Ethiopia Near Mobilization Call
Emperor Haile Selassie prepared to call general mobilization of about two million Ethiopian fighters, pending League of Nations actions on Italian aggression. Government denied rumors of a Tuesday or Wednesday proclamation and reported military posts, with 600000 in the north, 100300 in central and eastern regions, including Addis Ababa, and nearly half a million elsewhere, equipped with modern rifles and additional forces with older gear.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Geneva
League of Nations
Italy
King of Kings
Ethopia
Adis Ababa
Ogaden
Mussolini prepares for large East Africa mobilization
Rome reports Il Duce orders rapid expansion of Italy's army for campaigns in East Africa. Mussolini plans a full mobilization and a mass rally as radio stations announce a one day mobilization to broadcast a secretive address amid the looming conflict with Ethiopia.
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Rome
Piloemier Mussolini
Ethiopia
Italy
East Africa
Adalberto of Savoy
Bergamo
Vic Itor Emanuel
Eritrea
Misave
Fritren
Somaliland
Mussolini
Ministry of Press and Propaganda
I Duce
Eight Die In Blaze In Three Story Tenement
A Chicago fire and explosion gutted a three story tenement, killing eight people including four children from one family. Eight others were injured. Fire officials suspected incendiary causes as workers battled the flames and the building collapsed in flames.
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Chicago
Frank Vitale
Maxwell Street
Vitale
Daniel
Pasquelina Cappola
Philin
Ralph
Joseph Grasso
Virginia Grazso
Five Shot as Chicago Bank Robbery Fails
Chicago on September 30 reports seven gunmen failed an attempted bank raid at University State Bank on the south side. Four men and a woman wounded including bank guard William Fleming and customer Dorothy Gregory. bystanders Thorne Deuel and Carl Ruether shot in lower limbs. An officer wounded Chester White, and teller Astrid Olson aided by a tear gas release. Police cite “Midget” Fernekes as a suspected organizer.
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Chicago
University State Bank
William Fleming
Dorothy Gregory
Thorne Deuel
University of Chicago Research Department
Carl Ruether
Fear in Bermuda as hurricane nears
Bermuda braces for a tropical storm after Bimini suffered heavy damage with no deaths reported there. Bermuda’s 8 a.m. advisory placed the storm 150 miles southwest, moving 25 mph toward the islands. A Bahamas official cited Bimini’s devastation and homelessness, with complete wireless loss. A relief flight from Nassau, plus doctors and engineers, prepared to assess and aid. The hurricane previously killed about 80 in Cuba and two in Jamaica, with Jamaica and Cuba bearing the early toll as Florida avoided direct contact. James Laughead reported most of Bimini’s 125 houses destroyed yet residents remained calm.
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Fla
Bermuda
Bimini
Hamilton
H. Jarrett
Bahamas-Brith
Jarrett
Nassau
Jamaica
Cuba
Florida
James Laughead
Associated Press
Kimini
Rotterdam Liner Runs Aground Near Kingston Jamaica
The Holland America Line ship Rotterdam carrying about 450 passengers and 526 crew ran aground on Morant Cays 40 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica during a Caribbean voyage following a hurricane. A rescue plan with the Ariguani stood by as divers and naval men assess the situation. Captain J Van Dulken reported all aboard safe and no immediate danger as officials await further word and possible direct aid from Kingston.
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New York
Staaimer Ariguani
Rotterdam
Holland-America Line
Kingston
Jamaica
J. van Dulken
Associated Press
van Dulken
Morant Cays
Caribbean Sea
Venezuela
Cuba
F. R. Wierdsma
Wierdsma
Greenwich
Conn
Haiti
Roosevelt on Boulder Dam and federal jobs drive
President Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam built with government funds and urges private industry to speed job creation. He touts public works’ boost to employment, credit stability, and power potential, proposing a state power line as a nationwide yardstick and noting tied projects like Grand Coulee and St. Lawrence waterways.
