Muscle Shoals Dam opens new electrical age
Florence Alabama August 29 A P Harnessing of Muscle Shoals completes first concrete results of a 51 6 million federal project begun seven years ago The Wilson dam and adjacent steam plant are 95 percent finished with completion expected next June About 2221 workers on the reservation this week down from 5000 The dam 122 feet high and nearly 5000 feet long will yield 640 000 horsepower from eight turbines totaling 264 000 horsepower in four units and more as demand rises It becomes a magnet for visitors with 25000 registering in one month
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Tennessee Valley
Wilson Dam
United States
Value estimates set for Kansas City Traction System assets
Kansas City traction system valued between 6.83 million and 15.16 million dollars before Judge Kimbrough Stone. Dean Henry Riggs of the University of Michigan cites varying returns and size of investment as reasons for the wide range. He estimates annual net income could reach 1.45 million with economies, but requires 1.2 million working capital and over 7 million for rehabilitation. He notes a full rebuild could cost 51 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Kansas City Traction System
Kimbrough Stone
Federal Court of Appeals
Henry Earie Riggs
University of Michigan
Kansas City Street Railways Company
Dean Riggs
Dean
Quarrel Over Dime Horn Ends in Killing in Durant
Oklahoma youth Roy Jennings is dead after a quarrel over a dime horn leads to a fatal slash wound. Authorities seek Cecil Kirby, 20, who borrowed the horn, sold it for a dime, and allegedly attacked Jennings at a country dance last night.
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Durant
Roy Jennings
Bryan
Cecil Kirby
Jennings
Kirby
Jenings
Weather outlook for the week in key valleys and regions
Forecasts for the week start Monday across the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys call for mostly fair skies with a chance of showers later, cooler at the start and end, and warmer by Tuesday or Wednesday. Plateau regions show mostly fair conditions with noted temperatures. Kansas remains mostly fair with possible local thunder this afternoon or tonight, improving Sunday. Readings mention clear roads but muddy conditions near Concordia.
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Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Plateau
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Concordia
Baseball results and suspensions across leagues
National League action featured Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in a 12 to 2 Phillies win with homer by Wright and late runs. Chicago and Boston split a doubleheader, Reds beat Robins, Pirates swept a Philadelphia doubleheader, and J. Ruth was suspended by Huggins as Indians defeated the Red Sox for an early lead.
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Ryan
O’ Neill
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Picinich
Speece
L. Sewell
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Groves
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Wells
Bassler
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American Association
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Associated Press
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Douglas County Farmers Union Picnic At Holcom's Grove
The annual Farmers Union picnic was held today southwest of Lawrence with many members in attendance. John Simson, president of the Farmers Union of Oklahoma, delivered the afternoon address at 1 05 o'clock. A basket dinner was served at noon. The Scottish Rite team of the Junior Twilight League beat the Holcomb Grove Junior baseball team 2 to 0 this morning. Belvoir and Lone Star baseball teams were scheduled to play this afternoon. Mrs S L Garrett returned home from Carroll Missouri where she visited relatives.
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Lawrence
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Belvoir
Lone Star
Prisoners by day are night bootleggers
Tampa Florida August 29 United States District Attorney W M Gober opened an investigation into the Dade county jail after reports that federal prisoners were released at night for bootlegging and confined by day. Bribery of jail officials was also alleged though names were not released.
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A. P
Dade County
United States District
W. M. Gober
Hospital Levy Cut Sparks School of Saving Plan
City officials and the hospital board report Memorial hospital's tax levy drops from .35 to .25 mill for the coming year, saving about $2,020. The funds will fund nursing dining room and sleeping porch improvements while raising efficiency and offsetting reduced city support with other revenue.
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Ten candidates enter race for La Follette seat in Wisconsin
Madison August 29 ten candidates filed for the unexpired term of the late Senator La Follette. Among them six seek the September 15 primary and four go as independents to the September 23 special. Republicans name Wilcox La Follette Jr Bran cis Woodward and McGovern plus other details. Dem Bruce and Socialist Work headline the primary. Independent candidates Dithmar Barry Bauman and Sliter also run. Secretary Zimmer man declines Prohibition nomination citing legal interpretation uncertainty.
