New British dirigible aims for Montreal westward voyage
July 20 Belfast AP reports R-1060 hugging Scotland's west coast en route from Cardington to Montreal. Commander Booth steers NE along Oversay Island, dictating a 60 hour trip at 50 knots toward the Hebrides and Canada, while R-100 leaves Cardington for Montreal with 44 aboard amid high pressure and light southwest winds.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Hebrides
Cardington
Montreal
Oversay Island
Argyllshire
Greenwich
Booth
Canada
England
Great Britain
Liverpool
Air Ministry
mid-Atlantic
Bank Robbery Stuns Town Hirings and Kidnapping
AP reports a $15,000 robbery at an Elect Savings Bank carried out by two men who kidnapped cashier William Niergarth from his home and forced him to open the vault. George Stidt, a 2-year-old farmer, entered during the robbery. The incident occurred at 8:25 a.m., with cash and securities taken.
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Nee Many Midh
Cntmorency
William
Niergarth
Willian
Stidt
Kansas Weather Forecast Details and Road Conditions
Unsettled conditions expected tonight with local thunder showers this afternoon or tonight in the south portion. Slight cooling in southeast and extreme east portions. Wednesday mostly fair with clear morning in Salina Manhattan Ottawa and Topeka. Dirt roads and good county roads noted. Temperature readings provided for 7 pm yesterday 7 am today and noon today. Bulenne-Skinner Motor Co. advertisement.
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Kansas
Treme
Salina
Manhattan
Ottawa
Topeka
Uglas
Missionary Allen Cameron Believed Seized by Communists
Shanghai report says Changsha in Hunan Province fell to Chinese Communists as foreigners fled or were rescued by gunboats. Allen Cameron of the Faith Mission, a Lawrence, Kansas native, remained in the devastated district with other missionaries before the capture attempt and later was reported missing.
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Allen Cameron
Lawrence Man
Shanghai
Changsha
Hunan
Liang River
H. Lingle
American Presbyterian Mission
New York
Faith Mission
Denver
Gertrude Rugg
China Inland Mission
Lingle
Cameron
Changa J
Allen
China
Denver Galilee Baptist Church
Lawrence
Kan
Brinkley on Stand Tells of Gland Transplant Claims
Dr. John R. Brinkley, 45, testified at the Kansas medical board hearing defending his gland transplantation methods. He described the "compound operation" using young animal tissue for prostate treatment and denied promising cures, saying he did not consider his work experimental and that most patients were treated for enlarged prostates and general health.
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Topeka
John R. Brinkley
Milford
Kan
Kansas Medical Board
Fred S. Jackson
Brinkley
Kansas
Briskley
Jackson
North Side Market Day Auction starts in North Lawrence
Howard Brass, auctioneer, announced a semi monthly sale to be held every two weeks at the Harper Barn in North Lawrence. The North Side Market Day Auction will offer livestock, farm machinery and household goods for sellers and buyers. Listings can be made with Brass.
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Howard Brass
Harper Barn
North Lawrence
North Side
Census figures show revised city population changes
Kansas City Missouri up 68 351 to 392 761 a 216 percent gain. T yraniite City Tl revised rise to 235 63 4 per cent and New Philasophik One grows to 12 361 with 1 643 more residents. Orlando Florida revised 27 223 up 18 642 19 4 percent. Si Place Estate listed at 38 637 dollars.
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Kansas City
Rostoria
Cra
Orlando
Fla
Mother of Jean Eagels Named Sole Beneficiary
New York July 23 AP The estate of actress Jean Eagels valued at about 60 000 after deductions from a gross estate of 88 974 was reduced by debts and other charges. Mrs Julia Engels of Kanity is named sole beneficiary as no will was found for Miss Eagels.
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New York
Jean Eagels
Julia Engels
Kanity
Braves Rally Past Robins For Seventh Inning Win
Boston defeats Brooklyn 7 to 4 as two runs in the eighth and three late singles erase a tie. Dazzy Vance exits early, and DeBerry and Herndon contribute for the Robins.
