Midnight Attack Drives Japs Back in Shanghai Front
Shanghai reports a midnight Chinese counterattack ousting Japanese forces from the Miaochangchen sector. General Tsai Tinh-Kai says the enemy were driven back but notes no decisive gains. Chinese hold Kiangwan amid anticipated Japanese drives to wedge and separate forces.
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Shanghai
Miaochangchen
Tsai Tinh-Kai
Mianchangchen
Frodav
No Man’s Land
Kiangwan
Kigagwan
Kemkichi
Uyeda
Japan approves 22000000 Yen for Shanghai and Manchurian needs
Tokyo cabinet approves an extraordinary 22 million yen supplemental for Shanghai and Manchurian campaigns. Army receives 20 million yen and navy 2 million yen as second Shanghai appropriation bringing total to about 56 million yen to date. Domestic bonds expected to fund the spending. Further budgets likely in April.
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Tokyo
Shanghai
Privy Council
Ambassadors Seek to Keep Shanghai Fighting Outside Settlement
Tokyo February 26 AP The American British French and Italian ambassadors to Japan met Foreign Minister Yoshizawa at the foreign office and delivered memoranda urging Japan to keep military operations at Shanghai outside the international settlement. They thanked Japan for keeping the fighting area outside the settlement and asked that any additional Japanese troops arriving at Shanghai be disembarked outside the settlement.
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Tokyo
Japan
Foreign Office
Yoshizawa
Shanghai
ATR Circus Two Days At Municipal Airport
A free air circus will be held at the Municipal airport tomorrow and Sunday under Russell Dick and Ben Gregory of Kansas City. Trimotored and single motor planes will be used. Twelve girls will be selected at 2 PM tomorrow for a free sightseeing ride among the passengers aboard the event aircraft.
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Russell Dick
Ben Gregory
Kansas City
Kansas Weather Forecast Summary
Forecast shows fair conditions tonight and Saturday with continued mild temperatures. Morning clear skies. road conditions vary from good to fair in Emphoria. Douglas County routes reported as good. Temperature data from 7 pm yesterday to now is incomplete with missing values.
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Kansas
Emporia
Douglas County
Substitute Pleaded In Booze Case Claim
Topeka Feb 26 AP Everrett E Steerman assistant attorney general returned from Dodge City after investigating a complaint alleging substitution of one man for another in a liquor case. Roland Boynton said the case involved a man arrested and another claiming owner ship of the liquor. names not released. The office will continue its probe next week.
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Topeka
Everett E. Steerman
Dodge City
Roland Boynton
WREN Receives Permission to Move Transmitter to Tonganoxie
The Federal Radio Commission approved today a plan for radio station WREN to relocate its transmitter near Tonganoxie after two years of talks. Vernon Smith said the move will occur once a site is secured, with towers and equipment shifting from Lawrence to the new location while operations stay in place. KU officials expect no impact on KFKU and will join in any broadcasting improvements resulting from the move.
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Tonganoxie
WREN
Federal Radio Commission
Washington, D. C
Washington Group
Vernon Smith
WREEN
Lawrence
Wren Sctuaro
Smith
KFKU
K. U
Victory
Junction
Kansas Oklahoma basketball game moved to 3 PM start
The Kansas Oklahoma contest in the University auditorium will begin at 3 o clock instead of 7 30. The change exists to allow local fans to hear part of the radio report of the Missouri Kansas State tilt at Manhattan. KSAC will broadcast from 7 36. Kansas will announce M K State scores during timeouts, so Manhattan results precede the local game finish.
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University Auditorium
K. U. Athletic
Missouri-Kansas State
Manhattan
KSAC
Butler Lecture Tonight by Major General Smedley Butler
Major General Smedley Butler is due this afternoon for his talk Our Crime Problem at 8 p m in the University Auditorium as part of the community lecture course. He will travel from Kansas City with friends and rest at the Eldridge hotel before dining at the Sigma Chi house with cousin Henry Quigley. The talk starts early to allow a late train to Kansas City, after which Butler will proceed to his next engagement.
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Smedley‘Butler
University Auditorium
United States Marine Corps
Kansas City
Eldridge
Sigma Chi
Henry Quizley
E. C. Quigley
K. U
Glrl
Fraser Hall
Raymond A. Schwegler
School of Educaton
Charles S. Skilton Gwoke
Guy Maier
University of Michigan
Gelich
Bavaria
Austria
Hima
Bessac
Consack
Smedley Butler
Harold Barnes Formerly at Beloit and Abilene Dies
Harold Barnes aged 68, supervising principal of Girard College elementary, died after an appendectomy. A former superintendent in Beloit Kansas and Abilene Kansas high schools, he came to Girard in 1911 from Princeton Indiana where he served seven years as superintendent. He also wrote and published verse. He began his career in Beloit and Abilene after earlier roles as principal and superintendent.
