POLICY IS SET FORTH Washington Red Cross relief plan
In a Sept 10 AP report President John Barton Payne outlined relief policy for the Red Cross. He said over 1,000 units were engaged in unemployment relief and chapters may join community plans to meet local needs when others do not. The policy distinguishes natural from economic distress and avoids duplicating other agencies.
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Washington
Red Cross
John Barton Payne
Payne
R Gross
Red’ Cross
Father of radio Davis dies at 63 in Pittsburgh
Harry Phillips Davis known as the father of radio broadcasting died at his home in Pittsburgh at age 63. He chaired the National Broadcasting Company board, was a vice president of Westinghouse Electric, and directed pivotal radio and electrical engineering advances including KDKA’s origins and rail electrification. He helped shape broadcasting and railway technology worldwide.
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Pittsburgh
Pai
Harry Phillips Davis
Ter
National Broadcasting Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Shack
KDKA
Japii Meyer Gunn
Broadcast Equip Tyen
Davis
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Jones Ouimet to Play Burke and Von Elm in Charity Match
Bobby Jones and Francis Ouimet will team with Billy Burke and George Von Elm for a four ball charity match at Essex Country Club West Orange New Jersey on September 23. Jones will partner with Burke for a clash reflecting recent history as two of the men who took over half of his four major amateur crowns after his retirement. Jones first meets Burke in Greenwich Connecticut on Sunday September 20.
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New York
Bobby Jones
Francis Ouimet
Billy Burke
George von Elm
Essex Country Club
West Orange
N. J
Jones
Bobby
Burke
Greenwich
Gonn
Orphans Picnic Sunday at Leavenworth
The St Vincent's Orphanage annual outing will be at Leavenworth on Sunday September 18. Everyone should bring baskets and enjoy the grounds as children participate in athletic events. The Knights of Columbus band from Kansas City Kansas will perform. Funds raised will replace a loss caused by state budget cuts to non state institutions. About one hundred orphans are cared for at the facility.
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St. Vincent's Orphanage
Leavenworth
Knights of Columbus Band of
Kansas City
Kan
Held as girls slayer in Greenwich Village case
New York AP reports Jack Hartigan held without bail on suspicion of slain 20 year old Catherine Cronin found strangled in Hartigan's Greenwich Village apartment. He said they had been drinking but denies causing her death. Also notes Farmers Union meeting and other brief items.
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New York
Jack Hartigan
Catherine Cronin
Hartigan
Greenwich Village
President's advisor Henry M Robinson becomes White House confidant
President Hoover counts Los Angeles banker Henry M Robinson as a trusted confidant and advisor. The tall western figure has become a familiar White House presence, attending Rapidan camp trips and serving as an informed observer on practical economic conditions.
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Washington
Septi
Hoover
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
White House
Rapidan
Virginia’ Mountain
Robinson
New York
Range War Battle On Between Desert Homesteaders
Las Cruces New Mexico AP reports a range war scuffle near Cambrian five miles south at a desert water hole left two men shot and a third severely beaten Marion Bill Saunders 554 homesteader shot in the abdomen is in serious condition at an El Paso hospital Robert Works 35 shot in the left shoulder beaten and weak from blood loss rests in Dona Ana county jail ward Frank Burris Jr 33 son of a Cambrian rancher suffered a fractured skull from a pistol butt injury.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Cambrian
Marion
Bill” Saunders
En el Paso
Robert Works
Dona Ana
Frank Burris, Jr
Lea Eens
Poisoned mystery surrounds death of Tulsa child
In Tulsa Oklahoma, 12 month old Stanley Stewart died and his sister Irma Jane, 2, was in danger after both collapsed from suspected poisoning. Other family members fell ill but survived as investigators worked to determine the poison’s nature.
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Tulsa
Okla
Stanley Stewart
Douglas Stewart
Irma Jane
Stanley
Hospital audit balances to the penny in Lawrence
Friends and patrons of Lawrence Memorial hospital learn that an audit of all City of Lawrence accounts shows the hospital’s financial reports covering eighteen months balance to the penny. The credits reflect the accounting system installed by treasurer I. J. Meade, with praise also for the hospital superintendent and accountant.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
City of Lawrence
I. J. Meade
Deaths and funerals and band concert headline
Obituary notices report Mrs. J H Hoff of Izwakic aged 63 dying after three months illness at her daughter’s home. Surviving are husband J H Hoff two daughters Mrs Robert Emmerson and Mrs Griffitts two sons J W Hoff and Bryll F Hoff seven grandchildren. Funeral from Rumsey home at 3 30 pm Saturday with Rev. Robert A Hunt burial Oak Hill. Baskerville Band to perform Friday night in North Lawrence First Baptist Church auditorium led by William Baskerville with Thelma Lucille Ralph Marion and George R King among participants. Other brief items note Lorraine Crowe freed on murder charge in Tulsa and a coroner’s inquiry clearing Dave R Rhode in Miss Helen Gardner’s death. Additional notes mention Catholic hospital conference officers and elections for Spanish American War Veterans auxiliary.
