Atchison Cage Teams Prep For Christmas Play
Local basketball squads from Atchison high and St Benedicts gear up for early-season games before Christmas vacation. Coach Moon Mullins splits teams for focused drills at St Benedicts while Armin Soph refines two squads in Atchison with more than 40 players in Roosevelt gym. Key players include Nolan Fiss Nadolski Busch McDevitt O’Neal and Helmert, with Bill Horan as a potential varsity addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravens
Redmen
Atchison
Atchison High
St. Benedict's
Baker University
Immaculata Athletic Club
Leavenworth
Moon Mullins
Armin Soph
Atchison Basketeers
Clem Tuggle
Roosevelt
Soph
Bob Rudolph
Francis Bird
Dick Norris
Harris Corbett
Bob Cooper
Dick Nash
Junior Harch
Tommy van Dyke
Red van Welden
Clarence Gorrell
Eddie Stice
Bill Collins
Mullins
Jim Halpin
Raven
Nolan
Fiss
Chet Nadolski
Busch
McDevitt
O’neal
Peterson
Helmert
Ward
Nadolski
Ike Murray
O'Neal
Bill Horan
Halpin
College Fighters In Good Form At St Benedicts
Doc Westlake returns as head trainer at St Benedicts College where a large squad prepares for the first card of the year midmonth. Westlake with Casey and Davis trains in a modern facility featuring two 12-foot rings, bags, weights and fixed ring gear built by W W Van Liew. The new ring, built from Atchison materials, measures 22 by 18 feet and can be assembled in 45 minutes enabling strong local talent to showcase in winter bouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc Westlake
Raven
St. Benedict's College
George Walsh
Atchison
St. Benedict's
Westlake
Casey
Davis
W. W. van Liew
Atchison Merchants
L. F. M. Wins Game In A League At Y
Locomotive beat Snowden Mize 20 to 16 in the A league on the Y court. Randall contributed four field goals and two free throws to lead his team, with Coleman adding nine points. Biffinger scored 10 for J. C. Penney in a 21 to 8 win over Atchison Bridge five. Jack Caldwell led Troy Laundry with 11 points as they defeated United Steel & Wire 23 to 16.
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Locomotive
Snowden Mize
Randall
Coleman
Biffinger
J. C. Penney
Atchison
Jack Caldwell
Troy Laundry
United Steel & Wire
Football Saturday matchups across leagues and rivals
Nebraska faces SMU while Army meets Navy. Missouri plays St Louis, Marys meets Alabama, Auburn challenges South Carolina, Tennessee hosts Florida, Loyola Los Angeles takes on Hawaii, Maryland battles West Maryland, Tulsa duels Mississippi, and Washington faces Los Angeles in a day of college football action.
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Nebraska
Southern Methodist University
Army
Navy
Missouri
St. Louis University
Marys
Alabama
Auburn
South Carolina
Tennessee
Florida
Loyola
Los Angeles
Hawai
Maryland
West Maryland
Tulsa
Mississippi
Washington
Horses poisoned loss prompts concern in Atchison
The Atchison area news notes George Fridell reports losing a fine team of horses Sunday to stock poison. Local obituaries mention Emma B. Miller of St. Joseph dying in a hospital. Community items include Kiwanis bottle drive and a brief on depot oversight by Murray Logan of Keats. Other items list local entertainments, sales pitches, and shop notices.
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George Fridell
R. Hammersmark
Roberta Ann
Friendship Club
Alva Roberts
F. D. Streator
Dorothy Graves
Georgia Huss
William Clark
Cliff Justis
Murray Logan
Keats
Kas
Emma B. Miller
Hans Miller
St. Joseph
St. Joseph Hospital
Carriearcher
Denton
Jinxed Captains Haunt St Benedicts Teams Since 1926
A long pattern of misfortune shadows St Benedicts athletics as captains for football and basketball are repeatedly sidelined or forced out. Since 1926 captains have faced injuries, transfers, or disciplinary actions, from Bernard Moroney to current leader Jim Halpin, with recent captains sidelined after joining Rockhurst and other issues.
Coughenour family to move back to Independence Kansas
L R Coughenour and family plan a return to Independence Kansas where he formerly directed the Kansas grain inspection office. Dorsey Underwood of Kansas City Kansas will succeed him. The Underwood family moves into Fleming apartments on North Seventh Street. Funeral services for Ed Bradley were held at Mair funeral home Nortonville and he is buried Evergreen cemetery Effingham. A baby boy born to Calvin and Mrs Gray at Atchison hospital died at birth and was buried Mt Vernon cemetery. Lawin and Douglass handled arrangements. Mrs Ed Zelfer was moved from Atchison hospital to her rural home today.
