Plan 1931 Government Budget Estimates In Washington
Washington July 26 The tremendous task of formulating the 4 000 000 000 budget for the next fiscal year has begun Budget experts study preliminary estimates from departments and agencies and will refine figures by September 15 and again after hearings and reallocations. Department heads will present views as expenditures rise annually and major programs push the total toward the 4 billion mark.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Fort
Boulder Dam
Kansas
Washington Plans Dual Army Tactics Surveys
President Hoover backs a survey of army maintenance costs and possible curtailment while General Sumnerall leads another study to apply lessons from France to future warfare. Officials, including the secretary of war, meet at a Blue Ridge fishing retreat to discuss army questions.
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Washington
Hoover
Charles P. Summerall
Army General Staff
France
Blue Ridge
Virginia
Secretary of War
Summerall
I. President
Thade
Blind Aviator Learns to Control His Plane
A Marlow Oklahoma aviator pilots without a license using a co pilot for landing. He flies two planes while visiting more than 350 tenant farms in southern Oklahoma. The article notes his skill in taking off and maneuvering, but landing remains the challenge.
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Don Clayton
Carter
Clayton
Cres Transportation
Oklahoma
Visioning Aviation Writings Predict Air Progress in 1891
Kansas City industrial executive G H Gray recalled his 1891 Central College Fayette Missouri magazine sketch Aerostation foretelling powered flight aluminum and aerial navigation. He spoke of electric propulsion and hydrogen buoyancy as future routes and polar exploration by air. He now notes only that Democratic party principles endure.
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Kansas City
G.H. Gray
Central College
Fayette, Mo
Earth
Gray
Grangfi
Democratic Party
Wichita Bank Robbery Sparks Police Raids in Wichita
Wichita police and sheriffs hunted three men and a black garbed woman chauffeur after the Peoples State Bank holdup. A filling station operator said he was robbed at 10:30 by two men and a woman who forced him to drive toward Arkansas City. Bank officials said the loss is insured and business should not be harmed. A car matching the robbers' vehicle was seen speeding toward Hutchinson along the Cannonball highway.
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Wichita
Kans
Peoples State Bank
Osage County
B. L. Bowlus
Arkansas City
Cannonball Highway
Iorth
Here
Hutchinson
Fluty Pleads Guilty on Three Highway Robbery Charges
Cecil Flity, 17, Independence, Mo., pleads guilty to three counts of highway robbery. He is sentenced to five years on each count, to run concurrently, after admitting involvement in about 15 robberies last month. Flity was arrested after aiding a wounded accomplice and was shot at by Banker Patrol Superintendent Healey during a failed forceful takeover of a patrol car.
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Kansas City
Cecil Flity
Independence
Ralph
Lat‘shaw
Crinc
Flity
Leonard Rollet
Pele
C. EB. Helay
Bankers Patrol
Fluty
Norke
Rollett
Healey
Rollet
Heine book reviewed amid broader German culture debate
A Monograph by John A Hess on Heine's Views on German Traits of Character is praised as a precise, cosmopolitan appraisal. The Stechert edition has drawn strong praise in Germany, while American scholars note its objective portrayal contrasts with earlier nationalistic biases.
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Heine
New York
John Ambrose Hess
University of Kansas
Ohio University
Athens
Stechert
Hess
Germany
France
Adolph Bartels
Ku‘no Francke
Harvard University
Bartels
Hoover’s Cruiser Plan Under Fire in Congress
Washington July AP report flags growing clash over President Hoover’s authority to delay 15 cruisers until June 30 1931 amid a Senate debate led by Hale and King. The clause aiming to safeguard the program faces reinterpretation as Hale says its purpose was to ensure completion. Parallel discussions note MacDonald Dawes accord seeks naval parity beyond capital ships.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
MacDonald
Zet
Hale
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
King
Utah
Portland
Amassador Dawes
Deaths and Funerals and Local Notices
Mrs T M Sprague of Lawrence died in California on July 19. Mr and Mrs Sprague formerly lived in Lawrence, moved to California years ago where Mr Sprague now resides. James Boyer Harr died early. service Monday at Rumsey Chapel, burial Salt Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Tilda J Park, two stepsons Roy and Raymond Park, brother Charles Park of Topeka, and parents Koenigsbach of Germany. In another note, a park in Germany bears fruit yearly despite northern climate. An island on Lake Constance hosts banana plants yielding ripe fruit in summer.
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T. M. Sprague
Lawrence
T. MM
Spra Evnelle
Cal
Mra. Sprague
Hal LL Snyder
Wrence
California
Mr. Sprague
James Boy
R J James Harr
Centh
Anere
Rumsey
Salt Hill Cemetery
Roy Hand Raymond Park
Charles Park
T Peka
Koenigsbach
Germany
Lake Constance
Ciara
Albert
Brecheise
Floyd Broer
Weaver
Sinds
Kansas City
Oak Hill
Harry
Lealia Wayne
Eline? Weater
Henry
Gene Grittin
Bill Newell & To
Topeka
C. P. Paige
Hine
Frank So ‘Miller
Stanley
Cuter
Sliver Denys
Zieseni Fae
Martin Jennair
Jenner George Brooks
Canada
Baother Richa
Ruth Dunlap
Josephine
Marion Votan
Lola
Jean Willantson
J. D. Mills
Faith
C. E
Tocal Vettaw
Christian Endeavor
Ralph
Jo E
Ap Goth
Helper
Sad
Howard Kohler
Emma Wilson
Eat Mes
H. Votaw
Karl Pfleger
Oliver Deay
Clifford ‘Haverty
Jerry H S
Ted Kramer
Elden
Fred
Roy Kurtz
Jo Easberner
Tintagel Plans King Arthur Pageant To Save Cliffs
In Tintagel England villagers rehearse a nine scene King Arthur pageant for August to raise 35000 needed to preserve Tintagel Cliffs. The Prince of Wales and Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch back the effort with Rev A Blissard Barnes directing 120 players and H G White eager for a riding role.
