Finland selects seven to parley with Moscow on Russo Finnish pact
Helsinki March 9 Finland named a seven man delegation to negotiate with the Soviet Union on a potential treaty of friendship and mutual assistance led by Premier Maar Bekhita. The group includes members from socialist and communist affiliated parties, with mixed views on a military alliance and Parliament must ratify any accord reached. Governor Enckell acts as balancing figure while ministers anticipate talks to begin around March 20.
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Helsinki
Moscow
Stalin
Socialist Union Party
Juho K. Pausikivi
Maura Bekhita
Ral Martes
Russia
Cart
A. Enckell
Minto
Soviet Union
Pekkaln
Finland
Unc
Shin
Ibsan
Sin Reinhold Svento
Suvial Nemocrat
Yrnee Laing
Menistert
Menistert of Interior
Urha Kekkonen
Agrarian Party
J. Soederhjelm
Swedish People’s Party
Onni Peltonen
Social Democratic Party
Loltiat
Altaire
Red Cross drive nears halfway mark in Douglas County
Douglas County Red Cross drive nears the halfway mark with totals around $8224. Drive chair Kelvin Hooter says the week ahead will be crucial as district chairmen submit final reports. Advance fund nears $4050 with donations from Ary Fudera and others, while several district funds report varying gains. Kenneth Franks notes payroll deductions at Sunflower Ordnance Work progressing. fund-raising gifts include $25 and higher from Canine Help Yourself and others. Hoover residents’ contributions may be sent to the Community building.
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Douglas County Red Cross
Drive
Kelvin Hooter
Weryone
Muaver
Ary Fudera
Crearly
Baldwin
Kenneth Franks
Hoover
Cross
Lawrence League
Hastora
Owen Mitchell
Trace
Committee Blasts Way Internal Revenue Collectors Are Picked
Washington march 9 the home appropriations committee fires at the internal revenue bureau denouncing patronage in tax collectors and proposing cuts to treasury and post office funds for the next fiscal year. the panel adds new trust fund and general funds raises, while delaying action on tax refunds amid investigations into inefficiency and civil service concerns.
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Washington
Mar
Internal Revenue Bureau
Home Appropriations Committee
Treasury and
Post Office
Truman
Tes
Treasury
Ca H
SedAsUan
Stelcom General
Comeress
Wenaltter
Tite
Sotla
Bureau of Narcotics
Cabin rental plan outlines at Te Tha governors meeting
A garbled report outlines proposed cabin rentals with per day and per week rates, three bedroom entries, and a plan to improve park facilities. It notes electricity upgrades on the west shore, a new gas line, and improvements funded by a park purchase and other unspecified measures.
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Te Tha Bute
Peng
Steve Pobtees
Ad Combinaton
Carteen
Parson Saul
HEA
Wirk
Arab League Screens Mufti as Palestine Control Grows
The Arab League has stripped Haj Amin al Husseini of most power in Palestine and assumes full military and political control over 1,350,000 Arabs. A three man Arab administration replaces the Mufti’s higher executive, with internal duties kept to taxes citrus export and tribal feuds. The League aims to thwart Zionism and partition and plans elections under League auspices.
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Derisaten
The
Arab League
Maufti
Jerusalem
Haj Amin Fid Wanseini
Seven-Nation League
Ames
Palestine
Mufti
Zion
Cairn
Germany
Hingelfmand
Say
League
Mufti and
Hinaches
Two American prosecutors return safely to Nuernberg
Howard H. Russell of Hartmore Maryland and W. Van Street of Patersonville Miss are two officials from the American wartime prosecutions who were detained by Soviet shelier crowd in the Soviet zone and were found safe in Nuernberg after the Leipzig fair visit with their wives.
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Nuernberg
Germany
WR eTuRes
Gere Man
Howard HH
Russell
Hartmore
Mab
W. van Street
Patonseville Mat
Tu. Farben
Leipzig
Upkeep on U S Major Budget Proposals Prompts Tax Share
Mar 2 Topeka reports outline federal budget shifts that would allocate about 20 dollars per person to residents of Deuies city and distribute state shares based on internal revenue collections. The plan hinges on population data and aims to balance costs across counties and states. Also notes a truck crash in Heavenwerst Mar f, with a guard injured as a trucking incident occurred under a railroad overpass.
