Marshal Foch dies after long war leadership
Paris bulletin reports Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the allied commander who led forces to victory in the world war, died at his home after a long illness. Observers note his indomitable will and status as the foremost strategist, with tributes from Queen Marie of Romania and other leaders.
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Verdinand Foch
Fam Gereralisaime
Sis
Arrmies
Associated Press
Pershing
Himershivije
Madame Foch
Queen Marie
Romania
Weyland
Myron T. Herrick
France
Foch
Weygand
General Weygand
Sir John French
Ferdinand Foch
Marshal Joffre
Joffre
Marne
Non Winck
Paris
Fach
West
Marshal Foch
North ‘Sea
Belfort
Oyry
Germany
Hardshin
Stin- Serbumman
Stin- Serbumman.strurrlé
Seventeen Die In Canadian Rail Collision Near Parry Sound
A head on wreck between two Canadian National trains at Drocourt near Parry Sound Ontario left seventeen dead including thirteen passengers and five seriously injured. Most passengers were asleep. baggage cars telescoped and locomotives twisted. Helpers aided trapped travelers as a fire broke out in the Colonist sleepers. The line was cleared later in the day.
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Lorento
Ont
Mar
Canadian National Railways
Drocourt
Parry Sound
Office of
General Division
No.3
Oklahoma Governor Convicted by Impeachment Court
Oklahoma City reports Governor Henry Johnston was convicted on the first impeachment charge by the senate court. Meanwhile the Jolly Wren Juniors Club on station WREN announces its second meeting with Dr H H Lewis and Miss Jenny Wren assisting at the piano. The broadcast notes the first contest results and new members, plus a move to Monday meetings and a slight time change.
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Oklahoma City
Henry $. Johnston i
Senate
Hor Jolly
Joly Wren Juniors Club
WREN
H. H. Lewis
Jenny
Ruth James
Las
Plans for school pins and rings at Lawrence high
A Lawrence high school assembly will be held tomorrow at 10 25 a m under the student council. Students will meet in activity rooms for meetings and discuss purchasing school pins and rings. In Douglas County and beyond, Green Brothers shipped 48 Bob Whites quail from Snake Ring Brownsville Tex to aid stock.
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Lawrence High School
Quail Green Brothers
Douglas
Green Brothers
Brownsville
Tex
State Fish,and Game, Department
Lawrence
Weather Update for Kansas and Local Roads
Forecasts show fair tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions in the north. Morning weather notes call for clear skies and generally good roads with some variability in Douglas county. The piece mentions temperature readings and an ad segment promoting Chevrolet and Hudson-Goff services, plus a milk consumption prompt.
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Kansas
Emporia Fair
Douglas County
Rebels retreating north toward Chihuahua City
Mexico City dispatch reports General Escobar’s rebel army continues its northward withdrawal from Torreon and Escalon to Chihuahua City. About 25,000 rebels and the headquarters head toward Jiminez with mounting speculation on future engagements as Calles closes in, while authorities claim loot and exactions by rebels warrant extradition and civil action.
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Mexico City
Escobar
Torreon
Escalon
Chihuahua City
Juarez
Mex
Revolutionary Army
J. Gonzalo Escobar
Excobar
Calles
Mexico
Meare City
Mar
Plutarch Elias’ Calles
Chihuahua
Jose Gonzalo’Escobar
Chapultepped Castle
Portes ‘Gil
United States
Useonnion
General Escobar
Jaltillo
Bada’ de ‘Mexico
Rebels Capture Herd of Cattle Near Palomas
AP dispatch from El Paso reports Mexican rebels near Palomas Chihuahua captured a federal herd attempting to cross into the United States. Rebels reinforced garrison, took cattle from nearby farmers, and felled reported federal reverses in Leon and Guanajuato as Gen P Elias Galles moved toward Trapuan.
