Russians Routed North of Ladoga
Unofficial Finnish sources report a major Russian defeat northeast of Lake Ladoga with four divisions trapped. Hundreds of tanks and other war matériel abandoned as the Red Army retreats amid freezing winter conditions. Submarine destruction also noted by high command.
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Helsinki
Lake Ladoga
Baron Mannerheim
Red Army
Kollaanjoki
Aittojoki
Yosaian
Arctic Circle
Salla
Churchill Calls 1914 Germany Stronger Than Nazi Foe
In Manchester Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, argued the Imperial Germany of 1914 was a stronger enemy than today’s Nazi Germany. He spoke at Free Trade Hall noting France and England can outlast the foe in money and manpower and claimed Britain’s sea defences keep convoys safe against German submarines. He faced heckles about Oswald Mosley.
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Manchester
Eng
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Germany
Free Trade Hall
Churchill
Mosley
Oswald Mosley
France
England
Britain
Mattresses Sought for Needy Families in Lawrence
The Social Service League requests donation of two or three usable mattresses for Lawrence’s needy families. To help, call the Social Service League office at 909 for pickup or arrangements.
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Social Service League
Lawrence
Haskell Indian Boxing Team Defeated by Chilocco Boxers in Oklahoma
The Haskell Indian boxing team lost most bouts in a card at Chilocco Oklahoma. Charles Chibitty at 126 pounds scored a technical knockout over Ed Wolf while Max Keshick at 147 pounds won by decision against Al Woolf.
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Haskell
Haskell-Indian
Chilocco
Freighter City of Flint Returns from Four Month Odyssey
The freighter City of Flint docked in Baltimore after 113 days at sea battling a German prize crew and reaching Murmansk before release. Skipper Capt. Joseph A. Gainard praised his 41 crew members for disciplined conduct amid tense negotiations and icy conditions.
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Baltimore
City of
Flint
Finis
Joseph A. Gainard
Murmansk
Russia
Norway
Gainard
New York
Pushbach
William H. ‘Logan
High Seas
Stonegate
Tramsoe
Germany
United States
Bremen
St. Louis
Hamburg
Warmer outlook ends Kansas snow period says forecaster
Kansas weather officials report a warming trend starting tonight with sunshine and rising temperatures through the week. Snow cover will melt as moisture returns to the ground aiding wheat. note subzero readings yesterday for several towns.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eldorado
Emporia
Phillipsburg
Ellis
Ottawa
Federal Meteorolost
A. D. Robb
Robb
Goodland
Dodge City
Average of 60 stocks at 49.9 in yesterday’s update
The latest report shows sixty stocks averaging 49.9 units, with the previous session at 49.9. No further context or named entities are provided in the fragment.
Shoe Fund Totals Reach $424.69 With Student Gift
T. J. Sweeney Jr. reports Finnish relief drive raised $191.50 this campaign, bringing the shoe fund total to $424.69. Liberty Memorial high school students added $59.77 and two other sources contributed $10 to reach the new sum.
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T. J. Sweeney, Jr
New York
Lawrence
Liberty Memorial High School
Journal-World Shoe Fund
Shoe Fund
Tepollem -Ceenenesssenneeereen
Beta Sigma Phi
Kansas Day Politicking as G O P Elephants Roar
In Topeka on Kansas Day 1940 political activity centers on the GOP. Kansas Women’s Republican club opens its 11th annual convention led by Miss Nannie Bingham as Marion Martin arrives from Washington. State and national figures mix with eager locals in a four day celebration.
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Topeka
G. O.P
Roosevelt
Charles M. Sheldon
Nannie Bingham
Sabetha
Marion Martin
Washington, D.C
Party National Committee
Miss Martin
Kansas
G.O.P
Statehouse
White House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
National House
England
Washington
Alf M. Law
London
Prairie State
Congress
Birthday Ball Tonight At Eldridge Hotel
The President's birthday ball proceeds will aid infantile paralysis sufferers and be held tonight from 9 to 12 at the Eldridge hotel. Dale Brodie and his orchestra will provide music. Half of the receipts stay in the local community.
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Eldridge Hotel
Dale Brodie
Swiss Colonel Arrested for Espionage for Germany
Retired Swiss army colonel A Fonjallaz and a foreign partner were arrested by Swiss counter espionage on charges of spying for Germany. The colonel’s rank is the highest in peacetime and his arrest shocks Switzerland though he has been retired for years. He led a former Swiss Nazi movement after retirement.
