Bennet Doty Returns Home From French Legion
Bennet J. Doty of Biloxi Mississippi, who deserted the French Foreign Legion over homesickness, arrived in America aboard the Majestic with his parents. He fought the Druses in Syria and was twice cited for bravery before deserting. He recounted the escape with English and German men, the clash with gendarmes, and his plan to read up on the Druses. His story notes possible intervention by a former Legion general, and mentions his reluctance to become a reporter.
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New York
Bennet J. Doty
Biloxi
Miss
France
Foreign Legion
America
Doty
Legion
Gilbert Clare
Majestic
Lemuel Doty
Tots
Engles
Jonpa
Berouins
Ana
Tayo
F Dent
Galley
Forest Legion
Sail
Lecon
Juling C. Holmes
Alive and well after presumed funeral shock near Luray
A girl identified as Miss Fannie Broyles was reported alive after a funeral in which a coffin scene stopped services. She revived following resuscitation efforts after a blow from a tree limb. Under medical care since Saturday she has fully recovered, while her brother and relatives witnessed the event. Taxpayers voice varied reactions in the county treasurer’s office about rising levies, and a Taavisas City dinner featured Prof. Domenica Gagliardo discussing equalization of men and women in education.
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Luray
Val
Fannie Broyles
James Broyles
Talka
Domenica- Gagliardo
Taavisas
Kan
Weonemair
Bencoi
Janet E. Fink
Topeka
Penwell Chapel
Quincy Street
Miss Fink
University of Kansas
Lakota
University Cooperative House
Wichita Book Store Fire Damages Stock and Building
A blaze starting from an overheated gas store upstairs destroyed the Orr book store's $30,000 holiday stock in Wichita on December 21. The fire, which threatened the adjacent State Reserve Bank, was fought by nearly all city units for over an hour. Two firefighters were overcome by smoke. bank records were moved for safety as smoke and gas hindered efforts. About 80 percent of losses were insured and traffic on Douglas Avenue was halted during the battle.
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Wichita
Kan
Toom
Orr Book Store
State Reserve Bank
Daisy
J. D. Tuttle
Leonard Smoot
Bank
Douglas Avenue
J. W. Jenkins
W. Gilt
Douglas l
Cadillac Case Deepens as Kidnapper Traced to Parker Home
Police linked the Parker home incident to Edward Hickman through fingerprints and photos, revealing his use of the alias Donald Evans while carrying out the Marian Robinson kidnapping. Officers found a shirt with H B G initials, mittens matching bondage evidence, and notes alleging anesthesia used during captivity. Witnesses plus a Bellevue Arms couple placed Hickman and an accomplice near the car shortly before Marian’s body was discarded.
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Parker
Jay
Hickman
Donald Evans
Ethel Broderick
Fox
Little Marian
H. Gerber
Arueles
Kansas City
Officera
Julle Milian
Simul
Altho
Alice
Marian
Edward Hickman
Bellevue Arms
Deaths and Funerals In Hoisington And Lawrence Kansas
Multiple obituaries from Hoisington and Lawrence Kansas detail Maude Purinton death at 31, services by Rev Danner and Rebekah lodge, and burial at Oak Hill, plus Mrs Joseph Dunkel and Mrs Rosannah Phillips funerals with church services, second names, dates, and burial sites. Additional notices for Mrs Jane Day Mrs William Ronor and Miss Janet Fink list service times locations and survivors.
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Maude Q. Purinton
Maude
Fosiilon
HH. A. Purinton
North Walput Street
Hoisington
Kans
C. D. Danner
Hoisington Rebekah Lodge
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lawrence
Rev. T. Mcfarland
Furinton
Haskell Avenue
Joseph Dunkel
Ohio Street
Kansas City
Fank Chapel
Reve Wm. H. Butler
Roy Metzler
Otto Barteides
R. C. Manley
Theodore Charlton
Baumgartner
Oak
Jane Day
Kentucky Street
United Brethren Church
C. L. Heatherington
Lecompton Cemetery
B. B
Vernita
Day
Chicago Opera to Present Le Jongleur in Notre Dame
Mary Garden stars in the Chicago Opera production of Le Jongleur and Notre Dame, with Garden singing the young male role. The broadcast list includes multiple station programs and orchestra schedules across major cities, detailing opera features and radio concert lineups through late evening.
