Planes Speed Toward New York in Byrd Tribute
Southern Cross flight details run from Boston to New York with stops over Lynn and Halifax. The voyage honors Captain Frederick C. Melville of the Byrd polar expedition, who is to receive a homecoming welcome. Kingsford-Smith and crew aim to complete a world girdling journey, circling Lynn before continuing toward New York.
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Boston
Southern Cross
Frederick C. Melville
Balchen
Melville
Lynn
Bernt’ Balchen
Frederick €. Melville
New York
Byrd
Byrd Expedition
the Mariner
Chicago Police Shakeup Transfers 934 Officers
Acting Police Commissioner John H. Alcock ordered the largest department reshuffle in years, moving 934 officers including 724 detectives and 11 lieutenants. The plan decentralizes the force by assigning district responsibility to each commander.
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Chicago
Police Department
John H. Alcock
Alcock
Weather forecast notes fair to Friday with warming trend
Local Kansas forecast indicates fair conditions tonight and Friday with slightly higher temperatures. Roads and areas mentioned are clear, with temperatures around 70 at 7 p.m. and 80 previously, while Dodge Service and Lene-Skinner Motor Co. advertise services.
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Kansas
Erin SY
Dodge
lene-Skinner Motor Co
Reed accuses conspiracy to dominate radio patents
Former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, counsel for Grigsby Grunow, accuses a deep conspiracy to control worldwide air communications via patents held by RCA and allied firms. He cites ties with Bell, Marconi US, DeForest, GE, Westinghouse, and United Fruit, alleging control of 33,500 to 4,000 patents. Reed spoke before sailing to Europe, as government moves to dissolve radio patent monopoly in the United States.
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James A. Reed
New York
Missouri
Grigsby- Grunow Company
Chicago
Radio Corporation of America
Allied Corporations
Reed
Europe
SOS
Edalia
Radio Corporation
United States
District Court of Delaware
The
Bell Telephone Company
Marconi Company
DeForest’ Company
General Electric
Westinghouse
United Fruit Company
Veto Sustained on Veterans Relief Bill in House
The House sustained President Hoover's veto of the first veterans relief bill and passed a substitute providing pensions from 12 to 40 dollars monthly plus 25 percent disability and battle casualty allowances. The measure, costing about 50 million for 1931, now goes to the Senate with uncertain reception.
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Washington
House
Hoover
Kvale
Farmer- Labor
Minnesota
Lanham and Johnson
Texas
Milligan
Missouri
Senate
Longworth
Johnson
World War Veterans Committee
Finance Committee
Watson
Unemployment Figures From Census Bureau Report
Census bureau figures show 574 647 people unemployed in April in a 29 6 million population area covering about a quarter of the nation. Lamont says unemployment lower than expected with seasonal readjustments noting Ohio 3.3 percent and Illinois as high as 16 percent in city surveys.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Lamont
Nevada
Altho
Arkansas
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Illinois
Chicago
Cornell Wins 3-Mile JV Rowing Regatta Race
Cornell captured the three mile junior varsity race in the intercollegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie New York on June 26 AP says Washington finished second and Columbia third among six crews in the field.
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Poughkepsie
N.Y
Cornell
Washington
Columbia
Almada Holds On as Exiled Governor Plans Return
Francisco Almada, one of the rival claimants to Chihuahua’s governorship, departed El Paso for Chihuahua City at 12:20 p.m. with hopes to retake the capital before sunset. Adherents of rival Manuel Prieto pledge that Estrada is now governor, awaiting word from Mexico’s interior secretary Palacios and President Ortiz Rubio to determine official backing.
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el Paso
Tex
Francisco R. Almada
Chihuahua
Mexico
Chihuahua City
Texas
Francisco Almada
Juarez
Riva Palacios
Mexico City
Amado
Palacios
Rain-Swept Pirates Edge Phillies 1-0 In DH Opener
In a tight pitchers' duel at Pittsburgh, the Pirates won 1 to 0 over the Phillies in the first game of a doubleheader as rain showers drenched the field. Collard Smythe Speece Swetland and Davis worked for the Pirates. Brame and Root for Philadelphia.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
St. Louis
Eas
Hogan
Haines
Grabowszki
Wilson
Han Ong Han
Davis
Hemsleck
Collard
Smythe
Speece
Swetland
Brame
RootsRoston
Cincinnati
Chicago
Brooklyn Robins
Cubs
Brooklyn
Charley Root
Vance
Deberry
Root
Teachout
Hartnett
Rich Wichita Named to the Medical Board
Governor Clyde M Reed appointed Dr. Oliver S. Rich of Wichita to the state board of medical registration and examination to fill the unexpired term of Dr. C. J. McKnight who resigned June 17. The term expires April 30, 1931, and the move precedes a July 15 hearing on a complaint seeking revocation of Dr. John R. Brinkley’s certificate to practice in Kansas.
