Ickes Calls for Angl o American Unity Against Fascism
Washington observers regard Ickes private call for unity against fascism and communism as reflecting official hopes. He stressed democracy cannot coexist with totalitarian regimes and spoke as an individual, while Roosevelt and Hull study European events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Washingon
Roosevelt
Britain
Amerca
Presiacne
Borah
R-Ida
England
Germany
Italy
America
LaFollette
Capper
Nye
United States
Ludlow
House
Hull
Congress
Rural School Examinations Scheduled for Eighth Grade
Semi final exams for county pupils will be held at multiple locations next Friday starting at 9 a m. Harold Fisher, county superintendent, announced the exam sites and supervising teachers for each school including Globe Clinton Eudora Lecompton Vinland Prospect White Independence and Number Six schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Fisher
Johanna Griffis
Gertie
Globe
Edith Moses
Dorothy Mae Nuffer
Clinton
Hugh Allen, Jr
Coila Thurber
Eudora
Cardozo Reported Holding Own Amid Heart Illness
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo was reported by his physician to be holding his own in his fight against a heart disease. The update comes from Washington on February 23.
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Gardozo
Washington
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Quiz questions from classified page test knowledge
Test Your Knowledge asks seven questions: river for Nashville Tennessee, Tennessee governor, largest Dutch city, Colorado state bird, Jean Marc Nattier, birthstone for Aries, composer of The Flight of the Bumblebee, La Follette party, capital of Peru, and nickname for President Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennee
Netherlands
Colorado
Jean Marc Nattier
Ogee
Pri
Robert M- la Follette
Peru
Zachary Taylor
Mal Hallett's Band Engaged for Prom at KU Union
Mal Hallett and his orchestra, heard on national radio, will play for the annual Junior Prom at the K U Union building March 11. Dancing 10 to 2 with advance tickets at $2 and $2.25 at the gate. Also notes Mardi Gras trip by five KU men, a Pi Kappa Alpha Alpha Tau Omega Monte Carlo party, and campus events including an oratorical contest winner.
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K. U
Mardi Gras
Monte Carlo
Union Building
Mal Hallett
K. U. Union Building
Hallett
Hollywood
Cocoanut Grove
Roseland Ballroom
Broadway
Steel Pier
Atlantic City
N. J
Pi Kappa Alpha
Alpha Tau Omega
Memorial Union Ballroom
Baker University Band to Present Vesper Concert in Centenary Hall
The Baker University band directed by Byron C. Donmeyer will perform the third vesper concert in Centenary Hall on Sunday February 27 at 3 pm. Invitations extended to Ottawa Topeka Overbrook Gardner Springhill Edgerton Louisburg Scranton Meriden and Perry.
Firewood Question and Classified Ad Suggestion
A reader asks if there is enough wood for the fireplace and is advised that if not, one can buy wood from the classified page.
McNutt Denies Candidacy for Any Public Office
Washington February 23 Paul V McNutt high commissioner to the Philippines declares he is not a candidate for any public office amid a lavish Indiana backed reception in Washington He says his focus remains on American Philippine relations while political speculation swirls around the 1940 presidential race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
Indiana
White House
Altho McNutt
United States
McNutt
Indianan
Mayflower
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Farley
Florida
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
James A. Farley
Henry A. Wallace
Agriculture
Robert H. Jackson
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Glenn Frank
Republican Program Committee
George D. Aiken
Vermont
H. Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Labour Partisans Push for British Election Agenda
The piece notes continued Labour agitation for a general election amid party hopes for renewed confidence after a 330 to 168 Commons vote. It reports Eden’s defenders planning to outline positions Friday to Warwickshire supporters and cites Nazi Berlin hopes for an English German accord amid Italian tensions.
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Mussolini
Eden
Warwickshire
Berlin
Hitler
Rome
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Paris
Yvon Delbos
France
Italy
Kiwanis Clinic Schedule For Friday
Clinics sponsored by the Lawrence Kiwanis club will be held Friday afternoon and evening at 2 o'clock. Dr W J Francisco will conduct the orthopedic clinic in the city building at Eighth and Vermont streets. Dr E T Gibson will oversee the nerve and mental clinic in the Chamber of Commerce rooms in the WREN building.
