Quarrel Ends With Gunfire Wounding Man at 715 Massachusetts
A dispute at 715 Massachusetts Street escalated when William E. Smith fired a shotgun through a door, injuring U. P. Castle in the right arm. Castle, a brakeman, was treated after surgery. doctors report the bone broken above the elbow and doubt the arm can be saved. Smith, held on assault with a deadly weapon, claimed Castle threatened him. Mrs. Castle and others described prior drink and abuse in the apartment shared with Smith and Frank Johnson, with Smith a transient tenant in Lawrence. Police investigating officers Cox and Dowera reported Smith confessed to firing to deter Castle from entering.
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Massachusetts
William E. Smith
U. P. Castle
Paaft
William Cox
L. M. Dowera
Smith
Castle
Hisie
Atrack
Castie
Carr
Moe
Mrs. Castle
Har
Taverence
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Lawrence
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Tecentiv Castle
Lawrence Memon Hoapital
Hasta
Potato Market Clash Threatens Kaw Valley Crop
In central California Kern Tulare region growers warn California potatos flood markets earlier than Kaw Valley crops. Competition could doom local spud production as demand falters. Some see dehydration as a costly shipping solution to prevent waste amid looming famine risks.
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Kern-Tulare County
California
California Browers
Hartier
Kaw Valley
United States
Laval
Gifts of Turtles Spark Draft Pace Debate in Congress
Washington reports members of the house military committee received a note and boxes of tiny turtles from Milwaukee’s Bring Back Daddy Club urging swifter action on draft-extension legislation. A box tag urged automatic discharges after 18 months and a year-long draft extension. One turtle was adopted by staff while 25 others remained.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Congress
Milwaukee
Scouts to Swim Meet at Jayhawk Lodge Tonight
Scouts of Paletha district plan a swim meet at 6 p m tomorrow evening at the Jayhawk lodge. Entrants should arrive by 5 30 p m. Winners earn entry to the August meet. Officials include Henry Sink starter Dean Nemmith AE Woeste rmeyer timers J E Franz R F Kanehl Reginald Strait. Leo Eller will be recorder. John Brand and Francis Charlton of the Kaw Council executive staff will present awards.
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Paletha
Jayhawk Uage
Cama Naish
Bonner Spring
Henry Sink
Dean Nemmith AE
Dr Burdick Dies at Home, Noted Lawyer and Mason
Dr W L Burdick a renowned lawyer and devoted Mason died at his home following a life of public service. A Yale Law School graduate and author of ten books, he led state and national legal reforms, held multiple Masonic high offices, and toured the world studying law. Born in 1870s era, he contributed to uniform state laws and national codes, earning honors from Wesleyan and various bar associations. He had a long career in academia, government commissions, and public service, including a notable 1932 34 world tour and a private audience with the pope.
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Burdick
Lingcheat
Supreme Court
Charles Ryans Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
F. H. Stinchfield
American Bar Association
Charles R
United States
United States of America
Bardick
State Civil Commission
Wesleyan University
K. U. Law Barn
Rome
Lawrence Lodge No. 6
A. F
ALM
Massachusetts
Ludge
Grand Lodge of Kansas
Topeka
Lawrence
Royal Arch Masons
Trinity Chapter
Willimantic
Conn
Lawrence C Council
Olive Branch Council No
De'Molay Commandery No
St. John’s Commandery
Lawrence Lodge
Carlson campaign launched in Kansas amid reform critique
Carlson argues intemperance and elite privilege threaten democracy, denounces law evasion and bootlegging. He backs amending the elementary school reorganization law, promotes industry labor partnership, and urges expansion of aviation via military airport assets and federal airport funds to modernize state institutions.
