British Minister To Quit Bulgaria
British Minister George W. Rendel announced Britain would break relations with Bulgaria and depart. American Minister Earle was told to prepare to take custody of British property. Nazi troop movements surged toward Bulgaria’s borders as German planes and equipment flooded Sofia amid tense military activity.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
George W. Rendel
United States
George H. Earle
Britain
Earle
Rendel
London
Legation
Istanbul
Turkey
Nazis woo Turkey amid Hitler message to Inonu
Ankara reports a German mission delivered a message from Adolf Hitler to President Inonu. The cabinet met to discuss it while preparations for a possible broadcast by Premier Saydam were noted. German envoy Franz von Papen and five officials arrived. contents of the message were not disclosed.
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Bulgania
Adolf Hitler
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Ankara
Inonu
Fevzi Cakmak
Saydam
Hitler
Franz von Papen
Fuehrer
Sofia
Germany
Russia
National Defense
Interior
Istanbul
Berlin
von Papen
Rickenbacker Improves After Crash Drill
Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I ace and Eastern Air Lines president, is reported slightly improved after injuries from a sleeper plane crash near Atlanta. He received a hip fracture and broken ribs when the plane from New York crashed into a pine thicket, killing seven and injuring nine.
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Atlanta
Mar
Eddie Rickenbacker
Here
Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
New York
Russia Rejects Bulgarian Policy Over German Troop Presence
Moscow warns that German troops in Bulgaria risk widening the war and says it cannot support the Bulgarian government’s current policy. Andrei Vishinsky delivered the note to the Bulgarian minister, reaffirming Soviet peace aims and contrasting Bulgaria’s stance with Moscow’s view amid talks on Balkan stability.
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Russia
Moscow
Bulgaria
Boris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Sofia
Balkans
Aolwcy
London
The
Press Association
Strike Breaks Out at Wright Field and Other Defense Plants
An AFL strike at Wright Field Dayton halted about 5.9 million dollars in defense work including wind tunnel and dynamometer labs. Michigan and federal labor officials warned against Ford plant walkouts in Detroit area due to national defense orders. Other strikes hit Allis Chalmers Milwaukee and International Harvester plants among defense contracts, with continued work on some shifts.
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A.F.L
Wright Field
Dayton
War Department
United States
Department
Penner Installation Corporation
Wrightfield
Penner
State of Michigan
Federal Department of Labor
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
van Wagoner
Altho
State Mediation Board
Ford
Rouge
Highland Park
Lincoln
North Carolina Department of Labor
Hollyridge
CSO
Allis
Chalmers Manufacuring Company
Milwaukee
Office of Production Management
International Harvester Company
Ilinois
Indiana
Defense
Burke Machine Tool Company
Conneaut
Ci.c
Curtiss Wright Corporation
Neville Island
Pittsburgh
Jefferson county high school boundary change proposal discussed
KF Bus sing proposes amendments to house bill 871 to redraw rural high school boundaries in Jefferson county affecting 10 to 15 students yearly. If passed, Jefferson would stop paying Lawrence high school tuition for Liberty Memorial applicants and routes students to local rural districts or self-pay. Bussing also introduces house bill 416 to move the county farm agent from the Farm Bureau to the board of county commissioners.
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KF. C. Bussing
Jefferson County
Lawrence
Bussing
The
Journal-World Today
Fira
Grant Township
Liberty Memorial High School
Lawrence High School
Farm Bureau
Board of County Commissioners
Miller to report for Kansas spring football practice
Ralph Miller, Kansas star passer, will report today for spring football practice after missing all last season with a knee injury. A second knee operation followed the 1939 season and he has avoided competition since. his knee is reported to be in good condition.
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Ralph Miller
University of Kansas
Miller
State Engineer Reports Quick Court House Inspection
Roy Finney, state engineer, arrived to inspect the courthouse for the county board. He said the hurried check found the only apparent structural weakness in the northwest corner and plans a thorough return visit in a few days.
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Roy Finney
Court House
Board of County Commissioners
Finney
Two Conservation Measures Passed by State Legislature
Final legislative approval came for two administration backed conservation measures aimed at farm pond and water control projects. The senate drainage and flood control committee introduced them, sending to the governor for signature as the House also advances related memorial resolutions and budget bills for public offices and commissions. The Senate also forwarded a $20,000 appropriation bill to the Kansas Colorado cuarto centennial commission.
