Stock market rally halts major decline in New York
A brisk one day rally steadies Wall Street after a brutal week, lifting prices by up to 15 points on key issues. Strong buying by financial interests and bargain hunters steadies activity, with volume near 2.5 million shares and several high grade railroad and industrial stocks rebounding.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Common
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Katy
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Rock Island
Prison
Kansas birth rate declines to record low
Topeka Kansas March 4 The Kansas state board of health reports the 1924 birth rate at 20.8 births per 1000 people, the lowest in state history. Total births were 87,718, down from 38,273 in 1923 as the rate has fallen since 1916. Dr Earle G Brown notes social conditions curbing natural increase.
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Kansas
State Board of Health
Earle G. Brown
Post of Health
Fault of Parents Calls for Censorship of City Entertainment
Kansas City grand jury reports an alarming lack of parental knowledge about youths and liquor sources. It cites arrests and 41 liquor indictments, urges censorship of public entertainment, criticizes justice of the peace courts as mere collection agencies, and blames parental indifference for rising indecencies.
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Countess of Cathcart to Surrender for Immigration Action
The Countess of Cathcart will surrender to immigration authorities shortly before tomorrow's habeas corpus hearing. A ten day liberty bond expired last night after she was ordered excluded for moral turpitude. she will be taken to the federal building rather than Ellis Island to avoid court difficulties.
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Countess of Cathcart
Theodore G. Rissey
Arthur” Garfield Hays
Eis Island
Federal
Ellis Island
Bondy
Hoover calls NY stock moves a speculative, intermediate swing
Secretary Hoover described the unusual NYSE trading as an intermediate movement not signaling a fundamental change. He said the unprecedented sales were speculative with no intrinsic shift in values or earnings, noting high employment and rising production and construction compared with a year ago.
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Washington
Mar
Hyver
New York Stock Exchange
Hoover
Unsettled Weather Signals Snow or Rain East and South
Forecaster warns unsettled conditions tonight and Friday with possible snow or rain in eastern and southern areas. Slightly warmer in the east tonight. Roads reported clear and good in major cities including Kansas City and Wichita.
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Emporia
Hutchingon
Selina
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Toroka
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Chamberlain outlines British stance on League expansion
London reports Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign secretary, warns Britain will not oppose a unanimous council vote on a permanent seat for non German nations. He says Geneva talks must consider Locarno results and Germany's membership without pledges on others, while Lloyd George urges broader invitation and US-Russia inclusion for League viability.
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Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
England
League of Nations Council
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Austen
Geneva
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Ramaay MacDonald
Lloyd Cearpe
Sir Austen
Lloyd George
United States
Russia
Old Jewels Spark Madame Hempel Dalliance in Debut
Friefa Hempel opened her program under distress as she addressed reports of purchasing the $700,000 emerald and diamond tiara once worn by Catherine the Great. A telegram confirmed the sale via a Soviet government agent. she plans to wear the pieces in Kansas City and Europe, where she will perform Traviata with a tiara, after earlier jewel robberies.
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Catherine the Great
Russia
Springfield
Mass
Gino A. Baldini
New York City
Beldini
New York
Mme. Hempel
Europe
Traviatti
Madame
Kansas City
Senator McKellar Charges Muscle Shoals Deal
Senator McKellar of Tennessee charged in the senate that a deal was made among the American Cyanamid Company Union Carbide Company and power companies to divide Muscle Shoals profits. He said he had no proof but asserted Morassia Tracks were present.
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Union Carbide Company
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Senator McKellar
Democrat
Tennessee
Morassia
Ninth Street Fountain to Go in Lawrence City
City officials plan removal of the Ninth and New Hampshire fountain once a landmark dedicated by a Roosevelt speech during Taft’s era. Mayor Holliday cites fewer active teams and growing traffic as reasons, proposing to relocate the fountain to a park while preserving bird and dog water access elsewhere.
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Taft
Lawrence
Halliday
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New York
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Mississippi
Ninth Streets
Sixth
Indiana Streets
Hempel Delightful at Jenny Lind Program
Frieda Hempel charmed a large Robinson gymnasium crowd with a Jenny Lind style concert. Her clear high notes and engaging personality carried a varied program of operatic selections, folk tunes, and encores, including Dixie and Home Sweet Home.
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Jenny Lind
Robinson Gymnasium
Lawrence
Possensen
Misa Hempel
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Mme. Hempel
Dixie
Miss Hempel
Ober returns from Lincoln convention in Nebraska
H B Ober, representing the National Clothiers Association, attended a three day joint convention of the Nebraska Retail Clothiers and the Nebraska Apparel Club in Lincoln. He heard leaders discuss plans to raise corn prices and noted Nebraska residents share optimism and a drive to improve daily.
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Nebraska Retail Clothiers and Apparel Club
H. B. Ober
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Retail Clothiers
Nebraska Apparel Club
Lincoln Hotel
Ober
Corn Growers' Association
Nebraska
Nebrashka
Lawrence
Mr. Ober
National Clothiers’ Association of Chicago
Protest filed to save gasoline curb pumps in city district
Garage operators seek to curb a city plan to remove gasoline curb pumps by July 1. A petition was started yesterday with mass participation from local business owners claiming 99 percent support. A resolution to be drawn by the city commission was ordered, while pump users in the affected area report broad backing for keeping the pumps in place.
