End of Civil War Seen in China Says Nanking
Nanking reports August 18 that victory claims on northern Chinese battlefields led officials to forecast an end to the civil war on terms from Nanking. Nationalists recaptured Tsinan in Shantung and push rebels from Henan as Feng Yu-hsiang’s forces retreat westward.
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Nanking
China
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Henan
Shantung
Haichow-Tungkwan
Kuominchun
People’s Army
Feng Yu- Hsiang
Feng
Lanfeng
Kaifang
Kaifeng
Shansi
Honan
Yellow River
Nankin
Jeaders
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chegchow
Yangtee
Changsha
Northern Civil War Front
Drought Broken Impacts Reach City and Roads
The region faced storm damage with 110 volt lines disrupted and a radio set burning. Sorghum, hay crops, and pastures would benefit from rain, but corn was too damaged. Paving bricks washed out on Mississippi Street east of KU stadium. trees felled and wires down. Interurban lines delayed. buses late. trains on time. River Raw rose about three feet, flooding the dam at Jackman mills for the first time since last June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helpa
A. I. Gilkison
Mississippi Street
K. U. Stadium
Lone Star
Highway 40
Hird Corner
Lawrence
Interurban
Kansas City
Topeka
Cross State
Jackman Mills
Deaths and Funerals in Baldwin and Parsons areas
Mrs. Bessie Beeler, 57, of Parsons Kansas, died Sunday. She formerly lived in Lawrence and will be sent there for burial. Survivors include son Alvin of Lawrence and four sisters. Funeral arrangements are pending. H. C. Carter, 34, Baldwin pioneer resident and former postmaster, died at home. He had been ill months and lived in Baldwin sixty years. He worked in the nursery business and is survived by four daughters. Funeral plans have not been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Beeler
Parsons
Kansas
H. C. Carter
N. C. Carter
Baldwin
Carter
King Carol Considers a Morganatic Marriage
Vienna reports King Carol may seek a morganatic marriage to Mme Lupescu if reconciliation with Queen Helen fails. A diplomat cites plans to delay coronation from October 15 to spring due to fears of public and military reaction.
Prowlers Try to Enter West Fourteenth Street Home
Mrs Will Spicer of 413 West Fourteenth Street reported a burglary attempt Sunday evening. Two upstairs porch windows had their screens removed during the break in attempt, according to investigating officers.
Management changes at Patee Theater Lease to West Film Distributing
Announcement by Dr Henry D Patee states the historic Patee theater is leased to West Film Distributing of Kansas City Mo. lease begins September 1 for a long term. Dr Patee and his son Hen Lastee will not remain in charge though staff remains. The family notes it was his wish the theater continue under same policies after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Patee
Patee
West Film Distributing, Company
Kansas City
Dr.Patee
Hen Lastee
Realtz
Midwest
M. Patee
Nce
Swift Death At Park Avenue Sanitarium
Police in New York investigated the death of William E. Swift son of Louis F. Swift Chicago packer who killed himself with a pistol in a Park Avenue sanitarium. Dr. Gonzales sought to determine if narcotics or liquor influenced the act. Swift’s body was moved to a funeral chapel. Alden Swift arrived from Chicago to arrange funeral rites. Swift had been patient eight months. a nurse saw a pistol under his arm and Swift shot himself while a male nurse attended.
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New York
William E. Swift
Louis F. Swift
Chicago
Packer
Park Avenue
Thomas A. Gonzales
Pritt
Alden ‘Swift
William
Seane
Swift
Edward S. Cowles
A Bride for Field Ill Ties Knot in London Ceremony
In London a religious ceremony united Marshall Field III, grandson of a Chicago merchant, and Mrs. Dudley Coats at St Ethelburga the Virgin. The fifteenth minute benedictory service followed an earlier civil marriage at Marylebone registry office. Field listed as divorced husband of Evelyn Field, nee Marshall, age 36, bride age not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marshall Field
Chicago
Dudley Coats
London Society
Marylebone
Field
Evelyn Field
Marshall
Two Held for Loitering Near Sixth and Massachusetts
Jack O'Brien of Dunbar Colorado and Grover Williams of Central Kansas arrested by police last night for loitering near the corner of Sixth and Massachusetts. They were held in the county jail for investigation. Also reported: marriage licenses issued to L. M. Morris and Ruth Erat. John K. CuystH and Lois Bel Kansas Gillans to marry in May. Alfred D. Pyner and Edythe Beecroft to marry in Lawrence. Traffic case: J A Hallberg guilty for failure to observe a stop sign at Fourteenth and Massachusetts and fined. A minor car accident occurred at Ninth and New York with damage to a driver’s car. license number unknown.
