Italian and German Fascists Recognize Franco Regime
Rome and Berlin formally recognized General Francisco Franco as Spain's government, with Italy sending a chargé d'affaires and both powers declaring no further recognitions. Berlin echoed the move while Paris and London weighed non intervention, with Britain sticking to its policy despite the Italo German action.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Francisco Franco
Spain
Europe
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Barcelona
Berlin
Reich
Galeazzo Ciano
Paris
Great Britain
London
Haly
Relief costs rise in Douglas county October report
Douglas county relief costs for October totaled 5991.80, covering direct relief poor farm hospitalizations and burials. Per case 13.19 up one dollar from September, per person 4.90 with 82 cases closed and 72 added leaving 541 active as of November 1. Readily distributed goods to 449 cases representing 1,477 people included beef, dried peaches and prunes along with clothing and house furnishings. Capper campaign spending totaled 677 with no contributions reported while opponent Ketchum filed 1532 disbursements and 1948 receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Board of County Commissioners
Mildred D. Watson
League Continues to Receive Delegates From Madrid Government
Geneva reports indicate the League of Nations will keep recognizing the Madrid socialist government as eligible to send delegates to Geneva despite joint Italo German recognition of Franco. Diplomats note Spain’s status on the League committee starting December 12 raises questions on seating rights. The prevailing view is the League will follow member states and not recognize the Franco regime for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
League of Nations
Madrid
Roosevelt sails to South America on Indianapolis
President Roosevelt begins a 6000 mile voyage from Charleston aboard the cruiser Indianapolis for the inter American peace conference in Buenos Aires. He is greeted by Gov Olin Johnston and officials as thousands line the streets. He will address the talks on December 1.
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Charleston
S. C
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
South America
Buenos Aires
South Carolina
Fort Moultrie
Henry K. Hewitt
Chester
Olin D. Johnston
Burnet R. Maybank
Charles P. Summerall
Army
H. V. Butler
Charleston Navy Yard
White House
Rexford G. Tugwell
Tugwell
Farms Supply Most of Students to University
University of Kansas enrolls 4,067 students with farm children forming the largest group among parents. Only two students plan farming after graduation. Of the rest, 559 are children of farmers, 211 of railway workers, with other parent occupations listed including merchants, teachers, housewives, lawyers, physicians, and bankers. Ten students are children of WPA workers.
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University of Kansas
George O. Foster
Foster
WPA
Thanksgiving deer and gobbler hunt of Gov Elect Huxman
Gov Elect Walter A Huxman of Kansas completed an eight point buck and a gobbler during a hunt in the hill country near Kerrville Texas Governor James V Allred reported the party returned to Austin early today and Huxman traveled to Mineral Wells for rest before a shipment of game to Hutchinson Kansas The article also notes a funeral for Sam Goddam in Miami Missouri and a quarry foreman Ray Godfrey killed by a dynamite blast in Leavenworth Kansas
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Austin
Tex
Walter A. Huxman
Kansas
James V. Allred
Huxman
Kerrville
Allred
Haxman
Mineral Wells
Hutchinson
Kan
Leavenworth
Ray Godfrey
Fort Leavenworth
Godfrey
Tugwell Resigns Government Post
Rexford G Tugwell announces resignation from two Roosevelt administration roles to join American Molasses Company as executive vice president. He leaves as under secretary of agriculture and administrator of the Resettlement Administration, with Deputy W W Alexander likely to succeed him. Roosevelt signals possible later return to public service.
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Washington
Rexford G. Tugwell
Roosevelt
Memphis
Tenn
Tugwell
Rexhoro
Alexander
White House
Maryland
Resettlement Agency
Brain Trust
Moley
NYA Center Opens Two New Community Classes
New York Ages project at 1021 Rhode Island Street launches a scrap book class for children to donate books to orphanages and hospitals, meeting Fridays 2 to 5 pm with 50 enrolled toward 100. A second class on homemaking for adult women runs Thursdays 5:30 to 9:30 pm, includes interior decoration and home problems discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NYA Center
Rhode Island Street
Roosevelt Urges Fair Share of Jobs for Older Men in Industry
President Roosevelt urged industry to give a fair share of jobs to older workers and unskilled labor. He noted many large industries will not hire workers over forty, and called for expanded reemployment to cut relief rolls while addressing the needs of older and unskilled workers.