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el ‘Paso
Tex
Palomas
Chihuahua
iGolumbus
Mexico
Pancho Villa
S. Franco ‘Arias
el Paso
United States
Urias
S. Franco Urias
P. Elias Galles
Coahuila
Trapuatd
Guadajuata
Leon
Gulurlajuata
Irapuate
Mexico City
Guanajuato
Arias
Trapuato
Nnn
Brownsville
Pilot Seeks San Angelo After Tampico Delay
Brownsville—Capt. C. Eaker arrived at Brownsville airport after weather halted his dawn to dusk flight from Tampico to Panama. He planned to fly on to San Angelo, Texas, where his father lay seriously ill in a hospital. An important lodge meeting was planned for the evening.
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Brownsville
Tex
Krn
C. Eaker
Tampico
Mexico
Panama
Eaker
San Angelo
Spanish Students Fight Government Across Frontier
Reporters from Hendaye say the clash between the Spanish government and university students is growing sharper. Travelers note further repression could unite provincial students with those in Madrid. A prison nicknamed the university city is seen as a government project slated for 1930.
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Hendaye
Spain
Escape of Kansas City Prisoner John Murphy Sparks Search
John Murphy a 32 year old prisoner from Kansas City fled while washing courthouse windows at the county jail yesterday around 1 30 pm. He was serving a 90 day term for possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor after a February 7 conviction. A $25 reward is offered for information leading to his arrest and conviction. Authorities believe he may have fled to Kansas City and are coordinating with local police.
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John Murphy
Kansas City
Court House
Murphy
R. R. Rutherford
Douglas County
Wedell Declines State Posts to Keep Private Practice
Neosho County Attorney Hugo T Wedell of Chanute Kansas declined two state posts this year. He refused an offer to become assistant attorney general and later declined a role as state prohibition enforcement administrator. He said he could not abandon his private practice and his county attorney duties.
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Chanute
Kan
Hugo T. Wedell
Neosho
Roland Boynton
State
Wedell
Call for clothing by Social Service League
The Social Service League asks for discarded garments and household items as spring cleaning begins. Winter garments, furniture, bedding, stoves, dishes, and other goods are welcome. the league will store them for next fall and may call for items by ringing the Social Service hall at 909. The hall stock is running low due to increased demand from unemployed families.
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Social Service League
Want Road In System Four County Farmers Seek Addition
Four Douglas and Franklin county farmers appeared before the Franklin Board of County Commissioners at Ottawa yesterday afternoon to seek information on adding a stretch of county line road from highway 73 W westward to the Worden Centropolis road to the state highway system. Those present were Herman Pohl Henry Pohl Thomas Miller and Ernest Pohl. The road would be a joint project between Douglas and Franklin counties.
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Douglas
Franklin County
Franklin Board of County Commissioners
Ottawa
Worden-Centropolis
Herman Pohl
Henry Pohl
Thomas Miller
Ernest Pohl
Franklin Counties
Roscoe School District 44 Receives Superior Rating
Roscoe school district 44, five and a half miles south of Eudora, is approved by the state as superior. Information reached the office of County Superintendent O. J. Lane. Mrs. Thelma Haverty is the Roscoe teacher. School board members are Fred Laughlin Harry Werts and M. D. Star.
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Roscoe School
Eudora
Superior
O. J. Lane
Nty
Thélma ‘Haverty
Fred Laughlin
Harry Werts
M. D.'Star
Huge Reuter Organ Built for Moody Church in Chicago
The Reuter Organ company completes a mammoth organ for Moody Memorial Church of Chicago. Priced at just over 33000 dollars, the instrument features 73 stops and 4186 pipes in six divisions. Shipped soon, it is the largest Reuter to date and many parts are made in the local factory.
