Wages and Hours Bill Delayed in Congress Clash
Washington officials report House leaders failed to move the administration wages and hours bill as the rules committee opposes it. House leaders sought to force floor action via a petition, while labor leaders split over the measure amid concerns about a 40 hour work week and 40 cent minimum wage proposals.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Bankhead
O’connor
D-N.y
Rayburn
Dtex
Labor Committee
Organized Labor
Ome
William ‘Green
American Federation of Labor
Norton
Dn.j
House Labor Committee
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
of Labor
League
Japan Gains Control of Shanghai Customs
Japan today acquired a major share in Shanghai customs with Sir Frederick Maze appointing Yoshisuke Akatani as administrative commissioner and Keiichi Kato as revenue accountant. The move aims to avoid an international dispute as Japan holds Shanghai and seeks full supervisory authority over the city’s externally managed customs.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Frederick W. Maze
Yoshisuke Akatani
Keiichi Kato
Pope Pius Improves After Sinking Spell During Treatment
Vatican says Pope Pius XII showed notable improvement after a sinking spell last night and today despite a history of circulatory troubles and leg pain. Sources note his condition remains serious though stabilized following medical injections.
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Vatican City
Pius
French Officials Say They Are on Verge of Discoveries
Paris reports state the government nears important discoveries in its campaign to crush a secret revolutionary society. Minister of the Interior Marx Dormoy announced seizures of documents in a night raid, with details kept secret. A prominent engineering consultant’s Paris apartment was searched as part of the probe. Six cities are noted in raids including Cannes Lyon Toulouse Nantes Marseille Dieppe Rouen Valenciennes.
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Paris
UPI
Marx Dormoy
Dormoy
Mme
Edouard Deloncle
Italy
Surete Nationale
Cannes
Lyon
Toulouse
Nantes
Marseille
Dieppe
Rouen
Valenciennes
Senate Farm Bill Doubts On Farmers Profit Aim
Washington and farm leaders clash over the long range farm bill as Senate and House hurry action. Chairman Smith questions if the measure will ensure farmers a reasonable profit while Copeland Pepper McNary and others warn of higher costs and limited scope. A 97 page text is read to the Senate amid demand for full disclosure. In the House Lemke notes a move to swap in a cost of production plan supported by most non payroll farmers.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
D.S.C
Senate
House Farm Committee
House
Copeland
Pepper
D-Fra
McNary
R-Ore
Agriculture Department
Agriculture Committee
Lemke
R-N.d
Wallace
Union Thanksgiving Service at Baptist Church
A union Thanksgiving service sponsored by the Lawrence Ministerial Alliance will be held Thursday at 9:30 AM at First Baptist Church, Eighth and Kentucky. Rev. Harold G. Barr will preach on The Nation Sick Gives Thanks, with soloist Miss Alice Marie Meyn singing Thanks Be to God. Rev. Howard E. Koelb will conduct the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
First Baptist Church
Eighth
Kentucky
Harold G. Barr
First Christian Church
Alice Marie Meyn
Dickinson
Howard E. Koelb
Burned student Russell Brooks shows slight improvement
Russell Brooks twenty four of Independence Kansas improved today after sustaining third degree burns in a fire and explosion at the Spartan School of Aeronautics. Officials said he is expected to recover from burns to the face hands and body. Two other students suffered less serious burns when gasoline used to clean the quarters floor exploded.
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Tulsa
Okla
Russell Brooks
Independence
Kan
Spartan School of Aeronautics
Wallace Favors Processing Tax in Wheat Stabilization Plan
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace tells 3,500 farmers in Wichita that a processing tax to stabilize wheat prices faces a tough road amid milling-industry opposition. He argues the tax would help farmers and consumers, notes current prices, and outlines a six-point program aligned with recovery measures and tariff-equalizing taxes for both wheat and cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Henry A. Wallace Jony
National Federation of Chicago
Wallace
Senate Agriculture Committee
Drouth
General Treasury
Congress
United States
Notice to Water Consumers
Water will be shut off Wednesday afternoon November 24 from 1 30 to 4 00 p m in 1600 and 1700 blocks on Indiana Mississippi Illinois streets and 1600 block on Alabama street to repair a water main Frank E Willey Water Sant Adv
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Mississippi
Illinois
Alabama
Frank E. Willey
Water Sant -Adv
Cold spell eases as Kansas warms tomorrow
Federal meteorologist D Flora said the cold spell ends with temperatures rising to 40 to 50 degrees in most areas tomorrow afternoon. Eastern Kansas will reach 40 to 45 degrees and western parts 45 to 50. Overnight lows ranged from 16 to 28 in eastern areas and 22 to 25 in the west. Highs yesterday reached 48 in Goodland. No rain or snow fell in Kansas or surrounding states.
