Approval Of Atlantic Treaty Looms As Senate Edges Toward Pact
Approval of the Atlantic Treaty appeared assured as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported informal OK yesterday. The 20-year alliance links the United States with Canada Britain France Belgium Holland Norway Luxembourg Denmark and strategic nations likely to join. The accord binds the U.S. to defend western Europe while Congress could still declare war. Britain and the United States expected formal approval and a signing plan anticipated for late March or early April.
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United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Russia
Canada
Britain
France
Velgium
Holland
Korway
Luxembourg
Densmark
Vieronland
Italy
Portugal
U.S
Europe
Congress
Uni Nationa
United Statos
Poland
Romania
London
Washington
China
Sun Fo
Defense
Ho Ying- Chin
Philippines
Liberal Party
Lawrence considers June election on city manager plan
The Chamber of Commerce directors approved a plan to call a special June election on a mayor council manager proposal for Lawrence. If passed, voters would authorize a council manager form and allow hiring in April to fund the manager’s salary for 1940. The move aims to give officials about 10 months to select a suitable manager and implement changes.
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Chamber of Commerce
Minent
Lawrence
Stan
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Group of
Chamber
Kansas House Approves 20 Year Highway Program Plan
Kansas House endorses a refund based motor fuel tax for highway use, approving a 9 to 38 vote. The action urges a 20 year highway improvement program with seven bills, some already passed Senate, while others move through committees. Proponents expect annual revenue gains of about 10.75 million dollars from a 5 cent gasoline tax, with refunds issued on application for highway purposes.
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Topeka
Mar
Kansas House
Frank Carlwon
Senate
House
Roams and Highways Committee
Senate Highways Group
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Kansas House Rejects Bill On Sewage Plant For Kansas City
The Kansas House rejected a bill by Rep. Holmstrom that would require Kansas City to build a sewage disposal plant to aid the Tuttle Creek project and maintain flow in the Kaw River. The session also sent to the Senate other measures including Governor office and mansion funding and a proposal to end the Kansas port of entry system. A separate tax and legal practice bill was killed by committees. The body adjourned then planned to reconvene. A CFA wolf hunt was slated for Kanwaka township Sunday at 1 PM with meet at Kanwaka hall.
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Topeka
Kansas House Today
John Momstrom
Randolph
Karnes City
Tuttle Creek
Blue River
Homstrom
Kansas City
Holmstrom
Kaw
House Roads and Highways Committee
Alvin Bauman
Sabetha
Kansas
John MacNair
Jetmore
Judiciary Committee
House
Morrow
Three Hour Kansas Severa nce Tax Hearing Draws Crowd
A three hour public hearing in Topeka on a proposed three per cent severance tax on Kansas gas and oil drew about 1000 people. Proponents argued the tax would provide revenue for schools and state services and urged reporting the bills for discussion. Opponents called the tax confiscatory and said higher property values already bear heavier taxes. About 35 pro tax delegates were from Lawrence and included local business, river and school groups. Mrs. F O Friel spoke for the Kansas Council of Women.
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Kansas
House of Representatives
Schoole Hospitale
Ncrvne
Kanaas
Mid-Continent
Flont
Elas
Tas Lnad
Lawrence
Fo PL Ofrien
Louisiana Street
Kansas Council of Women
Woodlawn school board meeting reverses statements
Statements regarding Woodlawn elementary school aired Monday night at the board meeting by Jack Webb and Jack Lee were reversed in yesterday's Journal-World report. Webb, a longtime North Lawrence resident, praised Principal J. Del Jane Patrick and urged her retention, while noting he was not versed in the school’s history. Lee, representing a large Woodlawn patron delegation, criticized teacher cooperation.
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Jack Webb
Locust Street
Jack Lee
North Seventh Street
Journal-World
Webb
North Lawrence
J. del Jane Patrick
Patrick
Lee
Woodlawn
Diary of Amir Ibn Jilawi Shows Arabian Dinner Customs
In Kal Nasa eastern Saudi Arabia Governor Amir Ibn Jilawi hosts visiting Americans with a grand feast of sheep and chickens. Arabs eat with the right hand only as the left is kept for hygiene. The banquet features dozens of dishes, heavy carving, and swift, unspoken dining, followed by water and towels after the meal.
