Madrid bomb raids kill and wreck post office scene
Madrid faces a deadly morning as bombs devastate the post office and nearby buildings in a sustained raid. The latest attacks scorch the Gran Via, destroy the Fuencarral telephone plaza, and strafe with shrapnel while refugees seek shelter. Officials warn thousands may be dead or injured, with many buried under rubble.
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Lisnares
Ofice
Mys
Republican Party
War Ministry
Banca Central
Banco del Rio de la Plata
Puerto del Sol
Madrid
Carten Street
Alcala Street
Gran Via
Fuencarral
Gran Vin
Castellana
University City
Fuencarral Street
Fl Liberal
Marquis de Cubas Street
Associated Press
Federal Aid for Drouth States Prolonged Welfare Plan
Washington reports farmers in 13 drouth states will receive continued aid under a WPA WPR Resettlement plan. WPA will keep as many workers on projects as weather allows. when projects halt due to conditions, Resettlement grants will aid those in actual need. States include Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Illinois Ohio Indiana Missouri Iowa Kentucky North Dakota South Dakota Kansas Nebraska. About 230000 of 926000 drouth relief cases on WPA projects across 22 states are covered.
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Washington
Drouth
Works Progress and Resettlement Administrations
WPA
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Iowa
Kentucky
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Tugwell to stay influence on farm tenancy plans despite resignation
Washington reports Tugwell will not head the programs he helped start. Dr Will Alexander urges a long range plan with close supervision to raise tenants to landowners. Tugwell’s move follows anti New Deal criticism of his methods. Secretary Wallace praises Tugwell despite his departure.
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Washington
P—Polisies
Rexford G. Tugwell
Tugwell
Will W. Alexander
Alexander
Nouthern
Deelt
Timwell
Altho
America
New York
American Molasses Company
Wallace
President Roosevelts Cruise Heads to Inter American Peace Conference
aboard the U S S Chester and Indianapolis the presidential party speeds toward the tropics at 25 knots. Roosevelt will refuel in Trinidad November 21 and stop in Rio de Janeiro November 27 where he may address parliament. The Indianapolis will dock at an Argentine harbor around November 30 before rail travel to Argentina.
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U. S. S. Chester
UPI
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Buenos Aires
Chester
Trinidad
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Uruguay
United States
Warm Springs
Washington
Mexico Expropriation Law Sparks Oil Strike Fears
Mexico City observers link the expropriation law with an oil strike set to begin November 20. The national oil syndicate cites failed blanket labor contract talks with 15 oil companies. Senators quickly enacted the law amid fears it could redefine urban property as insecure.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Oil
Lazardo Cardenas
National Oil Syndicate
Senate
Christmas Parade Planned for December 2 in Lawrence
Lawrence prepares for a December 2 Christmas celebration led by a large parade with bands floats fairyland figures and possibly Old Santa. Officials civic groups and merchants pledge cooperation as Santa’s arrival hope rises while plans await his confirmation and a formal schedule.
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Lawrence
Santa
North Pole
Santa Claus
Roosevelt urges business council to study wage and housing issues
In a letter to the business advisory council Roosevelt calls for study of improving wages and working conditions in industry. He also urges consideration of private industry absorbing more workers and low cost housing to aid living conditions for low income groups. Secretary Roper notes absorption of the unemployed remains a key challenge.
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Washington
Business Advisory Council
Roosevelt
Roper
Council
Commerce Department
Legion Post to Eat Crow Dinner Ends Membership Drive
West American Legion post members in Pittsburg Kansas will hold a crow dinner next Monday night to conclude a membership drive. The event aims to boost post participation and augment local veteran visibility.
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Legion Post
Crow Pittsburg
Kan
West American Lesion Post
Fire traps three in Atlanta building
Flames raced through the six story Cable Piano company building in Atlanta killing at least three people and injuring 12 others. The blaze started by an explosion, reaching all floors via the elevator shaft. A woman clung to a ledge before rescue.
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Atlanta
Cable Piano Company
J A. E. Foster
Firmen
Atlanta Conservatory
Mus
Terry Evans
Hazel Wood
Recognition sought for maritime unions in Pacific coast strike
San Francisco reports labor groups demand federal recognition of maritime unions as the Pacific coast strike expands to aid Alaskans aboard chartered ships. The Interior Department plans private ship bids to supply food and fuel, prompting unions to withhold actions until program details emerge. The strike affects Hawaii and New York actions, with limited violence reported in Tampa.
