Roosevelt calls Congress to meet November 15 in special session
President Roosevelt announces an extraordinary session of Congress for November 15 1937 with farm legislation surplus crop control as main aim and other items including wages hours executive reorganization and regional natural resource planning. He outlines purposes in a radio address and issues the proclamation signing the call. The session follows the 1933 hundred days session and precedes the January 1938 regular session.
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Roosevelt
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Congress of the
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of America
Cordell Hull
J. Theodore Marriner
Syria
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Hoover
Central Standard
Gordon A Visitor Here
Gerald Gordon of Highland Doniphan County a potential Republican candidate for governor was a Lawrence visitor today. Gordon is a farmer and stock raiser a member of the legislature and chairman of the house agriculture committee. He served in an aviation squadron in World War I.
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Highland
Doniphan
Lawrence Wisitor
Gordon
Legature
House Committee On Agriculture
Herved
Cubs Clinch City Series With 6 2 Win At Comiskey Park
The Cubs defeated the White Sox 6 to 2 to claim the Chicago city baseball championship series at three games apiece. Larry French pitched effectively for the Cubs while Ver non Kennedy took the loss after allowing three hits last week.
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Chicago
Comiskey Park
White Sox
Larry French
Vernon Kennedy
Fire alarm ends with no blaze at Dick Building
Fire department responded to an alarm at the Dick Building located at 747 Massachusetts Street this afternoon. No fire was found though a caller reported smelling smoke. The Crown Drug Company occupies the ground floor.
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Dick Building
Massachusetts Street
Crown Drug Com
War or Peace Divides A F of L at Convention
The American Federation of Labor extended today to its unions the choice of olive branch or expulsion as a council meets after a convention vote. John L. Lewis with his C I O faces possible ouster amid clashes over federal bureaus and the labor board.
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Denver
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
C.I
Olive Branch
Peaceful
Club
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Resolutions Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Bce
Labor Board
Atlantic City
N. J
John L
Tax lawmakers discuss adjusting existing tax laws
Washington on October twelve two congressional leaders met with President Roosevelt about possible changes to current taxes. House Ways and Means head Doughton said no new taxes were raised and discussions focused on undistributed corporate profits and nuisance taxes. Vinson, subcommittee chair, announced November meetings to review the general tax situation and potential hearings. Morgenthau participated in the White House talks.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
Vinson
D-Ky
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
White House
Treasury
Joint
House-Senate Committee On Taxation
Coughton
Gehrke Begins 27th Winter Retreat in Bed
Watertown dispatch notes Arthur E Gehrke known as Turkey enters his annual hibernation for the winter. He locks himself in his room and is inaccessible to visitors as his bartenders say he will be out of circulation until spring.
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Watertown
Wis
Arthur E
Turkey
Gehrke
Beau
Dumbaster
No Word From Ed Henry In Probe Discussion
Ed Henry of Dodge City has not contacted Chancellor EK H. Lindley regarding the alleged communistic activity investigation at the University. Henry had said he completed an inventory of his son Donald Henry's belongings, noting material of interest to the probe. Donald Henry recently died serving with loyalist forces in Spain.
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Ed Henry
Dodge City
Picket Ford Plant Marches at Kansas City Doors
Two hundred pickets gathered at the Ford plant entrances in Kansas City to protest after the plant was closed indefinitely last night following an announced decision.
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Ford
Kansas City
G men kill Al Brady gang in Bangor gunfight
U S agents wiped out the Indiana gunman Al Brady and one mobster in a five minute Bangor street gun battle. A third gangster was wounded and surrendered. One agent was wounded. Brady Shaffer Jr and James Dalhover were killed or wounded. The raid ended a Midwest crime spree linked to banks robberies and murders.
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Indiana
al Brady
Clarence Shaffer, Jr
James’ Dal
Brady
Shaffer
Dalboret
Central Street
John Dillinger
Department of Justice
Indianapolis
Richard Rivers
Paul Minneman
Edward Linsey
Midwest
Dillinger
G-men
Chicago
Meredith Stewart
Indiana State Police
George Conn
Freeport
Charles
Frank Bird
James Widmer
Cleveland
Ohio
Piqua
Greenville
Dayton
Lima
Big task confronts Secretary Wallace in farm tenancy push
Secretary Wallace faces the assignment of naming about 1,500 county and state level committee members to launch the government loan program. The plan targets landless tenants and sharecroppers for home ownership via a 9.5 million dollar loan pool.
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Washington
Wallace
Congress
Paul V. Maris
Roosevelt
Plan to Persuade Italy on Spain Withdrawals
France and Great Britain pursue a moderated course to urge Italian troops from Spain. Italy given last chance to withdraw troops. Chamberlain and Eden consider using the 27 nation non intervention committee toward an accord with Italy. Berlin sources say Germany and Belgium near an amity non aggression treaty likely ending Franco British talks on a new western pact.
