Wheat Prices Fall to New Depths in Market Selloff
Grain prices slid across the board on May day trading as unfavorable foreign news and month end settlements spurred selling. Wheat fell 2% to 2% cents below Wednesday, May futures hit floor levels, and rye, corn, oats also declined amid a broad market rout with Winnipeg weather and potential German tariffs cited as factors.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Winnipeg
Canadian
United States
Chicago Board of Trade
Thy
Market Stirs as Wheat Decline Tests New York Exchange
New York May 31 trading reopened after a wheat price drop and a sharp slide in farm implements and mail order shares. Unconfirmed rumors of pool operator losses weighed on sentiment but an ample call money supply boosted renewed buying by midday.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Zeno Briggs Sells Out to Eastman Company
Eastman Kodak Co. buys Z T Briggs photo supply firm with three retail stores in Kansas City and four wholesale units covering 33 states. About 400000 dollars involved. Briggs company annual sales near 1000000 dollars. Zeno T Briggs founded the business, moved to Kansas City in 1906, has ties to Atchison.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Eastman Kodak Co
Z T. Briggs
Duel Leaves Army Officer Wounded In Minnesota
Lieut Walter Raymond Miller of the Third Infantry stationed at Fort Snelling was seriously wounded in a pistol duel over a woman. Dr William Hirst, 53, married, was arrested after both men shot during a confrontation in St Paul. Hirst and Miss Nan Elizabeth Ferguson were detained for questioning.
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Associated Press
St. Paul, Minn
Walter Raymond Miller
Third Infantry
Fort Snelling
William H. Hirst
Nan Elizabeth Ferguson
Hirst
Miller
Lieut. Miller
Dr. Hirst
Miss Ferguson
Atlantic City convention hall dedication attendees depart
By the Associated Press Washington May 31 Vice president Curtis speaker Longworth British and Spanish ambassadors and other congressional leaders and diplomatic corps members left today for Atlantic City to attend the dedication of the Atlantic City convention hall tonight.
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Washington
Curtis
Longworth
Diplomatic Corps
Atlantic City
Law partners shot dead in El Paso bank building
El Paso Texas May 31 H D Oppenheimer and Frank Lyons law partners were killed in their fifth floor offices in the First National Bank building shortly after noon A man who gave the name Jose Martin was captured and police say he admitted the slayings.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
H. D. Oppenheimer
Frank Lyons
First National Bank
Jose Martin
Rainfall saturates eastern Kansas in 24 hour span
Rain drenched eastern Kansas, with Salina reporting 2.10 inches and other towns such as Solomon 1.83, Ottawa 1.05, and Em poria 0.74 inches. Weather officials warned wheat rust risk and corn rot if rains continue while temperatures near 80 by day and 60s by night. No major river floods reported as streams begin receding.
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Topeka
Kansas River
Kansas
Weather Bureau
S 1
Salina
Solomon
Bramett
Valley Falls
Carbondale
Osage City
Overbrook
Marion
Lawrence
Bazaar
Emporia
Iola
Dodge City
Blue Rapids
Horton
Western
Kas
Assaria
McPherson
Lindsborg
Smoky Hill
Mentor
Auto race tragedy at Queens Memorial Day meet
Two spectators died and a driver plus two others were injured at a Memorial Day automobile race at the Metropolitan fair grounds in Middle Village Queens. One victim was Damascus McKenna 48 of Flushing New York. the second victim was not identified.
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Associated Press
New York
Metropolitan Fair Grounds
Middle Village
Queens
Damascus McKenna
Flushing, N. Y
Paris May 31 Wills Reaches French Tennis Semi finals
Helen Wills of the United States defeats France's Mme Lafaurie 6-4 6-1 to advance to the semi finals of the French tennis championship held in Paris. The match showcases Wills' dominant form as she moves closer to the tournament title.
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Helen Wills
Paris
Mme
Helen Lafaurie
France
Weather Summary for Kansas and Nearby Cities
Showers probable tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Local 3 pm temperature 69, low last night 62, year ago 90. Rainfall to 7 am 12 inches at St Benedicts. today to 4 pm about 1.5. Salina rain all night. Coffeyville partly cloudy. Emporia cloudy. Pittsboro muddy. Ottawa clear but muddy. Wichita raining. Topeka cloudy.
