Metcalf Leads Field In Legion National Commander Race
Five candidates appeared as nominations closed for national commander in San Francisco. Metcalf led on the third ballot with 284 votes, followed by Quinn 253, Drain 214, Edwards 181, and Nealey 43, with some absent and not voting. Delegates also selected St Paul for next year’s convention and approved resolutions on adjusted compensation and naval fleet strength. A grand ball and entertainment capped the final night with bands and 2000 local girls assisting.
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San Francisco
American Legion
Wilder S. Metcalf
Kansas
John R. Quinn
California
James A. Brain
Washington, D. C
Clarence WR. Edwards
Boston
William B. Nealey
St. Paul
Erand
Mason Official Resigns From Supreme Council
Washington reports former sovereign grand commander George Fleming Moore of Alabama resigned from the supreme council after a debate on the Ku Klux Klan. Moore was accused of using his weekly Fellowship Forum to further Klan aims, though the digest described itself as fraternal news. Debate had postponed consideration.
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Washington
George Fleming Moore
Supreme Council
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Moore
Fellowship Forum
Spurious Medical Diplomas Probe Figures At 15000
W T Sachs told Circuit Attorney Sidney he believes about 15000 persons are practicing medicine in the United States with bogus diplomas. Henry W McChesney, one of Sachs lawyers, stated this afternoon during the probe into the traffic in fake medical credentials.
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St. Louis
W.T. Sachs
Sidney
United States
Henry W. McChesney
Sachs
Oklahoma Floods Toll Grows Amid Widespread Damage
Oct 14 report from Oklahoma records six dead with several missing as floods linger. Property damage runs into millions as waters recede across multiple sections of the state after a week of inundation.
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Oklahoma
Real Estate Board Meets With Kansas City Leader Tonight
J A Hoel of Kansas City state president of the Kansas Real Estate Board will address Douglas County Real Estate Board members at their dinner meeting tonight at the Chamber of Commerce. All members are urged to attend. Burglar enters 2201 Louisiana Street home stealing a pocketbook with $8 to $10, an account book and a treasury note. The pocketbook was found at the gate this morning. the other items were inside. County Attorney A B Mitchell, 38, went to Leavenworth to appear in a suit today.
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J. A. Hoel
Kansas City
Kay
Kansas Real Estate Board
Douglas County Real Estate Board
Chamber of Commerce
Anne Heffner
Louisiana Street
Buffet
Treasury
Treasury Rate
Leavenworth
A. B. Mitchell
New Laundry Tour Planned With Public Inspection
National Laundry Week prompts the Know Your City committee to tour the new Lawrence Steam Laundry at Tenth and New Hampshire streets next Tuesday after the Chamber luncheon. Owner Van Briner will explain the washing process from intake to wrapped bundles, while Dean Swarthout outlines plans for a city music festival and community chorus support.
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National Laundry
Know
Chamber of Commune
van Briner
Lawrence
Tenth
New Hampshire Streets
Chamber ‘of Commerce
Kansas
Mr. Bruner
Chamber of Commerce Buildirty
Donald Swarthout
Fine Arts School
Lawrence Community Chorus
Chamber of Commerce
Scott
Negroes Drift North Across Kansas Labor Market
Topeka reports a growing movement of African Americans from the south into Kansas. Judge John H. Crawford notes many are settling and seeking jobs as labor conditions remain unsatisfactory. The industrial report cites broom corn pulling and apple picking as winter work options.
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Topeka
Kans
Associated Press
John H. Crawford
Industrial Court
Kansas
MUST SETTLE IT RIGHT ON GERMANY REPARATIONS
In St Louis on Oct 19 David Lloyd George warned that the German reparations issue must be settled on Germany real capacity to pay or it could provoke unthinkable evils worldwide. He said the resources should be assessed without bayonets and urged a fair basis for payment as Europe teeters on the brink of doom.
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St. Louis
Europe
Domult
David Lloyd George
Germany
Lloyd George
Italians disperse rebel force near Mount Surata
Italian columns in Tripoli attacked a 1,500 rebel force south of Mount Surata. Rebels were dispersed with about 440 dead and many wounded. considerable booty. Italian losses were ten dead and fifty wounded. Italian airplanes bombed rebel batteries.
