Industrial commission bill would mediate labor disputes
Topeka Feb 3 AP An administration bill proposes a three member industrial commission to mediate labor disputes and take over duties of the labor division under the public service commission. The bill, by Sen Arch er, aims to split regulatory work among tax, labor, and public utilities. It provides for five members? no three new three member commissions and outlines court procedures and receiverships. The plan includes 20 staffers and salaries for commissioners. First step is dissolution of the public service commission and formation of new commissions.
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Topeka
Public Service Commission
Senate
W. E. Archer
Hiawatha
Fred S. Jackson
Ben F. Hegler
Wichita
Reed
Commission
Industrial Commission
Roar
Aty General
Ques- Hon Tio
Avhich
Commissi
Tha
Tax Commission
Fred M. Harris
Committee On Assessments and Taxation
Argentine Girls Defeat Local Boys in City Debate
Two girls from Argentine high school Kansas City contend state debate against Hugh Randall and Lloyd Metzler of Lawrence high school in the school auditorium. Prof E C Buahler of the University of Kansas acted as critic judge. The question: Should the English parliamentary form govern the US or the residential system? Argentine team Winifred Garsage and Beatrice Sprague argued for the affirmative. Lawrence team Helen Heaston and Ur Banks prepared to speak next at Atchison high school this afternoon. Principal John R Barnes presided.
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Kansas City
Kan
Hugh Randall
I Lloyd. Metzler
Lawrence High School
E.C. Buahler
University of Kansas
United States
Winifred Garsage
Beatrice Sprague
Lawrence
Helen Heaston
Atchison” High
Atchison
John R. Barnes
Lawrence High Schoor
Potato growers meet in Kansas City to hear plans
Potato growers, dealers, shippers, receivers and others in the potato industry are invited to a meeting in the Produce Dealers' Club rooms, Produce Exchange building, Kansas City, Mo. Saturday at 2 o'clock. Roy T. Payne, president of the Oklahoma Potato Growers Association, will lead the session and outline plans by the National Potato Institute, formed in Chicago weeks ago.
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Produce Exchange
Kansas City
Roy T. Payne
Oklahoma Potato Growers Association
Pane
National Potato Institute
Chicago
Hoover to survey 1928 hurricane wrecks in Okeechobee district
President elect Hoover will visit the Okeechobee district next week to view devastation from the 1928 hurricane. Roads washed out then are in bad shape, hindering travel for his party. The worst loss of life occurred in Pahokee, Belle Glade, and Chosen, where levees failed. He will confer with Senator Smoot on fiscal matters and plan updates to flood defenses amid Florida vacation plans.
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Miami Beach
Hoover
Okeechobee
Shane
Pahokee
Chosen
Bell’ Glade
Smoat
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Belle, Isle
Florida
Miami
Bertha D. Baur
Chicago
Hlinsis
Famous Women Advise on How to Pose for Cameramen
In Boston on February 3 AP reports Mrs. Frank G Allen wife of the governor acts as a shop assistant for the Massachusetts Farm and Garden association while Mrs Henry Ford head of the national association counsels her on posing for photographers. Ford notes to keep journalists at a distance a tip she learned from Mrs Hoover. MacFord and his wife arrived from Detroit but stayed at Wayside Inn Sudbury and gave no comment on visiting President elect Hoover en route to Fort Myers Florida.
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Boston
Frank G. Allen
Detroit
Mrs. Ford
Mrs. Allen
Mra Hoover
MacFord
Wayside Inn
Sudburry
Hoover
Ford
Fort Myers
Fla
Diplomatic War Documents From Russia To Be Published
Moscow AP reports the official archive administration will publish Russia’s wartime documents this spring. Early volumes will cover the 1914 crisis and revolutionary material on the constituent assembly and Kolchak ministers. A Marxist historians’ conference noted global interest and an exchange agreement with the Prussian archive administration. Hearing on flax rates.
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Moscow
Russia
Constituent Assembly
Commission of Inquiry
Kolchak
Wool Tariff Action Set for Tomorrow in House
Washington Feb 5 AP Re suming its hearing on flax hemp and jute tariff rates the house ways and means committee today called about 20 witnesses to clear the way for wool tariff consideration tomorrow George A Hartmen representing the Juneau Fiber company urged a 3 cent per pound duty on hemp a 1 cent per pound increase and a 2 to 5 cent per pound change on hackled hemp the details reflect the tariff debate shaping the wool measure.
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Washington
House
George A. Hartmen
Juneau Fiber Company
Juneau
Wisconsin
De Valera Arrested at Ulster Border in Belfast Visit
Irish Republican leader Eamon de Valera was arrested at Newry on the Ulster border as he sought to enter Northern Ireland to open a bazaar, disregarding the long standing order barring him. Marshal Foch reportedly slept after an earlier digestion issue but remained fatigued with a slight fever.
