City approves summer repair program for schools at board meeting
At a board of education session last night the summer repair program for junior high and other buildings was approved. Superintendent Smith authorized the projects including weather stripping at Liberty Memorial High and new plumbing fixtures at Cordley School. Repairs focus on lighting, dormer adjustments, painting progress, and inspection notes from New York school.
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Ien
Tral
Emmett
Smith
Nablum
Liberty “Memorial” High Achaet
Ghyimberiam Co
Jas’ Ight
Indhudell
Shimmons “Bros
Engineers Organize in New York City Work Army
In New York 3500 municipal engineers formed a new association to seek a 25 percent salary increase and improved working conditions. The group noted aims to match the dignity and responsibility of their profession and plans submission of the demands to city authorities amid broader labor interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W York
New York
Municipal Engineers
Bae
Association of Engineers of Thes
York
Ten Oil Cars Ablaze in Wichita Freight Fire
Ten oil cars are afire near Wichita Kansas causing disruption to rail traffic and paralyzing wire communications. A freight train stalled as the blaze spread to several cars and cut telegraph lines, halting local company operations and delaying shipments. Fire crews battled flames as overhead wires failed and the scene drew emergency attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Associated Press
Funeral Services for Mrs Gladys Hiatt Held At Oak Hill
Funeral services were held for Mrs Gladys Hiatt who died Monday after a short illness. The services took place at Oak Hill Cemetery with arrangements under the Neuensears funeral home. Contact details for further arrangements were not clearly legible in the report.
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Gladys
Hiatt
Pielock
Oak Hil
Meade County Officials Seek Ouster Of Pierson
Topeka July 28 The Meade county attorney asked for ouster proceedings against Scott R Pierson county commissioner from the third district alleging he held a conflicting office in West Plains while serving as commissioner Attorney Charles B Griffith cited a 1891 Supreme Court decision in Plymell as precedent and the attorney general will ask Meade officials to settle their own troubles central to the dispute.
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Topeka
Kan
Meade County
Charles
Griffith
Scott
R. Pierson
District of Meade
Pierson
Tost
West Plains
C. M., Plyméll
Pask
Donors to Memorial Stadium Get Priority Seat Rights
University of Kansas donors who funded the Memorial Stadium project will receive priority in season ticket selections for football this fall. Letters go out around September 1 with a Sept 21 deadline to confirm seat numbers and locations. Orders received after Sept 26 will be mailed back in order received. Season tickets cost 36 with single-game admissions at 2 each, Missouri game priced separately. A group seating option should send one envelope with all orders.
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University of Kansas
Kansas Relays
Gould Remarries Viscount Dunsford in Montreal Nupital
New York July 25 Mrs Guineve Gould widow of George J Gould heiress to much Gould fortune married Viscount Dunsford son and heir of the Earl of Middleton in Montreal. They will reside in London. Dunsford, 38, Oxford educated and World War I veteran, is twice decorated.
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New York
Guineave, Gould
George J. Gould
Gould
Montreal
Viscount Dunsford
Earl of Middleton
Hanson
London
Oxford
Personal notices from Lawrence area residents
A string of brief notices lists Mr and Mrs E H Dent, Mrs Robert Turne, and others visiting in Lawrence. Names include Miss Louis Burgalne returning to Kansas City, Mae Houston likewise bound for Kansas City, Mrs Clarkson Bright from Annapolis, and Lt Cmdr Bright with the Richmond in Melbourne. Other items mention Miss Tape Sheets visiting Kansas City, Mrs Harold Bagby visiting, Prof Frank and family, and plans to travel to Washington DC for business before visiting relatives.
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EH. Dent
Robert Turne
DeSoto
Lawrence
Louis Burgalne
Kansas City
Mae Houston
Clarkson Brigt
Annapolis
O. J. Law
Myrs
Lane
Bright
Honolulu
Richmond
Melbourne
Skeleton found near Canon City may identify Milton Sisco
Pueblo reporters note a Kansas youth Milton Sisco presumed dead after a two year mystery. A rancher found a skull with a bullet and body buried fifty yards away near Canon City. Milton and his brother Walter disappeared while motoring in Colorado. Relatives travel from Newton to identify the remains, with a search planned for a second skeleton nearby.
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Pueblo
Colo
Canon City
Milton Sisco
Newton Kan
Walter
Ajrancher
J. W. Lewis
Newton
Kan
Sisco
Golorada
Will Wilkingon
Milton
Walton, Sever
Vincent Sisco
Banks buy Stinnes holdings in German concerns
American and British bankers teamed up to acquire 21,000,000 marks of shares in the Deutsch Luxembourg Company, a Stinnes concern. Dillén Read and Company and Henry Schroeder bought the stake for about 3 to 4 million dollars. The coal mining group runs 110 mines employing 22,000 miners and controls Rhind Elbe Union, a major coal, coke, iron and steel producer. The sale signals a shift as other Stinnes assets are sold abroad.
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New York
Associated Press
Germany
Hugo Stinnes
Dillén
Stinnes Steamship Lines
Berlin
Hamburg
Berlin Handelsgezellschaft Bank
Vanderbilt sister wedding postponed by appendicitis
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt became ill with appendicitis on the eve of her sister Muriel's wedding to Frederick Cameron Church Jr. at Newport Beach Mound. Doctors performed an appendectomy, reporting the operation completely successful and the patient comfortable, though the condition was not deemed serious.
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Newport
Tilly
A. P
Consuelo
Beach Mound
Vanderbilt
Muriel
Frederick Cameron Church’ Jr
Boston
Lowell
Seldes Ordered to Leave Italy by Mussolini Regime
Chicago July 28 George Seldes Chicago Tribune Romei correspondent was ordered to depart Italy by the Mussolini government. Earlier dispatches warned of possible expulsion and threats to his safety as tensions rose over depictions of the regime. Kellogg was advised of August 4 as the deadline with no reported violence yet.
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Chicago
A. P
Chicago Tribune
George Seldes
Taly
The
Tribune
Seldes
Ambassdor
Henry P. Fletcher
Italy
Mussolini
Kellogg
the Tribune
Rome
Seldés
Shows Pleased Boys at Woodland Park Carnival
More than twenty five boys, guests of the American Legion and Loos Carnival Company, enjoyed a Twilight League celebration at Woodland Park last night. Carriers of the Journal- World and baseball teams received carnival passes. riders, shrieks of laughter, and amazed exclamations filled the grounds as trained animals and freak tents entertained.
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American Legion
Loos Carnival Company
Woodland Park
Journal- World
Two Sleepers Held Overnight at City Jail
Two sleepers were taken to the city jail to stay over night after a quiet night at police headquarters. No arrests were reported this morning.
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New York ‘Corps
South Side
Aew
Edward
Cohn
Robert
Piedmont
Arfairs
Mrs. Gould
Journal-World
Ce Nee Hi
Kaw
Pittsburg
Frank Crainz
Young Coast Company
Arma
Thig Inornin
Boy
Stinnes Enterprises
Nyal
Rankin
Dre
Hugh Parry
Linwood
Miss. Vanderbilt
George Elliott
ROY
Frank Tuttle
Rauchson Wee
Goodyear
RED Hot Bargains
the Ideal Clothing CO
Kansas
Ideal Clothing CO
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