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Reuter Organ Company
Moody Memorial Church of
Chicago
New ‘Hampshire Street
United States
Organ Committee
Focal
Reuter Company
Moody Church Committee
Moody Memorial Church
Reuter
State forms three new commissions to govern utilities taxes and labor
Topeka March 20 Three new Kansas commissions began functioning to oversee public utility tax and labor and industry laws, replacing the former five member Public Service Commission. Clarence Smith remains on the tax panel. other members include Donald Muir Anthony as chairman and Rodney A. Elward. Public Service members are Jesse W. Greenleaf chairman Charles P. D. Shukers and Clinton H. Montgomery, with Charles H. Benson retained as secretary. Grant Wilkins and Johnny Bear named to related posts. C B Randall named attorney for the tax commission.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Public Service Commission
Clarence Smith
Tax Commission
Donald Muir
Anthony
Rodney A. Elward
Castleton
New ‘Commissions
Public Service
Jesse W. Greenleaf
Greensburg
Charles PD. Shukers
Independence
Clinton H. Montgomery
Wichita
Inelust Clay Bakr
Harry C. Bowman
Newton
C. J. Beckman
Parsons
Charles H. Benson
Wakeeney
Public’ Services Commission
Grant Wilkins
Winfield
Johnny Bear
Kansas City
Tax and Labor Commissions
C. B. Randall
Yearbook sales aim for 500 copies at Lawrence High
About 450 copies of the 1929 Red and Black yearbook have been sold in a school campaign at Lawrence High School where the goal is 500. The book costs $1 and distribution is planned for late May. Prizes of candy were awarded to Charles Smith George Crawford and Kathleen Asher for success in the drive.
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Lawrence
Charles Smith
George Crawford
Kathleen Asher
Sophomore Dramatics Club Meets at Oread High
The Sophomore Dramatics club at Oread High met at noon with sponsors Miss Dorothy Grege and Miss Gertrude Way. Pauline Ulrich and Margaret Brown read one word plays, with more to be read later. The two best works will be chosen for presentation at a banquet this spring. the club meets every other Tuesday.
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Oread High School
Dorothy Grege
Gertrude Way
Pauline’ Ulrich
Margaret’ Brown
Graham Paige
Three Missouri professors dismissed over student questionnaire
The University of Missouri executive board of curators ordered the dismissal of three faculty members for circulating a questionnaire among about 1000 students that asked intimate questions on sex and marriage. Max F. Meyer Harmon D Degraf and O H Mowrer were removed, while Mowrer remained as a student. The board criticized the inquiry as inappropriate and said it harmed public confidence in the university.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Max F. Meyer
Harmon
D. Degraf
O. H. Mowrer
Thich
Jesse E. Wrench
Russell Bauder
Lawrence Women Lead in Honor Roll and Choral Union Roles
The Lawrence Women lead the town’s honor roll and dominate the choral union with 46 members. University and Ottawa faculty contribute, while occupations span business, medicine, law, teaching, and beauty services. Forty-six Lawrence junior high students also made the two six weeks’ scholastic list.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Choral Union
Ifdrite Coxee
Mussim
He Business College
UU Wror
Balesman
Lawsilder
Fitter, Hers
Admini
Lion and the Mouse Play Tickets On Sale At School
Tickets for the four act mystery play The Lion and the Mouse by the Lawrence high school senior class go on sale at the school auditorium Friday night at 8 15 with reserve seating at Round Corner Drug tomorrow Best seats are fifty cents and other seats thirty five cents Eleven students have worked on the production under dramatic coach Mrs Bertha Wilson
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Lawrence High School
Round Corner
Bertha Wilson
Missing Byrd Expedition Members Located After Rescue
New York March 21 AP Larry Gould Bernt Balchen and Harold I June three Byrd expedition members missing since Thursday in the Rockefeller mountains of Antarctica have been found. Commander Byrd flew to their rescue. their plane was destroyed by severe winds on the ground.
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New York
Larry Gould
Bernt Balchen
Harold I
Rockefeller Mountains
Antarctica
Little America
New York Times
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Byrd
Applications for Europe Passports Filed by Brock Siblings
Miss Dorothy Frances Brock and her brother Lyle Nicol Brock, Kansas University students, applied for passports at the district court clerk's office today. They will tour European countries during vacation months as a gift from their aunt. They plan to leave Lawrence soon after school ends in June. Lyle is a senior and Dorothy a junior. their home is Glasco, Kansas.
