Baptists Elect W. G. Simons Leader in Kansas
Kansas City Kan Oct 16 W G Simons was elected president of the Kansas state Baptist convention at its annual session with delegates noting a strong board slate. The theme included work in Puerto Rico by Rev G H Rigg and plans to mark the mission site near Shawnee with a state tablet. The gathering discussed union with the Historical Society and overall growth to about 4000 members in Lasthol.
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Kan
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Lawrence
Kapha
Kansas
Ore
Holmer
Joondell
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Spruen
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U A Baptist School
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Carlson
Charl Jones
Simons
Parto Rico
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Falto Rico
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Baptist
Historical Society
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Will Baé
Charges Filed Against Ronald Lagan After Shooting
County Attorney Harry Frond filed charges today against Ronald Lagan. A $35,000 bond was set at a memorial service for Logan held this afternoon. Mike Beach, a University student, was shot northwest of Lawrence last Saturday night and remains critically ill as doctors report possible improvement.
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Harry
Frond
Bord
Heediz
Mike Beach
Viet & Bullet
Logan
Lawrence
Beach
Combat Small Pox Epidemic Report Fifty Cases
Hearth authorities in McCune Kansas report a small pox epidemic with fifty cases. Schools closed to prevent spread as health officials warn most patients are children. A rural school day celebration drew about two thousand residents to the event.
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Han
McCune
Kan
Tohn
Rudge to Cover Expense and Bank Robbery Report
A Pittsburgh Kansas bank robbery is reported with three men entering the First National Bank of Brazil Twenty entered the bank and escaped with money. Sheriff posies and Pittsburg police pursued the suspects but located only a horse and unknown items. The trail led toward St Paul Kansas as of the afternoon report.
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Kan
Brazil
Cephi
St.Paul
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Kansas Weather Forecast Tomorrow Clarifies Roads
Kansas forecast notes cooler conditions in the extreme northeast tonight and into Thursday. Morning briefing mentions clear skies, generally good roads, and Douglas County road status.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Eighteen K U Captives Entertain at Aggie Pep Chapel
Eighteen Kansas University captives provided entertainment at the Aggie pep chapel in Manhattan, freeing all but two after a tense raid on Kansas State Agricultural College. Scouts and students from both schools were involved in ongoing cross-town tensions ahead of the annual Lawrence-Lawrence football game, with guards repressing further incursions as authorities released the detained night hawkers.
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M¢H
University of Kansas
Kansas State Agricultural College
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HK I. M
Music Deans and Teachers Meet in Kansas City Area
Kansas teachers and music deans gather Friday and Saturday for lectures by Fowles and others, with public talks on Modin Music and Gadh and His Contribution to Music. Events include university and teacher’s association programs, city-wide lectures, and a Kansas City rotary talk on Edison and the man.
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Musi
Dents of the
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New York
Uni-Univesity of Michigan
University of Nort Carolina
Music Teacher’s Nat Association
Ohio
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Tarsity Fine Arts School
Jim
Sade
University of Kansas
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Yar
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Mils Iery
Slot Machines To Be Banned In City Soon
County Attorney Wrazee and Attorney General Wil lam A. Smith announced after a state supreme court ruling that federal injunctions against slot machines will be dissolved. Few machines remain in Lawrence and operations will be halted as the court action takes effect.
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Lawrence
Jance
Wrazee
Willam A. Smith
Frasee
Supreme Court
Emoral
Frazeq
Free Tickets Drop For Speedway Film At Lawrence
Kansas Yearly Meeting clerks report activity in Wichita and discuss a plan to drop free tickets and handbills for the film Speedway at the Dickinson Theater in Lawrence tomorrow and Friday. The Bell Memorial Hospital in Kansas City joins the American College of Surgeons list after standards review in Chicago. Weather outlook says fall remains mild with no hard frost expected. Kansas generally cooler for Topeka and eastern regions.
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Bennett_all
Lawrence
Eclock
Picture “Speedway
Djckinson Theater
Bell Hospital
Bell Memorial
Kansas City
Kansas ‘School of Medicine
Chicago
Topekay
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Adult Home Decoration Class Forming at Local School
Nine report shows interest in an adult home decoration class at the school building yesterday. Organizers say the class will start with at least fifteen enrollees and a next meeting is planned for Tuesday noon. Sewing may follow if enrollment meets needs. Evening sessions begin Monday night at the senior high building with time and offerings to be announced.
