Kansas Road Improvement Pushes Ahead in 1928
Topeka reports that eight states spent 761 million on highway work in 1928, with Kansas ranking high after improving 1 785 miles. Sunflower Automobile Club President L C Rahn says this signals nationwide progress and supports adopting the Hoover Safety Code, licensing drivers, and higher speed limits on state highways.
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Topeka
Kan
United States
Fordge
U- 5 Department of Agriculture
American Automobile Association
Washington, D. C
L. C. Rahn
Sunflower Automobile Club
Rahn
Kansas
Sunflower
Rohit
Automobile Club
Pransor
Flower Club
Hoover
Miot
Raku
Sungner Club
Viceroy Irwin Takes W Responsibility for Statement of India
Lord Irwin on return to India defends stance on India’s dominion status and British policy after the Simon Commission. He notes three points and says a round table conference may be convened before any conditions are set. He hoped Indian leaders would accept friendship and the conference offer.
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New Delhi
India
Lord Irwin
Legislative Assembly
Gay
England
Sir John Simon
Great Britain
Two Students to Play Vesper Organ Program
Marian McNabb and Ruth Spindler, organ students at the University of Kansas, will present the vesper organ recital in the university auditorium at 4 tomorrow afternoon under Prof. Charles S. Skilton. Helen Stockwell, violin, will assist. pieces include Bach Prelude Major and Elgar Organ, Christmas in Italy.
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Marian McNabb
Ruth Spindler
University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
University
Miss McNabb
Miss Spindler
Charles S. Skilton
Helen Stockwell
Waldemar Gelich
Bach
Elgar
Slelly
Indler
Ongen
Larko
Haydn
Weldenwangen
Ruth Splncher
Ain Lor
Heroique
Cra
Francie
Deaths and Funerals Howard W Henderson Funeral
Death notices for Howard W Henderson report he died this morning at 446 Ohio Street. Services set for Monday at 2 PM at the Masonic Temple with Dr Raymond Schwegler officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by wife four children Mrs Robert Reedy and Mrs 5 M Thomas both of Tacoma WA C F Henderson San Francisco and A L Henderson Pullman WA thirteen grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Howard W. Henderson
Ohio Street
Masonic Temple
Raymond Schwegler
Oak Hill Cemetery
Robert Reedy
5. M. Thomas
Tacoma
Wash
Elected Scout Head Leads Jayhawk Area Council
T W Williams of Topeka was elected President of the Jayhawk area Boy Scout council serving thirty nine Kansas counties. Other officers include A C Smith as treasurer and A A Stocker as secretary. Fred Davie of Lincoln Neb. spoke at a din ner. Cor nstalks to Aid Radio notes Columbia broadcasts to use cornstalks as soundproof material in Washington. Robert Steiner, 15, was injured fatally flagging a car in Kansas City as a sled behind another vehicle was struck.
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Salina
Kan
T. W. Williams
Topeka
Jayhawk
Boy Scout Council
Kansas
Eetown
Radio
Washington
Columbia Broadcasting System
Kansas City
Robert Harold Steiner
A. C. Borgmeyer
Factory Head a Bandit Urbana Pleads Guilty
William S. Regan once a bank robber and now Chicago factory superintendent pleaded guilty to assault with intent to rob the Fisher State Bank in November. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years in prison.
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A. Bandit Urbana
jWilliam S. Regan
Chicago
Fisher, I. State
First Presbyterian Church Music and Sunday program notes
Theodore H. Asemanminister leads morning service with Youth with Age anthem by the choir baritone Charles Sager soprano Katharine Ladymade Nelson. Young people's Sunday program in Christian Endeavor Society at 615 pm. Superintendent Curtin of city schools to speak.
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First’ Presbyterian Church
Theodore H. .Aseman
Astman
Wibberd
Charles Sager
Sopranga
Maurun
Katharine Ladymade Nelson
MacDeriaid
Christiany Endeavor Society
Curtmin
Apedal Spanker
First Evangelical Church
Tenth
Connecticut
J. KK
Namninga
Woman's Missionary Society
Chicago to boost finances with 20 million loan pool
Chicago leaders unveiled a 20 million dollar loan pool backed by business and railroad interests to fund tax anticipation warrants. The plan requires public officials to cut expenses as Mayor Thompson vetoed parts of the budget yet accepted the measure to avoid driving workers to loan sharks. Governors and city bodies pushed for a special legislature session to resolve the tax crisis while teachers and public employees await pay.
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Chicago
Silas H. Strand
Citizens’ Relief Committee
William
Yale Thompson
Thomson
Louis T. Emmerson
Emmerson
National Council of Estate Legislatures
N Minois
Board of Education
Chicago Sanitary District
Strawn Group
Tomorrow An Interlude in K U Examinations
University of Kansas students will rest and study tomorrow as the first semester final exams conclude today and remaining exams proceed through Thursday. Exam times span three groups with varying hour courses, including 11:30 classes, 2 and 1 hour courses, and 3, 4, and 5 hour blocks across Sunday to Thursday.
