Kansas crops suffer drought as rain remains scarce
Topeka August 19 AP reports that western and northern Kansas counties face serious needs for rain. Dry conditions prevailed last week with only scattered local showers. Fall wheat plowing about three quarters done. corn moisture scarce and sorghum growth slowed. The crop shows stress in northern areas while alfalfa has begun its third cut and prairie hay largely harvested. The potato crop is nearly dug and fruit damage from dryness noted along with grapes nearly ripe in northeast Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Manty
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Pantages Faces New Allegations In Case Against Actor
Los Angeles Aug 19 AP Alexander Pantages 64 theater magnate arraigned in superior court. three new affidavits by former ushers allege further attempts of assault on young women. DA Baron Fitts said affidavits include a 136 page deposition and detail a past incident with a 17 year old dancer Eunice Pringle. Pantages at liberty under 25000 bond. trial date pending arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Alexander
Pantages
Superior Court
Eunice Pringle
District Attorney
Alexander Pantages
Baron Fitts
Fitts
Miss Pringle
Mente Fitis
Harold, Jones
Blaney Matthews
Pantageg
Liberty
Oklahoma Scout Killed Climbing Cliff at Jamboree
An inquest in Arracombe Devonshire England ruled Eagle Scout James F. E. Berry of Oklahoma died accidentally from a fractured skull after slipping while climbing a cliff during the Arrowe Park World Jamboree. Berry and six companions were mentored by Scout Strode who warned of danger before the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Pened
Arracombe
Devonshire
England
James FE. Berry
Berry
Arrowe Park
Scout Strode
Strode
Home becomes laboratory on historic island in Lake Erie
Put-in-Bay Ohio AP report notes Jay Cooke island summer home now serves as Ohio State University biologists lab. Franz Theodore Stone Biological Laboratory dedicated honoring Julius F Stone. Also reports marriage licenses issued by Judge L H Menger and wedding of Whitworth and Dell with ceremony by Rev Charles Ticha. Lincoln courthouse sale noted in Illinois city of Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Put-in-Bay
Ohio
Gibraltar
Lake Erie
Jay Cooke
United States
Franz Theodore
L. H. Menger
Arold O. Whitworth
Chiengd
Lylas Richter
Kansas City
Edward
Lobrer
Evelyn R Siaith
Topeka
Norval Edea
Marjorie Vera Dell
Ralton
Quincy
Charles Ticha
Lawrence
Ithe
Whitworthcater Medding
Hearn and
Ston Wers
An Mixon
Baldwin
Traffic Court Focus On Forfeited Bonds And Fines
Police court session this morning concentrated on sentencing for speeding violations. Exmmick, jailed last week by Officer Atkeson on the 5, was fined. Treste Fieve Hunter and Henry Smith had bonds of 10 forfeited to answer speeding charges. Barton, arrested Saturday by the same officer, forfeited a 25 bond for speeding. Infant’s speeding case also forfeited a bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkeson
Treste Fieve Hunter
Henry Smith
Maine
Baarton
Police Hold Youths Who Took Dick Mullins' Cash
Police detained two 17 year old youths from Holden Missouri after they allegedly took about $8 from Richard Mullins a K U football player and filling station operator. Edwin Simmerman confessed while Jesse McCarty was exonerated both held at county jail pending charges of petit larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mullins
Seventh
Arkansas
Mullins
Topeka
George Price
James Weed
Massachusetts
Price
Kanwaka
Edwin Simmerman
Jesse McCarty
Holden
Seimerman
McCarty
B. R. Rutherford
Simmerman
Wichita
Ogono Sunk in North Sea Collision with British Tug
