Plenary Session Sifts German Reparations Offer
Paris talks on German reparations stall after weeks of work. Germany refuses to exceed 1 37 annuities at 1 650 000 000 marks about 396 million dollars, signaling potential collapse. A Paris dispatch says Germany may quit the second Dawes committee as allied delegates prepare a report that a joint solution cannot be bound. Reversion to the Dawes plan could push annual payments well beyond Germany’s capacity.
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Paris
Havas
Germany
Dawes
Revelstoke
Berlin
Whispering Campaign Denied in DAR Presidential Race
Washington April 18 AP Charges of a whispering campaign against the candidate for president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution were raised by Mrs Julius Talmadge of Georgia and denied by outgoing head Mrs Alfred Brassedy. Talmadge said the campaign aimed to convince voting delegates she would reinstate Helen Taft Bailie of Boston whose expulsion followed blacklist charges. The Georgia woman issued a “certificate denial” of the rumors while Brassedy said no such campaign exists and all candidates are fine women. Result of the election contest between Talmadge and Mrs Lowell Hobart of Cincinnati was not yet decided. Max Klein, former Lawrence High School athletic coach, visited Lawrence. he has worked in the drift business at Greenleaf, Kansas.
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Washington
Daughters’ of the American Revolution
Julius ¥. Talmadge
Georgia
Alfred J. Brassedy
Brosseau
Talmadge
Lowell F. Hobart
Cincinnati
Weather forecast for Kansas unsettled with showers
Unsettled tonight and Friday with showers and local thunderstorms likely. Warmer in extreme southeast tonight, cooler Friday. Morning weather and roads cover Salina and nearby cities with cloudy to partly cloudy skies and rain reported last night. Temperatures at 1 am and 7 am recorded. rainfall totals up to limited amounts.
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Kansas
Salina
Arkansas
Toda
Alasreem
Imam
McDermott Named Circuit Judge as Kansas Succession Revived
Washington reports President Hoover sent 11 nominations for circuit and district judges, including George T. McDermott of Kansas for the tenth circuit. In Topeka renewed interest centers on McDermott’s replacement, with Richard J. Hopkins and W. F. Lilleston among contenders, amid prior cabinet and senate frictions.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
United States
Curtis B. Wilbur
California
Secretary of the Navy
Coolidge
Ninth Circuit
George T. McDermott
Orie L. Phillips
New Mexico
Tenth Circuit
Wilbur
Phillips
Topeka
Tenth Circuit Court
Federal District Court Bench
Presi
Bombs Drop on Rebel Stronghold in Nogales Sonora
AP dispatch reports seven bombs from a federal plane hit near rebel headquarters and a knoll near the city as an aged woman, Mrs Isabel de Vallesteros, dies of fright while fleeing toward Juarez. Uprising in western Coahuila and a skirmish at Pulpito Pass disrupted federal troop concentration for Sonora campaign. General Enriquez surrendered to General Almazan. Enriquez to be treated as POW. Calles reports rebel concentration at Navojoa and moves HQ to San Blas as troops prepare to engage rebels.
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Sonora
Mex
Isabel de Vallesteros
Juarez
Chihuahua
Mexico
Coahuila
Pulpito Pass
Eulogio Ortiz
Artiz
Francisco Enriquez
Jimenez
Juan.a. Almazan
Almazan
Enriquez
Mexico City
Navojoa
Chapultepec Castle
Calles
San Blas
Sinaloa
Baseball scores and battery changes across leagues
A garbled clippings rundown from the day listing National League and American League games. It records line scores and pitching pairings including Clarke Dudley Moss Deberry Smith Luque Dixon Haines and Smith, O’Farrell Willoughby Davis, Blake Gonzales, Ruffing Berry Pipgras Grabowski, Fitte Peters Ma Thompson, Lyons Autry Ogden Schanane, and others. Also notes late dismissals of cases.
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National League
Brockhe
Boston
Clarke
Dudley
Moss
Deberry
R. Smith
Col
Haines
Smith Luque
Dixon
New York
Philadelphia
Ubbell
Benton
Hogan
O'Farrell
Willoughby
Yenge
Davis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Nd Hemsley
Blake
Gonzales
American Lea
Detroit
Clevelan
Carroll, Barnes and Phillips
Miljas
Ruffing
Berryi Pipgras
Grabowski
Washington
Fitte and
Peters
Zanes Hadle Brow
Auel
St. Louis
Lyons and Autry
Ogidens
Schanane
American Association
Kansas City Judge Dismisses 120 Docketed Cases
Kansas City municipal court judge Carlin P. Smith dismissed all 120 cases on the docket for want of prosecution after assistant city prosecutor Neal J. Ross arrived late. The judge noted repeated tardiness hampered court efficiency and later remarked no docket would be dismissed until complaints were prepared and passed to the clerk.
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Kansas City
Neal J. Ross
City
Carlin P. Smith
North Side
Municipal Court
Smith
Ross
Pepe
Sudge Smith
Two Men Die In Kansas City Bootlegging Case
Police probe suggests two men about 30 were killed after being taken for a ride in a corn sugar bootlegging scheme. Bodies were found in distant locations near Kansas City, one on a lonely road west of town and the other along US Highway 40 near Concordia Missouri. Names tentatively linked include James Palmer and Philip Palmer or Hamel, with one victim not yet identified.
