New High School Plan Advances After Board Meeting
Lawrence school board approves preliminary high school schematics and room schedule based on survey findings. They back Superintendent’s opposition to a North Paris and Massachusetts service station near Quincy School citing safety and disruption concerns. The board authorizes hiring extra teachers, shifts in staffing, and appoints Blanche R. Smith as physical director with others elected for part time roles starting January 21.
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Board of Education
Ard
Lawrence
North
Paris Street
Massachusetts Streets
Harry P. Smith
Quincy
Park Street
Quincy School
Helen McCahan
A. J. Mix
H., Stark
Blanche R.smith
Kansas City
Reed claims 40 million for Poland from relief fund
Senator Reed says Congress allotted 150 million for European relief and that 40 million was sent to keep the Polish army in the field. He claimed to have documents in his office and promised a detailed discussion later in the senate.
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Washington
Congress
Reed
Missouri
Senate
North Dakota legislature opens amid party clash
In Bismarck on January 4, independents and Non-Partisan League members faced a bitter struggle as the legislature began its regular session. Efforts to forge a harmony program failed despite offers to cooperate.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Farm Sires Propaganda Planned for Douglas County
County farm agent R O Smith plans a two day pure level sires propaganda event in Douglas County on January 24 and 25. About six speakers will present on the first day at multiple meetings across the county. The second day consolidates in Lawrence with state wide speakers and a dinner likely in connection with the Lawrence gathering.
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R. O. Smith
Douglas County
Lawrence
Debate Teams Scrimmage Prepares for Valley Clash
Debating squads from Kansas hold a hard scrimmage Wednesday night with a University class team. The first year debaters will meet the Missouri Tigers this season in a contest on the labor share in industry resolution. Prof. H. A. Shinn coaches the Kansas squad as they sharpen for the challenge.
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Kansas
H. A. Shinn
Missouri Tigers
Kansas Weather Forecast Tonight and Wednesday
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a somewhat colder feel. Temperatures show 1 p.m. yesterday at 42, 7 a.m. today at 33, 2 p.m. today at 50, with yesterday's high 54 and today's low 39.
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Kansas
Obregon Ordered to Rest During Vacation
President Obregon, under doctor care, was advised to rest and left Mexico City yesterday for a several day vacation in Michoacan. Medical staff cite health concerns and ordered complete rest for the president.
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Obregon
Mexico City
Michoacan
Tobacco Farmers Act Drastically Stops Sales
Tobacco farmers halt sales as markets offer low prices triggering drastic action. Officials warned of reduced buying and potential distress among growers. The measure reflects widespread price pressures in the tobacco sector and may prompt policy reviews.
Tobacco buyers threatened as Kentucky markets close
In Louisville and towns across Kentucky and Ohio, tobacco farmers angered by low bids halted sales, held mass meetings, and vowed to market the crop themselves. In Maysville Carlisle and Lexington buyers faced threats, with some warehouses shuttered and prices from a half cent to 20 cents per hundred pounds.
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Louisville
Carlisle
Lexington
Fayette County
Maysville
Toieco
Mason
Tewis Bracken
Fleming
Kentucky
Brown and Adams
Ohio
Kentucky Tobacco Prowers
Carliste
Burley
Paris
Bourbon County
Wilson Veto Overturned in House Revives War Finance Corp
In Washington on January 4 the House overrode President Wilson's veto and revived the War Finance Corporation with a vote of 250 to 66 and three present. Officials said revival is immediate but new loans will take time to begin, with funds raised by a bond issue.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
House
Wilson
Mente
Visit by Glendon Allvine to University journalism class
Glendon Allvine, 1917 journalism graduate and publicity head at Famous Players Lasky, visited University journalism classes this morning. He described newspaper life in New York and noted his former stint on the New York Tribune under Jerome Beatty, head of the studio publicity department.
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Glendon Allvine
University
Famous Players Lasky Corporation
Allvine
New York
The
New York Tribune
Jerome Beatty
Famous-Players Lasky Corporation
County Tuberculosis Survey Starts in Douglas County
Dr. S. L. Cox leads a Douglas county tuberculosis survey assisted by Miss Mildred Mulets and Miss Emily Snively, nurses from the state tuberculosis association. The month long survey precedes free clinics planned statewide with health bonds. Clinics will be held in Lawrence and may be one day per session, as physicians cooperate to reach affected families and recent TB deaths.
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Douglas County
S. L. Cox
State Tuberculosis Association
Mildred Mulets
Emily Snively
Cox
Lawrence
F P
Loveland
Topeka
Two Irish Plays Planned at Bowersock Theatre
The Association of Callegiate Alumni announces two Irish plays to be staged Monday and Tuesday January 18 and 19 at Bowersock Theatre. St John Ervin’s John Ferguson and Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World are likely selections with Frank McEntree starring in both performances.
