Powering Yankees Win Over Cubs as DiMaggio Homers
New York beats Chicago 6 to 3 in a 1 hour 53 minute game at Wrigley Field. DiMaggio belts a ninth inning homer and Crosetti, Gordon, and Marty drive in runs while Gomez earns the win over Dean. Attendance 42,108.
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New York
A.L
Joe Crosetti
Ison
Rolfe
Henrich
DiMaggio
of Gehrig
Dickey
Selkirk
Powell
Jordan
Gomez
P .Hoag
Murphy
N.L
Rhpoa Hack
Herman
Demaree
Marty
Reynolds
Hartnett
Oj Collins
Jurges
Dean
French
Cavarretta
Totaa
Chicago
Gordon
Crosetti
Collins
Gehrig
Hack
Umphea—Rolls
A. L
Sears
N. L
Hubbard
Moran
Yankees Clinch World Series Win at Wrigley Field
Frankie Crosetti and Joe DiMaggio hit booming homers in the final innings with runners aboard to lift the New York Yankees over the Chicago Cubs 6 to 3 at Wrigley Field. Dizzy Dean exited early as Lefty Gomez earned the win and a new record.
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T Wrigley Field
Chicago
Frankie Crosetti
Joe DiMaggio
Dizzy Dean
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Crossetti
Lefty Gomez
Yanks Rally In Eighth And Ninth To Take Game In World Series
A dramatic eighth inning rally broke open the game as Crosetti and DiMaggio drove in key runs. The Yankees, sparked by Selkirk’s single and Crosetti’s long hit, overcame Dean’s strong start to win as DiMaggio added a ninth inning homer. The Cubs suffered a crushing defeat and face an uphill path to stay alive in New York.
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Dean
Yanks
Selkirk
Crosetti
DiMaggio
Henrich
Cubs
New York
Yankee Stadium
Chicago
Joe McCarthy
Monte Pearson
Chamberlain Wins Confidence Vote Over Munich Crisis
The House of Commons approved Prime Minister Chamberlain and his Munich policy by 366 to 144, with Labor's motion defeated 369 to 150. Acknowledging cheers, Chamberlain defended his conduct as saving Czechoslovakia and Europe from destruction, and opposed general elections.
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House of Commons
Chamberlain
Munich
London
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Labor unions seat ITU delegates amid AFL CIO tension
The American Federation of Labor voted to seat the International Typographical Union, keeping it on probation for six months while printers vote on a special assessment. Lewis and CIO moves dampen hopes for peace, as Roosevelt urges labor harmony. Meanwhile Salvation Army launches its Kansas Missouri district budget drive with a 7 AM breakfast kickoff at the Eldridge Hotel led by Walter Schaal.
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Houston
American Federation of Labor
William Green
A. F. of L
International Typographical Union
Federation
Printers’ Union
Daniel Tobin
Teamsters Union
John L. Lewis
A. F. of
C.I.O
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Lewis
Peae
Eldridge
P. L. DeBevoise
Salvation Army
Kansas
Western Missouri
Lawrence
Army Advisory Board
Rotary Club
Union Park Service
Advance Gifts
Salvation Army Board
George A. Mills
Salvation Anny
Schaal
Brigman
Lawrence National Bank
Telegram Signed by Hitler Shocks French Assembly
In Paris the chamber of deputies foreign affairs committee stirred as a telegram signed by Adolf Hitler was read to former premier Pierre Etienne Flandin thanking him for efforts to avert war over Sudeten tensions. Flandin acknowledged the authenticity and refused to answer further questions.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Adolf Hitler
Flandin
Solomon Grumbach
France
Germany
Hitler
Grumbach
Georges Bonnet
Czechoslovakia
Stock Market Surges Then Loses Most Gains
New York reports a rapid advance in securities driven by a post Munich conference optimism but brakes were applied as speculators cashed in. In heavy forenoon buying many shares rose $1 to $3, then late trading erased all or part of the day’s gains with final prices showing mixed losses and remaining gains.
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New York
Munich
Wall Street
Bread raids drop from insurgent air force over Alicante city
In Madrid on October 6 the insurgent air force conducted its second bread raid in three days at the Mediterranean seaport of Alicante, dropping over 100 pounds of Vienna rolls. Two planes carried out the attack, civil governor Ricardo Mella reported that the rolls bore a note claiming to be a gift to women, children and the wounded. locals avoided the bread, fearing poisoning, and police controlled the fallout.
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Madrid
Vienna
Alicante
Mediterranean
Ricardo Mella
Spain
McGill and Hensley Rally in Leavenworth Campaign
Senator George McGill and H. N. Hensley addressed a Leavenworth rally after McGill spoke at the veterans home and at Easton. McGill seeks re election as a Democrat to the U S Senate and Hensley is the Democratic nominee for congress from the first district.
