First U S Federal Penitentiary Project Begins Northeast
Preliminary construction starts on the United States Federal Penitentiary for the Northeastern District in Kelly Township Pennsylvania. Great Lakes Construction Company of Chicago leads the work under a 2 781 000 contract to build the first unit for about 1 500 prisoners within 426 working days as part of a 10 year program totaling about 12 million dollars to house up to 5 000 inmates.
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Lewisburg
United States Federal Penitentiary
Kelly Township
Pennsylvania
Great Lakes Construction Company
Chicago
United States
Mayan Ruins Found in Yucatan by Kansan Explorer
Kansas City April 2 Harold E Neibling attorney archaeologist led a party traveling by rail boat plane horse and foot to Palenque Chiapas on the Guatemalan frontier There he examined eight principal Maya buildings over two square miles explored vast subterranean caverns and noted Asiatic and Indian wall profiles statues of Maya gods and a rooster motif carved high on a cavern wall He also surveyed Uxmal and Chichen Itza with Dr Sylanius G Morley of the Carnegie Institute.
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Kansas City
Yucatan Peninsula
Harold E. Neibling
Neibling
Mexico City
City
Palenque
Chiapas
Uxmal
Chichen Itza
Sylanius G. Morley
Carnegie Institute
Coast Figures Quick Divorces
Los Angeles April 2 U P reports Reno's divorce mill speeding up under a May 1 bill. Unhappily married couples can travel to Reno and return married in 47 days, with residence set the day after arrival. Divorces heard within a week after filing, and marriage may follow immediately. Las Vegas competes as a center, while Cal Neva on Lake Tahoe lures visitors after establishing residence.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Reno
Hollywood
Nevada
Las Vegas
Calneva
Lake Tahoe
Calnera
Poetry Fails as Collection Plan
Monrovia California April 2 hearing music soothes a savage beast James H Baker a Monrovia merchant sued city officials over a 1928 sidewalk deed claiming a promised dollar never arrived He published a poem threatening further verses until paid noting city actions like digging roots installing lights and shuttered utilities without settlement.
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Monrovia
Calif
James H. Baker
Baker
Chalk travel sparks cross global pen friendship
Sylvia Patsch wrote her name and address on chalk in the American Crayon Company plant in Sandusky Ohio. Months later she received a letter from Kai Iwi in New Zealand signed by three girls who wrote to tell her where the chalk ended. They began a regular correspondence.
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Sandusky, CO
U.P
Sylvia Patsch
Kai Iwi
North Island
New Zealand
Sylvia
Paroles Granted for Clarence Jones and Pearl Tyson
Governor Ross Sterling granted paroles to Clarence Jones who served half of a two year assault to murder sentence from Brown County and to Pearl Tyson who served more than half of a year for liquor law conviction from Grimes County.
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Austin
Ross Sterling
Clarence Jones
Brown County
Pearl Tyson
Grimes County
Trial Reunites Family At Chicago Murder Trial
The trial of Leo Brothers for the murder of Chicago reporter Alfred Lingle reunites his estranged parents Harvey Brothers and Mrs Rose Jessen in court with Brothers sweetheart Betty Cook. The piece describes prison design ideas including varied accommodations and on site facilities.
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Leo Brothers
Alfred Lingle
Chicago
Harvey Brothers
Center
Rose Jessen
Betty Cook
Brothers
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Kansan
Reading Railroad
Wright Printing CO
Taylor
Canada
Amarillo
Manila
Woodbury’s
Life
Castile
Cotys
Molle
Kranks
Williams
Gillette
Probak
Gem
Houbigants
University Club
NyNaps
Ervice Stores
Spring
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Polk
Amarillo, Texas
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