Japan asks powers to refrain from moves in South China
Tokyo envoy notes urge US and other powers to avoid troop and ship movements from Swatow to Pakhoi during a South China operation. Foreign office says Japan will respect foreign interests and seeks to prevent incidents, warns ten days notice is not required.
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Tokyo
United States
South China
Canton
Hong Kong
Swatow
Pakhoi
Japan
Mindanao
John T. G. Stapler
South China Patrol
Foreign Office
Czech Premier Rejects British Sudeten Refugee Plan
Prague Oct 12 Premier Jan Syrovy rejected a British proposal to let Sudeten German refugees stay two months in Czechoslovakia while international aid is organized. He argued large German moves could provoke agitation and noted many fugitives demand German schools. He cited economic difficulties plus other obstacles to the plan.
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Prague
Jan Syrovy
Czechoslovakia
Republic
Recall 4200 To Work In GM Divisions At Flint
Flint October 12 Four thousand two hundred General Motors workers are recalled to jobs within 12 days. The Chevrolet division orders 3000 automobile workers to report at 300 per day and Buick calls back 1200 at 100 per day. Buick’s payroll on November 1 will list 13 000 men.
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Flint
Mich
General Motors
Chevrolet
Buick
Czechoslovak Foreign Minister to Visit Berlin for Talks
Frantisek Chvalkovsky new foreign minister will reach Berlin tomorrow for talks with Joachim von Ribbenstrrop. German officials say Berlin seeks to resume normal relations with Czechoslovakia and that negotiations run independently of the Sudetenland commission in Berlin.
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Berlin
Frantisek Chvalkovsky
Czechoslovakia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
International Sudetenland Commission
New Jersey Refinery Tanks Explode Endangering Nearby Areas
Trembly Point refinery in Linden New Jersey saw a dozen storage tanks explode and ignite. Fire departments from five towns and nearby agencies fought the blaze as explosions continued and a large crude oil tank near the incident risked spreading fire. Evacuations occurred at a nearby factory and traffic was severely disrupted along the Rahway river.
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New Jersey
Linden
N. J
Cities Service Oil
Trembly Point
New York City Harbor Fire Department
Rahway River
Elizabeth
Rahway
KU Homecoming approves plan for November festivities
University of Kansas Homecoming committee approves a program for November 4 and 5 featuring a queen selection, torchlight parade with prizes, house decorations, radio programs on KFKU and WREN, a varsity dance, and a KC Nebraska gridiron game as main attraction. Sub committees and chairmen named for registration, radio, queen, torchlight, rally, decorations, dance, publicity, and finance.
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University of Kansas
A. E. Woestemeyer
KFKU
Wren
Kansas
Nebraska
Gevene Landrith
Winifred Jameson
Mildred Seaman
Bill Bailey
Robert Haggart
Lyman Corlis
W. A. Dill
William Kollender
George Hedrick
Blaine Grimes
Bil Bailey
Sgt
H. E. Bey
Russell L. Wiley
James Carill
H. J. Hanna
Jack Nessly
Dick Wagstaff
Ted North
Patricia Owens
Jim Bounds
Hermina Zipple
Ruth Hurd
Laurence Woodruff
Ramond Nichols
Gol. Karl. F. Baldwin
Jean Thomas
Charles McCreight
Fred Ellsworth
Earl Falkenstien
Fire Toll Rises as Ontario Forest Fires Kill 20
Canadian Press reports a Yukon style blaze in Rainy River area Ontario has claimed 20 lives. The Fyles family tragedy includes Sam Fyle 21 his wife 19 their 18 month old son and a 12 year old sister. Dance township residents evacuated as flames engulf farms schools and homes.
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Fort Frances
Ont
Rainy River
Ontario
Minnesota
Dance
LaBelle
LaBelles
Taft Publishes Photography Book on American Scene
Robert Taft professor of chemistry at Kansas University has published Photography and the American Scene through MacMillan. The $10 volume surveys 1839 to 1889, covering roll film, amateur photography, and new photo processes shaping books, magazines and newspapers.
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Robert Taft
K.U. Department of Chemistry
MacMillan Company
Liquor seized in Ottawa as police arrest two men
In Ottawa Kansas on October 12, police halted two men and a car carrying 1,200 pints of whiskey. Officers described the pair as liquor runners and said they were spotted heading toward Kansas City the previous day.
