Franco's Troops Sweep Asturias in Northern Spain
Generalissimo Francisco Franco's insurgent forces completed the conquest of Asturias as Republican militia in Oviedo province collapsed. Asturian miners, once fierce defenders, surrendered in large numbers while government forces fled and villages burned behind them. The collapse followed earlier government retreats and failed defenses.
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Spain
Francisco Franco
Asturias
Oviedo
Santender
Franco Declares Himself Dictator of Insurgent Spain
On October 22 at Hendaye Franco declared himself absolute dictator of the insurgent state. A fascist national council will be appointed by him or replacement of its members allowed. The council will draft general plans while executive power rests with Franco’s ministers. insurgents say he will name his first ministry of about ten posts.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Spain
Franco
Insurgents Take Gijon and Advance in Asturias Front
Insurgents seize Gijon after night battles as Navarrese brigades push from Valiaviciosa toward the harbor. Oviedo garrison surrenders and Aviles falls as 75,000 northern troops join the advancing line. Madrid endures heavy bombardment with 2,500 shells but limited casualties reported.
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Oviedo
Gijon
Pravia
Aviles
Aragon
Barcelona
Valencia
Kidnapping False Alarm Ends With Safe Return
In Hutchinson Kansas a false kidnap scare involved 250 peace officers at a convention. Leslie Anderson seven was found at home after teachers reported a stranger in a car. A neighbor had given him a lift and Sheriff George Allison rushed to the school.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Leslie Anderson
George Allison
Allison
Leslie
State rests in Montague case in Elizabethtown
The state rested its case today against John Montague tied to a seven year old robbery charge after two days of testimony.
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Montague
Elizabethtown
N. Y
John Montague
Hollywood
Roosevelt Says New Federal Taxes Likely Unneeded
President Roosevelt told reporters that it is not yet determined if Congress must enact new taxes. He noted treasury studies and expected committee meetings in November to review tax revisions. The undistributed profits tax and capital gains tax are under Treasury review amid business opposition and a stock market downturn context.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Hull Hopeful as He Urges Global Peace Effort at Toronto
Cordell Hull addressed Toronto University urging a united response to “out raged conscience of mankind” to restore world peace. He warned aggressors, stressed law and order in international relations, and noted shared peace aims of the United States and British empire while accepting an honorary doctor of laws.
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Toronto
Canada
Cordell Hull
America
Toronto University
Hull
China
Spain
United States
British Empire
First Light Freeze Hits Kansas Far As 30 Degrees
A surprise preview of winter brought light freezes across two thirds of Kansas with frost in the north and a touch of damage to tender crops. Dorado logged 27 degrees while Topeka Concordia reported 28 as Chenute and Coffeyville saw 30 and 28 respectively. Florida forecast a return to 50s by Saturday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Dorado
Concordia
Dodge City
Goodtend
Coffeyville
Chanute
Railroads Granted Freight Increase Amid Revenue Plan
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved selective freight-rate increases for class one railroads to raise about 47.5 million dollars in annual revenue. Increases cover coal coke iron and steel cement petroleum and related products with regional variations and are effective once tariffs are posted and not suspended. Wall Street anticipated a favorable ruling, lifting railroad stocks.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Chicago
Southern Territory
mountain-Pacific
Western District
I.C.C
Tnless
Wall Street
Car Crash Damages Vehicles at Twentieth and Vermont
Roy Riley of Kansas City Kansas and Miss Ethel Danielson of Great Bend were in a collision at the Twentieth and Vermont intersection shortly after noon today. Danielson’s 1937 Ford with three women occupants rolled, Babb in the Chevrolet City Engineer Ben Babb sustained a minor head bump, one woman was shocked and treated at a nearby home, and the party was en route to the KU campus from Kansas City.
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Roy Riley
Kansas City
Kan
WPA
Ethel. Danielson
Great Bend
Twentieth and
Vermont Street
Miss Danielson
Twentieth Street
Riley
Ben Babb
Danielson
Chevrolet
Babb
K. U
Jury Acquits Margaret Drennan in Slaying Case
New Brunswick jury acquits 20 year old Margaret Drennan of murder in the fatal slaying of 25 year old Paul Reeves, father of two. The case centered in Middlesex County with the trial held in New Jersey.
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Margaret Drennan
New Brunswick
N. J
Middlesex County
Paul Reeves
Two KU Students Injured in Intramural Football Collision
Walter Shannon of Dalhart Texas and Howard Dunham of Kansas City Missouri were hurt during an intramural game. Shannon suffered a fractured cheekbone and underwent surgery. his condition was listed as satisfactory. Dunham received a cut over his right eye and another on his right cheek. The Phi Kappa Alpha team carried the incident.
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Walter Shannon
Dalhart
Tex
Howard Dunham
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Phi Kappa Alpha
Shannon
Lawrence
Dunham
Wilkins Heads For Chicago on Arctic Flight
Sir Hubert Wilkins and three companions left Floyd Bennett Airport at 2 03 p m on the first leg of a polar expedition by speedy monoplane They expect to reach Chicago in under five hours for the transcontinental route preparation and Arctic leg start.
