Rebels Press On Near Madrid and Toledo
Insurgent columns moved toward Madrid and Toledo in a drive that pressed within miles of the capital and threatened the besieged Alcazar. Franco forces prepared to attack Naval Carnero as Talavera de la Reina predicted Madrid and Toledo would fall soon. Government troops, exhausted and short of food, fought to slow the advance as Azana and Largo Caballero debated surrender while reports indicated a desperate counteroffensive near Santa Cruz del Retamar.
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Madrid
Toledo
Alcazar
Francisco Franco
Carnero
Talavera de la Reina
Miadrid
Seville
Torrijos
Maqueda
Santa Cruz del Retamar
Verdun
Tor
Santa Cruz
Bilban
Bilbao
Emilio Mola
Portugal
Andorra
France
Spain
Pickets Enjoined in Bell Coal Mine Strike
Fifty three members of the local mine union were enjoined by Judge Robert T. Price to stay off Bell Coal Co property after picketing at the No. 3 mine. Union president Robert Morrison said workers were asked to stay out, a disturbance followed, and he was struck on the head amid a larger picket line. The company was the only major firm not to sign a union agreement after a winter strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlingame
Kan
Bell Coal Co
Robert T. Price
Robert Morrison
Bell
Betl Company
Three Packing Firms Sued Over Processing Tax Losses
Three large packing firms Swift & Company Armour & Company and Wilson & Company were sued in U S district court for 112 640 652 dollars alleged to have been paid by customers as processing taxes. The action challenges the constitutionality of the swind fall tax adopted June 22 and seeks redress for taxes collected since then. Plaintiffs Major Taylor Market House Louisville Ky and Abe Cohen doing business as the New Deal Food Market Louisville seek recovery and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States District Court
AAA
Swift & Company
Armour & Company and
Wilson & Company, Inc
Taylor Market House
Louisville
Abe Cohen
New Deal
Republican volunteers raised in Douglas County meeting
James Henry MacLafferty former California congressman spoke at the courthouse guiding Republican organizing across about a dozen states. About 86 men and women signed volunteer books to recruit new volunteers for the county drive while Walter McClanahan chaired and Gov. Alf Landon’s Des Moines farm program speech via radio was heard.
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Douglas County
James Henry MacLafferty
California
Court House
MacLafferty
Walter McClanahan
Guyer
Mgr. MacLafferty
Alf M. Landon
Des Moines
Kansas
Landon
Roosevelt
Fall Arrives With Rain Across Topeka Area
Fall weather moved into the state from the northwest bringing cooler temperatures and scattered thundershowers. S. D. Flora, a federal meteorologist, said highs should drop into the 80s in eastern Kansas and low 70s in the west, with more rain tonight and possibly tomorrow.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Kan
Ta. m
Chanute
Ielies
Anthony
Anice
Fort Seott
Falatis
Wiehefin
Vpanela
Horton
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Exchange greetings at Herald-Tribune forum in New York
James A. Farley and John D. M. Hamilton, Democratic and Republican national chairmen, met on stage and exchanged hearty handshakes and smiles during the Herald-Tribune forum afternoon session. They sat beside each other, amid a warm reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James A. Farley
John D. M. Hamilton
Herald-Tribune Forum
Landon outlines farm policy amid Iowa crowd
Des Moines, Sept. 23. Alf M Landon pledged a settled national policy for agriculture and backed cash benefits and storage plans to offset surpluses. He urged protection for the small farmer, warned against corporate farming, and called for extended credit for tenants and homeowners. The crowd at the state fair grounds numbered 15,000 to 18,000.
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Des Moines
Gay
Alf M. Landon
Iowa
Republican Party
Work
State Fair Grounds
F. FE. Timmons
Landon
State Central Committee
Yankees Blustery Win Over Athletics. Teammate Homer Key
New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia 5 to 3 as George Selkirk homered and Parady Travel Meltodome delivered for the Athletics. Cleveland beat Chicago White Sox 11 to 2 with Hal Teosky’s 42nd homer. Giants clinch if pennant by beating Phillies. Cubs eliminated. Detroit routed by St. Louis amid rain delays.
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New York
Yankees
Athletics
Greorge Sele Kirk
Parady
Philadelphia
Turbeville
Archer
Blayes
Mraden
Glenath
Cleveland
Cleveland Juiliins
Veonon Bennnedy
Washington
Boiadester
Wilton
Pieckoys
Meton
Dhemn
St. Louis
Detroit
Andrews
Wemeliy
Rowe
Borewell
Lawson
Mullins
Toldtetts
National League
Brooklyn
Boston
Berres
Ehelps
Kowslikadh Moaler
Arie-Carl Trubbell
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Strong quake rattles Lassen in national park
A powerful earthquake struck Mineral California at 9 14 am triggering the Manzanita Lake seismograph in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Two earlier minor tremors around 2 am preceded the main shock, the first since a July sequence, said park naturalist Swartzlow.
