Neutrality Bill Heads To House In A Political Standoff
The neutrality revision bill, approved by the Senate 63 to 30 after 21 days of debate, is expected to pass the House early next week and go to a joint conference. Administration aides predict quick compromise to repeal the embargo, aiding Britain and France. A preamble clash between Senators Connally and Wheeler erupted as the vote concluded.
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Washington
Congress
Europe
House
Senate
Great Britain
France
Senate House
Connally
D.-Tex
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Montana
Huskers Lead K State as Tigers Frustrate Cyclones
Nebraska holds a 6 to 3 lead over Kansas State at halftime in Manhattan while Missouri leads Iowa State 21 to 6 at Ames. Oklahoma Sooners build a 14 to 0 edge over Oklahoma A&M as Hermie Rohrig breaks free for an 80 yard punt return. Miss Helen Moore elected president of Kansas Association of Deans of Women at Hutchinson Junior College.
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Nebraska
Kansas State
Missouri
Iowa State
Cornhuskers
Manhattan
Tigers
Cyclones
Norman
Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma A & M
Beryl Clark
Bob Seymour
Dick Favor
Sooners
Clark
Favor
Ken Dawe
Wildcat
Harry Hopp
Luther
Wildcats
Jim Brock
Kstate
Hermie Rohrig
Rohrig
Huskers
Ames
Myron Counsil
Bill Cunningham
Bengal
Cyclone
Dick Gale
Cunningham
Dan Wager
Donald King
Tiger
Jerry Notowitz
Duncan Glab
Jack Wallace
Helen Moore
Hutchinson Junior College
Kansas Association of Deans of Women
Moore
Elizabeth Mepular
K. U
Mary Alice Seller
Roosevelt High School
Kansas State Teacher’s College
Emporia
Margaret Mary
Marymount College
Salina
Haskell Institute
Union Building
International Federation of University Women
Stockholm
Sweden
Waldemar Gelich
Deane W. Malott
Margaret Pearson Speelman
Haskell
State Association
Belligerents May Buy U.S. Planes Under Revision
Washington observers say belligerent governments could buy American airplanes as the Senate neutrality revision advances. The House has not yet acted on the bill repealing the arms embargo. Parliamentarians note that with the House likely to pass, belligerents could obtain implements of war including planes.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
German Plane Downed Near Edinburgh After Firth of Forth Raid
A German airman was killed and another captured after a reconnaissance sortie toward the Forth of Forth was repelled by British fighters near Dalkeith southeast of Edinburgh. The incident caused an air raid alarm and scattered gunfire in East Lothian as residents reported missed warnings and spent bullets found near the police station.
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Firth of Forth
Scotland
London
Edinburgh
Air Ministry
Dalkeith
Forth of Forth
East Lothian
Brazilian liner reports encounter with German subs near Canary Islands
The Brazilian liner Santarem bound for Brazil reported off the Canary Islands a flotilla of three German submarines. The subs surfaced nearby to verify the ship’s nationality.
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Canary Islands
Rio de Janeiro
Santarem
Brazil
No Classes at KU on National Cornhusking Day
University Senate decided to grant a full day without classes at Kansas University to allow greater student participation in National Cornhusking Contest activities. The move follows petitions from multiple student organizations and changes the original afternoon holiday plan.
No Visitors Allowed at Cornville National Cornhusking
Officials announce no visitors tomorrow at Cornville for the National Cornhusking contest. Crowds over recent Sundays delayed work on exhibits and preparations for the official opening next Wednesday.
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Cornville
Mine ExplosionKills 34 in Scotland at Valleyfield Colliery
Thirty four workers were killed and twenty injured in a Valleyfield Colliery explosion near Dunfermline Scotland. The disaster was officially announced today with a large number of fatalities and extensive casualties reported.
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Dunfermline
Scotland
Valleyfield
Here
French Claim Sinking German Submarine and Executions Reported
French military sources said proof of sinking a German submarine was established after direct attacks by French armed ships and seaplanes. Five German sailors and a German officer were reported found, and the submarine was said to have been torn apart by a depth charge. The article also notes espionage executions in France and German war-motive distractions along the western front.
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Paris
Dover
England
Goodwin Sands
Kent
France
Karl Roos
Lobstein
Germany
Saarland
Wissenbourg
Rhine
Saar
Netherlands
City of Flint Still Beset in Murmansk Port
The City of Flint remains at Murmansk with the crew aboard after German prize authorities took the ship. U S officials report no word of departure despite Soviet orders for the vessel to leave Russian waters with a German crew.
