British dirigible R-100 nears Montreal after long Atlantic flight
As the R-100 speeds across the north Atlantic aided by clear weather it logs over 1,000 miles toward Montreal. Reports from Empress of France and naval stations confirm smooth progress, no engine trouble, fuel use minimal, with troops and police awaiting its arrival at St Hubert airport.
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Butlet
London
As_sociated Press
France
Belle Isle
Griffith
St. Hubert
Quebec
Ottawa
Ont
Department of Marine
Helle Isle
Montreal
North Atlantic
Cardington
Funeral services for Mrs Mary A Reed in Parsons Kansas
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A Reed mother of Governor Clyde M Reed were held at First Methodist Church Parsons Rev C J Goldsmith preached. Burial followed in Oakwood cemetery with three surviving children Arthur H Reed of Wichita Mrs George Stewart of Montrose Colorado and Governor Reed present. Mrs Reed moved from Parsons 35 years ago. Her husband Martin V Reed was buried in Oakwood cemetery forty years ago.
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Parsons
Kan
Mary A. Reed
Clyde M. Reed
First Methodist Church
C.J. Goldsmith
Oakwood Cemetery
Reed
Arthur H. Reed
Wichita
George “B. Stewart
Mont- Fase
Colo
Pipeline plan eyed from Barnsdall to Kansas City
An AP report describes a proposed pipeline line from Barnsdall Oklahoma to Kansas City. The project would cross multiple states and involve a public service commission review. The article notes revised population figures from the census indicating Iowa at 467,900 with a 27 percent increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Barnsdall
Okla
Kansas City City
Tomriaion
Continent
Barsindall
Iowa
Washington
Census Bureau
Toda
Weather and road report with town updates
Partly cloudy weather with minor temperature changes. Morning observations include sales and Topeka reports with Salina and Douglas County road conditions. Road service contact provided. Advertising note for Bultene-Skinner Motor Co.
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Morning Feathers Ieee
Sale Topeka
Salina
Douglas
United States Builds World’s Largest Dirigible in Akron
The United States advances toward a vastly larger airship than the R-100, with a planned 6.5 million cubic feet gas capacity and 20,580 mile unrefueled range. The Akron will include an airplane hangar for five planes and eight in-hull motors with swiveling propellers. Armament includes sixteen .50 caliber machine guns and a cost near 5.375 million dollars, with the sister ZRS-25 due next year.
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Washington
Atlantic
United States
Akron
United States de River
Kron
Gore named as Chicago slayer in Lingle case
Chicago police identify Frank Foster as the gunman who killed Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle on June 9 near Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street. Foster, once with Moran street figures, was arrest ed in Los Angeles after a pistol linked to the crime was traced to him. The report links the killing to Moran and Capone factions amid Chicago gang conflicts. In Oklahoma Gore leads Wrightsman with 407 votes in the Democratic Senate primary as returns from 23 percent of precincts come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Foster
Alfred
Jake” Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Anthony Rubhy
Lingle
Michigan Boulevard
Ruby
Randolph Street
Foster
Moraniging
North Side
Los Angeles
Moran
Aemnorthene
Capone
Oklahoma City
Thomas P. Gore
Charles J. Wrightsman
Tulsa
Gore
Wrightstraw
Henry S. Johnston
Lee Cruce
J. B. A. Robertson
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Frank
Buttram
E. B. Howard
M. E. Trapp
Dimer
A.S
Jy Queek
Frank Bailey
Chickasha
Jess Pullen
E. R. Powers
L. M. Overtown
Ira A. Hill
Cherokee
Big Jim” Harris
Wagoner
Giants Beat Braves Behind Fitzsimmons Big Two Run Blast
New York Giants pitcher Fred Fitzsimmons led a 5 2 victory over the Boston Braves, holding them to eight hits while driving in three runs with a double and a home run. Also, Pirates come from behind to top St Louis 6-5 as Bartell delivers the decisive eighth inning hit. Brooklyn Robins sweep Phillies in a doubleheader, with Hendrick and Wright homering in game two.
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New York
Fred Fitzsimmons
New York Giants
Braves
Fitz
Boston
Smith
Spohrer
Fitzsimmons
Hogan
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Bartell
Pirates
Haines
Wilson
Brame
Books
Philadelpians
Brooklyn Robins
Phillies
Hendrick
Wright
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Moss
Clark
Lopez
Willoughby
Elliott
McCurdy
Davis
Collins
New York Yankees
Red Sox
Lou Gehrig
Russell
Bostan
J Mnock
Dickey
Gaston
Berry
Pipgras
Smith and Heying
Washington
Grove
Cochrane
Crowder
Chicago
Louis
White Sox
Browne
Sox
1. Louis
Armour Wins Playoff in Open Championship
Armour defeats Pier 1 138 to 141 to win the Canadian Open playoff amid a tight 36-hole finish. Diegel and Armour tied with 72-hole totals of 277, earning top honors. An invitation to Ottawa Picnic by Franklin county Farmers Union invites members to July 31 events at Forest Park with sports, contests, prizes, dinner, a ball game.
