Armistice Day Parade Opens Atchison Activity Day
Hundreds braved a biting wind as Atchison held its Armistice day parade along Commercial street. Missouri Pacific Booster Club float won first prize of 5 dollars, followed by Red & White stores float for second and Murphy Major Sloan post float for third. Prizes also went to Robert Lutz for best decorated bicycle and Jack Wolters for best decorated Shetland pony.
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Atchison
Commercial Street
Missouri Pacific Women's Booster Club
American Legion
Missouri Pacific Transportation Co
Booster Club
Red & White Stores
Secery
Murphy-Major-Sloan Post
Colored American Legion
Flanders Field
Robert Lutz
Jack Wolters
Bill Burbank
E. A. Gilmore
Robert Bradley
The
Globe
James Weir
Armistice Day events highlight liberty and leaders
Kansas Congressman A B Guyer spoke at Memorial hall as Atchison observed Armistice Day with a two minute silence. He tied personal liberty to American constitutional values and cited Teutonic roots, urging leadership and spiritual aim for boys. Also recapped were community notices from jail, church events, and local dances.
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Guyer
Kansas City
Memorial Hall
Kansas
Missouri River
Atchison
John J. Ingalls
William Shakespeare
Ingalls
Europe
Met
Germany
United States
LaVerne Stucker
Pieming-Jackson-Seever Post
American Legion
B. H. Smith
Trinity Episcopal Church
Ralph Fletcher
L. W. Bixler
John Griffis
Sheffield Ingalls
Atchison County Red Cross
Robert Clark
Salvation Army
Congressman Guyer
Valerian Berger
St. Benedict's Church
Baptist Church
Floyd L. Carr
New York City
Carr
Northern Baptists’ Organization
Royal Ambassadors
Counttry
A. Lawrence Black
Topeka
Baptist Church Orchestra
Ferrer Allison
Roy Skager
A. W. Hunt
John Frazier
Walter Buster
J. Aubrey SanDeFur
W. W. G. Guild
Rudy Lorenz
Green
Legion Auxiliary Scores Success At Banquet
The Armistice eve banquet of American Legion Fileming Jackson Seever post No 6 at the Byram hotel drew 125 members and guests. Toastmaster LaVerne Stucker led a program with speeches by state and local leaders, a welcome by Miss Anna Hayes, and community singing. Prizes were awarded at bridge tables and flowers were sent to the sick post chaplain afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Fileming-Jackson- Seever
American Legion Auxiliiary
Byram Hotel
Joe Hilligoss
LaVerne Stucker
Benjamin H. Smith
Trinity Episcopal Church
Frank Sullivan
Lawrence
Will Alyea
Rock Creek
Kas
Claude Meyer
Wallace Brockett
R. G. Bosanko
Atchison Hospital
Edith Carter
Charles Houston
Frank Wertz
Joe Wendel
Clay Carter
Roy Kessler
Harry Itschner
John Clingan
Mike Spellman
Ray Fletcher
Ed Back
Clothes Stolen From National Cleaners In North Fifth Street
A thief entered through a rear window of the National Cleaners at 120 North Fifth Street last night and stole clothing valued at more than 350 dollars. The loot included men’s suits overcoats and women’s dresses from patrons of the company run by Charles Lentz and his son Frank. The break in was discovered when the shop opened this morning and police are pursuing clues and circulating descriptions. A similar robbery occurred in Hiawatha at a general dry goods store reported to police headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Dry Cleaners
North Fifth Street
Charles Lentz
Frank Lentz
Atchison Armistice Day Observance Concludes Features
Memorial hall hosts concluding features of Atchison's Armistice Day observance with local participation and ceremonial speakers marking the end of the event.
