Balkan Situation Studied by Allies
Allies planned immediate consultations to shape a Balkan strategy as British officials recall Balkan envoys for talks with Lord Halifax. Russia's status in the war remains unsettled amid detentions of Russian ships and discussions on neutrality and possible closer alliance with Britain and France.
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London
Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Romania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Lord Halifax
Balkans
Foreign Office News Department
England
Percy Loraine
Rome
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Paris
Italy
Ivan Maisky
Selenga
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Foreign Office
Maisky
Britain
Paul Reynaud
Weather brings rain and dust across Western Kansas
A March day in Topeka and Western Kansas saw both rain and dust as a strong northwest wind lifted topsoil and cooled air. Dodge City reported a dust haze with limited visibility, Garden City had about 0.25 inch of rain overnight, and Goodland and Topeka logged traces of moisture.
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Topeka
Camsas
Dodge City
Garden City
Goodland
A. Dobb
Kansas
Lawrence Declares Arbor Day On March Twenty Ninth
Kansas Governor designates Arbor Day in Kansas and Lawrence, with Mayor C B Russell proclaiming March 29 as official Arbor Day. Citizens urged to plant at least one tree to beautify and shade the community.
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State of
Kansas
Lawrence
C. B. Russell
Welles Returns From Europe War Survey With No Comment
Sumner Welles arrives in New York and then Washington to brief President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull on Europe travels. He meets Hitler Mussolini Daladier Chamberlain and other leaders but offers no comment to reporters. Officials see value in his trip for future U S diplomacy and understanding of European aims.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Europe
Welles
White House
Hull
New York
Wartorn
Washinton
Italy
Germany
France
Great Britain
Conte di Savoia
Hitler
Mussolini
Rome
Daladier
Paris
Chamberlain
London
Delegates to Ottawa Convention Attend District Republican Session
Douglas county enters the second district Republican convention in Ottawa tomorrow with 25 delegates among party members. The session takes place at the county courthouse.
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Ottawa
Douglas County
County Court House
Public Spenders Again in Saddle
Washington reports Senator George D Ga praised the reciprocal trade program as vital amid changing global conditions. The Senate debated ratification of trade agreements while the House moved to raise NYA funding and signaled a shift toward election-year spending and potential debt-limit impacts.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Georgia
Senate
Pittman
D-Nev
Harrison
D-Miss
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Representative Taber
Ccc
NYA
House Appropriations Committee
Antique Show Downtown Display Set for 7 O'clock
Lawrence sets up a large antiques exhibition ready for inspection by 7 tonight. Glenn Charlton notes contributions from three people. Sixty downtown store windows display relics with merchants donating the window spaces.
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Lawrence
Glenn Charlton
Gene Autry to Lead Dark Command Parade Here
Gene Autry white sombreroed cowboy actor will be grand marshal of the world premiere parade for Republic's The Dark Command in Lawrence on April 4. The schedule includes Autry promoting El Rancho Grande after South of the Border. Parade plans involve Ft Leavenworth equipment, Army posts aiding with wagons and horses, and local drivers. A replica Free State Hotel in Southwark will be burned the night of the premiere, with Santa Fe building a platform at the station to introduce the stars. Edward E Anderson of Lecompton, age one, will ride in the parade.
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Gene Autrey
Lawrence
Republic
Dark Command
Autry
el Rancho Grande
Fritz Meyn
Edward Renth
F. G Hagenbush
William Saai
Walter Compton
Ft. Leavenworth
Army Post
Fred Jaedicke
Free State
Southwark
Santa Fe
Con
Edward E. Anderson
Lecompton
National Guard Officers Charged With Wire Tapping
Tulsa on March 28 report: Col Charles A Holden and Maj Charles R Taylor, National Guard officers on duty during the Mid-Continent Petroleum strike, indicted for wire tapping. Also named are County Attorney Dixie Gilmer former Tulsa police Commissioner Floyd Rheam Police Detective William Kelly chief engineer A Booth and refinery superintendent D G Morgan. Grand jury probe coincides with congressional focus on wire tapping.
