Missing Bonds Mystery Unfolds In Prague Police Files
Prague police trace a complex bonds theft starting with a Chicago bank shipment mailed to Omaha then misrouted to Ressice Czechoslovakia. A Wisconsin farmer returned bonds from a Prague tailor who held $40,000 in bonds as payment for a suit. The tailor and his son were jailed as detectives pursue a Serb suspect linked to an American arrival. Local social notes follow with residents visiting Kansas City and Desoto, plus basketball results and school staffing updates.
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Prague
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Chicago
Omaha
Ressice
Czechoslovakia
Amreica
America
United States
Danderine Hair Tonic Promises Quick Restoration
An advertisement-style copy extols Danderine as a reliable hair tonic that combs away dandruff, stimulates the scalp, and restores thinning hair to a stronger, fuller, more youthful look. It highlights gleaming hair, reduced itching, and a non greasy formula marketed for drugstore purchase.
Farmers' Union Meeting Delayed to Jan. 11 in Franklin
In Franklin local No. 1532 the meeting set for Friday January 4 at the school house was postponed and moved to Friday night January 11. Also noted is the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs Floyd Cox born January 4, and May Swallow of Kanwaka is a former relative. A large Christmas visit and a community gathering at the White home featured coffee, fruit salad, and cake.
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Farmers’ Union of Franklin
Floyd Cox
Cox
May Swallow
Kanwaka
Robert White
George Tuttle
Charles Lemon
Billy Lemon
William McClintock
Edith Gibson
Gerald Robertson
Armstrong Martin
Frank Topping
Richard Topping
Lawrence Dente
Charles Shirar
Loyd
Fay Young
Sherman
Capitola
Bessie
Rachel Fletcher
Paul Segenhagen
Plin White
Henry Eggert
Geneva White
Charles Wilson
Lawrence
Herold White
Charles Young
Tuttle
Tom Murphy
Lone Star
Samuel Fletcher
William Gentry
Emmet Thompson
John White
McLouth
Clarence Oe
Blue Mountain Arkansas
St. Clair
A. E. Welsh
Marie
Edith Gilson
Mary McClintock
Fairviewd
Dorothy Heizman
Kansas City
D. C. Barr
Edward Davis
Lawson
Elzy Davis
LaVerne
John A. Rumbough
Topeka
Dorothy Heizmann
Genevieve Palmer
India
Peabody, Ks
Local residents share holiday visits and calls in Lawrence area
A string of social visits is reported as neighbors and relatives from Lawrence and nearby towns spent Christmas and New Year’s in each other’s homes. Mrs. Ernest Newlin’s daughter hosted guests, while Mr Barr’s trip was noted. Families including Eisile, Morawetz, Fletcher, White, Shirar, Welsh, and Gibbs share meals and calls, with store trips and gentle travel noted among locals.
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Ernest Newlin
Barr
G. P. Goodmann
Starsburg
Trip
William Eisile
Eisile
Eudora
Frank Saunders
Lawrence
Elzy Davis
Edith Gibson
Lorita
Bernita Morawetz
Charles Hubbard
Clarence
Samuel, Fletcher
Walter
Fay Young
Naynut Grove
Robert
White
Charles Shirar
John Garret
Minnie
Henry Welsh
Will Walker
Leonard
Fairview
William McClintock
Harold White
Charles Wilson
Marlin Rumbough
Williamstown
May Welsh
A. FE. Welsh
Lizzie Davis
Topeka
Amd
Robert White
Plin White
Kaw Valley
Lady
Evangelical Church
Michael Helzman
Esther Johnson
Sibleyville
Geneva
Evelyn White
Local pupils resume work after holidays and town notes
Mrs Hill and pupils resume school Monday after a week’s vacation. Harold Seele returns from St Marys. he biked there and back. Marie Preston hired as teacher at DeSoto to fill vacancy from a marriage. Roma Reeves leaves for Emporia after visiting home. New Year dinners, club events, and new officers at Pleasant Hour Club. Several illness updates and visits among town residents. Olaf Anderson back home from Kansan City. McClung family affected by sickness.
