Landon Traverses West In Presidential Campaign
Republican nominee Alf Landon travels by rail from Los Angeles toward Albuquerque, addressing New Mexico cattlemen and critiquing the Roosevelt administration. He urges relief without waste and affirms GOP aims to protect farmers while disputing NRA goals. He plans stops in Phoenix and Oklahoma City with remarks on constitutional methods and Roosevelt’s statements.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Mexico
Pres Roosevelt
NRA
New Mexico
Raton
Cris Kernard
Republican Party
Cyrus JD. McCormick
Nambe
New Iro
National Communittatian
Chicago Harvester Family
Landou
Trinidad
Colo
Mather
Tandon Party
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Ariz
Oklahoma City
Carthage
Springfield
Peoria
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Landen
Gardner
Mass
Tollmws
NEA
Congress of the United States
Topeka
Emporia
Kan
London
William Allen White
Alf
White
Ralph West Roby
Columbia Economics
Olin Glenn Saxon
Republican National Committee
Ames T. Williams
Request for WPA Lists in Oklahoma Is Vetoed by Order of Williams
Oklahoma City WPA director Key said Aubrey Williams forbidden disclosure of individual salaries for workers earning 1000 dollars or more. The Oklahoma City Times sought names and salaries. Tulsa Tribune sought workers and salaries in the same class. Williams allowed release of employee counts and total payroll but not names or salaries. This marked the first official newspaper request denial in Oklahoma for WPA administrative expenditure data.
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Oklahoma
Williams
Oklahoma City
Key
WPA
Aubrey Williams
Oklahoma Ciy Times
Tulsa Tribune
Fire on Vulcania Costs Four Crew Members Their Lives
A luxury motorship Vulcania arrived at Palermo with a two hour blaze in third class quarters. An orchestra member drowned after leaping overboard. Two stewards died fighting the fire. another died from asphyxiation. Captain led inquiry into the fire’s origin, believed to have started before departure from Nantes.
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Sicily
Vulcania
Valcania
Nantes
Lisbon
New York
Madrid
Barcelona
Spain
Manuel Azana
New
York
Azana
Mariano Ruiz Furas
Jose Giral Pereira
Manuel Irujo
City Sues Drainage Board Over City Tax Assessment
The city of Lawrence files an injunction suit in district court against the Douglas County Kaw Drainage district its directors and two district officials seeking to annul a 195.77 assessment on streets and alleys in North Lawrence. The city says the targeted rights of way are not on the county tax rolls and thus not taxable and objects to the district’s authority to levy taxes on rights of way except railroad property.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Kaw Drainage District, & Corporation
Wesley E. Brune
F. H. Johns
Emil W. Heck
Drainage District
North Lawrence
Rescue craft gather as liner fights fire off Naples
The 23,970 ton liner issued an SOS early dawn fire and a flotilla of rescue craft including a destroyer and two fireboats approached five miles from Naples. Fire was quenched. most rescue ships turned back after Captain Stuparich reported no injuries. Passengers, many in nightclothes, rushed to decks but no panic occurred.
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Stuparich
Nantes
Exploding Balloons Disrupt St Marys Gaels Game
Riot at Kezar Stadium ends with 17 fans burned or bruised from a political advertising balloon explosion during halftime. A 25 000 crowd delayed postgame, as St Marys Gaels saw national title hopes fade after a scoreless tie with San Francisco. Mayor Rossi suspects a cigarette ignited the device amid lingering tensions. Police and a referee faced postgame incidents, with one officer tackled while trying to restrain celebrations. In Elko Nevada a separate case, Luther Jones faces possible lynching after confessing a $40 holdup killings of four men.
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St. Mary's Gaels
Kezar
St. Mary's
Angelo J. Rossi
U. S. FL
Nibs Price
Weld
Elko
Nevada
Luther Jones
Tribute to Landon Signed by 600 Citizens
More than 600 residents sign a tribute to Governor Alf M Landon endorsing his presidential bid. The Journal-World carries the statement on page three with plans to mail copies to other states and an extra edition available for purchase.
