Night Mail Flight Dashes Between New York and Chicago
Two air mail carriers battled stiff winds as they transferred letters between New York and Chicago flights. One Western leg ended with generator trouble near Kylertown pa and forced landing, then relayed to Solon and Houten for final delivery. Pilots Sherley Short Paul Collins and Charles Ames led the missions.
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Bradley Field
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Warren Piles
C. Smith
Kylertown
Solon
Cleveland
Houten
Central Tin
Baseball Doubleheader Hits and Homers Blaze Across Cards Cubs
In a doubleheader Chicago Cubs and St Louis Cardinals combined for multiple homers led by Hartnett Cooper and Bell for Chicago and Blades for St Louis. Ruth added his sixth from New York while Reid Hartnett and Reinhart delivered key hits amid a rain-delayed day of baseball and a crowd stampede incident.
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Associated Press
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St.Louis Cardinals
Wilbur Gooper
Cubs
Ray Blades
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Chicago
Cardinals
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Chisago
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Star Sutheldes
St Louis Cardinals
Elmer Jacobs
Wasion the Hill
Leasing Coal Land Near Independence Seeks Development
Two leases totaling about 20 acres were filed with the deed register for coal mining four miles southeast of Independence. The Verdiguis River Coal Company plans a shaft to the coal vein at roughly 800 feet, signaling immediate development. The firm has options on 3,100 acres in Montgomery County and seeks ~900 more acres before starting. J R Stanley, active in leasing, is away due to family illness. work start date unknown. Independence, a gas belt hub, may become a coal mining center as coal is widely strip mined for local sale. Chinese foreman killed in Shanghai. court house to be open Saturday for observance.
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Montgomge County
J. R. Stanley
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Southwestern Professor Witness At Dayton Trial
An expert witness in the John Tenn trial, Dr. Goldsmith, plans to teach a natural history class and visit Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado and Zion National Park in Utah this summer. He believes the trial will not interfere with his research plans.
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Telit Dvellings
Mesa “Verde
Namal Park
Colorado
Zion’ National, Park
Utah
Federal receipts show $250 million year surplus
Washington reports final figures show a fiscal year surplus of 250.6 million as tax and other receipts exceeded estimates. Income taxes led with 1.76 billion, $100 million above prior forecasts, while customs and miscellaneous taxes also ran high signaling a larger year end surplus than the 290 million estimate. Indianapolis briefing notes the National Education Association backed a federal department of education with a 1.5 million annual maintenance bill and hopeful passage by next Congress.
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Washington
Treasury
Winston
Heat wave grips the Midwest as Missouri and Kansas swelter
Kansas City and surrounding cities endure extreme July heat with temperatures from 95 to 101 degrees. Joplin 101, Emporia 100, Pittsburg 99, and Jefferson City 98 mark the statewide high. The Weather Bureau warns relief is not near and several cities report near record highs. The Tokyo dispatch notes Japan plans to send commercial correspondents abroad to assess trade conditions.
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Emporia
Pittsburg
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Australia
Regents Take Charge Amid Effort to Politicize State Schools
A Topeka delegation led by Senator Jakin N Johnson of Lawrence pressed for hearings on charges against the University head at the opening regents session. The board adopted a reform in handling educational affairs and accepted a gift for a new residence hall for self-supporting women students near the campus.
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Jakin N. Johnson
Lawrence
Topeka State Journal
Johnson
State House
State Journal
Jonathan Davis
Davis
Board of Regents
Board ‘of Regents
J. B. Watkins
Alout-Forts
Hearing Postponed in Cigarette Vending Suit
Topeka hearing on a temporary injunction to stop interference with Self-Serve Sales Company cigarette vending machines was postponed to the September term in federal court. Judge John C. Pollock granted a temporary order in Kansas City on June 26 restraining Sheriff Oscar Carlson and Shawnee County Attorney Paul Heinz from confiscating cigarettes or seizing the vending machines. The company argued the devices were not subject to state police supervision.
