Budget Estimates Slashed in House
The House appropriations committee denied funds for two Roosevelt agencies and cut total independent offices budget by 94 million. It trimmed the maritime commission ship construction fund by 75 million while boosting contract authorizations by 150 million. It also rejected funding for the national resources planning board and the office of government reports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Maritime Commission
Commission
Treasury
National Resources Planning Board
Office of Government Reports
National Emergency Council
White House
Planning Board
Reports Office
Frederic Delano
Resources Board
Independent Offices
Office of Government
House
Bus stalls after snow pile blocks Dickinson rear alley
A Union Pacific passenger bus bound for Kansas City stalled behind Dickinson Theater yesterday after noon as snow four feet deep blocked the alley. Snow removal from the Dickinson building roof was completed last night leaving the way clear today. Ohio delegation to Democratic convention backs Roosevelt for a third term per state chairman Arthur Limbach announced.
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Union Pacific
Kansas City
Dickinson Theater
Dickinson Building
Ohio
Columbus
Roosevelt
Arthur Limbach
French Forces on Alert for Possible German Invasion
Paris reports France keeping armed forces on alert against a possible German invasion through Belgium or the Netherlands with a source listing January 20 as a potential attack date.
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Paris
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Fights and arrests mark Louisiana Democratic primary in Huey Long era
New Orleans reports describe fists and broken camera, arrests of State Sen. James A. Noe and aides amid alleged vote irregularities as Louisiana Democrats vote on the Huey P. Long dynasty. Photographer Lester Fisher injured, police move to curb photographers at polls. Governor Earl K. Long leads administration ticket with reform rivals contesting graft findings from grand juries.
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Louisiana
Long
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
James A. Noe
Noe
Eighth Ward
Lester Fisher
Sam Jones
Scott
Wilson
William Vann
Earl K. Lorig
Huey
Orleans Parish
Board of Election ‘Supervisors
Lake Charles
James H. Morrison
Hammond
Vincent Moseley
Opelousas
James A. Nice
Monroe
Richard W. Leche
Leche
17 Held Without Bail In Plot To Oust U S Government
A group of 17 men accused of a revolutionary conspiracy remained jailed unable to raise 50000 bail each. They pleaded not guilty to seditious conspiracy as FBI authorities, led by J Edgar Hoover, pursued further conspirators amid reports of an anti Semitic dictatorship plan. Local residents recall unfamiliar strangers at a Narrowsburg rifle range with poor marksmanship.
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New York
United States
Revolutionary
Federal
National Guard
New York City
William G. Bishop
George Kelly
J. Edgar Hoover
F.B.I
Russia
Hoover
Narrowsburg
N. Y
Howard Creel Cast as Cinderella Coachman at HS
The Cinderella production opening Friday at the high school will feature Howard Creel as the coachman with Walter Sneegas and Stephen Elsworth as footmen. David Gaeliardo Tom Jones and Stephan Ellsworth play the three rats, Dolad Simons Jr and Fred Six are heralds, Miss Maude Ellsworth designed the coach, and the L.M.H.S. orchestra directed by Oliver Hobbs will play between acts.
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Howard Creel
Walter Sneegas
Stephen Elsworth
Three Rats
David Gaeliardo
Tom Jones
Stephan Ellsworth
Dolad Simons, Jr
Fred Six
Heralds
Stock Market Index Points Change Noted
The stock market index averaged 60 stocks at 49.7, up from yesterday's 49.3. The reading suggests a modest gain in overall market performance.
Navy seeks 2.276 billion to build 145 ships and planes
Admiral Harold Stark told the House Naval Committee that 2.276 billion dollars would be needed by 1945 to complete the navy's current and proposed ship and aircraft programs. Secretary Woodring argued for new arms funds and training to keep the army ready as defense risks grow.
