Brussels Conference Okays Mediation for Far East Peace
A nine power Brussels session formed a subcommittee to offer aid to Japan and China to end their war. The panel, likely including the United States Britain Belgium Italy France, will extend good offices only if wanted. Norman H. Davis led the talks as delegates weigh Japan’s stance and possible mediation by trusted powers. Russia attended. China was absent.
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Brussels
Japan
China
United States
Britain
Belgium
Italy
France
Leopold
Norman H. Davis
Far East
Tokyo
Germany
League of Nations
Luigi Aldrovandi-Marescotti
Russia
Registered Mail Heist Sparks Suicides In Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a $6,000 consignment of registered mail was stolen from a government truck by two gunmen last night. The druggist O. L Richardson fatally shot himself after police found the hidden mail under his home and a suspect was in custody. One suspect identified as Earl Irwin, a truck driver, refused to reveal his name.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff’s Office
Ray Bergh
Bergh
O. L. Richardson
Lawndale
Richardson
Earl Irwin
Sheriff’s
Southside
UAW Plans $1 Assessment to Fund Ford Organizing
Homer Martin announces a dollar assessment on every union member to finance organizing Ford Motor Company employees, as part of the United Automobile Workers of America's efforts in Detroit on November 4.
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Auto Workers
Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Company
Weather forecast for Kansas with mixed rain and cold spell
Partly cloudy in the west with possible rain in the east tonight and Friday. Cooler in the southwest tonight and Friday. Morning outlook shows generally cloudy skies with light rain at Emporia. Dirt roads were slick at Emporia but good elsewhere. Temperature readings note yesterday's high and today's lows.
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Kansas
Emporia
Brodie Gets Life For Third Felony Robbery Conviction
In district court Judge Hugh Means sentenced Steve Brodie of Topeka to life imprisonment for first degree robbery, his third felony, after a jury conviction. Other defendants received varied sentences or fines for guilty pleas including Warren Karnes for chicken theft and E W Meyer for sale of unregistered securities.
Tea at the White House with Windsors and Roosevelt
The White House announced the duke and duchess of Windsor will meet President Roosevelt for tea on Friday afternoon. Mrs. James Roosevelt Jr will act as hostess while Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt travels for a lecture tour during their visit.
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Washington
White House
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Roosevelt
James Roosevelt, Jr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Three Germans Executed in Berlin on Espionage Charge
Berlin reports three men named Peter Lausen Adolf Rembte and Robert Stamm were executed by beheading today by the people's court for alleged espionage and high treason.
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Germany
Berlin
Peter Lausen
Adolf Rembte
Robert Stamm
People's Court
Husking Contest in the Rain Draws 75 000 Crowd
In Marshall Missouri the national cornhusking championship began with 20 contestants as heavy rain drenched the field. Will Rose of Galva Illinois led early pace amid thunderous crowd estimates, while Gov Lloyd C Stark signaled the start and later closed the contest as judges worked to finalize the winner amid worsening conditions.
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Marshall
Corn Belt
Will Rose
Galva
Layton Robert
Missouri
Lloyd C. Stark
Roosevelt and LaGuardia Hold Brief Private Talk
President Roosevelt and Mayor LaGuardia met for about a half hour at the Roosevelt Manhattan town house in a session seen as pivotal for New York City politics. Postmaster General James A. Farley and other figures were present, with details kept private and no clear account of the topics discussed.
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New York
Roosevelt
F. H. LaGuardia
Manhattan
New York City
LaGuardia
Tammany Hall
James A. Farley
National Democratic
City Hall
Farley
President Roosevelt
Washington
Lansing Takes Him Henry P. Mann Haunting Kansas
Henry P. Mann alias Harrison P. Morgan pleaded guilty to second degree forgery in district court and was sentenced to 1 to 10 years in the state penitentiary. Arrested in Topeka, he had posed as a University of Kansas student then forged a $75 check, later living incognito while working at a steel plant.
