Finnish Leaders Discuss Alliance and Refugee Crisis
Finnish leaders warned that a defensive alliance with Sweden and Norway is essential after Moscow peace. About 100000 civilians evacuated from ceded areas move as up to 500000 more refugees strain Finland. President Kallio praised American relief and urged national unity for reconstruction.
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Russia
Risto Ryti
Moscow
Helsinki
Kallio
Wikis Tanner
Finland
German diplomacy shifts to Balkans to safeguard Rumania
Berlin reports an unofficial pledge from Soviet Russia that Rumania will be spared in the southeast. Berlin may host talks on a Russian Rumanian non aggression pact as secrecy surrounds the negotiations. A Romanian general has arrived in Berlin amid speculation about motives.
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Berlin
Mar
Germany
Soviet Russia
Rumania
Southeast
Bohemia-Moravia
Bucharest
Benin
German Academy
Helmuth Wohlthal
Ministry of Economics
Romania
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wohlthat
Russia
Peace ends talk of Soviet Finland German alliance
London reports British officials say Russia and Germany are not allied militarily now and will not extend aid beyond economics. Observers warned intervention in Finland could have birthed a Russo German pact, but peace alters that view and Russia may turn isolationist for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Finland
Germany
Foreign Office
Attack on AAA Finds Detractors in Congress
Representative Winter argues the Agricultural Adjustment Act failed to achieve its aims. He notes wheat prices, exports, and farmer income metrics from 1932 to 1940 show limited parity gains, rising costs, and growing farm surpluses despite subsidies. He cites specific stock and acreage figures.
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Washinton
Mar
Representative Winter
A.A.A
Congressional Record
Stock Market Index Dips to 50.1 on Yesterday
The stock market index averaging sixty shares fell to 50.1 from 50.3 the prior day. Traders watched shifts in major sectors and noted cautious activity ahead of earnings reports.
War in Oklahoma Parades Troops at Grand River Damsite
Gov. Leon C. Phillips dispatches national guardsmen to the Grand river damsite amid a rights dispute. Three officers lead the march as Alice Stevens, self styled town dictator, greets the invaders. Guardsmen, led by officers, inform Towne the superintendent the site is under guard. They share drinks at a local drug store before the mock clash escalates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disney
Okla
Leon C. Phillips
Grand River
Phillips
Alice Stevens
T. N. Towne
Towne
Hunter Vern Newton to Show African Film Tour
Vern Newton of Wellington, famed hunter and world traveler, will screen motion pictures from his recent African trip for Gov. Payne Ratliff and invited guests in Topeka on Monday. Shawnee County Sportsmen's Association members and others beyond the county are included in the invitation.
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Topeka
Mar
Vern Newton
Wellington
Payne Rat- Bre
Monav
Shawnee County
Russians Announce Occupation Of Viipuri Before War Ended
Moscow reports the Red Army occupied Viipuri just before the war ended marking a final triumph. Tass and Izvestia praised peace gains, noting new transit rights through Petsamo to Norway and Sweden and a widened border near Leningrad and the Murmansk railroad.
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Viipuri
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Finland
Tass
Soviet Union
Izvestia
U.S.S.R
Scandinavia
Atlantic
Petsamo
Norway
Murmansk
Sweden
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Senate Backs Five Thousand Dollar Political Contribution Cap
The Senate approved a 5000 dollar limit on political contributions by attaching an amendment to the anti politics bill. Bankhead of Alabama steered the measure with a 40 to 38 vote. Pepper led a counter assault to expand the Hatch act reach while Minton warned of possible delay. A conference on the appropriation bill for independent agencies also reached agreement, with expenditures around 1.12 billion dollars for the new fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Mar
Senate
Bankhead
D-Ala
Pepper
D-Fla
Minton
D-Sid
Hatch
New Mexico
Senate-House
House
Germans to Make Hitler A Gift of Old Metal
Berlin reports a Goering decree urges Germans to give Adolf Hitler a gift of old metal on his 51st birthday April 20. Citizens are asked to rummage homes and shops for metal to replenish war materials and keep factories running at full tilt.
