Morgan Extends Lead in Kansas Governor Primary
From Topeka Aug 2 200 pm returns show W Y Morgan of Hutchinson widening his lead over W R Stubbs for the Republican nomination for governor by about 3157 votes. Lambertson McNeal and Knapp follow as results trickle in from 632 precincts statewide. A Topeka Journal projection predicts Morgan carrying the state by roughly 12000 votes based on early tallies with Porter Hopkins contesting the supreme court seat and Miley Seaman and Wooster leading in statewide races for public instruction and insurance respectively.
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Topeka
Kansas
W. Y. Morgan
Hutchinson
W. R. Stubbs
Letus
Knapp
Lambertson
McNeal
Morgan
Stubbs
Davis
Hunt
Martin
Supreme Court
Hopkins
Porter
Graham
Harvey
West
Clark
Drenning
Griffith
Topeka State Journal Today
Nonvneas
W. ¥. Morgat
D. C. McCray
Harrow
Tom D. Smith
Hiawatha
Charles B
Fort Scott
John Martin
Alma
Jess W. Miley
Girard
Bunker-Hobbs
Norton A. Turner
Russell
Ben S. Paulen
E. T
Tom) Thompson
Bellaire
B. P. Walker
Osborne
Prnter
Silas Porter
Judson S. West
Jonathan M. Davis
Afl
Stormer
Fred Knapp
Tom McNeal Eldse
R. J. Hopkins
Shawnee County
Shawnee
Justice West
Ashland
Frank, s[Pinet
State Tolachers Association
Jess Miley
Miss Wooster
Fred Seaman
Seaman
Charles
Charles Hobbs
Baldwin
Walter Raaker
Walter Herrick Cof Wellington
Emmett’ Georie
Council Grove
Herrick
Hobbs
Leigh Hout
Henderson Martin
Jonathan Davis
Newton
Kans
Harvey County
Newton City
Miley Mtt
Wooster
Cartwright
George
Baker Llg
Banks
S Athomney
Rooney
Smith
Wilson County
Tredonia
Pettigrew
Mowry
Miley
Hetrick
Baker
S Campbell
Sproul
Brooks
Kansas City to Host 500000 Speedway Dedication Event
The Kansas City area centers on a $500,000 speedway opening on September 16 with the first 100 mile international speed classic. Top drivers including Jimmy Murphy Ralph De Palma Tommy Milton Harry Hartz and Roscoe Sarles are expected to break records on a track built for 120 mph. The American Legion of Missouri and Kansas will join the event with distinguished guests such as Generals Pershing Crowder and Harbord and federal officials.
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Kansas City
Jimmy Murphy
Ralph de Palma
Tommy Milton
Harry Hartz
Roscoe Sarles
Evidine
American Legion of
Missouri
Kansas
Legion
Sollong
Pershing
Crowder
Harboard
Navy
War Departments
Admirsl Coontz
United States
El Dorado Forty and Eight Chapter Reaches 318th Start
The El Dorado chapter of the Forty and Eight is the 318th in the United States to be started. It aims to enroll 500 members before the big American Legion convention in New Orleans.
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el Dorado
The
Society of “Forty and Eight
United States
New Orleans
Prohibition Enforcers Dead as Laws Enforcement Grows
Prohibition Commissioner Maynes reports fatalities among officers since the twenty two federal enforcement law took effect. Texas leads with four deaths, followed by Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Oklahoma with two each in the latest tally.
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Prohibition
Maynes
Texas
Georgia
Alabama
Missouri Senate Primary Returns Show Reed Extending Lead
In Missouri 23,792 of 3,848 precincts reported Reed ahead of Long by 166 532 to 152 518 for the Democratic nomination. Sacks leads Brewster in the Republican race with 59 190 to 54 769 as Barrett, Proctor, McKinley and Parker trail. Reed’s total reached 157 769 to 123 937 for Long as early returns show Reed strengthening his position with country precincts still to report.