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Ont
Jancaser
Ottawa
Farmer's Union
Franklin County
Forest Park
Douglas County
Drought Persists Despite Scattered Showers Across States
Washington reports cooler weather failed to end the drought as the agriculture department notes only temporary relief from local showers. The weekly crop bulletin cites widespread corn damage, Missouri crops unlikely to silage, Nebraska fair, Iowa hot and dry, with only Kansas and Wisconsin seeing some showers. Generous rains across broad areas are needed to yield any real benefit.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Wisconsin
Thief Steals Furnace In Sioux City Burglary
A vacant house window opened by a thief allowed entry through a hole cut in the side. caretaker John Carpenter found the hole yesterday and reported the furnace missing in a burglary within the past day or two. The incident is described in a terse local crime note from Sioux City Iowa.
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Sioux City
John Carpenter
Road opening ceremony slated for Baldwin to 73-W link
Community plans a Friday event from 9 30 a m at the road junction to Baker University campus for a program led by C E Beeks chairing with State Senator G Clay Baker as principal speaker replacing Governor Clyde M. due to his mother’s death. A basket dinner follows with athletic events and a historical travel display by Haskell students. Citizens from Ottawa Overbrook Lawrence urged to attend.
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Baldwin
C. E. Beeks
73-W
Beeks
Baker University
G. Clay Baker
Hopeka
Good Roads Committee
The
Senate
Baker
Ernor Clyde M
Chamber of Commerce
R. B. Stevens
Good Roads
Byron C. Donmyer
Haskell
F. W. McDonald
John Levi
Lange
Shamber
Ottawa
Overbrook
Stevena
Lawrence
Mississippi Low Damages Barge Line Revenue
The Mississippi River's record low water drained revenues for the Inland Waterways Corporation, costing about 50 thousand dollars in wheat shipments over ten days. Major General Thomas Q Ashburn said 1,035,000 bushels went unexport as tow units shrank from eight to four or three barges, reducing Mississippi transport by nearly half between St Louis and Cairo.
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Washington
Mississippi
Inland Waterways Corporation
Thomas Q. Ashburn
The
Corporation
Big River
Nes
Inland Waterway
St. Louis
Cairo
Ill
Upper
Boy rescues his sister from burning residence
Atchison Kan July 20 Hal Varney age 12 rescued his sister Helen age 3 from the burning home of their grandmother Mrs Sallie Woodward at Effingham The boy dropped the child from the roof onto the porch into the arms of Mrs Woodward then slid down the porch column to safety The home was destroyed
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Atchison, Kan
Hal Varney
Helen
Sallie Woodward
Effingham
Ferguson Leads in Texas Runoff Count in Primary Returns
Mrs Miriam A Ferguson of Austin leads Ross Ster t on runoff primary August 23 as Texas election returns from all counties show 160693 votes counted. Sheriff Joyce ye reported in better condition after gunfight injuries in Morland Kansas.
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Dallas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Austin
Ross S. Stert
Texas Elecition “Bureau
Hill City
Kan
Joyce Ye
Wi ‘Inca Ae Baewl
Morland
Mix-Up on Boards Ties Up Lawrence Precincts
City hall officials disclosed a misinterpretation of state law leading to double election boards for eight Lawrence precincts. Only precincts with 200 or more secretary of state votes in the 1926 election qualify. Seven other precincts will have double boards while several wards are excluded due to missing 1926 vote tallies. Police hunt burglar as separate item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Baldwin Mitchell
Burglar Believed Wounded After Pitched Battle in Reserve
Residents near the J. W. Miner garage in Reserve Kansas heard glass break at 3:30 a.m. as two burglars moved a safe. Miner and three others challenged them, shots were exchanged, and the men fled in a car toward Falls City. One burglar is believed wounded. search under way.
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Falls City
Ned
Reserve
Kan
J. W. Miner
Reserva
Miner
Wheat futures sag on low Kansas City market
Wheat futures declined from 17 to 23 cents with July at 76, September at 78 5-4 and December at 83 1-2. Cash wheat eased 1 to 3 cents as stocks grow in commercial channels and export demand lags despite Liverpool's weaker tone. In New Jersey Henry Ford marked his 67th birthday with cronies Ford and Harvey Firestone at Edison’s home, while Edison hosted a scholarship exam for youths from across the country.
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Kansas City
Liverpool
Ford
West Orange
N.J
Henry Ford
Harvey
W. Firestone
Thomas E. Edison
Edison
Move to lengthen skirts faces industrial resistance
The Associated Press reports that American lines and fashion warnings are in fall air as the Industrial Council of Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers, Inc. vows to resist proposals by French resigners to lengthen skirts, signaling a clash over dress standards.
