New York Prohibition Plan Contest Winners Named
A New York prohibition administrator and a California high school student won top prizes in a $30,000 contest for best prohibition enforcement plans. Major Mills urged stricter traffic supervision of industrial alcohol and education to raise respect for the law. Malcolm Almack of Palo Alto won the school prize with plans emphasizing law enforcement officer selection and public education. The prize winners were announced amid coverage of ongoing enforcement challenges.
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New ‘York
Hert
Hoover
William C. Durant
Mills
Major Chester
Oregon
City
Rejain
Malcolm .D
Almack
Palo ‘Alto
Calif
Berlins
Death of Infant May Bring Reconciliation With Mackay
New York AP reports the death of Irving Bertin Jr a 124 day old son of a songwriter may bridge a rift between his mother and her father Charles Mackay president of Postal Telegraph Company The infant died of a heart attack at 5 pm after Christmas with siblings Mackay who had been estranged from his daughter since her marriage to Beslin in 1996 offered condolences shortly after the death The piece notes earlier hints of renewed ties following the infant’s birth and mentions Mrs Bertin attending her grandfather’s mother’s funeral with him on September 13
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New York
Irving Bertin
Daygir
Avas
Clsterice. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
Mackay
Beslin
Eal
Earnet
Irving, Jr
Oil trend downward hits Oklahoma fields this week
Oklahoma weekly oil production declines as the cur rent Oil and Gas Journal report shows a drop of about 3 barrels daily in December 15 figures. Nationwide fields mostly level or rise while Oklahoma totals average 2,547,136 barrels daily, down from 2,548,226 a week earlier, with light oil up about 1,654 barrels daily.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Oil and Gas Journal
United States
Compa
Marriages Licenses Grow Toward Forty for December
Judge Menger expects licenses to top forty before year end as eight couples obtained licenses on the day before Christmas. John M. Scanlan and Loren Hobbs applied this morning at the probate judge's office, with Cecil B. Delth and Lucille Loomis among those licensed. The total issued since December 1 reached thirty-two.
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John M. Scanlan
St. Joseph
Loren Hobbs
Lawrence
L. Hneeds
Court
Cecil B. Delth
Tawwrenveaq
Lucille Loomis
Fostetla
Steamer Florence Luckenbach Grounded at Columbia River Mouth
The steamer Florence Luckenbach ran aground on Clatsop Spit near the Columbia River mouth during a storm. Two tugs aided, seas broke over the vessel, and attempts to refloat were planned at high tide as the ship was bound for New Orleans, Houston, and Mobile when she left the channel.
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Florence Luckenbach
Clatdon
Columbia
Nevw
Orleans
Houston
Mobile
Chi Channel
Astoria
Ore
Dee
Academn
AL Havemile- Pal
Shavana Antlnoise Bill
Unclear excerpt notes complaints at Havana council
A fragmented passage references an elder man named Juan Borrell addressing Havana city council. It mentions complaints about noise and security, with garbled phrases describing nightly disturbances and a cannon-like sound in the area. The readable items suggest a municipal grievance record from a local meeting.
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Havana
Juan
Borrell
Moise Mara
Chicago Society Girl Joins Stage Ballet Cast
Jean Affeld Lehmann of Chicago joins the ballet company for a musical stage play at a loop theatre. She is the daughter of Otto Lehmann, once owner of the Fair department store. His horses have won many blue ribbons at society horse shows.
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Jean Aso Lehmann
Chicago
Jean Affeld Lehmann
Otto Lehmanns
Lehmann
Ballet
Otto ‘Lehmann
Continental Building Topic Opens Scientific Convention
Dr Bailey Willis of Stanford University will deliver the opening address on continent building at the annual meeting. About 5000 visiting scientists will attend weeklong sectional meetings on technical papers across laboratories and field research worldwide. More than 40 organizations belong to the American Association with daily general sessions led by eminent speakers each evening except Sunday.
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New , York
North
America
Bailey ‘Willis
Leland Stanford University
American Association
Baby ill with pneumonia in Cincinnati hospital
Frank Brooks an 18 month old from Asco West Virginia swallowed a toy motorcycle eleven days ago while eating corn. Surgeons cannot operate due to critical condition from pneumonia and a foreign object lodged in the throat. Doctors say pneumonia was not caused by the foreign body. Condition improved slightly but operation time remains indefinite.
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Cincinnati
Frank Brooks
Asco
W. Va
Sirdis
May locate in Wichita Topeka December 26 AP
Frank J. Ryan secretary of state may relocate to Wichita after retirement next month. His plans are indefinite. Jerr Carl RK White, state treasurer who also retires in January, said he will enter business in Wichita. He resides at the life insurance offices there. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for kindness shown during bereavement for Sarah R. Stuart and family.
