Hill Defends Rate Inquiry At Municipalities Meeting
Wichita noted official Thurman Hill of the Kansas public service commission defended the inquiry into gas rate reasonableness before the Kansas League of Municipalities. He cited that large utilities resist concessions and urged a rate hearing to set fair prices for gas consumers, noting Cities Service costs and potential savings if subsidiaries matched rivals’ rates. He also called for a similar probe into Southwestern Bell Telephone rates in Kansas after the gas hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Thurman Hill
Kansas State Public Service Commission
Kansas League of Municipalities
Cities Service Company Organization
Hill
Frus
Kansas
Cities Service Company
Robert Garver
Cities Service Attoerney
Commission
Doherty
Dohertye Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Gehrig and Klein Named MVPs for 1931 Baseball
Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees and Chuck Klein of the Philadelphia Nationals were chosen as the most valuable players in the American and National leagues for 1931 by the Sporting News of St. Louis. The selections, made by a committee of baseball writers, mark Gehrig's second win and list top vote getters in both leagues, with Cronin and English among the runners-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
Chuck Klein
Philadelia Nationals
Sporting News of
New York
Gehrig
Joe Cronin
Washington
Bob Grove
Philadelphia
Earl Averill
Cleveland
Oscar Melillo
Earl Webb
Boston
al Simmons
Mickey Cochrane
Babe Ruth
Sue Blue
Chicago
Wesley Ferrell
Jonnathan Stone
Detroit
National League
Woody English
Bill Terry
Frank Frisch
St.Louis
Paul Derringer
Pie Traynor
Iisburgh
Hazen Cuyler
Mel Ott
Ed Brandt
Travis Jackson
Lefty O’doul
Brooklyn
Rabbitt Maranville
Lord Waner
Pittsburgh
Chick Hafer
Babe Herman
Neal Finn
Jim Bottomley
Gach
Betas Lead In Kansas University Intramural Meet
Beta Theta Pi led the intramural track meet at the University of Kansas with 47 points after six events as Sigma Alpha Epsilon trailed with 33. Delta Tau Delta 23 Triangle 22 Phi Gamma Delta 20 and Phi Delta Theta 18 followed. Harrington of Sigma Alpha Epsilon won three events including the 120 yard low hurdles shot put and javelin. Graves of Delta Tau Delta won the 20 yard dash and Snyder, unattached, won the broad jump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
University of Kansas
K. U
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Delta Tau Delta
Triangle
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Delta Theta
Harrington
Graves
Delta Tan Delta
Snyder
North Dakota Democrats Back Roosevelt for President
Jamestown Oct. 20 North Dakota Democrats endorsed Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York for the Democratic presidential nomination next year adopting a unanimous resolution by the state executive committee.
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Jamestown
N. D
North Dakota
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Democratic State Executive Committee
Roosevelt
Secretary Adams Approves ZRS-5 Sister Ship Build
Secretary Adams authorized construction of the airship ZRS-5 and ordered Akron accepted. He notified Rear Admiral Day to accept Akron once remaining work is done and the ship can move to Lakehurst. The ZRS-5 sister ship to Akron will begin construction at the Zeppelin company’s Akron plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Akron
Washington
George C. Day
Lakehurst
Akeron
Alan Zeppelin Company
Sino Japanese talks push for Manchuria peace efforts
Oct 20 dispatches report Chiang Kai shek delaying departure as Sino Japanese leaders meet in Shanghai facing Manchurian tension. Briand's peace proposal boosts League council talks in Geneva while Debuchi in Washington signals Japan readiness to join League discussions and withdraw troops to the railway zone with security guarantees.
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Shanghai
Manchuria
South China
Chiang Kai Shek
Eugene Chen
Eliner
Nanking
Geneva
Aristide Briand
Olive Branch
Europe
League of Nations Council
China
Japan
Briand
League of Nations
Washington
Tokyo
United States
League For Nations
Stimson
Debuchi
State Department
League
Oil production up in Oklahoma boosts national daily yield
Oklahoma wells reopened flush fields lifting state output by 100 percent, driving a weekly U S production rise to 2 423 870 barrels daily. East Texas and California show gains, Kansas and Midcontinent trends mix amid regional shifts in October. Kansas flour aid to miners set by Friends Service Committee with Kansas Milling Company to grind free of charge. bond market closes with Liberty bonds near par and Treasury issues around 100.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
United States
Oil and Gaz Journal
East Texas
Kansas
Rocky Mountain
California
Wichita, Kan
Friends Service Committee of
West Virginia
Guaker Churches of
Kansas Milling Company of
Unusual Twelfth Century Romance On Fraser Stage
Kansas Players presented Al len Grafton The Scarlet Dove at Fraser theater with a full house and an array of thirty characters. Principal roles included Craf ton as Ganelon, Dorothea Simons as Elisene, and Rosemary Wentworth as Aldeva. The production featured strong scenery and period costumes, with four acts set in distinct locales. Performances continue with showings at 8:16 p.m. tonight and tomorrow evening.
