Roosevelt calls for new defense taxes and unity
President Roosevelt urged Congress to raise taxes to fund emergency defense spending and warned that national security requires more than armed force. He pushed for reciprocal trade treaty extension and outlined budget cuts aside from defense, stressing job creation and unity to curb deficits amid global turmoil.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
America
House
Senate
Germany May Enter in Russo Finnish War If France Aids
Berlin reports authoritative sources say Germany would be forced to join the Russo Finnish War if France sends Alpine troops to Finland. They warn aid from Britain or Norway could widen the conflict and stress neutrality breaches for any transit of troops or munitions. Paris says Daladier told the League secretary general France is ready to cooperate with all powers in aiding Finland.
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Germany
France
Berlin
Finland
Russia
Britain
League of Nations
Norway
Sweden
Brussels
Paris
Daladier
Joseph A. C. Avenel
League
Avenol
Finnish Victory at Lake Kianta Ends Soviet Advance
Reporter Thomas F. Hawkins describes the Finnish victory near Lake Kianta as the war's greatest Finnish success, with 168th Soviet division of about 17 000 men decimated. He notes thousands dead, prisoners taken, and a frozen, ruined battlefield as patrols report mass casualties and forced retreats.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Lake Kianta
Finland
168Rd
Lake Road
Stolen Radio and Parking Ticket Mar Sheltering New Year
Kansas City Kansas dispatch reports a man, W C Hunter of Lawrence, found his car missing a radio after thieves struck. Police issued a parking ticket. Hunter is noted as a University of Kansas student from Olathe.
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Kansas City
Kan
W. C.hunter
Lawrence
William Oscar Hunter
Olathe
University of Kansas
Many Die in Fire at Marl Borough Apartment Hotel
In Minneapolis a deadly early morning blaze at the Marl borough apartment hotel killed 18 to 20 people. Five bodies reached the morgue by 11 am and the death toll rose as firefighters searched the 85 apartment, three-section building in subzero weather. At least 25 injured.
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Minneapolis
Marlborough
John Anderson
Mabel Brown
General Hospital
Roosevelt to Appoint Murphy to High Court
Washington January 3. Frank Murphy will be appointed to the Supreme Court and Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson will succeed him as attorney general. The shift follows the death of Justice Pierce Butler last November 16 and has been widely predicted.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Justice Department
Pierce Butler
Rescued Miner Buried Under Coal Near Bern Kansas
Elmer Grimm age 83 of Humboldt Nebraska was rescued after two hours buried under 700 pounds of coal at a surface mine near Bern Kansas a shale collapse occurred as he mined. Six rescuers from Seneca Kansas and Pawnee City Nebraska pulled him free suffering a skull fracture with the rescue completed. Most fighting in the Battle of Posie Hill occurred on Breed's Hill.
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Falls City
Neb
Elmer Grimm
Humboldt
Bern
Kan
Seneca
Pawnee City
Grimm
Posie Hill
Breed
Field Agent Ready to Supply Social Security Information
In Lawrence inquiries address old age and survivors insurance under the social security act now in effect. Ober D. Nossaman of the Topeka field office lists counties served and invites wage earners aged 65 or over and families with deceased earners to write for details. Benefits hinge on retirement status and eligibility for monthly payments if conditions like unemployment or reduced wages apply.
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Lawrence
Ober D. Nossaman
Topeka
Nossaman
Social Security
Shawnee
Clay
Riley
Pottawatomie
Jackson
Jefferson
Geary
Wabaunsee
Douglas
Lyon
Osage
Washington
Nemaha
Marshall
Ap 5
Finns Turn Back Drive On Isthmus
Finnish high command says a major Russian infantry assault on the Karelian isthmus was repulsed with heavy losses. Russian air raids hit Turku and Hanko with no or few casualties reported, while Finnish forces claimed several battlefield successes on the eastern front, including tank and armored car captures near Suomussalmi and advances toward Lake Kokkojarvi.
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Helsinki
Karelian
Turku
Hanko
Finland
Taipale
Lake
Kokkojarvi
Air battle over German coast yields three British bombers
Berlin reports the air war along the coast with German fighters shooting down three modern Vickers Wellington bombers. It notes no German losses and mentions minor artillery and reconnaissance activity on the west front.
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Berlin
High Command
Helgoland Bight
Plane Down In Belgium After Pursuit By German Patrol
A British plane chased by a German air patrol over German territory crashed in flames in Belgium about six miles from Aix la Chapelle. One flier parachuted to safety and two others escaped with light injuries. A Swedish steamship Svarton, 2475 tons, was torpedoed off Scotland's northeast coast and sunk, with 20 crew missing and 11 survivors rescued.
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Brussels
Belgium
Aix la-Chapelle
London
Svarton
Scotland
Shoe Fund total rises to 71.25 as drive aids children
Journal-World appeal reports six new donations add 23.00 to the Shoe Fund total of 71.25. Electa Kindlesperger, city school nurse, says many urgent cases will receive sturdy warm shoes as funds arrive.
