Amundsen to Drift North Pole Ice Floes on Maud
Captain Roald Amundsen prepares the exploration ship Maud for a years long drift across the Arctic ice near the North Pole. Two airplanes will aid meteorological and topographical work while the crew bunkers on the floe. Amundsen will join at Nome, Alaska, as the Maud sails from Seattle.
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Seattle
Associated Press
Roald Amundsen
Maud
North Pole
Amundsen
Ito
Polar
Nome
Alaska
Explorer
Arctic
University of Washington
Eskimos
Chain Letters Bother Postmaster C. H. Finch
This morning reports chain letters troubling the post office due to insufficient postage. Most originate in Lawrence and target Lawrence recipients, with a pattern of writers sending to many correspondents before the letters are killed. One cent postage is common though two cents is required, and the letters fall under first class rate with extra charges per ounce. No returns or decisions were made on mails with postage refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finch
Lawrence
Trial Set for Monday in Lulu and Effie Uttinger Case
Lulu and Effie Uttinger were arrested Wednesday on John Artman’s complaint accusing them of taking Eunice Artman’s property. They were arraigned for trial by Justice John Clark. Bond set at $500 each. Trial scheduled before Justice Clark at 2 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu
Effie “Uttinger
John Artman
Eunice Artman
Peterntoon
John Clark
Clark
Kansas Forecast Updates Weather Outlook
A compact forecast notes generally fair conditions in Kansas with tonight and Saturday warmer in the west and north central portions. It mentions yesterday's high and low readings and the expected maximum and minimum for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
West
States to Handle Prohibition and Related Laws
Attorney General Daugherty urged Illinois bar officers to shift enforcement to the states. He cited prohibition blue sky laws white slave traffic anti narcotic statutes and food inspection regulations as areas better managed by state governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daugherty
Illinois State Bar Association
Third fire threat to oil in storage near Ninth and Delaware
A third fire in a week menaced buildings near Ninth and Delaware as Mutual Oil Station pump house reported a blaze while coal oil pumped yesterday at 5. Fire started likely from a spark igniting a fuel leak near the apparatus. pump condition unclear after Monday’s larger fire. Fire department used little water. damage to wooden frame work was insured from Monday’s incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth
Delaware Streets
Mutual Oil Station
Mutual Oil
City Water Office
Eee
Rotary Special Train Heads to National Convention
About twenty five Rotary Club supporters met the Rotary special train in Lawrence at 10 10 morning carrying delegates to the national convention in Los Angeles California June fifth to ninth The Lawrence Rotarians who boarded include R C Manley past president his wife Paul Dinsmoor president his wife and daughter J Frank Jones secretary his wife and Mr and Mrs Will Spalding A Shrine special is due at eight o clock with a delegation of local Shriners to meet it Thirty Shrine specials head to the national Shrine convention in San Francisco June 12 to 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Lawrence
Rotary Clubs
Los Angeles
Cal
R.C. Manley
Paul Dinsmoor
J. Frank Jones
Will Spalding
San Francisco
June bride crop unsettled as licenses lag
Yesterday June 1 passed with no marriage licenses issued in Lawrence prompting L H Senger probate judge to worry about brides. In the past month Judge Menger issued thirty two licenses an increase of four from last year. May 28 licenses were issued in May 1921. June last year set a record with forty eight licenses for the month. Two licenses were issued on June 1 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
L. H. Senger
VFW appoints Parsons officers as state HQ opens
Maxwell Martin names Arthur Malsed state adjutant in Parsons with Carl Weisbrod as chief of staff and Joe Keck inspector general. Both Keck and Weisbrod are Parsons men as the Veterans of Foreign Wars opens state headquarters in Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Maxwell Martin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Arthur Malsed
Parson
Carl Weisbrod
Joe Keck
Veterans’ of Foreign ‘Wars
Wernsen Charged As Drug Addict Arrest Today
Le Wernsen was picked up by police on a drug addict charge and taken to the county jail for investigation. He is to be examined tomorrow to determine his status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Wernsen
Wensen
Vote Confidence for Poincare in Paris Chamber
The chamber of deputies in Paris voted confidence in Premier Poincare this evening by 484 to 100. The Associated Press reports a decisive majority backing the government amid ongoing political tensions in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poincare
Paris
Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
Miss Kate Hunt Visits Greensboro Family in Massachusetts Home
Miss Kate Hunt of Greensboro North Carolina arrived yesterday to visit Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Perkins at 1512 Massachusetts Avenue. She comes directly from San Frago Cuba where she has taught for a year and will attend the M. E. Society Secret Training school this summer. Mrs W B Ross of Greensboro North Carolina is also visiting in the Perkins home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Hunt
Greensboro
North
Carolina
C. G. Perkins
Massachusetts
Many U Exhibits For The Visitors
The University hosts numerous exhibits for visitors over Sunday and Monday. Highlights include Prof. H P Cady's liquid air lecture at 3 30 in the chemistry lecture room, model mine and oil well in geology, a bees display in Snow hall, architecture display in engineering, weights and measures at Blake hall, astronomy slides and telescope viewing, and rare books at Spooner library. Exhibits by drawing, painting, and design open today, with Fraser hall’s classical museum open to visitors.
