American envoy Gibson urges peaceful disarmament plan
In Geneva Hugh Gibson, American ambassador to Belgium, outlined a fresh approach to disarmament arguing nations must be friends and settle disputes by peaceful means. He proposed considering factors beyond displacement tonnage to estimate equivalent naval values and urged interwar powers to value substantial results over method. Lord Cushendun signaled agreement with general principles while awaiting translations.
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Geneva
Hugh
Gibson
Belgium
Hoover
Neneva
United States
Great Britain
Lord Cushendun
Hugh Gibson
Peare
Svill
Kansas Baby Chick and Egg Show Held in Manhattan
The fourth annual Kansas Baby Chick and Egg Show will be in Manhattan on April 26 and 27 with entries from towns and California. White of Segiour Packing Co in Lawrence plans to exhibit in commercial class, noting wide state interest and educational benefits for producers and consumers.
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Kansas
White
Segiour
Jn. Lawrence
Avith
Wivers. A .v
Seymour
YACYGNE BANK SAYS CLOSED BY BOARD
The Yacygne Bank announces it is closed by board action due to bad assets. Deportation of capital leaves the institution with loans totaling 183 dollars and other liabilities, against a stated asset base of 37,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ts Deporta
Bad Storms Hit Japan Island Decks Destroy Homes
Deadly storms sweep Japanese islands killing more than 20 people and injuring many while destroying over 400 houses and damaging around 3,000. The Akagi crew members are missing and several destroyers report crew losses off the Korean coast as property losses rise to several million yen.
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Tokyo
Naval Office
Akagi
Hoover on the Law Enforcement Address at AP luncheon
President Hoover urges strict enforcement only for misdeeds and calls for public respect for all laws. He laments overlenient mercy, notes rising crime, and says obedience to law is foundation of freedom while officials must enforce and citizens must obey. He warns of a subsidence of law foundations and the need to restore collective conscience. AMPHERSON COUNTY WELL
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hoover
Associated Press
Ican
Ampherson County
Oil Wildcat Test Near McPherson Oklahoma?
Oil shows over top of a 300 foot open hole in No. 1 Voshel wildcat test in northwest McPherson area. Producing formation believed to be viola lime encountered at 18 500 feet after cave in at 3240 feet. Gas found at 2980 feet during April 11 operations underreaming started yesterday and expected to take a week.
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Wichita
Kans
Voshel
Wildcat
McPherson
Final Showdown Delayed At Reparations Conference
Paris April 22 AP The final showdown of the reparations conference again delayed as experts met at the George V hotel then adjourned to 11 am tomorrow. Schacht Voëgler arrived from Berlin delaying opening while memorial service for Lord Revelstoke proceeded. The death of the conference looms with possible death certificate wording and a push to frame a new reparations framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
George V
Lord Revelstoke
Hjahnar Schacht
Schacht
Albert Voégler
Berlin
Kansas Relays Date Fixed By Track Needs Amid Rain
The University of Kansas athletic department explains the Kansas Relays were scheduled at the latest date possible to secure an entry list from leading colleges. Rainy weather prompted questions about delaying, but choosing a later date would clash with Drake and Penn Relays and other meets, reducing athlete turnout.
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Kansas
Tain
Weather News Forecast From April Tornado Events
John C. Evans reports unsettled weather ahead for three weeks with two disturbances near April 23 and May 10. Previous record warm winds caused disastrous tornadoes across Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Canada in early April, now moving south with more expected. One storm crossed Lawrence around midnight April 6, known to few citizens at the time.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Canada
Lawrence
John C. Evans
Deaths and Funerals and Local Notices
William F Siler attended the funeral of his uncle William I Siler former Willow Springs resident aged over 85. He leaves a wife three sons and two daughters. Arnold Weidemann jailed thirty days for carrying a black jack and window peeping. to stand trial in May for robbing the Lawrence poultry house last December. Outing by boat three men storm bound at Mora wetz cabin Lake View rescued without danger as cabin above flood level. Marriage licenses issued: Robert J Trout Lola and Luella Fern McKarnin Iola Howard Workman Topeka and Lethe Thorpson Topeka Cyril E Seager Atchison and Edith L Gerardy Doniphan.