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Association of Callegiate Alumni
Bowersock Theatre
St. John Ervin
John Ferguson
Synge
Boy
Frank McEntree
Farm Bureau drive visits county bank offices
H G Van Neste secretary treasurer of the Douglas county farm bureau and R Q O Smith county farm agent toured Lawrence banks yesterday to promote farm bureau memberships through local banks. They planned stops at Lecompton Richland Overbrook today and target Sibley Baldwin Wellsville and Eudora banks tomorrow to finish the drive.
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H. G. van Neste
Douglas County Farm Bureau
R. Q O. Smith
Lawrence
Farm Bureau
Lecompton
Richland
Overbrook
Sibley
Baldwin
Wellsville
Eudora
Man Escapes Jail With Fireman’s Axe Returns for Cash
Thirty Days in Jail Co. M Wheeler who cut his way out of the city jail with a fireman s ax returned yesterday to police headquarters and asked Chief C M Fisher to return 8 he had on arrest. He was sent back to jail. Police judge C C Stewart fined him 50 and sentenced him to thirty days in jail.
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Co. M. Wheeler
C. M. Fisher
C. C. Stewart
Wheeler
Arrest of Ross Gideon Charged in Car Incident
Special Deputy Sheriff Woodward brought Ross Gideon back from Kansas City. Gideon is charged with driving a Mrs Harper’s car without permission and damaging a wheel. He was arraigned on a misdemeanor charge with a hearing set for Friday at 9 am. Bond fixed at 250 dollars.
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Ross Gideon
Woodward
Kansas City
Gideon
Harper
Douglas County buys new Ford touring car
The Douglas county farm bureau has purchased a new Ford touring car to replace the one in service three years, worn by constant and costly repairs to keep it running.
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County Boys
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Woodlawn PTA Meeting Postponed to Jan 19
The Woodlawn parent teachers association meeting scheduled for tomorrow afternoon has been postponed to Wednesday afternoon January 19. A program will be presented at the rescheduled session led by Dr Albrigot chiropractor.
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Woodlawn
Woodlawn’ Parent Teachers’ Association
Senator Tinckham Warns on Representation Bill
Washington Jan 4 Warn was given the house ed committee today by Representative Tinckham of Massachusetts that if Congress in passing a reapportionment bill failed to reduce the representation he would take the matter to the supreme court. The remark centers on the right of some citizens to suffrage and potential abridgment if redistricting alters representation.
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Washington
House
Massachuse
Congress
Citi
Supreme Court
Soviet Leader Urges Global Strikes to Weaken Capital
Washington reports from Moscow quote Nikolai Lenin urging the world to organize great strikes and promote agitation against commercial ties with Russia to starve capital and defend the soviet state. He also cites plans by other nations to spam spies to infiltrate Russia and foment revolts.
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Washington
Moscow
Nikolai Lenine
Commune Committee of
Europe
Russia
Lenine
Forgotten Murder At Hotel In Kansas City
A woman named Cilar McGee, 29, called police and confessed to killing a man described as about 25 years old in a small hotel Sunday night. She said the man, who worked in a saloon, struck her during a quarrel, she retrieved a revolver, and shot him. She claimed she had been in a dazed state for two days and only recalled the incident today while sweeping the room.
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Kansas City
Ilar McGee
Inspecting Eudora Bridge by county boards in session
The county commissioners went to Eudora this morning to meet the Teavenworth county board for a final bridge inspection. The two boards will then join in Lawrence for a session to handle bridge matters and other jointly held interests.
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Eudora Bridge
Board of County Commissioners
Eudora
Teavenworth
Lawrence
Martin Preliminary Hearing Set Again in Nebraska Check Case
The preliminary hearing for Leroy Martin charged with uttering a worthless Nebraska bank check cashed in Lawrence will resume tomorrow before Judge R. C. Manley. Proceedings were adjourned a week ago to allow the defense to prepare.
Wallin and Montgomery Return in Felony Case
Deputy Sheriff O M Wallin returned from Colorado Springs with John Montgomery as suspects in a joint felony compounding case. Rudolph and Henry Al Bach have been arrested and arraigned. preliminary hearing is set for next Saturday. In Washington, Palm er named William Rand and Isadore Tresel of New York as special assistants in the ongoing building trades investigation.
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O. M. Wallin
Colorado Springs
John Montgomery
John
Rudolph
Henry Albach
Washington
William Rand
Isadore J. Tresel
New York
Palmer
University artist Fred Teach visits Delta Tau Delta house
Doctoral graduate artist aK U. Visitor Fred Teach, last spring graduate, is visiting the Delta Tau Delta house this week. Leach now works for Compton Publishing Company of Chicago and is illustrating for an encyclopedia.