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Henry P. Mann
Harrison P. Morgan
University of Kansas
Mann
Hugh Means
Topeka
Jude Anderson
Anderson
Fred Vogler
Charles Springer
Citizens State Bank of
Peoples State Bank
Peoples Bank
Morgan
Kansas City
Incendarist Sets Pastures Ablaze Across Kansas Counties
A suspected incendarist started at least 16 fires in Anderson, Allen and Neosho counties late yesterday. Between Erie and Humboldt about 600 acres of pasture and cane burned, with nine blazes on farms near Chanute along U.S. 59. A motorist saw two men in a black car setting a fire and police, joined by state patrol, search for the suspects.
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Chanute
Kan
CPI
Kansas
Anderson
Allen
Neosho
Garnett
Erie
Humboldt
U.S. 59
Chanute Police
Too Much Wheat for 1938 Forecast
Washington based on three factors another record planting stocks of old wheat doubled in the United States and weaker prospects for selling abroad economists forecast 1938 would bring oversupply and price declines for wheat.
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Washington
CPI
Agriculture Department
United States
Rain In East Kansas Forecast By Federal Meteorologist
Eastern Kansas expected to receive moisture today and tomorrow with a break in Indian summer for western counties. Rain started around 9 am adding .06 inch in an hour. Wichita and St Joseph report traces. Highs near 55, not above 50 tomorrow. lows around 35 east and 40 west.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Wichita
St. Joseph
Flora
Labor difficulties settle as Montgomery Ward permit restored
Labor trouble in Kansas City Kansas ends as the building permit for the Montgomery Ward store is restored and construction resumes after a three day halt. City commissioners revoked the permit when told Kansas labor members of the union were being refused jobs.
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Kansas City
Kan
Montgomery Ward
Kansas
Labor
Armistice Day Parade Ties To War Time Thirty Fifth Division
Planes from the War Time Thirty-fifth Naval and Marine Corps Reserve will help honor Armistice Day in Lawrence Kansas City events. Maj E J Renth will marshal the parade while Navy and Marine officers organize the reserve planes. The program includes a football game at Haskell stadium with a color transfer ceremony at halftime and a film show at Granada theater followed by divisional association meetings. A dance at the armory and a VFW gathering complete the day's events. The duke of Windsor will receive a greeting from the Thirty-fifth Division association during his New York visit and previously was invited to attend the reunion.
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Naval
Marine Corps
Fairfax Field
Kansas City
Kan
War Time Thirty-fifth
Lawrence
Maj
E. J. Renth
National Guard
Frank E. Weld
U.S.N
C. J. Peters
Sixth Street
Thirteenth Street
Haskell Stadium
Signal Corps
Granada Theater
Armory
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Potato Show Records Break as Banquet Tonight
The fifteenth annual Kansas potato show opens in Kansas with record exhibits and a larger food show. L. E. Melchers notes top quality due to seed selection and cultivation. A banquet at Wiedemann's at 6 30 p m will cap the event with Dr. W W Davis as speaker and L C Williams as toastmaster. Attendance limited to 130. prizes awarded by Mrs. W R Stiner Kimball Backus and Roger Regnier with Kansas State college oversight.
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Kansas
L. E. Melchers
Kansas State College
Melchers
Nile Valley
Egypt
Wiedemann’s
L. C. Williams
W. W. Davis
University of Kansas
Kaw Valley
W. R. Stiner
Lawrence
Kimball Backus
Wyandotte
Roger Regnier
KU Receives Extra Tickets for Kansas Nebraska Game
University of Kansas athletic office announces 200 more tickets for the Kansas Nebraska game in Lincoln. Total 700 tickets available at 2.20 dollars each. Nebraska officials expect 30,000 plus if weather stays favorable. Football squad departs Union Pacific station tomorrow at five. A pep rally is planned and a fan special train leaves Saturday at 6 30 AM.
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University of Kansas Athletic Office
Kansas-Nebraska
Lincoln
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Lions Clash With Fort Scott At Haskell Stadium
Lawrence high school Lions host Fort Scott Tigers at Haskell Stadium this evening at 7 45. Admission is 35 cents. The Lions seek to preserve their near perfect non conference record as Fort Scott brings a balanced 2 2 season.
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Lawrence
Haskell Stadium
Lawrence High’ School Lions
Fort Scott Tigers
Lions
Fort Scott
Italy Celebrates Armistice With Jibes At Allies
Rome on November 4 marked the armistice anniversary with renewed jibes at Britain and other allies. Italian press noted victory over Austrian Hungarian forces at Vittorio Veneto occurred before the western front armistice by a week.
