Bitter European storm disrupts Balkans and Alps
AP reports severe European weather with snow and avalanches severing telegraph lines and rail in France, heavy snow in Germany, icy English roads, and storms across New England and New York. In Vermont a record storm fouled roads, stranded motorists, and left crews battling drifts from Rutland to White River Junction.
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Associated Press
Europe
Balkans
Chambery
Thonon-les-Bains
France
Black Forest
Rhine Vale
Jey
Germany
New England
Upstate
New York
Boston
Ayl
White Mountain
Massachusetts
Oil output increases across regions led by Oklahoma and California
Oklahoma daily average oil production rose by 52 519 barrels led by a surge in Gilatemna and Oklahoma City holdings. California increased by 4 500 barrels to 826 000. The Midcontinent area total reached 1 300 000 plus with mixed shifts in West Texas Kansas and Kansas as Eastern production declined.
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Okla
Gilatemna
Eraria Cott
Journal « Oklahoma P
Larbee
Rocky Mountain
California
Church Dinner and Guild Meeting at Presbyterian Church
The spring church dinner at the First Presbyterian Church features Rev. J. N. McDonald of the Kansas City Presbytery as speaker on “The Value of Proper Giving.” The Women’s Guild will elect officers Friday at 3 PM, with Mrs. B. Grage in charge. A teachers council dinner is set for Wednesday night, March 12, and the Sunday school class social occurred Monday at Mrs. Starcaniaer’s home. Midweek Lenten service at Trinity Episcopal Church will be led by Ven. L. W. Smith tomorrow at 7:40 PM. Kentucky’s five cent gasoline tax revenues for 1930 totaled $8,415.19.
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Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian c
Me J. N. McDonald
Brereabtery
Sas City
Givine
H. M. Beards
Kansas City
Women's Guild
L. W. Smith
Trinity Episcopal Church
Tomhorrow
Lindley Stanley
Pittsburg Normal School
Roger Stanley
Lindley
Berenice Stanley
Mildred Kasberger
Keith Sterr
Veral Neis
John Grist
Stanley Klopfenstein
DeSole
Hesper Friends Missionary Society
S. H. Davis
Ed Grob
O. E. Wotan
Gayle
James Rush
Hattie Rush
Lawrence
Oliver Daniels
Wreck at Havana newspaper plant. editor beaten
Havana March 10 AP Julio Gounourd editor of Ketikata a morous weekly was badly beaten today by five unidentified men who entered the plant destroyed machinery and tossed typewriters into the street Several shots were fired but no one was jailed Karikato was suspended by President Machado along with other Havana periodicals in January for alleged seditious utterances but was allowed to resume last week Bomb exploded at corner of San Joes and Infanta streets tearing pavement but injuring no one
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Havana
Julio Gounourd
Ketikata
Karikato
Machado
San Joes and
Infanta Streets
KU to test higher goals in varsity freshman game
Tonight at 7 30 in Robinson gymnasium the Kansas varsity and freshman teams will showcase possible future rule changes. Goals will be twelve feet high instead of ten, with a ten foot center circle and restricted access for noncenters until tipoff. Dr. F C Allen and Dr. James Naismith will officiate and record rebound and shooting data.
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University of Kansas
Robinson Gymnasium
F. C. Allen
K. U
Allen
James Naismith
Naismith
Deaths and Funerals In Lawrence Kansas
Mrs Wilhelmina Butler 31 of Miranean Ww of Lawrence police dies in Kansas City. Funeral plans to be announced. Addie Porter dies at 1013 Delaware Street with funeral at Second Christian Church. Burial in Oak Hill. Mrs Mabel Joy dies in Kansas City Mo with services in Lawrence. Esther Ann Raymond 89 dies in Denver after long illness. buried at Fairmount. She was oldest member of Denver First Baptist. survived by three daughters and two grandchildren. Scout troop silver tea March 15 at Katherine Smothers home. Kansas Electric Co declares regular quarterly dividend March 31. checks mailed March 14.
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Wilhelmina Butler
Mir
Anean
Anand
AIM
W. G. Hayter
Lawrence
Kansas City
Addie Porter
Delaware Street
Second Christian Church
Nineteenth
Tennessee Streets
W. 5. Sims
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mabel Joy
John Joy
Joy
Mabel Walpridge
Esther Ann Raymond
Denver
Colo
Andrew W. Gillett
Fairmount
Raymond
John Maurice Raymond
Colorado
First Baptist Church
Grace
Gillet
Thomas B. Hendrie
Irwin Hutchinson
Minnneapolia
Minn
Frank Jeffry
Katherine Smothers
Ilinois Street
Kansas‘ Electric Camer Company
Victim Found Murdered Near San Diego Kidnap Case
A Virginia Brooks 10 year old girl, reportedly kidnapped by a fiend, was found murdered in an isolated section of Kearny Mesa. Her body was wrapped in burlap when discovered by a passerby. Authorities investigate the brutal crime as details remain unclear.
