Western Kansas braces for 15 below zero tonight
A weather forecast predicts 15 degrees below zero in western Kansas with zero or below statewide by tomorrow morning. Goodland Kansas logged 10 below the prior night, Sheridan Wyoming hit 32 below, and a light snow covered the region statewide.
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Topeka
Wester' Sdg
United Ste
Goodland
Kansas
Concordia
Dodge City
Wichits
Kansas. City
St.Joseph
Sheridan
Wyoming
Unite States
Mississippi River
Kansas Shivers Prompt Cities to End of Year Freeze
Across Kansas cities reports show a severe cold snap with zero to ten degrees above zero, light snow flurries, and strong northwest winds. Hutchinson Emporia Wichita Fort Scott Chanute Coffeyville Parsons Pittsburg Arkansas City Junction City and Independence report record lows or near lows for December with motorists and trains affected and citizens seeking warmer shelter.
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Leavenworth
Rer
Hutchinson
Emporia
Wichita
Bec
Government
Bureau Hee
Fort Scott
Dec
Chanvis
Coffeyville
Kan
Mercury
Parsons
Der
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Pittsburg
Arkansas City
Yl Junction City
Jabove
Lependence
N. Dee
Record Cold Sweeps Kansas with Sharp Snow Declines
Sunday marked a brutal cold snap across Kansas with zero to four degrees on readings. Dodge City reported four below, Garden City noted seven above Saturday plunging to five below, while Winfield and Newton saw near or below zero as the storm eased and snow lingered lightly.
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Newton
Dodge City
Kan
Garden City
Not K. U. Student Not Involved in Drug Purchases
A university investigation found no KU student involved in drug purchases despite earlier reports. Attorney General Griffith provided the name of the athlete based on the boy’s father, but records show the player never appeared for KU or any KU team. An actor drops dead.
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University of Kansas
Topeka
Kansas
C. B. Griffith
K. U
Griffith
I Sag
Death of Horace Holton actor with In Old Kentucky cast
G Manley 62 collapsed while preparing to board a Santa Fe train after performing Horace Holton in In Old Kentucky in Leavenworth. He belonged to Battle Creek Elks. survived by sister in Minneapolis. The show continues with Ernest Robins filling the role. A band and 30 cast members perform tonight in Lawrence.
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Leavenworth
Kan
G. Manley
Horace Holton
Old Kentucky
Manley
Battle Creek
Mich
Elks Lodge
M. C. Roumell
30Th Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Ruth Stonehouse
Bowersock
Manney
Ernest ‘Robins
Kansas City
Lawrence
Man
Kansas City Weather Update Prompts Mixed Road Report
Forecast notes Dec conditions across Kansas with several cities reporting light snow and cold temperatures. Emporia shows light snow with good roads, Topeka clears, Wichita and Pittsburg mostly fair, while Coffeyville and Ottawa endure wind and freezing conditions.
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Kansas City
Emporia
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
Hutchinson
Arkansas City
Parr
Ottawa
Topeka
Wichita
Alaskan Player Triumphs Over California Cold in Kansas Trip
After brief California warmth the Indian football team reached Lawrence for a Kansas visit. Most players felt the cold but George Nix from Alaska welcomed the chill, finding it only mildly warmer than home.
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California
Lawrence
George Nix
Yellow-Wheeled Sedan Sought in Gibbs Slaying
Hutchinson Kansas police photographed fingerprints at the home of William E. Gibbs a recluse murdered Saturday night. A yellow wheeled sedan seen near Gibbs home recently is being investigated. Gibbs had looked over securities and carried cash noted by the county treasurer, with some money missing from the scene after the attack.
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Gibbs
Hutchinson
Kan
William E. Gibbs
Frank Lewis
Fire Kills Woman in Kansas Home Blaze
A young woman died in a northern Kansas fire that engulfed her three room house. The body was found before a kitchen stove and authorities suspect oil or oil-soaked fire sparked the blaze. The victim, Mrs Oxford, was to be buried in Lathrop, Kansas, after removal by the local undertaking establishment.
