Finns Withdraw To New Position In Karelia Front
Helsinki reports Russian attacks from the Arctic to the Gulf of Finland as Finnish forces pull back to new defensive lines after a day of fighting. The high command notes progress by Finns at Nautsi and repels assaults along the Mannerheim line toward Viipuri.
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Gulf of Finland
Helsinki
Petsamo
Nautsi
Daily Army
Bay
Viipuri
Koivisto
Finland
Karelia
Uns
Mannerheim
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Sakkijarvi
Bay of Vipuri
Somme
Naykkijarvi
Lake Perojoki
Ayrapaanjarvi
Salmenkaita
Taipale
Lake Ladoga
Representatives Tackle Unemployment Mystery in House Meeting
Forty four Democrats and Republicans in the House met to discuss the unemployment crisis. They admitted they do not know why more than 10 000 000 are out of work and pledged to search for answers without external experts. Representative Burdick urged independent thinking while Voorhis framed it as a step toward a solution to the era's greatest problem.
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Washington
Burdick
R.-Nd
Voorhis
D.-Calif
Senate
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
House
Lodge
R-Mass
United States
Mostow
Short
Gage Campaign Ties to Douglas County Cattle Herds
Farmer John B. Gage, anti Pendergast mayoral hopeful in Kansas City, spends much time in Douglas County. He owns a leading herd of milking Shorthorn cattle kept at his family farm four miles southwest of Eudora. Gage is KU graduate of 1907.
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John B. Gage
Kansas City
Douglas County
Gage
Middle West
Nallyn
Eudora
University of Kansas
British Plane Lost After Reconnaissance Mission
Air ministry announced one RAF plane failed to return after a successful reconnaissance over Helgoland bight. Squadron reported mission completed and plane missing with no details on crew or fate.
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London
Air Ministry
Helgoland Bight
Royal Air Force
Spring brings renewed air activity in European war
London reports the longest Royal Air Force reconnaissance flights of the war as Britain announces four trips over Germany in a week. Paris to emergency alarms as German air activity increases with massed formations over the Paris region and warnings of attacks.
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Europe
Royal Air Force
Paris
Luxembourg
Leorlici
Germany
Air Ministery
Baltic
Baltic Sea
Sweden
English
Berlin
Helmoand
Austria
Bohemia
Helgoland Big
Air Ministry
Kansas public welfare spends reach new January high
Topeka reports January public welfare expenditures rose to 1,593,878 with total relief costs led by old age assistance at 505,234 for 26,234 payments. Average checks were 19.26, while administration cost 134,200. County funding totals 727,047 with federal 363,233 and commodities 237,195 in value.
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Topeka
Kansas
Social Welfare Board
British Paper Calls US to Avoid Interference in War
The Daily Mirror urges the United States to stay out of the war and not hinder Britain’s blockade. It criticizes U.S. assurances of staying out and warns against half measures, recalling Wilson’s Versailles involvement. The piece stresses diplomacy, not intervention, while opposing any actions that complicate the blockade.
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London
United States
The
Daily Mirror
Summer Welles
the Mirror
Joseph PP
Kennedy
America
U.S.A
Trade Barriers Attacked at Santa Fe Conference
Utah delegates to a 10 state trade barrier conference at Santa Fe assailed truck taxes and regulations of Arizona and Texas and urged general adoption of uniform reciprocal standards.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Utah
Arizona
Texas
Sumner Welles Begins Europe Talks Before Berlin Visit
In Rome Sumner Welles Roosevelt’s special investigator met with Britain’s Sir Percy Loraine and France’s Andre Francois-Poncet then tea with Germany’s von Mackensen before proceeding to Berlin to meet Hitler and von Ribbentrop. He noted Mussolini invited him to call and stressed no proposals were made.
