Plane search over pacific for missing Dole fliers
News from August 20 reports US signal corps at Lake Field tracking unreadable messages from an unidentified vessel and missions by Dallas Spirit and Golden Eagle crews seeking missing Dole flight participants amid hopeful S O S signals. Navy destroyers Lavorellet and Su vr near last-known position while rescue efforts span broad pacific search.
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Haonotua
Signal Corps
Lake Field
San F Sco
San Francism
U. S
Pacifi
A. H
William F. Fichwaldt
Dallas Spirit
Plu
Oakland
Here
Hawaii
Golden England
Doran
Associated Press
S. O
Erwin
Hichwaldt
A. P
Bill
A .P
Discredit Radio Report On Missing Girl Rescue
AP experts discounted E. Leroy's claim from Alhambra that an unnamed passenger ship found a girl, possibly Miss Miiarea Dorar, dead on a raft with a live companion. The report, aired as Los Angeles news, is not supported by corroborating evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
E. Leroy
Alhambra
Say- Taht
Miiarea Dorar
Milton Kelly Visited Lawrence From Texas
Milton Kelly former football trainer at K U spends several days in Lawrence. Kelly is now a trainer at the University of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Kelly
K. U
Lawrence
Kelly
University of Texas
Promoters' dream may realize in advance boxing sales
AP reports Tex Rickard aims to sell every ticket before the Tunney Dempsey title bout at Soldier Field on Sept 22. Despite late opening, thousands of seats already sold and a $56,000 check for 900 ringside seats from St Louis fans arrives. Dempsey reaches Chicago and begins training at Lincoln Fields. Detective Tapscott named camp chief of police to ensure Dempsey privacy. sparring partners sought to start Monday.
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Tex Rickard
Soldier Field
Chicago
Rickard
St. Louis
Jack Dempsey
Lincoln Fields Race Course
Fred Tapscott
Dempsey
Dempseys
Visitors to Camp Whitside Fair Weather Plan
Many plan to visit Camp Whitside as National Guard training draws parents and friends from across the state. A 9:12 am train from Lawrence will take riders to Topeka then to camp by 12:40 pm with a return at 3:40 pm. Memorial services for General Wood at Camp Funsian are noted and visitors may join meals with units.
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Camp Whitside
Lawrence
Topeka
Maon
General Wood
Camp Funsian
Memorial services for Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood
Memorial services will be held at Camp Funston Fort Riley Kansas tomorrow at 2 PM for Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. A massed choir from Junction City Manhattan and Fort Riley, led by a military band, will sing hymns. Colors of regular army regiments and Kansas National Guard units will form a hollow square near the monument. Capt Rev N Hillyer will give the invocation. Governor Paulon will introduce Col Fred W. ODonnell who will deliver the eulogy. Lieut Col Garden Johnston will be executive officer at Fort Riley. Several American Legion posts will attend.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Leonard Wood
Camp Funston
Junction City
Manhattan
Eighty Ninth Division
Garden Johnston
Regional Weather and Road Conditions Report Weekly
Weekly forecast covers Great Lakes Mississippi and Missouri valleys and northern central plains with moderate temperatures and minimal precipitation. Kansas outlook leans fair to unsettled west with possible showers. eastern areas warmer. Road conditions vary from rough to water blocked in Gatewayville Pittsburg Arkansas Dodge City, Emporia rough, Hutchinson fair to good. Broadview Inn in Douglas County noted for Maytaz Gyrofoam washer installation.
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Great Lakes
Missouri
Great Plai
Kansas
Gateeyville
Pittsburg
Arka
Dodge City
Emporia
Hutchinson Fair
Douglas County
Broadview Inn
A. L. Ferris
Geologist in cavern missing after seven expeditions fail
Shell Mound Tennessee Aug 20 AP Eleven search parties probed an underground cave for geologist Lawrence Ashley who entered the cavern Monday night with limited provisions and carbide lights. Imprints near an underground stream suggest contact with water but no trace of Ashley or his fate.
