Lindbergh Visits Bogota Amid Courtesy and Tributes
Col Charles A Lindbergh arrives in Bogota after crossing mountains from Cartagena. He meets President Mendez at the Prudential Palace and is honored with a Boyaca Cross and a bullfight in his name. Lindbergh plans to depart for Caracas, Venezuela tomorrow.
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Bogota
Colombia
APY
Legation
Charles A.lindbergh
Prudential Palace
Mendez
Samuel H. Piles
la Colombia
Unon
Benfiga
America
Caracas
Veneruela
Juands
Lindbergh
Mount
Monserrat
Boyaca
Venezuela
Thel Flyer
Bishop in Escape Eludes Mexican Police Amid Arrests
In Mexico City on January 28 AP reports police tried to arrest Miguel de La Mora Bishop of San Luis Potosi who had been in hiding since many prelates were deported last year. He slipped out a back door as raiding officers targeted Manuel Cortina Rivas’s home in San Angel near the capital. Police claim De La Mora used alias letters to contact anti government and revolutionary groups in Jalisco. The bishop’s host was arrested then released, while seminary principals teachers and some students were detained or released after wearing visors inside the seminary police action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Miguel de la Moia
San Luis Potosi
Manuel Cortina Rivas
San Angel
de la Mora’srrest
Lotterg
Jalisco
Bishon
Cathaug
Benigno Mianivet
Train Disaster in India Reported Near Rangoon
AP dispatch from Rangoon Burma dated January 23 reports forty bodies recovered from the Mandalay Rangoon train wreck after a bridge derailment. Most victims were in third class cars, Indians and Burmese. Removal of a rail plate caused the derailment and spread foul spray amid ongoing search. Also note: nurse missing earlier, Alice Carr, American nurse with Near East Relief, reported safe in Mosul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
Burma
Weekly Weather Forecast for Plains and Valleys
Forecast covers Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and northern and central Great Plains. Temperatures mostly moderate in southern areas with frequent shifts in the north. No general precipitation expected, possible early week showers in Kansas. Forecast fair tonight and Sunday, warmer tonight in east and south portions. roads clear overall. Douglas County roads reported good.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Cla ‘ Nsas
Douglas County
Best Engineering Talent Needed for Mississippis Flood Control
John vt Stevens former Panama Canal chief engineer and recent American Society of Civil Engineers president told the House flood central committee that flood control on the Mississippi River requires the country’s best engineers. He urged a strong plan and federal leadership to prevent a repeat of the 1927 disaster, warning against evasion of responsibility.
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Wrehington
Mississippi River
John Vt Stevens
Panama Canal
Stevens
American Society of Civil Engineers
House Flood Central Committee
Apan
Gilyane
Cain
Drive on Rebels in Mexican War Turmoil
API reports a wholesale cleanup of rebels in the Nayarit region with thousands of troops deployed. Three major battles were fought last week at Ixtlan Nayarit and San Diego near the Durango Nayarit boundary, leaving 37 rebels and 14 federal soldiers dead. General Zertuche commanded federal forces at Acaponeta in another clash.
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Nogales
Ariz
Nayarit
Mexico
William TP. Blocker
Mazatlan
Ixtlan
San Diego
Durango- Nayarit
Backer
San Digs
Zertuche
Acaponeta
Greek Debt Agreement Ratified in Chamber Debate
The Greek Chamber of Deputies ratified a Greco American debt settlement described as a better than fine settlement by one speaker and as restoring loans needed for recovery. Finance Minister Kapbandaris noted Greece entrusted major public works to American firms and that U.S. terms surpassed those from other creditors. Athens, Greece.
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Chamber of Diputies
Great Britain
United States
America
George Kapbandaris
Greece
Athens
Princess Ilyinki Plans US Visit With Grand Duke Dmitri
Jandon January 28 AP says Li Pringelyinski, linked by marriage to Grant Duke Dmitri of Russia, may visit the United States this summer. Through her husband Princess Iyin k i, Audrey Emery announces plans to visit relatives in Cincinnati Philadelphia and Long Island within months. The rumor is she hopes the trip will influence royal prospects and bring attention to their family.
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Jandon
Li Pringelyinski
Dmitri
Russia
United States
Iyin ‘Ki
Audrey Emery
Emery
Grand Duke
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Long’ Island
Kansasday Program Highlights Local Music Talent
A Kansasyday program on January 21 featured works by Kansas musicians in a double quartet and soloist performances. The Guardian Angel, by Charles S. Skilten, was performed with plans for a spring festival choral union. Carl Preyer’s Sonata, heard in piano and violin, showcased university faculty and fine arts students.
