Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Addis Ababa amid war report
Reports from Rome claim a renewed Italian push in Eritrea and Tembian areas as 20 Italian planes attack Ethiopian forces near 15 000 troops with 2000 reported deaths. Emperor Selassie departs Addis Ababa by air as sanctions against Italy are cited. Battlefront updates say new towns fall and Biru Sultante surrenders while fascist air operations extend deeper into Ethiopian territory.
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Associated Press
Emperor Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Italy
League of Nations
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Rome
Tembian
Nadir
Gheralta
Tzahama
Nobel Council Holds Off On 1935 Peace Prize
Oslo reports the Nobel committee decided no peace prize would be awarded for 1935. In East Africa Italy’s Mussolini asserted continued expansion, with Badoglio named to command in Ethiopia and Libyan forces to stay. The grand council approved conquest plans and urged increased production amid sanctions resistance.
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Oslo
Norway
Nobel Committee
Harar
Jijiga
Diredawa
Addis Ababa- Djibouti
Pietro Badogno
Il Duce
Emilio de Bono
East Africa
Mediterranean
Italy
Grand Council
Mussolini
Ethiopia
I Duce
Council
Libya
North
Africa
Mead Attacks Hoover To Back Roosevelt Governance
Washington November 19 Mead chairman of the house post office committee blasted Herbert Hoover saying Roosevelt is a better business manager. He cited rising revenues and a smaller deficit, mocked Hoover as a grandstand critic, and noted debt climbed from 16.19 billion in 1929-30 to 20.93 billion when Roosevelt took office.
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Washington
Mead
D-Ny
House Post Office Committee
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Administration
The
New Yorker
Dust masks put away as dust storm passes Liberal
Liberal Kansas residents who used last year's dust masks during yesterday's dust storm retrieved them again today as ideal fall weather returned. No wind was reported and conditions were calm in the city.
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Liberal
Kan
Hunters Turn Attention to Quail as the Duck Season Ends
Hunters assess the 1935 30 day duck season closing at 4 pm with mixed luck across hunts. Federal live decoy ban and 7 am to 4 pm shooting hours protected ducks while some hunts posted limits of ten, others only three or four. Tomorrow quail season opens with a 10 bird daily limit and 25 for the season amid sparse quail hatch due to floods and heat.
Mussolini Creates Italian Gold Monopoly Decree
Rome reports Premier Mussolini enacts a gold monopoly controlling all domestic and foreign gold transactions through the national institute for foreign exchange. The decree piaids licensing for imports, recording duties, and immediate government declaration of all gold. five percent interest offered for handovers with a one year return of equivalent gold. Violations incur penalties equal to the transaction. Grand council backs the measure.
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Rome
Mussolini
Grand Council
Fascism
Il Duce
Pledges 15 New Members Phi Delta Kappa KU
The University of Kansas announces the pledging of 15 new members to Phi Delta Kappa. Initiation ceremonies are set for tomorrow at 4 PM at the Manor. New initiates include J. P. Elliott, Samuel Ericeson, Cloyd Vermillion of Lawrence, and others from Scottsville Topeka Olathe Dodge City Rusell Pomona Meriden Atchison Williamsburg Kansas City Mo and Earl Collins.
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Phi Delta Kappa
University of Kansas
the Manor
J. P. Elliott
Samuel Ericeson
Cloyd Vermilion
Lawrence
Howard Abernathy
Scottsville
Vernon French
Lloyd Ripley
Topeka
Reid Hemphil
Olathe
August McColura
Dodge City
Wilmer Shaffer
Russell
Willard Shoemaker
Pomona
Willis R
North China Autonomy Looms Amid Fear of Japanese Forces
Chinese officials in Peiping say North China will gain financial and economic independence while remaining under nominal national sovereignty due to fear of the Japanese army. Maj. Gen. Doihara reportedly presented an ultimatum as Tokyo signals a Japanese controlled state with civil and military commissions advising. Observers cite massed troops near the Great Wall and possible bloodless change, with Chiang Kai-Shek reportedly opposed yet Japanese envoys pressed to influence.
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Associated Press
Peiping
North China
Altho
Kenji Doihara
Tokyo
Rengo
Nanking
China
Akira Ariyoshi
Japan
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Great Wall
North
Paleontologists Find 100 Million Year Old Marine Reptiles in Dust Storms
Dr. Barnum Brown reports that southwestern sand storms uncovered 30 to 35 foot mosa saur reptiles in Oklahoma Texas Kansas and Missouri. The fossils date about 100 million years and paleontologists warn erosion may erase more finds. University of Kansas aide Claude Hibbard confirms some fossils exposed though no reports from the university yet.