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Philadelphia
Harold Barnes
Girard College
Princeton
Ind
Beloit
Kansas
Abilene, Kansas
Former Lady Mary Heath Joins Flying Honeymoon Couple
Mr and Mrs George Anthony Reginald Williams formerly Lady Mary Heath arrived in Fort Worth from Mexico after a flying honeymoon and said they applied to join the Chinese air forces in China If that fails they will go to Europe where airplanes are cheaper Their wintering was in Mexico with a Mexican army plane and they advertise Sieg s Barbecue with barbecue sandwiches available in the area
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Fort Worth
Tex
George Anthony Reginald Williams
Mary Heath
Mexico
China
Europe
Budget cuts face government units in Kansas
Topeka Feb 26 AP Officials from state to townships faced trims to keep 1932 tax rates at 1931 levels amid promised cuts in real estate valuations. Gov Woodring and the tax commission warned of major reductions totaling 400 to 500 million in statewide property values, with assessors to begin March 1.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Graber
Tax Commission
Harry H. Woodring
Woodring
Road bill speeds through House emergency works plan
Washington Feb 26 AP The $132.5 million employment emergency road construction bill won right of way in the House Rules Committee and faces quick action by Speaker Gainer. It would allocate 120 million to highways and forests, 5 million to roads and bridges, 1.5 million to fire lanes, and 1 million to Indian reservations with emphasis on local labor and 50-50 matching where possible.
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Washington
Rules Committee
Gamer
Federal Bureau
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Twin Mound Wolf Drive Draws Large Local Turnout Planned
Residents near Twin Mound schedule a wolf drive on Tuesday March 1 with wolves said to be numerous in the area. Attendees will begin at 1 30 from points near Twin Mound church and converge there for an auction of the hides. The Twin Mound church Ladies Aids will provide luncheon.
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Twin Mound
Twin Mound Church
Kansas law students take Missouri bar exam in Jefferson City
Seven University of Kansas law students spent the first part of the week in Jefferson City Missouri taking the Missouri bar examination. Papers will be graded by April 10. Students named include Forrest Jackson Wynna Wickersham Merle German Charles Hoover Kenneth Jordan Charles Hassett and Edward Wahl.
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University of Kansas Law
Jefferson City
Forrest
Jackson
Wynna Wickersham
Merle
German
Charles Hoover
Kenneth Jordan
Charles Hassett
Edward Wahl
Japanese Impress Chinese Coolies for Dangerous Front Work
Shanghai reports reveal Chinese coolies coerced by Japanese forces to haul ammunition and supplies to front line positions. Men are searched, forced to move arms with wheelbarrows and rickshaws, with daily commando-like repatriation at war’s end. Additional Chinese workers clear air fields and entangle barbed wire under threat. An American missionary’s assistant is seized and forced to unload trucks for 24 hours.
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Copsright
Associated Press
Shanghai
19Th South Army
Yangtzepoo
Drum and Bugle Corps to Open Spring Window Event
The Drum and Bugle Corps makes its debut at the Spring Window Opening in Dor sey-Liberty Post of the American Legion. Howard Moore commands the corps led by C. T. Hough. The Merchants Bureau plans an elaborate event March 10 with windows displays and cooperation from all businesses. Speakers at the Lawrence meeting include Charles Brown Cal Fed Farm Board A Ward and Ralph Snyder of Farm Bureau. Baldwin high school auditorium hosts an evening meeting with more remarks on cooperation and farming conditions.
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Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Drum and Bugle Corps
Dorsey-Liberty Post
American, Legion
Merchants Bureau
C. T. Hough
Howard Moore
Lawrence
Charles Brown
Federal Farm Board
Cal. A. Ward
Farmer's Union
Ralph Snyder
Farm Bureau
Baldwin High School
Brown
Federal ‘Farm Board
Ward
Kansas Farm Organization Committee
Mr. Snyder
Robert A. Steele
Baldwin
Farm Bureau Women’s Chorus
Byron
Donmyer
Baldwin People
Murray closes Indiana campaign with critique of Hoover era
Governor William H. Murray of Oklahoma wrapped a three day Indiana swing urging Democrats to nominate a strong platform rival to Hoover. He accused Republicans of party loyalty over country and warned a nominee no better than Hoover would lose. An auto accident near Alexandria caused no injuries. He planned to depart for Oklahoma City after dictating further remarks.
