Tax suit filed to reinstate fraternity tax exemption
In Topeka a state supreme court suit filed on behalf of 53 fraternities and sororities at the University of Kansas and Baker University seeks to restore property tax exemption. Alpha Tau Omega leads the filing for Lawrence and Baldwin campuses, arguing pre 1930 exemptions and ongoing educational use. Chief Justice Johnson issued a writ directing removal or cause by December 29. Stone McClure Webb Johnson and Oman of Topeka represent the plaintiffs.
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Topeka
Dec
State Supreme Court
University of Kansas
Baker University
Alpha Teu Omega Fraternity
Kansas University
Lawrence
Baldwin
Douglas County
Board of County Commissioners
Tax Commission
William A. Johnston
State Tax Commission
Stone, McClure, Webb, Johnson and Oman
Tax notices issued for University of Kansas fraternity properties
Douglas County treasurer J F Metsker sent general and personal property tax notices to University of Kansas fraternities. Taxes accrue 36.34 per thousand assessed value with penalties at 5 percent after December 20, rising to 5 percent by June and 15 percent by September 1931. Fraternity property taxed since spring. petitions for exemption denied. county to be represented at December 29 hearing.
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University of Kansas
J. F. Metsker
Metsker
Douglas County
Gorrill & Asher
Eee
University lecture criticizes laws aiding crime
Judge Jude Marcus A. Kavanagh of the Chicago superior court spoke at the University of Kansas auditorium on how legal technicalities fuel crime. He urged oral jury instructions, opposed certain trial errors, and endorsed capital punishment as a protective tool. Dr. W. L. Burdick introduced him.
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America
University of Kansas
Jude Marcus A. Kavanagh
Chicago Superior Court
Kavanagh
W. L. Burdick
University
Kansas Weather Forecast With Road Conditions Update
The Kansas forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Morning conditions are clear. Douglas County roads are rated from rough to good. An advertisement promotes buying a Chevrolet and turning obsolete items into money, mentioning second hand clothing and gas can reclamation.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Chevrolet
Hoover Warns Against Raid on Treasury in Guis e of Relief
President Hoover warned that efforts to raid the Treasury under the guise of relief would overburden the government. He cited proposed legislation adding about 4.5 billion dollars in new spending beyond his budget, saying such increases would fall on farmers and workers and urging restraint amid political maneuvering tied to human misery.
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Hoover
Treasury
Washington
Sati Oes
Hej
Kansans to Meet for Kansas Chamber Highways Committee
Approximately 106 Kansans are to attend the Kansas Chamber of Commerce highways committee organization meeting in Topeka. The group plans three channels including a tourist travel bureau, safety and life conservation study, and toll inflation study with recommendations to the legislature. A gasoline tax discussion is expected amid next July 1's one cent reduction. Governor-elect Harry Wenazen will attend. W A Biley of Topeka chairs the committee.
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Topeka
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber Board
Harry Wenazen
Rambling Raiders Pass Through Lawrence En Route West
Ramblers led by Knute Rockne will pass through Lawrence at 6:25 on the Rock Island California train. The Rambling Raiders resume after their 27 to 0 national title win over Southern California last Saturday and will not stop in Lawrence, holding over in Kansas City before continuing to Chicago.
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Knute Rockne
Lawrence
Rock Island
California
Uch
Union Pacific
Notre Dame
Girl in a Death Plot Arrested in Salt Lake City
Miss Jean Doyle a 21 year old from Salt Lake City was arrested and confessed plotting to rob Frank a 65 year old Memphis Tennessee jewelry salesman found slain in his hotel room last week. She denied delivering the deadly blow claiming two men overpowered her as she waited in his room.
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Salt Lake City
Jean Doyle
Om Frank
Emphis
Tenn
Miss Doyle
Frank
Launching the President Hoover A Merchant Marine Queen
In Newport News on December 9, the President Hoover was launched as the new queen of America's merchant marine. Mrs. Herbert Hoover and Mrs. R. Stanley Dollar, tied to the ship with figures from Dollar Steamship Lines, broke champagne as the vessel slid into the James River.
