Mass arrests to follow baring of French war plot
Paris reports mass arrests planned as Surete Nationale unravels a royalist plot to overthrow the republic. Raids stretch from the German border to southern fronts as officers seized papers detailing a Paris sewer map and munitions depots.
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Paris
Surete Nationale
France
Surete
Edouard Duseigneur
Les Cagoulards
Hooded Ones
Duseigneur
People’s Front
Spain
Chamber of Deputies
General Federation of Workers
Leon Blum
Marx Dormoy
Student dies of burns in Tulsa school fire
Pi Rusell Brooks 25 of Independence Kansas, a student employee at the Spartak School of Aeronautics, died of burns from a fire at the school bar racks after using gasoline to clean paint spots. Fort Smith Arkansas resident William Madde 23 suffered lesser burns. Brooks is survived by his parents and a brother. his body to be sent to Independence for burial.
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Tulsa
Okla
Pi—Russell Brooks
Independence
Kan
Spartak School of Aeronautics
Brooks
Delbert Brooks
Kenneth
William Madde
Fort Smith
Ark
Be Wise Winterize at The Motor In
A concise local notice advising readers to prepare their vehicles for winter at The Motor In. It emphasizes seasonal prep steps and promotes timely service to avoid cold weather issues.
Brussels Conference Suspends After Adopting Report
The Brussels conference indefinitely suspended sessions after adopting a report admitting failure to settle the Chinese Japanese conflict. Italy opposed the report calling its reasoning hostile. The document reaffirms the Nine Power Treaty principles and urges settlement in line with its objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Italy
Japan
China
Bombs Hit Nanking As Japanese Raid Strikes Shoreline
Japanese bombing planes hit Nanking on November 24 killing about 40 civilians along the main shore. The attack damaged the National Art Gallery as Chinese and American residents urged neutrality for the city. Reports cited conflict along the Wusih to Kiangyin line and Chinese claims of repulsed Japanese efforts near Lake Tai.
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Shanghai
Nanking
National Art Gallery
Naning
Wuhu
Yangtze
Wusih-Kiangyin
Lake Tai
Hongkong
Canton
City to Deploy 48 Officers for Homecoming Crowd Control
Lawrence police announce a full uniformed detail for the Kansas Missouri game and homecoming events. The 48 officers include 12 local, 20 state highway patrol, 6 from Topeka, 6 from Kansas City Kansas, and 4 from Leavenworth. A Kansas City Missouri pickpocket squad of at least four will patrol the crowd, with plain clothes officers from KC Missouri, KC Kansas, and Topeka assisting.
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Lawrence
Jude Anderson
Anderson
Topeka
Kansas City
Kan
Leavenworth
T. J. Higgins
Cleveland Man Amasses 162,052 Estate Over 55 Years
William C. Martin died at 76 leaving a probate inventory showing an estate of 162,052. He served 33 years as a steel company clerk and was a city water department auditor. Former City Manager Daniel E. Morgan called him the savingest man he knew for his disciplined savings and investments in sound securities.
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Cleveland
William C. Martin
Martin
Steel Company
City Water Department
Daniel E. Morgan
Colleges Enter Debates for Southwestern Tournament
En tries have been received from more than 30 colleges in seven states for the annual inter state college debate tournament at Southwestern college November 26 and 27. The college will send more than 100 teams.
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Winfield
Kan
Southwestern College
Senators Debate Crop Bill Costs in Congress
Senators clashed over the price tag of the crop control bill with estimates ranging from 500 million to 2 billion dollars annually. Officials pegged costs around 750 million, while some members warned of much higher figures. | Note: This copy preserves names and quotes as readable in the source.
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Washington
Smith
D-S.c
Agriculture Committee
McNary
Oregon
Agriculture Department
Copeland
D-N.y
McGill
D.kan
House Farm Bill Draft Establishes Compulsory Control
The House Agriculture Committee completed a draft compulsory crop control bill for wheat cotton corn tobacco and rice. Chairman Jones says he will introduce it in the House this afternoon and hopes debate starts Monday. The plan preserves soil conservation payments and uses marketing quotas with penalties for over quota sales.
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Senate
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Jones
Hones
Turkey buyers bid $60,000 for Dodge City growers
Turkey growers in the Dodge City area can expect about $60,000 in bids as buyers purchased turkeys in recent weeks. Several car loads of birds were shipped to the eastern market from Dodge City.
