LaGuardia Wins New York Reform Victory Over Tammany
In the off year elections New York voters toppled Tammany Hall with Fiorello La Guardia beating the organization’s candidate Hastings by a wide margin. Dewey captured district attorney in Manhattan as C IO and labor efforts faltered in Canton and Akron.
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Tammany Hall
Committee For Industrial Organization
Tammany
New York
Fiorello la Guardia
Thomas B. Dewey
New York County
Detroit
Richard W. Reading
America Federation of
Fia Guardia
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Roosevelt
LaGuardia
Dewey
Tammy
Harold E. Hastings
Manhattan
Hastings
la Guardia
American Labor Party
Labor Party
Recount of Two Assassination Plots Against Stalin
Moscow dispatch reports two assassination attempts on Joseph Stalin in 1933 and 1935. The trials of 13 Abkhazian republic politicians reveal gunmen targeted a boat in Pitt sunda bay and an ambush site, with orders said to come from a Trotskyist center in Moscow.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Sochi
Black Sea
Abkhazian
Tiflis
Dawn of the East
Communist Party
Pitsunda Bay
Fire destroys refinery tanks near Barnsdall Oil plant
Fire damaged a still house and two tanks and burned nearly 3000 gallons of gasoline at the Barnsdall Oil Company refinery southwest of Winfield. Fire crews from Winfield and Arkansas City battled the blaze late yesterday.
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Winfield
Kan
Barnsdall Oil Company
Here
Arkansas City
Farm Bill Draft Proposes Processing Taxes on Key Crops
The House Agriculture Committee released a draft farm bill calling for three cents a pound on cotton twenty cents a bushel on wheat and one half cent a pound on rice as processing taxes. Chairman Jones said final decisions are not made and other tax levels are discussed.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Jones
D-Tex
Navy plane crash at Boeing field claims five lives
Planes in gunnery collision over Boeing Field killed five navy fliers. Lieut Henry B. Twohy of Spokane, Aviation Cadets K F Schmidt Minnesota city undetermined and Kenneth Rhuddy Seattle among the dead. Two survivors landed with parachutes, Goodsell and Bowman. Witness S A Andrews of Tacoma described the moment of impact and the rapid descent.
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Seattle
Boeing Field
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Henry B. Twohy
Spokane
K. F. Schmidt
Minnesota
Kenneth Rhuddy
M. McCroddan
R. Ermreagan
J. D. Goodsel
W. S. Bowman
S. A. Andrews
Tacoma
Goodsell
Air Raid Kills 125 in Lerida Catalonia
Rescue squads sift bomb shattered Lerida as government tally rose to 125 dead from an insurgent air raid. Over 50 children perished at a coastal city primary school as nine tri motor planes struck from the west. Franco claimed victory while government reports warned of a "vicious" civilian attack.
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Madrid
Lerida
Burgos
Francisco Franco
Spain
Hendaye
France
Dead Heat for Tax Collector in West Middlesex Election
In West Middlesex Pennsylvania Alf Landon birthplace, Elmer Tribby won burgess office as a Democrat over H A Parshall by 158 to 149. The tax collector race ended in a dead heat with Jean Ferrall and H H Foote each tallying 155 votes.
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West Middlesex
Alf Landon
Elmer Tribby
H A. Parshall
Jean Ferrall
H. H. Foote
Henry M. Robinson Dies in Pasadena at 69
Henry M. Robinson a world renowned banker economist and confidant of presidents died in Pasadena California today at the age of 69.
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Henry M. Robinson
Pasadena
Calif
Stock market index slips as auto ads fill page
The average of 60 stocks fell to 46.9 from 49.1 yesterday. An automobile ad promotes 1958 Plymouths and Chryslers in motor listings at 827 Vermont Avenue or nearby.
Formula for Peace Sought in East at Brussels Conference
At the Brussels meeting Dr. V K Wellington Koo warned Japan will overrun China and spark world war unless checked. Norman H Davis urged direct negotiations between China and Japan with support from Eden Delbos and Aldrovandi Marescotti. Delegates called for swift action and a peace plan while avoiding arraignment of Japan.