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Cubt
Kanas
Choral Union
Charles. S. Skilten
School of Fine Arts
University
Carl Preyer
Fine Arts
Auto Theft Report From Kansas City Police
A telephone report to the Kansas City Motor Theft Bureau described the theft of an automobile. In a playful exchange the caller asked about the tires and the response was rubber. Separately, two young brothers from the Treisk family near the farm suffered severe powder burns after igniting blasting powder found in a timber area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Te Harryoung
Motor Theft Bureau
Young
Trezisk
Chicago Civic Opera season costly for guarantors
Chicago citizens report the 1927 28 Chicago civic opera season ends tonight with Marha. Samuel Insull, president of the organization, says guarantors will be called upon to pay 90 percent of their 500000 guaranty this year and likely the same next year. Attendance rose and revenue from seats and boxes increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Civic Opera
Mar Ha
Samuel Insull
Ita Yeport
Rioters clash at 50th Ward Republican meeting
Chicago report details a chaotic brawl at the 50th Ward GOP club with 300 attendees fighting across the hall. Police arrested a dozen after riot calls as club president Meehan was struck, Shanley challenged order, and a pistol was drawn amid the chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
50Th Ward
Republican Club
George “Meehan
Olide
Meehan
B. i Shanley
Gaul
Shanley
Meecha
Thompson Republican
Patrick Kelly
Kelly
Ciew
Railroad Suffers Loss in 1927 Despite Cost Cuts
The Pennsylvania Railroad reports a net operating loss of about 45 million dollars in 1927, below 1926 revenues. The decline was mitigated by large cuts in maintenance, equipment rents, and other expenses, leaving net income only about 2.46 million dollars lower than 1926.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
SACK BORDER VILLAGES IN CHINA MASSACRE REPORT
Canton dispatches from Jan 28 describe sacking of two border villages and murder of about 1 500 civilians. Four thousand alleged Communists from Honan Province aided the raid. no Americans in the area. Fighting has raged between Communists and Nationalist military factions in southern China. Estimates place 5 000 killed over three weeks on both sides, including eleven Russians. An Indian sings a new opera.
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Canton
Honan
Kwangtung
Chang Fak-Wei
NEW Opera
Northwest Premiere of Winona thrills 9000 at Minneapolis
Indian chief Caupolicay stars in Winona in its Northwest premiere with 9000 music lovers in attendance. Mrs Edmund Tyler of Chicago reports the Amer Opéra Society production as wonderful and realistic, praised for its musical and dramatic strength. Krakatoa Volcano quiets after days of violent eruption near Batavia Java with only fumes and ash rising, while submarine rumblings persist.
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Minneapolis
Winona
Caupolicay
Edmund Tyler
Chicago
Amer- Opéra Society
Krakatoo
Batavia
Java
Wichita poised to bid for state Republican convention
Wichita plans a formal bid to host the next Republican state convention. Officials expected Topeka and Emporia to offer invitations as Wichita mobilizes support with delegates arriving for the Kansas Day events. The gathering centers on Senator Charles Curtis's presidential bid and gubernatorial race stakes.
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Wichita
Kan
Republica
Tue Harley
Loca
Fenens
Republican State Central ‘Committee
Topeka
Mon
Republican Party
BE. W. Hoch
Kansas Repubblicans
Kansas Day Club
Kansas Republics
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Senator Curtis
Kansas Avenue
Lobbieg
Kansan Anc
Jayhawk
Clyde M. ‘Reed
Air sightseeing planes to operate over Chicago
Uninformed attendants and a cabin boy will write picture postcards in the air as sightseeing flights over Chicago begin next month. The National Air Transport Flying Service Inc. will run day and night trips with two metal enclosed ships, one for 10 passengers, another for taxi service and cross-country trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A.P
Ags Oy
National
Air Transport Flying Service Inc
National Air’ Transport
Inc
Col
Pil Flenderson
Both¢On
Evangeline
Lindbergh
Mexico City
Lake Front
Niga
Air Four
PEKA
Birthday for Damrosch shows 66th year celebration
Indianapolis AP reports Walter Damrosch conductor of the New York Philharmonic will celebrate his sixty sixth birthday Monday night after a concert. Hugh McK Landon, Indianapolis banker and chairman of the Indianapolis Symphony Society, will preside as Damrosch receives a wreath and a large birthday cake decorated with 66 handles.
