Mitchell Renews Opposition to Air Policies Before House Panel
Washington Feb 19 Brig Gen Mitchell testified to the house aircraft committee reaffirming opposition to administration air policies. He denied spreading a report of a White House summons and said he had no idea where it originated. The committee voted to recall Secretary Weeks to question him on national defense against air attack. Mitchell warned Hawaii defenses were obsolete and Japan could seize the Philippines and Hawaii within two weeks.
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Washington
White House
Coolidge
Mitchell
House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Secretary of War
Fot
Air Service
Representative Reid
Republican
Illinois
General Mitchell
Army Air Chief
Weeks
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
Philippines
Hawaii
Drive Laid For Odd Fellows Lodge Fund Campaign
Captains and team workers planning a February dinner meeting at the I O O F hall organized a drive to raise funds for a new lodge hall at Ninth and Vermont streets. The campaign aims to start around March first with about fifty members present as the executive committee outlined plans and distributed captains' lists.
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Ninth
Vermont Streets
Bank Robbery at Sharon Nets $2500 in Woodward County
Two masked robbers held up the Sharon bank in southern Woodward county early today, locking cashier Jack Brackett in the vault and escaping with $2,500 after demanding change for a $20 bill. A woman employee arrived as the holdup ended and freed the imprisoned man.
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Woodward
Okla
Bank of Sharon
Sharon
Woodward County
Jack Brackett
Roberts Gets Appointment as Secretary of State Board
Frank M. Roberts, editor of a weekly newspaper at Oskaloosa Kansas, was named secretary of the State board of administration by Gov. Ben S. Paulen. He succeeds D C McCray, a veteran Topeka newspaper man and former assistant secretary of state, a governor Davis appointee.
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Oskaloosa
Oard of
Topeka
Kan
Frank M. Roberts
State Board ‘of Administration
Ben S. Paulen
D. C. McCray
Davis
Bandit Victim Fails to Fire as Safety Catch Remains On
Chicago February 19. William Gleason a store keeper was killed by a robber after he forgot to throw off the safety catch on his pistol. Mrs Gleason watched as the intruder shot him.
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Chicago
William Gleason
Resignation of Fort Scott deputy U S marshal
Clarence Price and Topeka officials questioned about the resignation of J B Armstrong, deputy U S marshal, accepted by the Justice Department. Williams says no grand jury order yet. Armstrong claims he destroyed contraband liquor per order with no inventory, citing witnesses. Price linked to the Fort Scott court, but department inquiry details unclear.
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Topeka
Kan
T. B. Armstrong
United States
Department of Justice
Washington
Fred R. Fitzpatrick
al F. Williams
Armstrong
Price
Department
Inventory
Three Wise Fools Seats Go On Sale At Bowersock
The American Legion show Three Wise Fools will be produced at the Bowersock theater next Monday and Tuesday. Seats go on sale tomorrow morning at 12 o'clock at the box office and may be reserved afternoons or evenings after that hour. Telephone reservations must be picked up by 5 o'clock on show day. Nearly three fourths of the $1 seats have already been reserved by mail. Special music arranged by Fred Leonard of the Bowersock orchestra includes overtures and selections from Blossom Time and Carmen along with songs from You're in Love.
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American Legion
Bowersock Theater
Fred Leonard
Bowersock Orchestra
Franz Schubert
Carmen Brzet
Jardine at Topeka guest of Topeka press club
Topeka reports that Dr W M Jardine Kansas first cabinet member and future Secretary of Agriculture was guest of honor at a Topeka press club meeting tonight after noon engagement with the Chamber of Commerce.
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Topeka
W M. Jardine
Kansas
Kansas State Agricultural College
Topeka Press Club
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Assembly Tomorrow Observes Washington and Lincoln Birthdays
An all school assembly will be held at Lawrence junior high school tomorrow morning at 8 30 o clock announced today. The program will be in observance of Washington s and Lincoln s birthdays.
