Employment efforts lag as 2 million needed to hit goals
Washington reports the work relief program still requires about 2,000,000 more workers in a month to reach the 8,500,000 target. Roosevelt invites WPA head Hopkins to lunch and discusses accelerating the move from relief to jobs. McCarl halts several PWA highway projects while debates on financing federal vs state routes continue amid looming deadlines and possible project shifts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Ickes
PWA
J. R. McCarl
McCarl
Bureau of Public Roads
Hopkins
Relief Administration
White House
Third annual Kansas board of education round tables at High School
The 72nd Kansas State Teachers Association session hosts a free open meeting for boards of education Saturday at 9 30 am. A. B. Ewing chairs the event with talks by Paul B. Lawson on What Next Neal M. Wherry on cooperation in teacher selection and W Markham on proper school funding. Lawrence German Band performs.
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Board of Education
Kansas State Teachers Association
Boards of Education
Association
A. B. Ewing
Lawrence Board of Education
Paul B. Lawson
Neal M. Wherry
Lawrence
W. Markham
Topeka
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lawrence High School
Death toll in Haiti hurricane disaster tops two thousand
Port au Prince reports that only a small portion of the dead has been recovered with authorities saying the 2,000 figure is likely. Most victims were swept to sea as communications gaps delayed full casualty tallies and towns on the southern peninsula vanished under flood waters.
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Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Plans Open Track Meet At Memorial Stadium
An open track meet for any University student including lettermen will be held Thursday and Friday at Memorial Stadium. Director of intramurals E. R. Elbel announced the event with starts at 4 30 Thursday and 3 30 Friday.
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E. R. Elbel
Memorial Stadium
Manicure rumor and campus chatter at university
A quirky campus column recounts rumors about Dick Sklar getting a nail manicure after a game and other student antics. It notes calls to Chancellor Lindley, a fire whistle on the Hill, Hob Nail Hop plans for K U engineers, a mining engineering paper by Prof Young, and a student council debate over enforcing traditions.
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Hill
E. H. Lindley
Dionne quints sign for movies in fiction role
Boston reports the Dionne quintuplets have signed movie contracts and will act in a fiction film when they are old enough. David Arnold Croll, Canada’s public welfare minister and guardian of the girls, said the government is shielding their interests.
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Boston
Dionne Quintuplets
David Arnold Croll
Public Welfare
Canada
Quints
Croll
Swayed by scandal Premier Chapaprieta returns to office
Madrid Oct 29 Josquin Chapaprieta, whose cabinet dissolved amid a gambling scandal, regained the prime post a few hours later with a reshuffled ministry. Leavenworth Oct 29 Joseph Hicks 18 of Blackwater Missouri, a CCC member, died at the army hospital from spinal meningitis. Columbia Oct 29 Troops seized state highway funds from Citizens and Southern Bank under Gov Johnston's road administration edict.
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Madrid
Josquin Chapaprieta
CCC
Leavenworth
Kan
Joseph Hicks
Blackwater
Fort Leavenworth
Civilian Conservation Corps
Army
Columbia
S. C
Citizens and Southern Bank
Olin D. Johnston
Robbers seize cash from Deneheims liquor office
In Kansas City on October 29 two well dressed bandits burst into the Deneheims wholesale liquor offices, threatened staff and seized a cash box containing about $1,000 before fleeing in a waiting automobile.
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Kansas City
Deneheims Wholesale Liquor Company
Landon First On Economy Planks in 1936 Nomination Talks
Justus L. Johnson of Aurora Illinois, former Illinois Republican state chairman and sponsor of the grass roots conference, says Alf Landon is a perfect fit for the Republican nomination as he balances the budget and pursues a pay as you go policy. He notes Ex-President Hoover will clarify his stance by the convention and lists other possible contenders including Lowden Borah Fish Knox and Roosevelt Jr with regional support dynamics. Johnson is in Excelsior Springs for spa treatment when he spoke.
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Excelsior Springs
Justus L. Johnson
Aurora
Iinois
Alf Landon
Kansas
Hoover
Johnson
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
William E. Borah
Idaho
Lowden
Borah
Hamilton Fish, Jr
New York
East
Dickinson
Iowa
Hoffman
New Jersey
Niceo Maryland
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Wadsworth
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Frank Knox
Ilinois
Chicago Daily News
Col
Knox
Cadman to Headline University of Kansas Recital
Charles Wakefield Cadman, famed American composer of Shanewis, will perform a solo program at the University of Kansas on Friday evening, November 13. A vocal quartet from the Midwest will join, featuring Helen Bickerton, Constance Eberhart, Robert Long, and Raymond Koch. Koch, a noted baritone, recently sang for Lawrence’s fine arts faculty. University Concert Course schedules this extra attraction alongside the regular series. Students may enter with activity tickets. faculty receive complimentary tickets at the fine arts office.
