Senate backs neutrality plan in event of war
The Senate adopted a seven point resolution to safeguard U S neutrality if war comes, endorsing a mandatory arms embargo, licensing, ship transit ban, and a national munitions board. It allows limits on belligerent travel and submarine entry, with no record vote and limited debate. President Roosevelt expressed support as Italo Ethiopian tensions rise.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Foreign Relations Committee
Special Munitions Investigating Committee
Nye
R.-N.d
State Department
National Munitions Control Board
Secretaries of State
Treasury
War, Navy, and Commerce
House Foreign Navy Relations Committee
Pittman
Borah
Ridaho
Bone
D-Wash
R-N.d
Congress
Senator Robinson
Gerry
D-R.l
United States
Robinson
Austria backs Italy in Africa dispute says Mussolini praised
Weiner Zeitung, official Austrian mouthpiece, states Austria aligns with Italy in the Ethiopia conflict. It lauds Mussolini for honesty and declares Europe more important than any African organization, while Baron Aloisi is praised for stressing Italy’s security aims in Africa.
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Vienna
Weiner Zeitung
Austria
Europe
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Paris
Italy
Africa
Accont
Ins
Final tributes mark Wiley Post and Will Rogers returns
Across Oklahoma and California, communities paused as Wiley Post and Will Rogers were honored. In Maysville Oklahoma the body of Post arrived for services at Little Landmark Missionary Baptist church with flowers from homes, while in Oklahoma City a state funeral plan began including state capItol lying in state and burial in Fairlawn cemetery. In Los Angeles the Rogers family faced a joint funeral in Forest Lawn chapel with a guard of honor and statewide mourning declared. Hollywood studios to close at 2 pm for public services led by Conrad Nagel and Rupert Hughes. Chelsea Oklahoma prepared memorials as Rogers remains move toward eventual burial in California with services planned Thursday.
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Maysville
Okla
Wiley Post
Little Baptist Church
Bier
Oklahoma City
Crh
Oklahoma
Little Landmark Missionary Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Fairlawn
Los Angeles
Rogers
Will Rogers
Will
Mary
Jim
Forest Lawn Chapel
Philosopher
Alaskan Wilds
Frank F. Merriam
Hollywood Bowl
Codnrad Nagel
Rupert Hughes
Ford Sponsors Detroit Fight Bid For Joe Louis Baer
Detroit August 21 Ford Motor Co and its dealer group underwrite a $300000 bid to host the Joe Louis Max Baer bout in Detroit. The carmaker will not promote the fight but seeks radio broadcast rights and a chance to recover the guarantee. Ford officials would not confirm or deny interest.
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Detroit
Lpi
Detroit News
Ford Motor Co
Ford Company
Ford
Farm Owners Defy Striking Broomcorn Workers Near Charleston
Armed with rifles and shotguns about 300 landowners formed a mutual protection group at the Joe Driscoll place north of Charleston Tennessee to drive back roughly 100 striking broomcorn field workers who tried to force labor. About 50 workers resumed farming after the show of force. In Fitchburg Massachusetts a 26 year old former church choir singer and scoutmaster Newell P Sherman was indicted for first degree murder in the drowning of his wife Alice 23.
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Charleston
Tll
Joe Driscoll Place
Driscoll
Eee
Fitchburg
Mass
Newell P. Sherman
Worcester County Grand Jury
Alice
Sherman
British cabinet considers sanctions against Italy over Ethiopia
London Aug 21 seven leaders of the British cabinet tentatively approved a policy seeking financial and economic action against Italy if it attacks Ethiopia. A strong stand at Geneva and U N League session is proposed with possible American cooperation. The prime minister Baldwin Hoare and Eden led talks with opposition and colonial representatives.
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Associated Press
London
Italy
Sopia
Stanley Baldwin
Geneva
League of Nations
Great Britain
America
Washington
Britain
United States
Baldwin
Samuel Hoare
Anthony Eden
Portsmouth
Downing Street
Addis Ababa
Legation
Ethiopia
Only Roosevelt Can Defeat Roosevelt Says White in Emporia
Emporia editor William Allen White declares no one can beat Roosevelt but Roosevelt himself. He cites that a campaign change is unpredictable and warns against predicting White's future role. White argues a president cannot be elected on a slogan without a clear economic program and notes Hoover’s challenge or Republican opposition won’t decide the outcome. He emphasizes stronger forces at work than human action.