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Lawrence Junior High School
Washington
Lincoln
Wichita Man Dies by Own Action
Wichita Kansas February 19 Charles Lindly colored 35 committed suicide here today by shooting himself through the heart while in bed Relatives said Lindly had been brooding over an approaching trial for alleged violation of the liquor law
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Wichita
Kan
Charles Lindly
Lindly
Secretary of War water rights upheld for Chicago
Washington Feb 19 The right of the secretary of war to prescribe the amount of water that can be removed from Lake Michigan for sanitary purposes was upheld today in an opinion by Acting Attorney General Beck.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Beck
Opposition slows regents bill as vote delayed
Topeka Feb 19 United Press supporters of a bill to form a state regents board faced House resistance as the final vote was postponed. Pro and anti cigarette law petitions numbered near 400, with more than 100 defending the current law. A new gasoline tax bill details exemptions for stationary engines and farm tractors and sets collection at seal-break sites.
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United Press
Board of Regents
House
House of Representatives
Senate
Endres
Leavenworth
Glotfelter
Ericsson
Lyon
Taxation Committee
Congress
Berg, Pratt
State House
G A. R. Memorial
Boards of Education
Education
Public Service Commission
State Affairs Committee
Committee Work At Topeka February 19 Recaps Actions
In Topeka on February 19 the senate approved committee work after an hour, killing twelve bills and favorably reporting four. Hegler’s rail length regulation measure failed, while reports were adverse for professional engineers registry, pharmacy board, barber board abolition, and dental hygienists. Banking bills on federal farm loan bonds received mixed reviews, with a minority report backing them. George Williams sang My Old Kansas Home, a candidate for state song. A Wyandotte county grand jury bill was offered as a substitute for the Getty bill. An appropriation for a Hutchinson reformatory manual training shop advanced to third reading. Discussions covered twine plant costs and reformatory license plate production and staffing concerns.
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Topeka
Associated Press
Senate
Hegler
Public Utilities Commission
Professional Engineers’ Registry Board
Barbers’ Board
Dental Hygienists
Guaranty Fund
Banking Committee
Parker
Latimer and
King
George Williams
Wichita
Kansas
Wyandotte County
Getty
Way and Means
Hutchison
Reformatory
Snyder
Leavenworth
Hutchinson
Apt of
Iola
Reformatory Crowd Described as Vicious and Boiled
The speaker notes a harsher, more volatile atmosphere at the reformatory than at the penitentiary where inmates are said to be more settled.
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Reformatory
Curtain Delay For Camp Fire Play In Lawrence
Lawrence high team faces Manual high of Kansas City tomorrow night at 7 30 causing the Camp Fire play Spruce Cone and Bunchberry to start around 8 30. The show features Lawrence residents with dances by the Sherbon twins and Caroline Robb House. Reserved seating is limited to fine parties and groups plan line parties.
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Lawrence High
Manual High
Kansas City
Lawrence
Lawrence Business and Professional Women’s Club
Leavenworth
Sherbon Twins
Caroline Robb
Gladys Baker
Alice Fearing
Meadowlark Chosen Kansas State Bird By Students
The Meadowlark was selected as Kansas state bird by state schools with 121,591 total votes. It won by 10,000 over the bobwhite quail with 48,395 votes while 15 or 20 other birds received smaller counts. results reported to state officials by Madeleine Aaron of the Kansas Audubon Society.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Madeleine Aaron
The
Audubon Society of Kansas
Jess W. Miley
Miss Aaron
Fire hits DeSoto hotel during Savannah meeting
Glen E Charlton returned from Savannah where state presidents and executive committees of the National Association of Insurance Men met at the DeSoto hotel. A fire about 3 30 am February 12 damaged Charlton room and clothing, estimated at 100 dollars. Charlton and C G Blakely of Topeka escaped with some property. Plans for next year’s convention in Kansas City were made at the conference.
