Bulgaria Claims Pact With Turkey
Sofia reports a non aggression accord between Bulgaria and Turkey, seen as a blow to British hopes for Turkish help against German forces. Informants say the pact foresees Turkish neutrality if Germany advances, with possible troop withdrawals and impacts on Greece.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Germany
Greece
Italy
Britain
Mediterranean
U.S. S.R
Myrene
Bularia
Russia
Balkans
Army use discussed for Lone Star CCC camp
County commissioners considered using Lone Star lake Camp buildings for Army purposes. They spoke with George Hedrick of the Chamber of Commerce and noted support for training conscientious objectors in non combat activities, but opposed using the camp as an internment center.
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Board of County Commissioners
CCC
Lone Star Lake
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
Army
Canin
Rail link talk at Chamber of Commerce meeting
The Chamber of Commerce industrial committee will host a noon meeting at the Hotel Ridge to discuss the proposed physical connection between the Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroads. G. G. Hesse will lead speakers detailing the plan and progress for interested citizens.
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Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Chamber of Commerce Juncheon
Hotel Ridge
G. Hesse
Greeks Drive Italians From Mountain Tops in Bayonet Fights
Greek forces pressed a five day offensive against Italian positions behind air attacks by Greece and Britain. They reportedly seized multiple mountain strongholds as bomb and machine gun attacks hit gun positions bridges and crossroads. RAF raids targeted Brindisi and other fronts while retreating Italian columns suffered heavy blasts on roadways.
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Athens
Greece
Qlhaniag
Supreme Court Upholds Browder Passport Conviction
The Supreme Court upheld Earl Browder’s 1940 conviction for using a passport obtained by fraud. He received four years in prison and a 2000 dollar fine. The decision, delivered by Justice Reed, found that using a fraudulent passport in re entry and travel falls under the statute.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Reed
Murphy
Browder
New York
Federal District Court
Federal Circuit Court
Drowder
Nicholas Dozenberg
George Morris
Albert Henry Richards
United States
Wichita
Kansas
Justice Department
District Court to Resume Sessions Tuesday for Civil Docket
February term sessions resume tomorrow with jury returning to hear civil cases. First up is Richard Jensen of Johnson County suing Lawrence Transfer Co. for 10 800 damages from an automobile accident. Second case: Security Benefit Association versus W H and John Morgan over rent for land.
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Richard Jensen
Johnson County
Lawrence Transfer Company
Security Benefit Association
W. H
John Morgan
Gas Tanker Explosion Kills One in Texas City Blaze
A tanker Pan Massachusetts carrying 107000 barrels of gasoline exploded amidship after an oil dock fire spread to the vessel. One man drowned, another fell ill, and 14 were hospitalized as firemen fought the blaze. rescuers reported progress an hour after ignition. No additional docks were endangered.
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Texas City
Pan-Massachusetts
Truce Ratified To Resume Defense Orders At Allis-Chalmers
Union members were asked to ratify a truce enabling 5,000 Allis-Chalmers workers in Milwaukee to return to defense orders worth 45 million dollars after a three week strike. Also CJ O workers ended a three day walkout at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Brier Hill plant in Ohio, affecting steel for defense.
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Allis-Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
Knudsen
Hillman
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Brier Hill
Ohio
International Harvester Company
Rock Falls
Ill
Chicago
C. I. O. Farm Equipment Workers
McCormick Works
Richmond
Ind
International Harvester
C.I.O
Foster- Wheeler Corporation
Carteret
N. J
Bridgeville
Vanadium Corporation
Seiberling Rubber Company
Akron
Cave-In Traps 66-Year-Old Plumber at Sum merville Home
Tom Black, a Kennedy Plumbing worker aged 66 and brother-in-law of Officer William Hayter, was buried in an earth cave-in at the William Summerville residence, 1829 Barker Avenue. He was repairing a line when the eight foot shaft collapsed. rescuers freed his head and shoulders as the fire department and an ambulance responded.
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Tom Black
Kennedy Plumbing Company
William Summerville
Barker Avenue
Black
William Hayter
New York Street
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Judge Gray
Marriage licenses issued at the office of Probate Judge Frank R. Gray include J. Don Shultz of Lawrence and Lorraine Giesy of Burlington O Ray McIntire of Midland Michigan and Evelyn E. Whiteford of Lawrence and Norman Hester and Eva Pavey both of Topeka.
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Frank R. Gray
J. Don Shultz
Lawrence
Lorraine Giesy
Burlington
O. Ray McIntire
Midland
Mich
Evelyn E. Whiteford
Norman Hester
Eva Pavey
Topeka
Hangars at Brindisi Set Afire and London Raids (Feb 17)
British air raids set afire hangars at Brindisi airdrome in southern Italy and targeted Catania and Comiso in Sicily. London endured a heavy night raid with hundreds of fire bombs and loud gunfire. Australian radio announced Sydney would begin building 13 public air raid shelters.
