Kansas Parent Teachers to Hold State Conference at Manhattan
The third annual Kansas Parent-Teachers Association state conference will be in Manhattan March 16 and 17. Prominent Kansans connected with child welfare will speak. Round table discussions cover child saving, juvenile court issues, school welfare, and home economics with many Kansas State teachers and university staff on the program.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas Parent-Teachers’ Association
Chili Welfare
J. K. Coddine
Warden Codding
Floren Brown Sherbon
State Board of Health
E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Leavenworth
June R. Chapman
Topeka
Eva Canning
J. S. Begis
Kansas City
Emma Moore Utier
Wichita
He Association
C. A. Neighbors
iEmporia
Kansas State Normal
J H. Clement
Jorctign City
Parenthood
Kan‘sas
Mary Pierce van Zile
Mary W. McFarlane
Association
J. K. Codding
Lansing
H. F. Klemp
T. V Weinhold
Lawrence Becker
Cherryvale
Emporia
Guy Varney
I. B. Parler
Hill City
N. G. Bennett
Haviland
O. G. Smith
Lillian Kunz
W. E.lowder
Lewis Helmreich
Political Control of Education, Claxton Says
Washington March 12 Politics and education should not mix says P. P. Claxton Federal Commissioner of Education. He argues their association in state school systems harms both and should be permanently divorced for education’s sake. He adds political parties do not differ in educational principles or practices as they do in moral codes.
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Washington
Mix P. P. Claxton
Veterans urged to boost ex servicemen in government roles
The American Legion in Washington calls for protecting veterans and expanding their presence in civil service. Currently only about 20 percent of 420000 civil servants are veterans, despite 85000 seeking gov jobs and 46000 recommended for appointment. Legion urges better adherence to the three eligibles rule and more selections of veterans by department heads.
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Washington, D.C
American Legion
Taylor
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Executive Department
Legion
National Legislative Committee
Aesay
Consolidation Likely for Government Bureau Relations
Washington D C March 12 Consolidation of the three government bureaus handling relations between the government and former service men is certain to be enacted in the upcoming Congress session, according to officials familiar with the proposal.
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Washington, D. C
Measure to ease veteran aid backed by Iowa congressman
Representative Burton F. Sweet of Iowa chairs the subcommittee examining a bill praised by American Legion leaders as the sole method to cut red tape for disabled veterans seeking government compensation and hospital care. Introduced last session, revised by Sweet just before adjournment. six states and numerous organizations petition Congress, with American Legion posts sending floods of support.
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Congress
American Legion
Targets Sent From Norfolk For Destruction At Guantanamo
Norfolk VA March 12 A ship load of targets thin little and mecha sized and made to float or fly has been forwarded to Guantanamo for destruction by the Atlantic fleet during the spring function. The supply includes 16 0590 pieces of target material with hex floats on decks and 14 inch triplets to be fired from dreadnought main batteries. Fresh joint maneuvers with the Pacific fleet are expected to show high skill with long nosed shooting irons this year. The crew, after welcoming Admiral Wilson across the Pacific, will have shore liberty to view new coastal cities and later Pennsylvania will lead the fleet north in April and return to home ports.
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Lebanonere
Pacific
Wilson Cro'sing
South America
Bluejackets
Pennsylvania
Jack
Take out that adv in daily want ads
Walter Varnum Ray Kokanour and Willard report quick response to advertisements as a farm rents and bedsteds sell quickly. The snippet shows how readers rely on want ads across the office, from morning calls to late-day inquiries.
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Walter Varnum
Ray Kokanour
Adv
Willard
Enjoy Parole Privileges In American Samoa Jail
Pago Pago Samoa March 12 American Samoa maintains a prison system where civil prisoners receive Saturday parole until six o clock Monday morning. They spend weekends visiting relatives with some traveling far. Parole rules were tightened after guards found prisoners ransacking naval officers quarters at Tutuila during their Friday night freedom.
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Pago Pago
Samoa
American Samoa
American Post
Tutuila
Love and Power Explosive Metaphor in Bates Lecture
Lewiston March 12 Dr Halbert H Britan Bates College philosophy professor explains why people fall in love as a natural instinct driven by physical and mental susceptibility and stimulating cues. He compares awakening affection to the ignition of high power explosives and cautions that after age thirty love becomes less about instinct and more about common sense and stable judgment.
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Lewiston
Halbert H. Britan
Bates College
Britan
Real estate transfers listed for Lawrence area
A long list of property transfers includes F M and wife to M L Perkins lots and blocks in Lawrence, W R Stubbs and wife to Stubbs Land and Cattle Co across several tracts, and multiple other deeds. Names such as Wm Hey, John Christie, Grace Laster, Henry Underwood, Chas Richards, Elijah Dixon, Norman N Chambers, Hetmer F Clark, Clark Prinele, John Schleifer, Rosa C Ise, Elizabeth Yarbrough, Alonzo Watters appear with varying cash or consideration figures and section descriptions across townships 12 15. 19 and adjacent parcels in Kansas.
