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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1927

Page

2

Lindbergh Arrives in Guatemala City on Central American Flight

Lindbergh completes the first leg of his Central American tour arriving in Guatemala City aboard the Spirit of St. Louis from Mexico City in about seven hours. He is welcomed as adopted son of Guatemala City, receiving felicitation from officials and the president of El Salvador. He plans to resume toward Belize or San Salvador, with crowds celebrating along the way.

Guatemala City Guatemala Deepa Lone Eagle Charles A. Lindbregh Spirit of Lindbergh Nega Agua Guateemtala City Chacon Recity Hall Angel Atuce Hivera Tindhberely

Deaths and Funerals in Local Notices

Obituaries report James Daniels Viineral dying at home with funeral Friday at St Luke s M E church. Names connected include Richard Gause and Mrs Jason Gause of Mound City and Norma Keys of Boulder. Mrs Rishard and Mrs F C Hanley Ward noted death and transportation details. Frederick Gideon Winnek longtime Lawrence resident and traveling hardware salesman buried in Lake Mills Wisconsin. survivors include wife and daughter Alperta and grandchildren.

James Daniels Viineral James Daniels St Luke's M. E King Barinl Lakeview Richard Gause Sam Moyer Ant Jirs Jiargis Ida Emporis Kansas F.C. Hanley Ward Lawrence Tanley Frederick Gideon Winnek Frederick Gideon Wintek Nebraska Winniek North Whipple Street Chicago Ome Alperta

Hearing Postponed in Gordon Strode Assault Case

The arraignment of Gordon Strode, charged with assault with intent to kill after an alleged knife attack on Policeman John Callahan at a bus depot, was continued as attorney Baldwin Mitchell requested more time. Strode’s next appearance is scheduled for next Wednesday afternoon. Otto Whiteside, cited for speeding thirty miles an hour with no muffler, must appear in police court tomorrow morning.

Gordon Strode Beldwin Mitchell Mitchell John Callahan Otto Whiteside Assachusetts

Hickman Admits Another Murder in Rosehill Case

Hickman confesses to further involvement in the Rosehill robbery and the killing of Marian Parker. Identified by the slain druggist's wife, he was brought to court under heavy guard for arraignment at 2 PM with spectators barred. Jerome Walsh, Kansas City attorney, arrived to defend him.

Hunt Rosehill Marian Parker Carlos Hardy Jerome Walsh Young Kansas City Hickman

Hickman Confesses Drug Store Hold Up Killing Rosehill Victim

William Edward Hickman details a drug store holdup that killed Ivy Thoms in Rosehill Cal. He describes the masked robbery with Welby Hunt in which a police officer was shot. Hickman recounts the escape, injuries to Hunt, and subsequent robberies in San Francisco before returning to Los Angeles.

Los Angeles A. P William Edward Hickman Ivy Thoms Rosebill Cal Welby Hunt Alhambra Hunt Hickman Teft Welby Aygut Hirh Pace Alta Hotel Rosehill San Frantisco Om Damare Carnie M. Brickell California Rose Hill Kansas City Linwood Boulevard Main Street Hickmish

Welby Hunt Linked to 1926 Slaying Case in KC

Welby Hunt, tied by William Edward Hickman to the Ivy Thoms Rosehill homicide, is described as a 1926 Northeast High School graduate in Kansas City. His mother, Mrs. W. H. Webring, says Hunt and Hickman shared a Alhambra home until Hickman’s family moved to California after a forgery. She asserts Hunt’s innocence and notes Hickman’s alleged retaliation. Principal B. M. Stigall recalls Hunt as a satisfactory student without notable distinctions.

Keansas City Welby Hunt William Edward Hickman Ivy Thoms Rosehill Calif Northeast High School T Here Hickman Hunt California W. H. Webring Kansas City Alhambra Wearing George Hunt Oklahoma Northleast

Middle West Earthquake Study Urged by Seismological Chief

A call for a thorough seismological investigation of the Middle West was urged at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting. Commander Heck emphasized the New Madrid area as particularly vulnerable, noting past shocks along the Mississippi Valley and Ohio River and urging a coordinated study with regional institutions and experts.

Middle West Nashville Tenn American Association For the Advancement of “Sci United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Mississippi Valley New Maurid James B. Macelwane S. J Jesuit Seismological Association Arthur F. Day Carnegie Institution For Washington California Day Heck New Madrid N.oh Atlantic Ohio River

Slayings Linked to Suspect Hickman in Milwaukee Case

Milwaukee, Pec. 29. Police consider the possibility that William Hickman, famed slayer of Marian Parker in Los Angeles, may have been involved in a October 11 strangling near here of Lillian Graff. Investigators asked Los Angeles authorities to verify Hickman’s movements around that date when he is believed to have been in Chicago.

Milwaukee Wiliam Hickman Marian Parker Los Angeles Lillian Graff Graff Wack Hickman Sivng Chicago

Broken Dam Floods Wyoming Ranches

A New York Lake dam north of Pinedale broke early this morning flooding a six mile wide area. About 7000 cattle are in the flood path threatening ranches including that of State Senator P. W. Jenkins. Cowboys are riding into the Green River area to round up cattle as losses in life are not considered probable.

Fics New York Lake Hhere Pinedale P. W. Jenkins Green River

Personal notices of Kansas callers and visitors

A long list of social visitors includes Mrs. Andrew Christen sen and Mrs. Will Jonas in Kansas City, Katherine Keats Dorney of Tonranoxie visiting Mr. and Mrs. E N Tay, Mrs. Ada Montgomery and her family in Topeka, and many others traveling to Tulsa, Omaha, Chicago, Olathe, and Pittsburgh. The notes also mention future moves, school endings, and relatives spending holidays with local families, plus a shift in Olympic association membership.

