Finns Admit Russian Gains on Karelia Isthmus Front
Finnish army says Russians penetrated further along the Mannerheim line in the 16 day battle on the Karelia isthmus. Moscow advances came at heavy cost to the attackers and Finns seek outside help as Stockholm notes Sweden declined to send troops. The isthmus fighting centers near Summa and Kuhmo with Finnish rescues and air battles amid ongoing raids by about 560 Russian planes.
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Republicans Open National Convention in Philadelphia
Washington reports Republicans fixed June 24 in Philadelphia to name presidential and vice presidential nominees and adopt a 1940 platform. The vote showed Philadelphia 67 Chicago 30 Fargo 2. Democrats to meet in Chicago after GOP event. Farley to set Democratic date soon.
Great St Valentine snow clears. East Coast reels from storm
Up to 60 deaths reported as the winter storm paralyzed the northeast. In New York City more than 5,000 workers and 2,259 pieces of equipment cleared streets and sidewalks while milk deliveries resumed and the Hudson froze to West Point. Upstate schools reopened and New England slowly recovered as rescue efforts continued for vessels and stranded crews.
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Hudson River
West Point
Aztec
Washington Heights
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New England
Boston
Aid sought for starving North China masses menaced by famine
Foreign merchants planned to appeal to the United States and other nations for help in supplying necessities to impoverished masses in North China. Conditions in cities are critical and rural reports describe famine until the next harvest.
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Tientsin
China
United States
Nazis Capture Finnish Ships Reported By Helsinki Radio
London reports from February 16 say Germany captured two Finnish ships bound for Britain with cargoes of cassk loaded goods. The Helsinki radio relayed the news via Germany.
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Prenters
Bri Rens Agency
E Helsinki Radio
Re- Germany
Britain
Farley to set date for Democratic National Convention
Miami, Feb 16 The Democratic committee chair James A Farley announced he would set a date in the next few days for the national convention in Chicago The Republican convention opens June 24 Farley who is on vacation declined to discuss the Massachusetts presidential primary and said the Democratic convention would be interesting but harmonious
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Chicago
Congress
John Hamilton
Democratic National Committee
James A. Farley
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Roosevelt
Miami
Fla
Democratic Committee
G.O.P
Massachusetts
President Roosevelts Secret Sea Voyage On Naval Patrol
aboard the Lang near Pensacola Florida Roosevelt sailed in a warm choppy sea aboard the Tuscaloosa with no declared destination or purpose. He suggested a fishing expedition lasting ten days to two weeks while newsmen questioned whether he might meet wartime envoys at sea. The presidential fleet of three vessels kept position and course secret from observers.
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Roosevelt
Tuscaloosa
Pensacola
Fla
Kent
County Democrats to Go To Topeka February 22
Douglas county Democrats will travel to Topeka on February 22 for the Washington Day celebration hosted by the Democratic party. A dance at Meadow Acres is set for February 21, followed by the Washington Day dinner at Topeka High School with Secretary of War Harry Woodring as speaker. Seymour Gentry, county chairman, has tickets for both events.
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Topeka
Meadow Acres
Topeka High School
Harry Woodring
Seymour Gentry
Stock Market Index Dips Slightly After Day Trade
Average of 50 stocks sits at 50.2 after yesterday's session closing at 50.3 on the index. Investors watch for direction as minor gains are muted by market volatility yesterday.
Swedes Decline to Send Troops to Finland
Stockholm reports Premier Hansson says Sweden will aid Finland with material and humanitarian help but will not alter its position or send regular troops. London notes Britain and France unlikely to dispatch regular forces soon, and Sweden may face frontier transit questions with Norway.
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Sweden
Riksdag
Hansson
Stanre
Britain
France
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London
Russia
Navy Bill Passes With Funds for Ships and Planes
Washington reports the House approved a 965.8 million navy appropriation bill while again cutting Guam’s 3 million harbor project. The measure funds 19 new combat ships 5 auxiliary vessels and 352 aircraft plus a 150 000 enlisted navy. Opposition argued Guam fortifications risk war with Japan.
