Unemployment estimates put U S jobless at about eleven million
Washington reports semi official unemployment estimates for September show 10,915,000 jobless. Since March 1933 about 5,000,000 previously jobless have found work. Nathan notes a peak of 15,071,000 in March 1933 and says October likely decreases from September. Readings cover manufacturing, building, railroads, wholesale retail, and services.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Committee On Economic Security
Robert R. Nathan
Nathan
International Labor Review
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Wife Advised Bossy Gillis to Remain Quiet
Newburyport Mass Dec 4 The wife of mayoral candidate Bossy Gillis urged him to stay silent during his campaign for a third term. Gillis credited his wife and others for advising restraint amid his boisterous political style. He pledged favors for foe John M. Kelleher and proposed forming an industrial planning board to curb industry flight. Gillis hinted at a Christmas party for underprivileged children.
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Newburyport
Mass
Andrew
Gillis
City Industrial Planning Board
Bossy
Kelleher
Salem
Be cksley Dies in Auto Crash Near Lamar Mo
Thomas F B Beckley 79 of near Garden City was killed when his car pulled from a side road and struck a passing truck on Highway 160 eleven miles west of Lamar. He lived with his daughter Mrs Henry Rudisale.
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Lamar
Thomas FB. Beckley
Garden City
Highway 160
Henry Rudisale
Test Your Knowledge Trivia from the Classifieds
A quiz listing ten questions on topics from immigration taxes to geography and history. It asks about the 1911 head tax, Francois Coppee, city area comparisons, lakes wholly in the U S, Thomas Nelson Pare, wives of brothers, the 1924 American League pennant winner, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, New York State capital, and Cordele’s state location, inviting readers to turn to classified for answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois Coppee
New York City
Chicago
Great Lakes
United States
Thomas Nelson Pare
Jay Gould
Jim Fisk
New York State
Cordele
KU students adopt high water trousers and cowboy boots
Kansas University men embrace bold fashion with high water trousers and cowboy boots drawing chatter among professors. The campus also notes vandalism to a sculpture in the Wilcox museum and a Gamma Phi Beta meeting disruption caused by a terrier. The Kappa Sigma fraternity plans an all stag party as campus officials urge grade policy changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Kansas University
K.U
Mary Ruth Watermulder
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Wheat satisfactory in western Kansas after rains
Topeka report from the United States weather bureau notes western Kansas wheat crop developed well in the past week after rains. Ground shows drill holes with some fields covering ground while extreme western counties stay bare. Surface moisture meets present needs but subsoil moisture remains deficient. eastern regions with excess moisture have wheat covering fields and in good condition for winter.
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Topeka
Kansas
United States Weather Bureau
Joint meeting of engineers at K U and Kansas City groups
Mechanical and Electrical Engineers from Kansas State College University of Kansas and Kansas City ASME and IEEE groups join with the Kansas City junior ASME section for a 7 30 pm Thursday gathering in Marvin Hall auditorium at KU Five papers will be presented including New Low Cost Farm Light Plants Diesel Engines as Applied to the Automotive Industry Load Control by Thyristor Governed Saturable Reactor and Wind Tunnel Testing Admission is open to all interested participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State College
University of Kansas
Kansas City
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Institute of Electric Engineers
ASME
Marvin Hall
K. U
England Beats Germany 3 0 in First London Match
A crowd of about 60,000 in London cheered England as they defeated Germany 3 to 0 in the first international match on English soil since 1901. Anti Nazi demonstrations failed to materialize though a few Nazi flags were shown and a German following sang a Nazi song during the band’s performance. The other note reports Salina residents can get duplicate vehicle registration tags without red tape this year, per county treasurer Joe E. Snyder.