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Ak. U
Fred Teach
Delta Tau Delta House
Leach
Compton Publishing Company
Chicago
Cuban Situation Discussed In Washington
President Wilson discussed the Cuban situation with acting Secretary of State Davis. Later Cuban minister Dr Carlos Manuel de Cespedes called on Davis at the department.
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Washington
Wilson
Davis
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Douglas county farm bureau schedules twelve community meetings
Plans for twelve community meetings by the Douglas county farm bureau are underway to organize county projects, elect committee members, and name board representatives. The January 22 annual meeting in Lawrence will consolidate these projects into a 1921 county program, elect officers, approve community representatives, and prepare a yearlong agenda with music a speaker and banquet.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
County Farm Bureau
Lawrence
R. O. Smith
Lawrence Girl Wins Design Honor From New York Institute
Miss Flixabeth Evans of Lawrence, a University of Kansas student, received a first mention prize from the Beaux Arts Institute of Design in New York City for her architectural design submission titled A Private Chapel. The award is rare for Kansas entrants and drew praise from University instructors for its significance to Lawrence and KU.
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Flixabeth Evans
University of Vanses
Beaux Aves Institute of Design
New York City
Lawrence and
K. U
Suspect Surrender After Atchison Arrests
Jesse Simson, wanted in a con nection with a qiegel attempt to rob Charles Harsturfer, was brought here from Atchison today by Henry Smith of the police force. Simson confessed to the attempted robbery. Roy Jeit, the fourth man, was arrested at Atchison with Simson but turned over to federal authorities. Jeit was said to be a deserter from the United States Army.
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Jesse Simson
Charles Harsturfer
Atchison
Henry Smith
Simpson
M. Fisher
Hardtaker
Roy Jeit
Simson
United States
Deit
United States Army
Government Sustained Stockyard Divorcement Plan Ruling
Objections to stockyards divorcement plan submitted by the big packers under the recent agreed decree were sustained by Justice Stafford of the District of Columbia Supreme Court. Any receptacle plan must provide for early and complete investment of all obnoxious holdings, the court held. The decree may be made effective by receivership and sale unless defendants present a suitable plan with time extensions allowed. action would be taken. The University wireless news exchange plan is discussed, noting practicality for athletic transport but lack of operators in the photo department. Invitations were sent to state governors for Harding inauguration with staff attendance urged.
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Washington, Jan
Holling
Justice Staffort
Ditaf Columbia Supremes Court
Justice Stafford
Wireless Newe
Sh. U
K: N
University Newspa Pdr
Jews State College
F. E. Kester
Pic
Fleet Ready for Maneuvers
San Diego January 4 nearly all Pacific fleet warships are to steam out of the port Friday for Central and South American waters to take part in joint maneuvers with the Atlantic fleet next month.
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San Diego
Central
South American
Tobacco sale to minors arrest report
Hunter was arrested this morning on a charge of selling tobacco to minors and will be tried tomorrow in police court.
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Hunter
Disarmament of Warships Under D’Annunzian Control Continues
At Fiume on January 3 the disarmament of warships under the D’Annunzian Legionaries continued as all sub chasers left patrol and were taken over by the blockading fleet. The Associated Press reports progress in the ongoing effort to neutralize naval forces.
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Trieste
Associated Press
D'Annunzian Legionaries
Fiume
Welch &,Welch, Chiropractora
Kansas Chamber backs boys work campaign for 1921 football
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce met at noon to endorse a 1921 program building a victorious Kansas football team. A banquet for the Kansas squad was planned for next week or the following, with Dean F J Kelly outlining activities for 1921. Keith Clevenger spoke on chamber goals and provided a history of chambers of commerce. Several officials and visitors were introduced, including Leavenworth and Douglas county leaders, moving picture man G Albine, Dr H T Randle, Rev E A Edwards, and W A Harman. The boys’ work campaign for funds was scheduled for Monday to Wednesday next week, and the school survey report on Lawrence was announced as completed.
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University of Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Sess
Kansas Squasl
F. J. Kelly
Civer of
Kansas
Keith Clevenger
State Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Ernest Eibertalt I
Leavenworth Board of County Commissioners
le Cy Clark
Leavenworth
T. L. Welre
Douglas County
George C. Brune
G. Albine
Ho T. Randle
Gr, Andrews, Mr. Peterson, John C. Stutz, W. A. Harman
Wm. Stiner
W. E. Spalding
Obver
H. T. Randle
E. A. Edwards
W. A. Harman
Harry P. Smith
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hidevhool
Ship Santa Esebel Sinks Off Vila Garcia With 214 Dead
A Spanish steamer Santa Esebel wrecked near Vila Garcia in a fierce storm early Sunday morning. Over 200 perished. 56 saved, many injured or unaccounted. The captain is severely injured and not expected to recover. An infant of three among the saved is believed to have lost parents. Survivors describe clinging to the wreck in freezing seas as cabins trapped passengers.
