King George V Lingers Between Life And Death
A late afternoon bulletin from Sandringham reports King George V’s condition has diminished strength as oxygen is administered. Royal duties shift to a council of state including Queen Mary and four princes while the Privy Council meets to oversee the transfer of authority.
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Council OF State
Sandringham
Eng
King George
Associated Press
King George V
Queen Mary
George
Duke of Gloucester
Buckingham Palace
Dersingham
Privy Council
London
Mary
Prince of Wales
York
Gloucester
Kent
King’s Chamber
Ramsay MacDonald
Council
Lord Dawson of Penn
George R.I
Sir Maurice Hankey
Ethiopia Says Armies Score Victories Over Italians
Addis Ababa reports through officials that Ethiopian forces surround Makale and Aksum while defeating Gojjam rebels near Debra Markos. In Rome Badoglio says southern front forces meet disorganized Ethiopian troops with Ras Desta’s units pursued after Ganale Dorya as Graziani advances into Galla Borana territory, taking Filtu.
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Makale
Aksum
Gojjam
Dedjazmatch
Gasasa
Debra Markos
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Ethiopia
Ras Desta
Ganale Dorya
Graziani
Galla-Borana
Filtu
Dola
TVA Decision Delayed as Supreme Court Recess Begins
Washington reported the Supreme Court began a two week recess without ruling on the Tennessee Valley Authority act. A February 3 decision date looms, while government briefs argued against dismissing Georgia Governor Talmadge’s suit and challenged returning $200 million in impounded taxes. The court did rule against gold payments in nonresident transactions and upheld taxes on a liquor monopoly. The TVA fate hinges on whether the government may sell surplus electricity from its own plants.
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Washington
Supreme Court
TVA
Talmadge
Georgia
Treasury
United States
Pennsylvania
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Policy of Silence on Hauptmann Kidnapping Probe
Trenton Jan 20 policy of silence adopted by Governor Hoffman on Hauptmann case. Press aide says no comment on developments until proper time. Reports denied include fingerprints on kidnap ladder and changes in state attorney general and prosecutor posts. Doctor Joseph Skaggs of Leavenworth dies of pneumonia at 50.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
William S. Conklin
Ellis H. Parker
David T. Wilentz
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Hunterdon County
Hauptmann
Mark O. Kimberling
Wilentz
League Refuses Selassie's Plea For Inquiry And Aid
Geneva jan 20 the league of nations committee of 13 rejected Haile Selassie request for a commission to probe Ethiopian war responsibility and for financial aid. Mussolini announced red cross concerns while Ethiopia pressed for stronger sanctions and relief. council deliberations focused on sanctions and wartime response amid Danzig tensions and broader European security talks.
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Geneva
League of Nations’ Committee of 13
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Italy
East Africa
Committee of 18
Mussolini
Max Huber
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Duce
Committee of 13
League of Nations
League
Augusto Vasconcellos
Portugal
Mediterranean
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
League of Nations Council
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Free City of
Danzig
Sean Lester
Hich
Council
Lester
Free City
Baltic Sea
Albert Forster
Reichstag
Germany
Stanley M. Bruce
Australia
Nations Council
Europe
Pompeo Aloisi
Japan
Rhineland
Court Orders Immediate Return of Taxes
The supreme court ordered immediate effect of its ruling that the AAA act was unconstitutional and ordered $200,000,000 of processing taxes impounded in federal courts returned to taxpayers. The government’s request for a 25 day relief and a rehearing was denied and the release of funds signed. Solicitor General Reed argued refunds undermine safeguards to tax collection and government function. The Heosac Mills corporation of Massachusetts urged immediate action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Rice Millers
Stanley Reed
Nolding Aaa
Heosac Mills Corporation of
Massachusetts
Troops in Egypt More for Kansas
London reports Britain shifts vast military and naval strength to the Egyptian area with 40,000 to 80,000 regulars, 157 warships and 700 to 800 planes. French Atlantic fleet moves to Casablanca while Laval pledges aid if Italy attacks. In Kansas, Evan Griffith announces a $1.4 million WPA allotment to raise employment from 43,000 to at least 47,000 through March 1, with transfers back as work resumes on highways and public works.
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London
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Italy
Libya
Egypt
Cameronia
Barham
Alexandria
Malta
Port Said
Gibraltar
Port Sudan
Paris
France
Sasablanca
Morocco
Africa
Britain
Toulon
Corsica
Pierre Laval
Topeka
Evan Griffith
State Works Progress
WPA
Griffith
Public Works Administration
PWA
Congress
Gardner
Eskridge
Griffiths
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Fire destroys stores theater and church in De Soto
A blaze in De Soto Kansas yesterday wiped out Randall grocery store the theater a two story variety store and the Community church damaging about 25000 Mayor Harry Dicken led a bucket brigade and chemical wagon crew. In Kansas City Oscar Stauffer reported Kansas business leaders admire Gov Landon and favor his return to businesslike government approaches.