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Ottawa
Kan
Kansas City
Five Speakers Vying In Second District Elimination
Five contestants will speak at the Second district elimination contest held at 723 Massachusetts street starting at 8 pm. University of Kansas entrants join Ottawa university and Fort Scott Junior college reps under judges Mayor Alfred Lawrence John W Brand and Mrs David McCreath. A $10 prize goes to the winner and $5 to the runner up with about $15 000 in national contest prizes supporting Republican ideals and leading to a state elimination later this month.
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Young Republican National Federation
Republican
Massachusetts Street
University of Kansas
Ottawa University
Fort Scott Junior College
Alfred Lawrence
John W. Brand
David McCreath
Douglas County
Republican Central Committee
FSCC to Buy Wheat Under Export Subsidy Program
The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation will buy wheat from farmers in Kansas Colorado and Nebraska for export subsidy program disposal. Purchases start soon at government loan rates 40 to 65 cents a bushel based on grade and distance from central markets. Kansas City office will handle the purchases to aid farmers lacking storage facilities. Previously Idaho Utah and other spring wheat areas were included.
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Washington
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas City
Corporation
Idaho
Utah
Jewelry salesmen robbed in Kansas City heist
Paul C. Reidt treasurer for Juergens and Anderson Jewelry Co Chicago told police he lost 75000 in samples last night to two gunmen in a taxicab. He said the robbers sought another salesman who normally carries about 200000 in samples. Albert Kolker, a Chicago firm representative, could not estimate his loss.
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Kansas City
Paul C. Reidt
Juergens and Anderson Jewelry Co
Chicago
Reidt
Albert Kolker
Kolker
J. Milhering Company
Attacks on Laws Back to Council
In Houston on October 12 the American Federation of Labor sent a resolutions committee report back to the executive council for further study. The document criticizes recent government legislation as socialism and warns of loss of liberty while defending administration praise in part.
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Houston
American Federation of Labor Convention
Executive Council
Resolutions Committee
William Green
Matthew Woll
Patrick Henry
War looming warned by Moscow children’s paper
Moscow dispatch reports Pioneer Moscow warns of a near impending world war. It says Germany seeks more than the Czechoslovak settlement and may target France next. The piece asserts the Soviet Union alone can counter the fascist menace and that small nations look to the USSR for hope.
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Moscow
Chamberlain
Germany
Soviet Union
Social Security Costs Up in First Quarter Expenditures
The Treasury report shows social security grants and cash costs to states rising to 82 868 127 in the first quarter of the fiscal year up from 57 599 168 a year earlier. Administrative costs of the social security board totaled 5 590 364 and railroad retirement board 753 057. Including reserve investments for old age pensions and railroad retirement, total quarterly expenditures reached 234 868 127.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Social Security Board
Railroad Retirement Board
Coal Price Hearings Set for Areas 2 and 3
The bituminous coal commission announces minimum price hearings set for October 26 in areas 2 and 3. Areas covered include western Kentucky Indiana Illinois Arkansas lower East Tennessee Alabama Texas Missouri Kansas Iowa and Oklahoma.
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Arkansas
Lower East
Tennessee
Alabama
Texas
Issouri
Kansas
Towa
Oklahoma
Labor strife slows recovery says official
Washington reports Secretary Roper said the conflict between the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization is hindering business recovery.
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Washington
Roper
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Vatican Circles Say Attack on Innitzer More Violent
Vatican circles reported from Vienna that the assault on Cardinal Innitzer at the archbishop's palace was more violent than earlier accounts. Cesare Orsenigo, papal nuncio to Germany, reportedly spoke with the cardinal and supplied details of the Saturday night disorders. A forehead wound from flying glass occurred as he prayed, with a canon injured as mobs stoned the palace.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Vienna
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Cesare Orsenigo
Germany
Orsenigo
Douglas county cornhusking contest date set
The Douglas county cornhusking contest is scheduled for Thursday October 20 at 9 30 am at the Sam Wrightsman farm one half mile south of Worden church Officials were named at a Worden meeting Starter Sam Wrightsman weighmaster George Shuler and others will furnish teams wagons and staff Gleaners are Vinland vocational agricultural class members Entries must be in the Farm Bureau office by Wednesday October 19
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Douglas County
Wrightsman Farm
Sam Wrightsman
Worden Church
Worden
Henry Fleer
Charles Elm
George Shuler
Charles Warner
Andy Elm
Fred Luiz
Roy Schwalm
Carl Schwartz
Vinland Vocational Agricultural Class
Dudley Gilges
Donald Breithaupt
F. G. Hagenbush
the Worden Missionary Society
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau President Defends AAA at Kansas Meet
Dr O O Wolf of Ottawa Kansas president of the Kansas State Farm Bureau urged farmers to give the federal farm law time to function saying the AAA has not had a proper test yet He favored coordination of dispersed farm units and praised the program Mrs Ed Laipple of Doniphan County won first in the women public speaking contest at the convention with district 8 rep Mrs B H Fullinwider also placing second speaking on Better Schools for Rural America.
