Flood Control Progress and Plans for the Mississippi Basin
War department officials report rapid progress on the Mississippi flood control project with sixty five levee contracts let and 6,769,000 cubic yards of material moved this year. Surveys on Missouri and Arkansas rivers may lead to flood control project recommendations next session for St Francis and White rivers. However the Missouri and Red river basins require extensive surveys across multiple states, delaying final decisions.
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Sophie Tucker Wed Again in Chicago Plastic Surgery
Sophie Tucker, 40, said she married a New York merchant named A Lackey last December 15 in Newport Kentucky. She was in Chicago for a cosmetic procedure to remove fat and tighten skin, claiming the operation would help her look younger for films.
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Marriage Licenses Decline in 1928 Leap Year Notes
First licenses issued in 1928 went to Ernest E Cros by and Augusta N White, both of Lawrence. A second license went to Obed Miller of Kansas City and Miss J Phyllis Dorsey of Topeka. Total licenses issued in 1928 were 411, eighty-one fewer than the prior year due to Leap Year. Fire at Priestly Building in Kansas City caused $25,000 damage and is believed incendiary. several gasoline cans found in debris. Mrs Hinaix Knight returning home after visit with daughter to St Louis.
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Lawrence
Obed Miller
Kansas City
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Ansas City
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Hinaix “Say
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St. Louis
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Melvin Flory
Everett
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Appanoose
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Anita Flory
Bert Flory
Pearl Johnson
Porter Bond
Frank Flory
Lon Childs
Marion
Raymgna Sanders
Olathe
Roy Curtis
Marvin Bond
Kon
Norman
Ellis. Bond
Mother Machree singer Nannie Ball dies at 71
Mrs. Nannie Ball of Beechurst Long Island known as the original Mother Machree died at 71. Her son Ernest R Ball, composer of many popular ballads, passed away in May 1927. Her body will be sent to Cleveland for burial beside her son.
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Beechurst
Long Island
Ernest R. Ball
Petroleum Rates Prompt New Railroad Schedule Study
A preliminary report to the Interstate Commerce Commission recommends a complete new series of railroad schedules for petroleum traffic east of the Rockies. The commission, railroad, and industry will study the two year investigation findings before action. The proposal includes basing fuel oil rates on eighty percent of gasoline rates and aligning Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana centers with national movement patterns.
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Alumni Banquet Honors Kansas City Interscholastic Champs
The Kansas City alumni chapter hosts a banquet at Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas City Missouri to honor Central High School as the Kansas City interscholastic football champions of the season. University officials coaches and students will attend with talks by H W Hargiss Stewart Lyman and other mentors. Chancellor Lindley W W Davis and Dr James Naismith will represent KU. Five KU freshmen named to the city all star team are invited along with the current stars.
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H. J. Huff
John Bunn
E. H. Lindley
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K. U
Lee Page
John Madison
Ernest,Fritchie
Willson Simmons
Jack Wheelihani
NYPD Raids Speak Easies Across City in Night Sweep
Commissioner Grover Whalen ordered a major crackdown, sending units through Washington Heights Greenwich Village Harlem the Bronx and midtown Manhattan to raid over fifty speakeasies and restaurants. Proprietors and employees were arrested and liquor stocks seized for chemical analysis as the city pressed a sweeping enforcement drive following a newspaper report alleging widespread liquor purchases and reports of wood alcohol in samples.
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Young Track Star Frank Wyckoff Near Death in California
Glendale announces Frank Wyckoff the 19 year old American sprint champion is near death in a California hospital after a tonsil operation last month. He has not eaten for two weeks and daily injections of two teaspoonfuls of blood were given. A hemorrhage followed his return to bed after leaving the hospital and two subsequent operations were performed to heat his throat. White, a 72 year old Lawrence resident, will be taken to the state hospital by county officers this afternoon after commitment by probate judge L. H. Menger, and has been detained at the county jail for several days.
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Lawrence
Topeka
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L. H. Menger
Endurance test ends without world refueling flight record
Marshall Missouri January 3 AP reports Blane M Tuxhorn and Leonard Rhiner failed to break the world endurance refueling flight record of 60 hours 7 minutes in their open cockpit monoplane. They claim a near eleven hour stay aloft with ground refueling, 32 gallons fuel, 1 gallon oil and 10 successful contacts while demonstrating a synchronized refueling catapult. The flight began 8 54 am and ended 7 48 pm as wheels touched down in a snow covered field. Tuxhorn landed and the aircraft was disqualified for the record.
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Lawrence High to Push Basketball Ticket Sale Downtown
A Lawrence High School assembly will spotlight season ticket sales for six home games starting tomorrow in the downtown district. Tickets are $1.40 for adults and $1 for public school students, with downtown sales led by several staff members.
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William Essick
Leo Sample
Carl Mettner
Don Elkins
Elmer Schaake
Dean Bernitz
Kurt Kiesen
Gilbert Shawnee
Merl Spark
Arthur Endacott
Charles Schneck
Marshall Birch
Flying Force
Miss Mary Hackman Will Be Assistant Recorder
Miss Mary C Hackman of Lawrence will take the position of assistant recorder in the office of University Registrar George O Foster. The appointment replaces Miss Helen Gillis who was married in Chicago during the holidays.
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Lawrence
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Chicago
Kiwanis Club Receives Unique German Gong Gift
At the weekly luncheon Dr. H L Chambers presents a brass shell case of a German 77 artillery piece as a gong, donated from the retiring president. Prof Raymond Wheeler reviews the club clinics, noting 1924 to 1928 attendance gains and about 2,500 cases handled, with thanks to the health department. Waldemar Gelich, violinist, and Dean D M Swarthout provide the musical program performing works by Wieniawski and Old Kentucky Home.
