CANDIDATES on MEN 70 NAME THEM
Kington May 18 AP reports on presidential candidates for both parties. Republicans may see Hoover backed by John McNab or Curtis as the proposer. Lowden’s position unclear. Democrats discuss John W. Davis and Franklin D Roosevelt as possible Smith backers with others named but undecided.
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Kington
Comba
Usu
Kansas City
Houstoni
Asus
Eran
Dzimmie” Walker
New York
Dapex Mayer
Ranklin D. Roosevelt
Smith
Hull
Tennessee
Harvey H ‘Hannah
Niver Springs
Tenn
George
Georgia
Missouri
Delate
Wheat Crop Prospects For Kansas Near 1914 Peak
Topeka May 18 AP Possibility of a bumper Kansas wheat crop this year nearly equals the state's record production of 180000 bushels set in 1914. J C Burnett of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe notes conditions compare favorably with 14 years ago and sees strong chances the state approaches the 1914 high. He cautions against a definite estimate yet says conditions are better than ever in the territory and many communities report near perfect prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
J. C. Burnett
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Santa
Bether
Imaginative missing boy linked to river search
A missing Johns whereabouts are sought via the imaginations of a nine year old playmate. Police interview the boy who claims John was seen in a Northwestern freight car and later fell in a gravel slide or the river. Authorities plan intensified searches as relatives visit and alumni events announce June reunions.
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Chicago
Mars
Bruno
Don’s
Alreadiay
Butio
Pyrek
John
Wadé
Bishop Wilsons Ill Health Reports From Kansas City
Kansas City May 17 AP Bishop Luther B Wilson of New York City ill since collapse while addressing the quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Attending physician ordered him to Baltimore for care. Capper Bill to President Washington moves forward in Congress with consent for a Missouri River bridge at Kansas City.
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Wilson
Kansas City
Luther B. Wil “Son
New York City
Ill
Shim
Baltimore
Anotler
Washington
Islativell
Tioh
Issouri River
Kartisas City
Auction sale of Pelzl property by Gross Land Auction Co
An auction sale for the Wm and Josephine Pelzl property will be held by Gross Land Auction Co next Saturday morning at 100 o'clock. The offering includes an eight room house and 15 homesite lots on the new paved highway No. 73, across the road and west of the old Babcock place recently sold by the Gross company.
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Pelzl
Josephine
Gross Land Auction
Babcock Place
Gross Company
Gross
Bmpany
Lawrence man jailed for forgery after two bad checks
Tatum of Lawrence faces Saline county warrant after pleading guilty to passing two bad checks at Green Owl confectionary. He was sentenced to 30 days on each count and will serve in Salina after completing the Saline jail term. The checks were drawn on Missouri Savings Bank of Kansas City, for $4 on June 21, 1927, and $3 on June 28.
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Tatum
Lawrentce
Green Owl
Salina
Missouri Savings Bank of Kansas City
Deaths and Funerals of Local Residents
Mrs Margaret Bassett aged 70 dies at home on Rhode Island street funeral Saturday at 10 from Rumsey Funeral Home Rev W H Butler officiating burial Oak Hill cemetery husband John H Bassett two daughters Clara Christianson Salt Lake City and Huma Long Sturgeon Mo son Gerald Lawrence Mrs May Hawkins age 20 dies at home of parents Utlinger Rhode Island street services 2 30 Sunday Pentecostal church Rev Grèisan burial Maple Grove Cemetery host D Pugh Mr and Mrs Charles Ramsey 824 Maine learn of son in lawWed Pugh passed away in Evanston hospital ill for a year interment Radford Virginia Miss Belle Ramsey and Alex Ramsey and E L Ramsey of Kansas City travel to Chicago for funeral services.