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Belfast
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Newry
Ulster
de Valera
Northern Ireland
Lindy Passes Tela on His Second Lap
Reports from Boston Miami and Belize chronicle Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh advancing on the second leg of his inaugural airmail flight to Panama. He left Belize at 9 10 am eastern time and is bound for Tela Honduras en route to Managua Nicaragua with a stop at Punta Arenas Costa Rica.
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Mass
Trovical Radio and Telegram Company
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tegucigalapa
Honduras
Managua
Nicaragua
Miami
Fla
Pan American Airways, Inc
Lindbergh
San Marenzo Bay
Tela
Feba
Belize
British Honduras
Panama
Vela
Rade and Telegraph Company
Honduran
Teta
Central America
Lady Burton
Tomorow
Punta Arenas
Gosta
Rica
Cristobal
United States
Pan-American Airways, Inc
Thousands Struck by European Flu Epidemic
Europe reels under a sweeping influenza outbreak with thousands ill across nations. In Paris President Doumergue Premier Poincare Briand Leygues and Marshal Petain are listed among the afflicted while Sir William Tyrrell and Parker show illness or recovery in diplomatic circles. Britain reports Dame Nellie Melba also recovering amid the cold grip across the continent.
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Europe
France
Paris
Doumergue
Raymond Poincare
Aristide Briand
Georges Leygues
Marshal Henry Petain
William G. Tyrrell
Parker
Gilbert
England
Nellie Melba
Asia
Yellow Sea
British Isles
Deaths and Funerals for Mrs T S Roberts in Tonganoxie
Funeral services for Mrs T S Roberts who died yesterday at her daughter's home, Mrs George Fisher, 1081 Vermont Street, will be held in Tonganoxie tomorrow at 2 pm. Burial will be at Tonganoxie. Also notes Dorsey Post American Legion to meet at 8 pm at Post Room, 1005 Massachusetts Street.
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T. S. Roberts
George Fisher
Vermont Street
Tonganoxie
Dorsey
Eli. Ferrel Dorsey
American Legion
Fooma
Massachusetts Street
Double hanging of farmer and infant shocks Kansas town
Albert Langley, 89, a farmer near Osborne Kansas, killed himself and his nine month old child in a double hanging at his farm home. Coroner J W Cross said Langley tied the nooses and swung both from a rafter between 2 and 4 pm Sunday. The incident followed concerns over domestic and financial affairs.
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Osborne
Kan
Albert Langley
Here
J. W
Cross
Langley
Tribute to Clingman by Douglas County Bar Association
Members of the Douglas County Bar Association gathered at the courthouse to honor the recently deceased Ord Clingman who practiced law in the county for thirty years. The memorial praises his integrity, humor, loyalty, and exemplary professional conduct and requests publication in the court journal.
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Court House
Ord Clingman
Congman
J. H. Mitchell
Walter G. Thiele
Bar Association
Haugh Means
District Court
Clingman
Means
Onl Clngman
Touglas County
Dar
Lawrence
Kan
Tak Tarr
Tsq
Dough County
Cousins
Cours
Vocations Highlight Rotary Club Talks on Local Commerce
The Rotary Club program featured two vocational talks byHovey Hanna of Hannas Radio Store detailing dealer challenges in sales and service Wayne McCdy of the Southern Bell Telephone Company outlining expansion plans and recent growth figures.
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Rotary Club
Hovey Hanna
Hanna
Wayne McCdy
Saiteestern Bell Telephone Company
McCoy
Bremen to French ports direct freight line planned
Bremen announces direct regular freight services to Dunkirk Havre and Bordeaux starting in January as Roland Line strengthens Franco German shipping ties. Connections to other regions to follow.
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Bremen
France
Germany
Roland Line
Dunkirk
Havre
Bordeaux
February Weather Shows Slippery Warmup Then Storms
A weather note reports snow to the north and west should push south winds and sunshine for days to ease the cold, with a rising temperature up to the 12th and then warmer between the 12th and 26th, temperatures fluctuating 28 to 43 above zero. Forecast unsettled around the 6th and 18th with a possible strong late-month storm, generally brief if one breaks through. Kansas leads field in horseshoes tournament in St Petersburg after four rounds. United Spanish War Veterans event planned at G A R room in courthouse at 8 o clock Thursday evening.
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Joseph A. Wahl
Court House
Probe death of a Chicago woman explored by investigators
Chicago authorities probe the death of Mrs Selma Burnham last week with drills and explosives opened a large safe at Burnham Gum Vending Machine Co Inquiries aim to light whether undue influence or a slot machine ring played a role Authorities hint at potential exhumation of Sanford Burnham and seek evidence in probate court hearings while Dr Frank L Brown testifies about her condition and statements she reportedly made. Many delegates arrive in Houston for the southern agricultural workers convention and extension program’s silver anniversary.
