Nazi Protectorate Declared Over Bohemia Moravia
Hitler proclaimed Bohemia Moravia an autonomous protectorate within Greater Germany and ordered German law. Slovakia also designated a German protectorate as Prague and Bratislava fell under rapid expansion of Nazi control. The decree grants Germans citizenship and limits non Germans in key affairs while German policies govern military and communications.
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Prague
Mar
Adolf Hitler
Slovakia
Bohemia-Moravia
Fuehrer
Germany
Hradecany Castle
Hitler
Charles Bridge
Bruenn
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Organization For Jewish Emigration
Hicem
Czecho- Slovakia
Carpatho- Ukraine
Hungary
Hradcahy
Bohemia and
Moravia
Greater
Joseph Tiso
Central
Europe
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Bohemia
Bohemia- Moravia
Emil Hacha
Czecho-Slovakia
Hradcany Castle
Hacha
Nuernberg
Bohemia and Moravia
Hitler May Strike to Realize Mastery in East
Berlin dispatch notes two main questions as Hitler’s regime consolidates gains after Munich. Will Germany reclaim Danzig and Memelland and press the drive toward Ukraine under German influence, with Poland and Lithuania watching cautious moves and diplomatic questions unresolved.
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Hitler
East
OY Soteign
Aiplumark
Cireka
Munich
Danzig
Memelland
Germany
Ukraine
Fuehrer
Memel
Free City of
Versailles
League of Nations
Gdynia
Poland
Britain
France
Lithuania
Europe
Polish National Unity
Stanislas Skwarczynski
Baltic
Soviet Russia
Rumania
Hungary
Hungarians Press Toward Chust After Capturing Varos Mart
Hungarian forces captured Chust, regional capital of Carpatho Ukraine, amid fierce resistance from Czech and Ukrainian nationalists. Reports say 100 Hungarian casualties so far, with heavy artillery and trench fighting as troops advance through snow and barbed wire defenses. A Czech plane attacked advancing columns near Varos Mart.
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Carpatho-Ukraine
Hungary
Carpatho- Ukraine
Czecho-Slovakia
Chust
Bucharest
Augustin Volesin
Romania
Budapest
Varos Mart
Fear for the Safety of Eduard Benes' Brother
Chicago March 16. Fears for Vojta Benes, elder brother of Dr. Eduard Benes former president of Czecho-Slovakia, prompted a plea to President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull for help finding him and shielding him from reprisal. Telegrams were sent by a Czech delegation led by Rep. A. J. Sabath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CPI
Vojta Benes
Hitler
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Roosevelt
Hull
A. J. Sabath
Illinois
Benes
Prague
University of Chicago
Kansas Farmers Cannot Unlimitedly Plow Wheat
Kansas farmers cannot plow unlimited wheat to meet AAA allotments for parity and conservation payments. National rules allowed unlimited plowing in some cases, but Kansas officials say none apply here. About 100000 Kansas farms are within 1939 wheat allotments and eligible for both parity and conservation payments.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Existin
AAA
Kansas Committee
Benes Urges Czechs to Fight for Liberty in Free Europe
Former Czechoslovak president Eduard Benes proclaimed Czech and Slovak peoples must unceasingly fight for a free homeland. He called the breakup of Czechoslovakia a shocking crime and urged readiness for a future free nation in Europe. A crowd of thousands listened as Masaryk urged Americans to cherish citizenship and rally around the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Jan Masaryk
Great Britain
The
Republic
Labor Act Revision Sought by Small Business Men
Senator Burke of Nebraska presented a petition from 50,000 small business men in 43 states asking revision of the Wagner act. Burke introduced amendments and urged Senate action today.
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Washington
GPI
Burke
D-Neb
Senate
Nazi Prague orders seize of amateur radios
CP General von Heppner, commander in Prague, ordered that all amateur radio sending sets be surrendered to police. Several hundred transmitters existed across Bohemia and Moravia. Read the classified page for profitable habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pragues
von Heppner
Prague
Bohemia
Moravia
Welfare bill favored in House in Kansas
The Kansas House moved to pass a Senate approved plan to create a state department of social welfare replacing the current board. The measure would oversee state charitable institutions and appoint three full time board members by the governor.
