Kansas officials condemn liquor at hospitality events
A Kansas County Commissioners association adopted a resolution exonerating the host committee for not serving liquor during official meetings after criticism of earlier reports. Douglas T. Baker of Independence was elected president of the council, with W. B. Beasley and Mrs. Bertha Kempton as officers, as Topeka was awarded the next annual meeting.
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Topeka
Kansas County Commissioners Association
C. L. Mitchell
Kansas Official Council
Douglas T. Baker
Independence
W. U.) Beasley
Crawford County
Bertha Kempton
Goodland
Valuable Gifts Bring Mystery to Farmers in Clarion
In Clarion county a farmer and his wife, the Neelys, found a string of mysterious gifts left in their mailbox on Halloween 1928 and Christmas 1928. A cigar box with a watch, a mesh bag, then rings and a pendant, all from an unknown donor. Notes promise the donor will be revealed someday. the Neelys recall nothing. A third gift arrives two nights ago with more jewelry and a note they cannot identify. The case remains unsolved as the gifts continue to perplex the couple.
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Clarion
Clarion County
Hallowe'en
John Neely
Tels Farm
Neeleys
Germany Considering Safeguard Measures Under Young Plan
Berlin, Nov 20 AP Foreign Minister Julius Curtius told the Reichsrat Germany might invoke safeguard provisions in part eight of the Young Plan to ease the burden after stabilizing its finances. He said Germany does not plan to abandon the Young Plan and would use measures only if Germans faced threats to social and moral foundations. He addressed German representatives and Premier to France on disarmament and urged a world disarmament conference.
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Berlin
Julius Curtius
Reichsrat
Germany
Mini
Representatinns
League of Nations
Allen vows talk or back up after KU expelled from Big Six
Dr. Forrest C Phog Allen told Topeka's Rotary Club that a clarification of KU's expulsion from the Big Six will come. He blasted Prof Tarr's investigation as a stunt and urged public understanding while defending football as a program allowing working students to participate.
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Topeka
Forrest C
Phog
Allen
University of Kansas
Rotary Club
W. A. Tarr
University of Missouri
Bodies Found in Plane Wreckage in Mountains
Three bodies found with wreckage in Tehachapi foothills reveal the fate of a north bound Pacific coast airmail flight. Pilot Flavius A. Donaldson mechanic George Rogers and Miss Jean Marklow died after a storm and fog prevented safe landing near Tejon. The flight carried 319 pounds of mail and radioed until 2 07 a m Tuesday before vanishing.
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Burbank
Cal
Tehachapi
Here
Flavius A. Donaldson
Army Air Corps
Pacific Air Transport
Oakland
George, Rogers
Jean Marklow
Portland
Ore
Donaldson
Tejon
Eddie M. Newson
Kaw Valley Rabbit Show Set For Late November In Armory
The Kaw Valley Rabbit and Cavvy club announces the second annual show in the new Armory at Eighth and New Hampshire from November 25 to 29, with poultry show adjacent. About 75 entries are expected from Lawrence and nearby towns, plus one from Tarkio Missouri. Entries close November 21 with secretary M K E Tuttle handling, judging by Reed Storms from Kansas City Kansas on November 26. Officers and committee members invite rabbit growers to attend and ask questions.
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Kaw Valley
Kaw Valley Rabbit and Cavvy Club
Armory Building
Eighth and
New Hampshire Streets
D. M. Daniels
Lawrence
Tarkio
M. KE. Tuttle
East Ninth Street
Tuttle
Reed Storms
Kansas City
Kansas
National
Rabbit and Cavvy Club
Chicago
Daniela
C. E. Hill
Robert Guntert
Kansan Died in Storm While Seeking Aid for Family
The body of R. B. Byers of Plainville Kansas was brought in after he froze to death while trying to reach his wife and seven children in a stalled motor car. He walked ten miles before collapsing. his body was found the next day eighteen miles east of Wells. The family was left in the car for eighteen hours before sheep herders guided them to a camp. His youngest child was two months old.
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Wells
Nov
R. B. Byers
Plainville
Kan
Byers
Here
Rain Boosts Crops While Minor Traffic Delays Persist
Rain greatly benefits winter wheat and alfalfa as moisture returns to dry soils. Farmers report streams running, water-hauling from hydrants declines, and overall relief in water shortages. Transport disruptions include downed wires west of Syracuse and a delayed Union Pacific train to Lawrence. buses and interurban service face minor delays amid the storm.
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A. I. Gilkison
Santa Fe
Syracuse
Union Pacific
Lawrence
Colorado
Hays
Weather report fragment with scattered notes and typos
Fragmented weather item reports cold spell and cloudy conditions with muddy roads. Mentions areas like Pettsburn and Coffeyeile, and mentions temperatures around AB Noon today and yesterday with unclear times.
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Asia
Pettsburn
Dollar Days set by Lawrence merchants this weekend
Lawrence merchants plan a weekend Dollar Days event featuring a wide range of merchandise at reduced prices. The sale targets holiday shoppers and winter buyers with store-wide and special offers across many lines as cold weather hints arrive and Thanksgiving nears.