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Woodlawn
Lawrenge
Eoupavill
Selec
Shalt
North Lawrence
Graber
Lawrence to form Douglas county unit of historical society
Enthusiastic backers celebrate Lawrence Seventy-fifth anniversary and push to establish a Douglas county unit or separate Lawrence driven museum. John T. Skinner cites two successes including naming Robinson Park and a giant boulder marker, with plans to secure temporary quarters and a museum via public subscriptions. A seven member committee will plan organization and raise funds, with Walt Varnum named temporary treasurer.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Kansas State Historical Society
John .T. Skinner
Robinson Vark
Rankin
Skinner
Curfman
J.T
B. Hulmes
Urfman
O.H. Tucker
Hannah Oliver
Simons
Blair
Walt Varnum
Kansas
Th State Historical Society
Warning To K U Guerillas In Lawrence Warfare
Police chief Will Johns warned Kansas University students involved in a campus guerrilla warfare with the Kansas Aggies to curb actions. He urged stopping automobiles on streets and highways in Lawrence to protect citizens and visitors. Officers were instructed to enforce the request for the community's safety.
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Kansas Dad's Day Banquet at Union Building
University of Kansas Dad's Day banquet plans announced for Saturday evening in the Union building. Musical performances by Bushong sisters will feature harp violin and piano pieces. Ticket sales run among students via the Owl Society which offers a plaque for the house with the best purchase percentage. The trophy is a mahogany shield to be held permanently by a house achieving three consecutive wins. Castle recovery from fall injury in Topeka noted as greatly improved.
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Owl Society
Hoover Eager for Army Navy Game This Year
Washington reports Chairman Britten of the House naval committee says West Point and Annapolis would resume football relations this year. He notes the president favors the two service academies playing, suggesting a December 6 Soldiers Field game in Chicago with war and navy secretaries and a neutral third party enforcing rules.
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API
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House ‘Naval Committee
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Annapolis
Soldiers Field
Chicago
Milk strike plans widen from Kansas City area to Douglas County
H I Burger, city milk inspector, warned a dairy strike could extend into Douglas county as Kansas City area producers press for 75 cents per pound fat. About 150 local producers met, including 40 from Meyers company, with meetings set for Lawrence and Tonganoxie. Lawrence reports adequate supply but drought lowers pasture. farmers ship hay as shortages loom.
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Meyers Company
Milk’ Association
Lawrence
Tonganoxie
Burgers
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Burger
Threatened milk blockade halts trucks near Kansas City
Milk trucks from Home Dairy and Fred Harvey service are stopped by six men who dump about 200 gallons of milk and threaten the driver with injury or death to enforce a blockade around Kansas City. Sheriff Smedley reported cooperation from striking milk producers after initial assurances.
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Ort
Jefferson D. Smedley
F. Fitzgerald
Home Dairy! Company
Fred Harvey
Home Company
Bel»ton, Ma
Trinity Lutheran to Hold Midweek Service Tomorrow
The third midweek service under Trinity Lutheran Church will be held Thursday at 7:43 in the Sunday School assembly room. A Live-Six community sing unfolds fifteen minutes of crowd-chosen favorites led by Rev. Mr. Puls who also delivers a Bible talk on Opposition to Jesus.
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Thinity Lutheran Church
Kathryn Lang
Nelson
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Ania” Riggiletto
Verdi
van de Water
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Puls
Jesus
Trinity Luthern Church
Kansas cheer staff picks three assistants and two alternates
University of Kansas cheer leading staff for the year includes three assistant cheerleaders from the sophomore class Dave Newcomer of Kansas City Missouri Norvell Dail of Chillicothe Missouri and Bob Wilson of Ottawa plus two alternates Harry Miller of Kansas City and Rannd Vernon Bolton of Lawrence The selections followed tryouts held yesterday evening and complete the cheer leading staff for the year
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University of Kansas
Dave Newcomer
Kamsas City
Norvell Dail
Chillicothe
Bob Wilson
Ottawa
Harry Miller
Kansas City
Rannd Vernon Bolton
Lawrence
Vote to Purchase C of C Building in Lawrence
The Woman's City Club voted to pay the city of Lawrence $5,000 to purchase the former Y.M.C.A. building and assume a $9,000 mortgage. The committee negotiating the deal was authorized to proceed, with plans to use the building as a center for women and girls and city groups.
