Balloons Over Arkansas Towns In National Race
Multiple balloons from the national elimination balloon race passed over Arkansas towns including Mountain View Cotton Plant and Searcy with reports of eastward movement. Detroit landed near Selmar Kansas after Thaden cited gas issues and disqualification threats loomed for Honeywell and Thaden for starting late with extra gas.
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National
Race
Cotton Plant
Ark
Kansas City
Maurice Smith
Mountain View
Arkansas
St. Joseph
Searcy
Missouri and North Arkansas
Marianna
Helena
Arki
Kas
Detroit
Selmar Kas
Huy Thaden
Thaden
William Naylor
Naylor
H. B. Honeywell
Herbert V. Phaden
Honeywell
Russell E.“Shaw
National Aeronautic Association
Shaw
Carl H. Wolfley
A. B. Lambert
St. Louis
Patrick
Army
Air Service
Lambert
St.Joseph
Yesterdy
Shadow
Weather Outlook For Week Begins In Plateau Regions
Washington report forecasts mostly fair weather in plateau regions with temperatures normal or above. Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys to see scattered showers and thunderstorms midweek with above normal temperatures. Kansas generally fair tonight and Sunday with slightly warmer conditions. Arkansas City roads remain good.
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Washington
Plateau
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Kansas
East Ight
Arkansas City
Kansas Leads in Meet at Memorial Stadium
With five events completed at 3 30 oclock the University of Kansas track team led Kansas State Agriculture College 30 to 10 in a dual meet at Kansas Memorial Stadium Conditions were ideal for fast times Event winners included Fisher and Waigwai of Kansas in sprints Pratt and Kimport of Kansas in the mile Ferguson and Graham of Kansas tied for high jump at 6 feet Brunkan and McGee of Kansas A in shot put and distance 40 feet 984 inches led by Kansas A in distance
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University of Kansas
Kansas State Agriculture College
Kansas Memorial Stadium
Fisher
Wongwai
Kimport
Pratt
Manhattan High Wins Sweepstakes in Live Stock Judging
Manhattan high school captured the sweepstakes at the annual live stock and dairy judging contests for Kansas high schools. Wakefield and Clay Center followed. Ray Gustafson of Hill City topped animal husbandry. Allen Bentley of Washburn Rural led grain judging. Lester Henn of St George high in dairy. Walter Buell of Miltonvale won poultry honors. Top all around scorers named: Tom Bentley Manhattan Samuel Alsop Wakefield Lowell Williams Manhattan Alvin Morgan Washburn Rural Benton Adelpohl Argonia Earl Johnson Norton John Parry Linwood Jonathan Nottingham Lawrence Glenn Dittmer Clay Center Ralph Travis Manhattan Ege.
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Ray Gustafson
Lowell Williams
Manhattan
Alvin Morgan
Washburn Rural
Topeka
Benton Adelpohl
Argonia
Rural
Earl Johnson
Norton
John Parry
Linwood
Jonathan Nottingham
Lawrence
Glenn Dittmer
Clay Center
Ralph Travis
Ege
Exports Heavy in May Trade With Russia Leads Rise
Washington reports exports in May totaled about 250 million dollars in goods from the United States. March figures show imports and exports higher than 1924, with U S imports from Russia doubling and exports to Russia more than doubling. While Europe purchases were about half the U S outlay, total world trade rose for March 1925 versus March 1924, though North American imports dipped versus last year.
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Washington
United States
Europe
North America
Russia
KFEU to Broadcast KU Station Schedule Details
KFEU will broadcast its semi weekly program Monday evening starting at 6 50 o clock The lineup includes piano tuning in announcements at 6 50 p m music at 7 00 p m with singers Helen Beard contralto and others performing pieces by Sprouse Needham La Forge and more An instrumental segment features Francis Robinson violin Then at 4 15 p m The Buried Treasures of Kansas continues with The Story of the Oil Fields by Prof R S Knappen At 7 30 p m Shakespeare's London and at 7 45 p m Elementary Spanish Lesson XVIII
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University “of Kansas
KFEU
Helen Beard
Sprouse
Needham
la Forge
Francis Robinson
Rensky- Korschaff-Franko
Rameau
Granados-Kreisler
Kansas
R.S. Knappen
Shakespeare
London
L.- E. Sisson
Lawrence teens shine in state piano contest at Emporia
Janet Coulson, fifteen, sophomore at Lawrence High, placed second in the state piano contest with Schumann’s Novelette. Pupiled by Prof Howard Taylor, she was the sole Lawrence entrant. Carl Eriksen won third in trombone. he is a junior. C of C directors to meet at noon Wednesday.
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Janet Coulson
Emporia
Schumann
Miss Coulson
Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Howard Taylor
Virginia Arnold
Carl ‘Ahlers Eriksen
G. J.’Eriksen
Law
Dog Must Help Earn The Alimony
In Los Angeles on May 2, the superior court ruled that Art Acord may use the family dog to earn part of the alimony. Mrs. Acord seeks temporary alimony pending divorce from the screen actor, but the court held the household pet is community property and may be used in studios for income toward alimony.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Art Acord
Communists Said to Have 4000 Armed Men in Sofia Plot
Sofia dispatches report at a court martial over the Sofia cathedral bombing that Peter Zadgorski confessed to being bribed by Communists to place bombs. He testified 4000 armed Communists were ready to back a revolution, and lists of principal defendants include Marco Friedmann, Colonel Koef, and Kamboulof and Daskalof. Authorities also implicate a former premier’s wife and note Communist influence in education.
