Nazis Press for Neutral Mediation After Chamberlain Rejection
Berlin reports say Germany seeks neutral response to Hitler peace overtures as Dietrich says only the United States can avert a vast European bloodbath. Nazis insist they are thru with Chamberlain and Daladier while awaiting neutral action and possible U.S. intervention to avert war.
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Germany
Russia
Italy
Chamberlain
United States
Otto Dietrich
Hitler
Fuehrer
Britain
U. S
Dietrich
Submarine sinkings hailed as Friday the 13th
Admiralty in London reports three German U boats sunk with British patrols rescuing crew survivors. British air force losses rise to 60 killed or fatally wounded and 71 missing, nine wounded, per latest casualty list. Royal Swedish gathering to discuss Finnish Russian issue planned for October 18. Vatican cancels international eucharistic congress due to war.
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London
Admiralty
Rothstein loan dodges Furriers' union unrest
A former American Communist party member told the House Un American Activities Committee that Arnold Rothstein lent about 1.75 million dollars in 1926 to the Furriers' union, with 110000 paid to policemen over 17 weeks to restrain union violence. He also said police officials and gangsters profited from the scheme while leaders of the guild influenced many unions.
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Washington
American Communist Party
House Committee
Arnold Rothstein
New York
Furriers’ Union
Maurice L. Malkin
Furriers
Malkin
Communist Party
Sing Sing
Rothstein
Johnny Broderick
Jesse Josephs
Broderick
Barney Ruditzky
Braun
Dies
Lewis J. Valentine
Michael Murphy
Pny
Jupiter View Tonight at University of Kansas Observatory
The University of Kansas Observatory will open from 7 to 10 tonight for Jupiter viewing. Jets N. W. Storer says the 6 inch refracting telescope will show Jupiter’s surface bands and four moons. The other seven moons are too faint. Jupiter is 11 times Earth's diameter and orbits the sun in 12 years.
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University of Kansas Observatory
Jupiter
N. W
Earth
Capital of British Empire May Move to Ottawa
Cornelius Vanderbilt told Rotarians in Kansas City that the capital of the British Empire could relocate to Ottawa Canada if England faces extermination. He warned Europe’s fate is sealed by Chamberlain and predicted rapid moves by Hitler with Balkan states and Romania to follow.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
British Empire
Ottawa
Canada
England
Chamberlain
Europe
Hitler
Balkan States
Rumania
Rally Day at Worden Evangelical Church
Rally day will be held at Worden Evangelical Church on Sunday October 15 with Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 followed by a basket dinner at noon. At 2 pm Miss Naomi Light speaks and a Christian Endeavor play from Lawrence will be part of the 7 pm service. Everyone is invited.
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Worden Evangelical Church
Naomi Light
Christian Endeavor
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Lawrence
Lindbergh to Speak on United States and the World War
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will broadcast tonight at 8 30 p m CST from Washington over the Mutual network. The address is his second in recent weeks and will cover the United States and the World War.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Mutual Broadcasting System
Harvest Home Festival at Trinity Lutheran Church
Lawrence residents attend the Harvest Home festival at Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday at 11 am. Rev C A Puls notes the chancel decorated with field products and Providence. Congregants sing Bringing in the Sheaves and hear a sermon titled The Sower the Seed and the Soils. Special music is prepared by both choirs under E Thayer Gaston.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Hand of Providence
C. A. Puls
E. Thayer Gaston
Lawrence Red Cross selects lieutenants for special gifts
George Docking names Lisle Eby John Andrews and Richard A Barber as lieutenants for the Red Cross canvass in Douglas county. The committee meets this evening at 4 o'clock to recruit 10 to 15 on the special gifts committee and 20 to 25 for the business firm canvass in Lawrence.
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George Docking
Douglas County Red Cross
Lawrence
Lisle Eby
Lawrence Building and Loan
John Andrews
Kansas Public Service Company
Richard A. Barber
Canvass
Wellington Heads Editors Association
Wellington of the Kansas City Times-Star was named chairman of the Associated Press Managing Editors association, succeeding N R Howard of the Cleveland News. Neil H Swanson of the Baltimore Evening Sun was chosen vice chairman. Kansas census supervisors to be named by Representative Houston and Lynn Broderick in Kansas.
