War threat stirs the U S capital
Tokyo reports Shidehata and Chiang Kai Shek discuss a possible settlement as Manchurian tensions escalate. Washington awaits a League of Nations council session, while the United States weighs independent action under Kellogg Briand and nine power treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Council of the
League of Nations
Japan
Geneva
Castle
Stanley Hornbeck
Far’ Eastern
United States
Chiane Kai Shek
New Student Directory Off the Press Early This Year
News notes discuss a fresh student directory release ahead of schedule. Global observers may monitor potential tensions in Manchuria as nations seek to avert conflict while neutral parties consider observers in New York. In boxing, Primo Carnera weighs 261 pounds and Jack Sharkey 202 pounds ahead of their 15 round bout at Ebbets Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
New York
China
Ebbetsfield
Jack Sharkey
Carnera
Sharkey
Kansas University releases early student directory
The new KU student directory was released for distribution today eight weeks sooner than last year. It lists names addresses and telephone numbers of students faculty members and employees and was printed by the World company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
World Company
Weather Summary for East and West Regions Tonight
Rain and unsettled conditions affect east portions tonight with a weighty wind effect noted. West portions plan a clear broadcasted forecast with no clouding, while Tuesday brings warmer conditions in the west and north central areas. Morning rain hits Emporia Pittsboro Ottawa with cloudy skies in Manhattan Salina Wichita and Arkansas City. roads muddy in Salina Arkansas City Wichita and Douglas County.
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Emporia
Pittsboro
Ottawa
Manhattan
Salina
Wichita
Arkansas City
Hitlerite coalition to topple Bruening ministry in Germany
Harzburg from Oct 12 reports nationalist opposition unite for a death struggle in the Reichstag opening tomorrow to overthrow Chancellor Bruening. Hitler derides the government as responsible for Germany’s troubles while Hugenberg and Schacht assail finances and foreign indebtedness. Resolution calls for immediate resignations of federal and Prussian governments.
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Harzburg
Germany
Reichstag
Bruening
Adolf Hitler
Brown
Alfred Hugenberg
Alist Party
Hitler
Laval
United States
America
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Gun Toters Stir Chicago Federal Court in Capone Case
Philip D Andrea Capone bodyguard carried a pistol into federal court during the Capone income tax trial. Judge James H Wilkerson ordered he be held without bail until tomorrow and warned the court is not obliged to tolerate armed men near a defendant. D Andrea asked for time to prepare a defense but the court refused delays. Capone was not in court. his lawyers urged delaying the D Andrea matter until Capone’s trial ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Building
Chicago
Philip D'Andrea
Capone
Scarface al” Capone
Mreanveulle
James H. Wilkerson
D'Andrea
Albert Fink
Wilkerson
Federal court opens without grand jury in Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kansas October 12 Judge Richard J Hopkins opened the October term of federal court with no grand jury present. The session expected to last two or three days. The Leavenworth liquor conspiracy cases including former police chief Henry C Knipe were continued to the December term in Kansas City Kansas. All contested civil actions were continued to December term. Demonstrations in Spain police break up protests in Seville after hundreds, arrests made, baker strike, bread supplied by military authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Richard J. Hopkins
Henry C. Knipe
Kansas City
Spain
Seville
Bull Gored by Show Bull Kills De Soto Man in California
Leo Beadelston of De Soto was fatally gored by a 2 year old show bull at a California livestock show in Woodland. Beadelston, employed by the bull owner to handle the animal, died at about 2 o clock. He is survived by his wife and two children of De Soto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Beadelston
de Soto
Woodland
Calif
Beadleston
DeSoto
Hartman Charged With Assault After Vinland Shooting
George Mart Hartman, 40, is charged with assault with intent to kill after he shot Fern Eckman, 24, in Vinland in a jealous act. Eckman survived after emergency surgery and a blood transfusion at Memorial Hospital. If she dies, the charge will be upgraded to first degree murder. Hartman, arrested in Olathe while fleeing, is alleged to have acted in self defense per his statements. his car was seized as a liquor nuisance. Howard Payne may defend him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Stevens
