Landon Attacks Sham Liberalism in Akron Speech
Governor Alf Landon told a crowd at the armory in Akron that he stands for a sane liberalism contrasting with today’s liberalism. He urged real jobs at real wages, criticized wasteful spending, and urged balanced budgets through cutting nonessential programs and safeguarding social security. He praised American industry and stressed returning to free enterprise and fiscal restraint.
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Akron
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Armory
Ohio
Condition Still Critical In Auto Crash Near Lawrence
Watkins Memorial hospital reports Miss Carletta Witt of Kansas City remains in critical condition after the September 25 auto collision south of Lawrence. Two KU students Harold Grege of Lawrence and Idella Campbell of Salina, injured in the truck collision, remain in student hospital, likely to be released soon. Other patients, Marvin Rausch of Thayer Evelyn Brubaker of Grants Pass and Euelah Prince of Lawrence, have been discharged. Earl King of Russell shows slight improvement after an appendectomy. KU hospital census stood at two patients last night, the lowest since the term began.
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Watkins Memorial Hospital Today
Carletta Witt
Kansas City
Lawrence
Harold Grege
Idella Campbell
Salina
University of Kansas
Miss Witt
Marvin Rausch
Thayer
Evelyn Brubaker
Grant's Pass
Ore
Euelah Prince of
Earl King
Russell
K. U
R., J. Canuteson
Kansas Weather Forecast and Road Conditions
Kansas forecast shows generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with slight warming. Morning weather clear. Dirt roads mostly fair, rough at Ottawa and Pittsburg, good at Wichita. Douglas county roads fair. Gas Office Record lists temperatures from 7 pm yesterday to noon today. Jobbs Coal Co, Phone g4-advs.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Pittsburg
Wichita
Douglas County
Insurgent Troops Move Toward Madrid Amid Preparations
Massed insurgents line up west of Madrid awaiting orders to march on the capital. Fascist forces focus on Avila and Toledo fronts with El Escorial and Navalcarnero targeted next. High command hopes to control Madrid within 10 days after Cerberos fall while workers defend the city and socialist guns bomb Burgos road.
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Spain
Madrid
Avila
Toledo
el Escorial
Navalcarnero
Cerbreros
Olias del Rey
Toledo-Madrid
Burgas
Hinojosa el Duque
Cordoba
Philippines Typhoon Death Toll Tops Three Hundred Ten
Manila reports a devastating typhoon across Luzon leaving at least 310 dead and hundreds missing. Nueva Ecija bears most fatalities with Cabanatuan hardest hit as floodwaters strand residents and destroy homes. Emergency relief, aerial surveys, and Red Cross aid mobilize to reach stricken districts while Manila itself escapes major damage.
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Manila
Philippines
Manila Tribune
Nueva Ecija
Luzon
Isabela
Sugbu
Cebu
Pablo David
Pampanga Province
Cabanatuan
Here
Manuel Quezon
National Relief Commission
Red Cross
Manila Bay
Court Stands By Its Wage Ruling
Washington reports the Supreme Court upheld its ruling that New Yorks minimum wage law for women is unconstitutional and agreed to review a challenge to a similar Washington state measure. The court also planned to review or reconsider numerous other appeals including issues around the Wagner act and railway labor act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
High Tribunal
Virginian Railway Company
Western Missouri Federal District Court
Court of Claims
Federal District Court
States
New York City Records Record Voter List
New York City reports a record 2,899,123 qualified voters after six days of registration, surpassing the national vote totals in early history. The figure exceeds the previous NYC high and the national vote in every pre 1932 election. both parties claim advantages in the record enrollment.
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New York
New York City
United States
Jamey K. Polk
Ideal Autumn Weather In Topeka And Kansas
Topeka reports ideal autumn weather with temperatures near normal across Kansas. Goodland reached the high 80s yesterday and again low 80s today with a nighttime low around 48. Forecasts predict highs between 80 and 85 Tuesday and a descent to the upper fifties overnight, with cooler western areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Goodland
Nuvolari Wins Rich Auto Race Prize at Wimille
Tazio Nuvolari, 40, Italian dare devil, wins the Vanderbilt Cup race at Roosevelt Raceway Long Island. He dominates 300 miles around a four mile loop in 4 hours 32 minutes 44.04 seconds, earning 27,400 dollars including lap prizes. Jean Wimille finishes second with 10,000 dollars, Count Antonio Brivio third as European drivers outpace Americans.