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Fraser Theater
Kansas Players
Allen Grafton
Pia
Crafton
Knights of the Scarlet Dove
Castle of the Scarlet Cove
Monastery of the Rocks
Elisene
The
Virgins
Taillebois
the Marsh
Ganelon
Mr. Crafton
Des Faux
Dorothea Simons
Blaise de Charron
George Callahan
Aldeva
Rosemary Wentworth
Bartholmee
Robert Calderwood
Pierre le Bars
Rolla Nuckles
Trison Ventadorn
Loren Kennedy
Lawrence
Callahan
Calderwood
Rosemary Wendworth
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Russell Forgason
Word reached Lawrence of the death in Topeka this morning of Mrs Russell Forgason a former North Lawrence resident. The family had moved to Topeka several years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Forgason
Lawrence
Topeka
North Lawrence
Veteran Fatally Burned in El Dorado Blaze
John Routh a 90 year old Civil War veteran died after being found on the floor of his burning El Dorado home. Neighbors John Jackson and Walter Griffith carried him from the bedroom as flames spread from an undetermined cause. He died a few minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Dorado
Kan
John Routh
Routh
John Jackson
Walter Griffith
Real Roman chariot unearthed at Pompeii in modern era
Naples reports that archaeologists describe a recently unearthed Pompeii chariot as the first complete imperial era example found in Roman ruins. The well preserved artifact will be placed in the national museum.
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Naples
Italy
Rome
Pompeii
National Museum
Correction names new social director at Corbin Hall
A correction notes Mrs Eli G Lewis will replace Mrs C F Brook as social director at Corbin Hall University of Kansas women's dormitory on January 1 not Mrs Eli G Wilson as previously stated Brook will move to Ida Noyes hall at University of Chicago and will receive a large salary increase in the new post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.F. Brook
Corbin Hall
University of Kansas Women’s
Brook
Eli_G. Lewis
Eli G. Wilson
Ts. Brook
Chicago
Ida Noyes
University of Chicago
Acquires Car Agency For Willys Cars In Tulsa
The Reusch Motor Company at 787 New Hampshire street, run by Clifford Reusch, buys the Willys and Willys-Knight agency and offers new model bargains with savings from 200 to 625 dollars. Also, the Oklahoma Kansas division of the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association opposes Governor Murray’s tax program in an annual meeting in Tulsa.
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Reusch Motor Company
New Hampshire Street
Clifford Reusch
Willys and
Willys-Knight Motor Cars
Reusch
Murray
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma Kansas
The
Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
W. H. Murray
Two Die In Kraft Bank Robbery At Menomonie Wis
Four machine gun raiders looted Kraft State Bank as James Kraft and an armed bandit were killed. W Ki Kraft was wounded amid a chaotic escape. about $10000 taken from 18 bank employees and customers. Bodies found six miles from town after a pursed escape.
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Menomonie
Wis
Kraft State Bank
James Kraft
W. F. Kraft
W. Ki. Kraft
Henk
Kraft
Vernon Townsend
Lawrence weather notes and local worries in midwest period
A Lawrence summary records a downtown thermometer at 80 and the U University at 75 at noon with yesterday's high at K U reaching 73. A prowler report on a street prompts Emporia officials to seek a watch from Lawrence police for a green Essex coupe with Oklahoma plates. Radio music and local sports talk frame a slice of daily life amid a posed question about a future Nathan Hale. The item also notes a desire for Miss Victory to free Free State men from Cornhusker hold and references relief efforts amid wheat surplus debates as a bridge war brews between Oklahoma and Texas toll and free bridges with martial law claimed to be in effect.
