Peru Welcomes Herbert Hoover on Port Call
President-elect Hoover arrived in Callao Peru amid a large crowd and military honors. Troops lined the procession route as naval bands played, with Ambassador Moore and Peruvian officials greeting him at the Maryland and later at the embassy. A colorful open carriage ride and civic welcomes followed before Hoover continued his goodwill tour aboard the Maryland.
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United States
Carroza
Ther
National Palace
Leguia
Hoover
Intas
Callao
Maryland
Antofagarita
Aances
Mr. Hoover
Callao Callao
Peru
U.S
Tani
Blert Hoover
Revie
Rada Y Gamio
Br. Hoover
Cartos Roe
Alexander P. Moore
Lawrance Police Uncover Car Theft Ring Arrests
Lawrence police uncover a motor car theft ring after arresting Raymond D. Lowe 25 in Kansas City. He confessed involvement in stealing and selling about 200 cars across Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Colorado Arizona and California. Additional arrests followed in Kansas City and surrounding areas with more expected in eastern Missouri. Roswell Ruff 23 of Kansas City Kan was seized in Lawrence with a stolen Sedalia car prompting a confession.
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Kansas City
Ilinois
Gulifornia
Raymond D. Lowe
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Arizona
California
Lowe
T. J. Wilson
Kah
Louis ” Lopez
Aurest
Lawrence
Kan
Roswell
Ruff
Bote
King George's Condition Worsens As Recovery Slows
London December reports show King George VI suffers renewed chest infection activity with fever rising, though hopes persist for moderation. Queen Mary, the Duke of York, and Premier signed sealed documents related to the king's illness as six counsellors of state were appointed. A Standard dispatch from Aden notes the Enterprise cruiser carrying the Prince of Wales heads home to his father.
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London
George’ Sophians
Queen Mary
Duke of York
Premialwin
George
Evening Standard
Aden
Arabia
Enterprise
Prince of Wales
Pickles musical comedy rehearsals for Lawrence HS show
Rehearsals tonight and tomorrow for Pickles a three act musical comedy by Lawrence high school boys and girls glee clubs. The show at 8 14 in the school auditorium with about 75 students and the high school orchestra. Tickets from 35 to 50 cents with best seats at 50. Cast includes Hans Maier Leanid Lewis Louisa Genevieve Verison and others with Rumski and Rumski as two detectives providing humor.
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Hans Maier
Leanid Lewis
Louisa
Genevieve Verison
Captain Kinski
Keith Bolin
Rumski
Edwin Jefferies
Herbert Weatherby
J. Johnson Jones
Harol Hardtaker
Jigo
Herbert Pine
Ilona
Alice Mae DeForrest
Crefont
Billy Poe
June Pennington
Audra Courter
Jonas H. Pennington
Herbert Cleary
Lady Vivian
Vivian Bunn
Miora
Aileen Wade
Murdo-Arthur
Endacott
Stephen
Bruce Dunn
Evelyn Scanland
Glee Club
Poison Liquor Appears In Lawrence Hospital Case
A Lawrence man becomes seriously ill after drinking poisoned liquor. Chief Pi Johns investigates after the man listed his consumption and turned black by the second day. Police have seized contraband liquor and lab tests confirm its poisonous nature.
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Pi Johns
Lawrence
Chief Johns
Johns
Most Bootleg Liquor Enters via Detroit Gateway
Prohibition Commissioner Doran testifies before a House subcommittee that liquor smuggling from Canada poses the chief enforcement problem. He urges revising the Canadian treaty to stop Canada from clearing liquor cargoes to the United States. He notes ongoing imports from European ports, St Pierre, and Central American and Mexican routes, with seven-eighths entering through Detroit.
