Kansans braced as high floods threaten central region
Heavy rains drove a flood threat across Salina and surrounding areas with one death in Roberta and another in McPherson. Water spread from Dry Creek toward Smoky Hill, flooding several homes and submerging wide farmland as the Cottonwood and Arkansas rivers rose near Emporia and Wichita.
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Wichita
Kan
Salina
Kansas
Roberta
Audrey Orange
McPherson
Bill
Audrey Groves
Smoky Hill River
la Hine
Unsettled Weather Threatens Kansas Flood Waters
Topeka reports unsettled weather with threat of more rain to swell flood waters in central Kansas. Smoky Hill River预计达到21至22 feet near Salina by Monday, while Cottonwood and Neosho waters rise. Thunderstorms forecast tonight and Saturday northern Kansas and southern portion tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal Weather Bureau
Foxton
Flora
Smoky Hill
Salina
Cottonwood
Imparia
Neoske
Emporia
Leroy
Iola
Lower
Neosho
Kaw
Public Commission Conference on Regulating Unlicensed Truck Lines
Thirty five truck line operators licensed as common carriers from Topeka attended a conference in Kan on July 12 to discuss ways and means of regulating unlicensed truck lines.
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Medty
Topeka
Kan
Fix State
Unsettled Kansas Weather Forecast Needs Clarification
Vague OCR reading indicates unsettled weather with possible local thunderstorms in northern areas tonight or Saturday. South portion may see cooler air Saturday with variable cloudcover and otherwise mixed to fair conditions in various towns including Topeka Wichita Pittsburg and Douglas County.
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Kansas
North Portion
South
Topeka
Arkansas City
Saliriy
Eminoria
Wichita
Fair Pittsburg
Good ‘Cataville
Poincare Urges France to Accept Debt Accords
Premier Raymond Poincare urged ratification of debt accords with the United States and Britain in the French chamber, arguing nations act selfishly and restoration hinges on accepting the deals. He noted American discussions and a committee plan linking debtor payments to creditors, defending France’s gains in the McHol-Berenger provisions and Mellon’s stance.
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Poincare
France
Paris
Raymond Poincare
French
Chamber of Deputies
America
Great Britain
Mellon
Britain
McHon-Berenger
United States
Pikachi Treasury
Daylight holdup suspect trio jailed in Topeka
Vivian Scraper 25 and Cecil Streit 24 were jailed after a $13,650 to $14,000 daylight holdup of two Security Benefit employees in Topeka. A 16-year-old, Marie Rainey, was released after questioning. officers found loot hidden in the couple’s apartment.
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Topeka
Catiely Young
Brunette
Sweet Honeymans
Seiurity Benefit Association
Vivian Scraper
Cecil Streit
Association
Marie Rainey
Scraper
Streit
Shawnee County
Raineys
Kansas City
Benefit Association
Louis Streit
Wayne Hornung
Wichita
Chi
Mani
Tam
Rainey
J. Glenn Logan
Shawnie
Kansas
Serdper
Local libel suit filed by Mickens against two Ottawa doctors
A $10,000 libel suit has been filed in Franklin county district court by Bert J. Mickens of Tapekal formerly of Lawrence against Dr. J B Davis and Dr F P Tramp of Ottawa. The suit stems from a medical report Mickens says libeled him after a 1927 injury and subsequent compensation dispute. He seeks damages and costs.
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Selal
Bert J. Mickeris
Tapekal
Lawrence
J.B. Davis
Tramp
Ottawa
Mickens
Paper Manufactury
Ens
Aper
Hugh Means
A Charres
W. C. Nelson
H. L. Chambers
Topekans Injured When Car Runs Into Ditch
G Myers of Topeka visiting Kansas turned his car into a ditch five miles east of Lawrence. Mrs Myers and daughter Doris 35 were taken to a Lawrence hospital with severe cuts and bruises. Mr Myers son William 30 and Miss Lucille Ranson of Topeka were injured lightly. Mrs Myers released from Memorial Hospital after treatment for an injured hand and bruises.
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Kansas City
G. Myers
Toneka
Lawrence
Two Suspects Arrested in Bunker Hill Bank Robbery
Wichita police announce the arrests of Gilbert Meyers 30 and Floyd Skages 24 as suspects in the July 3 robbery of the Bunker Hills State Bank in Kansas. They deny charges after being nabbed at a prison residence. about 2700 dollars were stolen and a getaway car was abandoned nearby.
