Arbitration Pact Signed Between US and France
Washington reports a new arbitration treaty between the United States and France signed by Under Secretary Robert E. Olds and Ambassador Paul Claudel. The pact supersedes the Root treaty, becomes effective after ratification, and focuses on arbitration of disputes not involving domestic matters or third nations. It marks a shift from earlier terms and aims to strengthen peacekeeping machinery.
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Washington
France
Robert E. Olds
United States
Paul Claudel
senate committee_on foreign relations
Paris
Paris Marks 150th Anniversary of 1778 Franco American Treaty
Paris papers celebrate the 150th anniversary of the 1778 treaty of friendship and peace between France and America. They feature prints of the original document, portraits of Louis XVI Franklin and others, and notes on U S ambassador Herrick’s luncheon hosted by Foreign Minister Briand. Cabinet absences and diplomatic presence are noted, including Grignon and Berthelot.
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Paris
France
America
American State Department
Louis XVI
Benjamin 'Franklin
Briand
Myron T. Herrick
Hono Cr
Mm., Brathon
Painleve
Poincare
M. Grignon
Philippe Berthelot
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
George A. Gordon
Men adrift on Lake Erie ice floe amid search efforts
The Lake Erie rescue effort sought ten fishermen reported adrift on an ice floe. Canadian shore air reconnaissance and a Buffalo airport plan were considered as authorities, including Nathaniel Duffy and Captain Paul Forner, scoured the lake in near zero wind with reports of missing mariners. A separate mine riot near California, Pennsylvania left three injured and a woman hurt.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Government Marine Service
Lake Erie
Ant Theuffalo
Nathaniel Duffy
Mto
Paul Forner
Coast
Sce
Kansas Forecast Notes Mixed Weather Across Counties
Readable lines indicate cloudy conditions in Wichita with rain elsewhere. East portions may see rain and snow tonight with cooler temperatures. Tuesday looks fair in Hutchinson Salina Arkansas City. Roads muddy or slippery outside Wichita, Douglas County reports muddy roads.
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Kansas
Hutchinson
Salina
Arkansas City
Wichita
Douglas County
Beauty Queen Parade Cancelled by Jayhawker Officials
Twenty eight Jayhawker beauty queens planned to perform during a delayed Open Range showing at Bowersock Theatre but the event was cancelled after a conference among Miss Elizabeth Megular theater owners Glen Dickinson and manager Frank Barnes. Miss Megular opposed the plan and the girls stated they would not appear at any gathering. The Jayhawker editor and business manager said the publication did not intend to capitalize on the beauty section and the editorial accompanying the Kansan mischaracterized the move.
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Bowersock Theatre
Zane Grey
Elizabeth Megular
Megular
Glen W. Dickinson
Frank Barnes
Queens
John Fonter
The
Jayhawker
Clarence Munns
C P A to Meet on Community Safety and Chicken Theft
Midland G P A officers announced a special Wednesday night meeting in Midland to discuss increasing community protections against chicken thefts and other depredations. A Friday incident saw a posse fire on two fleeing youths leaving a Ford and thirteen chickens. the owner is unknown. The suspects, from a tenant house family, fled, taking most furniture and belongings as their departure was hurried.
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Midland G. P. A
Midland
Kresge Guilty of Infidelity to Wife
New York AP report says Sebastian B. Kresge wealthy store operator found guilty of infidelity in a divorce action brought by Mrs. Kresge Justice Tierney presided. Evidence showed Kresge with Miss Gladys Adelle Fish of Natick Mass at a Manhattan apartment April 11. Miss Fish called “The Princess” by associates. Kresge had married Mrs. Kresge in 1924 after prior marriages. Kresge had earlier divorced his first wife in 1924 and a pre-marital stock agreement with a $7 million value was later settled out of court.
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New York
Sebastian
Mabel Doris Mercer
Geo. As Mercer
Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie
Krege
Percival D. Harden
Syracuse
Kresge
Ps Faroc
ORE Seeer
One Killed in Road Accident Near Al Dorado Kansas
A car carrying Dewey Clark and Homer J. Henderson overturned on the highway ten miles northwest of Howard late yesterday killing Clark, aged 28, and seriously injuring Henderson, 32. In a separate note, Sir Harry Lauder presented six thousand seven hundred fifty dollars to the Provost of Edinburgh to endow pensions for aged citizens.
