Winter Grip May Loosen On State
Weather bulletin reports sub zero Kansas temperatures with Topeka at seven below. Forecaster Flora predicts gradual warming western Kansas today and statewide tomorrow. No wheat damage yet, livestock feed concerns in west, main highways open, record lows set in Topeka two years running.
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Mercury
Flora
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Almena
Wichita
Plara
Danetront City
Dodgeity
Injured KU Student Is Taken Home After Williams town Fight
Two University of Kansas students were hospitalized after a Williams town fight sparked by the Parnell brothers wielding stools in a nearby restaurant. One student, more seriously hurt, was taken to Kansas City by his aunt. Officials expect a decision on whether to file charges in Jefferson County within days.
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University of Kansas
Everett Nelson
Jefferson County
Parnell Brothers
Earby Townles Wurst
Kansas
K. M.F
Ralph J. Vanuteson
Wrrst
Nelson
Ebert
Harry Irau
Douglas County
Hi Wearrer
Nathec
Bill 18 Found Guilty in Coat Theft Case
Melvin Hill was found guilty of stealing a feather coat from John Todd. Justice J H Mitchell sentenced him to ninety days in jail and a $200 fine plus costs. Officer Henry Smith arrested Hill when he was found wearing the coat on New Year’s Day.
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John Todd
Justice of the Peace
J. H. Mitchell
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Henry Smith
Weather forecast for Kansas includes snow risk
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Friday with possible snow in the east and south. temperatures low. roads frozen. Douglas county roads open. Yesterday's and today's temperatures show slight variation with overnight and morning readings. Motor company ad and service contact appear in the text.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Yule Iehe-Skinner Motor Co
Earthquake Floods and Bitter Cold Hit United States
AP reports a 24 hour span with a Southern California quake, widespread floods in the Midwest and South, and bitter cold across the northwest and Rockies. In California 500 families fled swelling Wabash river waters affected Indiana, while Ottawa Ohio saw 100 rescued from a flooded area. Denver logged seven indirect cold deaths as temperatures plunged to seven below zero, with snow and ice across Colorado New Mexico and parts of the south.
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Idaho
Minois
Indiana
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Pennsylvania
Oklahoma City
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Cera
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Atlantic
Repeal Is Asked In Capitol On Prohibition’s Tenth Birthday
Washington reports heated debate as the nation marks ten years of prohibition. House and Senate consider resolutions to repeal the eighteenth amendment while Commissioner Doran claims large operators are gone and minor violators remain. A New York Republican deputy and Senator Sheppard of Texas trumpet opposing and supporting views amid a dry trend assessment.
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Senate
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Nebraska
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Snow Drifts Cleared. County Roads Open in Douglas County
Drifting snow overnight disrupted some routes in Douglas County but county engineer £. E. Trueblood says all highways are now passable. The Wor den road south of Worden and the Stull to Highway 40 N route near Lawrence were briefly troubled, but openings were reported after road crews cleared drifts. The entire county road force remains on duty. township roads, aided by loaned equipment, should be clear by tonight. Bus service on Highway 40 N between Kansas City and Topeka reports no significant drifts, with a few brief delays noted yesterday.
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Stull
Lawrence
Avas
Kansas City
Topeka
Trial and related court news from Kansas City
A 14 year old girl testified about assaults by Russell C Arnold as he stood trial in Kansas City court. Spectators, many women, surged for seats while jurors were chosen from a 47 man panel. The case described a home lure and an underground study attack.
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Dorothy van Camp
Russell C. Arnold
Arnold
Witness
Huge Telephone Program Outlined for Kansas
Topeka January 16 AP A 5 080 000 construction plan by Southwestern Bell for Kansas this year includes new offices in Hutchinson Independence and Topeka plus extensions of long distance lines new switchboard and equipment and dial system installation in Wichita to be completed by March 1 Lawrence now hosts the district construction and maintenance force with sixty men.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Kansas
P. H. Hopkins
Hutchinson
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Wichita
Heflin Attacks Papal Education Encyclical in Senate
Senator Heflin of Alabama denounced Pope Pius XI s January encyclical on education as a bold, direct assault on the American public school system. He called the document arrogant and said it targets free institutions, listing editorials in the record. He also assailed former Gov. Alfred E. Smith as the first major figure openly opposing public schools.
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Senate
Heflin
Alabama
America
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Mor Smith
New York
United States
Bomb injures maid at Boss Eller home in Chicago
The home of political chief Boss Eller in Chicago was struck by a black powder bomb at the rear of a three story brick building. Eller and his wife were unharmed while maid Anna Agaman suffered cuts from plaster and a doorway fragment landed in the room above. The basements' chauffeur slept through the attack. In other items, W A Schall was reelected assistant cashier at Lawrence National Bank after a misprint omission in last night's Journal World report.