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Middle East
Amir Saud Ibn Jilawi
Kal NASA
Saudi Arabia
Ibn Saud
Bal Has
Ibn Jituwi
Ibn Jilawi
Hundreds Driven Flood Waters Stretch Across States
The Associated Press reports heavy rain and new snow across four states, forcing hundreds of homeless from flooded homes. Mcross Nebraska, Iowa, Montana, and Louisiana, rising rivers threaten miles of land while creeks and tributaries surge. Beatrice, Crete, O'Neill, Albion, and Miles City face evacuations, bridged roads, and power disruptions as ice jams and thaw complicate relief efforts amid a broader Midwest to Gulf Coast flood outlook.
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Associated Press
Texas
Arkansas
Ohio Valley
Nebraska
Montana
Iowa
Louisiana
Cnlder Wether
Nilwest
Missouri River
Iinois
Big River
Sidney
Mont
Yellowstone River
Tongue
Miles City
Missouri
Helena
Beatrice
Leity
Irefuge
M. C.A
Crete
Neb
O'Neill
Albion
Thana
O' O'Neill
Chamber of Commerce
Beaver River
Alshton
Governor Signs Bills Expands City Cemetery Powers
Topeka March 9 governor Frank Carlson signed measures authorizing first class cities with 30 000 to 50 000 population to acquire and maintain cemeteries owned by private associations. He also signed acts funding forestry fish and game administration for the next biennium and raising the state motor vehicle purchase cap from 1350 to 2000. He approved appropriations to repay counties for state hospital patient transfer costs due to lack of room.
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Topeka
Mar
Frank Carlson
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Oil Mine in Colorado Could Yield Vast Oil Reserves
Los Angeles report says a shale oil deposit near Rifle, Colorado, could become the world’s largest mining operation. Boyd Morris of the U S Bureau of Mines estimates the project may produce about 350 billion barrels of crude oil, roughly ten times the total from existing wells in the United States. It already operates on a small scale, mining shale rock to turn near solid contents into crude oil.
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Colorado
America
Boyd Morris
U. S. Bureau of Mines Division of Synthetic Fuels
Rifle
Colo
American Institute of Chemical Riteers
KU to Erect New Women Dormitory on Campus
The B A Green Construction Co. won the base contract to build a new women’s dormitory at Kansas University, with work starting next week at Corbin Hall north end. Brune Plumbing awarded the plumbing contract. S Dacher Electric of Topeka won the electrical bid. Structure will be L shaped and housing for 182 students, occupancy not expected for over a year.
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University of Kansas
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Brune Plumbing and Heating Company
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Corbin Hall
Green Company
Lawrence and University
Hoch
Lindley’ Hall
Watkina Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
The
Nurses’ Home
Weather flareback hits Topeka as freezing rain sweeps Kansas
March storm brings freezing rain sleet and snow across eastern Kansas with gusty winds and lower temps. Arkansas City Coffeyville Goodland and Blue Rapids report varying snowfall and moisture, while rivers rise near Blue Blue. Meteorologist S D Flora notes colder air and limited warming through Thursday and a partly cloudy outlook by Friday.
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Mar
Kanaas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Akrses
Arkansas City
Coffeyville
Gondland
Hill City
Goodland
Kansas
Blue Rapids
Kanzac
Anthony
4H Club Leaders Dinner Honors Eastern Kansas Leaders
Dr George Gemmell of Kansas State College spoke at a noon luncheon honoring 4 H club leaders in eastern Kansas. The Crystal Room dinner at the Eldridge hosted 46 attendees with remarks on optimistic rural leadership and the role of 4 H in democracy. A panel on leadership opportunities featured five state service award winners, and music was provided by local students. County delegates from Douglas Jefferson Miami Anderson Franklin Lyon and Johnson attended the event sponsored by the Kansas Bankers Association and a local radio station.
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Department of Home Study
Kansas State College
Kansas
Crystal Room
Eldridge
Gemmell
Dr. 1 Ommett
J. Harold Johnson
South
Gene Shipley
WIBW
Donna Gies
Shawnee County
Joseph Tauber
Russell County
Herman Wingert
Lyon County
Evelyn Haberman
Barton County
Keith Boller
Harvey County
J. J. Weigand
Veliia Lee Wiley
Lawrence
Mins Wiley
Danalen
William Esaick
Dea! Six
E. J. Novotny
Tom Glasgow
H. MM
Sippel
Leslie Kindred
Chris Kraft
A. E. Preston
Kelvin Hoover
Dwane Schaake
Weigand
Velma
Dan Wiley
Douglas
Jefferson
Miami
Anderson
Franklin
Lyon
Johnson
The
Kansas Bankers’ Sindelstok
County Attorney Oyler issues Liquor Warning in Kansas
County Attorney Robert Oyler issued a liquor warning on the first day Kansas allows possession only if liquor is brought from a wet state and remains unopened. He said bootlegging can be prosecuted and promised a full statement on enforcement in Douglas County after reviewing the statute. The report also notes a stock market index closing down slightly and a fact about water expanding when frozen.