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San Francisco
Sy—Labor
Seattle Labor Council
Interior Department
Hawaii
Steamship Company
President Coolidge
San Franccisco
New York
Roosevelt
International Seamen's Union
Washington
Atlantic and Gulf
Sailor's Union of the
Pacific
Tampa
Fla
C. J. Woorlruff
Seapmen
Grocer Norris Granted New Trial on Perjury Charge
In St Louis on November 11 the eighth district United States circuit court of appeals reversed Grocer George W Norris conviction for perjury in the Senate investigation of his Nebraska primary candidacy. The case is remanded to Lincoln district court for a new trial, with the opinion by District Judge Charles B Faris focusing on whether Norris had purged himself by a later statement correcting earlier testimony.
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St. Louis
George W. Norris
United State Senate
Nebraska
Eighth District
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Lincoln
Neb
Charles B. Faris
Norris
Senate
Tax Paying Rush Is on in Full Swing This Week
Reno county tax payments rose in the first two weeks of the 1926 season with total receipts reaching 745512 dollars, an increase of 11490 over the same period last year. County treasurer Leonard G. Hickman reports the delinquency date for the first half is after December 20, and special clerks assist in the rush.
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A. M. Gardner
Altho
Ella Simmons
Lawrence
Dewey Schmitendorf
Baldwin
George F. Schubert
Eudora
Hutchinson
Kan
Reno County
Leonard G. Hickman
Insurgents Warn Shipping to Avoid Port of Barcelona
In Rahat France Morocco on November 19 insurgent Spanish radio stations issued a broad warning for all ships to avoid the Port of Barcelona as it would be subject to war measures. Britain signaled readiness to use force to protect merchant ships and hinted at actions against Franco’s warships if neutral shipping faced risk.
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Rahat
French Morocco
Barcelona
London
Great Britain
Eden
Franco
Paraffin tests tie General Denhardt to recent gun use
New Castle Kentucky November 19 coroner D L Ricketts announced paraffin tests on Brig Gen Henry I Denhardt show he fired a gun recently while Mrs Vern on Garr Taylor a La Grange widow was shot to death. Blood stains found on pavement and clothing compared by chemical analysis await results. Denhardt free on bond and hospitalized in Louisville. Detective Sgt John S Messmer explained the test detects nitrate stains within days after firing and moulds were made November 7 9.
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New Castle
L. Ricketts
Henry I. Deuthardt
Vernon Garr Taylor
Denhardt
la Grange
Court of Appeals
Gen. Denhardt
Louisville
Taylor
Messmer
Temperature Rise Over Kansas Forecasts
Topeka reports a widening warm spell across eastern Kansas with a projected temperature rise tonight and tomorrow. Readings today reached the lower fifties in many spots, Wichita at 56, while a light freeze occurred elsewhere except the southeast. Dodge City saw a low of 26, with highs expected in the upper fifties tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kan*s
Flora
Kansas
Wichita
Dodge City
Pinchot and White to Confer With Landon in Topeka
Governor Alf Landon will host Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot and Emporia editor William Allen White for a dinner and overnight stay at the executive mansion in Topeka on Saturday evening. Both visitors backed Landon in the recent presidential campaign and will discuss future Republican plans.
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Topeka
Kan
Forber
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
William Allen White
Fimporia
Alf M. Landon
Republican Party
Landon
Executive Mansion
Pinchot
Exhibits Large at Potato Show Sixteenth Annual Kansas Event
The sixteenth annual Kansas potato show opened at the National Guard Armory with large exhibits despite a short previous crop. Winners include 68 entrants from several counties and five states showcasing Irish and sweet potatoes and seed potatoes. Seed potatoes from Maine, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Colorado were on display alongside educational exhibits and food-focused sections.
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Kansas
National Guard
Eighth
New Hampshire
Maine
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Colorado
Wyandotte, Johnson, Douglas, Shawnee, Jefferson
Leavenworth Counties
Kansota
Albert Lea
Minn
Ohio
W. G. Amstein
Henry Leabensteein
Kansas State College
Georgiana Smurthwaite
Chamber of Commerce
Rosemary Ketcham
Department of Design
University of Kansas
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Armory
Vance Rucker
A. E. Mercker
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Reelects A Kansas Des Moines Farmers Union Leaders
John Vesecky of Salina was re elected vice president of the National Farmers Union. E H Everson of St Charles D and J M Graves of Perkins Okla were re elected president and secretary. Resolutions urged two constitutional amendments: create an ever normal granary via surplus purchases and allow a billion dollar farm rehabilitation corporation.