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J. H. Hoff
Connecticut Street
J. W. Griffitts
Izwakic
Baskerville
First Baptist Church of
North Lawrence
William Baskerville
al G. Barnes
Sells Floto
Thelma Baskerville
Lucille
Ralph
Marion
Lawrence Sunday Forum
George R. King
Nanan
Engagement Revealed by Rockefeller Kin in Chicago
Muriel McCormick, granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller, disclosed her engagement to Elisha P. Hubbard, a 52 year old Middletown, Connecticut bachelor. The news came via her mother’s secretary and notes past suitors and public charity work, including her Red Cross leadership and role as first woman guarantor of the Chicago Civic Opera.
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Chicago
Muriel McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Elisha P. Hubbard
Middletown
Conn
Mathilde
Max Oser
Fowler
Anne
Fifi
Stillman
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
George ‘A. McKinlock
George
Red Cross
Chicago Civic Opera
Religious Group in Annual Meet Sept 13
The southeast district convention of the Douglas County School of Religious Education will be held all day Sunday September 13 at Vinland fairgrounds. A Sunday school at 10 am, basket dinner at noon, and a 2 pm song service are planned with Rev H R Husted Prof D H Spencer and Prof H R Ebright as speakers. The day includes a state convention report and a memory demonstration, with a business meeting at 2:45 and an address on grading the teacher.
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Douglas County School of Religious Education
Vinland Pepe Fairgrounds
H. R. Husted
D. H. Spencer
University
H. R. Ebright
Baker
Spencer
Ebright
Hagerman Quartet
Ft. H. K
LB. Lucas
Organize Choir Tonight for Presbyterian Chorus Tryouts
The Vested Chorus of fifty five members from First Presbyterian Church led by Dean Swarthout meets at 7 30 PM at the church corner of Vermont and Ninth for organization and voice quality and sight reading tryouts. City residents have first chance before students arrive. Rehearsals are Thursdays 7 30 to 9 00 and the choir performs at the morning service.
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First Presbyterian Church
Dean Swarthout
Vermont
Ninth Streets
Will Care For Children Service Through Chamber Bureau
Mothers can arrange afternoon or evening child care via the Chamber of Commerce employment bureau. Secretary George Hedrick said the bureau lists capable attendants the Chamber vouches for, and a telephone call to 485 connects mothers with available caregivers and provides work for those seeking it.
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Chamber of Commerce
George Hedrick
Chamber
Mr. Hedrick
Sai
Fractured leg for Mrs. C. H. Turner in stair fall
Mrs. C. H. Turner of 1701 Ohio street suffered a break below the knee after slipping on a rug and falling down stairs at her home last night. She was treated at home, then transported to Memorial Hospital this morning. Also noted is Beau mont manager Del Baker criticizing night baseball for harming the game in 20 years.
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C. H. Turner
Ohio Street
del Baker
Beaumont
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Graeber Bros
Lawrence Ad
Society Notes on European Trip Return and Club Gatherings
Mrs L E Brown and Miss Rhea Ensign return to Lawrence after a European tour with Miss Bertha Coffelt. They flew to New York July 28 aboard the Majestic, visited Ann Arbor, then drove home to Lawrence. The trip was described as delightful and they hope to voyage again. The Coterie club hosted a dinner at Hotel Wood with Miss Emma Wagner as hostess, and Mrs Paul Ralph of Arroyo Grande attended as a sister of Miss Wagner. Pink roses and candy corsages decorated table. bridge prizes went to Miss Mabel Stevenson and Miss La Veta Madden. Circle 75, Ladies of the G A R, meet at the court house Saturday at 2 40 p.m.