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Wichita
Kani
Gilbert Meyers
Floyd Skages
Bunker Halls
Kan
State Bank
Bunker Hill
Fatal Accident Claims Nancy Griesa Aged 9
Nancy Griesa aged 9 daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles H Griesa of Kansas City Missouri died after an automobile struck her in front of their home and she succumbed at St Luke's Hospital. Her father is I E Griesa graduate of the University of Kansas and Phi Kappa Phi member and assistant cashier at Fidelity National Bank. Her mother Stella Bedell is a KU graduate and Pi Beta Phi member.
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Charles H., Griesa
Kansas City
St. Luke’s Hospital
Phi Kapes Pat
Fidelity, National Bank ‘and Trust Company
Stella Bedell
K. U
Pi Beta’ Phi
Fire destroys Salina plant near town southeast site
A fire last night destroyed the W. E. Seidner Manufacturing plant a mile southeast of Salina. The blaze caused about 18000 dollars in damage and its origin is unknown. The company produced monkey speedway and other damen devices.
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Salina
W. E. Seidner, Manufacturing Company
Ferment in East as Russians Deported from Harbin Rail Line Narrowly Moves
Reports from Harbin and Peking say 143 Russians linked to Moscow have been deported toward Manchuria in the last 12 hours. G T Wan, Chinese foreign minister, vowed to stamp out communism and Soviet propaganda. Rioting and clashes with Manchurian police erupted as trains on the Chinese Eastern railway were seized, with thousands moving and warnings of possible Soviet moves eastward.
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Manchuria
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Peking
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G. T. Wan
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Lu Yung-Huang
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Mukden
Vladivostok
New Yorker on Federal Farm Board appointment
Charles A. Wilson former New York state agriculture commissioner was named to the Federal Farm Board. One vacancy remains with a Wheat Industry spokesman role under consideration. The board will meet next week, with Wilson’s farm near Rochester cited for his northeast farming experience. Alexander H. Legge and Carl Williams arrived in Washington for Hoover’s weekend plans.
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Chares A. Wilson
New York State
Federal Farm Board
Wilson
Rochester
Northeast
Alexander H. Legge
Carl Williams
Hoover
Virginia
Ford Breaks Law Again Over a Two Cent Stamp
New York July 12 AP Henry Ford at a jubilee honoring Thomas Edison borrowed pennies from J F Quinlan to buy a two cent stamp. Quinlan received Ford's first personal check in five years but will not cash it, leaving the check book out of balance.
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Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Ford
Atlantic City
J. F. Quinlan
Jbilee
Quinlan
Mr. Ford
Hargiss Quoted On Character And Determination At Legion Banquet
University coach H W Hargiss addressedWyandotte Post Kansas City and Liberty Post Lawrence baseball teams at a Methodist Church banquet. Gen Wilder S Metcalf praised youth discipline as essential to service and life, stressing character over size and urging boys to match studies with sports. A second district American Legion caucus followed in the Post Rooms.
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University
Wyandotte Post
Kansas City
Liberty Post
Lawrence
Methodist Church
Legionnaires
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Mascoat
The
Legion
Phillipines
American Legion
Sathya
Giants Rally In Ninth For 4 3 Win At Polo Grounds
The Giants tie the Cubs in the ninth and win in the tenth 4 3 as Travis Jackson hits into the lower left field seats for a homer. Lary Benton held the Cubs to eight hits in New York today.
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Taylor
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Cincinnati
Boston
Rixey
Sukeforth
Leverett
Jones
Spohrer
Gooch
Brooklyn
Indo
Johnson
Wilson
Vance
Deberry
Plan 2 Return Flight Expected From Italy
The Americaneronautical corporation announced receipt from Italy that Roger Q. Williams and Capt. Emil Yancey are planning a return flight to the United States aboard the 4 Dying boat.
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New York
Americaneronautical Corporation
Italy
Roger Q. Williams
Emil Yancey
United States
Nineteen Youths Named for Final Summerfield Exams
Nineteen Kansas high school graduates who took the July 2 Summerfield Scholarship preliminary at Wichita Newton Chanute and Lawrence are invited to a final exam at the University on July 16. Five to ten may receive Summerfield Scholarships funded by Solon Summerfield of New York.