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Brat Cooperative
Lawrence
Lawrences
Eddy Fee
Iis City
Mauretania Rescues Crew From Angry Sea Off Cape
The Mauretania responded to distress near Cape 400 miles off the coast, aiding lifeboats as the freighter Ovidia sank. The liner America and the freighter Endicott stood by, while lifeboats battled rough seas in a half mile pull to the scene. Passengers reported the Ovidia slipping beneath the waves as the Mauretania approached New York bound relief.
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New York
America
Endicott
Cape
Mauretania
Ovidia
Collision Injures K V Student John Metcalfe at Eighth and Tennessee
John Metcalfe, K V student, was injured in a collision at the corner of Eighth and Tennessee streets. He was transported first to Memorial hospital then to the student hospital by Mr. Coe, who lives at 127 East Seventeenth Street. Grover, an employee of Crown Drug Store, and Albert, drove the other car.
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John Metcalfe
K. V
Ave
Albert
Grover
Eighth
Tennessee
Metcalfe
Memorial Hospital
Coe
East Seventeenth Street
Lincoln School Hosts Morning Musical Assembly
Public invited to a 9 to 9 40 program at Lincoln School tomorrow morning featuring third grade performances a lesson in music appreciation and a group of Negro spirituals highlighted by a piano solo from the artist Scheduling vocational visits remains noted.
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Lincoln School
Lincoln the
Lel Fate
Junior High Tours Local Businesses Under Guidance Plan
Eighth grade students from the Ju nior high visited Lawrence business houses today as part of the vocational guidance plan. Seventh graders toured local businesses on Tuesday. Students prepared written reports and shared observations with the class.
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Lawrence
Toom
Chevrolet
Te Yn
Plans for Paving No 10 Approved in Topeka
Information from Lawrence reports highway No 10 paving from Massachusetts Street to the Johnson county line approved by the state highway commission. Contract let for late December. Road runs east from Massachusetts and Twenty third Streets to the county line, then to Desoto via Hiddleston corner. Paved highway will relieve traffic on Highway 73 W and reduce Lawrence congestion as trucks shift away from main streets.
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Lawrence
Masachusetts Street
Johnson County
Massachusetts
Twenty-third
Johnson
Braight
Juighe
Hiddleston
Johnston
Desoto
Douglas County
Sbene Neck
Kansas City
Kansas
Alleged frame up defense as trio faces liquor charge
In district court Lawrence Charles Payne Lawrence and William Summers of Eudora go on trial for possession of liquor. Their attorney claims a frame up by deputies Charles Richards and Jack Hughes after evidence shows liquor spilled in a Ford sedan. Deputy attorneys and officers testified about pouring the liquor and the tense cross examination.
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Charles Payne
Lawrence
William Summers
Eudora
Payne
Summers
Charles Richards
Jack Hughes
Melvin Ee
Melvin
Pepe
Kevin
U S Universities Criticized For Teaching Rubbish
Dr. Abraham Flexner, head of the Institute for Advanced Study, attacks American universities in a new Oxford book for teaching rubbish. He says many courses are easy labels, degrees awarded without real substance, and athletics overshadow genuine education. He argues no American college has the courage to place athletics where it belongs.
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New York
Abraham Flexner
Institute of Advanced Study
Newark
N.J
Oxford University Press
A. B. Deers
Flexner
Uni
America
Andalusian beauty linked to Spanish court rival circle
Fragmentary notes mention a 23 year old figure and a 16 year old Andalusian beauty in circles near the Spanish court as a potential next year scenario. Night party hints and a phone contact appear in the damaged text.
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Marin
Sebastian
Turias
Eres Ie
Ana
Ballene Shlaner
Wilson Case Hinges on Jury After Lengthy Trial
The fate of Carl Wilson, a 45 year old Jefferson county farmer, rested with the jury after three days of testimony in a murder trial. State witnesses challenged alibi evidence and suggested a clipped horn may have aided the killing claim while defense witnesses argued the cow involved had no horns or only tiny stubs. The trial extended into the dinner hour with closing arguments completed, and jurors were excused until morning.
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Carl Wilson
Jefferson County
Wilson
Ethel Wilson
Homer Sloop
Albert Wilson
Kansas City
Missouri
Mra. Wilson
Viet
Life Sentence Given Yarble for Two Murders
Eri Yarble an itinerant gambler was convicted of first degree murder in Kansas City for the October 5 killings of Jesse Whridge and another man. The jury unanimously recommended life imprisonment. Judge A Stanford Lyon set five days for defense prep. Yarble and Miss Rice fled after the shootings following a drinking tour.
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Kansas City
Eri Yarble
Jesse Whridge
A. Stanford Lyon
W C T U closes meeting and new pledge in Houston
The 56th annual national convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union ends in Houston with a farewell dinner. Delegates adopt a new slogan Observance and enforcement not repeal and pledge to support no candidates in future elections while urging election of proponents of their platform.
