Italian Shake-Up Reshuffles Mussolini Cabinet and Aides
Rome reports a sweeping cabinet and party reshuffle under Mussolini. Key changes include Gen. Rodolfo Graziani as army chief, Luigi Starace moved to militia chief, Dino Alfieri reassigned to ambassador post, and Ettore Muti named fascist party secretary. Some observers see signs of shifting German influence amid allied ties.
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Rome
Mussolini
Fascist Party
Themy
Air Force
Fascistitia
Italian Africa
Genilio Teruzzi
Duce
Alberto Pariani
Italy
Pariani
Rodolfo Graziani
Soddu
Achille Starace
Dino Alfieri
Starace
Alfieri
Altho
Hans-George Viktor von Mackensen
Berlin
von Mackensen
Paris
Army
Francesco Piccolo
Giuseppe Valle
Alfier
Walt Disney
Alessandro Pavolini
Confederation of Artists and Professional People
Ferruccio Lantini
National Institute of Social Insurance
Giuseppe Cobelli-Gigli
Italian General Petroleum Agency
Cornelio di Marzio
Confederation
Pavolini
E Party
Ettore Muti
Eight Parties on Ballot in Crown Point Election
On November 7 voters in Crown Point New York with a population around 1500 will decide among eight on the ballot Republican Democrat American Labor People Citizens Taxpayers Square Deal and Independent Voters parties.
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Crown Point
N. Y
Republican
Democrat
American Labor
People’s
Citizen’s
Taxpayers
Square Deal
Independent
Soviet Demands on Finns Would Put Russians on Finland's Soil
Premier Foreign Commissar Vyacheslaff Molotoff told the Soviet parliament Russia seeks a mutual aid pact with Finland similar to those with Estonia Latvia and Lithuania allowing stationing of troops ships and planes. He accused Britain and France of an ideological war and said Poland cannot be restored. He noted Soviet casualties in occupied Poland and defended entry as necessary after Polish collapse.
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Britain
France
Germany
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Molotoff
Poland
Ukraine
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Minoroft
Neutr Aal
German scouts cross into France near Maginot line
Berlin reports German scouting troops crossed the German French border to explore front of the Maginot line. A deserted French second defense line was found a mile from the first village and an unfinished trench system ahead of border posts. Four enemy planes shot down as artillery fire resumes on the western front.
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Berlin
Maginot Line
France
Moselle
Palatinate Forest
Paris
Lorraine
Saar
AAA Meetings Scheduled for Township Committeemen Elections
Leavenworth county AAA calls meetings at 8 p m across multiple towns to elect township committeemen for the 1940 agricultural conservation program. November 7 venues include Springdale hall Alexandria Easton high school Easton and Junction school Kickapoo. November 8 venues are Lansing Woodman hall Delaware Basehor community house Fairmount and Jarbalo High Prairie. November 9 venues include Reno school Reno Linwood high school Sherman and Tonganoxie high school Stranger and Tonganoxie. Any 1939 AAA payment recipients or those planning 1940 compliance may vote.
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Leavenworth County Aaa
Springdale Hall
Alexandria
Easton High School
Easton
Junction School
Kickapoo
Lansing Woodman Hall
Delaware
Basehor
Fairmount
Jarbalo
High Prairie
Reno School
Reno
Linwood High School
Sherman
Tonganoxie High School
Stranger
Tonganoxie
AAA
EATS FOR HUSKERS National Cornhusking Banquet and Dance
Tickets go on sale at the contest grounds for a three day event attracting out of town guests. Dick Wagstaff chairs the banquet committee and notes a capacity crowd for the Friday evening program at 6 15 with dinner to finish by 8 45. The K club plans a student rally on the practice field before the following day’s showdown with the Kansas Aggies. Gov Payne H Ratner and J C Mohler among speakers. 22 contestants compete for the national title the next noon. Dale Brodie leads a 12 piece band for the informal dance after the rally. Tickets cost 1 25 and are available at the Chamber of Commerce or the contest field.
