Emperor Haile Selassie Under Air Raid Near Dessye
Italian war planes bombed Haile Selassie headquarters and his palace in Dessye, killing civilians and wounding many, while the emperor commanded defense with a machine gun. The attack damaged the American hospital and Red Cross tent as shells rained for about 17 minutes. Casualties included several Europeans, a nurse, a Belgian officer, and a French correspondent. The emperor was uninjured and toured the streets afterward.
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Emperor Hi Dessye
Ethiopia
Emperor Haile Sel
Dedjarmaten
Dessye
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
New Potato Regulation Exempts 50 Bushels for Producers
Washington reports a new potato program regulation granting producers an automatic tax exemption up to 40 bushels based on 1932 48 annual sales, with a 50 bushel limit for sales allotments needing county and state committee approval. The change aims to ease harsh provisions of the contract arousing controversy.
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Washington
AAA
Proposal to admit junior college grads into Big Six athletics
Discussion at Kumans City on letting two-year junior college graduates compete in Big Six varsity sports without two years residence. No action taken as directors weighed risks of proselyting. Missouri-Kansas Junior College association formed. J C Wellemeyer elected president, L B Wykoff VP, D A Pierce secretary, C H Smith treasurer. aims to connect junior colleges across Nebraska Oklahoma Kansas Missouri into a Midwest group. first meet at Wentworth Lexington May 23 with track golf tennis. each conference retains its own eligibility rules.
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Kumans City
C. H. Smith
el Dorado
Kan
N. A. Pierce
Moberly
L. B. Wykoff
Wentworth Military Academy
J. F. Wellemeyer
Kansas City
Missouri-Kansas Junior College Association
Lexington
Professor Cady Patented Apparatus for Molecular Weight
New York December 6 Professor Hamilton P Cady of the University of Kansas received a US patent this week for a method and device to determine molecular weights of gases and vapors. The gas enters a testing chamber in a liquid with auto adjusted temperature to counter pressure changes, readings based on vapor density without temp or pressure measurements. The patent was filed in April 1984 and approved on originality and innovation with full usage rights retained.
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New York
Hamilton P. Cady
University of Kansas
United States Patent Office
Prof. Cady
Patent Office
Acquittal Scene Directs KU Band In Own Composition
Lawrence J H Bell to direct the University of Kansas band in his own composition Twentieth Century as part of the annual jail concert program next Tuesday at 5 in KU auditorium. Russell L Wiley confirms Bell's leadership. Admission is 25 cents. student tickets available.
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J. H. Bell
Lawrence
University of Kansas
K. U
Russell L. Wiley
Bell
K. UV
Leader of break shot to death in Oklahoma raid
Don Gar, last of six prisoners who broke from Muskogee jail after fatally wounding Detective Chief Ben Bolton, was captured near Weat Oklahoma. Dan T. Heady led the breakout and was killed. Dewey Gilmore wounded. Leonard Short captured severely ill. Officers say Short died later. Stanfield led the posse to the farmhouse where Heady and Gilmore fell. Mrs. Heady arraigned in Muskogee federal court. continuous pursuit across swollen mountain streams hindered by floods.
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Okla
Don Gar
Muskogee
Ben Bolton
Garrett
Dan T. Heady
Kansas City
Dewey Gilmore
Dallas
Tex
Heady
Gilmore
Leonard Short
Galena
O'Malley Ganesters
Russell Land Cooper
Clayton
Heally
Allen Stanfield
U. S
Ada
Tom Jordan
Clarence Boatwright
Hurshorne
Short
John Blackburn
Conover
Wis
Mussolini’s Terms for Ending War Hinted At
The AP reports renewed Ethiopian resistance as Italy presses a northern front offensive. Italian communiques cite Ethiopian and Italian fatalities as Makale notes Ethiopian thrusts. Rome sources outline Mussolini policy: decisive victory, Haile Selassie capitulation, fait accompli to the League, end to sanctions, and Italy keeps Tigre and Ogaden provincias.
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Associated Press
Dessye
Italy
Ethiopia
Makale
East Africa
Mussolini
Rome
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Europe
Tigre
Ogaden
Pinet convention dispute heads to Kansas teachers board
The Kansas State Teachers association faces a hearing today over the retention of Frank Pinet, veteran secretary, with the board to meet at 3 PM. The Wichita and Topeka teachers want Pinet dismissed for alleged political and personal activities, and C C Wright to be removed as assistant secretary.
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Topeka
Frank Pinet
Kansas State Teachers’ Association
Pinet
Wichita
Topeka Association
C. C. Wright
John E. Lund
W. S. Heusner
Salina
Heusner
Lund
Hays
Dodge City
Parsons
Hutchinson
Coffeyville
Santa Claus Visits Lawrence Tomorrow for Short Time
Old Saint Nick will be in Lawrence tomorrow from 2 to 6 PM for a brief meet and greet with children, after last Friday's crowd limited his visit. Fire Chief Paul Ingles arranged the event on Massachusetts Street before Santa returns to the North Pole.
