Rankin and Ellis Prevail in City Primaries Vote Totals
Rankin and Ellis won the Lawrence city primaries with 1126 and 816 votes respectively. Frank Gedding placed third, Frank M Holliday fourth, in 15 precincts totaling 3285 votes. Late afternoon voting was heavy with 1204 ballots cast after 3 pm. two voters reported premarked ballots and received replacements.
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R. €. Rankin
Will Ellis
Wares
Lawrence
Frank Gedding
Frank M. Holliday
Rankin
Ellis Poth
Primishes
Holliday
Godding
Ellis
Elis
Lago
Journal- World
Kansas Farm Grain Stocks Drop From Last Year
Kansas state and federal reports show March 1 grain reserves lower than a year earlier. Wheat and corn stocks fall from 1928 levels while oats and barley also shrink. merchandible quality praised at about 80 percent for the 1929 crop with modest commercial movement expected.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Cafe Brawl Brings McHenry to Municipal Court
Hollywood scene ends in a cafe brawl after a party for James Cruze and wife Betty Compson. Newspaperman Murphy McHenry faces a not guilty plea for intoxication and creating a disturbance after being restrained by Dr Frank Nolan during a midnight lunch. Gilbert, present in earlier quarrel, says he knew McHenry but did not defend him. Wheat congestion in Washington prompts no relief within 60 days as Legge refuses to halt milling queues.
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Jfilmdom
Rth
Jim Tully
John Gilbert
Murphy McHenry
McHenry
Hollywood
Tully
Screen Star
James Cruze
Betty iCompson
Cad
Frank
Sunrise Court
Gilbert
Kansas City Voted For New Viaduct at Union Station Yards
Kansas City directors of the Kansas City Terminal Co voted to abandon opposition to a new viaduct over the union station yards at Oak street. An engineer was asked to prepare plans for a $350,000 structure after seven years of delay.
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Kansas City
Mar
Union Station
Oak Street
Kansas City Terminal Co
Lunch Stang in Southend Burns
Fire destroyed the Kirby launch building at 1828 Massachusetts Street and the roof of the adjacent South End garage, with Fire starting between the two and spreading rapidly. Owner Kitty Brockett valued her building at 800 dollars, Kirby’s fixtures at 400 to 500 dollars, and insurance was carried on Brockett’s building. No injuries reported.
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Kirby Launch
Massachusetts Street
South End
Kitty Brockett
Kirby
Woodland Pur
Smatit
Builders Association strike ends as agreement reached
Kansas City reports the building trades strike will conclude tomorrow morning with craftsmen resuming work on Builder's Association projects under a late today agreement. Independence notes the Sunday shutdown movement extended to Prairie Oil and Gas Company activities. ARKANSAS CITY reports 8 year old Marianna Goff revived with oxygen after an appendix operation and presumed on course to recovery. Leningrad notes a large collection of antique coins and other valuables stolen from the Russian Museum, with thieves entering through a skylight.
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Kansas City
Kan
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Arkansas City
Kan. Mar. Ti
Marianna Goff
Leningrad
Farm Board gets $100 million added in deficiency bill
Washington March 11 AP The $100 million asked by resident Hoover for the farm board was added to the first deficiency appropriation bill by the senate appropriations committee. The measure totals $171,869,377 to cover emergency government expenses and was sent to the Senate with Chairman Jones saying action would be sought tomorrow.
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Washington
Hoover
Farm Board
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Jones
Ford claims big New York money backs bootleggers
New York World quotes Henry Ford saying big money interests in New York back bootlegging. He notes liquor interests concentrate near his Dearborn factory since they know prohibition is enforced at the plant. Ford says editors and newspapers push the issue to control him, and he will not hire drinkers.
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New York
Henry Ford
New York World Today
Dearborn
Mich
Ford
House Judiciary Committee
United States
Aldry
New York News- Oaners
County to Begin Refunds on Highway 40 Taxes
Douglas county officials plan refunds of the highway 40 benefit district taxes after legislative authorization. The state highway commission sent about $16,000 December 19 to fund refunds and county officials outline methods to credit taxpayers. Three weeks work will be needed to compute and issue refunds and update tax rolls.
