Japanese Drive Seen On Southern City in Manchuria
General Yung Chen, Chinese chief of staff, said he would defend Chinchow to the limit as reports indicated a Japanese advance toward the last independent Chinese center in South Manchuria. He denied plans for a local offensive and described a tense urban scene with military law, patrols, and sentinels.
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Associated Press
Chinchow
Manchuria
Yunz Chen
Nelson Margetts
Amecan
Peiping
Yung
Mi. Chung Ling
Chang Hsueh Liang
Mukden
Great Wall
Manahushan
Tahushan Tingliao
Hsinmintan
Liayang
Tahushan
Peninsula
Hsinmin- Tun
Martial Law Declared in Canton Amid Faction Split
Admiral Chen Chak, leader of Canton’s navy, declared martial law as a power split within the Cantonese South China government over an alliance with Nanking deepens. A Kuomintang congress repudiated Shanghai peace accords, sending delegates to Macao. Cowls of power rest with anti Nanking factions. Chen favors reconciliation.
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Canton
China
Chen’ Chak
South China
Nanking
Kuomintang
Yanton
Shanghai
Eugene Chen
Sun Fo
Macao
Admiral Chen
Chinese protest Japan attack on Chinchow faces warning
The Chinese foreign office protested to Japan over reports of a potential attack on Chinchow. It warned Japan would be held responsible for any untoward incident as troops concentrate near Mukden and southwest Manchuria.
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Nanking
Chinese Foreign Office
Japan
Chinchow
Mukden
Manchuria
Japan to reply to Briand on league council clash
Tokyo reports the Japanese government is prepared to tell Chairman Briand that it is doing everything possible under the circumstances to avoid a clash with Continental powers. The note follows indications of possible Council action.
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Tokyo
Briand
League of Nations Council
Capone Plans Paint to Hide Scarred Cheek
Chicago dispatch reports Al Capone, jailed while appealing an eleven year tax case, sought paint to conceal two parallel scars on his left cheek. Jail officials noted no change in his appearance, suggesting the cosmetic preparation had not yet arrived from New York.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
al Capone
Scarface
Capone
New York
Relief to Indians Trapped by Blizzard on New Mexico Mesas
White rescuers rode through deep snow to deliver Thanksgiving rations to about 1,300 Navajo and Zuni on pinon nut camps near Malapais and Atarque. Four Indians, including a papoose, died in the cold. others faced starvation as food and fodder shortages threatened flocks and families. Forking delays and rescue parties under U.S. marshal presence reached St. Johns, Arizona, easing fears for some but urging immediate aid to Atarque camps to prevent further deaths.
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Gallup
N. M
Messas
Malapais
Atarque
Zuni Agency
W. A. Trotter
Jacob Barth
Dan’ Padilla
United States
St. John's
Arizona
Heroism in Storms Aiding Colorado Miners and Pass Travelers
Denver dispatch reports acts of heroism as Colorado mountains faced snowbound roads. In Monte Vista two highway workers used a tractor to pull a sleigh carrying injured miner Howard W. George to medical care after a doctor on horseback could not proceed. Another pair, Homer Smith and Earl Lattin, stranded atop Wolf Creek Pass since Saturday, were rescued in critical condition after nine foot drifts left them exposed and hungry.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Monte Vista
Paul Robinet
Adam Ebel
Howard W. George
George
Highway Department
Wolf Creek Pass
Paience Springs
Homer Smith
Earl Lattin
Oklahoma Governor Proposes Aid for Mexican Victims
Governor Murray of Oklahoma offers to ask the state legislature to vote 3000 to the families of two Mexican students killed at Ardmore by deputy sheriffs last June. Excelsior praises the gesture as a noble act and says Mexico’s public opinion does not blame the U.S. or Oklahoma broadly, only the two deputies for their alleged misconduct.
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Mexico City
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
Ardmore
Murray
Excelsior
Mexico
Excelsior Today
United State
United States
Lawrence Observes First Snowy Thanksgiving Morning
Lawrence marked its first snowy Thanksgiving in years with a morning church service led by Rev. John F. Watts at First Baptist. He urged gratitude for material blessings and national prosperity while noting spiritual growth and a rising sense of communal responsibility. City offices and stores closed for the holiday. KU offices were shut and classes resume Monday as residents planned out of town visits and football trips.
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Lawrence
First Baptist
John F. Watts
First Baptist Church
Watts
World Brotherhood
University of Kansas
Paschel Herd Is High for November in County Report
Douglas County Dairy Herd Improvement Association filed the November report with Carl Foster as county supervisor. The Paschel herd averaged 30.4 pounds butterfat and 786.8 pounds milk. A Guernsey cow on Paschel farm produced 55.5 pounds butterfat and 1110.0 pounds milk. H. B. Pekrs had second high herd with 26.3 pounds butterfat and 730.1 pounds milk. Kemper Dairy farm had second high cow with 50.6 pounds butterfat and 1489.8 pounds milk in 26 days.