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Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Percy Loraine
Britain
Italy
Welles
Sirercy
Andre Francois-Poncet
William Phillips
Hans Georg Viktor von Mackensen
Berlin
Berne
Switzerland
Mussolini
Il Duce
Pneumonia Control Station At Lawrence Memorial
Lawrence Memorial hospital was designated a pneumonia control station by the state board of health. The program provides sulfapyridine and anti pneumococcal serum for medically indigent patients and includes laboratory services. Existing stations are in Wichita Junction City El Dorado Emporia and Iola.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
State Board of Health
J. M. Mott
County Medical Society
State Health Board
Kansas
Mott
Wichita
Junction City
el Dorado
Emporia
Iola
Average of 60 stocks at 49.6 then 49.6 yesterday
Market roundup shows an average of 60 stocks at 49.6 points. The same level was recorded yesterday, indicating little change in overall index values.
Taylor Delivers Roosevelt Letter to Pope for Peace
Myron C. Taylor, Roosevelt’s special envoy, met Pope Pius XII in Vatican City and handed a letter urging a more permanent peace based on freedom and the protection of nations. The exchange emphasized a channel of communication between the president and the church leader and recalled their previous personal ties.
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Vatican ‘City
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Pius XII
Taylor
Eugenio Gardinal Pacelli
United States
Vatican
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
New York
Fish objects to capital increase in export import bank
Washington reports Representative Fish questions a proposed $100 million capital rise for the Export-Import Bank to fund a Finnish loan, arguing the move could let the bank influence foreign policy. Other leaders push for a vote by session end.
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Washington
Altho
Finland
Fish
House
Congress
Senate
Old Time Minstrels to Premiere Tonight at Dickinson Theater
The home talent minstrel show Old Time Minstrels debuts tonight at 8 15 at the Dickinson theater with performances also tomorrow night. General admission is 33 cents, with the box office opening at o'clock. Reserved-seat sales are noted. A rehearsal last night left the company ready for presentation.
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Dickinson Theater
FBI Probes Reports on Youths Recruited for War
The FBI opened a probe into reports that foreign powers recruit young fliers in California for war service abroad. The Examiner cited at least 29 youths with pilot licenses who secretly sailed to Toronto. The Times said nearly 100 youths left for Canada in a week with foreign funds. Heads of families urged interception. Canadian officials dismissed the claims as ridiculous.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Toronto
the Times
Garland Lincoln
Hollywood
Canada
FBI
B. C. Butler
Appeal Is Argued in Russell Kidnapping Murder Case
Chicago February 27 The U S circuit court of appeals heard oral arguments in the Russell Oklahoma desperado death sentence for the kidnapping and murder of William Hamilton in Ringwood Ill A defense challenge focused on a fingerprint exhibit and a rape notation while prosecutors argued the record shows no prejudice The court reserved ruling and noted Russell had escaped from prison and was convicted to die last November 29 with defense pressing insanity claim.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jack Russell
Oklahoma
Rogers
Miss. Sander
Russell
Missouri
Miss Sandor
Evan A. Evans
A. Bradley Hb
Eben
John Henry Seadlund
Charles Ross
Oklahoma State Prison
Hamilton
Ringwood
Ill
Evans
Light showers fail to ease Kansas drought
Topeka reports only traces of rainfall as farmers and stockmen hoped for moisture to relieve water shortages and aid spring planting. Eastern Kansas saw light showers while forecasts call for fair conditions and rising temperatures. some tonight will drop to near 32 in the west with 25 to 30 in the northeast.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Fort Scott
Wichita
Kansas City
Middle West
Sealed bids for house and garage in Lawrence Kansas
City of Lawrence invites sealed bids for removal of a house and garage located south of Maple Grove Cemetery. Bids due by 5 pm Friday February 23 1940 with separate prices for each structure. City may reject any bids. J William Stone City Clerk Ady.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Maple Grove Cemetery
J. Wm. Stone
Classified Room Rentals Offer Quick Home Options
Readers can choose from room or home rental listings on the classified page. The page highlights simple options and fast matches for someone seeking a quick place to live or a temporary stay.
