France weighs opening frontier to arms in Mediterranean crisis
London reports France considers opening Pyrenees frontier to arms and volunteers for the Valencia government to break the stalemate in the Mediterranean crisis. Paris and London stay in close touch while Britain and France weigh steps against Italy and contemplate Balearic occupation to safeguard trade routes.
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London
France
Pyrenees
Valencia
Italy
Camille Chautemps
Oreign
Yvon Delbos
Edouard Deladier
Paris
Foreign Office
Britain
Spanish Balearics
Mediterranean
Spain
Balearics
Coun
Mussolini
Ettore Bastico
Francisco Franco
Il Duce
Altho
Rome
Near East
Europe
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Roosevelt
Chicago
United States
Cabo Santo Tome
Battle for Madrid Central Deepens with Heavy Shelling
Central Madrid endured heavy shelling as battles raged along the front. Reports say shells fell across the central area with the heaviest engagement near the southern outskirts, roars of explosions continuing through night and dawn.
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Madrid
President May Discuss Special Session On Nation Address
President Roosevelt may announce in a fireside chat whether he will call a special session of Congress to enact farm relief and wage hour laws. He will broadcast from 9 30 to 10 p m eastern standard time on radio. Observers expect a mid November session but a final decision awaits farm condition canvass with Secretary Wallace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Wallace
Chicago
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Duke of Windsor begins Berlin tour amid crowds in October
The Duke of Windsor and the Duchess arrive from Paris and start a first Berlin inspection tour. He visits a training school and safety facilities while crowds cheer. The duchess rests in a hotel apartment above Adolf Hitler's former rooms as officials stay tight lipped on plans.
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Berlin
Duke of Windsor
Paris
United States
Bremen
Adolf Hitler
George Arthur D. Ogilvie-Forbes
Max Lehmann
King George V
Queen Mary
Kaiser Wilhelm
Victoria Louise
Cologne
Friedrichstrasse
Welfare bonds approved for Douglas county in Topeka hearing
The state tax commission granted Douglas county authority to issue 15000 in welfare bonds after a morning hearing in Topeka. County officials attended including commissioners Schaake Brass and Black county attorney Springer and others. A formal order is expected in a few days to cover relief expenses for the current weak year.
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Douglas County
State Tax Commission
Commission
Topeka
Board of Commissioners
Chris Schaake
James Brass
Earl Black
Charles Springer
T. R. Gerhart
Mildred Watson
Milldred LeSner
Tax
AFL panel recommends power to expel John L Lewis rebels
The American Federation of Labor resolutions committee advised granting the executive council authority to expel John L. Lewis led unions while urging a continued peace effort with the CIO. The Oct 11 report in Denver outlines a dual approach balancing discipline and reconciliation within labor ranks.
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Olive Branch
Denver
American Federation of Labor Convention
Executive Council
John L. Lewis
C.I.0
White Sox Win City Series Game Four Over Cubs
The Chicago White Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs 6 to 4 in the fifth game of the city series, narrowing the gap to one win for the championship. The rivals pounced throughout the contest as both teams traded blows.
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White Sox
Cubs
Chicago
Black's Right to His Seat Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court rejected two petitions challenging Justice Hugo Black's eligibility for a seat on the high bench. Albert Levitt and Patrick Henry Kelly were denied, with the court noting insufficient petitioner interest. Black sat with the justices as rulings were announced.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Albert Levitt
Virgin Islands
Patrick Henry Kelly
Boston
Black
Hughes
Levitt
Kelly
Senate
Nation
Ku Klux Klan
Hen Levitt
Demonstration Against Vittorio Mussolini in Washington
A nine member anti-fascist group gathered at the Italian embassy in Washington to protest Vittorio Mussolini. Police dispersed the demonstrators quickly after banners declared opposition to the Mussolini family and a letter was planned to urge President Roosevelt not to receive him. Mussolini was in Washington en route home to Italy after visiting Hollywood to study film.
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Washington
Vittorio Mussolini
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Tr Duce
America
Italy
Hollywood
Japan Enacts Ordinance 23 Limiting Imports
Tokyo announces Ordinance 23 to curb nearly 700 imported items and enforce Spartan frugality. The government aims to reduce huge wartime costs while exempting urgent American imports. foreigners face bans on wool clothes and sweets, with a 50 yen import threshold. A foreign office spokesman notes no invitation to a nine power treaty conference and evasive replies on treaty adherence.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
United States
Foreign Office
Paris Cantonal Returns Hint at Center Liberal Shift
Incomplete French cantonal election results point to a middle of the road liberal trend. About two thirds of districts show moderate liberal gains in local offices while Communists gain little and Col Francois de la Rocque’s social party edges up in scattered districts. Four ministers including Marx Dormoy and Vincent Auriol win local seats.
