Emperors Grant of Ethiopian Lands to Oil Interests
An August 31 report from Addis Ababa states Emperor Haile Selassie signs a 75 year charter granting half of Ethiopia to Standard Oil and British interests for oil and mineral exploitation and a Lake Tana dam project. Promoter Francis M Rickett cites a 500 million dollar capital pool with American and Egyptian participation to fund roads, education, hygiene, and development while securing Nile water rights.
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Standard Qi
Lake Tana
Ethiopia
Sudan
Egypt
London
Cairo
Lake Rudolph
Eritrea
Aussa
Jigjigga
Italy
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Tana
Blue Nile
Nile
J. G. White Company
New York
Egyption
White
Mussolini
Sadler
Hull
State Department
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Associated Press
Roosevelt
United States
Cornelius H. van Engert
African Exploration and Development Corporation
Swi
Delaware
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Oklahoma governor pledges patronage overhaul
In Oklahoma City on August 31 Governor E. W. Marland announced the removal of James V. McClintic from his patronage post and the abolishment of the office. McClintic’s dismissal is automatic and he will be assigned a more useful role. Future hiring and firing will be controlled directly by department heads under the governor’s plan.
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Oklahoma City
James V. McClintic
E. W. Marland
McClintic
Britain Advises Haile Selassie to Withhold Big Oil Concessions
London and Rome react to a British communique telling Emperor Haile Selassie to withhold oil concessions granted yesterday to the Africa Development Exploration Company. The move may jeopardize Britain’s peacemaker role in the Italo Ethiopian dispute and could affect promises for developing a vast region in Ethiopia. Italy signals resistance if consulted by Britain.
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London
Foreign Office
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Rome
Great Britain
Haile-Selassie
Addis Ababa
African Development Exploration Company
Italy
Douglas County Schools Resume After Labor Day Opening
Douglas County ready to begin teaching as 84 schools with over 2,000 students and 123 teachers return on Labor Day. Most schools have one teacher, four host high schools in Baldwin Lecompton Eudora and Vinland, and four high schools in operation. New Douglas County Teachers Association officers were elected August 15. Lawrence and Kansas University students also prepare for the new term with Lawrence schools opening September 9 and KU classes starting September 19.
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Douglas County
Baldwin
Lecompton
Eudora
India
Coal Creek
Midland
Vinland
Douglas County Teachers’ Association
County Institute
Mildred Brown
Brackett
Agnes White
Herbert Nunemaker
Adeline
Wayne McMaster
Brubaker
Lawrence and
Kansas University
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Cool Days to Stay in Kansas Weather Outlook
Topeka August 31 reports federal meteorologist P S D Flora ready to trade his fan for coal signaling summer's end in Kansas. Outlook favors topcoats but not fall crops with September having warm spells. Readings stayed 70 to 75 yesterday and should reach 75 to 80 today with a few degrees higher Sunday. Garden City highs 78, lows 52. showers likely Monday and midweek with more rain Friday. River valley flood danger has passed.
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Topeka
P.S. D. Flora
Kansas
Flora
Garden City
Tribune
Horton
Hanover
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Manhattan
Concordia
Republican River Valley
Taste for knickknacks found in cow stomach at Kansas City plant
At Swift & Company packing plant in Kansas City a cow stomach yielded a spoon door keys a can opener glass pieces part of a door lock brass headed tacks a compass and cedar wood knots Firemen battled a closet blaze at W Shirk 907 Rhode Island St the heat scorching wallpaper in the afternoon Rochester Mayo Clinic notes distinct improvement in Senator Couzens condition today
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Kansas City
Swift & Company
W. Shirk
Rhode Island Street
Roosevelt Signs Neutrality Bill
Washington notes President Roosevelt signed mandatory neutrality legislation to keep the United States out of conflicts like Italy versus Ethiopia. The act bans arms shipments to belligerents until February 29 1936 and gives the president power to restrict travelers and ships, with a temporary frame and discussion of making provisions permanent.
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Washington
United States
Italy
Ethiopia
Roosevelt
Hull
Thomas
Utah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
Mussolini to Call Out Still More Men for War
Premier Mussolini told Italian troops in Bolzano that 200000 more men will be called to the colors next month, bringing the armed forces to over a million. He said sanctions threats will not curb sacrifice and that soldiers must not return home after maneuvers. The speech stressed willingness to endure further sacrifices without political talk.
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Eeme
Bolzano
Mussolini
London
League of Nations Council
Land
Ethiopia
Fair Was Success Big Springs Fair Ends With Record Crowds
The Big Springs fair closed after a three act comedy The Borrowed Husband drew the largest crowd in four years and a feature baseball game saw Belvoir defeat Big Springs 14 to 5. Officials praised the event, though Wednesday night free entertainment was rained out. livestock transport was hindered by muddy roads. Labor Day caused a rescheduling of the regular school board meeting to Wednesday night.