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Ottawa
Kan
O. O. Wolf
Kansas State Farm Bureau
Bureau
Ed Laipple
Doniphan County
B. H. Fullinwider
Butler County
America
Committees Named for K U Anniversary Dinner Plans
Chancellor Lindley announced four committees to handle K U s seventy fifth anniversary dinner and NBC broadcast on November two. The lineup lists chairmen and members for Program Dinner Ticket Sales Publicity with numerous named individuals and roles.
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K. U
NBC
E. H. Lindley
G. Mitchell
Raymond Nichols
Henry Werner
Fred Ellsworth
J, Ae
Kathleen Doering
Myra Hull
Gilbert Ulmer
Marlon Sholander
Florence Black
F. A. Russell
Dean Frederick Moreau
Bert Nash
Parke Woodard
Maude Elliott
Irene Peabody
Beulah Morrison
F. C. Allen
Edwin Price
Wealthy Babcock
Henry Smith
W. H. Schoene
Jerome Kesselman
James Stranathan
Hoover Jordan
Laurence Woodruff
Ray Brewster
C. H. Mullins
Joyce Vetter
C. B. Holmes
C. C. Stewart
Cecil Hough
Lyle Gibbon
Bob Haggart
Ralph Major
W. A. Dill
J. W. Murray
H. H. Lesar
Zimmerman Charged With Possessing Nets In Court
Ray Zimmerman pleaded not guilty in Justice of the Peace Con Hults court to unlawfully possessing a hoop net and a trammel net. District game warden Carl Teichgraeber arrested him. Hearing set for October 18, bond set at 100 dollars.
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Ray Zimmerman
Court of Justice of the Peace Con Hults
Carl Teichgraeber
Zimmerman
Markets Closed On Columbus Day In Major Exchanges
America recognizes Columbus day by suspending operations in leading security and commodity exchanges including the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade. Livestock markets operate as usual. Ford Service, Hamilton 15 W. 9th, Ve
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New York
America
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
FBI seeks Arizona convict in Virgil Vaughn death
El Paso FBI director says a twice escaped Arizona convict is the man sought for questioning in the death of Virgil Vaughn of Baldwin Kansas whose body was found near Saf ford Arizona. The suspect fled Albuquerque with Vaughn August 2 and sold Vaughn's car in Lake Providence Louisiana August 4.
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el Paso
Tex
VPI
Arizona
Arizona State Prison
FBI
Virgil Vaughn
Baldwin
Kan
Safford
Ariz
R. J. Untreiner
Arizona State Penitentiary
Baker University
Albuquerque
N. M
Vaughn
Lake Providence
Phoenix
Tulsa
Oklo
Rev W H Johnson Named President Of Kansas Baptist Convention
The Rev W H Johnson of Wichita was chosen president of the Kansas Baptist Convention at its 79th annual meeting in Wichita. Officers named include E C Witham first vice president Mrs H H Pennypacker second vice president R Steiger recording secretary W A Sharp historical secretary and C E Eldridge treasurer.
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W. H. Johnson
Wichita
Kansas Baptist Convention
E. C. Witham
McPherson
H. H. Pennypacker
Emporia
Robert Steiger
Eldorado
O. M. Showalter
Kansas City
Kan
W. A. Sharp
Holton
R. B. Glover
Dodge City
J. H. Reynolds
Wathena
A. E. Roberts
Arkansas City
Paul Whitlock
Argentine
L. W. Keele
Norwich
P. H. Jorgenson
Delleville
R. M. Heath
Liberal
O. A. Powell
Homer Ferguson
E. Fromm
Ingham Elected Governor of Kiwanis District
Harold G. Ingham of Lawrence Kansas was elected governor of the Missouri Kansas Arkansas Kiwanis district at the 1938 convention final session in Hot Springs Arkansas. 1939 convention site chosen. W F Kirk of Sikeston Missouri named treasurer. Elected lieutenant governors include A B Reed Joplin Alpha H Kenna Pittsburg Kan Philip Higden Eldorado Kan Alec Wilson Meade Kan Wayne E Hembrow Council Grove Kan.