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China
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Red Cross Plans Annual Membership Meeting
The board of directors set March 7 for the dinner at Trinity Lutheran church. Rev. Harold G Barr Major R A Edwards and Sergeant William Kollender lead the committee. Charles O Burkett of St Louis discussed home service work aiding veterans and families and praised lay workers. Last year 456 900 individuals aided the Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Army
Navy
Himhin
Willian Kollender
Home Service
Dougles County
Hockey Club Is Saved By Wichita Syndicate
The Wichita club of the American Hockey Association was taken over today by a syndicate of Wichita business men. They agreed to pay several weeks of back salaries and finance the club for the remainder of the season, according to association president William F. Grant.
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American Hockey Association
William F. Grant
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French Execute Citizen at Dawn for Espionage
Paris reports a French firing squad ended Jean Kuhn's life at dawn for sending national defense secrets to Germany. Kuhn, a Luxembourgish citizen, confessed to espionage and recruiting German agents in Luxembourg Belgium and France.
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Jean Kuhn
Duchy of Luxemburg
Germany
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Luxembourg
Belgium
France
Alarm grows in Scandinavia over Finnish war crisis
Finland fights a major Soviet drive along the Karelian isthmus as Britain France and Scandinavian nations fear becoming battlefields. Soviet claims of forts along the Mannerheim line are disputed by Finns who report reverses. Volunteers and foreign planes are aiding Finland amid a broad Allied pledge of support.
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Britain
France
Mannerheim Line
Karelian
Viipuri
Petsamo
Arctic
Scandinavia
United States
Dinosaurs Pose Sound Dilemma For Movie Studio
Hollywood seeks KU help on the authentic roar of tyrannosaurus in the film 1 000 000 B C. J H H Lane says no conclusive evidence exists for dinosaur sounds. hiss may fit bone structure better than dog bark or alligator bellow in the death duel sequence.
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Hollywood
University of Kansas
Hal Roach Studio, Inc
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Lane
Negro Student Chorus Presents Assembly Concert
The Cameron White chorus of 49 Negro students at Liberty Memorial High School performed its annual program this morning. Led by director Joe M Williams with president Thelma Lucas and others, the group opened with Lift Every Voice and Sing and Deep River, featured a violin solo by Helen Pierson, and closed with Climbing Up the Mountain Children.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Thelma Lucas
Paul Sims
Leatrice Taylor
Ethel Love
Joe M. Williams
Clarence Cameron White
Hampton Institute
White
KFKU
WREN
Helen Pierson
George Pierson
Priest’s 1290 pound tobacco crop nets high price at Maysville market
Rev Matthew Guilfoyle of Leavenworth Kansas directed a 1290 pound burley tobacco consignment from Guardian Angel orphans home to Maysville Kentucky where the lot sold for an average of 11.56 per hundred pounds, $4.21 above the rest. The 200 orphans aided by the sale sent a total 5000 pounds to market after last year’s tornado destroyed prior crop.
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Kansas
Kentucky
Matthew Guilfoyle
Leavenworth
Father Guilfoyle
Guardian Angel Orphans
Missouri
Guilfoyle
New Low Gas Prices Koolmover 15.7¢ Fritz Co
Advert shows fuel price drop with Koolmover at 15.7 cents per gallon and Fritz Co listed in the advertisement. Details on location or dates are unclear from the fragment.
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Koolmover
Fritz Co
Downtown Fire Ravages Palace Barber Beauty Shop
Early morning blaze at 730 Massachusetts street damages the Palace barber and beauty shop with losses estimated over 3000 dollars. Fire started in the beauty shop and spread through the building. casualties minimal, equipment largely destroyed, insurance expected to cover the building loss.
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Massachusetts Street
William Saip
Anna Reid
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Paul Ingels
Saip
Jimmy Lesher
Pete Swamp
Incels
Boy Scout Billy Fenstemaker Saves Elderly Man From Fire
Billy Fenstemaker an 18 year old son of Mrs Edwin Fenstemaker living at 1239 New York Street helped an 80 year old roomer Theodore Marshall escape a fire that trapped in a closet doorway. Firefighters extinguished the blaze which damaged the kitchen and living room and an unins ur ed closet full of Mrs Fenstemaker clothes. The blaze started in a passage closet though no cause was determined. Billy a Tenderfoot in Scout Troop 58 Trinity Lutheran church attends Junior High School.
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Edwin Fenstemaker
New York Street
Billy
Hugh Dyer
Theodore Marshall
Marshall
Fenstemaker
Scout Troon 58
Trinity Lutheran Church
Junior Hich
Roosevelt Says War Blights Diplomatic Dinners
Mrs Roosevelt says strained relations make it hard to seat people who will speak to each other at diplomatic dinners. She told Cornell Farm and Home Week the European war has harmed Washington social life.