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Jack O’brien
Dunbar
Colo
Grover Williams
Central
Sixth
Massachusetts
Inl Ower
Abonna
Brooklyn
A. Y
L. H. Men- Ty
L. M.morris
Ruth ‘ Erat
Vo Pial
John K. Cuys Th
Lois Bel Kansas Gillans
Mayister
Lawrence
Alfred D. Pyner
Edythe Beecroft Law
J. A. Hallberg
A. Ston
Fourteenth
Massachusetts Street
Snd
H.W. Keene
Ailin Sinerie
Daugherty
Ision Ed Lotridge
Missouri Street
Ninth
New York Streets
Idge
Old Settlers Reunion Ends With Carnival and Pioneers
The thirtieth annual Jefferson county Old Settlers reunion closed after a three day gathering marked by a carnival and frolic. Hundreds visited Oskaloosa. many pioneers attended, including 90 year old Elizabeth Low who recalled the 1856 Hickory Point battle. Attendees from Platte County and Kaw Indian lands joined, with music by the Oskaloosa high school band, concessions, and daily dances ending the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Old Settlers
Oskaloosa
Elizabeth Low
Winchester
Daniel Low
Hickory Point
Aurul
William Bunds
Jefferson Township
George Bunds
Ben Kyle
Williamstown
Jefferson Coun
Weston
Platte County
Kaw River
Kaw Bottom
Oskaloosa High School
Railway Line Is Denied Extension to San Angelo
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied Abilene and Southern railway, a Missouri Pacific subsidiary, permission to build a 39 mile line from Ballinger to San Angelo Texas. The Santa Fe system opposed the plan citing adequate service and recent Orient line purchase. Chairman McManamy dissented proposing either MP be allowed or Santa Fe traffic rights over Orient into San Angelo.
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Washington
Abilene and Southern Railway
Missouri Pacific System
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ballinger
San Angelo
Texas
Abilene
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Mexico
Orient Line
Missouri © Pacific
West Texas
Two Quakes Reported and Train Crashes Hit Midwest
Seismographs at Fordham University and Georgetown University recorded two moderate earthquakes near New York and Washington within minutes of each other, both listed as centered about 7,000 miles away. Baltimore shop workers face layoffs from Aug 18 through Sept 2, affecting 2,800 at Mount Clare and similar numbers elsewhere. In Terre Haute, three trainmen were hurt when a Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger rear-ended a northbound freight train, one severely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fordham University
E.S.T
Washington
Georgetown University Seismological Observatory
Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago and
Here
Quake toll in Rome revised after fascist tally
An official fascist party orders sheet in Rome lowers quake deaths from 2142 to 1475 recounting that many unregistered victims fled to hills or relatives. It promises a complete list of the dead with names and residences and rejects foreign reports of vastly higher fatalities.
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Rome
Fascist Party
Three Burn to Death in Indiana Auto Crash
Veedersburg Indiana August 18 AP reports three youths died when their car struck a tree and burst into flames. Julia Eckhart 19 Buck Creek Opal Heinlachs 19 Frankfort Blaze Metzger Lafayette perished. Truman Cling Camden severely burned in critical condition. The group was returning from a trip to Nashville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia May Eckhart
Buck Creek
Opal Heinlach
Frankfort
Blaze Metzger
Lafayette
Truman Cling
Camden
Nashville
Tenn
Flying Students Die In Aerial Collision Near Yon Army
Two advanced flying students at Kelly Field, Donald Dewitt Campbell, 28, Anadarko Ohio origin, and Cadet Robert Lee Scott, 23, Bethany Illinois, were killed when their planes collided during attack maneuvers at 200 feet near Yon Army Air Base this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Advanced Flying School
Kelly Field
Yon Army
Donald Dewitt Campbell
George S. Campbell
Anadarko, Ox
Robert Lee Scott
Hugh Scott
Bethony
Ill
Youthful aviator heads toward California from Holbrook
Eddie Schneider eighteen year old trans continental flight record contender left Holbrook Arizona at 1 10 pm CST after a two hour stop en route from Albuquerque to Los Angeles He refueled and expected to reach Los Angeles in four and a half hours
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holbrook
Ariz
Eddie Schneider
Aquerque
Los Angeles
Open Investigation into Death of State Senator Joyce
Chicago dispatch reports anonymous calls to Mrs John T Joyce the night before her husband the state senator died under mysterious circumstances The coroner ordered an inquest and organs examined Police seek to question Chicago gangster Tommy Abbott linked to a Rockford gun attack Abbott had been named by Joyce to at least one gunman in a 42nd Ward incident during the April primary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John T. Joyce
Joyce
Edward Joyce
Tommy Abbott
Rockford
Ill
Abbott
Forty Second
Kansas Legion 1n Session Opens With 500 Delegates
Chanute Kan Aug 18 AP the Kansas American Legion state convention began with about 500 delegates expected to register by tonight The Gol Star and rat residents dinner will be served Delegates from other states join state officials on the program tomorrow morning Memorial services are planned for tomorrow afternoon and the convention banquet is set for tomorrow night Election of officers and selection of the 1931 convention city will be Wednesday A girl drowned in Smoky Hill Ruth Burgess 15 waded last night while her sister Iva 16 was rescued both were students at Chapman high school Strike protests wage cut Fifteen hundred workers at American Mills No 1 and 2 in Bessemer City went on strike to protest a wage cut due to take effect today Enrolled in Fascist Party Rome August 18 AP an ordersheet says 1 040 508 men were enrolled in the party as of July 31 106 256 women and 41 690 fascist university students
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Slivers
Johnson
Horace Laird
Jack Albion
Larry Anderson
Hal Nicholson
John Robinson
Pioneer Circus of the Earth
Joeys
Cleopatra
Egypt
Chanute
Kan
Kansas American Legion Anxily
Smoky Hill Abilene
Ruth Burgess
Smoky Hill River
Iva
Chapman High School
Bessemer City
N. G
American Mills
Fascist Party
Rome
Rear Adm Yates Relieved at Pearl Harbor Ceremony
Associated Press photo shows Rear Admiral Yates starting the new commandant tenure at Pearl Harbor Hawaii as officials and crew observe the handover in a formal ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates Stirting
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Memorial Dedicated To Virginia Dare On 348th Anniversary
A memorial gateway on Roanoke Island marks the 348th anniversary of Virginia Dare birth on August 18 1587. Dare, the first English child born in the new world, vanished with Raleigh settlement. the word Croatan found carved on a tree is the only clue.
