Sullivan Elected Head of 35th Association in 1938
M C Sullivan of Kansas City Missouri was elected president of the Thirty Fifth Division association at the annual convention in Granada theater. St Louis was named as next convention host for November 11 and 12. Officers include Col Charles H Browne and Senator Harry S Truman. The body urged a national law requiring all materials and labor for making the American flag to be American. The Armistice Day parade and related events marked the rest of the day with military reviews and ceremonies in Lawrence.
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Serge. M. C. Sullivan
Kansas City
Division Association
Granada Theater
St. Louis
Charles H. Browne
Horton
Kan
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Mahlon Weed
Kansas Court Hearings on Federal Bench Changes
Rep Hatton Summers of Dallas chairman of the judiciary committee said a report on Kansas federal court changes would be issued after all committee members return for the special session. Summers led a subcommittee that held hearings in Topeka during the recess to assess whether extra judges are needed.
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Washington
Hatton W. Summers
Dallas
Tex
Judiciary Committee
Kansas
Sumners
Topeka
Philadelphia Zoo Uses Egg Shells to Feed Dragons
City officials appeal to the public to fool two dragons from the Dutch East Indies by donating breakfast egg shells. The dragons eat two to three dozen eggs per meal and refuse hamburger, which dieticians disguise with egg shells to ensure meals are consumed.
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Philadelphia
Zoo
Dutch East Indies
Armistice Day Outburst Seen On TV In Whitehall
A BBC television broadcast captured the Armistice Day disturbance in Whitehall as thousands watched. A man near ministers shouted protest at war plans before being led away, while the king and mourners remained still. BBC notes about 3,000 TV owners in England saw the incident.
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London
British Broadcasting Company
Whitehall
Press Association
Big Ben
BBC
England
Vicar Apologizes To Windsor Over Armistice Day Snub
In Paris the Anglican Rev J L C Dart apologized to the Duke of Windsor for a public insult after he said the former king should not attend a St George’s church service. Windsor refused to attend, citing a British Legion invitation to Notre Dame. He thanked the Legion for the invitation and suggested meeting another time.
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Paris
Duke of Windsor
St. George’s Church
J. L. C. Dart
Church of England
British Legion
Dudley Farwood
Windsor
Forwood
Mr. Dart
Legon
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
Legion
Exhibition of 40 American drawings at Thayer Museum
Under the Ameri can Federation of Arts cooperation and KU fine arts, Thayer museum hosts 40 original drawings by 35 distinguished American painters from the eighteenth century to today. Artists include West Sully Homer Whistler Bellows and Epstein. The show traces American art methods from rough sketch to finished painting and remains on view through the month.
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American Federation of Arts
K. U. School of Fine Arts
Department of Painting
Thayer Museum
Benjamin West
George III
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Royal Academy
Thomas Sully
William Morris Hunt
Whistler
Winslow Homer
E. A. Abbey
Kenyon Cox
Joseph Pennell
George Bellows
Jacob Epstein
Brazil set up under Vargas dictatorship
Rio de Janeiro Nov 11 Vargas seized sweeping dictatorial powers dissolving parliament and proclaiming a new corporative constitution. He claimed to rule by decree with military backing as Brazil suspends foreign debt payments and plans tax measures while awaiting a plebiscite.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio
Vargas
Rome
Berlin
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Washington
State Department
Bahaia
Pernambuco
Former County Attorney Pim Morgan Dies at 60
Newton Kansas November 11 Pim Ashton E Morgan 60 longtime former Harvey county attorney died today after a brief illness from acute indigestion He is survived by two sons and a daughter.
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Newton
Kan
Pim Ashton E. Morgan
Harvey County
Armistice Day Observed Across Allies and U.S.
In Arlington National Cemetery President Roosevelt led a two minute silence at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as wreaths were laid and taps sounded. In Paris London Brussels and other capitals both old and new armies paraded to mark the armistice anniversary and reflect on peace and defense.
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Brazil
Paris
London
Portugal
Italy
Germany
Spain
United States
Brussels
Roosevelt
Chicago
Arlington National Cemetery
Daniel J. Doherty
American Legion
Louis Johnson
China
France
European
Farm stabilizer costs may run high with crop surpluses
Washington reports indicate a possible rise in next year’s farm stabilization costs due to large surpluses in cotton corn and wheat. Secretary Morgenthau urged budget balancing and warned that current and future farm aid could exceed nine hundred million dollars. House panel debates processing taxes for financing farm programs as the farm bill faces delays into the special session.