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Sturgeon, Mo
Gerald
Lawrence
May. Hawkins
May Hawkins
Theodore Utlinger
Rhode Island Street
Pentecostal
Gréisan
Maple Grove
Hos
T. D. Pugh
Charles Ramsey
Maine
Pugh
Evanston Hospital
Evanston
Puch
Belle-Ramsey
C. E. Smith
Os. Fairbairn
Madison
Mildred
Leonhard
Agnes' Pine
Leota Strong
Kansas City
Laws
al P
Lynch
J. H. Day
The
Friends Church
H.-G. van Neste
Z. -H.Van_ Neste
Westes
Iat Rbert
A. A. Green
Ruby
Memorial High
Arthur
Hemphill
Mackey School
Frank Johns
Wm. Kloepper
Lincoln
Neb
Albert ‘Knop
John
Lehman
Godise Knop
Martha
Kannenburg
Hazel
Dodds
Kloeps
Berth
Frank
City
John Lehman
Alfred Heck
G.F
Alfred. Heck and Sons
Mary Waltkuhle
Rank Jahris
Louise Knop
Wis
S. Fairbairn
Charlie Wise
Elmer Wise
Rhoda
Perkins
North Carolina
I . Zas
A. P. Lynch
Chas. Hofward
Lightweight Bout Postponed Again in Rain
New York May 18 AP—Sam Mandell will defend his lightweight title against Jim McLarnin tomorrow night, weather permitting. The bout was deferred again by boxing officials due to rain and will require weigh‑in anew before the New York State Athletic Commission. Both fighters face weight issues near 185 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tex Rickard
Sammy Mandell
Jimmy McLarnin
The
Boxing Commission
McLarnin
Mangell
New York State Athletic Commission
Mardell
Hoover assured of two delegates in Oregon primary
In Oregon a Republican presidential primary yielded unopposed candidate Hoover a sure path to at least twelve delegates. Vermont also favored Coolidge. The Kansas City national convention delegates were chosen by the state convention. Delegates were instructed to back Hoover as a second choice if draft remained possible.
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Hoover
Vermont
Coolidge
Portland
Ore
Dorferent
Secrecf
Commerce
Herbert
Burlington
Kansas City
Tate
Cobridgs
Herbert Hoover
Zuider Zee Dike Tale Shows Dutch Engineering Feat
Dr Cornelius Lely on a U S tour outlines Holland s Zuider Zee project a 20 mile dike from North Holland to Friesland to reclaim land for about 560 000 acres and shelter against the North Sea with a water basin for droughts the undertaking to be finished by 1936 cost around 30 million for the main wall and land reclamation. separate note on oil tax settlements involving Continental Trading Company of Canada and Standard Oil figures.
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Cambridge
Mass
Holland
Zuider | Zee
United States
Cornelius | Lely
Lely
Courney
Ot Fe
Massachusetts ‘Institute of' Technology
Zuider Zee
Northland
Friesland
Sendhfourh
Ares
Zee
Yssel
Rhine
North Holland
Airplanes Aid Cavalry Demonstration At Fort Riley
A large crowd watched May 18 as aircraft from Selfridge Field Fort Crockett Washington and Fort Riley aided the cavalry in a warfare demonstration at Fort Riley Kansas. About 60 planes accompanied the second cavalry thirteenth battery and field artillery units while roughly 5 000 spectators observed from surrounding hills.
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T Junction City
Kans
Fort. ‘Riley
Selfridge
Field
Mich
Fort ‘Crockett
Tex
Washington
Fort Riley
Second Cavalry
Thirteenth Ietty
Battery
Presbyterian Speaker Rev Platt T Amstutz to Speak Sunday
Presbyterian preacher Rev Platt T Amstutz of Wooster Ohio will speak Sunday morning at the Varsity theatre before the Presbyterian congregation. He represents the department of church erection of the board of national missions and is expected to discuss building programs for churches.
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Platt T. Amstutz
Wooster
Ohio
Varsity
Presbyterian
Amstitz
Department of Church Erection
Board
National Missions
California Parks Plan Aims To Create 12 000 Acre Recreation Zone
California moves to expand state parks by creating a 12 000 acre recreation area near San Francisco, linking Mt Tamalpais and Muir Wood with Fortess and Yosemite regions. The plan would consolidate 980,000 acres of desert land and preserve sequoia groves and historic sites dating to Fremont era. The proposal seeks federal and private funding to acquire lands and fund park maintenance.
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Japan
Ni Wiy
Ishues
California
Ader
Europe
Aiac
North America
Oregon
High Sierras
Gruith
Thi F Yosemite National’ Park
Perpetues Tejon
Gongent
Fremont
Mexico
Fortess
San Francisco ‘Bay
Mt/ Tlamalpais natural park
Muir Wood National Monument
San Francisco
State Park Commission
Missionaries of Culture Sent by Soviet to North
Soviet Northern Committee plans cultural bases to graft modern civilization onto remote Arctic populations. Two settlements established at Hosseda-Hard near the Arctic Ocean and at the confluence of the Turukhan rivers aim to educate Samoyeds and Tuneus, with a northern base on the Tchukhotsky Peninsula Bay of Laurentius.