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Chicago Opera
U.F
Mary Garden
Chicago Olviera
G2 Opera Broadcaste
Tore
Radio Schedule Highlighting NBC Program Blocks and Orchestras
A dense listing of NBC broadcasts and station programs across multiple cities. It enumerates stations like WEAF WIZ WJZ and WXYR with orchestras, dinner features, concerts, news, and religious segments, listing times and regional anchors from Dallas to Toronto and New York to Boston.
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Oar
Science Church
WBC
WEAY
Aes Cavelinis
Frogsem
WIZ
Dallas
Tory Fer
NBC
WEA
G. YS Who
Des Moives
Santa Cleus
Bargions
Pisha
NBC Progrema
N. Y
Kings of
Louisville
WEAF
Sunshine Hour
Crafeamen
Nashville
Andrex Jackson Srehsetra
NHC
Jack Keefe
AL Henkel
Ewor
Newark
Commodore Orchestra
New York Philhermonic Orchestra
Mengelbjerg
Ing
Bein Bartok
Blenia
Gurst
WEF
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Coward Comox
Dodge Brothers
Henver Bentinela
Clicquot
Estiman
Secith Brothers
NEW
TORK
al Iadmartie Orchestra
T. Army Bend
Baoratk
Hottentote
Axwett
Wandsadowske
Harpelchordlat
Buikits
Onicaga Civic -Qpere
Jongleur de Notre
WOBS
WHN
WMCA
WELWE
POR
YABC
Hotalete
Fron
o—Brown
WJZ
WEL
Philadelphia
WIP
Philadelphea—Me
Calvert Moor
Newton “Radio
Parise
WEAP
WCAR
Burt McM Tle
Nee
China Orchestra
EDKA
Pittsburgh
Edka Little Symphony
Richard Kounts
WEVA
Richmond
Virginians Orchestra
Capitol Theatre
Rochester
Diner
WOY
SBC
Welter
Wgy
Schenectady
Santa Glens
New Kenmore Orchestra
NEC
Floyd Walter
Ogantet
Wez
Banta Claus
CECA
Toronto
Versaille Canadians
WHO
Washington
Woldorf-Astoria Orchestra
Army Band
Tom
Edwards Makes Appeal for William Edward Hickman
Kansas City at Christmas time reports Col. Charles E Edwards, friend and adviser to Hickman's youth, appeals on behalf of Mrs Eva Hickman to contact the youth. The message asks Hickman to reach Cap Edwards at home or office, promising fair treatment and at his expense. Cap Edwards includes address 3438 Bellefontaine Ave and 201 Bryant Building in Kansas City Missouri.
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Kansas City
William Edward Hickman
Marian Tarker
Sns Angeles
Charles E. Edwards
Eva Hickman
Hickman
Colonel Edwards
Los Angeles
Ty Willian
Edward Hickman
Cap’ Edwards
Bellefountaine Avenue
Bryant Building
Faith in Son Sustains Mother in Hickman Case
Mrs Eva Hickman in Kansas City holds faith in her son William Edward Hickman, accused kidnapper and killer of Marian Parker in Los Angeles. She pledges support whatever the outcome, insisting insanity does not run in the family and awaiting any possible word from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Eva Hickman
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
Edward
Hickman
Beerseen
Central
Contempt Hearing Halted in Sinclair Case
Contempt charges against Harry F. Sinclair William J. Barnes and associates paused as Justice Siddons probes alleged prosecutor intimidation of witnesses regarding a Fall-Sinclair oil trial juror. The defense claims misconduct by investigators and a desired affidavit term. Santa Claus myth noted with Dutch origins and German Knocht Rupert reference.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
William J. Barnes
F. L.siddons
Burns
Sinclair Oil
Sinclair
Ei Badd
Kidwell
O'Leary
Bart
Ea St Sy
Santa Claus
America
Girls Reserve Plan Christmas Tree Gift for a Poor Family
The Girls Reserve at the Senior high school organizes to give a decorated Christmas tree to a needy city family. They previously distributed baskets on Thanksgiving and will focus this Christmas on the tree. At yesterday’s meeting in the school auditorium, members made a special offering to support girl reserve work abroad, presented during a candle lighting ceremony.
