Rebels Plan Assault on Madrid City Front
Alcamera Oct 28 insurgent command drew battle plans for a rapid assault on Madrid aided by 200 swift tanks and armored cars to mop up after heavy artillery. They expect fierce urban fighting with air and artillery strikes and possible mass panic to drive defenders from the capital. Madrid braces under siege as rationing begins and a new mobilization of 31,000 men is announced to crush insurgents.
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Alcamera
Madrid
Rema Eret
Theospital
Carlos Rubiera
High Command
Kevernment
War Department
War Ministry
Lutlev
Talavera de la Reina
Pequerinos
Escorial
Santa Maria de Alameda
Narzuela
Securities Are Recovered In Wichita Hotel Safe
Wichita detectives recovered stocks and bonds worth 19175 stolen from E H Hiemke of the Milwaukee Grain Co. The items, tied to a suspect using the name Lester Cavanaugh, were found in a hotel safe after Cavanaugh hurriedly checked out. A blank physician office check was also found among the panels.
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Wichita
Kan
Neil Anderson
E. H. Hiemke
Milwaukee Grain Company
Lester Cavanaugh
Anderson
Cavanaugh
Stacker
Bonds
Stock Market Index Reported At 70.4
A brief stock market note records an index at 70.4 with a city or firm reference Hanna and Frigiaaice. The report mentions a slight day shift to 70.2 and references a 303 period advancement or value.
Mollison Arrives at Harbor Grace on His London Flight
Captain James A. Mollison landed at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, at 3:25 p.m. EST during a one stop flight from New York to London. He planned a 15 000 foot leg with 420 gallons of fuel aboard a Bellanca monoplane aiming to reach Croydon after about 24 hours total.
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New York
James A. Mollison
London
Harbor Grace
N. F
Floyd Bennett
Floyd Bennett Field
Croydon Airdrome
Mollison
Bellanca
Atarbor Grace
Ireland
London Inn
Democratic smear claim over Kansas school funding debate
Boston reports William Allen White denounces a Democratic national committee smear campaign against Governor Alf Landon as a Kansas school system attack. He cites 40 vacant schoolhouses, bus routes enabling consolidation, and western shifts. White argues Kansas spends more per pupil and has more students in higher education than many states.
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Boston
William Allen White
Emporia
Kansas
Democratic National Committee
Landon
James Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
White
London
Woodson patrons urge Markham to repudiate school smear campaign
Indignant Woodson county residents and 100 registered voters petition State Superintendent W T Markham. They demand he repudiate alleged national Democratic administration attacks on Kansas schools and act solely as Kansas superintendent, not political propagandist. Petition notes Markham's Woodson county residence and calls for immediate repudiation.
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Yates Center
Kan
Woodson County
W. T. Markham
Markham
Kansas
National Democratic
State of
State of Kansas
Landon speaks in Newark on way to New York
Governor Alf M. Landon toured through flag lined streets in Newark and addressed a 6,000 seat Mosque theater crowd. He pledged to enforce federal labor protections if elected and warned against political entanglements, urging a Republican congress to tackle travel and labor issues while criticizing social security as risky.
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Landon
New York
Newark
N. J
CPI
Alf M. Landon
Solomon Foster
Edward G. Duffield
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Kansan
America
Slay Tavern Manager Shot Dead Near Niles Station
Two masked gunmen burst into a suburban Niles tavern near the police station, killing manager Adolph Onzone, 32, and wounding bartender Joseph Aschy, 38. One suspect declared a heist before the attack, then objected, and shots rang out. Police chief provided details at the scene. Hear Prof. Guest on Social Security at the Court House Friday p.m. Adv.
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Chicago
Cpi
Niles
Adolph Onzone
Joseph Aschy
Robert A. Romey
Court House
Ady
PWA Project Assured for the City Library
The Lawrence public library PWA project was assured with a $15 750 federal share allocation confirmed by Ickes. The city authorized $19 250 in bonds for the local cost, approved last April by a 560 to 372 vote, with remodeling plans by architect Thomas Larrick and a library board committee ready to push final steps and bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA
Lawrence Public Library
Alfred Lawrence
Ray Lawrence
Kansas
Ickes
Lawrence
A. OC. Mitchell
Library Board
Max Wilhelmi
Addie Buckminster
Seth W. Slaughter
FL Oc
Whipple
Babyin Abels
2 B. Davis
Wilhelmi
Teo
Regulation urged for inflammables transport and gasoline taxes
The League of Kansas Municipalities adjourned its annual convention urging legislative draft of stronger highway inflammables transport rules and a fair share of gasoline taxes and motor vehicle fees for cities. It re elected leaders and urged tax hikes for small city sewer and maintenance, plus reforms on special assessments and election cost allocations. An audit showed receipts of 554107 and expenditures of 538850.
