Farmers to gather in Topeka for January sessions
Presidents of two Federal Farm Board subsidiaries will address Kansas farmers during a week of meetings in Topeka January 12 to 17. The agenda includes the Farmers Agricultural convention and state agriculture board sessions with speakers on the federal act and a report on Soviet Russia by W A Cochel. Events include the governor elect inaugural and state legislature opening.
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State Board of Agriculture
Topeka
Federal Farm Board
Farmers of Kansas
State Board of Agriculture. Co. BE
Huff
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Charles A. Ewing
National Livestock Marketing Association
Federal Farm’ Board
State Association
Kansas Agricultural Council
Kansas State Poultry Association
Kansas Dairy Council
J. C. Mohler
W. A. Cochel
Kansas City Star
Soviet
Russia
Mohler
Harry Woodring
Giant Meteor Shocks Idaho on Christmas Eve
A meteor struck near Idaho on Christmas Eve, lighting skies ten miles away and shaking towns including Orofino Moscow Genesee Lewiston Orchards and Lapwai, with reports of quake like tremors. University of Idaho geologist F B Laney compared it to a nine year old meteor event in the Seven Devils region.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Orofino
Moscow
Genesee
Orchards
Lapwai
Clarkston
Wash
F. B. Laney
University of Idaho
Seven Devils
Twenty two apply for Kansas bar exam in Topeka
Twenty two applicants from fifteen Kansas counties will take the winter Kansas bar examination in Topeka on January 19. The list includes Rice Lardner Garnett Edgar Winger Jennings Kenneth Sentney Schuyler Wood Topeka Carl Pingry Jr Pittsburg Ward Paddock Wichita Lafayette Haines Galena Lawrence Kidwell Samuel Webb Morris Garvin Horton Snyder Edwards Tagrart Baxter Hobbs Cole Leavnt Morgan Hobbs Cole Levant.
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Topeka
Kansas
Rice Lardner
Garnett
Edgar William Winger
Jennings
Kenneth Emil Sentney
Hutchinson
Schuyler Wood
Jackson
Carl Oscar Pingry, Jr
Pittsburg
Everett Paddock, Jr
Wichita
Lafayette Johnson Haines
Galena
Lawrence Dale Kidwell
Samuel Earl Webb
Maurice Nichols McCrery
Emporia
Henry Ellsworth Martz
John Charles McCall
Chanute
John A. Worley
Patrick Jennings Warnick
Dolph Elton Watson
Linecoln
Henry Morris Garvin
St. John
Forrest J. Horton
Goodland
Arthur Hertshel -Snyder
John DeWitt Edwards
Athol
Escapes From Bandits Near Santa Catarina Mexico
Hugh M. oe hlaigie, 30, manager for American Smelting and Refining at Santa Catarina, Chihuahua, escaped yesterday afternoon from a bandit gang that had kidnapped him Tuesday and held him for ransom in a mountain rendezvous near there. Details were unclear and federal troops were en route to pursue the gang.
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el Paso
Tex
American Smelting and Refining Company
Hugh M. Oe ‘Aigie
Santa Qastatost
Chihuahua
Mexico
Christmas Baby Named Helen Transue in Memorial Birth
The first Christmas baby of 19-- born this morning at Memorial hospital is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Transue, 1123 Oregon Street. The infant has been named Helen Transue. Reno, Nevada. Top pool prices for the holiday market in the west were reported for this season, benefiting Nevada turkey producers for the second year running.
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Lawates
Oliver Transue
Oregon Street
Memorial Hospital
Helen Virgin
Reno
Nev
Nevada
From the President Down First to Youngsters at Christmas
President Herbert Hoover and family gave youngsters first place at Christmas with a tree in the East Room and a White House celebration. Cabinet members and aides’ children joined in carols, a turkey lunch, and a shared dinner with parents. Hoover planned minimal work that day to focus on holiday cheer.
