Graf Zeppelin Circles Cities Then Heads Toward Washington
The Graf Zeppelin roamed the U S capital area in mid October, passing over New York City, Baltimore and Washington before aiming toward Lakehurst New Jersey. The voyage set new airship duration records, with some reports noting 110 hours in air and about 6500 miles covered. Massive crowds cheered as factory whistles and harbor craft fired a citywide salute.
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New York City
Teddy
Sandy Hook
Narrows
Brooklyn
Staten‘ Island
Governors Islands
Statué of Liberty
Battery
Graf Felipelin
Midtown Land
New York
Baltimore
Graf
Ada
Guat Zeeppelin
Germany
United States
Cane
Charles
Chesapeake
Washington
Geelzimed
Atlantic
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Zeppelin Flight Log From October 14 1939
A long radio log tracks the Graf Zeppelin’s route from Germany through Europe toward Bermuda, noting sightings near Madeira and Cape Hatteras, and reports of course changes, wind conditions, and positions over Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk, and Baltimore as it heads to Washington.
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Zeppelin
Priedshateng
Germany
City of
Con- Ce
Basie
Switzerland
Frontier
Van
Delmar
France
Barcelona
la Piane
Morocco
Madeira” Island
A. m
Furthal
Cpme
Tao A. Me
Bermuda
Berhe
Les Maura
G.bu
Lakeburst
Rolina
Cape
Cape Charles
Chesapeake Bay
Hogh Island
Narsh
Eastyitle
Wachapisngue
Coast Guard
Heehee
Chesapeake
Crisfield
Havre de
Local forecast warns showers tonight and cooler Tuesday
Weather notes indicate likely local showers tonight with cooler temperatures by Tuesday. Extremes near freezing in the northwest portion, with roads affected by ice or frost in places such as Ottawa and Wichita. Clear conditions and slick spots expected elsewhere with caution advised.
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Rensas
Nsouth
Ottawa
Judge Smart outlines early party ideas at Rotary talk
Judge C A Smart spoke to the Rotary Club on The Background of the Republican Party describing the rise of Democratic and Republican thoughts after the Revolutionary War. He contrasted Hamilton and Jefferson, praised protectionism for industry, and noted Bryan and Wilson’s prominence in the Democratic Party.
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C. A. Smart
Rotary Club
Thomas Jeffer
Alexander ‘Hamilton
Wee
Judge Smart
Hamilton
Republican
Ted
William J. Bryan
Woodrow- Wilson
White House
Karl Bratton
Clib
Rotary
Congregational
President Coolidge Congratulates Graf Zeppelin Crossing
President Coolidge radioed congratulations to Dr Huger Eckener aboard the Graf Zeppelin for its successful Atlantic crossing. He also cabled praise to German President Paul von Hindenburg upon reaching the American coastline.
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Washington
Coolidge
Huger Eckener
Atlantic
von Hindenberg
Germany
Ecksner
Anerican ‘Coast Line
Tadioed Breetings
Prospector Thom Cowan Survives Icy Trail in Northwest
Thom Cowan and Joe Rutherford, two prospectors, were rescued after five days of brutal travel across an ice strewn NW Territories terrain north of Baker Lake. Rutherford died on day three as a blizzard slowed a planned return by airplane. Cowan crawled five more days, exhausting food and stamina, until he reached a survey post with aid finally possible.
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Winnier
Thom
Cowan
Torohte
Joe Rutherford
Baker Lake
Northwest Territories
Pass
Rutherford
Books to Be Open for Voter Registration This Fall
The city clerk announces registration books open at city hall from Wednesday October 17 to Friday October 26, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Those who did not vote last November or changed address must register to be eligible for November 6. Voters who last registered and have not changed address since need not register again.
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Floyd
Lawrence
City
Grand jury closes, bombings probed by court in Kansas City
Kansas City report notes the Jackson county grand jury halted ten days ago by a writ of prohibition sought by labor leader Ben R. Retford over Judge C. A. Luess’s death. The state supreme court resumed its investigation into recent bombings and acts of violence.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Grand Jury
State Supreme Court
Ben R. Retford
C. A. Luess
Shom
Hich
Shy Groom At License Counter In Frisco
Grant Manson San Francisco marriage license chief notes a trend in modern custom where brides take the lead at the license counter. He says wives to be often ask most questions while grooms lag behind, a shift from traditional roles.
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iSten
Frisco
San Francisco
U.P
Grant” Manson
Jessey
Manson
Wwives
Munson
Body Found of Missing Man Near Augusta Kansas
The body of D C Schneller, 44, who vanished from a construction camp near Augusta, Kansas, on September 12 was found in a creek seven miles northwest of the city. The case adds to a string of local incidents reported around mid October.
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Augusta
Kan
D.C. Schneller
Here
Campaign Weather Boost Hits East as Hoover, Smith Rally
In Boston and St. Louis the two party candidates drew mass enthusiasm. Herbert Hoover toured Massachusetts from Springfield to Boston urging independent voters to energize the campaign, while Alfred E. Smith led a huge auto parade through St. Louis and East St. Louis en route to Sedalia with a record-sized crowd and gifts of flowers.