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Mineral
Calif
Manzanita Lake
Lassen
Volcanic National Park
Cat Swartzlow
Telephone directory listing request for September press
A notice from Ady Used Cars Bullene Skinner asks readers to call the Telephone Co business office at 2798 to have their names listed in the new telephone directory going to press September 28.
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the Telephone Co
Bullene-Skinner
Ady
New York Electoral Votes Draw Roosevelt's Attention
President Roosevelt invited Democratic leaders to a White House conference as New York state's 47 electoral votes drew scrutiny. Judge John E. Mack of Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County party chair James Townsend joined the summit with national chairman James A. Farley and Senators Robinson and Guffey as the political reach extended to Hyde Park.
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Hyde Park
New York State
Roosevelt
John E. Mack
Poughkeepsie
Empire State
White House
James Townsend
Dutchess County
Farley
James A. Farley
Robinson
Arkansas
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Vinland Grange Fair Opens Tomorrow at Vinland
The twenty-ninth annual Vinland Grange Fair starts tomorrow at the fair grounds beside Vinland rural high school and runs through Saturday. Livestock exhibits are expected to be large, grain and farm products judged Friday by FE A Cleavinger, poultry by William Boardman, livestock judging by Carl G Miling, and women’s division judged by Miss Marie Antrim. Entertainment includes a Vinland–Clearfield softball game, a Lawrence high school band concert, Baldwins, Tulsa Ted, WREN, and George Wongwai performances, with a Red Cross first aid booth onsite.
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Vinland Grange
Vinland Rural High School
A. Stevens
Fair Criation
Carl G. Miling
Kansas State College
FE. A. Cleavinger
William Boardman
Marie Antrim
Wyandotter County
Vinland
Clearfield
Lawrence High School
Clarence K. Sawhill
Douglas County Red Cross
Baldwin
Tulsa
Ted
Wren
George Wongwai
Baby Tafel Receives Life Saving Hemorrhoid Operation
An eight month old Chicago infant known as Baby Tafel with a rare intestinal malformation received an operation to restore a natural outlet after a dramatic family decision. Five surgeons at Danish-American hospital performed a 17 minute procedure creating an artificial drain and expect more surgery weeks later to connect the colon. Doctors estimated a 50 50 chance of survival and the mother Eva 22 and father Julian 24 had briefly faced mercy death before a turning appearance by Richard Lesler a four year old who had undergone a similar operation.
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Chicago
Tafel
Eva
Julian
Julian, Jr
Richard Lesler
Baby Tafel
Lewis K. Eastman
Eastman
Rainfall of 0.69 Inch in Half Hour Prompted Observers
Lawrence recorded 0.69 inches of rain in about 30 minutes as a heavy shower began at 12:30 and lasted shortly after 1 PM. C. J. Posey, a volunteer weather observer, reported the total after noon while morning skies showed only light sprinkles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Religion a need in all countries
Dr Ts Zang Kea, Chinese student leader, told about 3 000 students at a KU convocation that religion is essential in solving modern problems. He argued for belief in God, urged focus on spiritual needs over material wealth, and noted religion's role in guiding nations toward justice and love.
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Heaven
China
Ts Zang Kea
K. U
Dr. Koya
E. H. Lindley
Keo
Jawa
St. John's College
Shanghai
Student Christian Organization
Kansas City
Hunt for Clara Bristow
Police conducted a search for 18 year old Clara Bristow granddaughter of former Senator Joseph L Bristow of Kansas Miss Bristow had been missing since yesterday after leaving for high school Mrs Augusta Downs maternal grandmother received a letter from Clara saying she was tired of school and would get a job the letter was postmarked in Washington last night
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Washington
Clara Bristow
Joseph L. Bristow
Kansas
Augusta Downs
Clara
Huge Ship Reaches Azores Aeolus Flying Boat Arrives
The Aeolus, a 10 ton German Luft Hansa flying boat, landed at Horta in the Azores from New York today. The flight time was 17 hours and 47 minutes, arriving at 1:40 p.m. GMT (8:40 a.m. EST).
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Aeolus
New York
Horta
Azores
Lufthansa
Greenwich
Knox Attacks Hopkins On Phoenix PWA Stadium Talk
Col Knox on his Phoenix stop twits relief chief Hopkins over an Arizona PWA stadium. Speaking at Phoenix Union High School after a six car campaign train ride, Knox joked that the local stadium cost 85 000 dollars seats 10 000 and was built with local money. He contrasted it with a Hopkins dedication at the fairgrounds claiming the other stadium cost 200 000 dollars and speculated on the value of the difference to voters.
