Hull Has No Word Of Freighter Crew
Secretary Hull said the United States has no word on the 41 or 42 American sailors aboard the City of Flint, a government freighter captured by a German raider and taken to Murmansk. Berlin officials discussed the case with the U.S. embassy as Germany negotiates with Russia over prize law and the ship’s status.
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Washington
Hull
City of
Flint
State Department
Murmansk
Russia
Roosevelt
Berlin
United States
Alexander Kirk
Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker
Foreign Office
Germany
Hamburg
Kirk
Tromso
Norway
Pendergast to Seek Parole From Leavenworth
Washington reports former Kansas City political figure Tom Pendergast will seek parole from Leavenworth on October 28 after serving a third of his 15 month sentence for income tax evasion. Artie D. Wood of the federal parole board expects about 370 prisoners to file applications during the extra weeks leading to full board review.
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Washington
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Kan
Justice’. Department
Pendergast
Artie D. Wood
Federal
Par le Board
Stock Market Index Edges Higher at 60 Stocks
The average of 60 stocks rose to 53.9 yesterday from 53.5 as trading closed. Investors watched market breadth and specific sectors for early momentum.
Depredations of Nazi Raiders Stir London War News
London reports a rising threat from fast German raiders roaming the Atlantic. The City of Flint has been seized and several British merchant ships sunk near Gibraltar and off the Spanish coast, raising Allied losses and stoking debate on North Sea blockade policy.
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London
Great Britain
Atlantic
United States
City of Flint
Gibraltar
Norway
Murmansk
Russia
North Sea
Deutschland
Emden
Britain
Tafna
Ledbury
Menin Ridge
British Press Association
North Atlantic
Flint
Repulse
Renown
Hood
Germany
Many ships held for a third team in Archangel port
A Swedish tramp steamer reports about 20 foreign freighters detained in Archangel by Russian authorities with crews short of food. Sweden approves 36 million crowns to buy 102 military planes, and Norway doubles orders for American high speed fighters to 24. More than 20 generals discuss in Berlin with Hitler present. Noise of gunfire heard near Zandvoort. Wallace advocates a third term for Roosevelt amid war talk. Washington notes strong interest in a Roosevelt third term from Republicans and Democrats, while the White House stays silent.
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Narvik
Norway
Archangel
Moscow
Stockholm
Berlin
Reichschancellery
Adolf Hitler
Zandvoort
The
Netherlands
North Sea
Holland
San Francisco
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Europe
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Berkeley
Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Drewry
D-Va
Democratic Congressional Committee
Bankhead
Steagall
D-Ala
House Banking Committee
White House
Masons Visit Nortonville for 25 Year Button Ceremony
A group of Lawrence Masons traveled to Nortonville last night to present 25 year service buttons. Attendees from Lawrence included H. D. Johnson Frank O. Anderson Frank E. Jones Raymond McKee W. H. Quakenbush A. B. Martin C. E. Birch H. H. Tuller F. M. Holliday W. M. Smith Guy E. Young E G. Mason Edward McKitrick George O. Foster W. P. Moorman and A. E. Huddleston Huddleston presented the buttons and Martin gave the principal address.
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Lawrence Masons
Nortonville
Lawrence
H. D. Johnson
Frank O. Anderson
Frank E. Jones
Raymond McKee
W. H. Quakenbush
A. B. Martin
C. E. Birch
H. H. Tuller
F. M. Holliday
W. M. Smith
Guy E. Young
E. G. Mason
Edward McKitrick
George O. Foster
W. P. Moorman
A. E. Huddleston
Huddleston
Martin
Mercury hits 92 in Independence and nearby towns
The forecast records a 92 degree high in Independence on October 25, matching a new date high. Fredonia also reached 92 degrees by afternoon, while the local gas office thermometer reported 89 degrees in the area.
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Independence
Kan
Fredonia
Intensive Training for Troops Decreed by War Department
War Department orders immediate intensive training for about 6 700 troops not in prior divisions. Cavalry units to Fort Riley Kansas and infantry to Camp Joseph T Robinson Arkansas for 90 days of field maneuvers. First movements begin within ten days from Fort Meade South Dakota and Fort Des Moines Iowa. Meanwhile 1 300 junior reserve officers to six months active service after year start if funds are approved.
