Russo German pact denounced as doubtful by Kingsley Wood
Bristol Feb 10 Sir Kingsley Wood said the Russo German pact is a doubtful bargain and a political and material disappointment to the Reich. He cited Polish exile government claims of 15 000 executions in occupied Poland and described German methods, including terror, torture, and mass killings, while Britain and France fight to end such conditions.
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Bristol
England
Pir
Kingsley Wood
Reich
Poland
Kremlin
Germany
Russia
Kingsley
Konin
Britain
France
Berlin
Hans Frank
Frank
Sermianye
Hitler
Overnor
Foreclosures Declined to 13-Year Low in 1939
The federal home loan bank board reported 1939 foreclosure rates for mortgages and non-farm property dropped to a 13 year low. Three districts Cincinnati Topeka and Portland led with a 24 percent decline. Residential construction in cities over 10 000 valued at 1 044 707 300, a 35 percent gain from 1938.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Home Loan Bank
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Topeka
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Portland
Pacific Northwest
Tobey to Attend Lincoln Day Dinner with Ratner in Independence
Sen Charles W Tobey of New Hampshire and Gov Payne Ratner will drive from Topeka to Independence on Monday for the third district Republicans Lincoln Day dinner. Tobey, the featured speaker, will arrive tomorrow night and will be the guest of the Governor and Mrs Ratner.
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Topeka
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Payne Ratner
Independence
Third Congressional District
Tobey
Ratner
Garner as Democratic candidate and VP profile
The Journal World notes Garner, long a public figure, seeks the Democratic presidential nomination and remains familiar to voters. The item presents fill in the blank questions about his age, early Texas proposals, home, family, and first elected Congress year, advertising the classifieds page.
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Garner
Throttlebottom
John Nance Garner
Texas
Rio Grande
Garners
Dallas
Uvalde
Corpus Christi
Houston
Pesenanene Peeneetenene
University Debate Team Heads to Rocky Mountain Tourney
Five members of the University debate team depart Tuesday noon for the Rocky Mountain Speech Institute in Denver Colorado. Coach E C Buehler accompanies the group on a tour including visits to Ellsworth Rotary Club Russell high school and a public program in Goodland or Colby before returning February 18.
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Rocky Mountain Speech Institute
Denver
Colo
Emmett Park
Chanute
John D.stewart
Wellington
Irving Kuraner
Leavenwrth
Mac
Wynne
Hays
Bob McKay
Wichita
E. C. Buehler
Kansas
Ellsworth
British Bomber Raids German Base at Sylt
British air raid on the German naval base on Sylt island reportedly dropped four bombs. Danish observers saw the bomber pass over the southern part of the island before heading to sea as six German fighters pursued. the Briton supposedly escaped. Berlin reported an unsuccessful Helgoland dive and said eight ships were sunk or wrecked by German air raids yesterday.
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Toender
Denmark
Sylt
Air ‘Ministry
Berlin
Hich
Helgoland
DNB
Westminster A Cappella choir to perform Sunday concert
The Westminster A Cappella choir of 70 voices will perform Sunday evening at 7:30 at First Presbyterian Church. The choir will seat an extra row of chairs and wear concert uniforms. Morning service features Nathaniel Dett anthem O Holy Lord and Berna d's Lord, Who Art Merciful sung by Victor Wagner.
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Westminster A Cappella
First Presbyterian Church
Nathaniel Dett
Victor Wagner
Bernad
Oil fields prize in any Near East offensive
Washington reports estimate Anglo French and Turkish forces could funnel 200 000 to 250 000 troops toward the Caucasus and Dardanelles while Russia strains 7 to 10 divisions near the border. Analysts argue oil ports near Baku would be the first target in any campaign.
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Washington
Near East
Caucasus
Dardanelles
Turkey
Russia
Red Army
Germany
Baku
Black Sea
Finland
Bessarabian
State offices plan Lincoln day open despite holiday
Topeka reports most state house offices will be open Monday for Lincoln birthday anniversary. Gov. Payne Ratner says departments under executive control remain open to avoid disappointing visitors. State Treasurer Walter E. Wilson will observe the holiday, with others possibly following. Many at the statehouse will attend GOP Lincoln day rallies Monday night.
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Topeka
Statehouse
Lincoln
Payne Ratner
Walter E. Wilson
Plane crash in Naples cloaked in fog kills ten
A passenger plane of the Ala Littoria line crashed into a mountain near Naples on its Brindisi to Rome route. The fatal crash occurred about 4 p.m. in heavy fog, burning ten people to death including six crew members.
