Baldwin Plans Big Highway Day in Kansas
Baldwin Commercial Club led by Charles E. Beeks announces formal opening of four and a half mile paving between Baldwin and 73W on Highway 50. Ceremony set for August 1 at 9 30 am expects 10 090 attendees with parades bands from Lawrence Ottawa Baldwin and Wellsville. Governor Reed and Kansas dignitaries to speak after noon basket dinner on Baker campus. Events include baseball games tug of war and celebration with a public square dance at midnight.
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Baldwin
Baldwin Commercial Club
Charles E. Beeks
Highway No. 50
William Howard Taft
Lawrence
Ottawa
Wellsville
Baldwin Pubic Square
Reed
Kansas
Baker
Committee On Arrangements
Petition for Guardian of Lady Mary Heath Filed
In Cleveland on July 26 a petition seeks guardianship for Lady Mary Heath who, after surviving a severe skull injury in an aircraft incident, is described as incompetent and confined to a Mentor hospital for nervous disorders. Her guardian would manage a trust fund yielding 3500 dollars annually. Miss Florence Madden supports the filing with Ophra Pepper signing a notice waiver.
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Cleveland
Mary Heath
London
Cape Town
Mentor
Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation
Reno
Nev
James Heath
Florence Madden
Guyahoga County
Heath
Ophra Peper
Lady Mary
Canada
Last of Nine Surrenders in Cutten Robbery Case
Caspar Rosaberg surrendered to Du Page County authorities at Wheaton after eight other suspects had already turned himself in. Rosaberg, whose brother Simon was seized last spring and pleaded guilty, said I’ve been hunted long enough and claimed innocence as he was released on bond with a September trial date set.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Cuttens
Caspar Rosaberg
Simon
du Page
Wheaton
Farmers National Grain Corp marks first year progress
Chicago July 26 AP The Farmers National Grain Corporation announced on its first anniversary that it has handled 32 percent of the wheat received at the Kansas City terminal so far this month. The government sponsored cooperative said it has achieved a commanding position in both domestic and world markets.
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Chicago
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Kansas City
Ronald Colman's Raffles to Play at Varsity Next Week
Ronald Colman star in Raffles to be shown at the Varsity the first three days of next week. Critics praise the performance and call it among the year’s best. The Newman Theatre in Kansas advertises the film heavily this season. Liberty rates it one of the era’s finest. Probate Judge J H Menger reports a slow license week with only one license issued, for George N Gowing and Greta Woods of Kansas City Missouri, by Judge Menger.
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Liberty
Meni
J. H. Menger
George “N.gowing
Grete ‘Woods
Kanbay City
Menger
Dismissal Letters Follow Cadet Prank At Annapolis
Annapolis July 28 26 AP reports Lawrence L Myatt and S Burgin linked to a cadet prank at the Naval Academy. The pair plus others wore naval blouses coats and cloaks while marching as second class men. They were discovered and ejected. Myatt hails from Massachusetts Burgin from Petersburg Virginia.
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Annapolis
Lawrence L. Myatt
S. Burgin
Myatt
Asin
Petersburg
Fila
Grain Rate Reductions Ordered by Interstate Commerce
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered sweeping reductions in western grain rates and related products. The ruling cites general powers to enforce just charges, notes wheat as an affected agricultural product, and estimates about 15 million dollars in annual revenue reductions for west coast carriers.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce
Supreme Court
Commission
Congress
Findlane
Hoch-Smith
California
Closed Portions of Kansas Roads Listed
Kansas road closures announced by the state highway commission due to construction. Listings include U.S. 38 U.S. 40 S routes and state highways from various county lines to intersections, with segments in Marshall, Smith, Dickinson, Ness, Reno, and Labette counties affected by work.
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Topeka
State Highway Commission Today
Kansas
Marshall County
Smith County
St. George
Wamego
Rossville
Silver Lake
Abilere
Dickinson
Solomon West
West News
Ness County
Klina County
Lacroeee
Moundridge
U. S
de Graff
el Dorado
Joint
Bucklin
Kingman
Sitka
Clark County
LaCygne
U.S
Oswego
Ito ‘Ast Labette County
Washington County
Bridge Ie
Green
Osborne West
Restored Captain's Well Re-dedicated in Amesbury Mass
Amesbury Mass AP report details the rededication of a shipwrecked sailor's monument known as The Captain's Well. The ceremony included Mr Walker presenting the restored well to the town and Flood of New York delivering the day’s meal. the tale recalls a thirsty sailor digging the well to quench his crew on a voyage many years ago.