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Topeka
Mar
Senate Committee On
House Public Welfare Committee
Congress
Blake A. Williamson
Wyandotte
C. O. Lutz
Wallace
Supreme Court
Judicial Council
State Library
Legislative Council
John Brown Memorial
Ogawatomie
State Poultry Association
Insurance Commissioner
House
Senate
Kansas Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission
Fears Japan Will Be Goaded to Act in Debate on British Aid Bill
Senate debates the lease lend bill as Senator Nye accuses Britain of aggression and warns that U.S. aid could edge the nation toward war. Other leaders urge swift passage while demanding clarity on Far East commitments and allied cooperation.
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Japan
Washington
Mar
Senate
Nye
Dakotan
Wiley
R-Wis
United States
Britain
Hitler
Schwartz
D-Wye
Wagner
D-Ny
England
White House
Stephen Early
Far East
Roosevelt
Philippines
Europe
Baltimore
WPA
New York City
Britain to close or consolidate dozens of factories for war output
London reports the government will shut or merge 50 to 90 industries employing about one million workers to shift toward arms production. Oliver Lyttleton says raw materials and labor are under government control and no new law is needed.
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London
Britain
Germany
House of Commons
Oliver Lyttleton
Board of Trade
Lyttleton
Aged man freed after 14 years for unpaid court costs
Eric Blomberg 87 was released from Washington county jail after 14 years for refusing to pay $63.35 in court costs. District Judge Charles A. Walsh ordered release, but Blomberg returned to the jail seeking shelter. County Attorney Herbert Myland said no decision yet on whether he may stay. In 1926 he was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to a year.
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Concordia
Kan
Washington County
Eric Blomberg
Charles A. Walsh
Blomberg
Herbert Myland
City primary voting races draw turnout in six wards
At 3 pm 1,400 ballots were cast with polls to close at 6 pm. Cities forecast 2,000 to 2,500 ballots in six wards and adjacent school district No. 60. Mayoral and school board contests add interest after a year with only city council races. Ballots by ward: first 395, fourth 236, second 252, third 230, fifth 179, sixth 18.
Britain May Break Diplomatic Ties With Bulgaria Within 24 Hours
London reported Britain could sever diplomatic relations with Bulgaria within the next 24 hours. The action might not trigger war. Britain would still seek to strike German interests. Eden and Dill were coordinating aid to Greece if attacked, while Turkish talks were cited as giving Eden wide latitude in the Balkans. Berlin offered a frigid view of Britain's alliance with Greece.
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London
Britain
Bulgaria
Anthony Eden
John G. Dill
Imperial General Staff
Athens
Greece
Germany
Eden
Ankara
Balkans
Middle East
Salonika
Berlin
Mar
Balkan
Germans Claim British Sabotage in Yugoslavia
Berlin reports say British agents caused explosions at an oil refinery in Zagreb and mentions prior similar accusations against Romania and Bulgaria. An informed German source asserts Soviet Russia was notified February 28 of Germanys planned action in Bulgaria as troops entered on March 1.
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Berlin
Mar
Yugoslavia
Zagreb
Rumania
Bulgaria
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Three Jayhawkers on Allen's All Big Six
Dr F C Allen named three Kansas Jayhawker players to his all Big Six basketball team Phog selections First Team Fos Second Team Engleman Nichols Rudolfson Langvardt Ford Held Lebster Ikline Beaumont and others from Kansas and Oklahoma in a period pick.
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F. C. Allen
Jayhawkers
Phog
Fos
Engleman
K.U
Nicholas
I. S. Rudolfson
F Langvardt
K.S. Allen
Defense Conference Advances Kansas State Coordination Plan
On March 4 Topeka Gov. Payne Ratner met with A. C. Tilley of Washington a national defense council representative to discuss a model state law creating a state defense coordinating body.
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Topeka
Mar
UPIR
A. C. Tilley
Washington
National Defense Council
Payne Ratner
Registration tops the previous high at Kansas music convention
About 400 people attended the 33rd Kansas Music Teachers Association convention at the University of Kansas, jointly with the Kansas Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Attendance surpassed prior records by at least 150. Notable events included Cecil Burleigh’s violin and piano recital and a K. Power Biggs organ recital during the banquet. The Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra gave children's and complimentary concerts as part of the KU concert course offerings.