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Dodge City
Kan
Stock Market Index Dips to 41.7 on Mixed Trading
The average of 60 stocks fell to 41.7, retreating from 42.6 yesterday as investors weighed gains and losses across sectors. Analysts say uneven performance across industries kept the index volatile through the session.
Ford Assembly Plant in St Louis Hit by CIO Picket
About 150 pickets stood outside the Ford Motor Co plant in St Louis as roughly 584 workers remained inside to continue production. Union leaders demanded recognition while police and guards kept order, and thousands of workers previously gathered around the site.
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St. Louis
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Company
C.I.O
Milton H. Johnson
Ford
Desmond Garst
Automobile Workers’ Union
General Motors
Ford Company
Steel Workers
Electrical Workers
Garment Workers
C.I.0
SEC warning prompts Wall Street cleanup demand
Washington reports the securities commission told the New York Stock Exchange to prepare a federal house cleanup unless Wall Street stabilizes the market. Chairman W C Douglas accused professional traders of driving volatility and urged transfer of control to those with clearer public responsibility.
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Washington
Securities Commission
New York Stock Exchange
Wall
Stock Exchange
Douglas
SEC
Commission
Wall Street
New York Exchange
Five New Textbooks Adopted by Kansas Board of Education
Topeka reports the Kansas State Board of Education adopted five books for next year. Daily Life Language for junior high English, Story of the Nations for high school history, Every Day Goods for home economics, Modern Life Speller, and The Elementary English in Action for grade schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas State Board of Education
Kansas
Holiday at Post Office Postpones Regular Deliveries
The post office will observe the holiday all day tomorrow with no regular deliveries. Special deliveries will be made and outgoing mail will be despatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice
President and Wife to Eat First Thanksgiving in White House
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt will dine at the White House for their first Thanksgiving stay in office. The turkey, stuffed with chestnuts, may come from the Arthurdale cooperative in West Virginia. Only James Roosevelt and his wife Betsey with daughter Sara will attend due to other family plans and the President recovering from a tooth infection.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
James Roosevelt
Betsey
Sara
Kate
Arthurdale
W. Va
Postmaster Announces Census Check Route in City
Postmaster Roger M. Williams announced a local city mail route, number 9 on which carrier W. K. McClain operates, was selected for a nationwide unemployment census check. The enumeration runs Nov 29 to Dec 4 and aims to measure voluntary registration response without identifying individuals.
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Roger M. Williams
W. K. McClain
New Hampshire Street
Seventh
Eleventh Streets
Massachusetts Street
Eighth Street
Eleventh Street
Court House
Cross Streets
New Hampshire
Tenth Street
Williams
Wiliams Said
United States
Lawrence Lions Hold Narrow Lead At Ottawa Clash
Lawrence high school Lions led 19 to 14 at halftime against Ottawa hidh in a slick mud soaked EKC game at Ottawa. Ralph Houk scored on a 1 yard plunge and connected with Claire Rothchild for the first attempt before offside nullified the extra point.
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Lawrence High School Lions
Ottawa Hidh
Kansas
Ottawa
Lawrence
Ralph Houk
Houk
Claire Rothchild
Wrence
Harold Johanning
Donald Palmateer
Lions
Stone
Rathjen
Killough
Ion
Douglas County seeks new public assistance bond
Douglas County commissioners vote to seek 12 000 public assistance bonds to cover November and December relief costs. Total public assistance bonds issued this year would reach 417 000. Welfare director Mildred Watson notes relief load up this fall, with 514 relief cases representing about 1 800 people and 60 general assistance and 100 old age applications pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Board of County Commissioners
Charles Springer
State Tax Commission
Chris Schaake
Board of Commissioners
Mildred Watson
Christmas Seal Campaign to Begin Here Tomorrow
Preparations are underway by the Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association for its 1937 Christmas seals drive. The campaign runs from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas Day and opens with Tuberculosis and Health bonds sales. Mrs. Jessie Scott announced seals mailing set for December 4, with chairs W. B. Dalton bond sales and Mrs. Jessie Scott seals sales, plus district and student representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Jessie Scott
W. B. Dalton
C. C. Gerstenberger
Catherine Holmes
K. U
Harold Dyer
W. G. Hutson, Jr
Scarlet fever cases lead Kansas communicable disease totals
Kansas reports 118 scarlet fever cases last week, up from 98 in the prior week. Diphtheria drops to 14, smallpox to 2, measles climbs to 19. Two new paralytic cases noted in Dickinson County and Kansas City Kan. One typhoid case reported in Morton County. Public health data released by state board official C. H. Kinnaman.
