Fort Sill to Get Artillery School
Secretary Weeks announces a consolidation of artillery and air service schools. Artillery basic and field officers schools move to Fort Sill Oklahoma from Camp Knox and Camp Bragg. Air service schools reorganized with primary flying and observation schools shifting to Brook Field and Kelly Field in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Washington
Okla
Weeks
Peavey
Artillery Officers
Camp Knox
Artillery
Camp
Carlstron Field
Fla
Brook Field
San Antonio
Tex
Tor “Sill
Kelly Field
San A ‘Ntonio
Scott Field
Belleville
Ross Field
Los Angeles
Lee Field
Air Service
Chanute Field
Langey Field
Eart Sill
Air School
Langley
Worker Injured From 30 Foot Fall at University Power Plant
Melvin Fletcher a pipefitter working on the new University power plant fell thirty feet from the building to the cement floor below. He sustained a head injury and a broken right fist. He was rushed by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Doctors at the hospital reported he might have a fractured skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin” Fletcher
University
Fletcher
Lawrence I Memorial Hospital
Ne Quan
Court of inquiry opened into Rev Thomas J Irwin outrages case
Lawton Oklahoma June 4 a court of inquiry convened to investigate outrages claimed by the Rev Thomas J Irwin former pastor of the First Presbyterian church. County Attorney Fletcher Riley arranged the hearing and by noon several witnesses had been examined with names and questions kept private. Public barred from the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Okla
Thomas J. Irwin
First Presbyterian Church
Fletcher Riley
Douglas county Farmer's Union to open meeting tomorrow
The all day meeting of the Douglas county Farmer's Union will be open to the general public at the courthouse. W C Lansdon of Salina vice president of the state organization will give the principal address. A luncheon will be served at noon in the courthouse basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Ottawa University withholds degrees in fraternal dispute
At Ottawa University the faculty withheld the degrees of two seniors and denied credit to several others until sworn statements renouncing a defiant fraternity. Dr David J Evans delivered the 57th commencement address at the Baptist institution in Ottawa Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. U
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Baptist
David J. Evans
First Baptist Church of Kansas City
Alumni office enjoys half holiday after $1000 pledge
A former student subscribes $1,000 to a memorial fund as three pledges arrive by mail. Ohio gives $100, Brussels Belgium $500, and Kenosha Wisconsin $1,000 from C. B. Voorhis. The office staff gains a half day off for meeting the goal, with Mr. Shaler and Mrs. Shaler noted as earlier donors and a wartime connection to Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Corporation
Ohio
Brussels
Belgium
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Theferce
Lhrters
Florine Shoemaker
Alfred G. Hill
Millard Shaler
Hill
C. B. Voorhis
Nash Motor
Wis
Shaler
Herbert Hoover
Engineering
Voorhis
Will Graduate 123 Rural Douglas County Pupils
Graduating exercises for 123 rural Douglas County pupils are set for Saturday at 2 pm in the Methodist Church. Dr H K Ebwright of Baker University will deliver the graduating address. A musical program will accompany the ceremony. The full program will be published later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Methodist Church
H. K. Ebwright
Baker University
Brookhart Wins Iowa Senate Primary in Landslide
Des Moines reports show Smith W. Brookhart leading with 41.1 percent of votes across 2,235 precincts, defeating Clifford Thorne and old guard contenders as party factions debate his fit in the Republican machinery. Senator McCormick pledged GOP support for Brookhart despite his primary victory over the organization candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Associated Press
Washington
Cummins and
Rawson
Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
United States
Brookhart
Thorne
Clifford Thorne
Charles JE. Pickett
Pickett
Francis
Sweet
Stanley
Hamony
Cummins
Cumming
Clyde L. Herring
Repub
The
McCormick
Tiimais
Brockhart
Oklahoma City Hearing Reveals Day Attack Allegation
Mrs. Jean P. Day testified to a special army board about an alleged assault by Lieut. Col. Fort Ward Beck, commander at Post Wield, Okla, which she said preceded Beck's death at her husband’s hands in April. The board visited the Day home and conducted private sessions with Day and her attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Jean P. Day
Special Army
Cot
Fort Ward Beck
Post Wield
Okla
Beck
Day
Mr. Day
Japan to name premier linked to Washington accords
Tokio reports a ten party leader, aligned with Washington arms conference terms, will be Japan’s next premier after Takahashi’s resignation. The figure favors home policy limits on universal suffrage while maintaining international agreement. In Columbus, Huffman withdraws from Kansas governor race after brief candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Associated Press
Washington
Japan
Takahashi
Huffman
Columbus
Kansas
Charles S. Huffman
Legion meeting tonight discusses baseball team plans