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Ewport News
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
James River
R. Stanley Dollar
Dollar Steamship Lines
America
Tear Gas Discharge Forces Mayor Walker to Resign
In New York City a tear gas pistol discharged in city hall by Chief Magistrate Joseph E Baren drove Mayor Walker to resign. The incident sent fumes through the reception room and office areas. A scaffold collapse on a nearby construction site caused fatalities and injuries among workers on the tenth floor, with four men reporting life threatening injuries.
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New York
Joseph .E. Baren
Walker
Kill
Des
West Sixteenth Street
More Road Work Planned by State Highway Commission
Topeka December 9 AP The state highway commission announced construction authorizations totaling about 2 230 000 as part of the 1931 program. Included are 27 5 miles of paving 210 miles of sand gravel and light surfacing and roughly 110 miles of grading culvert and bridge work. Projects with contracts let next year include K 10 nine miles slab from west Solateen county line through De Soto seen it district project K 10 Jefferson gusty 6 miles slab to close eye and shawnee Jefferson center ne miles east and at Delaware river bridge US 73E Leavenworth County four 7 miles slab north of Leaven-
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Topeka
State Highway Commission
Solateen
de Soto
Gardner
Jefferson
Delaware River Bridge
Leavenworth County
Leaven
Shepard's Wife Poisoning Trial Reveals Mercury Link
Kansas City Kansas press dispatch reports expert witnesses from the army and medical staff testified in the murder trial of Major Charles A Shepard that his second wife Zenana died of mercurial poisoning in 1929. Fort Riley pharmacist Winslow A Rose described obtaining mercury on several occasions, including an unusual prescription, suggesting a motive linked to a possible affair with Grace Brandon.
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Kansas City
Kan
Army
Charles A. Shepard
Secon
Zenana
Fort Riley
Thej
Grace Brandon
San Antonio
Tex
Shepard
Tgeant
Winslow A. Rose
War Ace Killed in Crash Over Whangpo River
Fort Wayne, Ind. flyer Paul Baer, 30, his unidentified woman passenger, and a Chinese pilot died when their air mail plane crashed on the Whangpo River near Shanghai. Five Chinese passengers, including General Hsiung Shih Hui, were seriously injured in what is described as the first air mail crash in China. Baer was credited with aerial combat record during service with the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I.
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Shanghai
Paul Baer
Fort Wayne
Ind
Whangpo
Here
Hsiung Shih
Hui
Jonk
China
Ca Iy Yoail
Janking
Anghai
Ratig
Gabe
LaFayette Escadrille
Motion Will Be Argued New Trial In Damage Suit
The case of T G Godsey versus Manley Cox and the Business Men's Protective Association will be argued in district court before Judge Hugh Meanson on Saturday morning December 13 at 9 o'clock. Last week the plaintiff, seeking $25,000 for injuries from a 1928 automobile accident, was awarded a $10,000 jury verdict.
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Rae Ftane
Vie G.sey
Manley Cox
Theusiness
Hugh Meanson
Oil Operator Frank Fisher Dies by Suicide in Wellington Hotel
Frank L. Fisher a 55 year old Tulsa oil operator committed suicide in a Wellington hotel last night by a gunshot to the head. A note to the sheriff and another to a Wellington friend named Charles Garland cited poor health as the motive. Fisher’s body was found at noon today at the hotel.
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Wellington
Kan
Frank L. Fisher
Tulis
Fisher
Charles Garland
County Asked to Take Over Township Roads
Petitions circulating in Douglas County seek state action to transfer all township road work to the county. Led by L. H. Petefish, the drive aims to secure signatures from 20 percent of voters to present to the county board. If approved, township road taxes would fund county road work and road equipment would shift from townships to the county under centralized supervision.
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Douglas County
L. H. Petefish
Lawrence
Petefizh Gaid
Petefish
Jefferson County
Stanolind Plane to Visit City Wednesday
The Stanolind HI tri motor show plane of Standard Oil Company of Indiana will land at the Municipal Airport Wednesday morning to visit Fritz Meyn, a local Standard Oil dealer. Arrival is scheduled for 10 with a stay through the afternoon. The USA’s most expensive land plane, costing about 104000, will carry passengers and tours over Lawrence during the day.
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Standolind HI
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Fritz Meyn
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Chicago
United States
Lawrence
Salina mayor resigns. Moore to serve remainder of term
G T Helvering resigns as mayor of Salina Kansas citing duties as chairman of the state Democratic central committee. G T Moore will serve the rest of Helvering's term which ends next April.