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Great Britain
Spain
Italy
Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Berlin
Germany
Belgium
Poland
Unclear Weather Brings Scattered Showers This Afternoon
An overcast sky finally yielded a trace of rain around 2 PM. The day opened at 59 degrees, rose to 60 by 1 PM, then cooled to 58 and slipped further by 2:30 PM as scattered moisture fell late in the afternoon.
Coeds Charge Fees for Goodnight Kisses at Cottage
Syracuse University coeds in Mc Carthy cottage are charging college boys escorts fees for goodnight kisses to raise house funds. Escorts drop a coin in a silver bowl for each kiss with weekend rates and cash only, no credit.
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Syracuse
N. Y
University
McCarthy Cottage
Gov Haxman Delays Special Session On Welfare Law
Governor Wal ter A Haxman told a Kansas Allied Workers committee he will let the current social welfare law run its course before deciding on a special legislative session. He reiterated his stance at Topeka on October 12.
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Topeka
Walter A. Haxman
Kansas Allied Workers
State income tax hit record high for nine months in 1937
State tax receipts reached $1,904,105.88 for the first nine months of 1937, the highest in the levy’s four year history. Comparisons show 1936 totaled $1,344,064.59 and earlier years lower. By Oct 11 nearly $91,271 was collected for October with September at $113,828.08.
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Topeka
John Speck
Tour
Gardner Sworn In As Douglas County Treasurer
A. M. Gardner was sworn in for his second term as Douglas County treasurer along with deputy Roy Flory before County Clerk T. R. Gerhart. Gardner’s $50 000 bond was approved. cash on hand totaled 11 800.38 with county bank deposits at 320 377.37. The board named all county banks as depositories and discussed a mortgage tax of 15 000 from a Kansas Electric Power Company issue to be shared among 19 counties.
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Douglas County
Roy Flory
T. R. Gerhart
Gardner
Board of County Commissioners
L. H. Menger
John Callahan
District Court
Chris Schaake
Board of Commissioners
Lawrence
Kaw Valley State Bank
Eudora
Lecompton State Bank
Baldwin State Bank
Charles Springer
State Tax Commission
Topeka
Kansas
Springer
Tax Commission
Kansas Electric Power Company
Atchison
Butler
Chase
Coffey
Douglas
Elk
Greenwood
Jefferson, Johnson, Labette
Leavenworth
Lyon
Morris
Neosho
Osage
Shawnee
Wilson, Woodson and Wyandotte
I O O F Grand Lodge Kansas convenes in El Dorado
In El Dorado Kansas the 80th annual I O O F Grand Lodge of Kansas and the 50th Rebekah state assembly opened with about 1500 members for preliminary sessions. Officers elected include Phoebe Gildersleeve as president, Pearl Sauders as vice president, Hannah Sumners as treasurer, and Irma Torrey as secretary for a three year term. Grand encampment to close later today with officer elections and installations.
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E Dorado
Kan
Kansas
Rebekah
Phoebe
Gildersleeve
Salina
Treaty Renewal Keeps Pact Between France and Yugoslavia
France and Yugoslavia renewed their friendship treaty on October 12 for another five years, extending the alliance and cooperation between the two nations.
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Paria
France
Yugoslavia
Massive cracks ruin Garvin alfalfa field near Midland
On the Garvin farm near Midland E W Ousdahl reports huge cavities six feet across and six feet deep tearing a 22 acre alfalfa field. Subsoil contraction in extreme drought created hollow pockets, many hidden by a thin topsoil shell, endangering future harvests and cattle grazing.
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Garvin
Midland
E. W. Ousdahl
Ousdahl
Kaw Valley
Highway 24
Journalists Meet for Kansas High School Conference
Editors and business managers from Kansas high school newspapers gather for the nineteenth annual conference sponsored by the University of Kansas journalism department. Speakers include Albert Reid Marco Morrow Tom Collins James Patterson and Clif Stratton. About 5 000 student editors and sponsors have attended since 1920.
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Kansas
University Department of Journalism
Kansas Council of Teachers of Journalism
Albert T. Reid
New York
Marco Morrow
Senator Capper
Tom Collins
Kansas City Journal-Post
James R. Patterson
Kansas City Star
Clif Strat
Arkansas City Man Killed In San Diego Traffic Crash
E. A. Bigley, 55, of Arkansas City Kan was crushed to death in San Diego when the light truck he was pushing toward a gas station was struck by a second truck driven by Isadore B Rozeza 29 of San Diego Rozzen charged with negligent homicide Three others in the Bigley truck suffered shock and injuries Lela Scott 26 Pasadena Bigley's niece How ard Jones Scott four years old and Fedora Bigley wife of the deceased were injured
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San Diego
Calif
P. E. A. Bigley
Arkansas City
Kan
Isadore B. Rozeza
Rozzen
Bigley
Lela Scott
Pasadena
Howard Jones Scott
Fedora Bigley
Kansas credit bureaus elect leaders at 1937 convention
J. G. McBride of Wichita elected president of the Kansas associated credit bureaus at Ottawa. Emporia chosen for the 1988 convention. Other officers named include John W. Harper Topeka as first vice president Godfrey Klein Atchison as second vice president Mrs Della Bard Arkansas City as secretary-treasurer. Directors chosen are H. S. Hicks Ottawa M. E. Trout Pretoria Gaschen Fort Scott W Lyons Dodge City Mrs Inete Shambaugh Newton and Merle Harvey Emporia.
