Prelude to battle in Cha Chapi area as Chinese and Japanese clash
Shanghai February 19 reports say Chinese guns pound as two armies mass near the Chapei ruins. Japanese ultimatum looms while General Uyeda warns of independent action if Chinese withdraws not by 7 am. Americans man advanced lines in the international settlement as despair grips local business leaders.
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Shanghai
Cha Et
Hongkew
Chapei
Japan
Associated Press
Uyeda
Chapel
Kiangwan
Woosung
31St Infantry
Manila
International Settlement
League to call extraordinary assembly over far east crisis
The League of Nations council voted to convene an extraordinary assembly to address the far east situation at the request of Dr. W. W. Yen, despite Japanese opposition. Twelve neutral members ruled the objection invalid as the second assembly meeting since the league’s founding approaches amid disarmament talks in Geneva.
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
League Assembly
Far East
W. W. Yen
Japan
League of Nations
Germany
League
Lawrence Masons Honored in Grand Lodge Election
Three Lawrence Masons were honored in the Grand Lodge of Kansas elections at the 76th annual communication in the Masonic Temple of Topeka yesterday. George O. Foster, KU registrar, was elected deputy grand master succeeding John M. Kinkel of Topeka, newly elected grand warden. W Frank March was reelected grand treasurer, a post he has held for years. David Passon was appointed grand sword bearer. Journal-World Waht-Ads bring prompt results.
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Lawrence Masons
Grand Lodge of Kansas
Topeka
George O. Foster
University of Kansas
John M. Kinkel
Grand Lodge
W. Frank March
David Passon
Flying instructor held as bank bandit in Seguin Texas
Lieutenant Herbert C. Lichtenberger, flying instructor at Randolph Field, charged in the $2,090 Schertz State Bank robbery. Remanded to jail without bond after a preliminary hearing in Seguin. Grand jury convenes April 4. defense plans habeas corpus action.
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Seguin
Tex
Herbert C. Lichtenberger
Randolph Field
Schertz State Bank
Justice of the Peace
George Dix
Ss Defense
Evacuation Warning Issued for Shanghai Residents
Edwin Cunningham warns Americans in danger zones in Shanghai to evacuate this afternoon or tomorrow morning. Most stay in the city due to insufficient threat, while 100 to 200 move out from Hongkew and nearby districts. A 400-strong American infantry line forms a new defense along the settlement border.
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Shanghai
Edwin 5. Cunningham
Cunningham
Hongkowg
Yangtzepoo
Hongkew
University of
Woosung
Hongkow
Chapei
Volunteer Corps
Credit Bill Perfected In Senate Expansion Plan
The Senate perfected the credit expansion bill, opening new rediscounting privileges to banks with 2,000,000 or more in capitalization. Senator Glass supported the raised limit, and Townsend helped, with the change approved without a record vote. The emergency provisions run to March 4, 1933, instead of one year, with several amendments remaining before final passage.
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Washington
Senate
Banking Committee
Glass
Townsend
E. del
Put’s Gold Piece to Work in Lawrence Campaign
Rev. Robert A. Hunt won a $3 gold piece in a slogan contest by the Chamber of Commerce building and trades section. He will use the prize as part of the cost for yard work at his home to aid beautification efforts in Lawrence. He entered only to support the contest and initially offered the money for charity before agreeing to employ it for home improvement materials.
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Robert A. Hunt
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Hunt
Harold Constant
Cairman
Building and Trades Section
Dr. Hunt
Mr. Constant
Weather forecast for Kansas with unsettled areas
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight with increasing clouds Saturday and a warmer trend plus possible rain at night. Morning map shows partly cloudy to clear skies across Topeka Manhattan Emporia Coffeyville and Salina. Dirt roads mostly rough, Douglas County roads rough, other routes fair to rough depending on location.
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Kansas
Topeka
Manhattan
Emporia
Coffeyville
Salina
Pittsburg
Nitawea
Convention of Republicans to select delegates at Lawrence
The first Republican meeting of the year will be a mass convention at the Lawrence courthouse tomorrow afternoon to choose delegates for the Second District convention in Ottawa on February 27 and the state convention in Topeka on March 8. The central committee meets at 2 pm, then business concludes around 2:30 pm. Sixteen delegates and sixteen alternates will be elected for both district and state conventions. The Ottawa district convention will send two delegates and two alternates to the Chicago national convention and Topeka will name seven delegates at large and seven alternates. The Republican county central committee, chaired by E. F. Abels, has twenty-nine members from all precincts.
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Court House
Lawrence
Ottawa
Topeka
Central Committee
Republican County Central Committee
Chicago
Naional
E. F. Abels
Spain
Harvey Reed
Hugh Means
State
Liberty
James A. Reed
Twelfth Street
Harley - Reed
Reed
Kansas City
R. B. Stevens
Jack Dunkley
Fred Vogler
St. Louis
James Reed
Harley Reed
Stevens
Means
Cona
Pittsburg
Pitts
West Twelfth Strat
Kansas highway 36 target sparks secession threat
K H J Morrison of Oberlin Kansas warned northern and western Kansas counties may secede and join Nebraska if highway 36 funding favors southern routes. He accused Kansas highway officials and the state Chamber of Commerce of bias, urging faster paving of a northern route across Kansas and Colorado. The talk touched on renaming the route George Washington highway and broader regional road plans.
