Keynote speeches on Lima schedule signal Western Hemisphere unity
Lima Peru Dec 10 delegates await keynote talks by Secretary Hull Argentina and Peru foreign ministers that may chart a path for 21 republics. Berle says US seeks no military alliance while delegates debate mutual aid and joint ministerial meetings as Landon eyed for peace committee role.
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Lima
Peru
Cordell Hull
Argentina
Hull
Secday
Jose Maria Cantilo
Carlos Concha
Oscar Benavides
Tho
Benavides
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
United States
Kennedy urges international loan to solve refugee crisis
U S ambassador Joseph P Kennedy says Europe’s refugee problem requires an international loan and cooperation from Hitler. He contemplates a war debt deal with Britain but notes US opinion may reject a full dollar settlement. Kennedy plans to return around February 1 after sailing home on the Queen Mary.
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Southampton
CPR
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Europe
Hitler
Britain
Kennedy
America
Seek Dickson Near Slater in Missouri Flight
Lees Summit Mo December 10 The twisting trail of Benny Dickson and his 16 year old wife the nations most hunted couple led Missouri highway patrolmen to watchfulness near Slater today. Dickson and his wife are suspected of robberies and kidnapping. officers have pursued them across several states since he fled a hail of police gunfire at Topeka Kansas on Thanksgiving day. Captain William J Baxter head of the state highway patrol said a Slater filling station operator reported the couple bought gasoline and oil last night.
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Lees Summit
Benny Dickson
Missouri
Slater
Dicksons
South Dakota
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Dickson
Topeka
Kan
William J. Baxter
State
Dr Marvin Hall Injured
Topeka surgeon Dr Marvin Hall a member of the KU athletic board is seriously ill. His condition was reported unchanged last night and he could not attend the athletic board meeting here Wednesday night.
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Marvin Hall
Topeka
K. U. Athletic Board
Hall
Byrd Attacks Fiscal Insanity and Eccles Borrowing Plan
Senator Byrd from Virginia told the Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers that nine years of fiscal insanity require a bold reduction in federal spending. He criticized Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner Eccles and warned the nation’s debt could reach about 50 billion dollars when all federal agency obligations are counted. He pledged to push reorganization legislation focused on retrenchment and economy.
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Boston
Byrd
D-Va
Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers’ Associations
Tugwell
Corcoran
Congress
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Perous
New York
Capone Returning to Illinois After Alcatraz Release
Al Capone is set to leave Alcatraz on January 19, 1939 and begin a Cook county jail term before becoming a free man. The Chicago gang leader known for Prohibition era rackets faces a diminished underworld and a 1939 return.
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Chicago
al Capone
Capone
Fuehrer
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
Cook County
Thomas J. Courtney
Gunman Robs Merriam Bank for 800 in Traveler’s Checks
A well dressed man entered the Merriam State Bank before noon and forced the preparation of negotiable traveler’s checks. He handed a note through the window, escaped in a car with no license, and fled with about $800 as bank staff and customers pursued. Marie Van Hercke identified the event and cashier C. E. Trego attempted pursuit. A loaded revolver sat behind the teller’s desk unused.
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Merriam, Kan
Merriam State Bank
Marie van Hercke
District Court Upheld in Gorrill Goff Note Case
The state supreme court affirmed a Douglas County ruling awarding M. A. Gorrill $300 plus interest on a promissory note dated March 1, 1928. Goff's statute of limitations defense failed. a $60.10 credit from October 1932 tolled the period.
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Topeka
State Supreme Court
Douglas County District Court
M. A. Gorrill
Melvin Goff
Goff
Gorrill
Tupelo Cuts Rates Below TVA Standard
Tupelo becomes the first city to install TVA electric power announcing rate cuts effective February 1. Industrial power drops about five percent and commercial rates fall about 12 1/4 percent with no residential reduction noted.
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Tupelo
Miss
TVA
Walsh says Roosevelt unlikely to seek third term
Boston December 10 The Boston Traveler quotes U S Senator Davis I Walsh stating he does not believe President Roosevelt will run again despite pressure from supporters He argues eliminating himself would handicap efforts to obtain congressional support while noting Roosevelt will influence the process to back a candidate who will carry liberal policies
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Boston
Boston Traveler
U. S
Davis I. Walsh
D-Mass
Roosevelt
Henry Urges Alumni Work in 5 Year Plan
Gwinn Henry the new football coach at K U outlines a five year plan and calls on Kansas University alumni to help interview prospects. He aims to recruit good players but expects not to see a championship team next fall.
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Henry
Gwinn Henry
K. U
Jayhawker
Tennessee Adds Two Thirds of New Doctors from UT
University of Tennessee graduates account for about two thirds of physicians starting practice in Tennessee, highlighting UT’s influence on the state’s medical workforce. Wiedemann's Homemade Candies. Adv.