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Big Springs
Belvoir
W.W. P. Henry
The
Fair Association
Henry
Mildred Kreipe
Gerald Kreipe
Fred Kreipe
Clarence Engleke
Grace Kreipe
Lilla Kreipe
Rosamond Barland
Edward Kreipe
Frances Koehler
Guardsmen Await Word on Camp Competition
Members of companies M and H of the 137th Infantry National Guard stationed here await the results of the camp competition at Camp Whitside Ft Riley from August 14 to 28. Regular army instructors pick three top units each year. Last year Co H was selected. this year it is hoped they will again be among the leaders. Capt Galen A Gorrill leads Co H. Capt Wayne Allphin commands Co M. Activities were inspected including marching in the field and camp streets and tents while men were away from home.
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National Guard
137Th Infantry
Camp Whitside
Ft. Riley
Co. H
Galen A. Gorrill
Co. M
Wayne Allphin
Kansas educator dies after heart ailment in Wichita
Wichita educator H S Miller age 72 originator of the opportunity school died at home after a heart ailment. He arrived in Wichita in 1907 and formed a business college later becoming a commercial instructor at Wichita high. He led the board to start the evening program offering practical subjects for employed people, with thousands enrolled since its founding.
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Wichita
Kan
H.S. Miller
Opportunity School
Miller
Board of Education
Pirates extend win streak as Birkofer blanks Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates win their tenth straight with Ralph Birkofer pitching six hits allowed in a 5 0 decision over the Chicago Cubs. Chicago started 000 010 0 and finished 0 6 1 02 010 10x 5. Other league games noted include Braves rallies but Brooklyn wins 5 2. Verger homers for the Giants in a 9 3 win over the Phillies.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Ralph Birkofer
Chicago Cubs
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Hartnett
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Mulcay
Padden
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Braves
Tom Baker
Brooklyn
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Baker
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Lopez
MacFayden
Betts
Spohrer
New York
Hal Schumacher
Phillies
Giants
Johnny Verger
Philadelphia
Bowman
Todd Schumacher
Mancuso
Start of the Bill Lawrence School Year Nears
Lawrence and Douglas county communities prepare for a new school year with Monday closing for Labor Day, upcoming school openings September 9, and normalizing post office, banks, and library hours. Stores adjust hours. University housing renovations wrap up as students return. British factories go 24 hour to boost aircraft production amid Sicily tensions and Malta defenses. Ships of the home fleet mobilize toward maneuvers off Scotland.
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C. W. Poliom
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Roger Williams
Lawrence Banks
Lawrence Free Public Library
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Rome
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Home Fleet
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Scotland
Douglas County 4-H entries head to state fair
Douglas County 4-H clubs will be represented at the state fair in Topeka opening September 9. Ten entries include a livestock judging team from Douglas County, Big Springs with two booths, Kanwaka one booth, Sunflower club one booth, and individual exhibitors Clifford Shaw Bernice Wiggins Billy Henry Jr Elizabeth Wiggins Willard Shaw and Helen Shaw in poultry dairy beef and baking. The deadline for entries was yesterday.
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Douglas County
Topeka
Big Springs
Kanwaka
Sunflower Club
Clifford Shaw
Bernice Wiggins
Billy Henry Jr
Elizabeth Wiggins
Willard Shaw
Helen Shaw
Let Contract for Steel Reinforcing Bars Stepped to BDR Materials Inc
Sealed bids opened at the county courthouse for reinforcing bars for general bridge work. The contract was awarded to B D R Materials Inc of Kansas City Missouri at 2.46 dollars per 100 pounds. Four other bids followed: Topeka Foundry and Iron Works Company 2.58, Construction Products Company Kansas City Missouri 2.58, Firman L Carswell Manufacturing Company Kansas City Kansas 2.58, Carter Water Corporation Kansas City Missouri 2.49.
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County Court House
General County
B-D-R Materials Inc
Kansas City
Topeka Foundry and Ironworks Company
Construction Products Company
Firman L. Carswell Manufacturing Company
Kan
Carter-Water Corporation
Eviction Order Targets Tulsa Squatter Camp
Police served eviction notices on forty five families in a Tulsa squatter camp declared a nuisance over poor sanitary conditions. The group, totaling 149 people including 49 children under 15, offered no opposition and many asked to take their homemade shacks apart with permission granted.
