Madrid Bombardment Rages As Rebels Press Madrid
Madrid endures a fierce bombardment with fascist planes and heavy shells striking fortifications, the Gran Via, Puerta del Sol, and ministries. Casualties rise with 20 killed in latest strikes and hundreds wounded over two days. Reinforcements reported from Barcelona amid calls to resist street by street.
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Madrid
Madarid
Toledo
Wheeling
Red Cross
Dp. m
Gran Via
Theatrical
Ministry of War
Alcoron
Puerta de Sul
Times Square
Madrid Electric Company
Toledo Bridge
Cine de la Prensa
Gran Vias
Alcala
Britain to Stand Firm on Non Intervention in Spain
London reports confirm Britain will maintain its Spanish non intervention stance despite Premier Leon Blum's push for French aid to Madrid. Paris discusses sending help for Spanish socialists as internal politics, while the international non intervention committee refines actions to strengthen the hands-off pact. Lord Plymouth leads discussions to block new charges of aiding Spanish insurgents by Russia amid talks with German Italian and Portuguese delegates.
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London
Great Britain
Leon Blum
Madrid
Paris
Lord Plymouth
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Spreads To Yards As Maritime Strike Builds
The Associated Press reports San Francisco shipyards join a nationwide maritime strike now in its tenth day with about 6 000 workers in Bethlehem shipbuilding plants walking out. McCrady seeks new talks while a U S maritime commission hearing opens in San Francisco. Across ports 231 ships idle, 16 986 workers on strike in Atlantic and Gulf areas, officials dispute counts and accuse crews of threats. Pacific coast crews prepare homeward moves as perishable cargo is set for removal in several yards.
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San Francisco
Edward F. McCrady
Tabor
Atlantic
Gulf
Joint
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Bethlehem Company
United States
McCrady
United States Maritime Commission
New York
Joseph Curran
Defense Committee
Gulf Coast
Curran
Pacific Coast
Union
Portland
Seattle
Los Angeles
Officials in Oklahoma Study Epidemic Situation
Oklahoma officials at state county and city levels reviewed the infantile paralysis outbreak. Several gatherings were postponed, and schools in Tulsa and the county remained closed. No new cases were reported today, keeping total at 52 with six deaths.
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Tulsa
Okla
Allen Kramer
Teff Billington
Lone survivor rescued from Isis wreck near Land's End
A cabin boy was rescued by the Westernland after the Isis sank in a raging storm about 200 miles east of Land's End. The loss left 39 crew unaccounted as gale force winds halted channel services and waves battered Folkestone. The Queen Mary and two other ships aided in the Sos, with Britain’s response continuing. Senator Steiner of Oregon underwent gall bladder surgery at St Joseph's hospital in Denver and was reported in good condition.
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London
Westernland Today
Isis
Hamburg-America Line
Westernland
Land's End
Channel Air and Water
Folkestone
Steiner
Denver
Colo
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
Cleveland
St. Joseph's Hospital
Supreme Court hears New Deal public utility act cases
In fall term opening the Supreme Court issued 20 decisions then began hearing arguments on the public utility holding company act. Chief Justice Hughes noted Justice Stone did not participate due to illness. The court split 6 to 2 striking down part of a Iowa chain store tax law while upholding bankruptcy actions and extradition rulings. Stone’s absence sparks talk on his participation in upcoming New Deal cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New Deal
Hughes
Justice Stone
Towa
Brandeis
Caridozo
Tennesse Publishing Company
Nashville Tennessean
Neidecker Brothers
B. Coles
Geotee Wo
Aubrey
France
Bask
Paris
Utiity Holding Company
William Fox
Justine Stone
High Tribunal
Stone
Roosevelt
Laas
Public Utility Holding Company Act
New York
Electric Bond
Pany
ITO
President works on 1937 88 budget estimates
President Roosevelt held White House talks with relief and veterans agencies officials as he continues drafting the 1937 88 federal budget. He discussed possible inclusion of work relief and noted monthly expenditures near 160 million while awaiting allocation decisions.
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Relief
Hopkins
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Relief and Veterans
Daniel W. Bell
Harry T. Hopkins
Works Progress
Aubrey Williams
WPA
National Youth Administration
Charles Taussie
Roper
Commerce Department
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Affairs
Budget Bureau
Aac
May Revamp AAA Washington Proposal Faces Farm Leaders
A to be discussed at next Congress session. AAA spokesmen said administration leaders have not decided to revive the old AAA control program. A meeting of corn belt farmers at the agriculture department focused on the 1937 soil conservation program and possible changes including crop insurance and revival of old controls.
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Washington
Nov. C
CMA
Congress
AAA
Altho
Supreme Court
Beltal
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Hearst Case Rules Congress May Not Enjoin Committee
Washington rulings say the United States court of appeals found the senate lobby committee had no authority to enjoin. Hearst sought to stop the commission from providing telegrams to the committee and from using seized messages. The court noted the federal communications commission acted legally in copying thousands of telegrams in 1985 and supplying them to the senate panel.
