Atlantic in Midget Plane Flight Nears England
Flight commander MacDonald, a 25 year old British aviator, readies a solo crossing from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to England in a small Moth type aircraft carrying 100 gallons of fuel. Weather reports predict favorable Atlantic winds and variable clouds with some rain in spots. The craft, a lightweight Lindherst design, carries extras for a range of roughly 3600 miles and weighs under 800 pounds with 80 to 100 horsepower, while MacDonald navigates toward a historic transatlantic attempt.
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New York
MacDonald
Newfoundlands
England
James H. Kimball
The
Weather Bureau
Associated
J Press
Atlantic
Pls
St. John’s
H. Donald
Harbor Grace
Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland
Co. MacDonald
Rita
itrans-Atlantic
Arbor Grace
Star
London
Wire Hope
Cap“De Havilland
MacDignald
Meissa
Europe
Kansas Weather Outlook With Varying Night Temps
Kansas forecast shows mostly fair tonight with rising temperatures by Thursday. Extreme west will be slightly warmer tonight while extreme east parts cool. Clouds on weather and roads. Pittsburg partly cloudy, Dodge City clear, Salina muddy roads, Empr... more details read as fragmented.
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Kansas
Thuys
Pittsburg
Dodge City
Sylvia
Salina
Emporia
Douglas County
World's Longest Soaki Record Is Broken
New York Del 1 AP Lottie May Schoemmel swimming star broke the world endurance record by remaining in hotel pool for 72 hours 2 minutes and 400 seconds She ended the effort at 12 47 40 this afternoon after entering the water Sunday at 12 45 PM and swimming floating and treading water steadily through the period The former record 65 hours 2 minutes was set Sunday by Jimmy Cherry in a Los Angeles pool
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New York
Del 1
Lottie
May Schoemmel
Jimmy Cherry
Los Angeles
Cherry
Kansas High School Editors Converge in Lawrence Weekend
About seventy five high schools send editors business managers and sponsors to Lawrence for the annual conference of editors business managers and sponsors under the University of Kansas journalism department. Ralph Crosman head of Colorado University talk Friday on high school papers public duties and operations. Peter B M Roberts British journalist will speak as part of Carnegie Endowment tour with the young journalists. Round table discussions Friday and a Saturday schedule include a dinner at the cafeteria.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Department of Journalism
Ralph’ Crosman
University of Colorado At Boulger
Peter B M. Roberts
America
Carnegie Endowment, For
Roberts
Pia Sce
Reed frames prohibition as rallying issue for Kansas voters
Winfield Kansas October 17 AP Clyde M Reed Republican gubernatorial candidate told League of Women Voters at Southwestern College auiditorium prohibition is an issue shaking the nation from New York to Detroit and urged Kansas women to vote decisively. He compared it to past Kansas votes on resubmission of prohibition and urged turnout.
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Winfield
Kan
Kansas
Clyde M. Reed
Publican Party
League of Women Voters
Southwestern College ‘Auditorium
Wichita
Wyandotte
Atchison
Pittsburg
Leavenworth
New York
Philadelphia
Potsy Clark declines Missouri Valley Conference invite
Indianapolis October 17 Butler University athletic director Potsy Clark announced Butler has rejected joining the Missouri Valley Conference. He said Butler is too distant from the valley territory and cites lack of natural rivalries. The Valley plans to keep its name as a four-member core, while Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa State and Kansas Aggies form a larger six-team circuit.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Butler University
Missouri Valley Conference
Géorge “Potsy” Clark
Butler
Territoy
Clark
Tydianapolis
Washington
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Drake
Grinnell
Creighton
Marquette
Wabsh
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa State
Aggies
Missouri Valley
Borah Address to Be Heard Locally Tonight
Senator William E Borah Idaho will address Charlotte listeners tonight broadcast coast to coast via WREN as Republican national committee lines up the coast to coast hookup He will discuss Hoover Likely to speak in Salisbury and Charlotte urging support of the Hoover ticket and national economic relief efforts.
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William E. Borah
WREN
Borah
Charlotte
N.C
Hogkup
Senator Borah
Idaho Warrior
University of Kansas
N. C
William “Ez Borah
Idaho
North Carolina
Herbert Hoover
South
Carolina
Salisbury
Here
Hoover
CAGE GAME IS GROWING IN PARIS BASKETBALL TAKES OFF
Paris observers note basketball expanding in France as a popular sport rivaling football. Economic factors favor courts occupying less space and indoor play, plus fewer players needed. Enthusiasts predict Paris may have more basketball players than football in years ahead.
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Paris
Europe
Reindeer Herd Loss Drowns 1000 in Norway Strait
Lap tribes in northern Norway faced a devastating split as over half their herd perished. More than 2,000 reindeer were moved to their spring feeding ground across a strait when a swift current swept away and drowned about 1,000 of them. The incident highlights the peril of seasonal herding and transport across the water.
