Fear Filibuster on Cruiser Bill
Washington January 19 AP senators wonder if debate is an indirect filibuster as the cruiser construction bill hangs amid a busy calendar. Six weeks remain with Hoover’s call for an exto ses sion shaping tactics. Roy C West nomination at Interior set aside. naval appropriations loom. Republican independents led by Norris oppose the cruiser measure, while support cites two-thirds for cloture if needed.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Deby
Roy C. West
Chicago
Interior
Naval Committee
Jonger
Vrits
Norris
Nebraska
King
Utah
Hale
Pthe Senate
Battle for Standard Oil Indiana proxies heats up
New York and San Francisco dispatches report a proxy battle over Standard Oil of Indiana with Colonel Stewart arriving from Chicago to court proxy support. Rockefeller Jr seeks to chair the board while Rockefeller Sr remains quiet. Proxies claimed number about 15 000 of 48 000 shares. Rockefellers deny taking sides pending proof.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Chicago
Rockefeller
Stewart
Frony Ormondeach, Fla
John . Rockefeller, Sr
Teachers join National Education Association in Kansas and DC
In Washington DC and Lawrence Kansas area schools principals and teachers report full student enrollment in NEA chapters. Lincoln McAllaster New York Quincy and Woodlawn schools plus Vinland Rural High School show 100 percent enrollment for multiple years under principals Mary J Dillard Sus an Todd Ursula Henley Opal J Remedy Mrs M J Posey Joseph F Carpenter. NEA enrollment reaches 193 thousand with goal 200000 in 1929.
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Washington, D. C
Lawrence
Kan
Land Rural ‘High School
National Education Association
Lincoln
McAllaster
New York
Quincy
Woodawn
Mary J. Dillard
Susan
Todd
Ursula
Henley
Opal
Opal WW. Kennedy, Mrs. M. J. Posey, At Joseph F. Carpentier of Vinland
Association
J. W. Crawtree
Lincoln School
Mary J. New
Suzan Todd
Ursula Henley
Opal J. Remedy
Woodlawn
M. J. Posey
Vinland Rural High School
Joseph F. Carpenter
Crabtree
Ings
The Junior edition distributed at Lawrence High School
The six page special edition of The Junior, Lawrence Junior High School's paper, was distributed at the school Thursday. It features regular news content and a group photo of the 9-A class promoted to Senior High yesterday, along with other notes of school life.
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Lawrence
Esterday
McMillin to Remain Kansas State Football Coach
Manhattan Kansas January 19 AP A N McMillin announced he will stay on as head football coach at Kansas State Agricultural College for the next year He had returned from Fort Worth Texas where he discussed a potential coaching job with Texas Christian University Officials including M F Ahearn director of athletics welcomed his decision Fort Worth offered stronger pay but loyalty to the state college prevailed
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Manhattan
Kans
A. N
McMillim
Kansas State Agricultural College
McMillin
Fort Worth
Texas
Texas Christian University
Lemnapgple
M. F. Ahearn
Fort. Worth
SieMillin
First Tariff Clash in Hearings With Calls for Open Sessions
Washington January 19 AP The first Democratic Republican flareup of the tariff revision hearings arose as Rep Gerner of Texas ranking minority member urged full publicity for the committee s rewrite of the tariff act He stated the public expects open hearings and that all information used in preparing new rates should be accessible to every member of Congress in record form Rep Treadway Republican Massachusetts opposed open hearings saying subcommittees will work later and may need data beyond testimony from open sessions He accused Garner of seeking publicity Garner asserted Democrats welcome white light for public affairs and protested secret subcommittee sessions with beneficiaries drafting rates He added that no beneficiary should write the tariff
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Washington
Gerner
Texas
Ways and Means
Garner
Congress
Treadway
Massachusetts
Tates
Beaths and Funerals and Local Meeting Notices
Death notices report Hi H Patton of Oberlin Ohio died January 17 from a stroke. Survived by wife son Wayne Patton of West Palm Beach and mother Mrs M Patton with several siblings in Kansas City Tulsa and Leavenworth. Burial at Vermillion Ohio. Allison Bryan aged 68 died at 1916 Barker Ave and funeral set for Joliet Illinois. Survived by wife four sons two daughters and a sister. Lone Star Farmers Union to hold monthly meeting January 24 at 8 PM to plan February 2 all day event with speakers Mr and Mrs Lambertson.
