Storm Toll Tops 500 Across Illinois and Indiana Area
Reports from Wednesday's tornado area show 13 dead at noon, about 3,000 injured, and a casualty list totaling 571 identified dead. Towns in Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana report widespread devastation with burials under way and missing residents. Hospitals strained. coffins scarce. relief efforts expanding with cash and supplies.
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Tennessee
Missouri
Murphysboro
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Frankfort
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Illinois
Princeton
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Gwensville
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Tornado Toll Rises in Five States to 799 Dead
A March 20 Associated Press report tallies 799 dead and about 3,000 injured across five states after a severe tornado and storm outbreak. In Steelville Missouri two robbers were killed and a bank holdup thwarted when a citizen exchanged gunfire with the bandits. one robber tipped off the cashier earlier. Architects from K U Union discuss plans for a University of Kansas Memorial building in Lawrence with a sub committee as contract talks begin.
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Associated’ Press
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Williamson
Tornado Devastates Southeast Missouri Towns
Reports from Perryville and surrounding hamlets Biehle Schumer Springs Lixville and Johna say six killed in Perryville area with children among the dead and many injured at a schoolhouse wreck. Death toll rises as Brazeau area and rural Illinois landseekers report losses and schoolhouse collapses.
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Johna
Brazéau
Brazeau
How the Storm Came Gorham March 1
A vivid recollection of Gorham on a dark Wednesday storm day. The piece describes heavy rain, a smoky wall, and a tornado-like event that hurled objects and even a cow into a restaurant. Survivors recount the chaos at St. Mary’s hospital and at the school, with stories of children injured but alive, a mother losing her infant, and families praying as buildings collapsed and memories of the disaster linger.
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Relief fund for Lawrence tornado victims tops 200 dollars
Mayor N Holliday reports Lawrence storm relief surpassing 200 dollars after a tornado devastated district. Citizens donate in small amounts across Massachusetts street blocks and University of Kansas student affairs committee plans a Monday drive with campus booths to collect funds for relief agencies. Two local businessmen contributed 100 dollars to the Red Cross with no publicity.
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Lawrence
Fed Cross
P H. Peirce
James Robinson
If. I. Walker
Massachusetts Street
O. Jacqmain
W. 0. Flory
J. W. Galdsborough
George Reed
Massachusett Street
University of Kansas
Holliday
University
Red ‘Cross
Good Roads Meeting By Chamber Of Commerce
Residents and farmers invited to a 6 30 pm Monday meeting on road construction costs and the impact of recent legislation. Frank Smith of the Greater Kansas City Goood Road Association will discuss state programs and local conditions. A chicken dinner will be served. reservations due by 9 am Monday.
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Frank Smith
Kansas City
Greater
Goog Road Association
Plan Dairy Meeting to Organize Douglas County Association
A dairy men meeting for the Douglas County Cow Testing Association will assemble at 2 PM Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce to complete organization and elect a board. Testers plan to begin work by next Wednesday, visiting each member’s farm to test milk and weigh cattle feed, using Babcock tests for butterfat twice. They will calculate monthly dairy costs and offer feeding or care changes to owners based on averages.
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Douglas
Chamber of Commerce
Religious discussion erupts in French chamber
Paris March 20 An Associated Press report says a rare post session melee broke up in the Chamber of Deputies during a debate on government religious policy. Premier Herriot defended the policy noting they accept Christianity in its pure form but not the Christianity of bankers.
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Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Missouri Legislature Votes Death Penalty for Robbers
Jefferson City Mo March 20 the house approved by unanimous voice vote a bill to provide the death penalty for first degree robbers.
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Jefferson City
Hhouse
Has Kell Institute Observes Health Week With Posters
Has Kell Institute gears up for health and cleanup week among Indian students. Three assemblies are planned on Monday Wednesday and Thursday nights in the school chapel with speakers from the state board of health Dr Nyberg Mr Burr and Dr Harrington. A health poster contest runs during the week with prizes from school authorities. A Kansas University health charter will be on display along with films and lantern slides. Students will keep daily health habit reports for twenty four hours and each department will pursue a health project. The campus will be cleaned and a week end report will appear in the Indian Leader May issue.
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State Board of ‘Health
Nyberg
Board of Health
Burr
Harrington
University of Kansas Department of Physical Education
Haskell
Lawrence High Leads Effingham At Half In Tournament
Lawrence high school led Effingham 10 to 9 at halftime in the second game of the intersectional basketball tournament held at Liberty Memorial High School gym this afternoon.
