Mexican Seizures A Shadow At Lima
Lima Peru December 15 The Pan American conference opened with debate over Mexican Argentine proposals risking US interests. Resolutions would limit foreign protection and ban debt collection by force, drawing opposition from United States Colombia Venezuela and others seeking greater US investment. Argentina and the US pressed wording on continental defense while concerns over expropriation and international law shaped the talks.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Americas
Colombia
Venezuela
Argentina
Mexico
Kansas Sees Warmer Weather With Mild Indian Summer Hints
Federal meteorologist S. D. Flora said Kansas will experience a warming trend over the next 36 hours. Temperatures may reach 55 to 60 degrees statewide with Topeka nearing the 1893 high of 63 degrees, while northern lows stay around 30 to 32 and southern readings stay above freezing.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Montana
Havre
Mont
Memphis
Tenn
Lawmaker Says Wage Hour Law Cannot Work
Representative Cox of Georgia warned that the wage hour law cannot possibly work without general price fixing. He argued it has greatly increased unemployment in the South and blamed government mandates for setting wages, saying producers must determine the price of goods.
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Washington
Cox
D-Ga
Chamberlain underscores Britain's financial power over Germany
Prime Minister Chamberlain told a London luncheon that Britain's vast financial resources could deter Nazi leaders in any potential war. He distinguished between German statesmen and the German people, saying the power to finance long conflicts helps keep the peace. Observers noted a firmer stance toward Nazi leadership after previous clashes over press attacks on Earl Baldwin.
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Chamberlain
Britain
London
Germany
Earl Baldwin
Adolf Hitler
Munich
No Pact Possible Off icers Accused
Argentine delegation leaders at the Pan American conference say Argentina favors a continental solidarity stance and rejects a non aggression pact. The United States shifts to a policy statement while Brazil continues to back a treaty based defense framework.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
Argentina
United States
Altho
Brazil
Americas
Eden portrays colonial Maryland as freedom hub
Capt. Anthony Eden, in Annapolis for a national broadcast, lauds Sir Robert Eden as a liberal ally of American freedom. He traces colonial ties at Hammond Harwood House, is welcomed by Gov. Nice, receives Ark and Dove membership, and visits the naval academy and Sir Robert’s tomb with Admiral Brown guiding the party.
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Annapolis
Anthony Eden
America
Robert Eden
Maryland
Robert
Hammond - Harwood House
History Today
Sir Robert
General Washington
Harry W. Nice
U. S
George Radcliffe
Eden
Society of the Ark and the Dove
James M. Magruder
Captain Eden
Caroline Calvert
Caroline County
Wilson Brown
U. S. Naval Academy
Republican Victory Dinner Set For January Sixteen
Republican members of Congress will hold a ten dollar per plate victory dinner in Washington on January 16 to celebrate their November election and to salute the House and Senate campaign committees, announced by William Tyler Page, minority clerk of the House.
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Washington
Congress
William Tyler Page
House
Senate
Weather sketch for Kansas with variable conditions
Partly cloudy overnight and Friday with warmer conditions tonight and colder in the west on Friday afternoon. Morning cities Salina and Manhattan see partly cloudy skies while elsewhere clears. Dirt roads rated good. Temperatures show a 7 pm yesterday high of 50, today’s low around 2.026, noon today 45.
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Kansas
Salina
Manhattan
Missouri-Kansas Tobacco Growers plan quota protest meeting
Excelsior Springs Missouri December 15 members of the Missouri Kansas Tobacco Growers association announced a protest of the AAA marketing quota for 1938. They will hold a Clay county meeting in Liberty to organize in several counties and push for a higher grower quota through Farm Bureau cooperation.
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Excelsior Springs
Missouri-Kansas Tobacco Growers Association
AAA
Clay County
Liberty
H. L. Boggess
Missouri-Kansas Growers Association
Farm Bureau
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Columbia
Boggess
Clay
Platte
Buchanan
Clinton
Missouri
Kansas
Early Rainey
John Brown
Franklin
Weston
Roper Resigns as Commerce Secretary in 1930s shuffle
Washington reports President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Daniel Roper as Commerce Secretary effective December 23. Roper cites impelling personal reasons and plans to return to private life. Speculation centers on Harry Hopkins as possible successor amid cabinet changes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Daniel Roper
White House
Roper
Cummings
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Marlboro County
S. C
Trinity College
Duke University
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Commerce Department
Census Bureau
Wilson
Organization Bureau
Tariff Commission
Internal Revenue
Critic Calls Farm Program at County Meeting
Banner Springs Kansas December 15 Pi-President W M Jardine of Wichita University former agriculture secretary warned that continuing subsidies to poor farmers will collapse the agricultural setup. He urged no limits on crop output and suggested dumping surplus after protecting the American market.
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Banner Springs
Kan
W. M. Jardine
Wichita University
Farm Bureau
Coolidge
Stock Market Index Rises to 51.9 on 60-Stock Average
The average of 60 stocks climbed to 51.9, up from 51.7 yesterday as investors watched benchmark shares. Officials noted a cautious but steady gain across sectors with modest trading volumes.
Memel Diet election results favor Memel Germans with 25 seats
Official Memel diet results announced in Kaunas show Memel Germans win 25 of 29 seats while Lithuanians take four. Nazis swept October 9 1935 results, 24 seats reported earlier. Lithuanian vote share 12.84 percent. German candidates 1 808 968 votes to 268 069 for Lithuanians.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Memel
Germany
Ickes Won’t Run for Chicago Mayor in 1940
Secretary Ickes announced he would not seek the Chicago mayoralty on a liberal Democratic ticket, saying White House influence and the President’s guidance kept him in federal service. He claimed he could best advance the New Deal by staying in the national administration.
