Railroads to Aid Business Program United Nations
Railroad presidents met with President Hoover and pledged to cooperate in maintaining employment and expanding construction and improvements. They expect a rise in total construction over six months versus last year and will assess expansion possibilities across railways and industries. A Chicago meeting will coordinate broader cooperation.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Iter
Agi
Stock Exchange
Yast Wgar
Melton
Lamont
T Levnés
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bhehalf
Hustress
Tthe Railway Executiv
Chicago
United States
Tha Is
Kansas Council Talks Over Roads and Taxes
The Kansas council of county officers convened for their thirteenth annual meeting to discuss the impact of the Kansas Supreme Court ruling declaring the state intangible for money and credits tax law unconstitutional. Highway problems and experiences under the new state road law dominated discussions as the sessions continued.
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Kansas Offeral Council
Kansas Supreme Court
Vinland Plans 4-H Club Formation Meeting
An 8 o clock Thursday meeting at Vinland High School will discuss forming a 4-H club for Vinland and nearby Maetolty. T. R. Warren, 4-H club work director, will preside. Douglas county 4-H members will present a short program and entertainments. Speakers include Wilma Hartman Glenn Weeks Willfred Pine Wallace Taylor and Joseph R.B. Carpenter.
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Vinland
Maetolty
Vin- Jang High School
T. R. Warren
Warren
Douglas County
Wilma Hartman
Glenn Weeks
Willfred Pine
Wallace Tayor
Joseph RB. Carpenter
Vinland High School
Rivers to Speak on Tissues in Vitro for Virus Study
Dr T M Rivers of the Rockefeller Institute will present a paper on Use of Tissues Surviving or Growing in Vitro for the Study of Viruses at the Novem ai Sigma Xi meeting. The session is Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in room 305, Chemistry building, University. The meeting will be open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Rivers
Rockefeller’ Instute
Novemai Sigma Ni
Kansas Weather Forecast Mixed Clouds and Snow Flurries
Weather summary indicates mostly cloudy conditions tonight with possible snow flurries in the western portion and cooler temperatures in the southeast. Wednesday expected partly cloudy skies and generally poor road conditions with mud in the county roads. Temperature readings are inconsistent in the fragment but show daily highs and lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Ne Las
Delegation Urges Governor to Enforce Kansas Sunday Law
A 16 member group of pastors and laymen from Washington Gloud and Clay counties met Governor Clyde Reed seeking strict enforcement of Kansas Sunday blue law on film showings. They cited Sunday motion picture operations in four Washington county towns including Clyde, and asked use of funds to back enforcement.
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Kansas
Topeka
Washington
Gloud
Clay Counties
Clyde Reed
William A. Smith
A. G. Cheney
Byterian Church
Clifton
Clyde
Sam Blair
Iton
Greenleaf
Hanover
Haddam
Hutchins Inauguration Sets Chicago Pace for Education
The University of Chicago crowns Robert Maynard Hutchins as its fifth president in a Nov 19 ceremony. He praises the faculty’s research focus and high pay as evidence of American educational progress, while 300 colleges attend and Berea College’s Hutchins son is honored. Washington reports note expanded prohibition and customs enforcement with arrests and distillery seizures rising year over year.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutching
University
Hutchin
Swern
Harper
Sharesearch
Harper Adsemb
Middle West
Acholars
Yethi Fe
Hutchins
United States
Robert Maynard "Hutchins
Canada
Europe
Berea
Wr. Hutchins
Berea College, Jr
Yale University
William Rainey
Yale
Jon
KU Freshman Class Elect Thursday Amid Party Disarray
The University of Kansas freshman election heads to Thursday with nominees from the Pachacemacs lineup facing independent candidates. Nominees filed with Robert Borth include Harry Haugh of Lawrence for president, George Theis of Wichita for treasurer, and Claire Stevens of Pretty Prairie and Hade Comer of St John as party managers. The freshman vice president and secretary were chosen by the female students last week.
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Black Mask
Pachaegmacs
University of Kansas
Robert Borth
Men’s 'S
Black Mask Party
Harry Haugh
Lawrence
George Theis
Wichita
Claire Stevens
Pretty Prairie
Hade Comer
Kiwanis President Here Visits Decatur Club
Horace W. McDavid president of Kiwanis International visited Dean and Mrs. D. W. Swarthout in Decatur Illinois Sunday. McDavid and Mrs McDavid traveled from the western coast via Chicago while en route. he earlier helped organize the Decatur Kiwanis club and led the Decatur choral union under Swarthout’s guidance.