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Charles Wakefield Cadman
Constance Eberhart
Robert Long
Raymond Koch
Koch
Middle West
Lawrence
Fine Arts
Dr Ebright to Speak at First Presbyterian Fall Dinner
The first fall dinner meeting will be at First Presbyterian Church on Wednesday from 6 15 to 8 00 PM to fit Kreisler concert times. Dr Homer K Ebright will be guest speaker on Bible translations with illustrated address. Miss Betty Ebright will perform a violin solo. Members and friends are invited. attendees should bring a covered dish.
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First Presbyterian Church
Kreisler
Homer K. Ebright
Professor Ebright
Betty Ebright
Women's Guild
C. W. Sparr
B. B. Beery
Toneka Car Crash Fatal for 80 Year Old Jellison
An eight mile east highway 10 collision between a Toneka police car and a cattle truck last night proved fatal for S. D. Jellison a Topeka carpenter aged 80 who had been returning with officers from Kansas City after viewing a robbery suspect. Officer Joe Crouch suffered a broken hip.
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Toneka
Here
S. D. Jellison
Topeka
Jellison
Kansas
Seventh grade assembly features play and dances at junior high
Home Room 202 M organized an afternoon seventh grade assembly at the junior high. The program opened with the eighth grade dramatic club performing The New Teacher directed by Mr. Russell and announced by Betty Gable, followed by Virginia Baker reading The Highwayman, and tap dances by Gloria Goff and Mamie Neider. End of day glassified ads note 6 p.m. cutoffs.
Midget Fernekes Dies After Poison Suspected
Henry J. Fernekes, known as the Midget Desperado, who had been recaptured last August after escaping Joliet, was found unconscious in his detective bureau cell and died en route to Bridewell hospital. Police believe he swallowed poison concealed on his person. Fernekes, accused of three murders, was captured on Chicago's north side in a parked automobile. A coroner’s physician confirmed death by poison.
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Chicago
Cpi
Henry J
Fernekes
Joliet Penitentiary
Detective Bureau
Bridewell
Death notices for Wrector Bell in Ottawa and Kansas City
Death of Wrector Bell, about 64, formerly of Lawrence, reported in Kansas City. Funeral services set for 8 o'clock in Ottawa with burial in Ottawa. Lamson awaits decision.
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Wrector Bell
Lawrence
Kansas City
Ottawa
Judge Syer May Disqualify Himself From Presiding at Trial
In San Jose California on October 29 1933 David Lamson seeks to avoid a third Santa Clara County murder trial for his wife Allene Lamson. Lamson’s lawyer Leo Friedman asks Judge R R Syer to disqualify himself citing alleged bias as the defense won a postponement to November. The judge’s impartiality is being challenged amid claims he implied guilt.
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San Jose
Calif
Ip David Lamson
Santa Clara County
R. R. Syer
Lamson
Leo R. Friedman
Friedman
Syer ‘Son
Occasion
Samson
Allene
Stanford University
Tamson
State Supreme Court
Six Men Plead Guilty In Brazilian Lottery Case
Six men linked to a Brazilian sweepstakes lottery scheme pleaded guilty in federal court to using the mails to defraud. Sentences ranged from probation to six years in prison with fines up to 2,500. The Chicago defendants were arrested there and implicated in distributing lottery tickets for a non existent race.
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Kansas City
UPI
United States
Albert L. Reeves
Joseph Berkowitz
Chicago
Ralph Veach
Virgil Gibbs
Sam Wyly
Albert S. Jones
Earl Gibson
States Embrace Pay as You Go Budget Reforms
Chicago reports show states adopting pay as you go budgets and tighter bond limits to curb deficits. Kansas cut expenditures under a sash basis law while Massachusetts and Illinois shifted debt and taxes. Ohio benefits from liquor revenue. Missouri foresees higher general revenue from sales taxes as 1930s finances improve.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kansas
General Revenue Fund
Massachusetts
Ohio
Illinois
Missouri
Criticism of Imports From Foreign Farm Markets
Topeka reports Senator Arthur Capper assails imports of foreign farm products urging curbs to protect American farmers. He cites policy inconsistencies and potential trade deals with South American nations as factors promoting shipments to the United States. Pittsburg Kans.
