Japan guesses at turmoil in China
A sensational AP report outlines unconfirmed counter coups in Shensi province involving Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and Young Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang. Tokyo seeks German counsel amid fears of Communist instigation and possible red routes from Moscow to north central China as anti-Japanese agents worry Beijing split.
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Shensi
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Peiping
Chang Hsueh- Liang
Chang
Nanking
Mica
Japan
Germany
Tokyo
Central Army
Sianfu
Chiang Kai- Shek
Communist International
Chiang
Manchuria
Moscow
Domei
Chinese
Popular Front
National Front
Spain
Heads Farmers Union Elects Douglas County Leader
Otto Hack of Lone Star was elected president of the Douglas County Farmers Union at a Saturday meeting in Lone Star. Fred Flory named vice president. L. M. Williams Baldwin secretary and treasurer. H. H. Ulrich doorkeeper. C. Richardson conductor. Over 100 attended. visitors from Kansas praised direct livestock marketing and crop insurance. Gerstenberger reported on Des Moines trip. body opposed general sales tax and set alcohol content. Frazier Lemke refinance bill endorsed.
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Otto Hack
Lone Star
Douglas County Farmers Union
Fred Flory
L. M. Williams
Baldwin
H. H. Ulrich
C. Richardson
Lee Star Farmers Union
John Frost
The
Kansas Farmers Union
George Hobbs
Farmers Union Livestock Commission Company of
Kansas City
H. Martin
F. C. Gerstenberger
Blue Mound
State Farmers Union Board
Hobbs
Frost
C. C. Gerstenberger
Des Moines
National Farmers Union Convention
Kansas Forecast Fair Tonight and Tuesday
Forecast for Kansas calls for fair weather tonight and Tuesday with no clear temperature change. Morning outlook shows clear skies and good road conditions in Arkansas City, Wichita, Topeka, Dodge City and Pittsburg. Gas office records list yesterday’s 7 p.m. and today’s 7 a.m. temperatures, with noon today figures and a prior maximum yesterday and minimum today. Ad notices for Turner Coal Co and Ady Johns Goal Co with contact numbers follow.
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Kansas
Arkansas City
Wichita
Topeka
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Five Nations Inform U. S. They Can't Meet War Debt Payments
Five nations Italy Poland Lithuania Latvia and Hungary inform Washington they cannot meet the December 15 war debt payments to the United States. The notes cite inability to meet regular semi annual installments. Britain had earlier signaled nonpayment. Amounts due tomorrow and unpaid include Italy 2 141 593 and 63 494 977 Poland 5 559 039 and 36 575 Latvia 187 383 and 1 096 878 Lithuania 121 466 and 942 76 Hungary 51 230 and 327 Finland plans to pay Owes 232 315.
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Washington
Italy
Poland
Lithuania
Latvia
Hungary
United States
State Department
Great Britain
Finland
Duke of Windsor Seeks Ear Treatment in Vienna Appointment
The exiled king, now a private citizen, traveled to Vienna to consult Prof Heinrich Neumann about a long standing ear ailment. Guards cordoned Rothschild estate as gendarmes, watchmen, and a police car escorted the party amid tight security.
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Yoeslau
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Vienna
England
Wallis Simpson
Heinrich Neumann
Baron Eugene de Rothschild
France
Switzerland
Neumann
Baron de Rothschild
Enzesfeld
Mrs Simpson guarded by French police in Cannes
Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson faced ongoing protection as a detective from the Surete Nationale was assigned as special guard during trips from her villa Louel. Scotland Yard detectives were sent home, a new chauffeur joined, and Ed ward, Duke of Windsor, remained out of contact. Simpson planned a quiet Christmas stay, with hopes for golf if weather allows.
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Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward
England
Surete Nationale
Villa Louel
Scotland Yard
London
Mrs. Simpson
George Ladbrook
Lonon
Crank
Duke of Windsor
Wallis
Kansas University Band Banquet at Union Ballroom
The University of Kansas band will hold its annual banquet Tuesday evening at 6 15 in the Union ballroom. Chancellor E H Lindley will be a featured speaker. Several out of town guests are expected to attend.