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DeSoto
Kan
Harry Dicken
Randall
Landon
Kansas City
UPI
Oscar Stauffer
Arkansas City
New York
Judge Says Processors Failed Pay AAA Taxes
In Chicago on January 20 UPI reports Judge Charles E. Woodward told five processors who sought the return of impounded AAA taxes that they had not paid the taxes. He continued the cases, involving roughly 8.5 million dollars, without a final ruling. He warned that the taxes were not paid and had been passed to producers or consumers. Other AAA tax cases were similarly continued before Judges William H. Holly and Philip L. Sullivan, with a wheat processing tax hearing set for February 17 at 3 million dollars.
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Chicago
UPI
Charles E. Woodward
William H. Holly
Philip L. Sullivan
Broad Hint to Mussolini on Red Cross Units
Great Britain signals to Mussolini that British Red Cross units in Ethiopia will not be bombed. Maurice Ingram, the British charge d affaires in Rome, pressed Italy to specify the location of Red Cross units reaching Dessye last week in a formal call to Fulvio Suvich.
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London
Great Britain
Mussolini
Red Cross
Ethiopia
Maurice Ingram
Rome
Fulvio Suvich
Dessye
Secret service agent escapes kidnapper in Texas Oklahoma bid
U S secret service agent William C Morgan was overpowered by Leonard W Johnson an accused counterfeiter who forced him at gunpoint to drive from Texarkana toward Paris Texas into Oklahoma. Morgan jumped from the car at Bokchito Oklahoma and reported back to his office.
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Dallas
Tex
William C. Morgan
U. S
Secret Service
Leonard W. Johnson
Texarkana
Paris
Aistol
Oklahoma
Organ
Bokchito
Okla
Hearing to resume in $150000 suit against McGugin
Topeka reports the government will resume in federal district court an eight year old action to recover fees allegedly paid to former Congressman Harold McGugin and three others. Defendants include Walter J. Keith Nell Bird McGugin and the William McGugin Investment Company in a case tied to Mrs. Jackson Barnett wife of a wealthy Indian.
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Topeka
Harold McGugin
Federal District Court
McGugin
Jackson Barnett
Walter 3. Keith
Nell Bird McGugin
William McGugin
Eight Men Are Trapped In Monarch Mine Explosion
Eight miners are trapped a mile underground after a massive explosion at the Monarch coal mine in LaFayette Colorado. Rescue teams face a slim chance of reaching them before tomorrow as two workers escaped via air shafts with no word on the others. Separately Laval is expected to resign Wednesday as friends say Prime Minister Laval will present his cabinet to President LeBrun.
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LaFayette
Colo
Monarch
Senate approves massive soldiers bonus measure by 74 to 16
Washington January 20 A senate vote of 74 to 16 approves full payment of the 1945 soldiers bonus, with an estimated total cost of 2.491 billion dollars. Bonds will be issued in 50 dollar non negotiable blocks redeemable for cash after June 15, 1945, at post offices. Immediate outlay cited near 1 billion, with administration and veterans leaders optimistic law will pass.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Harrison
D-Miss
Byrnes
D-S.c
Steiner
R-Ore
Clark
D-Mo
Administration
Veterans Organization
Treasury
Neely
King
Utah
Farley to speak at Kansas Washington day banquet in Topeka
Kansas Democratic club leader Deten announces Postmaster General James A. Farley will be the principal speaker at the Topeka Washington day banquet next month with plans for a nationwide radio broadcast. Gov Alf M Landon will speak January 29, signaling a midwestern political exchange between Democrats and Republicans. Fran Wickham and Kansas lawmakers will attend the event in Topeka.
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Wichita
Kan
David C. Coten
Paola
Kansas Democratic Club
Topeka
James A. Farley
Deten
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Doten
Fran Wickham
Young Democrats
Kansas
Cangree
Hull May Close Files to Congress
Secretary Hull warned the Senate munitions committee that the State Department may halt sharing confidential files unless the panel respects confidences. He said the files include communications from other governments and cannot be made public without permission. He noted cooperation depends on committees’ cooperation with the department.
