Spectacular race at Chicago air races heats tiny craft
Curtiss Reynolds Airport Chicago August 30 AP Howard of St Louis won the 25 mile free for all in a tiny ship at 163.01 mph amid rain. E V Newson of Little Rock finished second at 51.85 mph and R K Wedell of Patterson third at 140.08 mph. Howard and Wedell enter Thompson Trophy race on Labor Day. Art Davis of East Lansing set a near perfect end stick landing while W W Kratz of Louisville placed second with three feet four inches. Ruth Nichols of New York led the women dead stick event landing 13 feet one inch from the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtiss Reynolds
Chicago
Howard
St. Louis
E. V. Newson
Little Rock
Ark
RK. R. Wedell
Patterson
Wedell
Art Davis
East Lansing
Mich
W. W. Kratz
Louisville
Ruth Nichols
New York
Hold Two in Shooting of Two Oklahoma Officers
In Altus Oklahoma Vernon Robsion confessed with his brother George to a gun battle that killed Deputy Sheriff Elmer L. Carter and wounded Joe Whitt police chief. Vernon blamed George who lay fatally wounded. George likely died within hours. Ernest Jackson of Vernon Texas was sought as the third man aboard the truck halted by the officers earlier. The truck, loaded with liquor making gear, was found at Buck Robsion’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altus
Okla
Vernon Robsion
George
Elmer L. Carter
Joe Whitt
State Reformatory
Granite
Frederick
Ernest Jackson
Vernon
Tex
Carter
Whitt
Buck Robsion
Collision injures Topeka man and companion near Lawrence
C Rupin of Topeka and a woman companion suffered slight scratches when his Ford roadster collided with a Nash sedan driven by R E Creason of Lawrence on highway 73 about a mile north of Lawrence. Creason was uninjured. Police say Rupin’s roadster was towed to a local garage then to Topeka. Creason, followed by C W Schuppert, stopped to gas his car after Schuppert’s car ran out of fuel. While Creason turned back, his engine died and Rupin’s southbound roadster hit Creason’s vehicle at an angle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Rupin
Topeka
Rupin
Nash
R. E. Creason
Lawrence
Highway 73
Creason
C. W. Schuppert
Schubert
Weekend warmth shadowed by next week showers
Topeka Aug 30 AP A warm weekend favors outdoor activities across Kansas with temperatures today and Sunday forecast to reach 90 to 95 degrees weather bureau said A cooler spell is expected early next week cooler air will move in from the northwest North Dakota and Montana already saw cool temperatures but Kansas will follow early next week Scattered showers were reported across the state in the last 24 hours with Topeka Lawrence and Hutchinson at 0 2 inch Kansas City 0 10 inch Coldwater 0 496 and Dodge City 0 4 inch
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeks
Kansas
United States ‘Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
North Dakota
Montana
Baid
Topeka
Lawrence
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Coldwater
Dodge City
Suing Rich Indian Girl From Creek Nation
Exie Fife a Creek Indian girl named as defendant in a $105,000 alienation of affections suit filed by Hattie Adair wife of Jessie Adair Muskogee policeman. Adair files for divorce Monday. The case follows a long pattern of legal actions since the discovery on her allotment about ten years ago transformed her from a barefoot farm girl to a person of wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Exie Fife
Hattie Adair
Jessie Ad‘air
Iidair
Monia
Haucke and rivals file campaign expenditures
Aug. 30 AP report notes Republican Frank Haucke filed travel expenses not itemized and exempt by law. Arthur Ca Ap per and Jonathan Davis also listed only filing fees. George McGill, Wichita Democrat opposing Allen, reported 912.7 in expenditures. three Socialist candidates said they spent nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Frank
Haucke