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San Diego
Cal
Mar
Fiend
Rlv
Virginia Brooks
Alain Evil
Kearny Mesa
Luther Gustation
Fine de Cotitieg
Snow Covers Britain as Severe Winter Hits Europe
Snow and cold grip Britain with 22 degree London morning, as 9,000,000 tons of new snow fall yesterday. Rail and sea travel disrupted across the British Isles, with ice on roads and crews battling blizzards. Laconia ship encounters large wave injuring two sailors, one fatally. Central Europe, including France and Germany, faces floods and heavy snow.
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London
England
British Isles
Cross Channel
Cunarder
Laconia
Cornwall
Europe
France
Seine
Austerlitz Bridge
Germany
Austria
Scandinavia
Woodring Signs Kansas Bills In Historic House Scene
In Topeka on March 10 Governor Harry H. Woodring used a pen to sign two Democratic backed measures. One bill renames Kansas State Teachers College of Hays to Fort Hays Kansas State College, with sponsor Kathryn O Loughlin of Ellis County present. The second, by Rep Newkirk of Barber County, appropriates 10000 dollars to buy land near Medicine Lodge for a natural amphitheater at the site of the 1867 treaty signing with the Indians.
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Topeka
Mar
Harry H. Woodring
Kansas State Teachers College of Hays
Fort Hays
Kansas State Co
Kathryn O'Loughlin
Ellis County
Medicine Lodge
SAVE TOWN FROM REBELS IN BURMA ACTION
In Minhla village, Tharawaddy district, Burmese rebels attacked as volunteers mostly Christian residents armed with bows arrows and a few double barred guns repelled the assault. Several attackers were killed or captured while villagers suffered no casualties.
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Rangoon
Burma
Minhla
Tharawaddy
Reaching for the Moon at the Dickinson theatre
Doug Fairbanks stars in Reaching for the Moon a new Dick inson production at the Dickinson theatre. The modern Wall Street tycoon performs his usual athletic feats backed by romance sparked by Bebe Daniels. Edward Everett Horton as I elevates the comedy with sharp lines while an Aesop Fable and Movietone News complete the program.
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Wall Street
Douglas Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Dickinson Theatre
Bebe Daniels
Man “ I
Edward Everett Horton
Clain
Movietone News
Illicit at the Patee delights with clever comedy
The review praises the Barbara Stanwyck and James Renner cast in Illicit at the Patee. The plot follows a girl swayed by failed marriages to doubt love and marriage, then finds the idea corrected. Strong performances and witty lines leave audiences with a clean taste.
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Altho
Barbara Stanwick
James Rennie
Frogs Fuel Local Economy At Lake Okeechobee
Frogs croaking around Lake Okeechobee spur a busy industry with fishermen abandoning hooks for gigs. Demand for frog legs drives 12 1/2 cents per pound and daily earnings exceed 5000 dollars as producers target up to 3000 pounds. The scene depicts a thriving but unregulated frog trade in Florida.
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Okeechobee
Fla
Lake Okeechobee
Bank Warned Too Late in Earlsboro Robbery
Oklahoma officers warned too late to stop a bank robbery in Earlsboro that netted about 3000 dollars. Two unmasked men escaped with cash after holding up four employees and five customers. Authorities linked one suspect to a larger Hastings Neb. heist, with Jimmy Greighton named as a possible raid planner. Creighton’s wife faced Nebraska prison ties. cash found with their son drew further investigation.
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Earlsboro
Mar
Oklahoma City
Bank of Earlsboro
Jimmy Greighton
National Bank of
L. C. Mills
Norman
Creighton
Nebraska
Lincoln
Bell Labs official to lecture at University of Kansas
Sergius P. Grace, assistant vice president of Bell Telephone Laboratories, will give a public lecture at the University of Kansas on March 18 at 3 o clock. The talk, under the School of Engineering and Architecture, will showcase devices for scrambling speech and other futuristic instruments including a larynx, an electric ear, a dial telephone, and a powerful amplifier. Invitations have been sent to high schools and engineering firms in the region.
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Sergius P. Grace
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc
University of Kansas
University
School of Engineering and Architecture
George ,C.shaad
Kansas City
Mr. Grace
Plane crash kills three near Mounds Oklahoma
An unlicensed plane piloted by J R Hays of Wewoka crashed on a Casey farm three miles south of Mounds Oklahoma. Dead are Mrs J T Reed, David Reed 18, Herschell Casey about 23. Injured are J T Reed Jr 15 and pilot Hays. Hays hospitalized with internal injuries. Reed boy badly hurt with broken limbs. The group had spent the night at the Casey farm and planned a short pleasure ride.
