03 Oct 1929
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1929
Page
1
The article details a prison uprising led by a convict named Purdue with aid from a leader, triggering alarms as guards and state resources rushed to quell the riot. Reports describe chaos inside the facility, gunfire, and efforts from the guard station and fire department to regain control.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions weather conditions and a person named Lana Vri da ghanie in tempera Jonas, suggesting an incoherent weather note with names.
An Arkansas delegate, O. Bodehhanbis Odorgdoy, was named national commander of the American Legion at its convention in Lightsville Kentucky. Alabama yielded to North Carolina to place Badenhamy in nomination, with an aim for unanimous election. Other officers were re elected including Judge Advocate Schatt and Treasurer Bowman.
Attendance nears 6000 as Rochester bats explode in the second game against Kansas. Billy Southworth starts Tex Carleton to even the series. Clyde Pea Ridge leads Kansas on the mound as Rochester scores five in the second inning and pulls away with a 6 0 lead before substitutions.
The Gales defeated Pete Donohue 8 to 1 in three innings to take the third game of the series and move within two games to one in the set. Carlson Nehf Schulte Gudal and others contributed as New York played at Philadelphia amid wet field conditions.
The October session of a religious education school opened with about 50 students. Rev Theodore Aszinap of First Presbyterian led the chapel talk on The Place of Worship in Religious Education. Rev GC Haerington of Brethren Church spoke as a second chapel speaker. Classes meet each Wednesday night in October.
Olson, son of a local engineer, is recovering in Pontiac after an operation last night. He graduated from a Kansas University engineering program in 1922 and played on the basketball team.
Dr. Gustav Stresemann Germany’s foreign minister and key Reich cabinet figure died at 4:25 am after a heart attack following a stroke the night before. He was 51 and had been ill for months. Frau Stresemann and his two children were at his bedside. His death comes amid debate over reparations and Germany’s foreign policy, with experts predicting shifts in leadership and strategy.
Raids led by Texas Ranger General Wolters target alleged conspirators in Borger as martial law looms. Officials say the actions aimed to aid jail town efforts involve confiscating pistols shotguns whiskey and other items while two of the three primary suspects are brought in for questioning.
The Missouri Valley's Kansas team will play Mexico City’s national champions, Mexico, at the University Auditorium on January 6 1950. Dr. Forres C. Allen signed the contract with Leon Giocha, noting plans to expand international play and Olympic connections.
Western Passenger Association authorizes an open fare of one and one half to Lawrence for the Kansas anniversary event. The special rate covers points west to Wichita, Hutchinson, and Russell, Kansas, and from Kansas City Missouri. Tickets on sale October 12 with a final return deadline.
Officials from fourteen northeast Kansas counties gather in Kansas City for the annual Northeast Kansas Building and Loan Association meeting. Speakers include G B Thomas A Sterling William Haynen and Paul Morrison with P W Dawson noted as state supervisor of building and loan associations.
Baker University Lecture Association announces its season of entertainments starting November 42 with William Stefanson on the schedule. Other Baker entertainers include Phyllis Kveneter cello J Granville dramatic recital Hugo Kirtychak violin Rosalind Morini vocal piano and flute. The association is among the oldest university groups in the city history.
Ed Deas of Lecompton spoke to New York school students on early Lawrence history and day school methods. He answered many questions after a long exhibit of wood and clay models of covered wagons and early day houses prepared by the students. Independence heat varies.
Government observers say Independence recorded the hottest 24 hours in Kansas with 80 degrees while Goodland hit a state low of 52 degrees. Officials cite a sharp temperature swing across the state within one day prompting Farm Bureau and extension agents to note weather impacts.
The Comptroller General reports that U S shipping board merchant fleets faced failure by ship owners to meet contract obligations. He told Congress the ships were to irresponsible companies that could not pay, causing losses to the United States. The audit covers the financial affairs of the corporation.
A late day pep rally at the University of Kansas calls students and downtown fans to gather at the Santa Fe depot tonight to cheer the team and hear plans from coaches Hinshaw and Getto. Kansas returns from the rally to greet Allen and the squad after the Illinois showdown in Orleans Saturday.
Fifty-one Lawrence high school students participate in publishing The Budget, the school weekly. Editorial staff includes Herbert Cleary Zelgia Snydal John Morrison and others. business staff lists Charles Smith manager Wanda Edmonds Jessamine Jackson. school publications director Iva Belle Harper.
Chancellor E H Lindley announced committee members to organize the annual University of Kansas night shirt parade to be held Saturday October 12 after the home football opener versus Emporia State Teachers College. Members include Henry Werner Raymond Nichols G L Scott Dick Gatwd Paul Parker John Mize and Dick Garlingy.
Plans are in progress for two Messiah concerts in Kansas City and Lindsborg led by the Lindsborg group. Proceeds from the concerts are expected to fund a new music building on the University of Kansas campus.
City police chief Will Johns Lodoy warns residents not to discharge firearms within city limits during the upcoming anniversary celebrations. Only raid participants may shoot with blank ammunition under supervision, as improper use endangers users and others and violates city ordinance.
A resident of Lawrence celebrates a seventy fourth birthday with an air trip. Details mention connections to the University of Kansas where the person is a professor of economics and to Coffeyville as president of the university association. A prior wedding trip to Alaska is noted.
Lawrence business group selects prize winners for the Seventy fifth Anniversary Celebration contest. L Renkeye wins second prize of $10. Nina Fellews wins third prize of $5. Other prizes range up to $24. About 400 entries were judged. judges praised neatness and layout of cartoons and advertisements.
Witness Dinsmore says Jakes Fleagle appeared at a carnival in Rand Sel Alabama with a ball rack concession. He reported Fleagle left quickly while a government man watched, and later he could not locate him in Sylvan Grove during the fair.
A brick 13 room school in Mound Valley near Independence was destroyed by a blaze of undetermined origin. The building and contents were total losses except a piano and 113 typewriters. Fire brigades from Parsons, Cherokees and Nine Mont were called to help. School work will resume Monday in a gymnasium adjacent to the burned buildings with grade classes at Mound Valley churches.
Vernon King on North Third Street suffered shoulder injuries after a collision with a driver named Jas HL Robbs near 73 K. He was taken to the hospital by Fred Wi. The text also notes a choir opening at First Presbyterian Church with Dean Swarthout from the University of Kansas urging applicants for the fine arts school.
Kansas freshmen will debut blue caps tomorrow morning as part of the annual initiation. The change came after the student council decided the cap wearing should begin with the start of the school year, delaying earlier plans for a later initiation.
At Hudners on Friday evening October 4 the Farmland 4-H Club will meet to consider civilizational efforts and a written record of progress. The meeting aims to decide on using Farmland School as a community center with various economics projects and ongoing work.
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