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St. Joseph
K. H. J. Morrison
Oberlin
Kan
Kansas
Nebraska
Kansas Highway Officials
State Chamber of Commerce
Highway No. 36 Association
Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Topeka
Cadiz
Troy
Ken
Morrison
Colorado
Valera's margin smaller in new Dail as tally runs
In Dublin Free State on February 19 AP reports Fianna Fail leading with eight seats in the new Dail as counts from Tuesday's general election show Fianna Fail 52, Labor 6, Government 39, Independents 11. Labor allies FF, Independents often align with President Coz graves government. Final mix stands 58 to 350.
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Valera
Fianna Fail
Dublin
Trish Free State
Eamon de Valera
Fian
Nna Fail
Fianna’ Fail
Labor
Cozgraves
Man Shot by Pet Cat in Nebraska Farm Incident
Verdigre Nebraska February 19 AP Vac Ondracek was handling a rifle to reload sparrows on a farm when a family cat leaped at a sparrow and triggered the gun. The bullet broke through Ondracek hand and he was taken to a local hospital. An advertisement for Delicious Barbecue Sandwiches appears with Barbetue Mud Creek.
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Verdigre
Neb
Vac Ondracek
Vae
William Reinisch Fire Chief Resigns After 38 Years
Veteran Lawrence fire chief William F. Reinisch resigns after about 38 years of service to the department. He cites ill health and will retire March 1 1982. Assistant Chief E F Holland to lead in the interim. Reinisch joined in 1894 and became chief in 1901, overseeing motorization and station improvements. He received the last act of accepting a new 750 gallon pumper this week.
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William F. Reinisch
William’. F. Reinisch
Lawrence
W. C. Ellis
Reinisch
Kansas City
Ellis
E. F. Holland
Firemen's Relief Association
South Lawrence
Yesteroe
Tax payment receipts show Douglas county totals and agency allocations
A county record reports January February motor vehicle license receipts totaling 52255.70 turned over to the state treasurer. The fees cover 4152 autos 560 trucks seven trailers two motorcycles and twenty one special dealers licenses with allocations to the vehicle department general fund and highway department. The report notes increased tag sales following inspectors’ visit warnings and cites to date licensed totals of 4280 autos and 576 trucks. The remainder funds go to the state highway department.
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L. E. Hoover
State Vehicle Department
Douglas County General Fund
State Highway Department
Hoover
Lawrence
Douglas County
Dempsey Draws Indoor Crowd Record At Chicago Stadium
The Jack Dempsey King Levinsky four round bout drew 23 322 fans at Chicago Stadium setting an indoor attendance record. Gate totaled 74 610 dollars with estimated shares for Dempsey about 24 000 and Levinsky about 9 500. Dempsey also holds previous indoor and outdoor crowd records from prior years.
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Chicago
Levinsky
Chicago Stadium
Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Soldier Field
Britten Submits Unemployment Bill For Saturday Holiday
Representative Britten introduces an unemployment relief bill to make Saturdays a legal holiday. The Hlingis Republican estimates it could add 4,000,000 workers to payroll by authorizing the President to urge states to adopt the Saturday holiday if Congress approves the measure.
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Washington
Britten
Hlingis
Congress
Big Fire Loss At Salina Affects Bell Tire and Marshall
Fire swept through a building housing Bell Tire and Marshall Motor in Salina Kansas on February 19 causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars and destroying 100 cars, 60 of them new. Power and phone service were cut for two hours across a large part of the city. Colonel Topham is being transferred from Monterey California to Camp Knox near Louisville Kentucky, with passage by transport via Balboa and through the Panama Canal.
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Salina
Kan
Bell Tire Company
Marshall Motor Company
Topham
Camp Knox
Joesph L. ‘Topham
Monterery
Cal
Louisville
Emma B. Topham
Balboa
Panama Canal
Christobal
Atlantic Coast
Death of Former State Bacteriologist Dr Sarah Greenfield Stephenson
Dr Sarah Greenfield Stephenson aged 56, former state bacteriologist from 1903 to 1920, died after a prolonged illness in Topeka. She is survived by her husband W C Stephenson. In other news the city library will be closed all day Monday in observance of Washington's birthday.
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Topeka
Sarah Greenfield Stephenson
W. C. Stephenson
Washington
Battery B Thirteenth Reunion Set By Legion Post
The thirteenth annual reunion of Battery B 130th field artillery will meet Monday at 6 PM in Dorsey Liberty Post of the American Legion rooms. A banquet by the ladies auxiliary precedes the program with about 45 members expected. Major W C Koenig will outline corps work after the banquet. Officers include E O Cooper Marysville president Prof Worthy Ho Lawrence secretary treasurer Will Johns Jr in charge. Battery B was the only artillery unit from Lawrence to serve in World War I.