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Glen E. Charlton
Savannah
National Association of Insurance Men
DeSoto Hotel
South
Lawrence High Senior Wins Lincoln Essay Prize
Frank Strong a Lawrence High School senior and son of Dr. Frank Strong former chancellor of the University of Kansas won the Lincoln essay contest among local high school students. Eleven peers submitted. He read his essay at the morning assembly in the Liberty Memorial building where Principal F H Olney presented a large bronzed medal and the audience applauded.
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Frank Strong
Lawrence High School
University of Kansas
Liberty Memorial
F. H. Olney
Mrs Catt Turns On War In Abandoning National Politics
Miami, Feb 19. Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt, noted suffragist, says she will abandon national politics to focus on abolishing war. She cites danger of war and public reluctance to accept it as unnecessary and thinks it her duty to fight to insure peace.
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Miami
Fla
Carrie Chapman
Catt
Kansas City Clerk Suffered Head Injury From Stair Fall
Clarence N. Price, clerk of the federal district court at Fort Scott, sustained a scalp wound and probable concussion after a fall on a stairway in Kansas City. He was hospitalized and his doctor reported the injuries are not dangerous.
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Kansas City
Clarence N. Price
Federal District Court
Forts Scott
Rutherford travels to Kansas City today
Undersheriff Robert Rutherford visited Kansas City, underscoring a routine official assignment and ongoing county law enforcement coordination with city authorities.
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Robert Rutherford
Kansas City
Germany and Rumania to End Quarrel
Berlin Feb 19. The Romanian legation forecast a peaceful settlement of the financial and economic differences arising from the 1917 18 occupation. Amicable adjustment was expected in a few days, with Berlin and Bucharest negotiating. If talks fail, the reparation commission may be invoked.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
Rumania
Bucharest
Quapaw Tribe Donates to Haskell Institute Stadium
The Quapaw Indian tribe of Oklahoma contributes 56195 in cash to Haskell Institute for a new athletic field. Largest gifts are 11000, 10000, 8000 and two at 4000, boosting construction funds to about 365000. Grading starts late next week and a ground survey precedes stadium plans.
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Haskell Institute
Quapaw
Quapaws
Klan Bill Favored In Topeka Senate Committee
In Topeka Kansas the senate judiciary committee reported favorably Johnson of Lawrence bill easing foreign corporations of the need for a state charter after a Supreme Court ruling that the Ku Klux Klan must have one. Leaders expect debate when the bill reaches the floor. The committee also backed the Van de Mark measure barring state officials from other paid jobs.
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Topeka
Kan
Associated Press
Senate Judiciary Committee Today
Johnson
Lawrence
Supreme Court
Ku Klux Klan
Senate
van de Mark
Bribe Case Hearing Delayed for Davis and Peterson
In Topeka Edn February 19 witnesses subpoenaed yet payment issues hinder a decision on whether tomorrow’s preliminary hearing for former state bank commissioner Carl J. Peterson and ex official J. M. Davis will be held or waived. Senior counsel A M Harvey said no course could be announced until tomorrow. Preliminary waivers occurred in a related case against the former governor and his son, Russell Davis, who were bound over for trial in Shawnee County.
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Topeka
Edn
J. M. Davis
Carl J. Peterson
State Bank
Walter Grundy
Hutchinson
A. M. Harvey
Russel Davis
Shawnee County
Opium Convention Signed by Major Nations at Geneva
The international opium conference convention was signed this afternoon by Australia Belgium England Greece Luxembourg Holland Persia Portugal and Siam. Bolivia and Hungary signed partially and France Germany and Switzerland are expected to sign soon.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Australia
Belgium
England
Greece
Luxemberg
Holland
Persia
Portugal
Siam
Bolivia
Hungary
France
Germany
Switzerland
Former Resident Visits City Shows Health Gain
Former Lawrence resident W. A. Stewart of Okmulgee Oklahoma visited town today. He is much improved in health after a recent stay at Johns Hopkins Hospital and has gained twenty two pounds in weight.
