Senate Votes to Drop Embargo
The Senate voted 67 for repeal and 22 against to end the arms embargo amid a neutrality debate. The measure would allow limited cash and carry with belligerents and set up a broader neutrality framework. House leaders planned conference action to retain the embargo while pursuing final passage.
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Europe
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LaFollette
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Senate House
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Folk Dance Festival to Be Held At University
Dr. Anne Schley Duggan head of Texas State College for Women will arrive in Lawrence with eight students to direct the Folk Dance festival at the University tomorrow. Two instructional sessions will be held 10 to 12 and 2 to 4. A barn dance in the Union ballroom tomorrow night will close the program with spectator seats available.
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Texas State College For Women
Lawrence
Hays
Dodge City
Baker University
Iowa University
Kansas City University
Emporia
Salina Junior College
Union Ballroom
F.C. Allen
Department of Physical Education
Mother of KU Student Is Shot by Robber
Kansas City Oct 27. Millard Jackson 18 was shot and wounded after he shot Mrs Sophie Sellers 49 in an attempted robbery at the Sellers home. Mrs Sellers was seriously wounded with a bullet entering her abdomen. Her husband Y A Sellers has been away at Florence Kan the past week. Their daughter Jean attends the University of Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kan
Millard Jackson
Negra
Sophie Sellers
Sellers
Y. A. Sellers
Florence
Jean
University of Kansas
Hull laments Moscow delays in Flint information access
Secretary Hull voiced frustration over Soviet delays and partial data on the freighter City of Flint seized by Germany. He noted Ambassador Steinhardt failed by telephone, rail, and air to reach the American crew, with only a Russian agency brief available. Hull expects prize court action to disclose full ownership and cargo details.
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Washington
Hull
Flint
State Department
Debt passes 41 billion as calls to raise limit grow
Washington reports the federal debt at 41 023 872 434 dollars, up 51 055 840 in a day, pushing near the 45 billion borrowing cap. Officials expect a fight over raising the limit to 50 billion while debates mount on deficits and annual treasury financing.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
NEED MORE RIFLES For University ROTC faces equipment boost
Increased ROTC enrollment to 458 this year prompts a supply push. Col Karl F Baldwin announced 90 rifles will be sent from Rock Island arsenal. War department provides a 16 millimeter sound film machine and a projector with silver screen for visual instruction. More anti aircraft defense equipment is expected later.
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R.O.T.C
Military Department
Karl F. Baldwin
Arsenal
Rock Island
War Department
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Kansas City Machine Boss Pendergast Accused of Broad Corruption
A federal grand jury wrapped 10 months of probe with a sharp indictment of political corruption in Kansas City. It charged that gambling, vice, and racketeering flourished under T. J. Pendergast's iron hand, with a machine that controlled city and county government and extended into state and federal levels.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
T. J. Pendergast
Jackson County
Former State Treasurer J. J. Rhodes Dies at 62
J. J. Rhodes 62, lumberman and former Kansas state treasurer, died after illness. A KU graduate of 1898 he served as treasurer from 1934 and later, and once converted the treasury vault into a fortress to deter bandit attacks. He chaired Morris County Republican committees three times. survived by his widow, a son, a daughter, and brothers Fred Rhodes of Humboldt and Harry Rhodes of Colony.
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J. J. Rhodes
Treasury
University of Kansas
Tom Boyd
Rhodes
Morris County Republican Committee
Fred Rhodes
Humboldt
Harry Rhodes
Colony
Unemployment Claims Decline in Kansas September
The Bureau of Employment Security reports Kansas unemployment new claims fell 18.5 percent in September from August. Job placements rose 21 percent, while benefits paid increased 0.7 percent.
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Kansas
Bureau of Employment Security
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Social Security Board
Explosives Planted On City of Flint By German Crew
James McConnochie the City of Flints radio operator told Aftenbladet in Bergen that the freighter was captured by a German prize crew who flew a Danish flag and renamed the ship Alf. The Germans planted a heavy charge in the engine room and warned they would blow the ship if needed while northward aice routes hid British and French warships. They allowed British survivors from Stonegate to board at Tromsoe and later landed them at Port Tromsoe after a short stay.