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Oslo
Norway
Mageroe
Sland
Milwaukee man seeks Mexican bride for winter plans
A Milwaukee man, quoted through a letter to Valente Quintana, chief of the Mexican securities commission, asks whether a married Wisconsin resident could visit Mexico, wed a senorita there, and obtain a divorce in spring. The missive dismisses the idea as a seasonal marriage stereotype.
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Valente _ Quintana
Mexican ‘Securities Commission
Milwaukee
Wis
Senor Quintana
Kansas Jayhawks Aggies Football Ticket Sale Opens
Large advance sale for the Jayhawk KansAggies football game in Manhattan. At noon today 500 tickets sent to Lawrence were sold at the University athletic office and Round Corner Drug Store. Seats on sale until Friday night. Union Pacific offers special low fares to Manhattan for the game.
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Lawrence
Jayhawk-Kansas Aggies
Manhattan
Rooters Tl
Kansas
Wildcat
Graf Zeppelin to Tour Eastern U S After Repairs
The Graf Zeppelin plans a U S tour after fixing a damaged fin and will return to Germany in about ten days. Dr Hugo Eckener announced the itinerary including Pittsburgh Akron Detroit Chicago and other cities. Captain Lehman expects the return voyage to take two days less. Eckener and crew will also visit Washington to meet the German ambassador and wreath the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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New York
Germany
United States
Hugo Eckener
Bermuda
Pittsburgh
Akron
Ohio
Detroit
Chicago
Eckener
Friedrichshafer
Lakehurst
E. H. Lehman
Ernest Brandenburg
Ministry of Transportation
Frederick Gilfillan
Lucerne
Switzerland
Washington
President Coolidge
Arlington Cemetery
Does the Woman Pay A Dutch Treat Debate
Comtesse Eileen de Armil led a Useful Women meeting in London arguing against the idea that a girl should always pay. She noted many men still cover women’s costs by sacrificing meals, despite women earning as much or more. She urged either each pays their own way or alternate paying separate nights.
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London
Eileen de Armil
Useful Women Association
Altho
Three Tulsa Bank Robbers Hit Prague Bank
Three men robbed a Prague, Oklahoma bank early this afternoon stealing between 3000 and 4000 dollars and kidnapped assistant cashier J L Urban. Urban was alone in the bank when the crime occurred and the robbery went undiscovered until officers returned.
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Tulsa
Okla
Prague
Fear Chandler
J. L.urban
Urban
ASK WINDOWS FOR SCHOOL EXHIBITS AT HOMECOMING
Chancellor Lindley asks Lawrence merchants to display University work in downtown windows during the November 2 and 3 homecoming festivities. Sub-committee will survey space and assign department displays, with a pep rally at Memorial Stadium and a newsreel film of the dance. A committee meeting is planned Thursday afternoon.
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E. H. Lindley
Lawrence
Nebraska
Memorial Stadium
Fred Ellsworth
Power Hearing Halted in Bond and Share Probe
Washington AP reports the federal trade commission halted its power investigation hearing after Electric Bond and Share Co witnesses refused to answer questions or produce financial documents. Commissioner McCulloch ordered potential compulsion to obtain information, citing the Walsh resolution and FTC act as authority. The session recessed until next Tuesday morning with subpoenas in force and disbursement records to be produced. Also noted is H. Peirce recalling a severe October storm from 31 years earlier, describing heavy rain, snow, and cracking tree limbs.
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Washington
Electric Bond and Share Company
Federal Trade Cormission
McCulloch
John F. MacLane
Ralph B. Fearin
A. E. Smith
Feagin
Smith
Robert E. Healy
Commission
MacLane
Senate
Walsh
Federal Trade Commission
Electric Bond and Share
Mc O' Culloch
Sanaa Siean
Aggie Scout Skirmish Ends With Prisoners in Lawrence
A Kansas University guard clash with Aggie visitors on Mt. Oread led to capture of eight Aggie students. The group, led by Frosty Braden of Beta Theta Pi Manhattan, had their heads shaved and were paraded through North Lawrence after being forced to learn Kansas yells. They were escorted to the city limits at sunrise.
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Aggies
St Upon
Aggie
Lawrence
Chalkie
Kansas
Oread
Fourteenth Street
Kansas Guards
K. U
Mt. Dread Warriors
Massachusetts Street
Kaw River Street
E. U
Frosty” Braden
Beta Theta Pi
Manhattan
Braden
Massachusetts
Jayhawk
Lawrence to Offer Evening Classes At High School
Lawrence will organize four evening classes at the high school with possible additions due to strong registrations. About seventy five people enrolled last night with women’s sewing and home decorating and men’s show card writing, mechanical drawing, plumbing and electricity planned. Classes meet two nights weekly for six weeks with a spring session possible.
