Solomon Valleys Flood Is Largest Recorded This Year
Northern Kansas endures the worst flood as rivers surge across farmland. Beloit reports a three foot rise pushing the Solomon to 23 feet 5 inches, with more increases feared. Verdigris at Independence climbs to 38 feet 4 inches, higher than 1922, before expected continued rise.
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Topeka
Kansas
Solomon Valley
Weather Bureau
Beloit
Niles
Independence
Verdigris
Arkansas City Flood Reports Trim Peril Fears
Reports from Arkansas City chambers of commerce at 11 30 indicate none have perished in the flood with fewer than a dozen missing. Refugees view demolished homes as water recedes, and areas from Sleeth to Santa Bo shops show lower flood levels. Pumps remain flooded but some mains fed from tanks, and salvageable homes remain above water.
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Arkansas City
Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas
Santa Bo
Enterprise
Arkansas Flood Warning Near Little Rock Prediction
The United States Weather Bureau forecast the Arkansas River reaching a peak of 28 feet at Little Rock next Sunday. Weather observer H S Cole issued the warning citing record flood potential.
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Little Rock
United States Weather Bureau
H.S. Cole
Kansas Couple Married by Probate Judge in Afternoon
A marriage was performed this afternoon by Probate Judge Hermann M. Brokmann of Clinton Kansas. The bride Dorothea Be Wagner of Lawrence was wed to her husband Dorothea Be Wagner in a ceremony conducted by Probate Judge Menger.
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Hermann M. Brokmann
Clinton
Kans
Dorothea Be, Wagner
Lawrence
Menger
Modify Day Law
Washington reports indicate President Harding may ask Congress to modify the prohibition law as it affects liquor carried on foreign vessels in American waters. He reportedly believes Congress did not intend the government to face foreign objections to the ship liquor ban and that only an act of Congress can alter the current interpretation.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Supreme Court
Oil Leases Assigned Near Serompton and Richland
Seven oil leases have been assigned for five years to Security Lease and Investment Company by landowners near Serompton and Richland. Named assignors include Jane Fitzpatrick W F Brass Bertha M Schellhorn Mr and Mrs George Henry Mary D Steele H W Swadley and Albert E Deister.
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Security Lease and Investment Company
Serompton
Richland
Jane Fitzpatrick
W. F. Brass
Bertha M. Schellhorn
George Henry
Mary D. Steele
H. W. Swadley
Albert E. Deister
Burdick Delivers St Marys Commencement Address
Dr W S Burdick professor of law spoke at St Marys Kansas during the seventy fifth anniversary celebrations. A statue honoring Dr William T Fitzsimmons the first American officer killed in France is being unveiled. Fitzsimmons earned KU A B in 1910 and MD from Rosedale in 1912 and died in a September 1917 air raid.
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W. S. Burdick
School of Law
St. Mary's
Kansas
Lindley
Dorothy Stanley
St. Mary’s College
William T. Fitzsimmons
France
Fitzsimmons
University of Kansas
Rosedale
Sisters in Robes to Attend University Summer Session
Twenty two Sisters of the Catholic church will study at the university summer session this year. Eighteen from St Marys academy Leavenworth Kan and four Ursuline Sisters from Paela Kan join both graduate and undergraduate programs in various departments.
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Catholic Church
Sisters of Charity
St. Mary's Academy
Leavenworth
Kan
Ursuline
Ursuline Academy
Paéla
Medicine for Sailors: Liquor Rations Authorized at Port
Customs Collector Elfing announced Treasury Dept instructions to release liquor as medicine to crews of foreign ships that sailed for New York before June 10. The daily quantity will be fixed by the United States Public Health Service.
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New York
Elfing
Treasury Department
United States Public Health Service
Bond Forfeiture Upheld for Edward J. Ader in Fraud Case
Final forfeiture of the $10,000 bond of Edward J. Ader former secretary of Consumers Packing Co now serving seven years in Leavenworth federal prison for mail fraud was entered by Federal Judge Wilkerson. Ader's attorney failed to appear each time motions to vacate the bench forfeiture were called.