George Mart Hartman
Vinland
Fern, Eckman
Stevens
Memorial Hospital
Eckman
Martman
Hartman
Olathe
Jack Dunkley
Johnson County
Dunkley
Howard Payne
Pacific Fliers Return Divorce Court and Jail Time
Los Angeles Oct 12 AP Don ald Moyle and Cecil Allen two transpacific flyers returned home after trouble on their flight They faced further trouble as Mrs Mary Allen announced plans to file for divorce Moyle will be jailed 30 days after being convicted of driving while intoxicated A crowd of 5000 greeted the aviators in Glendale and a Japanese representative gave 2300 consolation money Moyle’s fiancee Frances Bresson greeted him at the airport
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Donald Moyle
Cecil Allen
Mary Allen
Japan
United States
Cecil
Tacoma
Wash
Pacific
Siberia
Moyle
Frances Bresson
Columbus Day Observances Mark Quiet Stock Market Holiday
New York observed Columbus Day with a quiet market as banks closed and ceremonial events took place at Columbus Circle led by Italian consul general Emanuel Grazzi who oversaw wreath laying at the Genoa monument. A body found in a box car near Laramie, Wyoming was tentatively identified as Albert Tremblay of Clifton, Kansas, with death suspected from suffocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Columbus Circle
Emanuel Grazzi
Kansan Laramie
Wyo
Albert Tremblay
Clifton
Kansas
Capone on Trial in Chicago Income Tax Case
Capone sat at a counsel table without a bodyguard as witnesses detailed his spending in 1920s Florida and Chicago. Evidence showed purchases including a $12,500 custom car, $27.50 shirts, $4.95 neckties, $7,289.15 Florida estate furniture, and lavish gifts to companions. Capone’s attire and personal style were described, with testimony noting frequent purchases for his entourage and a $5,380.75 automobile sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Building
Chicazo
Alphonse Capone
United States Circuit Court
Philip D'Andrea
Capone
Iourt
Ieckties
Palm Island
Florida
Jean Rieves
Sen
Chicago
Paul M. Mincer
Guy C. Buxtom
C. A. Roy
Miami Beach
Fla
B. L. Wehrman
Johanna Sullivan
Edison Nearing Coma as His Health Fades
Thomas A Edison in West Orange New Jersey is said by his doctor to be definitely failing day by day. Dr. Hubert S Howe reports the inventor's vitality intact but gradually sinking into coma, with no fluids or nourishment for a week and little movement or recognition of family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Hubert S. Howe
Edison
Howe
Gangs Battle Again On Chicago’s South Side
A renewed gang war on Chicago’s south side leaves two men dead. Victims include James L. Quigley, once tied to Frank McErlane and Edward Spike O’Donnell, now described as their foe, and George Wilson, 33, a former policeman found slain by machine gun and pistol fire on a south side street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Side
James L. Quigley
Frank McErlane
Edward ‘Spike” O’donnell
George Wilson
State after gasoline bootleggers
Topeka Oct 12 AP apprehension of gasoline bootleggers blamed for a tax shrinkage was the focus of two state departments. Bootleggers haul gasoline from refineries for exempt use and sell it at cut rates to stations. Oil inspector Seth G Wells and the public service commission cooperate in the effort. The commission asked 16 refineries to designate three men each to work with Wells and report weekly sales to truckers and destinations of fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Seth G. Wells
Public Service Commission
Thurman Hill
Wells’ Department
Topeka to Build 120 Crypt Mausoleum at Oak Hill Cemetery
City commission approved a contract with Mid- West Mausoleum of Topeka for a 120 crypt mausoleum in Oak Hill Cemetery. Plans, health board approval, and a site purchase are in place, with a sales campaign planned in Lawrence and a protest hearing set for thirty days. The 600 block site lies between Lincoln and Maple, plus a North Seventh Pleasant street location. Group insurance for all city employees was also discussed as a cost comparable to police-only coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid- West Mausoleum Company
Topeka
Oak Hill Cemetery
Baldwin Mitchell
State Board of Health
Lawrence
Planning Commission
Lincoln
Maple
North Seventh
Pleasant Street
Arthur S. Anderson to Stay in Lawrence Medical Line
Dr. Arthur S. Anderson announced he will remain in Lawrence to join his father in practice, becoming the third generation in the city. He recently returned from Seattle where he served as physician surgeon at the general hospital, after four weeks caring for the practice during his father’s appendicitis operation. Mrs. Anderson is to arrive in Lawrence Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur S. Anderson