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William F. Siler
H. Siler
Topeka
William I. Siler
Willow Springs
Mr.Siler
A. C. Siler
Ilinois Street
Arnold Weidemann
Lawrence
Carl Gracber
John
Albert Wynn
Morawetz
Lake View
Court House
Robert.James
Trout
Lola
Luella
McKarnin
Iola
Howard
Workman
Lethe Thorpson
Cyril EL. Seager
Atchison
Edith L.gerardy
Doniphan
Allen in Budget Plan for KU Relays Budget
University of Kansas Physi cal Education Corporation discussed the coming year’s budget at a Friday meeting held at the University Club. The plan calls for a 37 000 payment on a 225 000 bond, amid losses from last year and weather related Gate declines. Dr. Forrest C. Allen presented the plan as officials reviewed freshman football scheduling and set May 15 for final action. Attendees included Chancellor E. H. Lindley and Dr. James Naismith, with several out of town board members present.
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University’ of Kansas Physical ‘Education’ Corporation
Uversity Club
Facgs
Kansas-Nebraska
Oklahoma
Forrest
C. Allen
E. H. Lindley
Karl Klooz
W.W. Davis
H. A.rice
W. R. Smith
James Naismith
Jing Hill
Stewart Lyman
Clarence Munns
Allen
From. Lawrence
William Miller
Tonexa
Ire Morris
Breidenthal
John Outland
Kansas City
Four robberies hit Law tenes last night
Police report four local businesses entered overnight with losses totaling about $750. The Roby Drug Store at 1929 Massachusetts Street suffered fountain pens and a few dollars in cash. Howard Lunch Room at 810 North Street lost cigars, chocolate bars, and chewing gum. Wiedeman filling station at Twenty-Third and Louisiana streets reported 28 gallons of oil stolen. Neal Cafe at 560 Locust Street saw around $42 in cash taken. A window at Swain Store on 407 North Second Street was broken but nothing stolen.
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Lawtenes
Roby Drug Store
Massachusetts
Neal Cafe
Locust Street
Stollen
Swain
North Second Street
Roby
Howard Lunch Room
Roy Meteller
Massachusetts Street
Kansas Rivers Subside After Eastern Kansas Floods
Eastern Kansas rivers receded this morning as skies cleared and officials began assessing flood damage from late last week. The Kaw at Topeka dropped to 16.4 feet, lower Solomon at Niles reported 22.3 feet, and damage in Shawnee County was estimated around 1100,000 with roads and bridges suffering about 6,000 in losses due to Soldier Creek overflow.
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Topeka
Kansas
Government Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Kaw
Upper Solomon
Lower Solomon
Niles
Marias Des Cygnes
Quenemo
Canute
Shawnee
Iris in Bloom Early and Local News Tells of Grady Return
Mrs Lizzie Sheldon notes a clear white bloom from California that lacks a bluish tint and will open soon alongside early blossoms of Pallida Dalmatica and a pink iris. Trud Grady, former Kansas track star and 1928 graduate, arrives from Chicago after a weekend visit and served as an official at the Kansas Relays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Sheldon
California
Lud Grady
Trud" Grady
University of Kansas
Lawrence Music Festival Week Opens With Montana Requiem Rehearsals
Miss Marie Montana arrives in Lawrence to rehearse for the Verdi Requiem with the Lawrence Choral Union directed by Dean Swarthout. The festival opens with a union service at the University Auditorium featuring 400 voices and the University Symphony.
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Marie Montana
Lawrence
New York City
Lawrence Choral Union
Dean D. M. Swarthout
The
Choral Union
Churches of Lawrence
Music
University
University Symphony Orchestra
Meribah, Moore
Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka
J. C. Mc Canles
Mabel Barnhart
Byron C. Donnmeyer
Verdi “Manzoni
Organ
University Orchestra
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Lorado Taft
Beatrice Belkin
Roxy
New ‘York City
Harry Farbman
Eureene Christy
Agnes “Husband
Haskell
N. S. Nelson
Massachusetts Street
Indian School
Haskell Auditorium
Rebels Await Battle Near Sonora Front in Mexico
Ten thousand federal soldiers under General Calles moved north from the southern Sonora boundary toward Masiaca and San Antonio as a rebel army of six to seven thousand entrenched there. Talamentes with 2500 federal cavalry held a potential clash line between the main federal force and the rebels. Federal planes bombed rebel positions at San Blas, causing little damage while rebel airmen dropped two bombs on the federal camp before departure.
