Christmas Holiday Highway Death Toll Across North America
Grim Christmas tragedies reported across North America with at least 116 dead in highway, train, fire, and other incidents. States list numerous fatalities from motor crashes, burns, drownings, and shootings. Notable events include a Hamilton Gat train wreck, Sedalia and Joplin mo fires, Albany NY asphyxiation, and several drownings and hunting accidents.
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North American
S A
Hamilton
Gat
Indiana
Pannsylvania
Missouri
North Carolus
Louisana
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Arkansas
Michigan
Washington State
Idaho
Oklahoma
Georgia
Galifornia
Llinois
Massasetts
Florida
Alabama
Kansas
Maine
Connecticut
Oregon
Sedalia
Joplin
Jicago
Jiego
Calif
Zarnier
Madison
Minn
Albany
N. Y
New York City
New Port
Belding
Mich
South Carolina
Chicago
Rex Pyle
Fred Reiner
Shreveport
Louisiana
Evarts
Nebraske
Mississippi
Loretta Wilson
Port Efferson
Katz
Ark
Sylvia Stredman
Preston
Ina
Luck River
Crate
Neb
LeRoy Maple
Brownsville
Sav
New York Girl Freed After Four Months in Berlin Prison
Isobel a dark haired Hollywood actress returned to the United States aboard the President Harding liner. She spoke of arrest by Nazi political police and four months in a Berlin misnamed prison, held incommunicado until American consular authorities secured release. She avoided details as she recovered from the ordeal. A Kansas physician, Dr S A Murphy, 72, died at his daughter’s home in Garden City after a long practice at Yates Center Ghennie and Thayer. Burial planned for Yates Center.
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New York
Isobele
Berlin
United States
Harding
Nes
Gepiona Ced
Moai
Kansas
Garden City
Kan
S.A. Murphy
Yates Center
Ghennie
Test Your Knowledge Weird puzzle asks seven quick answers
A scrappy classified item lists seven trivia prompts from a readers quiz. It asks names and facts such as the capital of Texas, first woman to sail solo, royal Prussia family name, Cremonese violinist, bird enclosure, and time difference between Chicago and San Francisco.
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Namie
Texas
Royal House of
Prussia
Walter
Cremonese ‘School
Kent
Chicago
San Francisx
United States
United” States
Panama Canal Zone
Pontiac
Ady
Weather warms as Kansas feels the cold snap fade
Moderate temperatures return to Kansas after a brief Christmas cold wave. Readings across the state hover near zero in several areas while northern regions report extreme lows. Forecaster J. D. Flora expects highs around 25 in the north and 20 in the south with warmer conditions tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
Plains
Williston
N. D
Prince Albert
Flora
Dodge City
Lawrence Snow Seekers Brace for Cold Wave and Holiday Tales
Last night young Lawrence residents hoped for snow as a cold snap hit, while a dog escaped a pen to raid cat friends before returning home. Dr. Arthur S. Anderson celebrated the birth of twins with the family, and Chief E. G. Pringle thanked neighbors for Christmas gifts to the police. Charles Bell and Paul Stavros witnessed a grandpappy jack rabbit outrun two greyhounds along the river. Merchants Bureau wrapped gifts at a holiday station with strong post and express support, and Christmas trees glowed in Lawrence homes including the Dinsmoor, Lindley, and Green residences on or near South Massachusetts Street.
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Charles Bell
Paul Stavros
Midland
Jess Brooks
Eabaetl
Lawrence
Paul Dinsmoor
Missouri Street
E. H. Lindley
Harry Green
Massachusetts Street
Babes in Toyland at Granada delights all ages
Granada presents Babes in Toyland in Laurel and Hardy style with Victor Herbert music and beloved Mother Goose characters. Charlotte Henry as Bo-Peep and Felix Knight as Tom-Tom Piper charm, while Toyland’s troubles mix with happiness. The program includes Toyland tunes, new 1934 review, a color cartoon Toylind Parade, and an Our Gang short.