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Massachusetts
Amesbury
Mass
Muscat
Borat
Rand
Baxley
Che
Taapearemans
Society
Walkers
Walker
C Nedree
New York
Three Boys Arrested for Theft at Local Machine Shop
Police arrested Wilford Clark aged 16 Theodore Clark aged 11 and Samuel Turner aged 13, all of New Jersey Street, on theft charges after $8 in bills were stolen from the cash register at Treworgy and Rutter Machine Shop on Vermont Street. The youths admitted taking the money during a visit to repair a bicycle. a missing $10 check was later reported. Authorities were notified after the shopkeeper reported the loss and Turner allegedly confessed to police.
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Wilford Clark
Theodore Clark
New Jersey Street
Samuel Turner
New Jersey St
J. W. Barber
S Barber
Alfred Heck
Route 5
Bar
Barber
Harry Treworgy
Ralph Hubbell
Lilburn’ Dowers
Hubbell
Turner
The
Regia
Theodore
Wilfred Clark
Treworgy
Kansas Industrial School
Topeka
Pierian Church to host 11 o'clock service with sermon on adult Infants
The Pierian Church minister Theodore H Assman will preach at 11 am Sunday on the theme adult Infants. Soloist Taylor Watters will sing My Faith in Thee. Assman and family plan to leave Monday for Green Lake Wisconsin, no services during his absence. Sunday School will meet as usual at Ninth Street Baptist Church. Prayer meeting 9 am. preaching by William A Beott. other names listed. Midwest Radio Dealers Group is forming in Kansas City with L M Metzler of Lawrence as president and officers Howard Middleton Sedalia Missouri vice presidents and others named.
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Theodore H. Assman
Taylor Watters
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Ninth and Ohio
William A. Beott
Mmine
Luty Irvby Rey
Scott
Keee
Kansas
City
L M. Metzler
Lawrence
Kan
Watele
Midwest To Dealers’ ‘Association
Howard
A. Middleton
Sedalia
Rge Reynolds
Bas City
Skofstad 18 Arrestee Charged With Obstructing Service
Martin Ernest Skofstad was arrested last night on a charge of obstructing the service of a process. He pleaded not guilty before Justice of the Peace R. B. Stevens and was released on a $200 bond pending a hearing August 7. Sheriff R. R. Rutherto and Under Sheriff Walter Nieder reported the failed attempt to execute the order.
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Martin Ernest Skofstad
R. B. Stevens
Hen Sherrier R
R. Rutherto
Walter Nieder
Sweltering heat expected to return across Kansas weekend
Topeka legacy: the U S Weather Bureau forecast sweltering weather across Kansas this weekend as temperatures rise to 100 degrees or more. Forecaster Flora warned of hot nights and widespread heat with only slight relief possible Sunday in the northeast, while Emporia recorded 104 degrees the previous day and statewide drought persists.
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Topeka
Kansas
United States Weather Bureau
Hanover
Flore
Goodland
Emporia
Personal notices of regional residents and travel updates
Mr and Mrs P Smith plan to leave for La Junta Colorado after visits with friends in Wichita. Elizabeth Tucker serves as Questor for Mrs Everett Bradley and family. they recently returned from Emporia visiting Mrs Bradley’s mother. Others travel and visits include Miss Helen May Mateus en route home from Toronto after a Kappa Alpha Theta convention.
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Dan Johnson
Mra
Son
Wrence
Helen May Mateus
San Diego
Cal
Toronto
Canada
Kappa Alpha Theta
Opal Shaw
Emporia
Tate Teachers’ College
Bullene
New York City
J. G. Jetfries
Edwin
Yellowtone Parks
Cheyenne
Wye
Ie Hlali
Wheeler
Leatrice Jean
Kansas City
Phillipe Petroleum
C. H. Stickley
Kansas ‘City
Paul
L.A. Keeler
J. Marsh
Centropolis
Frances Lyman
Wichita
Lyman
Anna Martindale
Neil Martindale
Tee
East
Erwin Stugard
New York
Stugard
Jessie Martin
Leland Barrows
Kantaas
Bitter baby swap dispute roils Chicago homes
In Englewood Chicago a custody dispute over a 36 day old baby pits the Watkins and Bamberger families against each other. A medical panel initially proposed swapping the infants, but both sides resisted and the babies remained in their respective homes. The Watkins family, represented by Barratt O Hara, vows to pursue legal action to establish rightful custody as tensions rise.
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Chicago
William Watkins
William’ Watkins
Charles Bambergers
Bambergers
Englewood Hospital
Watkins
Bambe
Bamberger
Bambergerhome
Bamberger Home
Bambers
Arnold H. Kegel
Mit
Keystone Hospital
Dr. Watkins
Barratt O'Hara
New Buick Models On Display At Lawrence Showrooms
A large crowd visited the Lawrence Buick Company showrooms at Seventh and New Hampshire today to inspect the new 1931 Buick line. The four series debut with valve in head straight eight engines, prices from about twelve thousand to over twenty thousand dollars for the 91 line, and new Fisher body construction. The 114 inch wheelbase model replaces the Marquette with 76.5 horsepower and 75 mph, the 118 inch at 90 hp and 80 mph, and the 124 and 132 inch series at 104 hp and 80 mph respectively.
