Hurricane veers off coast after deadly Atlantic storm
The powerful hurricane battered eight states with winds up to 100 mph, causing dozens of deaths and unreported casualties at sea. New York City and New Jersey faced heavy rains and damage while coast guard and Red Cross teams mobilized to aid stricken areas.
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Associated Press
New York
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Connecticut
New England
Great Lakes
New York City
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Works Progress
American Red Cross
Coast Guard
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Nova Scotia
Canadian Meteorological Service
Maritime
Caspian
Cold Spring Harbor
Maryland
Roosevelt
Cambridge
Mass
Washington
South Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Delaware
New Jersey
Sentiment for Colmery for Legion Commander Heats Up
Delegates from all sections converge on Cleveland for the 18th national Legion convention as election rumors place Harry W. Colmery of Topeka Kansas favored to succeed Ray Murphy former Towns State University athlete. Colmery formerly played shortstop for Oberlin College in 1911 1913.
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Cleveland
American Legion
United States
Harry W.colmery
Topeka
Kan
Quimby Melton
Griffin, Ga
Legion
Colmery
Ray Murphy
Towns State University
Oberlin (O
Fall of Alcazar in Ruins After Day of Heavy Bombardment
Government forces pressing to clear the Alcazar siege in Toledo "blood-spattered" ruins. They report 1 200 likely fascist dead, civilians trapped, and a push by infantry and bombardment to force surrender while rescuing two women and children. Damage to Toledo tallies around 6.5 million dollars amid continued shelling and smoke filled corridors.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Spain
Alcazar
Luis Barcelo
Jose Asensio
Ajyaesa Ssajasvaa Aypur
Kansas Artist Appointed Resident at Wisconsin University
John Steuart Curry of Kansas was named artist in residence at the University of Wisconsin by President Glenn Frank. The appointment funds a new art education branch via the Brittingham estate trust and state emergency board grants. A one room studio was created on campus. New Ford V eight, Hamiltons Ady.
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Madison
Wis
John Steuart Curry
Kansas
University of Wisconsin
Glenn Frank
University Trust
Brittingham
State Emergency Board
Gold Clause Dispute Over Lease Ends In Currency Ruling
Kansas City judge orders Finery Bird Thayer Dry Goods to pay Boston Ground Rent Trust 10158.75 quarterly under a 99 year lease allotting 139,320 in gold. Ruling notes devaluation and requires lawful US currency equal to the gold value or surrender of property. Supreme Court gold clause history cited with ongoing cases.
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Kansas City
Merrill FE. Otis
Bird Thayer Dry Goods Company
Boston
Roosevelt
Otis
Dry Goods Company
United States
Loston Trust
England
Woodlawn and Baldwin Win In Pee Wee Tourney
Woodlawn of Lawrence defeated New York school 17 to 5 in the Douglas county Pee Wee baseball series at South park. Baldwin beat Eudora 7 to 4. Woodlawn faced McAllaster later and Baldwin faced Clinton. winners duel to decide the pennant.
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Baldwin
New York
Eudora
South Park
Woodlawn School
Lawrence
Woodlawn
New York ‘School
McAllaster School
Clinton
Woodlawn-McAllaster
Baldwin-Clinton
KU Band Announces 97 Member Roster Including Lawrence Students
University of Kansas director Russell L. Wiley announced a 97 member band roster for the coming year with fourteen Lawrence students. The list names clarinetists Corwin Sperry and Kenneth Graham among others and notes the fall concert in December.
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K. UL. Musical Organization
Wiley
University of Kansas
Russell L. Wiley
Lawrence
Kenneth Graham
Carlysle Cummings
Ralph Allen
Ernest Maxwell
Corwin Sperry
Clyde Bryson
Robert Vetch
Paul Smart
Paul Lon
Charles Dicker
Carl Trambones
Rail strike begins today on two lines in Texas and Arkansas
About 500 union engineers firemen conductors brakemen and switchmen walked off their jobs on the L A T and L A lines from McKinney to New Orleans and from New Orleans to Hope Ark Mail was delayed at Greenville and train movement halted as replacement crews were rushed in Guards were posted around depots and yards to protect property and prevent disorder
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Greenville
Texas
Cpi
Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas
McKinney
New Orleans
Louisiana & Arkansas
Hope
Ark
Veteran Pilot Killed in Speke Air Collision
Liverpool September 19 Tom Campbell Black famed co winner of the England Australia air race was killed at Speke airdrome when his plane Miss Liverpool collided with a Royal Air Force aircraft while taxiing for takeoff. The veteran pilot died en route to hospital. The RAF pilot was uninjured.