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Kiwanis
Horace W. McDavid
Dean Swarthout
Decatur
Mil
Kiwanis International
D. W. Swarthout
McDavid
Mc. David
Lamb
Chicago
Mee McDavid
Dean Swartnore
Kiwanis Club of
Ilh
Decatur Choral Union
Dean ‘Swarthout
Elks 595 Lodge Sets Wednesday Meeting
J P O Elks 595 plans a lodge meeting on Wednesday night November 20 with a light lunch to follow. Edw T Riling serves as Exalted Ruler and will preside over the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P.O. Elks
T. Riling
All- Musical Vespers Draws Large KU Crowd
The University of Kansas fine arts all musical vesper program drew an estimated 400 to 300 attendees at the university auditorium Sunday afternoon. Faculty listed included Alice Moncrieff and Ruth Creutt among others with assisting artists Genevieve Harggiss and Dorothy Kueresteiner. A Christmas vesper with tableaux is planned for December 15 and Mu Phi Epsilon will present a vesper on November 24 replacing the usual organ program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
University
Piditorium
Lip Lawrence
Fine Arts
Alice Moncrieff
Meribah Moore
Irene Peabody
Ruth Cr
Mu Phi Epsilon Musical Sorority
Chamber of Commerce Seeks Rooms for Homecoming Visitors
A request from the Chamber of Commerce office asks local residents to offer available rooms for Homecoming visitors arriving this weekend. Hundreds are expected. Friday will be the peak demand. Guests will pay for lodging. Citizens are urged to cooperate to house Lawrence guests.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ln Lawreate
Chamber of Commercce
Lawrence
Snow Grips Western Kansas Towns With Heavy Fall
Snow moved across western Kansas with Goodland and Colby reporting heavy snowfall. Calx Kansas recorded an inch by eight o clock and the storm continued, while Goodland noted two inches on the ground with no wind to drift the flakes.
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Salina
Kans
Calx
Kan
Goodland
Kansas
Jury Chosen to Try 15 Year Old on Manslaughter Charge
A Butler county district court in Eldorado Kansas selected a jury of twelve men to hear the manslaughter case of Wilbur Hunt a 15 year old Augusta high school student charged in the death of Albert Watkins 17 towns apart after an alleged prank. The report notes follow up on Liberty Post meeting and Armistice Day party arrangements in the city hall rooms.
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Eldorado
Kan
Butler County
Wilbur Hunt
Augusta
Albert Watkins
Liberty. Post
Liberty ‘Vest
American Legion
Old City- Hatl
Topeka Woman Testifies in $14,000 Security Benefit Robbery Case
Miss Viviat Scraper testified in Shawnee county district court that Cecil Streit planned and ordered the June raid on the Security Benefit association payroll, providing the pistol and mask. She said Streit pressured her with threat of dire consequences if the money was not obtained and that they married later after the scheme began.
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Topeka
Viviat Scraper
Shawnee ‘County
Cecil Streit
J. Glenn Logan
Scraper
Streit
State Women's Industrial Farm
Lansing
Robery
Thim
Hogan
Severe Earth Tremors Shake Atlantic Coast Northward
Tremors extended from Long Island Sound to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland with light to moderate damage and no loss of life. Harvard professor Kirtley Mather attributed the source to the Fundian fault off Cape Ann. Shocks began about 3:35 p.m. and lasted about an hour, felt as far inland as upper New York and New York City with swaying buildings and alarms.
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Boston
Atlantic
Long Island Sound
Novacotia
Newfoundland
Jon
New England
Fundian
Bay of Pandy
Cape Ann
Atlantic Ocean
Kirtley ¥. Mather
Harvard
Maritime Provinces
Canada
New York State
New York City
Custom House
State House
Payne Paroled Pending Written Request After Pot Liquor Conviction
Charles Buzz Payne of Eudora was sentenced in district court to sixty days in jail and a $100 fine plus costs after being found guilty by a jury of possession pot liquor. Judge Hugh Means presided and Payne’s attorney was George Melvin who was asked to file a written parole application.
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Charles “Buzz” Payne
Eudora
Hugh
Payne
George Melvin
Suit seeks 324500 from Aimee McPherson
Cromwell Ormsby, former attorney for Aimee McPherson, files suit in Los Angeles seeking 324,500 alleging breach of contract and nonpayment for real services in relation to managing the evangelist's talking motion picture project. George Acret dismisses the claims as absurd.