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Tenn
Treeveeach Cave
Laverence Ashley
Cayhern
Ash
Ashley
Americans Rally Amid Ruins in France Pilgrimage
American Legion Pilgrims scattered along the old battlefront in France seek landmarks to refresh memories as crops grow over trenches and towns. Hosts remain unchanged and hospitality is abundant as invitations pour in from French towns, with Rheims Banquet set for September 25. Most are in the Chateau-Thierry Saint Mihiel Verdun areas, renewing ties with French families who aided them in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
American Legion
France
Rheims
Chateau-Thierry
Saint-Mihiel
Verdun
Cherbourg
Olsen urges scientific land policy for farm relief
Nils A. Olsen of the U.S. Department of Agriculture spoke at the Institute of Politics in Williamstown on August 26. He called for a constructive land settlement program to stabilize and profitably guide agriculture, arguing current policies spur overextension of production and risk chronic surpluses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Institute of Politics
Nils A. Olsen
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Smoky Hill Falls at Salina Today
Smoky Hill river levels drop by 22 inches since yesterday with signs of faster declines. East Salina may flood over the weekend while Saline river near Salina remains bank full and Highway 40 S cut off four miles east by floodwaters. An Air Corps plane from Lambert St Louis crash killed pilot George Stumpf and seriously injured Lieut Hutchinson, in a separate incident near St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Smoky Hill
Air Crast
Petition for review of Sacco Vanzetti fails in form
Washington Aug 20 AP Papers for a review of Sacco and Vanzetti convictions were not filed because the forms were inadequate. Michael Musmanno left the clerk’s office with two petitions and filing fees but records were required before filing. The defense planned to seek a stay from Justice Holmes while the October Supreme Court considers the petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Supreme Court
Sacco
Washington
Vanzetti
Supreme Court
Michael A. Musmanno
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Superior Court
Musmanmo
Arthur D. Hill
Massachusetts
Holmes
Beverly
Masd
Hill
Fuller
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Fall River
Mass
James M. Morton, Jr
Federal District Court
Lacey
Plias Field
Boston
Police Clampdown as Sacco Vanzetti Case Sparks Alert
New York police, 14 000 strong, on emergency duty after Massachusetts court ruling on Sacco and Vanzetti. Subways, bridges, officials’ homes under guard. vacations canceled. detectives on 24 hour duty. Union Square rally planned with 4000 officers on site and 1000 in reserve. leaders predict 50000 demonstrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Sacco
Vanzetti
East River
Wersons
Warren
Sacco-Vanzetti
Union
Damages suit filed by Bert Mickens over alleged injuries
Bert J. Mickens former Lawrence Paper Manufacturing employee sues R H Clayton Dr. Mbers Irving Hill and Paul Dinsmoor seeking 600 for alleged internal injuries from a truck handle at the box factory and alleged misdiagnosis. Locust expeditions report a 324000 acre area cleared in Soviet farms by airplane spraying in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert. J. Mickens
Bert J. Mickens
Lawrence Paper Manufacturing Company
R.H. Clayton
Mbers
Irving Hill
Paul Dinsmoor
Stark
Coast Guard nets hold three rum ships outside New York harbor
The coast guard cordon kept out three liquor-laden vessels attempting to force the New York harbor barrier. After government action today, a fortune in liquor remained seized, ending the ships' bid to enter the port.
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Coast. Guard Cordon
New York
Coast Guard
New York Harbor
Mountain limbing gains at Topeka state house
In Topeka on August 20 AP reports Kansans enjoy Colorado weather and at home a substitute for mountain climbing. The spiral stairs of the state house draw crowds with 185 people guided in three hours by Leslie Peterson, the state house guide, a record pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State House
Leslie Peterson
City tax rates filed for Baldwin Eudora Lecompton
City governing bodies set tax rates for Baldwin City Rhudora Eudora and Lecompton per county clerk Bowman. Baldwin 16.10 with 8.50 for bonds and interest. Eudora 8 split 3 for bonds and 3 for general expenses. Lecompton 30 with 3 for streets and alleys 2 for cemetery 2.50 for general expenses. Rates apply per $1000 assessed value. no school, county, or state taxes included.
