Kansas corn crop near five year average forecast
Topeka Sept 11 AP a 126 027 009 bushel Kansas corn crop this year was forecast by the federal department and state board of agriculture, compared with 126 793 000 bushels 1925-29 average and 82 908 000 last year. Yields of alfalfa and tame hays rose from last month. Production figures for winter wheat oats barley and flax listed with 1930 and 1925-29 averages. Corn yield expected about 19 bushels per acre with conditions dropping to 59 percent of normal by Sept 1. Northern and southeastern Kansas seen above average yields. central and south central areas very poor to fair in yield prospects. Pasture condition 69 percent of normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Federal Department and State Board of Agriculture
F. K K. Reed
Department of Agriculture Statistician
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Two Killed in Robbery at Reno High School
Reno Nevada today reports Policeman Ross Peterson died from gunfire during a dawn shootout inside Reno High School while two burglars tried a break in. One burglar was killed, another wounded. Peterson was shot from behind while awaiting the burglary after a prior University of Nevada break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
Ross Peterson
Reno High School
University of Nevada
Peterson
Salesmen Held Up Near Peabody In Oklahoma City Case
Three Oklahoma City salesmen reported as yet unnamed were held up and robbed of 70 dollars near Peabody Okl last night in a spate of night crimes this year. The bandits who drove a gray auto fled after racing with the Laubham car to the city limits. Also noted are bowling scores and a dividend notice from The Kansas Electric Power Company with payment details and stockholder record date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Kan
Oklahoma City
Peabody
Harry Laubham
Dwight, Sr
Laubham
Hollywood shifts to historical films with romance and intrigue
New York dispatch reports Jack Warner says gangster pictures fade as Hollywood lines up historical dramas about Napoleon and Elizabeth I. Studios use a spy system to gauge audience reaction to genres and plot risks, aiming for profitable, sexier screenplays featuring famous historical figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hollywood
Jack Warner
Napoleon
Queen Elizabeth
Warner
Blast wrecks wall at Kodak Park plant
An explosion ripped out the west wall of a four story building at Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester. Two workers were killed and fourteen injured, six of them critically, as eight hundred workers were led to safety by calm staff. The blast likely occurred in a machine shed used for mixing explosive coating for roll film.
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Kodak
Rochester
N. Y
Kodak Park
Eastman Kodak Company
Railway theft at station prompts chase near Lawrence
Railway detectives hunt two men who stole a suitcase at the depot last night and fled west along the tracks toward Kansas City. Police report three youths seen near route 5 with multiple shirts and pockets stuffed with garments possibly from the same luggage, as investigators seek the owner and confirm any link to the theft. Also reported: death of Frank G. Marshall aged 50 in Abilene with funeral Sunday at Rumsey.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Lawrence
Union Pacific Railroad N
T. Powell
Route 5
Powell
Frank G. Marshall
Abilene
Rumsey
A. G. Miller
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Marshall
Old Time Fighter Jem Smith Dies at 68
Jem Smith, famed 19th century bare knuckle fighter and twice England s champion, died aged 68 in London. His notable 1887 world title bid against American Jake Kilrain on the Seine ended in a draw after 16 rounds.
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London
Jem Smith
Gland
Jake Kilrain
River Seine
France
Troops Patrolling Jonesboro After Baptist Church Row
In Jonesboro Arkansas troops patrolled the town to calm a split within the First Baptist church led by evangelist Joe Jeffers who accused Pastor D H Heard of misconduct. A mass gathering demanded Heard be removed and martial law was considered but not declared. Jeffers pressed charges against local church leaders and cursed Denver Dudley and Gordon Crenshaw for actions tied to the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Ark
Arkansas
First Baptist Church
Joe Jeffers
D. H .Heard
Big Springs
Texas
George Cox, Jr
Dr. Heard
Cox
Jeffers
Bosler
Harvey Parnell
Denver Dudley
Gordon Crenshaw
Big Spring
Reenactment clears Mrs Collings in yacht death claim