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Indianapolis
Walter Damrosch
New York Fm Phony
Hugh Mck. Landon
Indianapolis ‘Symphony Society
Chevrolet
Aod
Acosta Is Released After Court Rules On Process
Nav Haven Conn January 28 AP Baert Acosta a trang Athintic pilot was freed by Judge Walter M Pickett in common pleas court. Acosta fined and sentenced to five days in jail for flying below legal limits, had posted bonds for appeal but remained jailed on a New Jersey warrant related to larceny of the plane Splitdorf. The court sustained a demurrer from his counsel, ruling he had been held without proper process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nav Haven
Con Conn
Janet
Baert Acosta
trang-Athintic
Walter M. Pickett
Common Pleas Court
Acosta
New Jersey
Splitdorf
German Fascists Mock Ceremony for New Emperor
Berlin January 28 AP German fascists staged a mock ceremony on the former Kaiser's birthday to hail a 32 year old American financier dubbed Uncrowned King Gilbert as the new German emperor. Wilhelm Kube led the event with about five thousand in attendance praising the Dawes plan amid police presence and no disorder.
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Berlin
Isaidte
Seymour Parker Gilbert
America
Wilhelm Kube
Reichsts
Gilbert
Geroijny
King Gilbert
Kube
Dawes
Germany
Every Tupil Contest Added In Emporia Schools
Emporia Kansas adds a new scholarship contest named the Every Tupil Contest for elementary students. It debuts March 30 and 31 with tests in reading for grades 3 8 arithmetic for grades 2 8 spelling for grades 2 8 and dishgrammar for grades 6 7 3. State teachers will prepare questions and any school may enter by March 5, after persistent requests from county superintendents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Kandan
Teachers College
Ifo
Br. KE. R. Wood
Ex-Service Men Republican Club Plans Topeka Meeting
The Ex-Service Men Republican Club will meet Monday in Topeka with a briefing by J. will address. Lawrence attendees expected from the Second district. The Second district committee will convene in Topeka Monday forenoon to consider inviting the committee to call the Second district convention at Lawrence and select delegates to the national convention in Kansas City.
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Native Sons and Daughters of
Kansas
Pioneer Mothers
Kansas Day Club
Col
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Republican State Central Committee
Emporia
Topeka
Wichita
Ex-Service Men's Republican Club
Ex-service Men Publican Club
Neat
Cal
Aisecdire
Law
Rence
Second District Congressional Committee
Law i Rence
Kansas City
Cocky Mon
Transcripts Filed in District Court From Justice Court
Transcripts from Richard B. Stevens justice court were filed in district court today. Three are appeals of civil judgments with defendants prevailing. the fourth concerns a criminal case The listed civil suits are Williams Investment Co vs J H Dinkleey for 100 dollars Suntaness vs V Cavender and R Uapenhisver for Eas Maurst vs T G Grant and CE for 150 dollars The criminal case is State vs Charles A Kilburn on a forgery charge Arraignment and preliminary hearing occurred in Justice court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard B. Stevens
Justice Court
District Court
Justice ‘Court
Crimaria
W. I. Williams Investment Company
J. H. Dinkleey Fort
Suntaness
Dv. Cavender
R. Uapenhisver F
Eas
Maurst
T. G. Grant
State
Charles A. Kilburn
Tickets for Kansas Day Dinner in Topeka
A large crowd is expected at the Kansas Day dinner in Topeka and Lawrence. Tickets may be secured from Mrs. Marshall Gorrill this evening or Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Lawrence
Marishall Gorrill
Ar. Gorrill
Preliminary bids for paving south 5.54 miles of federal highway T3aW
Douglas county prepares bids for a federal aid paving project on the south 5.54 mile segment of highway T3aW. County Engineer BE Tyne Blood and state highway official Ira E. Taylor conducted a field check. Federal funds have been allotted to complete the paving, leaving about 5 1/2 miles to grade and pave to connect with Lawrence.
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Douglas County
BE. B. Tyneblood
Ira E. Taylor
Topeka
State Highway Commission
H. B. Wright
Omaha
Nebr
Ihirhway Commission
Noth
Lawrence
Algo
Comissioni
Farmer turns inventor at Mitchell South Dakota
L A Polus a Mitchell farmer devised a cultivator steering device after a farm hand complained of a weak back. The 320 acre farm near Mitchell led to a design that shifts wheel angles to steer right or left. Polus reports several manufacturers have opened negotiations to manufacture the cultivator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
S. D
L. A. Polus
Poing
Polus
Kilburn Sentenced for Check Forgery in Lawrence
Charles A Kilburn a 1932 New Hampshire native and household appliances salesman was sentenced to one to ten years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to two counts of second degree forgery Judge Hugh Means presiding Kilburn confessed to forging and passing a $25 check to defraud Harold Constant of Constant Lumber Co He said illness and inability to earn a living plus a son in school drove him to crime He came to Lawrence from Sibley four months ago to pursue a sales career formerly worked on a farm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Kilburn
New Hampshire
State
Hugh Means
Kilburn
Lawrence
Harold Constant
Constant Lumber Company
Sibley
Unusual Penalty Imposed in City Police Court
In a remarkable session at the city police station, Lady Grady and Ed Ash faced 100 blows with a barrel stave. City Attorney C C Stewart and onlookers witnessed the event amid a fraternity backing and a reported sale of fraternity house books. Ash accepted the punishment after brief protests and timeouts, then exited with Phi Psi members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Grady
University
Missouri Valley
Ed.Ash
C. C.stewart
Phi Psi Fraternity
Gredy
Ash Belone
Bonke
University Bank Exchange
Volicé
Stewart
Two Civil Cases Heard In Justice Court
Two justice court cases heard Friday in district court by R B Stevens. Both cases were heard concurrently and taken under advisement. Plaintiffs Ireland and Adams claim $300 damages after a collision on North Third Street near Lawrence on November 23.
