Lindbergh Lands in Mexico City amid cheers
Col Lindbergh arrives in Mexico City at Venustiano Carranza airport after a dramatic flight from Washington to Paris and then to Mexico. Police escort, Mexican army presence, and a jubilant crowd greet the American aviator as he visits the capital and meets President C. with Ambassador Morrow in attendance.
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Vithueta
Seto
Col
Mexico City
Loko Pyimatte
Lawtis
Jvindbergh
Armerican
Soond
Yorks
Paris
Washington
Col. Lindbergh
Tr N Valles
Lawight Murrow
Mexic
Lindbergh
Sram
Fram
Murrays
Ambassador Morrow
Morrow
General Alvarez
Republic of Mexico
Col. Lindbereth
New York
Dead man's curve and other nicknames mark danger on the roads
Washington state patrol data from this year shows marble stretches on the Pacific Highway pose higher accident risks. A patrolman mapped the route, placing colored pins at crash sites. Pins clustered on straightaways while curves showed fewer incidents, highlighting unexpected danger zones.
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Olympia
W. ‘Ash
U. P
Washington State
High- Way Patrol
Dananes
Highway Patrol
Eliraigiver Storetos
Et Kp
UPI report on 1927 American tourist arrivals to Italy
The United Press reports that through ten months of 1927, about 36,000 Americans visited Italy, roughly 35 percent of total tourists of 50,000. England sent about twice as many as Americans, with Balkan fronts at 17.5 percent, Germans 8 percent, South Americans 6 percent, and French 3 percent. The total for the period surpasses the prior year by about 3,009.
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Rums
UPI
United Rates
Italy
England
New York department store to tag goods in 1028
A leading New York store plans a tagging system at the start of 1028 to give customers full value information. Tags will warn that a product will not wear well and that it is fashionable but fragile. Merchants expect higher short term sales and greater shopper confidence.
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New York
New
Squirrels Help Walnut Supply by Forgetting Nuts
Absent minded squirrels cache walnuts for winter, aiding walnut wood supply. The American Walnut Manufacturers Association notes many cached nuts sprout, while some are forgotten, reducing seed loss. Squirrels scatter nuts widely, preventing overdependence on a single cache.
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American Walnut Manufacturers’ Association
Kansas Forecast Snow and Cold Wave Tonight Thru Thursday
Weather forecast shows snow beginning tonight or Thursday with a cold wave across extreme north portions and cooler conditions in west, north central, east, and south. Salina and nearby areas report cloudy skies and slick roads. Pittsburg, Arkansas City andDouglas County roads described as slippery.
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Kansas
Salina
Rodso City Bar
Arkansas
Ciy
Pittsburg
Doulas
Topeka to Host New Federal Judge McDermott
The Topeka State Journal reports chambers of the United States district court for Kansas will move to Topeka with the appointment of George T. McDermott of Topeka as judge alongside Judge John C. Polocick. Regular sessions will continue at Kansas City Fort Scott Wichita and Leavenworth. McDermott returns to Topeka from Washington and will take office after Senate confirmation.
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Topeka
Dec
Bay
State Journal
United States District Court For
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
George T. McDermnctt
John C. Polocick
Journal
Kansas Cities
Wsill
Fort Scott
Wichita
Leavenworth
McDermott
Washington
Coallidge
Senate
Lexington, world’s mightiest ship, joins Saratoga in navy
Big ship ready in Quincy Massachusetts as the Lexington, a 33900ton heavily armed air carrier, is delivered to the navy. Rear Admiral Shilin Andrews accepts the vessel with 1200 sailors and 200 officers on hand. Commander Alva Bernhard named navigator. the ship will carry 106 aircraft and reach 39 mph.
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Quincey
Mass
United States
Lee
Alva D. Bernhard
Laurence, Kan
Observation on gender roles from Royal Society speech
Lord Dayson of Penn, physician to the King, urged men to imitate womenfolk at a Royal Society of Arts gathering. He praised women's dress and social charm, noted women contribute to happiness, and quipped that modern girls dress faster than men. He also said moderate alcohol can gladden the heart.