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Emporia
Kan
William Allen White
Roosevelt
White
Hoover
Joe Robinson
Reelected Supreme Knight Named at Knights of Columbus Meeting
Martin H. Carmody of Grand Rapids Michigan was reelected supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus at the organization 53rd annual convention. The measure confirms Carmody will serve a fifth term for two years. Supreme directors elected for a three year term include Michael J. Healey of Topeka.
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Martin Carmody
Knights of Columbus
New York
Martin H. Carmody
Grand Rapids
Mich
The
Carmody
Supreme
Michael J. Healey
Topeka
Stutz seeks extension of relief projects in Kansas
Topeka August 21 federal relief authorities are asked by John Stutz ex secretary of the Kansas emergency relief committee to extend work relief projects in Kansas until the WPA program begins. Projects would close September 5 and WPA rollout may not cover 60 000 relief workers before October 1. Schools start next month making clothing and school supplies necessary for relief families. Evan Griffith state WPA administrator said he expects federal funds to extend direct relief to the jobless.
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Topeka
Washington
John&. Stutz
Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Kansas
Stutz
Evan Griffith
WPA
Ray E. Lawrence
PWA
Lawrence
Horatio B. Hackett
Bulletin
Roosevelt
United States
Scott
Raymond GC. Ogden
C. Simons
Pauline Mohler
Elmer Brown
Three Robbers Hit Farmers State Bank in Protection
Three young men robbed the Farmers State Bank of Protection Kansas at opening time taking about 3500 dollars. They forced the cashier and bookkeeper to the floor then opened the vault and left after firing a shot. Police pursued clues as the trio fled toward Oklahoma, aided by a blue Chevrolet with yellow wire wheels.
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Dodge City
Farmers State Bank of Protection
Here
Harry Large
Edgar Beck
Beck
Large
F. W. Brock
R. E. Hewley
Kansas
Protection Bank
Oklahoma
Topeka
Frank Stone, Jr
Kansas Highway Patrol
Farmers’ State
Stone
Highway 160
Wichita
Kan
Aue
Nvrth
Ashland
Kane
Kenneth Carr
Bucklin
Carr
Rail pension tax bill slows in House Ways and Means
Washington Aug 21 President Roosevelt pressuring for quick passage, but the House Ways and Means Committee did not approve the railroad pensions tax bill at today's meeting. Treasury estimates show a 10 percent tax is needed to avoid about four billion dollars in government contributions over ten years due to the pension funding shortfall.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Ways and Means
Treasury
Giants Rally Past Reds In Eighth Inning Scoring Burst
In New York on August 21 the Giants beat Cincinnati 6 to 3 after a late three run surge sparked by an error by Gordon Slade. Schuttmuicher and Schottenday matched zeroes early before New York pulled away.
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New York
Gordon Slade
Hal Schutmuicher
Gene Schott
Giants
Cincinnati
Schottan
Manetso
Philadelphia
Phillies
Watkins
Hivin
Schumacher
Carleton
Hardnett
Jorgens
Puzzullo
Bivins
Bowman
Todd
Chicago
Lee
Oden
Wilson
Brooklyn
George Earnshaw
Pirates
Dodgers
Ralph Birkefer
Blanton
Pittsburgh
Cox
Birkofer
Hoyt
Grace
Earnshaw
Lopes
Boston
APJ
Jerome Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Braves
Dizzy
Braves
St Louis
J. Dean
Lancey
Smith
MacFayden
Mueller
Detroit
Alvin Crowfer
Boston Red Sox
Tigers
Fboston
I Ostermueller
R. Ferrell
Crowder
Hayworth
Aerall
Welch
Berg
Auker
Cleveland
Philadelphia Athletics
Cleveland Indians
Jimmy Foxx
Marcum
Richards
Pearson
Hildebrand
C. Brown
Winegarner
Brenzel
Mulcahy
Biseholder
Berry
L. Brown
Phillips
Washington
Whitehill
Phelps
Tietjo
Sewell
St. Louis
Lou Gehrig
Yankees
Browns
Lyn Lary
Dickey
Walkup
Thombs
Poser
Coffman
Hemsley
Eudora Picnic Honors Scott In Speech Address
The annual Eudora C P A picnic opened with a keynote by Scott of Iola, attracting crowds who stayed for music, contests, and a fiddlers contest won by William Howe. The program highlights include Senator J S McDonald and the Dixie Four, with a day full of races and dances.
