Coal Miners Return to Work in Western Pennsylvania
Thousands of western Pennsylvania coal miners began a back to work movement on October 9 with the United Mine Workers estimating about half of the 75 000 strikers had resumed mining. Reports from Fayette and several coal belt counties indicated mines reopening after President Roosevelt urged an end to the strike pending talks with operators. In other economic news, cotton industry employment rose to 466 000 in September under the cotton textile code, and railroad payrolls showed a 3.57 percent rise mid September from the prior year, with 1 030 090 workers on payroll.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt
Areca
Fayette County
H.C Frick. Coke Company
Martin Ryan
Washington
National Recovery Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Surprise for Landon 9 road program misinformed claim
Governor Landon questioned a federal official on a misinformed progress report about Kansas road construction. Secretary Ickes noted 10,089,604 dollars allotted June 23 1933 for recovery projects, with only 78 projects approved by October 5 worth 2,414,000. The governor promised to verify figures as highway progress was praised by Kansas highway commissioner Harry Darby.
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A. Ickes
M. Landon
Ickes
Harry Darby
Kansas
Supreme Court suspends Johnson county sheriff
Topeka Oct 9 AP The Kansas Supreme Court ordered Sheriff J A Jackson of Johnson County suspended pending ouster proceedings filed by Attorney General Roland Boynton. The court cited allegations of beating two prisoners to obtain confessions but did not suspend over intoxication or failure to turn over fees. The ouster petition was quashed in part and Jackson’s attorneys disputed intoxication claims at a Saturday hearing. Highway committee meets in Topeka as highway department investigation group convenes. Sen Claude’s panel declined comment on its planned actions.
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Topeka
J. A. Jackson
Johnson County
Supreme Court
Roland Boynton
Jackson
Boynton
Howard
Craft
Herbert Rose
Highway Committee
Highway Department
Sen
Claude
Weather Forecast For Kansas Tonight And Tuesday
Kansas forecast shows fair weather tonight and Tuesday with clear skies. Temperature details from yesterday and today are noted, with some confusion about western portions and southern counties.
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Kansas
Supreme Court Refuses Review in Mann Case
The Supreme Court refused to review the Mann case and two co defendants McGuire and Hering who were convicted in New York City for violating the lottery law tied to express shipments of Fraternal Order of Eagles tickets in 1931. McGuire got one year and a day plus a $12 000 fine while Hering drew four months and a $4 000 fine. Mann also had his review denied in a separate petition.
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Washington
Bernard C. McGuire
Frank E. Hering
New York
Express
Order of Eagles
Supreme Court
McGuire
Hering
Conrad H. Mann
Finney case delays and records sought in bank probe
Emporia banker Warren W. Finney on embezzlement and forgery charges had his trial postponed to October 23. His lawyers sought a mandamus to force the state bank commissioner to allow examination of Fidelity State and Savings Bank records where he was president. The delay stems from subpoenas and evidence preparation.
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Topeka
Warren W. Finney
Emporia
Supreme Court
Fidelity
Social Service League Plans Membership Drive at Meeting
Preliminary plans for a membership campaign by the Social Service League were discussed at a morning meeting at the Hotel Eldridge. Vice president C A Puls presided. A mail campaign will be used and a special meeting will outline details. The group reported 70.12 spent in September, five women and seven men received temporary jobs, 62 charity cases aided, 58 clothing and food donations recorded. The league store moved to the old city hall for economy, remodeled into a thrift shop. a continued need for clothing and shoes was noted, with last year costing 500 for shoes and repairs. The notice also mentions a Rotary barbecue.
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Social Service League
Eldridge
New. C. A
League
He League
Rotary
Barbecue Night at H B Peaks Home for Rotarians and Ladies
Rotarians invite members and ladies to a barbecue at the suburban home of Mr and Mrs Hervey B Peaks on Highway .73 West half a mile south of No 6 schoolhouse. A modern dairy barn just completed hosts a barn dance and milking coop contest with neighbors attending Monday night.