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H. P. Cady
Snow Hall
Department of
Entomology
Zlass
Department of Architecture
Blake Hall
Weights and Measures ‘Department
Spooner Library
Fraser Hall
Irish Civil War Looms Warns Dublin Archbishop
Dublin protestant archbishop John A F Gregg warned a diocesan meeting that civil war may be imminent in Ireland this week or next. In Belfast heavy fighting between Irish Republican Army forces and Ulster special constables at Dungooley Cross left about three specials dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Associated, Press
John A. F. Gregg
Ireland
Belfast
Associated Press
Irish Republican Army
Ulster
Dungooley Cross
Water Main Break Cuts City Water Supply
A break in a 16 inch water main from the Kaw River to the city water plant on Third and Indiana streets caused low pressure yesterday. Timely repairs by plant superintendent William S. Henderson and crews restored normal supply by this morning after around the clock work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw
Third
Indiana Streets
W. W. Cleland
William S. Henderson
Tuberculosis FilmShown At County Meetings In Kansas
Kansas City livestock commissioner Cuff and Douglas County Farm Agent Smith spoke last night in Eudora about the Went dead of tuberculosis in cattle. They plan a county tour to promote prevention measures as farmers expressed support for action.
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RL. Cuff
Kansas City
S Aid
R.O. Smith
Douglas
Eudora
Cut Labor Wages In Kansas City Builders Association
Kansas City reports a wage cut for common labor from 70 to 62.5 cents per hour, set by the builders association wage committee and effective tomorrow. The change represents a new labor rate affecting day workers and contractor costs in ongoing construction projects. Local workers react to the reduced pay while firms adjust bids and schedules accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
The
Builders Association
Legion Plans Old Fashioned Fourth in Lawrence
The American Legion poster in Lawrence aims to stage an old-fashioned Fourth of July with oratory history battles pink lemonade and picnics. A general committee of civic groups will meet at 7 30 pm at the Chamber of Commerce to outline the celebration with Kiwanis Rotary Farm Bureau G A R and others invited. T J Sweeney leads the chamber entertainment committee and a speakers consistory including General Wilder S Metcalf C Simons and Hugh Means is appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Farm Bureau
Haskell
T. J. Sweeney
Econsnitads
Wilder S. Metcalf
Valentino Hearing Remains Uncertain In Bigamy Case
Los Angeles June 2 The preliminary hearing of film actor Rudolph Valentino on a bigamy charge may resume this afternoon if his attorneys are not tied up with another case. After a day of testimony the judge paused proceedings and will reconvene if the attorneys are ready. otherwise the hearing will continue tomorrow morning. The state plans to call two more witnesses to prove Valentino wed Miss Winifred Hudnut in Mexicali May 18 and then lived with her in Palm Springs California, possibly constituting bigamy.
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Los Angeles
Rudolph Valentino
J. Walter Hanby
Valentino
Mexicali
California
Winifred DeWolf
Winifred Hudnut
Miss Hudnut
Palm Springs
Riverside County
Special Trains Carry Rotary and Shrine Members West
Special trains carried Rotary clubs and Shrine members toward national conventions in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Santa Fe Railway routed 45 trains, moving about 10 000 travelers with crews boarding from Kansas City and Wichita. The operation involves roughly one million dollars in costs and about 100 000 meals en route.