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R.A.F
Brindisi
Italy
Buzi
Tepeleni
Lauza
London
Cairo
Egypt
Tha Anawiinsntean Nlen Wanawtad
England
Sydney
New York
C.B.S
German Pressure on Japan Stirs Far East Tension
Authoritative sources say mounting Far East tensions stem from German pressure on Japan for aggressive Pacific actions. The comment notes Axis pressure influencing Japan in the Batavia area and broader Dutch East Indies context.
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Japan
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Far East
Germany
Pacific
Italians Repel British Attacks on Kenya Front
Rome reports strong British motorized assaults on the Kenya front in East Africa were repelled with heavy losses, according to the Italian high command today.
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Rome
Kenya
East Africa
Italian High Command
Senate Debate Led by Barkley on British Aid Bill
Democratic Leader Barkley opened the Senate debate on the administration's British aid measure promising aid to Britain to defeat Hitler or risk surrender. He cited Hitler motives of economic world domination and argued broad authority covers food shipments. protests outside grew as Pepper supporters pressed for aid.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
United States
Britain
Hitler
Europe
George
D.-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Adolf Hitler
Wallace
Roosevelt
Chamber
Pepper
Pepper D-Fla
Capitol
John Hoffman
House
Stephen Early
White House
Early
Byrnes
D-S.c
Capt. Bob Bartlett to Speak at Hoch Auditorium Tonight
Captain Bob Bartlett famed Arctic explorer and speaker will lecture at 8 20 tomorrow night in Hoch auditorium on his polar films and adventures. Bartlett joined Admiral Peary and led the Roosevelt expedition near the pole and is praised as a prime lecturer and engaging storyteller for University of Kansas audiences.
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Bob Bartlett
Hoch Auditorium
Captain Bob
Arctic
National Geographic Society
American Museum of Natural History
American Geographical Society
Milwaukee Public Museum
Groton School
Admiral Teary
Peary
North Pole
Captain Bartlett
Bartlett
University of Kansas
Stock Market Index Weighs 60 Stocks at 40.3
The report notes an average of 60 stocks at 40.3 with a Saturday reading of 40.1. An advertisement urges avoiding home financing until assessing a new loan plan from The Lawrence Building and Loan Association located at 800 Mass St Adv.
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The
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Mass
Tear Gas Exercise Tests Public Preparedness in Brighton
Britain's first public gas attack preparedness drill took place in Brighton on February 17. Tear gas drifted over the center of the city for about half an hour, reducing visibility as hundreds of shoppers and workers wore masks. Residents were warned to carry masks for the exercise and those without them showed visible distress.
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Brighton
England
Britain
London
France
Roosevelt seeks 225 million for national defense housing
President Roosevelt asked Congress to immediately fund 225 million dollars for defense housing. The request includes 75 million to cover obligations and 150 million for new housing for industrial workers and families of enlisted personnel. Palmer urged extending federal mortgage insurance to defense housing to save government money.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
National Defense
Rayburn
76Th Congress
Treasury Department
Coast Guard
Charles F. Palmer
Defense Housing
Defense
Palmer
House Banking Committee
Federal Housing Administration
Snow Flurries Forecast Across Kansas With Mild Temps
Topeka reports brief snow flurries and cooler air but no severe cold. Forecaster A B Flora says tomorrow’s high could reach 85 to 40 degrees with very light snowfall. Strong western cold front yields 24 to 28 degree lows in the east and 20 to 24 in the west.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Texas
Dakotas
Indiana
Middle West
Mercury
Phillipsburg
Chanute
Wichita
Kansas-Oklahoma A. and M. basketball game scores
The game in Stillwater starts at 8 o clock. Halftime and final scores will be available in the Journal-World tonight.
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Kansas-Oklahoma A. & M
The
Journal-World Tonight
Stillwater
Debt Limit Bill Sent to President Roosevelt
Congress sent to President Roosevelt a bill raising the federal debt limit to 65 billion dollars and ending exemptions from taxes on future government securities. The House approved minor Senate amendments, finalizing action.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Goal of 1,000 Warplanes a Month Surpassed Says Aeronautical Official
Col John H Jouett, president of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of Americas, says production has exceeded 1,000 planes monthly and will rise to 1,500 by mid year. He noted November output about 700, December 800, January 1941 over 1,000, and shop employees rising from 36,000 to 180,000 with plans to double.
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New York
John H. Jouett
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of Americas
Jouett
Bill to Restore Metal Tokens and Other Measures
Topeka February 17 CPI A proposes restoring metal tokens as the Kansas two percent sales tax medium. Rep Joe Harrigan introduces the plan. tokens were redeemed in 1989 and stored in the statehouse basement. The House approves later passage for a $35,000 state coyote bounty fund for two fiscal years. County clerks would pay the $1 bounty, then be reimbursed by the state. Other bills cover road renumbering, property tax relief on back assessments, expanding KBI staff, and local election expense taxes. The 1941 session’s sixth week opens with mixed progress on Gov Ratner’s 22 proposals, some stalled or under study.
