Farm Board Goes On Trial For Life
Washington reports the Farm Board faces Senate scrutiny as Chairman Stone defends wheat and cotton purchases amid a tally showing 371.7 million dollars in two years. Wheeler probes why stabilization paused. Stone cites bank failures and cost of carrying wheat as reasons. Board claims leadership largely guides the stabilization and emphasizes aiding American millers and cooperative relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stone
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
McNary
Wheeler
Montana
Eight Face the Chair in New York Executions
Albany AP reports the New York Court of Appeals fixed execution dates for eight murderers including Francis Crowley. Three electrocutions are set for the week of January 4 with two more the following week and Crowley plus two others slated for January 18 unless clemency intervenes. Crowley killed Nassau County officer Frederick Hirsch and was linked to the Virginia Brannen case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
Francis
Crowley
New York
Court of Appeals
High Court
Nassau County
Frederick
Hirsch
Helen Walsh
Virginia Brannen
Charity Shows Netted Over $80 for Committee
Receipts from two charity moving picture shows at Patee and Dickinson theaters total about $53, with $80.49 received so far and more from McAllaster school tickets to come in. Tickets were sold by teachers to pupils, with $27.75 collected at the doors of the two theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patee
Dickinson
van Bruner
Community Service Committee
Bruner
McAllaster
Sandino Seizes Chichigalpa as Offensive Opens in Nicaragua
In Nicaragua, Sandinista forces under Gen. Pedro Salgado captured the strategic town of Chichigalpa in Chinandega, driving out government troops led by American Marines. Zepeda, Sandino's foreign representative, said a large arms stock was seized. Casualties were not disclosed. Sandino now controls eight of fourteen states and vows a general front battle as he reorganizes for a decisive fight, with followers ready to lay down arms if US Marines withdraw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Pedro Salgada
Chichigalpa
Chinandega
Nicaragua
Pedro Jose Zeneda
Sandino
Zepeda
United States Marine
Flood Threat Looms as Kansas Rivers Rise Across State
Eastern and southeastern Kansas cope with rising rivers after heavy rain. Marais des Cygnes nears flood stage. towns like Franklin county Ottawa report water encroachment. Roads closed on routes 73 W and 50 S. Elk City and Nietze see highway closures as Neosho river tops flood level in Iola and Chanute. Local residents evacuate, stock moved to higher ground, and fords are used on flooded highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Franklin County
Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Pomona
Quenemo
Santa Fe
Garnett
Independence
Kan
U. S
Elk City
Neosho River
Curtis Has Not Decided on His Future Course
Vice President Curtis stated he had not decided whether to seek renomination or run for the Kansas Senate. He denied any authorized statement about his plans and said the decision rests with him alone, as he left the White House for his office after a cabinet meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Washington
Kansas
White House
Nebraska coach Dana Bible signs five year contract
Dana X. Bible, Nebraska football coach, renews for five years with a further five year option. Salary undisclosed. In three Nebrask a seasons his teams won two Big Six titles and performed well in key intersectional games. Also notes Mayor James Walker and Governor Rolph seeking a Mooney pardon in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Texas A
Bible
Mayor Walker
San Francisco
James Walker
New York
James Rolph Jr
California
Thomas Mooney
San Quentin
Weather to Leave Hospital After Injury
Police update on Officer Ingalls severe leg fracture. He is expected to leave Memorial Hospital tomorrow for his home at 1815 Con that street. The driver Paul Smith was arrested on careless driving and released on bond $150 pending Ingalls testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ingalls
Memorial Hospital
Ingalls
Con
Paul , Smith
Topeka
Seventh and Lyons Street
Smith
Fighting South of Mukden Reports Reach Mukden