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Berlin
Sofia
Peter Zadgorski
Sveti Kral
Zadgorski
Russia
Marco Friedmann
Koef
Kamboulof
Daskalof
Failure to ID Gary woman as Desidari in morgue find
Gary Indiana May 2 The supposed body in Chesterton morgue is not Mrs Josephine Desidari 21 of Gary. Dr G F Lane Gary dentist confirmed teeth did not match her chart. Miller, husband, identified differences and stated he has not seen the slain woman. He will be taken to Fort Wayne for further inquiry into his wife’s disappearance.
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Gary
Ind
Chesterton
Josephine Desidari
G. F. Lane
Desidario
Furnessville ‘Road
Miller
Ft. Wayne
Baseball results across American and National Leagues
The day’s games feature mixed AL results with New York and Boston scoring in tight contests and St Louis trailing Chicago. All teams show variable pitching and offense with several home runs including Ring, Carlson, Burrus, Meadows, Fournier, and Taylor, against uneven defenses and late rallies across multiple venues.
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New York
Boston
Jones
Shawkey
O’neil
Schang
Wipefield
Picinich
St. Louis
Chicago
Danforth
Vangilder
Severeid
Faber
Schalk
Detroit
Cleveland
Gason
Donohue
Benton
Biemiller
Sheehan
Wingo
Douglass
Meadows
Smith
Guyler
Brooklyn
Vance
Grimes
Deberry
Taylor
Nehl
Scott
Snyder
Fournier
Riffians Attack Fez Front in Troubled Morocco
Moroccan tribesmen under Abd-el-Krim attack the French zone along a sixty mile front from Fez toward Rabat. French posts in block houses brace as rebels converge toward Fez, while officials note eastward advances and a defensive front forming. The revolt follows Spain's Morocco withdrawal and Abd-el-Krim’s long campaign, with younger brother Si Mohammean leading forces into the French zone.
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Fez
Morocco
Associated, Press
Abd-el- Kum
Zonne
Rabat
Associated Press
Tissaf
Si Mohammean
Abd-El-Krim
Abd-Elkrim
Spain
Abd-Hikrim
Revival of work clothing plant eyed in Lawrence plan
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce advertises for machine operators as A C G Barrow Company considers Lawrence for a new plant with sixty machines and a payroll near seventy five thousand dollars annually. A job list seeks experienced shirt and overall makers, with replies to the chamber secretary. Also details on W C T U county institute and a Mother’s Day program, plus a marriage license, and a Lawrence school board meeting notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C. Barrow Co
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
A. L. Wardlaw
A. C G. Barrow Company
New York
United States
Kansas City
Married life shattered by golf abuse
Mrs Berth Hax Auld told Joseph Sabbath she seeks a divorce from Dr Joseph Maxwell Auld alleging two incidents of loneliness caused by golf leading her to beg to accompany him around the links and being struck, with events dating back to 1903 in St Joseph Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Berth Hax Auld
Joseph
Joseph Maxwell Auld
Barres
St. Joseph
Lawrence Chamber Plans Hotel Fund Drive Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce sponsors a Tuesday noon luncheon open to all Lawrence residents to discuss finishing the 50 000 hotel fund. With 343 000 to 405 000 already secured, the group aims to raise the remaining amount quickly so construction can begin, as meetings set for Monday at 9 30 am and next week target completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Committee of
Lecture on Russian Art by Prof Kaun at Fraser Hall
Prof Alexander Kaun of the Slavic Languages department at the University of California will lecture on Russian art Monday night at 8 at Fraser Hall. The public is invited to attend as he travels through several university towns discussing Russian art with a collection of stereoptic depictions of writers, composers, statesmen, and other figures who shaped Russian art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Kaun
Department of
Slavic Languages
University of California
Fraser Hall
Kaun
Europe
Kaunis
Russia
University of Petrograd
United States
Warm April tops records at local station in 1915 history
April ended Thursday as the warmest since 1915, with an average 60.13 degrees against a 54.72 normal. The month yielded a 66-degree low, tying the station’s all time high minimum set in 1878, while the 4 degree maximum occurred on the 12th and 22nd. Glenna Collett, former American champion, beat Cyril Tolley in Stoke Poges by one up after trailing late. Ruth Adair travels to Kansas City for a Phi Delta Delta installation dinner and dance at the Kansas City Athletic Club.
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Stoke Poges
England
Maly
Associated Press
Glenna Collett
Cyril Tolley
Miss Collett
Ruth Adairs
Kansas City
Phi Delta Delta
Kansas City School of Law
District Court to Open Monday for May Term
The May term of the district court will open Monday at 9 o'clock with a jury meeting at that hour. Several criminal cases are set for trial including the case against C F Bossie over a bigamous marriage, with action possible. Naturalization hearings are also scheduled, and a civil docket may be set by Judge Hugh Means after a Monday meeting with city attorneys. A Tuesday criminal docket includes theft and liquor cases. Fire department collision reported at Eighth and Kentucky streets leaves both drivers uninjured. Local boy Chester Jones places second in a Baker University golf tournament with Charles Buck winning.
