Vessel Down After Vestris Sinking Off Atlantic Coast
Aboard the Vestris, more than 300 passengers and crew abandoned ship as the liner keeled over and sank in rough winter seas about 273 miles from Hampton Roads. Rescue ships including Santa Barbara and Yankee Arrow raced to the scene as weather hindered efforts and the radio operator halted later messages.
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New York
North Atlantic
Lambert and Holt
Vestris
Hampton Roads
Reno
Ratio Corporation
Torlyndremee
Jilko
Peis
Jweather Durent
Cail
SQS
Volisire
Santa Barbara
Coast Guard
Santa
Barbera
Vestris. i
Sane
Corwin
Dam
Barbados
Rio de Janeiro
Video
Buenos Aires
Washington
Navy
H. A. Wiley
United States Fleet
Atlantic
Norfolk
Manning
Cape Henry
Radio 1
Marine Department
The
Radio Corporation
Ten Years of Peace Rebuilds War-Torn France
Paris reports ten years after World War I end, France nears completion of reconstruction. Model villages funded by American Dutch donors rise from ruins, with 700000 homes rebuilt and many factories modernized. Human costs, pensions, and indemnities total over two billion, while ruins, unexploded ordnance, and battlefield relics remain.
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Paris
France
Nord
Pas de
Rhems
Kansas Forecast Signals Warm Trend Ahead
Weather bulletin notes fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with warmer readings especially in the east. All clear, roads good in Douglas County. Temperature readings show 7 p.m. yesterday, 4 a.m. today, noon today, with a maximum of 68 and a minimum of 56 noted in the record.
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Kansas
Tuesay
Douglas
Red Cross Drive Supports Douglas County Full Time Nurse
The Red Grose annual drive from Armistice Day November 14 to Thanksgiving November 29 funds the Douglas County Health Association plan for a full time nurse. Miss Mary E. McAuliffe served last year, traveling about 1000 miles monthly to assist residents, with 1863 children examined and 4742 people served through home visits, school checks, and parental outreach.
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Douglas County
Douglas County Health Association
Douglas Bounty
Red Cross
Mary E. McAuliffe
Miss McAuliffe
Parent- Teachers’ Association
Students to stock K Show trip by Lawrence High
About thirty Lawrence high school vocational agriculture students plan to attend the American Royal Stock Show in Kansas City Missouri on Monday and Tuesday next week. They will travel by specially chartered bus led by instructor William Essick. The trip combines the stock show and related congressional agriculture events with a full program for the students.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas City
William Essick
Andi Wil
Income tax lists reveal 283 millionaires in 1927
Washington reports 283 individuals in the United States had incomes in seven figures for 1927, with ten earning more than five million dollars. The Internal Revenue Service released the figures with the annual tax return report, noting 52 new entrants to the million-dollar club while ten surpassed five million, down from fourteen in 1926.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Jury Obtained For Robert W Stewart Perjury Trial
Washington November 12 AP A jury of nine men three women chosen for the Robert W Stewart Stand ard Oil of Indiana perjury case amid questions from a juror and a man named McGinnis who sought to know if jurors would hold out and stick together The incident will be investigated by Teo Rover district attorney and witnesses described a short visit at Caldwell home with no offer of money.
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Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Jennings Bailey
Robert .M. Guider
Man jam"McGinnis
Caldwell
Hogan
Teo A. Rover
Olie
Mr. Hogan
McGinnis
Radio Enthusiasts Track New Wavelength Plan
Washington AP The federal radio commission awaits a flood of telegrams on its new wavelength allocation system The rearrangement aims to improve reception by reducing interference and creating clear channels in five zones Stations nationwide are adjusting to the changes while some have not finished installation Operators blame lingering squeals on unsettled equipment and geographic separation concerns
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Commission
Huskers Meet Featured In Midwestern Corn League Race
Fowler Illinois November 12 AP Down the lanes of the William Strassburger cornfield the champion cornhuskers of seven midwestern states will race tomorrow. Elmer Williams runner up in Illinois owns the world record 35.8 bushels set in 1925 at Mercer county Illinois. Williams heads the roster with William Lutz Kansas champion Lester Chase runner up and others. Station WLS Chicago will broadcast the contest. Paraders Go to Faith Washington November 12 AP One member of a group of 23 men arrested Saturday trading around the state and departments building went to jail today rather than pay assessed against them.