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Ernst Janes
Associated
Dreas Perils of
America
Industrial Council of Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers, Inc
Extortion Plot Foiled At Paris Park Arkansas City
Police and detective Carl Adams trapped an extortionist named C. H. Norton at Paris Park. Norton, found with two guns and burglar tools, was caught taking a package containing $750 placed under a stone seat by Roy Ranney of Ranney-Davis mercantile company after a threatening letter and call.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Carl Adams
Wichita
C. H. Norton
Paris Park
Roy Ranney
Ranney- Davis Mercantile Company
Norton
Ranner
Fraternity Property Raises Douglas County Tax Roll Total
C O Bowhnan reports added value from fraternity and sorority properties will lift Douglas County taxes by about $800 000 to near a million. Fourty four houses in Lawrence and Wakara township show land and improvements totaling 757 800 with personal property over 50 000 unfinished. Baker University adds 100 000, pushing the county total toward 900 000 and possibly a final million after revisions.
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Douglas County
C. O. Bowhnnan
Fraternity and Sorority
Lawrence
Wakaruza Township
Bowman
Baker University
Overthrow of U S by Force Aims by Communist Leader
AP dispatches describe Arthur Garfield Haayb arguing in federal court that the Communist party seeks to overthrow the U S government by force. The judge reserved decision as the transmission case faced a ruling on free speech and press rights. Other items note a Westville bank robbery, a pardon hearing for Mooney, and a Vernon county bank closure.
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New York
Arthur Garfield Haayb
Communist Party
U.S. AL
United States
Hays
Kiely
Tuttle
Iia
Rooney
San Fraariacoy
County
H. L. Carna
State Advisory Pardon Board
Thomas J. Mooney
MacDonald
Mooney- Billings
Picnic Draws 300 Farm Bureau Women at Brown's Grove
Three hundred Farm Bureau women attended the annual picnic at Brown's grove in cool weather. Miss Elizabeth Randle, home demonstration agent, led the event. The five year running picnic drew the largest attendance yet with a basket luncheon of fried chicken followed by a community singing and short program featuring readings, violin solos, vocal numbers, and dances by 4 H and Valley Chapel clubs. Pleasant Valley won first prize for attendance percentage, Swin Mounds second.
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Farm Bureau
Brown's Grove
Elizabeth Randle
Ralph Coleman
Ivios
Virginia Hosford
Betty Brown
Reading
Grace Kellogg
Stunt
Eve Griffith
C. A. Lane
Baldwin Group
Ella May Syroski
Rose Woodward
Lecompton
Valley Chapel
Pleasant Valley Club
Swin Mounds Club
Kandle
Mexican drug seller fined in Kansas City court
Nelson Perez a Mexican who confessed to selling marijuana and marijuana laced cigarettes to hire school students for two years was fined $500 in municipal court. The arrest followed an extensive Wyandotte County investigation led by Sheriff Harry B Powers who used a high school student to trace the supply. The sheriff said a raid on a party uncovered several high school age youths in conditions indicating marijuana use.
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Kansas City
Nelson Perez
Harry B. Powers
Wyandotte County
Kansas
Powers
World wheat supply for 1930 31 near last year level
The department of agriculture reports indicate the world wheat supply for 1930 31 will be about the same as last year. U S cash wheat prices are about 50 cents per bushel lower, likely boosting use for feed and human consumption. Improved business conditions may further cut carryover as consumption rises and world trade begins to recover.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
United States
Colorado Springs to Build 200 Mile Natural Gas Pipeline
Colorado Springs moves to acquire natural gas from Stevens and Morton counties in Kansas for twenty years starting August 31, 1931. Arthur K. Lee of Dodge City Kansas will invest 2.5 million dollars to construct the line with regulating and booster stations. The city will convert municipal lines, boost sales, and set rates to raise consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Arthur K. Lee
Dodge City
Kansas
Stevens
Morton County
Lee
Progress on Lawrence building projects noted
The Lawrence area reports steady progress on major constructions including the Fraternal Aid Union building the Memorial hospital nurses home at Fourth and Maine the First National Bank front and a new market at Eighth and Vermont Also the post office and a large bus building at Eighth and New Hampshire near completion Weather favors rapid work with bricklaying advancing and foundations poured for several structures as contractors anticipate fall openings.
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Fourth and
Maine Streets
Memorial Hospital
J. B. Watkins
Lawrences
Lawrence
New
Fraternal Aid Union
Eighth and
New Hampshire
L. L. Riling
First National Bank
Eighth
Vermont
Nurses Home
Fourth
A. E. Nelson
Kate
Ee Riling
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Irish
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Associated Press
Funerat
Partons
Bullene-Skinner Motor Co
Murray
Armour
Drouth
Navy
Fort Scott
AP -Martin Mee
F Scott
Ae Tatate
Jonathan G. Os
Recon
Miller's
Mud Creek B Bridge
Ferguson
U. S
Oklahoma Bank
Muskogee
First National Bank of
Westville
Adair County
G. W. Jones
Suscouri Bank
Jefferson City
Peoples State Bank
Bronaugh
Vernon County
State Finance Department
Ady
Verner F. Smith
Dickinson Theater
J. Carlton Cretors
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