Lubin opens monopoly inquiry on nation’s economy
Washington reports commissioner of labor statistics Isador Lubin opened the national economic committee monopoly inquiry with testimony on the slow economy since 1930. He cited losses of 132 billion in national income and 119 billion in unemployment wages, noting potential gains if 1929 levels had persisted.
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Washington
Isador Lubin
Labor Statistics
Lubin
Senate
National Economic Committee
Congress
United States
England
Germany
Sweden
France
Du Pont Opposes Profit Sharing and Favors Efficiency Wages
Washington December 1 Lammot Du Pont president of E I Du Pont de Nemours says profit sharing is impractical and wages should reflect efficiency He notes his firm’s bonus totaling 7 598 000 for exemplary service and argues profits rise where risks are high and management is sound Frank Gannett supports profit sharing to reduce strikes and align worker rewards with production outcomes
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Lammot du Pont
Washington
Senate
Delaware
E. I. de Pont de Nemours and Company
Frank Gannett
America
du Pont
Gannett
Test of constitutionality of federal wage hour law
Washington reports wage hour investigators have compiled about 1 800 complaints to test the federal labor standards act. About 450 indicate real violations with likely lawsuits within two weeks to seek a Supreme Court ruling on the law’s wage floor and hour ceiling. Field investigators lead the effort while FBI aid may follow. a first major test is expected as Administrator Andrews seeks court orders from non complying employers.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Supreme Court
Wage Hour
Joseph E. Brill
Justice Department
Wagehour
F.B.I
Andrews
Was Too Active in Labor Fight Says Martin
Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers, told House investigators that an Italian vice consul urged Italian Americans in Detroit to back a fascist government. He charged Communists seek control of U S labor via the C I O and AFL, but said their numbers are over emphasized. He described attempts to place Communists in leadership and office within unions.
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Washington
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
House
Giacomo Ungarelli
Detroit
Martin
United States
C.I.C
American Federation of Labor
Italy
Ungarelli
State Department
A. W
Labor Movement
CLI. O
John P. Frey
American Federation of Laor
Jewish Children to England Plan Evacuations
Berlin reports state 300 Jewish children up to 17 will depart Germany today for havens in England. A British Jewish committee in Berlin says about 5,000 children under 17 will be moved to England in the near future.
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England
Berlin
Germany
Toy Drive Offers Lawrence Kids Christmas Joy
Lawrence families can help brighten a child’s Christmas by gathering discarded toys and delivering them to the fire department at 745 Vermont Street. Firefighters will repair and repaint items such as wagons tricycles dolls and games to distribute to less fortunate children.
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Lawrence
Vermont Street
Tri-State zinc industry devastated by tariff cut warns official
Evan Just, secretary of the Tri-State Zinc and Lead Ore Producers association, says the 20 percent tariff reduction in the Canada trade agreement demoralizes the zinc and lead sector. Prices for slab zinc drop in St Louis from 5.05 to 4.50 cents per pound, with local concentrates down from 34 to 31 dollars per ton and further cuts expected. About 6,000 mine and smelter workers face reduced production and layoffs, threatening livelihoods for over a hundred thousand people linked to the industry. Local citizens accuse the administration of betraying them for Canadian concessions.
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Miami
Okla
Tri-State
Canada
Evan Just
Tri-State Zinc and Lead
East St. Louis
St. Louis
Czechoslovak Leader Aligns With Germany Under Youth Government
Prague reports President Emil Hacha announces Czecho Slovak republic will work hand in hand with Germany under a government drawn from the youth. He says the map shows a joint space of living and calls for more young ministers as Germany has long been an example.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Emil Hacha
Hacha
Fine
Berliner Lokalanzeiger Berin
Czecho- Slovak Sudetenland
Stapleton to Pursue Pro Football After College Career
George Stapleton former Kansas University guard and captain plans to continue in professional football next season. He has played with Union City Rams in New Jersey, a Brooklyn Dodgers farm team, after starting with the Dodgers and being injured early. Rams finished third in the league under Tony Sarusky and Ed Franco.
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George Stapleton
K. U
Stapleton
Lawrence
Union City
N. J
Rams
Brooklyn Dodger
Dodgers
Tony Sarusky
Fordham
Ed Franco
Little New Deal Fades as Pa Legislature Disbands
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania General Assembly dispersed ending a session that kept the house Democratic since 1936 and the senate Democratic 34 to 16. Gov-elect Arthur James will lead a Republican administration while the house shifts to Republican control and the senate remains Democratic.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
House
Senate
George H. Earle
Arthur James
Utah bus tragedy kills 26 as train hits school bus
A fast freight train named The Flying Ute struck a loaded Jordan high school bus at a rural crossing near Midvale Utah killing 26 and injuring many as sleet reduced visibility. The bus carried 40 to 60 students mostly ages 14 to 18 from Bluffdale Riverton South Jordan Crescent and Herriman. Sheriff S Grant Young and hospital staff coordinated a large response as the worst Utah school bus disaster on record unfolded.
