Transfer of Military Prisoners From Leavenworth Penitentiary
A board from the disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth will transfer 205 military prisoners from the federal prison due to overcrowding and limited employment. Inmates face crowded conditions with added sleeping quarters in corridors and shared dining, as most long-term military prisoners are murder or statutory offense cases awaiting reassignment.
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Leavenworth Kan
Federal Penitentiary
Federal Prison
Fort Leavenworth
Federal
United States
Brewster Consolidates Rural Schools into Town Grade and High School
In Thomas county Kansas consolidation brings 84 square miles under one district serving Brewster with a new $80,000 main building plus residences for superintendent and janitor. About 250 residents, full program includes music, vocational ag, basketball, domestic science, debating, paper and PTA, plus community events and broader activities.
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Brewster
Kan Dee
Thomas County
His and
Y.W.C.A
Baldwin youths to appear before Justice Clark Saturday
Martha Stickney of Baldwin held recently at the county jail is released after 2 300 bond. Paul Smith Wyatt Robinson and Martha Stickney and Dorothy Song of Baldwin are to come before Justice John Clark for a hearing on the charge of gross lewdness Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
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Martha Stickney
Baldwin
Paul Smith
Wyatt
Robinson
Eart-heast
Osawatomie
Martha
Stickney
Dorothy
John Clark
Centenarian Nicholas Martinez Takes a Third Wife
In Aguascientés Mexico on December 19 Nicholas Martinez aged 105 has married Francisca Quittera his third wife. The couple say their combined ages total about 200 years and he credits longevity to clean country air and Providence. Martinez’s father Crescencio died at 123.
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Aguascatientés
Mexico
Nicholas Martinez
Mexican Republic
Francisca Quittera
Tle
Martinez
Crescencio Martinez
Field Meet to Stage In Dodge City in April
Southwestern Kansas schools may join a two day track and field contest in Dodge City on April 24 and 25. A spring fine arts festival held each March across the region would be discontinued to favor the new tests. The government today filed its answer in the naval oil leasing cases against Doheny Fall Sinclair.
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Dodge City
Kan
Kansas
Washington
E. L. Doheny
Dy. Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Naval Oil Leasing
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Decline in American Students at Oxford University
Oxford reports a steady drop in American student numbers from 226 in 1922 to 181 and now 170 in attendance, with 90 Rhodes scholars this year and 80 non Rhodes men. Harvard leads among universities sending students, Exeter College hosts the most Americans, and English naming patterns appear among the students.
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Oxford
England
Associated Press
Oxford University
Rhodes
Rhodes Scholars
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Cornell
University of Virginia
America
Exeter i
Americ
St Catharine's Oxford College Omitted Hall Dormitories
The article describes St Catharine's, known as St Cat's, a full Oxford College with no hall or dormitories or porter gate, yet part of the University. It notes its relationship to the university and mentions architectural details and room layouts for fitting large pieces of furniture.
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Eble
Gorpus Vee
Sarid
St. Edmond Hall
New Collegiate Society
Oxford
St. Catherine’s
St. Cat's
Oxford College
Archileges
Veterans in government hospitals report 10000 mentally ill
Colonel E Leslie of Hospital No 100 Camp Cody says about 25000 ex soldiers in government care, more than 10000 are mentally ill. He estimates possibly 25 percent would have occurred without a call to service and 75 percent due to the intense wartime army life. Country boys struggled most to readjust to peacetime life while city boys adjusted faster.
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Rank E. Leslie
Leslie
Kid McCoy Testimony in Murder Trial Mentioned
In Los Angeles on December 1 19, Kid McCoy testifies about the death of Mrs Ther Mors alleging it was by her own action. McCoy states details during the trial regarding the alleged murder.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Kid McCoy
Pugilis
Ther
Barber's Drug Store Rubber Goods Listing
A local advertisement lists rubber hot water bottles syringes bed pans douche pans invalid rings and cushions rubber tubing and sick room requisites offered by Barber's Drug Store.
Driver Denies Killing Him Self in Gas Poisoning Case
A Wichita automobile mechanic Eppernery was found unconscious under a car with a monoxide poison death ruled fatal. The accused man testified in a packed court that the death resulted from his own actions. The room was unusually still as spectators watched the defendant’s dramatic version and the prisoner himself appeared to break down.
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Deniea Pinay
Cerner
Eppernéry
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