Justice Marshall Claimed by Death in Topeka
Topeka March 26 AP John Marshall associate justice of the Kansas supreme court for 16 years died at his Topeka home after a prolonged illness He would have passed his 89th birthday next April 11 He helped lead prohibition enforcement and wrote Kansas Intoxicating Liquor Law He served as city and county attorney and was mayor of Howard later moving to Winfield Funeral services planned Saturday afternoon at the First Methodist Church in Topeka He was born April 11 1852 in Logansport Indiana and studied law at the University of Kansas He married Addie Hanks and is survived by his wife two sons Ralph and Claude and a daughter Mrs John Hersh
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
John Marshall
Kansas Supreme Court
Marshall
Ralph Marshall
John Hersh
John, Marshall
Logansport
Ind
University of Hipneas d
Guard
Elk County
Addienks
Howard
Winfield
Kansas
State Supreme Court
High Herd Leaders From Douglas County Milk Report
Merle Colman led Douglas County in March with an average 1247.8 pounds of milk and 42.7 pounds butterfat. Lester Stillinger ranked second with 1080.6 pounds milk and 42.2 fat, while Haskell Institute topped with 2163.8 pounds milk and 87.1 butterfat, milking thrice daily at 80.3 pounds per day. Colman also led February, marking the third high herd honor this testing year for Douglas County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colman
Douglas Unty Milk Testing Association
Lester
Haskell Institute
Douglas County
Lester Stillinger
Held as bandit suspect in Netanka bank robbery
George Wuthrich 30 of Louisville Kentucky was held in Holton Kansas jail as a suspect in the Netanaka bank robbery on October 4. He was arrested in Topeka after boasting he would not be captured alive. An escapee from Hutchinson reform school, he allegedly aided by Harry Martin who pleaded guilty and is serving 20 to 100 years. Officials identify him as one of two robbers who took about $1600.
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Holton
Kan
George Wuthrich
Louisville
Ken
Topeka
Wuthrich
Hutchinson
Harry Martin
Landsing
Varsity Theater to Close for Sound System Reconditioning
The Varsity theater will shut next week for repairs and reconditioning of sound equipment. Western Electric engineers will install isolite to improve acoustics and the theater reopens April 6 with Mary Pickford in Kiki. East Lynne with Ann Harding is booked to open at Dickinson next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varsity
Frank Barnes
Dickinson Theaters
Mary Pickford
Western Electric Company
Barnes
Lynne
Ann Harding
the Dickinson
Dickinson
Warner: Oland
Charlie ,Chan
Oland
Fu Manchu
Wildcats Secure Cage Victory in City Tournament
The Wildcats completed their season with a 5-4 record after last night’s game in North Lawrence. Both teams competed in the city tournament, finishing with a win and a loss in a tense finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Lawrence
Georges
Wildcats
AIDED LEPER COLONY MONK IRA TRAPPIST DIES AT 87
Ira Dutton also known as Brother Joseph Trappist monk who aided Molokai lepers for 40 years died in Honolulu after a long illness. A Civil War veteran, he joined the monastery in Kentucky and went to Molokai in 1886 never returning. He later sought eye surgery but suffered recurring cataracts before his death at age 87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Ira Dutton
Brother Joseph
Molokai Island
Hawaii
Gethsemane
Molokai
Illinois May Abandon State Enforcement Law
Springfield Tl Mar 26 AP The Illinois senate approved by 26 to 24 a repeal bill for the state prohibition law and the search and seizure act sending the question to Governor Louis Emmerson. If signed it would shift liquor law enforcement to the federal government. The governor has ten days to decide. Senator Adelbert Roberts cast the deciding vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Louis Emmerson
State Senate
House
Ilinois
Montana
Nevada
Wisconsin
New York
Massachusetts
Congress
Adelbert Roberts
Chicago
Deaths and Funerals in Baldwin Area
Obituaries list John Zimmers age 40 of near Lawrence with funeral Friday at Washington Creek church. Harry James Anderson of 1321 New Jersey street dies yesterday, service 2:30 Friday at St Luke's A M E church, burial Oak Hill. Mrs Owen Turner, 74, dies near Baldwin. funeral Friday at Ives Chapel with burial in Sutton cemetery. survivors include husband and four daughters and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zimmers
Lawrence
Washington Creek
L. E. Griffith
Harry James Anderson
New Jersey Street
St. Luke’s A. M. E
A. L. Brown
Oak Hill Cemetery
Owen Turner
Owen ‘Turner
Baldwin
Ives Chapel
Sutton Cemetery
Beaumont Foreman Convicted in Murder Case
A. B. Johnson, 46, teamster foreman, was convicted by a four member jury of murder for killing Ottis Lee Adams, alleged betrayer of his daughter Elizabeth. The verdict suspended a five year sentence, to operate only if he is later convicted of another felony. Johnson testified he believed Elizabeth had committed suicide to avoid embarrassment since Adams already had a wife in DeQuincy, Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
A. B. Johnson
Ottis Lee Adams
Daugter
Johnson
Elizabeth
R. L. Murray
Adams
de- Quincey
Rock Island plans 1.4 million bushel elevator add-on
Kansas City announces a 1 400 000 bushel capacity increase for the Rock Island elevator. Fred C. Vincent, president of the Sinfon de Shielde-Lop le grain company, says the project costs about 325 000 dollars and will finish by July 1. This follows a Missouri Kansas Texas railroad 1 000 000 expansion and a Missouri Pacific 2 500 000 project, boosting Greater Kansas City's storage to 50 756 000 bushels.