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W. A. Stewart
Okmulgee
Okla
Lawrence
Stewart
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fire Sparks Damage at Ford Ledoux Home
A chimney fire caused a small roof hole at 929 Alabama Street this morning. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze with limited damage to the Ford Ledoux residence.
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Ford Ledoux
Alabama
Potato Train To Be Here Tonight For Growers
The potato train sponsored by Kansas State College and Union Pacific will visit Lawrence tonight arriving at 6 15 and staying until 10 23 tomorrow morning. About 130 guests are expected at a dinner at the Chamber of Commerce building then extension experts will speak on potato problems and disease control. Demonstrations with seed treatment equipment will be given.
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Kansas State Agricultural College
Union Pacific Railroad
Lawrence
Union Pacific
Linwood
Green Brothers
Chamber of Commerce
H. C. Colglazier
R. A. Smith
Kaw Valley
E.G. Kelly
L. E. Melchers
E. D.wells
BH. A. Stokdyk
Albert Dickens
Donald Porter
Lawrence School Leaders Set for Cincinnati Conference
Supt M C Del Manzo F H Olney J R Barnes Susan Friend and Dorothy Koehring of the Lawrence city schools depart tonight for Cincinnati Ohio for the National Association of Education Superintendents meeting to be held next week. Del Manzo arranged for the Lawrence party to study St Louis schools tomorrow and plans to visit New York City to confer with Superintendent Smith about next year's budget.
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M. C. del Manzo
F. H. Olney
J. R. Barnes
Susan Friend
Dorothy Koehring
Lawrence City
Cincinnati
Ohio
Department of Superintendents
National Association of Education
del Manzo
Lawrence
St. Louis
New York City
Cemetery Hill Road Work Near Lawrence Progress
Hill County road workers have begun leveling the cemetery hill east of Lawrence on the Eudora road. They are grading the muddy stretch and making a fill over the Walters mud hole as ground is not frozen, allowing some work to proceed despite conditions.
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Cemetery Hill
Lawrence
Eudora
Walters
Four to Convention County CPA Delegates Named
Four delegates from the county C P A organization were selected at a county meeting at the Chamber of Commerce building to attend a C P A conference in Kansas City Kansas next Tuesday. Delegates include Elmer Ousdahl Midland local William Cummings Belvoir local D F Smith Lone Star local and George Schupert Eudora local. The conference will be at 10 o clock Tuesday morning at the Kansas City Kansas Chamber of Commerce. County CPA groups within a 5 mile radius were urged to send delegates to promote closer organization for protection against petty thieves. George Hunter and R R Ricks on of Lawrence were initiated into membership in the Grant CPA local at the meeting.
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C.P. A
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Kansas
Elmer Ousdahl
Midland
Wiliam Cummings
Belvoir
D. F. Smith
Lone Star
George Schutert
Eudora
Chamber of
Former Oklahoma Governor Cassius M Barnes Dies in New Mexico
Leavenworth reports Cassius M Barnes aged 80 former territorial governor of Oklahoma from 1897 to 1901 died yesterday in Santa Fe New Mexico. He served during the territorial era and leaves a notable mark on Oklahoma history. The death was announced locally with few other details available at press time.
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Oklahoma
Leavenworth
Cassius M. Barnes
Santa Fe
N. M
Civil War nurse dies in Olathe at 90
Mrs Fannie O Jackson aged 90 of Olathe died at her daughter's home here. She was said to be among six surviving Civil War nurses. A Georgia nurse during Sherman's march, her Resaca residence became a hospital as Union forces moved through. She served until the war ended.