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Naples
Ala Littoria
Brindisi
Rome
Wide Range in Condition of Wheat in 31 Counties
Kansas Wheat Improvement association director John Parker reported survey results from test plots across 31 counties. Wheat ranged from good in eastern areas to very poor in western regions, with central counties showing a mix of good and fair conditions. Seed samples from farmers test yield and purity on these plots.
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Manhattan
John Parker
Kansas Wheat Improvement Association
Kansas
Central Counties
Woman dies after New Mexico crash near Gallup
Frances Kohl aged 23 died at Gallup hospital after a snow slick crash west of Gallup. Her husband Frank Kohl and J J Steward of Leavenworthwere injured and a truck driver Howard Goldsberry of Winslow faced involuntary manslaughter charges. Poderjay deported from New York to Yugoslavia after serving time for bigamy and his wife vanished years ago.
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Gallup
N.M
Frances Kohl
Here
Gallup Hospital
Leavenworth
Kan
Frank Kohl
J. H. Steward
Howard Goldsberry
Winslow
Ariz
Poderjay
New York
Ivan Poderjay
Auburn
Yugoslavia
Washington
Agnes Turverson
Europe
Lawrence Sunday Forum Plans Musical Play at Ninth Street
The Lawrence Sunday Forum will meet Sunday at 4 30 PM at Ninth Street Baptist church. Pupils of Mrs Flossie McGaw perform a musical play with Miss Helen Pierson to play a violin solo. A general discussion follows.
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Lawrence Sunday Forum
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Flossie McGaw
Helen Pierson
Pickle Maker Lank Seeks Republican Governor Nomination
Clarence D. Lank a Wichita pickle manufacturer and former school teacher announces his candidacy for the Republican governor nomination in the coming primaries. He cites dissatisfaction with Roosevelt and Ratner and says he runs in the interest of the common people. He formerly resided in Abilene.
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Wichita
Clarence D. Lank
Roosevelt
Ratner
Lank
Abilene
Pi-Convicted of stealing bread in Boston court
John Richmond, 42, was fined 25 dollars by Judge Robert W. Frost for stealing two loaves valued at 20 cents. He paid promptly, showing a roll with 219 dollars in cash and 50 dollars in checks. Journal-World classified page.
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Boston
John Richmond
Robert W. Frost
Richmond
France Warns Germany Peril Must Be Radically Wiped Out
Paris reports a French note asserting Germany’s constant threat must be crushed before any stable international system or negotiations can occur. It welcomes Undersecretary Sumner Welles to seek information while noting informal talks with neutrals on economic security and armament reduction.
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Paris
France
Germany
Hull
United States
Sumner Welles
State Department
England
Europe
Overbrook Rotary Dinner Plans 35th Rotary Anniversary
The Overbrook Rotary club hosts a dinner in the M E church basement Monday evening with invitations to Lawrence Ottawa Baldwin Bur lingame Lyndon Rotary clubs and Ans. A Chicago international HQ representative Leone Montague will speak and district president Marion C Hume of Ottawa will give a brief talk. Group singing led by F C Cherry Leinaker of Baldwin marks the 35th Rotary anniversary.
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Overbrook Rotary Club
M. E
Lawrence
Ottawa
Baldwin
Burlingame
Lyndon Rotary Clubs
Ans
International
Chicago
Leone
Montague
Marion C. Hume
Rotary
F. C. (Cherry) Leinaker
Baldwin Club
Indictment Against City Finance Director Dropped
Kansas City date line reports Judge John F. Cook sustained a plea in abatement and threw out the indictment charging A. L. Darby with false disbursement of water department funds. The probe centered on transfers to the emergency fund once controlled by the late Henry F. McElroy. The case arose from a Jackson county grand jury impaneled last summer.
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Kansas City
A. L. Darby
Water Department
John F. Cook
Darby
Henry F. McElroy
Jackson County
Paul Buzard
Rumania Rejects Demobilization Suggestion
In Bucharest on February 10 authority sources report Romania refused German proposals to demobilize most of its 800,000 armed men. The government led press, including Universul, urged stronger forces and faster frontier fortifications.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Reich
Universal
Weller to Speak on Toward a World Government
Dr. Charles F. Weller of Chicago will address the Unitarian church at 11 tomorrow on Toward a World Government. He leads World Fellowship and wrote A New Spiritual Dynamic. Highway contracts totaling about 270000 were awarded for Ellsworth, Shawnee, Brown and Johnson counties for work on routes K45 U S 75 U S 36 and K46.
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Charles F. Weller
Chicago
Unitarian Church
Topeka
The
Highway Commission
Ellsworth
Shawnee
Brown and
Johnson Counties
U.S. 75
U.S. 36
January breaks long dry spell in Kansas weather records
January 1939 Topeka Kansas broke a persistent dry spell with above normal precipitation for the month. Statewide average precipitation reached .82 inches, about .15 inches above normal, with most moisture falling as snow.
