Brazil, League of Nations eye new commission on reconstruction
The League of Nations council, in secret, plans an immediate study commission on reconstruction methods and membership, as Brazil fights for a say in a permanent German seat. British French leaders urged progress toward Germany's entry and shared Locarno peace work.
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Germany
Gettans
Argentina
Portland
China
Switeerland
Ieneva
Mar
Inte T
League of Nation
Vole Tecaulionen
Apaan
League
Brazil
Locarno
Chamberlain
Amaeren Chamberlain
Briand
France
Europe
Locama
Griand
Moat
Austen
Vtresident
Lawling
Luther
Strresemann
Th. Stresemann
View Stage as Wreck in Geneva League Crisis
Berlis reports in A7-CAP that many German papers call the League of Nations crisis a wreck in Geneva. Nationalist presses praise failed negotiations and demand resignations of Chancellor and Foreign Minister Strese. article discusses apportionment and broader implications.
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Berlis
Mar
Gerlin
League of Nations
Geneva
Tuther
Strese
League
Failure Creates STR Political Turmoil Feared in Geneva Action
London reports a clash over Geneva action as the failure to reach a lasting accord raises fears of escalating political turmoil. Officials warn the dispute could trigger regional instability and draw in allied nations.
Germany's Move Sparks Global Reactions at Geneva
Cries of mixed concern ripple through London and Paris as Germany acts, with Locarno signatories affirming their work while some press fear a League of Nations setback. In Britain, opposition gathers against Sir Austen Chamberlain, amid reports of potential censure. France labels the crisis a case of growing pains in Geneva.
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Germany
League
London
Locarno
League of Nations
London Times
Poland
Austen Chamberlain
Briand
Geneva
France
Governor owes ex-cook funds in Lawrence jail to start return trip
Anthony Lawrence, a former cook from Kansas City, arrived at Douglas county jail in Lawrence claiming Governor Paulen owed him about 900. Sheriff Cummings sent him home on foot after discovering the man was intoxicated and had arrived via De Soto after a taxi driver conveyed him, seeking repayment.
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Anthony Lawrence
Kansas City
Cook
Lawrence
Douglas County
W. J. Cummings
Paulen
Sherif Cunnings
de Soto
Te Soto
Chimmings
Nquora
Condition unchanged for Colonel Coolidge in Bridgewater
A 24 hour bulletin from Colonel John Coolidge in Bridgewater reports no new developments. His heart condition remains fair and temperature and respiration near normal though he is very weak and unable to take nourishment. He stays comfortable when undisturbed and endures pain with fortitude.
Wichita arrests for impersonating government officers spark probe
Jack Hay head of the May National Detective agency and once Wichita police chief was arrested for impersonating a government officer. Frank Shipler an operative was jailed on the same charge and more Haymen were to be arrested as U.S. authorities probe an alleged Wheat Growers Association information scheme. The scheme allegedly used false census taker identities to root out nonmembers and enforce wheat sales to members. A separate item notes Jr High School pictures for the spring edition of The Junior and the Muscle Shoals lease bid by Nitrogen Products of Seattle requested for the property.
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Wichita
A.T
Jack Hay
May National
Police of
Frank Shipler
Hay
James Fee
Jt United States Secret Service
Muscle Shoals Washington
Nitrogen Products Company
Seattle
Washington
Atusele Shoals Joint Congressional Committee
Case Against Ponzi Dismissed in Jacksonville Hearing
The case against Charles Ponzi for mails fraud was dismissed by U S Commissioner Carl Noble after closing arguments. U S District Attorney Goeber urged binding Ponzi to the federal grand jury on bond while Ponzi’s attorney Frank Brennan argued that specific intent to defraud must be proven.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Mat
Charles Ponzi
United States
Carl Noble
Goeber
Ponzi
Grand Jury
Charpen Laat
Frank Brennan
Interest in Oil Leases Sold by Chicago Petroleum Syndicate
Oil land deals in Illinois area show several leases sold today by Isa Wellman and Wills F Barker for Chicago Petroleum Syndicate. Leases cover multiple parcels in townships 13 14 and ranges 19 20 with 1 to 4-8 royalty terms and one year drilling condition. Some parcels include Carrie Cox Moore and Charles Cox transfers to A W Detlor totaling around 25 to 84 acres per tract.
