Austria’s Leader Frames Freedom Amid Berchtesgaden Pact
Vienna reports Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg outlining a united effort for Austria’s freedom and independence under the 1934 constitution. He cites the Austro German agreement of 1936 and calls for responsible citizen effort while acknowledging tensions with Nazi power and Dollfuss’s death. He asserts Austria’s independence and questions whether the nation can sustain it.
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Schuschnigg
Berchtesgaden
Maximilian
Berchtesgad
Austria
Hitler
Bavarian Alps
Dollfuss
Engelbert Dollfuss
Fatherland
Franz Josef
WILL BUY EXTINGUISHERS
County Commissioners ordered the purchase of six fire extinguishers four for the courthouse one for the county jail and the county garage. Harold Fisher was authorized to buy a office table at 38.50 dollars. Bids for the 1988 mining matter were not settled yesterday but may be at the March 7 meeting or earlier. Commissioner Earl Black attended after being in Topeka.
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Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Harold Fisher
Earl Black
Topeka
Judgment for J. B. Wilson Reverses Judge Means
Supreme Court mandate reverses Judge Hugh Means and orders judgment for J. B. Wilson on the jury verdict. J. B. Wilson sued Eli Wilson for attorney fees. jury awarded 375 dollars in 1936. The district court later ruled for Eli Wilson before the appeal reached the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court
Hugh Means
District Court
J. B. Wilson
Eli Wilson
J. B Wilson
Jo B. Wilson
District ‘Court
Judge Means
J.B. Wilson
Treasury Debt Sets New Federal High at 37 Billion
The treasury announced the federal debt rose to 37,616,605,571 dollars, with February 21 expenditures exceeding income by 1,008,685,794 dollars. Including 250 million in relief expenditures, the deficit is projected to reach 1,544,000,000 by June 30, the fiscal year end. The February 21 deficit was about half the level of the prior year’s same date.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Senate
Defense is Vital Says Davis at Kiwanis Meeting
Prof. Robert McNair Davis of the University law faculty spoke at the Lawrence Kiwanis club on National Defense Week and George Washington's birthday. He warned of a world returning to barbarism and urged readiness, citing Britain’s Singapore base and the need for a clear U S Britain understanding. Washington’s leadership was cited as a model of vision and resolve.
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George Washington
Robert McNair Davis
University Law Faculty
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann’s
Davis
Genghis Kahn
Tamerlane
Singapore
United States
Great Britain
Washington
Professor Davis
America
Chorus and Orchestra Rehearsal At Hoch Auditorium
The Lawrence choral union and the University of Kansas symphony plan a joint rehearsal tonight at 7 30 in Hoch auditorium. Dr Otto Miessner directs the choir and Prof Karl Kuersteiner conducts the orchestra. Prof Joseph Wilkins of the KU voice department will sing The Atheist in Pilgrims Progress by Stillman Kelley, set for March 27, and will join tonight's rehearsal amid high attendance expectations.
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Lawrence Choral Union
University of Kansas Symphony
Hoch Auditorium
Otto Miessner
Karl Kuersteiner
Joseph Wilkins
K. A
K State Professors Protest Red Probe
Kansas State college chapter of the American Association of University Professors protested the proposed legislative investigation of alleged communist activity in Kansas as an attack on higher education. In a resolution to Gov. Huxman they warned it would discredit state institutions and drive competent educators from Kansas. Copies went to other state colleges as the bill awaits Senate action.
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American Association of University Professors
Schools of
Kansas
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
American ‘Association of University Professors
Walter A. Huxman
Kansas University
Spain
House
Senate
Senate hearing debates Kansas judgeship and special reasons
Senator Norris presses disclosure of "special reasons" for an extra Kansas district judge as Rep. Houston seeks explanation from Chief Justice Hughes. Hatch weighs splitting the bill for a separate Kansas judgeship with full hearings, while Kansas factions clash over Hopkins and Hopkins foes.
