Russia Makes War on Finland
Helsinki amid a sudden land sea and air invasion as Soviet bombers strike the capital and surrounding areas. Fires rage in Helsinki and Viborg while troops cross the Karelian isthmus and ships seize Finnish islands in the Gulf of Finland. Casualties and exact numbers are not yet known.
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Helsinki
Finland
Red Army
Karelian Isthmus
Leningrad
Viipuri
Viborg
Gulf of Finland
Russia
Malm
Seiskari
Kronstadt
Karelian
Soil Building Drives 1940 Farm Subsidy Plan
Washington reports farmers under the 1940 crop control program must boost soil conserving practices to qualify for shares of a 725 million dollar package. The plan links soil-building units to payments, with higher effort needed than last year, and adjusts credits for alfalfa legumes and grasses.
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Washington
Roosevelt Confers With Hull On Outbreak of Finnish War
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull opened talks in Washington on the Russo Finnish war after Roosevelt returned from Warm Springs. A Russian official signaled no need for peaceful settlement while Finland urged good offices. Senator Pittman warned Congress may consider severing diplomatic relations if Russia attacks. Senator Borah joined Pittman in criticism of Moscow.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Hull
Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Pittman
Congress
Borah
Idaho
Finland
Tax deadline nears for first half 1989 taxes
Only 20 days remain to pay first half 1989 taxes without penalty. The treasurer’s office opens December 21 and payments after that date incur a 10 percent penalty. Roy Flory, county treasurer, says receipts are above normal to date.
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Roy Flory
Prisoners to Feast on Roast Turkey at County Jail
The county jail prisoners will have a Thanksgiving feast today with roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, scalloped corn, celery and pumpkin pie prepared by Mrs. Charles Banning, the sheriff’s wife.
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Charles Banning
Mrs. Roosevelt Attends Dies Committee Hearing
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives unannounced at a Dies committee hearing in Washington on November 30, signaling potential impact on ongoing investigations and political discourse.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dies Committee
Kuhn Convicted In Bund Funds Theft Case
Fritz Kuhn former leader of the German American Bund was found guilty on five counts of grand larceny and forgery. He faces up to 30 years in prison at December 5 sentencing. The verdict followed an eight and a half hour jury deliberation.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Fuehrer
Bund
Bridge of Sighs
Musty Tombs
James G. Wallace
Kuhn
Peter L. F. Sabbatino
Germany
Florence Camp
Golden Angel
Los Angeles
Cleveland
James D. C. Murray
Soviets Reported to Seek Naval Bases on Norway
Oslo reports circulating this day claim Soviet Russia seeks three naval bases on Norway's Arctic coastline. The assertion notes Finland’s corridor separating Russia from northern waters and recalls Russia’s prior demand for the Rybachi peninsula and part of the Finnish coast.
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Oslo
Norway
Russia
Arctic Ocean
Finland
Rybachi Peninsula
Close shave at buzz saw in Hawk Springs
Wells Harshberger narrowly escaped serious injury when his clothing became tangled in buzz saw machinery in Hawk Springs Wyoming. The clothing wrapped around the saw shaft and stopped the blade after its visor was snipped from his cap.
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Hawk Springs
Wyo
Wells Harshberger
Woman Sues After Walking Into Safety Sign in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City woman Leda Prusett filed a $75 damages claim after she walked into a safety sign at an intersection bearing the message 37 days without a traffic fatality. She seeks compensation for pain and a new pair of glasses.
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Oklahoma City
Leda Prusett
Thanksgiving Observed In Traditional Kansas Style
The Associated Press reports Kansas kept to traditional Thanksgiving customs with family reunions turkey dinners and festive games. Weather brought clouds and light rain with mild temperatures as main football features included Wichita versus Washburn and Emporia Teachers against Pittsburg Teachers.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Wichita
Emporia Teachers- Pittsburg
Pittsburg
Thanksgiving Observances Split Nation Across 26 States
Thanksgiving marked today in 26 states with many observing the earlier date in line with President Roosevelt's proclamation. New England held to tradition in Plymouth as Massachusetts staged a 17th century pageant. Governors from 46 states contributed native foods for a nationwide banquet.
