Parliament Opens Refugee Plans Across British Territories
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain announced lease plans of at least 10 000 square miles in British Guiana to house German Jewish refugees. Tanganyika and other African territories would also host settlements with surveys by refugee groups. Palestine seen as insufficient for solution.
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London
UPI
Chamberlain
House of Commons
British Guiana
Tanganyika
German East Africa
Africa
Britain
Germany
Hitler
Europe
South America
Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Palestine
Dominions
Munich
Montevideo
Uruguary
Emilio Frugoni
Chamber of Deputies
Uruguay
Washington
Roosevelt Views TVA Dam Progress in Chattanooga Tour
President Roosevelt toured the Chickamauga TVA dam and a Tennessee River lock near Chattanooga. He met Democratic leaders Gordon Browning Prentice Cooper Kenneth McKellar and Tom Stewart before a four hour sightseeing drive to Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. The trip included talks with congressional leaders on the new congress agenda and potential plans to combat infantile paralysis at Warm Springs. Dr James Bryant Conant Harvard president will address Kansas University commencement June 12 as KU marks 75th anniversary through 1941.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Roosevelt
Chickamauga
TVA
Tennessee
Executive Branch
Supreme Court
Joint
Congressional Committee
Washington
Warm Springs
Will Cummings
Missionary Ridge
Lookout Mountain
Gordon Browning
Prentice Cooper
Kenneth D. McKellar
Tom Stewart
Senate
House
Congress
Hugh R. Wilson
Germany
Keith Morgan
James Bryant Conant
Harvard University
University of Kansas
E. H. Lindley
University
New England
Conant
Harvard
Dorchester
Mass
W. H. Johnson
Lawrence
British Plan To Settle Jews In Tanganyika Sparks Berlin Furor
Berlin reports Chamberlains disclosure that Tanganyika might host Jewish settlers provoked shock and fear among Jewish leaders and prompted Nazi warnings of protest. Observers said the move could inflame colonial questions and lead to further persecution of Jews in Germany. A Hitler Keitel decree revoked rights for Jews who wore military uniforms.
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Berlin
Chamberlain
Tanganyika
Germany
Hitler
Oswald Pirow
Union of South Africa
Pirow
Fuehrer
Berchtesgaden
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hope for Coalition Maintains Bipartisan Senate Ties
Washington observers report prominent Republican senators aim to preserve the bipartisan coalition that blocked the Roosevelt court bill and opposed other administration measures. They caution against a overt partisan stance while seeking cooperation with anti administration Democrats. Senator Vandenberg says gains have not weakened the coalition and warns against blind opposition on basic issues.
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Washington
Senate
House
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Crosby Injured Skating During First Party Since School Days
Bing Crosby sustained three stitches after a fall during his first skating party since school days. He injured his right leg in Hollywood on November 21.
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Crosby
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Explosions Strike Empire Substation Causing City Blackout
In Joplin Missouri two blasts damaged an Empire District Electric substation, causing 40 minutes of darkness in Joplin and six nearby towns. Investigators cite dynamite and labor trouble as possible causes while officials weigh possible deliberate plotting and unfair labor practice charges.
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Joplin
Empire District Electric Company
Missouri
Ed Portley
Roy Coyne
W. O. Barrett
James E. Harsh
Electric Company
W. J. Cox
A. F. L. International Electrical Workers Union
Tulsa
National Labor Relations Board
Dick Amerine Returns to Parents’ Home Near Here
University of Kansas halfback Dick Amerine, who suffered a serious back injury in the November 12 game against George Washington in Washington, D. C., has returned to his parents’ home near Williamstown from Bell Memorial hospital in Kansas City. He arrived by motor car and can walk with a back brace, planning to resume class work after Thanksgiving holidays.
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Dick Amerine
University of Kansas
George Washington
Washington, D. C
R. W. Amerine
Williamstown
Bell Memorial Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
Altho
K. U
Arab Leader Abdul Rahman El Khatib Dies in Jerusalem
Sheik Abdul Rahman El Khatib, head of the pro British Arab group, died in Jerusalem after a gunshot wound suffered last Thursday. His death ends a controversial leadership in the region and follows a period of political tension surrounding British influence.
