Tiny open plane ready for endurance flight in January
Marshall Missouri awaits a tiny 60 horsepower open cockpit monoplane to attempt a new endurance record with ground cannon refueling. Pilot Blaine M. Tuxhorn will co pilot, aiming for 10 to 13 days aloft. The craft uses a rail gun fueling system and will be tested before the Question Mark competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Army Air Corp
Earry
Los Angeles
Blaine M. Tuxhorn
Kansas City
Tuxhorn
Filyiin
Louis Cragg
le Biondimotor
Tushorn
Colicothe
Walter H. Barling
Barling
Army Air Corps
Marshall Chamber of Commarce
Nicholas Beasley
S Aircraft Corporation
Nationary Aeronautis
Washington
Barographs Dio
Daring Lake Rescue Efforts Fail To Save Martin Boy
William G. Martin of Lake View praised two young men for daily attempts to save Amos Martin, 17, who drowned when ice gave way on Christmas Day. Rising, Perkins, and Beckwith entered frozen water, with fire units and a boat later aiding, but the boy could not be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Martin
Lake View
Amos Martins
Waller Rising
Massachusetts Street
K. A
Malcolm Perkins
Martin
Red Cross
Pervis
House Rising
Paul Beckwith
W. M. Auchard
William Reinisch
Wichita
Truck and Car Crash Near Thirteenth and Massachusetts
A truck loaded with dirt was hurled against a telephone pole at the southeast corner of Thirteenth and Massachusetts as a streetcar operated by J. Puckett collided with the vehicle. The driver Jona Yoder of 1345 ier avenue sustained a cut on his lip, while the dirt load spilled onto the curb. The collision occurred as the truck attempted to cross from A. South Lawrence Lumber to the intersection, leaving the rear of the truck crushed against the streetcar and the dirt pile blocking the corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirteenth
Massachusetts Street
Jona Yoder
Ier Avenue
J. Puckett
Lawrence
South Lawrence
Intersecion
Road Work outlook for Kansas highways in 1928 review
John W. Gardner of the Kansas State Highway Commission reports 1928 construction, with 84 percent paving, 783 miles of drainage, and $8.19 million spent. 1929 aims for centralized control to maximize all weather roads and federal aid, improve safety, sight distance, and travel comfort while expanding rights of way and pavement for high traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eby
John W. Gardner
Kansas State Highway Commission
Topeka
Itill
Eudora Lumber Firm Sold to C E Friend
Announcement shows Lothholz Lumber of Eudora sold to C E Friend. Purchase transfers February 1 and adds to Friend’s six lumber concerns in Kansas including Lawrence Goff Scandia Corning and Soldier. Demolays are in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goff
Scandia
Corning
Soldier
Four State DeMolay Visitation Held at Baxter Springs
DeMolays from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas gathered in Baxter Springs Kansas for the first annual four state visitation. Acacia Miami Oklahoma will exemplify the first degree and Parsons Kansas will exemplify the second degree. About seventy candidates take part with drum corps from Claremore Oklahoma and Joplin Missouri to lead a parade. A free snow this afternoon followed by a dinner and a dance tonight are on the one day program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter Springs
Kan
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Masonic Order
Acacia
Miami
Okls
Parsons, Kansas
Claremore
Joplin
Wheat in good to excellent condition in Kansas
Weather conditions last week favored winter wheat in Kansas with the crop reported in good to excellent shape by the government weather bureau. No adverse effects from cold weather were noted though fields in western counties show little growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Wichita City Manager Seeks Water Pollution Protections
Wichita city manager Bert C. Wells announced plans to push Kansas lawmakers for laws safeguarding the city water systems from oil and salt water contamination after touring oil wells north of the city. He voiced doubt that existing legislation could keep oil out salt water and urged appointment of an oil inspector modeled after Oklahoma rules to require decontamination practices and disposal of oily slush ponds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Bert C. Wells
