U S on new kind of gold standard
Washington October 13 1931 the United States alongside Great Britain and France announced a three power accord creating a new kind of gold standard to curb currency speculation stabilize exchanges and promote free movement of gold among the signatories. The pact invites other nations to join and aims to shield the everyday economy from rapid fluctuations while limiting gold export. Morganthau calls it a long term stabilization step.
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May Deal With China Sparks British Export Credit Plan
May deal with China centers on a British export credit plan allowing China long deferred payments for British goods. Officials say guarantees are required, and the scheme is not a loan. Tokyo reacts to reports of a British loan to China, wary of political aims.
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Students Stage Strike at Edwardsville High
Edwardsville Kansas October 18. Twenty three of the fifty six students at Edwardsville High walked out demanding the removal of Principal J E Houston after a student accused him of striking him. Houston denied the charge saying the youths refused to attend a school assembly. Sheriff Baker and deputies stood by as a school board meeting was called to decide action. Houston had submitted resignation last year but was reemployed with a raise.
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Paul Kincaid
Houston
Kincaid
George 5S. Baker
Kansas City Prepares Spotless Welcome for President Roosevelt
Kansas City Kansas City was to host President Roosevelt with a spotless town plan for his visit to dedicate the new city auditorium. Local workers scrubbed streets and removed cars along the route while police and guardsled the two Kansas Citys. The president's special train due at 4 30 pm would motor through downtown to the auditorium with a 5 pm speech broadcast by WDAF before continuing his Missouri campaign swing.
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Insurgents refuse Madrid surrender talks
Burgos dispatches report several Madrid leaders sought concessions in exchange for rapid surrender. Salamanca announces the fascist high command says Madrid must fall total, no negotiations with government. Government forces claim to have checked the insurgent drive near El Escorial and castijellos, with actions across Castilljos and Teruel fronts.
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Teruel
Valencia
Typhoon toll climbs to 193 dead in Luzon disaster
Official tally lists 193 dead and 654 missing after Luzon typhoon. About 20,000 Nueva Ecija natives homeless. Latest victims swept away when a Pampanga river dike broke flooding towns. Death toll expected to rise as waters recede and relief teams search the area.
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Eno Iert
Luzon Island
Nueva Ecija
Miss Witt Is Better After Auto Crash at KU
Dr R I Canuteson director of Watkins Memorial hospital says Miss Carlotta Witt of Kansas City is considerably better than a week ago. She was seriously injured in an auto accident September 25 and rests more comfortably. Harold Gregg and Idella Campbell, students also injured, remain hospitalized.
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Watkins Memorial Hospital
University of Kansas
Carlotta Witt
Kansas City
Miss Witt
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Idella Campbell
Ford Makes Call on Landon Today in Detroit
Governor Alf M Landon Republican presidential nominee and Henry Ford met briefly in Detroit as Landon began his lake states campaign. Ford appeared at the London hotel suite before Landon's arrival and the two lunched with Ford executives. Landon addressed about 750 Wayne County Republican women and will broadcast his speech on Freedom of Enterprise tonight. A federal guard briefly detained Ford in the hotel corridor before the meeting.
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Roosevelt Hands White Greeting on Emporia Stop
President Roosevelt rode the Roosevelt Special toward Kansas City and paused in Emporia Kansas to greet William Allen White editor and friend of Governor Alf M Landon. The exchange drew cheers as White moved up to the rear platform for a handshake and a joke about a 32 year friendship. The President remarked about smiling for the election and urged crowds to make way for Mr White.
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KU to Host Eighteenth High School Newspaper Conference
The University of Kansas journalism department prepares to host more than 200 Kansas high school journalism students and instructors for a two day conference in association with the Kansas Council of Teachers of Journalism. Registration opens Friday at 9 in the newsroom of the University Daily Kansan. Speakers include E W Hullinger Miss Helen Hostetter and Ernest K Lindley. The annual dinner Friday at 6 30 in the K L Union features remarks and campus celebrity introductions with toast master Kenneth Postlethwaite. This marks the thirty fourth year of journalism instruction at KU.
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Mankato
K. U
Hamilton Is Certain He Will Win Election Says Landon Ticket
Republican National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton voiced strong confidence three weeks before the election. He name checked Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Wisconsin and states east of the Mississippi as leaning for Landon. He argued Roosevelt’s New Deal propaganda is losing impact while Landon proves a decisive, clear thinking leader. He warned winning working voters hinges on proving Roosevelt’s interest is lip service.
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North Dakota
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Sculptor Gage to Leave for Kansas With Pioneer Mother Statue
Santa Monica, Calif. Oct. 13. Merrell Gage, sculptor of the Abraham Lincoln statue in Topeka, will depart Thursday for the Kansas capital with photographs of his latest work ordered for the capitol grounds opposite Governor Landon's office. The six foot tall seated figure depicts a Kansas pioneer mother with a baby and a schoolboy reading the family Bible. Gage, born in Kansas, has lived in southern California for 13 years.
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California
Buried Army Detachment After Lanchow Clash
Report from southeast Lanchow, China, dated October 15, says invading communists buried alive a government army detachment in retaliation for killing over a hundred of their followers. Government troops ambushed the communists but were overpowered. the communists abandon a six week siege and drive northeast. Wealthy Chinese reportedly killed themselves to avoid ransom if captured.
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Kansans Are Champions at National Dairy Show
Dallas Texas October 15 Clar ence Hostetler age16 and Brutus Jacobs age17 of Harper county Kansas were named the champion 4 H day demonstration team at the national dairy show. They were coached by W E Gregory county agent and Miss Ruth E Crawford Harper county home demonstration agent.
