Hoover Endorses Reece Attitude On Muscle Shoals Plan
President Hoover writes to Representative Carroll Reece of Tennessee praising his stance against the Senate plan for Muscle Shoals. He says the House plan will best develop the resource for Tennessee and the nation, and that Senate approval would not occur. Senate favored government operation while the House favored private lease via a commission. conferees failed to reach agreement.
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Johnson City
Hoover
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
House
Muscle Shoals Project
Reece
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Herbert Hoover
Commissiono
Dr Brinkley License Hearing Witness Praises Skill
Topeka July 29 AP Opinions that gland grafting is possible and a demonstrated success were given by Dr E M Perdue a medical witness to the Kansas Medical board hearing on a complaint seeking revocation of Dr John R Brinkley license. Perdue Kansas City Mo said Milford Kan goat gland specialist and hospital owner is very competent very conservative and very skilled. He said Brinkley was admitted to the University of Ravia in Italy on his recommendations and that the Milford specialist was granted a diploma by the university. The diploma was canceled due to the high standing of the non existing eclectic medical university of Kansas City Mo Perdue noted the Kansas City school had a high rating. He testified about educational qualifications and the standing of schools he attended and taught in cross examination.
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Topeka
Kansas Medical Board
John R. Brinkley
E. M. Perdue
Kansas City
Milford
Kan
Perdue
Brinkley
Eclectic Medical School
Brinkley Hospital
Ransse City
University of
Alaskan Newsprint Drive Delayed By Power Commission
Washington reports two groups seek licenses to build southeastern Alaska power systems to feed pulp and paper mills, aiming for 365000 tons of newsprint annually. The plan hinges on the new five man federal power commission and timing of its authorization. Paper would flow into the United States at price levels competitive with Canadian producers.
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Washington
Alaska
Canada
Federal Power Commission
Commission
Tongass National Forest
United States
Lost Identity suit seeks $100000 over hospital birth
Chicago July 29 AP a Watkins family suit filed against Englewood hospital seeks $100000 for lost identity of a baby born June 30, naming as potential identities Charles Evans Watkins or George Edward Bamberg er. Grace Dibrell authorizes attorney Barratt O Hara to pursue the action with another $100000 claim for mental anguish anticipated. Scientific findings may be introduced as evidence as to the baby's true identity.
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Chicago
Katy
William Watkins
John Doe
Grace Dibrell
Barratt O'Hara
Watkins
Englewood, Hospital
Charles
Charles Evans Watkins
George Edward Bamberger
Bambergers
O’hara
O'Hara
Arnold H. Kegel
Belt of Oxygenless Water Across the Pacific Found
Washington reports an invisible belt of oxygenless water about 300 feet deep and 1000 feet down, over 100 miles wide, crossing the Pacific. Navigator QO W Torreson notes it blocks marine life, prompting reevaluation of Pacific circulation after the non-mic ship’s destruction at Samoa.
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Washington
Pacific
Samoa
QO. W. Torreson
Pacific Ocean
Torreson
Brown Is Candidate For Clerk Of District Court
Elmer E. Brown, a Republican candidate for district court clerk, hails from a Douglas County pioneer family and runs a family farm near Lawrence. He previously served as a state representative and manages Brown's Grove, making it freely available for public picnics and gatherings.
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Elmer E. Brown
Douglas County
Brown
Brown's Grove
Lawrence
Elmer Brown
Rome ministers approve funds for quake relief in south Italy
The council of ministers votes 100000000 lire about 4230000 dollars to rebuild the quake damaged region in southern Italy. Public Works Minister Crolla is to report back and coordinate relief with finance authorities and local officials.
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Rome
Council of Ministers
Lame
Italy
Crollalauna
Council ‘of Ministers
Tuarti
McCalla Family Guests Visit Clarinda
Mr and Mrs James McCalla and their daughters Margaret visit Clarinda Ia to see Mr and Mrs Frank. Mr and Mrs Leslie McCalla and daughter Luella also arrive from Clarinda. The Dye couple return home to Chicago after visiting Mrs Dyes parents. Cora Moershell returns from Yellowstone Jackson Hole and South Dakota trip with N Wownes and Downes of Kansas City.