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Kansas Ciy
Kan
Mar
AFP
Rocksland
Fred C. Vincent
Sinfon de Shielde-Lopsle Grain Company
Kansas City Railroad
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Rosedale
Rock Island
Vincent
Kansas
Missouri Pacific
Greateransas City
Vollmer Resigns Chicago Post to Join California Faculty
Professor August Vollmer, long time crime specialist and head of the University of Chicago police administration department, resigns to join the University of California as a lecturer in the California political science department starting July 1. He plans to visit police departments in several cities en route and will arrive in Wichita late today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mar
August Vollmer
Department of Police Administration
University of Chicago
University of California
California Political Science Department
Vollmer
United States
Berkeley
Wichita
Surrender in Slaying: Son of RI Representative Faces Murder Charge
Elliott R. Hathaway of Fall River surrendered to the Rhode Island attorney general over the murder of Verna Russell, a Tiverton student nurse. Russell's battered body was found in a ditch, and a first degree murder warrant was issued in Newport. Hathaway is the son of Fall River state representative Louis Hathaway.
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Providence
R. I
Elliott R. Hathaway
Fall River
Verna Russell
Tiverton
Benjamin M. Mec Lyman
Miss Russell
Hathaway
Samuel Jacobs
Boston
McLyman
Newport
Louis Hathaway
Russell
Truesdale Hospital
KU to Debate LSU on Chain Store Question Tomorrow
University of Kansas faces University of Louisiana in a chain store debate at the Administration II auditorium tomorrow night at o clock. John E. Hawkins will chair. Burton L. Kingsbury and FrereEric Anderson will argue the affirmative that chain stores harm venereal welfare of the American people. Judges named Asher, C. Stewart, and others will preside. The season finale comes April 7 with a Kansas team meeting debaters from the University of Porto Rico, coached by E C Buehler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
University of Louisiana
Administration ii
John E. Hawkins
K. U. English Department
Burton L. Kingsbury
Frederic Anderson
Sory
Asher
C. Stewart
Kansas
University of Porto Rico
E. C. Buehler
Praise of Military Schools Highlighted at Washington Meeting
Frederick H. Payne assistant secretary of war addressed the National Association of Military Schools and Colleges at the Mayflower hotel in Washington last night. He cited advantages including male teachers providing masculine guidance and the discipline and respect for authority taught in military schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Military Schools and Colleges
Mayflower Hotel
Washington
Frederick H. Payne
Payne
Smallpox case leads to mass vaccination in Lawrence
A single smallpox case in Lawrence, Richard Schellhorn of 1729 Ohio Street confined at home, prompted Sunday quarantine of his house and vaccination of about fifty coworkers at the local paper mill by County Health Officer Dr. E R Keith. The report notes the incident as a public health response amid ongoing concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Richard Schellhorn
Ohio Street
Schellhorn
E. R. Keith
Editor seeks re election to Lawrence Board of Education
Geo J Kirchhoff states support for re election to the Lawrence Board of Education. He highlights four years with no tax increases, with ongoing projects funded, urges deferring expansions and non urgent purchases to lower future budgets, and pledges merit based service prioritizing children and city welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Board of Education
Lawrence
Sand County
New Pinckney
Cordley
Geo, J
Kirchhoff
Doctor Frank W Blackmar Ill With Influenza
Condition of Dr. Frank W Blackmar critically ill at Memorial Hospital remains about the same day by day. He was taken ill last week and a daughter from Long Neck New York arrived today. Three of his children are now in Lawrence with Mrs. L R Geisler and Miss Winifred Blackmar arriving earlier. Blackmar has been a KU faculty member since 1889 and retired in 1929 but still gives occasional lectures on sociological topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W Blackmar
Memorial Hospital
Blackmar
L. R. Geisler
Long Neck
N. Y
Lawrence
Henry William Taylor
Winfield
Winifred Blackmar
Kansas City
K. U
Failed Hitchita bank robbery ends without loot
Five men bound and gagged the Hitchita State Bank watchman Ed Allison at Hitchita Oklahoma, rolled a heavy iron safe to the back door but found no money. They held the guard for over two hours then departed. two passersby Bill Sevier and Alton Shaw were detained briefly and released as the alarm spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okmulgee
Okla
Mar
Hitchita
Here
Ed Allison
Bill Sevier
Alton Shaw
Fatal Wichita Car Crash Near Belle Plaine
A Wichita woman, Mrs. C. L. Martin, was killed when a car overturned on wet pavement two miles west of Belle Plaine. Two men Coney and Bickle and another woman were seriously injured. Merle Rule, 19, escaped with minor injuries. All were taken to St. Frendéel hospital.