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The
Kansas
Topeka
C. J. Posey
Weather Bureau
Douglas County
Hell Week Returns at Kansas University Frat Houses
Alumni and campus groups report hell week customs persisting at KU fraternities with variations from clean-up weeks to courtesy weeks. Freshmen endure house duties and ritual pains while some houses deny or joke about strict initiation, as new plays, costumes, and college events unfold on campus.
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Altha Fraternity
Phi Delt
Kansas City
Delta Upsilon House
Corsage for Mrs Franklin Delano Roosevelt Made in Washington
Lawrence writer and Whitcomb greenhouse veteran He is credited with making the corsage of five orchids worn by Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the president’s birth day ball in Washington in January. Viets is manager of the C. C. flower store in Washington.
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Robert E. Viets
Whitcomb Greenhouse
Franklin. Delano Roosevelt
Washington
Viets
Blackistone, Inc
Czech Leaders Put in Protective Custody by Germans
Prague reports indicate 500 to 600 leading Czechs were held in protective custody by German authorities to maintain order. Named among those detained were Joseph Thruhlar head of the Sokol movement Premysl Samal chancellor of Czecho Slovakia under Masaryk and about 20 former Czech army officers, mostly Prague residents.
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Prague
Acrabied
Joseph Thruhlar
O the Sokol
National Czech Patriotic Movement
Premysl Samal
Czecho-Slovakia
Thomas Masaryk
Trinity Church Lent Services and North Lawrence Church Notices
The Rev John E Bowers rector at Trinity Episcopal Church announces Lent schedule with Holy Communion at .00, church school at .45, morning prayer at 11:00 and evening prayer at 5:00 during Lent. Beginning Feb 11 evening prayer will be read Sundays at 5. North Lawrence Christian Church led by Clark W Comstock invites 10:50 sermon Four Roots of Religion and 7:30 sermon The Fullness of Jesus with 9:45 Bible school and 6:30 young people meetings for all ages.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Tenth
Vermont
John E. Bowers
E. H. Hollands
Oliver Hobbs
University Group
North Lawrence Christian Church
Elm Streets
Clark W. Comstock
Lucille Traynor
Christ
Mrs. William A. Pine obituary notes long Kansas life
Margaret Angelia Jones born Zionville Indiana September 26 1859 died February 7 1940 at North Lawrence age 80 with a long Kansas life moving from Zionville to Lawrence and back. She married William A Pine January 21 1877 and they lived near Lawrence before moving to North Lawrence. Surviving seven children Clarence Clifford Roscoe Wilbur Ralph Gertie Fincher Cecile Dicker with 23 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. An aunt Mrs Jared Tyson and three sisters Mrs Lydia Landon Mrs Lizzie Barley and Mrs Kate Barley. Mr Pine preceded her in death April 15 1928 with other children Harley Arthur Olive also deceased.
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William A. Pine
Margaret Angelia Jones
Zionville
Ind
North Lawrence
Lawrence
Kan
Pine
Ralph
Gertie Fincher
Cecile Dicker
Jared Tyson
Lydia Landon
Sedro Wooley, Wash
Lizzie Barley
Kate Barley
Farm Property Rates Cited By FHA Figures
New FHA rates show 442 percent for farms and 5 percent for business property with 414 percent noted for quick service. S C Hinshaw, phone 539, Eldridge Hotel Building listed as contact.
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Quick. Service
S. C. Hinshaw Ph
Eldridge Hotel
Centenary Methodist Church Lifelong Members Remembered
In Richmond California and Lawrence Bert Jones joined in early married life at Centenary Methodist Church and remained devoted members until death. Her devotion to church and family stood out and she will be missed by all.
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Richmond
Calif
Bert Jones
Lawrence
Pine
Centenary Methodist Church
Keeler Leads Friday Assembly At Local School
Friday assembly featured guest speaker Guy V. Keeler. A salesmanship class was organized this week under Ag teacher Mr. Quackenbush. The Valentine party for students and alumni is set for Thursday Feb 16 at Odd Fellows Hall with an orchestra and refreshments at intermission. Marjorie and Fay Stainbrook visit LaCygne Kansas for the weekend. A shorthand class will be organized next week and a civil service examination for men was announced. Ednah Hopkins played violin with Mrs. Van Valkenburg accompanying.
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Guy V. Keeler
Quackenbush Ag
Odd
Fellows Hall
Marjorie
Fay Stainbrook
LaCygne
Kan
Civil Service Commission
Ednah. Hopkins
van Valkenburg
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