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al Chicago, Petroleum Syndicate
Eudora
Isa Wellman
Elia Cox
Esle
A. W. Detler
Carrie Cox Moore
A. W. Detlor
N. E. & Less
Charles R. Cox
Wills F. Barker
Chicago Petroleum Syndicate
N. RE
N. W
N. BF
S. W
India
Trial opens on Matteotti kidnapping murder in Mussolini era
Italian court hears first prosecution witness in the Matteotti case. Dominico Vailarini and his wife confirm seeing four men force Deputy Matteotti into an automobile on June 11, 1924. A passerby Elisen Defea and two boys corroborate the sighting and the ensuing struggle.
Andrews Arrested in Tulsa for Transporting Liquor
Andrews of Tulsa Oklahoma was arrested on Victory high west of Lawrence after noon when officers George Price and George Reed noticed him driving erratically and found thirty eight gallons of alcohol in a Ford roadster. He was jailed in Douglas county on a liquor transport charge.
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Andrews
Tulsa
Okla
Victory
Lawrence
Douglas
George Price
George Reed
Thee
Auditors Find Unauthorized Expenditures in Two Bank Receiverships
Topeka reports auditors under Roy N. Bone reveal unauthorized costs in the Washington county bank receiverships. The People's State Bank of Hanover and the Farmers State Bank of Washington show excessive attorney and real estate charges, with misaligned salary draws and questioned payments to lawyers and brokers.
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Topeka
Washington County
Roy N. Bone
State Bank
W. T. Newman
Bone
Newman
People’s. State Bank of Hanover
Bank of Washington
People’s State Bank
C. E. Clarke
C. J. Clarke
Washington
Hanover Bank
Mr. Clarke
Hanover State
Deéonle's
Hanver
Farmers State Bank
Hanover State Bank
Freeborn
Baldwin
Trust
Edgar Bennett
Mgr
Wichita Plans New City Hall At Prominent Corner
Lorenzo Schmidt of Wichita was chosen by the city commissioners as architect for a new city hall to be erected this spring on a busy corner. The commission also passed an ordinance banning advertising stickers on car windshields.
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Winfield
Mar
Lorenzo Schmidt
Wichita
Kansas City Club Steward Queried in Krumm Murder Case
Police questioned Leroy Copeland, 82, assistant steward at the Kansas City Club, about the unsolved Edith Krumm murder near Overland Park. Investigators cite Copeland’s past theft and boastful remarks as circumstantial links while Loftus, 24, survived the Sept. killing after being shot during a car stop.
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Kansas City
Mar
Leroy Coneland
Edith Krunm
Overland Park
Kansas
Kruram
Andrew F. Loftus, Jr
Loftus
Miss Krumm
Krummiami
Copeland
Lanis‘o. Krumm
Lenexa
Kansas Reform School
Krumm
Krum
Lawrence
Acquitted Sevit freed in slaying trial at Garnett
John Ellison Sevit a former La Cygne grocer was acquitted by an Anderson county district court jury of murdering his wife in La Cygne in 1923. The trial drew a large crowd as jurors deliberated four hours after a six to six initial ballot. The case originated from Linn county with prior mistrial and a Supreme Court remand.
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Ottawa
John Ellison Sevit
la Cygne
Anderson County
Garnett
Scott
Charles Scott
la Greme
Linn
State Supreme Court
Youths contend cop slashed with assault charges looming
Police court heard Robert H. Brown a Lawrence track squad member was acquitted of a drunken driving charge after a speeding admission. Officer Vogler reportedly slapped Brown and struck Orville Baskett during a station clash as witnesses described blows and threats amid allegations of assault and battery. Lincoln woman murdered with hammer found in stolen car near Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Pri Vogler
Robert H. Brown
Lawrence
GC. H. Daugherty
Brown
Orville Baskett
Burt Faton
Massachusetts
Offcer
Fred Ingalls
Bond
Vogler
Ed Moore
Bas Aett
Worler
Baskett
Theaich
Habeas Corpus Bid To Halt Chapman Execution
Hartford March 17 counsel for Gerald Chapman murderer and mail robber seek habeas corpus relief in federal court to review the case. Chapman already convicted of Policeman James Skelly’s murder in New Britain on October 12 1924 faces execution April 6 unless courts grant a stay. Also Pashnnska and John Ramsey bound over for murder trial after preliminary hearing at district court. Seapets Radio Service Douglas Radio.