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Baldwin
Fndora
Lecompton
Bowman
Baldwin City
Rhudora
Eudora
Mystery search widens for missing Miss Doran and Golden Eagle
Honolulu reports merchants and naval seaplanes scouring Hawaiian waters but finding no trace of the Miss Doran and the Golden Eagle. Submarines probe windward shores of Kauai and other islands while seaplanes circle Molokai Maui and Oahu as crews await word on the missing vessels. A tanker West Sequana had previously sighted a flare but found nothing in the Pacific and circled the area for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Doran
John Auggie
San Jancisco
Say‘ Franessco
Ate
Sequana
Pacific
Federal Teich ‘Company
Honolulu
Hawaiian
Kauai
Canua
Mauiau Molokai
Maui
Hawaii
Kahoulawe
Autumn on the way to Kansas reports cool start
In Topeka a weather official notes autumn's knee guard arrived with 48 degrees reported in Hays Manhattan and Tribune with no frost danger expected. Temperatures cold enough to kill vegetation rarely occur before October in Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
S.t. Flora
Weather Bureau
Hays
Manhattan
Tribune
Flora
Linking High Lines Begins in Kansas City Area
Three 15 ton transformers weighing .total 45 tons will join the Leavenworth 83 000 volt high line to the Tecumseh 66 000 volt line. Substation work near Sixth and Vermont streets advances, enabling operation of either line separately or in combination with the local plant. Completion now expected two weeks beyond September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Kansas Electric Power Company
Leavenworth “High Line
Lawrence
Tecumseh High Line
Leavenworth High Line
Th Kansas Electric Power Company
Kaw River
Sixth
Vermont Streets
J. T. Skinner
Skinner
Little Spud Loss Yet Potatoes Still Feel Rains
Rain delay has slowed potato digging in the Lawrence district with about 225 acres remaining in this section. Two weeks behind Topeka, digging resumes midweek and most growers expect field cleanup next week, though a few with large acreages may extend. About 1,000 cars remain to be shipped from Topeka territory. price remains steady as growers rush harvesting to protect market.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Williamstown
Portugal names first woman aviator in world notice
Shanghai reports five ships of the Portugal Tsingtao squadron attacked Woosung forts and railway station at 7 am. Miss Maris de Lourdes Teixeira, 19, daughter of a Portuguese officer, is described as the country’s pioneer aviatrix who had recently matriculated at the military aviation school. The shells caused no damage and the squadron withdrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Lishon
Portun Tsingtao
Hwangpu River
Shang
Woosung
SAY CORN BORER DRIVE Is A FAILURE
Ohio entomologists from the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster charge the federal cleanup campaign to control corn borers failed. They state there are more borers now than before the program and that farm machinery will not likely control the pests. The government spent about 2.5 million of its 10 million dollars on equipment for the campaign.
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Columbus
A. Y
Ohio
L. J. Huber
Rk, Neiswander
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Strole to Speak at Union Service in Lawrence
Rev W P Strole pastor of Church of the Brethren will speak at the union service in South Park Sunday evening at 745 pm on Christian Citizenship. He commutes from Kansas City Kan where he works in business. The Kansas City pastor has twenty years in ministry and led Central Avenue church in KC. Miss Margaret Drennon soprano and Miss Ruth Ellis accompanist will perform.
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W. P. Strole
Church of the Brethren
South Pare
Lawrence
Strole
Margaret
Drennon
Jerusalem
St. Paul
Mendelssohn
Ballon
Charles P. Howell
Ruth Ellis
Kaneas
Twilight season closes as Holcom and Rotary clash at Southpark
The Holcom and Rotary teams meet at 6 pm to decide the runners up in the Twilight league with a third game possible Monday if Rotary wins. If Holcom wins the league ends tonight. Between innings, Odd Fellows will receive the Innes Memorial trophies. Guests from all teams attend a ling party at the Bowersock theatre at 8:45.
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Holcom
Rotary
Southpark
Rotary Club
Odd Fellows
Innes
1 Odd Fellows
Lawrence Boosters to Face Blue Valley of P in KC
The Lawrence Boosters travel to Kansas City tomorrow to meet the Blue Valley Knights of P. The K of P squad is in the Kan sas City Monitors class and has defeated strong teams this season. Swenson or Bible will start for Lawrence. Davis to bat or pitch. Smith expected back to play short.
