Fire Alarm Survey Moves Forward in City District
Shore representing Fire Alarm Co Kansas City plans a survey for a citywide automatic fire alarm system in business districts. The system uses thermostatic caps on wires along ceilings. a break at 160 degrees triggers an alarm to the fire station. Each building links to a trunk line with a panel indicating location. Fire Chief Reinisch says proper installation aids rapid response, especially for closed or locked business houses. Underwriters approve, with a 14 percent insurance discount, helping owners recoup costs. Demonstration may be held in Lawrence if enough sign up.
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Reinisch
National Fire Underwriters
Lawrence
Upsala University Prepares 60th Anniversary Celebrations
Upsala University in Sweden, founded in 1477 and the oldest in northern Europe, prepares to mark its 60th anniversary next year. Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus was once a student there and his two oldest sons are now enrolled. Candidate for next president includes Prof. Osten Undén, former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Upsala
Sweden
Upsala University
Gustavus Adolphus
Europe
Nxt
Osten Unden
For
Windswept Farce and Chickens Cleaned by Storms at Bethany
Bethany Missouri residents report bizarre storm effects including chickens stripped of feathers and even pinfeathers, and a riding plow lifted by wind and hurled against a barn. The story notes the storm’s widespread fury and oddities observed by locals.
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Geneva
Council of League of Nations
Foltrye
Bethany
Fred Crous
Clover
Hill Butter
Wilsey Girl Ranks High In State Teacher Exam
Evelyn Strimple of Lawrence ties for third among about 2,600 candidates in the May normal training exam in Topeka. Miss Loren e Irwin Wilsey led with 95 2 7, Vera Linn Harper second with 95 1 7, and Zella Warren Sedan tied for third with 94 6 7 as Jess Miley, state superintendent, released results covering psychology and methods among seven subjects.
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Topeka
Lorene Bernice Irwin
Wilsey
Kan
Jess W. Miley
State
Superintendent of Public Instructions
Irwin
Vera Maxine Linn
Harper
Evelyn Strimple
Lawrence
Zella Warren
Sedan
Kansas City picks KU alum EJ Flagg for city planning post
EJ Flagg, University of Kansas 1921 graduate and Lawrence figure, is named secretary and publicity director for the Kansas City Missouri city plan commission. He will start in two weeks after leaving the Kansas City Journal-Post, where he has worked five years. Flagg served with the 85th Division in World War I and attended the University of Liver.
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Pant EJ Flagg
University of Kansas
Lawrence
City Plan Commission
Kansas City
Flagg
Kansas City Journal-Post
University of Liver
Local Postwar Student Returns to University Life
A returning veteran resumes studies at the University after the war, noting shifts in livestock weight and milk yield during hot summers. A chemical treated salt for cattle, designed to relieve stable flies without altering taste or smell, is mentioned as a new aid.
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LOR Fire Alarm CO
Systen
Swedish University
Lawrence Building & Loan Association
L. BE. Eby
J. C. Stevenson
DR. A Reding
Ceaw'sin
Green Bros
Lawrence, Kansas
of ‘An
Evelyn Strimpler
Kansas
J.C. Penney Company
United States
Pool
J. Underwood ‘& Sons
Chevrolet
B. Flint, Mich
F. O. B. Flint
Mich
W. C. Hamilton Motor Co
Kelley
Kelley-Springfield
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