Farm expert warns Boulder Dam harms middlewest farming
Manhattan Kansas AP December 29 F D Farrell president Kansas Agricultural College says the Boulder Dam project will depress midwestern agriculture unless new semi tropical crops like dates are grown on irrigated land. He cites subsidies under the 1902 Reclamation Act as a distortive factor and urges developing new crops to balance competition between regions.
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Manhattan
Kans
F .D. Farrell
Kansas Agricultural College
Boulder
Middlewest
Colorado
Arizona
California
Farrell
Efort
Middle West
Far West
Nto
Woman offers life term for husband killer
A Wisconsin woman in Lacrosse offered to accept life imprisonment to gain freedom for the man who killed her husband. John Beier, imprisoned as a lifer after his conviction for the slaying, told Governor Zimerman his innocence. Beier confessed after meeting Helen Bartovick, widow of Nick Biesen, and the two described a plot to free him, with Beier admitting guilt. The dramatis personae include Beier, Mrs. Biesen, and district attorney Cohen, who relayed Beier’s confession.
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Lacrosse
Wis
John’ Beier
Nick Beisen
Zimimerman
Nick Fiesen
Helen Bartovick
Sto
Esier
Lawrence Brody
John
Reisen
Beis
Belvoir
Prince of Wales
William, Rourhton
Melton - Mowbray
Topeka Man Secures Oil Leases in Douglas County
A Topeka man has leased nearly seven thousand acres in Marion township, southwest Douglas County, for oil and gas development. Leases, filed with the Douglas County register of deeds, list land from Pearl Smith of Dillon Montana and others, totaling about 500 acres with one eighth interests assigned to Robert Stone and Haworth, a former KU professor.
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Marion
Douglas County
B. F. Smith
Topeka
Mors
Douglas
Isa Wellman
Register of Deed
Toveka
Pearl Smith
Dillon
Mont
Heyl
E.G. Wilson
Pearl Thurber
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
Caleb M Luther 81 longtime Luther greenhouse proprietor and Lawrence resident died at his daughter Mrs Ethel Luther Babb in Kansas City. Survived by son Herbert Luther Dallas TX and daughter Mrs Babb and three grandchildren. Rhoda Ellis died in Albuquerque New Mexico services at First Christian Church Tuesday at 2 pm changed from Monday. Curtis Drennon formerly of Lawrence died in Seattle Washington. burial arrangements pending. Margaret Corcoran 17 died at her home 816 Hast Eleventh Street services at St John Catholic Church Monday 9 am burial Mt Calvary. survived by brothers Ed Corcoran Solomon KS William H Corcoran Lancaster CA and sister Mrs Mary Aherne Boston MA.
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Caleb
M. ‘Luther
Caleb M. Luther
Whoreilhoe
Luther
Lawrence
Ethel Luther Babb
Kansas City
Herbert Luther
Dallas
Texas
Babb
Rhoda Ellis
Rhoda Elis
Alburqueue
N. M
First Christian Church
Margaret Corcoran
St. John’s Catholic Church
Father Fitzgerald
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Ed Corcoran
Solomon
Kan
William H. Corcoran
Gancaster
Calif
Mary Aherne i
Boston
Mass
Pan-American Medical Group In First Meet
Havana hosts the Pan American Medical Association opening with delegates from twenty one nations. Mayor Gomez praises unity in health and friendship as Cuban secretary of sanitation Fernandez welcomes visiting doctors. meetings run through January 3.
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Havana
Pan-American Medical Association
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Francisco’ Mars” Fernandez
Cuba
Machado
Allen
Chandler
Welsh Miners in Desperate Straits
Merthyr Tydfil December report notes about two hundred thousand Welsh miners marched through England and Wales towns seeking work. They face no wage demand and limited will to work as coal demand shrinks due to hydro energy and fuel shifts. Savings exhausted, many rely on dole or poor law relief while families and children suffer cold and poverty. Some miners travel, with some marrying to claim relief, while teachers aid families with funds.
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Merthyr Tydfil
South Wales
England
Wales
Tal
Bing Ho
Hill Senior Files for Naturalization at KU
Philip Henry Eyres, a KU senior born in England, filed with the district clerk his intention to become a U S citizen. He came to the United States in 1918 and lives at 1038 Tennessee Street. Naturalization final papers likely in two years, after five-year residency. 218 foreigners previously filed in Douglas County since 1907. Ordered red sooter.