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Indianapolis
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Indiana
Hoover
Alexandria
Ind
Fort Wayne
United States
Wall Street
Oklahoma City
New Jersey GOP Pushes Hoover Reelection and Pro‑Repeal Stance
The New Jersey Republican State Committee adopted a resolution urging the national delegation to support President Hoover for renomination and to repeal the eighteenth amendment. The move cites Senator Dwight W. Morrow's views and aims to balance party unity without embarrassing the President. Also noted are Senate approval of Thad Brown’s nomination to the Radio Commission and an Interstate Commerce Committee vote of 10 to one.
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Trenton
N. J
Republican State Committee
New Jersey
Hoover
United States
Dwight W. Morrow
Radio Commission
Washington
Thad Brown
Ohio
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Couzens
Hoover Views Discussed in Presidential Race Spotlight
Washington February 26 AP report says President Hoover's economic and prohibition views sparked debate in the convention race. Secretary Hurley accused Democratic chair Raskob and associates of slander and misrepresentation, claiming they misstate Hoover's position. Speaker Garner, contending for the nomination, blamed Hoover for leading the nation into a historic panic.
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Washington
Hoover
Hurley
Raskob
Democratic National, Committee
Garner
Six Die In Washington Snow And Slides
Six persons died in snow and earth slides in western Washington caused by sudden warm temperatures heavy rains and melting snow. George Johnson and his ten year old son Gusta perished when flood debris from Issaganah Creek swept their home at High Point east of Seattle. Four men were buried yesterday in a snow slide on Seattle’s railroad to Diablo Dam in Skagit county. Johnson’s body was found minutes before death with his daughter Hazel and son Knute beneath the debris and his wife and another son Gunnar 15 rescued after two hours. A boy named Gusta told his father not to worry as he drowned.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
George Johnson
Gusta
Issganah Creek
High Point
Here
Diablo Dam
Skagit County
Johnson
Hazel
Knute
Pana
Missouri Nebraska basketball scores to be released
Journal World will publish tonight scores from the Missouri Nebraska game played in Lincoln. Nebraska, coached by Charles Black, hopes for an upset over Missouri as Missouri eyes two victories to clinch the conference title with Kansas State awaiting at Manhattan tomorrow night.
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Missouri-Nebraska
Lincoln
Journal-World
Nebraska
Charles Black
Kansas
Missouri
Tigers
Manhattan
Kansas State
Journal-World Office
State Inspector Warns on 1932 License Tags in Lawrence
William Bretz, state license inspector and former Leavenworth deputy, visited Lawrence warning owners with last year’s tags. He placed about fifty stickers demanding immediate explanation to the sheriff for absent new tags and filed each case with Sheriff Dunkley. Douglas County trails in tag applications by about 1,000 versus last year, Bretz said, but many delinquents have titles or ownership records. He urged tag transfers for used cars and said county officers will aid the effort. the visit aims to a stern warning before potential prosecutions upon his return.
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William Bretz
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Jack Dunkley
Bretz
Douglas County
Victor King
Brett
Brets
Retoover
Widen Street Corners In Two City Intersections
The city widens the north corners at Twenty-third and Massachusetts from ten to 40 feet radius to improve traffic flow. A 40 foot radius is added to the northwest corner of Fifteenth and Massachusetts as vehicles exit onto Vermont Street, easing heavy turning movements.
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Twenty-third
Massachusetts
Fifteenth
Vermont Street
Cal Ward Pressured to Enter Senatorial Race
Douglas county may nominate a Republican candidate in the August primaries. Friends of Cal Ward president of the Farmers Union say farmers farm groups and political leaders are pushing him to run. Ward in Lawrence declined to comment beyond confirming the urging but offered no statement.
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Douglas County
Friends
Cal Ward
Farmers Union
Ynon Ward
Wards
Rénced
Seven Schools Compete In Second District Debate Tourney
High school teams from Garnett Humboldt Osawatomie Paola Topeka Bonner Springs and Haskell Institute faced off at Haskell Institute in a district debate tournament. The topic was compulsory employment insurance and the winner earns the right to debate leaders from other districts under director G. E. Watisias of Garnett.
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Haskell Institute
Haskell
Garnett
Humboldt
Osawatomie
Paola
Topeka
Bonner Springs
G. E. Watsias
Egg Market Dips as Mild Weather Lifts Receipts
Kansas City buyers bid 1045 cents a dozen for case lots, 4 cents under last spring's low. The milder weather boosted egg receipts, pressuring prices and driving the new long term low level.
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Kansas City
Soviet Protest Over Japanese Manchuria Moves
Soviet government formally demanded explanations from Japanese ambassador Koki Hirota last week over a Manchurian plan to use the Chinese Eastern Railway for troop movement. L. M. Karakhan, acting foreign minister, made the request, amid reports of a white Russian force being recruited in northern Manchuria to invade Vladivostok and Primorje.
