World War I era News Notes and Notices
A collection of notices and editorials discusses a range of topics including governmentニュース. It covers Associated Press usage rights, postal matters in Lawrence Kansas, reflections on grand juries and the written law versus unwritten justice, and correspondence from foreign places. It also notes former Senator Heflin's potential last speech, a political seating vote, and debates over an oil import duty and its impact on the oil industry.
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Associated Press
AUCAT
Bureau OF Circulations
A. Grand Jury
Tom Heflin
Bankhead
Kansas Democrats seek room reservations for May convention
Friday, April 29, 1932 Kansas Democrats write Lawrence for May 16 state convention room reservations as most hotels fill. Arrangements will place guests in private homes if needed, signaling a highly anticipated convention. Missouri University students bury past rivalries and seek peace amid a spate of disciplinary actions and a pending trial. Southwest Kansas wheat prospects sour, farmers switch to other crops after a market slump last year, reshaping farming plans for the year.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Missouri University
M. U
Southwest
Does Not Fit The Case Tax Limitation Amendment Debate
Attor ney General Boynton argued yesterday that revenue raising must accompany any adoption of the tax limitation amendment. He warned voters that in many areas a limited tax levy would fail to meet state and local needs, and asserted the amendment would be dangerous and ill suited to current and future conditions. He urged that taxes are already being reduced and that further reductions require careful study under the present constitution and laws.
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Boynton
Kansas
Unwritten Law Discussed In Honolulu Trial
Judge Smart notes a concept not recognized by courts yet widely referenced in trials. The article analyzes how juries infer rules beyond formal instruction, highlighting a recent Honolulu case as a contemporary example of the issue.
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Smart
Honolulu
Dr Morris returns from California and Sells Circus comes Monday
Old Home Town notes Dr Morris arriving from Caledonia Wisconsin. Sells Circus will perform Monday. Prof Dunlap to lecture at Sphinx club in Atchison tonight. Veteran Col Sam Walker at Second District Congressional Convention admired for staying to encourage youth. E W Lucas and family plan a move to Los Angeles for health. South Adams Street curb work urged to improve University entrance. Grand Concert at Chevalier Kontski performance on Massachusetts Street.
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Col. Walker
E. W. Lucas
Ohio Street
Los Angeles
Mr. Lucas
Adams Street
Tennessee Street
Brynwood
University
Birthday Surprise For Mrs Hatton At West Warren Home
On Friday afternoon April 26 a large gathering of ladies gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F Hatton 707 West Warren street to surprise Mrs Hatton on her birthday. Guests brought many beautiful presents including a postal card album with a card from each guest and her autograph. The event was described as elaborate and charming.
Birthday Social Honors Joe Eddy at Luncheon
A social gathering Friday honored Joe Eddy with many friends present. An elaborate luncheon at 11 o'clock followed, and Eddy received a handsome rocker as a gift. Miss Martha Sellards and Miss Stella Kirby, guests of Miss Bessie Raymond, departed for Scranton Kansas after traveling with Miss Raymond to Topeka.
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Orate
Joe. Eddy
Joe Eddy
Eddy
Martha Sellards
Stella Kirby
Bessie Raymond
Scranton
Kan
Topeka
Miss Raymond
Law Ultimatum Splits Engineering and Law Schools
Ten years ago a university rift erupted as engineering students hurled mud and stink bombs at law students. A convocation led to a resolution severing ties with the engineering school and boycotting the Engineer-Law debate. Also noted are local road detour changes, engagements, travel plans, births, and police force promotions.
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School of Engineering
Greenhall
W.L. Lundblade
Cook Creek Hill
Topeka-Lawrence
Kanwaka
E. F. Engel
Dorothea
Christopher Y.thomas
Des Moines
Iowa
Helen Rhoda Hoopes
Hoopes
Providence
Robert Learned
Learned
Georgia Hanson
Clyde Talley
David Beatty
Beatty
James Galbraith
Asa Laster
This Date in Kansas History Highlights Early Atchison Marshal
This entry notes the 1804 era Crall, an early Atchison marshal and later racehorse owner, dying in Atchison. It also reports delegate counts from the Republican state convention showing Major E. N. Morrill leading the governor race.