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Fred Paschel
Douglas County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Carl Foster
Guernsey
Mr. Paschel
H. B. Peakrs
Kemper Dairy Farm
A EE
Snow Hits Southwest as Thanksgiving Storm Spreads
Snow flurries fell across the southwest with sleet in Tulsa and temperatures dropping. The system moved from Texas and Oklahoma, bringing rain and snow to the Panhandle and wind up in Wichita and Amarillo, marking the season’s first snowfall in the area.
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Kansas City
Texas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Tulsa
Okla
Amarillo
Wichita
Kan
Nebraska Tackle Rhea Married Last July
Hugh Rhea Nebraska football tackle was married last July to Margaret Danielson of Spencer Nebraska. Today in Pittsburgh he travels for the Cornhusker Panther game and his wife, a drama teacher at Saxton Pennsylvania, is expected to be a keen spectator.
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Lincoln
Neb
Hugh Rhea
University of Nebraska
Pittsburgh
Panthers
Margaret Danielson
Spencer
Rhea
Danielson
Saxton
Prizes in contest to open seal sale in district
Congressman Guyer announces a $100 prize contest for junior and senior high students in Kansas's second district. Oration on George Washington for the bicentennial, with nine county winners to final in early summer. Douglas County Tuberculosis Association launches its Christmas seal sale led by Mrs. Rachel Flory. funds aid TB treatment, underweight children, and the Leion Preventorium in Independence.
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U. S. Guyer
Second Congressional District
Kansas
George Washington
Ava
George Washiton
Washington, D.C
George Wton
Guyver
Washington
Second Congressional
Douglas County Tuberculosis Association
Rachel Flory
Independ Ence
Kan
American Legion
Tuberculosis Associated
Douglas County
Actor Nears Crisis As Tom Mix Fights Peritonitis
AP report from Hallywand dated November 26 states actor Tom Mix lies semi conscious with peritonitis from a ruptured appendix. Doctors warned fate may be decided within 24 hours and that serum injections were given to counter the infection as physicians reported a day of only slight improvement.
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Tom
Mix
Hallywand
Altho
City Aids the Needy in Woodpile Charity Effort
Nebraska November 24. Transients receive a meal for twenty minutes of woodpile work while fifty minutes earns two meals. The county plans to buy the wood for distribution to those in need as the actor Fremont undergoes treatment for peritonitis.
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Smith
de Fremont
Capture of Black Jackrabbit Near Houston Texans
A black jackrabbit said to be the first seen by many veteran sportsmen was captured on a ranch 15 miles from Houston by a hunting party in Texas.
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Houston
Tex
APJ
Santa Claus to Visit Lawrence If Invited
A radiogram says Santa will visit Lawrence soon if local children invite him. He travels with Eskimo helpers and reindeer and will stay one day if the Journal-World can organize the invitation. Children must send word within the next day or two to have invitations forwarded.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Journal-World Today
Lawrence
Window Opening Plans City Christmas Display in Lawrence
Lawrence merchants announce a first week of December night window opening to launch the 1931 Christmas shopping season. Massachusettes Street will glow with displays from end to end, inviting residents and visitors to preview gift ideas and enjoy band music and city whistles at 7:30 p.m. The Christmas committee led by S. E. Schwahn prepares plans as shops unpack merchandise and decorate the busy district renowned for its holiday lighting.
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Lawrence Merchants
Merchants Bureau
Massachusetts Street
Sid
Lawrence
Santa
S. E. Schwahn
George Lowman
C. P. Radcliffe
J. T. Skinner
C. E. Decker
Lawrence Stores
Ram s fishing boat collision sinks Edith and Elinor
A British steamship Gypsum Prince rammed and sunk the Gloucester, Nova Scotia fishing schooner Edith and Elinor ten miles off Baccaro light. Seven crew perished among twelve. survivors include Captain Theriau lt engineer Manley Goodick Paul Pitts Oscar Thibideau and John Powe. Coast guard boats aided and searchers continued for missing sailors. Edith and Elinor was en route to Digby Nova Scotia from Gloucester.
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New York
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
Gypsum Prince
Edith
Elinor
Baccaro Light
Geere
Simon ‘Theresault
Theriault
Manley Gooddick
Digby
N. S
Paul Pitts
Oscar Thibideau
John Powe
Gloucester
Mas
Coast Guard
Agassiz
Antietam
Grid Scores Available At Journal World Office
The Journal-World office will open this afternoon to provide football scores to fans. Telegraph service will run in the afternoon and scores of major games can be obtained by calling 22. Scheduled games include Ottawa Lawrence, Wash burn Kansas State, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Haskell Xavier and Oklahoma versus Oklahoma A. and M.