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London
Tripoli
Mount Surata
Rothe
Ford May Be The Day Party Nominee
Los Angeles October 19 Henry Ford is the prohibition party’s 1924 presidential nominee if he desires the post Virgil G Hinshaw Washington DC, chairman of the premineen national committee reports Ford previously considered the 1920 offer and would have accepted but for Wilson supporters urging him to stay out Hinshaw asserts
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Los Angeles
Prohibition Party
Henry Ford
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Washington,d. C
Premineen National
Ford
Woodrow Wilson
Hinshaw
Degrees Granted At Kansas Liberal Arts Graduation List
Fifty students recommended for Bachelor of Arts by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty at the first meeting of the year on October 16. Diplomas will be issued promptly. permits available via the dean. BA recipients include Eunice Rosetta Baect and many others. BS in medicine awarded to Leslie Eugene Knapp and Jonathon M. Rigdon.
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University ,of Kansas
State Board of Administration
Faculty of
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Faclly
Eunice
Rosetta Baect
Frank Howard Barnett
Sadie Ida Beyer
George Owen Bradshaw
Lauren Curtis Bray
Paulen Eb." Burke
Arthur M. Clough
Clara
Bernice ~ Cook
Catherine
Eleanor Coulter
Cora Elizabeth Dyck
Raymond Joseph Dyer
Frederick Gordon Erney
Pauline Anne Flynn
Lucille Margaret Gard
Rose Gates
Clarence Wilmer Harvey
Harry Irving Harwell
Josephine Hellman
Don Henry Herrick
Benjamini Winfield Hess
Levert
Edward Higgins
Celia Pauline Holiday
Remona
Elizabeth Hood
Vincent Kelvin Hoover
Emma Florence Houghton
Harald Gray
Name
Mavis Laizure
Jewett
Ralph Eugene Johnston
Marruchie ” B. Kendall
Robert. Cathcart Keys
Wiliam Pettibone Lambert
Barrett Ambrose Lindstrom
Kansas municipal league convention returns to Hutchinson report
John G Stutz secretary Harvey Walker Commissioner Stevenson and City Attorney Thiele returned from the fifteenth annual Kansas Municipalities League convention in Hutchinson October 16 to 17 Thiele spoke on zoning. Officers named for next year include Walter J Jones president O W Wooden vice president C F Travelute and E H Slaine trustees. Seventy five towns represented and 220 delegates attended Emporia selected as next year’s convention site. Topeka paving data gathered by a chamber sub committee inspected paving costs for resurfacing Massachusetts street from the courthouse to the Kaw bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Stutz
League of Kansas
Harvey Walker
Stevenson
Thiele
Hutchinson
Joy Niext
Walter J. Jones
O. W. Wooden
Cimarron
C. F. Travelute
Marysville
E. H. Slaine
Emporia
Ottawa
Wichita
Salvia
Topeka
Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts Street
Court House
Kaw
Local Students Flock to Lincoln Football Special
Local readers report many students and townspeople will travel from Lawrence to Lincoln on the football special tonight, mirroring attendance from last year’s Mission Kansas game. The low fare drew large crowds, with numerous locals taking the trip to Lincoln.
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Lawrence
Lincoln
Cool Night for a Parade Lawrence Scripted in Kansas City
Attendees at the Priests of Pallas Parade in Kansas City noted the cold night and urged more clothing for the girls on the floats. Some riders complained about the chill and wind as they rode in the procession.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Governors Back Day Enforcement Sparks Sharp Debate
West Baden October 1 The fifteenth annual governor conference adopted a formal resolution pledging fullest cooperation in enforcing prohibition after a stormy session. Governor Blaine of Wisconsin opposed the memorial urging stronger enforcement methods and criticized the Velstead act while Parker of Louisiana threatened resignation over the record vote. The pageant included clashes over the eighteenth amendment as Parker linked the Ku Klux Klan issue to the conference agenda.