Andrew] Christensen Colorado Springs T Cote Will Jonas Kansas City Katherine Keats Dorney Ton Ranoxie E. N Tay Ada Montgomery Topeka Daily Capital Katherine Montgomery Paul Harry Dadderidge H. Blain Lacy Tulsa Okla Winogene Lacy Lawrence Cecziia Towne Roy Towne Omaha Neb Arthur James Dwight Towne Olathe Inez Ridgeway Madeline Ridgeway Chicago Sarah Ridgeway New Hampshire Street A.C. Ridgeway Harold Weber Topek A. Weber Louise Christensen W. C. Kennedy

Daughter of Otis Skinner follows nomadic theater life

New York news recounts Cornelia Otis Skinner, daughter of actor Otis Skinner, growing up amid touring stages and theater meals. Graduating from Bryn Mawr in 1922, she pursued acting, writing and directing, appearing in Blood and Sand and other productions with her father, and later producing a two week reading series.

New York Cornelia Otis Skinner Otis Skinner Chicago Otis New England Cornelia Bytn Mawr France Jetaires Jacques Caveau Will Shakespear Tweedles Captain Pury Tin

Rutherford beef club eases cost for weekly meat

Farmers of Rutherford form a beef club supplying one beef weekly for 112 weeks starting in June. Members average four cents a pound off their bill as a durable cooperative, with the 330 to 600 pound carcass moving down the line from each donor to the next.

Ancient church linked to Roman temple in England mystery

December 29. An ancient church now believed to be a Roman temple is thought to lie under a structure at a lordship in Wales. A doorway and stairwell were uncovered on removal of wall growths, with prior records noting Roman walls found when the churchyard was levelled in 1800. Also reported, a Show Employes’ head died in Council Bluffs Iowa.

London Dynever Jarthenshire Council Bluffs Iowa

Matador Belmonte Hurt In Bullfight Turned Down Large Sum

Madrid AP reports Jose Belmonte, famed bullfighter, clubbed by a bull in his last Barcelona performance. The encounter costs him about 3120,008 pesos and damages, plus a dented ego. He recovers at his town house, receiving telegrams from admirers across Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and France. Belmonte plans to travel to Andalusia for recovery while continuing to own and sell bulls to bullfight managers across Spain.

Madrid Spain Barcelona Belmonte Adimireits Mexico Peru Argentina France Mitch Andsucia

Danish premier urges farm development and higher yields

Copenhagen Denmark Premier Madsen Mygdal declares Danish agriculture has not reached maximum yield and urges farmers to keep producing for more and better products. He calls agriculture an infant industry and stresses ongoing development. In New York on December 28 AP reports Charles E Johnston Kan sas City Southern vice president was elected president and director succeeding IL AS Ed son who will retire.

Copenhagen Denmark Madsen Mygdal

Glorious Push for Egypt Archaeology by Mary Figures

Foreign missions and the Egyptian government’s Antiquities Department push to uncover secrets of Feyot’s dead. Key digs focus on Memphian third dynasty era around 3000–4000 B C, with Zoser, Tun-Hoten, and the tombs near Giza, Luxor, Thebes, and Deir el Bahri drawing experts like Carter, Reisner, Breasted, and Chevrier.

Gaire U.P Feyot Egypt Exploration Society Antiquities Department Tutankh-Amen Malla Firth Egyptian Department of Antiquities Sakkara Loser Stey Zoser Manetho Egypt Tun-Hoten Egyp Howard Carter Tutlankh-Amen Carter Luxor Giza Great Pyramid Dr. Reisner He‘epheres Cheops Breasted Medinet Habu Thebes Rameses III Deir el Bahri Queen Ot Shepsut Metropolitan Museum of New York Chevrier Enoch Peterson University of Michigan Karanis

Locusts Return to Egypt Threaten Crops

Locust swarms threaten Upper Egypt as millions devastate crops. Government calls in American scientists to scatter arsenic compounds on the swarms both in flight and on the ground. Farmers stockpile moist bran treated with arsenic to lure locusts away from natural food sources.

Luxor Upper Egypt Moses

Spain awaits the Christmas Lottery drawing

In Madrid officials prepare for Spain’s Christmas Lottery with a 2 700 000 prize. Dec 22 tentatively set for the drawing, amid crowds watching bulletins and bid shifts for tickets. Ballots will be drawn by orphanage children using a machine to prevent human handling.

Madrid United Press Spain Charles II

College Freshmen Monkey Emotions Studied in Conference

Prominent psychologists from across the country gather for a three day symposium in Columbus beginning December 8 to explore human emotions and animal instincts. Ohio State’s James P. Porter will argue men excel in accuracy and women in speed, while Herbert Woodrow of Oklahoma compares monkey mathematics to human cognition. Rochester’s Hulsey Cason classifies annoyances in social psychology, with 70 papers planned and hundreds attending.

Columbus U-P James P. Porter Ohio State University Porter Darw Herbert Woodrow University of Oklahoma Woodrow Hulsey Cason University of Rochester Cason

World pays billion to see movies worldwide

Global movie industry shows world investment averaging 1.40 per person and about 1.9 billion dollars in annual ticket sales. The 42,090 theaters worldwide seat roughly 21.15 million, with America leading in theaters and attendance. Europe and Asia hold large shares, with per capita investments varying by country.

Washington World Globe America North South America United States Europer England Germany France Australia Asia Africa

Timbermen Evolve Plan to Save Three Million Trees Each Year

In Madison Wisconsin three mile lions young hardwood trees would be saved yearly if timberland management plans from University of Wisconsin students are adopted. The plan urges selective logging and asks railroads to use log transport cars with devices to avoid wasting young timber.

Timbermen Madison Wis University of Wisconsi Interstate| Commerce Commission Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan

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