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University of Kansas
Union Ballroom
E. H. Lindley
K. U
New King's Pledge Read In Message To Parliament
George VI pledged to uphold the realm and promote people's happiness with God's help and his wife’s support. Edward VIII sought relaxation at a Vienna castle as Irish pressure grew, while archbishop Canterbury urged national renewal in Christian sobriety.
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London
George VI
Britain
House of Lords
Edward
Duke of Windsor
Vienna
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
William Gallacher
Cannes
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Villa Lou Viel
Canterbury
Fire destroys Lawrence area gun club clubhouse
A one room building used as an American Legion gun clubhouse south of Lawrence on highway 59 burned early last night. A turkey shoot had ended, and investigators believe a cigarette ignited a stove fire that escalated with ammunition on site. Insurance covers the loss. a rebuild is planned at the present site or a new location. Local shooters and visitors from Towneka and Newman took part in the turkey shoot the day of the blaze.
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American Legion
Lawrence
Highway 59
Legion
The
Massachusetts Street
Toneka
Newman
Judge orders ballot probe in Kansas City
Federal Judge Albert L Reeves directs a grand jury to probe Kansas Citys November 3 election. He urges jurors to pursue illegal ballots and reach for all, even if officials are involved, and to examine ballot boxes across 16 precincts after the Democratic ticket swept the city.
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Kansas City
Albert L. Reeves
Heart of America
Reeves
Election Board
Elks Benefit Set for Charity Ball in Lawrence
The B P O Elks of Lawrence announce their annual charity ball will be held Thursday night December 31 at Hotel Eldridge. Louie Kuhn's orchestra will play with dancing in the crystal and grill rooms. Tickets cost 1, $1.50 at the door. Proceeds fund Christmas food clothing toys and candy for needy Lawrence children with city and county nurses helping distribute. Donations of used or broken toys are urged at two city fire stations.
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Elks of Lawrence
Eldridge
Charles W. Mertz
Louie Kuhn
Crystal Room
Elks Lodge
Round Corner
Elks
Lawrence
Elks Fund
Warm Night Forecast and Light News From Topeka
Topeka reports no rain or snow and mild temperatures from 45 to 50 degrees Sunday with highs expected today and tomorrow. Eastern Kansas not freezing tonight, with central areas near 80 degrees and clear skies tomorrow. Also notes football contract in Philadelphia and minor earthquake shocks in North Bay Ontario, plus a journal subscription offer.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Roosevelt Steams Past Bahamas and Up Coast to Charleston
President Roosevelt’s flotilla completed a 12 250 mile voyage to South America and back, steaming past the Bahamas and along the Atlantic off the Florida coast. The Indianapolis flagship and escort Chester reported the 21 day trip as one of the smoothest in their experience. Roosevelt planned to land at Charleston early Tuesday and go directly to Washington without meeting party leaders or department heads.
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Roosevelt
White House
Bahamas
Atlantic
East Florida
Charleston
South America
Washington
Indianapolis
Chester
Driver Guilty in Mary Skinner Fatality Case
Ervin Henderson of Cities Service Gas was convicted of driving a car on a public highway at excessive speed after striking and killing 60 year old Mary Skinner on highway 59 near West Twenty third Street. He was fined 10 dollars and costs, released on a 300 dollar appeal bond, and plans to appeal.
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Ervin Henderson
Cities Service Gas Company
Mary Skinner
Justice of the Peace O. J
West Twenty-third Street
Henderson
Mud Creek Bridge
Highway 40
Kate Petefish
Skinner
George Price
Henry Collins
Altho
Pope has new ills and varicose left leg
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XI, 79, suffers circulatory stagnation worsened by a grave varicose condition in the left leg. Sources say his condition does not yet pose immediate danger. He maintains willpower as a key aid, reading at night and meeting with Cardinal Pacelli yesterday.
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Vatican City
UPI
Pius XI
Holy Father
Emilio de Bono
Pietro Badoglio
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Wichita Club
Lawrence officials attend Wichita aviation banquet
William Wells, manager of the Lawrence municipal airport, and Maurice Austill of 511 Ohio street, Lawrence, attended a Wichita banquet and dance as guests of the Wichita Aviation club. Lawrence was invited to send a delegation due to aviation interest during the All-Kansas Air tour, with delegations from Pittsburg and Hutchinson also present.