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Dick Wagstaff
Memorial Union
Wagstaff
K-club
Union Building
K. U
Kansas Aggies
Payne H. Ratner
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Capper Publications of
Topeka
Dale Brodie
Chamber of Commerce
Chancellor Malott to Speak at Kansas City Rotary
Chancellor Deane W. Malott and Dean E. B. Stouffer attend AAU and colleges meetings in Columbia. Malott will address Yale alumni in Kansas City and Rotary Club at Hotel Muehlebach Thursday noon. He will also speak to obstetricians and gynecologists and address the State Teachers meeting in Topeka Saturday.
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Deane W. Malott
E. B. Stouffer
Graduate School
Columbia
Association of American Universities and Colleges
Malott
Yale
Kansas City
Rotary Club of
Muehlebach
Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
State Teachers
Topeka
City of Flint escorted by Norwegian ship toward German waters
The U S freighter City of Flint, captured by a German prize crew, sails south along the Norwegian coast with the 1170 ton destroyer Sleipner in escort. Norway warns the escort must avoid aiding navigation and not pass into naval districts at night. The United States seeks to spare the crew from harm amid fears of British or German action.
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Bergen
Norway
United States
City of Flint
Lodingen
Sleipner
Tromsoe
Flint
Washington
Britain
Germany
North Sea
London
Admiralty
Repealists win first test on embargo repeal rule in House
Washington Oct 31 AP neutrality forces pushing arms embargo repeal won their initial test in the House when a rule to send the bill to a joint conference was adopted. The House then defeated a Republican attempt to allow amendments 237 to 176. Debate over conferee instructions and timing followed as leaders pressed for quick action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Roosevelt seeks 275 million for neutrality program costs
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that he would ask Congress in January for a supplementary 275 million dollars to fund neutralit y efforts. The funds will cover raises for army navy marine corps coast guard and justice department personnel and the reconversion of WWI destroyers for the neutrality patrol plus training facilities at armed forces stations. Funding is not needed before February and will be studied in advance by Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Justice Department
Taylor
D.-Colo
House Appropriations Committee
Benjamin Marsh to Speak on Democracy and World Affairs
Benjamin C. Marsh executive secretary of the Peoples Lobby Washington D C will give two lectures in Frank Strong auditorium tomorrow morning at 10 30 and 11 30 on American Democracy at the Worlds Cross Roads and America and the International Situation The talks are aimed at social science students but the public is invited Marsh has spent years in legislative work and made his seventh trip to Europe this summer.
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Benjamin C. Marsh
Peoples Lobby
Washington, D. C
Frank Strong
America
Marsh
Europe
Stock Market Index Dips to 52.6
The average of 60 stocks stood at 52.6, down from 53.1 yesterday. Washer service advertised by Green Bros. noted in the brief item.
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Green Bros.— Adv
Premier Molotoff accuses Roosevelt of meddling in Finland talks
Moscow reports Premier Foreign Commissar Vyacheslaff Molotoff charging President Roosevelt with interfering in Soviet Russia’s negotiations with Finland in breach of America’s neutrality. He notes Moscow asked Finland for a pact like that reducing Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to protectorates and questions US stance.
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Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Roosevelt
Russia
Finland
United States
Molotoff
Soviet Union
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Philippines
Mail Boxes Go Up In Cornville During Resource-Full Kansas Fair
Cornville residents bustle as three post office boxes are installed to handle mail from Lawrence. Sam Moyer, assistant post master, notes no sub post office. all mail collected there. Put, the master of ceremonies, entertains locals with memory tricks while vendors set up booths and NBC radio coverage commences.
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Cornville
Sam Moyer
Lawrence
Deadwood
S. D
Kansas
R. C Moore
NBC
Kernel Avenue
Cole Square
Emil Heck
Pete Underwood
Hub Meyer
Kansas Farmer
L’etoile du Nord
Minnesota
North
Restrictions on Smoking Voted by Men at K. U.
