Water Department Records May Peak In Usage
Lawrence water department reported May pumping at 55 091 000 gallons with daily average near 7 130 gallons and peak demand around 4 090 000 gallons during hot dry weather. The system served 4 723 accounts totaling 65 991 000 gallons pumped for the month. revenue and costs listed. A temporary six inch line and auxiliary measures enabled continued supply during the dry spell.
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Lawrence Water Department
Water Department
Mississippi Street
Louisiana Street
Twenty-first Street
Water department upgrades and street work near Twenty‑First
The water department lays a new line from Twenty‑First and Tennessee to Twenty‑First and Louisiana, paints fire hydrants with yellow bodies and red tops for night visibility, and reports two Kansas University purchases a lathe for $826 and a straper for $276. Six hundred feet of eight inch pipe were laid on Twenty‑First Street from Tennessee to Louisiana at a cost of $13,020.
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Ue Company
Twenty-first
Tennessee
Louisiana
Water Department
Kansas University
Twenty-first Street
Louisiana Street
Jones Home Robbery Case Ends In Court Shootout
Kener Myers and James Scott were fatally wounded. Harding went to the Jones home seeking an intent to rob. The case climbed to higher courts, but the district court’s decision on the robbers stood after appeals.
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Kener Myers
James Scott
Harding
Jones
Veld
Veterans Affairs Office Bustling with Benefits Claims
The Veterans Administration contact office in Lawrence served 764 veterans and families in May, with 122 benefit applications processed, including National Service Life Insurance reconversion and education benefits. April saw 151 applications, and year to date 120 applications filed. Derby notes high postwar demobilization keeps the volume strong as veterans seek information and prevent life insurance lapses during reconversion.
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Veterans Administration
Lawrence
L. Derby
Derby
Commutes Life Sentence in Murder Case
Donald Harding, convicted in Douglas county district court on May 20, 1933, of degree murder, received a commutation from Gov. Andrew Schoepppel reducing his sentence to 23 to 65 years. Harding was convicted of killing H. W. Jones on April 5, 1932, alongside two companions.
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Donald Harding
Douglas County Triat
Lansias
Andrew Schoepppel
Harding
H. W. Jones
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USA
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Montgomery Ward
Werdel
Veterans Administration Office
East
Santa Fe Trailways
Santa Fe Ee
Union Bus Depot
Uber National Trailways Bus System
Sottles
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Kansas
CaCola
Coca-Cola
Tae Ucay
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