Rescue Efforts Continue for Floyd Collins as Shaft Reaches Near
Floyd Collins cave rescue team presses forward at Sand Cave Kentucky with the shaft nearing the nine foot chamber. Officials report tests show the tunnel may lead to Collins as a zero hour is set for Sunday night. Crews swing cribbing on reinforced cables amid rock conditions and delays.
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Gave City
Associated Press
Floyd Collins
Collins
Sand Cave
M. E. S. Posey
State Highway Department
W. J. Fields
Frankfort
Military Board of Inquiry
H. T. Carmichael
Albert Marshall
Ed Brender
Colsing
Weather outlook week starts Monday across central regions
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday covers the Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys with much cloudiness and periodic snow north and snow or rain south. Temperatures run below normal most of the week, with plateau regions seeing frequent snows east and precipitation west of the divide. Kansas remains partly cloudy with little temperature change.
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Washington
Upper
Mississippi
Flower Missouri
Plateau
Divide
Sharper teeth for Kansas anti cigarette law proposed
Topeka February 14 Associated Press a bill by Felton Morris in the Kansas House would declare stores restaurants and other businesses selling cigarettes common nuisances and padlock them under the anti cigarette law. The house heard petitions opposing repeal and more than one hundred petitions were received carrying hundreds of signatures.
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Topeka
Associated Press
Kansas
Felton
Morris
Tree Fells On Auto Injuries To Boh In Near Miss
University student J. W. Boh escaped serious harm when a freshly felled tree toppled across a Ford roadster on New Hampshire street. He suffered a head gash a back injury and ear bruise, taken to University Hospital but recovering by today. Loss estimates from the event and related exhibits total just under two million dollars.
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J. W. Boh
New Hampshire Street
Bob
Henry Tornadon
University Hospital
Havensville
Kans
Bond
Downtown Merchants Short Course Planned for March
The Chamber of Commerce and local Merchants Association Bureau outline a downtown merchants short course to cover salesmanship window decoration and advertising. Plans discussed by C P Radcliffe H J Ingham and G C L Scott with Fred P Mann of Devil’s Lake to speak on modern merchandising at Tuesday’s luncheon.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
C. P. Radcliffe
Merchant's Association Bureau
H. J. Ingham
Jardine Named Secretary of Agriculture in Coolidge Cabinet
State officers in Topeka hailed the appointment of Dr. William J. Jardine as the new secretary of agriculture under President Coolidge. He would be Kansas’ first cabinet member, with prior figure John P. Usher having Lawrence ties but coming from Indiana. The search for Jardine’s successor at the state agricultural college and a new state board of administration were anticipated, with S. D. Farrell and J. T. Willard among likely candidates for the presidency of the college.
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Topeka
Kan
State House
William JM. Jardine
Coolidge
Jardine
Kansas
John P. Usher
Lincoln
Lawrence
Indiana
Doctor Jardine
State Agricultural’ College
Ben S. Paulen
State Board of Administration
S. D. Farrell
J. T. Willard
Willard
Jardine Named for Cabinet Post in Coolidge Admin
Washington and Manhattan Kan February 14 Associated Press William M Jardine president of Kansas State Agricultural College chosen by President Coolidge to be Secretary of Agriculture He will take office after Gore retirement March 4 Kellogg nominated to be Secretary of State Jardine a rugged Western veteran farmer rancher and noted expert in dry farming and wheat and grain sorghums He has long advocated farmers interests and opposed price fixing measures.
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Washington
Associated Press
William M. Jardine
Kansas Agricultural College
Conlidge
Gore
West Virginia
Jardine
Senate
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
London
Hughes
Manhattan
Kas
Willian Mjardine
Kansas State Agricultural College
Presdent Coolidge
McNary-Haugen
Idaho
Big Hale
Montana
Utah
A. C
Utah Agricultural College
United States Department of Agriculture
Henry J. Waters
American Association For the Advancement of Science
National Research Council
Agricultural Commission
American Bankers’ Association
American Society of Agronomy
International Farm Congress
Three Die As New England Flood Strikes Railways Bridges
Three deaths attributed to flood and ice jams across New England in the last two days. Peter Silver died at West Canada New Hampshire while reinforcing a railroad bridge. Carl Hooper, a lumberman, drowned at Biddeford Maine while trying to save logs. Alden Loring, nine, drowned in a flooded brook near Stoneham Massachusetts. Married by Judge Menger Edward L Curtis and Viola Kinnel were married today in Topeka Kansas.