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London
LPI
England
Germany
Salina
Kan
Joe E. Snyder
State Motor Ve Ce
Topeka
Hull signals to curb abnormal war material sales
Secretary Hull reiterated the U S stance against abnormal exports of war materials to warring Italy and Ethiopia. He noted no change in policy under the neutrality act and cautioned that embargo rules cover listed commodities while extending to essential war materials could breach the act's intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
Italy
Ethiopia
State Department
Ickes
High School Play The Goose Hangs High at Liberty Memorial
Liberty Memorial high school presents a comedy The Goose Hangs High by Lewis Beach with an all student cast under Miss Elizabeth Shepherd. The show is at 8 15 p.m. in the high school auditorium with admission at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi-Y
Liberty Memorial High School
Lewis Beach
Elizabeth Shepherd
Roosevelt backs low farm mortgage rates in Warm Springs
Warm Springs Georgia December 4 President Roosevelt met Meriwether county farmers delegation at his cottage on Pine Mountain. They urged rates as low as three and a half percent on farm mortgages and pressed for passage of the Bankhead farm tenant act to provide government loans for tenant homestead purchases. Delegation led by Mayor Harry and Judge Render Terrell spoke with the President for nearly an hour, Terrell noting the President is merely sympathetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Meriwether County
Fine Mountain
Harry
Render Terrell
Greenville
Judge Terrell
Thacker of Chanute Turns 101 as Time Weights Anew
William H. Thacker of Chanute Kansas observed his 101st birthday noting that time grows shorter with age He recalled being born in Virginia learning blacksmithing at 15 and serving in the Civil War He moved to Kansas in 1883 and settled east of Chanute He is a Democrat who supports President Roosevelt’s economic efforts and urged temperate eating for longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Kan
William H. Thacker
Thacker
Virginia
Kansas
Roosevelt
Missionary Royall to Speak at Nazarene Church
Rev. Godfrey W. Royall, recently returned from China, will speak at the Church of the Nazarene this evening at 7:45. He tours the middle west with firsthand reports on China’s current conditions. Accompanying him are District Superintendent Rev. E. E. Hale of Topeka and Mrs. E. E. Hale, district president of the Woman's Missionary Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey W. Royall
China
Church of the Nazarene
Middle West
Mr. Royall
E. E. Hale
Topeka
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Angry Sow Attacks Boy in Feeding Pen in Kansas
In Phillipsburg Kansas Dee 4 a sow injured two year old Donald Babcock son of Mr and Mrs Charles Babcock. The child entered a feeding pen with his older brother when the infuriated sow lunged biting an ear and knocking him down. His brother Clayton age 10 witnessed the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillipsburg
Kan
Dee
Donald Babcock
Charles Babcock
Clayton
Manhah Eern
Lawrence Firemen Repair and Distribute Recycled Toys
Lawrence firemen report a large inflow of donated toys for Christmas repair and repainting. Toys come from homes and broken stock, with paint supplied by local merchants. Fire Chief Paul Incels notes they can handle many more gifts, to be distributed by welfare groups to needy children.
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Lawrence
Paul Incels
Nineteenth
Massachusetts
Eighth
Vermont
Ignaz Friedman To Give Kansas Tonight In Recital
The renowned Polish pianist Ignaz Friedman appears at the University of Kansas auditorium for a concert starting at 8:20 PM. The program features nine selections by Chopin Mozart Schumann and others. Reserved seats are $2 general admission $1.50 with student activity books valid. The hall opens at 7:30 PM.
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Ignaz Friedman
University of Kansas
Arting
K. S
Ignaz
Friedman
Vienna
Europe
Marie von Shidlowsky
Leo Tolstei
United States
Chopin
Mozart
Schumann
Basketball Coaches Discuss Rules in Fifth District
The Intercollegiate AAU fifth district holds a two day meeting in Kansas City this Friday and Saturday. Forrest C. Allen of Kansas and district chairman leads a closed coaches session Saturday morning followed by an open interpretation meeting for coaches officials and interested parties. Athletics directors from the Big Six will discuss spring schedules finances and the Big Six swimming meet location possibly moving from Lincoln to the Kansas City Athletic Club. Baseball playing also on the agenda with Kansas University noting no games since two years ago. Dean George Shaad Big Six faculty representative attends with the 9 am Saturday session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Forrest C. Allen
Univer of Kansas
F. C. Allen
Lincoln
Kansas City Athletic Club
K. U
George Shaad
School of Engineering
Big Six
State bar exams postponed to February 10
The state supreme court postponed the annual bar examination to February 10 because the regular midwinter test conflicts with midterm exams at the University of Kansas and Washburn College law schools. The exam is normally held the third Monday in January but was moved up to avoid the schools’ schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Washburn College
