Russians Defeated Division Hurled by Finns in Finland
Finnish forces reported destroying the Soviet 163rd division after a two day battle around Suomussalmi and Juntusranta, with remnants scattering through forest as patrols pursued them. Meanwhile Russian bombing hit Jyväskylä Vaasa and other western towns, with 24 to 30 planes dropping over 100 bombs.
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Helsinki
Juntusranta
Suomussalmi
Middle Eastern
Finland
Jyvassia
Vaasa
Gulf of Bothnia
Sweden
Taampere
Ekenas
Lovisa
Turku
Borga
Police Seek Slayer In Mary Vila Slaying
Philadelphia police hunted for a killer of Mary Vila a 23 year old Argentine woman whose nude body was found in her bed. A dozen people including two men linked to the victim were questioned while no arrests were made.
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Philadelphia
Mary’ Vila
Relief Funds in Buchanan County Scrutinized by Grand Jury
The Buchanan county grand jury indicts the former secretary-director of the social security commission office and the state social security commission for causing unnecessary distress through relief delays and inequities. It cites unexpended balances near 8000 dollars monthly in 1938 and 1932 and widespread insufficient relief to hundreds of needy persons.
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St. Joseph, Md
Buchanan County
Grand Jury
Social Security Commission
State Social Security Commission
Rep John M Houston to seek treasury probe on Kansas insurance deal
Wichita Kansas Jan 1 Rep John M Houston Democrat said before leaving for Washington he would ask the treasury department to conduct a detailed investigation of the Kansas insurance rate settlement from nearly nine years ago. Mrs Jannette Faunce 76 a former vaudeville dancer and Fred Stone partner died Sunday. She performed with shows on vaudeville circuits and showboats for 35 years.
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Wichita
Kan
John. M
Houston
Democrat
Washington
Treasury Department
Kansas
Fred Stone
Kansas City
Jannette Faunce
Euses
Train Collision Kills Man in Arcola Illinois Area
A rear end collision between two Illinois Central passenger trains near Arcola injures several and kills one man, with at least 49 reported as possibly involved, as authorities investigate the morning wreck.
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Arcola
Tll
Tllingis Central
Gay Time Across the Nation Welcomes New Year
AP report describes nationwide revelry as 1939 ends and 1940 begins. Celebrants flock to clubs, hotels, and streets from New York to Los Angeles, with Times Square and Canal Street packed. Some states restrict Sunday liquor sales, but most celebrations proceed with gaiety.
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Europe
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Miami
New Orleans
Merrymakers
Canal ‘Street
New York
Times Square
Chicago
Randolph
State Streets
Everglades
Palm Beach
Pennsylvania
Washington
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Missouri
Hikers Found After NY College Outing on New Year Eve
Eleven New York City college students lost in freezing mountains near Haverstraw were found by state police after a 12 hour search. They started on Dunderberg but ended on Mount Timp seven miles away, building a fire when located. More than 200 searchers, including police and civilians, aided the operation.
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Haverstrawn
N. Y
New York City College
Here
Dunderberg
Mount Timp
City College
Hudson River
Palisades Interstate Park
Bear Mountain
Dunderberg Mountain
Cold Wave Forecast Brings Zero to Five Below In East Kansas
Topeka reports a new cold wave with northwest winds and below zero temperatures in the east, zero to 10 above central regions, and 15 minimum in the southwest. Snow remains 2 to 7 inches statewide with blowing due to wind. Topeka's low was 12 below average for 24 hours.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Salina
Kansas City
Phillipsburg
Concordia
Wichita
Ellis
Goodland
Brother of Carl Busch Dies at 84 in Kansas City
Pi-Hans Busch aged 84 died today in Kansas City. He was the brother of composer Carl Busch. Survived by a son Harry F. Busch of Cape Girardeau Missouri.
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Carl Busch
Kansas City
Hans Busch
Harry F. Busch
Cape ‘Girardeau, Mo
Babson Predicts Good First Half of 1940 for Business
Roger W. Babson forecasts strong early 1940 business, with the first six months likely 10 to 15 percent above 1939. He cites high activity but warns against guessing about the second half amid war, elections, and taxes, noting potential boom or crash and continued relief costs.
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Babson
Roger W. Babson
Congress
Hitler
Stalin
Washington
Wallace
Uncle Sam
Uruguay to Intern German Freighter Tacoma
Montevideo Jan 1 Uruguayan officials announced the German steamer Tacoma would be interned for the war duration after leaving the harbor deadline. Fifty Uruguayan marines boarded to transfer baggage and crew, while the German minister prepared a protest. The Shropshire and Ajax movements were noted as nearby USS forces.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Tacoma
la Valleja
Legation
Otto Langmann
Shropshire
Rio de Janeiro
Uruguayan
Ajax
Graf Spee
Admiralty
Maryville Teachers Win Rockhurst Cage Tourney
Maryville Teachers defeated Springfield teachers 37 to 25 to win the Rockhurst college basketball tournament. Don Johnson and Junior Show earned forward spots on the all tournament team, with Omer Brenton center and Ben Bass and Eddie Lechner guards. Kansas Wesleyan took third, Ottawa University and Central College posted exhibition wins.
