German spy case witness details shift to industrial data
New York October 18. Guenther Gustav Rumrich the star witness testified that Nazi Germany shifted from seeking military secrets to industrial information by late 1937. He named agents Wiegand and Schmidt and described payments and letters tied to Bethlehem Steel and Du Pont plans. The courtroom was silent as he recounted contact with Berlin and Washington figures and a pay scheme for aiding German interests.
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New York
Guenther Gustav Rumrich
John C. Knox
Nazi Germany
Rumrich
Wiegand
Schmidt
Germany
Bethlehem Steel
DuPont
Sanders
U. S
Berlin
His Central
Star Farmer Greenlaw Wins 1938 Honor At American Royal
Hunter Roy Greenlaw of Falmouth Virginia 21 from a 435 acre Washington area farm is named Star Farmer of America for 1938 at Kansas City's American Royal livestock show. He inherits a legacy farm once owned by George Washington and expands profits from 115 dollars to thousands through crops dairy and livestock methods.
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Kansas City
Roy Greenlaw
Falmouth
George Washington
American Royal Livestock and Horse Show
Future Farmers of America
Young Greenlaw
Bottomlands
Washington
Rappahannock
Greenlaw
Kansas State
Rankin Is Elected Kansas Historical Society Chief
Robert C. Rankin of Lawrence was elected president of the Kansas State Historical Society at its annual meeting. He succeeds William Allen White. other officers were named for one and two year terms. The event featured talks by William Allen White and Lloyd Lewis with a dinner to close the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Historical Society
Topeka
Robert C. Rankin
Lawrence
Kansas State Historical Society
Ing
William Allen White
Emporia
T. M. Lillard
James C. Malin
Kirke
Chicago Daily News
Fred Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
Martial law declared in Palestine under army control
Late news bulletins report Sir Harold MacMichael placing the entire mandate of Palestine under military authority. The move follows escalating tensions as the region comes under martial law amidst ongoing regional unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Palestine
Harold MacMichael
Mandate
Jackson Boosters Tour for Fort Scott Candidate
A caravan of 60 Fort Scott citizens traveled from Iola Garnett Ottawa and Baldwin to Lawrence on a booster tour for Judge W F Jackson Democratic candidate for Congress in the Second District. Signs showed railroad and labor men farmers and professionals. The group then went to Olathe before returning to Fort Scott.
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Fort Scott
Lawrence
W. F. Jackson
Congress
Iola
Garnett
Ottawa
Baldwin
Olathe
Bids Sought for Filtration Plant Roof Recovery
Sealed bids for recovering the roof of the Filtration and Pumping Plant at Third and Indiana streets Lawrence Kansas are due by Friday noon October 28 1938. Specifications available from the Water Superintendent City Hall. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Frank E Willey Water Superintendent.
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City Hall
Third
Indiana Streets
Lawrence
Kansas
Frank E. Willey
Pope Pius Broadcasts at Eucharistic Congress New Orleans
Pope Pius spoke to the eighth National Eucharistic Congress in New Orleans via short wave radio. He lamented gospel rejection and revulsion, yet voiced hope for stronger devotion to the sacrament and a brighter global church future. Cardinal Mundelein presided as James A. Farley read Roosevelt's messages to Archbishop Rummel.
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New Orleans
George Cardinal Mundeleni
Chicago
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
John Francis Rummel
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Universal Church
Forty Children Injured In School Tank Explosion
In Franksville Wisconsin on October 18 an air tank on the water heating system burst with tremendous force at the grade school injuring forty pupils, most aged 10 to 14. Fifty escaped unharmed as village doctors treated bruises and scratches. interior of the building was shattered.
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Franksville
Wis
Japanese push toward Canton from northeast in invasion drive
A Japanese column drives southeast toward the Bocca Tigris forts near Canton as forces claim to control large parts of Kwangtung. Analysts say seizing the forts would open a water route for warships to reach the city, with tanks artillery and planes aiding the advance toward Waichow and Tsengshing as Chinese defenses mass to halt the invasion.
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Hongkong
Bocca Tigris
Canton
South China
Cheungmuktau
Canton-Kowloon
Kwangtung
Tsengshing
Waichow-Canton
Sheklung
East River
Waichow Canton
Waichow
Bias Bay
Japanese capture Yangsin near Hankow on Yangtze drive
Japanese army reports take Yangsin 50 miles east of Hankow along the Hankow Canton railway after a 48 day river drive from Kiukiang. Fall threatens Sienning and severs supply lines for Chiang Kai-Shek. Teian, 30 miles south of Kiang, also taken.
