Bitter weather claims 361 lives across the nation
Bitter cold weather has claimed 361 lives nationwide and caused crop and property damage. Overnight lows rose slightly in the upper Mississippi valley while the grain belt saw warmer readings, though sub zero temperatures persisted from the northeast to the gulf coast. Convicts cleared mountain roads in North Georgia as Florida growers charter planes to dust frost threatened fields. Water supplies in several southern cities were reduced by ice as rivers froze.
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Mississippi Valley
Pacific Northwest
Sheridan
Wyo
Bers Mont
Denver
Kansas City
Maison
Wis
North Platte
Yesteray
Gulf Coast
Watertown
N. Y
Booneville
Birmingham
Ala
North
Georgia
Florida
Designs Accepted for Syracuse Pottery Gifted Student Works
Just before Christmas a studio on Frank Strong Hall hosted a design submission from Miss Rosemary Ketcham's class for the Ottendagza Pottery in Syracuse. Seven judges selected twelve designs for purchase from over one hundred worthy entries, with several students earning multiple pieces and first editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Strong
Rosemary Ketcham
Department of ‘Design
Michael Andrews
Central City
Rene “Kiskadden
Wichita
Francis. York
Baldwin
Martha Jane
Krehbiel
Kansas City
Justine
Hopper
Itrude
Kaufman
Kansas “City
Mars
Jeanne’ Sunderland
Kansas
Roosevelt Jr To Represent Dewey At Kansas Day Meet
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. son of the former president will represent Thomas E. Dewey at Kansas Day festivities in Topeka. J Russell Sprague, Dewey campaign manager, notified state GOP chairman Walter Fees that Roosevelt was ill and could not attend. the younger Roosevelt will be on hand to spread the Dewey gospel and plans to fly from New York tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
J. Russell Sprague
Dewey
Kansas
G.O.P
Walter
Teddy
Roosevelt
Foreign-born Hollywood stars listed by US origin
Article notes that several noted film stars make their homes in the United States though each was born abroad. It mentions Mary Pickford Jean Hersholt May Robson Luise Rainer and Peter Lorre as examples. The piece also references trainloads of livestock and farm equipment sold in classified advertising.
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Ansterson
Hollywood
Mary. Pickford
Jean Hersholt
May - Robson
Luise Rainer_ Peter
Lorre
Journal-World
Freeman-Mitford in Oxford after two gunshot wounds
London reports unity Freeman-Mitford British friend of Adolf Hitler is in Radcliffe infirmary Oxford with two bullet wounds in the head one severing the brain. Doctors expressed astonishment at her able journey from Munich to England arriving at her father Lord Redesdale's home January 4. Previous reports noted a single bullet wound in Munich near the war's start.
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London
Unity Freeman-Mitford
Adolf
Hitler
Radcliffe
Oxford
Munich
Germany
England
Lord Redesdale
Railroad men look to 1940 with optimism at Pittsburgh event
Executives from railroads and steel firms across the country gathered at a Pittsburgh Traffic Club dinner and voiced hopeful views for first quarter 1940 earnings and overall yearly prospects. Leaders cited confidence, potential nonwar prosperity, and expected stronger carloadings while debating government regulation and policy.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas L. Parkinson
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Patrick H. Joyce
Chicago and Great Western Rail
Lewis
John L .Lewis
United Mine Workers Convention
Columbus
Roosevelt
G. A. Blackmore
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
George T. Ladd
United Engineering and Foundry Company
C. E. Denney
Northern” Pacific Railway
F. J. Gavin
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul, Minn
H.A. Scandrett
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul
C. S. Beisterling
U.S. Steel Corporation
Romania Demands Oil From Each Company
Bucharest reports Gheron Netta the new Romanian petroleum dictator orders all oil firms to give a set amount of oil for Romanian use only. British French and American owned firms face response warnings and possible loss of guarantees of Romania’s integrity if pressured. Germany also presses for higher exports, threatening action if not supplied.
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Bucharest
Gheron Netta
Britain
France
Germany
Romania
Reich
Exclude U S When Peace Making Time Comes
London report quotes A P Herbert humorist and MP urging the United States to keep out of postwar peace efforts. He mocks American involvement as a large baby within a League of Nations and predicts a swift return home once the talks begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
America
A. P. Herbert
League of Nations
Herbert
London ‘Press Club
Milton Allen May Return to Study Law at KU
Milton Allen son of Dr and Mrs F C Allen considers re entering the University of Kansas to study law. His mother said the plan has not materialized and expects to hear from him in a few days. Allen a KU basketball star with an AB degree in 1936 has worked for Stanolind Oil with headquarters at Ellinwood. If he returns he can enter law school this summer and finish in two years plus three summers. His wife Isabelle Perry Allen, graduate of 1936, and their two year old daughter Judy complete the family.