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Brussels
China
V. K. Wellington Koo
Japan
Norman H. Davis
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Russia
Davis
Koo
Associated Press
Anthony Eden
Yvon Delbos
Aldrovandi- Marescotti
Chicago
Roosevelt
Aldrovandi-Marescotti
Eden
Republicans Gain in New York Assembly Dems Lose Ground
Albany N Y November 3 Republicans gained a firmer grip in Roosevelt's home state in the off year election with 81 assembly seats to 66 for Democrats and three for the American Labor party Republicans won ten districts formerly held by Democrats, trimmed net gains to seven, and supported constitutional amendments increasing term lengths for top state offices and assembly members.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
William S. Murray
Jim Farley
James A. Farley
Herbert H. Lehman
Assembly
American Labor Party
Republican Assembly
Five East and South Lawrence Homes Robbed
Five homes in east and south Lawrence were broken into and ransacked last evening with losses over 200 dollars in money and jewelry. Investigators linked the incidents to two youths arrested last week who admitted robbing several residences.
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East
South Lawrence
Waldo Durr
Rhode Island Street
Ralph E. Graber
New Hampshire Street
Clifford Groeshart
A. F. Olson
C. A. Penn
Vermont Street
Graber
Durr
Jude Anderson
LaGuardia Predicts Doom of Tammany Rule in New York
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, reelected by a landslide over his Tammany opponent, said the machine’s doom is assured and non political government is spreading as cities take interest. In other cities, GOP and labor leaders commented on election results and future campaigns.
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Bruce Barton
New York
Congress
James M. Curley
Massachusetts
Boston
Maurice J. Tobin
Cornelius D. Scully
Pittsburgh
James H. Price
Virginia
Cleveland
Harold H. Burton
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New
Washington
John L. Lewis
Labor
Nonpartisan League
Two KU football players in hospital after injuries
Emil Wienecke quarterback and Fred Bosilevac tackle at Wat kins Memorial hospital with a cold and lip infection. Warren Randolph of Kansas City is recovering from a fractured left leg sustained while playing with students near his rooming house.
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University of Kansas
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Emil Wienecke
Fred Bosilevac
Warren Randolph
Kansas City
Randolph
Twenty three Sentenced to Death for Subversive Activities
Moscow reports twenty three more persons sentenced to death for alleged subversive acts. Six accused of grain spoiling in eastern Siberia and six in Leninrad province received death sentences. Others include six Leningrad province officials charged with wrecking collective farming and five in White Russia.
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Moscow
Siberia
Leninrad
Leningrad
Russia
Mrs Roosevelt to Miss White House Tea Time
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt announced she would be away from the White House during the visit of the dukes of Windsor to attend a lecture tour. She said arrangements were made months ahead and she would leave Washington tomorrow afternoon for Des Moines Iowa to begin the tour.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Fifteenth Annual Kansas Potato Show Opens at Armory
The fifteenth annual Kansas potato show for Kaw valley growers opens at the national guard armory tomorrow. Exhibits in place include large displays from the valley with judging of exhibits and a junior potato contest. Prominent judges from Kansas State college and the University of Nebraska will preside, and a banquet at Wiedemann's closes the day with Prof. W. W. Davis as speaker on The Potato in History.
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Kansas
Kaw Valley
National Guard Armory
H. O. Werner
University of Nebraska
W. G. Amstein
Kansas State College
Georgiana Smurthwaite
Roger Regneir
Wiedemann’s
W. W. Davis
Davis
Armory
Seventh and
Vermont Street
American Legion Rooms
South Central States
H. O. Weiner
R. C. Hastings
State Seed Department
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Halrier
O. H. Elmer
Vance Rucker
Dwight Kirsch
Department of Fine Arts
Kirsch
Confesses to a Slaying in Grant Park Moonlight Hold Up
Chicago police announce that Anthony Sapienza confessed to killing Herbert Lee during the Grant Park moonlight robbery last August 22. Sapienza, 32, was captured in Shreveport after disguising himself with a mustache and sideburns and losing a tooth. He named Leonard Doxey and Albert Minella, already captured in St. Louis and facing indictment, as participants.
