Curley Trails Saltonstall in Early Massachusetts Returns
Early Massachusetts results show Leverett Saltonstall leading James Curley in the gubernatorial race with 196 to 138 votes in three towns and a fourth town incomplete. New Hampshire reports Francis Murphy leading John Sullivan for governor and Tobey ahead for the Senate.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
James M. Curley
Tolland
Saltonstall
Curley
Waterville
N. H
Navy
New Hampshire
Francis P. Murphy
John L. Sullivan
Charles W. Tobey
Fred H. Brown
Voting in 1938 elections sees mixed turnout and tight races
Rain and cold delay turnout in key states while New York shows strong voting. In Wisconsin and Minnesota early tallies report heavy votes. Michigan Governor Murphy leads with Roosevelt backing as Republicans gain ground in Kansas and New Hampshire.
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New York
Ohio Valley
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Oldsters Turn Out Heavy Vote in California Pension Plan
California voters staged a heavy turnout in a bitter pension plan campaign with a quarter of the 3,611,416 eligible casting ballots before noon. Los Angeles San Francisco Alameda and San Diego accounted for about two thirds of the electorate amid a long ballot. LA expected around 1,144,000 ballots in the $30 every Thursday pension measure.
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San Francisco
California
Los Angeles
Alameda
San Diego
William M. Kerr
Penson
Colorado Pension Topic Competes With Senate Election
Voters in Colorado weigh extending a $45 monthly old age pension as they select a United States senator and a full state ticket in the general election. The issue dominates the day’s campaign alongside other statewide choices.
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Pensions
Colorado
Denver
United States
Insurgent Raider Sighting Off Belgian Coast Reported by RAF
London reports a Spanish insurgent warship stood by a sinking freighter near Wandelaar lightship off the Belgian coast ten miles from Blankenbergh. The RAF plane could not identify the ships and no nationality was confirmed. Earlier acts include Cantabria sinking near Cromer and Ciudad de Alicante capturing Rio Mira.
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Cromer
Nadir
Wandelaar
Air Ministry
Admiralty
Norfolk Airdrome
North Sea
Blankenbergh
Belgium
Norfolk
Ciudad de Alicante
Emden
West Schelde
Netherlands-Belgium
England
Missouri Voters weigh Clark Caulfield race in off year
In St Louis the focus centers on Senator Bennett Champ Clark seeking a second term against Governor Henry S Caulfield as weather influences turnout. The campaign divides over the Roosevelt administration with Clark pledging to follow his convictions while Caulfield attacks spending taxes and government growth.
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St. Louis
United States
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Henry S. Caulfield
Clark
Roosevelt
Caulfield
Roosevelt Votes as Family Follows In Hyde Park Polling
President Roosevelt cast his vote in the village town hall as voter No. 281 of 650. He was accompanied into the voting booth by his mother Mrs James Roosevelt Sr wife Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and secretary Miss Marguerite Lehand. He voted shortly before 1 pm after a delay to await his wife’s arrival from the west by plane and train.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Little White and Green Village
James Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marguerite Lehand
Banks of Lawrence Closed on Armistice Day
Closing notice states the banks of Lawrence will not open for business Friday November 11 in observance of Armistice Day.
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Lawrence
German accuse US of stirring South America against Germany
Berlin reports Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz accuses the United States of a campaign to incite South American nations against Germany. The reply references Sumner Welles and warns America seeks to divide Europe and other continents to extend influence, while noting South American publics are not swayed.
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Berlin
Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz
German Foreign Office
United States
Germany
Sumner Welles
Welles
New World
Western Hemisphere
Korrespondent
South America
Europe
Weather Outlook Amid Election Day in Kansas
Kansas voters faced clear, crisp conditions as polls opened. Mild warming was expected with highs near 50 to 55 and no precipitation. Light southerly winds and a northern low kept skies clear through the day, with meltwater aiding topsoil and wheat.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Phillipsburg
Ellis
Kan- 58S
Judge Claude C. Stanley dies in Wichita
Word arrives for Raymond and Roger Stanley of the Hesper neighborhood of the death in Wichita last Saturday of their cousin Judge Claude C. Stanley. Claude Stanley was a son of Edmund Stanley who years ago was superintendent of schools in Lawrence. In his early years Claude Stanley lived in Lawrence.