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Roosevelt Raceway
Long Island
Tazio Nuvolari
Nuvolari
Nuvolario
Jean Wimille
Antonio Brivio
Columbus seen as go getter ideal at Rotary luncheon
Prof F E Melvin of the University of Kansas spoke at the Lawrence Rotary Club luncheon on Columbus Day, arguing Columbus embodies the adventurer and individualist era. He said a new age of sociability and global understanding is rising, aided by modern transport and communication, and praised KU authorities Hodder and Davis. New members Miessner and Baldwin were inducted. guests included Maj Canady and H F Bruce.
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Christopher Columbus
Gogetter
Hotel Eldridge
F. E. Melvin
University of Kansas History Department
Melvin
Columbus
F. H. Hodder
K. U. History Department
W. W. Davis
University
Rotary
W. Otto Miessner
University of Kansas Fine Arts
Col
Karl Baldwin
Maj
Paul Canady
Topeka
H. FE. Bruce
Mayetta
Haskell
Lawrence
W. B. Fleming
Baker University
Prohibition Poll Shows Kansas Candidates Favor Beer Limits
Dr. John R. Golden reports a beer poll of candidates for Kansas house and senate seats shows broad support to set legal intoxicants at one half of one percent. He says 31 of 40 senate districts have at least one major party candidate backing the measure, with 16 districts having both nominees in favor.
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Topeka
Kansas
John RK. Golden
Kansas Prohibition Emergency Committee
Leas
Golden
Roose vel Visit Expected to Draw Huge Crowds in Wichita
State Democratic leaders in Wichita plan for President Roose vel to address the city tomorrow as Walter Blake, secretary of the Democratic headquarters, predicts 100000 to 150000 people from southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma will cheer the chief executive along a 15 block drive from the railroad station to the event site.
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Wichita
Kan
Roosevel
Walter Blake
Kansas
Oklahoma
Liverpool Wheat Prices Hit Six Year High on Drought
The steady advance of the Liverpool wheat market to new six year highs is tied to shrinking world supplies. Drought in the North American belt and threatening weather in southern hemisphere grain areas push prices 8 to 25 cents above other markets. Traders say world importers rely on Argentina and Australian farmers for future supply.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Drouth
Europe
Killed on Highway by Car Near Lawrence
Edgar Salisbury a well known colored truck farmer died from injuries after being struck on Highway 40 near Kanwaka while beside his parked truck. James Donelan a KU senior and Jane Everest were in the other car. A coroner's jury was set for 2 pm, funeral planned for Wednesday at Ninth Street Baptist Church, burial Oak Hill cemetery. Surviving widow and siblings listed.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Highway 40
Kanwaka
Salisbury
James Donelan
Salina
University of Kansas
School of Business
Donelan
Jane Everest
Kansas City
Mrs. Salisbury
Fred Vogler
Court House
H. T. Jones
Fred Rliesner
George Bullene
O. D. Lile
Sterling Statesman
Emery Underwood
R. C. Miller
Harry Gregg
John Tyler
Bartlesville
Okla
K. U
Corbinghall
Willard Cut
Lawrence
Ninth Street Baptist Church
B. L. Wightman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Letitia Salisbury
Elizabeth Cohran
Denver
Colo
Susie Fortson
Albert Adam
Will
Refused a New Trial in Kidnapping Case
Federal Judge Elwood Hamilton overruled Thomas H. Robinson Jr. new trial motion in Louisville convict for kidnapping Mrs. Alice Speed Stall for 50000 ransom. The order was deferred 10 days to allow affidavits on insanity. Defense said they would appeal to the circuit court if district court cannot overturn the life sentence.
