Japanese Prepare Drive On Nanking As Shanghai Falls
Tokyo reports Japanese reinforcements landed around Hangchow bay to push toward Nanking. Chinese forces rush to defend Yuyao and Nantao as Shanghai remains contested. naval and air bombardment intensifies along the Whangpoo River with French and American vessels present.
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Shanghai
Hangchow Bay
Nanking
China
Hangchow
Nantao
Pootung
Whangpoo
Nantao Wangpoo River
Chekiang
Chapoo
Nengpo
Yuyao
Yuao
International Settlement
French Concession
Lamotte Picquet
Tax roll error puts Lawrence Woman's Club property on list
The Lawrence Woman's Club property at Twentieth and Massachusetts St was found still on the tax roll for 1937 with $853.43 in taxes. State tax commission action last summer ordered exemption, but the county clerk's valuation certification apparently did not remove the property. Authorities face a perplexing question about removing it now that levies have been made.
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Lawrence Woman's Club
Twentieth
Massachusetts Street
State Tax Commission
Douglas County
Lawrence Woman’s Club
Harness Stolen Reported in Jefferson County
The sheriff's office in Oskaloosa notified Sheriff Fred Vogler that three sets of harness were stolen in Jefferson county last night.
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Oskaloosa
Fred Vogler
Jefferson County
Notice to Nurses for Armistice Day Parade
Ex service nurses invited to join the Armistice Day parade must report to Mrs Anderson at 60s Kentucky Street by 1 o clock tomorrow afternoon. Service capes should be brought.
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Anderson
Kentucky Street
Former German Kaiser Begins 20th Year in Exile at Doorn
In Doorn Netherlands the former German Kaiser starts his twentieth year in exile. He keeps to routine rising early and walking with his wife then spends two hours chopping and sawing wood. After lunch he returns to reading and studies in the castle library.
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Doorn
The
Netherlands
Plea for Freedom urged at National Grange convention
Louis J. Taber of Columbus Colorado urged American farmers to resist regimentation and defend independence at the National Grange seventy first annual convention. He warned that tariffs and trade treaties fail to help agriculture as imports rose and exports lagged in early 1937, noting a large farm trade deficit. Secretary Wallace and other farm officials are to speak before the convention ends November 18.
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Harrisburg
Louis J. Taber
Columbus
National Grange
Taber
Grange
Congress
Wallace
Administration
Turkish Assassin of U. S. Consul Executed at Dawn
Me Karayan an Armenian born in Boston and naturalized American was executed at dawn for the October 12 shooting of United States Consul General James Theodore Marriner in front of the U S consulate. He claimed an insult motivated the crime and shouted Down with Washington in his final speech. His appeal for clemency had been denied.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Meguerdich Karavan
United States
James Theodore Marriner
Karayan
Boston
Washington
Marriner
Ford K C Plant to Open As Quickly As Possible
Edsel Ford voiced complete satisfaction with notices and protection assurances as Kansas City awaits the Ford plant reopening. City Manager H F McElroy said the Kansas City assembly plant should reopen soon after a Detroit conference with Ford officials. The plant, employing about 2000, faced threats of abandonment amid police protection disputes on CSO picket lines.
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Kansas City
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
H. F. McElroy
McElroy
Detroit
Ford
C.so
Twin Mound Turkey Shoot Planned by Residents
Residents of Twin Mound plan a turkey shoot on November 17 at Mrs Margaret Simmons farm. The event starts at 9 a m with turkeys reese and chicken prizes. Lunch and ammunition will be available and clay targets will be used.
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Twin Mound
Margaret Simmons
Reese
Chickeni Ag
Huxman to Attend Kansas-Kansas State Football Game
Gov Walter A. Huxman will attend the Kansas Kansas State football game this Saturday, announced by the Chancellor's office.
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Huxman
Walter A. Huxman
Banks of Lawrence Closed On Armistice Day
Closing notice states The Banks of Lawrence will not be open for business Thursday November 11 in observance of Armistice Day.
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Lawrence
Paint Expedition Lands in the Jug at KU and KS
Six University of Kansas students and one former student were jailed in Manhattan after red paint was daubed on campus buildings and a K State statue. The incident spurred a student court inquiry, with six KU men and three KS pep club members involved.
