World flight plan by Wiley Post and Gatty
New York May 27 AP Wiley Post and Harold Gatty announce plans to fly around the world in a fast monoplane. They expect to start from Harbor Grace soon after favorable weather and aim for a sub ten day circumnavigation. Backing comes from F C Hall who owns the Winnie Mae and lauds Post as top pilot. The route includes Berlin Moscow Novo Siberisk Yakutsk Nome Edmonton Cleveland and a return to New York with stops noted along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Posti
Hotel Biltmore
Post
Oklahoma
Gatty
Harbor
Grace
Berlin
James H. Kimball
F. C. Hall
Winnie Mae
Leslie Fain
Oklahoma City
Los Angeles
Chicago
Grand Banks
Europe
Dr. Kimball
Mosecaie
Novo Sibirsk
Siberia
Yakutsk
Nome
Alaska
Edmonton
Alta
Cleveland
Local News Tidbits From De Soto And Shawnee
De Soto residents Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Brovenle and children visited Mrs. H. Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Adkins in Shawnee Friday. David Jewett is ill with calitis and advised rest. Mrs. Clarence Van Sickle of Leavenworth visited here Wednesday. Mrs. Elizabeth Douglas has gone to Jewett to be with her daughter on the birthday. Mrs. Beecroft remains weak after flu. Mae Gordon of K S A C visited her father F. M. Gordon and Mrs. Gordon. Artist John da Costa, 64, died in London after a short illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Brovenle
H. Scott
Rufus Adkins
Shawnee
David Jewett
Clarence van Sickle
Leavenworth
Elizabeth Douglas
R. L. Douglas
Jewett
Beecroft
Radio Chairman Exposes Television Limitations
Major General James G. Harbord, RCA chairman, disputed the public belief that TV will instantly connect distant people. He predicted few powerful stations, early views of a single head or small groups, and possible football broadcasts. General Harbord said sets won’t be common for 18-24 months. He then heads to Manhattan for Kansas State College commencement, where he will speak tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
James G. Harbord
Radio Corporation of America
Yadio
Harbord
Manhattan
Kansas State College
Douglas County Farm Tour Opens at Kellogg Farm
Rural residents and businessmen join an all day tour hosted by the Douglas County Agricultural Council on Friday. Participants meet at 9:30 at the B. O. Kellogg place four and a half miles west and one and a half miles south of Lecompton, with multiple stops, a noon dinner and program at Brown's Grove, and prizes at the final stop the O. G. Markley farm six miles north and five miles west of Baldwin. Alfalfa plots and terracing will be studied during the tour.
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Douglas County Agricultural Council
B. O. Kellogg
Lecompton
Brown's Grove
O. G. Markley
Baldwin
Woodstock cemetery meeting sets Memorial Day agenda
The Hardy Oak Cemetery association annual meeting will be held in the cemetery on Memorial Day Saturday morning May 30. Key topics will be discussed and all interested residents urged to attend. Also honors for departed loved ones were noted during social visits in the neighborhood with Mr and Mrs Homer Willits and daughter Margaret as attendees at the Harry Wellman home Tuesday evening. Additionally, locals joined a community sale in Tonganoxie Saturday afternoon and several neighbours visited relatives in Standwood and Kansas City.