Mrs. Benjamin Collings of Stamford Conn reenacted the night her husband was killed by pirate gunmen. After a three hour examination District Attorney Elvin E Edwards declared she is not under suspicion. A boat with clothing was found adrift near Lloyd’s Point as investigators pursue the disappearance of Benjamin P Collings from his cabin cruiser Penguin, leaving Barbara aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
N. Y
Benjamin Collings
Stamford
Conn
Lloyd's Point
Benjamin P. Collins
Penguin
Carl Christman
New York City
Eaton's Neck
Lloyd’s Point
Collings
Barbara
Briand urges security before disarmament at League
At the League of Nations assembly Aris Briand reiterated France insistence that security must be guaranteed before any real arms reductions. He pledged aid but said the first task of next year’s disarmament talks is to outlaw war as a crime. Delegates from Denmark Norway Holland Sweden and Switzerland meanwhile presented a resolution urging abstention from armament increases until the conference yields results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Aristide Briand
Assembly
League of Nations
France
Dino Grandi
Denmark
Norway
Holland
Sweden
Switzerland
Woman's City club opens year with tea at Eldridge Hotel
The Woman's City club begins annual activities with a Tuesday tea from 3 to 5 pm in the Eldridge grill room. Plans for the year focus on civic improvement and literary programs in line with General Federation guidelines. Committee chairmen and officers are listed, alongside a Unitarian church picnic and an arrival of Mrs. Haggart and son to Lawrence for winter housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s City Club
Eldridge
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
F. H. Lindley
H. W. Hargiss
John Stutz
A. J. Anderson
W. B. Dalton
Floyd Rankin
C. L. Dewatteville
W. Atkinson
Nees Olsen
Harry A. Dedderidge
C. KE. Lindley
N. M. Hough
F. A. Cook
Mrs Elmier Siedoff and Mrs Curtis McCoy visit Emporia friends
Mrs Elmier Siedoff and Mrs Curtis McCoy of Emporiades travel to Lawrence on Friday for a weekend visit. Siedoff will be guest of Mrs Mary Carter, while McCoy plans to see her mother Mrs F C Luckan. Miss Ann Sweeney returned Thursday after six weeks in northern Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmier Siedoff
Curtis McCoy
Emporiades
Lawrence
Siedoff
Mary Carter
Texas House votes on cotton plan and Olsen bill
Austin Texas Sept 11 AP by a vote of 55 to 46 the Texas house of representatives refused to instruct its special committee handling cotton acreage control bills to vote two bills one embodying the Long no cotton plan and the other providing for cotton reduction. The result set up a test vote as the Olsen bill to restrict cotton acreage to one third the cultivated area is tentatively agreed upon by the committee. The committee was authorized to report what it deemed advisable to the committee of the whole and to file a report by 9 am Monday. In East Texas drilling proration was tightened with a limit of one well per 20 acres announced for the oil fields. Other items included the resignation of Midshipman Rooney of Haddam Kansas after disciplinary violations on a Europe cruise and the binding over of Lyman Ford and James Franklin alias Malley MacCall in a Belle Plaine bank robbery case. Fort Scott Pioneer Benjamin Share, 75, a Bourbon county pioneer, died at his home east of the city after living on the same farm 72 years. The edition also notes a rabbit show in South Park Sunday at 2 PM.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Thouse of Representatives
East Texas
Texas Railroad
Canainvasion
Wellington
Kan
Lyman Ford
James Franklin
Malley MacCall
Valley State Bank of
Belle Plaine
Sumner County District
Lrial
Fort Scott
Benjamin J. Share
Bourbon County
Peter Share
South Park
Cole's opens new ready-to-wear shop for women
Feminine shoppers will attend Cole's formal store opening from 7:20 to 9:30 tonight. A five piece orchestra plays as visitors view the merchandise and interior decor. A rose is given to each woman. The Lawrence shop opens tomorrow at 9 am. FP H Gallagher will manage the store, which is part of Cole's national chain with stores in ten other cities.
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Cole
Cole's
Lawrence
Junction City
Garnett
Paola
Fort Scott
Coffeyville
Manhattan
Parsons
Nevada
Lamar
Sedalia
Cote’s
New York
FP. H. Gallagher
Kan
Revival at Wellman church opens September 13
Merritt Slawson of Orlando visited his aunt Mrs Hamilton on route to Marysville Tennessee for school. Revival meetings begin Sunday September 13 at Wellman church with 11 am service and evening preaching daily for two weeks or longer. J M Johnson of Lawrence leads with help from Lawrence and Topeka volunteers. Johnson, an electrician, has pastored Valley Grove for four years and will spend his vacation hosting the revival. Everyone urged to attend and support the effort.