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Tennessee
The
University of Tennessee
Wiedemann
Adv
Lien provision upheld by court on homestead rule
Kansas Supreme Court holds the welfare law lien on homesteads inoperative during a recipient’s lifetime and not enforceable against the homestead except to pay purchase price or improvements. The Jefferson County case involved Nellie Hawkins who began receiving aid in 1937 and challenged the lien in 1987 after a district court ruled it unconstitutional.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Supreme Court
High Court
Jefferson County
Nellie Hawkins
Welfare Boards
Office of the Register of Deeds
Jefferson County District Court
Free Wrapping Service Opens Wednesday at Merchants Bureau
A no charge Christmas parcel wrapping service will debut at noon Wednesday December 14 in the House building 729 Massachusetts Street. The wrap station offers one stop wrapping mailing or expressing with post office and Railway Express staff on site to send parcels directly. The popular service returns after a gap last year and is run with help from RC Miller owner of the building and the Kansas National Guard which leased the site for drill headquarters for companies H and M.
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Merchants Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts Street
Post Office
Railway Express Agency
R C. Miller
Kansas National Guard
Thief Steals Baby’s Diaper Bag From Car
In San Francisco on December 10 a thief doubled the laugh by taking the diaper bag from Eric Moeller’s parked car. Two other suitcases held clothing worth hundreds of dollars. The diaper bag contained diapers for Moeller’s baby.
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San Francisco
Eric Moeller
Moeller
Scores Call In For K U Oklahoma A and M Game
Journal World will provide half time and final basketball scores from Stillwater tonight between Kansas University and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical. The game begins at 8 o clock with first half scores posted shortly before 9 o clock. Call 22 for the updates.
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Stillwater
Journal- World
Resolution Condemning Racial Persecution Circulated at Meeting
The Pan American conference steering committee circulated a Cuban resolution condemning racial persecution and urging tolerance. Argentina may block its passage in current form, while the plan is to close the conference on December 27.
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Lima
Peru
Argentina
Germany
Mail Gifts Early In Lawrence Postoffice Notice
Lawrence postmaster Roger Williams urges early mailing of Christmas parcels and cards to ease congestion. A new Chamber of Commerce wrapping station opens next week and University of Kansas branch stocks stamps. Evening hours begin December 18 with midnight delivery planned December 24. holiday schedule includes December 26 as a holiday. Card postage details include one and one half cents for unsealed messages and three cents for uncertain addresses.
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Lawrence
Roger M. Williams
Williams
Post Office Department
Postoffice
Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts Street
University of Kansas
Eastern Kansas high school conference extends invites
In Topeka the eastern Kansas high school conference invites Junction City and Salina to join. Acceptance is deferred until a Chapman meeting Monday to discuss forming a central Kansas conference. W. N. Van Slyck notes most 1939 schedules are complete with only a few openings remaining.
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Topeka
Eastern Kansas High School Conference
Junction City
Salina
Chapman
Kan
Kansas
W. N. van Slyck
Efrence
Emporia
Manhate Topeka
van Slyck
Posters Show Nazi Propaganda Across Berlin and Arab Suffering
Berlin reports large posters at Nazi precincts depict British soldiers firing on Arabs and destroying villages while claiming England ignores Arab oppression. The piece notes reaction to arson and vandalism in Germany and plates the contrast with anti Jewish targets. Henry Gwinn named head football coach at Emporia State prepares to speak at Emporia high school's banquet.
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Berlin
England
Germany
Henry
Emporia
Gwinn Henry
Stock Market Index Advances With Holiday Cheer
The average of 60 stocks rose to 50.2 from 49.9 yesterday signaling a brighter market mood as holiday promotions push consumer sentiment. A Chevrolet for Christmas advert suggests strong retail car demand alongside market gains.
Douglas county November relief costs page report
The November gross relief bill totaled 14 489 02 with 6 071 87 federal and late reimbursements leaving a net county cost of 8 417 15. Comparisons to October show a slight cost decrease. Major items were old age assistance 5 607 19 and general assistance 4 444 63. December 1 caseload stood at 787 cases about 1 800 persons, all general assistance. Federal commodities distributed included beans butter cabbage graham flour white flour prunes raisins rice tomatoes beets onions and clothing and household furnishings to 1 554 persons.
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Douglas County
Mildred Watson
Board of County Commissioners
Hedrick Denies Support for Keeping Conger at KU
George Hedrick secretary of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce says an article in the Kansas City Times misquoted him as backing a drive to retain Ralph Conger on the Kansas University athletic staff. Conger was ousted as freshman coach in the new arrangement approved by the athletic board. Hedrick denies any such suggestion and defends the KU program.
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George Hedrick
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City Times
Ralph Conger
K. U
Conger
Athletic
Hedrick
Star
Eldridge
Chamber of Commerce
Memel Germans Vote in Push for Return to Germany
Memel Lithuania December 10 Memel Germans who covered 1100 square miles with Nazi slogans and uniforms ended their tense campaign for tomorrow's diet elections with a warning they would demand return to Germany. The region, detached after World War I and placed under Lithuanian sovereignty in 1923 with autonomy.