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Des Moines
John Vesecky
Salina
Kansas Farmers Union
National Farmers Union
E. H. Everson
St. Charles
J. M. Graves
Perkins
Okla
Reorganizing Army Into More Compact Units Is Under Way
Washington announces drastic reform of U S infantry divisions to 13 500 men from 122 000 earlier. Secretary Woodring says plan aims for faster movement and greater fire power with unchanged total divisions, tested next summer before final adoption.
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U. S
Washington
Army High Command
Woodring
Ponder Strategy Shapes Kansas Legislature Contests
Topeka Nov 19 Republicans debate how to handle the coming Kansas session. Gov elect Walter A. Haxman will not control the legislature as he takes office but Republicans may keep hold of both houses. Buzick notes no decision on whether to yield control or cooperate with Democrats. Party factions diverge on active leadership versus shared power, with lieutenant governor race outcomes possibly shifting committee control.
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Topeka
Kansas
Walter A. Haxman
Whlutchinson
House of Representatives
Senate
Henry J. Buziek
Lincoln
Shouke
Buzick
Alf M. Landon
Matster
W. M. Lindssay
Pittsburgh
C. E. Friend
Lawrence
Lindsay
Two Rhodes Scholars to Be Chosen Here Dec 16
Kansas will select two Rhodes Scholars in Lawrence on December 16, chosen from a slate of 12 applicants announced by W. D. P. Carey. Named candidates include Allan Rankin Fort Hays College John Darrah Bethany Norton Laude Kansas State College James Crow Friends Kenneth Davenport Fort Hays Ross Robertson University of Kansas Arsel Coulson Pittsburg Teachers College Hubert Anderson University of Kansas John Phillip University of Kansas Isaac Stevenson Bethel College Martin Maloney University of Kansas Alfred Ames University of Kansas.
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Watchinson
Rhodes
Kansas
Lawrence
W. D. P. Carey
Allan C. Rankin
Fort Mays College
John TB. Darrah
Bethany
Norton M. Laude
Kansas State College
James Crow
Friends
Kenneth Davenport
Fort Hays
Ross M. Robertson
University of Kansas
Arsel E. Coulson
Pittsburg Teachers College
J. Hubert Anderson
John M. Phillip
Isaac G. Stevenson
Bethel College
Martin J. Maloney
Alfred C. Ames
Voorhees Wins Campus Problem Speaking Contest Title
Don Voorhees of Leavenworth won first prize at the twelfth annual University of Kansas campus problem speaking contest with a silver cup. He criticized local campus politicians, declaring the campus politician akin to an agitated pollywog. Second place went to Bob Thorpe for Student Forums. Martin Maloney spoke on The Race Question on the Campus.
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Don Voorhees
Leavenworth
University of Kansas
Voorhees
Bob Thorpe
Wichita
Martin Maloney
Lawrence
Federal work in Douglas county shows 27 projects and 614 relief workers
A report from Mrs. Merle Akers of the local national re employment office lists 27 federal projects in Douglas county with 614 relief workers. Projects include 11 road and quarry works, 12 non manual WPA and NYA efforts, four PWA sites, and upcoming Cres cent road paving and library expansion.
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Douglas County
Merle Akers
National Re-Employment
Odd Fellows Building
PWA
Crescent Road
Lawrence Free Public Library
Akers
National
Ernest Klooz
Klooz
Franklin Counts
Weather and markets brief from Kansas paper
Market index shows 60 stocks average. weather forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with rising temperatures. Morning skies cloudy except brighter at Garden City and Dodge City. roads rated good in Douglas County and dirt roads generally good.
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Kansas
Garden City
Dodge City
Douglas County
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Kansas City
Kansas City Board of Trade
Nebraska University
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Michigan State
University of North Carolina
Ford V& Hamilton’s
Piano Company
Atlanta Conservatory of Music
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Grocer
Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon
Pittsburgh Community Fund
Iuy. Pinchot
Hanna
Frigidaire
Ady
Farm Bureau
Wyandotte
Johnson
Douglas
Shawnee
Morning Glory
Night Shade
Eveniag & Venquey
Wiedemann’s Grill
M. F. Ahearn
Haskell Institute
Ahearn
al Green
E. H. Leker
Green
Junior Heck
Liberty Memorial High School
L. C. Williams
John C. Miller
Kaw Valley
L. E. Melchers
O. H. Elmer
Jesse Haney
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Vesecky
Kook King Enamel
Achning's
Adv
GOP
Thorpe
Maloney
K. U
Thomson
Picard
Dreath
Donglas
Resettlement Administration
Nnts
Highway 40
Union Pacific
Invador
Budara
el Dorado
Robert F. Stanger
Kansas Penitentiary
LeRoy
Stanger
Towanda
A. PD. Horine
Turner Coal Co
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