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ElDorado
Kan
Dee
Here
Oxford
Dinner for Old Folks Delights St Lukes Community
About forty seniors attended a dinner hosted by the Double Six club of St Lukes A M E church last week. George Washington, age eighty, praised the event in a letter to the Journal World, calling it the grandest dinner and commending the club for honoring the elderly. He lives in Clinton.
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St. Lukes
George Washington
World
Klan Trial Set for January 15 in Little Rock
Judge Richard Mann overruled a demurrer in the libel suit by Dr. Hiram W. Evans against William J. Simmons and announced the trial date for January 15. The report also notes other items including Syracuse University Dean Harold L. Butler's concert praise, G. T. Henderson joining the Lawrence police force, and local payroll and weather-related notes.
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Little Rock
Ark
Richard Mann
William J. Simmons
Ku Klux Klan
Hiram W. Evans
Klan
Simmons
Butler
Harold L. Butler
Fine Arts School
Syracuse University
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Syracuse Post-Standard
Dean Butler
Winter Coal Shortages Amid Severe Cold in Lawrence
A icy December wave chilled Lawrence as coal dealers faced surging orders and supply struggled to meet demand. University Coal Company planned to fill about 36 orders, Griffin Coal reported double haulers, while other firms faced similar strain. Trains ran close to schedule and shoppers sought post-Christmas bargains as cold weather kept residents near fires.
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Lawrence
University Coal Company
Griffin Coal Company
Man faces Mann Act charge in Fort Scott case
Harry Brooks alias Harry Watson was arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Clarence Price and jailed on a Mann Act charge. Prosecutors say Brooks and accomplice coerced Lola Hutchinson to transfer property and fled after squandering proceeds, taking her five children with them. Brooks previously denied work for Crawford County.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Dee
Harry Brooks
Harry Watson
Wichita
United States
Clarence Price
Pittsburg
Brooks
Lola Hutchinson
Calif
Fittsburg
C.A. Burnett
Crawford County
Harry,Watson
Burdett
Ottawa Man to Get License No. 1
Topeka Kan December 31 Tag number 1 of the 1924 Kansas motor licenses will go to A L Cook of Ottawa and number 33 to Floyd A Erwin of Barnes Washington county One thousand tags will be mailed Wednesday the 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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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
A. L. Cook
Ottawa
Floyd A. Erwin
Barnes
Washington County
E. E. Hill
Automobile Registration Department
Gard
Emporia Kansas Reading Group Expands to New York Chapter
Kansas Friends of Reading leader W H Kerr says Emporia based movement has formed a New York City chapter. He notes William Allen White praised the ties between Emporia and New York and cites a Bronx teacher seeking membership. The pledge invites one book a month for Kansas with 600 members on routes.
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Chicago
Emporia
Kansas
Bronx
W. H. Kerr
Kansas State Teachers’ College
American Library Association
Kansas Friends of Reading
New York City
Kerr
William Allen “White
New York
William Allen White
Oregon
Birth of a Nation Protest Sways Wichita Censors
Wichita shows The Birth of a Nation despite an emergency city ordinance banning the film. The measure, passed December 26, carries fines up to 100 dollars per offense. Kansas City pending court decision on a restraining action filed by the film’s management.
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Wichita
Board of Censors
Kansas City
Kansas
J .0. Pollock
United States District Court
E. C. Elliott
Local Ministers to Chicago Meet in North Central Conference
Six Lawrence ministers depart for Chicago for the second annual Conference of Church Workers in Universities North Central Region. Rev. N D Goehring presides. Dr Arthur Braden and Rev Eliot Porter on the program with talks on religious education and campus campaigns.
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Lawrence
Chicago
Conference of Church Workers In
North Central
Chicago Beach
North Central Region
N. D. Goehring
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North
Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Arthur Braden
Eliot Porter
Edwin Price
Forest Wircraft
Ray Busden
Conference On Religious Education
F. J. Kelly
University of Minnesota
University of Kansas
Ruhr Army Stays As Occupation Plan Delayed
Paris reports the Franco-Belgian troops in the Ruhr will pause the planned reductions under the occupation plan. Authorities await the German-sign agreements with only slight troop withdrawals so far. French officials promise the regrouping continues but will not confirm further reductions yet.