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Topeka
Mar
Deuies City
Ravens Poste Chamber
Comemers
Hodgvet
Announcements Grow as MacArthur Backers Plan Milwaukee Meet
Backers of General Douglas MacArthur in the Republican race schedule a Milwaukee meeting next week to boost his bid. National coordinator Wright says about 20 MacArthur supporters from various states will attend. He notes potential Democratic support and possible Southern backing if the Truman Civil Rights program triggers a bolt.
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MacArthur
Milwaukee
Warren Wright
Chicago
MaccArthur For America
Harel Starsen
Republ
van noni _caime
Gestral MacArthur
Tokse Pederday Tate
Traiman
Masertengpe
Ot Wright
Mesa Sishering
Hank
Fie
MaceArthur
Altiedeas
Japan
Wyatt
Pat Wright
Truman
Seton Rosa
Memphis
Cotton Trade Journal
Wright
Francaredo
Tex
New York
Ith
Newark
Jittsburgh
Tas
M Willigin Conroy
Bresent
City Block Leveled by Explosion at Tsingtao
A Chinese ammunition explosion at Tsingtao leveled a city block and caused 250 casualties. US Navy reports indicate no American fatalities among personnel, with fires burning for two hours and medical facilities aboard Repose and other ships activated for aid.
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Shanghai
Mar
Tsingtao
Navy
Smek
CSS Estes
Repose
Telimtae
CSS Navy
Weasern
United States
Heavy snow boosts Kansas wheat and soil moisture
Kansas wheat and soil benefited from a heavy snow period, the federal state crop report said. Meltwater moisture soaked in ahead of the cold, reducing soil blow and shielding wheat from low Western temperatures while improving prospects for spring grass and easing oats and barley planting delays in the Kaw valley.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kaw Valley
City tightens water service rules for new properties
The Wakarusa Township council clarified restrictions on extending water and sewer to residential sites. Attorney Stewart questioned water availability for Prof. Engel’s parcel on West Hills, and city officials noted adjacent property may qualify if platted and approved. The ordinance grants discretionary utility extensions and potential annexation when parcels touch city limits.
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C. C. Stewart
F F. Kugel
Lily South Crescent Road
Wakaruea Township
City Planning Commission
Lcounty Register of Deeds
Engel
University Rights Addition
Wanata
University of Kansas
Bingel
Planning Commission
Russell
Weather turns harsher as winter grips Topeka area
The Weatherman predicts worsening conditions with snow in the northwest and freezing rain in the southeast. Temperatures fall to near eight degrees in the northeast and five to twenty in western and southern areas. Readings include 43 in Anthony and 11 at Topeka airport.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Thage City
Anthony
John Mason Brown to Speak at K U Convocation
John Mason Brown associate editor of the Saturday Review of Literature will speak at a university convocation at 9:20 Thursday in Hoch Auditorium University of Kansas His topic is Seeing Things Known as the dean of dramatic critics in New York City Brown has written on drama including Two on the Aisle The Art of Playgoing and Accustomed Attitudes and is said to bring wit and intellectual insight to the current drama and books.
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John Mason Brown
Saturday Review of Literature
Hoch
University of Kansas
Dramatic Critics
New York City
Brown
Stock Market Index Advances Amid Mixed Trading
Stock market activity shows average 60 stocks edging higher with modest gains amid mixed trading. Telephone contact offered for further information and advertisement.
Bids Sought On Park Garage And Street Paving Projects
The city council called for bids on three major spring projects including a Municipal baseball park stadium a 50 000 city garage and 12 blocks of street and alley paving with bids due by 5 p m March 29. Plans for a concrete stadium with about 1000 seats were finalized as a cheaper angular design due to budget limits.