Fifteen crew members of the Spanish steamer Ogono drowned when it was rammed and sunk by the British tug King's Cross thirty miles off Humber in the North Sea. The ship sank in six minutes after a midship impact. eight crew were rescued from a lifeboat and two from the water. Second Mate Ugalda and Captain Sandina were aboard the bridge at the moment of collision. Survivors landed at Grimsby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
North Sea
Humber
King’s Cross
Ugalda
Grimsby
Sandina
Ogono
King Home
Wrecks House Front but Members of Family Are Unhurt
Chicago August 14 AP a bomb exploded early today under the front porch of the summer home of Lawrence F King county Republican leader and sanitary district trustee The blast wrecked the front and threw King and his five children from their beds No one injured This is the second time in eight months his home was attacked A prior bomb damaged his Chicago home last December He said he would seek protection from State's Attorney Swan son and knew of no reason for the attack
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lawrence F. King
Sanitary District
King
Iustice Park
John A. Swanson
Personal notes on area residents travel and visits
Mrs A W Lamb and Miss Bonnie Bishop returned from a motor trip visiting Dorado Wichita Winfield Dependence Joplin Springfield Sedalia and Kansas City Missouri They attended the Sedalia fair Martha Rayhill is reported improving after an appendectomy at Memorial Hospital Mrs Emil Johnson and Miss Clara Pine left for a two week Rockies trip Miss Lydia Harris returned from a two week Chicago vacation Mrs Allyn Bernie formerly Miss Reba Donagher of Lawrence Mr and Mrs Milton Hall Mr and Mrs Frank Hatch and daughters June and Doris May came home from a Denver trip stopping in Goodland Mrs Edward Taylor and two children of Nokomis Illinois are visiting Mrs Taylor's sisters Mrs Glenn Moody and Miss Caroline Wolters Mrs Roland Logan and sister in law Mrs S Huling left for Allentown York City vacation Another party including Mrs E B and Mrs E W Parsons returned from an extended trip to California and the north
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Lamb
Bonnie Bishop
Dorado
Wichita
Winfrel
Dependence
Kan
Joplin
Rockies
Lydia Harris
Chicago
Allyn Bernie
Reba Donagher
Lawrence
Milton Hall
Frank Hatch
June
Doris May
Denver
Goodland
Edward Taylor
Nokomis
Ill
Ozarks
Bronson
Frank Strickland
Bertha Large
Colorado
F .M. Gordon
Forest Doores
Lou Penner
E. £. Baker
Henry Kurts
Walter Parker
Topeka
Maurice d’Boever
Elmer Linden
Lawrence Vitors
Sherman Casebier
J.D. Buckingham
Loring
Guy
Guy |Buckingham
California
Dan Edington
Prairie Center
Sam Vance
Ben Moll
Baxter Hughes
Willard Soule
Kansas City
Soule
St. Joeen
E S. Marshall
Wm. Burch
Alex Catton
Taylor ,Martin
Mortimer Garrett
I. T. Martin
L. A. Hayes
George Coombes
Marion Plummer
Kathryn Fanning
Carrie Schubert
Shawnee
Fred Hackler
William Hackler
Leo Ousdahl
Midland
W. L. Blaylock
C. R. Harrie
J. T. Martin
Sapulpa
Okla
A. T. Broveak
Robert
Dewey Hackler
Clara Seeker
Lenexa
Powrie Doctor
Olathe
A. G. Naylor
Tonganoxie
Nettie Morse
Roy Frisbie
Perman Nesselhuf
Sarah Agnew
Stanley
Sinclair and Day seek clemency for jail sentences
The report states Sinclair and Day, once powerful magnates, request clemency from President Hoover after Justice Department recommendations. Judge Siddons will forward his views to Rover, who passes them to the attorney general. A favorable outcome could alter contempt sentences tied to jury shadowing during the oil scandal trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Au S
A. P
Ibfe
Sincclair
Mas Gon Day
Hoover
Suntan
Iourt
Peyton
Garden of
Cae
Prasec Sinclair Day
Rover
Szid
Frederick L. Dons
Siddons
Department of Justice
H Sinclair
Day
Sinclair
Special KMBC Program For Farm Women Highlights Camp
