Mystery man identified in Huey Long attack at bath club
Senator Huey Long suffered a cut over his left eye after an incident at a Sands Point bath club. Police and society remain silent as Long Island rumors swirl about who struck him and whether he was insulted. Long said three or four men ganged him, but he has yet to identify the attackers. The attack occurred in a wash room near a charity event.
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New York
Huey P. Long
Bath Club
Long Island
Sands Point Bath Club
Louisiana
Milwaukee
New York Herald-Tribune FA
Port Washington
L. L
Inquirer
Jack Curley
Curley
Wis
Huey Long
Great Neck
New Yorker
Veterans of Foreign Ware
New Orleans
Cool and Cloudy Kansas Weather Forecast
Aug 29 Topeka AP reports cool cloudy weather across Kansas with overcast skies. Highs 75 to 80 today rising to 80 to 85 tomorrow. Rain yesterday was light overall, with heavier showers in some areas. Rivers receded as Meteorologist Flora noted precipitation under a quarter inch in 24 hours.
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Kansas
United States Weather Bureau
D. Flora
Flora
KU Names Publicity Changes For Athletic Dept
University of Kansas will shift athletic publicity to the office of Prof W A Dill director of the KU news bureau for the coming school year. Earl Potter, longtime athletic press representative, will not return. Theno Graves, journalism major and KU stock squad member, will prepare athletic programs.
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University of Kansas
W. A. Dill
K. U. News
K. U. Today
Earl Potter
K.U
Theno Graves
K.U. Stack
Turbulent Milwaukee meeting as Huey Long attacks press
Senator Huey Long stormed the Milwaukee Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, denouncing Milwaukee publishers and ejecting photographers. He railed at Wall Street figures and Roosevelt's economy program, calling the government a traitor, then shifted to patronage, and a Milwaukee press tribute was adopted as the meeting adjourned.
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Milwaukee
Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Huey PB. Long
Louisiana
Long
Long Island
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wall Street
Rockefellers
Morgan
Baruch
Roosevelt
America
Deaths and Funerals for George Cline in Tonganoxie
George Cline, 68, died Monday at his home after a short illness in Tonganoxie. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. He is survived by his widow, five daughters including Florence Cain of Lawrence, two sons, his mother, three sisters, and three brothers.
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George Cline
Tonganoxie
Florence Cain
Lawrence
Topeka Judge Whitcomb Dead at 75 in Denver
Topeka judge George H. Whitcomb, 75, died in Denver after illness while on vacation in Buffalo, Colorado. A Shawnee county district court second division judge since 1911, he was appointed by Governor Stubbs and repeatedly elected. Born May 2, 1858 in Stockbridge Vermont, he studied at Tilton and Dartmouth before earning a law degree from Boston University.
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Topeka
Denver
Colo
George H. Whitcomb
Shawnee County District Court
Buffalo
Whitcomb
Stubbs
Body of unidentified man found near Bismarck Grove
A crude body of a 35 to 40 year old Black man was found at five this morning by a Union Pacific crew on tracks north of Bismarck Grove. Sheriff Dunkley said the man likely fell from a previous train and was killed. his left leg was severed. No ID and locals could not recognize him. The body was at Funk mortuary.
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Union Pacific
Bismarck Grove
Jack Dunkley
Funk Mortuary
Episcopal Pastor Returns From Mexico Study Trip
The Rev. Carter Harrison of Trinity Episcopal Church returns from an eight month study trip in Mexico. He established a temporary headquarters in Mexico City and conducted several excursions into nearby sections of the country. Services will resume at the church next Sunday morning.
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Episcopal
Carter Harrison
Trinity Episcopal Church
Mexico
Mexico City
Thessechs
Virginia approves 3.2 beer bill in special session
Richmond Virginia August 29 AP reports the Virginia legislature passed a 3.2 beer bill in a special session. The measure now moves to the governor for final action and is expected to be signed into law.
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Richmond
Virginia
Lecompton Homecoming Picnic Week Schedule
The fiftieth annual Lecompton Homecoming is set for Thursday and Friday August 31 and September 1 with daily programs, music and dancing each night, and a busy afternoon slate of baseball races and contests. Thursday features Lone Star and Watson men’s baseball with a Lone Star vs Big Springs girls match, while Friday hosts Tecumseh and Lecompton men followed by Vinland and Lecompton girls games.