A. J. Anderson
Lawrence
S. B. Anderson
Art
University of Kansas School of Medicine
General Hospital
Seattle
Washington
Anderson
Rooms for Teacher's Convention Held in November Cards
Parents receive rooms for the teachers convention cards via two principals from each city school. I C Stevenson chairs the rooms committee and will collect filled cards after parents return them to the schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Stevenson
Stevenson
Former banker Guernsey under hospital care before trial
George T. Guernsey, former president of Commercial National Bank, recovering satisfactorily after major surgery in Independence Kansas. Doctors say he cannot appear at his Wednesday federal court trial in Leavenworth on eight banking law violation counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Kan
George T. Guernsey
Commercial National Bank
Guernsey
Leavenworth
Fordham Beats Boston College 20 to 9 in Football
Fordham defeats Boston College 20 to 9 in a football game. Ad promotes winter car preparation with Reusch services at 739 N.H. Phone 1108-adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordham
Boston College
Reusch
N.H
Parents and Teachers convention opens in Trinity church
About 200 delegates from Kansas district Parent Teachers Associations attend a two day convention at Trinity Lutheran church, 1245 New Hampshire Street, Lawrence. Notable speakers include Dean R A Schwegler, Florence Sherbon, B A Nash, C E Birch, Dale Zeller, Margaret Wells Wood, Margaret Justin, and others. Registration starts 8:45 am, program 9 am with addresses, reports, discussions, luncheon, tours, and a Gold Star dinner. Sessions open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Trinity Lutheran Church
New ‘Hampshirea Street
Lawrence
R. A. Schwegler
School of Education
University
Florence Sherbon
K. U. Bureau of Child Research
B. A. Nash
C. E. Birch
Dale Zeller
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Margaret Wells Wood
American Social Hygiene Association
Rand
Margaret Justin
Rantes State College
Manhattn
E. Leuenberg
Kansas City
C. A.puls
S. M. Purcell
Miss Zeller
Mothers Chorus
Kan
Urge Bural
Howard Henry
Mildred Maloney
Rural Parent-Teachers Organization
Douglas County
K. U
Police Seek to Learn Identity of Assailant
An unknown assailant stabbed J. Wilson at 156 Maple Street late Saturday afternoon. Wilson was intoxicated and could not identify the attacker. investigators believe a fight preceded the injury. The knife pierced his left lung but did not cause complications by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wilson
Maple Street
Wilson
Five in Family Die in Railroad Crossing Crash
In Vinton Iowa a Rock Island freight train struck the Demme family as they crossed a rail line. John Demme his wife and three children died. A seventh passenger, 15 year old Charles Berger, suffered two broken arms and another child was near death from a crushed skull. The wreck hurled bodies 150 yards along the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Town
John Demme
Charles Berger
Demmel
Rock Island
Slow drivers to face fines in Kansas City court
Kansas City Kansas inaugurates a new traffic code requiring at least 30 miles per hour on a specified viaduct. Judge Lee Judy vows to fine slow drivers as severely as speeders in the city’s first such enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Lee Judy
Enrollment Opens For Night Classes At Senior High
Enrollment in night school classes starts at 7 30 pm in the senior high building, with Ralph Graber in charge. Interested students go to the superintendent GC E Birch’s office first, then to assigned rooms. Courses likely include clothing and home decoration, with typing possibly offered for 2 50 dollars for eight weeks, nonrefundable. A clothing class led by Mrs Ed Daniels met today at Woodlawn school and will retry Thursday at 2 pm. Tomorrow at 2 pm Mrs Emma Crowe will conduct a home decoration class in the same building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Graber
Graber
Rotary talk covers Europe and postwar issues
Dr Lyle Powell and Dr Powell continued a talk on the International Rotary convention at Vienna noting unemployment and war production, tariff barriers across 36 European states, Russia's drive for industry, and hopes for peace. Powell visited Budapest a breadbasket region. harvests were by hand. The piece lists several local figures inducted into membership and mentions a student loan campaign.