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Douglas County
Highway 40
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
C. C. Bowman
County Board
Bow
Pian
Topeka Highs Win District Debate at University
The Topeka high school debate teams defeated Holton at the University to clinch the district championship and the right to compete in the state finals at Kansas University March 21 and 22. All team members were girls. Topeka negatives Eula Lesch and Evangeline Fishery. Topeka affirmatives Dorothy Stone and Helen Walrason. Holton negatives Esther Fairbank and Frances Cockrell. Holton affirmatives Helen Ralston and Jane Clothier. The debate topic was installment buying.
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Topeka High School
Holton
Topeka
K. U
Eula Lesch
Evangeline Fishery
Dorothy Stone
Helen Walrasoni
Esther Fairbank
Frances Cockrell
Helen Ralston
Jane ‘Clothier
Marble grows weaker in Fort Scott hospital
George W. Marble publisher of the Fort Scott Tribune Monitor remained in serious condition after December hospitalization for appendicitis. A blood transfusion was given yesterday in a bid to build strength, but he grew weaker as pneumonia and anemia troubled his recovery.
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Fort Scott
Kan
George W. Marble
Fort Scott Tribune Monitor
Marble
Merble
The Long Trek lecture by Dr. Sutton at University
Dr Richard L Sutton of the University of Kansas School of Medicine will lecture at 8 pm Monday in University Auditorium. The talk is the third program in the community lecture series and covers the Suttons 47000 mile world trek with 300 slides from their voyage across Africa Asia and the Pacific. The trip celebrated Richards graduation with honors from the University of Michigan. The serial story runs in the Kansas City Star.
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Richard L. Sutton
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Sutton
Richard, Jr
Kansas City
Europe
Hamburg
Germany
Lisbon
Tangier
Genoa
Port Said
Gulf of Ade
Mombassa
Africa
Singapore
Federated Malay States
Sumatra
Saigon
Cochin-China
Cambodia
Laos
Annam
Indo-China
America
Pacific Ocean
Dr. Sutton
India
Richard Jr
University of Michigan
University
Byrd Greets America From Dunedin Radio Link
Admiral Richard E. Byrd spoke from Dunedin New Zealand greeting America after his polar voyage. The broadcast linked via shortwave wire and broadcast links, a vast rebroadcast system, and connected the U S coast to Dunedin as Adolph S. Ochs welcomed Byrd home.
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New York
Richard E. Byrd
America
Dunedin
New Zealand
Adolph S. Ochs
New York Times
Byrd
Ochs
United States
Admiral Byrd
National Broadcasting Chain
Pacific Coast
Hoover into conference on successor to Sanford
Washington reports the President will confer with Chief Justice Hughes and Attorney General Mitchell before naming a replacement for Associate Justice Edward Terry Sanford. A successor is expected within a month, with confirmation hearings and Senate action likely underway. Oil production in Tulsa shows a weekly decline of 380,890 barrels as the nation eyes a second oil tariff proposal.
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Washington
Hughes
Mitchell
Edward Terry Sanford
White House
Sanford
Tulsa
Okla
Congress
Oil and Gas Journal
Current
Local Woman Is Honored in Plumbers’ Auxiliary
Salind Kansas March 11 AP Officers of the women s auxiliary of the master plumbers association were elected here today. The mass ae plumbers will elect later in the ay Auxiliary officers follow Mrs Bert Ebersole Hutchinson president Mrs William Ball Kansas City Mrs 3 M Simmons Wichita and Mrs Arthur Olson Lawrence all vice presidents J E Lansdown Wichita record secretary Mrs Kepple Saw Hutchinson treasurer Mrs C Wilkie Hutchinson corresponding secretary Mrs Keith Agee Hutchinson historian
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Salind
Kan
Master Plumbers’ Association
Bert Ebersole
Hutchinson
William Ball
Kansas City
3. M. Simmons
Wichita
Arthur Olson
Lawrence
J. E. Lansdown
Kepple
C.wilkie
Keith Agee
California Quintet Wins In Basketball Tourney
London March 11 AP The MacDonald Government was defeated 282 to 274 on an amendment to the coal mines bill in the house of commons but plans to press ahead with its program until a censure vote on a major question. Prime Minister MacDonald said the government would continue despite the setback. The opposition cheered while some called for resignation. Earlier the Laborites had won a separate division 272 to 242 on a related issue. The central levy amendment defeated today added to difficulties over unemployment tariff and industrial depression amid Liberal leader Lloyd George urging a candid review.