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Washington
Jan
Harold R. Stark
House Naval Committee
Chief of Naval Operations
Navy
Stark
House
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
Military Affairs Committee
Woodring
Allies Make Loans to Turkey
Paris reports Britain and France have extended loans to Turkey totaling 42,000,000 pounds and 264,750,000 francs about 174,000,000 dollars. Part of the funds will finance armament purchases.
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Turkey
Paris
Britain
France
Neutrality Act Not Invoked in undeclared Finnish Russian War
President Roosevelt stated that the neutrality act is not being invoked in the Finnish Russian conflict since it remains an undeclared war. He explained the existing conflict does not meet the act’s criteria for entry into force.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Readers at Journal-World Seize Results Spotlight
The Journal-World classifieds highlight reader and results items on the page. Readers share notices and quick outcomes across local services, sales, and community events, with emphasis on practical details and timely results.
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Journal-World
Roosevelt Suggests Financing Credit to Finland by Bank
President Roosevelt urged Congress to authorize the export import bank to finance non military credits to Finland. He warned such action would not threaten involvement in European wars and called for an increased revolving credit fund for exports of agricultural goods and manufactured products. He noted possible loans for citizens and small countries in Scandinavia and South America. Hull and Jones discussed the plan with the President.
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Roosevelt
Finland
Washington
Congress
Export-Import Bank
Garner
Bankhead
Scandinavia
South America
Altho
Hull
Jesse Jones
Jones
British Submarines Lost to Germans in Helgoland Bight
Berlin reports two British submarines the Starfish and Undine destroyed by German defenses in the Helgoland Bight with some crews rescued. London confirms loss of Starfish Undine Sea Horse with 107 crew totals and possible further casualties. third sub Sea Horse not detailed.
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Berlin
Helgoland
Bight
High Command
Western Front
London
Sea- Horse
Admiralty
Germany
Britain
Rawalpindi
Fach
Undine
Ursula
Starfisht
Salmon
Salomon
Bremen
Leipzig
North Sea
Paris
Liberty Memorial High Wins Eight of Ten Debates
Liberty Memorial High School debate team wins eight of ten debates at Wyandotte High School in Kansas City Kansas. Forty teams from 24 schools across Missouri and Kansas competed. Lawrence team members Arthur Nelson Gar land Landrith Bill Hough and Bill Conboy defeated several rivals and lost to Rockhurst and Eureka. Coach Kenneth Weaver leads both teams. Newton took first and Salina second.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Wyandotte High School
Kansas City
Kan
Missouri
Kansas
Lawrence
Arthur Nelson
Garland Landrith
Bill Hough
Bill Conboy
Effingham
Atchison
Lexington
Carrollton
Columbia
Rockhurst
Eureka
Newton
Salina
Kenneth Weaver
Dean Havenhill Released After Car Crash
Dean L. Havenhill, injured Saturday night in an automobile accident, left Lawrence Memorial Hospital today. His doctors reported his condition as satisfactory.
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Dean Havenhill
Dean L. D. Havenhill
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Girls Find Loot After Rabbit's Foot Luck in Knoxville
Mary Jane Donaghy and Elsie Lively found nearly 100 dollars on a Knoxville sidewalk after carrying a rabbit's foot for luck before a French exam. Railway worker D Hopkins claimed the money as his. he refunded the girls five dollars each as rewards while the test outcome remained pending.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mary Jane Donaghy
Elsie Lively
Hopkins
Dismissal Notices Sent to 1330 Federal Workers
More than 1,330 federal Works Agency employees received dismissal notices the largest single discharge by any government office since the NRA ruling. Notices began yesterday with full dispatch expected by tomorrow. About 700 work in Washington and the rest nationwide. 1,020 come from the Public Works Administration.
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Federal Works Agency
United States
Washington
Supreme Court
NRA
Public Works Administration
Convocation Leaders Named For Topeka Baptist Gathering
Northeast Kansas Baptists set January 24 at First Baptist Topeka for a leadership convocation. Dr Earl Frederick Adams leads a six member team. Mrs Leslie Swain and Rev Dr Newton C Fetter also join. The event aims for a full turnout of local members plus invited outsiders.
