Weeks Carries On Ford Controversy After Gorgas Sale
Secretary Weeks entered cabinet with Henry Ford's attack on war department actions over Muscle Shoals. Ford accused political influence of hindering his efforts to acquire the property and asserted obstruction would continue. White House stance supports allowing Ford to bid, noting the Gorgas sale to Alabama Power for 3 472487 was not essential to his Muscle Shoals aims.
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Oet
Associated Press
Weeks
Detroit
Henry Ford
Goreas
Muscle Shoals
Alas
Alabama Power Co
Ford
Alabama
Nets
Coolidge
War Department
Gorgas
Alabama Power
White House
Congress
Mucele Shoals
Juvenile Law Discusses Community Action And Court Practice
The Kansas Conference of Social Work at the University addresses juvenile court principles and enforcement. Prof Walter Burr warns against overreliance on formal councils, while Miss Pauline Fairchild and Mrs Elizabeth Nitcher present concerns about court reports and enforcement.
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Kansas Agricultural College
Kansas Conference of Social Work
Burr
Pauline Fairchild
Hutchinson
Ehild
Kansas
Elizabeth Stone
Nit
Cher
University of Kansas
Nitcher
Kansas Juvenile Court
FL W. Blackmar Elmer Scots
Dallas Civic Federation
Stuart A. Queen
University
Ross W. Sanderson
Wichita
Stuart Queen
MF. Woods
Helen’ Shirt
Topeka
Pierce Atwater
Ihita
Bess Wetayle
Salina
Ship Crew Not Found After Tanker Sinks Off Florida Coast
Key West Oct 12 Associated Press reports the City of Everett tanker sank stern first off the Florida coast leaving about 30 crewmen missing and believed alive in boats. vessels including Mallory Line conferred underway to the site while Saukee and other ships joined the search as debris and only a few lifeboats were spotted in rough seas.
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Duesseldorf
Associated Press
Solingen
Graffath
Key West
Associated’ Press
City of
Everett
Florida
Chmal
Mallory Line
Fyerett
Comal
Navy
Butter Pays School Cost In Oelde Germany
In Oelde Westphalia pupils pay high school fees with butter and barley to fund school maintenance. City pupils donate a pound of butter monthly while country students pay in butter or forty pounds of barley. Proceeds help buy winter coal and partly reimburse teachers who prefer butter or barley to devaluing currency. Twenty six infants were examined at the city hall baby clinic yesterday afternoon.
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Munster
Germany
Associated Press
Westphalia
Oelde
Impeachment Probing Begun by Oklahoma House
Oklahoma City October 12. Speaker W P D McBee announces a 21 member House committee to investigate possible impeachment charges. The move signals multiple state department probes may run concurrently with sub committees for speed. Senate delays action on anti Ku Klux Klan bill until Monday.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House of Representatives
W. PD. McBee
House
Senate
Oklahoma
C. B. Leedy
Kiwanis Hosts Social Work Leaders at University Conference
J B Gwin Red Cross Southwest director Elmer Scott Civic Federation Dallas executive secretary and F J Burns Family Welfare Association Minneapolis secretary spoke at the Kiwanis club meeting at Wiedemann's. They are in Lawrence for the Kansas Conference of Social Workers at the University this week with Prof. Stuart Queen from the University sociology department also present.
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J.B. Gwin
Southwest Division of Red Cross
Elmer Scott
Civic Federation of Dallas
F. J. Burns
Family Welfare Association of Minneapolis
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann’s
Lawrence
Kansas Conference of Social Workers
Stuart Queen
Sociology
The
Uniersity
Jail woman for speeding by Kansas City in 1920s style
Dorothy Croswhite was fined ten dollars and sentenced to one day in jail for speeding in Kansas City. It marked the first time a woman received a jail sentence for speeding locally. Police Commissioner Louis Oppenstein said he would order her release and, if needed, bring the matter to the mayor.
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Kansas City
Dorothy Croswhite
Louis Oppenstein
Train hold-up at tunnel No. 13 by bandits in Siskiyous
In the Siskiyous on the Oregon California border, unknown robbers held up Southern Pacific train No. 13. three trainmen and the mail clerk were attacked as a blast raked the mail car. Passengers were injured from flying glass. Posse from Oregon and California counties, including Oregon National Guardsmen, chased the bandits through the mountains following three tracks left at the scene.
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Redding
Cal
Associated Press
Oregon
California
Southern Pacific
Lew
Oragan
Fat Man Attempts English Channel Swim
The article quotes Carbis A. Walker of Cleveland explaining his failed attempt to swim the English Channel after previously crossing Lake Erie. He states he was in the water 342 hours, found the water cold and exhausting, and attributes the failure to carrying too much weight for fast swimming.
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Land
Oct
Associated Press
Seanrinee
English
Carbis A. Walker
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Oil Rumors From Saghalien Island Discovery
Professor Iki of Togo University returns from North Saghalien where he reports oil seeping from the ground and large oil pools across the northern island. He describes native habits but highlights petroleum abundance as a key finding. Chevrolet one Ton Truck chassis $650.00.