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Fowler, Ind
William Strassburger
Cornhuskers
Mid- Wester
National Corn
Elmer Williams
Ilinois
Mercer County
Linois
Wil Ham Lutz
Kansas
Lester Chase
WLS
Chicago
Wil
En Ahathe Combes
Washington
Awpu
Lava Flows Threaten Carraba and Surrounding Towns in Sicily
Reports from Giarre Sicily on the eleventh day of Etna's eruption describe lava pouring from the volcano toward Carrabba and Mascali. Dismantled plants and evacuated houses mark the retreat as the lava edge nears the Mascali highroad and rail lines, with Nunziata and other towns under strategic defense.
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Rome
Lavoro d'Italia
Carrabba
Mt. Etna
Sunziaty
la’ Tribuna
Catania
Giarve
Sicily
Altho
Carrabha
Mascali
Messina-Catania
Carrabbu
Giarre
Nunziata
Carraba
Riposto
Gisors
Mt. Eina
Sweekaend
Calaro
Vulcanological Institute
Escape sparks Topeka jail break affair
Edward Lane, 26, and Jack Meredith escaped Shawnee county jail in Topeka after assaulting a jailer while in possession of a Nash car reportedly stolen in Topeka. Lane and Meredith, on parole from San Quentin, were captured or recaptured in various areas as police pursued the pair.
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Edward Lane
Jack Meredith
Fred Vogler
John Ingalls
Anauto
Shawnee County
Topeka
Meredith
San Quentin Penitentiary
California
Pelice
Lawrence
Lane
Roosevelt launches nationwide Democratic survey at Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt governor elect of New York starts a national survey in Warm Springs Georgia to gauge Democratic strength. He plans to write letters to party leaders over the next two months, avoiding discussion of his election or future politics. He arrived for a month of rest after returning from Georgia towns where supporters shouted Roosevelt for President in 1932.
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Springs
Franklin D. Rowsvelt
New York
Alfred &. Smith
Roosevelt
Georgia
Warm Springs
Indians to Parade Band at Haskell Minnesota Game
The Haskell College band of thirty Sioux costumed musicians will accompany the Haskell football team to Minneapolis for the Saturday game. They will march in a downtown parade and perform at half time in the Minnesota stadium, with Indian Day celebrations and a banquet planned by the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce.
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Haskell
Minne
Apglis
Minneapolis
McDonald
Braves
Lyon Curio Store
Clinton
Neb
Lawrences
Rock Island
Morning Land
Minnesota
Would-Be Groom Protests $3.50 Marriage License Fee
A young man and his female companion rushed into probate Judge L. H. Menger’s office seeking a marriage license. The judge quoted 3.50, the groom objected and claimed they’d go to Olathe for a cheaper option. The incident prompts the judge to wonder about competing license prices.
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L. H. Menger
Judge Menger
Olathe
Armistice Party Tonight Presents Bigger and Better Program
Armistice Day event scheduled tonight at Fraternal Aid Union hall features a longer program with The Jamer sisters and Joe Dunkel in dance among acts. One number was cut due to an overstrain rehearsal. doors open at 8 o clock sharp.
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Liberty
Jeeton Post
Dac Wiedy
Roa
Glee
Jamer Sisters
Joe Dunkel
Packa
Fraternal Aid Union Executive Board Meets
The Fraternal Aid Union executive council met for its quarterly session with five external board members from Texas New York and Chicago in attendance. TexasRailroad Commissioner Lon A Smith predicted a prosperous year with a five million bale cotton crop and strong winter wheat prospects. Directors from Wis and Minn noted improving prosperity in their regions while Chicago bankers cited rising wages and better security. The gathering, hosted by W C Simons, followed a Rotary Club luncheon.
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Fraternal Aid Union
United States
Texas
Lon A. Smith
Aus
Smith
Sound
Chicago
W. C. Hartray
New York
New York City
John Hasselberger
FM. Pearl
Wiswatha
Martin Miller
F. Scott
George R
Allen
Lawrence
John G. Tolson
Baltimore
S. S. Baty
Law
Rence
T. J. Sweeney
Master Farmer Herman Theden Named 1948 honoree near Bonner Springs
Herman Theden of the Bonner Springs area has been chosen as one of Kansas' ten master farmers for 1948 by the Kansas Farmer and Home Breeze. A Topeka banquet honored the group, selected by neighbor nominations, questionnaires, and judges' review, with Theden noted as an advanced, scientific farmer. He operates a large tract east of Bonner Springs, grows diversified crops and novotas, maintains a fine orchard, and participates in community organizations, including speaking at the Douglas County Farm Bureau meeting last fall.