Ee Favernete
Lath
Tde M. Reed
Ting
Arthur Ca ‘Apper
Jonathan + Davis
George McGill
Wichita
Eis
Allen
Campuet
McGill
Libel Suit Dismissed Against Star Editors
A $3,000,000 libel suit filed July 8, 1926 against five Kansas City Star editors and Arthur M. Hyde was dismissed for lack of prosecution. The case involved an article quoted as Hyde’s speech and was stricken from records after no answer followed a judge's peremptory call. Plaintiffs alleged the publication damaged their esteem among friends and neighbors. The editors named were Irwin Kirkwood, August F. Secated, Ralph Stout, Henry J. Haskell and George B. Longan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
The
Kansas City Star
Arthur M. Hyde
Alter S. Dickey
Kansas City Journal-Post
Hyde
Clarence A. Burney
Star
Irwin’ Kirkwood
August F
Ralph Stout
Henry J. Haskell
George B. Longan
Haskell Prepares Moving Billboards For Homecoming
The athletic staff mailed covers advertising Haskell homecoming and pow wow on October 9 and 10. Indians in Oklahoma are called moving billboards by F. W. McDonald, director of athletics. A chief’s head in war bonnet centers the design with homecoming features around it and colored fringed covers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell
Oklahoma
F. W. McDonald
War Bonnett
Oklahoma Governor to Meet Hoover on Relief Aid
Governor Holloway and four members of the Oklahoma drought relief committee depart for Washington to seek immediate federal aid. He says Oklahoma could obtain 125000 for seed wheat, with 900000 available from the extension department of agriculture for that purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Holloway
Drouth Relief Committee
Washington
Hoover
National Relief Organisation
Oklahoma
Extension Department
Department of Agriculture
License number 7000 sold for 1912 Ford in county
Douglas county sold license number 7000 for a 1912 Ford touring car at the county treasurer's office. Albert Steinbring of 511 East Tenth street was the buyer. Last year about 7,030 licenses were issued in the county, and officials expect this year's total to exceed that number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Albert Steinbring
East Tenth Street
Pansy Walker Wins Crete Handicap at Lincoln Fields
Pansy Walker the only filly in the Crete Handicap at Lincoln Fields defeats Brown Wisdom and My Dandy in a six furlong run in 1 11. Princeton finishes second with Clubouse third in a field of twelve. Owned by W. T. Waggoner of Fort Worth Texas and ridden by Tommy May, Pansy Walker pays 12.86 to win with 6.96 to place and 4.84 to show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pansy Walker
Lincoln Fields
Chicago
Brown Wisdom
My Dandy
Crete
Lincoln
Fields
Princeton
Clubouse
Sir Gallahad
Erne
W. T. Waggoner
Fort
Tyson Leads In Western Women's Golf Championship
Mrs. G W Tyson of Kansas City led Miss Dorothy Page of Madison Wisconsin by three holes after 27 of 36 in the Western women's golf championship at Lead Hillcrest Country Club Kansas City. Tyson won four of the first nine and halved four holes in the afternoon round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyson
Hillcrest Country Club
Kansas City
G. W. Tyson
Dorothy Page
Madison
Wis
Bandits abduct Watertown cashier in brutal payroll heist
Two men kidnapped Flora Hertel, cashier for Brandt Cashier Company, in Watertown Wisconsin during a payroll robbery today. She was released unharmed after the ordeal. Police investigations ongoing as details unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Wis
Flora Hertel
Brandt Cashier Company
Unclear OCR Note on Injuries at Auchinraith Event
Fragmentary text reports an incident at Auchinraith with injured individuals described in critical or general condition. The readable fragment mentions one of the injured as 2 red la ina eral condition. No clear date, place, or names are discernible.
