Reed campaign centers in Washington Hotel setup in 1920s style
Washington January 26 AP A sprawling preconvention effort grows around Senator Janis A Reed of Missouri with a campaign hub at the Washington Hotel. Lee Meriwether will run the local headquarters joined by Edward A Green who handled Champ Clark. Governors Hoover Smith and Allies loom in the backdrop as party lines shift. Stewart of Standard Oil set to testify before the Senate oil committee regarding Continental Trading and Teapot Dome related investments.
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Remus Habeas Corpus Plea Stirs Ohio Court
Attorneys for George Remus planned to file a writ of habeas corpus in Lima seeking release from the Lima State Hospital for the criminally insane. Prosecutor Botkin discussed action with Remus counsel as hospital officials and the prosecutor weigh the hearing date, aiming to prove Remus sane after acquittal on murder charges.
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Bonner Springs Celebrates Paved Road Completion Banquet
At Bonner Springs High School building a banquet marked the completion of the Mint de Bonner Springs paved road and the Bonner Springs to Victory highway cut-off. Kansas Highway Commission and Kansas City Chamber of Commerce representatives attended along with County Commissioner X J Kennedy who spoke briefly. G W Brown of the interurban railroad attended as about 125 people gathered.
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Kansas Forecast Notes Fair Weather for Tonight and Friday
Forecast notes fair conditions with little temperature change. All clear skies expected with mild winds. Douglas County roads reported good travel conditions as cited in local weather brief.
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Gale Sweeps East As Storm Wrecks Coast
New York reports six deaths and widespread damage as the gale extends from Cape Breton to Newfoundland. Wind speeds reach 72 mph in the city, with higher historic readings. heavy glass, a nine story tank collapse, and disrupted rail and sea traffic across New York, New England, and Canada. Upstate blizzards add to a massive weather disaster with snow, shipping bottlenecks, and export grain delays totaling millions.
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Rock Island Plans 1.5 Million Yard and Terminal Expansion
Rock Island railroad announces an eight year program to add more than 100 miles of yard and terminal tracks at Kansas City spanning 1930. The plan includes freight car repair shops houses and two new ice plants as James E. Gorman says the line expects increased business and a strong 1928 year if wheat and soy prosper. Also mentions ballot recount in six Pennsylvania counties for the Vare Wilson 1926 senatorial race and W H Sproul announcing renomination bid in Independence Kansas.
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Hog Cholera Report From Columbus Kans Quarantine Placed
Columbus Kansas January 26 AP Strict quarantine measures were ordered by the county health department after Tr J Edmondson 9 miles south reported the death of 80 hogs from cholera in recent days The carcasses were burned The hogs were bought in Oklahoma recently and are believed infected Then farmers in the area began...
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Document theft cited in Burns contmpt case
Washington January 26 AP counsel for William J Burns reported to the court that a document affecting star witness McMullin was stolen last night from Mrs Jeanette Lantz during a mysterious attack on her in her room at the Hamilton hotel. Lantz and her husband had been summoned to contradict McMullin, a former Burns detective who testified that Burns and Sinclair faked charges in the Fall Sinclair oil conspiracy. The room was ransacked while Mrs Lantz and her husband were away, and Ruddy’s room of Burns’ jury surveillance chief was reportedly targeted earlier. The judge was told of the incident as the contempt case proceeds.
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Anthony Says Equalization Fee Worsens Haugen Bill
Washington reports Representative Anthony of Kansas says dropping the equalization fee would make the Haugen bill a plain subsidy. He argues the fee is based on expediency and that removing it would fail the bill and fail to reduce crop surpluses. He notes he was not represented by proxy at a Kansas delegation meeting. The item also lists Junior High School students with perfect attendance records for one semester, naming James Asher, Rafids Dodson, Harry Forney, Ruth Foster, George Gauek, Harriet Gulley, Luther Gustelson, Nathaniel Jeltz, Dick Nelson, Marcus Richardson, Ruth Stockwell, Calvin Trent, Dorothy Williams, and Joseph Zimmerman. Eugene Hughes’s name was omitted as well.
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Murder Case Continued In El Dorado Hearing Delays
El Dorado Kansas January 26 AP Preliminary hearing for Hd McCullough Leon telephone exchange manager charged with first degree murder in the shooting of Pete Losh and Mrs McCullough as accessory after the fact was postponed to February State Senator K M Geddes of El Dorado named special prosecutor McCullough held in county jail on 25000 bond his wife on 10000 bond Coolidge Invited To Annapolis May 15 Visit President accepted invitation to patriotic celebration at St Johns College Annapolis May 15 but did not commit to speak Senator Bruce hopes he will Address
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Lindbergh Lands in Cartagena Crowds Welcome Good Will Flight
Col Charles A Lindbergh completed the first leg of his South American good will tour landing at Boca Grande field in Cartagena Colombia after a 43 percent hour flight from Colon Panama. He was greeted by officials and a saluting crowd as stores closed and bands played. He then proceeded by auto to Isla de Manga and met American businessman H O Ware before continuing to Bogota.
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Krakatoa erupts again in repeat volcanic activity
Volcanic island Krakatoa near Suniland Java bursts into eruption this afternoon. The island, mostly submerged, has shown increasing activity in recent weeks after a devastating 1884 eruption that killed about 26 000 people.