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Lawrence Boosters
Valley K
Kansas City
Blue Valley K
World Co Phere four trunk line phones item
Four trunk line phones are listed under World Co Phere 48 in an itemized catalog entry. The notice notes a product offering with minimal descriptive detail and no further context.
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The
World Co
Phere
County Institute to Open Monday in Douglas County
Rural and grade teachers will assemble Monday morning at 7 20 o clock at Memorial High School for the five day Normal Institute. Prof William J Wilms of Baker University will address the closing session Friday afternoon at 2 30. School board members and patrons urged to attend. Faculty includes J B Stonecipher Elizabeth Spencer Roxall Seabury and Professor Williams with Estelle Cook to lead fire prevention. New books include Stone arithmetic Burns U S history The Making of Our Country and revised Kanaghs writing system.
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Douglas County
Memorial High School
Normal Institute
William J. Wilms
Baker University
Lance
J. B. Stonecipher
Lawrence
Elizabeth Spencer
Yates’ Center
Roxall Seabury
University of Kansas
Williams
Baker
Estelle Cook
Stone
Burnham
U.S
Gur
Hausam
May Be Only Survivor Hatton recalls Civil War links
Hatton, a Civil and Indian War veteran and Kansas pioneer, visited the Journal World office after trips to Leavenworth and Easton. He served in Company 4 Eleventh Infantry, enlisted at 20, and claims to be the sole survivor of his company. He described drills at Fort Leavenworth, a first march to Arkansas, and a battle near Cow Skin Prairie, with nine months of Indian fighting and arrival in Kansas in 1859.
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Hatton
Kansas
Journal-World Office
Leavenworth
Easton
Eleventh Infantry
Jefferson
Leavenworth County
Winchester
J. A. Hall
Hall
Mr. Hatton
Barney Johnson
Pleasant Hill
John, Eph
Frank Brison
Jesse Hall
Lyman Scott
Fort Leavenworth
Arkansas
Cow Skin Prairie
Fedge
Cherokee Strip
Éoun Seal
Kngsas
Prediction of Longer Skirts With Airplane Travel
New York dispatch reports Paris couturier Jean Charles Worth predicts an era of longer skirts for women as air travel becomes common. He cites historical links between transport and fashion, noting heat in carriages and trains led to shorter skirts, while air travel may revive skirts that cover the legs and feet as the airplane becomes a standard comfortable vehicle. A separate item notes Charles Schrader now owns 1200 acres in Brown County after arriving penniless from Germany at 16. He is years old. Probate Judge Co. E. Lindley issued a marriage license to A. C. Morrison of Dodge City and Jessie Medford of Leavenworth. the ceremony was performed. Another brief item reports a bicycle stolen from Chitles Tindher of 324 Elm street. Mothers are invited to weigh babies at a clinic hosted by Dr. Sisson despite not attending well-baby events Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jean Charles Worth
Paris Couturier
Paris
Hiawatha
n.Charles Schrader
United States
Germany
Brown County
Co. E. Lindley
A. C. Morsrison
Dodge City
Jessie Medford
Leavenworth
Lindley
Elm Street
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Ewin
Fichwalt
Y. Ny
Radio
Rinteg
Whitside
Henry L. Stimson
Taft
Phippines
Stimson
Smoky Hill Falls
Chevrolet and
Ireview
A.p.j
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeg Vanzetti
Elias, Field
New York Force
Moscow
Aeing
Endora
Autumn
Harmon Foundation
Atwater-Kent Radio
Hanna
Wood
Frank R. McCoy
Philippines
Islands
Nicaragua
Tecumseh and Leavenworth Lines
Portugal
Aviatrix
Estelle Taylor
Washington Relief Corps
G. A. R. Hall
Harriet LeSeur
Elizabeth Dunn
Caroline Agisey
Minnie Dedo
Clara Hammig
Anna Gibson
August Zeisenis
Nell McFarland
Lara Warnick
R. M. Gearhart
He. Siren
Agen Ahs
James Gordon Steese
Alaska
Alaska Road Commission
County Institute
Sisson
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