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Knox
Frank Knox
New Mexico
Harry L. Hopkins
Arizona
Harry Hopkins
Fairgrounds
PWA
Phoenix
Landon-Knox
Lawrence teachers expand skills through summer study
About 30 teachers, nearly a third of Lawrence's staff, spent 200 hours in approved summer schools earning mostly A and B grades. Others traveled to conventions and studied at institutions from Canada to Mexico and across the United States, including Columbia University and the University of California. Superintendent Birch praised the effort as practical, nonfaddish, and valuable to Lawrence schools.
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Lawrence
Canada
Mexico
United States
Columbia University
Art Student League
New York City
University of California
University of Southern California
National University of Mexico
Mexico City
University of Kansas
Teachers College of Emporia
Pittsburg
Northwestern University
University of Michigan
George . Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville
Tenn
C. E. Birch
America
DIES IN THE EAST AND OTHER NOTABLE DEATHS
W T Hewitt a prominent Leavenworth financier died in Philadelphia aged about retirement years. He organized Leavenworth water works later sold to the city in 1921 and helped form Peoples Home Telephone later merged with Bell. Also noted former Legislator A Stannard, 70, Emporia resident, died in Ottawa. Lourdes train wreck killed fourteen and injured thirty near Lourdes. A Kea bird in New Zealand is blamed by settlers for sheep losses.
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Leavenworth
Kan
W. T. Hewitt
Philadelphia
Water Works Company
Peoples Home Telephone Company
Bell Company
Hewitt
Ottawa
A. Stannard
Stockman
Emporia
John C. Jenson
Chanute
May Stannard
Cherryvale
Guyer Campaign Opens with District Meeting Here
Congressman U S Guyer will formally launch his re election bid at a district meeting here next Monday evening. His address will be broadcast over WREN between 8 30 and 9 p m The meeting takes place at the courthouse starting 8 o clock Prior to his talk local Republican candidates will be introduced Delegations from several cities in the second district are expected.
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U. S. Guyer
Wren
Guyer
Assembly
Constant Is Low Bidder On Jetties At Kaw River
The Douglas and Ledgenworth county board let the jetty contract for the Kaw river bridge at Eudora to J T Constant of Lawrence for 21748 70 under a PWA project. Other bids ranged up to 259k with Marsh Engineering Topeka bid unopened for lateness. work must start by Oct 1 and finish in 120 days. jetties total four timber piles, two per side to divert current.
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Kaw River
Eudora
Joint Board of Commissioners
Douglas
Ledgenworth
Court House
J. T. Constant
Lawrence
PWA
Kansas City Bridge Company
Kansas City
Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company
Leavenworth
C. E. Gray
Emporia
Marsh Enginering Company
Topeka
Lre
Joint Board of County Commissioners
Bielora Kawgiver
Douglas and Leavenworth Crthra
Murder Warrants Issued in Hospital Death Case
Larned Sept 23 Second degree murder warrants were issued for two discharged Larned State Hospital workers Charles Hylton and William McCord in the death of inmate James Fitzgibbons. Sheriff search continues. Inquest heard Fitzgibbons threatened supervisor Mrs May Blount with a knife and was then struck during a confrontation in the kitchen. The stock index reports the average of 60 stocks at 68.1, down from 68.6 yesterday.
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May Blount
Hylton
McCord
Swoman
Fitzgibbons
Stock Market Index
Weather outlook for Kansas fair with thundershowers southeast
Kansas forecast shows generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with thundershowers in the southeast this afternoon or tonight and cooler temperatures, especially in the east and south. Morning reports note cloudy skies and mist near Wichita and Dodge City, with coal office records showing yesterday's high or low readings and current temperatures.
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Kansas
Wichita
Dodge City
Douglas County
Mt SD
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Henry Maclafferty
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Hamilton
New York Forum
Oklahoma City
Marland
N.Y
Gotham
Colmery
Landson
Department of Agriculture
American Legion
Harry W. Colmery
Quimpestetten
Grif
Ffin
Topekan
Fifth’ Avenue
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Lyte Armel
Ban
Sawyer
Harry Colmery
Melton
Georgia
Delacey Allen
Democratic National
Lawrence Band
Hanna
Frigidaire
Mission
Kao
Dr. Koo
Washington Police
Col. Knox Twits
Hopkins
J. Hewitt
Lourdes
New Zealand
Lawrence Man
PWA Project
Douglas County ‘Board of Commissioners
Leavenworth County
H.C. Short
Len Rush
Sam Warden
Jamies Snyder
H. C. Simpson
N. F. Strachan
Joseph W. Fuhrer
Division of Investigation
Mr. Strachan
K. U. School of Engineering
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