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Lotden
Lord Dayson of
Penn
Royal Society of Arts
Lord Dawson
France has no national sport says sporting inquiry
AP notes that a French newspaper inquiry found no single sport possessed a universal French appeal. Readers suggested many options, with football and bicycle racing drawing the most supporters, while tennis remains admired but not a national pastime.
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Turis
France
oTld
America
Lac
Ste
Tennig
Miami bids for deeper Biscayne Bay channel
Miami pushes for federal aid to widen and deepen Biscayne Bay to boost shipping to Central and South America. Mayor E G Sewell leads the effort, prompted by guidance from U S Senator Duncan Fletcher to seek harbor improvements in Congress.
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Miami. Fla
U. P
Atlantic Seaboard
Central
South America
Miami
Biscayne
Bay
E G. Sewell
L. S
Duncan Fletcher
Florida
Ve Sewell
Congress
Inheritance Tax Vote Defeats Repeal Amendment
The senate today rejected a repeal of the Federal inheritance tax voting 191 to 55 against an amendment to eliminate the levy. Washington December 14 AP report notes the same session discusses sales tax repeal and auto sales tax measures amid rough, fragmented coverage.
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Toa
Washington
Nobse
Butcher Elected President of Douglas County Farm Bureau
Butcher was elected president of the Douglas County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting in the Chamber of Commerce building this afternoon. Officers elected were Mrs. George Jenson, vice president, and Roy Flory, secretary-treasurer. The meeting opened with a basket dinner and was well attended. The county agent report by ALT. Gilkison covered extensive outreach including 1,665 office calls and 1,215 phone calls, 29 demonstrations with 291 attendees, 1,230 soil samples tested, 1,683 tons of lime used, and several lime trials. Elizabeth Randell reported 13 clubs with 207 paid members. major projects were clothing and nutrition with millinery as a minor project. The program included remarks by Elmer Hartman and Betty Johnson, a Chicago trip praise, and a talk by Herman Theden on Agriculture Conditions in Europe. Dr. O C Wolf closed with remarks on Farm Legislation.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
George Jenson
Roy Flory
Coleman
Willis Duan
M. C. Eliot
Alt
Gilkison
Elizabeth Randel
Farm Bureau
Elmer Hartman
Betty Johnson
Chicago
Thedens
Herman — Theden
Bonner Springs
Europe
Mr. the
Explosions in Kansas City Injure One and Cause Major Damage
Two blasts in North Kansas City late last night and early this morning caused over 30000 in damage. One man, George Kocack, was hurt by falling plaster at the Southwestern Bell building on Eleventh and Oak as a switch was flipped. A second blast at Forest Glass works on Grand Avenue damaged the plant, eight workers escaped unharmed.
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Kansas City
Best
Telephone
Eleventh
Oak Streets
George Kocack
Forest Glass
Grand Avenue
Des Moines Man Sentenced In Mann Act Case Involving Elopement
Jesse Cox a 41 year old railroad brakeman from the Ozarks and married will serve one year and a day in Leavenworth for illegally transporting Vera Ritchie 19 from Ardmore Oklahoma to Des Moines. Ritchie was married two weeks to Robert Ritchie. the elopement occurred on a motorcycle. Cox pled guilty. Ritchie was released as a material witness and likely to return to Boonville Arkansas. Hearst to be first witness in senate probe into Mexico fund claims.
