Reed Springs His Attack On Treaty
Washington January 11 AP Senator Reed of Missouri longtime foe of the league of nations denounces Kellogg Briand Pact as a path to no wars with exceptions for league and Locarno treaties and zones of influence. He claims Britain could nullify the Panama Canal and mocks those who shout peace while no real peace exists.
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Washington
Senator Reed
Missouri
League of Nations
Missourian
Reed
Mr. Wellogge
Locarno
Great Britain
Canada
Bermuda
Jamaica
US States
Panama Canal
Truck Bandits Seize Cigars In Latest Heist
Two men forced Louis Prosser to drive a truck for several blocks before being dropped. the Miles and Moser Cigar Co truck carried 81 0,000 in merchandise including auto tires, drugs, 10111 films, and pickle barrels. Police linked the theft to another earlier truck theft involving 319,000 in goods. The abandoned vehicle was found near the intercity viaduct in Kansas City with films, tires, and other items aboard.
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City
Jan
Anz
Louis Prosger
Miles & Moser Cigar Company
Kansas City
Lawrence
Toneka
I: Street
Merchand
Colored man stabbed in street altercation at Eighth and New Jersey
Grant West about 40, of 911 East Twelfth street, suffered a stab wound in the right breast during a late night altercation near Eighth and New Jersey streets. Dr John C Rudolph attended him and said he was not in serious condition. Mrs Ida ty, colored, was alleged by West to have stabbed him, but charges were questioned by police.
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Grant West
East Twelfth Street
John C. Rudolph
West
Ida Ty
Eighth
New Jersey
Kansas Forecast Promises Colder Night Across South Tonight
Weather forecast notes fair conditions tonight and Saturday with cooling in the south portion and a rise in temperature in the east on Saturday. Road conditions vary with cities such as Arkansas City Coffeyville Salina Hutchinson and Wichita showing cloudy to partly cloudy skies and some slick or muddy stretches. Temperatures yesterday are mentioned in passing.
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Kansas
South Portion
East
Arkansas City
Coffey
Emporia
Ansas City
Ottawa
Wichita
Coffeyville
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
Topeka
Douglas
Cold Wave Advances From Plains Into Midwest Tonight
A second severe cold spell is forecast for the region as zero by nightfall is expected in the Chicago district and five below by morning. Snowy heralds gave way to clear skies but winds from North Dakota and Canada drive the plummeting temperatures with blizzard conditions across parts of the Midwest. Grand Forks and Bismarck report heavy drifts and erratic temperatures.
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Weather Bureau
Chicago
Northwest States
Calinadian Plains
North Dakota
Grand Forks
N. D
Bismarck
Water H elps Fires Along Ned York
Water remains effective on wood paper textiles and other combustibles but worsens fires involving oils greases and gasoline. For electrical equipment water is dangerous and carbonType extinguishers or foam gas types are advised by Underwriters Laboratories in guidance on firefighting methods.
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Ned
York
Underwriters Laboratories
Signing Pact Expensive For France In 1928 Budget
Paris AP reports the Bri and Kellog peace pact cost France about $10,000 in extra expenses for 1928. The outlay covered lodging and transport for visiting delegates, meals and entertainment, and documents and work surrounding the signing. More than $3,000 went to housing and transport, $2,800 to signing work, with luncheon reception and dinner filling the remainder.
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Paris
France
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Lost Race in Africa Ties to Modern Europeans, U S Study
Professor Fay Cooper Cole of the University of Chicago suggests America's melting pot may include descendants of an ancient African population. Four skeletons unearthed north of the Sahara show features closer to Europeans, with origins dating back about 25,000 years.
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Chicago
Almerica
Africa
Fay Cooper Cole
University of Chicago
Department of Anthropology
Sahara Desert
Cole
Algeria
Beloit College
F. G. Logan
Chicago Art Institute
Gale
Europe
Gibraltar
Sicily
Jed
Balkars
Tostei
Wedding feast leaves groom owing grocer in Jugoslavia
More than 200 relatives attended the wedding breakfast for Magidala Weber and Jacob Koniz in Ciripas Jugoslavia. The groom furnished the food but left a bill to pay for two cows four pigs 300 chickens 30 geese 40 turkeys 450 pounds of flour 110 pounds of butter 50 quarts of cream 125 pounds of cheese 2000 eggs 10 hogsheads of beer 1000 wine bottles and 1500 soda syphons. In Potter Kan a bank merger was announced between Potter State Bank and Farmers State Bank Potter with combined resources listed at 187 000. The merger was effective.
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Ciripas
Jugoslavia
Magidalena Weber
Jacob Koniz
Potter
Kan
Toneko
Potter State Bank
State , Bank
State Banking Department
Twenty-five Indictments in Kansas City Bootlegging Probe
The Jackson county grand jury returned twenty-five secret indictments late today as part of its investigation into bootlegging activities in Kansas City. The action follows an ongoing probe by the grand jury and law enforcement officials.
