Two National Conventions Draw Global Attention in Chicago
Chicago April 28 AP crowds will watch Republican and Democratic national conventions at the Chicago stadium. An enormous press and wire network will transmit 12,000,000 words of coverage, with 400 wires and instant dispatches. Radio broadcasts will reach most homes with glass booths for three stations and ample press seating. A key dispute remains over talking pictures platform placement to avoid obstructing views.
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Chicago
Chicago Stadium
Messenger
Nown
Ralph Willams
Republian National Committee
Talkies
Williams
Train Derailment Kills Two In South Bend Michigan-bound
An April derailment of the Grand Trunk Maple Leaf passenger train near South Bend, Indiana killed engineer James Groves and fireman Schinning from Battle Creek, Michigan. Two other people were injured when a baggage car plunged onto a house, while a second baggage car damaged nearby structures. the cause and full details remain under investigation.
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South Bend
Ind
James Groves
Schinning
Battle Creek
Mich
Maple Leaf
Grand Trunk Railroad
Montreal
Ghicazo
Marshall Bradburn
Marshall
Drs
Bradburn
Union Station
Victim Is a Wax Model in $17.50 Suit of Clothes
A Kansas City AP report describes a wax victim in a $17.50 suit after a kidnaping attempt. Officer Joseph Haller fired at the kidnapper, mortally injuring the suspect while the victim survived. Haller pursued the escapee but failed to catch him.
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Haller
No Unwritten Law No Unwritten Law says Smart tells Kiwanis crowd
Judge C A Smart longtime Kansas attorney spoke to the Kiwanis club outlining views on the unwritten law and third degree tactics. He argued there is no unwritten law and questioned the use of third degree tactics, urging statutes if used. He noted crime rising and criticized delays in the legal system due to legislative delays.
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C. A. Smart
Kansas
Kiwanis Club
Judge Smart
Smart
Rural School Children Put Their Books Away
Rural Douglas county pupils finish eight month schools with some makeup days this week while nine month Kaw Valley and India schools remain in session. County superintendent C J Lane expects about 159 rural students to graduate this year as exam results await. Nine month schools set to close early next month.
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Douglas County
Kaw Valley
India
C. J. Lane
Two Guilty of Auto Theft in Oklahoma Bank Robbery Plea
Frederick Oklahoma April 28 AP reports Frank Wilkerson 18 and Clyde Meadows 20 held in Tillman county jail after arrest at Rule Texas as suspects in the attempted robbery of the First State Bank at Indiana. They pleaded guilty in district justice court today to auto theft and robbery charges. They were bound over to district court for trial and will appear before District Judge Frank Mathews. They will then be turned over to Comanche authorities to face bank robbery charges.
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Frederick
Okla
Frank Wilkerson
Clyde
Meadows
Tillman County
Rule
Tex
First State Bank
Indiahoma
J. D
Henderson
District Court
Frank Mathews
The Misleading Lady at Dickinson Theater
Stuart Erwin plays a nut who fancies himself Napoleon while Claudette Colbert and Edmund Lowe star in a simple entertaining plot. Colbert feigns seduction to prove acting range, Lowe discovers the ruse via a phonograph, and a cabin escape turns into laughs with Napoleon joining in. A short On the Farm feature offers an excellent orchestra. Journal-World Market also touts thrift.
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Stuart Erwin
Napoleon
Claudette Colbert
Edmund Lowe
Miss Colbert
Lowe
Baldwin Rotarians elect new officers and garden club project grows
Baldwin City announces Leo Smith selected as president for the coming year with W H Garrett as vice president and Gibbon secretary and Hugh Hartley treasurer. The club reports about thirty members and plans furniture installation for the First Methodist church for the Baker University baccalaureate May address by President Fleming. The town funds near ten thousand dollars were secured via bond purchases. Baldwin beautification drives show trail of rocky gardens and foundation plantings as the city aims to be an attractive small town. Baldwin to host nearly 700 athletes for Baker University golf tennis and relay carnival this weekend.
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Baldwin City
Kan
Baldwin Rotarians
Leo Smith
G. M. Liston
W. H. Garrett
W. ©. Gibbon
Hugh P. Hartley
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Baker University
Wallace
B. Fleming
Civise
Baldwin
Baldwin Garden Club
Lawrence students win honorable mention in state contest
Three Emporia, Kansas, eighth grade students Rose Baldwin Mary Spray and Pauline Richards earned honorable mention for ranking among the top five percent of 1607 Class B entrants in the All-Kansas School contest held April 2. Dr H E Schrammer of Emporia Teachers College announced the fourth annual event covering spelling English reading arithmetic civics and history.
