Gijon Falls as Franco Seizes Northern Spain
Insurgent forces under Generalisimo Franco capture the port of Gijon in Asturias after a lengthy siege. Government troops surrender the city. Franco strengthens control over two thirds of Spain while Asturias garrison heads toward Oviedo. Pilar Primo de Rivera named to a new national council modelled after Italy’s fascist body.
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Iran
Spain
Generalisimo
Franco
Gijon
National Council
Italy
Grand Council
Pilar Primo de Rivera
Alfonso
Francisco Franco
Asturias
Oviedo
Valencia
Bay of Biscay
Aviles
Biarritz
Belarmino Tomas
France
Ovideo
Jit
Infants Paralysis Cases Dip in Kansas for Fourth Week
Topeka reports nine new infantile paralysis cases for the week ended October 16, a drop from the previous week’s nineteen. Scarlet fever fell to 89 cases, typhoid down to four, diphtheria up to five, meningitis zero, and smallpox active in Barton County.
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Topeka
Kansas
C. H. Kinnaman
State Board of Health
Barton County
No Money for Relief in Cowley County
Winfield Kansas October 21 Relief work in Cowley county is nearly halted due to lack of funds. Welfare Director H M Pardon is told to relieve almost all welfare workers until money arrives. County sought 5000 from the state welfare board but funds won t be available until November 1. A hearing on issuing 50000 in relief bonds is set for October 28.
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Winfield, Kan
Cowley County
H. M. Pardon
Arkansas City
State Welfare Board
State Tax Commission
Two Killed in Collision Near City Center
In Kansas two men died in a truck crash two miles outside City Center. Frank Smith of Tiff City Missouri and Faul Darnell of Osborne Kansas were reported killed. Albert Thornburgh, a passenger, fractured his leg and other injuries were sustained by a third man.
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City Center
Kan
Frank Smith
Tiff City
Faul Darnell
Osborne
Smith
Burns
Albert Thornburgh
Thornbe
Lynch
Kansas City
Farmers Urge Congress Pass Crop Control Law
Farmers from Nebraska South Dakota and Iowa urge Congress to enact crop acreage control and an ever normal granary in a Pope McGill bill. The Senate agriculture subcommittee concluded a three day hearing with 65 of 101 witnesses favoring the measure and briefs from about 100 others. The bill proposes a permanent farm program including soil conservation production adjustment loans and optional crop insurance. The committee will hold another hearing in Topeka Kansas next days.
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Sioux City
UPI
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Congress
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Topeka
Kan
James P. Pope
Idaho
George McGill
Kansas
Lynn J. Frazier
Market in Rally Sends Stocks Higher on Active Day
New York stock trades surged with gains up to $2 amid robust activity and profit taking. Key leaders included Bethlehem Steel, Sears Roebuck, U S Steel, Montgomery Ward, and Consolidated Edison while others slipped on profit selling. Bond gains extended with rail debt at the top as traders cited readjustment rather than news influence.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Sears, Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
U. S. Rubber
Pennsylvania Railroad
Consolidated Edison
Douglas Aircraft
Wall Street
Kansas War Mothers elect new state officers
Mrs. J. R. Thomas of Kansas City was elected president of the Kansas War Mothers of America at the state convention in Lawrence. Officers include J. C. Justice first vice president and Lena Kelley third vice president. The next convention will be in Kansas City in 1939 with Sunflower chapter as host. The board meets in Topeka in October 1958. Mayor Lawrence welcomed attendees.
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J. R. Thomas
Kansas City
Kansas Organization of War Mothers of America
Plymouth Congregational Church
Lawrence
J. C. Justice
Topeka
C. H. Kennedy
Lena Kelley
Leavenworth
Nellie McHale
G. F. Rees
Mina Meeks
Winnie Lyons
W. H. Mackey
Charles Starkweather
C. W. Shepard
Spencer
Ora McKee
J. E. Wilcox
Bancroft
Sunflower Chapter
Joseph F. King
Watches Stop After United Air Lines Crash Near Evanston
Cheyenne authorities report five of the 19 victims aboard the Mainliner had watches that stopped at 8 20 p m mountain time after the crash near the Utah Wyoming border south of Evanston. Captain George Smith of the state highway patrol said the watches stopped due to the impact force.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
United Air Lines
Utah-Wyoming
Evanston
George Smith
State Highway Patrol
Smith
Angus Champion Brings $21 a Hundred Pounds at Royal
The grand champion Angus cattle at the American Royal live stock show sold for $21 a hundred pounds, $5.50 above last year's top price. Owned by A. H. Schmidt and son of Kansas City, the alongside sale marked a record for the event.