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West Baden
Associated Press
Coolidge
John M. Parker
Louisiana
William Fe, Sweet
Colorado
Wisconsin
Blaine
Parker
Conference of Waverners
Ku Klux Klan
America
Jackass Statute Voted by Senator Moses on Prohibition
Washington October 19 Senator Moses New Hampshire Republican leader called the Volstead act a jackass statute after a White House visit and his eastern and midwest swing He said any action by Congress would depend on the eye of Wayne Wheeler and warned Pinchot’s enforcement talk could boost padlock sales He predicted dry sentiment would push Congress to act despite potential wet votes in Pennsylvania New York and New Jersey
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Washington
Moses
New Hampshire
White House
East
Middle West
Congress
Wayne B. Wheeler
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
New York
New, Yi
London Papers Hear of Root's Possible British Ambassadorship
London papers feature a report that President Coolidge offered Elihu Root the ambassadorship to Great Britain. Root is praised by editors who recall his services and abilities as a statesman and lawyer. In New York, Root suffers kidney trouble and is bedridden with a kidney stone found by doctors. The University Club election and annual business meeting are scheduled at the club house this evening.
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London
Coolidge
Eliot Root
Great Britain
Root
New York
Elihu Root
University Club
May Be Klan Clash At Strong City
Emporia Kansas October 10. If the Ku Klux Klan tries to hold a meeting in Strong City town auditorium tonight despite protests, armed resistance could occur. Deputies led by Sheriff C H Jacobs of Chase County will guard the hall. The mayor is backed by Attorney General Griffith in the action.
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Emporia
Kans
Ku Klux Klan
C. H. Jacobs
Chase
County
Immigrants Arrive as U S Shipping Board Lines Bring Relatives
Julius Wurm a Baden Germany native arrives in Lawrence aboard the President Fillmore under U S Shipping Board auspices. Government en route agencies verify affidavits of support to keep newcomers from becoming public charges as relatives plan to join Lawrence families.
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U. S. Shipping Board Lines
Europe
Lawrence
Julius Wurm
Philip Hunsinger
Chris Hunsinger
Baden
Germany
United States
President Fillmore
United States, Shipping Board
Loo
Henry Albach
Goly Man
Albach
Scandinavia
United States Shipping Board
Karl Frick
Nick Simon
Alabama Street
Simon
William ‘Schaufele
Paulina
Wurttemberg
Bertha jHofenbach
Male Hana
Louis Krause
M. W. Krause
Overbrook
Hungary
Open Tutankhamen Tomb Work Under Way In Egypt
Howard Carter and partners Burton and Candier resume activity at the Valley of the Kings entrance to Tutankhamen’s tomb. A two week effort is expected to remove rubble shielding the inner tomb while about 100 native excavators are rehired at 12 cents a day with a seasonal bonus if the pharaoh’s body is found in the sarcophagus.
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Peay
Egypt
Tut-ankh-Amen
Howard Carter
Burton
Candier
Valley of Kings
Carter
Army Navy air service plan to boost development over ten years
Washington reports a joint army navy air service development program is urged to run ten years with about 250 million dollars in funding. The board warns that without immediate action the army air service could be demobilized and the U.S. aircraft industry vanish in a few years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Bank at Argenia Closes Topeka Oct 19
The Citizens State bank of Argenia in Summer county was closed this morning by the state banking department. Assistant bank commissioner Lewis Wilson said bad paper and overloans caused the failure. The bank had deposits of 40000 and loans of 80000 in its last statement. It was not operating under the guarantee law.
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State Bank
Argenia
Topeka
Citizens State Bank of
Summer County
State Banking Department
Lewis Wilson
Kansas Nebraska Preview Warms In Lincoln Weather
Kansas and Nebraska arrive for the classic clash as a dry field and clear conditions set the scene in Lincoln. Captain Lewellen likely out with a knee infection while both squads tune up at the new Nebraska field and study play for tomorrow’s game.
Too Many Amateurs In Kansas Elementary Schools
Independence Kansas October 19. The Kansas elementary school system is too heavy with amateur teachers and the standard of teaching should be raised. State Superintendent Joss W Miley urged better training, rural school improvements, and consolidated districts. He cited 13 000 elementary certificates with 3 000 not teaching, and warned that issuing certificates wholesale prevents progress.
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Independence
Kary
Associated Press
Kansas
Sys
Joss W. Miley
Kansas State Teachers’ Association
Miley
Slovar
Megens
Zev Skins Disease Threatens Belmont Race Entry
Zev the Rancocas colt faces a skin ailment that could bar him from the $100,000 international race with Papyrus at Belmont Park. My Own sped to Belmont to be ready as substitute if Zev is withdrawn. the outbreak prompts strict precautions across three Belmont Park barns to prevent spread before the race tomorrow.