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Emporia
Kan
Lawrence
Rose Baldwin
Mary Spray
Pauline Richards
H. E. Schrammer
Emporial Teachers College
Emporia Teachers College
Kidnaped and Beaten Man Tells of Car Abduction
Sajina Kansas April 28 AP two robbers kidnapped Harry Warne a Minneapolis man after he closed his filling station they drove him around until 345 am tossed him from the car and injured his hand with pliers he was later found and brought to Salina doctors report a back wound and he said the bandits warned him not to return to Minneapolis.
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Sajina
Kan
Minneapolis
Niles
Harry Warne
Warne
Salina
Warren
Two Soldiers Die At Fort Riley From Cable Accident
At Fort Riley Kansas two cavalrymen First Sgt Charles Cross and Pvt Laverne D Mitchell were killed when a dangling cable from a moving airplane severed and swung into them during a machine gun exercise on a sleeve target. Cross left a widow and three children while Mitchell left a widow and an infant.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Charles Cross
Laverne D. Mitchell
Troop B
Second Cavalry
Janction City
Cross
Mitchell
$1,000 Funeral for Dog in Tiffin
Baby Ginter an 11 year old Pomeranian was buried in splendor for 1000 dollars. Owner Frank Callahan ordered numerous floral pieces for the gardens of his estate as a bronze casket and concrete vault were prepared. A granite monument will mark Baby Ginter’s resting place later.
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Tiffin
Baby Ginter
Frank Callahan
Social gatherings and school program noted in local items
Informal supper hosted by Miss Jeanette Wheeler and Miss Helena Waestaff in honor of Mrs. Waldo Bowman of Douglaston. Mrs. Harold Zuber hosted the Variety club dinner bridge. Virginia Hutson received a bridal gift and high score at the Colonial Tea Room. Evelyn Pearce had a birthday party with prizes for Frank Knotts and Pegsy Knotts. Socialist Study club to honor Clarence Senior. he will speak on Socialist Problems. Pinckney school held a health program for 400 pupils with 217 nine-point, 74 eight-point, 41 seven-point, 36 six-point pupils receiving button awards and tulip buds. program featured songs, drills, solos, and a health-themed play. The assembly hall was decorated with palms and spring flowers.
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K. U
Clarence Senior
Socialist
Natty
Wood Hotel
Senior
Univeristy of
Kansas
Club For Socialistic Study
Jeanette Wheeler
Helena Waestaff
Waldo . Bowman
Douglaston, L.T
Harold Zuber
Colonial Tea Room
Virginia Hutson
Socialist Study Club
University
Hotel Wood
Chicago
University of Kansas
Socialist Party
Pinckney School
W. C. McConnell
Electa Kindelsperger
Genevieve West
Star Spangled Banner
Mildred Stringham
Mary Lou Holloway
J. H. Holloway
Mabel Richardson
Helen Shaw
Janice Patchen
Curtis Dalton
Margery Dalton
Frances Young
Amy Jean Filmiston
B. C. Donmyer
Bobby Allphin
Final showing of The Rear Car at Orpheum tonight
The Elks Club mystery play The Rear Car returns for a last performance at the Orpheum theater this evening at 7 o clock. Tickets are fifty cents and may be bought at Round Corner drug store or from Elk members. Last night sold out early. early arrival advised to secure seats.
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Elk Club
Orpheum
The
Audienee
Lawrence
Round Corner
Elk's Club
Rural children view health week window displays
In Lawrence rural schoolchildren are engaged in windows displays for Child Health Week. O T C unit drills on campus drew attention with cadets briefly missing ranks. Readers note the light frost prediction was off and Kansas Players at Fraser Hall are nicknamed The Two Mickey Mouses. Peppy students move in and out of the library as musings drift through campus.
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O. TC
Kenwine
Kansas
Fraser Hall
Broadcast from KU coach to give swimming lesson tonight
An unusual radio broadcast over KFKU at 9 45 welock features Herbert G Aliphin KU swimming coach giving a swimming lesson to E R Elbel manager of intramural athletics. The mic will be in the Robinson gymnasium pool room. 25 cent day for Coronado Elect mec ees et Gamble Stores.
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KFKU
Welock
Herbert G. Aliphin
University of Kansas
E. R.elbel
Robinson Gymnasium
Coronado
Gamble
Muldoon adopts secretary as heir in unusual will decision
William Muldoon, 86, famed boxing czar and former wrestling champion, has adopted his secretary Margaret V. Farrell, 43, as his daughter and named her heir to his estate. Surrogate Slater signed the order approving the adoption by the state boxing commissioner. Muldoon, who never married, says Farrell has managed his affairs for years. He lives on the 20 acre Olympia farm near Purchase, New York, where he runs a health farm popular with prominent visitors.
