Urgent Bulgarian Sessions Fuel Balkans Crisis
Reports from Belgrade say Bulgaria's parliament and cabinet held urgent sessions as Sofia braces for actions likely tied to joining the Berlin Rome Tokyo axis. A police cordon blocked Sofia and communications were severed, while rumors of a Bulgarian move against Romania circulated amid mass troop movements and German pressure.
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Sofia
Bogdan Whiloff
Boris
Balkans
Bulgaria
Romania
London
Germany
England
Berlin
Vienna
Death of Alfonso XII of Spain in Rome Hotel Dated
Alfonso XII former monarch of Spain died in his exile home in Rome at 11:50 am after a series of heart attacks begun February 15. Surrounded by family and bishops, he faced final rites with a tranquil demeanor and hope of return. Funeral planned for Monday at St Alary and Monserrato with guards and flags at half staff.
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Rome
Alfonso XII
Spain
Ife
Victoria
Don Juan
Don Jaime
Beatrice
Padre Ulpiana Lopez
Maria Christina
Turin
Alarv of the Angels
St. Mary Monserrato
Monserrato
Virgil
Pilar
Alfonso
Carabinieri
Vatican City
Division of 10 000 Men Relocated to Abilene Texas
Fort Sill Oklahoma February 27 1941 a convoy of 1104 trucks carries the 40th division ten thousand strong from the training center to Abilene Texas Detachments from Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona and Colorado guardsmen join the move described as the largest motorized troop transfer in the national defense program Units fall into line along the 228 mile route with first trucks due at the new Texas training center by 3 am
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Fort Sill
Okla
Abilene
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Advanee
Texas Training Center
Modernizing Your Home With Easy Financing
Don’t deprive yourself any longer of extras for your home including attic room insulation new bathroom fixtures and a modern kitchen. Gu can obtain money quickly and easily from The Lawrence Building and Loan Association at 800 Mass street. Phone 55.
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Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Mass
Japanese Ultimatum to French On Thailand Expires
Japan’s cease line to France over Indo China cessions to Thailand expired with no reply. France offered to yield parts of Laos but refused Cambodia. French cabinet said Paris must keep its empire intact per the armistice with Germany.
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Thailand
Tokyo
Japan
Indo-China
Cambodia
Laos
Connema Hal
Charles Arsene Henry
Vichy
France
Germany
French to tighten best bread ration in unoccupied zone
French secretary of state for supplies Achard said the unoccupied zone faces drastic new food restrictions and appealed to the United States for 6,000,000 quintals of wheat. He announced a bread ration cut of one fifth for the unoccupied zone, while the occupied area would keep its stocks.
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Vichy
Tean Achard
United States
End of Bethlehem Strike in Lackawanna
Buffalo workers at Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna plant end a two day strike by approving a government drafted settlement. The three point program calls for full reinstatement, a bargaining conference, and a possible union election overseen by the labor board.
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N. Y
Bethlehem Steel
Lackawanna
C.S.T
Memorial Hall
van A. Bittner
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
Bittner
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
O.P.M
John V. Riffe
Riffe
Inquiry on Petrillo Moves Toward Federal Probe
The justice department announced that a federal grand jury would be ordered to investigate charges that James C. Petrillo of Chicago, president of the American Federation of Musicians, conspired with booking agencies and radio chains to destroy the American Guild of Musical Artists and monopolize a music phase. The AGMA, like the AF of L, is affiliated through Associated Actors and Artists of America.
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Washington
Justice Department
James C. Petrillo
Chicago
American Federation of Musicians
A.F.L
American Guild of Musical Artists
Guild
American Federation of Labor
AGMA
Associated Actors and Artists of America
Son of Lord Gort Dies by Own Action in London
Lieut. Charles Standish Vereker, 29, heir of Lord Gort and former commander of the British Expeditionary Force, was found dead with a service revolver beside him in London. An inquest ruled he committed suicide while his mind was disturbed.
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Lord Gort
London
Charles Standish Vereker
Emergency Social Welfare Fund Expires with No Renewal Action
Topeka February 28 The Kansas social welfare emergency fund expired today with no action on a renewal bill. The fund once totaled 1 million a year and has operated at 80 000 monthly since January 1 1940. In 1940 only 22 counties participated and disbursements reached 1118 378 with Sedgwick County receiving 365 648. Other large shares went to Crawford Wyandotte Montgomery Cherokee and Leavenworth. The February allotment of 80 000 was fully paid.