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London
MacDonald
House of Commons
Ir. MacDonald
Baldwin
Labbrite
David Lloyd George
Death sentence for confessed assailant of aged couple
Kansas City dispatch reports that Allen Bradford, a Negro, confessed assailant of Franklin C. Pershing and attacker of the elderly wife, was sentenced to death by Circuit Judge Brown Harris after a jury advisory recommendation following a guilty plea. The report notes the Berkeley California Apple study on 25 cent apple sales, with red medium apples most popular in the west.
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Kansas City
Allen Bradford
Franklin C. Pershing
Pershing
Brown Harris
Beadford
Soo Ee Ey
Berkeley, Cal
Giannini Foundation
University of California
West
World second cooking school set for March at Orpheum
The Journal-World plans a four day cooking school led by Edna Ferguson from March 18 to 21 at the Orpheum theater, 1105 Massachusetts. The event runs 2 pm daily with doors opening at 1 pm no admission fee. Demonstrations and Q A will run from stage in full view with a capable assistant and daily market basket gifts from Lawrence merchants.
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Journal-World
Edna M. Ferguson
Orpheum
Massachusetts Street
Glenn W. Dickinson
Miss. Ferguson
Miss Ferguson
Lawrence
Merchants of
California clubs lead, Goodyears win to reach third round
The Los Angeles Athletic Club defeated Southwestern of Weatherford Oklahoma and led 23 to 10 at halftime. Olympic Club of San Francisco led Atwood Athletic Club 26 to 13 in the first half. Goodyears of Akron beat Laurel A C 32 to 17 to advance to the third round, with Oklahoma and Central Teachers of Ada Oklahoma awaiting Goodyears Wednesday.
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Kansas City
Far West
A. A.U
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Southwestern
Weatherford
Okls
Los Angles
California
Wilcox
Towa
Olympic Club
San Francisco
Atwood
Athletic Club
Goodyears of
Akron
Laurel A. C
Bridgeport
Mandeville Dock Fire Spreads to Ship New Orleans
A three block woolen Mandeville Dock on the Mississippi River burned late today. A fire started under the structure and spread to the Munson Line steamshipmunatires, forcing tugs Samson and Deluge to cut her loose and tow her across the river where the blaze was extinguished. Deluge caught fire but suffered only slight damage. No injuries were reported.
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New Orleans
Mandeville
Mississippi River
Mmunatires
Munson Line
Samson
Deluge
United States Stakes Cautious Position on Naval Pact
The American naval delegation opposes a security pact that would require the United States to aid France or Britain in a future war. They prefer no binding obligation beyond a consultative role, arguing it could pressure the U.S. to support France. French and British officials discussed navy tonnage, comparing needs and probing why France requires specific allocations, using tactics seen in past negotiations.
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London
France
America
United States
Britain
Palace Toda
Vare Withdraws From Senate Run in Philadelphia Action
William S. Vare withdrew as a United States senate candidate and urged supporters to back James J. Davis for the nomination. He also asked support for Francis Shunk Brown for governor as he left Philadelphia for Florida.
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Philadelphia
William S. Vare
United States Senate
James J. Davis
Philadelphia Reichstenn Organization
Francis Shunk Brown
Pennsylvania
Whre
Florida
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Far Athleta
Amateur Athletic Union
Stanislaw Fabiewicz
Knights of Columbus
Madison, Square Garden
Supreme Court
Alfred H. ‘Fowtiley
R. C. Hankin
Legge
Federal Tarm Board
George F. Shafer
North Dakotas
Southend
Tate Wire News
Fort Scott Publishers
Hudson-Goff
N. H.—Ady
Banke
Frotest
Board of County Commissioners
City of
Barker Avenue
Fifteenth
Triangle
Dodge
Bullene-Skinner Motor Co
Plumbers Auxiliary
Joan
Housekeeping
Oklahoma
U.S
Vare
Davis
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