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Lecompton
Lone Star and
Watson
Lone Star
Big Springs
Tecumseh and
Vinland and
Young Democrats Plan National Meet Attendance
The Young People’s Democratic club of Douglas county met at the courthouse with five percent attendance. President Dick Mullins led as officers reported on affiliating with the state group. About 20 Lawrence young Democrats plan to attend the national convention in Kansas City this week. The next Douglas county meeting is September 11 at the courthouse to hear national convention reports.
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Young People’s Democratic Club of
Douglas County
Dick Mullins
Lawrence
National Organization
Kansas City
Douglas County Club
Ice Cream Mixup Delays Lawrence Guardsmen at Camp Whitside
National Guardsmen from Lawrence faced a mixup over donated ice cream from two Lawrence creameries and the merchants bureau. The Fort Riley bound shipment arrived Sunday, August 20, and was reportedly taken by Company I of Wichita. Local mess sergeants protested as Junction City ice cream was substituted the following Tuesday under Capt. Carl Winsor.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Merchants Bureau
Camp Whitside
Fort Riley
Wichita
Junction City
Co. 1
Carl
Sandy” Winsor
University of Kansas
Veteran Physician Addison Kendall Dies in Great Bend
Dr Addison Kendall aged 68 longtime Great Bend physician since 1905 died after several weeks illness He served two terms on the Kansas state boards of medical examiners and health Survived by widow five children Paul Don Jack Mary and Mrs Dale W McNeal Also notes Dr Don Kendall KU graduate and Phi Delta Theta member Wife Wisther Jane Jones daughter of Dr and Mrs H T Jones
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Great Bend
Kan
Addison Kendall
Kendall
Kansas State Board of Medical Examiners
Kansas State Board of Health
Paul
Kansas Power Company
Don Kendall
Jack and
Mary
Dale W. McNeal
Kansas City
The
University of Kansas
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Wisther Jane Jones
H. T. Jones
Man Denies Death Claim In California Outburst
Hollywood residents awoke to police after loud noises at Bryant Washburn's home. Mrs. Washburn screamed Poe just killed a man as Washburn tended a man named J Demiteis who denied being killed and said she hit him with a French telephone. Washburn explained he had brought Demiteis home after a quarrel.
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Hollywood
Calif
Bryant Washburn
Washburn
Poe
E. J. Romero
J. Demiteis
Romero
Demiteis
Dairyman Shot Dead in Allen County Home
F C Johnson a dairyman in Allen county was shot to death at his home in Jola Kansas last night. Harvey Ridge is held for coroner inquest after Johnson returned home and surprised him Ridge wounded Johnson in a return of fire. Ridge a widower with four sons and a daughter and former Elks club steward is well known locally.
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Jola
Kan
F. C. Johnson
Allen County
Harvey Ridge
Bud Hurley
Johnson
Ridge
Elks Club
Postpone dam discussion meeting in Lawrence
The Kiro dam discussion meeting scheduled for Lawrence tonight has been postponed until September. Representatives from Kaw Valley towns were to attend, but many are engaged in NRA volunteer work, Chamber of Commerce sources say. Marriage licenses issued in Lawrence, Byers, and Tonganoxie.
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Kiro Dam
Lawrence
Kaw Valley
Chamber of Commerce
NRA
Wilfred M. Leonhart
Doris Stewart
L. H. Menger
Kermit Schoonover
Byers
Grace Jones
Tonganoxie
Herbert L. Huffman
Personal notes from area residents and visitors
Fritz Burnett traveled to Los Angeles yesterday while Mr. and Mrs. Edmund A. Gibbs and daughter Patricia Ann spent the weekend with Mrs. Gibbs’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Burnett. Vernon of Topeka visited Fritz Burnett, and plans to enter Washburn law school this fall. The Claypools hosted guests including A. B. Mount, Edna McAdams, Ida Holmes, J. H. McFerren and family, and Oscar McFerren. C. A. Lipper of Wichita and Dr. Florence Barrows’s household hosted by, and G. W. Olliver and wife move to Lawrence to join Pacific Mutual Life Insurance. both graduates of the University of Arkansas.
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Fritz Burnett
Los Angeles
Calif
Edmund A. Gibbs
Patricia Ann
Gibbs
W. W. Burnett
William ‘Vernon
Topeka
Vernon
Washburn Law School
John Claypool
A. B. Mount
Edna Mc. Adams
Ida Holmes
Kansas City
Holmes
Mr. Claypool
Claypool
J. H. McFerren
Helen
Williamsburg
Oscar McFerren
Garden City
C. B. Claypool
Miss McFerren
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California
University of Arkansas At
Women named postmasters rise in Roosevelt era
Washington Aug 29 AP since March 9 369 women have been named acting postmasters in their towns including 14 to first class offices. Not labeled postmistresses, they hold the same title as men with acting status pending confirmation. Notable appointments include Mrs Anna Stevenson at Bluefield and Mrs Hattie Caraway’s home city Jonesboro Arkansas. Names of cities Culver City Redondo Beach Saint Charles Jefferson City Roswell are noted.