Here
Kansas
Break in Coal Record at Pittsburg Mine
Pittsburg Kansas officials reported a derailment halted loading at the Pittsburg and Midway coal mine. The No 10 mine produced 47 car loads totaling 2,360 tons, with 190 additional tons stranded after the locomotive derailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Pittsburg and Midway Coal and Mining Company
Gilkison County Agent Confined by Influenza
Gilkison, county farm agent, has been confined to his home for two days due to an influenza attack. He was reported to be better today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilkison
Ieee County
Two Fire Crews Work To Contain City Blaze
North Lawrence saw a fire at Myron Decker residence on Elm Street with fire units from Stations No. 1 and No. 2 responding. The chemical truck from the south end station and a White pumper were deployed to handle the incident and standby for a second fire. Chief William Reinisch coordinated the response, with patrols and alarm calls routing through stations and his residence. Station shifts are listed for day and night, and University student William Carroll stays at Station No. 2 at night to cover calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Decker
Elm Street
North Lawrence
Altho
South End
William Reinisch
Fifteenth Street
Ttwo
Reinisch
Leo Wilderson
No. 1
Wilderson
Drescher
Robson
Jones
Carrow
Beebe
William Carroll
No. 2
Protection for all industries urged by Tilson in Hartford
Representative Tilson of Connecticut, House floor leader, pressed for a national protection policy to apply evenly to farming mining and manufacturing as a foundation for tariff changes. He warned farm legislation is unlikely this session and urged New England manufacturers to supply Congress with factual material to back hearings while Hoover may call an extra session to address tariff revision. Also notes deaths of Rev. F. M. Bennett in Youngstown and Gus Brinkman of Lawrence with funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Tilson
Connecticut
House
Congress
New England
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Six Die When Soo Line Train Hits Car At Crossing
Chicago dispatch reports six people were killed at a grade crossing in Oak Park when a Soo Line train struck a stopped automobile carrying seven. The deceased include Wenry Olsen driver Berwyn and Mrs Henry Olsen and their children Arnold 7 and Virginia 11. Howard Olsen 4 was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Soo Line
Oak Park
Wenry Olsen
Berwyn
Illy
Henry Olsen
Halvor Olsen
Arnold
Virginia
Howard
Jackie Coogan Stricken by Flu in Berlin Holiday Excitement
Youthful film star Jackie Coogan fell ill with influenza in Berlin after overjoyed Christmas excitement. He contracted the illness while running barefoot in his hotel room and could not appear in his vaudeville act last night. A physician said there is no danger but he must stay in bed until Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Jackie Coogan
Jackie
Hold Man in Wichita Faces Bigamy Charge
Frank E. Diller, 49, sought by Douglas county authorities for bigamy, was arrested in Wichita and will be returned to Lawrence for trial. He had married a girl 18 in Lawrence weeks earlier, while still married to another woman. A warrant issued after investigators found Diller's first wife in Washington county. He was located at 11383 North Pratt street. sheriff plans to transport him back to Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Diller
Douglas County
Wichita
Lawrence
Diller
Washington County
North
Pratt Street
W. J. Cummings
Fifteen men cleared for Kansas bar exam January first
Topeka announced by D A Valentine the state supreme court clerk. The list includes Ciaa Denny Christey of AlBaz. Titus Edmondson Topeka. Emerson Carey Jr Hutchinson. Edward Michael O Keefe Atchison. Roy Victor Nelson Hiawatha. Loren Miller Topeka. Willard James King Guendy Springs Earley N Wright Arkansas City. Glen Franklin Crots O Leroy Morris Harold Cundiff Wichita. Lawrence Mayhew Walker Lawrence. George Melville Brewster Depot. Thomas Henry Taggart land. John Virgil Severe Askland. Howard Tilman Oryell Strawn. Lawrence Walker of 824 Tennessee street is a Lawrence boy and a graduate of the law school here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
D.A. Valentine
State Suprems Court