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Hays
Parole Revoked for Roy Matthews Over High School Fight
Roy Matthews twenty two of 1345 Delaware Street was jailed after County Attorney Harry Frazee revoked his parole from the state reformatory. The action followed an investigation into a February 26 high school basketball practice incident in which Matthews struck University of Kansas student Ulysses Plummer, causing a concussion. Plummer recovered after hospital treatment. Matthews had pleaded guilty in 1927 to killing Pearl Nolan and was paroled on September 8, 1930 after three years of a twenty year term for second-degree murder.
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Roy Matthews
Delaware Street
Harry ‘Frace
State Reformatory
A. I. Ericsson
University of Kansas
Matthews
Plummer
Plmmer
Frazee
Ericsson
Alfred Docking
Topeka
State Whate
Pearl Noilan
Track squad returns to Lawrence after snowbound trip
The University of Kansas track team and coaches led by Dr. F C Allen and Brutus Hamilton arrived in Lawrence about 11 p m last night after being snowbound in Columbia Missouri since Saturday night following the Big Six indoor meet. They left Columbia yesterday in four cars while highway troubles stranded over forty buses and fifty trucks. The KU athletes aided stranded travelers during the trip lifting cars from ditches and guiding passengers to safety. The experience convinced the team that a hotel stay was less pleasant than travel with the squad.
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University of Kansas
F. C. Allen
Brutus Hamilton
Lawrence
Columbia
Kansas
Kansas City
K. U
Bienvenue Club Luncheon Precedes Bridge at Colonial
Mrs L H Menger hosted the Bienvenue club luncheon Monday at the Colonial before bridge games. Twelve places were set with green carnations and nut cups. Mrs T D Funk won the guest prize while Mrs Anna Evans took the club prize. Mrs A A Green Jr and Mrs Anna Tubbs plan a luncheon Friday for a south side group of First Christian church women at Mrs Green's home.
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L. H. Menger
Colonial
T. D. Funk
Waldo Durr
Ralph Tait
Edwin H. Lupton
Tait
Anna Evans
A.A. Green Jr
Anna Tubbs
South Side
The
First Christian Church
Green
Rural school aid bill favored by house committee
Representative Carl Gerstenberger introduced a bill to provide state support for rural school districts and ease their financial burdens. The measure, House Bill 526, emerged favorably from the House committee of the whole and faces a House vote tomorrow morning. The bill stems from a four year study by a school code commission. Sheriff Roy Murray and four deputies then headed for Wichita in a separate liquor case matter.
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Carl Gerstenberger
House
Ward
C. J. Lane
Douglas County
Gerstenberger
Leavenworth, Kan
Mar
Roy Murray
Wichita
TO FACE FORGERY CHARGE IN LAWRENCE RETURN OF CUSTODIAL FUGITIVE
County officers Sheriff Jack Dunkley and Deputy Fred Vogler brought Jack Curtiss back from Dallas after he waived extradition on forgery charges. Curtiss admitted writing checks at Obett's, the Golden Gate, chocolate alter and Johnson's store. The arrest followed a snowbound land trip from Dallas to Pittsburg, then Lawrence, with Chief W. J. Cummings providing details.
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Jack Dunkley
Fred Vogler
Dallas
Tex
Jack Curtiss
W. J. Cummings
Curtiss
Obett’s
The
Golden Gate
Chocolate Alter
Johnson's
Texas
Lawrence
Pleasant Grove
Pittsburg
Market Summary: Mixed Gains Amid Bond Offerings and Harder Trading
Wall Street shows a mixed day with gains in some names like American Can and United Corp while others lag. Traders note a cautious tone as professional activity remains uphill with sentiment favoring bonds and a slower steel mill outlook. Money markets hold firm as treasury withdrawals support demand for soldier bonus checks. call money renewals rise to 2 percent after a period near 1 percent.
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New York
United Corp
Insyes
U. 5. Steel
American Taephone
American Water Works
North American
United Gas Improvement
Public Service of N. 3
Pacific Lighting
Fecitic Gas
Bethlehem Steel
Byers
McKeesport
Gore Warner
Histric Autolite
Murray National Dairy
Calumet
Arizon Woolworth
Kroger
Sears, Macy
American Tobacco
Johns Mangile
International Silver
G. Trails and Oils
Warner Bros
Ows
Toselos
Wall Street
Hesper Residents Attend Meetings And Visit Kin
Local notes recount for Hesper area residents including nurse Nightingale Day observances in Britain. Mr and Mrs Raymond Stanley plus Mr William Meyer accompany Mrs Stanley’s sister to local events. Families from Eudora DeSoto Topeka and Lawrence visit, move, attend games, and host gatherings.
Market News The Day in Wall Street March paragraph
The market page notes electric power stocks rising on the Edison Niagara hookup announcement. United Corp Electric Power leads gains with other industrials, including American Cable, also rising along with merchandising securities and speculations. U S Steel shows a larger than expected drop beyond moderate decline expectations.
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Wall Street
New York
Bulle
United Corp. Electric Power Group
New York Ediison
Niagra Hudson
American Cab
U. S. Steel
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Eudora
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