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Turkey
Roosevelt
Colorado
Mississippi
Texas
District of Columbia
Washington
New England
Plymouth
Mass
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Connecticut
Florida
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
Wisconsin
Drizzles Over State Bring Damp Thanksgiving Outlook
Topeka reports light intermittent rains across Kansas with fog in several cities. Federal Meteorologist S D Flora says temperatures will run about 10 degrees above normal, with highs near 50s to mid 50s and scattered showers continuing in eastern and southern regions.
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Kansas
S. D. Flora
Pittsburg
Dodge City
Parsons
Wichita
Kansas City
Salina
Concordia
Trace
St. Joseph
Flora
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas Panhandle
Phillipsburg
Gold braid costs rise for officers in wartime
The European war drives up prices for gold braid and gold lace worn by American army and navy officers. Exports from France England and Belgium and scarcer supplies raise costs as mobilization and higher ocean freight push prices more than a third.
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Washington
France
England
Belgium
Douglas County C P A Wolf Drive Marshals Named
Plan for the seventh annual Douglas County C P A wolf drive unfolds Sunday morning with Dr F G Hagenbuch meeting marshals at his farm near Eudora. Twenty plus marshals including Al Schaake and Guy Shultz will attend the 10 o clock session to set the hunt site and coordinations. The New Year’s Day hunt drew nearly 1 500 hunters last year and produced eight coyotes.
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Douglas County C. P. A
Marshals of the Hunt
Hunt
F. G. Hagenbuch
Eudora
Hagenbuch
al Schaake
Guy Shultz
Hallie Peterson
Ed Sanders
Amos Hodson
Carl Hird
Roy Deskins
Leslie’ Demeritt
Art Lutz
Carl Schwartz
Earl ‘Lindell
Best Christmas Business Since 1929 Predicted by Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins predicts the best Christmas business since 1929 as higher payroll disbursements boost purchasing power. The department also reports October income payments to individuals at 6.2 billion dollars, up 800 million from 1938, with ten month totals at 56.99 billion, up 2.4 billion.
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Hopkins
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Britain Condemns Russia Invasion Of Finland
Prime Minister Chamberlain denounced the invasion as a fresh attack on a small independent nation and stated the British government deeply regrets the action. He questioned the necessity of Soviet actions and welcomed US Secretary Hull’s offer to mediate a peaceful solution. No Russian statement had been received.
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Viipuri
Elias Erkko
Leningrad
Russia
Finland
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Clement Attlee
Soviet Union
United States
Cordell Hull
Attlee
Kansas Divides State Into Eleven Census Districts for 1940
Washington November 30 Kansas has been divided into eleven census districts for the 1940 census. Area managers appointed November 18 by the census bureau will call candidates for district supervisor to area headquarters to be schooled in census taking. Enumerators number 143000 and will ask most questions next year.
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Washington
Kansas
Census Bureau
Best After Turkey Gorge
Boston readers are advised after a Thanksgiving feast to rest for about an hour. Dietician Dr. Janice Rafuse says blood should go to the gastric and intestinal tracts rather than fuel for activity, so avoid running and strenuous games.
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Boston
Janice Rafuse
Sargent College of Physical Education
Thanksgiving service marks town’s observance in Lawrence
New England emigrants founded Lawrence eighty five years ago and this year’s Thanksgiving focus was the union church service at First Christian church. Rev Edwin F Price urged gratitude beyond material comforts and urged responsibility to aid all people. The event, sponsored by the Ministerial Alliance, featured Joe M Williams vocal and Meta Clarkson organ.
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New England
Lawrence
Edwin F. Price
Methodist Church
First Christian Church
Palestine
Ministerial Alliance
Joe M. Williams
Meta Clarkson
Oil Found In Wyandotte County Kansas
A Midwestern company from Colorado reports a 15 barrel natural flow at 420 feet in southern Wyandotte county Kansas. The well is to be shot Friday with expected production of 35 to 40 barrels by drillers.
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Kansas City
Kan
Midwestern Company
Colorado
Wyandotte County
Indiana Farmer Sets World High Yield at 180.1 Bushels Per Acre
Purdue officials announce Clark W. Dellinger of Clark County grew 180.1 bushels of corn per acre on a five acre plot near the Ohio River using Johnson County White open pollinated seed. The yield falls 2.5 bushels short of the all time record by Karlanki of DeKalb County. An Illinois farmer had 171 bushels per acre earlier this season.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Clark W. Dellinger
Clark County
Dellinger
Johnson County
Ohio River
Purdue
C. Pence
Purdue Agronomist
Karlanki
DeKalb County
Indiana
Illinois
County tax judgment sale nets eighteen thousand eight hundred seventy
The county sold 297 parcels for a total of 18 870 50 dollars with Ernest Klooz handling the sale and Judge Hugh Means confirming. After costs and tax excess deductions, 15 037 25 dollars remain for proration to taxing units. 14 parcels were bought back by owners, two by mortgage holders, and 15 by heirs.