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Berlin
GPI
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Miss Edna Anderson Recovering After Emergency Appendectomy
Miss Edna I. Anderson of rural route 1 Lawrence underwent an emergency appendectomy at Watkins Memorial hospital at midnight. The operation was the seventh for appendicitis at the Student Health service since March 6. Forty three students were confined in the hospital this afternoon with colds or influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna I. Anderson
Lawrence
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Anderson
Dog Delays Train On New York Subway Thirty-East
A German shepherd trotted along the south bound Eighth avenue local tracks in Manhattan delaying service by nine minutes. For three and a half miles the dog eluded a motorman before station attendants at Forty Second Street finally corralled it. the animal licked their hands in affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAllen
Tex
Missouri-Pacific
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Alamo
Homer Garrison
McAlen
Public Safety Department
Baylor University
Round Rock
Harlingen
Rio Grande City
New York
Eighth Avenue
Forty- Second Street
Census Takers Could Start Before Bill on Questions
Secretary Hopkins leads a census push as 130,000 enumerators may begin door-to-door work for the 1940 census on April 2. Senator Tobey seeks to strike income questions, but Senate leaders expect farm and trade bills to take precedence before addressing the Tobey resolution. Clark and other Democrats question the resolution’s fate in the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Hopkins
Tobey
R-N.h
Senate
Barkley
Clark
D-Mo
Commerce Committee
Seventeen Candidates Named for Kansas Summerfield Scholarships
Seventeen Lawrence area high school seniors plus peers from Lecompton Eudora Baldwin are listed as candidates for newly created University of Kansas girls scholarships. Examinations begin March 23 at nine test centers, serving as preliminary for Summerfield scholars and final for girls. Names include Maurice Abele Jane Ansdell Garland Landrith Richard Keene Thornton McClanahan Vivian McBeth Ida Frances Moyer Harriet Dyers Clifford Reynolds Eva R Skinner June Sutherland Phyllis Sanford John Norwood Benitta Bartz Lawyerne Guenther Billy Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Summerfield
University of Kansas
Maurice Abele
Jane Ansdell
Garland Landrith
Richard Keene
OGPU Head to Be Called Before U S Un-American Activities Panel
Washington March 14 The chairman of the committee investigating unamerican activities said the head of the Soviet military police in the United States would be called soon in an expose involving people in government circles. Dies, just back from Miami, offered no date. The hearing aims to expose OGPU operations in the United States. An alleged Soviet agent was reportedly arrested by the FBI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Kyosti Kallio
Finland
Russia
Czecho- Slovakia
Munich
Czecho-Slovakia
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Kallio
Hoover
Washington
Mar
Dies
D.-Tex
United States
Rumania's Armament King Sentenced to Prison
Max Auschnitt, once Romania's armaments magnate, was convicted of criminal mismanagement of the Resita iron works in Bucharest. He received six years in prison and a cash fine of 20 million lei. He must return securities valued in the hundreds of thousands of francs and dollars, plus cash totaling about 28 million lei, if the verdict stands after appeal. He had been arrested in November and reportedly sent a message from jail warning against death in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Roumania
Max Auschnitt
Resita Iron Works
Balkans
Auschnitt
jRestia Securities
Kansas University Declines For Peace Oratorical Contest
Kansas University will not enter the state peace oratorical contest to be held April 12 at McPherson college unless unexpected funds are found. Prof E C Buehler announced. The state contest involves Kansas student orators and a national contest network. Previous leaders include Martin Maloney who won state and placed nationally, with Pat Moritz as KU representative last year.
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University of Kansas
McPherson College
E. C.buehler
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Martin Maloney
Pat Moritz
K. U
County Leases 10 Acres for Garden Use
County commissioners arrange 10 acres of city land near Maple Grove cemetery in Lawrence for a community garden for welfare clients and WPA families. plots will be laid out after plowing with supervision by W R Essick and others. Seed will be provided to relief clients, WPA workers receive plots but no seed, and a canning kitchen project will process excess produce under the Social Service league.
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Board of’ County Commissioners
WPA
City of
Lawrence
Maple Grove Cemetery
County Commissioners
Welfare Office
Canning Kitchen
Social Service League
Mildred D. Watson
Warm spell edging into Kansas with spring near
Clear skies and rising temperatures sweep Kansas as a warm spell arrives this afternoon and tomorrow. North Platte Neb reports 3 above, Phillipsburg to Goodland hold 1 to 3 inches snow, highs near 40 in western areas while eastern Kansas tops 35. Tonight's lows near 20 north and 25 south.
