Chamberlain Speech Critics Attend Foreign Press Dinner
Prime Minister Chamberlain spoke at the Foreign Press association dinner in London as German representatives boycotted over disputed sentences. He warned aggressors that domination efforts fail, reiterated appeasement aims, and emphasized close Franco-British ties while avoiding Nazi fascism.
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London
CPI
Chamberlain
Foreign Press Association
Herbert von Dirksen
Gottfried Aschmann
Foreign Press Department
Hitler
The
United States
Baldwin
Earl Baldwin
France
Grasshopper outlook and Kansas Grange address at Liberty Memorial
The Agriculture Department reports west of the Mississippi should see less severe grasshopper outbreaks in 1939 except the southern area. Eastern Colorado and parts of Texas and New Mexico face potential infestation. Betting on bait use, losses and savings for several states are tabulated. Chancellor Lindley spoke at the Kansas Grange session urging industrial research and resource development.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mississippi River
Department
Colorado
Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Bureau of Entomology
Bureau
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Brazilian Proposal Denied Privileges Referred to Committee
Lima Dec 13 A Brazilian plan to deny alien minority privileges in Latin America was sent to the Pan American conference committee on international law. Brazil with German and Italian settlements advanced the project, while Mexico urged a declaration against aerial bombardment in war. The bloc of 13 nations, including Mexico and Central American states, weighs major economic and political issues as delegates monitor consensus for conference action.
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Lima
Latin America
Czechoslovakia
Pan-American Conference Committee On International Law
Brazil
Mexico
Committee For Organization of Peace
Honduras
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Costa
Rica
Guatemala
Panama
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Preston elected president of Douglas County Farm Bureau
A. E. Preston of Baldwin was chosen president at the Douglas County Farm Bureau annual meeting held yesterday at Trinity Lutheran church. W. W. Gerstenberger of Eudora was elected vice president, Ernest A. Pohl of Baldwin reelected secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Owen Mitchell of Lawrence named home and community chair, and Lawrence Leonhard of Lawrence elected to represent the county at the state convention next year.
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A. E. Preston
Baldwin
Douglas County
Chinese Troops Report Recovery of a Province
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese forces nearly retook Hunan after Japanese occupation. In a month long counter offensive they captured three villages east of Yochow and crossed Hupeh border to within three miles of Tungcheng. Western advances reached Tungting lake shore within five miles of Yochow.
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Shanghai
Hunan
Yochow
Hupeh Province
Tungcheng
Tungting Lake
Crew Saved From Sea Off French Coast In Storm Rescue
Thirty eight crew members of the Spanish oil tanker Lefac 61 were saved from drowning by twelve French coast guards in rough seas. The cutter and guardsmen plucked them from the distressed vessel before she split on a rocky reef, and the men cheered before collapsing from exhaustion ashore after two nights and a day of gale conditions.
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la Nouvelle
France
Stock Market Index and New Maytag Price Report
Average of 60 stocks stood at 50.8, up from 50.4 yesterday. Maytag price listed at 59.50. Green Bros advancing.
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New Maytag
Green Bros
Japan criticizes U S over Pan American role
Tokyo reports the Japanese press faulting the United States for shaping a sphere of influence in the Americas while opposing similar moves in Asia. Asahi says every nation must examine its own motives before rebuking others.
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Tokyo
United States
Americas
Asia
Asahi
Kansas Highway Patrol Chief Addresses Chamber Luncheon
Col J B Jenkins superintendent of the Kansas State Highway Patrol outlined the 1937 act creating a non political service arm focused on safety. He noted the patrol’s personnel limits and party balance, and described the five day courtesy plan to educate drivers on new traffic laws.
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Kansas State Highway Patrol
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
Col
J. B. Jenkins
John Brand
Billy Cain
L. H. Emmett
W. E. Spalding
Jude Anderson
Evan A. Edwards
Highway Patrol
Lawrence
The
Journal- World
Clyde W. Coffman
Overbrook
Jenkins
Kansas City, Kan
Kansas City Union Station
State Highway Patrol
Jackson Club
Altho
Corporation Commission
Merchants Bureau Sets Key Meeting on Holiday Hours
Charles Radcliffe announces a short important Merchants Bureau meeting tomorrow at 9 30 in Chamber of Commerce rooms. The agenda includes night opening for Lawrence stores next week and holiday closing hours including Christmas Eve and the day after.