Mrs Velma West Sykes KMBC home program director announced a Farm Bureau sponsored vacation camp at Maple Hill for Douglas and Wyandotte county farm women. The camp drew fifty participants split evenly between counties and featured a chalk talk by Raymond Youmans and a swimming victory by Mrs Pfetz Wyandotte. Miss Randle urged all farm women with radios to listen in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma West Sykes
KMBC
Kansas City
Maple Hill
Farm Bureau
Douglas
Wyandotte
Elizabeth
Randle
Raymond Youmans
Kan
Pfetz
Crowley
Topeka Y. W. C. A
Zimmerman Injured When Auto Rolls After Wheel Breaks
Maywood Zimmerman of 543 North Third street suffered multiple broken ribs and a broken collarbone yesterday evening when his automobile rolled over twice after a wheel came off while traveling through sand on a fishing trip. Henry Rhode, who was with him, was slightly injured and both men were taken to Memorial hospital in Lawrence. Rhode reported the car was traveling about twenty miles per hour downhill into sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maywood Zimmerman
North Third Street
Henry Rhode
Zimmerman
St. Marys Hospital
Kansas City
Lawrence
Memorial Hospital
Rhode
Lincoln Street
Gas Stove Explodes Trapping Boarding House Roomers
Little Rock Ark August 19 AP Five persons were burned to death and several others injured in a fire in a rooming house sparked by a gas coal explosion. The blaze trapped victims in upstairs rooms of a fourteen room frame structure as the landlady Mrs E L Darragh suffered burns preparing breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Samuel J. Archer
Hiram Evans
Martin Kapp
Frank Harty
E. L. Darragh
K U Graduate Named Assistant to Chairman
Edgar Markham longtime Washington correspondent for the St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch was named assistant to Chairman Legge of the federal farm board in charge of press relations. He will be the contact between newspapermen and board members starting Wednesday. Markham, a 1910 KU graduate, was a Phi Delta Theta member and played football. His parents live in Washington Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edgar Markham
St. Paul
Kan
Santa FE
Son born to Sam Mitchell and Binneun in Emporia
Sam Mitchell of Emporia and his partner Binneun welcome a son born on Saturday at Mel Hospital. The birth adds a new family member to the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binneun
My. Ar FB
Sam Mitchell
Emporia
Mel Hospital
Kansas Railroad Seeks Public Utility Status
Topeka Aug 19 AP The Kansas Railroad Company applied to the Public Commission for a certificate of convenience and authority to act as a common carrier in Kansas The line originated in June 1929 and includes Kane City Mo and Olathe Kan formerly owned by the Missouri and Kansas Railway and known as the purge line
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas” Railroad Company
Public Commission
Kansas
Stepe Company
Uae
Kane City
Olathe
Kan
Missouri and Kanesr Railway Company
Snook Hearing for New Trial Postponed a Day
In Columbus Ohio a judge postponed the hearing on a motion for a new trial for Dr James H Ropelan to tomorrow morning. Defense lawyers sought at least ten days to prepare and obtain articles for their case claiming prejudice against their client in the murder of Theora Hix. Judge Henry J Scarlett refused to extend the delay despite defense objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Henry J. Scarlett
Jams H R Opelan
Theora Hix
E. C. Ricketts
Scarlett
Plane in Cross Country Flight Circles Twin Cities
The endurance plane Spokane God, piloted by Nick Mamer and Art Walker, cruised over St Paul for over an hour before refueling aboard the Apple Blossom. After taking 250 gallons of gasoline 100 gallons of oil and two chicken dinners the craft headed west toward Miles City Montana. The flight followed a hazy route from Roosevelt Field New York to Cleveland where fog and storms slowed progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Spokane
Miles City
Mont
Cleveland