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P—C. G. Wellington
Kansas City Times-Star Today
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
N. R. Howard
Cleveland News
Neil H. Swanson
Baltimore Evening Sun
Wellington
Kansas
Washington
Houston
Lynn Broderick
Democratic
Chamberlain Reply Seen Making Little Peace Progress
Authoritative sources report Chamberlain’s reply to Hitler’s end the war proposal achieved little to no progress toward peace and the situation was viewed as unchanged in Rome.
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Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt Silent On Peace Bid and Baltic Tensions
President Roosevelt dismissed Berlin's hint of mediation with no formal request and said the United States would not be drawn into European political disputes. He described American notes to the Soviet Union as maintaining peaceful Baltic relations and Finland's independence, and he noted unverified rumors about Italian tankers refueling a submarine.
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France
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McGill Seen as Likely Appointee to U.S. Customs Court
Former Senator George McGill of Kansas, an administration ally, is viewed in informed circles as the probable first choice to replace Judge Jerry B. Shannon on the U.S. customs court in New York after Shannon’s retirement. Diamond of Sheldon Iowa was told there’s no chance an Iowan gets the post.
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George McGill
Kansas
Jerry B. Shannon
United States Customs Court
New York
Shannon
McGill
Clyde M. Reed
Justice Department
T. E.diamond
Sheldon
Tia
Ratner to Attend K State Colorado Game in Manhattan
Pr Gov Payne Ratner will attend his first 1939 football game tomorrow. The executive plans to watch the Kansas State College versus Colorado University clash at Manhattan.
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Ratner
Topeka
Payne Ratner
Kansas State College
Colorado University
Manhattan
Stock Market Index and Washer Service Note
Stock market index shows 60 stocks at 52.2 and Wednesday at 52.5. Also mentioned Washer Service by Green Bros. advertising.
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U. S. Railroads to Spend 80 Million for Equipment and Property
Chicago Oct 13 The nations railroads, buoyed by rising business, plan more than 80 million dollars in spending on equipment and property. Rail workers said the move will boost jobs as contracts span many industries and steel mills operate at capacity to supply new rail.
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Chicago
America
Attacks Face Off as Germans Pause on Prison Raids
Paris reports German patrols abruptly halted attempts to seize French prisoners after five days of no captures. French observers eyed a potential major offensive while Berlin claimed French bridges were blown near Wintersdorf Breisach Neuenburg. British buildup on the northeastern front was noted with 158,000 troops in France and munitions stockpiles behind the lines.
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Daladier
Adolf Hitler
France
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Basel
Kembs
Istein
Maginot Line
Rescue of British Crew by American Liner Harding
The American liner President Harding rescued 36 crew members from the British freighter Heronspool after it was attacked and sunk off the Irish coast while aiding French tanker W. Emile Miquet. The He ronspool crew reportedly drowned. the Emile Miquet was found afire. The Harding carried 597 passengers from Le Verd to New York.
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New York
Harding
W. Emile Miquet
James E. Roberts
United States
Heronspool
State keeps closed season on prairie chickens
The Kansas forestry fish and game commission announced a continued closed season on both greater and lesser prairie chickens. Chairman Lee Larabee said lesser prairie chickens in western Kansas are showing a comeback but need protection for at least another year. Greater prairie chickens remain abundant in eastern counties.
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Pratt
State
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Kansas
Lee Larabee
Commission
Larabee
Garner seeks compromise on neutrality law shipping provisions
Washington Oct 18 Vice President Garner reportedly urges compromise on shipping provisions of the neutrality bill to speed final action. Three proposed amendments from Senators Johnson White and Bailey were delivered to Senator Pittman for study. Taft Nye and others debate embargo scope, with warnings against an unlimited war boom and calls to keep ships from Europe.
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Johnson
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White
R.-Me
Bailey
D.-N.c
Pittman
D. Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pacific
Nye
R.-N.d
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Taft
Ohio
Europe
Troop Train Carrying Recruits to Coast Stops at Leavenworth
A troop train with several hundred Midwest recruits arrives at Fort Leavenworth for the first time since World War II. At Leavenworth 76 new soldiers join 32 from Fort Riley, with others recruited there and in Leavenworth. The train will go on to Omaha Denver and Salt Lake City, en route to San Francisco for assignment to air corps coast artillery and infantry units, with some headed to Hawaii.