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Port Tramsoe
Dave Horkmans Returns To Lawrence Post Office
Dave Horkmans, longtime assistant postmaster in Lawrence, has returned from Hot Springs in improved health but may be unable to resume duties. A World War II era veteran, a Filipino bullet once shattered his cheek, blinding one eye, and later a statue on the university campus was modeled after him.
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Dave Horkmans
Lawrence
Hot Springs
Horkmans
City of Flint headed to Hamburg as prize ship
Berlin reports the US steamer City of Flint sailed from Murmansk toward Germany under a German prize crew from the pocket battleship Deutschland. The freighter near the Norwegian coast heads into the British blockade area as a prize case with crew fate unclear.
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Arctic Circle
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U S Envoy Raises City of Flint Issue With Moscow
U S Ambassador Laurence A. Steinhardt met with Vladimir Potemkin at the Soviet foreign office to press for information on the City of Flint in Murmansk. Reports say the ship has been freed from Murmansk and may have left under the American flag. Uncertainty remains over its cargo and status as Britain and Germany loom in the background.
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United States
Laurence A. Steinhardt
City of Flint
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Flint
North Sea
Germany
Britain
Horning to Speak at University Club Meeting Tonight
L. W. Horning research director of American Railroads will address the weekly University club on Dollars and Sense. He spoke at the high school debate and speech institute on government ownership and operation of railroads. Horning’s office is in New York City. Washer Service. Green Bros. Ady.
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American Railroads
University Club
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University
New York City
Fraser Hall
Wheat Surplus Could Offset Next Season Shortage
Washington reports a 318 million bushel wheat surplus may ease a looming short crop in 1939. Drought in the Midwest winter-wheat belt raises the prospect of tighter supplies, with 1938 output at 551 million and reliance on government loaned stocks of about 150 million bushels.
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America
Midwest
Agriculture Department
United States
Kanss Deans of Women Convene 24th Annual Meeting on Campus
About 50 delegates of the Kansas Association of Deans of Women gathered for the 24th annual meeting on campus. Chancellor Deane W. Malott will address the group at a 7 PM banquet with the theme Your Job and Mine. Music includes a piano quartet and a vocal duo.
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Deane W. Malott
Joseph Wilkins
Elizabeth Meguiar
K. U
Haskell Institute
Margaret J’earson Speelman
Kansas Deans of Women
Haskell
Haskell Leads Burlingame 26 0 at Halftime
Haskell Indians built a 26 to 0 halftime lead over Burlingame in a football game here this afternoon. Tom White returned the opening kickoff 85 yards for a score and added the extra point. Norman Brandt raced 30 yards for a touchdown and later combined with Andy Chisholm on a 16 yard pass for another score. Brandt later added a 48 yard run before the half.
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Haskell Indians
Burlingame
Tom White
Norman Brandt
Urge Dempsey to resign from Dies committee
The American League for Peace and Democracy urged Representative John P. Dempsey of New Mexico to resign from the Dies committee in protest against its acts. It announced plans to release a 24 page document detailing alleged unscrupulous witnesses, unsupported testimony, and prejudiced opinions.
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New York
American League For Peace and Democracy Today
John P. Dempsey
New Mexico
Dies Committee
League
Spy Ring in Yugoslavia Arrests Begin in Maribor
A former Yugoslav army lieutenant colonel and thirty others were arrested in Maribor as police pursue a German spy ring investigation.
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Yugoslavia
Maribor
Extra Cornhusking Edition Copies Still Available
The supply is going fast and orders should be placed soon. Workers have been addressing souvenir wrappers and sending extra copies to the post office. Each copy costs ten cents and includes mailing charges if mailed to friends or associates.
Debaters Arrive for K U Institute at University
High school debaters from across the state begin sessions of the Kansas high school debate and speech institute at the University. Registration reached about 180 by 10:80 this morning with 50 more speakers arriving in the afternoon.