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H. H. Patton
Hi. H. Patton
Oberlin
Ohio
Patton
Lawrence
Wayne Patton
West Palm Beach
Fla
M. Patton
New Hampshire Street
Green, Jr
Allison Bryan Allison Bryan
Barker '‘Ave
Jotiet
Bryan
Mary Bryan
George
Oxford
Kan
Louis
Oklahoma City
Okla
Leste
Muskogee
Lawrence E
Gayman
Ruth Wilson
Hutchison, Kan
Flora Davis
Joliet, Il
Leanore Bachelor
Seattle, Wash
Farmers Union
Lone Star Farmers Union
Mra. Lambertson
Change in Senate Districts Debates in Topeka
Kansas legislature reconsiders a bill to reappoint 40 senatorial districts. Proposed consolidations would merge counties into new districts, trimming territory in western areas. Detailed shifts include Coffey and Anderson in the 7th, Osage with Franklin in the 15th, Pratt and Kingman into the 16th, and Greeley through Seward counties in the 38th among other changes.
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Topeka
Cecil Calvert
Gover County
Coffey County
Anderson and Linn
Geary County
Morris, Marion and Chase
Butler County
Elk
New Elk
Chautauqua
Edwards
Pawnee
Rush Hodzeman
Lane
Chautauqua County
Cowley
Thiry
Graham
Gove
Trego
Ellis
Sheridan
Reno
Pratt
Kingman
Kansas
Greeley
Wichita
Scott
Hamilton
Kearney
Finney
Stanton
Grant
Haskell
Morton
Stevens
Seward
Rooks
Norton
Phillips
Smith
Boy Scouts Aid Directing Traffic at City Intersections
Twelve Boy Scouts assisted with traffic control this afternoon at three Massachusetts Street intersections, where semaphore signals are operated by officers. Four scouts at each corner urged pedestrians to Walk with the signals, with the system set for Saturdays and when needed. Scouts listed include Major Creason, Ross Forney, Don Gilkinson, J B Mack, John McNoun, Walton Ingham, Loring Dalton, Herbert Alexander, Berry Senne, Wilfred McClain, Horace Mazon and Jolur Emick.
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Ninth
Massachusetts
Highth
Seventh
Major Creason
Ross Forney
Don Gilkinson
J. B. Mack
John McNoun
Walton Ingham
Loring Dalton
Herbert Alexander
Berry Senne
Wilfred McClain
Horace Mazon
Jolur Emick
Drug leaders urge Mellon to fund Prohibition enforcement
A telegram to Secretary Mellon from Bishop James Gannon Eugene L Crawford and Bishop Thomas Nicholson criticized Mellon’s disapproval of extra Prohibition enforcement funds. Senator Harris praised the repudiation of F Scott McBride, claiming he allied with Mellon against the $25 million fund increase.
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Washington
Mellon
Expresso
Treasy
Senate
Sheppard
Texas
James Gannon
Eugene L. Crawford
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Methodist Episcopal, Church, South
Thomas Nicholson
Anti-Saloon League
Harris
Georgia
The
F. Scott McBride
League
French Standards Aim To Harmonize Trades
Paris AP reports government pushes standardization of machines and methods across all trades. A national authority will oversee local bureaus within each industry, chaired by M. Rateau, Academy of Sciences member, to collect ideas and adopt final standards. Henry Cheron, minister of commerce, has notified chambers of commerce and industrial associations.
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Paris
Henry Cheron
Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Association
M. ‘Rateau
The
Academy of Sciences
Courier-Journal announces editor change in Louisville
The Courier Journal reports Harrison Robertson, after six years as chief of the editorial staff, is named editor. Owner publisher Jud. Robert Y W. Bingam and Judge Bingham appear on the masthead, with Robert Son listed as editor. Also noted are three sleepers registered at the city jail last night.
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Courier-Journal
Louisville, Ky
Harrison Robertson
Robert Y W. Bingam
Judge Bingham
Robert Son
Dinner for 4-H Members Tonight
The Douglas County 4-H banquet is set for 7 30 PM in the Eldridge hotel dining room. Hosted by the Douglas County Bankers Association, the event honors 4-H members who completed projects and submitted reports. Invitations extend to Lawrence Vocational Agriculture students and feature speakers W W Bowman from Topeka and M H Coe from Manhattan.