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Braves
Dazzy Vance
Brooklyn Robins
Brooklyn
Apt
Deberry
Bherdet
New York
Wubbell
Phillies
Giants
Ott
Roettger
Bensa
O'Doul
Philadelphia
Aeenne
Rensa Hubbell
Hoserttiaburgh
Lloyd Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Paul Waner
Lloyd
St. Louis
Piushuten
Khem
Grabowaki
Wilson
Kremer
Hemsley
Chicago
Cincinnati Reds
Rixa
Cincinna
Cubs
Cincinnati
Risey
Sukeforth
Blake
Malone
Hartnett
Sheriff Shot in Graham County Manhunt Ends with Capture
Sheriff Joy Blackman of Graham County was seriously wounded in a July 29 morning raid on Alfred Red Cummings, a robbery suspect. Cummings, fleeing in a stolen car, was captured two miles south of Lenora after a cornfield pursuit. Blackman remained in Morland hospitalized. Deputy Odle and a regional posse pursued the fugitives, with Hunting ton surrendering unarmed.
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Kill City
Kan
Joy Blackman
Graham County
Alfred
Red) Cummings
Cummings
le Tora
Floyd
Huntington
Odle
Maupin
Hill City
Walt Marshall
Wakeeney
Peyton F. Norton
Lenora
North Platte
Neb
Alfred Commings
Joyce Blackman
J. Salisbury
John Hunter
Apri Banter
Ferguson Leads Texas Governor Runoff Bid in Early Count
In Dallas July 29 AP reports Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, Texas first woman governor, leads Ross Sterling by 60,810 votes in the latest early count. The Democratic runoff looms as both begin preliminary steps toward the nominating choice.
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Dallas
Tiam A.ferguson
Texas
Ross Sterling
Texas Election Arena
Ferguson
Sterling
Senator Allen Silent Declines Interviews on Campaign
Senator Henry J. Allen, Kansas Republican hopeful for a short term nomination, declined to discuss political issues today. He told reporters they would have to wait until a later stop in Marysville, Wichita, and other locations this weekend for further comments.
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Topeka
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Maryavile
Wichearysville
Wichita
Populace Salutes Ruler on Roman Ice Gas Anniversary
Rome July 29 AP King Victor Emmanuel today received the lute of the Roman populace on the ice gas anniversary of his reign. Standing before a square in front of the Pantheon, the monarch hailed his subjects who stretched their arms in the ancient pledge of fealty. Reports note other regional items and a chaotic scene at a factory in Aberdeen, Washington, as a separate brief from AP details a fight among workers that was ended by a fire engine driven by a worker’s wife.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Etas
Pantheon
Aberdeen
Wash
Aetikera
Saginaw
Roosevelt vice governor of Philippines nominees announced
July 25 AP report notes Nicholas Roocael Vox ti announced by President He Beinteat as Roosevelts nomination for vice governor of the Philippines. Hoover promises clarity on his stance during recess appointments while Philippine independence discussions continue.
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He Beinteat
Roosevelt
Senate
Hoover
KU Camp Details for Engineers and Coast Artillery Unit
KU engineers and coast artillery ROTC members completed six weeks of encampment at Camp Knox Kentucky from June 15 to July 26. KU staff including Lieut Harry F Meyers and Sergeants Harry Roy and William Kollender led the group with duties as supply officers and senior noncommissioned officers. The 61st anti aircraft regiment lent equipment and offered support as students trained using the latest gear. Five days were spent on rifle practice and tented bivouacs, with field maneuvers conducted on July 19 and 20.
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University of Kansas Engineer and Coast Artillery
Coast Artillery
Camp Knox
K. U
Harry F. Meyers
Harry Roy
William Kollender
Charles E. Te
K. U.eners
Fort Wenworth
Kansas City Prohibition Raids Hit Southern Kansas
W Harold Lane deputy administrator reports the first major liquor raids since the new district covering Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas was organized. Lane with agents conducted fifty raids and seventy arrests over the weekend in southern Kansas. Wark and Haley depart for St Louis and Washington for meetings with national probation officers. Madden returns to Topeka to wrap up land affairs before resuming duties.
