Latin Nations Split On Defense Bloc Plan In Americas
Buenos Aires reports show Brazil backs Roosevelt defense proposal while Argentina and Uruguay resist. Foreign Minister Aranha supports the plan, Cantilo opposes for Argentina, Baldomir seeks study, with Lima conference expected. Immigrant policy favors European farmers. debate over an inter American court and bloc formation continues.
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Buenos Aires
South America
Roosevelt
New World Nations
Germany
Brazil
Oswaldo Aranha
Uruguay
Argentina
Jose Mari Cantilo
Alfredo Baldomir
Associated Press
Atlantic Coast
Cantile
Lima
Peru
Court of Justice
U.S. Commercial Attache Miller Called Back from Berlin
Douglas Miller, the U.S. commerce attache, was summoned to Washington less than 24 hours after Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson left Berlin. No successor named. Robert M. Stephenson to carry duties. Miller to depart mid December aboard the Manhattan. His reports showed deep insights into German economy and psychology beyond business.
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Berlin
Douglas Miller
United States
Washington
Hugh R. Wilson
Miller
United States Department of Commerce
Germany
Great Britain
Canada
Wilson
Roosevelt
Fire Destroyed Core of Princeton Business Block
A blaze swept Princeton Kansas early today destroying a restaurant post office People s State Bank a garage and band shell in a town of 250 people. With no local fire department a bucket brigade fought the flames for an hour until Ottawa arrived. Buildings sustained about 5000 in damage covered by insurance and most equipment was saved. The fire likely started in the restaurant around 1 a m.
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Princeton Kan
Franklin County
People's State Bank
Princeton
Ottawa Fire Department
Norris says liberals met setback in election
Memphis reporter quotes Sen. George W. Norris of Nebraska saying liberals deserved a setback for last week's election. He adds the result gives them a chance to pause and rethink while noting the need to act and listen.
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Memphis
Tenn
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Paris Police Break Up Communist Demonstration Against Decree Laws
In Paris on November 17 police dispersed a 1000 to 2000 strong Communist and Socialist protest on Place d Italie against Daladier decree laws. Seven jailed for obstructing traffic as crowds opposed a government ban on a Communist meeting and demanded details on Franco German talks and plans.
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Place d’Italie
Paris Workers
Daladier
Chamber
Mises
Daladiet
Germany
Communist Party
Roosevelt
Bureau
General Confederation of Labor
Disagree in Death Over Lord Case Sparks New Orleans Debate
The body of Alfred M. Lord was returned to California as police and coroner clash over his death. Police classify it as self destruction while coroner Dr C Grenes Cole calls it homicide and promises a solution soon. The gun used was a .25 automatic. ballistics tested its lethality with a hat as shield.
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New Orleans
Alfred Lord
Alfred M. “Bud” Lord
California
Lord
C. Grenes Cole
Mississippi River
John J. Grosch
Grosch
Cole
Mannering
Sixth St
Texas
Poudah Mannering
Tribute to Vom Rath in Duesseldorf Hall
Nazi leaders led by Adolf Hitler paid tribute to Ernst Vom Rath at a ceremony in Rheinland hall Duesseldorf. He was eulogized as the eighth martyr abroad and condolences were offered to his parents before his funeral procession to the cemetery.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Ernst Vom Rath
Paris
Rheinland Hall
Beethoven
Eroica
Vom Rath
Hitler
Bankers Endorse Limited Chartering of Banks
The American Bankers Association adopted a resolution urging limited chartering of banks and removal of overlapping state and federal taxes. It reaffirmed support for the dual banking system and state autonomy, presented by A L Lathrop of Los Angeles, and passed unanimously without naming pending congressional bills.
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Houston
American Bankers Association
A. L. Lathrop
Los Angeles
K U Center Wayne Wilson hospitalized with cold
K U football center Wayne Wilson of Omaha Nebraska is in Watkins Memorial hospital with a cold. Teammates Frank Bukaty and Monte Cels are also hospitalized with colds.
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K. U. Center
Wayne Wilson
Omaha
Neb
K. U
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Frank Bukaty
Montecels
Fink urges tax rethink as levy limits, exemptions loom
Wichita report quotes P W G Fink Kansas tax commissioner at County Clerks meeting. He says current levy limits may be too low and many municipalities overspend. He cites thousands in emergency levies and warrants, and nearly $1 million in social welfare bonds. He warns homestead exemptions could raise burdens without tighter controls. He also attacks property assessment flaws as outmoded and inequitable.
