Southern Cross lands at Harbor Grace amid Atlantic flight
The Southern Cross, after crossing from Ireland, landed at Harbor Grace Newfoundland. Capt Kingsford-Smith and crew plan to fly to New York and then San Francisco, aiming to complete an around the world route. A beam wireless guided the landing, with radio stations Belle Isle and Cape Race aiding bearings during fog.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
Southern Cross
Atlantic Ocean
Ireland
New York
San Francisco
Australia
England
van Dyk
Atlantic
Kingsford-Smith
United States
Bremen
Eetingford Smith
New ‘York
Kansas Weather Forecast Then and Now
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with cooler temps in the east and extreme south. Morning conditions clear except around Topeka and Manhattan. Dirt roads fair to good. Ponies County roads good. Service contact Pho 1242 for more details.
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Kansas
Topeka
Manhattan
Ponies County
Hoover to begin London Treaty debate before Senate session
The White House indicates President Hoover will call a special session to begin debate on the London Treaty without waiting for the Senate to act on the deferred session. Senator Watson plans to move to start debate immediately as the chamber finishes the military and veterans' bills. The final fate of the pact may wait until the post election session.
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Senate
Ates
Hoover
T ” White
House
Watson
Igi
White House
Petiton
Conre
Share Prices Drop on New York Exchange
The New York stock exchange opened lower and faced renewed selling after a morning rally. Major issues including U S Steel American Tobacco and railroad stocks fell to new lows for the year or longer, with losses of $1 to $7 on many names as dull trading persisted and professionals dominated activity.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
U. S. Steel
American Tobacco B
Union Pacific
Norfolk and Western
Canadian Pacific
Delaware and Hudson
Northern Pacific
Campaign to build veterans hospital at Lake of the Woods
Citizens in Bonner Springs Kansas began a push to secure a 300 room United States veterans hospital at Lake of the Woods. The site occupies 20 acres with the lake covering 12 acres. Col A J Phelan an engineer for the Veterans Bureau who inspected the site Monday said it meets government requirements for the hospital.
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Bonner Springs
Kan
United States Eterans Hospital
Lake of the Woods
A.J. Phelan
Veterans Bureau
Pirates Triumph Over Brooklyn Robins in Six Run Victory
Pittsburgh secured a 6 to 1 win as Ray Kremer pitched seven strong innings, Comorosky homered, and the Pirates topped the league leaders Brooklyn Robins. Cincinnati and Detroit won, while Boston and St. Louis had rain delays and postponed games. New York Giants bought outfielder Larry Rosenberg from the Mission club for 40,000 dollars. Kansas City acquired Bill Barrett from Minneapolis in a player sale.
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Pittsburgh
Ray Skremer
Pirates
Brooklyn Robins
Comorosky
Pirate
Brooklyn
Dudley
Clark
Lopez
Kremer
Hemsley
Boston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Reds
Giants
New York
Donohue
Pruett
Heving
Hoeen
Lucas
Gooch
Philadelphia Ermine
Chicago
Davis
Nichols
Osborne
Nelson
Shealy
Hartnett
Detroit
Boston Red Sox
Guy
Hogsett
Hayworth
Desantels
Russell
Durham
Betty
Philadelphia
Lyons
Tate
Earnshaw
Cochrane
Slacholder
Holzhauser
Manion
Ruffing
Dickey
Bengough
Cleveland
Washington
Harter
Hartley
Brown
Ruel
New York Gan Today
Arry. Rosenberg
Mission Club
Governor urges farm board to buy wheat to stabilize prices
Kansas Governor Clyde M. Reed calls on the Federal Farm Board to purchase an additional 25 million bushels or more of wheat at current prices. He argues holdings of 50 million bushels should be kept off the market until prices reach a satisfactory level, to prevent disaster for thousands of farmers.
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Reed
Farm Board
Topeka
Kansas
Clyde M. Reed
Federal Farm Board
Alexander Legge
Engire
Oere Holdings
Marts
The
Board. Ndéw
Giant Tube Collapse At Matanzas Ends Project Beam
A colossal tube built at over 1 million dollars collapsed when sunk into the sea at Matanzas Cuba today. Designed by French scientist Georges Claude the corrugated steel tube 1800 meters long was to run a channel along the sea bottom to supply Gulf Stream water to a power plant. The plan relied on subite vacuum to boil water and drive turbines for electricity.