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Emporia
Lawrence
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma Texas
Durant
William Henry Murray
Irce
MUST BUY GOWNS AT HOME
Istanbul edict bans foreign tailoring for Turkish officials including President Kemal as part of a national economy drive. In Topeka, $3,300 shortage found in Melyérm State bank cashier W. O. Stevens account, covered by a $10,000 bond. Marriage licenses issued to Omás Evans and Ella M. Warren with others pending marriage plans in Lawrence and Prairie Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Turkey
Paris
Mustapha Kemal
London
Topeka
T. J. Rhodes
W. O. Stevens
Melyérm State Bank
Omas Evans
Green
Kan
Ella M. Warren
L. H. Menger
Arthur H. Bryan
Dorothy M. Dunkley
Lawrence
Aggies Pep Squad Guests Visit Lawrence Fans
Miss Mae Gordon and four Aggies pep squad friends arrived in Lawrence to attend the Manhattan Aggies Kansas University football game. They will stay with Miss Beulah Hackler and later visit Mae Gordon’s parents Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Gordon. Mae previously piled up 700 athletic training points in her freshman year. Mrs. John A. Giebner was ill Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Alleman and children were Kansas City visitors Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PLC
Mae Gordon Sun
Lawrence
Manhattan Aggies
K. U
Mae
Aggies
Purple Pepsters
Beulah Hackler
F. M. Gordon
Althe
John A. Giebner
H. C. Allemaan
Kansas City
Lawrence Camera Club Holds First 1931-32 Meeting
The Lawrence Camera club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Ulrich with about twenty four members and guests. Fritz Laqua showed moving pictures from Lake Taneycomo. Officers were re elected with Dr. Edward Bumgardner as president and Mrs. A. Gae rich as secretary. The next gathering will be the second Monday in November at the Arnold home. Kennard W. T. A. met at Mrs. H. LE. Eustace’s home. Lizzie Robinson spoke on motion pictures. S. M. Purcell urged better character in children s picture shows. Roy Towne and Mary Thomas sang. Lara Warfick led the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Camera Club
A. G. Ulrich
Fritz Laqua
Lake Taneycomo
Ozarks
Edward Bumgardner
A. G Aerich
Ed Arnold
Kennard W
T. A
H. LE. Eustace
Lizzie Robinson
8. M. Purcell
Lawrence Council
P.T. A
Roy Towne
Mary Thomas
Lara Warfick
BEER REPORT IN THREE MONTHS EXPECTED WITHOUT COMMENT
Secretary Hyde intends to publish the beer economy study within three months with no comment. The investigation will assess effects on farmers income from legalized beer manufacture using hops barley and other grains. Nils A Olsen in charge of gathering facts for the agriculture department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
Washington
Lavill
Agriculture Department
White House
Nils A. Olsen
Economics Bureau
Doolittle Flight Lands at Corpus Christi En Route to Mexico City
Major James H. Doolittle landed in Corpus Christi at 1 10 p m after dawn to dusk flight from Ottawa to Mexico City via Washington D C refueling with 130 gallons during a 16 minute stop. He planned to reach Mexico City by 6 30 p m and continue the record flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Texas
James H. Doolittle
Ottawa
Ont
Mexico City
Washington, D. C
C. ST
Spring Hill Versus DeSoto Ends With Gritty Run Plays
Spring Hill and DeSoto met on the home field Friday with two tall but light Spring Hill players and many long runs highlighted by Coach Breithaupt rotating subs for experience. A fair crowd watched as DeSoto extended support from local fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desoto
Spring Hill
Breithaupt
Spring Hill Boys
DeSoto Peo
Community Notes From CAPTAINS CREEK Social Roundup
CAPTAINS CREEK residents, including Henry Lefman and Miss Bernice Humphrey of St. Louis, spent a week with relatives. Local families hosted dinners for birthdays, with gatherings involving the Gabriel, Lefman, Ambler, and Miller households. Several visits and guest appearances occurred around Gardner, Eudora, and Belleview, plus Chalkley Hill residents helping with chores in Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lefman
Bernice Humphrey
St. Louis
Philip Gabriel
Wesley Deckwa
Delores
Clearfield
Gabriel
Alonzo Ambler
Chalkley Hill Place
Oren Dunlap
Henry Caviness
Amblers
R. N. H. Club
Albert Myler
Robert Pritehard
Gardner
Lucille Gabriel
Stanley
Mildred Louise
Harry Ambler
George
Philip Lefman
Lena Lefman
Albert Miller
Earl Ott
Belleview
Glenn Miller
William Edelbrock
Eudora
Ning
Bart Ott
Howard, Miller
Kenneth Gilbert
Liberal
Kan
Raymond Stanley
Luther Klopfenstein
Hesper
Tom Bird
Fred Papenhouse
Pleasant Grove Community News and Farm Bureau Meeting
Pleasant Grove notes describe Mrs. A L Holcomb and neighbors traveling to Chanute and Miami Oklahoma, with visits to Mrs Edna Kendall. Pleasant Valley teams lost to High Prairie 5 to 17, and local families joined outings. The Farm Bureau met October 6 with lessons on garment repair and plans for County Achievement Day. A theft at A L Holcomb’s home uncovered 2 sweaters, a leather packet, and 4 violins, one violin dating back to 1881, implying musical thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Holcomb
Hugh Axe
Chanute
Hadl
Griffith
Lynch
Had
Edward Kan
Mike Hadl
S. K. Halderman
Otto Luckan
Hirshfield
Femptine
Holcomb
Roy Elkinton
Topeka
Fd. Ti
Neighborhood social notes and school event roundup
A neighbor family visited with Mr and Mrs R Nelson and family of Kansas City spent Sunday in Swope park. Mr and Mrs John Weigel visited Hirshfield. Pupils with Miss Bessie Brown attended the K U Millikin game. Attendees included Derrell Crall Neil Hian Enid Lynch Lucille Blough Maxine Paul Howard. Farmer's Union met Friday evening at the school house delegates reported on the Hopewell county meeting. A L Holcomb elected local delegate to Beloit state convention. PTA meets Friday October 16 with a Halloween party in the basement after.