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St. Louis
Missouri
James A. Reed
Breckenridge Long
U. S
Long
William Sacks
R. RK. Brewster
Brewster
Barrett
Proctor
McKinley
Parker
J. A. Reed
Reed
Jange
Young
Kansas City
Jackson
Couple Arrested in Gem Robbery Probe
Arthur Woody and Evaline Woody were arrested today on a warrant tied to an entry at Ci W. Smith's home Monday night. Bloodhounds located leads at Mrs Woody’s East Lawrence home, tied to a $3,000 gem robbery investigation.
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Arthur
Pitcher
Evaline Woody
Ci W. Smith
Woody
Smith
East Lawrence
Sheriff’s
Rural School Bulletin 1923 First issued in Kansas
The Kant sag Rural School Bulletin for 1923, the first of its kind in Kansas, is being finished at the state printing plant and mailed to all school boards. It aims to boost rural school interest and provides guidance to teachers boards and county superintendents with advice on instruction discipline and planning. The report notes a shift toward practical study periods and individual pupil help and urges loyalty and community cooperation in maintaining good schools. Also mentions a stolen Ford coupe report and rising piracy leading Chinese ships to arm guards.
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Tonka
Kan
Kantsag Rural School Bulletin
Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster
Wooster
Miss Wooster
Stubbs Carries Home County In Governing Primary Edge
In the Douglas county nominating contest Stubbs led W Y Morgan by more than a hundred votes. Morgan was his strongest rival for the gubernatorial nomination with McNeal and Lambertson following. Hopkins surprised by winning supreme court support while Porter trailed. Local results also show E C Little carrying the congress vote by a narrow margin over Thomas Harley.
Theatre owner shot in attempted robbery at Liberty theater
David H. Harding, owner of the Liberty theater in Kansas City, was shot in the back during an attempted robbery. One bandit was captured after a police chase through Main Street as thousands of shoppers hunted the suspect. another fled.
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David M. Harding
Kansas City
David HH. Harding
Liberty Theater
Harding
Main Street
Two Van Buren Brothers Die in Riot Near Missouri Pacific Yards
Carl Spradley was killed and his brother Will Spradley seriously wounded as a crowd of over 100 men confronted a guarded building housing non union shop workers. Deputized marshals stood watch as more than 140 shots were fired in about twenty minutes.
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van Buren
Ark
Carl Spradley
Will Spradley
Missouri Pacific
United States
Prairie Oil Cuts Crude Price to 25 Cents a Barrel
Independence reports Prairie Oil and Gas company announces another price cut of 25 cents per barrel for crude oil to 25. The move cites continued overproduction and dwindling Prairie storage capacity. The cut reflects a 75 cent decrease from last month.
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Independence
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Tariff Bill Most Likely To Pass Senate Today
Washington August 2 Pass passage of the administration tariff bill seems certain as leaders on both sides announced separate agreements.
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Washington
Senate
Inventor Alexander Graham Bell Dies in Baddeck
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, died at his Baddeck home last night in Sydney Nova Scotia. The news records his death on August 2 with Bell noted as a pioneering scientist and innovator in communications.
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Sydney
Novia Scotia
Alexander Graham
Bell
Baddeck
Two Deaths In Congress Reported From Uniontown and Washington
In Uniontown on Aug 2 Padgett states Sealey and William B. Crowe died at his country home in the mountains this morning. In Washington on Aug 2 Representative Lemuel P. Padgett of Tennessee died early today at his home.
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Congress
Uniontown
Padgett
Sealey
William B. Crowe
Washington
Lemuel P. Padgett
Tennessee
Campbell Defeated in Primary In Third District Contests
Representative Philip Campbell chair of the house rules committee and long time Campbell ally lost the primary to Wo HH Sproul of Sedan by about 4,000 votes. Crawford County showed Campbell defeated in nearly every precinct while Sproul led statewide with majorities in multiple counties. Campbell carried Wilson and Cowley but lost Crawford Montgomery Chautauqua Elk and probably Labette.