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William Wells
Lawrence Municipal
Maurice Austill
Ohio Street
Wichita
Wichita Aviation Club
Lawrence
Pittsburg
Hutchinson
Harrison's Son Dies at 82 in Indianapolis
Russell B. Harrison, 82, son of former President Benjamin Harrison and great grandson of William Henry Harrison, died in Indianapolis yesterday after a heart disease battle. He remained active in legal work until his death, tracing lineage to the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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Indianapolis
Russell B. Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
William Henry Harrison
Harrison
Stock Market and Ads Clutter Page Notice
Stock market index shows averages 70.9 with 70.5 for Saturday. An advertisement for Smith Hemstitching and Dressmaking urges shop now at 943% in Massachusetts with phone number 683.
Regents Begin Athletic Probe At University
A committee of the state board of regents opened a hearing to probe Kansas athletic affairs. Regents interview Lawrence residents and student editors as they prepare to meet the KU athletic board over the department’s finances and possible reorganization. A five point plan proposes selling property, raising activity ticket prices, borrowing funds, and creating a finance director while abolishing the athletic director role.
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State Board of Regents
K. U
University Athletic Board
Ralph T. O'Neil
Topeka
Drew McLaughlin
Paola
Fred Harris
Ottawa
Hotel
Eldridge
Lawrence
Daily Kansan
K. U. Board
Athletic Board
E. i. Lindley
Washington
K. U. Physical Education’ Corporation
F. C. Allen
McCook Street
Kansas State
Sone
Dr. Allen
Missouri
Jayhawker
Aggie
Big Six
Univ
Topeka Confab With Governor-Elect Huxman Scheduled
In Topeka on December 14, UPA held rounds of talks with Democratic leaders as Governor-elect Walter A. Huxman planned to appoint key departmental heads after Senate confirmation. The Kansas City area dinner marked a shift as Huxman pledged to govern beyond party lines for two years.
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Topeka
UPA
Walter Huxman
Lynn Broderick
Georgia Neese Clark
C. M. Fitzwilliam
Haxman
Senate
Hutchinson
Kan
Walter A. Huxman
Kansas
Reno County Bar Association
Huxman
Ross Neville
Neville
Harry Woodring
City crews launch first general street cleaning drive
City Engineer Ben Babb announces a broom and shovel campaign with four regular workers and eight extras. Two trucks plus one more are used to clean alleys around Massachusetts Street, then the full length of the street. Cleaning and soon restoring sunken gutters and cracked paving will follow, aided by a mud jack, with funds previously tied to WPA projects and recent $8,400 short term notes now enabling work.
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Ben Babb
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Street
Babb
PWA
WPA
University of Kansas seeks pay raises to restore cuts
Regents presented to Governor Landon a plan to increase the university salary budget to 804,250 per year for the next two years to hire more teachers and partly restore four year 25 percent cuts. They cite cost of living, enrollment growth, and faculty retention as reasons. The package includes 55,000 for Dyche Museum, 76,000 annually for library stacks, and other infrastructure needs.
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Board of Regents
Alf M. Landon
Charles M. Harger
University of Kansas
Kansas
University
Watkins
Mechanical Engineers
Ing Laboratory
Lawrence
University School of Medicine
Kansas City
Kan
Regents
Geological Survey
Cyche Museum
Rosa Ponselle Weds Carle A Jackson in Surprise Ceremony
New York December 14 Rosa Ponselle and her Baltimore fiancé Carle A Jackson traveled to Canada for a wedding trip after a surprise wedding the day before in the singer's Riverside Drive penthouse. An engagement reception at the Beethoven Association hall yielded the wedding announcement. A new Ford V-8 ad note closes the item.
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New York
Rosa Ponselle
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Ady
U. S
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Journal-World
Legion’ Grounds
Philadelphia
S. Davis Wilson
Weat Point
Annapolis Academies
North Bay
Ont
Callender
Charleston Harbor
Wells
Austill
K:u
Singer
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