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Memel
Lithuania
Germany
Ancon Launched As Sinkproof Panama Liner By U S Navy
In Quincy Massachusetts December 10 the liner Ancon was launched at Fore River by Bethlehem Steel. Secretary Woodring called it virtually sinkproof and crucial for Panama canal commerce and war reserve seagoing capability. The 10,000 ton ship, built for government Panama Railroad Steamship Line, can reach 19 knots and was christened by Mrs Woodring.
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Quincy
Mass
Harry H. Woodring
Panama Canal
Fore River
Bethlehem Steel Company
Army
Navy
Woodring
Panama Railroad Steamship Line
University of Kansas Vespers Draws Big Crowd Tomorrow
Anticipated turnout matches last year’s 6500 as the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts hosts a two performance Christmas Vespers in Hoch Auditorium with free admission. The 4 pm and 7:30 pm programs include a 100 voice choir, carols, tableaux, and period costumes with support from the drawing and painting department and stage crew. Key tableaux depict St Lucia legends and Luke 1 2 passages.
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University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
Hoch Auditorium
Beulah Chiapasso
Alice Moncrieff
Methodical Safety Campaigns Cut Traffic Deaths Citywide
Intensive safety drives across 35 major cities reduced traffic deaths in the first week of December. Ten cities saw declines of 40 percent or more versus 1937, with several posting 15 to 35 percent drops. Cities like Providence Columbus Cleveland and Detroit report large gains through enforcement education and engineering measures including strict penalties, early court action, and dramatic speed controls.
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Associated Press
Providence
R. I
Columbus
Cleveland
Birmingham
Ala
Louisville
Detroit
Dallas
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Newark
N. J
New York City
St. Louis
Kansas City
H. F. McElroy
Annual Douglas County 4 H banquet honors standout members
Attendance reached 298 at the eleventh annual Douglas County 4 H Club and Vocational Agriculture Achievement Banquet hosted by the Douglas County Bankers Association at the Eldridge Hotel. W R Essick spoke on the Futura Farmers of America. Jayhawk Trumpeteers provided music. county champions and numerous members received pins and trophies for achievements in canning, style revue, safety, and livestock exhibits.
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Eldridge Hotel
Douglas County .Bankers Association
George Dunkley
Bankers Association
Jayhawk
K.U
W. R. Essick
Liberty Memorial High Schol
Futura Farmers of America
Herberd Hornberger
Ralph Houk
Junior Heck
Harold Johanning
Danny Brune
Kansas City
Deal Six
Jola Johnson
Kanwaka Club
Mildred Johanning
Chamber of Commerce
W. E. Spalding
Richard Wilson
Chicago
Bernice Wiggins
Topeka
Belleview Club
Helen Heinrich
Margaret Heinrich
Louis Heinrich
Helen Hubbard
Big Springs
Donald Cousins
Ben Emery
Jean Emery
Vernon Kunkel
Charles Sulzen
Dorothy Sulzen
Fredrick Sulzen
Lucille Sulzen
Theodore Sulzen
Ira
Arlene Spencer
Wesley Wulfkuhle
Warren Hartman
Clinton Busy Bee Club
Leslie Harrell
Richard Heine
Allen Hout
Julia Hout
Leslie Demerits
Louisa Baldwin
Firefly Club
Irena Hoover
Melvin Percival
Vercil Argabright
Eunice Hoover
Della Hayden
Dorothea Hornberger
Billy Gene Rice
Elvira Roll
Eunica Roll
Norrine Roll
Ruth Brune
Kanwaka_ club
Jimmie R. Topping
Clare J. Colman
Iola Johnson
Lecompton Club
Doris Holloway
Marie Cottrell
Lone Star Club
Maxine Flory
Meadow Lark Club
Lillian Ellis
Shirley Garrett
Glen Halderman
Lucille Blough
Rainbow Club
Charles Breithaupt
Roy Crawford
Maxine Dyer
Thelma Dyer
Georgena Finch
Eldred Fisher
Fred Breithaupt
Nellis Finch
Light Rain or Snow Forecast for Kansas Weekend
Federal meteorologist S D Flora said light rain or snow is probable across Kansas this weekend with possible precipitation next week and temperatures near or above normal. Tonight will bring a light freeze in western areas with 28 to 32 degrees east and 25 to 30 west. Tomorrow the mercury may linger around 40 to 45 degrees as cloud cover continues. Meanwhile in Beloit two killed and two injured in a highway curve accident four miles south of Simpson. The deceased are James Wendell and Janet Riedel both 21 and 24. Rosemary Wendell 22 and Doris Bunch 22 were injured.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
South Central
Flora
Beloit
Kan
Simpson
James Wendell
Janet Riedel
Rosemary Wendell
Doris Bunch
Weather Outlook for Kansas Weekend Light Precipitation Forecast
Kansas forecast calls for likely light rain or snow tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions in the south central and extreme west. Morning outlook shows partly cloudy skies at Garden City and Arkansas City while other areas are clear and road conditions remain good.
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Garden City
Arkansas City
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