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Wis
A. P
la Follette
Roy P. Wilcox
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Brancis E. McGovern
Daniel Weedsward
Wilcox
Oshkosh
Woodward
Ku Klux Klan
William George Bruce
Joan Work
Edward F. Dithmar
Goolidge- Dawes
Arthur R. Barry
George Bauman
Gilbert Sliter
Fred Zimmerman
Alfred Taynton
Home of Mrs E E Davis Burns At Garfield Street
A small one story house at 831 Garfield Street owned by Mrs E E Davis was destroyed by a fire around 10 AM with unknown origin. Mrs Davis was in the yard when the blaze started and few belongings were saved. The structure valued about 1000 dollars. Sparks dallied to 829 Garfield Street endangering Emma Robinson residence but firefighters conteracted the spread. Damage to the Robinson property was minor. Mrs J D Frost plans a weekend trip to Kansas City with friends.
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Emma Robinson
Garfield Street
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Robinson
Gunmen Fight Police In Downtown Knife Run
Two men were wounded in a running gunfight through Kansas City streets as a motor car fugitive eluded officers. A white man with blackened hands abandoned a car after a chase that crossed downtown and a northern residential area. He dropped a canvas bag containing nitroglycerin and vanished into a building. about forty shots were fired during the pursuit. The wounded men were Joe Scott and Will Combs. Scott’s condition was serious.
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A. P
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Joe Scott
Will Combs
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John Seahill
Gasoline price wars sweep Wichita and Kansas City
Gasoline prices drop as independents and Standard Oil of Indiana slash rates across Wichita Kansas City and surrounding areas. In Wichita prices fall to about 10.8 to 11.8 cents per gallon with taxes included. Independent dealers push further cuts in Kansas City to 17.9 cents before taxes while Standard posts 19.9 cents. Local reps expect no immediate further drops.
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Nott
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Kansas City
A. P
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Lawrence
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TieUp at Colliery Disrupts 700 Miners at Lehigh Co
A stoppage at Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co s number six colliery idleled 700 workers and cut daily anthracite output by 2000 tons after a miner refused a union button showing he is in good standing. No settlement efforts occurred due to lack of union officials.
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U S Disbursing Agent Arrested for Forgery
Earl A Gray disbursing agent of the United States railroad labor board was arrested by secret service agents and charged with forgery. He allegedly padded the payroll. Gray, a widower with two children, has worked for the board since its creation.
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Associated Press
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Secret Service
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Recalling a K U Hoax: Twitchell Staged Death Parade
A 1910s Kansas hoax revived by a parade after the death prank at the University of Kansas. Ralph Waldo Emerson Twitchell led a mourning parade with inverted sword and muffled drum. He and two others were suspended for thirty days. Twitchell later continued studies in Michigan.
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Kansas City
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Twichell
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Western Union
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Atchison
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Board of Regents
Lawrence
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Mr. Ingalls
University
T. Dwight Thacher
Lawrence Journal
Stars and Stripes
Round Corner
K. U
Michigan
Plan R U Radio at KFKU University Broadcasts
The committee at University station KFKU plans a weekly winter morning program for convocation hour in rural high schools. Each 40 minute session starts at 10 with music, followed by a 15 minute faculty talk and varied numbers. Vocational pieces aim to spark interest in advanced study across departments. Evening broadcasts remain similar to last winter with more music and brief lectures. University credit via radio is offered with corresponding correspondence work, as demand grows. Ranger bicycles Hanna.
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KFKU
University of Kansas
Work at Haskell Opens Next Week
Haskell Institute in Lawrence readies for fall term with enrollment limited by facilities. About 35 states represented as students arrive. registration begins, classes start Thursday, and a vocational guidance committee assigns placements. Indian boys from Fort Riley National Guard camp return Monday to join the term.
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Haskell
George FE. Peters
National Guard
Fort Riley
Varied Rotary program closes Harvest Home in Lecompton
Lawrence Rotary club led a community program in Lecompton high school yard with banjo music recitations songs and remarks by R C Rankin and Willard Morgen. Local entertainment featured children and dancing. Tennis winners Paul Tupper and Chester McFarlin. Green Brothers beat Lecompton 10 4 and Topeka Rotary Cubs beat Lawrence 6 2.