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Washington
State Department
Berlin
Flint
Murmansk
Alexander C. Kirk
Foreign Office
Kirk
Hamburg
Moscow
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Steinhardt
Vladimir Potemkin
Soviet Foreign Affairs
Potemkin
City of Flint
Photographs Enemys by Drew Middleton in France
Photographs by the R A F in France show a large airfield unit using planes for reconnaissance. They photograph enemy defenses and lines, develop and send images to headquarters and French artillery to direct shelling. A notable pamphlet raid flight occurred 600 feet over the Siegfried line as German soldiers waved.
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Drew Middleton
R.A.F
France
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
Siegfried Line
Czech Flag Flies Over Capital Legation
The Czecho-Slovakia flag flew over the Washington legation on October 28 in celebration of the nation’s 21st birthday. Otaker Kabelac, first secretary, called the occasion a holiday for staff and predicted freedom from German occupation by the nation’s next Fourth of July.
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Washington
Legation
Otaker Kabelac
New Bridge Under Construction Over Tally Creek
The county bridge crew builds a new Gilliland bridge over the middle branch of Tally Creek, 214 miles southwest of Baldwin Junction. A 90 foot steel span, 110 foot total length with 20 foot approach, footings completed and steel work on the main span underway per County Engineer E. E. Trueblood.
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Gilliland
Tally Creek
Baldwin Junction
E. E. Trueblood
Clash as Czechs Honor Republic Amid Nazi Police Action
Prague witnessed clashes between German police and Czech citizens during the 21st anniversary celebrations of the Czecho-Slovak Republic. Authorities reported numerous arrests with an estimate of about 800 people taken to police headquarters. The confrontation centered in Wenceslas Square near the city hall as crowds challenged a ban on demonstrations.
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Prague
Wenceslas Square
St. Wenceslas
Banquet Honors Cady For Helium Discovery At KU
More than 200 chemists and friends gathered in the Union last night to honor Dr. Hamilton P. Cady for discovering helium in natural gas and his 40 years as KU chemistry professor. Gold watches and a short wave radio were presented, with messages from wide-ranging colleagues read aloud by Prof. R. Q. Brewster.
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Hamilton P. Cady
Union Building
University
Cady
A. W. Davidson
Kansas City
American Chemical Society
G. H. Clay
F. B. Davis
W. C. Stevens
C. M. Suter
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Robert D. Coghill
United States Department of Agriculture
Peoria
Clay
Davidson
R. Q. Brewster
E. R. Weidlein
Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh
H. G. Deming
University of Nebraska
J. T. Willard
Kansas State College
Roy Cross
Kansas City Testing Laboratories
Walter Cross
J. W. Hershey
McPherson College
W. J. Welin
Bethany College
University of Kansas
College football finals with mixed results across teams
Notre Dame defeated Carnegie Tech 7 to 6 while North Carolina beat Penn 30 to 6. Georgia won 13 to New York University, Clemson 15 over Navy 7, Illinois Wesleyan 7, Michigan State 13. Dartmouth 16 over Harvard 0. Cornell 23 over Ohio State 14. Michigan 27 over Wake Forest 0. Duke 6, Fordham 27 over Brown 12, Princeton 26. Army 46 over Wayne 18. Rutgers 20 over Lehigh 6. Colgate 7 over Holy Cross 27. Maine 0 over Bates 6. Alaska?
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Carnegie Tech
North Carolina
Penn
Georgia
New York U
Clemson
Navy
Illinois Wesleyan
Michigan State
Virginia Military
Columbia
Dartmouth
Harvard
Cornell
Ohio Strate
Yale
Michigan
Wake Forest
Duke
Arkansas
Villanova
Pittsburgh
Fordham
Brown
Princeton
Maine
Bates
Colgate
Holy Cross
Ursinus
Army
K State Queen Crowned at Homecoming Game
Miss Betty June Doan of Pratt Kansas State college journalism senior was crowned homecoming queen by Gov Payne Ratner during the Kansas State Nebraska football game. She is a Delta Delta Delta member and was elected by student vote. Attendants were Miss Bette Bonecutter and Miss Mona Marie Jones.
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Manhattan
Kan
Betty June Doan
Pratt
Kansas State College
Payne Ratner
Kansas State
Brisk Bidding in County Tax Sale of 298 Properties
Opening session of the county tax judgement sale attracted brisk bidding on 298 parcels at the courthouse. By noon about 60 properties sold, with some grouped due to improvements. Prices ranged from low amounts for vacant lots to higher sums for parcels with frontage. mortgage holders sought salable gains. Auctioneers were H D Thomas and O D Thomas.
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Court House
H. D. Thomas
O. D. Thomas
Will Guard Huskers R O T C Volunteers for Friday Guards
R O T C students at the University called to report at 9 a.m. on Friday November 3 to the ROTC office for information. Col Karl F Baldwin arranged with the American Legion post to form a uniformed guard around wagons of contestants. Guards at the KU Kansas State game that afternoon are barred from volunteering for field duties.