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Lyle &. Powell
Vienna
Europe
Russia
Powell
Budapest
Hungary
Austria
Rumania
Jugo Slavia
Czecho- Slovakia
Robert D. Baldwin
Haskell
Zajieck
R. C. T. C. Department of Engineering
Howard Gurtler
Athletic Association
Ww. C. Pete
Denial from Dietrich over Schacht bank claims
Berlin reports Hermann Dietrich finance minister in Bruening cabinets denied Dr. Schacht’s charge that the government hides its finances. He said the state can meet liabilities and has covered 287 million marks of 420 million marks floating debt in the last six months. He noted foreign indebtedness is higher than thought but private debts outside banks are not controlled by the ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hermann Dietrich
Bruening
Hialmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Schacht
Germany
Herr Dietrich
Dr. Schacht
Finance Ministry
Douglas County Farmers Union plans 1932 convention in Lawrence
Douglas County Agricultural Council voted to invite the State Convention of the Farmers Union to hold its annual meeting in Lawrence next year and pledged cooperation in entertaining the event. The group endorsed the State Corn Husking Contest in Douglas County in November and discussed a landowners conference on long term leases and partnerships for rental farms, deferring final action to an October 30 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas ‘County Agricultural Council
Douglas ‘County
Douglas County Farmers Union
Stat
Farmers Union
Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County Agricultural Council
County Farmers Union
Douglas County
Plan Land Owners
Douglas
Downtown Loan Fund Drive Reaches 2260 Total
Downtown contributions to the University of Kansas student loan fund reach 2260 today as figures from George Hedrick, Chamber of Commerce secretary, push the grand total to 9268. University bursar Karl Slooz notes KU gifts total 6668 with 5746.56 from faculty and staff and 921.50 from other sources. A city medical school contribution total will be announced tomorrow in Kanggs City. A downtown committee check-up meeting is set for 4 PM Wednesday in Chamber rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
Karl Slooz
K. U
K. U. School of Medicine
Kanggs City
Kan
Wedr
Jay
Karl Klooz
K. U. Bursar
Hedrick
Pigeon with leg band reported in Pleasant Grove area
Virgil Landis of Pleasant Grove reports children shot a pigeon with an air rifle. The bird bore an aluminum leg band inscribed KC Aug 31 1489 and also had a rubber band, possibly used to attach a message to the bird’s leg, though no message was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Landis
Pleasant Grove
Lex
Allen to Speak at Herington Rotary Banquet
Dr. F C Allen KU athletics director flew to Herington Kansas to address a Rotary club banquet for the Herington high school football team and deliver an afternoon assembly. Senator Ray G Tripp a KU alumnus organized the noon event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. ¢. Allen
University of Kansas
Herington
Kan
Rotary Club
Dr. Allen
Ray G. Tripp
Rotary
Fractured Arm After Fall From Ladder At Home
Prof. W. B. Downing of 2309 Massachusetts Street suffered a fracture to the left arm at the wrist when he fell from a step ladder at his home last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Downing
Massachusetts Street
Admits Bank Robbery in Haysville Hold Up Case
John H. Anderson alias Two Gun Henderson confessed to the Haysville State Bank robbery near Wichita last Saturday. He named Clarence C. Smith as accomplice and forced assistant cashier Helen Stearns to yield 178 dollars at gunpoint. Both suspects were arrested at a rooming house in Wichita yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
John H. Anderson
Henderson
Iowa
Minnesota
Joel Maness
Haysville State
Maness
Anderson
Clarence C. Smith
Haysville
Helen Stearns
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Pacific Fliers
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City Commission
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PT. A
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