Dispatches from Mukden and Shanghai on November 24 say fighting began south of Mukden between Japanese and Chinese forces, with casualties on both sides. Chinese police aided troops, bandits west of the south Manchuria railway were routed, and a Japanese cruiser with troops reached Chinwangtao to cut Manchurian communications. The League council made no progress on the Manchurian issue and considered a new plan from Nanking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
Manchuria
Tokyo
Hsinmintan
South Manchuria Railway
Lincho
Japan
Nanking
China
Shanghai
Federal Court Special Master Finds Katy Road Property Overvalued
Topeka authorities faced a ruling by federal district court special master W P Dillard who concluded Missouri Kansas Texas railroad property in Kansas was taxed about 22 percent too high in 1929 and 1930. The report sets suggested values of about 18.7 million dollars for 1929 and 18.75 million for 1930, with specific valuation gaps compared to non-utility properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Katy
Topeka
W. P. Dillard
Federal District Court
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company
Kansas
John C. Pollock
Dillard
State Tax Commission
Board of Railroad Assessors
Forres
Tax Commission
Funds Needed For Rural Nurse Service In Douglas County
Douglas County Red Cross Roll Call Laboring To Fund Rural Public Health Nursing. Campaign extended beyond Thanksgiving as nurse staffing for rural schools remains uncertain. Previous nurse Mary E. McAuliffe resigned October 15. county cannot cover costs. Red Cross may bear full expense to continue services and show past benefits to children and health outcomes. Five prisoners were moved to Lansing as part of state penitentiary transfers with sentences ranging from six months to forty-two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Red Cross
Gene Glahn
Roll Call
Glahn
Mary E. McAuliffe
Douglas County
Red Cross
State Penitentiary
Jack Dunkley
Joe Spaur
Berniece Cummings
Spaur
Miss Cummings
Richard
Terry
Matt Hartman
Willie Vernsen
Lansing
M. W. Elliott
Hartman
Fern Eckman
Vinland
Vernsen
Kansas
Texas district race narrows to Kleberg and Johnson
In San Antonio on November 24 Democrat Harry P. Drought reported partial returns showing the 14th district will elect a Democrat to succeed Harry M. Wurzbach. The contest pits Richard M. Kleberg of Corpus Christi and Carl Wright Johnson of San Antonio, with Republican C. W. Anderson seen as a distant third. A special election was held across 11 counties to fill Wurzbach’s seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Harry P. Drought
Fourteenth
John N. Garner
Uvalde
House of Representatives
Washington
Harry M. Wurzbach
Seguin
Drought
Richard M. Kleberg
Corpus Christi
Carl Wright Johnson
C. W. Anderson
Wurzbach
Lone Star
Decorations To Be Put Up In Massachusetts Street District
Christmas decorations will be placed on Massachusetts street around December 1. Evergreen trees on trolley poles and evergreen canopies from buildings will adorn the business district, with a Merry Christmas electric sign across the street. Lights used for the teachers convention will remain and be lit with the others. Committee members include S. E. Schwahn as chairman, Georgs Lowman, G. P. Radcliffe, J. Ty. Skinner, and C. E. Decker. Individual merchants are likely to add store decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Merchants Bureau
S. E. Schwahn
Georgs Lowman
G. P. Radcliffe
J. Ty. Skinner
C. E. Decker
New Grant for K U Arts Fund From Carnegie Foundation
The University of Kansas receives a fresh five thousand dollar grant from the Carnegie Foundation for art advancement announced by Chancellor E H Lindley. A similar grant was given a year and a half earlier, with funds aiding acquisitions for the Spooner Thayer collection and supporting music drawing painting and dramatic art. no apportionment of the new grant has yet been made. A separate report from Salina Kansas notes Mrs Vaughn Vanhorne died from burns after a gas stove explosion and her three year old son Bobby was critically burned but improving. Mr Vanhorne suffered severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Carnegie Foundation
E. H. Lindley
University
Spooner-Thayer
Salina
Kan
Vaughn Vanhorne
Bobby
Vanhorne
Mill Reopens at Hutchinson Amid Steel Looms
In Hutchinson Kansas the Larabee flour mill, closed for three years, resumes operations today with new jobs. In Latrobe Pennsylvania two men died and a third injured in a moonlight airplane crash as pilot Lou Strickler landed, failing to see workers on the field. The victims were Robert Pescatore 24 and Phillip Duffy 23, with Allen Feather 21 reported dying. Police say Strickler 18 was landing under poor lighting from moon and car headlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson Hutchinson