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Kansas City
W.harold Lane
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
George Wark
Lanes
Wark
I ‘Lorado
Smackover
Texarkana
Sam S. Haley
St. Louis
Haley
Washington
John B. Madden
Topeka
Four Men to Be Returned for Edna Bank Robbery
Four men arrested at Stinnett Texas and said by the sheriff there to have confessed to the robbery last Thursday of the First National Bank of Edna will be returned at once. Earl Johnson and M C Hamilton deputies and Chris Smith Edna marshal will bring them. A message from the Stinnett sheriff names Alvin Payton George Manges Park Manges and J Nichols and notes they would waive extradition.
New York City's Population Figure Announced
New York City's population was announced as 6,959,195 by the census bureau after a recheck of returns. The figure reflects a 23.8 percent increase and slightly surpasses the New York supervisor's earlier figure of 6,958,792.
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Washington
New York City
New York
Protest Meeting Delays Seven Mile Road Sanding
Delegations from De Soto Eudora and Lawrence met with the state highway commission in Topeka to protest the proposed seven mile sanded road section in Douglas county. The group urged a hard surface and standard grade up to the county line, with a September meeting to decide surfacing plans and Douglas county grading.
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DeSoto
Douglas ‘County
Eudora
Lawrence
State Highway Commission
Topeka
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
R. B. Stevens
Ralph Harman
Lloyd Houston
J. A
Douglas
East County
Mr. Hedrick
Douglas County
Founders in Erie: George J. Whalen sinks with crew
In Erie July 29 AP reports the stoneboat George J. Whalen overturned in Lake Erie while en route from Kelley’s Island to Tonawanda with fifteen crew lost. Six other men from Amasa were reaching Erie to load coal when cries for help were heard at 2:30 am. Crews rescued survivors after boat tipped suddenly, trapping others below.
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Erie
George J. Whalen
Lake Erie
Amasa
Parade Street
McNeill
Om Waabe
Kelley's Island
Tonawanda
Grand Jury Reconvenes Over Jamaica Ginger Ring
Topeka a July 29 AP Further investigation into distribution and sale of adulterated Jamaica ginger Toomed as a special federal grand jury reconvened here today. The jury has indicted about 300 persons including alleged members of a liquor conspiracy in southern Kansas and named a county attorney three deputy sheriffs and about fifty others in connection with the ring. A Leavenworth police chief was indicted and numerous indictments tied to the Jamaica ginger epidemic blamed for paralysis.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard J. Hopkins
Leavenworth
Kaw
Jamaica
TRAIN CONDUCTOR KILLED IN PARSONS INCIDENT
Parsons Kansas July 29 An AP report notes that F B Dahard a conductor on the M E T freight train was killed when he stepped in front of a fast Frisco passenger train near Olath a The freight train had moved to a siding to let the passenger pass Another item reports in Youngstown Ohio a flyer known as Safe and Sane Smith died when an airplane stalled and dived from about thirty feet with a student at the controls critically injuring the student Also an obituary note correcting the omission of Dr A R Kennedy from pallbearers for Major Samec and friends
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Parsons
Kan
Dahard
Youngstown, D
William D. Smith
Smith
Robert Shugart
Detroit man killed by bandits during store robbery
July 7 report from Missouri town Serico Springs states Charles E Bray age 52 of Detroit was killed when he confronted bandits robbing a general store. Bray, an adding machine salesman visiting relatives, died at the scene.
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Serico Springs
Charles E Bray
Detroit
Bray
Air Stunter Threatens City Beach Scene Incident
A man in a stunt jacket menaced crowds at a Los Angeles beach filming. A wave of fear ran through onlookers as a carriage and aircraft drew attention. Ernest Lubitsch, director, and Gloria Swanson’s children were among those fleeing the scene last Sunday.
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Los Angeles
Cage de Ae Dening
Itive
Rain Homes
Ernest Lubitch
Gloria Swanson
Monument to mark historic Oregon California Trail campsite
The Douglas County Old Settlers association plans a granite boulder monument at Coon Point near Lecompton to honor campfires along the Oregon and California trails. Ed Sectin leads the effort with a bronze tablet by Betty Washington chapter DAR. Local DAR members and Lecomton residents pledge support and care.