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L. E. Brown
Vermont Street
Rhea Ensign
Lawrence
Bertha Coffelt
New York
Majestic
Brown
Miss Ensign
Ann Arbor
Mich
Coterie Club
Hotel Wood
Emma Wagner
Paul Ralph
Arroyo Grande
Cal
Wagner
Mabel Stevenson
la Veta Madden
Court House
Lawrence personals note summer travels and returns
Mrs. P. F. Walker returns to Lawrence after summer with relatives in Bangor Maine and will begin part time secretarial work at the University. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. March return from a Colorado Springs vacation to find fewer visitors this summer. W. E. Leis Sioux City deputy sheriff and Lawrence native visits old friends, recalling his Spanish American war service. Mrs. Dora Medhurst spent August near Brainard Minnesota with the W. C. Simons family and returned to Lawrence last week.
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P. F. Walker
Lawrence
Bangor
W. E. Leis
Sioux City
Company H
Indiana Street
Dora Medhurst
Brainerd
Minn
W. C. Simons
Praise for Japanese virtues noted at Kiwanis luncheon
Sam Grathwell of Cincinnati praised Japan to Lawrence Kiwanis members after six months there, citing shared humanity and Japanese patriotism. He recalled their devotion to the emperor and quoted a capital city newspaper after a devastating quake, plus a Japanese saying on temperance.
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Sam Grathwell
Cincinnati
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Mr. Grathwell
Japan
East
Baruch Warns World In Precarious State After Europe Trip
Bernard Baruch returned from Europe convinced the world is in a precarious state with war threats over Europe. He argued there is no real peace as the Versailles treaty has not been interpreted as Wilson wished and the world lacks the elements for well being.
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New York
Bernard Baruch
Europe
Baruch
War Industries Board
Wilson
Kansas Citions Took Money From a Sucker
A Tennessee youth named Arthur Maloney, 22, will receive $25,000 from his mother's estate at age 24. Kansas City police say Maloney, warned about his company, recovered part of a large poker loss. Paul Scriminger, arrested in Lawrence, allegedly received $1,000 for steering Maloney into the game. Police recovered $985 of that amount and about $3,300 deducted from Maloney's $5,000 capital by a group of men.
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Tennessee
Kansas City
Arthur Maloney
Paul Scriminger
Lawrence
Maloney
Hamrick Sees Little Chance for Heat Relief
Federal weather observer A M Hamrick said no signs of a weather change in the central plains. A stationary low pressure over the Dakotas tied to unseasonable heat. Nebraska and the Dakotas recorded 100 to 108 degrees, with seven Kansas stations near the century mark.
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Kansas City
Sens
A. M. Hamrick
Federal
Middle West
Dakotas
Hamrick
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Kansas
Kaiser Goes on Trial for Assault on Mrs Wallace
Charles Kaiser a farmer near Eudora faced a justice court jury on charges of assault and battery for an alleged September 7 attack on Mrs Hulda Wallace. He claims self defense after being accused of spreading stories while witnesses say he cursed Mrs Wallace and her daughters and wounded Mrs Wallace with a corn knife during a dispute at the Walaces farm.
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Charles Kaiser
Eudora
Justice Court
Hulda Wallace
Wallace
Rena Murphy
Emma Cline
Kaiser
Granddaughter of Mr and Mrs S K Funk injured in car crash
Mr and Mrs S K Funk received word this morning their granddaughter Mrs Ewing Younger has been injured in an automobile accident near Uniontown. The other car struck her vehicle demolishing it. Younger suffered head injuries and a broken knee cap.
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Mrs
S. K. Funk
Ewing Younger
Uniontown
Local Social Notes and Market Highlights
Lecompton social round features Mr and Mrs Carl Estersor and families hosting guests from Wichita Topeka and Santa Cruz Miss Ruth Montoya arrives to stay with Mrs Lizzie Watts to attend Lecompton rural high school After week in Lecompton she heads to York Nebraska for college Frank Graves family relocate to Topeka for new home Several Shrick relatives visit from Denver Kansas City and Bloomington plus local church events and a Bible study update Market notes report wheat and corn dynamics in North American trade with price shifts in Chicago and Kansas City livestock and grain markets and minor farm prices in the region
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George White
Topeka
W. T. Parker
Denver
Colo
W. H. Shirck
Ed Adderton
Jacqueline. Lee
Kansas City
Kan
Bertha Brown
Mary Brown
Bloomington
Kanj
Louis Shirck
James Shirck
Virginia and
Gladys
Eudora
Niel Grieve
Dorothy
Jack
Tecumseh
E. M. Bahnmaier
Marilyn Mae
Roger Mac
Lawrence
Ralph Traxler
John
Batty
Louis
Kenneth
Orville McCall
Ivalov
Lecompton
George Whipple
Wheat Advances on Minneapolis Futures Surge
Chicago wheat prices rose sharply as the September contract gained over four cents in Minneapolis trading. Mills in Minneapolis were buyers and the week saw wheat quotes climb more than eight cents, though a Russian shipment report of 1,656,000 bushels for the week weighed on bulls. Corn fell slightly, oats steady to higher, and provisions moved up to 12 cents.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Minneapolia
Crossword puzzle clues and fragmentary entries across the page
A scanned page of a crossword puzzle with numerous across and down clues partly readable. The text includes clues on anatomy, geography, language, numbers, and miscellaneous terms, but many entries are jumbled, cut, or garbled, yielding a highly incomplete puzzle with scattered phrases and partial word fragments.
