Britain to Aid Finland. War In Preliminary Stage
Prime Minister Chamberlain declared Britain’s aid to Finland “will be no mere formality” and that war with Germany remains in a preliminary phase except at sea. He warned of a looming main struggle, praised Allied unity, and praised Britain’s mastery of the seas while detailing air defense and naval losses.
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London
Chamberlain
Britain
Finland
Germany
Mansion House
Soviet
Russia
League
Geneva
England
Air Protection Service
Baltic
Weather Halts KU Flight Training at Lawrence Municipal
Winter conditions suspend operations at Lawrence Municipal airport affecting the University of Kansas aviation training course. Twenty of fifty students have soloed. instructor Bill Ashcraft says staff will handle the remaining thirty once weather clears. Recent soloists include Richard Newlin, Gene Carmany, William Graves, Robert Andrews, and Albert Grohne.
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Lawrence Municipal
University of Kansas
Bill Ashcraft
Richard Newlin
Kansas City
Gene Cormany
William Graves
McFarland
Robert Andrews
Emporia
Albert Grohne
Lawrence
French Parliament Opens in Riotous Session With Former Communists
At Paris, January 9, the 1940 French parliament session opened amid clashes between rightist deputies and former Communist members. Georges Levy-Alphandery suspended proceedings after the uproar as 12 ex-communists appeared, while Premier Daladier was absent due to a fractured foot. The assembly expelled the fighters, and the chamber sang the Marseillaise. Levy-Alphandery warned of potential long conflict with Germany.
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Paris
Wranraot
Bug Culuuoy PaoLey
Pallel
Georges Levy-Alphandery
Levy-Alphandery
Daladier
Levy Alphandery
Germany
Labor ruling set aside in Inland Steel case
The United States circuit court of appeals reversed the NLRB order directing Inland Steel to bargain with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and to sign a contract. The case is remanded for a new NLRB hearing. the CIO’s demand for a written contract was central to the 1937 Little Steel strike.
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Chicago
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Inland Steel Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
NLRB
C.I.0
Little Steel
Inland
Shoe Fund Seeks $62.08 to Reach $300 Goal
The Journal-World Shoe Fund has raised $237.92 from 62 donations since a ten day appeal began. An additional $62.08 is needed to meet the $300 minimum required to provide warm sturdy shoes for needy youngsters as Dozens of youngsters received new shoes today. Anonymous gifts and small contributions from local residents are listed in the appeal.
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Journal-World Shoe Fund
Electa
British Liberty sinks in North Sea with 20 missing
The 8,485 ton British tanker British Liberty sank in the North Sea over the weekend, believed due to a mine. Captain among the missing, 18 survivors reached a French channel port, noting one lifeboat capsized.
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London
North Sea
Storm Adds Inch to Snow Cover in Lawrence
More than an inch of fresh snow fell on the remnants of a light coating in Lawrence as a morning mix of rain and sleet turned to snow. Visibility dropped to a block while workers repeated clearing tasks. Temperatures rose from 1 above zero at 4 30 a.m. to 19 at noon before ceasing snow by 1 30 p.m. Overcast skies persisted and the notice ends with a promotional line about reading the classifieds.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Emporia
Pittsburg
Fort Scott
Goodland
Ellis
Coffeyville
Robb
Dodge City
Phillipsburg
Mercury
Lawrence
Landon Calls Roosevelt Speech Outrageous and Partisan
Topeka January 9 Alf Landon voiced strong criticism of President Roosevelts address calling it outrageous and partisan He said the speech hid behind a third term issue and invited three Republicans to a Democratic meeting then lamented their non attendance His view contrasts with his prior claim of supporting external policy 100 percent.
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Topeka
Pi—Ae M. Publican Party
Landon
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
United States
Gavagan Moves to Strike Labor Dispute Exemption in Anti-Lynching Bill
Representative Gavagan announced he would seek to remove the labor dispute exemption from the anti-lynching bill. He argued the clause is unnecessary as lynching is defined as mob violence causing death or maiming, and labor conflict is unlikely to involve such acts. The measure, expected to pass the House, faces Senate scrutiny and a potential filibuster by southern senators.
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Washington
Gavagan
D-N.y
House
Wadsworth
New Yorker
Senate
Vandenberg declines Kansas GOP rally speaking role
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan declines a Kansas Republican rally invitation due to Senate duties. In a letter to Walter Fees he cites an iron clad rule against external speaking while Congress is in session and says he is not a presidential candidate.
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Topeka
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Kansas
G.O.P
Walter Fees
Senate
Congress
Vandenberg
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Frank E. Gannett
Mail Carriers Feed Birds In Shawnee County Winter
Nine rural mail carriers in Shawnee County carry twenty five pound sacks of bread crumbs and grain to scatter along highways for pheasants quail and other birds. The Shawnee County Protective association funds the effort and the Izaak Walton league supports it with the Boy Scouts and 4 H clubs invited to assist in distribution through the winter.
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Topeka
Shawnee County
Shawnee County Protective Association
Izaak Walton League
Boy Scouts
4-H Clubs
Stock Market Index Dips to 51.1 After Day
The index for 60 stocks stands at 51.1 for today, down from yesterday's 51.6. Traders watch shifts in leading shares as market activity slows.
Lone Ranger's Daughter Born at Grace Hospital
Hi Yo Pappy Detroit dated January reveals Grace hospital welcomed a 6 pound 8 ounce daughter to Mrs Jean KE Graser wife of Earle Graser the voice of radio's Hi Yo Silver program confirming the Lone Ranger has a child.