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Topeka
Kansas Social Welfare Emergency Fund
Sedgwick
Cowley
Crawford
Wyandotte
Montgomery
Cherokee
Leavenworth
Social Welfare Board
Sharp Senate clash over British aid bill sparks debate
In a tense late session Senators George and Wheeler traded sharp exchanges over the British aid bill with Maloney urging passage as democratic support. Byrd urged voting to end the debate while Lodge proposed up to 2 billion in loans to Britain Canada and Greece. Roosevelt linked defense to democracy and administration leaders planned longer sessions next week to push amendments and final action.
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George
D-Ga
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate
Maloney
Germany
England
Byrd
D-Va
Roosevelt
Lodge R.-Mass
Congress
Great Britain
Canada
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Lodge
Hollywood
United States
Americas
Nazi air force reports sinking or damaging 28 ships
Berlin reports the German air force claims 28 ships sunk or damaged in two days with total tonnage 146000, plus 22000 tons sunk recently by a submarine. The high command cites attacks on six eastern England targets and a factory, with numerous planes destroyed on landing fields.
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Atlantic
Africa
Hich Command
Hhigh Command
England
Tuberculosis Clinic Held Monday at Lawrence Memorial
The monthly tuberculosis clinic will be held Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with Dr. C. F. Taylor of Norton conducting examinations. Patients should call the city health office at 462 for appointments and use the west side entrance. The clinics are sponsored by the Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Society and funded by Christmas seals.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
C. F. Taylor
Norton
City Health Office
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Society
Women Objectors in Custody at Washington Sit Down
Capitol police broke up a sit down by about 30 women workers protesting the British aid bill. They seized leader Mrs. Elizabeth Ditling of Chicago as the group blocked outside Senator Glass's office, a site they had planned to visit earlier.
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Washington
Capitol
Elizabeth Ditling
Chicago
Senator Glass
D-Va
Axis Planes Bomb Malta in Early Morning Raid
Axis airplanes attacked Valletta Malta a British base in the early hours. Buildings were severely damaged and some casualties reported. British officials noted most damage was to homes and residential property. A separate classified page offers listings for housing and rooms to rent.
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Malta
Valletta
mid-Mediterranean
Plans for Safety Week At Lawrence Chamber
The Lawrence Safety Council met at the Chamber of Commerce and voted to sponsor safety week again this year likely the week school starts. It plans financing via leftover funds and member contributions of 85. Maynard Fox reported 620 bicycle tags sold to date. Howard Sutherland reviewed city schools safety work. Meetings will be held the second Monday each month.
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Lawrence
Maynard Fox
Howard Sutherland
Pleasant Week End Weather Forecast Across Kansas
Weather outlook shows mild weekend across Kansas with clear skies tomorrow and temperatures near 50. Cold spell fading as federal meteorologists note warming trend from Montana to Topeka. Northern areas report lingering snow with low temperatures 14 to 25. southern regions expect 40s to near 50, potato planting ahead in Kaw Valley.
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Pi—Weatherman
Flora
Kansas
Montana
Atlanta
Phillipsburg
North Central
Kaw Valley
Frazee Promoted to Major in Cavalry Unit
Harry Frazee of the 84th Division at Camp Robinson was promoted today to major of cavalry. A World War I veteran and former attorney, Frazee attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth and then served on General Truman's staff. His family has recently moved to California.
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Harry Frazee
Lawrencee
84Th
Camp
T. Robinson
Cavalry
Frazee
National Guard
Command and General Staff School
Ft. Leavenworth
General Truman
Washington
Camp Robinson
California
America Looks Ahead film shown in Lawrence
Under the Investment Bankers Association of America a film titled America Looks Ahead presents the American Way with Lowell Thomas explaining the nation’s progress. The ad invites local cinema showings and urges readers to seek common sense and banking services from First National Bank of Lawrence.
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Common Sense
Investment Bankers Association of America
America
Lowell Thomas
Lawrence
First National Bank of
Adv
Musicians Gather for Kansas Music Teachers Association Meet
Leaders of music from Kansas and nearby states convene at Kansas University for the 33rd annual Kansas Music Teachers Association meeting. Registration opens 8 am in Room 302 Frank Strong Hall with a 9:30 am general assembly and a composers concert featuring Kansas writers.
