City Ends Year With Balance and Lower Expenses
Atchison closed 1932 with a city treasury balance of 23948.02 and only 847.36 in outstanding warrants. Since 1921 the bonded debt has fallen from 1,261,530 to 446,771.60 with a planned further reduction of 102,778 in 1933. Tax rate dropped to 1.38 per 100, salaries cut from 86,000 in 1920 to 65,000 in 1931. 12 years’ civic improvements total 595,892.69 with 280,854 unpaid, including storm sewers and park development funded partly by federal relief. Current storm sewer work on White Clay creek is funded by relief funds.
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Atchison
White Clay Creek
Commercial
Federal Relief Commission
Atchison Daily Scene of Local Doings and Deaths
Day's Doings column recounts a mix of local notes from Atchison and environs including farm work, theft recoveries, church events, social visits, and obituaries. Notable items: arrests and visits at the police station, a large county taxpayers league meeting, St Ann's parish work, upcoming Snack Shop opening with free dancing, and multiple funeral notices for Miss Anna Limney and Lawrence Scholtz. Also reports on stolen cars recovered, a school program in Doniphan, and local civic updates.
Wounded man identifies suspect in Atchison shooting
Buchanan county authorities seek Grover Keene of Atchison to question him after Robert Reeves, 33, of Atchison, was shot yesterday at Roy Taylor’s Bean Lake Road home. Reeves, hospitalized in favorable condition, said Keene fired and Reeves tried to escape. No arrest by noon.
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Buchanan County
Grover Keene
Atchison
Robert Reeves
Reeves
Keene
Roy Taylor
Bean Lake Road
Sugar Lake
Missouri
Taylor
Police
Atchison News Briefs Highlight Local Social and Civic Roundup
Friday’s roundup covers club gatherings, local illness and recoveries, new births, and community notes. It notes A. R. Ranes’s flu recovery, Chief Linville’s finger, Mrs. Condit’s high score, and several visits by guests, plus civic items on school noises, church events, and storm-related incidents.
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A. E. Lloyd
Dilgert’s
A. R. Ranes
W. C. Linville
J. O.D
Sam Gallup
Atchison
Perry Ham
Fred Condit
T. F. Horner
Gilbert Zschoche
Florence Haist
Jean
Kansas City
Huron
Atchison Leader George Diegel Dies at 82
George Diegel, 82, longtime Atchison resident and head of a manufacturing firm, died at his home. Funeral services will be tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at his residence 929 North Fourth Street, with Rev. B. H. Smith officiating. Burial in Mt. Vernon cemetery. Diegel, born June 18, 1850 in Carrollton Missouri, moved to Atchison in 1892 and helped form the Atchison Saddlery Co., later merging with General Leather Industry. He was survived by his children Claud, Everett, Anne, and Beatrice. his brother Henry. and sisters Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. Lindsey. He was active in Trinity Episcopal Church and known for his benevolent leadership.
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St. Ann's
Effingham
Father Cosmas
Atchison
Coupe Woods
St. Ann’s
St. Ann's Parish
Atchison County
Jack Farrar
Anna Limney
John Knowles
Kansas Avenue
Miss Limney
New Orleans
Peter Limney
Hugh Limney
St. Patrick's
Knowles
Harcuff & Buis
St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Tom Lee
Jake Weinmann
Jake Penning
Matt Littenauer
Pat Lee
William Stanton, Jr
Williamstown
Lawrence
Stanton
Hop) Oliver
Doniphan
Wathena
F. M. Terry
Parallel Street
Dalby
Lawrence N. Scholtz
Max Scholtz
Leavenworth Road
Atchison Hospital
Potter
St. Joseph's Parochial School
South Atchison
Mary
Matilda
Robert
Lawrence Wagner
St. Patrick’s
St. Patrick's Cemetery
John Levin
Cleveland
Congress
Harrison
Sherman
Ohio
Hiawatha
Horton
Ramsay's
Kresge Dollar
Dave Condon
Texas
Dave
Mary Bears
Hi Bears
Sheridan
Wyo
E. B. Knerr
Kansas City Times
Elizabeth Barclay Knerr
Barclay Knerr
Mercier Street
Knerr
Broadway
Maj
Hugh J. Konerr
Dayton
Lewis E. Knerr
Portland
Ore
Mary Barclay
Woodstock
N.Y
Harry Barclay
Baltimore
Thesday
Stine & McClure
Memorial Park
Midland College
George Diegel
Dieegel
North Fourth Street
B. H. Smith
Trinity Episcopal Church
Mt. Vernon
Stanton & Stanton
Diegel
Martha A. Diegel
Carrollton
Minerva Stanley
Henry Diegel
Inlaw
George T. Lindsey
H. B. Kessler
H. W. Barkow
L. Kiper & Som
Atchison Saddlery Co
Mr. Diegel
General Leather Industry, Incorporated
Charlies
Claud Diegel
Beatrice
Neb
Everett Diegel
Anne Diegel
Mary Freeman
Highland Falls
Martha A. Wilson
Chicayzo
Laura Lindsey
Thomasville
CIA
Lee der
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Tom Cormode
Harry Reisner
Elmer Lee
John Hager
Ralph Prouts
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Wichita
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Douglas Fortune
Lee Bchaub
St. Joe
Short Jenks
Melrose Compton
John Compton
North Third Street
E. Howard
Kansas
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Bill Marshall
William Stawpert
St. Louis