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McGill
Leavenworth Leavenworth
Kan
George McGill
H. N. Hensley
Topeka
Congress
Veterans Home
Easton
Hitler claims fifth Sudetenland zone in Czechoslovakia
Berlin reports Nazi forces advance as the Sudetenland fifth zone is defined by the international commission. Czechoslovakia protests the expansion beyond Munich terms while German troops move into the new territory including Dux coal basin Gablonz glass works and Reichenberg textile center.
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Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Munich
International Sudetenland Commission
Germany
Geneva
Prague
Hitler
Sudeten
Sudetenland
Kingdom of
Saxony
Leitmeritz
International Commission
Supreme Army Command
Landeck
Paris
Eleven Die In Sulfuric Acid Freight Car Explosion
Eleven people were killed and several injured when a freight car carrying sulfuric acid exploded after a collision between freight and passenger trains near Imatra Falls station in East Finland.
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Finland
Helsingfors
Imatra Falls
Stock Market Index Edges Up to Fifty-One Point One
The average of 60 stocks rose to 51.1, up from 51.0 yesterday, signaling a modest market uptick as traders awaited new data.
Kansas Baptist convention rooms needed in Lawrence
Lawrence seeks hundreds of private-room beds for the Kansas Baptist convention visiting next week. About a thousand delegates will require lodging Monday through Thursday nights at 50 cents per person per night. Residents can offer rooms by calling 485 via the Chamber of Commerce. Lawrence has long hosted conventions as visitors rise.
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Kansas Baptist Convention
Lawrence
Phoning
Chamber of Commerce
Foreign Government Agents Register in U S Before Deadline
Last minute rush of registrations to the state department as midnight deadline nears for the foreign agents law. Registrants must reveal compensation, job nature, the foreign principal, and provide contracts or incorporation papers. Penalties include a $1000 fine or up to two years imprisonment.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
Four Suspects in International Spy Ring Trial Remain in Custody
New York report says a federal commission retrieved evidence from Germany described as too hot for diplomatic channels. The case involves Johanna Hofmann and three others awaiting trial October 14 after abroad testimony from Dr Ignatz Griebl. Voss Rumrich Glaser Hofmann held on $25,000 bail each.
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New York
Germany
George C. Dix
Europa
Berlin
Johanna Hofmann
Bremen
U. S
John W. Burke
Lester C. Gunigan
John T. MacLaughlin
Miss Hofmann
Federal Commission
Ignatz T. Griebl
United States Army Medical Reserve
Dr. Griebl
Dix
Tvo
Gunther Gustave Rumrich
U. S. Army
Erich Glaser
Otto Herman Voss
Severysky Airplane
Long Island
Voss
Rumrich and Glaser
Paris balks at eight mile captive balloon defense plan
French officials reject Paris's proposal for a cage of balloons with cables around the city to deter invasions. The reply cites 3,000 balloons and 40,000 ground crew at 2 billion francs, and warns cables could be cut. Evacuation of the capital is deemed cheaper and more practical.
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Paris
Camile Chautemps
Jarrett Elected President of Seventh District Womans Clubs
Mrs. J. W. Jarrett of Hutchinson was elected president of the seventh district Federation of Women's clubs at the conclusion of a three day meeting in Nodge City Kansas.
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Seventh District
Nodge City
Kan
J. W. Jarrett
Hutchinson
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Kansas Weather Forecast and Road Conditions
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with warmer air in the extreme northeast. Morning readings show cloudy in Manhattan and Arkansas City Wichita Salina and Topeka, clear in Garden City and Pittsburg. Dirt roads are good with gas office temperature records and daily high and low figures noted from yesterday and year ago.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Arkansas City
Wichita
Salina
Topeka
Garden City
Pittsburg
Daladier Aims to Rebuild France in Dictator Power
Premier Daladier seeks a six week program to restore France’s economic and financial life and regain European strength. Parliament has empowered him to rule by decree until November 15, with limits tied to social reform and inflation avoidance. A gold stock revaluation is the only concrete step named.
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Paris
Daladier
France
People’s Front
Bank of France
Record Heat Hits Topeka Area as Temperatures Soar
Near record heat grips Kansas with Topeka expected to see 85 to 90 degrees and possibly break the 90 degree date record. Phillipsburg hit 96 degrees tying the national high as Topeka reached 94, the latest heat spike in mid autumn. No rain fell across Kansas in the past 24 hours.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Phillipsburg
Phoenix
Ariz
Flora
Japanese Troops Closer to Hankow After Air Attacks
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese forces advancing about a mile up the Yangtze toward Hankow the provisional Chinese capital. Minesweepers cleared the channel for transports while fierce fighting raged elsewhere with no major positional shifts.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Hankow
Yangtze
Former Congressman Dent Dies in Montgomery at 69
Montgomery obituary notes former Congressman Stanley Hubert Dent died at his home from a heart ailment. Dent, 69, chaired the House Military Affairs Committee during World War I and represented Alabama’s second district from 1909 to 1921 before retiring.