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Cecil
Keith
A. B. Burks
Virginia
Kansas City
Richard Burks
Olin Jewett
Hampleton
Ruth
Neil
Eldridge Stratton
Kansas University
Lovie Stratton
Agnes Osborn
Hazel Freeman
Charles Coffin
Earl Steed
E. Beecraft
Charles Beecraft
Beecraft
Bonner Springs
J. H. Haley
Miss Leita
Mabel
Clara May Crane
Near Bonita
Peter Savage
Edward Kordes
Olathe
Kordes
John Mull
C. B. Weard
J. L. Large
Golden Belt
L Smith
Reed
Wylie Baker
Gertrude Blaylock
Ed_ Blaylock
Edgerton High School
Desoto
D. St. H
Beulah Hackler
Frances Mason
Frances Phillips
Ruby Warsep
Alpha Davison
Gertrude Freeman
Eleanor Whitelaw
Harold Sheldon
Norman Wodd
Howard Phillips
Wilert Mason
Glenn Whitwill
Eugene Frisbee
Frank Golden
Harry Hill
Forest Springer
Preston
Lawrence
Mary Buchheim
Roma Reeves
Emporia
L. Bigsby
Bigsby
Roy Orr
Shipman Carter
Lecompton
Pleasant Hour
Ericksen Brothers
John Manwarring
Guy Bigsby
Crawford McClung
Ellen Anderson
Arthur Ulrich
Reeves
Robert Martin
Simmons Hospital
Roma
William Kirby
Olaf Anderson
Kansan
McClung
Kanwaka
Carl
Village Notes From Tonganoxie Church Social and Local Happenings
In the Reno church a pie social and program is planned for Saturday night with homemade candy and hot coffee and cheese sandwiches for pie lovers. Local activity includes wood cutting for walnut logs, town residents aiding autoists, and winter chores across Dehoff woods. Several visitors, farm events, and small gatherings fill the week as cold weather slows some plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Dr. Flanders
Tonganoxie
H. G. Skeets
Dehoff Woods
Vernon Dehoff
Kansas City
Fred Kahn
Skeets
Jeanquart
C. L. Dehoff
Alvis Lavern
M. Boggs
Frank Barnes
David Kline
Eral Mich
O’dea
J. M. Clevenger
E. E. Tillotson
Harvey
Lawrence
Ge. L. Phenicie
Aid Society
Burt Harmon
Sam Kelsall
Shrine
Phal
Kelsall's
Phenicie's
Sanders
Harmon’s
Heines
Lawrence Area Threshers and Visitors Report
Henry Johanning of Paola and Olte Johanning transacted business in Lawrence Monday. George Gish of Jewell county stayed with Lt. Montgomery. Threshing by Johanning teams for Grover Ulrich and Charley Wacker, and many visits to families in Centropolis Ottawa and Clearfield marked the week. Several local residents attended funerals, shopped in Kansas City, or delivered millet seed and kraffic corn.
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Henry Johanning
Paola
Olte Johanning
Lawrence
George Gish
Jewell County
Lt. Montgomery
Dean Johanning
Grover Ulrich
Ray - Gray
Betty Dean
Osawatomie
Harry Flory
Opal
Mary Peffley
Will Peffley
Ottawa
John Storum
Dan
Clearfield
Herman. Pohl
Tom
Spe
Glenn Flora
LeLoup
Otto Johanning
Charley Crawford
William Wacker
J. L. Montgomery
Chris Peterson
Hattie Jessee
Charley Wacker
Otto
Harry
Flory
Hoffman
Centropolis
Baldwin
Frances
Hiatt
Mary Jessee
Paul Jessee
Kansas City
Charles E. Hughes
Ford Motor Company
Joe Gilliland
Clyde
Local residents travel and gatherings around Baldwin Ottawa and Stony Point
Fr id ay and weekend social activity includes visits by Hazel and Glenn, Homer Gibson to Ottawa, I L Montgomery in Baldwin, Harry Flory, Otto Johanning ground feed, and attendance at Farmers Union stockholders meeting at Number Ten school. Families gather for Sunday dinners with Lyvsicks Shipys Tucker Wray and Daily families. Several locals butcher beef and cut wood, while John Hulee Lassen Tucker and Banfon host relatives. Juln Alley’s vacated area attracts moves from De Soto.