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Ernest Klooz
Hugh Means
Model Sues Agent for Right to Marry
New York nov 30 a model Lucille Wilds sues agent Walter Thornton for freedom to marry Brookyn model Bill Kent without paying a 10000 penalty. Thornton claims he spent years building her career and will not lose time and money. Lucilles mother Alma Wilds signed a six year contract with a marriage penalty clause in 1937 and the model ratified it on reaching adulthood.
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New York
Lucille Wilds
Walter Thornton
Thornton
Bill Kent
Brooklyn
Lucille
Alma Wilds
Flares to Provide Color For Christmas Parade
Lawrences Christmas plans near completion as Santa arrives in eight days. Boy Scouts will light 100 red and green flares along the parade route from Southpark to the Kaw river bridge to color the scene and separate spectators from the march area. Each flare will be lit from the flame of the previous scout’s flare as the procession moves up Massachusetts street.
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Santa Claus
Lawrence
Southpark
Kaw River Bridge
Boy Scouts
Massachusetts Street
Plymouth Observes First Thanksgiving in 17th Century Style
Residents of Plymouth Massachusetts celebrate in old fashioned pageantry recalling the 1621 harvest. Descendants of the Mayflower voyagers attend a union service at Memorial Methodist church and join a colonial hall pageant with flax spinning butter churning and a feast with Pilgrims and Indians reenacting early hardships and treaties.
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Plymouth
Mass
County Delegates to G. O. P. Session
Douglas county delegates and alternates will travel to Topeka for the nith biennial convention of Young Republican clubs. KU student leaders push for college clubs to gain equal status, with about 2,000 expected to attend and registration at the Kansan hotel at 3 pm. New officers will be installed with speakers Gov Payne Ratner and Alf Landon among others.
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Douglas County
Topeka
Nith
Young Republican Clubs
Donald S. Hults
Lawrence Police
Young G.O.P
University of Kansas Club
G.O.P
Collegians
Wilbur Leonard
K.U
Kansan
Payne Ratner
Alf M. Landon
George Wilson
Town
John Fontron
W. C. Hunsinger
Lawrence
Harold Snyder
Fred Taylor
Charles Edmondson
Robert Oyler
Howard Immel
Olin Petefish
Milton Beach
Charles Rankin
Francis Gilbert
Harold Gill
Dorothy Hazlett
Greta Gibson
Altamont
John Somers
Newton
John Crouch
Eve Erest
Velma Wilson
Meade
John Brookens
Westmoreland
Charles Henshall
Osborne
Addison West
McPherson
Reginald Buxton
Ransom
Kenneth Postlethwaite
Mankato
Coal output in Kansas and Missouri declines for 1939
Productions from January 1 to November 11 fell 1.4 percent year over year in the Kansas Missouri area, totaling 4,861,000 tons this year versus 4,929,000 tons last year. Nationally bituminous coal is expected to meet or exceed 1938 totals this week, with 1939 output likely above 1938 but below 1937.
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Washington
Kansas-Missouri
The
National Coal Association
Association Statisticians
Strike Settlement Reopens Chrysler Plants Nationwide
Tens of thousands of workers return to jobs as Chrysler settles with the CIO ending a 56 day strike. The automaker resumes production and reestablishes pace alongside Ford and General Motors in a booming year for the industry.
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Chrysler Corporation
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Policeman Rescues Thanksgiving Turkey From Tree
Oklahoma City police officer D. O. Eads was summoned to retrieve a turkey stuck in a tall tree. He fired once with his service revolver and the bird’s head flew off, ending the danger to the main dish on Thanksgiving Eve.
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Oklahoma City
Peneer
D. O. Eads
J. C. Holder
Weather forecast for Kansas region
Mostly cloudy with light rain in eastern areas and cooler temperatures in the southwest and far west tonight. Friday expects partly cloudy to cloudy skies with intermittent rain in the far east and cooler highs. Rainfall to 10 am today measured at .04 inch.
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Kansas
Lessee
Soeseumensine AZ
Wrens
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