Funeral for Kansas Governor W A Stubbs Set in Lawrence
Former Kansas governor W A Stubbs died at 70 after angina pectoris. Funeral arrangements led by Roscoe and Paul Stubbs place services in Lawrence at 2:30 Wednesday at First Church with Dr. AL Lion of Topeka officiating. Burial at Oak Hill. Survived by widow, two sons W R Stubbs Jr and Paul, two daughters and several sisters.
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Roscoe
Paul Stubbs
Zipeka
Lawrence
Charles AL
Lion of
Toneka
Oak Hill
Topels
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W. R. Stubbs
Kansas
Robert B. Stewart
Kansay and
Reecent Fowler
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W. R.stubbs
Fowler
Cole
Paul
Ottawa
Kang
Robertnetawart
Topeka
C.R. Sect
Sewart
Pasadena
Oseph Eddy
Kan
J. B. Kersey
Mulvane
de ‘Stubbs
Sweet
Walter R. Stibbs Kansas governor and political career
Walter R. Stibbs of Lawrence became Kansas first elected governor after winning the 1908 Republican primary and 1908 general election. He served in the state legislature from 1902, was speaker in 1904, and led party reforms. He sought the U S Senate nomination in 1910 and 1918, and governor nominations again in 1922 and 1924, with several losses. His Quaker ancestry and strong independence marked his public life.
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Walter
Roscoe Stibbs
Lawrence
Kansas
Law
Stubbs
Douglas County
House
Republican Party
United States
W. H. Thompson
Arthur Capper
Charles. F. Scott
Joseph L. Bristow
Stubbsl
W. V1 Morgan
Ben
Paulen
Paul
Quake
Spise
Kan
Repiabup
Governor Walter Stubbs Remembered as Fighter and Builder
Former governor Walter Stubbs, born November 7, 1858 in Wayne County Indiana, rose from farm work to major railroad contractor and cattleman. He graded Rock Island right of way, led operations with thousands of workers, and chaired diverse ventures in banking and agriculture while active in civic affairs and Masonry.
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The
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Kansas City
Reed in tribute to former Kansas governor Walter Stubbs
Topeka dispatch reports Governor Reed paying tribute to Walter Roscoe Stubbs. The governor lauds Stubbs as a citizen who served Kansas with honesty and integrity, calling him a western Roosevelt prototype and noting his broad vision and dedication to justice despite his death. The piece reflects on Stubbs’s high service and lasting impact on Kansas and the nation. Also included is a second AP item noting 1929 crop planting intentions. farmers expect 1.9 percent more acreage for crops other than cotton based on surveys from about 50,000 farmers.
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Topeka
Reed
W. R. ‘Stubbs
Kansas
Walter Roscoe Stubbs
Stubbs
Washington
Mar
Department of Agriculture
Kansas Weather Forecast With Fair Skies
Kansas forecast shows fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Morning weather reports for Emporia and Wichita indicate clear to partly cloudy skies elsewhere, road conditions improving as tadpoles noted. Temperatures and times are unclear, but overall mild with partial cloud cover.
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Emporia
Wichita
Douglas
Ross
Major Cygon Leaves KU for Baltimore posting
Major J. R. Cygon who has led R. O. T. C. work at the University for five years receives war department orders to join the third corps area headquarters in Baltimore Maryland. He departs soon after June 1 and will inspect all regular army activities in the area. Cygon came to Lawrence from Fort Leavenworth and is a Naval Academy graduate. He expresses sorrow at leaving Lawrence and notes many local friendships. He will be succeeded at KU by Major William C. Koenig of Fort Leavenworth Coast Artillery, another Naval Academy graduate, who will take over before school opens.
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Lawrence
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the- Coast Artillery
Koenig
K.U
Storm Deaths Reach Sixty Nine in South Kentucky
Floods and storms sweep the South causing 149 deaths nationwide with Kentucky and Tennessee hardest hit. Kentucky reports six dead, Tennessee sees the heaviest toll with thirty eight fatalities. A tornado kills multiple Negro children in Alabama, two in Georgia, and three in Mississippi. A boy dies in North Carolina and a family drowning in Perry County, with Union wrecks in Barbourville and Parkers noted. Rescue efforts follow rising crests on the Emory river near Harriman, as seven Boy Scouts and their Scoutmaster drown in White Creek.