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Tndict
Kansas City
Jackson County Grand Jury
Race for Cuban trade between ships heats up
New York January 11 AP The informal contest between the US liner President Roosevelt and the Cunarder Caronia continued as the American ship reached quarantine five hours ahead of the Caronia after leaving Havana three hours earlier. The President Roosevelt arrived at 4 a.m. and the Caronia at 9 a.m. Each ship carried passengers for the return voyage, with 34 on the President Roosevelt and 102 on the Caronia. Both were heavily booked for tomorrow’s trip. The Roosevelt had been loaned to Ward Line to compete with the Caronia on the Havana route during peak season.
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New York
United States
Roosevelt
Caronia
Havan
Havana
President Roosevelt
Ward Line
Cunard ‘Line
New York-Havana
Senate panel approves $25 million boost for enforcement
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $25 million increase for prohibition enforcement, with Senator Harris of Georgia calling current enforcement a farce. If adopted, total enforcement funding would rise from about $13 million to roughly $38 million, including coast guard costs. The proposal requires Senate and House approval and a bureau spending plan.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Prohibition Bureau
Harris
Georgia
Senate
House
Sénate
Coast Guard Service
Solons Brief Holiday Before Reed Inaugural
Toneka Kansas January 11 AP Awaiting the governor elect Clyde M Reed inauguration the Kansas legislature began its first weekend holiday of the 1929 biennial session Many members returned home planning to return for the Monday noon inaugural ceremonies The House and Senate will reconvene at 3 pm Monday The message from Governor elect Reed was completed yesterday and sent to the printer
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Toneka
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
House
Senate
Freet Reed
Tudsay
Reed
Mussolini Tightens Fascist Emblem Policy and Youth Uniforms
Rome says Mussolini aims to standardize Fascist insignia with uniform badges for officers and men. No more Baililla youth costumes sold to tourists without membership cards. Also notes House approval of the Fenn Bill for reapportionment after the 1930 census.
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Rome
Mussolini
America
Hertofore
Mili
Duce
United States
Baililla
House
Washington
Congress
President Adams Runs Aground Off Balboa Reef
The steamship President Adams of the Dollar line struck a reef outside the Cristobal breakwater near Panama and went aground while en route to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. Aboard were crew and passengers, with no immediate reports of serious injuries. Salvage operations were being organized as divers inspected the hull for damage.
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Panama
President Adams
Dollar Line
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Cristobal
Army Plane Crash Kills Seven In Middletown
An army transport plane crashed near Middletown Pennsylvania after takeoff on a training flight killing seven crew members. One other crewman survived badly injured, with the pilot and others missing or dead. the cause remains unknown. The accident site is described as a vacant lot near the airport, with a treeline and houses nearby.
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Middletown
Bie Fokker
Conroy
Henry Rosser Angell
Mike B. Kelly
la Huttai
Cronan
McCartney
Birch
Jones
United States Army
Bollingfield
Frederick S$. Christ
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Lower Royalton
Bolling Field
Frederick
Christy
Watered stock alleged in Casco Bay scallop trade
Portland Maine AP reports wholesale fish buyers accuse Casco Bay scallop fishermen of diluting scallops by soaking in fresh water to swell weight. Small boat operators say twenty pounds of raw meat gains about five pounds after twelve hours soaking, harming flavor and evading detection.
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Portland
Casco Bay
Avery
Iodine Substitute Metaiodin Claimed Safe
Berlin AP reports Prof Hans Friedenthal of Berlin University announces metaiodin as an oxygenised iodine substitute. The drug is claimed to have the same therapeutic uses and antiseptic value as iodine but without iodine’s irritating effects.
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Berlin
Hans Friedenthal
Berlin University
Friedenthal
From Venezuela to Lawrence A KU student visits local friends
From Venezuela Fred Frazier a former KU student who recently returned from Venezuela where he supervised the installation of electric equipment for a large corporation is visiting friends in Lawrence. Frazier graduated from the University here two years ago and studied electrical engineering while attending school was employed by the local telephone company. Forty and Eight elects La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux officers were named at a Green Owl dinner with Earnest Boyce as Chef de Gare and Richard B Stevens as Chef de Train among others. A Topeka AP report notes Delavan state bank’s cashier A L Owen under investigation as the bank was closed yesterday.
