Severe cold grips western Kansas with 15 below forecast
Weather service warns Of 15 degrees below zero in western Kansas tonight with statewide record lows possible before morning. Goodland led the state at 10 below while Dodge City and Sheridan Wyoming reported subzero readings. Snow was light nationwide with no heavy falls, and skies expected to clear slowly into tomorrow.
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Record Cold Sweeps Across Kansas With Snow
Multiple Kansas towns report their coldest weather of the season with temperatures from zero to seven above, light to moderate snowfall, and brisk northwest winds. Cities including Wichita Coffeyville Parsons Pittsburg Arkansas City Sanction City Independence Salina and others note subfreezing readings and slow motor traffic as official records log the cold snap.
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Valack
Flutchinson
Emporia
Wichita
Government Weather Bureau
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Coffeyville
Kan
Dee
Skiex
Si Parsons
Parsonians
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Pittsburg
Arkansas City
Independence
Tempéerature
Salina
Severe cold grips Kansas towns as temps plunge
A cold wave hits multiple Kansas cities with record drops from the 60s and 70s to single digits. Dodge City reports four below zero at 6 30 am, Garden City notes a 75 degree swing, and Winfield notes four above zero amid light snow and clear skies.
KU ACTOR DIES DURING KENTUCKY PLAY RUN
Noted actor F G Manley collapsed and died while preparing to board a Santa Fe train in Lawrence. Manley, 62, from Battle Creek Michigan, had played Horace Holton in the touring production In Old Kentucky alongside Ruth Stonehouse. Ernest Robs will fill his role as the show continues tonight in Kansas City and Lawrence theater groups say the production goes on.
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FG. Manley
Hornes Holton
Old Kentucky
Focal Theater
Santa Fe
Manley
Battle Creek
Mich
Elks Lodge
M. C. Reumell
30Th Avenue
Mineapolis
Minn
Ruth Stonehouse
Road Conditions Across Kansas State Snow and Weather Report
Kansas City reports snow flurries and fair to frozen roads. Emporia shows clear with light snowfall. Coffeyville and Ottawa note part cloudy, frozen roads. Hutchinson and Arkansas City have cloudy and windy with frozen roads. Topeka clear with light snow, Salina clear with drifting snow.
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Coffeyville
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Ottawa
Topeka
Wichita
Salina
Haskell Colts Survive Kansas Cold Wave Welcome
After arriving in Lawrence from California, the Haskell Indiana football team faced Kansas weather. Only George Nix, an Alaskan, felt at home, finding the temperatures only slightly warmer than his Arctic homeland.
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Murder of William Gibbs in Hutchinson prompts fingerprint search
Photographs were taken of fingerprints at William Gibbs's Hutchinson home after his Saturday night murder. A yellow wheeled sedan seen visiting Gibbs's home is being investigated for possible links to the crime. Gibbs, a reclusive ward of the town, was found dead during a tax payment period with no clear sign of theft.
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Haskell Avenue
Hutchinson
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Wiliam E. Gibbs
Gibbs
Frank Lewis
Smade
Cold December Day Slows Lawrence Commerce and Coal
A sudden cold wave hits Lawrence December day leaving drivers struggling to start cars and horses needing blankets. Coal dealers report heavy orders as coal companies scramble to fill sacks. Temperatures dip below zero after midnight, with a brief warm spell later. shoppers seek post Christmas bargains and likely New Year skating events emerge.
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Dinner for Old Folks at St Luke’s A M E Church
The Double Six club hosted about forty seniors at a community dinner. George Washington, eighty, praised the event in a letter to the Journal-World, calling it the grandest dinner and commending the club for respectful treatment of the elderly. Washington lives in Glinton.
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Brooks Held On Mann Act Charge In Fort Scott
Harry Brooks alias Harry Watson arraigned before U S Commissioner Clarence Price and jailed on Mann Act charges after alleged coercion of Lola Hutchinson and desertion of her children. Weddington sought in same case. Brooks and Weddington reportedly connected to Pittsburg and California. County attorney denies Brooks worked as prohibition spotter.
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Wichita
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G. A. Bennett
Crawford County
Kansas Friends of Reading Reach New York Chapter
W H Kerr of Kansas State Teachers College Emporia reports Emporia culture extends to the Bronx through the Kansas Friends of Reading. A New York City chapter is approved with similar aims. William Allen White cited as supportive. Oregon library reprint promotes monthly reading. six hundred members exist with rural participation.
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Birth of a Nation shown in Wichita despite ordinance
The film amid protests was shown in Wichita after a city commission ordinance banned its exhibition. The theater manager ordered the showing at 2 30 pm while awaiting judge Pollock's federal ruling on a restraining order. The ordinance, passed December 26, imposes a fine of 10 to 100 dollars per offense.