Ciaa
Denny Christey
Al‘azer
Titus
Edmondson
Emerson Carey, Jr
Willard James
King
Guendy Springs
Earley N. Wright
Arkansas City
Glen Franklin Crotés
Leroy Morris Harold Cundiff
Wichita
Lawrence Mayhew Walker
Lawrence
George Melville Brewster
Es Depot
Thomas Henry Taggart
Jland
John Virgil Severe
Askland
Howard Tilman Oryell
Strawn
Radio killing jazz off in honest view of Fisher
William Arms Fisher, Boston, president of the Music Teachers National Association, told the group at Cleveland that radio is killing jazz by a slow poisoning. He called jazz on the downgrade though not an unmixed evil and compared it to free verse and modern art as attempts to escape traditional form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
William Arms Fisher
Boston
Music Teachers’ National Association
Fisherg
Endurance flight plans sought. new carrier aircraft details
Washington dispatch reports Nicholas-Beasley aircraft corp Marshall Mo seeks barographs and related data from the National Aeronautical Association to complete endurance flight plans. The firm says it has a fuel pickup capable plane and hopes to exceed air time records once information is received. A second item notes Arch Witte of Kansas City arrested after liquor found. bond set at 100. A minor collision between a Mrs D N Granger Dodge sedan and Albert Von Guther car caused slight damage at Fifteenth and Rhode Island streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Aeronautical Association
Nicholas-Beasle Aircraft Corporation
Marshall
The
Aeronautical Association
Arch. Witte
Kansas City
John Ingalls
Floyd Hunter
Witte
Povice
D. N. Granger
Maine Street
Albert. von Guther
Eudora
Fifteenth
Rhode Island
Radiogram Schedules and Evening Programs Teletype Listing
Radio listings show morning to late night programming across stations with time slots from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. Items include Sunrise music, Favorite Recipes, Cooking school, Quakerk Armstrong, and The Nightingale and the Rose alongside Stromberg-Carlson and Longtire stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunrise
Arortam
jhotOe
Interswagen
Armstrong Quakerk
Wrisley Yisw
Nightingale
Stromberg-Carlson
Longtire
Refunds of taxes loom in Treasury list
Washington December 27 The treasury's annual list of tax refunds for the fiscal year ending June 20 shows 168 501 individuals and corporations received $142 393 567 in illegally or erroneously collected taxes. Refunds over 500 cover income capital stock sales and estate taxes for 1928 and earlier years with ten refunds over 1 million led by R J Reynolds Tobacco Co. of Winston Salem at 6 2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
House Committee On Expenditures
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winton-Salem
N. C
American Tobacco Company and Subsidiaries
New York
Federal Shipbuilding Company
Kearney
M J
Margaret Olivia Same
Swift and Company
Chicago
The
Texas Company
Houston
Peter C. Brooks
Boston
United Fuel and Gas Company, Inc
Charleston
West Virginia
Verner Zevola Reed
Denver
Congress
Coolidge
Garner
Texas
United States Steel Corporation
Kansas
Denman Brothers
Tohn Roe Estate
Merriam
Standard Oil Company
Neodesha
Christmas Guests Fill De Soto Homes With Visits
De Soto residents list Christmas day and holiday guests from nearby towns and cities. Names include Tevet, Hid leston, Linden families, Dicken kin and other relatives. offices note travel to Texas and Kansas City, school closures for holiday programs, and resignations of local post office staff. Communities mentioned include Lawrence Topeka Atchison and Welborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Tevet
Harry Hidleston
H. C. Linden
Fred Thomas
Wm. Dicken
Charles Dicken
Wayne
Harry Digben
Oscar Anderson
Margaret
Kansas City
Wil.l
Mr. Anderson
A. Anderson
R. W. Phillips
Howard Phillips
Topeka
Don Miller
Clarence Brown
Phillips
F. M. Ryan
Seadzift
bee‘Taylor Martin
Lawrence
Don Martin
Atchison
J. T. Martin
B. W. Rattles
Wesley
Ray
Clark Gardner
Bernard
Mae Rattles
Jesse Butler
Walter Reid
Post Office
Louise Hedrick
Reta Culp
L. F. Taylor
B. S. Taylor
Anna Koeller
Frank Neis
Euderaard
Willoughby Koeller
Koeller
Frank Gimiss
Lester Gilmore
Gilmore
Vance
John Winston
Stillwell
Ray Vance
Etna Gilbert
S. R. Vance
Sherman Casebier
Guy ‘Buckingham
Fleeta
Surrey
J. D. Buckingham