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Boulder Dam
Roosevelt
America
Colorado River
United States
Nevada
Works Progress Administration
Grand Coulee
St. Lawrence Waterways
Baulderdam
Wheat planting season finds soil in good condition in Kansas
Kansas enters the wheat planting season with soil in excellent condition across the state. Even in southwest counties away from heavy autumn rain, summer fallowed land is reported favorable for ninety-five wheat, according to the weekly crop report.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Highway 50 report says it served its purpose
Reports by engineers on construction of U S highway 50 between Olathe and Kansas City were filed with Attorney General Clarence V Beck. The study found the road adequately served its purpose given 1925 construction knowledge, though it carried loads up to 20 tons not planned for. Beck will forward copies to Johnson county officials.
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Olathe
Kansas City
Topeka
Johnson County
Clarence V. Beck
Beck
S. E. Sime
Federal Bureau of Roads
Omaha
H. Allen
State Highway Department
Frick names Quigley and Dolly Stark MLB umpires for World Series
Chicago dispatch reports LT-President Ford Frick selected Ernest Quigley and Al Dolly Stark as National League umpires for the World Series. Detroit, preparing at Navin Field, readies for the Cubs series opener with Rowe set to start, Bridges in game two, Auker in game three, and Crowder as reliever.
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Ford Frick
National League Today
Ernest Quigley
al Dolly” Stark
Detroit
Detroit Tigers
Mickey Cochrane
Cochrane
Navin Field
Chicago Cubs
Lynnoou
Rowe
Lon Warneke
Tommy Bridges
Charley Root
Elden Auker
al Crowder
Jeft
Jeft-center Field
Tigers
Bridges
the Auker
Auker
Cochran
Roxy Lawson
Toledo
Hank Greenberg
No Sharp Reaction From Weather Forecaster
Topeka reports federal meteorologist D. Flora finds no signs of a sharp reaction to cold weather. He cautions the change will be a normal adjustment after several days of unusually high readings. Maximums tomorrow expected in the lower seventies with night temps around 54 to 60 in the south and 35 in the west. No rain reported in 48 hours.
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D. Flora
Flora
Canada
Kansas
Traffic toll effort aims to curb Sunday wrecks
Chief of Police Robert J. Coffey moved 48 motorcycle officers to longer hours in early mornings and nights to reduce weekend crashes after one death and five injuries occurred Sunday in Kaneaz City. The note highlights a broader effort to cut fatal wrecks while acknowledging limited impact on weekend traffic toll.
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Kaneaz City
Robert J. Coffey
Coffey
City to pay 061,941 for Lawrence sewer projects approved
City moves to proceed with two Lawrence sewer projects part of 62 Kansas TWA grants. Federal funds cover 45 percent. city bond issues cover the rest. Intercepting sewer runs about three miles. storm sewers span about ten city blocks with locations to be fixed.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Roosevelt
Haskell Avenue
Kaw River
Haskell
Twelfth Street
Santa Fe
Eighteenth Street
Learnard
Nineteenth Street
Twentieth Street
Prescent
R Barker
Fifteenth Streets
Fishth Street
Cubs Vote 26 Percent Shares Of World Series Winnings
The Chicago Cubs met in their clubhouse led by Captain Woody English and voted full shares for 22 players including manager Charlie Grimm as a player. Others receiving full shares were coaches Roy Johnson Johnny Carriden trainer Andy Lotshaw and traveling secretary Bob Lewis. Clyde Shoun got a half share. rookie pitcher joined August 7 and pitched 1275 innings to date. House staff and bat boys shared smaller sums.
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Chicago
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
Cubs
Woody English
Charlie Grimm
Grimm
Roy Johnson
Johnny Carriden
Andy Lotshaw
Bob Lewis
Clyde Shoun
Birmingham
Bat Hays
Joe Bernardi
Gilly Hasbrook
Rotterdam killer shoots fascist suspect near royal train
In Amsterdam a man alleged to be a fascist was shot and killed by a Rotterdam resident named Boot outside a station where Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana were boarding a train bound for Apeldoorn. Police reported Boot carried a French anarchist pamphlet. Earlier, Beloit, Kansas faced a grasshopper swarm feared to ruin crops.