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Washington
Norris
Ind
Hughes
Hatch
D-N.m
Kansas
Houston
Guyer
Akan
R. B. Lewis
Richard J. Hopkins
Lewis
Hopkins
Omar B. Ketchum
Lambertson
Rkan
Global tensions rise as China Austria and Czechoslovakia loom
China resumes aerial raids against Japan while Chiang Kai-shek's forces slow Japanese advances. In Austria voices debate Nazi alignment as Hitler marks 18 years of the party. Czechoslovakia prepares defenses for possible French aid as insurgents siege Sagunto road in Teruel.
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China Sea
Japan
Formosa
Chiang Kai- Shek
Lunghai Railway
China
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Austria
Kurt Schuschnig
Berchtesgaden
Czechoslovakia
France
Republic
Sagunto Highway
Teruel
Law School Speaker Austin M Cowan Addresses KU Convocation
Austin M. Cowan president of the Kansas Bar Association and Wichita attorney in federal practice spoke at the University of Kansas law school convocation in Greenhall. He reflected on 26 years of law work citing John Ingalls Chester Long Jeremiah Simpson. Cowan is a special master in reorganization cases under Judge Richard J Hopkins.
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Austin M. Cowan
Kansas Bar Association
Wichita
University of Kansas Law School
Greenhall
Cowan
John’ J’ Ingalls
Atchison
Chester I. Long
American Bar Association
Jeremiah Simpson
Richard J. Hopkins
Army Air Corps Needs Probe Ordered by Subcommittee
A military subcommittee prepared today to begin a secret investigation into the needs of the Army Air Corps. Informed members said the inquiry would examine the air corps length in planes and its requirement for additional bases.
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House
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Pershing Near Death as Doctors Fight Weakness
General John J. Pershing, 77, is gravely ill in Tucson Arizona with weakened heart function and difficulty swallowing. Physicians report no heart failure but conditions are serious and may require prolonged rest in bed.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Altho
Roland Davison
S. A. Marrietta
America
Senate approves funds for grasshopper control program
Washington February 24 The senate completed action on a 2,000,000 appropriation to fight grasshoppers and other pests and 5,000,000 to begin a new crop control program. The measure heads to the White House for President Roosevelt's signature.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Kansas Crop Outlook Improves With Heavy Winter Moisture
The 1938 Kansas crop outlook improved last week due to a heavy fall of snow sleet and rain. Surface soil moisture in eastern two thirds and parts of the southwest is ample for current needs, but subsoil moisture remains severely short statewide. Normal precip in coming months will be needed to prevent losses from soil drying and to sustain 1938 crops. Fruit buds are swelling with some freezing damage possible.
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Topeka
Kansas
Relief measures pass in Kansas house vote
Two Republican backed relief bills clear the Kansas House and move to the Senate. The Wunsch bill diverts sales tax revenue to county welfare funds by 73 to 40. An emergency state welfare fund bill passed 70 to 34. Amendments by Democrats were defeated as party lines held.
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Topeka
House
Senate
T. C. Kimble
Miltonvale
Grant Waggoner
Cherokee
James J. Wilson
Weir
Donald Muir
Harper
Tax Commission
Walter A. Haxman
State Welfare Board
Senate Would Pay for Collecting Sales Tax
In Topeka the senate approved a bill by Senator Thale P. Skovgard allowing merchants three percent of sales tax collected, up to $125 per calendar month, to cover collection and remittance expenses. The measure passed 27 to 9 and goes to the house.
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Topeka
Senate
House
Thale P. Skovgard
Rgreenleaf
State Board of Regents
Garden City
Two Divorce Suits Filed in District Court
Eunice Hyre seeks divorce from Marvin C Hyre and custody of a minor daughter after their Lawrence marriage on June 12, 1927. S. Irvin Scott seeks divorce from Lynne Grace Scott. they wed in Yuma Arizona in 1936.
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Eunice Hyre
Marvin C.hyre
Hyres
Lawrence
S. Irvin Scott
Lynne Grace Scott
Yuma
Ariz
Infants Die in Tyrone Fire at Shope's Hollow Log Home
A brother and sister, both infants, burned to death today when flames destroyed their three room log house in the mountain settlement of Shope's Hollow near Tyrone Pennsylvania. The blaze left no immediate witnesses and investigations are pending.