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Salina
Kan
State
Democratic Central Committee
G. T. Helveri
G. T. Moore
Helvering
Turkey Day Bird Distribution Plan for Local Contest
About 110 turkeys will be distributed Saturday by Lawrence merchants. Special tickets will drop into boxes for a chance to win, with final details reported in tomorrow's Journal-World.
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Lawrence
Ida
Birda
Journal-World
Northeast Kansas League Adopts 1931 Schedules and Rules
At Liberty Memorial High School yesterday the Northeast Kansas League adopted 1931 basketball and debate schedules, revised sweepstakes scoring, and by law amendments. Meeting attendees included principals and coaches from Topeka Ottawa Olathe Wyandotte Leavenworth and others. football schedules were postponed to a future Lawrence meeting.
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Northeast Kansas League
Liberty Memorial High School
N. I. Reist
Olathe
W. N. van Sigel
E. B. Weaver
Topeka
Ja Ay ‘Hurt
Olatne
Rk. E Gowans
Orlisa Cox
Ottawa
Meyer
Percy Parks
Wyandotte
O. R. Young
Rk. M. Godive
Leavenworth
J. C. Harmon
George Heiltfrerich
Kansas City
Kan
H. L. Baker
Ulm
Lawrence
Rosco Brown
Rosedale
Argentine
Atchison
Lawrence High
Fi Rosedale
Law
Triangu
Doak Attends Cabinet Meeting for First Time
Washington December 9 APA reports William N Doak was sworn in yesterday as secretary of the Heber and took his oath to join the president's official family at the White House. The ceremony was simple with the cabinet present and no press.
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Doak
Meaber
Washington
APA
New
District boundary update and school project bids approved
The board voted to update district boundary lines and empower the clerk to pursue legal steps. A new map by L H Emmett is being prepared, with property owners near the district invited to petition for land inclusion. The board approved a linoleum contract for Pinckney school at 1900, preferring a local firm among three near bids.
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Board of Education
Howard Southerland
L. H. Emmett
Emmett
Iboard
Leonard Jella
Liberty Memorial High School
W. W. Curfman
Lawrence
T . Te
Weaver's
Pinckney
Senate approves relief aid for drought hit farmers
Washington dispatch notes the senate passed a 60 million dollar relief bill for drought stricken farmers. House approved a 110,099,000 public works bill and sent it to the senate as Hoover faces criticism from Senator Harrison. Secretary Hurley expects Missouri river traffic to reach Kansas City by 1932 with army engineers speeding work toward Omaha and Sioux City.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sena
Hoover
Congress
Harrison
Mississippi
Farm Board
Wood
House Appropriations Committee
Hurley
Missouri River
Weaver
Nebraska
Kansas City
Army
Omaha
Sioux
City Senate Finance Committee
Lent Hoover
Edgar B B. Brossard
Republican
Utah
Hines
Veterans’ Administration
Hawks A Speed Flier Sets 58 Minute Air Gap
New York reports Captain Frank Hawks completed a cross country flight from Washington to New York in 58 minutes, landing at Wright Field Long Island at 11 08 AM after taking off at 10 00 AM. He averaged 228 miles per hour on the run. The same bulletin notes Harvard may appoint Edward L. Casey, All America halfback 1919, as head coach for 1931, succeeding Arnold Horween.
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New York
Washington
Frank Hawks
tse-Wright
Long Island
Horween
New York Evening Post Today
Edward L. Casey
Harvard
Arnold Horween
Irish poet AB to speak on rural civilization from Manhattan KS
Irish poet and philosopher AB George Russell will deliver a 1:30 pm central time radio address on December 18 via WEAK and the National Broadcasting Company. The lecture from Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan will share Russell's philosophy on rural civilization in a coast to coast hookup.
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New York
George Russell
America
National Broadcasting Company
Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Russell
Fadler seeks commutation from bank robbery to grand larceny
W E Fadler, convicted in 1926 in the district court of daylight bank robbery in Lecompton, plans to apply this month for a commutation to grand larceny. Sheriff Rutherford notes he has served about one year of a ten to fifty year term, while the grand larceny charge carries one to five years.