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Wichita
P.W.G. Fink
State Tax Commission
County Clerks’ Association
Kansas Official Council
Kansas
Fink
Board of Equalization
R. B. Church
State Board of Social Welfare
Church
FSA
WPA
NYA
CCC
Public Debt Reaches New Record High in Four Months
Washington reports the public debt climbed to 38 527 824 089 in the first four and a half months of the fiscal year begun July 1. WPA spending rose to 3 337 796 811 with relief payments up to 856 229 818, while PWA spent 31 427 246 of its 1 billion funds. Open House at the Telephone Building Friday and Saturday invites the public from 1 PM to 5 PM and 7 PM to 9 PM.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
WPA
PWA
U. S. and Britain Sign Trade Pacts
Washington main U S Britain Canada signed trade agreements that the state department said secure substantial concessions for farm products and industrial goods. Hull, Lindsay, Mackenzie King and Roosevelt witnessed the ceremony signaling expanded commerce and closer Anglo American economic cooperation.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Canada
State Department
United Kingdom
Department
Britain
British Isles
Roosevelt
White House
Mackenzie King
Hull
Ronald Lindsay
Arnold Overton
British Board of Trade
Northern Ireland
Newfoundland
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Nansen Office for Refugees
The 1938 Nobel peace prize was awarded to the Nansen Office for Refugees at Geneva, marking the fourth time a non individual won the honor. The prize amount is about $38,000 and the office coordinates relief, welfare, and resettlement efforts for refugees worldwide.
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Nansen Office For Refugees At
Geneva
Oslo
Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Norway
Cecil of
Chelwood
League of Nations Union
Nansen International Office For Refugees
Drag Net Charge Plea In Don Hults Court
Lew Schendel, south of Eu dora, pleaded guilty in Don Hults justice court to possession of a drag net. He was fined $5 and costs of $15, both paid. Deputy game warden D. A. Gordon testified as the complaining witness.
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Lew Schendel
South of Eudora
Justice Court of
Don Hults
D. A. Gordon
Moley urges return to conservatism amid panacea fatigue
In Atlantic City on November 17 1933 F Raymond Moley former brain trust member told Life Advertisers association that Americans have grown tired of panaceas and are reverting to conservative economic principles He warned Republicans not to outbid Democrats with liberal measures and urged fundamental sound economics across parties.
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Atlantic City
N. J
The
F. Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
Brain Truster
Life Adverstisers
Santa to Arrive in Lawrence for Local Holiday Parade
Santa Claus will visit Lawrence on Wednesday November 30 to usher in the holiday season with an all-local parade. John Andrews chairs the welcome with five bands including Haskell and KU groups and hopes for wide participation. Ralph Achning leads the mounted section and a Gay Nineties float contest offers prizes for horse drawn vehicles.
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Santa Claus
Lawrence
John Andrews
North Pole
Andrews
Haskell
Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Russell Wiley
K. U
Ralph Achning
Weather outlook shows light snow in northern Kansas
Topeka reports a slight chance of rain or snow in northern Kansas tonight with light snow flurries in Montana and Wyoming. Cloudiness may bring moisture to the area. temperatures around freezing in the northwest and near 50s to 55 in eastern counties.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Montana
Wyoming
Goodland
Kan
Flora
Brown urges amendments to agricultural act at Tennessee Farm Bureau
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Harry L. Brown told the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation convention that Congress should amend or replace the agricultural adjustment act with a stronger framework. He warned farmers to remain vigilant to protect gains and urged continued organization for farmer influence. An open house event is announced for Friday and Saturday.
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Nashville
Tenn
Harry L. Brown
Congress
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
Brown
Immigrant quota seen as barrier for Jews
United States faces pressure from German Polish and Czechoslovak applicants amid anti Jewish unrest and new visa rules. Officials cite 27 370 German quota while 220 000 German visa applications compete for admission. Berlin and London discuss expanding relief for Jewish refugees under urgent wartime pressures.
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Washington
Congress
Germany
United States
Czechoslovakia
America
Berlin
Austria
Sudetenland
Palestine
France
England
Annual T B Fund Raising Drive Opens Friday
County TB fund drive begins Friday November 25 with a $2400 budget. A E Woestemeyer chairs the campaign assisted by Mrs Jessie Scott secretary, Mrs Rachel Flory in charge of seal sales, and Mrs Grace Wunderlich publicity head. Mrs Seba Eldridge serves as state TB director. A dinner for bond sellers tomorrow at 6 pm in the Memorial Union Pine room will brief workers.