Murderer under guard fights nurse before death on porch
Beaumont Texas, June 2. R J Maxson, jailed for the murder of his 16 year old son, reportedly suffered safety wounds and knocked guard J J Powers with a water bottle. He overpowered the guard and two nurses, then leaped to death from the fourth floor porch near his room early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
R. J. Maxson
J. J. Powers
Wrong Sonny Named in Justice Court Case
Journal-World notes mix up naming in a Wednesday justice court case. The man who should be identified as Sonny Walker was incorrectly referred to as Sonny Moore in related coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny
Journal- World
Moore
Justice Court
Sonny”. Walker
Boys Make Farm Record at Camp Hardy Michigan
Lawrence Hall boys at Camp Hardy on a 300 acre Michigan tract spent ten weeks farming. They raised 600 ears of cough sweet corn per meal season, over a ton of string beans sold to a canning company, and a winter supply of fodder corn and potatoes. They cleared eighty acres, built a rustic chapel, and a service flag bore seventy five stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lawrence Hall
Episcopal Diocesan Home
Camp Hardy
Mich
Newsboys and Bootblacks Association
H. H. Higginbotham
Aardy
Little Blue Lake
Hill Named Trustee in Wilder Estate Hearing
Irving Hill was appointed trustee of the Mary Wilder estate in a Douglas county district court hearing before Judge Hugh Means. Hill succeeds F. Doran, a Topeka attorney, who was released with a $150 allowance. Hill’s bond is $20,000.
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Irving Hill
Mary
Wilder
Hugh Means
Douglas County
Hill
F. Doran
Topeka
Doran
Mr. Hill
Two Aviators Die in El Paso Air Crash
June 2. Ben Jenkins Jr of El Paso a lieutenant in the reserve corps and Set Arthur Juengling of the 12th observation squadron Fort Bliss were burned to death when their air line crashed into a mountainside and was consumed by flames.
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el Paso
Ben Jenkins, Jr
Arthur Juengling
12Th Observation Squadron
Fort Bliss
Paving Contract Lets Hutchinson Four Streets
The city commission recently let a contract setting paving at 2.80 dollars per square yard for four streets, aggregating seventy nine thousand seven hundred six dollars.
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Hutchinson
Balloon race keeps three balloons aloft near Milwaukee
The national balloon race from Milwaukee progressed with Major Oscar Westover and Lt. W Reed likely to join Captain Harold Honeywell in Switzerland. Westover reported a 900 mile flight landing in Quebec woods after gale and ballast loss. Other flights reported from Joplin and Hancock Missouri to Fayette Missouri with varying landings and distances.
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Bay City
Mich
Fred C. Westover
Maj
Oscar Westover
Milwaukee
Major Westover
Metabetechoan
Lake St. John
Province of Quebec
Westover
Chicago
Associated Press
H. E. Hopeywell
St. Louis
Switzerland
Army
W. ¥. Reed
Navy
Washington
Reed
Pensacola
Fla
Harold E. Weeks
Witt, Ill
Air Service
J. P. Norffleet
Hancock
Pulaski County
Missouri
Navy Department
Norfleet
Plan for resuming coal production in Kansas fields
Kansas coal plan Topeka June 2 tentative plan for resuming coal production in the Kansas coal fields was agreed upon at a conference with representatives of the southern coal operators association and members of the industrial court. The plan was not made public and wage scale discussions were not held. It is believed the plan involves cooperative mine management and the court said coal will be supplied when demand arises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Coal Fields
Southern Coal Operators’ Association
County's potato acreage larger in Douglas County this year
A Douglas County potato tour reports acreage up 15 to 20 percent from last year as R. O. Smith and K S A C specialists assess crops. Observations at A J Parnell farm highlight the advantage of chemically treated seed over standard seed with an automatic cutter and dipping vats used. The group plans to extend the tour to Linwood and survey the Kaw Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
R. O. Smith
A. J. Tarnell
F. Vy. Lewis
Paul Laptad
William Steiner
A. J. Parnell
Smith
Lewis
Laptad
Steiner
Agricultural College
Linwood
Kaw Valley
Six Lawrence cigar dealers plead not guilty in police court
Six Lawrence cigar dealers appeared in police court and pleaded not guilty to selling cigarettes after a Thursday raid by fourteen officers. Bonds of 200 held over to Monday for trial. some admitted possession but not sale. Judge Stewart kept the cases together pending missing officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Walter G. Thiele
Blank
Wilson
Stewart
Robbery at Muldrow Bank Spurs Manhunt in Oklahoma
In Sallisaw Oklahoma officers pursue the last of three bandits who robbed the First National Bank at Muldrow of about $23,000 in cash and securities. Reece Price aged 45 and Monroe Cook 26 were captured after a posse wounded them. They confessed, named a companion who escaped, and the missing loot is believed to be with him. Both captured bandits are jailed.