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Topeka
Kansas
C. H. Kinnaman
State Board of Health
Dickinson County
Kansas City
Kan
Morton County
Officials Discuss Quick Action to Aid Business
Washington reports that Administration officials met with congressional leaders on potential rapid steps to ease business taxes. Senator Harrison and finance officials weighed two proposals including a presidential-congressional joint statement and fast House action to revise the corporate surplus tax.
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Washington
Administration
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Thanksgiving Union Services Lead City Observance
The Lawrence area hosts multiple Thanksgiving services tomorrow. Rev Harold G Barr preaches at 9 30 am at First Baptist with Miss Alice Meyn singing and Rev Howard E Koelb leading the program. Additional services include a World Christian meeting at 11 am at 1240 Massachusetts and a Lutheran service at Emmanuel Church. Local colored Baptist congregations join in a 11 am union gathering at First Baptist North Lawrence with Rev B L Wizhtman delivering the sermon. Rev Noble Lee and the St James A M E church members plan to attend and support the observances.
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Harold G. Barr
First Christian Church
First Baptist Church
Eighth
Kentucky
the Nation
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
Alice Marie Meyn
Dickinson
Howard E. Koelb
Ieston Permon
Churches of Christ, Scientist
Massachusetts Street
Colored Baptist
Friends of Lawrence
First Baptist Church of
North Lawrence
B. L. Wizhtman
Ninth Street
Unsettled Thursday in Kansas with warm east and mild south
Kansas weather outlook calls for unsettled conditions and cloudiness on Thanksgiving Day. Temperatures will reach 50 to 55 degrees in the east and 45 to 50 in the west with a cold night in the north and south. Rain is forecast in the northwest but not statewide, and overall dryness persists for wheat across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
K. U. Athletic Office
KXBY
Kansas Cit
WHB
KMBC
WDAF
Kansas City
KFKU
Lawrence
Marital Ties End as 71-Year Union Is Interrrupted
Golden City Missouri November 24 A marriage of 71 years ended with the death of J M Mc Donald 90. He died yesterday in a Carthage Missouri hospital. His widow and three children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden City
J. M. McDonald
Carthage
Legion Officers Convene in Salina for December Meeting
American Legion post commanders adjutants and auxiliary presidents and secretaries from Kansas will meet in Salina on December 12 and 13 for a two day session. The notice cites a Kansas UP report and outlines the planned gathering details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Salina
Kan
Kansas
American Legion
Homecoming Parade Lights Up KU Campus Tonight
The gala Homecoming parade through downtown Lawrence starts at 7 30 this evening with university bands leading and floats from twenty plus student groups. A radio rally and TV coverage follow at the WREN building, with prizes, open houses, and related events at KMBC WHB and other stations.
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University of Kansas
Lawrence
University and
Haskell Institute
Southpark
Massachusetts Street
Seventh
Vermont
Eighth Street
WREN
Pye
K. U
Eldridge
Kansas Relays Club
Weather outlook shows unsettled spell and rising temps
Increasing cloudiness tonight gives way to unsettled Thursday with rain in the northwest. Temperature rises tonight, colder in west and north central areas on Thursday. Morning is generally clear with partial clouds at Garden City. Dirt roads mostly good except Salina which is rough.
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Garden City
Salina
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Deloncle
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City Hill
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TVA
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Bob
Ford Assembly
Roosevelts
Warm Springs Foundation
Lawrence Lions
State
Ford Service
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Ady
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Assembly of Churches
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Haskell
Jay Jones
Phi Gamma Delta
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Corbin Hall
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Delta Upsilon
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Independent Club
Ku Ku Club
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Fox Movietone
Paramount News
Relays Club
Union Buildin
Union Ballroom
Missouri
Tiger
Frederick Middlebush
University of Missouri
E. H. Lindley
Walter A. Haxman
Lloyd Star
University Coal Co
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