Arizona bad man back to prison after dramatic escape
Raymond Stickler, 23, a Florence penitentiary inmate serving time for robbery, led a prison escape with a knife assault on Warden Lorenzo Wright. He abducted Wright and his son, fled toward Tucson, attempted robberies, triggered a crash in Phoenix, and was recaptured in a patrol wagon ambush. Police report Stickler wounded one officer and endangered others before arrest.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Raymond Stickler
Stickler
Florence
Lorenzo Wright
Wright
Chandler Heights
Tucson
Contest Winners Claim Their Christmas Turkeys
More than 100 turkeys were handed out yesterday and today to winners of the December 13 contest at Lawrence poultry company 882 Pennsylvania Street. Winners from out of town were served last week. One hundred nineteen turkeys were offered with several merchants supplying birds instead of poultry orders. Some winners ordered their birds dressed and frozen to enjoy dinners on New Year’s Day.
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Lawrence Poultry Company
Pennsylvania Street
Poultry Company
Pageant at Congregational church features nativity play
The Adoration of Kings and Shepherds pageant at Plymouth Congregational church last Sunday drew a large crowd. Miss Rae Stoland read the Mary role while fourteen girls as angels aided, with Mrs. M A Macoubrie and Walter Keeler directing. The Plymouth choir led carols and afterwards a white gifts service donated food, clothing, toys, and money to the city needy.
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Mouth Congregational Church
M. A. Macoubrie
Walter Keeler
Rae Stoland
Mary
Plymouth
Community Service Committee
Mild Christmas Weather Expected Across Kansas
Topeka dispatch notes mild pre Christmas temperatures across western and southern Kansas with sun and a general mild national pattern. Meteorologist D. Flora says no unsettled weather and a partly white Christmas only in areas with lingering snow, while northern and eastern Kansas face slim chances of new snowfall.
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Kansas
Flora
Hutchins Plans Timeless Chicago Education Aims Time Savings
University of Chicago under President Robert Maynard Hutchins proposes a timeless four year plan where freshmen can graduate early via comprehensive exams, with some students finishing in the first year while others extend beyond four years. The project seeks to shorten education, raise scholarship, and adjust teaching methods while acknowledging potential athletic and regulatory hurdles.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Frederick ‘Woodward
Hutchins
Kansas
Dr. Hutchins
Christmas Pageants Highlight Sunday School Program
Sunday schools present pageants titled When the King C Exercise by the cradle roll of the Christmas Star and Christmas With Christ. Christmas morning worship at 10:34. Subject: Three Wonderful Facts. A cordial invitation.
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Christ
Evening Radio Schedule With NBC Christmas Programs
A dense list of radio programs and performers for December 24 and 25 including Geet and pal, The Quaker Man, Wayne King's Pure Oil Orchestra, Death Valley Days, Amos n Andy, Slumber Music, Longine's Correct Time, and Mary Hale Martins Household. National broadcasts feature The Vermont Lumber Jacks, The Yeast Foamers, The Blue Chasers, and a long roster of orchestras and soloists. Schedule notes include multiple biscuit and pancake programs, live stock markets, weather reports, and NBC and KLEXK mentions.
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Westinghouse
Amos 'N' Andy
Helen
Karl
Longine
Phil Spitalny
Edgewater Beach
Ford
Ildred de Weese
Blue Chasers
Band of A Thousand Melodies Sisters of the Skillet
Christmas Tree
Times Square
Blue Aces
NBC
Breen
de Rose
McGrew
New Yorker Hotel
Tohn St. Kennedy
Cecil
K. C
Ford and Wallace
Jolly Bill and Jane
Vermont Lumber Jacks
Sleigh Bell Sisters
Ray Perkins
Libby McNeil & Libby
Beatrice Mabie
Echoes of the Orient
Klexk. U
George
Sisters of the Skillet
Chicago
Morgan
Tira
Colorado State Teachers College
Whyte
Sally
Bean Raymond A. Schwegler
Phil Cook
Friendly Five
Aunt Lulu
Landt
White
Knox Orchestra
Dunlap Orchestra
Maxwell House
Victor Herbert
Amos
Andy
Helen and
Slumber
Hotel
New Yorker
National Farm and Home Hour Variety Program
The 1931 radio season features Sunshine Contacor XK C live stock and hay segments and a variety of musical acts. Sidney David on trumpet and Chicago Serenade anchor a lineup including Grew String Trio, Mildred De Weese, Smith Ballew Orchestra, Kath aieelson, and Le Trio Morgan. Other acts include Zephyr Organ Melodies, Armour Program, Amos n Andy, Mona Motor Girl, and Randolph Bundy Accordionist. A December 27 schedule highlights popular numbers, a Junior Cooking School with Hazel Chandler, and Vincent Lopez at Hotel St. The year promises fresh opportunities for listeners.
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National Farm and Home Hour
Sunshine Contacor
Weather Report
Blue Chasers
Rae Killer
Sidney David
Chicago
Radio Guild
Kathaieelson
Smith Ballew
Cecil
Sally
Mildred de Weese
Phil Cook
Brownbilt Footliters
Neattes
Ginger Rogers
le Trio Morgan
Natural Bridge
Jones & Hare
Armour
Armstrong Quakers
Folly Roger
Amos
Andy
Bona ‘Motor Orchestra
Mona Motor Girl
Lougine
Florence Richardson
Sturday
K. C
Ford
Wallace
Jolly Bill and Jane
Randolph Bundy
Vermont Lumber Jacks
Parnassus
G Manhatters
Hazel Chandler
Jenny Wren
Keystone Chronicle
Vincent Lopez
Hotel St
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Plymouth Church
Topeka
Pfrecast
United States Weather Bureau
Rachall
Leviathan
Harold A. ‘Cunningham
Yarnold Get
Aesy
Everett Talley
Betty Wulfkuhle
Cross
Ralph ‘Houk
Robert Wulfkuhle
Mary. Miller
Stull Farm ‘Bureau
O. A Ridinger
Roy Bowen
Edith Koehler
Ernest Kampschroder
Irene Kampschroder
John Stull
O. R. Platz
Clarence Slusser
W. Glenn
Deer Creek
Santa Claus
Rosemary Wulfkuhle
Wilma Kizer
Harvey Shaw
William Deister
Letha Wulfkuhle
Deniz
Doris Nichols
Duan
Kraft
Little Lord Jesus
Zella
Stull
Mabel Shaw
Thelma Kizer
Billie Henry
Herman Wulfkuhle
Gladys Kraft
Dollie
Mildred Stull
Miriam Kraft
Harry Buchheim
Viola Kraft
Santa
Clifford
St. Paul’s Evangelical Church
Eudora
Charles H. Decker
Yarnold Stall
Teresa Anderson
Wren
Louise Fazenda
Malibu Beach
Los Angeles
Marie Prevost
Inset
Geet
Pal
Pai Cok
Quaker Man
Wayne King
Pure Oil
Jack Riley
Vengine
Larry Funk
the Bam
Louis Panico
Canton Tea Garden
Jolly Till
Jane
Parmassis
Libby McNeil
Dickinson Quality Theatres
Tomor
Lupe Velez
Lewis Ayres
Nate — Continu
Harry
Sam Langdon Summerville
Bessie Love
Laurel Hardy
Anda
Cartoon Comedy News
the Dickinson
Jene
Gees Business College
Adv
Patee
Western Electric Sound System
Rex Beach
Hig
Evelyn Brent
Louis Wolheim
Joel McCrez
Jean Arthur
Raymond Hatton
vVariety
Brothers
Fritz Co
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