Eli Dor sey post of the American Legion holds a business session tonight at the Legion rooms. Afterward the group will discuss forming a Legion baseball team. Also note B O Smith, county farm agent, is in Kansas City attending the Heart of American Livestock show. Superior Chevrolet Sedan and Coupe shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Eli Dorsey Post
The
American Legion
Legion Rooms
B.O. Smith
Kansas City
Ballot to Hit 400000 Shop Workers in Three Questions
The executive council of six railroad shop craft unions orders a June 7 strike ballot for 400000 workers. B M Jewell, leader of the unions, directs rapid printing and distribution to Chicago headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnnatiy
A. P
B. M. Jewell
Chicago
Italian Ambassador Defends Tariff Debate In Senate Fallout
Washington June 7 An Italian ambassador told reporters tariffs are an international issue and suitable for foreign diplomats to discuss. He denied plans to interfere with American international affairs after objections raised by Senator Watson of Indiana. The ambassador discussed U S immigration laws and urged clear statements reflecting practical outcomes for merchants and associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Ricci
Congress
Voiland urges community pride at Lawrence Rotary luncheon
Fred Voiland of Topeka spoke to the Lawrence Rotary Club on civic service and selling the hometown to youth. He cited a school where only 3.7 percent planned to stay locally and urged efforts to attract children back. The meeting featured piano and vocal performances by local artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Fred Voiland
Topeka
Lawrence
Howard McKinsie
Marie Speck
Madge Palmer
H. PD. Burdick
Rotary
Martin Place
Mir’ Wanis
J. B. Peairs
Southwest
Judge Ballinger Dead in Seattle’s Judicial History
Seattle mourns Judge Richard A Ballinger a prominent citizen and former Taft administration official who shaped Washington jurisprudence since the 1880s. The news notes his long residency in Washington and his public prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Richard A. Balli
Washington
Root to Begin Service in New York and Maine
G B Root was summoned to New York City by Community Service Inc for a conference and instructions before heading to Maine to engage in community service work. He will take his family east and reach New York on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.B. Root
New York City
Community Service, Inc
Lawrence
Root
New York
Maine
Threshermen to Meet in Chamber Saturday Afternoon
The Threshermen's Association will meet in the Chamber of Commerce rooms Saturday after noon at 2 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Threshermen
Threshermen’s Association
Chamber of Commerce
Filing deadline nears for Dong- Ing county offices
The June 20 filing cutoff approaches with no confirmed candidates for most offices in Dong- Ing county. Some incumbents plan to skip petitions by paying the filing fee, while others contest the race for sheriff, clerk, probate judge, and county attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dong- Ing
Wil Johns
Jwice
LL. H Menger
Baldwin
Mitchell
Drainage plan debated at Woodland Park fair meeting
Fair Association officers discussed drainage ditch placement for Woodland Park. Two locations were considered with plans to move five K U bleachers to park land west of the current bleachers facing the racetrack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Park
Fair Association
Chamber of Commerce
K. U
Fair Association Sone
Cancel Rate Change by ICC Disallowed
The Interstate Commerce Commission set aside orders cancelling southwestern freight routes for air shipments that would raise 4.5 cents per hundred on refined petroleum from Kansas and Oklahoma to southern Illinois and Memphis. The affected area lies south of the line run by the Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis railroads in Illinois. Effective date would have been July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southwestern
Kansas
Oklahoma
Illinois
Memphis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louia
Linois
Eminence Kansas teacher fired for hosting schoolhouse dance
In Eminence, Kansas, 92 residents heard that teacher Clara White will not have her certificate renewed after permitting a town dance in the schoolhouse. State Superintendent Lorraine Wooster says dancing in a school is a serious offense while White protests the action as proper and harmless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eminence
Kansas
Associated Press
Clara Wi F
Lorraine Wooster
White
Commonwealth
Gatfield
Alumni warning on KU fraudster using fake graduate identity
Alumni offices report a man claiming KU ties travels the country, borrows money with worthless checks, and poses as a University of Kansas graduate. Letters from alumni and the New York Public Library confirm victims in New York and Michigan and identify no such graduates Jewell or Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Univer of Kansas
Jewell
Richardson
de. S. Statler
Mellon State
Alfred Gill. Secrery
Alumni Association
1. U
New York City
New York
K. A
Dorothy Brown
K. U. News
Hal Colman
Graduate School
University of Michigan
Hutchinson
Battle Creek, Mich
American Locomotive Works
Farmer Jacob Garrett dragged to death near Olpe field
The mangle body of Jacob Garrett was found in an alfalfa field on his Olpe area farm after his arm was caught in a mowing machine and he was dragged across the field. He is survived by his wife and seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Jacob Garrett