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Washington
Ickes
Chicago
White House
Tam
Interior Department
Father Chooses Amputation for ailing Daughter
William Lewis decided to amputate his eight year old daughter Dorothy's leg to avoid a crippled life, despite doctors warning the operation offers only a slim chance of cure and requires years to prove effectiveness. Dorothy, afflicted with cancer of the thighbone, faces eight to ten months more unless treated.
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New York
William Lewis
Dorothy
Brooklyn
Lewis
Arraignment Postponed for Kansas City Arson Suspect
Kansas City Kansas police judge postponed for one week the arraignment of Louis A. Long a 38 year old mortuary employee on a third degree arson charge filed in Saline county Long was arrested November 28 after a series of pasture fires in that area and was reportedly under a physician's care no Saline county representative appeared at the hearing
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New York
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Securities and Exchange Act
New York Stock Exchange
F. Donald Coster
George E. Dietrich
George Vernard
Coster
Dietrich
Vernard
Gregory F. Noonan
U. S
Stock Exchange
Ambrose V. McCall
Financial District
Julian F. Thompson
McKessorm and Robbins
Thompson
McKesson and Robbins
McKessom and Robbins
Kansas City
Kan
J. Earl Thomas
Louis A. Long
Saline County
Friends
Long
No Report Yet On KU Student's Sudden Death
The chemist report that could explain the death of Myrone Mullen a 19 year old University of Kansas sophomore had not been received today. Dr R I Canuteson director of the student hospital said the report may not arrive for a day or two.
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Myrone Mullen
University of Kansas
R. I. Canuteson
Anti-Saloon League Holds 30th National Convention
The Anti-Saloon League of America opened its 30th national convention in Columbus Ohio today marking a return to the city where it began its campaign for the Eighteenth Amendment a quarter century ago. Ford Service, Hamilton 15 W 9th Vv.
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Anti-Saloon League
Columbus
Anti-Saloon League of America
Sheriff Charles Banning names Douglas county staff
Sheriff elect Charles E. Banning announces appointments for his office set to take effect on January 9. Undersheriff is Lathrop B. Read Jr of Lawrence, with S Wayne Owens as chief deputy. Other appointees include Ernest Pohl in Baldwin district, Ed Anderson in charge of delinquent taxes, and Cecil Georgia as night jailer. Banning pledges cooperation with Lawrence police and other agencies.
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Charles E. Banning
Douglas County
Lathrop B. Read, Jr
Lawrence
Wayne Owens
Banning
Ernest Pohl
Baldwin
Ed Anderson
Cecil Georgia
Lawrence Police Department
Read
Lawrence Public Schools
University of Kansas
Department of Justice
End
Sant Owens
Marion Township
Owens
United States Disciplinary Barracks
Leavenworth
State Highway Patrol
Vermont Street
Clinton Township
Lawrence Transfer Company
Georgia
O. E. Handley
George Price
Will Seek Extension of Oil Compact
The interstate compact commission voted unanimously to seek through congressional approval a two year extension of its life. It also indicated plans to urge non member oil producing states to join. Chairman Ernest O Thompson of Texas will pick the March meeting place, with California a likely target.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Interstate Compact Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas
Thompson
California
Landon Delays Return From Lima for Conference Speech
ex governor Alf M Landon of Kansas has abandoned his plan to return for Christmas. He will stay in Lima until December 26 to deliver the closing Pan American conference speech for the U S delegation, stopping at Central American points on the way home.
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Lima
Peru
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
United States
Landon
Bishop Leonard urges male labor secretary in response to un Americanism
Bishop Adna W. Leonard of the Methodist Episcopal Church told a House committee that a man should hold the cabinet post of labor, currently led by a woman, Frances Perkins. He urged tighter scrutiny of government publications and questioned federal radio use for radical aims.
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Leonard
M. E. Church
Washington
Adna W. Leonard
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pittsburgh
House
Mra L
Leonora
Frances Perkins
Cordell Hull
Labor
Government
Kansas Grange backs tax moves and reelects officers
On final convention day the Kansas Grange passed resolutions to retain existing sales and gasoline taxes, support a mineral production tax, and seek farm improvement tax exemptions. C C Cogswell was reelected state master for a sixth term amid floor debates. Officers and executive board members were reappointed, and a banquet featured Prof W W Davis of the University of Kansas.
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Kansas Grange
State Grange
C. C. Cogswell
Kingman
Cogswell
Tax Come
B. M. Ottaway
Pomona
H. C. Colsglazier
Learned
R. M. Ferris
Osage City
E. C. Bussing
Lawrence
C. B. Platt
Mound City
Ray Moody
Greeley
J. H. Fultz
Wakarusa
Otis Douglas
Burlington
Floyd Reynolds
Holton
Martha Emmons
Manhattan
Ina Brey
Ozawakie
Margaret Brown
Hugoton
Ceres
Margaret Teagarden
LaCygne
Flora
Maye Curtis
Blue Mound
Rex Allen
Havana
Kansas
Federal Land Bank
Federal Land Bank Commissioners
Beft
First Methodist Church
W. W. Davis
Department of History
University of Kansas
Deputies’ Association
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