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University of Kansas
Manhattan
K.U
Kansas State
Henry Werner
Student Supreme Court
Don Voorhees
Leavenworth
Sam Mellinger
Emporia
Bill Gough
Chanute
Herman Janzen
Hillsboro
Darrel Mayer
Newton
Vernon May
Longton
Tom Devlin
Jack McEvoy
Detroit
Mich
Raymond Napier
Morris
K. S
Mt. Prospect
Wallafren
K. U
Charles Barnes
Wallaffen
Barnes
Dean A. Holtz
WDAF Cancels Broadcast of KU KS C Game
The KU athletic office announced that WDAF Kansas City cancelled its proposed broadcast this Saturday due to a scheduling conflict. KFKU will carry the play by play. Ticket sales for the contest and the Missouri game are reported to be holding up.
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K. U. Athletic Office
WDAF
Kansas City
KFKU
Missouri
New Constitution Promulgated in Brazil Centralizes Power
Rio de Janeiro Nov 10 The new Brazilian constitution dissolves federal state and municipal legislatures and concentrates authority in President Getulio Vargas and his cabinet. Justice Minister Francisco Campos announced a corporate state charter with a dissolving of the senate chamber and state bodies plus a council of experts and an appointed cabinet. Vargas will broadcast tonight, and the old 1934 framework limits his term, with elections not in sight.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Francisco Campos
Campos
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Vargas
Councilman clarifies 20 minute downtown parking plan
Councilman Wilfred Hunsinger says no change to the two hour limit though new 20 minute spaces will be added in blocks on Massachusetts Street from Sixth to South Park and at side streets. Chief Jude Anderson expects the system to begin in about two weeks with color and exact marking not yet decided.
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Wilfred Hunsinger
Massachusetts Street
Sixth
South Park Street
Massachusets Street
Jude Anderson
Hunsinger
Windsor May Have Asked King's Advice on Trip
The News Review argues a telephone talk between the Duke of Windsor and King George influenced a postponement of the duke’s planned American voyage. The article quotes the duke from Paris saying he was misled and the king replying that he would help if possible. The king reportedly favored delaying the trip indefinitely.
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London
The
News Review
Today
Duke of Windsor
George
Paris
Closed Shop Upheld by Brooklyn Court
Justice Mitchell May of the Brooklyn Supreme Court rules the closed shop constitutional in New York State. Six subway employees were denied a request to avoid joining a union to keep their jobs.
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Constitutional
New York
Mitchell May
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Constitutionaal
New York State
Subway
Roosevelt discusses private capital housing plan nationwide
President Roosevelt met with federal officials and industrial leaders to outline a proposed nationwide housing program financed entirely by private capital. The session, held November 10, explored how private funding could drive home construction across the country while avoiding public debt. Aiming for broad participation, the plan seeks streamlined financing and accelerated development through private investment channels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reunion night music by Legion corps and drums in town
The Lawrence American Legion drum and bugle corps from Ottawa Le gion post will perform street music for the Thirty-Fifth Division reunion tonight.
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Lawrence American Legion
Drum
Ottawa Legion Post
Staff Military Department
Karl Baldwin
K. U. Band
Russell L. Wiler
Infantry
Coast Artillery
American Legion
Drum and Bugie Corps
Farmers Receive Over 27 Million More for Principal Products
Government economists report September gains for seven west north central states with farmers receiving 27,584,000 more than last year. Minnesota Iowa Missouri North and South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas led with 186,849,000 in principal products versus 159,265,000 prior year.
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Washington
North Central States
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Choral Union Reaches 300 Mark with 51 New Enrollments
The Choral Union surpassed 300 members with 51 new enrollments last evening to stage Edgar Stillman Kelley’s Pilgrim's Progress in spring. Dr. Otto Miessner restricts further enrollments by special permit. John Andrews elected president, Mrs. Erret Dooley secretary treasurer, Van Bruner to lead nominations for a small executive council. The group closed with a grand Hosannah chorus performance and a brass section featuring Louis Maser, Robert Boyle, Leo Horacek, James Van Dyck, Hal Dellinger, and John Riscoe.