Endowment Office Relocated to New Administration Building
The Endowment Office has moved to the administration building floor 903-B within the university. The move places the office on the building's floor designated for administrative operations, streamlining access for staff and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uni. A Toeen
Polish leader dissolves parliament in push for reform
Warsaw reports President Moscicki dissolves the Sejm and ushers in a high risk political battle aligned with Marshal Pilsudski. New Sejm and Senate elections set for January 16 and November 23. A violent attack on Vice Marshal Dombski follows Pilsudski's fiery critique, signaling a bitter showdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Moscicki
Joseph Pilsudski
Pileudski
Sejm
Senate
Pilsudski
Poland
Mncro
Parliament
Dombski
Diet
American student dies in France crash near Bordeaux
M Hartley Dodge Jr 22 son of Mrs Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge New York was killed in a motor car accident on the Bordeaux to Bayonne road near Magasso after the car hit a tree. His companion Ralph Applegate 22 of Kansas City Mo was severely injured. The two youths had stayed in Paris at the Hotel Crillon. Dodge's body is held at Dax while Applegate remains in hospital with a fractured leg and head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeau
France
M. Hartley Dodge, Jr
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge
New York
Ralph Applegate
Kansas City
Paris
Crillon
Magaso
Bayonne
William Rockefélier
Applegate
Cit Mose Applegate
Dodge
Munich
Dax
Violent British Storm Hits North England and Scotland
A severe electric and rain storm swept northern England and Scotland after a heat wave, causing widespread damage and isolating the east coast of Scotland. Telephones and telegraphs were de moralized across the region, with authorities reporting heavy casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Scotland
British Isles
Physicians Call In Another Doctor On Aimee McPherson
Los Angeles reports Dr E H Williams a nerve specialist and psychiatrist said another physician had been called to attend Aimee McPherson. He said she remains very sick but is making slow progress toward recovery and that she is past the crisis with everything in her favor. A prediction from Sir William Jowitt in Baltimore notes men in the future working three days weekly for high wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
E. H. Williams
Aimee McPherson
Baltimore
Sir William Jowitt
England
Racing Driver Ben Galiano Fatally Hurt in Kansas Car Crash
Ben Galiano, Kansas City race driver, suffered injuries Thursday in a motor car crash at the Belleville fairgrounds. He was airlifted for treatment by a brain specialist after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville, Kan
Ben Galiano
Kansas City
Bancroft Gets Accolades for Giants Direction
New York AP reports Bancroft receives praise for his role in the Giants, with credit given to his leadership during a late drive in the campaign. The piece notes McGraw’s selection of personnel and the club’s active direction under Bancroft’s oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
New York
John McGraw
Giants
New Trouble in Providence Coal Fields Reported
Fragmentary note reports renewed disorders in the Providence coal fields with mention of houses near the third and burnings noted in the early hours, suggesting ongoing unrest and property damage as of dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Fragmented Local Notice Headlines Office 92 Gone
OCR fragment mentions Mare sineet 4 9ondry and Fri RC Ararynadve, unclear. This brief reads as a damaged public notice item with unreadable details and potential scheduling notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office
Gone Mare
Sineet
Massing Boy Missing After Farm Fair Sighting
Charles and Charlies Hall report their 13 year old son, Massing Hall, a timid farm youth from Allen County, went missing Wednesday near the highway 54 route to the county fair. His father and uncle followed clues to Eureka before losing track. Authorities say he may have encountered violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rn Kan
Weldon Hall
Allen County, Fair
Highway 54
Eureka
Charlies Hall
Huge Oil Merger Leases In Eight States
Consolidation of Phillips Petroleum and Independent Oil and Gas to create a large integrated company with assets over 316 million dollars awaits stockholders approval. The merger would swap Independent shares for Phillips stock, uniting the three Phillips brothers in one corporate entity with expansive Oklahoma and neighboring leases and substantial oil and gas production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Company
Independent Oil and Gas Company
Phillips Company
Phillip
Frank
L. E
Ite
Waite Phillips
Bartlesville
Phillipsville
Okmulgee County
L. E. Phillips
Class Meets Tomorrow at Trinity Lutheran Bible Session