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Kanas
Missouri
St. Benedict's College
Salina
Coffeyville
Fmporia
Pittsboro
Ottawa
Wichita
Topeka
Commencement Tonight Atchison High Honors Class of 1929
Public invited to Memorial Hall for Atchison high school 49th commencement. Ninety three graduates will receive diplomas as Dr Raymond A Schwegler of the University of Kansas delivers the principal address. Processional class song oak leaf chain and orchestral selections accompany the ceremony with tickets issued to families for 500 reserved seats.
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Atchison High School
At & O'Clock
Memorial Hall
Atchison High
Kansas
Raymond A. Schwegler
School of Education
University of Kansas
Schwegler
Mary K. Sheldon
Jean Eden
Early W. Poindexter
Thomas B. Portwood
Charles O. Wright
Frank E. Harch
Board of Education
M. Owen Kellison
All Atchison
Heat and drownings mark deadly memorial day in the East
AP reports a heat wave across the northeast and into Ontario with temperatures from 83 in New York to 110 at Corinth New York. More than a score of deaths occurred from heat and drownings as thousands sought relief at beaches and highways were crowded leading to deaths and injuries from accidents.
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New York
New York City
Boston
New England
Corinth
Glen Falls
N. Y
New York State
New Jersey
Meadville
Pittsburgh
Ontario
Canada
Toronto
Death by own action rate rises in US survey
A Prudential Insurance statistician reports rising suicide rates in the United States. The 1928 rate stood at 17.5 per 100000, the peak since 1916, with a trend toward higher rates expected, though 1908 was higher at 21.5.
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New York
United States
Frederick L. Hoffman
Prudential Insurance Co
Weather outlook dull for Rome or Paris flight plan
By The Associated Press Old Orchard Maine May 31 A take off on the Green Flash for Rome or the Yellow Bird for Paris earlier than Sunday seemed improbable today in the face of weather reports from Dr James H Kimball meteorologist of the New York weather bureau He forecast increasingly poor conditions over the north Atlantic.
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Associated Press
Old Orchard
Rome
Paris
James H. Kimball
New York Weather Bureau
North Atlantic
Miss Nina Andrews Wins 4H Health Contest
Nina Andrews of Curlew won first place in Atchison county 4H health contest earning a trip to Manhattan next Monday. The 17 year old daughter of L B Andrews Curlew merchant was deemed nearly perfect in health except for one defective tooth by the judges, marking her as the healthiest girl in the county.
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Nina Andrews
Curlew
Atchison County
Manhattan
L. B. Andrews
Miss Andrews
Laws Up To Parents Enforcement Campaign Not Needed
Mrs John O D Sherman of Denver told the General Federation of Women's Clubs that strict law observance campaigns would be unnecessary if American parents fulfilled their duties. She warned a home lacking reverence for life endangers the community and cited crime costs, urging parents to embrace moral obligations to children.
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Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
United States
Parenthood
John OD. Sherman
Denver
Colo
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sherman
National Crime Commission
Anxiety Over King's Illness at Windsor Castle
London reports a Windsor Castle bulletin says King George had a fair night with an abscess forming under an old chest scar now draining. The king remains in bed but can transact public business. anxiety rises as Lord Dawson returns from Europe to treat him.
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Associated Press
London
Windsor Castle
George
Lord Dawson of
Penn
King George
Croydon
Paris
Windsor
Frogmore
Westminster Abbey
Houston Flood Deluges Texans Capital Struck
Houston faces the full force of spring floods as Buffalo bayou and two other sluggish waterways surge through the city. Property losses mount and a water shortage looms. Water commissioner James H. B. Rouse warns of a serious condition while city engineers and police race to safeguard the water supply and issue bridge warnings as swiftly rising waters threaten central facilities.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Buffalo Bayou
Central Water Station
James H. B. Rouse
Death in Forest Fires in Saghalien Island
Japanese residents of Southern Saghalien fought fires believed to have killed 100 and burned over 1,000 houses. Communications were crippled with railways blocked and telegraph lines down as reports from Maokahama, near Esutori, said the village was wiped out with 100 dead and 1,000 houses burned.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Saghalien Island
Asahi Shimbun
Maokahama
Esutori
Slayer Dies in Chair at Nebraska Penitentiary
Lincoln Nebraska May 31 Henry Sherman youth slayer of three persons died in the electric chair at the Nebraska state penitentiary early today No eleventh hour efforts saved him none of his friends were there Sherman 22 killed Mr and Mrs Roger Pochon employers on a ranch near Burwell and murdered Mrs Eugenia Pochon Nellie Pochons mother violated 14 year old Nellie and beat a six month old baby He cited liquor and rebukes for his attentions to Nellie as motives
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Henry Sherman
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Sherman
Roger Pochon
Burwell
Eugenia Pochon
Health Resort at South Pole Foresees Colonization
British explorer Sir Douglas Mawson envisions future Antarctic colonization with health resorts at the pole. He plans a new expedition to chart coasts and study whale life, believing the polar region could host fishing and mining settlements before evolving into tourist health retreats. Mawson expects to sail with the Discovery in August after assembling a crew of seasoned scientists.