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Hervey
B. Peakrs
Bea
La Crasse Sentenced to Ten Years for Cafe Cash Register Hamper
A sentence of ten years in prison was handed to William H. LaCrasse for attempting to rifle a cafe cash register in Kansas City October. The former suspect pled guilty to the charge in an AP report.
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la Trasse
Kansas City
William H .LaCrasse
Welcome home Kansas team after Notre Dame tie rally
Kansas football players and coaches returned to a massive home welcome after a scoreless tie with Notre Dame. About 1,000 showed at Union Pacific station, with crowds along the bridge and South Park, while coach Ad Lindsey praised the players after a hard two-game stretch and noted no serious injuries. Walt Varnum announced a celebratory supper at Eldridge hotel with Lindsey as speaker to discuss Notre Dame.
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University of Kansas
Notre Dame
South Bend
Union Pacific
K. U
Jayhawkers
South Park
Mount Oread
Fowler Shops
Ad Lindsey
Pete Mehringer
Trier
Casini
O'Neil
Walt Varnum
Kansas Relays Club
Eldridge
Lindsey
Varnum
Humphrey Defies Roosevelt Move From Trade Commission
Washington October 9 AP William E Humphrey a Republican veteran removed by President Roosevelt from the federal trade commission sat at his official desk in defiance of the order He attended the regular meeting of the commission and said he has no intention of quitting unless forced by the courts He has served on the commission since 1925 and argued the President exceeded his legal rights in removing him while other business seemed suspended at his desk
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Washington
William E. Humphrey
Roosevelt
Federal Trade Commissioner
Commission
Humphrey
Action on Farm Loan Applications Expected Within Sixty Days
Wichita bank reports 4 states involved. National Bank at Wichita says 195 appraisers are processing applications. September brought 4,962 requests for 17,704,300 dollars in loans. bank claims approval of over 70 percent.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Federal
Nat Bank of
Ing
Five robbers hold up American National Bank at Hays
Five armed men with a submachine gun and a sawed off shotgun robbed the American National Bank in Hays Kansas of about $2000. Cashier John D Conrad and assistant cashier E J Whitaker were forced to ride on a car running board to the city edge and were released. The bandits fled west toward Coffeyville in a Chevrolet.
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Baxter Springs
Kan
American National Bank
John D. Conrad
E. J. Whitaker
Coffeyville
Call Out Guardsmen in Indiana Mining District
In Sullivan Indiana Oct 9 AP threats of a clash between cooperative miners and union sympathizers led Gov McNutt to order two Indiana National Guard companies from Terre Haute plus units from Attica Martinsville and EvSosville into the mining district to preserve order. Bombings damaged homes in Sullivan and Hymera but no injuries reported. Brig Gen D Wray Deprez will command about 300 troops.
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Sullivan
Ind
Sullivan County
National Guard
Hymera
Starburn
Shelburn
Frank Stalder
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana National
Terre Haute
Attica
Martinsville
Ev- Sosville
D. Wray Deprez
76Th Infantry
Arrests Three Men For Game Violations
Game warden Tom Brown arrested C. C. Kramer and Benford Taylor of Williamstown along the Kaw river for hunting ducks out of season. Officers say the men decoys in the water but killed no ducks and lacked hunting licenses. Guns and decoys were seized and held for prosecution.
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Tom Brown
Brown
C. C. Kramer
Benford
Taylor
Williamstown
Kaw
Jury Selected to Hear Kelly Trial
A swiftly chosen jury sat ready in Oklahoma City to hear the kidnapping conspiracy trial of George and Kathryn Kelly. Four farmers and eight small town businessmen were picked with minimal quibbling, amid courtroom tension after a scuffle where Kathryn Kelly slapped federal agent J C White. The case centers on an alleged 200000 abduction plot, with prosecutors predicting a speedy trial.