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Manteo
N. C
Virginia Dare
New World
Sir Walter Raleigh
Roanoke Island
England
United States
Sir Walter
O'Donnell Leads Air Derby Flier into Calexico Stop
Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach wins a landing in Calexico during the Chicago to Long Beach air derby second lap. She touched down at 12 41 02 p m, San Diego to here in 41 02 minutes, as one of six women fliers finishing today. Cedarvale bans all public gatherings after second infantile paralysis case is reported. Pearl Hergel, 40, suffocated in a folding bed at Milwaukee, found dead. bed collapsed trapping her head, she had been dead since Friday.
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Calexico
Calif
Gladys O’donnell
Long Beach
Cal
Chicago
O'Donnell
C. ST
San Diego
Cedarvale
Kan
Lefty
Milwaukee
Pearl Hergel
Community 4-H Club Presents Three One Act Plays
At the Big Springs 4-H Community club meeting on August 1, members staged three one act plays after the business session. The same program will be repeated at the Big Springs schoolhouse on August 15.
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Big Springs
Missouri Supreme Court Commissioner James Lindsay Found Dead
Jefferson City Missouri August 18 Judge James D Lindsay 73 a Missouri supreme court commissioner was found dead in his bed at his Clinton home Physicians attributed the death to heart disease The victim was 73 years old Prairie City Clinic A preschool and school clinic will be held from 9 to 12 tomorrow at Prairie City schools with county health nurse Miss Mary McAuliffe and Dr W O Heian in charge Dreuth Rates in Effect Soon Secretary Hyde announced southern railroads will apply reduced rates in growth areas of the south starting tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Jefferson City
James D. Lindsay
Clinton
Missouri Supreme Court
Fopund
Prairie City Clinic
Prairie City
Mary McAuliffe
W. 0. Heian
Inic
Washington
Hyde
Southern
Grouth
South
Local residents take vacations and visits across states
A stream of residents travel for teaching, conferences, and family visits. Marjorie Drescher plans a Warwick home, Edith Babb resumes teaching in Houston, A E Newby and Mr R O McGee visit Lawrence, Dr and Mrs Steson return from Boston, and other families tour Chicago Wisconsin Detroit and Yellowstone, with several heading to Wisconsin for vacations and conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Drescher
Warwick
Edith Babb
Soen
Houston
Tex
A. E. Newby
Topeka
R. O. McGee
Kansas City
W. W. Russ
Ralph Steson
Boston
Canuteson
Harvard Medical School
Lawrence
Chicago
Wisconsin
Dean
Paul Lawson
S. W. Atkinson
Nevada
W. E. Martin
Odessa
Dio
St. Louis
Roy Helm
Cosmeticians
Sherman“hotel
S. Baty
Fraternal Aid Union
F. D. Baty
Detroit
Fraternal Congress of America
United States
Canada
George R. Allen
Richard F. Allen
Rosa Wilks
J. C. Wise
Yellowstone Park
Joan Teeters
Ernest Young
H. R. DeSilva
Florida
Professor DeSilva
Pensacola
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Rock Island
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Trupescu
Bucharest
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Fourteenth Street
Patee Theater
Rich On
Sixth Street
Thirieth
Abilene System
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Baltimore and Ohio
Mount Clark
Eee
Te ‘Gahadir
Sapru
Wee
Cenatme Genesse
Oklahoma City
Veedersburg
Holbrook, Ariz
California
San Pedro
Eleventh
Vermont
Illinois
Kansas Legion
Gateway Honora
New Worlds
Duluth
Minn
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Fess
Hamilton
Ont
The
Royal Bank
Terry Crall
Janice Patchen
Doris Twente
Ednah Hopkins
Hagel E. Lynn
Rontgen
Saint-Saens
Janice- Patchen
Ram
Grant-Schaefer
Adams -Doria
David Babb
M Vera Drescher
BAYER
Gowdy
the Gowdy Medical Co
Round Corner Drug Store
Schubert RS
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