 in the west and 40 in the east today with tomorrow similar values and brisk winds reducing eastern highs to 35.
Weather Outlook for Kansas and Neighboring States
Weather forecast shows a not so cold night tonight with colder from the west and north and warmer in the extreme southeast Sunday. Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma expect little precipitation with a cold Monday or a warmer middle of the week and a colder close. Temperature readings note a 24 hour high of 40 and a low of 24 with year ago highs of 19 and lows of 5. The classifieds mention housing and room rentals.
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Topeka
Upi
A. D. Robb
Kansas
Atchison
St. Joseph
United States
Concordia
Robb
Tonéka
Missouri
Oklahoma
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Archibald Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F.D.R
Georgia
SUBIS
Stover
Wiedemann
Chipper” Smith
University of Kansas
Philadelphia
Delta Chi Fraternity
John Ingalls
William Cox
Walter Palmateer
Floyd Hunter
Henry Smith
Ingalls
Palmateer
Cox
Stratford Road
West Hills
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