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Topeka
Frank J. Ryan
Wichita
Jerr Carl. RK
Restannt of
Life. Insurance Company
Sarah R. Stuart
S. Sanders
J. 3. Sanders
Theo. Elm
Fred Nelkey
Mountain Lake
Edward Bok
Goolidze
Hells
Florida
Anton Brees
Turs
America
Holland
Bob
Peace Board Urge Nine Judge Panel For Paraguay Boliva Controversy
Washington December 26 AP The Pan American arbitration conference proposes a nine member conciliation panel to determine causes and re s for the Paraguay Bolivian dispute Each country would appoint two judges and the conference would appoint five The panel would meet in Washington to organize and a six month period with possible extension would allow the commission to study the conflict and propose a peaceful solution If conciliation fails the commission would issue a factual report and assign responsibility for events surrounding the Fort Van Guardia clash on December 6 Bolivia and Paraguay have replied to the committee questions with agreement on how proceedings should be conducted
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Washington
Pan American Arbitration Conference
Arbitration’ Conference
Fort Vanguardia
Arbitration Conference
Bolivia
Paraguay
Picture of 1898 Kansas football team sent by John Rush
John Rush of Los Angeles a Kansas University Law School graduate 1895 sent a picture of the 1898 Kansas football team to the alumni office. He did not reveal how he obtained it but named most players. He added that he and his wife and son would begin a six month world trip on January 29.
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John Rush
Los Angeles
Cal
University Law School
Kansas
Alumnii
University
Lewis elected chairman of interstate commerce commission
Washington December 26 AP E I Lewis has been elected chairman of the interstate commerce commission to serve the year 1929 He succeeds Commissioner J B Campbell in the post under the regular rotation among the nine members Commissioner Lewis was chairman of the Indiana public service commission before his appointment to the commerce commission by President Wilson
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Washington
E. I Lewis
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. B.campbell
Lewis
Indiana Public Services Commission
Commerce Commission
Wilson
Police round up nets eight major criminals in New Year
New York December 26 AP Police Commissioner Grover Whalen said the weekend round up arrested 183 persons with eight criminals of major importance. Names and crimes of the eight were not released. Real estate transfer records note William H Bailey of Wellsville to Wellsville State Bank a 160 acre parcel. J W Farmer Pratt city marshal reports recovering thirty nine stolen automobiles during his tenure as city peace officer.
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New York
Grover A. Whalen
William H. Bailey
Wellsville
Wellsville State, Bank
J. W. Farmer
Pratt City
Marishal
Oxygen Globe Sanitarium in Ohio Gains Notice
Cleveland AP reports a sheet steel globe four stories high at a sanitarium in Zanton Ohio claims to absorb oxygen under pressure directly into patients cells. Dr J Cunningham, originator from Kansas, expanding trials shown with four story living and medical rooms, asserting oxygen under compression aids recovery for asthma and bronchial conditions.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Timken
Zanton
Cunningham
Cory
Wives Share Home as Dooley Keeps Family Ties Strong
George J. Dooley of Wichita leads a peaceful household with his wife, his former wife, and his five year old daughter Katherine. Custody split gives the child to her mother five days each month while Dooley cares for her two fifths of the time. Dooley remarried and all live under one roof with harmonious relations and mutual care. Katherine loves both mothers and her father, and the blended family helped bring Santa Claus to the home on Christmas Day. Dooley, a U.S. quarantine inspector, says the arrangement works despite skeptics who doubt a two marriage household can function.
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Wichita
George J. Dooley
Katherine
Daisy Dooley
Dooley
Chicago
Elks distribute gifts and food to city children
Elks lodge members handed out candy nuts fruit and toys to needy children in the city. Mexican families received baskets of cod while children got bags with candy nuts and toys. The Salvation Army Christmas program at 729 Vermont Street tomorrow at 7 20 pm will distribute clothing and toys to children.
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Elks Lodge
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Hall
Vermont Street
Care for bees urged as winter nears Kansas State expert advises
Manhattan Kansas December 26 AP says Prof R L Parker bee specialist at Kansas State Agricultural College urges preparing bee hives for winter to save time and money. He recommends hives be amply protected from cold north winds by packing with leaves or placing on the south side of a wind break and warns against placing hives on the south side of a building due to air currents. Properly wintered hives should endure winter with low mortality.
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Manhattan
Kan
R. L. Parker
Kansas State Agricultural College
Parker
Hungary
Waste Area Opening Transforms Danube Port at Czepel
An article reports the opening of a major port at Czepel near Budapest, once swamp and mud now developed by a French company under a fifty year lease. The port aims to boost trade for Hungary and Danubian states, with ownership reverting to the Hungarian government after the lease.