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John Black
Mra. Moore
Mabel Moore
Dorothy Emmerson
McLouth
Are Boyd
Dan Petrie
Mildred Lucille
Violet Stuedle
Beatrice
Robert Davison
Beulah Helm
Ruth Zook
Mabel Harding
Enterprise
Kan
Harding
Effie Petrie
Syl White Farm
McLouth High School
Mary Smurr
Oklahoma
Elizabeth Eller
Harry Wellman
Frank Champion
Audrey Davison
Lucille ‘Harding
Herman Vandriff
Standwood
Jim Lawless
Woodstock
Zook
Miss Haworth
Jesus
Gethsemane
Moltie Oslin
Nettie Haworth
Harmon Haworth
Jes
Hazel Moses
Kansas City
Ed Davison
Sam Petrie
Charley
Means
Dan ‘Petrie
Little
Neighborhood Circle Club
Joe Boyd
Hardy Oak Cemetery Association
Homer Willits
Margaret
Tonganoxie
F. 5
Champion
Lake View Social Roundup in Riverside and Topeka
Mr L E Church of Kansas City spent Monday night and Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Mack Grant and family. Mrs Eugene Artman of Riverside called on Mrs Hodson for Rhode Island Red eggs. A business trip to Topeka was taken by L E Church, Mack Grant, Irene Grant and Otis Farmer. Bobby Perkins visited the Clark home near Riverside Tuesday. Misses Margaret Hodson spent time with her grandmother Mrs Hodson. Mrs Mary Grant near Number Six is recovering from influenza. Mrs Spray of Riverside called on Mrs Mack Grant for goose eggs. Farmers are reseeding sorn crops after rain rotted them and heat speeds growth.
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L. E. Church
Kansas City
Mack Grant
Eugene, Artman
Riverside
Hodson
Rhode Island
Irene Grant
Otis Farmer
Topeka
Tuesda
Bobby Perkins
Clark
Mack Grand
Tom Grant
Number Six
Margaret Hodson
Mary Grant
Spray
Vinland Miss Shumaker to Tour Seven Weeks
Miss Phyllis Shumaker, Vinland rural high school teacher, will leave next week for an Omnibus College tour lasting seven weeks. A May 17 letter from Porterville California resident Mrs J C Stevens notes Mrs Chapman’s health improving and mobility returning. Nearby health and travel updates include LaVaughn Waldron of Lawrence ill with pneumonia and local social visits by Seth Fenton B A Stevens and Mr Bridenstine in Manhattan. Members of the region traveled to Kansas City to visit Fred Cutter at his daughter’s home, while Virland cemetery attendees from distant towns included Mr and Mrs Sam Nye and Mr and Mrs Reese of Topeka and Albert Anderson.
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and Ries -Hagerman
Lawherlia
Ben
Fred Piper
Lawrence
Eliza Hyland
Baldwin
Oid
W. E. Hoskinson
Methodist Church
Orville Hemphill
Presbyterian Church
Union Sunday School
RG. Stevens
Pera
Isaac Ban
Vinland
Banta
Peakrs
Rural High School
Eirandmother
Une
George Sturdy
Margaret
Ruth
Ellen Craig
John Hill
Blanche Baker Flory
St. Joseph
Bridenstine
Winfield
Kan
Kermit Laughlin
Business
Oskaloosa
Roberta Hammond
Kalb
Phyllis Shumaker
Vinland Rural High School
J. C. Stevens
Porterville
Calif
Chapman
Hermosa Beach
Sis‘ter
LaVaughn Waldron
Seth Fenton
A. Stevens
Manhattan
W. H. Hoskinson
H. N.‘ Hoskinson
Hubert
George Kelley
Kansas City
Fred 2
Cutter
Opera
Virland
Sam ‘Nye
Reese
Topeka
Albert Anderson
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Post and Gatty
Roberta
Sheldon Baugher
Nah Raber
Dland
Hillion
Pal
Vinland Cemetery
Lucas
Earl Jameson
Wayne Ann
H. W. Geist
Our Native Land
Husted
E. Hagerman
Floyd Talley
Allie James
Belleview
Edna Davault
Wellsville
Lem Stud
Lem Sturdy
DE Soto
John da Costa
London
County Farm Meeting
Lake View
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Trinidad
W. W. Burnett
Agt
Santa Fe
Oakland
Pontiac
Dicker Bros
Mass
Athletic Union_ Wear
Tiete von Dere
Attong
Ats
Way
Damask
Rayon
Smart Cretonne
Gey and
Wattern
Davem
Bie
Ant
Sky
Ara
Montgomery
HOYS
Turk
Gene
Cretonne
Lawrence, Kans
Owen
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