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Associated’ " Press
John C- Pollock
Kansas City
Oscar: Carlson
Paul Heinz
Shawnee County
Weatherby Reports Kiwanis Doings at St Paul
E S Weatherby delegate reports Kiwanis convention at St Paul. Edward Hislop presents cup to club team that beat Rotary by four strokes. David Lawson from Baldwin, a KU graduate student, sang with Dean Swarthout on piano. Slight earthquake felt at Lombard Montana as railroad crews fix damage from Saturday night temblors.
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Swarthout
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Livingston
Mont
Lombard
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Northern Pacific
Chicago
Milwaukee
Santa Barbara Plans Spanish Style Rebuild After Quake
Santa Barbara businessmen decide to reconstruct the quake damaged city in a Spanish architectural style guided by the Santa Barbara art society. The decision follows Monday morning temblor devastation with only scattered wreckage at the San Marcos building and in the park by the Axlington Hotel.
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Associated’ Press
San Marcos
Hotel Axlington
Move to Raise Lawrence Speed Limit by City Ordinance
Lawrence contemplates changing the twelve mile per hour state fixed limit. A new ordinance could set a higher local limit, with discussions noting twenty miles per hour as a preferred standard. Local officials face public safety and enforcement concerns as they consider action.
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Kansas athletic commission predicts record year
Topelka July 2 Leslie E Edmonds executive secretary forecasts total year collections by Kansas athletic commission over 29060. June receipts 2541.20 bring total since April 41 to 5070.98 with 2455 for 354 licenses. Five percent gate take from exhibitions stands as balance. Gate receipts for Kansas exhibitions under new law reach 2312.60. Forty four organizations licensed to stage boxing in Kansas. Other licenses: 32 managers 22 referees 191 contestants 22 physicians 16 timekeepers 224 seconds.
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Kansas Athletic Commission
Leslie E. Edmonds
Commission
Kansas
Egends
Dangers to Gro Ventre Ranches From Avalanche Basin
Forestry officials report fifty ranches in the Gros Ventre Valley face flooding if the Sheep Mountain avalanche basin continues to impound the Gros Ventre River. About 11,000 acres could be flooded. The ranger station near Sheep Mountain was partially submerged as the basin widened. The North End of Sheep Mountains is sliding toward the river valley at a slipping rate of 60 to 70 feet per hour, but no major landslide is yet feared. London contracts worth 17.5 million pounds were awarded to British firms for Australian naval construction, including two 10,000 ton cruisers and two submarines.
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Wye
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Gros Ventre
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Sherp Mountains
London
Wheat production and prices in Douglas County
The first local wheat load was placed in the market, with 1925 crop on sale since Tuesday. Prices today reached 1.37 dollars per bushel. Harvest progresses as threshing starts, with expectations of full activity next week if weather holds. Yields run ten to twenty five bushels per acre and grain quality is fair. Farmers report adequate labor but not heavy demand for extra workers this season.
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Douglas County
H.C Colglazier
Will Dispose of Liquor Evidence In City Sewer
Judge Hugh Means ordered Sheriff Cummings to destroy liquor held as evidence in district court trials including Corbin Level Christine Novak Badsky and Sweezer. The sheriff noted more than thirty gallons were stored in one suit and the liquor will be poured into a city sewer.
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Hugh Means
Corbin
Level
Christine
Novak
Badsky
Bank Bandit to Prison in Oklahoma Town
In Muskogee Oklahoma on July 2 John Cayler 24 was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary by Judge EB Verner after aiding in yesterday's robbery of the First National Bank of Roynton. Cayler was captured last night and entered a plea of civility. Two accomplices remain at large. about $3900 stolen was largely recovered.
