Jones measure passes Senate on prohibition penalties
Washington reports the Jones bill to raise penalties for first and second violations of prohibition cleared the Senate 65 to 18 and goes to the House. The measure raises first offense penalties to 10000 fine or five years in prison, or both, with second offenses up to 2000 and five years. judges to distinguish casual from habitual violators. Support came from the Prohibition Bureau and Mabel Willebrandt. opposition argued it was too drastic.
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James Teed
Missouri
William F. Borah
Idaho
Jones
Ashington
Prohibition Bureau
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Department of Justice
Return of Bitter Cold to Europe and Floods Suffering
London reports renewed bitter cold across Central Europe delaying thaws and worsening floods. Danube and tributaries flood damage. Struma, Maritza, and Vardar rivers in flood, isolating villages. Macedonia hit by cold, heavy snow. airlifts deliver food. Baltic ice jams worsen. Crimea rails disrupted. Lake Kineret overflow damages. Athens notes Struma and Martiza floods isolating Thracian villages with residents on roofs.
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Europe
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Struma
Maritza
Vardar
Macedonia
Baltic
England
Egypt
Siwa Oasis
Jerusalem
Kineret
Athens
Martiza
William Beebe plans new ocean depth fishing experiments
William Beebe prepares an Bermuda expedition sailing March 13 to deploy radium covered hooks enabling fish to see in the dark ocean depths. He will also attach sounding wires to nets to signal catches from above. The colonial government provides Nonsuch Island near Castle Harbor as base for the operation.
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New York
William Beebe
Bermuda
Nonsuch Island
Catle Harbor
Grand Lodge Opens as Masons Meet in Wichita
The Grand Lodge A F and A M of Kansas opened its 78th annual communication in Wichita with Ferris M Hill of Emporia as grandmaster delivering the annual address and Wallace B Fleming of Baldwin giving the annual oration. Sessions run today and tomorrow. Representatives will visit the Kansas Masonic home after recess.
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Wichita
Kan
Grand Lodge
Kansas
Ferris M. Hill
Emporia
Wallace B. Fleming
Baldwin
Pawnee Indians Form College Council Aims Welfare
Pawnee Oklahoma graduates on the reservation form a junior council to promote welfare among all Indian tribes in the southwest. The move follows a college yell and spirit among the newer generation of Pawnee Indians as they support education and welfare initiatives.
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Pawnee College
Pawnee
Edison to Recreate Light In Original Lab Anniversary
Fort Myers Florida February 20 AP Edison will reenact the creation of the electric light on the fiftieth anniversary in the Menlo Park laboratory now in Ford Museum In Dearborn Michigan Edison will join Henry Ford and aging assistants for a brief ceremony near the museum where Ford recently gave 5000000 dollars on Edison s 82nd birthday Ford says 7000 cars a day roll from his factories and he is working on automatic machinery for car parts He believes rubber supply within US is attainable and predicts harsher enforcement of prohibition.
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Fla
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Ford
Edison
Dearborn
Mich
Menlo Park
N. J
Ford
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hoover breakfast hints at White House menu change
Washington February 2 breakfast at the Hoover home may signal a shift from Coolidge sausage and wheat cakes. Hoover began the day with congressional leaders as bacon and eggs were served, potential marker for the official menu.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
White House
Mr. Hoover
Valley Grove News Highlights Local Social Ties
Valley Grove notes show Miss Loraine Lake from Kansas University visiting relatives in Sunyside, with a flurry of neighborly calls and attendance at lectures in McLouth. The piece lists numerous residents traveling to Lawrence and Kansas City, regular farm work, school absences due to illness, and ongoing family updates including a public sale, dental work, farm rentals, and a charity of effort among local households.
Valley Chapel social notes mix shoppers and visitors
Mr Robbins hosted a Sunday dinner with Aly and Mrs Ellis Bord. Mr and Mrs John Dunn shopped in Lawrence Friday after Solon Markley and Kathrine dined with Mr and Mrs Gottlieb. Willis Dunn’s home hosted callers Tuesday morning. LeRoy, Pearl Johnson, and Raymond Bond frequent Lawrence and Bond homes midweek. Marvin Bond and Porter Pond shopped Saturday afternoon. dinner with Ellis Bond followed. Mand called at the Cherlie yr home Monday evening. Mr Ider and Will Curtis worked on a telephone line. Smith visited her parents. MoNys rence Mand and Dugan families were mentioned visiting Monday.
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McLouth
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Walter
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Lawrence
Hulee
Pétrie
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Post
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Eleanor Champion
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WO. E. Haley
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Glenn Clothier
Pittsburg
Kan
Albert Ford
Valley Grove
Earl Garner
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Weile
Octave
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Ellis Bord
John Dunn
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Gottliebus
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Porter Pond
Ellis Bond
Puckett
Will Curtis
Ft Robbins Sr
Ider
Cherlie
Smith
Il Smith
MoNys
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Emss
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Kenneth
Harry
Betty Lou
Robert McKinney
John Dun
Dwight Smith
Mr. Smith
Lagan. Moore Lumber Company
Porter Bond
Murry Bord
Hugo
Shellhorn
Rey Cur
I. Everett Bond
Porter Pont
No-3 Of A Series Tobacco Planters Of The Sunny South
The piece continues a series on tobacco planters in the Sunny South, detailing regional practices, crop management, and market conditions shaping grower decisions this season. It highlights farmer profiles and the evolving economics impacting yields and prices.
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Sunny South
Sunday Visits and Local Social Amid Busy Bonds Family
Local social notes recount visits and dinners among the Bonds Puckett McKinney Dun and Johnson families with numerous calls in Lawrence and surrounding homes. Reports cover Sunday gatherings and weekday calls along with a market note on ship disaster related orders and a Chamber of Commerce analysis of department store and grocery chain sales.
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New Pork
OH Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
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