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Kansas Music Teachers Association
Kansas
American Guild of Organists
University of Kansas
Karl Kuersteiner
K.M.T.A
Charles Sanford Skilton
Cecil Burleigh
Ruth Orcutt
Burleigh
Theodore Harrison
Donna Esselstyn
K. Power Biggs
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Krueger
Apnes
K.V.T.A
Hoch
Hebrides
Tschaikowsky
Ravel
Lois Craft
Springlike Outlook Brightens Kansas Weather
The report notes sunlit Kansas morning conditions with drying fields and rising temps. Federal meteorologist Flora predicts 36 to 42 degrees by tomorrow afternoon and a warm southeast wind, with a chilly night of 20 to 25. Northeast Kansas saw light snowfall, Chanute reached 46 degrees yesterday.
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Topeka
Mar
Kansas
Flora
Chanute
Cable money to England aids Liverpool war relief
Lawrence friends of Miss Kitty Werner near Liverpool England sent a second cash contribution for her relief work. Yesterday 155 dollars was cabled as the second gift in a few weeks, given without solicitation by those who heard of her aid and wished to ease war suffering nearby.
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Lawrence
Kitty Werner
Liverpool
England
Werner
Secret House vote calls Stimson and Marshall to testify
The House Military Committee voted secretly to summon Secretary Stimson and General George C. Marshall for questioning on progress in arming U S forces and equipment sent to Great Britain. The move followed Stimson's refusal to provide details, a policy reportedly approved by President Roosevelt.
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Washington, Mar
War Department
House Military Committee
Stimson
George C. Marshall
Great Britain
Army
Roosevelt
Kansas foes praise Cyclones after Ames loss
Kansas coach Phog Allen called Iowa State the best balanced and smartest team in the Big Six after the 41-29 defeat at Ames. Allen praised Louis Menze, noted a Nebraska crowd hostile to KU, and reported injuries to Marvin Sollenberger and John Kline as KU prepared for Oklahoma.
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Phog Allen
Jayhawker
Iowa State
Cyclones
Jayhawks
Ames
K. U
Louis Menze
Phor
Allen
Nebraska
Javyhawker
Dr. Allen
John Sellack
Kansas City Star
Lawrence
Marvin Sollenberger
Oklahoma
Sally
Lincoln-Ames
John Kline
Kansas
Bob Allen
Kline
Jayhawkers
Lawrence school principals reelected by unanimous vote
All present Lawrence public school principals and supervisors were unanimously reelected by the board. Salaries will be discussed at the April meeting. The list includes Neal M. Wherry, John E. Jacobs, Hazel Lee Simmons, and others with administrators and supervisors named. The meeting also covered health conditions and plans for summer recreation surveys.
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Lawrence Public Schools
Board of Education
Neal M. Wherry
Liberty Memorial High School
John E. Jacobs
Junior
Hazel Lee Simmons
Prinecipal
Cordley
Lillian Webster
Lincoln
Susan Todd
McAllaster
Mildred Kirkham
New York
W‘nckney
Woodlawn
Lawrence
F.C. Whipple
City Waterworks Sinking Fund
Average of 60 stocks 41 Yester day 41
The record notes an average of 60 stocks with an item labeled 41 and a reference to yesterday also at 41, indicating a numeric market note. No additional context or entities are provided to expand the item.
Japan Sets Second Time Limit On Demands On Indo China
Tokyo reports Japan has set a second time limit for France to reply to proposals for settling the Indo China border dispute with Thailand. Foreign Minister Matsuoka told French Ambassador Henry a final answer is expected by Wednesday noon. If France replies, a fifth conference of delegates may convene that night to finalize details.
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Japan
Tokyo
Yoczuke Matsuoka
Charles Arsene Henry
France
Matsuoka
Thailand
Koh Ishii
Cabinet Information Bureau
March 12 Declared Boys' State Day in Topeka
Gov Payne Ratner proclaimed March 12 as Boys' State Day praising the American Legion program that teaches youths good government through real participation in actual affairs of government in Topeka.
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Topeka
Mar
Payne Ratner
American Legion
Weather outlook for Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma
The forecast shows cold tonight with fair skies. Wednesday brings fair conditions and a gradual warming. Over five days, temperatures average near normal with a slow rise from below normal Wednesday morning. Light snow possible in western Kansas late Thursday, followed by periods of rain or snow in Kansas Oklahoma and western Missouri Friday or Saturday.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
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