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Dorado
Kas
Dewey
Clark
Homer J. Henderson
Independence
Howard
Harry Lauder
Provost of
Edinburgh
Naval race warned as worst outcome by British official
Washington notes that C D Burney, a member of Britain's naval affairs committee, called a U S Britain naval build up the worst possible outcome in a casual chat with members of the horse naval committee. Representative Britten introduced Burney and Chairman Butler noted England showed no concern over the plan to fund 740 million dollars for new warship construction.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
C.D. Burney
Naval Affairs Committee
Horse Naval Committee
Burney
Britten
Illinois
Butler
America
KU Registration Surges As Fee Deadline Nears
University of Kansas reports 309 new students registered for the second semester, totaling 4 459 for the year. Graduates not yet counted. Fee payment due by 5 pm February 9 with no fine, five extra days to February 15 with a fine, after which enrollment will be cancelled.
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University of Kansas
Karl
Klogz
Kurgar
Ieach
Es St
Weeklong Religions Week Opens With Niebuhr Talk
At the hill campus a week of religious events begins with Rev. Reinhold Niebuhr as the keynote speaker. Classes are shortened to allow student attendance as Niebuhr discusses liberal religious questions facing the nation. An open forum follows the morning address, plus a 7:30 p.m. Wednesday session with sacred music beforehand.
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Reinhold
Niebuhr
Debrail
Centraleachecoration Auditorium
Four Thousand Hotel Rooms for GOP Convention
Four thousand hotel rooms in downtown Kansas City will be set aside for the Republican national convention in June. James A Ketner heads the local housing sub committee and will travel to Washington with Loury Holland to finalize room allocations for national committee members delegates and press staff. Butler denies reports of housing dissatisfaction and says preparations are complete.
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Kansas City
National
Washington
James A. Ketner
Ketner
Loury Holland
National Committee
Boston
Covention
Illiam M. Butler
National Républican Committee
Arran
Es Dental
Trail Dim in Continental Deal at Senate Teapot Dome Hearing
Washington reports two additional witnesses examined by the Senate Teapot Dome committee in a futile bid to illuminate the Continental Oil deal. Senator Walsh described it as fraught with suspicion, while questions centered on profits and bonds tied to Albert Fall and the Continental Trading Oil Co. Phillips testified he knew nothing about the bonds as Stewart faced contempt risks and a habeas corpus hearing loomed for tomorrow.
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Washington
Walsh
Montana
George W. Wickersnam
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Albert B. Fall
Liberty
Continental Trading Company
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Sheldon Clark
Chicago
Sinclair Refining Company
HH. L. Philips
Culsa
Okla
Sinclair Is
Standard of Indiana
Sinclair
Continental
Stewart
Abe Continental Trading Oil Company
Phillips
Ranier Stewart
Ohio Supporters Invite Hoover candidacy in Ohio meeting
Ohio supporters formed the first formal step for Secretary Herbert Hoover to seek the Republican presidential nomination. They oppose Senator Frank B. Willis’s bid for Ohio’s delegation. Thad H. Brown, ex Ohio secretary of state, and Robert A Taft, ex House majority leader, convened Ohio friends to address Hoover as a candidate.
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Columbus
Herbert Hoover
Ohio
Frank B. Willis
Thad H. Brown
Robert A Taft
House of Representatives
Owver
Ohi
Essays Being Judged at Liberty Memorial High
Essays in the contest sponsored by the Women’s Corps and led by Miss Clara Marie Gapon, English instructor at Liberty Memorial High School, are being read and judged. Prizes will be awarded at the high school assembly on Friday, February 17.
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Wome
el Corps
Clara Marie Gapon
Lyberty Aemoria
Pan American talks shadowed by intervention debate
At Havana on February 6 the Pan American conference heated over the right of one nation to intervene in another s affairs. Delegates criticized Maurtua of Peru s report on state independence and noninterference, while the Rio Janeiro jurists report drew support for non intervention. The US delegation remained hopeful of a final agreement though others warned of uncertain outcomes. Also at Wittington a senate panel recommended approval of nominations Caldwell Pickard and Lafount to the radio commission.