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Chicago
Daniel Gilbert
Anthony Sapienza
Grant Park
Herbert W. Gilbert
Sapienza
Shreveport
Lee
Detroit
Lucille Buehler
Leonard Doxey
Albert Minella
St. Louis
Lion Wounds Aged Man At Emporia Circus Feud
P I Doyle aged 79 employed by Seal Brothers circus was clawed by a lion named Wallace Berry as he fed deer near the cage. The animal reached through bars and dragged him close before retreating Doyle was hospitalized and reported recovering. Doyle is father of Bud Anderson who sold the circus last week to C H Parker. Liberty Memorial High School vs Ft Scott game set for Nov 4 at Has Kell Stadium.
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Emporia
Kan
P. I. Doyle
Seal Brothers Circus
Doyle
Wallace Berry
Bud Anderson
C. H. Parker
Picher, Oklo
Plans Start For KU Homecoming Big Event
The University of Kansas launches plans for a major homecoming on November 24 25 led by Capt William Brady. Glenn Charlton KU Relays Club president expects record alumni turnout and large game crowds. Committees set for registration radio queen torchlight parade decorations and more with events at Eldridge hotel Union building and downtown Lawrence.
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University of Kansas
William [. Brady
Glenn Charlton
K. U. Relays Club
Lawrence
Charlton
Eldridge Hotel
Union Building
Brady
Doris Stockwell
Roberta Cook
Guy Keeler
Mildred Seaman
Bill Bailey
James Coleman
Robert Haggart
Wade Green
W. A. Dill
William Kollender
George Hedrick
Marvin Cox
Sgt. H. E. Roy
Hovey Hanna
Frank Warren
Morton Jones
Dick Wagran
Katharine Hurd
O. J. Connell
Paul Kihm
Jack Townsend
Raymond Nichols
Col
Karl Baldwin
Don Voorhees
Charles Alexander
Wren
Union Ballroom
K. U
Missouri University
WHB
Kansas City
Mutual Broadcasting System
E. U
Chicago Tragedy as 24 Year Old Kills Four in Family
Samuel Economos confessed to police that alcohol fueled a massacre in which he killed his brother Alexander 14 and sisters Nancy 15 with a mail order pistol and wounded sister Mary 17. He planned further killings of two other brothers to create the "biggest funeral." James 19 and George 28 describe wrestling the gun from him as mother Eugenia witnessed the scene.
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Chicago
CPI
Samuel Economos
Alexander
Nancy
Mary
Walter Tracey
Economos
James
George
Samuel
John
Manteno
James Economos
Sam
Eugenia Economos
Peter
Corn loan funds announced by Reconstruction Finance head
Jesse H. Jones chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation said 75 million dollars were made available to the Commodity Credit Corporation for corn loans. Johnson Space?
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Washington
Jesse HH. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
State to cross check liquor stamp holders in Kansas
Kansas will have 326 federal liquor stamp holders checked by about 60 to 70 county attorneys. These officials are also to move to revoke around 100 cereal malt beverage licenses. Duplication with beer licensees found mainly in Wyandotte county. spelling variations noted to dodge detection.