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Mexico City
Pintarco
Calles
Sonora
Masiaca
San Antonio
Talamentes
Mastaca Abi San Antonio
Navojoa
Sinaloa
San Blag
Relays Weekend Guests and Local Notices
Wellington social mentions include Mr and Mrs Edward Hackney entertaining at Kilworth home after Relays. Mrs Herbert Thompson visits Leavenworth National Military Home. condition remains critical. Dr Robert Rood and son Robert stay with Ross Brodhead in recovery. Allen Smith from Kansas City joins Relays weekend with Mrs Hugh Blair and L M Emmet. Moody to Speak at State Legion Convention in Salina. dates September 2 to 4. J Wesley Blair of Atchison dies of heart disease. Dorothy C Nelson seeks divorce from Andrew R Nelson in Lawrence court after four years of marriage.
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Edward Hackney
Wellington
John L. Kilworth
Herbert Thompson
Thompson
National Military Home
Leavenworth
Robert Rood
Robert
Bartlesville
Oklo
Ross Brodhead
Allen ©. Smith
Kansas City
Hugh Blair
L. 4. Emmet
Atchison
J. Wesley Blair
Blair Milling Company
Atchison, Kan
To-Tal
Painting Blisters From Cold Stove Fire At Austrian Museum
In Vienna the Austrian National Museum suffered art losses valued over one million dollars as stoves placed in the auditorium to counter a cold wave blistered hundreds of paintings. Notable works include Titian’s Madonna of the Gypsies and Raphael’s Madonna in Greco. Custodian Doctor Ernest Bushbeck believes damage is reversible with restoration. Police report a separate note states a man tried to poison his wife.
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Viera
Austrian National Museum
Phael
Greer’s
Maxmillian
Peter Broughie
Ernest Bushbeck
Poison Plot Claimed In Newton Woman Case
William Brush, 26, allegedly signed a confession admitting he tried to poison his estranged wife and the McColgin couple by placing poison in flour and butter at the McColgin home. He warned the intended victims before any ingestion, was jailed on an $8,000 bond, and charged with attempted murder.
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Newton
Kans
Apj
William Brush
Ava McColgin
Brush
McClogin
Villa Eden social notes reflect area visits and school plans
Mrs Grace Crabb and Mrs W T A follenbeck visited Lawrence. Vera Torneden and Ruth Pettengill discussed teaching Pony Creek. Villa Eden school to be taught by Miss Mary Breese. Numerous calls among Torneden, Reetz, Brock, Cline, Dav enport and McCabrin families. Lyceum seniors performance praised. school term ends April 24 with supper.
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Grace Crabb
WT. A. Follenbeck
Lawrence
G. Seele
W. E. Brock
Ernest ‘Vyorneden
D. Cline
Vera
Ruth
Pettengill
Pony Creek
Ernest Torneden
Fred Torneden
Oklahoma City
Fred Reetz
Ln Lawrence
James Grady
Lansing
W. E. ‘Ettengit
Paul Torneden
Eliza Daniels
Ben Hurd
Frnest Tarneden
August
Terneden
Arnold
Louis Tarneden
August’ Torneden
William Torneden
Mern
Merlin Brook
John Wughey
T.' W. Martin
Hinwood
Robert Grege
Leonard Trapp
Emma
Eudora
W. E. Brook
Herman Torneden
Verda Cline
Ernest, Torneden
Toneka
John Hughey
Son Orville
Tonganoxie
Lizzie Torneden
Anna Torneden
Vera iCline
J. Seele
Lloyd Doug
Dan Cane
Chas. Davidson
Chas. Douglas and
Greenwood Valley Hosts Dinner for Visiting Relatives
Mr and Mrs Frank McClanahan entertained at dinner Sunday for Mr and Mrs J F McClanahan and son Lester and Miss Roberta McClanahan of Manhattan Miss Ralph Cree and son Billy of Topeka Matilde Palof Topeka and Virginia Scott of Kansas City Mo Mrs George Simmons and children Georgie Lois and Edna visited Greenwood Valley school Wednesday afternoon Mr and Mrs Gerald Hollaway ...