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Barnum Brown
American Museum of Natural History
Brown
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Claude Hibbard
Paleontological Museum
University of Kansas
University of Fossils
Hibbard
Approval for Landon Endorsed by Sixth District Young Republicans
Norton Kansas November 19 Approximately 125 young Republicans from the sixth district endorsed Governor Alf M Landon administration at their annual meeting Also Seaton of Manhattan was backed for a second term as state president of the Young Republican organization Seaton and Congressman Frank Carlson were main speakers at the gathering Denied Radio Applications Washington November 19 The Communications Commission refused two requests to build new broadcast stations at St Joseph Missouri filed by the News Broadcasting Company and J L Scroggin
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Norton
Kan
Alf M. Landon
D Seaton
Manhattan
Young Republican Organization
Seaton
Frank Carlson
Washington
St. Joseph, Mo
The
Communications Commission
News Broadcasting Company
J. L. Scroggin
Relief Officials Attend Three Day School on Welfare
More than 100 county relief officials registered for Kansas Emergency Relief Committee training in a three day school of public welfare administration. The conference ends Thursday with a discussion on relief problems after federal withdrawal. John G. Stutz may discuss funding for employables. Kansas counties will spend about $343,000 locally this month for relief, with Kansas families averaging $26.94 in May compared with neighboring states.
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Topken
School of Public Welfare Administration
Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Kansas
John G. Stutz
KERC
Washington
Stutz
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Oklahoma
Topeka Colonel Clad Hamilton Dies at 68
Obituary notes Col Clad Hamilton 68 Topeka attorney veteran of Spanish American and World Wars and former state senator. He led 137th Infantry in World War I and served in Kansas National Guard Mexican border duty. Survived by widow two children and brother J C Hamilton. Funeral plans incomplete. Also reports Junior High Thanksgiving program with student performances at Memorial High School.
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Topeka
Clad Hamilton
Stormont Hospital
Hamilton, Campbell and Flack
Kansas
New York
Howard and
Emporia
Emporia Gazette
University of Kansas Law School
Senate
Shawnee County
Toneka
20Th Kansas Infantry
Kansas Penitentiary
Lansing
Memorial High School
Richard Edgar
C. Edgar
C. E. Sawhill
Herzberg
Baumann
Hickville
G. C. Rogers
Joel
Horace Thronberg
University of Kansas
Free trade plea by German ambassador in Minneapolis
Dr. Hans Luther, Germany's ambassador, urged free trade at a Minneapolis business luncheon with about 400 attendees. Police stood outside as several dozen picketers protested, bearing placards demanding citizenship for Jewish people and opposing religious persecution while calling fascism war.
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Minneapolis
Hans Luther
United States
Ickes Extends Deadline Amid PWA Suffers Legal Attacks
Washington reports Secretary Ickes promised to extend the December 15 start of construction deadline for PWA projects if needed while new suits challenge municipal power loans. Tennessee Electric Power filed a suit to block $100,000 loans to Lenoir City and Lewisburg. Others point to Burlington, Kansas, and Hominy cases as affecting pace. Third Lamson murder trial opens in San Jose as Davis prepares for naval conference.
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Ickes
Public Works Administration
PWA
Tennessee Electric Power Company
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Tenn
Lewisburg
Hominy
Okla
District Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Discussion on Far Eastern Situation Between Lindsay and Phillips
Washington reports say British ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay and Undersecretary of State William Phillips discussed the approach of Japan toward North China. Phillips declined to reveal formal positions, noting no current plan to invoke the 1922 Nine Power Treaty. He also would not discuss Peiping or Tientsin troop withdrawals, citing no evident danger to American life and property.
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North China
Ronald Lindsay
William Phillips
Phillips
Lindsay
China
Japan
Peiping
Tientsin
Judge Declares Mistrial in Rev Eskridge Case
Houston November 19 Judge Langston D King declared a mistrial in the murder trial of Reverend Edgar Eskridge of Orange Baptist minister after a juror with a suspended felony sentence was identified Six jurors were seated when it emerged that W R Morgan had a two year sentence for assault to murder The defense opposed replacing him Eskridge was indicted for the May 29 slaying of Police Chief Ed J O Reilly of Orange a congregation member His lawyers claim insanity at the time
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Houston
Tex
Langston D. King
Edgar Eskridge
Orange
W. R. Morgan
Morgan
J. B. Collinger
Eskridge
Ed J. O’reilly
Six arrested in Kansas City car theft ring case
Six suspects were jailed as police probed a woman’s claim of a local car theft ring. Winnie Stoner 30 said her husband Ernest 51 and others operated stolen car parts from a Reno area farm. Police recovered cars tied to Laurence Stoner Ethan Adams Joseph Fuller and Waldo Settles and planned charges. Lawrence Stoner owned a large Reno area farm near Mud Creek.