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Washington
Morgenthau
House Agriculture Committee
House
Congress
Senate
Final Ruling Set on $500000 Doyle Estate
Probate Judge Jay E. Hargett will hear more evidence on November 23 before ruling on disposition of the $500000 Doyle estate. The court has heard claims from Illinois residents who say Patrick Doyle was their uncle. The case is among 484 filed and many expect appeals to district court regardless of the outcome.
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Marion
Kan
Doyle
Jay E. Hargett
Illinois
Patrick Doyle
Ellen Doyle
Hargett
Wilkins Resumes Arctic Search For Russian Flyers
Sir Hubert Wilkins flies north from Stevenson field at 11 15 a m with two others aboard a Lockheed to resume the search for six Russian trans polar aviators missing since August 13. He proceeds to Edmonton en route to the Arctic for a second autumn hunt of Sigismund Levaneffsky and his crew who vanished during a Moscow to America flight.
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Winnipeg
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Sir Hubert
Stevenson Field
Edmonton
Arctic
Sir Huberts
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Moscow
America
Congress Liberal Bloc Calls for Higher Spending to Fight Downturn
In Washington on November 11, Senator La Follette leading the Prog Wis faction urged extra federal spending and higher taxes to finance it as part of a liberal bloc push to curb the business decline. Morgenthau defended curbed expenditures while privately encouraging private capital use for industry. Roosevelt met with bankers and builders on a private home program still in discussion, with Eccles signaling tentative approval.
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Washington
Morgenthau
LaFollette
Wis
Congressional
Liberal Bloc
Roosevelt
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Red Cross Kickoff Under Way in Douglas County Chapter
The annual Red Cross membership drive starts today with Douglas county chapter leader Walter Schaal directing. He notes Kansas state rankings from last year and outlines local programs including nurse led public health, first aid near Mud Creek bridge curve, life saving, farm accident prevention, and veteran services.
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American Red Cross
Douglas County
Walter Schaal
Schaal
Rep Cros
Red Cross
Kansas
Mud Creek Bridge
Typhoon Kills Four In Luzon Raging Offshore
A CPI A typhoon struck Luzon causing at least four deaths and two missing. A large freighter ran aground while two native boats swamped off Cavite. Twenty two crewmen were rescued and hospitalized. The Kenilworth freighter and other ships faced battering seas as Quezon's yacht aided a stranded crew. Communications with nearby provinces were disrupted.
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Manila
Luzon Island
Perla
Cavite
Kenilworth
Point Pintandungan
Manuel Quezon
Haror
Columbus West Mineral football rivalry turns tense
Columbus Kansas students guarded their school after West Mineral pupils whitewashed walls and broke windows following a visit. About 20 Columbus invaders supposedly came to boost pep for today’s game, part of an ongoing rivalry that began last February over Blaine Nolan’s election as West Mineral principal.
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Columbus
Kan
West Mineral
Kansas University
Kansas State College
Blaine Nolan
Japanese Mop Up City's Defenders Near Shanghai
Japanese forces push through Nantao and Zahwei creeks to collapse Chinese resistance in the Shanghai area. Pembroke Stephens of the London Daily Telegraph is killed. two French tramway workers and several Chinese wounded. Chinese withdrawals turn into a rout as Japanese planes bomb Nanking and press on toward Nanjiang.
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Nantao
Concession
Pembroke Stephens
London Daily Telegraph
Pootung
Whangpoo
Zahwei Creek
Stevens
Tramway
Tephens
Stephens
Evans Carlson
United States Marine
Carlson
A. Richer
Richer
Siccawei
Zahwei
Nanking
Nanjiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Japan
T. V. Soong
Bank of China
Iwane Matsui
Wheat Shipped by Water From Kaw Point Elevator
Twenty thousand bushels of wheat on its way down the Missouri river to world markets marks the first grain shipment by water from the Kaw point elevator in Kansas City Kansas. The $3 million terminal opened months ago with barge loading machinery now in use for the first time yesterday.
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Kansas City
Kan
Missouri River
Kaw Point
Baldwin High School Football At Home This Afternoon
Baldwin High School hosts Overbrook High School for a 2 30 kickoff at Baldwin High School field. Automotive ad notes 1955 Plymouths and Chryslers on display by Motor In with a Vermont Advance listing.