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White House
Presidential Mansion
Hoover
Break Up a Gang No Truce in Light
Los Angeles reports gang kidnaping plans in Southern California tied to E L Caress ransom scheme. James N Crofton Baron Long and Wirt Bowman named as targets. James J Sherman captured and arraigned on assault with intent to murder. Police identified a blood stained coat near Alhambra as linked to gang members.
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Los Angeles
California
E. L
Zeke” Caress
Ralph Sheldon
Chicago
Sherman
Aew
W. H. Waggoner
W. E. Slaughter
C. A. Jenks
Long Beach
Waggoner
Caress
Alhambra
Kansas City
Point Barrow Christmas Feast At Eskimo Ice Cream and Radio
At Point Barrow Alaska Christmas was celebrated with 400 Eskimos and 322 whites gathering for gifts and a 24 hour radio program. Eskimo ice cream made from reindeer tallow seal oil and whale blubber was served alongside whale flesh and frozen fish.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Mstmas Radio Progra
Disbarment Sought in Tulsa for Exie Fife Divorce
Oklahoma City AP reports five attorneys urged disbarment for T A Chandler of Tulsa and four Eufaula attorneys Hazen Green Jack G Harley M E Turner and K B Turner in the Exie Fife divorce case. They were federal convicted in Muskogee in 1927 of conspiring to defraud the Creek Indian woman once dubbed poor little rich girl after oil on her allotment.
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Oklahoma City
T. A. Chandler
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Exie Fife
State Bar Association
Hazen Green
Jack G. Harley
M. E. Turner
K. B. Turner
Eufaula
McIntosh County
Muskogee
Berlin Jackson
Five U S Communities Named After Christmas Holiday
The Associated Press reports five U S communities bear the name Christmas in Arizona Florida Kentucky Mississippi and Tennessee. Additional places include Christmasville in Tennessee and Christmas Cove in Maine plus Christmas Lake in Minnesota. Indiana hosts Santa Claus in Spencer County with St Nicholas in Florida and Minnesota. Atlas shows towns named Santee in Nebraska Pennsylvania and South Carolina with Santee Bluff in South Carolina.
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Associated Press
United States
Gila County
Arizona
Orange County
Florida
Lawrence County
Kentucky
Bolivar County
Mississippi
Roane County
Tennessee
Christmasville
Carroll County
Lineal County
Maine
Hennepin County
Minnesota
Indiana
Santa Claus
Spencer County
St. Nicholas
Duvall County
Stearns County
Santee
Knox County
Nebraska
Northampton County
Pennsylvania
Charleston County
South Carolina
Santee Bluff
Williamson County
Bathes in Moonshine Claim Sparks Investigation
Abe Perlin, 69, alleges moonshine baths to ease rheumatism after a raid on his Pittsburgh tailor shop yielded five one-gallon cans. Police seek to verify his tale as magistrate orders further inquiry while Perlin says he does not drink or sell the moonshine.
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Pittsburgh
Abe Perlin
Perlin
Aggies Plan for Farm Home Meet at Manhattan
Rural leaders from Kansas gather in Manhattan February 3 to 6 for Farm and Home week at Kansas State Agricultural College. Major farm enterprises, home economics programs, and a Master Homemakers awards announcement on February 4 highlight the four day event along with the Little American Royal Livestock Show and various bee keepers, dairy, crops, and livestock activities.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Kansas State Agricultural College
Fann and Horse Ees Bern
Farrell F. D. Farrell
Seven Perish In Rooming House Fire At Writing Ind
A fatal blaze in a tenement rooming house at Writing Indiana killed seven people and left additional bodies feared. Firefighters and workers combed through smoldering ruins as a wounded man was rushed to St. Catherine’s Hospital in East Chicago near death. Early reports place the fire at the rear first story and the building quickly burned to the ground.