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Washington
Doran
Canada
House
Treasury
Coast Guard
United Tes
St. Pierre
Owever
Detroit Gateway
Budget plans for Indian service reach 35 million in 1030
President Coolidge proposes a fiscal year 1930 budget totaling 35,310,415 for the care of Indian wards. The Indian bureau would see 166,000 more than the current year. Major allocations include Haskell Institute 264,500 Chilocco 232,500 Sequoyah 93,000 Bloomfield 52,600 Euchee 39,775 and Eufaula 58,625. Additional funding covers Indian schools across the five civilized tribes 175,000 Sioux nation 310,000 _ and health, mental care, and hospitals. Road construction on reservations 250,000 and treaty costs with Senecas, Six Nations, Choctaws total about 21,120. Total Indian service appropriations reach 15,960,815 with 15,000,000 expected to pay treaty funds, 2,500,000 from tribal funds and 850 in miscellaneous expenditures.
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United States
Congress
Coolidge
Indian Bureau
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kan
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Okla
Sequoyaha
Sioux Nation
Lanton
S. C
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Pawnees
Oklahoma
Spokanes
Shoshones
Wyoming
New York
Indian Service
Walsh Introduces Bills Aimed at Utilities Probe Fallout
In Washington Senator Walsh Democrat Montana introduced two bills responding to the federal trade commission utilities probe. One would strip newspapers of second class postal rates for paid reading matter unless clearly indicated as such. The other would bar interstate payments to teachers or school board members to influence book writing or lectures, with fines up to 1000 dollars or six months imprisonment.
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Washington
Dec
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Walsh
Montana
Board of Education
Liberty Post party to feature near beer debate at Chamber
A Liberty Post of the American Legion plans a stag party at the Chamber of Commerce rooms tomorrow at 8. The event includes a real but brief prohibition debate by two Kansas University debaters, a short business meeting, and various entertainments. A second item reports Virgil Dunn, an escaped convict, captured after troops pursued him in Mississippi. he was wounded as sheriff’s forces closed in.
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Chamber of Commerce
Liberty Post
The
American Legion
K. U
Philadelphia
Miss
National
Jackson
Virgil Dunn
Mes
Ioba County
Dunn
Congress Regains Momentum After Slugging Start
Washington Dec 5 AP Congress returns to regular grind as Senate and House move beyond six months of stall for the Republican convention. Key issues include the Boulder Canyon dam fight, naval appropriations, and the budget message from President Coolidge. Kellogg antiwar treaty delay, Vestris sinking probes, and various committee actions shape the opening days of the short session.
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Washington
Congress
Kansas City
Senate
House
Boulder Canyon
Ennitot
Jed
Naval Committee
Naval Establishment
Penete
Naval ‘Committee
Coolidge
Appropriations Committee
Treasury-Post Office
Senate Foreign ‘Relations Committee
Kelloge
White House
Vestris
Renew Agreement on Local Milk Prices in Douglas County
A committee of the Douglas County Milk Producers Association and Lawrence distributors reaffirmed the price schedule about a year old. Producers noted recent producer defections but expressed confidence all distributors would adhere. Price levels: raw milk wholesale 9 cents, retail 11 cents. pasteurized milk wholesale 10 cents, retail 12 cents. Also agreed that any daily five-quart stop qualifies as a wholesale transaction. Meeting held in the city bacteriologist’s office.
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Douglas County ‘Milk Producers Association
Lawrence Distributors
Producers Association
Ce Sina Meithe
Allege forger Claude Upton captured in El Paso
Pittsburg Kansas AP reports Claude Upton alias Harry Muller arrested in El Paso Texas and to be sent back to Crawford County Kansas for trial on charges tied to passing 13 counterfeit $100 gold paracases. Secret service said the forgeries were among the best seen in months.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Secret Service
el Paso
Texas
Kansas
Claude Upton
Harry Muller
Crawford County
Arrest Gmen in Cleveland Hotel Raid on Gang in City
Twenty three alleged gunmen believed tied to Chicago gangster Al Capone were arrested in a downtown Cleveland hotel raid. Police found 18 revolvers and ample ammunition in the rooms while the suspects offered no resistance. Capone himself was not present.