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Montgomery
Ala
Stanley Hubert Dent
House
Dent
Alabama
Army Engineers Asked to Protect Towns on Missouri From Floods
Washington report says Roy Towl, ex Omaha mayor and consulting engineer, urged Col. Snow to fix Missouri river flood causes. He warned a repeat of 1927 could flood lower Omaha, Council Bluffs, and Pacific Junction, citing narrowed channels and silting. Farmers across Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri unite to seek damages and policy changes.
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Washington
CPI
Roy Towl
Omaha
Neb
Army Engineers
Missouri River
Towl
W. A. Snow
Julian L. Schey
Council Bluffs
Pacific Junction
Army
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Baptists Plan 79th State Meeting in Lawrence
Kansas Baptists convene in Lawrence for the 79th annual state meeting with 900 to 1,000 delegates and visitors. The Kansas Baptist Ministerial Association meets Monday, auxiliary groups Tuesday, and the first general session Tuesday evening. Sessions are at First Baptist church with events at First Methodist Episcopal and Plymouth Congregational churches. Officers include President J. W. Bays, Executive Secretary George W. Wise, and Recording Secretary O. M. Showalter.
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Kansas Baptists
Kansas Baptist Ministerial Association
First Baptist Church
Eighth
Kentucky
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Plymouth Congregational Church
J. W. Bays
Fort Scott
George W. Wise
Topeka
O. M. Showalter
Kansas City
Kan
U. S. Guyer To Speak To Republicans In Lawrence Tonight
U S Guyer Republican congressman from Kansas second district will address a Republican meeting at the court house in Lawrence tonight at 8. J B Wilson county chairman will preside and introduce candidates before the talk which will be broadcast on station WREN from 8 20 to 9 p m It is Guyer's only campaign radio address before he begins a nine county swing planned to cover each county twice.
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Lawrence
Rep
U. S
Guyer
Kansas
Court House
WREN
J. B. Wilson
Keith Davis to Sing on Major Bowes Program Tonight
Keith Davis will perform on Major Bowes program at 8 p.m. heard on KMBC CBS network. A University of Kansas B M graduate last June he is known in Lawrence where he lived while in school. He worked at the Blue Mill cafe and sang with the Congregational church choir. Davis went to New York City on September 19 and stays with Paul Trovillo while planning further music studies.
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Keith Davis
University of Kansas
Major Bowes
KMBC
CBS
Davis
Lawrence
Blue Mill Cafe
Congregational Church
New York City
Paul Trovillo
New York
Kansas Electric Power Station Under Construction Near Cameron's Bluff
The Kansas Electric Power Company presses ahead on a new Kaw river power station near Cameron's Bluff. Generator mounting and brickwork near finish, heavy roof in place, intake crib screens installed, crews work day and night. university engineering classes have visited to view progress.
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Kansas Electric Power Company
Cameron’s Bluff
Kaw
Two Day Session For Journalists At KU Conference
The annual two day high school newspaper conference opens at the University of Kansas with 350 journalism students and instructors. Highlights include talks by KU faculty, roundtables on paper and yearbook problems, a dinner with Miss Nell Snead of the Kansas City Star as keynote speaker, and events at Fraser Hall and Memorial Union.
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Kansas Council of Teachers of Journalism
University of Kansas
K. Us Journalism
Snead
Nell Snead
Kansas City Star
Memorial Union
Jimmy Robertson
K. U. Press Club
Kansan
Orval C. Husted
Sands Springs
Okla
Fraser Hall
Henry Ladd Smith
K. U
Europe
J. J. Kistler
Richard B. Eide
William Jensen
Little Theaster
Sand Springs
L. N. Flint
Kansas Coucil
Fraser
Bijde
Feaure
Smith
W. A. Dis
E. H. Lindley
Vernon Myers
Look Magazine
Des Moines
Eide
Edwin Brown
Orman Wanamaker
Dill
Tom Yone
Fred Littoy
Theta Sigma Phi
Kansas Interscholastic Press Association
Missions Advocated at United Lutheran Convention
A special commission urged Nes gro missions at southern centers during the eleventh biennial United Lutheran church in America convention in Baltimore. About 1000 delegates heard reports from leaders including Rev. Dr. F. H. Knubel of New York who praised affiliated groups for advancing church growth and worship. The meeting also discussed forming a world council of churches based on Amsterdam proposals.
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Baltimore
United Lutheran Church In America
South
Luther League
F. H. Knubel
New York
Knubel
United Church
World Council of Churches
Lutheran World Convention
Amsterdam
Holland
John Beck
Juneau
Alaska
Pacific Synod
Frederick H. Knubel
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Dizzy
Homer
Official
Joe Gordon
Stan Hack
Bill Jurges
Diz
Printers Union
Major DE Bevoise
Walter A. Schaal
P. L. DE Bevoise
Fuehrer
Baptists
U. S. Guyer
K.C.T.I
Margaret Carpenter
Fraser Theater
Gene Kemper
Topeka Capital
Mary Smith
Topeka State Journal
Washburn
Lutheran Church Group
Ford Service
Hamilton
C. F. O'Bryan
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