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Raymond
Roger Stanley
Hesper
Wichita
Claude C. Stanley
Claude Stanley
Edmund Stanley
Lawrence
Ford Service Hamilton Ad at 15 W. 9th
Local advertisement for a Ford service center located at 15 West 9th Street. Promotes vehicle maintenance and repair offerings with contact details and business hours for customers in the area.
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Ford Service
Hamilton
Kansas vote counts show slim Reed Ratner lead in scattered precincts
Scattered Kansas precincts report incomplete results in races for U S senator and governor. Reed leads McGill and Ratner leads Huxman in several areas, with Governor Huxman and Senator McGill both trailing in some towns while Reed and Ratner gain ground in others. The tally from cities like Wyandotte and Parsons suggests no decisive trend as farm belt questions focus on the new farm bill.
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Kansas
Wyandotte
Kansas City
Reed
McGill
Gained
Huxman
Jonathan M. Davis
Dodge City
Ratner
Parsons
Katee
Kan
Wyandotte County
Davis
M P Views With Alarm Over King s English US Visit
In London an Oxfordian author told the House of Commons that the king s visit to the United States could dilute the king s English through radio and film. He warned of phrases like set you and include me out becoming recognized as political lobbies in future debates.
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London
England
United States
Sydney F. Markham
House of Commons
Markham
Board approves Armistice Day classes and renews financing
The board of education ordered all day classes Friday Armistice Day the first national holiday observed this way. They approved bills just over 24000 and gave blanket authority to purchase Kan-sag municipal bonds for the sinking fund. Inspectors checked gym paint lighting and boiler room stoker with McAllaster school addition due for occupancy late this month.
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Board of Education
McAllaster
BLACK POWDER BOMB EXPLOSION SHAKES OAKLAND FREIGHTER
Investigators in Oakland pursue a theory that a black powder time bomb tore a five foot hole in the German freighter Vancouver last Thursday. District Attorney Earl Warren says the device may have been suspended under the ship by a cable at the dock and intended for the sailing time.
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Oakland
Calif
Vancouver
Earl Warren
Warren
San Francisco Bay
Russians Host Washington Reception With The Sea Gull
Amid a Soviet embassy twilght reception celebrating the Bolshevik revolution twenty first anniversary Washington officials diplomats and society figures attended the event. After dinner Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne starred in Chekhovs The Sea Gull with guests including Secretary and Mrs Henry A Wallace Elmer Andrews and Mrs Andrews and Mrs Harry Woodring.
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Washington
Pig Capital Society
Chekhov
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Henry A. Wallace
Elmer Andrews
Andrews
Harry Woodring
Secretary of War
Death Toll of Chinese Soldiers Reported by Japan
Japan states its forces found 143,650 Chinese soldiers dead on Chinese battlefields from July to October. Only 5,270 Chinese were taken prisoner. Japanese losses for that period totaled 6,158 killed and wounded.
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Tokyo
Japan
Imperial Headquarters
China
City to Sign 10 Year Power Contract With Kansas Electric
City council approves a 10 year power contract with Kansas Electric Power for current to run water low service station and booster pumps and plant lighting. Rate 1.46 cents per kWh saves about 350 dollars yearly versus a five year option. Contract may hinge on a 1947 franchise renewal. Also awarded reroofing and parapet repair bid to Burgner Bowman Mattews at 1834 dollars and authorized bids for a 1.5 ton truck.
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Kansas Electric Power Company
F. A. Russell
Burgner- Bowman - Mattews Lumber Company
Lawrence
Paul Woodard
Fire Department
Bert Jones
Charles Parker
Woodard
Ohio Street
Berlin Jews Disarmed as Nazi Campaign Continues
Berlin police chief Count Wolf von Helldorf announced a wide armed search targeting Jews. He said 1,702 firearms, 20,000 rounds, and 2,569 knives were seized in recent weeks as reprisals spread to Kassel and Bebra amid the Paris embassy secretary shooting.