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Saghalien
Tokio
Associated Press
Iki
Togo University
Chevrolet
Smoke So Dense Forest Fires Halt Great Lakes Traffic
A pall of smoke from northern forest fires disrupts Great Lakes shipping as rain later eases some blazes. The steamer Warenton sank after a collision near White Kish Hill, crew rescued by the Cestus. Two other fatalities occur from fire related accidents in Wisconsin including a motorcycle crash and a hunter's accidental gun discharge.
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Great Lakes
St. Paul
Fred
Huroaton
White Kish Hilly
Cestus
Warenton
Willard ‘Mann
Conte
Wis
John Futzk
Danby
Small coins vanish from Berlin banks
Berlin reports that government issued aluminum 209 and 500 mark pieces for small change have completely disappeared. Banks cannot supply the coins, and the public cannot obtain them, indicating a broader coin shortage.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Gompers Again Heads Labor Federation
Samuel Gompers was unanimously reelected president of the American Federation of Labor at the Portland convention. Peter H. Brady and Edward Gaynor were elected delegates to the British trades union congress. El Paso, Texas was chosen for the 1924 AFL convention by a vote of 14,888 to 12,884 for Detroit.
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Associated Press
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Peter H. Brady
New York
Edward Gaynor
Washington
Carr Unioh
Canings
el Paso
Texas
Detroit
Two Men Held Over Jay Jailbreak Case In Oklahoma
Fort Smith Arkansas October 12 two men who gave names as Pete Shaves and Dee Dodson are jailed in Bartlesville Oklahoma as suspects in the escape of bandit Edward Lockhart from Jay Oklahoma last week. They were arrested late yesterday and will be returned to Jay for identification by jailers.
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Associated Press
Tsa
Yuesseldorf
Letoves
Solingen
Repor
Wilhalingen
Rhenish Frussia
Inidgomaster
Widun
Hesse-Nassau
Det
Tocsl Commission
Fort Smith
Ark
Pete Shaves
Dee” Dodson
Bartlesville
Okla
Edward Lockhart
Jay
Oklahoma
CARS IN A CRASH NEAR RIE SPRINGS
Wet pavement caused a collision between an Interstate safety coach and a Maxwell car three miles east of Rie Springs shortly before 11 this morning. The bus skidded west toward Topeka, struck the Maxwell, ripping the car in two. No injuries except the seven passengers in the bus, and the car owners from Topeka, escaped unharmed.
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Jess Miller
Charles Sweet
Kansas City
Kaw Valley Interurban Company
Lawrence
Betts Creek
Boner Springs
Fort-To-Fort
Interstate Bus Line
Maxwell
Rie Springs
Oelock
Topeka
Osl
Seven Passonrets
Probes Death Causes In Poison Liquor Case At Pana
In Pana Illinois on October 12 authorities investigate five deaths attributed to drinking poisonous liquor with a similar number in serious condition. The coroner sheriff and state’s attorney interview witnesses to pursue criminal proceedings while police report statements from four of five hospital patients but withhold details. Maurice Clark who was said to have died was later found to be in critical condition.
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Pana
Associated Press
Doo
Andrew Fiescher
Dowell
Alonzo Reed
Panai
Maurice Clark
ATHLETIC MEET TO OPEN AT WOLD CITY
San Francisco hosts the American Olympic games October 15 to 19 as part of the American Legion 1924 national convention program. Events include track and field, basketball, golf, tennis, football, baseball, swimming, rifle, boxing and wrestling exhibitions with sprinters like Charlie Paddock Brookins Ray and Clarence De Mar among the expected competitors.
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San Francisco
Associated Ties
United States
American Legion
A. P. Lott
American Legion National Athletic Commission
Charlie Paddock
Brookins
Jeie Ray
Clarence de Mar
Germans Sign Agreement on Ruhr Mine Returns
An agreement signed between German miner unions and French authorities allows the return of all miners and officials from the Derstfeld mine in the Ruhr. A parallel deal covers the Bergfeld mine. Ex‑felled miners and officials may resume work as arranged.
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Duesselhard
Derstfeld
Ruhr
Bergfeld
Kaiser to Sell Wife's Jewels and Portraits
Wilhelm Hohenzollern sells jewels of his first wife and several paintings. French masters portraits, Dutch and German antique works sold through a Dutch firm. Late empress jewels such as a pearl necklace sold via a Cologne jeweler. Proceeds fund Dutch fonds purchases. Special dinner and phone reservation details appear in a small ad.
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Amsterdam
The
Associated Press
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Cologne
Three Hobokan youths held in jail here
Three Hoboken youths about 18 years old were arrested ten miles northwest of Lawrence after their Cadillac sedan, filled with groceries, auto supplies, and dry goods, became stuck in mud. They admit traveling toward California after a night of drinking and robbing a small country store. loot included canned goods, near beer, clothes, and tools. They face charges and their parents were not notified.