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Washington
Nellie Dougherty
Minot
North Dakota
U. S
Post Office Department
Lavinia Engle
Hattie Caraway
Jonesboro
Arkansas
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Anna Stevenson
Democratic County Executive Committee
Bluefield
W.iVa
Stella M. Bivens
Culver City
Cal
Redondo
Beach
Saint Charles
Ill
Jefferson City
Roswell
N. Mex
Many at Range School Hosted by Wiedemann's Grill
An all day Hot Point electric range school at Wiedemann's featured 50 guests served meals cooked on display. Russell Seacat led the event assisted by Myrtle Turney of Chicago and A W Peterson of Kansas City Mo. Attendees included Kansas Electric Power Co and Bell Music Co employees plus testers of electrical cooking.
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Wiedemann's
Russell Seacat
Myrtle Turney
Chicago
A. W. Peterson
Kansas City
Emloyees
Kansas Electric Power Company
Bell Music Company
Lawrence Man Purchases The Bargain Store
E W Otto, who recently moved to Lawrence from Tulsa, Oklahoma, has bought The Bargain Store at 820 Massachusetts Street from R C Miller. Open for business with a large, largely unclaimed freight stock sold at bargain prices. Otto is Lawrence born, son of W H Otto, a longtime St Louis furniture dealer.
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E. W. Otto
Lawrence
Tulsa
Okla
Massachusetts Street
R. C. Miller
Mr. Otto
W. H. Otto
St. Louis
Restaurant Code Discussion By Lawrence Restaurateurs
Restaurant men of Lawrence met at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss fair prices under the NRA blanket code. The code sets a maximum 54 hour week and a minimum wage of 26 cents per hour for restaurant employees. Another meeting is set for Thursday night to continue discussion and possible action.
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Restaurant Men of
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
NRA
Cee Ee
Death Sentence for Chicago Slaying Policeman
In Chicago on August 29, AP reports John Scheck was sentenced to death by a jury after convicting him of killing a police officer. The panel reached a verdict in just 21 minutes.
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Chicago
John Scheck
Chamber seeks pact on relief paving Massachusetts Street
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce board met to end local discord over paving Massachusetts street so it can be recommended as a Kansas relief project. A committee will talk with the plaintiff in a related suit delaying bus substitution for streetcars and another to gather facts for public briefing. The aim is to secure federal relief without local dispute, providing winter employment and needed improvements.
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Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts Street
State of
Kansas
Kansas Electric Power Company
Lawrence
Hamiltons Island Park Lodge One Of Minnesota Finest Resorts
A. B. Hamilton, Baker University 1928 graduate, operates Hamiltons Island Park Lodge on Long Lake near Park Rapids Minnesota. The 35 acre island resort holds a central lodge and nineteen cabins with about seventy five guest capacity. Opened after 1931 renovations the resort is hailed as popular and attractive in northern Minnesota. Hamiltons sister Miss Jane Hamilton assists as hostess. father M. B. Hamilton sits on Baker University board.
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A. B. Hamilton
Baker University
Minnesota
Ten Thousand Lakes
Hamilton
Island Park Lodge
Long Lake
Park Rapids
Kansas City
Jane Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
M. B. Hamilton
Leavenworth
More Aid Is Ordered In Sleeping Sickness Fight
Surgeon General Hugh C. Cumming of the U S Public Health Service announced two additional physicians would join the battle against sleeping sickness. Dr. W T Harrison and Dr. Cornelius B Philip were summoned from Washington and Hamilton Ontario respectively, with more specialists to be called as needed. The outbreak had 42 victims and officials hope to identify the cause and find a cure through comprehensive study.
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St. Louis
Hugh C. Cumming
United States Public Health Service
Health Service
W. T. Harrison
Washington
Cornelius B.philip
Hamilton
Ont
Rocky Mountain
Cumming
Stray cash, checks tied to bank robbery probe
A stranger in Winfield Kan paid cash for a car and police found 1740 in American Railway checks and two revolvers with ammunition in his apartment. He gave the name W L Reece. Authorities link the checks to a Boonville Ark bank robbery. Also three Wichita men linked to multiple Kansas crimes identified.and Kansas university runner Glenn Cunningham to speak at Salina Legion convention. New dean named for Rockhurst College in Kansas City.