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Ottawa
Kan
Cr—J. G. McBride
Wichita
Kansas Associated Credit Bureaus
Emporia
John W. Harper
Topeka
Godifrey Klein
Atchinson
Della Bard
Arkansas City
H. S. Hicks
M. E. Trout
Fred Gaschen
Fort Scott
W. Lyons
Dodge City
Inete
Shambaugh
Newton
Merle Harvey
Lawrence Choral Union Reopens Under Miessner Direction
After nine years dormant the Lawrence Choral Union will restart under Prof W Otto Miessner head of music at the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts. The group was founded in 1923 by D M Swarthout and resumes activities with new leadership.
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Lawrence Choral Union
W. Otto Miessner
University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
D. M. Swarthout
Rites At Temple For Scottish Rite Reunion In Kansas
The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Lawrence Orient of Kansas begins a fall reunion at the Masonic temple with ceremonies starting tomorrow and continuing each Wednesday through December 8. Degrees 4 through 6 are on the first program with Ottawa and Lawrence-area candidates. A dinner at 6:30 precedes the 7:30 start for the 4th degree, then 8:15 for the 5th, and 9:15 for the 6th, led by Varnum Birch Wall and Louk, with music by Prof. Carl A. Preyer and singer Mrs. Roy Bushey.
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Orient of Kansas
Masonic Temple
Ottawa
Lawrence
Carl A. Preyer
Roy Bushey
Walter H. Varnum
Clarence E. Birch
George D. Wall
Charles E. Louk
Kiwanis Awards Highlight Missouri Kansas Arkansas Meet
At the Kiwanis district convention in Wichita several clubs received annual achievement awards for community activity. Kansas City Kansas won gold, Manhattan Kansas took silver, Hiawatha led blue, and Chillicothe Missouri led white division. McCaughan urged Kiwanis to shape public opinion, with divisional meetings and a golf tournament scheduled. Tonight’s governor’s banquet honors Henry Triesen of Hutchinson, with officer elections tomorrow.
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Kan
Philip N. McCaughan
Long Beach
Calif
Missouri, Kansas and
Arkansas
Kiwanis
Claude E. Faulhaber F
Little Rock
Ark
Kansas City
St. Louis South Side
Manhattan
Topeka
Hiawatha
Kirksville
Arkansas City
Chillicothe
el Dorado
Augusta
McCahshan
Henry W. Triessen
Hutchinson
President to Deliver Tenth Fireside Chat Tonight
New York Oct. 12 The President will address the nation in his tenth fireside chat since 1938. The program runs from 8:30 to 9, Central standard time, and will be carried by the usual network stations.
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New York
Convention Arrives in Ottawa for Rural Letter Carriers
The Kansas Association of National Rural Letter Carriers plans its state convention in Ottawa next July. More than 1,000 carriers and families are expected for a three to four day session with private homes offered to delegates due to hotel room shortages. Representatives from Lawrence and Iola attended the Spring Hill meeting to bid for the event.
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Kansas Association of National Rural Letter Carriers
Ottawa
Second District Association
Spring Hill
Lawrence
Iola
Choral Union to Be Revived in Lawrence This Fall
Lawrence prepares to revive the Choral Union after nine years with the first organizational meeting set for October 19 at Liberty Memorial High School auditorium. Dr Otto Miessner will direct the large chorus as the group plans to perform The Pilgrim's Progress by Edgar Stillman Kelley with Mrs and Mr Kelley expected to attend.
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Lawrence Choral Union
Liberty Memorial High School
Otto Miessner
Miessner
Edgar Stillman Kelley
Kelley
America
National Federation of Music Clubs
Walter Damrosch
New York City
Cincinnati
Chicago
Apollo Club
Harrion Wild
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Dean
Cold turn with frost likely in Kansas north
Topeka reports a forecast of colder weather with possible southeast showers and frost in the north if skies clear. Temperatures will dip to the 50s in the north and 60s in the south, with night readings 30s to 40s and a gradual rise to the upper 60s by Wednesday. Phillipsburg posted 84 and Goodland 48 this morning.
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Kansas
A. D. Robb
Robb
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Tremor Felt Across Jerusalem Area Scares Clerks
A slight earthquake was felt in Jerusalem Jericho and Beersheba with no damage. Buildings including the American consulate swayed as clerks rushed into the street.
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Jericho
Beershea
Weather bulletin with mixed clouds and frost risk
Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with showers in the southeast. Colder tonight and in extreme southeast Wednesday, slightly warmer Wednesday in the extreme north, frost in the north tonight and clearing later. Morning outlook: generally cloudy. Road conditions vary with dirt roads fair at Coffeyville and good elsewhere. University Coal Co. Phone 44.
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