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Kansas High School
Deane W. Matott
L. W. Horning
American Railroads
Ross Robertson
KL Uv
Horning
Robertson
Chilly Kansas Weather Dip Warns of Frost Tonight
A north wind brings relief from recent heat as frost and light freezes are forecast for corn and pumpkins across Kansas. Snow and freezing temps spread from Nebraska to Montana while eastern rainfall was light. Columbus had 1.25 inches in 24 hours and highs tomorrow hover around 65 as lows fall to 35 to 40 in the east.
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S$. D. Flora
Nebraska
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North Dakota
Flora
Columbus
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Fort Scott
Herion
Independence
Phillipsburg
American Income This Year Rises Over Last Year
The Commerce Department estimates show Americans earned $2 billion more in wares dividends and other income in the first three quarters of the year than the same period last year. Nine months total reached $50.789 billion with an annual projection near $68.6 billion. September earnings rose to $6.012 billion due to farm price gains higher dividends and bigger industrial payrolls though relief payments fell somewhat. Football Final West Virginia 6 South Carolina (Tie).
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Harvard Astronomers Foresee Practically Total Moon Eclipse
Cambridge Massachusetts October 27 weather permitting a spectacular blackout will be visible tonight as Harvard astronomers anticipate a practically total lunar eclipse lasting five hours and forty nine minutes. 99.2 percent of the moon will be blocked with maximum eclipse between 10:54 and 12:36 a.m. Central. Observers in Europe Americas Asia and Arctic regions will see portions of the event.
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Fletcher Watson
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Liberty Memorial high selects gleaners for national cornhusking
The Liberty Memorial high school vocational agriculture department has chosen 44 boys to act as gleaners for 22 huskers entering national cornhusking on November 3. Arthur Heck will supervise the cleaners who will collect ears missed by the husker during the 80 minute contest, weighing and counting them later.
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Vocational Agricultural Department
Liberty Memorial High School
Arthur Heck
Vers Baker
Warren Tanning
Archie Feamings
Siftred’ Leeman
Albert Fendleton
Dale Powe TH
Melwith Steele
Steele Huss Wilte
Vernarren
Blorv
Richard
Sale of Douglas county property set for tomorrow
Tomorrows auction at 9 o clock will offer 258 parcels to return delinquent properties to tax rolls. The sale at the west door of the courthouse uses a temporary platform with seating arranged for bidders. Thomas brothers auctioneers conduct the sale, which includes varied parcels from ravine lots to a $7855 valued residential property. The sale continues tomorrow and Monday until all items are sold.
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Court House
Thomas Brothers
Stock Market Index Shows Day On Day Slide
The stock index for sixty shares stood at 53.3, down from yesterday’s 33.3 as markets opened and traded lower amid cautious investor sentiment.
Roosevelt Says Navy Chief Reliance to Keep Out of War
President Roosevelt told Acting Secretary Edison the United States must rely on its large navy to avoid war. He warned peace depends on defending sea frontiers while the fleet operates under near wartime conditions with 388 ships and 586 vessels in total. The administration seeks funds for two more 43 000 ton fortresses and aims to 1944 naval goals of battleships cruisers destroyers submarines carriers and warplanes.
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U.S. Navy
Washington
Charles Edison
Congress
Dust and tents take shape for Corn husking grounds
Dust is reduced by a city water sprinkler around Cornville as tents rise for the National Corn husking event. The Kansas University booth is built with campus skyline and moving pictures, while Budgets show John Deere and other farm firms staffing 24 workers.
Honor Dr. H P Cady at University Chemistry Event
Chemists and friends gathered on campus to honor the 40 years of service by University of Illinois chemistry head Worth H. Rodebush. Rodebush spoke on Association The Most Important Phenomenon in Chemistry in Bailey laboratories this afternoon. A 6 o clock dinner followed in the Union building with Harvey V. Moyer of Ohio State University delivering The Sensitization of Analytical Precipitates at 8 o'clock tonight.
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Hamilton P. Cady
Worth H. Rodebush
University of Illinois
Bailey Laboratories
Union Building
Harvey V. Moyer
Ohio State University
Kansas Weather Forecast Temperatures and frost noted
Kansas forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday with colder conditions and heavy frost tonight. Some warming expected in the west and extreme north central Saturday. temperatures include today’s high near 81 and low around 40 from the prior year.
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