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Eveland
Scarface
al” Capone
Chicago
Cleveland
Capone
Farm youth wins health crown at big livestock show
A 12 year old from State Center Iowa won the grand championship with an Usnet yearling Hereford steer named Dick at the International Livestock Exposition. Thelma Svarstad of Brown county South Dakota was named Healthiest girl, with 99 points, and William Tobias 15 from Birch Run Michigan topped the boys with 97.4. Both credited early rising and steady routines for their health, with Thelma weighing 122 pounds and William active in sports and reading.
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Chicago
State Center
Iowa
Usnet
South Dakota
Brown County
Thelma Svarstad
United States
William Tobias
Birch Run
Seginaw County
Michigan
Tobias
Thelma
Aberdner North Teachers College
William
Broadway
Big Salina Blaze Destroys Four Stores In Fire
A late night blaze in Salina Kansas destroyed four stores Rorabaugh Heyward Weigners and Chappell with estimated losses near 350000. The fire began in the Rorabaugh trimming room when a short circuit sparked Christmas light dipping. Firefighters fought the blaze from about 5 pm until 9 pm and nearby buildings were damaged in Salina's business district.
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Salina
Kan
Rorabaugh
Heyjward, Weigners
Chappell
Flood areas urged abandoned for farming and nut groves
Topeka, Kans AP 5 says flood areas should be abandoned for farming and planted to pecan and walnut groves. Speaker S. Hahn of Coffeyville urged that rivers not be confined to normal channels. Kansas Associated Garden Clubs officers were elected during the 62nd annual Kansas State Horticultural Society meeting in Topeka.
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Nec
S$. Hahn
Coffeyville
Kansas State Horticultural Society
Groves
Kansas Associated Garden Clubs
W. A. Flinn
Hiawatha
Lola Replogle
Toneka
G. H. Ishel
Augusta
Ottawa
O. 5. Sear
Hutchman
Thomas Fleming
Hutchigeon
twater-Bent'Radio
Hanna
Adv
Santa to Broadcast Santa Claus Message on WREN
Radio staff at WREN announced a Santa Claus broadcast from SCNP Santa’s North Pole workshop. The new communication confirms plans to relay Santa’s message this Friday at 6 14 PM, with potential for a personal Lawrence visit if time allows. Station hopes to re broadcast the program as last year.
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Smith
Wren
Arctic Circle
Lawrence
Scnp Sante Chaus
North Pole
Santa Claus
Voice of
Santa’s Little
Yadio
Santa
SCNP
Goodby
Bing” Smith
Jenny. Wren Milling Company
Old Saint Nick
Bing
Journal-World
Time May Be too Short for Tariff Revision
Washington dispatch reports Chairman Snell of the house rules committee met with President Coolidge and said there would likely not be time for a general tariff revision. He favored a new reapportionment bill retaining 435 members based on the 1980 census. He expected Austrian and Greek debt settlements to be addressed as Coolidge requested and believed farm relief legislation aligned with administration goals would pass easily.
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Washington
Snell
House Rules Committee
Coolidge
House
President Coolidge
Congress
Cold wave breaks over Rocky Mountain region
The cold wave centered on the Rockies waned as Chinook Montana and Havre reported milder readings after days of extreme cold. Montana New Mexico Nebraska western Kansas Idaho and Utah were expected to warm today with no immediate return to severe cold foreseen by the Denver weather bureau.
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Galo
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Chinook
Havre
New Mexico
Nebraska
Kansas
Idaho
Utah
Open Stove Fatal to Child in Wichita
19 month old Lawrence Dean Yaple, son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Yaple, attracted by the warmth of a small open stove, suffered burns that proved fatal today at a Wichita hospital. A AP report from December 5 details the accident.
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Kan
Lawrence Dean Yaple
Lawrence Yaple
Wichita
Flying Cadet Philip Atkinson Dies in Tailspin Crash
AP reports cadet Philip Atkinson was killed at Brooksfield near Antonio Texas when his plane fell 200 feet after entering a tailspin. Relatives listed as living in Asheville North Carolina. An advertisement paragraph about Chevrolet and a daily conference is not relevant to the event.