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Topeka
Clyde, M. Reed
Oliver S. Rich
Wichita
State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
C. J. McKnight
McKnight
Kansas
Rich
John R. Brinkley
Milford
Kan
Plan New Air Lines For Detroit Denver Route
Detroit business men will meet Kansas town representatives in Beloit on July 17 to outline a Detroit to Denver Air Transport line. Proposed landings would include City, St. Joseph, Topeka, Manhattan, Clay Center, Osborne, Stockton, Goodland, and Colosby with a tentative rate under discussion. The note references a sixteen year old automobile connection and Ford context amid the planning.
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New Air Lines
Beloit
Kan
Detroit
Kansas
Denver
St. Joseph
Topeka
Manhattan
Clay Center
Osborne
Stockton
Goodland
Colosby
Fortified Jail Foils Bank Bandit Escape Plot
Kansas City June 26 AP. Fortified county jail with machine guns riot guns and tear bombs to prevent release of three bank bandits Nasello Mangiaracina Messano sentenced to death for the murder of patrolman James Smith after a Home Trust Company robbery on June.
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Kansas City
Carl Nasello
Tony Mangiaracina
John Messano
James
Happy) Smith
Stable beef prices eyed after temporary surplus
Washington June 26 AP C B Denman farm board livestock member said stable prices for beef are expected as dressed beef price cuts reduce a temporary surplus. He argued there is no national beef cattle surplus and predicted price stabilization follows.
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Washington
C. B. Denman
Farm Board
Enman
Senate backs Muscleg Shoals power sale to cities
A Senate vote of 53 to 0 records approval of government selling Muscleg Shoals power to municipalities on the same basis as private power companies.
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Washington
Senate
Musclé Shoals
Weeklong Visit Arrives in Lawrence for McCurdy Party
Mr and Mrs Henry McCurdy and Mrs S H McCurdy arrived in Lawrence yesterday after driving from New York City for a week long stay.
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Henry McCurdy
Lawrence
New York City
Fine Two in Justice Court on Liquor Counts
Two liquor law violators were fined and sentenced yesterday in Justice of the Peace R. B Stevens court. E. S. Clevenger pleaded guilty to possession and transportation of liquor and received $200 fine and costs plus sixty days in jail for transporting a five gallon bottle of corn whiskey from Excelsior Springs Missouri to Topeka. H. G. Coffman pleaded guilty to possession of liquor and was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail.
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R. B Stevens
E. S. Clevenger
Excelsior Springs
Toneka
H. G.coffman
Reed to not reappoint W Y Morgan as regent head
Gov Clyde Reed announced to a Topeka mass meeting that W Y Morgan of Hutchinson will not be reappointed to the state board of regents when his term ends July 1. Morgan will be succeeded by another man as chairman the day after term expiration.
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W. Y. Morgan
Hutchinson
State Board of Regents
Clyde M. Reed
Topeka
WIBW
Reed
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Netherton Bond Set for Early Release
Dr S O Netherton of Olathe remained jailed in Douglas county today as a 25000 cash bond was arranged after his appeal filed with the Kansas Supreme Court Tuesday June 24. Release delayed while municipal bonds used as security are held in an Olathe bank awaiting the trustees return. Judge L H Menger said release expected later this week.
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S. O. Netherton
Olathe
Douglas County
Supreme Court
Topeka
Netherton
L. H. Menger
Netherton Counsel
Two Women Injured In Motor Car Overturn
Mrs. Marjorie Haas of Kansas City Missouri sustained facial bruises and a hip injury when the Plymouth sedan carrying her and Mrs. George Clay veered from highway 40 near Reno and overturned several times en route to Lawrence. Both women received emergency care from Dr. E P Sisson and were released. the badly damaged car was towed to a local garage.
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Marjorie Haas
Kansas City
Lawrence
Highway 40
Reno
George Clay
Haas
Glay
E. P. Sisson
Clash in Bolivia claims heavy rebel casualties
A wireless message picked up from Antofagasta and published in La Prensa said Bolivian troops killed 80 and wounded 100 rebels in an engagement about 500 miles from La Paz near La Paz.
