Rain of steel falls on Shanghai wrecks lives
Shanghai sizzled as Japanese shells blasted the international settlement killing and wounding more than 100 Chinese civilians. An American marine, Milton Hiatt, was wounded while defending the area as Japanese warships bombarded the city and surrounding districts.
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Shanghai
Wartorn
Orient
Yangtzepoo
Soochow-Kashing
Milton Hiatt
Crystal River
Florida
United States
J. P. McMichael
Connersville
Ind
Asiatic Fleet
Augusta
Whangpoo River
Qiyoshi Hasegawa
Harry Yarnell
Avenue Road
Carlowitz Company
British-American Tobacco Company
Navy Y. M. C.A
Tiendong Road
Yangtze
French Concession
Wootung
Whangpeo
Bund
Pootang
Idzumo
North Station
Chapei
Hiatt
Soochow Creek
Marine Machine Gun Defense Works
International Settlement
Chapel
France Sets Path to Spanish Volunteer Issue via Non Intervention
France agrees to submit the Spanish volunteer question to the non intervention committee and seeks a definite plan within six to ten days. The council of ministers also adopts a three point program to ease the Spanish question while France and Britain maintain a common stance on foreign troop withdrawal and neutrality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Italy
Council of Ministers
Britain
Spain
Russia
Social Welfare Costs Rise in Kansas September Payments
Kansas reports September social welfare costs at 365376.67 dollars, up 120079.92 from August. Average payments: old age 17.48 for 6432 cases, blind 21.88 for 15 in 11 counties, dependent children 10.11 for 3375. Federal share 62748.41, state share 90789.25, counties 211838.91. Douglas County received 4364.41 including 2113.49 old age, 561.77 children, 65.49 blind, and 1623.66 general assistance, marking first federal funds under the social security setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
R. B. Church
Chure
Douglas County
Baptists to Hold 1938 Convention in Lawrence
Lawrence, Kan, chosen as the 1938 convention city for Kansas Baptists. The Rev J W Bays Fort Scott was elected president, W H Johnson Wichita vice president, O M Showalter Emporia re elected secretary, A P Eldredge Topeka treasurer. The Rev Emanuel Fromm Kansas City named president of the Kansas Baptist Ministerial association. Mrs H H Pennypacker Emporia elected president of the Kansas Baptist Woman's Union. C M Bowline Howe named president of the Kansas Council of Baptist Men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Kan
Lawrence
Kansas Baptists
J. W. Bays
Fort Scott
W. H. Johnson
Wichita
O. M. Showalter
Emporia
A. P. Eldredge
Topeka
Emanual From
Eyston Sets New 2000 Kilometer Speed Record
At Bonneville Salt Flats Utah on October 14 Captain George Eyston drove the maroon 12 cylinder car Speed of the Winds to a 2000 kilometer record of 163.59 miles per hour set against Ab Jenkins. The previous mark stood at 162.93 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
George E. T. Eyston
Ab Jenkins
Eyston
Seventeen Day Search For Kidnapped Chicago Manufacturer
Washington oil newsgathering reports the seventeen day search for 71 year old Charles S. Ross a Chicago manufacturer and kidnapping victim. Authorities said the duration in captors custody set a record for length of time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles S. Ross
Chicago
Illinois Mine War Declares UMW Officials Run Terror
The American Federation of Labor moves to ask the Senate civil liberties committee to probe the United Mine Workers of America after Joe Ozanic of the Progressive Miners of America labels the Illinois coal fields a reign of terror. The convention also boosts powers to fight the CIO and approves a one cent monthly assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
American Federation of Labor
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
United Mine Workers of America
Joe Ozanic
Progressive Miners of America
Ozanic
Illinois
Senate Committee
Pennsylvania
Holton Board Faces Mandamus on Sales Tax
The Kansas Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus to compel the Holton board of education to collect and remit sales tax on extra curricular activities. The case, with Parsons Fort Scott and Coffeyville intervening, argued events like athletic contests and music shows are not part of the regular curriculum and serve the public, not just students. The court’s opinion, to be filed later, could apply to colleges as well. The commission expects remittance for past games and entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Holton Kansas Board of Education