Lawrence Seconds Triumph Over Leavenworth Seconds
Lawrence seconds football team defeated Leavenworth seconds 16 to an unspecified score yesterday afternoon at Leavenworth, securing a win for the Lawrence squad.
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Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Leavenworth High
Leavenver
Bank Chief Breaks With McElroy Over Ford Plant Stand
Kansas City October 22 A clash between City Manager H F McElroy and Commerce Trust president James M Kemper over police protection at the Ford assembly plant deepens a dispute. Kemper resigns from a Detroit trip planning committee and calls the city’s council resolution insufficient while Ford insists violence remains unchecked.
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Kansas City Commerce Trust Company
Ford
Kansas City
Ford Assembly
James M. Kemper
Commerce Trust Company
Detroit
Kemper
H. F. McElroy
McElroy
Parole bid filed by former state treasurer Boyd
Tom B. Boyd former Kansas state treasurer will seek parole December 7 after serving two years and four months of consecutive two to five year sentences for illegal removal of bonds in the Finney bond manipulation case. He previously denied clemency and may qualify earlier with any good time allowances.
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Topeka
Tom B. Boyd
Ronald Finney
Boyd
State Board of Administration
Alf M. Landon
Samuel M. Terbovich
Walter H. Haxman
Terbovich
Garr brothers in Ky murder case progress
In Shelbyville Kentucky on October 22 the murder charge against Jack Garr was dismissed. Roy Garr faces trial for admitting the shooting of Brig Gen Henry H Denhart while their brother Dr S Garr remains untried as he recovers in a sanitarium after WWI shell shock.
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Shelbyville
Jack Garr
Roy
Henry H. Denhart
Charles Marshall
Jack
S. Garr
Missouri Lawyer Wallace Dies At 89
William H. Wallace 89, a Jackson county prosecutor in the 1880s who tried Jesse James gang member William Ryan and later served as special prosecutor at Gallatin, Mo for the murder trial of Frank James. Frank James was acquitted and Jesse James was later killed in St Joseph.
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Kansas City
William H. Wallace
Jesse James
Jackson County
Wallace
William Ryan
Ryan
Gallatin
Frank James
Jesse
James
St. Joseph Mo
New Fires Play Promoted by Girl Reserve Hi V at High School
The modern domestic comedy New Fires will be staged tonight at 8 15 in the high school auditorium. The high school orchestra directed by Oliver Hobbs makes its first public appearance of the year, featuring a reduced member cast.
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Girl Reserve-Hi-V
Oliver Hobbs
State Sodality Convention Opens In Leavenworth
Representatives from 30 Catholic high schools and colleges in the Leavenworth diocese gather in Leavenworth for the fall convention of the Kansas state sodality union hosted by St. Mary Academy.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas State Sodality Union
St. Mary Academy
Axel Invalided to Hospital After Knee Sprain
Nathan Axel of the K U football team in New York City is confined to Watkins Memorial hospital with a sprained knee.
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Axel
Nathan Axel
New York City
N. Y
K. U
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Women constitute quarter of Roosevelt era postmasters
Washington reports 7,108 women among 28,092 postmasters appointed from March 4 1933 to October 1 this year. Mary K. Goddard precedent cited. ages range from 21 to nearly 80 years. Mary D. Briggs highest paid at Los Angeles at ten thousand dollars annually.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William J. Dixon
Mary K. Goddard
Baltimore
Benjamin Franklin
Mary W. Stewart
Oxford
United States
Dixon
Mary D. Briggs
Los Angeles
Calif
Farm leaders begin hearing on production control and parity
At Topeka congress sub committee hearing, Dr. O. O. Wolf and John Vesecky outlined Kansas Farm Bureau and Kansas Farmers' Union programs. They endorsed Pope McGill bill principles and argued agriculture is a local industry, urging basing prices on regional production costs.
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Topeka
Kansas Farm
O. O. Wolf
Ottawa
Kansas Farm Bureau
John Vesecky
Salina
Kansas Farmers’ Union
Vesecky
J E Evans Dies at 58 After Pneumonia Illness
James Earl Evans longtime superintendent of the Bismarck Grove feeding yards died at a local hospital after a brief illness. He was 58 born in Gentry county Missouri and moved to Lawrence in 1931. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 pm from the Ford City Methodist church with burial in Ford City cemetery conducted by Rev N J Moats. He leaves his mother Sarah Frances Evans wife Verdie L Evans a daughter Mrs John P Cummins two sons Dale Earl Evans and Donald J Evans and five grandchildren.