State Supreme Court
Ise to Speak at New Citizenship Conference in Baldwin
Prof. John Ise of Kansas University will address the second annual New Citizenship conference in Baldwin from December 6 to 8. His talk is titled The Constitution and Social Change in 1936. In Chicago a Concordia man dies in hotel from heart attack after returning from the International Fiestock Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ise
Baldwin
K. U
Kansan
Chicago
Willian Dehner
Concordia
Kan
Urges Industry to Use Advertising as Weapon
Bruce Barton urged industry to wield advertising as its weapon in the battle against politics for public leadership. Speaking at the Congress of American Industry with the National Association of Manufacturers, he argued industry can tell its benefits to the people and win favor by advertising boldly and consistently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Barton
New York
Gales
Congress of American Industry
National Association of Manufacturers
Barton
United States
Laxton
Amerita
Medical society to hold dinner meeting with Dr Sherwood
Douglas County Medical Society schedules a dinner meeting tomorrow at Wiedemann's starting 6 30 p m. Dr N P Sherwood will speak on Immunity and Clinical Medicine and officers will be elected. Also noted is Olin K Petefish forming a law partnership with C C Stewart in the Dickinson building and Mrs W Allison winning a Cudahy packing contest prize for household hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Medical Society
Wiedemann's
N. P. Sherwood
Olin K. Petefish
K.U. Law School
C. C. Stewart
Dickinson
Petefish
Kansas
Kanwaka
W. Allison
Route Six
Cudahy Packing Company
Allison
Lawrence
Victorreda Dawes
Alumni Party Hosted by Vocational Agriculture Alumni
Liberty Memorial high school Vocational Agriculture class Alumni Association held a monthly gathering at Lone Star hall. About fifty attendees including families enjoyed a Christmas decor, a FARM radio broadcast program led by Cyrus Anderson, Charles Banning, Alvin McKinney, and Arthur Johnson, with Anderson as MC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Memorial High School
Lone Star Hall
Cyrus Anderson
Charles Banning
Alvin McKinney
Arthur Johnson
Lone Star Church
KU Varsity Debate Team Picks After Tryouts
Dean Moorhead from Hugoton Philip Renick of Long Beach Calif and Donald Voorhees of Leavenworth were chosen for KU varsity debate after tryouts. The Missouri Valley association topic on retention or abolition of the AAA was used by the contestants. Judges were KU professors John E Hawkins F J Moreau and E C Buehler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Moorhead
Hugoton
Philip Renick
Long Beach
Calif
Donald Voorhees
Leavenworth
Kansas University
Missouri Valley Association
AAA
K. U
John E. Hawkins
F. J. Moreau
E. C. Buehler
Freshman Debate Team Trips Out for One Day
The K U freshman debate squad left last night for a one day tour debating Kansas State College team in high school assemblies at Junction City Herington and Manhattan on socialization of medicine Richard Jones Jr of Wichita and Roy Steinheimer Jr of Hutchinson joined by freshman coach Gunnar Mykland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Kansas State College
Junction City
Herington
Manhattan
Richard Jones, Jr
Wichita
Roy Steinheimer, Jr
Hutchinson
Gunnar Mykland
Burned in Cabin Fire in Coffeyville
Mr and Mrs F H Haines were seriously burned in a tourist cabin fire when a gas stove exploded as they tried to start a fire on their route from Big Cabin Oklahoma to California. Their daughter Mrs Oliver Butler and her husband came from Kaw City to help.
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Coffeyville
Kan
F. H. Haines
Big Cabin
Okla
California
Haines
Oliver Butler
Kaw City
Bible scholar to speak at university convocation
Rev. Edgar J. Goodspeed of the University of Chicago will speak to students at a university convocation next Tuesday morning in the K U auditorium. The event celebrates the 400th anniversary of the complete English Bible printing and includes a luncheon forum at the Union and a ministers’ meeting address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar J. Goodspeed
University of Chicago School of Divinity
K. U
K. U. School of Religion
Deaths and Funerals in Perry and Topeka
John W. Rouse age 81 died at home in Perry after short illness. Funeral at 1 p.m. Friday at M E church conducted by Rev G J Rhodes. Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery Perry. He was brother of Mrs Benjamin Urbansky of Lawrence. John M Leeper Topeka contractor and builder, formerly in Lawrence, died after services at Penwell chapel Topeka. burial Mount Hope cemetery. Mrs Elmer Landis 62 died this morning seven miles south of Lawrence. funeral arrangements pending.
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John W. Rouse
Perry
M. E. Church
G. J. Rhodes
Oak Ridge
Rouse
Benjamin Urbansky
Lawrence
John M. Leeper
Topeka
Penwell
Mount Hope Cemetery
Elmer Landis
Negro Asks for Wages On 62 Year Old Claim
William Faris, 62, seeks pay from Birmingham city for work during the June 1873 cholera epidemic, claiming he built 72 coffins for two dollars and six bits per day over five weeks. He has no written evidence and cites distance and health delaying the claim. He recalls Colonel James R. Powell as the hiring authority and explains his need now due to age.