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Sallisaw
Okla
First National Bank
Muldrow
Here
Reece Price
Monroe Cook
Closed Chicken Dinner Joints Padlocked for Year
Kansas City Missouri June 2 Two chicken dinner road houses in rural Jackson county near Kansas City were ordered padlocked for one year by Judge A S Van Valkenburgh of the United States district court following pleas of guilty by the owners and tenants who were charged with sale and possession of liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jackson County
A. S. van Valkenburgh
United States District Court
Ind
See the Superior Chevrolet Se dan and Coupe
The note references Superior Chevrolet with mentions of a sedan and a coupe. Details are sparse and no full event or action is described.
Alumni Gather for Fiftyeth Commencement at Kansas University
Alumni and seniors arrive in Lawrence for the fiftieth annual commencement. Registration begins at 9 a.m. in Fraser Hall with tickets issued for the exercises. The program includes a School of Fine Arts recital and various events through Sunday, culminating in Monday’s commencement exercises at Robinson Gymnasium with remarks by David Starfordan and degree conferrals by Chancellor Lindley.
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Lawrence
Fraser Hall
Kansas
Nebraska
School of Fine Arts
Fraser Chapel
University Commons
Conwell Carlson
Ruth Jane Garver
Earl Miner
F. H. Lindley
Thornton Cooke
L A.m
Alumni Association
School of Engineering
Engineering Alumni Association
Walker
Louisiana Street
Phi Ae Kappa
Ing
Robinson Gymnasium
Charles M. Lee
University Sreben
David Starfordan
Leland Stanford, Jr. University
Finnest Hiram Lindley
Lop. m
Resigned Hsu Shih Chang to retire in Tianjin
President Hsu Shiah Chang resigns under pressure and will retire to Tien Tsin. His successor is likely Li Yuan Hung, who members of the old Parliament at Tientsin urged to resume the presidency after resigning in 1917 amid militarist control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Associated Press
Hsu Shiah Chang
Tien Tsin
Li Yuan Hung
Tientsin
Engagement Announced for Olia Paulsen and Edward Phillep
A late night dinner hosted by the Yochina fraternity announced the engagement of Olia C Paulsen of Oakland California to Edward W Phillep, formerly Oakland, now studying engineering at the University. Paulsen is a 1922 University of California graduate. Attending alumni included H Parr Armstrong Harry Stewart and Lloyd Hodson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olia C. Paulsen
Oakland
Cal
Edward W. Phillep
University
Yochina Fraternity
Miss Paulsen
University of California
Henrietta Mitchall
Jalena
Georgiana
Richardson
Lawrence
Valma Miartin
Bucyrus
Florence Hall
Pleasonton
Marquis Huffman
Laundress Advertisement Draws Early Replies
Last evening a laundry advert brought quick replies including a first answer at 4:80. The second applicant was employed and several others answered before the family left for the picture show. More calls arrived this morning as Journal-World want ads received the replies.
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Journal- World
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T. B
R.L. Cuff
Legion
Kan
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Shrine Clubs
Sanita Fe
Shrine
Wichita
Oklahoma
Charles L. Mitchell
Santa Fe
W. Black
Black
Midian Temple
Mirza Temple
Pittsburg
Son
Redmen
Massachusetts Street
District No. 5
Order of Redmen
Leavenworth
Redman
Atchison
Ottawa
T.O. F. Hall
Pochahontas
Mary S. Wilder
Honeywell
Reed May
Bulletin
Joplin
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
United States
van. Orman
Lorain
Ohio
Ward
van Orman
Akron
Fayette
R. C. van. Orman
H. B. Honeywell
Post ‘Office
Oklahoma Bank Lpot
K. U
Commons
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