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Central
Soviet Union
Tehikhotsky
Tin
Neek
Hosseda- Hard
Polar
Haitrir
Bay
Arctic Ocean
Hosseda-Hard
Tura
Tunguska
Turukhan
Saeki
Tchukhotsky Peninsula
Bay of Laurentius
Fewer Heavy Eaters Decline Across Generations
Paris reports a French savant Roger Dardel notes modern French people eat about 104 pounds of meat yearly, fewer than in past generations while Argentines average 46 pounds per person, making them among the heaviest meat eaters today. He cites historical feasts as proof of changing appetites. The article also mentions a hospitalization update on Lewhardman and social notes about Mrs. Lesta House and Mrs. Konay Kennedy traveling to events.
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Paris
France
Roger Dardel
Napoleon I
Ubui
Catherine. de
Medici
Oakridge club hosts May gathering with flowers and guests
The Oakridge Birthday Club met at the home of Mrs. C Gler and Mrs. Ross Stanwix on May 16. Mrs. John Clevenger served as secretary pro tem. new bride Mrs Harold Drennon received a gift. Hostesses provided refreshments as members and guests from Kansas City Burr Oak Walnut Grove Lawrence and Osage City attended. Programs featured a Kansas University talk and several songs. The day included plant and bulb exchanges and a cheese making demonstration at the Farm Bureau.
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Oakridge Birthday Club
C.G. Jler
Ross Stanwix
John Clevenger
Welborn
Sf the Club
Harold Qrennon
Kansas City
Drennon
Gertrude Knog
Berriott
le Suer
Alert/Finchman
Pratt
Ralph Mine
West, Moreland
Albert) Hayden
de Sote
Ian
Hartman
George Snow
Fanny Harding
Ghas. Schlagel
Bartlesville
Okla
Walter Kirby
Kirby
Apperson
Earl Wilsmany
Burr Oakshee
Homer
John Walton
J Lawrence
Charlie Lemon
L Franklin J
G.C. Miller
W.H. Weeks
Week
H. Weeks
North Lawrence
Weeks
Iti
Ralph Hall and Sons
Osaze City
G. C. Oveson
Anna Rice
Hn Ise
Kansas Univer
Frank Leonhard
Harry Parrish
Los ‘Ange
Jes
Williams
Rison, Ark
Willard Hartley
A. Pynch
Norma Lynch
Ernest Suiter
Roscoe ‘Pine
Oscar Powe ‘Ems
Van
Neste,lle
Nelli Bigsby
Leonhard
Sweek
A. R. Stiner
Fridm
Minnesota
Bismark
Grove
B. J. Bailey
Elian
J. Vera
Norton Smith
Little Rock
Ark
Frank
Oskaloosa
Mapes
Lyle Weeks
Ari Léonhard
Cheste
Chester
Smith
Enid
Mith
Lawrence
Local crash claims Ark City man in bridge accident
Arkansas City Kansas reports Eugene Bacon died when his motorcar struck a bridge over Chilocco Creek while returning home with a boy companion. Floyd Bachelor suffered only injuries. The fragment mentions a Pittsburg student and debt collection context but details are unclear.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Eugene
Bacon
Chilocco Creek
Silvey Miles
Floyd ‘Bachelor
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Mostow
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Senate Lands Committee
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Standard Oil
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Pit. Amstutz
Tod Ae
Wbill
Senate
Oddie
Nevada
Winfield
Fort Scott
E. H. Tibbiey
Fort Scott High
Hardman
Lewhardman
Memorial Hospital
Lesta
CG. House
Wichita
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CP Peere
Konay Kennedy
Ely
Rey i Ottym
Jimions Booking School
Virginia Arnold
F. He. Roberts + Jeweler
Lakewood
Lake of the ‘Woods Park
Bonner Springs, Kansas
K. U Band
ELKS
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I Edmondson
Ight's
Dreyer
Tenis Underwood
Wisom
Pittsburg
Jock
Elena
Wolf's Book Store
William Docking
V.K. Hoo
WF. March
Eaif McClanahan
T Lawrence
Kansas
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