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Topeka
Mar
Kansas
Wichita
Mercury
Phillipsburg
North
Platte
Neb
Goodland
Concordia
Dodge City
A. D. Robb
The Christian Pathway at Church of God Friday Night
The Christian's Pathway is staged at the Church of God at 7 30 Friday evening March 15 as the winter series closes. Large crowds attend these monthly meetings and no admission is charged. Maurice Burquist, a Topeka senior, preaches after performances by youth and a girls choir with vocal and instrumental numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Eleventh
New Hampshire
Kansas City
Topeka High School
Maurice Burquist
Norway Urged Not to Seek Defense Pact With Finland
Dagbladet, Oslo, warns Norway against negotiations for a defensive alliance with Finland and Sweden. The paper cites the Finnish Russian peace treaty clause banning a pact against the Soviet Union and urges the cabinet and storting to reject any proposed alliance.
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Oslo
Norway
Dagbladet
Finland
Sweden
Halvdan Koht
Soviet Union
Storting
Russia
Jayhawks Ready for Oklahoma A and M Playoff
The Kansas basketball team, fresh from the Big Six playoff win, heads to Oklahoma City to face Oklahoma A and M in a Friday night Municipal Auditorium game. Coach F C Allen reports the squad recovering from a tough previous game and notes Bob Allen's barleyhorse injury. Four hundred tickets at the athletic office and Carl's clothing store, prices 75 cents to 1.65, with the plan to arrive four hours before tipoff.
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University of Kansas
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma A
Municipal Auditorium
Carl’s
E. U
Kingkade
Duquesne
New York City
DePaul
Cowboys
Jayhawkers
Plane crash in New York City kills passenger in midflight
In a small airplane that crashed while flying above New York City, instructor Joseph Rosemarin, 38, of Brooklyn, was rescued after a struggle with a passenger who allegedly struck him with pliers. Rosemarin was treated at Medical Center for minor injuries.
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Jersey City
N. J
New York
Fred Drewen
Joseph Rosemarin
Brooklyn
Medical Center
Kansas Federation of Music clubs opens 3 day convention
Chanute Kansas March 14 The Kansas Federation of Music clubs opened a three day convention with 100 delegates registered by noon. Officials expect at least 600 adult and junior musicians to participate in the programs a junior competitive festival is slated for Saturday as a convention feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Federation
Chanute
Kan
Kansas Federation of Music Clubs
Russia plans people s republic in southern Finland
Mos cow dispatch to Aftonbladet says Russia intends to establish a so called people s republic in the area of southern Finland ceded to the Soviet Union Viipuri would be the capital.
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People’s Republic
Stockholm
Moscow
Aftonbladet Today
Russia
People's Republic
Finland
Soviet Union
Viipuri
Unnecessary Guard at Grand River Damsite Prompted by State Move
Fifty seven Oklahoma National Guardsmen left the Grand River damsite and returned to Wagoner after a conference with construction Superintendent J N Towne. Adjutant General Louis A Ledbetter said no troops were needed as cooperation from officials improved. Governor Leon C Phillips had declared martial law to block dam completion until an $850000 damage claim is settled, while Attorney General Williamson was ordered to seek an injunction. Federal Works Administrator John M Carmody would respond after an overt act by Guardsmen.
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J. N. Towne
Louis A. Ledbetter
Phillips
Mac Q. Williamson
John M. Carmody
Federal Works
Washington
Public Works Administration
Oklahoma National Guardsmen
Oklahoma Grand River
PWA
Leon C. Phillips
John Carmody
Postoffice Burglary Plea in Waldron Case
Admitted trio including Harry K Taylor and Dora Bidwell pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Richard J Hapkins to burglarizing the Waldron Kansas post office last year. Judge Hopkins deferred sentence pending investigation by the probation officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Van
Mar
Harry
K. Taylor
Collins
New Kansas fish and game law praised at Douglas County dinner
Gov. Payne H. Ratner lauded the new non partisan fish and game law at a 400 attendee Douglas County Sportsmen's club dinner in the Masonic temple. The governor noted open state lakes, nonpartisan administration, and the need for education and enforcement to restore wildlife.
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Payne H. Ratner
Kansas
WREN
United States
Ratner
Fish and Game Department
Guy D. Josserand
Fish and Games Department
Josserand
The
Meade State Park
Douglas County
No inquest planned in Kansas youth's poison death
Sterling Kansas March 14 no inquest will be held into the death of John Everett Clark a 20 year old high school student who authorities say bought poison and drank it at a drug store soda fountain He told friends what he had done and died a few minutes later Coroner E R Hill said no motive could be learned
Weather Forecast For Kanaas-Fall Tonight And Friday
Weather summary notes a slight warming trend with the extreme east staying cooler tonight. Temperature readings show 24 hour highs and lows with year ago figures. high reached 71 and low fell to 5.
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Lip
IL AL Mn
Dal
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