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Kansas
First Baptist Church
Topeka
Earl Frederick Adams
New York City
Council On Finance and Promotion
Northern Baptist Convention
Leslie KE. Swain
Providence
R. 1
Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Woman’s Club
Swain
North America
International Missionary Council
Madras
India
Newton C. Fetter
Greater
Boston
Harvard
Harvard University
Radcliffe College
Tufts College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston University
Wellesley College
University of Michigan Students’ Christian Association
Ann Arbor
Baptist Church
Winter blast to bring snow and cold across Kansas
Topeka reports a new winter storm moving in from the west with snow likely and sharp temperature drops. Forecasters expect a brief thaw, then generally fair and warmer conditions by Thursday and Friday, with light snow possible in northern counties tonight and higher temps in the south tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Dodge City
Phillipsborg
C P A Annual Dinner Set in Midland Hall
Max Wales of the Kansas Industrial Development Commission will speak at the Grant Township CPA annual dinner. The event is scheduled for Thursday at noon in Midland hall, with members and their families invited.
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Midland
Max Wales
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Topeka
Grant Township
C.P.A
Landis Warns Of Secret Player Transactions
Chicago January 16 Landis commissioner of baseball issues ruling that any secret player transaction will incur a 500 dollar fine for each club and ineligible listing for any club official or employee involved.
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Landis
Chicago
December relief costs rise in Douglas County report
The December cost of relief in Douglas County totals 18 958 58 dollars, up 840 02 from November. Federal reimbursements 4 028 21 and state 3 397 12 reduce county expense to 11 533 25, up 926 08 from November, with 887 cases in December and 132 pending. Major items include old age assistance costing the county 2 440 21 after reimbursements and general assistance 4 805 79.
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Douglas County
Mildred D. Watson
Board of County Commissioners
Woodward
Federal Farm Security
Kansas Employment Service
Chamberlain Reports On War Speech To Parliament
Prime Minister Chamberlain outlines in parliament that export of war materials to Finland has been authorized with substantial sums involved. He notes a £25.6 million loan to Turkey for armaments and calls Belgium and the Netherlands in an unenviable position while the Mediterranean has largely avoided war’s horror. He also mentions Japan’s move to relax restrictions in China and cites no near term peace forecast.
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London
Chamberlain
Finland
Turkey
France
England
Paris
Belgium
Netherlands
Mediterranean
China
Wheat payments cut under soil program raise questions
Rep Hope, chair of a special Republican House committee, asked Secretary Wallace why 1940 wheat payments under the soil conservation program were reduced to nine cents per bushel for normal production of allotted acreage, down from seventeen cents the previous year.
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Washington
Hope
R-Kan
House
Wallace
Murphy's Appointment To the Supreme Court Confirmed
The Senate confirmed Attorney General Frank Murphy to be associate justice of the Supreme Court by voice vote. The chamber also approved Robert H. Jackson as attorney general and Francis Biddle as solicitor general. Murphy, 46, will be Roosevelt's fifth appointee to the nine member court, succeeding Justice Pierce Butler. Jackson has served as solicitor general since January, and Biddle left the circuit court of appeals to join the Justice Department.
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Washington
Senate
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Chamber
Robert H. Jackson
Francis Biddle
Murphy
High Court
Roosevelt
Philippines
Michigan
Pierce Butler
Jackson
Biddle
TVA
Circuit Court of Appeals
Justice Department
Lawerence County appoints thirty assessors for property
Thirty men were named by the board of county commissioners to serve as property assessors for the year. Assessments begin March 1. City of Lawrence appointees include A P Fey Oscar Miles E S Peckham Clyde Laessig and others. Suburban and rural districts assign assessors with named officials for Baldwin City Wakarusa and various townships.