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Oklahoma City
George
Kathryn Kelly
Arles
Joseph B. Keenan
Kathryn
J. C. White
Kelly
Agent White
Pottawatomie County
Federal ‘Building
Kelle
J. E
Yale Scholarship Award Given to Frank R Strong
Yale University announced that Frank Ransom Strong, son of Dr and Mrs Frank Strong, is among eight recipients of the Annie G K Garland fund for the current academic year. Strong, class of 1984 at Yale Law School, editor in chief of the Yale Law Journal, previously earned an A B from Yale in 1929 and taught at the University of Delaware for two years.
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Frank Strong
Annie G. ‘K. Garland
Yale University
Frank Ransom Strong
Emory
Phi Beta Kappa
University Debating Association
Strong
University of Delaware
Yale Law School
William J. Garland
New York
Increase in Gas Tax Enforcement Nets Higher Collections
Bureau chief reports sharper gas tax enforcement since the new law took effect. Collections rose from the prior year period by a substantial amount, with figures indicating a significant year over year increase.
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Tom
Average of 90 stocks shows 82.0 as weekend value
The market average of 90 stocks stood at 82.0 on Saturday with an 80.5 reading noted elsewhere.
Cometary services for Warrensburg area deceased
A Warrensburg, NL, resident, a brother of the deceased, attended funeral services. The gathering honored the memory of the late individual with relations including Foster, R. C. Sweeney, F. Holliday, T. J. Sweeney, Charles Daugherty, W. C. Simons, and L. A. Sears attending from the community.
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Foster
T. J. Sweeney
F. M. Holliday
Charles. Daugherty
W. C. Simons
L. A. Sears
Warrensburg
Robbery suspects bound and robbed pair escape
Purcell Oklahoma two men tied and left bound while returning from church freed themselves and reported the incident. Gallamore’s mobile and Thornton’s safety were cited as the assailants fled in a road car. Earlier, a bank in Tryon was robbed of 550 dollars by two men using a similar car. Eleven convicts escaped from a man serving a life term. two remain at large, including Underhill and Davis.
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Purcell
Okla
Owen Gallamore
Inderpice Thornton
McLoud
Wilbur ‘Underhill
Edvis
Kansas
Gallamore
Mobile
Miss Thornton
Bank of
I Gregon Tor
Naranabe
Chas F. Urechel
Oklshoma City
Tamman cuts disloyal off the payroll in New York
A fragmented copy from a New York page notes Tammany Hall removing a disloyal member from payroll. The garbled text mentions Mary F. Kennedy and Liebenau among figures tied to frictive supply issues, with references to gas and electric matters and a tense political altercation.
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Mary F. Kennedy
Liebenau
Kansas Basketball Memoir Reflects Notre Dame Game Ties
Dr. F C Allen recalls Kansas players recovering after a tense clash with Notre Dame and Chicago fair days. The report notes soreness but no injuries, mentions Tulsa and Wichita trip hints, and references a signed but never delivered letter about future Lawrence games. Henry Quigley and Kansas staff figure in anecdotal details.
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Kansas
Notre Dame
Chicago
F. C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lindsey
Sas
Tulsa
Tulsa-Washburn
Tomescenes
Kansas State
Lawrence
Rockne
Flint
Kansas N
Charae Les Watle
Iast
Ieee
Santa the Jayhawkers
Pal Yeara Old Settlers Meet At Baldwin
Annual meeting of the Pal yra Old Settlers association was held Tuesday October 10 at First Methodist church Baldwin. A basket dinner at noon preceded a program led by president Stephens with Julia Miller Miss Helen Gill Vinland Sree Webster Fin Graham E Beeks and Charles Gleason performing. Those in Kansas forty years or longer urged to attend and a large Lawrence delegation hoped for.