Armory Bond Issue Put Before Lawrence Voters
The Lawrence city council announced an $18 000 bond election for April 2 to finish the community building and national guard armory. Bids on general construction, plumbing, heating and electrical work exceeded 75 000, prompting deletions to fit funds and pushing total cost toward 93 000 if approved. Professor F A Russell and the armory committee favor the bond to complete the original plan with contractors remaining on the job.
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City of
Lawrence
National Guard Armory
Prof
F. A. Russell
Armory Committee
Lawrence Spencer
Russell
Kans City Policing Ouster Case Involves Graves Testimony
Nine policemen tied to the Pendergast era were summoned to testify in ouster proceedings against Prosecutor W. W. Graves. Richard L. Fullerton testified he shot Pete Vittorino in a city truck incident but says he was not asked to appear. Attorney General Roy McKittrick accuses Graves of neglect of official duty as records show dismissed cases amid available evidence.
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Kansas City
Heyder
Pendergast
W. W. Graves
Richard L. Fullerton
Leon P. Embry
Agrenche Court
Pete Vittorino
Fullerton
Vittorino
Roy McKittrick
Graves
State Supreme Court
J. E. Taylor
Altho
Justice Hugo Black 54 on Birthday at Washington
Justice Hugo L. Black, Roosevelt's first Supreme Court appointee, is 54 in Washington today. He built a reputation as a dissenter early in his tenure, disagreeing with only two majority rulings so far this term as newer justices with similar views joined the court.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Black
Goss Said Ready to Resign Land Bank Post in Protest
Reports indicate Albert S. Goss plans to resign as land bank commissioner of the farm credit administration in protest of new loan policies and the agency's transfer to the agriculture department. Officials would not comment on the reports.
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Washington
Albert S. Goss
Land Bank
Farm Credit Administration
Agriculture Department
French Move to Requisition Farm Labor for Spring Planting
Paris February 27 The French government ordered all farm workers requisitioned and kept to the soil under military control to ensure early planting. The decree bars hiring workers away from farms without permission and follows prior requisitions of war industries workers to meet shortages from mobilization.
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Paris
Ministries of Agriculture and Labor
Kansas City considered for basketball game move
University of Kansas coach F C Allen proposed relocating the Kansas Missouri clash to Hoch Auditorium Kansas City to accommodate demand. Officials rejected the plan citing Big Six rules and Girl Scouts event at the city venue.
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University of Kansas
Kansas City
Municipal Auditorium
Ames
F. C. Allen
Kansas
Hoch Auditorium
Big Six
Allen
Deane W. Malott
Eugene Zachman
Zachman
George Edwards
Columbia
Altho
Qerneyee
Homs” University
New York Senate Disapproves Roosevelt Third Term
The New York Senate passed a McNabee resolution urging Congress to bar a third-term bid by Franklin D. Roosevelt. With seven Democrats absent, Republican leadership pushed for an immediate vote and claimed passage by voice vote. The measure now awaits action in the Assembly.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
State
Senate
Roosevelt
John J. McNabee
New York City
Congress
McNabee
Joe R. Hanley
Charles Poletti
Believe Hitler Will Tell Welles Germans Demand Supremacy
Berlin reports say Adolf Hitler would tell Sumner Welles that Germany seeks European hegemony and the return of territories. Observers expect no peace plan for Roosevelt’s envoy on a fact finding tour. The piece notes calls for total neutrality and references past ambassadorial changes in 1938.
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Hitler
Welles
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Sumner Welles
Fuehrer
Roosevelt
United States
Germany
Traffic lights approved for downtown streets
City council voted to install traffic lights at Eighth and Tenth streets on Massachusetts street as weather allows, with material costs at 1 173.27 dollars. They considered a light at Fourteenth and Massachusetts and approved various department purchases and chair upgrades for council use.
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Eighth Street
Tenth Street
Massachusetts Street
Board of Education
Fourteenth
Massachusetts Streets
State Highway Department
Weather forecast for Kansas turns cooler tonight
The weather page notes cooler temperatures across Kansas with a fall-like air tonight and into Wednesday. Extreme eastern areas will feel colder tonight, then rising temperatures expected Wednesday.
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Kansas
Fies
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