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Jockey Club
Zev
Belmont Park
Papyrus
Marriage ceremony reported in Topeka officiated by judge
Married this afternoon by Probate Judge Menerr in Topeka, with Kelly Farnsworth and Gladys McClain named as the couple. The ceremony was conducted by Probate Judge Menerr.
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Kelly Farnsworth
Gladys McClain
Topeka
Menerr
Predicted Freeze Fails to Arrive Across State
In Topeka on October 9, warmth from yesterday’s sun kept temperatures above freezing statewide. Goodland reported 34 degrees, while eastern and central areas saw 35 to 40. Frost was heavier in the west but not a black frost elsewhere. Ducks move into Kansas rivers as near freezing conditions persist with clear skies expected.
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Topeka
Goodland
Flora
Kansas
County Fair Board Seeks Ways to Improve Exposition
Douglas county agents survey twenty five Kansas county agents asking about fair success and failures. Questions cover dates, gate fees, payouts, community fairs, entry fees, funding, season tickets, and major drawing cards. The board seeks reasons for last year’s poor showing and aims to convert the fair into a profitable celebration.
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Douglas County
C. Colglazier
Kansas
Douglas
Colglazier
Douglas County, Fair
Ans
Prohibition Busts Hit New York and New Jersey
Federal prosecutors and prohibition forces report major blows to bootlegger networks in New York City and New Jersey. Eleven arrested, including a New York official and a prohibition agent, with bribe schemes alleged totaling up to eight hundred thousand dollars. Offshore liquor runs claimed sixty rum boats and about half a million dollars, while three truckloads of New Jersey beer were seized after the arrests. Counterfeiters in central Europe target dollars amid high exchange rates, with a Warsaw-based operation transforming genuine two dollar notes into two hundred dollar fakes spreading to sixteen towns. David Lloyd George tours St. Louis as Britain’s wartime premier arrives with his party.
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New York
Prohibition
New York City
New Jersey
Tod
New York State
United States
Hayward
H. LD. Esterbrook
Manhattan
Pennsylvania
Wayward
Budapest
Associated Press
Europe
Warsaw
Douglas county to raise taxes with 1928 levy increase
Douglas county increases total tax levy to 1 098 668 42 for 1928 up from 1 070 158 35 due to a 452 964 rise in property valuation. The 1928 valuation stands at 44 552 124 with last year at 45 099 160. County tax totals 228 672 33 and state tax 105 846 80 among multiple district levies. Lawrence rate is 30 70 per 1000, down from 3d last year.
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Douglas County
Crane accident roasts operator as seven die at Farrell plant
In a Carnegie Steel Farrell plant tragedy a crane loads seventy tons of molten steel at 2500 degrees. The cable slipped spilling the load onto a platform where four workers stood. three died soon after and the fourth died later. The crane operator in his traveling cage was roasted to death.
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Farrell
Carnegie Steel Company
Semice
Merchants to Convene in Lawrence Chamber tonight
Members of the Merchants Bureau of Lawrence meet at 6:70 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce for a dinner to discuss bureau policies. The Douglas County Real Estate Board also attends a dinner meeting at the same hour. The group will decide if the monthly safes date continues and plan Dad's Day street decorating and Christmas season efforts.
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Merchant's Bureau of Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Douglas County Real Estate Board
Lawrence
Merchants of Lawren
A Wife Requests Divorce From John H Anderson
Lucy Anderson has filed for divorce in district court citing extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty. She seeks alimony and a court order restraining her husband from selling property. Liberty Bond quotes appear in the record with various denominations and notes on government issues. The item also mentions a Chevrolet one ton truck chassis and related gear.
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Lucy Anderson
John H. Anderson
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MASON
Real Estate Meeting
Chevroley Lend
Labor Report
League of Municipalities
Blane Frank
Harvey
Strong City
Tut
Lewellers
Cornhusker
Journal-World
Neb
Husky
Dayhawkers
Nebraska
Mighty Cornhuskers
Corn Cobs
Clark
Lewellen
Zey
State Commission
N.Y
Liberty
Liberty Ltd
U.S. Gov't
Chevrolet
Reer
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