Kan
Larabee
Lou Strickler
Antor
Latrobe Air
Robert Pescatore
Ice Snaps Wires Cut Power Across Kansas Towns
Wires of the Kansas Power company snapped under a two inch ice coating, leaving many small towns west of Great Bend without lights last night. The outage affected numerous communities as freezing conditions surged across western Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Bend
Kan
Here
Kansas Power Company
Thanksgiving Thrift Day On Double Page Ads
Ten firms cooperate on a Lawrence journal page titled Thanksgiving Thrift Day. The notices tout real values amid strong buying power of Mr Dollar, guiding homemakers toward Thanksgiving needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Lawrence
Dollar
KU Students Flock Home After 14–0 Victory
Kansas University votes an extra half day off for Thanksgiving as the 14 to 0 football win over Missouri prompts a general exodus. The recess starts at 6 pm and runs through the week with classes resuming Monday. Varsity players practice before the Washburn charity game, and boxes of holiday events fill Fraser theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
University of Kansas
K. U. Cabinet
Lawrence
Washburn
American Shakespearean Players
Fraser Theater
Serenade for Signora Grandi Delights New York Crowd
In New York on November 24 AP reports Italy's Foreign Minister Dino Grandi kept busy with official papers while his wife enjoyed a surprise performance. Fifty students from Mother Cabrini High School sang the fascist anthem Giovinezza at her hotel suite, moving Signora Grandi who welcomed them for a brief visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Italy
Dino Grandi
Mother Cabrini High School
Signora Grandi
Tom Mix Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy in Hollywood
Cowboy film and circus star Tom Mix had an emergency operation for a ruptured appendix performed successfully in Hollywood. He was rushed from his home to a hospital where physicians reported recovery expected barring complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Cal
Tom Mix
Mix
Ienon Enema
Body of mail pilot found in wrecked plane near Salt Lake
Norman W. Potter United Air Lines mail pilot was found dead in his wrecked plane about eight miles west of Salt Lake City International Airport. Potter had been missing since reporting a heavy snowstorm thirty miles west of the city. Information from airline officials and medical staff confirmed the discovery after an Army reserve pilot sighted the wreckage and local authorities reached the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Norman W. Potter
United Air Lines Mail
Salt Lake
D. B. Colyer
United Air Lines
Mazel Sheffield
Hugh Barker
Army Air Reserve
Potter
Langford Held in Slugging and Robbery Case
Leroy Langford, 30, Kansas City Missouri, negro, booked at Douglas county jail charged with participating on March 17 in slugging and robbing Baker University student William Morris. Jenkins, 25, already jailed, led officers to Langford after pleading guilty to a similar crime. Morris was attacked as he rode with three men in a Model A Ford on highway 50. loot included a watch, ring, and about 16 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Langford
Kansas City
Douglas County
William “Billy” Morrris
Baker University
Langford
Allen Jenkins
Jenkins
Morris
Highway 50
Baldwin
Lawrence
Floyd Hunter
John Inigalls
Illness Fatal to Veteran Topeka Doctor
Dr. C. A. McGuire, 69, longtime Topeka physician and president of the state board of health, died after weeks of illness from complications after injuries in a car accident last August. Born in 1862 in Kewanee Illinois, he began practice in 1884 after Rush Medical College graduation and held leadership roles in Kansas medical groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
C. A. McGuire
State Board of Health
State Inedical Society
McGuire
Ben 8. Paulen
Harry H. Woodring
Kansas Medical Society
Kewanee
Ill
Rush Medical School
Thieves Raid Choir Room at Local Church
Thieves broke into the choir room of First Christian church during Sunday services, stealing Samuel Erics son’s hat and $3. A top coat with car keys and gloves belonging to John Hilford was taken from the Sunday school room. One choir member left during services, and fur coats remained untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Samuel Ericsson