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L. R. Coughenour
Independence
Kas
Coughenour
Kansas Grain Inspection Office
Dorsey Underwood
Kansas City
Underwood
Fleming Apartments
North Seventh Street
Ed Bradley
Mary Barber
Mair
Nortonville
Evergreen Cemetery
Effingham
Calvin Gray
South Fifth Street
Atchison Hospital
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Lawin & Douglass
Army and college football notes mix in 1933 season
Army players will start with beef broth and toast before facing Navy Saturday afternoon. Barney Dubinsky bought a silver baseball trophy by mistake, and Harry Cain may miss St Mary's game in San Francisco with a knee sprain. Coach Frank Thomas and Slip Madigan are ex Notre Dame players. Cleveland plans to buy no team. big league costs push farm systems out. Atchison fans may see interleague play next year if Shaughnessy's plan advances at the National meeting in Cleveland. USC invited Pittsburgh for Pasadena rose game January 2. Pitt readies after a self-imposed schedule death, with Notre Dame, Army losses and Nebraska, Ohio State without losses in 10 starts. Ralph Graham named Kansas State football captain. Kansas and Kansas State to test new rules in an exhibition tonight at Lawrence. Jayhawkers face tough defense log this season.
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Harry” Cain
Alabama
St. Mary's
San Francisco
Frank Thomas
Southerners
Slip Madigan
The
Gaels
Notre Dame
Atchison
Frank Shaughnessy
Montreal Royals
International
American Association
National Association
Cleveland
University of Southern California
Pittsburgh
Pasadena
Pitt
Army
Nebraska
Ohio State
University of Kansas
Kansas State
Lawrence
Jayhawkers
Local Society Notes and Family News From Round Prairie
Mrs Serge Morton returns to Kansas City after visiting Mr and Mrs James Hagerty Ed Hall loses a valuable horse to poison in the stock field John Goff confined to bed with severe indigestion Guests at Mr and Mrs John Roach include relatives from Blackwell and Moberly Ruth Atkinson drives from Kickapoo to assist grandmother in critical condition Mrs Charlie Tearney visiting daughter Katie Rob inson in McLouth By mail six months for a dollar The Globe: Needie club meets with twenty members seven babies eight visitors Mrs Raymond Hagerty leads the stunt Mrs C W Carson wins prize and exchange of Christmas gifts planned for December 23 at Round Prairie school Refreshments served New members Mrs Ed Hall and Mrs J Patrick Visitors named listed.
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Serge Morton
Kansas City
James Hagerty
Ed Hall
John Goff
John Roach
Tom Roach
Blackwell
Okla
Bazil
Moberly
Raymond Hagerty
C. W Carson
Round Prairie School
Pennington
J. Patrick
Tony Petesch
Gertrude
Jack Allen
Vernor Hundley
Fred Turner
Florence Shortridge
Jessie Davidson
Naomi Bilderback
Champagne 1932 vintage to be blended for quality
Rheims France December 2 Associated Press reports champagne of the 1932 vintage will be fine in quality but small in quantity. With demand down producers plan to blend most of it with lower quality earlier vintages to improve the overall stock quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rheims
France
Fragmented Local Notes Include Odds and Slices From Town
The clippings mention Dr. W. F. Fast surgeon at 708 Com's with rumors of a new factory near Atchison. Grocery items include rib and brisket meat at 100 per pound and Mrs. William Christien improving at 1409 Kansas Avenue. Also cited are boot prices, bread slicing ads, local personalities and petty chatter about elections, candies, drug firms, a checkers boast, bank remarks, and Miller Chevrolet service at 111-115 South Seventh Street.
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W. F. Fast
Com
Atchison
Ruhliman's
William Christien
Kansas Avenue
Hilligoss
South Sixth
Seybold's
Howard Weinman
Kas
Lloyd's
G. G
Santa Claus
Federal Reserve
City National Bank
Miller-Chevrolet Co
South Seventh Street
Australian court rules broadcasting cannot libel by air
Melbourne December decision by the Victoria Full Court dismisses Max Meldrum’s $10,000 damages claim against the Australian Broadcasting Company. The court held that libel cannot be committed by wireless broadcast and that aggrieved parties must sue for slander instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
Max Meldrum
Australian Broadcasting Company
Government extends workday in Hungary to 2:30 pm
Budapest reports Premier Goemboes backs a one hour extension for all government offices from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. The city notes old fashioned street life and a health update for Marjorie O'Neil. A resident near Jackson Park, Jim Robertson, remarks on fading strength as winter nears and a Christmas question lingers about Tom and Jerry.
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Budapest
Goemboes
Euippe
Marjorie
Aloysius O’neil
Tom and Jerry
Jim. Robertson
Jackson Park
Notable Grain Man Urges Farmers to Flee U S for Canada
A well known grain man lauds Canada as superior for farming, claiming the United States offers only what Canada had fifty years ago. The piece also notes a Canadian bank failure-free record for twenty years and reports on H L Mencken and his wife Mrs Mencken, praising domestic bread baking as a virtue observed since their marriage.