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South Pole
Antarctic
Associated Press
London
Sir Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas
Australia
Scott
America
Pole
South Polar
Davis
J. K. Davis
Capetown
Winner of Speed Classic To Net Small Fortune
Indianapolis May 31 Approx imately $40,000 in cash and several trophies will be given Ray Keech Philadelphia here tonight for having won the seventeenth annual 500 mile automobile race yesterday at the speedway. The presentation will be made at a banquet for the drivers who will divide there a purse of $40,000. Each of 33 pilots who started the long race will receive some money. The event saw the death of Bill Spence of Los Angeles from a fractured skull after his car overturned early. Louis Meyer finished second and will receive about $19,000. Jimmy Gleason was third with about $7,000. Others earning large shares include Carl Marchese, Speed Gardner, Fred Winnai, Louis Chiron, Billy Arnold, Cliff Bergere, Fred Frame, Deacon Litz, and Lou Moore. Keech also collected 1,000 points toward the 1929 driving championship and had previously set a world record speed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ray Keech
Philadelphia
Bill Spence
Los Angeles
Spence
Louis Meyer
High Gate
Calif
Jimmy Gleason
Carl Marchese
Milwaukee
Speed Gardner
Fred Winnai
Louis Chiron
Paris
France
Billy Arnold
Chicago
Cliff Bergere
Fred Frame
Deacon Litz
Dubois
Lou Moore
Keech
Peter de Paolo
Federal Land Bank Hikes Interest Rate
The Federal Land Bank of Wichita raises all farm loan rates to five and one half percent effective June 1. President John Fields announced the change in a district notice. The Wichita bank is the final among 12 banks to increase rates, ending a multi year five percent prevailing level.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Kas
Federal Land Bank of Wichita
John Fields
Wichita Bank
Federal Land Banks
Parachute jumper dies at Ackerly speedway race
Scranton observers recount tragedy as Edgar R. Enochs 232 leaps from a circling plane above the Ackerly speedway. His parachute fails to deploy, sending him to a 2700 foot fall outside the track enclosure, destroying ground on impact during a holiday crowd event.
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Associated Press
Scranton
Ackerly Speedway
Edgar R
Red
Enochs
Enoch
Segrave to retire from auto racing for motorboats
Berlin May 31 reports Major H. O. Segrave is done with auto racing and will focus on motorboat racing. He confirms Daytona Beach last winter marked his final car race, where he set a record of 231 miles per hour before competing in the international motorboat races on Templiner lake, Potsdam.
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Berlin
H. O. D. Segrave
Templiner Lake
Potedam
Segrave
Daytona Beach
Ninety Billion Realized Income Estimated for 1929
The nation earned a $90 billion realized income in 1929, per Cornell economist Morris A. Copeland via the National Bureau of Economic Research. He notes a three-eighths rise from 1921 to 1927, with $750 average per person in 1928. Growth occurred despite agricultural malaise and deflation, while employees saw steadier income than business profits.
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Washington
Morris A. Copeland
Cornell
National Bureau of Economic Research
Middle Atlantic
East North Central
Pacific States
Argument Over Mess Causes Court Martial for Col Enochs
Washington May 31 reports link the impending court martial of Colonel Berkeley Enochs former chief of staff second corps area to unofficial accounts of a Governors Island staff officers meeting. Ely alleged Enochs insubordination during a discussion of officers mess complaints and a heated exchange followed. The department recommends court martial due to rank and charges preferred by the corps area commander.