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Topeka
League of Kansas Municipalities
State Highway Fund
Leonard Boyd
Pittsburg
League
Oklahoma City golfer dies after pool hall assault
Oklahoma City College golfer Harry Gandy 28 formerly Western Junior Open and Big Six champion died after a pool hall altercation. County Attorney Lewis Morris said an investigation would begin. Proprieter E M Brown 65 reported to Newt Burns, the city detective, that he struck Gandy as he tried to leave after being ordered out. No charges filed yet.
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Oklahoma City
Lewis Morris
Harry Gandy
University of Oklahoma
Gandy
Newt Burns
E. M. Brown
Burns
Brown
Albert Jeffress
Victor Wilson
Norman
Kansans praise Landon's leadership on eastern tour
In Pittsburgh Kansas editor Fred W. Brinkerhoff described Alf M. Landon as a high class leader with backbone and common sense. Eastern campaign stops featured several Kansans sharing intimate views with supporters, including Clyde L. Miller Dolph Simons Joseph Cohen John P. Harris and Henry J. Haskell.
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Pittsburgh
Fred W. Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
Kan
Headlight and
Sun
Landon
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Alf Landon
Clyde L. Miller
Topeka
Dolph. Simons
Lawrence Journal-Works
Joseph Cohen
Kansas City, Kan
John P. Harris
Hutchinson, Kan
Damaged Niw river bridge repair awarded to Massman firm
Leavenworth and Douglas counties jointly awarded the Niw river bridge repair at Eudora to Massman Construction of Missouri for 360770.83 plus 2000 for pier painting. J T Constant of Lawrence won jetty work for 21748.50. The project costs total about 1000000 with 55 percent counties and 45 percent federal funding. Ice and floods previously damaged the bridge, and initial contractor Constant began north side jetties with two more to be built on the south bank.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Douglas and
PWA
Eudora
Constant
Douglas County Board of Commissioners
R. KR. Stevens
KE. Frueblood
Deer Running Wild In Western Kansas Area
Great Bend Kansas October 28 1919 presence of a deer in Pawnee county captured by farmers after a two year stay explained today by Fred Lans state game warden it was liberated months ago from the fish and game department grounds at Pratt we also have a doe with two fawns west of the fish hatchery they are running free as the buck is western Kansas now has several deer running wild they came down from Colorado
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Great Bend
Kan
Qet
Pawnee
Fred L.tans
Fish and Game Department
Pratt
Hans
Kansas
Calarada
Wheat stocks held in Kansas mills elevators and warehouses
Agricultural officials reported October 1 stocks of wheat in Kansas totaled 19,000,000 bushels in mills elevators and warehouses, compared with 5,800,000 a year earlier. Separate estimates pegged the combined figure at 20,477,000 bushels, with a value around 60,000 dollars last year in a federal state departments of agriculture release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
City considers secret vigilante traffic squad plan
Kansas City and Leavenworth dispatches report the city commission weighing reorganization of a covert vigilante traffic squad, first proposed by W H Dennis, to curb violations as court appearances remain hard to secure. In Platte City Missouri a 38 year old George Buchanan and his wife were injured in a bus truck collision. Mrs Buchanan treated at local hospital. A 1937 Chevrolet ad closes the item.
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Kan
W. Dennis
Tom Pringle
Arkansas City
Leavenworth
George Buchanan
Kansas City
Platte City
Union Pacific
Buchanan
Fire college sessions continue at Kansas University
Kansas Fire College lectures and demonstrations proceed at the University of Kansas with enrollments in Marvin hall. The event, run by the Kansas State Firemen’s Association the university and the state board, runs Monday through Thursday. Speakers include W F Heisler on fire prevention and R B Criswell on building inspections with emphasis on aiding firefighters and salvage crews. A group dinner is planned tonight at Wiedemannu’s grill with Criswell and Dr. Lindley scheduled to speak tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Fire College
University of Kansas
Marvin Hall
Kansas State Firemen’s Association
Kansas State Board For Vocational Education
W. F. Heisler
Oklahoma State Vocational Education Division
R. B. Criswell
Fire Department
Ohio Inspection
Columbus
Criswell
Dr. Lindley
Wiedemannu
Changelior
Heisler
Bonds Found Yesterday Were Stolen Two Years Ago
Identification by the Reiter estate attorney confirmed bonds found yesterday behind a shack near the Harry Pyle home belong to the Stafford county heist two years back. The case linked to the torture and killing of August Reiter during a robbery, with Allen Pyle also serving life terms and Mark Hudson recently convicted and sentenced.