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Louisville
Cumberland Mountain
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
Emery
Harriman
White Creek
Webster
Tennekentucky
Knox
Bell
Barbourville
Pentyepore
Perry
Rebels Take 300 Federals by Ruse Near Sonora Border
Rebels at Temosachic captured 300 federals under General Armenta by a ruse, posing as government troops and inviting him to join them. Prisoners were taken to Chihuahua City as insurgents reported heavy rebel losses and ongoing fighting around Mazatlan, Naco, and Rosario as other rebel and federal forces maneuver near the west coast.
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Carillo
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Mazatlan
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Ariz
Fausto
Topete
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Morrow
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Mexico Ciy
Francisco Manzo
Eugristo
Ain
Calles
Juarez
Chihuahua
Jose Gonzalo ‘‘Escobar
Two Men Identified in Lawrence Counterfeit Case
Local clerks identify David Abrams and Harry Clark as the men who passed counterfeit twenty dollar bills in three Lawrence drug stores. They were brought to Lawrence by U S Secret Service agent W H Davenport and later arrested in St Joseph Missouri after a series of counterfeit passes in Kansas City and Atchison. The pair, associated with Chicago and St Louis rings, faced potential arraignment after identification and were to be questioned by victims in Kansas City. The counterfeit bills were passed at Crown Drug, Round G arner, and McCollough Drug stores.
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Harry Clark
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St. Louis
Bane
Lawrence
W. H. Davenport
United States
Secret Service
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Kansas’ City
Atchison
Abrams
Clark
James S. Summers
Bill Johns
Crown Drug Store
Round Garner
McCollough
Missing salesman returns home amnesiac in Kansas
H S Nye, a Topeka salesman who vanished March 16, has come back to his family in Osborne. Dr H W Nye reports the man suffered amnesia, recalling nothing since disappearance until last week when memory returned in St Louis and he alerted relatives.
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Topeka
Mar
H. .S. Nye
H.W. Nye Osborne
Kan
May protest sinking of rum running ship
A joint British Canadian protest is contemplated after the sinking of the Canadian registered schooner I m Alone in the Gulf of Mexico, reportedly sunk last Friday by the coast guard cutter Dexter. Officials reveal Canadian registry, with both nations warning the incident could develop into a serious case.
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Mar
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
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K U Speakers Named for Fifty-Seventh Commencement
Two renowned figures in education will headline the fifty-seventh annual commencement at the University. Robert A. Millikan, Nobel Prize winner and Caltech chairman, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on June 1, followed by Clarence J. Cook Little, president of the University of Michigan, giving the Commencement Day address on June 10. Millikan’s career spans physics leadership and wartime science service. Little has led Maine, Michigan, and advocates for eugenics and population studies. The program outlines an alumni university concept and ongoing education for graduates through short courses or correspondence.
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California
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American Racé Betterment Society
Michigan
Final Lawrence farewell by Flonzaley String Quartet
The Flonzaley Quartet gives its last Lawrence performance at University Auditorium tonight at 8 20 in a farewell tour after 25 years of annual world tours. The group pioneered chamber music presentation and recordings, with tonight’s program featuring Mozart K 421 and other standards.
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Flonzaley String Quartet
University
Europe
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Phonograph Records
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Chamber of Commerce Members Tour Reuter Organ Factory
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce members will inspect the Reuter Organ factory tomorrow after a luncheon. The $33,000 Reuter organ built for Moody Memorial church in Chicago will be on display for visitors. Wives and other interested persons are invited to join the trip.
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Reuter
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Reuter Company
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Chicago
Graham Paige
Kansas Organists Open Meet Here
Kansas organists gather at University fine arts school for registration and visits to Reuter organ factory Lawrence Recital at Lutheran church by Lee S Greene with Mrs Moncrieff and Miss Crawford. Banquet tonight with Edwin Seder and Flonzaley Quartet. Tomorrow officers elections and a 1:50 pm university recital then Seder 4 pm recital with $1 charge.