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Ese Crall
Atchison
Srace
Major E. N. Morrill
Dogs Run Loose Warn Neighbors in An Opinion Letter
A Letter to the Editor argues that dog problems in Lawrence are severe in overpopulated cities and criticizes night noise from locomotives. The writer proposes legislating dogs out of the city to avoid dog catchers and Humane Society involvement, suggesting neighbors would face fewer complaints if dogs disappeared.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Humane Society
Kansas News Briefs AP April 29 Emporia Chase Topeka
Emporia high school students won four superior ratings at the interscholastic music contests at Emporia Teachers College. John Link, a farmer, was found dead near his motor truck in Chase, with the wheel on his body, likely while cranking the engine. A merger of Cosmopolitan and Victory Life Insurance was approved, forming Victory Life with James A. Allen as president and about 30 million in coverage. Dr S. S. Estey, 70, former pastor of First Presbyterian, died of pneumonia after retiring in 193?
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Associated Press
Emporia
Stafford High School
Emporia Teachers College
Chase
John Link
Topeka
Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Company
Victory Life Insurance Company
James A. Allen
Chanute
Victory Life
8. S. Estey
First Presbyterian Church
To Have And To Hold Adventure in Jamestown ends with Captain Percy's peril
Captain Ralph Percy marries Jocelyn Leigh on shipboard arriving at Jamestown and fights along a perilous path across sea and forest. After steerage romance and a sea wreck, he navigates pirates, Indian ambushes, a jail stay, and a treacherous journey with Diccon to warn Jamestown of an attack. He endures hunger and wolves, recalls battles with Pocahontas and Nantauquas, and reaches Virginia with news of his survival and a gravely wounded, dying companion as settlers mourn a hero lost to the colony.
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Ralph Percy
Virginia Planter
Jamestown
Jocelyn Leigh
LordCarnal
Percy
Izland
Carnal
Nantauquas
Opechancanough
Percy Impe
Thele
Diccon
Diccan
Robin Tapster
Pocahontas
Dale
Argall
George Percy
Spain
Virginia
Yeardley
Frances Wyatt
Chapter XXXV Comes to the Governor's House
A narrator tends a dying companion by a stream after a night of pursuit and battle. He washes a fatal wound, recalls marching days and wild fights, and sits vigil as wolves close in, while the moon sinks and cold deepens. The dying man murmurs of past loyalties and prisons.
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Diccan
Diccon
Jesus
Christ
Virginia
William Host
Robin Tapster
Ypres
Courtrai
European wildlife sparks wild boar wish in Sundown tale
Mary Graham Bonner’s Sundown story follows John Peggy and Surprises as they study Europe’s animal map. They note mouflons in northern Spain and express a desire to see a wild boar, curious about the animal’s family name and nature.
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Mary Graham Bonner
John
Peggy
Europe
Spain
Surprises
The Magic Maker Meets Wild Boar in German Forest
Wes Me and the Magic Maker travel to Germany to visit a forest full of wild boar. A tusked, piglike group explains their name and appetites, inviting the children to stay and listen to their stories.
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Khowing
Germany
Wild Boar
Doctor G W Jones Returns To Downtown Office
Dr. G W Jones has recovered from illness and expects to be at his downtown office tomorrow after six weeks at home.
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G. W. Jones
Theft Reported of Model A Ford Tudor Sedan
Tom Drake of 1423 Ohio Street reported the theft of two Model A Ford Tudor sedans to police yesterday morning. The Journal-World Market notes solutions for thrift.
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Tom Drake
Ohio Street
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Ilanta
Walton
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General Motoraj
Emporia Gazette
Young Bill White
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Old Bill
New York City
Babylon
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House of God
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New Music
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Penny
J. B. Watkins
Foor
Henry
Publishers Syndicate
West
Clayborne
Piersey
Cape
Rolfe
Jack
Weranoke
Sundown “Stories
The
Journal-World Market Basket
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Lawrence National Bank
First National Bank
the First Savings Bank
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