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Winfield. Kan
Boonville
Ark
Gove
W. L. Reece
K. U
Topeka
Glenn Cunningham
University of Kansas
Europe
Kansas American Legion
Salina
E. A. Ryan
Cunningham
Major Cavanaugh Dead in Marshfield at 57
Frank W. Cavanaugh famed as the iron major of football died at his Marshfield home at age 57 after a lingering illness. He had been in a coma for three days, and his passing ends a storied career in the sport.
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Major Cavanaugh
Marshfield
Mass
Frank W. Cavanaugh
Reno News Roundup Of Visits Meetings And Travel
Mrs Eckert of Parkville Mo visits daughter Jean McKone. Jesse Graham hauled watermelons to Kansas City Saturday. Urban Hess to start Teachers Institute in Leavenworth Monday. Mrs Marsh and son Phil of St Louis visit Mrs Kelsall and relatives. Pearson family and Robert Hildebrand dine with Lee family in Lawrence. Large turnout at Reno wheat allotment meeting at the Reno schoolhouse Thursday. Mrs Dana Sanders daughter Margaret and Miss Ruth Phenicie camping at Shrine Park. Roy Hillsden of Kansas City visits for weekend. Mrs Floyd Gilliland in Kansas City Saturday. W A Dehoff ships garden produce to Kansas City market for weeks. Pony Creek Community club attendance Friday included piano solos by Miss Wisely of Wichita, Helen and Wilma Dehoff. Entertainment committee Mrs Leonard Stanwix and Mrs Clyde Ford. ice cream and cake served. Guests Mr and Mrs Whittaker of Tonganoxie. Mr and Mrs Butterfield and son Gerald Duane visit A C Hess in Topeka Wednesday. Misses Ella and Nettie O’Dea return from Chicago and the World’s Fair.
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Eckert
Parkville
Jean MecKone
Jesse R. Graham
Kansas City
Urban Hess
Teachers’ Institute
Leavenworth
Marsh
Phil
St. Louis
Kelsall
Lawrence
Reno
Dana Sanders
Margaret
Ruth Phenicie
Shrine Park
Pony Creek
Miss Wisely
Wichita
Helen
Wilma Dehoff
Leonard Stanwix
Clyde Ford
Whittaker
Tonganoxie
Captains Creek Visitors Return From Travels
Mrs Ervin Kanzig and son Jim mie returned Monday from Florence Kansas after visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Philip Lefmann and Kaby came back from Chicago last Tuesday after a week at the fair. Frank Neidermeier and Ed Neidermeier of Oklahoma called on Philip Lefmann and baby. Lena Lefmann returned home to Kansas City after four weeks with Philip Lefmann. Zenia Gunther and daughter Janice from Eudora visited Mrs Ed Andrew and Laura Lee Andrew last Thursday.
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Ervin Kanzig
Jimmie
Florence
Kan
Philip Lefmann
Kaby
Chicago
Frank Neidermeier
Ed Neidermeier
Oklahoma
Lena Lefmann
Lena Neidermeier
Kansas City
Zenia Gunther
Janice
Eudora
Will Andrew
Laura Lee
Ed Andrew
Visitation and Socials Around Ives Chapel and Homewood
Local residents attended visits and gatherings from Tuesday to Friday, including trips to Springfield and Topeka, hospital calls in Kansas City, and a large noon basket dinner in Homewood. Notable attendees included Husted, Hemming, Butell, Miller, Neff, and various families from Ottawa, Wellsville, and Osawatomie.
Community Notes of Visits and Guests in Local Homes
Local residents list visits and hospitality events from Friday to Sunday. Names include Ernest Butell, Carl Butell, the Hemming, Miller, Emery, Rutherford, Cook, Speer, Jardon, Brumfield, Lackey, Brown, Carter, Summers, Tadlock, Bell, and others visiting hospitals, chapels, and homes in Parsons district communities.
Kanessity Grain and Livestock Markets Report
Wheat and corn prices move with mixed bags as Kansas City and Chicago markets show varied declines and steady to higher bids for select grades. Cattle, hogs, and vealers at Kansas City reflect uneven demand with middling gains for light, feeder stock. potato values slip in Chicago amid weaker Triumphs and dull trade.
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Kansas City
Llysstock
Aus
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Homewood
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Wellsville
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Epworthe League Institute
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Rebecca OF
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el Brendel
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Warner Baxter
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Charles Farrel
Joan Bennett
Claudette Colbert
Richard Arlen
Mary Boland
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