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Tyrone
Mountain
Shope’s Hollow
Stock Market Index Report Notes Small Rise
The average of 60 stocks shows a slight gain with yesterday's figure at 46.5 and the day’s index steady near that level. Investors monitor market movements amid mixed trading and cautious sentiment.
Kansas University students urge cooperation on subversive probe
A KU student committee testified in Topeka that most students oppose communistic activity and would cooperate if a probe into subversive movements is needed. Don Voorhees Quentin Brown and Martin Maloney urged shielding the university from publicity while Rep. Carper and Muir showed photostatic evidence of a young communists league. The Senate Ways and Means Committee then recommended adopting the House resolution for a state inquiry.
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Topeka
University of Kansas
Senate
Ways,and Means
House
Don Voorhees
Leavenworth
Voorhees
Quentin Brown
Greenburg
Martin Maloney
Lawrence
Clay C. Carper
R.eureka
Donald Muir
D.anthony
Young Communists League
Ways and Means
TWO TRAINMEN ARE KILLED IN TEXAS DERAILMENT
A southbound Kansas City Southern passenger train derailed 58 miles north of Shreveport near Cass Texas killing engineer Carl S Kiene 67 and fireman Roy L Rhoades 41 and injuring ten passengers. Kiene served 30 years with the road and was born in Topeka Kansas. He is survived by a widow a son Eriol and three brothers and two sisters.
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Shreveport
Kansas City Southern
Here
Cass
Tex
Carl S. Kiene
Roy L. Rhoades
Kiene
Topeka
Kan
Eriol
Otto Kiene
Concordia
Albert Kiene
Lawrence
F. A. Kiene
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Senate Restores Cut in Labor Board Fund
Washington February 24 The senate restored 385000 of a 2955000 appropriation for the national labor relations board in the independent offices bill. Chairman Glass said the board could not justify more staff while supporters argued that more attorneys and examiners were needed due to expanding work.
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Washington
Senate
National Labor Relations Board
Independent Offices
Glass
D.-Va
Appropriations Committee
Thomas
D-U
Neely
D-W. Va
Wagner
D-N.y
Bomb blasts hit Shanghai anti-Japanese paper
A bomb exploded in front of the American-registered Hwa Mei Wan Pao, killing two, injuring ten. A Chinese bomber was shot dead, a Chinese worker inside killed, and nine others wounded. The attack marks a third bombing tied to rival Shanghai terror factions.
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Shanghai
Hwa Mei Wan Pao
Hal P. Mills
New Orleans
British Amateur A A A seeks IOC action at Paris congress
The British Amateur Athletic Association plans to urge the International Amateur Athletic Federation to boycott the Tokyo 1940 Olympic Games. The appeal will be presented at the federation's fourteenth congress in Paris on February 28 and March 1.
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London
British Amateur Athletic Association
Tokyo
International Amateur Athletic Federation
Federation
Paris
Fire destroys James Brownrigg farm northeast of Iola
A mother and two day old baby were among six family members who fled a midnight fire that destroyed their farm home and all possessions northeast of Iola Kansas. The mother and infant were taken to a hospital.
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Tola
Kan
James Brownrigg
Iola
Premier Chautemps Offers Government Resignation for Unity Cabinet
French Premier Ca mille Chautemps notified leaders of the Popular Front that his government is ready to quit if a national unity cabinet supported by all parties can be formed. He argued France must address economic social and diplomatic troubles with a broadly representative government amid European tensions and German actions.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
People’s Front
Chamber of Deputies
France
Italy
Europe
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Chautemps
Alice Chosen for Alice in Wonderland Play at Pinckney School
Celia O Connor a first grade teacher at Pinckney was chosen to play Alice in the Children s Theater production of Alice In Wonderland. The performance dates are April 22 and 23 with understudy Katherine Gorrill a Liberty Memorial High School freshman chosen.