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Topeka
CPI
Kansas
Joe Harrigan
Crawford
Statehouse
Linn T. Woods
R-Harvey
House
Harold Malone
R-Sedgwick
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Drew Hartnett
Stafford
Senate
Payne Ratner
K.B.J
Jay S. Parker
Blake Williamson
R-Wyandotte
Guy Allen
Norton
Edwin Abels
R-Douglas
Ratner
State Superintendent of Public
Italians Cleared Out of Egypt Sudan and Kenya, Says British
British general headquarters announced there are no Italian soldiers left in Egypt the Sudan or Kenya Colony except as prisoners following the fall of Kurmuk on the Ethiopian frontier. No new reports on Libya's front. Britain's offensive toward Tripoli remains the deepest penetration.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sudan
Kenya
Kurmuk
Ethiopia
North
Africa
Britain
Tripoli
Libya
Lybia
Eritrea
G.H.Q
Metsker Reappointed County Home and Farm Superintendent
The county board reappointed J. F. Metsker as superintendent of the county home and farm, a post he has held since November 10, 1931, after health concerns delayed the decision. They ordered tuberculosis and Bangs disease tests for the dairy herd and bought a new Ford police special for the sheriff with a 95 horsepower Mercury engine to replace the current vehicle.
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Board of County Commissioners
J. F. Metsker
Metsker
Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff's Office
Mrs. G. F. Reinhardt to observe 97th Birthday
Mrs. G. F. Reinhardt aged 96 She lives with daughter Mrs. E. S. Weatherby at 1017 Indiana Street and will celebrate her ninety seventh birthday tomorrow. A German native she arrived in 1848 on a sailing packet after a 14 week voyage. She has been blind for 15 years and lost her father on the voyage. Her seven children include Mrs. Weatherby George F Reinhardt Bonner Springs Mrs F M Yingling Neodesha Julius Reinhardt Joplin and Lydia Reinhardt Toneka.
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G. F. Reinhardt
E. S. Weatherby
Indiana Street
Reinhardt
Germany
Rock Island
Ill
U. S
Weatherby
George F. Reinhardt
Bonner Springs
F. M. Yingling
Neodesha
Julius Reinhardt
Joplin
Lydia Reinhardt
Dinner Bridge For Rota Ri An Rotaryann Guests
A dinner bridge party tonight at the Eldridge hotel for Rota rians Rotaryanns and guests. Dinner at 6 30 in the crystal room bridge in the grill room. Patriotic colors used in decor. Committee includes Mrs Cliff Ramsey chairwoman Mrs Lyle Powell Mrs Daryl J Dodds Mrs Roger Allen and Mrs Van Bruner.
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Rotaryanns
Eldridge Hotel
Crystal Room
Cliff Ramsey
Lyle Powell
Daryl J. Dodds
Roger Allen
van Bruner
Rehearsals Begin for Beta Sigma Phi Minstrel Show
More than 80 attended the first rehearsal at the Elks club yesterday afternoon. Next practices are Tuesday and Friday at 7:30 p m and Sunday at 2 p m. The show unfolds March 13 and 14 to benefit the crippled children's fund.
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Elks Club
Alpha Gamma Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Crippled Children’s Fund
Germans Report New Attacks on British Shipping and Warplanes
Berlin reports fresh German strikes against British shipping with 18 British planes shot down in two days. The bulletin cites 11,000 tons sunk by one submarine and 24,000 tons by another, plus a 6,000-ton freighter sunk off Peterhead.
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Berlin
High Command
Britain
Daily War Bulletin
Amnha
Peterhead
Scotland
Great Britain
Norway
Great Yarmouth
Ireland
Bus Crashes Into Telephone Pole Near Williamstown Junction
A westbound Union Pacific bus with 19 passengers crashed into a telephone pole near the Williamstown junction on highways 59 and 24 late last night. No injuries, passengers sent to Topeka by other conveyances as crews freed the bus and restored lines.
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Union Pacific
Williamstown
Topeka
Robert L. Hyatt
Hubert L. Jones
Douglas County
Kimbrough Signs Big Football Contracts
John Kimbrough, an all America back from the Texas Aggies, signed a contract to play football for the New York Yankees of the American league. He inked two deals, one for 12500 and another for 25000 for personal services with Douglas G. Hertz, owner of the club. Down payment was 2500 with 2500 due at graduation.
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New York
John Kimbrough
Texas Aggies
New York Football Yankees
Jarrin
Jim
Douglas G. Hertz
Kimbrough
Alarms Answered At Fraternity House And Several Homes
Fire department reports four alarms with no major blazes. Nu Sigma Nu fraternity house at 1147 Tennessee street saw smoke from a extinguished furnace oil burner. slight interior smoke damage. Other calls included grass fires at Twenty-First and Rhode Island and at 1320 Massachusetts street with no major damage and a chimney fire at 1040 Pennsylvania with slight damage.
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Nu Sigma Nu
Tennessee Street
Paul Ingels
T. W. Smith
Massachusetts Street
Weather forecast for Kansas cold spell and snow flurries
Kansas weather calls for generally fair conditions in the west and south with the approach of a cold front. Snow flurries and colder air are expected tonight to the northeast and along the east and north central regions.
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Kansas
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Rep. Harrigan
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