Hoover's Rainy Campaign Ride Across Border States
Herbert Hoover pressed his four day drive toward the presidency despite a rainstorm as his special train moved through Ohio Indiana and Kentucky en route to California. Large crowds greeted him at East Norwood Winton Storrs and North Vernon with cheers and tributes of ruddy apples from California reflecting supporters’ fondness for the candidate.
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Hoover cites serious election issue in nationwide registration
Louisville report notes Herbert Hoover calling the pending election registration a sign of the public seriousness. He says the country shows earnestness and conviction as Americans meet the future of the republic with evident interest. The piece mentions a second address and campaign movements toward California for voting.
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Herbert Hoover
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Republic Post
California
Lawrence High Leads Rosedale In Muddy Kansas City Game
Lawrence high school football led 6 to 0 at halftime over Rosedale in a muddy Kansas City Kansas game. Captain Elmer Schaake scored the touchdown as the field turned to mud not far from the kickoff.
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Lawrence High School
Ose
Kansas City Kan
Elmer Schaake
Winter arrives in Kansas with record cold and snow
The Weather Bureau warned Kansas of the coldest season yet with freezing temperatures and snow spreading eastward. Snow fell in Concordia with two inches. lows ranged from 14 to 36 across the state as rains and impassable dirt roads persisted. A Rocky Mountain blizzard also threatened the Midwest, bringing snow and freezing temps to Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and parts of Texas, with strong north winds and widespread cold.
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Reed denies university pledge claims in Kansas race
Lawrence campaign notices circulate claiming Clyde M. Reed pledged to govern state schools via the board of regents. Reed and campaign official C. H. Tucker say Reed authorized no such pledges and would keep university governance with the regents, denying involvement by supporters or opponents.
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C. H. Tucker
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Reed
Journal-World
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Read
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Missouri Frat Fined for Mock Shooting
The University of Missouri Beta Theta Pi chapter was stripped of social privileges for a mock shooting initiation. The Pan-Hellenic council issued the sanctions after a first violation of the online barring rules. No outside initiations were allowed. The action comes amid other campus disruptions noted in the same report.
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Kansas Weather Forecast With Snow Flurries In East
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday across Kansas with snow in extreme east portions tonight. Temperature dips to around freezing tonight. Saturday varies by city with Dodge City clear, Salina Emporia snowing, Pittsburg misting, Topeka rain, Ottawa Hutchinson cloudy, Wichita fair, and Douglas County roads muddy.
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Road amendments urged by Wilson Martin for Kansas voters
Wilson Martin of Route 9 calls for voter support of two road amendments in Kansas. He says amendment 2 would fund continued gasoline tax revenue and notes property owners in the U S highway 40 West of Lawrence benefit district could receive tax refunds up to 10 000 per mile if amendment 2 passes. He warns that not voting is effectively a no vote and urges a Yes on both amendments.
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U. S. Highway 40
Lawrence
Hoover to Stop in Ottawa on Hoover Train Journey
Herbert Hoover Republican presidential candidate will make a brief stop in Ottawa Kansas tomorrow morning as his train traverses Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe tracks through downtown Ottawa. A Topeka Republican delegation including gubernatorial candidate Clyde M Reed and State Chairman Alfred M Landon will join for the cross Kansas leg of the campaign journey toward California.
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Court grants Tampa husband protection from wife
A Tampa court issued a protection order shielding grain merchant E. Freeman from his wife who pursued him publicly with vile names and threatened to kill him if he moved his belongings from their home. The order directs the wife not to attack or molest him and was requested after the couple’s marital dispute surfaced in court.
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Sought Death Aid Burn Case in Lake Station Furnace
Fragmentary text indicates a death linked to a furnace incident at a Lake Station location with police involvement. Details are unclear. article likely reports self harm or murder motive connected to a relationship dispute and investigation by authorities.
State Teachers Meet At Topeka With Large KU Presence
Local instructors from University of Kansas Lawrence Memorial High School and Haskell Institute will headline the sixty fifth annual Kansas State Teachers Association session in Topeka next Thursday and Friday. Nearly every Douglas county teacher will attend, with many from northeast Kansas. Separate meetings will also be held in Hays Fort Scott and Hutchinson.