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Opera
Altho
Kansas
Aiea
D. Flora
Federal Meteoroloet
Morrow
Flora
Goodland
Phoenix
Ariz
Wyoming
Montana
Moran
Dakota
Ambassadors and Gunboats Evacuate Nanking for Hankow
United States Ambassador Nelson T Johnson and staff sail from Nanking aboard the Luzon to Hankow where a temporary embassy is set up amid a government withdrawal. Other Western representatives also move upriver to Shanghai and Hankow as 62 foreigners remain in Nanking.
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Shanghai
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
Luzon
Nanking
Hankow
Hupeh
Yangtze
Johnson
Oahu
Wuhu
Kiukiang
Netherlands
Switzerland
Census Blank Verification by Lawrence Postmen
Postmen in Lawrence conducted final unemployment census checks today to verify registration blanks and prevent forged entries from being counted. Returned forms will be boxed and sent to Washington for tabulation, with local figures not available until clearance is given.
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Lawrence
Washington
Roger M. Williams
Insurgent Planes Bomb Coastal Cities Across Spain
Insurgent air raiders based on Mallorca bombed coastal cities from Barcelona to Valencia. Tarragona Benicarlo Peniscola Amposta were struck. Two planes hit Peniscola and Benicarlo causing heavy casualties. Three bombers attacked Tarragona and then fled to sea near Amposta after a government plane engagement.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Valencia
Mallorca
Tarragona
Benicarlo
Peniscola
Amposta
Bonicarlo
Burke Says Black Fight Not Ended
Senator Edward R. Burke argues the Hugo L. Black Supreme Court appointment controversy is not over and outlines three possible paths to oust Justice Black. He cites actions by the attorney general, the President, or Congress to initiate proceedings.
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New York
Edward R. Burke
D.-Neb
Hugo L. Black
U. S. Supreme Court
Black
Justice Black
Supreme Court
Congress
Second Trial Set for Corydon Black in Female Poison Case
Corydon A. Black, 35, facing a second trial in Chicago for the death of his divorced wife Cordelia Elizabeth Black from a poison cocktail. He was sentenced to the electric chair in his first trial, won a reversal by the Illinois Supreme Court on October 23, and the new trial is scheduled for January 25, 1938. Black is the son of a former Council Grove Kansas hardware and furniture dealer.
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Chicago
Corydon A. Black
Cordelia Elizabeth Black
Black
Illinois Supreme Court
Council Grove
Kan
Treasury deficits exceed Roosevelt annual estimate in week
Washington reports a November 20 deficit of 700,945,979 dollars for the 1938 fiscal year with over seven months remaining. President Roosevelt had forecast a year deficit of 695,245,000 dollars. Tax payments due December 15, March 15, and June 15 may narrow the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Lawrence Senior High Adopts Half Day for Football Trip
Lawrence senior high will dismiss at 12 45 tomorrow with 45 minute classes to fit the final football game against Ottawa at 2 30. A Thanksgiving assembly from 10 45 to 11 15 will be led by Hi Y with Ed win Price presiding and the Rev Charles W Thomas offering prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Senior High School
Neal Wherry
Lawrence
Ottawa
Hi-Y
Edwin Price
Harold G. Barr
First Christian Church
Heard Barnett
Hi-Y Cabinet
Charles W. Thomas
First Baptist Church
Planning Body Meets to Discuss Lawrence Projects
The city planning committee of the Chamber of Commerce met at the Chamber office to consider immediate Lawrence projects. They weighed low material cost and high labor value to create employment and cited completing the North Lawrence lateral sewer and paving South Massachusetts Street as possible efforts. Earnest Boyce, committee chair, said the goal was to gather citizen views on feasible improvements for the coming months and present them to the city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
North
South
Massachusetts Street
Earnest Boyce
Farmers Seek Emergency Dreuth Pump Loan in Franklin County
South Franklin County farmers ask county commissioners to declare a drought emergency to loan a water pump for Middle Creek near Princeton. They have hauled water from ponds but slick ground slows access. Commissioners will ask Topeka officials if loan is possible without an emergency. Equipment costs covered by users.