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Kansas City
A. H. Schmidt
HUNT FOR FINANCES FOR FARM PROBLEM
Washington officials voiced worry over financing a new farm program while aiming to balance next year’s budget without tax hikes. Wallace pressed processing taxes and the ever normal granary costing up to 700 million yearly, with Morgenthau studying financing options within the budget.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Mongenthau
Budget Bureau
Morgenthau
Treasury
Roosevelt designates James Roosevelt as coordinator for independent agencies
President Roosevelt names his son James Roosevelt as coordinator of executive work for independent government agencies. He will meet heads of agencies weekly on Mondays and Tuesdays to streamline the federal apparatus and improve coordination across agencies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James
White House
Train wreck at Blackwell injures agent and mail clerk
A Missouri Pacific Texan passenger train wrecked at Blackwell on the approach to the station injuring station agent Sam McKinstry and mail clerk Ben H. King while about 200 passengers were shaken up. Six coaches derailed, the station building crushed, track torn up for 2000 feet, and no passengers seriously hurt.
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Ben H. King
Freddie Wins His Salary Rise With Producers
Hollywood figures Freddie Bartholomew secured a $102000 annual salary after a protracted bargaining session with producers. The piece notes a pattern where sudden stars gain leverage to demand higher pay, citing Errol Flynn and Shirley Temple as examples of rapid adjustments from modest wages to top-tier salaries in the industry.
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Hollywood
Freddie Bartholomew
Temple
Raft
Flynn
Garbo
Dietrich
Ginger Rogers
Errol Flynn
Captain Blood
Freddie’s
Shirley Temple
Russian Poet Pushkin Named School Causes Confusion in Shanghai
In Shanghai on October 21 Japanese guards questioned a moving permit for property from the Pushkin school for Russian boys. Officials explained the school is named for the poet who died in 1837 and does not own the institution, so nothing could be signed by the expected figure. The trucks were sent back.
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Shanghai
Alexander Pushkin
Pushkin School For
Pushkin
Hongkew
Clarence Winslow Undergoes Appendectomy At Watkins Memorial
Tonganoxie K U football alumnus Clarence Winslow had an appendectomy at Watkins Memorial Hospital this morning. He is not out for football this year and is reported in satisfactory condition by the hospital. See new 1938 Plymouths and Chryslers, Motor In, 827 Vt.
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K. U
Clarence Winslow
Tonganoxie
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Winslow
Oklahoma Congressman Rogers visits Lawrence for Indian Affairs
Congressman-at-large from Oklahoma Mr Rogers arrived in Lawrence to meet with Haskell Superintendent Russell M Kelley and will attend the American Royal Show in Kansas City on Oklahoma Day. He speaks at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Eldridge Hotel tomorrow noon, with reservations via the Chamber office.
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House of Representatives
Lawrence
Haskell
Russell M. Kelley
Rogers
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge Hotel
Kelley
Mrs Marks, widow of Sol Marks, dies in Lawrence
Mrs Sol Marks died at her son Julius Marks home after a week long illness. A charter Music Club member and longtime soloist at Catholic and Plymouth churches she was born January 7 1862 in Providence R I and moved to Lawrence in 1884. Surviving include daughter Mrs A W Schiesinger of Detroit son Julius Marks three grandchildren and a great grandchild and sister Mrs Carrie Glaser of St Louis. Funeral Saturday at 2 from the home 726 Louisiana with Rev Joseph F King in charge. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Pall bearers named.
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Sol Marks
Julius Marks
A. W. Schiesinger
Detroit
Mich
Carrie Glaser
St. Louis
Louisiana Street
Joseph F. King
Plymouth Congregational Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
T. J. Sweeney, Jr
William S. Griesa
J. Frank Jones
Otto A. Barteldes
W. E. Bear
R. S. Pearson
R. C. Miller
Ivan D. Rowe
Ransom Note Found Tied to Ross Kidnapping Case
A $10 ransom bill from the $50,000 paid for Charles S. Ross was turned to federal authorities. Mrs. Clara Ludwig of Blue Island said she found the note Tuesday night and kept it undisclosed until comparing serials with published lists. She is a clerk in the Rock Island freight offices.
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Chicago
Charles S. Ross
Clara Ludwig
Blue Island
Coal Price Talks Highlight Industry Deadlock
The bituminous coal commission indicated it may assume minimum price coordination as seven district producers boards failed to agree on prices. Chairman Charles F. Hosford Jr. denounced a tendency to do nothing after the hearing in Washington on October 21.