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Memorial Hall
Atchison
Berkson Slaying Ties To Jonesboro Arrests Questioned
In Jonesboro Arkansas investigators may link two men, S. O. Carter, 25, and Will Davis, 42, to the Meyer Berkson murder in Atchison. Raisch and Linville traced a tape purchase and a stolen Fort Smith car to the case while authorities confirm or deny connections as the investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Ark
Meyer Berkson
Atchison Pawnbroker
Willard Linville
Lloyd Raisch
Atchison
Raisch
Walters Drug Store
Mr. Berkson
Chief Linville
Berkson
Ft. Smith
al Schmidt
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Kansas
Armistice Day Echoes and Local Wordplay
A jumble of local items marked by Armistice day reflections, political quips, and social notices. Mentions Old Snort recalling battles, a Mid land hill event, a single ballot for Judge W A Jackson, and various light anecdotes about politicians, figures, and civic life.
Atchison County Returns Highlight Roosevelt Victory
Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Atchison County by 921 votes, with 5,625 for Roosevelt and 4,704 for Hoover. George McGill won the U S Senate race in the county by 320 over Ben S. Paulen, tally 4,035 to 3,715. W P Lambertson led over M R Howard by 1,835, 4,937 to 3,102. Alf Landon barely beat Harry Woodring in Atchison, 3,858 to 3,838. Dr John R Brinkley trailed with 2,511 and won scattered precincts. Local officials include Oscar P May and Rolly Freeland.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Atchison County
Hoover
Roosevelt
George McGill
Wichita
Ben S. Paulen
Independence
McGill
Paulen
W. P. Lambertson
M. R. Howard
Milwood
Lambertson
Howard
Alf M. Landon
Harry H. Woodring
Woodring
John R. Brinkley
Milford
Brinkley
Atchison
Oak Mills
Arlington
Prairie View
Sumner
Oscar P. May
Rolly Freeland
Effingham
May
Henry Arensberg
Arensberg
Freeland
George Delfelder
Delfelder
Struck by car and killed in Atchison on Eighth Street
John Schweingruber 75 died after being struck by motor car driven by B S Cummings Missouri Pacific engineer at Eighth and Commercial streets. He died from a fractured skull after arriving at Atchison hospital. Inquest planned. funeral set for 2 30 pm at Richards residence Mt Vernon cemetery. Survivors include widow Foster daughter and three half brothers.
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John Schweingruber
B. S. Cummings
Missouri Pacific
Eighth
Commercial Streets
Schweingruber
Atchison Hospital
Cummings
Commercial Street
Globe Office
William Stanton, Jr
Atchison
Datto
Ark
Marshall County
Simpson Building
Masonic Temple
Harriett Schweingruber
H. M. Richards
Jim
Lee
Holliway Schweingruber
J. A. SanDeFur
The
Baptist Church
Richards
North Eighth Street
Mt. Vernon
Stanton & Stanton
Charles Brading
Werner Levin
Warren Underwood
Walter Hoy
Tom Brading
John Nevins
Driver Held After Death Of Girl 15
Norma Young a 15 year old high school girl was fatally injured Thursday while walking on a highway in Elwood. She died shortly after at St Joseph hospital from internal injuries. Carl Chandler 52 of Shubert Neb is held in Troy jail on reckless driving charges with a $1000 bond. He was driving west when Police say he struck the girl’s party and fled. The report also details local 4-H club officers, a buggy accident injuring Mr and Mrs Wallace, and various community notes.
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City
Joe Seibel
Irving Boldridge
St. Margaret's Hospital
Kansas City
Dick Pucka
Lawrence
John Beattie
Tommy van Dyke
Atchison High School
Larry Mullins
Atchison
South Bend
Ind
Atchison and
Leavenworth
Norma Young
Elwood
Carl Chandler
Shubert
Neb
Wathena
St. Joseph
Chandler
Troy
Miss Young
Henry Young
Robert Wollnick
Blair
Cooperative 4-H Club
Jean
Marian
Marie Case
Frank Case
Melford Hendrickson
Dorothy Hendrickson
Esther Schletzbaum
James R. Nielsen
William Crume
Barber
Fifteenth
Main
Wallace
St. Benedict’s College
Hastings
Elks Club
Benedictine
Jack Lawrence
Frank Aldrich
Eugene Sullivan
Young Matrons Missionary Society of
la Verne Stucker
M. O. Kellison
Frank Leslie
Arthur Eymann
Sam Connor
Andy Clark Wins Atchison County Clerk Race By 64 Votes
Democrat Andy Clark defeated incumbent J R Gilman in Atchison County by 64 votes as ballots from the last precinct put Clark at 4 944 to 4 880. The tally followed a tight contest that kept the outcome in doubt until counting finished.