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Czepel
Budapest
Europe
Buda
Pest
Hungary
Southern Educator Dr Johnson Dies at 72
Rock Hill South Carolina December 26 Dr D E Johnson 72 educator and president of Winthrop College for Women died after a lengthy illness. The loss is noted as a significant event in regional higher education circles with tributes forthcoming from faculty and alumni.
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Rock Hill
Johnson
Southern
Winthrop ‘College For ‘Women
Herd
Woman Fatally Slashed in Street Jealousy Case
In Oklahoma City Mrs Vida Tyson, 40, died from a knife wound to the throat as she was rushed to a hospital. E F West of Ada, who was wounded, claimed she stabbed him first and slashed her own throat. Witness Dale Stokes described West cutting Tyson’s throat after forcing her to her knees. Tyson had married three months earlier. West faces murder charges pleaded by her son, C L Fleet.
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Oklahoma City
Vida Tyson
E. FE. West
Ada
West
Dale Stokes
King George III Sees Slight Improvement in Condition
authoritative circles report a slight improvement in King George's condition. doctors note very slow progress but the daily bulletin suggests a normal course. the king spent a restful Christmas day as family members, except two sisters, visited him at Buckingham Palace with queen mary and her children stopping by the sickroom.
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London
George
Queen Maud of
Norway
Princess Louise
Buckingham Palace
Mary
Twain era sweetheart Laura Frazer dies in Hannibal
Laura Frazer, 91, longtime friend and childhood sweetheart of Mark Twain, known as Becky Thatcher from Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, died at her Hannibal home. She was among a small group of locals who attended school with the famed humorist during his barefoot boy days in Hannibal.
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Laura Frazer
Hannibal
Becky Thatcher
Mark Twain
Huckle
Berry” Fin
Tom ‘Sawyer
Audge L. E. Frazer
Paris Debates Abolition and Martial Hours in Parliament
The French parliament again considers abolishing the death penalty while philanthropically inclined deputies push for support of military martial hours. Actions reflect ongoing debates on punishment and wartime policy.
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Paris
Dynastic Controversy Revived in Hungary Feared Crown Shift
Budapest reports a revived dynastic controversy sparked by a Christmas message from Lord Rothermere urging Hungarians to elect a foreign prince, preferably a Habsburg, and prompting legitimists to push Archduke Otto as monarch. Officials warn such a choice would derail 1918 peace revisions, while supporters threaten political confrontation if the government backs non-Habsburg rulers. Some propose Regent Admiral Miklós Horthy as king to avoid foreign coronation.
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Budapest
Hungary
Lord Rothermere
Hapsburg
Otto
Chavet IV
Thessage
Hapburg
Ussag
Julius Andrassy
Govanant
Ae Kce
Admiral Horthy
St. Step ‘Han
Mose Proves Sobriety Claim in Dallas Court
In Dallas Texas December 26 AP report details Mose known to police arrested for drunkenness. Mose demonstrated balance by standing on a thatched bed unit while denying excess Christmas spirits. Judge Walter B Branan dismissed the case.
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Dallas
Texas
Mose
Walter B. Branan
Willard R Nye funeral services set near Lawrence
Willard R Nye, aged 68, died yesterday at his home fourteen miles southwest of Lawrence. Funeral services will be held at Rumsey funeral home at 1 pm Thursday, Rev L H Griffith officiating, with burial in Richland cemetery. Nye had lived in Lone Star neighborhood for 35 years.
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Willard R. Nye
Rumsey
L. H. Griffith
Richland
Mr. Nye
Lawrence
Lone Star
Zeppelin stamps fetch high premium in Paris market
French stamp collectors have driven up prices for Count Zeppelin stamps and envelopes marked by Americans to friends in France. Fewer than a thousand of these envelopes are believed to exist in France, and many owners do not want to part with their historic souvenirs from the Zeppelin's return flight to Europe.
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Paris
France
Europe
French Divorces Rise Sharply Since 1881 Law
Paris reports a steep rise in divorces since the Naquet law of 1881. By 1924 about 65,000 divorces occurred, about 25 times the first year, with postwar years widening the gap and prompting concern despite the lawmakers’ belief it would bolster families. A Paris civil court recently granted 95 divorces in a single sitting.
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Paris
France
Nauguet
Relics to Yale Museum from Capt Clift history
Log books and paintings of craft sailed by Capt William Clift of Mystic Connecticut were donated to Yale University Peabody Museum as relics of early New England maritime history. Clift died in 1862 and was part of a line of seafarers from England via Scituate. He sailed with shares, kept his vessel profitable, and forbade swearing, card games, or drinking aboard.