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Washington
Berkeley Enochs
Second Corps
Hanson E. Ely
Governors Island
Ely
Enochs
Parents Face Cruelty Charge In Kansas Case
Wichita Kansas May 31 After tying their two small children in a bed and leaving for a car ride Mr and Mrs E O Buetikofer were arrested on cruelty charges. They will be arraigned in juvenile court. Officers found Karl Buettkofer 23 months tied to the bed with loops around wrists and ankles and Richard eight months in a sack pinned to the bed. The couple returned home three hours later and were arrested.
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Wichita
Kas
E. O. Buetikofer
Karl Buettkofer
Richard
Tilden Wins Uphill Battle In French Quarterfinals
Paris May 31 Big Bill Tilden defeated Italy’s Baron H L De Morpurgo to reach the French championships semifinal after dropping the first two sets. The scores were 9 11 3 6 6 1 6 2 8 6 with Tilden using perfect pace and strategy to outlast his younger rival in a dramatic five setter.
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Paris
Bill Tilden
Baron H. L. de Morpurgo
Italy
Governor Reed Returns From Washington After Weekslong Absence
Topeka May 31 Governor Clyde M Reed returned from Washington after an absence of nearly two weeks and declined to comment on the grain freight rate case in which he appeared in oral argument before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Topeka
Clyde M. Reed
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Labor Party Routs Conservatives in Britain Vote
London May 31 The Baldwin government loses its majority as Labor gains surge in general elections. By 5 p m Labor totals 268 seats and combined Labor Liberal and allied groups exceed the 308 needed for a majority, with Conservatives at 227 and Liberals at 46. Lloyd George could hold the balance of power as Liberals back the coalition likelihood.
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Associated Press
London
Baldwin
England
Labor Party
Labor
House of Commons
Pat Ie Eee Gbas
Prohibition
Rathie
Sega Pendentis
David Lloyd George
Agreement On Farm Bill By Tomorrow
Washington May 31 The farm relief conference committee resumed negotiations hopeful of an early agreement on the debt debenture plan and all remaining differences between the senate and house farm bills. Senator McNary of Oregon said the committee would conclude its work no later than tomorrow while Representative Haugen of Iowa saw no need to prolong talks. Resumption of discussions was taken to mean that the senate conferees would recede from the debenture section and send the issue back to the senate for decision. None of the conference members would comment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Farm Relief Conference Committee
Senate
House
McNary
Oregon
Haugen
Iowa
North Carolina Man New Rotary Chief
Eugene Newsome of Durham North Carolina was named president of Rotary International for the coming year at the twentieth annual convention in Dallas. He won 1354 votes to 959 for Raymond Knopfel of New York City, with Knopfel moving to make Newsome's election unanimous.
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Dallas
Tex
Eugene Newsom
Durham
N. C
Rotary International
Newsome
Raymond Knoeppel
New York City
Knoeppel
Chicago Murder Spree Ends With Grocery Keeper Wounded
Ettore Quaterri, 54, grocer in Chicago, was shot four times last night and survived. He denied gang ties or motive and could not identify a shooter. Earlier, Dominick Costa was found beaten and shot after a gang fashion on 63rd street, and Thomas McElligott died in a downtown grill basement duel linked to rackets and violence.
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Chicago
Ettore Quaterri
Quaterri
Dominick Costa
63Rd Street
Thomas McElligott
McElligott
West of Mississippi urge big grain rate cuts before ICC
William P. Ellis, counsel for the Oregon Public Service Commission, asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 25 to 50 percent reduction in freight rates for grain and grain products. The proposal marks the largest cut requested by western states in this week’s Hoch Smith resolution inquiry into grain rates.
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Associated Press
Washington, DC
Interstate Commerce Commission
William P. Ellis
Oregon Public Service Commission
Mississippi
Interstate Commer Commission
Hoch-Smith
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Eastman Company
Briggs
Globe
Mr. Briggs
Atchison
St. Paul
The
R. A. Schwegler
Dean Schwegler
East
King
Slayer
Lincoln, Neb
SPEED
Federal Land Bank
Tilden
Baron de Morpurgo
Reed
Lloyd George
North Carolina
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