Earthquakes Rattle North America In Major Quake
An eastern North America tremor epicentered near Lake Ontario disturbed 17 states and three Canadian provinces. Two major shocks, centered near the St Lawrence fault, caused damage from New York to Washington. casualties reported in Helena Montana and homes evacuated across the region.
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Tioncer
Quebec
Canadian National Railways
Cambridge
Mass
United States
L. Don Leet
Harvard University
Harvard University Seismologist. Dr. Leet
Adirondacks
Long Beach
California
Dr. Leet
Harvard
Harvard University Station
Leet
Montana
New York
Helena
Mont
Canada
Lake Ontario
Albany
Buffalo
Bay of Fundy
Lake Michigan
District of Columbia
Washington
Larrabee Sinclair
Roper
Escanaba
Mich
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frank O’ Donnell
Dominion Meteorological Bureau
Toronto
Ont
St. Lawrence River
Conant
Joseph 3. Lynch
Fordham University
St. Lawrence
Weston
President's Deadline on Ending Dole Falls Short
President Roosevelt’s November deadline to create 3,500,000 relief jobs and end the dole is far from met. October 19 counts show about 1,421,470 aided, with nearly 600,000 in Civilian Conservation Camps moved to work. Officials estimate WPA is 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 jobs shy, with only six states bearing relief burdens. Hopkins says federal relief ends in 20 days and December 1 targets the 3.5 million jobs as peak WPA activity lies ahead.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Indiana
Alabama
Vermont
Wyoming
New Hampshire
Nevada
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Italy Talks Peace at Geneva Amid Ethiopia War
Italy pressed for peace at Geneva with Mussolini's spokesman saying negotiations require security and expansion aims. The League plans to apply economic sanctions, with a possible start date of November 15, as Britain France and Italy weigh actions. Emperor Selassie asserts Ethiopian strength while Rome reports limited Italian casualties, and King Victor Emmanuel backs the campaign against Ethiopia.
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Associated Press
Italy
Geneva
Mussolini
League of Nations
Ethiopia
League of Nations Assembly
England
Africa
League
Europe
Britain
Samuel Hoare
France
Pierre Laval
Pompeo Aloisi
Rome
Haile Selassie
Mediterranean
Selassie
Mogadiscio
Italian Somaliland
Victor Emanuel
Il Duce
Emilio de Bono
Pope Pius
Vatican
Stock Market Index Update Shows Small Rise
The stock market index edged higher with averages around 53.1 for the day, following yesterday's 52.6 reading. Traders note modest gains across several sectors as investors weigh mixed economic signals.
John Vesecky Named President Of Kansas Farmers Union
Timken, Nov. 1 Delegates elected John Vesecky of Timken as president of the Kansas Farmers Union succeeding Cal Ward of Salina. New officers include John Frost Blue Rapids vice president Floyd Lynn secretary John Tommer Marshall county conductor and John Scheel Emporia doorkeeper. The convention approved a national legislative program urging inflation and farm aid while backing AAA reforms and opposing a sales tax.
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Tola
Kan
Kansas Farmers Union
John Vesecky
Timken
Cal Ward
Salina
John Frost
Blue Rapids
Floyd Lynn
John Tommer
Marshall County
John Scheel
Emporia
A. M. Kinney
Atchison
FE. A. Crall
Neo
Federal Reserve Banks
Patman
AAA
Capper-Jones Boards of Trade
Capper-Hope
More Gas Taxes Paid in October Across State
Toneka reports October gasoline tax receipts rose to 784 509 from 683 809 in October 1934, with cigarette taxes up to 78 227 from 60 805 in 1934. State Accountant A R Jones credited Landon administration laws for maintaining functions on two thirds the 1929 tax level. Also note two minor vehicle collisions with minimal damage in Omaha. no serious injuries reported.
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Toneka
A. W. Logan
State Department of Inspection and Registration
Landon
Omaha
Neb
A. R. Jones
Kansas
Omaha Association of Tax Payers
Alf Landon
National tax exempt potato sale allotment for 1936 set
Washington reports a 1936 national tax exempt potato sale allotment of 226,600,000 bushels starting December 1, 1935, with Kansas at 2,221,000 and Maine at 32,799,000 bushels. The AAA predicts parity prices if sales meet the allotment and notes potential consumer savings from reduced marketing costs. Kansas reports 2,221,000 bushels versus 2,880,000 this year and 5,006,000 in the 1928-32 average.
