Road funds deadlock hits Topeka legislature
In Topeka on February 6, lawmakers remained deadlocked over highway funding. The Senate rejected an Archer amendment to devote 50 percent of the highway fund to county and township needs, opposing a House approval. Debates also halted a plan to split funds by taxes paid, and a major bid to empower county commissioners to issue bonds for road construction was struck down. The House moved to sever the state highway commission from county and township road oversight, while endorsing a 60-50 revenue split between state and local road systems. Other measures failed or were rejected as members argued over reimbursement provisions and funding allocations for counties and the state highway program.
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Topeka
Senate
Sen
Archer
Baker
Harris, Gray, Carlson
Rpiner
Scott
Senate Committee of
Bradney
Senate ‘Committee
High Teem
Ne ‘Pfouts
House
Highway Commission
Grant Waggoner
Cherokee County
Reed
Rep
McKone
Leavenworth
Carpenter
Mavion
State Highway Commission
Mack
Harvey
Morse
Linn
Cold Wave Blasts Kansas From Nebraska Snowbound Regions
A blizzard from Nebraska hits northwest Kansas with strong north winds and rising snowfall. Colby reports 2 degrees above zero with drifting snow, Hays shows 2 inches, La Crosse 4 inches, Hoisington and nearby areas record snow as temperatures fall. Salina sees steady snowfall and ground cover.
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Salina
Kans
Nebraska
Kana
Colby
Hays
Laigrosse
Hoisington
Inchan
Salinas
Two Men Held After Car Theft Arrest in Lawrence
Fred Harding alias Fred Price and Everett Bryant were arrested in Lawrence on a car radiator theft charge. Police chief Will Johns and five officers turned them over to Douglas County authorities. Also in Augusta Georgia two dogs died oddly the same day one due to gas asphyxiation from tail wagging the other from a broken neck after a child dropped him.
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Fred ‘Harding
Fred. Price
Everett Bryant
Lawrence
T. H. White
Ohio
Douglas County
Will Johns
Augusta
University Back To School In Busy Enrollment Rush
Students swarm Robinson gymnasium as enrollment for the new term begins. Registrar George O. Foster reports 234 new undergraduates registered, total now 4,336, with classes starting tomorrow and regular sessions resuming soon. Meanwhile in Manila, Stimson announces he will leave the Philippines for a new duty, fueling speculation on his successor and indicating possible changes in the administration.
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Robinson Gymnasium
George O. Foster
Foster
Officer to Oklahoma for Trial of Youth in Lawrence Case
George C. Reed travels to Claremore Oklahoma to fetch a 22 year old youth wanted for stealing an automobile and accessories from Callaway Motor Company. Requisition papers from Governor Ben S Paul and writ of habeas corpus are involved as trial is set for tomorrow with George Melvin aiding the state in Claremore.
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George .C. Reed
Claremore
Okla
Lawrences
Bond
Callaway Motor Company
Kansas
Ben. S. Paul
Johnston
Oklahoma
Reed
Melvin
Weather and roads in Kansas forecast
Unsettled tonight and Thursday with probable snow in southern areas and northern portions. Colder tonight with a moderate cold wave in the east and north. Thursday will be less cold, with afternoons in the northwest milder. Snow reported in Hutchinson. other areas cloudy with varying road conditions from good to snow covered. Cities mentioned include Arkansas City Dodge City Hutchinson Salina Wichita Coffeyville Emporia Ottawa Topeka Pittsburg Douglas County rough roads. Temperatures around 30 degrees yesterday. Barbecue sandwiches and local ads noted.
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Kansas
North
Hutchinson
Arkansas City
Dodge City
Salina
Wichita
Coffeyville
Emporia
Ottawa
Pittsburg
Douglas
Stimson Could Be Appointed Secretary of State
Washington February 6 AP speculation centers on Henry L Stimson possibly being named secretary of state. Stimson, a lawyer born in 1867, has served as district attorney in New York, special government counsel in sugar rebate cases, and secretary of war under Taft. He later acted as Coolidge envoy in Nicaragua and was named governor general of the Philippines after Leonard Wood’s death.
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Manila
Henry L. Stimson
United States
Philippines
Hoover
Stimson
Philiippines
Leonard Wood
Provernor
Eugene A. Gilmore
Carmi A. Thompson
Cleveand
Ohio
Coolidge
Newton W. Gilbert
New York City
Islands
Manila Times
Thompson
Gilmor
Washington
New York
Southern
Taft
Nicaragua
President Coolidge
Adolpha Diaz
Juan Sacasa
Farmer Sues Over Rock Blasting Damages on Highway
Ray E. Price of Baldwin filed a damage suit in district court against Dobson and Robinson Construction Co. for $1,500 alleging improper blasting on a concrete slab project on U S highway 73 W south from Lawrence to the county line. He says blasting shook his farm home and caused plaster failure and other damage.