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Franklin County
Middle Creek
Princeton
Topeka
Acting president named for Kansas Wesleyan University
Salina Kansas Dr J R McFadden pastor of University Methodist church Salina and board member of Kansas Wesleyan University was named acting president by the board of trustees to serve until a permanent successor is chosen after the accidental death of Dr L B Bowers who had led the university for 18 years
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Salina
Kan
J. R. McFadden
University Methodist Church
Kansas Wesleyan University
Telay
McFadden
L. B. Bowers
Kansas Wesleyan
Meat prices fall from year highs across broad cuts
Prices for nearly all major meat cuts have declined from peak levels reached two or three months ago. Wholesale pork shows drops of 30 to 48 percent, while beef cuts fall 13 to 30 percent from the year's highs.
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Chicago
Hobo Day at K U to Be Tomorrow
Kansas University prepares a full Homecoming day with no classes and a morning Hobo Day parade. Alumni registrations, queen coronation, races, and a 7 30 p m parade down Massachusetts Street lead to a televised radio rallies before the Kansas Missouri football clash at 2 p m. Governors Haxman and Stark attendance noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Union Building
Massachusetts Street
South Park
KFKU
Massachusetts
National Guard Cavalry
Haskell
Eldridge
K. U
KMBC
Union Ballroom
WHB
Mutual Broadcasting System
Kansas
Missouri
Walter Haxman
Lloyd Stark
Frederick O. Middlebush
Missouri University
Train Crash Blamed on Motorman Warning Signal
A preliminary inquiry blamed a motorman for failing to heed a warning signal in a Chicago Illinois Central suburban train crash. A six car southbound train struck empty cars last night on the far south side, killing 25 year old Ber nice Inczauskis and injuring 25 others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Central
Bernice Inczauskis
Bank Holdup in Otis: Three Men Rob Otis State Bank
Rush and Barton county officers hunted today for a mud spattered car as a clue in the $500 holdup of the Otis State Bank. The robbery occurred shortly after noon yesterday with three men involved. two entered the bank while a third waited outside. only two employees were present. Otis lies near the Rush and Barton county lines about 10 miles northwest of Great Bend.
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Otis
Kan
Rush
Barton County
Otis State Bank
Great Bend
Jerry Plea Sparks The Awful Truth Threat
A cryptic plea “Please come back” ends with a ultimatum to reveal “The Awful Truth,” signaling a coercive threat amid a personal dispute. No additional context or names are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Adv
City to Plant Trees in South Park at Once
Mayor Alfred Lawrence announced after the city council tree committee meeting that the South Park tree planting program will start immediately. 22 hard maples marked for replanting from Herman Broeker’s yard and 25 American elms have been arranged, with work supervised by Charley Edmonson and Professor Donald Durell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Park
Alfred Lawrence
A. W. Berger
Donald Durell
Herman Broeker
Twenty-Third Street
Barker Avenue
Berger
Southpark
Charley Edmondson
Durell
General Thanksgiving closings in Lawrence
A planned general closing of business houses for Thanksgiving day is announced by the Merchants Bureau. Many men’s clothing and shoe stores will stay open till noon with open house for Homecoming visitors and alumni. City county banks offices and post office services will be limited and the Lawrence free public library will be closed all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Radcliffe
Merchants Bureau
Missouri
Journal-World
Lawrence Free Public Library
Two Abilene Brothers Held on Norton Burglary Charge
Ray and Ralph Maher of Abilene Kansas were turned over to Norton county Sheriff C W Holland after arrest near Tonganoxie on a car from Lawrence and Norton thefts. Writs of habeas corpus were continued and bond set at 750 dollars each, which they could not meet. Local police and Norton shop proprietor traveled to Kansas City to recover stolen clothing from multiple robberies.