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Lima
Peru
Antofagasta
la Prensa
la Paz
Syracuse Freshmen Win Regatta at Poughkeepsie
Syracuse yearling crew coached by Jim En Eyck won the opening two mile dash for first year eights in the intercollegiate rowing association regatta at Poughkeepsie New York. The Orange freshmen completed a steady race to repeat last year’s Syracuse win.
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Regatta Course
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Syracuse
Orange
Jim En Eyck
July Wheat Rises on Kansas City Market Hope Rides High
July wheat climbed three cents a bushel on the Kansas City market, spurring farmer optimism that the feared half dollar wheat disaster would be averted. The closing price at the local market was 85 cents.
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Kansas City
Bible School to Close Tomorrow
Four week daily vacation Bible school ends with programs at Pinckney Woodlawn McAllaster Junior High and Cordley starting 9 30 and 10 00. Children invite parents friends ministers and others to see plays pageants displays and handiwork exhibitions in windows at 1005 Massachusetts street. Enrollment 373 with steady attendance praised and volunteers thanked for their cooperation.
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Pinckney
Woodlawn
McAllaster
Cordley
Massachusetts Street
Organize to Continue Hunt for Missing Pilot
Cedar City Utah June 26 AP Realizing that the search for Maurice Graham s body is mere guesswork if found it will be but a matter of luck Western Air Express representatives and Sheriff J T Leigh of Iron County organized their forces for another invasion of the wastes of southern Utah Graham a crack pilot of Western Air Express disappeared during a blizzard on January 10 The first definite evidence of his fate came Tuesday when two sheepherders found his plane The craft was badly damaged but there was no evidence indicating the flier had been injured and searchers believe he wandered miles from his fallen craft Several searchers combed the wooded hills and ravines southwest of here but clues indicating the direction Graham took after leaving the plane were scant The hunt was postponed today as pilots aided in the search and officers said the mountains with numerous gullies and heavy underbrush make the work difficult Organizers planned another trip into the mountains with long tedious searches underway
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Cedar City
Utah
Maurice Graham
Western Air Express
J. T. Leigh
Iron
Graham
Sheen
Here
O Graham
Copper Company Declares 87 1/2 Cent Quarterly Dividend
Anaconda Copper Company directors announced a quarterly dividend of 87 1/2 cents. The stock base yield is set at 3.50 dollars annually, revised from seven dollars previously.
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New York
Anaconda Copper Company
Brotherhood Bank Closes After $1 Million Run
Cincinnati June 26 AP The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks National Bank closed after deposits totaling about $1 million were withdrawn. The bank, majority owned by 120,000 members of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers and Station Employees, saw two officials resign three days earlier amid rumors of trouble. Shafer, long tied to Cosmo bank losses, under investigation for two weeks, was found short $623,000 in his Cosmo accounts and reportedly had an undetermined short balance at the Brotherhood bank.
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Cincinnati
Brotherhood of Railway Clerk’s National Bank
Brotherhood of Railway and
Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company
A. W.shafer
Henry L. Daugherty Company
United States
Haroth E. May
Shafer
Brotherhood Bank
Cosmopolitan Bank
Federal Bank
Asphalt work in 900 block shortens street parking
City officials announced no parking in the 900 block on Friday as Kaw Paving continues asphalt work near street car tracks from Eleventh Street north toward Seventh Street. The city and power company split resurfacing costs, with the power company funding the eighteen inch trackside strip and base, while the city covers other work. The upgrade aims to improve wear resistance, with maintenance on the strips expected to be freed from the city after completion, lasting about five years.
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Kaw Paving Company
Eleventh Street
Seventh Street
Power Company
Trans-Mississippi golf champ quarterfinals at Broadmoor
Favorites held form in Colorado Springs as quarterfinals began. Jimmy Jamison of St. Louis led Bud Maytag of Wakanda Des Moines two up after eighteen holes. Walter Crooks of Denver battled in the mornings with Frank English of Kansas and Ness. Jones, nineteen, from Lawrence, faltered, dropping to six down to Van Zandt of Tulsa.
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Broadmoor Country Club
Colorado Springs
Jimmy Anson
St. Louis
Bud Maytag
Wakanda Club
Des Moines
The
Corary
Wally Chadwel
Omaha
Walter Crooks
Denver
Frank English
Kan- San
Tnestee Jones
Lawrence Eshlet
Sea van Zandt
Tulsa
Two Escape From Jail In Sedan Kansas
Theodore Cox, held on forgery charges, and Bill Webster, accused chicken thief, escaped from the Chautauqua county jail using gas pipe and a two by four as makeshift tools. A farmer’s car was stolen nearby shortly after, and police believe the pair are headed toward Oklahoma.