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Omaha
Neb
Percy P. Bishop
U. S. Army
Seventh Corps
War Department
Whawae 4
Fort Riley
Kan
Joseph T. Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Fort Meade
S. D
14Th Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Fort Leavenworth
Camp Robinson
Fort Snelling
Minn
Jefferson Barracks
Fort Lincoln
N. C
Fort Crook
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate votes down Johnson plan on neutrality law discretion
The Senate rejected a Johnson Colorado amendment to strip discretionary language from the neutrality bill 61 to 26. The measure would require the President to proclaim invocation once a state of war exists. The vote keeps invocation as discretionary.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
D-Colo
LaFollette
Congress
Borah
R-Idaho
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Hoover
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Winnie Ruth Judd Escapes From Arizona Hospital
Governor Jones announced Winnie Ruth Judd escaped from the Arizona state hospital in Phoenix last night. Judd, known as the trunk slayer in the 1931 killings of Agnes Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson, was convicted then sentenced to the gallows but later adjudged insane on April 22, 1933, suspending the death penalty.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Jones
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Hospital
Los Angeles
Judd
Clemency denials announced for seven inmates
Topeka reports Gov. Payne Ratner denied executive clemency to seven state penitentiary inmates. Among those denied are Gordon Strode serving life for narcotics possession habitual from Douglas county and Warren Easley serving life for grand larceny habitual from Leavenworth county.
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Topeka
State Penitentiary
Payne Ratner
Gordon Strode
Douglas County
Warren Easley
Leavenworth County
Complete Withdrawal of French Civilians From Strip Along Rhine
Basel Switzerland Oct 25 French civilians began a complete withdrawal today from a six mile strip along the Rhine frontier from Strasbourg to near the Swiss border. The abandonment will extend 12 miles back from the river. Explanations vary with some linking the move to recent destruction of Rhine bridges and the Kembs dam, others calling it routine for troop quarters in the Rhineland front. Observers note a large British troop contingent moving into the Rhine region.
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Basel
Switzerland
Rhine River
Strasbourg
Rhine
Kembs Dam
Baden
Rhineland
Night Reconnaissance Over Berlin and Other Cities
The air ministry reported Royal Air Force night flights over Berlin Hamburg and Magdeburg in the last 24 hours. Parliament awaited Prime Minister Chamberlains war update and reaction to von Ribbentrops Danzig speech which officials called a clumsy attempt to divide Britain from France.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Hamburg
Madgeburg
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Danzig
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Great Britain
France
Trade Barriers Topic At KU Roundtable Panel
University of Kansas will host a roundtable on Barriers of Interstate Trade broadcast on KFKU Thursday night from 9 30 to 10. Instructors Vant W Kobker James C Pettee and Leslie L Waters will discuss taxes favoritism discrimination labeling and ports of entry with Waters as chairman.
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University of Kansas
KFKU
Vant W. Kobker
James C. Pettee
Leslie L. Waters
Waters
Malott Heads to Chicago for Education Conference
Chancellor Deane W. Malott traveled from Lawrence by train to attend an educational conference in Chicago and meet officials of the Train Exchange Institute. He planned to return by plane to Kansas City tomorrow afternoon.
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Deane W. Malott
Chicago
Train Exchange Institute
Lawrence
Kansas City
States Missing From First 1 000 Orders for Journal World Edition
Utah Nevada Delaware New Hampshire and South Carolina are the only states not listed among the first 1000 advance copies of the National Cornhusking Edition. Orders reach 43 states plus DC Hawaii and seven foreign countries Brazil Switzerland Sweden Mexico British Guiana New Zealand Canada. Mailings begin tomorrow. extra copies cost ten cents with wrapping and postage.
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Journal- World
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Brazil
Switzerland
Sweden
Mexico
British Guiana
New Zealand
Canada
State Cornhusking Bee attracts Lawrence County group
More than 50 Lawrence and Douglas county men will accompany Otto Boerkircher to Erie to enter the state corn husking contest. The winner and runner up will advance to the national contest here on November 3 with prizes of 100 and 50 dollars. Local officials plan to use the trip to boost traffic handling and invite Missourians to the national event.