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Charles Radcliffe
Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Radcliffe
Lawrence
Gladys Swarthout Sings Tonight at K U Hoch Auditorium
Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Gladys Swarthout appears in recital at Hoch auditorium tonight at 8 20 as the third University concert course offering. She is joined by accompanist Lester Hodges and her manager. The program features a wide variety of songs.
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Gladys Swarthout
Metropolitan Opera Company
Hoch Auditorium
Miss Swarthout
Lester Hodges
Sites for four Wallace laboratories approved for regions
Washington December 13 1930 Officials announced Wallace approved selection of four regional agricultural research laboratories each costing 1 000 000 dollars to study farming in four major areas. Locations to be announced simultaneously with the notice to locals. A director for each lab to be named later in the week.
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Washington
PK Agriculture Department
Wallace
Toy Norrow
Department
KU student Myron Mullen dies at 20
Myron R. Mullen a 20 year old KU engineering sophomore died at 2 30 am in Watkins Memorial hospital after about two hours illness Autopsy showed no obvious cause and chemical and microscopic analysis will follow The KU medical staff performed the autopsy with Dr George Walker and coroner Dr L K Zimmer present He was known as Woody and reportedly suffered respiratory congestion He is survived by his parents and a brother who is a KU liberal arts senior and Rhodes Scholarship candidate Funeral services will be held Thursday in Marion.
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Myron R. Mullen
Marion
University of Kansas School of Engineering
Watkins Memorial Hospital
R. I. Canuteson
Watkins Hospital
George Walker
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City
L. K. Zimmer
Mullen
Taylor Riddle-Smith
Dale Stanley
Lyndon
C. H. Mullen
C. H. Mullen, Jr
College of Liberal Arts
K. U
Rhodes
State
Free Wrapping Service Opens at Noon Tomorrow
The Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce offers a free wrapping service starting tomorrow at noon in the House building at 729 Massachusetts Street. A post office and railway express representative will assist with mailing parcels immediately. The service aims to ensure safe proper wrapping of Christmas gifts after a hiatus in 1937.
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Merchants Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts Street
Post Office
Railway Express
Beneficiaries Named In Mary Staf Estate Benefit
New York reports the will of 82 year old Mary Staf from Calum ty library shows 28 years of service and a monthly $65 stipend for fellow workers. Officials say the university will use the funds to aid employees.
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New York
Mary Staf
Miss Staf
Student Night extends shopping in Lawrence tomorrow
Lawrence gift stores will stay open after supper to give K U students an extra evening for Christmas shopping. Stores close at 9 p m. Merchants Bureau notes students have tight schedules and that Student Nights have been popular with students and clerks in previous years.
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Lawrence
K. U
Charles Radcliffe
Merchants Bureau
Ottawa firm named low bidder on Baldwin underpass project
Cook and Ransom Construction of Ottawa topped eleven bids for the underpass and related work near Baldwin Kansas on Highway 50. The firm also led bids on concrete paving grading and detour resurfacing with figures of 11531.85 13277 738 7531.56 1437.80 and 507.45 along with a tie for 1681.50 on another section.
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Cook and Ransom Construction Company of
Ottawa
Santa Fe
Baldwin
Kan
Court House
State Highway Department
Highway Commission
Topeka
Keeling
R. C. Keeling
W. K. Dinklage
R. K. Porter
Cook and Ransom
Cook and Cone Construction Company of
Cook and Cone of
Bert Metzger
Ozawkie
Marysville
Marshall County
M. N. Penny Construction Company of
Lawrence
Penny
Pleasant Kansas Weather Predictions Keep Moisture Low
Topeka reports pleasant weather for the period with no moisture expected for 36 hours. Skies clear today and tomorrow with highs near 45 degrees. Overnight lows vary from 12 to 30 across regions including Topeka and Wichita.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Colorado
Wichita
Dodge City
Phillipsburg
Citizens Asked to Volunteer Cars for Lawrence Tour
The Chamber of Commerce appeals to Lawrence residents to volunteer their cars to transport delegates for a Kansas Grange convention inspection tour of the University of Kansas and Haskell Institute campuses. The tour runs from 1 to 2 pm with cars gathered at the chamber by 1 pm. volunteers should call the chamber tomorrow morning.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Kansas Grange
University of Kansas
Haskell Institute
IS 80 YEARS OLD First Presbyterian to mark 80th anniversary
The First Presbyterian Church at Ninth and Vermont marks its 80th year with a congregational dinner on Wednesday at 6 15 PM. A birthday Christmas gift of a 500 building debt bond will be presented. Trustees host. Women’s Guild coordinates. 658 members currently.