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Massachusett Theet
A. Simark
Cone Mission
Kansas to Decide Intersectional Series With Board Action
University of Kansas athletic board will decide if the Jayhawks may play an intersectional game after the season. Dr. F C Allen plans to confer with Chancellor Lindley about the meeting and possible series across Big Ten or Eastern Intercollegiate conferences. If approved, three games on home and neutral courts may be arranged with coin-toss determining order. Proposals include Illinois or Purdue for Big Ten winner and New Mexico or Arkansas for Southwestern claims. Dr. Gurt Rosenow will speak tonight in Kansas City on Mental Health and Habit Formation.
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Columbia
the Drayhawkers
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Kansas City
Gurt T Rosenow
University of Kansas
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Lawrence to Host First Ever Automobile Show
Lawrence plans a March 11 automobile show along Massachusetts Street as part of a sixth semi annual window unveiling. Dealers from The Cleveland Sales Co to The Hudson Gait Motor Co will display, with traffic barred on the street to permit side by side exhibits. Herbert D. Hill chairs the event with J. M. Sanderson and Melvin Goff assisting.
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Chamber of Commerce
Herbert D. Hill
Massachusetts Street
Cleveland, Sales Co
Lawrence Bunk
Overland- Knicht Motor Sales Co
Butler’ Sanderson Motor Co
Hudson Gatf Motor Co
Architect Beal Urges Consultation For All Building Plans
Professor George Beal of the University of Kansas School of Engineering was the Kiwanis club speaker urging builders to consult an architect for any construction. He warned faulty chimneys and wiring cause millions in losses and said professional oversight ensures symmetry and dignity in homes and public structures. A second item reports Dan Morris found dead in an oats field near Council Grove after being dragged by a grain drill. skull fractured, body mangled, death recent. President Coolidge rounds out his first year in the White House in his own right.
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North Pole
Re' Amundsen
MacMillan
Chautauqua County
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George Beal
Beal
United States
Coolidge
Washington
White House
Belgian organist chosen to dedicate Kansas University pipe organ
Eminent Belgian American organist Charles Cobborn has been selected to dedicate the new pipe organ at the University of Kansas. The dedication is set for April 6 with Swarthout announcing Cobborn’s high distinction and noting his past leadership at major civic organs in Springfield and Philadelphia. Premium seats at Fraser Hall will be sold at 1 with around 600 capacity and no reservations. Plans include inviting the Kansas chapter of the American Guild of Organists for their annual meeting during the event.
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Courborn
University of Kansas
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School of
Fine Arts
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Orl
Orld
Grand Court
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Philadelphia
Belgium
Dean Swarthout
Univer
Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence
Fraser Hall
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The
American Guild of Organists
Local Chevrolet Dealers Meet in Kansas City Conference
W C Hamilton III and C W Go of Hamilton, Kansas City, attend the annual interstate sales conference of Chevrolet dealers and factory officials. The meeting gathers dealers from Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska as part of a regional tour following the New York automobile show. This is the seventeenth meeting since January.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Cport
Nebraska
New York
Refugees Back to Mexico Under New Treaty
El Paso reports that over fifty Mexican political refugees in the United States are to be sent back home following ratification of the Andrews Anti Smuggling Treaty. Isael Palefax, former Mexican foreign affairs secretary, says the return will occur after the treaty is approved. Palefax fled Mexico with Adolfo de la Huerta when the uprising against Obregon collapsed.
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A.P
United States
Isamael Palefax
Foreign Affairs
Mexico
Valefax
Adolfo de la’ Huerta
Obregon
Jackman asserts franchise rights in Lawrence rights dispute
G Jackman issues first public statement on litigation with the city of Lawrence over rights to install power and light in streets and alleys. He claims a long standing city granted franchise remains valid and argues the Kansas Electric Power Co challenges are aimed at shifting costs and harming consumers.
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Jackman
Lawrence
Aver
Bowersock
Kants Electric Power Company
Atdeaclan
Cleland and Stevenson
Bangas Electricair Company
Water Power Co
Conia
Raysas. Water Yo
Kansas Electric Power
Compem
Kansas Electric Power Company
Trustees Named by Lindley in Nelson Estate Plan
Chancellor E H Lindley of the University of Kansas headed a trio chosen to select trustees for the Nelson estate and daughter Laura Nelson Kirkwood. University of Oklahoma official Bizzell was secretary as the group closed, aiming to safeguard standards while advancing Mr Nelsons goal of a notable art foundation. A marriage license was issued in Ottawa for McCracken and Rodman with Rev John Watts presiding. A Brockton Mass man faced a blasphemy charge in court the day after.
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University of Kansas
F R. Nelson
Laura Nelson-Kirkwood
Nelson
Menger
McCracken
Adam B
Rodman
Ottawa
John Watts
Brockton
Mass
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