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Journal-World Shoe Fund
Electa Kindlesperger
Margaret Kane
T. Keane
Miss Hannah P Oliver Out of Danger Says Doctor
Miss Hannah P Oliver professor emerita at the University has pneumonia and was considered out of danger today by her physician. She had been gradually improving in recent days and would recover unless an unforeseen complication arises. She was confined to her home under nurse care since December 24.
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Hannah P. Oliver
Emerita
Miss Oliver
Newspapers Collected 101000 for Finnish Relief to Dec 24
Herbert Hoover reports that 101,078 dollars were raised by 220 of 1200 newspapers across 36 states for Finnish relief up to December 24. He notes 100 cents of each dollar goes to Finland with private funds covering administrative costs.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Finnish Relief Fund
Hoover
Finland
New York States
Pennsyyvania
Mass Flight of 800 Private Planes Leaves Orlando for Florida Tour
Close to 800 privately owned aircraft converge in Florida from all regions for a mass flight ahead of the Miami all American air maneuvers. The caravan heads to St Petersburg then west to West Palm Beach with about 1 200 pilots and passengers aboard.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Orlando
St. Petersburg
West Palm Beach
Civil Aeronautics
Bernarr MacFadden
New Home Demonstration Agent Arrives for Duty
Miss Leona Z Tibbetts arrives as county home demonstration agent with office at the Farm Bureau. She holds a BS from Kansas State College 1936 and MS in 1938, previously serving in Cowley and Chase counties, and taught home economics at Westmoreland.
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Leona Z. Tibbetts
Farm Bureau
Miss Tibbetts
Kansas State College
Cowley County
Winfield
Chase County
Cottonwood Falls
Westmoreland
Farm Security Administration
School of Instruction 4-H Officers Meet January 10
County 4-H club officers will gather Wednesday evening January 10 at the Chamber of Commerce office for a school of instruction. Roger Regnier district 4-H club leader will preside. the event opens with a basket supper at 6 45 and will be followed by the meeting.
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C. of C
Chamber of Commerce
Roger Regnier
Washburn College to Teach Flying Class by Maurice Austill
Maurice Austill of 511 Ohio Street has passed Civil Aeronautics Authority tests and will instruct a class of 10 Washburn College students at the Topeka airport in government sponsored flight training.
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Maurice Austill
Washburn College
Ohio Street
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Topeka
Pratt Hotels Owner Dies After 56 Years at Briggs Hotel
Pratt Kansas January 3 Mel F Briggs 83 owner of the Briggs Hotel for 56 years died last night Survivors include his widow two sons and a daughter.
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Pratt Hotels
Pratt, Kan
Mel. F. Briggs
Briggs Hotel
Stock Market Index Rises to 52.2 Points
The stock index averaging 60 shares climbed to 52.2 points from 51.6 the previous day. Investors watched activity across major sectors as prices fluctuated in measured gains.
Kaw Valley Potato Growers Meet Set With Officials
The 19th annual Kaw Valley potato meeting will convene Saturday at the Chamber of Commerce with the United States Department of Agriculture and Kansas State College as sponsors. Morning chairmen are W. G. Amstein and John O. Miller. afternoon chair is also from Kansas State College. The program covers sweet and Irish potato topics including disease, marketing, and seed matters with speakers from Kansas, Minnesota, and federal agencies.
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Kaw Valley
Chamber of Commerce
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas State College
W. G. Amstein
John.o. Miller
L. EB. Melchers
Manhattan
Kan
Minnesota
A. G. Tolaas
Minnesota State Department of Agriculture
St. Paul
Minn
F. L. Parsons
S. W. Decker
Kansas Potato Show
Henry G. Knight
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
A. E Mercker
Agricultural Advanment Administration
Washington
Kansas
O. H. Elmer
Potato Train Here Meeting Set by Local Officials
Lawrence and Douglas county representatives from the extension division of Kansas State College and Union Pacific will meet at the Chamber of Commerce office Saturday morning to plan stopping the Union Pacific potato train on February 14. The train will be in town from 1 30 p m to 5 p m. Local attendees include George Docking Roscoe Pine Otto Hack Dolad Simons E Preston Walter Babbitt W R Essick E F Abels Arthur Heck Leslie Kindred Lawrence Leonhard Wesley Brune Will Saunders and Ray Walters. Extension division will be represented by W G Amstein and L L Longsdorf with C E Colman for Union Pacific.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Kansas State College
Union Pacific Railroad
Chamber of Commerce
Union Pacific
George Docking
Roscoe Pine
Otto Hack
Dolad Simons
E. Preston
Sheep Meeting Scheduled in Kansas City Area
A district sheep meeting will be held at the Chamber of Commerce office on January 28. Sheep men from Douglas Johnson Wyandotte Shawnee and Jefferson counties will attend the sessions. The meeting is sponsored by the Kansas State College Extension Service Kansas City Livestock Exchange Farmers Union Commission Producers Commission Midwest Wool Marketing Association Kansas City Mo Chamber of Commerce and the Kansas City Livestock Loss Prevention Board.