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New ‘Haven, Conn
William Clift
Iowa
Fence Post Treatment Cuts Millions From Bill
Ames Iowa AP reports that a chemical treatment used on fence posts could slash fence post costs by millions. Specialists at Iowa State College say wood such as willow and cottonwood can last 10 to 15 years with home application, as railroads have doubled cross-tie life.
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Ames
Iowa
Towa
State College
University couple wed in Pleasant Hill home ceremony
Miss Thora Ann Gohling and Merle R Judkins married Sunday evening December 16 at 7 30 in the Collins home Pleasant Hill. Both are KU students with Judkins an Acacia member and Gohling a radio program participant. They will reside in Hutchinson after a brief honeymoon. Mr and Mrs A B Coker hosted a family dinner on New Hampshire Street with gifts from a Christmas tree. Group 3 of the Methodist Ladies Aid meets at 1326 Kentucky Street with a musical program planned in the afternoon.
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Thora Ann Gohling
Collins
Pleasant Hill
Pratt
Eening
W. F. Collins
Judkina
University of Kansas
Judkins Eagle
Trent
Alpha Sancey Fi
Rush
KFKU
Jodkins
Acacia Fraternity
Judkins
Hutchinson
Vaungry
A. B. Coker
New Hampshire Street
Harold E.messmore
Paul Coker
End’ Mev de Auchard
Ma A
Arlene
Rosemary
Virgil Allen
Personal notes on holiday visits and arrivals
Leonard O Bry an is home from Boston where he attends Harvard Business School. Miss Mary Sisson returns from New York City to spend the holidays with her parents, plans to leave Sunday for New York to resume duties as an assistant buyer for Gimbels. Various others, including Mr. and Mrs William Hunter, Ruth Millitin, Scott Pruetze, Virginia Arnold, and the Fitz family, are hosting or visiting relatives for Christmas and the holidays.
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Leonard O'Bryan
Boston
Harvard School of Business’ Administration
Mary Sisson
New York City
L. E. Sisson
New York
Gimbel
Erbert Fitz
L. A. Fitz
Dauchter
Leslie
Chisago
M. L. Holcom
Helen’ and
Bruce
Vinland
Vas Vorler
Fernagus
la Nora
V. Vogen
Want Trade in Brazil Boosts North American Flour Market
Brazil ranks fifth among foreign buyers of American flour and North American agents push expansion. A leading Northwest mill has kept a Brazilian representative traveling from the Amazon to near Sao Paulo, signaling optimism as 1926 imports reached 988000 barrels valued over 7500000 dollars and 1927 imports 864000 barrels valued at 6086000 dollars. 1928 figures are incomplete but likely higher. The Persian air route to India may materialize with Persia’s consent to route rights, a step the Persian foreign minister may present to the cabinet.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Northwest
Amazon
Sao Paulo
Persia
India
Teheran
Wednesday Program Recital Highlights with Kuersteiner Family
A opera style program list shows Karl Kuersteiner performing first violin with Dorothy Kuersteiner and Genevieve Hargiss on cello, joined by C Taylor piano. Entries include Serenade by Vidor, First Sottakar by Guitmann, and pieces like Nobody Knows the Trouble. Meta Murphy and Orson are named performers with supporting instrumentalists.
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Coreli
Karl ‘Kuersteiner
Dorothy Kuersteiner
Genevieve Hargiss
Howrd
C. Taylor
DeBerat
Waldemar Gelich
Karl Kuer
Steiner
Bie
Serenide
Vidor
Valse Cui
Karl Kuersteiner
Gen
Evleva
Hargiss
Howard CL Taylor
rGuitmant
Aile
Gro
Fruit Salad with Marshmallows and Baked Apples Recipe
A fragmentary archive recipe collection mentions a fruit salad with whipped cream and marshmallows served in lettuce leaves, plus baked apples stuffed with dates and nuts and a sponge cake dessert with pineapple sherbet. It includes steps for mixing dressing, chilling fruit, and baking guidance, with occasional cooking tips.
Havana Belligerent Comics Face U S Postal Ban
United States postal authorities move to bar several Havana publications that glorify womanhood from entering the country. The Cuban postmaster general and officials discuss the matter as seven comic weeklies may be asked to curb artists’ output amid a broader insular government crackdown on salacious publications. Robert L Warren of Silverdale owns a Jersey dairy calf with a 75.69 pound butterfat yield in 305 days.
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Havana
United States
Ofi
Cuba
Washington
Robert L. Warren
Silverdale
New
Ichamnion
Kansas
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