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Tintagel
England
Cornwall
King Arthur's Castle
Arthur
Meararge
Jack
the Round Table
Camelot
Arthur's Castle
Fot ‘Tennyson
Tintagel Cliffs
Rubric
H. G. White
Cosmetic Poison Threatens French Women Health
Paris AP reports the Ministry of Hygiene targets unlicensed beauty institutes amid claims cosmetics harm health. Dr Frederic Bordas cites abuse of the face hair and body, calls for clear labeling and strict enforcement to curb dangerous products and practices. He warns lip rouge with white lead and abusive shop methods endanger women and the cosmetics industry’s reputation.
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Paris
Ministry of Hygiene
Frederic Bordas
New York
Dr. Bordas
Poor Appetites by Alice Judson Peale
Children of the poor eat heartily while many well fed children refuse to eat due to psychological causes. Parents’ over solicitude, talking about meals, emotional cues before eating, forced feeding, and large servings can cultivate poor appetites.
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Alice Judson Peale
Hunger Strike Hunger Strike and Tasty Food Plea
A fragmented note laments children's poor appetites and urges practical remedies. The writer proposes serving meals attractively and plainly to win over picky eaters, acknowledging that the solution is not simple and may require universal adoption.
Flies English Channel Commemorates 20th Anniversary
Dover England July 27 Louis Bleriot French aeronautical pioneer flew the English channel today marking twenty years since the first crossing. He landed near the monument and then hurried to London to be feted tonight for the twentieth anniversary of his historic flight. Old timers recalled the dot in the sky that formed a tiny airplane as watchers on the downs watched the landing.
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Dover
England
Louis Bleriot
France
Bleriot
London
Downs
JAIL GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER ARRESTED IN RADICAL MEETING
Anna Pennypacker daughter of the late Pennsylvania governor spent the night in a police cell after a Grand Fraternity hall raid. Fifty five people were arrested for holding a meeting without a permit with some charged with disorderly conduct and distributing seditious literature. Ten were freed. Pennypacker and others remained in custody until charges were issued.
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Philadelphia
Anna Pennypacker
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Grand Fraternity Hall
Seal
Abolish Extra Privileges in China
Nanking China July 27 AP C T Wang foreign minister of the Nationalist government said Great Britain moved toward abolition of extraterritorial privileges in China. He noted Britain officially notified the Nationalist foreign office that all British subjects in Kiukiang Kiangsi within the former concession will pay taxes under Chinese law.
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Nanking
China
C.T. Wang
Great Britain
Kiukiang
Kiangsi
Family Life and Studies in an Era of Change
Alice Judson Peale reflects on modern family life prioritizing quality over shared activities while urging preservation of the spirit of togetherness. Dialogues on mutual respect, shared enthusiasm, and listening can sustain genuine sympathy despite busy schedules.
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Alice Judson Peale
Big Sister
Little Sister
Big Brother
Little Brother
Marriage Licenses Reported In Topeka District
A marriage license was issued yesterday to Roy Frantz of Ford Colorado and Ethel May Metsker of Lawrence by Probate Judge L H Men. The Rev W W Diverbliss of Ottawa officiated. Judge Manger also issued a license to Morris Montfort and Ruby Evans of Eureka, with Judge Manger performing the ceremony.
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Roy
Frantz
Ford
Colo
Ethel
May Metsker
Lawrence
L. H
W. W. Diverbliss
Ottawa
Menger
Morris Montfort
Ruby Evans
Eureka
Manger
Local Social Roundup From Hesper Area
Sunday visits and Sunday afternoon gatherings fill this Hesper page with names. Ed Westerhouse and kin host relatives from Monrovia and nearby families visit, while Rev. Wright and other clergy guests appear at the Dunlap home. Shoppers, callers, and family visits span Lawrence to Wichita and Clinton as community members share meals, meetings, and church events.
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and Firs
Elmer Westerhouse
Monrovia
Cal
Ed Westerhouse
Eugene Griffin
Oscar
Irvin Wotan
J. F. Sumner
Myrtle Harris
Wiitland
Franjees
Pearl
Leb Holmes
Frank Wright
Edgewood A
Oren Dunlap
A. J. Kohler
Howard Kohler
Fred Walker
Lawrence
Karl Pfleger
Alice Walters
Helen Pfleger
Isaac Williamson
Sibley
Carl Kurtz
Ed Burnell
Hesper Academy
Moody
Congregational Church
Ki City
J. D
Milia
Mildred Grob
Elizabeth Mills
M. C. Hill
Eunice
Henry Athia
Oliver Deay
Clifford Haverty
Soon ‘Yoon
Florence Sehmedli
Ker
Votaw Family News and Local Meetings Highlight
Local notices and social updates list the Votaw family, Sunday dinners, and visitors at the Vor taw home in Kansas. Church and neighborhood gatherings include Christian Endeavor meetings, Votaw relatives, and nearby residents sharing news and condolences.
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Wichita Police Fund
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Gallatin, Mo
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Associated Press
Joan R. Voorhis
Tammany
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