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Chapman
Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
Pashnnska
A.P
W. K. Hale
Osage Hills
John Ramsey
W. E. Smith
Fairfax
Seapets
Congressmen Say They Were Intimidated at Hearing
Washington March 17 AP Members of the House Agriculture Committee testified they faced intimidation from farm relief leaders in the Midwest. Rep Tincher Kansas and Rep Kincheloe Kentucky cited William Hirth of the corn belt committee who warned that parties would ignore agriculture at their peril. Rep Rubey Missouri defended Hirth and dismissed Kentucky’s claim of fear saying he had been scared.
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Washington
Mar
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Middlewest
Tincher
Kansas
Kincheloe
Kentucky
William Hirth
Columbia
Missouri
Hirth
Kinchelee
Rubey
Kansas Home Economics Association Plans Annual Convention
The Kansas State Home Economics Association will hold its third annual convention at the University of Kansas March 26 and 27. Topics include A Uniform State Course of Study and Education for Parenthood with speakers from KU, Kansas State Agricultural College, and other institutions. State officers and local units across several cities will attend and arrange accommodations.
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Home Economics Association
Kansas State Home Economics Association
University of Kansas
Florence Brown Sherbon
Kansas Bureau of Child Research
Mary H. Weeks
Children's Bureau of
Kansas City
Beulah Coon
University of Nebraska
Elizabeth GC
Sprague
Eliza Edwards
Parsons
Agnes Saunders
Kansas “State Teachers’ College
Pittsburg
Eva Fox
Downs
Margaret Justin
Division of Home Economics
Manhattan
Ethel Snodgrass
Hays Teachers' College
Hays
Tuwn
Hay Lawrence
Topeka
Emporia
Winfield
Wichita
Cafeyville
Sa- Hina
Dora’ Bryant
University
Iisiatank Sabb
Norton to Speak at KU Cornerstone Laying
Ton J. Norton, KU alumnus of 1894 with an LL B and Knox College LL D, will deliver the address at the May cornerstone ceremony for the new Union building. Norton, a former Santa Fe attorney and author, has long supported the university. the Kansas Board of Regents are set to attend the event.
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Ton J. Norton
University of Kansas
Knox College
Union Building
Norton
E. H. Lindley
Kansas Board of Regents
Wil
AID Mission School
Funds for Mission School to Come from Confederate Stamps
Lexington Virginia March 17 Confederate postage stamps cast aside after the Civil War will fund an American mission school in inland China. James L Howe, an instructor at Hang Chow Missionary College, travels to collect stamps and aims to raise 2590 dollars to establish a boys school in the remote town of Kin te h chen with a Philadelphia collector agreeing to buy all stamps.
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Lexington
China
James L. Howe
Missionary College
Hang-Chow
Kintehchen
Philadelphia
Mayor Holliday vows horse trough will stay in place
The Journal-World reports Mayor Frank M. Holliday announced the horse watering fountain at Ninth and New Hampshire streets will remain where it stands. Despite earlier traffic concerns and protests, city officials say the fountain should be preserved for its historical value and public use, and will stay put while community sentiment supports it.
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City Commission
New Hampshire
iHolliday
Journal-World Tool
Alassachusetts Street
Outromerous
Theodore Roosevelt
Ninth
Frank M. Holliday
Plan Night Course for Women at Lawrence High
Preparations completed for a combined night school program at Lawrence high school. Six lessons in advanced sewing under Mrs J S Daniels and six courses in home demonstration under Miss Elizabeth Meguiar. About twenty applications received with room for a few more, says Superintendent H P Smith.
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Lawrence High School
H.P. Smith
Elizabeth Meguiar
Smith
Engineering talks and by products in industry unrest
Dean P F Walker of the University of Kansas will address Neodesha Chamber of Commerce on industrial development and local possibilities. He plans Friday talks with Pittsburg business leaders on coke by products and Saturday at Oklahoma University engineering banquet. A second item notes Mona Marie Cosgrove seven dies from clothing fire in Fopeka. Efforts to help her failed. Another line reports a stolen harness trace via bloodhounds near Eudora. A fourth item covers township assessors keeping valuations near 1922 levels. A divorce suit was filed in Atwater Kent Radio-Hanna area.
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P. F. Walker
University of Kansas School of Engineering
Neodesha Chamber of Commerce
Pittsbursh
Univerity of Oklahoma
Fopeka
Kan
Mona Marie Cosgrove
Don Dillon
Dillon
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