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Berne
Switzerland
A. Fonjallaz
Germany
Fonjallaz
No Gay Celebration at Kaiser’s Doorn Birthday
Doorn Netherlands Jan 27 UP Shadows of another European war shadowed the 81st birthday of former Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Doorn castle observed a muted event with a small luncheon for his court, no German visitors, and gifts and congratulatory letters opened by a German censor. The Kaiser’s 22 grandsons serve in the German army and Prince Oscar was killed in the Polish campaign.
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Doorn
Netherlands
Doorn Castle
Hohenzollerns
Adolf
Hitler
Prince Oscar
Kaiser
Hermine
Baron von Nagell
Germany
Awards Made In Kansas Authors Club Elections
Mrs. Mary Williams of Wellington advanced to club president succeeding State Sen. Jess C. Denions of Dodge City. New officers include H. J. Colburn and Mrs. Patricia Mueller. District presidents named across multiple cities. June Cooper of Saint Marys College won two $50 prizes in short story events. Judges from Emporia State College announced for poetry and stories. Clyde Maynard Fox of Topeka received honorable mention for his short story.
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Topeka
Mary Williams
Ward
Wellington
Kansas Authors Club
Jess C. Denions
Dodge City
H. J. Colburn
Patricia Mueller
Pearl Richardson
Pratt
Flora I.godsey
Emporia
Anna
Leavenworth
Haviland
Eleanor Ledore
Baldwin
Phil Gould
Mankato
Ruth Bramford Wilson
Sherman
Tex
Maynard Fox
Lelia Munsell
Herington
Blanche Irving
Carmelia White
Bonner Springs
M. L. Wilsman
Burr Oak
Maye Banta
Oberlin
Larry del Marr
Pauline Stanley
Cherryvale
W. A. Davis
Richard L. Roahen
Kathryn Kayser
Emporia State College
Laura Meir
College of Emporia
Judith Jacobs
Irene Niles
Supreme Court Allows Allocating Kansas Income Across States
The Supreme Court ruled Montgomery Ward and Company may allocate part of its Kansas income to outside states when calculating state tax. It reversed a state tax commission ruling setting taxable income for years ending January 31, 1936 and January 31, 1937 at 547 878 compared to 468 231. The firm admitted higher net income from Kansas store sales but argued about 15 percent should be allocated to New York Illinois and Missouri where buying and operating activities occurred.
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Topeka
State Tax Commission
Supreme Court
Flora B. Russell
Law- Tonco
Russell
Kansas City
Charles B. Russell
Lloyd E. Russell
San Diego
Calif
Missouri
State Supreme Court
Montgomery Ward.and Company
Kansas
State Revenue and Tax Commission
New York
Illinois
Silence in French Lines DNB Reports German Loudspeakers
German artillery silenced loudspeakers in the French lines at Altenheim on the Western front, according to DNB. Officials said broadcasts included derogatory remarks about Adolf Hitler after a warning to stop them.
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Berlin
Altenheim
DNB
Germa
Adolf Hitler
Four Schools Debate in Second District Class A Tourney
The third round of debates in the second district class A tournament at Liberty Memorial high school featured four participating schools: Liberty Memorial Atchison Topeka and Wyandotte high schools. Lawrence speakers Garland Landrith Bill Hough Bill Conboy and Arthur Nelson composed the L M S teams. Judges included E C Buehler C M Baker C B Althaus Lee Gemmell and others as rounds continued.
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the Liberty
Memorial High Schools
Lawrence
Liberty Memorial, High School
Atchison
Topeka
Wyandotte ,High School
Kansas City
Kan
Garland Landrith
Bill Hough
Bill Conboy
Arthur Nelson
Wyandotte High School
E. C.,buehler
C. M. Baker
C. B. Althaus
Lee Gemmell
J. B. Smith
C. Stone
Victor Wagner
John Hawkins
J. Marc Jantzen
J.C. Pettee
Flower study cover design by Dessa Jane Bush
Dessa Jane Bush created a four color reproduction of a flower study used as the cover design for Capper's Farmer. She earned a masters degree at the University last spring and is currently a drawing and applied art constructor at South Dakota Teachers College in Aberdeen.
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Dessa Jane Bush
Capper
Farmer
Miss Bush
Educational School
South Dakota Teachers College
Aberdeen
Japanese protests Britain over Asama Maru seizure reply
The Japanese foreign office said Britain's reply to Japan's protest about the seizure of 21 Germans from the liner Asama Maru was unsatisfactory after a two hour meeting between Foreign Minister Arita and British Ambassador Craigie. Both sides said no agreement was reached and talks would continue. A British cruiser had earlier removed the Germans within 35 miles of Yokohama.