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130Th Field Artillery
Dorsey-Liberty
American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
W. C. Koenig
E. O. Cooper
Marysville
Worthy Ho
Lawrence
Will Johns, Jr
Stewart States Aims Of Legion At Founders Day Banquet
Donald Stewart of Independence outlined the American Legion’s deep goals at the Founders Day banquet in Wierdemann’s, praising hospitals Legionville billets for children, medical care for veterans, and youth programs. He noted Legion influence in Western Kansas communities and the Legion as a central civic force. The event drew about 200 attendees with musical performances and remarks by Everett Stith. Chancellor Lindley honored William Yoast Morgan on his death eve.
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American Legion
Donald Stewart
Independence
Dorsey-Liberty Post
Wiedermann
Legion
Stewart
Department of Kansas
Legionville
Legionnaires
America
C.M. T. C. Camps and Mr. Stewart
Friendship of
the Legion
The
Lindley
Hutchinson
William Yoast Morgan
University of Kansas
Morgan
University
Board of Regents
Faces murder charge arrest John Dugan in slaying
John Dugan, 24, was charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Oliver P. Carpenter, a Kansas City city detective, who was shot during a February 8 attempted robbery at the Mercantile Trust Company. Police tied a revolver found to the crime and to the slugging of Carpenter’s companion Ed Young.
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Kansas City
John Dugan
Oliver P. Carpenter
Mercantile Trust Company
Dugan
Carpenter
Ed Young
Von Moltke's Grandson Is Taxicab Driver
In San Francisco a damage case related to an auto crash featured a young witness in a taxicab uniform named Henry W. Moltke. The judge joked about Count von Moltke, and the witness calmly confirmed he was the grandson, prompting a quip about fortunes.
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San Francisco
Alden Ames
Henry W. Moltke
Count von Moltke
Moltke
Hearing set to oust Douglas County Farm Bureau
The suit to oust the Douglas County Farm Bureau for failing to meet 250 bona fide farmer membership requirements is set for March 2 in district court before Judge Hugh Means. County Attorney R. B. Stevens announced the plan after protests by the Douglas County Tax Payers League claiming improper county financial support for the Bureau.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
Hugh Means
R. B. Stevens
Stevens
Farm Bureau
Douglas County
League
Roland Boynton
Board of County Commissioners
Bureau
Relief bill approved by house labor committee
Washington February 19 AP A 700 million dollar federal relief bill passed the house labor committee 9 to 3. It divides funds into 300 million for direct loans to states, 200 million for direct grants, and 200 million for the public building program. Loans and grants require repayment within ten years with possible highway fund deductions for default. Governors must back repayment and state reinstatement auctions.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Budget Bureau
Treasury
Meeting of Douglas County Agricultural Council
Farm Members of the Douglas County Agricultural Council met with representatives of other farm organizations in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 2 o'clock this afternoon. D L Burton, chairman, presided. The Farm Bureau Farmers Union Grange and the Chamber of Commerce committee were represented by their boards of directors or county officers. About 35 persons attended as prominent Kansas State College faculty were expected to attend. A discussion of the Milk Producers Marketing Company occurred. To Hear Lutheran Program The First Methodist church class will hear Don Stewart at Trinity Lutheran church at 4:15 Sunday.
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Douglas County
Agricultural Council
Chamber of Commerce
D. L. Burton
The
Farm Bureau
Farmers Union
Grange
Agricultural and Industrial Committee
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Milk Producers Marketing Company
First ‘Methodist Church
Don Stewart
American Legion
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lawrence poised for strong bid to land state convention
Lawrence officials and local Democrats gear up to secure the Kansas state Democratic convention for Lawrence. A Topeka trip Sunday will rally county chairmen, with fifty-plus locals signing to attend and a Hotel Jayhawk headquarters set for an active campaign. Major figures include Dr E G L Harbour, A B Weaver, and Mayor W C Ellis.
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Lawrence
Kansas
E. G. L. Harbour
Douglas County
A. B. Weaver
Chamber of Commerce
W. C. Ellis
Topeka
Leavenworth
Emporia
Salina
Wichita
Atchison
Pittsburg
Democratic Party
McDonald
F. W Gaunt
Roger Williams
Jayhawk
J. 8
St. Clair
T. J. Sweeney
George Hedrick
John Robinson
W. H .Dietz
Ralph Biniones
Scott
Harry. Dodderidau
It Ober
Fred Ellsworth
Jack Danie Ey
Phil Bowen
Rog Constant
C. W. Maloney
Harry Frazee
C. B. Hosford
Glover Hanna
Otts Moyn
H. L. Burger
Tickets Remaining For Kansas Missouri Game In University Auditorium
Tickets show first and second balcony seats still available for the Kansas Missouri basketball game tomorrow at 7 30 in the University auditorium. Stage and first floor seats sold out. About 500 tickets remained this morning with orders coming from out of town and Lawrence residents. If sold out, standing room may be offered. Balcony prices are 1 and 75 cents. Tickets at the athletic office and Round Corner Drug store. The game will be broadcast by KFKU.
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Kansas-Missouri
University Auditorium
K. U
Lawrence
E. U
KK. U
Round Corner
KFKU
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