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Wallace
Washington
Agriculture Department
AAA
J. B. Hutson
AAA Division of Potatoes
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Maine
Topeka
Kansays
Griffing Dropped From Kansas State College Team
Kansas State College announces center Dean Griffing is expelled from the Wildcats for training rule violations and improper conduct. Griffing, a key center, takes blame for the incident. coach Wesley Fry will name game captains for upcoming Tulsa contest as Kansas State manages injuries and awaits kickoff.
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Manhattan
Kan
Dean Griffing
Kansas State
M. F. Ahearn
F. D. Farrell
Griffing
Wildcats
Tomerts
Council Grove
Wesley Fry
Kansas
Tom McCall
Tulsa
No Change in Kansas WPA Program Despite Fund Shifts
Washington reports the Works Progress Administration will keep Kansas’ WPA project list intact though a book transfer cut funds by 8 million dollars. Kansas allocations approved by Comptroller General McCarl total about 19.21 million, with some large projects shifted to the national improvements class. The President has approved Kansas allocations totaling 19.512 million for projects valued at 266.4 million.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Kansas
WPA
McCarl
Work Relief Fund
Treasury
Buick sedan recovered. Kansas City holdup linked
A Buick sedan stolen in Kansas City October 15 and used in the Sinclair station holdup on October 16 was recovered by Chicago police yesterday. The car owned by the Kansas City park board was taken from J. W. Lewis’s garage. A man obtained 18 gallons of gasoline and about $7 from Victor Schott before fleeing north on Highway 10. Lawrence police sought two former residents seen with the vehicle bearing Missouri plates.
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Kansas City
Sinclair
North Third Street
Chicago
Kansas City Park Board
J. W. Lewis
Victor Schott
Lawrence
Missouri
Halloween Deaths Reported Across Cities In 1935
At least three deaths and six injuries marked Halloween 1935 across multiple U S cities with calls for safer celebrations. incidents ranged from a teen fatally shot in Missouri to burns from bonfires in New York and California, while Detroit saw injuries from prankster violence and a Minnesota child burned. Police noted the holiday was quieter overall despite fire alarms, and six girls in Blue Island attempted to kidnap officers in a frolic. Also reports on college expansion and a found license plate in Kansas are included.
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Chicago
Glenn Aldridge
la Tour
Marion McClure
Troy
N.Y
Brazil
Ind
Raymond Hill
Dorothy King
San Francisco
Joe Broussard
Beaumont
Tex
Detroit
Donald Marston
Patsy Fitzgerald
Duluth
Minn
Cleveland
Marietta
Ohio
New York City
Atlanta
Blue Island
Kansas Reports State Relief Spending Figures
Topeka officials said Kansas spent about 215000 in state funds for relief since March, from a 775000 appropriation covering 1935 to 1937. Fehr noted monthly relief spending at 35000, with county and city aid extra. Hopkins and Ickes criticized Kansas officials and outlined federal relief shares versus local and state roles.
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Topeka
Ed Fehr
Kansas
Fehr
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Washington
Ed J. Powers
Powers
Hopkin
Landon
New Deal
Hopkins
Johnson
Ickes
Kansas and Oklahoma Grads Rally Tonight
In Oklahoma City on November 1, graduates of the University of Kansas and the University of Oklahoma held separate gatherings after a joint parade by both schools bands. The Sooners planned a homecoming party while the Jayhawks organized a pregame pep rally ahead of tomorrow's Norman game.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Norman
Sooners
Jayhawks
Ge Tame
Kansas University W S G A Holds Election Yesterday
Dorothy Jane Willcuts of Topeka and Jane Alberty of San Diego Calif two independents were elected to office in the Kansas University women's self governing association yesterday Miss Willcuts was elected vice president and Miss Alberty becomes secretary They will automatically join the executive council of the organization.
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Dorothy Jane Willcuts
Topeka
Jane Alberty
San Diego
Calif
Kansas University Women’s
Miss Willcuts
Miss Alberty
Freighter Sinks In Take Port Huron Michigan
The Norwegian freighter Viator sank in Lake Huron after a collision in dense fog. Captain G J Steffensen reported the loss with 18 crew aboard the Ormidale rescuing all without casualties. A tuberculosis clinic will be held Monday at Memorial Hospital under Dr C F Taylor with patient use of the west entrance.