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Milton Allen
F.C. Allen
University of Kansas
Milton
All Star
Saty
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company
Ellinwood
Smooth Ice on Pond and Campus Examinations This Morning
Workers pump water through ice on Potter Lake to create a smooth surface as students finish finals. Freshmen share sleepless nights while Pi Phi reports a B in organic chemistry. campus cop Snyder recalls a historic furry coat as sun warms the scene.
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Ad Building
Potter Lake
Pi Phi
Graduation Gift to Send Dick Newlin on Hawaii Cruise
Dick Newlin of Kansas City Missouri will graduate from the School of Business this term and take a Caribbean and Panama Canal cruise from New York before settling back in Kansas City to begin work. The item notes a planned celebration and travel as a graduation gift tied to remaining final exams.
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Dick Newlin
Kansas City
Missouri
Hawaii
Newlin
School of Business
New York
Panama ‘Canal
Colored Women's Kansas Day Club Convening in Topeka
The twelfth annual Kansas Day club of Colored Women meets in Topeka on Monday January 29 with a 4:30 pm business session at Bradford-Miller hall and a 7:30 pm banquet featuring speakers from Atchison Parsons Lawrence Kansas City and other areas. Mrs S Joe Brown of Des Moines will give the principal address. About twenty Lawrence women attend including Sophia Snowmen Salena Holmes Jackson Adella Miller Lillian Webster Flossie McGaugh and Mayme Dilliard. Air conditioning cited as adding comfort in American homes.
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Kansas Day Club of Colored Women
Topeka
Gertrude Clark
Lawrence
Bradford-Miller Hall
Ifrom Atchison
Parsons
Kansas City
S. Joe Brown
Des Moines
Areeider
Federated Clubs
Brown
Republican Planning Board
Sophia Snowmen
Salena Holmes
Jackson
Adella Miller
Lillian Webster
Flossie McGaugh
Mayme
Dilliard
Mystery of Death Valley Scotty’s Hidden Gold Declares Vast Vaults
Federal and state tax probes reveal the accountant like tale of Death Valley Scotty and his partner A M Johnson. Scotty signed a statement admitting no income for 30 years and claiming gold caches remain buried in dangerous mountains. Bankers hint a new West gold rush chapter awaits if he alters the silence.
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Los Angeles
Death Valley
Scotty
Scott
Desert - Rat
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue
California
Walter Scott
Johnson
West
Desert
Deaths and Funerals George F. Morrow
George F. Morrow former Lawrence resident died Thursday at his sister’s home in Hollywood California. Funeral services were held in Los Angeles and burial followed in a mausoleum there. Born November 2, 1866 he was the son of the late Robert and Mrs. Morrow pioneer residents. Survived by sister Mrs. Harold Meador nieces Mrs. John Chandler Marian Morrow George K Morrow Jr and Robert Z Morrow and granddaughter Miss Jean Chandler.
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George F. Morrow
Lawrence
Harold Meador
Hollywood
Calif
Los Angeles
Mr. Morrow
Robert Morrow
Midwest
Throop
Topeka
Morrow
T. J. Sweeney, Jr
Meador
John Chandler
Kansas City
Marian Morrow
New York City
George K.’. Morrow, Jr
Robert Z. Morrow
Green Mountain Walls
Colo
Jean Chandler
Death of H. C. Swadley at 90 in Big Springs
H. C. Swadley aged 90 died this afternoon at his Big Springs home. He is survived by his wife Nancy Swadley. four children J. F. Swadley of Lawrence W H Swadley and Mrs Tom Connole of Richland and Emery Swadley of Madison Wisconsin. twelve grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.
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H. C. Swadley
Big Springs
Nancy Swadley
J. F. Swadley
Lawrence
W. H. Swadley
Tom Connole
Richland
Emery Swadley
Madison
Wis
Evans Rites Held In El Paso For Kanwaka Native
Herbert W. Evans former Kanwaka resident died suddenly in El Paso Texas on Tuesday January 28 after a head attack. He was a farmer and left Kanwaka for El Paso about 25 years ago. Funeral services were held in El Paso. Survived by wife three children Thomas J. Evans of El Paso Mrs Margaret McLinn Gypsum Kan and Herbert Evans Los Angeles three sisters Mrs George Miller Mrs Fred Gregory of Kanwaka and Mrs T W Pierson of Pasadena Calif four grandchildren and many other relatives in the Kanwaka area.
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Herbert W. Evans
Kanwaka
ElPaso
Tex
Evans
Thomas J. Evans
el Paso
Margaret McLinn
Gypsum
Kan
Herbert Evans
Tower to Offer View of Pike's Peak From Divide Ranch
Lawrence observers report adequate coal supply despite cold weather. A lookout tower is planned on Fritz Meyn's Divide Colorado ranch providing a view of Pike's Peak Continental Divide and surrounding ranges. Poles have been chosen from Meyn's woodland and a small lookout room and balcony will be built for 360 degree visibility.