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Ray E. Price
Baldwin
Dobson
Robinson Construction Company
Lawrence
Price
Omaha
Prohibition Repeal Action Reported By State Senate
Boston Feb 6 AP State Senate adopts a resolution urging Congress to act on repealing national prohibition by amending the constitution. The report mentions Atwater Kent Radio and Hanna- Lady in connection with the brief notice.
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Boston
Congress
United States
State Senate
Atwater-Kent Radio
Hanna
iAdy
Red Cross campaigns raises seven hundred sixty six
Red Cross report by W B Dalton shows 1726.27 in roll call receipts at the Douglas county chapter annual meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. Enrollment cost 56.54, half of each full membership goes to the national organization, leaving over 1100 for county work. Directors elected include R C Ogden, Mrs Gertrude Head, Ch E Beeks, Mrs James Taylor, and others. Reports cover disaster relief, clothing and Christmas bags for soldiers, first aid work, and county health nursing. Officers to be elected later.
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W. B. Dalton
Douglas County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Ross
Eudora
R. C. Ogden
Lecompton
Gertrude Head
Baldwin—Chas
E. Beeks
James Taylor
Lawrence—Ed Anderson
Geo. M. Beal
F. J. Boyles
Madge Bullene
Emily Ferris
Alfred Grey
Kenneth M. Landes
Florence &. Sherbon
J. 5. Stover
J. F. Watts
Lewis
Florida
L. N. Lewis
Honolulu
Herbert Allphin
Mary McAuliffe
T. J. Sweeney
Paris Louvre Opens Odd School for Curators
In Paris the Louvre hosts a 48 year old institution teaching museum curators. About 800 students attend, many Americans, as Henri Verne leads a staff of archaeology and art experts each an authority on a different antiquity.
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Paris
Louvre Museum
Henri Verne
Louvre
Paris Car Census Triggers War Time Vehicle Requisition
The French army is census ing all automobiles and trucks for possible requisition during war. The price cap stands at about half the vehicle value, set by car age. Residents protest the formality, but noncompliance can incur fines from 2 to 200 dollars for submitting car descriptions in January.
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Paris
France
Boris Is a Collector in Sofia Bulgaria
King Boris maintains one of the world’s finest entomological collections with 40 000 butterfly and moth specimens. He has 3 600 Bulgarian butterfly varieties, plus numerous European and tropical specimens. Friends abroad have sent rare butterflies and insects to the monarch. Michael B. Ellis, a World War I sergeant, earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for ten machine guns in four raids and now works as an insurance salesman in Chicago.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris
Sovemen
Bulearia
Chicago
Michael B. Ellis
Submarine Escape Device Proves Safe at Sea Depths
Aboard the Mallard off Key West Florida on February 6 AP reports tests show the safety device lets men escape from an undersea craft at depth with no aid. Experiments at 40 feet and 76 feet demonstrated successful surface exits from the sunken vessel.
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U. S
Key West
Fld
Merchant Is Dead Three Children Survive
Lawrence veteran merchant Martin J. Skofstad died at his home on Alabama street after months of ill health. Survived by daughter Lottie and sons Osear Ernest Skofstad all of Lawrence, plus grandson Frank Skofstad Jr. Previously married to Julia Natesta in 1871, he was eighty six or eighty seven, born 1842 in Norway. Skofstad’s equipped Lawrence for nearly fifty years with his clothing store on Massachusetts street, later founding Skofstad’s business in 1886. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Martin J. Skofstad
Lawrence
Alabama Street
Mr. Skofstad
Massachusetts Street
Lottie Skofstad
Osear Skofstad
Ernest Skofatal
Frank Skofstad
Skofstad
Norway
Radge County
Wis
Beloit College
Wisconsin
Business College
Chicago
Wisconsin Scandinavian
Albert Skofstad
Oak Hill
Karas
Kansas
Jacob House
Julia ,Natesta
Pos
Half Have Car Tags In Douglas County In 1929
In Douglas County mobile owners have purchased about half of their 1929 license tags. By yesterday afternoon 3,936 licenses had been applied for since January 1. Officials estimate total county automobiles at eight thousand and note tag applications run about 150 daily. Some days exceed 200. others under 100. Treasurer Metsker urged tag applications in coming days. Comparable applications to last year were noted at the same stage.
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Douglas County
Metsker
Gas Tax Returns in Topeka February 64
January gasoline tax receipts statewide totaled 422243.97 dollars, reported by state oil inspector Seth G Wells. Since a two cent per gallon levy began May 1, 1925, total collections reach 18440083.82. Sedgwick County led with 24384.20, Wichita County had 236.16, and Douglas County 5871 with other counties listed.