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Havanna
Cuba
Matanzas
Georges Claude
Gulf Stream
Claude
Gulf Shore
Weather warnings issued for transborder air routes
Weather broadcasts warn pilots to avoid New York and Montreal corridors due to bad conditions. Stations along routes will relay signals and flare alerts from high altitudes. Aviation authorities promise broadcasts and signals to guide landings and return to weather stations as construction proceeds.
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New ‘York
Mit
Montreal
Ome
Aeronautics Branch
Department of Commerce
Hoover veto message expected on veterans relief bill
Washington June 25 AP Congressional leaders expect President Hoover to veto the Johnson veterans relief bill and send the veto to the House. Leaders plan a swift response with a substitute measure through the House and Senate by Friday. The Swick compromise aims to cut outlays and avoid a deficit, with roughly 1 million veterans affected versus 400,000 under the Johnson bill.
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Washington
Hoover
Veterans’ Relief Pal
Tomor
House
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Johnson
Oover
Dent
Swick
Niles
Pennsylvania
Defrcit Johnson
Bandit Wounded by Pursuers Near McLouth Kansas
Leavenworth Kan June 25 A P Harry Oliver said to have robbed a filling station was shot and seriously wounded by pursuers three miles east of McLouth Oliver’s companion Brown escaped Ed Grayson proprietor of the filling station at McLouth was notified Ray Shoemaker who saw the robbers in a car edged shotgun he pursued from his own place opened fire Oliver’s car crashed into a fence he was treated at McLouth and moved to the county jail at Oskaloosa to be sent to a hospital for buckshot wounds in his back Sheriff Conrad Aull and Sheriff R E Gallivan Leavenworth continued the search for Brown
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Leavenworth
Kan
Harry Oliver
McLouth
Brown
Ed Grayson
Ray Shoemaker
Oliver
Oskaloosa
Conrad Aull
R. E. Gallivan
John J Phillips Dead After Wales Journey
Lawrence friends report the death of John J Phillips aged 82, after a trip from San Francisco to New York then to Wales. He died the previous Sunday and his body was sent to Wales for interment. His widow Mrs C H Ashton remains in Oakland with their daughter.
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Oakland
Phillips
Leon
Bocker
Seattle
Wash
Attack in El Paso Leaves State Deputies Dead
A June incident in El Paso Texas involved state deputies who were killed in an attack. Details are sparse as reporters piece together the events surrounding the deadly confrontation. Authorities have not released additional names or motives at this time.
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Chihuahua
el Paso
Tex
Harvest Hits Its Stride in Eastern Kansas
Topeka June 25 AP The harvest gains pace in eastern Kansas as warm dry weather accelerates wheat ripening while western counties face delayed opening until July 1 due to soil moisture shortages. Corn growth progresses statewide though the southwest suffers moisture deficit.
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Harvest Hits
Stride
Eastern
Kansas
Topeka
Cderal Weath
Nebraska
Storm uproots lives and crops across Kansas and Missouri
A Kansas City report cites deadly weather in northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri. Lightning killed farm laborer H H Merrill near Raytown and a team of horses perished. Storms damaged Trenton store walls, trees, and power lines. Atchison saw heavy rain and hail. St Joseph reports crop damage. Weston tobacco losses hit about 300000 dollars as fields were flattened. Ruth Goodman fainted when lightning struck Fenders Hotel in Kansas City but survived. Oak Mills farmer Frank Sachs escaped as winds wrecked his barn.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
H. H. Merrill
Ernest Day
Raytown
Trenton
Power and Telephone Companies. Co
Atchison
Kan
St. Joseph
Weston
Ruth Goodman
Fenders
Osas City
Serio Neat Oak Mills
Frank Sachs
Tornado Near Pratt Leaves $250000 in Damage
A tornado four miles west of Pratt Kansas yesterday damaged a half mile wide by four miles long path. Two women injured by flying glass and rock. twelve farm homes damaged. hundreds of acres of ripened wheat destroyed. Telegraph lines down. trees uprooted. cattle killed. roads blocked. A wheat granary and equipment were scattered. engine lifted from a parked car.
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Pratt
Kan
Thad Scott
Harry Nichols
Golden Valley
Grain Prices See Wheat and Corn Dips Amid Market Low
Grain prices rose then fell as Chicago opens showed a sixteenth year low. Wheat quotes ended July 88 5-8 to 3-4 and September 92 1-8 to 3-8, with December 97 3-8 to 1-2. Torn weather and storage anxieties weighed as harvest quickens. Athens College in Alexandria received a 10000 gift for a new building project.
