Lindsay Wins on Official Canvass in Kansas Race
Topeka November 25 Democrat W M Lindsay of Pittsburg won the Kansas lieutenant governor race over Republican C E Friend of Lawrence by the official count. Final vote Lindsay 384 276 Friend 383 070. Absentee ballots narrowed Friend’s gap from 2272 to 1206. Roosevelt carried Kansas 464 520 to 397 727. Majorities also approved two constitutional amendments on social security related issues.
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Topeka
W. M. Lindsay
Pittsburg
Kansas
C.E. Friend
Lawrence
Lindsay
Friend
Frank J. Ryan
Friend Lindsay
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Hoover
London
Norman Thomas
William Lemke
Union Party
Will G. West
A. Blaxman
George W. Whiteside
Ida A. Beleof
Justice Supreme Court
Finsition
Hugo T. Wedell
Lester Luther
Justice Supreme ‘Court
A. Reured
Harry K. Allen
McManigal
Luwrence Tiercey
Aupditor
Tenn
George Robb
Hol Powers
Ieo. Sewart
Fernt Rohn
Pere
Mrx. Sewart
Ite
Rhodes
F. Gaston
Glenn Miller
Publican
Erat
Genera Clarence V. Beck
Innis D. Harris
Themocrat
Wallo McNutt
Ira WO. Scott
W. T. Markham
Pearlanna Briggs
Democrat
Wet Austin
Teepublican
Alfred O' Truavan
Ernest F. McNutt
Narles HH
German Engineer Saved From Death Sentence in Moscow
Moscow reports the federal executive committee commuted the death sentences of engineer Stickling and two Russian defendants to ten years in prison, while six other Russians convicted of alleged mine sabotage were executed. Germany protested. the embassy expressed relief at the commutation. The committee said the six shot were main organizers and active participants in wrecking the Kamerovo mine.
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Moscow
CPE
IL Stickling
Federal Executive Committee
Stickling
Siberian
Moscow Central Executive Committee
Leonanke
Kovlenko
Food prices fall in October in Kansas report
Topeka November 25 retail food prices across Kansas were 1.8 percent lower in October than September while the general price level rose 3.8 percent from October 1935. The report notes gains from 1931 to 1935, with several year comparisons. Herington voters approve 717 to 209 a $19,500 park improvement bond issue aided by WPA funds totaling $88,200, including a $35,000 swimming pool.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Commission of Labor and Industry
Commission
Herington
Otes Park
UPI
WPA
Lindsay as Kansas official and coal industry figure
Lieutenant Governor-elect W. M. Lindsay, a four time candidate who won a seat in the Kansas House from the 21st district, has deep roots in coal mining. He served as a mine union official and district vice president, was a World War fuel inspector, later a coal inspector for the Kansas City Southern railroad, and has since accumulated coal land interests. He has long been active in politics.
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Pittsburg
Nav
W. M. Lindsay
Crawford County
Kansas House of Representatives
Lindsay
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Lindbergh Safe After Flight From Ireland
London reports Charles A Lindbergh landed at Sealand near Chester at 4 p m and drove home without comment ending a day of alarm over his whereabouts after a three hour hop from Ireland. Irish minister Frank Aiken had spoken with him before takeoff and confusion centered on whether he would reach Croydon Airdrome outside London.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Royal Air Force
Sealand
Chester
Ireland
Lindbergh
Sevenoaks
Kent
Frank Aiken
Aiken
Dublin
Croydon
Writer's cramp slows signing of $15 million bonds
Denver reports Ed C. Johnson, despite a bandaged wrist, signs nearly all of the $15,600,000 highway bonds in a rush to meet a New York deadline. He aims to finish later today after describing the task as signing his name once daily for forty years.
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Denver
Ed C. Johnson
New York
Johnson
Germans and Japs Join Against Reds Pact To Run Five Years
Germany and Japan formalized a five year anti Communist alliance to curb the international threat headquartered in Berlin and Moscow. The pact calls for joint action against communist international activity and invites other nations to join. Britain will stay neutral while French ships protect shipping. The accord sets five points including shared information cooperation and a permanent commission.
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Japan
Germany
Communist Internationale
REMOVE BODIES FROM SHIP
Eight bodies were removed from the burning steamship Scantie at dry dock New Orleans. One more was sought. The victims, believed to be dry dock workers, were pulled from hatch No 2 after the vessel filled with water and cork cargo. Six men were white and two were Black.
