24 Nov 1927
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1927
Page
1
Four coaches resigned in a mass move at Kansas University amid reports of non cooperation and disputed athletic conditions. Cappon and Sabo issued statements saying resignations aimed at university best interests and a lack of full cooperation from the university leadership.
Nov 24 AP reports police raids netted 50 Chicago gangsters, including Genna brothers leader and last of the Genna gang. The Genna clan rose after prohibition, once ruled the underworld, with six brothers, several killed in feuds or fled abroad.
Washington on May 24 AP reports President Coplidge set aside his usual activities and began a quiet traditional Thanksgiving, planning to attend church services with Mrs. Coolidge.
The University of Kansas announced the resignation of the football coaching staff led by Coach Franklin C. Cappon with the exception of freshman coach John Bunn. The board cited differences with Dr. F C Allen and the lack of cooperation as factors, effective at the end of the current academic year.
Coach Cappon joined Kansas in 1926 from Michigan where he assisted Fielding Yost after earlier stints at Luther College and Phillips University. John Sabo coached at Rochester NY and Aurora IL before Kansas. Lookabaugh came from Oklahoma A and M as wrestling coach turned backfield coach. Harold Steele arrived from Michigan after freshman coaching. Misc notes mention radio and ads.
Rumors claimed H J Huff University of Kansas track coach would resign and be in Kansas City. Reports tied Huff to a campaign aimed at athletic director F C Allen, suggesting Huff’s resignation would follow four football coaches' departures within days.
The first Hindu temple in London will be built in West Hempstead as a gift from Calcutta merchant Ghanashyamdas Birla. It will include a hostel to aid vegetarian Hindu students, serving as a new religious center amid other faiths in the city. Hazing at the University of Oregon is criticized as outdated by the additions committee, urging end to paddling during freshman traditions. a garbled wedding line appears among stray lines.
Weld County coroner jurors find two miners died during an unlawful act, state police firing on strikers not felonious. Boulder County coroner confirms ruling. Officials expect no further charges as miners appeal to Governor Adams to mediate wage dispute amid petitions from over 5,000 southern field workers.
London reports that jazz during meals excites diners and causes discomfort. Critics in Britain and the continent fault noisy bands in cafes and hotels, noting Italy offers silence in many establishments. In Austria and Germany noises intrude on dining, while some hotels avoid orchestras to ease digestion.
In Huron County Illinois on November 24 Ronald Flathers 217 living southeast of Iroquois shot Doris Rounds 19 Earl Fraum 22 then killed himself. All three were hospitalized in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and chest.
Clearing skies and rising temperatures across Kansas gave residents reason to enjoy outdoor activity. Overnight lows ranged from 25 to 28 degrees in Topeka Goodland Wichita Dodge Concordia and Kansas City with no precipitation reported in the last 24 hours.
Former Denver judge Ben Lindsey, who coined companionate marriage, publicly congratulates Aubrey Rozelle on his marriage in Girard Kansas. He lauds honesty of the union and argues modern marriages are frank about companionship despite societal and church pressures.
Los Angeles November 24 The Examiner reports Adolph De La Huerta former provisional president of Mexico living in the city has hired a bodyguard after six Mexican gunmen crossed the border seeking to assassinate him. Police detectives and Justice agents hunt the six men who have stalked him on two occasions while he traveled to his office and home. De La Huerta says he has endured danger since exile and will continue his routine without fear.
Archeologists of the future will identify the American Church of Paris from a guide document sealed in a glass tube inside the cornerstone of the American Church in Quai d Orsay. It records the church’s name in many languages and gives its cornerstone date in Christian, Hebrew, Muslim and other chronologies, some long unused.
Queen Marie of Romania, returning from the United States, asks Corliss Bulger of Portland for a picture of Princess Drifted Snow, a pigeon she released at Maryhill Castle. Bulger reports the bird’s wounds healed and plans to send the bird to the queen as a gift.
The article notes several Berlin swimmers with baking family roots. Mercedes Ghitze, a London typist, is the daughter of a Brighton baker who worked fifteen years as a baker. Ernst Vierkoetter, a Toronto marathon figure, is described as a baker, with his wife listed as nee Dj enler and claimed to have won a Berlin Spree race. The French channel swimmer George Michel, second to Vierkoetter, is also a baker, with his wife helping by tending ovens. The piece emphasizes baking heritage among prominent swimmers and mentions the fathers as bakers.
From the London Daily News dated September 20 1851 editor Charles Dickens showed great interest in advancing farm aid through machinery. The steam plough, recently perfected by the Mariones of Tweeddale, featured in early experiments highlighting practical agricultural progress.
Bucharest reports Premier Ionel Bratianu died after complications from throat abscess surgery. He was 64 and had led Romania until his death, with his brother Viltila named as regent and a new cabinet formed. Paris commentary questioned the dynasty's hold and prospects for royal return.
Homecoming crowds in Columbia await a pivotal Missouri valley clash with Oklahoma at Memorial Stadium. The outcome will decide the Tigers’ title hopes in a tightly bunched race, with Oklahoma seeking to dent Missouri’s aspirations and reclaim momentum after recent results.
Elmer Hartman a senior at Lawrence High School earned a trip to the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago from November 26 to December 3 in recognition of outstanding work with the Jayhawk Potato Club. The award honors his dedication to club activity and vocational agriculture.
Rear Admiral Illiam H. G. Bullard, chairman of the federal radio commission, died at his home after years of service. Cause listed as high blood pressure. He served as the commission’s first executive and was a retired mayor officer, a Navy veteran from 1888 to 1922.
Lawrence marks Thanksgiving with store closures and community services led by the Lawrence Ministerial Alliance. University and public schools are closed, and Turkey day activities include assemblies at Liberty Memorial high and junior high, student dinners, and the Haskell and Ottawa game day events. Twenty players plus staff travel by bus to Ottawa for the annual Turkey Day game, with Reynolds riding along but injured.
Miami Beach officials authorize a new public project as the first U S city built private club pavilion for entertainment at the municipal golf course with a budget near ten thousand dollars. The item accompanies a note about three prisoners connected to related concerns.
Sheriff W J Cimmings took three prisoners to Lansing penitentiary: Phil Weeks for auto theft Carl Howard for attempted burglary and Norman Reed for grand larceny. Joe Dieteck was sent to Fort Leavenworth disciplinary barracks for desertion. Water service to be shut Friday 9 to 11 am on New Hampshire Rhode Island and Barker between 11th and 19th streets for fire hydrant repair.
Three thousand envelopes with 31 worth aff seals are mailed to Douglas county residents to raise funds for tuberculosis work. Mrs. Ed Anderson chairs the sale, targeting Lawrence residents and county outsiders. Over 5000 dollars expected to be raised this year, with University drives and school participation planned.
Emporia College of Emporia and Emporia Teachers College meet in the Kansas conference football classic on Thanks King day afternoon with both unbeaten. Key guard Har oll Hunt of the Teachers College is out due to blood poisoning in his right arm while alumni and state football followers expect attendance near 9600 if weather is favorable.
Lincoln Neb Nov 24 The Nebraska Huskers and the New York Violet Warriors prepared for a hard fought football game at the University stadium with both teams showing strong line play and star backs Connor and Priante for New York and the Nell Princeton Howell combo for Nebraska. An attendance expected near 25 000. Other notes: Dr Testerman and McAfferty attended union services in Kansas City Kan. An array of marriage licenses issued to local and distant residents.
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