The Men's Student Council at the University voted to ban smoking on the first and second floors of Frank Strong Hall and in all buildings deemed definite fire hazards. The measure mirrors a similar restriction for women and creates a committee to identify fire hazard buildings. Violators face student court action and the rule would take effect Friday, November 10 if published tomorrow.
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Frank Strong
iThe
Peruvian Fliers Found Safe After Flight Attempt
Telegraph operator reports Peruvian aviators Commander Humberto Gallino and Captain Victor Gallino found safe at Salinas de Punta Arenas Ecuador after their nonstop flight from New York toward Lima was forced to land due to fuel exhaustion.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Puerto Pieria
Humberto Gal’lino
Victor Gal Lino
Salinas de Punta Arenas
Gal’lino Brothers
New York
Lima
Council Stirs Over Help In Schools Debate
City council held a tense session over a late hour resolution aiming to bar full time officers or employees from attending school. The measure targeted Leon Bauman and drew opposition from Councilman John Selig, with a six to five defeat.
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A. W. Berger
Leon Bauman
Bauman
Berger
John Selig
Selig
Nevin
Rowland
Russell Selig
Brown
Eberhart
Hunsinger
Edmondson
Russell
Frank E. Willey
Willey
Jude Anderson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
DD. C
Roisterers Face Dry Halloween at 1939 New York Fair
A New York World coverage notes a wet weather forecast for closing night while revelers worry about a dry law due to 53 of 54 bars holding six month liquor licenses expiring at midnight. Bar owners seek post deadline permission as police guard the fair against souvenir hunting and crowds.
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New York
Cpi
Exposition Grounds
Finland's Diet Prepares For War If Russians Do Not Accept Final Reply
Helsinki reports the Finnish diet rushed bills to passage on the eve of two delegation trips to Moscow. The moves would give the government a clear hand in war if talks fail while officials hope for an accord. Paasikivi leads the negotiating committee and faces a Thursday Moscow arrival.
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Finland
Helsinki
Moscow
Diet
Russia
Foreign Office
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Fire at Phi Delta Theta Fraternity House Causes Damage
A blaze in the Phi Delta Theta house at 1621 Edgehill road damaged the third floor and roof after being found in a trunk and linen closet. The fire broke through the south roof. plaster loosened on the second floor and water damaged the first floor living room. One member, Bill Keast, suffered a wrist wound from falling glass and was treated at Watkins Memorial hospital. Members sheltered at nearby fraternities.
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Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Edgehill Road
Paul Ingels
Ingels
Jack O’hara
Bill Keast
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Sigma Chi
Phi Gamma Delta
Kansas State Banks See $10 Million Rise in Resources
Topeka reports total resources of 496 state banks and trust companies at $195,776,499 on October 2, up $10,261,087 from 1938. Cash and balances with other banks rise to $60,397,870. loans and discounts edge to $81,255,421. Deposits total $167,462,288, with bank premises down and surplus up to $12,238,652. seven fewer banks than a year ago.
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Topeka
Kansas
Elwood M. Brooks
State Bank
Traffic routes set for National Cornhusking Contest crowd
Officials map three day plan to route traffic to and from the contest field. Ashcraft Brothers operate the field and will be paid for use. Police will staff key junctions with state troopers and local officers to maintain flow.
Three Day Show Opens Tomorrow in Lawrence Exhibit
The three day Resource-Full Kansas exhibit in Cornville near Lawrence opens tomorrow at 9 a.m. with free displays and parking. Lawrence day features a 4:30 p.m. all-Lawrence program and 20 acts plus 50 performers. The Haskell band performs at 10:30 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m. with Indian dances and a large stage program.
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Pat
Midwest
Warner C. Putnam
Portis Hat Company
Weather Outlook for Kansas Pleasant Tonight Through Wednesday
Kansas forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. Cooler readings expected in the northwest and north central regions, with milder air in the southeast. Extreme west and extreme south remain warmer on Wednesday.
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Kansas
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