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Alice Mon Rrigtt
Voice
Fine Arts School
Berne Crawford
Cee
Emporia
Union
Edwin Stanley Seder
Chicago
Flonzaley Quartet
Tomorow
First Presbyterian Church
D. M. Swarth
Seder
America
Guilmant Largo
Meta Murntsenior
University Symphony Orchestra
Karl Kueratefner
Ruth
Spinder-dunier
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Marian McNabb
Ser
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the University
Waldemar Gelich
Conrad McGrew
Kas Auersteinar
Donald Swarthout
Vie
Viaurel
Andrews
Marcene MacLaren
D. M. Swarthout
Fantasie Dialocnec
Ruth Ellis
War Theatre
Univer
Are
Alfred Hollins
Zimmerman
Jerusalem
St. Ann's Ave! Maria
Miguelmaru
J. S. Seder
Dunder Johny Kessler
Henri Mulet
De Rivera successor change feared in Spanish rule
Madrid March 25 AP Primo De Rivera head of the Spanish dictatorship issued a semi official forecast of government change and said he was not young enough to stay five more years. He noted that if younger he would have asked King Alfonso to renew his confidence for another five years. Berlin March 25 AP A cabinet council delaying a decision on Trotzky admission to Germany due to Chancellor Mueller's slight indisposition. Our store will be closed Tuesday morning March 26 from 10 to 11 for Mrs Rene Puckett funeral. Free facial at Palate Beauty Shop linked ad and milk promotion.
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Primo de Rivera
Spanish Dictorate
Spain
Alfonso
Trotzky
Berlin
Pace Trotzky
Germany
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Rene Puckett
Green Bros. Ee
Parisians Pass Foch Bier in Six Hour Deluge
Paris mourners lined the way from the Arc de Triomphe to Notre Dame as the coffin of Marshal Foch lay in state. In six hours about 25,000 processed past the mortuary chapel guarded by priests and attendants. Many thousands waited outside as workers prepared for tomorrow's national funeral services.
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Marshal Foch
Arc de Triomphe
Notre Dame
U S Automatic Fire Alarm seeks city franchise election
The U S Automatic Fire Alarm company petitioned Lawrence a franchise for twenty years with alley and street use and switchboard offices. A special election set for April 30 will let citizens vote to allow operation. Bond to cover damages. cost borne by the company. Demonstrations have been held at the hotel Eldridge and 900 block Massachusetts street.
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City Commission
Lawrence
John Riling
J. M. Johnson
U. S
Riling
Ely Talks At Rotary on Simplified Practice
E W Ely spoke at a Rotary luncheon on Simplified Practice highlighting reduced styles and smarter stock to cut costs and raise profits. The event also noted the primary election nominating fourteen board members for one year. W C Blanchard, now Kansas Electric Power president, was welcomed by Ralph Smalley.
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United States
Department of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Rotary
E. W. Ely
W. C. Blanchard
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Ralph Smalley
Blanchard
Kansas Flectric Power Company
Smalley
Bee Area Latearnetimes
Lawrence High School appoints new principal Baker
A special Lawrence board meeting named H L Baker of Manhattan as principal of Lawrence High School to succeed John R Barnes whose resignation was accepted. Barnes, in service since 1921, will finish the current school year as senior high principal and pursue doctoral work at Columbia University. Baker, principal of Manhattan High since 1925, was recommended by Superintendent Curfman after reviewing several candidates.
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Lawrence Board of Education
H. L. Baker
Manhattan
Lawrence High School
John. R. Barnes
Barnes
Lawrence
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Baker
Heen
W. W. Curfman
Columbia University
Myo Barnes
FH. Olney
University of Kansas
National Educational Association
Baker University
Baldwin
Kans
Kansas State Agricultural College
University of Chicago
Weton, Kans
Wellington
Manhattan “Board of Education
Colorado Towns Buried Under Deep Snow Drifts
A powerful late winter storm slammed Colorado driving extensive snow in the southwest and San Juan region. Mining towns like Silverton faced avalanches, rail lines were buried under 20 to 40 feet of snow, paralyzing traffic and halting industries as the storm swept southward.
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Denver
Mar
Sainous
Southwestrn
Collorado
Westerday
Californias
Southwest
San Juan Basin
Trafic
Silverton
Continental Divide
Durango
Interstate hearing on rail rate increase urged by shippers
About 500 attendees joined the opening session as shippers urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to curb proposed rate hikes. Examiner John P. McGrath led the March 25 proceedings focusing on originating rail charges and billed tonnage, with railroads seeking a 3.42 cent per pound average rise.
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Kansas
John, P. McGrath
Sipyi
Former Governor Dies Near The GapsTor State House
The 18th governor of Kan died near Topeka with the capitol flag at half mast. The former leader spent his last weeks in an apartment a short distance from the state house grounds. A correction notes an advertised price of 24.95 for Eastern suits.
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Ro Sabbs
Kanost
State House
Carl
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