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Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Wilhelmina
Juliana
Boot
Apeldoorn
May Make Ruling on AAA by Christmas
Washington reports a strong probability the Supreme Court will decide by Christmas on the validity of the farm administration AAA program. The case challenges processing taxes on cotton and other basic agricultural commodities. The court may expedite due to the importance of the issue.
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Washington
Supreme Court
AAA
Hoosac Mills Corporation
Massachusetts
Farm Administration
Hearst Sees Landon Victory Amid Socialist Talk
San Simeon Sept 20 Hearst publisher statement in response to Mallan questions says Governor Alf Landon of Kansas could win the presidency on the Republican ticket despite a large Democratic fundraising effort. Hearst praises Landon as a strong war record, clean business record, and capable executive. He argues Republicans must rescue the country from socialism and restore Americanism, noting Landon’s tax cuts and payroll realities. He also suggests a third party could win if certain candidates ran on parallel platforms, but foresees the GOP prevailing with Landon.
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Cal
Wiliam Randolph Hearst
Paul Malon
North American
Alliance
Landon
Kansas
Mallan
Washington
Farley
Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Honver
Smith
Ritchie
Ely
Talmadge
Tydings
Republican Party
Murder in Brooklyn Garage Targets Brooklyns Racket Ties
Police report a double shooting in Brooklyn where Joseph Amberg, 35, and his chauffeur were killed after being forced against a wall in a garage. Amberg is identified as the suspected successor to the Shapiro brothers, noted racketeers from Brownsville, with a Journal-World item mentioning advertising turning furniture into cash.
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Mechanics
Joseph Amberg
Amberg
Shapiro Brothers
Brooklyn
Brownsville
Youth confesses to robbing store in Lone Star case
Wesley Biesmeyer a 20 year old Topeka youth at the CCC camp near Lone Star confessed to the September 24 1934 robbery of the M D Flory store. He implicated three other youths and waived preliminary hearing signaling intent to plead guilty in district court.
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Lone Star
Wesley Biesmeyer
Topeka
CCC
Riesmeyer
Justice of the Peace
Frank B. Dodds
District Court
Anderson
Jude Anderson
Biesmeyer
Richard Wilson
Missouri
Flory
Wilson
May strike Bermuda hurricane nears Bermuda
A erratic hurricane moving toward Bermuda after brushing southeast Florida, with 87 dead and 300 injured reported in Cuba. The storm, at 20 mph with full hurricane force winds, caused the heaviest damage in Cuba and sailed northeast toward Jamaica and Florida before veering offshore from Miami.
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Bermuda
Florida
Atlantic
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Gibara
Oriente Province
Cummanay Agua
St. Sienna
Guajinito
Abreus
San Juan de Ulloa
Jamaica
Trego Team Wins State Vigilante Shoot at Fort Riley
Trego county’s four man squad A S Karaus J A Woener George H Allen and Maurice Woolner captured top honors at the state vigilante shoot held at the national range Fort Riley. Forty two counties competed with Renn Rice Grant Sedgwick close behind. James Riley Sedgwick led individuals with 194 points. Emil Zumbrunn Geary and R A Geison Ottawa tied for second with 193. Fred Harbaugh Sumner and James Flanagan Geary tied for fourth with Ting prompt. Lieut Col John B Johnson of Fort Riley served as executive officer in charge.
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Junction City
Kan
Trego County
A. S. Karaus
J. A. Woener
George H. Allen
Maurice Woolner
National Range
Fort Riley
Trego
Renn
Rice
Grant
Sedgwick
James Riley
Sedgewick County
Emil Zumbrunn
Geary County
R. A. Geison
Ottawa Counties
Fred Harbaugh
Sumner County
James Flanagan
Ting
John B. Johnson
Kansas Weather Forecast Clears. Cooler Near North and East
Kansas forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with cooler air in the north tonight and in the east by Tuesday morning. Weather notes record clear skies, good road conditions in Douglas County, and temperatures from gas office records show yesterday's maximum and today’s noon readings.
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Kansas
Douglas County
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