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Mutchinson
Stafford
Wint Smith
State Highway Patrol
Harry Pyle
Allen
August Reiter
Banes
Reiter
Otto
Mark Hudson
Hutchinson
Forney predicts record 37500 auto fatalities in 1936
Chicago October 28 Statistician R L Forney of the National Safety Council said 1936 would see a new high in auto deaths. He based his forecast on nine months of data showing 25800 motor vehicle fatalities from January 1 to October 1, with 1935's total 37000 likely to be surpassed by about 500.
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Chicagro
R.L. Forney
National Safety Council
Formey
Borah pledges to defend and retain the Constitution
Senator William E. Borah campaigned in eastern Idaho for reelection pledging to defend and retain the Constitution. He urged that the people hold the right to change it and warned Europe is on the verge of another great war amid dangers of fascism and communism entanglement.
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St. Anthony
Idaho
William E. Borah
Ida
Europe
Borah
West Urges Wyandotte Voters to Back Landon for Governor
West campaign stops in Wyandotte County urging support for Governor Alf M Landon as a national remedy. He contrasts Landon with Roosevelt noting lower Kansas government costs, a balanced budget, and reduced state debt and taxes. County leaders join the tour ahead of a county rally in Kansas City Kansas.
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West
Wyandotte County
Alf M. Landon
Kansas City
Kan
Will G. West
Landon
Roosevelt
Kansas
West Oon
Roosevelt Rededicates Statue of Liberty and Expands Message
President Roosevelt, with French Ambassador Andre de Laboulaye, rededicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary in New York. He urged broadening its message from liberty to include peace, as dignitaries from many nations attended and shortwave radio carried the speeches abroad.
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New York
NL Y
Get
Roosevelt
Andre de Laboulaye
America
France
Grover Cleveland
Fort Wood
Little
Manhattan
Lebrun
de Laboulaye
United States
Governors Island
Frank R. McCoy
Bayonne
N. J
Brooklyn College
PWA
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Lower Manhattan
Formen
Rose Trum
Weather warms across Kansas with sun and milder highs
Topeka reports pleasant weather as federal forecaster S D Flora expects temperatures to rise into the upper fifties today and reach the sixties by Thursday. Yesterday's highs mainly 45 to 50, with 58 at Dodge City, while Dodge City and western areas dip below freezing overnight. No rain in 24 hours. lows near 22 in the northwest and 25 to 40 elsewhere. Ship commander is dead.
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Topeka
PleasantswWeather
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Mercury
Dodge City
Master of Queen Mary Suffers Stroke of Paralysis
Commodore Sir Edgar Britten, 62, commander of the liner Queen Mary, suffered a paralysis stroke and died hours later in Southampton as the ship prepared to depart for New York. Captain R V Peel assumed command during the medical emergency.
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Southampton
England
Edgar Britten
Edgar
New York
R. V. Peel
Plan for a New and Bigger Airport at Lawrence
Lawrence plans a much larger municipal airport on the present site, a WPA project estimated at 125000 dollars with city funds possible for four to five thousand. City officials and Chamber of Commerce aviation committee have prepared detailed plans and seek WPA approval, envisioning two 4400 foot runways, 140 foot wide cement strips, and 88 acres total including 22 added acres. The project could employ about 600 workers over four months and serve as a transcontinental airlines training and housing hub, with potential use by major carriers and the University of Kansas aviation programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
B. M. Babb
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
National Airlines
Department of Commerce Air
WPA
WEA
I. A. Russell
A. W. Berger
W. C. Hansinger
Walter Palateer
Willard Brown
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Department of Committce
Univerefsal
University
Douglas County
Lawrence Field
Lawrence Ground
National Airways
Two Killed In Crossing Incident Near Joplin Mo
Two men identified as Amos Mast and James Albertson of route 2 Weir Kan were killed when their light truck was struck by a north bound Santa Fe freight train at Burgess crossing ten miles northwest of Joplin.
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Joplin
Amos Mast
James Albertson
Weir
Kan
Burgess Crossing
Kansas Forecast Brings Fair Weather and Warmer Thursday
The Kansas forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures in the east and south. Morning weather shows clear skies and good dirt roads. Douglas County readings are reported as good, and office records note yesterday evening temperatures with a maximum and today’s minimum along with local phone listings for Johns Coal Co.
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Kansas
Douglas County
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Barbour
Slay Tavern
Hamilton
East
Massman Construction Co
Pawnee County
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Gifford Cook
Statue of Liberty
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