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Coon Point
Lawrence
California
Oregon
Lecompton
Kansas
Douglas County Old Settlers Association
Ed Sectin
Robert Steele
Old Settlers Association
Lecomp‘ton
Betty Washing
Arene
Oil well fire in Refugio chokes then rekindles choking blaze
The Houston Oil Company gasser near Refugio Texas, after driving 209 residents from their homes, choked off then reignited. Tex Thornton, famed for extinguishing burning wells, was on the scene preparing to tackle the renewed blaze fed by heavier oil flow.
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Refugio
Tex
Houston Oil Company
Thornton
Texas
Oklahoma
Green Earns Bowen Nuss Brown Cup in Topeka
W R Bill Green adds another trap shooting trophy to his collection by winning the Bowen Nuss Brown cup for the best individual score in Topeka. He led the Topeka team past a mixed squad from Salina Manhattan and Junction City.
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W. R
Bill) Green
Topeka
Mr. Green
Salina
Manhattan
Junction City
Mussolini Is 47 Today In Fascist Celebrations
Benito Mussolini's forty seventh birthday is marked today across Italy with demonstrations in the fascist style. The Arditi, early blackshirt shock troops, prominent in the festivities, symbolize the occasion in the cradle of Fascism.
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Mussolini
Milan
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Arditi
Duce
Sentenced for Murder by 14 Year Old Slayer
Lester Mohr, 14, confessed killer of his mother Mrs Gus Mohr in Ida Grove. He pleaded guilty last week and was in district court to serve 50 years at hard labor in the state penitent. He said he drank spiked beer and quarreled with his mother over work. A separate Madrid dispatch reported five killed and 60 wounded in a shooting during religious holiday celebrations.
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Ida Grove
Lester Mohr
Gus Mohr
Double election boards planned for Lawrence primaries this year
Lawrence and county officials approve 2 sets of voting boards for precincts with past high ballot counts. The plan follows a legislative act allowing double receiving and counting boards in the coming primary on August 5, with specific precincts and ward allocations listed for Lawrence.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Grant Township
Kanwaka
Stull
Big Springs
Black Jack
City Commission
Geo
Brune
H. W. Edmondson
Mary Knotts
Ella Thorne
Jonnie Graeber
Maude Edmondson
R. A. Copenhaver
Frank Liggett
M. A. Goldstrap
Gladys P. Dresser
Elzy Davis
Hattie B. Good
F. R. Kruse
Frances Olson
Gertie K. Johnston
May ‘I. Rose
Alice Bunyan
Ida K. Bailey
Lulu Perry
Estella Burgert
R. C. Miller
Chas. W. Nelson
D. D. Stirling
A. H. Turney
Adam Carter
Mary E. Bann
J. W. Bricken
A. M. Clark
Lillian N. West
Chas. W. Pippert
Ora Wells
Vera Howard
Rachel Passon
Nettie Krum
Adam King
Chas. Gilmore
Ed. Keefe
Fifth Ward
Walter Palmateer
Mabel G. Biggs
C. B. Lowe
F. O. Hesse
Ralph E. Pine
Gertrude Fincher
Addie Buckminster
King Adams
Jesse Krum
Roy E. Bushey
Lois Strode
Wilma Price
Ivan C. Randall
Neal Thayer
Grace Adams
Clara Barkley
John Snow
Conner
Pearl Dicker
A. McGinnis
Pinckney
Central School
Quincy
Mass
20Th & Tenn
Court House
Memorial High School
Fritz Co
Woodlawn School
Dickex’s Stora
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H.A. Forney
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Marie Edwards
Byron Beery
Fred Stone
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Oscar Olson
Atta Derby
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F. E. Godding
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C. A. Christy
Fred Love
Cora Kendall
Mary Eden Simmons
Frank Marcetes
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W. A. Churchill
Charles Finch
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Charles Louk
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