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Kansas City
Thearyville
Rockhurst
Springfield
Don Johnson
Maryville
Kansas Wesleyan
Salina
Omer Brenton
Ottawa University
Ben Bass
Kirksville
Eddie Lechner
Ottawa
Kan
Central College
Fayette, Mo
Missouri Valley College
Marshall
Shoe Fund Urges Clubs To Help Needy Youths
The Shoe Fund appeals to clubs, lodges, and individuals to donate as winter nears, noting many children need shoes in desperate cases. School nurse Electa Kindlesperger cites immediate need and calls for donations to the Journal-World, especially for old shoes or those with worn soles.
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Electa Kindlesperger
Journal-World
British Planes Combat German Raider Over Shetland Skies
London reports a British fighter shot down a German plane over the North Sea as two raiders attacked near the Shetland Islands. Some bombs fell over the Shetlands but caused no damage. the all clear followed within 45 minutes.
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Shetlands
London
North Sea
Shetland Islands
Scotland
Air Ministry
Portia Club to Convene Under Mrs Edmonds Hostess
Portia Club members meet tomorrow afternoon at 1822 Massachusetts Street hosted by Mrs John Edmonds. Miss Josephine Gilmore will direct the program in charge.
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Portia Club
John Edmonds
Massachusetts
Portia ’Club
Josephine Gilmore
Floods worsen misery in Turkey quake victims camps
Ankara reports floods adding deaths and damage 700 miles west of the quake zone. Smyrna Brusa districts and Adrianople suffer most as thousands in open fields face deeper cold. Blizzard snow tightens the region as death toll from the disaster rises toward forty thousand.
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Ankara
Smyrna
Brusa
Turkey
Adrianople
Anatolia
Building Permits Jump in Lawrence in 1939
Lawrence building activity rose in 1939 with 96 construction and remodeling permits valued at 204000 dollars. Largest permit was 75000 for a community building and armory. private work included a 40000 remodeling of Kress store buildings. Eleven new homes were built, eight remodels above 1000 dollars, and six business remodels were completed. West Hills saw four new houses and Country Club Terrace one.
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Lawrence
Willard Larkin
Kress
West Hills
Country Club Terrace
Old Year Ends With Snow Blanket in Lawrence
The last day of 1939 brought a new snow cover to Lawrence with flakes before 11 a.m. and lasting into the afternoon. Professor C. J. Posey, a volunteer weather observer, reports 0.80 inch of snowfall with 0.05 inch moisture, part of a December total of 3.90 inches. Night flurries continued, a brief warm spell followed a snow shower, and the gas thermometer rose to near 20 degrees before falling back to 19 by 9 a.m.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Quiet New Year at Mount Oread Home
Chancellor and Mrs Deane W. Malott marked a quiet New Year at their residence on Mount Oread. The couple hosted no guests and planned no trip, with the Chancellor noting a very quiet day as they welcomed the new year from their home.
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Chancellor
Mrs. Deane Malott
Deane W. Malott
Malotts
Mount Oread
Car Into River Kills Four In Missouri Crash
In Carthage Missouri two sisters Miss Mildred O Neal 18 and Elizabeth 16, Roy Shirk, Miss Leona Dagge 19 died after a car plunged into the Spring river. Theodore Dardenne 24 and John De Shan 24 were critically injured as the auto missed a bridge on a night out.
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Carthage
Mildred O'Neal
Elizabeth
Roy Shirk
Leona Dagge
Theodore Dardenne
John de Shan
Vary
Holiday Death Toll Surges in New Year Weekend
Police and coroner reports from 39 states and the District of Columbia show 159 deaths by 3 a.m. EST, up from 122 last year. Traffic remained the leading cause, with spikes in personal crises and homicides as well.
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E.S.T
States
District of Columbia
British Steamer Box Hill Sinks After Explosion
The British steamer Box Hill of 5677 tons sank in the North Sea following an explosion. It is believed 20 crew members perished. The incident occurred yesterday with distress signals reported and rescue operations underway.
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London
Box Hill
North Sea
City Cuts Bonded Debt Despite New Issues in 1938
Lawrence reduced its bonded debt by 25 295.04 in 1938 though new bonds totaling 89 664.95 were issued. At year end 1939 the city owed 794 296.18 vs 819 591.22 in 1938. Interest paid on bonded debt was 31 231.31 in 1939, down from 35 224.88 in 1938. The water department sinking fund totaled 194 758.67, reducing net cash needed to 599 537.51. New bonds included 75 000 for community building and armory. other issues covered improvements. The water fund rose 26 112.44 in 1940, and debt retired by the water department amounted to 238 350.00. After sinking fund adjustments, water debt declined 49 462.44, with the fund aimed at a 1942 bond due.
