Four Month Stock of Coal on Hands
Washington reports sufficient hard coal stocks to cover normal demand for over four months amid a potential strike in the anthracite fields. Government aides weigh distribution plans and possible federal intervention, with an Aug 28 New York conference to shape an emergency coal distribution program.
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Washington
Whites House
Conte
Wadleigh
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nationwide search for three month old baby kidnapped
New York Aug 22 police in nine thousand cities and towns in the United States and Canada were asked in police circulars to aid in locating three months old Lillian McKenzie abducted from her perambulator on a Manhattan street last Saturday. The frantic mother, convalescing under physician care, begged for any news as relatives continued a desperate search through the streets.
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New York
United States
Canada
Lillian McKenzie
Manhattan
Mail test in Chicago Cheyenne air route advances
Five mail planes ran the second day of a five day transcontinental aerial mail test. Night flying from Chicago to Cheyenne covered 885 miles with pilots completing segments to Omaha and Chicago, clouded by storms and fogs in Wyoming. Eastbound flights from New York and San Francisco progressed, with long night legs aided by searchlights and bright lights along the airway.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyoming
New York
San Francisco
Airway
Dean Smith
Fort Crookfield
Omaha
Jack Knight
Fort Crook
Collison
Laramine
Frank Yager
H. T. Lewis
Yager
Yager and Lewis
Grand Island
North Platte
Neb
University athletics director to speak in El Dorado and Eureka
Dr F G C Allen director of athletics at the University will drive to El Dorado to speak before the Kiwanis club and about fifty high school boys on the back to school movement. He will then go to Eureka to address Eure ka Kiwanians stressing clean sportsmanship in college athletics. He will be accompanied by Mrs Allen and their children.
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F. GC. Allen
University
el Dorado
Kiwanis Club
Allen
Eureka
Plan New Election for Vinland School Bonds
The Vinland school board will meet tomorrow afternoon at the office of QO Lane county superintendent to plan a new election authorizing the issuance of 10000 dollars in bonds for a rural high school building. Also notes wheat weevil damage concerns and Father Fitzgerald’s post operative improvement.
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Vinland School Board
QO. J. Lane
County Fair Season Tickets Go On Sale in Lawrence Tomorrow
The county fair advance sale of season tickets runs August 28 to 31 in Lawrence. The finance committee aims to sell 3,000 season passes, with adults at one dollar and single park admission at fifty cents. Exhibitors’ season tickets cost seventy-five cents, with evening gate admission twenty-five cents. Ticket sales will be driven by local businesses and youth groups in resident districts.
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Lawrence
County Fair Board
Empress of Scotland Strands Americans in London and Southampton
Hundreds of Americans waiting to sail on the damaged Empress of Scotland remain stranded in London and Southampton after the liner struck a submerged wreck on a Hamburg to Southampton voyage. The ship’s Quebec departure was canceled and travelers face an indefinite delay as available sailings are fully booked into mid September.
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London
Associated Press
Southampton
Hambure
Quebec
Scotland
Schools to Move Offices to Memorial High Saturday
The board of education and city school superintendent will relocate to Memorial high school this Saturday from rooms in the Insurance Building at Seventh and New Hampshire. Superintendent H. Ps. Smith notes plans for a strong school year and remodeling of the old high school into a junior high. The portable building is moved to the Lincoln site from Woodlawn.
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Board of Education
Memorial High
Supt.h. Ps. Smith
Insurance
Seventh
New Hampshire Streets
Smith
Lincoln
Woodlawn
Starvation Crisis Hits 3,000 German Parsonages
In Germany, the mark collapse drives hunger to 3,000 parsonages and leaves 75,000 church dependents without clothing or bread. Advices to Aug 22 from Dr J A Morthead, executive director of the national Lutheran council, say relief clothing is being rushed to Germany. The distress reportedly also affects the salaried middle class.
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New York
Germany
National Lutheran Council
J. A. Morthead
Names sought for Newton junior high buildings amid reorganization
Lawrence plans rename the old Central buildings junior high central and the manual as junior high manual while awaiting a fitting title for the former high school now at the junior high center. Institute features at Harvey county normal institute announced by Mary J. Morrison in charge. institute to open at Newton high school on August 28. Mary Allen and Milton Allen to return from vacations. Forrest C Allen Jr visiting Warrensburg College dean of women’s family. Michigana and Independence trips noted.
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Lawrence
H. P. Smith
Junior High Central
Manual
Institute
Newton
Harvey County Normal Institute
Mary J. Morrison
Newton High School
Mary Allen
F. ©. Allen
Michigana
Mich
Milton Allen
Independence
Forrest C-Allen, Jr
Vanita Houts
Warrensburg College
Warrensburg
Quiet Title Suit Filed in District Court
A quiet title action has been filed in district court by Jemas Athey against Robert Roalle. The case seeks to determine property ownership and resolve competing claims.