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Philip Henry
H. Eyres
University of Kansas
England
District Court
School of Trustoose
K. U
Farnham
United States
Tennessee Street
Douglas’ County
Senator-Elect Ware Sent Home for Testimony
Philadelphia December 29 AP Senator elect William S Ware, paralyzed for five months, left for his Florida home by order of his physician Dr Ellwood R L Kirby to avoid appearing before the Senate committee investigating campaign funds. Kirby says it is physically impossible for Ware to testify at this time.
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Philadelphia
William S
Ware
Florida
St. Lucie
Ellwood
RL Kirby
Washington
Senate
New Floods in Belgium Drown Acres and Towns
Nearly 7,000 acres of land and five villages near Termonde were under water as floods driven by a gale and high tides swept inland on the Scheldt. Authorities warned of greater destruction than a month earlier, with widespread suffering and damage already reported.
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Brussels
Belgium
Termonde
Scheldt
Indian star injured in Christmas wreck near Flandreau
Wilson Buster Charles an Indian athlete from Haskell suffered a deep head wound in a four roll automobile crash near Flandreau South Dakota on Christmas day. He was en route to play for Haskell against Davis Hunt and his absence could jeopardize the team after a season opening loss. Charles led in football and decathlon events and is the son of Wilson Charles Sr athletic director at Flandreau Indian School.
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Wilson
Buster
Charles
Haskell
Flandreau
South Dakota
Lawreace
Davis-Hunt
Maskell “Hra
Urmayut
F. W. McDonald
Wilson Charles
Carlisle
Kansas
Regular Marriage Ends After Companionate Trial
Mrs. Gordon R. Kinsey, arriving from France, said she and Colonel Kinsey ended their year of separation to resume marriage. The Louisville attorney and his New York bride had agreed to live apart for a year to see if someone else suited them, but she declared no one in Europe measured up. They met again in New York and dissolved the arrangement, with Kinsey described as superior to other men.
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New York
Gordon R. Kinsey
France
de Grasse
Colonel Kinsey
Louisville
Lyons
Pennsylvania
Hunter killed by shotgun accident near Cherryvale
AP report states Lloyd Kauble, 18, died four miles north of here when a shotgun toppled from his car seat and discharged while he and two younger brothers hunted nearby. The incident occurred this afternoon.
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Hunter
Shoteun Cherryvale
Meeepee
Lloyd Kauble
Here
Night air mail to Sweden planned to open next June
The first strictly night air mail system in Europe is to start between London and Stockholm next June using American planes and equipment. Carl Signall, traffic manager of the AB Aerotransport company of Sweden, announced the plan.
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Sweden
New York
Europe
London
Stockholm
Carl Signall
A. B. Aerotransport Company
Og: Swe
Phi Delts Win Trophy as Best Chapter Again
Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Delta Theta at the University of Kansas is notified as the best chapter this year. The Harvard Alumni trophy considers scholarship, school activities, athletic achievements and college life. The local group scored 96 out of 100, and must win three times for permanent possession.
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Kansas Alpha
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
University of Kansas
Harvard
Ialumni
Injured Nan Improves After Memorial Hospital Stay
George Medworth, 65, Benton Kansas, injured December 21 when a Rock Island train hit his Ford truck, shows improved condition at Memorial hospital. He suffered a broken collar bone three broken ribs and scratches. Laura Potts Thornton, 42, 812 New Jersey Street, recovering from a hip gunshot wound received Thursday night. John Bright, 16, 1238 Congoma Street, also recovering from a gunshot wound from a hunting incident on November 26.
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Memorial Hospitals
Inon
George Medworth
Benton
Kans
Rock Island
Memorial Hospital
Medsworth
Laura Potts Thornton
New Jersey
Hac ‘Hospital
John Bright
Congoma Street
Teche Tom
IS LEAGUE IMITATION Kellogg pact criticized at Wilson dinner
Morgenthau called the Kellogg pact a timid imitation of the League of Nations in a Woodrow Wilson foundation dinner address in New York. He urged joining the League to honor Wilson and explained why no award was given this year. Governor elect Roosevelt also spoke as a trustee and founder leader.