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Lion
Paul Howard
Our
Farmer's Union
Hopewell
A. L. Holcomb
Beloit
Local social notes from Worden and vicinity
Worden and nearby residents are mentioned in a recap of visits and daily tasks. Mrs Henry Pippert traveled to Lawrence for dental work while Dorothy Breithaupt and Helen Flory spent Wednesday with relatives. Various calls, visits, and small errands are listed among families including the Johanning, Stoebener, Schwartz, Deskines, Breithaupt, and Rappard households. The Sunshine Bible class met at Anna Johanning’s home for a quarterly meeting with devotionals led by Arnold Stockener, followed by games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Pippert
Lawrence
Pippert
Dorothy Breithaupt
Helen Flory
Home Olks
Carl Plambeck
Elisabeth
Antonette
Elise Haas
Norma
Pauline Stoebener
Henry Hack
Henry Johanning
Tonganoxie
Charles Crawford
Len Horst
W. H. Martindale
Dayton
Ike Thomas
Brown
Guy Deskines
Sunshine Bible
St. John's Evangelical Church
Anna Johanning
Arnold Stockener
W. H. Johanning
Helen
Carl
Albert Schwartz
Hock
Oscar
Hattie Schwartz
D. W. Johanning
Lydia
Clara
Arnold
Norma Stoebener
Alvin
Ruth
Dudley Gilges
Walter Jehle
Walter Fleer
Ivan Schwartz
Henry Schwartz
Wheat Market Dips Then Bets Rally Amid Volume Rise
Chicago market notes wheat down about nine cents from a recent low as traders take profits, yet show desire to rebound on broad trade. Gains in provisions and other grains follow wheat swings with mixed results across corn and oats and scant frost damage reported in Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argantna
Liverpool
Insids
Persistant Commission House Smalot
United States
New York
Chicago
Mrs Glenn Schwartz Aided Thresher Kitchen Crew
Mrs Glenn Schwartz assisted Mrs Tvan Schwartz with cooking for the threshers, handling meals to support the workers during the harvest period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Schwartz
Tvan Schwartz
Local social and community events in Lone Star area
Lone Star 4-H met in the school house with local leaders present. Girls recited a vegetable preserving recipe and boys named a useful farmer’s bird. Various family visits and church notices follow, including guests of the Bond and Lindell families and a postponed lecture by Congressman A S Guyer. Weather caused no Sunday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite
Ione Anderson
Pauline
Hazel Ikenberry
Kenneth Bond
Edward Anderson
K. A.millikin
Lone Star 4-H
Everet Bond
Twila June
Betty Bowers
Centropolis
Apanoose
Lone Star
Murray Bond
Porter Bond
Kenneth
Austin
Charles Mowder
Sam Finley
Lawrence
A.S. Guyer
Arthur Longfellow and
Donald Anderson
Esther Flory
Otis Lindell
Fred
Alvin McKinney
Jack
Lon Childs
Austin Flory
Ikenberry
J. D. Flory
Jess Ikenberry
F. E. Childs
666 Salve for Baby's Cold
A patent remedy claims to relieve headaches or neuralgia within thirty minutes and to check a cold on the first day and malaria in three days as advertised for infant use. The product markets itself as a fast acting treatment with a broad range of ailments.
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Gehrig and
Klein
Democratic Committee
INESE
Oklahoma Field
Government Bonds
Liberty Tts
Liberty First
Tarberty Forrth
Treasity
Treasury
Fraser
Eli G. Lewis
Nathan Hale
Free State
Lincoln
Farm Board
Walter S. Gifford
Committee On
Associated Press
Calhoun Barkley
Mexico, Mo
Daughters of the American Revolution
Yorktown Sesqui-Centennial Association
Doolittle
Floyd F. Elliot
Mound Valley
Baker University
Buriat
Drexel
Nye
Hoover
Congress
Yorktown
Georgia
Florida
Captains Creek
Pleasant Grove
U Press Pacis
Fritz von Steuben
Baron von Steuben
Lord
Belllea
Ansas City
Kaneas City
Clty Cash Grain
Milo
Eaffir
S Invente
National Bank
Funk
Provelts Funks Mortuary Ambulance
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