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Tillshure
Kans
Philip Campbell
House
Congress
HH. Sproul
Sedan
N. Price
Campbell
Crawford
Sproul
Campbell iniChantart
Wilson
Cowley
Neosho
Cherokee
Montgomery
Chautauqua
Elk
Labette
Paving Work Diverts Traffic Near Mud Creek Bridge
Mud Creek bridge on the Fort to Fort highway is under paving today causing traffic to detour from Lawrence to Kansas City. Traffic will use a route north of the river via Ponganosie and Mut Creek bridge reopens about 9:20 Friday morning. Detour signs are in place and drivers are urged to slow down.
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Mud Creek Bridge
Fort To Fort
Lawrence
Tonganoxia
Kansas City
Herd’s Corner
North Lawrence
Six Corners
Ponganosie
Mut Creek
Marmot Whistler Radio Broadcast Proposed for Glacier Park
The National Park Service considers a 200 watt broadcast station near Glacier National Park to transmit a sololike marmot chorus. Aiming to reach coast to coast, the plan envisions a million marmots near the park producing a whistling, piccolo like sound.
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Washington
Associated Press
Rocky Mountain Marmot Singing Society
Ondinition Voices
National Park Service
Glacier National Park
Rockies
Montana
Canadian
Ameri
Niles
Coffeyville Man Survives 200 Volt Electric Shock
Coffeyville resident 45 year old Connelly, a structural steel worker at the Toca Sinclair Refinery, received 200 volts of electricity from high tension wires. He was rendered unconscious and near death before a doctor revived him. His hands and feet were badly burned and he was later taken home.
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Coffeyville
Will Connelly
Toca Sinclair
Connelly
Primary county ticket results shown in close races
After a tense Republican primary in Douglas County nearly half the registered voters participated. Totals for clerk district, treasurer, and other offices list candidates and vote counts including E C Russing, O L Idaacs, O J Kane, A Mitchell, and W D Johns among others.
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Dickut
Wilkird Morgan
Yarry Dick
UL Bussing
Awk
Huddleston
Dodds
Mes
Isa M. Wellman
T. Smith
Lane
Abbotts
Alk
Michell
Fudge
Menger
Will Johns
Carl Phillips
BR. Hasfard
Teket
Douglas County
Big Springs
F. M. Holliday
Willard Morgan
Robinson
E. C. Russing
Iiss
J. Kinzer
A. Frank Kerns
A. FE. Huddleston
SOUR
Reister
Desds
Isa FE
Wellsman
Churchil
Maud Smith
Court-Orly
L. Idaacs
DF. Smith
O. J. Kane
A. 2D. Mitchell
Mudge
L. He Meimreer
Will_ duhis
Carl. Chilfips
C. B. Hesford
Bartow
John W. Clark
Maples
Alcl Wilson
J. C. Drene Nine
CG. B. Gyuuth
John K. Martin
Howard Nooney
Tom D. Smith
Hall Clark
Ess
W. Miley
A. Seaman
Band concert program announced for Central Park
Walter Rigden, director of the Fraternal Aid Union band, announced a Central Park concert tomorrow evening featuring March A Fighting Chance Toe Waltz Three ociack in the Morning Robledo Overture Lustspiel Keler Bela Fox Trot Here Comes Dianah Belle of the Ball Perkins Hawaiian Patrol Kilauea Stewart Fantasia and songs of Stephen Foster Air by Theo Yobaui Fox Trot Romany Love Zam erisk Oriental Intermezzo Arabian Nights Marek the Propeller Gruenfelder.
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Walter Rigden
Fraternal Aid Union Band
Central Park
Robledo
Keler Bela
Dianah
Perkins
Stewart
Stephen Fyster
Air
Theo
Yobaui
King
Marek
the Propeller
Gruenfelder
Long Service Record Held by Kingsbury in Local Post Office
FO W. L Kingsbury began government service as a railway mail clerk in 1901. He started at the Lawrence post office in 1901 and has served there longest among local clerks, holding the record for longevity in the service.