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Hoover
East
Smith
St Louis
Sti Louis
Alfred E.smith
St. Louis
Sedalia
Jefferson Memorial
Lindberth
Washington Boulevard
New York
Governor Smith
Aggieville Special Round Trip Train To Kansas Aggie Game
Special round trip train to Manhattan for the Kansas Kansas Aggie football classic leaves Lawrence at 9:80 AM Saturday and returns from Manhattan between 6 and 4:30 PM. The train carries KU varsity football team hand student boosters and several town supporters. Tickets are on sale at the KU athletic office with extra return options from Friday to Monday at 2.50 and 2.81 dollars.
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Manhattan
Lawrence
K.U
K. U. Athletic Office
Marxiday
Union Building Floor Bids Open Next Wednesday
Bids on laying the second floor of the Memorial Union at the University of Keanses will be opened Wednesday after 1:00 p.m. at the alumni office. Plans and specifications are ready for bidding and have been distributed to local contractors. The Memorial Union committee includes Don Hatch, Charles Haines, and Dick Gafford. England Is Moving.
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Memorial Union
University of Keanses
Don Hatch
Charles Haines
Dick Gafford
England
Island Travel Five Meters From France in 80¢- Years
Paris observatory publicized a Tangitide reckoning showing the distance between Paris and Greenwich has grown since the seventeenth century. Measurements indicate a two hundredth second shift equating to about five yards in linear terms. Scientists debate whether improved instruments or continental drift account for the change.
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France
Paris
U.P
England
Paris Observatory
Greenwich
Louis
SAILS SCHOONER ALONE ACROSS ATLANTIC
Edward Miles arrives in Gibraltar after a 44 day solo voyage in a 37 foot schooner Studdy built by himself. He plans to continue through the Mediterranean Suez Canal Indian Ocean to Japan and then the Pacific. Miles spent 20 months building the vessel and 6 months planning.
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Gibraltar
Edward Miles
New York
Miles
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Indian
Japan
Pacific
Plan for Adult Vocational Classes in Lawrence
Lawrence plans adult vocational classes with sessions at the senior high auditorium starting tomorrow at 7:30 PM. If enrollment reaches fifteen, shifts will occur Thursday. women may study cooking sewing home nursing millinery, and men may pursue show card writing carpentry auto mechanics mechanical drawing building custodianship printing and other trades. Hazel E. Thompson will attend and discuss class organization. courses meet twice weekly for six weeks with a $2 registration fee refundable if three fourths of sessions are attended.
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Lawrence
Graber
Lawrence Evening Schoo
Hazel E. Thompson
Charles Scott to Address KU Students on August Primary
Republican candidate Charles W. Steiger and editor Scott of the Iday Republic will speak at the University of Kansas Fraser Hall chapel at 7:26 p.m. on Thursday. The event is hosted by the K A Hoover for president club with William Sayre announcing the program. A large turnout is hoped as students and townspeople are invited.
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Iday
Tola Register
Apon
University of Kansas
William Sayre
Fraser Hall
Sayre
Charles W. Steiger
State Republican Central Committee
Steiger
Scott
Archduke Albert Emerges as Hungary’s Crown Contender
In Budapest Archduke Albert son of Archduke Frederick led as a front runner for the Hungarian throne vacancy after King Charles abdicated in 1918. Premier Bethlen announced a referendum to choose a king, opposing Archduke Otto. Bethlen backs Albert while Legitimists shift between Albert and Otto amid competing claims.
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Hungary
Albert
Hapsburg
Frederick
Cheries
Bethien
Oedenburg
Archduke Oitn
Charles
Luxemburg
Nicholas Horty
Archduke
Joseph Franks
Archduke Joseph
Bethlen
Count Apponyi
Otto
House of ‘Tords Alse Ifevore
Gun Charge Kills Mate Near Columbus Kansas
Mrs. Lily Chappell, 48, died when her husband Garfield Chappell accidentally discharged a shotgun while crawling under a house to kill a skunk. The blast tore into her abdomen and chest as the man mourns the tragedy.
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Columbus
Kan
Lily Chappell
Here
Garfield Chappell
Horal Group To Organize Tuesday In Lawrence
The Lawrence Choral Union holds its first organization meeting Tuesday at 7:30 PM in the Lawrence Memorial High School auditorium. W K Bruner will lead, Dean Swarthout directs rehearsals of Verdi Requiem for the Lawrence Music Festival next spring. Requiem score books go on sale Tuesday evening for early buyers.
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Lawrence Choral Union
Lawrence Memorial High’ School
W. K. Bruner
D. M. Swarthout
Choral Union
Lawrence
Auditoriast
Bruner
Myrhing
Thos
Board of Education
Swarthout
Peter C. Lutkin
North Shore
Evanston, Ill
Reed Denounces Chauncey in Open Letter to El Dorado Leader
Clyde M. Reed, Republican gubernatorial nominee, writes to Chas. W. Steiger urging the Kansas GOP to ignore Chauncey Little’s charges. He claims Chauncey shows feverish imagination and distracts from the party’s constructive program, insisting he will focus on state policy after the campaign.