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Berlin
Wolf von Helldorf
Paris
Kassel
Ernst Vom Rath
Herschel Grynszpan
Bebra
Radio networks to curb use of flash and bulletin terms
Heads of three radio networks agreed to use the words flash and bulletin with caution in drama and news. The FCC said the phrases should not cause general alarm and news bulletins be reserved for items of unusual importance or interest.
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Washington
Frank R. McNinch
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
H. G. Wells
Mars
Communications Commission
Lenox R. Lohr
National Broadcasting Company
William S. Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
90 to Washington Kansas band heads to D C for game
Three chartered buses carry over 90 University of Kansas band members from Hoch auditorium at 5 am for Washington D C to see the George Washington Kansas football game. The trip fund nears $800 as solicitors gather donations.
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University of Kansas
Hoch
Evansville
Ind
Chillicothe
Washington
Lawrence
Studget Solicitors
Nix on Screwball in Disney Oklahoma Meeting
A mass meeting of 300 in Disney Oklahoma debated the Disney boom era and recent events. Citizens argued for conservatism and civic growth while officials joked about arrests and past punishments amid town headlines.
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Disney
Okla
Kenneth G. Vines
O. N. Coppedge
Grand River
Norman Cohen
Hale Dunn
Dunn
Pryor
Republicans Lead in Lawrence Vote
Early returns show Republican candidates leading in Lawrence with 4 062 votes cast of 10 644 registered by 8 PM. Payne Ratner leads county ballots with 1 274 to 537 for Gov. Walter Haxman. Clyde Reed has 1 027 to 503 for George McGill in U S Senate race. Carl E Friend leads Lt Governor race 1 062 to 424. Fine weather boosts party turnout as precincts count ballots throughout the day.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Walter A. Haxman
Payne Ratner
George McGill
Clyde M. Reed
Eovewuop
U. S
Ottawa
Franklin County
Reed
McGill
Ratner
Huxman
Emporia
Garden City
Davis
Newton
Fort Scott
Jonathan Davis
Franklin Township
Lawrence
Walter Haxman
U. S. Guyer
W. F. Jackson
Carl E
Lawrenc Republican
W. M. Lindsay
Threaten Union Man In Buffalo After $20,000 Extortion Plot
Police report two notes threatening death were sent to labor leader Philip Collier of the A F of L affiliated Waiters' alliance in Buffalo. Two men were jailed on federal charges for depositing letters in the mails and threatening Alexis C Barbeau of S Howes Manufacturing after a coordinated arrest near Silver Creek involving a dummy package and a $20,000 extortion plan.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John J. Crotty
Philip Collier
A. F
Waiters’ Alliance
Alexis C
Buddy) Barbeau
S. Howes Manufacturing Company
Silver Creek
Barsbeau
Stores to Remain Open on Armistice Day in Lawrence
Lawrence merchants will keep stores open Friday Armistice Day after a general canvass by the Merchants Bureau. Charles Radcliffe said cities like Topeka Ottawa and Kansas City plan to observe and no general observance is planned in Lawrence.
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Charles Radcliffe
Merchants Bureau
Lawrence
Radcliffe
Topeka
Ottawa
Kansas Citys
Japanese Workers Revolt at Taiyuan Arsenal in China
The Chinese central news agency reports that Japanese laborers at the Taiyuan Shansi arsenal revolted last Saturday and exploded a munition dump worth $1,000,000, killing 300 Japanese soldiers. The workers cited homesickness and denied leave promises by Japanese authorities. Taiyuan is the Shansi capital, part of North China occupied by Japan.
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China
Chungking
Chinese Central News Agency
Taiyuan
Shansi
North China
Weather forecast for Kansas with scattered details
Fair tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions in the east and south. Manhattan to see partly cloudy morning skies while other areas are clear. Dirt roads vary from rough in Salina to frozen in Arkansas City and Wichita, with good conditions in Topeka and Manhattan. Temperature readings note 7 p.m. yesterday and 7 a.m. today at 26 and 43 noon respectively.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Salina
Coffeyville
Arkansas City
Wichita
Pittsburg
Emporia
Topeka
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