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Salt Lake City
W. E. Speakman
The
Rio Grande and Western Railway
Sarah Bergstrom
Salt Lake General Hospital
Midvale
Jordan High School
Salt Lake County
S. Grant Young
Young
Farrel Silcox
Lionel W. Sorenson
Utah
Bluffdale
Riverton
South Jordan
Crescent
Herrisman
Silcox
E. L. Rehmer
J. P. Ryan
Sympathy Walkouts Reach France After Strikes
Paris reports a wave of sympathy walkouts following the discharge of workers who joined yesterday’s abortive one day strike against Premier Daladier. Soldiers and mobile guards were deployed as the government moved to suppress the protests by conciliation or force. Public employees who struck face penalties as Daladier’s cabinet weighs response.
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Paris
Premier Daladier
Daladier
Don Cossack Chorus To Perform At KU Auditorium
Russian Don Cossack chorus directed by Serge Jaroff appears at Hoch Auditorium for KU concert, in a three part program featuring church music and songs. Jaroff’s history includes service in WWI and the White forces, with Rachmaninoff among his close musical associates.
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University of Kansas
Don Cossack Chorus
Hoch Auditorium
K. U
Serge Jaroff
Kostroma
Jaroff
Imperial Choral School
Petrograd
Russia
Wrangel
Crimea
Tchelengir
Constantinople
Rachmaninoff
S. Jaroff
K. Schwedoff
Foft Lesginca
Ras K
Schwedort
K. Schwedert
Ataman Platov
Kansan Heads County Agents
The National Association of County Agents elected Z. McCormick of Council Grove Kansas president for the coming year. McCormick specializes in work with Hereford breeders in the Flint Hills cattle grazing region. Ford Service Hamilton 15 W. 9th Ady.
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Kansan
Chicago
National Association — of
Z. McCormick
Council Grove
Kan
McCormick
Flint Hill
Oil Operator Urges 60-Day Idle to Stabilize Industry
Hutchinson oil operator P W Hopper urged a 60 day shut down of oil fields in Kansas and other producing states to stabilize the industry. He spoke to the Kansas division of the Independent Petroleum association in Wichita. Russell Brown of Washington cautioned that legal and practical hurdles would block such action. Harold Fell of Ardmore criticized special allowables as unfair.
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Wichita
W. F. Hopper
Hutchinson
Kansas
Hopper
Independent Petroleum Association
Russell Brown
Washington
Association
Harold B. Fell
Ardmore
Okla
Aliens to be deported from Leavenworth jail
In Leavenworth Kansas on December 1, sheriff James E Irvine announced that 51 aliens held in the city jail after release from federal prisons will be deported to their home countries this Saturday. They will first go to Little Rock Arkansas where additional aliens are held. Of the 51, 29 will be sent to Mexico and two to China.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Ifty
James E. Irvine
Little Rock
Ark
Mexico
China
Hartnett Signs One Year to Manage Cubs in 1939
Gabby Hartnett signed a one year contract to continue as manager of the Chicago Cubs for the 1939 season. Charles Lee reports the date as December 1. Hartnett will return to lead the club next year.
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Hartnett
Chicago
Charles Lee
Gabby” Hartnett
Chicago Cubs
Wide search for kidnapped student in Maryland and Washington
Mary Brown an 18 year old Washington business school student vanished last night after being abducted by two foreign looking men. Her sister Lucy 15 described a truck and rough dressed abductors while police found and photographed footprints and school papers along a road near Oxon Hill Maryland. Authorities including state troopers and FBI sought leads as the search extended across local roads and waterways in the tobacco country southeast of Washington.
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Washington
Mary Brown
Mary
Lucy Brown
Lucy
Oxonhill
Maryland
Washington Business School
William H. Brown
Edward Johnson
Maryland State Police
Art Employe
Federal Bureau of Printing, and Engraving
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Brown
Tobacco Country
Red's Corner
Reported Razor Attacks Spark Hoax Crackdown in England
London authorities warn reporting imaginary razor attacks is a crime as a 14 year old girl admits her Manchester suburb attack tale was a hoax and injuries were accidental. Halifax tally rises to 14 as fear spreads amid the razor maniac scare across England.
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London
England
Manchester
Halifax
Razor Blade Maniac
Barcelona recalls ambassador over Belgium agent decision
Spanish government press agency reports Barcelona recalls its ambassador from Brussels after Belgium announces sending a commercial agent to insurgent Spain.