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Boston
New England
Peter Silver
West Canada
N. H
Carl Hooper
Biddeford
Alden Loring
Stoneham
Mass
Menger
Edward L. Curtis
Topeka
Viola Kinnel
Kansas City
Kansas
Hanna
Uniontown residents seek rural carrier jobs at current pay
Sixteen Uniontown residents, taking a postal exam, want rural route carrier posts at present salary rather than the proposed pay raise. Local leaders said about a hundred more would apply if chances appeared. The typical carrier finishes by eleven each day.
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Fort .Scott
Uniontown
Kan
Congress
Eddy Will Speak at University Religious Week
Chancellor Lindley announced religious forces at the University of Kansas will host a Religious Week February 2 to 28 with Sherwood Eddy as speaker. Eddy will address individual problems in a timely uplifting message, reviving a prewar KU event that inspired faculty and students.
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BE. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Hee Eddy
K. U
Lindley
Sherwood Eddy
Eddy
Friends
Will Visit Lawrence Kansas Wheat Girl Vada Watson Here
Miss Vada Watson of Turon Kansas will visit Lawrence after returning from Washington DC where she presented President Coolidge with Kansas wheat. She arrives Monday noon for Rotary luncheon and will tour the University campus with Kathleen O'Donnell Reno County club president Wilbur Starr and Chancellor Lindley to be photographed. A Mortarboard tea follows at four and she will dine Monday evening at Alpha Delta Pi before departing to Topeka.
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Lindley
Mortarboard
Miss Watson
Alpha Delta Pie House
Topeka
Potatoes Train Visit Sparks County Dinner Invitation
Green Brothers invite 200 Douglas County potato growers to a 6 30 pm dinner at the Chamber of Commerce on Thursday in honor of the Kansas State Agricultural College potato train visit. Reservations should be sent to the county farm bureau agent by Wednesday. Afterward extension experts will speak on recent potato production developments. The train arrives on Thursday afternoon and stays until Friday morning.
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Douglas County
Green Brothers
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas State Agricultural College
Farm Bureau
Lawrence
Union Pacific
Willl
Rotary Club to Hear Bullock on Analyzing Our Sales Problem
H B Bullock of Chicago representing A W Shaw Publishing Co will address the Rotary club at the Monday luncheon at Wiedemanns in Watson Kansas on the topic Analyzing Our Sales Problem Vada Watson Wichita wheat girl guest of honor Woody Hocka in charge of Kansas wheat publicity will speak briefly.
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H. B. Bullock
Chicago
A. W. Shaw Publishing Co
Rotary Club
Wiedemann’s
Vada
Watson
Kansas Wheat Girl
Woody Hockaday
Wichita
Kansas Wheat Publicity
Journal World deploys tubular printing press for 30000 papers per hour
Journal-World installs a Duplex Tubular press enabling up to 30 000 sixteen page papers an hour. The new system links stereotyping to a compact plate workflow, reducing toil in the pressroom and speeding daily editions.
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Journal-World
Linotype
Lawback
Associated Press
Henry F. Bechman
Duplex Printing Press Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
Paul Drake
H. A. Ninow
Ninow
Jour-mal-World
County sees record auto licenses in year so far
County treasurer A. E. Huddleston reported 4249 auto licenses issued since January 1 with 532 truck licenses 3688 auto licenses 15 dealers licenses and 14 motorcycle licenses. The total surpasses last year’s figure by about 300, signaling a new record likely.