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Europe
D. F. Smith
Dorothy Frances Brock
Lyle
Nicol Brock
University , of Kansas
K. U
Lawrence
Glasco
Kan
Jury awards damages in Topeka crash case
A jury in J H Mitchells division of the justice court granted W A Mathes of Kansas City 106.80 in a civil suit against C H Watson of Topeka over a February 7 head on crash on US 40 near Reno. Both sides sought 250 each. jury deliberated about 30 minutes. Trial held in a courthouse school room as district court used the regular chamber. The case is to be appealed to the district court.
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J.H. Mitchell
The
Justice Court
W. A. Mathes
Kansas City
C. H. Watson
Topeka
U.S. Highway 40
Reno
Mathes
Watson
District Court
J. Frank Jones
Julius Marks
L. L. Riling
W. H. Chariton
August Pierson
Jack St.Clair
Baldwin Mitchell
Fire Destroys Part of Barn at Tom Mifflin Home
A barn on 831 New Jersey street sustained roof damage and hay loss after a bonfire sparks sparked a blaze yesterday evening. Fire department extinguished the fire with no injuries reported.
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Tom Mifflin
New Jersey Street
Kansas University Plans April Heating Conference
University of Kansas will host a conference on heating, ventilating and plumbing April 9-10 with no attendee cost. Key speaker is Olive Frank of Buffalo Engineering, plus Kansas leaders and industry reps. Topics cover technical and business duration issues, with a full program including demonstrations and discussions.
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University of Kansas
G. C .Shand
School of Engineering and Architecture
Kansas
Hutchinson
Kent City
American Society of Heating and Vermulating
Olive Frank
E. Frank Heate
Buffalo
H. Sluss
Earnest Boyce
State Board of Health
Verner Smith
Department of Architecture
Apell
W Jean
School of Engineering and Architectur Response
Kansas Master Plumbers' Association
Tupy
Olive” Arenes
Ma Gottlieb
K. A
I Dixon
Consumers” League
Kansas City
jAfternoon
Chicago
Memorial
E. HH. Vind
We. U. Journalism Department
She
Kansas Banks er Farmer Movement District Meeting
Ottawa Kansas March 20 delegates from twelve eastern Kansas counties attended a district meeting on the Kansas Banks er Farmer movement. Speakers included former governor KE H Lindley chancellor T D Farrell and Dan Otis of Madison Wisconsin director of the agricultural commission of the American Bankers association.
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Ottawa
Kan
Kansas
Ken
Paulen
KE. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
T.D. Farrell
Kansas State Agricultural College
Dan H.otis
Madison
Wis
Agricultural Commission
The
American Bankers Association
State License Inspector Visits Lawrence Today
Victor L. King state license tag inspector visited Lawrence for a conference with J. F. Meier county treasurer on auto tag issues. He discussed the matter with county and city officers and issued instructions on arresting motorists who have not purchased licenses. Metsker called the visit a warning to drivers neglecting licenses.
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Victor L. King
Lawrence
J. F. Meer
Mr. King
Metsker
Mississippi River Crest Seen Near Levee Town
Near Quincy Illinois on March 20 AP reports the Mississippi River rises to its highest stage in ten years, nearing crest but below the 2 flood peak. Levee strain threatens breaches as seepage causes damage. crews sandbag creeks and firemen pump out flooded areas amid plant disruptions along the river.
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Quincy
Mississippi
Salling
El Dorado Theater Safe Looted After Holdup
In El Dorado Kansas on Saturday two men robbed the theater manager W B Rowell in his office during a show. They took about $500 from the safe after smashing the dial and escaping. The day’s receipts remained at the box office. The incident followed a holdup attempt earlier in the night.
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FL Dorado
Kan
Mar
el Dorado Theater
W. BR. Rowell
Atwater-Kent Radio
Henna
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