John Hilford
Dies at supper table in family gathering in Russell county
Conrad Mer mis of Gorham, a prominent Russell County resident, collapsed and died of heart disease at home while discussing his daughter Bertha’s upcoming wedding to Henry Hans Lakin. The wedding was planned for Gorham Catholic church the following morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kan
Bertha
Henry Hans Lakin
Conrad
Mer‘mis
Gorham
Russell County
Gorham Catholic
Floods Damage Valley Fields and Crops Warn of Rising Waters
Heavy rain broke banks of the Wakarusa and Mud Creek near Lawrence spreading over bottoms and wheat lands. Corn in shocks damaged as water covered fields. streams receded today but mud, driftwood, and debris remained. Highway 73-W and Highway 40 faced eight feet of water. farmers moved stock to high ground as floodwaters crested and then diminished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell
Lawrence
Bonner Springs
Miller Corner
Highway 40
Big Stranger
Tonganoxie
Wakarusa
Haversock
Restrict Entries for Annual Poultry Show
The Kaw Valley Poultry Association will hold its annual poultry show on December 17 18 and 19 at a yet unnamed site. Committee members include W R Essick and J A Terrell, county agent, with entries restricted to 4 H club and vocational agriculture students. About 150 birds expected with cash prizes in each class and sweepstakes awards to be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw Valley Poultry Association
Ilater
W. R. Essick
Essick
Gates calls for repeal and reforms in Nov press
Thomas S Gates president of the University of Pennsylvania and former J P Morgan partner argues in the Pennsylvanian for repeal of the Volstead Act revision or cancellation of war debts suspension of the Sherman antitrust act immediate entry to the League of Nations tariff revision and abandonment of the farm board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thomas S.gates
University of Pennsylvania
J. P. Morgan & Co
Pennsylvanian
Gates
League of Nations
Farm Board
Bound Over for Trial in Merchants Bank Holdup
Topeka AP reports George Probasco former police detective bound over to district court for trial on high way robbery in the Merchants National Bank messengers holdup of August 14 He was released under 10 000 bond Four other men face charges in the case including Eugene Leach ex Dodge truck driver Joe Moxley Guffin Co and a Chrysler driven by Mrs M W Elliott in a separate highway collision north of town at Seventh and Massachusetts noon today Both cars damaged and police noted the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
George Probasco
Merchants National Bank
Eugene KE. Leach
Joe
Moxley
Guffin
Axi Co
Rysler
M. W. Elliott
Liv
Highway 40
Seventh
Massachusetts Street
White House Wage Earners Give Three Days Pay
From President Hoover down every earner under the White House roof has signed to turn over a day’s pay for three months to the local community chest. It will amount to about $2,100. A note also mentions bankruptcy filing by Claude Harmon Helman, a drilling contractor and newly elected Miami County treasurer, listing liabilities of $43,500.11 and assets of $60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White “House
Miami County
Fort Scott
Kan
Claude Harmon Helman
Paola
Poltaumnine Naemanaiy
Washington
Hoover
White House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amercan
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Board
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Stabilization Corporation
Eight
Pantages
Los Angeles
Novi 24
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
East Texas
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Columbus, O
Ohio States University
Dick Smith
Sun Dial
Town City
Hubert L. Olin
University of Town
Department of Chemistry
Tures
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
Arkansas City
Treasury
Wichita
Coffey
Ville
Eastern Railway Presidents Conference
Chicago
Hamilton
Fords
Fritz Co
K. U
Central
B. Hosford
TOM “MIX
McCoy
Parsons
Jos McCoy
James McCoy
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Justice
Washington Post
Eldridge Hovel
T. J. Sweeney
Cali
Orley M. Smith Coal Co
William Morris
Kansan
Topeka Bank
Orley
M. Smith Coal Co
Fritz Coadv
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!