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Monkey
Victor Herbert
Make
Toyland
Granada Theater
Chilren
Charlotte Henry
Bo-Peep
Felix Knight
Tom-Tom_ Piper
Laurel and Hardy
Barnaby
New York
Jack and Jill
Mother Goose
Simple Simon
Old Kingsole
Little Red
Riding Hood
Granada
Newaxcel
Higher Value for 1934 Kansas Crops
Kansas crops in 1934 carried an inventory value of 118.199 million dollars, up 11.891 million from 1933 and 35.671 million above 1932, driven by higher meat crop prices despite lower yields. Wheat led values at 67.744 million from 79.7 million bushels, oats and barley added smaller gains, while corn, hay, potatoes, and fruit outputs showed declines or mixed results.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal Departments of Agriculture
State Board
Federal Department of Agriculture
Kangas
Deaths and Funerals Highlight Local Losses
John R. Colbert of 923 Alabama Street died yesterday at a local hospital with funeral plans to be announced. Charles F. Stowe, 41, died Sunday. services set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. Hall Clinton officiating. burial in Clinton Cemetery. Stowe lived nine miles west of Lawrence near Stull. he is survived by brother Clarence Jowe. Mrs. Harry H. Staley died Friday in Lawrence Hospital. services held Monday in Topeka. survived by husband, university graduate, and three daughters Jean, Mary Katherine, Anne, plus six sisters and three brothers.
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John R. ‘Colbert
John R. Colbert
Alabama Street
Charles F. Stowe
Rumsey
Hall Clinton
Clinton Cemetery
Rv. Stowe
Lawrence
Stull
Clarence Jowe
Harry H. Sisley
Harry H. Staley
Lawrence Hospital
Topeka
University and Snow Cityineet
Jean
Mary Katherine
Anne
Charles, Townsend
Rs. Kelly
C. E. Crane
Milo Crane
Kansas City
Oscar Crane
Anna Stipes
Gus Pruitt
Chester Howard
George Ott
Ott
Belleview
Warner Forsythe
Ed Forsythe
Flora Mae James
Clarence
James
Convicted extortionists sentenced to Leavenworth
Lloyd Coates and Edward Grady were sentenced by Judge William H. Holly in federal court to two years each in Leavenworth penitentiary for attempting to extort 100000 from Cincinnati shoe maker Charles P. Morton. They had impersonated government officers after breaking into Morton's hotel room last summer. Morton's wife Mary Coates was tried but charges were dismissed for insufficient evidence. Historians note Florida Indians practiced cooperative agriculture when Spanish explorers arrived.
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Chicago
Lloyd Coates
Edward Grady
Charles P. Morton
Cincinnati
William H. Holly
Leavenworth
Aed
Morton
Coates
Mary
National Cosmopolitan Club Convention at KU University
The National convention of Cosmopolitan Clubs opens tomorrow at the University of Kansas with about 100 expected attendees. Delegates register in the Union building. speakers include Rev. Carter Harrison and Dr Henry Roo Cloud, with Chancellor E H J Indley welcoming.
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University of Kansas
Myron Messenheimer
Lawrence
Union
K.U. Srt
Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs
Messenheimer
Association
Carter Harrison
Trinity Episcopal Church
Henry
Roo Cloud
Haskell’ Institute
E. H. J.indley
C. A. ‘Franklin
Kansas City
Albert V W. Palmer
Chicago Theological Seminary
Charles M. Hurvey
New York
W. C.smith
William Jewell College
Wiliam Jewell College
Liberty
Spooner
Thayer
Cold Wave Grips Midwest and North Central States
A frigid air mass from the north spread across the Midwest and North Central States and was set to reach the East by nightfall. Temperatures plunged, with Williston North Dakota recording 22 below zero on Christmas Day and Daw son Canada reporting minus 44. Snow fell in Chicago Iowa and Wisconsin with two inches in parts of upstate New York and heavy snow in northern Pennsylvania. The far northwest saw a Cascade blizzard while the East enjoyed milder readings and light snow flurries in New England.
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United States
Midwest
St. Nicholas
Williston
North Dakota
Dawson
Canada
Far Northwest
Cascade Mountains
New England
Upper
New York State
Chicago
Iowa
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Postal Workers Back on Regular Routine Today
Regular postal employees in Lawrence resumed their usual duties at the Lawrence Post Office today. Postmaster Roger M. Williams said a December 1 mail load, including Christmas packages, was handled and most Christmas deliveries were completed by Monday evening. Some packages arrived late yesterday and were delivered this morning. holiday staffing had been at home.