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Liverpool
Eng
Tom Campbell Black
C. W. A. Scott
Australia
Speke
Royal Airforce
Johannesburg
Royal Air Force
Bandit shoots doctor in Kansas City streets
Dr Duncan C McKeever a 28 year old Kansas City Missouri physician and KU Medical School graduate wounded in his right arm when a bandit seized his car and fired as the doctor resisted the theft. He is on St Luke's Hospital staff.
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Duncan C. McKeever
Kansas City, Mo
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Germans Ordered to Drink Up Surplus Wine
Berlin reports an official command directing Germans to consume 5 000 000 gallons of wine over a week. Parades featured wine queens as Rhine towns offered free wine to clear last two vintages surplus. In Speyer a historic stone fountain was filled with wine for a first time in years.
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Berlin
Germany
Rhenish
Speyer
Market Index and Antarctic Peak Noted in Brief Ad
An index of 60 stocks showed 68.4 yesterday, up from 67.9. A reference claims Mt Thorvald Nilson in Antarctica exceeds any U.S. peak at 15 400 feet. The notice includes letterheads statements ledgers and printing details with a World Co-Ady phone number 22.
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Tha World Co
Ady
Fischer Captures Amateur Golf Title In Extra Hole
Johnny Fischer, 24 year old Cincinnati law student and Walker Cup star, defeated Scotland’s Jock McLean to become the United States amateur golf champion. He knotted the match on the 86th with a birdie and won the first extra hole with a 20 foot birdie putt. McLean pressed Fischer while nursing a sprained left ankle and jitters.
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Garden City
N. Y
Johnny Fischer
Cincinnati
United States
Scotland
Jock McLean
Fischer
Fischer Takes Title In Wild Extra Hole Victory
Fischer, aided by late birdies and a resilient rally, defeated McLean in an 86th hole playoff for the championship vacated by Lawson Little. McLean struggled with jitters and multiple three putts, while Fischer closed with a 10 foot deuce and final birdie after a tense, crowded match before about 2,500 spectators.
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Fischer
Lawson Little
McLean
Melean
Aallery
Harold H. Hilton
Jock
Baseball Scores and Standings From Sept. 19 Games
In a mix of American League and National League results, Bill Dickey sparked a ninth inning rally for a Yankees win over the Sens. Boston and Philadelphia also played, Cleveland beat Detroit, St. Louis triumphed over Chicago, and New York over Brooklyn. Carl Hubbell and the Giants won by defeating the Dodgers as Pittsburgh topped Cincinnati. Weir pitched Boston to a five run win over Philadelphia. Expenditures in Maine primary elections reported as $21,867 by Senate committee.
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Bill Dick
Washington
New York
Cohen
Megan
Hadley
Murphy
Hickey
Boston i Tn
Boston
Philadelph
Rei I. Ferrell
Ross
Liss
Cleveland
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Harder
Leewil Sulliven
Tebber Chreftain
St. Louis
Carl Hubbell
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Mol Ht
Jajjo Moore
van Alunge
New
Flutedark Maneuso
Mungo
Phelps
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Apia Wills
Alex Kamnouris
Llnyd
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati
Cincinna Pittsburgh
Capi
Rip Collins
Vinals
Cubs
Gas” House Gang
Chicago
Maine
Democratic Party
Senate
KU Enrollment Reaches New All Time High At 4593
Enrollment at the University of Kansas campus and the Kansas City School of Medicine totals 4 593 at 4 PM surpassing 1930 and 1935 records by 389. Law and liberal arts show gains while engineering and pharmacy rise toward historic highs. About two thirds are former students with over 900 freshmen and a strong graduate school showing.
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University of Kansas
School of Medicine
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Law
Kaw Valley
School of Education
K.U
School of Fine Arts
School of Business
School of Pharmacy
K. U
University
Zeppelin Hindenburg In Path Of Great Storm
The German airship Hindenburg faced a storm as a hurricane force front moved toward the eastern coast of Canada and the United States. Halifax reports gale winds and storm signals for shipping while the zeppelin is guided by east coast radio as it nears Newfoundland. In Lyons Kansas four men received life terms for the fatal shooting of Night Marshal Ben Wiggins, convicted by a jury and sentenced by District Judge Ray H Beals.
