President's Birthday Ball Nets Funds for Infantile Paralysis
Hundreds attended the President's Birthday Ball at the Eldridge hotel in Lawrence. About £800 was raised for the Warm Springs foundation. Orchestras led by Louie Kuhn and Bill Phipps played for a charitable rate, with hotel facilities donated to cover expenses. H. R. Ober chaired the event, with a committee and treasurer Lyle Eby managing proceeds. Many danced and listened to a radio program featuring famous music and stars.
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Eldridge
Warm Springs
Grill Room
Crystal Room
Louie Kuhn
Bill Phipps
University of Kansas
Eldridge Hotel
W. G. Hutson
Lawrence
Paralysis Foundation
Roosevelt
H.R. Ober
F. I. O Brien
E. Friend
F. W. McDonald
Lyle Eby
Topeka to Test License Law on City Cars
Topeka plans a test case under the state law requiring license plates for municipally owned vehicles. Capt George A Reid will drive a police car to the state house to be arrested, challenging the highway department. City officials expect about $1000 in license costs while state revenue is estimated at $500000.
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Topeka
George A Reid
Kansas
Lawrence
W. Newcomer
Toneka
Pss
Peter
Paul
Dean van Ness
M.V. Miller
Leavennworth
Topeks
Autopsy Finds Brain Bleed Caused Stiers Death
Topeka Jan 31 AP Dr H L Clark Shawnee county coroner says autopsy shows Garnett Stiers former state treasury employee died of brain hemorrhage from high blood pressure and hardening of arteries She was the third treasury employee to die since last August following Bernice Long and Coryelle Gove who had died earlier in connection with the Boyd case A transcript of Longs testimony was admitted at the Boyd trial where he was convicted of illegal bond removal from vaults.
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Topeka
H. L. Clark
Shawnee County
Garnett Stiers
State Treasury Department
Tom B. Boyd
Miss Stiers
Treasury Department
Bernice Long
Boyd
Coryelle Gove
Ronald ‘Finney
Chicago
Remembering Ingalls and Delawares Barbed Rexes
Deliberations in Washington mark the seventy third anniversary of Kansas statehood as Representative Guyer recalls a sharp exchange with a Delaware lawmaker. The anecdote centers on John James Ingalls replying to a harsh denunciation by noting Delaware’s sparse counties in 1638 and highlighting the wit of earlier Kansas senators.
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Guyer
Delaware
Washington
Kansas
John James Ingalls
Condition Is Improved At Home Quarantined Patient
Fred Shimmons of 616 Kentucky street was reported improved today while quarantined at his home for scariet fever. He is still listed as seriously ill. For classifieds, phone 22 for ad space at eight cents per word with a twenty four word minimum for one week.
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Fred Shimmons
Kentucky Street
Shimmons
Koenig Ties Anchors Aweigh to KU Band at Games
The piece links Major W. C. Koenig of the University military science department to the composition of the second verse of Anchors Aweigh and its use by Mac's band at Kansas football and basketball games. It notes Koenig’s Annapolis origins, his transfer to land forces, and his roommate’s role in writing the verse.
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K. U
Mac
Naval Academy
Anchors Aweigh
Mount Oread
W. C. Koenig
Annapolis
Ray Cygon
Middy Koenigz
Navy
University of Kansas
Former Assistant Tells of Dealings In Auditor Case
Testimony traces payments and favors linked to Finney and French in a Kansas impeachment trial. Witnesses describe apartment use, signed certificates, and warrants routed to the auditor’s office. Records show warrants not destroyed as claimed, with securities held at a bank tied to Finney’s firm and relatives.
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Finney
Voorhees
David Neigwanger
Topeka
the Gompany
Ray Hardin
Lee Meadows
Neigwanger
Hardin
French
James E. Bean
Waldo
Russell County
John Knightley
Knightley
Finney Bank
Emporia
Kansas City
H. A. Neilson
Logan County
Robert Cram
St. Francis
Ronald Finney
William J. French
M. A. Ross
John Kirke
National Bank of Topeka
Fidelity State and Savings Bank of Emporia
Emporia Bank
W. W. Finney
Odd Fellows to Honor Founder Thomas Wildey Thursday
The Will O n honor Founder meeting will be held Thursday evening commemorating Thomas Wildey born January 15, 1782 who came to the United States in 1817 and founded Baltimore’s first lodge in 1819 He died in 1862 and the order’s 425 member lodge extends an invitation to Visiting Odd Fellows and Rebekahs with Fred W Skennon of Topeka delivering the principal address Dancing will feature the minuet and Virginia reel.
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Odd Fellows
Thomas Wildey
United States
Lodge of
Baltimore
Order
Lorall Lodge
Rebekahs
Fred W. Skennon
Topeka
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Welfley Baldwin merchant dies
Mrs C S Welfley 44 wife of C S Welfley prominent Baldwin merchant and former grocer in Lawrence died last night at 10 50 in a Kansas City hospital Funeral service set for Friday at 2 pm from Stewart and Murnett funeral home Baldwin Rev James Chubb pastor First Methodist Baldwin to officiate Ducks Here Long Ago feature notes American duck hunters would feel at home if transported millions of years into the past mentioning North American waterfowl and a brief ad about a business college program starting February 5
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Welfley
Baldwin
Lawrence
Kansas City
Stewart and Murnett
James Chubcb
First _Methodist church
Washington
America
North America
Ainit Beanie Institution Des Iliscovere
Japan Navy to Slightly Surpass U S in 1928 Treaty Armies
Admiral Mineo Osumi told the House that Japan's cruisers destroyers and submarines under treaty age limits would be slightly stronger than the United States by end of 1928. He presented figures in writing after questioning on sea power, noting comparisons exclude Britain and other powers. The diet debate follows Japan's push for higher ratios at the next naval conference and possible treaty changes before December 31, 1934.