Clark Gardiner
Eugene Roundtree
Welborn
Sam
Bond
Miss Amy
Fred Morse
Christmas social notes and family visits in Linwood area
Community diary records numerous visits and greetings across Linwood and nearby towns. Families including Gardner, Massey, Bond, Osborne, Harbison, and others share Christmas gatherings, oyster suppers, and church events. Funeral of Wm Masterson noted. Baker University students home for holidays. local schools held programs with treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Herman Zimmerli
Zimmerli
Linwood
Sam Bond
Marion Strong
Irene Strong
Lawrence
Clark Garay
la Massay
Dicken Farm
Lou Massey
Valley Center
W. H. Baker
A. B. Burks
O. A. Kobler
Kansas City
WE. Morris
Mr. Morris
Lone Star
Morning Star
Marie
Carrie Fanning
Lenape
Perry Nease
Mervon ‘Osborne
Ralph Harbison
F. N. Moody
Wes Coker
Wm. Masterson
Christian Church
DeSoto
Grace Thomazor
W. O Shore
Edith Sigman
C. E! Baker
Joan Mason_ ar
Paul Mason
Masterson
Kerr
Ralph Boone
Grace
Coloi
H. C. Linden
Helen
Charles Dicken
Fred Thomas
Will Dicken
Robert Osborne
Agnes Osborne
Harry Dicken
Philo Davison
Miss Florence
Charles Kacy
Althea Davison
Louis Young
Kate Young
Clifford Young
Plummer Woodley
Alice Young
Kansas
J. P. Everett
W. C. Rooks
Thelma Murray
Milton Quaintance
Gardner, the Guests of Mr. Quaintance
D. O. Quaintance
Irene Ranfts
Lucile Huddleston
Farmer Hiddleston
Bobby
Osawatomie
Walter Osborne
Inez Osborne
Tuesaday
L. A. Smith
Wichita
Maggie Freeman
O. Wright
Maxine Deweese
Baker University
Baker
Helen Parker
Williard Gordon
Emma Weidemann
B. S. Taylor
Dale Deweese
Deweese
J. E. Deweese
W. L. Blaylock
Evelyn
Uzbek Republic to Replace Arabian Alphabet with Latin Script
The Uzbek autonomous republic's Council of People's Commissaries issued a decree abolishing the Arabian alphabet and introducing the Roman alphabet in government institutions within six months. In a separate note, West Virginia's Wildlife League urged laws to forbid plucking the state flower, the rhododendron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samarkand
Central Asia
Council of People’s Commissaries
Uzbek Autonomous Republic
Genius Wood Carver Arthur Marriott Delights Jamaica
A Kingston craftsman named Arthur T. Marriott has been identified as a genius in wood carving. He works in mahogany and recently completed a statue of St. Francis Xavier for a church in Kingston Jamaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geniun Kingston
Jamaica
Cap
Arthur T. Marriott
St. Francis Xavier
Lighted airways stretch 7000 miles across US
Chicago AP report notes seven thousand miles of lighted airways from Atlantic to Pacific form a night air mail network. Beacons atop sixty foot towers three to ten miles apart guide pilots through weather. Hutchinson city commission considers ordinance banning livestock nuisance to neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
Lis
Hutchinson City Commission
How Doctors Treat Colds and the Flu
Doctors and druggists now recommend Calotabs a purified calomel compound tablet to combat colds flu sore throat and tonsillitis One or two Calotabs at bedtime with water dissolves salts and calomel without nausea Next morning the cold is gone system purified and appetite restored A family package with directions costs 35 cents from any drug store
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G. Martin
Liplin
Eudora Lumber Firm
C. E. Friend
University of Kaw
Ottawa
Willa Lard Benge
Ahi
Western Union’ Teleiph
Fio
Legraphic
Printe
Pittsburg Strip
F. M. Bennett
Unitarian Church
Youngstown
Ohio
Oak Hill Cemetery
Gus Brinkman
Gus Brinkan
Henry
Brinkman
Winner
South Dakota
Mgr. Brinkman
Soo
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
C.L. Scott
Eldridge Hotel
Scott
Eencer
Ethel Henderson
Ignork Street
Z. Wilson
Fred Draper
E. Henderson
Helen Henderson
Russell
Lloyd Henderson
Thhe
Ww. G. Wise
Mercedes, Texas
J. C. Wise
Star In
Lawrence Walker
Tennessee Street
Law School
the University
Plane Company
Vincent Lopez
Genia Zielinska
Ea Riod
Sparkers
India
Bahnmaisr
John C. Bahnindjer
Howard Henry
Mae Henry
DE Soto
Uzbek Republic
Oman
State
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia Wild Life League
United States
Merchente National Bank
Merchants National
Rumsey Bros. Funeral Home
Ind. St
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