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Alf M. Landon
Journal-World
United States
Kansas Day At The American Royal In Kansas City
Thousands of sunflower state residents filled the American Royal complex for Kansas Day with bands from 25 towns. E S McAnany stood in for Governor Landon to deliver the afternoon address as livestock judging highlighted the morning. Sioux and Osage riders starred in the afternoon show with trick riding and a mule and horse pulling program also planned.
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Sunflower Tate
American Gas Livestock and
Kansas
E. S. McAnany
Kan
Alf M. Landon
California
McAnany
Landon
Debate disruption probes Roosevelts voice broadcast
Washington reports said the FCC will investigate complaints over the interruption of a radio debate between Senator Vandenberg and the recorded voice of President Roosevelt. Protests will receive a thorough study, with no comment until the review ends.
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Senator Vandenberg
Rmich
Roosevelt
Eugene 0. Sykes
Federal Communication Commission
Thoro
Sykes
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Columbia Broadcasting System
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Edward Klauber
President Roosevelt
New York
George Henry Payne
Federal Communications Commission
Michigan
New Deal Scores in Supreme Court Rulings
Washington reports the Supreme Court refused to review challenges to three New Deal laws, including the 1923 truth in securities act, provisions of the national industrial recovery act, and the 1935 emergency relief appropriation for publicly owned electric plants. The action was procedural, not a merits ruling. In California, rains halted $1,000,000 forest fires and threatened a $1,000,000 Salinas lettuce crop, with 1,000 firefighters keeping fires under control amid cool weather and possible fast lettuce growth if warmth returns.
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Washington
Supreme Court
J. Edward Jones
New York
San Francisco
California
Readiness for Thanksgiving Turkeys Amid Price Pressures
In Chicago on Oct 19 UP Poultry Men report the 1936 Thanksgiving bird should slip to the chopping block with less weight due to a drought raising feed costs. They cite a shift toward finer finish and tenderness over size as supply remains large and dealers prepare for peak fall and winter volume. Prices stay slightly above last year with potential changes during marketing season.
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Chicago
Institute of American Pottery Industries
Indignant meeting cites campaign slurs against Gov Landon
A written protest from a meeting of Douglas County citizens at the courthouse denounces slurs used in Kansas public schools and political speeches aimed at harming Gov. Alf Landon’s presidential bid. The letter, sent to State Superintendent Markham, urges examination of observed anti Landon activity and calls for unified support of education and state governance.
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Court House
Public Schools of
Kansas
Rte M. Landon
United States
W.T. Markham
George KK. Melvin
Richard RB. Stevens
Markham
Deana Verity
Katte Toa
Phat
Eladeemen O
Uris
Mark- Tubay
Rusk
Traushy County
Kacesis
Cerminan
Karsus
Rumene
Gysavy
Geox
Dees
Pderoft
Kainsas
Talks for Peace by Dr Stoddard Lane at YMCA lunch
Dr Stoddard Lane of Des Moines IA opens a three day peace series with a luncheon forum under YMCA auspices urging self education and political action. He argues war is wrong and futile based on World War I experience and outlines his journey to these views.
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Briprade
Paris
Marne
Alicante
Torrejon de la Calzada
Jose Asensio
Toledo-Madrid
Parla
Torrejon
Illeseas
Stoddard Lane
Des Moines
Iowa
Lane
DeHoff Hurt in Friday Football Game at Washington
Clarence DeHoff 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. DeHoff of Route 1 Tonganoxie, remained in Memorial hospital with internal injuries after a football game against Washington High School in Washington, Kan. The senior guard, injured Friday, was reported not in danger but his condition was serious.
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Clarence DeHoff
Tonganossin Memorial Hospital
DeHoff
Washington High School
Washington, Kan
Delloff
I Geller
Landon Meeting Thursday In Proctor Kansas City Speaker
A Landon meeting is set for Thursday evening October 22 at 8 o clock at the courthouse. David Mil on Proctor, a Kansas City attorney, will address the gathering, arranged by the national speakers' committee.