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Eldridge
City of
Lawrence
Comndtlle
L. H. Menger
E. H. Lindley
T. D. Funk
TH. Kennedy
F. Caldwell
Iia
Ghambey of Commerce
School Air Port Use Awaits Drafted Regulations
Eagerness of aviation schools leads to a proposal to use the municipal airport before rules are drawn. Bennett air school sent ten students and a pilot to Lawrence this week to begin instruction. Officials said no exclusive school rights would be granted and all must wait for details on port usage.
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Bennett Air School
Employes Campaign On Deli Light Bulbs
The Kansas Electric Power company marks its third annual employ campaign as part of Light’s Golden Jubilee, urging workers to take orders for bulbs and stock up. An earlier ad misstated lamp costs. today’s price is 80 percent of fifty years ago. Also: Royston convicted of murder in the 1928 First National Bank robbery, facing death. Lawrence Country Club elects Julius Marks president and officers Ralph Harman, C. S. Friend, and F. E. Alexander for the coming year.
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Kansas Electric Power Company
Royston
Lamar
Galo
Howard 'L.' Royston
Fleagle
First National Bank
Lawrence Country Club
Julius Marks
Ralph Harman
C. 5. Friend
FE. F. Alexander
Incident on Highway After Dark Knocks Out Vehicle Lights
A man from Kentucky reports being stopped on the highway last night by several men who damaged his vehicle and knocked out the lights. Police were alerted to the disturbance at the scene.
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Frank Alexander
Kentucky Street
Gasoline refunds claims aggregate $400000 in Kansas
Topeka Oct 1 Will J French state auditor said no additional warrants for gasoline tax refunds will be mailed until the end of October In a letter to county clerks he said the gasoline tax fund had a balance of about 25000 while refund claims on hand exceed 400000 Refunds will be made before other transfers from this fund are made The highway department will not receive theirs at farmers and tradespeople expense French added that about 191000 had been transferred from the gasoline tax fund to the highway fund this month
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Achievement Day planned by Douglas County Farm Bureau
The Douglas County Farm Bureau Women’s Reaction club plans Achievement Day on Friday October 18 at the Chamber of Commerce building. Miss Elizabeth Randle announced a noon basket dinner and exhibits by city clubs showing yearly projects. The group aims to send a woman to the National Women’s Farm Bureau convention in Chicago and hopes a state representative can attend. The afternoon program features Miss Elia Myers Franklin county home demonstration agent with speakers and songs and the public is invited to view the exhibits.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Randle
Chaeze
Aken
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Women's Farm Bureau
Chicago
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TiLleya
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Franklin
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Seven Arrested in Lawrence Liquor Raids
Lawrence police last night raided illicit liquor operations arresting seven people and seizing a quantity of intoxicating liquor. Those detained include Mo na Conley Charles sslong Toots Coleman Hicks Virgil Ball Helen Harding William Vernson and others. Arresting officers credited include Calhoun Messer Call ixhan Weed Hunter Staith and Bryant. defendants face charges of possession manufacture and sale with some cases going to district court for arraignment.
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Helen Harding
Pass Sion
William Vernson
Hicks
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Charles Calhoun
James Messer
John Callixhan
James Weed
Lloyd Hunter
Henry Staith
Barney Bryant
State Enforcement Office
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Edna Harding
R. B. Stevens
Schott Prize Awarded To Lawrence H Mann
Lawrence H Mann of Gothenburg Nebraska, a KU senior journalist, is chosen by the School of Journalism faculty to receive the Henry Schott memorial prize of 100 dollars for the current year. The prize honors outstanding seniors in journalism and recalls Henry Schott, KU and Kansas City Star alumnus. The article also notes the Kansas Disciples of Christ state convention in Salina with about 500 delegates and Chas AL Richard of Lawrence reelected to the State Board with presidency. other ads follow.
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Aggie Raid Spurs Kansas University Campus Turmoil
A chaotic raid by Aggie supporters on the University of Kansas campus at Manhattan sparked clashes, hair shavings, and prisoner captures, with women students joining the mission. Reports mention eighteen KU loyalists captured, several youths missing, and a swift punitive response including paint thrown on a statue and subsequent releases. The event disrupted campus life, with rumors of air raids and police chases following the night’s turmoil.
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