The final summer meeting of the union adult Bible class will be Sunday at 9 45 in the Trinity Lutheran Sunday school assembly room. Attendance has been unusually encouraging for this summer program. Henry Albach will teach the lesson on Amos. A cordial welcome is extended to all enrolled in other schools not currently sessioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Trinity Lutheran Sunday School
Henry Albach
Amos
Personal notices include Eriksen and local travels
Conrad Kerulf Eriksen, associated with Sears Roebuck in Kansas City, visits his mother Mrs C J Eriksen then heads to Harvard for graduate business study. Mrs Eriksen stays in Boston for music at New England Conservatory. The item also lists several local visits and departures including Frazee family, Ebright, Miller, Johnson, Sherry, Winter, Okeson and others visiting or traveling between Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Kerulf Eriksen
Sears-Roebuck
Kansas City
C.J. Eriksen
K. Eriksen
Harvard University
School of Business
Rock Island
Mrs Eriksen
Eriksen
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Court House
Lecompton
Harry Frazee
John
Mary
Valley Center
Kan
Mr. Frazee
Donald Ebright
Carthage
Lawrence
George Miller
Paola
Ellen Johnson
Memorial Hospital
Ken
Esther Johnson
Toda
Oskaloosa
Teac
R. F. Sherry
Helene Elaine and
Roland, Jr
Columbus
Shirly
Luella Shersey
Misson Street
C.J. Winter
Calvert
Colorado
Denver
Estes Park
Colorado Springs
H. W. Keene
S.A. Okeson
Fairview
Winn
P.okeson
Evanston
Ill
Ponca ‘City
Okla
S. A. Okeson
Keene
Winn P. Okeson
Marcine McLaren
Atchison
New Quarters for Cosmopolitan Club at 1633 Vermont
The Cosmopolitan club for foreign students at the University of Kansas will move to 1633 Vermont Street for the next school year. The former Cospepee house at 1653 Diana Street is no longer in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
University of Kansas
Vermont Street
Cospepee
Diana Street
Planes tuned for trophy dash at national air races
In Chicago Labor Day the $10,000 Thompson Trophy races will feature commercial pilots in lighter, refined designs racing a 100 mile lap set to revive speed records. Entrants include Capt. Arthur H. Page Jr marine corps monoplane and Frank Hawks. Speeds up to 260 mph anticipated. Bennetts 1924 record of 278.48 mph cited as benchmark. Awards total 10,000 plus plaques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Leiding
Associated Press
Chicago
American Aviation
Labor Day
Army
Arthur H. Page, Jr
D. A. Fowlie
Morris, Ir
Hough
Frank Hawks
Ben O. Howard
St. Louis Mail
Jimmy Haislip
St. Louis
Matty Laird
Lee Schoenhair
Laird
Bennett
France
Charles E. Thompson
Cleveland
Chicago Air Race Corporation
America
Labor Car
Artiery
Lee Scheenair
Unemployment Study Aims to Speed Public Building Work
President Hoover at Rapidan camp discusses boosting unemployment relief through a ten year public building program totaling 550 million dollars. Three years into the project, about 300 million has been appropriated but little spent, with plans to pace next year’s outlay to employ more people without overbroad budgeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Hoover
Rapidan
Heath
The
Treasury
Philp
Brown
Congress
Senate
J. W. W. Reynders
George Baldwin
New York Engineers
William Starr Myers
Princeton
Martha van Rensselaer
Cornell
J. N. Darling
4eal North Side Christian Church Service
G Everett Figgs guest preacher John Hubbel Bible school superintendent 10 00 Bible school Information inspiration thru realization These are the ways and means for making our civilization Christian Religious education is an important factor 700 Y P S C E Come and enjoy the splendid fellowship of this service 8 00 Evening services and communion Dr S B Braden in charge of the evening service Cordial invitation to all to this important service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Side Christian Church
G. Everett Figgs
John Hubbel
Bible School
S. B. Braden
Will Judge at Two Fairs
Miss Elizabeth Randle home demonstration agent has been secured as judge of home economics displays at two fairs next week. She will judge Tuesday at the Indian Creek fair in Shawnee county and Thursday at the Ottawa Franklin county fair in Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Randle
Randle
Indian Creek
Toeld
Shawnee County
Ottawa
Ottawa-Franklin County
Haskell Coach Egbert Ward Returns Home
Egbert Ward of Haskell Institute returns to Lawrence from Arapahoe Nebraska where he played baseball during the season. His wife followed a week later as the team was summoned to his home in Toppinish Washington by his father's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egbert Ward
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Arapahoe
Neb
Haskell
Indian Village Barbecue Opens North of City
Indian Village Barbecue on Highway 73-W one mile north of Lawrence at the 40 intersection opened today. Chef Jack Figgins will run the kitchen. Specials include short end ribs and other sandwiches and drinks. Tonight and Monday every barbecue sandwich comes with a free dish of Fritzel's ice cream. The venture aims to be among the best in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas