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Eugene
U. S
Ben Kelloge
Gracie
Filsie
Johnnie
Charles Wells
Garland Boose
Greenwood Valley
Sam
Mary
Clayton
Lancaster
Pah Lou Irene
Wynona
Gerald Helaway
Garrie Harris
Boose
Hazel Drier
Mary Holloway
Clarence Glenn
Wynona Mary Edna Lance
James Mongolden
Gerald Holloway
Lawrence
Irene Hogg
John
Slavens
Lecompton
Valley School
Letha
Mary Glenn
Lecompton High
May Watts
Carl Petterson
Ottawa
Helen Carlson
Topeka
Carlson
Cashman
McLvin
Frank McClanahian
J. F. McClanahan
Lester
Roberta
McClanahin
Manhattan
Ralph Cree
Billy
Matilde Palof
Virginia Scott
Kansas City
George Simmons
Georgie
Lois
Edna
Gerald Hollaway
Captains Creek Silver Wedding Anniversary Observed
Mr and Mrs Sam Neis celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with relatives gathering at their home. About sixty seven attended as pink and white decor, a large twenty five candle cake, and pink carnations set a festive tone.
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Sam Neis
Neil
Albert Neis
Oliver
Wellsville
Gus Koehler
Carl
Ben Neis
Ruth
Carl Neis
Felix
Gideon
Ruby
Robert
Floyd Broer
Kathleen
Fred Neis
Clarence
Veral
Willie
George Broer
James Wraybill
Arlene
Topeka
Otto Abels
Frank Neis
Anna Kotler
Harry Broer
Pete Neis
Joel Strobel
Zenna
Guenther
Willoughby Kochler
Irene
Edward
Victor
Mistele
Hany Hiss
Dan Neis
Aloriza Ambler
Mildred Louise
J. A. Reynolds
DeSoto
Evel Pierce
Lawrence
Reynolds
Weaver
Sam Ness
Ed Mistele
Eudora
Jim Hale
Fred Hale
Henry Caviness
Howard
Harry Ambler
George
Sam Nets
Fred Kochdy
Howard Miller
Albert Miller
Alonzo Ambler
Henry Silver
John White
Loren
Alc
Andrew
Olathe
Edwin Parker
Sadie Gordon
Blanch¢ Marschell
Mildred March
Chicago
Luther Klopfenstein
Lewis Seiwald
Clara
Community Visitation and Local Gatherings Noted
Sunday and weekend gatherings detail dinners and visits among local families including Hamner Dur ham White Childs Goodyer Ambler and Gordon households. Attendance spans Belleview Lawrence Gardner DeSoto Ottawa and Emporia with farm bureau activity and ongoing farm life updates.
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Britain
G. White
Yacygne Bank
Japan
Law
Physical Education’ Corporation
Larrest
Rob Drug Store
Moody
Legion
Salina
Kan
Dan' “Moody
Texas
Kansas American Legion
Rues
Dorothy
Nelson
District Court
Andrew ‘R. Nelson
Mery
Friends of
Red Cross Convention
Opgps
Washington
American Red Cross
Villa Eden
Captains Creek
Otto Hamner
John Durham
Edgar White
Bettie Childs
Raymond White
Frank Page
Mae Blaylock
Henry Price
David Jewett
Paul Woodard
Fred Whaley
Charles Goodyer
Belleview
Kenneth Bagby
John Pine
Will Gordon
Delbert
Harold Jeffery
Harold White
Loren White
Leone Andrew
Donald
Charles Moore
Alvin Haverty
Junior Keith
Henry Schlegel
Ed Westerhouse
George Ambler
Howard Caviness
Lewis and Rhiny Richtermeir
Prairie Center Farm Bureau
C. F. Broadhurst
M. F. Richardson
John Breckenridge
Farm Bureau
Glenn and
Robby
Earl Ott
Albert, Miller
William Seiwald
Earl White
Doan
Frances Wittman
Miami
Ava
Mys
Foster-Milburn Co
Mig Chem
Buffalo
Menorans
Rumsey Funeral Home
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