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Lawrence Buick Company
Seventh
New Hampshire
Buick
Lawrence Price
Fisher
Mrs Jackson Injured After Breakfast Run To Fliers
In St Louis Mrs Dale Jackson, wife of endurance plane pilot, was injured when her car hit a telephone pole while en route to Lambert Field to deliver breakfast to her husband and Forest O Brine. Both had logged 122 hours in the ongoing endurance flight as of 9 11 am.
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St. Louis
Dale Jackson
Greater St. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Forest O'Brine
O’brine
Rotary to hear Julius C Holmes at speaker luncheon
Julius C Holmes former secretary of the American legation at Tirana Albania will speak at the Lawrence Rotary Club weekly luncheon at Wiedemann's Monday. He is on leave visiting his parents and has served in several consular posts and as charge d affaires in Albania.
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Julius C. Holmes
Tirana
Albania
Lawrence Rotary Club
Wiedemann
Holmes
J. R. Holmes
Foreign Service
Foreign
Rabies Treatment Begun By Dairyman After Cat Bite
Fred Reynolds, a dairyman on route 8, began Pasteur treatment Saturday afternoon after learning a house cat that bit him three days earlier had rabies. Dr. E L G Harbour diagnosed the cat as rabid and had it destroyed. The cat's head was sent to Kansas City for examination and the test came back positive.
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Fred Reynolds
Route 8
E. L. G. Harbour
Reynolds
Harbour
Kansas City
Children Examined At Farm Bureau Pre School Clinic
Sixty six children had been examined up to 2:30 this afternoon in the pre school clinic held by the Farm Bureau women in Odd Fellows Hall yesterday and today. Miss Elizabeth Randle led the clinic with Dr J B Henry Dr W C Nelson Alice Sherbon Dr H E Van Noy and county health nurse Bliss May McAuliffe directing.
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Farm Bureau
Odd Fellows Hall
Elizabeth Randle
J .B. Henry
W. C. Nelson
Alice Sherbon
H. E. van Noy
Bliss May McAuliffe
Covnty Health
Watch Recovered After Theft From University Club
A gold watch stolen about a month ago from the University club dormitory at 1435 Ohio street has been recovered by its owner, Mr. McCurdy of Kansas City, a graduate student. Police located the pawned watch in a Kansas City shop about ten days ago. the chain had been stolen with another watch, and the watch was pawned by a Black man.
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University Club
Ohio Street
Mr. McCurdy
Kansas City
Gasser Gas Well Drills In Labette County Kansas
A three million foot gas well was struck yesterday in Labette County Kansas by Coen Burn J C Sproull G G Wiechen et al The Bartlesville sand yielded gas at 597 feet and the drill continued to 24 feet into the same sand A second well is planned and the developers expect to proceed soon with the project
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Labette County
Kan
Coen Burn
J. C. Sproull
G. G. Wiechen
Bartlesville
Prominent Fay County figure linked to 1919 politics
A held in Valley Toe Tour attendee, a Fay County figure, was noted as prominent in politics and a member of the Republican Party. The report also mentions traffic arrest of Joe James and others for speeding on South Street, with bond set at 10 dollars to appear in police court. Nearby dispatches cover rescue train plans for emergencies in Portugal, mining output in Genoa, port militia actions in Italy, and local social notes from Lawrence and Wichita communities.
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Fay
Aage County
Herusbands
Beiig & Mem
Rega Rhblican Party
Joe James
Knowledge Hill Club Picnic and Meeting Notes
Knowledge Hill Community club met with Mrs. Collin Olmstead on Wednesday, July 16, with eight members and one guest, Avis Brown. Plans were made for a yard picnic honoring president Mrs. Harold Skeet's birthday. The following day a meeting with Mrs. Helen Rice is planned for July 30. The Skeet home picnic drew seven gallons of ice cream, fried chicken, salads, and punch. Gifts were given to the president. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Baker Murphy and many from nearby towns. some injuries were reported from a recent car accident involving the Clifford Thiry family.
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Skeet
Harold Skeet
Baker Murphy
West
Janeway
Lawrence
Clifford Thiry
Horr
Kansas City
Anna Skeet
Fred Stanton
Lee Fultz
Frank Rowland
Land
F. Rowland
Oak
Vote for Callahan for Clerk of the Court
A political notice endorses John Callahan for clerk of the court, citing four years as Lawrence night chief of police and two years of law study at the University of Kansas. The ad argues voters seek trained officials and that his disciplined judgment will yield efficient public service.
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John Callahan
Police
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Callahan J
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