Fascists Rescue Alcazar Defenders Near Toledo
Reports from Talavera de la Reina say about 1,120 people in the Alcazar maintain a partial defense while 500 prisoners and wounded are reported. Government forces retreat toward Madrid as fascists push toward the capital with aerial support and counterattacks.
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Associated Press
Talavera de la Reina
Spain
Alcazar
Toledo
Youu
Madrid
Cabanas de la Sagra
Bargas
Alcazar City
Premier Blum Seeks Full Power to Halt Price Increases
Paris reports Premier Blum won the first parliamentary test of his devaluation plan with a solid majority and will ask the chamber for full power to decree price controls. A tri partite monetary equilibrium pact backs currency re alignment as the government strives to stabilize the franc. The move would let the state mobilize all resources to curb price rises, with limited compensation for fixed incomes if living costs keep climbing.
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Paris
Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Popular Front of Socialists
Devils of Fire sweep Southern Oregon coast town
Flaming disaster roared through Bandon as 9 people died and 300 to 400 buildings burned. Firefighters and CCC workers battled to create a safety ring around Myrtle Point while winds and smoke hampered rescue efforts. Officials estimated losses near 1.5 million at Bandon and 0.5 million at Oregon House, with thousands evacuated and supplies rushing in from Roseburg.
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Marshfield
Ore
Oregon
California
Bandon
Myrtle Point
Brandon
CCC
Oregon Coast
Oregon House
Northend
Coquille
Fficers
Matt Co
Olive
North Bend
Roseburg
Here
Mary Olsen Address Highlights Government School Aid Impact
Mary Olsen spoke to Rotary praising the College Student Employment Project and noting that government aided students at Kansas University earned scholarships at twice the rate of average peers. About 18 percent of KU students are self supporting and many receive 20 to 60 cents an hour for work. Rotary guests included Otto Miessner and Del Hininger. Dr Meade joked about Al Capone and Alcatraz.
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Mary C. Olsen
Rotary
Olsen
K. U
Kansas
Otto Miessner
School of Fine Arts
Conrad Olson
Omaha
Lyle S. Powell
Mayer
Arkansas City
Kan
H. E. Bruce
Holton
del Hininger
Lawrence
J. Meade
Alcatraz Prison
San Francisco
al Capone
Mystery man in Leavenworth haystack fire sparked Crater myth
A burned, well dressed man found in a Leavenworth haystack six months ago remains unnamed after New York officials ruled he was not Justice Crater, who had false teeth. Detectives say the victim drenched himself with gasoline, struck a match, and died after jumping from the stack while refusing to identify himself.
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Leavenworth
New York
Justice Force
J. A. Bush
L. S. Turner
Missing Persons Bureau
James Wynn
Justice Crater
Leavenworth County
National League of Women Voters official to visit Lawrence
Mrs Annetta G Zillmer secretary of the departments of government and economic welfare will visit Lawrence Wednesday and Thursday. C F Nelson president of the local League organizes meetings and a League Membership Tea Wednesday afternoon at Mrs C F riend s home. Zillmer, a Western Reserve graduate with a master s in political science, taught there three years and has been active in Cleveland civic affairs since joining the League in 1925. She assumed her current post in April 1936.
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Annetta G. Zillmer
National League of Women Voters
Lawrence
C. F. Nelson
League of Women Voters
Zillmer
League
C. Efriend
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Lindbergh Baby Alive Rumors Reported in Dallas
Dallas rumors say a woman of foreign nationality may be caring for the kidnapped Lindbergh infant in Dallas. Officials in New Jersey deny an official probe, while fingerprint experts caution that verification could be achieved quickly.
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New Jersey
Dallas
Tex
Dallas Times-Herald Today
Times-Herald
Harold G. Hoffman
Trenton
N. J
Mark C. Kimberling
Texas
Conklin
New York
Erastus Mead Hudson
Hudson
Jetties Under Way for PWa Eudora Bridge Project
Construction begins on the PWa Eudora Kaw river project with 1200 feet of timber pile jetties. J T Constant of Lawrence won the jetty contract for 21748.70 dollars. Two jetties will be built on each river side upstream to divert flow toward the center. Ground clearing started on the north bank. pile driving cannot start yet. Bridge repair bids come from the Douglas and Leavenworth counties on October 28.