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Louisville
Elwood Hamilton
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Robinson
Alice Speed
Hamilton
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Convict Loses Plea Over Kansas Habitual Criminal Act
Bennie Glover, serving a life term, lost his challenge in the U S Supreme Court to the Kansas habitual criminal statute. The court dismissed the appeal for lack of a substantial federal question after the Kansas high court denied habeas relief. The case follows his third felony conviction and current confinement in the state penitentiary.
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Washington
Bennie Glover
Supreme Court
Kansas Supreme Court
Roosevelt tours West on recovery and sound money
President Roosevelt campaigned in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain states announcing that the United States is around the corner to recovery and that the monetary system is sound. He criticized Republican inconsistency on spending and federal aid while defending trade policy, drawing 20 000 along his route. He planned to campaign in Kansas and then Chicago, with a stop in Dodge City after a Colorado Springs appearance.
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Colo
Roosevelt
Rocky Mountain States
United States
Colorado State House
America
Alf M. Landon
Col
Frank Knox
Columbus
Cheyenne
Wyo
Rockies
Greeley
Canada
Marland
Capitol
Chicago
Kansas
Dodge City
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
la Junta
Union Pacific Runs Special Train to Roosevelt Rally
The Union Pacific will operate a special train from Topeka to Kansas City tomorrow afternoon for a Democratic rally honoring President Roosevelt. It will stop in Lawrence at 3:35 PM, with a return departure from Kansas City at 11:30 PM tomorrow night.
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Union Pacific
Topeka
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Lawrence
Snow blankets western New York as cold snap hits 31
Snow covered roofs across western New York in the early morning as a sharp October cold wave dropped the temperature to 31 degrees, a six hour fall of 24 degrees aided by a 56 mile per hour wind.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Pendergast Home Looted of Furs Worth $9,000
Police seek two suspects after furs and perfumes valued at more than $9,000 were taken from Thomas J. Pendergast home while the Kansas City boss was in hospital for an operation. A fur coat found on the floor suggests the theft interrupted by the family’s return from the hospital. Surgeons called the operation corrective with the patient reported in excellent condition.
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Kansas City
Thomas J. Pendergast
Democratic Organization
Pendergast
Harris assails Kansas book scandal at Democratic HQ
In a Wichita speech Democratic attorney general candidate Innis Harris attacked the Kansas school books situation. He claimed repeated neglect by the current attorney general Clarence Beck despite PTA and legislative council calls for an investigation. He urged readers to study the constitution’s bill of rights for civil liberties.
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Innis Harris
Kansas
Harris
Wichita
Parent- Teachers Association
Kansas Legislative Council
Clarence V. Beck
Boston
Mass
University of Kansas
Paris Peacefront Faces Communist Outlook In Alsace Lorraine
French communists finished a propaganda tour in Alsace Lorraine and plan 122 meetings soon. Rightists mocked the effort saying mobilization drew only 12 000 of a 2 million population. Premier Blum defended the government saying it is a government of all parties of the people's front. Confidence in the government was voiced by other leaders.
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Paris
Alsace-Lorraine
Communist Party
Moscow
France
le Matin
Leon Blum
Lens
People's Front
People’s Front
Blum
Loss of Jewelry Reported by Kansas City Executive
Bruce Dodson Jr an insurance executive said a $42000 jewelry theft occurred at his suburban home. A maid found the missing items in Mrs Dodson’s closet. The incident was reported in Kansas City after discovery this afternoon.
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Kansas City
Bruce Dodson, Jr
Dodson
Pay as You Go at Baker Stadium Inspires Work Plan
Governor Alf M Landon champions a pay as you go model at Baker University. Trustees funded an athletic plant through student labor, rock quarrying, concrete work, and sewer line projects. Alumni donations and a memorial fence support 16 World War I graduates. The program funds tuition credits, keeping the school balanced without WPA grants.
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Alf M Landon
Baker University
Kansas
Baker
McPherson College
Baker Stadium
Baldwin
Landon
Emil Liston
Big Hill
Liston
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