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Roosevelt
Washington
White House
South America
WPA
Jury Empaneled in Kansas Inquest into 3 Year Old’s Death
Newton Kansas coroner M C Martin empaneled a jury to open an inquest into the death of three year old Gloria Hood whose body was found in a Wheat field a week after she disappeared from home three miles away Police declined to discuss evidence X ray taken to assess a fractured jawbone and whether it occurred before or after death County Attorney J R Stone said the body showed she had been dead at least five days and may have lived 48 hours after disappearance funeral Friday at the Methodist church with burial in Greenwood municipal cemetery
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Newton
Kan
M. C. Martin
Gloria Hood
Rome
J. R. Stone
Gloria
Stone
Methodist Church
Samuel W. Keller
Greenwood Municipal Cemetery
Capacity Days Boost Shoppers In Lawrence Midweek Sale
Lawrence shoppers filled the business district for the first of two Capacity Days sales sponsored by the Merchants Bureau. Stores reported heavy mid day business and many offered thirty red hot specials including suits, dresses, toasters, silverware, and more. Tomorrow marks the last Capacity Days event.
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Lawrence
Merchants Bureau
Journal-World
Instrument Left In Woman's Abdomen Found After Four Years
Tulsa reports a six inch hemostat was removed from Mrs. A. R. Banks abdomen by Dr. John Holladay after X-ray follow up for a hip tumor. The instrument allegedly remained from a four year old operation, with expectations of an uneventful recovery. McSpaden Defeats Revolta In Pinehurst Golf Championship. Harold Jug McSpaden from Winchester defeats Johnny Revolta one up in 19 holes in the second round.
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Tulsa
Okla
John Holladay
Holladay
A. R. Banks
McSpaden
Revolta
Madrid Night of Terror Opens City to Fire and Flight
Madrid residents swarmed into subway stations after a night of bombardment and street fighting as fascist forces pressed through central and western districts. Fires blazed in the heart of the capital while civilians sought refuge and trains headed east to escape the terror.
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Madrid
Ventas
Toledo Bridge
University City
No Man’s Land
Paseo de Rosales
No-Man's Land
Douglas county officials attend Kansas County Engineers meeting
Douglas county officials led by county clerk Harold Beck and Register of Deeds James Brass attended a state meeting in Wichita with plans for sessions today. John Stephens reported on a rigid frame concrete bridge over Rock Creek eight miles southwest of Lone Star, a rare design saving $774 versus a steel bridge, with a 60 foot span and 20 foot roadway, built last fall.
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Douglas
Wichita
U. S. G. Plank
Harold A. Beck
Register of Deeds
James Brass
Board of County Commissioners
John Stephens
Stephens
Kansas County Engineers Association
Rock Creek
Lone Star
Topeka
State Highway Department
Douglas County
Sentenced for Forgery in Second Degree
Helen Sisson plead guilty in district court to forgery in the second degree and was sentenced by Judge Haugh Means to one to ten years at the state industrial farm for women in Lansing. She passed a $32 worthless check drawn on a Kansas bank and signed by Mrs F Fell, with a history as a former nurse tied to a morphine habit and feigned gall stones to obtain treatment. Police linked her to similar schemes in several Kansas towns.
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Helen Sisson
Haugh Means
State
Lansing
A. J. Anderson
First National Bank of
Great Bend
Kan
F. Fell
Justice Court
Kansas
Stock Market Index Reports Slight Dip
The average of 60 stocks stood at 72.2 yesterday, down from 72.5. Hanna is listed for Frigidaire with contact Ph. 303.dv.
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Hanna
Frigidaire
King Edward courting support amid Simpson talk
London reports James Maxton asserts the king aims to win mass support to preserve ties with Mrs. Wallis Simpson, including potential marriage. A print shop refused to run an editorial on the king and Simpson as sedition concerns rise. Madame Schumann-Heink’s KU concert legacy noted amid long-held hometown memories.
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London
James Maxton
House of Commons
Edward
Commons
England
Wallis Simpson
William Gallacher
Maxton
Albert Hall
Wales
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Victoria House Printing Company
Drury Lane
King Edward
Mrs. Simpson
Independent Labor Party
Fenner Brockway
New Leader
King
Jury awards damages in mixed civil suit against Universal Credit
A district court jury awarded Justice Neale $100 from Universal Credit Co for a mortgage release failure. In a consolidated case, Viola Martin sought $65 and Mineva Baker $1,500 from John Seiler over roofing debris injuries from October 1935. The jury, arriving at 11:15 and returning at 8:00, favored Baker for $60 and Seiler on Martin’s claims. Court planned to resume tomorrow with a rent suit between Glen W. Dickinson and H. X. Dolen.