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Chicago
City commission acts on delinquent poll taxes and licenses
In a special session the city commission ordered warrants for overdue poll taxes and truck licenses. Delinquents with notices over 30 days overdue must pay or face arrest. Mayor Ellis said warrants rest with the city clerk and will go to police soon. Minimum fine is 5 dollars. Back licenses for hire hauling must be paid. licenses due January 1 and July 1. Three ordinances were approved addressing cattle near dwellings, paving west Twenty third street, and motorboat mufflers within city limits.
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W. C Ellis
Wil
Twenty-third Street
Louisiana Street
Edgehill Road
Edgee
Seventeenth
Imi
Jones Beats Tulsa in Broadmoor Club Open
Chester Jones, a Kansas City qualified national open entrant and University of Saskatchewan student, defeated Tulsa’s George Johnston 3 and 2 to advance in the match play at Broadmoor Country Club. Lawrence Bromfield of Denver eliminated Robert Conliffe Jr. of Oklahoma City 5 and 4 in the first round, with later rounds pairing Jones against Howard Creel of Pueblo.
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Broadmoor Country Club
Colo- Ta
Seice
Cole
Lawrence D. Bromfield
Denver
Robert Conliffe, Jr
Oklahoma City
Chester Jones
University of Sas
Kansas City
George Johnston
Tulsa
Body of Ryberg Found On Farm Porch
The body of John E. R. Ryberg federal revenue collector was found on a farm porch near Emporia. A shotgun and a wrench used to trigger were found nearby. Ryberg had been missing after a trip from Salina to Dodge City a week earlier. An inquest was planned in Salina Kansas.
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Emporia
John E. R. Ryberg
Federal Revenue Collector
Dodge City
Salinas
Jack Fowler
Salina
Kan
John E.ryeberg
Federal’ Revenue Eoector
Wichita
Ryeberg
Rye
Associated Press
Pipeline plan to run gas from Texas to Chicago
A terse AP sourced note reports a contemplated interstate gas pipeline from Texas to Chicago. The item mentions Continental and Kansas bodies discussing feasibility, with June 25 as the date in Topeka, Kans. The fragment cites state officials and potential committee actions guiding the project.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas de Pervies Comineee
Military training optional at land grant colleges ruling
Attorney General Mitchell announced that land grant colleges may not be forced to require military training. The Interior Department had argued military course access suffices under Morrill act and related laws. The opinion notes Wisconsin earlier made tactics optional, shaping the interpretation for other institutions.
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Washington
Mitchell
University of Wisconsin
Still in custody after bond report misled readers
Dr. S O Netherton, an Olathe physician and convicted murderer, remained in the Douglas County jail at noon though a Kansas City paper said he was released on bond late yesterday. His attorneys filed appeals to the state supreme court from a Douglas County verdict and a judge’s denial of a new trial. Netherton was ordered released on a $25 000 bond, not yet served, and he remained in custody of Sheriff R R Rutherford. The appeals stem from a May 22 Douglas County District Court verdict with the June 19 sentencing to life. The initial murder conviction of his wife occurred in Johnston County in May 1929. the higher court reversed that decision and granted a new trial.
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S.O. Netherton
Douglas Courty
Kansas City
Netherton
Douglas County District Court
State Supreme Court
Douglas County
So . Netherton
Hugh Means
Johnston ‘County
Ase
Supreme Court
Modern Industry Menace to World Peace
Sir Henry Worth Thornton, chairman of the board of the Canadian National railways, told the Rotary silver anniversary convention in Chicago on June 25 that modern industry, highly organized and driven to expand world markets, is a real menace to world peace. He warned industry’s push against tariff barriers and national pride hinders contact with closed markets, noting it raises questions about Washington’s warnings on foreign entanglements.
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Chicago
Henry Worth Thornton
National Railways
Rotary
Henry
Indiana
George Washington
Youth Arrested in New York Has Killer's Code
A 21 year old man identified as Clarence James Pratt of Chicago, lately a Brooklyn resident, was arrested in Riverside Park after carrying a code marked 3X and other occult items including a skull and crossbones. He said he planned to ride a freight to Chicago and claimed the code was for defense of a Queens killer.