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Chamber of Commerce
Douglas
Johnson
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Jefferson
Kansas State College Extension Service
Kansas City Livestock Exchange
Farmers Union Commission Company
Producers Commission Company
Midwest Wool Marketing Association
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City Livestock Loss Prevention Board
Moreau Dean Joins AALS Committees on Cooperation and Law Student Selection
Dean F. J. Moreau of the school of law received appointment to the general committee on cooperation with bench and bar and the special committee on selection of law students for the Association of American Law Schools. The action was announced by president Edmund M. Morgan after the association's December annual meeting in Chicago, attended by Dean Moreau and several colleagues from the law school.
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Moreau
F. J. Moreau
School of Law
Bench
Bar
Association of American Law Schools
Edmund M. Morgan
Association
Dean Moreau
H. H. Lear
I. T. Tupy
Robert McNair Davis
Chicago
Governor Ratner Backs Instructed Delegation for Capper
Gov. Payne Ratner endorsed creating an instructed Kansas delegation for Senator Arthur Capper at the coming Republican national convention. Alf Landon and Clyde Reed already publicly supported the plan, urged by William Allen White. Ratner noted no comment on a Parsons meeting with Reed and the senator expressed interest in serving on the delegation and would discuss politics with the governor before Washington duties.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Arthur Capper
Capper
Alf M. Landon
G.O.P
Clyde M. Reed
William Allen White
Emporia
Ratner
Reed
Parsons
United States
Washington
Compress
Crash Victim C P Gieber 76 Dies After Collision East Of DeSoto
C P Gieber of Thompsonville Kansas died from a fractured skull and jaw after a head on crash five miles east of DeSoto on highway K10. Two Kansas State College students Granger Hill and Bob Miller were hospitalized with cuts and bruises. Gieber’s son in law Isaac Barton and daughter survived with bruises. Funeral arrangements set for Perry Catholic church with burial at Newman Catholic cemetery.
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C. P. Gieber
Thompsonville
Kan
DeSoto
Granger Hill
Junction City
Bob Miller
Topeka
Kansas State College
Kansas City
Gieber
Isaac Barton
Barton
Perry
Father. Hauser
Newman Catholic Cemetery
Rumsey
Snow and rain forecast for Kansas wheat belt today and tomorrow
Weather report notes more snow and rain for Topeka and western Kansas with light precipitation in southern counties tonight and east tomorrow. Temperatures steady or near 25 to 39 degrees with wet freezing conditions posing hazards for motorists. Local highs and lows are listed for Goodland and Concordia.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City
Concordia
Dodge City
Robb
United States
Goodland
Subversive Activity Affects Small Share of U S
The Dies committee reports not more than 1,000,000 Americans seriously affected by subversive activity as it concludes a two year investigation. It finds CIO leadership partly tinged with communism, notes omissions in front organizations, and urges continued law enforcement to curb subversive groups.
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Washington
Jan
Dies Committee
United States
House
C.I.O
John L. Lewis
Hitler
Stalin
Bund
Communist Party
Russia
Court Tests Watkins Estate With 600000 Trust Issue
The Kansas Supreme Court granted an alternative writ of mandamus ordering executors of Elizabeth M. Watkins to turn over about 600000 to First National Bank of Kansas City Missouri or show cause why not. The bank seeks a declaratory judgment on probate code retroactivity affecting the will and its duties as trustee for multiple trusts benefiting KU facilities hospitals and charities.
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State Supreme Court
Topeka
First National Bank of
Kansas City
Elizabeth M. Watkins
Raymond F. Rice
Kansas City Bank
Kansas
Frank R. Gray
Douglas County
Watkins
Dick Williams
Hugh Means
Rice
Watkin
J.b.watkins
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Supreme Court
Supreme Tribunal
Bank
Watkins Hall
Miller Hall
Kansas University
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Presbyterian Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Albuquerque
N. M
Oak Till
First Presbyterian Church of
Dick Willams
Sk Gossard Williams
Edgar Burton Williams
Jane Morrow
My Wilson
Robert Gardner
Nashville
Kansas Children's Home and Service League
Aid to Winter Wheat: Moisture Helps Western Kansas
Topeka January 3 moisture improves winter wheat condition in eastern two thirds where sprouted and grown. In western counties unsprouted seeds and some deaths raise questions about snow effects. Prospects are improved yet overall no major change from last week. snow melt limited, evaporation high in western and northern areas. Unusually favorable temperatures and moisture will be needed to mature the crop due to poor fall weather and large area with non germinated seed.
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Topeka
Weather Outlook for Kansas Night into Thursday
Cloudy with occasional light snow or sleet in the east and south tonight. In extreme south areas freezing drizzle possible. West will clear Thursday while northwest remains colder and dry. Temperatures show today 41 to 61 with overnight lows near 41.
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Kansas
Ene
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