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Los Angeles
Cromwell Ormsby
Loa Pingeles
Rice Semple
McPherson
Cyanelist
Tony
Ormsby
Evangelist
George Acret
Senate eyes Friday adjournment after recess prediction
Washington reports indicate the senate may adjourn the special session on Friday night for a week long recess before the regular session. Support exists for the adjournment despite western Republican independents and the young guard opposition. The tariff bill was amended to restore a five percent ad valorem duty on cotton fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Fire destroys Brokmann home while family away
Fred Brokmann and his family returned to a completely burned Yarnold neighborhood house near Lecompton after leaving for Lawrence at 10 am. Neighbors found the fire too late to save any of the content or structure. The loss includes the dwelling and furnishings. cause undetermined as the furnace had not been used and the kitchen stove was cleared before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brokmann
Yarnold
Lecompton
Lawrence
Brockmanns
Brockmanh
Ifis Tayo
Robbery targets Salina moving picture show operator
Salina Kansas November 19 AP reported T P Shanahan a local moving picture show operator was robbed on a highway just east of Salina early this morning. A small dark car without lights pulled up and a burly man with a revolver demanded cash from Shanahan who said the money taken ranged between 60 and 70 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kan
T. P. Shanahan
Shanahan
Congregational Supper and Beta Theta Pi Final in Intramural Series
A Congregational supper is set for November 20 at the Parish house with reservations taken by Mesdames Lear ned Spencer and Burdick. Speaker Rev T H Astman will address the gathering. Mrs Lyle H Powell will sing as about two hundred attendees are expected. Separately Betas beat Pi Upsilon 18 to 6 to win the University of Kansas intramural championship, after an earlier Friday win. Also noted is American Home Sunday efforts led by Mrs Jonathan Ba Carter to urge clergy support, and news that money may become cheaper as Federal Reserve board advisers report lower rates. In Coffeyville a jury was chosen for Elmer Cales charged with first degree murder of Marguerite White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Learned
D. H. Spencer
W. L. Burdick
T. H. Astman
Presbyterian Church
Lyle H. Powell
Betas
Beta Theta Pi
Pi Upsilon
University of Kansas
Serge Oe
Jonathan Ba Carter
Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs
Kansas
Missouri
Alumi
Dayhacker
Javnge
H. W. Hargiss
Langle
Bengals
Antoware
Hor Ciining
Oyning
KFKU
Hiddin
Union Building
Robinson Gymnasium
Rand
Doc Yak Pep
Greenhall
Phi Alpha Deltic Yaw
Phi, Beta Pi
Turkey Ram
E.R. Ebel
Lawrence men press for lower interurban freight rates
Local businessmen and J O'Brien Kaw Valley Railway advocate lower interurban rates to meet truck competition. Hearing set for December 7 at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in Kansas City Missouri. Rates now in effect between Lawrence and Kansas City Mo and Kan were cited with a plan to operate on a Missouri level if approved. Music by Professors Waldemar Gekeh and Dean Swarthout accompanied the luncheon session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas City
Heard
Kaw Valley Railway
Chamer of Commerce
Kangsas City
Kan
K. Gas City
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commissin
Missouri
Kaw Valley
Interurban
Kansas Cities
Brien
Kun
O'Brien
Chamber of Commerce and
Lindbergh Has X Ray After Suspected Shoulder Injury
Reports of a serious injury circulated after an airplane mishap involving Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh were denied. He visited Englewood Hospital to have X rays taken for a slight shoulder dislocation, with doctors noting no serious injury.
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Englewood
Tne
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico City
Col. Lindbergh
Engle- Wood Hospital
Walter Phillips
Colonel Lindbergh
Lindbergh
New York
Loyal Grid Fan Switches Sides for Rival Kansas State Clash
Clarence Smith of Topeka has supported Kansas football since 1892 but now sits with the Aggies when Kansas faces Missouri. His son Rollin attended Kansas State Agricultural College, prompting a seat on the Aggie side for the rivalry game.
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Jayhawker
Tiger
Clarence Smith
Topeka
State Tax Commission
K. U
Rollin Smith
Kansas State Agricultural College
Aggie
Kansas
Evanses Receive Venison From Son Deane Evans
Mr and Mrs J B Evans report two shipments of venison sent by their son J Deane Evans a student at the State Teachers College Silver City NM While deer hunting Deane and a companion each killed a deer with the larger of the two weighing about 300 pounds The Evans are sharing venison with KU cafeteria staff from this hunter’s catch The item notes Deane previously attended a university and mentions local context
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J B. Evans
Deane Evans
State Teasers’ College
Silver City
N. M
Deane ‘Evans
Young Evans
Army and Navy radio save government telegraph tolls
The budget bureau report shows Army and Navy radio and leased wires cut telegraph costs by 31.9 million in the last fiscal year ending June 30. Navy words totaled 6,384,890 with uncertain inclusion of press dispatches. President Hoover’s South America trip used Utah and Maryland.