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Kansas
Robert Oyler
Oyler
Weather expert Flora retires after 44 years service
Kansas City March 9. St Flora of Topeka received the department of commerce’s top meritorious service honor for weather and flood work. He will retire May 36 after 44 years with the weather service in Kansas. Only 13 such awards have been given, Flora’s the first in the seven state region. John A Kiley, regional director, called Flora a well known meteorologist and climatologist.
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Department of Commerce
St. Flora of
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Service
Flora
John A. Kiley
Weather Bureau
Salt Flora
Storm Delays Spring Planting In Lawrence Area
A March-like storm moved through Lawrence delaying oat and garden planting. Snow and rain fell for about an hour then shifted to steady snowfall with a sharp north wind and temperatures dropping below freezing. Farmers faced drier fields but needed more sun to dry soils before work could resume.
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Lawrence
TALK AT CONVOCATION BY JOHN MASON BROWN AT KU
John Mason Brown, associate editor of the Saturday Review of Literature and noted drama critic, spoke at a University of Kansas convocation. He described the cold war as a hot peace, urged amnesia of past fears, and praised Edward R. Murrow and Churchill while defending modern writers and noting global decision loneliness.
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John Mason Brown
Saturday Review of Literature
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Edward R. Murrow
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Winston Churchill
Kansans React Calmly as Liquor Becomes Legal
Topeka reports a restrained start as Kansas ends a 69 year liquor ban. Clergy and residents say the shift is matter of course. some plan stocking up while police in Pittsburg book three for intoxication but seize no liquor. Missouri vendors anticipate steady trade. Saline reports quiet conditions and no recent drunkenness arrests.
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Kansas
Coffeyville
Jack Oliver
Christian Church
Topekx
Pittsburg
Missouri Line
Pitterburg
Missouri
Saline
L. H. Day
Red Cross drive tops $7000 as fund efforts roll on
The Red Cross drive surpassed seven thousand dollars toward an eleven thousand five hundred thirty four dollar Douglas county and national peace effort. By noon volunteers reported seven thousand one hundred ninety dollars and fifty cents with women’s division in Lawrence contributing fifteen hundred forty dollars eighty two cents. Eudora workers under Allan H. Westerhouse posted fifty dollars with one third of calls done. Baldwin City canvassing under Merlin Ford began with progress due Friday. New gifts of twenty five dollars or more included Round Corser drug store twenty five dollars Charles Pine five hundred three dollars Norman Edmonds twenty five dollars.
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Lawrence
Calle
Eudora
Allan H. Westerhouse
Regin Baldwin Canvane
Baldwin City
Baldwin
Merlin Ford
Ford
Glen Reeves
Stanley Cook
Ivan Hoyd
R. Keller
Lola Dyer
Mahe Hartley
Joh Vilganan
C. E
Poud Brown
A. H. Steele
J. F. Mellor
Emilie Yor
John Heaton
Gilbert Gunder
Carl Knox
Wella Hively
W Yitlt
Claude Willey
Roger Martin
Helen Garrett
Floyd Rogers
North End
Rail wage dispute enters third board inquiry
In Chicago on March 9 a presidential fact finding board again opened talks over the wage quarrel between 16 railroad unions and carriers. The panel will decide if its recommendations on a 40 hour work week apply to the rail industry. Both sides, totaling about 1,000,100 non operating workers, are firm that the board’s ruling will be final and binding. Committees of both sides, previously deadlocked on the board’s December 17 recommendations, agreed to submit the issue to the panel. No settlement appears likely soon and several minor issues may require extended discussion.
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Chicago
Mar
Pee
Art Award to Child Rafael Chavez Wins National Contest
Rafael Chavez a fifth grade pupil at New York School is among nine first place winners nationwide in Milton Bradley’s America the Beautiful crayon art contest for kindergartners and grades. His drawing titled The Jet Flies Over a Train drew praise from judges. Chavez son of Mr and Mrs Francisco Chavez 895 Pennsylvania attends school under teacher Mrs Dorothy McGrew.
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New York School
Kanesas
Milton Bradley Company
Rafael
Dorothy McGrew
Francisco Chavez
Pennsylvania
Kansas
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