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Paris
Associated Press
Ruhr
Crude oil prices rise at Pittsburgh exchange
Crude oil prices edge higher at the Pittsburgh market opening with fifteen cents added to six grades. Five grades remained unchanged as Pennsylvania grade oil in several pipelines lists opens at 3.25 and 3.00 for others in New York Transit and National Transit Company lines.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
New York Transit Company
Bradford District
National’ Transit
Mose Lauterback Freed After Ten Year Felonious Assault Term
Mose Lauterback, aged 73, completed a ten year sentence for felonious assault at the state prison after preferring to serve out his term rather than seek parole. He was discharged in Lansing on Saturday. He had earlier been paroled to California but returned to Kansas declaring he would rather be in a penitentiary there than free in California. He was readmitted briefly but with the term expiration no longer welcomed. Fire department responded at 9:26 am to extinguish a blazing wheel on a Rock Island train due to a dragging brake. No injuries or losses were reported.
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Mose Lauterback
Douglas County
Lansing
Lauterback
California
Kansas
Rock Island
Last Day to File Kansas Bonus Claims Expected
Topeka reports the final bonus filing day and an estimate of total claims. Bonus board members anticipate about 79 000 claims. War Department records show 81 300 Kansans served in World War I. Attorney General Griffith received 16 appeals from Wyandotte County regarding bonus board rulings, bringing total appeals to about 700, one seventh from Wyandotte.
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Topeka
Kan
War Department
B. Griffith
Wyaddotte County District Court
Kansas City
Kansas
Bonus Board
Wyandotte County
Torch Affiliate: UK Dean to Install Mortar Board Chapter
The local Torch chapter will be installed this week as a Mortar Board chapter with Miss Sarah Blanding, UK dean of women and national Mortar Board vice president, doing the installation. The K U W chapter becomes the 27th in the United States and nine new members are chosen annually from 115 active and alumnae members.
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Mortarboard
Sarah Blanding
University of Kentucky
Miss Blanding
K. UW
Mortar Board
United States
Nebraska
Missouri
University of Colorado
Nice
Touch
University
No. Peabodi
Mexican Battle Near Camargo and U S Protest Over War Material Sales
Telephoned reports from Fort Ringgold say Mexican federal and rebel forces fought near Camargo on the Rio Grande, heavy firing before daylight with no noon results yet. In Washington, the De la Huerta faction protested to the State Department against U S sales of war materials to Obregon’s government.
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Tex
Fort Ringgold
Ebel
Camargo
Ri Grande
Matamora
Matamoros
Washington
D.C
de la: Huerta
Mexico
State Department
United States
Mexico City
Obregon
New York
Sala
Klondike Rush Sparks Silver and Gold Find
Reports from the Yukon describe a new rush centered near Kenohill and Mayo as assays show pay dirt with high silver yields. Separate items note Wichita grain records, Baldwin returning for the King's Speech, a fatal Bronx jewelry store shooting, and a January tuberculosis clinic announcement.
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Y. T
Klondike
Bea
Kenohill
Keno
Mayo
Yukon
Welcome to 1924 Broadway plans spark big New Year crowd
New York grids the threshold of 1924 with an estimated 50 000 revelers and up to 300 000 in cabaret and hotel reservations. Prohibition agents, incognito among crowds, monitored festivities that included $5 to $20 per reservation. A Long Island liquor seizure worth 20000, eight arrests, and efforts to curb deadly poison liquor post Christmas also dominated headlines.
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New York
Broadway
Prohibition
Great White Way
Long Island
Westvig Convicted of Draft Evasion at Fort Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kan Dec 31. Minnesota man Burger Westvig was sentenced to one year in the Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth after conviction for draft evasion. Westvig refused a guilty plea and faced the court directly.
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Leavenworth Kan
Dames. Burger Westvig
Minneapolis
Minn
Fort Leavenworth
Westvig
Escristes
Kansas City Burglary Suspect Requisition Move
Kansas sends Governor Davis a request for the return to Atchison Kansas of Leroy Warren on a burglary charge. Warren is said to be serving a five year term in a Missouri penitentiary. Iowa also has instituted requisition proceedings for Warren.
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Kan. Dee
Davie
Kansas
Hyde
Missouri
Warten
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