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A. E. Huddleston
Students to Meet at Methodist Church in Lawrence
Kansas college volunteers gather at the First Methodist church in Lawrence for the twentieth annual Student Volunteer Conference of Kansas. About 200 students attend February 20 to 22 under KU student volunteer direction with sessions, group conferences, and talks by Milton Stauffer Gertrude Swallen Mrs Paul Voescher and Rev Elmer Thompson among others. A banquet and Lawrence sightseeing trip are planned with Boy Scouts and Chamber of Commerce cooperation.
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Kansas
Lawrence
First Methodist Church
University of Kansas
Milton Stauffer
Student Volunteer Movement
Bulletin
Gertrude Swallen
Paul Voescher
Chicago
Congregational Board
Elmer Thompson
India
Baptist Board
Boy Scouts of
Chamber of Commerce
Quakenbush Announces Candidacy for Board of Education
W H Quakenbush longtime Lawrence Business College president announces bid for a seat on the Board of Education in the city primaries. He has been active in Rotary Chamber of Commerce and First Methodist Church while dedicating his life to education and community service.
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Lawrence Business College
Board of Education
Lawrence
Quakenbush
Rotary
Chamber of Commerce
Four Minute Men
First Methodist Church
E. S. Weatherby
Central West
Paroled Prisoner Linville Released From County Jail
Will Linville, jailed in Anderson county for liquor, was released yesterday on parole to F. E. Gordon of Kansas City. He had been sentenced to six months in jail after transfer to the local jail due to the county facility’s condition. A separate report notes Pete Barker on West Fourth Street robbed of about $3 at his home around 8:30 p.m. by a man who demanded a coat at the door, holding a revolver.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Kansas
American Royal Livestock
Captain Crane
Number 16
Crane
Harry Isham
George A.bond
The
Royals
Kansas City Stock Yards Company
Will Linville
Anderson County
F. E. Gordon
Linville
Pete Barker
West Fourth Street
Barker
Chi Omega House To Cost Sixty Thousand Dollars
Chi Omega sorority awarded contracts for a 60,000 dollar three story chapter house at Fourteenth and Michigan End of Campus Drive facing east. Construction to begin within a week and be completed by September 8. Plans call for a Gothic Tudor style 90 by 77 foot building with 120 by 120 foot lot, featuring balconies, Navajo brick, gray stone trim, and a thatched roof effect. The large front wing will have a panoramic city view with walnut paneling and ornamental ceiling. second and third floors hold 24 study rooms and two sleeping porches for 60 girls.
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Chi Omega
Fourteenth and
Michigan
Campus Drive
Wakarusa Valley
J.T.’ Constant
Kennedy Plumbing Co
Graeber Brothers
Helen Dana
Louise Cowdry
Jeannette Strickler
Florine Shoemaker
Marjorie Stauffer
Walter E. Glover
Toveka
Statecraft talk by Dr Oskar Hagen at KU
Dr Oskar Hagen professor of art history at the University of Goettinen is set to give an illustrated lecture in the Chemistry lecture room at the University of Kansas at 430 PM on Tuesday February 17. He will speak on Modern Stage Craft and Its Antecedent inviting literary and dramatic club members. Hagen recently held the Carl Behurz Memorial Professorship at the University of Wisconsin and his sculpture and painting talk proved popular.
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Oskar Hagen
University of Goettinen
University of Kansas
Hagen
Carl Behurz
University of Wisconsin
Pacific Coast
Lawrence
H.C. Thurnau
University
Herbert Jella Is Freed In Bank Robbery Case
Charges of complicity in the Linwood State Bank robbery on October 29 against Herbert Jella were dismissed without prejudice in a preliminary hearing in Leavenworth city court yesterday. No evidence was presented. Jella was arrested January 16 by county officers and taken to Leavenworth for arraignment.
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Linwood State Bank
Herbert Jella
Leavenworth
Jella
Services at Old Folks Home on Birthday of Frances Willard
The Kennard W C T U plans 2:30 PM services at the Old Folks Home 704 Connecticut Street in honor of Francis E Willard with a short speech by Miss Florence Lemon music by Miss Hilda Mathews and Quatie Williams. An invitation is extended to all interested.
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Kennard W. C. T. U
Connecticut Street
Francis E. Willard
Florence Lemon
Hilda Mathews
Quatie Williame
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