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Ehose
Douglas County
4-H Club
Eldridge
Douglas County Bankers Association
Lawrence High School
W. W. Bowman
Copeka
Kansas Bankers Association
M. H. Coe
Manhattan
Plan School Party at Liberty Memorial High School
Liberty Memorial high school plans an acquaintance night in the gym Monday night January 28. A program of stunts music and contests will entertain followed by refreshments. Parents and faculty are invited to attend and Mrs C L Scott leads arrangements for the event.
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Liberty Memorial High School
C. L. Scott
Ieee
Romania Grants Citizenship To Gypsy Bands Under Reform
Jassy AP reports three hundred thousand Romanian gypsies will be assimilated and become part of the Romanian race under Premier Iuliu Maniu’s reforms. Gypsies in Romania, scattered across Moldavia Walachia and Transylvania, work as traders musicians and horse dealers. many live in squalor and resort to theft when unemployed.
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Jassy
Rumania
Iulis Maniu
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
United States
Moldavia
Walachia
Transylvania
Czecho- Slovakia
Finals Week Looms as University Students Rally
Students cram the library amid final exams looming from January 25 to January 31. Sunday hours extend. Kansas basketball games dot the schedule as intramurals and activities fill time. A vacation follows until February 4 for registration and enrollment for the second semester starts February 7.
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Kansas
Needle removal ends 60 year medical mystery
Porter L. Smith of Roanoke Virginia, a Baltimore and Ohio railroad foreman, had a needle removed from his shoulder in Clarksburg West Virginia. The needle, swallowed at age three, traveled the body for sixty years, passing through and remaining in his shoulder until doctors performed the operation. Smith's mother believed the incident began in childhood.
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West Virginia
Clarksburg
Porter L. Smith
Baltimore and Ohio
Roanoke
Marriage Licenses Granted By Local Probate Judge
Marriage licenses issued this month include Julian Melbin of Ottawa and Jesusita Romero of Lawrence plus Walter Jennings and Berenice Martin of Topeka Harry Ralph Johnston of Manhattan and Helen Agnes Wilson of Lawrence. Probate judge L H Senge granted these, bringing total licenses to twenty four this month.
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Julian Melbin
Ottawa
Jesusita Romero
Lawrence
Walter Jennings
Berenice Martin
Topeka
Harry Ralph Johnston
Manhattan
Helen Agnes Wilson
L. H. Senge
Espinosa Takes Early Lead in El Paso Open Golf
Espinosa of Chicago fired 9 over par to grab a lead after 18 holes in the El Paso open, the annual tournament drawing a strong field in Tex. on January 19.
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Espinosa
Fl Paso
Tex
al Espinosa
Chicago
Aimee Semple McPherson May Face Legislative Inquiry
Sacramento Jan 19 Aimee Semple McPherson Los Angeles evangelist and kidnap case central figure may be called before a California assembly committee investigating her payment of 2500 dollars to Judge Carlos S Hardy of the Los Angeles criminal court. The panel seeks to determine if the judge's acceptance signals grounds for impeachment. The drive follows Hardy admitting the payment and relates to 1926 conspiracy charges McPherson faced over the alleged beach kidnapping. The matter involves the California bar and a statewide appeal to the supreme court after Hardy refused to appear. The committee meets soon under Walter J Little and plans hearings in March after the legislature resumes.
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Sacramento
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles
Carlos S. Hardy
State Assembly
Hardy
California Bar Association
Bar Association
Superior Court
State Bar
State Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Walter J. Little
Sick Youth Prevents Wreck of Fast Train
Pomeroy Ohio January 19 AP a sick youth Glenn Cline living at Dyesville heard a roar from the railroad cut near his home and braved a lantern inspection. He found tons of earth and rock had buried the cut and warned the oncoming passenger train No 6 prompting engineer Tom Riley to brake. The train stopped safely and passengers plan to honor the boy with a hero medal.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
New York Central
Dyesville
Here
Glenn Cline
Beaid
Tom Riley
Alr
Welfare Home Officers Resign After Inquiry
Albuquerque reports the New Mexico girls welfare home lacks a superintendent physician and board after the resignations of Miss Berths Lips, Dr Evelyn Frisbie and three board members following an inquiry into the death of 18 year old Helen Askew. The coroner’s inquest found twilight sleep injections were given to six inmates after disturbances. Manslaughter charges prepared against Lips and Frisbie. Death also noted of Kansas Insurance head Francis Johnson. Other obituaries include former Kansas City mayor Sam B Strother and a Wichita woman wounded by an accidental revolver discharge. A Missouri man, William Claude Miller, pleads guilty and is sentenced to life in prison.