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Topeka
State Department of Social Welfare
Board of Social Welfare
Public Welfare Committee
Board of Administration
Larned
Osawatomie
Parsons
Kansas
House
Earl Moore
Sedgwick
State Legislative Council
House Public Welfare Committee
Fred W. Bayless
Bourbon
House Education Committee
Senate
Department of Inspections and Registration
State Board of ‘Social Welfare
Skovgard
Congress
AAA
Impeachment Inquiry Moves Within Labor Dept
The judiciary committee on March 16 directed a five man subcommittee to report next Tuesday on the disposition of an impeachment investigation resolution against Secretary of Labor Perkins. The measure accuses Perkins and two aides of failing to enforce immigration laws, especially against Harry Bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Judiciary Committee
Labor Perkins
Hobbs
D-Ala
Thomas
R-N.j
Perkins
F D R Not Objecting to Guam Harbor Item in Naval Base Bill
Senator Walsh said after a White House conference that President Roosevelt had no objection to removing a 3 million dollar Guam harbor development item from the naval air base bill. The vice president favors placing it in a rivers and harbors measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
White House
Roosevelt
Naval Air Base
Pacific
Guam
Japan
House
Navy
Bill Walsh
Midwest Music Festival at KU Sets April Dates
The fifth annual mid western music competition festival will be held at the University of Kansas April 26 to 28. Rus sell L Wiley leads the event drawing 3000 to 3500 high school musicians from seven states with bands orchestras choruses ensembles and solo acts. Guest conductors include Dr Frank Simon Karl Krueger Gerald Prescott N De Robertis Claude B Smith Karl O Kuersteiner W Otto Miessner Karli King Russell L Wiley and Dean D M Swarthout. A massed band of about 6500 performers and an orchestra of 300 will close the event with a Saturday night concert. a banquet opens the proceedings and the KU Symphony performs on Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Russell L. Wiley
Midwest
Frank Simon
Cincinnati
National Broadcasting Company
Karl Krueger
Kansas City Philharmonic
Gerald Prescott
University of Minnesota
N. de ‘Robertis
Kansas City
Claude B. Smith
Bosse High School
Evansville
Ind
Karl O. Kuersteiner
University of Kansas Orchestra
W. Otto Miessher
Karli King
Fort Dodge
D. M. Swarthout
School of Fine Arts
School] of Fine Arts
University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra
Karl Euersteiner
Lady Astor Sparks Commons Uproar Over Munich Pledge
Lady Astor provoked a loud disturbance in the house of commons during questions on Germany's eastward expansion. She pressed Prime Minister Chamberlain on signaling Britain’s horror at the Munich pledge breach while Labor MPs shouted objections and chants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lady Astor
House of Commons
Germany
Chamberlain
Cliveden
Penny Tax Error Brings One Cent Overpayment
A New York woman who paid one penny income tax may claim a refund. Assistant U S internal revenue collector John McNamara said her income of about 1300 led to 25 cents taxable after exemptions. She paid a penny, thinking she owed more. improper form filled caused the extra cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John McNamara
U. S. Internal Revenue Collector
McNamara
Prairie fire in Chase county burns 15 sections of pasture
Fire swept 15 sections of pasture land in western Chase County Kansas before being brought under control last night. The prairie blaze, reported from Cottonwood Falls, burned grass and brush along the pasture lands and was contained after several hours of effort by local crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Chase County
Kiwanis Division Conference Tours Banquet at Eldridge Hotel
Sixty five Kiwanis members from 15 clubs in Mo Kan Ark district registered by 2 pm for the spring division conference. Harold Ingham will be honored at the 6:30 pm banquet. Henry Thiessen urged action on democratic Christian values and unity. 100 men expected, 270 dinner reservations, wives invited, dancing after the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mo-Kan-Ark
Kiwanis International
Eldridge Hotel
Harold Ingham
Lawrence Club
Henry Thiessen
Hutchinson
Wiedemann’s
Europe
Kiwanis
Joseph Wilkins
Lawrence
Ingham
Howard T. Hill
Manhattan
An Emergency Every Six Weeks Too Many Barton