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Alumni Dinner Guests Invite Dr Allen and Ted Shultz
Dr F C Allen director of athletics at the University and Ted Shultz University UMC secretary will be guests of the KKU Alumni at a dinner in St Louis tomorrow noon. Allen will attend with the basketball team. Schultz is traveling with the M C A and is there now. The basketball players will not attend the dinner.
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High Honor to Cosgrave Receives Doctor of Laws
In Washington on January 26 AP reports Irish Free State President Cosgrave, honored by Catholic University with a Doctor of Laws degree. He met Secretary of Labor Davis, enjoyed a private lunch, then received the degree, one of only three such honors in history. He plans a dinner at the British Ambassador's residence before departing for Philadelphia.
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New Judge Moves to Speed Up Trial in Hickman Case
Sanity trial of William Edward Hickman, kidnapper of Marian Parker, opens with defense attorney Jerome Walsh grilling prospective jurors aided by Los Angeles lawyers. Judge Trabucco accelerates process, panel of six men and six women seated as questioning continues amid crowded corridors and media attention. An earlier judge’s disqualification and ongoing juror challenges mark the rapid pace. Nearby dispatches note an Earthquake in Oaxaca and a flying visit to Capitol.
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Lawrence Leads In December Building Permits In Kansas
Lawrence ranked third among Kansas cities in December building permits. Total permits issued were 196,920 dollars, led by Wichita at 375,000 and Hutchinson at 327,815. Among the 18 towns, 15 permits exceeded 10,000 dollars, including Lawrence with 80,009 for the Eldridge hotel south unit.
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City Bond Issue Subscribed In Full By Monday Night
The $81,000 Lawrence internal improvement bonds were entirely subscribed before 11 am by city officials. Serial bonds run one to ten years and will be delivered around February 15. They sell at par plus accrued interest and bear 4 percent. The city moved part of the issue into sinking funds and the firemen's relief fund as required by state law, taking in $28,000. private investors took the remaining $51,000.
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Witness Tells of Gifts in Withey Murder Trial
Kansas City judge hears testimony that Myrtle Withey described receiving a new coat shoes and hats from a man she called daddy Mac amid accusations she sought favors from other men to secure insurance proceeds and remarriage. Neighbors testfy to rides with a man and a telephone remark about getting a new mate to avoid danger.
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Columbus Man Fends Off Robbers With Knife at Store
Columbus Kansas January 26 AP report says M Chamberlain 70 grocer at Baxter Springs chased two masked robbers from his store with a heavy meat knife after being struck on the head with a revolver for refusing to raise his hands. He suffered a severe scalp wound. Also noted dentist Diep of injuries and a bus crash near Wellington with injuries to three others. Two Marines Wounded in Nicaragua clash. New York Federal Reserve leaves rediscount rate at 3 1/2 percent.
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Money Market Runs True to Form Says Treasury Officials
Treasury officials say the present money market is running true to form and expect no rate strengthening until spring credit demand. They do not foresee direct impact from Chicago Fed gate raise to 4 per cent on other regional banks, though an eventual equalization of Fed rates nationwide is anticipated as conditions even out. Each regional bank handles its own regional problems.
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Exams End as Kansas University Students Finish First Semester
Final exams concluded at noon for University of Kansas students with makeup tests to follow over the next days. Second semester enrollment opens Tuesday at 8:30 for two days, with classes starting Thursday. Grades are being compiled by the registrar’s office and will be released within a week. Enrollment schedule lists times by college and program, with eligibility rules for students who have not met 60 percent completion.
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Topeka Braces for Record Kansas Day Crowd
Topeka expects a big turnout for the 37th annual Kansas Day events with leading hotels full and advance banquet tickets showing a record attendance. State Rep Clark Conkling arrives as one of the early visitors, and Col Theodore Roosevelt Jr is named as the principal speaker for Monday night.
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Hold A Negro Barber
Wylie Dixon, a negro barber, was arrested for questioning in a shooting at Dixon's shop in Coffeyville Kansas. Robert Liggens, a 52 year old former deputy, was shot and wounded while walking past the barber shop. George Eatons bloodhounds are being brought from Kansas City to help trace the assailant. Liggens had been an informer for Sheriff Crabb and liquor raids have strained relations with the police.
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King's Henchman Delights Lawrence Audiences At KU
Lawrence readers enjoyed a rare opera event as The King's Henchman, staged at the University of Kansas auditorium, impressed with costumes and minimal scenery. Scattered praises highlighted Henry It as King, Ramsricananerk for the music, and Edna St. Vincent Millay’s libretto, with particular praise for Mari Marshall and Scott Seary, while director Jacques Santossoud earned nods for orchestra leadership.
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Clearwater coach dies at Clearwater High School
Alexander F. Petersen Jr. 24, athletic coach and instructor at Clearwater High School, died today after two weeks illness at a local hospital. A Friends University graduate and former football player, he served as student leader and active in campus activities. He was married in August to Helen Mills of Vermillion.
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Annual Meeting Planned By Chamber Of Commerce
The committee plans the annual Chamber of Commerce meeting to be held next Tuesday night in the Chamber building. Officiating officers will be installed and W J Bailey of the Kansas City Kansan will deliver the principal address. Reservations are urged as the luncheon room is limited and wives of members are invited. Kansas theology event promotion appears in a separate note and tickets are on sale.
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