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Atchison County
Andy Clark
Clark Bros
J. R. Gilman
Clark
Gilman
Kansas
Frank P Wertz
W. H. Coleman
Wertz
Coleman
Maurice P. O'Keefe
Steadman Ball
Joe C. Seibel
Leo van Dyke
Seibel
van Dyke
E. T. Meyer
Elizabeth Reed
Effingham
Meyer
Miss Reed
Ray Fletcher
Dan Crawford
Fletcher
Crawford
A. C. Shultz
Muscolah
John Q. A. Miller
Muscotah
Shultz
Miller
J. S. Clingan
Pete Cawley
Clingan
Cawley
Cingan
Clay Carter
Mar Hal
Carl Neumann
Carter
Neumann
Atchison City
Charles T. Gundy
W. A. Jackson
Gladys M. Winter
Ben Andrews
William Stanton
Election Roosevelt is elected President and calls for unity
The newspaper lauds Franklin D Roosevelt as elected President and urges national cooperation beyond partisanship. It defends Hoover, notes discouragement of hard times, and hopes Roosevelt will share plans before inauguration while praising the peaceful transfer of power. The piece ends with a hopeful sign that Americans chose ballots over violence.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Roosevelt
President Hoover
Also Mentioned on This Page
Legion
Hall
Charles Ferguson
Mrs. Ferguson
Atchison Music Club
M. Voelker
Floyd Spaun
Helen Fink
J. G. Syphers
C. O. Wright
Genevieve Johnson
G. A. Davis
W. B. Winzenreid
Mary Ae Jay Adams
Kent Gaylord
R. K. Pooley
C. H. Howes
Pooley
St. Paul's Church
John Frommer
Kearney Street
Ed O'Neil
Herman Latenser
Frank Streeter
Jim O’'Neill
Will Nase
Legion Auxiliary
W. C. Linville
Old Snort
Midland Hill
Max Krueger
Max
William McAdoo
Mrs. Herbert Hoover
Rudie Johnson
B. D. Zimmerman
Fred Condit
Virginia
Horton Shops
Landon
P. K. Symns
Perm Kent
Joe Haegelin
W. E. Bradley
William J. Luff
Falls City
St. Benedict’s
Ed Zelfer
Frank Holton
Sparks
Holton
Doniphan
G. T. Bolman
Inlaw
Fred Bolman
Shannon Hill Community Club
Frank Bracke
Main Streets
Ed O’neil
Henry Diegel
Lincoln
Mrs
Mark Waggener
Marjorie
Bill
Mr. Waggener
W. P. Waggener
Charles O'Connor
Charles Hatton
Frank Ricketts
St. Benedict's
Vivian Heinz
Vivian Elizabeth
Nortonville
Walter Atzenweiler
Manhattan
St. Joe
Atzenweiler
August Mangelsdorf
Jim Mullins
Martha Ingalls
Nancy Lou Pasley
J. C. Pasley
A. E. Dunham
New Mexico
Dunhams
Ernest
Red) Ryan
Cleveland
Herbert W. Walker
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Exchange National Bank
Great Federal Reserve
Jack Collins
Miami
Fla
E. W. Howe
Sone Mennies
Raymond Yaple
Norman Yaple
Howe
Pullman
Dick Gilman
Wertz and
O'Keefe
Kansas City Times
Ed Howe
Little Ed
Campbell Press
Lola
State Journal
Oklahoma City
William P. Sayre, Jr
Ira Gould
Santa Fe Street
Pauline Mouldern
Charlotte Cole
Gilbert Garret
Unionville
J. D. Bramhall
Denver
Colo
E. R. Palmer
Bramhall
Garrett
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