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Olathe
Fannie O. Jackson
J. T. Nichols
Jackson
Kansas
Sherman
Georgia
Resaca
Spiritual Values in All Activities of Life Now
Kiwanis speaker Dr Edward Hislop urged uniting life’s activities under spiritual values during a luncheon talk. He defended all callings as sacred, urged personal responsibility for community spirituality, and promoted Go to church Sunday to benefit from Christian civilization built by churches.
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Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann’s
Edward Hislop
Hislop
Izaak Walton League Organizer Visits Lawrence for Chapter
TO ORGANIZE ANGLERS Q. C. Dehaney a national representative of the Izaak Walton League is in Lawrence today making arrangements for the organization of a chapter here. A meeting time and place will be announced tomorrow with several league members from nearby cities joining to assist. The league aims to preserve fish and game and leave fragments of ancestors for posterity. Dehaney noted he was in Olathe last week to organize a chapter there.
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Q. C. Dehaney
Izaak Walton League
Lawrence
United States
Canada
Mr. Donahey
League
Olathe
KU Alumni Leader Eyes First United States Legislative Broadcast
Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the University of Kansas Alumni Association, announced the proposed broadcasting of the Kansas legislature likely on Friday evening, February 27. He secured arrangements with Martin of Reno county to relay a regular session to KFKU. The legislature plans a $40 expense for telephone use to transmit speeches and arguments. Several special bills will be discussed and a strong debate is promised. The broadcasting would mark the first such session in U.S. history.
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Fred Ellsworth
University of Kansas Alumni Association
University
Kansas
Ellsworth
Martin
Reno County
KFKU
United States
George Smith's Coupe Stolen in Kansas City
George Smith of Kansas City Kansas, a former Journal-World reporter, reported his Ford coupe stolen from his residence on the night of February 17. The vehicle was insured against theft.
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George Smith
Maniley
Kansas City
Kans
The
Journal-World
Ober's Robbed of 275 in Clothing
Robbery at Ober's clothing store occurred shortly before 6:00 am. Robbers pried open the display window and took three suits two pairs of trousers two top coats five hats two caps and two belts totaling about 275 dollars. A red touring car seen by James Bryant fled south then west, none taken from vests. Officer Hanks and others followed but no car found.
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Ober
James Bryant
Garfield Street
Round Corner
Patterson Hat Shop
Ninth Street
Hanks
Robbery at Edmonds Cash Grocery on Massachusetts Street
Edmonds Cash grocery at 1401 Massachusetts street was burglarized last night. About $10 in cash taken from the cash drawer. an unlocked office safe was opened and its contents scattered but no money found. Entry gained through a front window by climbing through a display window. window raised more than a foot. Suspects described as boys or a small man. The crime was not discovered until early morning.
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Edmonds Cash
Massachusetts Street
Railroads deny Pullman surcharge cuts travel in testimony
Washington February 19 railroads opposing abolition of the Pullman surcharge told the house commerce committee that the surcharge has not reduced Pullman travel appreciably Henry Wolfe Bible counsel for the Pennsylvania testified for all roads urging retention of the arrangement the senate voted to repeal after an IPC effort failed He said the surcharge did not affect railroads earning over six percent and that most revenues supported low income lines
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Henry Wolfe Bible
Pennsylvania
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sour Owl Out On Sale Next Tuesday Morning
The Sour Owl humorous magazine will be on sale Tuesday morning after a Sigma Delta Chi meeting. The fraternity, which edits the publication, announced the date and plans to sell the issue at the Missouri-Kansas indoor track meet Wednesday evening in Convention Hall, Kansas City, Missouri. The group also reports interest from other college publications and notes they received letters of congratulations.
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Sigma Delta Chi Fraternity
2 Motion: Picture Producing Corporation
Missouri-Kansas
Convention Hall
Kansas City
Joe Meade Bond in Lone Star Drunk Case
Joe Meade charged with drunkenness in Lone Star on Monday night is held on a 2100 bond. His trial is set for 2 oclock next Monday afternoon in justice court.
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Joe Meade
Lone Star
Justice Court
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