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Ray
Ralph Maher
Abilene
Kan
C. W. Holland
Norton County
Kansas
Fred Vogler
Norton
Holland
Leonard Turner
Leavenworth County
Tonganoxie
Jude Anderson
Anderson
Kansas City
Lawrence
Violence in a Strike Sparks Turmoil in Sioux Falls
In the ten day old strike of union truck drivers police used tear gas to break a fist fight at Munce Brothers warehouse. Officers then provided protection for 50 workers unloading a freight car of furniture as a 50 man striker squad clashed, leaving around a dozen on each side with black eyes and bleeding noses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S.D
Munce Brothers
Jury Still Out in Dickinson Theater Lease Case
The district court jury in the case of Glen W. Dickinson versus Dr. H. X. Dolen was deliberating at 3:30 this afternoon over alleged lease breaches for rental of rooms in the Dickinson theater building. Jurors began deliberations after completing the trial yesterday afternoon and were excused to reconvene at 9 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen W. Dickinson
H. X. Dolen
Dickinson Theater
19 Lost in Jamaica Flood Toll Rises in Montego Bay
Seventeen persons drowned as raging floods swept through the Montego Bay district on Jamaica’s north coast. Reports reaching Kingston say the heavy rains caused the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Kingston
Montego Bay
British West Indies Island
Be wise Winterize at The Motor In Adyv
A compact note urges readers to winterize vehicles at The Motor In run by Adyv. The ad emphasizes practical car care and timely maintenance.
Paving and bridge contracts awarded by state highway commission
The state highway commission awarded paving between the Union Pacific underpass and highway 59 to M N Penny Construction of Lawrence for 25 368 28 for 0 380 miles of earth work and concrete paving The Penny firm also handles Second Street paving but weather has slowed progress A separate award for a small concrete bridge went to Cook and Ransom of Ottawa tied with Grandeman Construction of Holton at 4 496 15 on 16 bids Other projects include a 80 823 51 viaduct over Rock Island tracks near Wichita and a 33 918 16 earthwork and paving contract to List and Clark Construction of Kansas City Kansas
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Union Pacific
State Highway Commission
M. N. Penny Construction Company
Lawrence
Penny Company
Topeka
Evan Griffith
Cook and Ransom
Ottawa
Grandeman Construction Company
Holton
Highway Commission
Pavine Second Street
Locust
Lyons Street
Penny
Griffith
Jefferson County
Boyle Station
James Coffey
Junction City
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Banta Ponttention Company
Harper, An
List and Clark Construction Company
Kansas City
Kan
Cordley School Wins City Library Contest
Cordley school won the Lawrence free public library contest during national book week. 79 parents from Cordley, 25 percent of enrollment, voted to pick the top book with results led by New York school at 61 votes. The prize book is Luck of the Roll and Go by Ruth Carroll, presented by Dorothy Marsh of the Book Nook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordley School
Lawrence Free Public Library
Cordley
New York School
Ruth Carroll
Dorothy Marsh
Pine Barrens
A. H. Seaman
Fire patrol ordered after Wichita derailment incident
Firemen patrolled Rock Island railway tracks in south Wichita and ordered open fires extinguished within a two block area after seven cars of gasoline and crude oil derailed. Residents scooped up hundreds of gallons of fuel before it soaked into the ground as cars left the rails of the 80 car train from El Reno to Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Rock Island
el Rens
Okla
Kansas City
Stock Market Index Updates Drift After Previous Day
The index average of 60 stocks rose to 42.6 from 42.1 yesterday as trading closed. Investors watched small-cap moves and sector rotations amid mixed earnings reports.
Weather report and road conditions overview
Generally fair conditions prevail tonight and Wednesday with warmer air in eastern and southern portions. Wichita reports clearing skies with fog in the morning. Road surfaces vary from soft at Wichita to frozen at Salina and fair at Arkansas City, with other routes in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Salina
Arkansas City
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Secret Revolutionary Society
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Burke
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C. A. Black
Green Bros. —Ady
Ford Service
Hamilton
Knights of Campus Roads
Union
Hoch Auditorium
Doe Yak
Lewis Ward
State Bank
Maher Brothers
That City
M. N. Penny
University Coal Co
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