1930 View Of League Hopes And Global Strife
Geneva observers note 1930 brings cautious optimism and deep concern. The year tests league aims to ease tensions between Italy and neighbors, reduce trade barriers, and advance disarmament. Growth of Hitlerism and fragile Franco German relations loom, while economic gloom prompts a world survey of causes and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Italy
Germany
France
League
Hendon Laval
Preparatory Commission
Permanent Court of International Justice
Pacific
Prentiss Gilbert
Washington
Charles A. Hindbergh
League Timism
Wall
Assembly
Biea Jal Commission Fystuily
Hogs and corn in eastern Kansas using Mohler method
A terse dispatch notes that Russian officials will be informed about Kansas farming methods. J C Mohler of the state board of agriculture is cited as the figure who can explain the approach. The message mentions copies of Kansas Agricultural College and United States Department of Agriculture reports used by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeke
J.C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Fl Board
Postoffice holds lone package over address issue
One package awaiting delivery in Lawrence is held due to missing address. Officials note packages arrived Christmas season and a sticker address may have come off. Investigators consider secure labeling options and future checks to resolve the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Ces
B. Hott
Hoaford
Ind Carella Sven
Deaths and Funerals Notice for Mary M Pierce
Mary M Pierce dies after illness leaving husband L D Pierce and children Cora J Rich Beattie and Agnes Hsband among survivors. The notice lists extended family across Ottawa Burlington and Kan., noting she was mother to Agnes and wife to a university dean. Funeral details appear in the fragmented obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
J. Rich Beattie
Shorer
Em Ottawa
Leroy D. Lawrence
Forte Meter
Burlington
Ki MM. Button
Frank’ An
Meg Kan
H. Mi Pierce
E.G
Irs
Agnes
Ter Deaguer
of Women
University of Kansas
Wichita Jail Break In Kansas City Trio Aided Escape
Sedgwick County officers say three men Melvin Gridley Walter Hoffman and Charles Owens kidnapped a Wichita resident and forced him to drive them to a jail where they used a ruse to gain entry and escape. Willis Harness reported the trio’s involvement and the authorities pursued them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ity
Dee
Sedgwick
Wichita
Melvin Gridley
Walter Hoffman
Charles Owens
Lhce
Willis Harness
Re. Gridley
Three Small Banks Fail and One Reopens Today
State bank examiners report the failure of three small banks and the reopening of one today. The chaotic credit climate follows bank commissions and supervision changes as investigators scrutinize capitalization and practices amid broader financial strain.
Winter Weather and Drought Strain Nation Across States
The article recalls a severe drought and cold, with crops ruined and livestock perishing as fires ravage upper Michigan timberlands. Homelessness rises in some areas, and planes drop supplies while a spring thaw follows heavy snowfall. Weather extremes hit Chicago, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana, Missouri, and Virginia, with record low temperatures, heavy snow, and widespread damage.
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Upper
Michigan
Kago
Sol
Kansas
Nebraska
Indiana
Islis
Missouri
Iere
Atlantic
Penna:venis
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Wisconsin
Nmne
Midwest
Community Christmas Dinner Surrounds Families
A list of local residents and families sharing a Christmas dinner includes Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Hunt Jr of Wadsworth Tex and their son Leigh Robert, Dr Philip Esen of Washburn, Ms and Mrs A B Oetinger, and many others. The report notes graduates, marriages and engagements among attendees, with references to university ties and sororities.
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Leigh A. Hunt, Jr
Wadsworth, Tex
Leigh Robert
Hunt
Josephine McMay
the Universal
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Personal notes place families visiting for Christmas
Personal notices record Bar tlesville Ohio residents Mr and Mrs Eugene Perkins and daughter Donna Jean visiting B F Cooks and C G Per, F M Adair family travel to To with W W Adair, Lawrence Kane of Kansas City sees his mother H L Kane in Indiana, and a social dinner in Eudora. Also a brief obituary fragment notes V B Prose, 72, a former lawyer from Wadslington.
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Misa Winifred Dickson
T. H. Dickson
Columbus
Paul Hansen
Hansen
Kansas City
Frank S. Kenyon
Philip D. Es Eens
Washburn
Washburn School of Music
Og Hansen
College of of Taste
Iied
Wining
Frank la Forge
New York City
Delta Zeta Sorority
Ohio State University
University of Kansas
Waldemar Itch
Chicago
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
Alpha Lambda
Mu al- Ai
Pi Kappa Lambda Frater
Pak Kappa Phi
Dakota Wesleyan University
Teo
Ashburn
Eugene Perkins
Donna Jean
Bartlesville
Ohio
B. F
C. G. Per
F. M. Adair
Toto
W. W. Adair
Lawrence Kane
H. L. Kane
Indiana
Eudora
Meo
Norris Won't Lead a Third Party for President
Washington December 26 AP Senator Norris announced he would not run for president and rejected leading a third party. He proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college to allow a candidate to run as an independent or for any party, noting current money and district organization obstacles. Norris said he likely would be dead before such reform could pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Republican Independent
The
Nebraskan
Happy Christmas in Jail
Chicago inmates in a county jail celebrate Christmas with meals and bed space while joking about alimony woes. Some express nostalgia for trimming trees for children, but lack funds to enjoy past festivities.