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Washington
United States Court of Appeals
William Randolph Vearst
Senate Lobby Investigating Committee
Hearst
Alfred A. Wheat
Federal District Court
Senate
Commission
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
D-Ala
Business Houses Open Armistice Day in Lawrence
Lawrence merchants decided to keep all business houses open on Armistice Day. Banks, city hall, and courthouse offices will stay open, and the post office will operate as usual. Armistice Day observance will be a one minute pause at 10 o clock Wednesday morning with programs in schools.
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Lawrence
Merchants Bureau
Court House
Seliants
Candidate's Son Injured in Accident Near Topeka
Ketchum, 13 year old son of Omar B. Ketchum, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, was wounded in the upper left leg by an accidental rifle discharge at an uncle's farm eight miles Fulton near Topeka. The injury occurred while he and his brother William played in the yard. The wound was not serious.
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Topeka
Track Ketchum
Omar BR. Ketchum
U. S
Fulton
Here
William
Ottawa Girl Missing After Visit to Uncle in KC
Thelma Henthorne, 14, of Ottawa Kansas, left Ottawa Friday to visit an uncle in Kansas City. Her parents asked police yesterday to watch for her as she had not appeared at her Ottawa home or the uncle’s. She had only $2 when she boarded the train to Kansas City.
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Kansas City
William Henthorne
Ottawa
Kan
Thelma
Henthorne
Ben Henthorne
Heathorne
Roosevelt voices mandate for uniform labor legislation
Washington November 9 President Roosevelt told the third national conference on labor legislation that the country has a mandate to adopt needed laws. He urged standards ensuring decent working conditions safe workplaces coverage for accidents illness unemployment old age shorter hours adequate housing and elimination of child labor. The conference called by Secretary Perkins heard governors from 22 states and delegates from other groups.
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Washington
Third
National Conference On Labor Legislation
Roosevelt
Perkins
Education week address sparks Rotary talk in Lawrence
Lawrence Rotary heard Dr Raymond A Schwegler dean of education discuss education as a life spanning process not confined to schools. He urged growth through experience, memory and motivation. The event featured guests including John V Lees and others and noted a full attendance record and forthcoming Red Cross drive.
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Raymond A. Schwegler
Schwepler
Sevant of Eduction
de Lyle S. Powell
Lawrence Rotary
Corlett Cotton
Red Cross
John V. Lees
Standard Life Insurance Company
Lawrence
Dave Sterling
Estes Park
Colo
Andruff
Kansas City
Kan
Glenn Chariton
Union Official in Jail Over Felonious Assault
New York police report that David E Grange third vice president of the international seamen's union was jailed after appearing with counsel on charges of felonious assault. Simon J Murray alleges Grange threatened him with a firearm and strangled him near Manhattan’s Battery Park, claiming Grange had a pistol permit.
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New York
David E. Deange
Third View
International Seamen's Union
Simon J. Murray
Grange
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
Murray
Battery
Manhattan
Government deficit tops 1 billion in fiscal year
The daily treasury statement shows the U S government deficit exceeded one billion dollars for the first time this fiscal year on November 6. The deficit stood at 1,001,214,025 dollars, compared with 1,442,928,794 dollars on the same date a year earlier.
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Washington
Treasury Statement
Narrowed 911 race hinges on absentee votes in Kansas
In Topeka Kansas on November 9 officials reported the lieutenant governor contest between Republican Carl E. Friend and Democrat W M Lindsay tightly timed by absentee ballots. Count totals shifted with county results but Friend led by 110 unofficially as counting began for over 7 000 absentee ballots from out of state.
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Kun
Carl E. Friend
W.M. Lindsay
Prient
Iain
Lindsay
Sedgwick
Labette County
Friend
Leavenworth
Riley County
Montgomery County
Crawford County
Woavernor
Walter Huxnman
Atos
Will G. West
Friend and
Kausank
A. M. Landon
Clarence W. Beck
George Robb
Frank J. Ryan
Count In-State Absentee Ballots Here Tomorrow
Absentee ballots from within the state will be counted by the county commissioners at the courthouse tomorrow. County Clerk Plank reported 29 envelopes containing ballots from Kansas points, with uncertainty on how many actual votes are inside. Out-of-state ballots cannot be counted until November 13 or later.
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Court House
Plank
Kansas
McPherson Lawyer Stabbed by Relieved Man in Street
Gus Nyquist former McPherson county attorney was stabbed in downtown McPherson by N Q Houghton a 60 year old relief worker. Nyquist identified the assailant and said the charge involved non support and desertion from four years ago. Nyquist was taken to a hospital in serious condition after the incident followed by Houghton’s arrest at his home.