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Kingsbury
New Hampshire Street
Lawrence
Mayor to Leave for Colorado Springs Tonight
The mayor plans a trip to Colorado Springs this evening as a planned retreat amid uncertain weather patterns. He intends to remain in the high country until conditions ease, despite a history of standing his ground during difficult seasons.
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George L. Kreeck
Colorado Springs
Strikers Back President Harding Plan Amid Labor Debate
The federated shop crafts vote to approve Harding's plan to end the rail strike, forming a committee to draft a reply subject to amendment by over 100 labor chiefs. Opposition surfaced over the text, and a 3:34 p.m. resume was planned. Hoover said no action expected today by rail executives.
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Chicago
Federated Shop Crafts Today
Harding
Sun
Toda Washingdon
Tresis
Hoover
Harning
San
York
Commerce
Topeka
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Sante Fe J
Legion cancels Lahde Nay program due to team milk lease issues
American Legion officials announced the Lahde Nay program is abandoned. Guy Pettit cited disharmony with other events and relations as a reason. Tom Delahunty, Hunter Bros. manager, said he aims to recover financially after the milk lease test failed.
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Lahde Nay Grageant
American Legion
Guy Pettit
Varmanizer
Beats Fiost
Tom Delahunty
Hunter Bros
Delauhunty
Commander Pettit
Telegram influences voters in Oklahoma blotter
A Washington telegram sent to the W C T U in Lawrence Kansas urged opposition to Little for his prohibition record. In Oklahoma City Eugene Kerr conceded Walton’s nomination while Wilson’s campaign did not concede defeat in the three candidate gubernatorial race.
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IW. C. 2
Tom Harley
Levi Lawrence
Washington
Lawrence
Kansas
Opper
Prohibition
Little
Congress
Wayne B. Wheeler
Linna Lowe Yost
I. C
WLCLU
Harley
Oklahoma City
Associated Press
Eugene Kerr
Thomas H. Boren
J. C. Walton
B. H. Wilson
Son of Albert Walters Loses Buick Car in Stolen Vehicle Incident
A Buick belonging to the son of Albert Walters was stolen from a residence near Stull last night. Sheriff Johns found the car abandoned near Big Springs this morning.
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Albert
Walters
Stull
Johns
Big Springs
Martin Boom Boosts Home Support in Local Votes
In a sparse Democratic showing, Martin Boom received 245 votes as local results favored incumbents. Thompson led in the second district with 205 votes while Needham had six. Colville tops the field for state superintendent with 43 Desiderilas votes and others ill defined in county races.
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Henderson Martin
Uwe
Dene
Fry Cone
Ric
Martin
Davis
Sete
Stil Preemnet
Congress
Thompson
Needham
Stull Preeinct
Thopson
J. ¥. Colville
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Colville Ins
Desiderilas
C Ie
MrGuire
Henry Albach
Ocean depths to be charted by former mine sweepers
Two former U S Navy minesweepers Pioneer and Discoverer are under remodeling in Delaware River yards for the Coast and Geodetic Survey. They will carry scientific gear for sounding and surveying as they sail via the Panama Canal to Alaska to map uncharted coastlines. Eleven officers and 53 men join each ship, with Flamingo also enlisting a crew at Portsmouth.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Pacific Ocean
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Pioneer
Tiscoverar
Auk
North Sea
Punfk Canal
Pacific
Alaska
Peneral
Petast and Geodetic Survey Akon
Navy Department
Portsmouth
N. H
Hottest baseball game played in Death Valley area
Was a hot game in Death Valley Junction California on July 4 with teams from borax mines and Shogin contending for desert camp championship. About 200 spectators braved sun without protection as the thermometer reportedly reached 721 degrees.
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Tonopah
Nev
United States
Death Valley Junction
Cal
Borax
Shogin
Mojcow Desert
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Leavenworth
Edward C. Little
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J.N. Tincher
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T. McNval
Richard J. Hopkins
Justice Porter
E. C
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C. B. Griffith
CGFP
Wm. ‘R.baker
Doulas County
Big Springs Precinesis
Russel Dyer
Tam
B. C. Little
Justive Supreme Court
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Mc Neal
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