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Lawrence Kiwanis Club
W. J. Francisco
Eighth
Vermont Streets
E.T. Gibson
Chamber of Comcorte
WREN
Big Democratic Meet at Topeka February 23
Kansas Democrats hear Joseph B. Keenan pledge that new deal reforms will stand and the party will not be frightened from its solid position. Innis Harris Jr. presided as 1,800 guests attended the Washington Day banquet. Wesley E. Brown elected Kansas Democratic club president and Thelma Hunter named vice president. No official candidacy announcements were made amid cross speeches with Republican leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Joseph B. Keenan
U. S
Sims
Keenan
Innis Harris, Jr
Wichita
Wesley E. Brown
Reno
Kansas Democratic Club
Harris
Thelma Hunter
Parsons
Glenn Frank
Republican National Program Committee
Deaths and Funerals B F Mohler
B F Mohler, 86, died this morning at his Baldwin home. He is survived by his wife and four children. Funeral services will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Mohler
Baldwin
Portrait of Late Professor Higgins Added to KU Law Library
Photograph of the late Professor William E. Higgins has been added to the University of Kansas law library collection. Higgins taught at KU from 1899 to 1918 and died May 13, 1920. He earned an 1888 A B and 1894 law degree, practiced in Kansas City, studied England's courts in 1913, led the Kansas Bar Association in 1918, and served on the Lawrence school board. Mrs. Higgins resides at 1232 Ohio street, Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Higgins
University of Kansas Law Library
Frederick. Moreau
Higgins
K.U. Law Faculty
University
Law School
Kansas City
England
American Judicature Society
Kansas Bar Association
Lawrence School Board
Ohio Street
Lawrence
Former Missourian Heads Crop Insurance Agency
Roy M. Green, a former Missouri farm boy, was named manager of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. The board also selected Cecil A. Johnson of Ames, Indiana, as secretary. Green has led the agriculture department's division of finance in the bureau of agricultural economies since 1935.
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Washington
Missouri
Roy M. Green
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Cecil A. Johnson
Ames
Green
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Broadcast on The Role of Women in the Modern State
A Friday afternoon broadcast from 3 to 4 pm on NBC and Columbia stations features a panel titled The Role of Women in the Modern State. Speakers include Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lady Astor, Oliva Rossetti Agresti, Mrs. Halvadan Kkoht, Dr. Renee Girod, and greetings from Nellie Tayloe Ross.
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International Business and Professional Women’s Club
NBC
Columbia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Lady Astor
Great Britain
Oliva Rossetti Agresti
Italy
Halvadan Kkoht
Norway
Renee Girod
Geneva
Nellie Tayloe Ross
United States Mint
Four Girls Hurt by Dynamite Cap in Schoolroom
Four girls were injured in a Hanover township schoolroom when a dynamite cap exploded. Mary Kosty, 13, found the cap on her desk at opening and lost two fingers and a thumb of her left hand. The others suffered powder burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Hanover Township
Mary Kosty
Opposition to permanent production control voiced
Secretary of Commerce Roper stated that the country is opposed to permanent production control proposals, signaling a stance against such measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roper
Sierra Leone Club Celebrates Forty Eighth Anniversary
The Sierra Leone club marked its 48th anniversary at Mrs. Myrlyn Brown's home on Tuesday. President Mrs. S Holmes introduced charter member Mrs. Lula Irwin who led the program. Members read papers on The Past and The Present and paid tributes to deceased members.
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Sierra Leone
Myrlyn Brown
S. Holmes
Lula Irwin
Mayme Jackson
Mabel Gleed Pitts
Lulabeile Salisbury
Lawmakers Debate School Funding and Welfare Revenue
Dobbs opposes taking unspent school sales tax funds and cautions that proposals to divert money could weaken county tax capacities. He estimates the welfare fund would gain about 4 million dollars under the governor plan, reducing poor fund levies in relief-heavy counties but increasing burdens elsewhere. Republicans Relihan and Warren argue the bills cripple weaker tax units by diverting needed funds.
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Dobbs
Smith Center
E. A. Warren
Neodesha
Fraser theater to broadcast German program tomorrow evening
A short wave radio program from Germany will be broadcast tomorrow evening at Fraser theater. John Coleman and Dietrich Zwicker lead the event with a choir and orchestra performing Kansas songs and German pieces. The KU German department will attend, and the program starts at 6 30.
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Fraser Theater
Ther
Germany
John. Coleman
Atchison
Dietrich Zwicker
Kansas
K.U
E. F. Engel
Chor Und Orchester
Lawrence awards primary ballots contract to Douglas County Republican
The contract for furnishing ballots for the March 1 primary was awarded to the Douglas County Republican, low bidder at 9.50. J. W. Stone, city clerk, announced the decision. The Rogers rock crusher was brought to Lawrence from Joplin, Missouri and may be returned if the city council does not purchase it next Monday. Willard Brown, C. C. Skinner, and J. C. Harper accompanied the crusher trip.