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Port Huron
Mich
Viator
Lake Huron
G. J. Steffensen
Ormidale
Douglas County Tuberculosis Association
Memorial Hospital
State Sanitarium
Norton
CCC Employment Report Helps 1.5 Million Hires
Washington report states the civilian conservation corps has provided work for 1,500,000 people since its founding with about 508,000 enrolled in 2,500 camps. The expenditure total nears one billion dollars.
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CCC
Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Pension Law in Effects But No Pensions
Oklahoma's old age pension law took effect but the pensions did not. Machinery for collecting special taxes to fund $30 monthly payments to indigent women over 55 and men over 60 was in early stages. Associated Industries of Oklahoma pushed a move for a test suit on the law's constitutionality. Taxes of one eighth to two percent on many businesses were set to begin in December.
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Oklahoma Cuy
Oklahoma
Associated Industries of
County boards seeks to keep current poor relief setup
Douglas county officials report no November federal allotment and ask to retain the existing arrangement of a poor commissioner and a case supervisor until KERC rules are fully adopted. Two WPA road projects begin with 78 workers, plus a $5,272 allotment for a new county rock surfacing job starting November 8. project covers 6.5 miles and runs from Clinton toward Belvoir with 37 workers for three months.
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Douglas County
Board of County Commissioners
John G. Stutz
KERC
Ivor
H. T. Baker
KERKC
Baldwin-Ottawa County
Wakanisa J Township
Highway 40
Lawrence
E. E. Trueblood
Clinton
Belvoir
Six Baker Students Arrested In Ottawa Paint Spree
Rivalry between Ottawa and Baker universities flared before the annual game as six Baker students were seized for smearing paint on sidewalks posts and signs. Those named include Frank Nugent John Miller John Coffman Herbert Stotts Emmett LaFrance and Robert Barbee Barbee was fined 12 for speeding and the bill for cleaning the paint was sent to Baker University.
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Ottawa
Kan
Baker
Frank Nugent
Kansas City
John Miller
John Coffman
Overbrook
Herbert Stotts
St. Louis
Emmett LaFrance
Independence
Mon
Robert Barbee
Barbee
Baker University
Hogs Drop vs Chicago and Rogers Fund Broadcast
Chicago pork price declines mark the lowest level in four months with pigs down $1 to $1.25 per hundred pounds and loins at $18.50. Top grade hogs sold at 8.35 per hundred. A Rogers Memorial Fund broadcast from KMBC and WDAF Saturday night features George M. Cohan as host and includes Hoover, Waring’s Pennsylvanians, Amos and Andy, and other notable performers.
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Chicago
Rogers Fund
Will Rogers
KMBC
WDAF
Rogers Memorial Fund
George M. Cohan
Herbert Hoover
Fred Waring
Arthur Brisbane
Ray Noble
Amos and Andy
Fred Stone
Charles’ Chaplin
Billie Burke
Irvin S. Cobb
Rudy Vallee
Kansas Weather Forecast Highlights Local Readings
Generally fair from tonight into Saturday with unsettled northwest areas. Warmer morning readings in the west and east, with Wichita facing cloud cover and tougher road conditions noted in Douglas County. Topeka fair and dirt readings show mixed results.
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Kansas
Wichita
Topeka
Douglas
Liberty’s grim 30 40 year test says Bliven
Bruce Bliven editor of the New Republic warned at the Kansas State Teachers association in Lawrence that the next 30 to 40 years will be the gravest test for liberty. He called the current European crisis the worst since 1914 and warned of drastic curtailment of freedom during reorganization of political and economic systems. He urged attention to economic and political security and noted potential conflicts involving Italy Germany Japan and Russia France Czechoslovakia and England.
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Bruce Bliven
The
New Republic
Kansas State Teachers’ Association
University of Kansas
Bliven
France
Italy
Mussolini
League of Nations
England
Germany
Japan
Austria
Poland
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Far East
United States
Europe
East
Land
Edwin F. Price
Paola High School
E. H. Lindley
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Walter Ranney
KK. U
Journal World
Dodge City
Robert M. Hutchins
Chicago University
Southwest Kansas
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Journal-World
Harry Hopkins
Alf M. Landon
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Hugh S. Johnson
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