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Shanghai
Yangsin
Hankow-Canton Railway
Yangtze River
Kiukiang
Hankow
Sienning
Hankow-Canton
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt to Speak in City Visit
Mrs Roosevelt will arrive Saturday morning at the station and meet the Lawrence Woman's club at the station. After a press conference and luncheon she will tour the city by motor and give a lecture. She will stay at the Hotel Eldridge and cannot accept invitations or entertainments due to a tight schedule. Rock Island will stop the Rocket at 10 35 for her arrival and she will not greet the audience backstage after the talk.
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Lawrence Woman’s Club
Franklin D. Roosevelt
C. E. Pontius
Brazil Cites Assassination Plot Against High Authorities
Rio de Janeiro. The ministry of justice disclosed a revolutionary plan to kill high authorities and install terror in Brazil. Two men in prison over the May 11 fascist uprising, Belmiro Valverda and former Lieutenant Severo Fournier, were alleged to be involved. President Getulio Vargas and his family faced a several hour siege in the presidential palace before the uprising was quelled.
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Rio de Janeiro
CPI
Ministry of Justice
Brazil
Justice Ministry
Belmiro Valverda
Severo’ Fournier
Getulio Vargas
South China Advance by Japan Threatens U S Trade
Washington reports Japan’s South China advance endangers American trade and investments. Officials vow to defend equal trade rights as exports to Hong Kong surge, with $15.7 million in eight months of 1938 and $1.87 million in August. Total U S investment in China near $250 million, with Shanghai holdings around $100 million.
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Washington
Japan
South China
Hong Kong
China
Indo-China
Burma
India
Althe
Shanghai
Kansas University Clears Calendar for Mission Week
The University of Kansas suspends all activities October 23 to 28 as the University Christian Mission stages a full program. Evening meetings in Hoch Auditorium, daily seminars, noon forums, and interviews with mission leaders are planned, featuring E Stanley Jones and other religious figures.
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University of Kansas
University Christian Mission
K. U
Lawrence
Hoch Auditorium
Union
Ministerial Alliance
Hodi
E. Stanley Jones
Methodist Church In
India
T. Z. Koo
Shanghai
J. Harry Cotton
Broad Street
Herrick B. Young
The
Presbyterian Church
Albert W. Palmer
Chicago Theological Seminary
Benjamin E. Mays
School of Religion
Howard University
Mildred Inskeep Morgan
Parent Education
Iowa City
Winnifred Wygal
National Board of
Y.W.C.A
Frances P. Greenough
Department of Student Work
Northern Baptist Convention
Paul J. Braisted
Student Volunteer Movement
Jesse M. Bader
Department of Evangelism
Federal Council of Church of Christ
Heavy Montana snowstrikes halt hunts and raises fears
A three day blizzard dumped up to two and a half feet across Montana Idaho and Wyoming as subfreezing cold settled in. Searchers scoured the hills for 60 year old Anna Reilly of Butte missing since the storm while Guy Pizer and James Cummins also remained unaccounted for on deer hunts.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Mercury
Anna Reilly
WPA
Butte
Forest Rangers
CCC
Guy Pizer
Pocatello
Ida
James Cummins
East Helena
City of Lawrence Poll Books Open Dates
Notice announces registration books open at the City Clerk office from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. between October 19 and October 28, 1938. City Clerk J. Wm. Stone signs the adv.
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City of
Lawrence
J. Wm. Stone
Adv
Kansas Chamber Urges Industrial Growth to Retain Graduates
Frank Haucke tells Lawrence business leaders that Kansas loses 18 000 residents yearly and must build industry and improve highways to keep talent. He outlines the state chamber of commerce plan to boost industrial development, promote state advertising, study taxation, and support legislation for growth.
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Kansas
Frank
Haucke
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
State Chamber of Commerce
Council Grove
The
American Legion
Douglas
Union
Legislative Council
War debts may be paid after American elections
The Agence Economique et Financiere predicted that British and French war debts to the United States would be settled after the U S elections next month. It said France would benefit from the possibility of obtaining important credits in the United States.
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Paris
Agence Economique Et Financiere
United States
Ministry of Finance
France
Benes Accepts Chicago Visiting Professor Post
Eduard Benes, former president of Czechoslovakia, accepted an invitation to be a visiting professor at the University of Chicago. President Robert M. Hutchins announced the cablegram of acceptance and that Benes would lecture on democratic institutions. He is to arrive after resolving resignation issues.