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James McCalla
Margaret
Leslie McCalla
Luella
Clarinda
Will
Frank
M. L. Dye
Fallis
Okls
Mary Lam
Connecticut Street
W. H. Stitt
Glen Stitt
Topeka
Lamb Home
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Mary D Baer
Mrs Mary D Beer former Vinland resident died at her son Clyde Baer’s home near Wellsville last night Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday at the Vinland Presbyterian Church Rev J K Morgan to lead Burial in Vinland Cemetery
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Mary D. Baer
Mary D. Beer
Vinland
Clyde Baer
Wellsville
Presbyterian Church
J. K. Morgan
Vinland Cemetery
Raffles at the Varsity thrills Kansas City crowds
Ronald Colman stars as a polished English gentleman drawn to crime in the melodrama Raffles at the Varsity theater. Kay Francis co stars. a news reel and comedy accompany. The piece notes strong early crowds and compares local premieres to Chicago. Also mentions Detroit going dry and an Austrian princess death from poison with brief political and public notices.
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Raffles
Ronald Colman
Varsity
Colman
Love
Scotland Yard
Northwest Mounted
Jes
Kay Francis
Kansas City
Lawrence
Chicago
DIES WITHOUT HIS BOOTS IN FEDERAL PRISON
Leavenworth Kansas July 29 A P Ben W Stratton once a convicted murderer and mail robber died in the federal prison hospital after years bedridden from a gun battle injury Pneumonia caused his death He had served since 1901 from Antlers Indian Territory and won a parole in 1917 which was revoked after another killing in Amarillo Texas in 1928 His body will go to Sand Springs Oklahoma for relatives. Registration book lost for fiftieth anniversary of Lawrence founding Old Settlers seek location. Mahieu travels to Paris for eye treatment. Harris hearing set Thursday on burglary larceny charges. An old bank note shown by Gen W H Sears dated 1908 signed Watkins National Bank.
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Kan
Ben W. Stratton
J . Stratton
Antlers
Indian Territory
Amarillo
Tex
Sand Springs
Paris
R. G. Mahieu
University of Kaw
Kansas City
France
W. H. Sears
Charles H. Tucker
Dick Williams
Watkins National Bank
Edison entertains boys for scholarship exam trip
Thomas Edison invites forty nine scholarship candidates from 48 states and the District of Columbia to a trip to Coney Island from West Orange New Jersey. The group has assembled to take a technical examination to determine who best fits to continue Edison’s work and possibly succeed him. The winner will be announced on Friday.
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West Orange
N. J
Coney Island
Thomas A. Edison
States
District of Columbia
Neal Pleads Guilty To Stealing Oil From County Tool
Dave Neal pleaded guilty to stealing oil from a steam shovel owned by the county. He was fined 50 dollars and costs by Justice of the Peace R B Stevens. Neal was arrested after a tip led officers to a can containing the missing oil near his camp. he admitted taking it last night.
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Dave Neal
R. B. Stevens
Neal
Walter Nieder
Joe Seltz
Kansas News Briefs: Tragic Accidents and Local Sports
Atchison Thomas Ferguson 23 of Eagleville Missouri died yesterday when a Missouri Pacific train struck his truck near Oak Mills Kansas eight miles south of here. Larmned Frank Simpson 63 of near here died by self inflicted gunshot due to ill health. Fowler grain elevator fire damaged machinery with water only lightly affecting stored grain. James L Martin former state senator for Woodson Allen counties is dead after a year long illness. Salina junior American Legion baseball team defeated Topeka 23 to 3 to take the state series lead as 13 runs came in the second inning.
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Paty
Atchison
Thomas Ferguson
Eagleville
Missouri Pacific
Oak Mills
Kan
Here
Frank Simpson
Fowler
Yates Center
James L.martin
Woodson-Allen County
Woodson County
Topeka
American Legion
Salina
Salinans
Hoover visit status unclear amid Mexico trip talk
Reports say President Hoover had accepted an invitation from Mexico to visit, but no date set. Other brief items note a liquor possession sentence of thirty days and $100 fine, a runaway cow injuring a child in Arkansas City, and speculation on a Thirty-fifth Division reunion with officials Reed and Capper invited for September events.
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Hoover
Mexico
Mexico City
Joseph
Misteart
Reed
Kansas
Capper
Patrick Hurley
Jal. and Assessed the Costs of Titstate”‘wererler We ‘Egermiller
Futures Hit Bottom Wheat July Option Below Corn
Wheat futures dropped to new lows with the July option lower than corn for this month's delivery. Corn advanced, while September and March contracts marked fresh lows. July corn closed higher on renewed supply concerns and drought pressures.
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Chicago
Drouth
Vinces Wins Again In Seabright Invitation Singles
Ellsworth Vinces of Pasadena California, 18, secured his second win in a week by defeating Frank X. Shields 6-8 6-4 8-6 to eliminate the New Yorker from the Seabright invitation tennis singles. He had previously beaten Shields at the Metropolitan grass court championships before taking the final against Frank Santer.