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Ithaca
N. Y
CPY
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cornell University
Washington
Classified listings guide to finding a new home or room
The quickest way to locate a new home or a room for rent is to follow the choice offerings listed on the classifieds page. Readable options include apartments, rooms, and rental terms from local listings.
New Pastor Named for Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev. H G Schwegler of Richmond Indiana accepts call to Trinity Lutheran in Lawrence will move with his family in April and preach opening sermon April 7 He is 36 with three daughters and previously served in Cicero Louisville and Richmond and helped reduce church debt and oversee post flood rehabilitation The committee selecting him included Obed Thompson John Selig Emil Heck A B Sabol and Prof Jens P Jensen
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Richmond
Ind
The
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Lawrence
C. A. Puls
Madison, Wis
Trinity Lutheran Church
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Madison
Wis
Obed Thompson
John Selig
Emil Heck
A. B. Sabol
Jens P. Jensen
Kaw council sets 1940 budget for Boy Scouts drive
Kaw council of the Boy Scouts of America fixes an $18,500 regional budget for 11 northeastern Kansas counties. The city of Lawrence is asked to raise $1,400 with 284 scouts and 86 cub members. Fred Ellsworth coordinates the drive. faculty donations due by February 25.
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Eilsworth
Japanese raid hits Hard Kunming line in Yunnan province
Japanese war planes conducted another raid on the French operated Hard Kunming railway in Yunnan between Kin yuan and the Sino Vietnamese border. Initial reports say no major damage was inflicted though the line remains a key supply route. France and the United States have protested the raids.
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Yunnan Province
China
Army Recruiting Campaign Surpasses 227000 Goal
Washington February 16 War department officials said the peacetime recruiting drive exceeded the 227000 enlisted men target set by Roosevelt. As of February 7 total regular enlistments stood at 200000 plus gains since July 1, with 106549 new three year enlistments.
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Philharmonic to honor C. S. Skilton in Lawrence concert
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra performs C. S. Skilton suite in Hoch auditorium Lawrence marking its first local hearing. The program includes Franck Symphony in D minor and works by Sibelius Mendelssohn Debussy and Liszt. Evening concert follows school children matinee at 2 15. Tickets from Bell Music Round Corner Drug and fine arts office.
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Charles Sanford Skilton
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Karl Krueger
Skilton
Kansas City Music Hall
Hoch Auditorium
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Vienna
Budapest
Cesar Franck
Jean- Sibelius
Mendelssohn
Debussy
Liszt
Bell Music Store
Round Corner Drug Co
School of Fine Arts
Snow Forecast Shifts Through Kansas Weather Update
Snow and rain spread across eastern Kansas with light precipitation elsewhere. Forecasters expect colder east winds tonight and tomorrow, a brief warm spell Sunday, and light to moderate climbs in temperatures across the state with mixed precipitation favored in central areas.
Welcome Given Seamen From Cruisers Ajax and Exeter
Three hundred seamen from the British cruisers Ajax and Exeter, veterans of the Graf Spee action, were given a riotous welcome in Plymouth. They marched to the Guildhall where the lord mayor hosted lunch as 10 000 spectators cheered. Girls surged from sidewalks to grip sailors arms and walk in step with them through crowded streets.
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England
Ajax
Exeter
Graf Spee
Guildhall
Carol Seeks Early Rome Visit in Talks with Mussolini
Feb 16 report says King Carol told the Italian government he wishes an early visit to Rome for discussions with King Vittorio Emanuele III and Premier Mussolini. The authorization came from the authorities tonight.
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Rome
Bucharest
Hich
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Mussolini
Parsons Reports Heaviest Rainfall Since November
Heavy rain saturated Parsons Kansas on February 16 with 5 inches by mid afternoon and continued into the evening. The town of Fre donia registered 2.4 inches by 2 p.m. as rainfall totals mounted.
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Kan
Pt—Parsons
Fredonia
Weather outlook for Kansas with regional variations
Kansas forecast shows generally fair conditions in the west and cloudy weather in the east with snow in the far east. Cold tonight with a Saturday shift to fair skies and cooler eastward, followed by pleasant Sunday. Temperature readings cite 24 hour max around 50 and min near 43 with year ago highs of 53 and lows of 23.
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