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Zeppelin
Hindenburg
Halifax
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Lyons
Kan
Ben Wiggins
Ray H. Beals
Preston Paden
Henry Mallory
Ermin Griffin
Dee Herbold
Great Bend
Ousted Pensacola Mayor Dies Heart Attack In Office
Pensacola Florida faced a mayorless city after the surprise ouster of Mayor H Clay Armstrong and the death of his successor Will L Moyer. Armstrong had announced support for Governor Alf Landon and Col Frank Knox prompting Democratic protests at a New York party headquarters meeting.
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Pensacola
Fla
H. Clay Armstrong
Will L. Moyer
Max Bear
Armstrong
New York
Cvernor
Alf M. Landon
Col
Frank Knox
Florida
Prisoners spill over as deputies seize liquor case
Henry Collins and John Ingalls returned from Kansas City with three youths for car theft when they intercepted Otis Murray driving a coupe. A half pint of liquor and a five gallon jug were found. Murray pleaded guilty to possession and transport of intoxicating liquor and received six months plus fines. The three Topeka youths, Gilbert Mitchell Edwin Corwin and James McGinnis, face grand larceny charges. Mitchell is returned to Topeka on parole.
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Henry Collins
John Ingalls
Ingalls
Callins
Kansas City
Otis Murray
Murray
Topeka
R. C. Postlethwaite
Gilbert Mitchell
Edwin Corwin
James McGinnis
Mitchell
Corwin
McGinnis
Justice Court
Donald Hults
O. J. Lane
Sunday To Be Clear In Kansas Weather Outlook
Topeka reports unsettled weather with meteorologist S D Flora predicting clearing tonight for a sunny Sunday. Forecasters expect warmer holiday temps. 24 hour rainfall reported in several Kansas towns with Topeka sprinkles and light totals in neighboring areas. Highest temperatures yesterday reached 80 in Dresden Goodland and Tribune. Lows ranged 60s with Tribune at 52. Tonight's lows expect low sixties.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Tola
Fort Scott
Independence
Anthony
Salina
Wichita
Hutchinson
Dodge City
Oklahoma
Missouri
Dresden
Goodland
Tribune
Chamber of Commerce luncheon highlights football theme
The first regular luncheon since summer will be Tuesday at the Eldridge hotel with football as the topic. Coaches from K U Lawrence High School and Haskell Institute will speak and new Haskell coaches John Carrody and Harry Jones will be introduced. The event marks the Chamber’s annual football luncheon.
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Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
K. U
Lawrence High School
Haskell Institute
John Carrody
Harry Jones
Haskell
WPA Poised to Expand Douglas County Drouth Protections
County engineers announce new WPA funded survey to locate sites for six to seven ponds and at least three new dug wells, part of a continued drought protection program. Existing wells and ponds from 1934 provided critical relief. farmers must contribute 15 percent of costs while WPA covers the rest.
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Douglas County
E. F. Trueblood
Topeka
KERC
Trueblood
WPA
Teveka
Horace Glidden
Ralph Ervin
Truebload
Lawrence High Band At Topeka Fair Today
Clarence E. Sawhill leads a 90 piece Lawrence High School band to Topeka to perform on the Kansas Free fair program. The group traveled in cars provided by parents and Chamber of Commerce members. The band will march in a street parade and play multiple times at the fair grounds this afternoon and evening.
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Clarence E. Sawhill
Lawrence High School
Topeka
Kansas Free Air
Chamber of Commerce
Fair Grounds
May Reach 5 Million in San Angelo Flood Loss
San Angelo Texas September river flood damage expected to top five million dollars publisher Touston Harte of the San Angelo Standard Times said estimates varied with one and a half to two million previously cited. Rehabilitation with 500 WPA workers clears streets as WPA authorized thirty seven thousand dollars and local subscriptions of eight thousand funds for health protection.
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San Angelo
Texas
Touston Harte
WPA
Weather forecast for Kansas with unsettled night
Unsettled tonight then fair Sunday with warmer readings in the southeast. Morning outlook cloudy to partly cloudy except clear at Topeka and Manhattan. Dirt roads vary from fair to muddy across towns including Coffeyville and Ottawa. Douglas County roads listed as good.
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Kansas
Topeka
Manhattan
Arkansas City
Emporia
Ottawa
Coffey Villa
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