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Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Ralph Graber
W. W. Carfmen
FILL FARM LABOR DEMAND High Surplus of Unskilled Workers
Topeka reports a general call for farm help in Kansas remains easy to meet with no difficulty in securing workers. A slight surplus of unskilled labor in September is noted due to returning transient harvest workers, along with increases in meat packing and flour mill employment. Seasonal dullness in coal mining is expected to reverse soon, while highway projects and outdoor work continue to employ many unskilled laborers. clerical help also shows a surplus at month end.
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Topeka
Kansas
United States Department of Labor
Auust Sn
Maines
Lawrence AG class tours Watt and Kahle farms
William Essick, Lawrence High School vocational agriculture instructor, led his advanced class on a field trip this morning. Students judged Duroc sons at Watt Brothers farm three miles northwest of Lawrence and inspected Jersey cattle at Kahle Brothers farm near Lebyrence. They also toured Robert Miller’s hog project at his home. Each student must complete a project as part of the course.
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William Essick
Lawrence High School
Duroc Sons
Watt Brothers
Lawrence
Kahle Brothers
Lebyrence
Robert Miller
Ee Se
Insurance Board
Arnold Chosen President Meeting Held Yesterday
The local Hoard of Insurance agents met at taledemann's seater and elected officers for the coming year. Arnold was elected president, Sune Glakn vice president, and Rosa Robinson secretary treasurer. Elks No. 595 roll call meeting urged attendance, with a golf lunch at So TRECKIES E. Seidl Exalter Ruler. Cars advertised for brake adjustment at Cent er's Adve.
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Taledemann
Arnold
Sune Glakn
Rosa Robinson
Treasure
Elks
Registration at City Hall Tonight and Through Oct 26
City hall registration books stay open tonight until 10 pm and will remain open at night through Friday October 26 the final registration day. Floyd Lawrence city clerk expects many registrations this fall for those who did not vote in the last election or changed residence. Those who voted last November without address changes need not re register.
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Floyd Lawrence
New Yorker Convicted in Arkansas Will Serve Jail Sentence
Charles Smith of New York, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism, was found guilty of distributing material likely to provoke breach of peace. He was fined $25 and costs by Municipal Judge Harper and announced he would surrender bondsmen and serve the fine in jail as protest against Arkansas laws restricting atheists.
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Little Rock
Ark
Eace
Charles Smith
New York
American Association For the Advancement of Atheism
Harper
Smith
Arkansas
Made trip through Niagara by C A James and kin
A family party led by C A James and including his son and grandsons toured the east after leaving on September first. They visited the old James home in Ohio, went to Niagara Falls, then travelled through Canada on the return trip. Oscar Crane took many photographs and they met Robert McKinley, formerly of Belleview, now Ohio. Oct. 17 Missouri trip note.
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C. A. James
Niagara
E. E. James
Oscar Crane
Clifton James
James
Ohio
Niagara Falls
Canada
Robert McKinley
Belleview
Nang- Teon
Record turnout for Lawrence Choral Union opening night
With 51 singers enrolled the Lawrence Choral Union opened in the Lawrence Memorial High School auditorium. Attendance was among the largest in five years under director Dean D M Swarthout. Soprano section led with 137 voices, chorus 99, and 44 men including tenors. Union seeks more male singers especially tenors.
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Lawrence Choral Union
Lawrence Memorial High School
D. M. Swarthout
Former Governor Views Smith Speeches as G. O. P. Campaign Aid
Philadelphia October 7 Henry J. Allen Kansas publicity director for the Republican national committee said in a chairman address at the Union League that Governor Smith's speeches in the west strengthen the Hoover camp. He compared Smith to a sheriff running for office and noted Smith failed to explain war time expenditures tied to rehabilitation hospital service and other needed work for maimed veterans. Allen added Sedalia was the one place where a special moment occurred as Smith did not propose a commission to solve further problems if elected president.
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Philadelphia
Henry J. Atlen
Kansas
Unio
Smith
West
New York
Allen
Allen Esid
Pie
Curtis
State Liquor Control Attacked in Martinsburg Visit
West Virginia Martinsburg Martinsburg Oct. Jr AP Senator Curtis Republican vice presidential nominee denounced Governor Smiths state liquor control program during an afternoon speech in Martinsburg city square. He called for opposing any state entering the whiskey business and warned immigration reform would raise immigration by 46 percent threatening employment.
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Martinsburg
V. V
Oct. Jr
West Virginia
Curtis
Smith
Reports Campaign Fund in Washington Oct 16 totals
Washington reports show the Democratic National Committee receipts to October 16 at 2,531,92.04 with expenditures of 2,555,853.18. The NM A statement to October 16 lists 1,509,441.70 in receipts including a 600,100 loan from County Trust Co of New York and a balance at October 1 of 197,838.26.
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Washington
API
Democratic National Committee
NMA
Thousp Campaign Funds Committee
County Trust Company of New York
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Oklahoma City
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Oklahoma Faners’ Union
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Lee S. Greene
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