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Chicago
Fleaze
Monaco dissolves councils in constitutional crisis
Prince Louis of Monaco issues a decree dissolving the National and Municipal Councils elected in January and suspending constitutional guarantees. Elections must be held within two months as protests mount after his Paris return. Rioters in Monaco confront authorities over his absence and political turmoil.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Prince Louis
Aris
Paris
Exclusive club grows with 326 air parachute fliers
New York reports 326 fliers who bailed from unmanageable or fuelless planes and landed safely using parachutes. Caterpillar No 1 John Boettner and No 2 Henry Wacker are noted with 1919 Chicago leaps. pioneer member Charles A. Lindbergh also jumped to safety before his Paris flight.
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New York
Caterpillars
New York Sun
Army
Navy
Air Mai
John Boettner
Henry Wacker
Chicago
Charles A. Lindich
Paris
Italian sea planes ready for first trans Atlantic flight
In Bolama Portuguese Guinea a fleet of fourteen Italian sea planes prepares for a bold voyage. Weather allows and planes plan to fly from Natal to Rio de Janeiro and possibly Buenos Aires. An escort of destroyers patrols about 1,800 miles for rescue or pursuit if needed next week.
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Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Natal
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Busnes
Aires
Hawaii Develops New Compound for Leprosy
Honolulu AP reports a new chemical derivative from chaulmoogra oil shows promise against leprosy. Dr Richard Wrenshall notes the oil’s oily, water-insoluble nature and the derivative could accelerate treatment. Animal testing will precede human use, with no decision yet on Kalaupapa Olokai introduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Richard Wrenshall
Judd
Kalaupapsz
Olokai
Chayote New Vegetable Grows in Georgia Fields
Athens Georgia AP Georgia technicians announce chayote as a new vegetable crop. The tropical American vine produces a pear shaped fruit with a single edible seed. It is hardy prolific and suited to fall and winter growing in the South. The vegetable is rich in vitamins and adaptable to many culinary uses. The seed is described as nutty and nutritious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Georgia
America
Department of Agriculture
College Farm
Auditor's brother injured in Pratt automobile crash
Ernest French of Mullinville, brother of State Auditor Will J. French, remained in a Pratt hospital today with a fractured skull after an auto accident last night. The incident occurred in Pratt, with details provided by AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Kan
Ernest French
Mullinville
Will J. French
Nevada man dies in Arizona store fire visit
Robert Kincaid, 65, of Nevada Missouri, was burned to death in Sacaton Arizona when a store operated by his son W B Kincaid burned today. He had traveled here a few weeks earlier to visit his son.
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Arizona
Sacaton
Ariz
Robert Kincaid
Nevada
Kincaid
W. B. Kincaid
Kansas City Police to Get $50,000 Radio System
Kansas City officials announced the police department will be equipped with a $50,000 radio system enabling constant instant communication from patrol cars. The plan received commission approval and aims to improve law enforcement coordination in the city. The report also notes Independence opened a municipal woodpile project funded by proceeds from a charity football game, with 29 men reporting for work and five arriving by car.
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Kansas City
Russell Field
August Behrendt
Independence
Kan
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Mra. L. D. Pierce
Banat Bank
Ogi
Liberty First
Liberty
W. F. Elkin
Leland Colman
George Miller
Mary
Willis An
Fred J
Mrs. B. J
W. H. Ruese
Mr. and
Ta Vyrne
Brand and Bigs
Frank Bonen
Mra
Lloyd’ Shank Ge
A.B. Oetinger
Connecticut Street
Topeka
Doroth Howard Burns
Ruth Ane
George T. Guernsey, Jr
Jessie Elizabeth
Joel Ervine Shaw
Springfield
Mass
Miss Guernsey
Mount Holyoke College
F. G. Durland
L. F.land
J. M. Hill Gon
Allison
E Service League
Trinity Epis
Ray Merwin
Drs
Bruce Merwin
Carbon Ane Tih
John ‘Dynes
Mada
Wis
Rosa Ise
J. G. Chitty
Teving
M. V. Holmes
Chillocothe
Frank Tees Wichita
John Ise
H. E. Talbermt
Ochse
Catherine
RF. Glass
Elma
Wadslington
Els
Hand A. Helen
MR. ‘Rockne
MR. Crisler
Agny
Prem
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Fritz” Crisler
Gopher
Minn
Crisler
University of Minnesota
Lince
Theritt GC
Condit
Waas
R. M. Bruce
Rushville
Neb
Harold
Spike
Domnisse
Forest Cook
Alliance
Rush
Wellington
Southwestern Railroads
Southwestern
Interstate Commerce Commission
G. J. McGuire
Western Passenger Association
McGuire
Berta
Spedar
Ramon
Antwerp
Lisbon
Partum
Spain
Portugal
Hawaii
Auto Electric CO
Municipal_ Telephone and Utilities Company
Municipal Utility Investment Co
West 6Th Street
Sarah Cleland
Lawrence National Bank
Namo
eMts
Onesay
Westinghouse
Watertoghams Jowboy
Shimmons Bros
Fritz Co
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