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Sedan
Kan
Theodore Cox
Bill Webster
Chautauqua County
Oklahoma
Find Home for Ben Joy
Former inmate of the old folks home will move to Higginsville Missouri to live with Walter Dohrmann. Joy was a life member who paid 500 dollars for life privileges and will be near relatives in his new home. H L Burger city sanitary officer said he would arrange the move this afternoon.
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Ben Joy
Off Folks
Walter Dohrmann
Higginsville
Joy
H. L. Burger
Missouri
Wheat sample from Hirt farm brought to Journal-World
J H Griffin delivered a full head sample of wheat from Jess Hirt farm located half a mile south of Pleasant Grove. Hirt owns 70 acres of wheat and operates the former Shu ler farm.
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Journal-World
Journal-World Office
J.H. Griffin
Jess Hirt
Pleasant Grove
Mr. Hirt
Shuler Farm
Shafer Leads in North Dakota Primary Returns
Governor Shafer held a 14 610 vote lead as 562 of 2 228 precincts reported in the North Dakota Republican primary. The race centers on Shafer seeking renomination while the campaign canvass continues.
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Shafer
Fargo
N. D
Jam '36
Chevrolet Ad Highlights Daily Driving Difference
A compact advertisement touts buying a Chevrolet and enjoying a noticeable difference in everyday driving, emphasizing improved experience and satisfaction with the brand.
Banks win tax refunds after court ruling on capital tax
Douglas county state banks were awarded a total 14 926 71 in refunds after district court decisions against the Douglas county commissioners. The suits traced to 1929 and 1930 rulings that taxed bank capital at the regular rate rather than the lower intangible rate, a practice deemed unconstitutional. Refunds are listed for Peoples State Bank Lawrence Lecompton State Bank Merchants Loan and Savings Bank Lawrence and Baldwin State Bank with amounts 8108 40 1478 89 2858 44 2983 98.
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Douglas County
Supreme Court
State of
Kansas
United States District Court
United States Court. Co
Peoples State Bank
Lawrence _ vie
Lecompton State Bank
Merchants Loan and Savings Bank
Lawrence
Baldwin State Bank
Two Girls Win Clothing Budget Prize Tour Europe
Nancy Grosbell and Mary Jeanette Irwin, both 17 from Petersburg Illinois, won the national 4 H club clothing demonstration title at the International Livestock Exposition. Their prize includes a six week European tour with stops in London Paris Interlaken Lucerne and Geneva. They will be coached by Mary A McKee and Mrs Carl Kirby and radio goodbyes were sent from Chicago before departure. They will spend nine days in Paris visiting fashion salons shaping the decree of the fashion world.
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Chicago
Europe
Nancy Grosbell
Key
Mary Jeanette Irwin
Petersburg
London
Paris
Interlaken
Lucerne
Geneva
Haney
Mary Jeanette
Mary A. McKee
University of Illinois
Carl Kirby
America
Warrant Issued for Cruelty to Hogs by Farmer Andrew Martin
County Attorney Harry Frazee filed a warrant late today charging Andrew Martin of 835 Lyons Street, a truck farmer, with cruelty to animals. The case involves allegedly sewing shut the eyes of two hogs that had been eating chickens. Deputy Houston Turner to serve the warrant. arraignment set before Justice R. B. Stevens. The investigation by Frazee and sanitary officer H. L. Burger followed reports the hogs ate fowls two weeks ago.
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Andrew Martin
Lyons Street
Harry Frazee
Martin
Houston Turner
R. B. Stevens
H. L. Burger
Cil
LaFollette enters Wisconsin governor race against Kohler
Madison, Wisconsin June 26 AP Phillip LaFollette progressive Republican announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. He is son of the late U S Senator Robert M LaFollette and brother of Senator Robert M LaFollette Jr. He will oppose Governor Walter J Kohler who was endorsed for reelection by the conservative Republican faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisc
Phillip LaFollette
Wisconsin
U. S
Robert M. LaFollette
United States
Walter J. Kohler
Bank to Close for Funeral Honor Wood Family
The Peoples State Bank will close tomorrow morning between ten and eleven to observe the funeral of Mrs. F A Wood mother of S A Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples State Bank
F. A. Wood
S. A. Wood
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Percy Hamilton Clark
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