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Harper County
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Wreck Victims Identified and Train Rerouting Underway
Authorities identified a man as Cyrl Short of Calhoun Illinois from a wrecked Missouri Pacific freight train near Arnold Kansas. A second victim, a 39 year old Negro, was listed as unknown. Two crew members escaped injury as 18 derailed cars blocked the line and trains were rerouted over the Santa Fe.
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Kan
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Calhoun
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The Boys Promise Kansas Electoral Vote for Roosevelt
On a Roosevelt campaign train moving through Kansas on October 13, key Kansas Democrats expressed confidence Roosevelt would win the state's nine electoral votes. Prominent figures including Lynn R. Brodrick Guy T Helveing Senator George McGill and C M Fitzwilliam joined the train at Dodge City and Wichita to greet the President in Wichita where the Huxmans were also present.
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Salina
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C. M. Fitzwilliam
Walter A. Huxman
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Boils on GridIron At Kansas Stir Student Varsity Tension
Tempest over KU football leadership grows as Kansan reports and campus groups discuss the merit of coaching and school spirit. Athletics head Allen signals concern while student and town factions push to back the team and curb the dispute. Chancellor Lindley and Kansan editors met to discuss developments.
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Emily Newell Blair to Speak at Court House
Emily Newell Blair, member of the Department of Commerce consumer advisory board, will speak tonight at 230 at the courthouse before a K U Young Democrats club gathering. She will present campaign issues from the Democratic platform and is noted for extensive eastern speaking tours and leadership roles in Democratic organizations.
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Wood ring pledges peace stance amid war tension
UPH Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring told Kansas City business leaders that the nation must stay out of war. He urged support for the President across parties while noting the European situation is dangerous. Lawrence registration for the November 3 election closes October 23 with hours at city hall and the city clerk’s office.
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Harry H. Woodring
Middle West
Roosevelt Denies Class Agitation in Kansas Address
President Roosevelt, speaking from Lawrence stadium in Wichita on October 13, rejects claims the New Deal creates class divisions. He asserts all workers, farmers, and businesspeople belong to the same class and criticizes alarmist rhetoric by Republican leaders. He notes eight Kansas appearances before heading to Kansas City.
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Heat in Kansas contrasts with northern cold and storms
Weather notes show 90 degree heat in central and western Kansas while eastern areas stay near 85. A northwest wind keeps temperatures cooler tomorrow. Minimums fall to 40s to 50s. Reports from Wisconsin and Michigan record snow and subfreezing readings. Oil magnate Frank R. Abbey dies aboard his yacht in the Connecticut River.
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Tulsa
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Parade on Friday at KU pep rally for Kansas Oklahoma game
The annual KU nightshirt parade will start Friday at 7 PM from the KU Union, marching Indiana to Seventh to Massachusetts to South Park where a bonfire and songs await. KU band leads, Jay Jones with torches, and food provided by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
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McNair Revokes Resignation as Pittsburgh Mayor
Pittsburgh, Oct 12 William H McNair notified the council he has revoked his resignation as mayor after conferring with Leslie M Johnston who had been dismissed by Acting Mayor Cornelius D Scully. Scully and council had previously rejected his nomination of a treasurer and planned to elect a new mayor on November 1.
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Maryar
Gregory Zatkevich
McNair
Leslie M. Johnston
Cornelius D. Scully
Scully
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William B. Foster
Council
Cogswell to Speak at Lone Star Republican Meeting
Cogswell, master of the Kansas Grange, will be the principal speaker at a county wide Republican meeting in Lone Star on Wednesday evening. The event opens with a tea by Republican women, featuring Mrs January of Osawatomie, followed by a chicken dinner at 6 30 and a political meeting with Republican county candidates in attendance.
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Lone Star
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January
Osawatomie
New County City and School Insurance Under One Policy
A complete rewrite of insurance for county buildings, City of Lawrence, and the city school board places all public buildings on a general schedule policy. The Lawrence Insurance Board, with 12 agencies, uses 80 percent insurable value and lower rates saving about one third. Policies staggered to expire a third each year. total county coverage $186,230, city coverage $409,000, and school coverage $725,900. Rates improved: county fire 32.2c vs 45.2c, tornado 9.6c vs 10.4c. city fire 17.5c and tornado 6.9c. school fire 10.7c and tornado 54c.
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Three New Directors Elected At Lawrence Country Club
Dr Noble P Sherwood Noble C Lindstrom and John Brand were elected to a three year term on the Lawrence Country Club board of nine at last night s annual meeting About 60 members attended including many at the Pelican dinner The club s Oct 1 membership stood at 169 The golf course was expanded from nine to eighteen holes with the new layout opened on Decoration Day It was designed by Rhees Miller of Kansas City and built by Perry Maxwell of Ardmore Ohio Lighting was added to practice greens extending use through a hot summer The new engineer for Salina EB W Hopkins of Bentonville Ark will assume duties November 1 after M Lamme resigns for private business Harold Poulson 40 was fatally injured near Olathe after being thrown from a truck when it hit a dip in the pavement
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John Brand
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Kansas City
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Ardmore
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Kansas Weather Forecast With Local Road Notes
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with cooler readings in southeast regions. Morning clear with dirt roads mostly good, Pittsburg fair, Arkansas City rough. Douglas county roads reported rough. Temperature readings from local gas office show yesterday and today temps with noon values and maximum and minimum forecasts.
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