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
St. Paul
Musicians Stop Here En Route from Winnipeg to Tulsa
The Dokey Band of Ben Hur Temple in Tulsa stopped in Lawrence on their return from Winnipeg. They won first place for appearance and playing ability at the convention. The band’s trip included concerts and a Fort Worth 1927 contest victory. they plan to visit Cincinnati in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Hur Temple
Knights of Pythias
Tulsa
Oklo
Lawrence
Winnipeg
Canada
Imperial Palace
Ben Hur
Fort Worth
Texas
Cincinnati
Camphill
And
Tilden 2 Racar rt Opens With Easy Tennis Win
Tilden swept three in his opening match at the Newport Casino invitation and defeated G Holmes Perkins Jr of Boston 6 0 6 2. Also reported: tragedy in Smoky Hill Salina Kansas as Henry Baier Jr drowned while playing on river banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Smoky Hill Salina
Kan
Henry Baier, Jr
Henry F. Baier
Smoky Hill River
Saling
Williams Announces Candidacy to Succeed Himself
Topeka August 19 AP Al F Williams United States district attorney for Kansas announced he would seek reappointment and to succeed himself in the office Others named as possible successors include Charles We Steiger Eldorado secretary to state committee and Newton The report notes Williams said the time is not ripe for comment on his possible reappointment and lists other Republican names in circulation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
al F. Williams
United District Attorney For
Kansas
Hielf
Rapother
Neve Bevy
Caries We Steiger
Eldorado
Secreta
State Committee
Newton
Wills Wins Quick Victory In National Championship
Helen Wills opened defense of her national women's tennis title with a 6-0 6-0 demolition of Katharine Lamarche of Seabright. The victory lasted 18 minutes, one of the shortest in the record books. Also: Helen Jacobs eased past Penelope Anderson 8-6 6-4 despite back strain, and Sarah Palfrey defeated Ruth Bailey 6-3 6-1 as the tournament began in Forest Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Hills
N. Y
Helen Wills
Katharine Lamarche
Seabright
N. J
Helen Jacobs
Berkeley
Cal
America
Penelope Anderson
Richmond
Miss Jacobs
Miss Anderson
Sarah Palfrey
Brookline
Mass
Ruth Bailey
St. Louis
De Soto Picnic Guests and Local Socials Featured
Sunday guests at the Lut Holtz home in Eudora honored Mrs. Miller's sister Mrs. Charles Johnnober and Mr. Johnnober and their three daughters, with many other De Soto and area families attending. A Frairie Center Methodist silver tea hosted by the Ladies Aid drew De Soto visitors and local residents, featuring a Bible recipe cake and sales of rugs and other items. host Mrs. Otto Hammen was praised for her gracious hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Mits
Harry
Miller
Oscar Lut Holtz
Eudora
Dire
Wm. Lothholz
A Muller
Ken Rowing
Lawrence
Leila Morse
Harold
Kansas City
Marion Creer
Sem Golden
Dell Gosset
Louis
Clyde Smith
Alathe
Baxter Hughes
Gosset
Hughes
Warrensburg
Mr. Gosset
Frairie Center Methodist Church
Pleasant
Otto Hammen
Hammer
DeSoto
Mabel Cunningham
Edith Sigman
W. A. Andrew
Merlyn Andrew
Laura Lee Andre
L. A. Corliss
Topeka
H. G. Bigelow
Gardner
W. C. Osborne
Velma Hiddleston
Vermillion
S. .W. Holderman
Warren Belts
Corliss
Herbert Linden
Lyle Beecroft
C. S. Hambleton
Dorothy Martin
Jean Martin
Ival Lane
Dorothy Dowding
W. Halderman
Vera
June Broveak
Juanita Scott
Shawnee
Fred
Dorothy
Tabler
Frank
Victor
Vacation notes and social visits in Kansas town
Local residents share trips to Colorado and Missouri, many Kansas City visits, and regional social calls. The record lists Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strickland, Mrs. Bertha Large, and others visiting Bronson area, Topeka, Lawrence, and Edwardsville. Families plan sales and relocations while noting several short trips and hospitality events.