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Lawrence Club
Robert Roslands
Lawrence Rotary Club
Harold ‘Constant
Wilson
Lena Funk
Mary Johns
T. D. Funk
Walter Johns
Rotary
R. C. Rankin
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Paul Tupper
Chester McFarin
Willard Morgen
Green Brothers
Topeka Rotary
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Topeka
Queen of American bootleggers indicted in New Orleans
New Orleans reports a federal jury indicted a woman dubbed the queen of American bootleggers for alleged rum running. Five men from New Orleans Kansas City St Louis and two Western cities were also indicted in a case tied to an alleged conspiracy to import one thousand cases of whisky from Cuba to Louisiana.
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Associated Press
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St. Louis
Cuba
Lousiana
Local Guardsmen Return From Camp Whiteside Forty Days
Lawrence National Guard units from companies D H and M plus Headquarters Company of the 137th Infantry and Troops C 114th Cavalry break camp at Camp Whiteside Fort Riley after fifteen days. About 275 men expected to arrive by special train as city awaits results of athletic contests.
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Pendleton Gray Shoots Self After Hutchinson Crash
Pendleton O Gray a St John Kan car dealer shoots himself in head near Hutchinson after his car crashes at the Arkansas River bridge approach. His brother Howard Gray survives with minor injuries after being thrown through the windshield. Coroner says no inquest necessary.
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Pendleton O. Gray
St. John
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H. W. Stewart
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Stewart
Breaks City Jail: Escape by Bootlegger McMillan
Kansas City man Ray McMillan sentenced to sixty days in jail and fined $200 for bootlegging in Lawrence escapes from city jail between 9 30 and 10 in the morning. He climbed the wall while unguarded, fled, and remained missing until a search found him. He drove a Ford and the vehicle remains with the police. McMillan, in his early twenties, claimed it was his first liquor sale. Marriage license issued to Hugh M Beshe rs and Caroline A Newson in Lawrence by acting probate judge.
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Teachers Prepare for Year’s Work at Douglas County Institute
Mrs. Lucille McCreath was named president of the Douglas County Teachers Association at the closing session of the annual teachers institute held at Memorial high school. Elected to the executive committee were Miss Telitha Newton vice president, Miss Roberta Nottingham secretary, and Mrs. Nellie Ferkins district treasurer. County Superintendent O. J. Lane announced supplies and discussed study courses and the opening of the school term. General openings set for September 7 at Lecompton rural high and grade, Enterprise, with other county schools following September 7. Labor Day may delay grade school openings to September 8. The first county teachers meeting is planned for later in September.
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Douglas County
Lucille McCreath
Lakeview
Douglas County Teachers' Association
Memorial High School
Telitha Newton
Colyer ' School
Roberta
Nottingham
Barker
Nellie Ferkins
Welnut Grove
O. J. Lane
Lecompton Rural
Ae Se
Big Picnic at Sparks Ninth Governor in Program
Sparks Kansas August 25 Governor Ben S Pavlen joined the program as the ninth governor to participate in the famed Sparks picnic also known as the Tri State picnic with attendees from Nebraska and Missouri. Senator Charley Curtis spoke and a line of preachers will judge Sunday services while local organizers credit Cy Leland and early leaders for the event. The grounds near Eagle Springs were once home to Jessa and Frank James who sought the water there for rest and recovery. K O Munson and Josh B Dutton oversaw this year’s picnic with Walter Montgomery directing publicity for the Kansas press.
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Kas
Ben
S. Pavlen
Doniphan County
Nebraska
Missouri
Charley Curtis
U. S
Kansas
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Cy Leland
Stubbs
Eagle Springs
Jessa
Frank James
K. O. Munson
State Bank
Josh. B. Dutton
Walter &. Montgomery
Corn Needs Rain Forecast for Douglas County Fields
Laté corn in Douglas County suffers from hot weather with several fields damaged while county agent H. Colglazier warns if rain does not arrive in a few days the damage to the corn crop will be heavy.
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H. (. Colglazier
Why Not Sell Them Journal-World Want Ads
Advertisement urges readers to use the Journal-World want page to sell valuable household items and advertise real estate rentals. It notes homes changing owners soon and promotes timely listings, mentioning KU advanced standing booklets and radio parts as featured items.
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