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University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
Robinson Gymnasium
D. M. Swarthout
Fine Arts
University of Kansas
Tvs
Gurtis Birthday Felicitations From Kansas Governor
Governor Clyde M Reed sent felicitations to Gurtis on his 70th birthday while in Washington. The telegram praised his achievement as Kansas reflected glory and wished him health and happiness for years to come in the note from the Kansas chief executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Gurtis
Clyde M Reed
Kansas Chief Executive
Washington
Kansas
Move to Prevent Strife in Chaco Boreal Dispute
Washington dispatch reports Paraguay seeking state department proof of an intercepted Bolivian army order for a general offensive against Paraguay. A separate League of Nations backed plea to amicably settle the Chaco Boreal dispute circulated to capitals, with Bolivian denial of intercepted messages and hopes for pacific proceedings.
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Chaco
Washington
Legation
State Department
Paraguay
Boreal
Zaleski
Council of the
League of Nations
Trujillo
Fernandez
Paraguayan Legation
Hans Kundt
de Medina
Bolivia
Kundt
I Zaleski
League of Na“ons
In Memory of Thomas F Keleher
Editor Journal World recalls Thomas F Keleher longtime Albuquerque resident who died January 6 1930 at 802 West Tijeras Avenue Survived by four sons and daughters and remembered as a local events authority He lived in Lawrence Kansas and Old Albuquerque before settling in 1880 and built a reputable leather business in town
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Thomas F. Keleher
Journal-World
Albuquerque
New Mexico
West Tijeras Avenue
Church of Immaculate Concention
Keleher
New York
Tie
Lawrence
Kansas
Quantrill
Eldridge
California Road
Ludington
South Tennessee Street
Mount Oread
Old Fort
Kelcher
Blue Mound
C. M. Sears
Belleview
Joe West
Plains
Tom Kelcher
John Hermann
Neal Donnelly
Mr. Keleher
Charles’ Kennedy
Major Kennedy
Kennedy
Old Letter Tris of Pioneer Days Revealed in Lost Note
An unsigned 1867 letter from Fort Wayne writer to his father details Indian land deals near Paola Kansas. The pencil letter, preserved with Eldridge House stationery, recounts travel through Chicago Leavenworth and St Marys, meeting settlers and agents like McKenzie and Blunt, negotiating deeds and payments while avoiding travel with cash by drafting funds in St Louis. The document, found by Mayor Rankin, hints at early frontier land schemes and the social network around 1860s Kansas Indian land sales.
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R. C. Rankin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Eldridge House
C. C
C. G. Breckenridge
Elridge House
E. A. Smith and Company
Orley Smith
Lawrence
Paola
Chicago
Quincy
St. Joe
Leavenworth
St. Marys
Palmer
Department
Kansas
Washington
St .Datys
Paula
Simpson
Miami County
Topeka
McKenzie
Marins Des Gygnes
Miller
Gen
Blunt
St. M
Thorp
Chamberlain
Adelain la Croix
Avelinse
Fancher and Pyatt
ST Big
St. Louis
New York Exchange
Express
Rankin
Coffeyville
Coffeyville Leads Kansas High School Debate League
Coffeyville defeats Chanute 2 0 and Pittsburg 8 0 to top the Southeast Kansas High School League. Independence beats Fort Scott 3 0 while Fort Scott loses at Columbus 3 0. Tola and Independence set to meet next week as snow blocks schedules.
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Independence
Kan
Coffeyville
Chanute
Pittsburg
Fort Scott
Columbus
Tola
Alimony From Aviator Trans Atlantic Flier Must Pay
Paris January 26 AP Jean As gelant a trans Atlantic flier was ordered by the divorce court to pay his wife Pauline Parker formerly of New York chorus girl 1500 francs about 60 monthly temporary alimony Mine Assolant sought about 200 per month but the aviator argued 500 francs about 20 monthly would be reasonable and the court accepted the compromise.
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Paris
Jean Asgelant
Frinr
Pauline Parker
New York
Wirl
Assolant
Public dance altercation leads to $10,000 suit
Oklahoma City report says Miss Eva Miller sued T. A. Hoover for $10,000 damages after he ejected her from a public dance for wearing a stripe dress deemed inappropriate. Miller alleged "terrible humiliation" from the incident. Hoover had earlier faced a $3,000 suit by another woman for being ordered from a hall over attire. that case was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Eva Miller
T. A. Woo
Miss. Miller
Hoover
Mrs Rothenberger Dead Widow of Leavenworth Sheriff
Leavenworth Kan Aug 23 AP Mrs Anna K Rothenberger widow of J H Rothenberger a Leavenworth businessman and former sheriff of Leavenworth county died at her home She was born in Germany and came to Leavenworth at age 12 The funeral will be held Monday afternoon
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Salina
Kan
Pan
Emil Janousek
Ellsworth
Leavenworth
Anna K. Rothenberger
J. H. Rothenberger
Leavenworth County
Rothberger
Germany
Fenvnsterworth
FAVORS BUILDING PROGRAM Additional Appropriation Divided Equally
The house approved a bill raising the public buildings program by 2300000 to be distributed equally between the District of Columbia and national projects. Other items note a Wichita civil suit for 48308866 involving Beaver Meade Englewood railroad, and local meetings in Kansas City and Lawrence with district officers to be elected. Also reports of Honduran medical and U S surgeons, district tensions in the Philippines, and a Kansas City fire escape incident.