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Morgenthau
New York
League of Nations
Henry Morenthau
Harkey
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Orgenthau
Temore of Wilson
United States
Frank B. Kellogg
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Personal notes of holiday greetings and travel plans
LM Harper and Miss Iva Belle Harper return from Douglas after Christmas with Mr and Mrs A V Harper and baby daughters. JR Kiang and Mrs King arrive Monday from Sutton Neb to spend New Years at the Harper home. Miss Mary Wright from Oklahoma City visits the J S Stove Centre. WB Dalton and Mrs Harry R DeSilva travel to Kansas City to attend a Wellesley club breakfast at the Bellerive hotel. Dalton to luncheon with Mrs Joseph Meurrats at the University club. Miss Katharine Klein leaves Monday for Athens Ga to teach at Lucy Cobb Institute. Miss Marie Nelson of Auburn, Ned, visiting at W C Simons home. Prof E M Hawkins attends Kansas Society of Mayflower Descendants board meeting in Topeka. Lawrence attendees at Kansas Notre Dame game in Kansas City include Walter Vargum, Van Bruner, Prof Waldemar Gelich, Prof H B Taylor, B Edwards, Laurence Greiner, Ehly, and George E Peters of Haskell Institute. Jess Johns of Paris Ark visiting Pavla A Dinsmoor. Chicken and goose dinner New Year's Day from 12 to 2, no evening meal. Colonial Tea Room.
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LM. Harper
Iva Belle Harper
Douglas
A. V. Harper
W.C. Simons
E. M. Hawkins
Tovoka Todev
Kansas Society of Mayflower Descendants
Lawrence
Kansas Notre Dame
Kansas City
Walter Vargum
van Bruner
Waldemar Gelich
H. B. Taylor
Rulers Improvement Described As Slight In London Bulletins
London dec 29 two somewhat hopeful bulletins on King George illness followed the more disturbing notes from Thursday night and yesterday morning Restful day reported and a quiet night noted while public still anxious about the king s condition A new treatment hope arose but officials say nothing definite has been decided The prince of Wales hunted with Belvoir hounds today easing royal family fears Ottawa items follow Joseph Moore a Portis Kane freshman and football squad member at Ottawa University faces theft charges A humane officer J W Kerr of Ottawa resigns effective January 1 as city plans to discontinue the office
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Wichita
Kas
Topeka
Clyde M
Henry J. Aten
National Republican
Kansas
Ark
Allen
QO Chandler
Charles Curtis
Oes
Thei Reed
Jong
Alden
Alley
Reed
Mr. Reed
Curtis
Straton
London
King George
Era
England
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Bélvoir
Joseph Moore
Portis
Kane
Ottawa University
Ottawa
Moore
Ageney
J. W. Kerr
Obituary for Amos Levi Martin of Lawrence and relatives
Amos Levi Martin born November 30 1912 in Lawrence died December 25 at age seven. He was a birthright member of the Friends church and educated in the Friends Sunday school. Survived by three brothers George Edger Clyde three sisters Pearl Martha Wilma and cousin Martha Ruth Wilson with many relatives. Services led by F P White due to absent pastor. Reverend Frederick Marsh Bennett longtime Unitarian minister with Lawrence ties described. Bennetts life included Illinois Indiana Missouri and Ohio service, marriage to Alice Barber and two children Estelle and Lawrence, with cremation in Cleveland and memorial in Lawrence. Memorial service scheduled January 6 at 11 oclock in the Unitarian church.
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Amos Levi Martin
William G
Pearl M. Martin
Lawrence
Faye
Friends Church
Friends
George
Edger
Clyde
Pearl
Martha
Wilma
Journal- World
William Backus
Frederick Marsh Bennett
Unitarian Church of
Our City
Youngstown
Ohio
Bennett
University of Illinois
Harvard Divinity School
Keokuk
Iowa
Unitarian Church
Unity Church
Chillicothe
Unitarian Conference
Salt Lake City
New York City
The
Alice Barber
Estelle
Youngtown
Bennetts
Cleveland
Monday Program and City Notices Mix in Busy Schedule
Scott Johnson, chief sanitary engineer for Missouri, has returned to Jefferson City after spending several days with his parents Prof and Mrs W H Johnson. The lingering page lists a Monday program with varied activities from music to cooking classes and community events, including civilian and organizational gatherings.
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Sunesse Musica
IMO PO
Dr. Royal
Ting
Henl Folk
Ee Scott Johnson
State of
Missouri
Jefferson City
W. H Johnson
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Young People’s Conference
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Christmas Club
Merchants National Bank
Peoples State Bank
State of Kansas
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Ty. A. Woolf
S. A. Wood
Myrtle McConnell
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