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F. M. Perkins
M. L. Perkins
Bens
Lawrence
W. R. Stubbs
Stubbs Land and Cattle Co
N. W
Doha
Keles
Marr Pariée
S. Aeres Ts
N.Y
Grace Laster
Henry
Underwood
West Lawrence
Fred Lindley
Chas F. Richards
Lindley
Haskell
Chas. F. Richards
Leoti
Elijah Dixon
Alvin F Baker
N. E
N. FE
S. F
S. W
Township
Norman N. Chambers
Fred Chambers
N. F
Hetmer F. Clark
Mary Clark
Sinclair
Rosa C. Ise
Jeanette Wheeler
Lousiana Street
Helen M. Mitchell
A. B. Mitchell
West
Lane
John Schleifer
Caroline Schleifer
Northwest
Cornelius Leese
Elizabeth Yarbrough
Alonzo ‘Watters
South
Southwest
Angié ‘Leesé
Guardian
Alon
Watters
Tractor use grows in Kansas since the first demonstration
Topeka Kansas March 12 seven years after a tractor show in Newton the state has about 17000 tractors, says J C Mohler secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. The first tractor was to show it could outplow mule power. The 1919 surge boosted numbers 65 percent from the previous year. Modern tractors have replaced older locomotive like designs. With farm prices down the current rise is under a third of two years ago Mohler puts January 1 1921 gain at 20 percent.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Newton
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Hutchinson
Mohler
Pennsylvania Railroad to cut salaries to match conditions
Philadelphia March 12 The directors of the Pennsylvania railroad company adopted a resolution directing the executive offices to give prompt notice of the intention to reduce officers and employees salaries to align with economic conditions. No amount was specified. No officers named.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Unitarian Sale Offers Second Hand Books Weeklong
Lawrence Me bookstore hosts a second hand fiction and poetry sale to benefit the Women’s Unitarian Church. Held March 14 to 19 in the church study at 12th and Vermont, daily 2 30 to 5 30 pm. Many interesting books offered at very low prices.
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Rook -Sale
Lawrence Me
Sto
Unitarian Church
Penalties Less Severe for Illicit Stills Under Volstead Act
In Igasas City, Judge Pollock ruled that operating a still without a license is now a misdemeanor under the Volstead act with jail and fine penalties. Thirty six prisoners from Fort Leavenworth were released after being sentenced under the old license law, which the judge deemed obsolete. Dozens more similar cases are pending.
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Igasas City
Kani
United States
Fort Leavenworth
John C. Pollock
Federal Court
Brava court clears man who killed girl in suicide bid
In Brussels the Brabant Court of Assizes acquitted 32 year old Jerome Hermans of murder after ruling his act justified. He shot Coline Vandyck, 18, when she attempted suicide in Bois de Cambre after a love affair. He argued she was dying and he acted to spare her agony.
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Brussels
Brabant
Bois de Cambre
Return to Dress Conservatism in Paris Shows
Paris fashion displays for spring and summer indicate a shift to conservatism in women's dress. Several hundred American buyers, arrived for the seasonal shows, are more pleased than since the armistice began, due to the ease with which the new model adapts to American taste.
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Paris
Birds of Kansas urged to aid life, license cats
Kansas has a greater variety and number of birds than other states in this latitude, per a bulletin by state fish and game warden Alva Clapp urging preservation of bird life. It calls for licensing of all cats as birds enemies and notes other curious items from sailors tapping biscuits to a swift tidal current near Jura and Scarba, and warnings about hair dye in life insurance.
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Kansas
Pratt
Kan
Alva Clapp
Buick Plans Taller Cars as Times Change
A bold prediction notes that civilization shapes maturity and industry. the statement asserts that as automobiles improve, Buick will lead with stronger, larger cars, implying a shift in design and market expectations over decades.
Planning sales agency for farmers grain marketing
Chicago march 11 plans for a farmers national sales agency to handle grain will be laid before farmers in major grain states this month. The Farmers' Grain Marketing Committee of 17, appointed in 1920 by j r howard of the american farm bureau federation, will convene meetings to select delegates for a final Chicago session april 6 to ratify the improved grain marketing plan.
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Chicago
Farmers’ Grain Marketing Committee of 17
J. R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Committee of 17
Saetween
National Non-Partisan League meets in Minneapolis
The National Non-Partisan League national committee met in Minneapolis to finish routine business and fill the vacancy from William Lemke’s term expiration. Members from Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Montana Idaho Iowa Kansas Nebraska Wisconsin Washington Oklahoma Texas and Colorado attended. Tomorrow will include plans for next year’s organization work and discussion of the political situation.
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Minneapolis
National Non-Partisan League
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Washington
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
William Lemke
Olive Tablets as a Gentle Breath Freshener
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offer a mild bowel and eye effect serving as a substitute for calomel. The coated tablets are marketed to relieve bad breath with gentle but firm action.
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Dr. Edwards
Ee Edwards
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