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Kansas City
James Palmer
James Lalmer
Philip Palmer
Philip Hamel
Rane
Concordia
Pha Es
Distract “Highway Commission
Lafayette County
Cops to Handle Relays Crowds Saturday Traffic Plans
Seven extra traffic officers will be brought in from Topeka and Kansas City to manage crowds for the Kan sas Relays and KU events. Two KU students and five KC officers will help, with stations at Sixth and Tennessee and Fifth and Ohio. Chief Will Johns urges Lawrence residents to leave cars at home to ease anticipated heavy traffic.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Will Johns
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Sixth
Tennessee
Fifth
Ohio
Kaw
Johns
Stadium
Lawrence High auto shop class completes repairs on own cars
Lawrence High School auto mechanics students completed repair jobs on cars owned by class members between the start of the school year and April 1. The work, valued at about 561 dollars and 38 cents if done outside school, was supervised by EB Logsdon, the instructor. In addition to repairs, students received technical instruction during one third of each class.
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Lawrence High School
Auto Mechanics
EB. J. Logsdon
Auto
Hays Files for Divorce in Sullivan Court
Will H. Hays known as Czar of the movies files for divorce from Helen Thomas Hays in Sullivan Indiana circuit court and seeks custody of their 14 year old son. The petition states they married in 190? and separated over temperate rat. they lived apart.
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Sullivan
Ind
Will H. Hays
House Debates on Farm Relief Bill
Washington April 18 AP After an hour and a half of discussion over procedure the house decided to devote the remainder of the week to general debate on the farm bill. The senate introduced a new agricultural aid measure and a dispute over export debentures and board size signals possible chafing with the president. Warms against PR
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Washington
House
Seventy-First Congress
Senate of
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Senate
J. Floover
Frat House False Alarm Triggers Police Warning
Police were called to the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at 1200 Louisiana Street for a false alarm. Chief Will Johns warned that prank calls could lead to harsher responses amid recent robberies in organized housing and may endanger students. COOLIDGE TO BE TRUSTEE
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Pi Kappa Alpha
Louisiana Street
Will Johns
Johns
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Coolidge accepts Nat Geographic board invitation
Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor announced that Calvin Coolidge has accepted an invitation to join the National Geographic Society board of trustees. A formal election is expected at a board meeting later this month following Coolidge’s letter dated April 18.
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Washington
Galvin Coolidge
National Geographic Society
Gilbert Grosvenor
Society
Sinclair Loss of Control Reported at Sinclair Consolidated Oil
New York April 18 AP The Herald Tribune says informed Wall Street circles report Harry F Sinclair under sentence for contempt of the US Senate has lost control of Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corp. A group including Blair & Co New York bankers Arthur W Cutten and the Fisher Brothers Detroit auto makers is said to be the new dominant interest. Arthur W Cutten declined comment on whether Blair Co and the Fisher Brothers had gained control as reported in New York.
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The
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Wall Stret
Harry F. Sinclair
United States Senate
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Blair A Company, Incorporated
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Arthur W. Cutten
Chicago
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Better Homes Exposition Planned At National Guard Armory
Final plans set by Mrs L H Menger as general chair for the BetterHomes Exposition to be held next week at the National Guard Armory. A Merchants bureau committee led by George Lowman will oversee exhibits from lumber firms and hardware houses including C E Friend Lumber J W Shaw Lumber and Green Bros. Educational displays from schools and organizations will also be present as part of a wider Better Homes observance from April 22.
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Tihureday
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George Lowman
Harold C. Constant
Roy Metzler
Lloyd Houston
C. L. Scott
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J. W. Shaw Lumber Co
Burner, Bowman, Matthews Lumber Co
Logan Moore Lumber Co
South Lawrence Lumber Co
F. W. Jaedicke
Hardware
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Achning’s Hardware
Lice & Storage Co
Peoples Utilities Kansas Ooen Kansas Electric Power Co
Metzler Furniture Co
New York Cleaners
Shimmons, Bros
Graeber Bros
No City Ordinance Against Being Drunk In Public Place
Lawrence attorneys found that current city ordinances do not criminalize public drunkenness while drinking at home remains punishable. A missing section in the 1927 revision, altered by the Kansas League of Municipalities, may be reenacted by the city commission soon. Until then, police court cases may proceed and double jeopardy does not bar retrial in justice courts.