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Lawrence
Roger M. Williams
Gifts for quintuplets in Callander on Christmas day
Dionne quintuplets received more than 100 gifts at the hospital home as their parents Ovila and siblings visited in the afternoon. The day included feeding, airing, and play in their pen with pink rats while Christmas greetings arrived from many places. A related note reports a parent suing for 5 000 dollars.
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Callander
Ont
Ovila Dionne
Grocer Sued for Delinquency of Youth in Car Theft Case
Joseph Chaszar of Kansas City filed a $5,000 suit against grocer Earl Schone alleging Schone contributed to his son Joseph Jr's delinquency. Chaszar, 17, was sentenced to the Kansas reform school last week after pleading guilty to motor car theft. The youth charged Schone bought stolen car accessories from him and other youths. Lawrence Business College announces new term starts January 2. Ady.
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Kansas City
Kan
Joseph Chaazar
Joseph
Kansas Reformatory
Earl Schone
Schone
Chaszar
Social Calendar Entry for Bridge Club Events
Wednesday features Dorothy Araeli and Misa details for a bridge gathering at Mana Miea Mary tarsort with Miss Mati Larson. Thursday lists Connery club and W Aduma bridge. Friday includes Mrs c ne Ashini and Shon bridge details.
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Misa
Dorothy Araeli
The
Mana
Miea
Mary Tarsort Atyl
Mati Larson
Wince
Connery
Sant W.aduma
Y. M. Bride
H. C. Cran
Ashini
Toth
Oeberts Progressive Columet Club
Bridge Club
Otra
Lisya Schielfes
Society Notes: Teas, Bridge, and Contract Club Luncheon
Mr and Mrs H B Bullene hosted a Christmas dinner for guests yesterday. Mrs Dolph Simons to entertain with a bridge Friday afternoon. Wednesday contract club to meet Saturday at 1 PM at the Manor with sixteen places set. Afternoon to include contract play and prizes.
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H. B. Bullene
Personal notes and visits from Lawrence area residents
Miss Alexia Marks travels to Kansas City for a holiday event honoring Miss Harriet Woodbury and Miss Athelia Woodbury. Viola Voelkner, now chief clerk in Seattle, visits Lawrence relatives. Robert Barnes returns from Madison to visit friends. Dr Raymond Schwepler, D R Gano, and Mrs Ho A Dunn guests over Christmas. Gano family heads home tonight. L H Menger attends family reunion in Kansas City. Mrs Mary S Thomas and Miss Annie Bundy travel to Milwaukee for the Music Teachers National Association meeting. M W Kent of the Chamber of Commerce recovering from illness.
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Alexia’ Marks
Kansas City
Louis Duff
Harriet' Jane Woodbury
Athelia Ann Woodbury
Migg Viola Voelkner
Washington, D.C
Seattle
Wash
Lawrence
Edanly Hopkins
Ae Robert Barnes
Madison
Wis
Lawrence Memorial High School
Tean
R. A. Schweégler
Raymond Schwepler
Minneapolis
Minn
D. R. Gano
Chicago
Ho A. Dunn
Ottawa
Gano
L. H. Menger
Mary S. Thomas
Annie M. P. Bundy
Toveks
Milwaukee
Music Teachers’ National Association
M. W. Kent
Chamber of Commerce
Return Expected For Office Return Tomorrow
A brief note states that he is away for several days and is expected to return to his office tomorrow. Details on the absence or reason are not provided in the fragment.
Lone Robber Steals Cash from Quapaw Bank
A man robs the Bank of Quapaw in broad daylight taking several hundred dollars from the till. He forces cashier Roy Bowman and his wife, the clerk, to act as hostages, then flees southwest in a light sedan. The robbery is the second at the bank in a year. The suspect is described as about 30, tall, 175 pounds, wearing a leather jacket and blue trousers, unmasked.
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Quapaw
Okla
Bank of
Grace Brandon subpoenaed in Shepard case trial set
Miss Grace Brandon of San Antonio Texas, a blonde stenographer who testified in the first Shepard trial, is among 43 witnesses subpoenaed for the second trial to begin January 28 in Topeka. Judge Colin Neblett of New Mexico will preside after judges Hopkins and Pollock stepped aside amid defense and prosecution requests. Local markets list grain butterfat eggs and hog prices alongside a note on redwing blackbirds feeding in a rice field.