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Venezuela
Fred Frazier
K. U
Lawrence
Frazier
Forty
Eicht
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux
Forty and
Fight
Green Owl Tea Room
Chef de Gare
Earnest Boyce
Chef de Train
Richard B. Stevens
Commissaire - Intendant
Chas.b. Holmes
Conducteur
Geo. Nold
Garde de la Porte
David McCreath
Lampiste
Harold Ericson
Comuis Voyageur
Jack
Mein
Delavan Pan
Topeka
Jan
Tarim
Delavan State Bank
Delavan
A. L. Owen
Roosevelts Plan Western China Expedition
The Roosevelt brothers depart from Hong Kong with the Kelley expedition to Hanoi and travel west toward the Burma border and Mekong river to collect birds mammals and reptiles. Harold Coolidge notes the parties expect to meet in spring near the Burma China Indo-China junction and then proceed south along the Mekong to Saigon in early fall.
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Hong Kong
China
P the
Kelley- Roosevelt Field Museum
Hanoi
Burma
Mekong River
Saigon
University Symphony Orchestra Draws Largest Crowd Yet
The twenty sixth annual University Symphony Orchestra concert, directed by Prof. Karl Kiersteiner, drew the largest audience in the Auditorium as the event opened to the public without charge. The program ranged from complex symphonic pieces to lighter numbers like The Blue Danube Waltz, with soloist Prof. W. B. Downing delivering two baritone solos from Carmen and receiving an encore.
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University Symphony Orchestra
Karl Kiersteiner
School of Fine Arts
J. M
Kiersteiner
W. B. Downing
University School of Fine Arts
Seer Eg Eo Cee
Testimony Links Funding to Federation Campaign Effort
Mrs. John D Sherman testified in the FTC probe that she never wrote for the Nationalledge Light collection and had not been on its payroll. She said a revolving underwriting fund was set up to promote her magazine articles to broaden distribution and publicity for the federation’s home equipment campaign. Arrangements with the Lord Thomas and Logan agency provided $600 monthly for an article, renewed for twelve months starting October 1928, with payment routed through the agency.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
John D. Sherman
General Ex of Women's Clubs
Niver
National Ledge Light Collection
Federation
National Electric Light Association
Federation Home Equipment Survey
Sherman
Wholesale Use in Russian Prisons Has Become Fashion
Prisoners in Soviet jails have radio sets to pass the time. There are 110,000 crystal and detector receivers and 306 multi tube sets with loudspeakers in use. Taganskaya prison in Moscow houses a thousand cells with radio equipment. The central unit tunes to London Paris and Berlin alongside Russian stations.
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Moscow
Taganskaya
London
Paris
Berlin
Must Drop, Schools Maintained in Turkey for Lack of Aid
French aid to Asia Minor missions dwindles as Augustin missionaries warn they cannot support five colleges and one elementary school in Turkey. Bulgaria mission faces a similar funding crisis and near suspension of work. In Kansas, 13 year old Harold Fritz sustains serious injuries after a sled collision with a passenger bus. He was taken to Kansas City for treatment after a spinal hemorrhage developed.
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Turkey
Pari
Near East
Theugustin
Asia
Bulgaria
Leaverworth
Kan
Harold Fritz
Kansas City
Absorb Velie by American Eagle Aircraft
New York January 11. One announcement was made here that the American Eagle Aircraft Corporation of Kansas City Missouri has orally completed negotiations to absorb the Velie Motors Corporation of Moline Illinois.
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Velie Corporation
New York
American Eagle Aircraft Corporaion
Kansas’ City
Velie Motors ‘Corporation
Moline
Ils
City police nab alleged forgers
Lawrence officers arrested Roy Allen alias Guy Bradley about 40 and John Bradley about 25 for check forgery. They admitted John Bradley wrote the checks while Allen passed them. Forged names included Albert Pine Alfred Heck B. J. Dillon and Charles Roberts. Allen said he served time in Missouri penitentiary as Guy Bradley. The men await arraignment at the county jail as police check their activities.
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Lawrence
Roy Allen
Guy Bradley
John Bradley
Will Johns
Charles Calhoun
sAllen
John. Bradley
Allen
Albert Pine
Alfred Heck
Shields
North Lawrence
Farmers’ Union Bank of
Johns
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
Delavan State Bank Closed By State Agency
The Kansas State banking department closed the Delavan state bank of Delavan by order of its board. Roy F. O'Brien was sent to take charge of affairs. Last report showed capital 12000, surplus 4000, loans 69200, deposits 43461, rediscounted 11957, with W. W. Ray as president and A. L. Owen as cashier.