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
Charles F. Hosford, Jr
Three Men Die As Scaffold Collapses at College Tower
In Duluth Minnesota on October 21 a scaffold shift at a tower under construction at the College of St. Scholastica caused three workers to fall into freshly poured concrete. Five others were injured as fire from salamanders hampered rescue efforts.
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Duluth
Minn
College of St. Scholastica
Bing Crosby Receives Honorary PhD From Gonzaga University
In Spokane on October 21 Gonzaga University conferred an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree upon its noted alumnus Harry Lillis Bing Crosby, famed radio and film crooner.
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Bing Crosby
Spokane
Wash
Gonzaga University
Harry Lillis
Bing) Crosby
Stock Market Index Reflects Daily Rise
Average of 60 stocks climbs to 49.8, up from 48.7 yesterday. See 38 Chevrolet listed in the Oct. 25 record.
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Chevrolet
Call on Melroy for quick action
Kansas City October 21 The Traffic club of Kansas City urges drastic and prompt action to prevent permanent loss of the Ford Montgomery Ward plant and its 2500 plus workers. A committee led by City Manager H F McElroy plans to travel to Detroit to seek reopening amid labor disputes and charges of union busting by local officials and business leaders.
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Kansas City Traffic Club
Kansas City
Traffic Club of
McElroy
Montgome Ward and Company
Ford
C.I.0
National Labor Relations Board
Traffic Club
H. F. McElroy
Detroit
Ford Assembly
Uni
Jack Swift
United Automobile Workers of America
Citizen’s Emergency Committee For Law and Order
Fire Drill Advertises New High School Play
During a Liberty Memorial high school drill at 1 50 pm the building emptied in under two minutes. Promoters announced outside each exit that the Girls Reserve Hi Y play New Fires will be performed Friday night at 7 o'clock in the high school auditorium.
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Liberty Memorial“high School
Beauty standards spark health concerns at centennial Chandler speech
Dr Ha ven Emerson director of public health at the College of Physicians and Surgeons questioned the value of protective laws and enforcement to curb cosmetic excesses. He spoke at a centennial celebration for Dr Charles Frederick Chandler New York Citys first public health chemist.
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New York
Haven Emerson
The
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Congress
Emerson
Charles Frederick Chandler
Appeals ruling on fees in Doyle estate case
Clarence V. Beck appeals a Marion county district court ruling denying Harold M. Hauser and special assistant AG Ebright $12 000 in fees from the Ellen Doyle estate. The state contests claims of more than 500 persons to a share of the half million dollar estate. Hauser and Ebright represented the state in the case.
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Topeka
Clarence V. Beck
State Supreme Court
Marion County District
Harold M. Hauser
H. Ebright
Doyle
Ellen Doyle
Hauser
Ebright
Forty Eight Executions Reported in Siberia
Moscow reports forty eight executions across Siberia. Forty five are said to have been hanged at Irkutsk for Trotskyist and rightist extremist violence sabotage and spying for Japanese intelligence. Three village officials in western Siberia were convicted of cattle program neglect and related offenses.
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Moscow
Cpi
Siberia
Irkutsk
Seven Flood Control Projects Win Committee Backing
Seven flood control reservoir proposals in Kansas and Missouri, with an estimated cost of 39.999 million dollars, received approval from a regional committee of 30 members appointed by six state governors. Frederick H. Fowler will present the plan to the national resources committee in Washington. The largest reservoirs are two near Manhattan Kansas totaling 63 million dollars, with others near Milford on the Republican River and on the Big Blue near Manhattan. Fowler said the Manhattan area reservoirs are crucial for diverting water to keep the Kaw within its banks during floods.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado
Iowa
Frederick H. Fowler
Missouri River
National Resources Committee
Washington
Manhattan
Kan
Milford
Republican River
Fowler
Kansas River
Bar Docket for November Term Sets 115 Civil 10 Criminal
John Callahan clerk of vicis court prepared the November term docket showing 115 civil cases and 10 criminal actions. Court opens November 1 with jury panel ordered to report November 2. Two likely trials involve Steve Brodie charged with robbery and forgery related to a Standard Oil station theft. Civil docket includes many damage suits and 32 divorces among 15 cases.