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Havana
Atick
Charles Evans Ashes
United States
Victor Maurtua
Peru
Maurtua
Rio Janeiro
Mauritia
Argentina
Mexico
Guatemala
Salvator
Santo Domingo
Anduras
Colombi
Uruguay
Wittington
New York
Sam Pickard
Manhattan
Kansas
Harold Lafount J
Salt Lake City
Radio Commission
Senate Inter-State Commerce Committee
Quake in Philippines Strikes Mindanao No Casualties Reported
Manila reports a severe two minute earthquake in Davao province Mindanao island Philippines. No casualties or damage were received by nightfall. Davao province houses about 120000 people predominantly Moros in a rugged mountainous region near the sea.
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Philippines
Mindanao
Manila
Davao
Philippine Archipelago
Tests Prove Hickman Sane in Sanity Trial
In Los Angeles on February 6 AP reports alienists declaring William Edward Hickman sane, citing his statements about the Marian Parker case as proof of right and wrong discernment. Doctors discuss self defense, divine guidance, and the insanity predisposition of his family.
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Los Angeles
William
Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Victor Parkin
Hickman
Parkin
A.L. Skoog
Kansas City
Frank Mikels
Hollywood
Paul Bowers
William Edward Hickman
Herman Schorr
Department of Mental and Nervous Diseases
Schorr
Dale Budiong
Budlong
Hick
Hargiss Speaks at Friday Banquet for Boy Scouts
Coach-elect W H Hargiss will attend the annual father and son banquet at the Methodist church Friday night organized by Lawrence Boy Scouts. RB Childs is coordinating a program of interest to scouts and their fathers with tickets sold by troop members. A birds house contest closes Wednesday with awards announced at the dinner. nearly 300 men and boys attended last year and more are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hargiss
Methodist Church
Lawrence Boy Scouts
Lowman
Fregtnanter
RB. Childs
Neat
Beants
Eye of Boys
Btu
George
Anael
Xerne
Semon Says He is Broke in Los Angeles Speech
Los Angeles February 6 AP reports film comedian Larry Semon told Referee N L Mulville in municipal court that he is in debt eighty thousand dollars and has no assets. Semon blamed heavy costs from motion pictura ventures for his financial condition.
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Semon
Los Angeles
Larry Sémon
N. L Mulville
Motion
Pictura Ventures
Foggy conditions disrupt Kansas City air mail route
Dense fog and rain hamper the Chicago to Dallas air mail line today causing delays on the air service. Weather snarls disrupts the Kansan City area flight schedule and operations.
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Kansas City
Dallas
February jury to meet on Tuesday docket review in Douglas County
The February term of Douglas County District Court opened at 9 05 am with three criminal cases on the docket. Gordon Babe Strode and Avelie Satin Top Level, both Lawrence blacks, are set for Tuesday. Melvin Hill of Lawrence for grand larceny is scheduled for Wednesday. Strode faces assault with intent to kill. Leger, a persistent violator, has prior penitentiary time. Six cases were dismissed at the morning motion. Civil jurors report Tuesday at 9 am after a noon surge of parolees and a courtroom brief scare.
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Melvin Hill
Lawrence
Strode
John Callahan
Leger
Hill
Browning Sand Company
Hugh Means
George K. Melvin
William Haas
Archie Level
Floyd Davis
John Cain
Huckleberry
Carol Turley
Lester
Fisher
Amos
Wills
Hugh Meana
Earl Cheney
Means
Douglas County
Lawrence men present at Kansas teachers’ meeting in Topeka
Several Lawrence educators joined national chemistry and physics teachers at the fourth annual Kansas Association of Chemistry Physics and General Science Teachers meeting in Topeka last Saturday. Presentations covered dynamic teaching, quantum theory, radiated energy, and heat and light instruction.