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Kansas
Summerfield
Solon
E Summerfield
New York
Rat the University
Wwinning
Bach
Lawrence
Olin. Wemplin
Burton” Power
Kansas Edison
N. J. Power
Connecticut Street
William , Bullard
Chester Fairbanks
Hutchinson
Hubert Kidd
Burton Power
Salina
Howard Oliphant
Sayre Proudfit
John Stroud
Jopeka
Virgil Crow
Coffeyville
Harold
Rome honors U S fliers in key mass meeting
Rome residents gather in Colonna Square at 6:34 p m to pay homage to Roger Williams and Captain Lewis Yancey American trans Atlantic aviators. The Pathfinder, recently repaired at Littorio, will be test flown by the pair amid public display and keen Italian pride in the Bellanca craft.
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Collona Square
Roger Q. Williame
Lewis A. Yandy
Tral Atlantic Avinors
Pathfinder
Littorio
Arquis de Piedo
Italy
Atlantic
Williams
Yancey
Bel-lanca
America
Lazarus
Maurice
Victor Emanuel
Chanute Approves Roughly Half Tax Levy Cut
Chanute Kansas city commission reduces the tax levy to 1.75 mills from last year 8.45 mills. Officials anticipate wiping out the levy next year and funding city expenses from gas water and electric plant proceeds.
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Chanute
Kan
City Commission
Tourney Favorite Leads Former Big Ten Golfer
In Mission Hills Kansas on July 1 Gilbert Carter Nevada Missouri leads Arthur Sweet Chicago in Western Amateur semifinal after 27 holes of 86 hole match with Carter two up.
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Kansas City
den Mon
Portland
Gre
John Lehman
Ghiy
Ind
Big Ten
Gilbert ‘Carter
Nevada
Arthur Sweet
Chicago
Missouri
Padvantage
Culver City Flyers Seek Last Refueling Stop
Culver City Cel July 12 AP The 245th hour of flight passed by the biplane Angeleno at 12 29 pm today A note dropped said send up 125 gallons of gasoline at 1 30 pm and five gallons of oil Another contact later today will be all we ll need Want magazines newspapers rubbing alcohol and coffee Feeling fine Motor OK Mendell and Reinhart pilots were in very good spirits after their July 2 start Isolation limited privacy for in cabin baths note said four airplanes flew by and curtains were supplied
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Culver City
Cel
Angeleno
R. B. Reinhart
Mendell
Shaner to Speak at Union Service in South Park
Rev Francis B Shaner rector of Trinity Episcopal church is set to speak at the Union Service in South Park Sunday evening on The Trumpet of God Outdoors platform seating may be used if weather allows The service moves to Trinity Lutheran Church fronting the park Miss Irene Peabody soprano returns with Esther Ost to sing Great Peace Have They These Are They accompaniment by Dorothy Enlaw The ministers alliance plans the event for the summer with a call to worship from Trinity Lutheran chimes at 730 PM prompt start
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Trinity Episcopal Church
South Park
Trinity Lutheran Church
Alfred Grey
Irene Peabody
Esther Os
Ost
New York
John Doane
Wren
Lawrence
James Rogers
Holy City
Gaul
Dorothy Enlaw
Ott
Ministerial Alliance
United Christian Forces
Chinese Officials Seek Mrs Kao for Opium Case
Chinese Minister Wu asked Secretary Stimson to hand Mrs Yink Kao wife of the San Francisco vice consul to Chinese authorities for trial on opium smuggling charges. Stimson is considering. unofficial opinion favors approval. Warrants issued for Sis Ying Kao Yim Kao and Suen Foon for opium transport and concealment under the Jones Miller Act. Saxman town nearly evacuated as flood waters from Cow Creek cover the village.
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Washington
Stimson
Yink Kao
San Francisco
Stimsen
API
Sis Ying Kao
Yim Kao
Suen Foon
United States Commissioner’s Office
Sy John W. Snath
U. S
Ernest Williams
Kan
Susie Kan
Atchison Committee Reports on Anniversary Celebration
J T Skinner and C L Senet of the Lawrence committee visited Atchison yesterday. They studied the Atchison seventh fifth anniversary celebration to aid planning for Lawrence's October event. The visitors praised Atchison's program and urged ample planning time for Lawrence.
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J. T. Skinner
C. L. Senet
Lawrence
Atchison
Graham Paige
Air Liner Journey Reveals Texas to Kansas City Flight
A reader describes a Port Worth to Kansas City trip via Missouri Pacific rail and a pioneering air segment to Galveston. The journey included a first ticket sale for a Texan air-rail combo and notes on the new Southwest Air Express craft with a seven passenger cabin and Ford engines.
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Fort Worth
Oscar W.t.Williwnes
Gulf
Missouri Pacific
Willliams
Sapbway
Texas Hotel
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