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White Plains
N. Y
Aip
William Muldoon
George A. Slater
Margaret V. Farrell
Muldoon
Olympia
Purchase
Here
Secretive Senate stock inquiry panel to receive recom mendations
Washington reports the Senate stock market investigation steering committee continues to work in secret. Chairman Norbeck and counsel William A. Gray held a 90 minute session and plan another meeting within days. Norbeck did not comment on bankers summoned to explain credit extensions under liberalized credit laws.
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Washington
Senate
William A. Gray
Gray
Norbeck
Congress
Fear to Make Marriage Known Leads to Tragedy
Norman Oklahoma April 28 AP The tragedy centers on a 17 year old bride Nancy Jo Seay who died after an operation feared to be illegal. Frank Ler Oklahoma football star tells county attorney Lewis Morris the couple married February 2 in Wichita Falls Texas and kept it secret to avoid annulment. Lee explains social pressure and fear of family rejection led to secrecy before Nancy fell ill and died in Oklahoma City General Hospital after an operation by Dr Thacker who charged 75 dollars finally accepted 30 dollars.
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Norman
Okla
Frank Ler
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Lee
Lewis R. Morris
Oklahoma
Bonham
Texas
Wichita Falls
Nancy
Nancy Jon Seay
Thacker
Richard B
Oklahoma City General Hospital
Harry
Kansas City
Morris
Tee
Chicago Exchange Suspends Hog Futures Trading
The Chicago livestock exchange halted futures deliveries of hogs until there is demand for the market. President Charles A. Wilson stated the futures market was created for hedging hogs, but current prices prevent hedging as hogs sell at a loss. Trading in hog futures began March 1, 1930.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Charles A. Wilson
Wilson
Miss Hazel Rice Honored In Emporia Music Contest
Lawrence high contestant Miss Hazel Rice won an excellent rating at the Emporia music contest where 44 piano contestants competed and seven placed. Fellow contestants included Bob Baldridge on trombone and Jean Russell in girls' medium voice. They attended the contest on Monday.
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Hazel Rice
Lawrence High
Emporia
Bob Baldridge
Jean Russell
Oklahoma College Group Protests Murray Action
Weatherford Oklahoma April 28 students at Southwestern State Teachers College protest the removal of president E E Brown by the state board of education. A mass meeting outlined action while Miss Rowena Weiseman head of the commercial department resigns in protest effective at year’s end. The ouster followed Governor Murray charging faculty were active against his firebelle program defeated in an initiated election last December 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford
Okla
Southwestern State Teachers College
E. E. Brown
State Board of Education
Brown
Rowena Weisman
William H .Murray
Gladys Swarthout and Frank Chapman Wed in Tenafly
Miss Gladys Swarthout contralto of the Metropolitan Opera and cousin of Dean Swarthout of Kansas University married Frank M. Chapman Jr., concert baritone, in Tenafly New Jersey this week. The ceremony followed her 12 year old public singing start and operatic debut with the Chicago Opera company. Her home was Deepwater Missouri.
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Gladys Swarthout
Metropolitan Opera Company
Dean D. M. Swarthout
University of Kansas Fine Arts School
Frank M. Chapman
New York City
Tenafly
N. J
Chicago Opera Company
Kansas City
Deepwater
School musicale by Lawrence junior high students
Lawrence junior high eighth grade assembly featured a musicale in the study hall. Frank Gartler led as president with Miss Hazel E. Lynn as sponsor. Performers included Doris Twente and Bobby Allphin from Pinckney school, with piano solos and trumpet numbers in a varied program.
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Lawrence
Frank Gartler
Hazel E. Lynn
Doris Twente
Bobby Allphin
Pinckney School
Wii
Msor
Frank Gurde
Tiano Acolo
Heller Dorls Twente
Frazer Mone Sherwood
Eclo
Gauthier Eugene Barnard
Miss Lan
Brown Vlumgardner
de Yale
Young Democrats to Meet for County Organization
Douglas county Young Democrats set Monday evening meeting at the courthouse to complete a county wide organization. Frank McDonald is president and Justice Charles Springer secretary treasurer after a tentative meeting. All Douglas county Democrats under 40 invited. KU students domiciled in Lawrence also eligible.
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Douglas County
Mondday Evemnir
Frank McDonald
Charles Springer
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Like racketeers says Blaine on stock market
Senator Blaine of Wisconsin told the Senate Banking Committee that professional stock operators resemble racketeers and gangsters. He said their aim is to gauge cheat and defraud the public, noting the inquiry into the stock exchange is ongoing.