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Herman. Theden
Bonner Springs
Kansas Farmer and Mail and Breeze
Jayha
Topeka
Fred Laptad
Lawrence
Mr. Theden
Theden
Faya
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Rotary serves forty four nations in twenty three years
District Governor Harvey Plumb of Wellington told a luncheon Rotary’s reach spans 44 nations in 23 years showing how it shapes lives beyond race color or creed He stressed personal responsibility of members to sustain Rotary’s growing influence The Fraternal Aid Union officers spoke of vast beneficence and insurance touching Lawrence and the nation Shell Petroleum renamed from Roxane at St Louis and Armistice Day observed with state capitol holiday in Kansas.
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Plumb
Rgvend
Rotary
Fraternal Aid
Uion
W. C. Simons
Lawrence
Radio Stock Soars to New Record Price
New York November 12 AP reports all NYSE trading records shattered as Wall Street surged on heavy buying. Over six million shares traded and many issues jumped $1 to $20 while profit takers cut several favorites by $2 to $12. Radio led gains finishing around 21 points higher to a record $284.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Corner Stone Laid For New Vian Church In Lawrence
Corner stone for the new Vian Church, replacing the burned one, was laid Sunday afternoon by church officers led by Ralph Warman. Dr. John MacAfee of Topeka delivered the principal address. The copper box contained historical books, rosters, manuscripts, and newspaper clippings from 1898 to 1929 plus bulletins and a member roster.
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Vian
John MacAfee
Topeka
Raymond A. Schowegier
Charles “A. Richard
Jaawrence
MacAfee
Ralph Warm
Lawrence Journal- World
Lawrence Journal-World
New Hill
B. H. Gragg
Troop 9
Earle
Robert Dill
Hoover to sail Monday on goodwill tour of South America
Stanford reports Herbert Hoover will depart from San Pedro on November 19 for a goodwill tour through South America. The ship Maryland will carry him after a train trip from Palo Alto, with a Panama Canal inspection stop planned at Balboa. The itinerary may include Venezuela and Bolivia, with details to be confirmed.
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James L. West
Associated Press
Stanford University
Calif
Herbert Hoover
San Pedro
South America
Esis
Ballbog
Panama Zone
Panama Canal
Bolivia
Palo’ Alto
Los Angeles
Maryland
Hunters Point
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Aslparaiso
Chile
Santiago
Buenos Aires
Criminal docket cleared as most defendants plead guilty
The November term opened with several criminal cases, all defendants pled guilty and jurors dismissed early. Judge Means and court officers reported a rare fast session with no defenses tried, as Armistice Day closings interrupted further juror involvement.
Rey Poultry Association Announces Fifth Annual Show
The Rey Poultry Association will unveil details of its fifth annual poultry show within two days Publicity committee members say the event features pens of chickens donated by members Thousands of tickets will be distributed freely by Lawrence merchants The show runs November 19 to 24 in a large tent in South Park and is touted as one of the Midwest’s best sales events.
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Rey Poultry Association
Grand Pr
Lawrence Merchants
South Park
Midwest
Ckargs
Tickets On Sale For Lawrence Topeka Football Game
Topeka Topeka high school game will be played next Saturday afternoon in Topeka. Tickets at fifty cents will be sold to students and adults. Lawrence High athletic association will receive half of sales above 200. Buyers urged to purchase in Lawrence at the Lawrence high school building. SPEAKS THURSDAY BY BENING.
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Lawrence High- Topeka
Topeka
Lawrence High School
William Essick
Lawrence
High Stock Athletic Association
Lawrence Peras
Sepeka
Bening
State Legion Adjutant Avil Be Heard On WREN Address Change
During the American Legion membership drive state officers will visit multiple railroad addresses. Ernest Ryan, department adjutant, was scheduled to speak on Wednesday but the broadcast was moved to Thursday evening.
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American Legion
Legion
Railro
Ernest Ryan
Wren
Ryan
KFKUL
Hold Meeting Tonight At Woodlawn School
The North Lawrence Civic Improvement Association will meet at 7:45 tonight at Woodlawn School. Mrs Frank Jones will speak on Winter Care of the Garden, and full attendance is urged. The air remains from last Tuesday night due to election activity. Freight Rate Hearing Opens Kansas City
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North Lawrence
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Aminer
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Boston College
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Shell Petroleum Corporation
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Diekman Farm
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