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Lawrence Cits
City of
Karsas League of Municipalities
City -Comm Tuselon 3
City Commission
Altho
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Supreme Court
Nha
Boyd Return From Florida After Winter In Fort Lauderdale
Mr and Mrs J M Boyd return to Lawrence Tuesday after wintering in Fort Lauderdale Florida The drive home took four and a half days He said the last winter was the most enjoyable of seven spent there and there were more tourists this year than ever Before driving east again they plan a stay in the New England states Washington April 18 AP Chairman Margin of the tariff commission submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee a plan to reorganize commission procedure for handling flexible provisions of the 1922 act and to aid Congress in rate making Patents Analyzed valued Maffet Ady
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Concordia
Kan
David Delforge
Here
J. M. Boyd
Lawrence
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Washington
The
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Hose Ways and Means Committee
Commission
Congress
Haskell Institute launches farm project for Indian students
CG Blair unveils a unique college farm plan at Haskell Institute. Twenty eight boys receive forty acre plots to grow crops and share one fourth of the proceeds. Projects include corn wheat oats potatoes hogs poultry and dairy with students handling their own portions during summer.
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Haskell Institute
CG. M. Blair
Haskell
Blair
Carliste Indian School
Oklahoma
Walter Nevitt
Amos Tiger
Joe Condon
Charles Walker
Floyd Hill
William Stevens
Gordon Burnett
Cornelius Seymore
Rayi Walker
Henry ‘Roberts
George Hunter
Darrying
Francis Hawley
Tom Bell
Peter Stifarm
Earl Kensler
Robert Evans
Owen Tran
William Chamberlain
Leo Brockee
G. I. Winright
Charte
Charlie Chee
Liston Davis
Marvin Archdale
Albert Coaley
Eugene Anderson
Thomas Claymore
James DeRock- Hraine
Herman Gallegos
George L. Winrieht
Jimmie Burns To Do Blindfold Drive For Crowds Saturday
Jimmie Burns a noted stunt driver and dirt track racer will perform two two hour blindfold drives starting from the Journal World office at 10 o clock Saturday morning in a Nash car. A dog guided drive will use barked commands from his German police dog accompanying him on a coast to coast blindfold event. Burns will also appear in the big parade staged by the K U athletic department and his past endurance drives are recalled. The event aims to draw shoppers from the Lawrence trading area as stores stay open all day.
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Jimmie Burns
Burns
Jojurnal World Office
Nash
H. D. Hill Motor Company
Polite rejection method discussed at disarmament session
Geneva April 18 AP reports the preparatory commission faces a vote on principles behind the Soviet disarmament scheme. A rejection would favor limits over reductions, while accepting the three principles implies accepting mathematical reduction methods. Delegates fear angering the Russians.
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Geneva
Preparatory Commission On
Standards Better at Kiwanis Meeting by A F McClanahan
A. F. McClanahan of Merchants National Bank spoke at the Kiwanis weekly meeting on better business standards. He cited the Standard Oil action in Indiana and urged firms to purge shortcomings while pulling together. A joint Kiwanis Rotary meeting is set for May 2. Music week in Lawrence will begin in two weeks at University.
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A. F. McClanahan
Merchants National Bank Today
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Rotary Clubs
iPniversity
Waldemar Gelich
Lawrence
Occidental Track Star Injured In Practice
Occidental College star Fred Appleton suffered a broken collarbone during a baton practice for the Kansas Relays. Coach Joe Pipal said Appleton, a key quarter mile and relay runner, rolled onto his left shoulder and will miss at least one race, potentially impacting the team’s saturday efforts.
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Devidental College
Kansas
Appleton
Occidental
Prohibition Debates Light Oregon Legislature Actions
Springfield Oregon April 18 AP three angles of prohibition bills emerged in the state legislature. One concerns a killing in Audora involving Mrs Lillian DeKing and a sheriff during a city raid. Another seeks federal right to regulate non water beverages. A third aims to allow two percent malt tonics with federal permits. A resolution to form a special committee to probe the DeKing killing is favored by many drys. Dean J G Brandt addressed the Classical Club at Fraser Hall on political institutions.
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Springfield
DeKing
Audora
Lillian DeKing
House of Representatives
Southern Cross Flown Out After Two Weeks On Mud Flat
The Southern Cross landed at Derby Western Australia after over two weeks stranded on a mudflat near the Glenley river mouth. Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and three others aboard were the focus of a wide search during the ordeal.
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Southern Cross
Derby
Sydney
Western Australia
Glenley River
Charles Kingsford Smith
Thrills In Store For Relays Fans In Kansas Meet
The twenty sixth annual interscholastic meet and Kansas Relays open with teams arriving. Lorraine of Ys worth county and Funahon Academy from Tonolulu join Los Angeles college and University of New Mexico in a busy two day program. Ray Conger to race Fob Faulkner in a special mile. Traffic tips issued as over 2,000 athletes and fans prepare for the events, with parades, decathlon starts, and a relay game between K U and Haskell.
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Kansas Relays
Hera Teddy Na
Ko Uathletic
Lorraine Squad
Ysworth County
Quieidental ‘Collee
Los Angeles
Staten
Funahon Academy
Tonolulu
Herw Pily
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Ray Conger
America
Fob Faulkner
Okinhoma Agines
Lawrence
Wa State College
Babe Ruth Starts 1929 Season With Home Run in Debut
The new Mrs. Babe Ruth watched as Babe Ruth opened the 1929 season in New York by hitting a home run in his first at bat against Boston. With two outs and runners on base, his blast cleared the left field wall, a rare long shot for him.
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Babe Ruth
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