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A. E. Woestemeyer
Jessie Scott
Rachel Flory
Grace Wunderlich
Seba Eldridge
T.B. Association
Memorial Union Building
Stock Market Index Edges Up Despite Mixed Readings
The average of 60 stocks rose to 52.4 yesterday from 51.9, signaling a modest gain amid uneven trading across sectors and slight optimism in early session sentiment.
Capper Says U S Would Be Justified in Severing With Germany
Topeka dispatch reports Senator Arthur Capper calling for severing all relations with Germany until it rejoined civilized nations. He denounces the anti-Semitic purge as barbaric and a grave threat to civilization urging action against Hitler Germany.
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Capper
U. S
Germany
Topeka
Arthur Capper
United States
Europe
Senator Capper
Wew
Central Europe
Notable KU Engineer Dr. Henry Earle Riggs Addresses Convocation
Dr Henry Earle Riggs a KU engineering graduate and current president of the American Society of Civil Engineers spoke to junior and senior students at Marvin hall on reminiscences and opportunities in engineering The talk was introduced by Dean Ivan C Crawford and a dinner with engineering society members followed in the Union building featuring Kansas state section and campus chapters.
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Henry Earle Riggs
University of Kansas Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers
Marvin Hall
K. U
Riggs
Ivan C. Crawford
Union Building
Kansas State Section
Lawrence
Manhattan
Civil Engineering Society
University of Michigan
Kate
May
Lucy Riggs
Edward L. Eriksen
Applied Mechanics
Michigan
Eriksen
A.S.C.E
Kansas State
Ratner to Cruise Cuba Before Governing Kansas
Governor-elect Payne H. Ratner and his son Payne Jr. head home from New Mexico after a hunting trip. They will depart for a three week Caribbean cruise from New Orleans with Mrs Ratner and three Parsons couples. Ratner plans early January inauguration and administration planning after the voyage.
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Parsons
Kan
Payne H. Ratner
New Mexico
Cuba
Caribbean Sea
Cost of Living Down in United States in October
The cost of living for wage earners eased by one tenth of a per cent from September to October according to the National Industrial Conference Board. Coal price increases were offset by lower food and clothing costs, leaving October costs 4.1 per cent below a year earlier and about 15.2 per cent under October 1929.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Douglas county tax abstract shows 1938 valuations and taxes
The 1938 Douglas county total property valuation is 38 700 952 with 983 120 29 total tax to be collected down from 1937. City lots and improvements pay 60 39 percent of the tax while comprising 45 83 percent of valuation. farm lands and rural property pay 27 98 percent of tax for 40 10 percent of valuation. public service corporations pay 11 63 percent of tax for 14 07 percent of valuation. Tax breakdown lists city and farm components and township shares with figures for Lawrence Baldwin Eudora Lecompton and others.
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Douglas County
Tax Commission
T. R. Gerhart
Mrs. Graham Chosen as Secretary to Senator Reed
Clyde M. Reed announces Kathryn Graham of Peabody as his secretary. Graham, former vice chair of the Republican state committee and Reed campaign aide, praised Kansas women’s campaign activity. Reed plans to relocate to Washington around December 15 with his wife.
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Parsons
Clyde M. Reed
Kathryn Graham
Peabody
Graham
Republican State Committee
Reed
Kansas
Washington
No Swing For Weddings In Knox Church
In Orangeville Ontario on November 17 clergy of Dufferin county United churches barred swing music for weddings. Rheta Fleck and Gordon Hockley planned to swing during the ceremony at Knox church but the band instead sang O Perfect Love as the couple signed the church register.
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Orangeville
Ont
Mendelssohn
Dufferin County
United Churches
Rheta Fleck
Gordon Hockley
Knox Church
Weather outlook unsettled with rain snow possible in north
Kansas forecast shows unsettled weather with possible rain or snow tonight in the north and cooler conditions Friday in the west and north. Morning observations list cloudy in Topeka and partly cloudy in Arkansas City and Manhattan with elsewhere clear. Dirt roads rated good.
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Kansas
Topeka
Arkansas City
Manhattan
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Bankers Association
C. F. Q’bryon
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Lindsay
Executive Mansion
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Mackenzie
King
Ford Service
Hamilton
Moley
Santa
MamAdy
U.S
North
Voelkischer Beobachter
London
Joseph P. Kennedy
Nazi Germany
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Kennedy
T. B
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Lawrence Baldwin
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Lecompton
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Mrs. Graham
Dufferin
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