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Paris
France
Col
Francois de la Rocque
Social Party
Camille Chautemps
Socialist Party
Marx Dormoy
Interior
Vincent Auriol
Georges Bonnet
Henri Queille
SINKHOLES ON KANSAS FARM LAND EXPLAINED
Washington Oct 11 Geological survey officials describe recent subsidence of farm land near Potwin Kansas as sink holes forming over limestone. Experts say underground water slowly dissolves limestone creating cavities that cause the earth to drop.
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Washington
Potwin
Kan
Geological Survey
Hearing on Flood Prevention in Chanute
Officials from the War Department engineers and the Agriculture Department announced a hearing on flood prevention to be held in Chanute Kansas on November 1.
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Chanute
Kan
War Department, Engineers
Department of Agriculture
Ogden Mills Dies at 58 in New York Home
Former U S Treasury secretary Ogden L Mills died at 11 59 a m after a two week illness from a heart attack He was 58 a director at several major firms and longtime foe of the New Deal Survived by his widow Dorothy Randolph Fell and childless after two marriages with first wife Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherford ending in 1920
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ogden L. Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
Mills
Republican Party
Cerro de Pasco Copper Corporation
New York Herald Tribune Company
Chase National Bank
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
National Biscuit Company
Seaboard Oil Company
Hoover
Treasury
Roosevelt
White House
Dorothy Randolph Fell
Philip 8. P. Randolph
Philadelphia
Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherford
W. K. Vanderbilt
Chanute Dedicates $125,000 Senior Trade School
Chanute Kansas dedicates a new senior trade school building as educators from Dunwoody Institute led by Dr. Charles A. Prossed and attended by State Supt Markham and Pittsburg Teachers College President W A Brandenburg. Lawrence delegates included L H Emmett Edwin Logsdon L E Thurman Harold S Preston Ralph E Graber Prof John Twente and Dr F P O Brien. Superintendent L H Petit presided.
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Chanute
Kan
Charles A. Prossed
Dunwoody Institute
Minneapolis
Wrence
L. H. Emmett
Edwin J. Logsdon
L.E. Thurman
Harold S. Preston
Ralph E. Graber
John Twente
F. P. O Brien
L. H. Petit
Lawrence
Wheat and corn production estimates from the agriculture department
The department estimated this year’s wheat production at 886.895 million bushels and corn at 2.561936 billion. Wheat was slightly up from a month ago, with last year’s output at 626.461 million. Winter and spring wheat totals were 688.145 million and 198.75 million bushels respectively, versus prior year and five year averages.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansans File More 1935 Income Tax Returns
The federal treasury reports 39,492 Kansans filed 1935 income tax returns showing net income of 11.404 million and total tax of 2.042 million. In 1934, 25,600 Kansans paid 1.499 million in tax on 91.868 million net income.
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Kansas
Washington
Federal
Treasury Department
Hopkins Mi Court Postponed to October 18
The October term of the United States district court in Leavenworth was postponed from today to October 18 due to Judge Hopkins’s illness in Topeka. Venetian Blinds Miller Furn. Adv.
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Hopkins
Leavenworth
Kan
United States’ District ‘Court
Topeka
Rural Route Revisions Shift Mail Service From Lawrence
Postmaster Roger N Williams announced October changes absorbing Lone Star route into Lawrence route six. Route two extends to 55.59 miles, shifting service to Barker avenue and Nineteenth street while some patrons move to route five with a complex new path. Belmont addition east of town also moves to route five.
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Roger N. Williams
Lawrence Postoffice
Lawrence
Lone Star
Gottlieb Neider
Carlier
Eudora
Hill View
Dover Corner
Barker Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Haskell Institute
Haskell Avenue
County Farm
Route Five
Learnard Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Fifteenth Street
Fifteenth
Nineteenth and
Thirteenth Street
Oak Hill Road
Himwood Street
Rhode Island Street
Belmont Addition
Seven of Ro bert family die in Kansas grade crossing crash
In Neodesha Kansas on a Sunday grade crossing accident a seven member family perished. Mrs Charles Ro bert 37 and six of her seven children Elouise 16 Orville 11 Ethel 9 Mary Jane 8 Richard and Robert twins 3 died. Ralph 15 and another son were at home. The Kebert sedan was struck by a Missouri Pacific passenger train.
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Neodesha
Kan
Charles Robert
Elouise
Orville
Ethel
Mary Jane
Richard
Robert
Rebert
Ralph
Kebert
Missouri Pacific
Kelly fund remains same to date on KU campus
No new contributions to the Russell Kelly reward fund were reported today on the KU campus. Boxes for contributions will be set up around campus soon. Money may be received at the KU business office the sheriff's office the Journal and at the Daily Kansan office. Kansas state has added 500 dollars to the fund and two Topeka men gave 50 dollars each. The total with KU money stands at 635 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Kelly
K. U
Sheriff’s Office
Journal Hound
Kansan Ofice
State of Kansas
Topeka
Lindberghs Arrive in Munich After London Flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh reached Munich at 11:55 a m after spending last night in Frankfurt following their flight from England.