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Eller
Elier
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Schall
Lawrence National Bank
Journal-World
W.A. Schall
Senate Opposes a Sugar Rate Rise
Washington January 16 AP A Senate vote by ten margins rejects the Republican plan to raise sugar tariffs, retaining 1.76 cents per pound on Cuban sugar. Eighteen Republicans desert the finance committee proposal for 2.20 cents. House had 2.40 cents. Conference between chambers will resolve the clash. The fight drew Western independents with Democrats, led by Borah and Norris, while Nye Frazier and Howell opposed Harrigan’s rate. Independent Blaine assails western labor conditions after the vote.
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Oil Merger Hinge on Survey Says Sinclair
Harry F. Sinclair head of Sinclair Consolidated Oil indicates a new 100 million dollar petroleum firm may form by merging three major producers. A survey by his company’s experts will determine the action, following talks with Prairie Oil and Gas of Kansas and Rio Grande Oil of Los Angeles in Los Angeles after meetings in New York.
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Petroleum Corporation
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Rio Grande Otl Company
New York
Judge Upholds Trustees in Comfortable Home Suit
In Kansas City Judge Williard P. Hall ruled the estate funds may cover only repair bills taxes and similar expenses for the late H R Dean's home. Mrs Alice Dean Green Swobe sought $600 monthly for household costs claiming the home was a comfortable dwelling for life.
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Alice Dean Green Swobe
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Bills to consolidate veterans agencies in one department
Washington reports secretary Wilbur backing a plan to unite all veterans agencies under a single executive department with an assistant secretary of veterans affairs. A Williamson substitute for consolidation in the veterans bureau was submitted to the House expenditures committee, while Interior officials were absent. A pensions bureau substitute urged an assistant secretary of interior for veterans affairs and transfer of the veterans bureau and the veterans homes to the interior department under that supervision.
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Wilbur
Veterans Reau
Veterans Holps
Interior Department
Unite in services prompts joint church committee
A midweek meeting report shows Mirsi Baptist Church in George and the First Christian Church considering unity in Sunday services and shared midweek prayer gatherings. A joint com mittee on comity was appointed at annual meetings with members from both churches, aiming for closer cooperation and possible union.
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R. Brewster
E. J. Haynes
Will Gorvill
Christian Church
G. C. Foster
FP. Hairsclaw
CG. E. Birch
First Baptist
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Foster
Earth Tremors Hit Inland California Areas After Quake
A strong quake yesterday rattled southern California with the heaviest shaking in inland mountain regions. Two shocks at 4:25 and 5:00 p m were felt from San Diego to Mojave, with Los Angeles poles swaying and buildings rocking in the business district. Seismologist Dr. Harry L Wood cited data from Pasadena and noted the epicenter remains undetermined until seismograph film is developed. Reports indicate greater intensity toward the sea and south, while mountain areas saw characteristic rotting motion and sparse damage overall.
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Coachella Valley
San Diego
Mojave Desert
Harry L. Wood
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Pasadena
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Man hanged himself in jail delaying trial
Stockton Kansas January 16 AP report that Christopher Raymo awaiting trial in the county jail hanged himself with a bed sheet. Officers said he had warned the sheriff the day before that he would be dead in the morning. Raymo leaves a widow. Se age Atwater-KRent Radio Hanna Adv.
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Outline Drive At Noon Meeting for Chamber Expansion
The Chamber of Commerce expansion program outlines a membership canvass meeting at 12:30 tomorrow in the chamber dining room to assign prospects and finalize instructions. Walter EL Varnum leads the 18 teams with Majors Curfman McDonald and Wayne McCoy supervising. Dean George Shuad reports eight coworkers committed, with several captains submitting completed rosters. The activities fund committee met at Green Owl tea room to plan subscriptions, chaired by Ari Weaver with twenty volunteers.
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W. W. Curfman
Frank W. McDonald
Wayne McCoy
Dean George Shuad
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A. E. Woestempyer
C. B. Hosford
George Wetzel
J. 5. St. Clair
Don Hoax
Ralph Harman
Green Owl Tearoom
Ari Weaver
Lost Fliers Reported Near Siberian River
Moscow reports unconfirmed loss of Gark Ren Kielson and mechanic Earl Borkand since Nov 9 during an Arctic air mission. Soviet authorities ordered a dog sled expedition to the Cape North area near the Great Anguy River to search the Siberian coast as American Canadian airmen widened a multi nation search.
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Special Election Called for Coffeyville Bond Vote
Coffeyville Kansas Mayor Harry Lang announces a February 10 special election to authorize 400000 dollars in bonds for the Kindley Memorial high school wheel project. Buyers contend the prior bond notice was too short, triggering a new election after contracts were set last April.
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Harry Lang
Ameral
Antrvathyga
Kansas City
Prescott. Wright, Snider Company
Fidelity National Bank
Kansas Haw. Reee
No Clue To Bank Bandits In Wichita Heist
Wichita officers said no progress in locating two unmasked robbers who yesterday morning robbed the Commercial Bank in downtown Wichita of 3. Descriptions and a report of a blue sedan seen north of the city after the crime, plus a dim thumbprint from the vault dial, were the only leads. The robbers locked cashier J. T. McCall, messenger M. F. Cotter, and customer Dell Crozier in the vault before escaping.