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W. E. Fadler
Lecompton
Fadler
R. R. Rutherford
Lecompton, Bank
Woll
Supreme Court of Kansan
Rutherford
Joplin
Pittsburg
Charities Committee Meet Wednesday Night
A meeting of the central charitable work committee is called for 7 30 Wednesday night in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Mayor W C Ellis chairs and asks each interested organization to send one qualified member to form the general committee. An earlier December 4 vote moved to centralize all charitable work to avoid duplication.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mtayor
W. C. Ellis
General Committee
Idaho Doctor Receives Cat Noise Alarm in Garage
In Salt Lake City a Preston Idaho physician who did not reveal his name arrived at a service garage and asked to fix a noise. The attendant opened the hood and found a black kitten trapped by a tail-cut motor fan. First aid was given to the kitten.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Preston
Idaho
Phil Lawrence
Lawrence
Rockne to Be on Air for Army Navy Game Broadcast
Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne will join Ted Husing in broadcasting Saturday's Army Navy football game over the Columbia system. Rockne will offer occasional comments during play and provide a halftime resume plus a forecast for the second half.
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New York
Knute Rockne
Ted Husing
Columbia
Notre Dame
Legion meeting draws Lawrence reps to Wichita banquet
Lawrence representatives attended a session in Wichita with C W Pollom and Howard McConnell from Liberty Post of the American Legion and David McCreath of the 40 and 8 department of Kansas. They joined Ralph undyke and others at a banquet and the commander adjutant meeting. London's unemployment rises to over two million in official tally. London reported 2 305 639 unemployed, up 19 179 from last week and 1 002 709 from 1929.
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C. W. Pollom
Howard McConnell
Liberty Post
American Legion
David McCreath
Department of Kansas
Wichita
Ralph UN Dyke
O’neil
Folsom
McConnell
Mr. McCreath
London
Douglas County Red Cross roll call totals 2890.28
County Red Cross drive yields 2890.28 in receipts with 2790.28 in banks and 100 promised from the University campus chest drive. The chapter plans to fund rural health nursing and home service for veterans, with 4.5 percent income on a 5000 fund estimated to provide 225 annually. Election names new executive committee members across towns and county at large.
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R. B. Steveens
Red” Cross
Douglas County
Red Cross
University
Country Rural Health Nursing
Stevens
BE. Beeks
St.Louis
St. Louis
Wilder S. Metcalf
Lawrence
George Beal
K. K. Landes
Seba Buaridee
H. Mitchell
A. Puls
J. We. Murray
W. C. Nelson
Helen Keith
R. C. Rankin
Mabel A. Elliott
Baldwin
Charles E. Beeks
Eudora
Dr. C. Johnson
No Debt Payment Plan Reported By Washington
The American government says it is not considering any plan for foreign debt payments beyond applying such payments to tax reductions. It denies any plan to allow European nations to withhold payments or to return them as loans or an agreement with France to control the world gold supply. The report misstates international financial intentions.
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Washington
France
America
Legion membership climbs past prior records in 1931
Indianapolis December 9 AP James F Barton national adjutant of the American Legion announced that advance Legion membership for 1931 exceeds any prior year at this point. The 1931 national total stands at 887417, up 84232 from the 1930 figure at the same date.
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Indianapolis
James F. Barton
The
American Legion
Legion
Officer shakes hand. Iola arrest over missing fingers
An Iola policeman in Chanute Kansas greeted bus passengers seeking a suspect for forgery or bad checks. He shook hands with travelers until he found a man whose right hand had only two fingers, then arrested E T Griffin of Kansas City, sought on warrants for worthless checks.
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Chanute
Kan
Iola
E. T. Griffin
Kansas City
Oil Strike Near Wichita Limits City Wells
Oil production neared Wichita as a pay streak struck by Blank In ship Petroleum Company expanded toward Woodlawn Heights. The edge of the suburb saw activity within six blocks of the city limits, signaling a potential expansion of output and local impact.
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Wichita
Blankinship Petroleum Company
Woodlawn Heights
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President Hoover
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Johnson Counties
T. G. Godsey
Stanolind
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Lahore
India
Sien
Turkey
Curfman
Hawes
Kansans
Charities Committee
Rockne
Will
Legion Meeting
Bullen Stoner
County Red Cross
Francis X. McQuade
Preme Court
Judiciary
Carnegie International
Pittsburgh
K. C. Union Depot
Eldridge Hotel
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