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Munich
Charles A. Lindbergh
Frankfort
England
Market index shows mixed results for weekend trading
The average of 60 stocks sits at 50.6 with Saturday trade at 52.6. A washer repair ad for Green Bros is listed alongside the tidbit.
Potato Growers Back 1938 Crop Limitation Plan
Farm administration officials reported that commercial potato growers approved acreage limits for next year under the farm benefit program. Nationwide results show 24,195 in favor and 5,425 against, with the AAA distributing a national goal of 3.1 to 3.3 million acres among states counties and farmers. Kansas voted 80 in favor and 62 against.
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Washington
Farm Administration
AAA
Kansas
Football talk at Rotary highlights rules and pro game origins
Rotary noon program featured Gwinn Henry and Glenn Presnell discussing football rule interpretations and officiating challenges. Henry recalled Wichita State’s lopsided win over Kansas, and Presnell traced professional football origins from 1895 to the NFL, noting financial growth and impact on college play. Otto Miessner introduced the new Rotary anthem Rotarians March On with student help.
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Rotary Club
Gwinn
Henry
Glenn Presnell
Wichita University
K. U
Wichita
Missouri
Nebraska
Presnell
Otto Miessner
School of Fine Arts
Rotary
Rotarians
Fine Arts
Kiwanis District Convention Opens in Wichita
About 1500 guests attend the Missouri Kansas and Arkansas Kiwanis district convention in Wichita after an address by Gov. Walter A. Huxman. Reports from district leaders run through today with round table sessions and elections slated for Wednesday.
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Wichita
Kan
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Walter A. Huxman
Henry W. Thiessen
Hutchinson
International Kiwanis
Philip N. McCaughan
Long Beach
Calif
International Trudt
Guy V. Keeler
Lawrence
W. E
Pleasant Hi Temperatures Brush Kansas This Week
Topeka reports clearing skies and warmer air with readings expected between 80 and 85 in northern and western counties and 75 to 80 in the southeast. Tonight’s lows may dip to 40 to 45 with tomorrow generally 75 to 80 across the state. The 1937 growing season isn’t finished yet, though some light frosts may have touched tomatoes and tender plants. Vegetation remains active overall.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Robb
Roosevelt says US to uphold freedom over force
President Roosevelt stated the people of the United States are determined to uphold the ideal of human society that would substitute freedom for force in world governments. The remarks were delivered in Washington on October 11.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Historic points visited on Douglas County caravan tour
About 85 people in 30 motor cars toured eastern Douglas County with stops at Old Franklin, Deichmann and Bluejacket crossings, Hesper Academy, Blue Mound, and the Branson cabin. Speakers recounted Franklin’s 1854–1867 history, Quantrill impacts, Fremont expeditions, and local schoollands as part of a county history event.
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Douglas County
Douglas County Historical Society
Eudora
Old Franklin
Lawrence
Deichmann
Bluejacket
Hesper Academy
Blue Mound
Branson
Hickory Point
Franklin
L. M. Walter
J. S. Akers
E. M. Owen
Jones
Westport
Walter
Skaggs
Quantrill
Deichmann’s Crossing
Edward Bumgardner
Wakarusa
Bluejacket Ford
John C. Fremont
George Wotan
Hesper
Society of Friends
Eudora Rural
Ed Harvey
General Blunt
van Buren
Ark
Lawrence High School
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Harvey
Charles Elwell
Stony Point
Lecompton
Twins Wed
Twin wedding in LeRoy Kansas unites two couples Robert Murray and Albert Murray marry Vera Gentry and Verna Gentry in identical gowns. The four will live together in Topeka where the brothers run a grocery store. Reverend G R Formire officiated at the Gentry home ceremony.
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LeRoy
Kan
Althe
Robert Murray
Vera Gentry
Albert
Verna
Topeka
Mary Gentry
G. R. Formire
Kansas Weather Forecast and Temperature Readings
The weather forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with slightly cooler temperatures in the extreme north. Morning conditions are clear with good dirt roads. temperature records show 84 at 7 p.m. yesterday and 72 by noon today. The page lists coal company ad details and a phone number.
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Kansas
University Coal Co
Ady
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Ford Service
Hamilton
MAKES
U. S
National Labor Relations Board
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Justice Black
Georgia Power Company
Georgia
Federal District Court
Tennessee
Vittorio
Ogden Mills
Mellon
Chanute School
Miller Furn
Adv
Williams
Urgin
Lindberghs
Green Bros,Adv
Huxman
Cermony
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