Kansas City Raid Ends in Slaying and Seizure
Police and postal inspectors raided a so called safe blower’s nest in Kansas City. One suspect died during the escape attempt, another, Frank Peliser, 37, was arrested. Officers recovered $100000 in liberty bonds and money orders along with guns ammunition nitroglycerin and loot tied to Stillwell Frederick and Central City robberies. Two gang members were arrested at Topeka providing information.
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Kansas City
John Williams
Sioux City
Frank Peliser
Stillwell
Kans
Frederick
Central City
Colo
Peliser
Topeka
Kas
Equipment Gift Expands Sioux Falls College Facilities
Sioux Falls college receives equipment from Parker college and Minnesota Baptist convention boosting its library and labs. The 2800 books and science apparatus will enable new classrooms in Meredith hall and bring Minnesota students and funding, with Miss Emma Lou Thesart named librarian.
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Sioux Falls
Parker~ College
Winnebago
Minn
Minnesota Baptist Convention
Sioux Falls College
C. R. Sattgast
Meredith Hall
Lattgast
Minnesota Convention
Parker College
Minnesota
Sioux
Parker College Board
Parker College Board of Trustees
Hey
John L. Barton
South Dakota Baptist Convention
J. S. Machin
North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges
Carleton College
Northfield
Sattgast
Emma Lou Thegart
Grove City
Lone Falls College
Miss Thesart
Grove City College
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
University of Ilinois
Bryan Memorial University Opens in Dayton Tennessee
The Pi Fundamentalism memorial to William Jennings Bryan opens its first classes in Dayton with Dr. George E. Guille of Athens leading the school. Classes meet in the old Rhea County High School until the $400000 administration building is finished, marking Dayton’s long effort since Bryan’s death and Scopes’ Dayton trial conviction. The campaign has drawn contributions from about 10,000 donors, nearing one million dollars.
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Bryan Memorial University
Dayton, Tenn
Pi—Fundamentalism
William Jennings Bryan
Dayton
George E. Guille
Athens
Tenn
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Temorary Quarters
Scopestral
Bryan
University
Rhea County High School
John T. Scopes
Scopes
Tennessee
France Maintains Optimism Amid Unemployment Watch
France clauses its status of no unemployment despite global depression. Finance minister Raynaud claims France is better off than neighbors while auto plants report output drops. Tar dieu urges avoidance of grumbling as strikes challenge new social insurance costs and tourism falters. France holds about 1.6 billion dollars in gold, a world high per capita.
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Paul Raynaud
France
Andre “Tardieu
Adress
United States
Campus expands to four year coed university with athletics
A campus on an acre site will admit only freshman classes this fall and plans to add more courses gradually until it becomes a four year institution. The school will be co-educational and field inter collegiate athletic teams.
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St-acre
Commission Faces Tough Tariff Evaluation Task
The United States Tariff Commission, to be led by Chairman Henry P. Fletcher, must determine how last three years’ imports would fare under new ad valorem rates and whether domestic valuation could yield equivalent revenue. The project, delayed by years of debate, demands hundreds of thousands of item analyses and a reassessment of foreign versus domestic value.
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Frank L Weller
Associated Press
Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
United States Tariff Commission
Commission
Regent
Congress
Senate
Radio KDKA Ten Year Anniversary Plan Program
Pittsburgh reports 1930 marks KDKA's tenth anniversary since election night 1920, credited for turning the dream of broadcasting into reality. The piece notes H. B. Davis of Westinghouse as father of broadcasting and outlines an anniversary program featuring pioneer artists and historical figures, with Conrad and BXX call letters cited for early experimental transmissions.
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Radio
KDKA
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Harding- Cox
Fittsburgh
Pioneer
KDEA
H. B. Davis
Westinghouse Company
bin Company
East
Pittsburgh Works
Frank Conrad
Conrad
Davis
First Broadcast of KDKA Marks Radio Milestone in 1920s
The article recalls the 1920 election night broadcast from Conrad station linking a Pittsburgh radio rig to a nearby room housing a small transmitter. One man copied returns by telephone while another announced them on a microphone. Home base was Mr. Conrad standing by with the transmitter. The initial audience deemed the broadcast a success. KDKA then expanded, launching WBZ in Springfield in 1921, WJZ in Newark in 1921, and NEWY in Chicago in 1922, and plans a 200 kilowatt transmitter to dominate the field while surpassing the original setup’s size and impact.
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Missions Guade
Conrad
Pittsburgh
KDKA
WBZ
Springfield
Mass
WJZ
Newark
N. J
NEYW
Chicago
Lake Scotland Declared Protected Area by Game Commission
Lake Scotland was made a protected area by the state game commission after a special hearing in Scotland. The move followed a petition by local sportsmen and citizens seeking closure to hunters due to nearby town proximity and its frequent use for picnics.
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Lake Scotland
Yankton
State Game Commission
Scotland
MELLO GLO Face Powder Promises Lasting Smoothness
A 1920s style advertisement touts MELLO GLO Face Powder as a pure powder with tested color that avoids a pasty or flaky look. It claims a lasting application, a youthful bloom, and a new reach process for unparalleled smoothness.
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Paris
Delegates Pack Northwestern Hotel Men’s Meet in Rapid City
Nearly 240 delegates gathered for the 28th annual Northwestern Hotel Men's association convention covering North and South Dakota Nebraska Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin. Registration opened with calls to order by Lester F. Daniels and an afternoon trip up Rapid Canyon. Officers to be elected at tomorrow’s business session. convention to close Wednesday night.
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Hotel Men’s
Rapid City
Northwestern Hotel Men's Association
North and
South Dakota
Neberaska
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Lester F. Daniels
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Rapid Canyon
Jones Deemed Meanest Man on Earth by Tit Bits
In a terse Tit-Bits gag, Jones is called the meanest man on earth for a witty deaf joke about not telling him serber. The quip plays on misheard words and social slapstick typical of era humor.
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Jones
Serber
Adlerika Sleep Relief Ad Claims Gas Remedies
An advertisement promises relief from nonstop gas and stomach discomfort. It claims Adlerika acts on both upper and lower bowels to remove old poisons, noting improved sleep and wellbeing after use. The copy cites Longstaff Drug Co and provides a Saint Paul Minnesota address for orders.
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Yas
Esc
Longstaff Drug Co
Adlerika
St ‘Paul
Minn
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Stockholm
The
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Legislative ‘Body
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Valvoline
Pennsylvania Oil
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