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Birmingham
Aiu
William Faris
Nero
Eunice Hewes
Faris
James R. Powell
Large Benefit Payments to Kansas Farmers in Sept
Kansas farmers received more than 13.3 million dollars in September under AAA contracts, part of 28.5 million dollars for July 1 to October 1. Wheat checks totaled 12.231 million, corn hogs 1.062 million, sugar beet 2.201 thousand, cotton 253, and tobacco 48. Ford County led with 766,024 dollars. Wheat payments averaged 207 dollars for each of 94,106 contract signers.
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Manhattan
Kan
AAA
Kansas
L. C. Williams
Kansas State College
Ford County
Williams
Mortgage rates discussed by Warm Springs farmers
On December 4 a Warm Springs delegation from Meriwether County met with President Roosevelt to press for lower mortgage rates. Rev. W. G. Harry, Warm Springs mayor, arranged the visit and Roosevelt invited the farmers to his Pine Mountain cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Meriwether County
W. G. Harry
Pine Mountain
Tescott Banker Hansen Dies at 79 in Kansas
Tescott Kan Dec 4 79 H B Hansen president State Bank of Tescott and noted Kansas stockman died at his home last night He received a state master farmer award in 1932 Survivors include his widow a son and one daughter
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Tescott
Kan
H. B. Hansen
State Bank of Tescott
Kansas
Jenny Wren Bulls Win Places at Chicago Show
The Jenny Wren Bulls win prizes at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Kansas exhibitors like Robert H. Hazlett of El Dorado claim top spots in Hereford bulls with calving ranges across 1932 to 1934 and multiple firsts in bull groups. J. G. Robinson of Towanda presents the champion American bred Percheron mare Violet B, with the entry also named reserve grand champion Percheron mare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nec
Kansas
Robert H. Hazlett
el Dorado
Kan
Hazlett
Foster Farms
Rexford
Hereford
Jenny Wren Co
J. G. Robinson
Towanda
Feet on desk posture speeds mental work at Colgate
Colgate University experiments report that keeping feet higher than the head speeds thought. A man preferring footed work may find an easy path to sharper mental effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Colgate University
Longtime New Orleans ally indicted for tax evasion
A federal grand jury indicted Seymour Weiss, president of the New Orleans dock board and ally of Huey P. Long, on income tax evasion charges. This marked the third such charge against him in 24 months. Si Paid Traffic Fine Lua Bumgardner paid a $2 fine in police court for speeding through a stop sign near Liberty Memorial High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
New Orleans
Seymour Weiss
Lua Bumgardner
Liberty Memorial High School
Winfield appoints city manager to succeed deceased official
Winfield Kansas on December 4 appointed Homer Hanlen city manager to fill the vacancy caused by the death of W. J. Welfert. Mrs Lyda Taylor, veteran accountant in the city clerk office, was named to succeed Hanlen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Kan
Homer Hanlen
W. J. Welfert
Lyda Taylor
Hanlem
The Deacon Slips Play Corrected Dates
Excelsior notes corrections for last week's items about The Deacon Slips by the CPA and Pleasant Hour Circle at Willow Springs hall, now set for December 5 and December 6. Several local families and visitors are listed with Thanksgiving activities and visits, including Pohl, Gastrock, Flory, and He other towns.
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C.P.A
Willow Springs Hall
Glen Flora
Lawrence
Will Peffley
Ottawa
Harry Flory
Ernest Pohl
Red Cross Fund
Conrad Gastrock
Ida Gastrock
Julish
Baldwin
Ike Montgomery
Harve Flory
Willard Houling
Manhattan
Deacon
Centropolis
Frank Steen
Williamsburg
Pohl
L. W. Haas
George Inger
Gus Nagel
Alvin
Ed Becker
Holyrood
Conrad Gas Track
Mary Peffley
Elmer Rappard
Ida Ressler
Lyle Enyart
Worden
Worden Woman's Missionary Society
Alvin Johanning
Franks
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Terrier
K. A. Wilcox
University Senate Advisory Committee
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K. UI
Nazarene Church
Sow
Boy
Santa Claus
Paul Ingels
Lone Star
Vocational Ag
Sanson
Jenny Wren
Army Flers
Army
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Bolling Field
War Department
Harry H. Geoffrey
St. Paul
Minn
George E. Rice
Thermopolis
Wee
J. W. Hayes
First Baptist Church
Turk
Istanbul
Black Sea
Wadestown
W. Va
Ellsworth
Frank Hardman
California Aircraft Company
Antarctic
Lincoln Ellsworth
Journal-World
Musical Bulletin
Columbia Records
Shirley Temple
Varsity
Weaver’s Dept
Weaver's
Excelsior
Carrie Cooper
Marietta
Ted Lewis
Amie
America
Lewis
Granada
Sweegas Plumbing Co
Manley
Agency
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