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Wichita
Kan
Mar
Belle Plaine
C. L. Martin
Pinner
Coney, Bickle
Francis Sweringen
Merle Rule
Sees World on Dimes
Os cay. Bodenhausen of St Joseph, Ma, saved every dime after daily pockets were emptied for 27 years. By August he had $3,700 and began a world tour visiting Japan Korea Manchuria China the Philippines Burma India Ceylon Italy the Riviera Paris and London. He returned to New York with $350 to seed a new travel fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oscay
Bodenhausen
St. Joseph
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
China
Philippines
Burma
India
Ceylon
Italy
Riveria
Paris
London
Nebraska students convicted in liquor possession case
Fred Wickman of Tekamah and Warren Crawford of Lake City Iowa both Nebraska University students were convicted of liquor possession by Justice of the Peace E G Maggi and fined 100 each. Charges against three other arrested students were dismissed. Students have been suspended from the university. Announce Birth of Son Mr and Mrs Max Martin announce the birth of a son Arthur James on March 6 correcting a previous error in parents' names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Fred Wickman
Tekamah
Warren Crawford
Lake City
Iowa
University of Nebraska
Justice of the Peace
Maggi
Max Martin
Arthur James
Journal-World
A. J. Martin
All-a-Board musical comedy at Fraser theater
Tickets on sale at Greenhall for the W. 5.G. A. musical comedy All-a-Board to be presented next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at Fraser theater. Music by Milo Durrett and Bob Williams. Lyrics by Jack Feist and George Callahan. Cast includes Maurice Wildgen Doloras Gilsen with others from Lawrence and University of Kansas students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraser Theater
Greenhall
Milo Durrett
Bob Williams
Jack Feist
George Callahan
University of Kansas
Frances Wilson
Department of
Speech and Dramatic Art
Dorothy Johnson
Maurice Wildgen
Doloras Gilsen
Harry E. Haugh
Harold Hardtaker
Lawrence
Barbara Jane Harrison
Margaret Huggins
Katherine Newman
Marjorie Staley
Mildred Schmitt
Laurel Allen
Veneta Slepake
Harriet Shaw
Virginia Thayer
Don Burnett
Robert Milton
Dean Cochran
Bob Haig
Dick Hammond
Miss Johnson
Mila Durrett
Donald Ladner
Josephine Edmonds
West Side Study club meets at Patterson home
The West Side Study club gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. H. F. Patterson’s home with the vice president presiding in the president’s absence. Mrs. C. E. Libengood spoke on Samoan islands and their history and customs. Mrs. G. C. Wolf presented on United States harbors and waterways, noting Cape Cod canal, Chesapeake and Delaware bay, Muscle Shoals, Wilson dam, and Hoover dam. Twenty members answered roll call on spring flowers. J leaves for Chicago meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
8. F. Patterson
G. S. Seamans
Samoan Islands
United States
Great Britain
Germany
C.E. Leibengood
Congress
Conolidge
G. C. Wolf
Cape Cod Canal
Chesapeake and Delaware Bay
Chesapeake
Muscle Shoals
Florence
Ala
Florida Keys
Everglades
Key West
Las Vegas
Chicago
KU Coach Allphin to Attend National Meet in Chicago
Herbert Allphin KU swimming coach leaves tonight for Chicago for the national intercollegiate swimming meet on March 27 and 28 and a meeting of the National Swimming Coaches Association. He will discuss possible rule changes and other topics in college swimming. He expects to return home after the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Allphin
K. U
Chicago
National Swimming Coaches Association
Allphin
Associaton
Lake View Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Art Sparks and family from McLouth visited Lake View relatives including J M Grant and family. Mrs Mary Farley attended Lakeview school house event Tuesday evening. Dean Tiddler and family from Williamstown spent Sunday with Ralph Tiddler and daughter Bessie May. Wesley Brune made a business trip to Leavenworth. Joe Todd family moved from Mack Grant farm near Kanwaka. County health nurse visited Lakeview school house. Mr and Mrs Walker of Kansas City Missouri spent Sunday evening with their daughter Mrs Ralph Tiddler.