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First National Bank of
Roynton
John Cayler
EB. J. Verner
Grant Harrington Out as Election Commissioner
Topeka Kansas July 2 Associated Press Harry Schwartz of Kansas City Kan today was appointed election commissioner for that municipality by Governor Paulen. He will succeed Grant Harrington, against whom charges were filed. The governor laughed when Fred Robertson counsel for Harrington and chairman of the Democratic state central committee asserted Harrington is guilty of only one thing being a Democrat. The law provides the commissioner can be removed only after a hearing before the governor.
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Kan
Associated Press
Harry Schwartz
Kansas City
Pauten
Grant Harrington
Paulen
Fred §. Robertson
Harrington
Democratic State Central Committee
Mercury Reaches 100 Degree Mark At University Observatory
The university weather observatory reported a 100 degree high yesterday afternoon marking a new peak, with records showing the mercury at 101 degrees on August 7, 1923. The report notes the previous high, confirming the extreme heat for the period.
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University to Inspect and List Women’s Rooms
University authorities announce rooms for female students for 1923 26 must be registered with the Dean of Women and inspected beginning mid July Mrs D R Bryant Assistant Dean urges timely listing of rooms and asks for part time student help inquiries to contact her at K U 23 Many workers include experienced stenographers bookkeepers and clerks. university plans housing and employment arrangements via correspondence.
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Ofice
D. R. Bryant
Studnet
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Mussolini says talks with U S not broken off
In Rome, Mussolini told a cabinet meeting that debt talks with the United States continue and that Alberti is not a government delegate but an expert attached to the embassy. He will return to Italy for more details on Italy’s capacity to pay, after which negotiations may proceed based on income limits. The cabinet also approved measures to defend the lira and curb panic, and endorsed a permanent grain committee to boost production.
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Associated Press
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Seirer
Regents Approve Additions to Katsay Memorial Stadium
The Board of Regents authorized Dr. F C Allen to supervise two south sections and two end towers at Katsay Memorial Stadium in Topeka. KU athletic association may use gate receipts to cover interest and retirement costs on 80 000 for construction. Completion planned by November 21 ahead of the Kansas Missouri game.
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University of Kansas
Katsay Memorial Stadium
Board of Regents
Topeka
K. U. Athletic Association
Maine to Michigan: Dr Clarence G. C. Little resigns Maine presidency
Dr Clarence G C Little announced resigning as University of Maine president to accept the presidency at the University of Michigan. The note mentions unrelated items including marriage licenses for Guy C. Smith and Ross Levenson, and a separate license to William Chamberlain and Alta Durr Graf.
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C. Little
Maine
Grant Judgments in Civil Actions Reported by Judge Means
Civil actions moved toward disposition in district court today as Judge Means cleared the docket. Frances Spencer admitted to citizenship after a naturalization hearing. motions for new trials and for definite petitions were ruled, with several foreclosure and mortgage actions and judgments for plaintiffs and defendants across multiple cases.
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W. M. Clark
State Bank
Metlark
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Fink Robertson
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Soleimon E. ‘Matnay
Benjamin F. Johnston
H. “A. Babbit
George §. Smith
F. P. LaToureud
G. M. Liston
Plan Big Celebration for Fourth of July in Lecompton
Lecompton plans a major Fourth of July program with a 1:30 parade, a fast baseball game between Lecompton and Tecumseh, contests with prizes, a picnic supper, and an 8:30 three act comedy And Home Came Ted directed by Clarence Smith. Music by Woodson Morris Orchestra of Topeka.
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Battle goes to floor over Park Avenue church seating
The nineteenth annual Northern Baptist convention in Seattle faced a two day clash between modernists and fundamentalists over seating four delegates from New York City's Park Avenue church. A challenge to the chair roll failed, and the ruling allowed the church's representatives to be seated after noting financial obligations and cooperation with church work.
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A.B.Y
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Northern Baptist Convention
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New‘ York City
Associated Press
Advertisers warned of early World Journal press date
The Journal World will go to press early on the Fourth to maximize employee holiday time. Advertising copy will be accepted until 6:00 p.m. Friday, with ads requiring substantial composition expected by noon Friday to ensure insertion.
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