The
Tax Commission
State Supreme Court
Parsons
Fort Scott
Coffeyville
W. G. Fink
Kansas Farm Bureau outlines farm program at Manhattan meeting
The Kansas Farm Bureau in a convention resolution calls for an ever normal granary with adequate commodity loans, parity income for producers, production controls to curb surpluses, and quotas if needed. It urges extending interest rates on land bank and commissioner loans and criticizes weak congressional concessions while stressing stabilized agriculture as the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas Farm Bureau
E. A. O’neal
National Farm Bureau
Congress
Hearing On Mail Service To Be Held In Kansas City
A hearing in Kansas City on November 22 will address proposed discontinuance of mail service on the Rock Island line between Horton Kansas and Fairbury Nebraska. S. A. Cisler and Harlee Branch or J. W. Cole are expected to attend. Citizens along the route protested plans to substitute a star mail route, delaying the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George McGill
Kansas
Post Office Department
Kansas City
Rock Island
Horton
Kan
Fairbury
Neb. S. A. Cisler
Air and Railroad
McGill
Harlee Branch
J. W. Cole
Richard Long
Horton-Fairbury
Collision Kills Topeka Man Near Blue Mound
An automobile truck collision two miles north of Topeka last night killed George A. Briggs 52 Topeka oil man and injured two other men Frank Haynes Grantville Kan and Bill Wright Blue Mound rode in the truck. Jess Graham Blue Mound driver of the truck was not hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Blue Mound
Kan
Here
George A. Briggs
Frank Haynes
Grantville
Briggs
Bill Wright
Jess Graham
Stock Market Index Report Notes Mixed Signals
The market index for sixty stocks shows a 49.2 point level with a yes signal on momentum, indicating cautious gains in early trading. Traders watch sector rotatioins as tech and financial shares lead varied performances across major exchanges.
Episcopal Church Seeks Unity by Inviting Presbyterians to Discuss
The Protestant Episcopal Church pledged cooperation in a movement toward world Christian unity. It invited the Presbyterian Church in the U S A to consider steps for organic union and endorsed the proposed world council of churches. It will send two delegates to a Holland conference in May 1938 and will not join the Federal Council of Churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Protestant Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church
World Council of Churches
Holland
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
United States
Conference On the World Council
Episcopal Church
WILL GO TO ROYAL
The Lawrence Liberty Memorial high school band will travel by two chartered buses and private cars to Kansas City Kansas and Missouri for a full day at the American Royal Livestock show. Director Oliver Hobbs leads a 7:30 a.m. departure from Lawrence with a 9:30 a.m. Wyandotte High School concert and a luncheon before a Minnesota Avenue parade and arena appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Liberty Memorial High School
Kansas City
Kan
Oliver Hobbs
Wyandotte High School
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Wyandotte High
Minnesota Avenue
American Royal
Missouri
Burglar Ministers to Sick Man Then Robs Him
In Waltham Mississippi district court the case of Robert E. Ulrich charged with armed robbery is outlined. Ulrich allegedly entered the home of Miss Elsie Coolidge in Watertown with intent to steal, while feigning to help a sick man. The intruder claimed heart and sinus trouble and gave a massage before taking $125 and two rings valued at $400. Ulrich, on parole from San Quentin, was held on $25,000 bail as his arraignment proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Miss
James M. Sproe
Igoe
Robert E. Ulrich
Boston
Stockton
Calif
Elsie Coolidge
Watertown
John Cronin
Ulrich
Cronin
P. Sarsfield Cunniffe
Coolidge
San Quentin
California
Could Carry All States Farley Says Roosevelt Could Win
Postmaster General James A. Farley said in Spokane that if President Roosevelt sought a third term he would carry 46 states plus Maine and Vermont. He added the decision to run again is for Roosevelt to answer, and when asked about 1940 nomination he said he does not cross bridges before reaching them.
