Quake Devastates Helena as Cold Halts Rebuilding
Helena Montana faces a second deadly quake with subzero cold. Residents flee collapsed buildings and seek shelter in trains and relief camps while officials estimate losses around 3.5 million dollars from days of tremors. Two men died in a brewery collapse, and city services mobilize to mitigate damage. National guardsmen patrol Main Street as schools suffer major damage.
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Helena
Mont
Pi— Montane
Oscar Baarson
Ed O'Brien
Vincent Kennedy
Salt Lake
Last Chance Gulch
Lawrence Coffee Shop Gossip and Crop Rumors
A Lawrence scene centers on Eldridge Coffee Shop chatter about a father in law at lunch and a 100 percent perfect crop estimate by a local observer. Charles Holmes plans a scheme to lure visiting teachers to a Chamber of Commerce dance, while wives may read the Journal-World. Also noted are hunters Balocca and Winter returning from New Mexico with game, and a sports note on Capt. Griffing’s departure from Kansas State College with Tommy McCall’s coy reply.
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Eldridge
Charles Holmes
Chamber of Commerce
Union
Charlie
Journal-World
Joe Balocca
Paola
Joe Winter
Lawrence
New Mexico
Eldridge Pharmacy
George Miller
Halloween Mischief At Kappa House Driveway Blocked Again
Halloween night pranks disrupt sorority lodges as fraternity members block the Kappa driveway forcing couples to walk in. General Hugh Johnson arrives amid festivities, signs autographs, and recallsWilliam Allen White while a model T is overturned nearby.
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Mr. Dread
Kappa House
Hill
Test Your Knowledge on Classified Answers Page
Quiz from a newspaper asks seven questions with responses on the classified page. It covers geography and history such as the location of Cuyahoga Falls Gustavus Adolphus College the Republic of Texas the largest Great Lake and Cyprus. Notable queries include Dieppe's water body the inventor of the sewing machine and eligibility for U S presidency by birth status.
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Cuyahoga Falls
Gustavus Adolphus College
Republic of Texas
Great Lakes
Nottinghre
United States
Cyprus
Dieppe
Johnson attacks Tugwell as Ickes mocked at KU rally
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson blasted Harold Ickes and Rexford Tugwell before about 2,000 at the University of Kansas, criticizing farm policy and AAA. He urged a universal sales tax on food and textiles with farmer payments, warned against dumping, and argued for direct subsidies and protection of key crops. Johnson cited U.S. export share drop and labeled current policy a failure for farmers and the nation.
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Harold Ickes
Rexford Guy Tugwell
New Deal
Hugh S. Johnson
University of Kansas
Icke
Johnson
Harold
General Johnson
Tugwell
United States
Treasury
Fat Boy
United States Supreme Court
AAA
NRA
Franklin Roosevelt
Samoa
General Johnson Critiques Roosevelt Campaign Stop
General Johnson spoke at Kansas State College on political issues during a lecture tour. He warned Republicans against negative criticism of Roosevelt, criticized inaction, and urged a constructive plan. He discussed Governor Landon and defended his own stance on dole versus relief while noting his caregiving as influence. He answered questions from the floor, insisting his views on federal policy and advisory roles for professors. Johnson and his party traveled from Kansas City and planned to lecture in Amarillo, Texas.
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Johnson
Frances Robinson
Gen. Johnson
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Kansas Coolidge
Dole
Kansas City
E. H. Lindley
Amarillo
Texas
Quake Across East Leaves Nervous Public On Edge
Account of earthquakes felt across multiple U S states and Canadian provinces with reports of shaking in Maine and New Hampshire to Ontario and Quebec. Police investigated noise of blasts before confirming natural quake. easterners misinterpreted as explosions.
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St. Lawrence
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Michigan
Ilinois
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
New Brunswick
Ontario
Quebec
Portland
New Chevrolet Showroom Display For 1938 Models
New 1938 Chevrolet models will go on display tomorrow in the Winter Chevrolet showroom at 738 New Hampshire street. The line includes Master and Standard, plus a sport sedan and town sedan in Standard. Hydraulic brakes and Fisher bodies are featured. About 60,000 Chevrolets were built in October and dealers have cars for display.
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Winter
Chevrolet Company
New Hampshire Street
Chevrolet
New York
East Revisited by Frank H Smith in Japan After Ten Years
Frank Herron Smith, son of the late Dr E Smith of Lawrence and KU graduate, recounts impressions from a 1930s journey to Japan and the Orient. He notes changes since his earlier days, including yokohama harbor scenes, a new concrete wall, and increased traffic with bicycles and cars. The piece mentions Dr Berry, Hisao Nakayama, and other familiar faces from former missionary days.
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League of Nations Association
Economic Foundation of World Peace
Australia
New Zealand
Hawaii
America
Japan
Tokyo
Shimonoseki
Fukuoka
Kyoto
Frank Herron Smith
Dr. E. Smith
Lawrence
University of Kansas
University Quartet
Orient
Mrs. Smith
Mr. Smith
Asiatle
Yokohama Harbor
Akazawa
Berry
Hisao Nakayama
Berkeley
Yokohama Customs
Hisao
Yokohama
Aoyama
Dr. Berry
Osaka
Deaths and Funerals in Bartlesville and Lawrence
Death notices report Mrs. Cornelia J. Hazzard aged 83 of Bartlesville who died yesterday. Funeral services set for Saturday at Rumsey funeral home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. In Lawrence, Robert C. Weyermuller 54 was found dead on a porch by Harry Jones at 7 this morning. Cause listed as exposure. No inquest planned. Funeral Sunday at Funk chapel, burial Oak Hill cemetery. Surviving relatives include two brothers Harry and George Weyermuller.
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Cornelia J. Hazzard
Bartlesville
Okla
Rumsey Funeral Home
Engvall
Oak Hill Cemetery
Robert C. Weyermuller
Lawrence
Harry Jones
Garfield Street
Jones
H. T. Jones
Weyermuller
Funk Chapel
A. Puls
Oak Hill
Harry Weyemuller
Massachusetts Street
George Wey
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Dean Griffing
Kansas State
Tommy McCall
Kansas
Tommy
Commonwealth Lawrence Theater Corporation
S. E. Schwahn
Schwahn
Clarence Schultz
Jimy
James J. Walker
Walker
Betty Compton
Yesterda
Associated Press
Kappas
Hugh Johnson
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Mary Ellen Lease
Parker
Corbin Hall
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Triangles
Sunnyside
Robert Edgar
Kansas State College
Amherst Hall
Doshisha University
Aoyama Theological
Morinaga
Chocolate
Jintan
Nagoya
Kagawa
Mussolini
California
Lundh
Manunouipl
Imperial Palace
Glasgow
Blargaret Wallace
North Main Street
Andover
Mass
Arbroath Sheriff Court
Norris Brookens
Topeka
University of Chicago
Rhodes
Oxford University
Brookens
Edwin E. Brookens
Topka
K. U
Crosley Radio
The
Pompeii
Lawrence's
Granada
Merlan C. Camper
Preston Poster
Alan Hale
Basil Rathione
John Wood
Louis Calhern
David Hoyt
Dorothy Wilson
Wyrley Birch
Kansas Players
Eugene Brieux
Green Hall
Arthur Kallett
Arthur . Kalleté
Ermuller
Illinois Street
Otto Newby
Louisiana Street
Frank Fleming
T. G. Fitch
Heaford & Arnold
Orley M. Smith
Coal Company
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