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Andy McDonald
Law
Rence High School
Effingham
Liberty Memorial High School
Commandant Changes at Fort Leavenworth School
Brig Gen Edward L King will replace Brig Gen Harry A Smith as commandant of the general service schools at Fort Leavenworth. Smith will be moved to Washington for general staff duty. Brig Gen E N Booth, then at Fort Bliss, Texas, will succeed King.
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Texas
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Smith
Fort Leavenworth
Oil Booms Prep Beside Buenos Aires March 1925 Outlook
Buenos Aires reports state wells in 1924 performed well and spur a bigger 1925 program with 156 wells planned at Comodoro Rivadavia and many borings in Salta and Jujuy. Refinery construction, notably at La Feris, progresses as oil industry expands. In New York markets wheat prices slide six to six and a half pence per 100 pounds, about 53 to 54 cents a bushel, amid Continental buyers’ distress over Australian wheat afloat.
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Buenos Aires
Associated Press
Comédoro
New York
Liverpool
Basketball Finals Lawrence High 28 Effingham 14
The record notes a basketball finals result with Lawrence High defeating Effingham 28 to 14. It mentions a separate line about a chemical product resembling glass perfected by a German inventor that can be rolled honed polished or cut without splintering, with a brief aside about Hanna.
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Hanna
Window Display Night Draws Crowds on Massachusetts Street
Merchants decorate windows for the second annual spring unveiling drawing large crowds along Massachusetts Street. Live models including University girls and a blackfaces comedian attract onlookers as police clear traffic from Seventh to Tenth. The F A U band and KU and Haskell Institute groups provide music, with windows lit tonight and tomorrow and hopes for a larger theater style show next year.
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Haskell Bang
Haskell Institute
K. U
Conference Opens Kansas River Baptist Rally in Lawrence
Delegates from about 150 groups are arriving for the Kansas River Baptist Young Peoples Rally at First Baptist Church Lawrence. Dr Walter Halbert of Manhattan delivers tonight's main address and Waimega delegates present a missionary play as tomorrow's closing. Devotional services begin Saturday at 9 with addresses by Dr G F Matthews of Topeka and Dr W P Behan of Ottawa at the banquet at church parlors.
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First Baptist Church
Lawrence
Walter Halbert
Manhattan
Waimega
G.” F. “Matthews
Topeka
W.P. Behan
Ottawa
Bulgarian thief jailed for 18 months in Sofia
An 18 month prison sentence was handed to a Bulgarian identified as R. C. Russeff for the theft of $1,500 in Liberty bonds in transit between two Ohio banks eight months earlier. American authorities tracked the securities by their numbers after a Sofia bank received cash for the bonds. The case concluded with Rusself convicted and the bonds returned to an American bank. The report also notes the British Museum’s vast, ever-growing collection.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Associated Press
Rusself
Sixty Mile Gale Rips Wichita Area
A winter gale roared through South Central Kansas beginning before dawn and reached speeds near sixty miles an hour by late morning in Wichita. Government meteorologist PL Peterson reported the storm's rapid intensification and noted strong winds across the region with scattered damage and downed trees.
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Kans
PL. Peterson
Government
Sijlecrubelat
Jooks
WAGON ICE CREAM VENDORS LOOM OVER LAWRENCE
At the third Lawrence city commission meeting officials debated allowing street ice cream wagons with a licensing fee and health inspections. Dr. H L Chambers urged abolition, while Dr. Rudolph and Richard Wagstaff pressed for licensing to regulate vendors and ensure public welfare. Mayor Holliday signaled a near decision to permit wagons, subject to fees and inspections.
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Lawrence
Frank M. Holliday
John C. Rudolph
Richard Wagstaff
G. R. Shultz
Kaw Valley
H. L.chambers
William Poulos
Kansas University approves stadium commencement plan
The University of Kansas cabinet approves a revised commencement schedule ending Monday evening June 8. The plan moves ceremonies to the stadium, holds events Friday through Monday, and includes a Saturday reception, Sunday band concert and baccalaureate sermon, Monday classes and diplomas timing, with two notable speakers: Dr. Stratton D. Brooks and Dr. Shailer Mathews.
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University of Kansas
Stratton D. Brooks
University of Missoni
Shailer Mathews
School of Divinity
University of Chicago
Automobile as a sociological force in youth life
Chicago report on a University of Chicago sociology study arguing cars disrupt family life and foster delinquency among students. Professors describe how cars enable unseen social interactions, with cases from student writings on how youths meet and pursue partners. A note on a Danish city leader tallness closes the item.
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United’Preas
John H. Mueller
University of Chicago
Prof. Mueller
Department of Sociology
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