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Topeka
Kansas
Clarence V. Beck
Department of Internal Revenue
Beck
Wyandotte
Lawrence teachers and KU professors lead Kansas State Teachers meet
More than 4,000 eastern Kansas teachers attend the Lawrence section of the Kansas State Teachers Association program. KU officials, University of Kansas and teachers from Lawrence schools lead sessions on geography kindergarten Latin reading and education roundtables with talks by Dr. Bert Nash, Dr. Raymond Wheeler, and others.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Kansas State Teachers Association
Kansas
Paul B. Lawson
K.U. College of Liberal Arts
John Jacobs
Lawrence Junior High
Helen Shaw
Cordley School
Marion Wilson
Otto May Bischof
Lloyd Huston
Boards of Education
Bert Nash
C. C. Stewart
Clarine Beyer
Fred Montgomery
K. U. Bureau of Visual Education
F. O. Russell
K. U
Winnie D. Lawrance
Raymond H. Wheeler
K. U. Department of Psychology
John H. Nelson
A. H. Turney
Allen Crafton
E. C. Buehler
E. U
J. W. Twente
Roundtable
Domenico Gagliardo
P.T.A
Mabel Mallory
Pinckney School
Lillian Constant
Bessie Daum
Lawrence Pure Library
Light Freeze Hits Northern Kansas Amid Warm Indian Summer
Topeka forecast by federal meteorologist S. D. Flora reports a light freeze across northern Kansas with Goodland recording 26 degrees. Tuesday highs reached 60 at Moran, no rain reported. Temperatures today 55 to 60, northern lows near 32, southern 35 to 40, with upper 60s expected tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Moran
Women’s Federation Meets in Chanute Kansas
State Superintendent W. T. Markham State Insurance Commissioner C. F. Hobbs and Miss Abbie Bellport led the third district Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs program in Chanute. Bethany College President Dr. Ernest Pihlblad addressed the convention last night.
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Women's Federation
Chanute
Kan
W. T. Markham
C. F. Hobbs
Abbie Bellport
LaCrosse
Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ernest Pihlblad
Bethany College
Bankers Nominate Officers at 1938 Kansas Meeting
Coffeyville Kansas November 3. The PX Group three of the Kansas Bankers association meeting here chose Sedan for the 1938 gathering and nominated W. D. Kinnaman Sedan as chairman and B. N. Barton Sedan as secretary.
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Bankers
Coffeyville
Kan
The
Kansas Bankers Association
Sedan
W. D. Kinnaman
B. N. Barton
Lawrence board debates teachers retirement plan study
The Lawrence board of education met briefly to review a report by Dean Paul B. Lawson on inaugurating a retirement pension plan for city school employees. President Lloyd Purcell urged continued study focusing on annuity types, cost, and partner companies, with House Bill 311 cited as enabling districts to adopt such plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Board of Education
Paul B. Lawson
Lawrence City
Lawson
Lloyd Purcell
Board of Education
H. L. Sutherland
Will Ward Dead
Will Wayne Ward longtime West End meat market operator died suddenly at his home 1102 West Sixth street. Survived by wife Ida and son Eugene Aubrey Ward of Fargo. Ward lived in Lawrence since 1905, worked eight years in Hunter grocery meat department, then ran West End market and later its meat department after consolidation. Funeral Friday at 3 from Schubert Funeral home with burial in Memorial Park cemetery.
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Will Wayne Ward
West End
West Sixth Street
Ida Ward
Eugene Aubrey Ward
Fargo
N. D
Ward
Lawrence
Belleville
Kaw
Hunter Grocery Store
Schubert Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
State Treasurer Reports Kansas Cash Balances
State Treasurer J. J. Rhodes and State Auditor George Robb report Kansas had unencumbered general fund cash of 548 494 and 12 361 450 in fee funds on October 31, with fee funds including highway accounts. General fund receipts for 1987 were 1 575 786 versus 1 968 977 prior year, and fee fund receipts were 15 710 859 versus 7 647 860.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
J. J. Rhodes
George Robb
Flood Toll in Damascus Area Surges in NE Syria
Damascus officials report floods in the northeast have caused 1,235 known deaths and left about 50,000 homeless across a 3000 square mile region. Kalamaun mountains rain waters reached up to 20 feet, with property damage estimated at 15 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
Kalamaun
Price Up on Eggs and Turkeys This Winter
Washington November 3. The agriculture department economists said the American housewife may pay more for eggs and turkeys this winter than a year ago. She already is paying more for chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas Weather Forecast Brief for Tonight and Thursday
Kansas forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Thursday with milder temperatures in the northwest. Morning readings show cloudy skies at Emporia Coffeyville Pittsburg Arkansas City Wichita and Garden City. Dirt roads rated good. Gas office record lists yesterday’s 7 am as 40 noon today 44 maximum yesterday unknown minimum today unknown.
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Kansas
Northwest
Emporia
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Arkanas City
Wichita
Garden City
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