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Tulsa
Okla
National Guard
Charles A. Holden
Charles R. Tayor
Dixie Gilmer
Floyd Rheam
William Kelly
A. ©. Booth
D.G. Morgan
Mid-Continent
Grand Jury
Share to County Douglas county receives 1939 tax residue
The Douglas county treasurer receives a check for 57581 and distributes funds to taxing units and the county budget. Lawrence school district 60 will get 18175.52, other county school districts 6902.67, with totals to county cities townships and drainage districts pending. Nearby counties report varied refunds and allocations.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Douglas
Fifty Mile Per Hour Gale Strikes Lawrence City
A gale gusting 30 to 50 mph swept Lawrence today. Wind damage hindered walking and tore banners on Massachusetts Street advertising the premiere of The Dark Command. A brief shower with thunder occurred about 2:30 p.m. dust accompanied the gust.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
Town
Massachusetts Street
Windstorm damages several downtown windows and sign
A strong afternoon windstorm strikes downtown causing window panes to shatter at the WREN building and another pane to break from an upper floor at the Crown drug store on Massachusetts street. A window also knocks the drug store sign, causing minor damage.
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WREN
Crown Drug Store
Massachusetts Street
Brick Laying Underway on Community Building and Armory
Workmen began brick walls for the community building and national guard armory this morning. General contractor B A Green says progress will accelerate now that basement concrete work and first floor base are finished. Some brick had already been laid in the basement on the south side.
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National Guard Armory
B. A. Green
Sparse Kansas ticket sale for Kansas Indiana game
Only 14 of 2200 tickets for the Kansas versus Indiana basketball game remained unsold by 3 PM at the Kansas University athletic office. Earl Falkenstein of the athletic association said 500 chairs would be added on the Kansas City auditorium floor for extra sales, with no more tickets available in Lawrence. Floor seats went on sale at the auditorium at 9 AM this morning.
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Lawrence
K. U. Athletic Office
Earl Falkenstien
The
Athletic Association
Kansas City
Falkenstien
Governor Ratner to Attend Three City Events Tomorrow
Gov. Payne Ratner said he would keep three engagements despite a lingering cold. He will address a Lawrence high school assembly in the morning, participate in an Arbor Day broadcast program in Manhattan in the afternoon, and speak at the McPherson College booster banquet in the evening.
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Topeka
Mar
Altho
Payne Ratner
Lawrence High School
Manhattan
McPherson College
Stock Market Index Dips to 49.8 After Yesterday
The index for 60 stocks stands at 49.8 this yesterday with a modest drop from prior levels. Financial markets gauge broader sentiment as investors respond to recent data and earnings reports.
Battenfeld Hall to Start Soon at University Campus
Construction of Battenfeld Hall, a three story brick dormitory for 52 self supporting men, will begin in April on Alumni Place near Brynwood and Watkins halls. Funded by J R Battenfeld and family in memory of their son John, the project will open next September and complete existing dormitory facilities.
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John .Battenfeld
University
Deane W. Malott
J. T. Constant
Lawrence
Morton, Payne and Russell Field
Kansas City
Alumni Place
Brynwood
Acacia Fraternity
Watkins Hall
Fourteenth Street
Battenfeld
J. R. Battenfeld
John
College of Liberal Arts
Battenfelds
Endowment Association
Malott
Kansas
John Battenfeld
World Premiere Tickets On Sale For The Dark Command
Tickets for the world premier of The Dark Command at Granata and Dickinson theaters go on sale tomorrow at 10 am. Showings run 10 am to 10 pm with all tickets reserved at 75 cents. Stars present will make first appearances on stage at Granada about 8:30 pm and at Dickinson about 9:15 pm.
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Dark Command
Republic Picture
Granada
Dickinson
Senate Panel votes against plane sales inquiry
The Senate military affairs committee voted 5 to 4 today against a formal investigation of military plane sales to France and Britain. War department officials denied any interference with U S production as Chairman Sheppard said answers satisfied Senator LaFollette's questions in a closed session with Secretary Woodring and Assistant Secretary Johnson.
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Washington, Mar
Senate Military Affairs Committee
France
Britain
War Department
America
Sheppard
D.-Tex
LaFollette
Woodring
Johnson
British plane downed near Pernis southwest of Rotterdam
A British bomber was machine gunned by Dutch pursuit planes and forced to land and burn near Pernis on Ysselmonde island. One crew member leaped to his death. four others were injured but survived as flames enveloped the craft.
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Amsterdam
Pernis
Ysselmonde
Rotterdam
Rebuilding of W. S. Griesa Home Underway in Missouri Street
Work has begun to rebuild the W. S. Griesa home at 401 Missouri street after a severe winter fire. The first floor will be kept while two or three rooms are added on the second floor. Construction has also started on Jennie Watt's new home at Fourth and Missouri street.