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Detroit
The
Lone Ranger
Grace Hospital
Jean KE. Graser
Earle Graser
Radio
Public Debt Near Statutory Limit as Deficits Grow
Treasury says public debt surpassed 42 billion on January 6 and sits within three billion of the statutory ceiling. President Roosevelt urged Congress to approve 460 million in extra taxes to cover defense costs, with an estimated debt of about 44.94 billion by June 30, 1941.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
City Council Settles Milk Cap Wording Dispute
The council settled controversy over milk bottle cap wording by allowing Lawrence Guernsey Dairy to use the name on caps after City Attorney ruled it legal. Hazlett agreed to remove Guernsey from caps. Vote was six to five in favor of the report.
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Frank Rowland
Health Committee
Leon Bauman
Lawrence Guernsey
E. E. Hazlett
Guernsey
Willard Brown
George Melvin
Lawrence Guernsey Dairy
Rowland
Hazlett
Nevin
Hunsinger
Russell
Selig
Burgert
Brown
Eberhart
Berger
Edmondson
Pine
Ways and Means
Water Department
Educator Will Speak at Kansas Honors Convocation
Guy Stanton Ford president of the University of Minnesota will deliver the honors convocation address at the University of Kansas on April 18. The ceremony will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa founding at KU beginning in 1890. Ford’s distinguished career in public and educational work and a 1933 Sigma Xi diploma for service to science mark him as fitting for the dual event.
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Guy Stanton Ford
University of Minnesota
University of Kansas
Sigma Xi
Phi Beta Kappa
Mississippi
Ford
Minnesota
Finns Still Chase Routed Red Force in Finland
Finnish forces report a major rout with the Red Army suffering heavy losses near Suomussalmi. Estimates say about 6,000 Russians killed and 1,000 captured in a week of fighting as supply lines and kitchens were destroyed. Dispatches warn of a possible renewed push toward the Karelian isthmus.
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Helsinki
Copenhagen
Finland
Suomussalmi
Red Army
Carl Gustave Mannerheim
Karelian
Wildlife aid advances in 43 states under restoration act
Chairman Robertson says 43 states eligible for 18 month federal wildlife restoration aid with 187 projects submitted and 158 approved. The budget of 2.5 million is a 1 million increase, financed by sporting arms taxes, funding land acquisition and habitat work in cooperation with states. Kansas receives 43769, Missouri 52828, Nebraska 52798, Oklahoma 40968 based on fiscal 1941 estimates.
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Washington
Robertson
D-Va
House Wildlife Conservation Committee
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Hoover Announces $500000 Finland Relief Transfer
Herbert Hoover, national chairman of the Finnish relief fund, announced on January 9 that another $100000 will be sent to Finland, bringing the total to $500000. The funds support aid efforts amid the relief program.
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Finland
New
Average American Opens 1940 With 57.71 Cash
Washington reports the nation began 1940 with 57.71 per person in cash and 7.6 billion dollars total money outside the treasury. The share includes 37.31 in federal reserve notes and 1.33 in national bank notes plus smaller amounts in gold certificates and silver.
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Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
National Bank
Shape plan for supervised school play in coming semester
L R Perry reports a university supervised play plan to standardize physical education in elementary and junior high grades. Kansas University seniors will instruct in games under teacher supervision, starting this second semester with sixth to fourth grades and twice weekly 30 minute sessions.
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L. R. Perry
Perry
University of Kansas
K. U
E. B. DeGroot, Jr
Ruth Hoover
Joie Stapleton
Jackson Day Dinner Highlights GOP Dinner in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Republicans hosted a Jackson day dinner to honor a president who paid the national debt. Democrats held a separate card party in the same hotel. The dinner cost 51 cents including tax.
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G.O.P. Jackson
Council Bluffs
New Source for Farm Parity Funds Needed Under Limitation
Kansas City January 9 Wealthy federal official Secretary Wallace says unless the 45 billion dollar debt limit is raised a new fund source is needed for farm parity payments. He outlines a certificate plan where processors buy government certificates whose proceeds fund parity payments to producers based on units marketed. He notes last three years parity money came from direct congressional appropriations and forecasts similar farm income. He mentions a shift of the southeastern Missouri sharecropper issue to the Farm Security Administration and reports evicted sharecroppers seek aid from the president and Roosevelt.
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Kansas City
Wallace Td Tadaw
Pam Wwuaye Lee
Stockyards Commission
Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Roosevelt
Southeastern Missouri
Farm Security Administration
Ordinances on West Hills await special committee review
The city council debated four ordinances to pull suburban West Hills and nearby sections into city limits. The measures were read, sent to a special committee, and a new panel was appointed to study the parcels, with a January 29 meeting anticipated.
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West Hills
West Campus Road
West Hills Terrace
West Hills Parkway
Emery Road
Strong
University Drive
Stratford Road
Crescent Road
J. W. Stone
Willard Brown
Donald. D. Haines
F. L. Brown
Haines
George Melvin
To Babb
J. W. One
F. A. Russell
Selig
Russell
Brown
Berger
C. B. Russell
Nevin, Rowland
Burgert
Professor Brown
Weather summary for Kansas with variable clouds and light snow
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions sweep Kansas with occasional light snow in extreme east and west areas. Warmer temperatures trend overall with cooler spots in the extreme northwest tonight.
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Kansas
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