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Lawrence
City Water Department
Barker Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Water Department
Ffallawee
Hassemneesenmerensactnees
Wnaavenseevees Oneestones Ssétintinse
Veckherg
Congress to Meet Amid Forecasts of Economic Relief
Washington January 1 Congress opens with optimism that improving business conditions will ease unemployment relief demands and tax pressures. Revenue projections rise to about 36.2 billion, helping trim the deficit. Speaker Bankhead notes farm price rises may waive parity payments, while domestic and international tensions promise a stormy session.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Roosevelt Deliv
Robert Fechner 63 Founder of CCC Dies in Washington
Robert Fechner 63 who formed and led the Civilian Conservation Corps is dead in Washington. President Roosevelt praised his great administrative ability vision and indefatigable industry. Fechner died yesterday from heart and lung complications after shaping the forest army of unemployed youth and veterans in the early New Deal.
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Washington
Robert Fechner
America
CCC
Roosevelt
Fechner
Forest Army
Wolf Hunt Underway in Douglas County Roundup
The seventh annual Central Protective Association wolf hunt began at 10 am with four hunting lines in eastern Douglas and western Johnson counties. Gov. Payne Ratner was to attend a noon roundup at Lee Colman Zephyr ranch near Eudora. Bud Andrews piloted the chase from a plane. lunch followed and coyotes killed would be auctioned.
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Douglas County Central Protective Association
Douglas
Johnson Counties
Payne H. Ratner
Lee Colman Zephyr
Eudora
Bud Andrews
Her Dress in Flames Burns Columbia Woman on New Year
Miss Naomi Chandler, 23, of Columbia Missouri, suffered burns to her hips and forearms when her thin evening gown caught fire from a cigarette during a New Year celebration in a jammed Kansas City hotel lobby. Other revelers extinguished the blaze as police investigated if a bystander started the fire intentionally.
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Columbia
Kansas City
Naomi Chandler
Miss Chandler
Legislature Faces Early Budget Talk And Anti lynching Clash
The house will hear the annual message Wednesday afternoon and receive the budget Thursday. It plans to work on major appropriation bills but may clash quickly over anti lynching legislation. The senate is expected to focus on minor laws and may recess until the house sends it work.
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House
Senate
Five KU Students Spend New Year in Hospital Dining
Five University of Kansas students confined to the KU hospital celebrated New Year's Day with a chicken and noodles dinner. They are recovering from minor operations and stayed in good spirits as they rang in the New Year by radio across time zones. Washer Service Green Bros Adv.
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K. U
University of Kansas Hospital
United States Drafts Peacetime Policies for Global Order
President Roosevelt and officials prepare for postwar challenges as peace looms in Europe and Asia. Secretary Hull warns of troubles ahead in trade and finance while shaping a stable world order under law. Myron Taylor acts as Roosevelt’s Vatican liaison to push for a possible peace bloc.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Hull
Atlantic
Pacific
Europe
Asia
Myron Taylor
Vatican
Italy
Orice
New Year Quiet Entrance Across Lawrence City
A snowy New Year in Lawrence passed with little fanfare and no arrests. Despite two day holidays and cold weather, celebrations were intimate at homes and small venues, with radios sparking nationwide to ring in midnight. A single minor auto accident at Eleventh and Massachusetts was reported with no injuries.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence Elks Club
Three Fire Alarms Answered Over Weekend
The fire department responded to three alarms over the weekend, two Sunday and one Saturday night. An overheated chimney at William Green 506 Illinois Street ignited boards near upstairs walls, with minor damage. Mrs. William Doane 806 Rhode Island Street reported an overheated stove, no damage. Seba Eldridge 1501 Crescent Road had a chimney fire on Saturday evening. Miss Hannah P. Oliver, professor emerita, showed slight improvement and near-normal vitals as she recovers from pneumonia since December 24.
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Eleventh
Massachusetts Street
Francis Christenson
Rhode Island Street
William A. Snahs
Haskell Institute
Colide
William Green
Illinois Street
Paul Ingels
William Doane
Seba Eldridge
Crescent Road
Miss Oliver
Weather forecast for Kansas and stray notices
The Kansas forecast calls for fair conditions in the east and central regions with cloudiness in the far west and a cold wave. Temperatures range from zero to 10 above, with colder tonight and Tuesday. highs yesterday reached 64, lows and other figures not fully confirmed in the fragment. Also noted are dry cleaning ads and a brief, incomplete bird behavior snippet mentioning dawn and dusk activity.
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Kansas
Ges
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Bob Young
Toneka
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