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Baldwin
Overbrook High School
Baldwin High School
Kansas State Game Tickets Sell Fast Amid Homecoming Plans
Kansas State and Kansas football events draw strong ticket demand with remaining seats for the Kansas State game and the Kansas-Missouri Homecoming clash. A 2 PM kickoff for the Jayhawker-Wildcat game is noted, along with a 1 PM Pembroke Country Day vs St Francis Xavier midget football match and a special Manhattan train to Lawrence. Luncheon for KU and KSU directors scheduled at Memorial Union, with alumni invites and reservations due by tomorrow noon.
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K. U. Athletic Office
Pembroke Country Day
St. Francis Xavier
Kansas City
Manhattan
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Kansas State College
Memorial Union Building
K. U
Kansas State
Warm Weather Forecast Extends Across Kansas
Topeka reports continued above normal temperatures for 36 more hours with sunny skies. Federal meteorologist Flora says no rain or killing frost in sight, though moisture is lacking for ideal wheat growth. Temperatures should reach about 70 today and rise to 75 to 80 in western counties tomorrow the 11th. Nights will dip to 40s in the north and 45 to 50 in the south with possible dust blowing in western Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D
Flora
Aroun
Mercury
Baker University President to Speak at Chamber Luncheon
Dr. Nelson P. Horn, president of Baker University Baldwin, will speak at the Chamber of Commerce bi weekly luncheon next Tuesday at the Eldridge hotel 12 20. John Brand says the talk will be an interesting message titled The Community and a chance for Lawrence residents to meet a distinguished neighbor. Gov Walter A Haxman will address the luncheon on November 30.
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Nelson P. Horn
Baker University
Baldwin
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge Hotel
John Brand
Horn
Walter A. Haxman
Predictions Came True Says Republican Chief
John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of the Republican national committee, reports four 1936 GOP predictions fulfilled. He cites rising cost of living, higher taxes, renewed unemployment, and continued drive for centralized government control, noting the impact across regions from the East to the West.
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Los Angeles
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Thiele Addresses Liberty Memorial Students on Armistice Day
Justice Walter Thiele of the Kansas Supreme Court urged Liberty Memorial high school students to remember why the United States fought in World War I and be willing to defend those ideals. He contrasted democracy with totalitarianism, tracing democratic roots to Magna Charta and early colonies. Neal M. Wherry noted Armistice Day meaning, spoke of campus memorials, and introduced A E Woestemeyer as former student council president who helped establish the service flag and maple trees. A quartet sang and Gene Whetstone played Taps.
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Walter Thiele
Kansas Supreme Court
Liberty Memorial High School
United States
Thiele
John
Neal M. Wherry
Lawrence High School
A. E. Woestemeyer
Foes of Wage Hour Bill Plan Mass Meeting
A Washington mass meeting of congressmen seeking to scuttle or revise the wage hour bill may occur Monday after the special session opens. Rep Lemneck requests committee members to back his proposal using the FTC to regulate trade. Some lawmakers want to return the bill to the House Labor Committee. Secretary Perkins signals possible changes and aims for Labor Department administration. The bill envisions a five member board setting a 40 hour work week and a minimum wage up to 40 cents. Critics say the board would wield autocratic powers.
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Washington
Congress
Lemneck
Ohio
House
Lamneck
Federal Trade Commission
House Labor Committee
Senate
House Rules Committee
Perkins
Labor Department
Regents waive fees for NYA vocational students in state schools
The state board of regents grants state schools authority to waive fees for high school graduates in NYA categories for vocational training. Gov. Huxman announced the action as Miss Anne Laughlin NYA director and school heads work to finalize plans. Special students receive targeted training and are exempt from core curriculum graduation requirements.
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NYA
Topeka
State Board of Regents
Walter A. Huxman
Anne Laughlin
Jury awards $12,500 to Denver woman for hospital bed fall
In Topeka, a Shawnee county district court jury awarded Lena Blackburn of Denver $12,500 for injuries from a hospital bed fall. The verdict found an attendant negligent, against Security Benefit Association and its hospitals and a physician. she had asked $21,500.
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Topeka
Kan
Shawnee County
Lena Blackburn
Denver
Colo
Security Benefit Association
Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association
Blackburn
Kansas Weather Forecast Looks Mild Tonight and Friday
The forecast notes fair conditions tonight and Friday with slightly warmer temperatures on Friday. Morning weather is mostly clear, roads are generally good, and regional figures show temperatures around the mid fifties to upper thirties across the day, with a reported maximum yesterday and a low today.
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Kansas
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