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Armistice Day Proclamation Urges City Observance
Armistice Day 1928 marks ten years since the Armistice ending World War I and the city urges all Christian and patriotic residents to attend church services and participate in commemorations honoring the event. Mayor Robert C. Rankin asks Lawrence citizens to join in solemn observances.
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Lawrence
Early Returns Expected From Vast Election Districts
Early election coverage outlines that newspapers and radio will relay first results from several voting districts hours before polls close. Eastern state openings differ, with some areas allowing early returns. Minnesota reports a 9 p.m. closing, while Georgia, Nevada, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island set 3 p.m. closings in rural areas.
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Open Road to Cars Slab Opens for Light Traffic
Douglas County commissioners announced that a new highway slab would open to light traffic tomorrow after engineering tests showed greater strength. Buses and trucks must use two detours near Pleasant Grove, with watchmen ensuring only light vehicles use the slab for now.
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Pleasant Grove
Lawrence Youth II Spud Show Winner at Kaw Valley
Lawrence Youth II won the best professional exhibit of potatoes at the Kaw Valley potato show in Manhattan Kansas. A L McGehee of Manhattan won for best sweet potato exhibit. Other winners include Rollie Clemence Abilene Charles Speaker Kansas City Roy Webb Abilene.
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Goodland
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Lawrence
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Chalfield
National committees report funds for Republican and Democratic parties
Washington reports show the Republican national committee receiving 4 911 744 in receipts and 9 774 361 in expenditures up to October 31. During the last week of October receipts totaled 770 000 with 562 000 spent. The Democratic national committee reported 1 023 894 in receipts from October 23 to 31 and 1 056 991 in expenditures, leaving a balance of 92 094 on November 1.
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Fast Weather Sets Stage For Kansas Nebraska Clash
The forecast calls for clear cold weather and fast footing at the Stadium field for the Kansas Nebraska game at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Dr. Forrest C. Allen notes the field drains 26 inches in two hours with an 18 inch crown and drain tiles every 18 inches. Crushed gravel bedding will carry off water. Ticket sales for Memorial Stadium surpassed 8,000 by noon, with expected attendance between 12,000 and 15,000 if fair weather continues.
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New Brunswick Plans Major Christmas Tree Exports
Crews in New Brunswick work to harvest about 3,000,000 Christmas trees for export to American homes, with up to 600 carloads expected to depart starting November 5. American operators contract with local landowners since crown lands are not cut, and trees are bundled, wired, and shipped from rail stations.
American youth stows away on Graf Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen Germany Nov 2 AP German girls are a bit too plump for Clarence Terhune the 19 year old American who captured attention by stowing away on the Graf Zeppelin He left for Stuttgart hoping to get a temporary passport to reach Paris and sail for America his plans unsettled He did not know he would ride the airship until hours before departure
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America
Douglas County Farm Bureau Women’s Achievement Day
In the Chamber of Commerce building a Douglas County Farm Bureau Women’s Achievement Day program showcased women’s work over the past year with exhibits in kitchen improvement millinery clothing nutrition and freed work. Sixty women attended a basket dinner at noon followed by stunts and talks by Miss Conie Foote Maude Deery and Pearl Marlin from Kansas State Agricultural College outlining plans for the coming year. Muddy roads limited some exhibits in the gymnasium at Lawrence.
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Lawrence's New Fire Truck Arrives for City Use
The new LaFrance 750 gallon triple combination pumper purchased by Lawrence arrived today and will be unloaded this afternoon or tomorrow. Kansan City representatives will place it in service as station No. 2 opens around November 15 at Ninth and Massachusetts, with the White pumper remaining at headquarters.
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Homecoming Rally Moves to University Auditorium
The annual University homecoming festivities shift to the auditorium due to weather with a 8:00 PM pep rally featuring Chancellor Lindley and campus dignitaries. Fraser hall theater follows, then a Robinson gym mixer and a dance, with Lawrence townspeople, alumni, students, and faculty invited.
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District Iain Sedgwick Wiman Elected Federation President
Mrs Lisle Cougden of Seden was elected president of the eighth district federation of women's clubs at the closing of the annual convention. She succeeds Mrs W Von Der Heidsen of Newton with other officers named including vice presidents and secretaries. also noted are resignations at the College of Emporia and a duck-hunting tragedy near Stillwater. plus London municipal election gains for Labour.
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