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Scott IN
Eudora
Jack Mohler
Joe Votaw
Earl Reusch
Katherine Zimmerman
Arlene Bagby
Maxine Rush
Hazel Hackworth
Cap Cox
J. 8. Mc‘Donald
Kansas City
Kan
Dixie Four
Local Soldiers March to Night Maneuvers
Junction City Kansas August 21 Officers and men of the 187th infantry of the Kansas national guard marched from Camp Whitside to begin their annual overnight maneuver. Troops stay active until 10 pm then pitch camp and resume in the morning. The 114th cavalry will begin its overnight maneuver Thursday. Guardsmen have finished a Gettysburg based tactical problem.
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Junction City
Kan
187Th Infantry
Kansas National Guard
Camp Whitside
114Th Cavalry
Douglas County Raw Drainage District Election Friday
Voters in Douglas county will elect three commissioners for the Douglas County Raw Drainage district at Woodlawn school in North Lawrence. Polls open 8 am to 6 pm with candidates Wesley E Brune Emil W Heck and F H Johns on the ballot.
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Douglas County
Woodlawn
North
Lawrence
Wesley E. Brune
Emil W. Heck
F. H. Johns
Citizens’ Flood Control Committee
W. C. McNown
Kansas
U. S. G. Plank
Decline in Relief Work Reported for Past Week
Douglas county relief work fell last week per the office of county poor commissioner Harold T. Baker. For the week ending August 15, 296 men and women worked, down from 381 the prior week. Hours totaled 3,345 vs 8,068. expenditures were 1,022.50 dollars, down from about 2,000.
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Douglas County
Harold T. Baker
Roosevelt Sees No Comment On Pending Legislation
President Roosevelt refused to discuss Congress pending bills during a Washington press conference. He said he did not know the status of the utility regulation bill and called a "must" order for the Guffey coal stabilization measure desirable. He cautioned that enactment is guesswork and noted possible reconsideration by the House judiciary committee regarding the Walsh bill on NRA wages and hours on government contracts. Fire destroys a block of small businesses in Ada’s Fittstown oil boom town.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Walsh
Pastor cancels tour to conduct Will Rogers funeral rites
The Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher canceled an evangelical tour at Salem Oregon to conduct final funeral rites for film star Will Rogers and Wiley Post, who died in an Alaska plane crash. Services were planned at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
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J. Whitcomb Brougher
Salem
Ore
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Los Angeles
Breas
353rd Reunion to Be Held Here in Lawrence
The 353rd All-Kansas Infantry and Auxiliary hold its sixteenth annual reunion in Lawrence for three days from August 31 to September 2 with headquarters at Hotel Eldridge. A full program includes registration, opening, theater shows, memorial services, tours of K U and Haskell, a regimental banquet and dance, and a photographic salon.
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53Rd All-Kansas Infantry and Auxiliary
Lawrence
Eldridge
W. A. McClain
Vernon Roy
Simon Hurwitz
Clarence Bliesner
Clyde Bell
B. P. Sweeley
H. W. Pasewark
S. E. Schwahn
J. W. Twente
Rex Kendall
W. E. Wineinger
Wichita
353Rd
Haskell and
K. U
Camp Funston
Leonard Wood
All-Kansas Regiment
James H. Reeves
France
England
Aegtment
United Ta
H. J. Rinkel
Hotel Eldridge
Granada Theater
Sora
Lawrence Memorial High School
Lawrence Country Club
Hotel
Lop'v
Haskell Institute
Lawrence Family Escaped Burning Sedan Last Night
Fire on highway 40 destroyed a 1931 LaSalle owned by Dave Reedy of 704 Maine Street four miles west of town after wiring fault. Reedy, wife, and child escaped as flames spread from under seat and floorboards. he cooled fuel tank then firefighters arrived. Actress Marjorie White dies from injuries after Hollywood car crash. County projects discussed at Topeka WPA office with G R Webb reviewing plans.
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LaSalle
Dave Reedy
Maine Street
Here
Highway 40
Reedy
Sheriff’s Office
Hollywood
Calif
Marjorie White
Miss White
Marlon Lovell
William Meckie
Genels
G. R. Webb
WPA
Topeka
Weather Forecast for Kansas Regions
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in western Kansas and partly cloudy, unsettled conditions in the east tonight and Thursday with a temperature rise on Thursday. Morning observations show cloudy conditions with rain in Manhattan Topeka and Ottawa while Coffeyville and Dodge City remain clear. Dirt roads are muddy in Manhattan Topeka and Ottawa. good elsewhere. Douglas County roads rated good. Gas office records show yesterday’s temperatures with a 7 am reading 52 and today’s noon reading about 86 as the high, minimum near 20. Rainfall this morning measured .56 inches.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Topeka
Ottawa
Coffeyville
Dodge City
Douglas
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