Frank
Missouri Pacific
M. C. McMullen
D. J. Cunningham
Kansas Ravenue
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Maur Hill
Arch Wilson
Streeper
Lancaster
Buttron
Leslie
Propery
Register of Deeds Office
Clarence Hegarty
E. J. Kelly
St. Benedict's College
Township 5
Range 17
Atchigan County
Frank Burton
Charles Burton
Elviron
Burton Brothers
Maurice Keete
E. G. Bell
Ministerial Association
Boll
Vera Whitchurch
Brookings, S. D
F. J. Dagenais
Laramie Street
Barry Moeser
Leavenworth
Moeser
Heber Mize
Standard Oil Co
E. J. Moeser
Chevrolet
West Main Street
F. A Mangelshort Seed Co
Symns
Clif Dixon
Oklahoma City
McKenzie School of Music
Raymond Hoffman
Roy Hoffman
Falls City
Charlie McKee
C. H. Frankenberger
Missouri Pacific Dispatcher
Knute Rockne, Jr
Gus Haegelin
Art Simmons
Ralls
Rose Dorssom
Valentine Ganter
Price Boulevard
New Plymouth
Utz Motor Co
Oklahoma
F. A. Mangelsdorf Seed Co
Eighth and
Main Streets
Micky Mouse
Albert Seeber
Herbert Ham
G. L. Tomlinson
J. E. Jackson
North Fifth Street
Larry
Jerry
Mfs
Miles Gilliland
Utah Avenue
Koelsch & Ganter
North Seventh Street
Fred Trigg
Kansas City Star
All
Jess Brown
France
America
Iowa
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Wiliam Barnes
Latenser
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Sugarlake
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O. F
Scott
Zola Rollins
J W. Bishop
Dan Lee
United States
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Osborne
Ed Hiller
L. G. O'Neill
Orange
Tex
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Jerry Welz
Derryman
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Ed J. Moeser
South Fifth Street
Weeping Water
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Normandie
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M. Owen Kellison
W. R. McCormack
C. K. Davis
Topeka
State Council of Ministers
Alf M. Landon
Charles L. Mead
James Wise
John &. Stanun
H. R. Andrews
Chicago
I. J. Cahill
Indianapolis
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Rice
Detroit
Arly
Atchisan
Wash King
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R. W. Wooden
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The
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Ora Buckholts
Fay Evans
South Fourth Street
Catherine Diebolt
Henry Diege
Diege
Sumner School
Sumner
Ed Davies
Mound Street
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Fifth
J. W. Abner
Raymond Riechman
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H. A. Cook
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Riechman
Cook
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Dr Harrison
Globe
Emil
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Pilkington Hotel
St. Paul
Katherine Miller
Earle Westgate
Enid
Oklo
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Elizabeth Garvey
Martin Jensen
Deer Creek Creamery Co
Jensen
Los Angeles
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J. E. Rank
the Globe
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Hamburg
Germany
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Blair Mills
Michael Contris
Young Men’s Christian Association
Father Leonard Schwinn
St. Benedict’s College
Rotary Club
Father Leonard
God
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
E. L. Marker
S. J. Dutch
P. H. Banner
B. B Green
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F. C. Nuzum
H. D. Lehman
Fred O. Winter
B. B. Green
J. C. Nuzum
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John Gladhart
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Firth Dodd
J. P. Kelley
Dr. J. R. McGauhey
L. R Thompson
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W. M. Prebble
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Ted Taylor
Ed Bell
G. H. Osgood
White Cloud
Warren W. Stricker
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G. C. Turpin
W. L. Privett
Charles E. Butts
William H. Strahan
Doniphan County
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F. W. Kotsch
Will Foley
Harry Meugniot
L. C. Miller
Troy
Earl Smith
Claud Collins
J. B. Dutton
W. A. Robinson
Sparks
Samuel Twombly
Fanning
WV. Straut
Fred Maney
W. M. Harnett
Iowa Point
Kas
W. H. Noble
Highland
Ralph Tenrfil
Sabetha Herald
Ralph Tennal
Sabetha
Herald
Drex Burke
Earl Hebener
Commercial Street
Atchison Street
J. O'D
Locomotive Finished Material Co
Locomotive Company
Santa Fe
A. T. Trausch
Heriman Luts
Voigt Fruit Co
Harmony Garden Market
Will Boeh
Boeh
Beeh
Lutz
William Cochran
William
Lou Cochran
Mound City
A. H. King
Kansas State Board of Pharmacy
Matt Neil
Frank Brenner, Jr
Doniphan and Atchison
Santa Fe Hospital
Ralph Haase
Malachy Sullivan
New York
University of Louvain
Belgium
Roy Skager
Carl Benson
Benson
Fuuneral Services
Kenneth Searles
Pathfinder
Bobby
George Delaney
Franklin
Fred Platt
John Whitaker
St. Benedict's
Alvin Schumacher
Missouri River
Pred Aldrich
Miller Alley
John W. Worrel
Mildred
John Worrel
Nannette
James P
Ethel
Cecil
North
Sanford Worrel
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