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Antonio
Tex
Philip Atkinson
Brooksfield
Asheville
Will Meet to Rebuild Democratic Party
New York reports a conference of Democratic leaders will be called after Christmas by National Chairman Joan J. Raskob to discuss organization plans and a four year program. Governor Smith and house and senate leaders likely invited. meeting informal with no definite action. Raskob’s chairmanship fate may depend on party leaders' support amid southern criticism led by Gov. Dan Moody of Texas.
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New York
Democratic Party
Joan J. Raskob
Smith
House
Senate
Raskely
Flu Warning Delivers Vigilance on Flu Epidemic
Washington urges doctors and health officers to stay vigilant as influenza cases rise nationwide. Despite scattered local cases in Emporia the Public Health Service warns against neglecting a cold and urges rest, hydration, and early physician contact. Schools report high school and college students hardest hit while younger children show more immunity.
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Washington
Dec
California
United States Public Health Service
B. St
Meith
U, Public Health Service
Keith
Ivan
Sbed
Emporia Gazette
Emporia
Gazette
KU Instructor Helen Stevens Dies After Illness
Helen K Stevens a University of Kansas mathematics instructor and alumna advisor for Chi Omega died this morning after an illness. She was 407 West Twelfth Street and previously taught in Independence Kansas high schools after earning a PhD at Kansas and Wisconsin. Funeral from her home Thursday at 2 pm with burial in Parsons Kansas.
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Helen K. Stevens
T. R. Stevens
Twelfth Street
University of Kansas
Parguns
Kansas
Jevens
Univery
Wisconsin
Segral
Independence
Du Pont resigns Senate seat over health
U S Senator T Coleman Du Pont of Delaware resigns due to ill health. Governor Robinson disclosed the resignation letter sent to Vice President Dawes. Du Pont is recuperating from a long illness at his country estate near Cambridge Maryland.
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Wilmington
Del
U. S
T. Coleman du Pont
Delaware
Senate
Robinson
Dawes
du Pont
Cambridge
Lawrence Choral Union rehearses Verdi Requiem for April 30
The Lawrence choral union met with high energy led by Director Dean Swarthout. The practice focused on the Sanctus and Libera Me as preparations for the April 30 1929 performance with soloists contracts in progress and four top oratorio singers to be announced. The next rehearsal is set for January 8.
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Lawrence Choral Union
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Dean Swarthout
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Season's success praised at dinner
About 200 guests attended a Lawrence high school celebration honoring the football team for an unbeaten season. Prof. Wil Davis of the University of Kansas acted as toastmaster, with Lynn Waklory and Mel Griffin as speakers. Coach Waldorf lauded the squad, defense stats were cited, merchants were thanked, and a light entertainment program completed the event.
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Chefiber of Commerce
Kiven
Lawrence
Chamber of Corsneres
Wil W. Davis
University of ‘Kansas
Epe
Wow
Curfaian Cvinton
Len
Lawrence Public Sehase Py
Lynn Waklory
UN ‘Lu
Kansas
Mel Griffin
Lawrence High School
Curfman
Seaason
Watlorf
Lill” Harpiss
Lawrente
Oklahoma
Waldorf
Griffin
Beagany
G. C. Carr
Hovey Hanna
Tames
Bobby
Sara
Shines
Donald Barnett
Auring
Membrr
Penpere 3
Trial in Mickens damage suit moves to jury
Third day of the Bert J. Mickens case sees attorneys prepare to open arguments as testimony continues. Widespread interest draws many spectators. witness Selina Pape testified while defense questions centered on consent and the surgery performed. Jurors expected to receive instructions and reach a verdict tomorrow.
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W. QO. Nelson
Momlay
Wile
Mickens
Rumsey
Dertakurs
Lance
Plaine Tiff
Oie
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