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Court House
David Milon Proctor
Kansas City
National
Traffic Violations Found In High School Survey
A Liberty Memorial High School survey by auto mechanics classes counted 5049 vehicles during a school day on Massachusetts Street from 7 30 a m to 4 p m. Violations totaled 1017 with speeding the most frequent at 500 cases followed by jaywalking 281 and failure to signal 182.
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E. J. Logsdon
Massachusetts Street
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Poonle
Teaffie
Wee Ae
Alfred Lawrence
Missouri high court clears route for Missouri approach bridge
The Missouri supreme court unanimously upheld the state highway commission’s plan to build the Missouri approach to a free bridge at Atchison Kansas. It dissolved a temporary injunction, allowing the commission to award the contract at its next meeting on November 2. The bridge cost is estimated at 650000 with Missouri and Kansas sharing funds from federal sources. The Atchison and Exstern Bridge Co had sought the injunction.
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Missouri Supreme Court
State Highway Commission
Missouri River
Atchison
Kan
Ernest S. Gantt
Nike G. Sevier
Cola County
Missouri
Bee Stops Dizzy Dean Near Birmingham Beeline Incident
St. Louis Cardinals ace Dizzy Dean blamed a bee for misjudgment on a Florida trip as he veered into a guard rail near Birmingham. Dean and his wife were uninjured but their car required hours of repair after the Bee Line highway mishap.
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Ala
PI Jerome Herman
Dizzy” Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Florida
Dean
Here
Caravas
West G West to Speak at Court House Tonight
Will G West Republican candidate for Kansas governor speaks at the courthouse at 8 PM, introduced by Senator Carl Friend and presided by Walter McClanahan. Three state candidates to appear include Frank J Ryan, J J Rhodes, and Charles Hobbs.
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McPherson
Kansas
Court House
Carl Friend
Walter McClanahan
Focal
McClanahan
Mr. West
Frank J. Ryan
J. J. Rhodes
Clinton
Lecompton
Ed Rooney
Topeka
Vinland
Pleasant Grove
Lawrence
Roosevelt begins 40 hour White House stay in tight campaign pace
President Roosevelt settles at the White House for a 40 hour work period as he resumes a rapid campaign trail through New England. He will tour Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut, then radio a national address from Worcester before planning final campaign stops and election returns at Hyde Park. Temperatures trend near normal in Kansas with scattered showers possible tonight.
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Roosevelt
White House
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Rhode Island
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Connecticut
Madison Square Garden
Hiyde Park
Kansas
Kansas University Parents Banquet Attracts Large Audience
About 820 University of Kansas students and parents attended the annual Parents’ Banquet in the Kansas Union. Marvin H. Creager, Milwaukee Journal editor and KU alumnus of 1901, urged pride in the university’s straightfor ward ideals. Chancellor Lindley and social leaders honored attendees, with awards for traveling distance, poster contests, and house attendance.
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KR. U. Union
Marvin H. Creager
The
Milwaukee Journal
University
Creager
University of Kangag
Tenn R. A. Se
J. A. Veran
Pretty Prairie
Attemt
Eugenia Polson
Joseph Goode
Lauwrence
W. W. Tillman
Topeka
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Wilson Fleming
Max Nixon
Betty Judd
Walter Yost
Vergie Frazer
Stock Market Index Report Signals Mixed RO Stocks
The stock index shows an average around 714 for RO stocks as of Saturday. Market activity remains uneven with gains in some sectors and losses in others, reflecting cautious investor sentiment and ongoing volatility in midweek trading.
Kansas Weather Forecast With Cloudy periods and rain chances
The bulletin notes a partly cloudy to cloudy sky tonight and Tuesday with possible rain in the northwest area and cooler conditions Tuesday and tonight in the northeast. Morning forecast calls for clear conditions except for partial cloudiness at Topeka. Road reports list dirt roads as good and Douglas county roads as good. Details on temperatures, coal company contact, and time stamps are incomplete.
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Oct
Kansas
A. J. Robb
Robb
Goodland
Douglas County
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