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Kansas
West Hoboken
Charles Lombardi
John Malanka
Jim Margosian
Will Johns
Ralph Lawrence
Lawrence
Johns
Lombardi’s
California
Waost Hoboken
Hoboken
Kansans City
Fire Prevention Drive Amid Chestnut Street Area
Merchants of Lawrence, urged by O L Scott secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, should place boxes and inflammables behind their stores tomorrow afternoon. They will be collected between 4 and 6 PM and burned in a vacant lot at 709 Vermont Street for a community bonfire.
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Lawrence
O. L. Scott
Chamber of Commerce
Vermont Street
Plundering Plot Probed In Lincoln Prison
Postal inspectors questioned Frank Barton a Chicago actor serving time in Lincoln Nebraska in a case tied to a nationwide plundering plot alleged to target the Washington treasury. Barton denied knowledge of the plot and was also questioned about a $40,000 bond theft from a Chicago bank as a federal grand jury probes the scheme in Los Angeles.
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Neb
Frank Barton
Treasury
Washington
Barton
Chicago
Los Angeles
Giants Hold Off Yankees In Tight Boxscore Fight
In a nine inning summary the Giants score one in the seventh and a final run in the ninth to beat the Yankees 1 to 0. Du gan Home Stengel and Frisch contribute key plays while Bancroft to Frisch to Kelly turns a double play. Neht earns the win over Jones. Umpires Nollan Hart Evans ODay. Time two hours seven minutes.
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Yankees
Dugan
Stengel
Bancroft
Frisch
Kelly
Jones
Sentt
Pipp
Neht
Bush
Nollan
Hart
Evans
O'Day
Pachacamac Society Wins Fall Elections at University
The Pachacamac student society swept the university fall elections. It captured eighteen offices, with the Black Mask group only securing the senior class treasurer and sophomore secretary roles. Vote tallies spanning multiple offices include presidents, secretaries, and treasurers for various classes with names such as Wayne Me, James Zaly Ashley, Susan Moody, Rose Barrons, and others.
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Pachacamat Political Society
Pachacamac
Black Mask
Wayne Me
C. G. Hall
Chet Shere
Hodges
Secreta Rose Barrons
Beth Martin
Ce James
Lor
Tymi
Sophomory
Fred Cham
Jom Wellman
Tary
Marjorie Evans
Lucile Parker
Tack Kincaid
John LeVan
Evangelist F W Emerson to Address Chamber Luncheon
The Rev. F. W. Emerson who has spoken at the First Christian church during the past week will address Chamber of Commerce members at the regular luncheon next Tuesday. His subject is not announced. Emerson has impressed Lawrence listeners during his brief stay. He has lectured daily at the church and addressed the Rotary club and Kiwanis, of which he is a member, with further talks planned. He has led pul pits in churches across the Pacific coast and Midwest. His past pastorates include Burlington Iowa Topeka Redlands San Francisco Albany Oregon and Mexico Missouri. He was field superintendent for the International Reform Bureau in Mississippi and a field organizer for Helen drehen’s Flying Squadron of America. He also served two years as superintendent of missions in Southern California and Arizona.
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F. W. Emerson
First Christian Church
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Emerson
Rotary Club
Kiwanis
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Burlington
Iowa
Topeka
Redlands
Cal
San Francisco
Albany
Ore
Mexico
Mississippi
International Reform Bureau
Henlen
America
California
Arizona
Private Hospitals Seek Aid as German Finances Strain
Professor Langstein, president of the Association of Private Hospitals and Clinics, warns that the coming winter will bring hardship as the mark declines. He appeals for funds to cover deficits and fuel needs to prevent hospital closures.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Langstein
Association of Private Hospitals and Clnics
Germany
Stengel Hails Hero as Giants Win 1 0 World Series Game
Casey Stengel homered off Sad Sam Jones to produce the only run as the Giants defeated the Yankees 1 to 0 in the third World Series game at Yankee Stadium. Nehf pitched well for the Giants, while the Yankees left runners stranded and failed to score.
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Yankee Stadium
Associated Press
Casey Stengel
Sam Jones
Giants
Nehf
Open bids for Vinland rural high school building
Bids for the construction of the new Vinland rural high school were opened this afternoon by the Vinland school board at the Vinland bank. Plans, filed with the county superintendent, were available for review. Several contractors submitted bids and work will begin once a contract is awarded.
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Vinland
Vinland Bank
Vinland School Board
Lone Star CPAs Initiate Members In Lawrence
Initiated in Lone Star C P A J W Hartley Virgil Shelton Sidney Freer and Kurtz Paulson all of Lawrence were initiated as members of the Lone Star C P A last night at the regular meeting.
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Lone Star C. P. A
J. W. Hartley
Virgil Shelton
Sidney Freer
Kurtz Paulson
Lawrence
Vinland Grange to Hold Annual Meeting Friday
The Vinland Grange will hold its annual meeting on Friday October 20 at the Chamber of Commerce building in the afternoon.
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Vinland Grange
Chamber of Commerce
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