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Des. Moines
Iowa
Jesse Cox
Ozarks
Federal
Leavenworth
Vera Ritchie
Ardmore
Okla
Des Moines
Cox
Boonville
Ark
Oklahoma Senate Declares Legal Session and Court
Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Senate, by 23 to 12, ruled it was in legal session and that it had legally voted itself a court of headicide. Gov. Henry Johnston had stated he would permit only citizen sessions. No National Guardsmen were stationed inside the senate chamber. Two guardsmen stood at the door of the Representatives chamber across the corridor.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Henry
Johnston
Capitol
Senate
Representatives
KU Christmas tree lights up Blake Hall for charity games
The University of Kansas will light its Christmas tree in front of Blake Hall tonight for the annual program and Christmas Friendship fund sales. Alumni, varsity, and faculty teams arranged to play exhibition basketball in the new auditorium court, with receipts supporting the fund. Players include Gordon, Ackerman, Petersen, Mosber, Wilkin, Allen, Bunn, Zarber, and Shultz among others. Faculty centers Shultz and Shore noted, while a luncheon preceded the event and students can attend campus scrimmages featuring Jayhawkers and possibly freshmen. Candle contributors include Sigma Pi, Epsilon, and several sororities and Westminster Halls, all pledging 100 percent.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Five
Gordon
Ackerman
Petersen
Mosber
Wilkin
Theother
Forrest C. Allen
John
Bunn
Harold Zarber
Ofn
Fearing
Clarence Houk
Armini Woestenmyer
Harold Testerman
Ted Shultz
Chester Shore
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Sigma Poi Epsilon
Delta Zeta
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Gena
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Westminster Tals
Stimson to Assume Philippines Duty by End of January
New York says Jay L. Stimson, newly named Governor General of the Philippines, plans to arrive in Manila by late January. Preparations for departure are to be finished by mid January. he will sail with Mrs. Stimson. He declines to discuss administrative policies, praising predecessor Governor Leonard Wood and the Filipino people.
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New York
Stimson
Philippines
Leonard Wood
Islands
Philippine
Eureka Kans Shooting Wounds Keller in Hospital
Eureka Kansas February 14 Claude Keller a resident of Eureka was shot in the chest by his own automatic pistol and taken to the community hospital in critical condition. Mayor T C Forbes a friend and attorney arrived at the home shortly after the shooting.
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Eureka
Kan
Claude Keller
Vrayor
T. C. Forbes
Keller
Greenwood County
Houston Lumber Company
A.C. Houston
Wicho Yila
Praise for Township Plan on Highways
A meeting at the A E house drew over fifty township and county road patrolmen and trustees to hear Ira E. Taylor of the Kansas Highway Commission discuss the Douglas county township plan road control as one of the state’s best. He noted Kansas ranks second in highway mileage behind Texas and urged selecting routes based on conditions. Taylor praised gradual state control of top township and county roads and urged higher gravel standards for permanence. He compared annual interest costs of concrete versus sand gravel roads and said Shawnee county plans 200 yards per mile, recommending 700. He then left for a similar talk in Olathe.
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Ira E. Taylor
Kansas Highway , Commission
Douglas County
Taylor
Texas
Olathe
Shawnee County
Sandgravel
Fear More Floods Strain Central Arkansas Towns
Floodwaters from the Arkansas and White rivers rise rapidly after days of heavy rain. Towns behind levees fear overtopping while farmers move belongings to safety. Roads bridges and communications suffer as Calico Rocks White River surges and Fort Smith prepares to resettle.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Calico Rocks
Arkansas River
Dardanelle Ponthon
Fort Smith Allgut
Fayetteville
Init
Greenland
Kington County
Rogers Trial in Maze at La Grange Texas
Dec 14 Rebecca Bradley Roy former University of Texas student faces bank robbery trial in La Grange as experts discuss insanity. Dr I Thompson testifies Rebecca is sane amid defense’s questions. Mrs Rogers remains stoic through ten days of proceedings.
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la’ Grange
Texas
Rebecca Bradley Roy
University of Texas
Rogers
I. Thompson
State Hospital For the Insane
San Antonio
Rebecca
Paulen Sees No Ghost of Special Session for Roads
Topeka December 14 AP Governor Paulen said there is no ghost of a chance for a special session to consider road legislation. He noted few letters from legislators urging a session and has not yet read mail from his two day absence. He would call a special session only if lawmakers agree to a constitutional amendment allowing state road building.