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Journal-World Office
Ottawa-Lawrence
Washburn-Kansas State
Nebraska
Pittsburgh
Haskell-Xavier
Oklahoma-Oklahoma A
No game for McNamee on Thanksgiving Day
Radio figure Graham McNamee enjoyed a rare Thanksgiving with turkey dinner as he avoided studio duties until the Rudy Vallee broadcast. Ills Thursday night schedule and Friday recording commitments kept him from returning to New York for the Penn Cornell game, managed by John S Young and Ford Bond. An unrelated note mentions an alcohol investigation at Shell Service Station.
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New York
Graham McNamee
Rudy Vallee
Philadelphia
John S. Young
Ford Bond
Oil Industry Sees Winter Stability Amid Slow Demand
Jalsa Oklahoma AP reports oil men see stable crude production and firm markets as winter begins. Gasoline prices face eastern competition but Gasoline markets stay steady. Late winter onset minimizes consumption slump and signals upcoming construction activity including large scale pipeline work.
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Jalsa
Okla
No 26
Lawrence Topeka Charity Grid Game Ticket Drive
Lawrence patrons urged to buy 1,800 tickets for the Kansas vs Washburn charity football game in Topeka on December 5. Tickets sold at Round Corner Drug Store and KU athletic office. Proceeds benefit Topeka and Lawrence charities.
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KK. A
High School Bon Fire Set by Meanest Person
A Lawrence high school bon fire plan for the Os age game was disrupted when a mysterious figure known as the meanest person set fire to gathered boxes. Students recovered and prepared more fuel for a rally and later attended a theater showing.
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South Park
Lawrence High
The Harvest Drama At Methodist Church On Sunday
The Harvest a human interest drama of modern life will be staged at the Methodist Church next Sunday evening. Attorney George Y. Hammond and W. T. Dodd lead roles with Donald Metzler of Lawrence as the jailed boy. The Kansas Anti Saloon League educational program presents the performance to emphasize temperance and law violation consequences.
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Methodist Church
George Y. Hammond
W. T. Dodd
Kansas Anti- Saloon League
To- Deka
Hammond
Mr. Dodd
Weather forecast for Kansas with rain and warmth shift
Weather outlook shows increasing cloudiness and rain today and Friday with warmer conditions in the east and cooler in the west. Snow is reported with muddy dirt roads and slick conditions on county roads, including Coffeyville and Douglas county areas.
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Kansas
Coffeyville
Douglas Conty
Annual 4-H Banquet Set With Governor Woodring Talk
The Douglas County Bankers Association sponsors the annual 4-H club banquet in the Crystal Room of the Hotel Eldridge at 6 30 p m next Saturday with Gov Harry Woodring delivering the address. Carl Postlethwaite will present a cartoon talk, vocal solos by Karl Bratton, and 4 H club songs led by Prof W B Downing. awards to be presented by J A Terrell and Miss Christie Hepler. Over 200 invitations have been sent as preparations proceed.
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Crystal Room
Eldridge
Douglas County Bankers Association
Woodring
Govrnor Hary Woodring
T. J. Sweeney
Governor Woodring
Mr. Sweeney
Karl Bratton
Lawrence
Atwater-Kent
W. B. Downing
Carl Postlethwaite
Allen Crafton
J. A. Terrell
Swvale Wilson
Eric Owen
W. B. Downings
George Dunkley
Tod Entertainment
Allen Craft
Harry Woodring
J. O A. Yerrell
Missistie Hepler
Son
Alleged Forger Had Lawrence Bank Checks
Jamie Rollins a 44 year old former railroad brakeman was arrested in Kansas City after trying to pass a Santa Fe pay check. Police found a printing press typewriter and check writing equipment in his home along with twenty five Santa Fe pay checks and blank checks from over a dozen banks in Kansas Missouri and Nebraska. Rollins his wife and 16 year old daughter are in custody.
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Kansas City
Matorday
People’s State Bank
Lawrence National Bank
Jamie Rollins
Santa Fe
Kans City
Rollins
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Rollins Rollins
Jury Deadlock Hangs in Pantages Case
Los Angeles November 24 AP jurors in the Alexander Pantages case remain deliberating after an apparently deadlocked session. Rumors suggested a 10 to 2 tilt toward acquittal as they seek a verdict in the charges of attacking Eunice Pringle, a dancer. Harry R. Rowman dies at 57 in Lamed Kansas, owner of Ideal Laundry & Cleaning Co, built from a 1902 start to a large regional chain.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Kan
Harry RB. Rowman
Ideal Laundry & Cleaning
Kansas
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Journal-World
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Gridiron Sport
Shell
Anti-Saloon League
Hamilton
the Journal-Woria
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W. A. Sehaal
Dianel
R. M. Fitz Will Meess Butler
M. W. Clark
Baldwin
C. Be Butell
E. L. Falkenstein Trourer
Ed Martin
Dunkley
Butell
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