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Washington
House
Senate
Public Buildings Committee
District of Columbia
Wichita
Kan
Barber County
Medicine Lodge
Joseph A. Yack
Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad
Sime
Oklahoma Pandane
Jacob Achenbach
Ira Blackstock
Frank K. Grant
Kansas City
J.C Nichols Country Club Company
West Hills
McCurdy
Lawrence
Grant
S. K- Hunter
Northwestern and Missouri Baseball Game Planned
Northwestern University seeks a baseball game with the University of Missouri to be played here on April 11, announced today by coach Spy-Jack Crangle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tigers
Columbia
Northwestern University
University of Missouri
Jack Crangle
Local Man Not Killed In Texas Report Debunked
Police in Clarendon Texas debunk a rumor that Henry Gun Christensen was killed. Chief Will Johns verified with Christensen’s sister Emma Christensen that he is alive in Lawrence working and last seen at breakfast. The source of the death report, Clyde J. Douglas American Legion Service Officer, reportedly possessed Christensen’s service papers with Lawrence addresses, prompting questions how they were obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Christensen
Lawrence
Johns
Douglas
Gen- Jerat
Kansas
Senate recesses for Felton after Atlanta shooting
The Senate recessed today until Monday out of respect to Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia, the only woman ever to serve as a U.S. senator, who fired last night in Atlanta. The recess was voted by Senator Farris of Georgia.
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Washington
Senate
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Georgia
United States
Atlanta
Acess
Farris
Seven Cent Drop in Wholesale Egg Prices Amid Cold Wave
Kansas City reports a seven cent drop in wholesale egg prices over two days as demand slows. Dealers now bid thirty two cents a dozen for firsts. Also notes Lindbergh and Bowlus depart San Diego to seek a potential new glider record, with gasoline sufficient to reach El Paso. A separate item corrects an appraisal dispute over the Puckett property on Delaware Street.
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Kansas City
Linds and Bowlus
San Diego
Alj
Charles A. Lindbergh
Stanley Bowlus
I T
el Paso
Bowls
Puckett
Delaware Street
Waldorf to Leave Hospital Soon for Oklahoma Trip
University of Missouri guard John Waldorf, who has endured a knee infection, will be discharged early next week and join the Tigers for the trip to Oklahoma over the weekend, according to University hospital authorities.
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Waldorf
Columbia
John Waldorf
University of Misouri
University Hospital
Tigers
Oklahoma
Chicago Auto Show Opens With 5 Million In Cars
Chicago hosts its 30th annual auto show opening with speed and performance as exhibitors unveil about 5 million dollars worth of motor cars and accessories. Dispatches report широкий.
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Chicago
Keble
Topeka Congratulates Curtis on 70th Birthday
Topeka on January 25 salutes Vice President Curtis with a telegram from the Topeka Chamber of Commerce noting congratulations from his old home town. The message marks his seventieth birthday, reflecting local pride in his public service.
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Topeke
Curtis Topeka
Curtis
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
Saturday Evening Radio Programs and Concerts Listing
A fragmented schedule of Saturday programs across theatres and radio stations. Mentions include Chicago Civic Opera, Metropolitan concerts, Werther performances, and various weather forecasts. Highlights reference King’s concerts, audience programs, and features such as Slumber Music and a Nature of the day’s broadcasts.
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DeWest
Sid Towel
C. A
Kiley
Chicago Civic Operag
Slumber Music
Andy
Milk
Slumber Muse
Salicon
Sudday Progran
Tamoan Pictures
A. m
Sas
Werther Forest
Kansa
Nowa Then
Sory
Tera
Prd
Vhureh
Nongas
Moglip
Artour Capper
Metropolitan Belaes
Avi
Baldwin
Mna
Dettlek Melodies
Collor
Unillo Loup
Salon Sayeedack Bheyta
Hotel Betlerlye
Sturdlo
Holpoate Longies Corceel
Hoopon
Irene Peabody
Arnelair
Sediven Werther Maz
Omy -Hisenic
Duneatte Mimary
Proxramasian
Werther Pora
Aunt Jem
Smith Gallew
Armour Meniuelles
Tits Gang
Chesebroush
ai—Stromberg
Cacson Lugran
Empire Tuilers
Sluialer Music
Mies
Local Page Teems With Names At Aptly Chosen Event
A fragmented list of names and roles appears for a Sunday program at a venue. Misses and Ms found among participants include Betoby and Stockwell with accompanying accommodations noted. The text references a Miss Jen and Miss Teopuld in unclear contexts amid partial city or organizational clues.
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Siesly
Bsidy
Teton Stockwell
Jen
Leto's Gums-Pyorrtca Remedy Ad at Corner Drug
An old advertisement urges cure for Gum disease with Leto's Gums Pyorrhca Remedy. It claims simple directions and guaranteed results and lists Round Corner Drug Co as the agents.
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Leto
Round Corner Drug Co
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