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Ind
St. Catherine's Hospital
Chicago
Womans Kansas Day Club Preserves History
Phillipsburg Kansas December 25 AP Mrs F W Boyd of Phillipsburg president of the Womans Kansas Day Club announced the group will celebrate Rytesa Lee anniversary at its January 29 Topeka annual meeting. A silver anniversary party is planned at the Governors mansion January 28 with a reunion hoped for all charter members. The club aims to promote collecting and preservation of early Kansas history and is a Topeka based organization meeting statewide.
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Phillipsburg
Kan
F. W. Boyd
Woman’s Kansas Day Club
Rytesa Lee
Topeka
Mee East
Beshone
Joy
Mitel
J. D., McFarland
Governor’s Mansion
Boyd
Oman’s Day Club
Kansas
Rose Tournament showdown heads to New Year
Pasadena December 25 AP Willy Wade says Washington State and Alabama enter the Rose Tournament on equal footing. Both teams focus on conditioning as they prepare for New Year’s Day. Wade notes the main task is selecting the eleven best players while practice continues for both squads.
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Pasadena
Cal
Wallace Wade
Washington State
Alabama
Wade
Orin
Babe” Hollingberg
British Legislate for Quota Buying of Wheat
London December 25 AP The British government plans legislation for quota purchasing of wheat for the empire. The bill would set the required percentage of British grown wheat to be bought by millers and the share from Commonwealth versus foreign suppliers. The plan aims to keep empire supplies orderly while not reducing foreign imports. The imperial conference committee deemed it practical, though no exact percentages were set, with Britain expected to take about half of domestic and colonial output.
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London
British Commonwealth
Dominions
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Ante
New Zealand
Special Economic Committee
House of Mons
Saunereatere Inc
Rockefeller Sr Christmas Golf Party At Home
John D. Rockefeller Sr kept his Christmas routine as golf and socializing. He will host a Saturday night party in Ormond Beach with a Christmas tree gifts for household members and guests, music, and informal conversation among friends and neighbors.
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Ormond
Fla
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Mr. Rockefeller
Earthquake toll rises in Santina area
An early morning quake killed 35 people and injured seventy in La Po ma, a town of about 1,500. Dispatches say the town was largely affected, with many structures damaged and residents left in need of aid. Stores note closures for December 26 with reopening planned for December 27.
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Santina
Hope
la Poma
Mystery Shot Near Eudora Sparks Pursuit Across County
Deputy Sheriff C F Richards led a chase from Eudora to Lawrence after a gunshot near the Kaw River. A drunken couple fled in a Chevrolet, trail went cold as mud covered plates hindered identification. Whether the shot was fired by hunter or assailant remains unclear.
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Eudora
C. F. Richards
Lawrence
L. E. Bryant
Kaw
Bryant
Richarda
Richards
Santa Fe
Edwin Sickel Dead in Leavenworth at 64
Edwin Sickel a 64 year old Leavenworth furniture dealer died in a local hospital from heart disease. Surviving sons are Leroy and Ralph, university students, and Arthur Sickel of Leavenworth. Ralph Sickel is a Kansas track letterman and senior in business school. Leroy is a sophomore in fine arts.
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Leavenworth
Edwin Sickel
Leroy
Ralph
University of Kan
Arthur Sickel
Leaven‘no
Ralph ‘Sickel
University of Kansas
School of Business
Leroy Sickel
School of Fine Arts
Hopes for Relief Plans in Oil Industry
Secretary Wilbur hopes the Tulsa meeting with major oil company representatives will yield practical plans to relief independent producers in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. The oil conservation board will be represented by geological survey field officials who will report the adopted program to him immediately. A proposed relief plan from Reeser was withheld as it reflects his ideas and may be announced later. The Tulsa conference arises after Prairie Oil and Gas plan to withdraw January 1 could endanger small independents. President Hoover had convened the conservation board which suggested relief methods to the American Petroleum Institute.
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Washington
Wilbur
Tulsa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Oil Conservation Board
Geological Survey
Dau Ram
Reeser
Kansan
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Prairie Company
Hoover
Conservation Board
American Petroleam Institute
Reed compliments Wilbur on effective oil producer work
Topeka dispatch says Governor Clyde M Reed praised Interior Secretary Wilbur for measures to aid independent oil producers in southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. He telegraphed gratitude for Wilbur’s plan to address the producers situation.