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Wichita
Kan
Clyde M. Reed
Chas. W. Steiger
el Dorado
Goznizanea
Chauncey Little
Mform
Chauncey
Covkil
Clyde
Lawrence Chamber Lunch to Feature Near Beer Menu
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular Dutch lunch tomorrow at noon. C. L. Scott says near beer will be served along with the usual lunch items, with ginger ale for non beer drinkers. Miss Margaret Kingsley of New York will speak on home economics and food care.
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AlDuteh
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
C. L. Scott
Chamber of Commerce
Rand
W.O. Anderson Gems Mission Company
Margaret Kingsley
New York City
Fire damages Lonefellow School in Kansas City
Fire at Lonefellow School in Kansas City Kansas, Oct 15, suspected incendiary arson. Two beams burned, desks and book cases broken, oven and supplies stolen. Loss around 2000 dollars. About SAN pupils out of school. Repair expected to enable class resumed Wednesday.
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Kansas City
Kan
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Session Opens in Winfield
The annual Kansas Knights of Pythias grand lodge session opened in Winfield on Oct 15 and runs through Wednesday. The program included the dedication of the new Pythian home with a parade from the business district to the home. An advertisement promotes Chevrolet cars with daily savings and car washes at Fritz Co.
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Rochford Fliers
Resch
New
New York
Mae
Greenland
Rockford
Stockholm
Bert
Hassel
Parker
Cramer
Imo
Ned
Hamship Rederick
Winfield
Kens
Kansas
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pythian
Adv
Douglas County Red Cross Post Exceeds Storm Relief Quota
J Sweeney the treasurer of the Douglas County chapter of the Red Cross sent a 2717 check to St Louis as an addition to hurricane relief. He had previously sent 600, bringing the total raised in Douglas County to 871 75 for relief of coastal storm victims. The national quota for the county was 700, and the forwarded amount exceeds the quota by about 25 percent.
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J Sweeney
Douglas County
The
Red Cross
St. Louis
Amoun
National Red Cross
Illinois Congressman Holoday Appeals For Immigration Policy
A crowd heard Congressman William F. Holoday of Illinois defend Republican immigration policy. He warned 22 million foreigners remain on waiting lists while only 150000 may enter annually, and urged retention of tariff laws to protect workers. Holoday predicted Republican majorities in Nebraska and Illinois. Guyer of Kansas introduced him and praised Herbert Hoover’s flood control work.
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Court House
William F. Holoday
Illinois
S. Guyer
Kansas
Holoday
America
United States
Holiday
Republican Party
Nebraska
Tlinois
Paving Near Completion on U S 73-W in Franklin County
Contracts awarded for paving a 0.6 mile stretch of U S 73 W in Franklin county leave only a half mile section unpaved in Donelan county. Ottawa chamber of commerce to discuss a completion celebration date likely after November 1 as Gouelas county paving is due to finish by week’s end.
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Ottawa
Kans
Franklin County
Donelag County
Chamber of Commerce
Qouelas County
Curtis Switches Plans For North Carolina Trip
Curtis, Republican presidential nominee, altered travel plans after a rest day. He will speak in North Carolina tomorrow night instead of tonight, and a Tuesday meeting in the state was moved to have Allen, former Kansas governor, speak in place of Curtis in England Maryland.
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Gion
APJ
Carles Curtis
North Carolina
I . Allen
Kansas
Kansas Bankers meet across eight towns starting Ottawa
The 25th annual group meetings of the Kansas Bankers Association begin in Ottawa and travel through Holton Wednesday Norton Thursday and Clay Center Friday with additional sessions next week.
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Topeka
Kansas Bankers’ Association
Ottawa
Holton
Norton
Clay Center
Owners Petition For More Paying Resurfacing Indiana Street
The city commission adopted a petition signed by 39 property owners requesting full resurfacing of Indiana Street from North Fourth to Eighth. Raw Paving of Topeka began preparations to lay a 14 to 15 foot wide center strip after tracks were removed. A $5,500 credit from Kansas Electric Power funded track removal, with contracts to pave remaining widths at $7.15 per yard. Contractors are ready to proceed and hope completion before bad weather.
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Indiana
North Fourth
Eighth
Raw Paving Company
Topeka
Indiana Street Paving
Utest
Kansas Electri¢Power Company
Indiana Line
Integrity of the Legal Profession Debate at University
The debate on the integrity of the legal profession features FE Riling and John Ise, professor at the University, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Life Theater Fraser Hall. Riling will challenge Ise’s recent address. The program is part of the university’s evening forum and open to the public.
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FE ‘Riling
Lawrence Altorauy
Ad John Ise
Ifetle
Fraser Hall
Riling
Ise
Unit
Reculoy
University Christian Area
Iast
U. W A
Veterans recount Spanish American War experiences in Kansas
Toneka VA and others gathered in Kansas to recount veterans’ experiences from the Spanish American War. The group includes members from Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri as well as registration groups and local officials. Various officials and religious delegates prepare for meetings and a conference in the Southwestern Federation of Religious Liberals.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arthur Ca Wo
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