Case results in hung jury in Lake county embezzlement case
In Waukegan Illinois a jury failed to reach a verdict after 21 hours in the conspiracy to embezzle 108000 dollars of Lake County funds case. Five defendants including Caleb Busich Wilmette stock promoter and Clark Nye former bank cashier faced possible retrial with mixed juror decisions on guilty verdicts. The court discharged the hung jury as deliberations paused amid heated exchanges.
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Waukegan, al
Lake County
A. V. Smith
Atate
Caleb Busich
Wilmette
Clark Nye
National Bank of Sureka
Roy W. Bracker
Ira
Girl to Play Chimes Gift of Rockefeller Largest World Set
Ruth Conniston, a young New England girl, is named permanent carillon player for a 10,000 pound bell set in Park Avenue Baptist Church New York, a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. She replaces Percival Price, and notes that she uses heavy gloves to strike the levers with the outside of her fists, her hands blistered after long programs.
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Rockefeller
New York Church
New York
Ruth Conniston
New England
Park Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Percival Price
Canada
Miss Conniston
Sheep Industry Aided by Cooperative Wool Marketing in Canada
Cooperative wool marketing boosts Canada sheep growers with Alberta ranch shipments of 37 000 sheep and profitable purebred deliveries from Medicine Hat. Salt Lake City buyers from Utah Idaho Montana and Wyoming purchased ten animals for 1285 dollars in a recent sale. A motor wreck near Phillipsburg Kansas left Mrs. Fred Fishbach dead and her husband slightly injured when a dog appeared and caused their car to overturn.
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Canada
Ottawa
Alberta
British Columbia
Medicine Hat
Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Phillipsburg
Kas
Fred Fishbach
Kirwin
Fishbach
Move to Ban Decrepit Cars in Cleveland
Traffic Commissioner EB. 4. Sweeney proposes prohibiting decrepit automobiles in Cleveland citing faulty mechanisms. Many are used by collegians and have caused accidents. Hungary Christmas supper features caker made of honey nuts and poppy seeds.
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Cleveland
Sweeney
Hungary
Personal Notices and Fashion Gossip This Holiday Season
Mr and Mrs B E Warden plan Christmas in Des Moines Iowa. Mrs Margaret Portis stays at Phi Gamma Delta house with Dean Susan M Guild Washburn Topeka. Mr and Mrs Frank Scanlan and five sons James Robert John William arrive from St Louis to spend holidays with Mr and Mrs J R Holmes. Leopard Skin Shoes New Craze in Paris fashion. Paris actress linked to designer for first pair. overcoats and trousers seen on a beggar arrested in Glasgow as police search pockets.
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B. E. Warden
Desa Moines
Iowa
Kargaret Portis
Phi Gamma Delta House
Susan M
Guild of
Washburn College
Topeka
Frank Stanlan
Jive
James Robert
John William
St. Louis
Paris
Ideal Tokyo thriller serial keeps growing with 25 volumes
Tokyo AP reports long winded Japanese romances persist as The Mountain Pass by Nakazato Kaizan expands from Miyako serial into 25 volumes and possibly more. The piece notes historical battles heroine figures and hara kiri motifs alongside a note that a tennis star plans to wed.
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Tokyo
Miyako
Mountain Pass
Nakazato Kaizan
English Tennis Star Miss Fry Engaged to South African Lawyer
London AP reports 21 year old tennis star Miss Joan Fry famed for the Wightman Cup tour in America will marry B. E. Pagden a Port Elizabeth lawyer in January. She will not retire from the court and plans to wed at her Stone Staffordshire home.
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London
Joan
Fry
America
Miss Fry
B. E. Pagden
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Bugless potato from North Dakota farmer
A. J. Reems of Stilger North Dakota claims a nearly disease resistant potato variety bred from a Red Triumph line. The tuber, called bugless, matures two weeks earlier and needs similar moisture to standard types. One carload was sent to a South Dakota seed house. remaining stock stored on two Kildeer farms.