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Chicago
Edward J. Ader
Consumers , Packing Co
Leavenworth
Wilkerson
Ader
Europe
Public Health Service Rejects Sailor Wine Ration Permit
June 12 report that the United States Public Health Service, under treasury authority, refused to grant a permit for releasing two litres of wine to sailors aboard the French liner France, despite French law prescribing the ration.
Edie Family Visits In LawrenceLeg
Mr and Mrs Isaac Edie their daughter Leona Edie and grandson Byford Edie of Fawnee City Neb spent several days with Mr and Mrs M A Edie. They paused in Lawrence on their way from Topeka.
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Nebraska
Isaac Edie
Leona Edie
Byford Edie
Fawnee City
Neb
M. A. Edie
Lawrence
Topeka
Edward McKitrick Drives New Chevrolet Touring
Edward McKitrick is spotted behind the wheel of a freshly released Chevrolet Touring model as he vehicles along a city street. The scene highlights a private purchase and the growing appeal of the brand in local markets.
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Edward McKitrick
Special session debated to abolish Kansas court of industrial relations
Gov Davis says a special legislative session may be called to abolish the Kansas court of industrial relations. He argues the move could save over 100000 in the current biennium and that the court is presently doing nothing. A decision on timing would come late this summer or early fall.
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Topeka
Kan
Associated Press
Davis
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Freed Foreigners Recovered From Chinese Bandits
Eight Allied nationals held captive by Chinese bandits were released today from the Paotzuku stronghold near Suchow after being seized May 6 from the Shanghai to Peking express. The group included Major Roland W. Pinger and Leon Friedman among others. The release eases tensions in China’s foreign relations as captives were freed one by one.
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Tsao Chwang
Associated Press
Suchow
Roland W. Pinger
Ordnance Department
Leon Hriedman
Chicago
China Motors Corporation
Shanghai
John J. Powell
Hannibal
Arkansas Deputy Sheriff Tallies In On Car Theft Ring
Dorado Arkansas June 12 Gar land Grace deputy sheriff his three younger brothers and five other men are at liberty on bonds of fifteen thousand dollars each three others jailed in Texarkana and fourteen sought on warranty on federal charges that they form a car stealing ring operating for months across five states with headquarters at the air fields here government operatives who worked five months closed in yesterday and about two hundred cars allegedly cleared by the gang are in question
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FE Dorado
Ark
Legion Meeting Changes for Summer Schedule
The American Legion announces no meeting at headquarters tomorrow night and shifts summer meetings to the first and third Wednesdays. Major Sam Clarke urges attendance at Flag Day exercises by Elks at Trinity Episcopal church with all Lawrence patriotic groups invited to participate.
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American Legion
Legion
Jthe Legion
J Sam Clarke
the Elks
Trinity Episcopal Church
Lawrence
Major Clark
Topeka Dinner Honors Former Governor H J Allen
Henry J. Allen arrives in Topeka tomorrow to attend a Near East Relief event. The Topeka Press Club hosts a dinner in his honor at Velletier's, with W C Simons of Lawrence as a guest of William A. Biley, a Kansas fundraiser for Near East Relief.
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H. I. Aten
Henry J. Allen
Topeka
Trin
Near East Relief
French Sentry Killed at Recklinghausen Triggers Martial Law
A French sentry was killed near the railroad station at Recklinghausen today. Authorities proclaimed martial law throughout the district in response to the attack.
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Recklinghausen
Kansas Forecast: Partly Cloudy With Warmer Temperatures Ahead
Partly cloudy conditions prevail tonight and Wednesday across the state. Temperatures rise tonight and into Wednesday, with the eastern portion experiencing warmer conditions. Historical readings show maximums and minimums shifting day to day as the forecast updates.
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Kansas
Speaker portrays Philippines with praise and caution at Chamber event
Mack Cretcher, secretary to Governor Davis, told Kansas Chamber of Commerce members about the Philippines. He described education progress with nearly a million public school students, refuted wild-tribe myths, outlined autonomous government, and noted Filipino independence aspirations amid rich agriculture and hospitable, orderly society. Seven University of Kansas Filipina students attended.