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Farley
Roosevelt
Spokane
Wash
James A. Farley
Maine
Vermont
Lawrence Kansas Player Amerine Leaves Hospital
University of Kansas football player Dick Amerine was released from Watkins Memorial hospital to return to classes. Doctor R I Canuteson said Amerine has a carbuncle on his left knee and will not be able to resume his position on the team for at least a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerine
Dick Amerine
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Watkins Memorial Hos
R. I. Canuteson
Lions and Emporia clash in EK conference showdown
Lawrence High hosts Emporia High in an Eastern Kansas conference game at Emporia tonight starting 7 30. Journal World will post halftime and final scores and a phone line 22 offers score updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School Lions
Kansas
Emporia High Eleven
Emporia
Journal-World
High school journalists gather for KU conference tomorrow
Kansas high school editors and journalism teachers attend the nineteenth annual High School Newspaper Conference at the University of Kansas. Kansas Intercollegiate Press association also meets with Kan sas Council of Teachers of Journalism in focus. James Patterson headlines the banquet at 5 30 p m in the Union building with Claude Dorsey as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas High School
University of Kansas
Kansas Council of Teachers of Journalism
Kansas Intercollegiate Press Association
Albert T. Reid
New York Calonist
Marco Morrow
The
Capper Publications
Tom Collins
Kansas City Journal-Post
James Patterson
Kansas City Star
Clif Stratton
Washington
Topeka Capital
Union Building
Claude Dorsey
Kansan
J. J. Kistler
E. N. Dean
George Church
Little Theater
Fraser
Raymond Lawrence
Albert Reid
W. A. Dil
Fraser Theater
Floyd Quentin Brown
Dill
Jack Townsend
Dyche Museum
Sky
Theta Sigma Phi Sorority
Memorial Union
Night Shirt Parade to Highlight KU Gala Night
A gala 35th annual night shirt parade is planned by University of Kansas students in downtown Lawrence. The event begins 7 20 at the Union, marches down Indiana to Seventh then Massachusetts, ends at South Park with a bonfire and cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
South Park
William Kollender
Kollender
Union Building
Indiana Street
Seventh
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Street
Auto traffic toll rises for nation early weeks
The American Automobile Association reports the national auto fatality toll running about 20 percent above last year. It cites census data showing 6 905 deaths in 125 cities over 50 000 population in the first 39 weeks versus 6 234 in the same period of 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Automobile Association
Census Bureau
Surviving Gangster Returns to Indiana After Bangor Shootout
James Dalhover, a gangster who survived a gun battle that netted the Brady gang, was brought back to Indiana where two murder indictments await him. The report recalls Pi-Myron Guernea, leader of the G-men, who helped round up the gang in Bangor, Maine. Also noted are new Plymouths and Chryslers from Motor In at 827 Vt. Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
Pi—Myron Guernea
G-men
Brady Gang
Bangor
James Dalhover
Ford Official Charges Kansas City Police Refusal of Protection
Ford personnel director Harry Bennett says Kansas City police blocked access to Ford officials lacking union passes. The Ford plant in Kansas City remained shut after a week of picketing and ongoing model change halt.
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Ford
Kansas City
UPI
the Star
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Dearborn
The
Star
Bennett
H. F. McElroy
H. C. Doss
McElroy
Doss
Cole Discharged After Liquor Case Hearing
Jess Cole was discharged at a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Don Hults for possession transportation and sale of intoxicating liquor. The court ruled no crime had been proven and Cole would not be bound over to district court.