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Justice Neale
Universal Credit Company
Viola Martin
Max the Cleaner
Mineva Baker
John Seiler
Fritz Company
Seiler
Glen W. Dickinson
H. X. Dolen
Land Grant Colleges Leader Elevated to Presidency
Heads Land Grant Association Houston Texas November 18 Alfred Atkinson president of Montana State College was elevated today from the presidency to the overall presidency of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities.
Dailey to Quit RRA Post and Return to Albuquerque
Joseph L. Dailey, assistant administrator of the rural resettlement administration, announced his resignation and plan to return to Albuquerque to practice law. He said the move would take effect soon.
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Tugwell
Albuquerque
N. M
Joseph L. Dailey
Rural Resettlement Administration
Douglas County Vote on Local Offices Complete
Douglas County reposts county office totals after printing errors in Tuesday's Journal-World. The corrected counts list general ballot votes, in state absentee, out of state absentee, and grand totals per candidate for each office, including Representative District 2, Commissioner District 2, Sheriff, Coroner, and Clerk of Court.
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Douglas County
Journal-World
Douglas
Bartrar
Abels
Meenant
Register of
Muetella
Emee Menger
Heri LE
Sheriff Vogier
Song
Brunkley
Sita
Wnadiction
Cleek District Court
Clive Torgesnty
Kansas City Alumni Rally For Thanksgiving Football Game
Kansas City November 18 Kansas City University of Kansas students and alumni will rally in the union station next Wednesday night to drum up pep for the annual Thanksgiving day football game against Missouri. The KU club of Kansas City sponsors the pep rally with the university band players coaches students and alumni taking part.
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Kansas City
University of Kansas
Union Station
Kansas
Missouri
KK. U
Potato Show Set to Open at Armory Tomorrow
The sixteenth annual Kansas Potato show opens tomorrow at 9 am at the National Guard armory at Eighth and New Hampshire. The event runs through Friday with a banquet at Wiedemann's grill tomorrow evening. The program includes judging, potato peeling and picking contests, a race for women, talks by experts from university and government, and prize awards at the banquet hosted by Ahearn of Manhattan. Rosemary Ketcham and Vance M. Rucker are among speakers. W. R. Essick and L. C. Williams will present prizes.
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Kansas
National Guard
Eighth
New Hampshire
Wiedemann’s Grill
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Rosemary Ketcham
Department of Design
University of Kansas
Armory
Vance M. Rucker
Kansas State College
A. E. Mercker
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Kansas Potato Show
Ahearn
Wiedemann's Grill
Manhattan
Haskell Institute
al Green
E. H. Leker
Junior Heck
Lawrence
Topeka Weather Forecast for Thanksgiving Week
Topeka reports slightly colder weather in the east and south with a forecast of rising temperatures by Thursday. Northwest unsettled but no real cold expected for now. Afternoon highs likely in the upper fifties to lower sixties with recent highs near 66 in Topeka and Dodge City. Night lows around freezing in the northwest. no freezing temps recorded last night elsewhere.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Kansay
Dodge City
Wichita
Concordia
Goodsland
Red Cross Roll Call Falls Short of County Quota
Red Cross roll call workers must step up efforts between now and Thanksgiving to meet the county quota of four thousand dollars. Walter Schaal reports only one thousand eighty nine dollars and seventy cents collected so far, a shortfall that jeopardizes next year’s program. Nearby, rush repairs on the Missouri Pacific line near Rosalia, Kansas, after a derailment of fifteen empty freight cars damaged 300 yards of track and halted traffic, with reopening hoped for later today.
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Red Cross
Walter Schaal
Rol Call
Schaal
ElDorado
Rosalia
Kan
Weather forecast and road conditions report
Kansas forecast shows fair tonight with a slight drop in extreme east and south areas and a rise in temperature Thursday. Morning conditions are clear with dirt roads rated good on Douglas County routes. Gas office records list yesterday and today temperatures with coal company ads interspersed.
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Kansas
Goal
Douglas
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Eudora
Molasses Company
Aly
G .Tarwell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
NYA
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Achning’s
Newton Child
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Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Hollywood
United States
LABOR
Mme. Schumann-Heink
K. VU
Roxy
Schumann-Heink
K. U
Jascha Bronart
Killa Man Junction City
Fort Riley Military Reservation
Percy V. Olson
John B. Lee
Olson
Hamilton’s
Adv
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Turner Coal Co
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