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New Orleans
Scantie
Mooremack Line
Americans Preparing Exit From Madrid In Sealed Caravans
A heavily guarded motor caravan carrying 55 Americans will depart Madrid before dawn for Valencia to board the U S Raleigh, as the U S embassy closes and Madrid remains besieged under darkness. French ships in the western Mediterranean issue orders to protect merchant shipping and to resist interference by Spanish warships beyond territorial waters.
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Britain
Great Britain
Foreign Office
England
Paris
Valencia
Madrid
Raleigh
United States
Mediterranean
Navy Ministry
Stalin approves military ministry to speed Soviet defense
Moscow reports Stalin announces a separate military industry ministry to speed defensive preparations. He presents a new constitution and says the Communist Party will remain the only party, amid claims the move signals war readiness as Germany and Japan align against communism. He mocks foreign press and asserts dictatorship and party leadership will endure.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
All-Union Congress of Soviets
Communist Party
Germany
Japan
Communist Internationale
Community Party
Congress
Military Industry Commissariat
Stalin
Soviet Union
Commissariat
Commissariats of
Bolshevist
Plan Oyster Supper At First Baptist Church
The First Baptist men plan an oyster supper and speaking program on Friday night November 27 at 6 30 in the church assembly room. Main speaker W G Boyle a Northern Baptist layman will headline with delegates from Ottawa and Topeka also attending. Ottawa may send 16 to 20 men. Boyle from Brooklyn is on the National Council of Northern Baptist Men executive committee and will speak in Kansas centers. Parish men are invited to attend for a pleasant helpful occasion.
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First Baptist Church
W. G. Boyle
Northern Baptist Convention
Ottawa
Topeka
Boyle
Brooklyn
National Council of Northern Baptist Men
Kansas
Business boom in Santa Claus post office draws mail surge
Santa Claus Indiana experiences a Christmas rush as the post office handles truckloads of mail daily. Postmaster Oscar L. Phillips expects cancellations to reach 45,000 pieces daily by December 1. Many letters are addressed to Santa Claus and remailing hot spots attract large firsts and children’s mail.
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Santa Claus
Ind
Christmas Postoffice of America
Oscar L. Phillips
Indiana
President Guest of Honor On Atlantic Sea Voyage
On the U S S Chester en route to Buenos Aires the Roosevelt party crossed off Pernambuco toward the Rio area as the president worked on his inter American peace conference address. A sea rite granted him a shellback diploma after mock trials with King Neptune. Hull reached Buenos Aires with drafts of proposed neutrality and cultural exchange conventions for the conference aboard the S S American Legion with several delegations.
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Rio de Janeiro
Tayo
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Pernambuco
King Neptune
Ner“une
United States
Hull
S S. American Legion
Ready for Seal Sale in Douglas County
Preparations for the thirtieth Christmas Seal sale of the Douglas County Tuberculosis Association are virtually completed. The sale runs from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas with postmen delivering over 3,000 letters containing seals. Firemen from station No 1 help fold seals while Girl Scouts from Troop No 2 display posters in downtown. In 1936 12,600 children received free tuberculin tests and 108 received Preventorium care at Legionville, Independence Kansas. Three children were sent to the Douglas county Preventorium and more than 18 clinics were held locally.
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Douglas County
Dorothy Dean Viets
Legionville Preventorium
Independence
Kan
KU Freshmen Honor Coach Hargiss With Gifts
University of Kansas freshman football players ended their season by presenting coach H. W. Bil Hargiss a large travelling kit as a token of appreciation. Assistants Tommy McCall and Eddie Phelps received shaving kits. Hargiss left for McPherson to officiate a game between McPherson College and Kansas Wesleyan.
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University of Kansas
H. W. “Bil Hargiss
Tommy McCall
Eddie Phelps
Hargiss
McPherson
McPherson College
Kansas Wesleyan
Huge Stock of Liquor on Hand in U S
Washington reports the largest liquor stocks in U S history with domestic whiskey inventories at 352,638,000 gallons after repeal. Treasury statistics compare this to the 1914 pre prohibition peak of 278,108,000 gallons as markets show an index around 70.5.
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Washington
Treasury
Stolen Ford Mystery Ties to Captain King Scam
A Ford sedan stolen from W. O. Hamilton last November reappears in Royal Oak Michigan, tied to a con man posing as Captain J. M. King from Three Forks Montana. The suspect and crew fled with cash and the car, while authorities pursue warrants and insurance adjusters seek recovery.