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Tookyo
Britain
Japan
Germany
Hachiro Arita
Robert Leslie Craigie
Yokohama
De Luxe Cafe Robbed of $42.05 in Break-In
A burglary at the De Luxe cafe last night netted $42.05 from the cash register. Entry was gained by ripping up floor sections in the rear hallway to access the basement. no other items were reported missing.
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de Luxe
Byrd Attacks 100 Million Export-Import Capital Increase
Senator Byrd of Virginia criticized a proposed 100 million increase in the Export-Import Bank capitalization. He argued the move clashes with President Roosevelt's debt plan and questioned the wisdom of broad loans while supporting a Finnish non military supply loan. He warned the expansion could offset returns from other agencies.
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Washington
Byrd
Roosevelt
Senate Banking Committee
Finland
Treasury
Senate
House
Supreme Court reverses Phelps conviction in fatal collision
The Supreme Court granted Raymond Phelps a new trial after ruling the Douglas County jury was not properly instructed on negligent homicide. The 1939 case involved a May 7 crash on State Highway 10 near Lawrence that killed Bernard Brown and his wife. Phelps, visiting Topeka from Milwaukee, argued poor sight line due to a road dip impeded his view while attempting to pass.
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Topeka
State Supreme Court
Raymond Phelps
Douglas’ County
Phelps
Bernard Brown
Ior
Lawrence
Brown
Milwaukee
Vanderbilt predicts US entry into war within two years
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr a roving reporter told 2000 teachers at an institute in Kansas City that the United States would be drawn into the current war within six months to two years. He said it is a struggle between Christianity and chaos with a better than even chance for the chaos side. He cited Hitler and Stalin’s alliance for world revolution and noted other royal and political observations.
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Kansas City
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Europe
United States
Vanderilt
Hitler
Stalin
Victor Emanuel
Mussolini
Molotoff
Carol of
Romania
Plane Attacks French Column in First War Air Raid
Paris reports a German plane attacked a column of French trucks with machine gun fire today for the first time in the war, causing no damage. Three British planes tried to engage, the raider vanished into clouds. Intermittent fire noted west of the Moselle and along the Rhine. Allied communique: nothing to report.
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Paris
Moselle
Vosges Mountains
Rhine
Baseball Players Missouri Unemployment Benefits Spark Debate
Jefferson City Missouri January 27 1930s report shows several rosters from St Louis Browns and Kansas City American Association clubs receiving unemployment insurance. Browns vice president William O DeWitt declines to name players while Kansas City secretary Hamey condemns six claims including Al Picchota Clyde McCullough and William Matheson. Benefits cap at 15 per week for up to 12 weeks with job requirement if found. Andrews J Murphy commission chairman notes legality but questions fairness given higher off season earnings for players.
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Jefferson City
St. Louis American League
Kansas City American Association
St. Louis Browns
William O. DeWitt
Browns
DeWitt
Y .Hamey
Kansas City Club
New York
Yankee Farm
Hamey
al Picchota
Boston Nationals
Clyde McCullough
Chicago Cubs
William Matheson
New York Yankees
E. C. Crow
Commission
Andrews J Murphy
City politics heat up with council races and dates
Lawrence prepares for a busy spring with six city council seats up for election. Filing closes February 23 and the city primary is March 5 ahead of the April 2 election. Independent petitions due March 22. County and state offices also on the ballot, with registration open and evening hours announced.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Chris’ Schaake
Board of County Commissioners
Titus case affirmed by state supreme court
The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed a Douglas County ruling awarding Ada Titus of Lawrence possession of the homestead she occupied with Ward B. Titus. Ward died in 1937 after a long marriage. Katherine Titus had claimed rights as heir but was found not entitled against Ada Titus who had long cohabited with Ward during their marriage.
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Topeka
State Supreme Court
Douglas County District Court
Ada Titus
Lawrence
Ward
B. Titus
Titus
Katherine Raft Titus
Albany
New York
Oklahoma City
Katherine Titus
Syracuse
Fred Meddaugh
Meddaugh
Katherine ‘Titus
Weather Outlook for Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma Tonight and Sunday
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Sunday across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma. Outlook for next week shows generally falling temperatures with possible light precipitation midweek and a rise in temperature early week followed by near or above normal levels later in the week.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
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