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Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
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Hawaii
Finds Her Family
Mrs. Collin Olmstead 25 will reunite Sunday with a brother and sister unseen for 22 years. She will also meet two sisters and a brother she didn’t know existed after a Wichita paper helped locate relatives including Earl Crow and Mrs. Pearl Niday.
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Connecticut Street
Mrs. Olmstead
Wichita
Lawrence Crow
Ruth Crow
Maud Bingham
Bingham
Earl Crow
Pearl Niday
Zineville
Okla
Olmstead
D. M. Hamilton
Lawrence
Kansas City
Frost Set To Hit Kansas With Frost Tonight
Frost in scattered areas was forecast for tonight as north winds chill Kansas. A high pressure system from the north drives cool air into the state with near freezing temperatures in northern counties and no rain expected. Skies were clear in much of the state while Dodge City and Goodland reported lower readings.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Robb
Dodge City
Goodland
White son of William Allen White sails to report from Europe
W L White the son of Emporia publisher William Allen White leaves for Europe to cover background news behind the front. He will represent major papers including the New York Evening Post St Louis Post Dispatch and the Chicago Times entering Germany first then Italy and France. He is currently in New York City.
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Europe
Emporia
William Allen White
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New York Evening Post
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Chicago Times
Tie
Germany
Italy
France
New York City
Lloyd George Criticizes Chamberlains Nazi Peace Reply
A Liberal group led by David Lloyd George branded Chamberlains House of Commons speech as inadequate for not stating war aims or Soviet Russia’s impact. The council urged willingness to negotiate though most observers praised Chamberlains hard line against Hitler.
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David Lloyd George
Chamberlain
Council of Action For Peace and Reconstruction
House of Commons
Britain
Russia
Hitler
Germany
France
Council of Action
Lloyd George
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Empire
Nation large farm power exhibit takes shape near corn husking site
The nation’s biggest farm power and equipment show grows on F. H. Leonhard farm west of the corn husking contest site. John Deere and International Harvester bring equipment by rail for a display stretching over half a mile, with seven major exhibitors along the south field and more than a dozen firms preparing spread along the north side. Kansas Electric Power crews lay power lines as exhibitors rush to set up tractors, booths, and concessions for the November 2 event.
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F. H. Leonhard
John Deere Plow Company
International Harvester Company
John Deere
Midway
Kansas Electric Power Company
Kansas City Alumni Meet Draws Local Business Leaders
Henry and Ober led proceedings at Brookside hall with about 100 businesspeople in attendance. New officers elected include Don Davis as president and Al Haas, Marshall Pardee, L. F. Swede Olson as vice-presidents, Verne Wilkin as secretary, and James A. Criswell as treasurer. Local attendees were Gwinn Henry Vic Hart Harry Tansine Mike Getta Bert Ober H W Hargiss A E Woestemeyer Al Green and Fred Ellsworth.
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Kansas City Alumni Association
Brookside Hall
Gwinn Henry
Bert Ober
Kansas Relays Club
Don Davis
al Haas
Marshall Pardee
L. FE
Vic Hart
Harry Tansine
Mike Getta
H. W. Hargiss
A.E. Woestemeyer
al Green
Fred Ellsworth
Strong retail buying in New York week
Dun & Bradstreet reports robust retail buying nationwide despite hot weather. Volume matched last week and stayed around 5 to 13 percent higher than a year ago, with seasonal goods movement temporarily checked but totals still satisfactory.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Ratner urges U S neutrality at Kansas Baptist convention
Gov Payne Ratner told the Kansas Baptist convention at Dorado that the United States must stay out of the European war. He warned against a futility complex and said democracy was not saved in 1917 and 1918, noting less freedom now than a century ago. Hutchinson was chosen for the 1940 meeting.
Nursery School Opens Monday With 26 Enrollees
The nursery school will open Monday at 9 o clock with 26 pre school children. More parents are expected to bring children in coming weeks. The school has been closed for a month. Supt CHfford D Dean has accepted the supervisor post at the request of district supervisor Mrs A H Turney.
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Supt
Chfford D. Dean
A. H. Turney
Kaneas Weather Forecast Fair and Cooler
Forecast calls for fair conditions and cooler temperatures with scattered light frost in the east and central areas tonight. Saturday expected to be fair with a warming afternoon toward the northwest and north central region.
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Kaneas
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