Rock Talden Faced Markets Slide And Recovery Hopes
A battered market report notes Rock Talden's shares fell sharply before a partial rebound, with overall sentiment weak. Analysts flag declines across industries, spurred by June lows and fears of sustained weakness in the general industrial average.
Lose unhealthy fat by Kroachen hot water remedy
An unsigned customer letter from Ethel South of Norwich claims she lost 16 pounds using Kroachen. It describes taking the product in hot water each morning, eating lighter, and asserts the bottle costs 85 cents and lasts weeks. The note urges readers to purchase at Road Cover Drug Co or any drug store in America.
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Ethel South
Norwich
Jostsen
Road Cover Drug Co
America
Lois
Western Power Light & Telephone Co share record note
Share record entry dated October 1, 1931 shows cash to stockholders for reinvestment of dividends as specified by Nathan L. Jones president. List includes holders not yet reinvesting.
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Western Power Light & Telephone CO
Diversified Utility Investments Declares Quarterly Dividend
The board of Diversified Utility Investments declares a quarterly stock dividend rate and a Class A common stock cash dividend. The cash dividend is 40 cents per share, payable October 1 to holders of record September 20. Reinvestment of dividends remains available for all holders. Nathan L. Jones, President.
Public Utility Investment Co declares quarterly dividend
The board of directors declared the regular quarterly dividend on the 7 percent preferred stock at 1.75 dollars per share payable October 1, 1931 to holders of record at close of business September 15, 1981. Cash payment for those not selecting reinvestment. Nathan L. Jones, president.
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Divier
Nathan L. Jones
Board of Directors
Lids
T Nathan L. Jones
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Harry Phillips
Don
Blan
Jones and
Ouimet
von Elm
Farmers’ Union
Pleasant Valley
New Orleans
George. R. Lunn
United Spanish War Veterans
Otto N. Rath
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Melon
Stockton
Arthur E. Merriweather
Wiliam Francis
Harva
Gamsbridge
Mess
Edwader ‘King
Phillips
Harvard ‘University
Liverpool
Harvard Observatory
Bqy
Oklahoma
Lorraine Crowe
Donald Crowe
la Cygne
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Dave R. Rhode
Thurman
Iowa
Helen Gardner
Ohio
Per M. Ignathis
Fort Smith
Catholic Hospital Association
Siser M. Lawrence
Ponca City
Florence H. Becker
Louisville
Clara Hendricks
St. Louis
Elisha Hubbard
Presbyterian Chorus
C. of C. Employment Bureau
Irs
Hutchinson
Edward Bridwell
Methodist Children’s ‘Home
Newton
Here
J. A. Stubblefield
United Brotherhood’ of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Jackson County
Grand Jury
Amherst
Mass
Geoffrey Atkinson
Amherst College
Arthur S. Pease
Eppoisinews
Charles S. Porter
International
Tele Ote
Slearagh
Ournal- World
Kansas Citions
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Onie Knight
Criminal Court of Appeals
Knight
W. M. Erving
Ursula
Coat County
Houston
Texas
University of Southern California
Howard Jones
Carl Estersor
Jimmy Ottawa
Helen Carison
Wichita
I. M. Watts
Carlson
Liverick
le Hons
Tay Cate
Stasserk
Cerette
Ieee
Tamilarly
Kansas City Livestock
Eiere
Beliles
Kanena City
City
Fay
USDA
Wisconsin
Idaho
Springs
Kanead City
Government Bonds
Wall Street
Beara
Wera
Rock Island
Tannysonian
High Mountain
Engen Send
Philippines
Tiain
Talend
Balti
Theoridia
Stéel
London
England
ING
Ree
Nathen L. Jones
the Public
Utility Investment CC
Memorial Hospital
Douglas County Medical Society
Schubert Funeral Home Ambulance
Oney
Mies
Lawrence, Kansas
W. H. Quakenbush
E.S. Weatherby
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