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Philippine Islands
Chamber of Commerce
Mack Cretcher
Davis
Cretcher
Philippines
United States
Mr. Cretcher
Bureau of Education
Mar. Cretcher
Orient
Hardest Luck Story: Student on Bread and Milk Diet
Chester Shore, ex editor of the Sour Owl and a noted campus figure, wanders the campus in evident distress. Friends try to help but learn he is broke and has been reduced to a bread and milk diet by his doctor while working for his board.
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Doc
Chester Shore
The
Sour Owl
North Carolina to plant three million young oysters
The Fisheries Commission of North Carolina plans to plant three million juvenile oysters in the bays and sounds of the state to boost oyster populations and coastal ecosystems.
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Bays
Sounds
North Carolina
Fisheries Commission
State
Dry Navy Boat Triumphs Over Mosquito Fleet on Detroit River
The government speed boat P-103 beat the Detroit river rum runners in a clash with the mosquito fleet. The vessel limped into port leaking water from bow and stern but carried a rum launch with 100 cases of whiskey and 20 kegs of beer in tow.
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Detroit
Willard cut on fort to fort road cleared after Sunday rain
County road crews with a tractor and scoops removed boulders from the Willard cut and filled washed shoulders along the fort y fort road west of Lawrence. slick clay left travel difficult but no accidents were reported as they expect drying sun to prevent further danger.
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Willard
Fort
Fort Road
Lawrence
Ailthough
Country Club
Trueblood
Forty-Fort Road
Sonora
City Commission Orders Sewer Construction And Street Paving
The city commission approved an ordinance to build a natural sewer joining the old line in the 4000 block, extending about 450 feet to the center of the 300 block between Illinois and Alabama streets. Special assessments will apply to bordering lots, with costs paid in ten installments. A property appraisal committee and a sewer committee were formed. Petitions seek grading, curbing, and paving on Illinois Street from Fourth to Third, and paving on Twenty First Street from New Hampshire to Barker Avenue with several signers.
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City Commission
Ilinois
Alabama
Frank FE. Banks
Coen Burn
William LaCoss
John Emick
F. J. Wilson
Frank Holliday
Ilinois Street
Fourth Street
Third Street
Twenty-First Street
New Hampshire Street
Barker Avenue
Prohibition Conference Postponed by White House
The proposed conference of state governors on prohibition enforcement is postponed until after President Hagen returns from his western trip. Announcement was made today at the White House.
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Washington
Aftr
Hagen
Wwhite House
Curran Named Immigration Commissioner at New York Port
Henry H. Curran of New York City has been appointed immigration commissioner at the port of New York to succeed Robert E. Tord whose resignation was accepted by President Harding. Waldo Kell takes a position with Citizens Heat and Light in Abilene Kansas after graduating in the June class as a mechanical engineer.
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Waldo Kell
Abilene
Kan
Citizens Heat and Light Company
Mr. Kell
Big Fourth of July celebration planned at Woodland Park
Community groups from American Legion University Haskell Institute Chamber of Commerce Rotary and Kiwanis clubs outlined a full day program for a town wide Fourth of July celebration at Woodland Park. Events include a ball game bicycle races pony and mule races Twilight League baseball an old fiddlers contest wrestling dancing and a speaker Col Henry Breckenridge is slated to address attendees.
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Woodland Park
American Legion
The
University
Haskell Institute
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Lawrence
Henry Breckenridge
Asistant
Wayne Gill
Charles Holmes
T. J. Sweeney
Mason
Claude Scott
Galen Gorrill
J. W. Murray
Dean John Dyer
Marshall
Gen. Wilder
Métcalf
George Smith
Charles Daugherty
Walter Varnum
Hovey Hanna
C. Holmes
David MecCreath
Chris Schaake
the University
Chamber of Commerce Ad Rotary
Legion
IS PUT TO GOOD USE funds aid Lon Ray family in North Lawrence
Lawrence residents raised money to help the family of Lon Ray of Oskaloosa after a runaway accident. Trustee Charles Winans reports the funds provided temporary care and support. The family stays with a daughter north of Oskaloosa as Leonard Ray, 18, tends twenty acres of corn and a hired horse is purchased with part of the fund. Neighbors plan chicken donations and a widow’s pension may be pursued.