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Albuquerque
N. M
A. P
New Mexico
Hore
Lujan
Miss Lips
Dr. Frisbie
Revolt Reported by the Sultanis in Afghanistan
New Delhi dispatch reports a revolutionary movement in Afghanistan. The Sultanis, a western border tribe, are said to have revolted and killed Afghan officials except the governor. Rebels captured the town of Farrak and activity appears aimed at former King Amanullah rather than the central government.
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New Delhi
Afghanistan
Persia
Farrak
Amanullaix
Miller sentencing delayed by courthouse fire copies missing
Fort Scott Kansas January 14 AP Judge Charles Trinkle postponed Jonathan G Miller sentencing awaiting copies of case documents burned in the Bourbon County courthouse fire last week. Attorneys reported having copies except the court reporter's record. Miller, former Midwest State bank president, was convicted on 25 counts of irregularities. J W Montee faces similar charges.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Jonathan G. Miller
Charles Trinkle
District Court
Bourbon County Court House
Dudge Trinkle
Miller
Midwest State Bank
Midwest Bank
J. W. Montee
Revolution in Guatemala Seizes Two Provinces and Halts Rail Traffic
Guatemalan government informs Washington that twenty miles of railroad and two western provinces are under revolutionists control. Suchitepequez and Retalhuleu reported seized, Ubico named by rebels though government denies link. Censorship imposed. western section of the International railway now operated by rebels, suspending passenger traffic.
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Washington
Adrian Recinos
Suchitenequez
Retalhylaw
Ubico
Fernando Morales Jr
Suchitechepequez
Porto Barrios
San Jose
New Theory on Food Solids Moving in Tree Bark Tissues
Ithaca N Y AP Cornell University experiments reveal plant carrier systems in bark tissues transport sugars and food salts through living protoplasm system unlike water flow in the stem. Dr Otis F Curtis reports solids travel via a rotating protoplasm belt in bark cells, moving in opposite directions to the sap stream.
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Ithaca, N. V
Cornell University
Otis F. Curtis
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell
August Heckscher
Curtis
Language Focus In Algiers Seminary Now Demands Arabic
The Archdiocese of Algiers orders deeper Arabic study for priests at Kouba seminary. Severe weekly hours replace prior lighter fees as church leaders reiterate that native language mastery is essential to effective outreach.
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Algiers
Kouba
Belgian tribute by Hoover honoring Belgian war sacrifice
President-elect Hoover paid tribute to Belgian sacrifice and courage in World War I in an address carried by telephone from Washington to Brussels. He praised relief workers, noted ongoing aid to Belgian education, and thanked King Albert and Belgian leaders for their friendship and support.
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Washington
Hoover
Brussels
Commission For the Relief of
Bellum
United States
King Albert
Jaspar
Emile Franki
Oover
Belgium
Mr. Hoover
King Alert
Albert
United States of America
Eleven University Students Quarantined Over Spinal Meningitis Testing
Eleven students at the University were quarantined at the auxiliary hospital after their cultures were labeled doubtful for spinal meningitis. Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson said results next Monday will clarify. No actual cases exist in the state, with only mild influenza and throat infections reported amid cold weather.
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Ralph I. Canuteson
Missouri Street
Pr. Danileson
Earl Brown
E. R. Keith
Canutegon
Icc
Jewish Highlanders, Only Type In World, Dwell In Abyssinia
Addis Ababa AP reports Abyssinia hosts the world’s sole Jewish mountaineers, the Falashas. They live in rugged highlands, resemble Jews in appearance yet lack traditional practices, are traders, and preserve a parchment Pentateuch said to descend from Solomon via the Queen of Sheba. They keep Passover rites without temples or rabbis.
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Abyssinia
Addis Ababa
Shink
Negus
Solomon
Sheba
Ras Taffari
Abvapsinia
Hhetia
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Jan
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Swedish American Insurance Company
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Kansas Lutheran Conference
Kansas City
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James Cowgill
Joplin
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Miller Case
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