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Lawrence
Pike's Peak
Continental Divide
Divide
Colo
Fritz Meyn
Remembered Idaho Senator’s Early Kansas ties in 1928 nominating push
Residents of Great Bend recall John Thomas who helped shape the 1928 vice presidential nomination for Charles Curtis. Thomas, a former Central Normal college attendee, allegedly persuaded Senator Borah to deliver Curtis’s nominating speech at the Kansas City Republican convention. The college, founded 1888, closed in 1902 and boasted notable alumni including George McGill Eu Buckland and Tom Milligan.
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Great Bend
Kan
John Thomas
Idaho
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Thomas
W. E. Borah
Curtis
Kansas City
R. C. Russell
Gentral Normal College
Philling County
George McGill
EU Buckland
Ne York, New Haven
Hartfe Railway
Tom Milligan
Lewis Declines to Endorse Presidential Candidate
John L. Lewis spoke in Columbus on January 27 refusing to commit to any presidential candidate. He said the crucial issue is what the Democratic party proposes to do for the country and warned against the view that labor has nowhere else to go. He reserved comment on alternatives for now.
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Columbus
John L. Lewis
Tate
Tie
al Prorrat
Lewis
Coat Stolen From Administration Building At Great Bend
Patricia Gunn of 1145 Louisiana Street reported to police this morning that a black skunk fur coat valued at 250 dollars was stolen from the administration building. Gunn is a student at the University.
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Patricia Gunn
Great Bend
Miss Gunn
Louisiana Street
Men Over Forty Club Finds New Jobs For Veterans
Chicago group marks first anniversary with 50 percent of members securing new roles. Members pool ideas for employers through the placement committee. eligibility requires prior earnings of at least 4 000 a year. A morale boost and selfless job-hunt efforts help men over 40 move into new fields and regain earnings, as one member recovers from 80 000 to 39 500 annually in a public relations role after a merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. E. Reynolds
Reynolds
Sallo Wounded in Nazi Duel in Budapest
Hungarian Nazi leader Dr. Janos Sallo, head of the National Front, was wounded in a saber duel with Imre Cser, former party chief, in Budapest on January 27 over blame for the group’s decline.
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Budapest
Janos Sallo
Fuehrer
The
National Front
Hungary
Imre Cser
Classified Pare Offers Quick Guide to New Homes and Rooms
The fastest path to a new home or a room to rent is through the choice listings in the classifiedPare section. It highlights available houses and rooms, guiding readers to suitable options and nearby neighborhoods for easy comparison and fast decisions.
G O P Women Hear Call for New Leadership Tone
Topeka January 27 Miss Martin director of the women s division at the GOP national committee told Kansas Republican women that seven years of New Deal policy have bred discrimination and waste and urged a new type of leadership. She warned of a shift from states rights to centralized power and from balanced government to executive domination. She urged a Lincoln style leadership and a return to the pioneer spirit of self reliance and unity. Gov Payne Ratner welcomed the delegates and urged continued support of women in state affairs.
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Topeka
Hace Martin
Kansas
New Deal
Miss Martin
Payne. Ratner
City Council Meeting Set for Tuesday Despite Quorum Gap
City council expected to lack a quorum Tuesday with only three members confirming attendance. Annexation of parts of West Hills University Heights and University Annex to the city likely discussed, along with Police Chief Juda Anderson attending National Police School in Washington for three months. R. O. Burgert urges residents to contact representatives before Tuesday evening.
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Topeka
West Hills
University Heights
University Annex
Juda Anderson
National Police School
Washington, D. C
R. O. Burgert
Fourth Ward
Lawrence
French Freighter Tourney Sunk Off Spain
Paris reports the 2769 ton French freighter Tourny torpedoed in the Atlantic off the Spanish coast by a German submarine. The ship was bound from Senegal to a Spanish port en route from a French African colony.
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Tourney
Paris
Tourny
Atlantic Ocean
Spain
Senegal
Classifieds Spotlight Offers Hundreds of Jobs
Classified pages report hundreds of jobs located. readers urged to call 22 and place ads through Ad-Taker to hire workers.
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S.R
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Buffalo
Joe McCarthy
New York Yankees
St. Petersburg
Ann Sothern
Unity Mitford
Joseph F. Wilkins
West Bank
Althe
George Snyder
Snyder
William H. Reynolds
School of Engineering
Erie
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Colored Women’s
Kansas Day Club
Mystery
Prospector
Elmer Schumann
Burbank
Meniacs
Acme
Marion D. Waltner
Lloyd Stark
Lewi
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Schulz
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Quick Service
S. C. Hinshaw
Eldridge Hotel
John K
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