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Topeka
Grace Brandon
San Antonio
Tex
Charles A.shepard
Colin Neblett
New Mexico
Major Shepard
Richard J. Hopkins
John C. Pollock
Federal District For
Kansas
United States
Alexander
Ee Earn Seaa
Husband Firm in Story Insiata Former Opal Cra rape Tale
Wichita dispatch details Chester Gideon, 22, clinging to his claim that his bride of under two days was shot by herself during a drunken argument. Police quote his account while noting the bride faced liquor-law charges previously.
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Paul
Daffy” Dean
Dorothy Sanduaky
Russellville, Ark
Dizzy
Associated Press
Opal Cra
Wichita
Chester Gideon
Gideon
Farmers State Bank
Heys
Ash Cray
Lawrence Temperatures Fall Thirty Degrees Yesterday
Temperatures in Lawrence dropped about 30 degrees from 38 at 4 pm yesterday to 13 by noon today after steady hourly readings from 4 pm yesterday through 12 noon today on the gas office thermometer. Exact figures show a consistent decline, with notable lows of 14 at midnight and 13 at noon.
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Lawrence
Unidentified Negro Lynched Body Found Near Court
An unidentified Black man about 25 was found dead on the concrete walk to Shreveport's municipal courts building, his necktie used to strangle him. Police cited no motive yet as investigators noted the body appeared dumped from a car and three Black women discovered the corpse.
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Aneeyenort
Municipal Courts
Lire
Egro
Arrested at St Louis Connection With Christmas Slaying
St Louis December 26 AP Mrs Stella Riddell Tales a former liquor store buyer and , arrested after a coroner court admitted she shot Frankenstein while attempting to disarm him during a Christmas threat. She testified both had been drinking.
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St. Louis
Stella Riddell Tales
Ures
Albertenstain
Frankenstein
Waa
Mra
Talbot
Belleview church Christmas program and community notices
Belleview The Union Chapel Sunday School held a Christmas program and distributed treats to children. A good crowd attended. Several local residents attended events in Olathe and Lawrence. Family visits and illness were noted, with Francis Skinner recovering after surgery. Caroling and church activities filled the weekend as neighbors tended to chores and ill neighbors.
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Union Chapel
Sheir
C. E. Crane
Orville
Vantata
Olathe Hirh
Chester Howard
Mra
Cirle Romsey
George Ott
George Pes
Francis Skinner
Homer Skinner
Lawrence
Mattie Skinner
James
M. E. Harris
Jessie Anderson
Rand Fi - Francia
Skinner
the. Chapel
Holmen
Charis
Rexrad Indra
Natalie
Christmas vesper and community gatherings in Lawrence area
Sunday dinner guests at Bert Jackson's and Mrs. C. C. Gerstenberger attended a Christmas vesper at Ky Us auditorium with songs, scripture, and recitations. Families including the Ulrichs and Longs joined in concerts, drills, and readings. visits from Hollowall of Ft. Morgan and Mrs. John Murrow occurred, as did church youth activities and nightly social gatherings.
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Mth
Wat
Lawrence
Bert
Jackson
C. C. Gerstenberker
C. EB. Votan
Emelia Gerstenberger
Ky Us
George
Richelmes
Dirs
Mary Melville
Helén
Clifford Ulrich
Robert
Arlene
Duane
Lillian Ulrich
Lone Star
Mabel Wallace
Violet Goratenberger
Mary Lou Wilson
Little Folks
Shirley
Bobby Long
Arlene Ulrich
Betty Wilson
Duane Irichs
Crane
Robert ‘Ulrich
J. Maxine Cox
Santanus
Win “Hollowall
Ft. Morgan, Cole
John Murrow
Topeka
L. Dh Shirk
What is the rent of this room with piano use
A terse exchange from the Border Cities Star recalls a landlady’s sly trap asking a hostile lodger to perform before paying rent. The fragment hints at tensions over room and piano access, set in a late era urban lodging scene. The quote emphasizes bargaining and power dynamics in a boarding house.
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Border Cities Star
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Lawrence’ Business College
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Privy Council
Washington
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Quapaw, Okla
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Hutchinson, Kan
Lawrence Business College
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Caprino Sisters
Royal Wally
Jean Cliff Carter
Florie
Joyce Schroth
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Ken Merritt
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