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Vinces
Seabright
N. J
Ellsworth
Pasadena
Calif
Frank X. Shields
New York
Shields
Metropolitan
Frank Santer
Copenhagen hosts talks on Europe unity and trade
Foreign office delegates from Denmark, Holland, Sweden, and Norway met in Copenhagen to discuss shared interests and respond to German customs duty changes impacting the four nations. The gathering highlighted economic concerns across small European states.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Holland
Sweden
Norway
United States of Europe
Foreign Office
Lone Spinster Ella Wendel Clings To Mystery Fifth Avenue House
New York AP reports 80 year old Ella Wendel remains sole holder of vast estate tied to midtown Fifth Avenue. Once cloistered with siblings in a gas lit home, she never left public view for decades as family rivalries and strict control over marriages kept the property line intact. The last sister Rebecca wed, while John Wendel’s bans kept them from church and public life.
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Fifth Avenue
Eila Wendel
Fifth ‘Avenue
Ella
Wendel Wendel
John Gottlieb Wendel
Rebecca
Jaubher A. Swope
Trinity Church
John Wendel
American Woman Heads to Ethiopian Coronation in Style
Harriet Chalmers Adams, president of the Society of Women Geographers, sails for Ethiopia to attend Haile Selassie I coronation rites. She will wear silks and velvets amid 80 day festival pageantry, parades, and spectacular horse stunts in Adis Abeba, 8000 feet up, capital of Abyssinia.
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Washington
Harriet Chalmers
Adams
Society of Woma Geographers
U. S
Hollywood
Ethiopia
Sheba
Africa
Adis Abeba
Abyssinia
Pioneer Family Son Everett Petefish Seeks Douglas Clerk Post
Everett Petefish, scion of one of Douglas County’s oldest families, campaigns for Clerk of the District Court. A Lawrence High School graduate with two years at the University, he ranked highest at 98 in the Eleventh District exam and previously served as census enumerator.
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Everett Petefish
Douglas County
L. R. “Link” Petefish
Everett
Petefish
Lawrence High School
University
Market closes nervously as wheat slides and fats firm
Wheat closed nervous, down about 1% to 1 1/2 cents from yesterday. Prices for oats rose modestly, while fats held steady to firm, with provisions largely unchanged to a slight increase of about 25 cents.
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Provisions Co
Wall Street Day Sees Limited Gains Amid Tariff Fears
Market activity was light with most pivotal issues steady or slipping slightly. Carrier, chain, store and specialty stocks showed notable breaks, while speculation focused on tariff news and potential declines in export trade and corporate earnings.
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Wall Street
York
Jute A
Teda
Terpre
Cal
Amtorga
New York Federal Reserve
Aince
Standard Statistics Co
General Motors
du Pont
Chess
Lesses
U. S. Steel
General Electric
Coca Cola
Eastman Kodak
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern
Laudeville
Nashville
Safeway
Gillette
Bethlehem Steel
Bears
American Can
American Telephone
Westinghouse
American Power and Light
Johns Manville
Local residents share news from travels and visits
Mrs Fern Bosteck and daughter Noreen visit Amos Leech family then head to Kansas City before returning to Los Angeles. Rebecca O Brienson sends California cards after church in Palo Alto. Scoutmaster John Roberts and five scouts return from Camp Brown with progress noted for Amos Leech Jr and others. Various visits include Esther Americk of Indiana in Hawaii, James Cook family south of White, Al Collier assisting B R Small, Ed Dessinger visiting Kilgore and planning Washburn, Lizzie Brown and Effie Sims traveling to California by bus.
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Fern Bosteck
Noreen
Amos Leech
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Rebecca O'Brienson
California
Leland Stanford Memorial Church
Palo Alto
John Roberts
Camp
Brown
Amos Leech, Jr
John Weishaar
Orin Bliss
Charles Bliss
George Bortbaugh
Esther
Americk
Indiana
Hawaii
Eld
James Cook
Wht
al Collier
Seattle
Wash
B. R. Small
A. M. Small
Ed Dessinger
Topeka
Kilgore
Washburn
Lizzie Brown
Effie Sims
Lawrence
Nortonville News endorses E T Lehman for District Court clerk
The Nortonville News urges voters to back E T Lehman on the Republican ticket. Lehman, long a local resident with real estate work and extensive legal form experience, is praised for efficiency, courtesy, and exact clerical skill. He is described as a stable choice for the district court clerk post.
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Jefferson County
Oskaloosa
McLouth
Valley Falls
Ozawkie
Nortonville
E. T. Lehman
Lehman
Nortonville News
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