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W. S. Griesa
Missouri Street
Jennie Watt
Fourth and
Kiwanis review notes child welfare progress and Phi Beta Kappa election
C M Stoneman spoke on U S child welfare developments including the federal children's bureau and moves away from institutional care toward private homes. The KU Phi Beta Kappa chapter elected 27 students, with names across several Kansas cities, highlighting its long westward tradition and origins at William and Mary.
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United States
Kiwanis Club
C. M. Stoneman
Children’s Home and Service League
Federal
Children’s Bureau
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Hoover
Roosevelt
Washington
Stoneman
Kansas League
University of Kansas
Phi Beta Kappa
Lawrence
Rose Baldwin
Elijah Cole
Lane Davis
Dorothy Deichert
John Ise, Jr
Russell Mosser
Dorothy Jean Viets
Esther Baker Ogrosky
Winfield
Lela Brown
Alton
Virginia Christie
Paola
Donald DeFord
Wilma Grant
el Dorado
Marjorie K
Ratner to Speak at Liberty Memorial High School
Governor Payne H. Ratner will address Liberty Memorial high school students and teachers tomorrow at 10:20 AM. It will be his first appearance before the local students. Lieutenant Governor Carl Friend, Lloyd Purcell, board of education president, Dr. Dean Sienna site, Principal Neal M. Wherry, Junie Sutherland, and Ida Frances Moyer will sit on the platform. The two senior girls who extended the invitation traveled to Topeka for the talk.
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Payne H. Ratner
Liberty Memorial High School
Ratner
Carl Friend
Lloyd Purcell
Board of Education
Sienna Site
Dean
Neal M. Wherry
Junie Sutherland
Ida Frances Moyer
Engineers Dinner: J E Howard to Address K U Banquet
J E Howard will speak on The Heritage of the Engineer at the annual School of Engineering banquet in the Union building. He is a civil engineer, inventor of movable bridge devices, author of a bridge construction book, and serves on Kansas City University board and the Kansas City Research Institute board. Dean Crawford will present honor keys to 138 engineering council members.
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J. E. Howard
K. U
Ernest FE. Howard
School of Engineering
Union Building
Howard
Kansas City University
Kansas City Research Institute
University of Nebraska
Second Rust Storm Sweeps Across Kansas
A second dust storm in three days roared through southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma on strong winds. Visibility dropped to one mile at Wichita Municipal Airport and at Wavnoka Oklahoma. Gusts reached 86 miles per hour near Gare with dust extending from Wichita to Gare and Wavnoka.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gare
Wavnoka
Okla
Anthony
Concert Tonight By Memorial High Band and Orchestra
The Memorial High School band and orchestra will perform this evening in the high school auditorium under the direction of Oliver Hobbs. Ticket sales will fund entrance fees to district and national regional music festivals to be held locally and in Kansas City.
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Therty. Memorial High School
Oliver Hobbs
Kansas City
Improvement in British Japanese relations predicted
British Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie in Tokyo urged a hopeful outlook for British Japanese ties. He and Lady Craigie will take a private 2.5 month US trip in mid April. Officials noted his remarks did not imply recognition of China’s new regime and referenced third party intentions.
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Tokyo
Robert Leslie Craigie
Great Britain
Japan
Lady Craigie
United States
Chichibu
Hachiro Arita
Robert
London
Foreign Office
Wane Ching-Wei
Costs of Relief Soar in Nine Years in Douglas County
Douglas County welfare spending climbed from 24 278.21 in 1932 to 197 957.84 in 1939 with estimates near a quarter of a million for the current year. Reimbursements from state and federal sources grew, while tax levies for welfare rose from 0.4 to 2.9762 mills.
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Douglas County
Rev Charles W Thomas Teaches at Ottawa Institute
Rev Charles W Thomas university pastor assists with the fourth annual student institute in religion at Ottawa University. The program runs through March 31 with an eighty student class on Vocations taught by Thomas. A staff of eight men conducts the institute as an all university program.
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C. W. Thomas
Ottawa
Charles W. Thomas
Board of Education
The
Northern Baptist Convention
Ottawa University
Thomas
Weather Report Summaries From Kansas Regions
Partly cloudy west and cloudy east with showers in the extreme southeast. Colder tonight with fair and warmer conditions Friday in the west. Central and eastern areas will see diminishing northwest winds. Temperature readings show 24 hour highs and lows, with year ago values noted.
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Kansas
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Osage
Battenfeld Hall
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Joseph C. Grew
Grew
China
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