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Houston
Tex
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Ae Union
Rama
Garden City Bank
Gorse
Kan
Fidelity State Bank
Anna Vinecent
Neodesha to Celebrate Woodring Election
Neodesha Kansas hosts celebration for Woodring election winner Democrat as the first governor from Neodesha and the second from Wilson county. Former Governor Ben Paulen Republican of Fredonia and Guy Helvering protest chair lead a parade through the city park with bands and drum corps from Woodring's hometown and nearby towns before a public program amplified for a large crowd.
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Neodeaha
Kan
Ess
Oodring
Kansas
Neode
Wilson County
Sas
Ben 4. Paulen
Fredonia
Guy Helvering
Demoselene
Primioedh Peteoas
Inclu
Woodrings
Ais
KU and Haskell Invite Utah to Charity Game in Denver
Telegrams sought a charity football game with the University of Utah in Denver next month. The Dec 6 or 13 venue would support Salt Lake City and Denver community chests. Kansas and Haskell weigh postseason plans as Western Maryland offers to meet Utah in a benefit game.
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Kansas
Baskell
Utah
Denver
University of Kansas
Haskell Indians
University of Utah
Colorado Capitol
Salt Lake City
Rocky Moontanach
H. W. Hargiss
Missouri
K. U
Athletic Board
F. C. Allen
Frank McDonald
Haskell
Indians
Zale
Butler
Ino 'Dianapolis
St. Xavier
Cin Eingatt
William Is Nash, Jr
Ee Ior x of Commerce
Nash
Colo
Western Maryland
Rocky Mountain
Denand
Fair Weather Likely for Missouri Kansas Game
Columbia Mo Nov 20 AP with the storm centers in 0 10 ma and Kansas moving north and east fair cool weather promised for the 39th annual Missouri Kansas game and 20th homecoming Saturday Nineteen thousand tickets sold and if 30 percent sold on game day capacity crowd above 25 000 expected Kansas and Missouri flags and signs were displayed as fans awaited the Jayhawkers and Tigers
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Columbia
Kansas
University of Missouri
University of Kansas
C. L. Brewer
Col A
Velme Kansas
Jayhawkers
Kansas football squad heads to Boonville for Missouri game
Twenty seven Kansas players coaches and trainers depart by bus at 8 am for Boonville Missouri headquarters at Hotel Frederick then travel to Columbia for the Kansas Missouri game Saturday. Special train runs to Columbia with tickets up to 3.50. estimated 1 000 in Lawrence and 500 in athletics offices remain. Governor elect Harry Woodin to attend the game.
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University of Kansas
Boonville
Jayhawkers
Columbia
Kansas- Missouri
Kemper Military Academy
Frederick
F. G. Allen
H. W
Bill” Hargiss
Mike Getto
Paul Murphy
Steve Hinshaw
Brutus Hamiton
Leon Bauman
J. M. Mott
K. U
Lawrence
Athletics
Kansas
Missouri
Columbas
Harry Woodin
Five Men Rob Bank in Kansas City Escape
Five armed, masked men robbed Quindaro State Bank in Kansas City Kan of 500 dollars. They fled in a motor car after forcing a tailor and a bookkeeper to open the safe and remove money. No other people were in the bank and an alarm was raised after the robbers escaped.
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Kansas City
Kan
Quindaro State Bank
Freda Beatty
Wesley Burton
Their Parents Rents Objected But 42 Year Engagement Ends
Oroville AP report: Joe Davia and Virlinda Seward, engaged for ten years, wed after parental objections were overcome. Army pilot from Deming New Mexico reported safe, fear eased as search for missing pilot near Tucson and El Paso ended.
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Concaapia
Oroville
Cal
Joe Davia
Virlinda Seward
Joe
Vilinda
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Douglaas T. Baker
L. Galloway
Wakeeney
Edward Dunkelberger
Newton
McRetary
Corty
Clyde K. Bordney
Marpavile
Fred Janssen
Lyons
Dortha Nichols
Eureka
J. J. Gilman
Atchison
E. J. Moury
Hoxie
C. M. Hartso
C. C. Everit
Girard
Clarence E. Lane
Phillipsburg
Flora W. Arnold
Register of Deeds
James Stewart
Kinsna City
Donald Daphorne
Sharon Springs
Eva M. Ih. D McPherson
Mary McKittrick
William F. Miller
Salina
C.F. Johnson
Manhattan
Grace A. Biles
Rey L. Hamilton
Washington
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Mitchell
Young Plan
Dr. Allen
Lisbon
Ministry of the Interior
France
Spain
Kansan
John Metcalf
Student Hospital
Plan Musical Assembly
Senio
Topeka ‘Attorney
U. S
Alibi
Yarble
W.C.T.U
Fort Scott
Independence Reporta Reales Carpend
Lawrence Poles
Montgomery
Neodesha
Woodring
Shroyer
Kite
Brazil
Hanson
Stuck
Paden
Foy
Smay
N. Sorem
Zvilanek
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Rost
McCall
Atkeson
David
Smoot
Burcham
J. Bausch
Cox
Schaake
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Fisher
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Les Gridley
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Waves Ry
Memorial Union
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Women’s Student Govearmament Association
PE Seshorta
Sen Wranlan
Deming
N. M
Hurley
War Department
Tucaon
Ariz
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