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Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
Hull
State Department
Department
Congressional
Rotary speaker Carl Baer links waterways to Mississippi Valley future
Carl Baer of St Louis spoke at Rotary on waterways and the federal constitution in a New Deal tone He argued that the Mississippi Valley’s growth and barge lines are tied to waterways Roger Williams urged support for the Presidents birthday ball on January 30 The Lawrence funds committee includes Dr Penfield Jones George Docking and Lisle Eby An Ottawa Rotary meeting was announced for Wednesday at 6 30 and Lawrence members are invited The mid year Rotary party will be next Monday at the Country Club with attendance format no luncheon Guests included Henry Colby W H Brown George McCarty and John Fellers
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Carl Baer
St. Louis
Rotary
Mississippi Valley
Roger Williams
Lawrence
Penfield Jones
George Docking
Lisle Eby
Ottawa
Rotaryanng
Country Club
Henry Colby
Merchant
W. H. Brown
Nebraska Cornhuskers
George McCarty
John Fellers
Leavenworth
Sled Crash Wounds Two Lawrence Boys
Two Lawrence boys were seriously injured when a sled crashed into a Plymouth coupe on Thirteenth street near Pennsylvania. Daniel Mitchell, 15, suffered a fractured skull and multiple leg injuries. Theodore Walker, 11, had a broken thigh and lower leg bones. They were rushed to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The driver, Jack Glazier, 912 Alabama, tried to avoid the sled and hit a parked car, causing the sled to be struck. Glazier and Kansas University students George Stapleton and others were at the scene.
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Lawrence
Daniel Mitchell
Elm Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Theodore Walker
Theodore Hamilton
New York Street
Thirteenth Street
Pennsylvania Street
Jack Glazier
Alabama Street
Glazier
Salina
Kansas University
George Stapleton
Vermont Street
KK. U
Lawrence High School Leader F H Olney Ill After Hemorrhage
F H Olney III Lawrence public schools leader and mathematics teacher at Liberty Memorial arts school is seriously ill at his home 815 Indiana street after a cerebral hemorrhage last night. He had been in fair health late last week and missed classes Monday and Tuesday due to a cold.
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FH. Olney
Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Indiana Street
Olney
Liberty Memorial Arts School
Auto Injuries Fatal Near Salina On Highway 81
Salina Kansas January 20 Pierce C Downs 56 died last night hours after a motor crash on U S highway 81 ten miles south of Salina. Downs lost control of his light truck and collided with an automobile driven by John Buffington Marquette. Officers blamed faulty steering in the truck. New Ford V 8 Hamilton s Ady.
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Salina
Kan
P.C
AL Downs
U. S. Highway 81
Here
Downs
John Buffington
Marquette
Cold halts work on projects here in weather
County and city WPA and PWA workers faced Old Man Winter as most projects shut down. The sanitary sewer and storm sewer crews report near zero conditions stopping concrete work, with 60 and 23 men respectively idle. Rock crushers and some rock hauling continue, while PWA labor remains paid only if reporting.
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WPA
PWA
Haskell Avenue
Kaw River
Barker Avenue
Twentieth Street
Altho City
B. M. Babb
Twelfth Street
Santa Fe
Seventeenth
Alabama Street
Babb
E. E. Trueblood
Kanwaka
Jury Cannot Reach Verdict in F H Ray Trial
In Oskaloosa Kansas on January 20 the jury could not reach a verdict in the Floyd H Ray embezzlement case involving 1295 in county funds. After 30 hours of deliberation a district judge was discharged. A prior jury failed to agree last June. County Attorney Don Allen said the case would not be dismissed and charges were filed last April after a funds shortage appeared in Ray's books.
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Oskaloosa
Kan
Floyd H. Ray
Jefferson County
Don Allen
Ravy
Kansas
Processing Tax Refund Affects Kansas Funds
Topeka January 20 United States district attorney S S Alexander said a Supreme Court order directing refund of processing taxes would affect between 7 million and 12 million dollars of Kansas funds. Courts have impounded 7 hundred thousand, and taxes collected by processors but not turned in may total up to 5 million. The processors had two months to remit. Stock market index shows 60 stocks averaged 56.9 to 57.3.
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Topeka
S. S. Alexander
United States
Supreme Court
Kansas
Kansas Weather Summary and Road Conditions
Partly cloudy forecast with rising temperatures in east and south tonight. Tuesday brings mostly cloudy skies and possible snow in the northeast with warmer readings in the far east and cooler conditions in the west. Morning clear skies. dirt roads good but slippery near Topeka and Manhattan, frozen at Emporia, rough at Ottawa. Douglas County roads frozen. Gas office records show 7 pm yesterday, 7 am today, and noon today temperatures with yesterday's max and today's min.
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Kansas
Topeka
Manhattan
Emporia
Ottawa
Douglas County
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Frederick J. Williams
F. Stanley Hewett
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Sandringham House
Addis Ababa
Jersey
Joseph Skaggs
Leavenworth County
Selassie
Inquiry Commission
Hoosac Mills
East
Oscar. Stauffer
Federal Employe
F. H. Olney IS III
C. A. Downs
Hamilton
F. H. Ray
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