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Carlson
Congress
Hie
Kansas
Hanx
Deaths and Funerals Passages From Eudora Area
Obituaries note Lena Lefmann aged 86 south of Eudora died in Denver after a heart attack. Funeral planned tomorrow at Eudora Methodist Church with Rev Willard officiating. burial in Eudora cemetery. Survived by daughter Hulda Hodges and four sons including Phillip Lefmann at home. A second notice details Maggie Ann Woodcock and Etra Bagmie Woodcock. services set at Rum funeral home with burial at Slugaton. Robert F Mason dies at Missouri Pacific hospital in St Louis. engineer described as long-time railroad worker with ties to Richland Tasco plant project. Services planned in Marceline, Mo. Frank M Ocshier of Linwood dies at 64. graveside rites Friday at Fowler cemetery. Also reports on peace treaty talks and early June divorces in Douglas County.
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Lena K. Lefmann
Eudora
Denver
Colo
Union Depot
Willard
Eudora Cemetery
Hulda Hodges
Kansas City
Jake Lefmann
Lawrence
Phillip Lefmann
Edwin Lefmann
Fleury Lefmann
Wellston
Maggie Ann Woodcock
Etra
Bagmie Ann Woodcock
Funeral Home Tumor
F. Allison
Slugaton
Robert F. Mason
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Mason
The
University
Missouri -Pacific Railway
du Pont Company
Richland
Washington
Tos J
Tasco
Latamie
Midwest
Mise Railroad
Mawson
Eleanor Frances Atkinson
Anna Lee
Frances
Robert Frazier, Jr
Marceline
C. L. Mason
Page Wagner
Fenton Sweezy
Wilmington
Del
Frank M. Geshier
Frank M. Ocshier
Linwood
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Alfred J. Beil
Fowler Cemetery
McLouth
Glennon Occhier
West Springfield
Eorge Deschier
West Springfeld
C. B. McCall
Topeka
Full House Tuesday at Hospital Census and New Equipment
The capital region hospital reports capacity for 85 with 76 patients. May admissions total 282 and daily census 72. Fifty babies born and 158 operations performed. New kitchen equipment arrived including a dishwashing machine and electric mixer. A Gordon-Armstrong incubator was installed, and a Kansas State Board of Health incubator placed in the nursery. Purchases in May largely from Lawrence firms. Total patients at month end 51.
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Gordon-Armstrong
Kansas State Board of Health
Lawrence
K U Awards Outcome in New Scribes Competition
The first prize goes to Cacalyn Nigg of Whitewater announced by Ann Scott and Elizab et h Evans as heads of student activity commissions. Second prize shared by Hortense Bedell and Maurine Breitenbach. third to Billie Marie Hamilton. Prizes total 25, 10, 000 and 5, 000 dollars respectively. The State Wide Student Activities Commission, backed by the All Student Council, promotes goodwill across the state.
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Hk. L
Cacalyn Nigg
Whitewater
Ann Scott
Weatt
State Wide Activities Commission
Elizabeth Evans
Winfield
Hortense Bedell
Augusta
Maurine Breitenbach
Belpre
Illie Marie Hamilton
Weir
All Student Council
Home Town News Writers Division
Ft Riley Veterinarians Develop New Anesthetic
Fort Riley Army veterinarians in Kansas develop a horse anesthetic that reduces injury risk during surgery. Journal reports the formula adds pentabardital sodium to existing horse anesthetic solutions, injected via the jugular vein, with minimal excitement or hard convulsions observed.
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Ft. Riley
Chicago
Fort Riles
Kan
Journal of the
American Veterinary Medical Association
Jet Planes Complete Eastward Cross Country Flight
Three jet propelled army fighters landed at Andrews Field Maryland at 12 58 p m Eastern Standard Time completing the dawn to dusk cross country round trip in five hours 31 minutes Their elapsed time from March Field California included a 34 minute refueling stop at Oklahoma City The flight beat the Los Angeles to Washington record set last December by XB 42 Major Robin Olds and Lt Jock Richardson flew back to March Field weather was rough and bitter cold at 40 000 feet across Oklahoma City area
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Washington
Andrews Field
E.S.T
March Field
Cal
Oklahoma City
Los Angeles
California
Leon Gray
Casa Grande
Ariz
Robin Olds
Beverly Hills
Calif
Oklahoma
Jock Richardson
Owens Wins Kansas City Golf Match at Vic torills Club
Lawrence entrant John Owens fired a blistering one under par 70 to defeat Jack Crump in the Kansas City Kansas Golf Tournament at Vic torills Golf Club. Owens sank birdies on the ninth thirteenth and seventeenth holes to secure the championship entry and set up a Thursday match against Charles Dey of Kansas City.