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Topeka
Seth .G. Wells
Sedgwick
Wichita County
Douglas County
Douglas
Franklin
Johnson
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Shawnee
Lawrence Max Promoted in Tulsa Branch Office
Lawrence friends learn that J. Leland Benson son of Mr and Mrs J A Benson of Lawrence has been placed in charge of the new Tulsa branch office of architect John Duncan Forsyth of Ponca City Okla Forsyth designed the $2,000,000 home for E W Marland of Ponca City Benson earned the first architecture degree from the University school of engineering and architecture and specializes in house design Mrs Benson formerly Verdilla Gaumer of Lawrence is also a University graduate.
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Lawrence
J. Leland Benson
J. A. Benson
Tulsa
Okla
John Duncan Forsyth
Ponca City
Forsyth
E. W. Marland
Benson
Free State Hotel Claim to Be Heard
Federal hearing on the University of Kansas claim for 21000 arising from the destruction of the Emigrant Aid Hotel in Lawrence May 21 1856. Chancellor Lindley and Prof. Olin Templin present as representatives of KU Endowment. National interest noted via New York Tribune coverage and varying proslavery abolitionist perspectives.
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Kansas
Lawrence
St. Louis
Eldridge
Congress
New York Tribune
University of Kansas
United States
Emigrant Aid
Washington
Claims Committee of Congress
Emigrant Aid Society
Olin Templin
The
Tribune
Pierce
the Tribune
AMN
U. S
Pope Pius XI anniversary observed at Vatican
Rome February 6 Pope Pius XI marked the seventh anniversary of his election to the throne of St Peter with a ceremony at the Vatican attended by church officials and dignitaries.
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Rome
Pius XI
St. Peter
Vatican
New Airplane Cowling Boosts Transcontinental Flight Speed
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics credited its cowling with adding 20 miles per hour to Captain Hawks and Oscar E. Grubb's record flight from Langley Field to New York. Lockheed Aircraft Corp. of Burbank, builders of the Hawk plane, reported the device reduced engine resistance and sped the aircraft during extended flight. Officials see the test as signaling revolutionary industry developments.
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Washington
National Committee For Aeronautics
Hawks
Oscar E. Grubb
New York
Hawk
Langley Field
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Burbank
California
National Aeronautic Association
Lawrence Chamber rejects tax on tobacco and cosmetics
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce board condemned the proposed excise tax on tobacco and cosmetics at noon. It also denounced bills 147 and 158 authorizing prison labor use in state facilities and construction. The board opposed immediate tax system revision and appointed a committee to review the school code.
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Lawrence Merchants’ Bureau
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
State Board of Administration
W. W. Curfman
Lawrence Public Schools
George C. Shaad
Kansas
F. Brien
Faas
New Scores Testimony Sparks Postmaster Feud
Washington Feb 6 AP Postmaster General New says in a letter to Senate Post Office Chair Moses that Anselm P Russel testimony claiming removal as mail carrier in Mage Miss was untrue New asserts he was kept on for months beyond removal and that his case intersects with the bribery probe involving W Perry W Howard tied to a Mississippi Republican national committeeman.
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Washington
New
Moses
Senate Post Office Committee
Anselm P. Russel
Magne
Miss
W. Perry W. Howard
Mississippi
Nationasre
Mystery Man Still Rumored Across Europe
Reports place Leon Trotsky in several distant cities including Constantinople and Alma Ata while Moscow officials deny the sightings. Dispatches hint at a possible exile ultimatum and exile arrangements as authorities keep troversy over his status unsettled.
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Maters
Leon Trotzky
Constantinople
Black Sea
Moscow
Alma Aata
Berlin
Kovno
Lithuania
Attorneys in Tilt in Forgery Trial
George K. Melvin former county attorney and Harry Frazee current county attorney led opposing sides in a district court forgery trial for Dave Bradley 19 accused of forging two checks Emil Hetk and Clarence Hoover names. Bradley's brother John Bradley 39 pleaded guilty to two counts and testified, while Melvin questioned witnesses and the jury selection stretched the session. A second note mentions Mrs Lucille Ruby of Kansas City facing a bad checks charge with a February trial date set.
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George K. Melvin
Harry Frazee
Dave Bradley
Melvin
Bradley
Young Bradley
Emil Hetk
Clarence Hoover
Joh Bradley
Dave
A. Ry
Minu Care
Thoreness
Frazee
Johar Read
John Bradley
Bradiey
Missouri State Penitentiary
Malvin
Lelvin
Luci Ruby
Kansas City
College Inn
Fourteenth’ Stree. In
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