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Eduard Benes
Chicago
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Germany
University of Chicago
Robert M. Hutchins
Benes
Thief Steals $60 From Douglas County Produce
A $60 theft at Douglas County Produce 822 Vermont street occurred yesterday afternoon after two faked telephone calls lured Jack and Mrs. Plain away. A key to the cash drawer was taken from its hiding place and the till emptied while checks and change were left. The hoax involved a supposed chicken sale to Mr Harris near Mud Creek bridge and a call pretending to be from Montgomery Ward. A similar ruse targeted Lawrence Egg and Poultry.
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Douglas County Produce Company
Vermont Street
Jack Plain
Plain
Miller’s
Mud Creek Bridge
Jo Harris
Harris
Lawrence
Lawrence Egg and Poultry Company
Oklahoma Students Hurt In Campus Pit Wall Collapse
Six Oklahoma A&M College students were injured when a dirt pit wall collapsed west of Stillwater as they loaded dirt to spread on campus. Injuries ranged from fractured skull and arm to fractured leg and bruises. among the injured were Howard Ezell of McAlester and Orville Beutelschils of Durant.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A
M. College
Here
Howard Ezell
McAlester
Orville Beutelschils
Durant
Binford Morehead
Washington
John Maloney
Cushing
Tex McCullough
Nash
Ere
Renfrow
Checotah
Durban mass meeting vows resistance to return of Tanganyika
A 2,000 strong rally in Durban Natal led by Mayor Fleming Johnston pledged strenuous resistance to any effort to restore Tanganyika territory to Germany after World War I.
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Germany
Durban
Natal
South Africa
Fleming Johnston
Tanganyika
Stock Market Index Inches Past Fifty Two Point Eight
The average of 60 stocks rose to 52.8 yesterday, up from 52.3. Traders noted modest gains across sectors as investors watched market signals and quarterly results.
Hoover Warns of Praetorian Army as Election Threat
Hartford, Oct 18 Hoover denounced Roosevelt's push for power urging emancipation of Congress. He urged independents to curb the New Deal and its "yes yes men" amid charges of political appointments aimed at purging dissenters. He promised to outline economic consequences in Spokane on Nov 5.
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Hartford
Conn
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Roosevelt
Hoover
Praetorian
Republic
Spokane
Wash
Murder charge dockets open term with three first degree murder informations
County Attorney Charles Springer filed three informations calling attention to the November term’s docket. Earnest Fenstemaker faces two murders including Mrs Elia Bachelor and hitchhiker Faye Kyle. Jim Wright, 76, is charged with killing Ralph Shults. Fenstemaker confessed. Wright is held on $10,000 bond awaiting trial.
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Charles Springer
Hugh Means
Springer
Earnest Fenstemaker
Lawrence
Elia
Bachelor
Charles Bachelor
Fenstemaker
Justice Court
Don Hults
District Court
Lansing
Baldwin
Jim Wright
Ralph Shults
Wright
Justice Court of
Milton Beach
Chilly Weather Sweeps Kansas Ahead of Frost Tonight
Topeka reports a northwestern wind cooling the state after an unseasonably warm spell. Frost or freezing conditions expected in western and north central areas, with lows 32 to 40 degrees in the northwest and north central counties. East and south dip to 40 to 50 as temperatures rebound to mid 60s in the east tomorrow.
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Topeka
North Central
S. D
Flora
Kansas
Goodland
Montana
Tractors Through Utah Snow Rescue CCC Boys
Tractors battled heavy snow drifts to reach 15 civilian conservation corps enrollees atop Mount Willard in northern Utah. Abandonment of the camp for winter began Sunday but a sudden storm blocked roads. the 15 were not in immediate danger as snow blanketed Utah and Idaho with drifts up to ten feet in places.
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Salt Lake City
Civilian Conservation Corps
Mount Willard
Utah
CCC
Idaho
Lehman Confers With Roosevelt on New York Campaign
Governor Herbert H. Lehman met with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park for two hours to discuss the state campaign in all its phases, but he refused to reveal which issues he would stress.
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Lehman
F.D.R
Hyde Park
N. Y
Herbert H. Lehman
Roosevelt
Kansas Weather Forecast Sees Frost Threat in West and North
The Kansas forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with cooler air regionally and frost risk in the west and north central. Morning observations show cloudy skies in Pittsburg and clear elsewhere with good dirt roads and variable temperatures compared with yesterday’s highs near 72 and lows around 53.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Topeka
Manhattan
Coffeyville
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