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James Earl Evans
Bismarck Grove
Evans
Gentry County
Lawrence
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ford City
N. J. Moats
St. Joseph
Sarah Frances Evans
Verdie L. Evans
John P. Cummins
Stanberry
Dale -Earl Evans
King City
Donald J. Evans
Journal-World News
Father of Miss Susan Friend Dies in Emporia
C. C. Friend of Emporia aged 92 died after a brief illness at his home 1004 Mechanic street. Funeral services are set for nine o clock Saturday in Emporia with burial in Denton. He served in the 37th Kentucky Volunteers mounted infantry and leaves wife Nancy Lee Keith and six children all present at his death.
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C. C. Friend
Emporia
Susan Friend
Lawrence
Mechanic Street
Denton
Friend
37Th
Kentucky Volunteers Mounted Infantry
Nancy Lee Keith
Hold up at General Chemical office in Claymont
Five men with machine guns robbed the General Chemical Company payroll office at Claymont outside Wilmington Delaware late today, escaping with a $21000 payroll.
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Wilmington
Del
General Chemical Company
Claymont
Stock Market Index Dips to 48.7 After High
The average of 60 stocks stands at 48.7, slipping from yesterday's 49.8 reading. Notes mention 38 Chevrolet as part of the index details dated October 23.
Stark names Kansas City election board without Pendergast ties
Gov. Lloyd C. Stark named a new Kansas City election board amid fraud scandal fallout. Nominees include Robert L. Mehernay, a Pendergast ally, and Bruce Forrester and Lewis Ellis, a Republican pair, with Edgar Shook a Democrat. The group faces immediate duties under the new permanent registration law and spring municipal elections.
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Mehornay Pendergast
Robert L. Mehornay
T. J. Pendergast
Pendergast
Edgar Shook
Mehernay
D. Bruce Forrester
Kansas City
Shook
Stark
Tokyo May Use Women Police for Vacant Roles
Tokyo reports the metropolitan police board may recruit women to replace policemen called for military duty. The board argues the strongest of the weaker sex could be more useful than the weakest of the stronger sex. Women already drive taxis operate gas stations and act as bus conductors.
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Tokyo
Metropolitan Police Board
One Good Democrat On Election Board Says Boss Pendergast
New York reports Democratic boss of Kansas City Thomas J. Pendergast claims Missouri Governor Lloyd C. Stark appointed three good Republicans and one good Democrat to the Kansas City election board. Stark says he acted without Pendergast but Pendergast endorses the bipartisan slate noting Robert J. Mehernay as the chairman.
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Jefferson City
Kansas City
Lloyd C. Stark
T. J. Pendergast
Missouri
Pendrgast
Stark
R. E O’malley
Pendergast
New York
O'Malley
Colorado Springs
Forrester
Ellis
Joseph B Shannon
Democratic
Altho
Thomas B. Bush
Jackson County
Thomas J. Pendergast
Colorado
League Women Voters Urges Civil Service Expansion
Mrs. George Gellhorn of St. Louis urged extending civil service to public appointees at a noon League of Women Voters meeting at the Episcopal parish house. She warned against patronage and called for exams and standardization to create qualified public servants across federal, then state and local levels. About eighty attended after a luncheon.
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George Gellhorn
St. Louis
League of Women Voters
Episcopal Parish House
Gellhorn
League
New Kind of Stink Bombs In Connersville
In Connersville Indiana H W Ingram refused Thursday afternoon closure sparking a protest by rival grocers They gathered inside and puffed dense clouds of smoke hindering visibility Ingram called police who ordered the 30 delegates to disperse and blow their smoke elsewhere
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Connersville
Ind
H. W. Ingram
Ingram
Morning Low Reaches 30 Degrees in Lawrence
The Lawrence gas office thermometer shows 30 degrees this morning at 7 o clock, the year's lowest reading. Frost was reported by several residents and trees show a noticeable color change from overnight.
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Lawrence
Weather outlook for tonight and Saturday in northwest regions
Fair tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures after a cool night. Local frost tonight in some areas. Generally clear skies and mild weather expected as the weekend approaches. University Coal Co. phone 44.
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University Coal Co
Congressmen Rogers Promote Haskell Welfare At Lawrence
Will Rogers congressman at large from Oklahoma spoke at a noon Chamber of Commerce luncheon in the Hotel Eldridge about aiding Haskell Institute. He urged clear needs from congress and noted joint visit with Rep. Guyer of Kansas. He cited unemployment, peace laws, farm and labor bills, court reorganization, and cautioned against too many laws. He finished with his poem Thankfulness and comments on the air and water being free. A body was later found in Lake Chautauqua, Jamestown, of three-year-old Timothy Heer missing since Tuesday.
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Lawrence
Haskell Institute
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
Congressman Rogers
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Haskell
Kansas
Congress
Rogers
U. S. Guyer
Dolph Simons
Congressman Guyer
Russell M. Kelley
Alfred Lawrence
Paul B. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Kansas
John Brand
J. Norman Spaun
Indian Affairs Office
Washington
Jack Storin
Maurice ‘Skelton
Supreme Court
Lake Jamestown
N. Y
Timothy Heer
Lake Chautauqua
Driftwood
Timothy
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