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C. F Bossie
Emma Il Walmsley
Maybelle Boksi
Bessie
Omaha, Neb
State
Harry Boyle
S. I. Stone
Theron Myers
William Zweifel
Pred Carson
Eugene Washington
F. H.klock
Howard Phillips
Michael Schultz
James Naiismith
Maude Naismith
Julius Kehn
Frances Spencer
Ferdinand Kropf
William Verney
Eva Verney
Nicholaas Douvas
Lawrence
Charles Kaiser
Eudora
Hugh Means
Dorothy Long
David Tenpenny
Louis Brown
Carl Swanson
Lennie Lyons
Fearg
Harlan Conrad
Parker
Kansas
Eighth and
Kentucky Street
Eighth Street
Kentucky
Chester Jones
He T. Jones
Hell At
Baker University
Charles Buck
Topeka
Jones
Buck
Two New Patrolmen Appointed in Lawrence Police Force
Chief Ben Douglas announced the appointment of M. E. Hanks and J. Rook Woodward to fill vacancies in the Lawrence police department. The city press notes accompanying the changes reference existing staffers T. F. Fields and W. E. Maulkey as part of the force. Pancho Villa Retains Title After 15 Rounds in Manila Match.
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M. E. Hanks
J. “Rook” Woodward
Lawrence
Ben Douglas
T. F. Fields
W. E. Maulkey
Douglas
Pancho Villa
Manila
Associated Press
Sencio
Villa
Farrell to head Ag College GIE in Kansas
Topeka Kansas May 2 Dr F D Farrell acting president of the state agricultural college will become president next July 1 as announced by Dr C G Huffman vice chairman of the state board of administration. The appointment will be made by the boards at their joint meeting following the resignation of Dr Wm M Jardine secretary of agriculture.
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Topeka
Kan
F. D. Farrell
State Agricultural College
Huffman
State Board of Administration
Board of Administration
State Board of Regents
Wm. M. Jardine
A Feast of Musik Minneapolis Symphony Gaves Two Programs
The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under Henri Verbrugghen presented two high quality programs at Robinson Gymnasium. Miss Mariel Tiffany sang with refined tone, encores included Grieg and Strauss pieces, and the highlight was Dvorak’s From the New World. Skilton’s Primeval on Trib al Indian Melodies stood out, with strong audience appreciation.
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Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Robinson Gymnasium
Henri Verbrugghen
Mariel Tiffany
Metropolitan Grand Opera Co
Miss Tiffany
Grieg
Strauss
Schubert
Raval
Polacca
Tschaikowsky
Grainger
Mendelssohn
Liszt
Verbrugghen
Stevens Named Assistant City Attorney for Police Department
Richard B. Stevens, senior law student at the University, was appointed by Mayor Holliday as assistant city attorney to replace F. W. Salveson who resigned for a Wichita insurance firm. Stevens, son of Prof. W. C. Stevens, will graduate this spring and begin practice locally after Navy service in World War I. He started duties as attorney for the police department this morning. Gardner couple return from winter in Florida after a three winter trip, reporting good health. A gift of ten posters for Miss Ketcham of design from North Shore Line of Chicago aims to promote poster art.
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Richard B. Stevens
Holliday
F. W. Salveson
Wichita Insurance Company
Stevens
W.c. Stevens
Water main plan to serve west town and University
At a city hall conference about financing an eight inch water main to connect with the University system, about twenty property owners discussed funding options and a committee to confer with officials. The project aims to improve fire protection west of town and would extend service beyond city limits while boosting city water revenues.
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Yeside
George Shand
University Heights
R. C.’Moore
Olin. Templin
Delta Chi
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Chi Omega
Ninth
Arkansas Streets
University System
Engineering
Jwist
University
University 18
Appeals Filed After Cigarette Sale Fines
Sam I. Moyer of the Varsity Annex and R G B Williams of the Loyal Case were each fined $50 and costs in police court for selling cigarettes. Both indicated appeals to district court and posted $100 bonds. George Elliott and Lewis Tucker testified Elliott bought cigarettes from both defendants. The arrest occurred Wednesday when boys were in charge of city offices. The annual cases likely go to district court next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam I. Moyer
Varsity Annex
R. GB. Williams
Loyal
Mr. Moyer
Mr. Williams
Advtice
George Elliott
Lewis Tucker
Elliott
Moyer
Williams
Accident Victim Dies After Revolver Accident
Kansas City report states Mrs Vivi an Harlan aged 30 died from wounds received when a child Marvin Crutcher played with a revolver and fired. Other notes include five lives lost at sea in Halifax area and Ottawa Kansas planning an endowment drive. Also a water outage notice for Ottawa district on May 3 and a local radio parts store listing.
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Kansas City
Vivian Harlan
Marvin Crutcher
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