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Topeka
Clyde M. Reed
Wilbur
Interior Department
Kansas
Oklahoma
Thesas
Farmer seeks fuel refund for mules in Kansas
G G Dick of La Harpe asks state auditor Will J French to refund 60 bushels of oats and 30 bushels of corn as fuel for his six mules used on farm work. He notes a neighbor received a tractor fuel refund, but French replied no grain is available for the refund.
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Topeka
Will J. French
G. G. Dick
la Harpe
Kan
John McCoy Dies After Kansas Crash
John McCoy 62 longtime Nemaha Pottawatomie state senator and first district Kansas highway commissioner died in a Salina hospital from injuries suffered in an auto accident December 17 near Highland Kaw. His wife was injured but not seriously. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Sabetha
Kan
John McCoy
Kansas Highway Commission
Highland
Kaw
McCoy
Nemaha
Pottawatomie
Senate
Nemaha County
Clyde M. Reed
State Highway Commission
John V. Abrahams
Topeka
Famous Circus Magnate Weds Mrs. Goldsborough on Nevada Trip
Al G. Stonehouse known as Al G. Barnes honeymooning in Phoenix after marrying Margaret Goldsborough of Denver Edgewater. The ceremony was in a Presbyterian church with witnesses C. F. Cusack and his wife, widow of a Leadville mining man. Stonehouse has a long show-biz history and multiple marriages dating back to 1900 with Dollie Barlow and Jane Hartigan in Las Vegas.
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Phoenix
Ariz
al G. Barnes Stonehouse
al G. Barnes
Margaret Goldsborough
Denver
Edgewater
Colo
Barnes
Colorado
Victor A. Rule
Presbyterian Church
C. F. Cusack
Land
Jane Hartigan
Las Vegas
Nev
Victim Comes Out Winner In Newton Hold Up
Newton grocer Pat H. C. Zimmerman survived a robbery attempt when a bandit paid with a quarter for bacon, drew a gun, but fled before reaching the register, dropping the two bits and the bacon as a nearby customer entered the store. A Chicago vaudeville house faced safety issues as nearby restaurants protected operations.
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Newton
Kan
Pat H. C. Zimmerman
Newton Grocer
Zimmerman
Christmas Spirit Brightens Lawrence Amid Mild Weather
Christmas mood dominates Lawrence as townspeople enjoy holiday events despite a warmer-than-usual day. Visitors fill the streets while churches host pageants and midnight services. Homes glow with lights, merchants report strong trade, and charitable groups distribute baskets, gifts, and clothing to needy families.
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Trinity Episcopal
Trinity Lutheran Church
Salvation Army
Community Service Committee
Elks
Legion Popta
Walter Kramer Killed In Kansas Crash
Walter Kramer 21 of Oswaki Kansas died after his car left a road on a curve near Hoyt. He was treated at the scene but died before reaching a hospital. A woman companion was slightly injured and left the scene without giving her name. His father Roy Kramer was a former Raw Packing vice president and was murdered on a highway nearby last spring.
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Topeka
Kansas
Walter Kramer
Oswakie
Hoyt
Here
Roy Kramer
Raw Packing Company
Kramer
Reading
Argument ends in death in North Dakota police sergeant
A family dispute over when to open Christmas gifts led to the death of Guy Sharar, 45, a North Dakota police sergeant. He reportedly wanted to open presents last night, while his family preferred today. Found dead in his automobile, apparently shot by his own hand.
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Minor
N. D
Guy Sharrar
Sharar
Girl Leader Captured in China Homefront Crackdown
A 19 year old acknowledged leader of red bandits in northern Kwangtung province has been captured near Shiuchow with forty three prisoners. Dispatches say she will likely be executed, and she reportedly welcomed the firing squad.
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Canton
China
Kwangtung
Shiuchow
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