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Deaths and funerals fill Lawrence area notice
Mrs. W F Harmon route 3 died at home age 78 two daughters survive L T Hawk Lawrence Olive Alexis Orloff St Paul sister Mrs Harry Dick brother M A Wood Lawrence grandson Jack Hawk Mrs Mary C Miles 1521 Vermont St 83 died at a local hospital funeral Saturday 2 pm Rumsey funeral home Rev C A Richard with Women's Relief Corps in charge burial Oak Hill cemetery survivors include daughters Mary Stevens Ogden Utah Ella Plummer Portland Oregon and four sons Elmer George Los Angeles Louis Oscar Lawrence Frank Hudson 36 formerly of Lawrence died at Veterans Hospital Excelsior Springs funeral arrangements pending Millard Hudson Lawrence Nell Hudson Frank Whipple Lawrence Belhart Michigan John Morrin Ward dies in Joliet burial in North Lawrence Maple Grove cemetery Eva Lindell pioneer Lone Star district dies aged 76 survivors Ada Lindell B Markley Lawrence Fre sons Otis Earl Lindell Lone Star brothers Theodore Gardner Enos Gardner burial Rumsey Brothers Friday 1 o clock Rev Smith officiating SERUM Velac iere two fire alarms chimney fire Prof W W Davis 1731 Indiana St no damage Prof H P Cady 1534 Kentucky St false alarm KU faculty member Paul Knapp saxophone 175 later stolen from Delta Tau Delta house Evangelical Church Dr J E Conant speaks on How To Live In Constant Victory at 8 30 tonight
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Tuberculosis Clinic Held at City Hall Health Rooms
The regular monthly tuberculosis clinic will be held all day Monday January 4 in the health rooms of city hall under the direction of Dr. F A Loveland of Topeka.
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Shoe store sale ends as Hamilton dissolves Kansas chain
The Hamilton Shoe Stores company, owner of Newman Shoe in Lawrence for ten years, is dissolving. Newman announces the entire stock will be closed out at sale prices during the ownership change. New owner has been in Lawrence shoes for twenty years, ten with Hamilton. Newman Shoe originated after Starkweather stock purchase. Newman became manager.
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Phone Booth Fight Hits Chicago Hotels and Stores
In Chicago today most telephone booths in hotels, drugstores, and shops were closed due to contract battles with Illinois Bell. Old 30 year deals guaranteed four calls daily. new terms cut the guarantee and take most revenue from subscribers while benefiting a small group. Downtown hotels and stores run about 6,000 booths amid the dispute.
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Visit of U S Worker Sparks Road Enthusiasm in Canton
Walton Schmidt of New York, a representative of the American National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, toured Canton and surrounding South China, sharing detailed road building, motor car manufacture and operation data. Government officials and engineers educated in America showed strong interest in U S developments. The South China government also sought further information on modern road construction.
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Find Huge Amphitheater Near Vienna Discovered
An enormous Roman amphitheater for about 25 000 spectators was found near Petronell Austria. The Austrian Archaeological Institute has excavated at Carnuntum's site since 1923. The arena’s walls remain largely intact and reconstruction is planned by the government.
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Anglian Bishop Traverses Polynesia by Many Craft
Bishop Kemp Thorne of Polynesia travels across Oceania using warships steamers island schooners sampans and local dugout canoes. He attracts officials and common people alike as a wise counsellor with a far reaching diocese from Tahiti to the Gilbert Islands.
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Palace for Workmen at Yalta Opens as Workers Paradise
AP reports the Royal Palace at Livaria in Yalta, once a czarist residence, now houses 300 peasant workers with tuberculosis and other diseases. The palace site and the Black Sea coast are under government control to provide comfort and luxury for Russia's proletariat, echoing imperial splendor.
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Movies Teach English in Havana Screen Titles Aid Learners
In Havana, moving pictures help Cubans learn English by showing onscreen titles in English and Spanish. Moviegoers read titles aloud in Spanish and English to obtain translations, reflecting a habit of using cinema as a language aid.
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Grain fight in Hungary with Canada in wheat trade
Hungary launches a vigorous program to meet Canadian competition in Italian and central European wheat markets. Hungarian farmers’ output faces restricted access to Austria Czecho Slovakia and Italy. Plan includes long term loans for modern farming gear and related reforms. Germany car owners seek a universal driving permit system replacing country specific permits.
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Thursday to Friday Evening Radio Program Schedule Mix
A fragmented radio schedule lists Vincent Lopez and his Hotel St Hegis orchestra, 90 vein & Fink, and Serenade on Thursday 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Champion Sparkers appears Monday night. Friday shows include Sunrise musica and other acts. various times and acts are listed with many garbled names and misread titles.
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Vein & Fink
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Local Lone Star Farmers Union elects officers in December meeting
The Lone Star Farmers Union held a Wednesday night session on December 26 electing officers: president Charlie Banning, vice president Porter Bond, and secretary Mrs Gottlieb Nieder. Numerous residents and families visited, paid Christmas calls, and shared meals with members including Florys, Johnsons, Dietzes, Ulrichs, Bonds, and Cordially noted were travels to Lawrence and Kansas City for visits and farm work.
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Esthea Flory
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Flory
Bethel Social Notes Track Residents and Visitors
Bethel community members are listed visiting relatives and attending events in Ottawa and Baldwin City. People include Joe Banks, Delbert Hoffman, Dorothy, Ruth Garrett, Velma Vance, John and Velma, Frank Eno home visits, and church society meetings with an election of officers. The Bethel Ladies Aid hosted a chicken supper and regular meeting.
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