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Jerusalem
Sheik Abdul Rahman el Khatib
Propaganda Charges At Hearings On Government Publications
Witnesses testified that secret government employee testimony revealed long term use of official publications to spread class hatred. The committee linked anti religious and anti racial activity to about 200 groups with 75 percent tied to racketeering aims. Delegates including Howland Spencer and Gerald Winrod attended a 1937 meeting. mergers failed over leadership and revenue concerns.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
House Committee
United States
David J. Saposs
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Age
Saposs
Ralph Noliner
Houston
Tex
Asheville
N. C
Metcalfe
Howland Spencer
Hyde Park
N. Y
Hudson River
President Roosevelt
Father Divine
New York
George Deatherage
St. Albans
W. Va
Kansas City
Gerald Winrod
Kansas
Recount Not Sought After Close Fifth District Race
El Dorado Kansas November 21 Republican nominee Stanley Taylor said he would not seek a recount in the close contest with Democrat John M. Houston. Taylor urged acceptance of the official count while noting only out of state absentee ballots remained to be tallied. Houston led by 467 votes. In Kingman county Fred J. Twyman won sheriff by one vote over Jim Ingram after absentee ballots were counted. State canvassing may take another week as counties submit reports and ballots are processed.
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el Dorado
Kan
Stanley Taylor
John M. Houston
Taylor
Congress
Houston
Kingman
Fred J. Twyman
Kingman County
Jim Ingram
Spivey
Twyman
Ingram Topeka
UPI
Frank Ryan
Ryan
Woman suffers injuries in fall at county welfare office
Mrs. Adrian T. M. Hayden aged 70 of 213 Lincoln Street slipped on the steps at the county welfare office in the courthouse this morning. She was taken to Memorial hospital after X rays showed a broken right hip and right arm.
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Adrian ™. Hayden
Lincoln Street
County Welfare Office
Court House
Memorial Hospital
Cardenas Urges Mexicans to Renounce Land Claims
President Lazaro Cardenas asked Mexican citizens to renounce indemnification claims for lands seized under agrarian expropriation. The appeal followed the November 12 settlement plan totaling about $10 million in U S citizen claims with an initial $1 million payment due next May.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
United States
Joint Concert Tonight By Liberty Memorial High
Tomorrow at 8 in the Liberty Memorial high school auditorium bands and the a cappella choir perform a joint concert. Admission is free but tickets available until 7 50 with any remaining seats opened to the public. The program includes works by Sibelius Rimsky Korsakov and Carmichael with solo and choir numbers and a list of student performers and directors.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Joe M. Williams
Oliver Hobbs
Britain may withhold training large army for France
Indications Britain would refuse to train a large army to aid French troops in Europe surfaced as Premier Daladier prepared to meet Prime Minister Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax. Sources said Chamberlain again asserted that Britain's fleet and air force sufficed for Warsaw-like cooperation.
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Paris
Great Britain
Daladier
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Court throws out suit for damages in 1937 Baldwin case
The $5,000 damage suit of David A. Bryan of Baldwin against Cecilia Robinson, assistant county welfare director, was dismissed after Judge Hugh Means sustained a demurrer to Bryan's testimony. The case stemmed from a February 17 accident on highway 59 near Pleasant Grove hill in sleet and snow, injuring Bryan and Robinson. A second trial was set for Edward R. Ash of Lawrence versus city engineer B. M. Babb for $5,198.22, with Babb's cross petition for $84, amid a sleet storm on Massachusetts and Tenth streets.
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David A. Bryan
Baldwin
Cecilia Robinson
Hugh Means
Miss Robinson
Ryan
Pleasant Grove Hill
Bryan
Kansas
Robinson
Edward R. Ash
Lawrence
B. M. Babb
Ash
Babb
Massachusetts Street
Tenth Street
Sooner Students Celebrate Big Six Title With Day Off
Norman Oklahoma November 21 crowds of students forced a holiday after Oklahoma’s 10 0 win over Iowa State clinched the Big Six title. President Bizzell approved a pep rally and a grand dance while classes were dismissed amid noisy celebrations.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Sooner
Ames
Iowa State
W. B. Bizzell
Cuba Leader Batista Warns Against Foreign Isms Abroad
Colonel Fulgencio Batista, on return from a 10 day US visit, pledged Cuba will stand with American nations against political penetration foreign to American ideals. He sails from New York aboard a gunboat to Havana after expressing satisfaction with the trip and denying fundraising aims.