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Douglas County
J. W. Stone
Rogers Rock
Lawrence
Joplin
Willard Brown
C. C. Skinner
J. C. Harper
Evidence Is Completed in German Church Trial
Berlin reports that evidence finished in the trial of the Rev Martin Niemoeller on charges of disrespect and disobedience to the Nazi regime. A verdict is due February 28 with treason and political plotting dropped. The case now cites speaking disparagingly of leaders and resisting orders not to read certain names from the pulpit.
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Berlin
Martin Niemoeller
Pro‘am
Executions disclosed of two Soviet navy leaders
Moscow reports reveal secret executions of Admiral Vladimir Orloff and Admiral A K Sivkoff, former top naval commanders. Voroshilov in a wartime anniversary speech brands them fascist traitors alongside Mikhail Tukhachevsky and others, urging stronger defenses against imperialist threats.
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Moscow
Klementi E. Voroshiloff
Vladimir R. Orloff
A.K. Sivkoff
Voroshiloff
Red Army
Hamed Orloff
Sivkoff
Mikhail Nikolaevitch
Tukhachevsky
Russia
Soviet Union
Civic Association Meeting at Woodlawn School
North Lawrence reports a Civic Association gathering with ping pong entertainment and five active tables. Local residents Mrs. Pine Mrs. Dover and Mrs. Davis are noted for health and visits while church groups announce activities and pledges. A dog bite incident occurs during a Centenary M E Sunday school class.
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Civic Association
Woodlawn School
Clifford Pine
Elm Street
Dover
Rose Davis
Kansas City
C. O. Mitchell
Ladies’ Aid
Centenary M. E. Church
Josephine Haney
Oskaloosa
Ab Williamson
Jerry House
C. C. Mitchell
Centenary M. E
Fred Benson
Benson
Lansing Penitentiary
Roy Epley
Roy Tucker
Colorado
Clarence Pine
Epley
Pine
John Hubble
Rachel Husted
Mary Frederick Visits Linwood and Kansas City Friends
Oak Ridge notes Mary K Frederick drove to Linwood with her mother Mrs Arthur Norris visiting relatives in Kansas City for a few days. Farm Bureau lunch for Eibest sale on Friday February 25. Pinochle club entertained. Valentine party at Midland school with contests and treats. Frances Perkins stays with Edwin Gentry. Carl Hodges helps at Rays station. Jack Toms out sick. Centenary M E church chicken dinner raises a neat sum. Birthday Club met at Mrs Carol Miller with officers elected. Farm Bureau hosted by Mrs Robert Laptad.
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Mary K. Frederick
Linwood
Arthur Norris
Randolph
Sedgwick
Kansas City
Gus Brune
Farm Bureau Group
Marie Riley
Katie Toms
Midland
Frances Perkins
Edwin Gentry
Lawrence
Carl Hodges
Rays
R. R. Weakley
Ardell Weeks
Guz Brune
Laptad
Otto Grant
Fred Stumbo
Longanecker
Oakridge
Freemont Hornberger
al Simons
Frederick
Mackey Community Club
Villa Eden
Raymond: Gardner
Frances
Jean Perkins
Eugene North
Lulu North
Raber
Genieve Raber
Doris Hes
Constant North
Frances Metcalf
van Neste
Charles Iles
W. H. Hayden
Mary K. ‘Frederick
W. H. Weeks
Lawrence Leonhard
J. F. Morgan
Lawrence Morgan
W. H. Morgan
Elsie and
Erwin Morgan
Billy Garrett
Johnnie. Flanders
Agin
Charlie Shirar
Lester
Walnut Grove
C. C. Miller
Washington
Fear Grips Central China After Japanese Punitive Actions
Reports from Hankow indicate a state of terror in Central China as Japanese punitive measures follow guerilla successes. News recounts village burnings along the Hwai river in Anhwei, the killing of over 1,000 peasants, and mistreatment of Chinese women on the Lunghai railway frontier.
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Hankow
China
Hwai River
Anhwei
Lunghai Railway
Community Club Meets Adds Play and Dances
The regular Oak Ridge community club meeting at the school house included a program with musical numbers and a performance of The Comical Country Cousins. Refreshments were served and plans for upcoming events were announced.
Local Social News Notes from Tonga Tournament and Teas
Linwood W. L. Keister and Vernon Houts attended the Tonga tournament Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bratton visited Mrs. Bratton's mother, Mrs. T. W. Martin and Mrs. C. C. Burnett Saturday evening. The Federated church ladies host a silver tea at the home of Mrs. J. N. Sniders with Mrs. O. S. Teker assisting.