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Edgar Stillman Kelley
Pilgrim’s Progress
Otto Miessner
van Bruner
Choral Union
John Andrews
Erret Dooley
Mine Fire Sweeps Beneath Scranton District
A mine fire rages unchecked 250 feet below a Scranton area section housing 10,000 residents. Engineers lack equipment to reach the white hot coal mass from a broken trolley wire two weeks past at the Von Storch mine of Penn Anthracite Collieries. Inspectors warn of possible carbon monoxide danger seeping to surface.
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Scranton
von Storch
Penn Anthracite Collieries Company
Token forms issued for new one mill state tax
J W Stone and George Hedrick received application forms for the new one mill state tax tokens. Merchants may obtain blanks from the city clerk or the Chamber of Commerce secretary. Tokens mailed from Topeka, sold only in boxes of 500 at 50 cents per box. Tokens to be in merchants hands by December 1 when the tax schedule starts. A $10 per order limit is set to prevent shortages.
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J. W. Stone
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
Topeka
W. G Fink
State Tax Commission
Armistice Memorial Assembly Planned by YMCA and YWCA
The University YMCA and YWCA plan a joint Armistice memorial at Fraser theater tomorrow at 4 30 PM. Rev. Carter Harrison will give the invocation and the main address.Martin Maloney and Richard McCann will dramatize the fate of conscientious objectors and soldiers. A quartet led by Roy Fugitt will perform. Miss Mary Jane Bruce will play a piano solo.
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Y.W.C.A
Y.M.C.A
Fraser Theater
Carter Harrison
Martin Maloney
Richard McCann
Bes Roy Fugitt
Thomas Curtis Clark
Mary Jane Bruce
Courthouse Staff Send Get Well Gifts to Miss Glenna Davis
courthouse employees deliver handkerchiefs and raise a collection for a fruit basket for Glenna Davis of the county clerk’s office who is hospitalized in Kansas City Kansas after a minor operation. The note is signed by a Roper in a kitchen and Joe Davidson.
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Court House
Glenna Davis
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
Corn Crop Totals Over Two Billion Bushels This Year
The agriculture department estimates this year’s corn crop at 2,651,393,000 bushels, up from last month’s 2,561,936,000 and well above last year’s 1,529,327,000. Other crops include wheat 886,895,000, oats 1,152,433,000, soybeans 38,997,000, apples 211,100,000, grapes 2,732,000 tons, and tobacco 1,485,148,000 pounds. Kansas corn projected at 382,280,000 bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Board
Kansas
Sutton Here Tonight in Pacific Lantern Slide Lecture
Dr. Richard L. Sutton presents a Community Lecture Course talk titled Snap shots Around the Pacific at 8 20 p m in the University auditorium. Lantern slides showcase Samoa Fiji New Zealand Australia Guinea Bali Borneo Celebes China and Japan as Sutton, a familiar University speaker, recalls Arctic and other expeditions. General admission 25 cents reserved seats 50 cents plus tax.
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Richard L. Sutton
Pacific
Samoa
Fiji
New Zealand
Australia
Guinea
Bali
Borneo
Celebes
China
Japan
Sutton
University Department of Natural History
Africa
Indo-China
India
Advise NYA Job Seekers at First Counseling Session
The first of three NYA job counseling institutes was held last evening at the NYA center. Dr F C Allen of the University of Kansas spoke on health tips for job seeking while Miss Ruby Fairbairn Douglas County Red Cross nurse offered guidance on home nursing health habits and required education for nursing certification.
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NYA
NYA Center
F. C. Allen
University of Kansas
Ruby Fairbairn
Douglas County Red Cross
State Office
County Officials Dine With Residents During Monthly Visit
The board of county commissioners Mrs Mildred D Watson county welfare director Mrs Mildred LeSner and T R Gerhart county clerk were guests at dinner at the county home during the regular monthly inspection visit by the board.