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Kansas Music Teachers’ Association
Frank Strong
Karl Kuersteiner
Russell Wiley
D. M. Swarthout
Kansas Music
Kansas
Ralph Briggs
Southwestern College
Robert Palmer
University of Kansas
Homer Keller
Kansas State College At
Hays
Albert Schmutz
Kansas State Teachers College
Charles Sanford Skilton
Stock Market Index Narrowly Rises to 41.5
The daily stock index for sixty shares shows an average of 41.5, with yesterday’s figure at 41.3. Investors watched minor gains across key sectors as market activity remained subdued.
French Start to Take Air Raid Precautions In East Crisis
French authorities in Saigon and southern Indo China began air raid precautions as tension rose in East Asia. Communications northward to Hanoi were interrupted and guards were posted around the Continental hotel where the Japanese armistice supervisory commission stays. Most people expected a great crisis as Japan pressed for peace terms with Thailand and Indo China, while maintaining outward calm.
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Indo-China
Indo- China
East Asia
Hanoi
Japanese Armistice Supervisory Commission
Japan
Thailand
Farmer Killed in Woodcutting Accident Near Baldwin
Charles Gale 31 a Baldwin area farmer died yesterday afternoon when his glove caught in a buzz saw at Philo Beck's home six miles west of Baldwin. Gale left a widow Ruth Marquardt Gale and two daughters Charlene and Dorothy Jean Gale, plus his father J H Gale. Beck sprained his ankle recently and neighbors helped cut Beck’s wood.
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Charles Gale
Baldwin
Gale
Philo Beck
Beck
Ruth Marquardt Gale
George Marquardt
Charlene
Dorothy Jean Gale
J. H. Gale
Shotgun Fire Strikes Eudora Home Through Window
Sheriff investigates a shotgun blast at Sam Ray's home in Eudora. Ray, who feared leaving his house, reported hearing a blast at about 9 PM that shattered a window and hit nearby walls and a stove pipe. Evidence included inward screen, pellets, and a battered projectile found inside.
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Sam Ray
Eudora
Rey
Ray
Democrats to Dine for Jackson Day Dinner
Douglas county Democrats schedule March 15 for their annual Jackson day dinner at Hotel Eldridge chaired by Mrs. Marcella Wolfson. The program may include entertainment an out of town speaker a life of Andrew Jackson sketch by Charles Springer and a dance.
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Douglas County
Eldridge
Marcella Wolfson
Wwe
Andrew Jackson
Charles Springer
Jeanne Myers
Erna Corey
Richard Barber
Merle Akers
Frank Fitzpatrick
Ellis Johnston
May Neever
George McCarthy
Frank McDonald
Roger Williams
British Free French reach Eritrea front near Cheren site
Italian defense center says the British and Free French column pushing into Eritrea from the north are in contact with enemy troops north of Cheren. The advance, stalled for weeks, continues at the Cheren front.
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Cairo
Egypt
Eritrea
Senate approves retirement bill for Kansas teachers
The Kansas Senate approves the teachers retirement bill for passage this afternoon after committee debates. Amendments remove compulsory retirement for workers over 70 and prorate funds when state contributions fall short. The measure also ensures unpaid annuities are not a state claim and requires annual reports to the assembly and governor.
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Topeka
Senate
Kansas
Joe Henbest
Columbus
John Etling
Kinsley
Vermillion Farmer Linked To Bigelow Bank Robbery
Martin Winquist 4% , a Vermillion Kansas farmer, was brought to Topeka by state and federal agents for questioning in the February Brecklow Bank robbery. He allegedly admitted involvement stating he needed funds to cover a $1000 farm mortgage payment. The money reportedly stolen was recovered.
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Martin Winquist
Bigelow
Kan
F.B.L
K.B.T
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Bachelor Farmer
Toneka
Breclow
L. L. McLaughlin
Winquist
Agaan
Vermillion
Marshall
McLaughlin
Weather Outlook for Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Kansas with a mild night and warmer Saturday. Sunday brings increasing cloudiness and warmth. Five day outlook from Feb 2 to Mar 5 shows near normal temperatures with above normal first half and below normal second half, and moderate precipitation mainly Monday and Tuesday with ongoing rain in southeast Missouri Wednesday.
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Missouri
Oklahoma
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Wisconsin University
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Pratt Junior College
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