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Tokyo
Mineo Osarmi
House of Representatives
Japan
United States
America
Great Britain
United States ‘Congress
Vinson
Vinsan
Naval Committee
Ozumi
Diet
Osumi
Jamin
U.S
United States Navy
Capitoll
Anil
Japan Navy Auxiliaries and Ratios to U S Destroyers Submarines
The report cites Osumi figures on total auxiliary tonnage guiding Japan U S ratio comparisons. It shows Japan’s auxiliary fleet under treaty limits at 2,781 tons in the time cited, with ratio highlights centering on destroyers and submarines, indicating clear Japanese superiority in those categories.
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Osumi
Britain Unveils Ten Year Disarmament Plan
London on January 31 reported Great Britain’s new disarmament proposal for other nations a ten year plan. It would recognize Germany’s equal access to arms while dropping a provisional security proposal. The plan expands the original draft with three additional articles stressing security equality and phased disarmament.
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Great Britain
Germany
London
Great
Note on disarmament talks and German stance
The memorandum discusses the convention as a matter of common interest among signatories and calls for immediate consultation if the permanent disarmament commission reports failures. It notes Churchill and Hitler’s positions on Germany’s limits and the exchange of views to reduce armaments, contrasting with the threat of an arms race.
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Permanent
Shiker
Germany
Ponsumi
Malmyrandum
Enrita
Nestor
Pyast
Local Social Notes From Colorado Springs Gatherings
Eudora Fuller returns home to Colorado Springs. Amy Henderson cousin ill and died. Mr and Mrs Jake Lithium hosted Mrs J H Michaels for dinner. Myra Mary Mertz attended a Rebekah district meeting in Blue Mouti. Myrtle Zimmerwan visits with relatives Mr and Mrs Wilkuel Pitzzeruld and family in Virginia. Neibert Fuller of Couwka visited Mrs Ce L Faullay. County Royal meeting, Hyer elected president, Mrs Fvlected president.
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L. Fuller
Colorado Springs
Amy Henderson
Jake Lithium
J. HT. Michaels
Hey
Mary Mertz
Blue Mouti
Rebekah
Myrtle Lee Zimmerwan
Wilkuel Pitzzeruld
Kenneth
Lawnd Mya. Clement
Virginia
Santee Aéfernionn
John Somners
Neibert Fuller
Couwka
Ce L. Faullay
Weal van
Mywn
Charles Jelus Tapeig
Horimin Botasael
Riyal
Vening
Nettles
Rabh
Mesier
Community Sketches Hear News and Family News at Euchora
Mrs. Scott serves as Ladies Auxiliary treasurer as guests from Independence Missouri join local members for an oyster supper and card dancing at the I.O.O.F. hall. Lena Recz of Lawrence is buried at Eu dora cemetery after services at St. Paul Evangelical.
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Scott
Frank Greiner
Ray Skidmore
Independence
Anna Nichols
Hazel Good
Eudora G.p.s
Clarice Crane
Don Westheffer
William Howe
Lena Recz
Lawrence
St. Paul Evangelical Church
Euchora
H. Relfschneider
Eudora Cemetery
William Mertz
Pittsburg
Kansas
Rebekah
Willard Fitzgerald
Belton
Mow
Maude Fitzgerald
Ladies Aid
Methodist Church
Leone Andrews
Eudora
C. B. Greene
Kansas City
Badother
Lavina Smoots
Pearl Simoots
Paul Iladle
Rudy Padapenhausen
Lone Star
John Hagen
Howard- Phillips Vandoon
Kenyon
Atchison
George Schubert
Fred Ziesenis
Kate Ziesenis
Ralph Lawrence
William Zimmermag
J.C. Wilens
Meadville
Penn
C. I. Fuller
B. A. Owens
Lawrence Unit
George Lothbolg
Nansas City
Sumiay
William Rockhill Nelson Art Gallery
Dick Butts
Altus
Okla
Eure Kraus
Jand
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John Dillinger
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Crowns Point
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Associated Press
Koenig
Mary
Frances Hatcher
Miss Hatcher
Mary K. Daugherty
Theta House
Little Lawrence
K. A
Missouri Metropoli
Carl Mettner
C. W. Wolf
Dorothy Allen
Thornton Beck
Holton
Chevy White
Norton
Hugh Hiatt
Frank Slezak
Coffeyville
John Clay
Sigma- Chis
Laws
Bellerive
Tor
the Bellerive
Sigma Chi
Gamma Phi
Virginia Burgess
Miss Burgess
Europe
Fawn
Journal-World
Cowese
U. S
FOR
Téxas
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
NHC
Lucky Strike
Metropolitan Opera Company of New York
New York City
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