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New York
Fulgencio Batista
United States
Miami
Havana
Batista
Cuba
Wall Street
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Sit Down Strike Case
The Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court ruling that an employer may dismiss workers who take part in a sit-down strike. The Chicago circuit decision upheld Fansteel Metallurgical Corp and reinforced a patent infringement ruling involving Western Electric and Talking Pictures. Justices Black and Reed dissented.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Federal Circuit Court
Chicago
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation of
North
General Talking Pictures Corporation
New York City
Western Electric Company
Justice Department
Black
Reed
Labor Relations Board
Indian Education Talk by Haskell Superintendent
Russell M. Kelley superintendent of Haskell Institute spoke on Indian Education to Lawrence Rotary. He traced life in southeast Oklahoma detailing homes schools and social life of some seventy five thousand Indians and noted graduates from Haskell are active in community work. He described crafts and the Day Schools as community centers and noted about 200 Haskell students pay 135 dollars yearly tuition.
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Russell M. Kelley
Haskell Institute
Rotary
Committee On Program
Kelley
Oklahoma
Haskell
Paul A. Dinsmoor
Lawrence Paper Company
Lawrence
Lawrence Rotary
Wren
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth Watkins
Noble P. Sherwood
University School of Medicine
Rotaryanus
Chicago Stock Yards Hit by CIO Strike Halting Trade
Chicago stockyards shut down livestock trading as the CIO Packing House Workers Union struck against Union Stock Yards and Transit company. About 175 stock handlers refused to work, with the AFL affiliated Livestock Handlers union not participating. Pack house crews limited to direct shipments. cattle slaughter nearly stopped.
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Chicago
C. 1. O. Union
C.1.o. Packing House Workers Union
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
Pahiea
Livestock Handlers Union
A.F.L
Commission House
Packing Workers Organizing Committee
Hank Johnson
Herb March
O. T. Henkle
Lawrence Christmas program seeks $1 050 budget and funds
The Lawrence Christmas program finance committee led by Henry Brinkman plans out calls to raise 1 050 for decorations Santa parade gifts and a free parcel station. Each Massachusetts street business would donate 7 50 to 10 per 25 feet of frontage with changes to decor including large bulbs trees and garlands along storefronts rather than across the street.
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Lawrence
Henry Brinkman
Massachusetts Street
K. U
Haskell Street
Cliff Calvin
Moderate Cold Wave Sweeps Western Kansas Today
Topeka reports a moderate cold wave expected to lower Kansas temperatures to freezing or below in western counties. Frigid conditions and some snow are possible in the north, with the northwest already feeling the chill. Nighttime lows forecast 15 to 20 in the west and 24 in the southeast, with limited daytime warming tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D
Flora
Goodlard
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Seizure of Osar Leader Crestin Aboard Highland Princess
Paris dispatch reports Armand Crestin, a top Osar leader and treasurer of Les Cagoulards, seized in Boulogne sur Mer aboard the Highland Princess en route to Lisbon. He is accused of arms procurement for a rightist plot to overthrow the French government. authorities say several thousand arms were found locally. Leaders remain in custody awaiting trial.
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Paris
Surete Nationale
Armand Crestin
Osar
Secret Committee For Revolutionary Action
Crestin
Boulogne-sur-mer
Highland Princess
Lisbon
Surete
Les Cagoulards
Hooded Ones
Secret Committee
Hunters blamed for pasture fire in Cowley county
Quail hunters on opening day were blamed for a Sunday blaze that destroyed several hundred acres of pasture in Cowley county near Winfield Kansas. Local fire crews fought the flames through the day and authorities investigated the cause of the fire with no immediate arrests reported.
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Winfield
Kan
Cowley County
Weather outlook and cold wave across Kansas districts
The forecast predicts generally fair weather in Kansas with a cold wave bringing colder conditions tonight and Tuesday, strongest in the north and southeast regions. Morning observations show cloudy skies in Topeka and partial cloudiness in Emporia and Kansas City, with other areas clear. Dirt roads are reported as good.
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Kansas
Topeka
Emporia
Arkansas City
Gaz Ofice
Acconcumenna
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Richard ‘Beahm
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Wilma Hill
Helen Jenkins
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Dorothy Schubert
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Ruth Fink
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Iris Jenkins
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Howard Woodward
Melvin Schneider
Richard Beahm
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Ida Frances Moyer
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Harry Winters
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