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Stadius
Harold Fisher
Half Hee
J.C. Harper
J. Harper
Lawrence
Coneilman L. E. Morgan
Streets Department
Vernet Street
Harper
Fifth
Mississippi Streets
Louis H. Spencer
Central Building
Topeka
Ohio Street
Twenty-second
Tennessee
Louisiana
Ohio
Eighteenth Street
Vermont Street
Haskell Avenue
California Street
Lincoln Street
North Fourth
Elm
Locust
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Connecticut
City Hall
Freeze Grips Midwest With 32 Below Zero
Chicago reports a deep freeze across the upper Midwest with temperatures plunging to 32 below zero in Bemidji and widespread subzero readings. The cold belt extended through the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, with the zero line reaching southern Wisconsin and central Iowa. Forecasters expect the chill to persist another day or two, while other areas show near normal temperatures.
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Chicago
Bemidji
Linn
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
South Dakota
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Midwest
Grand Forks
N.D
North Dakota
Dickinson
Bismark
Duluth
Minneapolis
Sioux Falls
S. D
Mazon City
Sioux City
St. Joseph
Jarni
Ety
Plan to Check Dope Smugglers Seeks More Narcotics Funds
The United States seeks foreign sources of supply to curb narcotics. The House Appropriations Committee voted to add funds to the Bureau of Narcotics, approving two extra agents abroad beyond the Presidents requested 1,484,000 dollars. Harry Anslinger urged renewed action as trafficking rises.
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Washington, M 9
United States
House Ap. Proprigitions Committee
Bureau of Narcotics
Steso
Truman
H. J. Anslinger
Forum to discuss universal military training proposal
Two speakers, Col John Alfrey and Rev John Warren Day, debate the universal military training bill before a public forum at Liberty Memorial High School auditorium. Alfrey supports the measure, Day opposes, moderated by Professor Robert McNair Davis with audience questions to follow.
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Oppostte
S Grelock
Liberty Memorial
Hgh
John Alfrey
University of Kansas
John Warren Day
Dr. Episcopal Cathedral
Topeka
Tumberge
Alfrey
Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
House
United States
Dean Day
A. W. Thomas
Robert McNair Davis
University of Kansas Law Schol
Deca Bei
Lawrence Stores to Stage Spring Opening Gala
Nearly 20 Lawrence merchants sign up for a Friday 7 to 10 p.m. Spring Opening event. Organized by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce merchant bureau, it features live window models, guessing contests, and band participation. Winners notified Saturday. prizes collected at stores.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Wilmer Reougher
Weaver's
Swope's Dress Shop
Adelane’s
Grayvee
Johnson's Dress] Shop
Reougher
Fire at Advance Products injures fireman in Wichita
An early morning blaze at Advance Products, 325 North Water, Wichita, caused about 25000 in damage to plant and contents. One fireman was injured by a collapsing skylight as eleven fire trucks and fifty firefighters fought the blaze, District Fire Chief Arthur Gray reported the loss.
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Wichita
Kan
Mar
North Water
Arthur Gray
City to Vote on 2 Bond Proposals
The Lawrence city council resolved to submit two bond propositions at the municipal election. One funds a new armory garage for National Guard Company H and resurfacing worn streets, with a 540 thousand dollar project for a steel storage structure. The second authorizes repair or resurfacing of streets ten years old or older, financed by general improvement bonds up to 1.5 percent of city assessed valuation, with annual bond limits around 270 thousand dollars. City officials stressed maintenance of dirt roads and drainage as winter worsened conditions.
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Wolland
Lawrence
Tmowe
National Guard Company
Evita
Altho
Sam Ferguson
Ehitinsmi
Charles Dy Stough
Lew Henry
J.C. Harper
North Lawn
Weather District Forecast For March 3 to 14
Forecast covers Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska. Snow in Nebraska with rain in Kansas and western Missouri and rain in Oklahoma. Snow possible in western Nebraska and northwest Kansas late period. Temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below normal, with colder readings in southern Oklahoma and southeast Missouri. Precip totals vary by state and day with light to moderate snow and rain expected Wednesday through Thursday, easing by Friday in most areas.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansan
Oklahom
Branka
Inc
Perrot
Fort
Havre
New York
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Red Cross
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Artechi
Lonjur
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Heaney
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Hays
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Abe
K. U
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Col. Alfrey
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