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McPherson
Kan
Gus Nyquist
McPherson County
N. Q Houghton
Nyquist
Houghton
Ralph McPhail
John Holloway
Mayo son killed in train crossing accident at Cochrane Wis
Dr Joseph G Mayo 34 son of Dr and Mrs Charles H Mayo of Rochester was killed when his automobile was struck by a Northern Dago train at a crossing near Cochrane Wisconsin. He was alone in the car with a big dog that was also killed. Survived by widow Ruth Rakowski married in 1927, two sons, a brother Dr Charles W Mayo Rochester, five sisters. Charter Oak stores Achning Hdw.
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Alma
Wis
Joseph G. Mayo
Charles H. Mayo
Rochester
Cochrane Wis
Mayo
Big Dog
Charles Wi. Mayo
William J. Mayo
Mayo Chine
Thy
Ruth Rakowski
Joplin
Charles W. Mayo
Explain 1500 Votes From 1007 Cast In Topeka Precinct
Shawfree county commission summoned members of the Bellview precinct election board to explain a discrepancy between 1007 ballots cast and about 1500 total votes for president and other offices in last week’s Topeka area election. Sheriff Dean Rogers served the summons. Outcome could alter local contest results.
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Topeka
Shaw- Free County Commission
Bellview
Dean Rogers
Three Lawrence Boys Hurt In Morning Car Crash
Three Liberty Memorial high school youths were injured at Twenty-Third street and Haskell avenue in an eastbound crash at about 4 o clock this morning. Jack Howard a junior football team member suffered a brain concussion along with lacerations. Don Temple Jr and Russell Henderson also sustained brain concussions and facial injuries. All were treated at Memorial hospital and listed not seriously hurt. The Ford V8 driven by Howard rear ended the Durant roadster driven by Mrs Woodside. Mrs Woodside, the only conscious person, sought aid at 2245 Learnard avenue. Both cars were wrecked.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Twenty-Third Street
Haskell Avenue
Wes
James Wood
Grennall
Jack Howard
New York Street
Don Temple, Jr
Mississippi Street
Russell Henderson
Tennessee Street
Memorial Hospital
Howard
Woodside
Learnard Avenue
Pleasant Day Forecast For Topeka In Early Week
A pleasant fall weather pattern was forecast for Topeka and nearby Kansas regions, with clear skies and daytime highs around 40 to 53 degrees. Federal meteorologist P. Flora said conditions would persist into the first part of the week, easing any threat of wintry weather. Overnight lows ranged from the mid teens to the 30s in various towns, with Dodge City recording the low for the area.
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Topeka
Kansas
P. Flora
Goodland
Dodge City
Men on Relief Will Cut Wood for County
Able bodied men on relief in Douglas county will cut wood on a county sponsored project to repay relief commodities. The August A. Walter tract near Kanwaka will be used again, with 54 men available. Mrs. Mildred Watson will assign workers who report to the county engineer’s foreman at the courthouse. Start hoped for Thursday.
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Douglas County
A. Walter
Kanwaka
Mildred Watson
Court House
Kansas 4-H Fat Stock Show Opens in Wichita
In Wichita Kansas the Kansas National 4-H fat stock show began with fancy stock animals on display. Exhibitors praised for meticulous grooming and babying care as animals were scrubbed and marcelled for judging.
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Wichita
Kan
P D to Register for Security Law Opens November 16
Postmaster Roger Williams announces registration of employers under the Social Security act will begin November 16. Local post offices handle the process, with Lawrence carriers delivering cards to employers to report the number of workers. Cards are due back by November 27 with no postage needed for returns. An open meeting for employers is set for tomorrow at 6 in the Chamber of Commerce to explain registration mechanics.
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Roger Williams
post+ office department
Lawrence Postmen
Lawrence
Goeal
Williams
Social Security Board
Chamber of Commerce
Perry Signs Pro Contract For Barnstorming Tour
Fred Perry of England, three time winner of the American and All England singles titles, has signed to turn professional. Francis T. Hunter and S. Howard Voshell announce a winter barnstorming tour with Ellsworth Vines and likely Bill Tilden, opening January 6 at Madison Square Garden against Vines in New York.
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New York
Fred Perry
England
Francis T. Hunter
S. Howard Voshell
Perry
Hunter
Voshell
Ellsworth Vines
Bill Tilden
George Lott
Lester Steffen
Madison Square Garden
Vines
Landon Sacrifice and Capper on Reform Revolt
United States Senator Arthur Capper said Governor Alf Landon was the sacrifice of a revolt against the old guard amid Landon’s presidential defeat. Capper praised Roosevelt’s reelection and warned against excessive governmental control as the pendulum shifts. The Supreme Court upheld Texas oil occupation tax as constitutional.
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Topeka
United States
Arthur Capper
Alf M. Landon
Washington
Texas
Supreme Court
Kansas Weather Forecast Highlights and Road Conditions
The Kansas forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with cooler air in the northeast. In the west temperatures are set to rise on Tuesday. Morning observations show clear skies with some mainly cloudy areas near Arkansas City. Roads in Douglas County are reported as good, and dirt roads are passable. The report includes temperature readings and references to local coal company contact details.
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Arkansas City
Douglas County
Otte Reeuedy
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