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State Board of Censors
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Ottawa Man to Get License No. 4
Topeka Kansas December 1 tag number 1 of the 1924 Kansas motor licenses will go to A L Cook of Ottawa and number 13 to Floyd A Erwin of Barnes Washington county. One thousand tags will be mailed Wednesday first shipment of plates for the new year E E Hill chief clerk of the automobile registration department said today. The 1924 plates have white numerals on a green background.
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Kansas
A. L. Cook
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Automobile Registration Department
Local Ministers From Lawrence Attend Regional Conference in Chicago
Six Lawrence ministers will travel to Chicago for the second annual Conference of Church Workers in Universities of the North Central Region. Rev N D Goehring of Lawrence presides. program includes talks by Dr Arthur Braden and PF J Kelly on religion education and university authorities.
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Ruhr Army Reorganization in Ruhr Stays Visible Occupation
The Ruhr forces remain in visible occupation as Franco-Belgian troops pause full reductions. Officials cite awaiting outcomes of a rail agreement before implementing planned pullbacks, with only minor troop cuts in some Ruhr centers while others stay. A French spokesman says regrouping continues despite cautious wording.
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Price Increases Hit Six Grades Of Crude Oil
Pittsburgh December 31 price shifts in crude oil list six grades up. Five grades stay unchanged. New prices show Pennsylvania grade in NY Transit and Bradford District 6i at 3.25, Pennsylvania grade in National Transit Southwest Pennsylvania Eureka and Buckeye lines 3.00.
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Mose Lauterback Leaves Prison After Ten Year Term
Mose Lauterback, 73, discharged from Lansing state prison after serving a ten year felonious assault sentence from Douglas county. He chose to complete his term rather than take parole and had previously been paroled to his California brother, saying he preferred a Kansas penance to freedom in California. He can no longer return to the prison upon term expiration. Also, firefighters fought a blaze on a Rock Island passenger train caused by oil on a moving wheel, with no injuries or losses.
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Lauterback
California
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Last day to file Kansas state bonus claims ends
Popeka Kan Dec 31 The final filing day for Kansas State bonus applications is likely to push total claims to about 79 000 according to bonus board members. War Department records credit more than 1 800 Kansans as having served in World War I. Sixteen appeals from bonus board decisions by former service men were heard by Attorney General G Griffith from Wyandotte County District Court Kansas City Kansas bringing total appeals from bonus boards to about 700. One tenth of the appeals are from Wyandotte county.
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Torch Affiliates Miss Sarah Blanding to Install UK Chapter
The local Torch chapter for senior women at the University of Kentucky will be installed this week as a Mortar Board chapter. Miss Sarah Blanding, dean of women at Kentucky, national vice president of Mortar Board, will perform the installation.
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Mexican Battle Reported Near Camargo Rio Grande
American officers at Fort Ringgold report heavy firing in a clash between Mexican federal and rebel troops at Camargo on the Rio Grande. No battle result yet. town guarded by Matamoros garrison. details awaited at noon. Also, De la Huerta faction files protest with the U S state department over U S war material sales to Obregon government.
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Klondike Gold and Silver Rush Sparks Stampede
Reports from Dawson and Keno indicate a major Klondike rush following a silver and gold discovery near the Beaver River. Assays show pay dirt around 1100 ounces of silver per ton as prospectors rush from Mayo and nearby towns.
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Welcome to 1924 Broadway Plans Reach Broadway Threshold
New York officials prepare for a midnight New Year welcome on Broadway as 40,000 reservations fill cabarets hotels and clubs. Prohibition agents guard the festivities amid large sums and significant liquor seizures on Long Island. Eleven deaths linked to poison liquor prompt city wide health warnings and enforcement.
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Westing Convicted at Leavenworth in Draft Evasion Case
Westing, held at Fort Leavenworth, was convicted of draft evasion and sentenced to one year in the Discipline. He admitted evading service after traveling part of the nation and refused to acknowledge guilt. Oklahoma reports freezing temperatures with a wind chill that could drop well below zero tonight across the state.
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Topeka Couple Wed After Auto Wreck in Cold Wave
A Topeka couple, Will Hiam TH Maxwell and Mary T Finch, wed despite a wreck that disabled their car near Kansas City. They sought a private judge to marry, while governors in Kansas and Missouri discuss interstate requisitions and burglary cases. An explosion near Bucklin killed one and injured several. a patrolman was wounded in a pawn shop shooting.
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Mary T. Finch
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Menger
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