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Dren
Hazel
Glenn
Tom Gilliland
Homer Gibson
Ottawa
I. L. Montgomery
Baldwin
Harry Flory
Otto Johanning
Theodore Elm
Ben Gibson
L. W. Haas
William Wacker
Arthur Simon
Farmers’ Union Store
Opal
Helen
Marie
Mary Feffley
Eva Haas
Wilk Lyvsick
Elmer Brown
Brown
Shipys
Centropolis
Glenn Flora
LaVerne
Ted Patterson
le Loup
John Churchbaugh
Nave Weay
A. F. Lawson
Lawrence
Lawson
John Hulee
Lassen
Clinton
George Tucker
Splon Tucker
Nellie Banfon
Richland
Kanaye Wray
John
Maggie McMcKen
Robert Norment
Kansas City
Dave Wray
D. A. Wray
Ernest
Will Pomroy
McKinzie
de Soto
Juln Alley
Lake View News and Neighborhood Happenings
John Denny spent Christmas with Mrs. Gus Brune after leaving Wichita. Lewis brothers cut wood for Mr. Martin. The Lake View store burned Sunday night. fire department and neighbors assisted. Gilsons visited Kansas City for the weekend. Local youths skated on the lake Sunday. Olinda Brune visited Kanwaka with Aileen Colman. Brune Bros. put up ice on Monday and Tuesday. Josephine Lewis visited Frances Lewis Sunday. Albert Brune returned from a trip to New York Boston and Washington with Paul Brune and family. In New York they met Ben Brune, Paul’s brother, studying grand opera.
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John Denny
Wichita
Gus Brune
Herbert, Arthur
George Lewis
Martin
Lake View
Gilson
Kansas City
Olinda Brune
Aileen Colman
Kanwaka
Brune Bros
Josephine Lewis
Frances Lewis
Albert Brune
New York
Boston
Washington, D.C
Brune
Paul Brune
Ben Brune
Argentine cotton crop seen reaching record levels
Buenos Aires reports the season's cotton crop likely to reach 40,000 metric tons or more than 176,000 bales, the largest since cotton cultivation began on a substantial scale. The agriculture ministry backs cotton growth in northern provinces, citing favorable climate and soil to build Argentina into a major producer.
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Buenos Aires
Associated Press
Ministry of Agriculture
Argentina
Rush to divorce court in Berlin over teaching rule
Berlin dispatch notes a regulation forcing married women teachers to quit to free posts for single women. Feminists protest though unemployment pressures push acceptance. Private schools mirror the policy. The report cites U.S. figures surprising Germans on autos.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Trial by Jury in Czechoslovakia Regarded Unsatisfactory
Prague notes that certain juries in Czechoslovakia have handed down decisions seen as too harsh or too lenient. Critics blame wartime upheaval and the postwar revolution for widespread uncertainty about concepts of right and wrong, sparking calls for reform.
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Czechoslovakia
Prague
Associated Press
Danes Guard Borderland Influx From Germany
Germans leave the fatherland in large numbers prompting Denmark to reinforce border guards to stop passage without proper papers. Special orders target smuggling as brisk milk meat and cheese trade flows into Germany.
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Schleswig
Associated Press
Fatherland
Germany
Castoria Advertisement Cites Safe Teething Remedy
An old advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a long trusted teething remedy for children. It claims Castoria is a pleasant substitute for narcotics based syrups and teething drops and includes directions on each package. The copy emphasizes a familiar signature and broad TV endorsement.
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Bayer
Bayer Manufacture
Fletcher
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Argentine
Earl Gottstein
Gardner
Ralph Davis
Garnett
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J. W. Davis
Will Jewetts
Billy Wallace
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California
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Kress
Excelsior
Stony Point
Ray Bayer
Semianu
Dr. Kieacs
Edwards
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Los Angeles
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Lacarte
Salt Lake City
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