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American Legion
Legion
Karl F. Baldwin
Stdle
Germans Admit Three Subs Lost in War Acknowledgment
Berlin reports the German high command concedes the loss of three submarines from their long absence. It also states at least 115 merchant ships totalling 475 321 tons have been sunk since the war began. The western front shows somewhat livelier artillery and a small enemy push west of Warndt has been repulsed.
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Berlin
Germany
Moselle
Palatinate Forest
Warndt
British Freighter Tafna Crew Lands After Sinking Near Gibraltar
The master of the British freighter Tafna and 20 crewmen landed at Gibraltar after the ship was sunk miles west of Gibraltar on October 24. Officials did not disclose whether the loss was caused by a mine or a torpedo.
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Algeciras
Spain
Tafna
Gibraltar
Miles
Parole Hearing Opens for 370 Inmates at Leavenworth
Federal parole board chair Judge Arthur D. Wood opened a three week session at Leavenworth with 370 inmates seeking paroles. Among them is T. J. Pendergast, Kansas City political figure, serving a one and a half year sentence for tax evasion. Pendergast eligibility begins tomorrow. if denied, his next appearance would be January 1940.
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Leavenworth
Kan
CPI
Arthur D. Wood
Federal Parole Board
T. J. Pendergast
Kansas City
Wood
Pendergast
Entrance under construction for Resource-Full Kansas tent
Crews began work today on an elaborate entrance for the Resource-Full Kansas tent at Cornville ahead of the National Cornhusk ing contest. Architect Dick Tippin designed a modern tower bearing the eleven state seals and a Governor Ratner quote.
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Kansas
Cornville
Dick Tippin
Kansas City
Ratner
John Robinson
Union Pacific
U. P
Omaha
Lawrence Municipal
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Don Ashcraft
Chow Row
K. U. Athletic Department
Institute closes high school debate institute at Kansas Univ
Harold G. Incham led the extension division to end the annual Kansas high school debate and speech institute at noon. About 200 high school students attended sessions at the University yesterday and today with addresses by Forest L. Whan and Dr. E. C. Buehler. Debates will cover governmental ownership and operation of railroads. L. W. Horning spoke on the question yesterday.
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Harold G. Incham
Kansas High School
Forest L. Whan
Department of Speech
Wichita University
E. C. Buehler
K.U
L. W. Horning
American Railroads
American Ship in War Catch. Neutrality Maintained
The City of Flint, possibly at Murmansk or en route to Germany, becomes the first American vessel seized by German raiders, with Germany proposing to condemn the cargo as contraband. Roosevelt reaffirms neutrality in a radio address as nationwide National Guardsmen begin intensified drills and the War Department plans larger winter maneuvers. The Senate approves an arms embargo repeal and a new neutrality bill.
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Flint
Germany
Norway
Murmansk
Moscow
United States
Atlantic
Saarland
Roosevelt
War Department
Senate
National Cornhusking Contest Plans Forming In Kansas
Plans for the sixteenth annual National Cornhusking contest to be held November 3 were organized. Gov. Payne Ratner will be honorary starter with Sgt H E Roy of the University of Kansas as official starter and Roger Williams as timekeeper. Officials include judges from Kansas State College and weighmasters from Lawrence. Over 1,000 workers are assigned, with 880 wagon guards to manage crowd interference.
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Arthur Heck
Payne H. Ratner
Kansas
J. C. Mohler
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
H. E. Roy
University of Kansas
Deal Six
Douglas County
Roger Williams
Lawrence
Kansas State College
Manhattan
E. A. Cleavinger
L. E. Wiltbughby
John.g. Bell
Frank Belcha
Paul Smart
Derby Grain Company
Earl Price
J. Underwood Sons
Clarence Schaake
Lawrence Mill
H. E. Eriicson
Bowersock
E. J. Coy
Lisle Eby
Ben Schaake
Corps of
Kansas American Legion
Raymond Laessig
Dorsey Liberty Post No. 14
State Department Adjutant’s Office
Warm weekend forecast over Kansas after frost dip
A Topeka report says a brief freezing spell will yield to warm southerly breezes this weekend with clear skies. Temperatures range 60 to 65 today, dipping to 35 to 40 in the north tonight and 40 to 45 in the south, while Indian summer 70 to 75 is forecast for tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Flora
Kansas Weather Forecast With Mild Weekend Warmth
Fair conditions prevail overnight with only light cooling. Sunday looks sunny and warmer in southern and eastern parts. Temperatures reach around 50 this noon, 56 previous day, with a cool 33 tonight.
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