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Topeka
Jan. Ut
State Banking Department
Delavan State Bank
Delavan
Roy F. O'Brien
State Bank Commissioner
W. W. Ray
A. L. Owen
State Ranking Department
Farm Building Work Is Meeting Subject
A Lawrence Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting devoted to farm building and construction problems was announced by county agent R J Gilkison. The sessions run 9 30 am and 1 13 pm on Friday January 18 and will include builders, lumber dealers and contractors with speakers from Kansas State College and local firms.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
R. J. Gilkison
Mr. Gilkison
Walter G. Ward
Kansas State Agriculture College
Harold Constant
Law-rence
H. M. Chamney
Lawrence
F. M. Hartley
Baldwin
Fred Laptad
K.J ". Church
Portland Cement Association
Bus Skids On U S 40 Delays Kansas City Trip
Traffic on U S Highway 40 west of Lawrence stalled for about twenty minutes when a Pickwick-Greyhound bus bound for Kansas City skidded and blocked the Willard slab. The bus was not damaged and continued to Kansas City. Regular service resumed after storm-related delays.
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Lawrence
Pickwick-Greyhound
Kansas City
Willard
Pilot licenses to five thousand two hundred in January
On January 1 a total of 5200 persons were licensed by the commerce department to pilot airplanes with 34 women among them. Of these, 2927 held transport licenses the highest civil aviation certificate. Interstate licenses numbered 1165 for private machines and 582 for limited commercial pilots. Two women held transport pilot status. Stark County grand jury ignores Heldman case in Canton.
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Ington
Commerce Department
Ap Seene
Heldman
Canton
Ohio
Stark County Grand Jury
Wilbur O. Heldman
Lorash
Margaret
Vernard E. Fear
Question Mark Returns Atop Record Flight Leg
Metropolitan Airport Los Angeles Jan 11 The endurance plane Question Mark powered by repaired engines departed at 11 12 am for Rockwell Field San Diego on the first leg of its return to Washington D C Captain Iva C Baker at the controls eleven days after a flight lasting 150 months 40 minutes and 15 seconds Major Carl Spatz commander and crew aboard Two newspaper representatives joined the cabin The Question Mark was accompanied by refueling ship No 1 commanded by Captain Ross Hoyt.
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Metropolitan Airport
Los Angeles
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Cal
Washington, D.C
Iva C. Baker
Carl Spatz
Ross Hoyt
Lawrence High Debaters Split Decisions With Topeka
Lawrence high school teams faced Topeka in two debates on the motion that the English parliamentary system is preferable to the U S presidential system. Lawrence negative Randall and Metzler won in Lawrence while affirmative Banks and Caston lost in Topeka.
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Lawrence High School
Topeka
United States
Hugh Randall
Lloyd Metzler
Lawrence
Arthur Banks
Telencaston
Fred Montgomery
Fred Seaman
Seaman Rural High School
H. B. Chubb
University of Kansas Department
Hutchinson Vice Probe Finds Police Under Fire
Hutchinson Kansas January 11 AP authorities continued inquiry into vice conditions with Mayor Lyman weighing a new police chief to replace G M Duckworth who resigned. The probe by Attorney General William A Smith and County Attorney Charles Hall centers on gambling and bootlegging. Warrants were issued for twelve women linked to immoral houses. all but one posted bond.
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Hutchinson
Kan
C. E. Lyman
G. M. Duckworth
William A. Smith
Charles Hall
Tom McGinn
Young Confers With President On German Reparations Post
Owen D. Young met with President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg in Washington to discuss the German reparations study. Neither man disclosed details as Young weighed a potential appointment while his wife's illness loomed.
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Washington
Owen D. Young
Coolidge
Kellogg
Oune
White House
Ili Ona
Scout Jamboree Planned for May at University Stadium
Lawrence Scouts heard plans for a Boy Scout Jamboree by Wyandotte Council to be held May 2 at the University stadium. Scout Commissioner Houston announced activities including swimming tests at the university pool, a paper sale, and a troop assembly during Scout Week. Attendees included leaders from Lawrence and visiting groups from Eudora and Ottawa with Indian demonstrations and talks by General Sears enhancing the event.
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Weeandotte Council
University Stadium
Lawrence Loy
Methodist Church
A. Houston
Lawrence
Kansas City
Leaveworth
Ottawa
Wyandotte
Houston
Harl Behrend
Eli Wamego
Harold Guegin
W. H. Sears
Buffalo
Plains
Eudora Boys
Take Oath On Monday In County And Town Offices
New county and town officers chosen in the general ticket will be sworn in on Monday at noon in the county office. Har Frazee to succeed George K. Melzvin as county attorney. Hisl strong to be the new sheriff, succeeding Mrs Isa Wellman, with several new appointees expected. Hill named from the third district and Fort T. Black from the second. R. Rutherford to take office as sheriff, Reed to serve as deputy, and Rutherford appointing Reed as under sheriff. Completes Jail Sentence Arthur Brantley released after sixty day sentence for possession of intoxicating liquor.
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Cers
Offic
Officheriff
Y Cummi
Reed
Rutherford
Arthur Brantley
Brantley
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