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Kildeer
N. D
A. J. Reems
Stilger
Reems
South Dakota
Triumph
Rival Christmas Trade Sparks Twin City Decor Wars
Minneapolis and St Paul vie for Christmas trade as each city pours money into decorations. Downtown streets glow with evergreen trees and electric lighting from nearby forests. St Paul finished its decorations before Thanksgiving, while Minneapolis followed shortly after, marking an unusually early push for holiday shopping.
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Minneapolis
ATM
Minnneapolis
St. Paul
Russia in for athletics jump to over three million
Moscow reports a dramatic shift as Russia mobilizes in athletics with athletes rising from 150000 in 4213 to over three million. Workers comprise 43 percent and peasants 26 percent of participants while professionals remain 18 percent. The prewar elite dominance by aristocracy has ended. Apple crop in Arkansas river valley yields quarter million bushels in Sumner and Cowley counties, according to AP.
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Russia
Moscow
Aristocrracy
Wichita
A. P
Arkansas ‘River Valley
Sumner
Cowley
Lincoln County cattle comeback spurs renewed livestock ties
Countywide revival in Carrizozo and Lincoln County signals a return to cattle wealth once dominated by vast ranches. Historic operations once staging 100000 head herds and Civil War era range wars give way to restocking with high grade or registered animals. Noted figures like Billy the Kid and George Coe loom in local lore as stockmen propel the revival.
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Carrizozo
N. M
Lincolne County
Southwest
Marly
J . Lincoln County
Bill the Kid
Lincoln County
Robert Tunstall
Billy the Kid
George Coe
Magpie Boon
Pica Proves to Be Big Nuisance on Cattle Ranches
The magpie, common in the mountains and plains around El Paso Texas, serves as both pest and predator. It eats weevils and other pests, yet also harms poultry and weakened livestock. Biologists reject extirpation but note poisoning as an economical control in winter.
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el Paso
Texas
AIDS Fights Parasites Through New Film Shows Methods
Londo AP reports partners can use cinema to combat farm parasites affecting sheep and cattle. A completed film by the Coonersethnic Bureau of Chicago demonstrates pests like the land louse and sheep scab mite and their impact, with control methods. The film will be distributed to agricultural schools and government departments worldwide. Council Grove Businesses Organize City Cribbage Club to challenge American Legion cribbage stars.
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Londo
England
Coonersethnice Bureau
Chicago
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Porter
Rosannah Phillips
Rosa Tinah Philli
I Rumsey Brothers
Edward’ Hislop
Charee
Memorial Park Cemetery
Hamilton County
Ind
Charles W. Phillips
Kansas
G. Phillips
George Dews
Chas
Spray
B. Boal
R.,f. Hicks
C. MM. Phillips
Coffeyville
Kam
oMrs
Phillips
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
William Ronor
Willliam Ropes
New Hampshire Street
St. Johns Catholic Church
Father Fitzgerald
Calvary Cemetery
United Press
Aglerp Blandard
Meare Agures
WRB
Atlanta
Santa Fe
Mua
Ruds Brown
Emory
Charles Gheldon
Creas
WEG
Atlantic
Dinder
Jean - Wiener
Silvergripper
Wbal String Quartet
Otiner
Gol Gaz
Wis
Went
Bo Borton
Vansurdem
Eat Wmak
Buffalo
Merkels
Royal American Orchestra
Paul” “Craig
KYW
Tories
Congress Hotel Musicale
WJ2
Sah
Kentucky Berenaders
WMAQ
Whitney
NBO
Hamiltonians
Blevens Motel
Grams
Poinler Entertainment
WGN
WLIB
Chicago Civic Opera
WLW
Cincinnati
O— Mel Donerty
Edwards
Hickmen
Justice Siddons
United States
Indian Scouts
Tenth Cavalry
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Eighth Corps
Glastow
Joan Fry
North Dakota
Twin Cities
New Mexico’ County
Phyeleian
Yaconus
Dhone, Ke Mekcaners
National School Children
Merchants National
Musical Bulletin
Rumsey Bros, Funeral Home
Indiana St
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