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Palyra
Methodist‘church
Baldwin
Stephens
Julia Miller
Bertoo
Helen Gill
Vinland Sree Webster
Fin Graham
E. Beeks
Charles Gleason
Kansas
Lawrence
Carol Plans Live Show at Dickinson Theatre
Vienna Oct 9 reports plans for Carol Lipa and King Gera haines' Carol. The 1925 program notes no matinees at Dickinson Wednesday and Thursday as the theatre is used by Odd Fellows. Evening show at 6 45 as usual.
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Vienna
Lipa
Gera
Prince
Dickinson
Kansas I. C. O. F Grand Lodge Sessions Open in Lawrence
More than 1 000 delegates registered for the seventy sixth annual grand sessions of the Kansas I O F in Lawrence. The event fills Odd Fellows halls across Ninth and Vermont streets with meetings, concerts, and a military ball. Gov Landon is slated to speak at a university of Kansas auditorium gathering tomorrow night.
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Kansas I
Massachusetts
Odd Fellows Convention
Patriarchs
Militant
ladies' _ auxiliary
Odd Fellows Hall
Eighth and
Vermont Streets
Order
Odd. Fellows Hall
Mil- Hank
Aux.ilia
Patriarchs” Militant
Rebekahs
Ublic
Theniversity of Kansas
Alfred. M
W. J
Cummings
Lawrence
Eagles Hall
Ninth Sand
New
I. C. 0. F. Grand Lodge
K U Football Rally Planned Tonight for Jayhawks
A mass meeting of Kansas University students, the KU band, pep groups, and faculty members will gather in the Stadium at 8 o clock to celebrate the Jayhawks return from the 20 to 0 win over Notre Dame. Alumni secretary Fred Ellsworth announced the event. An earlier Mt Oread rally persuaded about 2,000 students to join class celebrations.
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K.U
K. U
Lawrence
Kansas
Jayhawkers
Notre Dame
Fred. Ellsworth
Mt. Oread
F. C. Allen
Notre. Dame
Morris Hillquit Dies After Campaigning For Socialism
New York city socialist leader Morris Hillquit, 64, who led the party ticket in the 1932 mayoralty race and once carried the largest socialist vote in a New York City election, died Saturday night after dictating a letter to the party executive committee in Chicago. He had campaigned for socialism in the United States for four decades and underwent surgery earlier this year. Funeral services will be held Wednesday.
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New York
Morris Hillquit
New York City
Socialist’ Party
Cago
WREN Radio Rally Marks Notre Dame Tie Broadcast
Station WREN celebrates Kansas Notre Dame scoreless tie with a 7 30 to 8 pm rally featuring Jo Sweden Coen Dr F C Allen athletic director Adriann Lindsey and K students. Special music will be included and a New Ford U 6 Hamilton is mentioned.
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WREN
Kansas Notre. Dame
Jo Sweden Coen
Kansas
City
Kan
F. C. Allen
Adriann Lindsey
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W.W. Finney
Lon C. McCarthy
Hugo Wedell
Wedell
Fred M. Harris
Alf. M. Landon
W. W. Finneyst
Harris
S.c.bloss
H. B. Peaks
Depot
R. J. Murray
Harper
Gran
Odd
Hays
Kansas City, Kan
Security State Bank
People’s National Bank
Security National Bank of
Maurice 1. Breidenthal
New Institution
Claude Wilson
Security State _bank
Kenneth L. Browne
Peon
W. A. Is
Fort Hays
Pittsburg
Thomas Leazure
McCune
Newton
Bodkwalter
Halstead
Independent
H. R. Godding
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Cour
Ounty
Nana
Ana
Cine White
Arechel
Board County Commissioners
Williams
Leland Stanford University
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Jamison
Leiberte
Frank R. ‘Strong
Yale
Bind
Rob
Tammany
Spain
Mra
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Rebekah
South
Bend
Palmyra
Old Settlers Association
Carol
Vaida-Voevod
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Hamilton
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