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District Court
John Callahan
Vicis Court
Charles Springer
Steve Brodie
Brodie
Standard Oil
Thirteenth
Massachusetts
Topeka
Frosty night expected with 35 to 45 degree lows
Topeka reports frost due tonight in exposed areas if skies clear and wind abates. S D Flora, federal meteorologist, notes western counties may see 35 to 40 degrees and 40 to 45 in the east after afternoon highs near 60 to 65. Tomorrow should be clear with 60s in many areas.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Tomorow
Flora
Dodge City
Goodland
Ellis
Concordia
Moran
Phillipsburg
North Dakota
Russell Kelly Reward Fund Reaches 89889
Contributions totaling 5.85 increase the Russell Kelly Reward Fund to 898.89 as the goal remains 1000. A 4.85 drop was found in the campus box yesterday with a 1.00 gift from a faculty member. Faculty letters urge giving while outlining future use for a memorial scholarship if the fund is not used.
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Russell Kelly
K. U
AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY New Session of Congress
Washington noted that the next session could cost about 2.5 million dollars. About 1 million covers returning members to Washington and paying them and their staff during the special session. Additional items like printing the Congressional Record could push total costs beyond 1.5 million dollars.
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Congress
Washington
Oct
Boy Escapes Severe Injury In Elm Street Crash
Ronald Frame six year old son of Mr and Mrs J H Frame of 545 North Fifth Street North Lawrence was knocked down by a motor car driven by William T Ice of Route 1 Lecompton just before noon today in the 400 block on Elm Street. The child was not seriously injured and was taken home by Ice. Frame is janitor of Woodlawn school.
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Ronald Frame
J. H. Frame
North Fifth Street
North Lawrence
William T. Ice
Lecompton
Elm Street
Ice
Woodlawn School
Sewer work here comes to an end
City engineer Ben M. Babb reports from WPA headquarters in Topeka that no more WPA funds will be available for sanitary sewers in cities without a sewage disposal plant. Lawrence will not expect further WPA projects, though two sewer pieces remain under construction and PWA work may continue. A map shows 278 miles of sanitary laterals and 19,200 feet of main sewers built under WPA and PWA grants.
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Ben M. Babb
WPA
Topeka
Harry Hopkins
Lawrence
Babb
PWA
State Board of Health
Maple
Perry Streets
North Lawrence
Haskell Avenue
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Smith Heads Kiwanis in Lawrence as President
Werner Smith an architect on the Kansas University faculty was elected president of the Lawrence Kiwanis Club for the ensuing year at the weekly luncheon at Vriedemann's. New officers include vice presidents Harold Allen and Ed Elbel and directors Byron Cooke Ray Edwards Frank Hosford and Fred Montgomery. Eleven members attended the district convention in Wichita and four members Fred Montgomery Harold Beck Ray Edwards and Walter Schoene reported. The club schedules a ladies night at the Country Club on October 28.
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Werner Smith
K. U
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Vriedemann’s
Harold Allen
Ed Elbel
Byron Cooke
Ray Edwards
Frank Hosford
Fred Montgomery
Lawrence Club
Wichita
Harold Beck
Walter Schoene
Huxman Denies Clemency Petitions in Topeka
Governor Walter A. Huxman denied three clemency petitions. Floyd Brewer, jailed for first degree murder, has served 10 years of a life sentence. William Gilliland, serving four years of a 10-year first degree robbery, and John Ehret, with seven and a half months of a five to ten year burglary term, sought clemency.
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Topeka
Walter A. Huxman
Floyd Brewer
Haxman
William Gilliland
Johnson County
John Ehret
Kidnap Attempt Aimed at Secretary Cappelli’s Son
Providence Rhode Island Oct 21 two men wearing dark glasses tried to abduct the infant son of Secretary of State Louis W Cappelli a gun was shown and the boy then not at home was out riding with a nursemaid police wide search launched for the assailants city authorities reported the infant aged a year and a half was safe at the time of the incident
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Providence
R. T
John Cappelli
Louis W. Cappelli
Rhode Island
Weather watch notes cooler air and frost advisory
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures in the southwest and possible frost. Morning update shows generally cloudy conditions, rough dirt roads at Salina, fair at Topeka, elsewhere good. Temperatures list yesterday 0 C ceiling 46 at noon 0 4 and a maximum 66 yesterday with a 0 minimum today. University Coal Co. phone 44.
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Salina
Topeka
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Farm Board
Federal Farm Board
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
James Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Board
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Civil Service Commission
Farm Credit Administration
Social Security Board
Farm Security Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Works Progress Administration
National Youth Administration
Federal Housing Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
Reclamation Bureau
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Blackwell, Mo
Freddie
Ady
Will Rogers
Mrs. Marks
Bill
Ross
Melroy
Beck
Russia
Japan
Ford Service
Hamilton
Kiwanis
Huxman
University Coal Co
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