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New York
Queens
Riverside Park
Clarence James Pratt
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pratt
Saw Hi
Harry Johnson
Repeal of Sunday Labor Law Urged by Picture Theatres
In Topeka June 25 AP reports the Kansas anti Sunday labor law barring motion pictures on the Sabbath has led to convention urging repeal by the two picture theatres associations of Santa Fe and western Missouri.
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Topeka
Kansas
Two
Picture ‘Theatres Association of
Santas
Western Missouri
Fragmentary note on German exile and return to Germany
A torn fragment mentions Sehnelin and a treaty with New York state authorities, noting urgent restrictions in Germany and the expectation of his return. The legible bits reference a commission and a book, with unclear surrounding context.
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Ing Books
New
Fragmented OCR item on Chicard Lane Boas and Jes facts
Fragmented text shows unclear names and numbers about a case or event. Readable pieces mention Chicard Lane Boas and Jes with partial phrases on a report date time and action but details are missing. No clear outcome or location fully determined from the legible lines.
Inmates move from old folks home to city hospital
Seventeen residents of the Christian Service association home at 700 Connecticut Street were moved this morning to the old city hospital. City trucks and taxis ferried belongings while Mrs Mary Lloyd and Mrs Martha Calleson were among the women moved. Two former inmates from Ness county and Pompton Lakes were found insane and committed to Osawatomie hospital after hearings. State officials urged closure of the old home citing deplorable conditions.
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Christian Service Association
Connecticut Street
Old City Hospital
Mary Lloyd
Martha Calleson
Lawrence
Old Folks Home
C. W. Campbell
Ness County
William Ox
State Board
Charles S. Huffman
Grimes
State Board of Administration
H. L. Burger
City Sanitary
State Hospital
C. O. Pringle
Old Hospital
Douglas County
C. A. Puls
Scotalma
Shawnee Farm Bureau Women Visit Museum
About thirty five Shawnee county Farm Bureau women visited Lawrence to tour Spooner Thayer museum exhibits guided by Miss Minnie Moodie curator. They lunched at Marvin grove and showed special interest in early American quilts, later pieces, and a display of semi precious stones notably white and green jade. The Farm Bureau clubs’ work is sponsored by the U S Department of Agriculture and Kansas State Agricultural College.
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Shawnee
Farm Buureau Clubs
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kansas women tour gardens with KSA C specialists
Sixty two farm bureau women attended a garden tour yesterday led by Elizabeth Randle home demonstration agent Misa Conie nutrition specialist and Ali eyeebenstein garden specialist from Kansas State Agricultural College in charge They visited gardens as Kenstein demonstrated pruning tomato plants and answered garden questions
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Farm Bureau
Elizabeth Randle
Misa Conie
Cele
Ara Ali Eyebenstein
Kansas State Agricultural College
Bearsene
Kenstein
Blast destroys building on Troost Avenue in Kansas City
An early morning blast destroyed a one story building at 4329 35 Troost Avenue housing four small shops. Mrs. Ralph Crun reported seeing a man throw something into the sliding door as two men fled in a car. Eddie Stephenson, 30, detained by police for questioning after fleeing the scene.
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Kansas, City
Troost Avenue
Ralph P. Crun
Eddie Stephenson
Missing Flier Probe Near City Utah Expands
Search teams comb southeast of City Utah for traces of a missing pilot who disappeared after departing Las Vegas last January 10. Authorities say no debris or clues have been found yet as the effort continues with no recovered trace of the aircraft or occupant.
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City
Utah
Caurice
Graham
Air
Las Vegas
Nev
Escaped Prisoner Recaptured Near Wolseott Kansas
An inmate named Ward, 90, who escaped Leavenworth prison, was recaptured by guards near Wolseott Kansas. The incident followed a prior breakout record with few details available from the June report.
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Charles Finsford Smith
Everett van Dyk
Patrick Saul
John W. Stanface
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Pho
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Vets’ Hospital
American Association
Columbus
Kansas City Il
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Dixon
Homas
Sayner
Barrett
Minneapolis
Bill Barrett
Anaes
Airman Johnson
Ittes
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Cane
Bandit
John J. Phillips
Old Wales
Finis
Athens
Athens College
Athena College
Alexandria Lexandria
Cartera.—Adv
Jones Skainst
Howard Creel
Pueblo, Old
Ryberg
Texas
State Court
Sir Henry
Chicard Lane
Boas
Adaran
Old City
Shawnee Farm Bureau
Rycary
S. Twenpet
Wolesott
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