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Lawrence
Lon Ray
Oskaloosa
North Lawrence
Charles Winans
Oskualoosa Township
Air. Winans
Leonard
Guests of Wisconsin and Mills College Leaders
Guests of Dr. Lindley Dean C. H. Mills director of the School of Music at the University of Wisconsin and Professor Lu ther Marchant chairman of the Music Institute and instructor in Voice at Mills College Oakland Calif are guests of Chancellor Lindley today.
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Lindley
C. H. Mills
School of Music
University of Wisconsin
Luther Marchant
Music Institute
Mills College
Oakland
Calif
Noted Rabbi Dr. Joseph Kriuskopf Dies in Atlantic City
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Kriuskopf, a leading figure at Keneseth Israel in Philadelphia, died in Atlantic City today. He was among the most widely known rabbis in the United States.
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Atlantic City
N. d
Joseph Kriuskopf
Keneseth
Israel Temple
Philadelphia
United States
Arkansas City Faces Epidemic Threat
Arkansas City reports no state health department and appeals to Governor Davis. City health officer Dr. E F Day warns water and sewer systems are out of commission due to flood and typhoid risk. He urges immediate typhoid vaccine supplies from the state board of health.
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Arkansas City
Davis
State Health Department
E. F. Day
State Board of Health
Big Bargain Day Opens Tomorrow in Lawrence
Lawrence stores plan a one day June sales event under the Merchant's Bureau. The Journal World's Shopping News lists specials from participating shops despite poor county roads. Country shoppers are expected to visit, seeking best value on bargains across various goods.
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Lawrence
Merchant’s Bureau of
Journal-World Today
Rotary Club Toy Camps Set With Four Boy Sessions
Rotary club plans four one week camps at Morton farm near Lawrence directed by Raymond Fisher KK U star sprinter. Boys will play games swim and take part in athletic events. A two week girls camp follows. Register with Hovey Hanna at his bicycle shop to choose camp time. one dollar registration fee. All other expenses covered by Rotary members.
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Rotary Club
Toys
Morton Farm
Lawrence
Raymond Fisher
KK. U
Simmer
Hovey Hanna
Rotary
Weird Fishes of Queensland Shared in Curio Tale
Queensland stories describe three remarkable fishes. One species mouths its eggs for safety, another climbs trees with protruding eyes, and its tail houses the breathing apparatus. A mud fish is noted for lungs and ribs in its anatomy.
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Queensland
Record fish yields 90 pounds caviar from Newport News sturgeon
A sturgeon caught in Newport News Virginia yielded 90 pounds of caviar. The massive fish measured 12 feet long and weighed 2310 pounds, marking a notable catch for local angling.
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Newport News
Superstitions Rule Locomotive Numbers Among Engineers
Many railroad engineers dislike driving an even numbered locomotive due to a superstition about luck, a belief that guides their handling of trains and scheduling.
North Side School project advances in North Lawrence
A board of education resolution calls for a special election to fund a new fire proof elementary school to replace Woodlawn. Voters may approve $100000 in taxes for building costs with sketches by W B Ittner. Committee reports suggest gym and auditorium needs and field maintenance funding.
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North Lawrence
Woodlawn
Board of Education
W. B. Ittner
St. Louis
Manual High School
Fair Life Savers May Tempt K U Men to Feign Drowning
Potter Lake to host lifeguards from 1 PM to 8 PM daily this summer for University students. Red Cross examiner Ruth Hoover to run life saving classes for children and a senior class for students at Robinson gym pool. Six week pool access costs 1.50 dollars.
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K. U
Potter Lake
Red Cross
Ruth Hoover
Robinson Gymnasium
County Treasurer Reports Second Half Personal Tax Receipt
The county treasurer received $9,487.57 for the second half personal tax yesterday. The payment deadline is June 20.
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Ccounty
Property owners urged to cut weeds after heavy rains
Ed Anderson warns residents to watch their property for fast growing weeds after excessive rain. Homeowners who fail to trim may have city crews cut weeds and charge the cost to taxes unless action is taken promptly.
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Ed Anderson
Notice on Street Debris Disposal Rules
It is contrary to the city ordinance to put grass clippings and weeds on the street as they are washed into the sewers and clog them. All trash must be piled in the alleys for removal by the city trash man Ed Anderson.
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Ed Anderson
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