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Norning
Commercial Ank
Wichta
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J. T. McCall
M. F. Cotter
Dell Crozier
England man seeks brother in Kansas mystery
An appeal to Governor Clyde M. Steed from George Windrow Jones of Erdington England asks aid in locating his brother Frank Jones, a Kansas resident described as a farmer and lumberer who allegedly left England in the early 1880s with his wits intact and settled in Kansas.
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Clyde M. Steed
George Windrow Jones
Gravelly Bill
Erdington
Birmingham
Frank Jones
Kansas
Jones
Kan
Pleas of Women for Disarmament to Be Taken to London
A brown leather book with pleas of 12,000,000 American women for armament reduction will be presented to the naval reduction conference in London in February along with signatures from 180,000 Japanese women. Mrs. Edgerton Parsons leads the New York delegation, to sail after the conference, joined by Mrs. Iper Whiley and Miss Mary Drier. The book contains conference resolutions urging drastic disarmament to end naval competition.
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Freezing waters chill Mississippi valley flood areas
The central Mississippi valley faced near zero temperatures as ice and slush froze rivers, driving residents from homes. Wabash and White rivers overflowed, with Clarksville and Vincennes experiencing levee breaches and closures. National guardsmen aided at risk bridges while southern Illinois faced minor danger. A polar cold snap followed, halting melt and bringing subzero Chicago forecasts.
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Seek Man With Police Record in Bank Holdup
Wichita Kansas January 16 police and county officers disclosed they sought Tohert Freld Wolverton 35 with a police record as one of two robbers who yesterday held up the Commercial Bank here taking 3205 J T McCall cashier said by chief of detectives W Lyle to have identified a picture of Wolverton as the taller robber A fingerprint from the bank vault door was said to resemble Wolvertons on file Wolvertons name was known to authorities before the robbery prompting offers to join the crime from former detective W S Truax Coffeyville Hutchinson and Pratt authorities were asked to search for him
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Pratt
Dividend Announced by Wheat Farming Company
Topeka January 16 AP directors of the wheat farming company declare a 244 percent dividend payable February 28 to stockholders of record November 1 1929. This second disbursement from 1929 crop profits amounts to about 354 000 distributed among roughly 1 000 shareholders, nearly all Kansans.
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Wheat Farming Company Today
C. A. Beeby
Kansas
Fritzel Plant Moves City Location Consolidates Dairy
Lawrence institution Kaw Valley Creamery merges with Arthur Fritz el dairy. Kaw Valley equipment moves to the Fritz el plant on Twenty First Street while remodeling proceeds at Kaw Valley. The new Fritz el dairy will begin operations after April 1 with improved service and delivery. Mr Winsler remains superintendent as the plant expands to form one of Kansas’ leading dairy operations.
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Arthur Fritzel Dairy
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Fritzel
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Prijaet
G. R. Shultz
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Mandy
Kansas
Fatality Stuns Former KU Student In Kansas Atchison
John J. Ingalls, 24, former University of Kansas student and member of the Cosmopolitan club, died at his parents home in Atchison of bicumenia. He was the son of Sheffield Ingalls, a former Kansas governor. Phi Sam fraternity members plan to attend the funeral. the University community mourns a graduate and alumni leader.
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Atchison Globe
Sheffield Insgalla
Tewtetint
Kansas
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Hyte Seatiat Maha Fills
Jake J. Trealls
University of Kansas
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Trio Captured Near Phoenix After Gun Battles
Phoenix Arizona January 16 AP Suspected of crimes in New Hampshire Pennsylvania Ohio the woman and two men captured near here after gun battles with police. Officials say the trio Mrs Rene Schroeder Benwood West Virginia Glenn Dane and Vernon Ackerman ex convict Oklahoma face kidnapping assault and related charges in Arizona counties over the abduction and shooting of Officer Joe Chianman and Deputy Sheriff Few Wright. Neither officer was fatally wounded. Schroeder and Dague are sought in Pennsylvania for the slaying of four man Brady Paul at New Kensington.
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Ariz
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Ohio
WH. Wright
Rene Schroeder
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Glenn Dane
Vernon Ackerman
X-Convicw
Oklahoma
Brookhart proposes lower agricultural freight rates
A resolution by Senator Brookhart calls on the Interstate Commerce Commission to cut agricultural freight rates to align with general railroad rates on a tonnage basis. If full alignment harms adequate transportation, adjustments would shift other product rates upward to compensate, avoiding any increase in agricultural rates. A second item reports that 52 year old Frank E. Dyer, a Kansas City broommaker, died from gas heater fumes.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Brookhart
Congress
Kansas City
Frank Ef, Dyer
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