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Washington
Stock Exchange
Senate
Blaine
R. Wis
Senate Banking Committee
Bankhead Kept Seat as Senate Voids Challenge
In Washington on April 28 the Senate officially recognized Senator Bankhead of Alabama as the rightful holder of his seat after defeating a bid to void the 1920 election by 63 to 19 and 64 to 18 in later votes. Bethlehem Steel Declares Quarterly Dividend
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Washington
Senate
Bankhead
Alabama
Bethlehem Steel
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Topeka Rotary luncheon hosts honor students and local leaders
Topeka Club Chancellor E H Lindley spoke at a Topeka Rotary lunch. Honor students from Topeka schools attended as special guests. In Coffeyville Kansas Miss Pearl M Black, 36, a Lowell grade school instructor, died of influenza after twelve years in the city school system. Linwood High School presents Senior Play Safety First tonight. Verena Newton, 19, becomes Canada’s first woman golf professional at Muskoka club. Second tax lesson by Kansas State Chamber of Commerce set for Kanwaka church Saturday at 8 pm.
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Topeka
E. H. Lindley
Rotary Club
Kansas
Coffeyville
Kan
Linwood
Linwood High School
Sheldon Parmer
Toronto
Verena Newton
Canada
Muskoka
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Beattie Collins
Kanwaka
Hodder to Speak at Mississippi Valley History Meeting
Prof. F H Hodder of Kansas University history department will attend the Mississippi Valley Historical Association annual meeting in Lincoln Nebraska tomorrow and Saturday. He will present two papers The Compromise of 1850 tomorrow and Modernizing American History at the Saturday morning session.
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F. H. Hodder
University of Kansas Department of History
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Lincoln
Neb
Hodder
Kaw Valley Social Roundup Lettered Guests and Local Meetups
Olathe residents Mrs Clara Hadl and her son joined Monday dinner guests as Mrs Louis Hadl and Miss Helen Hadl helped with cleaning. Mrs Carl Altenbernd attended a women’s union meeting in Topeka area, and Nydia Hughes joined the Triessle club. Lily Ziegler from Topeka visited, Emily Foster of Baldwin spent time with her sister, and a Wea ver over club gathering featured Mrs Mattie Kindred and guests. Weekend visitors included Hillis Braden and Billy Howard, who attended Lawrence track relays where Billy won pole vault. Kaw Valley Farm Bureau hosted a party at Conrad Altenbern’s home. Numerous families, school events, garden meetings, birthday celebrations, and Sunday dinners filled community life across Wea ver, Lawrence, and surrounding towns with many relatives listed experiencing extended visits.
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Clara Hadl
Olathe
Louis Hadl
Helen Hadl
Maurice Starr
Carl Altethernd
Women’s Union
Fred Reetz
Nydia Hughes
Eugene Corel
Lily Ziegler
Topeka
Helen Altenbernd
Emily Foster
Baldwin
Franklin. van, Petten
Eugene PicCabris
Ralph Davis
Mattie
Weaver
Charles R. Braden
Hilsis
Elsmore
Billy Howard
Bronson
Ray Ogden
Margaret
Hillis
Billy
Lawrence
Kaw Valley Farm Bureau
Conrad Altenbern
John Schuman
Toneka
John Ott
Doris Davis
Ruth Ness
Tena Altenbernd
Carl Altenbernd
Ray
Orden
Kaw Valley Garden Association
Presbyterian’ Church
Ole Schultz
Lakeview
Arthur Schultz
Kenneth
Raymond
Willie Chanay
Delbert
Chester Mitchell
Pearl
Gail- Mitchell
Virginia
Ruby Jean
Donald
Bert Mitchell
Charles
John
Arnold
J. A. ‘Turner
Frank Steele
Josephine Gilmore
Nydia_ Hughes
Partia Club
Martha Childs
Will Altenhernd
Carl Alten
Market slide drives wheat and corn prices in bleak session
Chicago April 28 A rapid rush of stop losses sent wheat and corn lower with wheat about 3 cents down and corn at the day’s lows. Government estimates forecast a 1922 Wheat crop of 455,900,000 bushels amid talk of higher domestic yields. Traders cited rain and selling by houses with traders links as adding to the downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tenem
Taylor
France
Loza
Wheat and grain markets show moisture and price shifts
Weather moisture improves spring crops in wheat districts while Argentina exports rise to 5.327 million bushels. Kansas City grain prices fall for wheat and corn as hog and grain downturns pull provisions lower. Livestock receipts and prices fluctuate with mixed beef and cattle demand in Chicago and Kansas City markets.
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Pehes
Drouth
Kansas City
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Gove
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Journal
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State Banking Department
Thayer
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Frank Knotts
Pegsy Knotts
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Jersey
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Mise Knotts
Merle Evans
Frank Sowden
Mr. Knotts
Gene Evans
Earl Torneden
Jack Pearce
William Evans
George Pearce
POUL
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William
Emporia Music Contest
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Crown Drug Company
Kansas Avenue
Oklahoma College
Murray Action
Frank Chapman
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Uunchangrod
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S.A
Atocker
Fender
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Idaho
Bliss
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Murat Hye Nurseries
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Copeland
Olson Bros
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