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Barcelona
London
Brussels
Belgium
Spain
Roosevelt to Deliver Message to Congress in Person
President Roosevelt said after a conference with Speaker Garner he would deliver his annual message to the new Congress in person on January 3. In Warm Springs he dismissed questions on revived reform bills and declined to list must pass items, calling must bills a chimera obscura. He indicated he would speak in person if the speaker allows.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Congress
Bankhead
Wheat Needs Rain In Kansas Reports Say
Topeka December 17 The Santa Fe public relations chief says the 1939 winter wheat outlook is not very encouraging, especially in Kansas where moisture is badly needed. Central and western areas are thinner and drier with weak root growth while eastern Kansas shows a fair showing. Subsoil is better than last year but surface moisture is urgent. corn yields lag, grain sorghum crops mark the largest since 1933, and sugar beet harvests in the Arkansas Valley progress with good yields and fair sugar content.
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Topeka
Santa Fe
C. W. Lane
Department of Public Relations
Kansas
Lane
Arkansas
Complete Shutdown hits Chicago stockyards amid embargo
A railroad embargo on livestock shipments to commission men caused a total shutdown in Chicago stockyards as the C O I handlers strike entered its 11th day. The Chicago live stock exchange urged the move while direct shipments to packing firms would be accepted. A Monday conference was scheduled between union officials and Union Stock Yards Transit Company.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock Exchange
E. L. Kemp
C.O.I
Union Stock Yards Transit Company
S S Santa Clara sails to Lima with Hull and U S delegation
The S S Santa Clara carrying United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull and the U S delegation to the Pan American conference left Balboa Panama for Lima Peru after a 24 hour stopover in the Canal Zone.
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Peru
Balboa
Canal Zone
S.S. Santa Clara
United States
Cordell Hull
Lima
Russian plane crash kills Soviet experts en route to Moscow
Chungking reports a Russian built aircraft crashed today killing 20 Soviet military experts who were en route to Moscow after advising Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek. clarity of place and names preserved per source.
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Chungking
Moscow
Chiang Kaiek
Destruction and Loss After Kweilin Raid by Japanese Planes
Japanese warplanes bombed Kweilin in Kwangsi Province China killing 72 and wounding 200 plus. Fires damaged government buildings a hospital and many residences as residents fled. An American resident and a nurse helped save 60 patients then treated 30 more.
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Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
China
South China
Privanecendiary
Southern Baptist Mission Hospital
R. E. Menshaw
San Benito
Tex
Ruth Ford
Memphis
Tenn
November Weather Report Shows Slight Above Normal Rainfall
Professor Posey reports November mean temperature at 45.67 degrees, 3.2 above normal, rainfall 2.67 inches, 0.65 inch above normal. High 82 and low 9 degrees mark the month, with 60 inch snowfall contributing to total precipitation. total year rainfall 30.02 inches. Cloudiness averaged 36.67 percent with 13 clear days, 12 partly cloudy, five cloudy.
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C. J. Posey
Dickson Pair Gone From Excelsior Springs Hunt
Police and deputies hunted the Dickson pair after South Dakota bank robberies. Sixteen deputy sheriffs gave up the search while highway patrolmen and FBI agents continued probing roads and trails. A car linked to the couple was found but deputies said occupants did not match the pair. They suspected the duo had moved north toward Minnesota where Dickson has relatives.
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Excelsior Springs
Benny
Estelle Dickson
South Dakota
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dickson
Minnesota
Will Become Cooler In Kansas With Above Normal Temps
The Kansas forecast calls for cooler but still above normal temperatures for at least 36 hours with cloudy skies and no moisture. Highs likely 50 to 55, lows 30 to 32 in the north and around 35 in the south, as Montana and western Canada stay milder. No wintery weather is moving toward the northern plains.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Montana
Canada
Northern Plains
Absentee ballots flip Ford County legislative race
Topeka December first. Absentee ballots changed the outcome in Ford county where Ralph Bolinger, Republican, defeated incumbent George Fowler, Democratic, by a 3 613 to 3 605 margin after a canvass. Fowler led by ten votes at the general election. Bolinger won 29 of 40 absentee votes.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ford County
Frank J. Ryan
Ralph Bolinger
George Wowler
Fowler
Bolinger
Stock Market Index Drops to 60-Stock Average
The Stock Market Index for 60 stocks fell to 50.9 from 51.2 yesterday, signaling a slight retreat in overall market performance. Investors monitor further movements as prices stabilize.
Weather forecast for Kansas with west fair and east clouds
The Kansas forecast calls for generally fair conditions in the west and considerable cloudiness in the east tonight and Friday, with colder temperatures in central and western areas on Friday. Morning conditions vary from misting in Arkansas City to fog in Wichita, with other cities showing cloudy or partly cloudy skies and dirt roads mostly fair to good.
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Kansas
Arkansas City
Salina
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
Manhattan
Emporia
Wichita
Stein Teri Ratcoewiys
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Sout Jordan
Mack Bateman
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