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Canada
States
United States
Mrs. Mencken
Mr. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
Bernard Shaw in his own words and age
A critic argues Bernard Shaw, at 73, has vast talent but fails to write simply and truthfully. The piece accuses him of exploiting invective for profit, labels him a money grabber, and urges him to publish candid Confessions to finish his career with real usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Rosseau
Religion Shapes Childhood For A Better Nation
An advocate emphasizes the core need for religion that teaches children to be good from infancy. The message links parental instruction to widespread moral aims, asserting that making good children yields good men and women across social classes and locations.
Ambition of Orators to Move Audience Cited
The remark notes that speakers and writers aim to evoke laughter tears shame or pride in listeners. It frames orators as seeking emotional impact to sway public sentiment and personal reaction during discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgin Diamonds
Entertainers Admired by Reporter and Audience
A reporter meets three noted moving picture people and praises an unseen man as the most interesting personality in the group. He notes audience members are often smarter than entertainers and readers. If audiences organized, they could get more value from entertainment and other offerings.
Imbecile Voter Demands Housing Tax Free Aid Debate
A columnist derides a popular hero who advocates government provided home ownership and tax free living for voters. The piece notes his large readership, subscription network, and a pending $40,000 income tax case against him.
Morning Light and Rest in the Dark Hours
A reflective voice expresses preference for the sun’s light and proper rest in darkness over disputing with neighbors about the sun’s origin. The passage emphasizes personal harmony with natural cycles and daily rhythms over conflict.
District 42 hogs shipped to Atchison market Friday
Wilbur Marratt hauled a truckload of hogs to Atchison on Friday. Mr and Mrs Ray Ellerman and Mrs A M Higley with Marie returned home from Pratt after visiting Mrs Higsey's relatives. Pred Binkley held a large public sale Wednesday with good prices and a big crowd. The Nortonville Catholic church ladies served lunch on the grounds. Binkley family will move to town soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Marratt
Atchison
Ray Ellerman
Bertha
A M. Higley
Marie
Pratt
Higsey
T W Hammond
Binkley
Nortonville Catholic Church
Will Henry
Letter from Mrs Wallace from Port au Prince Haiti
Mrs C R Wallace writes November 20 from Port au Prince Haiti. She reveals she has used a crutch since September 15 after a fall broke her foot. The family plans to return to California in April or May while Lt Wallace finishes his third year in Port au Prince and then serves in the United States for about a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Wallace
Port Au Prince Haiti
The
Security Benefit Association
Lucinda Cleveland
Ida Elwarner
Ada Osterhout
Edna Kelley
the Globe
Tone
Allen's
Greenland Moves Westward at 20 Yards a Year
Copenhagen reports measurements by Dr Knut Rasmussen leading a coastal expedition. They mapped 12 500 miles of southeast shore line and conclude Greenland is moving westward at about 20 yards annually.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Greenland
Knut Rasmussen
Local bargains and notices from town markets and services
Dolls priced 10c to 7 dollars at Intfen's. Ruhlman's advertises meats 10c per pound. Powdered glass repair offered by Walter North before cold weather. Prescription services at Lewis-Wendling Drug Co with delivery. Floral memorials by Groves Floral Co for Elks services Sunday. Judd Ness, son of the late George Ness, comes to town. a former railroader in Alaska based in Cordova, left Atchison twenty five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haviland
Zimmerman’s
Howard & Kahler Shoe
Otto Nestler
Russell
Kas
Victor Johnson
Baker
Old Snort
Mills Street
Tony Kilkenny
H. L. Deming
Long Oil Co
Manhattan
Atchison
Lewis- Wendling Drug Co
Intfen
Ed Russell
Ruhlman's
Herman Teichmann
Seybold
Walter North
Lewis-Wendling Drug Co
Chandler's
Elks Club
Groves Floral Co
Judd Ness
George Ness
Good Intent
Judd
Alaska
Cordova
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World OF Sport
Atchison Police Department
Shiffiet's
Bernard Moroney
Little Mac
Kirksville
Bernard Dickman
Moroney
Mac
Larry Quigley
Curly Gorman
John Koerprich
Murray
Grant Ward
Swede Johnson
Porky Gottschalk
Gottschalk
Johnson
Red Cahill
Blond Rabbit
Bud Kliner
Kliner
Pat McCann
Omaha
Board of Discipline
Rockhurst College
California
Frank Carideo
Red & White
Fedderson Brothers
Snowden-Mize
Exchange National Bank
Chew
H Baker
Boerly
Dunbar
Falconer
J Baker
Nan
Wise Barber
Willis
Porter
van Hoosier Lighty
Parks A
Asone Nee
Cavanaugh
Meador
Pedderson
Brown
Keene
Seager
City News
Ed Zelfer
Barney Dubinsky
St. Joe
Christian Brothers
Toledo
Billy Evans
Indians
Ralph Graham
Round Prairie
Schappler’s
E. W. Howe
New York
Joseph Hergesheimer
Menckens
America
Eure An Archson
Kaw
Commercial St
Starta West
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