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Board of County Commissioners
Mildred D. Watson
Mildred LeSner
T. R. Gerhart
Kansas forecast fair with cooler southeast
Fair weather dominates Kansas with slightly colder air in the southeast and extreme east tonight. Cloudiness reported in Coffeyville Emporia and Ottawa with good dirt roads. Temperature readings show 55 at 7 pm yesterday 40 today noon 61 at some point and a record continues via the Gas Office.
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Kansas
Coffeyville
Emporia
Ottawa
Crop Control Sponsors Push Quick Action in Special Session
Washington officials report senators plan to assemble the agriculture committee to start crop control legislation immediately for a special session. Wheatbelt representatives seek a price guarantee to cover production costs in the House bill. Administration eyes separating the crop control bill from the revenue measure. A new 1937 corn crop estimate was due, with higher figures possibly boosting calls for compulsory controls next year.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
D-S.c
House Agriculture Committee
Tax Abstract Shows Douglas County Cities Pay Half of Levies
The 1987 tax abstract filed with the state tax commission by County Clerk T. R. Gerhart lists Douglas County total valuation at 89 712 886 with 35 932 077 tangible and 3 780 809 intangible. The overall levy is 1 000 477.97, cities receiving 50.80 percent of taxes though they hold 31.65 percent of valuation.
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Douglas County
State Tax Commission
T. R. Gerhart
Altho
Fair Day Forecast For Topeka Region
Federal meteorologist S D Flora predicts fair weather and moderate temperatures across Kansas with little rain. Oklahoma and Missouri saw heavy rainfall in the last 24 hours, Phillipsburg reaching 72 as Ellis reported 34 this morning.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Oklahoma
Missouri
Phillipsburg
Ellis
Flora
May Reorganize Sigma Delta Chi Fraternity
In Topeka a proposal to reorganize Sigma Delta Chi and rename it by replacing fraternity with society will be considered at the annual convention opening tomorrow. The plan adds four membership classes and allows associate and fellow memberships for distinguished work, with women not receiving full privileges.
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Topeka
UPI
Sigma Delta Chi
National Journalism Fraternity
Second Trial Set for Corydon Black in Kansas Murder Case
Chicago reports a second trial for Corydon Black of Council Grove Kansas on murder charges related to his divorced wife. A first trial resulted in a death sentence after a 1936 poisoning death. the supreme court granted a new trial with Chief Justice Harrington scheduling November 23.
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Chicago
P.A
Corydon Black
Council Grove
Kan
Cornelius J. Harrington
Criminal Court
Black
Supreme Court
See new 1938 Plymouths and Chryslers
Advertisement notes new 1938 Plymouth and Chrysler automobiles available at Motor In, located on 827 Vermont Avenue. Includes price range and contact details for purchasers seeking latest models.
Armistice Day Highlights for Thirty-Fifth Division Reunion
National Guard units arrive in Lawrence for the Armistice Day reunion as veterans recall past campaigns. The day includes a 1:00 PM parade, war pictures at Granada theater, a noon unit luncheon, a 2:20 PM aircraft display, and a 2:30 PM football game at Haskell Institute. An official colors transfer will occur at halftime.
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National Guard
Thirty- Fifth
Lawrence
Granada Theater
Reunion
Haskell Stadium
Haskell. Institute
McPherson College
Armory
Army
St. Joseph
Atchison American Legion
City Acquires 35 HP Caterpillar Tractor on Rental Basis
The city council ordered a 35 horsepower Caterpillar tractor from Green Brothers on a rental basis with option to purchase. The monthly rent is $100 and the purchase price is $2,626.36 less rental credits and a 2 percent cash discount if paid within 10 days after January 1.
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Green Brothers
Stock Market Index Steady at 48.3 After Day of Decline
The average of 60 stocks stood at 48.3 yesterday, rebounding from a 46 reading the previous day. Investors watched market movers as trading swung through the session with a cautious tone.
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Yessterday
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137Th Infantry
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Holton
Pen
Wilfred Steele
37Th Infantry
Galen Gorrill
Charles Wayne Allphin
John A. Ashworth
114Th Cavalry
Francis E. Morawetz
Battery Field Artillery
Earley, Bigler
Lawrence High School
Jenny Wren
Red Cross
Ed Anderson
Lillie E. Brown
Salvation Army
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Fred R. Fitzpatrick
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