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Douglas County
Boerkircher
Lawrence and
Otto Boerkircher
Erie
Lathrop B. Read
Higginsville
Read
Lawrence
Charles Banning
Kansas
Cecil Vining
Vining
Richmond
Franklin County
Elmer Clark
Payne Ratner
Army Enlistment Booth Planned at Cornhusking Contest
The National Cornhusking Contest committee approved a booth for U.S. Army recruiting information. Col. Karl F. Baldwin forwarded details to Seventh Corps Area in Omaha. The Army may man the booth during the three day program at either the Resource Full Kansas exhibit or a ground tent, under President’s recruiting directives.
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United States Army
Karl F. Baldwin
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Kansas
Congressional Action Not Needed to Aid Winter Farmers
President Roosevelt assured farmers in flood and drought regions that federal aid will continue through winter without new congressional appropriations. He cited a substantial remaining balance in the disaster loan corporation and about 5 million dollars in another agency. The farm security administration could advance funds to needy farmers, while surplus commodities corporation would supply food from regular funds. Loans would cover flood damage repairs and livestock feed purchases.
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Washington
Brouth
Roosevelt
Congress
Disaster Loan Corporation
New England
Farm Security Administration
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Wheat planting in dust threatens Kansas winter crop
About 80 percent of Kansas wheat acreage has been seeded but most is in dust with little chance of germination. Unseasonably warm conditions and drought hinder winter wheat prospects while subsoil moisture exists only in fallowed soils. Corn husking advances. eastern yields better than expected, but western counties expect little harvest. Water shortages worsen as creeks and ponds dry.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
Weather shift brings heat, cool front nears Kansas
Topeka records near 90 as hot weather continues across Kansas while a northwest cold front advances. Lows drop to mid 30s to mid 50s across regions with scattered showers in the east and thunderstorm activity in the southeast. Kansas faces near normal midsummer highs tomorrow of 70s to 75.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mercury
A. D. Robb
Wichita
Goodland
Fort Scott
Garnett
Chanute
Lebo
Robb
Membership List Sparks Senate Hearing on Unamerican Ties
Washington October 25 A congressional committee published a “membership and mailing list” for the American League for Peace and Democracy inflaming charges of communist influence. Names include Oscar L. Chapman Edwin S. Smith and Mordecai Ezekiel with high government salaries, prompting debate on who qualifies as members versus mailing recipients.
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Washington
Investigatin Unamerican
American League For Peace and Democracy
Antin
Dempsey
D-N.m
League
Oscar L. Chapman
Interior Department
Edwin S. Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Louis Bloch
Maritime Labor Board
Mordecai Ezekiel
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Mason
Resource Full Kansas exhibit at Cornhusking grounds
About 156 booths will be available under the big top at Cornville with 110 state departments and 87 commercial groups taking part. The design features a 50 foot wide entrance with a 30 foot tower bearing state seals and a Gov. Payne Ratner tribute. Boots, food concessions, and a large canvas area cover 300000 square feet, with construction two days ahead of schedule.
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Kansas
R. C. Moore
Cornville
University of Kansas Department of Architecture
Richard Tippin
Kansas City
Dr. Wood
Payne Ratner
Robert Haggart
Ralph Burk
Ottawa
Burk
Circus
Tom Harrison
Harrison
Cortville
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
J. I. Case
Copper Publications
Cole Square
Capper says Flint seizure is wartime incident not entry
Senator Capper of Kansas notes the Flint seizure is an incident of war not a pledge of U S entry into the European conflict. He says Capitol Hill offers little comment and calls for inquiry and steps to preserve rights and honor.
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Washington
Flint
United States
Capper
Capitol Hill
Kansas Players announce season opener tickets onsale
Tickets for the first dramatic production of the season by the Kansas Players go on sale tomorrow at the Greenhall basement ticket office. Two one act plays My Hearts in the Highlands and The Emperor Jones will be staged next week beginning Monday.
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Kansas Players
Greenhall
Highlands
Kansas Weather Forecast and Temperature Report
Kansas forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with cooler readings in central and east parts and warmer in the northwest tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures show a 7 p.m. record around 81, with today’s high near 84 and low around 60.
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Kansas
Peateray
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