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W. L. Keister
Vernon Houts
Tonganoxie
Raymond Bratton
Bratton
T. W. Martin
C. C. Burnett
the Federated Church
J. N. Sniders
O. S. Teker
Valentine Tea and Farm Bureau Activities in Kanwaka
Miss Marguerite Fritzell and students hosted a mothers valentines tea with a decorated valentine box and hand decorated souvenir plates. The Kanwaka Farm Bureau unit met at Mrs. George Dews with 15 members, focused on pattern selection. Local birthday celebration, Farm and Home Week attendance in Manhattan, and a Good Will club meeting with the theme My First Valentine are noted among community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanwaka
Marguerite Fritzell
Farm Bureau
George Dews
Beattie Collins
Guy Bigsby
Don Westheffer
Don E
Eudora
Ambrose Bigsby
Robert
Harold
Ernest Bigsby
Elizabeth
George Bigsby
Barbara
Virginia
A. R. Colman
Kanwaka Farm Bureau
Manhattan
Charles . Topping
Charles Hook
Wichita
Kanwaka Good Will Club
Carl Hird
Valentine
Purchasing a Costume Slip Read by Mrs Guy-Bigsby
A home event at Mary Elisabeth and Jane Topping hosted a 4 H gathering to preview a costume slip reading. Members plan an auction and production at Gran theater while Granade rural schools arrange district attendance and a Russian Ballet at Kansas University auditorium. Ralph Colman stayed home due to illness as township workers opened roads Saturday.
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A. Papgt
Guy- Bigsby
Elmer
Mary Elisabeth
Jane Topping
Granade
Ie Charles Stand
J. R. Topping
Th Kansas University
Ralph Colman
Market News Kansas City Hay Market and Wall Street Rally
Kansas City hay prices show steady bids with 9 cars unchanged and grainlike grades listed from No 1 extra leafy to No 2 leafy. In New York government bonds closed higher with Treasury 3s and 4s advancing as the stock market rallied on European peace prospects and strong steel, auto, chemical and rubber shares led gains.
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Kansas City
Hay Market
Hay
Prairie
New York
U. S
Treasury
Wall Street
Gene Bolte
Britain
Italy
Chicago
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodyear
U. S. Rubber
Anaconda
International Nickel
Sears, Roebuck
J. I. Case
International Harvester
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Santa’Fe
Pennsylvania Railroad
Western Union
Allis Chalmers
American Can
Johns-Manville
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Union Carbide
National Supply
Perkins
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Moritz
University of Kansas
New Orleans
Glen W. Dickinson, Jr
Larry McVey
Independence
Kan
Gene Haughey
Concordia
Tommy Ise
Coffeyville
Harson Smith
E. N
Kansan
U.S.G.A
Kappa Alpha Theta
Sigma Kappa
Alpha Gamma Delta
Chi Omega
Alpha Omicron Pi
Gamma Phi Beta
Alpha Chi Omega
Corbin Hall
Watkins Hall
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Delta Pi, Fish Pond
Kappax Kappa Gamma
Old Baker
Edith Rideau
Este Eggareverngond
Pinhiint de Rosario Bourdon
Derry
Percy Grainger Sossists
Shirley Curry
Paul Spence
Maurine Matthaei
Victor Herbert G
Eens Bonwitz
Franko Goldman
Chester Moore
Baker
Gray Dorsey
Irene Mozingo
Harriet Rudolph
Georgia Mae Allen
My Hero
the Chocolate Boldier
Oscar Straus
Harry L. Alford
Eveeneeee
George Hamilton Green
Acacia Lodge
A. FL
A. M
Forrest L. Noll
John H. Parker
Sec’y. Oe
M'Nutt
House of Commons
New Deal
Law
Sierra Leone Club
Fraser
Carson I. Robison
Jayhawk
George Bowles
Chor
Orchester
Oberlin
Ernst Wilhemy
MacDowell
Batenon Sprecher
Ernst Wilhelmy
Neecenen
Barnes
Chor Und Orchester Suite
Orchester Corn Song
Woo Kate Stephens
Orchester Legendé von
de Sonnenblume
E. B
Engel Sprecher
Ernst
Wilhelmy
Crimson
Barlow Penny Chor
Orchester Schlussworte
Volksweise Kansas
Dear
Chalk Song -Chor
D. Dahlene
Fred Vogler
Dorsey Green
Dahlene
Roger M. Williams
North Lawrence
Oak Ridge
Central
Ghent & Dye
NJ W
U S Steel
Aécleris
NED
Funk’s
The
Derby Grain and Coal Co
Tom Smart
Mer
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