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First Presbyterian Church
Ninth and
Vermont Streets
E. M. Owen
Board of Trustees
Women’s Guild
Charlotte VanBebber
W. G. Beougher
B. B. Beery
Wad. Baumgartner
F.A. Bremer
F. S. Butcher
Robert Davis
Caryl J. Dodds
J. R. Holmes
J. M. Sanderson
Guy Smith
P. W. Wiesselman
Neal Wherry
Ralph C. Young
Frank Willey
Mrs. S D Bishop Hospitalized After Fall Fractured Hip
Mrs. S D Bishop is at Memorial hospital with a fractured hip from a fall suffered Saturday evening. Her condition is satisfactory. Joseph B Bishop of Short Hills New Jersey, son of Mrs. Bishop, arrived in Lawrence this morning.
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S. D. Bishop
Memorial Hospital
Joseph B. Bishop
Short Hills
N. J
Bishop
Lawrence
Barker C. P. A. Plans Special Friday Meeting
A special Barker C. P. A. meeting is set for Friday evening December 16 at the Barker schoolhouse. All members are urged to attend.
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Barker C. P. A
Barker
Underworld Vengeance Strikes Sing Sing Prison
Five convicts were placed in solitary confinement after a fatal stabbing inside Sing Sing as killers seeking vengeance for a 1985 murder misidentified John F. O Hara in Queens. The target, ex-convict Matthew J. Kane, aged 41, died after a knife wound became infected. Kane had just left prison six hours earlier.
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Ossining
N. Y
John F. O’hara
New York
Sing Sing
Matthew J. Kane
Kane
O’hara
Sunnyside
Queens
Ers
Manhattan
Cogswell Says Farmers Still Not Better Off
State Master Cogswell told the 67th Kansas State Grange session in Eriksen hall that American farmers are not as well off as years ago. He urged farmer controlled production, soil conservation and crop insurance, and opposed broad governmental control or imports that hurt small farms. He also recounted friction with Governor Huxman over the state tax commission and praised the Grange for opposing a gasoline tax exemption repeal. The meeting opened with credentials reports and a deputies' oyster supper planned for this evening.
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Kansas State Grange
C. C. Cogswell
Cogswell
Eriksen Hall
Th Grange
National Grange
Govrnmental Bureaus
Kansas
Federal
Peepee
State Tax Commission
Huxman
State Grange
Grange
Weather Summary for Kansas Regions
Weather forecast calls for generally fair skies tonight and Wednesday with very cold conditions in the north. Morning observations report cloudy conditions at Wichita and Garden City, partly cloudy at Salina, and clear at Emporia Coffeyville Manhattan Kansas City Topeka and Pittsburg. Dirt roads are rated good.
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Kansas
Wichita
Garden City
Salina
Emstoria
Coffeyville
Manhattan
Arkansas City
Topeka
Pittsburg
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DR. Lindley
Agricultural Department
Granve
E. H. Lindley
Liberty Memorial High School
James Watt
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Alfred Lawrence
B. M. Ottaway
Pomona
Eva Deay
KE. C. Bussing
Oliver Hobbs
University String Quartet
Karl Euersteiner
Conrad McGrew
Olga Eitner
Raymond
Preston
Douglas County Farm Bureau
French Coast Guard
Japan
U. S
Col. Jenkins
C. OF
C. Speaker
Mployes
FE. C. McBurney
EL. M. Owen
Alice Russell
Caryl Dodds
Joe Crow
F. A. Russell
McKinney
Joyce Wiesselman
Bruce Cameron
Cocswell
W. C. Simons
Colonial Tea Room
Linwood Lodge
Leavenworth County
Fort
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