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Lawrence
Kansas “Association of Chemistry
Topeka
Fl A. Riedel
Aread ‘Training New School
J. A. Yates
Pittsburg Teachers
Kulti
C.V. Kent
of. K. U
Robert FE. Wood
Liberty Memorial High School
Regular Attendance at Chorus Is Asked
Final exams and midterm breaks have disrupted chorus practice for three weeks. Rehearsals move to tonight in the high school auditorium with further sessions planned next Monday. Dean D M Swarthout urges every ebib rus member to attend to ensure the best program for the music festival.
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Ebibrus
Dean’ Swarthout
Sunday Golfers Routed by Lightning at Salina Club
Lightning struck the country club course here routing Sunday golfers. A dozen players felt bolts hit a high tension line, with some saying it felt like a club to the head. Clothing spots burned and minor burns on hands and legs occurred as lightning appeared to jump to steel club shafts amid rain and hail.
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Salina
Rus
Plans for county rural school scholarship contest set for spring
Douglas County Teachers association met in the Lawrence Memorial high school music room. The program included a talk by Paul Witty on Abnormal or Extra-bright Child and musical selections by students from Lakeview Roscoe and the University. The seventh annual brain tourney will be March 10 in Lawrence, with two entrants per room unless a prior first prize winner exists. Entries close March 1. tests in spelling arithmetic writing and silent reading will be held.
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Paul Witty
Douglas County Teachers Association
Lawrence Memorial High School
Betty Farley
Lakeview
Amorette Gabriel
Roscoe School
Hilda Gerstenberger
Roscoe
Melvin E. Geist
University
Sohrt Moore
Haskell Institute
Teachers Association
Lawrence
D. Vane
Lincoln
Bettisburg
Lucille McCreath
Arlie L. Swendey
Winifred Stevens
Poultry Short Course Seeks Larger Enrollment
A poultry short course will be held in the Chamber of Commerce building from February 13 to 15. Sessions run 1 to 5 p.m. daily and the program offers free admission to anyone interested in poultry husbandry. L. N. Harris of Kansas State Agricultural College will direct, addressing poultry problems, with support from the Kaw Valley Poultry Improvement Association and funding from the State Board of Vocational Education. Interested individuals should contact Mr. Essick or A. Gilkison, county agent.
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Chamber of Commerce
William iKssick
Fire at Weyer Muller Pool Hall prompts quick response
Firefighters were called to Weyer Muller Pool Hall Sunday noon after a short circuit sparked by an electric cigarette lighter left flames several feet high. George Grigsby climbed in with a ladder to help access the transom door and Chief Reinisch knocked out the fire with one blast. Minor damage was a broken transom glass. Earlier, a chimney fire at 1646 Massachusetts Street was extinguished with slight damage.
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Eyermuller Pool
George
Grigsby
William Reinisch
L. F. Smith
Massachusetts Street
Anderson to speak at Chamber luncheon on farmers plight
J W Anderson, president of the Douglas County Farmers Union, will address the Chamber of Commerce weekly luncheon tomorrow on The Farmer's Plight With Respect to His Hog Market. Chamber officials urge 21 attendance and ask members to bring a farmer friend as a guest. Also notes Dieudonna Costes and Joseph Lelimientfiers leaving New Orleans en route to New York.
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J. W. Anderson
Douglas County Farmers’ Union
Chamber of Commerce
Neon Andi
Lawrence High School agriculture projects yield record profit in 1927
A Lawrence High School vocational agriculture report shows net profits of 4029.84 earned by students in 1927 from four projects potato hog wheat and corn. Meairs led with a heavy litter hog project producing 8102 pounds. Average per pupil profits varied from 65.26 to 147.7 with yields of 188.4 bushels per acre for potatoes and 56.3 bushels per acre for corn.
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Lawrence High School
William R. Essick
Lawrence
William Meairs
Meairs
Kaw Valley
Kansas
Doulas
Beggar's Opera a Baldwin This Week
Baldwin residents look forward to the Beggar's Opera at Centenary hall on Tuesday evening. The enduring musical has delighted audiences since its 1728 debut and has traveled widely in revival, with 33 cast members in this Baldwin presentation marking a coast-to-coast tour for the 200th anniversary of the first performance. The report also notes weather in Phillipsburg and a bank closure in Miami.
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Ty Theatre
London
Muchau Press
Avi
Baldwin
Speonle
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Jake Lane
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