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Jemas Athey
Rober Robert Roalle
Poincare's Note Reaffirms Stand on Reparations
Paris reports Premier Poincare reiterates that Germany may evacuate the Ruhr only by paying reparations, halt passive resistance to ease occupation, and cannot expect debt relief unless France gains equivalent credit on its war debts. He urges Britain to accept France's thesis in detail, while London notes a cautious but advancing tone amid disagreements over commissions and payment capacity.
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Paris
Associated Press
Germany
Ruhr
France
Poincare
Marquis Curzon
Lord Curzon
The
Hague
M. Poincare
Great Britain
London
Baldwin
Cur~ton
Poinesre
Attorney General Bids Emporia Clean Up Petting Parties
J. B. Wilson left for Emporia to investigate an alleged assault on two young women by three men on an automobile ride. The attorney general declares war on petting parties and orders college towns to clean up after widespread complaints from Emporia and nearby towns.
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Topeka
Emporia
Record August low in Kansas City history
Bet Kansas City reports a 52 degree low at 6 a m today the coldest August reading in state history since the weather bureau began thirty four years ago. Tomorrow's morning forecast calls for only a slight warming.
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Kansas City
Tokio announces immediate scrapping of warships
An official statement from Tokyo says warship scrapping in accordance with the Washington treaties, ratifications exchanged by signatories, will be carried out at once. The notice underlines rapid disarmament steps as part of postwar naval reforms.
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Tokio
Paid Off Mortgage On Mother's Home
A Douglas county soldier sent his mother a $500 check to clear the mortgage on her home. After serving overseas and using the college education his mother provided, he plans to keep a small balance for other needs.
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Douglas County
Farmers Face Hard Times but Hope to Recover
Henry G. Van Neste told Rotary members the farmer can work out his problems in coming years though serious difficulties exist. He cited easy credit and lack of cooperative action as key causes, noting higher taxes and interest, more tractors, and labor issues hinder farming compared with 25 years ago. He warned many farm children leave the eight grade, harming farm productivity. Next week a banker and merchant will discuss their roles in the current economy.
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Henry G. van Neste
Rotary Club
Vani Neste
Mr. van Neste
van Neste
Tramp poet Harry Kemp’s marriage and crime news
Tramp poet Harry Kemp weds Miss Frances McClernan of Mount Vernon New York at Provincetown Massachusetts after a rapid courtship in Greenwich Village. Kemp planned a Spain pilgrimage to lay a wreath on Trigo del Molina's grave but never went. Also reported is Pearl Tupper’s murder case in which her husband Edward Tupper is jailed for first degree murder after beating.
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Harry Kemp
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Frances McClernan
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Kemps
Art Colony
Provincetown
Mass
Tramp Paut
Mad Hatter
Greenwich Village
Kemp
Miss McClernan
Spain
Trigo del Molina
Don Juan Tenorio
Molina
France
Mart Swatt
Pearl Tupper
Edward Tupper
Prepare Grounds for County Fair
Committees finalize preparations for the Douglas county fair opening next Tuesday morning. Officials report strong department entries, a rebuilt hog barn, a newly dragged track, and a large poultry exhibit headlined by a single exhibitor with four hundred chickens. The Red Cross cottage will serve as a rest room and Lawrence Campfire Girls add a sand pile for kids while a shaded dance platform goes up near the fine arts building. City crews improve Woodland Park access roads.
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Douglas County
Woodland Park
Bringig
Douglas County Red Cross
Lawrence
Red Cross
Fine Arts
Armory Ball Ties Teachers In County Institute Contest
Monday evening in South Park teachers attending the county institute staged an armory ball. Lena Sutton's team defeated Ethel Kindred's 14 to 4. Umpire was County Superintendent O. J. Lane. Players on winning side included Sutton Talley Schelly Norris Sturdy Stevens Pine Vaughn Landin Hill. losers featured Kindred Watson Longenecker Eberwein Norris Isaacs Vitt Jakns Sommers Eberwein. Also a note on Liberty Bonds and U.S. Government securities with quotes and values.
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County Institute
South Park
Lena Sutton
Ethel Kindred
Helen Talley
Blanche Schelly
Sarah Smith
Elizabeth Sturdy
Winifred Stevens
Clara Pine
Gladys Vaughn
Mary Landin
Lillian Hill
Ethiel
Kindred
Rose Watson
Mable Longenecker
Leona Eberwein
Virgil Norris
Mary Leone Isaacs
Nora Vitt
Helen Jakns
Ethel Sommers
Dora Eberwein
Kansas Governor Proclaims Labor Sunday observance
Gov J M Davis, ill but authorizes a proclamation for Labor Sunday on September 2, the first such Kansas governor issued order. Charles Johnson, riding motorcycle from Kansas City, visits Lawrence with Mr and Mrs Clarence Meek before heading to Salt Lake City. Mrs Frank McFarland undergoes operation at Simmons Hospital with Dr Hickok of Kansas City performing.