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Board of County Commissioners
City of
Lawrence
A. P. Fey
Oscar Miles
E. S. Peckham
Clyde Laessig
A. RB. Conner
H. F. DeWolf
W. 8. Robb
W. Roy Martin
O. W. Owen
Charles Starkweather
Ralph C. Miner
F. M. Tidrow
Clinton
O. E. Votan
Eudora
Charles W. Wood
Grant
Frank W. Houk
Kanwaka
George F. Bahnmaier
Lecomaton
John H. Film
Marion
A. D. van Tries
Palmyra
Civic clubs hear plans for infantile paralysis drive
Announcement outlines talks before Lawrence clubs and two radio sessions on the campaign. Dr J M Mott J W Murray Walter Schaal Dolph Simons attendances set for club meetings. WREN provides five minutes for two morning news spots. January 27 charity ball tickets on sale at Carl's Clothing and Round Corner drug.
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Lawrence
D. Lile
J. M. Mott
Ions’ Club
J. W. Murray
Kiwanis Club
Walter Schaal
Dolph Simons
Rotary Club
WREN
Joseph Kine
Plymouth Congregational Church
Roger Williams
Eldridge Hotel
Carl's Clnthing
Round Corner Drug Store
Nanalysis Fund
Journal-World
Joan Bennett’s First Husband Dies After Overdose
John Marion Fox, 38,, once married to actress Joan Bennett, lay gravely ill in a hospital in Los Argeles on January 16 after an overdose of sleeping tablets. Police surgeon Dr A. D. Trotter quoted Fox saying he did not approve of Bennett’s remarriage to another man.
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Los Argeles
Joan Bennett
John Marion Fox
Joan Bennett Heire
Fox
A. D. Trotter
Cash on Barrelhead May Decide Political Convention Locations
Reports say Chicago could host both parties national Conventions this year if it offers substantial cash bids. Republican leaders Sen McNary and Sen Vandenberg favor Chicago citing Midwest battleground status. Democratic leaders reportedly prefer Chicago and bids of around 200000 are anticipated for the committee meetings February 5 and 16.
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Washington
Chicago
Atarettio
McNary
Oregon
Midwest
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Illinois
Democraic
Excel
Democratic
Census of business under way in Douglas county
The U S department of commerce conducts a county wide census led by enumerator Raymond Conboy. He works in Lawrence and aims to finish Douglas county by April 1. Questions include gross sales payroll and accounts receivable. Data are confidential and used by the commerce department.
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Raymond Conboy
Douglas County
U. S. Department of Commerce
Cowboy
Lawrence
Department of Commerce
Ninth Street
Massachusetts Street
Conboy
Lawrence Police Ball Promises Night of Dance and Gear
The third annual Lawrence police ball will be held Thursday evening January 18 at the Eldridge hotel Crystal room with Van Allm's orchestra. Proceeds fund new uniform equipment for officers including short jackets and light trousers for patrol cars and individual shirts and trousers. More than 700 tickets were sold. tickets are available at the police station and at the door.
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Fidridge Hotel
Dancine
van Allm
Eldridge Sith
Funeral for Bishop John H. Tihen in Wichita Cathedral
Catholic dignitaries and laymen filled St Marys cathedral for the funeral of Most Rev John Henry Tihen retired Denver bishop and former Lincoln bishop. Monsignor W M Farrell celebrated the requiem mass. The body will be sent to Denver tonight for services and burial.
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Tihen
Wichita
Kan
St. Mary’s Cathedral
John Henry Tihen
Denver
Lincoln
Neb
W. M. Farrell
Kansas Weather Forecast Sees Cloudiness and Light Snow
The Kansas forecast calls for increasing cloud cover with occasional light snow in the extreme north and a colder night. Wednesday remains mostly cloudy with more light snow and much colder conditions. The report notes yesterday's high of 33 and low of 11, with today recording the gas office temperatures and a year-ago baseline.
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Kansas
Tdi
Vostotiay
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