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John Owens
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kansas
Jack Mam
Victorills
Owens
Ies
Nurth
Crump
Charles Dey
Market News Hogs And Cattle Trade Report
Market notes from Kansas City and Texas illustrate varied livestock trends with hogs steady to unchanged, cattle mixed to steady, and sheep noting active shipping demand but easing late. Included are grain and potato market figures, and a mournful fourteenth anniversary poem.
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Kansas
USDA
Louis
Hite
Sherthom
Jock Clan
Kanees Cy
P-Usday
Strike Sees Hope As Foreign Support Grows
Report claims increasing international backing for the strike. Waterside Workers Federation in Sydney has directed dock workers to avoid handling American vessels run by strike-breakers. Support cited from France Latin America and New Zealand unionists.
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Chinina
Cim.v
Waterside Workers Federation of
Sydney
Australia
War Shipping Administration
WSA
Sips
Superfort Crashes in Smoky Mountains Killing 10 or 11
A B-29 Superfortress crashed into a forest home near Clingmans Dome in Smoky Mountains National Park, killing all 10 or 11 aboard. The plane, en route from Tampa to Chicago, went down amid a low ceiling near a mountain peak. The army closed the road beyond Newfound Gap. bodies and wreckage were scattered on the mountainside.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
Clingman
Foreat Smoky Mountains National Park
Here
Tampa
Fla
Chicago
H. F. Holt
Mississippi
Holt
Newfound Gap
Clingman’s Dome
Tennessee- North
Caralina
Phil al Oe
Marriage licenses issued in Douglas County probate court
The office of the Douglas County Probate Judge reported licenses issued to Ray Salmon aged 20 and Geraldine Wiley aged 18 of Torgendxie, David Denham 34 and Edith Hammond 21 of Tahiwin, Warren Hall 25 and Mary Elizabeth Dunden 25 of Lawrence, and Warren Hall 25 in Weston Mo with Mary Elizabeth Dunden of Lawrence.
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Douglas County
Ray Salmon
Geraldine Wiley
Torgendxie
David Denham
Lawrence
Edith Hammond
Tahiwin
Warren E. Hall
Weston
Mary Elizabeth Dunden
Untold incident on power pole involving Sorin and Kerentie
Officials report a man named Sorin and another, Kerentie, involved in an incident atop an electric power pole. Supposedly, he cut through a supply line, an act described as potentially dangerous, with workers detailing the alarming scene and danger to passersby.
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Sorin Og Kerentie
Fenday
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Urdick
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Fulton, Mo
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Harold D. Burdick
Naval Academy At
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Navy
Coast and Field Artillery
France
Army Reserve Officers ‘Training Corps
R. U
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Army
Ft. Leavenworth
Paul R. Knight
Leonard T. Gerow
Command and Staff College
Knight
New York City
Leavenworth
U —Federal
Arthur.j. Mellett
U. S. District Court
Bournemouth
England
Ernest Bevin
Europe
Douglas County District Court
Alberta Gaston
Joseph W. Gaston
Ethel Cook Cooley
Harland W. Ooley
D Traven
Bill Washington
Truman
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Texas
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Orad Ducks
Reese
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New York
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Hitler
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Altean Telephone
Republic Steel Western Union
Backward Christer
American Can. du Johns-Manville
Monteymery
W! Woolsmith
Anaconda
Sean
Hari
Che
Miyther
Net Ciere Chan
T&t
Seth Steel Yuna
Penney
Issa
Big Smoky Mountains
Phelps
Lawrence Loan & Inance CO
Round Corner Drug Store
the Academy
Ingrid | Bergman
Gregory Jage
B. P. O. Elks
Liz
C. C. Carl
Manhattan
Belp
Mass
John R. Chaney
Mutual Lift Ensurance Company
Sim
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