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Tulsa
Okla
Hutchinson Hosts Kansas Legion Convention Start
Hutchinson Kansas Aug 31 Leading Kansas legionnaires prepared for the opening day of the annual department convention. Headquarters opened in the national guard armory for delegate registration with state commander Harrison Glidden and department adjutant Wost A Ryan due. Tomorrow features band concerts a review of the 13th United States cavalry at the state fair grounds and a memorial service with speakers Harry W Colmery and Lester Weatherwax.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Topeka
Lester Weatherwax
Wichita
Kansas to switch relief clients to direct cash aid
Topeka August 31 Kansas emergency relief committee plans to place about 62 000 employable relief clients on direct cash relief beginning September 5 through September 19 with a 475 000 federal allotment. Grants will support 65 percent of normal relief budgets while unemployables stay funded by counties. WPA projects may not provide expected employment in September.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Emergency Relief , Committee
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Works Progress Administration
John G. Stutz
Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
KERC
Stutz
Tom Mix Circus Brings Two Showings Next Monday
Tom Mix, owner of a three ring circus, appears in person in a two performance program next Monday at Woodland Park showgrounds with Tony the Wonder Horse. The show features three rings, a hippodrome track and a dome tent with over 500 on payroll and 200 in the big show. The parade runs on Massachusetts Street at noon.
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Tom Mix
Lawrence
Woodland Park
Tony
Mix
Atchison
Massachusetts Street
Capper Plans Busy Kansas Swing Before Fall Campaign
Washington dispatch reports Senator Arthur Capper will tour Kansas for four months, visiting all seven congressional districts and at least half the counties. An engagement is set for the state fair in Hutchinson mid-September. He has not formally announced another term but friends expect a bid. the story notes his critique of federal extravagance. SEEKS 7,659.30 DAMAGES.
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Washington
Kansas
Arthur Capper
Hutchinson
Grover Husted Sues Wafford Lewis for 7659.30 in KC
Grover Husted filed a damage action in district court against Wafford Eugene Lewis of 3305 Campbell Street Kansas City Missouri seeking 7659.30 as damages from a July 14 auto crash on Highway 59 near Midland. Union service tomorrow.
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Wafford Eugene
Lewis
Campbell Street
Kansas City
Husted
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Midland
Union Service Tomorrow
Baker University President to Speak at Union Church Service
Dr. W. B. Fleming president of Baker University will speak at the Southpark union church service tomorrow evening at 7 45 His topic is The Marks of a Maturing Mind Reverend A J Miller of the First Evangelical church will preside If weather turns bad the service moves to the First Methodist Episcopal church at Tenth and Vermont streets at 7
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Southpark
W. B. Fleming
Baker University
A. J. Miller
First Evangelical Church
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Tenth
Vermont Streets
Reunion Sessions Under Way Today
The 853rd All Kansas Infantry holds a three day town reunion at Eldridge hotel starting with an 7 pm opening addressed by Mayor Alfred Lawrence and presided by Rex Kendall. Officers H J Rinkel Wichita Blume Russell Banker Topeka Paulson Kansas City Mo. Over 100 register. parade links to Memorial service at Gra nada theater with address by Dr H J Rinkel and invocation by Rev Theodore Astman. Memorial program includes color slides and poem In Flanders Fields. Band show at Lawrence high school marks final evening activities. Monday morning features business meeting and officer elections.
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Eldridge Hotel
853Rd All-Kansas Infantry
Alfred Lawrence
Rex Kendall
H. J. Rinkel
Kansas City
353Rd Society
Wichita
Louis Banker
Russell
C.H. Paulson
Topeka
Courtney Turner
Ruth Pyle
Jane Lewis
Doris Lee Jackson
Lois Sumner
Keith Davis
Bert Burman
Grana
Eldridge
Walter McClain
Massachusetts Street
Granada Theater
Theodore Astman
Rinkel
Flanders’ Fields
Mary Louise Beltz
Dorothy Enlow
Don Carlos
Haskell Institute
Lawrence High School
Army modernization push eyed as European unrest grows
Washington notes indicate renewed pressure for a 400 million dollar army modernization package. House military committee members anticipate a strong bid for congressional approval linked to the European question, detailing funds for air forces, ammunition, mechanization, motorization, artillery, coast defense, and guard camp projects.
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Washington
House
Military’ Committee
Hill
D-Ala
Military Committee
Kansas Weather Forecast Night and Sunday Update
Partly cloudy in the west with showers probable in the east tonight and Sunday, slightly warmer in the southeast tonight. Morning weather notes cloudy or partly cloudy skies except clear at Dodge City and Coffeyville. Dirt roads good except muddy in Emporia rough at Manhattan and fair at Topeka with Douglas County roads listed as good. Temperatures show minimum today per Gas Office Record.
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Coffeyville
Emporia
Manhattan
Topeka
Douglas County
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