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Pwa
Eudora Kaw River
J. T. Constant
Lawrence
Leavenworth County
Boards of Commissioners
Douglas
Leavenworth Counties
Soviet Commissar Attacks Naziism at League of Nations
Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet foreign commissar, denounced Naziism and fascism as deadly enemies of workers and civilization. He warned against admitting any nation founded on racial and national inequality and urged a universal peace conference or European union commission to address political, economic, and disarmament issues.
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Associated Prest
Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
League of Nations Assembly
Germany
Litvinoff
League
Russia
Commission On European Union
Senate probe of Pennsylvania WPA by Senate panel
Senate special committee votes to start immediate inquiry into political coercion and irregularities in Pennsylvania Works Progress Administration. Louis R. Glavis to continue probe of alleged coercion of industrial workers while charges of mail franking misuse by Democrats in Michigan referred to the post office for an official report. A Texas oil company will be asked to report on alleged mailings urging employees to vote for the Republican nominees.
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Washington
Lonergan
D-Conn
Senate
Works Progress Administration
Pennsylvania
Louis R. Glavis
Keystone
Michigan
Post Office Department
Texas Oil Company
Guyer of Kansas City to Open Campaign Tonight
Congressman Guyer, veteran Republican from Kansas second district, speaks at a county GOP meeting in the court house at 8 p.m. Broadcast over WREN from 8:20 to 8:30, the address marks the kickoff of his campaign as county candidates are introduced. He has served since 1924 and chairs the judiciary committee.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Court House
WREN
Picnies
House Judiciary Committee
Gurer
United States
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Declines Support for Roosevelt
The St Louis Post-Dispatch announces it cannot support Franklin D Roosevelt for reelection. It cites opposition to a centralized economy and defends free enterprise within the US federal system. It credits Roosevelt for 1933 actions but remains independent of party lines and will scrutinize Governor Landon if elected.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Independent
Mr. Roosevelt
Joseph Pulitzer
America
Post-Dispatch
Roosevelt
Cummon
Landon
Two Cars Damaged in City Intersection Collision
James Howe of 26 Vermont Street and G. Smith of Smiths Garage at 3 East Eighth Street figure in a dent at Tenth and New Hampshire streets. Howell drove a Nash east on Tenth while Pippert’s Ruiel weeehier went south on New Hampshire. both cars damaged.
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James Howe
Vermont Street
G. Smith
Smith
Eighth Street
Dent
Tenth
New Hampshire
Howell
Nash
Tenth Street
Pippert
Ruiel Weeehier
Ng Hampshire
Drouth Feed Committees Form In Douglas County
Township and county drouth feed committees named in Douglas County with farm agent radar oversight. Railroads offer emergency reduced rates on livestock and feed shipments, with orders handled via county and township committees and signed certificates at designated stations. Committees list Ralph Colman Willis Dunn George VanHoesen and multiple township members including A F Preston Maurice Stayr Willis Dunn Conrad Gastrock and Henry Rappard.
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Drouth
Douglas County
Deal Six
Farm Bureau
County Drouth
John Matney
J. D. H. Wilton Springs
Conrad Gastrock
Sam Wrightsman
George VanHoesen
Grant—Lawrence Leonhard
E. D. Garrett
H. G. van Neste
Wakarusa
Fred O. Peterson
S. O. Gentry
HM. Chamney
Marion
Henry Rappard
C. M. Hoover
Walter Oehrle
Five Nations Rally Against Gold Bloc Moves
Five nations joined in a push away from Europe’s gold bloc toward currency adjustment led by France under a monetary equilibrium with the United States and Britain. Blum’s government wins a parliamentary test in devaluation. Switzerland Netherlands Latvia and Greece start stabilization programs. Moscow denies British pound sales aim to drive down the rate as gold price rises seven cents per ounce on London, with French Swiss and Dutch markets constrained.