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Justice Court
R. B. Stevens
Justice of the Peace
Mreland
Lawrence
Eorge Adams
Wrence
Ahi
Mng
Ireland
Wnd
George Aan
North Third Street
Adams
Niagara Falls Ice Gorge Threatens Cataract
Niagara Falls, Jan. 28. Ice piles up on the Niagara River above the falls, threatening a complete freezing over the cataract. The present frigid weather continues as the great mass of rushing waters plunges toward ice mounds below, silencing the Falls’ usual roar.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Hickman Denies Confession in Parker Kidnapping Trial
William Edward Hickman repudiates his confession and maintains not guilty by reason of insanity as defense plans for a second trial loom. Attorney Walsh reveals strategy to challenge the sanity verdict if Hickman is found sane, while court moves prepare for opening defense Monday.
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Los Angeleses
William Edward Hickman
Slager
Marian Parker
Jerome Walsh
Hickman
Walsh
Weensane
Widish
A. Skovg
Kansas City
Skoog
Associated Defense
Asa Keyes
British Journalist Leaves For Home After Visit
AP dispatch reports J A Spender, once editor of the Westminster Gazette, praising American press idealism but criticizing commercial influence. Spender, who toured the United States since October, sailed home on the Minatonka after studying social and economic issues across the country.
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New York
America
J.A. Spender
Mark
Mr. Spender
United States
Minatonka
Westminster Gazette
November Term Concludes With Cases To February Docket
The November term of district court was released this morning by Sheriff W. J. Cummings upon the murder of Judge Hugh Means. All cases submitted but not passed on were continued to the February term, which begins Monday February 0. Only a few cases appear on the criminal docket. the civil docket remains about normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
W. J. Cummings
Hugh Means
Fine arts events draw interest at university
University fine arts program schedules several concerts lectures and recitals. Pablo Ga world renowned cellist to perform February 7 and Laurell Anderson a concert organist to perform February 2. Third vesper service February 12 at 4 p.m. in the university auditorium features strong program. Linsho of Lindsborg College will lecture on campus. Inter sorority sing by Ma Phi Epsilon February 29 with Kansas University songs and a silver can prize. The Gavinnie master pieces program closes March 1 at 8:20 p.m. with a sought after career course drawing attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Arts
Conueri
Pablo Ga
Univg Torium
Lindsborg College
Linisho
Laurell Anderson
Bo P.m
Ma Phi Epsilon
Kansas University
Ghevinne
Near East Nurse Found Safe After Desert Ordeal
Misa Alice Carr, a Near East relief nurse en route to Smyrna, arrived safely after surviving a harrowing desert crossing between Mosul and Baghdad. Her car broke near a precipice and she faced wolf attacks before being aided by locals and brought to Mosul by army motor vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosul
Iraky
Bagdad
Misa Alice Carr
Smigma
Badad
Smyrna
Des Aig
Riff Ra
Homage to Jose Marte by Ana Jan 38
Fragmented AP poem fronting a Havana event with delegates and officials. References Machados and Cuban university, spying fears, and officials preparing to present ideas amid international attendance. Entangled text hints at labor, law, and social courtesy amid political tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
Mane
Gell
Arts
Machado Fieiais
Evening class enrollment limits set by director
Ralph de Grasley, evening school director, says enrollment for the sewing class is capped with capacity full and no further students will be admitted. A meeting on Tuesday at 7 30 p m will discuss the additional enrollments while Hi V representatives prepare for a three day convention. The piece notes an overseas telephone service expansion and local ads about car washing in warm water.
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Ralph de Grasley
Aie
United States
Cuba
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Hag 14
Jay Holland
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Ered
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Sasaki
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