Flood Control Plans Reviewed by Wyman at Chamber Meeting
About 100 people heard Capt. Theodore F. Wyman Jr. discuss the Kaw dam project and flood control links to eastern Kansas, noting levees alone won’t stop floods and the dam would protect 65,000 acres in the Kaw valley. He cited surveys of 3,000 sites and 452 candidates, with construction contingent on state consent.
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Eldridge
Theodore F.wyman, Jr
Topeka
Chamber of Commerce
I. J. Meade
Chamber of ,Commerce
Lecompton
Eudora
Tonganoxie
Bonner Springs
Linwood
Kiro
Sas
Wyman
Mississipp
Kansas
Kira
Kaw
Kaw Basin
Kansas City
Hiro
Reservoir flood plan for Kaw Valley cities and Lawrence levee
Speaker uses lantern slides to illustrate past floods in Kansas City and proposed flood protection for Kaw Valley towns. The Kiro reservoir would store 4.2 million acre feet behind a 100 foot dam at a $61 million cost, with two million acre feet for flood control and a dry western reservoir area except in floods. Area extends to Wamego. Manhattan outskirts would be a dry bed except during floods. Captain Wyman notes just settlements for property owners if built. he endorses the project as beneficial for Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kaw Valley
Lawrence
North
Topeka
Missouri
Kiro
Wamego
Manhattan
Jo Pee Cy
Ia _renly
Wyman
Kira
Kansas
Hollywood A List Joins Starlet Christenings at Toluca Lake
A Kansan notes Hollywood celebrities at a joint christening for Richard Arlen and Gary Crosby in Toluca Lake. Russ Columbo crooned. Sally Ejlers mingled with Harry Joe Brown and Hoot Gibson. Sue Caroll chatted with Nick Stuart and Ken Murray. Georges Carpentier plans return to movies while H L Hooper stops at Hollywood Plaza. Several stars attend to benefit Griffith Park fire relief. mentions of Alice White, Cy Bartlett, J P McEvoy and Paramount staff.
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Hollywood
Cal
Dick Arlens
Bing Crosbys
Richard Ralston Arlen
Gary Evan Crosby
Crosby
Toluca Lake
Russ Columbo
Sally Ejlers
Harry Joe Brown
Hoot Gibson
Sue Caroll
Nick Stuart
Ken Murray
Abdut
H. L. Hooper
Topeka
Hollywood Plaza
Jimmy Durante
Max Baer
Polly Moran
Griffith Park
Alice White
Cy Bartlett
Yuma
J. P. McEvoy
Paramount
Nazi forces drill in Austrian forests overseen by army officers
A nationwide Nazi movement in Austria is disclosed amid government investigations into plots to seize arms for further action. Storm troops are led by active or recently retired army officers, with drills at Kuernberger forest near Linz and fascist Heimwehr sentries guarding drill grounds. Police face a difficult role amid entangled Nazi sympathies in federal ranks.
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Vienna
Austria
Linz
Ates
Kuernberger Forest
Heimwehr
Prince von Star Hemberg
Germany
Franz Brandl
Federal Police
Herbert Hedrich
Luncheon Delegates Nominated at Kiwanis Hutchinson Convention
The Kiwanis convention in Hutchinson entertained delegates and named nominees for divisions across multiple states including Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas. Doug Charleston heads division one and Howard Wilcox leads division ten while Stanley on Green Kahoks heads division eleven. Officials will be elected at the 1934 convention.
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Owl
Mora
Doug Charleston
Hammes
Harrisonville
Wes
Geor
Fleming
Sonnet
Aeiaion
Locker
Ace
Es Fotos
Lawrence
Kan
Bar Macaaron
Eine Mo
Dean D. McBrien
Conwar
Ark
Evan
Howard Wilcox
September employment rise in 620000 workers return
The labor department reported that over 620000 workers returned to jobs in September across seventeen industrial and business groups. More than 200000 found manufacturing work, with larger gains in retail. Canning accounted for about 70000 jobs, wholesale trade rose, and building construction added over 20000 jobs. The employment index rose 3.2 from August to 73.9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor
Statistica
Tyes
Perkins
Bombs and gunfire rock Fayette county coal fields
In Fayette county last night and early today bombs and gunfire shattered the strike zone around mines of the H C Frick Coke company in the Colonial district. A man suffered a scalp wound and several women were shocked as blasts occurred near picket lines and open areas. The region remained largely closed as scare bombs disrupted activity and fear spread through the communities.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Colonial District
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Ee, Run
John Ramancheck
Hig Yard
Fayelje
MUST CUT OIL PRODUCTION Ickes to Take Action Against Kan sas Texas and Oklahoma
Secretary Ickes said he would take federal action to prevent oil overproduction in Texas Oklahoma and Kansas if the states fail to cut production to allotted levels by November 1. He notified the Texas Railroad Commission and the Kansas Corporation Commission by wire.
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Washington
Tekes
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Railroad Commission of Texas
Corporation Commissions of Kansas
Oklahoma oil producers warned to meet state requirements
Topeka AP reports Homat Hoch, chairman of the state corporation commission, issued a warning today to Kansas oil producers that the state will promulgate any orders necessary to bring overall requirements in oil products into line. Meith details unclear. Pretzel bakers rush St. Louis as beer returns revive demand, with millions of pretzels produced daily since the return of alcohol.
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Oklahoma
Topeka
Homat Hoch
Atate .Corporation Commission
Kansas
Meith
St. Louis
St ‘Louis
British Office-Closed Pee Gitx AP Report in Kansas City
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a British Office closure in Kansas City with a 30 year history. An advertisement mentions renters and a vacant room, while references to pretzel bakers and EMI orders appear in unclear context.
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Kansas City
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Re U
Georges. Carpentier
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Norma Shearer
Marie
Austrian
Forest
Jefferson City
Guy B. Park
INA
Hese
Kiwanis
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United Artists
Guy Lombardo
Tim McCoy
Proll
Sinclair Lewis
Dunne
Huston
Musical Cal Novelty
Tarzan
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Warner Baxter
Myrna Loy
Penthouse
Goodrich Silvertowns
Goodrich
Silvertown
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