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Topeka
United States
Arthur Capper
Department of State
South America
Farmers Union Opens 30th Annual Convention in Tola
Kansas Farmers Union begins its 30th annual convention at Tola with Cal Ward to retire as president. District resettlement director duties lead him to leave when federal post begins, but he will stay through the meeting. Governor Capper, Everson, Carpenter, Lambertson among speakers. 2,000 farmers expected. officers to be elected Friday.
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Tola
Kan
GPI
Kansas Farmers’ Union
Cal Ward
Salina
Ard
Farmers’ Union
Ward
A. M. Kinney
Kansas City
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Floyd Lynn
A. W. Ricker
St. Paul
Minn
Farmers’ Union Herald
Arthur Capper
E. H. Everson
National Farmers’ Union
Randolph Carpenter
Marion
W. P. Lambertson
Fairview
Kansas
Farmers Union
Lawrence
Lawrence native attorney wowed court with memory act
Heard in Lawrence, blind attorney A C Wilson, practicing in Oskaloosa, impressed courtroom attendants with his recall as he memorized jurors' names and addressed them by name during a highway robbery trial. He previously practiced law in Lawrence and is brother to J B Wilson and W E Wilson.
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A. C. Wilson
Oskaloosa
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Lawrence
J. B. Wilson
W. E. Wilson
Italians Begin Six Month Diet To Fight Sanctions
Rome announces a six month diet to counter League of Nations sanctions. Effective November 5, meat sale limits and public dining restrictions are imposed to cut imports. In Texas, San Saba grand jury returns 22 indictments for cattle and horse theft against Annie Belle Gatlin and Cecil Gatlin.
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Rome
Mussolini
League of Nations
San Saba
Texas
San Saba County
Annie Belle Gatlin
West Texas
Cecil Gatlin
Exploding Bomb Kills Three in Eagle Pass Yard
An aged bomb souvenir from the 1914 Mexican turmoil exploded in the yard of Jose Perez in Eagle Pass Texas injuring and killing three including Perez’s wife and daughter yesterday.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
CPI
Jose Perez
Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions From History
A set of ten trivia prompts questions cover law term for a plaintiff loss law Magna Carta language Latin for god of love Hopi location author of Poor Richard's Almanac inquiry about The Note status of Washington Elm Cambridge meaning of curfew and definition of horizon and whether popes named Gregory were related
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Richard
Washington
Cambridge
Mass
Gregory
GRID DEATHS NUMBER 19 IN US FOOTBALL FATALITIES
An Associated Press tally lists 19 football related deaths this season across college, high school, sandlot, and Civilian Conservation Corps camps. Notable cases include Walter M. Back of Oregon from a infection tied to a prior injury, and multiple teenagers dying from brain injuries, heart attacks, or infections after football related events.
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New York
Get
Associated Press
Civilian Conservation Corps
Walter M. Back
University of Oregon
Andrew Crespina
New Orleans
Robert Mansfield
Oakland
Calié
Francis A. Rohmer, Jr
Newton
Mass
Walter Hartigan
CDC
Pontiac
Mich
Joseph Green
Athens
Jack Fenwick
Wellesley
John McKee
Kansas City
Frank Wolford
Grove City
Joan Wiley Christian
Moberly
John Fara
Hagerstown
Ozra Stephens
Dimmitt
Tex
Sand Lot
Harold Reach
Camsted
John 5. Ahlren
Reach
Abhlgren
Marriage License Issued to Reuben Tulien and Ruby Alexander
A marriage license was issued yesterday at the courthouse to Reuben E. Tulien and Ruby Alexander, both residents of Topeka.
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Court House
Reuben E. Tulien
Ruby Alexander
Topeka
Fire damages Clemens Coal No. 18 tipple near Pittsburg
Loss estimated at 25000 dollars followed a fire that destroyed the No. 18 mine tipple of the Clemens Coal Company near Pittsburg Kansas last night. A short circuit of sparks from an engine was blamed for the blaze.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Kan
Clemens Coal Company
Here
Card of Thanks for Floral Kindness in Loss
A grateful notice expresses thanks for kindness and floral offerings after the death of a wife and sister. Special thanks are given to Mrs. Minnie Achning. Relatives Geo W Lothbelz Ralph Townsend Josie Bennett sign the statement.
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Minnie Achning
Geo. W. Lothbelz
Ralph Townsend
Josie Bennett
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F. E. Townsend
Henry Fernekes
Syer
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Ohio Chamber of Commerce
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Samuel H. Wymer
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Arthur Ellis
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Musical Bulletin
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Via
Santa Fe Trail System
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Granada
Granada Cof
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Italy
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Estelle Fratuga
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Walter Winchell
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