Jack Figgins
America
K U Grad A Candidate O W Weber for Saline County Attorney
K U graduate and Salina lawyer O W Weber, formerly judge of the small debtors' court in Lawrence and Council Grove, seeks the Saline county attorney post. He practiced in Lawrence, Council Grove, and Salina, settling small claims without pay and earning a high public reputation for character and public spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Weber
University of Kansas School of Law
Lawrence
Saline County
Salina
Weber
Dawgon
Supreme Court
Council Grove
Pope
Dramatic Rescue Aboard Yacht and Seaplane
Sev erin Johnson, a farmer on Idholmen island near Stockholm, was driven into the sea by a maddened bull. A steam yacht and an ambulance seaplane aided in the perilous rescue, leaving Johnson with bad bruises before he was rushed to Stockholm hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Severin Johnson
Idholmen
Johnson
Marriage Licenses Issued by Local Probate Judge
The office of L. H. Menger reports licenses issued to Pete Reich and Lulu Belle Richards of Oskaloosa who were married by Judge Menger. Kenneth Parish and Helen Parish of Topeka plan to marry in Topeka. Hugh S. Snyder of Wichita and Vera Elsie Perkins of Lawrence plan to marry by Rev. Edwin ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Menger
Pete Reich
Lulu Belle Richards
Oskaloosa
Judge Menger
Kenneth Parish
Helen Parish
Topeka
Hugh S. Snyder
Wichita
Vera Elsie Perkins
Lawrence
Edwin Ice
Prowler Call Reports No Trace After Probe at Louisiana Street
Police received a prowler call from 1313 Louisiana Street last night but officers found no traces of any intruder after investigating. The incident remains under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Street
New Zealand Adopts Modern American Baking Equipment
Modern American baking equipment is being widely installed in New Zealand, a country renowned for its preference for bread and cake. The shift likely signals a modernization of local bakeries and increased efficiency in production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Baldwin students win top in county summer reading contest
Baldwin pupils took first in both upper and lower grade divisions of the Douglas county Parent Teachers Association summer reading contest. Vanieta Sullivan and Billy Clark earned top honors, with Esther LeMasters receiving a third pin. 26 contestants won repeat pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin School
Douglas County
Parent-Teachers Association
Howard Henry
Lecompton
County Institute
Liberty Memorial High School
Vanieta Sullivan
Baldwin
Elsie Kellogg
Greenwood Valley
Billy Clark
Esther Marie Young
Union School
Big Springs
Esther LeMasters
Mildred Maloney
Pleasant Valley
Thelma Mann Wagoner
Riverside
Rose Dews Wymer
Glenn
Real Estate Transfers in Lawrence Estates
James A Freed and wife transfer Lot 150 on Louisiana street to Forest Cave. Zeno Rogers and wife transfer west 150 feet of north 50 feet of lot 15 block 4 to T B Armstrong. Leonard Clark and wife transfer lots 11 12 and 13 in Holmes Addition to Mattie Frierson in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Freed
Forest Cave
Louisiana Street
Lawrence
Zeno Rogers
T. B Armstrong
South Lawrence
Leonard Clark
Mattie Frierson
Holmes
Addition
Lawrence Business College Promises Help For Young Seekers
The ad asserts the main challenge for youth is making a living and claims Lawrence Business College has helped thousands of young people and can help you too. It frames the college as a solution to many difficulties facing young adults seeking employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Business College
Adv
Millinery School Draws Local Women for Hat Making
Sixteen women attended the first day of a two day millinery school in the Chamber of Commerce rooms led by Miss Maude Deely from the Kansas State Agricultural College. Miss Elizabeth Peels assisted as home demonstration agent. Participants from twelve clubs learned hat remodeling and creation. Fifteen women attended the session today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Maude Deely
Kansas State, Agcultural
Maphrian
Elizabeth Peels
Our Blushing Brides at the Varsity theater
Joan Crawford stars in Our Blushing Brides which ends a two day run at the Varsity theater. The film features Robert Montgomery Dorothy Sebastian Anita Page and Raymond Hackett in a spicy yet balanced tale of three working girls seeking happiness beyond the clock. Capacity crowds have enjoyed the elaborate scenery and finery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan‘ Crawford
Varsity Theater
Robert Montgomery
Dorothy Sebastian
Anita Page
Raymond Hackett
Miss Crawford
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Arés
Haskell Homecoming
Drouth Relief Group
Ford
Britain
Phillips
Big
City
K. U. Grad
Bull
Hold Millinery School
Round Corner
Schubert Funeral Home Ambulance
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