Local visits and travel notes from Kaw Valley residents
Dr E Schuman and Mrs Schuman travel with niece Betty Lee Baskett of Blue Rapids to stay with John Otts family. May Schuman extends visit. Mr and Mrs Stanko arrive from Pueblo for a week of relatives and a Minneapolis convention. Other local visits include Otts, Patten, Van Patten, McCabrin, Strong, Hughes, and Gilmore households with multiple family greetings and health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Schuman
Joan Ott, Jr
May Schuman
John Ott, Sr
Franklin von Patten
Burlingame
Joe Foster
van Patten
Eugene McCabrin
John Strong
Mary Allen
Garnet
Marion Hughes
Excelsior Springs
Nydia Hughes
Josephine Gilmore
Ralph Davis
Mary Davis
Local Social Roundup From Lawrence Homes
Sunday visits spread across Lawrence as families hosted and traveled to nearby towns. Residents including the Altenbernds Westheffers and various Saunders Dun clave and Mitchell relatives gathered for dinners, church events, and a Christian Endeavor convention in Wichita. Numerous trips to Topeka Ottawa and Kansas City occurred with friends and relatives sharing meals and hosting at homes.
Little Drama and Weather at City Broadcasts Schedule
A fragmented listing shows a daily schedule with programs such as The Little Drama Move and Slumber Music. Weather forecasts appear between segments. Names include Edwin Franko Goldman and John Henry of Kansas City, noted among segments and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menaa
Rai Ene
Ars
Hie
Pensedent Company
the Bluebirds
A. Ile Barness
Tiny Wren
Ladison
National Farm
White
Pure of
Edwin Franko Goldman
Michelin
Louis
Johnson & Johnson
Ion P.m —Williams
Piles Treated Without Surgery Book Now Available
A new instructive book titled Piles Treated Without Surgery has been published by Dr. McCleary, a rectal specialist. The work claims to offer color illustrated guidance for treatment in a few days without surgery or hospital stay, with a 28 year history and over 17,000 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCleary
Elms Boulevard
Excelsior Springs
Doctor McCleary
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Gibraltar Island
Lincoln
Old Postville
Abraham Lincoln
Dick Mullins
King’s Croyes
Wmre
E. W. Parsons
North
R. L. Harris
Robert L. Harris
Santa Fe Railrroad
Redlands
Harris
W. Maloney
Sishor
Cartier
Snook
Sedewick County
Navy
San Diego
Homer Wick
North Island
Tucson
Ariz
el Paso
Tex
Schneider
Annapolis
Alford J. Willams
Naval Academy
U. S
State Department
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Paris
Saskatoon
Sask
Lloydminister
Rome
Italy
National Association For Protection
Job
Nt Ineelf
Steiger Mayie
Helen
Dodge City
Committee of Sixteen
National Grain Marketing Corporation
L. E. Webb
Cherryvale
Sidney J. Harmon
Murry Diven
Hutchinson
Harmon
DE Soto
Kaw Valley
C. G. Perkins
Cari
Altenbernd
Homer Gerstenberger
Don Westheffer
Don. Jr
Guy Bigaby
J. GC. Saunders
George Dunkley
Donia and
Corel
Ralph Standing
Mary Evelyn Standing
Raymond Standing
Jimmie Saunders
Glenn
George Kiefer
L. M. Walters
Myrtle Walters
Raymond Walters
Edward Martin
Lorraine
Ottawa
Leland Cox
Alvin Haverty
Lawrence Kennedy
Christian Endeavor
G. E. Schaake
Stanwix
William
Lemuel Cox
Albret Wickman
Ray Cox
Chester Mitchell
Bert Mitchell
Ray Wingate
Billy
W._. Perkins
Carl Perkins
Otto Altenbernd
C. N. Altenbernd
Carl Mitchell
Myrtie Walters
Friend’s Ladies Aid
Harry Edmondson
Clara Cox
Ed Haverty
L. M
Co. P. A
Brown's Grove
Doris
Eldon Davis
Franklin van Patten
Joe Davis
Bert’ Mitchell
George, Terry
Carol
Mary Roberts
Indianapolis
Ind
P. A. Redmond
Claude Redmond
J. C. Saunders
Sree
John. Henry
Mrs
J. B. Henry
Ge — National Bank
Rumsey Bros. Funeral Home
Ind. St
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