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Art Sparks
Carl
Billy
McLouth
J. M. Grant
Lake View
Mary Farley
Lakeview School House
Dean Tiddler
Williamstown
Ralph Tiddler
Bessie May
Lakeview
Wesley Brune
Leavenworth Wednesse
Joe Todd
Roy
Nellie
Lucy
Donald
Mack Grant Farm
Kanwaka
Lakeview School
Sere
Walker
Kansas City
Pleasant Valley County Union and PTA Events
The Pleasant Valley report covers the first quarterly County Farmers Union convention at the school house marred by muddy roads, plus a postponed PTA meeting now set for Friday March 27. It notes birthday celebrations, neighbors' visits, funerals, and social visits around Pleasant Valley with several families named and a plan for the annual county meeting at Memorial High School on Saturday April 1.
Valley Grove Social Notes Sparsely Reported Visitations
Valley Grove residents list visits and travels including Rollin and Alvin Smith and William Keller of Lawrence at Dan Smith home, Mrs Dorothy Champion of O Neal visiting Champion's, revival attendance in Lawrence, Mr and Mrs Glen Cross of Kansas City visiting relatives, Petrie family gathering near McLouth, Orin Smith visiting sister in Liberal, and Darlene’s casted limb update.
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Rollin
Alvin Smith
William Keller
Lawrence
Dan Smith
Dorothy Champion
O' Neal
Champion
Evelh
Ira Ward
Lawrence Ward
Glen Cross
Kansas City
Cross
St. Joseph
Chantes Petrie Jr
Clarabel Stewart
Shirley
Curtis
Kimmell and Borst
McLouth
Orin Smith
Lucile Lake
Liberal
Kan
Eleanor Champion
Evelyn
Lottie Ward
Wilbur
Darlene
Woman in 4 Weeks Loses 17 Pounds Fat
A 1929 Lewistown letter from Mrs. Fred Barringer promotes Kruschen Salts for rapid weight loss. It claims a 256 to 249 pound drop in four weeks with daily teaspoon in hot water before breakfast and diet tweaks like cutting pastry and fatty foods. The ad cites 85 cents for a four week bottle and a money back guarantee.
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Round Corner Drug Co
America
Local Residents Visit and Community Sale Report
Know Hill and Round Grove residents visited families here while school work resumed at Mount Oread. The community sale plan, first tested in Jefferson County, proved successful and will be held again in Oska loosa to help farmers sell surplus goods. Flu illnesses persist with several families affected and many others recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Eagle
Know Hill
Leonard Tarr
Round Grove
Rollin Smith
Mount Oread
Lottie Ward
A. Ward
Chester
C. W. Williamson
Kansas City
O'Hara
Harold Champion
O'Neal
C. Champions
Jefferson County
Oskaloosa
Dan Smith
Smith
Will Coffman
Foster
Will Black
Agnes Black
McLouth
Champion
Evelyn
Albert Ford
Ralph ‘ O’hara
Douglas
Tonganoxie
Millard Stewart
Topeka
Lawrence Tyrell
Normandamm
Williamstown
Sun
Stewart
United Brethren Church
Hehn
Glen Champion
Merl Ward
Sunnyside
Lawrence Ward
Mr. Ward
Local tailor urges supporting Lawrence manufacturing
R. E. Protsch, a Lawrence merchant tailor, argues that city residents should buy locally to sustain jobs and taxes. He notes a factory payroll of Lawrence workers fueling the community and urges prioritizing existing industry before seeking new plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Rons
Mac Tillea
R. E. Protsch
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Everett Fogle
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Frank W. Blackmar
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Pleasant Valley
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Parent Teachers Association
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Enid
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Nel Man
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Paul
Harold Howard Lynch
Moni Winchell
Catherine Tacta
St. Patrick
George
Mike Hade
Rosa Bell
Charles Seele
Clinton
H. D. Rothrock
Vivian
Otto Lackan
Eeere Lawrence
W. D. Howard
Edward Howard
Fairview
J. Maloney
Mildred
Fount
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial High School
Valley Grove
Fred Barringer
Lewistown
Dhe
Fai
Wien
Barbed’s Drug Store
Ak. Rigidaire
Shimmons Bros. Plumbers and Electricians
Copeland
Olson Bros
Postal Building and Loan Assn
Kans
J. L. Hersh
Pres
Schubert Funeral Home Ambulance
Swift & Company
Swift
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