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Santa Esebel
Vila Garcia
Portevedra
Dignatches
Cadiz
Nelock
Lawrence Andrews Named Traveling Auditor for Indian Bureau
Lawrence Andrews son of County Commissioner Al Andrews has been appointed traveling auditor for the Indian Bureau of the Interior Department. He will cover Oklahoma and Kansas and move his family to Lawrence to make the city their home with the new post after six to seven years of service in the bureau.
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Lawrence
Harvey Andrews
al Andrews
Indian Bureau of the Interior Department
Bureau
Oklahoma
Kensas
Rotary Meeting Focuses on Child Welfare Program
The Rotary club will hold a noon meeting tomorrow devoted to child welfare. The program is led by the club’s child welfare committee with Rev. M. Lee Sorey as chairman. Dean F. J. Kelly and Craig Kennedy, recently recovering from appendicitis, will participate. J. R. Lawhorn returned Saturday night from Chicago after a week visiting relatives.
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Rotary
Rotary Club
M. Lee Sorey
F. J. Kelly
University of Kan
Craig Kennedy
J. R. Lawhorn
Chicago
Senator Kimball to curb cigarette traffic in Kansas
Kan Jan 4 Senator Paul H Kimball of Labette county announced he will introduce in the coming legislature a bill to replace the anti cigarette law with a new regulation of cigarette and tobacco traffic. The proposal would license dealers and require a $1000 bond from each dealer, forfeited on any sale to a minor.
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Bill Parsons Kan
Paul H. Kimball
Labette County
Kansas
Speakers Out For Boy Campaign In Lawrence
Speakers will tour theatres in Lawrence for ten nights to raise 20000 for joint use by the Roy Scouts and Y M C A. Three minute talks by F C Allen Harold Constant and Harry Smith will present Boy Scout and Y M C A activities and future plans to local audiences.
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Roy Scouts
F.C. Allen
The
Varsity
Harold Constant
Watersweck
Harry Smith
Pattoc
Engineers Seek Kansas Law On Engineering And Surveying
The Engineering Society and the Kansas Engineering Council urged the Kansas legislature to require registration for engineers and land surveyors, with qualified individuals only allowed to practice. They called for a Boiler Rules act to set construction standards to protect life and property from defective boilers.
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Kansas
Engineering Society
Kansas Engineering Council
Week of Prayer Inaugurated In Lawrence Churches
Week of Prayer services opened in Lawrence with a Unitarian service at Plymouth Congregational, Rev J R Young speaker. A fair crowd attended and interest was high. Tonight there are services at Five Christian church with Rev McAferty at United Brethren church. The week is observed nationwide with union services under an outline plan to boost meeting effectiveness. Tax Penalty Added reports say pink tax statements are invalid for tax receipts. penalties apply and descriptions alone show property to be taxed.
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Lawrence
Unian
Plymouth Congregational Eluireh
J. RK. Young
Five Christian Church
McAferty
United Brethren Church
W. H. McKone
Marriage License Granted in Douglas County Court
One marriage license was granted yesterday in the Douglas County probate court by Judge CG. E. Lindley. It was issued to Norris E. Peterson and Vesta V. Nelson, both of Topeka.
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Douglas County
CG. E. Lindley
Norris E. Peterson
Vesta V. Nelson
Topeka
Lawrence City Plans to Pulse Police and Utilities Upgrades
City Commission approves key staffing and infrastructure moves. W S Henderson named city engineer and water superintendent. Mrs Mabel B Sadler named to Lawrence Memorial Hospital board. Police plan patrol time indicators to confirm rounds. fires, tax, and street work reports reviewed.
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WW. Cieland
Menderson
Kreeck
Mabel B. Sadler
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Halleck
Lawrence
Kansas Tes Petroleum Company
Farmers Oppose Hedging System Hearings Begin
Washington Jan 4 farmers organizations opposed the hedging system in a first hearing before the House Agricultural Committee. They rejected heavy taxes on speculative grain dealings but offered no immediate substitute plans. Chicago board of trade representatives were slated to present next, after growers heard. Public Debt Decreased by 192,932,074, Treasury announced Jan 1.
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Washington
House Agricultural Committee
Chicago Hoard of Trade
The
Treasury
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