Auditor Plans Gas Tax Refund by County Allocation
Topeka December 14 AP State Auditor Wikl J. French urged amending law to let counties pay third quarter 1927 gasoline tax refunds from their own allotments. Current rules distribute refunds before county allocations. proposed change would apply to statewide operations, with some corporate exceptions. Refunds listed include Sedgwick 4085.35, Dickinson 367., Shawnee 16.28, and others across multiple counties, totaling about 225000.
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Wikl J. French
French
Taomie—mii
Sedgwick
Harper Run
Saline
Mik
Allen
Bourhbon
Butler
Cloud
Whey
Dickinson
Crawford
Franky Lyon
Morris
Rice
Shawnee
Defends novelist Sinclair Lewis at Kansas college
Reverend L M Birkhead praised Sinclair Lewis at Kansas State Agricultural College for Elmer Gantry. He called the author meticulous and technically accurate and said Lewis immersed himself in his characters to understand ministers and church issues. The minister noted hymns and dialogues as part of research.
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Manhattan
Sinclair Lewis
Elmer Gantry
Kansas State Agricultural College
L. M. Birkhead
A’ J Soule Unitarian Church
Kansas City
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Emer Gantry
Frank Shallard
The
Minnster
Birkhead
Immigrant tensions rise in Manchuria and Korea
Reports from Mukden and Peking describe a Chinese Japanese issue as Koreans, subjects of Japan, face eviction from leaseholds in Manchuria. Chinese authorities pressures include language and clothing changes and naturalization. Japanese consuls are summoned to Mukden for talks amid possible broader diplomatic action.
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Peking
API
Kirin
Changchun
Manchuria
Mukden
Korea
Jaeking
Reske's Drug Store
Mass
Rankin 'S Drug Store
Fifty Six Years on Job at New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Cornel H. G. Hester, 80, serves as secretary of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, a lifelong authority on the market who began as a 24 year old reporter. He upholds a simple creed that two plus two equals four and remains a steady, respected figure amid changing business methods.
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Cotton Exchange
Cornel H. G. Hester
Exchange
Hester
Colonel Hester
A. G. Hester
J Exchange
Pleasant Valley Farmers Union Elects Officers
The Pleasant Valley Farmers Union held its regular meeting at the schoolhouse Friday evening and elected officers for the coming year including C. T. Richardson as president Lewis as vice president Ed Titan as secretary and treasurer and Walter Howard as conductor. The program featured readings duets and a violin solo with refreshments served afterward guests included Mr. M Schultz and his daughters from Franklin local. The next meeting will be in the second month.
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J. Tobler
Ed Hlian
Richardson
Walter Howard
Otto Luckan
J. Maloney
Pleasant Valley
H. B. Axe
California
Jay
Dorothy Richardson
iPerry Chappe- Jow
Walter. Howard
Edgian
Arthur Cummings
HM. Boles
Bert Cane
John Grauberger
F. 8
Hartman
Bismarek
Dorothy Cummings
Lawrencer
James ‘Tryon
N. H. Thayer
Lawrence
Mildred _ Maloney
J. S. Tabler
Dorothy Tabler
A. L. Holcom
Margaret
Nellie Haas
Geo. Pick ‘Ens
Ed Teron
Ash Jimmy
Mildred
Malorey
Wrvon
Charles Haas
Pleasant Valley School
John Maloney
Ed Illian
Edwardsville
Pleasant Valley Farmers Union
C. T. Richardson
Lewis
Ed Titan
Walter
Harold
French Decorations Proliferate as Orders Spread Wide
A Paris report notes every 25th French voter receives a decoration and claims France has 60 varieties with half a million holders, plus 215 foreign orders. Critics say the Legion of Honor is diluted by broad awards and new titles like an Order of Municipal Merit loom for mayors.
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Paris
France
Legion of Honor
Napoleon
Abolish Bank Cages in New York Bank Openings
New York banks will replace steel cages and vault screens with open desks as of January 1, marking a bold shift in banking interiors. The move, reported by Woman's Home Companion, argues cages failed to prevent robberies and aims to create a more office like atmosphere for depositors and borrowers.
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New York
Banks Move Toward Humane Facades Amid Cage Abolishment
A fragment suggests banks push toward friendlier exteriors as cages are removed from interiors. The text hints at a broader shift to humanize the nation’s business settings, contrasting welcoming customers with grim, cold vibes.
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D. G. .O’neal
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Rankin’s Drug Store
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H. G. Hester
ABC Spin Porcelain
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