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Celia O’connor
James O'Connor
Pinckney School
Alice
American Association of University Women
O’connor
Emporia State Teachers College
Gilson Players
College
Dramatics
Deal Six
Hgih
Allen Crafton
Professor Crafton
K. U. Department of Speech and Dramatic Art
Leon Bauman
Bauman Dancing Studio
Dolph Simons
Lawrence Public Schools
County Assessors to Be Given Instructions
T. R. Gerhart county clerk will begin a series of instructional meetings with county assessors tomorrow ahead of the annual assessment in Douglas county and Lawrence property on March 1. The four year real estate reappraisement will be made with meetings set for township assessors at 9 oclock at the court house tomorrow. Saturday morning he will meet the personal property group in Lawrence and next Monday morning he will meet the real estate group in Lawrence.
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T. R. Gerhart
Douglas County
Lawrence
Gerhart
Court House
Dr Powell Moves Office to Remodelled Vermont Street Residence
Dr Lyle Powell and Dr Ray Woodworth relocate offices to a renovated first floor at 736 Vermont Street. Powell, a Lawrence resident since 1927, bought the property last summer which neighbors Central Park and old hay market area. The second floor now serves as an apartment. The site has a long local history including an 1870 private kindergarten run by Etta Giffin and later use by Chancellor James Marvin and Dr James H Dick.
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Lyle
Central Park
Etta Giffin
James Marvin
James H. Dick
Bater School Destroyed Fire Now Threatens Jefferson Area
Independence Kansas February 24 The Bater schoolhouse was destroyed by fire. Teacher Thelma Catron led her pupils to safety as farmers battled the flames in a vain effort to save the one room building two miles west of Jefferson.
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Independence
Kan
Bater
Thelma Catron
Jefferson
Lawrence Trade Show dates set for March
The Lawrence Merchants Chamber of Commerce announces the annual Trade Show will run March 23 to 26 with Joe Traylor as committee chair. Booths to be built in house, reservations already coming in, and entertainment planned to broaden public appeal. Call 485 for details.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Snow melting in Kansas with fair weather ahead
Topeka reports snow melt continues as S. D. Flora predicts fair skies and rising temperatures for today and tomorrow. No measurable statewide precipitation in the last 24 hours, though surrounding areas received snow. Texas panhandle snow totals reached six inches. eastern Kansas may see 35 to 40 degrees tonight and tomorrow, with western readings 40 to 45.
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Topeka
Snrow
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Texas Panhandle
Flora
Kansas City
Watermelons Fail To Save Girl in Philadelphia Case
Dorothy Rideour an 11 year old girl died after a kidney illness acute nephritis battled since June Doctors prescribed a watermelon diet found from New Jersey and other states as doctors sought a cure but the diet failed to save her life. The out of season melons were gathered from several states during Christmas week to aid treatment.
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Philadelphia
Dorothy Rideour
New Jersey
Verbal Lodge of Perfection Elects New Officers
New officers for the coming year were elected by Verbal Lodge of Perfection Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite at the Masonic Temple. Installation is postponed to the next regular meeting on March 23. Elected: H. Herbert Tuller venerable master Everett G. Stith senior warden Guy E. Young junior warden Charles E. Louk orator Dr E M Owen almoner A E Huddleston secretary and David Paason treasurer.
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Verbal Lodge of Perfection
Masonic Temple
H. Herbert Tuller
Everett G. Stith
Guy E. Young
Charles E. Louk
E. M. Owen
A. E. Huddleston
David Paason
Weather Preview and Road Conditions Across Kansas
General forecast shows fair weather tonight and Friday with milder eastern temperatures. Ottawa notes morning clear to partly cloudy skies, while dirt roads remain frozen in Ottawa Emporia Garden City Salina and along the Missouri boundary. Roads vary from rough in Manhattan Coffeyville to soft in Pittsburg and fair in Topeka with colder night readings reported.
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Kansas
Missouri
Ottawa
Emporia
Garden City
Salina
Arkansas
City
Wichita
Manhattan
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Topeka
Oie
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Asia
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Munich
Hofbrau Haus
National Socialist German Workers’ Party
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Pershing
A.E.F
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K. U
Texas
Labor Board
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Ford Service
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University Coal Co
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