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Santa Claus
Lawrence
Nick
Paul Ingles
Santa
Massachusetts Street
North Pole
Haile Selassie Protests Air Raid On Dessye
Emperor Haile Selassie, who escaped an Italian bombing raid on Dessye, protested to the League of Nations over the attack on Red Cross hospitals and killings of women and children. He said the American hospital at Dessye bore Red Cross insignia and condemned the strike.
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Emperor Haile Selassie
Dessye
League of Nations
Agarfi
Red Cross
Teachers Meet for Christmas Gathering in Douglas County
The Douglas County Teachers association plans a Christmas meeting tomorrow from 10 to 12 in the basement of the First Christian church. A noon lunch will be served by church ladies, and an exchange of gifts is planned. County Superintendent Harold C. Fisher works on sorting about 3,000 examination sets for rural schools to be used in December 12 and 13 exams, prepared under the state education department. Many sets will be delivered to teachers at the First Christian church meeting.
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Douglas County Teachers Association
First Christian Church
Harold C. Fisher
Douglas County
State Department of Education
Laval wins confidence vote as French leagues to disband
Paris reports Laval's government wins 351 to 217 in a confidence vote after proposing immediate dissolution of armed leagues. Markets rallied as the franc weakened and bond stocks strengthened. a surprise pledge to dissolve the Croix de Feu, a fascist veterans group, was announced amid calls for national unity and Europe-wide diplomacy.
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Laval
Chamber of Deputies
France
Jong
New York
Lavat
Lial
Europe
Cir Vet
Croix de Feu
Talmadge Proposes Democratic Grass Roots Convention
New York December 6 Governor Eugene Talmadge of Georgia announced a formal call for a Democratic convention akin to the Republicans grass roots meeting. He said John Henry Kirby of Houston will issue the call jointly for a January Atlanta meeting. Kirby chairs the Southern Committee to Uphold the Constitution, now claiming 100000 members in 17 southern and border states.
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New York
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
John Henry Kirby
Houston
Tex
Atlanta
Kirby
Talmadge
Roosevelt Says Courts Will Decide On Holding Company Registration
Warm Springs Ga Dec 6 President Roosevelt said it is up to the courts to decide on the refusal of utility holding companies to register with the securities and exchange commission. He indicated a constitutional test of major New Deal measures and noted transportation should be brought under one federal regulator.
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Roosevelt
Securities and Exchange Commission
Murphy
Charles Murphy
Tammany
Supreme Court
George
Georgia
Finance Committee
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
White House
Organize a Forum at Haskell Institute
The Haskell Institute boys organize a Men's Forum under Rev A A Van Sickle director of religious activity. The forum aims to furnish spare time recreation in a campus room and seeks donations of games books magazines and other reading material from Lawrence residents to support past traditions.
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Haskell Institute
A. A. van Sickle
Haskell
Forum
Lawrence
van Sickle
North East Central Kansas Christian Endeavor Plans Year
The executive committee of the north east central district of the Kansas Christian Endeavor will meet in Lawrence Sunday afternoon at the Detler home. The six county area will be represented by officers from Topeka Kansas City Olathe Leavenworth and other points. The committee will outline the coming year and hear reports from all departments. Miss Martha Shirley of Kansas City Kansas is president and will preside.
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Kansas Christian Endeavor
Lawrence
Detler
Rhode Island Street
Christian Endeavor
Topeka
Kansas City
Olathe
Leavenworth
Martha Shirley
Kan
Settlement Reached in North China Crisis Talks
Reported settlement in the North China crisis claimed by Associated Press reps of central Chinese government and five northern provinces. London quarters say Beijing may appeal to the League of Nations over Japan involvement in the autonomy movement.
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Associated Press
North China
London
League of Nations
Japan
Stuart Named to Forestry Service Post
Malcolm R. Stuart an economics instructor at Kansas University has won a civil service appointment with the United States forestry service. He will start in the Manhattan office on December 14. He cited the Kansas forestry service shelter belt project as the main work of his departure from the university. Meanwhile 76 year old rural route mail carrier Lyman Wiley is seriously ill at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a stroke on November 11.
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Malcolm R. Stuart
K. U
Civil Service
United States Forestry Service
Manhattan
Kansas Forestry Service
Shelter Belt
Stuart
Lyman -Wiley
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
KU Athletic Staff Heads to Kansas City Meet
University of Kansas athletic staff members traveled to Kansas City for Big Six conference meetings. Director Dr F C Allen will lead two basketball rules interpretation sessions for coaches and officials. Dean George Shaad and coaches Adrian Lindsey Hargiss will attend, with M J Getto speaking at a Wyandotte high school football banquet at the Hotel Kansas Cityan.