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Topeka
Wichi
J. M. Davis
Eno
Kansas
Charles Johnson
Kansas City
California
Clarence Meek
Lawrence
Johnson
Salt Lake City
Frank McFarland
Simmons Hospital
Dr. Hickok of
Ocean bed rises near surface near cable repair
London Aug 22 Officers of the Eastern Telegraph Co report a submarine convulsion has raised the ocean bed to within three fourths of a mile of the surface at a site where charts showed three miles depth. Soundings from 1899, the cable’s year of laying, indicate a significant change since.
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London
Eastern Telegraph Co
St. Helena
Capetown
Search for Kenneth Sullivan in McNutt murder case in Lawrence
Prosecutors pursue Kenneth Sullivan based on Albert Gentry's confession in the August 11 murder of Roy McNutt. Sullivan allegedly fired the fatal shot after a robbery in the alley by the Santa Fe hotel, remained in Lawrence until August 14, and may have planned to flee to South America. Authorities traced the revolver to a pawned weapon linked to the crime as Bateson and Bryant remain in custody as witnesses. A $200 county reward persists, with potential enhancement by local colored Masonic bodies. Bateson and Bryant released on bonds to testify in November.
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Kenneth Sullivan
Albert Gentry
Roy McNutt
Lawrence
Gentry
Sullivan
McNutt
Santa Fe
Elmer Bateson
Henry Weyermuller
Weyermuller
Bateson
Anl
County Commissioners
Ebner Bateson
Kenneth Bryant
County bonus board sends fourteen new applications to state
The county bonus board yesterday sent fourteen new bonus applications to the state board in Topeka. It has received a total of one thousand applications since starting work. The board has been active with bonus matters as checks were mailed out. Some former soldiers living outside the county who had received blanks and failed to return them are now submitting them.
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County Bonus Board
Topeka
Sidewalk Repair Progress Report With City Notices
City officials report that 75 percent of the 800 sidewalk repair notices issued have been mended. Cooperation from property owners is strong as surveying nears completion on the south side of the river.
Eudora Picnic Draws Lawrence Visitors for Entertainment
Attorney General B. Griffith spoke at the Eudora picnic held in the city park. Lawrence residents attended as athletic contests and carnival acts entertained attendees. A platform dance was planned for the evening in the park with the F. A. A band featured.
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B. Griffith
Eudora
Injured American Dies in Crash near Guillaumes
Alexander Sondheim er of Muskogee Oklahoma died this morning after the automobile crash near Guillaumes. The death toll among Americans rises to six. His wife was killed in the same accident. Dra. Welch & Welch The Chiropractors.
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Nice
Associated Press
Alexander Sondheimer
Muskogee
Okla
Guillaumes
Will Reardon R B Browhing Race to Denver under Guarded Speed
Sheriff Will Johns enforces speed laws for the Kansas City to Denver overland race. Reardon and Browhing plan a 716 mile run at about 45 mph with three stops at Salina Oakley and Flagler. Lawence patrols will escort the car and arrest any driver over forty miles per hour in the county. The attempt aims to beat a car record of 18 hours 22 minutes. train time stands at 19 hours 45 minutes. The car is expected to pass through Lawrence shortly after 3 am tomorrow.
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Jack Reardon
R. B. Browhing
Kansas City
Denver
Will Johns
Fort-To-Fort
Lawrence
Johns
Reardon
Overland
Salina
Oakley
Flagler
Big Springs Fair premium list published for September event
The Big Springs Community Fair premium list for September 20 and 21, published by the Journal-World via the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, lists prizes and names the fair's board of managers. Officers include H B Hall as president and Charles Wilson as secretary, with J W Krieder as treasurer. Department superintendents cover horses, dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine, poultry, agriculture, and more, led by G A Dreyer, N Roberts, S S Holloway, and others.
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Big Springs
Journal-World Office
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
H. F. Hall
R. F P. Buck
Charles Wilson
Fred Wulfkuhle
John Rahnmaier
R. A. Baldwin
Cy Boursaw
Kans City Kansas Chamber Tour Scheduled to Visit Lawrence
About a hundred members and wives of the Kans City Kansas Chamber of Commerce are due in Lawrence Friday around 3 PM for the annual Good Fellowship tour. They will visit the University, then stop at Ninth and Massachusetts for speeches and music, with Kansas City souvenirs distributed. A pathfinder car will precede the caravan by about fifteen minutes.
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Kansans City
Kansas
Mann and Coole Granted Marriage License in Court
Leland W. Mann of Blue Rapids Kansas and Mona R. Coole of Baldwin were granted a marriage license yesterday afternoon at the courthouse by C E Lindley probate judge pro tem.
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Leland W. Mann
Blue Rapids
Kans
Mona R. Coole
Baldwin
Court House
C. E. Lindley
Was Returned to Salina in Grand Larceny Case
Walter Williams, colored, was taken back to Salina by the under sheriff from Salina yesterday afternoon. Williams was charged with grand larceny. He had been held at the county jail, special this week. Miller Ford Tubes, 1.75. C. W. Smith.
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Salina
Walter Williams
Williams
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Charles E. Cassel
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