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Washington
Army
Navy
War Department
Budget Bureau
Hoover
South America
Utah
Maryland
Kennedy Seeks Council for Girl Scouts Meeting
Mrs Xvray Kennedy announced a meeting to elect a Girl Scouts Council at 8 p.m. Thursday in the City Hall Commissioners’ room. Ruth Endicott Brown will serve as half time executive to develop welfare work and possibly an office, aligning Girl Scouts with the Lawrence Boy Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xvray Kennedy
Bela Fat
Commissioners
Regtar Scaliff
Ruth Endicott Brown
Girl Scouts
Lawrence
Boy Scouts
Fifteen Captains Named for Salvation Army Appeal
Salvation Army announces 15 precinct and ward captains to oversee annual fundraising appeal. Each captain is assigned to a specific ward and precinct, with names listed for First through Sixth wards and multiple precincts. The program aims to mobilize volunteers across city areas for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Army
George Ih. Wetzely
Jack Dunkley
MH. 5. Foster
Astwan
BL OR. Balliny
Stierwand
Ofth
Bei G. Stith
John BR. Sanborn
W. I H. Fowles
Charies Dickeri
Dramatic Club Presents Pleases Big Audience
The University of Kansas dramatic club staged The Devil in the Fraser theater to a capacity audience last night. The play repeats at 8 o clock tonight and again tomorrow evening with strong performances by Ralph Martin and Bima Jennings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kans Dramatic Club
Fraser Theate
Mae
Ralph Martin
Bima Jennings
Certficates filed by Baldwin residents for teaching credentials
Roberta Williams and Faye Christina Wintermantle of Baldwin have applied for three state teaching certificates to be issued in January and May at Emporia Teachers College. This year 293 students will receive life certificates and 89 have applied for three-year state certificates in Emporia Kan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Williams
Faye
Christina Wintermantle
Baldwin
Emporia ‘Teachers College
Emporia, Kan
Nov- Nee
Chicken Grower to Ohio Seeks New Farm in Berea
James G. Jackson, after seven years running a chicken farm on Highway 4 near Lawrence, sold his operation and plans to move to Berea, Ohio to join Shepherd poultry farm and hatchery. Robert J. Evans, national secretary of the American Jersey Twine Breeders Association, visited Lawrence en route to the American Royal Stock and Horse Show in Kansas City. The Church of Christ at 9th and Tenn begins a protracted meeting tonight led by minister A R Kepple with services at 7 50 each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James _G. Jackson
Highway Number 4
Lawrence
Berea
Ohio
Shepherd
Mrs. Jackson
Robert Evans
Robert J. Evans
John C. Evans
Evans
Chicago
Kansas City
Church of Christ
9Th and Tenn
A.R. Kepple
Bo Nbie
Kansas Homecoming to Draw Record Crowd at Memorial Stadium
Kansas University anticipates one of its largest homecomings as alumni return for a football clash against Missouri in Memorial Stadium. Advance tickets near 24 000 with 2000 seats left as crowds forecast to surpass 1985 turnout of 27 500. Events include rallies concerts and a big football rally featuring Merle Prunty and Chancellor Lindsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University For Kansas
K.U. Grid
Stein
Uepelianas
Mount Oread
Royal Bengal
Kansas
Missouri
Memorial Stadium
Forrest C. Alles
Gutrance
Thuingas City
T Qeaugiment Tes Logat
Uas
Johns
Mount Grnail
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Kansas Council
Meher
Rockefeller Institute
LAUDS
Chicago U
EAD
Mellon
Congress
Harris
Georgia
Prohibition Service
Sind
James M
Conijmed
Goodland and Colby
Hunt
University of Kanas
C.J. Posey
Eudora Man
Sues
Aimee McPherson
Brokmann
T. B. Astman
Fower
Advisory Council of the
Federal Reserve Board
Lindy
GRID
Topekan
iSee Tigers
Jayhawks
J. B. Evans
Wee
Dramatic Club
Emporia
G. Jackson
K. A
Merle “Prunty
Tulsa
Okla
E. J. Lindsey
F.C. Allen
H. W
Hargiss
al Lawrence
Speerhpa
Frits Meyn
Liaowrenees
Bs Geminat
Trally
Dick Gafford
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