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Herusband
Laurence Stoner
Beryl Stoner
Laurence
Ethan Adams
Joseph Fuller
Waldo P. Settles
Winnie Stoner
Ernest
Lawrence
Kan
Leavenworth
Adams
Fuller
Thomas J. Higgins
Reno
Higgins
J. E. McCoy
Hamilton Motor Company
Ford
McCoy
Ham
Alfred Heck
Mud Creek
Lawrence Stoner
T. C. Davis
Crystal Hill
Pony Creek
Farley warns postal clerks on postcard ballots
Postmaster General James A. Farley warns postal clerks to avoid sampling or examining postcard ballots. He cites straw votes and media tracking as a risk, urges fast handling of mail with no classification, and warns of severe disciplinary action for violations. A separate item notes motor fumes are fatal.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Farley
Victim Claudine Hansell Found Dead in Car
Miss Claudine Hansell of Ridgeway Missouri, 23, was found dead in a motor car in the yard of Roy Hullinger in Harrison County. Her teaching companion Lawrence Higdon, 20, was unconscious and in critical condition. They had been listening to the radio when fumes from the motor apparently overpowered them.
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Bethany
Claudine Hansell
Ridgeway
Roy Hullinger
Harrison County
Hagen School
Lawrence Higdon
Higdon
Debaters Clash Over Supreme Court Authority at KU
A lively Fraser theater crowd in Lawrence heard A W J Greenwood oppose Richard Kay Shuttleworth of Oxford and Logan Lane and Lyman esield of K U argue that the Supreme Court should not override legislative acts. The debate centered on judicial limits and legislative power. The Oil & Gas Journal reports US crude oil production rose to 2 872 754 barrels for the week ending November 16, up 56 740 from the prior week.
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Fraser Theater
University of Kansas
A. W. J. Greenwood
Richard Kay-Shuttleworth
Oxford University
Ane
Logan Lane
Lyman Esield
Supreme Court
Tulse
Okla
United States
The
Oil & Gas Journal
Italy Plans Reprisals Against U S Policy
Rome reports an Italian government spokesman warned the United States that Italy will take no special consideration if Washington enacts further neutrality measures. He could not specify the exact steps but said Italy would respond with an eye-for-an-eye policy, without exception, when the occasion arises.
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Rome
United States
Italy
Washington
Foreclosure suit and river land case heard in district court
The November term civil docket closed with the mortgage foreclosure case of Lawrence Building and Loan Association against J Faye Whitney, over a residence at 718 West Fourth Street. Jury reached verdict in the Kaw river island land dispute for Albert Shepard Amanda Shepard Pat Shook, settling 18 acres against E Otis Perkins Aimee Perkins and Frank Lee. The Island case debated Reber Island ownership and whether the 18 acres belonged to the island or mainland, near Indian Village west of Union Pacific tracks and the Dike road.
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Lawrence Building and Loan Association
J. Faye Whitney
West Fourth Street
Kaw River Island
Albert Shepard
Amanda Shepard
Pat Shook
E. Otis Perkins
Aimee Perkins
Frank Lee
Island
Old Man River
Perkins
Reber Island
Union Pacific
Indian Village
Kansas Official Council in Session at Topeka
Kansas officials gather in Topeka for a three day Kansas Official Council meeting. About 400 county officials attend with more expected to register by tonight. Williams urges formation of a legislative committee to monitor bills for a possible special session. Deliberations focus on relief burdens and choosing a 1938 convention city.
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Topeka
Pi—O. C. Williams
Kansas Official Council
Williams
Alf M. Landon
H. G. Barrett
F. W. .Knapp
Unty
Fish calls for recall of Daniels over Mexico policy
U S Representative Hamilton Fish Jr. said he would demand the recall of Ambassador Josephus Daniels from Mexico when Congress convenes in January. The Republican ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee criticized the administration’s non intervention stance and urged a vote on a resolution urging the President to promote religious liberty in Mexico.
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Boston
U. S
Hamilton Fish, Jr
R.-N.y
Josephus Daniels
Mexico
Congress
Fish
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Associated Press
Kansas City Chamber Installation In Air
Kansas City Nov 19 Fred Goldman will be installed as chamber president in a noon ceremony held aboard a 14 passenger airplane flying over the city. The installation will be broadcast to a luncheon crowd at a downtown hotel.
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Kansas City
Cpr
Fred Goldman
Chamber of Commerce
Hopkins Defends the WPA Program at Conference
Washington leaders debate WPA aims as Harry L. Hopkins defends the relief program against critics. He cites 381,872 projects by November 1 and defends drainage and white collar projects while warning against overemphasizing smaller schemes. LaGuardia defends WPA amid charges of red tape and misallocation. Market index closes mixed as stocks drift.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress and
United States Conference of Mayors
Hopkins
WPA
Frederick W. Mansfield
Boston
LaGuardia
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
Federal Works Advisory Board
Kansas Weather Forecast With Dim Easing Temperatures
Fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler conditions in the southeast and extreme east. Morning outlook shows cloudy or partly cloudy skies except clear at Kansas City and Dodge City. Road conditions vary from good to muddy across cities like Wichita Manhattan and Emporia. Douglas county roads noted rough. Temperatures show 40 at noon today, a 5 degree drop from yesterday.
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Dodge City
Wichita
Topeks
Ottawa
Manhattan
Emporia
Douglas County
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