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Moscow
Tai
Peiping
Manchuria
Vladivostok
Primer
Last Minute Public Utilities Commissioner Registration
Citizens rush to city hall on the final registration day for the March 8 primary seeking two commissioner spots. Registration closes at 10 pm with 6 360 total registered so far and 3 122 men and 3 112 women by Wednesday. J L Constant filed his petition today as the fifth candidate. W E Spalding has not yet filed. more entries possible to reach seven.
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J. L. Constant
W. E. Spalding
Corbin Appeal To Be Argued In State Supreme Court
J F Corbin of 810 East Fourteenth Street appeals a May 1931 liquor conviction in district court. Ten months in jail and a $800 fine were imposed. The case will be argued before the Kansas Supreme Court in Topeka on Monday February 29. Corbin posted a $1300 appeal bond and $1000 appearance bond signed by Frank Simon and D C Farmer. State County Attorney RB Stevens will conduct the argument.
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J. F. Corbin
East Fourteenth Street
District Court
State Supreme Court
Topeka
Learnard
George Mel
Avin
Supreme Court
Corbin
Frank Simon
Route 2
D. C
Two Bandits Captured After Alex Bank Robbery
Chickasha Oklahoma February 26 AP A posse captured two robbers who held up the First National Bank of Alex within an hour. About $1,200 was looted and recovered. Suspects R. F. Bailey 28 of Duncan and A Kelly 21 of Bristow were found in the attic of a farmhouse six miles south of Alex after officers traced their car. Bailey joked with bank officials and claimed he had "taken a tap" before, without details.
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Chickasha
Okla
National Bank of
Bailey
Will Rogers Speaks With Al Capone in County Jail
Chicago February 26 AP reports Will Rogers visited Chicago’s notorious gangster Al Capone in the county jail to talk. Capone was awaiting the outcome of his appeal from a prior sentence as authorities sought access from collectors trying to see him the same day.
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Chicago
Will Rogers
al Capone
Capone
ASK RETURN OF TEACHERS Circulate Petitions for Suspended Nebraska Professors
Lincoln Nebraska February 26 AP petitions circulated on the University of Nebraska campus seek reinstatement of English instructors L C Wimberly and N E Elingon suspended after a liquor raid at a college party. Three girls circulated one petition and students planned to present it to Chancellor A Burnett next week. The instructors acted as chaperons at the party. For Insurance C Scott 737 Mass.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
LC. Wimberly
N. E. Elingon
A. Burnett
New Kansas Music Teachers Head Elected at Wichita
Otto Fischer of Wichita was elected president of the Kansas State Music Teachers association at the administration auditorium during the convention. H E Malloy of Hays was named vice president and Luke I Gaskell of Baldsvin secretary treasurer. The group plans to hold next year’s annual meeting in Wichita. About 200 registered for the morning sessions as the convention continued at the University and Eldridge hotel banquet. Prof Waldemar Gelich retired as president and acted as toastmaster at the banquet where Chancellor H Lindley of the University of Kansas spoke.
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Otto Fischer
Wichita
Kansas State Music Teachers
Wichit
H. E. Malloy
Hays
Luke I. Gaskell
Baldsvin
Eldridge
H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Gelich
Raymond Wheeler
Ko U
Ottawa Postal Service Reorganizes to Save Costs
John Quin Ottawa postmaster announced a post office reorganization after a conference with postal inspector B W Ficken aimed at saving 1708 dollars next year. Ottawa will trim to three main street deliveries from four, reduce collections, and drop substitutes during absences while maintaining eight clerks and ten carriers. The plan saves 1224 carrier hours and 1404 clerical hours.
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Ottawa Postoffice
John Quin
Ottawa
B. W.ficken
Ustal
American Women Aid Hospitals in Shanghai War Surge
Shanghai reports American women on active duty at the Chinese General Red Cross hospital assisting wounded soldiers as blasts fill wards. Nurses C. J. Bryant and Roscoe Hambleton, with four American doctors including Athria Mowreath and J R B Branch, work long hours amid teenage casualties and mutilated faces. In the same dispatch a Schmeling Sharkey title match gains approval by the National Boxing Association. Woodring to speak at Baker University on March 17.
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Shanghai
C. J. Bryant
San Francisco
Roscoe Hambleton
Long Beach
Calif
Chinese General Red Cross Hospital
Athria Mowreath
Fort Worth
Texas
J. R. B. Branch
Loudon County
Love Banking
Sweetwater
Tenn
R.S. Lyman
Hartford
Conn
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