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Europe
France
United States
Great Britain
Leon Blum
Switzerland
Netherlands
Latvia
Greece
Moscow
London Exchange
Snow snaps off trees in Denver as storm hits region
Denver reports heavy early season snow with eight inch tree weight. Police warn motorists about downed power lines and blocked streets. Ten fires, one destroying a five story building, reported before midnight. Temperatures around 22 degrees as snow continued. Black Forest near Colorado Springs closed. Pueblo and Colorado Springs also affected. Forecasts call for fair warmer conditions soon.
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Rocky Mountain
Black Forest
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Cogswell Calls Landon Farm Plan An Automatic Brake
Chicago September 28 P Carl Cogswell master of the Kansas State Grange brands Gov Alf M Landon s farm program as an automatic brake on crop production In a statement through the Republican national committee he argues the plan would limit benefits to family sized farms keeping production down Wallace had accused the London plan of subsidizing agriculture to expand and let wheat pile up in normal years
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Chicago
Alf M. Landon
Carl C. Cogswell
Kansas State Grange
Republican National Committee
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Cogswell
Landon
London
Eleven KU students injured in Lawrence auto truck crash
Eleven people remain in Lawrence area hospitals after a Friday evening crash six miles south of the city killed two University of Kansas students. Miss Carietta Witt of Kansas City drove the car. the truck carried 33 YMCA and YWCA members bound for a picnic. Witt and several students are listed in critical or serious condition with multiple injuries.
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University of Kansas
Carietta Witt
Kansas City
University Y. M. C. A
W.C. A
Miss Witt
Watkins Memorial Hospital
K. U
Idella Campbell
Salina
Fred Maier
Arkansas City
Evelyn Brubaker
Grant
Ore
Sadie Crammett
Feldorado
Guy Omer
Harold Gregg
Marvin Rausch
Thayer
Bob Thorpe
Wichita
Eugene Frowe
Rain reshapes Kansas soils with heavy southeastern totals
The week end brought rain to all Kansas with southeastern counties receiving the heaviest falls. Oswego logged 6.13 inches while Fort Scott noted 4.12. Eastern streams rose after a hot, dry spell as a brief frost touched western Kansas. Forecasts predict possible freezing again tonight with rain ending tomorrow afternoon. In related news Transcontinental and Western Air announced winter fares starting November 1, aiming to match rail rates plus Pullman charges.
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Toneka
Kansas
Oswegon
Fort Scott
Solomon River
Beloit
Topekatt
Joseph
Tadlependessee
Tribune
S. D. Flora
Flora
Kansas City
Jack Frye
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc
Frye
Longtime University of Kansas English professor dies
Charles Graham Dunlap a 7-year veteran professor emeritus of Muetish at the University of Kansas, died at 5 20 pm Sunday at Lawrence Memorial hospital after pneumonia treatment. Funeral Tuesday at Trinity Episcopal church with Rev Carter Harrison officiating. Burial in Oak Cemetery. Survived by brother Dr Fred B. Dunlap of Chicago. Born September 20 1859 in Chillicothe Ohio he earned degrees from Ohio Wesleyan Princeton and Johns Hopkins and joined KU in 1887. He championed literature and “beautiful words” shaping the university’s literary studies and mentored many generations. He married Anna Marek who died in 1949.
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University of Kansas
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Trinity Episcopal Church
Carter Harrison
A. P. Hults
R. B. Wagstaff
C. C. Scewir
Chillicothe
Joseph L
Anna Maria Dunlap
Ohio Wesleyan
Uss
Uaro
Sxama
Princeton
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Dunlap
Timne
Anna Marek
Europe
Dunelap
University of Berlin
Italy
Univers
Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
George Eliot
Times
Phi Beta Kappa
Kansas
Phi Kappa Psi
Masonic Fraternity
Episcopal Church
Friends
University
Charles F. Scott
Mabel Beck
Halton
Kansas Weather Forecast Amid Cool, Cloudy Showers
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with possible showers tonight and continued cool temperatures. Tuesday will bring slightly warmer conditions in the west. morning will be rainy or misty, with Manhatten cloudy. Dirt roads and Douglas County roads remain muddy. Temperatures recorded include 7 p.m. yesterday and today at noon with notable rainfall of 1.78 inches over Saturday and Sunday. Johns Coal Co advertises contact details.
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Manhattan
Douglas County
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