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W. O. Hamilton
J. M. King
Three Forks
Mont
Royal Oak
Mich
Hamilton
Floyd Foran, Inc
Hamilton Ford
J. M. Wood
Montana
Kansas Commissioner of Vehicles
Topeka
Captain King
J. E. Wood
Toneka
Michigan Company
Detroit
King
Fred Vogler
Ford
Malta
Woman Injured When Car Overturns Near Columbia Mo
Mrs. Mattie Harris of Lawrence Kansas is hospitalized in Boone County after a car crash seven miles west of Columbia on U S Highway 40. Her husband L G Harris, a University of Kansas employee, says he lost control. two other occupants, Boerdine Wheeler and Jane Nelson, were uninjured. The Harrises intended to visit Greenville Illinois for Thanksgiving with two friends. Relatives have not learned Mrs Harris's condition. Harris works in KU Buildings and Grounds, home at 1146 Delaware Street.
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Mattie Harris
Lawrence
Kan
Boone County Hospital
Here
L. G. Harris
University of Kansas
Boerdine Wheeler
Jane Nelson
Jessie L. Harris
Kentucky Street
Harris
Harrises
Greenville
Ill
The
Delaware Street
Lawrence records no infant deaths from diarrhea in past three years
In Lawrence the Kansas State Board of Health notes no infant deaths from diarrhea or enteritis in the last three years, indicating clean milk and water supplies. Dr. J M Mott flags these diseases as linked to impure milk or water, and records the favorable trend. Also reported is a liquor raid in McPherson. Sheriff McPhail seized 213 pints of alcohol from a roadhouse and tourist camp, arresting five persons including Roy Milton, Gladys Carr, and Lawrence Carr, with 123 pints found inside a wall and 20 pints linked to accused person.
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Lawrence
J. M. Mott
McPherson McPherson
Kan
Ralph McPhail
Roy Milton
Roy Schoenborn
Gladys Carr
B. K. Irwin Jand
Lawrence Carr
Lacey Jenkins
Flora Predicts Crisp Fair Day for Football Games Thanksgiving Day
Topeka forecast a crisp fair Thanksgiving for Kansas and Missouri football games. Federal meteorologist S. D. Flora predicted about 50 degrees in the afternoon with clear skies. Western dust storms lingered. little chance of change as Montana and western Canada stay warmer. Yesterday's highs were mostly upper fifties, with 62 at Dodge City and a 24 degree low at Goodland. Another freeze was expected tonight.
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Topeka
Kansas
Missouri
S. D. Flore
Flora
Montana
Canada
Dodge City
Goodland
Royal Welcome Parade Honors Santa in Lawrence
Lawrence prepares for a grand Santa Claus arrival next Wednesday afternoon on Massachusetts street. The event features the University band, Haskell group, clowns, a dog team led by Tom Pratt, and numerous riders, bikes, and scouts. Prizes for best decorated bicycles and a Queen of Mary Christmas are planned with student input.
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Lawrence
Santa
Massachusetts Street
K. U
University Band
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Haskell
Ralph Achning
William Dal ‘Ton
Old Saint Nick
Achning
Tom Pratt
Admiral Byrd
South
Gene Glahn
Erry
C. B. Holmes
Fred Wickham
Comarshals
Mary Christmas
Lawrence High School
Huxman asks cooperation from both major parties
Hutchinson Kansas November 25 G Walter A Huxman Democratic governor elect of Kansas urged cooperation from both major parties to meet state problems He noted he was guest of honor at a dinner and Lt Governor elect W M Lindsay of Pittsburgh attended He said his aim is to measure up to responsibilities and return with the respect of his lifelong community.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Walter A. Huxman
Kansas
Uxman
W. M. Lindsay
Pittsburgh
Haxman
Thanksgiving football plans and holiday closings in Lawrence
Lawrence residents and University students prepare for Thanksgiving with football menus and travel. Missouri and Kansas clash as campuses close, public offices shut, and a special Kansas-Missouri train runs to Columbia. Radio and band activities bolster holiday sports coverage amid gate receipts and tickets.
Weather Forecast For Kansas Regions Today And Tomorrow
Kansas forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Thursday with some cold in the northern portion. Morning weather indicates clear roads with good conditions on Car routes and Douglas county roads. Temperatures recorded by Gas Office show yesterday’s highs and today’s lows and noon readings. Coal company listings suggest local business notices for Johns Coal Co Turner Coal Co and related services.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Johns Coal Co
Ady
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