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Jess Cole
Don Hults
Cole
Springer
Hults
Fifteenth
Massachusetts
Herbert Marshall
Nineteenth
Massachusetts Street
Number Six
Marshall
Warmer Tomorrow Predicted With Showers Across State
Topeka reports a Friday warm up with showers in dry central and western Kansas. Temperatures fall to 40 to 50 tonight, northeast counties may see 35. Friday highs expected 60 to 65. Frost observed in northeast Kansas. state crops mostly undamaged. Topeka set a 51 year low for the date at 30 degrees. Phillipsburg and Topeka tied 54 as state high Wednesday. The 24 hour period was rainless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
A. D. Robb
Kansas
Mercury
Phillipsburg
Threefold responsibility in business administration
W C Jeffers president of Union Pacific spoke at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster on October 14. He outlined a threefold duty to the public workers and investors and warned that unbalanced pressures or hostile legislation can derail a balanced administration and harm each group involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
W. C. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Franklin and Marshall College
Jeffers
Interest in Lawrence Choral Union Grows Ahead of Spring Performance
The Lawrence Choral Union planned an opening meeting at 7 30 pm in the Lawrence high school auditorium with growing local and university interest. Dr Otto Miessner will lead rehearsals ahead of The Pilgrim's Progress with the symphony orchestra, drawing singers from nearby towns and cities including Topeka McTooth Eudora Baldwin Perry Ottawa and more. Notable attendees at a planning luncheon included Dolph Simons George Hedrick J R Holmes Van Bruner John Andrews and Mrs H W Craig among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Choral Union
University
Lawrence High School
Lawrence Singers
Bie
Pilgrim's Progress
Edgar Stillman Kelley
Lawrence
Choral Union
Topeka
McTooth
Eudora
Baldwin
Perry
Ottawa
Otto Miessner
Miessner
Dallas Exposition
Eldridge Hotel
D. M. Swarthout
School of Fine Arts
Mr. Miessner
Dolph Simons
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
J. R. Holmes
van Bruner
The
John Andrews
H. W. Craig
Lawrence Music Club
Erret Dooley
Bank of McLouth to celebrate 50th anniversary
The Bank of McLouth marks its fiftieth anniversary with an open house on Saturday October 16 in the banking rooms. The institution first opened October 17 1887. Longtime leaders include president E H Kimmel vice president Eric C Steeper cashier H W Steeper assistant cashier K E Richardson and directors W T Edmonds and W A Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of McLouth
E. H. Kimmel
Eric C. Steeper
H. W. Steeper
K. E. Richardson
W. T. Edmonds
W. A. Wellman
Ethiopians Kill Italians in Reported Attacks
Rome says 41 Italian officers and 17 soldiers were killed in Ethiopian bandit attacks. The fascist government dismissed rumors of massacres and did not state native casualties, though informed sources fear a large number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Collision injures none as truck hits train near Humboldt
James John, 19, escaped with a bruised leg after his gasoline tank truck collided with a passenger train at a crossing south of Humboldt. He jumped from the cab before impact. the truck was demolished and the train was delayed an hour while the cow catcher was repaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Kan
James John
Humboldt
John
Weather report forecasts showers and warmer Friday
Mostly cloudy conditions with possible showers in central and west areas beginning tonight or Friday. Temperatures rise Friday with cooler rooms in the west and north tonight. Morning readings show cloudy skies at Arkansas City Wichita Salina Emporia and Coffeyville. Dirt roads are currently good.
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Arkansas City
Wichita
Salina
Emporia
Coffeyville
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Ford Service
Hamilton
A. F. of
U. M
Printers
C.J.O
Executive Council
Matthew Woll
A. F
American Wage Earners Protective Conference
Rooseevelt
Federation
William Green
Frank Morrison
Althe
Houston
Tex
St. Louis
Birmingham
Atlantic City
N. J
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Adv
Melba Moore
Mishawaka
Holton Board
ROYAL
K.U
K. U. Journalism
K. U
U. P. Railroad
Swarthout
Bank
McLouth
M. Vostolday
University Coal Co
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