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Topeka
Paulen
Fredonia
State Grange
New England Society Dinner Held At Plymouth Church
The annual dinner of the Sons and Daughters of New England will take place on Wednesday evening December 20 at Plymouth Congregational parish house. Dr. Frank Strong, professor of law at the University, will be the guest speaker. The thirty first annual reunion includes music by Prof. C. S Skilton and invocation by Rev. W. M. Badkus. Mrs. FB Learned will deliver the annual necrology report. A nominating committee will present officers at the election during the meeting. The Rev. John Watts serves as president of the New England society.
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New England
Plymouth Congregational
Frank Strong
W. W.russ
E. P. Lester
C. S Skilton
W. M. Badkus
FB. R
J. W. Gilmore
Hugh Means
W., Simons
John ¥. Watts
New England Society
County Prisoners Start Road Work
Eight prisoners from Douglas county jail left under guard to begin road work on Coon Creek hill west of Kanwaka. It is the first day they have worked on roads after weather delays last week. Prisoners serving sentences with unpaid fines or costs may be used on county roads, earning 2 dollars per day applied to their fines and costs. Guard James Weir is in charge.
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Douglas County
Coon Creek
Kanwaka
James Weerl
Hold John Ayres in Wichita Case
John E. Ayres a Southwestern College student on parole from Hutchinson was arrested in Wichita on a charge of robbing a theater. He had money and theater wrappers found in his possession and has prior offenses including burglary and grand larceny in 1926 tied to Lawrence and a New York cleaners break in.
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Winfield, Kas
John E. Ayres
Southwestern College
Betas
Hutchinson
Wechita
Southwestern
Jhellce
Wichita
Ayres
University of Kansas
New York Cleaners
Reformatory
de Luxe Cafe
Mee Ee
Model for boat Italy's new highways and Mussolini plan
An American doughboy recalls Italys Duce Mussolinis orders for new roads across Italy with trees planted along main highways. Deforested areas in South Italy require forest owners to replant at their own expense. The deforestation ties to meteorological and agricultural conditions shaping Italy.
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Mussolini
Italy
Duce
Women Show Superiority in Chicago University Scholastic Records
A Chicago study compiled by Mary Elizabeth Sloan for a master's thesis shows women outperforming men in scholastic records at the University of Chicago. Of 16 Phi Beta Kappa students in the 1927 Winter quarter, only two were men, while six of the women attained high honors.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Mary Elizabeth Sloan
Department of Education
Swinnin Phi ‘Bete Kappak
Christmas Rush At Local Post Office Prepared For Holidays
With the Christmas season near, the post office has expanded force and fleet, adding six clerks and carriers and two delivery trucks. Customers are urged to use a lobby counter to speed service and reduce crowding. An order to facilitate insured deliveries encourages directing packages to homes or neighbors to avoid delays.
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Jis
Lawchee Post Office
Elst
Hesford
Post Office
Bride Will Recover From Poison After Hotel Incident
Mrs Beulah Cleveland 33 a Sedalia Missouri high school teacher and bride of five days will recover from poison she swallowed in an apparent suicide attempt at a hotel. Doctors said she realized she had made a mistake and did not want to die. She and husband Dr Clyde W Cleveland a Brookfield Missouri dentist were en route to Texas for a honeymoon amid gossip among students.
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Kansas City
Beulah Cleveland
Sedalia
Cleveland
Beulah Anderson
Demistry
Smith’ Cotton High School
Clyde W. Cleveland
Brookfield
Texas
Thim
Werrensburg
Anniversary in the air marks silver wedding on Lufthansa flight
Five Berlin travelers totaling U84 years celebrated a silver wedding on a Lufthansa flight. Rindfleisch and wife posed as the celebrants with relatives, then later the group flew to Tempelhof in a second airborne celebration. The family also planned a return via rail but chose air travel, ending with the groom and four guests vanishing aboard the airship.
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Berlin
Lufthansa
Leipsic
Bersin
Rindfleisch
Jiach
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