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Italy
Rome
Britain and Co
Vittorio Veneto
Stock Market Index Edges Up With 60-Stock Average
The 60 stock index stood at 46.6 yesterday, with the prior close at 46.9. Ford Service in Hamilton and 702 Vermont appear in the report.
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Ford Service
Hamilton
Potato Show Delights Kansas Women With Recipes And Talks
The fifteenth annual potato show runs today and tomorrow in the armory building with 50 entries in the women’s and girls’ divisions. Highlights include potato bread doughnuts chips and cakes, non competitive farm bureau exhibits, and prize announcements by Mrs Will Stiner at a 6 30 pm banquet at Wiedemanns. Dwight Kirsch of the University of Nebraska will discuss Art in Everyday Life with slides and photos, as Georgiana Smurthwaite welcomes attendees for the 2 pm Friday session in the American Legion rooms.
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Kansas
Armory
Farm Bureau
Johnson, Wyandotte
Leavenworth
Douglas
Shawnee
Will Stiner
Lawrence
Department of Fine Arts
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Middle West
Georgiana H. Smurthwaite
Kansas State College
Manhattan
American Legion Rooms
Old City Hall
Eighth
Vermont
Kirsch
Potato Show Judge Named for Kansas Event
Miss Georgiana Smurthwaite state home demonstration agent presides as judge of exhibits at the fifteenth annual Kansas potato show held at the armory. She also chairs a special women’s meeting tomorrow at 2 20 in the American Legion rooms in the city building at Eighth and Vermont streets.
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Armory
American Legion
Eighth
Vermont
Dwight Kirsch
Department of Fine Arts
University of Nebraska
Georgiana Smurthwaite
State Home
O. H. Elmer
Hal Eier
Vance Rucker
of Kansas State College
H. O. Werner
R. C. Hastings
State Seed Department
Fargo
N. Dak
O. QO. Browning
Linwood
Jesse Haney
Topeka
Kansas
Miss Smurthwaite
Vermont Streets
Teachers Gather in Lawrence for Annual District Meeting
Lawrence prepares to host more than 4 000 eastern Kansas teachers for the Kansas State Teachers Association annual session. Dorothea Brande will speak Friday morning. Lord Marley and Asa Converse headline Friday night sessions. A two day program includes special educational speakers from Missouri and Wisconsin, plus dances and banquets.
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Dorothea Brande
W. W. Carpenter
University of Missouri
Kansas Teachers Association
Lord Marley
House of Lords
London
England
Hoch Auditorium
John L. Bracken
Clayton
State Teachers Association
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Kansas
Kansas State Teachers Association
Kansas Cities
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Gymnasium
Robinson Gymnasium
Chamber of Commerce
WREN
E. H. Lindley
Theodore H. Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Liberty Memorial High School
Oliver Hobbs
Asa Converse
Wellsville Globe
Converse
Harold G. Barr
First Christian Church
K. U. School of Fine Arts
H. C. McKown
Gilson
Candace McDowell
State Teachers College
Milwaukee
Wis
Memorial Union
Lincoln School
Educational Council of the
Lawrence Teachers Association
Eriksen
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence Public School
Kansas Association For Childhood Education
Colonial Tea Room
Bernice Nash
Dorothy Koehring
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Kansas Dinner Club
Susan Friend
Emporia Teachers College
Landon Opposes Midterm Republican Convention
Alf M Landon declares opposition to a mid term party convention while urging no limits on its scope and personnel from caucuses or primaries. He calls for representation of all party opinions from Hoover to LaGuardia in any such meeting. Clyde M Reed telegrams support Landon s views and agrees with the reported position.
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Topeka
CPI
Aif
M. Landon
Joseph W Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Landon
Hoover
LaGuardia
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University Coal Co
Brodie
Steve Brodie
Elmer Enlow
Standard Oil
Thirteenth and
Lastes
Warren “Heinie” Karnes
Kanegs
Tenitentiary
W. E. Monk
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Ralph Hoffman
Earl Ferguson
Windsors
Lansing
State
K. U
Kansas State
Ducati
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