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Chicago
Selma/ Burnham
Burnham Gum Vending Machine Company
John A. Swanson
Frank L. Brown
Dr. Brown
Burnham
Riley
Tr. Brown
Edward Riley
Houston
Legislative notes Topeka tax bills and county measures
Topeka Feb 5 The House considered a tax bill on college fraternities and sororities. Other measures include tax refunds on national banks, county bonds, a poor fund levy, and jail courthouse funding. A separate school proposal targets segregated schools for white and colored pupils. Senate actions cover jurors fees and Fort Hays reservation plans.
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House Judiciary Comptes Today
Garvin
Neosho
Self-Conscious Chicago Gunmen Choose Quiet Loop for Robbery
In Chicago on Feb 5 two men overwhelmed messenger Earl Penny near Madison and Wabash. They carried $900 from him after steering him to a quiet fifth floor washroom over at Van Buren and Wells. They believed the Loop would be too crowded for a quick crime.
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Chicago
Loop
Earl Penny
Denny
Madison and
Wabash Avenues
van Buren
Wells Street
Ottawa Couple Gifts Land and Seed Money for County Hospital
In Ottawa Kansas on February 5, Mgr and Mrs A L Cook announced a gift of 5 cash and a tract of land valued at 5000 for a new county hospital. The donation is conditional on raising about 50000 by citizens to build and equip the facility, with the chamber of commerce leading the fundraising effort. The land spans one and a half acres at the south end of Main Street and was given in trust for the late Cant J H Ransom, a prominent road contractor and former state legislator.
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Ottawa
Kansa
Mgr
A.L. Cook
Chamber ‘of
Rommerce
Cook
Stats
Cant
J. H. Ransom
Ransom & Cal Cantain Ransom
Solons to Meet Attack Over Lawful Salaries Suit
Oklahoma City reports House members prepared to seek a court injunction to restrain salaries for new employees while investigative committees continue gathering testimony on many government departments. The chamber planned a conference to let its clerk obey a subpoena in a reconfiscation case tied to Grant. The Cross matter and impeachment articles loom as Henry Johnston faces pending impeachment.
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Oklahoma City
House of Representatives
House
Peasins
Grant
Aio
Henry Johnston
Grovernor
Britain plans gesture by postponing arms program
Reports that Great Britain would postpone construction of two armaments projects this year as a gesture in response to the United States naval program circulated. No official confirmation was obtained. A Parliamentary correspondent noted tensions between the Admiralty and the Treasury, with other ministries possibly mediating. The treasury reportedly favored postponement of the armament program.
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Evening Standard
Admiralty
Treasurer Department
Treasury
Detroit Capitalist William Murphy Dies at 72
Detroit capital ist and patron of WE music William Herbert Murphy died suddenly at his home in Detroit. He was 72 and founder president of the Detroit Symphony Society, an early backer of Henry Ford, and a founder of the Cadillac Motor Company.
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Detroit
Jan
William Herbert Murphy
WE Music
Mr. Murphy
Detroit Symphony Society
Henry Ford
Cadillac Motor Company
Adding machine fits vest pocket for quick tallying
A 4 ounce adding machine by C M Cleary of Chicago fits a vest pocket and handles long columns of figures. It claims to count to a billion, clear instantly, be absolutely accurate, and sell for 2.95. The inventor seeks agents with a free offer to earn commissions.
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C. ML. Cleary
Madison St
Chicago
Feminist Leader of India to Speak at University Friday
Madame Sarojini Naidu the first woman president of the National Congress of India will visit Lawrence Friday February 8 under university auspices and give two talks. At 10 am she speaks on The Modern Indian Renaissance to an all university convocation and at 8 pm in Fraser Theater on The Mystic Skinner An Intimate Study of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Sarojini Naidu
Mahatma Ghandi
Lawrence
Madame Naidu
Fraser Theater
Mahatma
Madamedu
Madras University
King's College
London
India
Woltam
Tnelia
Haveno
Bombay
Mional Indian Congress
Congress
Madame Noite
America
Ati Ned
Ine O
Naidy
Rural Society of Literature of England
Dame Naidu
Japan
Giant telescope to use new fixed universal mirrors
Prof George Willis Ritchey, noted astronomer photographer, outlines a plan for a giant telescope called the Fixed Universal. The cellular mirrors, lighter and sectioned, resist temperature changes and bubbles, enabling new star photography. Dome and telescope cost projected at 10 to 15 million dollars, with five observatories to be built starting near Flagstaff Arizona.
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Yerkes
Mit
United States
Ritchey
Ritchie
Flagstaff
Ariz
Sargon Health Claim by Mrs Paustian in Kansas City Ad
Mrs Tillie Paustian of 2423 Thompson St Kansas City Missouri swears the Sargon treatment cured ten years of illness. She reports relief from severe pains constipation headaches and indigestion and says the pills helped sleep and nerves. The ad notes the medicine is available at Round Corner Drug stores in Lawrence.
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Tillie Paustian
Thompson St
Kansas City, Mo
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