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University of Kansas Athletic
Kansas City
F. C. Allen
George Shaad
K. U
Adrian Lindsey
H. W. Hargiss
M. J. Getto
Kansas Cityan
IN MEETING AT TOPEKA
Washburn hosts the annual Missouri Valley conference gathering of athletic directors coaches and faculty representatives in Topeka December 6 and 7. Officials from seven conference schools will draft the 1936 football schedule plan the basketball campaign and review Wichita and St Louis universities for membership. The event is led by Prof A M Hambleton assisted by Ernest E Beary and Elmer Holm with about 25 officials in attendance at the Hotel Jayhawk.
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Topeka
Washburn College
Missouri Valley’ Conference
Wichita
St. Louis
Charg
A.M. Hambleton
Washburn Law School
Ernest E. Beary
Washburn
Elmer Holm
Jayhawk
Debaters to Meet Northwestern on Socialization of Medicine
The Kansas University varsity debate team will face Northwestern University next Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. in the Central Administration building auditorium. Kansas will argue the affirmative and Northwestern the negative on the topic The Socialization of Medicine. Admission is 25 cents or student activity tickets.
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Kansas University
Northwestern University
Central Administration Building
Kansas
Northwestern
Stock Market Index Dips After Yesterday Rise
The index for 60 stocks fell to 55.2 points after yesterday's 55.6 close. Investors weighed mixed signals as market breadth narrowed and several sectors showed softer trading today.
KERC again rejects Hitchcock for county post
Douglas county officials report KERC has again refused to approve the nomination of Robert L Hitchcock of Cherryvale Kansas for the combined office of poor commissioner and case supervisor. The executive director John G Stutz cites insufficient qualifications. Hitchcock, 24, KU graduate 1932 with studies in sociology psychology education and journalism has been a Montgomery county case worker since September 1934 and previously served as an assistant in the poor commissioner office. his nomination follows the rejection of Glenn C James of Manhattan for insufficient experience.
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KERC
Robert L. Hitchcock
Cherryvale
Kan
Douglas County Poor Commissioner
Board of County Commissioners
John G. Stutz
Topeka
Stutz
Hitchcock
University of Kansas
Montgomery County
Harold Baker
Douglas County
Poar
Washington
Heads Medical Group Elected Douglas County Medical Society Officers
Dr V M Auchard was elected president of the Douglas County Medical Society at the annual business meeting at Wiedemanns last night. Officers elected include Dr A S Anderson as vice president Dr J Mu Mott as secretary and Dr E M Owen as treasurer. Lawrence Memorial Hospital Staff elected Dr A J Anderson as chairman Dr H T Jones as vice chairman and Dr H Penfield Jones as secretary treasurer. A paper by Dr N P Sherwood titled Immunity and Clinical Medicine was read.
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V. M. Auchard
Douglas County Medical Society
Wiedemann
A. S. Anderson
J. Mu Mott
E. M. Owen
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
A. J. Anderson
H. T. Jones
H. Penfield Jones
N. P. Sherwood
Father of Neal Wherry Dies in San Diego
Neal M. Wherry, principal of Liberty Memorial high school, reports his father James A. Wherry died in San Diego at 71 after prolonged illness. An Iowa native, he lived in California about 15 years and in Athol, Kaw, for many years. Funeral services are in San Diego tomorrow afternoon with burial at Athol next Thursday afternoon.
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Neal M. Wherry
Liberty Memorial High School
James A. Wherry
San Diego
Calif
Wherry
Iowa
California
Athol
Kaw
University chancellor visits Topeka for youth meeting
Chancellor EF. H. Lindley of the University spoke to Topeka's state advisory board of the National Youth Administration. He will travel to Chicago Saturday night for the American Medical Association Council on Education meeting, and serves as a permanent delegate to the council from the American Association of State Universities.
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EF. H. Lindley
University
Topeka
National Youth Administration
Chicago
Council On Education
American Medical Association
American Association of State Universities
Weather Outlook For Kansas With Variable Rain And Colder Nights
Kansas forecast shows generally fair conditions in the west and central areas with occasional rain in the extreme east. Cooler in the southwest tonight, Saturday expected to be fair but colder in west and south. Morning weather includes rain or mist and fog in Emporia and Dodge City, cloudy in Coffeyville and Pittsburg. Dirt roads muddy except soft in Manhattan Coffeyville Wichita, slippery in Emporia Topeka, good in Dodge City. Douglas county roads good. Gas Office Record notes yesterday afternoon and today morning temperatures with a high of 48 and a low around 41.5.
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Emporia
Dodge City
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Wichita
Topeka
Douglas County
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