Representative Barton of New York condemned President Roosevelt's presidency recalling a tally of 89 emergencies since 1933. He argued the nation endures continuous crisis to sustain power and warned such bad management drains public morale and hurts private industry. He cited a 1937 Roosevelt quote about government without good management as sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Barton
R.-N.y
Roosevelt
Memel Diet Convoked as Nazis Foreshadow Power Shift
Lithuanian Governor calls Memel diet to meet March 25 with expected plenary powers for Ernst Neumann Memel Nazi chief. Diet won 25 of 29 seats in December elections amid rising pro Germany sentiment. Also notes England library service cost at 14 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaunas
Lithuania
Mar
Memel
Ernst Neumann
Neumann
Germany
East Prussia
Baltic
House Democrats Oppose Townsend Old Age Pension Plan
Preliminary poll results show overwhelming opposition to the Townsend old age pension plan among House Democrats. House whip Boland says final figures should match early ratio, and several opponents urge leadership to allow a vote to defeat the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Townsend
Washington, Mar
House Democrats
Boland
D.-Pa
Swhip
County drops all employable direct relief rolls April 1
The county welfare board announced that 124 employable people on direct relief rolls will be dropped on April 1 to reflect expected spring work rises. The action mirrors last year and aims to boost job matching via the employment office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Welfare Board
Mildred Watson
Welfare Board
West Eighth Street
Hope Showers Aid Fire Fight Near Fort Lauderdale
Firefighters hoped rain would reach the Everglades to help battle a muck fire west of Fort Lauderdale. The blaze covered about 96 000 acres as wind slowed progress overnight and drought left muck to burn when dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everglades
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Mar
Here
Pi Kappa Delta Debate Opens in Ottawa
Debaters from 13 Kansas colleges participate in opening rounds of the state Pi Kappa Delta forensic contests in Ottawa Kansas with rounds continuing through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kan
CPI
Kansas
Arkansas rural colony Dyess dissolved by governor over taxes
The governor dissolved Dyess Inc a state WPA colony near Dyess Arkansas once housing about 500 families for three years of nonpayment and reporting failures. State officials said the action ends the corporation’s authority to do business with tax liabilities cited at eleven dollars annually.
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Corporation Managing
Arkansas Rural Colony
Little Rock
Ark
Carl E. Bailey
Dyess Colony, Inc
Arkansas
Arkanagag
WPA
Floyd Sharp
State Corporation Commission
Sharp
R. C. Limerick
H. C. Baker
Dyess, Inc
John F. Wells
Bailey
Wells
State Senate
Methodist Church to Dedicate Memorial Organ in Kansas
First Methodist Church begins dedication of a four manual Reuter organ donated by Charles B. Russell and Lloyd E. Russell in memory of their parents. A Messiah program and a recital by Dr. William H. Barnes follow, highlighting the organ with 63 speaking stops and 2,829 pipes across six divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Charles B. Russell
Lloyd E. Russell
J. B. Russell
Wesleyan
Carl Shafer
Robert A. Hunt
William H. Barnes
Chicago
Ill
Reuter Organ Company
Kansas
Cold snap grips Kansas with near 25 degree lows
Topeka March 16 Weather expert S. D. Flora predicted a lengthy cold spell across Kansas with un unsettled skies and a brisk north wind. Low temperatures tonight were forecast near 25 to 30 degrees in the east and 20 to 25 in the west with highs around 45 tomorrow as high pressure from western Canada pushes cold air southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Canada
Arizona
Flora
Stock Market Index Shows Minor Rise
The market index for 60 stocks sits at 51.4, up slightly from yesterday’s 51.4 reading. Investors watch small gains across blue chip and mid cap segments as trading ends.
Kansas Weather Forecast Shows Cloudy Unsettled Pattern
The Kansas forecast calls for mostly cloudy and unsettled conditions tonight and Friday with colder air in the northwest. Temperature records show yesterday's high around 58 and today’s low near 22, reflected in the Gas Office readings.
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Kansas
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