Qolpe
Government sought settlement of coal strike in Senate report
Secretary Hoover said he and Secretary Davis offered suggestions to end the coal strike but had no success. The disclosure confirmed government intervention in the dispute between the United Mine Workers of America and operators, in response to a Senate resolution by Senator Walsh of Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Davis
Commerce
Walsh
Massachusetts
Princess Marie to Wed King Alexander in Belgrade
Belgrade June Associated Press reports Princess Marie of Romania prepared to marry King Alexander I of Jugo Slavia. She arrived amid bread and salt welcome, wore a self made white crepe gown, and was greeted by gold archways and a 1200-strong chorus. A thanksgiving service followed at the cathedral as a new palace awaits occupancy near the old royal residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Associated Press
Marie
Romania
Alexander of
Jugo Slavia
Anl
Apicen
Alexander I
Draga
Narrow escape from oil train blaze near Wellistan Oklahoma
An oil and gasoline string on a Santa Fe line in Wellistan narrowly avoided catastrophe when cars were misrouted onto the wrong track. Engineer Earl Ryan drove his yard engine into the blaze and burned the live steam from the boiler to hold the flames at bay until the fire department arrived. two trainmen were injured, and property damage was extensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellistan
Kan
Anlmore
Oklahoma
Santa Fe
Earl Ryan
Iis Yard
Round House
Clark
Scitchmin
Many at Clinic Report Tuberculosis Examinations
Three people reported findings at the tuberculosis clinic held yesterday afternoon in the pity hall. Thirty one were examined with seventeen first time attendees and twelve placed under observation. Ten ex service men were among the examinees. Dr Forrest L Loveland of O T U e p e k a led the exam with nurse in charge Mrs Ruth Seamans and assistants Mrs Ed Anderson Miss Hulton Pendleton and Maude Ball. The next clinic is set for July 3 instead of July 4. Otis Murray was in police court charged with drunkenness. he claimed he slept under a tree due to his wife’s conduct. Judge Stewart ordered him back to work while intoxication was investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns
Will Johns
Ed J. Kinzer
Baldwin
L. H. Menger
Louis Fink
Orrin L. Isaacs
D. F P. Smith
J. Lane
Ralwin Mitchell
Isa BE. Wellman
Maud Smith
Carl Phillips
A. Frank Kern
Lecompton
Douglas County
Finn
Forrest L. Loveland
O'Tuepeka
Ruth Seamans
Ed Anderson
Hulton Pendleton
Maude Ball
Kansas State Tuberculosis Association
Otis Murray
Stewart
Murray
County Board Reports State Tax Equalization Progress
Douglas county valuations are generally lower or similar to others as the State Tax Commission works from unequalized reports. B Hosford chairman notes Lawrence used legal methods to reduce real property valuations. After equalized reports return the commission will adjust across counties to an equal basis and continue revisitation of Lawrence property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansagy
State Tax Commission
B. Hosford
Board of Equilization
Topeka
Douglas County
Hosford
State Tax’ Commission
Board of Equalization
Lawrence
Qounty Boards of Equalization
Douglas
Supreme Court Criticized for Ruling on Unincorporated Associations
A senator denounces the Supreme Court for a lengthy ruling that labels the defendants as outlaws and murderers, arguing the justices misapplied federal jurisdiction and ignored the law recognizing unincorporated associations. The senator charges the court with overstepping its constitutional role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Senatar
Watertown Labor News Suspends Publication After Liabilities Rise
The Watertown Labor News announces suspension of weekly publication with unlikely prospects of resumption. Editor Orville A. Rabesch cites about 1700 dollars in liabilities and near zero assets. The paper, established June 1 1918, had radical views and wartime under Post Office scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Labor News
Orville A. Rabesch
Dabcock
Madrid
N.Y
Herald
Kansas Chancellor Lindley Captivates Michigan University Crowd
A Kansas chancellor Lindley draws praise from Ann Arbor observers claiming his leadership strengthens Kansas University. Reports say Michigan attendees describe Lindley as influential and Kansas making steady progress toward national prominence as a leading American university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Lindley
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Fapeka Capital
Tax deadline reminder warns of penalties for late half payments
The county treasurer warned this morning that only eleven days remained to pay taxes without penalty. Residents who paid only half last fall must bring receipts proving the first half was paid. the final payment day is Saturday, June 17.
Also Mentioned on This Page
War Department
University Fent
Irwin
Lawton Pasor
the Times. Publishing
Warren
M. BE
Klondike
Vancouver
B. C
George Carmack
Paris
Germany
Baya
Victor
Old Guard Wheelhorse
Republican
Army Board
Talian
Voiland
Rotary Club
Judge Grallinger
C. B. Root
Commmunity Service, Inc
County Fair Board
Commission
Wil Morris
Watkins Bank
Morris
A. Laster
Joe Badsky
Radsky
Miss Wooster
U.S
Butler-Sanderson Motor Co
Princess Marie
Alexander
Quy
Wellington
County Board
U.K
LaPallette
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!