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Kansas City
Harold G. Ingham
Lawrence
Kan
Kiwanis International Today
Hot Springs
Ark
W. F. Kirk
Sikeston
A. B. Reed
Joplin
Alpha H. Kenna
Pittsburg
Philip Higden
Eldorado
Alec Wilson
Meade
Wayne E. Hembrow
Council Grove
Twenty Five Arabs Are Killed in Day’s Fighting
In Jerusalem on October 12 95 Arabs died in renewed hostilities with British forces. The battle on the Jerusalem Hebron road left 13 rebels dead in a pitched clash with British troops police and royal air force. Nine Arabs perished to air bombs and infantry later four more. Reports from other points tallied 12 additional deaths.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Royal Air Force
Jerusalem- Hebron
Dr Bowler to Speak at Baptist Convention Tonight
New York executive Dr W H Bowler will headline the Baptist convention gathering tonight at the Methodist Episcopal church. He just returned from Asia mission fields where he represented Northern Baptists. Dr Lewis M Hale, minister of First Baptist Wichita, will also speak. Tomorrow spotlight falls on Miss Jessie Dell Crawford of the Baptist Missionary Training School and Dr R P Daniel of Shaw University.
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W. H. Bowler
Council of Finance and Promotion
New York
Baptist Convention
Bowler
Asia
Northern Baptists
India
Assam
South India
Bengal-Orissa
Burma
Philippine Islands
Lewis M. Hale
First Baptist Church of
Wichita
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dorothy Enlow Miler
Jessie Dell Crawford
Baptist Missionary Training School
Chicago
R. P. Daniel
Presarnt
Shaw University
Raleigh
Miss Crawford
Woman’s Union
Dr. Daniel
Charles J. Daniel
Virginia State College
Daniel Memorial
Shaw
Virginia Union University
Columbia University
North Carolina
Daniel
North Carolina Interracial Commission
North Carolina Conference of Negro Colleges
Raleigh Community Chest
Negro Boy Scouts
Night Club Robbery and arson in Wichita area
The Riverside Supper Club near Sedgwick County was set ablaze with gasoline by two masked hijackers who stole about $500. Whitey Clinton, an employee, reported the incident to Sheriff Joe Bauml.
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Wichita
Kan
Riverside
Sedgwick County
Here
Whitey” Clinton
Joe Bauml
Canton Boat Dwellers Face Tethered Existence
An estimated 200000 Canton residents live on boats and rove waterways, with many never setting foot on land. The piece highlights a submerged nomadic life along the river and the social challenges faced by this floating community.
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Canton
China
Annual sermon by Dr Clemmons at Kansas Baptist convention
The Kansas Baptist convention opened at the Methodist Episcopal church with Dr M O Clemmons delivering the annual sermon on The Strategy of Agreement. The service featured the Westminster A Cappella choir and welcomed delegates, with committee appointments announced before adjournment.
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Clemmons
Methodist Episcopal Church
Kansas Baptist Convention
M. O. Clemmons
Baptist Church of Clay Center
J. W. Bays
Fort Scott
Cooler Weather Brings Frost Likely In Northwest Kansas
Cooler conditions moved into Kansas with light frost anticipated in the extreme northwest tonight. Forecaster S D Flora said near normal temperatures are expected within 24 hours as showers persist and a high pressure system shifts eastward. City reports show light rainfall. Topeka 0.02, Wichita 0.13, Salina 0.09, Concordia 0.08 inches with lows around 46 degrees in Goodland.
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Topeka
Northwest
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Canada
Flora
Pareaere
Salina
Wichita
Arkansas City
Fopeka
Concordia
Ottawa
Morrow
Goodland
Kansas Weather Forecast With Chilly Prep Across Regions
Kansas foresees generally fair conditions with cooler air and frost in the northwest. Thursday brings cooler southeast and east, while the northwest warms slightly. Morning outlook shows cloudy skies and slick dirt roads around Ottawa. temperatures show yesterday’s high near 82 with today’s low around the 60s.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Fnsstenda Hasbaicaementas
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B. J. Carlson
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Valley Center
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Charles Colas
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Kansas City Baptist Theological Seminary
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