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Ferguson
Missouri
Wilson Tyler
Oskaloosa
Orin Smith
Harold
Paul
Lois
Laura Margaret Sanders
Lottie Ward
Baldwin
McLouth
Baker U
McLouth H. S
Sanders
Valley Grove
Elizabeth Armstrong
Topeka
Frank Peel
Buck Creek
Robert McManness
Lawrence
Christian Endeavor
School House
Mr. Johnson
Ruth
Old Rugged Cross
DeHoff Sisters
Tonganoxie
Lawrence Ward
West of Lawrence
J. M. Johnson
Ruth Johnson
Rachel Edson
Law
Law~ Rence; The~DeHoff’s From Tonganoxie, Kenneth Jones, Sunnyside
Donald Bowers
Verna Davison
Charles Stewart
Will Foster
Foster
Memorial Hospital
Merritt Slawson
Orlando
Fie
Wm. Hamilton
Hamilton
Marysville
Tenn
Wellman Church
Johnson
Wheat gains on Germany purchase of 7.2 million bushels
Market news reports Germany will buy 7.2 million bushels of farm yard wheat, easing Russian and Danubian supplies. Canadian rains and North American export demand buoy futures as 400 million bushels financed by the US government are seen moving abroad. Separate notes mention locusts in Argentina and frost damage in Australia amid a global grain rally.
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Germany
Europe
Canadian Northwest
North America
United States
Argentina
Australia
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues List
A dense, mixed list of crossword clues with numbers and partial answers, including references to names, places, times, and definitions. The jumble hints at a published puzzle page with many misprints and scattered terms across general knowledge and language, requiring reconstruction.
Livestock and commodity prices and market report
Arrivals of corn were small in Chicago. hog values rose with live hogs up to 10 higher. Cattle and calves remained steady to strong with beef and dairy prices advancing slightly. sheep and lamb markets mixed but generally steady. Kansas City rail quotes show hogs higher and cattle steady. hay and grain markets listed with various price ranges and on the Chicago wheat and Kansas corn fronts. Overall the market movement signals firmer demand across hogs, beef cattle, and related products.
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Vonlure
Frcoa & Chol
Yerlers Millkfed
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Usdaj
Hogg
Aeslay
Kansas
Market Wrap Signals Mixed Tone Across Financials
Wall Street mixed after General Electric and General Motors eased slightly while a block of 10,000 shares traded. Despite optimism over trade pickup, brokers loans fell by 41 million, and currency in circulation rose by 357 million, amid cautious banking and treasury deficit concerns.
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General Electric
General Motors
Spradstreet’s
Watson
White House
Congress
Treasury
Wall Street
Snowden
England
London
Colt
Federal Reserve
Investments Inc declares quarterly dividends on preferred and common stock
The Board of Directors sets a 8734¢ per share rate for the $3.50 preferred stock and 40c per share for Class A common stock, payable October 1, 1931 to holders of record by close of business September 20. Cash dividends will be paid to all shareholders not enrolled in reinvestment. Nathan L. Jones, President.
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Clare
Nathan L. Jones
Board of Directors
Ee of
Amvends
Public Utility Investment Co declares quarterly dividend
The Public Utility Investment Co announces a regular quarterly dividend on 7 percent preferred stock at 31.75 per share for record holders as of September 15 1931, payable October 1 1931 in cash to non reinvestment holders. Nathan L. Jones, president.
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Shimmons
Simmons
Bullock
Phillips
Spears
Kansas Electric Power Company
Lloyd S. Purcell
W. Amidon
Chicago
Lake Michigan
South Side
K. Brown
South Park Board
Hawks
Newark
N. J
California
James Howe
W. T
Howe
Jimmy Doolittle
Mercy Hospital
James
Liberal
J. Hickock
Hickok
Missouri Aireus
Briand
League of Nations Assembly
Public Welfare
A. L. Ferris
E. H. Lindley
E. F. Caldwell
L. H. Menger
Motion Pictures
Dan
Unitarian Church
O’clark
Irving Hill
W. M. Backus
Kate Sears
Unitarian Conference
Maine
Alexander Hageart
Stanley Hagegart
Cal
Haggart
San Dimas
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Robert Haggart
Philippe de Lacy
Washington
Adams
G. A. Rooney
Haddam
Naval Academy
Cole’s
journal-World
North Star
Beathick
Bric-Arbrae
Bick
Ks Stady
Medicis
A. He
Ze Pt
Hkc
Bal
Mya
Kansas City Hay Market
USDA
Minnesota
Idaho
Ae Onsis
Ghaln
Aisha Cit
Springs
Ae Kartsas City
Liberty
Eneral Electric
U, B Steel
American Can
Loew's
American Tobacco
Union Pacific
Alaska Iuneau
Homestake Mining
American Telepone
The
Lawrence Hospital
and Radium Institute
Ohio Street
Lawrence, Kan
Mary Gieseman
R. N
M Farm
City Real
Rumsey Funeral Home
Indiana
Western Power Light & Telephone CO
the Public Utility Investment CO
Case 870 Memorial Hospital
Douglas County Medical Society
Schubert Funeral Home
Lawrence, Kansas
W. H. Quakenbush
E.S. Weatherby
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